novelaction Chapter 568: Going to the County Town to Buy New Year Goods
Chapter 568: Going to the County Town to Buy New Year Goods
Dim sum is also available.
There are chicken, duck, smoked meat and fish, so it seems like there is nothing else to add!
Zhou Mi smiled and said, "Uncle, last year we didn't buy much New Year's goods. We asked the shopkeepers to prepare them all."
Zhou Guo flipped through it and found the meat was almost done. She also found kelp in it, which is a good thing. It tastes very good when braised with pig's trotters.
Only melon seeds are left as snacks, and I have to buy some candied fruits. It's easy to get sick of eating so much fish and meat during the Chinese New Year, and these are just the right thing to help relieve the greasiness.
On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, the Zhou family began to make tofu.
Zhou Guo had to follow the car to the county town to buy some New Year's goods. Candied fruits were only available in the county town.
She asked Hu Zi to bring two people and drive another car to go with her. She also had to distribute New Year's goods to the people in the mountains, including rice, flour, meat, oil, salt, vinegar, and cloth.
When harnessing the carriage, he asked Zhou Dacang in the house, "Uncle, why don't you go and see the fun too? Are you going?"
Zhou Dacang's door creaked open. He was wearing deerskin boots, a cotton robe and a cape, and holding a hand warmer. It was obvious that he was ready.
Her hair was tied on top of her head with a white jade hairpin inserted in it. She had been staying in the house for several months, not going anywhere and doing nothing, so her hair had turned a lot whiter.
He is dressed like a nobleman from some wealthy family going out.
Li looked anxious and relieved. He was so old. In their countryside, men of this age who had not yet married were usually left over by others and were considered older bachelors, so it was difficult to find a partner.
Well, thinking that the mourning period has ended since the beginning of the year, should I arrange a marriage for him?
What if his superiors in the military camp can’t introduce a good marriage to him? Wouldn’t this really be wasted year after year?
Find the old man to discuss it. The only person you can discuss such things with in this family is the old man.
The old man was stunned. "He won't be a young man until next year, right? He's still too old?"
Isn’t this the best time of life?
Li sighed, "Sir, you don't know that the countryside is different from other places. For a family like ours, if we haven't found a wife after the age of 20, people will look down on us and say that no one wants us. Maybe they will even spread rumors that you have a hidden disease. Which girl would be willing to marry you?"
Youyou sighed, "I'm afraid that by then I can only say widow!"
"Puff~~" The old man sprayed out all the tea without leaving a drop.
"You, ahem, not to the extent that..." The old man waved his hand, "How can you only call me a widow?"
Li said, "This is how things are in the countryside."
The old man wiped his mouth and smiled, "The situation in the countryside is like this, naturally because the family has no permanent property, so they need to marry a wife early to have an extra laborer and raise the next generation early. But although our family is still living in the countryside, we are very different from the villagers. Not to mention Okura himself, his future is limitless. Let's just talk about the family. She knows what the situation has been like in the past two years even if she is blind. You don't have to worry about the children's marriage. If you don't believe me, you will see that the door will be trampled down at the beginning of the new year."
After hearing what he said, Li felt relieved. The old man was a man of great insight, and what he said was definitely right. Moreover, her family was indeed different now. Living in the village, she always forgot this from time to time.
On the other side, Zhou Guo, Zhou Su and Zhou Dacang were sitting in an empty carriage. The two carriages were driving one after the other towards the county town in the deserted mountains.
Zhou Su was very excited and wanted to learn how to drive the cart, so Zhou Guo let him drive.
He became a hands-off boss.
Zhou Dacang said, "The roads are slippery on snowy days, why don't you be careful? If he falls into the ditch, your uncle will probably have to stay at home for a month."
Zhou Guo said, "It doesn't matter. He will be seven next year. How can he learn if you don't let him start? These small sections are better. Let him drive by himself. He will know how to drive after a while."
Zhou Dacang thought of Li Wang and said with a smile, "I originally thought that Li Wang was younger than Zhou Suli, but now they are almost the same. That guy is like a saw-mouthed gourd, he doesn't even tell me his own age."
Zhou Guo grabbed a handful of melon seeds and slowly cracked them, laughing, "Fortunately he still remembers his age, otherwise he would have been a younger brother forever."
Zhou Dacang was curious, "How did he remember it?"
Zhou Guo said, "We didn't know when they were born, so we decided to take the day we picked them up as their birthdays. But this year, he suddenly said that his mother told him that he was four years old before she died. Then we realized that he was already six years old, the same age as Zhou Su."
Zhou Dacang asked: "So he didn't remember anything else? What's his name and where does he live?"
Zhou Guo shook his head. "He didn't say it, but it doesn't matter. We all fled. His whole family escaped and died, leaving only him. What's the point of knowing where his hometown is? He has no relatives left. As for the name, he said he liked this name very much, and he had forgotten the original one!"
Zhou Dacang sighed, "It's hard for him to say it after so long. I'm afraid the knot in his heart has been untied little by little. Otherwise, he would be just like before and would not even want to mention it."
The road was slippery due to the snow, so progress was slow. The group set out early in the morning and did not arrive at the county town until noon.
At the end of the year, there are many people in the town, and even more people in the county town.
People near the county town are busy going into the city to buy New Year's goods. Even if they don't have money to buy them, they can at least go into the city to see the excitement.
Zhou Dacang hasn't been back for several years, so everything he sees is new and interesting.
Zhou Guo said, "Uncle, you haven't been back for a long time, do you want to go downstairs for a walk?"
Zhou Dacang looked at the bustling street market and became interested. "Okay, let's go down and take a walk."
The three of them got off the car, and Hu Zi came forward to take the car. Zhou Guo gave him money and asked him to buy meat and New Year's goods according to the residents in the mountains.
"Yes, we'll wait at the city gate after we buy the things." It was not the first time that Hu Zi did this. He calmly took the money, drove the carriage and took the two of them there.
The three of them strolled slowly on the street.
There are a lot of food stalls on the streets at this time, selling all kinds of things.
The further they went, the more food the three of them had in their hands.
Zhou Dacang was feeling very comfortable. The last time he felt so comfortable was when he followed Zhou Guo out to look for Zhou Sulu. The two of them ate a lot on the streets of various cities.
Zhou Su saw a wonton stand in front of him and said, "Uncle, sister, let's go eat wontons."
It’s winter and it’s freezing cold. Who can resist a bowl of steaming hot wontons with a fragrant aroma?
There were a lot of people eating wontons at the stall at this time. All four tables were occupied, so a few people had to wait by the side since there was no rush anyway.
After everyone at the table had finally finished eating and stood up to leave, three tall and strong men with big arms and waists appeared from nowhere and sat down.
The three of them were stunned.
Zhou Su couldn't help but look at Zhou Guo, "Sister, we were here first."
Zhou Guo glanced to the side and said, "It's okay, this table is almost finished eating, we just need to wait."