Ordinary happy life

Chapter 94: Selling New Year's Goods

The weather is getting colder day by day, and as the first snowflake falls, people finally usher in the last month of the year. Every household, whether rich or poor, begins to prepare for the New Year.

"Brother Dayong, let's go to town tomorrow while the snow is not too heavy these days. I want to buy some New Year's goods." Lin Qin said at night while lying in Zhang Dayong's arms.

Zhang Dayong first tucked Lin Qin in, and then said, "It's still snowing, so don't wait until it stops." "I don't know when the snow will stop

. It's only a few days until the New Year, and there's no new year's goods at all. Be prepared. And when the snow just stops, the temperature will drop a lot, and the road surface will be slippery and easier to roll over," Lin Qin said.

Zhang Dayong thought about it for a while. The temperature when the snow melted was much lower than when it fell. He said, "Okay, we will go after breakfast tomorrow." "

Okay, remember to remind me to buy some melon seeds. On the first day of the new year, the village will When the children come to pay New Year greetings, we have to prepare some snacks to entertain them. Uncle Li can fry peanut candies, which are sweet and delicious. The happiest thing when I was a child was to go to Uncle Li's house to eat peanut candies during the New Year. We will also buy some tomorrow. Peanuts and sugar, what do you think, I will ask Uncle Li to learn how to fry peanut candy when I get back." Lin Qin raised his head and looked at Zhang Dayong and said.

"Okay, as long as you like it." Zhang Dayong responded dotingly.

Zhang Dayong's eyes were so endearing that Lin Qin couldn't help but blush, and shyly lowered his head and shrank into the quilt.

That cute little look made Zhang Dayong's eyes start to darken. He used his arm under the quilt to lift Lin Qin up a little, then lowered his head and kissed the small mouth that wanted to scream.

The intimacy made both of them sweat. If they didn't clean up, they would definitely catch a cold tomorrow, but how could Zhang Dayong let Lin Qin get out of bed in such a cold weather.

After Zhang Dayong got out of bed, he didn't care that he was still naked. He wrapped Lin Qin tightly first, then casually put on some pants and a coat.

"Brother Dayong, please dress more tightly. You will freeze if you go out in so little clothing." Lin Qin became anxious when he saw Zhang Dayong preparing to go out in thin single clothes.

"It's okay. I'm very angry, but I'm not cold. Don't move around. It'll be bad if the cold wind blows in." Zhang Dayong stopped Lin Qin from getting up and said in a deep voice.

Lin Qin was not as shameless as Zhang Dayong, and he did not dare to get up naked. He could only watch Zhang Dayong go out in single clothes.

Zhang Dayong moved very quickly, and soon he boiled a pot of hot water, mixed it with some cold water, and brought it to the room.

"Don't come down and wash it to avoid freezing. Just wipe it a little." Zhang Dayong said, wrung out the towel and handed it to the quilt.

In fact, it doesn't matter if he doesn't take a shower. The main reason is that the things Zhang Dayong just got into Lin Qin's body won't be clean if he doesn't wash them.

Seeing Lin Qin's troubled expression, Zhang Dayong immediately thought of what he was troubled about. Expresslessly, he reached into the quilt and fiddled with it, and the quilt suddenly became moist.

Lin Qin felt Zhang Dayong's movements suddenly became urgent. It wasn't that he didn't want Zhang Dayong to move, he just didn't want to dirty the quilt. But how could Lin Qin resist Zhang Dayong? He was directly suppressed and licked clean. Zhang Dayong also wiped Lin Qin's body and gave him a set of clean clothes to put on.

"Why are you like this? The quilt is dirty these days and it's hard to wash it in the sun without the sun." Lin Qin pouted and complained.

"Don't worry, I will clean this quilt without you having to do anything." Zhang Dayong rubbed Lin Qin's head and said with a smile. Then, without waiting for Lin Qin to speak, he wrapped him up in a quilt and put him aside. He quickly changed the bedding, and after doing all this, he put Lin Qin back on the bedding.

After confirming that all the work that needed to be done was done, Zhang Dayong began to take care of his body, and he was not shy and took off his clothes directly in front of Lin Qin.

Although they had seen each other naked many times, Lin Qin still felt embarrassed when he saw Zhang Dayong's naked body, and shyly moved his eyes away, not daring to look at Zhang Dayong.

The fuss between the two of them was already late at night by the time they fell asleep, so they both woke up late the next day. Fortunately, there is nothing wrong now, there are no elders at home, no one cares about them, so it doesn't matter if they get up late.

After a simple breakfast, Zhang Dayong hitched the ox cart and took Lin Qin to the town. Originally worried that Lin Qin would be cold, Zhang Dayong wanted to get a quilt for Lin Qin to wrap himself in, but he refused. It wasn't that Lin Qin wasn't afraid of the cold, but he was worried that his quilt would be taken away if he went to town. A quilt can cost several hundred yuan. If Lin Qin really lost it, he would be heartbroken to death.

Zhang Dayong couldn't resist Lin Qin and had no choice but to get in the car and stand firmly in front of Lin Qin, hoping to block more of the wind and snow for Lin Qin.

Because Zhang Dayong was blocking him in front, Lin Qin almost didn't feel the wind and snow. After arriving at the gate of the town, Lin Qin discovered that Zhang Dayong's entire face was already a little stiff. Feeling distressed, he covered Zhang Dayong's cheek with his hand and said, "Why don't you tell me when it's cold? Let's just change places. I can also drive the bullock cart." "It's okay, it's just that the blowing

time is a bit long. It'll get better after a while. , don't cover it so hard." Zhang Dayong couldn't bear to let Lin Qin freeze, so he pulled the hand from his face and held it firmly in his hand.

Lin Qin's strength was no match for Zhang Dayong's, and he could only watch helplessly as he was being pulled away by Zhang Dayong, but there was nothing he could do about it. Because the town is not big, it is easy to cause congestion if ox carts enter, so the government issued an order that both ox carts and horse-drawn carriages can only be parked outside the town, unless they are just passing through the town.

Of course, there is a special place to look after oxcarts at the entrance of the town. The storage fee is very cheap as long as you pay one penny for each car. But no matter how cheap each car is, there will be at least a dozen cars in a day that are old and young in a year. If this is not controlled by the government, many people will definitely pay attention to this care business.

"Let's go to the grocery store to buy some condiments first. The stores will be closed after a while and we will go home for the New Year. If there is something missing, there will be no place to buy it." After entering the town, Lin Qin took a look at the surrounding shops and said.

"Okay." Lin Qin responded.

There are many grocery stores in the town, among which Tianji Grocery Store has the most complete range of products and the best prices. Basically, all the millet, seasonings and other items at home are purchased from Tianji.

"Shopkeeper, I want a pound of salt and sugar, and half a pound of chili noodles. I don't have much white flour at home, do you want to buy some too???" Lin Qin glanced at the white noodles placed in the corner and thought about it. Zhang Dayong asked.

"Buy more white flour, you like to eat noodles made from white flour." Zhang Dayong said.

"Who doesn't like white noodles? But white noodles are very expensive. Just buy some and mix them with cornmeal." Lin Qin calculated in his mind and then said to shopkeeper Tian Ji, "Shopkeeper, give us two of these white noodles." Let's take a pound."

"Two pounds is too little, let's take five pounds." Zhang Dayong said boldly.

"It's only five kilograms. White flour now costs one hundred cents. Five kilograms costs five hundred cents. This is not how Brother Dayong spends his money." Lin Qin was shocked by Zhang Dayong and said angrily to him. One sentence, and then he hurriedly said to the shopkeeper, "Don't listen to him, shopkeeper, two kilograms is enough." I was afraid that the shopkeeper would give him five kilograms of white noodles if he said a slow word.

"You like to eat, we can afford it." Zhang Dayong said without giving in. Although the price of white noodles is expensive, Zhang Dayong really can't afford it. And they don't use white flour for food every day. They can eat it for a long time if they eat it every now and then.

"This husband is so lucky to have a boss who loves you so much. Do you think you can listen to your boss? If you buy more, I will give you a discount." Naturally, the shopkeeper hoped that Lin Qin could buy more, so he didn't leave any money. Use your spare time to say nice things.

Lin Qin rarely really refuted Zhang Dayong's face, so after seeing the shopkeeper's kind words and seeing Zhang Dayong's firm attitude, he agreed to buy five kilograms of white noodles. He felt sweet and a little distressed at the same time.

"I don't have much soy sauce at home, so I'll forget about the vinegar if I still have it. Hey, there is dried kelp this season. How much does it cost from the shopkeeper???" Lin Qin was very surprised to see that there was dried kelp in the grocery store. They This part of the north is far from the sea, and seafood is rarely available. Now that it is winter and the sea water has frozen, seafood is even rarer. Although kelp is a plant, it grows in seawater and is a rare species in the north.

Hearing this, the shopkeeper showed a proud look and said, "Our master spent a lot of money to transport this kelp from the south. We are the only ones in the whole town and even the county. Chop up the dried kelp and put it in the soup." It's very fresh, but the price is a bit expensive at 600 taels, but the dried kelp can be eaten for a long time without weighing 1 tael."

Lin Qin gasped when he heard that it cost 600 taels . Air-conditioning is too expensive. In summer, kelp only costs six times as much as one hundred cents. However, thinking that Zhang Dayong liked the kelp very much after he bought it in the summer, Lin Qin gritted his teeth and bought one or two.

Zhang Dayong naturally knows why Lin Qin, who has always been thrifty, spends a lot of money to buy dried kelp. After all, Zhang Dayong eats almost all the kelp he buys in the summer. Thinking of this, Zhang Dayong looked at Lin Qin with increasingly gentle eyes.

The white noodles and dried kelp alone cost more than one tael, and the other miscellaneous items cost three taels of silver in the final settlement. This was because the shopkeeper had to erase the change after discounting, otherwise it would be more expensive.

Because he went out to buy a lot of things today, Zhang Dayong specially brought out the backpack from home. After paying the money, he carefully put everything into the backpack. The other thing is that the soy sauce is put in a ceramic bottle. I'm worried that it will break when I put it in the backpack, so I just carry it in my hand.

After leaving the grocery store, Zhang Dayong and Lin Qin went to the dried fruit store to buy some of the cheapest melon seeds and peanuts, and also bought a dozen candies to eat during the New Year.

The Chinese New Year is almost here, and most shops have already posted couplets or bright red characters with the character "福" on them, which makes them look happy.

"Brother Dayong, let's buy a couple of blessings and put them on the door." Lin Qin looked at the red couplets and the characters "Fu" and suddenly felt excited. Couplets have more characters, so they are more expensive. A pair of couplets costs ten cents, but the word "Fu" is different. There is only one character, so you can buy a pair for three cents. If you are reluctant to buy a pair, you can buy one for two cents, but most people will choose to spend an extra cent to buy a pair.

"Okay, there is a couplet stall over there. Let's go there." Zhang Dayong rarely refused Lin Qin's request, and it was the same this time. He casually searched for a couplet stall and pulled Lin Qin over when he saw a couplet stall.

"Hello, sir, I want a pair of couplets with the character "福"." Generally, those who sell couplets have studied for a while, even if they are not scholars, so people who come to buy will call the stall owner sir.

"Three cents for a pair. Put the money in the iron box on the corner of the table and pick the word "Fu" by yourself as long as it doesn't get damaged." The stall owner glanced at Zhang Dayong and Lin Qin casually and said lightly, his hand writing movements were not at all Didn't stop.

Lin Qin counted out three pennies and put them into the iron box, and then searched among a pile of blessing characters. Although the stall owner was young, his handwriting was very beautiful. Even though Lin Qin had never read the book, he was amazed. Looking through it, he found every one of them beautiful. After choosing for a long time, I couldn't choose the best one, so I could only pick two that I liked more.

Red paper is relatively fragile and will definitely break if put in a backpack. Lin Qin had no choice but to carefully roll it up and hold it himself.

Having almost bought everything that needed to be bought, Lin Qin finally took Zhang Dayong to a cloth store to cut enough fabric for the two of them. How could they not have new clothes during the Chinese New Year?