The happy little days of the Ye family

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, also known as the Lantern Festival, Xiaozhengyue, Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival.

The town is very lively during the Lantern Festival every year, with lantern viewing, lantern riddles and fireworks, attracting many people.

Although the Lantern Festival is held at night, the town becomes lively during the day.

Every year during the Lantern Festival, there will be many vendors setting up small stalls on both sides of the main street, offering a variety of novel food and fun gadgets, making it even more lively than the usual big market.

Father Ye and Mother Ye moved the things they were going to set up a stall in the town to the donkey cart one day in advance, and drove the donkey cart out before dawn.

In fact, the Lantern Festival is similar to a temple fair. The Ye family plans to set up two stalls, one selling food and the other selling groceries.

This time when we went to the town to set up a stall, the whole family came out as usual. In fact, setting up a stall does not require so many people, but in addition to setting up a stall, the Ye family also wanted to take the opportunity to have some fun.

Father Ye and his group arrived quite early, and there were still many empty spots at the stalls on both sides of the main street.

To set up a stall in the town, you have to pay a stall fee. Just like the big market, you have to pay a stall fee of 10 cents for each stall. The Ye family has two stalls, and Ye’s father gave them [-] cents.

At this time, there were many stalls to choose from. Father Ye chose a conspicuous spot and placed two stalls together. The Ye family often came out to set up stalls and quickly packed up the two stalls.

The first stall sells braised meat and winter bamboo shoots.

The stew pot is divided into two halves with an iron mesh. One side is braised with pig offal, and the other side is braised vegetables. Based on the experience from the last temple fair, Father Ye specially prepared two sets of pig meat and 15 pounds of braised vegetables.

Ye's father's braised pot only took up half of the stall, and Ye's mother used the other half to sell winter bamboo shoots. Ye Mu was responsible for weighing the bamboo shoots, while Ye Xilin collected the money.

Another stall sells groceries, such as brightly colored burlap, light and soft linen, rouge, gouache, hair oil, facial oil, wooden hairpins, headbands and hair ties, as well as candy and wooden small things that children like. toys etc.

There are many varieties, covering almost everyone's requirements. As soon as the stall was set up, someone came over to choose.

The Lantern Festival is a festival full of romance. Young men and women will go out to enjoy the lanterns on this day, which also provides a good opportunity for young men and women to meet and express their love.

Therefore, Ye Qingqing and Mrs. Ye prepared many beautiful headbands and hairbands. When Ye's father went to West Street to purchase goods, he specially picked up many things that women liked.

The streets are bustling with people, and the busiest ones are the food stalls, and the braised food sold by Ye Fu is even more popular.

Winter bamboo shoots are rare, and now is the time when vegetables are scarce. Many women came to the stall to select winter bamboo shoots. Ye Mu and Ye Xilin have been trained in temple fairs and are very agile in their movements. One is responsible for weighing, and the other is responsible for calculating accounts and collecting money.

There are many things in the grocery stall, and it also attracts many young women and women who are budget-conscious.

The best-selling products at the stall were women's toiletries. The colorful hairbands and headbands hung very conspicuously on the shelves, and several of them were sold at once.

In addition to the beauty-loving woman, there were also two young men at the stall. The bold woman even teased her a little and asked if she wanted to buy a gift for the woman she liked.

The young man was a little shy, and the two of them quickly bought things at the stall with red faces. One person bought a box of rouge and a hair tie, and the other young man bought facial grease and a hair tie.

Although the cost of rouge gouache, facial butter, and hair oil is high, the profit is much higher than other cheap groceries on the stall.

Mrs. Ye said happily: "It's still women's things that make money."

Several members of the Ye family hurried to the town before they had breakfast. Unexpectedly, many people came to the stall as soon as they set up the stall, and they didn't even bother to have breakfast yet.

When there were fewer people, Mrs. Ye quickly went to a nearby pancake stall and bought pancakes. Several people took the pancakes with their own braised pork and ate them hungrily.

By evening, the braised pork and winter bamboo shoots on the stall had been sold out, and most of the items on the grocery stall had also been sold.

Seeing that there were not many things left on the stall, Mr. Ye said cheerfully: "We have almost sold out all the things, so quickly pack up and store the donkey cart and things at the Li Family Restaurant. I have already said hello to shopkeeper Wang." "

Li's Restaurant hung two red lanterns at the door to match the occasion, which looked very festive.

Mr. Ye said hello to Shopkeeper Wang, and then gave Shopkeeper Wang a pack of winter bamboo shoots that he had specially set aside.

After placing the things on the donkey cart and stall, Ye Xilin felt a little hungry and suggested eating first.

"It's not time to watch the lanterns or guess lantern riddles yet, let's go get something to eat first."

"Okay."

Father Ye put one hand on Ye Xilin's shoulder and the other on Ye Donglin's shoulder. The father and son walked in front of each other, laughing and holding each other's back.

Ye Qingqing obediently held Ye's mother's hand, and Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye followed behind, and they started shopping happily.

Passing by a stall selling fried chestnuts, Father Ye bought two packs of fried chestnuts.

As soon as the roasted chestnuts arrived, Ye Xilin couldn't wait to take out two roasted chestnuts, gave one to Father Ye, and peeled the other one and stuffed it into his mouth. As a family, you and I eat and shop one by one. We are so unhappy.

Father Ye pointed to the candied haws on the side and said, "There is candied haws over there, do you want to eat it?"

"What you want, what you want." Ye Xilin said, dragging Ye's father to the old man selling candied haws.

Ye's father asked for three candied haws, and the three of them shared one. Ye Qingqing and Ye's mother ate one, and the other one was given to Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye.

Just after walking for a while, I came across a stall selling snacks, including strange-flavored peanuts, spiced melon seeds and roasted sweet potatoes.

Father Ye tasted a strange-flavored peanut, which tasted good and fragrant. He also tasted five-spice melon seeds, which also tasted good.

Father Ye bought two packs of five-spice melon seeds and two packs of strange-flavored peanuts, and also ordered three roasted sweet potatoes.

Mrs. Ye couldn't help but feel a little anxious when she saw the father and son trying to take the money as if they didn't need it. "Just buy some and try it."

Father Ye gave the money and said with a smile: "It tastes good, so I bought two more packs. Try it quickly."

Father Ye grabbed a handful of strange-flavored peanuts and gave them to Mrs. Ye, and another handful to Mother Ye. Ye Qingqing and Ye Donglin also grabbed a handful of melon seeds in Ye Xilin's hands.

Ye Qingqing chewed the melon seeds and said with a smile: "It does taste good."

Mr. Ye broke open the sweet potato and gave half to Mrs. Ye and the other half to eat by himself. Mrs. Ye took a bite and found that the roasted sweet potato was particularly sweet.

As the group walked away, they had more and more things on their hands. In addition to snacks such as peanuts and melon seeds, there were also two bags of pastries.

Several people had eaten these and thought they were delicious. Father Ye went back to buy them and planned to take them home and eat them slowly.

Mrs. Ye felt that it was a waste of money, but she didn't say anything when she saw a few people eating happily. She happily watched a few children bickering and playing.

When the family is full, all kinds of exquisite lanterns are hung on the street.

There are many types of lanterns during the Lantern Festival, including lanterns with animal images, such as dragon lanterns, tiger lanterns, rabbit lanterns, etc., as well as movable lanterns based on folk stories, such as the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, 24 Filial Piety, etc.

In addition to lanterns, fireworks were also set off.