60s Splendid Life

"All right, let's go, just let me and your Aunt Chunmei watch over here, you haven't been here before, go shopping around." Aunt Qin knew that this was the first time Lu Jin came here , a teenage child is at the age of curiosity and playfulness, so let him go around and tell him not to go too far and remember to come back.

Lu Jin said yes, and there happened to be an empty basket, so he was dumped into the empty basket by the remaining bean curd sticks in the basket, and went shopping in the market with the basket on his back.The main purpose of bringing a pannier is for cover, not for carrying things. Of course, he won't tell anyone about this.

After a few steps, I saw a stall selling pork in front of me.

Meat! ! !

The ghost knows how happy it is to see meat for sale in this countryside where it is difficult to buy meat!Lu Jin almost went straight to the pork stall. When he got close, he closed his eyes and asked how the pork was sold with a reserved face.

"I want something, I'll give it to you at a cheaper price." It's almost noon now, and the meat will be scattered if it can't be sold. It's [-] cents a catty cheaper than it was earlier.

When Lu Jin heard that the price was fair, it was [-] cents a catty cheaper than the last time he bought meat in their village, but that would be because the meat was leftover, but this time, although it was a bit late, There are both fat and thin meat on the stall.

There are also half a fan of ribs, and he asked that the price is cheaper than pork belly.

"I want this piece, and I want these ribs." Seeing that there was pork belly, Lu Jin bought a large piece of pork belly and half a rib.At this time, the pigs in the countryside are all raised on miscellaneous grains. The meat is very thick, fat and thin, and they all look good.

Thinking of going to his aunt's house for dinner, although they are not relatives, it's not good to go to other people's house empty-handed as guests, so Lu Jin asked the master to cut another piece of meat, and he would follow the money when he counted the money. The master said: "Master, you don't have much meat in this bone, why don't you give me two bones."

"Okay, seeing that you bought so much, I'll give you these few bones." Seeing that Lu Jin is a generous customer, the pork butcher also readily offered some bones to him, "I'll buy some meat next time." Meat again."

"Okay, thank you boss." After giving the money and taking the pork and putting it in the basket, Lu Jin threw his share into the space, leaving only the share that he would give away later, and carried it on his back. Carrying the backpack, I went on shopping for other things.

Walking and shopping along the way, he will go up to see something he likes, and ask the price by the way.

He found that some people probably thought that he was a half-grown child, so they quoted higher prices. Lu Jin usually would not consider doing business with them. If the price was real, he would pay more. Two eyes.

But he doesn't remember to buy the things he likes, he can go shopping first if he really wants to buy them, and then go back to buy them.

Along the way, I saw several stalls selling herbal medicines. Lu Jin himself didn't know much about herbal medicines. If Master Liu was here, he could ask the other party for their opinions.Seeing a few large pieces of ginger on a stall selling herbal medicine, he asked if the price was right, so he paid for some pieces of ginger.

He buried a few pieces of ginger in the vegetable garden at home, but he probably had to wait until he could dig out the ginger and eat it.

Ginger is very useful. It can be used as seasoning, stir-fried vegetables and soup. If the children at home catch a cold, you can also boil some water for the children to drink, so it is right to buy some and keep it at home.

"Meow~meow~"

How can there be cat meowing?

Hearing the sound of a kitten meowing on the road, Lu Jin walked over following the sound, and saw a bamboo cage in front of an old man, in which three kittens were imprisoned, two small black-and-white and gray raccoon cats, and one A small yellow and white tabby cat.Two black, white and gray civet cats were scratching the cage with their small paws, meowing. The little yellow civet cat was lying on the inside of the cage and sleeping soundly. I don’t know if it’s because it’s big-hearted or lazy, maybe it’s both. have.

Seeing the little yellow pear-blossom cat in the cage, Lu Jin thought of the fat cat raised by Uncle Liu's family. He hadn't been to town for a while, and wondered if the fat cat still remembered him.

Seeing how cute the kittens in the cage were, he crouched in front of the cage and looked at them.

"Does the young man want a cat?" Seeing the young man squatting in front of the cage, the old man said, "This is a kitten born to our mother cat. We can't keep so many cats at home. You can take one of them back for just [-] cents." That's it."

"Can you eat?" Lu Jin looked up at the old man and asked.

The old man hurriedly replied: "After the meeting, I have already taught you how to eat. You can take it home and pour some soup and rice for it to eat. If you raise it a little longer, it will catch mice by itself. Our cat is very good at catching mice." , we haven't seen a mouse in our house since we got cats."

These days, people in the country keep cats to catch mice. Although it costs a little food to keep a cat at home, there is no need to worry that the grains collected in autumn will be eaten by mice. Some people in the countryside will keep a cat at home. The cat looks after the house.

It's just that the mother cat gives birth to several cubs a year, and they can't all be kept at home. If there are too many cats, they need food, so they can only be sold in the market.

Lu Jin thought so too. He had seen mice several times in their house. Few people in their village kept cats, and the mice in the village were bigger than rabbits.Moreover, the children in their family are very fond of small animals. After thinking about it for a while, he decided to take a cat home, "That's fine, I'll have one."

"There are three here. Which one do you want? I'll catch it for you." The old man lifted the lid of the cage, and a little raccoon cat came out and barked.

"I want the yellow one." Lu Jin touched the head of the little civet cat that popped up with his fingertips. He still prefers the little yellow cat that sleeps late, and this little yellow cat looks If you are lazy, you should have a good personality.

There are children in the family. When raising a cat, he must first consider whether the cat has a good personality and whether it will scratch people. It is safer to raise a lazy cat with a good personality than a lively and active cat.

"This is good, this is just the big one, and it's big too." The old man reached in and took out the yellow kitten. When he was lifted out by the soft flesh of his neck, the little yellow cat curled up, even its tail. Get up, open your eyes and meow,

The little yellow cat's eyes are green, as beautiful as glass beads.

"Is this a male cat or a female cat?"

"female."

"These two are male, do you want to bring one more?"

"No, that's all."

Lu Jin hurriedly reached out to catch it, put it on his lap, touched it with his hand, found that the little guy didn't recognize anyone at all, sniffed his fingers with his nose, and stuck out his little tongue to lick him, cat There were barbs on his tongue, and the barbs made his fingers itchy, so he retracted them.

The old man asked him to give him [-] cents. He gave the old man [-] cents and took the kitten away.

When I went back, I saw an old man selling jars. Lu Jin thought that he was going to make a batch of pickled vegetables, and he happened to be short of jars to pickle, so he went to ask how the jars were sold.

The old man quoted the price to him, and the price of the jars varies according to the size of large, medium and small.

Lu Jin, who came from a later age, thinks that things in this era are quite cheap, and he is too embarrassed to bargain with others for the difference of ten or two cents, but he wants more, so he asks the old man who sells jars, "Did you make these jars yourself, or did you get them from outside? Is there any more? I want more, and I'm afraid these are not enough."

"Yes, yes, people in our village burn these things. These jars are all burned by our own family. How much do you want? I will bring you over on the next market day." The old man who sells jars is not from Li Jia'ao People, their village is another village more than ten kilometers away from Lijiaao. He brought things here to sell on the day of the market in Lijiaao.

The old man was accompanied by a little baby, who looked about four or five years old, and was born with a tiger's head and a tiger's head. He followed his grandfather to the market to sell things.

Seeing the child looking at him curiously, or looking at the kitten in his arms.

Lu Jin handed the cat over to Xiao Wa'er to stroke his head. After Xiao Wa'er touched his cat, he gave him a silly and cute smile.

It happened that there was candy in his pocket all the time, so Lu Jin took out two candies for the child, and discussed with the old man, "Well, I'll buy all of these from you, and I'll order another hundred large and one hundred Small one, you can bring it over here on the next market day, and I’ll come back and get it from you.”

"Okay, okay, this is no problem." When he heard that the other party wanted so much, the old man was so surprised that he almost jumped up.

Although the other party didn't say that they would give a deposit, after paying for the batch of jars, Lu Jin also gave an additional deposit of five yuan.

The old man selling jars was also very happy to make such a large amount of business all of a sudden, and planned to help someone bring the jars home, "Where do you live, I will help you bring these jars to your home, you It’s not easy to move by yourself.”

Seeing that the boy looked young, the old man bought so many jars from him all at once, and asked a little worriedly: "Would your family disagree with you taking so many jars with me? You want to take back so many jars." What are you doing at home?" Although the money just in his pocket is not hot yet, he is a bit reluctant to return it, but if other people's parents disagree, he still has to return the money to others, so as to save the child from going home and suffering from adults. beat and scold.

"You don't have to worry about this, I'm in charge of our family's affairs. You help me send it over there, and I'll let my family take it away later." Lu Jin asked the old man to transport the batch of jars to a deserted alley go.

After the old man left with his grandson, he put these jars into the space.

"Meow?" The little yellow cat who happened to see this scene meowed, tilted its head and looked at its owner with a puzzled expression on its face.

Lu Jin stroked the cat with his hands, and walked out with a smile.