At the end of Chinese New Year's Eve, Hu Xiaozhuang took Su Miaomiao, Xu's family and Su Wan to the hospital.
On the other side of the hospital, Yu knew that Su Miaomiao was coming to the hospital with his family for the new year. He had already cleaned up the house with Wei Yao and Hua Xiyue.
Su Miaomiao brings some of the new year's products she bought, and some game from Lingxi mountain. There are mountain streams at home and Qiao's at the workshop. Su Miaomiao is very relieved.
After all the things are packed, Su Miaomiao and Gu Pinyan go to the market. Today is the last market before the new year. After the new year, the market will not open until after the Shangyuan Festival.
Because this market is the last one before the Chinese new year, things are the most complete, and compared with the previous several markets, things are also the cheapest.
Because a lot of things, if they can't be sold today, such as some gadgets, rouge powder, are OK, but some food, if it's put out again on the Shangyuan Festival, it's going to stink. So this day is also the happiest day for children, and they can eat many good things when they go to the streets with adults.
During the new year, meat is indispensable to every family. This time is different from the past. No matter how hard it is, people will buy a few catties of meat to satisfy their children.
This year's pork clinic doesn't need to buy any. This morning, Gu Chenzhong sent 50 Jin. Yu, together with Hua Xiyue and Wei Yao, is making dumplings at home.
There is a custom in Dashun. Seeing a doctor on the last day of the new year's end and the first day of the new year are quite taboo. So on the 30th day and the spring festival day, the hospital did not open. Gu Pinyan was able to spare some time to get some air.
"Look, bamboo dumplings!" Gu Rushi looks at the stall not far away and pulls Su to run to the stall.
Gu Pinyan looked at Su Miaomiao with a smile, shook his head and said, "these two people love to eat so much. I'm afraid they won't give up if they don't eat the market all over“
"I envy them very much. Sometimes it's a blessing to be able to eat. Let's have a taste." Su Miaomiao said, pulling Gu Pinyan to catch up.
Looking at the hot bamboo dumplings sprinkled with sugar, the sweet smell of glutinous rice constantly wafts into Su Miaomiao's nose. Looking at Su wanwan and Gu Rushi eating bamboo dumplings, a sense of happiness rippling in Su Miaomiao's heart. For many years, he has not experienced such a taste of new year.
Although there was no shortage of food and drink in the village with Wang last year, it was not as lively as it is today.
"Shopkeeper, how much is it?" Su Miaomiao took out two money bags from her arms, which she deliberately prepared. One had some silver coins in it, and the other had a hundred copper coins.
"Four Wen for one. The girl asked for four. It's four Wen." The shopkeeper smiles and takes the Siwen money from Su Miaomiao, and is busy asking other children to buy Bamboo casks of zongzi.
Su wanwan and Gu Rushi ate up a bamboo bucket of zongzi after a few bites. They held hands and went to the next stall.
When they arrived at the stall selling fried chestnuts with sugar, they could not walk at their feet as if they were filled with lead.
"For 20 Wen, stir fried chestnuts with sugar." Su Miaomiao counted out twenty coppers from her purse and gave them to the woman who sold the fried chestnuts with sugar. If she didn't send them away, she was afraid that the market would not be able to go on.
The old lady who sells chestnuts packs them up, takes Su Miaomiao's copper plate with a smile, and says a blessing for the Spring Festival to her.
Su wanwan and Gu Rushi, who got the fried chestnuts with sugar, showed a smile on their face.
Su Miaomiao goes to the place where Grandma Qiu set up the stall before. The stall is empty. If you want to say that this last market, aunt Qiu will not miss it.
Seeing Su Miaomiao stop in front of aunt Qiu's stall, an old man selling roasted sweet potatoes next to her stall can't help but open his mouth.
"Girl, are you here to buy a bag from Grandma Qiu?" The elder said, looking up and down at Su Miaomiao.
Su Miaomiao sees that Gu Pinyan's bag is a little old, so she wants to visit aunt Qiu. She likes the embroidery work on Aunt Qiu's bag very much. Besides, aunt Qiu has helped her before. It's not the new year's Eve, so she wants to come and have a look.
”Sir, give me two pieces of baked sweet potatoes“ Su Miaomiao said and put five coppers on the stall.
Just now, there was a child clamoring to eat baked sweet potatoes, but she didn't think that after the price was agreed, the woman suddenly gave up. He was helpless and was just about to put away the sweet potatoes when Su Miaomiao opened her mouth.
My uncle immediately accepted the coin with a happy face and handed over the baked sweet potato with the title. It was still hot.
Su Miaomiao took the sweet potato and asked, "Sir, I'd like to ask you something. You must have been setting up a stall here for a long time. I'll ask grandma Qiu in this bag stall. Do you know why she didn't come today?"
"Girl, grandma Qiu and I are old acquaintances. At noon yesterday, someone came to see her, and then she closed the stall in a hurry." The old master stopped and continued: "I don't know what happened to her family. When she left, she was in a hurry."
Su Miaomiao thinks, isn't it really something happened to grandma Qiu's family? If that were the case, she would not be able to stand by.
"Sir, do you know where Grandma Qiu lives?"
"I know, I know!" The old man said, then he pointed to a direction and said, "go straight along this street, turn right at the end of the street, and then turn right at the fifth intersection. There is an old mill, and her house is next to that mill."
"Thank you, sir." When Su Miaomiao's words came down, he walked down the street that uncle pointed to.
Before, Gu Pinyan had heard about grandma Qiu from Wei Yao. Today, after listening to Su Miaomiao's inquiry, he showed a worried look on his face. He knew that this grandma Qiu was the one in Wei Yao's mouth.
"Rushi, you can go home with wanwan first. Sister Miaomiao and I have something to do." Gu Pinyan said to Gu Rushi after su wanwan, and he kept up with Su Miaomiao.
After a while, they followed the old man's direction and found the old mill.
The door of grandma Qiu's house is open. Su Miaomiao pushes the door open. Seeing that the yard is full of signs of being turned over, she can't help quickening her pace.
As soon as she entered the room, she saw grandma Qiu sitting helplessly on the ground, her eyes red and swollen, like a bitter fruit for a long time. Su Miaomiao helped her up, and grandma Qiu came back to herself.
"Miss Su, why are you here?" Grandma Qiu said, wiping her tears.
Seeing grandma Qiu's grievance, there must be something wrong. Now it's Chinese New Year's Eve. According to common sense, the Lu brothers should all be here.