bayedsolid Chapter 180 Procurement
Chapter 180 Procurement
However, the Xia family used to be reluctant to call a car on the first day of the Lunar New Year, because prices would generally rise on that day, and everyone assumed that prices should go up.
Take taking a bus for example. The fare, which is usually five yuan per person, can rise to ten yuan on the first day of the Lunar New Year. So, in order to save money, my family still prefers to take their own tricycle to the streets.
But now that we're making money, we don't have to worry about these things anymore. Especially when taking a tricycle, it's so cold and the wind is so cold, it's uncomfortable, especially for the two elderly people who have to worry about catching a cold.
Xia Shiyu thought about when she should buy a car, as it would be quite convenient for getting around.
Wang Fu, who was driving, opened the car door and greeted, "Come on, sit here. Is anyone prone to motion sickness? If so, please sit in the front."
"I'll sit in the front," Xia Shiyu said and got into the car.
Everyone in the family is fine, but she sometimes gets carsick or can't stand the sudden braking and starting of the car.
"Okay, Shi Yu, you can go first."
Xia Shiyu got into the car, and Wang Fu chatted with them.
"So you're planning to go shopping?"
"Yes, it's the first day of the Lunar New Year, so I wanted to join in the fun."
"You can go for a stroll in the town; it's the liveliest time of day."
"Haha, that's what we were thinking."
Once they got to the street, Xia Shiyu paid the bill and then went shopping with her family.
This time we're just exploring the small town; we won't go to the county seat since we have to take a bus there.
However, because there's not much to do in the town on ordinary days during the Lunar New Year, there are now many more vendors.
Especially the Xinjiang uncle who sells lamb skewers; he comes here every year during the Spring Festival to sell lamb skewers.
Because of his Xinjiang accent and Xinjiang appearance, everyone thinks his lamb skewers are the most authentic.
Xia Shiyu didn't know if the lamb skewers were authentic or not; she just wanted to eat them when she saw them.
She walked over and saw the job postings that used to sell three skewers for 10 yuan and five skewers for 15 yuan, and said directly, "Give me 30 yuan's worth."
She plans to have two skewers for each member of her family.
After replying "Okay," the merchant started grilling lamb skewers.
As Xia Shiyu smelled the aroma of meat in the air and watched him evenly sprinkle seasonings on the lamb skewers, she felt a little hungry again, even though she had just finished breakfast.
After it was baked, she took it to her family for rating.
"I'll just take one skewer, just to taste it. You can have the rest, Xiaoyu."
Grandma only took one string of them, while Grandpa refused them altogether.
Grandpa said, "It's alright, Xiaoyu, you eat. I won't eat. When I was young, I ate a whole roasted lamb in the army. You can try it sometime. I'm not hungry right now, so you can eat."
"Oh, okay then." Xia Shiyu could only take the lamb skewers back, thankfully her parents loved them.
Xia Shiyu looked at the remaining lamb skewers with satisfaction, took a bite, and found that the taste was still as pleasant and delicious as before.
Moreover, although there wasn't much meat on these lamb skewers, they were still much better than the ones at the barbecue restaurants where they were just a little bit of meat scraps stuck to the skewers.
Xia Shiyu ate with great pleasure, walking forward with her family as she ate.
Along the way, you can also see many novel, fun, and delicious things.
"This candied hawthorn looks good, I'll take one."
"Is this chicken neck bone? I'd like an extra portion with extra chili."
"Wow, they even have old-fashioned pastries here! Grandpa and Grandma, do you like them? If you do, take some more."
Xia Shiyu felt as if she had been plunged into a sea of delicious food, and she couldn't move from the sight of all these things on the road.
It turns out that the saying was true. It's not choice paralysis, but rather the fear of not having money. Once you have money, you don't need to think about these things anymore; you can just buy whatever you want.
Yu Juan looked at Xia Shiyu buying a bunch of snacks from the stalls and felt a little helpless. "Eat less. I don't think you'll be able to eat lunch at all."
"Okay, okay, I won't eat now, Mom. Where are you going to go next?"
Yu Juan thought for a moment, "Let's go to the supermarket. There's also a leisure square over there where we can sit and rest for a while."
The town does have supermarkets and a leisure square, but the supermarkets have a limited selection of goods, and the leisure square is quite small, often occupied by elderly women chatting.
"Okay, let's go then."
The group then slowly walked inside.
Upon arriving at the supermarket, Yu Juan headed towards the vegetable section. Although she had plenty of vegetables at home, she still needed to buy some.
"Do you want to eat these meatballs?" Yu Juan asked. These meatballs used to be the most popular with the children, but she wasn't sure about now, but she still wanted to ask.
Xia Shiyu nodded, "Let's buy some. It'll taste good in hot pot or cooked with vegetables."
Although these meatballs aren't very healthy, it's too much trouble to make them yourself, so it's better to just buy some and try them out. As long as you do that, it won't harm your health.
"Then let's buy some more, and also some wide rice noodles."
Yu Juan also picked up a handful of wide rice noodles. Although she had sweet potato noodles at home, they were very quick to eat, and her family loved them, so she decided to take a little more.
Xia Lihua ran over to weigh the candy. This is the usual procedure during the Chinese New Year. Usually, when guests come to the house, some snacks are prepared.
So we need to buy things like sunflower seeds and peanuts, as well as candy. If we had already bought all of these before, we're buying a different kind of candy that Xia Lihua thinks tastes good.
“I’ve wanted to buy it before, but I didn’t see it. Now that I have it, I have to go and buy it.”
"Fine, go ahead."
Yu Juan was picking and choosing here, and also carried a case of drinks.
I bought a bunch of seaweed and other things, and also weighed out some cold dishes.
Xia Shiyu bought two large boxes of solid yogurt. She still likes to eat this. If it weren't for the inconvenience of raising her own dairy cow, she would even like to raise a cow and make it herself.
The family pushed two shopping carts to the checkout line. There were so many people now, and the supermarket in this small town didn't have self-checkout, so they had to wait in line.
After waiting in line for a while, it was their turn. After the salesperson settled their bill, they handed them a scratch-off lottery ticket.
"This is our supermarket's New Year's promotion. You can win up to 200 yuan in shopping vouchers. Customers are welcome to give it a try."
Yu Juan took it and handed it directly to her daughter, saying, "Go and try it."
Xia Shiyu accepted the prize with a "okay" in mind, but she didn't have much hope. She had always had a hard time winning prizes, and at most she would win a "buy one get one free" prize.
Later, after carelessly scratching it off, I discovered that I had actually won a prize.
"Third prize! Congratulations to this customer for winning a case of pure milk from our supermarket."
The waiter handed over a case of pure milk.
Xia Shiyu accepted the prize, feeling quite happy. It was pretty good; she had actually won.
"That's good, that's good. It's good to have more milk at home."
Grandma was very happy.
Grandpa was also happy, "Xiaoyu has good luck this year, this is a good omen."
Xia Shiyu happily carried a box of milk out. It seemed she was having good luck this year, which made her even happier.
Xia Shiyu then spotted other snacks and treats on the street and ran over to buy them.