1979: My fiancée is a goddess

Chapter 79 New Year's Goods and Dinner

February 8th, there are less than ten days left until the Lunar New Year.

Early in the morning, the sky was cloudy.

Cheng Kaiyan was awakened by Liu Xiaoli and dragged to the street.

There were several large snowdrifts in the bushes on both sides of the road, with dead leaves and wood chips mixed in, dyeing the snow gray and black.

Although there was not much snow on the ground, Cheng Kaiyan still felt it was a bit slippery when walking on it.

"Ha~"

Cheng Kaiyan raised his hand and yawned. He didn't sleep well last night, so he certainly didn't go to write some romance novel. He hadn't written a single word of that.

People are like this. They used to write 8,000 words a day, but now they are too lazy to write even one word.

In fact, it was because I was too exhausted by Liu Xiaoli these days.

"Didn't you sleep well? You were indeed a little tired during the day these days. How about... go back and sleep for a while?"

Liu Xiaoli beside him looked at him with concern and said.

This is indeed caring, but Cheng Kaiyan always feels like "Is this all you can't handle?"

How can this be tolerated?

Cheng Kaiyan waved her hand quickly, "No need, I can sleep on the train anyway."

At the same time, his eyes were also looking at the girl's outfit today.

Today Liu Xiaoli wore a tweed coat similar in style to his, with a black sweater underneath.

In addition, she did not tie her hair into a braid, but instead tied it into a neat ponytail.

The two of them were dressed very similarly, and when they stood together with Cheng Kaiyan, anyone who saw them would involuntarily think they were a couple.

I don’t know what this girl is thinking.

"Well, actually..."

Liu Xiaoli opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but under Cheng Kaiyan's gaze, she bit her pink lips and finally didn't say anything. She asked instead:

"Danping and the others have prepared a small hot pot tonight, do you want to come?

They said they haven’t treated you to a proper meal yet, to thank you.

If you hadn't helped play the piano during the performance, it would have been a mess, right? So they wanted to treat you to a meal. There weren't many people, just our dorm and a few friends.

Meet the others as well. They mentioned it to me yesterday and said they wanted to thank you in person.

Of course, I also want to thank you, after all, it’s about the show and Xiaofang.”

After saying that, the girl looked at Cheng Kaiyan seriously.

These days, Xiaofang's song is well-known among the people in Jiangcheng, and seven out of ten people can sing it.

Amid the noisy reports and heated discussions, Cheng Kaiyan and Liu Xiaoli are probably the two people who care the least about this matter.

Because Cheng Kaiyan is about to leave Jiangcheng and return to Beijing to celebrate the New Year.

Before the performance, Liu Xiaoli had made an agreement with Cheng Kaiyan to take him around Jiangcheng for a good trip.

So the two of them visited the theater, bookstore, riverside, East Lake, and Lingbo Gate over the past two days.

As the host, she was very generous. She just waved her hand and paid for everything including meals and transportation.

Today, in order to give Cheng Kaiyan a farewell party, Liu Xiaoli specially discussed with the sisters in the dormitory to buy some vegetables, tofu, radish, pork, mutton and the like, to make a small hot pot in the dormitory and invite Cheng Kaiyan to dinner.

By the way, I would also like to thank him for his contribution to the performance that night.

"Of course! I want to try your cooking skills, too."

Cheng Kaiyan nodded in agreement. He also wanted to see if his sister Xiaoli was good at housework.

She can be a lady in the living room, on stage, in the kitchen, an actress, and a strict mother...

Excellent lesbian, what is it that you don’t know how to do?

Just when Cheng Kaiyan was thinking about something, Liu Xiaoli looked up and saw that he was thinking about something else. She pulled his sleeve and walked towards the street. The two were dating, but they had not yet confirmed their relationship.

Taking the initiative to hold hands is still quite bold for a girl, she wouldn't dare to do it unless she is really sure.

Thinking of this, Liu Xiaoli looked at Cheng Kaiyan quietly.

I don't know what this guy is thinking.

Shops on both sides of the street hung festive red lanterns, and some quick families even put up red couplets.

The 900 million Chinese people are riding on the Leap Forward Thousand-Mile Horse, and the grand blueprint of the Four Modernizations ushers in the eternal spring of the motherland.

Horizontal: Peace and prosperity for the country and the people

The fiery red couplets and lanterns formed a sharp contrast with the cold white snow on the roof, adding a strong sense of human fireworks to the originally bleak and silent winter.

“Cured fish and cured meat~”

"Lotus root~"

"Huangpi Three Fresh~"

The streets were filled with citizens shopping for New Year's goods. Adults were holding or carrying children as they moved through the crowd. There were really a lot of people on the streets.

Cheng Kaiyan subconsciously glanced at the ladies' watch on her hand and found that it was just a little after seven in the morning.

In Cheng Kaiyan's memory, although the Chinese New Year was wonderful, it was a little hard, which was helping her mother Xu Yuxiu to reserve a queue and wait in line.

Various stores are crowded with citizens who come to buy New Year's goods. There are queues everywhere, for rice and oil, and for fish and meat.

If you want to buy the peanuts, melon seeds, and fruit candies that are "specially supplied" for the New Year, you will have to queue up.

It's not just about queuing, but also about bringing the whole family together!
The rest of the family, young and old, got up early in the morning and went out together.

Moreover, there were only two people in Cheng Kaiyan's family, mother and son, so it was very difficult to buy things. I remember that at that time, I would just wipe my face when I woke up in the morning and rush to the grocery store.

At that time, Cheng Kaiyan was still a little kid. He found a few old men and women to ask what each team was selling, and then quickly rushed to the end of the line to grab a seat.

There is a saying that goes like this: "Holding the ticket and the certificate in your hand, hunching your shoulders and rolling up your sleeves."

The emotions in the days before the Chinese New Year were like a roller coaster. The main reason was that you might not be able to buy anything even if you queued up. You could only stand in front of the crowd and wait until the salesperson wiped her apron with her hands, looked up and said loudly: "Today's goods are sold out!"

Then his eyes went dark.

It’s just like doing nucleic acid testing in the early stages of an epidemic in later generations. You queue up in a long line, and then hear in the end that there’s no reagent left.

However, every time Cheng Kaiyan and Xu Yuxiu bought something for home, they felt that the New Year was getting closer, and they felt happier, more satisfied, and more expectant.

"Hey, I don't know if it's okay for mom to buy New Year's goods by herself."

Cheng Kaiyan was a little worried, but fortunately she would be going home tomorrow.

Liu Xiaoli, who was standing by, heard this and said worriedly, "It will be difficult for Aunt Yuxiu to buy New Year's goods alone at home. Go back and buy them in a couple of days. There are still seven or eight days before the New Year."

"It can only be the."

……

Vegetable markets and department stores are always the busiest places during the Chinese New Year.

Some wealthier families would go to department stores specifically during the Chinese New Year to get coupons and purchase big items, such as bicycles, televisions, and sewing machines.

Cheng Kaiyan looked up and saw that a butcher's stall in the vegetable market was crowded with people.

Adults held or led their children around in the crowd. No matter whether the family was poor or rich, it was a must to buy a few pounds of pork before the New Year.

After all, you may not be able to eat meat throughout the year.

"Two pounds of the best pork belly!"

Well, nowadays no one likes lean meat because it has no oil or water.

In addition to making people gain weight, the biggest use of fatty meat is probably to make lard.

Please be gentle with your criticism. After all, this is an urban novel of the period, which has both daily life and career plots. If either one is missing, it will have an impact. Sometimes I don’t want to make it watery, but to make it full. Whether it is watery or full requires time and experience. The author is currently exploring and adjusting.

Finally, I would like to report the results. It is twice what I expected, but why are the subscriptions for the later chapters higher than the first chapter?
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