Chapter 163: Poking the Bird's Nest and Setting Off Firecrackers
Chapter 163: Poking the Bird's Nest and Setting Off Firecrackers
This older generation of soldiers really makes Li Jiayi speechless!
At any time, he is afraid of letting others suffer losses, and his father is the same.
In this case, what else can Li Jiayi say? He can only agree! Otherwise, these people really won't want his beef.
Lao Zhao and his two companions carried the beef home and quickly brought back some tangerines in a net bag.
When Li Jiayi saw this thing, his eyes lit up. This was indeed a tangerine, which was definitely a good thing for him.
It’s a pity that there is only this one kind. It would be better if there were a few more southern fruits.
For example, lychees, longans, even mangoes are fine!
However, he also knew that this was simply impossible. The reason why there are still sugar oranges now is because the ripening period of sugar oranges in the south is from October to March of the following year.
At this time, it is the season for picking tangerines in the south, but other fruits are basically unavailable at this time.
Except for refrigerated ones, of course.
Li Jiayi did not leave at noon, but had lunch at Lao Li's house, and Lao Zhao and the other three were also there.
Three people each brought a bottle of wine and a dish.
They wanted to treat Li Jiayi to a meal together, but unfortunately Li Jiayi was still young and couldn't drink at all.
They said they were inviting Li Jiayi to dinner, but they themselves were drunk. Except for Old Li, everyone else was helped away by their wives.
After dinner, Li Jiayi said hello to Aunt Tian and drove away on the sled.
Just like before, I went to the service center first and filled the box before leaving the military compound.
When he returned home, it was not yet two o'clock in the afternoon. Normally, Li Jiayi should have just woken up from a nap at this time.
"Is your son back?" Ye Xin asked.
"Ok!"
"Why do you carry so many things?" Ye Xin looked at him in surprise.
Li Jiayi smiled and said, "This time there are quite a few."
How can I describe the things he brought back this time? Not a lot, but not a small amount either.
Five bottles of exclusive Moutai liquor, two packs of exclusive Zhonghua cigarettes, ten kilograms of apples, ten kilograms of tangerines, and ten kilograms of peaches.
As for the other ten kilograms of tangerines, he of course put them into the space.
In addition to these, Li Jiayi also brought back two fish, carp, each weighing about six pounds.
This is much bigger than the two or three pounds his mother said!
The most important thing is that what he brought back was actually a red carp. You know, this thing is not easy to buy!
To be honest, even Liao Kai was shocked. Liao Kai was shocked not only because of the red carp, but also because of the fruits and the specially supplied cigarettes and alcohol.
This time he completely believed that Li Jiayi had exchanged things with those big compounds, because the cigarettes and alcohol were specially supplied.
"Mom, please take care of these two red carps." Li Jiayi handed the fish to his mother and said.
"Okay, I was thinking one fish would be enough, but now that I have two, it's just right that I'll have one on the night of the 30th and one at noon on the 1st."
Then Li Jiayi looked at his father and said, "Here are five bottles of Moutai and two packs of cigarettes for you."
"Hahaha, thank you, son." Li Aimin said excitedly.
These are all good things! The kind that money can’t buy.
Finally, Li Jia handed all the fruits to the eldest sister and said, "Sister, please put these fruits away."
"it is good."
Li Jiayi did not prepare anything for Liao Kai because there was no need. Basically, whatever Li Aimin had, Liao Kai would have.
For example, when Li Aimin drank the five bottles of exclusive Moutai he brought back, he must have drank them with Liao Kai!
As for the specially supplied cigarettes, needless to say, Li Aimin would share them with him. In that case, what difference would it make whether he had them or not.
After Ye Xin took the fish into the kitchen, she came back and asked, "Son, now you should be quiet for two days, right?"
"Well! From now on, until the end of the New Year, I don't plan to go out."
"That's great. I haven't seen you all day since your dad and I went on vacation."
What Ye Xin said was a bit too much. We eat together in the morning and in the evening. How can you say that you don’t see each other all day long?
"I know, Mom. I'll be at home every day these days, and I guarantee you'll be annoyed to death."
"You little brat, you only know how to talk nonsense." Ye Xin patted Li Jiayi lightly on the back.
At this time, Li Jiayi turned his head and looked at Liao Kai and said, "Uncle Liao, what delicious food are you planning to make tonight?"
Liao Kai smiled and asked, "What do you want to eat?"
"Want to eat hot pot."
"No problem, I'll go cut the meat after we finish our tea, and I guarantee you'll have hotpot tonight." Liao Kai said with a smile.
"Ok!"
Li Jiayi likes to eat hotpot, because he is the kind of person who loves spicy food, and hotpot is very attractive to him.
The most important thing is that there is no shortage of ingredients at home, otherwise it is not easy to eat hot pot in this era.
First of all, there are beef and mutton, and then there are various vegetables and side dishes. Without these, it would not be considered a hot pot.
But these are not a problem for Li Jiayi, including the sesame paste that others want to buy but can't.
Although he doesn't go out, Li Jiayi is a person who can't sit still. After Liao Kai and his parents went to the kitchen to prepare ingredients, Li Jiayi also came out of the house.
The festive atmosphere of the New Year is very strong now. The sound of firecrackers has never stopped since the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month.
Although they were played one by one, they kept ringing all the time.
Look around the yard, those who set off firecrackers are basically children from families with better conditions.
Of course, Li Jiayi is an exception. It’s not that he doesn’t like setting off firecrackers, but he is not interested in setting off those small firecrackers.
Because he only played with Ma Lei Zi, those small firecrackers were boring. After coming out of the East Cross Courtyard, Li Jiayi walked outside because the children in the courtyard were playing on the street outside the courtyard.
Although Li Jiayi doesn't set off firecrackers, he still feels good watching children of his age playing.
As soon as I arrived at the front yard, I saw Shi Da Tiao holding a thin bamboo pole in one hand and a small whip in the other.
This child has been spoiled beyond measure by his family. Given their family's current situation, their life must be very difficult.
Although Shi Shangfei's salary is not low, most of it is sent back to the countryside every month.
Now that all the family members have come to the city to celebrate the New Year, the expenses are not small, but even so, I still buy firecrackers for this kid to play with. You can imagine how spoiled he has become.
What Li Jiayi didn't understand was why this kid was using a bamboo pole to set off firecrackers.
Do you use a bamboo pole to set off the firecrackers? Not really! The small firecrackers with 100 bangs are set off immediately after they are lit, without waiting for the bamboo pole to be raised.
The boy glanced at Li Jiayi without saying anything and walked straight out.
Li Jiayi ignored him and walked out.
There were many children on the street, some from their yard and some from nearby yards. A small number of them were setting off firecrackers, while most of the children were watching from the side.
"Brother Jiayi."
"Oh! It's Qingjun!"
Sun Qingjun, the son of Grandpa Sun Quezi, is only seven years old this year, but will soon be eight years old.
Although he is young, he is very sensible and knows the situation of his family, so he never asks his family for anything.
Take firecrackers for example. Normally, at his age, if he sees others giving out firecrackers, he would definitely pester adults for some! But he didn't.
It can be said that he is so sensible that it makes people feel distressed.
"Brother Jiayi, are you out setting off firecrackers too?"
Li Jiayi shook his head and said, "I don't set off firecrackers. Setting off firecrackers is for children. My brother has grown up."
"Yeah!" Sun Qingjun nodded repeatedly.
It seemed that he agreed with what Li Jiayi said.
Looking at this sensible child, Li Jiayi quickly took out a handful of peanuts from his pocket and handed them to him, saying, "Come on, Brother Jiayi will treat you to some peanuts."
Sun Qingjun quickly shook his head and said, "Brother Jiayi, I can't take this. My mother said that you have helped our family enough and we can't take anything from you anymore."
"Uh!"
"Brother Jiayi is just treating you to some peanuts. This is nothing." After saying that, he put it directly into his pocket.
Li Jiayi also took out a handful and stood there watching others set off firecrackers.
Sun Qingjun clutched his pocket tightly, looked at Li Jiayi and said, "Thank you, Brother Jiayi."
"You're welcome."
"what!"
In the blink of an eye, Shi Datiao disappeared.
"What's wrong with Brother Jiayi?"
"It's okay, Shi Da Tiao was here just now! He disappeared in the blink of an eye."
"Oh! They must have gone to the nearby woods to poke and blow up bird nests."
"Uh!"
After hearing what Sun Qingjun said, he immediately understood why Shi Datiao held a bamboo pole.
After watching for a while, he found it quite interesting, so he turned around and asked, "Qingjun, do you want to set off firecrackers?"
Sun Qingjun quickly shook his head and said, "No."
How could a child not want to set off firecrackers? It’s just because they don’t have money.
"It's like this, I want to set off firecrackers, can you help me buy two?"
"Ah! Brother Jiayi, firecrackers are very expensive. A string of small firecrackers costs 21 cents."
"It's okay, brother has money." After saying that, he took out fifty cents from his pocket.
"Come on, can you go buy it for your brother?"
Looking at the fifty cents that Li Jiayi handed over, Sun Qingjun thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "Okay, I'll go buy it for Brother Jiayi right away."
"Ok!"
The place where firecrackers are sold is in the supply and marketing cooperative, which is not far from here, just a few steps away.
In just four or five minutes, Sun Qingjun came back with two small whips in his hands.
"Brother Jiayi, I bought it and gave me eight cents in change." After saying that, he handed over the firecrackers and the change.
Li Jiayi just took a string of firecrackers and said, "Come with me and set them off! As for the eight cents, consider it as your errand fee."
"Brother Jiayi, I can't accept this." Sun Qingjun quickly shook his head.
"You have to. If you don't want it, Brother Jiayi won't play with you anymore."
"Ah! This..."
"Okay, put the money away and play firecrackers with me."
Tears welled up in Sun Qingjun's eyes. He didn't know what to do. If he didn't accept it, Brother Jiayi would not play with him anymore.
He was in a dilemma because he couldn't accept it.
"Okay, come with me and set off the firecrackers." After saying that, he took the eight cents from his hand and put it directly into his pocket.
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(End of this chapter)