Chapter 99 New Year's Eve (1)
New Year’s Eve 2008.
It is rare that one day I can rest at home and don’t have to think about anything. I originally planned to sleep until noon before getting up.
Who knows that things are going against your wishes.
It was less than 9 o'clock in the morning when Liu Zhuping pulled him up from the bed.
After washing and eating a few bites of breakfast.
Because of a slight hangover and not very clear-headed, Lynch was inexplicably forced to accompany Liu Zhuping and Lin Guodong to the vegetable market to sweep goods.
In the past years, Lao Lin and his parents-in-law were all handled by themselves.
However, since Liu Zhuping discovered Lynch's "hidden" cooking skills this year, she naturally would not let such a high-quality labor force go in vain.
After all, pure labor like Lao Lin only says 'okay' when asking anything, and there is no way to provide any emotional value. It is not fun to go shopping with him.
If you bring Lynch with you, at least you can have someone who knows what you can do to advise.
So Lao Lin drove, Liu Zhuping was in charge of the co-pilot, and Lynch lay in the back row and closed his eyes to rest.
The whole family went out in a neat way.
After a while, Lynch, who was a little confused, seemed to hear a question from his mother.
"Lynch, the seafood was pretty good the other nights. Where did you buy it?"
Lynch, who couldn't open his eyes, said casually.
As a result, when he arrived at his destination, the familiar building in front of him made his mind buzz instantly.
"Mom? Why do you suddenly want to come here to buy vegetables? You probably didn't buy them in this market?
"I think you're confused. I didn't ask you where you bought seafood, but you said it yourself.
I have also heard before that others have said that the market has a relatively complete range of things and good quality, but it is a little bit expensive. So I have never been here. This time I have a rare New Year, so I just think it's here to see it."
Fuck! I'm careless!
This is done!
The reason why Lynch chose to go to this market to buy vegetables is because the things here are indeed quite complete.
But the most important thing is that it is far from their home. According to Liu Zhuping's personality, it is basically unlikely that she would come here to buy groceries.
Therefore, this greatly reduces the risk that Lynch may occasionally encounter his mother when buying groceries, and thus greatly reduces the probability that some of the conjectures that may cause very unfavorable to Lynch.
But I didn't expect that I would destroy the Great Wall with my own hands!
It’s really a bad luck for this person to get stuck in his teeth even if he drinks water!
"By the way, where did you buy it?"
"I don't remember it very clearly. I just wandered around at that time. I only bought it once. I was not very familiar with it. Otherwise, let's change the market? Isn't it obvious that this unfamiliar market has been slaughtered by people during the Chinese New Year? And you see that there are so many people here, it's too exaggerated."
After saying that, Lynch pointed to the scene where people were surging in front of him.
Perhaps because today is New Year's Eve, almost every household has people purchasing ingredients for the New Year's Eve dinner at this time.
Looking around, the crowds in the market were already so dense that people were walking around with difficulty.
Moreover, various shouts can be heard everywhere, and most of these shouts are not sent by merchants doing business.
More of this comes from consumers who buy things.
‘Please give me a way’, ‘Boss, don’t sell all this shrimp, leave me a pound.’ ‘The meat I sold yesterday was only 35, but today you sold it for 40, why don’t you grab it?’ Sounds like that are endless.
Although people can hear the sounds that are expensive everywhere, every year on New Year's Eve, the things in the market seem to be cost-effective. It is not an exaggeration to describe the popularity of the scene by snatching it.
In Lynch's impression, when the end of the year approaches, starting from the New Year, all kinds of ingredients will first increase the price one collectively, and then about two or three days before New Year's Eve, the price one day will start to increase.
Finally, on New Year's Eve, it becomes one price in the morning and one price in the afternoon.
Some of the more popular ingredients can double the price in two or three days, which is common.
Moreover, this unique festival phenomenon has even lasted for 10 or 20 years.
"I've come here, go in and take a look. Besides, today is New Year's Eve, and all markets are like this."
Liu Zhuping ignored Lynch's reasons and made the final decision.
At this point, Lynch has no choice.
He knew very well that it was unrealistic to leave if he didn't want to go in and take a walk, so he could only rely on the number of people in a while and not be recognized by the boss of a certain seafood stall.
For this reason, when the family passed the seafood stall that Lynch had been to several times before, he kept his back to the stall, using the crowds to block his body, lowered his head, and accelerated his steps a little.
Try to quickly pass through this stall in this way.
But it is obvious that Lynch ignored the practical application of Murphy's law in life.
The more a person is afraid of something, the more that thing will hit him.
Just when Lynch did not arouse any suspicion, the family was about to bypass the seafood stall.
A customer who was originally standing by the stall and looking around may not find the ingredients he liked and was about to turn around and leave.
As a result, just as he retreated, he happened to bump into Lynch, who was walking with his back to the stall.
"Sorry, sorry." The man staggered a little, then stood firm and turned around immediately, constantly apologizing to Lynch. He thought he was backing and didn't look at the way, so he bumped into someone.
"It's okay, it's okay!" In the idea that the people who calmed down would not attract attention and could leave the scene as soon as possible, Lynch quickly bowed his waist to accept the other party's apology.
Lynch, who was determined to stay here for a long time, saw that no one cared about their little storm and was thinking about leaving cleanly.
Who would have thought that man’s calculations were worse than God’s calculations.
The Lin family sermon suddenly discovered the small gap left by Lin Qi after he left, and immediately spoke.
"Let's take a look at this one first."
I'm going big.
Lin Qitong felt bad, but before she could say a little more, Liu Zhuping's petite body had already squeezed into the crowd under Lin Guodong's escort.
"Sister, just look at it! The things I sell here are fresh and vigorous good things!"
The boss glanced at the new guest, which was also a conditioned reflex, and he spoke warmly and politely.
As a result, after glances like this, he found Lynch hiding behind Liu Zhuping.
In an instant, the wrinkled face turned into a smile.
Chapter completed!