69novels Chapter 191
Chapter 191
With Qu Dayong watching over the cram school, Meng Haisheng was still very relieved.
As the year was coming to an end, he put all his thoughts back and started to buy New Year's goods.
In previous years, Meng Haisheng's family was poor, and it was good enough to buy two pounds of meat for dumplings during the New Year.
But this year was different.
Meng Haisheng and Meng Hailian went directly to the next village to buy a pig.
He thought that Lin Mucheng would have to stay in confinement for two months, so he bought some more pig's trotters and pig's tails.
In winter, pork can be placed directly outdoors. Even if it is left for ten days or half a month, it will not go bad as long as it does not thaw.
If we buy more now, we can eat it from the New Year to the end of the first month.
"Dad, what are you doing? What are these black things?"
Momo, who had been out playing for half a morning, saw Meng Haisheng smearing some black things on the pig's head as soon as she got home.
Momo was a brave man and was not afraid. She squatted beside Meng Haisheng and watched the fun with curiosity.
"This is rosin, used to remove pig hair. Don't use your hands, be careful of burning your hands."
Beside Meng Haisheng, there was a large iron spoon, which looked quite old. The rosin inside had been used countless times and had already turned into a black mass.
Although these rosins that had been used many times did not look very good, they were very useful for removing pig hair.
"Dad, can I help you apply rosin too?"
Momo looked at Meng Haisheng eagerly.
"Okay, but Dad has to apply it with you."
How could Meng Haisheng dare to let Momo touch the rosin by herself? The hot rosin would cause blisters on the skin.
So Meng Haisheng held Momo's little hand, took a small flat-headed shovel, and applied rosin to the pig's head bit by bit.
When the pig's head was almost applied, Momo was still not satisfied, so the two of them applied rosin to all twelve pig's trotters and six pig's tails.
If the rosin was not insufficient, Momo would probably be able to help apply all the remaining pig trotters.
"Okay, now just wait for the rosin to dry and pull it off the pig's head."
"Can I pull the rosin off?"
"Yes, but wait until the rosin is completely dry."
Meng Haisheng didn't expect Momo to be so patient. Usually, children of her age, even if they like to play, will only play for a dozen minutes at most and then run away.
Momo only applied rosin here for an hour or so, and she even moved a small stool to prepare to peel off the rosin. How much does she love this job?
Meng Haisheng was simply unable to complain about his daughter's little hobby.
Meng Haisheng sat next to Momo, took the big pig's head, touched the rosin on the pig's head with his hand, and found that it was completely dry. Then he and Momo cleaned the rosin together.
The rosin was very solid after it dried, and it was quite difficult to pull it off with the pig's hair on it.
But Momo was having a lot of fun peeling it off.
Meng Haisheng, who was standing by, was so amused. Could plucking pig hair be addictive?
The father and daughter chatted while plucking pig hair.
"Momo, there's a market tomorrow. How about Daddy taking you to the market?"
Meng Haisheng had bought Momo's new clothes and shoes for the New Year many days ago.
He wanted to take Momo to the market just to have fun.
The New Year's market is the most lively, and children like to go there the most.
Meng Haisheng vaguely remembered the fun of going to the market with Qu Lan when he was a child.
"Okay, Daddy, can you buy me a hairpin with a big red flower on it?"
Momo played with other children in the village and saw some little girls wearing a hairpin with a fist-sized yarn flower on it.
There were red and pink ones.
Meng Haisheng had also seen other little girls wearing it. At that time, he felt that it was not very good-looking for a pretty little girl to have such a big flower on her head.
But I didn't expect Momo to like it.
"Okay, let's see if there are any for sale at the market tomorrow. Dad will buy you the one you like the most."
Momo, who was plucking pig hair, heard Meng Haisheng agree to buy her a hairpin so readily, and she was very happy to kiss Meng Haisheng on the cheek.
"Thank you, Dad."
"You little devil, think about what snacks you want to eat quickly. After the market tomorrow, you can't go out before the New Year."
"I want to eat a lot, there are honey three knives, sesame balls, sesame candies, candies, pipa stems are also delicious, with icing on them, and sugar melons."
"Yesterday, Dabao went to the store and bought 10, but only gave me a small sugar melon. I want to eat it too."
When counting snacks, Momo's thoughts are not ordinary clear.
"Okay, I'll buy them all for you at the market tomorrow."
Lin Mucheng, who was in the house, listened to the father and daughter whispering in the yard, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Meng Haisheng only knew how to make big promises for Momo. How could he sell all these sweets to Momo?.
Momo ate too much, and her teeth were probably going to break.
After a long while, the father and daughter plucked all the hair off the pig's head and trotters, and then took them to the kitchen to give to Mrs. Gu.
"Haisheng, when you go to the market tomorrow, buy more candies and melon seeds. There will definitely be a lot of people coming to our house for the New Year this year."
"I understand. Mom has helped us prepare a lot of fried peanuts. I'll buy another 10 kilograms of melon seeds and 5 kilograms of candies. That's about it."
"This is not enough. The market will not open again until the first month of the year after the New Year. For the people who come to visit during the whole first month of the year, let alone 10 kilograms of melon seeds, even 20 kilograms will not be enough."
"People are coming to visit with their children during the New Year. We can't not even have a piece of candy."
"Listen to me, buy another 30 kilograms of melon seeds and 10 kilograms of candy."
Meng Haisheng looked at Lin Mucheng with a look of surprise.
He really didn't expect that a family could consume so many things in the first month of the year.
"Okay, then I'll do as you say."
Meng Haisheng is a grown man, and he doesn't know the details of the village's twists and turns.
But he does remember that when he was a child, there was never enough candy to eat during the New Year.
During the New Year, Qu Lan would place incense, candles, fruits, steamed buns, candy, etc. to worship the ancestors.
At that time, the family was really poor. Let alone buying a pound of candy during the New Year, they would just buy a few pieces.
To this day, Meng Haisheng still remembers the few pieces of candy on the altar. Generally, they would be put out on New Year's Eve, and there would definitely be no piece left on the morning of the first day of the New Year.
When it came to Momo's generation, although there was still a shortage of supplies, as long as the adults were more diligent, the children could have a sweet New Year at the end of the year.
The next day, Meng Haisheng drove a tractor and took a car full of people from the village to the market.
It was the last market before the New Year, and it was so lively.
Meng Haisheng was afraid that Momo would get lost, so he picked her up and carried her on his neck.
Sitting so high up, Momo giggled happily.
"Dad, I saw someone selling hairpins."
From a distance, Momo saw a stall selling all kinds of headwear.
"Let's go over and see if there's anything Momo likes."
The father and daughter squeezed through the crowd and finally arrived at the stall.
Looking at the deep and light red in front of him, Meng Haisheng said that he was incapable of choosing. In his opinion, these flowers of different sizes were really the same.