the old saying "after the Laba is the year". Today is the "La Ba Festival". The Laba garlic, which is pickled by the day, and the "La Ba porridge" which is not allowed to drink, has made people feel that the Spring Festival is getting nearer and nearer in the year of snake. No, people are busy: some people are busy buying and selling new products, and some people are busy selling things and making small money. Do not underestimate this small money, here there are ordinary people's hardships, there are worldly human intelligence, more eager to welcome the year.
recently, reporters went to street alleys, bazaars, supermarkets and other places to catch up with the new year. "Catching up with the year" is not just for making business opportunities, but also for the taste of products and the nostalgia of the countryside.
reporter Cao Mo
along the ten West Road westward, passed the Song Zhuang interchange, and then walked about 1000 meters to the north to the jisuyan highway, then came to the Huaiyin District, the town of river head Wang village. The 17 day is the six of the first year of the lunar calendar. It is just the day when the river comes to Wang village. The local people call it the River King collection. Entering the gate of the twelfth lunar month, the taste of the year is just around the corner. Villagers have begun to prepare for the new year.
running 15 miles early to earn a little money
from the junction of the ten West Road and Ji Yanzhou highway to about 200 meters south, you can see the street vendors selling vegetables, fruits, pig beef and mutton along the Road East, the main road to the north and south of the river king. The local villagers said that the river king set is the six seasons to catch up with the lunar calendar. At this time, four or five meters wide on the main road has been full of stalls, vegetables, meat, clothing, food and other kinds of food, as well as selling broom, cover pads, Mata and other daily necessities, leaving only a one or two meter wide passageway.
9 a.m., not many people. Tang Jiashui, 76, is guarding an electric tricycle on the road near Wangji, Ji Yan highway. There are more than ten brooms in the hopper, which he bought and sold on his own. The place he stands is not far from the main road to the River King - the East-West path. "There are many stall in it. I don't have any place to sell. I can sell it here." He said.
Tang Jia Shui wears a wool hat, wears a worn cotton padded jacket, a rubber band as a waistband, and ties it outside the cotton padded jacket, and the trouser leg is still tied up. He took his hand in his sleeve, and frosted the hat and collar on the cold wind and mist. "I came here at 8 a.m., and this is my second year drive." He said.
Tang Jiashui lives in the Han District of Ping'an Street, Changqing District, 15 miles away from the River King's collection. It takes more than 40 minutes to ride an electric tricycle. He told reporters that this was the second collection he had made this winter, and that he was here 5 days ago, and he sold 14 brooms at the price of 8 yuan each. "At the end of the year, everyone has to clean their homes and sell brooms quickly, and earn some money with this opportunity." He laughed naive.
"mountain grass" only a year after the fall of more than 50
there are also other vendors selling broom, but the reporter found that the broom of the soup family of broom is different. His broom hem is exceptionally large, very thick, and feels smooth, with some grain shaped fruit on it. "It looks very interesting," said Ms. Jin, who sells meat next to her. "I was ligation of the 'mountain grass' on the mountain. This kind of grass only took place in the autumn after each year, and it had to be taken one by one. It could not be cut like a wheat. It was very hard." He made a broom for 1.5 hours, and last autumn only more than 50. "The broom that is used for" Shan Cao Zi "has been selling this time ago, which is just making some spare money for the new year.
reporters learned from the episode that villagers also picked "yellow grass" on the Bank of the Yellow River and put it into a broom for sale. Villagers say that this "yellow grass" is only a long crop after autumn, and it is sold only a few days ago. Speaking of the advantages and disadvantages of these two kinds of brooms, Tang Jia Shui held up for a long time. Finally, he came to the sentence: "it's not easy to make good use of it."
10 yuan can not sell 8 yuan, sell 10
Tong Jia water age, teeth dropped, not articulate words, ears are not bright. Reporters exchanged with him, and the vendors next to them helped explain. However, whether he can understand the reporter's meaning or not, he smiles.
the last set, broom sells well, this time he wants to raise the price -- the price is set at 10 yuan each. In this way, the passers-by asked too much and did not buy anything. "A broom of 10 yuan is too expensive, and only 8 yuan is sold in it." A villager murmured away. Until 10, the broom of Tang Jia Shui had not been sold yet. Under the advice of reporters and vendors, he finally decided to reduce it to 8 yuan.
soon after the price reduction, it opened. A villager first bought one, and then, second, third and fourth... In the meantime, there was a repeat customer who said he needed to bring another to his neighbors. The next peddlers quipped: "Oh, uncle Tang, there are repeat customers." The water of the soup house smiles very brilliantly.
two hours, the broom sold 10. The old man was very happy with a piece of money. He said that there were many brooms in the family, and the three lunar new year collections of eight Zhu Zhuang collections and four ancient cities of nine.
12, he packed up the unsold broom and drove the electric tricycle to leave. "I have just asked cabbage, five or six cents a kilogram, I will bring some next time, and there are many miles in the house. It's good for the past year. He added a smile with a smile.