But now, with the advent of rural supermarkets and the popularity of online shopping, rural shopping malls have withered away a lot.

It only takes shape during the Chinese New Year, when a group of small vendors maintain this rural folk custom.

The village's gathering is on the main road, with various stalls on both sides, blocking the road.

Lin Xu parked the car on the side of the village, first locked the handlebar with the car key, took out the key, then opened the seat, took out the U-shaped lock from the tool box, and locked the wheels.

While he was doing this, Shen Jiayue had already fixed the miniature action camera on the zipper of his down jacket.

After locking the car, the two of them walked towards the market.

There are more people here at the end of the village. Some sell couplets, throw rings, play balloons and electronic shooting games, etc. There are many projects.

Shen Jiayue happily went to the ring stall, bought ten rings, and finally got a furry red panda.

The onlookers felt sorry for themselves, but this girl was very happy:

"I haven't prepared a New Year gift for Dundun yet, so I'll give it to him this red panda. It's so fluffy. He will definitely like it very much."

What a mother she is, she never forgets her children even when playing tricks.

Lin Xu sighed in his heart.

If I had known you were playing traps, I would have brought Dundun here. With it here, you can’t win anything you set.

But thinking about my sister-in-law's behavior of catching dolls all afternoon when she was lucky, I also thought that it would be better not to use Dundun. I don't know what the harm is in using luck.

Use it as little as possible when having fun.

"Do you want to play anymore? Why don't you try throwing a Transformers at Ten Rings?"

The stall owner enthusiastically promoted the sales, but was rejected by Shen Jiayue:

"I've got what I want, let's play again next time."

After saying that, she strolled to the stall selling Spring Festival couplets:

"Xubao, do we need to buy these?"

"No, I've bought everything. Tomorrow morning we have to drive back to the city to post Spring Festival couplets with our hometown. This sense of ritual is indispensable."

"Okay, okay, I'm the best at pasting Spring Festival couplets. My mother said that my head was prepared for pasting Spring Festival couplets."

My mother is quite unique when it comes to praising people.

Lin Xu and Shen Jiayue continued to walk through the crowd.

Soon, the two of them each had a piece of peeled sugar cane, and while eating, they looked at the stalls on both sides.

"Wow, this sugar cane is so sweet. Fortunately, the stall owner didn't ask the stall owner to squeeze it into juice. I think sugar cane has to be chewed like this to be interesting."

Lin Xu spit out the bagasse in his mouth into the plastic bag he was carrying and said with a smile:

"Going to the market actually doesn't go well with sugar cane. You should eat candied haws on a stick. I'll buy one for you when someone sells candied haws on a stick. Do you prefer the yam and egg type or the hawthorn type?"

"We all like it. I'll eat whatever you buy."

In this situation, it doesn't matter what you eat. What matters is that you and Xu Bao wander around in this strange market. This feeling is really happy.

If you are old and retired, it would be quite pleasant to drive an electric tricycle to the market.

I just don’t know that rural gatherings will disappear completely by then, and there will be no place to go shopping if you want.

Shen Jiayue was walking and watching when she suddenly saw a stall selling fried food next to her. The fried food was a round pancake, golden in color and rich in fragrance.

"What is this, Xubao? It looks delicious."

Lin Xu said:

"This is fried jujube cake, which is made by boiling red dates, grinding them into bread with big yellow rice, and frying them in a pan. It will be crispy on the outside and glutinous on the inside. When I was a child..."

"Come on two!"

Before he finished speaking, Shen Jiayue quickly took out her mobile phone and scanned the QR code to pay.

Hum hum, since it is what Xu Bao likes to eat, there is no need to say, you must try it.

Lin Xu smiled helplessly:

"Aren't you afraid that I hated eating it when I was a kid?"

"Then I want to try it too, to see if it offends you."

Soon, the stall owner packed two fried date cakes separately in paper bags.

Shen Jiayue took a bite and was immediately attracted by this delicious food that was crispy on the outside and glutinous on the inside:

"Wow, it's delicious, crispy and delicious."

Lin Xu took a bite and found that it was slightly different from what he remembered. When he was a child, he ate jujube pits, so he had to eat them in small bites, otherwise he would bite the jujube pits.

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Inside, the jujube core has been filtered out, leaving only the soft and fragrant yellow rice noodles and the sweet jujube puree.

Delicious!

Shen Jiayue thought it was super delicious and asked curiously:

"Xubao, can you do this?"

"Yes."

"How about you make a few more when you go back?"

"Okay!"

It’s hard to say anything else, but this fried jujube cake is still okay.

The two of them continued shopping and finished the fried jujube cake. Shen Jiayue finally saw the long-awaited candied haws, and she bought two skewers without saying a word.

"If I had known there were so many delicious foods, I would have eaten less rice."

Shen took a bite of the crunchy candied haws. He had no idea that there were so many delicious ones at the rural market.

Lin Xu said:

"There are many in front of you, such as fried dumplings, fried vegetable boxes, hot rice dumplings, roasted sweet potatoes, stinky tofu, cold skin, rice skin, dumplings, etc., they are all available."

The most indispensable thing in a rural market is all kinds of food.

Moreover, the craftsmanship of those who go out to the market is pretty good, so many people say they are going to the market, but in fact they are just shopping and eating.

Shopping around the entire collection will leave you stuffed.

The two of them walked around a lot and saw a lot of food.

Unfortunately, Shen Jiayue couldn't eat any more, so she bought several hundred yuan worth of small fireworks such as the Cracker Crackers, Cracker Crackers, Sky Monkey, Two Rings of Heaven and Earth, etc. She also bought a bag of fried jujube cakes and twenty or so skewers of candied haws, and then Driving a tricycle back.

"Xubao, will there be a meeting tomorrow?"

"No, no one will come out of the stall tomorrow on New Year's Eve."

"What a pity. I haven't had enough shopping yet. It's all your fault. You made the mutton so delicious and made me so full. Now I can't eat anything. I'm so angry..."

Lin Xu:??????

Can this be blamed on me?

It’s obviously you who is greedy, okay?

But you can’t reason with women, he asked with a smile:

"Then what should I do so that you can forgive me?"

"Come with me at the reservoir and set off all these firecrackers at night, and I will forgive you."

"As you command!"

Back at the scenic spot, most of the guests had already eaten and left, leaving only some immediate family members helping to clean up the leftovers.

Lin Xu originally wanted to throw away these leftovers, but cousin Chunsheng likes to eat this kind of banquet dish, and is currently packing the dishes with the help of Chen Meijuan and Lin Hongxia.

Lin Xu handed him the car keys and said with a smile:

"Cousin, why do you like to eat this kind of food?"

"It's delicious. This kind of side dish is mixed and heated, and the taste is really amazing. I think it's more enjoyable than eating at the main table."

He took the car keys and put them in his pocket, looked at what they bought, and said:

"These firecrackers are dangerous, so don't play with them. Two days ago, a child in our village suffered a blow to his face while playing with the Flying Monkey. There was a gaping hole in his face and his eyeball was almost injured. The child's parents have been wiping tears these past two days."

Fireworks and firecrackers are indeed dangerous, and it is best for children to play under the supervision of adults.

Lin Xu helped put the leftovers into large food bags, and then went to the kitchen to pack two roast chickens for cousin Chunsheng.

Soon, Zhang Chunsheng drove his electric three-wheeler and left the scenic spot with a cart full of leftovers, preparing to send them to his home and freeze them in a freezer, so that they can be eaten as they are hot, which is very convenient.

"Come and eat fried date cake!"

Shen Jiayue distributed the candied haws and fried jujube cakes to everyone, then looked at Lin Xu and asked:

"Xubao, what should we have for lunch?"
To be continued...