20demayo Chapter 168 Checking in
Chapter 168 Checking in
After all, the people I envy the least are those who make money by selling breakfast!
It was only half past seven, and those selling breakfast had already arrived at the market with their tools, pushing carts or carrying shoulder poles, and started shouting.
After Ning Yuan brought Fatty Fan and his buddies into the market, they saw vendors selling soy milk and fried dough sticks, as well as Tianjin Goubuli steamed buns. There weren't many choices, so they split into two groups and went to have breakfast separately.
Fatty Fan saw Ning Yuan was about to go into the market, so he hurried forward and grabbed Ning Yuan and said.
"Hey, hey, hey, why don't you go! Didn't you say you'd treat us guys to breakfast? Don't let us finish our meal in the blink of an eye and have no money to pay the bill!"
Ning Yuan had no choice but to take out a big unity note and hand it to Fatty Fan.
"Fatty, you and the others can eat here first. I'll go inside and buy some other things. We still have to go to the courtyard at Xizhimen to have a fire at noon!"
After Fatty Fan took the money, he didn't listen to Ning Yuan much. He didn't care about that, as long as he had money to pay the bill.
"Okay, okay, go ahead. Do you want me to buy you something to eat?"
After Fatty Fan put the money in his pocket, he asked Xiang Ningyuan again.
"Don't bother, it will be cold when you get back. Eat first!"
Ning Yuan originally wanted to ask the fat man to make him a bowl of bean juice first, but when he thought about how he couldn't eat it once it got cold, he had to do it this way for now!
"Okay!" The fat man didn't hesitate. He just responded and turned back to eat with his friends.
Ning Yuan went straight deeper into the market.
The Sijiucheng market and temple fair will last almost until the 15th or 16th day of the first lunar month.
In the traditional Chinese New Year, the New Year is not considered over until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the festive atmosphere is really strong at this time.
It was just like now, celebrating the New Year there was hurried, dull and short!
At present, this market is considered the largest market in the entire Baiwanzhuang area.
So even though it was early in the morning, there were a lot of old men and women coming out to the market, not to mention the vendors, the streets were already crowded on both sides.
Ning Yuan started shopping here directly. He found a small vendor and asked for a large woven bag. He bought things while walking, stuffed things into the woven bag, and then moved them into the space. Anyway, Ning Yuan was always moving, and everyone was holding woven bags, so there was nothing special.
In this way, Ning Yuan basically stopped to buy a lot whenever he passed by a grain stall, pork and mutton stall, or fruit stall.
After going around in a circle, Ning Yuan moved more than 130 kilograms of grain, more than 40 kilograms of pork, 30 kilograms of mutton, and 60 to 70 kilograms of apples and oranges into the space.
Even so, he left a lot of things in the woven bag in his hand, including 20 kilograms of grain, 10 kilograms of apples and 10 kilograms of oranges each.
When Ning Yuan walked back to the place where Fatty Fan and his friends had breakfast with the big woven bag, they had already finished eating and were idly looking at the people coming and going.
Fatty Fan spotted Ning Yuan's officer's coat at first sight, and came over with a grin and asked, "What delicious food did you buy? Show it to me!"
Ning Yuan opened the mouth of the woven bag and found some cornmeal and two handmade baskets filled with fruits inside.
Fatty Fan reached out and took out an orange.
"Why did you only buy so little? You were gone for half an hour and I thought you were moving stuff to someone else's warehouse!"
This kid can’t stop talking while eating.
Ning Yuan put down the bag in his hand and slapped Fatty Fan on the head.
A sensible young man nearby had already taken the woven bag that Ning Yuan had put down and carried it directly on his shoulder.
Ning Yuan didn't stop him. He greeted the guy with a smile and then said to Fan Xinhua.
"Fatty, should we buy some more food so we can prepare a big pot lunch for that big courtyard in Xizhimen?"
Ning Yuan was not sure whether there was a big market like this one in Xizhimen. After all, the place looked quite shabby to him.
Fatty Fan devoured the few remaining orange slices in his hand, then waved his hand and said, "No need. We can just go to Xizhimen at noon. I know there's a big market nearby. We can just go there and buy some. There's no need to run around carrying so many things!"
Ning Yuan heard the answer he wanted, so he nodded and returned to the yard with Fatty Fan and other young men from his courtyard.
It was past eight o'clock, and Xiao Ningwei got up early for once.
"Brother, you guys went out so early in the morning!" Little Ning Wei rubbed his eyes and walked out of the house, just in time to see Ning Yuan entering the house with a woven bag.
"What else? How come you've been sleeping like this until now?" Ning Yuan said as he put the big bun he brought back on the table.
These buns were also bought by Fatty Fan for Ning Yuan in advance, and he just brought them back.
"What are you buying again, brother? We have plenty of food and drinks at home!"
Ning Wei looked at Ning Yuan busy taking out food from the woven bag and said.
"Okay, stop worrying about it, kid. Oh, and there's something else I need to tell you!"
Ning Wei was chewing a meat bun. When he heard what his elder brother wanted to say, he hurriedly asked.
"What's the matter, brother!"
"When you go out to play, if someone you don't know asks you if you know me, just say you don't. If someone asks you if you are my brother."
"I said no, I don't know any Ning Yuan! Is that right, brother?"
Ning Wei had an expression as if he was asking for credit.
Ning Yuan also smiled and rubbed Ning Wei's head. This kid is really smart!
"Yes, that's what I'm saying. I'm a big shot now, so you should try not to go out and play or run around in the future!"
Ning Wei's face fell again when he heard this: "I know, brother!"
"Come on, little bastard, stop looking so gloomy. It's only a month or so away. After April, the weather will warm up and you can go out and play as you please. I won't care about you anymore!"
Ning Yuan was certainly not upset because the weather had warmed up. He knew that the central government documents should have been issued in April.
The world will be calm for a while.
"Okay, brother, then I will stay in our courtyard this month!" After hearing Ning Yuan give him a specific date, little Ning Wei suddenly felt much more hopeful.
"Yeah, okay, you're obedient. Wait! Big brother brought you some goodies!"
After saying that, Ning Yuan walked out of the door and looked around but there was no one else around.
He directly took out the remaining twenty-five or twenty-six bottles of Arctic Ocean soda from the space.
These sodas are all packed in a cardboard box, which is easy to carry.
When Ning Yuan put so much soda in front of Ning Wei, Ning Wei was so happy that he almost jumped up!