Baiyue Cave Master

Early in the morning, Wang Yuanchao was sleeping soundly with his mother-in-law and young wife in his arms.

As a result, there was a knock on the gate of Wang Yuanchao's house. Wang Yuanchao opened his eyes and heard Liu Qianqian's voice coming from the yard.

He opened his eyes, put on his clothes, went to the gate and opened it. Looking at the neatly dressed Liu Qianqian and Wang Susu, he asked in confusion:

"Liu Zhiqing, what's the matter so early in the morning?"

Liu Qianqian's eyes smiled like a crescent moon, and she said with a smile:

"Captain, there is a market going on in the open space at the entrance of our village today.

Do you want to join us?"

Wang Yuanchao looked at the charming Liu Qianqian in astonishment, nodded, and said:

"Okay, Liu Zhiqing, could you please wait for a moment?

My family hasn't gotten up yet. We have to get up, wash up, and have breakfast before we can set off.

If you are in a hurry, you can go first and we can come later."

Liu Qianqian wanted to buy something, but Liu Qianqian came to call Wang Yuanchao to show her goodwill, so she naturally wouldn't go first, and said with a smile:

"Then Susu and I will cook breakfast at home and wait for you at the door after we finish eating, okay?"

Wang Yuanchao smiled and nodded and said:

"Okay, then I'll trouble you, Liu Zhiqing, to wait for us."

"Haha, no trouble, we can just join in the fun."

After Wang Yuanchao closed the courtyard door, he went into the room, added two sticks of firewood to the fire wall, and then woke up his young wife and mother-in-law.

The young wife pouted and said coquettishly:

"Master, what are you doing? I want to sleep a little longer."

My mother-in-law was woken up, but she didn't say anything. She immediately started to get dressed and prepared to get up.

Wang Yuanchao said to his young wife in a gentle tone:

"Wife, wife, our Red Flag Brigade is having a market today. Do we want to go and join the market?"

When the young wife heard that there was a market, her face suddenly turned from gloomy to cloudy, and she said happily:

"Yes, yes, sir, I am going to the fair."

Wang Yuanchao looked lovingly at his young wife who had just gotten up and looked confused, and said affectionately:

"If you want to go, get up quickly. We have to go to the market and buy things, so we have to go early."

The young wife immediately did a sit-up, sat up, and started to put on her clothes.

Wang Yuanchao chuckled when he saw this, then went to the bathroom and started washing up.

After washing up, Wang Yuanchao scooped two bowls of sweet wine, ten dried red dates, a handful of wolfberries, washed them, and took out a small piece of brown sugar.

Then he put some spiritual spring water in a clean iron pot, added dried red dates, wolfberries, and brown sugar, and boiled the water. After the brown sugar was completely dissolved, Wang Yuanchao put two bowls of sweet wine into the pot and boiled them.

Then beat six eggs into a bowl, beat them with chopsticks, and stir them evenly.

After the sweet wine boils in the pot, pour the beaten eggs into the iron pot. After the egg flowers are fixed in the iron pot, Wang Yuanchao slowly pushes the sweet wine and egg flowers with a spatula. After the sweet wine and eggs boil again,

Wang Yuanchao took the sweet wine and eggs out of the pot and brought it to the sofa and coffee table in the house. The family's breakfast was ready.

The sweet wine and egg dish made in this way has sweet wine and egg drops in every spoonful, which is both nutritious and delicious.

This Hunan Province specialty snack has become a favorite of his young wife and mother-in-law since Wang Yuanchao brewed sweet wine and made it for them.

After the three of them finished their breakfast, the young wife and mother-in-law each held a little dumpling in their arms.

Let Wang Yuanchao carry a bamboo basket and push a wheelbarrow and follow behind.

After going out and meeting Liu Qianqian and Wang Susu, the family happily headed towards the village entrance to the market.

After Wang Yuanchao and his family arrived at the market, they discovered that the Northeast market at that time was really lively and bustling.

At a glance, the market is divided into four lanes, and the length of the market is estimated to be several kilometers.

It seems that everyone knows that the Hongqi Brigade is rich this year, and there are countless small vendors coming to the market.

The market was crowded with people. The people were wearing thick cotton-padded clothes, their faces filled with joy.

The sounds of shouting and bargaining are heard one after another, and there is a wide variety of goods on display, including bright cloths, fresh vegetables, various farm tools, daily necessities, etc.

The snack stalls were crowded with children, and the steaming food exuded an enticing aroma.

There were also some craftsmen demonstrating their skills on the spot, such as blacksmiths forging iron and carpenters doing work, which was full of the breath of life.

The whole market is filled with the strong flavor of the New Year and the fireworks of life.

Wang Yuanchao took his young wife and mother-in-law and looked around slowly. The main crops sold in the market were corn, sorghum, wheat, rice, etc. These were people's staple food, but the Hongqi Brigade had a high grain output and each household received a lot of grain, so these agricultural products were not easy to sell here.

Common vegetables include cabbage, radish, potato, onion and other easy-to-store vegetables. These vegetables have a high yield and are the main vegetables people eat in winter, so many people buy them.

However, Wang Yuanchao saw apples and frozen pears on several stalls. In view of the festive atmosphere, Wang Yuanchao did not bargain and bought apples for five yuan and frozen pears for five yuan.

There are quite a lot of chicken eggs and duck eggs at the market, and they are also popular items. Because you don't need a ticket to buy eggs at the market, they are usually produced by poultry raised by farmers themselves, and are sold in baskets or crates.

Although buying eggs from the poultry breeding base of Hongqi Brigade does not require tickets, this is only a benefit for the villagers of Hongqi Brigade.

People from the surrounding villages come to the fair, and their purchasing power is very good as the year draws to a close.

Wang Yuanchao also found that many stalls sold pork, mutton and other meats, but the quantity was relatively small. The stalls selling such goods were often filled with educated youth.

The educated youths in the Red Flag Brigade were basically rich, and they almost bought all the meat on the butcher's stall.

Anyway, the weather in Northeast China is a natural refrigerator. If you put the meat in a water tank, it will be frozen in a short time and can be kept for a very long time.

There are also many hand-woven products at the fair.

For example, baskets, baskets, and crates woven with willow twigs, reeds and other materials are used to hold or carry items.

There are also straw sandals and straw mats woven with straw ropes, which are very common items used in daily life by local people.

Some stalls also sell simple wooden furniture such as wooden tables, wooden stools, and wooden barrels.

And kitchen utensils such as rolling pins and chopping boards.

Most of these wooden products are handmade by local carpenters. The craftsmanship is relatively simple but quite practical.

There are also some shops selling household pottery and porcelain, such as pottery basins, pottery jars, porcelain bowls, porcelain plates, etc., which are used to hold water, rice, and store items in daily life.

Although the craftsmanship is rough and not sophisticated enough, this thing is an indispensable item in people's lives today.