The origin of the star lotus world

Chapter 2174 Text

Chapter 2103

When I was shopping in a big supermarket that day, I didn’t look at the New Year goods too much or look around. Instead, I specifically bought the things I wanted to buy. Having a psychological expectation allowed me to spend less time and reduce my budget.

My family has already stockpiled a lot of New Year goods, so this time we can shop at a big supermarket and don’t have to buy a lot of items at once.

I didn’t see any other meats in the fresh meat section of the big supermarket. I didn’t plan to make braised pork or stewed pork elbows during the Chinese New Year.

When I arrived at the aquaculture area, I saw several large fish tanks with dense live fish. Because there were too many of them, the live fish had to squeeze together and it was difficult for them to swim. When they were breeding, they probably used fish ponds to give the live fish some room to swim. When they were finished, there was not much room to swim, and it looked crowded.

There is a circle of fish tanks in the aquatic area, with many kinds of fish for sale, as well as fresh shrimp, crabs, shells and kelp. There are two fish tanks with dozens of carp each. It is estimated that the business was too good in those days, and there were many people buying fish, so the merchants bought so many. There is a young male clerk in charge of cleaning the fish, and a middle-aged female clerk in charge of catching and weighing the fish. The family asked the male clerk to help find a good carp, but the male clerk said that customers can choose by themselves and he is busy at work. The family said that they wanted to buy a female carp and asked the male clerk to help the aunt, but the male clerk was busy and had no time to take care of it. There were many people waiting in line to buy fish. After the fish were weighed, the middle-aged female clerk had some free time to help catch the fish. The family said that they wanted female fish with fish eggs. The female clerk said that it was hard to tell whether it was a male or female fish, so it was better to let the customer choose by themselves. The carp in the two large fish tanks were the same price and they could choose at will. The family looked around and found a big fish. The fish had a bulging belly and weighed about four or five pounds. This kind of fish is about right. If it is bigger, the iron pot at home may not be able to fit it completely. In the past, I bought a big carp weighing six or seven pounds. I could only cut off the tail to barely cover the pot lid and stew it to make braised fish. After choosing the carp and weighing it, the female clerk asked if it needed to be processed? Maybe scrape the scales or something. The family said no, and waited until they got home to process it and put the live fish in a fresh-keeping bag. Because the family bought black tiger shrimps and spent more than 100 yuan, they didn’t need to buy shrimps in the big supermarket this time. Some New Year’s supplies have been bought in advance, and the family has stockpiled food supplies for ten days, so there is no need to buy more food.

I went to the cashier at the big supermarket to check out, and chose to use the self-service QR code scanning machine. I didn't spend as much money as I did before last year's New Year's Eve. This time I spent less than 300 yuan, mainly because the black pork and big carp I bought were a little more expensive. There were quite a lot of customers in that area, and many people continued to come to the big supermarket's physical store to shop. I guess the merchants bought so much goods that there wouldn't be much left.

I took the shopping bag and went to the cake shop. Because the live carp had broken the plastic bag a little, the female clerk in charge of the cake shop asked for a takeaway bag, which was much sturdier, and put the carp in it and some vegetables.

Looking at the cake shop's cold cabinet, many cream desserts have been sold out. After an hour or two, some categories of desserts are out of stock. I wonder if the pastry chef will make small cakes in the afternoon to replenish the stock. It is right to buy goods in advance that day. If you delay, you may not be able to buy the goods you want. Because it is the New Year, some stores may have reduced business hours.

Those days were the coldest time in the area because of the cold wave, which caused the local minimum temperature to drop to minus ten degrees Celsius. If there was a strong wind, it would be even colder. It was really cold for many days in a row.

At that time, we could walk or go to the bus station and take a bus home, but my family chose to book a taxi through the app, which cost more than ten yuan, and we left the cake shop only after the taxi arrived. Some small and medium-sized restaurants on that street were closed, and some stores had gone home for the New Year and would not reopen until early or mid-February.

After I got home, my family asked me to sort out those things and find the big stainless steel basin in the kitchen cabinet and clean it. It's used for fish. The big basin is rarely used. Usually, I use a medium-sized stainless steel basin to wash vegetables and a small and medium-sized stainless steel basin to wash meat. There are different uses, so be careful.

After returning home, the family did not rest, but went out again, wearing the hood of the down jacket to keep out the cold. It was very cold outside. They went to the market. It was past noon. There might still be stalls open outdoors, and there were also people selling goods in the indoor market. The family wanted to go and see what else they could buy.

I put the cream cakes and cream cups in the refrigerator for refrigeration, and put a bunch of vegetables on the kitchen balcony, together with the original inventory, waiting to be used one by one. I cleaned the large stainless steel basin with detergent and a dishwashing brush, put the live carp in the large basin, and then put it on the kitchen floor. I found that the carp's eyes were moving, and it was still alive, so I added half a basin of warm water. After a while, the carp recovered, jumped and fluttered quickly, and fell to the ground, and a lot of water in the basin splashed out. I poured out the remaining water in the basin and put the carp dangling on the ground back into the basin. The carp jumped up again and jumped into the flower pot. When the fish was put back into the stainless steel basin and no more water was added, the fish had little strength. I used a mop to wipe the water stains on the kitchen floor, and it took several times to fix it.

After a while, the family came back and bought some vegetables, a plastic basin of strawberries, and a few sesame sauce pancakes.

For lunch that day, I used the smart pressure cooker at home to make four-happiness meatballs and stewed sausages. The sausages could be grilled or stewed, and there was spicy cabbage and sesame seed cakes.

My family told me that when I went to the market at noon, I felt that there were not many customers at that time, unlike in previous years. At the same time, I would probably have to queue up to buy things at the outdoor or indoor market. Because the stalls were about to close, strawberries were 15 yuan per pound, and the prices of other vegetables were moderate. The vendors said that the sesame cakes were saved for lunch. The store would be closed for many days to celebrate the New Year, so it would take a few days before it would open.

In recent years, I would go to the market to buy goods a few days before the New Year's Eve. Sometimes, I would go to the indoor market and see many customers. Some people would not ask the price of the goods, but would ask the merchants to calculate the total price. They would pay whatever they were told. Sometimes, the carp of normal weight would be sold out and they would have to wait for restocking. The remaining carp in the fish tank might be six or seven pounds or larger. If there was no big pot at home, it would be difficult to cook. Some people might use a steamer to cook, and some might stew fish with vegetables. Because of the New Year, the price of some fresh shrimps would increase a lot, but there were still people buying them.

Some businesses have very good business. They purchase a lot of goods and sell them out one after another. Sometimes the market conditions are excellent.