Chapter 69: Chapter 69: Shopping for New Year Supplies

Little New Year, Little New Year, means that New Year’s Eve is approaching, and it’s the time when every household is busy preparing for the New Year.

On the 26th of the lunar calendar, Mo Jingchun, who went to bed early last night, naturally woke up just after six in the morning.

When Mo Jingchun woke up and opened his eyes, he saw Candy staring at him quietly with her big eyes.

The little one, upon seeing Mo Jingchun awake, joyfully smiled and waved her little hands and feet.

Mo Jingchun smiled and touched foreheads with the little one.

“Oh, who is this adorable baby that’s woken up?”

After getting out of bed and dressing, Mo Jingchun started changing Candy’s diaper, skillfully tossing the nearly half-kilogram diaper into the trash can.

He cleaned the little one and put on a new diaper.

Around eight in the morning, Mo Jingchun carried Candy in a sling, took the village bus to the town to shop for New Year’s essentials.

There are many essentials to buy. Although Mo Jingchun has no experience, following his mom all these years, he’s somewhat familiar with what needs to be purchased for the New Year.

Vegetables are a must, but not too many; it’s not like before when buying vegetables was inconvenient.

Also fireworks, firecrackers, sunflower seeds, peanuts, various cookies and snacks, and fruit.

Although there’s advocacy in the village against setting off fireworks and firecrackers due to environmental pollution, in the countryside, not setting them off during the New Year is simply impossible.

Besides these, the most expensive thing is buying gifts for visiting relatives during the first month of the lunar year.

Generally, it’s a bottle of wine and a box of milk.

In Mo Jingchun’s memory, the only exception is at his uncle’s house, because his grandfather stays there. Every time they visit for the New Year, they bring five different gifts.

Walking down the bustling street, Candy, on Mo Jingchun’s back, looked around with her tongue out.

When encountering other babies, Candy occasionally laughed and exchanged baby talk with them.

What they said, Mo Jingchun didn’t know, but judging by how happy the babies seemed, it must have been something amusing.

For example, Candy might be praising how handsome “Big Brother” is.

The supermarket was crowded. When Mo Jingchun carrying Candy walked in, the owner just smiled without asking what was needed.

“Boss, please get me 6 boxes of Tongliu.” Each box contains four bottles of Tongliuo wine; 6 boxes makes 24 bottles.

“And then 16 boxes of yogurt.”

The shop owner’s face froze for a moment, then he quickly asked his daughter to get the goods for Mo Jingchun.

As Mo Jingchun pointed at the items, the owner’s daughter grabbed and kept track of them.

“Let’s buy these for now. If it’s not enough, I’ll come back for more. Please calculate the total price for me, and I’ll pay you.”

Wi Ning, Wi Ning~

The owner’s daughter quickly calculated the total on a calculator.

“It’s 6758 yuan in total; you can just pay 6750.”

“Transferred via WeChat, 6750 yuan in total.”

With the handwritten receipt in hand, Mo Jingchun asked the owner, “Boss, my home is in Mo Family Village, behind Mo Changyou’s house. When can you deliver?”

The reason Mo Jingchun, like most others, chose to buy New Year’s goods from this store was because they offered delivery service; they just needed to check the goods against the receipt later.

The owner didn’t recognize Mo Jingchun, but he surely knew Mo Changyou, which is how it works in the countryside.

Not far away, helping another customer with goods, Pan Mengmeng looked back at Mo Jingchun in surprise and asked, “You wouldn’t happen to be the famous Mo Jingchun, would you?”

“Uh, yes.”

At this point, the owner also knew where Mo Jingchun lived.

“Rest assured, I’ll deliver it to you this afternoon.”

“Alright, thank you, boss.” Mo Jingchun said politely.

“Oh, it’s nothing, really. Mostly because you trust me enough to buy New Year’s goods here.”

Mo Jingchun smiled without saying anything. Everyone had their reasons for choosing this store over others.

Otherwise, with so many stores on the street, why would they all come to this one?

With the receipt in hand, Mo Jingchun walked along the street, eventually entering a bank lobby.

After queuing for more than ten minutes, it was finally his turn. Mo Jingchun took a bank card from his pocket and handed it to the counter staff, politely saying, “Hello, please help me withdraw 3000 cash.”

What embarrassed Mo Jingchun was that the staff glanced at him and pushed the bank card back.

“Turn right outside, there’s an ATM for cash withdrawals.”

Mo Jingchun was quite upset; he was ready to snap back, but remembering Candy on his back, he muttered “idiot” and turned to leave before the staff could respond.

At the ATM, Mo Jingchun selected the largest amount, 2000 yuan. After successfully withdrawing 2000, he planned to withdraw another 1000, but the machine informed him that the daily limit per card was 2000.

Mo Jingchun: I…

Luckily, he also had his school bank card with him.

After withdrawing another 1000 yuan, Mo Jingchun hadn’t even celebrated before receiving a text message that made his face go green.

Cross-bank withdrawal, fee of 20 yuan deducted.

To be honest, 20 yuan isn’t much to Mo Jingchun now, but it still annoyed him.

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In the afternoon, as dusk approached, the boss finally delivered the New Year’s goods and thoughtfully helped Mo Jingchun move them inside the house.

In the living room, Mo Jingchun, holding the list the owner’s daughter had given him that morning, began to check the quantity of New Year’s goods one by one.

A few minutes later, once Mo Jingchun confirmed the quantity was correct, the boss drove off in his battered van.

Under Candy’s supervision in the stroller, Mo Jingchun started organizing and putting away the New Year’s goods.

After busying himself, Mo Jingchun was sweating profusely.

Taking a break, Mo Jingchun poured a glass of water and sat next to Candy, taking out his phone to watch each review video of the smart anti-shake spoon sent by Xu Pengfei.

Watching them, Mo Jingchun became engrossed, wondering if their smart anti-shake spoon really had that many benefits he wasn’t aware of as the designer.

A plain plastic shell somehow transformed into a high-grade material in these review videos; it sounded so professional—medical material—that it was reassuring to hear.

The drawbacks were also pointed out by the reviewers: the battery capacity was too small, with a full charge only supporting three intensive uses.

However, the smart anti-shake spoon came equipped with a 22-watt super fast charger, requiring only half an hour to fully charge.

Mo Jingchun didn’t dare to log into the company’s short video account, fearing the blow to his motivation.

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