At the market this morning, there were a lot of pineapples for sale. The common ones were sold at about RM2.50 while the more exotic ones could fetch as much as RM9.00 each.
In the Hokkien dialect the pineapple is called "ong lai" which translastes to mean prosperity comes. That is why it is one of the fruits that the Taoists use as an offering to their deities during Chinese New Year in the hope of getting more wealth luck to come their way.
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