The second one belongs to the third grandfather's family. His youngest son Yinshan finally married a new wife this year. All five sons have wives. His life can be considered complete. Coupled with his status as the old accountant in the village, no one can say anything about the second one.
The third one is Yang Dongxu’s family. Although Yang Dongxu will not take the high school entrance examination, college entrance examination, or marry a wife this year, his family did not make any special wishes last year, but this year Yang Dongxu’s family opened a small wholesale department on the street, so Kill a fat pig, buy 100 pounds of incense, and get a fortune.
Last night, Yang's father and Yang's mother discussed whether they would make a wish this year when they are thirty. If Yang Dongxu can get into a good high school next year, they will kill a sheep in addition to the big fat pig. As for adding cows to make three animals, that is a royal etiquette and is not used by rural people. Even in the wealthy rural areas of later generations, no one has ever heard of anyone killing a cow during the New Year.
It was already dark when we arrived in Wuli Town yesterday. Father Yang drove a four-wheeler to pick them up, so Aunt Ran Feifei didn't go back. Now she was busy following Mother Yang in a red cotton-padded jacket. Mother Yang kept telling her to stand there. The new clothes on the side don’t get dirty and don’t listen.
Compared with the previous Ran Feifei, the aunt Yang Dongxu now looks much more gentle and generous, with her hair tied behind her head and a pretty face. Although the clothes he was wearing were very ordinary, some men in the village still looked at him in shock.
Du Fei, who stood nearby and said little, received a lot of scrutiny. Ran Feifei is Xu Zi's aunt, and she is also half from Yangjia Village.
When Du Fei was introduced, although he was a friend of Ran Feifei from Yanjing, he came to Yangjiacun to experience how the New Year is spent in the countryside. But no matter what others thought, it was Ran Feifei who came here with her uncle.
Seeing the bitter look on Du Fei's face, the teasing smile on Yang Dongxu's lips never disappeared. I told you not to come but you insisted on coming. How could you be used as a weapon by my aunt? When Du Fei was about to follow, Yang Dongxu noticed that his aunt's eyes flickered. Unfortunately, Du Fei was very sensitive to danger and was a bit naive about such a routine.
At noon, the little grandpa and the little grandma went straight to the door with a baby who was not yet one year old. They had to ask clearly about the fact that their daughter came back with a boy.
"Really?" The little grandpa looked at Yang Dongxu, his eldest grandson, with a critical eye.
"It's really not true. They are all married. I really just came here to join in the fun. I am just friends with my aunt and have no other relationship." Yang Dongxu said with certainty.
After receiving a positive answer, the little grandpa and grandma breathed a sigh of relief. As for the resentful aunt next to him, he simply ignored it. If he couldn't explain clearly, he would be beaten. How could he have time to care about his aunt at this time?
"Why are you getting married?" The little grandma looked at Du Fei, who was helping Yang's father pick bones on the case not far away, and sighed.
Yang Dongxu was stunned for a moment!
Your two elders came over angrily just now. Didn't they raise an army to punish you? Why are you so regretful when you find out someone is getting married at this time?
As everyone knows, when he heard that his daughter actually brought a man back, the two elders were indeed worried for a long time. Now that he knew it was not the case, he relaxed and looked at Du Fei, thinking about the people introduced by the matchmaker recently.
It's not that the two elders are boasting, but it's that those children who seemed to be good in the past were not worthy of Ran Feifei compared to their current daughter, but Du Fei was more pleasing to the eye...
After understanding the matter, the young grandpa went to chat with the elder grandpa. The two of them are old friends, so naturally they wanted to have a chat when they came over.
The little grandma went to the kitchen to help, and the aunt took Hongying and Dandan to look at the new clothes that they didn't have time to unpack yesterday. Du Fei is helping Yang's father pack the pork. So Yang Dongxu, who was left with nothing to do, was holding a milk baby wearing a tiger head hat and spitting bubbles in his arms. This milk baby was still his uncle, and his whole body suddenly felt bad.
In the afternoon, Father Yang drove the new four-wheeler he bought last year and took his little grandfather and his family back with a bucket in the back. My grandpa came here on a bicycle, and my aunt Ran Feifei couldn't take her luggage back.
After several attempts by her little grandma, Yang’s mother still put twenty kilograms of meat in the bed of the car, all of which were good meat from the back seat panel.
Whether the pigs killed on the 24th were used to fulfill a wish, or the pigs were killed for their own consumption, some families would choose to sell part of the pigs, and basically the people in the same village would share the pigs, without having to go to the market.
Some would choose to keep all the meat in their own homes. Yang Dongxu’s family did not sell the meat. In addition to the meat that was given to my grandpa, there was also a piece of meat in the cart that belonged to my grandpa.
In addition to his grandparents' house and his brother-in-law's house, half a fan of pork was given away. Grandpa's family is a guest, so although Yang Dongxu feels that pig offal tastes better than pork, there is no need to give it away to avoid being buried. Instead, I gave some pig blood, intestines and other things to my grandparents and uncle’s family in the back house.
"Xu Zi, do you want to play marbles?" After sending his grandfather and his family out of the village, Yang Dongxu was stopped by Xiao Wu and others when he returned.
"Let's play." Yang Dongxu's eyes lit up and he threw his coat to Du Fei. It would be too much of a hindrance to play with marbles while wearing this thing. "I didn't bring any with me. If anyone lends me two, I'll return them to you later."
"I brought more, so I'll give you five. Let's go and have a real fight with the gazis from Dongzhai. Yesterday, the general lost six, and he wants to win them back today." Daliang generously gave Yang Dongxu five.
There are four houses in Yangjia Village. Although there are outsiders looking for trouble, the whole village is united. But of course there are also contradictions in looking up but not looking down. The children are also relatively close to each other, so this may be a small group under the big group.
"You go home and rest. I'll go play with them. You tell my dad." Yang Dongxu waved his hand to Du Fei and said.
Although rural people are simple, they are not stupid. Du Fei always follows him like this, and it is strange that no one notices anything fishy.
After looking around Yangjia Village, there was indeed no danger, and they were all familiar people. When a stranger entered the village, the villagers immediately discovered it without him having to do anything. So Du Fei nodded and turned around to leave without saying anything.
"Xu Zi, is that person also from the capital? Why does he always follow you?" Xiao Wu asked in a low voice when he saw Du Fei leaving.
"He is from the capital. He comes to our village to celebrate the New Year and joins the fun. He doesn't always follow me. When he first came to our village, he didn't know anyone, so he just knew me and he naturally followed me." Yang Dongxu explained.
"Then why don't you invite him to play with you?"
Marbles are played in rural areas by little kids as young as seventeen or eighteen years old, as long as they are boys. Before his rebirth, Yang Dongxu came back from junior high school to work while celebrating the New Year, and he played with the generals and the others, like a child who had not grown up.
"Forget it, he doesn't know how. Don't lose all at once. Let's go, let's go, it's still early. Let's win a few more this time." Let Du Fei, who is good at throwing knives, play marbles with these half-grown children. The picture is too beautiful to imagine.
After an afternoon of fighting, Yang Dongxu, who was having fun, made several children from Dongzhai burst into tears. Surrounded by several generals, he returned like a victorious general.
"I'm so busy at home, do you believe I'll beat you up if you run around again?" Before Yang Dongxu could immerse himself in the general's pleasure, he heard his father's roar.
I had to blow up something at the end of the year, so I was very busy. In particular, Yang Dongxu's family also has a small wholesale department, and even after gathering, he still comes to buy things from time to time.
Hongying and Dandan were helping Yang's mother in the kitchen of the house. Yang's father was the only one left in the small shop. There were so many people placing orders at the end of the year. If it weren't for Du Fei's help, it would be really busy. Come.
"I know." Yang Dongxu muttered and glared at Du Fei, who was gloating about his misfortune.
In the next few days, Yang Dongxu began to work in the small wholesale department. Although the name was called the wholesale department, in fact, in rural areas now, there was no concept of a canteen, wholesale department, or department store.
In short, just sell everything. So during the market it was very busy with people coming and going, so my grandparents and uncle came over to help when they went to the market for half a day in the morning.
He also met Yang Dongxu's aunt, the daughter-in-law who was not favored by her grandparents. She is indeed beautiful, and although her dress is a bit rustic, it is still stunning. It is strange that her uncle will not marry her unless she is there.
Because she got married much later than Yang Dongxu's grandfather, her aunt is only a few months pregnant now and will wait until next year to give birth. The little old man’s several-month-old brother-in-law really made his balls ache.
However, he doesn't feel much about his aunt adding a cousin or a cousin. After all, they have the same seniority, and he can still send red envelopes during the Chinese New Year. I gave my brother-in-law some lucky money during the Chinese New Year...
"Have you decided where to go to work?" Yang Dongxu, who was settling accounts, raised his head and glanced at his brother-in-law in surprise.
My brother-in-law has indeed become more honest in the past few years when he joined the army. Although he is still a little crooked from time to time, he has not done it again after being beaten a few times by his grandfather. After getting married, no one calls him a bastard anymore.
"Go to the big city in the south to build a house for others. Work as a small laborer first. Once you learn enough, you can become a big laborer and earn a lot of money. Yinshan went there last year. Otherwise, his family can build a house by the end of the year and marry a wife?" Joining the army curled his lips and said.
Father Yang, his elder brother, started to work hard in Yangjia Village. Not only did he build a two-story building, but he also opened a wholesale department and also bought a four-wheeler. The kiln factory gave away bricks, and he, the younger brother, also benefited from it. Although I am no longer going astray, I still feel good about myself.
"Aren't you also building a house on the street and planning to open a store next year?" Yang Dongxu glanced sideways at his brother-in-law.
"How much money can you make by opening a store? Besides, a small store selling groceries is not very busy all year round. I will come back when it is busy at the end of the year. Your aunt and grandparents can take care of them." Yang Dongxu's brother-in-law obviously did not appear suddenly. I have considered this idea myself.
"What's the use of telling me this? My grandparents must agree to this, right?" Yang Dongxu lowered his head and continued to settle accounts.
What my uncle said sounded reasonable, but it was also nonsense. He wanted to work outside the home, and wanting to make money might be a factor, but more probably he started to tremble when he saw a few people around his age in Yinshan going out to work. When he came back, he dressed well, smoked well, and was fine. Inviting people to a party for a drink will naturally make him jealous.
After all, the grandparents who knew their son's nature at home, although they were a little dissatisfied with their daughter-in-law at first, once they got married, they became a family and could no longer treat others as outsiders.
In addition, Aunt Yang Dongxu was also involved, so Uncle Yang Dongxu soon fell out of favor. Especially after his Aunt became pregnant, his status plummeted.
