The truck left first, and Yang Dongxu stayed in Beijing for a few more days. The shopping this time was not just clothes and shoes. Since the truck had to make a trip anyway, Yang Dongxu simply bought a lot of new year's goods. These new year's goods are mainly dried seafood and nuts. host.
Anhui Province is an inland province with good water resources. Aquatic products are not uncommon, but seafood is very rare. As for some nuts and other things, many people have never heard of them in modern times with underdeveloped transportation, so these things bring When you go back, you can eat it for your own family or give it to others.
Zhou Ya had to fly around at the end of the year, and Ran Feifei also had to go to various stores to compile year-end accounts. After wandering around for a few days, the truck had arrived in Feicheng, and Yang Dongxu got on the plane to Feicheng.
Planes are now a high-end means of transportation, and the people who can take them are either rich or expensive, so they are not so crowded. But given the basic conditions of today’s airlines, flying is actually not as comfortable as taking a train and buying a sleeper ticket in later generations.
We had already agreed on a location with the truck driver over the phone before coming here, so we didn't delay much when we arrived in Feicheng. We went directly to the agreed location and got on the truck, and we drove to Chengwang City together.
Chen Weimin no longer works in Chengwang City and has been transferred to Zhejiang Province to take another step forward. Ever since that time Chen Weimin’s wife Wang Xiuli told her son that matchmaker Zhou Ya didn’t agree.
Although Chen Weimin is still very close to Zhou Yiren, the two families feel like they are drifting apart. In addition, after he was transferred away, except for the occasional meeting with Chen Weimin at the end of the year, the two parties never had much contact.
Yang Dongxu had previously thought about whether to maintain the relationship with Chen Weimin. Although he didn't want to be a popular businessman, there was a huge difference between doing things in the country when he had connections and when he didn't.
Later, I thought about it and decided that it would be good to maintain the current status and had no plans to go any further. This has nothing to do with Wang Xiuli's desire to set up a blind date between her son and Zhou Ya, and Yang Dongxu is not a jealous husband.
The main reason is that Chen Weimin is his godfather's student. If you want to use this relationship, it's a first-come-first-served basis, but if something happens, it will be a disaster. Anyway, now that I’m waving a lot of foreign exchange, I’m always a guest wherever I go, so there’s no need to make things so complicated.
It was a bumpy ride, even if Yang Dongxu had some time to spare, he felt like his bones were shaking and falling apart. At this time, the road conditions were pretty good after exiting the national highway, but many places on the provincial highway were full of potholes.
"Haha, Mom." The truck drove directly to his door. Seeing Yang's mother, who was talking to several aunts and sisters-in-law, come over, Yang Dongxu jumped out of the car and gave his mother a big hug.
"What are you doing, you damn kid? Let go." Yang's mother was stunned for a moment before she realized that her son was back. Her heart was instantly filled with great joy. Although she said it was powerful, the hand that slapped Yang Dongxu had no strength at all. .
"Where's my dad?" Yang Dongxu asked when he saw that his mother was alone at home, and that his father and sister were not there.
"I went to the city to buy goods. I heard that there are vegetables in greenhouses in the city. Your little grandpa came to ask him to buy vegetables and sell them. It is the end of the year and your sister and Dandan also went there to buy some new clothes." Yang Ma said. , and then saw two drivers getting out of the truck and quickly stepped forward to thank them.
Not only Yang Dongxu’s elder sister and younger sister, but also grandma and grandpa, as well as uncles and aunts, as well as uncles and uncles from the village, also went there a lot. A bucket was hung on the back of the four wheels and a whole cart of people was pulled there, presumably to get food. After all this shopping, there was no place to put food in the car.
"What are you buying again? Why do you always cause trouble to your godfather's house?" Looking at the two drivers, she smiled honestly, opened the door of the trunk and started to move things. Mother Yang glared at her son.
There is a relative who is an official in Beijing, and Yang's mother's voice can usually be raised an octave when talking to anyone. But that's all. He never thought of taking advantage of his godfather's family, and he kept telling Yang Dongxu to study hard and avoid causing trouble to his godfather.
So every time he brought something back during the Chinese New Year, Yang Dongxu was often scolded by his mother. On several occasions, Yang Dongxu was forced to give Yang Dongxu a lot of money, asking him to add some money to his godfather's family, even though he knew that the other party was a high-ranking official in the countryside. These three people here are very happy, but they are always troublesome to others, and it seems that their own family loves to take advantage of them.
In the past few years, Yang’s mother has often persuaded Yang Dongxu to come back to school. She used to agree to Yang Dongxu going to Beijing because the countryside was too poor and she had the chance to send her son out. Although she felt sorry for owing others a favor, she could not let her son stay. Live in poverty like them in the countryside for the rest of your life.
Now the life in the village is better, and it is still a bit incomparable with the life in the city, but he is still considered a wealthy household in Shilibaxiang. Since his son is no longer poor at home, there is no need to cause trouble to others.
"I earned money to buy these. Didn't I tell you before that I partnered with someone to do some business." As he got older, although his parents still treated him like a little kid, they were more or less mature. Some say.
Therefore, Yang Dongxu said more than once that he would do some small business in his free time. Although his parents often told him that he was not doing his job properly, he would be spanked if his grades were not good. But in my heart, Father Yang and Mother Yang still feel that their son is promising. His son is always the best of his family. The dung beetle also feels that his children are sweet. Parents all over the world are like this.
"If you have money, don't spend it arbitrarily. I'll give it to you to find a wife." Yang's mother gave her son a dirty look.
In the past two years, wedding gifts have been popular. When she got married, she went to the room before the wedding to see how much wheat there was in the wheat field and whether there were any livestock at home.
Unlike now, not only do you need to look at the livestock in Maitun, but you also need some betrothal gifts. Some people ask for three gold coins with their mouths wide open. A rural woman wants three golds like the city people, without looking at her own virtue. Does she really think that the people in Yangjia Village are fools?
Although those people who give betrothal gifts always speak loudly, it is not all bad for the people of Yangjiacun. You ask for so many things, not to mention your appearance, so you have to have some confidence, right?
Therefore, many people in Yangjiacun used to worry about whether their children would become bachelors, but now they can choose girls from ten miles and eight villages at will. You want so many colorful gifts, okay, I’ll give them. But we have to choose one that satisfies us.
"Mom, how old am I?" Yang Dongxu felt a chill when he mentioned the blind date. Although he had been a bachelor for more than forty years in his previous life, and in the dead of night he regretted not trying hard to find a wife, he was still seventeen now. good?
"She's seventeen, so she'll be eighteen in the new year. I was pregnant with your sister when your father was your age."
"Mom, can this be the same? What is the situation now, and what was your situation at that time? Besides, the country stipulates that boys cannot get married before they are 22 years old. Are you not making me break the law?" Yang Dongxu began to sweat on his forehead.
"Is it really illegal?" Yang's mother's face became serious.
In the past, she wouldn't have cared about this matter. Generations of her ancestors had gotten married at the age of seventeen or eighteen. The whole village, even the whole city, was still like this now. No one had been arrested for getting married at the age of seventeen or eighteen. , there are people who get married earlier, do you know that the law does not punish you? Rural people have their own cleverness.
But it's different now. Yang Dongxu's grandpa is an official. It would be a shame if his son got married early and tarnished his family's face.
"Really, if you don't believe me, go to the town and ask." Seeing that his mother was frightened, Yang Dongxu breathed a sigh of relief, otherwise he would definitely not be able to live in peace this year.
"Hey, hey, stop moving. These things are enough. You can send the rest back." He had just said a few words to his son and watched the two drivers moving boxes one by one. Yang Mom diverted her attention.
The main reason is that although she wants her son to get married early so that she can have grandchildren, but when it comes to such a big thing as smearing her own family, she cannot make the decision as a mother-in-law. She needs to discuss it with the head of the family when Father Yang comes back.
"Put them all in the yard first, and I'll clean them up by myself in the evening." Yang Dongxu took off his coat and stretched out his hand to help move things.
"You can just leave it in the yard, how can you ask for so many things from others?" Yang's mother was a little angry at this time. She felt that her son was not doing things properly and asked his in-laws to buy so many things.
"Did I tell you that I made some money from my business. I bought these to honor you. Not only did I buy them for you, I also bought them from my godfather. Don't worry, it didn't cost my godfather's money." Yang Dongxu explained.
"Then you can't waste money like this." Although Yang's mother was confused about how much money her son had earned, she knew that even though her son was rarely around her, she always knew that her son would not lie. my own.
So her son was sensible enough to buy so many things and come back to honor her. Mother Yang was very touched. But seeing her son spending so much money all at once, she began to complain that her son didn't know how to spend money lavishly in running a household.
Although she complained in her heart, she couldn't let the two drivers do their own business. She just stood there stupidly, so she stretched out her hand. Then several aunts, daughters-in-law, etc., saw that this was a new year's gift bought by Yang Dongxu, and they all hurried over to help.
Moving, moving, Yang Ma's face became more and more ugly.
"How many things did you buy?" Looking at the pile of things in the yard and half of the truck still untouched, Yang's mother looked at her son fiercely.
"A whole car...all." Yang Dongxu felt a gust of cold wind coming and couldn't help but shudder.
"I'll beat you to death for wasting money." Yang's mother roared angrily and stretched out her hand to beat Yang Dongxu. Her family was diligent and frugal. Although they had killed pigs and sheep during the Chinese New Year in recent years, there was no reason to bring back a large cart of New Year's goods. .
And every time Zhou Ya comes to bring something, she says it's not expensive. She's not stupid. Even if you can't imagine the scary prices of these things, you still know that these things are definitely not as cheap as they say.
Although the things in the car in front of me are all wrapped in cardboard boxes and I don’t know what’s inside, I can tell with my toes that none of the things in front of me are cheap.
Seeing that his mother was completely angry, Yang Dongxu turned around and ran away. If he didn't run, why would he stay and be beaten? He didn't look at his mother and didn't hit him, so he turned around to look for a broom, a belt or some other handy weapon.
