After Yang's mother's persuasion, Yang's father gave up the idea of getting up early to go to the city to get food. It is true that you can't drive on the road because there is snow everywhere. Not to mention slipping, the snow in the ditch is as high as the road and it is easy to drive into the ditch.
There was no more excitement in front of Yang Dongxu's door during the vegetable market. Fireworks, firecrackers, and red candies were carried out one by one. This inventory is relatively large. Father Yang prepared a lot of inventory a few days ago.
Yang Dongxu was also being shouted at to keep accounts and count money all morning long. When there were not many people at the noon gathering, the eldest daughter-in-law next door, the mother of the general who had been following Xiaowu for a while to play with Yang Dongxu in the past two days, came to the store. , Shen Mi Mi spoke a few words to Yang’s mother, and then Yang’s mother called her daughter Hongying.
"I'm not going." Hongying looked a little embarrassed, resisting and a little shy at the same time.
You don’t need to ask the aunt to come here to match match with her. In rural areas, there used to be professional matchmakers, but now they are basically introduced by relatives and friends.
For example, if the aunt knows that her neighbor Hongying is old enough for a blind date, if she meets a boy of similar age while visiting relatives in another village, she will first see if he feels okay and then mention it.
This mention is not just to talk to Yang's mother, but to bring the person over to show Yang Dongxu's family. Generally, this visit is either done by parents and children together, or the two children meet first at the entrance of the village or somewhere else. If the children feel okay, then the parents can visit again, and if there is no problem, they can discuss the ceremony and engagement. .
"What are you talking about?" Yang's mother glared at her daughter, "Go and see first before talking about it?"
"That's right, that's right. This boy is very responsible. He has worked a lot in the past two years and earned a lot of money. He is also half a head taller than Asahi." The aunt also supported him.
At this time, the beauty and ugliness of the blind date can actually be seen, and what matters more is whether you are tall and strong enough. After all, children in rural areas need to farm and do farm work. If your blind date is a short, skinny person, it will make people feel that life will be difficult in the future.
Hongying pouted and finally followed her aunt towards the entrance of the village. The boy was waiting there. Falling in love was still a very strange thing for rural girls of this era.
Take Hongying as an example. Apart from the classmates she met when she was in school, her social circle is only in Yangjiacun, or a few little sisters from her grandfather's house who are better at playing. She has also longed for love, but she always feels that it is very far away. .
Nowadays, the main theme of marriage is blind date, meeting a strange boy under the introduction of relatives, friends or fellow villagers. If the first impression is good and the parents are satisfied when they meet later, then they will get engaged, and then get married soon. Cultivating relationships is something that needs to be done after marriage.
Yang Dongxu is actually opposed to the fact that his sister goes on a blind date. Not to mention that the blind date is definitely not the brother-in-law in the previous life. The old sister is only eighteen years old this year. She has just graduated from junior high school less than a year ago. She is still too young. .
A girl of seventeen or eighteen years old is in her best years, and now the Yang family doesn't have to worry about food and clothing. He feels that his sister can find something she likes to do for a few years, or fall in love, which is better than early. It is much better to settle on a lifelong commitment and start a family.
But he has no say at all in the matter of his elder sister's marriage. Even as he gets older, his parents will listen to his words, but this does not include his elder sister's blind date.
While helpless, Yang Dongxu still felt a little uneasy. According to the trajectory of his previous life, the Yang family was still very poor at this time, so Yang's father had to go out to work. Hongying also went out to work after graduating from junior high school, and then met her brother-in-law while working. .
If my sister really succeeds in the blind date at home, will all her life trajectories change? Will her lovely niece and naughty nephew be gone? Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling a little panicked.
"Mom, if sister doesn't find the right one this year, can she and I go to Yanjing after the Chinese New Year?" Yang Dongxu said, lowering his head to help pack away the things on the stall.
"Why are you going to Yanjing?" Yang's mother turned to look at her son and frowned. When she mentioned Yanjing, the first thing she thought of was whether it would trouble Zhou Yiren.
"Didn't I say that I am doing business in Yanjing? My godfather's only daughter is my sister Zhou Ya. She is busy with her own affairs and has no time to help me, so I want my sister to help me. You must find someone you can trust to look after your business, right?" Yang Dongxu felt guilty.
The reason why he asked me to go to Yanjing was naturally not to help him take care of his business, but because he wanted me to go out and gain more experience. At the same time, he wanted me to have more experience and have my own opinions. If my sister is really as capable as my aunt Ran Feifei, then I can open a store or a company for her in the future.
In short, he has his own ideals and ambitions, and he also wants his family to live happily and has his own pursuits. Instead of following the footsteps of the previous generation and copying your own life again.
"This..." Yang's mother hesitated. Her daughter had never left her side since she was a child. Although going to Yanjing would not be considered helpless if his son was with him, his son was still a child after all, and it would not be good to bother Zhou Yiren all the time.
"Nowadays, all the boys aged 17 or 18 who are about the same age as my sister go out to work, and they basically come back after the Chinese New Year. Even if my sister stays at home and waits for the Chinese New Year before all the working people leave, there will not be many people to choose from. It's better for my sister to go to Wuyanjing to see the world and learn more, don't you think?"
"Is she going to Yanjing and running wild and not coming back?" Yang's mother showed a vigilant look on her face. At this time, she suddenly thought of her brother-in-law's daughter Ran Feifei.
"That's possible." Yang Dongxu's heart suddenly suddenly felt that his mother's eyes were particularly sharp at this time, as if he had seen through his thoughts, "Can my sister and my aunt be the same? If you don't believe me, don't you believe yourself? If you ask my sister to come back for the New Year, how dare she not come back?"
"Yes." Mother Yang nodded when she heard what Yang Dongxu said. Although she has not yet trained a college student in terms of children's education, she definitely didn't say anything about tutoring.
Mother Yang also knew what kind of temper her daughter had. Although she sometimes had a little temper, she never dared to show off to her parents or make fuss like other children.
"So you agree?" Yang Dongxu's eyes lit up when his mother nodded.
"I just agreed. I'll think about this first, and don't tell your sister yet."
"Oh." Yang Dongxu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
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It has always been a sunny day after the snow. Except for the first two days when the snow melted, it was so cold that people dared not reach out. After the snow melted, the temperature began to rise slowly, and the Yang family became completely busy.
There was no need for outsiders to get the food. Yang Dongxu, his grandfather and his uncle were the only four men working together to load the truck. So first I sold vegetables again at Yangjiaji, then Ranmiao, Wuli... I ran to one market a day, and the farthest place was Madian, more than 30 kilometers away. Basically, That’s like three loads of food in two days.
I have to get up at two or three o'clock in the morning every day and can't come back until dark. I have to eat breakfast and lunch at the market. When I come back in the evening, I have a good meal and then drink some wine to relieve my fatigue.
At first, Yang Dongxu was as excited as chicken blood. Seeing the bundles of vegetables that he had loaded onto the truck by himself was sold, he felt particularly accomplished. However, after selling for several days, his father, grandfather, and uncle were still in a hurry. Although he was in a chicken-blooded state, he was a little listless.
It's not that he slept less, but that he was really tired. Even if he had some success in martial arts, practicing martial arts and physical labor were two different things. Having grown so big and never having to work so much at once in my previous life, this was even more tiring than the summer harvest.
"Why don't you go tomorrow, your dad and I will go, and you stay at home to look after the store." Mother Yang felt very distressed when she saw her son's tired face. On the first day she came back, she saw her son shaking even with the chopsticks in his hands. She almost didn't have a quarrel with Father Yang. How could she treat her father's own son like a beast?
"I won't go tomorrow. I'll rest for a couple of days. I've been to several nearby markets and only sold half a cart of vegetables today. I'll wait until the 28th and 29th of the twelfth lunar month to go shopping and see if it will be better. "Of course I feel very sorry for my son, Father Yang.
But the expressions of father's love and mother's love are obviously different, so he felt heartbroken when he saw his son so tired. Many times, he would only let Yang Dongxu keep accounts and not move things. However, he felt that for a boy of seventeen or eighty-year-old, a few blisters and calluses on his hands would be fine. It would be better for a boy to be stronger.
Yang's mother glanced at Yang's father, as if she knew what you were doing, and then she thought of something and said, "How much is suitable for my eldest (father) to join the army?"
Moreover, the family is separated now, so we can't always do things without being reciprocated. If you hire outsiders, you still have to pay them wages. If your relatives can’t help you, you feel like you should be left with nothing.
"They don't want any money. I've said it several times and they just don't want it."
"Mom, do you agree?" Yang's mother snorted softly.
As for her mother-in-law, Yang Ma, she knew very well that helping her eldest son's family was a huge benefit, and if she helped her younger son's family, she might get a little more.
"Mom didn't say anything." Father Yang took a mouthful of vegetables and said, but his words were not so confident.
In the past few days, I didn't come back until dark because of the vegetable and vegetable sales, so I always ate at Yang Dongxu's house. I came back early today because the business was not very good. After I got home, I went back to each house. When I was ready for dinner, I went to the back house to call grandpa and join the army for dinner, but they had already eaten and didn't call.
So Father Yang casually said that Grandpa should come over and drink a few cups. He would not eat food for the next two days and take a break. After the meal, he would calculate the profit and so on.
As a result, Grandpa Yang Dongxu simply said no need to forget it. He wanted money to help his son. Isn't this a slap in the face? He also scolded Father Yang a few times. Grandma Yang Dongxu curled her lips next to her and tried to speak several times, but her grandfather glared back.
