The Yang family seems to have the gene of being strict with their wives. In the past, it was grandma who had the final say in grandpa’s house. It goes without saying that in Yang Dongxu’s house, even though her parents had quarreled a lot before, after the quarrel, it was Yang’s mother who had more of the say. As long as the uncle's bastard temperament is not drunk, he will be very afraid of his aunt.
However, in the past two years, as the family has been living more and more prosperously with their eldest son, when encountering Grandma Yang Dongxu's partiality, Grandpa Yang Dongxu has become more and more confident in speaking, and sometimes even scolds a few words. Over the years, Yang's mother and her mother-in-law get along relatively harmoniously.
"Brother, sister-in-law is still eating." Before the meal was finished, the uncle's voice sounded at the door.
In fact, after I went to join the army and came back, I went to the granary to play a few games and waited for my elder brother's house to call for dinner. My mother-in-law at home was too strict and wouldn't let him drink at all. Although I am a little tired from work these days, it is very leisurely to drink two cups at my eldest brother's house every night, but it is not enough for him to drink.
"He's joining the army. Come sit down and have something to eat." Mother Yang, who originally thought that her eccentric mother-in-law looked a little ugly, put away the look on her face and smiled.
"Okay, sit down and drink two more cups. You don't have to go get food tomorrow. You can have a few more drinks today, but you are not allowed to get drunk." Father Yang knew all about his brother's virtues. He just went to call for dinner. At that time, Joining the Army was holding noodles with a depressed look on his face. He had just arrived home and had barely eaten a few mouthfuls of food when he came running over, obviously wanting to drink.
"I... I've really eaten." Joining the army said that he had eaten before walking to the table and sitting down.
No one has the virtue of not being able to move even when someone yells at him while drinking. Fortunately, we are a family. If we were at the house of relatives and friends, it would not be embarrassing enough.
After taking a few mouthfuls of rice, Dandan said that she was full and ran upstairs to watch TV, although the TV programs nowadays are very monotonous. But for most rural children, watching TV is still a very luxury thing. At least there are few in Yangjia Village who can afford a TV now.
"Don't eat those snacks again, or I'll lock them up." Mother Yang shouted when she saw her daughter running upstairs.
Yang Dongxu brought back a cart of things. In addition to the New Year's goods, there were naturally a lot of snacks. Although the snacks now are not as rich as they would be a few years ago, there are many types, especially bread and some nuts, which are definitely high-end foods.
On the first night back, these snacks were divided between Yang Dongxu's sister and Dandan. At first, they were divided into three parts. In the end, because Yang Dongxu rarely ate, his share was divided between his sister and his sister again.
So these days, my elder sister and younger sister have been eating all day long. My elder sister is better off because she is a big girl and has some self-control. Dandan is more gluttonous. Basically, in addition to her favorite dishes when eating, Or maybe there are bones to chew on, otherwise, after just grabbing a few mouthfuls of rice, you run upstairs to eat snacks.
"I haven't eaten much, there is still a lot." Dandan glanced upstairs and pouted her little mouth before returning to the table. She was still a little hungry if she couldn't go up to eat snacks.
"You are not allowed to eat so many snacks in a day from now on. How many snacks are there? I bought so many snacks and you almost ate half of them, but you still think there are a lot?" Yang's mother glared at her daughter. When she mentioned snacks, she thought of random things. The son who spent money also gave his son a sharp look.
"Eat well, I'll make salt and pepper pork ribs for you tomorrow." Yang Dongxu said as he picked up a chopstick dish for his sister.
"Really?" Dandan's eyes suddenly lit up. Bone chewing was her favorite. Of course, in addition to big stewed bones, sweet and sour pork ribs, pig's trotters, or braised duck pieces were also accepted.
The best food my brother cooks is all meat, but my mother always doesn't let him cook, saying that eating like this every day is too wasteful, and the life of an official may not be so good.
"Really, it's still crooked?" Yang's mother hit her daughter on the head with chopsticks angrily, and at the same time glanced at her son, "Just spoil her. That girl is so old and still so greedy. In the future, Why don’t you get married and get killed by your husband’s family?”
"She's eating, why are you beating her? Our family doesn't lack food like this." Seeing his daughter's mouth curled up after being knocked by his wife, tears began to well up in his eyes. Father Yang was a little unhappy.
He got married at the age of eighteen. When he had these two children, Hong Ying and Yang Dongxu, he was still in his twenties and didn't have the feeling of being a father. It wasn't until two years later that he had a little daughter who was already mature. He has just found his rightful place as a father, so he has been very fond of this youngest child since he was a child.
"Even if there is no shortage of food, it is only my son's business. Why does it matter to you?" Yang's mother's bad temper started to flare up.
"You don't need to tell me that my son is capable, but I won't make money selling vegetables?" Father Yang was a little unhappy.
Although he was a bit jealous of his son, Yang was always very impressive whenever he did something. He had also made a lot of money in the past two years but was not praised by his wife. Yang felt that his status in his wife's heart had dropped significantly. Dad felt a little sad.
"Okay, okay, stop arguing, my uncle is still here, eat, eat." Seeing that his mother and father were about to get into a fight, Yang Dongxu spoke quickly.
What happened today? Grandpa dared to stare at grandma, and dad actually got into a fight with mom. Could it be that today is the day when the men of the Yang family become serfs and start singing? If my uncle drinks two more drinks later, he won’t start a fight with his aunt...
"Hmph!" Yang's mother snorted to Yang's father to end the argument, and put a few pieces of meat into her little daughter's bowl.
After all, she also loves her little daughter very much.
My uncle came and had a few more drinks and dinner ended a little late. After a while, my aunt came over with her son Xiaojie in her arms. But instead of sitting on the table, he carried his son and Yang's mother upstairs to watch TV, leaving the downstairs to the three men.
Seeing that half of the bottle of wine had been consumed, Father Yang's eyes slowly narrowed and became a little bright. This was when the drink was tasting delicious, not to mention the uncle who drank the wine without any hesitation. Yang Dongxu stretched out his hand to pick up the bottle. Bring it over.
"Let's just drink this much today. We have business to do at the market tomorrow. Let's settle the accounts first."
Seeing that the wine bottle was taken away, Father Yang and his brother-in-law looked a little unhappy. Father Yang's eyes suddenly opened and he was about to say something. Hearing his son talk about settling accounts made him hesitate to say what he wanted to say.
It's not like his younger brother joins the army and doesn't know what's going on when he drinks. Although he feels a little unhappy because he didn't drink to the fullest, he can put the drinking aside when he should be doing business.
After taking the wine to the backstage, Yang Dongxu took out the account book from the drawer and turned to the last page without looking at the previous accounts. When he came back this afternoon, he summarized the accounts and calculated them twice and found that there were no errors. Only then did the local government collect the ledgers.
"In the past few days, we bought vegetables for a total of 4,753 yuan and 60 cents. After removing the leader, it is calculated as 4,700. After deducting the cost of 1,000, gas expenses and the money we spent on eating at the market, we finally made 3,382 yuan and 78 cents, which is calculated as 3,400. "Grandpa doesn't want any money, uncle, you take 1,400." Yang Dongxu looked at the account book and said, then handed the account book to his uncle.
"You can do the math. Why am I looking at this thing? But 1,400 is too much, just give me 400." Although his personality is a bit of a bastard, he is not stupid to join the army.
The ideas come from the eldest brother, the car belongs to the eldest brother's family, the capital comes from the eldest brother, and the manpower provided by Yang Dongxu does not matter even though he is small. Although he likes money, he feels his hands are burning with 1,400. He can be a little rough with others, but he can't be rough with his eldest brother's family.
If he was not blind, he would have to rely on his eldest brother's family if he wanted to live a good life in the future, especially since he listened attentively to what his nephew said about the pig farm during dinner a few days ago.
"Just take 1,400 and I can't ask for more." Yang's father opened his mouth and settled on the amount of money.
In fact, according to Yang's father's inner thoughts, he wanted to share the money earned equally at first, but thinking about Yang's mother, he finally decided that his family would get a few hundred yuan more, otherwise Yang's mother would definitely be unhappy.
It’s not that Yang Ma is stingy and only cares about money, but because of what happened in the past, there is still a gap between Yang Ma and her grandparents and uncle’s family. Her family has to contribute both money and effort, and her husband and son are so exhausted. In the end, the money was evenly divided, and even though she didn't say anything, she was definitely not happy.
Therefore, in order not to cause trouble for his wife, Yang’s father thought that all the capital would be removed and his family could just get a few hundred yuan more. In fact, Yang Dongxu had almost the same idea before, but who would have thought that grandpa would not want a penny, so the way of dividing the money could only be changed.
"No, even if 400 is too much for me, you still want 1,400? If you really give it like this, then I won't take a penny." The uncle's face turned red and he looked at Father Yang, looking like you can't look down on your brother.
"Well..." Seeing that his little brother didn't seem to be joking, Father Yang was a little dizzy from drinking and didn't know what to say for a while.
"Then let's make a concession. Uncle, you take 1,000. This year, everyone who is in charge of relatives' meals will come to our house." Yang Dongxu looked at his uncle in surprise. It was the first time he saw his uncle who was demanding money drinking. It was quite surprising that I didn’t want any money after that.
"Sure, that's it." Father Yang patted the table and felt that this was a good idea.
There is a saying that rural areas should take care of themselves after family separation. If the parents are still in good health, then when relatives come over at the end of the year, they will basically have meals at the parents' house.
When their parents got older, the brothers would take turns to take turns every year. Yang Dongxu’s grandparents were in poor health, so they had been eating at the back house all these years. Yang’s mother would take care of him when the time came. Some chicken, fish, meat and eggs in the past to help.
"1,000 is still too much." He hesitated to join the army. After earning a thousand yuan in a few days, he always felt uneasy.
"How about I give 800 to my aunt? I'll share 800 yuan and leave 200 to you?" Yang Dongxu looked back at the stairs like a thief and whispered.
"Uh..." Joining the army's eyes instantly became bright.
After marrying his wife, although he had a wife who knew both the cold and the hot, and even gave birth to a son, who was better than him in terms of food and clothing, but when he joined the army, he always felt that he did not have enough money, and the financial power of the family was solely in the hands of his daughter-in-law. Controlled.
Of course, his wife doesn't give him a penny. Compared with the past, eighty cents in his pocket was considered a huge sum of money, but now he often carries ten or eighty yuan in his pocket. But this amount of money is a bit small compared to the money earned at home, especially compared with his elder brother who usually has a hundred and eighty yuan in his waist, he feels that his pocket money is too little.
