Yang Dongxu does not support the end-of-year gambling trend in rural areas, but he will not oppose it either. Because opposition is useless, drug trafficking is still in the law and clearly stipulates shooting, but in the end it is not completely banned. Gambling is something like this. At the end of the year, people in the same village, with relatives and friends coming over, will inevitably get together to play a few games. How can you prohibit it?
Therefore, such things can only be controlled and controlled within a reasonable range. Don't let the money you have worked hard to earn all year round end up being lost and the whole family cannot live. At the same time, the severe crackdown on those who make money by gambling and loan sharks is basically in place. If we want to go further and eliminate it, it is impossible to do so.
Although Yangjiacun has become richer in recent years, it has basically done well in this regard. Although there are many people who count money one night and quarrel with their wives the next day.
But he had completely lost all his money and had no way to make a living. Selling his children or his daughters had never happened in Yangjiacun. It was people from the same village who ruined other people's lives, and I couldn't afford to lose that person.
So if you encounter someone who really has no money in his hand, just kick him out of the game and stay there. There's no such thing as borrowing money to gamble. If you don't rush to sit down at the table, the card players won't let you play anymore, and you won't be able to raise your head in the village.
It is precisely with this underlying concept that although the amount of money played in the granary has been getting bigger and bigger in the past two years, the most I can do is go home and have a few quarrels. Then after the New Year, money will be tight for a while, but when the new year starts Once you start making money, everything goes away.
But it would be different if someone specially set up a gambling venue in the granary. Gambling was originally difficult to control, but now because Yangjiacun has a good concept, it is still within a reasonable range.
But if someone tries to seduce it, this concept will be subtly eliminated, and then playing cards, which was originally just an exciting end-of-year card game, is likely to turn into real gambling.
"No one is here to help?" Xiao Wu was stunned for a moment by Yang Dongxu's words, and then thought of something, "After the top three came back, they would make tea there and sell some snacks and tea money. No one dared to put it in our village. Profit. Anyone who did this would have had their legs broken and kicked out."
"That's good." Yang Dongxu breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked casually: "When did the top three come back?"
After Da Laoliu was shot, the three strongmen went out to wander around for a few years, and then returned to the village less frequently than Yang Dongxu. They didn't necessarily see anyone once in several years, even during the Spring Festival at the end of the year. Their house collapsed two years ago, almost burying his wife alive. The villagers exchanged money to repair it, but no one else was found.
"I came back earlier than you, a month earlier. It is said that he slept with his boss's wife while he was out there. He was afraid of being hacked to death and ran back to the village to hide." The general was a little mysterious. He said with a slightly obscene smile, obviously sleeping with other people's wives is the key point, these young people are most interested in things like broken shoes.
"Shit, he slept with his boss's wife. Is there any woman among his bunch who is willing to sleep with him? It's impossible even if he's blind. I think he can't survive outside, or he owes too much money. It's true if you dare to go out." Daliang said with some disdain.
This guess is more reliable. The top three can't change their shit-eating character. If they can't survive outside, it would be strange if they can return to the village. Even if I come back, it won't be as silent as it is now. I can achieve a little bit outside, but now there will definitely be a fight between five and six people.
"Let's go and take a look at the granary." Yang Dongxu wrapped his coat around him and said.
With Yang Dongxu taking the lead, Xiaowu and the others were naturally unwilling. After all, if he took the lead, he would not be beaten even if his father, uncle, or the like saw him.
The windows in the granary were blocked tightly with straw and nylon bags, so when Yang Dongxu entered the room, he almost turned over to avoid being smoked.
However, card players obviously only pay attention to the cards in their hands, and no one cares about the air. However, although the air was dirty, the room was still warm.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw a few tea bottles and a small stall on the side of the door. The stall sold some cigarettes, instant noodles and so on. There was a lot of change left in the paper box with money next to it, including dimes and fifty cents. The old lady Sanqiang looked at it happily while eating melon seeds.
"Hey, Xuzi is here, eat some melon seeds." No one noticed when a few people came in, but San Qiang looked over and saw that it was Yang Dongxu who quickly stood up to greet them.
"No, you don't have to come here after dinner, just take a look." Yang Dongxu smiled and waved his hand, "Where are the top three, aren't they here?"
Seeing Yang Dongxu mentioning the Sanqiang, Sanqiang's wife looked a little unnatural, but finally she said, "I'm watching someone refilling the water inside. Are you looking for something to do with him?"
Although it has been a long time, everyone knows that the top three must have had a hand in being cheated by Shengli back then. Therefore, the higher the prestige of the Yang family in the village, the harder it is for the top three to get along in the village, otherwise they would not have not come back for so many years.
"It's nothing, just asking casually." Yang Dongxu smiled.
He really has no intention of pursuing the matter back then, otherwise he would have pursued it long ago and wouldn't have waited until now. After saying hello, Yang Dongxu walked towards a table where Pai Gow was being pushed.
Sanqiang's wife was relieved when she saw that Yang Dongxu really seemed to be here to join in the fun, and didn't care about her son at all.
"Hey, Xuzi, come on, do you want to sit down and play a few games?"
"Xu Zi, why didn't your brother-in-law come?"
Seeing many people greeting Yang Dongxu, Yang Dongxu quickly took out his cigarettes from his pocket and scattered them around.
"Shout, you are Chinese, you have to taste this cigarette slowly."
When they saw that Yang Dongxujing's cigarette was from China, many people put the cigarette directly behind their ears and continued to smoke their own cigarettes.
"You guys are playing for your own good, so I won't join in the fun. It's all my uncle's, so there's no place for me to do it. My brother-in-law drank a little too much today, so he probably went home to sleep." Yang Dongxu said with a smile as he smoked.
Playing with the big gamblers of Yangjiacun, my uncle dared to take second place in victory, but no one thought he would take first place. However, the Yang family has become rich over the years. Although Shengli has lost a lot of money in gambling, he has never been red-faced. In addition, many villagers are now living with him, so naturally no one regards him as a bastard.
This is just like what is said on the Internet in the future, when rich people eat green vegetables, they are called healthy, and when poor people eat green vegetables, they are really poor. In the past, if you won and had no money to gamble, you would be called a bastard. Now that you have money and you lose more than before, you would have nothing to do for fun...
"You really don't want to come here and try your luck? I know how to do it here, how about you come over and help me out? If I lose, it's mine." A man from another village who looked familiar but couldn't pronounce his name said half-jokingly. .
"If you want to memorize the idea, bet less first. Don't lose too much. If you don't sell enough meat tomorrow, your aunt won't let you go to bed when you get home." Yang Dongxu responded with a smile.
"She dares!" The man glared, and many people burst into laughter.
While laughing and playing, Yang Dongxu watched a few games beside him. He couldn't stand the air in the room and was about to turn around and go home. As soon as he turned around, he saw the three strong men carrying tea bottles.
The top three had obviously discovered Yang Dongxu a long time ago. They originally wanted to go around with the tea bottle, but who would have thought that Yang Dongxu would just see him when he turned around, so they had to try their best to put a smile on their faces: "Xuzi, when did you come back?"
"I've been back for two days." Yang Dongxu took out the cigarette from his pocket and handed it over.
"No, I have it here, I have it here." The three strongmen waved their hands quickly. Seeing that Yang Dongxu had no intention of taking it back, he hurriedly put down the tea bottle in his hand and took the cigarette with both hands.
"How are you doing?" Yang Dongxu asked casually.
"It's okay, it's okay. The main reason is that the old and young men in the village see my family as pitiful and give me food to eat." The three strong men had smiles on their faces.
Selling tea and snacks here in the granary is really profitable. After all, no one who plays cards cares about the three melons and two dates. People who win money every day will also throw a dollar or two into the small stall to get some luck for themselves, hoping to keep winning next time.
So on average he can earn at least dozens of dollars a day. But he doesn't have much to do. He is just watching the stall boil water while he carries a tea bottle to refill people's hot water. If anyone is hungry and eats, he can just help bring some conveniences and go there. At most, there will be no one in the morning. Time to clean up.
Anyone can do this kind of work, but the reason why he only let the three strong men do it is because the people in the village thought that his family was too poor, so they gave him food. Let him make some money to be more relaxed during the New Year at the end of the year, or just because he is pitiful because of his old age. Otherwise, why should he be so cheap to this second-rate guy when she can do the job?
"Then do your best and don't bring those messy people to the village."
"That's for sure. I've been busy here since I came back. I've never been to the market in town." The top three assured quickly.
Although Yang Dongxu has not been back for many years, his voice in the village has not diminished but increased, even though he is only 20 years old before getting married and celebrating the New Year.
And the Yang family is now the largest family in the village. If the Yang family still resents what happened in the past and didn't treat him well, then he really can't stay in the village.
"That's fine, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go back first." Yang Dongxu nodded and didn't say anything.
"Would you like to stay for a while and have some tea before leaving?"
"No need, go home and sleep when you're tired." Yang Dongxu waved his hand, said hello to Xiao Wu and others who were enjoying reading the cards, and turned around and left the granary.
After leaving the granary, he did not go home, but thought about walking to the pig farm outside the village. There are many people from other villages playing cards in the granary. Excluding those who are really here to play, I guess many of them are here to sell meat tomorrow.
This doesn't include the fact that I didn't come at home today, waiting to kill the pig tomorrow. So he went to see if there was anyone on the pig farm who needed help.
Although the pigs will be killed tomorrow morning, some preparations must be made the night before. Then I get up in the middle of the night and start tying up the selected pigs and slaughtering them. Then, when someone comes to buy meat early tomorrow, the processed pork will be sold.
