Compared with later generations, who usually went out to work on the seventh and eighth day of the lunar month, now they go out to work later. Basically, they go out one after another after celebrating the Lantern Festival at home.
On the Lantern Festival, which is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Yang family gathers for a party. Theater troupes from out of town, as well as entertainment companies that usually don’t see a large number of people buying cloth, jade, various hoops, or air guns and balloons, gather for three days. Appeared on Yangjiaji.
These three days are also the busiest time to go to the market in Shilibaxiang. Some schools will even have a holiday because of this festival. The older children choose to play airsoft or billiards.
The younger children gathered under the stage, where there were some stalls selling small toys. These small toys included some plates that could not be distinguished from jade or plastic, and yellow iron pieces that shook their heads were made into turtles in boxes. etc.
Children who have a little money usually hold candied haws in their hands, or go to the turntable to make rice balls. If you still have some money, buy a heart-shaped pendant worth one yuan each and hang it around your neck.
These heart-shaped pendants are said to be jade, but it is unclear whether they are jade or plastic. After wearing it for a period of time, some small crabs, small shrimps, or other strange patterns will appear inside, and then the jade is said to be alive and can be used as a shield for evacuation, etc., and some adults can tell it to children. The story is vivid.
In addition to these traditional gadgets, this year the Yang family hired an acrobatic troupe from who knows where. A group of people walking on high heels walked from one end of the market to the other in the crowded market. Many people were chasing them and it was extremely lively.
The Yang Family Wholesale Department, which is usually closed at this time of year, will also open its doors during these three days. First, I will buy a batch of goods unexpectedly, and then sell them in the next three days. If I can sell out, I will keep it for myself. If I can’t use it up, I will give some to my neighbors and friends, or I will take some to relatives when visiting relatives. In short, It will all be digested in a very short time.
Because Yang Dongxu attended many weddings after the New Year, and also went to Jiaocheng to visit pharmaceutical factories, and to Zhucheng to attend a preparatory meeting for the opening of a traditional Chinese medicine school, he did not return to Yanjing or Hangzhou when he was about to turn 15.
And with relatives also coming to attend the meeting, the Yang family will definitely have to keep them for dinner. In this way, the Yang family was even more lively than during the Chinese New Year, and all the relatives came together at once.
He and Xiaowu and the others, holding cigarettes in their mouths, wandered from Jibeitou to Jinantou, and then from Jidongtou to Jidongtou. Although he talked and laughed all the way and never caused trouble, he always gave people the feeling of being very arrogant and untouchable.
In fact, if you go to other markets to smoke while walking like this, you will easily get beaten. The current folk customs are very tough. After all, there are many thieves in rural areas now. From time to time, there are cases where a big hole is dug from the back of a house and cattle and sheep are taken away.
And if a thief comes into the village in the middle of the night, shout out at the top of one's voice and the whole village will get up and those holding a goat's cross will chase the thief for miles. So when I meet such a flat-looking person in the market, many young people will go up and do it even if they don't agree with each other.
But obviously no one in Yangjiaji dares to fuck these arrogant guys like Xiao Wu. Yang Dongxu may feel strange to many people. But Xiao Wu, who had grown up in the market, was obviously known to everyone. Although they had never done anything evil, after all, they were famous and no one dared to provoke them.
For those who don’t know them, looking at this huffing and puffing group of six or seven young men, they all look the same regardless of their acquaintance or physique. They don’t have the guts to find trouble.
"You think if I don't go out anymore, how about setting up dozens of pool tables?" After missing a shot, Da Liang put down his cue and took a bite of the sugar cane next to him.
"It's okay to do it at the end of the year. At other times, there are only people during the wheat field and autumn planting period. At other times, most of the people have gone out to work and no one is playing." Yang Dongxu took a shot.
He has basically never played billiards, so his skills are so poor that it makes people speechless. Therefore, he can only make a miracle with one shot. It is full of force. Whether he can make it depends on God's will.
"Normally there are not many people. Besides, when we gathered this thing, there were three or four on the open space in front of almost a store. It was very busy these two days, and usually there were not many people at all. Why don't you go to the town and be close to the school to do this? Let's get a game console room somewhere. If you have enough money for that stuff, you might not even be able to get in line after school." Xiao Wu came up with an idea from the side.
"It's true that this can be done, but it won't make much money. Even if there are people in the town, they still need to take care of things all year round and don't have much money left." Regardless of whether it will poison the next generation of the motherland, the future of the game console room is obvious Much better than the billiards room.
"Forget it, let's not do it. When you defraud children of their money, be careful when the old man slaps them with the soles of his shoes." Daliang put down the sugar cane in his hand and bent down to start playing ball.
"Then we won't do it." Xiao Wu waved his hand indifferently. Yangjiacun had plenty of ways to make money, so there was no need to get a bad reputation.
"Haha, some little brothers are playing ball here." A middle-aged man with a fat body and a bald head came over and took out cigarettes to disperse them.
"You're doing well, Sanhong, and you've smoked all the way to Huangshan." Later generations said that good cigarettes were from China or something like that.
Although there is China now, Huangshan is even more famous. "One taste of Huangshan, the sky is high and the clouds are light." Many people think this is the slogan of the scenic Huangshan. In fact, it was printed on Huangshan cigarette boxes and became widely circulated.
"Small business, small business. Just hang down and have a sip of soup. You guys can play while I go to the front to take a look." Sanhong smiled, lit cigarettes for several people, said hello, turned around and left.
Sanhong is the same age as their fathers, and he has a bad reputation for having been in a labor camp. He is also considered a celebrity in the countryside. To be able to befriend several young people in such a low-key manner, you have to say that it is not unreasonable for them to get along with each other.
"He's still dumping fertilizer?" Sanhong is not from Yangjia Village, but he bought a house on the street a few years ago.
As Yangjiaji became more and more prosperous, many people came to the Jiji to do business. There were two or three companies selling fertilizers and seeds, or making cement, sand and gravel.
"Fertilizers are still being poured out, but the main thing is to send bricks to people. Does the kiln factory in Xu Village know about it? He doesn't know where he got the connection, sending red bricks and dumping earthwork."
Yang Dongxu nodded, there was indeed money to be made for this thing. In his previous life, Father Yang drove a four-wheeler with his uncle's son. He also gave people red bricks for building houses for several years. About ten yuan a day was enough to support a family.
"It seems like something happened again." Daliang frowned.
Yang Dongxu looked up at him.
"The kiln factory is on the river beach upstream. It was originally a wasteland and no one wanted it. Now you can make money by opening a brick factory and working with earth. Several nearby villages have started to make money and there have been many fights."
"The town doesn't care?" Yang Dongxu asked.
"Why don't you care? The last time there was a fight, all the police cars in the city came. How about a dozen police cars? But there is a point. When the police came, the people in the village went back to their homes and didn't make any trouble at all. They gathered together as soon as they left. Let’s have a fight.”
Although there are a few local gangsters who are doing well in Wuli Town, there are no powerful clan forces. So there is no such thing as patriarchal family law.
But now that the law is not universal, killing people is a little scary. Most of the time when they encounter conflicts, farmers are accustomed to using their fists to resolve conflicts. The village that is united and the village with bigger fists will benefit more. On the contrary, if your village is incompetent, it will have to endure the losses.
"He came to talk to Grandpa?" asked Yang Dongxu, who grew up in a rural area and understood everything once Da Liang explained it.
"Look for Uncle Shengli."
"My brother-in-law?" Yang Dongxu was stunned for a moment and obviously didn't react.
"Grandpa is already old and confused, so he can still take care of things. Although eldest father has become the village chief, he only cares about the affairs of our village. He can't reach out to Xu Village. Listening to eldest father's name, Maybe I’ll give him some face, but he’ll be a little worse at handling things. Uncle Shengli knows a lot of friends in town and city, so Sanhong and others will come to him whenever they encounter anything.”
"Ha, my brother-in-law is doing well when he's not at home all year round." Yang Dongxu laughed, not sure whether it was pride or sarcasm.
"He probably didn't recognize you. If he recognizes you, talking to you is probably more useful than talking to Uncle Shengli." Xiao Wu interjected.
Although they knew very well what Yang Dongxu was doing outside besides going to college, and they were all in their twenties, not to mention they were all smart, but none of them were stupid.
From the fact that Yangjiacun encountered so many things, basically whoever caused trouble for the breadwinner was in trouble, and even the town cadres were not able to help, it became clear that they, who had not grown up together, must be doing well. And even if he doesn't get along well, there are rumors that he is a high-ranking official in Yanjing, and few people would dare to mess with him.
"Okay, don't put your hat on me. It's getting late. My relatives should have gone back. I'll go home and take a look." Yang Dongxu put down his cue.
Because all the relatives who came to attend the meeting were brought with them, and they often came to Yangjiacun, Yang Dongxu didn't accompany him and let them play by themselves. It was almost noon now and they had probably gone home. He obviously couldn't wander outside. .
"Okay, you go back first. When are you leaving? If it's okay, let's get together as brothers." Xiao Wu asked.
"Just two days, find time to go to my house for a drink." It was Father Yang's treat, even though they were sitting at the same table and drank a lot. But it’s not a drinking place with several brothers, so it’s definitely a one-time drink.
"Don't go to your house. They can't let you go with Big Daddy here. Let's go to the city to drink tomorrow night. Someone has opened a big place where you can sing. Let's go to Hoho."
"Okay." Yang Dongxu responded with a smile.
Some people say that with the development of the economy, those lavish casinos are junk businesses and have no effect on promoting the economy at all. But you have to admit that when there are more entertainment venues in a city, it is also evidence of economic prosperity.
Chengwang City, which is at the bottom of third-tier cities, cannot afford to open entertainment venues unless it is financially feasible. Since it is open, it means that the economy of Chengwang City has been doing really well in recent years. Even if it is not a blockbuster, it is at least developing steadily.
