The end of August is also considered a busy time for farming in rural areas, but compared to other busy times for farming or harvesting. At the end of August, we basically go into the fields to take care of crops, and the most important task is weeding.
Compared with a few years ago, when herbicides were applied several times, people rarely went to the fields. Now most farmers still go to the fields to weed manually.
However, because of the hot weather, people in the village basically only go to the fields in the morning and evening. At other times, it is impossible to enter the fields due to the sun.
Therefore, at other times, there are many people chatting and enjoying the shade under the trees in the village. Compared with the past few years, when all the family members go out to work, they may not necessarily go home during the New Year.
You may not even see a few people in the whole village during the Chinese New Year, but the countryside is still very lively now. Chickens and ducks don’t have so many controls to run around.
Under the shade of a tree, a woman was sitting with scattered work in her hands, chatting with women from the same village about her family's shortcomings. A few men get together to walk horses, or play cards with others, and they don't gamble much, just have fun.
Children are not allowed to go to the pond under the leadership of older children, otherwise they will be beaten. Only in the evening when adults go into the water, smaller children can go into the water with them so that they can be rescued in time if something happens.
Therefore, in this era without smart phones and games, the favorite thing for children to do is to use net bags modified from plastic bags at home, or steal noodles from home, wash them into gluten, and stick them to the tips of bamboo poles to play with them everywhere.
And at this time, almost every man had a slingshot, so in the village, there were many bird nests on the trees on both sides of the road that suffered.
If a big bird broke someone's window when he was not living in the village, he would definitely be beaten severely. Then the adults would come to apologize and apologize in various ways, and hurriedly went to the hardware store on the street to ask the master to replace the glass with a new one.
There was no market today, so the car drove into the old house without encountering any obstacles. Yang's father and Yang's mother were already waiting at the door. The car was blocked before it entered the door.
Then the two elders held Xiao Wenchen in their arms and kissed him again and again. At the same time, they gave Zhou Ya, their daughter-in-law, a smile. Yang Dongxu, their son, was basically ignored by them.
Because they had been separated for a while, Xiao Wenchen was a little unfamiliar with his grandparents at first. This caused Yang Dongxu to suffer many looks.
After a while, a familiar scene awakened Xiao Wenchen's memory of his grandparents, and Yang Dongxu lost even his last sense of existence. Just go to the kitchen and see what's for lunch.
Not long after I got home, my grandparents and my uncle's family came over. As soon as my aunt's son Jiejie arrived at the old house, he ran to play with Xiao Wenchen.
In fact, children basically like to play with older children, and they always feel that other children are too childish. However, not long after Xiao Wenchen could speak, he called Uncle Jiejie all day long. The uncle had a sweet mouth.
This little kid Jiejie has been able to play the role of an elder, so he usually brings Xiao Wenchen along with him when he plays, taking good care of his little nephew.
"How was the Olympics? Isn't it exciting?" My aunt followed Zhou Ya upstairs to open gifts. My uncle went to the refrigerator successfully, found an ice cream and ate it, and asked.
"There are a lot of lively people. You don't have a chance to go there this time. The next Olympic Games will be held in our capital in a few years. You can take your whole family there. Anyway, our house in Yanjing is as big as it is." There’s room for everyone.”
Yang Dongxu took a cucumber from the kitchen, wiped off the cucumber with his hands, washed it and ate it.
Victory, who was eating ice cream, suddenly felt that the ice cream in his mouth no longer tasted good. Did he want to watch the Olympics?
Of course I want to go to the Olympics, but at least no one in the village has watched the Olympics. After going to the Olympics, I can brag about it in the village for a while.
But is going to Yanjing to watch the Olympics the same as going to a foreign country to watch the Olympics?
After watching the Olympics and traveling abroad, the bragging rights are much greater than just watching the Olympics, okay? He has been to Yanjing several times and there is nothing new. Besides, many people in the village have been to Yanjing, so there is nothing strange about it.
On the contrary, when the villagers go to Yanjing to visit, they can satisfy their sense of vanity by staying in a big courtyard and hearing that the big courtyard is now worth tens of millions. But the house is not your own, so even if you can satisfy your vanity, it is limited.
"Dongxu, do you know where you put those necklaces and earrings you bought earlier?" Zhou Ya's voice came from upstairs.
"It seems to be in the box containing the supplements. When I was packing the supplements, I saw a few jewelry boxes and put them in together." Yang Dongxu shouted to the upstairs.
Zhou Ya basically brings gifts to the whole family every time she goes out. Sometimes they are cosmetics, sometimes they are jewelry, sometimes they are clothes and shoes.
The most popular items are jewelry and cosmetics. It is difficult to wear clothes and shoes that look good even if they are from big brands in rural areas.
After all, sometimes the countryside is not so clean, and there are a lot of chicken droppings on the road. Although it feels disgusting if you step on it normally, you can just rub it on the ground and forget it.
If he was wearing shoes that cost thousands of dollars and kicked him like that, Yang Dongxu wouldn't care and would just rub it on the ground and then do whatever he had to do.
But the older generation in the family feels very distressed, so you can't tell them the price when buying these things, otherwise it will be a burden for them to wear them.
But such things could be concealed in the past. Now as the domestic economy becomes more and more developed, everyone has heard of the names of big brands and luxury goods. It is obviously no longer possible to cheat like before.
So Zhou Ya started to give some jewelry instead, such as some gemstone earrings, some of which were valuable. But wearing it on your ears and wearing it on your feet are two completely different experiences.
"By the way, how much is my watch worth?" the uncle shook the watch on his wrist victoriously and said.
He didn't buy this watch himself, it was given to him by Zhou Ya for his birthday this year.
"More than two hundred thousand, I don't know much about this." Yang Dongxu turned over the strap of the watch on his uncle's wrist and found that it was a Rolex. My uncle likes this style very much because it is used in many Hong Kong and Taiwan movies. My eldest brother likes to wear watches of this style.
"What the hell?" The uncle who was eating ice cream was stunned.
It is undoubtedly very impolite to ask how much a gift costs, but he also thought that the value of this watch is estimated to be tens of thousands of yuan. If it is less, Zhou Ya will not be able to afford it.
Even if it is estimated to be tens of thousands of dollars, it still makes him feel very cool just showing off his clothes casually while eating. After all, anyone who can wear a watch worth tens of thousands of yuan on his hand is very impressive, at least in his perception, he is very rich.
Who would have thought that this watch cost not tens of thousands, but more than two hundred thousand. This was definitely not a surprise, but for a moment he felt that his wrist was not his own. Even though there were no outsiders at home, he still felt that there was someone hiding in the dark who wanted to rob him.
"Don't pay too much attention to a watch. It's the year of your birth year. Zhou Ya and I will discuss giving you a more expensive gift. You don't celebrate birthdays very much at other times, so I just treat you with good wine and cigarettes." Yang Dongxu smiled. said.
The reason for telling my uncle the value of this watch is not to sincerely put a psychological burden on my uncle. But when I first put on this watch, my uncle showed off that he didn't care.
But a few days ago, when he was still in Athens, his mother called home and told him that his uncle drank too much again one day. He drank too much and went to play cards and lost some money without telling him.
It doesn't matter if you lose money. You don't have much in your pocket anyway. If you lose it all, you can go home and sleep. As a result, my uncle got drunk and made all kinds of noises. He was very unhappy after losing, so he took off his watch and put it on the table, saying that it was worth 10,000 yuan to continue.
Playing cards on the street for five to ten dollars is already considered a lot of money, and if you win or lose one hundred, two hundred dollars, the couple is already going to quarrel. In particular, the Yang family is said to be a reputable person on the street and in every town.
As soon as the drunk Shengli started playing cards, others persuaded him to go back to sleep. In the end, they did not persuade him and had to play with him for a few rounds. He did not want to pay back the money if he won.
Although the Yang family won't default on their debts if they lose, they really don't want to hang out on the street when they take advantage of people's drunkenness to cheat money. The uncle who had wanted to cooperate became drunk and insisted on betting big. In the end, Yang's father was brought back from the pig farm to get the uncle back home.
This is a fellow villager at home, and no one will cheat him. But my uncle still likes to go to the county town or go out for a walk when he has nothing to do. People don’t know you outside, but it doesn’t matter who you are.
If there is another case of betting on watches, Yang Dongxu won't care about the money. But he couldn't watch his brother-in-law being cheated, so he just told the price.
If you have a psychological burden, you will have a psychological burden. If you have a psychological burden, you will probably wear it less in the future, which will reduce the risk of disaster. However, he could already foresee that if there was any public appearance in the wine shop in the future, my uncle would definitely show off even more ostentatiously by wearing a watch. But it's better to show off than to be tricked.
"What about your aunt's set of jewelry?" He felt that his wrist had nowhere to put it.
"It's probably more than 200,000. I didn't ask much about what Zhou Ya bought. However, the virtual price of gems is relatively large, but the gem market has been bullish in the past few years, so the actual value is almost the same as the purchase price.
In fact, whether it is jade or diamond gems, gold has no value retention. If something really happens, a big gold chain or something can be cashed out directly. There is too much moisture in gems and jade, and second-hand ones have no special meaning and are basically hard to sell at discounts. Yang Dongxu said.
To be honest, if he didn't feel that wearing a big gold chain and a gold ring was too cliché, he felt that it would be nice to wear gold in all kinds of accessories.
The price of gold has been rising steadily, although jade has also been speculated in recent years, as have diamonds and other gemstones. But when you wear a gold chain and need money someday, you can find a gold store to sell it at a slightly lower price.
For jadeite and other gems, unless you are lucky enough to meet a buyer you like, people in those jewelry stores can give you a 50% off recycling price, so you can imagine the moisture in it.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? A few days ago, your aunt's family came to visit relatives. That prodigal aunt of yours..." As he said this, my uncle started to run upstairs in victory.
It didn't take long for the aunt to run down in a hurry.
"What your uncle said is true. Is that set of jewelry really worth hundreds of thousands?" The aunt looked at Yang Dongxu in shock.
She was about the same size as her brother-in-law Shengli. The set of jewelry Zhou Ya gave her felt like it only cost tens of thousands of dollars. Although it is quite rare, it is just rare.
In addition, the living conditions at home are good, and even if my uncle is not a serious person, he can still make a hundred or eighty thousand yuan every year. In addition, Zhou Ya, eldest sister Hong Ying, and Dan Dan are all rich women.
Although there are differences in giving gifts from far and near, I usually bring one to my uncle's family. So my aunt is not short of these necklaces and jewelry.
So when her natal brother came to visit relatives with his wife and children a few days ago, she showed off her necklaces and jewelry to her sister-in-law.
After showing off, I saw that my sister-in-law liked the necklace given by Zhou Ya better. Although I felt a little distressed, I wanted to save face for my brother and myself, so as not to slap myself in the face by showing off just now. Although I was a little worried, I gave the necklace away generously.
My uncle also knew about this. Although he said a few words about prodigal women, he didn't care in his heart. After all, his brother-in-law has always been respectful and envious of him, and he speaks nicely, so just give him a necklace. Who would have thought that necklace was so valuable.
"Zhou Ya bought the things. You can ask her more clearly about the specific price than me." Seeing his uncle and aunt look panicked and regretful, Yang Dongxu pinched his brows.
What happened was that my brother-in-law was tricked when he was fooling around. As a result, my brother-in-law was fine, and my aunt probably couldn't sleep well recently.
