Chapter 1096: Life Is Better, but Quality Is Lower

The market at the end of the year is extremely lively, especially when there are opera performances. There are really three layers of people inside and outside. It is not like later, when there are only a few elderly people sitting under the stage, and there is no audience under the stage. The singers sing for a whole morning facing the empty space.

The wholesale department of the Yang family has not been doing business for several years. Every year at the end of the year, Yang's mother always complains that it is too wasteful. The location of the street where the family store is located is very good, but if there is no business, what is it not a waste?

Yang Dongxu got up early to help at the pig farm, although it was already past the twenty-fourth. But there are still many people who pick a fat pig to kill because of weddings or other reasons.

Some families do not have a butcher, so they find someone on the street to kill it and take it back. Give the butcher a red envelope or some pig offal as wages.

Usually being busy gives people the feeling of being tired, and when they are free, they don't want to eat and just want to sleep. But the busyness at the end of the year does not make people feel tired, especially after seeing the house full of New Year's goods, I still wonder if I should go to the street again. I always feel that something is missing.

At the end of the year, my sister's farmhouse is very busy. After all, many people want to have a good meal after earning money. After the three friends got together and had a farmhouse, the small restaurants on the street felt a little low-end.

So they all went to the farmhouse to have a good meal. After all, turtles are not common in wild rivers now. But there were some wild ones in the reservoir.

My brother-in-law Xiaocheng has a good brain. When he took down the reservoir at the beginning of the year, he used a fishing net to circle a piece of water and got some medium-sized turtles and threw them in to raise.

Paired with a large rooster raised in the countryside, let's not talk about whether it tastes good or not. If you can put a ginseng on top, which is actually about the same nutrition as radish, it feels very exciting. It is a must-order dish when you go to the farmhouse.

So my sister came late when she came to give the New Year's gift, just in time for lunch. Then I didn't let my brother-in-law drink at noon, after all, there were many people who reserved tables in the evening, and I was always worried about him being drunk.

"Do you want to take a bath? The water in the bathhouse should be ready soon." Xiaowu came over from somewhere holding his baby.

Whether it is slaughtering pigs or going to the market, the rural market is usually busy in the morning, and basically no one starts to go after noon. So Yang Dongxu didn't have anything to do in the afternoon.

Solar energy is not popular in rural areas now. Although there are large water heaters that catch up with the advanced ones, men always feel that taking a bath is not as comfortable as taking a bath in the bathhouse. There is actually a bathtub in Yang Dongxu's courtyard, but I don't know if it's an illusion. It always feels that taking a bath in the bathtub is not as practical as taking a bath in the bathhouse.

However, Yang Dongxu will definitely not take a bath in the morning, unless he gets up early at four or five o'clock to take a bath in the first batch. Otherwise, the bath water in the pool is simply indescribable. And basically only one pool of water is boiled in one episode.

But at the end of the year when there are many people, two pools will be boiled, but this requires luck, because it is not certain whether the second pool of water will be boiled.

"Give me your son. I'll get you some toiletries." Zhou Ya took her son, who was twisting and turning in Yang Dongxu's arms.

Although she agreed with her husband's plan to raise her son, Wenchen was still young after all, and she was a little worried about him taking a bath with a group of old men.

Not only her, but Yang's mother and father would probably scold Yang Dongxu if they knew that he took their grandson to take a bath.

"I'll get it. I'll deal with the seafood when I come back." Yang Dongxu pinched his son's little face, and the little guy waved his little hands and stared at his father with a cute face.

"It's okay, I'll get it in a while. Mom will probably be back soon after she finishes her work at the pig farm."

"I'll ask my wife to help when I go back." Xiaowu said.

There are not so many rules for inviting guests to dinner in the countryside. It is common to go into the kitchen to help if the host is busy.

Zhou Ya is also familiar with Xiaowu's wives. When they first got married, the women in the village always felt a little depressed in front of Zhou Ya because of her aura.

However, as time went by, especially after becoming a mother, the topic of conversation always revolved around her own children. Zhou Ya was also a person who had experienced hardships and was not arrogant or proud, so she got along well with the villagers.

Everyone said that Yang Ma had found a good daughter-in-law, who was both good-looking and filial. Yang Ma was so happy every day that she couldn't find her way. From time to time, she looked at her own son with some displeasure. She always felt that her son was lucky to marry such a good daughter-in-law.

To sum it up in rural dialect, it was "smoke coming out of the ancestral grave."

"Xuzi is back?"

"I'm back, Uncle Wu."

"Xuzi is back, where's your mother?"

"She's still at the pig farm, she'll be back soon. Are you looking for me, what's up, Sanniang?"

"Nothing, just asking if there's any lard left from the pig slaughter this morning so I can buy some."

"Then go to the pig farm and take a look, I really didn't notice this."

Waiting to familiar people along the way, Yang Dongxu and Xiaowu and a group of people entered the bathhouse.

"Xuzi is here, the water has just been boiled."

"What a coincidence." Yang Dongxu smiled and reached into his pocket to get the money.

"How can I ask you to pay for a bath?" Xiaowu quickly slapped a hundred yuan over.

"No need to pay, no need to pay, just go up." The owner of the bathhouse smiled and waved his hand.

"We still need to scrub our bodies later, we can't let the master work for nothing, right? If you don't charge us, we will definitely be too embarrassed to come next time. You can't let us drive to the town to take a bath, right?" Xiao Wu pushed the money over again.

"How can I do that? How about giving you a discount?" The boss said a little embarrassedly. He was not being polite, he really didn't intend to charge.

After all, who doesn't know Yang Dongxu and Xiao Wu when they set up a bathhouse in the market of Yangjia Village? It's not that they are afraid of them. After all, Xiao Wu and his friends are not street bullies, they just want to make friends.

"Don't be so polite. If you are polite again, I really won't dare to come next time. This way, we can refund the extra money and make up the shortfall later." Xiao Wu waved his hand, and several people went upstairs.

The men's bathhouse is on the second floor.

When they went up to the second floor and opened the thick curtain, a wave of heat hit them.

However, there is no air conditioning inside. Nowadays, the rural bathhouses that can use air conditioning are all high-end places. Generally, bathhouses use water heaters like heating plates. It is similar to the floor heating in the northeast in winter.

There is no locker for clothes in the house, and you are given a lock, only rows of reclining chairs. Just take off the clothes that are empty and pile them on it.

So sometimes you meet some people who are not angry, and the money in your pocket will definitely be stolen. Therefore, when you come to the bathhouse to take a bath, you basically bring enough money for the bath, and don’t bring any more money. As for mobile phones, leave them at home in advance.

Of course, if you foresee that someone is even more unlucky and wears your clothes and shoes, then there is really nothing you can do. After all, you can’t take a bath naked in the winter.

However, such things usually happen less and less when there are more people, after all, the thief can’t tell whether the person who has just taken a bath and is putting on clothes knows the person he wants to steal.

Only when there are few people, it is confirmed that the person is taking a bath and there are no people around, so he will take action. After all, there is no surveillance these days, and even if there is surveillance, it is impossible to press it here.

When a few people came in, there were not many people inside, so they found a row of reclining chairs, found a pair of water shoes, sat on it and started to take off their clothes.

"Master, please keep an eye on it." After mopping the floor, Da Liang said to the master who was scrubbing the bath next to him.

"There are still people in Yangjia Village trying to steal your things. Don't you want to spend the New Year at home?" The master who scrubbed the bath obviously knew Xiaowu and the others, so he said with a smile.

After taking off their clothes, several people took their own towels and walked to another room, where the bathing pool was.

In fact, the bathhouses now provide towels, so even if you don't bring towels, you can take a bath as long as you don't mind the dirt.

But I don't know when it started, anyway, it was a few years later that people's lives obviously got better and they paid more attention to hygiene. Many people bring their own towels when taking a bath, but for some reason, the towels in the bathhouses are getting less and less day by day, and I don't know who took them away.

So gradually, except for slippers, there was really no way to save them, and other bathhouses would save as much as possible and bring all towels. This phenomenon always makes people feel that the quality of life has obviously improved, but the personal quality has decreased.

First, rinse yourself under the shower, and then start to go into the pool. The freshly boiled water looks comfortable, and when you take a bath in the bathhouse, after testing the water temperature with your feet, don't hesitate and squat down.

Otherwise, the more you hesitate and the more tangled you are, the more you dare not squat down, and then you will feel uncomfortable. Just squat down and do it in one step, and then let out a long breath.

"How was the New Year's gift yesterday? Have you discussed the date for the wedding?" There are not many people in the bathhouse now. Some people squat in the water and lean against the pool in a row.

"Still picking a date." The general looked a little embarrassed.

Although he was the youngest present, he was a driver who traveled all over the country. This person obviously has a good eye for trouble. He naturally knows what attitude the brothers present have towards his wife's family.

In fact, the general was also very angry, but he really liked Zhang Jing too much. And Zhang Jing is really a good person, and she also likes him and treats him very well. So he has been tolerating.

"What other conditions of demons and monsters have been added?" Xiaowu asked.

"No, it's just that we've just been engaged and it's a bit urgent to ask for someone." The general said a little embarrassedly.

"If you can do it, do it earlier. After all, you have chosen the other party, and Zhang Jing also wants to marry you. Don't delay it for too long and don't let anything else happen. I thought of a tip for you yesterday. Let's talk about it when we drink tonight." Yang Dongxu said.

But at this time, two more people came in and he didn't say much.

The reason why he urged the general was not to let his younger brother cut the Gordian knot. But next year will not be a peaceful year, so it's better to do the wedding earlier.