Chapter 1138 Times Have Changed

When we arrived at the backyard of Damao Restaurant, my uncle was already sitting at the card table. Xiaowu and a few others called Yang Dongxu, and they didn't close the door to play mahjong. It was obvious that they came to watch the fun and place bets at the same time.

Since someone started to be the banker, there was no warm-up, and a large group of people surrounded him. Before it started, my uncle's face was already red with excitement.

Then not long after, the whole room began to be filled with smoke. Almost everyone had a cigarette in their mouths. They didn't bet much money but shouted and yelled beside them as if they were the banker.

Not long after staying in the room, Yang Dongxu patted Xiaowu's shoulder and walked out. There was nothing he could do. He used to feel that this atmosphere was very lively.

But when playing cards is no longer a few cents of entertainment, but when everyone starts to gamble with red eyes. He is very uncomfortable with this atmosphere, especially the smell of smoke in the room.

"Why are you back so early?" Yang's mother asked in surprise when she saw Yang Dongxu.

"The smell of smoke in the room is a bit unbearable."

"Then you should go to bed early." Yang's mother nodded.

Seeing that his son had already fallen asleep on his mother's bed, Yang Dongxu did not hug him. He said to Zhou Ya, "I'll go to the old house to set off the opening and closing cannons, and then go back after welcoming the New Year."

"Yeah." Zhou Ya, who was sitting in bed watching TV, nodded to him.

Now it was only more than an hour before the New Year's Eve at 12 o'clock at night, so I was too lazy to toss back and forth. I'll go back to sleep after welcoming the New Year.

I returned to the old house alone, took a few cannon pendants, set off the opening and closing cannons, and then turned on the lights in the house to let it light up. After closing the door, Yang Dongxu returned to the street.

I was going to go into the house to set off the opening and closing cannons, and then sit in bed watching TV and wait for my father to come back after playing cards to welcome the New Year. As soon as I walked to the door, I heard a lot of noise from the Damao Restaurant.

I turned around and walked towards the Damao Restaurant without entering the door. The closer I got, the louder the noise. Someone was cursing, and from a few words, it seemed that someone was fighting with someone else.

Walking in, it was indeed a fight, but now it had been pulled apart. On one side were Xiaowu and Daliang, who were blocked by people from Yangjia Village and prevented from going over to fight.

On the other side were a few people who looked familiar but not familiar, probably from nearby villages to play cards. They were also pulled aside and not allowed to come over.

But compared to Xiaowu, a few people wanted to beat those people without saying anything. Although the people blocked on the other side were yelling with red faces and thick necks, they looked very guilty.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Yang's father and uncle were standing by and nothing happened, Yang Dongxu couldn't help but ask.

"This grandson can't afford to lose and cheat. I drive a sports car all over the country and have seen all kinds of things. He actually played this trick in front of me, I must chop off his hand." Xiaowu said angrily.

The matter was very simple. A group of people gathered together to play Pai Gow, and unknowingly played more and more in various booing. The other party was from another village. Several people went out to work and earned some money, so they joined forces to be the banker and prepared to have fun.

Who knew that with bad luck, he would lose more and more, and finally he got angry and understood the evil intention. At first, no one cared, after all, he had lost a lot before, and now he won, which means his luck has returned.

But these people were obviously greedy, and after they got back their capital and made a small profit, they didn't know how to stop and continued to play tricks, and Xiaowu saw it.

He beat up several people at the first move, and in fact, he was not the only one who did it. After all, they were all in the mood to play cards, and suddenly others fooled them, how could they not be angry.

Seeing that more and more people were doing it, it was okay to beat them up. If they beat someone up, it would not be a good omen during the New Year, so several fathers felt that it was enough and pulled them away.

Originally, it would be fine if these people left, but I don’t know if they were stunned by the beating, or they felt that they were at a disadvantage and were unwilling to accept it. After several people were driven out of Damao’s backyard, they cursed, and Xiaowu was very angry and wanted to chop off the hands of the cheaters.

"Okay, you guys go, don't come to Yangjia Village if you have nothing to do." With the dim light at the entrance of the restaurant, I saw several people with red faces and thick necks, blood on their noses and mouths, and many parts of their eyes and faces were swollen.

It was obvious that they had been taught a lesson just now, and Yang Dongxu waved his hand to let them go. It's okay to beat them up, but it's not a good thing if they really hurt them.

"That. We don't cause trouble, it's just the money." Hearing Yang Dongxu's words, the leader on the opposite side wanted to say a few more words.

However, the person next to him obviously recognized who Yang Dongxu was, so he pulled his companion. It is said that a person's reputation is like a tree's shadow. Although the Yang family is not usually prominent in this area, no one dares to provoke them.

If you provoke Xiaowu and a few others, you will be beaten at most. If you provoke the Yang family, the parents and family will not be able to raise their heads in the village. After all, in order to develop their hometown in recent years, whether it is greenhouse vegetables or herbal medicine planting. There are also United sports cars and so on. Everyone depends on the Yang family for food.

"Fuck, you dare to ask for money? Don't stop me, I'm going to kill this guy today!" Xiao Wu, who had been suppressing his anger when Yang Dongxu came, suddenly got angry again.

At first, Yang Dongxu was a little surprised when he saw these people who were beaten up and didn't leave the restaurant. In recent years, he has basically never seen that thorn dare to confront Xiao Wu and his friends. It turned out that he was unwilling to not take the winnings in the house.

"Forget the money, it just so happens that the bridge to the south is broken. Originally, everyone thought about exchanging the money and then asking the government to subsidize the bridge to repair it. This would prevent traffic from being inconvenient when the medicinal herbs are harvested in the summer.

I made the decision and donated all the money to build the bridge. If you feel unhappy, leave your name and wait until the bridge is repaired. When you write the name of the donor, put your name as well, and the amount of the money. It will be considered as your donation. "Yang Dongxu walked over.

The other party stepped back and seemed a little scared, but was stunned for a moment when Yang Dongxu passed the cigarette. Then after hesitating for a while, he reached out and took the cigarette.

Seeing Yang Dongxu helping to light the fire, he quickly said I don't dare, I don't dare, and lit the cigarette with both hands.

I took a few puffs of cigarette, although I still felt unwilling to do so. But looking at Yang Dongxu standing in front of him with a smile and a seemingly good temper. A few people didn't dare to get angry, so they had to say a few words to express their feelings, which could be regarded as an apology or an admission of defeat. After he had exposed the matter, he turned around and left.

"It's an advantage for these grandsons." Xiaowu and the others spat on the ground disdainfully.

I don't know if it's because he's been too good-tempered in the past few years, but some people have started to come to Yangjiacun to play tricks.

"Okay, it's better to have less to do than more to do during the Chinese New Year." Yang Dongxu smiled and patted his shoulder, then gave the cigarettes to the people around him and dispersed: "I donated all the money to build the bridge. If you lose money, don't blame me. If you feel uncomfortable then, tell the village chief and your name will be added when the monument is erected. "

"What do you mean? Everyone is responsible for building the bridge. Everyone should have donated money, so I took the lead in donating in advance."

"Come on, you old boy is usually the most procrastinating. If you hadn't lost money, you would be a mess."

"Wang Mazi, you are looking for some training."

As he spoke, the building tilted.

However, no one had any objections to Yang Dongxu's proposal to donate money to repair the bridge. If it were another person, some people would definitely scoff and say, "Why are you so big-faced? You just get what you say?"

But when Yang Dongxu said this, no one dared to complain.

This is not because the Yang family's power is not showing off, nor is it because Father Yang and Shengli lost a lot just now. But if the money to repair the bridge is not enough after donations and government subsidies, then Yang Dongxu will definitely use the money to make up for it.

The Yang family has always been so grand in doing things, and they have never said anything but done practical things. Therefore, even people who feel sorry for their money cannot open their mouths to say anything at this time.

Bragging, spanking, laughing and cursing, plus a cold breeze. The brain that was originally flushed with blood and flushed from playing cards now calmed down.

It suddenly felt boring, and no one mentioned going back to playing cards. So they each said hello and chatted for a few words, and then began to go back to their respective homes to prepare to take their wives and children to bed.

"Okay, let's go! Go in and count the money in the account. When the government gets back to work on the sixth day of the lunar month, let Dad go apply and have the bridge repaired."

On New Year's Day, I didn't wash my hair, sweep the floor, or even wash the dishes. I spent the most decadent day of the year.

The next day, on the second day of the lunar new year, it was obviously impossible to drive a long way to visit relatives because of the snow the year before. At this time, Daben is not as useful as a tractor.

So he could only carry a lot of New Year's gifts in big and small bags, while Zhou Ya held the child and relied on her legs to visit relatives.

Relatives at this time are really relatives, although there may be some minor conflicts occasionally. But everyone still hopes that each other will live well, instead of being like your relatives who will be jealous of you if you do well in the future, and look down upon you if you do not live well.

Visiting relatives became more like a formality, and there was not much contact at all throughout the year. When visiting relatives at the end of the year, sometimes I don’t want to go by car, and I don’t even think about walking.

If the roads hadn't been almost repaired at that time, if they wanted to walk to visit relatives like this now, haha. I guess the first thing adults and children would think of is to call them and say that they have something to do at home today and are too busy to visit relatives, so they won't go there for the time being.

Nowadays, people go very early when visiting relatives. One of them is to hurry up and take advantage of the fact that the roads are not thawed in the morning.

The second one is to go to relatives' houses to talk to the elders, play cards and so on with cousins ​​of the same age, and meet them once a year to have fun.

Unlike in the past, I always went there in time for the meal and left immediately after the meal, as if relatives were chasing people away and not letting them stay.

"Is the clothing factory at my cousin's house okay?" At four or five o'clock in the afternoon, the second aunt, second uncle, and cousins ​​​​sent them a long way before turning back. If it hadn't been getting dark, tomorrow Knowing that he still wanted to visit relatives, he probably stayed and refused to leave.

"It's okay. My cousin said before that I would like to see if I could contact him about the machine. He is planning to expand the business this year." His cousin lent him money to start a business and he paid it back last year.

The clothing industry has indeed become more and more popular in recent years, just like the bag-making industry a few years ago. It is not a big deal for a small workshop to produce hundreds or eighty thousand dollars a year.

"I heard mom say something before that it seems that my eldest cousin and my second cousin's family are planning to separate their businesses." Zhou Ya said and glanced back.

Although he knew that the distance was far away and that the second aunt's family had already gone back, he still looked back subconsciously.

"It's okay to separate. Now that everyone has made money, each other has their own thoughts. Then we can work separately. Whoever is more capable can earn more. Whoever is more capable can't blame others." Yang Dongxu pulled. The scarf on the son's face in his arms is a little crazy. Don't catch the cold.

The New Year gifts and other things were left at the relatives' house and they were not brought back. This way, he could feel more relaxed while holding the little one Zhou Ya and walking beside him with his arm around her.

He felt that it was good that his eldest cousin and second cousin were going to separate their businesses. After all, brothers can have conflicts over trivial matters, not to mention that they are cousins, and it is about money that is easy to cause conflicts.

"Aunt and second aunt don't want to separate. They always feel that it is embarrassing for relatives to be like this." Zhou Ya said with some emotion.

"One generation, one generation's thoughts, one generation's feelings. The older generation is used to living a hard life and is more grateful. And they know that everyone is not easy and know how to be humble.

But with the development of the domestic economy, our generation may still maintain the same relationship as before if we are not together. If we are always too close, our teeth will bite our lips. So it's good to separate, so that we don't have conflicts in the future and we won't even be relatives."