Chapter 1252 Unexplained Troubles
The end of August is also a busy farming season in the countryside, but compared to other busy farming seasons, people are usually farming or harvesting. At the end of August, people are basically going into the fields to take care of the crops, and the most important work is weeding.
Compared to a few years ago, people were basically spraying herbicides several times, and people rarely go to the fields. Now most farmers still weed manually.
However, because of the hot weather, villagers basically go to the fields in the morning and evening. At other times, the sun is so hot that people can't go into the fields at all.
Therefore, at other times, there are many more people chatting and enjoying the cool under the trees in the village. Compared to a few years ago, when all the families went out to work and might not go home for the New Year.
Even during the New Year, there might not be many people in the whole village. Now the countryside is still very lively. Chickens and ducks are not so restricted and run around.
Under the shade of the trees, women are sitting with scattered work in their hands, chatting with women from the same village about family matters. A few men get together to walk horses, or play cards with others, not gambling much, just for fun.
Children cannot go to the pond without the guidance of older children, otherwise they will be beaten. Only in the evening when adults go into the water, younger children can follow 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 the net bags modified from plastic bags at home, or steal the noodles at home, wash them into gluten, stick them on the tip of bamboo poles and catch cicadas everywhere.
And at this time, men basically have a slingshot, so there are many bird nests on the trees on both sides of the road in the village that have suffered.
If a person breaks the glass of someone's house when he confiscates the big birds in the village, he will be beaten. Then the adults have to apologize and make amends, and quickly go to the hardware store on the street to ask the master to replace a new piece of glass for the person.
There is no market today, so the car drove into the old house without encountering any obstacles. Yang's father and mother were already waiting at the door, and the car was stopped before entering the door.
Then the two elders hugged little Wenchen and kissed him again and again, and smiled at Zhou Ya, their daughter-in-law. As for Yang Dongxu, their son, they basically ignored him selectively.
Because they had been apart for a while, little Wenchen was a little unfamiliar with his grandparents at first. This made Yang Dongxu suffer a lot of eye-killing.
After a while, the familiar scene awakened little Wenchen's memory of his grandparents, and Yang Dongxu lost even the last bit of his sense of existence. He just went to the kitchen to see what to eat for lunch.
Not long after arriving home, grandparents and uncle's family also came over. As soon as Jiejie, the son of aunt's family, arrived at the old house, he ran to play with little Wenchen.
In fact, children basically like to play with older children, and always feel that other children are too childish. However, when little Wenchen just learned to speak, he called Jiejie uncle all day long, and his uncle's mouth was very sweet.
Let Jiejie, the little kid, have enough of the privacy of being an elder, so when he usually plays, he will pull Xiao Wenchen together, very much like his little nephew.
"How was the Olympics? Was it lively?" The aunt followed Zhou Ya upstairs to open the presents. The uncle Shengli went to the refrigerator and found an ice cream to eat while asking.
"It was lively and there were a lot of people. You didn't have the chance to go this time. In a few years, the next Olympics will be held in our capital. Then you can take your whole family with you. Anyway, our house in Yanjing is big enough to accommodate many people."
Yang Dongxu took a cucumber from the kitchen, wiped off the gravy on it with his hands, washed it and ate it.
Shengli, who was eating ice cream, suddenly felt that the ice cream in his mouth was not fragrant. Did he want to watch the Olympics?
Of course, he wanted to watch the Olympics. At least no one in the village had watched the Olympics. After watching the Olympics, he could brag about it in the village for a while.
But can going to Yanjing to watch the Olympics be the same as going abroad to watch the Olympics?
He watched the Olympics and also went on a trip abroad. This is much more bragging than just watching the Olympics, okay? He has been to Yanjing several times, so there is nothing new. Besides, many people in the village have been to Yanjing. What's so strange about this?
On the contrary, when the villagers go to Yanjing to play, they live in a large courtyard house and listen to the current value of a large courtyard house of tens of millions, which can satisfy his vanity. But the house is not his own, so even if it can satisfy his vanity, it is limited.
"Dongxu, do you know where the necklaces and earrings you bought before are placed?" Zhou Ya's voice came from upstairs.
"It seems to be in the box of supplements. When I was packing supplements, I saw a few jewelry boxes and put them in together." Yang Dongxu shouted upstairs.
Every time Zhou Ya goes out, she basically brings gifts for the whole family, sometimes cosmetics, sometimes jewelry, and sometimes clothes and shoes.
The most popular are jewelry and cosmetics. Clothes and shoes are hard to wear in the countryside even if they are big brands.
After all, sometimes the countryside is not so clean, and there are a lot of chicken shit on the road. It feels disgusting to step on it at ordinary times, but it's okay to just rub it on the ground.
If you step on it wearing shoes worth thousands of yuan, Yang Dongxu doesn't care and will still rub it on the ground, and then do what he should do.
But the older generation in the family feels very sad about it, so you cannot tell them the price when you buy these things, otherwise it will be a burden for them to wear them.
But such things could be concealed before, but now with the domestic economy becoming more and more developed, big brands and luxury goods have been heard of, and it is obviously not possible to fool people like before.
So Zhou Ya began to give some jewelry, such as gemstone earrings, some of which are valuable. But wearing them on the ears and wearing them on the feet are completely different experiences.
"By the way, how much is my watch worth?" The uncle shook the watch on his wrist and said.
This watch was not bought by him, but Zhou Ya gave it to him on his birthday this year.
"More than 200,000 yuan, I don't know much about it." Yang Dongxu flipped the strap of the watch on his uncle's wrist and found that it was a Rolex. The uncle liked this style very much, because many big brothers in Hong Kong and Taiwan movies like to wear watches of this style.
"What is it?" The uncle, who was eating ice cream, was stunned for a moment.
It is undoubtedly very impolite to ask how much a gift is, but he also thought that the value of this watch is probably tens of thousands of yuan, and if it is less, Zhou Ya can't afford it.
Even if it was estimated to be tens of thousands, he would feel very cool if he showed it off casually during meals. After all, those who can wear a watch worth tens of thousands of dollars on their hands are very cool, at least in his perception, they are very rich.
Who would have thought that this watch was not tens of thousands, but more than two hundred thousand. This was definitely not a surprise, but in an instant he felt that his wrist was not his wrist. Even if there were no outsiders around at home, he still felt that someone hiding in the dark wanted to rob him.
"It's just a watch, don't care too much. It's your birth year, and Zhou Ya and I have discussed giving you a more expensive gift. You don't celebrate your birthday much at other times, so you can just treat you with good wine and cigarettes." Yang Dongxu said with a smile.
The reason why he told his uncle the value of this watch was not to sincerely add psychological burden to his uncle. It was that when he first wore this watch, his uncle showed off in various ways and he didn't care.
But a few days ago when he was still in Athens, he called home and his mother told him that his uncle drank too much again that day, and not only did he drink too much, he also went to play cards and lost some money.
It doesn't matter if you lose money, you don't have much in your pocket anyway, just go home and sleep if you lose it all. As a result, the uncle got drunk and made a lot of noise. He was very unhappy about 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 now is considered a big deal for five or ten yuan, and the couple will quarrel if they win or lose one hundred or two hundred yuan. Especially the Yang family is said to be well-known people in the street and in the surrounding villages.
When the drunk Shengli started playing cards, others persuaded him to go back to sleep. In the end, he couldn't persuade him and had to play a few rounds with him. He didn't want to pay back the money if he won.
Although the Yang family would not refuse to pay if they lost, they really didn't want to be on the street to cheat people when they were drunk. Who would have thought that the cooperative uncle would get drunk and have to gamble big, and finally Yang's father came back from the pig farm to take the uncle home.
This is because everyone in the family is from the same village, and no one would cheat him. But the uncle likes to go to the county town or other places for a stroll when he has nothing to do. People don't know you outside, but they don't care who you are.
If there is a bet on a watch, Yang Dongxu doesn't care about the money. But he can't watch his uncle being cheated, so he just tells the price.
It's better to have a psychological burden. If there is a psychological burden, he will wear it less in the future, which will reduce the trouble. But he can foresee that if there is a bar where he shows his face in the future, his uncle will definitely show off his watch more arrogantly. But showing off is better than being cheated.
"What about your aunt's jewelry?" He felt that he had nowhere to put his wrist.
"It's also more than 200,000 yuan. I didn't ask much about what Zhou Ya bought. But the price of gemstones is relatively high, but the gemstone market has been bullish in recent years, so the actual value is about the same as the purchase price.
In fact, whether it is jade or diamond gemstones, they are not as valuable as gold. If you really encounter something, you can directly cash in on big gold chains. Gemstones and jade are too watery, and second-hand ones have no special meaning and are basically hard to sell at a discount." 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 would feel that it would be nice to have all kinds of accessories in gold.
The price of gold has been rising steadily, although jade has also been hyped up in recent years, and so have diamonds and other gems. But when you need money one day, you can find a gold shop to sell it at a slightly lower price.
For jade and gemstones, unless you are lucky enough to meet a buyer you like, the people in the jewelry store will be able to cheat you and give you a recycling price of 50% off, so you can imagine the water in it.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? A few days ago, your aunt's family came to visit relatives, and your aunt, the prodigal woman," said uncle Shengli and started running upstairs.
Not long after, the aunt hurried down.
"Is what your uncle said true? Is that set of jewelry really worth hundreds of thousands?" The aunt looked at Yang Dongxu in astonishment.
She is similar to uncle Shengli. For the set of jewelry Zhou Ya gave her, it feels like it's only worth tens of thousands of yuan. Although it's rare, it's just rare.
In addition, the family's living conditions are good, even if the younger uncle is not a good person, he can still make hundreds of thousands of yuan every year. In addition, Zhou Ya, the eldest sister Hongying, and Dandan are all wealthy women.
Although there are differences in distance when giving gifts, basically everyone will bring one to the uncle's family. So the aunt is not short of these necklaces and jewelry.
Therefore, when her brother from her mother's family brought his wife and children to visit relatives a few days ago, she showed off her necklaces and jewelry to her sister-in-law.
After showing off, she saw that her sister-in-law liked the necklace Zhou Ya gave her. Although she felt a little distressed, she gave it to her brother and herself to save face, so as not to show off and hit her face. Although she felt a little distressed, she still gave the necklace away generously.
The uncle also knew about this. Although he said a few words about the prodigal woman, he didn't care in his heart. After all, the brother-in-law has always respected and envied him, and he speaks well, so just give him a necklace. Who would have thought that the necklace was so valuable.
"Zhou Ya bought the things. You should ask her for the specific price instead of asking me." Looking at the panic and regret of his uncle and aunt, Yang Dongxu pinched his eyebrows.
This happened because my uncle was cheated because he didn't know what was going on. As a result, my uncle is fine, but my aunt probably hasn't been sleeping well recently.