Chapter 1339 A Pit

As soon as he drove home, Yang Dongxu met Xiao Wu who was returning with fireworks.

In the past, when celebrating the 15th National Day, each family would basically buy fireworks and other items, and let the children run to the door of each house to watch them. Life here in Yangjiacun has been getting better and better over the years.

Now that we have money, everyone feels better. So this year your house set off more than two hundred yuan worth of fireworks. Next year I will buy a 500-yuan one to make the entrance to my house more lively. The year after that, someone will buy a 1,000-yuan firework and set it off.

In addition, the shops on the street that do business seem to be afraid of being compared to others, not just the fireworks on the 15th. During the Chinese New Year, setting off firecrackers and burning incense has grown from fifty kilograms to one hundred kilograms, and some people even ask for two hundred kilograms of incense to be burned back.

From the night of New Year's Eve to the first day of the Lunar New Year, the entire Yangjia Village was filled with smoke, as if cultivating immortals. Therefore, several companies have had conflicts.

Father Xiaowu, who later became the village chief, took the lead and called Father Yang and other senior people in the village to discuss the matter. So I made some rules for the New Year.

That is, whether it is setting off firecrackers or burning incense during the New Year, there are regulations, and merchants in other villages on the street do not care. People in Yangjiacun must follow this regulation.

Fireworks are also included in the regulations for setting off fireworks on the 15th day of the year. It’s okay to buy a few small ones every year to create excitement in front of your home. If you insist on releasing hundreds or thousands of dollars, the bank will take out the money and release it for you in the village.

So gradually, every household would set off a set of firecrackers on the fifteenth day of the year. If they felt that they were doing well this year and wanted to set off fireworks to celebrate, they would hand over the money to the village.

The village chief will use a truck to go to the fireworks market for wholesale, bring them back, and put them in the open space in the south of the village. The fireworks last for more than an hour. The colorful fireworks are not only beautiful to watch, but also more lively than when set off alone. They can also attract people from other villages to come to watch the fireworks at night.

And as for the list of people who paid the money, the following ones are not included. Just write the top ten names on red paper and stick them at the street corner. If you do well, won't you be rich this year? Then take the money and get on the top ten list.

As for those whose families are in difficulty and their income is not enough. It’s not a shame if you don’t donate money, or if you donate only three to five yuan and no one knows about it, those who like to do so should jump on the top ten list so as not to affect other normal families. It feels like the entire Yangjia Village can’t let you go.

"Who is on the top ten list this year?" Yang Dongxu got out of the car and handed Xiao Wu a cigarette.

"Three from Xu's house, one from Sun's house, your cousin Sun's house. The rest belong to our Yang house. Didn't I start a company and want to get some luck, so I, Daliang and General's three families Got three places.

The older generation felt that they could not be left out, so several uncles each spent some money to occupy two places. The rest is your home. "Xiao Wu said.

The money to buy fireworks is fixed. It is impossible for the village to spend all the money donated to buy fireworks. The cost to buy fireworks last year was 5,000, but this year it increased by 1,000 to 6,000. With current prices, for that much money, you can buy half a semi at the fireworks wholesale market and leave it there for more than an hour without any problems.

It’s not like in the future, a slightly better firework will easily cost hundreds, even if it’s 100 yuan each. 6000 is enough to get 60 back and that's it.

After removing the money spent on fireworks, the remaining money will be placed in the village committee. Build a street light in the village, build a bridge or something like that if the bridge at the intersection is broken. Now it is basically allocated part of the money from the higher authorities, and the village also has to contribute a small part of the money.

So the rest of the money will be used to do these things, so as not to shout on the loudspeaker to exchange money whenever something happens, five or ten yuan at a time, making it like a beggar.

"It's just for fun, don't hurt the harmony." Yang Dongxu said with a smile.

"I can't do this. The business will be open this year, so we have more places here. In the top ten list, there are only two places for you and the older generation.

The remaining seven places were all decided at a meeting in the village. This year, our family has three places, and none of the people named Li have any. One thing I can give him next year is that donating money to the village to build a bridge and pave a road can be considered a good deed. It’s much more meaningful than buying these fireworks and listening to them. "Xiao Wu said with a smile.

"It's good to understand. If it doesn't work, the quota for my family will not be fixed. There is no need to be special in one village."

"That won't work. Even if our Yang residence doesn't want the quota, you won't take it out of the quota. It has nothing to do with whether you pay or not. Even if you don't contribute a cent, the elderly will account for one or two of the top three. You must also stand in the third position. If your name does not appear on it, or if it drops a few places, people who don’t know will think something has happened to our village.”

Daliang, who had just lifted the raincloth on the car, got out of the car and said.

"That's right, that's right, no one can get a quota, but you can't be without one. You are the anchor of our village." Xiao Tao also came to join in the fun.

"It's not as exaggerated as you said. It's definitely a surprise not to be on the list for the first time. But it will be normal after a few more hits." Yang Dongxu said with a smile.

He doesn't care about this, but he is indeed being put on a shelf and can't get off it now. This is not a matter of money. Now he is the boss of Yang Zhai's generation in the village. The older generation sometimes has to seriously consider his opinions on matters.

Outside, he is the boss of Yangjia Village. If there are any matters or big decisions, people in the village are willing to consider his opinions.

Therefore, if he is not on the list, not only Xiaowu and the others will not agree, but probably people from Xu Zhai and other houses will also not agree, and even the merchants on the street will have objections. Just like Daliang said, if he was not on the list, people outside who didn't know would think something had happened to Yangjiacun.

"Tell this to Grandpa San and your grandpa and see if they don't beat you up." Xiao Wu rolled his eyes.

The faces of Daliang and others also showed malicious smiles. The uncles and uncles basically have no way to control Yang Dongxu now, unless it is Yang Dongxu's father, Yang Dad.

After all, he is also a thirty-year-old adult with children. If he is only one generation older, it seems that he does not have enough weight. But people of Third Grandpa's generation obviously don't have this scruple. After all, the older generation always beat the naughty children of their generation when they were naughty.

Just like the adults of Father Yang's generation now, it is common for them to pick up a child of his generation and slap him twice on the butt after seeing which child of his generation is too naughty and gets into trouble.

The parents of the children who were spanked not only had no objections, but also wanted to thank them on the spot. Then go home and teach your children a profound lesson.

After all, the family tradition in Yangjiacun is pretty good. Although it is not as strict as that of a big family, if the older generation beats you up, then it must be you who caused trouble. In recent years, Yangjiacun has never had an old fool who had a child for no reason.

So when Yang Dongxu mentioned his third grandfather and the others, Yang Dongxu also felt his butt tighten. That big slap is no joke, what about the promised kiss from the next generation? Why doesn't their generation feel it and they still get beaten all the time.

"How's the house going?" He glanced at his son in the yard, running around with toys with a few playmates from the same village. Zhou Ya came up and helped Yang Dongxu take off his coat.

It's early spring now. Although you still need to wear a down jacket in the morning, wearing a sweater at noon is almost enough.

"I have already made an offer, and the He family said they would consider it, but did not reject it outright. So let them consider it slowly. My idea is to wait a while.

However, as long as the other party can agree to the transaction in the first half of the year at the latest, we will buy it. If there is no news after the first half of the year, then forget it. The high stakes are not the transaction. Yang Dongxu said.

"Have you told Uncle Six about this deadline?" Zhou Ya asked.

"I didn't say it, lest people think we were forcing them to trade. So if the He family said we would consider it, then we would consider it. This consideration is that there has been no news for half a year, and I canceled the transaction and said I won't buy it, and outsiders can't say anything. ”

"Then let's decide. By the way, if Disneyland wants to donate to the Runyu Fund, will we accept it?" Zhou Ya asked.

The sensation caused by Heiner's annual meeting and donation dinner can be said to be unexpected. Especially for Runyu Fund, everyone only knew about it before, but it was not a household name.

This time, the popularity of this dinner instantly rose to a new level, not long after the Chinese New Year. The treasurer of Runyu Fund had to go to work early to sort out the details of donations during this period, because there were too many people donating, and they had to be processed in time.

In addition to ordinary people, some foreign companies with roots in China have also begun to frequently contact Runyu Fund, including well-known companies like Disney.

"As long as it is for charity and according to our standards, we will accept donations from anyone. However, we must make it clear when accepting donations from these foreign companies. We are currently only committed to supporting education and poor students in China, and we do not care about foreign donations for the time being. .

Don't let them feel that they have donated to the Runyu Fund. When they go to invest in that country, we should be tied to some charity to open the way for them. "

"Don't worry, it will be stipulated clearly in this contract. Once a donation from Disney is accepted, donations from other foreign companies will definitely be accepted. How about other domestic charitable funds?"

"What? They have made charity so messy that they don't allow others to donate to our clean stream. As long as someone donates and the source of the money is clearly not stolen money, just accept it boldly.

Your husband and I are now the big boss of the Internet, and we control most of the Internet news web pages in the country. Are you still afraid of these slanders? "

"What are you talking about?" Zhou Yang slapped Yang Dongxu angrily, "By the way, I heard that Xuri Technology is going to launch a video platform. Is it a platform for downloading and watching movies that is as big as Xunlei?"

"It's almost the same meaning, but there are differences. YY Video is for online playback, and it doesn't require the hassle of downloading to watch. Why are you suddenly interested in this?"

"Isn't there a concept of online video education that is very popular right now? The Runyu Foundation is funded by educational charity, so it pays a little attention to these new online education methods, videos and the like."

"That distance video education is a trap. Don't invest money in it if you think it will be useful."

"Why, I feel pretty good."

"The starting point is good. If parents really follow the regulations, it will be really useful. But the problem is that places with Internet are basically places with good basic conditions in China.

This basic condition includes good educational resources, so they don’t need this. As for the remote and impoverished people who lack real needs for basic education resources, they do need such convenient places for education.

Are you going to pull network cables to these places, or are you going to equip them with computers? Some places don't even have power grid coverage. You can't have network cables and computers, and then equip them with diesel engines to generate electricity, right?

As for parents assisting in care and education, that's even more ridiculous. Those who can watch their children go to school without working are basically from well-off families. He has time to watch his children learn distance education, why not tutor them himself? Or wouldn't it be better to pay for face-to-face education for his children?

And those who don't have time to take care of their children are basically the general public who are busy all day long. They don't have time to take care of their children. How many of you think have self-control when you let your children study by themselves? "Yang Dongxu said.

"Then this is useless, right?"

"It is definitely useful, but it is definitely not as exaggerated as they advertise, and it is also not in line with the current domestic education environment. At least computers have not yet been popularized to thousands of households. What can your ordinary family use to take online classes?

Without a foundation, everything is empty talk, so this thing just sounds high-end and feels awesome. To put it more pragmatically, this thing is not as profitable as a cram school, and it does nothing but cheat investors.”