Chapter 1698 New Year's Eve

Before the New Year, people would buy all kinds of things to prepare for the New Year. Even on the morning of New Year's Eve, there would be a half-lottery. Every household would feel if they were missing something, and would go home to take inventory.

In the past, when there were no refrigerators, people would buy things like this, and many things would go bad if they could not finish them during the New Year. Now that there are refrigerators, people buy more.

If you say that the market opened late in the past, on the eighth day of the first lunar month, it would be understandable that you would buy so many things, after all, if it were not opened, there would be no place to buy things.

But now the market opens on the sixth day of the first lunar month, and even on the second day of the first lunar month, when you go out to visit relatives, if you are short of any gifts, the supermarkets on the street will also open for business, and it is really hard to understand that you would bring home large and small bags.

Maybe they were afraid of being hungry in the past, after all, the people who are in charge of the family now are the older generation who have suffered. In their era, they could only eat a little better during the New Year.

Now that people are getting richer and better-off, they have some money at the end of the year, and they always want to bring all kinds of food and daily necessities home, but they don't buy much clothes and shoes.

Basically, the tradition of celebrating the Spring Festival in rural areas is that children will have new clothes and a new pair of shoes at the end of the year. Adults can buy or not. After all, children will grow up and will not be able to wear last year's clothes. Adults will not grow taller, so they can just make do with last year's clothes.

Most of the rest is for food, first a big piece of meat, then various gifts, boxes of wine and drinks, and then firecrackers and fire paper.

Then according to the old rules, on the night before the 30th, men carry firecrackers and fire paper to worship their ancestors and inform their ancestors that the New Year has come.

Women and other people prepare dumplings and New Year's Eve dinner at home. They don't work on the first day of the New Year. This not working does not just mean not working.

It means not sweeping the floor, not washing dishes, not taking a bath, in short, being as lazy and decadent as possible. Even when cooking, they only eat dumplings prepared the day before, or eat the leftovers from the day before, the New Year's Eve.

In short, during these days, basically no knives are used, and children are forbidden to rummage through the house. People who are particular will stay up all night, open the door and hold a long stick to block the door to prevent the wealth from flowing out of the house.

"Play a couple of hands after dinner?" Daliang said as he came out of the field.

Because it didn't rain or snow before the New Year. So it was much easier to go around the village to worship the ancestors than in previous years, and there was no mud on the body and shoes.

"You guys play first, I'll check the time. You know my uncle, either he doesn't drink and plays a couple of hands at the end of the year, or he drinks until midnight and then goes home to sleep." Yang Dongxu said with a smile.

Maybe his son is getting older and older, and he wants to set a good example for his son. Or maybe his aunt's discipline over the years has achieved good results.

Now his uncle Shengli doesn't play cards very often, and even if he does, he doesn't play much, after all, there are things to do at home and in the fields, and he doesn't have as much free time as before.

At the end of the year, he will play after worshiping the ancestors on the morning of the first day of the New Year, but it's a little uncertain on New Year's Eve.

After all, his aunt usually controls him tightly. In the past, his uncle Shengli liked to gamble and drink. And his aunt basically doesn't care how much he drinks at the New Year's Eve dinner.

In addition, the wines that Yang Dongxu brought back were all good wines. He drank several bottles of Moutai and Wuliangye the night before, or some Huadiao wine that he had bought for several years, and he went out the next day to brag about it and have face.

After all, the wines that Yang Dongxu brought back were not bought, but the special ones that were not available on the market. Every year, he would go to Yanjing to make connections before or after the New Year.

With his current status and position, he needs to make connections. It is not an exaggeration to say that there is no flattery, just like friends who visit each other at the end of the year.

So he brought gifts to the door, and the other party naturally returned the gifts. These special cigarettes and alcohol were the return gifts of some people. Yang Dongxu does not smoke, but occasionally drinks, so these things are cheap for his father and uncle.

But usually knowing that these things are precious, both Yang's mother and aunt are very tight, so neither Yang's father nor uncle can make them as much as they want, and they are all waiting for the holidays.

So I drank to my heart's content the night before, went home and had a sleep, and then on the first day of the Lunar New Year, I had nothing to do but play. I sat in the card room and showed off how much special liquor I had drunk yesterday and how many packs of special cigarettes I smoked.

Then I put the red panda and big panda cigarettes on the table, or spread them around, which was really impressive.

Because it was the end of the year, Yang Dongxu, who didn't drink much normally, would also drink with them. Although he didn't drink as much as his father and uncle, he definitely had to accompany them, so there was no way to determine what time the New Year's Eve dinner would end.

"Then you can look at the time after dinner. If you have time, come and sit. This year, we will gather at my place. If you don't have time, we will talk tomorrow." Daliang said with a smile.

"Okay, if the time is early, I will go over and take a look." Yang Dongxu responded.

As people in Yangjia Village are getting richer and richer, there are many people playing cards at the end of the year, but it is rare to see people playing cards the night before, losing everything the next day, and having a restless New Year.

In many cases, the poorer the place, the more gambling there is. On the contrary, in the richer places, it is outsiders who are involved, and the locals basically stop at the right time.

For example, in Yangjia Village, gambling was very big in the past few years. Even people from the town drove to Yangjia Village to play cards at the end of the year. At that time, gambling at the end of the year was considered the best in the ten or eight villages.

However, as the people in Yangjia Village are getting richer and more sophisticated, no one has taken the lead to speak out at the end of the year, and naturally disappeared.

After all, when people have money, they start to care about face and reputation. Moreover, Yangjia Village is a new rural village that the province and the city pay attention to. Even if you want to mess around, the higher-ups will not agree.

Therefore, at the end of the year, although everyone wants to have a good year, many things are turned a blind eye. But the people of Yangjia Village have begun to demand themselves.

So now at the end of the year, playing cards is moderate. If you feel that you have two dollars in your pocket to make a big deal, you feel that playing in the village is not enough.

Then go out and play by yourself, don't mess around in the village, otherwise it will not be a show, but will be looked down upon.

At the same time, playing cards is divided into different places. For example, successful bosses like Xiaowu and Daliang basically play together, and others with less income will play in one place.

This is not about looking up to anyone or looking down on anyone.

It's that Xiaowu and a few people get together and it doesn't matter whether they win or lose. Everyone has a family background, and playing a little at the end of the year is just to kill time.

But this little game is generally for fellow villagers who only rely on income from the land, which is a bit big.

Sitting at the same poker table with such a person, if you lose, it's okay, anyway, small money doesn't matter. But if you win and he loses, then this is not a small loss for him, it is very likely to cause family conflicts.

You don't feel much if you win a little money, but the next day you see the loser's family in chaos, how do you feel?

It's the New Year's Day, this is not to make yourself uncomfortable, so such a card field is still separated.

In the village, weddings and funerals are arranged according to seniority, and it doesn't matter if you eat and drink at the same table. Even if you are a big boss outside, you have to serve dishes when you return to the village.

Things that are prone to conflicts at the poker table are separated, so everyone will have less worries at the end of the year. Lest you get too excited while playing, you have to play a big hand and embarrass everyone.

When I came out of the field and hadn't entered the village yet, I happened to meet a group of people with other surnames, who also came back to the village after visiting the graves.

Seeing Yang Dongxu, everyone smiled and greeted him, and Yang Dongxu responded with a smile, and quickly took out a cigarette from his pocket to chat a little.

"Good cigarettes feel different." Xiaoga took a puff of the cigarette and savored it, and took the cigarette in his hand to look at it carefully.

"The rest belongs to you." Yang Dongxu smiled and put the cigarette in his hand into his hand.

"Stingy, there are not many left. Give me a new pack one day." Xiaoga joked, "Let's sit together when you are free."

"It depends on the time. I am busy outside this year, so I will definitely leave early and may not spend the fifteenth day at home. If you have something to say, tell me as soon as possible, otherwise you will miss it. There is nothing you can do." Yang Dongxu also joked.

However, the latter part of the sentence "there is nothing you can do" is a joke. If the villagers do not violate the rules, he will definitely help them. What he said before is the fact. After the Spring Festival, it will be 2008, and he is really busy.

"It's nothing, but I feel that agricultural machinery has no future. This year, I will change from repairing cars to selling electric cars. I am not sure, so I want you to help check it." The two talked as they walked, responding to other people who greeted them from time to time.

"Electric vehicles are good. Although there are many people who farm here now, most of them grow Chinese medicine. Except for plowing the land, there is really no need for agricultural machinery at other times.

But electric vehicles are different. Everyone has cars, but it is definitely more convenient to ride an electric vehicle to go to the market, especially an electric tricycle. Not only can it carry goods to the market, but it can also carry things to the fields. I'm sure every family will buy one in the future."

It has to be said that Xiaoga's market sense is really good. Ten years ago, agricultural machinery was very profitable. There was even a profession in the countryside to help people plow the land to make money.

At that time, there were no large combine harvesters or threshers. Many farmers still used oxen to plow the land. At that time, buying a four-wheeler, whether it was plowing the land, sowing, or helping people thresh wheat during the wheat harvest, made a lot of money during the busy farming season.

Now there is basically no market for agricultural machinery. Even large combine harvesters seem to be making money, but they only make money in the past few years. In the future, there will be many people competing for business.

On the contrary, electric vehicles that cost at most a few thousand yuan are very prosperous in rural areas. It's not just the countryside. It's still a long time before the city bans motorcycles. If the business is done well, the urban market can also be expanded, and then it will really make a lot of money.

"Hearing you say that, I feel more at ease." Xiaoga said with a smile.

Yang Dongxu's idea is basically the same as his, and the worry of investing in this business is completely put down.

"I'll help you contact a few reliable electric car brands. Although this thing is not new now, there are all kinds of things.

Doing business is definitely for the long term, so it is very important to choose the brand of products. Although the price of branded things is a little more expensive, the quality is guaranteed.

Because the business may be worse in the early stage, but after the reputation is spread, the business will be completely opened and there will be no worries about sales. After all, the quality is here." Yang Dongxu said.

"Thank you very much, although I also sell cars, agricultural machinery and electric cars are equivalent to the industry. I am completely in the dark and I still want to pay some tuition to learn slowly. You can save me a lot of time by helping me." Xiaoga's eyes lit up and kept thanking.

"Then you have to treat me to a good meal when you have time." Yang Dongxu said with a big laugh.

"Of course!"