Chapter 1812 Hometown Changes
At the end of the year, all kinds of New Year goods are sold in big sales, but this year, the sales of fireworks and firecrackers in Yangjia Village, even in the entire Jiaocheng City, and several surrounding counties and cities have dropped a lot compared with previous years.
This phenomenon is actually abnormal, because the Spring Festival is the busiest season for fireworks and firecrackers sales every year. During the Spring Festival, you can buy less New Year goods at home, but you have to buy some firecrackers and fireworks. Even if you don’t want to bring too many firecrackers to the grave, you have to set them off when you make dumplings at night to welcome the New Year, right?
The reason for such abnormal sales of fireworks and firecrackers is that several nearby counties and cities are now focusing on Chinese medicine planting, and the other is rural tourism. Both of these require a good natural environment as a basis.
Of course, it does not mean that setting off fireworks and firecrackers will definitely pollute the environment. China has been setting off these things for thousands of years without any pollution. On the contrary, there has always been a saying that these things are disinfected with sulfur.
But excessive pollution is certain. After all, a small amount of sulfur can be used for disinfection, and excessive sulfur will definitely cause poisoning.
Nowadays, people are very competitive. When seeing my neighbor buy two boxes of fireworks, I buy four boxes. When seeing your family buy four boxes, he buys eight boxes.
During the Chinese New Year, when making dumplings, you buy 10,000-shot firecrackers, then I buy 50,000-shot ones, and some buy 100,000-shot ones.
In short, it’s not that we don’t have money or can’t afford to set off fireworks. Since we don’t care about the expenses, we naturally have to earn this face. In this way, the fireworks and firecrackers set off at the end of the year are so smoky that it looks like the smog in the future.
So last year, the relevant officials in several major Chinese medicine planting areas decided that if you completely ban the setting off of fireworks and firecrackers, and burn paper money for ancestor worship at the end of the year, this blanket ban is obviously unreasonable.
Since a direct ban is not feasible, we can only limit the quantity, which can protect traditional customs on the one hand and the environment on the other.
In addition, this year has tasted the sweetness of Chinese medicine planting and rural tourism, and people in the countryside are also looking forward to next year’s revenue, so this year’s limited purchase of fireworks and firecrackers has been implemented smoothly.
There is no fixed standard. Rural people never like things that are too formatted, but everyone has a scale in their hearts.
For example, the price of firecrackers for making dumplings is 10,000 yuan. For fireworks, a family can buy three or four, set off two on New Year's Eve, and set off one or two when worshiping ancestors.
When worshiping ancestors, don't pile up the paper money in front of the old grave, which is higher than the old grave. Those who know it is visiting the grave, and those who don't know it think it is setting fire.
In short, everyone should be careful about the amount and don't do it too much. As for the second-rate people who insist on buying more and taking advantage of this matter.
You should know that whether it is Chinese medicine planting or rural tourism, these are the two major sources of income in the village now. You have to make it special and feel that you are the one who is in the limelight.
There are many ways to make you unable to live in the countryside. Cutting off someone's money is like killing their parents. What's more, you are the bad guy who smashes the rice bowls of everyone in the village. It would be strange if you can continue to live comfortably in the village.
"The people who brought fireworks to our place to sell this year must be crying bitterly." Xiao Liang came out of the store holding two boxes of fireworks and said to the general as they walked.
Compared with the sales of fireworks in the previous two years, the sales of fireworks in a nearby urban area this year are not only the dealers crying bitterly, but also the sales of fireworks factories are all shattered.
For example, his family has made money in recent years. During the New Year, they just want to have fun and don't need the money for fireworks. They set off truckloads of fireworks. I didn't know that Yangjia Village was holding a fireworks show, and the show lasted a long time.
Not only during the New Year, but also during weddings and funerals, birthdays for the elderly, and birthdays for children, the number of firecrackers and fireworks set off is countless and you can't imagine it.
"It's certain that life will be tough, but it's not as bad as you think. These business people are well-informed. They probably got the news in advance that they won't ship goods to us.
In fact, it's better to put less of this stuff. You know the past two years, when the fireworks and firecrackers came together, plus hundreds of kilograms of incense burned, the whole village was filled with smoke, just like a fairy. You have to wear a mask when you sleep at home, otherwise the air you breathe is very uncomfortable." The general couldn't help but speak.
Although he didn't hear his mother-in-law's family working in the county, he knew some people in the county and often went back and forth, so he knew more about this than Xiaoliang.
"Hurry up, both of you, don't dawdle, hurry up and send the things home and run together, run around the village before dinner, and stay an hour after dinner to digest the food and run again." Yang Dongxu, who was counting people not far away, shouted to the two people carrying fireworks.
"Come on, come on!" The general and Xiaoliang, who were originally chatting casually, suddenly fell in color.
To be honest, the training these days is really killing me. They are all in their thirties, and some of them who got married early have children in their teens and are in junior high school.
This is considered a boss outside, and he is also a face in front of people. But these days, he was almost exhausted.
The glorious image of the big boss and the representative of Yangjia Village is gone, and the impression left to everyone is only the sweaty and panting appearance.
Although he looks embarrassed, he is getting more and more energetic. Especially seeing the envy in the eyes of many people watching the excitement, this makes him more motivated when training.
As the representative of Yangjia Village, the dragon dance is not a place that everyone can get. Didn’t you see that Yang Dongxu’s uncle Shengli likes to show off. After the meeting, he wanted to join the dragon dance team through the back door, but he was directly scolded?
In the past, when they saw Shengli and Yinshan, who were older than them, Xiaowu and his friends would respectfully call them uncles even if they were doing well.
Sometimes, they would be scolded by these uncles.
Now, seeing the envy, jealousy, and hopeful eyes of the elders who used to scold them, training is nothing. As long as they don’t die from training, they will train to death. No matter what, they can’t embarrass themselves when they are the first dragon dance representative.
At this time, it’s not their own people who are embarrassed, but the whole family, and even the whole Yangjia Village. So they have been training overtime these two days, even though they know that there will be more intense training waiting for them after the Chinese New Year. These people are full of resistance and their bodies are very actively involved.
“Come on, run, run, the temperature is minus three or four degrees now. If you don’t take off your coat and run and sweat, you will catch a cold easily.”
The dragon dance coach will not come until the third day after the Chinese New Year. No matter how anxious Yangjia Village is, you can’t let the coach come before the Chinese New Year, right?
Besides, the coach was called here so early. In the past few days, we have to train our physical fitness first to lay the foundation. It doesn't matter whether there is a coach or not. We have Grandpa Xuan here.
Yang Dongxu has been training since he was a child. He has also promoted Chinese medicine sports therapy to the world stage. A small basic training is not a problem. So he temporarily became the coach of the training team.
While teaching, he also improved his physical fitness. He has indeed slacked off in physical exercise in recent years. The dragon head position of the dragon dance is the heaviest part, so he also needs to work on his physical fitness to avoid falling behind.