Chapter 548 Young People’s Boredom
The natural way to build a relationship between two strange men is to have a drink together. The natural way to bring a stranger into a family relationship is to cook and eat together. Especially the hot pot dinner where he is the starring role.
Although it's a little imperfect without goose intestines, duck blood, etc., the Yang family just slaughtered a sheep in the morning and had a lot of haggis, so the mutton hot pot naturally tastes great.
So the whole family gathers around the table and eats happily. Even my brother-in-law, who always felt that this boy was not good enough for his niece, had a few drinks with Leehom Liu after having a good meal. It's obvious that my uncle has the potential to be a foodie. As long as he can eat and drink well, everything is easy to negotiate.
After a meal, the whole family had fun and watched TV for a while. Seeing that old man Xuan was dozing off, Yang Dongxu sent him back to his room. He turned around to get foot-washing water, but found that Zhuo Qing'er had already entered the room with foot-washing water.
"I'm not too old to move yet. I'll do this myself." Old Man Xuan said.
In the past two days, except for the old man Xuan's poor complexion due to the fatigue of traveling all the way on the first day, he began to walk around Yangjia Village with great interest on the second day.
At first, he was accompanied by Grandpa Yang Dongxu, and then he joined the army of old people in the village granary over the old house, smoking pipes, squatting down and riding horses, or several little old men fighting against landlords for no money. Yes, whoever loses to the landlord three times cannot rob the landlord. It can be said that he was having a lot of fun playing like an old child, and his complexion was even better than when he was in Yanjing.
"Can our dog chase rabbits?" Old Man Xuan couldn't help but ask after washing his feet and sitting in bed.
The heavy snow stopped for a while in the afternoon, but it started to snow before it got dark. It looked like it would probably continue all night, so the snow would be deep enough tomorrow to catch rabbits and pheasants.
"I don't know about this either. Let's try it out tomorrow." Yang Dongxu said with a smile.
Their family keeps several large wolfdogs, but they are usually not released and kept in the pig farm as guard dogs. So he really doesn’t know whether you can chase the rabbit away.
"Then try tomorrow. I haven't eaten wild rabbit for a long time." Old man Xuan took off his coat and got into bed.
"Okay." Yang Dongxu nodded obediently.
He knew that Old Man Xuan was not greedy, but that as Yanjing has developed faster and faster in recent years, the city seems to be getting bigger and more prosperous, but the space for people's activities has become more and more limited. .
People of Old Man Xuan's age are not used to the fashionable life in big cities. Therefore, although the courtyard is large, his life is becoming more and more restricted. This time I returned to the countryside and had a brighter future, and I suddenly felt free to let myself go.
"If there's anything you're not used to, tell me if there's anything you're not used to." Yang Dongxu said to Zhuo Qing'er after exiting Old Man Xuan's room.
As an out-and-out Yanjing native, when Yang Dongxu came to Anhui Province, he was naturally not afraid that Zhuo Qing'er would be too cold and unable to adapt to the winter here. The main reason is that she is afraid that she will be unaccustomed to her living habits.
"It's okay, it's fine." Zhuo Qing'er took the footbath from Yang Dongxu's hand and walked toward the door, ready to pour out the footwashing water.
There are no Internet cables in rural areas now, and even if there are Internet cables, current mobile phones cannot access the Internet, so there is no entertainment at night except watching TV at home and making babies in bed.
It was just after dinner and it was getting dark. Xiao Wu and Daliang wandered to the door of Yang's house and met Zhuo Qing'er who came out to pour water for washing feet. Both Xiao Wu and Daliang looked a little reserved. .
In this era when we are envious of eating commercial food, rural people always feel that they are on a lower level when they meet city people. Of course, this is just because I feel that my wallet is not as strong as that of city people, and I lack a little confidence in speaking and doing things.
But if you really think that rural people are easy to play with, what are you doing? No matter where you are from, there is no ambiguity in my taking action when things get busy.
"Xu Zi, are you going to take a walk?" Xiao Wu shouted as he stood at the door without entering.
"It's snowing so much that you can fool around wherever you go." Yang's mother, who was washing dishes in the kitchen, stuck her head out and shouted angrily.
Xiaowu and the others smiled and didn't care.
Yang Dongxu went into the house and changed into a pair of shoes, then put on his coat and walked out.
"Don't play too late." Yang's mother shouted again when she saw her son walking out.
"It's okay, ma'am, there's no need to stay at home. If it's too late, let Xuzi come to my house to sleep." Daliang said with a smile, and then four or five idle young people began to wander in the heavy snow.
"Xu Zi, is that your girlfriend?" Xiao Wu just walked out and glanced at Zhuo Qing'er who entered the room, and said to Yang Dongxu with joy.
"Don't talk nonsense. That's my sister's friend. The two of them are doing business together." Yang Han took the cigarette handed over by Daliang and threw it into his mouth without lighting it. Several of them wrapped themselves in military coats and shrank their heads. He started wandering in the heavy snow: "Where are we going?"
"How about we go to the granary and play some games?" Xiao Liang suggested.
I don’t know since when the granary in Yangjia Village started to gather a lot of card players after the start of the winter slack season. In the past, during the slack season, people would play a few games during the day, but no one was there at night.
But now, no matter day or night, there are always people at the granary, and the gambling money has also changed from a few cents in the beginning to a few dollars now. On New Year's Eve, some people even played games for tens of dollars a hand, winning or losing. At one time, it was higher than the monthly salary of a skilled worker in the city.
Of course, not everyone can afford to play such a top-level card game. The number of people in Yangjia Village who can play such a big game can be counted on one hand, and Yang's father and uncle Shengli are also included. The others can only play with these few people if they are pushing Pai Gow. They don't have that much money in their pockets to occupy a door at the table.
However, it is estimated that more people will be able to play such a big game this year. After all, whether it is greenhouse vegetables that have been produced this year, or those who bought a truck and followed Shengli to run transportation, this year's pockets are more bulging than the previous years combined. Therefore, before the New Year's Eve, the card game in the granary has already started to play a lot.
"Forget it, my father and I are here. Isn't it asking for trouble if we go to play?" Xiaowu shook his head.
Although he has gone out to earn money, he still feels like a child without getting married and having children. Even if he gets married and has children, if he doesn't separate, he still feels a little young and has not grown up.
So at this time, Yangjia Village is still the world of Yang's father's generation. It's okay for a few little brats to go and watch the fun, but if they can't help playing a few games, they will be scolded.
Therefore, among the few people, except Yang Dongxu, who had no pressure to go to the granary at this time, neither Yang's father nor his uncle would say anything, the others would definitely be criticized if they went, so it would be better not to go.
"Why don't we go to the town to play?" Xiao Tao said.
"The town's casino is set up again?" Yang Dongxu was stunned for a moment and asked.
"What's so strange about this? There are casinos every day of the year, but they are not as ostentatious as before." Daliang said.
Yang Dongxu thought about it and seemed to feel that he was too sensitive. Whether it is now or in the future, except for the years of severe crackdowns, many gangsters were in a state of panic and lived in fear all day long.
For the rest of the time, there have never been fewer casinos in rural areas or cities. The only difference is the size of the scale and the degree of cancer. Just like the granary in the countryside like Yangjia Village, there are casinos all day long, not to mention the town.
"Why don't we go now and play a few games there. If we are tired, I have a friend in the town, and we can stay overnight at his house." Xiao Tao urged.
No matter where you play, you have to pay attention to your status. For example, Xiaowu and his friends were ashamed in front of Zhuo Qing'er and dared not talk to her. Similarly, people in the town looked down on people from the villages below.
However, Yangjia Village is an exception. After all, Yangjia Village is now a market. People in the surrounding villages know that they have money. So when Xiaotao and his friends went to the town to attend junior high school, no children in the town dared to look down on them, so naturally there were many people who could mix with them.
"Forget it, let's just stroll around. Tomorrow, many people in the village will slaughter pigs for the Kitchen God Festival, and they have to get up early in the morning to work." Yang Dongxu shook his head.
Now there is more than half a foot of snow on the ground, and it is impossible to drive to the town. Xiaowu and his friends obviously didn't think about driving to the town, so the only possibility to go to the town is to walk there on foot.
This is something that only people with nothing to do would do, but young people do it a lot. Yang Dongxu even thought of how many times in his previous life he and people of the same age in the village walked to the city on foot in this heavy snow.
As a result, they felt too tired and sleepy in the middle of the night, so they turned back to go home and sleep. Sometimes when they were halfway there, they really didn't want to walk anymore, so they would find a straw stack and sleep there for a night before coming back.
"That's right. When we went out, my mother told us not to go too far. We're going to catch a pig from your pig farm tomorrow to kill." Dajiang came over from nowhere and caught up with the team.
"I said, why are there so many people from other villages playing cards at the granary today? It turns out they are waiting to kill the pig tomorrow." Daliang looked surprised.
"Do many people often come to the village to play cards?" Yang Dongxu asked with a frown.
"Normally, there are not as many as today, but there must be more on New Year's Eve than this year. There are also many people in the nearby villages who have gone out to work and earned money this year. If they don't have enough fun in their village and the town is too far away, they will definitely go to this village."
"Is there anyone setting up a place at the granary?" Yang Dongxu frowned even more.
Although it has been two days since he returned, Yang Dongxu has been too busy to stroll around the granary these two days, so he really has no idea about the situation there.