Chapter 808 Family Trivia
The one who cooked in the evening was Xiaowu's wife, and Daliang's wife was invited to help. This was a gathering of the younger generation, and the elderly rarely came to participate.
When they sat down, Yang Dongxu refused to sit in the main seat. After all, they were of the same generation and their ages were not much different, so it was natural for him to sit in the main seat when eating at Xiaowu's house.
Then he sat in the second seat on the east side, and Daliang sat below him. Xiaoliang and Xiaotao, who were not married, could only sit in the west and the place where dishes were served on the south side.
The general was the youngest on the table, so he had a smiling expression on his face, shouting "Brother, where is the wine bottle?" and was ready to be the wine commander tonight.
Yellow wine tastes good when it is warmed up. Xiaowu's family did not have a wine warming device, so Yang Dongxu brought a small stove. This is the tool used by the more stylish old man Xuan to make tea when he was free and listened to the operas on the radio.
Now he brought me some warm rice wine. I don't know if the old man will beat me up when he smells the rice wine in his tea-making utensils when he remembers to talk about life.
The man eats and the woman cooks. The child is playing around and Xiaowu drives him to the kitchen to find his mother. After the dishes are ready, the man drinks and chats at the table. The two women eat with the child in the kitchen and then go to the bedroom on the second floor to watch TV.
In rural areas, if there are many guests, it is common for women and children not to sit at the table. At this time, no one talks about women's rights or discrimination, but everyone is used to the rules passed down by the older generation.
"Xuzi, do you think it's profitable to collect goods?" They are all adults, so they naturally won't talk about stealing when they were young at the table. That requires three rounds of wine and five flavors, and they feel a little dizzy and persuade each other to drink, or laugh and scold when playing rock-paper-scissors.
When they are not drunk, everyone talks about business.
"What goods are you collecting?" Yang Dongxu picked up a peanut and put it in his mouth.
"Food or some local specialties from the countryside go to the city. We have roads here and it's convenient. I think other people make a lot of money." Xiaowu said.
"It should be good. You can earn hard-earned money. Our village has some face in the surrounding area. You can do business as long as the price is fair. Are there markets for rural specialties? Where are you going to transport them?"
"I plan to send local specialties to supermarkets. I think those things that are worthless in our countryside, such as spring corn, are very expensive in supermarkets in the city." Daliang said.
Obviously, he should have discussed this matter with Xiaowu before, after all, both of them are now selling large trucks and running long distances all year round. If a business in the same village makes money, it is easy for the whole village to do it.
However, compared with other villages where people are jealous of each other and quarreling with each other, the atmosphere in Yangjia Village is much better. Of course, the reason why the atmosphere is good is that business is good now. If you have a car, you can get the goods. Even if you tie more cars together, it is easier to get business. Everyone has money to make, so the atmosphere is naturally much better.
"It's a good way. If you want to do this business, I know the people in the supermarket and can help you say hello. As long as the goods are fine, they will accept them.
However, the farm products here are seasonal. If you want to do business for a long time, you can try to contact bananas in the south and other fruits in the north. Or seafood is also OK, so that there are goods in every season, and the cooperation with the supermarket can be more stable." Yang Dongxu said.
"This is a good idea." Xiaowu and Daliang both nodded.
It is best to do business for a long time. If you only transport some agricultural products in Chengwang City at present, it is indeed too seasonal. It is estimated that there will be only one or two months of business every year, but if you look at the whole country, you can be busy all year round.
"Be careful when driving long distances. The roads are not repaired now. Not only are the road conditions poor, but it is also easy to encounter some unruly people who block the road and rob. Be more restrained when you are not on your own territory." Yang Dongxu reminded.
Even in the future when surveillance is everywhere, long-distance trucks are often drained of their fuel tanks. Now the long-distance transportation environment can be said to be even wilder, and fighting is commonplace. It is considered a peaceful year if there are not a few deaths throughout the year.
Can you imagine a group of people stopping you and blatantly robbing goods? Many buses even force passengers to consume halfway, which is even more shady than some tour guides.
Why do people want to take train transportation? Safety is a big reason. After all, even the boldest people don’t have the courage to rob trains, and there are basically no accidents when taking train transportation. As long as the two ends are well connected, there will be few problems.
"I understand. Even if we go to other places to transport goods, we will first take the old road we ran before to see if there is any business. We will definitely not run around at the beginning." Xiaowu said with a smile.
It is obviously not possible to run transportation without courage. In addition to courage, you must also be able to deal with things. If time permits when you get to a place, make a few more friends. This way, you will not only save trouble but also be safe for a long time.
People like Xiaowu are very suitable for long-distance travel. They are brave enough, not panicking when encountering problems, and not afraid of fighting. They can also drink and make friends. If they have the opportunity, they can also find a sales job.
However, I don’t know if the people in the same village are a little embarrassed. Although they all know that he is doing business outside. Few people ask him what he does, or ask him for job introductions.
They all ask for money to buy a car, but Yang Dongxu himself is quite strange that no one asks about this matter.
As for why this phenomenon occurs, it is actually because college students are very prestigious in rural areas or even in the whole country. Therefore, in the perception of Xiaowu or the whole village, college students' jobs are all high-end. If Yang Dongxu wants to recruit people for his business, he must have a high school degree, right? They don't finish junior high school and don't study, so they probably can't do such a job.
However, this only refers to boys. After all, Yang Dongxu is a boy, so everyone thinks so. Relatively speaking, some girls have asked for it.
The main reason is that both the elder sister Hongying and the younger sister Dandan opened clothing stores in Yanjing. So they are more familiar with the clothing business, and the clothing factory is very suitable for girls. So there are currently several girls in the village working in Huaxiu.
Yang Dongxu has asked people to take care of his fellow villagers, but it is just a simple care. The master can teach more about the work, and as long as he is capable, he has more opportunities for promotion than others. But in other aspects, he treats everyone equally. Even people from the same village should keep a certain degree of propriety in their conduct and work, which is good for both people and themselves.
After talking about business for a while, they drank and ate. The more they drank, the wider the topics of conversation became. The joke on the Internet in later generations: "Drink more, Yanjing and Tiananmen Square are all yours" is actually very common at the wine table.
For example, after a few people drank more and more, they talked about some trivial things in their childhood, the development of Yangjia Village, the development of Chengwang City, and how to plan the economy of the province and how to move forward the national economy.
Then they wanted to fight with passion, saying how accurate their slingshot was when they were young, and if they picked up a gun, they would definitely be a sharpshooter, and then they would charge and make meritorious deeds in various ways and finally become a general. If they drank more, it would not be the matter of Yanjing Chengmenlou, but they would leave the earth and rush into the universe.
Did they drink too much? A little too much, I was a little dazed when I walked.
Are you drunk? No, I haven't vomited yet. Although my head is a little dizzy, I am still conscious. How can I be considered drunk if I don't go crazy?
There is a reason why good wine is expensive, for example, you won't have a headache when you wake up the next day. As for whether all good wines have this characteristic, Yang Dongxu doesn't know, anyway, after drinking rice wine mixed with Wuliangye, he woke up early the next morning, and his head was a little dizzy and he didn't feel any pain.
After washing his face with cold water, he felt refreshed, although his head was still a little dizzy. However, after eating millet porridge and two big steamed buns with vegetables, he basically came back to life.
"Don't run around today, go to the pig farm to help. It's the end of the year, and the big pigs in the pig farm need to be sold to make room for the piglets. You go over to the scale to settle the accounts." Yang's mother arranged the work while she was still eating.
"I know." Yang Dongxu responded.
"Then I'll go help too, mom." Zhou Ya said.
"You don't have to, you stay at home with Hongying to see if there is anything else we haven't prepared. By the way, I tried to persuade your dad, but he didn't listen. Go and persuade him again, what's wrong with living together as a family? He insists on living alone and makes things strange." Yang's mother said.
"If we stop for a while, it's okay to live at home. Xuzi and I want me to stay in the village for retirement, so it's good to build a separate house. Let him and the old man live together first, and when the new house is built, let them move into the new house." Zhou Ya knew her father's temper, so she had to explain and kept winking at Yang Dongxu.
"Build another house. Anyway, the wasteland in front of the pig farm is still empty. Build three large tiled houses by the roadside and make a small courtyard. My father-in-law and Mr. Xuan are both people who can't sit still.
Build a small vegetable garden for them behind the house, and send them some food and supplies on weekdays. They can eat by themselves if they cook, and call them to eat at home if they don't cook. By the way, I plan to call Aunt Hua to help after the New Year."
"There's no one at home, why call Sister Hua? How can you ask Sister Cui to guard such a big courtyard in Yanjing alone?" Mother Yang frowned.
"There are people watching over you in the yard in Yanjing, don't worry. Aunt Hua is here to help with cooking and cleaning the house. It's okay during the slack season, but during the busy season, you have to take care of the pig farm and work in the fields. You and my dad won't be able to eat well.
It's just right to ask Aunt Hua to come and help you cook. Aunt Hua also understands the tastes of Grandpa Xuan and my father-in-law. When the time comes, she will cook for the whole family, and it will be convenient for Grandpa. If it's convenient, you can also ask Grandpa and Grandma."
"Why ask them?" Mother Yang rolled her eyes.
Although the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the Yang family has been relatively harmonious over the years, there are always bumps and bumps. So it's just a general family harmony. As for the eternal enemies of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, if you want to get along completely harmoniously and peacefully, it is estimated that you can forget about it in this life with Mother Yang and Grandma Yang Dongxu.