Chapter 688: Uncle's Skills

Compared with the later generations who usually went out to work on the seventh or eighth day of the first lunar month, nowadays, people go out to work later. Basically, they stay at home for the fifteenth day of the first lunar month before going out one after another.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Yangjia Market holds a fair. Opera troupes from other places, as well as entertainment activities that are not usually seen in large quantities, such as buying cloth, jade, various rings, or air guns and balloons, will appear in Yangjia Market for three days.

These three days are also the busiest time for the market in the surrounding areas. Some schools will even have holidays because of this fair. Older children choose to play air guns or billiards.

The younger children will gather under the stage, where there are some ring vendors selling small toys. These small toys include some plates that are difficult to tell whether they are jade or plastic, and turtles made of yellow iron sheets in boxes.

Children with a little money basically hold candied haws in their hands, or go to the turntable to make rice balls. Those with more money will buy a heart-shaped pendant for one yuan each and hang it around their necks.

These heart-shaped pendants are said to be made of jade, but it is unclear whether they are made of jade or plastic. After wearing them for a while, some small crabs, shrimps, or other strange patterns will appear inside them, and then they say that the jade has come alive and can be used as a shelter, and some stories told by adults to children make it come alive.

In addition to these traditional gadgets, this year Yangjia Market has a wealthy acrobatic troupe that was invited from somewhere. A group of people walking on stilts walked from one end of the market to the other in the crowded crowd, and many people were chasing the drums beside them, which was particularly lively.

The Yangjia Wholesale Department, which is usually closed at this time of year, will also open during these three days. First, a batch of goods will be rushed in, and then they will be sold in these three days. If they can be sold out, they will be sold out. If they can't be sold out, they will be kept for their own use. If they can't be used up, they will be given to neighbors and friends, or brought to relatives when visiting relatives. In short, they will all be consumed in a very short time.

Yang Dongxu did not return to Yanjing or Hangzhou when the fifteenth day was approaching because he attended many weddings after the New Year, and he also went to Jiaocheng to see the pharmaceutical factory and went to Zhucheng to attend the preparatory meeting for the opening of the Chinese Medicine School.

And with the relatives coming to the fair, the Yang family must keep them for dinner. In this way, the Yang family was more lively than during the New Year, and all the relatives gathered at once.

With Xiaowu and a few others, they walked from the north end of the market to the south end of the market, and then from the east end of the market. Although they talked and laughed all the way and never made trouble, they always gave people a very arrogant feeling.

In fact, if you go to other markets while walking and smoking like this, you will easily get beaten. The folk customs nowadays are very fierce. After all, there are many thieves in the countryside now, and from time to time there are cases where a big hole is dug from the back of the house and cattle and sheep are taken away.

And if a thief enters the village in the middle of the night, a shout will be heard and the whole village will get up and take the slings and goat forks to chase the thief for several miles. So when they meet someone who looks like he deserves to be beaten in the market, many young people will go up and fight him if they don't agree with him.

But in Yangjiaji, no one dares to fight Xiaowu and his group of arrogant guys. Yang Dongxu may be unfamiliar to many people. But Xiaowu, who grew up in the market, is obviously known to everyone. Although they have never done anything evil, they are famous and no one dares to provoke them.

And those who don't know them, looking at this group of people, six or seven guys are top-notch in terms of knowledge and physique, they don't have the courage to find trouble.

"What do you think if I don't go out, how about setting up dozens of billiard tables?" Daliang didn't hit the ball, put down the cue, took the sugar cane next to him and took a bite.

"It's okay to play at the end of the year. There are only people in the wheat field and autumn planting at other times. Most of the people go out to work at other times and no one plays." Yang Dongxu hit a shot.

He basically has never played billiards, so his poor skills are speechless, so he can only believe that the miracle will happen with a strong shot. Whether it can go in depends on God's will.

"There are usually not many people here. Besides, in our market, there are three or four of these things in front of almost every store. It's only busy these two days, and there are not many people here usually. If you want to do this, you can open a game room near the school in the town. That thing can make money. You may not even have a queue after school." Xiaowu suggested from the side.

"It's true that you can do this, but you can't make much money. Even if you have people in the town, you need to manage it all year round and there won't be much money left." Putting aside whether it will poison the next generation of the motherland, the future of the game room is obviously much better than that of the billiard room.

"Forget it, let's not do it. If you cheat children's money, be careful that the uncle will hit you with the sole of his shoe." Daliang put down the sugar cane in his hand, bent down and started playing ball.

"Then don't do it." Xiaowu waved his hand indifferently. There are many ways to make money in Yangjia Village, and there is no need to get a bad reputation.

"Haha, a few brothers are playing ball here." A middle-aged man with a fat body and a bald head came over and took out cigarettes to distribute to a few people.

"You are doing well, Sanhong, you even smoked in Huangshan." In later generations, good cigarettes are all Zhonghua or something like that.

Although Zhonghua is still available now, Huangshan is more famous. Many people think that "the first taste of Huangshan, the sky is high and the clouds are light" is the slogan of the scenic spot Huangshan. In fact, it was printed on the box of Huangshan cigarettes and became widely circulated.

"Small business, small business. Just hang down and drink some soup, you guys play and I will go to the front to take a look." Sanhong smiled and lit cigarettes for a few people, said hello and turned away.

Sanhong is the same age as their fathers, and he is a celebrity in the surrounding area because he has been in a labor camp and has a bad reputation. You have to say that it is not without reason that he can make it in this humble way.

"Is he still dealing in fertilizer?" Sanhong is not from Yangjia Village, but he bought a house in the market a few years ago.

As Yangjia Market becomes more and more prosperous, many people come to the market to do business, dealing in fertilizer seeds, or there are two or three companies dealing in cement and sand.

"Fertilizer is still being dealt in, but it is mainly to deliver bricks to people. Do you know the kiln factory in Xuzhai? I don't know where he got the relationship, but he delivers red bricks and deals in earthwork."

Yang Dongxu nodded. It is indeed profitable to deal in this thing. In the previous life, Yang's father drove a four-wheeled vehicle with the son of the uncle's family, and delivered red bricks for building houses for many years. Ten yuan a day was enough to support the family.

"It seems that something happened again." Daliang pouted.

Yang Dongxu looked up at him.

"The kiln factory is on the upstream riverbank. It was originally a wasteland that no one wanted. Now a brick factory has been opened and earthwork can make money. Several nearby villages have started to fight and have had several fights."

"The town doesn't care?" Yang Dongxu asked.

"Why doesn't the town care? Last time there was a fight, the city's police cars came. There were more than a dozen police cars. But it was useless. When the police came, the villagers went back to their homes and didn't make trouble. As soon as they left, they gathered together to fight."

Although there are several local tyrants in Wuli Town who are doing well, there is no strong clan power. So there is no clan law or family law.

But now that the law is not popular, in addition to killing people who are a little scared. Most of the time when encountering conflicts, farmers are used to solving them with fists. The village that is united and has the stronger fists will get more benefits. On the contrary, your village has no ability and can only bear the loss.

"He came to talk to the grandfather?" Yang Dongxu, who also grew up in the countryside and understood it as soon as Daliang explained, asked.

"Looking for Uncle Shengli."

"My uncle?" Yang Dongxu was stunned for a moment and obviously didn't react.

"Grandpa is so old that his brain is almost muddled, how can he manage things? Although Daddy is the village chief, he only manages our village's affairs. He can't reach Xuzhai. People may give some face to Daddy because of his reputation, but he is not good at handling things. Uncle Shengli knows a lot of friends in the town and the city, so Sanhong and others will look for him when they encounter any problems."

"Hehe, my uncle is doing well even though he is not at home all year round." Yang Dongxu laughed, not knowing whether it was proud or sarcastic.

"He probably didn't recognize you. If he recognized you, it would probably be more useful to tell you than to tell Uncle Shengli." Xiaowu interrupted.

Although they knew very well what Yang Dongxu did outside besides going to college, they were all in their twenties, not to say that they were all smart, but none of them were stupid.

From the many things that Yangjia Village encountered, basically whoever offended Yangjia would be in trouble, and even the town cadres were not helpful, it was clear that their childhood friend who didn't grow up together must be doing well. And even if he is not doing well, there are rumors that he is a high-ranking official in Yanjing. Few people dare to mess with him.

"Okay, stop flattering me. It's getting late. My relatives should have gone home. I'll go home to see them." Yang Dongxu put down the club.

Because the distance is short, all the relatives who came to the meeting are with their families, and they often come to Yangjia Village, so Yang Dongxu didn't accompany them to play by themselves. Now it's almost noon and they are probably all home. He obviously can't hang out outside.

"Okay, you go back first. When are you leaving? Let's get together with the brothers." Xiaowu asked.

"Just two days, find time to go to my house for a drink." Yang's father treated them. Although they drank a lot at the same table at that time. But it's not a drinking place for several brothers, so they must drink alone.

"Don't go to your house. They can't let go with Dad. Let's go to the city to drink tomorrow night. Someone opened a big place where you can sing. Let's go and sing."

"Okay." Yang Dongxu smiled and responded.

Some people say that with the development of the economy, those extravagant entertainment venues are all garbage businesses and have no effect on promoting the economy. But you have to admit that when a city has more entertainment venues, it is also a proof of economic prosperity.

Third-tier cities like Chengwang City are at the bottom. If the economy is not good, entertainment venues cannot be opened at all. Since it is open, it means that the economy of Chengwang City has been doing well in recent years. Even if it is not a blockbuster, it is at least developing steadily.