Pioneer of the Rebirth Era

The countryside in winter is very depressing, although as far as the eye can see there are green wheat fields, occasionally decorated with some Chinese medicinal plants that do not lose their leaves in winter.

But the big bare trees always give people a feeling of loneliness. Especially in northern Anhui, the air in winter is dry and cold. If you don’t protect your lips, your lips will crack, and your face will freeze if you don’t protect them.

The kind of dry cold that causes frostbite.

In this kind of environment, people don't seem to be that active. If there is sunny weather, squatting at the foot of a sunny wall and chatting with a group of people can kill the day.

However, compared to Yangjiacun in the past, which seems to have become sluggish due to winter, Yangjiacun has been particularly lively these two days. It is not a festival. A stage has been set up at the market in Yangjiacun. In addition to the stage,

A circus that is relatively rare in rural areas.

This is a preparation only made by some towns and cities on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, or when the dragon raises its head on the second day of the second lunar month, such as the summit meeting.

With these two preparations in place, other businessmen followed, such as those who set rings and used air guns to hit balloons during the summit.

There are stalls selling jade calligraphy and paintings, as well as various clothing and fabrics, not to mention snacks and fruits. So Yangjia Village is extremely lively these days, and everyone’s face is filled with smiles, especially

The shops and merchants on the street all smiled happily.

The time for the Yangjiacun Summit is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. This is the time set after the formation of the Yangjiacun Market. This date has been unshakable for decades. The summit times of other nearby markets in Shili and Baxiang will be staggered from this time. This is not true.

Written understanding.

So according to the market situation in previous years, there is still some time before the Chinese New Year. It is still early to prepare New Year’s goods. The business in the market can only increase slightly. It will take some time to start buying various goods and make a profit at the end of the year.

Time will do.

And Yang Dongjie's marriage directly brought this time forward. The business of two or three days in rushing for the convention is no less than what he earns from selling New Year's goods at the end of the year.

What's especially important is that during the annual summit, businesses on the street are easy to get money for. This is because whether it's hiring opera singers or hiring people from the circus, they all cost money.

The money is given by the merchants on the street. Occasionally, wealthy residents in Yangjia Village also want to make their own markets more lively and take some money.

But this time it's different. This time, all the expenses are borne by the Yang family themselves. It's no wonder that I'm not happy because I can't afford a penny and I'm getting a wave of bonuses.

However, the people who do business on the streets of Yangjia Village are very particular. While they are happy to eat the bonuses for free, they also want to go to the small table of Yang's house to collect gift money and pay a share of the money.

After all, even if they don't have this free bonus to eat and have some relationship with the Yang family, these people are still willing to follow the gift.

However, following the ceremony, these people did not come all in one swarm, but a few people came first.

Seeing that the uncle and aunt were coming, they didn't want to take the extra money. After all, more than fifty tables had been opened just to entertain Yangjiacun's own family, as well as other relatives and friends.

If merchants on the street come and accept gifts even if they offer them, they will not be able to stop us from opening fifty tables. We didn’t have the budget when we were counting people before. Taking people’s money but not caring about the meal is not a good thing to do in the countryside.

Such an unethical performance, the Yang family cannot afford to lose face like this.

However, the people who followed the gift usually bowed their heads before meeting each other, and many of them even drank with their uncle at the wine table. Besides, it was such a happy event that someone came to the door with a smile and followed the gift.

A bit ugly.

After all, it’s not that the Yang family doesn’t have a banquet, no one is invited, and you won’t accept it if you don’t accept it. You are hosting a banquet, and there are several merchants on the street who are close friends with my uncle Shengli. They accepted the gifts early.

, you accept what others have, but treat others differently...

"Take them all." Looking at the hesitant uncle and aunt, Yang Dongxu said. They both live on the same street. Since this person who never looked up and looked down is here, it's really not a good idea not to accept them.

good.

Moreover, these people who came to congratulate me were sincere and came one day in advance. They obviously considered that if they came suddenly on the wedding day tomorrow, they would be causing trouble for the Yang family. They were not going to congratulate them, they were obviously looking for trouble.

Although time is a bit tight to congratulate one day in advance, with the energy of the Yang family, as long as they accept the gifts and arrange a meal, it will definitely be no problem.

There are even a few people who open restaurants on the street. They are mentally prepared. If the Yang family really throws a big banquet, they will help the Yang family support the banquet even if they don't have a prosperous business in the past two days.

"There are too many people to arrange." The aunt frowned. She was really happy that so many people came to congratulate her son on his marriage, but it was true that there were too many people and it was troublesome.

"Tomorrow the weather will be nice and there will be no strong wind or rain. Let's arrange for these people to have dinner in the courtyard of the old house. It's not a problem to have a few tables in the house and dozens of tables in the yard." Yang Dongxu said.

Nowadays, most of the guests are arranged to have dinner at the aunt's home and the nearby neighbors' homes. This is also a common phenomenon at rural wedding banquets.

If there are too many guests to sit at home, a few tables can be set up in an open space in front of the home, or at a neighbor's house. It doesn't make sense for everyone to have guests like this.

Of course, some important guests, such as family members, or elders, grandparents, uncles, etc. will definitely be arranged at the main table in the room, and everyone knows that they will not care about this.

Yang Dongjie is Yang Dongxu's cousin, so it's no problem to host the banquet in his yard. Although it is a bit far away from my aunt's house. But the reason why so many people come to congratulate my aunt's house is because of whose face everyone is thinking.

All clear.

Therefore, these people would be more happy to have this banquet at Yang Dongxu's residence, and they would definitely not feel unwelcome just because they were far away. The host's family did not make good arrangements for receiving gifts.

"Now that we've cooked and received the gifts from these people, there's no need to think that everyone else on the street will definitely come. There are quite a few of them."

"Some of the people offering gifts outside are the ones who own restaurants in the market. Usually the gifts are served at ten or eleven o'clock. Now it's only nine o'clock and not long after the market opened, these people came. Obviously, if

When we receive gifts and need to arrange a banquet tomorrow, they can help. Otherwise, they wouldn't be the first batch to come to give gifts, and they all came so suddenly."

The uncle stretched his head and looked outside, and it turned out that the people coming now were basically the restaurant owners and the like who he usually went to for drinks when he had nothing to do.

And these people are very particular about what they do, or adults are very measured in what they do. When these people come, they go to the table where the gifts are received to pay the bills, but not far away from the table where the bills are paid, and

Yang Rukun, the younger son of the grandfather's family, was smoking and chatting in a house number of the Yang family.

Obviously they also knew that their arrival was a bit sudden. After all, although they usually drank with their uncle Shengli, there were so many people who drank with them. They were not even married to their uncle's son.

Friends who want to come and give gifts.

So they didn't pay the bill directly, but talked and chatted first to give the Yang family time to discuss it. Otherwise, they went directly to the billing table. Do you think the person who paid the bill should pay it directly, or should they ask the host family before collecting it?

I asked the owner, and if the owner said he wouldn't accept it, it would be embarrassing for both parties.

Therefore, it is better to express your intention in a subtle way first and let the host have time to think about it. In this way, if the host does not accept their gift, then they will just come to smoke, chat and watch the fun, and no one will be embarrassed.