After staying with Principal Jiang for two hours, Principal Jiang and his family originally wanted to let them have lunch together, but Zhao Yi declined their hospitality on the grounds that there was a taxi driver waiting below, and hurriedly met with Zhou Jinjue and Zhou Jinyu. Went downstairs.
The taxi driver was still there and did not take the opportunity to slip away. After getting in the car, he asked the driver if he wanted to go directly to Jiujiang. At first, the driver refused because it was already a long distance. However, Zhao Yi was willing to pay double the toll. The driver finally Still kneel before money.
In this way, they don't have to go back and forth and can take the car all the way home, which saves them a lot of time. At the same time, they don't have to go back and forth and make themselves very embarrassed.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, they finally got home. Neither the three of them nor the driver had lunch, so after arriving home, Wang Huilan hurriedly made dinner. The taxi driver was also left to have dinner before leaving. After all, the journey back was more than five miles. Hours, if you don't eat dinner, you will be hungry until midnight.
After dinner, we each took a shower, packed up the things we brought, and then went back to our rooms to rest. Although we took planes and taxis all the way, we were not as tired as in previous years, but the fatigue of the journey is always there. inevitable.
Early the next morning, everyone got up early. At this time, the habit of sleeping in had not yet been formed. Many hostesses got up before 6 a.m. to prepare breakfast.
If the male owner is from the countryside, he will go out to do farm work in the morning, while if the male owner is from the city, he will be busy with chores at home. After all, they all need to go to work during the day.
If parents get up early, it will be difficult for their children to sleep in. Especially parents in this era pay special attention to developing habits for their children. Among them, the most displeasing thing to parents is laziness. In the eyes of parents, laziness is The chief evil must be eradicated.
At about seven o'clock in the morning, breakfast was ready. Zhao Yi and the others gathered around the table to eat. Breakfast in the south is usually rice porridge with pickles. If the family is rich, they will also make rice in the morning, because rice is filling. , especially doing farm work.
Of course, Zhou Zhigang's family doesn't have to worry about money now, but they are not farmers and don't have to work in the fields, so they still have rice porridge in the morning, and the dishes are richer, including common bacon pickles, dried radish strips, chili sauce, etc. There are some cabbages that can only be seen in the southern winter.
While everyone was having breakfast, Wang Huilan said to Zhou Jinyu: "You have graduated from university as an undergraduate. In another year, you will also graduate from graduate school, and you will start looking for a partner."
Hearing this, Zhou Jinyu said angrily: "Mom, how old am I that you start worrying about this?"
"No matter how old you are, you are no longer young. Now she is 22 years old. That girl does not bother her in-laws. In rural areas, children at this age can even walk."
"Oh, don't worry so much. Besides, my brother hasn't found a partner yet. Why should I be anxious? According to our custom here, my brother has to take priority."
Zhou Jinjue, who originally thought she had nothing to do with her, was inexplicably dragged into the matter by Zhou Jinyu, and she quickly said: "I don't mind if you go first, anyway, we are twins, and I'm not much older than you."
When Zhou Jinyu heard what Zhou Jinjue said, she immediately gave her a slap in the face and said, "Thankfully, I still call you brother, but I don't have such a sense of responsibility. How can I, a younger sister, trust you? How about I just call you brother in the future?" I won’t call you brother anymore, just call you by your name.”
When Zhou Zhigang heard this, he put down his bowls and chopsticks, and said seriously to Zhou Jinyu: "Don't be too big or too young, he is just a minute older than you, and he will be your brother forever. Besides, it is better for girls to get married early, and it will cause less harm to the body." .”
After hearing Zhou Zhigang's words, Zhou Jinyu didn't know how to reply. She didn't dare to talk back or quibble. She was smart and quickly kicked Zhao Yi with her foot.
This was originally their housework. Although Zhao Yi was close to them, he couldn't interfere in these matters, so he didn't talk to him before and kept immersed in drinking porridge. As a result, he was kicked by Zhou Jinyu like this. He didn't seem to say anything. This Ni The child will probably break up with him.
"Uncle Zhou, Aunt Wang, Jin Yu still has one year to finish graduate school, and there is no rush for time. Besides, Jin Yu has already moved her household registration to Kyoto. Can the person you help introduce get along with Jin Yu?
Besides, now no more than before, children’s own thoughts have to be taken into consideration when it comes to marriage matters. "Zhao Yi bit the bullet and expressed some of his own opinions.
Not to mention, when Wang Huilan heard what Zhao Yi said, she really didn’t dwell on the matter anymore and finished her breakfast quietly. After everyone finished their breakfast, Zhou Jinyu helped clear away the dishes. Zhao Yi and Zhou Jinjue left the yard and prepared to arrive. Wandering on the street.
This year is the off year. In some places in Jiangxi Province, the off year is celebrated on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and in some places it is celebrated on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month. But here, the off year is celebrated on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, which is considered a "national standard".
The two major activities during the Little New Year are sweeping the dust and offering sacrifices to the stove. Zhao Yi and Zhou Jinjue do not need to worry about these two activities. Wang Huilan and Zhou Zhigang do it themselves, while Zhou Jinyu needs to help Wang Huilan do the general cleaning. They are at home. It was also in the way, so I just went out for a walk.
At this time, the streets in the town are getting more and more festive, with lights and colorful decorations everywhere. There are many people in the countryside buying New Year's goods, taking advantage of this period before the New Year to rush to buy all the New Year's goods.
Otherwise, many shops would be closed during the Chinese New Year. Unlike later generations, which would open on the first day of the first lunar month, here no businesses would open until at least the third day of the first lunar month.
Zhao Yi and Zhou Jinjue first went to a barber shop to get their hair cut. It is also a custom here to get a haircut before the New Year. Although there is no clear explanation, everyone consciously gets their hair cut before the New Year. Maybe you want to cut off this year's bad luck and welcome the new year with a new look.
The owner of the barber shop is an old man, not tall, a little lean, and his face is clean shaven.
There were no customers in the shop now. When he saw Zhou Jinjue and Zhao Yi come in, he quickly greeted them. Zhao Yi asked Zhou Jinjue to get a haircut first, then he took a wooden stool and found a place to sit on the open space in front of the barber shop.
Looking at the people coming and going on the street, many country people came with baskets to buy new year's goods, mainly some couplet firecrackers, and some foods that are not produced in rural areas, such as soybean ginseng, cuttlefish, whitebait, etc.
Douban ginseng should be a specialty food here in Jiujiang. It is a kind of bean paste. Douban ginseng is very crisp when dried and can be stored for a long time.
When used, soak it in water to soften it, cut it in the middle, and stew it with the stick bones. It tastes very delicious. When you take a bite, the delicious soup adsorbed in it will immediately fill your mouth. At the same time, there is also the aroma of soybean products that comes with soybean ginseng. Anyway, Zhao Yi likes to eat no matter in his previous life or in this life.
If they have more money, some villagers will also purchase some fireworks. This is considered a luxury item in rural areas. Children love to play, but not everyone can play with it. If someone has fireworks during the New Year, it will definitely attract the attention of the whole village. Children gathered around to watch, which was very special.
Ten minutes later, Zhou Jinjue finished her haircut. Zhao took a look and saw that he had a standard "suit hair" with sharp edges and the surrounding hair was shaved cleanly.
If the face shape is good-looking, this hairstyle will make people look energetic, and Zhou Jinjue is particularly suitable for this hairstyle, because his face shape is a bit Chinese-shaped, his facial features are beautiful, and he looks like a decent person at first glance.
Zhao Yi's face shape was not suitable for this kind of hairstyle, so Zhao Yi sat in front of the hairdressing mirror and told the barber how to cut the hair style he liked. Anyway, it was a lot of training. Fortunately, the old barber had a good temper. Under his command, he finally got the haircut he wanted.
When you get a haircut at this time, you will not be washed before the haircut, but after the haircut. The main reason is that shampoo is more expensive in this era.
Relative to the income, especially in rural areas, many people do not have shampoo to wash their hair. Some children, especially girls, have lice on their heads, which is particularly uncomfortable.
After lice have appeared, some vegetable oil is usually used to apply it, but this method is also very expensive and the effect is average.
Some simply shave their heads, which doesn’t matter to boys, but it’s very painful for girls. It also takes a long time to grow hair, and girls’ bald heads are more ugly, and older ones are more ugly. Pay attention to these.
In the 1990s, some rural areas still used insecticide spray to kill lice, but this method was very harmful to the scalp. If there are too many lice on the head, the scalp will be bitten and pustules will appear, which is commonly known as dysentery. .
This phenomenon is caused by poverty. If they could easily use shampoo, they would not have so many problems and would not have to endure so much pain. Later, with the development of the economy, it was rare to see children suffering from diarrhea because At that time, shampoo was considered a daily necessity.
In fact, domestic shampoo is not expensive, but compared to the income of domestic people, even if it is expensive, it is now spent in half a penny, and the money in hand is used in the most important places. Shampoo is often classified as unimportant in this case.
There is no way around this. Even if Zhao Yi is allowed to run a daily chemical company, the price of the shampoo products produced cannot be too low. After all, the basic cost is there, so it is important to improve the level of domestic economic development. Economic With development, people's income will also increase.
This is also the reason why Zhao Yi worked so hard to develop the domestic economy before, and the main industry is not facing the public, because at this time, you can't make much money by making mass products, and it will not do much to improve the domestic economy.
The industries he is targeting are those that can make money through exports and that also require a large number of workers. He will first use the money earned abroad to increase the income level of domestic employees.
Then the money flowing in will be like water ripples, passing forward in waves, which can activate domestic economic development.
The companies under Zhao Yi play this role, and are commonly known as leading companies. This not only refers to industry leaders, but also refers to companies that can activate economic development in a region. (End of chapter)