During the meal, the seats are randomly arranged, and families do not sit together. In addition to paying respects to the elderly, this occasion is also an important place to enhance the emotional relationship among family members.
Yang's father and Yang Jing sat at a table in the room. Although this table was not the main table, it was definitely not bad. At the table were Yang Jing and his father, his third cousin Wang Yuhua from his great aunt's family and his son Wang Cheng, his great cousin Liu Yuchun from his second aunt's family and his grandson Liu Baojun, Yang Jing's great uncle and his younger uncle were also at the table, his second cousin Li Yumin from his second uncle's family was the main host, and his son Li Xing was the deputy host.
There were exactly ten grown men at the table.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, the slight unfamiliarity caused by distance and time was quickly broken by the subtle connection in the blood. Everyone at this table can drink a lot, and there are absolutely no outsiders, so the atmosphere quickly became heated.
According to the drinking rules here, a high-heeled glass that can hold two and a half taels should be finished in a few gulps agreed upon in advance. Whether it is seven gulps for "seven ups and eight downs" or nine gulps for "forever and ever" depends on how it is negotiated.
Anyway, the group fight is completed when the first glass of wine is drunk together, and the second, third, and Nth glasses of wine are considered the beginning of "sandwich", that is, toasting or drinking individually. As long as you can drink, you can drink as many glasses as you want...
Yang's father, Yang Jing's eldest uncle, and his younger uncle are all good at drinking. If they are serious, they can easily drink a pound of wine. If we calculate by geographical relationship, Yang's father and the other two plus Yang Jing are the farthest away from the second uncle, so Yang Jing's three cousins joined forces to start "solo practice" with Yang's father and the other three brothers.
As a person of the third generation, Yang Jing naturally has two cousins and a nephew to take care of.
Among these four younger generations, Yang Jing is the second oldest, only two years younger than his great aunt's grandson Wang Cheng. Li Xing is three years younger than Yang Jing. As for his nephew Liu Baojun, he is two years younger than Yang Jing.
But Liu Baojun was the youngest at the table, so he was responsible for filling the wine and pouring the tea. Who told him to call everyone at the table uncle, except for grandpa?
The wine was 52% Huajuan Shuijingfang, which was considered high-end at less than 900 yuan per bottle. After Yang Jing finished the first glass, he toasted to several elders one by one. The second glass was gone, and then he started drinking the third glass with his cousins and nephews.
Halfway through the third glass of wine, Yang Jing began to calm down. Seeing that his great cousin Liu Yuchun had just put down his chopsticks, Yang Jing leaned over and asked Liu Yuchun, "Uncle, how is the business of your stone factory now?"
"It's OK, but it wasn't very good last year. The main reason is that the competition is too fierce. Our factory is not big enough, and our equipment and technical strength are not up to par, so it's hard to compete with those big factories. They have scale, so the cost of their products is naturally lower. If I hadn't maintained a good material channel over the years, we would not be able to compete with those big factories now."
Liu Yuchun is the oldest person at the table and the eldest brother of Yang's father's generation. Even Yang Jing's eldest cousin from his great aunt's family is one year younger than Liu Yuchun.
When they heard Liu Yuchun and Yang Jing talking about serious matters, the chatter at the table gradually died down.
Dad Yang asked, "Brother Fuzeng, is it difficult to work in the factory at home?" My eldest cousin's nickname is Fuzeng, so Dad Yang called him Brother Fuzeng.
"Yes, at least last year's profits were not as good as we imagined." My cousin sighed.
Father Yang looked at Liu Yuchun, then winked at his son, and Yang Jing nodded slightly.
In fact, Yang Jing, the eldest cousin, has a high prestige in the family, mainly because he is not only the oldest male in this generation, but more importantly, he is a responsible person. Before Yang Jing, he was the most successful businessman in the Li family, especially when the domestic real estate market was booming more than ten years ago, his stone factory made a lot of money.
But my uncle didn't put all the money he earned into his own pocket, but helped a lot of families. When Yang Jing went to London to study for a master's degree, my uncle gave him 20,000 yuan.
My cousin has helped many families over the years, so he has a high prestige.
Yang Jing also liked this great cousin very much. Whenever he came to Yanjing, he would go over and have a drink with this great cousin whenever he had time. The year before last, when Yang Jing was giving acupuncture to his second aunt and uncle, his great cousin was also there. He was very shocked by Yang Jing's magical acupuncture technique. After all, his mother had been tied up for two years, but after this nephew gave her a few needles, she immediately jumped out of bed, and she has been getting younger and younger in the past two years. Seeing a 90-year-old person gradually living back to the age of 80, who wouldn't be shocked?
Moreover, Liu Yuchun knew that his eldest uncle, Yang Jing's grandfather, was cured by Yang Jing. In addition, Yang Jing had unearthed a priceless piece of Hetian jade from his family's stone factory last time, so Liu Yuchun valued Yang Jing even more.
Yang Jing said, "Uncle, I mean, if I invest in you, how big can the stone factory at home be expanded?"
The eldest cousin knew that his nephew was not short of money, at least the piece of Hetian jade he had unearthed a few years ago was still there. However, the eldest cousin still shook his head and said, "Xiao Jing, it's easy to expand the scale of the factory. As long as there is enough capital, can't we expand it as much as we want? Our family is in the suburbs, and it is much easier to apply for land there than in the city. Now the key is not the expansion of the scale of the factory, but the issue of orders. If there are no orders, and we only expand the scale, where can we sell the stones we produce?"
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