August 4, 2022 is the Chinese Valentine’s Day in the lunar calendar.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Feng drove his newly bought car back to the village.

Although it is common for young people in the village to buy cars in this era, every young person will inevitably attract the attention of neighbors when he drives the car back.

Jiang Feng was no exception. The moment he drove his new car back to the village, he became the most handsome guy in the village.

To Jiang Feng, a car priced below RMB 100,000 is just a means of transportation. He is ashamed to even mention the brand name, so he is naturally embarrassed to face the flattery from his neighbors.

But for Jiang's father and mother, this was a rare highlight in their lives, so the couple actively chatted with the neighbors and enjoyed their flattery for their youngest son.

After the neighbors gradually dispersed, Jiang's mother said with some reluctance: "Xiao Feng, it's been almost a month since you graduated from college, and you haven't visited your grandmother yet. Now that we have a car, why don't we go and visit your grandmother?"

Jiang Feng nodded and said, "It's time to go see grandma. What do you think, Dad?"

Father Jiang said, "There's nothing to do right now anyway, so just go if you want to!"

Jiang Feng smiled and said, "Okay, Mom, go get a bottle of Moutai for my uncle, the most expensive kind, and two boxes of good tea. You can take any other gifts. As for the cigarettes, forget about them, leave them for Dad and Big Brother!"

Jiang's mother smiled and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll call your uncle first."

Seeing Jiang's mother happily making the phone call, Jiang's father couldn't help but sigh: "Your mother has been wronged over the years!"

Jiang Feng understood what his father meant. His mother Zhang Mei had four siblings: sister Zhang Qin, brother Zhang Qiang, and sister Zhang Zhen. Compared with her older and younger sisters, Zhang Mei had the worst marriage.

But Jiang Feng's aunt was a little snobbish and didn't treat the three sisters-in-law equally, which made Zhang Mei secretly feel suffocated.

It was not until Jiang Feng was admitted to a prestigious university four years ago that his aunt began to pay more attention to their family. After all, a student from a prestigious university still has some weight in the countryside.

Now that their family has even bought a car, mother Zhang Mei wants to go back to her parents' home to show off. I guess every married woman would have this idea.

Soon, Jiang's mother packed up the gifts to take home. In addition to the bottle of Moutai liquor worth more than 3,000 yuan and two boxes of expensive tea that Jiang Feng mentioned, she also brought a lot of valuable dried seafood.

After getting in the car, Jiang's mother said, "Xiao Feng, when we get to town later, remember to stop and buy some fruit. This gift will feel a little less meaningful without fruit."

Jiang Feng smiled and replied: "Okay, I understand!"

Father Jiang sat in the back seat, reaching out his hands to touch here and there, and said with a sound of "tsk tsk". "This car feels good. Thirty years ago, I had the honor of riding in a sedan. It was said that the car was imported. The name seemed to be Jetta. The price was more than 200,000 yuan. I still remember it clearly.

But even the cars worth more than 200,000 yuan back then were not as beautiful as your car!"

Jiang Feng started the car and said with a smile: "Dad, this is the difference between the times. There is no comparison. The technology thirty years ago is definitely not comparable to today's."

Father Jiang smiled and said, "That's true. In those days, if you had a motorcycle, you would be the most handsome guy in the village, as you young people would say, not to mention a car!"

Jiang's mother asked, "You rode in a car worth more than 200,000 yuan 30 years ago? How come I've never heard you mention this?"

Father Jiang said, "That was the car of a relative of a high school classmate of mine. I was lucky enough to ride with him once. What's there to say?"

Jiang Feng interrupted, "It was not easy to afford a car worth more than 200,000 yuan in that era. At that time, 10,000 yuan was equivalent to about 200,000 yuan today, and more than 200,000 yuan was equivalent to more than 4 million yuan today. Think about the people who are eligible to drive a car worth more than 4 million yuan now. Except for the driver, who is not a billionaire or a family member of a billionaire?"

Jiang's father said: "My classmate's relative was really powerful back then, he owned his own factory, but unfortunately due to poor management, he couldn't keep up with the trend of the times and went bankrupt within a few years."

Jiang Feng suddenly realized after hearing this. In that era, those who could truly develop were all famous bosses. The others were just pigs standing on the wind. When the wind stopped, they would naturally fall to their death.

As they were talking, they soon arrived at the town. Jiang Feng stopped the car and bought two large bags of fresh fruits. Then he got in the car and drove straight to Langsha Town where his grandmother lived.

Langsha Town is also a township under the jurisdiction of Bailiang County, about thirty to forty kilometers away from Qinghe Town. Thanks to the "village-to-village road policy", transportation is much more convenient than before.

More than half an hour later, Jiang Feng's family of three drove to his grandmother's house.

Because Jiang's mother called in advance, when Jiang Feng and the others arrived, his uncle had already killed the chicken and was cooking it in a large iron pot, while his grandmother was sitting in front of the earthen stove helping to light the fire.

It’s not that my uncle’s family is too poor to use gas, but that my uncle is more knowledgeable about cooking. He thinks that dishes cooked with gas do not taste as good as those cooked with firewood.

Therefore, my uncle's family now uses both gas and firewood. When they stir-fry pork, vegetables, tofu and other home-cooked dishes, they basically use gas because they think burning firewood is too troublesome.

Only when it comes to stir-fried chicken, duck, beef, mutton and other hard dishes, or when relatives and friends come over, will my uncle use the big iron pot on the earthen stove at home and use firewood to cook the most delicious dishes.

"Grandma, uncle!" Jiang Feng greeted as he entered the door.

"Mom!" Jiang's father and mother also greeted.

"Xiao Feng is here!" Grandma came over with a smile on her face and complained, "You guys just came, why did you buy so many things!"

Jiang Feng put the fruit in his hand on the table next to him, then grabbed his grandmother's hand and said, "I didn't buy much. Grandma, are you feeling well recently?"

Grandma smiled happily and said, "Good, grandma is in good health and can eat two big bowls of rice in one meal!"

On the other side, seeing the gifts in the hands of the second sister and her family of three, Zhang Qiang couldn't help but be surprised and said, "Second sister, what's wrong with you? Why did you buy so many things? Oh my God, you even bought Maotai. Second sister, have you made a fortune?"

Seeing her brother's surprised look, Zhang Mei handed him the Maotai liquor and tea leaves in her hand and said with a satisfied smile: "How can you get rich? These are all gifts from others."

At this point, Zhang Mei couldn't help but ask, "Where's your wife?"

Zhang Qiang took the gift and said, "She went to the vegetable garden to pick some vegetables. She should be back soon!"

While speaking, he subconsciously glanced at the door, but he didn't see his wife, but saw a car parked at the door. He couldn't help but widen his eyes and said, "Second sister, did you drive here by yourself? This car doesn't even have a license plate, is it a new one you bought?"

Zhang Mei nodded with a smile on her face and said, "This is the new car Xiao Feng bought!"

Zhang Qiang was completely confused. Didn't his nephew just graduate from college? How could he suddenly buy a car?