Chapter 259: Village Atmosphere
Zhou Anan parked her car at Jinshui Bay as usual and took a taxi home for 30 yuan. This time the taxi driver bargained quite aggressively.
Nowadays, taxis in Lizhou don’t use meters. The starting fare is 10 yuan, and the higher fare is 10 yuan. You can take it if you want.
During the Chinese New Year, buses are always overcrowded, and citizens who have only one way of getting around can only wait to be slaughtered.
For someone like Zhou Anan who is going to the suburbs and rural areas, it's good enough if someone is willing to drive the car. Don't even think about negotiating the price.
It was not until Didi became popular in 2016 that the Lizhou taxi industry ushered in a new spring for customers.
"Dad, aren't the Spring Festival couplets already posted?"
After getting off the car at the doorstep and looking at the Spring Festival couplets that had been posted, Zhou Anan walked into the inner room and couldn't help but ask a question.
"When you came back, the daylily would have gone cold. Your mother and I put it together. It took us most of the day. You're back just in time. Take the goose to your grandfather's house and pluck it clean. Your grandfather has already boiled some hot water."
Seeing his son not being home all day, Zhou Youliang didn't have a good tone and started giving orders directly.
The excitement of the first three days after returning home has passed, and my son has become the idle and annoyed son again.
"OK."
Knowing that he was in the wrong, Zhou Anan did not make any excuses and just went about his business.
When Zhou Anan arrived at his grandfather's house, he saw that his grandfather had already processed a chicken.
When the family was about to celebrate the New Year, my grandfather was in charge of all matters related to the chickens, ducks and geese, until 2008.
"An An is here."
"Ah, my dad asked me to pluck the hair."
"Your father told me, wait a minute, let me pluck the chicken first."
"Let me help you."
Zhou Anan, who was sitting on a small stool plucking hair, just felt that it was a mistake to arrange the job for his cousin, otherwise he would have a helper now.
As for my uncle, it is said that he went to help out at Chengmin's cousin's electric car store.
As the Chinese New Year approaches, business at local electric car stores in Lizhou is getting better and better. Zhou Chengmin and his brother are so busy in their respective stores that they have no time to go home.
After spending all day accompanying his grandparents, Zhou Anan, who felt a little sore in the waist, finally completed the task of plucking hair.
In the evening, it is naturally the annual indispensable celebration of thanking the old year. Amid the sound of firecrackers, Zhou Anan, holding three incense sticks to worship heaven and earth, recalled this year's harvest.
What I am most proud of is naturally that I changed my uncle's life trajectory and made up for a regret in his previous life.
Secondly, he bought most of the pedestrian street, so that he could count the money just by collecting rent from the bed.
Third, it solves the major issues in life;
Fourth, my mom’s Taobao store was doing very well, which indirectly changed my parents’ future experiences;
Some changes have brought about tremendous changes in the trajectory of his life.
If there are gods in the world, Zhou Anan would really like to thank the god who brought her back to life, and offer him a few more glasses of wine to express his gratitude.
After three toasts, the New Year's greetings were over, and Zhou Anan helped her parents take the offerings back home.
"Mom, I'm going out for a walk."
"Oh, come back soon."
It was the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, and most of the villagers had returned home. The most lively place was naturally the row of small houses in the village. Mahjong tables and four-person tables were set up in each store, and they were almost always full.
Unlike last year, Zhou Anan did not see her cousin or her two cousins.
The three of them were busy in the store making money for him and had no time to participate in these 'activities'.
The one who remained unchanged was Zhou Xiaoke, who was dressed in designer clothes, had money and free time. Sitting among the crowd, he looked very handsome and stood out from the crowd.
Especially this year, Zhou Xiaoke, who had some extra money, drove back a BMW and was praised by his peers in every way, and the older villagers also praised him endlessly.
Nowadays, those who can buy a BMW are truly rich.
There are only three or four people in the village who meet this standard, and Zhou Xiaoke is definitely the one who has risen the fastest among them.
Nowadays, it is an era where making money is the standard.
Whoever earns more has face in the village.
It is a pity that several village chiefs and village heads did nothing and only cared about their own immediate interests, causing this mentality to spread among the villagers and then evolved into a deformed form.
There are more people gossiping than working.
Those who make money outside are sought after, those who open small factories in the village are envied, and they will also be reported for disturbing others with noise.
There are more and more idle people and the village economy has not developed at all.
While other villages are building high-rise buildings and making more money, our village remains stagnant.
Of course, none of this has anything to do with Zhou Anan.
He was not born to be the village chief, so he had to take care of his own family's affairs first.
"An An, do you want to join in?"
Zhou Gang, a primary school classmate, was playing cards. When he saw Zhou Anan coming over, he called out to her enthusiastically.
Unlike Zhou Anan who is still in college, Zhou Gang, who graduated from a vocational school, has been working for more than two years and has some money of his own.
"No."
Shaking his head, Zhou Anan had no interest in joining in.
Not to mention that the card games here are small ones with a starting point of five dollars, even because of her mental age, Zhou Anan would stay away from this kind of activity.
It’s okay to play with family members, but if you play with outsiders, you will feel uncomfortable if you lose, and it will be meaningless if you win.
If you are not careful and play too big, you may end up bankrupt.
In the next two years, the hardware industry in Lizhou developed rapidly, and a large number of multi-millionaires and billionaires emerged, and even sports cars worth tens of millions were common.
At its peak, the tiny city of Lizhou had hundreds of luxury cars worth tens of millions, and cars worth millions were easily counted in the hundreds.
But 15 years later, luxury cars became rare in Lizhou.
The change in industry prospects is one factor. Another important factor is that the number of local billionaires with assets worth hundreds of millions is decreasing. Many of them have lost their money in the gambling city, and most of the luxury cars are parked in the underground garages of mortgage companies, gathering dust.
There was once a joke that was very popular in Lizhou.
A father and son went to Las Vegas and won 95 million in three days and three nights.
On the fourth day, the father and son planned to earn another five million and bring home a total of 100 million.
I bet five million and lost it;
Even if he bet another ten million, it would be gone;
Twenty million.
As a result, they lost again and again.
After one day and one night, the father and son lost their original profits and also lost a business worth hundreds of millions in Lizhou.
From 2015 to 2018 alone, there were dozens of companies worth over 100 million yuan in Lizhou that had their capital chains broken or were directly mortgaged and auctioned due to their owners' gambling, contributing tens of billions of dollars in profits to the gambling city.
Some people gamble not only to satisfy their inner selfish desires, but also because it is the fastest and easiest way to make money, and they always feel that they will be the winner.
In this regard, Zhou Anan, who is bound to become a billionaire, looked at the situation where the win or loss was only a few hundred yuan, and his heart was calm.
After standing aside and watching for more than half an hour, Zhou Anan felt that there was nothing interesting, so she went home and passed the time surfing the Internet in the computer room on the first floor.
It’s still more fun to chat with girls online and joke with classmates.
The twenty-ninth and the last days of the lunar year are spent in a process of eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating.
"An An, come to No. 1 Mansion to celebrate the New Year."
Zhou Anan, who was lying on the bed texting with a beautiful girl, was a little surprised when he received a call from Hu Shangyi.
(End of this chapter)
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