Chapter 24 Change of Attitude

These people who came to visit were all Yang Hai’s very good friends when he was a child. They grew up together in the village wearing open-crotch pants, went to school together, went fishing in the river together, and climbed trees to take bird eggs together.

After growing up, everyone seeks their own way out. Even if they go out to work, they find their own way.

Basically, when you first go out to work, you have to follow relatives or be introduced by acquaintances. You don't dare to go out to work without a purpose.

At that time, there were many scams, frauds and robberies when working outside, and various documents had to be checked frequently. If you didn't have a place to stay, going out to work was also a very dangerous thing.

If you are not careful, you may even lose your life. The security environment is far from being as good as it is now.

After his rebirth, Yang Hai was very happy to see these people again. Before his rebirth, Yang Hai had been wandering in Linhai City and had regarded Linhai City as his home. He seldom returned to his hometown, and when he came back, it was mostly during the Qingming Festival to visit his parents' graves.

Therefore, Yang Hai hardly ever met these people again, and they had no interactions at all. He didn't even know how these people lived their future lives.

There were three people who came, and they dropped by under the pretext of playing cards with him, so Yang Hai started playing an upgraded card game with them.

Playing cards is not the purpose, you can chat while playing cards.

"Uncle Hai! What kind of job do you do in Linhai? Are you a boss there?" As soon as the game of cards started, a peer named Yang Jianye asked.

Yang Hai has a very high generational status in the village. His father is the youngest of the same generation, and Yang Hai is also the youngest of the same generation.

Ever since Yang Hai's father passed away, there are almost no people of Yang Hai's father's generation left, with only one or two left.

Many people of the same generation as Yang Hai already have grandchildren, and some even have great-grandchildren.

Almost everyone in the village who was the same age as Yang Hai called him Uncle Hai, but because Yang Hai was too young, many people simply called him Haizi instead of Uncle Hai.

In Yang Hai's impression, this was the first time that Yang Jianye called him Uncle Hai. In fact, he was two years older than Yang Hai. Under normal circumstances, he would certainly not be willing to call him Uncle Hai.

Although they all have the surname Yang, the relationship between them has long exceeded the five degrees of mourning, and they can no longer be considered members of a large family.

"I'm not doing anything in Linhai now! I'm just playing around with stocks and futures. I made a little money because I was lucky." Yang Hai thought about it and told the truth.

"Stock futures! When did you learn to play this? I heard it's just like gambling. If you're not careful you can lose everything." Another one named Yang Shanghui said.

"Yes! I don't dare to play this, and I don't have the capital to play. I have too little money, so I can't play it at all. I can only be used as a leek by others."

The three people were talking about it. They knew a little about stocks and futures. They all knew that these things were very profitable, but people who didn't know how to play them didn't dare to play them as they could easily lose a lot of money. When they finally earned some money through hard work, they would lose it all in an instant and would not even have tears to cry.

The three people seemed a little disappointed. They originally wanted to find Yang Hai to find out what he did to make money, hoping that he could help them make some money.

But now they know that Yang Hai made his money by playing stocks and futures, they can do nothing but envy him. They don't want to follow Yang Hai to learn how to play stocks and futures. This is not something you can learn just because you want to. They are simply not cut out for it, and they are aware of this.

Yang Hai also asked where they were and what they did.
Yang Jianye works in a watch case factory in Dongguan City. His job is to polish watch cases. Although it is a bit tiring and dirty, the income is not bad. Sometimes he can earn four or five thousand yuan a month. Yang Jianye is still very proud of this.

At this time, an average person could earn four to five thousand a month, which was considered a very high salary.

Yang Shanghui worked in Minfu Province, making clothes in a garment factory and operating a sewing machine.

The income is not bad. A couple working together can earn 6,000 to 7,000 yuan a month. When there is less work, they can still make 4,000 to 5,000 yuan.

There is another one named Yang Chaoyang. He did not go out to work, but worked in the Urban Management and Law Enforcement Comprehensive Brigade of Ruizhou City, commonly known as urban management.

His apparent income is definitely not high, but the benefits are high and there is room for development. In short, it is a job that many people envy.

It’s not that Yang Hai doesn’t want to help everyone, but he hasn’t figured out how to help them.

It is obviously inappropriate to let them work in his own company because they do not have the ability to do the job in his Huasheng Investment Company.

Shen Ruobing watched Yang Hai and his friends playing cards for a while. She couldn't understand what they were talking about. Yang Hai and his friends must be talking in Ruizhou's local dialect. How could Shen Ruobing understand?
Fortunately, the Spring Festival Gala program was pretty good. I watched the Gala while eating snacks such as melon seeds and peanuts and roasting by the fire. It seemed pretty good.

It was almost 12 o'clock when everyone left because after 12:00 they had to set off firecrackers and close the door to wealth. Once the door was closed, it could not be opened again. Usually they had to wait until almost dawn before they could open the door to wealth and set off firecrackers. At o'clock, the whole village was bustling with the deafening sound of firecrackers and the sound of fireworks.

Yang Hai and Shen Luotian also bought a lot of fireworks. They set off fireworks in the yard, and then set off a long string of firecrackers before closing the door.

I am living in my own home today. There is a thick quilt on the bed, soft straw underneath the quilt, and a thick cotton quilt weighing more than ten pounds. Two people squeezed in one quilt, and it was actually quite warm. It was not as cold as I imagined.

"Hey! What are you doing?"

"What do you mean? Of course, we do what a married couple should do."

"No! It's freezing!"

"It's because it's cold, so we have to do it."

"It won't be cold after that."

"Wait a minute, the lights are not turned off yet."

"On New Year's Eve, the lights cannot be turned off. This is a custom, just like lighting a candle in every corner."

"why?"

"This is called a prosperous New Year!"

"..."

"Can you please be more serious? You are asking so many questions when you are doing things with your spouse."

……

The next morning, Yang Hai woke up to the sound of firecrackers. He quickly got dressed, picked up firecrackers, opened the door, and set off firecrackers to open the door to wealth.

According to traditional customs, it should not be too late to open the door to wealth. After opening the door to wealth, you can continue to sleep.

In the morning, just after the two of them had finished breakfast, Yang Guangming, the son of the cousin next door, came over with his wife and daughter to pay New Year's greetings.

Not long after, many cousins ​​and nephews came one after another and ran over to wish Yang Hai a happy new year.

At first, Yang Hai himself was a little confused. When his father was alive, they were never so active in coming to wish each other a happy new year. Why did the situation suddenly change this year?

But he soon figured it out. The reason was actually very simple. Because he made money this year and he drove back a car worth more than one million yuan, so these people from the same family all came to curry favor with him.

After all, people are realistic. The richer and more powerful you are, the more respected you will be.

Who will respect you when you have neither money nor status?

Calling you Uncle Hai is being polite to you. If someone just calls you Haizi, what can you do about it?
If you have money and status, you are their cousin. If you have no money and no status, who will respect you as a cousin?

Although it is not absolute, most people actually think this way.

You made money outside, got rich, and came back driving a car worth millions. Not to mention your cousin, even if they are not from the same family, they will respectfully call you Uncle Hai according to the seniority in the village.

They politely invite you to their home for dinner, and even give you a chicken, hoping that you will have the opportunity to make money with them.

If Yang Hai went home alone today instead of driving a car, the villagers and his own family would have a different attitude towards him.

Of course, this is not to say that the villagers are bad people. The people in his own family treated him badly, but they certainly would not be so polite to him or respect him so much.

(End of this chapter)