Chapter Twenty-Four: The Comer Is Not Good
"Isn't this too high-profile?"
Hearing that Zhou Xuan and Zhou Changxing both agreed to this matter, Dad Zhou hesitated a little.
When Zhou Xuan heard Zhou's father's hesitation, he knew that Zhou's father was afraid that his family would pay for the road to be repaired, so wouldn't that tell others that his family was very rich. Since ancient times, China has had a tradition of not revealing wealth, so many people earn money and live a low-key life.
However, this matter has now been forgotten by many people, and many people look like nouveau riche when they get rich. Flaunting one's wealth in various public places has caused a bad social impact. But Zhou Xuan's family is not like this, just a big birthday, and then help the village build more than two miles of dirt roads into gravel roads.
Moreover, before Zhou Xuan's family repaired the house, everyone knew that the Zhou family was rich, didn't they see that the small building was repaired so well? And this time it was going to be a big deal to celebrate grandpa's 60th birthday. Since everything has been done, building another road is actually not a big deal in Zhou Xuan's opinion.
And Zhou Xuan has the confidence, in the county seat, in Rongzhou, who else dares to trouble the Zhou family. Lu Fu will show his wealth, these tens of thousands of yuan are not even a dime a dozen for Zhou Xuan's family.
Zhou Xuan smiled: "Dad, are you thinking too much." The county is much richer than us, and I don't see them paying attention to any influences. We'll spend 10,000 or 20,000 yuan to build a gravel road, which is really nothing. ”
"Yes, big brother, what's so high-profile about this. Zhou Changxing also said beside him.
Dad Zhou heard the persuasion of the two: "Okay, then let's fix it." But we have to discuss this matter with the village party secretary. When the time comes, it will be much more convenient to call him to cooperate. ”
"Hehe, as long as we talk to him, he will be happy. You know, this is also a political achievement. Zhou Xuan said with a smile.
In this way, the matter of building roads and dams was decided. The next step is the division of labor, and Zhou's father is naturally responsible for finding a company that specializes in holding dam banquets. Then book the date, the dishes, the drinks. At the same time, it is necessary to inform all relatives and friends, knowing that some relatives do not have a phone at home, so they can only rely on people to call. It may not be possible to notify on time, so this should be notified in advance.
Under the leadership of Zhou Changxing, Zhou Xuan visited the village director and branch secretary, and then talked about the road construction this time. Of course, the village has no opinion on such a thing, and it is very supportive. Seeing that Zhou Xuan and Zhou Changxing had bought cars, not the kind of cars that cost tens of thousands of yuan, but more than 200,000 cars, the village's vision and attitude suddenly changed.
So, on the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, Zhou Xuan's road repair work and dam repair work began completely.
Zhou Xuan first asked the truck to carry two truckloads of stones over and filled all the mud puddles formed by the rain in the past few days. Then let the car transport the cement and river sand from the repair yard dam to the door, and the work began on both sides at the same time.
For the stone road, it is naturally relatively simple, and Zhou Xuan can just hand it over to the engineering team directly. As for repairing the dam, Zhou Xuan directly found a few masons in the village, and handed them all over.
And Zhou Xuan looked at the progress every day, then checked the quality of the project, and then it was the problem of paying and managing food.
And the old and young masters in the village also knew about Zhou Xuan's family paying for the road repair. Seeing Zhou Xuan's family's generosity, they were shocked by how much money the Zhou family made, anyway, there was everything.
Some said that Zhou Xuan didn't know how to spend it when he was rich, some said that Zhou Xuan's family was too high-profile, and some couldn't see that others were developed, so they gossiped there. Of course, some people say that Zhou Xuan's family actually spent tens of thousands of dollars to repair the dam and repair the road in order to celebrate his grandfather's birthday, which is simply too wasteful. With these tens of thousands, you can have several birthdays.
Also, the price at that time was really low, and tens of thousands of yuan could indeed be used for several birthdays.
However, when they heard that Zhou Xuan's car had more than 200,000 yuan, and Zhou Changxing's car also had more than 100,000 yuan, everyone didn't say anything, because they were all shocked by this price.
Although life in the village is much better than before, there are still not many people who can buy a car for more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan. Zhou Xuan remembered that in the last life, when there were more cars in the village, it was only after 2010. Before 2010, only a few wealthy families bought cars.
In this way, under the hard work of the workers, it only took a few days to complete the entire road and dam repair. On the day before the Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhou Xuan had dinner with more than a dozen engineering teams, and then wrapped 200 red envelopes for everyone, thanking everyone for their hard work during the New Year.
On the Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhou Xuan and his family had a very happy Chinese New Year's Eve, and then entered the time of 1999 with everyone. Then after staying bored for four days, Grandpa Zhou Xuan's birthday finally came.
Zhou Xuan's grandfather's birthday, Zhou Xuan didn't notify too many people. Except for relatives, Zhou Xuan only notified the Weilian and asked him to come over with his mother. At the beginning, Wei Lian and his mother had stayed in Zhou Xuan's hometown for a few days, so Zhou Xuan invited them. As for the others, Zhou Xuan did not invite.
Zhou Xuan's hometown's birthday, relatives have been here since the first night. However, it is generally close relatives, or the kind of relatives who are closer, and will arrive a day earlier.
From afternoon to evening, the sound of firecrackers in front of Zhou Xuan's house kept ringing, so frightened that the family dog could only hide in the house. There are so many bones in the farm, I don't dare to come out to pick them up and eat them, it's really not a good mouth.
And the first night, I usually eat noodles. Of course, this is long life, and everyone eats long life together. Tonight, Grandpa Zhou Xuan was very happy, looking at so many people coming, his face was full of red, and his smile never stopped.
On the second morning, from the top of the dam, twelve columns were set up in a row of four tables, making a total of sixty tables. This is the last number calculated by Zhou's father, it should have been about 55 tables, but with the addition of the chefs, five tables were also reserved.
Seeing his parents picking up relatives in front of the door, Zhou Xuan could only sit at the table with Zhou Xiaomei. It's so boring, many relatives Zhou Xuan don't know, and Zhou Xuan doesn't bother to know each other.
By about twelve o'clock in the afternoon, everyone was basically there. As expected, fifty-four tables were filled, not much closer. At this time, Zhou Xuan, Zhou Changxing, and Wei Lian were sitting at a table, talking and chatting together.
But just when Zhou's father beckoned everyone to eat, a van came on the highway. A few young people with not so friendly faces got out of the car and rushed over to Dad Zhou.
"Oh no!
Zhou Changxing said a little worriedly beside him.