Chapter 345: New Year's Eve
In the evening, Yan Lao turned the last page of the calendar, he woke up, and a year had passed. The elderly especially like to lament that time is fleeting, time is no more, and the years are silent. Yan Lao sighed slightly: "Tomorrow is New Year's Day." ”
New Year's Day is also a time for a family reunion, and Yan Lao thought to himself that he would have to go back to the city with his son and daughter-in-law tomorrow. Although it is very good here, it is not very far from the city, and children and grandchildren can come here to reunite, but the home is in the city after all. In fact, now Yan Tianzhi and his wife are still in Heqian Town, and the factory is here, so naturally they can't go away.
Hearing Yan Lao's words, everyone was also stunned. The rhythm of the countryside is not strong, so that everyone almost loses track of time. Many of those festivals are silent, and people can't react.
Chu Jiaqiang didn't have too many surprises, and his sister called him today and asked him to go out to pick him up tomorrow. New Year's Day generally has three days off, plus Saturday and Sunday, adding up to five days, which is considered a long holiday.
The "yuan" of "New Year's Day" refers to the beginning, which means the first, and the beginning of the mortal number is called "yuan"; "Dan", a pictograph, the "day" above represents the sun, and the "one" below represents the horizon. "Dan" is when the sun rises over the horizon, symbolizing the beginning of the day. Combine the words "yuan" and "dan" to mean the first day of the new year.
On this day, it is said that it is a new calendar year, and it is also said that the first day of the first month, the New Year, is a relatively grand festival. This festival can be traced back to the period of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and it also has a long history.
The dynasties of the past dynasties held activities such as celebration ceremonies and prayers on New Year's Day, such as sacrificing to the gods and ancestors, writing the Spring Festival couplets on the door, writing blessing words, dancing dragon lanterns, and the folk also gradually formed entertainment and celebration activities such as worshiping gods and Buddhas, sacrificing ancestors, pasting Spring Festival couplets, setting off firecrackers, keeping the New Year, eating reunion dinners, and many "community fires". In modern times, it is popular to send New Year's cards on New Year's Day and listen to New Year's bells.
Of course, Chujiazhai does not have such customs, those sticking Spring Festival couplets, setting off firecrackers, keeping the New Year, and eating reunion dinners are all available in the old calendar year. Although there are also programs in the new year, they are completely incomparable with the traditional New Year.
Of course, everyone is happy during the festival! One by one, they discussed the programs of the past few days with high interest. They deliberately didn't go to bed so early tonight, and they had to count down with everyone to welcome the new year.
At this time, the TV dramas on TV were also cut off and changed to programs that celebrate the new calendar year and welcome the new year.
Outside, there are tourists walking around with fireworks. It seems that the owner of the small shop is not stupid and has prepared these things early. Originally, the new calendar year was not very popular in Chujiazhai, because of the arrival of tourists, it also became lively.
The children in the village have also accumulated a lot of money recently, and they are flocking to the shops one by one. Those fireworks, firecrackers and other goods are very popular. Of course, at this time, it is still a relatively dry time, and the owner does not forget to remind everyone to pay attention to fire prevention.
The people in the house couldn't bear it, so Zhou Furong took the lead in buying fireworks at the shop. This guy has also made a small fortune recently, and he directly asked the family to move out the best.
"Huh? Without? These seem to be played by children, are there any older ones that can be scattered for half a day? Zhou Furong asked.
The shopkeeper smiled wryly, he still underestimated everyone's purchasing power. In the past, these sparks cost five yuan a piece, and many people are reluctant to pay for them, only those children will pay for a few boxes of gadgets such as wiping guns, smashing guns, and rolling dogs. Today, it was the tenth person to ask him for that kind of skyrocketing fireworks.
"You might have that stuff in town, but it's definitely not much." The shopkeeper explained to Zhou Furong.
Liang Yu and other girls bought some fireworks for children to play with, and then played like children. Chen Wu and the others discussed it, and simply drove to the town to have a look.
"Just take a look at it, how can you say that this is more complete than here, right? A lot of words" Li Quan beckoned the people who were going to get into the car, and a few people went to the town in the dark.
There are two markets in the town that specialize in wholesale fireworks and firecrackers, and Zhou Furong and they have already inquired. When they arrived, they found that the two families had not yet closed their doors, and as soon as they got out of the car, there was a loud bang, and a fire mark went straight into the sky, and when they reached the air, there was a loud bang again, and it suddenly exploded, and countless brilliant sparks scattered in all directions.
"Good! There are definitely here. Chen Wu was overjoyed.
"You go to this house, I'll go to the other and remove all their fireworks." Zhou Furong said. He also knew that in such a small town, there would definitely not be many such giant fireworks. Before they came, they had scraped together 200,000 yuan, most of which were funded by a few gringos in Jackton. They all doubted that they could scrape together 200,000 yuan of goods.
Without further ado, everyone went their separate ways. The children in the village are very excited and looking forward to it. Just now, some people spread the news, and some people spent a lot of money to buy fireworks that can only be seen on TV. They had never seen it up close, and the town had heard that someone would put it away. But they couldn't go to the town at night to see it, and with the view of the mountains, they really hadn't seen it.
Now the suppliers in the town are also busy, and big business comes to the door, and they all want to close the door directly and serve these gods directly.
"How much does this kind of celestial girl cost?" Zhou Furong asked, pointing to a large fireworks half meters high and one meter in diameter.
"This kind is eighty rounds, the unit price is one thousand and five, one of the top goods we have here, how much do you want?" The boss held a calculator in his hand, followed Zhou Furong and others all the way, followed by a few guys, as long as Zhou Furong and others spoke, they immediately moved to the truck.
"Fifty of them."
The boss's face twitched, and then he collapsed: "There are not so many, there are only twenty left." "He already regretted it in his heart, and if he had made more progress, he would have made a bad profit tonight.
After a scrape, it cost more than 20,000 yuan in total, and the fireworks filled a small truck. Because they ask for too many goods, the wholesaler delivers directly to the door.
Finding that there was still a long way from the goal, Zhou Furong said to the two wholesalers: "Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, you will prepare 30,000 goods for me respectively, it must be good, understand?" ”
In this way, for the next three days, 60,000 yuan a day, that money will be used almost enough.
The two wholesalers nodded hurriedly, already smiling in their hearts. They can earn about one-third of the purchase, that is, they can earn 10,000 yuan a day, and 30,000 yuan in three days. Where to find such a business? It's so good to earn.
Chen Wu and the others were speechless, they didn't expect that the fireworks here were too bad. The most expensive is two or three thousand, and two hundred thousand can be pulled directly by car. If it's in the city, 200,000 is a matter of minutes in the sky.