After the brothers had a round of drinking, they put down their wine glasses first, and each of them picked up the seafood with chopsticks and ate for a while.
Zhao Ting asked: "Brother Hui, your place has been renovated. When do you plan to move there? We will warm the pot for you then."
Hotpot is a term here in Qicheng. It means moving to a new house, and the family or close friends go over to make it fun.
"Let's dry it in August for two months first. It's warm in the summer and it should be dried faster." Xia Yunhui thought about it and decided that this is the month.
Qi Lixin asked: "Brother Hui, can it be done in only two months? Aren't they saying that the newly renovated house smells bad, with a lot of methanol and so on?"
"It's not a big problem. I use all environmentally friendly materials for decoration. Besides, your decoration company, Brother Kai, can rest assured." Xia Yunhui said.
Speaking of the decoration company, Zhao Ting chuckled and said, "Brother Kai, when my house needs to be renovated, I have to ask you for help."
"Okay, this doesn't matter, let's drink and drink." Xia Zekai held the wine glass and motioned for him not to just use his mouth.
Xia Yunhui also took the opportunity to make a round of advertisements: "Ting, the quality of the work done by your decoration company, Brother Kai, is second to none. Just rest assured. The prices are much cheaper than those on the market."
Xia Zekai waved his hand: "A friend of mine is doing it over there, so I invested money in individual stocks. But if any of you want to decorate, just let me know. Quality and quantity are guaranteed, and the price will be the cost price. Absolutely
no problem."
This can save a lot of money. Everyone knows this. The brothers had another drink.
Children can't eat too much seafood yet. After they pick and choose some, they don't really want to eat it, and they focus on ordinary home-cooked dishes.
Dong Fei ordered another seafood dumpling soup. It was different from the seafood dumpling soup made in restaurants outside. The one made here highlighted the word "seafood".
Visibly plump clam meat, white and tender prawns, shredded squid, and a few scattered eggs. The color, flavor, and taste are all good.
When several children saw it, they all liked to eat it.
The eldest brother talked about his two cars and said: "The big car still runs better and can make some money. Now the small car is useless. I can earn several thousand yuan a month. I still have to maintain the car and take care of the family. It's not like that at all."
Those who don’t have enough money will be destined to be eliminated in the next step.”
"Well, it will definitely become more and more difficult later on." Xia Zekai naturally knew the extent of the subsequent 'involution'.
He asked: "Brother, have you ever considered switching to other businesses?"
Xia Yunfei shook his head: "I repaired cars for the first ten years and sold sports cars in these years. I have never been exposed to other industries. What do you think I can do?"
Xia Zekai thought about it, this is not it. It would be really difficult for a driver who has been an experienced driver for many years to change his career.
He didn't mention it anymore.
The seafood on the table was a little cold, so the second brother Xia Yunhui urged everyone to eat it quickly. The fishy smell was too strong and it would not taste good after it cooled down.
Second sister-in-law Dong Fei said: "How about I ask the store to heat it up again, and I'll order some more dishes."
"Sister-in-law, these dishes are enough to eat. I can't eat any more." Xia Zekai called out to the second sister-in-law.
After the children finished eating, they wanted to go out and play. Cousin Zhao Yan said, "Brother, sister-in-law, you eat first. I'll take them out for a walk when I'm full."
Sister-in-law Li Aijuan also said, "I've almost eaten, let's go out for a walk together."
At this moment, even the second sister-in-law Dong Fei and Luo Xiyun also went out, leaving Xia Zekai and his brothers chatting and bragging.
From time to time, I would talk about the current political news, what the international situation is like, who is being dishonest, etc.
When it comes to making money, everyone present has to give Xia Zekai a thumbs up.
"Brother, has your factory released a new product?" Qi Lixin said.
He said: "Yesterday, I went to RT-Mart to buy some melted beans for Xiaomeng. I didn't know that RT-Mart was running an event where if I bought two boxes of melted beans, I would get a box of Pocky chocolate bar biscuits for free. The waiter said it was a new product just released by your manufacturer.
, I was doing an event, and I saw on the Pocky packaging box that it was really produced by your factory."
Xia Zekai nodded: "Well, mass production just started this Tuesday, and RT-Mart responded quite quickly."
"I have a hunch that this thing will definitely be popular. Brother Kai, you will make a lot of money again. Congratulations to you first." Qi Lixin picked up the wine glass and took a sip.
Almost a quarter of the wine was gone.
"Zekai, I read on the front-end news and on the Internet that you are worth over 100 million?"
"Brother, what's the matter? Our factory's sales in the first half of this year exceeded 100 million. They don't know and they are just talking about it. I wish I had that much money." Xia Zekai explained.
After hearing what he said, several people understood that it was easy to understand that the sales exceeded 100 million.
After all, under normal circumstances, the profit of the product only accounts for a small part of it.
But they don't know that whether it is Rongdou or mainstream children's toilet sanitary ware, the profits of these two areas are very high, which is higher than most people's imagination.
Earning money makes you soft, and you are talking about people like Xia Zekai.
Time was still running forward, and before I knew it, it was afternoon. My brothers had drunk enough wine and had enough seafood.
The second brother went to pay the bill, and a few people walked out. The children were standing next to the greenhouse, looking at the seedlings inside from time to time, and they were very happy.
They have never seen farmland, don't know what a crop field is, let alone what these fruit saplings are.
After hearing her mother say that the strawberries they ate were grown from these seedlings, Tongtong even reached out and made a gesture.
How big are the strawberries and how small are the seedlings? How do they grow?
She also asked her mother if it would be better to eat the seedlings directly than strawberries?
One sentence successfully broke the adults' guard and made several adults laugh.
"Tongtong, you usually like to eat pears, why don't you just go over and chew the bark of the pear tree." Xia Zekai asked her, pointing to the pear tree.
"Huh, Dad is bad, I will ignore you." Tongtong turned away and sulked with her father.
There was nothing to do today. I drank again and had nothing to do. Xia Zekai suggested finding a place to sing. In the evening, he arranged to find a place to eat some special mutton.
Among the people here, one thing is that the only ones who work seriously are Luo Xiyun and my second sister-in-law Dong Fei, but today is Saturday and neither of them are working.
Others are housewives who work by themselves or take care of their children at home. It doesn't matter what arrangements you make today.
The brothers in their family had never shouted together before. When they heard Xia Zekai's proposal, they all agreed.
Zhao Ting also said: "Brother, I know a place that can sing and has amusement facilities for children. It's pretty good."
"What are you talking about? Lead the way." Xia Zekai almost slapped him.
The place where Zhao Ting took them to play was on Dongsan Road. It was a three-story building surrounded by a residential community. From the outside, the building looked very dilapidated, but when they entered, they discovered that there was something special inside.
There is a rope net wall at the entrance. Opposite the net wall is a large slide, ocean ball, swing, seesaw, wooden horse, bumper car, and all kinds of toys are complete.
Xia Zekai asked the waiter at the door how to charge. The waiter told him that it was charged per person, 50 per adult and free for children.
There is also a KTV box for adults. The store gives away two large fruit plates and 4 buckets of popcorn. If you want to drink beer, you have to worry about it separately.
This is good, it is obvious and there are no hidden costs.
There were 9 adults in total. Luo Xiyun handed over five hundred tickets, and the four of them led the eager children through the net wall and went inside to play.
Xia Zekai and the other five followed the waiter to the second floor. There were three rooms in total.
Xia Zekai deliberately walked to the end and took a look. From here, she could see the children playing below.
The bottom is covered with ocean balls of various colors, and several children are laughing and playing inside, giggling.
"Girl, dad is here." Xia Zekai waved his hand in greeting.
"Dad, dad, I want to play down there."
Xia Zekai looked at it for a while and then entered the room.
After he entered, he found that this room was an entirely different world.
There are arcade-type game machines, and even game coins are prepared in the store. It seems that they are just having fun playing.
There is football table tennis where two people can play on each side.
There was also a game console plugged into the TV. Xia Zekai became curious about it as soon as he saw it, and inexplicable memories came to his mind.
He still remembered that when he was a child, he, Xia Zezhen, Xia Zelin and several other naughty friends went to the ditch on the roadside to pick up old wires and scrap metal, took them home and peeled off the skin bit by bit with a knife, and then removed the inside.
I sold the aluminum core for money, and then walked to town with the money to buy a game console.
At that time, all game consoles had game cards inserted, and game cards had to be purchased separately, such as Super Maria, Contra, Tanks, etc. The more I thought about it, the more familiar the feeling became and became more addictive.
The waiter had already helped to turn on the audio equipment. He blew two breaths into the wireless microphone, and the blowing sound was amplified by the audio equipment.
Xia Zekai fiddled with it for a while, and he actually asked him to bring up the game menu. He selected "Contra" and played two games.
Although I stopped playing for 20 years, some things are still clear to me.
He still remembered that if he ate S, he would get a shotgun, and if he ate L, he would get a laser gun. He should jump forward when crossing the bridge. With this familiar memory, he successfully passed the first level without any surprise.
"Brother Kai, you are awesome, you can still play this." Qi Lixin said in surprise.
When he was a child, his family was poor, so this thing was a pure luxury to him, and he had never played with it.
Later, I dropped out of school before graduating from middle school and went to work, and I had no time to play this.
When I grow up, I will be busy making money, saving money, and making more money all day long. I feel that I am an adult and I am embarrassed to play such things as children anymore.
Seeing his cousin Xia Zekai playing around here, there was a light called "desire" in his eyes, but he didn't know how to play, and the conflicting mood hung directly on his face.
Xia Zekai handed him one of the remote controls: "Lao Qi, I'll tell you how to play this thing. It's very simple. We work together."
While talking, after Xia Zekai explained to Qi Lixin how to control this thing, he quit and chose the two-player mode again.
Amidst the gunshots of "da da da da da da", two 30-year-old boys picked up the happiness that belonged to their memories.
Remember my lost youth, it has become a memory. I don’t know how many people have played it!
