Chapter 9 Section IX

Hao Dongxi's family lives in a building within a building in Shijia Zhizun Garden Community, with a floor area of ​​250 square meters. This living condition is not commensurate with his wealth.Local rich people like Hao Dongxi are not willing to buy that kind of luxury villa. Firstly, it is easy to get jealous if they show off their wealth. Second, in their view, the so-called villa is just an exclusive small building in a fishing village. Living in that kind of villa It's no different than living in a fishing village.Therefore, Hao Dongxi built a spacious and tall house in his hometown. They did not call the exclusive living building a villa, but a house. They bought a building within a multi-storey building in the city, plus a garage.

Hao Dongxi’s car was never parked in the garage at home. Every day when A Jin sent him home, he had to drive the car back to the company. Hao Dongxi wanted to use the car and called him at any time. The money was spent in vain to support Ah Jin.And the garage at home is occupied by his wife's silver-gray Audi A4.After his wife became a wealthy and leisurely rich woman, she was determined to be a chic self-driving car, and Hao Dongxi actively supported it, which was in Hao Dongxi's fundamental interests.Hao Dongxi has heard that many rich women who have money and leisure hire young drivers. As a result, the driver drives during working hours and drives the hostess in his spare time, turning the hostess' husband into a bastard.If the wife drives the car by herself, she will lose the risk of her cuckolding herself. This kind of psychology is a bit dark, but it can also prove that Hao Dongxi really cares about his wife who is still a young lady.My wife originally wanted to buy an orange sports car, she liked the look of a sports car so much.Hao Dongxi firmly disagreed, because he heard from others that that kind of car belonged to a mistress car, and he was afraid that others would mistake his wife for a mistress.After he told his wife the reason, she accepted his suggestion immediately, changed her mind, and bought this Audi A4 suitable for women under Ajin's suggestion.Hao Dongxi smiled secretly at his rare victory. It turned out that his wife was also afraid that she would be mistaken for a mistress by others.

Hao Dongxi opened the door and came in, took off his shoes and bag, and greeted his wife: "Ajiao, I'm back." Ajiao is his wife's boudoir name, and it is also the highlight of Hao Dongxi's admiration for her father-in-law.This name sounds like Jiao Didi, but only when I saw the words did I know that it is not at all Jiao Didi. Will Jiaolong be as delicate as a woman?He has been trying to figure out why his father-in-law would give his wife such a vicious name. His father-in-law's answer was not accurate, but he said that he hoped that his daughter would grow up to be successful and not be bullied by men like other women; For a while, he said that he was originally delicate and charming. When he was in school, he asked the teacher to write his name as Jiao, and it has been used forever; for a while, he said that his daughter is the boss of the family. I used this jiao.Every time the query results are different, Hao Dongxi loses interest, and calls her what she likes, as long as it is his wife.

Hao Dongxi threw off her slippers and came to the living room with her big black feet.His wife, Ajiao, curled up on the sofa watching Korean dramas as usual, her eyes were red, and there must be something that provoked her to be emotional.Hao Dongxi annoys his wife watching Korean dramas, the kind of boring and crooked plots, stories about nothing to do, and endless dialogues, Hao Dongxi feels anxious when he sees it.He believes that liking to watch Korean dramas is of low taste. This is an idea hidden in his heart, and he dare not say it in front of his wife.Although his taste is not much higher, he still thinks that his taste is good, because the Lumen cultural people he came into contact with have the same evaluation of Korean dramas as he does.His Dadongnan Group is very famous in Lumen City. From time to time, cultural people will come to him for alms. Those who want money to publish books or organize activities are called sponsorship and donation in the official name. Therefore, Hao Dongxi knows many cultural people. .

He likes to watch war movies, and the scenes of guns filled with smoke and rumbling guns satisfy his nostalgic feelings.As a native of Lumen, he spent his childhood with the sound of cannons.At that time, Lumen was the front line of coastal defense. It was necessary to guard against Chiang Kai-shek’s counterattack to the mainland, but also to be ready to liberate Taiwan. Going to school, leaving school, playing, and condolences to the People’s Liberation Army with the sound of rumbling guns are festivals that remain in Hao Dongxi’s memory.Now, although all of this has become a distant memory, in Hao Dongxi's subconscious, the ignorance of the gunfire in his childhood is still the most important part of his growth history.Of course, people of Hao Dongxi’s level of education cannot have a rational, objective, and sober subject awareness of all these things. The reason why he loves war films, especially the themes in the later period of the War of Liberation, is actually a matter of fact. A nostalgic empathy for the past.It is a pity that his wife is not interested in war films at all, and his taste for appreciation is often met with merciless ridicule by his wife, saying that he is vulgar, angry youth, and has no connection with art.At times like this, Hao Dongxi often couldn't help but want to yell at his wife: "Fuck you!" just like he did to his employees, but he never dared to really yell.

"Are you back? Why is it so late today?" Hao Dongxi's wife got up and began to boil water with an electric teapot, preparing to make tea for Hao Dongxi.The character of Hao Dongxi's wife is a typical Lumen character: soft on the outside and strong on the inside.To outsiders, his wife is a gentle, diligent, virtuous and good wife. If he doesn't speak up, he will often think that his wife is a woman from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.But only Hao Dongxi understands that his wife is not inferior to the fierceness of Northeast women, the calculation of Hubei women, the diligence of Sichuan women and the ability of Hunan women.In the past, his wife was busy with business and hired a nanny to do housework at home.Today, except for the financial control of the group's business, she basically no longer participates in other things.With more free time, his wife fired the nanny and took care of the housework by herself. According to Hao Dongxi's understanding, this is also a side effect of watching Korean dramas. The way Korean wives take care of housework has affected his wife, making his wife completely the master of the house .

Hao Dongxi walked into the living room barefoot, put the fried crab brought back by his wife on the coffee table, and sat down on the sofa: "Fuck you, TV stations are sold to Koreans now." Sure enough, a Korean drama was being played on the TV screen. It is said that this drama has hundreds of episodes. You don’t need to watch the plot, just the way the characters in the drama speak makes Hao Dongxi lose his teeth.Hao Dongxi's wife washed tea, scalded cups, and flushed water skillfully, just like a serious teahouse sister.Lumen people are very particular about tea drinking, they only recognize Tieguanyin, and they don't drink any other tea.They name it bubble tea, but in fact they never make tea, they just pour boiling water into a teapot filled with tea leaves, and drink as soon as they are brewed, and each drink is only a small sip, because the teacups they use are extremely small.

His wife is also used to walking barefoot at home. The smooth granite ground is unbearable for northerners, but Lumen people feel very comfortable.It is unbelievable for a rich couple to play barefoot at home, but Lumen people are like this. Both the rich and the poor live in their true colors, and they can do whatever they want. The rich can buy a good car and live in a good house, but they still can’t live without it. Opening a bowl of noodle noodles for one yuan, and being reluctant to part with the bowl of sweet potato porridge for dinner every day, women put on a pair of slippers and run barefoot in the street, but they have to put on a pair of bare gold anklets around their ankles.

The wife made tea for Hao Dongxi and herself, sat next to Hao Dongxi, pretended to change the channel to find a program for Hao Dongxi, and returned to the Korean drama that was playing after changing around. Hao Dongxi sipped the fragrant tea: "This tea is good." Ajiao said: "Can you be wrong about the authentic Taiwanese frozen top?" Hao Dongxi does not believe that his wife is willing to spend a lot of money to buy Taiwan frozen top to drink at home. If it is said to buy it as a gift, then he believes it.He didn't say this, he was afraid that if he said it, his wife would go to the teahouse to buy a thousand dollars a catty of Taiwanese frozen tops, and no one could tell whether it was true or not, so she quickly confirmed: "It's true. That’s right, it’s an authentic Taiwanese frozen top.”

His wife sat cross-legged on the sofa, grabbed the fast food box and began to taste the fried crab. His wife ate very well, calmly and meticulously. She picked out the crab meat with a toothpick, put it into her mouth, and then sucked the meat from the crab shell. Seasoning: "Huh? Where did you buy it today?" Hao Dongxi couldn't help admiring his wife's taste, and tasted today's fried crabs not from the usual one: "You are really good at eating, that fried crabs got into a fight and closed the door, I bought another one It’s called Gongyuan Fried Crab, and it’s opened by a man from the Northeast. What’s wrong? It doesn’t taste good?”

Ajiao licked the crab legs with great interest, and nodded repeatedly: "This one tastes better. It's strange, how can people in the Northeast cook fried crabs? I will buy this one from now on." However, Hao Dongxi thought of the fried crabs as the chef Xiong Bao and the waiter Li Shasha of the rampant restaurant were fired, and then recalled that Qian Liangliang was fired for washing his feet. It felt like a thorn in a certain part of his body. , but can't find the location, can't pick it out.Like many people who get rich quickly, the more money they have, the more superstitious they become. When encountering something abnormal, he always depends on his fate and luck. Thinking of the people and things that have been fired one after another tonight, he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing. A Jiao was shocked: "What's wrong?" Hao Dongxi filled his and Ajiao's teacups, and said sullenly: "Tonight is not going well, didn't you ask me why I came back late? I encountered a few heart-warming things." "Washing the feet, the foot-washing worker fell asleep with me, but he was expelled from the foot-bath city, which made Ajiao laugh: "The foot-bath worker really fell asleep holding your feet? He didn't It stinks." Hao Dongxi said: "How can the feet that are being washed stink? The question is, because I was fired, do you think Mazu will blame me?" A Jiao bit her lip and looked at her in contemplation, Hao Dongxi looked at her eagerly, hoping that she could give enough reasons to prove that this matter had nothing to do with him, Mazu Empress would not blame herself, but unexpectedly, A Jiao said solemnly : "I must blame you, but it doesn't matter. Tomorrow, I will pay my respects at the Mazu Temple, and I will say good things for you. Mazu is reasonable, so just explain it clearly." Ajiao is amazing, a normal wife will definitely comfort her husband in this situation, it's okay, this matter has nothing to do with him, Mazu will never blame him.But Ajiao didn't say it so simply, but turned a little bit, and took Hao Dongxi's future and destiny into his own hands. It seemed that Hao Dongxi had made a big mistake in front of Mazu, and this mistake Only after she went to pay her respects would she be forgiven, and she looked as if her family or herself had some kind of personal relationship with Mazu who could go through the back door. Hao Dongxi nodded, approved his wife Ajiao's decision, and continued: "If it was the foot cleaner who got fired, I could still figure it out, but when I went to buy fried crabs for you, I ran into him again. A chef and a waiter were also fired from the restaurant that was fighting and making trouble. Tell me why this incident is so small. Is it a sign that you have encountered several such incidents of firing squid in one night? Mazu Niangniang warned What is going to happen to me recently?" A Jiao began to bite her lip and meditate again.Hao Dongxi went on to say that when he got in the car, his slippers fell under the car for no reason: "Ajiao, tell me, since I was young, I have basically never worn any other shoes except slippers. Lost shoes? When I was young, I heard from my grandma that it is the most unlucky thing for people to float on the water if their slippers are not worn securely." The pronunciation of grandma's mama here is "嘤", the outgoing sound of "ma". People in Lumen call grandma, grandma and other female elders from different generations called grandma.The grandma that Hao Dongxi said refers to his grandma.When he was young, the cross-strait war was intense. Apart from farming and fishing to support the family, his parents had to use all available time to support the family. They had time to have children but had no time to take care of them. Hao Dongxi was raised by his grandmother since he was a child. Yes, Hao Dongxi has the deepest relationship with his grandma. Grandma has instilled in him a mind full of myths and legends and principles of life. His devout belief in Mazu is derived from his grandma's true biography.When Ajiao and Hao Dongxi got married, Grandma was still alive. While Ajiao and Grandma got along friendly, they were always fighting instinctively and secretly. The war between two women who loved the same man from different angles was intense. The extent and tactics used are no less than cross-strait espionage wars. Everyone wants to firmly control Hao Dongxi in their own hands ideologically and spiritually.There is no distinction between right and wrong in this kind of competition. This is a normal and instinctive reaction of two women when they face a man they cherish together.In the end, this tragic family drama ended with the sudden death of Mamaw.Grandma is gone, but the inertia is still there, and the inertia still shows up in Hao Dongxi and Ajiao from time to time. Hao Dongxi's specific performance is to say at every turn: how can grandma say.The specific performance on A Jiao is that when Hao Dongxi mentions grandma, A Jiao will immediately find out all kinds of plausible reasons to deny it.Just like now, after biting his lip and meditating for a while, Ajiao immediately comforted Hao Dongxi solemnly: "That's not the case, the slippers are hung on the feet, not nailed to the feet, so how can we not take them off? I I lost my shoes when I got in the car today, and I didn’t meet any unlucky people who got fired, so don’t believe that.” When Hao Dongxi heard what Ajiao said, she was shocked: "What? You lost your shoes today too? That's not a good sign. Think about it, our couple never loses their shoes, but today we will lose them. Will there be any accidents? Has Hao Dahai communicated recently?" Hao Dahai is their son, he doesn't study hard, and sees that there is no hope for the college entrance examination.Lumen people are most concerned about whether their children study well. If a child studies well, the parents will be honored. If the child does not study well, the parents will lose face.Hao Dongxi also has the best face, his son is not good at studying, so relying on his family's money, he sent him to a private school in Australia that he could attend with money, and he was treated as garbage for studying abroad, and then he bragged all over the world that their family Hao Dahai went abroad .The reason why Hao Dongxi suddenly asked about his son was because he was afraid that the omen of the couple dropping their slippers on the same day would fall on his son.Speaking of his son, Ajiao was also a little worried: "No way? He called today to ask for money to buy a car. He said he wanted to work and study. He found a job and it was far away from school. It was convenient to buy a car. I also praised him for being sensible. Now, I know that I am making money by doing things.” Hao Dongxi immediately made a decision: "He must not be allowed to buy a car. He doesn't understand foreign traffic rules. He doesn't know the foreign traffic police when he drives a car. There is no place to intercede and give money. This is absolutely impossible. Let him do it if the part-time job is far away.” Ajiao made Hao Dongxi fooled so much that his heart started to flutter. He didn't care about eating, so he stuffed the crab with the shell and meat into his mouth, chewed and spit it out: "Like this, I'll go to give it to Mazu early in the morning tomorrow." Let the empress burn incense, and ask her to bless us safe and sound. You should go to bed early, and be careful in everything you do from tomorrow on.” In turn, Hao Dongxi made Ajiao's nervousness even more tense, and he began to ponder anxiously: "I wonder if Mazu Mazu has other intentions?" Ajiao stopped the greasy hand who was packing the fast food box, and asked him with clear eyes: "What do you think Mazu Madam would mean?" Hao Dongxi thought and said, "Could Mazu mean that we should arrange a job for them, those few people who got fired?" Ajiao didn't dare to easily deny Mazu's intentions, and said hesitantly: "Our company doesn't have a job to wash feet and cook." Hao Dongxi patted his thigh, and his face was suddenly enlightened and relieved: "I see, didn't we always want to open a club? We kept procrastinating because we didn't know what to do. Think about it, all those who were laid off and fired tonight It is in the service industry, will Mazu let us open the club?" Ajiao has never been interested in working in the clubhouse, because she didn't know what the clubhouse was for at all.Hao Dongxi is the same, he doesn't know what the clubhouse is all about, but the term clubhouse has become very popular recently, it seems that people can eat, drink and have fun in it, anyway, their company spends several million on this every year , The fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, if you open one at home, it is convenient and affordable, why not do it?So he wanted to open a club. "How about it? You can manage a club. In this way, besides the position of financial director, you can have a more practical job to do." Hao Dongxi further persuaded Ajiao. The characteristic of Lumen women is that they can't be idle. No matter they are wealthy or ordinary people, they will keep busy with their hands and feet. They call this "doing".In their concept, people live to do, and not doing is not living.Ajiao originally envied those rich women who have money and leisure time. Seeing that they are also rich women, they work out all day, dance, rub hemp and soak in hot springs. They live like a fairy, and she has to worry about running around in the group , The psychology is very unbalanced.In the end, he reached an agreement with Hao Dongxi that he would no longer go to work, and spend the rest of his time at leisure except for managing money and accounts.At the beginning, I met a few rich women to soak in hot springs, play mahjong, go to the swimming pool every morning to swim, and go to the gym in the afternoon to work out. As a result, after a few months, I felt nothing about all these things, as if living like this was a waste of time. That day her car was sent to a 4S shop for maintenance, and she took a taxi on the way back.The driver was a female driver, and she kept laughing at her.Ajiao also saw the familiarity of the person, and asked about it. The female driver turned out to be the youngest daughter of the head of Huang Village, a well-known Daping Village in Lumen City. When it comes to wealth, Hao Dongxi and Ajiao are like a horse to a camel.Hao Dongxi and the others belong to the fishing village, while Daping Village belongs to the countryside; Hao Dongxi and the others rely on parallel imports to start their business, and Village Chief Huang and the others rely on selling land; Starting a business, all of them come to the same goal, and they all become rich pioneers.They are all local folks, and they can't stop coming and going. In previous years, they would walk with each other during the New Year's festival. This youngest daughter who was a taxi driver also met Ajiao when she was a child. Rarely, when you ask and smile, you just have nothing to say.Now I'm grown up, strong, beautiful, and talkative.Ajiao knew that according to the local customs and the strength of her family, if she married, the dowry alone would be enough for her to eat and drink for the rest of her life.Ajiao really couldn't figure out how she would come out to drive a taxi. It would be understandable if she opened a store or worked as a manager in a company. A Jiao asked her why she came out to drive a taxi, and her answer made A Jiao feel a lot: "Driving a taxi can not only practice driving skills, but also understand the society, meet many people, and work hard. If you can drive a taxi well, you will come out later. You can do anything to make money.” After breaking up with Village Chief Huang's eldest lady, Ajiao began to feel a little disappointed. It seemed that if she didn't come out to work, she would give up the opportunity to make money to others. This made her secretly regret her original decision, but she couldn't tell Hao Dongxi, Because Hao Dongxi didn't agree with her going home to be a full-time wife to enjoy the blessings at the beginning, it was she who made the noise to live the life of a rich woman with money and leisure. Hao Dongxi's words reminded her that the opportunity is now in front of her. If the clubhouse is established and she presides over it, then there will be another "doing" thing, so Ajiao's attitude immediately reversed 180 degrees, and she approved it. Hao Dongxi's suggestion: "You are right, maybe it is Mazu who is pointing us out. How about this, when I offer incense to Mazu tomorrow, I will ask the master in the temple to calculate it. If Mazu really means it, even if If you don’t make money, you have to set up the clubhouse as soon as possible.” Ajiao made another choice for herself, fearing that she would not be able to make money by hosting the clubhouse, and she would complain, so she brought her words to the fore. Hao Dongxi's mind was still spinning around those unlucky guys who were laid off and fired: "Whether the clubhouse is open or not, these people are destined to be with me. Tomorrow I will arrange the HR department of the group to find them. Let's just arrange a meeting with them." Work is done, if the meeting can be held, let them do what they do, wash their feet, wash their feet, cook and cook." For Ajiao, this matter has been decided, so he stopped discussing this matter with Hao Dongxi and urged Hao Dongxi to take a shower and sleep.Hao Dongxi salivated and said that his back was itchy, and asked Ajiao to rub his back. Ajiao complained that he was troublesome and hard to serve, and followed Hao Dongxi into the bathroom with a helpless look.In fact, A Jiao is very willing to rub her husband's back. Hao Dongxi's tendons, which were trained in sailing and steering when he was a child, have not degenerated so far, and it can still make A Jiao feel hot all over.