Go back to 1980 and enjoy it

Zhou Wang Brigade.

Xiaojiang Village.

Chen Dacong carried a soft-shelled turtle tied with canes and weighing at least twenty kilograms, whistling all the way home.

As soon as we walked back to the entrance of the village, someone asked in surprise: "Da Cong, where did you catch such a big turtle?"

Chen Dacong said with a smile: "Uncle Seventeen, I caught it by the small lake in Jiaowo."

Uncle Seventeen heard this and said with envy on his face: "I didn't expect that there was such a big turtle hidden in that place. You are so lucky. This turtle looks like it will not be less than twenty pounds. If you encounter it, If you have a rich boss, you can sell it for twenty or thirty yuan, but what you get today is equivalent to someone else’s monthly salary.”

Chen Dacong shook his head and said, "I won't sell this for any money. I have to give it to my brother-in-law. He likes to eat this."

Uncle Seventeen said: "Your brother-in-law likes to eat, so you have to give it to him. You are a great brother-in-law. It's a pity that your sister is not lucky enough to enjoy it."

Chen Dacong thought of his eldest sister who died young and sighed: "There is no way, this is fate!"

Uncle Seventeen said: "I heard that your brother-in-law became the head of the Nayedeng clan and raised millions to build a passenger transport company. It's really amazing. As a brother-in-law, you have to go to brother-in-law's house more. "When your brother-in-law gets rich, he can give you a hand and help you two brothers live a good life."

Chen Dacong said with a smile: "My brother-in-law can take care of us enough. The two eldest members of my family have been taken to the county town to work!"

"That's right. Being able to work in the county is already a good thing that many people can't even think of!"

"Okay, Uncle Seventeen, I won't tell you any more. This thing is quite heavy. I'll go home and have a rest first, and I'll send it to my brother-in-law later."

"Well, let's go back!"

…

After having lunch at home, Chen Dacong packed the turtle in a sack and walked towards his brother-in-law's house.

In fact, with the current economic conditions of Chen Dacong's family, there is no pressure to buy a bicycle. After all, the monthly salary of the two children is dozens of dollars, plus there is a year-end bonus. Over the past year, the two children have Already made thousands of dollars.

What's more, this year he also planted watermelons and earned more than 2,000 yuan.

Now, the cash at his disposal has reached about 3,500, so buying a bicycle is really not difficult.

However, perhaps because he is used to saving, he has never had the intention to buy a bicycle.

When he arrived at his brother-in-law's house, he saw him changing the battery for the TV under the wooden shed. Chen Dacong greeted him: "Brother-in-law!"

Seeing his brother-in-law arriving, Deng Shirong quickly replaced the battery and asked, "Have you eaten?"

"After eating, I was lucky enough to catch a big turtle today, so I brought it to you." With that, Chen Dacong untied the sack and took out the big turtle.

"What a good thing!" Deng Shirong couldn't help but exclaimed in admiration. This kind of thing was common in later generations, but nine out of ten times it was farmed, and it was incomparable with pure wild things.

Chen Dacong smiled and said, "I know you like to eat this stuff, brother-in-law."

Deng Shirong reached out and grabbed the cane and lifted it. While feeling its weight, he said: "This soup is delicious and nourishing. It also tastes good when braised. I will stew it in a while and drink two cups with you." ”

Chen Dacong immediately said: "Brother-in-law, let me help you. Kill this thing first."

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "Don't worry, it's still early now. Sit down and have a rest and burn two tubes of cigarettes first."

Carrying such a heavy gadget for such a long distance really made him want to smoke. Chen Dacong didn't refuse and went over to get a chimney to smoke.

Deng Shirong sat across from him and said: "Da Cong, now that the country is reforming and opening up, more and more people are going out to do business, and many of them are making money. You can't make a fortune just focusing on the three-quarter acre of land at home. , do you have the idea of ​​going out to do business?

If so, tell me and I will support you. "

Now that he has led the entire Naye Deng family on the road to wealth, naturally he cannot let his relatives fall behind.

While stuffing tobacco into the mouth of the chimney, Chen Dacong said: "As for the idea, I really have an idea. Brother-in-law, please help me refer to it to see if I can do it."

Deng Shirong said: "Well, tell me about it!"

Chen Dacong took out a match and said: "Now during the Chinese New Year, people are buying more and more fireworks and firecrackers, so I want to build a gun factory in our village. Brother-in-law, do you think this can be done?"

Deng Shirong thought for a while and said, "Your idea is a good one, and the fireworks and firecrackers produced by opening a cannon factory should not worry about sales. However, opening a cannon factory carries a very big risk. Have you considered it?"

Chen Dacong lit a match and took a few puffs of cigarette before asking: "Brother-in-law, what are the risks you are talking about?"

Deng Shirong spit out two words: "Safety!"

In the previous life, some people in their brigade also operated a gun factory, but due to insufficient safety awareness, an accident eventually occurred. Not only were all the raw materials in the gun factory burned, but the lives of two of the dozen employees were completely ended, and the lives of several others were completely ended. Being severely burned, this booming artillery factory was directly thrown into the eighteenth level of hell, and it will never be able to recover.

Therefore, it is indeed profitable to open a gun factory, but the risk is also extremely high. As long as an accident occurs, it is an extremely serious accident. Unless it is a state-owned enterprise or a collective enterprise, it is difficult for a gun factory opened by a self-employed person to encounter such a thing again. Turned over.

Chen Dacong obviously had no awareness of safety in this area. He didn't even react when his brother-in-law mentioned the word "safety".

Deng Shirong could only explain: "Everything in the artillery factory is flammable and explosive. If there is insufficient safety awareness and a slight mistake in management, it may cause irreversible serious consequences. If it is just the The loss of raw materials is nothing.

But as long as there is an accident in the artillery factory, someone will be burned at least, or someone will die at worst. This is the most fatal thing. "

Chen Dacong was shocked when he heard what his brother-in-law said. He immediately gave up the idea of ​​opening a cannon factory and said with a wry smile: "It seems that I am really not suitable for business. I don't even know that opening a cannon factory would have such serious consequences." ”

Deng Shirong said: "You can't say that. If you can think of opening a gun factory, you are already better than many people. Putting aside the safety risks, the gun factory can indeed make money. And as long as this safety issue is taken seriously and strict management is implemented, It can also be avoided.

However, there are so many money-making projects that there is no need to choose this kind of business with potential safety hazards.

If you really have the idea of ​​doing business, then I have a good project here with low investment, quick results and zero risk, which should be suitable for you. "

Chen Dacong's eyes lit up when he heard this and asked: "Brother-in-law, what kind of project is it?"

Deng Shirong said: "Wooden clothespin factory."

Chen Dacong said in surprise: "Wooden clothespin factory?"

"Yes, it's the wooden clothespin factory."

Deng Shirong nodded and said: "This wooden clothespin is a daily necessities in our lives. The demand is huge both at home and abroad. Moreover, this thing can be made from short branches and tree trunks, and it basically doesn't cost much." .

Moreover, this foreign trade department has been acquiring. If you open a wooden clothespin factory and produce wooden clothespins, no matter how big your production capacity is, for the huge foreign market, it will be just a drop of water in the ocean and not worth it at all. Mention it.

So, if you want to do business, you can consider this. "

Chen Dacong felt excited when he heard it, and said: "Okay, I will discuss it with A Ming later and work with him to do this in partnership."

"I'm only responsible for giving ideas. You two brothers can discuss the specific operations. If you need to buy equipment, go to the machinery factory and ask."

"Yeah, I know!"

…

In the afternoon, Deng Shirong stewed a pot of turtle soup, made a pot of braised turtle, paired it with other dishes to go with wine, and had a good meal with his brother-in-law and nephew-in-law.

It is said that contentment is always happy. This sentence is really suitable for Jiang Dehu and Bu Dafang.

Neither of them had the ambition to make a lot of money on their own, so they just wanted to help their uncle take care of the orchard, eat and drink with his uncle, and live a carefree life. They even didn't want to have a third child.

Anyway, they already have two sons, so they not only protect their capital but also make a profit. It doesn't matter whether they have a third child or not.

The meal lasted until about five o'clock in the afternoon.

Chen Dacong said with a red face: "Brother-in-law, I will go back first!"

Deng Shirong said: "It's getting dark soon. If you want to go back, go back tomorrow!"

Chen Dacong smiled and said: "I won't stay. I'm in a hurry now. I have to go back and talk to A Ming about the wooden clothespin factory."

Deng Shirong laughed and said, "There are several bicycles in the house. You can pick one and ride it back!"

Chen Dacong didn't refuse after hearing this. He picked out the second-hand bicycle Deng Shirong bought from the production team, took his armored fish sack, and went home happily.

Watching his brother-in-law leave, Deng Shirong said to his niece: "Dafang, your Dahu (Bu Dafang's eldest son, the two brothers' nicknames are Dahu and Xiaohu) will go to school next year. Then he will be taken to Naye Primary School. Well, this will make it easier for you to take care of him."

He was not polite to his uncle Bu Dafang, and nodded directly: "Okay, then after the Chinese New Year, I will let him come to attend preschool for one semester, and then he will study in the first grade with his classmates in preschool."

In this era, let alone rural areas, even communes did not have kindergartens. Only county towns had a few kindergartens, so rural children went directly to preschools.

Now, the preschool class of Naye Primary School not only does not have a classroom, but also does not have desks or stools. It only has a blackboard in the old ancestral hall of the Naye Deng family, and teachers from other grades from the school come to give lessons.

Students who come to preschool have to bring a stool from home every day and take it back after school. This is not easy for a child of a few years old.

There are dozens of spiritual tablets enshrined in the old ancestral hall. It is probably difficult for future generations to imagine having classes in this environment.

…

As the eleventh month of the lunar calendar comes to an end, the solar calendar has officially ushered in 1984.

1984 is destined to be an important year in the history of my country's reform and opening up.

This year, the chief architect of reform and opening up visited the south for the first time and made the judgment that "the policy of establishing special economic zones is correct." This laid the strongest voice of the era for our country's further reform and opening up and pointed the way for building socialism with Chinese characteristics. the road.

On New Year's Day, Deng Shirong received a letter from his second son. In the letter, his second son told him a great news, which was the National Day military parade to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Students from Peking University would be honored to participate in it, and he is one of many participants.

Deng Shirong was really happy when he saw this news. It was the National Day military parade in 1984!

This year's National Day military parade was directly regarded as a god in later generations, and was hailed as the most powerful military parade on earth at home and abroad.

In particular, my country's original three-stage spear-splitting action was truly murderous, and no military parade could surpass it until later generations.

The main reason why they are so awesome is that many of the soldiers who participated in the military parade in 1984 were combat heroes who had just withdrawn from the front lines of the battlefield. They had experienced the baptism of fire and were naturally different from the soldiers in peacetime. They showed The murderous intent that came out was not pretended, but really coming out of the hail of bullets.

The second son was lucky enough to be able to participate in this grand military parade to consecrate the gods. Their ancestral grave of the Ye Deng family was not emitting green smoke, but directly emitting fire.

On that day, Deng Shirong was so happy that he had an extra drink and wrote a reply to his second son overnight, telling him to participate in the National Day military parade with the best spirit. This was an honor that he should remember for a lifetime.

…

Chunyun, or Spring Festival transportation, is a large-scale phenomenon of high transportation pressure that occurs around the Lunar New Year in my country.

Taking the Spring Festival as the center, it lasts for about 40 days, from the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month to the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month of the following year.

When the Spring Festival travel rush was about to begin, Deng Shirong rushed to the county seat and went to the passenger transport company to talk to General Manager Deng Changyu and other management of the company about safety issues during the Spring Festival travel rush.

Deng Shirong warned: "The Spring Festival is coming soon, and there will be more and more passengers returning home for the New Year. Our buses are expected to be full every day. As long as they operate normally, we can make a lot of money, but in making money At the same time, we must remember four words: safety first.”

These words made Deng Changyu and other managers nod their heads. They also understood that the most important thing in passenger transportation is safety.

Deng Shirong continued: "As long as shuttle buses can make money these days, they will take passengers on the bus regardless of whether they exceed the number of passengers. It is true that you can make more money by doing this, but there are also huge disadvantages. Our company cannot do this as a safety hazard. No matter how profitable we are, we are not allowed to exceed the number of customers. This is the bottom line that cannot be touched. "

Deng Changyu hummed and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Jiu, I will explain this."

Deng Shirong said: "Also, when you see passengers carrying flammable and explosive dangerous items, you must pay close attention to them, collect these items and put them in a safe place. Don't stupidly put them next to the engine iron cover. If the engine If heat ignites these flammable and explosive items during operation, it will cause very serious consequences, so you must be vigilant and don’t be careless.”

The reason for such a reminder is that in 1990, when a bus from a self-employed businessman in Dam Township was bound for Bobai, a passenger got on the bus at Hejiangwei. The passenger brought a lot of firecracker fuses to the bus. , and then stacked the leads next to the iron cover of the engine, which eventually caught fire due to heat, causing serious injuries to 8 people, 2 people died after medical treatment failed, and more than 10 people were slightly injured.

With such a bloody example, Deng Shirong naturally wanted to issue an early warning to prevent the company's cars from making such mistakes, which would be a fortress.

Deng Changyu and others also knew the seriousness of these matters, and they all nodded repeatedly when they heard this. At the same time, they deeply admired Jiu Gong for taking precautions.

Next, Deng Shirong mentioned several more safety precautions before saying: "This is probably what I can think of. You are all the elites of the clan. Let's brainstorm and see what else needs attention. In short, we must ensure that Passenger car driving safety.”

"Okay Mr. Jiu, what you said is very comprehensive. Let's discuss it later. If there is nothing to add, just explain it."

"Well, this is the first Spring Festival since the establishment of our company. You should pay attention to collecting data. If the passenger volume is large, then our company can increase the number of buses in a planned way before the Spring Festival next year."

"Understood Jiu Gong, we will make good records."

"That's it for now. Keep working hard. The clan is waiting for your good news!"

"I understand, Mr. Jiu."

…

afternoon.

A factory in Guangzhou.

After dinner, Li Zonghe went back to the dormitory with his coworkers to pack their luggage, and then sat on the bed and began to worry about how to go home tomorrow.

Li Zonghe is from Guangxi and came to Guangzhou to work in March last year. The experience of returning home for the Spring Festival brings tears to his eyes. Because there are no buses from Bobai County to Guangdong, if he wants to go home, he must first take a bus from Guangzhou to Wuzhou, then take a bus from Wuzhou back to Bobai, and then take a bus home after arriving in Bobai.

It sounds like you only need to turn the car twice, it seems very simple.

If it's normal, it's really not too much trouble, it's just a little extra time.

But during the peak period of Spring Festival travel, it would be very fatal to change trains twice like this.

At that time, he did not buy the ticket at the station, but caught the bus directly on the road. Because the shuttle bus was overloaded, he had no seat and could only stand for several hours.

By the time we arrived in Wuzhou, the car back to Bobai had already left.

Throughout the 1980s, there was only one bus from Wuzhou to Bobai every day. When the bus left, we had to wait until tomorrow.

Li Zonghe did not stay in the guest house. On the one hand, he was reluctant to spend the money, and on the other hand, he was afraid of missing the bus the next day, so he stayed up all night at the cold station. When he returned to Bobai by bus the next day, Half a life has been taken away.

The terrible thing is that when I returned to Bobai, I missed the bus home and had to spend another night in Bobai.

Li Zonghe was also a ruthless person, so he spent the night at Bobai Station and got on the bus home the next day.

When he got home, he was sleepy and tired. He ate something casually and fell asleep without even having time to take a shower.

After this experience of riding home to celebrate the New Year, Li Zonghe is both yearning for and afraid of returning home for the Spring Festival.

At this time, the workers in the same dormitory also packed their luggage. Seeing Li Zonghe with a sad look on his face, he couldn't help but ask: "Li Zonghe, what's wrong with you? The factory is on holiday tomorrow and you can go home for the New Year. Shouldn't you be happy? What are you worrying about here?"

Li Zonghe sighed and said, "Of course I'm happy to be able to go home for the New Year. What I'm worried about is how to get home. It's really difficult to get by car during the Spring Festival."

As soon as these words came out, the co-worker was silent for a moment and echoed: "That's true. I don't even know if I can get a train ticket tomorrow!"

Li Zonghe said: "You are all better than me. At least there is a direct train or shuttle bus to your place, but I have to transfer twice to get home. It took me three days to get home last year, and I lost half of it." Life."

The worker heard this and said sympathetically: "Then you are indeed worse off than us."

Li Zonghe sighed again and said: "No more, I want to go to bed early tonight and have enough energy to cope with the difficulties I will encounter when I return home."

…

at the same time.

In another factory, two white girls, Chen Guohui and Chen Guomei, were also discussing going home for the New Year.

For factories in Guangdong, the holidays are basically concentrated on the 23rd and 4th of the twelfth lunar month, and they return to work on the sixth or eighth day of the first lunar month.

Chen Guohui and Chen Guomei have been working in Guangzhou for two years. They know how difficult it is to travel home for the New Year. Fortunately, they take care of each other on the road, which is much better than a solo traveler like Li Zonghe.

At this time, both of them had packed their luggage.

Chen Guohui said with a depressed look: "I get a headache just thinking about riding in a car. I don't have many days off, and half of it is wasted on the road."

Chen Guomei sighed and said: "There is no way, who told us that there is no shuttle bus from Bobai in Guangzhou? If there was, we would take the Bobai bus back, and we wouldn't have to waste so much time and energy."

Chen Guohui nodded and said: "Yeah, it would be great if there was a Bobai bus. Even if it's a little more expensive, I'd be willing to take it. It's too troublesome to change trains halfway. If you can't catch up, you have to wait another day. It makes my head hurt just thinking about it."

Chen Guomei sighed again and said: "Don't talk about these unhappy things. After the Chinese New Year, the factory is preparing to recruit workers. This time I go back to see if the little sisters in the village want to work. If so, I will bring a few more little sisters out. We all have company at the factory.”

Chen Guohui hummed and said, "We need to bring more little sisters here. In a place like this where we are not familiar with each other, it is still too lonely just the two of us."

…

Similar scenes are happening in other factories in Guangzhou.

And not only Guangzhou, but also similar scenes occurred in factories in Shenzhen, Dongguan, Foshan and other places.

All the migrant workers and working girls who work in the factory are preparing to go home for the New Year, and they have a headache about getting back home by car.

It is now the beginning of 1984. The number of migrant workers in Bobai County in Guangdong is naturally not as exaggerated as in later generations, but there are already quite a few people. They usually work in the factory. Overtime work is common in factories in this era, with 11 or 12 people working a day. A good factory is one that works 13 or 13 or 14 hours a day.

Therefore, since they didn't have time to wander around, they naturally didn't know that Bobaiche had quietly appeared in the city where they were located.