Rebirth: My 80s

Chapter 1145 The First Town in the World

Qingxidian is a small place, a small mountain village that is not adjacent to any major traffic arteries. It is so small that the teenagers who used to live in the city didn’t even know there was such a place in their county.

Things are very different in recent years.

Nowadays, not to mention the county, even most people in the city and province are familiar with this village.

When villagers go out on weekdays, as long as they introduce themselves as "I am from Qingxidian", they will unconsciously gain a sense of status and appear superior to others, and even get convenience in many things.

This is partly because Qingxidian has a good economic development and is a well-known wealthy village, but the most important reason is that Qingxidian produced a man named Li Jiankun.

For the villagers of Qingxidian, this child is something they can brag about to others for the rest of their lives, and is also their pride from the bottom of their hearts.

For example, a while ago, when the Spring Festival was approaching and every family was preparing for the New Year, Li Deyou and his wife, who were not doing well in the village, hired a tractor and dragged the mallards and duck eggs they raised to the county to sell.

When people who were shopping heard that they were from Qingxidian, they all came forward to talk to them, and even the way they looked at the mallards and duck eggs seemed to have changed, revealing a sense of nobility.

Someone asked: "Is your home far from Li Jiankun's?"

Li Deyou is an honest man. He can walk a short distance in just the time it takes to smoke a cigarette.

His wife was more savvy, and she told potential buyers with a smile that the two families were in the same family tree of the Li family, and according to seniority, Jiankun had to call her husband uncle, and Jiankun was also well-spoken, never arrogant in front of them, and called her aunt. She also smiled and said that Jiankun was the same age as her eldest daughter, and when the children were still young, she and Jiankun's mother once sat together and chatted, and even exchanged milk.

Hey!
The woman's image instantly became extraordinary.

It's all true.

More and more people gathered around, and a tractor full of mallards and duck eggs were sold out in less than an hour. No one bargained. It felt like they were making a good deal.

I don’t know when a rumor started to spread that Li Jiankun would never return to Qingxidian.

Don’t you see that the old house is empty and covered in dust? Didn’t your parents take you away a long time ago?

This is a blow to Qingxidian.

Jiankun had indeed not been home for several years. How could the small pond of Qingxidian support him if he had become as successful as he is now? The villagers were not sure.

Now, Jiankun not only came back with his parents, but also brought back a fairy wife.

Qingxidian was boiling.

The firecrackers in the small store run by Aunt Dahua in the village were sold out in minutes, and the supply and marketing cooperative in Shitouji Town didn’t last long. The goods that were originally stockpiled to be sold on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month were cleared out by the people in the entire village.

clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap...

Bang!Bang!bang...

The sound of firecrackers was endless, mixed with the louder sound of spring thunder.

Looking from Shitouji towards Qingxidian, across the mountain ridge, there is smoke rising over there, like a fairyland.

On the roof of the newly built town government building, two men climbed up to look out. One of them sighed, "In ancient times, the number one scholar returning home was just like this."

Another person laughed and said, "The top scholar is not as good as him. Don't you have to prepare yourself? You just landed here and haven't even warmed up yet, but he is a person who can command the support of many people in this small piece of land. Another thing is that in this wave of adjustments, you haven't made any progress and have been transferred to the countryside. People who don't know the situation think you have a weak foundation. I can only say that your father-in-law really loves you, and you are also very lucky to have caught up with this, Zhengjie, opportunities are rare and will never come again."

The man called "Zheng Jie" glanced sideways and scolded with a smile:
"You know too much, go back to your big government office in the city."

"Oh, what's so great about it? Apart from the title of 'city', I have no real power over the people below me, and there are all kinds of constraints within me. Even an old hand in the game feels like he is stuck in the mud and can't get out of it, let alone a young man like me? Every day I just drink a cup of tea and read the newspaper to waste my time. I am not as lucky as you, and I am so envious and jealous."

"You really have the nerve to say that!"

...

Qingxidian is located in front of the old Li family's house at the foot of the back mountain. It was surrounded by people and even a little restless.

The villagers stood on tiptoe and stretched their necks to look inside through the gate, but they couldn't squeeze in because the yard was already filled with old men and women of seniority.

The noise of the naughty kids came to my ears.

"Where's the bride? Where's the bride?"

"I heard she's prettier than Wang Ergou's wife."

"Does Wang Ergou's wife know how to shake her butt?"

"Wang Ergou's wife is really white, especially her legs."

"My mother said those legs could kill someone."

"No wonder Wang Ergou seems to be getting less and less useful. He's much thinner than before. I guess he's dying soon."

...

Wang Ergou is certainly not his real name. Don't be fooled by this nickname. He is a handsome man. His family runs a factory and he is well-off. He married the daughter of a cadre from an urban area. The girl likes to wear fashionable skirts and rarely appears in the village. She has a house in the county town, but she is a sight to behold when she appears. Her waist twists like catkins and she speaks in a coquettish voice.

Wang Ergou happened to be there and flew into a rage: "You little bastards!"

The villagers burst into laughter.

The parents of several naughty children quickly spoke up, and someone laughed awkwardly, "Ergou, children should not be restrained in their words, children should not be restrained in their words..."

Back inside the house, Shen Hongyi felt what passion really was for the first time in her life.

She took cigarettes and candies to give to the elders and grandparents in the village, but she didn't expect that the things in her arms were getting more and more. The red envelopes were not very sophisticated, most of them were just rolled up with a piece of red paper left over from the Chinese New Year, but each one was not thin.

Her husband asked her to accept it, saying it was a custom.

She could only refuse disrespectfully.

In just such a short period of time, he probably earned a fortune of ten thousand yuan.

All I can say is that the grandparents in Qingxi Dian are really rich, which indirectly reflects a problem. The virtue of respecting the elderly and loving the young is well inherited here. When you think about it, it is completely reasonable. A place that pays attention to the protection of ancestors will definitely respect the elderly.

"Jiankun, has the wedding been held?"

The oldest male elder in the Li family in the village, whom Li Jiankun called "Fifth Uncle", was sitting on a wedding chair. The question was asked to Li Jiankun, but his eyes were fixed on Li Jianxun.

Li Jiankun moved closer and shouted in the old man's ear, "Fifth Uncle! Now that we have obtained the marriage certificate, no matter what happens outside, we must also have it done at home. You have to be the master of ceremonies!"

The old man opened his toothless mouth with joy and said "hello" three times.

When the topic came to this point, the ancestors spoke up one after another, attaching great importance to this matter.

"The twelfth day of the first lunar month is a good day."

"It's too rushed."

"Sixteen is not bad either, with many auspicious times, but it's against the horse and the south. By the way, what's this girl's zodiac sign?"

...

Don’t look down on the older generation for being uneducated. What they know is something that young people can only listen to as scriptures.

This is how Li Jiankun was arranged.

The wedding in my hometown is scheduled for the 16th day of the first lunar month. It will be a banquet for the whole village, and it will take a few days to prepare. However, my eldest brother Li Jianxun patted his shoulder, then patted his chest, and said, "Leave it to me."

Are you kidding? Deputy Director Li, who is only half a level lower than the county magistrate, is a well-known figure in the entire county.

Old lady Yuying and lazy man Guifei continued to chat with the old people. Li Jiankun brought Shen Hongyi to the outside of the door so that everyone could see the bride as they wished. Li Xiaomei stayed beside her sister-in-law to act as an interpreter. With Shen Hongyi's intelligence, she quickly started chatting with the villagers.

Seeing that they were surrounded by a group of women, Li Jiankun did not squeeze in to join in the fun. Instead, he passed out cigarettes and chatted with the men, young and old.

“There are many factories in the village, right?”

In the eyes of many people, setting up a factory is a big deal, but people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang do not think so. They just clear a few vacant rooms downstairs in their home and buy a few pieces of equipment, and they can set up a small factory in the style of a family workshop. This model has been widely popular until later generations.

The advantage is that the cost is small and the profit is not small, much higher than working, which is very suitable for starting a business. In later generations, many such handicraft workshops and factories even expanded their business to foreign countries, mainly engaged in foreign trade.

When the orders increase and the business becomes stable, it is natural to expand the scale. Of course, there are also disadvantages, such as poor quality control and uneven product quality.

Li Jiankun had previously noticed that many people had scraps of material or leather piled outside their doors.

"I borrowed money from the fund to set up a leather shoe workshop."

"I'm afraid of leather shoes, so I'm going to buy hiking shoes now."

"My mother is in charge of making clothes."

...

as predicted.

Li Jiankun was very happy to see his hometown flourishing, and asked casually, "Is business good?"

"It's okay."

"I can earn this much every year." Someone made a "Yeah" gesture, meaning that two people are worth ten thousand yuan.

"Well, it's easy to run a small factory, and changes are simple. But now, the bigger the factory, the harder it is to run. The fire at Wulin Gate in the provincial capital in 1987 had a huge impact. I only broke even in the leather shoe business last year, but after paying the protection fee, I even lost money..."

"Wait, protection fee?" Li Jiankun looked at Uncle Junhui who was speaking in surprise.

The latter was one of the first rich men in the village and one of the ones with the biggest business. He had heard from far away Beijing that there were factories everywhere in Shitouji Town, one of which was Uncle Junhui's leather shoe factory. Uncle Junhui had taken over what Li Dazhuang wanted to do but failed to do.

Uncle Junhui nodded and said, "We can't afford to offend the gangster leader. We can only spend money to get rid of the disaster."

Someone continued, "There was a sock factory in Shuiquan Town. It was quite large, but it was destroyed by a fire last year. Although there is no evidence, everyone knows that it was done by this gang of hooligans. The man who ran the sock factory was a stubborn person and refused to pay protection fees."

Someone continued, "That's good. At least no one was injured. There are countless people who were beaten by these hooligans. There was an old man in Lvyang Township who was engaged in electrical appliances. His business was really big. He could produce electricity meters. Around November last year, he died. He has not been found yet. How can he still make a living?"

Someone sighed: "So now everyone is afraid. These beasts are really willing to do anything."

Li Jiankun frowned and said, "No one cares?"

Uncle Junhui sighed, "What's the point of doing that? You can't catch them, and you can't clean them up."

"Jiankun, this is still a small matter. Just spend some money and consider it as raising a turtle. There is another big matter... You must know that we often read newspapers, especially the news about you. What do you think we should do now? Can this factory still be opened?"

Uncle Dalin said with a sad face and worried expression.

He is also one of the people with larger businesses in the village, owning a hardware tool factory in Shitouji.

It is worth mentioning that Li Jili is from their neighborhood. He will suspend his entrepreneurial career this year and leave home to study further.

After Uncle Dalin brought up the topic, everyone had worries on their faces. Li Jiankun glanced at everyone and said, "I came back this time to try to resolve this matter. There is still a way. Don't worry."

Hearing this, everyone was overjoyed.

At this time, Li Jiankun said again: "No, these gangsters you are talking about made such a big fuss, is it a small matter?"

They even dared to burn factories and kidnap people. What the hell!
Uncle Dalin said, "After all, we can deal with it with money, unlike the current situation."

"Can you handle it?"

Li Jiankun said: "The appetite of these villains will only grow bigger and bigger, especially if you guys indulge them. Uncle Dalin, what if they want half of your factory?"

"This……"

Uncle Junhui continued, "But what can we do? Even the higher-ups can't control it, so how dare we fight back?"

What a powerful bandit!
Li Jiankun really wanted to see it.

No idea. Such things are not allowed near his home.

You don't care about my indulgence. For example, now he goes home without even a bodyguard, but with his beautiful new wife. If the gangster does something wrong, can anything I do afterwards make up for it?

If this kind of rubbish dares to hang around at my doorstep, I will kill it with one blow if I see it!

Do good for others and for yourself.

Li Jiankun thought to himself that in addition to holding a wedding banquet in his hometown, he had to deal with at least three things during this trip home:

1. Get rid of this gang of hooligans.

2. Plan the future livelihood development for the villagers.

3. Fulfill the promise I made in my heart the year I was admitted to university.

Maybe two and three can be done at the same time.

In the evening, the villagers said goodbye and left one after another. Li Jiankun left his uncle at home to eat. There was no shortage of food. Seeing that they had just returned today, the villagers brought a lot of rice, meat and vegetables.

At the dinner table, a bottle of Moutai was opened and the four men drank it slowly.

Uncle Li Guiyi listened to the family's life in Beijing in recent years, and also talked about the various changes and major events in their hometown.

"Did you know that we have a new mayor? He was sent by the county. He is not very old. At first I thought he was here to get promoted. The development of our town is also remarkable. But after a few contacts, I found that he is not an ordinary young man. He is knowledgeable, knowledgeable, and ambitious. His name is Chen Zhengjie."

This question was obviously directed at Li Jiankun and Gui Fei the lazy man, and both of them shook their heads.

Li Guiyi suddenly laughed, "They should come to your door soon."

He looked at his nephew and said, "You don't even know how to hold the thigh of the God of Wealth, so I have misjudged him."

Li Jiankun smiled and said, "I would also like to contact the town to discuss something."

Li Guiyi pricked up his ears, "Any big moves?"

Li Jiankun seemed to be answering a question that did not seem to be relevant: "Uncle, you should know about Huaxi Village and Daqiu Village, right?"

Li Guiyi's cloudy old eyes suddenly sparkled with brilliance and he nodded vigorously.

This old branch secretary, whose word is law in Qingxidian, is getting older, but his passion has never cooled. Qingxidian has a good situation today. Li Jiankun is the designer, but he is the contractor.

He is satisfied with the current project, but not satisfied with the existing project.

No one can take his position, and no one can leave it. He believes that he still has at least 20 years to live, without illness or pain, and without coughing or wheezing, so he has plenty of time to do something great.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to leave a prosperous life to our children and grandchildren?

Unfortunately, he has no son.

"One is the number one village in the world, and the other is the number one village in the world. Don't you think the world is missing something?" Li Jiankun asked with a smile.

The cup was raised and overturned, and the wine in the cup was drained out.

Snapped!
Li Guiyi slammed the white porcelain wine cup on the table, and said in high spirits: "We are missing the number one town in the world!"

With one chopstick in her mouth and the other chopstick dropped between her legs and caught by her quick reaction, Li Xiaomei pouted and said coquettishly, "Grandma, you scared me."

However, old man Guiyi is not her kind father, the lazy Guifei, and he doesn't buy into this:

"Can you please straighten your tongue when you speak? You are so coquettish!"

Li Xiaomei quickly sat up straight, held the bowl in place, and started eating.

"Hahahaha!" Li Pingan laughed so hard that he hiccuped.

The old man Guiyi laughed and said as he picked up his chopsticks, "Come on, Ping An, eat some meat, so that you can grow tall and strong."

I feel uncomfortable and want to cry.

Li Xiaomei poked a piece of winter melon in the bowl viciously. If anyone said that she had a big butt and was good at giving birth to a son again, she would fight with him!

(End of this chapter)