That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1345 There are hardly any perfect solutions in the world.

After hanging up with Fu Yingjie, Li Ye went to Jin Peng to discuss getting into aluminum smelting. Although he told Fu Yingjie that "Brother Peng wants to get into the aluminum industry," Jin Peng didn't actually know what was going on!

But when he found Jin Peng, before he could even finish speaking, he noticed that Jin Peng's eyes looked strange.

"Xiao Ye, has your sister-in-law been coming to you these past few days, trying to get you to find someone to take me back from Su'e?"

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As soon as Li Ye heard this, he felt something was off.

Why does it feel like Jin Peng's words are filled with resentment?
It's no wonder Jin Peng harbored resentment.

Back when Fenghua Clothing was at its peak, Li Ye removed Jin Peng from his position as sales manager and handed over the sales channels that Jin Peng had painstakingly built to his sister, Li Yue.
Now that Su'e is thriving again, Li Ye has repeatedly assured that Su'e's business is all Jin Peng's. If he goes back on his word and asks Jin Peng to return to China, even the best of brothers will turn against him.

So, although Jin Peng's wife, Liu Qiaorong, has been having conflicts with Jin Peng these past few days, and even went to Li Ye to shed tears, complaining that her husband is never home and doesn't care about the lives of his wife and three children, Li Ye, as his good brother, has to take care of him.

However, Li Ye never considered having Jin Peng return to China.

So Li Ye sensed Jin Peng's resentment and said with a laugh, "Brother Peng, we've been brothers for so many years, do you think I would replace you with Su'e today?"

"I also think it's impossible!"

Jin Peng touched his scalp, frowned, and said, "But over the years, everything you've arranged, no matter how abnormal it seemed at the beginning, has ultimately proven your foresight."
Heavy industry is the foundation of a country, and our Dongshan Province has a long tradition of valuing heavy industry. Therefore, if I were to work in heavy industry, my social status would definitely be higher than if I were a middleman.
Hao Jian also told me these past two days that the domestic political climate has changed drastically, so it's not wrong for you to ask me to go back and develop heavy industry now.”

[You've actually started making things up in your head?]

Seeing Jin Peng making wild guesses, Li Ye laughed, but he was also quite pleased.

Back when Jin Peng and Hao Jian first left Qingshui County to "make their way in the world," their vision was no different from that of street vendors. All they cared about was "making money." As long as they could make money, they didn't see any problem with traveling by water. They had no vision at all.

But now, these two guys have started discussing what the foundation of a country is.

Heavy industry is indeed the foundation of a country. With so many drawbacks such as large investment, low returns, and long payback periods, many private capital will choose to bypass it without hesitation.

However, countries with systems like Sudan and China place great importance on heavy industry, especially Sudan, where all other industries must give way to heavy industry.

While Suzhou in the 1990s had fallen behind the West in the electronics industry, its heavy industry was far from lagging behind, and was even still among the top performers.

While China is not as extreme as Suzhou, it has been working hard to develop heavy industry. In the eyes of the local government, a large-scale heavy industrial enterprise is far more important than a middleman who deals in goods.

Moreover, the 1990s were a period of rapid development for aluminum projects in mainland China. In just a few years, the output of metallic aluminum increased tenfold, and the corresponding market demand was certainly expanding rapidly. From any perspective, this project was worth investing in.

So when Jin Peng heard Li Ye ask him to get involved in the aluminum industry project, he felt resentful on the one hand, and on the other hand, he wondered if he was "ungrateful".

Li Ye sighed and said helplessly, "Brother Peng, your wife did come to me to complain these past few days, but I know you're not a bad person at heart, so you're actually caught in a difficult situation with the Soviet Union."

So I think you should talk to your sister-in-law. You need to make her understand that the money we earn abroad will eventually come back to the mainland.
"You make money outside, but in the end, won't it all go to your son Zhanqiang? So you should start planning for your child now, expand the business back home, and publicly declare that it's the result of your hard work over the years, and that everything you've done is for your sister-in-law and the two children. Besides, when setting up this project, you'll inevitably be traveling back and forth between China and abroad, and you'll definitely see your sister-in-law every few days. And once the project is in production, your sister-in-law will have status and prestige back home. By then, any resentment she might have will have dissipated."

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Li Ye's words were based on the social atmosphere of the 1980s and 90s. At that time, the situation of "men working outside and women working inside" was still quite common. Men who worked outside would instinctively bring the money they saved back home, and their wives at home would also work hard and be frugal, taking care of their parents-in-law. The couple worked together for a better future.

But decades later, Li Ye would never dare to make this suggestion, because some people decades later would not be as virtuous as Liu Qiaorong.

As Li Ye explained in detail, Jin Peng's eyes grew brighter and brighter, and finally he grinned and grabbed Li Ye's arm.

"Brother! Let me apologize first. I misunderstood you. I've been driven crazy by your sister-in-law these past few days. You know, I really feel sorry for her, taking care of her in-laws back in our hometown all these years."
But you know how tough it is for us men out here. For example, when I first arrived, I had dinner with Su E and her group. Those guys are all such playboys. I didn't have a single girl I knew well, so they just forced one on me. I had no choice.”

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Li Ye blinked, hesitated for a long time, and then said to Jin Peng, "Brother Peng, even an upright official can't settle family disputes. I shouldn't interfere in your family's affairs, but I think... your wife didn't lose out by marrying you."

Jin Peng immediately said, "Then she definitely won't lose out! If she hadn't married me, she'd probably be being bullied by her in-laws in some other family right now!"
Now your sister-in-law is a prominent figure in Qingshui County. She sits in the front row at county meetings, and if she stomps her feet at home, the whole county shakes.

Liu Qiaorong now owns a garment factory and a textile factory, and is indeed the number one female entrepreneur in Qingshui County. So, in a sense, her marriage to Jin Peng changed the fate of three generations.

But if you insist on following Grandma Qiong Yao's line of thinking, then she's lost out her whole life. After all, Jin Peng wasn't by her side every day, and she couldn't enjoy that kind of meticulous and sweet love.

"Alright, Peng, I've discussed this with Fu Yingjie. Call him and discuss the details. Yingjie was originally supposed to come with our Dongshan Province inspection team, but..."

Li Ye explained the details to Jin Peng, and did not hide anything about Fu Yingjie.

Jin Peng immediately said, "You don't need to tell me that. Brother Yingjie is one of us. My wife has kept in touch with him all these years. Whenever there's a need, we must help each other out."

Jin Peng quickly finalized the details with Li Ye, then turned around and happily went to tell his wife how triumphant he was.

"I work so hard outside, isn't it all for this family?"

Then that evening, Wen Leyu asked Li Ye with a smile, "Did you give Brother Peng the idea that made your wife so happy?"

Li Ye sighed and said helplessly, "Do you have a better solution? Sister-in-law Qiaorong is forcing Jin Peng to go back, but Jin Peng doesn't want to go back. How can there be so many perfect solutions when you're husband and wife for a lifetime?"

Jin Peng's personality was never suited to staying at home, and the years he spent in Soviet Russia had made him completely "wild." Now, he doesn't want to go back, and Li Ye isn't willing to change his current comfortable life.
Therefore, Li Ye made a compromise and reminded Jin Peng that he still had a son back in his hometown. It didn't matter if he didn't go back, but the money couldn't be spent on Su'e, which was thousands of miles away.

Wen Leyu tilted her head, thought for a long time, and finally said, "There really is no way to have the best of both worlds, after all, he is not you."

Li Ye: "."

(End of this chapter)