Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 448 Era
Luo Min had classes at school tonight and was not going home. Li Yancheng waited at the main hospital until Lao Xu came over and chatted for a while, then drove back home.

When he returned home, the two children had already returned and were doing their homework on the stone table in the yard. There were also several children from the alley there.

The Li family has a big yard and only theirs lives there, so all the friends who are full of joy and laughter like to come and play.

Seeing Li Yancheng walk in through the hanging flower gate, the children stood up very politely. Some called him Uncle Dacheng, some called him Uncle Dacheng, and two who looked as old as Xiaoyu called him Grandpa.

Putting the little Xiaoyu who jumped into his arms to the ground, Li Yancheng rubbed his daughter's little head.

"Xiaoyu, go get the melon seeds and peanuts from home for your friends to eat. Daddy will cook for us."

"Okay dad, isn't mom coming back today?"

"Mom has classes tonight and won't be back until tomorrow afternoon."

"So, Dad, are you and Mom going to have anything to do the day after tomorrow?"

"Uh...your godfather wants to take you and your brother to his house tomorrow and play until Sunday night. What do you think?"

Swish, when Xiao Xiaoyu heard that she could go to her godfather's house to play with brother Pengpeng tomorrow, her big eyes lit up, and she almost jumped for joy at the stone table.

Ever since the Jin family moved out, if they wanted to play with Pengpeng, they had to wait until holidays.

This summer vacation, Pengpeng stayed here for almost the entire vacation and went home just before school started. The three children were reluctant to leave and their relationship was very passionate. Now when they heard that they could see this little brother again tomorrow night, how could they not be happy.

"Go inside and get some melon seeds and peanuts for your friends to eat. Daddy's going to cook."

Li Yancheng stretched out his hand and rubbed Xiaoyu's little head with a smile, then walked towards the main house. After entering the house, he took off his coat first, washed up briefly, and then went to the kitchen to prepare cooking.

By the time he finished cooking, Huansheng, Xiaoyue and their friends had finished their homework and went home.

Although the reform and opening up had been called for two years, it must be said that in 1980, material shortages were common. City dwellers ate commercial grain, which was rationed per person per month. The standard of fine grain in the rationed grain was also greatly improved, and there was also enriched flour to choose from.

But it only ensures that you won't starve to death. It is impossible to eat until you are full every meal. As for other fruits, meat, vegetables, etc., they are still rare. Ordinary people are lucky to have a taste of them every year, and they cannot eat them as much as they want.

As for the rural areas, the distribution of land to households was still in the experimental stage, and in many places people still earned work points. Every year during the lean period, many people would go hungry and had to rely on wild vegetables and grains to survive.

Only when the system of dividing land to each household is fully implemented can farmers' lives improve a little. To say that their lives will truly get better, they have to wait until they can work in cities and until the agricultural tax is abolished in 2006.

Therefore, in the 1980s, when people in the city were just barely able to get enough to eat, generally no one ate at other people’s homes, not even children.

At that time, there was little oil and water, and it was normal for a child of seven or eight years old to eat two or three large steamed buns in one meal. The old saying that a young boy can eat his father out of poverty is not just a casual remark.

After dinner, the two children ran out to play. Just when Li Yancheng had just cleaned up the dishes and was ready to go out for a walk, Old Dong, Dong Wangshan, walked into the yard with a porcelain bowl in one hand and a bottle of Fenjiu in the other.

"Wow, Brother Dashan, what are you doing?"

The gate of the Li family was not closed. When Old Dong arrived, he walked straight in and didn't shout until he reached the second gate.

Hearing the noise, Li Yancheng walked out of the kitchen and saw Old Dong walking into the second door with a bowl in one hand and a bottle of wine in the other. He asked curiously.

Old Dong raised his arm and gestured to the wine in his hand.

"Ask your sister-in-law to fry some peanuts, and we can have a couple of drinks."

Upon hearing what he said, Li Yancheng immediately knew what was going on. He smiled and raised his finger and pointed at the boss.

"Brother Dashan, we have been friends for decades, is it necessary for us to do this?"

"It's because of our decades of friendship that I came here to take only some fried peanuts and a bottle of wine."

"Okay, then you sit down first. I'll make us a simple cold dish." Li Yancheng didn't say anything pretentiously. He raised his chin and gestured towards the stone table, then turned around and walked back into the kitchen.

"Dacheng, just make a simple cold dish. Don't make it too complicated."

"Got it, Dashan. Please sit down first. I'll make you some green onion and tofu."

"This works."

……

Li Yancheng and Dong Wangshan grew up together in the alley, so there was no need to express gratitude directly, as long as the intention was clear.

The two of them sat in the yard, chatting casually while sipping wine and eating cold dishes.

"Dacheng, does the government really not care about private business now?"

"Yes, it's published in the newspaper. The country has liberalized the individual economy and allowed private businesses. But it doesn't mean they will just leave it alone. You have to go to the Industry and Commerce Bureau to get a license. Only with this license can you do business. However, you are not allowed to hire employees for the time being."

"No hired workers allowed? Then...what about my own family?"

"Of course my own family can do that. You must know the old Cai who sells tofu on the streets, Brother Dashan."

"Yes, I know. His family's skill of grinding tofu has been passed down from generation to generation."

"That's right, his tofu business is run by his whole family, but he is the only one selling tofu. Brother Dashan, why are you asking this? What, do you want to be a self-employed person too?"

"No, no, no, I have a job, why would I do that?"

Although he said that, the flash of hesitation in Dong Wangshan's eyes did not escape Li Yancheng's eyes.

The Dong family's financial conditions were pretty good. In fact, it should be said that the families living in Meishandong Hutong all had similar financial conditions. Each family had at least one or two workers or cadres.

But this family condition also depends on who you compare it with.

In the past, when private businesses were not allowed, nothing could be seen. But since the policy was relaxed this year to allow individual businesses, people in their alley and several nearby alleys who were smart or had some skills have quietly started small businesses.

As a result, within just a few months, those small business owners started to bring bicycles, radios, and electric fans into their homes. How could this be tolerated!

When everyone is at the same starting line, it doesn’t matter even if your family earns ten or eight yuan more than mine a month, because everyone is about the same.

But if your family suddenly earns a lot more one day, this will definitely make others jealous.

Of course, these neighbors who have lived together for decades would definitely not do anything shameful behind my back, but since your family has made a fortune by running a small business, can I do the same?
As a result, in recent days, more and more people have started to consider starting small businesses.

Li Yancheng knew at a glance that the boss had the same idea.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Brother Dashan, although the current policy allows individual economy, there are still restrictions on what can be done. If you have some skills, such as grinding tofu like Lao Cai, or making delicious braised meat like Lao Sun in Hengzhalan Hutong,

Or if you have carpentry skills like Uncle An from No. 30 Yard, then you can definitely get a license. But if you don’t have any skills and just want to be like those guys who speculate, buying goods from here at a low price and then reselling them at a high price, then I think you should wait a little longer.

In the eyes of many people, speculation is still a mistake. If caught, they will definitely be arrested. The lightest punishment is confiscation of illegal gains, and in serious cases, there may be a prison sentence. "

Dong Wangshan's eyes, which were originally bright, immediately became dull after hearing Li Yancheng's subsequent words.

This is not just a random statement. The act of speculating is indeed still within the scope of crackdown.

The policy encourages the development of individual economy, and encourages those who have skills. For example, if you are a cook, you can get a license to open a small restaurant, something like that.

People like profiteers and backpackers who travel back and forth between the countries will suffer a lot if they are caught.

Nowadays, there are people on the streets of Beijing who bring in goods from the south to sell, but they all sell them secretly, with people and goods separated. They negotiate the price here, and then go to another place to pick up the goods after they agree, for fear of suffering heavy losses if caught.

The situation is better in big cities, especially Beijing, which follows policies more closely. In backward areas, even in the mid-to-late 1980s, these traffickers were still being severely cracked down on.

For example, the famous small commodity wholesale city is a test site for the private economy, so the development of the private economy is particularly good.

The South opened up early and is close to Hong Kong Island. It won’t be long before businessmen from Hong Kong and Taiwan start building factories here on a large scale, and the private economy is also developing very well.

It is different in the north. People from all walks of life are relatively conservative. Some places did not open up to the private economy until the early 1990s.

Beijing is also in the north, but because it is the capital, it is the first place to come into contact with various policies. People have nothing to do and like to study policies, so there are still many people with active minds.

Everyone knows that things are different now than they were before. In the past, the poorer you were, the more glorious you were. Now, haha...

Mr. Dong definitely doesn’t have any skills. His original idea was to start a small business. In fact, it cannot be said to be his idea. It was the idea of ​​his eldest son.

He came to Li Yancheng's place today, firstly to thank him for his help in finding his grandson early this morning, and secondly to inquire whether he could do business with him.

After all, Li Yancheng is the highest-ranking person in their alley, and his understanding of policies must be much deeper than that of ordinary people like them.

Now when I heard that I would still be hit for trading things, the little flame in my heart was immediately extinguished.

In Mr. Dong's opinion, his family is not so poor that he can't even afford to eat, so there is no need to take the risk.

He had already made up his mind that he would have a good talk with his boss when he got back and ask him to go to work with peace of mind and not think about these trivial things anymore.

In fact, looking back from the perspective of today, people in the 1950s were pure, people in the 1960s were fanatical, people in the 1970s were timid, and people in the 1980s? They were observant and confused.

This confusion is caused by policy changes, which suddenly broke everyone's inherent thinking.

How should I put it? People who lived in the 1980s, faced with the vigorous tide of reform, were very envious when they saw countless speculators making money as easily as eating and drinking. Especially since there were many second-rate people in the eyes of ordinary people.

But no matter how envious they are, no one dares to take that step easily.

However, those who are brave enough to explore, or those who are forced to take this step, are rising at an unimaginable speed in this era.

This is an era where heroes and bears coexist.

The vast majority of people eventually give up the idea of ​​doing business out of fear and caution, just like Mr. Dong.

What Li Yancheng said was not meant to scare him, but was just stating a fact. It was up to the person concerned whether he was willing to listen or not.

Everyone in the Dong family has a job, and they don't have any obsession with doing business to make money. But Dong's eldest son saw that a classmate who had gone to the countryside to work in the fields did not have a job when he came back, but ended up doing business for three or four months, selling watches and bicycles and earning several hundred yuan a month, while his monthly salary was only more than 50 yuan, so he became jealous.

That's why he told his father that he also wanted to do business.

Not everyone who engages in speculation will be caught; it is a matter of probability.

And in order to maintain social stability, the public security department does not handle this kind of thing very strictly. As long as you don't do it too high-profile, just let people sue you.

Simply put, it means making a fortune in silence.

Like Zhu Yongyang, he is already quite high-profile now because so many people know him.

Just as Li Yancheng and Dong Wangshan were drinking and chatting, someone found Lao Zhu's family and brought him a big business.

If this deal was successful, he could earn at least 10,000 yuan, and the person who found him was someone he could hardly refuse.

Old Zhu was a little hesitant. He was not hesitant about whether to make the ten thousand yuan, but because Li Yancheng had just told him not to do the business of reselling scarce large-scale materials anymore. But he really couldn't afford to offend the person in front of him.

After hesitating for a while, Lao Zhu said cautiously: "Director Liu, you want too much. I..."

"Xiao Zhu" Before Zhu Yongyang could finish his words, Director Liu, who was sitting opposite him, interrupted him.

"Just tell me directly whether you will help me or not."

Director Liu glanced at Zhu Yongyang with a cold face, and immediately put him in a difficult position.

How should Old Zhu respond to this? He really didn't want to do this business, because he believed that his old classmate would not harm him, but he really couldn't afford to offend Director Liu. If he refused, his future life might be a little sad.

(End of this chapter)