Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 1291 Returning Home in Glory

After leaving the club, the group went straight back to Qianhai.

Xiao Wei didn't think much of Zhang Wu and his group's development company.

These days, houses aren't hard to sell; it's really just a matter of operation. Once you get the land and the policies, you make money—there's not much skill involved. These people who run companies together aren't afraid of any demons, scoundrels, or social celebrities; they don't care who they are.

Besides, the profit margin for pure residential properties is a bit low, so Xiaowei doesn't really care. Anyway, he'll just consider it playing along with Zhang Wu; whatever the profit, it's still a gain.

"You'll have to take care of things and handle dealing with them," Xiaowei instructed Chen Hui in the car.

Chen Hui nodded: "Okay, you take care of our own side, leave this to me. Just build some residential buildings here, it's all pedestrian buildings, it's not a big deal."

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Geng Hui and Aunt Wang have gone back to Fengtian. The financial independence of the company has already begun, and the two of them need to go back to coordinate and arrange it. It involves companies in several provinces, so they can't be careless.

Wang Jihong went back to his hometown to pick up his parents and sister, returning home filled with excitement.

Rural people are no worse than city dwellers; they are simply confined to the land, spending the whole year in their villages and towns, at most making a few trips to the county seat. The people they interact with are limited to those in their villages, or perhaps young people and classmates.

Their lives consisted mainly of farm work and listening to the gossip of the villagers. The world was just that big for them, so they lived simply, not foolishly.

And to be honest, they are actually better able to adapt to life than city dwellers. They are hardworking, resilient, and able to withstand pressure. It's just that their perspective is limited, too narrow, and they don't have the same eloquence or cunning as city people.

At this time, there was no massive influx of migrant workers. Going out to explore the world was still the domain of young people. The migrant worker boom had just begun, and most farmers were still honestly staying on the land, waiting for God's bounty.

The gap between urban and rural areas has widened to its peak. The spring breeze of reform seems to have forgotten the rural land. In just over a decade, the city has been completely transformed, with more people embarking on entrepreneurship with dreams in mind, and industrial and commercial tax policies are constantly being adjusted.

However, none of this concerned rural areas. The burdens of taxes and levies were becoming increasingly heavy, and a family's annual income barely exceeded the monthly wage of a full-time worker.

While various industries flourished in the city, the changes in rural areas amounted to nothing more than the addition of a small shop in the village and the construction of a free market in the county, with questionable purchasing power. The agricultural development sector was short of funds.

It is under these circumstances that more and more young people are leaving their hometowns to seek their future in the cities, which in turn drives more laborers to explore new worlds.

Just as the manufacturing industry began to flourish in the early to mid-90s, the whole country was engaged in construction, which led to the formation of a large army of migrant workers.

This is a large army forced out of its current state by life.

This is also due to the widespread adoption of television. In the early 90s, television had already entered rural areas, bringing a wealth of information and exciting images of the outside world to rural people who lived in remote and isolated areas.

Released in 91, the film "The Outsider Girl" and its theme song "I Don't Want to Say" touched the hearts of countless families and attracted many young people to leave the mountains.

The most popular industry during this period was job placement agencies and recruitment points that were located all over the country.

Then some unscrupulous people targeted this group of people who were full of hope but knew nothing about the outside world, and all sorts of recruitment scams emerged one after another. It's all blood and tears when you talk about it.

Around 95, rural and urban areas were merging in a unique way. Migrant workers accelerated the development of manufacturing and urban construction, benefiting all city dwellers, yet this did not fundamentally change the lives of the farmers themselves.

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"Mom, Mom, I'm back!" Wang Jihong pushed open the dilapidated courtyard gate and shouted as he walked into the yard.

In July, students are on holiday, and city dwellers dress up in their finest clothes, showing off their beauty and style in the streets. Meanwhile, in the countryside, it's weeding and thinning seedlings, with people working in the fields under the scorching sun. Without labor, there's no harvest, and city dwellers have nothing to eat. But the city dwellers are unaware of this.

Our tradition, passed down for thousands of years, is this: I enjoy your achievements, yet I despise your origins and scorn your lowliness.

"Second Brother!" A young maid, wearing a short-sleeved dress, ran out of the house. "You weren't home when I got back. Where's Yan'er?"

The eldest girl glanced behind Wang Hongwei. She was Wang Jiwei's younger sister, Wang Xiuli. In the countryside, girls don't follow generational rules or use the ancestral name.

Wang Jihong said, "Where's Mom? Yan'er stayed with my brother; she'll go to school there from now on."

Wang Xiuli circled around Wang Jihong and said, "Tsk tsk, did you buy this, brother? You really spared no expense. This outfit must have cost several hundred yuan. Do you have any for me?" She then took the things that Wang Jihong was carrying.

The brother and sister went into the house. Wang Jihong put the bag on the kang (a heated brick bed), scooped half a ladle of water from the vat and poured it down his throat, then picked up a palm-leaf fan to fan himself.

Wang Xiuli took out the things Wang Jihong brought back one by one and laid them on the kang (a heated brick bed). She pouted and sat down to one side, saying, "They're all for Mom and Dad. My older brother is biased; he didn't give me any clothes. I've been so good to Yan'er for nothing."

Wang Jihong turned around to Wang Xiuli to show off his clothes, shook the new watch on his wrist, and smiled, revealing a set of big white teeth.

"Get lost. Stay away from me, you're acting like a traitor. What are you showing off for? Wait for Big Brother to come back." Wang Xiuli tore off a piece of chocolate and stuffed it into her mouth.

Wang Jihong said, "Little sister, guess where your big brother is right now? Guess!" Wang Xiuli turned her head to the side, and Wang Jihong leaned closer to her: "Guess where I went?"

Wang Xiuli pushed Wang Jihong away with disdain: "Annoying. It's just a trip to Kyoto, what's the big deal?"

Wang Jihong said, "I also went to Hainan by plane. I stayed by the sea for about ten days. Let me tell you, the sea there was boundless, it had no end at all, it was so vast and boundless that standing on the shore made us feel like we were tiny."

Wang Xiuli was intrigued: "Really? Big brother took you there? Isn't big brother a soldier in Fengtian? How come he's going to Kyoto and Hainan, and even taking a plane? You're kidding me."

Wang Jihong said, "It's true, I'm not kidding you. My older brother is in Kyoto now. He's dating someone."

Wang Xiuli was taken aback: "Really? What does your boyfriend do? Is he good-looking?"

Wang Jihong nodded: "She looks good, even better than the best we've ever seen. She has such a good personality, and she doesn't mind me and Yan'er at all. All these clothes and watches I'm wearing were bought for me by my sister-in-law, costing several thousand yuan. This watch only cost 1,500 yuan."

(End of this chapter)