Chapter 176

Ji Wanmei had told Lei Tingjun.

In a few years or a decade, our country's social structure will change, and a large number of migrant workers will flock to cities to work.

People who come to the city to work do not have a place to live in the city, so a large number of houses need to be built so that they can settle down and start a business.

At that time, a lot of building materials such as steel bars, cement, and bricks will be needed.

Lei Tingjun has been watching the news broadcast and Reference News every day recently and has found that this trend has indeed emerged.

Today he returned to his hometown, Honghe Township.

Seeing that such a situation had occurred even in this poor and remote place, young people with a little ability were willing to go to the county or city to work and earn money.

Because staying in this poor village means there's no way out.

One principle can reveal profound truths in seemingly small things.

Lei Tingjun thought that if even in a poor rural area like theirs, a group of people were leaving, then in counties, cities, provinces, and even big cities like Shanghai, Beijing, and Zhejiang, there would only be more and more young people from the surrounding areas flocking to the city to seek their fortunes.

In that instant, Lei Tingjun understood exactly what Ji Wanmei meant when she said that the social structure would undergo a transformation.

So he made the decision to acquire the brick factory in a split second.

Brick factories, which may seem unprofitable now, will become the largest source of consumption in the next two years.

Although Honghe Township may seem remote and isolated now, Lei Tingjun knew after reading the news that the country was vigorously promoting the construction of roads into villages.

Before long, those cement roads will be built from the city to the outskirts of the county, and then level by level to the villages, and finally to the front door of every household.

Therefore, as long as he acquires the brick factory now and gets through the initial stage, he can improve efficiency later and is very likely to produce for his own use.

He now has his own transport team that hauls bricks here. At a price of 2.8 cents, after deducting labor costs, he still makes a small profit.

Compared to the one-time profit of 20,000 to 30,000 yuan from scrap steel recycling, the profits from this brick factory seem to be more of a steady, long-term stream.

It also allows you to support your fellow villagers in your hometown, which is a win-win situation.

The ten thousand yuan that Lei Tingjun gave to Ji Wanmei last time, she asked him to take it back, and now it can come in handy.

Lei Tingjun thought that his Meimei was really smart, having foreseen everything so early on.

Lei Tingjun took advantage of the fact that it was still dark and planned to go back to his hometown for a visit.

He drove his pickup truck out of the village market and headed towards Xiahe Village.

Meanwhile, Old Cui, after racking his brains for a while, finally remembered!

Ten years ago, didn't Old Zhang's family have a young boy named Lei Tingjun who stayed at their house?

This should be the name...

Old Cui and Old Zhang both worked at the coal mine at the time, and I think I heard him mention it twice.

More than ten years ago, there was a coal mine here. Later, when the coal mine was almost exhausted, the mine was moved away, and many people in the village lost their jobs.

Old Cui came to the brick factory and after a few years, he became a manager. Old Zhang, on the other hand, disliked the low efficiency of the brick factory, so he used his connections to get into the cooperative and is now working at the slaughterhouse.

It wasn't much easier.

Thinking back to Lei Tingjun's cold and vigorous appearance, with his handsome features, it was hard for Lao Cui to connect him with the aloof, resolute, taciturn, and thin boy from ten years ago.

After thinking about it, Lao Cui decided to go to Lao Zhang's house to inquire and see if this Lei Tingjun was the boy who stayed at their house back then.

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Lei Tingjun drove along, looking at the beautiful scenery outside the window and feeling the cool breeze of early autumn.

In places far from the city, in the endless mountains, it seems that even autumn comes earlier.

The cool evening air was already making people feel refreshed.

This is a road that can hardly be called a highway. It is only wide enough for an oxcart to pass, at most 1.5 meters wide, and scattered with small stones. It was all built bit by bit by the villagers using their hands and the most primitive tools.

The pickup truck's tires had simply been driven over the grass, and luckily, Lei Tingjun was familiar with the area.

He spent his childhood on this land.

He used to run along this country road every morning and evening to get to school.

The rice paddies on both sides were beginning to turn yellow. Lei Tingjun saw several villagers working in the fields, and a cow was grazing nearby.

Upon returning to the village, the raw, natural feel of the countryside immediately struck me.

In the backward and isolated Xiahe Village, people would never think of going out to work; farming was their only source of livelihood.

Upon hearing the sound of the car, the villagers in the fields straightened up and looked around curiously.

Because in their poor village, except for the autumn harvest when the commune came down to pick up grain for tax payment, almost no vehicles would come in at other times.

Two little children with pigtails were playing by the edge of the field. When they saw the car, they ran over and chased after it without any fear.

While chasing, they clapped their hands happily.

A slightly older child recognized Lei Tingjun and chased after the car, shouting, "Big brother, it's big brother!"

Lei Tingjun was worried that they would trip and fall off the car if they ran too fast, so he stopped the car, went over and picked up the two children, and laughed heartily: "Big brother will take you for a ride in the car."

With strong, powerful arms, he carried one child in each arm and placed them in the back of the pickup truck.

The two teenagers were extremely excited. They lay in the back of the truck bed and waved excitedly to their parents who were working in the fields.

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