Reborn during the early days of China’s reform and opening, the narrator finds himself in the 1980s countryside. In this setting, the past is still a cold reference, yet it is also a fresh start....
Wan Feng and Xiao Dexiang chatted for a long time, and also talked about Xiao Jun.
Xiao Jun is now a well-known local transport tycoon. Not only does he have four buses running between Bohai and Dongdan, but he has also established a fleet of truck loaders and unloaders. In addition to transporting construction materials to construction companies, he also delivers stones to the shrimp circles in Heijiao.
Almost all of the beaches in Heijiao Township are used for shrimp farming, which requires a lot of stones.
If memory serves me correctly, these shrimp pens were built until the spring of 1989.
In another year and a half, the golden age of car maintenance in the shrimp circle will be over.
Almost all the stones mined by the Shanhou team's quarry are now sent to the shrimp circle.
When talking about loading and unloading machines, Wan Feng suddenly remembered the two tractors he asked Jiang Ming to pull back.
This tractor is intended to be converted into a forklift.
It seems that these two guys were not seen in the yard of Nanwan Factory. I wonder where they unloaded the tractor.
I'll have to ask about it when I get back to the factory tomorrow.
Could it be that Jiang Ming sold him out?
However, this possibility is extremely small. On the one hand, Jiang Ming doesn't dare to sell it. On the other hand, it's useless for ordinary people to buy such a big thing. It will go bankrupt if they burn oil.
At half past four, Luan Feng came back alone on a motorcycle.
Wan Feng was waiting for them in the team. Not seeing Zhang Xuan, Wan Feng was a little confused. Did he run away with someone?
"Where's Zhang Xuan?"
"Zhang Xuan took the model team to Bohai City to participate in a performance today."
Wan Feng hasn't been to the garment factory since he left today, so he had no idea that Zhang Xuan had gone to perform.
"Weren't you still in the factory this morning?"
"I was notified to go in the afternoon. The county propaganda department sent a car to pick me up. I will be gone for three days." Luan Feng was beaming with joy when she said this.
"That costume show that's going on this winter?"
"Winter clothes!"
Wan Feng really wanted to slap himself. How stupid! If he didn't show off his winter clothes, he would show off his bikini.
"Have you bought some groceries?" Luan Feng asked coquettishly when she saw Wan Feng had nothing in his hands.
“I bought it!”
After chatting with Xiao Dexiang, Wan Feng looked at the sky and saw that it was getting late, so he bought a bunch of vegetables in the market. From vegetables to meat and fish, he bought a lot. He couldn't carry it all back at once, so he found a rented tricycle in the market to deliver it home.
Wan Feng pushed the motorcycle and Luan Feng held his arm.
I don’t know if it’s because Zhang Xuan wasn’t here today, but Luan Feng was in such high spirits that her face was almost broken from laughing.
"Hahaha, hahaha, have you laughed enough? How many farts did you eat to make you laugh like this?"
The transition from Luan Feng's laughter to silence took less than a second: "Did you buy me a gift this time?"
"No, I forgot!" Wan Feng answered simply.
"Ah! How dare you forget such a heartless thing? Get out of here! I don't want to see you again."
"Okay, I'll leave! Right now."
"Get out!"
"Why don't you let go of my arm? How can I get out of here if you don't let go?"
"If you can get out of here if I don't let you go, that's a real achievement!" Luan Feng was still stubborn.
"I didn't go to the Soviet Union this time. I didn't dare go there because I was afraid of being caught by the KGB. And how could I have any gifts if I hadn't gone there? Everything from China can be found at the Wahou market. If I just brought something back, you'd say I was fooling you and didn't care about you. So I just didn't bring anything."
Luan Feng immediately became nervous: "What is the KGB? Why are they arresting you? The underworld?"
"What mafia? It's the Soviet secret service."
"What have you been doing over there? Did the secret service arrest you? Did you seduce a female spy?"
Wan Feng is so depressed. Can we talk about something of scientific value?
Since this matter involves a female spy, it must be explained and explained clearly.
"I was selling some stuff from the Soviet Union to the military, which was illegal in the Soviet Union, so of course the KGB wanted to arrest me."
"For the military, what have you been doing?"
"Tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, aircraft engines and so on."
Speaking of this, Wan Feng remembered that the damn Dimitri still owed him a D36 engine.
"Tank! Can we get one back?" There was a flicker of eagerness in Luan Feng's eyes.
This time I don’t feel depressed, my heart stops!
"You're not thinking of driving a tank down the street, are you?"
“There’s that idea.”
"Wait until I make a firecracker as thick as a bucket and tie it to your butt."
Luan Feng was confused: "Why are you tying it to my butt?"
"I think heaven is more suitable for you!"
"Bad guy! If you dare to slander me in a roundabout way, I will scratch you to death." Luan Feng bared his fangs and claws and showed the Nine Yin White Bone Claw again.
"You're my wife, damn it. If it were any other woman, I'd kick her to death. You want to drive a tank, what else do you want to do?"
"Hahaha, I think driving a tank is so cool."
"Wait till I make a big slingshot and shoot you into the sky. That will be even more impressive!"
"Bad guy! You're trying to murder your wife. You must be hooking up with the female spy."
How come you haven’t forgotten this yet?
When they arrived at Luan Feng's house, Luan Feng went back to the house to cook, and Wan Feng went to visit his grandparents.
Because no one brought any gifts, Wan Feng started handing out money. He gave each of my grandparents, uncles, and cousins a red envelope of 1,000 yuan.
After returning to Luan Feng's home, he gave each of Luan Feng's parents a red envelope of the same size.
It only took about ten minutes, and the reimbursement was 6,000 yuan.
Then Wan Feng sat on the kang and chatted with Luan Changyuan.
"Zhang Hai has gone to the township, and they've specifically asked my uncle to be the brigade secretary. Uncle, are you interested in taking over the position of team leader in Wahou?"
"Take over your uncle's shift as team leader?"
Wan Feng nodded.
"I'm not interested. I'm doing well at the shoe factory and I have no interest in getting involved in the messy waters of the team."
"The Wahou Squad has over 100 million yuan in public funds. If you don't take this job, someone else might end up embezzling it."
There is no point in saying anything else, it is better to state the significance directly.
Luan Changyuan knew a little about the team's accumulation, but he was not sure how much it was exactly. He didn't expect it to be so much.
"You have so much money?"
"yes!"
"Then if I take over, aren't you afraid that I might embezzle it?"
"Haha, if you do it smartly and don't let anyone find out about the corruption, it might not be impossible."
If he wasn't too greedy and kept a low profile, it wouldn't be a big deal. The money isn't Wan Feng's anyway.
"What the hell, am I that kind of person?"
"The team chose you because they knew you weren't that kind of person. If you don't accept it, Liang Wan will have to take it. If you accept it, Liang Wan will be your deputy to assist you."
"If that's the case, I can consider it."
"I think my uncle might want to talk to you in the next few days. Zhang Hai will be gone after the New Year. Before the New Year, my uncle will have to take over the brigade's messy accounts and so on. You will also have to take office the year before."
Luan Changyuan nodded.
Since the team has so much accumulated experience, he thinks it is better to take over, which is better than letting unreliable people take over.