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 left Jiangwei on May 3rd and returned to Jiangwei on the 18th, having been away for exactly half a month.
Half a month is just a drop in the ocean in the long river of time.
But even if it was just a drop in the ocean, there was still a noticeable change in the general's prestige.
As the bus passed the hillside between Liutun and Cuitun, Wan Feng, who was sitting on the left side of the bus, saw the two diesel locomotives parked at Jiangwei Railway Station at a glance.
The Bohai Airport Factory has already manufactured these two locomotive heads and has already delivered them to Jiangwei.
The driver was hired by Wan Feng from Hongya Railway at a high price of 300 yuan per month.
Since the locomotive has come in, it indirectly reflects that the railway has been completed.
This is not good. How could the train station be completed secretly when I was not at home?
At least we should wait for the investor to come back and preside over a completion ceremony or something.
After getting off the train at the station, Wan Feng immediately ran to the station and walked around the front of the train several times.
These are two Dongfeng 4C freight trains. The locomotive's rated power has been increased to 2165kW, which was considered the most advanced train in the country at the time.
After looking at the front of the train, Wan Feng realized that he had not seen the carriage.
Isn't it equivalent to nothing if there is only a front part but no carriages?
The sixty carriages he customized should have arrived by now.
I'll call tomorrow to urge them.
All operations of the station are included in the unified scheduling and dispatching of Hongya Railway, so Wan Feng doesn't have to worry about it.
According to the custom when returning home, it is natural to first report safety to Luan Feng and Zhang Xuan.
When the two women saw Wan Feng returned safely, they expressed their concern in a neutral tone.
After a night's rest, someone is full of energy again.
When Wan Feng left home in the morning, his biggest wish was that there would be nothing to do in the next few days so that he could have some peace and quiet.
Maybe get a fishing rod and go fishing at the rubber dam for a day to cultivate your sentiment.
Wan Feng quickly dismissed this idea.
The fish at the rubber dam are so disgusting.
Wan Feng actually went fishing there and caught a few fish in the whole morning.
It’s not that there are no fish or that the fish don’t bite.
On the contrary, the fish there are particularly crazy about biting the hook. As long as you throw the hook into the water, the float will never stop moving.
But the little fish were just biting the bait for fun and couldn't catch the fish.
You are very busy but catch few fish. If you are not angry, it is because you are too petty.
If you go fishing at the rubber dam, it would be better to bring dynamite with you to fry the fish. At least you can enjoy the noise.
As soon as Wan Feng thought of those cunning and damn fish in the rubber dam, his interest in fishing immediately disappeared.
While cursing the damn fish in the rubber dam, Wan Feng walked to the intersection of the bay mouth and the triangle.
When I turned around, I saw Zhou Bingde walking out of the triangle.
"Godfather! Good morning!"
"Hey! You're back? Just in time! There's a new class graduating today. Aren't you going to attend their graduation ceremony? This looks like the first batch of graduates from the technical school!"
You want to have some peace and quiet, but trouble comes before you even reach the bay.
There are already graduates after only two months of school opening at the technical school?
What major did you study and you graduated in two months?
"Godfather! Are you getting senile? Someone is graduating two months after the start of school?"
"If you call me old and confused again, I'll hit you. Do you think it takes a year to learn clothing tailoring?"
Forgot about this project.
It really doesn't take a long time to learn clothing cutting. If you only learn cutting, you can graduate in about ten days. Even if you add sewing, twenty days will be enough to learn.
I have studied clothing cutting here for two months, and it is really about striving for perfection.
"How many graduates have graduated from the clothing cutting class?"
Wan Feng and Zhou Bingde walked side by side towards the technical school, chatting as they walked.
"Two classes, about a hundred people."
“So what are these people going to do after they graduate?”
"More than 70 of them will enter the garment factory, and the rest are preparing to go home and work on their own."
In fact, by the 1990s, running a clothing store on your own was no longer considered a very good industry. It might be okay in other places, but in Hongya, because of the existence of the Wahou Market, making clothes by yourself was indeed not a very good business.
There are all kinds of clothes at the market, and the prices are very cheap. It is no longer possible to open a clothing store as it was when Wan Feng and Luan Feng were building their empire.
"Today this group of students will graduate, and tomorrow the next group of students will come in, which will be more than a hundred people."
There's nothing we can do, there are just too many people here.
It is not time for classes at the technical school yet. Unlike primary and middle schools where people run around the playground during the day without classes, there are almost no people playing around on the technical school playground, and there are not even many people on the playground.
Most people stayed in the classroom, and even those who were on the playground were quietly communicating with each other.
How can this be a school? Young people should be full of energy and vitality. How can this lack of energy work?
Is it time to organize a sports meet?
This must be considered.
Nanwan Group has been established for so many years and really needs a grand event held regularly every year.
Sports meet is a good choice.
Yes! Let’s hold a sports meet.
There are still about ten days until June 1st, so time is running out and I'm afraid it might be too late. Also, the elementary school has a sports meet every year, so it can't clash with the elementary school's.
If Children's Day is not possible, then choose July 1st next month.
From now on, we will hold a sports meet and a basketball championship every year.
That’s settled.
Oh no! There’s no place big enough to hold a sports meet!
There are about 100,000 people working in Jiangwei now. If a sports meeting is held, it will be packed with people.
If there weren't a decent factory, several of them would have been crushed to death.
This also requires building a stadium, even if it is a simpler one. Maybe in the future we can organize a professional team or something.
There is no such place in Jiangwei now, and the only thing that can be used is the several hundred acres of paddy fields in front of the east end of Wahou Gate.
"Boy! What are you thinking about?" Zhou Bingde asked when he saw Wan Feng didn't say anything for a long time.
"I want to build a stadium and I'm thinking about where to build it."
"Build a stadium? Why would you build that?"
"National fitness! Hold a sports meet or something."
"Are you going to hold a sports meeting?" Zhou Bingde immediately became excited. He also liked to join in the fun.
"Yes! I'm planning to hold a People's Movement Rally for all of Jiangwei on July 1st. What do you think?"
"Great! That's great! I love holding sports meets. Hey! There must be a seniors group."
Wan Feng was a little surprised: "There's an elderly group? Are you planning to leave?"
"Of course! Your godfather was an athlete when he was young!"
Wan Feng looked Zhou Bingde up and down for a long time.
You've just lost weight. How can you tell that you used to be an athlete?