My hometown has also changed drastically. The commune was changed to a town, and the small woods around the town were leveled and a comprehensive market was built. All the vendors who used to set up stalls everywhere moved to the new market.
Outside the town's middle and primary schools, there used to be only two or three fast food restaurants, but now, there's a whole row of shops outside the school gates, including breakfast shops, fast food restaurants, stationery stores, and snack shops—it's incredibly lively.
However, Chen Jing's older brother and sister-in-law, as well as his second sister and brother-in-law, were among the first to open a shop and earned their first pot of gold.
The two families settled their household registration in the city, not only buying back the original shop but also acquiring land in the city, where they built a four-story building.
In the early 1980s, the people who could build four-story buildings were among the two tallest buildings in the city.
The Ji brothers' paths diverged dramatically.
Ji Xiangjun and Sun Xiaoyu made a name for themselves in the garment factory in Jiangnan. In just a few years, they not only made clothes, but also bought land and built buildings. In a short period of time, they became the most famous entrepreneurs in Jiangnan.
Ji Zhijun contracted more than ten acres of land on the hillside in his hometown and planted it all with tropical fruits such as lychee, longan, and mango.
Two or three years later, several kinds of fruit gradually bore fruit and were put on the market.
In the 1980s, the prices of three tropical fruits were high, and almost everyone who grew them made money.
Even though they were retired and at home, Secretary Ji and his mother were extremely busy. The Ji family became a major agricultural producer in the area, earning tens of thousands of yuan a year.
Zhang Hong gave birth to three children in a row, totaling four. Because of this, she was fired from the supply and marketing cooperative, and has been frustrated ever since.
When fruit farming finally made money, he couldn't help but feel proud. He demolished his old house in his hometown and built a three-story building in the village, making him stand out from the crowd in the brigade.
As soon as Ji Xia graduated from school, Chen Jing took her to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get their marriage certificate.
On the day he received his marriage certificate, he smiled broadly as he looked at the two newly issued certificates in his hands.
"We finally got our marriage certificate. Now I don't have to worry about people trying to steal my partner away every day."
Ji Xia rolled her eyes: "We've been together for years, and you're the only one who worries about this pointless stuff every day."
Chen Jing curled his lip, grinning like a rogue: "How can you blame me? You should blame those people for being too despicable. They couldn't steal it openly, so they secretly had someone steal it from them."
"but--"
He grinned and moved closer to Ji Xia: "Everyone in the capital knows we're engaged. Now that we've registered our marriage, why don't we have a grand wedding in the capital?"
"It just so happens that neither my parents, brother, nor sister-in-law have ever been to Beijing. Let's invite them all here and have a dream wedding that combines Chinese and Western styles, so that everyone can witness our happiness?"
The End
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