Chapter 278: Fire is coming out of the ancestral tomb, Spring Festival travel rush is coming [Subscription hits a new high, thanks to all the big guys who subscribed]

Zhou Wang Brigade.

Xiaojiang Village.

Chen Dacong was carrying a turtle tied with rattan, which looked to weigh at least 20 kilograms, and whistling all the way home.

As soon as he walked back to the village entrance, someone asked in surprise: "Da Cong, where did you catch such a big turtle?"

Chen Dacong said with a smile: "Uncle Seventeen, I caught it by the small lake in Jiaowo."

Uncle Seventeen said with envy, "I never thought there was such a big turtle hidden in that place. You are so lucky. This turtle looks like it will weigh no less than 20 kilograms. If you meet a rich boss, you can sell it for 20 or 30 yuan. Your harvest today is equivalent to a month's salary for others."

Chen Dacong shook his head and said, "I won't sell this no matter how much money I pay. I have to send it to my brother-in-law. He loves to eat this."

Uncle Seventeen said, "Your brother-in-law likes to eat it, so you should send it to him. Your brother-in-law is amazing, but it's a pity that your sister is not so lucky and can't enjoy it with him."

Chen Dacong thought of his elder sister who passed away young, and sighed: "There is nothing I can do, this is fate!"

Uncle Seventeen said, "I heard that your brother-in-law has become the head of the Naye Deng family and has raised millions to start a passenger transport company. That's incredible. As his brother-in-law, you should visit your brother-in-law's family more often. If your brother-in-law becomes rich, he can just give you a hand and you two brothers can live a good life."

Chen Dacong smiled and said, "My brother-in-law has taken good care of us. The two older children in my family have been taken to the county town to work!"

"That's true. Being able to work in the county town is a good thing that many people dare not even think about!"

"Okay, Uncle Seventeen, I won't say any more to you. This thing is quite heavy. I'm going to go home and take a rest first, and then I'll deliver it to my brother-in-law later."

"Well, let's go back!"

…

After having lunch at home, Chen Dacong put the soft-shelled turtle in a sack and carried it towards his brother-in-law's house.

In fact, with the current financial situation of Chen Dacong's family, buying a bicycle is no longer a pressure. After all, the two children's monthly salary is only several dozen yuan, plus the year-end bonus. In the past year or so, the two children have earned thousands of yuan.

What's more, he also planted watermelons this year and earned more than 2,000 yuan.

Now, he has about 3,500 yuan in cash at his disposal, so it is not difficult for him to buy a bicycle.

However, perhaps because he was used to being frugal, he had never intended to buy a bicycle.

When he arrived at his brother-in-law's house, he saw his brother-in-law changing the battery of the TV under the wooden shed, so Chen Dacong greeted him, "Brother-in-law!"

Seeing his brother-in-law coming, Deng Shirong quickly replaced the battery and asked, "Have you eaten?"

"I have eaten. Today I was lucky enough to catch a big turtle, so I brought it to you." As he said that, Chen Dacong untied the sack and took out the big turtle.

"What a good stuff!" Deng Shirong couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. This thing is quite common in later generations, but nine out of ten of them are farmed, which is naturally incomparable to pure wild ones.

Chen Dacong smiled and said, "I knew you, brother-in-law, like to eat this."

Deng Shirong reached out and grabbed the vine, lifting it and feeling its weight, he said, "This is delicious and nourishing for stewing soup, and it tastes good when braised. I'll stew it and you can drink two cups in a while."

Chen Dacong immediately said, "Brother-in-law, let me help you kill this thing first."

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's still early. Sit down and take a rest, and light a couple of cigarettes first."

After carrying such a heavy thing and walking such a long way, he really felt like smoking. Chen Dacong did not refuse and went over to get the pipe to smoke.

Deng Shirong sat opposite him and said, "Da Cong, now that the country is reforming and opening up, more and more people are going out to do business, and many of them have made money. You can't get rich just by focusing on the small piece of land at home. Do you have any idea of ​​going out to do business? If so, tell me, I support you."

Now that he has led the entire Naye Deng family onto the road to wealth, he naturally cannot let his relatives fall behind.

Chen Dacong stuffed tobacco into the pipe and said, "Speaking of ideas, I do have one. Brother-in-law, please give me some advice and see if it can be done."

Deng Shirong said: "Well, tell me!"

Chen Dacong took out a match and said, "Now that it's Chinese New Year, people are buying more and more fireworks and firecrackers, so I want to build a fireworks factory in our village. Brother-in-law, do you think this can be done?"

Deng Shirong thought for a moment and said, "Your idea is good, and the fireworks and firecrackers produced by opening a cannon factory should not have trouble selling. However, opening a cannon factory has a very big risk. Have you considered it?"

Chen Dacong lit a match and took a few puffs of his cigarette before asking, "Brother-in-law, what risk are you talking about?"

Deng Shirong spat out two words: "Safe!"

In the previous life, someone in their brigade had opened an artillery factory, but due to lack of safety awareness, an accident eventually occurred. Not only were all the raw materials in the artillery factory burned to ashes, but two of the dozen or so employees lost their lives, and several others were severely burned. This artillery factory, which was once a thriving business, was directly sent to the eighteenth level of hell, where it would never recover.

Therefore, running a cannon factory is indeed profitable, but the risk is also extremely high. If an accident occurs, it will be an extremely serious accident. Unless it is a state-owned or collective enterprise, it will be very difficult for a cannon factory run by an individual to recover if it encounters such a thing.

Chen Dacong obviously had no safety awareness in this regard. When he heard his brother-in-law mention the word "safety", he didn't even react.

Deng Shirong could only explain: "Everything in the artillery factory is flammable and explosive. If safety awareness is not enough and there is a slight mistake in management, it may cause serious consequences that are difficult to recover. If it is just the loss of raw materials in the artillery factory, it is not a big deal.

But if there is an accident in the artillery factory, at the very least, someone will be burned, and at the worst, someone will die, which is the most fatal thing. "

Chen Dacong was shocked when he heard his brother-in-law say this. He immediately gave up the idea of ​​opening a cannon factory and said with a wry smile: "It seems that I am really not suitable for doing business. I don't even know that opening a cannon factory has such serious consequences."

Deng Shirong said: "That's not the case. You're already better than many people for thinking of opening a gun factory. Putting aside the potential safety hazards, a gun factory can indeed make money. Moreover, this safety issue can be avoided as long as it is taken seriously and strict management is implemented.

However, there are many profitable projects, so there is no need to choose a business that has safety risks.

If you really want to start a business, I have a good project here. It requires little investment, has quick results, and is risk-free. It should be suitable for you.”

Chen Dacong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked, "Brother-in-law, what is the project?"

Deng Shirong said: "Wooden Clothespin Factory."

Chen Dacong was surprised and asked, "Wooden Clothespin Factory?"

"Yes, it is the wooden clothespin factory."

Deng Shirong nodded and said, "This wooden clothespin is an everyday item in our lives. It is in great demand both at home and abroad. Moreover, it can be made from short branches and twigs, and it costs very little.

Moreover, the foreign trade department has been acquiring. If you open a wooden clothespin factory and produce wooden clothespins, no matter how large your production capacity is, it is just a drop in the ocean compared to the huge foreign market and is not worth mentioning at all.

So, if you want to do business, you can consider this.”

Chen Dacong was excited when he heard this and said, "Okay, I'll discuss this with Ah Ming later and partner with him on this."

"I am only responsible for giving advice. You two brothers should discuss the specific operation. If you need to purchase equipment, go to the machinery factory and ask."

"Yeah, I got it!"

…

In the afternoon, Deng Shirong stewed a pot of turtle soup and made a pot of braised turtle, paired them with other side dishes, and had a good meal with his brother-in-law and nephew-in-law.

It is said that contentment is the greatest happiness. This sentence is really very appropriate for Jiang Dehu and Bu Dafang.

The couple had no ambition to make a lot of money on their own. They just wanted to help their uncle manage the orchard, eat and drink with their uncle, and live a carefree life. They even didn't want to have a third child.

Anyway, they already have two sons, so not only did they protect their capital but they also made a profit, so it doesn’t matter whether they have a third child or not.

The drinking session lasted until about five in the afternoon.

Chen Dacong said with a red face: "Brother-in-law, I will go back first!"

Deng Shirong said: "It's almost dark, let's go back tomorrow!"

Chen Dacong smiled and said, "No, I'm anxious now. I have to go back and talk to A-Ming about the wooden clothespin factory."

Deng Shirong laughed and said, "There are several bicycles in the room, pick one and ride back!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Dacong did not refuse. He picked out the second-hand bicycle that Deng Shirong bought from the production team, took the sack containing his armored fish, and went home happily.

After watching his brother-in-law leave, Deng Shirong said to his niece, "Dafang, your Dahu (Bu Dafang's eldest son, the two brothers' nicknames are Dahu and Xiaohu) will go to school next year. Take him to Naye Primary School. This will make it easier for you to take care of him."

He was not polite to his uncle Bu Dafang and nodded directly, "Okay, then after the Chinese New Year, I will let him come to study in the preschool class for a semester, and then he will study in the first grade with his classmates in the preschool class."

In this era, not to mention rural areas, even the communes had no kindergartens, and only the county towns had a few kindergartens, so rural children went directly to preschool classes.

Now the preschool class of Naye Primary School not only has no classrooms, but also no desks and stools. There is only a blackboard in the old ancestral hall of the Deng family in Naye, and teachers from other grades in the school come to teach the classes.

Students who come to preschool can only bring a stool from home every day and take it back after school. This is not easy for a child of a few years old.

There are dozens of spirit tablets enshrined in the old ancestral hall. It is probably difficult for people in later generations to imagine having classes in such an environment.

…

As the eleventh month of the lunar calendar was coming to an end, the Gregorian calendar officially ushered in the year 1984.

1984 is destined to be an important year in the history of my country's reform and opening up.

This year, the chief architect of reform and opening up made his first southern tour and made the judgment that "the policy of establishing special economic zones is correct", which laid the strongest voice of the times for my country's further reform and opening up and pointed out the way for building socialism with Chinese characteristics.

On New Year's Day, Deng Shirong received a letter from his second son, in which his second son told him about a great event, which was the National Day military parade on the 35th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Their Peking University students would have the honor to participate in it, and he would be one of the many participants.

Deng Shirong was really happy to see this news, because that was the National Day Military Parade in 1984!

The National Day military parade of that year was directly deified in later generations and was praised both at home and abroad as the most powerful military parade on the planet.

In particular, my country's original three-stage spear-splitting action was so murderous that no military parade in later generations could surpass it.

The main reason why they are so awesome is that many of the soldiers who participated in the military parade in 1984 were combat heroes who had just withdrawn from the front lines of the battlefield. Having experienced the baptism of artillery fire, they are naturally different from soldiers in peacetime. The murderous aura they displayed was not pretended, but was truly derived from fighting in the hail of bullets.

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The second son was fortunate enough to be able to participate in this grand military parade to confer the gods. The ancestral tomb of their Naye Deng family was not just emitting smoke, but fire.

On that day, Deng Shirong was so happy that he drank an extra glass of wine. He wrote back to his second son overnight, telling him to participate in the National Day military parade with the best spirit, as this was an honor that he should remember for the rest of his life.

…

Chunyun, or Spring Festival transportation, is a large-scale phenomenon of high transportation pressure that occurs around the Lunar New Year in my country.

It is centered around the Spring Festival and lasts for about 40 days, from the 15th day of the 12th lunar month to the 25th day of the first lunar month of the following year.

When the Spring Festival travel rush was about to begin, Deng Shirong made a special trip to the county town and went to the passenger transport company to discuss safety issues during the Spring Festival travel rush with General Manager Deng Changyu and other company management.

Deng Shirong reminded: "The Spring Festival travel rush is coming soon. There will be more and more passengers returning home for the New Year. Our buses will probably be full every day. As long as we operate normally, we can make a lot of money. But while making money, we must remember four words: safety first."

Deng Changyu and other managers nodded repeatedly after hearing this. They also understood that the most important thing in passenger transport is safety.

Deng Shirong continued, "These days, as long as the shuttle buses can make money, they will pick up passengers without any regard for the extra passengers. This can indeed make more money, but it also poses a huge safety hazard. Our company cannot do this. No matter how much money we make, we are not allowed to take extra passengers. This is the bottom line that cannot be crossed."

Deng Changyu hummed and said, "Don't worry, Lord Jiu. I will pass this on."

Deng Shirong said: "Also, if you see passengers carrying inflammable and explosive dangerous goods, you must pay great attention to them and gather them in a safe place. Don't foolishly put them next to the engine iron cover. If the inflammable and explosive goods are ignited due to the heat generated by the engine during operation, it will cause very serious consequences. So you must be vigilant and don't be careless."

The reason for this reminder is that in 1990, when a bus owned by a private entrepreneur in Daba Township was heading to Bobai, a passenger got on at Hejiangwei. The passenger brought a lot of firecracker fuses with him, and piled the fuses next to the engine's iron cover, which eventually caught fire due to heat. Eight people were seriously injured, two people died after failed medical treatment, and more than ten people were slightly injured.

With such a bloody example, Deng Shirong naturally had to issue a warning in advance to prevent the company's cars from making such mistakes, which would be disastrous.

Deng Changyu and others also knew the seriousness of these matters. They nodded repeatedly as they listened, and at the same time expressed their deep admiration for Jiu Gong's foresight.

Next, Deng Shirong mentioned several safety precautions before saying, "These are probably what I can think of. You are all elites in the tribe. Let's brainstorm and see what else needs attention. In short, we must ensure the safety of the bus."

"Okay, Jiugong, you've already explained everything. Let's discuss this later. If there's nothing else to add, just pass it on."

"Well, this is the first Spring Festival travel season since our company was founded. You should pay attention to collecting data. If the passenger volume is large, then before the Spring Festival travel season next year, our company can increase the number of buses in a planned manner."

"Understood Jiugong, we will keep good records."

"That's all for now. Keep working hard. The tribe is waiting for your good news!"

"Got it, Jiugong."

…

afternoon.

A factory in Guangzhou.

After dinner, Li Zonghe went back to the dormitory with his fellow workers to pack their luggage, then sat on the bed and began to worry about how to get home the next day.

Li Zonghe is from Bobai, Guangxi. He came to Guangzhou to work in March last year. His experience of going home for the Spring Festival is full of bitterness. Because there is no bus from Bobai County to Guangdong, if he wants to go home, he must first take a bus from Guangzhou to Wuzhou, then take a bus from Wuzhou back to Bobai, and then take a bus back home from Bobai.

It sounds like it only requires two car changes, which seems very simple.

If it were normal times, it wouldn't be too much trouble, it would just be a matter of wasting some time.

But during the Spring Festival travel rush, changing trains twice would be extremely troublesome.

He did not buy the ticket at the station, but hailed a bus directly on the road. Because the bus was overloaded, he had no seat and had to stand for several hours.

By the time we arrived in Wuzhou, the bus back to Bobai had already left.

Throughout the 1980s, there was only one bus from Wuzhou to Bobai every day, and once the bus left, you had to wait until the next day.

Li Zonghe did not stay in a guesthouse. On the one hand, he was reluctant to spend the money, and on the other hand, he was afraid of missing the bus the next day. So he endured the night in the cold station. When he took the bus back to Bobai the next day, he was half dead.

The worst thing is that when I returned to Bobai, I missed the bus home and had to spend another night in Bobai.

Li Zonghe was also a ruthless man. He insisted on spending the night at Bobai Railway Station and only took the bus home the next day.

After returning home, he was sleepy and tired. He ate something casually and fell asleep without even taking a shower.

After this experience of taking a bus home for the New Year, Li Zonghe is both longing for and afraid of going home for the Spring Festival.

At this time, the workers in the same dormitory had also packed their luggage. Seeing Li Zonghe with a sad face, they couldn't help but ask: "Li Zonghe, what's wrong with you? The factory will be closed tomorrow, and you can go home for the New Year. Shouldn't you be happy? Why are you so sad?"

Li Zonghe sighed and said, "Of course I am happy that I can go home for the New Year. What worries me is how to get home. It is really difficult to take a bus during the Spring Festival."

After this was said, the worker was silent for a moment, and then echoed: "That's true, I don't even know if I can get a train ticket tomorrow!"

Li Zonghe said: "You are all better off than me. At least there are trains or buses that go directly to your place, but I have to change trains twice to get home. It took me three days to get home last year, and I lost half my life."

Upon hearing this, the worker said sympathetically: "Then you are indeed worse off than us."

Li Zonghe sighed again and said, "No more talking. I need to go to bed early tonight and get enough rest to deal with the difficulties I will encounter when I return home."

…

at the same time.

In another factory, two girls from Bobai, Chen Guohui and Chen Guomei, were also discussing going home for the New Year.

The factories in Guangdong basically have holidays on the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month, and people return to work on the 6th or 8th of the first lunar month.

Chen Guohui and Chen Guomei have been working in Guangzhou for two years. They know very well how difficult it is to take a bus home for the New Year. Fortunately, the two take care of each other on the road, which is much better than a lone ranger like Li Zonghe.

At this time, both of them had packed their luggage.

Chen Guohui said with a depressed look: "I get a headache when I think about riding in a car. I don't have many days off to begin with, and half of them are wasted on the road."

Chen Guomei sighed and said, "There's nothing we can do. There's no bus from Guangzhou to Bobai. If there was, we could take the Bobai bus back and not waste so much time and energy."

Chen Guohui nodded and said, "Yes, it would be great if there was a bus to Bobai. I would be willing to take it even if it's a little more expensive. It's really too much trouble to change buses halfway. If I miss it, I have to wait another day. Just thinking about it makes me feel overwhelmed."

Chen Guomei sighed again and said, "Let's not talk about these unhappy things. The factory is going to recruit workers after the New Year. This time I'll go back and see if the girls in the village want to come out to work. If they do, bring a few more girls out, so that everyone will have company in the factory."

Chen Guohui hummed and said, "We should bring more sisters with us. It would be too lonely for the two of us to be in a place where we are unfamiliar with the world."

…

Similar scenes are also happening in other factories in Guangzhou.

And it's not just in Guangzhou. Similar scenes are also happening in factories in Shenzhen, Dongguan, Foshan and other places.

All the workers in the factories are preparing to go home for the New Year and are worried about the transportation.

It is now the beginning of 1984. The number of people from Bobai County working in Guangdong is naturally not as exaggerated as in later generations, but there are already quite a few people. They usually work in factories. Overtime work is common in factories in that era. A good factory is one that works eleven or twelve hours a day, and there are also people who work thirteen or fourteen hours a day.

Therefore, they had no time to go out and wander around, and naturally they didn’t know that Bobai cars had quietly appeared in their city.

(End of this chapter)