After moving to the county, Lin Mingyue successfully established a foothold in the factory. With the help of the Capital Daily's publication and the recognition as an advanced individual, she successfully became a formal employee.
Later, she did not forget to study. While working, she learned mechanical knowledge from An Jingzhi. In less than five years, she became a fifth-level worker.
At this time, the college entrance examination has already begun and national policies are slowly changing.
As more and more people started to run small businesses, Lin Jiawang decisively resigned from his position as a doctor at the clinic.
He didn't like this line of work in the first place, so he went to the county to ask his son-in-law for advice, and Lin Jiawang started a fur business.
Originally, he wanted to go into the mountains to hunt, but Lin Jiawang was already old, and Lin Mingyue and he both disagreed.
So he was asked to do the fur business related to hunting. Since fur was not valuable in the north, he was specially assigned to buy fur from the north and sell it here.
There was quite a big price difference between the two, and in less than two years, the small courtyard they rented was bought and became their own house.
In the 1980s, some people started to be laid off, and more and more people started running small businesses on the streets.
The machinery factory where Lin Mingyue worked was merged with the provincial machinery factory. Relying on orders from the national army, revenue was not a problem.
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After the implementation of the household contract responsibility system, Lin Jiawang decisively listened to his son-in-law's advice, stopped doing fur business, contracted a lot of land, and used all the land that was not suitable for growing crops to grow fruit.
Ten years later, he had become a famous fruit king.
Not only did he make a fortune himself, but he also helped the entire Xiahe Brigade, and now the Xiahe Village, become rich together.
The children each pursued their own careers. An Jingzhi continued to be promoted along with Lin Mingyue and now lives in the provincial capital.
Lin Jiawang travels back and forth, spending half of his time managing his business in the countryside and the other half living with his daughter and son-in-law in the provincial capital.
But during the holidays, the whole family would always return to Xiahe Village together.
"Everyone, hurry up! Have you cleared the snow from the ground? Jingzhi and the others are going to drive the car back. If the wheel gets stuck, watch out for your skin!"
"Whose kid is that at the door? Take him away! The meal hasn't started yet, so don't eat anything!"
"Stools, stools! The stools haven't been put in order yet. What time is it now?!"
The third grandmother is now ninety years old, but she still has good hearing and eyesight. She sits aside and eats sunflower seeds and peanuts given by the younger generations.
"These dentures are really useful. Not only can I eat with them, but I can also crack melon seeds without any effort." said the third grandmother.
"Haha, if it weren't for Mingyue, none of us would have known that it is possible to get dentures even if the teeth are gone." Another old man of the same generation as Sannai said.
"If Xiaolin hadn't helped our village make money, we wouldn't have been willing to do it even if we knew we could get dentures," said the third grandmother.
"After all, it's all thanks to An."
"You said that when An came to be a live-in son-in-law, his clothes were so tattered. It was a good thing our brigade didn't chase him away."
"Remember what An said? He went to several brigades to ask, but only the people in our brigades were kind enough not to drive him away and even gave him a bowl of rice."
"Of course I can't remember. The older I get, the clearer I remember things from the past."
"Without that meal, there would be no later events, and An would not have become the son-in-law of the Xiaolin family."
Several old men and women with dentures all nodded in agreement.
"That's right. In my opinion, this is also a blessing for our village. If we hadn't kept An kid, how could we have such a good life later on?"
"God sees everything we do."
"Look," Third Grandma pointed in Aunt Qiu's direction, "Nier from her family was the first one to join Jiawang in the fruit canning business."
"As soon as I heard it was An's idea, I just stopped caring about anything else and stopped growing crops. I just started growing fruit."
“That’s a smart guy.”
"We may not be as capable as others, but it's never wrong to follow those who are capable and have a conscience."
"Grandma Qiu! The food is almost ready and it's heating up in the pot! We can have the feast anytime!"
Today, Aunt Qiu has been promoted to Grandma Qiu.
Aunt Qiu quickly instructed, "Jingzhi and Mingyue should be back soon. Go to the village entrance and see if there's any movement."
"Someone come and set the table."
"Fusheng, go and ask the elders of our village to come over. It's almost time."
"Where are the firecrackers? Are they ready?"
There is order in the chaos.
I don’t know when it started, but every year when An Jingzhi and his family come home, Aunt Qiu always prepares a banquet.
Aunt Qiu's family invited the entire village, including An Jingzhi and others, at their own expense. They said it was a welcoming banquet.
Although Aunt Qiu's family earns a lot, it also costs a lot to treat the whole village to a meal.
How can you tell that this is the same stingy Aunt Qiu?
Not long after the old man from the village came and sat down, the roar of the car and the voice of the young man from the village rang out.
"Here they come, Uncle Lin, Aunt Lin, Uncle An and the others are here!"
“I’m back, I’m back!”
When Aunt Qiu heard the noise, she immediately put down the spoon in her hand and handed over the command to Jiang Datian, who was no longer the team leader.
He quickly ran to the village entrance to greet An Jingzhi and the others.
As An Jingzhi and the others got off the car, firecrackers in the village started to pop.
Seeing the bustling scene in the village, An Jingzhi knew that Aunt Qiu was up to something again this year.
After the household contract responsibility system was implemented, everyone's life did not get better. On the contrary, as Aunt Qiu grew older, there was a shortage of labor, and the children in the family grew older, the family became increasingly stretched.
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