Chapter 182 Chapter 182 Two years of changes.
Relatively speaking, the 1980s is an era that Mu Mian is more familiar with. Many of the nostalgic works he had seen in his previous life basically started from the 1980s.
However, at that time, I looked at this era with the feeling of understanding the past, which is very different from the feeling of actually being in it.
After entering the 1980s, it is no exaggeration to say that social development has changed day by day. It can be said that the society is thriving. More people go to the south to buy goods and sell them. It is said that truck drivers are popular in this era. It is much more convenient to have a car.
However, only a few people can take the transport team, and most people still take the train one by one.
The train station is as crowded every day as during the Spring Festival travel rush, with a lot of people and goods.
Markets of all sizes in the city popped up one after another like bamboo shoots after the rain.
By 1982, there were two large markets near Anfeng Hutong alone, selling all kinds of things, including people who set up stalls to repair shoes and umbrellas with their skills.
It is very convenient for neighbors to buy or repair anything.
From 1980 to 1982, as society changed, Mu Mian's relatives and friends also changed a lot.
First of all, let’s talk about the Liu family. In the summer of 1979, Liu Yan’s sister Xiao Xuehua, also known as Liu Jing, took the college entrance examination. She didn’t go to the capital, but stayed in the provincial capital.
The issue of volunteering was decided by the parents after discussion. Firstly, they took into consideration that Liu Jing's academic performance was not as good as her brother Liu Yan's. Secondly, Liu Yan would most likely be assigned back to his hometown after graduation, so it was also good for the whole family to be in the provincial capital.
If Liu Jing applied to go to another place, she would be unfamiliar with the place and her family would not be able to take care of her.
This is indeed the case. Liu Yan was a top student in high school, but after entering university he was only above average. It is a bit difficult for him to stay in the capital through assignment.
Now that graduation is approaching, the assignment has already come out. Liu Yan was assigned to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences in the provincial capital. After he started working, the entire Liu family gathered in the provincial capital.
Why do you say the whole family is here?
This story has to start from 1980. After Liu Jing entered college, Liu Cheng and his wife no longer had the burden of taking care of their children. There were no little kids in the family, only old man Liu Dezheng.
Liu Dezheng is old, and he resigned from the position of village party secretary a few years ago.
Once the children left, only Liu Cheng and his wife were left at home to take care of the old man. How could one describe that life? It was so boring.
It just so happened that in February 1980, Liu Tao was transferred from the county public security bureau to the provincial capital's headquarters.
My sister and daughter are both in the provincial capital, and my son might come over in the future. Liu Cheng and his wife, together with Liu Dezheng, decided to go too!
Liu Yan wholeheartedly supported this decision. He also sent some of the money he had saved over the past three or four years to his parents. Liu Cheng and his wife used the money to buy a house with their grandfather and started a small business.
People in their forties are very productive and cannot afford to be idle at all.
In May of the same year, Liu Dongping also came to the provincial capital to work together. She gave the work of the purchasing station to her eldest daughter-in-law, and then took her younger daughter-in-law to work in the provincial capital.
After Liu Shuangcui found out, she transferred some money to Liu Dongping. After all, doing business requires costs in the early stages.
Liu Dongping didn't want it at first, as she was already a grandmother, and the two sisters were still arguing on the phone like before, neither of them giving in.
Liu Shuangcui said that this was an investment, and Liu Dongping accepted it. She took her daughter-in-law and her eldest nephew and his wife to run the small business vigorously.
More than a year later, the small stall became a big shop, and Liu Dongping also transferred the work of the purchasing station to her eldest daughter-in-law. With one more person, they earned a little more money, and everyone was full of enthusiasm.
If nothing unexpected happens, the Liu family will settle in the provincial capital in the future.
This is of course a good thing. Society is developing and people want to move forward. The brigade and the commune can never compare to the provincial capital.
On the Mu family side, Mu Mai and Mu Miao took advantage of the education reform and studied in high school for three years. The two sisters took the college entrance examination in July 1981. They both worked hard and were admitted to the capital.
Mu Mai was admitted to the polytechnic school where Nie Sihui studied, and Mu Miao went to a normal school. Although her scores were a little lower than her sister's, they were still pretty good.
When it comes to studying, Xiao Miaomiao has always been a little behind her sister. This could be seen when she was a child. When she was three or four years old, she shouted that she didn't want to study when she grew up, and asked her sister to read her own books so that she wouldn't have to study.
During the senior year of high school, Mu Mai had indeed been pulling and supervising his younger sister, and Mu Miao herself had also worked hard to not fall too far behind her sister.
While the two sisters were both college students, Mu Cheng and his family's farm was also developing very well.
After two or three years, there were not only geese in the farm, but also more chickens and ducks.
Mu Mian had given out two thousand before, and if it was divided according to the profits, he could get seven or eight thousand, but Mu Mian didn't want it for the time being. The two brothers used the money to continue expanding the farm.
The scale of the farm is not particularly large now, but it is not small either. In addition to the two brothers and Xiang Xuewu, Mu Xinglong and Mu Xingwang are also helping to take care of some miscellaneous matters.
Mu Xinglong just couldn't let go of Mu Cheng's big mess, otherwise, with his personality, he would have followed the Mu Mai sisters to the capital long ago.
In comparison, Mu Xingwang does not have this worry. There are four children in his family, three of whom are in the provincial capital. Mu Qiu’s household registration is local, and he was assigned to stay in the provincial capital smoothly. It is a government agency. He graduated from college and had good grades while in school, so his grade is not low and there is a lot of room for promotion in the future.
Speaking of which, among their four brothers and sisters, only the eldest brother Mu Qing is still working steadily in the factory. Mu Qing's personality is very similar to Mu Xingwang, both of them are the type who seek stability.
They are both working couples and have only two children to raise. They usually get some small things to supplement the household income, so their conditions are pretty good.
The factory is now performing well, and the couple has not yet made up their minds to take unpaid leave to start their own business.
In fact, despite the fact that there are many small stalls and shops outside, most people still think that a stable job is the safest. This is normal as this is how they have been doing for so many years.
As for the second and third aunts Mu, the younger generations also have their own paths. Some studied at junior colleges and were assigned jobs in early 1981. It's a three-year program, so they have been working for almost a year.
There are also some people running small businesses, and they are all doing pretty well.
After talking about my family, there is a lot to say about my friends.
The first one is of course Shi Xiaolian. As expected, she did not participate in the allocation. For this reason, the school teachers contacted her several times. She has good grades, and if she participated in the allocation, there is a great chance that she can stay in the capital.
But the teacher's advice was useless. Not only did she not plan to work in the unit, she didn't even plan to stay in the capital.
I don’t know what will happen in the future, at least I have no plans for the time being.
She planned to go to Guangcheng as soon as she got her diploma, and of course there were many Mu Mian factors involved.
The two had discussed before where to start this business. As for reselling, it was risky after all. It was okay to do it on a small scale, but if it got bigger, it would easily become a typical example. If you wanted to make big money, you had to do serious things.
As early as the first semester of their senior year, the two had already had a direction. It started when Nie Sihui and her classmate, Qiao Yanxin, who was also their best friend for four years in college, came up with a skin care product together.
When we first started selling them individually, they weren’t very easy to sell. Of course, the product was good, but it had to be put on the market, so customers didn’t trust it very much, especially young women who wanted to buy it but were afraid it was not safe.
Mu Mian had wanted to start from this aspect before. The market for cosmetics and skin care products is really huge. After a few people discussed it, they decided to set up a factory and do it step by step. They have the technology and the money.
If you want to set up a factory now, the policies in Guangzhou are more relaxed. The policies in the north are not so clear and the conditions are more stringent.
It just so happened that Qiao Yanxin was also from Guangcheng, and Xiang Xuewen had already established himself there, so having acquaintances around could help take care of him.
Xiang Xuewen now spends most of his time in Guangzhou, and occasionally takes time to go back to the provincial capital to see his children and wife.
He acted quickly and took big steps. He bought a factory early on. At that time, he didn't have enough money, so Mu Mian and Shi Xiaolian both invested some money. It can't be said to be just some money, it was tens of thousands of dollars.
Of course, the contract was signed, more than one.
Because Xiang Xuewen was tinkering with more than one thing, he needed money from many places. He had already set up a pastry factory, and the small factory he took over was a clothing factory.
In addition, Xiang Xuewen has a good classmate who works at a pearl breeding station with professional technicians, and he also plans to set up a pearl breeding factory.
Mu Mian did not participate in his pastry business, but he had certain shares in the garment factory and pearl farm.
Garment factories not only have investment shares, but also management shares. There are quite a few garment factories in Guangcheng now, but only a few can survive in the end.
If the designs aren't new and good-looking enough, and the management isn't in place, this factory probably won't be able to continue operating in a few years.
In terms of vision and management, Mu Mian is the best.
She knew nothing about pearl farming, so like Shi Xiaolian, she only held a share in the investment.
While Xiang Xuewen was doing all kinds of things in Guangzhou, Xiang Xuewu also set up a small pastry workshop in the provincial capital. The two brothers were busy with their own things.
Oh yes, Xiang Xuewu did not participate in the distribution. He and the Mu Cheng brothers had discussed that if the breeding farm was opened in the brigade, there would still be too many restrictions.
Because it is far away, it is difficult to get orders. Most of the people who come to buy chickens, ducks and geese are from the communes and counties, not the provincial capital.
He planned to build one near the provincial capital, but not to make it big. He would take it slow at first, and then move the brigade's farm to the vicinity of the provincial capital depending on the situation.
While Xiang Xuewu was busy, Xu Lele had already put a trip to the capital on his agenda.
But it's not a transfer, she's here to participate in an event.
The entertainment sector has also developed rapidly in the past two years. Capital Television has organized a new talent singing competition open to everyone.
Xu Lele has passed three rounds of screening and is waiting to come to the capital after the Spring Festival.
But it’s still early now, New Year’s Day has just passed.
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