As they were going to bed that night, Song Ziqing said to Lin Chengyu, "Xiaoyu, our business in Hong Kong has recently entered a stable period. Let's get some rest early tonight and go back to Hainan tomorrow morning. We need to find out if anyone in higher-ups is aware that my parents crossed the border into Myanmar!"
“Great! We’ve been spending too much time away from home lately and haven’t been back to Hainan in ages. I’ve almost forgotten the sea breeze and beaches of my hometown. The Lunar New Year is almost here, so we really need to spend it in Hainan.”
A few days ago, Youjun told us that the educated youth in the village were going to invite all the educated youth who had come to the countryside to get together for the Spring Festival. Even though we didn't live with them, we couldn't be too unsociable.
Lin Chengyu and Song Youjun have a good relationship now. Although they are different in age and generation, Lin Chengyu thinks that Song Youjun is a good person. If he is properly trained, he and Song Ziqing will not have to worry about the future of Shengang Village.
Lin Chengyu recalled his past life, when he was also a passionate and enthusiastic young man who, like Song Youjun, had lofty ideals and ambitions.
But as he grew older, he gradually became more realistic and rational.
He knew that changing the fate of a village was not something that could be done by one person alone; it required the joint efforts of many people to achieve their common goal.
Previously, the educated youth were all newly arrived in the countryside, and the villagers did not include them in the plan for the dried seafood workshop. Now that Lin Chengyu has found that the inventory of dried goods is increasing, he plans to discuss with the village chief the possibility of making these educated youth part-time salespersons so that they can help sell the village's dried seafood to the cities where they used to live, especially inland cities.
Every time they return to Hainan, they come into contact with the people working in those seafood processing workshops.
These are the faces they are most familiar with, and their closest friends.
They spent countless days and nights here, working and living together. Here, they experienced the diligence and simplicity of the people of Hainan, and also learned a lot about seafood preparation techniques and knowledge.
However, they were not satisfied with this.
They knew that although Hainan's dried seafood was delicious, if it couldn't be sold to more places, more people wouldn't be able to enjoy this delicacy.
So they decided to become salespeople for the seafood workshop, helping the villagers sell their dried seafood to factories in the city.
They began frequently traveling between various cities in Hainan, looking for more sales channels.
They tirelessly visited every factory, introducing them to Hainan's dried seafood and inviting them to sample it.
Their efforts paid off, and many factories began purchasing dried seafood from the village, giving them high praise.
Besides Hainan, they also visited major cities in Guangzhou.
There are also many cities there that are far from the sea, and for the people in these cities, dried seafood is a very precious ingredient.
They have also achieved great success here, helping the villagers sell a lot of dried seafood and allowing more people to learn about Hainan's food culture.
In the process, they also made many new friends.
They experienced the warmth and friendliness of the people of Guangzhou and learned a great deal about city life. They realized that improving one's standard of living is not just about material things, but also about spiritual enrichment. Only through continuous learning and exploration can one make their life more fulfilling.
Their efforts were recognized and supported by the villagers. They felt everyone's trust and gratitude, which strengthened their resolve. They knew that only through their own hard work could they improve the lives of the villagers.
Song Ziqing and Lin Chengyu's biggest gain during this period was collecting a large number of antiques, paintings, calligraphy, gold and silver jewelry in the black markets of major cities.
These precious treasures have now filled the warehouse of the Repulse Bay villa to the brim.
For this reason, when they built the hillside villa, they specially planned an underground warehouse that was no smaller than the villa's ground level, to be used as the family's treasure room.
Fortunately, the ring space has been upgraded, and the number of rooms in the courtyard has also increased significantly.
What made Song Ziqing happiest was the addition of a storage room, which contained countless storage boxes. Each storage box could hold one type of item, and there was no limit to the number of items that could be stored.
While in Myanmar, they discovered that the incense smoke from temples could help upgrade the ring space, so they visited all the major temples in Myanmar, allowing the ring space to absorb a lot of the accumulated incense smoke over the years.
Ultimately, the ring space was upgraded into a small manor, with mountains, rivers, slopes, lakes, trees, land, and even a small ocean.
The next day, the two returned to Hainan. Instead of going to the seafood drying workshop, they went to the educated youth compound in Shengang Village, led by Song Youying.
There aren't many people in the former educated youth compound now, only four or five. Four of them are educated youth from inland cities, and the other one is Zhang Xiang, the unlucky guy that Song Ziqing and Lin Chengyu met in Guangzhou when they went to the countryside. He is Bai Mei's ex-boyfriend.
Zhang Xiang had heard from the villagers that there were two other educated youths in the village. One of them was originally from the village and had returned. He was living in his own home. The other was someone else's girlfriend.
Now, seeing the arrival of Song Ziqing and Lin Chengyu, and hearing Song Youying's introduction, he realized that Song Ziqing was the educated youth whose ancestral home was here, and the one who had helped him in Guangzhou before.
He was momentarily dazed, feeling that fate was truly wondrous. Then he stepped forward, bowed deeply, and stood up excitedly, saying, "Song, thank you so much for speaking up for me back in Guangzhou. Otherwise, I wouldn't be here as an educated youth; I would be locked up right now! I... I truly never imagined that my sincere heart would be so betrayed!"
Zhang Xiang still feels immense pain when he recalls his experience in Guangzhou. Back then, he returned to Guangzhou with longing for his lover and yearning for the city.
He went to the factory to find his girlfriend immediately, only to be told that she had gone to work for the Revolutionary Committee. He was also told by a former coworker that his girlfriend had already found someone else.
He didn't believe it and went directly to the Revolutionary Committee to find her, only to see her standing next to Xiong Tian, the deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee, with a bright smile. After Xiong Tian left, her fawning face instantly turned cold and ruthless. It was the first time he felt as if he had never known Bai Mei at all.
After all, in his memory, Bai Mei was just an ordinary working-class family who was favored by boys and had always been kind and gentle. He never expected her to change her attitude so quickly!
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