It's the first day of the new year again.
When it was just getting light, Deng Qingling was awakened by the sound of firecrackers.
Before she woke up, Guo Jianping and the other children had all gotten up.
Guo Haochen and the others followed Guo Jianping and watched him set off firecrackers to join in the fun.
After breakfast, Liang Xueying took Xiao Haojie and Li Chunyan to stay at home.
Deng Qingling packed some candies and melon seeds and took her two daughters to chat with Ma Liying. The other children followed Guo Jianping and others to visit their elders to wish them a happy new year.
When Deng Qingling went to Ma Liying's place, several sisters-in-law and aunts were there, and everyone was playing cards and chatting together.
First, everyone talked about the changes in their own family and the gossip they knew, and then talked about Ma Liying's life and experiences in the provincial capital.
"Liying, if you graduate in the future, will you return to your hometown?" asked Mrs. Mei.
Sister-in-law Jing: "Why come back here after graduation? It would be better to find a job in the provincial capital." That way you can help support your nephews and nieces in the future.
"What will happen to Ah Fa and the children if he doesn't come back?" Mrs. Mei asked again.
Several people looked at Ma Liying.
"It's still a long way to go before graduation." Ma Liying thought for a moment and then said, "But I plan to take Ah Fa to the provincial capital to develop and find him a job there."
I heard from my classmates that there are a lot of people selling clothes on Gaudi Street. I can let my man try there and set up a stall to sell things. It's better than farming in the countryside.
(In the late 1970s, a large number of educated youth who had been sent to the countryside returned to the city, only to find themselves unemployed. In response, the government introduced new policies allowing unemployed young people to start their own businesses and set up stalls near their homes.)
Everyone was extremely envious when they heard this. She dared to say that, which meant she had connections.
Now that everything has been brought up, Ma Liying decided to say a few more words: "The atmosphere outside has improved. Many people in the provincial capital are setting up stalls to sell things on the streets, and the streets are becoming more and more lively."
When she came back for the New Year, she saw people selling tea eggs and buns at the county station, and even some people in the town were selling things secretly.
"So we can sell the vegetables we grow and the chickens we raise ourselves," asked Sister Jing.
"Yes." Ma Liying nodded and continued, "Not only can people trade freely in the provincial capital, they've also started distributing land to each household."
"What does it mean to divide the land among households?" asked Jie Bom.
Ma Liying: "The distribution of land to households means allocating land to each household and implementing the household contract responsibility system.
To put it simply, the land is allocated to each household for cultivation, and each household is responsible for a portion of the land.
From now on, the land will be in your own hands. You can go to work whenever you want, go home whenever you want, and plant whatever you want. You have the final say on everything.
Apart from the grain that had to be handed over to the government, the rest of the food was all ours.”
She has said everything that needs to be said. As for whether everyone dares to do it and how to do it, it depends on themselves.
"That's great! As long as we work hard, we can have enough to eat. I don't know when we can distribute the land to each household." Jie Bom was very excited when he heard this and was looking forward to it.
Deng Qingling knew the spring breeze was blowing just by listening at the side.
Originally, she planned to let her eldest son live in the school dormitory when he was in junior high school, and then move to the town with the child when he was free to do business.
Now it looks like it's time to move to town.
She had to tell her family about buying a house or doing business. Otherwise, if she told them that she was just taking the children to study in town, everyone would think she was crazy.
Other children can go to school in the village. She also has a job, and her children can live in the village during junior high school, so she doesn't need to go to town with them.
Let’s not talk about others, let’s just talk about Guo Jianping.
Whatever the matter is, the couple should discuss it together, so that the relationship between the couple will be good and can last long.
So, before going to bed at night, Deng Qingling told Guo Jianping about her plan.
"Today I heard Liying say that people can trade freely outside, and she also plans to take Brother Fa to the provincial capital for development." Deng Qingling said.
"Do you also want to go to the provincial capital to develop?" Guo Jianping asked.
You have to know that even during the crackdown period, his own wife dared to engage in speculation and profiteering. Isn't free trade exactly what she wants?
In fact, Guo Jianping also felt the changes in social atmosphere in the county.
Before the Chinese New Year, his partner went to the black market to sell things and came back to tell him that there were a lot more people in the black market, and no one came to check.
So before the Chinese New Year this year, Guo Jianping and his partner made a lot of money.
However, he had not yet had time to tell his family about the change in atmosphere.
Deng Qingling: "No, I'll go to the provincial capital when I have the chance. My children are still young, so I can't bear to travel far. But I plan to move to the town in the second half of the year."
"You're living well at home, why do you want to move to town?" Guo Jianping asked.
Did the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have a fight?
I haven’t heard of it either!
Deng Qingling: "Haochen will be going to town to start the first grade in the second half of the year."
"Just let the children go to boarding school by themselves. There is no need for you to go with them. We all lived in boarding school before." Guo Jianping said.
"I bought a house in town..."
Before Deng Qingling finished speaking, Guo Jianping asked in surprise, "What?"
Guo Jianping reacted quickly and lowered his voice and said, "When did you buy the house?"
"I bought it around the time after the college entrance examination, so I said I would move to the town. The house is near the middle school. I will set up a stall at the door to sell buns, wontons and other things." Deng Qingling said with a smile.
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