"Hey, are they selling things on the street over there? Are we allowed to have small vendors now?" Someone asked in surprise, pointing at a group of people setting up stalls on the opposite street.
"Really? Isn't this speculation? Is this allowed?" Others were also surprised.
Everyone looked at the street across the street. The entire street was filled with stalls, some selling snacks, some selling eggs and vegetables, some selling scarves and hats, and some service stalls such as repairing shoes, tires, and bicycles.
The people around seemed to be used to it. Many stalls were occupied by customers. There was an old lady wearing a red armband in the distance, but she didn't seem to come forward to stop them.
Is this still the China they remember?
In the past, if someone was found doing business privately, they would be charged with speculation and profiteering, and would definitely be hunted down by the red armbands!
But now they are selling them openly on the streets. This is too unbelievable!
No wonder they were so surprised. Compared to buying things without tickets, doing small business in public was what really made them "refresh their worldview"!
After all, this already constitutes the crime of "speculation and profiteering."
Once discovered, the offender will be paraded through the streets at the very least, and sentenced to jail at the worst!
In fact, many people know about the existence of the "black market". After all, in an era of material shortages, who wouldn't secretly go to the black market to buy some urgently needed items at home?
Even if I went to the black market, I was afraid of being discovered, so I had to wrap myself tightly every time for fear of being recognized.
It was hard to believe for those who had just returned from the United States that they could see people selling goods so openly on the street.
"Really?! Is there...no one...in charge?"
The man originally wanted to ask, "Isn't anyone catching them?", but after thinking it over, he changed it to, "Isn't anyone in charge?"
Others were also muttering in their hearts!
After two years abroad, I came back and found that many things about my familiar hometown were different!
"Hey, this is a relevant policy introduced last year. All you need to do is apply for a business license from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau! Many educated youth who returned to the city but have not found jobs, as well as parents who retired early and gave their jobs to their children, will choose to do some small business to earn some money to support their families!" The teacher explained.
New policy?
"Industrial and Commercial Bureau", "Business License"!
They are all new terms!
It seems that there are really many differences!
However, new policies are indeed needed to change the current situation in the country!
When they went abroad, many educated youth returned to the city, but where could they find so many jobs in the city?
In those days, more than tens of millions of educated youth went to the countryside to respond to the country’s call!
Suddenly so many educated youth returned to the city. Even if they were scattered across cities across the country, there would be at least tens of thousands of unemployed educated youth returning to each city, right?
No city can afford such a large number of people!
These educated youth who had been working in the countryside for many years not only could not find jobs to support themselves, their wives and children after returning to the city, but even worse, they had returned to their own homes, but because they had been away from home for so many years, they no longer had a place for themselves in the family!
This caused many family conflicts back then!
There are also those who, in order to prevent their children from going to the countryside, choose to retire early in their forties and give their jobs to their children.
It is very painful for people of this age who are neither young nor old to compete with young people for temporary jobs with low salaries.
Now that the country allows private business, there will be some income and you can support yourself. This will greatly ease the employment pressure in the city!
Faced with such great changes in the country, these international students all sighed in their hearts at the country's development and progress.
After arriving at the place, leaders from the Municipal Education Bureau came to express their condolences, and finally each school took their students away.
This group of international students has just returned to China. The Education Bureau has arranged a one-week vacation for them to allow them to adapt to life and changes in the country. Further arrangements will be made after they return from vacation.
These graduates who returned from studying abroad are rare talents for the country and must be trained intensively. Many of them have already been arranged to go to their next destination before returning to China!
Basically, you either join the Chinese Academy of Sciences, continue to form a team in the university to do scientific research, or be assigned to an important department for key training!
Since many students' families are not from Beijing, most of them are arranged to live in school dormitories. Many students start writing letters to their families to report their safety as soon as they return.
Since Zhang Luyao's home was in Beijing, she reported to the school leaders and then packed her luggage and went home.
Zhang Luyao also has her own plans for her future arrangements. She has to talk to her family first and try to choose where she wants to go before being arranged by her superiors.
As soon as Zhang Luyao returned home, her mother, who missed her daughter, hugged her tightly in her arms.
Mother Zhang really missed her daughter. She thought back to how her daughter had secretly signed up to go to the countryside for several years because of that brat from the Gu family. She had finally passed the college entrance examination and returned to Beijing, but less than half a year later, she was sent to study in the United States for two and a half years!
My daughter flew away again before I could even warm her up!
Zhang's mother was always worried about her daughter, fearing that she would be bullied as a girl abroad, that she would not be able to adapt to the food, and that there would be no one to take care of her if she was sick!
I've been worried for years!
Now that her daughter has finally returned, Zhang's mother immediately started preparing delicious food for her daughter!
"I'll call your father and brother and ask them to come back and welcome you!"
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