Rebirth 80: Start by earning money to build a brick house

In addition to having many stops, the train heading south is also much faster than the steam locomotive.

Zhang Ziming also forgot how many days and nights he had been walking. Although he was carrying Xu Yimin's watch, he was confused as he counted the laps.

When we arrived at Guangcheng Railway Station, it was even more crowded.

At this time, the Guangcheng Railway Station had not yet hung the 8-character slogan "Unify the Motherland, Revitalize China". It seems to have been hung in 1986.

What is hanging now is the same slogan that can be seen everywhere in this period.

Yan Yongchang told Zhang Ziming that it is a good opportunity to come to Guangcheng now, because the Canton Fair is being held here, and people from all walks of life at home and abroad are gathering here.

It's just that it has been started for a while, and it is coming to an end, and it is not as lively as the first few days.

Zhang Ziming didn't think about the Canton Fair, so he hit it by mistake.

It would be more suitable if I could meet a suitable buyer at the Canton Fair, otherwise I would really owe Yan Yongchang a favor.

Zhang Ziming was not polite after getting off the train, and followed Yan Yongchang all the way to the family residential area of ​​the Guangdong Provincial Institute of Technology.

Because the Canton Fair was still being held, it was not easy for Zhang Ziming to find a place to stay. All large and small hotels were full.

To talk about a family home, it has to be a family home for university teachers.

Not to mention that the humanistic atmosphere is unmatched by some factory family areas, but the greening is second to none.

Zhang Ziming went to his third uncle's house in the county. His third uncle worked in a paper mill in the county, so he naturally lived in the family compound of the paper mill, and that family compound was considered good in the entire county.

But compared with this place, although it is not the same as the sky and the earth, it is definitely several levels behind.

As for the dormitory building where Xu Yimin lives, it is a gathering place for bachelors, so there is no talk of greening.

After the turbulent years, the salary of teachers has also improved to a certain extent, especially university teachers.

Now that the college entrance examination has just been resumed a few years ago, there is an urgent shortage of university teachers. At this time, let alone graduate students, you can stay in school directly as a teacher after graduating from an undergraduate degree.

Zhang Ziming followed Yan Yongchang to the downstairs of a residential building. When he turned and went up to the second floor, he discovered that the teacher Yan Yongchang still lived in a house with two bedrooms and one living room. He thought that the salary of a university teacher was better.

In fact, not all university teachers have this treatment.

Yan Yongchang's lover is also a teacher at the Guangdong Provincial Institute of Technology. Based on his dual-employee status and Yan Yongchang's status as a subject leader, he was able to be allocated a house with two bedrooms and one living room.

Although the area is not very large, only sixty or seventy square meters, it is already ahead of the vast majority of urban residents.

Yan Yongchang's lover came from southern Hunan Province, and Pingting's graceful image always exudes the unique temperament of a teacher. People can feel at a glance that she is definitely an intellectual.

After Yan Yongchang’s brief introduction, Zhang Ziming also took the initiative to say hello to Yan Yongchang’s lover. After all, he had to have a meal here at noon:

"Hello, sister-in-law. Sorry for disturbing you."

Yan Yongchang is from eastern Guangdong Province, and Yan Yongchang's lover is from Xiangnan Province, so they both speak Mandarin at home, which also allows Zhang Ziming to have no communication barriers.

Just listen to Yan Yongchang's lover's voice, as soft as Juanjuan spring water:

"Xiao Zhang, right? There's no need to be so polite. Just sit with Lao Yan for a while. The meal will be ready soon."

Then Zhang Ziming teased Yan Yongchang's two children again, and Zhang Ziming became envious.

Who wouldn’t envy such a happy family?

After dinner, Yan Yongchang went to school to report on his business trip. Zhang Ziming also followed him out and stayed at the guest house of Guangdong University of Technology.

It wasn't that Yan Yongchang couldn't live in his home, nor was it that Yan Yongchang and his wife refused to let him live there. It was Zhang Ziming who felt deeply inconvenienced and strongly requested to live out.

After all, Zhang Ziming came here to disturb others. If he stayed in someone else's house shamelessly, it would be a bit over the top, even though Yan Yongchang and his wife were very hospitable.

With Yan Yongchang's leadership, the guest house directly arranged accommodation without checking Zhang Ziming's letter of introduction.

Fortunately, the university's guest house was not requisitioned.

Zhang Ziming lamented that after his rebirth, the first business he had to do was to meet a noble person. It seemed that God intended to reward him.

After Zhang Ziming washed his face, he thought for a moment. Yan Yongchang treated him so well, and he would do anything to repay him.

Zhang Ziming knew what was lacking most in the 80s.

Zhang Ziming had already planned in his heart and left a piece of sapphire for Yan Yongchang.

And after all the sapphires are sold, a fee will be left for Yan Yongchang, and it will be regarded as a success.

And he must let Yan Yongchang accept it, because he may cause trouble to Yan Yongchang in the future.

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This afternoon, Zhang Ziming planned to go out first to take a look at the Canton Fair.

The original purpose of the Canton Fair was to earn foreign exchange through exports, and the participating units were also foreign trade units.

Of course Zhang Ziming never thought about going inside the exhibition, he just walked around outside.

Not to mention now, I have never been here even in future generations, so I should have experienced it for a long time.

By the way, I am taking a chance, because Zhang Ziming knows that many big bosses do not only deal in one industry. These days, they can do whatever they can to make money, no matter what industry they are in.

The Canton Fair in 1980 was still held at the Liuhua Road Exhibition Hall and had not yet been moved to the Pazhou Convention and Exhibition Center.

The time when Zhang Ziming came was the end of the exhibition. The Canton Fair at this time lasted for at least 15 days and at most 20 days.

However, Zhang Ziming missed one thing.

Yan Yongchang's family speaks Mandarin, but when he came to the street, he basically heard everything in Cantonese.

However, Zhang Ziming discovered an obvious problem:

There are many stalls on the roadside here, which shows that individual trading has been gradually liberalized here.

If this is Min'an County, that is absolutely not allowed. If you set up a stall, you will still be chased away by "red armbands."

I was thinking of taking a bus to the Liuhua Road Exhibition Hall. I knew the words on the bus stop sign, but I didn’t know how to transfer to the exhibition hall.

Find someone to ask, but it turns out you don't understand what they say.

After waiting for more than half an hour, I saw a younger girl and asked, and then I figured out how to reverse the car to the Liuhua Road Exhibition Hall.