We all enjoyed the meal very much.

After dinner, Liu Chuan gave a few instructions and then hurried back to the city to work.

He never has finished his work.

Naturally, the four young men couldn't sit still at home. After saying something to Xiao Yawen, they went out together to find Huang Yonghui's comrades.

By the way, take a look at the scenery of Jiangkou.

Li Sanqi is a retired soldier.

He was injured in the battle a few years ago and had a scar on his left cheek. His facial nerves were damaged, so his cheek would twitch uncontrollably when stimulated, which would seem very scary to people who were not familiar with him.

But in fact, Li Sanqi is a very loyal person. After serving in the army for several years, he also abides by the rules.

Because he was a rural soldier, he was not arranged a job after he was discharged from the army. He took the meager retirement settlement money and returned to his hometown, a county under Jingjiang Jiuan.

Two years ago, I came to Jiangkou with a few young people from the same brigade to make a living.

Life in the countryside was too hard, so Li Sanqi wanted to try his luck in Jiangkou.

I heard that the mayor of Jiangkou is Liu Chuan'an, the former first secretary of the Chuzhou Prefectural Committee. Although he and Li Sanqi have nothing to do with each other, they are still fellow villagers. It makes people feel at ease for some reason, as if even in this foreign land thousands of miles away, they are still "taken care of" by their fellow villagers.

Everyone says that Jiangkou is carrying out reform and opening up, and there is money everywhere, and you can pick it up just by bending down.

Well, back then, the countryside held many interesting ideas. For them, reform and opening up was a very concrete concept. There were rumors in many places that "communism" had arrived in a nearby town, and everyone would welcome it with drums and gongs.

The rural areas implemented the contract responsibility system, allowing private individuals to raise pigs, chickens and cattle. Everyone felt that this was just a policy change and could not be called "reform and opening up."

After all, "reform and opening up" is so grand and noble, it must be special and different.

When everyone arrived at Jiangkou, they found that the rumors were both true and untrue.

Why do you say that?

There is indeed money everywhere in Jiangkou, but you have to work hard enough to "pick it up".

Li Sanqi and his fellow team members were not well educated and could not find easy jobs in Jiangkou, so they could only work on construction sites. However, for Li Sanqi, who had always been hardworking and persevering, this was no problem.

How can a country boy be afraid of hard work?

As long as the pay is enough, I will do it no matter how hard or tiring the work is.

Especially Li Sanqi, he really needs money.

He was the eldest child in the family, with a younger brother and two younger sisters. His parents were honest farmers, and his mother was in poor health and unable to do heavy work. The burden of the family fell on his father and Li Sanqi.

Li Sanqi's younger brother Li Liuan and younger sister Li Dingxiang have good academic performance.

But the family conditions are so poor that they cannot afford to support two students.

His father's intention was to do everything in his power to support Li Liu'an's education. If she could get into a technical secondary school, she would be a city dweller, having escaped the countryside and brought honor to her family. As for Li Dingxiang, girls would eventually marry, and if the family was well-off, they would of course support her education. But if the family was not, there was nothing they could do. They would have to let her drop out.

Li Sanqi firmly disagreed.

He especially likes his little sister, who was raised in his arms.

So Li Sanqi worked incredibly hard in Jiangkou, sending every penny he earned, except for his living expenses, back home. In two years, Li Sanqi had only bought new clothes once, and his two old military uniforms had long since faded from wear. That one new outfit was for work on the construction site; it was a "work suit," or work clothes, that resembled denim.

The news from home made Li Sanqi feel very relieved.

Li Liuan and Li Dingxiang were both in school, and their grades had always been excellent. Li Dingxiang, in particular, had achieved top marks in her third year of junior high school. Everyone said that as long as she persisted in her studies, she would have a good chance of getting into a junior college.

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