Rebirth in 1980, the rise of the golden age

There was not much work in the brigade after winter.

The members hibernate.

Wang Jingui, the branch secretary, now has a lot more free time. He lies on the warm kang at home, holding an old radio.

[Crossing the forest and the snow source, the spirit soars to the sky]

[Expressing lofty sentiments and aspirations, facing the mountains]

May the red flag fly across the five continents and four seas.

[Even if it's a sea of ​​fire and a mountain of swords, I will rush forward]

I wish I could turn the falling snow into spring water.

Wang Jingui listened to the tiger-slaying excerpt from the Peking Opera "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" with great fascination. He leaned on the pillow, closed his eyes, shook his head, crossed his legs, and made circles to the tune.

Incredibly beautiful.

Li Youcai pushed the door open and entered the room.

"Hey! Secretary Wang is listening."

Wang Jingui opened his eyes and saw Li Youcai, and sat up from his leaning position.

"Why are you here?" He lowered his head and looked at what Li Youcai was holding in his hand: "What are you doing?"

"I saw the salmon the seafood company just delivered. I brought back two and I'll give you one to try."

"Let me try something new?" Wang Jingui looked at Li Youcai suspiciously, then curled his lips and said, "When have you ever given me anything in your life? You must be in trouble. Don't play tricks on me. Take the things away, I dare not accept them. If someone reports me again, I won't be able to explain myself."

"If there is something, that's a good thing."

"I put the fish in the basin first. It's very heavy to carry."

Ignoring Wang Jingui's objection, Li Youcai put the things in a ceramic basin in the kitchen outside.

"What on earth are you going to do, kid?"

Li Youcai returned, sat on the edge of the kang, and said with a smile, "Secretary Wang, I want to open a market and register it under the name of our brigade."

"You want to set up a market?" Wang Jingui's eyes widened with surprise when he heard this.

"Yes, it's still in preparation." Li Youcai nodded and asked, "Secretary Wang, do you know about the affiliation?"

"How could I not know? The fruit canning factory in Shuguang Brigade is affiliated with their brigade. They pay the brigade an affiliate fee every year. I heard it makes quite a bit of money."

When talking about money, Wang Jingui's eyes lit up.

The Dongsheng Brigade is poor, and the brigade headquarters is even poorer.

The funds provided by the commune above are not much more than a drop of sweat, and it is better than nothing.

No matter what the brigade wants to do, they are always short of money.

The brigade does not have to hand over the fees it collects, but can use them freely to build roads, buy livestock, or purchase production equipment. As long as they are not divided privately by a few people, the brigade can use them for any purpose.

There is a fruit canning factory under the Shuguang Brigade. I heard that the annual registration fee is several hundred yuan. With this money, the brigade directly rents a tractor from the county agricultural machinery cooperative to plow the land during the spring plowing. They are so generous that they even slaughter more than ten pigs than other brigades.

I don’t know how many brigade secretaries are envious of me.

Wang Jingui is just one of them.

"It's easy if you know that."

"I want to register the market with our brigade, and have it pay a registration fee to our brigade every year. The market can run it on its own, and the brigade has no right to interfere. How about it?" Li Youcai said.

Wang Jingui rolled his eyes upon hearing this, rubbing his chin with his right hand as he said, "It's not impossible for you to register with us. The market brigade won't interfere with your business, but the registration fee..."

"Three hundred yuan a year." Li Youcai gave a number.

Wang Jingui narrowed his eyes at Li Youcai and said pretentiously, "No, it's too little. The fruit canning factory pays 800 yuan a year."

When it comes to bargaining, Li Youcai is a master.

Wang Jingui's little tricks are no match for Li Youcai.

Li Youcai smiled slightly. "Three hundred yuan isn't the price I offered you. It's the price the county aquatic products company offered me. I wanted to keep the money within the family, so I wanted to establish a relationship with our brigade. If the brigade thinks it's too little, then just ignore what I said."

It is known to many people that Li Youcai has a good relationship with the leaders of the aquatic products company.

Wang Jingui also saw it with his own eyes that the leader of the fishery company personally drove Li Youcai back to the brigade.

Li Youcai said that he could register his relationship with the fishery company, and Wang Jingui had no doubts at all.

Without giving Wang Jingui time to react, Li Youcai stood up directly.

"You continue listening. I'll go back first. My family is waiting for me to come back and eat fish." After saying that, Li Youcai strode out.

"Don't go! Why are you in such a hurry? You look just like your father, with a donkey face."

Seeing Li Youcai flash out of the house, Wang Jingui could no longer hold back. He jumped off the kang and chased after him in his shoes.

He hurriedly grabbed Li Youcai.

"It's not that I'm in a hurry. You think three hundred yuan is too little and you don't agree. I can't add more money. It's a waste of time for us to continue talking. I might as well go home and eat." Li Youcai said.

"Who said it was too little? Didn't I tell you? The fruit cannery gave us eight hundred. Come in, come in, and let's talk."

Wang Jingui pulled Li Youcai into the house, and then he forgot what he had just said about it being too little.

"So you agree?" Li Youcai asked.

"Let's talk more." Wang Jingui still wanted to try his best with his eloquence.

"My market is small, and it can't compare to other people's canneries. If you agree with the three hundred, I'll go in. If not, I'll go home."

I waited there for a few seconds, but saw that Wang Jingui still didn't give in.

Li Youcai picked up the wine and fish he brought and was about to walk out.

"Okay, three hundred is three hundred."

Seeing Li Youcai pushing open the door with half of his body leaning out, Wang Jingui hurriedly shouted and chased after Li Youcai again to grab him.

Three hundred yuan is not a small amount.

It is more than enough to get a dozen piglets for the brigade. After raising them for a year, the brigade will be much better off.

After hearing what Wang Jingui said, Li Youcai turned back and put the things back into the basin.

After entering the house, Li Youcai and Wang Jingui discussed the procedures for affiliation again and agreed that as soon as the negotiation in the county was completed, they would sign the contract immediately.

When she got home, Chu Xinyan had already stewed the salmon in the pot.

A fish weighs more than ten pounds and it is impossible to eat it all at once. Chu Xinyan stewed half of it and kept the other half.

Duoduo squatted in the kitchen, looking at the half salmon in the basin, feeling both scared and curious.

This was the first time in her life that she had seen such a big fish.

Li Guanghu was sitting on the kang in the room, smoking a pipe. When he saw Li Youcai coming back, he asked, "Did Wang Jingui collect the things?"

"Yeah." Li Youcai responded while dragging his clothes.

"What do you want him to do?"

"I plan to set up a market in the county town. I need to find a place to register the license. I plan to register it with our brigade." Li Youcai said.

"Market? What market?" In Li Guanghu's impression, there was no market in the county town.

"It's the old flour mill opposite the state-owned restaurant. I plan to rent it and then transform it into a market, make stalls, and rent it out to others. I'll collect the rent," Li Youcai explained.

"Wouldn't that make him a rich landlord?" Li Guanghu became anxious when he heard this.

In the past, wealthy landlords would rent their fields to tenants to farm. This is almost the same as what Li Youcai just said about renting stalls to others.

"Dad, don't talk nonsense. There are no rich landlords these days."

"I'm running a market, a legitimate business allowed by the government. It's different from the landlords you mentioned."

Despite Li Youcai's explanation, Li Guanghu was still a little worried.

"Youcai, Dad knows you have some abilities now, but you also have to be careful. Don't be too impulsive in doing anything. What if something happens to you? What will happen to this family? Before you do anything, you have to think about your family first and make sure you are sure before you do it."

"Don't worry, Dad. I definitely won't do anything illegal. I'll get you a chat box later, and you should listen to the radio more often. The policy has changed now. The country encourages self-reliance and economic development. I'm opening this market to respond to the country's call and seek convenience for the people. Even if I make money, I still have to pay taxes to the country."

Li Guanghu felt a little relieved when he saw Li Youcai swearing and speaking so confidently.