Time Travel: Volume 1! Starting from a Small Mountain Village

"Son, why are you back!"

Widow Liu stood outside the door and saw her son walking home looking lost and dejected from afar. A bad feeling immediately rose in her heart, and she quickly ran up to him and asked.

"Liu Zhaodi!" Just as Lin Weibing was wondering how to answer, an angry voice rang out behind him. Turning around, he saw the captain storming towards him, shouting loudly.

"Captain, what brings you here!" Widow Liu saw Lin Guodong and immediately changed her expression, greeting him with a smile.

"Hmph, tell me why I'm here! It was your idea to send Lin Weibing to the chicken farm in place of Lin Xiuxiu, wasn't it?" Lin Guodong sneered, glaring at her. He knew the Lin family members' temperaments well, so he knew at a glance that it was Widow Liu's idea.

"Now it's all good. As Long Zhiqing just said, if Lin Xiuxiu really can't go, she'll recruit someone else." Lin Guodong also looked disappointed. After all, he was also surnamed Lin, and naturally wanted the Lin family to be better off. Such a good opportunity had fallen into the Lin family's hands, and they didn't know how to cherish it. If Long Zhiqing had to choose again, he couldn't guarantee they would be able to.

"What? Rehiring? Isn't that my Xiuxiu's job? Can't she even give it to her younger brother? Captain, you can't let Long Zhiqing do whatever he wants! This was all agreed upon, how can you just change it like that?" Liu Zhaodi panicked the moment she heard the captain say that.

"hehe"

"Who told you that this must be Lin Xiuxiu's job? It was just that Long Zhiqing chose her. Of course, she could choose someone else. Transferring it? I say, Widow Liu, you really dare to say such a thing."

"Do you really think that Weibing can raise chickens well with his personality? If something goes wrong, all those people in the East Bay Brigade could drown your family with their spit. Do you really think you can live off the goodwill that Weibing's father left behind?"

"I'm here to let you know so you don't make a mistake. Alright, I've delivered the message. If you don't want Lin Xiuxiu to lose her job, tell her to go quickly. Otherwise, it will be too late if Long Zhiqing really starts hiring new people."

"Xiuxiu, come out and go to work! I was just joking, I wouldn't actually ask you to give up your job!" After Lin Guodong left, Widow Liu opened the door. She wore a different expression than usual, speaking with a fawning tone.

Lin Xiuxiu wasn't happy about her mother's change of heart; instead, she felt very disappointed. She had overheard the brigade leader's words from inside the house. Her mother didn't want to; the other party simply didn't agree.

Actually, she and her sister had already guessed this outcome, since Long Zhiqing had clearly stated the recruitment conditions yesterday. Given that their younger brother didn't seem to meet any of the conditions, it would be strange if Long Zhiqing agreed.

She quietly walked out of the room, glanced at her younger sister behind her with a complicated expression, and ultimately left without saying a word.

"Mom, look at this good-for-nothing..." Lin Weibing was a typical bully at home, terrified of Long Lifan just now. But at home, he was the boss, and seeing Lin Xiuxiu ignoring them like this, he immediately became indignant.

"Alright, son! This money-loser is still useful for now, so let's not hold it against her." Widow Liu comforted her son. Now that Lin Xiuxiu was earning work points and money, she certainly couldn't treat her the same way she used to.

What if Lin Xiuxiu suddenly loses her mind and refuses to go to the chicken farm? Then everything will be lost. She's hoping Lin Xiuxiu will earn more money for the family so she can find a marriage partner for her son.

The two sisters, Lin Xiuxiu and Lin Feifei, are now 19 years old, which is well past the age for marriage in the countryside. They used to stay home to help with chores, but now...

Widow Liu plans to find Lin Feifei a wealthy husband, while she thinks Lin Xiuxiu can wait a few more years and contribute more to the family.

At this moment, Li Chang'an, the county party secretary of Pingwu County, sat in his office in a daze, his mind filled with the phone call he had just received from the municipal party committee.

The municipal party committee just called to praise the county's machinery factory, and also called on other industries to learn from it.

If it weren't for the fact that the caller was the municipal party secretary, he would have suspected the other party was seriously ill. What could their county's machinery factory possibly have to offer them? This was no joke.

Just moments ago, the municipal party committee was still discussing the future of the machinery factory, and now it's being praised by higher authorities.

Later, after he pressed for details, he learned that an article about a machinery factory had been submitted to the provincial level, attracting the attention of higher authorities.

He had just asked his secretary to fetch a copy from outside, and the newspaper article about the machinery factory was now on his desk.

"You old Xu, you even fooled me."

When Li Chang'an thought about Xu Tiansheng coming to see him a while ago, he wondered if the other party had something wrong with his head. It turned out that he was preparing a big move. But this was too unfair, not even telling him.

Immediately, he walked to the phone and dialed the machinery factory's number.

"Ding Ding Ding"

On the other end of the phone, Xu Tiansheng was arranging the recent supply issues. Now their machinery factory can finally hold its head high, as the supply and marketing cooperative notifies them to replenish their stock every day.

In just a few days, the new farm tools became the best-selling items at the supply and marketing cooperative. Moreover, most of the purchases came from other communes, who would buy hundreds of tools at a time. If they didn't have their own production lines, they probably wouldn't have been able to supply them at all.

They sell each sickle for 3 yuan, and in just a few days they have earned several thousand yuan, something he would never have dared to dream of before.

People are in high spirits when they have good news, so Xu Tiansheng's smile hasn't disappeared lately. When he heard the phone ring, he assumed it was the supply and marketing cooperative calling to notify them to restock.

"Hey, you need to restock, right?"

"I'll fix it my ass!"

Upon hearing Xu Tiansheng's words, Li Chang'an immediately cursed, "You old Xu, you've been hiding it really well!"

"Oh, it's Old Li! I thought it was the supply and marketing cooperative calling." Xu Tiansheng recognized the voice and immediately said with a smile.

"You're really something, keeping such a big thing from even your old comrade-in-arms." Li Chang'an couldn't help but complain about Xu Tiansheng, even though he had been worried about him all this time.

"Hahaha," Xu Tiansheng laughed heartily, "I just wanted to give you a surprise."

"That's not a surprise, that's a fucking scare," Li Chang'an said with a sneer on the phone. "Your machinery factory is really making headlines right now. Not only is your story being published in the provincial newspaper, but the municipal party committee is also calling on other companies to learn from you."

"What? The provincial newspaper, and the municipal party committee too?" Xu Tiansheng was completely bewildered. They were currently only selling some new farm tools in Pingwu County, so how did the municipal party committee even know about it?

"What, you don't know about this?" Li Chang'an asked with some doubt after hearing Xu Tiansheng's words. If it wasn't about this, then what was Xu Tiansheng so happy about just now?

"I don't know!" Xu Tiansheng answered again with certainty.

"I'm about to get off work," Li Chang'an glanced at his watch and immediately suggested, "How about we go to the state-run restaurant after get off work and have a proper talk about this?"

"Row!"