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

After the call was connected, a woman's voice was heard on the phone:

"Zhang Ziming, is that you? You really live in Qicheng Hotel. I'm Liu Xiaohui. I'm downstairs."

Zhang Ziming hung up the phone and put on the clothes he had just taken off.

What does it mean for Liu Xiaohui to come over at this time?

Today's help is just a little effort. Now that I'm here again, you won't have to commit yourself to it, right?

After thinking about it for a while, I couldn't figure it out.

Could it be that you just came to see old classmates?Is your face that big?

It's better to wash your face first and feel refreshed.

Fortunately, drinking is not shameful. If you have a red face, you will know that you are drinking.

It's almost 8:[-] in the evening. Liu Xiaohui cannot come up to the room if he is alone. Otherwise, he will not be able to explain anything clearly.

I wiped my face and hurried downstairs.

"Old classmate, why are you here? Is there anything else?"

Zhang Ziming asked excitedly.

I decided that something must be wrong with this classmate, otherwise why would he come to Qicheng Hotel so late at night.

The two of them didn't chat in the lobby, but went straight out the door. The girl at the front desk kept staring at her.

"Well, it's nothing. I just passed by and came to see you."

When Liu Xiaohui saw that her old classmate did live here, she lost the confidence to speak.

After 1978, although the spring breeze of reform has not yet completely reached the small county in my hometown, Qicheng, as the provincial capital, has undergone relatively large changes.

Liu Xiaohui has been in Qicheng for several years, and her feelings are still very deep.

There has been a group of people in society who are neither looking for work nor farming at home, but are very busy at the same time.

Most of these people use the guise of a collective enterprise to pay some management fees every year, and put a lot of money into their pockets.

Is it possible that Zhang Ziming is like this now?

Is this possible?He is a farmer in the countryside. Does he have such a mind?

But judging from the way he and the drunk man looked, they seemed to be talking about cooperation.

The main blame is that Zhang Ziming has changed too much in the past two months. Liu Xiaohui has not returned to Min'an County in the past two months.

I don't know anything about the novels serialized in Min'an County newspapers. If I had read them, I guess I wouldn't be too surprised, right?

"Oh, come and see me. Why don't you go to the room and sit for a while?"

Zhang Ziming saw Liu Xiaohui's abnormality, how could he stop by to see him?

The erratic and flickering eyes betrayed her inner thoughts.

He probably didn’t believe that a farm boy like himself would stay at the Qicheng Hotel.

Since you don't believe it, I'll invite you into the room to see if you have the guts.

Zhang Ziming's warm invitation frightened Liu Xiaohui.

Are you kidding me?Can you explain it clearly to a big girl who goes to a room with you?

He quickly declined and then said falsely:

"I'm here to tell you one more thing. When you bring your mother-in-law, you can make a phone call or send a telegram in advance. Then you can make an appointment with an expert for a consultation."

This was said very thoughtfully, and Zhang Ziming stopped joking and expressed his gratitude.

"Then I'll send you off."

Seeing that Liu Xiaohui was a little timid, Zhang Ziming thought of sending her off, and took a walk himself, having eaten a little full in the evening.

Liu Xiaohui didn't mind at all and pointed at the bicycle.

Obviously, since it’s a gift, you can push the bike and let’s walk together.

"Zhang Ziming, tell the truth, did you come to Qicheng to do business? Did you make money?"

Liu Xiaohui suddenly asked expectantly with her eyes flashing. She was very eager that her guess was correct.

"Oh, how did you tell? Is it just because I live in Qicheng Hotel?"

Hey, Liu Xiaohui, does it have such a big impact on you when rural classmates come to the provincial capital?

You are a proud man after all. Have you become a philistine after staying in the provincial capital for a long time?

"Feel it, you don't look like you work in the fields. There is no shadow of an old farmer in you now."

He was quite accurate at identifying people. It was so mysterious to say that there was no sign of the old farmer for a long time. He was wearing simple clothes. It was just that he had not been in the field for too long, and there were indeed no calluses on his hands.

"Old classmate, you have stayed in Qicheng for a long time. What do you think of the self-employed?"

Now that you can see it, let me give you a test. Although you are studying medicine, if you don't understand current affairs, you will be unqualified.

Perhaps it is really because of his long stay in Qicheng, the provincial capital, that Liu Xiaohui is very supportive and appreciative of the development of self-employed people, and does not have the thought of cutting off the tail of capitalism at every turn.

This made Zhang Ziming glance at Liu Xiaohui. It seemed that children from cadre families were indeed outstanding.

"Hey, why did you turn right? The medical school should go forward, right?"

When he reached the intersection, Zhang Ziming spoke because Liu Xiaohui was walking in the wrong direction.

"It seems you are familiar with the road. Have you been here before?"

I have never been there, but I just made a map of the provincial capital. With Qicheng Hotel as the center, I have a rough understanding of the main locations around it.

Liu Xiaohui turned out to be living at her aunt's house in the provincial capital, so no wonder she went out on a bicycle.

Ordinary students don't get this kind of treatment. It's probably her aunt who contacted her when she followed the teacher to the provincial hospital.

After sending Liu Xiaohui away, Zhang Ziming, who was lying on the spring bed, thought of Wanzitou.

Wanzitou, after the new house is built, I will buy a spring bed like this.

It’s still the same sentence: fair skin, beautiful spring bed, hundreds of millions of business can be negotiated.

This trip to Qicheng was generally successful, but we were a little pressed for time.

Just hurry up. The house in my hometown is being built, and two factories in the village are under construction. Although I am not a brigade cadre, I lent the money to the brigade.

Whether it is done well or not is directly related to whether the money is wasted.

Regardless of that much consideration, the remaining 4 yuan cannot be taken back like this.

You still have to sew a waist purse, so have the sewing materials ready when you arrive.

4 yuan is not a small amount. This waistband and money bag must be wrapped up to the armpit, otherwise it will not fit.

But when 3 yuan was sewn in, it was no longer possible to continue adding more.

It's early May now, and the weather is already very hot at noon. If each pile of money is thicker, it will be obvious that it is wrapped around the body.

It seems that in the future, this waist purse can only carry 3 yuan at most.

Just 3 yuan. It’s enough to start a brick factory, and there’s nothing mechanized. It’s all manual labor.

The most important expense is to buy coal. You can't burn firewood. How many people will you have to hire to add firewood?

With the support of Secretary Guo of the commune, we can save more coal at once, and the price of coal will rise later.

There are three small coal mines in Min'an County. Zhang Zhonghe has to come forward and contact the coal mines directly to see which one is the most suitable and set a long-term supply contract.

After sending Zhou Jincheng away tomorrow, I will go further and deposit 1 yuan in another bank.

In this way, 8 yuan will be saved in the provincial capital.