Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 3 Persuasion

In the evening, the family of five sat at the small dining table to eat, enjoying themselves and feeling warm. In his previous life, Lu Shaohua did not realize that happiness was so simple. What is happiness? For rural families, a family living a safe and worry-free life is the definition of happiness.

In his previous life, Lu Shaohua dropped out of junior high school and started to venture out. He always ate from a fast food box by himself. There was no such thing as his parents constantly picking up food for him like now. Lu Shaohua silently dealt with the food in the bowl, thinking about how he had no education in his previous life, encountered setbacks everywhere, and finally became decadent and unmotivated. He couldn't help but shed tears.

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"Since God has given me a new chance to start over, I must seize this opportunity and not let my parents suffer from illnesses in old age due to overwork like in my previous life, all because of the family's financial downturn." Lu Shaohua suddenly thought with great pride. That's right, for him, a soul traveler, he knows the future direction, economic development, and stock market turbulence clearly. As long as he has start-up capital, won't the money come rolling in?

However, the beginning is always the hardest, and starting capital is not so easy to come by. "Well, let's not think too much about it for now. There are still four years before the Japanese stock market crash. In these four years, we should first improve the quality of life of our family."

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After dinner, my mother and sister cleaned the table, my brother did his homework, and Lu Shaohua and his father, Lu Jiayao, sat aside watching TV. It was only then that Lu Shaohua noticed his father's appearance. He had a square face, a high nose, and bright eyes. He was concentrating on watching the festival on TV, not realizing that a pair of eyes were watching him.

Lu Shaohua looked at his father for a while, then came to his senses and leaned towards Lu Jiayao affectionately. "Dad, the oranges don't seem to be very productive this year?"

Lu Jiayao frowned when he asked this question, turned his head and looked at Lu Shaohua carefully, as if he didn't find anything wrong with Lu Shaohua. He was stunned in his heart. "Why would this 7-year-old son say such a thing tonight?" A big question mark appeared in his mind. Although he had doubts in his heart, he was helpless about the low yield of oranges this year. "Yes, it's not just our family, all the villagers who grow oranges in the village are not doing well."

Hearing Lu Jiayao's words, Lu Shaohua was delighted and made up his mind. He had been having trouble convincing his father to switch to growing lychees. Since the oranges in the village were not profitable, it would be much easier to negotiate with all the villagers who grew oranges to contract their land to grow lychees.

"Oh, the oranges have been grown for so many years that the roots have long been infested with worms, which will definitely affect the yield. It would be better to grow something else that will make more money." Lu Shaohua did not say it directly, as if he said it intentionally or unintentionally.

Sure enough, Lu Jiayao was whetted by Lu Shaohua. After all, rural people become sensitive when they hear the word "money" and they don't notice that this is what a 7-year-old child said. "Oh, then what do you think is more profitable?"

"Lychee" Lu Shaohua saw that Lu Jiayao was successfully led to this topic by him, so he spoke slowly. On the surface, he spoke slowly, but in fact, he was very happy in his heart, after all, he had succeeded in the first step.

"litchi?"

"Yes, it's lychees. I heard that a pound of lychees can be sold for four or five yuan." Lu Shaohua dropped another heavy bomb, which made his father dizzy.

Sure enough, the power of this heavy bomb was revealed. For a person with an annual income of only a few thousand yuan, four or five yuan per pound was nothing. Lu Jiayao pondered for a while and felt that there was still a way out. However, as soon as he thought of it, he seemed to have no experience in growing lychees. He was a little disappointed and frowned. "Growing lychees is good, but I have no management experience."

Lu Shaohua was delighted. He thought that as long as his father was willing to grow lychees, there would be no problem with management. "Dad, didn't you forget that your distant uncle grows lychees? If you don't have management experience, you can ask him for advice. You can also get seedlings from him."

"Hahaha, yeah, how could I forget about his family." After saying that, Lu Jiayao realized something was wrong. He recalled carefully that from Lu Shaohua's low yield of oranges to his intentional or unintentional words, it seemed that they were all deliberately guiding him. Thinking of this, Lu Jiayao broke out in a cold sweat. If Lu Shaohua really deliberately guided him, it would be too scary. After all, he was just a 7-year-old child.

Although Lu Jiayao couldn't see through Lu Shaohua, he didn't think too much about it. He carefully counted the gains and losses of growing lychees, and finally made up his mind to listen to Lu Shaohua and grow lychees instead. "Tomorrow I'll cut down the orange trees and grow lychees instead. I'll ask my brother-in-law for the seedlings."

When she said this, Chen Li had just finished cleaning the table. She was a little confused when she heard what Lu Jiayao said. "What lychee?"

When Lu Shaohua heard what his mother said, he was afraid that his mother would stop him, so he thought quickly and said, "Dad said that we should cut down the orange trees in the garden and plant lychees instead. Lychees can be sold for four or five yuan per pound."

"Four or five yuan per pound?" Chen Li couldn't believe it and her head was full of question marks.

Now Lu Jiayao is finally sure that his son is too smart. He can divert Chen Li's thoughts to "money" with just one or two sentences, and he can also use what he just said; "Dad said so."

Since he was sure that Lu Shaohua was smart, Lu Jiayao believed that he was guiding him in this way, but Lu Jiayao did not reveal his little thoughts. Of course, he was also willing to switch to growing lychees, after all, they were four or five yuan per pound, which was very "money-making". "Okay, it's decided. I'll go cut down the orange trees tomorrow. Anyway, the yield is not high this year, and it won't make much money. It's better to cut them down early."

Lu Jiayao made the decision, and Lu Shaohua's plan was half successful. The next step was how to convince him to contract more land for planting and expand the scale. "Dad, if you want to plant, plant more. It's better not to plant the two acres of land we have."

"Oh, that's right. It's better not to plant less than to plant less. But there is land where you can plant more, just the two acres of land at home." Lu Jiayao said helplessly. He also wanted to plant more. After all, one catty is four or five yuan. Even if the yield is not high, it is still profitable.

"It's not easy to get land. Anyway, the village's orange production is not high this year. If it weren't for the contract, they would have stopped planting it long ago. We can completely contract the land and plant lychees instead." Lu Shaohua felt proud. He had included his father in the group again.

"Oh, a whole piece of land is not small, more than ten acres, wait a minute, let me calculate. The annual rent of one acre of land is 200 yuan, more than ten acres is more than 2000 yuan." This number shocked Lu Jiayao, more than 2000 yuan, that is almost a year's income. He suddenly felt a little hesitant, and his eyes rolled back and forth.

Lu Shaohua was about to succeed. He knew from his father's expression that he was wavering, so he said, "If you don't have money, you can borrow from Uncle Weng and the others. You can pay them back in two years. You don't have to worry about losing money. If one plant can produce more than 20 kilograms, it will be a guaranteed profit."

After hearing what Lu Shaohua said, Lu Jiayao secretly thought it made sense, and he couldn't help but glance at Lu Shaohua, and finally settled down. "You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb. I'll go borrow money from your uncle Weng." Lu Jiayao was an impatient person, and he wouldn't delay a decision, so he took the flashlight and walked towards the door.

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Lu Shaohua finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his father going to borrow money. The reason why he asked his father to borrow money from "Uncle Weng" was because their two families were old friends and had a very good relationship. In addition, in 85, their family had at least tens of thousands of yuan in savings, so borrowing a few thousand yuan was simply a drop in the bucket.

In fact, he has a secret that is unknown to the public. He went to so much trouble to get his father involved just for his first pot of gold in life. Improving the quality of life of his family is important, but the stock market crash in 89 is the top priority. So he wanted to rely on the lychees grown at home as the first capital. In the 80s, it can be said that the ground was full of gold. He, a reborn person, holds the direction of the future, and the wealth is rolling in.