Rebirth of science and technology to rejuvenate the country

Yuecheng is a thousand-year-old city, but it was destroyed by the war. The current city was rebuilt after the war.

Although it was rebuilt, it was also built on the basis of the original old city. The streets and alleys in the urban area are a bit narrow, but there are also advantages. Many towering ancient trees have been preserved, and the trees on both sides of the street provide a lot of convenience for pedestrians. .

Yuanxia strolled under the shade of the trees, looked at the shops in the market, and watched all kinds of life.

Men, shirtless or wearing vests, enjoy the coolness under the tree, drinking tea, playing chess and chatting, women waving palm-leaf fans and chatting about homework as if no one else is there, and children gather in groups to play marbles and take pictures.

The shops are all national brands, nothing more than basic necessities, food, housing and transportation, similar to Suyang, but with more and more complete varieties and a larger scale.

Yuan Xia strolled to the entrance of the Xinhua Bookstore, and walked in. The books were placed in the glass counter or on the shelf behind the counter. Let the salesperson pick up the title of the book.

A saleswoman was dozing off on the counter, she didn't move when she saw someone coming, she just changed her head.

Yuan Xia took a look around, various works of great men, and literary works mainly focused on red themes.

He has a set of works by great men at home, so there is no need to buy them.

All the way he saw the counter where the salesman was lying on his stomach, his eyes lit up, and there were many familiar foreign literary masterpieces, which were impossible to see in the past few years, what does this mean?These banned books can be published and sold, the direction of the publishing industry has changed, and the mind has begun to thaw.

Yuan Xia pointed to the literary classics under the glass counter and said politely: "Hi, please help me get these books."

Yuan Xia speaks standard Mandarin. The people in their factory come from all corners of the country, and they usually communicate in Mandarin. Although they still speak dialect at home, they use the local dialect to communicate with local people outside. There is no need to switch between these languages. obstacle.

Hearing him speak Mandarin, the other party didn't dare to be disrespectful, covered his mouth and yawned: "Which book?"

Yuan Xia said, "These are some famous foreign literature."

The other party took out two copies: "Turn it over lightly, don't break it."

The two books she took out were "Anthology of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales" and "Hunter's Notes".

Yuan Xia flipped through them, and found that they were all extremely beautiful translations. He also looked at the prices, one was 1.8 yuan, and the other was 2 yuan. Subconsciously, he felt that this book was really cheap.

But considering the wage level and prices of this era, it is really not cheap, and ordinary workers only spend 30 to [-] yuan a month.

Yuan Xia hesitated for a while, and decided to buy these two books to show to his younger brothers and sisters, they need to understand Suyang and even the world outside of China.

The salesperson was a little surprised to see him paying readily.

Yuan Xia looked at the famous books on the counter again, and wanted them all, but he really didn't have the strength to buy so many books at the moment. He came out to find ways to make money, not to spend money.

Yuan Xia asked the salesperson to help pack the schoolbag with old newspapers, so as not to stain the new book with the sweat on her hands, and left contentedly with the book.

He knew it was time to go back. In the afternoon, Ma Anmin was going to the Yuecheng Bearing Factory. Although he was only submitting an order and picking up the goods would not be until tomorrow, he also wanted to follow along, maybe he could meet Yu Xingyi.

Yuan Xia walked back quickly. On the way back, he noticed a lot of people gathered on the opposite side of the road. He was not a person who likes to join in the fun, so he didn't plan to go there.But remembering the purpose of his trip, he stopped, crossed the road with no traffic to the other side, and found a book rental shop.

Yes, he read it right, this is a book rental store.To be precise, it was a book rental stall, because there was no storefront, and the stall owner just used a large wooden shelf to hold books and leaned against a wall, which was full of comic books.

And all the children around the stalls sat on the sidewalk with their heads lowered and concentrated on reading. Most of them had a book in their hands, and a few of them were read by two people.

Although there are many people, it is very quiet, and everyone is immersed in the world of books.

Yuan Xia saw on the side of the bookshelf it was written "Little Book Rental: 1 book, 1 point, 1 day".He took a closer look, and found that the boss had two or three hundred villain books, including classics, myths and legends, historical stories, and more stories about revolutionary wars, such as "Chicken Feather Letter" and "Wolf Wolf". Asan Five Heroes, etc., there are many movie picture books, all kinds, complex content, wonderful pictures, no wonder they attract so many children.

Yuan Xia made a rough count, and there are twenty or thirty children who read books, and they definitely read more than one book a day, and earning a few yuan is not a problem at all.

Yuan Xia picked up a comic book and looked at the price. It was about [-] cents a book, which was very cheap.

But if there are ten copies in a set, it will not be cheap. Parents will definitely not be willing to buy it for their children. After all, the content is small and it is not worth reading repeatedly.

The reality is often that parents think it is an idle book and are not willing to buy it for their children.

So if children want to read comic books, they can only save money to buy them, but after all, they are limited. They can only read one when they buy one, and only one when they buy a set. There are so many more.

This is why book rental stalls are so popular. For the price of one book, you can read fifteen books!Who wouldn't!

Yuan Xia suddenly had an idea, he wanted to open a book rental stand for his grandfather, he didn't need to sell anything else, if the business was good, he could even rent a house, and he no longer had to worry about the wind and the sun.

Yuan Xia took another look at the publishing houses of these comic books. They were published by the Provincial Publishing House, and the printing locations were all in Yuecheng. This meant that he could buy books directly from Yuecheng and go back to the bearing factory in the afternoon. Just go to the publishing house and ask about the situation.

Yuan Xia rushed back to the hotel, glanced at the alarm clock hanging on the wall, and when he returned to the room at a quarter past three, Ma Anmin and his son hadn't woken up just now, so they couldn't help but pat Ma Jianshe up.

Ma Jianshe stared blankly, wiped his face, yawned and asked, "What time is it?"

"A quarter past three, do you want to wake up your dad?" Yuan Xia lowered his voice and asked.

Ma Jianshe said loudly, "Dad, it's 03:30, when are we going to learn how to drive?"

Ma Anmin also woke up: "Is it 03:30? Then I'll get up and go to the bearing factory to submit the bill of lading first, and then I'll take you to learn how to drive."

Ma Anmin drove them to Yuecheng Bearing Factory.

Yuan Xia is very familiar with the bearing factory. After he joined the job in his previous life, he worked as the dirtiest and most tiring mechanical repairman. He went to Yuecheng Machinery Factory for further study.

The machinery factory arranged for him to work in its subsidiary bearing factory, where he met Yu Xingyi.The two young people hit it off very well, shared the same interests, and became best friends.

Later, Yu Xingyi was dissatisfied with the lifeless scene of the bearing factory, and wanted to go out on his own, so he wrote to ask Yuan Xia for advice.

This idea happened to coincide with Yuan Xia's, and the two of them left their jobs without pay and went to sea together to set up a parts processing factory called Xingyuan Machinery, which was the predecessor of Xingyuan Machinery Group.

Everything was as it was in memory. When Yuan Xia looked at the gate of Yuecheng Bearing Factory, his hands couldn't help shaking, and tears almost came out of his eyes. He quickly turned his head to control his emotions.

The car stopped outside the gate of the bearing factory and did not drive in. Ma Anmin got out of the car and walked in to hand in the bill of lading.

Yuan Xia and Ma Jianshe went in with him, and the guard was still familiar to Yuan Xia.

Lao Chang knew Ma Anmin, and when he saw them coming, he just registered as a matter of routine, and said, "Go in."

Yuan Xia opened her mouth, hesitated, but still didn't make a sound.After they entered, he stopped suddenly and said, "Uncle Ma, you go first, I'll go find out something."

Both Ma Anmin and his son looked at him in surprise: "What are you asking about?"

Yuan Xia said: "It's a little thing. Go ahead and get busy, I'll wait for you under that sweet-scented osmanthus tree." He pointed to a lush tree in front of him.

Ma Jianshe asked unexpectedly: "Have you ever been to Yuanxia? How did you know it was an osmanthus tree so far away?"

Yuan Xia licked his lips and said with a smile: "No, isn't that tree an osmanthus tree? I guessed it from the leaves and crown."

Ma Anmin said: "It's really an osmanthus tree, your eyes are really sharp, okay, see you under the tree later."

Yuan Xia ran back to the guard room and said to Lao Chang: "Master, I'm asking you for someone. Is there a man named Yu Xingyi in your factory?"

After listening to it, Lao Chang asked, "What? What is it called? What are the words?"

Yuan Xia said: "My surname is Yu, melancholy Yu, Xing Yi." He wrote Xing Yi or two on the table with his finger.

Lao Chang shook his head: "No, there is no such person in our factory. I have worked here for many years, and I have never heard of such a person."

Yuan Xia's hope was extinguished: "Oh, then I may have misremembered, thank you."

Yuan Xia walked towards the sweet-scented osmanthus tree with some frustration, trying to recall the exact time when Yu Xingyi arrived at the bearing factory. He remembered that Yu Xingyi came to the bearing factory in 79, so maybe he only came in the second half of the year?

At this time, he should have graduated, but he has not entered the factory to report?Where is that other person now?home?But there is no one in his family anymore.

In the vast crowd, he didn't know where Yu Xingyi was at all, but thinking of Yu Xingyi living in a certain place in this world comforted him a lot.

Forget it, come back after college, he will definitely find Yu Xingyi, get to know him again, and become best friends with him again.

Yuan Xia sat on the stone bench under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, looked up at the crown of the tree with branches and leaves, and remembered many times when he and Yu Xing sat here talking about life and ideals, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.

"Yuan Xia, what are you doing? You are smiling so weirdly, what's the matter?" Ma Jianshe and his father appeared.

Yuan Xia quickly cleaned up his expression: "Oh, it's nothing, I will find a way to make money for my grandfather today."

"What is it?" Ma Jianshe asked hastily.

"I decided to open a bookstall to rent out novels and comic books."

Ma Jianshe thought for a moment, then gave a thumbs up: "Okay, Yuan Xia, I have an idea, I think this is a very good idea!"

Ma Anmin also nodded approvingly: "It's good to rent books. This way your grandfather won't have to work too hard, and your younger siblings can read more books."

Ma Anmin didn't read much, and he only got rid of illiteracy after he joined the Eighth Route Army. He always believed that reading was very useful, even if intellectuals were criticized as old nine in those years, he didn't agree.Without cultural knowledge, how could such a sophisticated machine be made.

Yuan Xia was also very interested: "I'm going to buy books these two days. I want to go to the publishing house to ask if I can buy books."

Ma Anmin asked, "Is there no Xinhua Bookstore?"

Yuan Xia smiled and said: "Yes. But Xinhua Bookstore is full of original price books, I want to buy at wholesale prices. Uncle Ma, can you go to the publishing house to buy books in the name of our factory, saying that in order to enrich everyone's spare time life in our factory, I want to set up a library and want to buy some books."

Ma Anmin smiled: "Why not? It's absolutely possible. Let's go now. I know where the publishing house is, and I often drive by there. Hurry up, it may not be off work yet."