Qiu Yingjie nodded and said, "Don't worry, sister. From today on, Zi Rui and I are your big brothers. Jiang He has a girl as beautiful as you. If he dares to let her down in the future, neither Zi Rui nor I will be able to spare him."

Luo Yuzhu was moved to tears when she heard Qiu Yingjie's words. After her mother passed away, her father married her stepmother and eventually sold him to a trafficker. This made her full of doubts about relationships in the world. Now she has two eldest brothers.

of care.

She choked and said: "Brother Bai, Brother Qiu, thank you for being so caring to me. You will be my dear brothers from now on."

Bai Zirui smiled and said, "Jiang He, do you hear that? Yuzhu is my and Yingjie's sister. If you dare to bully her, see how I deal with you!"

Chen Jianghe said hurriedly: "I dare not, from now on I will definitely treat Yuzhu like a princess and make her happy forever."

Chen Jinshui saw Bai Zirui and Qiu Yingjie's deep feelings for Chen Jianghe, and felt happy for him. With the help of these two promising brothers, chicken feathers would surely fly to the sky.

After Bai Zirui and Qiu Yingjie helped solve the problems encountered by Chen Jianghe and Luo Yuzhu, they walked around Yiwu under the leadership of the two of them.

Yiwu, also known as Wushang and Wuxiao, is located in the central part of ZJ Province and in the eastern part of the Jinqu Basin. Yiwu has a long history. Wushang County was established in the 25th year of Qin Yingzheng (222 BC). About the origin of Wushang County

It's like this. According to legend, when Yan Wu, a filial son, buried his father in the earth, a group of crows helped him with earth in their mouths. The crows' mouths were all injured, so this place was named "Wu Shang".

Yiwu has a splendid culture and numerous celebrities, including King Luo Bin, one of the "Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty", Zongze, a famous general in the Song Dynasty, Zhu Danxi, one of the four famous doctors in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, Chen Wangdao, a modern educator, literary theorist Feng Xuefeng, historian Wu Han and other historical celebrities.

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At this time, Yiwu was still just a shabby little county town. It was not the world-famous world capital of small commodities and the largest small commodity distribution center in the world.

For more than half of its time, Yiwu was nothing more than a dilapidated small county town, with "seven lights on one road and one horn ringing throughout the city." Farming was the only source of income. However, the land in Yiwu was so barren that the people were once so poor that they had no rice to cook with.

Water chestnuts and radishes were mixed into porridge to satisfy hunger, and he could eat less than a kilogram of rice in a month.

Sugar cane is suitable for growing on the Yiwu River, and the brown sugar boiled from the sugar cane can be exchanged for chicken, duck, and goose feathers. The first batch of Yiwu people who exchanged chicken feathers for sugar carried brown sugar, carrying headbands and hairpins in their burdens, shaking rattles, eating and sleeping in the open air along the way.

Walk to Jiangxi, Hunan, and Guangdong. Then bring local rare commodities back to Yiwu.

The market they organized spontaneously developed quietly in Niansanli Town. Everyone carried baskets and cloth bags, and it was agreed that the morning of "147" was the market opening time, and some daily necessities were traded here. But before the reform and opening up, chicken feathers

Businessmen who exchange sugar for sugar are regarded as speculators, and if they are "caught" by the "tackling" people, they will be "annihilated."

Luo Yuzhu had secretly set up a stall selling socks at the 23rd Mile Market, fighting wits and courage with Chen Jinshui, who regarded him as a thorn in his side. Before Chen Jianghe came back, Chen Jinshui even confiscated a batch of goods at the train station.

In December 1978, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee was held, sounding the clarion call for reform and opening up, establishing economic construction as the center, realizing a shift in work focus, and Yiwu's business tradition of exchanging sugar for chicken feathers took on new vitality.

The rural market in Yiwu resumed its traditional market days in mid-January 1979. Spontaneous small department store stalls appeared successively in the Niansanli Market and Qian Street in Choucheng County.

At this time, "chicken feathers for sugar" is no longer a simple matter of exchanging sugar for chicken feathers, but also using cowhide bands, hairpins, buttons and other small items to exchange for "chicken feathers". The market is bustling and lively, and the streets are crowded with people.

The streets are full of goods stalls, from the street to the end of the street. The colorful goods on the stalls are dazzling. The sellers are highly recommending the goods, and the customers are looking here and there to pick out their favorite goods.

The shouts of vendors, the bargaining sounds of customers, and all kinds of noisy sounds merged into a wonderful and cheerful symphony, and everyone had a smile full of hope for life on their faces.

Bai Zirui and the other two walked in the market while looking at the lively scene around them, and said with emotion: "Yiwu people are really born businessmen, and the talent for doing business has been integrated into their bones."

After listening to Chen Jinshui's report, leader Xie of the county came to see two top students from Yenching University. He rushed to invite them in person and finally found them at the Gansanli Market. He invited them to the county committee for warm hospitality and invited them to work for the county.

Grassroots cadres give lectures.

Leader Xie walked into the conference room first and said with a smile: "Everyone is here! Comrades, the county has summoned grassroots cadres from all towns and made a temporary decision to open a closed study class here. It will disturb the work of comrades, but it is a rare opportunity.

As for what to study? How to study? I have no say, but I have invited two good teachers for you. They are top students from Yenching University, the top university in the country.

In the three days starting from today, all your actions will be subject to their command. We applaud and welcome the two teachers from Yenching University to teach the comrades."

Bai Zirui and Qiu Yingjie walked into the study class amidst a burst of warm applause. Leader Xie shook hands with them enthusiastically and said with a hearty smile: "Two teachers, welcome you to our Yiwu as guests. Next, you will work hard for us at the grassroots level."

Cadres should take classes and let them study hard and change their thinking."

Bai Zirui said with a smile: "Thank you, leader, don't worry! We will definitely live up to the leader's trust."

After Leader Xie introduced the two of them, there were some whispers at the scene. He said loudly: "Comrades, why are some people not happy with the rules I just announced? Listen carefully to the class and follow the instructions of the two teachers in all actions."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the class, but he was lying on the window quietly watching the activities in the class. Bai Zirui and Qiu Yingjie discussed in a low voice that he would give the lecture first. He calmly walked to the conference table and first put his hand in his hand.

The materials were placed on the conference table, and then the four chalk words "liberate the mind" were written on the blackboard behind them.

Bai Zirui smiled and said to the grassroots cadres of each town sitting on both sides of the conference table: "We have been entrusted by Leader Xie to give lectures to everyone these three days. We are really ashamed of ourselves! Rather than giving lectures, we should discuss it with everyone.

What I’m talking about today is emancipating the mind. The focus of emancipating the mind is liberation. If you want to develop, you must make a breakthrough in your thinking. Now that we have reformed and opened up, rapid changes are taking place across the country, and we in Yiwu cannot fall behind...

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Leader Xie listened to Bai Zirui's lecture outside the window for a while. His lectures were easy to understand, lively and interesting. Leader Xie nodded frequently and thought to himself that it seems that he is the right person to invite top students from Yenching University to teach grassroots cadres this time.

, he walked away with a smile on his face.

In the next three days, Bai Zirui and Qiu Yingjie took turns teaching these grassroots cadres, which greatly liberated their minds.

Lovesickness is a kind of strong wine, which always exudes an intoxicating fragrance when you raise a glass; homesickness is a deep feeling, which always evokes unspeakable melancholy when the moon is full. During the festive season, I miss my loved ones even more.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Chapter completed!