Happy days always pass by quickly. In the blink of an eye, the Spring Festival holiday is over. On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Mu Yi and Jin Lily start to go to work. According to the custom of the year, it is still during the Chinese New Year, but the flavor of the New Year is lighter.

, in the traditional sense, the New Year is truly celebrated only after the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

However, fortunately, although the "heart-breaking meeting" was held, the work requirements were not so formal. Basically, everyone went to deal with urgent matters in the morning, and did not need to go to the office if there was nothing urgent in the afternoon. As long as

Just keep your phone open and you can be there as soon as possible if something happens. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, work will be regular.

A large number of young and middle-aged people, some old and some young, shoulder heavy responsibilities and have to leave their homes for a long or short time. They even leave their hometowns and move around. They work in factories, work on construction sites, or do small business.

Business, making money to support the family, working hard to break into society...

As they left one after another like a tide, only the old, weak, sick, women, young and pregnant women were left in the whole village. Most of the people who have been cultivating crops all year round are the elderly, women and children. They depend on each other and stick to the land they depend on for survival.

Instead of holding back the workers who went out to work, they did their best to shoulder the burden on the family.

For those who are drifting away, returning home for the New Year is a kind of luxurious happiness. The happiness wrapped in deep family affection is the source of strength for them to overcome countless lonely nights of wandering.

The vast majority of people who are wandering outside will only have some short leisure time to come back to reunite with their relatives during the Chinese New Year. When they go home, many people have the mentality of returning to their hometown in glory. Needless to say, after having fun outside,

There will also be happy smiles on the parents’ faces.

However, there are also many people who have worked hard outside for many years and still don’t have much savings. Faced with friends around them carrying large and small packages of New Year gifts home, because they are short of money and cannot go home in glory, they naturally feel an indescribable discomfort in their hearts. Therefore,

I was too embarrassed to go home.

There are also some people who have reached the age of marriage, but have remained single. During the New Year, in order to avoid the well-meaning urging of their parents and to avoid the embarrassment of facing relatives and friends, they also chose not to go home.

In fact, no matter what, our parents raised us after all. No matter how good or bad they are in a foreign land, they will never dislike their children. In their eyes, they don’t actually care that much whether you make money or not.

What they care more about is that their children can be safe and happy in a foreign land, and that they can go home to see them during family reunion festivals. Perhaps this is their biggest wish. It is better to meet each other than to miss each other. Going home is to take care of them.

The best New Year gift for parents.

If possible, during the Chinese New Year, people who are wandering around had better pack their bags, pack up their wandering mood, and return to their hometown to have a rest. Because there are affectionate and longing eyes there, and there are eternal warm expectations. After all?

How many years later? Maybe I can only search deep in my memory or in my dreams...

Xiaojie wandering in Fuzhou? In this bleak Spring Festival, he often stands alone under the dark night sky, secretly waving the two strings of broken pearls...

He was walking alone on the street. The dim street lights? The neon city? It was so beautiful and enchanting. There were red lanterns hanging high on both sides of the street? The potted plants under the colorful lights also looked noble and cool...

The sound of bursts of firecrackers and fireworks came from not far away? The endless and coquettish beauty bloomed wantonly under the cold night sky. It was just such a gorgeous scenery? Such a lively and prosperous age, such a joyful New Year scene, but Xiaojie could not let it go

Feeling a little bit happy.

His vision gradually became blurry...

Over the years, he has come and gone, running around. Every time he goes to a city, he takes him with him for a while, and then waves his sleeves. He does not take away a trace of nostalgia. He has traveled through many rugged and bumpy roads, and passed through many rapids and reefs.

, he has tasted so many sweets and bitters... He can no longer remember.

Looking back at the past, I have loved, hated, been hurt, made troubles, laughed, cried... In the end, there is only a sigh left, several times of desolation, and everything of yesterday has become a thing of the past.

A person, walking and stopping quietly, not wandering aimlessly in the familiar and unfamiliar streets of Fuzhou. The infinite attachment to his hometown and the deep longing for his relatives are like a rope that has been cast by a spell.

He was almost out of breath.

On New Year's Eve, besides getting drunk, I just walked around this cold long street like a wandering spirit. I didn't have to think about how long I walked. I was really tired, so I found a place quietly by myself.

Sit casually, and you don't have to worry about whether you have soiled your pants, or you don't have to worry about losing face when you meet an acquaintance. Here, no one knows you, and no one cares about you.

He took out a bottle of liquor from his coat pocket, unscrewed the cap, and took a swig. The cold wine was mixed with saliva, and he swallowed the endless melancholy into his stomach. He looked at the residential buildings in the distance and the bright lights of the houses.

Scene. I remember that it has been a long time since I had a good meal with my parents at home. I think of my parents’ faces that have turned white. I think of my hands that are calloused by years of damage. I think of my parents’ endless hope.

Returning eyes...

Xiaojie couldn't help but feel sad. Then he looked at himself sitting alone on the cold roadside. He really wanted to have her by his side at this moment. Then he said to him: Let's go, I'll go with you.

Xigui celebrates the New Year.

Maybe he thought of too many sad past events, maybe he was helpless about his life, and his depressed and depressed mood made Xiaojie's heart, which was about to suffocate, completely burst out with its huge energy.

The sudden excitement made Xiaojie's blood flow faster, and his nerves and limbs began to go crazy. He shouted loudly and ran quickly...

He suddenly remembered the passage written by Mr. Long Yingtai in "Seeing Off". "I slowly, slowly understood that the so-called father-daughter, mother-son relationship only means that your fate with him is this life."

This life is constantly watching his back fade into the distance. You stand at this end of the path and watch him gradually disappear at the corner of the path, and he silently tells you with his back: There is no need to chase him."

Over the years since leaving home, if there is anything that I feel most profoundly, it is probably the pain and entanglement. In Xiaojie's inner world, how much he hopes that one day in the future, everything will turn around.

You can earn enough money, and then bring a beloved woman with you. She doesn’t have to be pretty or smart, she just needs to be her own woman with peace of mind. Then they can return to their hometown together, reunite with their parents, and never wander again.

. He prayed silently to the sky, wishing that his parents would be in good health, and wishing that time would go slower and slower.

The night was already deep. Xiaojie, who was drunk and confused, could not find a warm place to go, so he could only go back to his small shop alone. After a good sleep, he would wake up in the morning and continue to open a shop and do business and make money.

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Zhang Xuefen and Jin Chongming have adapted to this life of running the bus for one day of work and one day of rest. During the Chinese New Year, business is booming every day. After the Chinese New Year, although the business has declined somewhat, basically every day, excluding expenses, there is still

I have an income of six to seven hundred yuan.

Calculating an average of 15 days of running per month, that’s about 12,000 to 8,000 yuan in income. In a year, it’s more than 100,000 yuan. In addition, the government also provides some subsidies for buses. After calculation, plus

As for the depreciation of buses, it will take three to four years at the earliest to get the capital back.

However, Jin Chongming vaguely heard some news. It probably means that the bus they bought will be scrapped in a little more than a year, less than two years. By then, it will be necessary to replace it with a new bus.

How to replace it? Whether the line plate is still preserved or not is still a question.

However, Jin Chongming discussed this issue with other bus reseller owners. Everyone thought that the government should not take back the route signs. After all, everyone invested so much money, mainly to buy route signs. What about buses?

I can't handle tens of thousands of dollars.

If the route signs were just taken back from everyone, wouldn't it mean that everyone would lose all their money and money? No one would be convinced.

This caused concern about the future "prospect" of buses, and Jin Chongming and Zhang Xuefen discussed it. Now this investment is basically in a state of "riding a tiger and it is difficult to get off".

On the one hand, the business is mediocre, but on the other hand, they are worried about future policy changes. Because everyone is generally worried about future policy changes, it directly leads to the situation that the buses will no longer be transferred.

This is not because current car owners don’t want to transfer, but because people who want to enter this industry are starting to wait and see. On the one hand, people who want to quit cannot quit, and on the other hand, people who want to get in are afraid to step in rashly.

As for the previous bus transfer price, it has reached 920,000. Now, it is impossible to transfer it below this price. This is not only because the current owners do not want to sell below this price, but also because people who want to take over

I don’t dare to take over at this price rashly. Everyone is waiting and watching...

Jin Chongming once again realized that he could make money by opening a cement brick factory. He saw that many families could not afford red bricks to build brick houses, but they were eager to demolish their houses with mud walls and rebuild them into new brick houses.

Once the cement bricks are laid, the walls are plastered, and the putty is scraped, there will be no difference between a cement brick house and a red brick house.

Moreover, many cement brick factories have been opened in Longzhong, Taiyang, Qingshan, and even Zhongpu. And the business is very good, and there is no need to worry about sales. I thought that I had this plan a few years ago. However, due to various

For various reasons, it has never been done.

Now, in order to have an extra escape route and to seize this opportunity, Jin Chongming and Zhang Xuefen discussed and decided to open a cement brick factory. However, considering all aspects of investment, operation and other issues, we must not only see profits, but also consider

risk.

In fact, Jin Chongming was not the only one to have the idea of ​​opening a cement brick factory. Yuan Kailiang, who agreed and took a bus, also had this idea. However, he considered it a little more concretely than Jin Chongming.

That is to open this brick factory. Funds are not a problem. You can invest by yourself.

The location is not a problem either. My own piece of land, which is one acre in size, is right next to the highway. There is no problem at all if we use our own land to start a business and then rent the adjacent land for storage.

Technology is not a problem. There is basically no technical content in operating the mixer and brick breaker. You can learn it in a matter of minutes.

Raw materials are not a problem. Cement can be bought directly from the cement factory, and sand and gravel can be pulled directly from Xianheli. The cost is almost zero. All you have to do is find workers to haul it to the car. For water, you can go to Longzhong to pull it, or you can directly pump it into the mouth.

Fetching water from wells. It is said that there are people who specialize in drilling machines, and they will provide the water. If the water is not produced, there will be no charge. The cost of drilling a well is only 15,000 yuan, and the maximum cost is 20,000 yuan.

Sales and transportation are not a problem, because there is no need to worry about sales at all. For transportation, everyone has a tractor and can drive it. If the customer wants to tow it by himself, it will be delivered by himself, and the freight will be included.

The biggest problem is that there is no power account. Without 380-volt power, everything is out of the question. And Yuan Kailiang has also looked for many ways, but there is no way to apply for an electricity account.

So the shrewd Yuan Kailiang thought of one person. That was Mu Yi. He asked around and found out that the power company also sold the accounts of the Work Safety Supervision Bureau. Therefore, he wanted to borrow Mu Yi's help to settle the electricity account.

In the end, Yuan Kailiang and Jin Chongming hit it off immediately. They cooked a meal at home and invited Mu Yi to come over for a drink.

As soon as Namu received a call from Yuan Kailiang, he felt very puzzled. It was neither a New Year nor a holiday, and he hadn't heard anything about their family. How could he suddenly treat himself to a meal?

With some trepidation, Mu Yi and his family arrived at the Jinjia Road. While the wine was in full swing, Kai Liang told Uncle Yao about his plan to open a brick factory. Then he gave Mu Yi many high hats. Finally, Kai Liang told Mu Yi that he was planning to open a brick factory.

, here comes the important point, I hope Mu Yi can help me open a power account when I go out.

Mu Yi looked at his father-in-law and then at his mother-in-law. Their looks told Mu Yi that he must agree. However, Mu Yi did not dare to agree rashly. After all, things that Kailiang couldn't handle with his skills must be difficult to handle.

matter.

Seeing that Mu Yi didn't express his position, Jin Chongming couldn't hold himself back. He said a lot of "drunk talk". In fact, it was not drunk talk. Everyone was sober. It was just that everyone had helped Mu Yi. Now

Everyone needs Mu Yi's help. You Mu Yi should try your best to help and get this electricity account done no matter what. You have the attitude of raising your head if you can't get it done.

There was really no other way. After all, a favor should be repaid by a drop of water. Mu Yi could only bite the bullet and agreed. However, he was really worried about how to successfully complete this "glorious and arduous" task.

There is no foundation at all.

Sure enough, Mu Yi went to the person in charge of Longzhong Power Supply Station to understand the situation. Only then did he realize that the power account had a limit. It should be set according to the load of the transformer. The transformer on Jinjiada Road was already at full load.

.So there was no way to add a new electricity account. He jokingly told Mu Yi that even if you gave me 10,000 yuan, I would not be able to help you with this.

If Mu Yi ends here, he will go back and explain the situation to everyone. It can be regarded as a deal. It's not that he doesn't help, it's just because the transformer is at full capacity. It really can't be done. I believe Yuan Kailiang understands this situation clearly.

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To be continued...