Rebirth of the Wild Age

Chen Tao's younger brother is Chen Shi, who is about to graduate from technical secondary school and plans to stay in school as a teacher.

It is almost impossible for technical secondary school students to stay in school without sending money or looking for connections.

So, two days before the Chinese New Year, Chen Tao took his younger brother to visit the principal's house. A huge sum of 5,000 yuan was stuffed in. It was really a huge sum. The principal had never confiscated so much before. He praised Chen Shi kindly on the spot and said that a good student like this must be given priority.

Then, Chen Tao stopped by to visit her aunt.

Her aunt used to be a farmer. Because she was so beautiful, she was lucky enough to marry a cripple in the city. She once crossed the farm gate to eat an iron rice bowl, and replaced her father-in-law as a worker in a cotton spinning factory.

When Chen Tao was in the cotton spinning factory, she was taken care of by her aunt, so she brought a lot of gifts this New Year's greetings.

As soon as the siblings came to the Tongzi Building in the factory area, they met Chen Tao's former colleagues. When those colleagues saw Chen Tao's fashionable dress and generous spending, they were immediately envious, and quickly asked if it was very easy to make money in the special zone.

Chen Tao didn't dare to tell the truth. After all, she used to be a scammer. She only said that she was working with a private boss and that she had to apply for a border guard pass if she wanted to go to the special zone.

This matter is not over, it only took two or three days, and the whole factory spread, saying that Chen Tao was working as a lady in Shencheng.

Even Chen Tao's aunt was pointed at when she went out. The aunt went back to her mother's house to inquire about the situation, causing the whole family to know about it, and Chen Tao's sister-in-law even spread the rumor throughout the village.

Chen Tao said on the phone: "Now my parents and younger brother are afraid to go out. Last time I sent money back, more than 100,000 yuan, everyone in the village knows it. Now they all say it's my selling money. Are they selling so much? Why don't they go and sell it!"

"Who made the rumor?" Song Weiyang asked.

Chen Tao said: "Sun Lin, that bastard who tricked me into Shencheng. He also came home during the Chinese New Year, probably because he was afraid that I would expose him and come out and bite me back. It's not a big deal, being tricked by Sun Lin into being a young lady Those female workers, this time they actually spoke for the bad guys, spreading rumors that I didn’t work hard in Shencheng, and that after only a few days, I went to work as a lady for money!”

"They are also afraid of being exposed, so they can only pour dirty water on you." Song Weiyang said.

Chen Tao said: "Brother Song, you have a good brain, you must help me this time, otherwise our whole family will have to move out."

Chen Tao seemed to be really in a hurry, and actually called Song Weiyang "Big Brother Song", which was her exclusive title when she was in the special zone.

"Okay, wait for me, let's put on another good show," Song Weiyang thought for a while and said, "By the way, call Lao Zheng too, the Duke was driven home by him to pretend to be coercive, it can't do without luxury props .”

...

a day later.

Song Weiyang and Zheng Xuehong gathered at the provincial capital train station.

Zheng Xuehong wore a brand new suit, rolled down the car window and asked, "How do you act this time?"

Song Weiyang smiled and said: "Old routine, I am Mr. Ma, a Taiwanese businessman, and you are my driver."

"Okay, I'm familiar with this routine, hurry up and get in the car!" Zheng Xuehong was actually very excited, probably cheating and addicted.

After driving for several hours, they finally arrived at the foot of Chen Tao's village. The two who came here on the spur of the moment were dumbfounded looking at the potholes and waterlogged mountain roads.

I can't go up even if I step on the accelerator. It has just rained and the mountain road is again. The wheels slipped and sank deeper and deeper in the mud pit, splashing the car body with mud and water.

"The last time you sent Chen Tao home, how did you go up the mountain?" Song Weiyang asked.

Zheng Xuehong said: "Didn't go up the mountain. Chen Tao didn't want to cause a stir, so she asked me to park the car in the town, and then she went home to get the passbook to withdraw money. The broken credit union in the town has made an appointment to withdraw more than 100,000 yuan." For seven days, I also slept in the town for a week."

"Then what should we do, let's go to the village?" Song Weiyang smiled wryly.

Zheng Xuehong came up with an idea: "Go back to the town and ask someone to push you!"

Song Weiyang said, "That's a good idea."

In fact, the town is also in the mountains, but there is a county road passing through, and the road is easier to walk than the real mountain.

During the Spring Festival, the town seemed a little deserted, and the market would not open until at least the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and all the households in the town could be found.

Zheng Xuehong drove the car to the center of the town and shouted at the top of his voice: "We are Taiwanese businessmen, and now we want to go into the mountains and hire eight people to push the carts! As long as we push into the mountains, each person will give 10 yuan!"

Song Weiyang said: "100 yuan!"

"There are too many, don't scare people." Zheng Xuehong said.

"That effect is what we want." Song Weiyang laughed.

"You can do as you say," Zheng Xuehong yelled again, "100 yuan per person, just push the mountain!"

The households in the town are also farmers, and they usually farm the land. Before part-time jobs became popular, their income was from selling agricultural and sideline products, and they could not earn a few hundred yuan a year. Selling two big fat pigs cost a few hundred yuan, but they had to be fed for more than a year, and their other income was about nothing. .

Hearing Zheng Xuehong's shout, the residents of the town ran out frantically, stepping forward to inquire:

"Boss, is it really 100 yuan?"

"Which village do you want to push to?"

"Can you give me 50 yuan first? I'm afraid you won't accept it."

"Boss, choose me, I am strong!"

"..."

Zheng Xuehong acted like a fox pretending to be a tiger, put his hands on his hips and said: "Our boss is a crooked son, and he will give 100 if he says 100. You, you, you, and you...you all come here, first give 20 yuan as a deposit, The remaining 80 yuan will be paid when we arrive at the place.”

Seeing that there is really money to be taken, those town residents are crazy.

"Boss, don't think that Niu San is stronger than me, but he is actually not as strong as me."

"Brother Chen, you fart, I have always been stronger than you."

"If you are not convinced, come and compete!"

"Boss, I'm a stonemason. I beat stones every day. My strength is stronger than all of them."

"Why not choose me? I can still run with a 200-jin load."

"..."

Song Weiyang rolled down the car window, looking like a second-generation ancestor: "Stop arguing, and pick 16 more people. Three shifts, and rest when you are tired. There is nothing to fight for a few small money."

Zheng Xuehong immediately said: "You, you, you, and a few of you, all come here for change. There are 24 people in total, and those who are not selected are not allowed to make trouble anymore, otherwise we will go to other towns to pick people."

The 24 people who were selected immediately glared at the rest of them. They were all the strongest. If this rich business was disrupted, the troublemakers would definitely be beaten out of the shit.

Zheng Xuehong divided the 24 people into three groups, asked them to follow behind, and then drove away slowly.

The shadow of the car has disappeared, and the situation in the town remains where it is, and there is a lot of discussion.

"24 people, that's 2400 yuan, this man is really a fool."

"What fool? He is a rich boss, and he doesn't take thousands of dollars seriously."

"2,400 yuan is enough for me to raise a big fat pig for six or seven years."

"At least eight years!"

"I've seen this car before, and it's parked in front of the credit union."

"I've seen it too. There are six 6s on the license plate. It's easy to remember."

"It would be great if he could find someone to push the cart every day. After a few days, he will have money for his baby's marriage."

"..."

No matter how difficult the dirt road in the mountainous area is, it is easy for 24 people to push it.

For 100 yuan, they really worked hard, and they almost carried the car all the way there. Not only did they not feel that it was a loss, but they all seemed to have taken advantage of it. Occasionally, there was a flat section of road that did not require carts, and these people gritted their teeth and smiled and pushed forward desperately.

They don't lack strength, nor are they afraid of suffering, they only lack opportunities to make money, and they are afraid that they will not find hardship.

It was around 1990 that migrant workers migrated to cities on a large scale. The railway department was completely unprepared for the Spring Festival travel. For two consecutive years, the national railways were paralyzed during the Spring Festival. They could only mobilize manpower to stop them violently. Some railway stations simply beat them with sticks and bamboo poles to beat back the bitter people who wanted to make money. .

At that time, migrant workers were not called migrant workers, and newspapers uniformly called them "blind flow".

Blind flow into the city's population.

Now it is 1994, the railway system has been upgraded, and the situation of the railway paralysis will not happen again. However, information in remote rural areas is backward, and farmers have narrow horizons. Without acquaintances to guide them, they dare not go to the city to work at all, and even if they go to the city, they cannot find a job.

Listening to the chants behind him, Song Weiyang said with emotion: "The laid-off workers suffer, and the farmers suffer even more."

"Who says no? But at least it's better than before." Zheng Xuehong said.

The real hard work of farmers has not yet come, and it will come soon.

From 1994 to before the agricultural tax was abolished, it was really hard, and some rural areas were even more miserable than in the 1980s.

Cough, if you talk too much, you will get 404 again.

From morning to afternoon, Song Weiyang finally came to the mountain village where Chen Tao was.

More than 20 people and a car came all at once, and the whole village was startled, and they all ran to watch the excitement.

Song Weiyang pushed the door and got out of the car, put his hands in his trouser pockets and said, "100 yuan, someone washed my car."

"I!"

"Boss, I'll wash it!"

The man pushing the cart immediately yelled.

Song Weiyang said: "You stand in line and wait for the money to be distributed. When you arrive at someone's village, the money should be earned by them. Who in the village is willing to wash my car? Also, call your village director!"