Wang Manyin accompanied Wang Mancang for a while, and they separated only when they arrived near the home of Deputy Party Secretary Zhang Zhiqiang.
With the abilities and connections of the two party secretaries, the project problems in Yuan Xibao are not big.
Although residents in the city do not need to hoist kilns or build houses, the houses are allocated by factories and work units.
But precisely because of this, after the reform and opening up, various units and factories built more factories and dormitory buildings and had a lot more projects.
When Wang Manyin returned home, he naturally needed to explain and comfort Lan Hua.
For Orchid, she is very satisfied with her current life. Her husband and wife are harmonious, her children are obedient, and she has enough food and clothing.
Except when working, the whole family does not wear patched clothes.
Most of the time at home, we eat refined grains, and we can eat meat from time to time to improve our lives.
This year, the village has started to implement household responsibility for crop production again. Lanhua is not only physically stronger than adult men, but he is also good at farming and has the confidence to produce abundant food.
The family has many livestock, including cows, pigs, chickens, and about 20 sheep, so the family is not short of income.
I am always content with what I have and know how to be satisfied. I feel that the life I am living now is already the life I did not dare to think about when I was in the Sun family. I have no more extravagant hopes.
It is obvious that he cannot understand the idea that Wang Manyin still wants to go out and make trouble after his life has been so good.
Lan Hua doesn't understand, but Wang Manyin understands that with the reform and opening up, the gap between rich and poor will soon widen.
There is no end to people's pursuit of a better life. Now they feel happy and satisfied, which is also a result of comparison. White-faced steamed buns are certainly more delicious than steamed buns with black noodles.
But when everyone else is eating Roujiamo and you are still a steamed bun, it will be difficult to feel happy eating it.
Besides, Wang Manyin's house is a little better than ordinary houses in the village, but much worse than in the city. It's going to be the 1980s soon, and the three turns and one ring are not enough.
Not to mention the new three-piece sets of refrigerators, washing machines, and TV series that are quietly emerging.
Relying on his improved reputation in the past few years, Wang Manyin asked Lanhua to support him in going to Xi'an instead.
When Wang Manyin leaves home, it is inevitable that Lanhua will feel uneasy.
However, Lanhua is not a woman who will hold a man back. Wang Manyin is going out, and Lanhua thinks more about taking care of her family.
It would be nice to travel with a family, but the transportation is inconvenient, the child is too young, and Wang Manyin has too many things to do, so this time is not suitable.
A trip to the provincial capital is not close, so it can be called a long trip, so preparation is essential.
It takes several days to go out, so you need to prepare clothes. Farmers also need dry food when they go out. Naturally, food stamps and money are also necessary.
Although she didn't want Wang Manyin to go out, when Wang Manyin did go out, Lanhua got up early the next day and spread pancakes and a lot of white flour pancakes for Wang Manyin to make dry food.
After Wang Manyin got up, he continued his daily exercise, carried water, and fed the livestock at home.
After breakfast, we took our luggage and reluctantly left Jar Village.
Wenrou Township is really a tomb of heroes, even if we know that now is the golden age for doing business and accumulating the first pot of gold.
But even if there is no systematic mission, Wang Manyin is reluctant to leave Orchid behind and go to the south where there are more opportunities to develop alone.
On the side of the road at the entrance of the village, Wang Manyin said goodbye to Orchid and the child before boarding a passing truck heading to Huangyuan.
Buses are crowded and the speed is slow. If you can, you should not sit on it. If you can go fast, of course you should do it for free.
Thanks to the fact that this is an old revolutionary area, the quality of the people is still relatively high, and road thugs and road bullies are rarely seen. Even with the reform and opening up, you can still catch a ride.
It was almost noon when we arrived in Huangyuan. After Wang Manyin got off the bus, he queued up to buy a train ticket. There was plenty of time for the train at night.
If you want to do business, of course you need to understand the situation. It cannot be said that two years have been too long since Wang Manyin came here last time.
However, the changes have been great. There is a big difference in the clothing. In the past, gray, blue, and black were the main colors, but now there are more bright colors.
There are also a lot of small restaurants without noodle shops on the roadside, making eating much easier than before.
Wang Manyin was tired from walking around the city, so he found a restaurant that seemed to be busy and went in.
Although the business attitude of private restaurants cannot be compared with that of later generations, it is still much better than state-owned canteens. Food stamps and meat stamps are not needed, as long as you have money, I ate a mutton steamed bun that tasted ordinary.
Wang Manyin could only lament that although the reform period was short, people had already become wealthy. Nowadays, the supply of hotels exceeds demand, and business is very good.
I have also seen that there are many job seekers from rural areas who are willing to do any job. There are many people competing and the wages are not high.
In the early days, contractors and construction team workers were mainly neighbors, relatives and friends.
Even if there are some city-born contractors, there is more than enough surplus labor in the rural areas near Huangyuan.
Sun Shaoping, who had no special talents, went out to look for work alone. He did not starve to death. It can be said that he was lucky enough to meet noble people everywhere.
What Wang Manyin saw in Huangyuan was gratifying enough, and the conditions for doing business were basically mature.
The black market in Huangyuan City has almost become an open market. In addition to the products that are purchased and sold under the unified control, most of them can be bought and sold freely. In addition to the local products in Huangyuan, many southern products can also be seen coming to the northwest.
Wang Manyin didn't return to the train station until it was almost time for the train to depart.
Fortunately, the train was not delayed for long, but there were many people on the train.
You need to be experienced to squeeze into the train. Now the train does not have air conditioning, so the windows can be used as doors.
There are people from all walks of life on the train. The train is crowded, but the large number of people is nothing.
The most important thing to be careful about is pickpockets. Not when students start school, but the ones most targeted by thieves are businessmen traveling around.
For convenience, Wang Manyin brought dry food made from orchids with him. Everything else existed in the small world, so naturally he wouldn't keep an eye on it.
First, I chatted with my seatmate, a couple with their children, for a long time.
In the middle of the night, after a good sleep, we arrived in Xi'an.
After saying goodbye to the young couple who had been chatting for a long time, Wang Manyin came to the provincial capital again.
Although the provincial capital was the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties and one of the four ancient capitals in the world, the development of the provincial capital during this period was not good.
There are not many high-rise buildings. It has been many years since Wang Manyin last came here, but the city has not changed much.
In other words, a number of new residential buildings have been built on North Street in the provincial capital, while other places are still dominated by old buildings.
Of course, it’s not just Xi’an. Most cities have developed rapidly since the reform and opening up. Shenzhen is now just a small fishing village.
After leaving the train station, he was not in a hurry. He walked not far and found a stall selling a large bowl of tea. Wang Manyin spent two cents and bought a large bowl of tea, which was served with orchid pancakes.
