Han Jiping looked to be about twenty-four or twenty-five years old. Even if his parents had children very closely, one right after the other, his eldest sister would have to be at least twenty-eight years old.
Even if his parents started having children when they were 15 or 16, they would have to be 45 or 46 years old this year, and his grandparents would have to be at least 60 years old.
However, judging from the fact that his parents had six children, his grandparents probably had as many as well. Who knows what rank Han Jiping's father was? If he was the youngest, then his grandparents would have to be older.
This is still the most ideal situation. In reality, it is unlikely. Generally, they will not be born one after another. There will always be a gap of several years between two of them. Then it is hard to say how old his parents are.
The land in Jia County is very barren. The food you dig in the fields may not be enough to eat from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. You may even have to rely on relief. Even if Han Jiping's parents were open-minded, they could not afford to support six children in education.
It was a great achievement for his two older sisters to be able to finish one or two years of primary school. As for him, the third child, who was expected to be educated, he would probably do his best to support him, regardless of the cost.
There is a question mark as to the circumstances under which Han Jiping's elder and second sisters got married. It is very likely that they got married just to get some betrothal gifts for his tuition.
His three younger brothers may have never attended school for a single day, and they all gave way to him, their older brother.
If this is the case that led to Han Jiping becoming a college student, then he should be filial to his grandparents, parents, compensate his elder and second sisters, and raise his three younger brothers. If he doesn't do so, he'd be a bastard.
If she is unlucky, Xian Zilin will have to take care of four sick elderly people and provide for their retirement. She also has three younger brothers, and she may have to bring them out to work and build houses for them and find wives for them in the future.
It's better to meet a good sister-in-law. If you meet a difficult one, her brothers and sisters will have to find her to make arrangements and ask for work. There is also the possibility of Han Jiping's uncle and cousins...
It doesn't count. If you continue to calculate this way, Xian Zilin will at least have to take care of the eating, drinking, and defecation of dozens of people in the Han family in the future.
It would be fine if Han Jiping had a gentle temper. If he was a man with a strong sense of self-esteem, Xian Zilin would have to be beaten a few times in the future.
There is a very embarrassing fact, the poorer the place, the more chauvinism there is, and the lower the status of women. This is not due to the characteristics of that place, but because men have stronger productivity, and women can only survive by relying on a strong male laborer.
The idea of ​​favoring sons over daughters is not a subjective one, but is forced by the need for survival. Farmers have to rely on the weather for their food, and if there are not a few strong laborers in the family, they will not be able to compete with others no matter what, which will directly lead to their survival.
How likely is it that Han Jiping, who comes from a poor place where chauvinism is rampant and the status of men is infinitely elevated, can bring happiness to Xian Zilin?
The result that Nan Yi deduced was not ideal. The possibility of Xian Zilin being happy was very slim.
But he would not persuade Xian Zilin to give up this relationship. Men and women who are in love have negative IQs and are deaf, and they simply will not listen to other people's advice.
Generally speaking, you won't turn back until you hit the wall.
Nan Yi could foresee that when Xian Yaogu and his wife came back, they would definitely persuade Xian Zilin to give up this relationship. They had experienced the truth that poor couples have many sorrows, so how could they let their daughter suffer that?
Nan Yi acted like a local tycoon in front of Han Jiping for a while, then left the cafeteria after finishing his breakfast.
Walking towards the river along the bluestone road in the village, he kept encountering bad things and felt very annoyed, but this was the reality and life was not always smooth sailing, so he had to deal with it as it came.
As they walked, Nan Yi thought, "In order to prevent Zilin's situation from happening again, we need to create a trend of marrying locals in the village..."
"Nan Yi."
"Uncle Yaohua."
"Just finished breakfast?"
"Well, let's go to the river and see Weiqi."
"Weiqi is 28 years old this year, and his parents are trying to find him a wife."
"Uncle Yaohua, should we look for it or buy it?"
"Buy it. Who else can you find?" Xian Yaohua said with a sigh.
"The word 'buy' is so insulting." Nan Yi thought for a moment and said, "Look for more. Find one with a poor family, preferably one with some problems, otherwise we won't be able to raise it well."
"In fact, you can find a family where the parents are no longer around, and the eldest sister has younger siblings who are waiting to be taken care of," said Xian Yaohua.
"Uncle Yaohua, such a person can definitely be found, but will she be grateful or endure humiliation? If she endures humiliation, when her siblings grow up, it will be time for her to leave; even if she doesn't leave at that time, can she be good to Weiqi?
Who knows if she will bully Wei Qi when no one else can see her? Who knows if she will turn Wei Qi into a cuckold?
It would be better to find someone with a problem, such as a person with a problem with his legs, who can chat with Weiqi and go fishing with her, and we don't expect her to work. This is good.
At the end-of-year meeting, the dividend system will be fine-tuned. People like Wei Qi who have health problems and cannot take care of themselves will also be given special care, and their dividends will also be adjusted upwards to give them a minimum guarantee.
According to the current income level, it cannot be less than five yuan a day. And their medical expenses are not reimbursed according to the proportion like other people. The village directly bears all the expenses. "
"Five yuan is a bit high. Last year, the per capita dividend in the village was only 932.73 yuan. He got 1,800 yuan now. The villagers will gossip about him."
"How can it be the same? Apart from dividends, they either work in the village-run factory and receive three to four thousand yuan a year, or they do business outside and don't rely on dividends from the village to survive."
"Then let's mention it when the time comes. Let's go. I still have to go to the riverbank."
"What are you going to do on the riverbank?"
"A snakeskin bag floated down from upstream." Xian Yaohua said with a dark face.
When Nan Yi heard this, his face darkened, "Is it your first time?"
“This is the third one this year.”
"The first two are both women?"
"Yes, women, all pretty girls, that's probably the case. What's wrong with this world? Isn't it good to work hard and earn money? It's not hard to make money here."
"How many young people are left in the village?" Nan Yi asked thoughtfully.
"Not many, maybe a dozen or so."
"Organize a Wenchangwei joint defense team, which will patrol the village and the river every day. Then, at the boundary of the village, a wire fence will be erected on the river surface to intercept garbage and these things, and people will clean it up regularly."
With the increase in the number of foreign population, Shenzhen has become a mixed bag, especially when the crackdown began. Most of the escaped criminals from other places ran to Guangdong Province, and several special administrative regions suddenly attracted a large number of foreign population.
It is said that a wolf travels a thousand miles to eat meat, and it is impossible for a ruthless person to become obedient when he comes here. On the day when the industrial zone in Shencun pays wages, the entrances of those factories are very busy. There will always be a few "friends" who come to them to borrow some money for the lonely workers.
The polite ones only lend money, while the impolite ones lend their lives as well.
Especially if the working girl is pretty, it is really dangerous, she might lose her wealth, sex and life.
"We need to organize it. This year, many strangers have come to Wenchangwei to steal things. Some are here for property, some for food, and some for clothes."
"Are there still people escaping to Hong Kong from here this year?"
"Yes, they are all criminals. We caught several of them at the barbed wire."
Nan Yi touched his chin and said, "The joint defense team should be organized in a more formal way. We should go to the police station and get a sign for the security team. Can our collective enterprise also have a security team?"
"Sure, you can apply for two guns."
"Then do it. Donate two police cars to the Public Security Bureau, and a few sidecars. Wenchangwei has also launched this year's New Year's welfare. Apply for the brand and guns. Do it quietly, and don't make a big fuss."
"Then let's have a meeting this afternoon?"
"Let's open it tomorrow morning. I'll go to the city soon and treat Li Wenfu to dinner tonight. I paid the money yesterday. Uncle Yaohua, you can come too. I don't even know where the high-end places are in the city right now."
"Then why don't you come with me later? Why are you going so early?"
"Just take a stroll."
"Why don't you come with me to see what's in the snakeskin bag?"
"What's so good about it? Just take your time to look at it." Nan Yi waved his hand and was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something, "Take some water samples from the village well and send them for testing. If the water quality is not good, dig a deeper well."
"It should be fine. Everyone drinks water from the well , and nothing seems to have happened."
"It's better to check it out. It may not cause any problems right away, but it's hard to say after a long time."
"Okay, I'll arrange it."
"Then you go about your business. I'm leaving for the city."
Nan Yi said goodbye to Xian Yaohua, went to the village committee to make a phone call, and then waited in the threshing ground.
More than half an hour later, Chen Weiqiao drove over.
"Nan Yi, where are you going?" Chen Weiqiao asked as Nan Yi got into the car.
"Just take me to the city. Tell me, where are the high-end restaurants and fun places in Shencun?"
“As for eating out, the good places now are the Jingcheng Hotel next to the Shekou Guesthouse, the Feimei Roast Meat Shop on Cuizhu Road, and Chaoshan Damu Hotpot. Otherwise, you can go to Nantang Food Street.
If you want to have fun, you can go to the dance hall in Zhuyuan Hotel, or to Nanyang Dance Hall or Xiyuan Dance Hall in Xiangxi Village. These two dance halls are frequented by local young people. The place is a bit chaotic, with fights happening every few days. The Nantang Police Station in charge of that area has been completely overwhelmed.
If you want to have fun, I suggest you go to Zhuyuan Hotel. There are often foreign girls coming there, and there are often foreign girls walking on the runway there. Let me tell you, they are all dressed very coolly and have very tall figures. As long as you are willing to spend money..."
"Okay, no need to continue. Stay out of this mess. How is the factory?"
"Business is OK. We are so busy with processing orders that we can't keep up. Although the profit margin is not high, there is a lot of work. This year's profit is OK. One factory can make more than one million. Not only has the investment been recovered, but there will also be a surplus. By next year, it will be pure profit."
"Well, it's good. What about the workers in the factory? Is there anything wrong?"
"There really was an accident. There was a little girl in the first and third factories. She went out to play after get off work and never came back. We reported it to the police station and put up a missing person notice in the newspaper, but there was no news. I think she is in trouble.
After the incident, I set a rule in the factory that girls could not leave the factory alone. They had to be accompanied by a male worker. Moreover, they could not go out alone with just two people. They had to go out in groups of four or five each time. After that, there were no more incidents. "
"Have the family members come to see you?"
"They all came to me, and I gave each of them 3,000 yuan to get rid of them. They were all reasonable and didn't find fault."
"It's not easy for young girls to come here to work, so their safety must be guaranteed. One is life safety, and the other is to carry out more publicity on the concept of love in the factory.
They all come from the countryside and mountains, have never seen the world, and are easily deceived by boys.
We have to tell them not to get too close to boys, especially their bodies. Don't give them away easily. Have more contact and make sure you are sure before doing anything. Don't be impatient.
Also, don’t let the team leaders and workshop directors in the factory mess around. If anyone doesn’t behave themselves, I’ll beat them to death.”
"Wouldn't it be too much of a hindrance and annoying? They are all young girls, each with a big heart, and it would be difficult to control them." Chen Weiqiao said worriedly.
"You are definitely annoying, and most people will say you are just trying to catch a rat. But that's okay. It's better for you to suffer a little injustice than for those migrant workers who took the wrong path and lost their lives.
What our factory is like and what other factories are like, those working girls have eyes, and they will see it clearly sooner or later. Even if they don’t understand, it doesn’t matter, as long as we are true to our own conscience. "
"Tsk tsk, Nan Yi, you are almost a great philanthropist. Even state-owned enterprises don't care about their workers as much as you do."
"Bullshit, didn't you understand my subtext? Let those girls stop making trouble, work hard, earn more money for themselves, and earn more money for us. Are there any girls with smart minds who can be of great use?"
"There are two or three people who are quite smart and have attended high school. They are worth training."
"Oh, send me their information tomorrow and I'll take a look. If they are men, forget it. It takes a lot of energy and money to train them. Don't let them have children right after they are trained. At least they have to serve us until they are thirty years old."
"Okay, I understand."
"There is one more thing. Pick one of the five factories and transfer all its business to other factories. Reorganize the business of that factory. Stop doing OEM and become a switch agent first. Then set up a research institute to conduct independent research on switches."
"Switch? Such a high-end thing, can we make it?"
Chen Weiqiao is also a practitioner in the electronics industry, so he certainly knows what a switch is.
"We'll do it step by step. We'll be a comprador first, and then we'll do independent research and development. By the way, after the reorganization, the factory's name will be changed to Infinity, Infinity Technology Group."
“What is infinity?”
"It is so big that it has no boundaries. It has infinite possibilities. If you put the number 8 horizontally, it will be the symbol of infinity [∞]. If Infinity wants to develop rapidly, we need to introduce a shareholder. I will take care of both this and the agency matters.
At the end of January next year, I will go to Nanchen Village and hold a meeting in the village to discuss this matter. "
"Okay, then I'll start with the reorganization."
Nan Yi planned to have a good talk with Lai Biao and find out clearly which direction this kid planned to develop in the future. If he was planning to go into business, he would invite him to become the chairman of Infinity and lead the development of Infinity.
The switch business is not something that a collective enterprise can only think about. We must give Infinity a red coat and give it special attributes.
"Well, we will reorganize once we have completed the orders, and transfer the remaining business to other factories. Except for Infinity, the other four factories will still follow the previous established policies."
"clear."
"The village brought a few people over. Are they good fighters?"
"There are seven or eight of them, all the main force in the village, and now they are all staying in the factory. Who are we going to deal with?"
"Pack your ass, I'm just going to walk around the city, who knows if I'll run into any trouble, so be prepared, as soon as I call, they have to come and rescue me."
"Damn it, you idiot. Aren't you a pretty good fighter yourself?"
"Which eye of yours can see that I can fight? I am a brain eater."
"Do you think I'm blind? Don't tell me that your eight-pack abs are the result of diet. If you've exercised, then you've exercised. Is there any need to hide it?"
"Fuck, grandson, when did you see my abs? Did you peek at me taking a bath in Nanchen Village?"
"That's what Wei Zong said. He said you must have practiced it before."
"Oh, I was just practicing blindly. I haven't paid attention to the Nanchen wine in the past two months. How is Wei Zong doing?"
"It's OK. I heard it's going pretty smoothly. We've already talked to several wine and whiskey brands. They're all interested in the expo. I guess it won't be long before the expo is ready."
"That's good. Ask Weihao to come over tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. I have something to tell him. If he can't come, then come to Beijing to find me in a few days."
"He really can't come now. He's in the north. It will take him several days to get back."
"Then let him come to the capital to find me. The matter is not urgent."
"Okay, I'll tell him."
Nan Yi glanced out the window and said, "Okay, let's just stop here. I'll go around by myself."
"Don't worry, just come back with me to the factory and take the people with you. If something really happens, it will be too late when you call."
"That's fine."
Nan Yi was really worried about encountering something, but with a group of people following him, the momentum was huge, and no one would be so blind as to bump into him, thus avoiding some trouble.
When they arrived at the factory together, Chen Weiqiao called people over. Nan Yi had seen the two leaders before. One was called Chen Yuxiu and the other was called Chen Mingdi.
Jieshi Weicheng was a coastal defense fortress during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and martial arts were flourishing among the people of the coastal areas. Both of them had learned the swallowing and spitting fist created by Liu Yamei, and were considered Liu Yamei's disciples. After years of actual combat, they might not be good at fighting in the ring, but they were experts in life-and-death fights.
"Mr. Big."
"Mr. Big."
The two of them greeted Nan Yi.
"Don't call me Mr. Big, just call me Nan Yi." Nan Yi said to the two of them warmly, "Come on, let's go for a walk on the street."
Several factories in Nanchen Village are all located in the Shangbu Industrial Zone, along Shennan Avenue, the main development area of ​​Shencun. If Nanyi wants to go shopping in the urban area, it only takes a few steps to reach the city center.
The public security in the city center is still quite secure. The more chaotic areas are near the countryside and the small industrial areas that have developed independently in the town.
The area around Shennan Avenue is still very desolate, with modern buildings scattered everywhere. Looking down from the sky, they look like a few piles of cow dung in a muddy pond.
On the road, there are vans, cars, pickup trucks, bicycles, cowherds, and people walking. Modernity and backwardness are organically combined together, which is both incompatible and harmonious.
Every time a car takes a few steps, it spews out a puff of black smoke from its exhaust pipe; every time a cow takes a few steps, it puffs up a pile of cow dung on the ground.
On the side of the road, two men smoking cigarettes were dragging a woman who was lying on the ground and refusing to move. Behind them was a bulldozer, which was knocking down an old house.
As the roar sounded, tears welled up in the woman's eyes.
Yes, not everyone likes high-rise buildings. Perhaps this woman prefers her own doghouse.
This type of women has a resounding title - nail households.
Walking by the roadside of a village, I saw a few children playing with tiles. There were three stones standing not far from them. Those who could hit the stones stayed, and those who couldn't hit the stones moved aside.
This village has already started to move towards an urban village. Twenty years later, these children will be wearing flip-flops, carrying a bunch of keys in their hands, and collecting rent out of boredom.
After walking a little further, we came to a group of dilapidated houses. At the entrance of the alley, a pretty woman was leaning against a brick wall with a cigarette in her hand. The weather was already a little cold, but she was still wearing cool clothes, like the sun in July, her eyes stinging people's hearts.
When Nan Yi walked by, the woman glanced at him provocatively, "Handsome guy, do you want to play poker?"
"Okay, there are ten of us, let's play Texas Hold'em together?"
"Five hundred dollars, don't treat me as a human being." The woman didn't fall for Nan Yi's soft rejection and provoked him again.
"Lady, I admit defeat. See you later." Nan Yi clasped his fists and ran away in shame.
The woman's wanton laughter was stuck directly on Nan Yi's back.
Passing by the central square, several women were dancing square dance there. There was no music, they were just dancing there. Nan Yi couldn't understand what kind of dance they were doing.
I just saw that the lead dancer danced very well, most likely he was a retired member of a professional dance troupe.
After turning a corner and arriving at Dongmen Old Street, Teresa Cheung's "Love Without Flowers Will Not Bear Fruit" flew into my left ear, and "I Just Like You" came into my right ear.
What a coincidence, this version of "I Just Like You" was originally adapted by Danny Chan when he found Zhou Qisheng in order to participate in the Tokyo Music Festival. The adaptation was based on the style of the song "Love Without Flowers Will Not Bear Fruit".
At this time, outsiders who come to Shenzhen on business trips, or people who work here, like to visit Dongmen The best-selling items here are Japanese MSG and dried preserved meat. Nan Yi has seen several people wearing "factory cadres" uniforms buying a full travel bag.
Nan Yi could understand the dried jerky, but why buy so much MSG? It’s not like MSG is not produced in China. Is it just because it’s a foreign brand?
In addition to these two items, people from other places also like to come to Dongmen to look at fabrics and clothing. They see that everyone is carrying large bags of these and that, and none of them are the same. It is obvious that they are not dealers, but are bringing them for acquaintances.
Although Dongmen Old Street at that time only had low old houses and narrow old streets, it was a place where every inch of land was valuable for doing business.
There are shops lined up on both sides of the street, selling food, clothes, fabrics, electronic appliances, gold jewelry, and everything else except arms.
Most of these things came from Xiangkeng, and a small part came in through formal channels. They are treasures that cannot be seen in the north.
The old street was crowded with people everywhere. Some were buying things for themselves, some were bringing things for acquaintances, some were selling things back to the mainland for resale, and some, like Nan Yi, were just strolling around. The crowded crowd seemed to be about to burst the low old houses and narrow old streets of the old street.
The sound of bargaining is endless, sellers raise the price high, and buyers cut the price in half, which has become a necessary step in doing business nowadays; the history of bargaining probably started from this time, here, on Gaudi Street and Yifa Street.
Anyone who has the ability to get a palm-sized shop here in Dongmen can basically just wait to count the money.
Walking along the way, Nan Yi saw many shop owners holding thick big unity banknotes in their hands, and there were also many people coming from other places, swallowing their saliva at the sight of the money in their hands.
For them, they had never seen so much money before.
Yes, at that time, apart from accountants and cashiers in factories and people working in banks, not many people had ever seen stacks of thousands of dollars.
Dongmen Old Street is the original Shencun Market. Before liberation, it was the market place on the 2nd, 5th and 8th of every month, and it was where the people of Shencun did business. After liberation, it was the seat of the Shencun Town Government. Shencun Town is the urban area of ​​Bao'an County, and Shencun Town is a town in the city.
Dongmen Old Street is one of the three roads in other ordinary county towns, namely Renmin Road, Heping Road and Yan'an Road. It is the most prosperous area in the county town.
Nan Yi walked through the crowd for a while and came to a shop selling jeans.
"Boss Diao, how's business?"
"Oh, Boss Nan, you're so rare. It's been almost two years. Why did you just come? I don't even know who to pay the rent to. I feel very uncomfortable."
The boss Diao in the store smiled happily when he saw Nan Yi. No one had come to collect the rent for two years, and he was feeling very worried because the business was so good and he was afraid that he would be kicked out at any time if he didn't pay the rent.
"Isn't it convenient? If it is convenient, you can give me the rent for the first two years and next year."
"Boss Nan, don't wait until next year. I'll give you the rent for the next three years."
"That's fine, but we've agreed that the rent for the next three years won't be the same price as it is now. I won't ask for too much. We agreed on 20,000 yuan a year, and we'll keep it at that price. For the next three years, if you want to rent it, then it'll be 27,000 yuan. You just give me 121,000 yuan in one go."
"Okay, twenty-seven thousand is twenty-seven thousand, but we don't have that much money in our store. How about you come back tomorrow, Boss Nan?"
"I don't have time for that. You have to take me to the Wenchangwei Village Committee tomorrow. I have to go to the next store. Let's go." Nan Yi said and walked out of the store.
In 1977, Men Saner helped Nan Yi buy three more houses in Baoan, two of which were located in Dongmen Old Street. Both houses were in the prime location of the old street. Although it was the 1980s, the rent was more than 1,000 yuan a month, and Nan Yi did not ask for a high price, but just wanted the current market price.
Although Nan Yi had hardly been to the old street and didn't know much about the market, he could roughly deduce it by asking a few questions and listening a few times.
The rent of this old street ranges from thousands of yuan a month to a few dollars a month. However, no one rents the shops that rent for a few dollars a month, while everyone is scrambling to rent those that rent for thousands of yuan a month.
If Nan Yi had the time to manage these two shops, he would have dared to raise the rent to more than 50,000.
"You work yourself to death to earn just that little, while Nan gets to share the money by lying down. It's a waste of money." After Nan Yi left, Boss Diao spat.
No matter how much money they make, businessmen will always feel resentment towards their landlords. It is very normal for businessmen to call landlords bloodsuckers and for landlords to call tenants ignorant.
Nan Yi had too many things to do, so he entrusted several houses in Bao'an to Xian Weimin for management. Now he is busy outside and there is no one to take care of the houses. It has been almost two years before Nan Yi has had time to collect rent.