I am many years in the courtyard

Chapter 563, Happy New Year

In February 1986, the Spring Festival was approaching.

Tan Xiaolian and the four of them got together again and prepared to return home for the New Year.

It has been four years since they came to Jiangbei County in 1982.

At the end of last year, A Cui, A Zhen and Yan Zi all applied for Apple's job fair.

All three of them successfully joined the company, but only A Cui became a skilled worker, while A Zhen and Yan Zi were just ordinary workers.

Even so, A Cui's salary is 1,500 yuan, while Azhen and Yanzi's salary is also 1,200 yuan.

This salary level is no longer low.

However, Tan Xiaolian successfully received a salary increase on the last day of December, and her monthly salary has reached 2,500 yuan a month.

It’s really about taking the lead one step at a time.

To this, the three of them, Atui, of course nodded in agreement.

After getting in the car and on the way home, Tan Xiaolian suddenly said something, and then A Cui and the others suddenly fell silent.

However, the salary never exceeded one thousand yuan, and therefore, they were somewhat frustrated.

Therefore, faced with the temptation of high salary and hearing Tan Xiaolian's words, of course they nodded hastily and agreed.

"I didn't obey their arrangements last year, how could I obey them this year?"

However, now that they have arrived at Apple's factory, although they work just as hard as before, their wages have skyrocketed.

Since joining the company in 1982, Tan Xiaolian's salary level has always been the highest paid among the four of them.

Especially now that I am going home for the Spring Festival, my parents will definitely urge me to get married.

Hearing Azhen's question, Tan Xiaolian shook her head and said:

Finally, A Cui and the three of them felt closer to Tan Xiaolian.

You know, this is 1,200 or 1,500 yuan, especially for A Cui, it is almost double the previous salary.

The foursome purchased a lot of things, especially the three of them, Atui, who rarely bought a few books, which was an unprecedented event.

While shopping in the busiest streets of Jiangbei County and returning to Yulin Village to purchase new year's goods, Tan Xiaolian gave this advice to Atui and the three of them in a sincere manner.

What's more, Atui and the other three are also going back, so there's nothing they can do.

In fact, Tan Xiaolian doesn't like her hometown very much, but her parents are there.

Even Yanzi and the other three seemed indifferent and uninterested in making progress in front of Tan Xiaolian.

Before, they worked very hard at their original factory and often worked overtime.

Twenty years old!

In my hometown, many people are already mothers of children at this age, but now they have a different way of living.

Once the expressway is opened to traffic, Tan Xiaolian and the others can take the expressway, which will shorten the time even more.

The four of them were very busy before and had no time to fall in love.

As a result, the gap was widened again.

Seeing that they all agreed, Tan Xiaolian was very happy, and then gave a lot of suggestions.

In the past, the three of them would never have agreed, because they had no hope of working hard.

This is unimaginable.

Although her parents were not very good to her, they were the parents who gave birth to her and raised her after all. If she didn't go home to celebrate the New Year, it would still not be good for her to be alone in Jiangbei County.

But humans are social animals and are subtly affected by their environment.

If you work in a management position, you will definitely need to know a lot of management books. As someone who has experienced this, Tan Xiaolian has the best say on this.

"Alian, what will you do if your parents force you to get married again this year?"

When talking about this issue, everyone will inevitably talk about one thing: getting married!

"I have my own car. You can leave anytime you want, but you have to keep your mouth shut and don't tell anyone that I own a house."

He may even be forced to get married, so talking about a boyfriend is imminent.

"I think after the Spring Festival, the three of you should also study and improve your abilities. Only in this way can you become managers."

Atui and the other three sisters were also very happy to listen to Tan Xiaolian.

Yulin Village is only 120 kilometers away from Xishui Village. The roads now are much better than before, so the driving speed is faster.

Two thousand five hundred yuan, in 1986, was definitely a high salary.

After shopping, they had a simple lunch, stuffed everything into the trunk of the car, and then got in the car to go back to their hometown to celebrate the New Year.

The three of them, who had received high salaries for the first time, were already unable to stop.

Tan Xiaolian worked so hard and already had a house and a car, but they had nothing. How could they not be in a hurry?

However, there are some things that don’t just have to be rushed.

But now they can see it, so they are willing to work hard for it.

"By the way, after the Chinese New Year this year, we will all be twenty years old."

The highways leading to surrounding cities have already been planned. It is estimated that it will not be long before they can be planned to the county where their Yulin Village is located.

Although the highway intersection is still some distance from Yulin Village, the highway is certainly not comparable to ordinary roads.

The speed limit on the expressway from Baiyun City to Jiangbei County is 120 kilometers per hour, and speed limits will be measured every ten kilometers.

Anyway, there will be big warning signs and cameras on top.

Due to frequent fines, many car owners who drive on the highway have learned to be wise.

Tan Xiaolian has driven a car on this highway and knows a lot about the traffic rules here.

There was no other way, she had also been fined, so of course she was deeply impressed.

When the quartet returned to Yulin Village, they immediately attracted the attention of the whole village.

Over the years, the mainland's economy has changed, and the mainland's economic growth has accelerated a lot in this time and space.

But even so, trying to influence a small mountain village like Yulin Village: difficult!

For now, even the county where Yulin Village is located has suffered limited impact.

In other words, the serious impact of population loss is that the impact on economic growth is limited.

Therefore, there are no cars in Yulin Village now, only Tan Xiaolian has one.

Therefore, when Tan Xiaolian's red car entered Yulin Village, it attracted everyone's attention.

The time to come back this year is very close to the end of the year, and many people have already arrived home.

"Alian made a lot of money again, right?"

"You're an old girl and you haven't married yet. If you ask me, getting married early would be better than anything else..."

"I guess she wants to save face. I bought the car with a loan and I have so much money..." "What's stuffed in her ears? It's weird..."

The intelligence officers at the entrance of the village looked at Tan Xiaolian and the four of them and started talking a lot.

Yulin Village is close to the national highway, but the MP3 player wind did not blow into the village. Many villagers saw the headphones in Tan Xiaolian's ears and did not realize that they were MP3 players.

After all, Apple only started selling MP3 players in December, so not a long time has passed.

The global shipment volume of MP3 is very large. Within half a month after the sale, million units were shipped worldwide.

Such data is undoubtedly very scary.

However, the shipment data on the mainland is only tens of thousands of units, which cannot make much waves.

Even so, for Apple, this data is still very impressive. After all, this is only sales within half a month.

After Tan Xiaolian and others returned to the village, news about MP3 players and mobile phones spread among the villagers.

Apple MP3 players and mobile phones, Huaxing mobile phones, etc. These are all common information in the outside world, but in the village, they can be used as bragging rights.

It's just that not long after Tan Xiaolian was happy, she was pestered by her parents again: a blind date!

This is definitely a very, very troublesome topic, and Tan Xiaolian is very reluctant to talk about such things.

For her, making money is the key, and everything else is fake.

She has never felt the warmth of family affection from this family, so she dislikes marriage very much.

Because she has a house and a car, she knows very well that these are the basis of her survival, not marriage.

What's more, there is no man she likes in a place like her hometown.

She is still young, only twenty years old, and she has plenty of time to pursue her own happiness.

Therefore, in order to avoid all this, she either changed the subject or simply escaped. On the afternoon of the first day of the new year, she drove away from home.

As for the blind date arranged by the family?

Haha, she just ignored it.

Beijing, Nanchizi Street, Xu Family Courtyard.

Many years ago, I was sitting on a chair in the living room, holding my little son, chatting with my father-in-law, mother-in-law and master, mainly about things in Antarctica.

A few days ago, he and Qin Huairu returned from Antarctica. After sending Emily, an Antarctic adventure enthusiast, to a city near Australia, they took a private plane back to the capital.

After spending more than half a month leisurely outside, they returned to the capital.

Not to mention, I have seen a lot of scenery during these days outside.

"Dad, the scenery over Antarctica is so beautiful, why don't you take us there with you? We also want to see penguins next time."

Looking at the photos and videos, Xiaotuanzi pouted dissatisfiedly, interrupting her father's storytelling.

"Let's go next time. Anyway, the yacht has been brought back to the port in Australia for maintenance. If you want to use it then, just go there."

Said indifferently for many years.

To be honest, that yacht is very good. It uses the most advanced technology in the world and has satellite positioning. It is quite difficult for anything to happen.

Of course, if someone likes to commit suicide, that's a different story.

The place in Antarctica is desolate. If something happens, the risk of death is 99.9%.

There may not be one lucky person like Emily in millions.

Bai Doufu and Brother Jing also expressed their desire to go to Antarctica, and they would go after the Spring Festival.

Because the polar day in Antarctica lasts until mid-March, before then, it is definitely the most suitable to go there.

If it exceeds mid-March, you will no longer be able to travel to Antarctica.

The Antarctic in the polar night is a place more miserable than the eighteenth level of hell.

Going there at this time is not just for fun, but to seek death.

Listening to the many years of chatting with children, Zhang Mingde smiled gently on the side.

Originally he didn't want to come here again to celebrate the New Year, but after years of trying to persuade him, Zhang Mingde had no choice but to go down the mountain.

In fact, he is already a reclusive person who has severed all ties with the world. A lot of age spots have appeared on his face, and it is not far away from him leaving.

However, after taking his master's pulse for many years, he felt that his master was lying again.

Although his pulse was slightly weaker than before, it was still very strong, no different from that of a healthy old man in his sixties or seventies.

At this time, Zhang Mingde was already over 120 years old. For many years, he had thought that his master might live into the 1990s, over 130 years old.

After all, in the Stone Temple inheritance, it is not that no one lives beyond the age of one hundred and thirty.

"Master, don't you see it's a good time now? The whole family is enjoying themselves."

Beside him, Qin Jianguo, his father-in-law for many years, said to Zhang Mingde with a smile.

The latter shook his head and said nothing.

He is very old, and he has seen this scene countless times.

Zhang Mingde started teaching them Chinese medicine knowledge when Xiaodoubao and the others were still babbling. Now, Xiaodoubao's eldest daughter Jiang Yuexi is five years old and has already reached the age to learn Chinese medicine.

But Xiaodoubao didn't seem to regard Jiang Yuexi as the inheritor of traditional Chinese medicine.

But these have nothing to do with Zhang Mingde.

Because he will definitely get involved in this matter many years ago, not to mention that Xiaotuanzi is not married yet, and the two little guys Xu Yuantong and Xu Yuanxi are only about three years old.

Therefore, just among the children of many years, there is no shortage of candidates for the inheritance of traditional Chinese medicine.

Not to mention that he has been so financially strong for many years now, he will definitely not sit back and watch the decline of Chinese medicine.

Zhang Mingde also learned about the plans for a traditional Chinese medicine hospital and a traditional Chinese medicine university from Xiaodou Bao and Xiao Tuanzi.

This is a plan that started in 1979 and has been implemented for more than six years now. It has not yet achieved initial results, but it is almost the harvest season.

why?

Because Chinese medicine is not that fast.

The plan started in 1979 was not completed until 1980. Those hospitals and universities were completed in 1980. Enrollment began in 1981. If the first class of fresh graduates graduated, it would not be until July 1986 at least.

The duration of studying Chinese medicine is not four years, but five years.

Some are even more long-term, including undergraduate, master's and doctoral studies, with an eight-year education system.

Of course, such an academic system is not something that ordinary students can persist in.

Anyway, these two plans will initially bear fruit around July this year.

Therefore, Zhang Mingde is very relieved for many years and will not worry about the inheritance of traditional Chinese medicine in Stone Temple without having any successors.

"Dad, we have agreed to go to Antarctica after the holidays."

(End of this chapter)