In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

During this drinking party, Li Duoyu drank too much, which was unusual for him. Everyone was hugging each other and acting in collusion with each other.

After drinking, some county leaders rushed to pay the bill, but their way of paying was quite special. They went directly to the restaurant owner to place the bill, that is, to write a promissory note.

This reminded Li Duoyu of the time when in his town in his previous life, there was indeed a restaurant that was constantly being taken out by these leaders and was owed hundreds of thousands of dollars.

As a result, after a new leader was appointed, he simply refused to acknowledge the debt and eventually led the restaurant to bankruptcy.

Even if the hotel owner ran to the imperial capital, he couldn't solve the problem. Later, it seemed that he couldn't even leave the town. As soon as he went out, someone would immediately receive the news.

Seeing that the boss had a bitter but helpless look on his face, Li Duoyu paid the bill in cash before they placed their order.

Li Duoyu's behavior of rushing to pay the bill also made several leaders unhappy: "Director Li, you are looking down on us. Boss Xu, return the money quickly."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "No, how can I let my boss pay for it? After all, I am the boss of a company. If this gets out, everyone will think I am stingy."

The hotel owner smiled and chimed in, "What the young boss said makes a lot of sense. If a boss doesn't have money, what kind of boss is that?"

After paying the money, several comrades suggested going to a nightclub to dance and sing, but Li Duoyu politely refused on the grounds that he had to go home to pay his tax.

Although Li Duoyu is a little disgusted with these people, it is understandable. After all, the general environment is like this, and everyone follows suit.

After drinking.

Li Duoyu and Chen Jianghe sat beside a river in the county. Secretary Chen felt very uncomfortable in his stomach. He dug his throat with his hands and vomited out everything he had eaten that night.

After vomiting, Chen Jianghe felt like he had been saved. He sat depressed on the stone steps by the river and said, "Why do we always have to drink at dinner parties? I vomited out everything I ate. It was simply a waste of food."

He was born into a poor family and he might not have the chance to have such a sumptuous dinner once every few months. He normally wouldn't even dare to think about the dishes served there.

Although there is no famous dish like Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, there are seven-star tripe, boiled chicken, egg drop beef soup, and fried Xishi tongue. They are all not cheap dishes.

Li Duoyu, who had long been used to it, said calmly: "After drinking, it is easiest to tell the truth and it is also easiest to enhance feelings."

Chen Jianghe was silent for a while, and looked at Li Duoyu curiously: "It's strange, you drank more than me, how come you look fine?"

Li Duoyu smiled. His whole body was full of secrets, so even when drinking, he didn't dare to drink freely.

However, this was in an era when even "A Step into the Past" had not yet been published. Even if he said after drinking that he had traveled through time, these people might not necessarily know what time travel meant.

Li Duoyu said nonsense: "Because I have Mazu's blessing."

Chen Jianghe snorted, "I don't believe you. Will Mazu bless your drinking capacity? I find that you especially like to use Mazu as a shield."

"Secretary Chen, you can't say that. Mazu is not our shield, she is our goddess."

At this moment, a woman yelled from the second-floor window behind them: "Goddess, you are a bastard, go somewhere else if you want to vomit, it stinks so bad, don't chat downstairs in my house at night."

After saying that, he poured a basin of water directly towards the two of them. Li Duoyu, who was still sober, dodged it in time.

Chen Jianghe, who was a little drunk, was drenched halfway by what might have been bath water. He angrily yelled on the spot: "Get down here, you bitch! Do you know who we are? How dare you throw bath water on us?"

"I don't care who you are. If you disturb my sleep, I will splash you. If you don't leave, I will just urinate on you."

Li Duoyu was also stunned. Although he had heard that women in the county town had tough personalities, today he finally saw it for himself.

Although they were wrong in this matter, this woman did cross the line. Li Duoyu was not good at swearing, but when it came to insulting others, he had naturally learned a lot from his second sister-in-law's influence.

"Oh my, the bath water is so smelly. You haven't washed in days. A woman is so dirty. In my opinion, there is no man in your family, or your man doesn't want to sleep with you at all."

When Li Duoyu said this, she didn't expect someone in the residential building behind her to respond. An old man smiled and said, "Young man, you really guessed it right. There is really no man who wants her."

Maybe this time Li Duoyu really stepped on the other person's tail. The man was so angry that his face turned black and he turned around.

Li Duoyu realized that something was wrong and quickly pulled Chen Jianghe away. As expected, as soon as they ran out, a chamber pot was thrown at them.

After seeing this scene, Chen Jianghe washed himself immediately. If he was splashed with the contents of the chamber pot, he would definitely feel sick for several months.

Chen Jianghe looked at Li Duoyu in front of him and couldn't help but give him a thumbs up: "Director Li, you are really awesome."

But just after he finished speaking, perhaps because he smelled the yellow and white stuff, he lay down on the river bank and continued to vomit.

Li Duoyu patted his back and said, "If you don't know how to drink, drink less next time. There's no need to hurt your body by drinking."

Chen Jianghe sighed, "I can't help myself. Everyone present here today is my leader. How dare I not drink when they come to toast me? Besides, the atmosphere is good today. If I don't drink, it would be really disrespectful."

After Chen Jianghe finished vomiting, he couldn't help but say, "To be honest, Director Li, I really envy you."

Li Duoyu smiled bitterly and said under the influence of alcohol: "What do I have to envy? I have suffered for many years to have this shitty luck. Even now, it feels like I am living in a dream. I live in fear every day, afraid that this dream will end."

Chen Jianghe didn't quite understand, but it didn't matter. He told Li Duoyu his story for the first time.

"I came from Digua County. My village is very poor and it is not suitable for growing rice. In the past, the whole village grew sweet potatoes.

At least you have seafood to eat on your island, but we have been eating sweet potatoes since we were young and we are really tired of them.

When I was a child, I vowed to make a name for myself and live a good life, so I studied harder than others.

But after I started working, I found that it was not the case.

Speaking of which, the reason why I agreed to let County Magistrate Zhang go to your Xiasha Village was because he was willing to help me, but I didn’t expect that I would step into a big pit, and now no one is willing to transfer me back. "

Chen Jianghe gritted his teeth and said, "If we had cleaned up more thoroughly back then and everyone was on the same starting line, I wouldn't have lost so miserably."

Li Duoyu was shocked and said, "You dare to say such words, aren't you afraid of being taken away for questioning?"

"I am still conservative. Those students are even more ruthless now. They dare to say anything."

Li Duoyu did not continue this topic. If people live long enough, they will see some things more clearly.

People of every era are not satisfied with the present era. People living in this era are full of complaints about this era, but Li Duoyu thinks that the current era is the fairest era.

As long as you are willing to study, you will be arranged a job; as long as you are willing to start a business, the government will give you support and subsidies.

Li Duoyu patted him on the shoulder and said, "Work hard and gain experience in Xiasha Village for a few years. You will still have opportunities in the future."

Chen Jianghe smiled and said, "That depends on Director Li, whether he will give me this opportunity or not."

“You have to fight for your own opportunities.”

"I understand, Director Li. I will work hard."

Just at this moment, a woman of the same age as Chen Jianghe walked over. She was not stunningly beautiful, but she had a good temperament.

When Chen Jianghe saw this woman, he instantly became nervous and turned into a fool: "How did you know I was here?"

Li Duoyu had heard him say that he had a girlfriend in the county, and the woman in front of him should be his girlfriend.

The woman said, "I heard from my colleagues that you went out drinking with your boss. I looked for you nearby for a while before I found you."

Chen Jianghe scratched his head and said, "I drank too much today and didn't dare to look for you right away." The woman frowned slightly, then smiled at Li Duoyu and said, "Director Li, thank you for taking care of Jianghe."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "Zhang Xiuqin, right?"

The woman was a little surprised: "Director Li knows me."

Li Duoyu nodded and said, "Secretary Chen talks about you every three sentences and tells everyone how great you are. It's hard not to know you."

Zhang Xiuqin blushed slightly and glared at Chen Jianghe: "Don't keep talking about me outside."

Chen Jianghe laughed and said, "No, I only said it once or twice."

In the middle of the night, two men and one woman were walking by the river. The atmosphere became a little awkward. Li Duoyu, who had become a light bulb, quickly said, "Secretary Chen, the commendation meeting will be held the day after tomorrow. Why don't you stay in the county for the next two days so that you can pick us up when the time comes."

Chen Jianghe thought about it.

"Then I'll trouble Director Li for the next two days."

Just as he was leaving, Chen Jianghe turned around and gave Li Duoyu a thumbs up. He felt that Director Li was a really good person to get along with.

After Li Duoyu got rid of the alcohol on the fishing boat, he sailed back to the island. Now, no matter how late it is, as long as he can go home, he will go home.

Unexpectedly, after returning home, Zhou Xiaoying had not gone to bed yet. Instead, she was sitting at the desk and continuing to study English.

Li Duoyu couldn't help but ask: "Are you planning to be an English teacher?"

Zhou Xiaoying smiled but did not answer. She felt that Duoyu's business would surely grow bigger in the future, and learning more would allow her to help him better.

She never wanted to experience the embarrassing situation of having to look up the meaning of English words in a dictionary again.

"I made some chicken soup for you. If you drink alcohol, eat some at night. Your stomach will feel better."

Li Duoyu couldn't help but hugged her from behind. Just as he was about to be dishonest, Zhou Xiaoying got angry on the spot: "Hurry up and take a shower. You smell like cigarettes and alcohol all over your body."

"By the way, you've been too busy lately. I have something to tell you. My sister's grocery store will officially open tomorrow. You have to go and show your support."

"That's for sure."

In the end, Ajie listened to his advice and did not open a store near the pier and school. Instead, she temporarily converted the first floor of her house into a store.

The location isn't great though.

But Li Shuihua found many benefits. The first was that she saved the cost of renting a store.

Now, she can run the shop and take care of her three children at the same time. This place is very close to her mother's home, so if anything happens, they can take care of each other.

The children can also play together, and when she is busy, A Niang can help him take care of the children.

The things sold in Ajie's grocery store are different from those sold in the supply and marketing cooperative.

The supply and marketing cooperatives sell mostly cloth, clocks, light bulbs, shoes, melon seeds, candies, as well as some soy sauce, flour, rice and the like.

Ajie's grocery store is not big. At Li Duoyu's suggestion, it mainly sells things for children.

Things like exercise books, pencil cases, pencils, as well as various candies, melon seeds, and small packages of snacks.

Before the store was officially opened, the chubby Li Haoran went to Shuihuagu's house every day and wished he could live in the store.

In fact, Li Duoyu particularly likes the "cat ears" snack in her store, which tastes crispy and fragrant.

It is also good to eat with wine.

Of course, in addition to snacks, Ajie also sells some cigarettes, beer, cola, soy sauce, shrimp oil and the like, which are small but exquisite. Ajie does not sell those large items.

The main problem is that purchasing goods is troublesome. If you want to sell large items, you have to send a special ship to transport them. By then, you may not even be able to recover the shipping fee.

My brother-in-law also took two days off because of opening a store. During these two days, my uncle Chen Dongqing will be in charge of the shrimp farm.

On the day when the grocery store officially opened, in order to support Ajie, Li Duoyu simply became a salesperson.

Uncle Mao also shouted on the radio: "There is a new grocery store in our village. We are having a big sale on the first day of opening. We are not making any money, but we are giving 20% ​​off on everything. If you want to buy something, hurry up and go to Li Shuihua's store to have a look."

Although the location was not good, after the announcement, many villagers still came and saw Li Duoyu working as a salesperson there.

When people got to the store, they just bought things without caring whether they were useful now or not.

Some people bought three bowls even though they had enough bowls at home, and some people bought soy sauce even though they had enough.

Some people usually don’t want to buy snacks for their children, but this time they directly bought half a pound of melon seeds.

Less than half a day after opening, most of the items in the store were sold out.

The smile on the sister's face never stopped, and she kept greeting the villagers who came to buy things.

"Go slowly, come again next time."

But she also knew very well that the reason why business was so good was because his brother helped him sell things in the store. It would be difficult to have so many people in the future.

On this day, Li Shuihua's small grocery store was doing good business, but the supply and marketing cooperative seemed a little deserted.

Several female salespeople from the supply and marketing cooperative said, "It's so unfair to us that Director Li supports his sister like this."

A salesperson named Zhang Li said: "That's his sister. If we don't support her, how can we support her?"

After she said this, everyone felt that it made sense. One of the salespersons sighed and said, "Sister Li, do you think our cooperative should still be contracted?"

Zhang Li shook her head: "It's better not to contract it out. I heard from people that after many places were contracted out, the first thing the new boss did was to lay off the original sales staff and replace them with their own people."

"It's so cruel. It's better not to contract it. At least we are still receiving government wages now."

"It's only a matter of time before we are contracted out. This is the general environment. Have you noticed that the director of our cooperative hasn't been to our store for a long time?"

“It seems to be true.”

A female salesperson named Chunli frowned and said, "It's better to wait until I get married before contracting it out. Otherwise, it will be difficult to get married without a job."

"Chun Li, the guy next door to your house is in very good condition. Not only is his family rich, but he's also very ambitious. Why don't you try to date him?"

Chunli said with a dark face: "What the hell, you don't know who Shitou likes, do you?"

"Who do you like?"

Chun Li said helplessly: "Ever since he was little, he has liked older women with children, the skinny ones who don't have much flesh on their bodies."

"You mean Teacher Shanshan, but isn't she still divorced? Isn't this messy?" (End of this chapter)