I bring technology to my hometown to get rich

Chapter 475: We used to envy people like this, but now they envy us
"Hello everyone, I'm Lu Wenke, and I'm glad to see you again!"

"Can you guess where I am today?"

Lu Wenke is currently making a new video. This video focuses on the currently very popular "Westward Movement", and discusses in detail and in depth the current popular western development and western immigration.

"If it was a dozen or twenty years ago, everyone would see the snow-capped mountains, snow-capped grasslands and woodlands in the distance, and the clean, spotless roads with green grass and flowers nearby, and then look at the neatly planned and scattered villa communities."

"I think the first countries that come to mind are certainly Northern Europe and Switzerland. These places will naturally come to mind."

"Because from what we have seen since we were young, it seems that only these places can have such beautiful, clean, peaceful and beautiful towns!"

"The azure blue sky is matched with the pure snow-capped mountains like saints, the green alpine pastures and woodlands, and even better, a few cows living freely. In the vicinity, there are green grass, clean and tidy, and beautiful small villas."

“I think the childhood dream of countless people is to live in a place like this!”

"I, too, have dreamed of living in a place like this since I was a kid."

"Because the place where I grew up gave me too many, too many not-so-good, even very bad life experiences, especially my childhood experiences. Whenever I think of everything in my childhood, I feel like it's a nightmare."

"I was born in the 80s, and now I am middle-aged."

"I remember when I was a kid we lived in a mud brick house, it was shabby, dark, dirty and messy, there were even all kinds of small animals, not to mention mice. I remember my neighbors in the village even caught several kilograms of snakes from under their beds. If there is a snake in your house now, it would probably scare you to death."

"The houses in the village are all made of mud and brick. If they are not inspected every year, it will rain heavily outside and lightly inside. I remember that when I was a child, I had to carry a washbasin to catch the leaking water every time it rained."

"In the fall and winter, when a cold rain falls and the icy rain drops into the quilt, it is just part of a poor childhood."

"The roads were still muddy dirt roads at that time. It was bearable when it wasn't raining, but once it rained, especially in spring and summer, it would rain for several days, or even ten days or half a month."

"The roads would become muddy and every time I went to school wearing sandals or rubber shoes, once I stepped in, it was difficult to pull my feet out, and by the time I pulled them out, my shoes would be deeply sunk in the mud again."

"When I used all my strength to dig it out, I sat down on the yellow mud again, and got myself dirty."

"At that time, there were basically only bicycles in rural areas. Motorcycles only became popular in rural areas in the 90s."

"At that time, people had just started to go south to work. Every time my parents went out to work, they had to get up very early, carry two nylon bags, and walk about an hour along the mountain road to get to the town."

"Then I bought a rural bus ticket to the county seat. It took nearly four hours to get to the county seat's passenger transport center. The speed was so slow that it could only be described as a snail. The road at that time was very bumpy and there was no limit on the number of passengers on the rural bus. As long as there was room, we could load as many people as possible."

"Back then, we were like Balat today. Everyone was packed into a bus like sardines, with all kinds of pungent smells hitting us, and the road was bumpy."

"I don't know how many people vomited non-stop. Sometimes it's normal to be vomited on."

"The distance from our town to the scene is less than 40 kilometers, but the bus takes four hours to drive there. That's if everything goes well. The bus will stop if someone waves or gets off along the way."

"After the journey, everyone's face turned green, especially those who don't know how to ride a car. It's like they are in hell."

"And this is just the beginning of my parents' work away from home. They are here in the county town buying tickets to Guangdong Province the next day. As for how they will spend the night?"

"Those who are willing to spend money can stay in a small hotel, and those who are not willing to spend money can find a place where a group of fellow villagers squeeze together, just like penguins in Antarctica. In the cold winter, everyone squeezes into a corner and sits there for a night."

"Early the next morning, I took a bus to the south. My hometown, Nanhu, is relatively close to Guangdong Province, only 500 kilometers away, but they often need to take a bus for a day and a night to reach Guangdong Province."

"Because the roads were very difficult to travel at that time, winding and twisting, and many places were not passable. Those who understand will understand."

“At that time, all buses will have designated places to eat.”

"Going south to work at that time required tremendous perseverance and courage!"

"Robbery is rampant, and in some places people are terrified by the mere mention of it. Even drivers traveling far and wide would be scared when they hear about it."

"As for spending more than ten or twenty dollars on a bad meal at the designated location on the bus, this is already considered a relatively civilized robbery."

"Maybe many people think that a dozen or twenty yuan is not expensive, and it is a normal thing for a meal."

"But you have to know that this was the 80s. In the 80s, the monthly salary of civil servants and teachers who were paid by the government was only a few dozen yuan. A meal of more than or yuan was undoubtedly a sky-high price for people at that time!"

"Especially for rural people, who don't have a stable income, this price is simply unacceptable."

"But you have to eat this meal. These drivers drove the car into a large courtyard, closed the door, and the black-hearted boss pulled out the wolfhound and stood it aside. At the same time, a dozen burly men came and you couldn't leave without eating!"

"In this way, my parents endured a long journey and all kinds of dangers along the way, and finally arrived in Guangdong Province."

"They work day and night in electronics factories, shoe and clothing factories, painting factories, etc. Working 10 hours a day is considered a day off. Some unscrupulous factories may even let you work or hours a day."

"There is hardly a day off in a month, and I work all year round."

"And their monthly salary is only a few dozen yuan, and the boss will find all kinds of ways to deduct your salary. Some black-hearted bosses even simply don't pay you."

"That's why at that time, everyone always followed their fellow villagers when they went to work, because if they were bullied, dozens or even hundreds of fellow villagers would get together and make trouble."

"If they don't pay you, you really won't be able to do anything to those bosses. Usually, these bosses are local tyrants. They will cheat even the locals, not to mention you, the migrant workers."

"But it's different when there are more people. Once things get out of hand, it's easier to get the wages."

"We worked day and night all year round. At the end of the year, one person could earn a few hundred yuan, and a couple could earn thousands of yuan. For people at that time, this was a very good income."

"Especially for rural people, this was an unimaginably high income, at least at that time."

"In the countryside at that time, if you just farmed, you might not even earn 100 yuan a year after working hard on the farm plus other income!"

"So a couple earning 1000 yuan a year working away from home was a very good income at the time, which is why more and more people went south to work."

"The older generation is like migratory birds. When the Chinese New Year comes, they once again embark on the journey back home. The journey is also full of hardships and dangers."

"Some people specifically go to rob those who come home to work during the Chinese New Year."

"So at that time, when people went home for the New Year, they would try all kinds of ways to hide their money, such as hiding it in their crotches, in the soles of their shoes, etc. If you didn't hide it well, the money would definitely be stolen."

"Highway robberies were common back then! This is the second time I've stressed this!"

"It may be difficult for people today to imagine the terrible public security situation at that time. There were many people who went south to work, especially those beautiful girls who never came back. You can ask the older generation about many things at that time."

"My parents are like fish swimming upstream, returning to their hometown to celebrate the New Year with trepidation and exhaustion."

"Although these migrant workers were in a very miserable and hard-working situation in the factories, they were still glamorous to the rural people at that time."

"Because they don't have to be exposed to the sun, and don't have to face the loess and back to the sky, their skin is whiter, and their clothes are much better than those who stay in the countryside."

"The most important thing is that they made money and could use it to build beautiful new houses in their hometowns, or even in the town. At that time, having a house in the town was the dream of countless people."

"That's why in my generation, many people didn't want to study. They didn't even finish junior high school and followed their parents to work in the south. At that time, they envied those who could go out to work."

"Because I can go to a big city, work in a factory, and make money."

"Even many parents support their children to drop out of school early and go to work."

"Only when they go out to work will they understand how hard it is to work. They work in the factory all year round and have very little time to rest."

"The Chinese New Year holiday is very short. Apart from the time spent on the commute, these migrant workers usually can only return home on the 29th or 30th of the lunar year. After staying at home for two or three days, they have to set out on the journey south again on the 3rd or 4th of the first lunar month."

"Year after year, they work like tireless machines, year after year to earn a meager income. Their dreams are simple."

"I hope to have enough money to build a beautiful reinforced concrete house at home, and eventually buy a motorcycle, so that I can give my children a better environment and let them not worry about food and clothing." "If the children can read, I can also have money to send them to school."

As Lu Wenke spoke, his voice became choked with sobs.

"It is actually very difficult for people today, especially young people, to understand and appreciate what their parents went through. They even think that everything we have now is natural and normal."

"But that's not the case. The reason I want to talk about my parents' migration to the south to work is actually to explain what our world was like decades ago and what kind of environment we lived in."

"Our country really developed from nothing."

"It was our fathers and our generation after generation who created it bit by bit with their hardworking hands in dark factories."

"At that time, we worked hard to produce clothes, shoes, socks, and toys. We shipped them out in batches and in return we received a variety of more advanced equipment, production lines, and technologies."

"We continue to dig up our underground resources and ship them out in batches in exchange for precious foreign exchange."

"We put ourselves, our parents and our children at risk, and work so hard. What is it for?"

At this point, Lu Wenke paused again and began to narrate again.

"I am relatively lucky. Although my parents are not around, my grades have always been pretty good and I was admitted to university."

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"At that time, people with knowledge and culture envied Europe and the United States the most. Countless people were eager to study abroad or immigrate abroad."

"When we were young, we watched movies and TV series and we thought that Europeans and Americans lived in paradise."

"They live in a beautiful villa with a beautiful garden and neatly kept lawns."

"Every household has a car, and their homes are fully equipped with all kinds of electrical appliances, such as televisions, refrigerators, washing machines, etc."

"Their roads are all cement, and wherever they go, they are beautiful. People wear beautiful clothes, and men wear smart suits. Their children are picked up by school buses, and they can eat beef for every meal, ice cream, popsicles, KFC hamburgers, fried chicken legs, etc."

"Our generation is the most self-abased generation!"

"Because the environment we live in is so different from that of Europeans and Americans, so different that we dare not even imagine their lives and world."

"It's so big that countless elites admire them, so big that countless elites are trying their best to immigrate abroad, so big that professors in domestic universities would rather give up their respectable jobs to wash dishes and work as laborers abroad."

"It is difficult for people who have not experienced this era to understand this kind of feeling."

"Luckily, I come from a rural background and my parents have limited income, otherwise I might have gone abroad to study and stayed there."

"I said a lot of nonsense and talked about a lot of old stories from decades ago. In fact, I mainly wanted to express that we were very poor and backward in the past."

"This kind of poverty and backwardness is something that today's young people simply cannot imagine, because you grew up watching our spaceships, cars, and high-rise buildings."

"You think that everything we have now is as it should be, and it is the most normal and natural thing."

"But this is not the case. Even decades ago, no one thought that we would have everything we have now, and we didn't even dare to imagine what we have now!"

"By the 90s, I had begun to grow up and would chase after my parents to ask about their life outside."

"In the 90s, their wages became higher and they could earn several thousand yuan a year, which was considered very good at the time."

"Because my parents went out to work, our family built a house in the town. Since I was a child, the clothes I wore, the food I ate, the pocket money I had, etc. were all better and more than those around me."

"In the 90s, our country developed further, but at that time it was still dominated by low-end labor-intensive industries, such as shoes, clothes, toys, electronic products, painting, etc."

"In the 90s, the road to Guangdong Province to work was still full of hardships and dangers, but at that time, there were more railways and roads, the time spent on the road began to decrease, the number of robbers who blocked the road began to decrease, and the black shops that forced you to spend money began to become more civilized. As long as you spent money, they would let you go, no matter how much."

"My parents' generation still worked in factories year after year like migratory birds. However, from this time on, my father began to learn some skills and mechanics."

"Because the income from working in machinery is much higher than that from making clothes, shoes, electronics factories, etc., so this generation of people learn very seriously and very hard, and are not afraid of dirt, tiredness, hard work, or danger."

"By the 90s, our exports were changing. We were already based on labor-intensive and processing industries, and were slowly moving towards more technological and value-added industries."

“For example, the home appliance and motorcycle industries that began to rise in that era.”

“By the first decade of the 21st century, our situation had changed dramatically.”

"Railways and highways began to spread all over the country, making transportation more convenient."

"My parents work away from home, so the time they spend on commuting is much shorter, and the journey has become easier and safer."

"Of course, their income is also higher. Together, they can earn tens of thousands of yuan a year."

"At that time, our industry had already begun to flourish. It was a comprehensive development. We not only made shoes and clothes, but also produced toys and so on."

"Our industry also began to develop rapidly. We produced refrigerators, televisions, air conditioners, washing machines, etc. At the same time, we began to produce cars, machinery, mobile phones and other more technologically advanced and valuable products."

"At the same time, in the rural areas of my hometown, more and more roads have become concrete roads, every household has a motorcycle, and everyone has basically built reinforced concrete houses."

"Children can wear more beautiful clothes and shoes, and they have more pocket money."

"Our cities and towns are changing dramatically, and our people are becoming more confident."

"We have flown manned spacecraft into space, hosted the Olympic Games, and let the whole world see a different side of us."

"Time flies, and soon it's the 10s. My parents are already in their s. They are old, and my generation has grown up."

"My generation is beginning to take over from our parents and become the main force of this era!"

"Compared to our parents' generation, our lives are much better. We make home appliances, cars, computers, and mobile phones. We work in Internet giants and produce ships, machinery, and so on."

"Our income is much higher than that of our parents. It is not difficult to earn over 10,000 yuan a month. For those who have technical skills and management skills, it is normal to earn hundreds of thousands a year."

"Similarly, we have become the main force in buying houses. We have emptied our parents' pockets and used our own money to buy houses in the city for 30 years. We no longer need to rent houses."

"Also, almost all of us have our own cars. We can go home no longer just during the Chinese New Year. We can go home whenever we are free."

"We work less and have more holidays. Many of us even have two days off a week. During holidays, we start traveling and going out to have fun."

"In just a few decades, we have undergone tremendous changes!"

"Our economy has become the second largest in the world, and even our per capita GDP has reached the global average. Our technology is developing rapidly, and we can produce almost all products, whether they are high-tech or low-tech."

“Our lives have also changed for the better.”

"When I was a kid, I envied the cars and appliances that every household in Europe and America had. Now every household in our country has them too. We are starting to live a more affluent life and we are becoming more confident!"

Lu Wenke sighed as he spoke.

"No one would have thought that we would be able to live such a life one day!"

"To be honest, when I was a kid, I never dared to dream that I would live in a beautiful house with all kinds of electrical appliances. I also never dared to imagine that I would have a mobile phone or my own car one day."

“We made it happen. We made the impossible possible!”

“But the real change has only been in the last ten years!”

　I’m making up for yesterday’s chapter, a 6000-word chapter. I wonder if anyone can relate to me?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)