National Tide 1980

Luo Guangliang swallowed and continued to strike while the iron was hot.

"Brother, I actually think this is a good thing. It's suitable for everyone. You see, our Pan'er will cost half of each of you's salary in one month, and he will go to kindergarten in two years, plus childcare fees. Then one person’s salary will have to be paid.”

"In addition, you and your sister-in-law have to pay monthly meals to the family, and buy some wine and meat for dad. How much does it cost? Besides, you are the team leader, and you and your sister-in-law work in the same factory. You said How much can you two get out of just being a co-worker?"

"Brother, just listen to me. This money will be in your pocket. There is nothing hot about it. If you don't make some extra money quickly, you may not even be able to afford Xiangshan..."

The beginning was going well, but this last sentence made Luo Guangsheng's brows wrinkle into knots.

Why else?

Men are the best faces.

Even between blood relatives, the dignity of an older brother cannot be violated when facing his own younger brother.

"Asshole! Don't you just make a lot of money by riding a bicycle, and you actually look down on your brother?"

Luo Guangsheng's tone was full of sullenness, and he knew immediately that he was really angry.

But Luo Guangliang's face remained calm.

"Brother, you have misunderstood this. I was kicked out by my father. I don't even have a formal job, so how dare I look down on you? Besides, you are my brother, and we share the same blood. I look down on you. , isn’t it just that I look down on myself?”

"I really don't have any other meaning. I just feel that it's not a shame to take the money that was clearly sent to you, so why don't you want it? You have a wife and children, and there are many places to spend money. Don't you think about yourself? I also have to think about my sister-in-law and nephew."

Luo Guangliang's words were sincere, but his emotions did not subside so easily.

How is it possible for Luo Guangsheng to restore peace immediately?

So he threw out the sarcasm with a sneer.

"You mean, if I don't take this money, I won't be able to support my wife and children? What a joke!"

Luo Guangliang couldn't help but hesitated.

He seemed a little embarrassed to say it, but he finally said what he wanted to say.

"Brother, I also hope this is a joke. You and your sister-in-law are both working, and both are holding the iron rice bowl of the country. You should have no worries about food and clothing, and live a much better life than me. But the problem is...the problem is, now this There seems to be something wrong with society.”

"Even I, a three-wheeler, can earn a quarter's salary in one month. What's going on? Don't you think it's strange?"

"I'm not afraid you'll be angry. Let me tell you something new. I was at the train station recently and saw several workers from the light bulb factory, who also came to fish in troubled waters and ride bicycles to earn extra money."

"I asked them, if you, the upright workers, don't do your job, why do you take leave notes all day long to check in with the work unit, and secretly steal food from us?"

"What do you think they said? They actually said that the factory's bonuses are like shit from a sheep. You can only earn 480 yuan. You can't buy a color TV even if you work as a stupid worker for ten years."

This night was a sleepless night for Luo Guangliang and Miao Yujuan.

Both of them were tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, and they had strange dreams in the same bed.

Miao Yujuan was mainly troubled by the fifty yuan her husband got back.

She remembered that before having children, she and her husband had saved money for several years, but they only managed to save a deposit of 300 yuan.

I have been reluctant to buy a washing machine for my home.

I've earned fifty today, so it's strange that I can still sleep.

This feeling cannot be described in words.

I just felt like I was holding a ball of hot coals in my heart, and I couldn't sleep at all.

Instead, I wanted to turn on the light again and take a good look at the fifty yuan.

Oops, fifty yuan is almost as much as the salary of a second-level worker.

How can you make this money so easily? Is this really safe to hold?

Tomorrow... if we sell it again tomorrow, wouldn't it be so easy to earn fifty?

Logically speaking, it shouldn’t be!

How could such a pie-in-the-sky thing happen?

The old man often says, don't be greedy for small things, and don't take advantage of anything.

Should this money be returned?

As for Luo Guangsheng, he was purely stimulated by his brother's last few words.

When he was a child, he was proud of his status as a worker's family, and when he grew up, he was proud of his status as a worker.

Even though it has been ten years since he joined the factory, he is still just like his father. He is proud to wear labor cloth work clothes and has never liked other clothes.

But today, for the first time, he heard the title of "silly worker", and he heard it from his own brother.

This sentence could make his lungs explode with anger, making him want to hit someone uncontrollably.

But he couldn't really blame Luo Guangliang for turning his anger on his brother.

Because if he didn't really care about him, why would his brother tell him so bluntly in order to persuade him to accept the money.

But even so, I understood, but it was still extremely awkward for him to come back.

One is that he really can’t figure out what’s going on with society and why it’s like this.

Secondly, he is a little worried about the identity of the "team leader" above him.

He earned this money from his colleagues in the factory. So tomorrow, can he still face his colleagues calmly?

What was originally selfless suddenly became selfish.

What if his employer finds out about him taking money?

What would his colleagues in the factory think of him if they found out?

If dad knew about it, he would probably scold him for being worthless...

What a contradiction...

In the Republic after 2000, ordinary people who longed to get rich overnight sighed helplessly when faced with the social reality.

People often say the phrase "how full the ideal is, how skinny the reality is."

But these people probably would never have imagined that in the early 1980s, this was meant to be said in reverse.

If not for anything else, just because these days, most people are content with the status quo and are ashamed to speak out, just like Luo Guangsheng, who is honest and kind.

Even if someone gives money to his hand, he is afraid of biting his hand and avoids it.

However, people who have the courage to earn a living, dare to give up face, and use all means to change their economic situation are quite rare.

In fact, don’t look back at 1982, the reform has been going on for four years.

But at this time, there are only one million people engaged in self-employed industrial and commercial households in the country.

Even the vast majority of people are forced to embark on the road of business.

Just like the owners of the first private restaurant in Beijing, Guo Peiji and Liu Guixian.

At first, they just wanted to find a job for their two sons who could not find jobs after returning to the city because their family had few connections.

Just like Yin Shengxi, the general manager of Dawancha Trading Group in Beijing.

At first, he was just an ordinary cadre in Dashilan Street. In order to solve the work problem of unemployed young people, he opened a local youth teahouse to sell large bowls of tea.

Of course, there are also many people like Luo Guangliang who rides a tricycle.

One wrong move, and after being released from it, you will be looked down upon everywhere and don't want anything anywhere.

I had to take this road just to make money and eat.

Therefore, it can be said that the domestic market environment is still a natural coast that few people have set foot on.

Sunshine beach, blue sea and sky, there are many fish, shrimps and treasures, but no sharks and reefs can be seen.

What is the time of day? That's just catching up.

For these first batch of people who became individuals, no matter who they are, as long as they are a little more lively, they are willing to get their bodies wet.

It doesn't take much effort to get a good harvest from this coast.

Even unintentional people can gain something as long as they accidentally get involved and take a walk to the beach by chance. Get some shrimps and crabs to improve your life, and your life will be more nourishing than others.

Otherwise, there is no way to explain how the couple Guo Peiji and Liu Guixian became households worth 10,000 yuan in just one year.

There is no way to explain how Yin Shengxi managed to sell a large trading group by selling large bowls of tea for two cents each.

There is no way to explain why Luo Guangliang becomes more energetic the more he lives, the more he rides the tricycle, the more addictive he becomes, and the more energetic he becomes.

It is also impossible to explain the huge changes in the quality of life of the neighbors in No. 2 Courtyard of Shan'er Hutong.