Era: Retired from the army at the beginning and returned home - Chapter 320 Canteen benefits cancelled

Chapter 319 Canteen benefits cancelled

After celebrating the New Year in their hometown, it was still the fourth day of the Lunar New Year and Luo Cheng and others returned to the city first.

Luo Cheng and Xixi went to the hospital for check-ups the same day they returned to the city. These days, men rarely get such check-ups. I always feel like I am losing face. Even if there is nothing wrong, I will be laughed at after doing such an examination.

But Luo Cheng was open-minded, so what if he had problems? Could it be that Sissi could remarry? Even if he really remarries, Luo Cheng will definitely be sad, but on the other hand, the restless heart he has been suppressing may burst out.

If you have money in Xiangjiang, there are really good-looking foreign girls. For ordinary people, they will definitely not be able to afford them. A month’s salary is not enough for one purchase. This is not just a matter of playing, but also a feeling of taking charge. How can foreigners be so easily suppressed by you? Luo Cheng has reason to suspect that someone is driving up the price of foreigners.

Anyway, Luo Cheng’s idea is that if she can’t get pregnant, it’s Sissi’s problem. At most, she can adopt one in the future. He is very open-minded. If it’s her own problem, it depends on how Sissi chooses. If she can’t bear it because of this. Then he will just become a playboy in Xiangjiang from now on.

It takes a few days for the results of the hospital examination to come out. This is because the central hospital in the industrial zone has equipment and instruments. In an ordinary hospital, it would still be impossible to detect whether there is any problem in this area.

After doing an inspection, Li Xiaotong found out the news and even came over to visit Luo Cheng. It’s just that he just keeps looking, always staring at a certain part of himself while showing a half-smiling expression. What does this mean? Luo Cheng was just doing a check-up to see if he could have a baby. Even if he couldn’t, his functions would still be normal.

Li Xiaotong is also married now, and he is not as good as Xu Haitang in finding a college student partner. She was looking for a high school student who also worked as a clerk. The husband’s family had tight housing conditions, so the two of them lived in a house shared by Li Xiaotong.

“Secretary Luo, could it be caused by being too young?”

“I~~, it’s very big.”

“I don’t believe it until you show me.”

“Come on, there is a toilet next to it. Let me show you a big guy. Let’s go in for men or women.”

“Shameless, you gangster, I’m going to do my work. Da Ye has nothing to do with me. I have a husband.”

People nowadays are conservative, but that doesn’t mean married people won’t say nasty things. Li Xiaotong is a courageous female hooligan. But no matter how talkative they are, women these days are still conservative in their ways.

After seeing Li Xiaotong leave, Luo Cheng sighed and thought in his heart. No wonder later generations say that nurses cannot marry. In this conservative era, such a beautiful nurse is like this. In later generations, there will be no certain moral restraints, and beautiful nurses will be easily seduced by rich people.

The hospital was just a small episode in life. From then on, Luo Cheng only returned to China a few times throughout the year. The friends he knew before were still joking together, but as time went by, they became strangers. Maybe in a few years, when I meet Li Xiaotong again, both parties may be very polite.

After a week of examination in the hospital, the test results came out and both of them were fine. This is particularly good news for Luo Cheng and Xixi. Xixi specially bought an old hen to feed Luo Cheng. She wants to squeeze as much out of Luo Cheng as possible while Luo Cheng is still in the country. Many people get married. It took her three to five years to get pregnant, and she has only been pregnant for two years. As long as there are no health problems between the two of them, her desire to have a child has reached its peak.

Just like last year, because I was married far away, I couldn’t go back to my parents’ home on the second day of the Lunar New Year, so I chose to take a detour to Sissi’s hometown when I went to Shencheng after the Lantern Festival.

But this time before setting off, Teacher Hu Ping found Luo Cheng in advance. I hope Luo Cheng can take his children to develop in Xiangjiang. Although Mr. Hu has been living in Ngee Ann for the past two years, he has been a university teacher in Tianhu for many years. In addition to bringing some Students, there are students in Amado and Shijiucheng.

Some rumors in the country are getting tighter. People like Hu Ping no longer have much wealth, and only their parents are considered capitalists. It may not involve much, but if there is an overall liquidation, I’m afraid it will still be involved.

Just in case, Hu Ping could help bring his children to Xiangjiang based on his contribution to the research and development of the industrial zone in the past two years. Just give me any odd job.

Luo Cheng is a person from the later era. Although he does not know exactly when the era of educated youth will come, he also knows that it will not be many years.

Without any hesitation, Luo Cheng agreed to Hu Ping’s request. Not only did he agree to help his children go to Xiangjiang, but he himself, Luo Cheng, also planned to find an opportunity to take them away.

Before taking Hu Ping away, Luo Cheng asked him to sort out the technical drawing materials of the industrial zone. Even though many of the product materials were designed by Luo Cheng himself, they were all sorted out.

This is just in case. Luo Cheng feels that if he develops like this in Xiangjiang, something will happen sooner or later in China. It’s just that he comes from a good background, and when he first went to Xiangjiang, it was for export. I didn’t go to Xiangjiang to be a capitalist from the beginning.

At least in China, his identity and background are still extremely upright, and his daughter-in-law, Sissi, is even more classified as Gen Hong. So even if something happened, Luo Cheng didn’t feel like he would touch him directly.

If you want to take Hu Ping’s children or even grandchildren to Xiangjiang, you can’t do it so blatantly. In the name of export, Luo Cheng asked for another commercial vehicle in the industrial zone, after the Lantern Festival. Luo Chenggen and Xixi took turns driving, and set off with Hu Ping’s son, daughter-in-law, and grandson first.

As for Hu Ping’s daughter and son-in-law, the son-in-law also came from a different background, so he could only wait until Luo Cheng came back next time to take him away. This time, Gao Ru was not asked to go with him. Gao Ru was asked to take the train to Shencheng and wait there, and he would meet up at that time.

If Gao Ru wants to go to Singapore, he must first go to Xiangjiang and then transfer there. Or Luo Cheng could just arrange a private ship to take her to Singapore. Otherwise, if she were alone, she would not be able to leave the country or Haikou.

In this way, under Luo Cheng’s arrangement, Luo Cheng and others returned to his parents’ home with Qian Qian. This time he stayed at his parents’ house for one night, and then Luo Cheng drove to Shencheng with Hu Ping’s son and grandchildren. When we arrived in Shencheng, we did not choose to take a regular ship to Xiangjiang. Instead, we took Gao Ru to Xiangjiang at the docking point of the cargo ship.

After arriving in Xiangjiang, Luo Cheng discussed with Hu Ping’s son and daughter-in-law that Xiangjiang was in chaos now and if they just wanted to live a simple life and work part-time to earn some money. Then don’t go to Xiangjiang. Follow Gao Ru to Singapore to help manage the factory. Even if they have no management experience, each of them will be given a salary of 150 yuan. I guarantee you will live well there.

But here in Xiangjiang, he didn’t have the energy to take care of them, and for people like them, they couldn’t be said to be penniless, but they were almost there. Knowing that domestic money could not be used here, I got some gold and brought it here. But with that little bit of gold, their family would not be able to survive without working for a month.

But after all, they are entrusted by others. If they want to stay in Xiangjiang and work hard, do some business or something. Then Luo Cheng can give them a few hundred yuan as capital. As long as you have the brains, even setting up a food stall in Xiangjiang is better than working part-time. However, Xiangjiang is chaotic and there are many gangs. There is not much difference between the police and bandits. Gangs want protection money, and police officers want tea money. The nature is actually the same, but tea money is a more elegant way of saying it.

They didn’t have much time to think about it, because Gao Ru wouldn’t stay in Xiangjiang for long. In the end, Hu Ping’s son and daughter-in-law chose to go to Singapore with their children. First, they have children and want to be stable. If they have any ideas in the future, they can work in Singapore to earn some money. When the time comes, you can advance and retreat accordingly if you have your own ideas. Just like that, on the second day after arriving in Xiangjiang, Hu Ping’s son and daughter-in-law followed Gao Ru and took a boat to Singapore again.

Luo Cheng only needs to enjoy life in Xiangjiang. There are people taking care of the factories and companies below. Only important matters will be reported to him by the people below. And he has a phone at home. If anyone has anything to ask him, he can just receive the call at home and deal with it.

In Xiangjiang, as expected, orders for processing by various factories began to surge at the beginning of the year. The recruitment slogan last year was that the monthly salary was 80, and you had to work overtime to get it. Now you can get 80 without working overtime. If you work overtime, it will exceed 100. This means that the salary of ordinary people in Xiangjiang has exceeded three digits.

When ordinary people have money, they consume, and consumption can drive more consumption. This also led to a huge increase in the sales of some of the civilian product factories that Luo Cheng initially acquired. Luo Cheng couldn’t even make enough money at home.

Domestically, the Ngee Ann Automobile Industrial Zone has ushered in new large-scale development. Just on March 1 this year, a few days after Luo Chenggang went to Hong Kong, France officially announced that it would break off diplomatic relations with Taiwan and establish diplomatic relations with its own country. In order to show his sincerity in establishing diplomatic relations, this old man actually purchased a lot of trucks and buses from the industrial zone, as well as “Touch You” and other vehicles. Including construction machinery vehicles and forklifts.

This is a top priority for the newly appointed district chief and secretary of the industrial zone. However, there is one thing. The new district chief and secretary are all from local units and have never worked in enterprises or factories. When considering problems, we will seek stability and not mess around. This leads to one point: the order volume is very large, but when considering the problem, it is more important to consider contribution at the national level.

Like Luo Cheng, he went to ask for supplies from his superiors because things were exported. All foreign exchange for exports is arranged by the state department, and it only needs to be converted into domestic currency and given to them.

This approach was praised by the leaders above. As expected of a government cadre, unlike Luo Cheng, a common man who only bargained with his superiors for some achievements.

The industrial zone, which had been dormant for nearly two years, once again began to recruit a large number of workers and increase production lines.

But just over two months later, the grain reserves in the industrial zone plummeted. Every time a person is recruited, the free kilogram of food at noon and evening is guaranteed to be in full. The internal rice purchase is also a lot of pounds, plus some welfare receipts for gourmet rolls. This is just a food expenditure without any revenue. How can we do this with the extra grain reserves we had in the past?

So in mid-May, the industrial zone canceled the benefit of free tickets in the canteen. One person can get 60 kilograms of food, which is much greater than the benefit of buying food internally. Moreover, workers, except those from rural areas, basically have their own quota. Although there are tens of thousands of employees in industrial zones now, there are basically no workers from rural areas unless they have connections.

Fortunately, Luo Cheng’s cousin Wang Yue was the only one who didn’t have a ration, but since Luo Cheng was in Xiangjiang, Qianqian could help him get the ration. There was no problem in ordering food stamps for Wang Yue.

But for others, it’s like going back to the old days when you had to count your tickets for meals. Fortunately, welfare coupons in the factory are still being distributed, including coupons for food consumption, and welfare coupons for industry and cloth. These rolls can actually be used as food stamps in the industrial area.

Another point is that many leaders have secretly collected these tickets and used them in department stores. If these tickets are canceled and not distributed, there may be greater resistance from the outside world.

In June, it was summer again, and Luo Cheng came back. Just in time for the second census in the country, the current domestic population is not 1.4 billion, which is only half the number, more than 700 million. But in 700 million miles away, no one is Luo Cheng’s son, and Sissi is still not pregnant.

On this trip back, Luo Cheng attended a meeting in the industrial zone. It was another meeting that overturned Luo Cheng’s previous decision. There was a huge demand for refrigerators and air conditioners. But the district chief discovered a problem. The price of the refrigerator seemed a bit low. Even though it was a somewhat enjoyable product, it was difficult for ordinary people to afford it, but local units and enterprises could easily purchase it.

According to the retail sales of parts, the district chief found that he could not earn 50 yuan from a refrigerator, not even the profit from a manual forklift.

This means that if someone knows how to assemble a refrigerator by himself and buys all the parts of the refrigerator, he will find that he does not save much money at all. The profit of components is greater than that of finished refrigerators, which is somewhat unreasonable.

It may be that other products in the industrial zone are very profitable, which makes the new district chief disdainful of making such a small amount of money from just a refrigerator. At the meeting, it was proposed to increase the price of refrigerators by 50% and cancel the previous installment purchase method. We are also preparing to print a large number of purchase tickets and give them to units in cities across the country.

If he is not in his position, he will not pursue his political affairs. Even if Luo Cheng participated in the meeting, he did not raise any objection. In fact, in the past two years, refrigerators have become a symbol of family affluence in some big cities. This depends on the big items in the household. In Amado and Shijiucheng, refrigerators are definitely the most high-end items.

In the past, Luo Cheng’s main goal in developing refrigerators was to position them as a consumer product. However, the new district chief did this, although he did not cancel consumer sales. But now it is obvious that the district chief wants to increase the planned production volume, mainly selling to local units and enterprises.

Deputy District Chief Du Yongkang, I don’t know if he was suppressed or if he had no motivation after taking the position of Deputy District Chief. He looks very serious during meetings and rarely speaks.

Regarding the changes in the industrial zone, Luo Cheng was also silent. I simply handled some matters at hand in Ngee Ann, and this time I took Hu Ping’s daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter away. He also told Hu Ping that his son and daughter-in-law were not placed in Xiangjiang, but followed Gao Ru to Singapore. Apart from the more chaotic regime, life was actually better than in Xiangjiang.

Therefore, this time he took his daughter and son-in-law out of the country without having to choose. They were sent directly to Singapore, where they would have relatives to take care of them.

Luo Cheng drove to Shenzhen again. There were several boxes of technical information on the industrial zone in the car, and this was only part of it. At least it will take several trips to get it all.

One thing to mention is that Xiaoyu and Shishi are in love. Men chase women with a barrier, and women chase men with a veil. Luo Cheng took the initiative to find a matchmaker and went to the groom’s house to inquire. Xiaoyu and Shishi were also cautious and told Luo Cheng who they were attracted to. The people they were attracted to were all asking about whether they were getting married or not.

If you are married and have a partner, it will be a joke if you find someone to be a matchmaker.

Xiaoyu and Shishi are average in appearance in Luo Cheng’s eyes. But in this day and age, it’s okay to be tall. I have looks, a job, and my own apartment. In this era where free love confession can easily be regarded as a scam, although people keep saying that the new country cannot arrange marriages, more than 90% of them still find partners through blind dates.

In this blind date, we don’t talk about feelings but only the first impression. With Xiaoyu and Shishi’s conditions, I really don’t know what kind of man would refuse if there is no partner.

So basically everything is settled through negotiation, and the negotiation only means that the two of them agree to be with each other. And just like Luo Cheng and Qian Qian, as long as they agree to get along, unless something unexpected happens, they will usually stay together later.

Now that Luo Cheng is back, the two sisters are telling Luo Cheng about their marriage. Luo Cheng asked them if they wanted to settle down and get married sooner or later, and choose the National Day in October earlier. Later, during the Chinese New Year this year, we will simply host a few tables.

Nowadays, the rumors are getting tighter, and it is easy to say that the banquet is too large. The two sisters chose to do it early, and decided to do it in October. In rural areas, they get married at an early age and have to remain reserved in front of their partners, but this is not so necessary in front of their eldest brother Luo Cheng.

It is really tiring for a person to drive from Nghe An to Shenzhen. Fortunately, due to transportation problems, the industrial zone funded the road and the province took the lead. Since it was constructed in sections at the same time, the road was repaired. But it doesn’t count as a highway, nor does it count as a national highway, it can only be counted as a provincial highway. Roads go around the city. The straight-line distance of 800 kilometers is actually 1,000 kilometers.

But even so, it is much better than before. It used to take three days to travel, but now it only takes two days. There are road signs and there are no bifurcated roads. You can drive from Ngee An to Shencheng without asking for directions.

However, sooner or later, for the sake of convenience, some cities will build such provincial roads and connect other roads to them. In the future, there will be more roads and forked roads everywhere. At that time, people may not be familiar with the roads, and they may accidentally take the wrong route.