My 1979

The couple was quarreling very loudly, and everyone came to break up the quarrel. Duan Mei is fairly well-informed, but when outsiders come, it's hard to say anything. If the news reaches the new wife's mouth and the new daughter-in-law has more ideas, the uncle will still be angry to death.

What she was angry about was her mother-in-law Wang Yulan, not her new daughter-in-law.

The quarrel ended just like that, but the grudge never went away.

But how could Li He not know about such a big quarrel?

He Fang said, "It's all my fault. I didn't expect this."

Li He said with a smile, "It has nothing to do with you. She just had a fight with my mother. The conflict between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law has been going on for more than a day or two. Don't take it to heart. Besides, it's normal for the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to quarrel. There is always a bit of bumping."

He is very open-minded in this regard. A daughter and a mother can still quarrel, let alone a daughter-in-law. Generally speaking, Duan Mei has been a daughter-in-law for so many years, and she is still very good. She is not the kind of person who has a small belly. She is probably not suffering from poverty but from inequality. This is just human nature and has little to do with people's morality and quality.

As a daughter-in-law, if you are better than me, I have no problem with it, but if you are much better than me, I will have a big problem with it.

So when Wang Yulan wanted to give He Fang a ring in her hand, Li He refused before He Fang could say anything.

"That's what I gave you, keep it for yourself." This ring was also given to Wang Yulan by him. Wang Yulan had kept it wrapped in a handkerchief for so many years and didn't wear it much. It's not that she's reluctant to take him with her, it's mainly because she's on guard against Li Zhaokun. How can she not be clear about her own man?

At this time, He Fang had to be given to him, which naturally made him dumbfounded.

He Fang smiled beside him and said, "Auntie, give me plums. I really have them, we bought them a long time ago."

The second time she told the lie, she got used to it. This is the rhythm of telling a lifetime of lies at once.

Wang Yulan said, "If I don't give it to you, who will give it to me? I'm so old, and I don't look good wearing this."

"If it doesn't work, give it to your little wife." Li He had to say something else, "Give it to Meizi. You didn't buy anything for her when she came in."

Wang Yulan pursed her lips, glanced at He Fang, said nothing, and went into the kitchen to cook.

Li He was naturally helpless. Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are indeed natural enemies. Two good-tempered women may not be able to build a harmonious family. It is difficult to distinguish right from wrong in a family.

At noon, Li Long came for lunch with his two children. Duan Mei went back to her parents' house, so of course there was no one to cook.

Li He said to him, "Go and coax her to calm down. What's the point of living a life of bickering every day?"

Li Long said angrily, "That woman is in trouble now. She doesn't know what's going on."

"You shamelessly went to get married at first, and now you regret it."

Li Long blushed and said, "She has changed."

"Go and get her back. If you make trouble again, it will make people laugh. She lives with you, and you and her are not of the same mind. If she doesn't hate you, who will she hate?" Li He did not approve of Yu Xiao, and he understood Li Long's thoughts. He feels that my mother has worked hard for him since childhood, so he should listen to her. He always hoped that Duan Mei could understand his foolishness and filial piety, so it would be strange if the two of them didn't quarrel.

Facts have proved that many unhappy marriages are caused by foolish filial piety.

No daughter-in-law would agree to kidnap and drag down her own small family for the sake of her parents' big family. Living in a single household is the dream of most young wives.

Li Long listened to Li He's words and went to pick up Duan Mei after dinner, but did not come back.

Li He said, "I asked you to coax her. How did you coax her? What's the use of going empty-handed. Go to the county and buy her some jewelry."

Li Long said, "Wouldn't she be more annoyed if she spends money indiscriminately?"

"Let's buy it first and then talk about it."

Li Long followed this method, and as expected, he took Duan Mei back happily the next day. He could only lament that the woman's heart was so deep.

The matter between Li Long and his wife was settled here, but the war between Wang Yulan and Li Zhaokun broke out again. She chased Li Zhaokun to get the money given by Li He back, and Li Zhaokun naturally couldn't be happy. Since Wang Yulan learned about the use of bamboo poles, domestic violence has escalated, and Li Zhaokun has been chased around.

Li He didn't want to care about these two living treasures, and was afraid that He Fang would be embarrassed, so he took her for a walk on the river slope.

He Fang said, "I envy your family very much."

Li He said, "There is nothing to envy."

"It's good to be noisy. My mother doesn't have anyone to quarrel with."

"Miss you?"

"Yes." The wind blew loudly by the river. She tightened her clothes, tucked her messed up hair behind her ears, and continued, "I want to go back to my hometown to work."

She is confident and not afraid of those who do not accept the unit.

Li He lowered his head and said nothing. He sat on the embankment and watched the river flow quietly to the east. It was neither hasty nor slow, and there were no waves at all, but it still sang happily along the way. The days are probably like this, ordinary.

Li Zhi brought a duck, but Wang Yulan refused.

Li He smiled and said, "Why are you so polite?"

Li Zhi just smiled, put down the duck with its legs tied, and left.

Wang Yulan sighed, "It's not easy."

"How are his two children doing with their studies?"

Wang Yulan said, "You must be in high school, I don't know."

Li He thought for a while, took two bottles of wine from the house and went to Li Zhi's house.

Sister-in-law Yue Fen was sifting sesame seeds at the door. When she saw Li He carrying the wine straight into the house and putting it in the door, she was startled, "Oh, what are you doing?"

Li He said, "Sister-in-law, please tell me if you can bring wine to accompany the meal."

Li Zhi said happily, "Even if the wine at home is bad, I can't force you to drink."

"Where is your eldest son?" Li He only saw the youngest lying at the door doing homework.

Sister-in-law Yuefen said, "The boss is already in his third year of high school. The school is tight. He won't be back until a few days after the Chinese New Year."

"Your family is about to have a college student." If Li He remembered correctly, this should be the third college student in the village besides him and the fourth child. The three college students all have the surname Li. It seems that the graves with the surname Li are good. If it is not a fact, it will become a fact.

Li Zhi scratched his head and said, "Who knows, try your best to let him go, it's up to him."

"I heard from the teacher that his grades are still good. When the time comes to decide which school to apply for, you have to help him calculate it." Sister-in-law Yuefen is not self-effacing, her words are full of pride.

"It works. But he is so old, he always has his own opinions. I may not be needed."

Li He stayed here for dinner, and gave him 1,000 yuan before leaving.

Li Zhidao said, "I still owe you money. I haven't been able to repay you for so many years."

He gave him a duck just to repay a favor. Li He had lent him money before, but he had no money to repay it for many years. With two children in school, it is not easy to squeeze out spare money.

Li He said, "When your boss gets a job, you will have the money to pay me back. I'm not in a hurry, so why are you in a hurry? Just take it."

Only after his experience did he know how difficult it is to provide education for two children.

Sister-in-law Yuefen said, "Uncle, we can't borrow so much. You have a new wife. There is no place to spend money. I can't let you follow behind and worry."

"Sister-in-law, I have enough money to get married."

When Li He left Li Zhi's house, it was already dark and everyone in the village had gone to bed early. At the end of each year, most people don’t necessarily have enough food left to eat, and they don’t have any heavy work, so most of the time they drink porridge at night. In order to prevent children from wetting the bed, they eat meals early so that they can be eaten in the stomach before going to bed. of water is drained cleanly.

Wang Yulan began to whisper about when the fourth and fifth girls would come back. She thought about it day and night, and she couldn't sleep. Even Li Zhaokun started to say that why the wine jar didn't come back, it was also his fault. He didn't feel the two girls hanging around him in the past, but suddenly they couldn't see them anymore, so he couldn't help but talk about it.

Li He said, "They won't be able to come back this year. They will have a holiday next year, and I will send them back."

The key is that the transportation is too inconvenient, and Li He doesn't want the two girls to go back and forth like this. He thought about calling these two girls, but he almost ignored them at this stage.

There was no long-distance telephone office in the county, so he drove his tractor to the city.

As a result, he went to the post and telecommunications office in the city. He was told that there was no program-controlled telephone exchange in the city and that he had to go to the provincial telecommunications office to make international long distance calls. He had no choice but to turn back to the provincial capital.

In international communications at this time, more than 90% of the business volume was concentrated in coastal areas.

If the coastal areas want to develop an export-oriented economy and attract foreign investment, it is simply unimaginable without telephones for international communications.

So the coastal areas took the lead.

Of course, the gap between the central and western regions and the coastal areas has already widened here.

Not to mention the economic aspect, for example, in Jinjiang alone, there are five to six thousand township and village enterprises, and foreign trade is booming. The central and western regions are still trying to develop toward subsistence and clothing.

It was already past three o'clock in the afternoon when he arrived in the province. He went to the long-distance telephone station of the telecommunications bureau. International long-distance calls cannot be dialed directly. It is still a semi-automatic telephone circuit. It needs to be relayed through a trunk line to Pujiang. All six provinces in East China need to go through this. Pujiang transfer can reach foreign countries and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions.

Li He waited for half an hour and smoked two or three cigarettes before contacting Shen Daoru.

Shen Daoru was very happy to receive his call. He finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If there is no news from you, Lao Yu will go crazy. I can't find you no matter how hard I call. No one returns your call."

"I'm sorry. I'm in my hometown and it's not very convenient to contact me. Is there anything important?" Li He then remembered that he didn't bring the call machine back.

"Aren't you going to build a building? He wants to discuss it with you."

Li He said, "Is there nothing going on here?"

"Shenzhen Development Bank issued an additional 675,000 ordinary shares at 40 yuan per share and a face value of 20. We took 100,000 shares, and the preferred shares were 180,000 shares in Hong Kong dollars. Each share cost 100 Hong Kong dollars and the face value was 100 Hong Kong dollars. Basically, it was taken by our family. ”

"How many stocks are in circulation in total?" Li He actually didn't feel much in his heart.

"1.325 million shares of common stock and 180,000 shares of preferred stock." Shen Daoru finished speaking in one breath, not knowing Li He's attitude. He acted without authorization this time.

Li He thought for a while and said, "Collect some of the circulating shares outside. Just take as much as you can."

Shenzhen Development Bank is controlled by many state-owned entities, but in essence it is funded by the public. There are at least 7,000 to 8,000 small investors outside, so it should not be difficult to collect some shares. And in the long run, the acquisition of Shenzhen Development Bank will make a lot of money, and it can also serve as a springboard for Conian Bank to enter the mainland.

"Okay, Mr. Li."

"Oh, by the way, look at what other joint-stock companies in Shenzhen you can invest in, and invest in everything that should be invested." Li He suddenly remembered this. He had ignored it last time when he read the news, and it was rare for him to think of it now.

The Shenzhen Special Economic Zone is a comprehensive experimental zone for joint-stock reform designated by the central government. Shenzhen has established more than 80 joint-stock companies in one go. Since 1987, it has successively approved five listed companies including Shenzhen Development Bank, Vanke, and Jintian to issue shares publicly.

He adheres to the principle of waiting to pick up whatever he can, making a profit if he invests, and no loss if he fails to invest.

Many of his ideas were vague, and he was even a little reluctant to think about them. He could only follow the rhythm first, and count every step he took.

He still doesn't know what to use so much money for.

It seems like I have too much money and I really don’t know how to spend it.

What was the purpose of rushing to make money in the first place?

Of course, flowers for my wife!

But now, after thinking too much, he felt sad and dazed again and again.

"Okay. Mr. Li." After Shen Daoru finished speaking, seeing that Li He didn't reply for a long time, he tentatively called on the phone, "Mr. Li? Mr. Li?"

"Oh. I'm here. Just do this. Look after my sister for me. I will go there after the year."

"Their school is on holiday, and Mrs. Yu has taken her over to celebrate the New Year together. I went to see her just the day before yesterday, don't worry about this. But..." Shen Daoru said a little hesitantly.

"But what?"

"The teacher responded that my grades were still not up to par and my foundation was very poor."

"Take your time." Li He had expected this, so it wasn't bad news.

He hung up Shen Daoru's phone and called Yu Dehua again. This time it was good, and the call was answered within ten minutes.

Yu Dehua said on the phone, "Oh my god, I finally found you!"

"In a hurry?"

"The budget plan requires your signature! Without your signature, how will the money go out!" Yu Dehua was really anxious. At this stage, his mouth was a little angry. When the equity was not changed before, the signing power was in his hands. All he needs to do is say hello, no need to bother. But now, he only has the right to sign for less than 100 million Hong Kong dollars. Any project worth more than 100 million US dollars must have Li He's signature.

If Li He was in the capital, he could solve it with a courier. Unexpectedly, he suddenly couldn't find anyone, but he was anxious.

"Let's find a way to postpone it until after the new year. Let's talk about it after the new year."

"Hey, I got it, we need to do it quickly, we can't wait any longer." Yu Dehua said worriedly on the phone.

"Yeah. Take good care of my sister." Li He is not sure whether to build a building now, but money is flowing like water. More than 100 million US dollars have been spent, and now he can't stop even if he wants to.

"Don't worry about this. At my house, you don't need to worry about this." Yu Dehua assured on the phone.

"Bye."

Li He prepared to call Singapore again, but none of them were successful. After waiting for half an hour, he became impatient and left the telecommunications office after paying. The fourth child is already a grown-up girl. He believes that she can take good care of him and there is no need for him to ask any more questions. Besides, there is also Li Qiuhong accompanying her.

The tractor collapsed halfway through the drive. It turned out that it was out of oil. He shook the oil barrels he had brought in the carriage. Both barrels were empty. He originally expected to only go to the city, but these two barrels of diesel were definitely enough. He didn't expect to turn back and go to the provincial capital.

He looked around, but there was no gas station nearby. He squatted on the roadside and smoked a cigarette in frustration.

He picked up two oil drums and walked around the houses nearby to see which one had spare diesel. He couldn't find any. In the end, I bought it from the production team. The diesel was used as spare for the water pump during spring plowing. Li He didn't ask the price and gave him 200 yuan. Of course, he was willing to sell it and filled both oil barrels.

It was already seven o'clock in the evening when he got home. He wolfed down something and quietly went to the river slope.

Under the moonlight, there was silence.

He squatted on the ground with his head raised, as if he had suffered a heavy blow. One cigarette after another.

He had more important philosophical considerations.

What is he making money for now?

The money has been spent enough for her to support the family and for him to take on the responsibility of the family.

He is so contradictory, and he reminds himself over and over again that a gentleman is constantly striving for self-improvement.

To contribute to society?

To prove yourself?

For a sense of accomplishment?

In order to reach the peak of vocals?

But nothing could convince him.

He began to think about his dream again?

At first it was to keep her family fed and clothed, but later it was to make her happy and give her a new life. But now, there is nothing. He really couldn't cheer up. He didn't know how to deceive himself anymore.

He couldn't get a breath out of his heart, and he couldn't vent his irritability, so he simply took off his clothes and plunged into the river with a plop.

The cold wind blew across the river, causing ripples. He swam back and forth in the river, from one side of the river to the other, from upstream to downstream. After his heart became cold, he was no longer afraid of the cold.

He buried his head at the bottom of the river, thinking about how it would feel to suffocate.

But as soon as he put his head under the water, something pulled him up. He was startled and couldn't see clearly in the dark. He instinctively wanted to get away. In a panic, he tried hard to push the other person away, but he didn't.

He unconsciously used another force to push the other person away, and then swam back in a hurry.

He vaguely heard a coughing sound.

After he regained his breath, he looked back under the moonlight and saw a figure struggling in the water, with water splashing everywhere.

He stabbed it hard, penetrated the man's back, and hugged him with both hands. The other party was still struggling and beating hard, and he didn't let go, but he felt a piece of softness.

After slipping to the shore, he looked carefully and found that it was He Fang. He stroked her back compassionately, and she spat out a few words of water.

She gasped for air, her chest rose and fell, and she shouted loudly, "Idiot, you scared me to death. What would I do without you!"

Suddenly he started wailing again, which was particularly loud in the quiet night.

Although she was shivering with cold, she still punched him hard with her hands.

Li He did not hide, and let him beat her. He put his dry clothes on the ground on her with pity, "You are the fool. It's so cold, why did you go into the river?"

"I can't live without you."

"I'll support you."

"Idiot." She cried again, louder.

"For example, set a small goal first and earn a few trillion first."

"What a fool." She finally burst into laughter, knowing that he was talking nonsense, but she was happy to listen to him talking nonsense.