rebirth from small pockets

Chapter 24 The Importance of Concepts and Vision

"When the sun comes out, I'll climb the hillside~!"

"I want to sing when I reach the top of the mountain~!"

"Songs float to me"

"Xiao Li, we're here!"

Wang Xiaobao, the owner of Dawang Village’s only canteen, grocery store, grain, oil and non-staple food store, and department store. No, it’s Wang Jianjun!

At this moment, Wang Jianjun was wearing shorts and a vest, holding a big cattail leaf fan in his hand. After seeing Chen Li, he slowly stood up from the wicker chair.

Wang Jianjun is Chen Li’s brother-in-law and his only uncle.

The three sisters above are Chen Li's aunt, second aunt, and Chen Li's mother.

As for Wang Xiaobao, it is Wang Jianjun’s nickname, but generally only Chen Li’s mother would call him that.

"Uncle, is your sour plum powder expired?"

Chen Li stood in front of a large bamboo raft, picking at the snacks placed on the bamboo raft.

"Hey, you kid! What's the expiration date? How can I, your brother-in-law, be that kind of person?"

Wang Jianjun took the sour plum powder from Chen Li's hand and looked at the production date:

"This hasn't expired yet, there are still a few days left!"

"And there aren't many packs left. I won't buy this thing next time. It won't be easy to sell!"

"Besides, it's good to buy whatever is available on this mountain top, so why choose?

"And you think the children in Wangjiacun are as pretentious as the children in your town? Our children are very solid, even if they are overdue for a few days, there will be no problem!"

Chen Li rolled his eyes and was speechless towards his little uncle.

But just as he said, although the canteen on the mountain has various problems.

But before Wangjiashan is developed, it would be nice to have such a small shop on the top of this big mountain.

After all, if someone's family is temporarily short of oil, salt, soy sauce or vinegar, do they have to walk several hours on the mountain road to Erlong Town to buy it?

So, you really can’t ask for too much!

Too lazy to talk to his uncle, Chen Li walked to the small pool behind the canteen and took two bottles of soda.

The water in this small pool is from a mountain spring brought by Wang Jianjun, and is used to chill beer, soda and other drinks.

"Uncle, did you kill the goose for me?"

He opened the soda with a bottle opener and handed a bottle to his cousin Wang Yan. Chen Li drank half the bottle of Coke.

This Coke is not some Pepsi or the like, but a serious domestic Coke, Tianfu Coke!

But what Wang Jianjun is selling is pirated goods!

In 1994, Tianfu Cola was acquired by Pepsi-Cola. Since then, authentic Tianfu Cola has rarely been seen on the market.

However, there is a beverage factory in Huilong County that is still producing "Tianfu" Coke in glass bottles!

"Kill, your aunt killed her early in the morning."

"But... do you really want to cook for yourself? Do you know how to cook?"

"Why don't you let your aunt and aunt go over and help you cook? I'm afraid that you bunch of students will burn down the kitchen!"

Yesterday, Chen Li called the village and asked Wang Jianjun to prepare some things for him. He said that a group of classmates were going to the mountains for fun and they were going to cook for themselves.

Wang Jianjun helped prepare this, but he didn't have so much trust in the cooking skills of these children.

"Forget it, uncle, you don't have to worry about cooking!"

"You have so much free time, you might as well think about where to go to work!"

"Yanzi, let's go and help my brother light the fire!"

"oh!"

Wang Yan took the beer handed by Chen Li and followed her cousin out of the canteen!

"Hey brat!"

Wang Jianjun was choked by Chen Li's words, but in fact, what Chen Li said was quite reasonable!

As the youngest and only son of the Wang family, Wang Jianjun has been facing a very important decision in the past two years.

Do you want to go out to work?

Since the 1980s, a migrant work boom has gradually emerged in China. Erlong Town is a little later. Basically, it was only in the past few years that people began to go out to work!

Can you make money by going out to work? You don’t need to think too much about this question. There are already many people in Erlong Town and Wangjia Village who have made money by going out to work!

However, working outside the home is not without risks, especially in these days.

For example, a boy from Wangjia Village followed the people in the town to work on a construction site in Guangdong Province. He worked for eight months but didn't get a penny. In the end, he even borrowed money for his train ticket home during the Chinese New Year from his fellow villagers.

Although he can't make much money by staying at home all year round, with the harvest from the fields and the canteen, Wang Jianjun's life in Wangjia Village is pretty good.

Therefore, Wang Jianjun is still a little hesitant about whether to go out to work!

In fact, this cannot be blamed on Wang Jianjun. After all, his vision is so broad, and his ideas are greatly restricted due to the isolation of Wangjiashan.

In fact, even though it is already 1997, there are still many people in many places across the country who hold the same idea as Wang Jianjun.

They would rather live with the less than abundant harvests in their own fields, rather than venture into the outside world.

Are they lazy? Of course not! Farming is not easier than going out to work!

It’s just that for them, it’s been this way for generations.

Rather than facing unknown risks, they would rather choose stable poverty and backwardness!

This is a limitation of concepts and vision, and it actually has nothing to do with whether their choices are right or wrong!

In fact, in his previous life, Wang Jianjun never even thought about going out to work. After all, he was the only male of his generation in the Wang family.

The reason why I have this idea now is actually because of this guy Chen Li!

It was precisely because Chen Li always talked to his uncle about who went out to work and how much money he earned every time he came to Wangjiashan. This made Wang Jianjun a little moved!

Chen Li was very familiar with his brother-in-law. Although he was a good person, he had little potential.

Although it was a bit excessive to comment on his elders like this, Chen Li felt speechless when he thought of the scene in his previous life when Wang Yan chose to drop out of school because she could not afford the tuition.

Later, Huilong County launched a large-scale tourism development. Wangjia Village underwent a complete relocation and received subsidies from the government. Life for Chen Li’s brother-in-law’s family became easier!

Wangjia Mountain almost allows many people in Wangjia Village to stay here for their entire lives.

Chen Li in his previous life didn't understand this, but now Chen Li hopes that he can change it somewhat!

At the very least, Wang Yan would not be allowed to drop out of school early and go home, and Wang Xiaodong would not be allowed to end up becoming a gangster in Erlong Town.

If he has the ability in the future. Well, let’s talk about this later!

Not to mention Wang Jianjun's entanglement, Chen Li led his cousin Wang Yan to go to his aunt's house to put things away.

Chen Li's mother has two sisters, and her aunt hired a husband. This is why Wang Xiaodong's surname is Wang.

Chen Li's eldest uncle used to be a stonemason. He died in an accident five years ago, so life in Chen Li's family was actually not very easy.

Fortunately, Chen Li's cousin is quite up to date. He went to the county to be an apprentice with a chef three years ago and is now able to cook on the stove.

Although being a chef is not a respectable job these days, you can still earn a lot of money.

"Mother-in-law! Auntie!"

"I also said that I should put my things away before I go to your place!"

"Auntie, I can just take this."

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Chen Li saw his grandmother and aunt sitting under the eaves of the courtyard, obviously waiting for him.

"My dear grandson, are you tired from hiking?"

"Oh, why do you feel like you, my dear grandson, have lost weight again?"

"Sit down and take a rest!"

"My mother-in-law asked your aunt to make sugary water for you!"

The old lady hadn't seen Chen Li for a few months. She pulled Chen Li and looked at him for a while, and then "told" Chen Li that he had lost weight despite having gained several kilograms!

Well, in the eyes of old people, being fat is a blessing!

(End of chapter)