Early morning, Huajing, Fengtao District, Weijia Village. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When he woke up at the sound of the rooster, Wei Xiaofan, who had been back for almost a week, was still a little uncomfortable.

He couldn't get up so early in Xiangjiang.

In the past, I had to go to work and learn to sing, and I had to help with the performances, so I usually slept until 7 o'clock in the morning and then got up.

But when I returned to Huajing's house, every morning after 5 o'clock, the rooster at home, or the rooster nearby, crowed.

When a rooster crows, the roosters everywhere will echo it, so that unless it is a child who is sleeping very deeply, the older one will get up directly.

Wei Xiaofan went to Xiangjiang at the beginning of 72 years, and now he came back in March 79, almost exactly 7 years.

In 7 years, in Xiangjiang, it has been a earth-shaking development.

But in the past 7 years, there has been little change in Huajing at this point in time.

For example, this Weijia Village, located in Fengtao District, outside the West Fourth Ring Road, is still so poor and backward.

Of course, there are changes.

For example, in the past few years, there have been a lot of children born in the village, and those who are about the same age as Wei Xiaofan have already been parents of one or two or three children.

For example, with the meeting in the second half of last year, people's lives have loosened a little.

At most, there were more than 150 kinds of tickets in Huaguo, but before the Chinese New Year this year, Huajing City abolished more than 80 kinds of tickets, just more than a dozen major items such as grain, edible oil, and industrial tickets, and dozens of kinds of bills.

After the Spring Festival, although many places still have to use various tickets, ordinary people can also bring their own vegetables to the city to sell a little, collect cash, and do not collect food stamps.

Unlike before, now the industry and the police will not do much if they see it, as long as you don't make the underground dirty.

Even more exaggerated, it is said that in the winter of last year, a farmer directly pulled a cart of radishes to sell at Tianjiamen, which was also not very good.

In farther places, such as Miyun, Tongzhou, Mentougou, and other places, there are also small markets, where everyone either barters or buys with money, and tickets are useless in these places.

Of course, if you want to buy some daily necessities in the supply and marketing cooperative, you must have all kinds of tickets.

In addition to the ticket, you also have to add money, which is equivalent to relying on the sky and slaying the dragon, and the two can only be bought in one to buy what you want to buy.

There are also places that do not require food stamps, such as some places in the city center that are specially designed for foreigners to eat, lodging, and shopping.

On the third day of Wei Xiaofan's return, he took his parents, younger brothers and sisters, younger sister and brother-in-law, as well as his younger brother's three children, his sister's two children, a family of 12 people, took the bus to the front door, found the Overseas Chinese Building at the north entrance of Wangfujing, and ate a good meal of Eastern Guangdong cuisine in the restaurant here.

The Overseas Chinese Mansion is not here to entertain Huajing people, and it is only overseas Chinese and overseas compatriots who can come to stay and eat.

Wei Xiaofan took the Xiangjiang ID card, which could bring people in for dinner, and people could only collect US dollars or other foreign currency.

Originally, Wei Xiaofan was ready to be slaughtered, but 11 family members ate and drank desperately, ate more than 20 dishes, and ate 23.4 US dollars for one meal, almost 107.8 Hong Kong dollars, which still made him sigh, the price of goods in his hometown is really cheap.

He invited his brothers to eat at the food stall, which was about 100 yuan.

The price here has obviously increased several times, but it is not expensive at all - for Wei Xiaofan, who has returned from Xiangjiang, it is really not expensive.

Then, Wei Xiaofan took his parents and family members to the Huajing Department Store in Wangfujing, which can be described as a sea of people.

The first department store in China, which opened in 55 years, has been flooded by hundreds of thousands of people every day since the difficult times, especially since the second half of last year.

Not only Huajing people, but also people from surrounding provinces and cities, and people who come to Huajing from all afar.

There are a lot of people in the department store, not that its business is good or good, but that most of them don't buy anything, but just come here to have a look.

But not only the elderly, but also the young people, come and shop if you have nothing to do, and you can do it without buying it.

Many Chinese people go to shopping malls and never know what it means to be quiet and famous for shopping, and at this time, this is even more so.

When you enter a department store, it's like going straight to a theater, you don't talk loudly, you can't hear your own voice.

In a capital city like Huajing, especially a department store like this, the biggest advantage is that many things can be bought without bills.

Although some prescribed things, such as bicycles, sewing machines, watches and other goods, also require tickets, but in addition, more things do not need tickets, which makes the people happy.

Wei Xiaofan came here, not to buy big items for his family, but to buy clothes for them.

Most of the clothes in the department store are now from Shanghai, but the types and styles are much better than those that ordinary people go to sewing clubs.

This cloth ticket is also within the scope of cancellation, so since the recent Spring Festival, the clothes have been selling very well.

In fact, Wei Xiaofan brought a lot of clothes back from Xiangjiang to his family, but the family was too glamorous, too bold, and didn't want to wear them, only the children wore them, so they simply brought them here to buy clothes.

After a few hours, the family bought one or two sets of clothes, and after squeezing out the sweat, they took the car home with a smile on their faces.

Originally, Wei Xiaofan asked them to buy tickets to eat in the canteen of the department store, but their parents were both farmers, and they were already very distressed after eating such expensive dishes at noon, where could they waste it again?

Including buying clothes, Wei Xiaofan's sister wanted to buy an extra pair of pen holder pants, but her mother directly scolded her to let go.

That is, five children bought an extra set, and the rest of the adults bought an extra set of clothes.

It's not that the family is without money now.

The younger brothers and sisters didn't know, but on the first night Wei Xiaofan came back, he took 100,000 yuan to his parents.

Now the highest denomination of the third set of RMB is 10 yuan, and there are 10,000 pieces and 100 bundles for 100,000 yuan, which can be directly packed in a large suitcase.

So when they took it out, Wei Xiaofan's parents were so frightened that they were about to have a heart attack.

At that time, people were generally not very old when they had children, and there were many people who got married and had children in their twenties, such as Wei Xiaofan's parents, whose father was only 55 years old and his mother was only 53 years old, and they were not too old now.

But this can't help but put a suitcase full of money in front of you!

They have never seen so much money in their lives!!

In the past, Wei Xiaofan's one or two thousand, three or five thousand had already made their hearts beat faster.

Since last year, Wei Xiaofan said that he became a star, and he also showed them some stills and posters, and then sent tens of thousands of yuan back several times in a row, which still made them tremble, for fear that Wei Xiaofan would make too much money and get into trouble.

It's just that the son is now a native of Xiangjiang, and the cadres in the city said that it is natural for him to send money back to honor his parents, and it doesn't matter, so they began to build a few houses on a large scale, and they have become the object of serious envy and jealousy of the people in the whole village and even the surrounding townships.

Now that his son is back, he suddenly put a suitcase of money in front of him, and they didn't faint, all thanks to the edification of Wei Xiaofan who sent money back a few years ago.

When Wei Xiaofan returned to Huajing's house, someone brought him a huge safe, and the money he exchanged was placed in it, including Yin Jun's $500,000.

Although the person who came to deliver the safe repeatedly asked Wei Xiaofan to convert the US dollars into RMB, Yin Jun took the money to Huhai to dig people, and he would not move.

The safe is included, and the manager over there is a fan of Wei Xiaofan, listening to Yin Jun talk about this, he will give one away for nothing without saying a word, anyway, this thing is not worth much in the mainland, and it is not strange that a random one in the unit is counted as scrapped.

Originally, Wei Xiaofan was reluctant to do this, feeling that this seemed to be a bit out of touch with his family.

But Yin Jun told him that this safe is to prevent villains and not gentlemen, and you can't pin your hopes on others not making mistakes, if you wait until you make mistakes, then the family affection will be gone;

Then, Yin Jun told Wei Xiaofan again that he must not tell his parents and younger siblings how much money he earned.

Many families have nothing when they have no money, but when they have money, they often make a lot of noise and fall apart, if Wei Xiaofan wants to say this, there will definitely be no peace in the family.

No way.

Wei Xiaofan hadn't read much, but he knew that Yin Jun would not harm him, so he could only accept it.

How much money is left in the safe, only Wei Xiaofan knows.

Wei Xiaofan's parents are honest people, and now few people know Wei Xiaofan's popularity in Hong Kong, so they didn't expect how much money their son earned, thinking that he would bring back 350,000 more than before, and at most it should be an astronomical amount of 100,000.

But I didn't expect that as soon as he took it out, it was 100,000 in cash, and it was all for his family!!

As soon as the son walked away, the old couple immediately hid the money, ensuring that no one could find it except for the two of them.

But even if they already have so much money, the old couple can't tolerate the waste of their children, and the good clothes they buy are enough for one piece, and the rest of the clothes are good to pull the fabric to the sewing club to sew clothes.

Wei Xiaofan didn't say much about his parents' savings.

Diligence and thrift are always the way to stay for a long time.

With such good habits, the family will become more and more prosperous.

For the use of this money, the old couple also discussed, the eldest helped the second and third children so much, and now the most important thing is to help the eldest marry a daughter-in-law.

In recent years, the labor and materials in the mainland have been cheap, and the old Wei family has built a total of four two-story courtyards next to each other, but the inside is still relatively rough and simple.

With this money, it must be used to buy any work, but the configuration is definitely different, the eldest house has to spend 30,000 yuan, the second and third are at best 20,000, and the remaining 30,000 are used by the old couple for backup.

Once the matchmaker finds his daughter-in-law, the 30,000 yuan will be used for the bride price, a big banquet or something, to ensure that the eldest son will have a beautiful scenery.

In fact, Wei Xiaofan called and said that when he was sure to come back in March, the old couple had already announced the conditions to a group of matchmakers who were eyeing each other.

First, you should not be old, preferably around 20 years old.

Second, the appearance must be handsome, at least 165 cm tall, and he must be big and fat, and he can have a baby.

Third, the family should not be a broken household, preferably a worker's family, or the daughter of a cadre's family.

Fourth, you have to be educated, at least you have graduated from high school, and you can sing and dance the best.

Fifth, you must have a good character, be hardworking and willing to do things, honor your parents, be diligent and thrifty, and you can't be a delicate girl.

All right.

After such a large list of demands, at least more than half of the matchmakers died down.

This is not called a blind date, this is the prince's choice of concubine!

With such harsh conditions, I really don't know how many people's daughters can meet them.

However, there are those who are disappointed and those who are excited.

Wei Xiaofan's conditions, as well as his photos, have been seen by all the big guys.

Although it is a little fat, it is tall and big, and it is powerful at first glance.

And then people are still from Xiangjiang, it is said that they are celebrities in Xiangjiang, and they have a lot of money, and they have to send tens of thousands of dollars to their families every year, which is in all of China, how many people can earn tens of thousands of dollars a year?

And I heard that as long as you get married, your wife and children can get a Xiangjiang hukou, and you can go to Xiangjiang to live, where the land is full of gold and prosperous, it is like paradise!

This is not the braggart of the old Wei family, the cadres in the district and the city have come several times, all of them have come to visit the old couple of the Wei family, and ask them if they have any needs, if there is anything that needs help, this is the best proof!

With such conditions, who would dare to say that Wei Xiaofan is not qualified to be so picky?

Those who can have the courage to stand in front of the old couple of the Wei family are actually already a little capital, and the crooked woman has long since lost the courage to ask the matchmaker to say it.

Now, although the conditions are too harsh, half of them have been beaten, but the remaining half still feel that there is still hope for the daughter of the family who entrusted them, so they are ambitious, and vow to promote this marriage, get a good reward, and win a great reputation.

Many of the daughters of city cadres, the daughters of workers, and peasant girls whose conditions were too good, their families, including themselves, were eager to try.

After Wei Xiaofan returned home, these matchmakers were moved, and the next day they went out to eat and came back, there were seven or eight groups of matchmakers with girls waiting, and on the third day there were more than 20, and on the fourth day it was even more exaggerated, there were more than 50!

After such a week, Wei Xiaofan felt that his face was a little stiff when he faced the girls on a blind date.

In addition, in the past few days, cadres from the city, district, township, and village have all come to visit Wei Xiaofan, and they are talking politely, but in fact, Wei Xiaofan can't see it, they want Wei Xiaofan, a patriotic overseas Chinese, to donate more things, which can be regarded as a contribution to the motherland.

Regarding this matter, Yin Jun had already thought of it, and he told Wei Xiaofan not to promise easily.

Although it seems a little unkind to return to your hometown without doing good deeds, it is better than not being able to do it after you make random promises.

Aside from donating or anything, in terms of his life's events, although Wei Xiaofan also wants to find a good daughter-in-law and have children as soon as possible, but in the face of so many choices at once, he has the feeling that he has to pick flowers with his eyes.

Even Wei Xiaofan, who has honed his eyesight in Xiangjiang and Baodao for so long, has seen at least a dozen very outstanding girls, regardless of his status, it is more than enough to match him.

However, Wei Xiaofan didn't want to be so utilitarian, after all, he also knew the reason why these matchmakers brought girls to blind dates one after another.

Choosing a great girl to be your lifelong partner is for sure, but if it can be less utilitarian, it would be even better.

I can't choose it for a while, and I'm not so anxious about this matter, and I'm not in a hurry about how to help the villagers.

Wei Xiaofan was anxious about another thing, seeing that the time was delayed in blind dates and entertainment, he finally couldn't wait, and after talking to his parents, he directly took a big box and took the train to Shanghai. (To be continued.) )