Chapter 3883 3885 [Qiu Yingjie]

"Trading chicken feathers for sugar is indeed a hard-earned income. We pick out the good chicken and duck feathers we collect and sell them to feather factories, which can be exported to earn foreign exchange. The bad ones are buried in the fields as fertilizer, which can also improve the geology and increase grain production.

And we go from street to street, selling goods that the people need, such as needles and thread, matches, candles, buttons and hairpins, etc., which saves them the trouble of going to the supply and marketing cooperatives. It is actually a three-pronged approach." Xiang Nan said again.

"That makes sense." Qiu Yingjie nodded in agreement, "In that case, why do you think this kind of business should be suppressed?"

"That's hard to say." Xiang Nan waved his hand, "But I believe that this situation will definitely improve."

"Are you so confident?" Qiu Yingjie asked curiously.

"The Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee said that the economic system must be reformed. Family sideline businesses and market trade are important parts of the economy and cannot be interfered with." Xiang Nan explained, "This shows that the higher-ups have already intended to let go. Anyone who dares to obstruct it will not only go against the will of the people, but also go against the will of the higher-ups."

"So that's how it is. I didn't expect you to see so far." Qiu Yingjie said in surprise.

I didn't expect Xiang Nan, who came from the sugar gang, to be so familiar with the upper-level policies. He really can't be underestimated.

"That's natural. Those who don't plan for the overall situation are not qualified to plan for a region, and those who don't plan for eternity are not qualified to plan for the moment." Xiang Nan smiled, "You can only see far if you stand high."

"Awesome." Qiu Yingjie said admiringly.

"And I'll tell you a secret. Actually, Wuhan has already restored the small commodity wholesale market, right in Hanzheng Street, which has solved the employment problems of hundreds of young people returning to the city.

Fengyang farmers have already implemented the household contract responsibility system last year, and grain production has increased by nearly 40%..." Xiang Nan added, "Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. Practice has proved that this kind of relaxation is beneficial, so you wait and see, our Yiwu will soon have earth-shaking changes."

Qiu Yingjie nodded excitedly, "Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books. Being with you is really a great experience."

The two of them also talked all the way.

...

Xiang Nan and Qiu Yingjie took a ride from Jinhua to Hangzhou.

Qiu Yingjie needed to drive back from Hangzhou to Beijing, because there was no train from Jinhua to Beijing at that time.

"Daguang, let's leave each other contact information. I still have a lot of things to ask you." Qiu Yingjie said to Xiang Nan.

Xiang Nan nodded. He also wanted to make more friends with good people like Qiu Yingjie.

Afterwards, Xiang Nan came to Fudan University and enrolled in the Department of Finance.

After arriving at the school, he wrote letters to his family, Qiaogu and Qiu Yingjie, telling them about his recent situation.

Afterwards, Xiang Nan devoted himself to intensive and orderly study.

In fact, for him, he had already known all this knowledge, and even the teachers who taught him would not understand it as well as he did.

However, on the surface, Xiang Nan still pretended to be a positive learning attitude. Privately, he began to create literature in order to earn some royalties.

After all, during his time at school, he could not carry sugar baskets around to exchange for chicken feathers. And if he only studied and did not earn a penny in four years of college, it would be a waste of time.

In the late 1970s, the cultural publishing industry began to recover. Not only did various literary journals resume publication, but the royalty system was also restored.

According to the "Notice on the Trial Implementation of the News and Publishing Royalties and Subsidies Method" launched in 1977, the manuscript could reach two to seven yuan per thousand words.

In 1980, the remuneration was raised to 3 to 10 yuan; in 1984, the remuneration was raised to 6 to 20 yuan... Therefore, in the 1980s, a large number of talents poured into the field of literary creation, and many writers became millionaires earlier.

Therefore, Xiang Nan picked up his traditional craft, and he immediately published a series of stories and novels under the pen name "No Village", such as "No Regrets in Youth", "Country Woman", "Blue Sky Dove Sound", "Death Inn", etc.

Through this series of novels, Xiang Nan earned a lot of royalties, and of course he also gained a lot of fame. After all, in the 1980s, literary youth was still a good word.

...

And Xiang Nan was young, handsome, talented, and charming, which made him a celebrity in the school, and many girls wanted to pursue him actively.

Because with the reform and opening up, the social atmosphere has gradually been relaxed, and people's ideas and lifestyles are also changing.

For example, people's clothes used to be mostly black, white, gray, blue, and other cold colors. But now, many people wear red, yellow, pink and other colors of clothes, and the styles are more diverse, even jeans, bell-bottom pants, bat shirts, and lucky shirts are popular.

For example, young people used to be sneaky when they fell in love, for fear of being seen. Even if they went out to play together, they would walk one in front and one behind, not to mention holding hands, even walking side by side was not allowed.

Now, men and women are no longer so conservative when they fall in love on the street. It is not uncommon to walk side by side, hand in hand, or even hug each other.

In the past, boys chased girls, and girls would be laughed at if they chased boys, but now there are no so many scruples. There are many girls who write love letters and poems to Xiang Nan, and ask him to go shopping and watch movies. Not only students from Fudan University, but also students from other schools.

But Xiang Nan did not mess around because of this, not because he wanted to keep his chastity for Qiaogu, but mainly because the environment did not allow it.

The social atmosphere in the 1980s was still conservative, and relationships between men and women were still very cautious. At that time, if you dared to do something else, you would be convicted of hooliganism, and the maximum sentence for this crime was death.

Xiang Nan didn't want to cause himself such trouble, and he was also a man who had seen and eaten. For him, women were not very attractive. After all, he had owned even the top beauties.

Xiao Donggua, Zhu Wushuang, Li Mochou, Zhou Zhiruo, Wang Yuyan, Mu Wanqing, Yang Jinghong, Qi Meng, Fu Wanqing, Lan Xiaodie, Qin Keqing... too many to count.

What's more, most girls in the 1980s were plainly dressed, without makeup, and had no makeup on their faces, which was not attractive to him.

Therefore, Xiang Nan performed well in school, studied hard, had excellent grades, united with classmates, and respected teachers. He was very popular with teachers and classmates.

...

While Xiang Nan was studying in school, a series of changes took place in Chenjia Village.

First, in 1980, Chenjia Village began to implement the household contract responsibility system. In short, the land belonging to the village collective was contracted to villagers as a family unit.

In this way, the enthusiasm of the villagers to do farm work has greatly increased. In the past, they worked for the collective, so it was inevitable to procrastinate and pretend to be polite.

But now they are working for themselves, so naturally everyone is working hard. This has also greatly increased grain production, getting rid of the embarrassment of eating relief grain all year round.

Second, in 1981, Yiwu was connected to the train, and the train station was in Chenjia Village. Chenjia Village was therefore upgraded to Chenjia Town, and Chen Jinshui became the mayor of Chenjia Town.

Xiang Nan can take the train home directly in the future, without having to go back to Jinhua. Moreover, the economy of Yiwu and Chenjia Village will also take the train and start to move forward rapidly.