Era: Retired from the army at the beginning and returned home

Chapter 337 Visit

Cousins, we still go back and forth when we move around, but if we don’t move around, it would be nice to see each other during the New Year.

For example, my cousin Wang Yue got married, and her children basically had no contact with Luo Cheng. First of all, Wang Yue's surname is no longer Luo. She can have contact with Luo Cheng because her mother is Luo Cheng's aunt.

But Wang Yue remarried, and her child no longer even had the surname Wang. It can be said that except for Wang Yue himself, other people are involved in marriage, and it is difficult to even count them as distant relatives. To be considered a distant relative, only the father, or even the grandfather or a higher elder can be considered a distant relative if they are all people with the surname Luo.

As for Wang Yue, Luo Cheng came to her because she had lived with her in the courtyard house for a few years, just to feel nostalgic. As for her, she is actually not as good as her fake cousin Zheng Xue emotionally. At least Luo Cheng almost got her first kill back then. And what has to be said is that at that time, his feelings were not yet firm, and he actually knew Zheng Xue's attitude towards him, and even played ambiguously with her for a while.

What makes red sleeves more fragrant is just Luo Cheng's astringent greed at the time. Later, he was heartless and did not dare to play with emotions in that era.

So for Wang Yue, Luo Cheng came to her just to reminisce about old times, and he would not take the initiative to help her like he would help his younger brothers and sisters. If she comes to Luo Cheng for help as her aunt's daughter in the future, she will be better off emotionally than the children of other relatives, after all, they have been together for several years.

But at most it's just a little care, so that she can have a lot of salary income, and there will definitely be no other dividends or anything else.

Speaking of Zheng Xue, she didn't hang herself from a tree because of Luo Cheng. However, it is true that because of Luo Cheng, many people in the unit refused to help her introduce partners. She is also married now, to a man who is two years younger than her.

Her husband is a school colleague and a college student. It is a complete waste of talent for a college student to teach elementary school. But with the advent of the era of educated youth, all those without jobs went to the countryside. College students, let alone primary school teachers, were all willing to work as coolies.

The so-called most free love starts with appearance. As for Zheng Xue's appearance, at her peak, she could compete with Qian Qian, but their styles and temperaments are just different. Moreover, when Zheng Xue had short hair, women would be tempted by her appearance in future generations. If Luo Cheng hadn't made love with Qian Qian first, he wouldn't have been able to resist her temptation. She has a slap face and a very delicate appearance.

Zheng Xue's partner has been chasing her for several years, and as a college student, her talent is indeed superior to those around her. In the end we were moved and we got together. Especially after the courtyard house where Luo Cheng's family lived was taken back by the street, she stopped thinking about it. Otherwise, her current husband would have to catch up with her, at least it would be much later.

Zheng Xue's life is pretty good now. She started a family late, and naturally had children too late. In addition, her husband was originally a college student. After the era of educated youth, college students were also reused and went to teach in high schools, and they were also class teachers. Being considered a senior teacher, the salary is quite high.

Zheng Xue is now a husband and a godson, and her life is dull, but it can be considered harmonious and beautiful.

Luo Cheng went to catch up with his cousin Wang Yuena in the morning and asked her and her family to have dinner at a restaurant in the evening. Wang Yue was also happy to see Luo Cheng appear. She could work in the city. At her age, she naturally understood how difficult it was for rural people to become regular workers in the city. It might not be difficult for Luo Cheng. After all, Luo Cheng is the director of an industrial zone, but for another person, it would be as difficult as climbing to the sky.

Therefore, Wang Yue has always been very grateful to Luo Cheng in her heart. Luo Cheng disappeared in Xiangjiang. In her heart, she has been praying that Luo Cheng will be safe and sound. So I was really happy to see Luo Cheng. I will definitely attend the dinner party tonight.

At noon, Luo Cheng went to see Zheng Xue, to her home, which was the staff building near the primary school. When the primary school here was first established, Luo Cheng set up a cafeteria, but it was later cancelled. Most of the people who came to primary school here were from the neighborhood, and children generally did not eat here. After the era of educated youth came, some people felt that the primary school To set up a canteen, it was a bit wasteful to pay extra money to hire a cook to prepare meals just for the sake of a primary school teacher, so it was cancelled.

To be honest, Zheng Xue's unit was assigned to her by her unit after she passed the assessment and became a formal teacher. Instead of using Luo Cheng's connections, they divided the house so that Zheng Xue could live in the ovary. Luo Cheng didn't ask anyone else this time, so he really didn't know where he would live.

After knocking on the door, Luo Cheng felt a little uneasy. This is a woman who has been willing to let you have her body for the first time. More importantly, she is very beautiful. Even if it doesn't happen, it will be very impressive to men. For diaosi, it can be a lifetime bragging rights.

The door opened quickly, and their eyes met, feeling a bit indescribable. Of course, the so-called eye-to-eye contact means ignoring a pair of small eyes. Zheng Xue was accompanied by a little bug, a little girl, who was quite cute.

The job of a teacher is not tiring, but the benefits are quite poor in this era. At first, the workers' primary school was linked to the welfare of the industrial zone, but even the primary schools run by the industrial zone were still under the administration of the Bureau of Culture and Education. It was also after the era of educated youth that the welfare of the primary school here was also decoupled, just like other primary schools in the city. .

People, when we were young, many girls had natural beauty even if their lives were difficult. But as I grow older, my life becomes difficult, and I don’t usually have much to maintain. The term "natural beauty" is rarely used for women around thirty-five.

Taking some of the goddess-level Hong Kong stars who will appear in the future as an example, Zhao Yazhi is still pretty good when she is in her thirties or forties. But Wang Zuxian is a goddess, emotionally frustrated, a monk and gaining weight. That's a big difference from when I was young. Forget about the enchanting pretty girl like Zhou Huimin, she is still like a girl in her thirties and forties, even more T-shaped than Sissi.

But no matter what, those celebrities must pay attention to maintenance. Now that Luo Cheng sees Zheng Xue, he cannot escape the passage of time, and due to the birth of a baby, the skin that used to be supple and supple now looks much different from Qian Qian's appearance. But maybe it's because he has been teaching and educating people for so many years, and his demeanor has an intellectual beauty.

Hey, I feel a little disappointed. Although she looked like a goddess back then, she is beautiful now, but she is just a beautiful young woman at best. Luo Cheng didn't know why he was so disappointed. Even if Zheng Xue was still beautiful, so what, Luo Cheng wouldn't think anything of it. If he really wants a beautiful woman, he can definitely start with some well-known goddess-level Hong Kong stars in Hong Kong.

When they looked at each other and smiled, others would forget their grudges with a smile, so they could be regarded as letting go of the past with a smile. Those feelings from back then completely dissipated upon meeting today.

Zheng Xue's husband is not at home, because his current workplace is not here and is relatively close to the city center. He rides to work every morning. There is a cafeteria there at noon, and because he is a college student, the employer there is already discussing giving him a better house.

And considering that the elementary school here is a bit far from the high school there, after Zheng Xue's husband divides the house, the Education Bureau will consider transferring Zheng Xue to a nearby elementary school.

You must know that reform and opening up is reform and opening up, and it does not mean that the era of educated youth ended with the arrival of reform and opening up. The era of educated youth ended a few years ago, otherwise Xiaoyu and Shishi's children would not have dared to let them continue to study.

Luo Cheng didn't eat when he came to Zheng Xue's side, and Zheng Xue didn't know that Luo Cheng would show up. There was no food prepared at home. Zheng Xue said that there was flour at home and rolled it into noodles for Luo Cheng to eat.

After hearing Zheng Xue's words, Luo Cheng smiled and agreed. But in my heart, I thought of the jokes of later generations, thinking that when you were young, he didn't eat. Now, what Zheng Xue said was serious. Otherwise, he would not agree to eat it.

Zheng Xue's child is very cute, more than three years old. Luo Cheng asked if there was only one child. It was rare to have one child in this era. Zheng Xue said that she still had a baby in her belly, but it was only three months old. In addition to the cold weather, she had to wear more clothes to hide her belly.

I had a bowl of noodles with eggs at Zheng Xue's house, and an extra bowl of soup in the cold weather, which was quite comforting. She will go to a restaurant for dinner in the afternoon. The restaurant will ask them to open dinner later tonight so that she can bring her husband with her.

In Ngee Ann City, the Luo Cheng family can be considered her relatives. After all, she came here to escape the wilderness, and Zheng Xue also secretly went back to inquire about her family. There was no news, and with the advent of the era of educated youth, she later didn't even dare to inquire. So in Ngee Ann City, to the outside world, her background has always been that of a distant relative of the Luo Cheng family.

Luo Cheng's visit was quite smooth, but Sissi's visit was different. The educated youth generation and cultural troupes across the country are having a hard time. Because the main performance program, condolences and the like. Well, if this program is reviewed with a thoughtful eye, it is obviously not that interesting, but some meaning can emerge if someone interprets it with a thoughtful eye.

Therefore, the art troupe's original visits to local areas were cancelled, and they only performed in the army. Moreover, the content of the program was not as easy to edit as before. People who write program scripts basically don’t dare to write anymore. It is easy to make mistakes if you write, but there will be no mistakes if you don't write.

Therefore, in these years, the cultural troupe not only did not expand, but also shrunk. If you are not in a cultural troupe, you are still a regular employee. The art troupes here in Ngee Ann City have to be disbanded. Many of the art troupes are trying to find ways to move to a more remote place closer to the army. Or just change careers and work locally.

When Sissi took her children to visit the art troupe, the address of the art troupe had changed to the army where they were. As for the two sisters who came to Ngee Ann City with her back then, the files could be found here. Zhao Qian later applied to be transferred back to her previous art troupe. Tan Meng actually stayed here for many years. Later, the cultural troupe had to relocate and the staff was reduced, so she transferred to the local Women's Federation.

However, when I transferred to the Women's Federation, it was not in Ngee Ann City, but to the province. As for what happened to Tan Meng after he went to the Women's Federation, we have to check it out in the unit where he changed his job.

There are not many people in the art troupe here in Ngee Ann City now, and no one is familiar to Sissi. Those who come come, those who go go, and those who leave are transferred away. The emergence of such a situation is mainly related to the era of educated youth. Unlike factories and other things, workers and farmers, as long as they don't participate in anything, their lives are no different from before.

Sissi and her children took a lonely stroll outside today. In addition, in Ngee Ann City, the form of personal business has not yet spread here. Even if she takes her children to go shopping, she can only see a backward city. There were no special snacks, and it was winter again, so there were no animals around. I could only eat something outside and then go back to the hotel.

In the evening, there was another gathering in a big hotel, this time with three big tables. After finishing the meal in the evening, Luo Cheng will stay here for a few more days, and then the family will return to Longjin Town. The main purpose of staying here for a few days is to wait for materials and money to arrive, transport some daily necessities and fabrics directly from Xiangjiang, and store some pastries and food.

As for money, it is actually to facilitate the use of money by overseas personnel. People from abroad come to China, including Xiangjiang. Currency can be exchanged for foreign exchange rolls. There is no need for additional bills to purchase things with foreign exchange coupons. However, one disadvantage of using foreign exchange coupons is that they can only be used in designated stores.

But Ngee Ann City is considered a backward urban area, and places where foreign exchange coupons can be used must go to the provinces. Luo Cheng didn't want foreign exchange coupons. Even if foreign exchange coupons could buy many things in designated stores that were not available on the market, in fact, foreign exchange coupons were worth more than RMB.

Anyone who knows a little about exchange rates knows that in the early 1980s, the ratio of RMB to Yingjiang was still about 1.5:1. But by the end of the decade, it was almost 5 to 1. If it were on the black market, the price would have skyrocketed to seven or eight yuan in a few years due to the boom in going abroad.

This is why, apart from contract processing, China did not have any independently exported light industry products in the early days. As long as people keep the eagle sauce currency and do nothing else, the value can be tripled in the country.

In fact, many overseas investors, in the early stages, only focused on China's domestic demographic dividend and not much on the domestic economic market. China has become the second largest economy, which was achieved through decades of hard work and transformation.

Just like Xiangjiang, in the early 1960s, when Luo Chenggang went there, it was not much better than at home. At most, there were more job opportunities. Workers at that time were compared with those who had jobs in China. In fact, it was not much different. It was the same in Xiangjiang at that time, there was no market.

When Luo Cheng first arrived in Xiangjiang, the vehicle market was only for those with capital, and ordinary people did not consider it. Nowadays, ordinary people have money, and even a small area in Xiangjiang has a large market.

All that said, the current domestic currency exchange rate is actually somewhat unequal in the eyes of overseas people. Luo Cheng asked people to go directly to the official office to exchange currency. No foreign exchange coupons were required, and he just asked if he could be compensated with some bills. Otherwise, except for Shencheng, even if they were given 10,000 yuan in other places, it would be extremely difficult for them to spend it.

The dinner party in the evening was still very lively and everyone was happy. Luo Cheng's children are watching others eating to increase their appetite. Anyway, here in Ngee Ann City, there are many more children than at Sissi’s parents’ house.

After this meal, Luo Bing lived in the industrial area. Of course, his brother-in-law and his family also shamelessly came to have a meal. A single car can take them back even if they are squeezed together.

It's okay for them to ask their younger brothers and sisters to just stop working, but they all have their own families and Luo Cheng's commitment, so it won't be a big deal if they don't have to work. But for others, getting a job these days is still a big deal. In addition, they already have free time, which is enough for them to arrange work for relatives and the like. So when we return to town, we can only go back first with Luo Cheng and his family in a few days.

Luo Bing and Qin Ru have already raised the issue of job transfer with their superiors. Yes, it is a transfer. For today's people, work can be regarded as a transfer of wealth.

As for Xiaoyu and Shishi, their family is still discussing who should give the job, and they have to notify them to come over and bring the documents to apply. Even if a job is transferred, the process will take many days. It doesn’t mean that if you bring someone in, you will stop working tomorrow and someone else will take over.

Anyway, the supplies Secretary Wang wants can be here in a few days, and they will be given RMB when the time comes. In addition, the courtyard room would be moved out in a few days, so Luo Cheng could also ask the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau to directly send people to renovate it as required. Staying in the city for a few days is unavoidable.