Majiapu is a place name, as early as when Fucheng did not establish a city, it already existed, every first 15 years within a radius of tens of miles of the common people drove the carriage to come here to catch the market, after a long time became a bazaar, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, with the private economy was completely eliminated, this kind of private spontaneous bazaar was also impacted, was banned by the government and ceased to exist, but in 1982, people gradually gathered here, began to trade privately, and gradually formed a free farmers' market.

In Fucheng, all kinds of items needed by the people in recent years are purchased and sold by the state, and then sold in state-run department stores, and the people need to show tickets when they buy, but even if they have tickets, they often can't buy the items they want, just like the cloth of "really good", and the people can't buy it when they go late.

Majiapu is the first free agricultural trade in Fucheng after the reform and opening up, and its emergence represents that the private economy has begun to show momentum, and the vitality of this free trade far exceeds the rigid national planned economy, which is of epoch-making significance for Fucheng.

As soon as the free market was established, it showed its strong vitality, and in just a few months, a large number of "scarce" items appeared, such as "bell bottoms" and "really good" Deng Lijun's tapes, as well as single-card radios, etc., all appeared in the market, and even some people sold food stamps, local food stamps and national food stamps.

These things are bought by a group of southerners, a pair of "bell bottoms" is ten yuan, a meter of "really good" is five yuan, and a single-card radio is ......... one hundred and ten yuan!

This group of southerners is the first batch of "fallen masters" in the country, and Liu Lang, as a reborn, knows the current situation of the country.

This year is 1982, and reform and opening up have been going on for four years, and the north is still like a stagnant water, but in the south, the spring breeze of reform has been innumerable, especially in the GD and Chaoshan areas, although it has not yet reached the point where everyone is doing business, but a large number of self-employed people have also appeared.

Liu Lang's previous life on the development of the country in this era has been very in-depth research, around 80 years, only in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions of Wenzhou individual merchants have more than 3,000, in some active trading towns have appeared some professional workshops, some of the larger scale in the local area was crowned with the title of "king", such as electrical king, screw king, mining lamp king, coil king, etc., these people's assets at that time have exceeded 100,000 yuan, the quality of the products produced can probably be compared with the state-owned factory.

You must know that electrical appliances, screws and miner's lamps are the means of production used in industry, and the scientific and technological content is much higher than that of trousers, hats, cloth, and other means of life, and the means of production for industry are so prosperous, not to mention the means of subsistence that everyone must use.

Where did all these items come from in the South?

Even after twenty or thirty years, many scholars are still secretive about this problem, but in fact, everyone knows it very well in their hearts, that is, smuggling, because of smuggling, the completion of gray primitive accumulation, is an important driving factor for the germination of the rural economy in the southeast coast.

Liu Lang still remembers that more than 20 years later, a scholar who had experienced the scene at that time wrote a book that said: At that time, there were dozens of Hong Kong and Taiwan smuggling ships anchoring and cruising in the waters of Dongsha Island every day, and as many as 100 mainland smuggling ships going for exchange. Electronic watches and nylon fabrics poured into the interior like a rising tide, gold and silver dollars flowed out like a tidal tide, thousands of people were fascinated, and several well-known private goods distribution markets ......... were formed in coastal towns and villages.

Because smuggling has led the coastal cities to a path of rapid development, which sounds very unbearable, some private entrepreneurs who have become famous entrepreneurs are even more reluctant to mention this experience, because it seems to have become the original sin of the earliest generation of private entrepreneurs, and they will never get rid of it.

But in Liu Lang's view, there is no big sin, since the country has carried out reform and opening up, it is imperative to open the market, the so-called "smuggling" In fact, it is a kind of openness, just because the country's laws have not developed as rapidly as the market, and have not kept up with the pace of reform, which is the responsibility of the state, and should not be borne by those entrepreneurs, and even if it is more than ten or even twenty years later, some of the country's laws and regulations are still very imperfect, which is the root cause of many contradictions, in the face of the free market, the speed of the country's policies can never keep up, this is the whole world problem, not only here.

It can be said that the cities on the southern coast are now so-called "bell bottoms" and "really good" , Deng Lijun's tapes and single-card tape recorders, not to mention one per person, it is not a rare thing for a long time, but these things are still very scarce in the closed cities in the north, many southerners see this business opportunity, buy these items locally and then bring them to the north to buy, the profit is almost two or three times the opposite, and the cost is just a train ticket and food expenses along the way, a person from the south with a variety of goods to the north can earn at least hundreds of yuan, more can reach more than a thousand or even thousands of yuan, a year just reselling small commodities can become 10,000 yuan households, equivalent to the income of workers in this era for several years。

The arrival of many southerners has broken the immutable planned market of Fucheng, and in just one or two months, "really good" pants have become a mass commodity, and walking on the street can occasionally hear the song of Deng Lijun's sweet teeth: "Sweet honey, you smile sweetly, like flowers blooming in the spring breeze, blooming in the spring breeze, where? Where have I seen you, your smile is so familiar, I can't remember it for a while, ah......! In a dream.........

The "sound of glamour" rose in Fucheng, and young people like Liu Lang's parents were fascinated by it, but it caused dissatisfaction among many middle-aged and elderly people.

"What kind of bullshit is this?"

Liu Lang's grandfather was at Liu Lang's house, shouting loudly at the single-card radio that was placed on the kang and singing Deng Lijun's songs.

This radio was bought by Liu Lang's father for one hundred and fifteen yuan, which is equivalent to Liu Donglai's salary income for nearly half a year, although he is now married and has set up his own family, and the expenses come from his own family, but such a "loser" behavior still makes Liu Lang's grandfather very dissatisfied.

"Dad, listen to this song, how good it is!

Liu Lang's father said with a smile.

"You guys are all losers, you sell this thing for more than 100 yuan, can this thing be eaten and worn?"

Liu Lang's grandfather is angry, in his heart, food and clothing are the big deal, and it is not worth it at all to spend so much money listening to a broken song.

"Dad, now that the times have changed, the newspapers are saying that they want to reform and develop, even if this thing is reformed and developed, we naturally have to respond!"

Liu Donglai took out reform and opening up to support himself.

"That's not how the reform was changed, this is speculation, and ten years ago, people would have put on a hat and dragged out on the streets. ”

Liu Lang's grandfather was of course not convinced.

"You can't swim on our heads in the streets, these things are brought by southerners, and they have nothing to do with us. ”

Liu Donglai didn't care at all.

"Hmph, these southern guys, come to Majiabao, they are thieves every day, and they look like a bunch of second-rate people who don't do their jobs, and they will have an accident sooner or later......... Grandson, don't be like them when you grow up! It's important to find a proper job, and petty traders and peddlers are never the right way. ”

Liu Lang's grandfather looked at Liu Lang sitting on the kang and said.

"Dad, Liu Lang won't, he will go to college when he grows up, and if he goes to college, he will be a talent of the country, and the state will directly distribute it, who will be self-employed?"

Liu Lang's father echoed.

Liu Lang just smiled at his father and grandfather and didn't say anything.