Chen Dongbao's speech was very level, as soon as his voice fell, the audience burst into warm applause, Zhang Qingxiang quickly lit two long firecrackers hanging on the bamboo pole in advance, and in the crackling sound, a total of 19 shops of all kinds were collectively reopened, including Wangkelai.

Counting the one store occupied by the original Wangkelai, there are a total of 21 stores. Of the 19 stores, Chen Chunhua's Wangkelai expanded to three stores, and the remaining 18 stores brought together 18 owners, and Chen Dongbao's son, Chen Shuangcheng, rented another of his stores to one of his relatives.

In this area, in addition to Wangkelai Restaurant, there are also Hu Pingcheng's blacksmith shop, Chen Huahan's bamboo products shop, Chen Huatang's wife Zhang Lan's bean products workshop, Chen Pingcheng's non-staple food store, tailor shop, barber shop, bicycle repair shop, oil shop, etc., and some people even have a teahouse.

Song Liangren, the chief of the sales section of the cement plant, opened a car repair shop in the name of his wife, he spent a lot of money to hire an auto mechanic, the auto mechanic just turned 60 years old, last year after retiring from the provincial diesel engine factory and returned to his hometown of Hek County for the elderly, after retirement, he was a little uncomfortable to be idle, and under the invitation of Song Liangren, he gave full play to his spare heat and started to be an auto mechanic.

I have to say that Song Liangren is very discerning and can seize the opportunity, he is now the sales section chief of the cement factory, and the drivers who transport cement are vying for him in order to get cement from the factory as soon as possible. Knowing that he likes to eat the spicy crayfish of Wangkelai Restaurant, the drivers usually rush to invite him to eat. Although he didn't dare to accept cash bribes from everyone, it was common for him to eat and drink with a little favor.

During this time, under his explicit or implicit reminder, the drivers all knew that Song Liangren's wife would open an auto repair shop here, and if there was a problem with the car in the future, they would definitely take care of his business.

Chen Pingcheng is even more powerful, and he was able to open a non-staple food store in a situation where materials were scarce and the sales of non-staple food were basically monopolized by state-run supply and marketing cooperatives. According to Li Liang's private understanding, Chen Dongbao's eldest son-in-law is a head of the county supply and marketing cooperative. Chen Pingcheng's grocery store is destined to be the best of all the stores.

In addition to the original one, the restaurant occupied two newly built stores, and opened a small door in the middle to become three halls side by side. In addition to the store manager Chen Chunhua, store clerks Zhang Meng, Wang Xiuyan, Chen Run, and Chen Li, two chefs and two handymen were recruited from nearby villages.

Now Chen Chunhua has been completely liberated from the kitchen, and the division of labor in the store is also very clear. Chen Chunhua is the store manager in charge of the overall responsibility and is in charge of the counter cashier; Zhang Meng, Wang Xiuyan, and Chen Run, who are the three older ones, are each in charge of a hall, including ordering, serving, cleaning, etc., and Chen Li, who is a little younger, is in charge of making rock sugar water and making wine from the wine vat.

The back kitchens of these three stores have also been opened, and now they have become a large kitchen with an area of 50 square meters, and two warehouses have also been renovated, one of which Zhang Meng sleeps in at night, and the other is used to store rice, edible oil, various condiments and other warehouse materials.

Today is a good day for the opening, and Chen Chunhua invited everyone who came to the opening to have lunch together. The firecrackers lit by Zhang Qingxiang here had just sounded, and the chefs and workers in the kitchen over there took out their eighteen martial arts skills and concocted five tables of sumptuous dishes.

The wine is the best farmer's home-brewed rice wine in the store, and the dishes are delicious dishes carefully concocted by the chef, and naturally the signature dish of Wangkelai in recent times is spicy crayfish. As for the guests, the protagonists are the owners of all the shops, some of them are husband and wife, and some are the whole family.

Chen Chunhua arranged Chen Dongbao's father and son, Song Liangren and his wife, his two younger brothers, her husband Zhang Qingxiang, and Li Liang's father Li Shuangzhu to the first table, and the other guests were freely combined. A table full of ten hot dishes and six cold dishes are made with all the color, flavor and flavor. Li Liang and his sister Li Meng, as well as Zhang Meng, Wang Xiuyan, Chen Chen, Zhang Junjie, Chen Bin, Chen Run, Chen Li, Chen Yun, Chen Ze, Chen Tao and other members of their own family sat at the same table.

While eating, suddenly an old-fashioned army green jeep drove at the door, and three people got out of the car, one of them a girl and a middle-aged man walked in front, followed by a person who looked like a driver. Entering the hall, the girl shouted at Li Liang: "Li Liang, it's too embarrassing not to call me for such a big thing as the opening of your house!"

Li Liang heard the voice and looked up, it turned out to be Long Shaoyun, who he hadn't seen for nearly a month. I saw her holding the hand of a middle-aged man and walked in, the man was wearing a Mao suit, with a dignified appearance, not angry and arrogant between his eyebrows, and very imposing. The driver behind him was carrying two bottles of hardcover wine.

"Secretary Long, why are you here!" Song Liangren saw someone coming, hurriedly got up and stood up, and respectfully walked over to greet him.

"Do you know me?" asked the man holding Long Shaoyun's hand.

"You came to inspect the cement factory at the beginning of the year, and I have seen you!" Song Liangren replied.

Then, Song Liangren hurriedly let him to the first table where he was, and introduced to everyone: "This is Secretary Long Yemin, a senior county official in our Hek County!"

Chen Dongbao hurriedly avoided the upper seat, Zhang Qingxiang and Chen Chunhua invited Long Yemin and Long Shaoyun to sit at the upper seat, and took out two sets of clean dishes and chopsticks from the kitchen.

"Dad, sit here, I'll sit there!" Long Shaoyun said to Long Yemin, and then pointed to the table where Li Liang was in the corner.

Long Yemin nodded, motioned for his daughter to go over by herself, he took his seat as a rule, looked at the people holding their breath on each table, and said steadily: "Don't be so restrained, I came today for three purposes." First, it is to encourage everyone's behavior of not waiting and relying on self-reliance. Since the Third Plenary Session of the 11 th CPC Central Committee, on the issue of labor and employment, the party and the government have changed the long-standing practice of contracting and allocating the labor force and mobilizing unemployed young people in cities and towns to go to the countryside, formulated the principle of 'emancipating the mind, relaxing policies, developing production, and opening up more employment opportunities,' readjusted the ownership structure and industrial structure, supported the collective economy, allowed self-employment, and broadened employment channels. Self-employed people are not inferior, and I hope that everyone will actively overcome difficulties in the future business, spread successful experience, and drive more people to get rich in the future. ”

Then he paused and continued: "The second is to apologize to everyone, as far as I know, some time ago, Zhang Qingxiang and Li Shuangzhu went to the relevant government departments to consult and apply for relevant licenses and certificates for the development of the store, but some of our cadres do not understand and do not know the relevant policies of the state, so far not a single certificate or license has been processed. Today, I am here to promise that I will give you special affairs, please rest assured that you will operate. ”

"Thirdly, in my personal capacity, I would like to express my gratitude to Li Liang, the son of Comrade Li Shuangzhu. At the beginning of the month, on the passenger bus to the township, Li Liang sacrificed himself for others to act bravely, saved the loss of life and property of the people, and also saved my daughter. Today, as an ordinary father, I would like to express my gratitude to Li Liang and to Li Shuangzhu and his wife for cultivating such an outstanding teenager!"