In this era, the township enterprises, the most are cement factories, as well as small chemicals, small plastic factories, small furniture factories and the like, and then various mining farms, all of which are highly polluting enterprises.

The main raw materials of the cement plant are limestone, clay, coal and iron ore, and clay is everywhere in Fujian, so the factory must be built near the limestone and coal mining site, after all, the transportation is not convenient in this era, and the high transportation cost will make the factory go out of business. That's why Lan Dad didn't build a factory in Nantang Town, which lacked resources, and instead of running township enterprises in counties and districts with resources in the city, he flew around like migratory birds.

Although Lan Hong and Lan Xue grew up with a golden spoon in their mouths and did not suffer any poverty, they only get together with their parents more than a dozen times a year, and they also have to help take care of their grandmother in their hometown, which makes them a little precocious and very independent.

Because of talking about her parents, Lan Xue no longer teased Yang Zijian, went back to the house and put on her school uniform, and then started to wash vegetables, Yang Zijian went in to help, Lan Xue was very happy, and did housework side by side with him with a smile.

Lan Xue can cook a few home-cooked dishes, but the taste is not good, Yang Zijian can only simply stir-fry meat and vegetables, and he can't do it if it's too complicated, but Lan Hong is very powerful, and the kung pao chicken is not inferior to the restaurant, but he doesn't like to do it.

After five or six minutes, Lan Mu and Lan Hong came back, Lan Mu looked a bit like Lan Xue, but she was obviously blessed, with a bucket waist like Yang Mu, Lan Hong followed behind as a porter, holding two bottles of red wine and more than a dozen drinks such as Sprite and soda in both hands. Lan Mu and Yang Zijian were more familiar, and after a few words of greeting, they began to cook.

The Lan brothers and sisters are almost glued to their mother's side to help, being a filial child and laughing with their mother, and enjoying the joy of family.

Yang Zijian watched TV in the living room with great interest, there was a lot of news about the Soviet Union during this time, since the "August coup" subsided this year, the Soviet Union seemed to be developing in a good way, at this time no one in the country would have expected that this superpower would collapse at the end of the year.

At six o'clock, Dad Lan came home in dust, still smelling of gasoline.

Lan Dad's name is Lan Kuo, a bald but handsome middle-aged man, just forty years old, wearing a gray casual jacket, very amiable, not at all like a big boss of five township enterprises, more like a steelworker.

"Ah Mei, Lan Hong, Ah Jian, sit down, I'll take a shower." Lan Kuo said hello and entered the bathroom under the service of his wife.

At about half past six, Yang Zijiancai had dinner with the Lan family.

Of course, the dishes are very rich, but after everyone eats the bowl of noodles, they mainly chat with Lan Dad and Lan Mu, and Lan Dad drinks wine, except for him, everyone drinks drinks and eats as much as possible.

"Ah Jian, your article, I must read every article," Lan Kuo drank a little wine, his face was slightly red, and he talked more, "Literary description and reality are different, I didn't like Nantang Town since I was a child, it was too old and old, too dirty and smelly, and I always wanted to leave." Later, when I got rich, I immediately built a big house in the city, and if it weren't for Grandma Lan Hong's insistence on living in the town, I wouldn't want to go back to Nantang. However, after reading your article, I actually suffered from homesickness, and the beautiful memories of my childhood actually lived in my brain again, every ancient temple, every alley, every school bell, and even the big tree on the side of the road, I had a soul, feelings, and memories...... I myself have become a literary youth, and sometimes I really want to write the story of my childhood, but unfortunately my language has long been returned to my husband. ”

Yang Zijian modestly said: "The role of literature is here, it restores the best side of reality through beautiful language, rich imagination, and ingenious rhetorical devices." People live in a difficult real life, facing all kinds of challenges and sufferings, so the depths of the soul need the nourishment of literature even more. ”

Lan Kuo agreed: "So you have to write about Nantang Nanjian and depict the best side around us." ”

Yang Zijian knew that Lan Kuo now has two small cement factories, a small chemical factory, a small plastic factory, and a cookware manufacturing factory, and is considered a big entrepreneur, so he asked with some curiosity: "Lan Liubo, why did you go to start a township enterprise, it stands to reason that it is easy for you to work in a state-owned enterprise or government!" ”

Lan Kuo thought for a while and recalled leisurely: "Ah Jian, people must have ideals. Do you think there is a future for entering a state-owned enterprise or the government? There are not many people in that place, but you are still running alone, and I can't find any value in life when I work there for the rest of my life. ”

The Lan family originally planned to arrange for Lan Kuo to go to a state-owned enterprise as a cadre or to the government as a civil servant, but Lan Kuo didn't, because he was persecuted in his childhood, which made him hate officialdom very much and like to earn money freely, and he does have talent in this area, plus with the Lan family as a backer, no local forces dare to rectify him.

Father Lan talked about his ideals, the biggest difference between him and Father Yang was that he did not have the idea of "feudal patriarchalism", he and his children adopted the way of communication as friends, and even called Lan Xue "Sister" according to their family customs, which made Yang Zijian sometimes very awkward.

Lan Kuo was enthusiastic and recalled his difficult entrepreneurial history: "When I started a township enterprise in 82, it was a mining farm that mainly supplied limestone to the Nanjian Cement Factory. At that time, even if the bank had a relationship, it would not lend to private individuals, and the money for setting up a factory was completely made up by relatives and friends at home, and I worked with more than 20 workers, and lived together in an abandoned earth rammed cattle shed, which was divided into two floors, and I lived in the first window position on the upper floor, and used a flashlight every night to watch the progress of mining and the final accounts of income and expenditure, and read books on economics until I went to sleep.

Mosquitoes in the countryside are very harmful, and mosquito nets can't stop them, and they often wake up from sleep, and their hands and faces are red and swollen with bites, and the itching is unbearable. Because there is no sanitary handout, there are flies everywhere when you eat, and they are dense, which gives you goosebumps all over your body...... Throughout the 80s, state-owned enterprises were big brothers, township enterprises were illegitimate children, and all the policies of the state were set up to protect the big brothers, such as the dual-track system, and the township enterprises were in a difficult situation, and they could be special if they were not related. ”

Some of the content, Lan Xue and Lan Hong, were also shocked when they heard it for the first time.

Yang Zijian praised: "I am a farmer's son, and in my opinion, township entrepreneurs are the loveliest people and help farmers the most." Due to the poor scissors policy, the gap between urban and rural areas is very large, there is no way out for the poor in rural areas, farmers work hard, chemical fertilizers and pesticides rise year after year, grain prices remain unchanged, and there are many charges such as three mentions and five unifications, and the rural areas do not have a bumper harvest every year, and the breeding and planting are not reliable. On the contrary, township and town enterprises have brought a wave of vitality to the rural areas and hope to the peasants. ”