"It's not early, drink first, and I'll give it to you when I'm done." Zhou Jianliang poured wine into the cup.

"I can't delay drinking, you let me take a look first."

"Hey, you're still an anxious kid, give it to you." Zhou Jianliang took out a folded note from his coat pocket.

Zhou Jianping took the note and unfolded it, as expected by his mother Chen Xiuhua, there was really no name of Zhou Jianwen on it, "Why is there no my brother Jianwen on it?" ”

"Can the second uncle let him go? I was afraid that the second uncle wouldn't let him go, so I didn't recommend him. ”

"My dad's old-fashioned thinking, with his thoughts, he will definitely not let Jianwen go, but Jianwen doesn't listen to him, he wants to go with me whatever he says, they all quarreled during the meal just now, I don't think Jianwen takes him seriously at all." Zhou Jianping said.

"That's easy to do, plus Jianwen."

"Uh, there's Song Chengquan on this?"

"Chengquan is your old classmate, when your family repaired the old house, people helped a lot, this kind of thing doesn't want to go to others, it's not easy to talk when we meet in the future!" Zhou Jianliang said.

"Yes, the second brother is very thoughtful, and it's not bad to do a good job."

Half of the other people on the list don't know Zhou Jianping, but he believes that Zhou Jianliang recommends the best people.

Seeing that there were only the two of them on the table, "Why didn't you see the second sister-in-law?" Zhou Jianping asked.

"They're eating, I'm not waiting for you."

"Thank you, second brother, brother respects you!" The two raised their glasses and bumped.

"Jianping, how big is this factory you contracted?" Zhou Jianliang asked.

"It's not big, it covers an area of only a dozen acres, and the original factory has 50 employees, which is a small street factory."

"What are the main products?"

"Food processing, now mainly produces a kind of biscuits, this time I am in a hurry, and I will bring some back for you to taste next time."

"Jianping, you have become the sales section chief in the original factory, which is said to be good! How did you think of quitting your job and contracting this business again? ”

"Second brother, your brother is a little different from others, I don't like that kind of bland working environment, in the words of the common people, it is more cheap, I like the new working environment, the popular saying is that I like to face challenges. It was also with the support and encouragement of my friends that I happened to have such an opportunity, and I wanted to try it. Zhou Jianping said.

"I said many years ago, the second brother admires your courage and wisdom, there are three or four thousand people in Yuanba Village, and there are also those who have passed the entrance examination after you, but there are not many people like you who dared to wander around in the early eighties, and you are the only one who can break out of a small piece of the world."

"The second brother has won the prize. You are now the head of the village, let's be fair, when can you completely change the living conditions of the people and the appearance of the village just by digging in the soil? Although the policy has been relaxed, the villagers can get more food and are free to engage in some side jobs, but I think it will be difficult to get rich on this alone. Zhou Jianping opened his heart.

"yes, that's right." Zhou Jianliang seemed to be thinking about it, after all, he was the village chief.

"I'll tell you the truth, just now at my parents' place, talking about the current situation at home, the second Jianwen quarreled with his parents."

"Why is that?"

"Jianwen is also twenty-three or four, there are people in the village who have introduced them, and it is said that when people look at the house they live in, there is no follow-up, and this incident has hurt Jianwen's self-esteem."

"No wonder Jianwen said that he would let you take him out, his mood is understandable. Speaking of this, Jianping, you have to thank Yuling, I remember when you two got along, Yuling didn't think your house was broken! ”

"What's the matter, the two of us have a fate." Zhou Jianping said happily.

"Fate is one thing, it also shows that Yuling is a good person, people don't care much about you, if you change someone else, your family conditions are ,......"

"It really didn't work then, and now don't you build a new house?" Zhou Jianping said proudly.

"Don't say it, Chang Yuling is still very discerning."

The atmosphere on the table became more and more active, and his speech became more casual, "Second brother, I see that you have changed more in the past few years, I haven't seen you for about half a year, I didn't expect you to become the village chief!" Zhou Jianping said.

"They all say that I let your second sister-in-law take care of it, but it's not like that, you know my temper best, if I get tough, my father can't help me. However, since I got married and started a family, I feel that I am an adult, as if there is something driven in my heart that requires me to take responsibility, and I can no longer be a child. Zhou Jianliang said.

"Second brother, what you said is too good, a man must be responsible and responsible, in fact, this is the quality that a mature man should have. However, I didn't expect you to be elected village chief. ”

"Well, it really has something to do with my experience in the past few years, and of course, it has something to do with the connections accumulated by the old man in the family who has been the village party secretary for many years. Although your second brother did not do a proper job in his early years, he was limited to not doing farm work, wandering around, eating and drinking, I never fought and brawled, and I never did the lack of morality that hurt nature and reason by not paying off the debts and bullying men and women, on the contrary, I am enthusiastic, and I help Zhang Luo with the red and white ceremonies of the whole village, and I also take the initiative to help whoever repairs the house and builds the house. These behaviors of mine have made many people feel good, and I am a relatively easy-going person, who can get along with people of any personality, and when I elected the village chief, I was supported by most of the villagers. Zhou Jianliang said.

"I have always thought that you are a good person, because neither of us likes to engage in agricultural labor, once upon a time, some people regarded you and me as people along the way, in a sense, this view also makes sense, at least we are responsible, responsible people."

"Jianping, if the company you contracted is done well, what are your plans for the future?"

"This ----, when I was poor, I did it alone, if the contracted enterprise does a good job, from the current situation, it can also do a good job, and I want to do something to help the world in the future." Jianping Road.

"Helping the world, what does it refer to?"

"On the one hand, I want to do something to change the living conditions of my parents and villagers, and on the other hand, I also want the villagers who ridiculed me behind my back to know that I, Zhou Jianping, am completely different from what they imagined, and that I am a person who is serious and ambitious."

"What do you want to do?"

"Actually, when I went home to recruit workers this time, I was already doing this. I'll settle accounts with you, take my brother Zhou Jianwen as an example, he went to work in my factory, how can he have thousands of salary income every year, if he farms at home, the whole family is only four or five acres of land, how much grain is a year, and how much is it worth in addition to the cost, you know better than me, my parents want to build a house for Jianwen by farming, I see little hope. ”

"What do you mean, the company has done a good job and become bigger, and you will recruit more people in the village in the future?"

"I have considered that it would be great to liberate a large amount of labor wasted in geography and make effective use of it, which will be beneficial to the individual, to the collective, and to the country, and to count them in one fell swoop?"

This is the first time that Zhou Jianping has opened his heart to talk to others about his life ideals, of course, these ideas were also gradually formed in his upbringing, when he trafficked bananas and resold second-hand clothes, he was hungry and full, even if he had ambitions, his goals were not so specific. With the change of circumstances, he has some specific plans, and then, if conditions permit, Zhou Jianping will put the plan into practice step by step.

"Jianping, when I insisted on going out of the village, I thought you just wanted to earn money to get rid of poverty, but I didn't expect you to have so many ideas."

"No one can live without money, but you can't be a slave of money, and you can help the world, or spend all day drinking, drunk and dreaming of death, which seems to reflect the two attitudes towards money, but in fact reflects people's different tastes and personalities. I'm not very rich yet, and I don't dare to say how noble I am, but I think it's pleasant to do something that benefits society. ”

Zhou Jianping and his uncle and second brother can't see each other a few times a year, taking advantage of this rare opportunity, the brothers don't drink much, but they talk a lot. Seeing that it was almost ten o'clock in the evening, Zhou Jianping got up and said goodbye, "It's not early, second brother, I have to go home." ”

"Drink more?"

"I've already drunk a lot, you should also rest, and find a chance to drink again later."

Jianping was about to step out of the threshold and walk out, but Zhou Jianliang stopped him: "Jianping, counting your brother Jianwen, isn't there a lot of people?" Do you want to remove someone from the list? ”

"Didn't you tell them all about these twenty people?"

"It's all said and done."

"Since you've told everyone about it, let's recruit one more, and don't take it out of anyone."

When she returned home, Chang Yuling had already slept, and when Zhou Jianping washed up, she found that Yuling was wrapped in a quilt and didn't want to take care of him at all. What's going on? Zhou Jianping was a little puzzled.

He moved his hand to pull open the quilt and enter Yuling's quilt, but he was held down by Yuling and couldn't be dragged at all, "Yuling, what are you doing?" ”

Chang Yuling pretended to be asleep and still didn't speak.

"Yuling, what's wrong with you? Let me in. Zhou Jianping shook Yuling's body vigorously, thinking that Yuling was playing with him.

I saw Chang Yuling wrapped in the quilt and suddenly sat up, "Zhou Jianping, you did a good thing!" Do you still take me as your daughter-in-law? Yuling shouted angrily.

Yuling's voice really scared Zhou Jianping, and he looked at Yuling timidly, "I, what's wrong with me?" ”

"What's wrong? What are you doing that you don't know about? ”

"What did I do wrong?" Zhou Jianping is still inexplicable.

"I ask you, you also told me about the contract when you got home at noon, but your parents thought that I already knew about it, and deliberately didn't tell them, aren't you creating a conflict between me and them? I don't know as much about the specific situation as Zhou Jianliang, but my parents have opinions about me. ”

"I admit, it was my mistake." Zhou Jianping drooped his head.

"Also, you asked Zhou Jianliang to recruit people in the village with you, and later agreed that your brother would enter the factory with you, our family doesn't have enough money to repair the house, you know that I will go back to my parents' house to borrow money, and you have such a good thing as recruiting workers in the factory, but you can't think of my mother's family at all, do you still have a little conscience?" Yuling asked.

"It's all my fault for not thinking about it well, it's okay for me to reconsider, right? Hurry up and let me under the covers. ”

Yuling was indifferent, and under Jianping's repeated pleas, she glanced at Zhou Jianping, "Like a fool, go and turn off the lights." ”