Chapter 146: The Spring Festival is approaching

In the cold winter, it is hot for China, and in the winter of this year, the seven autonomous provinces of East China have launched a vigorous industrial construction process.

In the same year, the East China Autonomous Government implemented large-scale mechanization of grain planting, which led to the continued decline in grain prices after the autumn harvest, and the price of meat also fell.

The abundance of jobs and the increase in workers' incomes made the Chinese market prosperous at the end of the year, and people began to prepare for the New Year.

This year, food prices have further dropped, incomes have further increased, and social assistance has been further improved, which has completely solved the problem of food and clothing within the seven provinces.

The elderly over 60 years old in the seven provinces have received their first pension since January, and the pension is not much, only eight dimes.

However, star anise can make an old man worry-free in terms of food and clothing.

Those over the age of 70 can get a pension of one yuan, at the age of 80 they can get one yuan and two jiao, at the age of 90 they can get one yuan and five jiao, and at the age of 100 they can get two yuan.

At this time, the seven autonomous provinces of East China really have little education and the old have support.

The increase in workers' incomes and the constant demand for workers led to the introduction of women into the factories and the advancement of women.

There is propaganda for equality between men and women, but the equality between men and women in the propaganda of the East China Autonomous Political Axe is not what men can do and women can do anything, after all, there is still a difference between men and women, and this equality is equality in treatment and rights, not equality in behavior.

In later China, what men do, women are like men, traditional virtues are lost, and traditional things are not necessarily all dross.

The move of housewives into factories has also led to an increase in consumption.

In Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi provinces, where the development has been the longest, most of the housewives have gone to the factory, and many of their original tasks, such as making clothes and shoes, or preparing those tedious New Year's goods for the Chinese New Year, have no time to do. Because they have a higher income from working in the factory, these things are not as good as buying finished products directly in the market.

This change in thinking and concept is mainly due to the fact that people have something to do and time has become precious. As a result, market consumption has also gone up, and many industries have developed as a result, such as the clothing industry.

The market at the end of the year is much hotter than ever.

In the second half of this year, people worked hard in the factory, and there was obviously not enough time to consume, but at the end of the year, it exploded intensively.

No matter how busy the factory is, the Spring Festival always has to be a holiday.

Hangzhou city is therefore extremely prosperous, after several years of construction, Hangzhou began to take on the appearance of a metropolis, but because the investment in urban construction is not too much, the construction speed is not too fast, even as the administrative center of Hangzhou, but the main force of the construction of the city is still those businessmen.

The political axe is only responsible for the infrastructure of urban planning, electricity, fire protection, running water, drainage system, sanitation system, affordable housing, etc., and those high-rise buildings are built by businessmen.

This year, the Ministry of Construction has increased its funds, and it is considered that there is enough money to invest in urban construction.

Although the metropolis may not look glittering, it is full of vitality, and many of Hangzhou's commercial streets at night are filled with shopping crowds.

These groups of people come in groups of three or five, some with friends and family, others with colleagues, wandering through the shops and picking up various goods.

The shops on the street are very transparently decorated, these stores use a lot of glass, it looks very transparent and tidy, in this kind of surface packaging kung fu East China Group has always been not bad, whether it is commodity packaging or store decoration, are in the forefront of the world, but also a treasure of China's commodity production and marketing.

From time to time, there are police patrolling the streets, so that there are basically no thieves on the streets, and last year a total of three crackdowns were carried out, and many ruffians and hooligans were arrested, so that the law and order situation was greatly improved.

Although there are many migrant workers in Hangzhou, these migrant workers have been properly resettled, and their jobs have been settled, which basically does not have any negative impact on public security.

The most lively place is the East China Department Store in Hangzhou, which has always been the most lively place, monopolizing more than half of the retail industry, and people are willing to come to the East China Mall to shop, because the service in the mall is very good, and the goods are mainly domestic products, and everyone knows that this is the chairman's industry.

Moreover, the goods in the East China shopping mall are sold relatively cheaply, and there are affordable stores dedicated to low-level consumers, so shopping here is the most money-saving.

Master Wu is a taxi driver, and the golden hour of taxis soon arrives at the end of the year, and the number of customers taking taxis has increased a lot.

The petty bourgeoisie began to increase in East China, and a large number of skilled workers became petty bourgeoisie, and most of them would choose taxis when they traveled.

For this reason, he made a small amount of money in one day, which made Master Wu's heart happy.

Two years ago, he was still a rickshaw puller, dragging a rickshaw around the street every day, tired like a dead dog every day, wearing a vest and a towel on his shoulder when there was no business on a hot day, sitting outside the teahouse drinking a big bowl of tea.

Later, the political axe came out with a new policy, allowing them to take out a loan to buy a taxi, Master Wu entered the training class at that time, and after getting a driver's license, he took out a loan to buy this taxi, and the loan will be paid off in about half a year, which makes Master Wu feel comfortable all the time.

Two years ago, he still lived in a low and dilapidated wooden house, his wife and children, the old and the young family, said that the child had a hard time, and now he has moved into the affordable housing to live, and comes out every day to pick up passengers, and his income is usually not bad.

There is not much pressure on Master Wu, and he doesn't need to worry about the two sons in the family going to school at all, the school is in charge of eating, dressing, and discipline, and usually buying some toys for the two sons, which is generally the cost. And this month, Zheng Axe also gave his mother a pension, and it doesn't cost much to see a doctor.

The only worry is to pay off the loan, but according to the current income progress, paying off the loan is not a problem at all, and the good business at the end of the year makes him have no worries.

Master Wu, who was not under much pressure, began to worry about the country, and every day he ran a taxi, he had to turn on the radio and listen to the news channel.

A few months ago, the chairman of the committee sent troops to fight Xiao Dongyang, and now Xiao Dongyang is still in Shandong, so he can't understand what is going on, but the great victory of the East China Army is a fact, and it is said that Ben also lost 100 million US dollars, which is equivalent to 200 million Fuxing coins, which is enough to make people excited.

It's just that the newspapers have been a little worried about the situation in Shandong recently, which makes him a little nervous, and the rise and fall of the country is related to everyone's life.

Turning on the radio in the car, the sweet voice of the female anchor of the news channel came out, and the female anchor was reporting on the recording of this year's Spring Festival Gala.

Many people are looking forward to the New Year because they can watch the Spring Festival Gala. It is precisely this party that connects the people of the autonomous provinces, and people can see the great chairman of the committee every year, the good deeds of those industrialists, and many beautiful programs, which has become the most important entertainment item for people every year.

In the past, people still had some worries about the young chairman, after all, how could he lead people at such a young age, but after a few years, people have completely dispelled their doubts.

For people like Master Wu, who witnessed the country from scratch and gradually improved, it is now living in heaven, and the former reign of the Manchu government is hell. Master Wu, who has gradually lived a comfortable life, doesn't even know how he survived those years of hunger and cold.

May the will of our ancestors be with us!

Master Wu prayed and continued to pick up passengers............ The school is also about to be closed, and Wei Lihuang, who has been in Hangzhou for more than a year, received a letter from home, in which his eldest brother Wei Lijiong told him that he had been released from prison.

During the Second Revolution, Wei Lijiong followed Bai Wenwei to respond to the revolution, but was later suppressed by the East China Army, and Wei Lijiong, as an officer of the Revolutionary Army, also went to the military court.

The sentences handed down by military tribunals to the revolutionary army were not very harsh, and most of them were sentenced to a few months in prison, and at most they were not more than two years.

Imprisonment is a very light sentence, the incarcerated person does not need to work, and the living facilities and food are good, ordinary criminals do not enjoy it, those criminals are mostly sentenced to imprisonment, only those who commit very minor crimes will be sentenced to imprisonment, such as domestic violence or something, usually will be locked up for a month.

At the same time, Wei Lijiong said in the letter that after he was released from prison, he joined the East China Army, became a squad leader in a certain division, and may have to participate in the war at the end of the year.

Wei Lihuang is very happy, his eldest brother has joined the army, which is exactly his dream. However, he is not yet old enough to join the army.

The eldest brother also told him in the letter to let him study hard and contribute to the country in the future. and vaguely revealed to him that the East China Army was far stronger than it seemed on the surface, and the outcome of the war with Yu Ben in Shandong would inevitably be the victory of the East China Army, but the specific strength was not written in the letter because it involved secrets.

At the same time, Wei Lijiong mentioned the situation of his parents in the letter, his father and mother both entered the agricultural reclamation company to work, his father became a small steward of the agricultural reclamation company because of his education, and several other brothers entered the school, and the family has become better and better.

Wei Lihuang was very excited, poverty and hardship were gradually drifting away, and he was getting closer and closer to his ideals, everything was going in a good direction, he wrote a letter to his family, telling his family that he would go home for the New Year.

…… Approaching the Chinese New Year, the tense nerves of the seven provinces of East China Autonomous Region have finally relaxed slightly, but after the New Year, the busy production will continue for a longer time.

Those businessmen are busy arranging the New Year's celebrations, and most of the Spring Festival activities in various places are organized by these businessmen.

And it is better than another year, and this year those businessmen have all made money, and many of them have made a lot of money, and they have made more generous moves.

More businessmen hope to appear on the camera of the Spring Festival Gala, whether it is seeking fame or vanity, the charity medal awarded by East China Political Axe is absolutely full of gold.

The East China political axe generally won the trust of the people, won a charity medal issued by the political axe, and people would say: "This capitalist has a conscience." ”

Not all charity medals are obtained by donating money at the Spring Festival Gala, and most of the charity medals are obtained by doing charity in ordinary times.

As long as they are active in local charity, whether they take out more money or less money, it depends on the individual's financial situation, and there is no hard surname rule. As long as they actively participate, most political axes will award a charity medal.

It is through the awarding of medals that the political axe encourages capitalists to actively participate in philanthropy, and with the improvement of free education and pension system, many businessmen are willing to donate their endless money.

The concept of people in this era is still relatively traditional, they all think that people will be reincarnated after death, and now the political axe gives a framework, and they invest their money to improve this framework, isn't this just for their next life?

Anyway, no matter which family you are born in in the next life, you can enjoy these benefits, so naturally you don't have to suffer, and everyone has a relatively equal opportunity.

(To be continued)