July 1981.
Song Yunhui, who had completed his junior year, did not stay outside much, but returned home immediately.
Next semester, he will be a senior at the beginning of school.
Senior year also means that he is about to graduate, and this summer is also his last summer.
Once he joined the workforce, he had much less time to stay at home, so this time he did not do odd jobs during the summer vacation.
The next day.
Song Yunhui ran to Xiaolei's house. He hadn't seen the sister and brother for half a year. He missed his sister a little.
"Is Xiaohui here?"
"Oh, isn't this a college student? He's here to visit his sister and brother-in-law, right?"
"Xiaohui, are you on vacation?"
Along the way, the villagers treated Song Yunhui very enthusiastically. After all, he was the secretary's brother-in-law.
That's right.
At the end of last year, Li Jie officially took up the position of secretary. He took the initiative to step down and make way for the old secretary.
In fact, Li Jie didn't care at all whether he was the secretary or not.
But just because he doesn't care doesn't mean that other villagers don't care.
In addition, last year, Xiaolei's Brick Factory made good profits. Every household received a few hundred yuan, and those who worked more received even a thousand yuan.
If you stay in the countryside, you can earn four to five hundred yuan a year, which is a very good income.
Earn a thousand a year?
Some workers in the city cannot get so much.
Everyone loves money, and Li Jie made them make money. Of course they supported Li Jie. Then, they loved the house and the bird, and their attitude towards Song Yunhui improved a lot.
Facing the enthusiastic villagers, Song Yunhui could only respond with a smile.
After a while, he came to the brick factory.
Compared with last year, Xiaolei's brick factory has undergone a big change. There are three new kiln entrances, plus the original three kiln entrances, for a total of six kilns, which finally looks like a factory.
However, if you look at the bricks placed on the open space, you can still find that they are basically traditional red bricks. The stacking area of hollow bricks is not even a quarter of that of red bricks.
"Xiaohui?"
As soon as he arrived at the door of the brick factory, Song Yunhui met Lei Shigen.
"Are you here to see your sister and brother-in-law?"
"Yes, Brother Shigen, my sister and the others are in the factory, right?"
"Here you are, let's go, I'll take you there."
Lei Shigen led Song Yunhui into the factory with a smile on his face. Looking at the neatly arranged piles of money in front of him, Song Yunhui asked smoothly.
"Brother Shigen, why are there so many bricks in the factory?"
"Can't you sell it?"
Generally speaking, brick factories like Xiaolei's rarely press goods on a large scale. They usually produce one batch and sell one batch, and rarely accumulate such a large inventory.
Song Yunhui, who often corresponded with Li Jie, knew this.
"no."
Mentioning this matter, Lei Shigen smiled even more, and said with a bright face: "These bricks will be taken away in a few days."
"Some time ago, Secretary Dongbao received an order to build a dormitory building at the credit union, which requires 70,000 to 80,000 bricks."
"And this is just the first batch."
"The bricks you see now are all used by the credit union."
"By the way, the hollow bricks that Secretary Dongbao has always recommended have sold a lot this time."
This last thing is what makes Lei Shigen the highest.
Hollow bricks are really hard to sell.
But with the credit union's access, it will be much easier to sell hollow bricks in the future.
As long as you mention to others that the dormitories of credit unions are also sold with hollow bricks, can you still believe it?
In fact, the first person to use hollow bricks was none other than Li Jie.
At first, the hollow bricks fired in the first kiln could not be sold at all. Adhering to the character of not wasting, Li Jie ate these hollow bricks.
In the open space next to his house, another house was built.
certainly.
Bricks, he bought them with money.
He doesn't take advantage of the public benefits.
Soon, Lei Shigen led Song Yunhui to the factory office.
It is said that it is an office, but it is not appropriate. This large room is not only an office, but also a conference room, a financial room, and a logistics office.
One thing has multiple uses.
"Eh?"
"Xiaohui?"
Hearing the familiar footsteps, Li Jie was the first to notice Song Yunhui. Later, Song Yunping, who was immersed in settling accounts, also looked up with a look of surprise.
"Xiaohui?"
"When did you come back?"
As soon as she saw her younger brother, Song Yunping immediately put down her abacus and account books. It would be okay to calculate these things later.
Besides, she was just checking the books, not doing the accounting.
"Sister, brother-in-law."
Song Yunhui smiled and said, "I came back yesterday."
"You!"
Song Yunping gently hit her brother: "Why didn't you tell me in advance?"
"hehe."
Song Yunhui smiled and said, "Aren't I afraid that you and your brother-in-law will be busy? Besides, I will be a senior in the second half of the year."
"Come on, Xiaohui, have a glass of water."
Li Jie handed the quilt to Song Yunhui's hand, and then patted his shoulder.
"Not bad, not bad. I'm a little stronger and have more energy."
Song Yunhui had always been a little malnourished before, mainly because he was usually too frugal and reluctant to spend more money.
Later, Li Jie showed him a way to make money.
Be a translator.
In the early 1980s, not many people in China knew English, and many journals did not have Chinese versions. They were all in English, making it inconvenient to obtain first-hand information.
Song Yunhui's English vocabulary is sufficient, but his speaking skills are a bit poor.
However, translation does not require spoken language.
Although there are a lot of professional English vocabulary in those journals, it is not difficult to make a little money as long as you have patience and check the dictionary frequently.
What Song Yunhui lacks most is patience.
If he had no patience, he would not be admitted to Anyun University.
In the late 1970s, it was not easy to graduate from a major university in rural areas. If any village could produce one, it would be the kind that could be celebrated by setting off firecrackers.
Thanks to his previous accumulation, Song Yunhui quickly started working on document translation.
Moreover, he worked seriously and completed the work quickly. After translating several manuscripts in a row, more people came to him for translation.
Although the money earned is not too much, it is more than enough to solve the problem of food.
In addition, Song Yunhui makes money through translation, which also stimulates his three "uncle" roommates.
Which company is not short of money these days?
When they see Song Yunhui making money, they will follow suit. However, the three of them have uneven English proficiency and cannot get started directly.
Later, Song Yunhui also proposed that four people work together and then share the income equally.
Yu Shanqing was interested in this, but seeing that the two 'eldest brothers' were unwilling, he didn't have the nerve to bring it up.
People live with a face.
If you lose your face, how can you live together in the future?
After all, they still have a year until graduation.
"Come, sit down."
Li Jie pulled a bench over and then started chatting with Song Yunhui about graduation plans.
(End of chapter)
