Returning wealthy individuals develop their hometowns and become rich in the 1980s

"Dong qiang dong qiang!"

With the sounds of gongs and drums and the sounds of lion dances, the square of Huaxingsheng Supermarket on the north side of Huanghe North Road in Nanshan County was bustling with activity today. Since it was Sunday, the county's workers were off work and had nothing to do at home, so Huaxingsheng Supermarket chose to open today, naturally attracting a large crowd.

On the side of the square, two Ford Vios police cars from the county public security bureau were parked on the roadside with their lights flashing. County police officers in uniform were blowing whistles to maintain order among the crowd and prevent stampedes.

The opening date of Huaxingsheng Supermarket had been chosen long ago and communicated with the county public security bureau. The dozen or so police officers who came to maintain order arrived at the supermarket square early today, and the supermarket specially arranged to provide breakfast to thank them.

Despite the police officers' strong refusal, Chen Zaixing still had the supermarket staff place the breakfast he bought next to the police car, and then he ran off. Chen Zaixing smiled and said to Captain Zhao Zhigang, who had led the team, "Captain Zhao, we've already bought breakfast, it would be a waste if we didn't eat it!"

"Comrade Zaixing, we have organizational discipline and cannot take even a needle or thread from the masses," Zhao Zhigang said after expressing his gratitude, but still refused.

"You've worked hard to maintain order and ensure our supermarket operates normally. We appreciate your efforts. It's just breakfast, Captain Zhao, please don't refuse!"

"No, no, Comrade Zaixing, this is a mistake. Even a single cent is unacceptable to us police officers. That's an ironclad rule!"

Seeing that Zhao Zhigang really wouldn't eat, and the other police officers who came also refused, Chen Zaixing had no choice but to have the breakfast taken back. "Captain Zhao, I'm truly impressed. With a police force like yours in Nanshan County, public security will definitely be much better. On behalf of Huaxingsheng Supermarket, I thank the County Bureau!"

"This is all for the sake of serving the people!"

Despite Chen Zaixing's reckless personality, he was still "taught a lesson" by Zhao Zhigang, who led the team. The two stood on the outskirts of the square, watching the crowd gather. Chen Zaixing offered Zhao a cigarette and asked with a smile, "Team Leader Zhao, you can at least have a cigarette, right?"

Zhao Zhigang smiled helplessly, took the cigarette, put it in his mouth, and leaned down to let Chen Zaixing light it for him. He then exhaled a puff, and the two continued chatting. Just then, Li Renfa, dressed in a well-tailored suit, jogged over and said to Chen Zaixing, "Zaixing, Zailong and the others are calling you over for a ribbon-cutting ceremony!"

Upon hearing that he could go on stage for the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Chen Zaixing immediately ran over. On the stage that had been set up, Chen Zaiguang, Chen Zaisheng, and Chen Zailong, along with county leaders such as Lin Deying and Feng Kun, were already in position. As soon as Chen Zaixing ran over, Chen Zaiguang glared at him. Although he didn't verbally scold him on this important occasion, Chen Zaixing understood the meaning in his eyes and could only lower his head in embarrassment and remain silent.

Feng Kun, the newly appointed county magistrate of Nanshan County, had only been in office for less than half a month when he encountered such a big event as the opening of Huaxingsheng Supermarket. Naturally, Chen Zaiguang invited him to attend.

Just as County Party Secretary Lin Deying finished his speech, the emcee announced, "Congratulations on the grand opening of Huaxingsheng Supermarket!"

At the same time, everyone on the stage cut the ribbons, and fireworks exploded below the stage. The drums and gongs, which had paused briefly, started up again. The crowd that had been queuing was allowed to enter by the police who were maintaining order.

The crowd surged into the Huaxingsheng Supermarket like tigers released from their cages. Supermarket employees, holding megaphones, kept shouting, "Everyone, don't rush, don't push, move forward slowly!"

Ji Kunmin held his son's hand with his left hand and his daughter's hand with his right. His wife walked ahead of them, her steps quick, as if there was money to be picked up ahead of her, afraid that if she slowed down even a step, all the money would be stolen.

At the entrance, many parents were already there with their children, exchanging flyers for candy. Supermarket employees, all smiles, took the flyers and handed out lucky bags.

The children who received the lucky bags were all smiles. When they opened them, they were pleasantly surprised to find two White Rabbit milk candies and five fruit hard candies inside. They were overjoyed and happily stuffed them into their mouths, their smiles revealing their big white teeth.

"Dad, let's go exchange for candy," the son, who was being pulled by Ji Kunmin, was also eager to have candy when he saw that the other children had candy to eat, and tugged at his father's hand.

"Chengbin, we can go change after we finish shopping at the supermarket. There are too many people right now, and your mother might disappear in a minute." When Ji Kunmin looked up again, his wife had already squeezed into the supermarket with the crowd.

Ji Kunmin, who was with his child, didn't dare to squeeze in like the others, for fear of being trampled and hurt, which would be a greater loss than gain.

Walking slowly forward, Ji Kunmin looked at the small doors standing at the entrance of the supermarket, wondering what they were for. After passing the checkout counter, he looked up and saw a whole row of shelves filled with boxes of various goods piled up on them.

"Wow! Dad, look, what a tall shelf! There are so many candies and cookies!" The daughter's childish voice exclaimed in amazement. The son, who was being led by the hand, rushed toward the shelf displaying the candies like a wild horse about to break free.

The entire supermarket was bustling with people. Ji Kunmin noticed that there were plastic baskets and trolleys available for use next to the shelves. He pulled up a trolley, put his son on the seat, and started strolling around.

Ji Kunmin had also visited department stores in the city, where there were sales clerks at each counter. This was not the case at Huaxingsheng Supermarket. It's not that Huaxingsheng Supermarket didn't have employees patrolling, but these employees just wandered around. Unless you secretly opened the product packaging to eat something, these supermarket employees would not approach you to stop or advise you. If you were unreasonable and repeatedly ignored the warnings, they would immediately notify security personnel to come over, remove you, and force you to pay compensation.

Ji Kunmin pushed his cart past rows of shelves filled with various goods. There were no counters or salespeople behind glass, only rows of shelves, like bookshelves in a library, which were overwhelming.

Ji Kunmin arrived at the grain and oil section and stopped, looking at the prices on the labels. He noticed a female supermarket employee in a red vest standing nearby and asked, "Comrade, is it really okay to buy these without a receipt?"

"Yes, comrade!"

"Is there no purchase limit?"

"There's no purchase limit; you can buy as much as you want, as long as you can take it all with you!"

Ji Kunmin looked at the labels on the shelf: Rice was on sale for 0.17 yuan per jin! High-gluten flour was on sale for 0.24 yuan per jin!

Ji Kunmin's hands trembled as he gripped the cart. He vaguely remembered that once, his wife had queued for a whole day at the grain station for a pound of cheap oil, which required oil coupons.

But now, the oil was laid out in barrels, allowing anyone who came to browse to take it as they pleased. Ji Kunmin felt as if he were in a dream!