Rebirth 78: Hunting for Treasure in the Mountains, Spoiling My Wife and Daughter to the Heavens

"My son! Who hit you?"

"Oh my son! He's only a few months old, how could he be beaten like this!"

"Who! Who hit him! I'll kill him, I'll make sure his family is ruined!"

Ever since Zhang Dexing's parents came.

The entire hospital was constantly in turmoil.

A few days ago, the patient who shared a ward with him found out how amazing this mummy's family was.

Fortunately, I didn't do anything too outrageous during those few days.

However, since these people were all about to be discharged from the hospital, they left without taking it seriously.

However, given Zhang Dexing's character, his family couldn't possibly have a decent pancake.

Zhang's father even bypassed the police and, together with his colleagues from the security department, began the investigation at the hospital.

Security departments had not yet undergone reforms in those days, and in many large state-owned factories, security departments had more than just official staff positions.

Each gun was equipped quite well.

In no time, he investigated the entire hospital, including its doctors and patients.

"Are you sure that when they brought him here the first day, there were two people, and one of them was acting like an idiot, saying, 'Why didn't you just kill my son...'"

Mr. Zhang looked at the patient who was being held down tightly with a gloomy face.

"Brother, ancestors, I'm just a doctor. That's all what people say. I didn't do anything."

"I'm asking you whether you said it or not!"

"They said it, they definitely said it. After your son was brought here, they left, apparently to some military unit or something."

The word "military" was uttered.

Mr. Zhang sensed something was wrong.

After all, the routines are pretty much the same these days. If Zhang Dexing didn't have his cousin protecting him, he would have been in trouble.

He also wanted to send him to the army.

After all, a father knows his son best.

That person only needed to join the army and leave to become a soldier in a different place.

Let alone a small leader in a county, even a provincial leader would find it extremely difficult to find someone across provinces.

However, since it was all done by that guy named Lu Weiguo...

he!

There's absolutely no way to hide it!

. . . . . .

On the other side, Zhao Kaishan watched Lu Weiguo leisurely drinking tea.

His face smelled as bad as a shoe insole.

"Look at you! Your wife's only been married a few days, and you've already caused so much trouble. And Old Liu, what's with all the drinking on business?"

The car overturned into the ditch, and all three men are dead; they're all lying in the hospital now. Why didn't you stop them?

Who ever told me, "Don't drink and drive"?

"Brother Liu is a high-ranking official, how could I possibly stop him?" Lu Weiguo shrugged; this matter really had nothing to do with him.

Old Liu can drink, no problem.

The two police officers behind them don't need to drink.

Who would have thought that Old Liu would become such a temperamental person after drinking?

He insisted that his two subordinates also try it, saying that the two were good drivers and there would be no problem.

look.

A person who has been drinking is definitely not thinking clearly.

No matter how good your skills are, it's all for nothing if your brain can't keep up.

However, this is not a big deal in this era.

"Alright, you can just stay here and coast along. Your wife's gone, it's time for you to come to work. The personnel reshuffle has already been approved in the meeting."

The leadership has been finalized; you'll be temporarily assigned to this position. The young woman you recommended will become your clerk after she finishes her work at the steel rolling mill, once you're promoted.

This arrangement makes sense, doesn't it?

There were reports of leaders being assaulted while on assignment in rural areas, and drunk driving accidents.

For Zhao Kaishan, nothing was more important than reform.

After all, the higher-ups were urging us on.

We still need to achieve results.

If you do it right, the county town will soar to new heights.

They'll either be abandoned outright, just like in Northeast China in my previous life.

"Okay, I can start work tomorrow, but my supervisor..."

"They're from the provincial party committee. You'll see when you meet them. They're quite capable, so cooperate well with them."

After Zhao Kaishan finished speaking, he waved for Lu Weiguo to leave.

Lu Weiguo didn't mind and took the opportunity to stroll around the county town.

The small four-wheeled tractor was parked in front of my mother-in-law's house.

He didn't want to be too conspicuous, so he rode his bicycle around the county town.

Although only half a year has passed, these six months have seen significant progress with the opening up of the market economy.

Wherever there are people, there are people setting up stalls.

They sell all kinds of things.

Unwanted junk from home, and things grown in the family's private plot.

Before the Lunar New Year, some communes heard that land reform was about to begin.

They were also secretly encouraging farmers to cultivate land in the mountains.

Farmers aren't stupid; they know that once the land is fully cultivated, it will belong to them.

Therefore, most of the food sold at street stalls now is grown by their own families.

"Grandpa, how much is this cornmeal?"

Lu Weiguo stopped his bicycle and spotted a young old man.

"This cornmeal is a real gem; we grow it ourselves and grind it ourselves with a stone mill. We don't need ration coupons for it, so it's a bit more expensive."

How about 50 cents a pound? If you want more, I can give you a discount.

"Five cents??" Lu Weiguo was taken aback when he heard this.

It's important to know that before the reform pilot program, cornmeal was the staple food for 80% of households.

High productivity, low price, one cent per kilogram with a ration coupon.

By exchanging a portion of refined grain, one could even get it for five cents per pound.

At that time, pork from the supply and marketing cooperative cost only eight or nine cents with coupons.

This cornmeal is 50 cents now?

"This isn't expensive. Everyone's setting up stalls now, they all have money, they just don't have tickets."

The supply and marketing cooperative's food is cheap, do you have enough coupons? You might as well buy some of this; it's a bit more expensive, but at least you'll have enough to eat!

The old man had his own set of theories, and many of the nearby stalls echoed his sentiments.

Upon hearing this, Lu Weiguo immediately understood.

The pricing system is dual-track; it's cheaper to buy with a ticket, but there aren't enough tickets available.

Prices without tickets are set by the vendors themselves.

There is a lack of market supervision and no relevant supporting systems.

Information flow between counties is also poor.

If one raises its price, the others, not wanting to lose out, will also raise their prices.

Anyway, selling at a lower price than others is a loss.

Of course, this situation is rare in the south.

Only northerners, who are not very good at business, would do this.

"Want some?"

"I don't want it for now, I'll go ask somewhere else."

Lu Weiguo waved his hand in refusal.

The old man didn't care too much; he figured he could eat the grain even if he couldn't sell it.

Lu Weiguo rode his bicycle around, asking around for information.

We arrived at the gate of the steel rolling mill.

Lu Weiguo thought to himself inexplicably, "If grain prices are fluctuating like this... then will steel prices fluctuate even more? The dual-track system doesn't just regulate grain prices."

After parking his bicycle, Lu Weiguo found a small stall and ordered a roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) and a soy milk.

Looking at the meat sandwich on top of the steamed bun.

Lu Weiguo almost laughed out of anger.

This is all Li Xiuhe's handiwork.

He simply mentioned a hamburger.

Li Xiuhe wanted to save time, so she put meat in a steamed bun, and instead of chopping the chili peppers, she just put them whole inside the bun.

Lu Weiguo picked it up and took a bite.

smell....

That's all there is to it.

But this stuff is really filling!

I couldn't eat more than half a steamed bun with meat inside.