All the heavens begin with the love in the courtyard.

In fact, any relationship is happy and sweet when it is developing. All the other person's shortcomings become advantages when you are in love. For example, a carefree girl is found to be so cute when you are in love!

However, after marriage, if a woman is still carefree and boisterous, the man will find her noisy and lacking in femininity. All the shortcomings of both parties will then be revealed, and eventually, they will succumb to the daily grind of life. When the passion in their relationship is worn away by the trivialities of life, they will eventually reach the point of divorce.

Moreover, in the future, there will be a stunning Liang Sichen who can be both sweet and sassy. Faced with such a perfect rich and beautiful woman, a man like Song Yunhui, who is reserved and secretly passionate, will eventually be conquered by her. So, men, don't think too highly of yourselves. In the face of love, even the strongest tough guy will eventually become weak and helpless!

In short, in the future, I might help him a little, but it would mostly be icing on the cake. Or perhaps, with my support, Song Yunhui, this newbie, will go further and might even become a powerful figure. Who can say what the future holds?

Two hours later, Lei Dongbao was followed by Xun Jianxiang, who was carrying a backpack. The two walked out of Jinzhou Chemical Plant under the watchful eyes of many people!

Xun Jianxiang's resignation was approved almost instantly. If it weren't for the difficulty of dismissing such a troublemaker in this era, Jinzhou Chemical Plant would have fired Xun Jianxiang long ago. Now that he applied for resignation himself, there was almost no resistance. They were afraid that he would change his mind, so the stamping was done in a flash.

Xun Jianxiang's resignation caused quite a stir in a small circle, with a large group of his friends coming to see him off. As for why it was a farewell party, who knows?

Song Yunhui was among them. Watching the two figures disappear into the distance, Song Yunhui secretly made up his mind. Lei Dongbao's words yesterday were still deeply etched in his mind. From Lei Dongbao's words, he understood a principle: if you want to have a voice in front of foreigners, you must have your own core technology, otherwise you will always be led by the nose by foreign capital!

Lei Dongbao never expected that he would bring a younger brother along on this trip to Jinzhou Chemical Plant. From this moment on, Xun Jianxiang's fate may have changed!

Although the two had only known each other for less than a day, Xun Jianxiang was now clearly convinced that Lei Dongbao was his brother, and he really acted like a little brother, carrying his bag and buying food for him willingly.

The two traveled south to Guangzhou. Along the way, Lei Dongbao gradually began to teach Xun Jianxiang some things, including kung fu, which was what he was most interested in.

You read that right. Xun Jianxiang followed Lei Dongbao wholeheartedly. Besides Lei Dongbao's promise to make him rich, there was also Lei Dongbao's kung fu skills, which Xun Jianxiang could never forget!

After spending some time with Xun Jianxiang, Lei Dongbao discovered that apart from having a bad temper, the young man was actually a very good person. He was righteous, generous, and didn't hold grudges over trivial matters. He spoke his mind, which suited Lei Dongbao's personality quite well.

In fact, Lei Dongbao is quite willing to mentor newcomers. Last time he went to the Canton Fair, he brought eight young people with him, but unfortunately, he hasn't really taken a liking to any of them yet!

Perhaps those people were the eight best individuals who stood out from thousands of employees, so each of them had undeniable excellence. In Lei Dongbao's eyes, it was precisely that excellence that made these people destined for great things in the future, but Lei Dongbao had no intention of bringing them under his wing.

This also includes Yang Xun. In fact, because Yang Xun is a character in the story, Lei Dongbao has always paid close attention to him. However, after having him by his side for half a month, Lei Dongbao felt that this young man was very dangerous and always felt that he had a hidden knife in his smile.

He was always smiling at you, and always following behind you to study diligently. Yang Xun's learning spirit was a bit frightening to Lei Dongbao. This young man not only loved learning, but also loved to study on his own.

Last time at the Canton Fair, Lei Dongbao distributed eighteen air fryers to the stall owners, supplying each stall with twenty or thirty kilograms of chicken legs, chicken cutlets, fries, etc. every day. This was far from enough to meet market demand. Yang Xun saw a business opportunity in this and was good at leveraging the opportunity.

He found a beer manufacturer at the Canton Fair and asked them to supply him with beer for free. He could help them advertise, since it was mostly foreigners buying chicken legs and cutlets. The beer manufacturer was naturally happy to take on this advertising opportunity, so they supplied Yang Xun with twenty cases of beer every day for free.

Yang Xun took the beer and directly asked the stall owners to sell it, charging them a hefty price. Because they needed Lei Dongbao's team's help, the stall owners had no choice but to accept the high price to buy the beer.

Yang Xun's brilliant operation enabled the team to earn more than 300 yuan more per day. He was so pleased with himself that he asked Lei Dongbao for credit. Lei Dongbao smiled and encouraged him at the time, but afterwards, he put him directly on his blacklist!

In Lei Dongbao's view, Yang Xun's actions were extremely foolish. Although they did not affect the overall situation, they left a very bad impression on the small vendors. This made them feel that Lei Dongbao and his group were even trying to make money off beer.

Fortunately, this was an exclusive business. If it were a competing business, these vendors would never cooperate with them again. Therefore, in Lei Dongbao's view, Yang Xun was not suitable to be his confidant.

However, Lei Dongbao gave Yang Xun a very high score for his performance in the past two weeks. With his studious mind and his tendency to take unconventional approaches, he was bound to achieve something great sooner or later in this era of rapid development in the 1980s and 90s. As for how great his achievements would be, Lei Dongbao couldn't say for sure!

Lei Dongbao's trip south this time had no particular purpose; it was mainly to relax, see the outside world, and experience the changes of this era.

After Lei Dongbao left Jinzhou No. 2 Machinery Factory, the factory learned from the painful lessons of the Lei family, so the basic personnel and other configurations of the factory remained largely unchanged. In fact, for outstanding city-level agents like Yang Xun, Jinzhou not only did not restrict their rights and commissions, but even gave them more authority and provided them with more funds to prepare for next year.

Jinzhou No. 2 Machinery Factory received a $100 million foreign trade order, but it wasn't as overwhelming as expected. With such a large pie in hand, An Van Province directly sent a working group to Jinzhou. Jinzhou quickly distributed the air fryer orders to seventeen key state-owned factories in An Van Province. These state-owned factories all had a common problem: they were all heavily indebted, almost the same as Jinzhou No. 2 Machinery Factory last year.

This time, the Anyun Province government is planning a very big move. The working group they have sent consists of hundreds of people, including several experts and technicians. The group leader is a leader in Anyun Province with a strong reformist spirit, who is said to have extensive experience in state-owned enterprises!

This working group plans to leverage the order for one million air fryers and the reform experience of Jinzhou No. 2 Machinery Factory to make these seventeen state-owned factories in similar situations as typical examples. They aim to help these seventeen large state-owned factories learn from Jinzhou No. 2 Machinery Factory's experience, successfully navigate the reform process, and become pioneering cases, or even benchmark cases, of state-owned enterprise reform in China!

Lei Dongbao's resignation actually resolved many internal conflicts. Otherwise, given Lei Dongbao's personality, he would never have agreed. In the end, Jinzhou Second Machinery Factory only got a tiny scrap of the pie.

Fortunately, all of this was no longer relevant to Lei Dongbao. He took his younger brother Xun Jianxiang and set off from Guangzhou towards Hainan, traveling through the local customs and culture of the 1980s and experiencing the development of the region under the influence of the reform and opening-up policy.

The New Year of 1983 is fast approaching!

Chapter 82: Returning to Xiao Lei's Home

The Heavens Begin with Love in the Courtyard, Volume 82: Returning to Xiaolei Family. On the eve of spring 1983, Lei Dongbao returned to his mother-in-law's house, covered in dust, and brought Song Yunping and Xiao Xiaoliang to Xiaolei Family for the New Year.

Although Lei Dongbao's mother doesn't have a strong presence, she insists that Lei Dongbao take the children back to Xiaolei Village for the Spring Festival this year no matter what.

My mother has long been dissatisfied with Song Yunping. After giving birth, she didn't go back to Xiaolei Village, but stayed at her parents' house instead. Is she short of food from her own home, or what?

Lei Dongbao had just returned from the south. After thinking about it, he decided that it would be nice to go back to Xiaolei Village this year to spend the spring with his mother, so he hurriedly brought his wife and children back with him.

Lei Dongbao's return to Xiaolei Village caused almost no sensation. He seemed to have returned home quietly. On the way, he encountered a few villagers who saw him. Although they were somewhat surprised, almost no one greeted him. They treated him like a stranger until they met Lei Shigen and his childhood friends, at which point they called him "Brother Lei" a few times.

Lei Dongbao didn't expect that he was so unpopular in Xiaolei Village, but thinking about it, he could understand.

From 2007 or 2008, I led Xiaoleijia step by step to its most glorious moment last year. At that time, the per capita income of Xiaoleijia had exceeded 1,000 yuan per year, and it was not an exaggeration to say that a family could earn 10,000 yuan a year.

Last year, after Lei Dongbao was ousted by Jinling County, Xiaolei Village instantly fell into an abyss. At that time, countless villagers from Xiaolei Village went to Jinzhou to beg Lei Dongbao to take over Xiaolei Village, but Lei Dongbao refused to help and watched helplessly as Xiaolei Village sank deeper and deeper into the abyss.

In the end, although Lei Dongbao solved the problem, Xiao Lei Village was basically finished and could hardly regain its former glory. Even now, it still owes the bank 10 million yuan in loans. That means each villager in Xiao Lei Village still owes the bank 10,000 yuan. It's impossible for everyone not to resent Lei Dongbao.

Later, Lei Dongbao resigned in Jinzhou. Although the villagers of Xiaolei Village did not know the details, they still made sarcastic remarks for a while. Now that Lei Dongbao has suddenly returned home before the Spring Festival, everyone naturally does not treat him well.

Most importantly, Xiaolei Village, which lost Lei Dongbao, is now slowly recovering.

In reality, the situation at Xiao Lei's house was better than Lei Dongbao had imagined. Because they still owed bank loans, Lei Ting Electric Factory hadn't gone bankrupt, though it was probably barely surviving.

The newly appointed leaders of Jinling County still value Xiaolei Village highly and have sent a new leadership team to take office. It is said that the new leadership team includes college graduates. After half a year in office, these leaders are quite capable.

They also brought in technical talent from the county to develop new electrical appliances. They eventually succeeded in developing an electric heated table, which is perfect for the whole family to warm themselves by the fire in winter. It is very suitable for the cold and damp rural areas. It seems that Leiting Electric Appliance Factory still has more than 100 workers. Leiting Electric Appliance Factory produces heated tables in winter and electric fans in summer. I heard that it has started to make a profit, but I estimate that the profit is not very large.

Besides Leiting Electric Appliance Factory, Xiao Lei's Angora rabbit breeding base is now the real highlight. This not only makes money for farmers, but also earns foreign exchange through exports. In addition, Xiao Lei's family has several years of experience in Angora rabbit breeding, so Jinling County is paying special attention to Xiao Lei's Angora rabbit breeding base.

Not only did they expand the breeding base area, but they also established a long-haired rabbit breeding technology station in Xiaoleijia. Veterinary technicians are on duty in Xiaoleijia 24 hours a day to prevent any accidents from happening.

The large-scale development of Angora rabbit farming has finally allowed the villagers of Xiaoleijia to emerge from the shadow of the layoffs at Leiting Electric Factory. In addition, in October of this year, the new village of Xiaoleijia was officially handed over, and all the villagers of Xiaoleijia moved into brand-new two-story villas.

The once thriving Xiaoleijia factory seemed to be suddenly brought to a halt after the Thunder Fan incident. The factory, which had only been thriving for two years, instantly fell apart. After experiencing so much, the villagers of Xiaoleijia now have several different views on their lives.

Some content villagers are already satisfied with their current lives and still feel some gratitude towards Lei Dongbao, but most of these villagers are older.

Another group of villagers harbored a great deal of resentment towards Lei Dongbao because Lei Dongbao had once planned to ban Angora rabbit farming. However, Xiao Lei Village was able to survive entirely thanks to Angora rabbit farming. Therefore, most of these people were women in the village, and now the women of Xiao Lei Village are holding up half the sky!

There is also a group of young people who experienced the heyday of Xiaolei Village, but now they see it falling into decline again. With the massive layoffs at Leiting Electric Factory, they have no jobs and are gradually falling into a state of idleness. In this era, they have nowhere to work. They live in villas, but they are unwilling to settle down with their parents to raise Angora rabbits. Instead, they spend their days riding bicycles around the nearby villages.

This part of the discussion has mixed feelings about Lei Dongbao, but in general, it's mostly filled with resentment.

The young people who lost their jobs felt a huge sense of loss and had nowhere to vent their frustrations, so they naturally started causing trouble. At the new factory of Leiting Electric Factory, there used to be a commercial street outside the factory, including a movie theater and food stalls of all sizes. But now a large group of young people have nothing to do and like to gather on that street when they have nothing to do. The security in Xiaolei Village has deteriorated a lot.

In the few days since Lei Dongbao returned to Xiaolei Village, Lei Shigen and others have talked to him about these things several times, but Lei Dongbao's expression was heavy and he didn't say anything.

Lei Dongbao naturally knew what Lei Shigen and the others were thinking. They simply wanted Lei Dongbao to come out of retirement again and lead everyone to prosperity once more. But they were overthinking it. Lei Dongbao had long since given up on that idea.

The problems in Xiaolei Village are now far more complex than they appear on the surface; this mess has strayed further and further from its original purpose.

Even if things go terribly, the worst that can happen is complete bankruptcy. In the end, everyone will still have a villa. After a few years, the young people will go out to work, and the rest of the family can settle down and farm.

When I first took over Xiaolei Village, the villagers couldn't even afford to eat. They didn't even have rice to cook for the New Year. But now? In the past few years, every household has at least ten thousand yuan. And those hundreds of bachelors, now every one of them has one or two sons.

This kind of life is more than ten times better than that of the nearby villages, but everything Lei Dongbao has experienced in the village these past few days has made him increasingly disappointed with Xiao Lei Jia. Human hearts are never satisfied!

Lei Dongbao was disappointed with Xiaolei Village, but Lei Shigen and other young people from Xiaolei Village who had worked hard to become village cadres felt an indescribable heartache as they watched Xiaolei Village decline.

So on the 25th day of the Lunar New Year, Lei Shigen held a general meeting of all villagers in the village during the New Year activities, requiring each household to have at least one person attend the meeting. He also wanted to take this opportunity to let Lei Dongbao feel the suffering of the villagers and finally change his mind and return to Xiao Lei's family.

Unfortunately, he never expected that the village meeting, which started out quite normally, would gradually turn into a meeting to denounce Lei Dongbao for all sorts of crimes.

The meeting was held in the newly built Xiaolei Family Ancestral Hall. The old ancestral hall was only a little over 100 square meters. The newly built ancestral hall was originally designed when Lei Dongbao was in office. In addition to the ancestral hall, there is a large open space for villagers to watch movies or relax. Although it is open-air, the ground has been leveled with cement.

The meeting was opened by Lei Shigen, whose opening remarks were extremely inspiring.

"Fellow villagers, do you remember where we held our village meeting five years ago? It was on the land where the new Leiting Electric Factory is now located. Back then, it was just a muddy field. I still remember that when the old Party Secretary was in charge, we held a village meeting once, but it rained heavily, and many villagers fell in the mud. I still remember that scene vividly!"

The villagers below the stage burst into laughter. Lei Shigen waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet before continuing.

"Fellow villagers, look at your feet now. This smooth cement ground is clean and tidy. Even if it rains heavily, you won't fall. And look at the villas you all live in now. Think about what we used to live in. In winter, the walls were drafty, and every family didn't even have rice to cook for the New Year. We survived on just a few sweet potatoes. Now think about your life now. You have meat, a warm table, and you live in big villas. Which village around us doesn't envy our Xiaolei family!"

Lei Shigen's words triggered a wave of nostalgia. Some elderly people secretly wiped away their tears. Lei Dongbao, standing in the crowd, also recalled the Xiao Lei family a few years ago. At that time, he had just returned from military service and saw his mother living in that drafty house. He secretly vowed to make sure that the Xiao Lei family could live in a good house and have enough to eat!

I have accomplished everything I have now, but things have changed, and I cannot control people's hearts.

Seeing that everyone had already recalled the bitter past and appreciated the sweet present, Lei Shigen continued to speak loudly.

"Fellow villagers, we have gone from not having enough to eat to now having fish and meat, and even big villas. All of this is inseparable from one person, and that person is our Secretary Lei. Ask yourselves honestly, what would our lives be like now without Secretary Lei? We should all be grateful!"

Lei Shigen's words were a bit of a slap in the face to everyone. They were just talking about the same thing, so why did he suddenly bring up Lei Dongbao? It was a little awkward!

However, Lei Shigen's words did indeed evoke gratitude in some people towards Lei Dongbao, especially several elderly people who were moved to tears and stepped forward to grasp Lei Dongbao's hand. Everyone's attention turned to Lei Dongbao in the crowd.

Leisgen also took the opportunity to shout from the stage.

"Under Secretary Lei's leadership, our Xiaolei Village once achieved one glorious milestone after another. But now that Secretary Lei has left us, look at what Xiaolei Village is like now. I would like to invite Secretary Lei to the stage to tell us about Xiaolei Village's future development plan, so that everyone can have confidence in Xiaolei Village's future. Let's give Secretary Lei a round of applause to welcome him to the stage! Clap clap!"

Leisheng took the initiative to lead the applause!

Lei Shigen's words moved many people. After a two-second silence, applause broke out sporadically, and then grew louder and louder. Everyone clapped and looked at Lei Dongbao.

Lei Dongbao shook his head helplessly. Lei Shigen played a good move. It felt a bit like a coup.

However, since he wants to share his views on the future development of Xiaolei Village, then I will share them. But perhaps my words will hurt their feelings again this time!

Chapter 83: Defeat Lei Dongbao

Lei Dongbao slowly walked out of the crowd, and everyone quickly moved away. Many people had mixed feelings as they watched Lei Dongbao walk onto the stage.

Lei Dongbao walked onto the stage, and Lei Shigen smiled and nodded, gesturing for him to come to the center. Lei Dongbao didn't stand on ceremony and stood in the center, looking down at the hundreds of villagers in the square.

The population of Xiaolei Village has increased rapidly in recent years. Four or five years ago, it was estimated to be around 800 people, but now the population is over 1,200. This increase in population is a product of Xiaolei Village's economic development!

Those old bachelors who used to be single are all married now, practically glued to their wives, some even having three children in four years. But when the one-child policy is implemented next year, things probably won't be so good anymore.

Lei Dongbao looked at the crowd below the stage, cleared his mind, and then slowly spoke.

"Village Chief Shigen thinks highly of me, so let me say a few words. First of all, I am no longer the Party Secretary of Xiaolei Village, so you can just call me Lei Dongbao. Shigen wants me to talk about the future development of Xiaolei Village, so I'll do that!"

Lei Dongbao cleared his throat, and seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, he slowly began to speak.

"First of all, I think that Xiaolei Village's current development direction is wrong. I think that expanding the scale of Angora rabbit breeding is a mistake!"

As soon as Lei Dongbao finished speaking, the crowd erupted in uproar. Many people were indignant and ready to launch into a tirade. Lei Dongbao on the stage waved his hand, signaling everyone to quiet down.

After the murmurs below subsided, Lei Dongbao continued speaking.

"The price of Angora rabbits has risen significantly in recent years, which has indeed made some money for everyone. However, any breeding or planting industry has an industrial cycle. Angora rabbits are now being bred on a large scale in many parts of the country. Our country exports tens of millions of tons of rabbit hair every year, but the international rabbit hair market is so large."

In my opinion, the price of anything will inevitably fall once there's an oversupply. Therefore, my suggestion is to reduce the scale of Angora rabbit farming. It's acceptable for individual households to raise a small number to supplement their income, but as for large-scale Angora rabbit farms, I suggest closing them down as soon as possible. As for developing small-scale Angora rabbit farms…”

Before Lei Dongbao could finish speaking, a black object suddenly attacked him from below. Lei Dongbao coldly watched the smelly shoe fly past him, then stopped and said nothing more.

Lei Dongbao's words immediately stirred up a huge uproar, especially among the women below, who were now spewing all sorts of vulgarities at him.

Immediately afterwards, more random things were thrown onto the stage. Lei Shigen rushed forward to pull Lei Dongbao away, but Lei Dongbao waved his hand to signal him to move aside!