Chen Tao's younger brother is Chen Shi, so he is about to graduate from a technical secondary school and plans to stay in school as a teacher.

It is almost impossible for technical secondary school students to stay in school without giving money or finding connections.

So, just two days before the Chinese New Year, Chen Tao took his younger brother to visit the principal's house. He stuffed a huge sum of 5,000 yuan, which was really a huge sum of money. The principal had never collected so much before, so he praised Chen Shi with a smile on the spot and said that good students like this must be given priority.

Then, Chen Tao stopped by to visit his aunt.

Her aunt used to be a farmer, but because she was so beautiful, she was lucky enough to marry a cripple in the city. Once she crossed the farming gate and ate an iron rice bowl, she also worked as a cotton mill employee for her father-in-law.

Chen Tao was very cared for by his aunt when he was in the cotton spinning mill, so he brought a lot of gifts to greet him this time.

The brother and brother just arrived at the Tongzi Building in the factory and met Chen Tao’s former colleagues. When they saw Chen Tao dressing fashionablely and being generous, they were envious and quickly asked if it was very easy to make money in the Special Administrative Region.

Chen Tao didn't dare to tell the truth. After all, he used to be a fraud. He only said that now he is following a private boss and if he wants to go to the SAR, he must apply for a border pass.

This matter is not over. In just two or three days, the entire factory was spreading, saying that Chen Tao was a lady in Shenzhen.

Even Chen Tao's aunt was pointed at when she went out. The aunt went back to her parents' home to ask about the situation, which made the whole family know about it. Chen Tao's cousin's sister-in-law spread the rumors throughout the village.

Chen Tao said on the phone: "Now my parents and younger brother don't dare to go out. Last time I sent back the money, more than 100,000 yuan. Everyone in the village knew that it is my money for selling my body. Can these fools sell so much? Why don't they sell it for sale!"

"Who made the rumor?" Song Weiyang asked.

Chen Tao said: "Sun Lin is the bastard who tricked me into Shenzhen. He also went home during the Chinese New Year. He probably was afraid that I would reveal his truth, so he jumped out and bit me back. This is nothing. The female workers who were deceived by Sun Lin to be a lady were actually helpful to the bad guys. They all said that I didn't work well in Shenzhen, and I only worked for a few days before I sold money as a lady!"

"They are also afraid of being exposed, so they can only pour dirty water on you." Song Weiyang said.

Chen Tao said: "Brother Song, you have a good brain. You must help me this time, otherwise our whole family will have to move out."

Chen Tao seemed to be really anxious and actually called Song Weiyang "Brother Song", which was her exclusive name when she was in the Special Administrative Region.

"Okay, wait for me, let's have another good show," Song Weiyang thought for a while and said, "By the way, call Lao Zheng too. The duke was driven home to show off. It would be impossible to lack luxury props."

...

One day later.

Song Weiyang and Zheng Xuehong gathered at the provincial railway station.

Zheng Xuehong was wearing a brand new suit and rolled down the car window and asked, "How do you act this time?"

Song Weiyang smiled and said, "Old routine, I am Mr. Ma, a Taiwanese businessman, and you are my driver."

"Okay, I'm familiar with this trick, get in the car quickly!" Zheng Xuehong was actually very excited. It was probably addicted to cheating people.

After driving for several hours, I finally arrived at the foot of the Chen Tao family's village. The two of them came here while they were excited and were stunned when they looked at the potholes and water-stacked mountain road.

Even if I stepped on the accelerator, it was just raining, and it was a mountain road again. The wheels slipped straight, sinking deeper and deeper in the mud pit, splashing the body of the car overflowing with mud.

"How did you go up the mountain when you sent Chen Tao home last time?" Song Weiyang asked.

Zheng Xuehong said: "I didn't go up the mountain. Chen Tao didn't want to cause a sensation, so she asked me to park my car in the town, and then she went home to get the passbook to withdraw money. The broken credit union in the town made an appointment for more than 100,000 yuan for seven days, and I also slept in the town for a week."

"What should we do? Let's go to the village?" Song Weiyang said with a wry smile.

Zheng Xuehong came up with an idea and said, "Return to the town and find someone to push me!"

Song Weiyang said: "This is a good idea."

In fact, the town is also in the mountains, but there is a county road passing through, and the road is easier to walk than a real mountain.

During the Spring Festival, the town seemed a little deserted. The market would not open until at least the fifth day of the New Year. All you can find were households in the town.

Zheng Xuehong drove the car to the center of the town and shouted: "We are Taiwanese businessmen. Now we have to go into the mountain and recruit eight people to push the cart! As long as we push it into the mountain, each person will give 10 yuan!"

Song Weiyang said: "100 yuan!"

"There are too many, don't scare people." Zheng Xuehong said.

"What you want is that effect." Song Weiyang smiled.

"You said yes," Zheng Xuehong shouted again, "One person costs 100 yuan, just push the mountain!"

The households in the town are also farmers and usually have to farm. Before working, their income was sold for agricultural and sideline products, and they earned less than a few hundred yuan a year - they sold two large fat pigs for hundreds, but they had to feed them for more than a year, and other incomes were about no.

Hearing Zheng Xuehong's shouts, the residents of the town ran out wildly and went forward to inquire:

"Boss, do you really give 100 yuan?"

"Which village should I push it to?"

"Can you give 50 yuan first? I'm afraid you won't admit it."

"Boss, choose me, I'm very strong!"

“…”

Zheng Xuehong looked like a fox and a tiger with his hands on his hips and said, "Our boss is a young master from Wanwan. If you say you give 100, you will give 100. You, you, you, and you... you all come here, give 20 yuan a deposit first, and then give the remaining 80 yuan to the place before giving it to you."

When they saw that they were really rich, the residents of the town went crazy.

"Boss, don't think Niu San is stronger than me, he is actually not as strong as me."

"Chen Laoer, you fart, I've always been stronger than you."

"If you don't agree, come and compete!"

"Boss, I am a stonemason. I smash stones every day, and I have more strength than them."

"Why don't you choose me? I can run away if I carry a 200 kilogram load."

“…”

Song Weiyang rolled down the car window and looked like a second-generation ancestor: "Don't fight, pick 16 more people. Work in three shifts and rest when you are tired. What's the point of fighting for a few small money?"

Zheng Xuehong immediately said: "You, you, you, and you, all of you come here to change. There are 24 people in total. Those who have not chosen are not allowed to make trouble again, otherwise we will go to another town to pick people."

The 24 selected people immediately glared at the rest of the people. They were all the strongest. If this wealthy business was ruined, it would definitely make the troublemakers shit.

Zheng Xuehong divided the 24 people into three groups, asked them to follow behind, and then drove away slowly.

The shadow of the car disappeared, and the situation in the town remained there and was still talking.

"24 people, it's just 2,400 yuan. This person is such a fool."

"What fool? They are rich big bosses, and they don't take it seriously for a few thousand dollars."

"2,400 yuan is enough for the big fat pig I have raised for six or seven years."

"It will take at least eight years to raise it!"

"I've seen this car before, and it's parked at the door of the credit union."

"I have seen it too, six license plates are easy to remember."

"It would be great if he asked someone to push a cart every day. In a few days, the kids would get the money for their marriage."

“…”

No matter how difficult it is to walk in the mountainous areas, it is easy to push 24 people.

For 100 yuan, they really worked hard and just took the car all the way. Not only did they not feel lost, but they all seemed to have taken advantage of it. Occasionally, a flat section where there was no need to push a cart, these people gritted their teeth and smiled and pushed forward desperately.

They are not short of strength, they are not afraid of enduring hardships, they are only lacking the opportunity to make money, and they are afraid they cannot find hardships.

Migrant workers entered the city on a large scale around 1990. The railway department was not prepared for the Spring Festival travel rush at all. The railways across the country were paralyzed for two consecutive years and could only mobilize people to violently block them. Some railway stations simply beat them with sticks and poke them with bamboo poles, and beat them back to the hardships of wanting to make money.

At that time, migrant workers were not called migrant workers, and newspapers called them "blind flow".

The population that flows blindly into the city.

It is now 1994, the railway system has been upgraded, and the railway paralysis will no longer occur. However, the information in remote rural areas is backward and farmers have narrow horizons. Without acquaintances, they dare not go to the city to work, and even if they enter the city, they will not be able to find a job.

Listening to the shouting behind, Song Weiyang sighed: "Laid-off workers are hard, but farmers are even harder."

"Who said no? But at least it's better than before." Zheng Xuehong said.

The real hard work of farmers is actually not yet here, and it is coming soon.

From 1994 to the abolition of the agricultural tax, it was really hard, and some rural areas were even more bitter than in the 1980s.

Hmm, if you say too much, you will have to 404.

From morning to afternoon, Song Weiyang finally came to the mountain village where Chen Tao was.

More than 20 people and a car came at once, and everyone in the village was alarmed and they all ran to watch the fun.

Song Weiyang pushed the door and got out of the car, put his hands in his pants and said, "For 100 yuan, who washed my car?"

"I!"

"Boss, I'll wash it!"

The man pushing the cart immediately started yelling.
Chapter completed!