It was still 1988. It was still necessary to go to the capital by train. It was impossible to fly by plane. At this time, only cadres at the division level or above could purchase air tickets with a letter of introduction from their unit.

This requirement will not be lifted until the early 1990s, but proofs such as letters of introduction and work permits are still required.

It was 1993 that ordinary people were able to fly by plane at will.

So Jiang Xiaobai went to the capital with Song Xin, Li Longquan, Zhao Xiaojin and others "what's more, what's more".

Fortunately, this time we had a soft sleeper carriage, so luckily we didn’t encounter any train robbers this time.

In fact, it should be said that in the past two years after a severe crackdown, social order has relatively improved a lot.

A large number of educated youths who had nowhere to put their passion joined the army going to sea. Some were assigned jobs, and of course some disappeared during the severe crackdown.

Except for some coastal and southern cities where social security is not very good due to the influx of a large number of people, other areas are relatively much better.

After getting off the bus in Beijing, I didn't find any hotel to stay in.

Jiang Xiaobai has several courtyard houses in the capital, and Song Xin and Zhao Xiaojin can just go back to Song Xin's house to live there.

Song Hanbin's price is not low, and his family's house is very large, so he can definitely live in it.

In Juer Hutong, Jiang Xiaobai has not been back for several years.

Walking into the alley is full of memories. The big locust tree at the entrance of the alley is still there, and the children in the alley are still running crazy.

However, there were two cars parked at the entrance of the alley, and bicycles were going in and out.

"Xiaobai, is it Xiaobai?" An old man carrying a bird cage just came out of the alley, looked at Jiang Xiaobai, rubbed his eyes, and said.

"Uncle Wang, it's me. I'm going to walk the birds. I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you?" Jiang Xiaobai said with a smile.

If I remember correctly, this Uncle Wang belongs to the second family in the alley. It is said that his ancestors wore yellow mandarins. When the family was in trouble two years ago, they only kept a bird cage.

Judging from my clothes in the past two years, the conditions should have improved and there are birds in the bird cage again.

"Oh, it's really you, kid. I left a few years ago and never came back. By the way, how are you and your ridiculously beautiful partner?"

Uncle Wang still remembers Zhao Xinyi.

"It's good. We got married two years ago and gave birth to a child last year." Jiang Xiaobaicong took out Chinese cigarettes from his pocket and offered them to the old man.

In fact, Jiang Xiaobai has not been to the capital in the past two years, but every time he fights, he is in a hurry, and he has never been back to Ju'er Hutong.

"You kid, you won't even come back to tell your neighbors when you get married."

"Hey, this is Xiaobai, right? I haven't been back for a long time." Aunt Liu from the first family also came out. She looked at Jiang Xiaobai for a moment before she recognized him, and immediately gathered around him.

In fact, Jiang Xiaobai has not lived in Juer Hutong for a long time, but Jiang Xiaobai has a very good relationship with his neighbors.

At that time, Jiang Xiaobai's home sold a color TV set, and the children in the alley would go to Jiang Xiaobai's home to watch TV as soon as Jiang Xiaobai came back.

Jiang Xiaobai didn't care about the electricity bill, and would prepare fruits, melon seeds, peanut candies, etc., and sometimes cook and feed the children meat.

Therefore, most of the people in the alley are still in favor of Jiang Xiaobai, and their relationship with Jiang Xiaobai is also good.

After a while, many people gathered in the alley. After chatting for a long time, Jiang Xiaobai opened the door to his yard.

This is the advantage of having a private courtyard. Of course, Jiang Xiaobai also worked hard for this private courtyard.

Leaves fell all over the yard, and Li Longquan immediately picked up the broom to clean them up.

Jiang Xiaobai also opened the doors of several rooms and tidied them up one by one.

After working for most of the day, as the sun set, I finally finished packing.

It was still afternoon, and Song Xin and Zhao Xiaojin came over to help clean up.

Jiang Xiaobai turned on the TV, but he didn't expect that it could still be used. At this time, the quality of the TV was really hard to say.

It's been sitting there for several years and there haven't been any problems.

There was no way to open fire at home, so Song Hanbin happened to hear that Jiang Xiaobai had returned to the capital and wanted to treat Jiang Xiaobai to dinner.

The place to eat is not far away, just in Donglaishun. Jiang Xiaobai didn't turn off the TV, closed the door, and the group walked towards Donglaishun.

"Brother Song."

"Xiaobai." Jiang Xiaobai and Song Hanbin hugged each other.

"Brother, I haven't seen you for several years. You are becoming more and more prosperous now. I have seen a lot of news about your Huaqing Holdings Company in the newspapers." Song Hanbin said with a smile.

"Our township and village enterprises are small and small, and compared with your state-owned enterprises, they are little brothers." Jiang Xiaobai said.

"Okay, why are you trying to be so modest with me? Let's go. I haven't had mutton hotpot in Dong Laishun for several years, right?"

"Don't say that, you're so panicked." Jiang Xiaobai laughed.

A group of people walked into Dong Laishun. It was an April day and there was nothing out of place about making hot pot. Everyone was sweating profusely after eating.

"Come, Brother Song, I'll toast you with another drink." Jiang Xiaobai said while holding the wine glass.

"Come on, let's go one by one." Song Hanbin and Jiang Xiaobai put their arms around their shoulders and called themselves brothers. Song Xin beside them was a little embarrassed.

Jiang Xiaobai has asked his niece to pour wine more than once.

"Xiaobai, I heard from Xin'er that you are recruiting in the university this time in the capital?" Song Hanbin asked.

"Well, our township enterprises cannot compare with your state-owned enterprises. Your business is huge and requires technology and talents. We have no choice but to go out and see if we can recruit some talents." Jiang Xiaobai nodded and said.

"Shit, state-owned enterprises look brilliant now, but they have been going downhill. I don't know how many years they can last. Do you know the first batch of national outstanding entrepreneurs selected a few days ago?"

Song Hanbin asked.

Jiang Xiaobai nodded and said, "I've heard of it."

"Look at those 20 or so people. They are all factory directors and managers from various provinces who are famous for their contract system, except of course Mr. Zhou."

Song Hanbin said, the Mr. Zhou he was talking about was Factory Director Zhou of Longgang Steel.

Jiang Xiaobai also knew him, and Mr. Zhou was among the first batch of people to be reformed.

"We are the first group of people to participate in the reform of state-owned enterprises, but we have made changes over and over again, but there is no good way.

At that time, we were carrying out reforms in the production system, and I felt that we could still retain the company. As long as we solved the workers' lazy work style and introduced some advanced production lines, the problem would be solved.
Chapter completed!