Zou Chenguang and Chen Shuibing visited the homes of villagers in Shenjiaba. Looking at the full rice bins in everyone's homes, especially the cured bacon hanging under the eaves in Shen Laifu's house.
The two leaders felt much more at ease. Setting aside everything else, if the common people could all live such good lives, where they had enough to eat and even meat.
Even if they were removed from their positions afterward, they would accept it!
"Xiao Chen, this big tile-roofed house?"
As they walked and observed, Chen Yang's newly built large tile-roofed house naturally caught their eye.
When most families still had mud brick walls, a brand new brick and tile structure was no less impressive than a luxurious villa in a village in later generations.
"Uncle, Secretary Chen, to be honest, this house belongs to my family."
"I believe that our country is undergoing reform and opening up. We must allow some people to become rich first, and then they will lead the rest to prosperity. Our goal is to ultimately achieve common prosperity."
"When everyone becomes rich, and everyone lives a comfortable life, isn't that the ultimate goal of our country?"
Chen Yang didn't hide anything. Since he intended to be the first bird, these things would be revealed sooner or later.
It was better to openly present his path to wealth as an example, guiding everyone towards prosperity and a comfortable life.
"Allow some to become rich first, the rich lead the others to become rich, and ultimately achieve common prosperity!"
Listening to Chen Yang's words, the light in Zou Chenguang and Chen Shuibing's eyes grew brighter. Chen Yang's statement was deeply moving!
This was a sentence later refined by countless political scientists, each word representing a dialectic on whether to lean towards capitalism or socialism.
Our ultimate goal is to achieve common prosperity and communism, which is characteristic of Chinese socialism!
Chen Yang had simply borrowed this sentence in advance.
"Xiao Chen, we brothers are completely convinced by you, this young comrade."
"I will report to the leadership as soon as I get back and push for the establishment of the Administration for Industry and Commerce as soon as possible."
"You don't know, there's someone even bolder in our city who dared to open a shop right opposite a state-run department store. If it weren't for your inspiration, the Municipal Management Committee would have already arrested them."
"Now I want to study this, to see the feasibility of individual industrial and commercial households you mentioned, but I can't decide this alone, it has to be reported to the leadership."
Seeing Chen Yang's large tile-roofed house, Zou Chenguang was quite shocked. If everyone could live in such a large tile-roofed house in the future, what a happy world it would be!
"Uncle, the bold person you mentioned, that's me."
"That radio shop is mine. I want to be the first individual industrial and commercial household in the country!"
Chen Yang spread his hands helplessly. Before he could speak, Zou Chenguang had already brought up the radio shop with his own emotions.
Hearing his words, Zou Chenguang's eyes widened as he stared at Chen Yang. He no longer knew what to say.
He had been so shocked by Chen Yang that he had become numb. He couldn't imagine how many more "outrageous" things Chen Yang dared to do to shock him.
"You, you, I will try my best to advocate for you with the leadership later."
Originally, Zou Chenguang just wanted to advocate, but after hearing that the shop was opened by Chen Yang, he had made up his mind to get the matter of individual households settled.
In such a short time, he had been shocked by Chen Yang countless times.
Zou Chenguang didn't know what was happening to him. After living for so long, he was suddenly filled with passion by a young man.
"Uncle, then I thank you."
"Uncle, Secretary Chen, it happens to be my housewarming today, why don't you do us the honor and have a simple meal at home?"
Chen Yang naturally sensed Zou Chenguang's goodwill. After the new house was built, only the topping-out ceremony had been held, and they hadn't had time to move in before they went to find their child.
Now that the child was found and the charcoal had been burned to air out the dampness of the new house for a few days, they were planning to move in today, a double celebration!
"That would be great, Chen Ya Zi, we'll have a feast today."
They wouldn't be able to return to the city for lunch today, and where they ate lunch didn't make much difference to Zou Chenguang.
Everyone could tell that his remark about having a feast was a joke, and it was because Director Zou had a good relationship with Chen Yang that he would joke.
Chen Shuijun also had no objections. Saving a meal allowance could be used to subsidize technicians. This time, he would have to arrange for more technicians and make sure to achieve good results with the paddy field fish.
This was the era, when leaders didn't have the airs of later generations. In those days, there were even secretaries who squatted in the corners with the villagers, eating steamed buns together.
Coupled with the good relationship between Chen Yang and Zou Chenguang, it was possible to invite two leaders to dine at home, which would be absolutely impossible in later generations.
Since they had already planned to move into the new house, Shen Futang had bought a lot of vegetables on his way back from the aquatic product station.
With so many leaders dining at their home, Shen Xue and Liu Chunmei, mother and daughter, put all their efforts into preparing a table full of delicacies.
Zou Chenguang and Chen Shuijun were both from military backgrounds, and their alcohol tolerance was truly impressive.
Fortunately, his father-in-law had a scholarly background and grew up drinking alcohol, so he was able to keep up with the drinking. Otherwise, Chen Yang alone would have been drunk for sure.
"Xiao Dong Gua, your father and mother are both exemplary. Next time you go to Qinghe City with your dad, come to my house and play with your brother Gou. That boy is always asking to play with you at home."
Zou Chenguang looked at Chen Hao and thought of his own son.
Zou Jingze's hand was disabled by the kidnappers. Although his personality had matured, he had also become more withdrawn and had difficulty playing with other normal children.
As parents, they naturally cared for him. Only Chen Hao, because he was kidnapped with Zou Jingze, could the two children play together, as indicated by their special nicknames.
"Uncle, I miss Brother Gou too."
Chen Hao looked at Zou Chenguang, he missed his big brother who had protected him from the kidnappers.
"We'll go to the city in a few days, Dad will take you."
Chen Yang gently petted his son's round head, feeling sorry for Chen Hao who had suffered greatly at the hands of the traffickers.
"Xiao Chen, speaking of which, we are of the same clan. You saved my nephew, which makes you a brother to me, Chen Ya Zi. Today, I'll have a drink with you to congratulate you on your double happiness today: finding your son and moving into a new home."
At the dinner table, listening to Zou Chenguang and Chen Yang's accounts, he learned about the connection between them and understood the hardships his old squad leader and his wife had endured over the past two years.
Chen Yang saving Zou Jingze was a great kindness to the old squad leader's family.
Their comrades considered each other as brothers who would die for each other, and they treated each other's children as their own. That was why Chen Shuijun treated Chen Yang so well.
"Thank you, Secretary Chen. I echo your good wishes for double happiness."
Chen Yang drank with joy. His son was back, he had both a son and a daughter, and he had a new house. Wasn't life beautiful?