Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

Chapter 604: The Rise of Reform and Opening-up

Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang got married a few years ago. Yan Bugui was very generous and gave them 300 yuan each, helped them prepare the wedding banquet, and let the two boys get married in a grand manner.

At the beginning, Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang still had a grudge against Yan Bugui. After they ran away, they wanted to do the same as the brothers Liu Guangtian and Li Guangfu and simply break off the relationship with Yan Bugui.

Later, under Lin Geng's persuasion, they reluctantly agreed not to break off the relationship with Yan Bugui and occasionally go home to see Yan Bugui and his wife. After coming back a few times, they also felt that their parents had changed a lot and no longer schemed against them like before. So they went home more often, and the relationship between father and son became gradually more harmonious.

Especially when Yan Jiecheng found a girlfriend and brought her home to discuss marriage, he was a little nervous, fearing that Yan Bugui would cause trouble again and drive his wife away. But Yan Bugui was very generous this time. He not only took out 300 yuan and gave it to Yan Jiecheng, but also covered the cost of the wedding banquet, which almost shocked Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang.

Later, the banquet was also very grand. Lin Geng came out to help with the ingredients, which were quite cheap. Sha Zhu showed his skills as a chef, and several tables were set up in the yard, making Yan Jiecheng's wedding very grand and prestigious. From then on, Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang and their siblings had a greatly changed impression of Yan Bugui and their mother, and the family became much closer.

Later, when Yan Jiefang got married, Yan Bugui gave the couple 300 yuan as the start-up capital for their small family. Yan Jiefang was so moved that he cried on the spot, and took his wife to assure Yan Bugui that he would be filial to them in the future.

Yan Bugui finally came to his senses after being warned by Lin Geng. He realized that family affection is more important than money. Lin Geng had been scheming all day long and had taken away all the affection between him and his children. He almost caused his children to break off contact with him and his wife like Liu Guangtian and Li Guangfu did.

What's more, he was not really short of money. He had saved a lot of money all along because of his careful budgeting and constant calculations. He was not as short of money as he said before.

When he understood and stopped calculating like before, the family atmosphere naturally became harmonious. Now the family often gets together. Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang often bring their wives and children home, and they will take the initiative to buy some things to visit Yan Bugui and his wife.

Yan Bugui knew who had brought their family to this situation. Even after he resumed classes this time, he was promoted three grades and was appointed as the director of the Academic Affairs Office. Lin Geng had made an indispensable contribution to this. So the first thing he did when he came back was to treat Lin Geng to a drink. Of course, he also had to treat Sha Zhu and Xu Damao in return.

After all, Sha Zhu and Xu Damao had treated Yan Bugui to many meals over the years, and Yan Bugui knew that he needed to treat them back when the time was right.

After a round of drinking, everyone was having a great time. After Yan Bugui got drunk, he kept thanking Lin Geng, saying that the current situation of their family was all thanks to Lin Geng.

Lin Geng was quite pleased with the performance of Yan Bugui's family. His efforts were finally not in vain. At least Yan Bugui no longer had to worry about no one taking care of him and his wife when they were old.

Two years after the wind stopped, the country finally held a conference to determine the future direction of reform and opening up. Lin Geng had been paying attention to the news in this regard. When he saw from the newspaper that the central government had decided to carry out reform and opening up, Lin Geng was so excited that he almost burst into tears. He had finally waited for this day, and he could finally carry out his grand plans.

In fact, he is not very short of money now, he is even very rich. Over the years, he has relied on the output of the small world and sold the output of the small world through various channels. He has accumulated a lot of money over the years.

In addition, he also raided the lairs of Lu Mingjian, Li Huaide and some other notorious rebel leaders in Sijiu City who became famous after the revolution, and seized a large amount of wealth that they had accumulated through various means. He also seized a large amount of money, gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, valuable calligraphy and paintings and other property from them.

Now he has counted it once, and found that he has nearly 300,000 yuan in cash alone in his small world. In addition, there are several boxes of yellow croakers of different sizes, weighing dozens of kilograms. Although the price of gold is still very low, only a dozen yuan, but if dozens of kilograms of gold are converted into money, it will be at least 100,000 yuan.

This does not include the large number of antiques, silver dollars, famous paintings and calligraphy, various Ming and Qing furniture, and various cultural relics and antiques obtained from those bad guys. God knows how much they would be worth if they were sold.

Furthermore, Lin Geng is still a landlord. Over the years, in addition to the two small courtyard houses left to him by the Lou family when they left, he has not been idle over the years. He has also secretly bought three courtyard houses with two or three entrances in various parts of the city at almost bargain prices. Although private transactions of houses were prohibited before the reform and opening up, there are still ways to deal with it.

There are always some gray areas, and some workarounds can always be found. Lin Geng spent some money and found some connections to change the way these courtyard houses were owned by himself, and temporarily handed them over to the street office to rent out to some residents. Even the street office was grateful to him. After all, the population of Beijing is increasing and housing is in short supply. Lin Geng is willing to hand over his house to the street office for rental, which can solve the accommodation problems of many people, but the ownership of the property still belongs to Lin Geng.

Therefore, even if Lin Geng does nothing now, he can still live a very comfortable life relying on the properties he has now. A few decades later, let alone anything else, just relying on those courtyard houses, he can become a wealthy man worth many small goals.

But Lin Geng was not willing to lie down and be a salted fish. In the 1980s, if he lay down, it would be a shame to be reborn again. It can be said that in this era, there is gold everywhere. Standing at the vent of the wind, as long as you find the right project, even a pig can rise against the wind. Why should he lie down and be a salted fish?

He is very clear about the development trend of the next era. He can make a lot of money by just choosing some projects. It is difficult not to make money.

In the first two years after the wind stopped, the steel mill, under the management of Director Yang, regained some of its former glory. The output increased greatly compared to the period when the wind started, which made the workers in the steel mill smile. The work positions in the steel mill became very popular. The price of a work position increased from 600 to 700 yuan to more than 2,000 yuan. There was still no demand, and no one was willing to transfer their work positions.