Chapter 657 New Year 1990

Gathering together brings good luck, and the sound of firecrackers welcomes the New Year.

On New Year's Eve, Liu Tao's family gathered neatly in the courtyard. Dozens of people seemed very lively. The children were playing in the yard, and the adults were chatting while watching the children.

Except for Liu Ziyu who has not yet married, Liu Hongying, Liu Honglei and Liu Tao each have 4 children, and the children alone have 12.

The older ones are already in college, and the younger ones are still in elementary school.

Liu Ziyu is about to graduate with a doctorate, and he is facing huge pressure during this Spring Festival - urging to get married!

After all, Liu Ziyu will be 26 years old after this year, and 27 years old in terms of age. In this era, 26-year-old women and children can all play soy sauce.

Before, Liu Ziyu was still studying, so naturally she would not face this problem. Now that she is about to graduate, Chen Fang has already started to urge her to get married.

Liu Ziyu ran to play with the children as if he was escaping for his life, and became the king of the children.

Liu Zhenbang was smiling. He had become fatter and fatter over the years. His life had improved a lot, and he had more social activities. Liu Zhenbang had gained a lot of weight. What he was most proud of was not that he was a full-time department-level cadre, but his four children!

As the eldest sister, Liu Hongying stayed in Beijing. Although she did not have a formal job, she managed the family very well. The eldest child was admitted to Peking University, and the second and third children went to key middle schools with excellent grades. Liu Hongying helped the family and helped the store business in recent years. The eldest son-in-law, Qian Huaqiang, was poor at first and had an average family background, but after a few years of hard work, he made a name for himself and became a real billionaire with a net worth of more than 1 billion yuan.

Liu Honglei's family is in Panshan Group. Liu Honglei has also served as the deputy director of the office, the director of the trade union, the deputy leader of the party and mass work group, and a deputy department-level cadre over the years, almost catching up with him as his father. The second son-in-law is the director of the tank engine factory and was just promoted to a full-time department-level cadre this year.

As for Liu Tao, he is the pillar of the family. If it weren't for Liu Tao, he would have been a deputy department-level cadre for his whole life.

Liu Ziyu is the youngest, but he has the highest academic qualifications. He is the first graduate student in the Liu family and will soon be the first doctor!

During the reunion dinner, everyone first raised their glasses to celebrate the Chinese New Year, and then toasted Liu Zhenbang for the second time.

Just a few days ago, the organization talked to Liu Zhenbang. If nothing unexpected happens, Liu Zhenbang will move up one step after the Chinese New Year, and his position in the Ministry of Machinery and Electronics Industry will be promoted by one level.

Although it is only one level, it is actually a world of difference.

According to the latest "Interim Regulations on National Civil Servants", men who are over 60 years old and women who are over 55 years old should retire. If they don't move up one step, Liu Zhenbang will have to prepare to retire this year, or at least retreat to the second line.

But if he moves up one step, it will be different. Liu Zhenbang can work until he is 65 years old before retiring, and his voice will also be greatly improved.

At this time, everyone should naturally toast Liu Zhenbang and congratulate him.

The reunion dinner was lively and lively, and everyone ate the reunion dinner and watched the Spring Festival Gala.

When it was New Year's Eve, everyone couldn't help but count down.

"10, 9, 8,,,, 0!"

When the pointer pointed to 00:00, everyone couldn't help but cheer and applaud.

This means that 1990 has arrived, and the Year of the Horse has officially arrived!

Liu Tao and others lit the fireworks, and the fireworks instantly rose and bloomed in the night sky, which was particularly bright.

At this time, the capital city did not prohibit the setting off of fireworks and firecrackers.

At this time, every household in Shichahai was setting off fireworks and firecrackers, full of the flavor of the New Year, a scene of prosperity.

The children watched the fireworks, cheered, and were very happy.

Liu Tao and his family set off 20 fireworks in the courtyard here, and then it was declared over.

But there are still other families who continue to set off fireworks.

Ten years ago, few people set off fireworks, because everyone was poor at that time and couldn't afford to buy fireworks.

But now, a group of people have become rich.

Even ordinary people have a much better life than before.

In ten years, wages have increased more than ten times!

That night, I don’t know how many people chose to stay up all night.

The next day was the first day of the new year.

In the afternoon of the first day of the new year, Liu Qi and others came to Liu Tao’s place.

The Liu family would choose to gather in the courtyard on this day, and this was the time when they gathered the most in a year.

Liu Qi and others have made a lot of money in the north in recent years. For example, Liu Qi’s personal wealth exceeds 1 billion yuan, which is no less than Qian Huaqiang. The other few who followed Liu Qi to the north have become multi-millionaires at the worst.

Every year, Liu Qi transported a large amount of light industrial products and daily necessities to the Soviet Union. After exchanging them for rubles in the Soviet Union, he bought a large amount of steel, wood, iron ore, copper ore, gold, diamonds, etc. from the Soviet Union and transported them back to China.

Relying on trade in the north, as the relationship between the two sides became increasingly relaxed, the trade volume was rising.

Of course, Liu Qi and his people were doing formal business, and there were also many people doing informal business and becoming traders.

The long border between China and the Soviet Union really had too many loopholes to exploit.

These people made a huge profit.

The Soviet Union's demand for light industrial products and daily necessities was frighteningly huge, like a bottomless pit that could never be filled.

In a few years, Liu Qi and his people also wove a huge network in the Soviet Union.

In the past, many people had many friends in the Soviet Union, and now these friends have been activated one after another.

And the Soviet Union is also undergoing reforms, unlike before.

The Soviet Union's reforms were not successful, and it is a little chaotic at present. Naturally, there are huge business opportunities in the chaos.

Liu Tao listened to Liu Qi's introduction of the Soviet Union and looked thoughtful.

He did not expect that the Soviet Union made a lot of profits every year by relying on oil trade, which made the situation of the Soviet Union far better than the Soviet Union in his impression.

Although the Soviet Union is a little chaotic now, there is no sign of disintegration.

"You said that the situation in Yugoslavia is not good?" Liu Tao asked.

Liu Qi said: "Yes, after Tito's death, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, etc. are not willing to submit to each other. It is a miracle that they are not fighting now."

Yugoslavia is a federal country. The six republics all obtained autonomous status in 1974, and these republics have their own main ethnic groups.

When Tito was in power, it was naturally good. With Tito's prestige and skills, everyone could be brought together. However, after Tito's death, the disadvantages emerged. Every leader would step down in disgrace within three years of taking office.

As for the economy, it was naturally not good.

Yugoslavia, which was originally rich, had a shattered economy less than ten years after Tito's death, and the inflation rate was frighteningly high.

The West did not like Yugoslavia, and the relationship between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia was not good, and it could even be said to be very bad.

Tito often opposed the Soviet Union in those days. He was one of the founders of the international non-aligned movement, and Tito was an outstanding proletarian revolutionary and activist in the international communist movement, and he enjoyed an international reputation.