Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

She has wanted to go for a long time.

"Mom, leave it to me! I will definitely make your trip worry-free!" Cao Leyao patted her chest. This was her area.

"You two." Lou Xiao'e said helplessly, "It's almost time. We are going to do some serious work. We have to stay in Pengcheng for a while."

"What does it matter? We can go sooner or later. Brother Wei said that we will come over to play together after the New Year. We can also bring our master and his wife."

"Why do you only know how to play?" Lou Xiao'e rubbed Qin Jingru's cheek and said viciously: "Work! Work!"

"Girl, look at the ugly faces of capitalists!"

The roar of the plane gradually faded away.

After getting off the plane, Secretary Jin drove a car over to pick up the three of them.

Qin Jingru leaned on the car window and looked at the scenery on the road.

The more I look at it, the more something seems wrong.

"Didn't they say that this place is developing economically? Why are the roads like this? And..."

Qin Jingru couldn't continue speaking. There wasn't even a decent building here.

"Ma'am, this was a small fishing village before. It will take a long time to build it up. Our farm is better."

"The farm over here? What does it look like?"

"We are going to our farm." Lou Xiao'e said.

The farm in the south is much more majestic than the one in the north.

The main reason was that Lou Xiao'e said she was planning to build a farm. Without further ado, her superior brought over a map and circled it with a pen while asking, "Is it enough? Do you want more?"

Before Lou Xiao'e could say anything, she drew another circle: "Is it enough?"

Lou Xiao'e was so scared that she quickly said "enough, enough".

If they have land, they will really give it to them. Bank loans and the like will be approved quickly.

Once we entered the farm, the road became smooth.

What surprised Qin Jingru was that the buildings here were now lined up in rows, although they were all dilapidated before.

"Is this a farm? Aren't these all residential areas?" Qin Huairu didn't understand.

The road they were walking on was different from the deserted one before. On the surrounding streets, there were people selling vegetables, clothes, and stalls. There were even many restaurants and various shops. Further in, there were five- or six-story houses. From the outside, the balconies were full of clothes. It was obvious that this place was crowded and prosperous.

Cao Leyao was also curious. She had been to Pengcheng before, but she had never stayed there. She always went directly to Hong Kong.

In her memory, this place seemed to be a deserted place. She came here once with Lou Xiao'e and never came here again.

"This can be called a small town. Cao Leyao."

"Have!"

"Listen carefully. Business can bring more than just its own profits. Your father often says that when you start a company, you should also shoulder some social responsibilities while making money. What is social responsibility? It means solving the problems of food, clothing, housing and transportation for some people. That's what he did in Sijiu City, and he does the same here."

"It can be said that our family has made a great contribution to the construction of this town. The residential buildings here actually belonged to our farm. But later on, they were gradually divided out."

"Divide it out?" Cao Leyao was shocked.

In Hong Kong, among other things, she knows the value of real estate.

Although the housing prices in the inland are not high at present, she firmly believes that they will go up sooner or later. If it is given to employees to live in, then it's no big deal, but can it be given away for free?

"Just divide it." Qin Jingru glanced at her daughter and said, "Don't really learn from those capitalists, or you'll end up hanging by a tree. What do you need so much money for? You can't bring it with you when you're born, and you can't take it with you when you die."

"Mom, you are so shameless! I've seen you many times, secretly going to Uncle Ye to buy antiques!"

"That won't cost much."

"That's not enough..." Cao Leyao stopped talking. It should be said that compared with the house given away for free, antiques at this stage are really not worth much money. If you really want them, go to the Friendship Store. There are so many antiques there. They are real and genuine. They can't be fake. But how much are those things? The expensive ones are hundreds, and the cheap ones are dozens.

"What your mother bought will increase in value in the future. Let's not talk about that. Let's talk about the social responsibility of the company. Ensuring that the employees under your command have enough food, warm clothes, and no worries, this is a sense of responsibility."

"Is this different from state-owned enterprises?" Cao Leyao was a little confused.

"That's different." Lou Xiao'e shook her head. "We have the power to make decisions, but state-owned enterprises don't. In comparison, we value profits more. As long as we work hard, we can have a good life. State-owned enterprises value relationships more. As long as you don't commit suicide, you can survive. There is a gap between the two. The former can maintain the stable operation of the enterprise, but the latter, at this stage, is not so good."

"Then why did you choose the latter?"

"I know, I know." Qin Jingru raised her hand.

"The original intention of any system is good. You cannot deny whether a system is correct or not. We have the power to make decisions, which means that the company is in our hands. Our current decision is correct, so the entire company looks vibrant. But what if one day our decision is wrong? Moreover, when we focus on the benefits that can be created, we often ignore the most fundamental things in human nature. If this company cannot make money continuously, sooner or later, the company will be in chaos because of the distribution of benefits."

"Let's talk about the current state-owned enterprise problem. In fact, at the beginning, our country's strategy was to believe that everyone was good, and the first generation of leaders also had this kind of appeal. But..." At this point, Qin Jingru sighed, "But the result was not satisfactory. The appeal was there, and everyone was able to work together, but as time went by, some people were unwilling to work, wanted to cheat, and wanted to eat as much as they could."

"You should think carefully about the benefits provided by state-owned enterprises. Do they provide everyone with a worry-free environment, so that everyone can shine in their own positions?"

"To some extent, this is standard idealism." Lou Xiao'e added, "If everyone can do this, then maybe..." At this point, Lou Xiao'e shook her head, "It's unlikely. So, we can only take it slowly, with the top leaders taking the lead and us taking the small lead, and slowly develop this society."

Cao Leyao opened her mouth slightly. She had never looked at a problem from this perspective before. All she thought about in the past was how to make money.

But thinking back, does she really need money?

The answer is no.