Chapter 146

He had been in the factory for two months, earning a monthly salary plus piecework bonuses totaling over 13,000 yuan.

Back at Foxconn, even when Zhang Kun worked himself to the bone every month, he only made around 7,000.

Fengyi Technology's wages were nearly double those of Foxconn.

Not to mention that at year-end, the company unexpectedly gave each employee an extra bonus equal to five months' base salary, amounting to 25,000 yuan.

In his best year at Foxconn, Zhang Kun's year-end bonus had been merely 2,000 yuan.

To be honest, upon receiving this year-end bonus, he simply could not believe it.

At the same time, a wave of emotion surged deep within his heart.

He swore that as long as Fengyi Technology stood, he was willing to work there for the rest of his life.

There were quite a few people at Fengyi Technology just like Zhang Kun.

The workers at Fengyi Technology felt an overwhelming sense of identification with the company; over the past several months,

not a single case of resignation had occurred.

Many people had come to regard Fengyi Technology's blue work uniforms as a source of pride.

At the very least, within the Songjiang Entrepreneurial Park, no enterprise had ever offered wages as high as those given by Fengyi.

After distributing the year-end bonuses,

Fengyi Technology temporarily announced a production halt.

This immediately caused

a surge in demand for Fengyi Technology's Super Power 18650 batteries on Taobao and Jingdong.

However, by this time, Lin Yi was already aboard a flight from Modu to Guiyang.

His bodyguards, Xing Ming and Wang Wang Wang Guozhang, accompanied him.

Although it was his first time flying on such a commercial airliner,

to be honest, Lin Yi's total flight hours might even exceed those of commercial airline pilots.

Moreover, compared to the speed of a J-20 fighter jet,

this commercial passenger plane felt exceedingly leisurely.

The journey from Pudong Airport to Guiyang took a little over three hours in total.

It was not until noon that Lin Yi finally exited Guiyang Airport.

Immediately afterward, Wang Wang Wang Guozhang and Xing Ming went to a car rental company,

secured two Mercedes-Benz S600s, and drove toward the mountain roads leading to Lin Yi's hometown.

Fortunately, during the two years Lin Yi had been away from home,

the government had funded the construction of roads in the mountainous region, making it far less difficult for vehicles to enter than before.

Even so, covering those dozens of kilometers of mountain road

still took Xing Ming more than two hours.

The vehicles continued driving until they reached a mountain village, where they slowly came to a stop.

Looking at the mountain village before him, which remained unchanged from two years ago, Lin Yi sighed inwardly:

"I'm back!"

"Big cars, big cars... the big cars are here!"

Even though it was already 2016, children in the mountains still found cars quite novel.

After all, very few vehicles entered or left the mountain village each year.

For most people who went outside to work, if they could drive a car back home at year's end,

it was considered something worth boasting about.

Not to mention that the cars Lin Yi arrived in this time bore the three-pointed star emblem.

The appearance of these two vehicles immediately drew sideways glances from many villagers.

"Whose family is that? A big Mercedes, and even two of them..."

"Those are license plates from Guiyang..."

"Did they strike it rich out there?"

Quite a few people stood at their doorways, cracking melon seeds and watching the scene with envy.

As for Lin Yi, he spotted many familiar faces among these villagers.

Under Lin Yi's direction, the vehicles drove from the village entrance all the way up to the slope.

They finally came to a halt before a small wooden gate set within a wall constructed of stacked stones.

Once the car stopped, Lin Yi quickly stepped out, pushed open the wooden gate,

and immediately before his eyes lay a large courtyard; in one corner of the yard stood a chicken coop,

with several chickens confined inside.

Besides that, there was also a pigsty,

where a large fat pig lay on the ground while several piglets rested nearby.

Perhaps alerted by the noise, a somewhat aged middle-aged woman emerged from the house and called out:

"Who is it?"

When she saw Lin Yi dressed in a black trench coat, she first froze in surprise, then erupted into wild joy.

"My child!"

The woman was naturally Lin Yi's mother, Xie Xie Hongxia.

Having not seen each other for over two years, his mother naturally missed him terribly.

And how could Lin Yi feel any differently? His eyes grew slightly moist.

Xie Xie Hongxia held him for a while, her eyes brimming with tears,

before finally taking a careful look at Lin Yi.

"Mm, you've gotten fairer, and sturdier... even more handsome too. It seems my child hasn't been suffering out there...."

"Of course not, I've been living very well out there, and even went into business with a partner!"

Lin Yi said, reporting only the good news and hiding the bad.

To tell the truth, he had endured quite a bit of hardship during his first year in Modu,

and things only improved slightly in the second year.

But Lin Yi would never tell his parents about these things;

generally, he just bit the bullet and swallowed his pain.

At this moment, his mother also noticed the two burly men standing beside Lin Yi.

"Who are these two....!?"

"These two are my colleagues; they accompanied me back this time..."

Lin Yi said.

"Oh my, then please come in quickly! I'll go make some tea for you!"

Xie Xie Hongxia said.

However, Xing Ming and the other man would never let their boss's mother make tea for them.

Instead, they made an excuse about needing to move some items and stepped outside for a moment.

Xie Xie Hongxia was about to say something about this, but Lin Yi asked:

"Dad, where is Xiao Wan?"

"Didn't you call and say you'd be back this afternoon? He went to the village entrance to welcome you. What, didn't you meet him!?"

his mother said.

"Xiao Wan went along with him!"

Hearing this, Lin Yi shook his head.

— Author's Notes —

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