Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

In Wei Jianshe's family, only his mother was enthusiastic about setting up stalls. Wei Jianshe never mentioned his sister or sister-in-law in front of Ye Fan. Ye Fan subconsciously believed that other members of the Wei family, like Chang Guangrong's family, thought that setting up stalls was not a serious job.

Unexpectedly, they looked down upon small-scale operations and always wanted to make big money.

Who doesn't want to make a lot of money? Ye Fan also wants to wake up and develop a computer motherboard, and sell the computers he independently develops and produces all over the country. But is it possible?

Wei Jianshe is 25 years old this year. His sister and sister-in-law are only one or two years older than him and are not children either. They are married and have children, but they still don't know how to be down-to-earth.

Ye Fanxin said, not as good as Chen Xiaohui.

Chen Xiaohui's narrow-mindedness is caused by her living environment. Wei Jianshe's family was born in the imperial city, and she has seen Wei Jianshe doing business for several years, so even if she has been influenced by him, she should not take it for granted.

Ye Fan said to her mother-in-law, "It's not time to let go. I'll wait and see for another year or two. I'm sure my uncles won't suffer any loss."

Yu Wentao said, "It's not just your uncle. Xiao Ming, Dong Ying and Xiao Zhi all trust us. We can't cheat them and let the neighbors gossip about us."

Ye Fan nodded: "I understand."

Recently, Ye Fan's five full-time employees were all at school, and there was no one in the office. Ye Fan went to the office after dinner and was busy as usual until almost eleven o'clock before opening the door.

A few days ago, the whole street was empty except for agricultural and sideline products and handicraft workshops. Today, Ye Fan saw no less than five people selling shoes, socks and clothing from the north to the door of Dong Ying's store. There were also several people on both sides of Dong Ying's store.

The reason was that Ye Fan's clothes made passers-by stop and look, Dong Ying's store became popular, and the middlemen saw business opportunities.

Ye Fan was amused and angry but didn't complain. It was better for them to be so unrefined than to rob people on the street or steal on the bus when they were broke. But it was not like Ye Fan to do nothing.

The next morning, Wei Jianshe went to Ye Fan to get the goods. Ye Fan asked him to tidy up the store and sell them in the store later.

Wei Jianshe looked embarrassed: "Didn't Xiao Ming say you were selling it over there?"

Ye Fan: "Are you afraid of losing business? Our prices are the same, and the clothes in our store are the same. People will think we are one family. If your business is good and you sell more, I will make money, right?
Wei Jianshe nodded: "Ask Brother Xiao Ming to help me clean up in the evening, make a few clothes racks, and set up two fitting rooms and then open the doors?"

"The weather has been good recently, let's move there as soon as possible." Ye Fan said.

When Wei Jianshe heard Zhang Xiaoming say that Ye Fan's business was doing well, he thought that Ye Fan hoped that he could finish the business as soon as possible and make more money there, so he asked Zhang Xiaoming to accompany him to the building materials market at noon. He selected a lot of things and asked someone to deliver them to him in a truck.

In the evening, Wei Jianshe and Zhang Xiaoming went to the store to clean up.

It was Wei Jianshe who helped Zhang Xiaoming to run his store. The two of them got to know each other well after a while, and since he only had one store, he only had to work for three or four hours every night, and it would be done in half a month.

Wei Jianshe and Zhang Xiaoming's shops both have two floors. Wei Jianshe's home is not as spacious as his aunt's, where people can live on the second floor. Wei Jianshe simply moved into the shop and told his family that he had rented a shop.

Wei Jianshe sold things with Zhang Xiaoming every day, and sometimes he brought others with him. Several people sold things in one place. Even if they made a lot of money, from the Wei family's point of view, the daily profit should be divided among several people, and Wei Jianshe did not have much money in his hands, so no one suspected that his house was bought.

When Wei Jianshe was renovating his house, Ye Fan encountered customers complaining that she often didn't open the door. She said that her husband usually lived in the company and she needed to take care of the whole family, young and old, and she was too busy. Then she pointed to the closed door across the street and said that it was her neighbor's store, and his goods were also picked up in the south.

On the day of Wei Jianshe's opening, Ye Fan took a few female and male comrades to Hangzhou to select clothing for the Gregorian calendar and the Spring Festival. When Ye Fan's old customer saw that she was closed again, he complained a little, turned around and saw that the store across the street was open, and immediately went over. After looking around inside and confirming that the clothing was the same as in Ye Fan's store, the customer smiled and joked, "The leaders of the country are not as busy as your neighbors."

Wei Jianshe smiled and said, "I went to the south to get the goods."

The old customer asked hurriedly: "When did you leave? When will you be back?"

Wei Jianshe: "Last night. I can't say when he will be back. It depends on the situation. It will take at least five or six days at the earliest."

The old customer subconsciously believed that Ye Fan’s goods came from Guangzhou. After calculating the distance between Guangzhou and the capital, he believed it and decided to come again next weekend.

The next day, the old customer came to the office and couldn't help but tell the female comrade Ye Fan, who had a good relationship with him, that there were new goods in the store.

Zhang Xiaoming also went this time.

The road is not safe, and it is definitely not possible to leave the wholesale business to a few female comrades. But Chang Guangrong alone is not enough, and he cannot protect the female comrades when encountering hooligans who hijack the train. Ye Fan initially planned to train Wei Jianshe, but once Wei Jianshe's sister and sister-in-law found out that he was buying goods in wholesale, they would definitely ask Aunt Qian to come forward and order Wei Jianshe to take them with him.

Ye Fan didn't want to cause trouble for himself, so even though Zhang Xiaoming couldn't fight, Ye Fan decided to take him along, since he was a man after all. Two men and four women were considered a large force.

Ye Fan met the head of the garment factory, who asked her if the Wei people who came a few days ago were her neighbors. Ye Fan answered directly that they were not, but were from the same street.

The leader was not surprised at all. He smiled silently and took Ye Fan to see the goods.

Ye Fan wholesaled five train cars this time and did not plan to go to Hangzhou before the New Year. However, she still had to go to Guangzhou. Many people asked Zhang Xiaoming if he had any tapes or Walkmans.

Ye Fan rested at home for a few days, and then she, Chang Guangrong and the four brothers from Yujiacun went to Yangcheng.

Each person was given two woven bags, and they were sent to the car. After Ye Fan put the goods in the car, he collapsed in his seat due to exhaustion.

Chang Guangrong wiped his sweat and said, "Don't carry it like this in the future."

Ye Fan nodded: "After the New Year, if we can come up with 60,000 or 70,000 yuan, we can rent a train to transport a carload of goods."

Yu's eldest son couldn't help but ask, "A train cassette?"

Ye Fan nodded: "Unfortunately we don't have that much money right now, so we can only carry it back ourselves."

Cousin Yu asked quietly, "Where's my aunt?"

Ye Fan shook his head: "I have never used her money."

Chang Guangrong was surprised when he heard this: "Then where did you get so much money?"

Ye Fan: "My father's coffin book."

"No wonder." Chang Guangrong saw that his brothers didn't understand, "Sister Ye's father is richer than Aunt Yu."

Ye Fan nodded and was about to say something when he suddenly heard someone mention "setting up a factory". Ye Fan subconsciously swallowed his words and looked in the direction of the voice. There were three men and two women who looked like cadres from a state-owned unit. Each of them was holding a newspaper in their hands and seemed to be chatting about the contents of the newspaper.

Ye Fan had been out twice recently and had no time to read the newspaper. He suspected that there was a new policy from above, so he winked at Chang Guangrong.

Chang Guangrong took out a cigarette from his pocket, walked up to the group, stopped, stared at the newspaper, and asked with pretended interest, "What are you reading, buddy?"

The man sitting at the aisle was very unhappy to be disturbed. He looked up and was greeted with a cigarette. The man did not smoke and felt embarrassed to be angry as the other person was so polite. He pointed to the content in the newspaper and explained that now private individuals could also set up factories and register companies.

Chang Guangrong, like Ye Fan, thought that this matter would take another year or two, and was really surprised to hear this: "Can you let me see it?"

The man sitting opposite the man took the cigarette and gave Chang Guangrong the newspaper he had just read. Chang Guangrong immediately went back to the sleeper car and gave the newspaper to Ye Fan.

Ye Fan fell silent after reading it.

Chang Guangrong asked: "What's wrong?"

"It is indeed possible to set up a private factory, but it must be in the Bincheng Special Economic Zone," Ye Fan said.

Chang Guangrong asked: "What should we do then?"

Ye Fan hesitated for a moment: "Aren't individuals allowed to apply for business licenses now? Let's get the business license first. We will go to Jinshi to buy two stores and register a company. Jinshi and Bincheng are both special economic zones, there is no reason why Bincheng can do it but Jinshi cannot."

Chang Guangrong took the newspaper back and looked at it carefully: "They have Hong Kong capital."

Ye Fan shook his head: "It should have nothing to do with Hong Kong capital. Didn't the newspaper say that it was authorized by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce? When I get to the capital, I'll take the materials and ask about it."

Chang Guangrong: "Shall I go with you?"

Ye Fan smiled and shook his head: "People will think that we are trying to scare them. I will ask first."

Ye Fan had asked someone to inquire about the business license before, but even if he had obtained it two years ago, the industrial and commercial department could take it away at will. In the past two years, there are many people in the market, and individual businesses can be seen in the streets and alleys. The comrades from the industrial and commercial department need to work for a long time to collect the licenses from door to door. Ye Fan felt that it would not be as easy as before, so he planned to apply for it after the New Year.

Ye Fan had previously told her father that this matter would be included in the legal and compliant one or two years.

Since he had to go through the formalities, Ye Fan thought it would be better to do it all at once, so when he returned to the capital, Ye Fan first took several uncles from the Yu family, Zhang Xiaoming, and Wei Jianshe to get the business license.

After resting at home for two days, Ye Fan went to the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.

Ye Fan was wearing a coat and leather shoes that day, and she claimed that she graduated from Peking University. The comrades from the industrial and commercial department saw that she was not an ordinary person and were worried that they would be accused of something if they were negligent, so they patiently explained to her that private factories were not allowed in the capital at present.

Ye Fan asked about the neighboring Jinshi. The comrades from the industrial and commercial department asked Ye Fan to go over and ask.

After preparing the money to buy the store, Ye Fan asked Chang Guangrong to accompany her. Just in case, Chang Guangrong also brought two friends with prominent family backgrounds and connections in Jinshi.

The news of the emergence of private enterprises in Bincheng was reported in the newspapers, and the relevant comrades in Jinshi had seen it. When they heard that Ye Fan wanted to set up a company in Jinshi, and it was a project in cooperation with teachers and students of Beijing, a group of leaders held a meeting for several days to study it, and then checked Ye Fan's information and identity to confirm that there was no problem, and then allowed Ye Fan to set up a factory here.

Ye Fan immediately bought two stores, and the store addresses were the company addresses. The company name was "Prosperity", and Chang Guangrong hoped that the company he would hold a large stake in would also have the word "Rong" in its name, so he asked Ye Fan to change it.

Ye Fan originally thought that Chang Guangrong would not have any objection, but she was stunned when she heard that, as she had not prepared any alternative names.

The comrade who was handling the formalities suggested "Fanhua". Ye Fan couldn't think of a better name at the moment, so he followed the comrade's advice. On New Year's Day in 1985, "Fanhua Industrial Co., Ltd." was established in Jinshi.

After completing all the formalities, Ye Fan locked the shop door and returned to the capital.

On the train, Chang Guangrong thought about his 30% share: "My 30,000 yuan is not worth 30% of it, right?"

Ye Fan nodded: "Give me another 30,000. Once the sample is ready, I will give the money to the school and ask the school to help us contact the company for production."

A friend who accompanied Chang Guangrong on the trip asked, "Is your school so good?"

Ye Fan: "We provide money, effort and manpower, and they provide people and connections, and we split the net profit equally."

The two friends exclaimed: "Fifty percent?"

Ye Fan nodded.

One of the friends was so anxious that his tongue was tied: "Then Changzi's 30% is 30% of your 50%?"

Ye Fan nodded.

"How many can there be?"

Ye Fan: "If business is good, he can get 60,000 a year. If business is bad, it may take two or three years."

Chang Guangrong couldn't help but ask: "Can the investment be recovered in three years?"

Ye Fan was surprised: "From what you said, how many years do you think it will take to get your money back?"

Chang Guangrong: "I don't even understand the most basic things about the industry you mentioned. It's so advanced. My father also said that the things in computers are advanced and asked me to be prepared for eight years of hard work. I thought it would take at least five years." Ye Fan shook his head: "It won't take that long. Think about how many years a mushroom egg has."

Chang Guangrong didn't know how old the mushroom egg was, he only knew that "Malan flowers bloom at twenty-one". Chang Guangrong was embarrassed to tell the truth: "I feel relieved when you say that. By the way, when will the money be used?"

Ye Fan: "Give it to me when we get to the capital. I went to the company once before coming here, and it seems like they're going to make it. By the way, let's make a contract when we get to the capital. I told the school that it will be a 50-50 split, and each student will get 4% in dividends. These are just verbal promises. If we make a contract before the product comes out, everyone will feel at ease, and there won't be any unexpected changes at the last minute."

Chang Guangrong knew nothing about computers, so he just listened to Ye Fan.

Chang Guangrong's two friends lived in the same room these days. When they thought about it, they murmured that Ye Fan's company was in jeopardy and it was not as reliable as wholesale clothing tapes.

The two looked at each other and one of them asked, "Are you in a hurry to settle on the company because the finished product will be ready soon?"

Even if Ye Fan said it was a coincidence, the two of them wouldn't believe it, so he just nodded and admitted it.

Another person sighed: "No wonder Changzi said that you don't do things that you are not sure of. Sister Ye, have you ever thought about starting a trading company?"

Ye Fan: "Trading companies also have to go to Jinshi."

The two nodded.

Ye Fan shook his head: "There are not many foreign businessmen now, so setting up a company won't do much business. If you only stay in the mainland, self-employed people with business licenses can do it."

Chang Guangrong said: "They want to cooperate with you."

Ye Fan: "That's not necessary. If you want to buy more goods later, just come with me. It will be safer on the road with more people."

The two couldn't help but ask: "Can you help us purchase goods?"

Chang Guangrong said on behalf of Ye Fan, "You wish! Whatever Sister Ye wants to enter, you should enter as well."

Ye Fan nodded: "It's OK if it's the same as mine, or it's OK if it's different. If you two want a lower price, just give me the money and I'll tell the manufacturer that it's mine alone. We'll divide it up when we get to the capital."

Chang Guangrong: "Sister Ye and I are like this. I gave her my passbook after we got off the train. Her friends can do the same if they can come up with a large sum of money. They are worried that they won't be able to sell the goods and will end up with a lot of money, so they wait for Sister Ye to come back and get the goods. If they can't sell all the goods, they will give them back to Sister Ye. Sister Ye earns some hard work fees."

Chang Guangrong's friends all knew that he had been buying goods with Ye Fan, and they always thought that Ye Fan helped him choose goods, and they also said that Ye Fan was a very nice person. It was also because of this that they were willing to accompany Ye Fan in Jinshi for more than ten days.

A friend asked, "Then isn't Changzi's wholesale price lower than we thought?"

Chang Guangrong: "Once a clothing factory asked Sister Ye to shoot a clothing advertisement for a newspaper, but the price they gave us barely made any money."

The two friends opened their eyes wide, looking as if they were amazed that there is such a good thing.

Chang Guangrong smiled and asked, "If I hadn't made money, I wouldn't have dared to ask for 30,000 yuan right away."

The two had mixed feelings as they had not expected that Chang Guangrong's wholesale business would be more profitable than their retail business.

After they parted ways with Ye Fan in the capital, the two asked Chang Guangrong how much money he had. If there was more, he could lend them some. They would also open two stores and get business licenses.

Chang Guangrong asked: "You two have no money?"

"Not enough."

Chang Guangrong: "Ask your grandfather for it."

Their parents, like Chang Guangrong's parents, do not support his "speculation and profiteering". They have not stopped them from setting up stalls to sell clothes, just waiting for them to hit a wall.

You have to know that they have not lost all their money and are planning to continue operating. Not only will we not support them, we may even ask the industrial and commercial department to take back their business licenses.

Chang Guangrong saw the two of them shaking their heads, so he said, "Let me see how much stock we have at home."

When Chang Guangrong got home, he asked his wife to take out the passbook. He saw that there was only more than 20,000 yuan in it, and after selling the goods, he could only get 50,000 yuan at most. If he gave Ye Fan 30,000 yuan, the remaining money would only be enough for him to buy a store, so he went home to ask his father for 20,000 yuan.

His father didn't dare to give him any more money. Chang Guangrong said that the company run by Ye Fan was about to be completed, and the project in cooperation with Peking University was about to be completed, so the money could be kept to find a state-owned unit for processing.

Chang Guangrong's father did not believe his son's one-sided story. He called someone to inquire and found out that the teachers and students of Beijing University were indeed busy with some project. Only then did Chang's father give him the money.

Chang Guangrong and a few of his friends' shop is also in Xicheng, but it is south of Ye Fan's house, near Geng Huihui's house, and three or four kilometers away from Zhang Xiaoming's shop.

When Ye Fan learned about this, he opened two stores more than 100 meters away from Zhang Xiaoming's store.

On February 8, Ye Fan got her business license. She put the goods in the store and asked Geng Huihui and Geng Zhiqin to help her look after the store, each of them paid five yuan a day.

There was a stove and a Walkman for playing tapes in the store, so the two were willing to go to the store, so they opened for business on the day the business license was hung on the wall.

On the day Ye Fan opened his business, Chang Guangrong and his friends, as well as everyone who worked with Ye Fan, came to show their support.

Passersby who like to be crowded see that there are many people in the store and think that everyone is rushing in to take advantage of the big discounts during the Chinese New Year. When they arrive at the store and see that it is a new store opening, they are a little disappointed. People with quick minds ask Ye Fan if there will be any discounts on the first day of opening.

Geng Zhiqin said, "No discounts. Buy one, get one free. Buy a coat or down jacket and get a silk scarf or gloves for free. Buy a sweater and get a hairpin for free. They are all the latest styles from the south."

Someone who was planning to buy a new dress for the New Year decided to buy one, thinking that she could show off to her relatives that her dress was the latest style from the south.

Chang Guangrong walked up to Ye Fan and asked quietly, "Isn't your sister-in-law a teacher?"

Ye Fan nodded.

"Teacher, don't you want to save face? Your sister-in-law actually dares to sell clothes."

Ye Fan couldn't help but think of the people in the Chu family when he heard this. Asking them to sell clothes was like asking them to die: "It's not shameful to make money standing still."

Chang Guangrong looked at Geng Zhiqin again and saw that she was very generous and generous. She smiled and said "you get what you pay for" when people complained that her clothes were expensive. Suddenly, he had an idea in his mind: "Is your sister-in-law still unmarried?"

"No one yet." Ye Fan said, vaguely understanding what he wanted to do, "My sister-in-law is studying for a master's degree at the Normal University, and she's a freshman counselor. She doesn't have time to find a partner."

Chang Guangrong smiled.

His friend laughed too.

Ye Fan and his friends were confused by the laughter of the few people.

Chang Guangrong wrote in a post: "I wanted to find a partner for his brother-in-law a few days ago, but he said not to disturb his brother-in-law's studies. Your sister-in-law is a student, and she is a perfect match for his brother-in-law."

Ye Fan shook his head: "Xiao Qin is about your age, and your brother-in-law must be several years younger than you. The age is not suitable."

"How old is your sister-in-law?"

Ye Fan: "Born in 1954."

"Four years old? Not much!" Chang Guangrong said, "He graduated from school after the New Year and went to the hospital for internship. He was doing internship in the hospital for two years while your sister-in-law was studying for a master's degree. She came back just in time to get married. You've been looking around for the past two years? What do you think?"

You have said so much, how can I see it? Ye Fan asked: "How tall is your brother-in-law?"

Chang Guangrong’s childhood friends laughed again.

Chang Guangrong's wife also came. She felt that there were too many people in the room, so she chatted with Dong Ying and Zhang Xiaozhi by the door. Ye Fan glanced at her inadvertently and immediately understood what Chang Guangrong was laughing at.

Chang Guangrong's wife is tall, has long legs and a pretty face, so it is impossible for his brother-in-law to be short and ugly.

Geng Zhiqin looks for a partner based on appearance, maybe this thing can work out. But when Ye Fan thought about Liu Ning's personality, he was confused and asked, "How many brothers and sisters does your brother-in-law have?"

Chang Guangrong: “Four.”

Ye Fan frowned.

Chang Guangrong quickly explained: "In our time, every family in the city and outside the city had many children. I only have three brothers and two sisters."

Ye Fan shook her head to indicate that she didn't mind having too many siblings. She first said that Geng Zhiqin had dated someone before, and then explained why they broke up.

Chang Guangrong breathed a sigh of relief: "Are you worried about the conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law? I understand. My sister-in-law and my mother are like enemies from the previous life. My daughter and her mother-in-law don't get along either. But my wife's family is honest. In the past, the relevant departments changed several times a day, and the business was unstable, so we didn't dare to ask them to come. Now that the store is open, we plan to have a child, and we will definitely be too busy. I plan to bring my eldest brother-in-law's family and my father-in-law and mother-in-law here. My eldest brother-in-law and I will get the goods, my sister-in-law and my wife will look after the store, and the old couple will cook and take care of the children. If my sister-in-law also wants to come to the capital and needs my help, the three of us will take care of the old couple when they get old."

Ye Fan smiled: "See you after the New Year?"

Chang Guangrong: "No need to ask your sister-in-law?"

Ye Fan: "I just asked my niece a few days ago, she doesn't have a boyfriend."

Chang Guangrong's childhood friend: "She must have been hurt by her last relationship. Will she close her heart to love?"

"Not really." Ye Fan shook his head.

"mom!"

Ye Fan was stunned for a moment and then looked outside.

Dabao pushed aside the relatives and friends outside the door and pulled Erbao in. Ye Fan hurriedly asked, "Why are you two here?"

"It's noon now." Dabao came up and asked, "Grandma wants to know how many people to cook for."

Ye Fan: "Just the two of you?"

Dabao looked outside: "Brother Sensen is outside."

Ye Fan: "Go back and tell grandma that I have booked three tables at the restaurant. Let's go to the restaurant to eat. You guys go directly to the restaurant from our house. We'll be there at twelve o'clock."

Dabao pulled his sister out.

When Chang Guangrong's friends saw Ye Fan's children for the first time, they saw that the two children looked smart and clever, so they asked them about their academic performance.

"It should be among the best." Ye Fan didn't wait for them to speak, "My family advocates freedom of marriage and does not approve of parents' orders or matchmakers' words."

Chang Guangrong's friends were speechless but wanted to laugh: "Look how scared you are."

Zhang Xiaoming couldn't help but say, "That's because you don't know. A few years ago, elder brother Cheng Zhenhua wanted to arrange a marriage with sister Ye Fan, but brother Geng disagreed. He even asked their two sons to go to the Children's Palace to play with Erbao." At first Zhang Xiaoming didn't know. It was Yu Wentao who couldn't help but complain to the neighbors and the news got to Uncle Zhang's ears. Zhang Xiaoming heard it from his father.

Chang Guangrong's childhood friend thought his niece was about the same age as Dabao, so he didn't dare to bring it up and changed the subject: "Is Brother Geng so busy? He can't even come back to see the business."

(End of this chapter)