Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

Chu Guangming wiped his tears and was about to buy paper money and firecrackers, and told his grandfather tomorrow. Ye Fan couldn't help but think of his father when he heard this, and felt that it was ridiculous for him to be so paranoid, but what if?

Ye Fan hesitated for only three seconds before asking him to wait and giving the notice to Dabao.

Dabao and Chu Guangming were both stunned, looking like "what are you doing to me/him".

Ye Fan: "It's easy to get lost in a compound with so many people and things to do. In our family, there are no high school graduates except Erbao, so no one wants your admission letter."

Chu Guangming subconsciously explained: "That's not what I meant--" Halfway through, he suddenly realized what Ye Fan meant, and immediately didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Aunt Ye, my name is on the admission letter, it's useless for others to take it."

Ye Fan raised his eyebrows: "Money talks. How do you know that the person who received your notice will not ask the police station to issue a fake ID?"

The inexperienced prospective college student was stumped by the question.

Dabao frowned slightly: "Mom, have you watched too many crime movies?"

Ye Fan slapped him on the head: "You are naive! Nowadays, there are not only substitutions, but also exams for others."

Dabao couldn't help but ask: "How do I take the exam for someone else?"

Ye Fan: "You entered the examination room with Guangming's ID card, and his name was written on the test paper. The university registration does not check the photo on the admission ticket. You are the one taking the exam, and he is the one going to school. If you two don't tell each other, who would know?"

Chu Guangming was surprised: "Is this possible?"

Ye Fan: "Why not?"

"Isn't this illegal?" Chu Guangming was speechless.

Ye Fan was speechless. How could he still be so naive after going through so much? "Is it illegal to rob money on the street? If you know it's illegal, why did your money still get robbed?"

Chu Guangming was speechless.

Ye Fan shook his head and smiled, and stopped persuading him, letting him decide for himself.

Dabao took Chu Guangming to his bedroom. Chu Guangming put the notice in the drawer and said that he would go to visit his grandfather's grave on Saturday and then show it to his grandfather.

When Chu Guangming arrived at the compound, his classmates asked him if he had received the admission letter. Chu Guangming nodded, and the other party asked to take a look.

Chu Guangming was so nervous about everything Ye Fan said that he looked embarrassed. His classmates asked him what was wrong. Chu Guangming came to his senses and thought he was making a fuss. His expression returned to normal: "I'm at Dabao's house."

"Ah--how to put him at home?"

Chu Guangming: "The address I wrote is his home."

"Then why don't you take it back?"

Chu Guangming said half-truthfully, "Dabao is two years older than us. This year he is in charge of the reception for new students. It will save our family trouble to let him go."

The classmate realized later: "Yes, you two are from the same school."

The parents of his classmates always sent Chu Guangming some delicious food during the holidays. Chu Guangming felt guilty about this and asked, "Why don't you come with me to Dabao's house?"

"convenient?"

Chu Guangming nodded: "It's convenient. Dabao hasn't cooked yet, and there are no guests at home."

The classmate immediately hooked his shoulder and led him out.

Arriving at Dabao's house, Chu Guangming felt a little embarrassed: "Dabao, I'm back again."

Dabao rolled his eyes: "I saw it. What are you doing?"

Chu Guangming looked at the classmate hanging on him.

Dabao understood and took them to the bedroom. When his classmates saw that Dabao lived in two rooms by himself, they exclaimed, "Your room is so big?" When they saw the things on the antique shelf, they asked, "Dabao, are these real?"

Dabao: "It's from the late Qing Dynasty, not worth much. You can see it everywhere in Panjiayuan."

"Even cheap ones cost money." The classmate shook his head to indicate that he couldn't afford it. "It's a pity that I don't have much money."

Dabao handed the notice to Chu Guangming and said casually: "If you don't have money, you can make money."

Chu Guangming’s childhood friend and classmate choked.

Dabao was confused when he saw this: "Did I say something wrong?"

Chu Guangming used to think he had no way to make a living because he had no money. He could understand why his classmate looked so confused. He patted his classmate on the shoulder and said, "It's not easy for Dabao to talk. When the weather is hot, you can sell popsicles. If you don't have a car, you can find Uncle Xiaoming. Give him one dollar as a reward and he will help you deliver to the park or some crowded stores or the entrance of the Children's Palace. Even if you make a net profit of one dollar a day, you will have thirty dollars in one summer."

The classmates were shocked, as if it was the first time they knew that it was possible to sell popsicles without a car.

Chu Guangming was equally shocked: "Don't you know that selling popsicles is so profitable?"

The classmate shook his head woodenly.

Chu Guangming remembered that he didn't study as well as he did, but it was not difficult to get into a junior college. If he gave extra lessons, he could find students at a lower price: "With your grades, you can give extra lessons to first-year junior high school students. I didn't go to Aunt Ye's store this summer. Dabao helped me find a tutoring job. It makes more money than helping Aunt Ye sell clothes."

The classmate was speechless, how come his mouth seemed like gold everywhere?

Dabao remembered that Chu Guangming had never brought friends to his house. Chu Guangming could bring people here, which meant that he was a good person. They should have a good relationship.

Dabao then asked, "Do you want to make money?"

The classmate nodded: "If my father hadn't told me to go to school no matter what, I would have quit school and set up a stall long ago."

Chu Guangming couldn't help but say: "Fortunately you didn't drop out of school."

Upon hearing this, the classmates couldn't help but nodded. Yes, it's not easy to set up street vendors nowadays.

Dabao: "Then let me ask you a question first, when does school start?"

Chu Guangming's childhood friend said, "September 1st or 2nd is fine. I plan to go there on the 1st. The school is far from the city and is almost out of the capital, so I need to leave a day earlier."

Dabao: "It's not too late. But you can't do the business I'm talking about by yourself."

"Let's talk about business first."

Dabao said, "Because you don't have much money, it's not worth going to the south. You can go to Xiushui Market to buy some things that Maozi needs, take the international train there, sell the things and come back, it shouldn't delay your registration."

The two were shocked, looking like "What did he say? I don't understand a word of it."

Dabao: "You heard me right. I said to go to Maozi's place."

Chu Guangming couldn't help but pull Dabao's arm: "No, you asked him to go to the Soviet Union?"

Dabao nodded: "With others. He definitely can't do it alone, he's not enough to be bullied by thieves."

Chu Guangming shook his head: "That's not what I meant. I mean, he has never set up a stall, how can he go abroad?"

"So I told him to go with someone else."

Chu Guangming asked, "These aren't the main points, right? Don't you need to go through the formalities in advance to go abroad?"

Dabao suddenly realized: "I forgot that it takes time to complete the formalities. It's too late this year."

"What about winter vacation?"

Dabao shook his head: "I don't think so. It's too cold over there. I heard the snow is knee-deep. Even if the shuttle bus runs normally, no one will come out to buy things when we get there."

Chu Guangming: "If you ask him to carry it, even if each bag weighs 100 kilograms, the money he earns won't be enough to cover the round-trip fare, right? Besides, he can't carry that much."

Dabao nodded: "Enough!" He looked outside and saw that his mother and others were nowhere to be found, so he didn't try to lower his voice: "My mother said that the price difference between inside and outside is at least five times."

Chu Guangming asked hurriedly: "When did Aunt Ye say that?"

Dabao: "I heard it at Uncle Chang's house. Brother Sen Sen has been helping Uncle Chang recently, and he told me that Uncle Chang was worried that the sportswear wouldn't sell because it wasn't well-known. My mom said that at worst we could go abroad, and I'd sell as much as you make. Because of what she said, Uncle Chang hired four more people, and planned to go to the south in a few days to find Uncle Su Yuanhang and buy cloth from his township textile factory."

Chu Guangming's childhood friend asked hurriedly: "Dabao, will your mother also go to the Soviet Union?"

Dabao: "My mom will probably go. In the past few days, she has been watching the news at night and reading the newspaper in the morning. When my dad comes home for dinner, she always asks him about the situation in the north. She will definitely go if she knows everything. It's not like my mom to pretend not to know when there is such a good opportunity."

"Then I'll go through the formalities another day and go back with Aunt Ye? I don't need her to help me, just to keep me company on the way." The classmate asked hurriedly.

Dabao: "Then you should go to the market from today, listen to what people say, and see what goods are in short supply."

The classmates nodded repeatedly without even looking at Chu Guangming's notice.

Chu Guangming needed to eat and wear clothes during his four years at university, and even if he lived frugally, the money he had was far from enough. So after his classmates left, Chu Guangming couldn't help but stick to Dabao.

Dabao was confused: "Do you have anything else to do?"

Chu Guangming was embarrassed and asked hesitantly, "If I tell Aunt Ye that I want to go to the Soviet Union with her, will Aunt Ye say, how much money do I need? I'll give it to you, and you don't have to go."

Dabao was shocked: "No, what are you thinking? In the past, Erbao and I worked hard to write Spring Festival couplets, and asked my mother to help me sell vegetables, and I had to give her a commission. Chu Guangming, look carefully, I am Ye Fan's biological son! You are so shameless!"

Chu Guangming was certain that Ye Fan would not just give him money to get rid of him because he was too troublesome, and he immediately felt relieved: "You are not as shameless as me!"

"You dare to talk back to me, you'll go to heaven!" Dabao raised his foot and kicked.

Chu Guangming ran out, but when he reached the slum, he was dragged into a house by his classmates.

It was nearly seven o'clock, and the classmate's parents, brother and sister-in-law had all gotten off work. The classmate told his parents that he wanted to be a trader, and was scolded by the whole family. So the classmate asked Chu Guangming to help him prove that he was not just acting on a whim, and that he was not going abroad alone.

Chu Guangming said, "I also plan to feel out the market during this year's winter and summer vacations, and go there twice with Aunt Ye next year." He took a look at the living environment of his childhood friend's home. There were two beds in one bedroom, one for classmates and one for parents, and there was also space left for cooking and eating. "If what Dabao said is true, after working for one summer vacation next year, your family can move to a more spacious house." As the old saying goes, when you are poor, you will think of change.

The classmate's family also wanted to change, but some deep-rooted ideas limited their changes. For example, they treated Chu Guangming very well, and praised him for his good academic performance. But when Chu Guangming went to Ye Fan's store to sell clothes, they would say that Chu Guangming had no one to rely on and had to do so. If you didn't know, you would think Chu Guangming had fallen into prostitution.

Chu Guangming's classmates' parents had repeatedly warned him not to do such an unseemly job. So when his classmates' parents heard him, they didn't focus on the "spacious house" but asked, "What if Geng Dabao wasn't telling the truth?"

Chu Guangming: "So I said we should feel the market first this year. Dabao also doesn't recommend us to rush forward without knowing anything."

My classmate's sister-in-law was fed up with the four of them living together, and she was very excited when she heard this: "I think we can give it a try."

The classmate's stubborn father said, "He is a student, and going to school is important. If you want to try, try it yourself!"

The classmate's sister-in-law was afraid of her father-in-law, so she didn't dare to say anything. The classmate looked at Chu Guangming and asked him what to do. Chu Guangming gave him a calm look, said a few words and went back home.

Dabao was worried that he had betrayed someone, so after Chu Guangming left, Dabao went outside to find his mother and dragged her home.

Ye Fan frowned: "What can't we talk about while walking?"

"Big thing!" Dabao asked her to sit down and asked about border trade.

Ye Fan didn't answer before asking, "Do you want to do it too?"

Dabao: "Guangming wants to do it. Although the tuition fee is high, it is only enough for his daily expenses. He doesn't even dare to get sick."

Ye Fan was very pleased: "The brat is becoming more and more considerate of others."

"Mom, do you agree?" Dabao asked hurriedly.

Ye Fan: "Next month, I will go south to get the goods and ask Xiao Ming and Jianshe to accompany me to check out the market. Xiao Ming can speak Russian."

"You don't know how to do it?" Dabao asked, "Dad said that the foreign language you learned in school was Russian."

Ye Fan nodded: "I can understand but not speak. Xiao Ming can speak. If we are sure we can make money, we will set up a trading company."

Dabao rolled his eyes, and Ye Fan raised her eyebrows, waiting for her son to find trouble for her. Dabao did not disappoint her: "Look, taking Guangming with one is the same, taking two is also the same, why not--"

Ye Fan gave him a slap on the face.

Dabao covered his forehead and said, "You hit me?" He looked aggrieved, "Then I'll find a few more people to trouble you!"

Ye Fan tried to hit him again. But this time he didn't touch him, Dabao dodged it early: "Mom, I took it as your consent."

Ye Fan nodded helplessly: "Don't tell anyone about it now."

"I know." Dabao asked, "I'll wash the vegetables and you cook?"

Ye Fan: "Go out and see where Erbao is. Ask how many people are having dinner tonight. I'm going to pick some vegetables."

Dabao went out to look for his family members who were hiding somewhere to cool off.

The next morning, Ye Fan went to find Zhang Xiaoming and Wei Jianshe, reminded them to apply for passports, and then asked them to notify the merchants she worked with to go to Chang Guangrong's house in a few days.

On August 26, all the people who bought shops according to Ye Fan went to Chang Guangrong's house, including several brothers of the Yu family.

Ye Fan took out the clothes he had made in the past month or so, told everyone the wholesale price first, and then asked everyone if they wanted to try them.

Ye Fan had never bought sportswear before, so everyone was unsure. Seeing that no one said anything, Ye Fan asked, "Are you worried that it won't sell well? Don't worry about that. If it doesn't sell, it will be returned to Guangrong."

Zhang Xiaoming was the first to say, "Give me 20 sets. If they're not selling well in the store, I'll try at the school gate."

This reminds everyone that school is about to start and parents should buy new clothes for their children. Parents will definitely prefer sportswear to fancy jeans and shirts.

So everyone was very considerate. You have five sets and I have ten sets. Most of the clothes Chang Guangrong had made recently were taken away. The rest was divided equally between Ye Fan and Chang Guangrong and sold in their own store.

Ye Fan handed the sportswear to Yu Yinxing and told her the original price and a lower price, but the lower price was not called a low price, but "30% off."

Yu Yinxing wanted to sell at the original price, so she could get more commission. So when she saw the boys and girls, she would praise them with her eyes closed.

Who doesn't like to be praised? So Yu Gingxing's business was very good. In three days, more than a dozen sets of sportswear were sold out. In the past few days, Chang Guangrong's workers made a lot of them, and Yu Gingxing took them all.

Some people's business is not good, so when they go to Ye Fan to get goods, they ask Ye Fan to remind Chang Guangrong not to make sportswear but casual wear.

Ye Fan could tell that she didn't want to sell it: "Next time someone wants to buy sportswear, just say it's a replica of a famous foreign brand."

The person who came to pick up the goods was stunned for a moment and exclaimed: "Why didn't you say so earlier?!"

Ye Fan: "Because Chang Guangrong's sportswear is indeed not a replica. But these days, foreign shit is all fragrant. If you say you made it yourself, they will turn up their noses. If you say it's a replica, they won't think it's expensive even if you ask for a few dozen dollars more."

The neighbors who were taking the goods couldn't understand: "Shit is shit no matter where it is."

Ye Fan laughed: "That's not the point. The point is that the sportswear in my store sold out in three days. You can ask Ginkgo. I think Ginkgo's commission for this moonlight is about 60 or 70, maybe even more than 100."

Those who come to Ye Fan to buy goods can go to Yu Ginkgo to pick out the good ones.

The daughter-in-law of Ye Fan's neighbor to the west also felt that sportswear was not selling well, and Ye Fan also told her that it was a knockoff of a famous brand.

The label on the clothes had the pinyin "rong guang" in cursive script. The people who worked with Ye Fan either had no jobs before or were unskilled temporary workers. What they had in common was that they were not well educated and had limited knowledge. When they saw the labels, they thought they were in English, so they felt very confident when they told customers that the sportswear was a fake.

Just a few days after school started, Chang Guangrong's sportswear became known in the small circle.

Ye Fan reminded him that he could hire a few people, but not dozens of people at a time. He could also rent a factory or buy land.

While Chang Guangrong was busy with the factory, Ye Fan also went to the city, hoping to get a piece of vacant land to build an office building.

Many people in the city had heard of the "Fanhua Company" and hinted to Ye Fan that if the company moved from Jinshi and paid taxes to the capital, they would definitely leave a piece of land for Ye Fan.

Ye Fan's roots were in the capital and he didn't want to go to Jinshi, so he readily agreed. After that, Ye Fan was busy with company affairs.

His children are college students and have become much more mature than before. They were beaten up again during the summer vacation. Ye Fan thought that they would not dare to cause trouble in the near future, so he did not pay attention to what they usually do.

Seeing that his mother was too busy to take care of him, Dabao asked his classmate who used to sell tapes with him if he wanted to make money to buy a house.

The average salary in the capital is less than 100 yuan, and the house price is 200 to 300 yuan. How can you buy a house? Sell your blood or kidneys. The classmate rolled his eyes at Dabao and was too lazy to argue with him.

Dabao asked, "Do you think we don't want to buy it?"

"You can't afford it!" Dabao said.

My childhood friend gave him two words: "Nonsense!"

Dabao didn't care at all and said with a smile: "So I have a profitable business. I'm just afraid you don't dare to do it!"

Childhood friend: "If you dare, so do we! Your family is so well off, you're not afraid of getting into trouble and getting yourself into trouble, and never being able to wear designer clothes and eat Peking duck again, so why should we be afraid?"

The four classmates who had the best relationship with Dabao nodded.

Dabao: "Come with me this weekend."

On a weekend morning in mid-September, Dabao took five people to Xiushui Market and met Chu Guangming and his childhood friend halfway.

The seven of them went together, looking here and there. They found a deserted spot on the street corner and wrote down the information they had found out.

In early October, the seven of them got a good idea of ​​the market situation. At this time, Xiao Ming and Jianshe got their passports, and Ye Fan also planned to go out. Considering that it was cold in the north and there might be heavy snow after the beginning of winter, in mid-October, the three of them and Chang Guangrong's childhood friend took an international train to the Soviet Union.

After spending a week in the Soviet Union, Ye Fan set up a trading company when he came back. The legal person was Zhang Xiaoming, and the company was jointly run by him, Ye Fan and Wei Jianshe.

Chang Guangrong's childhood friend who worked as an accountant was embarrassed to squeeze in halfway, so he asked Ye Fan to call him when he went to purchase goods.

In a few years, when Ye Fan's office building was completed, she would get some machines and hire some employees, and she would definitely not be able to take care of the trading business. Ye Fan reminded him that she would only do it for a few years, and she would stop after a few years when there were more people.

Chang Guangrong's childhood friend expressed his understanding. He said that the street stall business was easy to do in the past, but later more people followed suit. Not only did it become difficult to do, but the market was also chaotic. It would be better to get out of it early and do something else.

Ye Fan asked Zhang Xiaoming and Wei Jianshe for their opinions.

Zhang Xiaoming doesn't want to go out often, and Wei Jianshe wants to find a partner and have a child. He also said that he would do something else after making money for a few years. If he doesn't know what to do, he will buy a few stores and become a landlord.

Since everyone has the same goal, Ye Fan said, "Then let's do it in a big way."

Zhang Xiaoming asked hurriedly: "How much does it cost?"

Ye Fan: "If your family has 10,000, take out 5,000, or 7,000."

Wei Jianshe took a breath.

Ye Fan smiled and asked, "Are you scared?"

Wei Jianshe shook his head: "No, no, the international situation changes every day, faster than a child's face in June. What if we get the goods today and the market is booming, but in half a month, it's all over there?"

Ye Fan: "Then take 30% as the capital. The second capital is the first capital plus the profit."

Wei Jianshe thought about it and said, "Okay."

Ye Fan said, "Let me be frank. The money you two have is too little. When we make money, we can split it according to the capital, not according to the company's agreement."

Wei Jianshe: "I earn 10,000 yuan while you earn 100,000 yuan. I am not jealous."

Zhang Xiaoming thought to himself that with Ye Fan's current capital, the difference might not be ten times, but a hundred times.

(End of this chapter)