Exciting 1979!

Chapter 131: The Way to Make Money and the Virtue of Giving Away Money (Guaranteed 2 Updates)
"Are you serious?" Wei Ming looked at Xiaohong, the 14-year-old girl.

Wei Hong nodded: "I have thought it through. I have already completed the first year of high school. With Uncle Ping'an's tutoring books, I want to rush for the second year of high school during the holidays, and then take the college entrance examination in July this year!"

Before 79, including 79, non-freshmen could take the college entrance examination directly, and there was no age limit for college entrance examination candidates.

Wei Ming doesn’t know whether the policy will change this year, but he does not recommend Wei Hong to take the risk.

"Do you know that if your score is not high enough to get into Peking University, you will be directly transferred to other schools, which may not be in Yanjing, and you have no choice but to go."

"what!"

Wei Ming did not scare her. The current adjustment system is mandatory to a certain extent. The students' own wishes are not that important. Even if they don't want to go to school and want to drop out and retake the exam, it is not allowed. That is equivalent to wasting precious exam resources, and they may not be allowed to take the exam again.

After hearing what Wei Ming said, Wei Hong was a little confused.

Then Wei Ming took out two big unity banknotes from his pocket and stuffed them into her hands.

"I'm giving you New Year's money in advance. Just buy whatever you want before the New Year."

When Wei Hong suddenly saw such a huge sum of money, all her worries disappeared.

Xu Shufen said worriedly: "Why give her so much? Don't lose it again."

Wei Hong quickly put it away: "Mom, I would never lose my money even if I lost myself!"

Lao Wei said, "It's not easy for your brother to earn the money, so you shouldn't spend it recklessly, okay?"

Wei Ming waved his hand and said, "Spend what you need to spend. It's easy for me to make money. I sold the script of The Shepherd a while ago, and I have two more script offers coming up."

Living in the countryside and without access to information, they had no idea about the battle that "The Shepherd" had caused between Beijing Film Academy and Shanghai Film Academy a while ago. They hurriedly asked about the news of the film adaptation of "The Shepherd" and wanted to know who would be starring in it.

Because "Little Flower" was so popular in the past year, they all wanted to see Tang Guoqiang and Chen Chong reunite in "The Shepherd".

Wei Jiefang: "Only Tang Guoqiang can portray the handsomeness and elegance that I had back then."

Wei Hong: "Chen Chong and Tang Guoqiang played brother and sister before, so it might not be a good idea to play husband and wife this time. Liu Xiaoqing is more suitable, right, brother?"

Wei Ming did not mention the male and female lead candidates, but changed the subject and said: "Director Xie has taken a fancy to our Xizi, and Uncle Ping'an and his family will go to Shanghai for an audition in a few days."

"Oh my, Xizi is really energetic!"

"Magic City, is it more prosperous than Yanjing?"

Wei Ming was just talking about his experiences in the Magic City when he heard someone shout, "Brother Jiefang, Xiao Ming is back!"

Wei Ming heard it and it was Accountant Jia's voice.

"Third brother, come on, come on, I'm drinking now, why don't you take a couple of sips?"

Accountant Jia heard the sound of the motorcycle, so he hurried over. Lately, he had been busying around Wei Jiefang, as if Wei Jiefang was the team leader.

Not only Accountant Jia, but also several uncles and aunts from the village soon came to the small house, all of them came for Wei Ming.

Now he has become a legend in Gouzitun. It feels like just talking to him can tinge you with literary spirit.

However, Wei Ming was only exposed to the smell of second-hand smoke, which was really disgusting. Besides, Old Wei knew all about his affairs, so having him as his spokesperson was enough.

So after chatting for a few words, he slipped out of the house under the pretext of going to the bathroom.

Then Lao Wei immediately led his old friends to point outside the door: "See, it's on Xiao Ming's wrist!"

"Wow, it really is a luminous watch!" Accountant Jia boasted, "This is a treasure of the same level as the ancient night-shining pearl!"

Another uncle said, "Then Xiao Ming's foreign girlfriend must have a complicated family background!"

Accountant Jia: "She feels like a princess at least, or a princess at the very least!"

"Are there princesses in foreign countries?"

"Nonsense, there are still queens in foreign countries now, just like Wu Zetian, with a harem full of male concubines!" Accountant Jia acted as if he knew a lot about foreign countries.

Old Wei let out a puff of smoke leisurely: "Anyway, she looks good enough to be a princess. She's much prettier than the current movie stars like Liu Xiaoqing and Chen Chong."

When Wei Ming came out of the toilet, he saw that candles had been lit in his small west room. After Wei Ming went in, he saw Xiaohong sitting on his kang.

"Brother, feel it. My mother's fever started before it got dark. It's so hot!"

"Well, not bad, the wall is thick enough." Wei Mingdao. Old Wei built it completely according to the standards of the northern house. The thicker the wall, the better the insulation.

He saw the "Praise of the Humble Dwelling" on the wall again, and he knew at first glance that it was Xiaohong's handwriting.

"You're so popular..." Wei Ming was about to praise her.

"Brother, tell me the story of you and your first love. I want to hear it!" Under the candlelight, Wei Hong's eyes were shining.

Wei Ming thought for a moment and said, "Let me show you her photo."

"Ah!" Wei Hong jumped up in surprise.

Wei Ming clipped a few photos of Melinda in his notebook.

"Oh, my sister-in-law has such red hair and white skin, she is so beautiful!" Wei Hong thought that her elder brother would not marry an ugly girl, but she didn't expect her to be so beautiful.

Wei Ming: "What sister-in-law? That's all in the past. But she is indeed a nice person."

Xiaohong wanted to listen, so Wei Ming told her his first love story. Of course, he told it selectively and naturally omitted the part about "sex".

In fact, this is what Xiaohong wanted to hear the most, but since her elder brother didn't tell her, she was too embarrassed to ask. "Brother, what do you do if you miss Melinda now?"

Wei Ming: With my hands.

He sighed and said, "It's useless to think about it. She's too far away. It costs dozens of dollars to send a telegram. So what I should do is forget about her."

"Can you forget it?"

"The best way to get over a relationship is to start a new one, and I'm looking for that."

Wei Hong: This is such a mean thing to say, but it seems to make sense!

At this time, the guest seemed to be leaving, and Wei Ming hurried out to see him off, otherwise it would be a bit impolite.

He and Lao Wei walked the man to the door, and then Lao Wei returned to his west room with his son.

"Xiaohong, go back first. I want to talk to your brother about something serious."

After Wei Hong left, only the father and son were left. Old Wei asked, "Has there been any response to that letter?"

It has been almost half a month since Wei Ming's letter was sent.

He shook his head: "Not yet, but the other party should have received it by now, let's see if he will reply."

"Okay~" Lao Wei said, "You've been traveling all day, go to bed early."

"Dad, did anyone just ask you to borrow money again?" Wei Ming just noticed that some of his uncles looked unhappy.

"Yes, but I've dealt with it. Just say you're planning to buy a house in Yanjing and you're short of money. Of course, if it's because you're sick, I'll definitely lend it to you, but these families don't have that kind of difficulty."

Wei Ming said "hmm", and as soon as Old Wei left, he blew out the light and went to sleep on the kang.

Laba porridge, drink it for a few days, it will be twenty-three.

Twenty-three, the sugar melon is sticky;
Twenty-four, clean the house.

The next day was the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month.

What did you do on the 25th?

"Twenty-five, grinding tofu," Lao Wei had already prepared the beans. He asked Wei Ming, "Are you in a hurry for the motorcycle?"

Wei Ming: "Mr. Yang told me to return it to him when I return to the county."

Lao Wei: "Then grind the tofu after you finish your meal and let Xiaohong go with you."

"Okay, I'll go to the brigade headquarters to get a stamp." From now on, Wei Ming will officially become a citizen of Yanjing.

Each commune and brigade had some small factories or workshops, which are now called community and brigade enterprises. With the deepening of reform and opening up, they have a new name, called "township enterprises", which can be said to have made a huge contribution to the success of reform and opening up.

The grinding wheel and craftsmanship of the Gouzitun tofu workshop were actually originally owned by Grandma Wei Ming. She relied on this workshop to support two widows and two children, Wei Jiefang and Wei Ping'an. She sent Ping'an to college and helped Jiefang find a wife. Now it is public property and one can grind tofu by paying a little money. The tofu is ground by the donkey and mule that Wei Jiefang usually raises.

Wei Ming's arrival caused the people queuing up to grind tofu to become noisy. He hated people cutting in line, but the manager of the workshop and the villagers in the queue all asked him to come to the front.

"Aunt, there's really no need. It's okay for me to wait."

Wei Ming was too embarrassed to do that, and he couldn't grind it out now. He just had to calculate the weight and the processing fee, and then come back to get it. It wouldn't take much time.

After finishing the work, he and his sister went to the brigade headquarters again. They happened to pass by the primary school and saw that the door was locked. So they looked outside. This was the place where they spent their childhood.

When he arrived at the brigade headquarters, the old branch secretary had already prepared everything. He signed and stamped his document. He then had to go to the commune again, and his household registration would be moved out.

Zhou Xingbang was filled with emotion: "There are now two people from Yanjing in our village, one is your uncle Ping'an, and the other is you, both are from the Wei family."

The Wei family is a small family in Gouzitun.

Wei Ming smiled and said, "The easiest way to get out is to go to university, so you must attach importance to education. I just passed by a primary school and saw that the windows of the classrooms were all without glass."

"Alas, didn't you guys do the same when you were kids? You used plastic sheeting to cover the room and it was fine to get through the winter. Now it's vacation time and the plastic sheeting is torn and rotten." The old branch secretary sighed.

We were so poor, especially because of the severe drought last year. Many families who worked hard to earn a lot of work points only received a few dozen yuan in the end. Not even a single family earned a hundred yuan.

Wei Ming said: "Master Xingbang, I want to donate some money to our village primary school to improve the tables, chairs, doors and windows."

"What!" Zhou Xingbang stood up immediately, "Really? How much?"

"I'm not sure how much yet. I'll look back and see what the school needs and then decide."

Zhou Xingbang hurriedly said, "Wait a minute, I'll go find the principal to get the key for you!"

Wei Ming said: "Let's go to the school and wait for you first."

Then Wei Ming took Wei Hong away again. After leaving the brigade, Xiao Hong asked him, "Brother, how much money do you have now?"

Wei Ming: "As long as you don't buy a house or a car, you will never spend all your money."

"Brother, you are amazing!"

Wei Ming laughed: "It's just some ways to make money."

"No, what I mean is that you not only have the ability to make money, but also the virtue of giving it away!"

Wei Ming was a little embarrassed by his sister's praise. In fact, he also had his own little thoughts. He hoped that this move would make his parents' life in their hometown more comfortable.
(End of this chapter)