Back to 1979: Sending the Educated Youth’s Wife Back to the City

Chapter 109: The Heart Has Grown Up
Of course, they didn't leave right after eating, as it was only just getting cooler. At seven o'clock, Lin Yan washed the dishes, while Fang Mingche and the others sat for a while and worked for another hour. Then Lin Yan came out to pay everyone today's wages, two yuan per person.

Jet Li only made three yuan a day for filming Shaolin Temple. He was a national martial arts champion and often accompanied Premier Zhou on his overseas visits and performances. So, two yuan a day was really not a low salary.

Except for Zhu Dahai, everyone is quite satisfied. We are not afraid of hard work, but we are afraid of having no place to work hard.

Zhu Dahai also helped Fang Mingche to set up a stall before and after the college entrance examination. After knowing his profits, he gradually became more confident.

Fang Mingche noticed his expression and quickly figured out what was going on. But he couldn't mess up the market at will.

The period before and after the college entrance examination is a special period. He was afraid that Zhu Dahai would feel unbalanced and quit the tea stall after knowing the profit. Then the daily loss would be huge. However, it is possible that five yuan a day can make people grow up.

But the cost of the scrap yard is high, and he estimated that he would have to pay for it in the early stage. He certainly couldn't offer too high a salary. Just today, he sent out 14 yuan. He probably ate a few yuan more, so the labor cost is still very high.

After distributing the money, everyone rode back together.

Liu Qingfeng, Geng Shan and others were very excited. Although they had done a lot of work today, they had eaten and drunk enough. They also got two dollars in cash! When they got home, they threw it in front of their mother/wife and said, "Take it to buy groceries!" How exciting!
On the way back, Yanyan naturally took her father's car. She hugged Fang Mingche's waist and began to doze off.

Fang Mingche was afraid that she would fall because she didn't sit firmly, so he stopped halfway and laid cardboard in the tricycle for Yanyan to sleep on.

Geng Shan said: "Teacher Fang, you love your daughter too much."

Fang Mingche said: "The more I love my daughter, the less likely she will be kidnapped by some bad boy in the future. He has to be treated very well by someone."

Everyone laughed, you are thinking too far.

The road was not crowded and there was a cool breeze. It was quite comfortable to ride a bike. However, it was really tiring.

When they got back to the compound, it was almost nine o'clock. Fang Mingche said, "Everyone go home and rest early! We won't be working until this late in the future."

The four temporary workers looked gloomy, as they had no chance to get the official job.

The Fang family's honeycomb coal stove had been burning for a day at home, covering the vent. Grandpa Gu came to help add a few bottles of boiling water. Then he added new water and continued to burn. So now, two people can take a bath.

Fang Mingche brought the diluted water to the toilet and asked the mother and daughter to wash together. Yanyan returned home and was full of energy again.

Then he boiled his own bath water.

Fang Mingche was surprised to learn that a large pot of water on the stove with the upper and lower vents closed could boil violently at noon. The honeycomb coal of later generations did not have this kind of firepower.

But then he figured it out. Today's honeycomb coal will not be shaped after burning. You can't even pick it up with a clamp! You can only poke it from the top and then use a fire hook to hook it out. But the honeycomb coal of later generations will still be shaped after burning and will not fall apart at all.

I guess this is directly related to the amount of coal in it. Nowadays, 90% of it is made of coal. So the fire is fierce, enough for cooking.

The later ones had a lot of soil mixed in. After burning, they were easily removed intact with tongs. However, the fire was not strong enough!

He was sitting here thinking divergently when Lao Cui's wife knocked on the door and came in with meat and vegetables in a basket.

"Mr. Fang, your teacher Lin asked me to buy the vegetables for you. She has paid for it."

"Oh, thank you, Mrs. Cui. Please sit for a moment, I'll pour you some tea." Fang Mingche stood up and said.

"No need. I heard you want to start a scrap business? This is not as good as your tea stall." Fang Mingche spread his hands, "I can't help it, that's the stall of the cooperative. It's good enough that I can open it until August."

Mrs. Cui nodded, "That's true. Let's go, no need to see me off."

Mrs. Cui left, and Lin Yan and her daughter came out after washing.

"Mingche, go take a shower. You'll feel much better after taking a shower!"

Fang Mingche took some clean clothes and brought some hot water over.

Just as he took off all his clothes, Lin Yan came knocking on the door and said, "Hand over the clothes you changed." She washed them together so that it would be convenient for her.

Summer clothes are washed quickly. By the time he comes out, she might have already washed and cleaned them.

Fang Mingche also opened the door a little and handed it out naturally. As a couple, this kind of operation is normal.

After I finished washing and went out, I saw the bucket at the door, but no one was there.

Fang Mingche leaned over to take a look. Oh, Teacher Gao is here, and she brought a piece of paper. Ah Yan was eagerly drying her hands on herself, and then took it over to look at it.

"The score line is out?" The couple had been busy all day, going out early and coming back late, and they really didn't take care of this.

Teacher Gao nodded, "Yes."

Lin Yan looked at it, let out a breath, and handed it to Fang Mingche.

He saw that Yan was OK, having passed the admission line of the school and major she applied for by several points. She should be able to get into a junior college. But Fang Mingche was just on the line, not a point more or less. If this was an unpopular major, he would probably have been accepted. I heard that some majors don't have enough students, so just getting on the line is fine.

But the Chinese Department is one of the most popular majors nowadays. He can only hope for transfer, otherwise he will end up in Capital Normal University.

Teacher Gao said, "Think positively. At least you have a bachelor's degree as a guarantee."

Fang Mingche nodded. "It's too late now. I can't do anything about it. Fine, as long as I can study. At least I don't have to be an illegal resident anymore."

I hope I can be transferred! It would be fine if there is no hope at all, but now I have to continue to hang in the balance.

After seeing off Teacher Gao, Lin Yan cleared the clothes and hung them up. The other party said clearly, "Go and see that Yanyan goes to bed."

When the couple went to bed that night, Fang Mingche didn't seem to be worried about his barely passing score.

Lin Yan said, "I thought about where to sell eggs. The living quarters of factories and mines, where the workers are wealthy. There are also hospitals, where patients need nutritional supplements and are more willing to spend money than usual. Or I can just bring eggs to see the patients."

The supply of eggs in the market is limited and cannot meet the needs of so many people. This is a business opportunity!
Fang Mingche said, "Let's wait and see about this for now."

"Why wait? This doesn't require too much capital, I can afford it myself. I just need to find someone to sell it. It's a pity that Xiao Xie is not able to leave. However, she didn't come before, and Teacher Gao went to work, so Aunt Gao seemed to be able to stay at home alone. But now that she has a daughter-in-law, Aunt Gao is a little difficult to serve. She wants Xiao Xie to be around her all day, and will shout if she doesn't see him for a while. But tell her clearly that it's for the sake of making money and reducing the burden on Teacher Gao. I think she will listen."

"It's because it doesn't cost much that I let you take it slow. Otherwise, if you start reselling eggs on the first day, Zhu Dahai will probably follow your example the next day."

(End of this chapter)