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

Chapter 3
Lin Yan thought that she would not have to spend money for the time being when she went back to her parents' house for food and lodging. A few dozen yuan in pocket money was enough.

Since I don’t have a sister-in-law yet, no one would be unhappy about it.

Mingche has to raise a daughter, so he should have left more money for him.

Fang Mingche knew she would say that.

However, he didn't plan to tell Ayan about his business plan.

People nowadays are timid.

Although the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee, which closed ten days ago, said that the focus in the future would be on economic development and reform and opening up.

But not many people dare to believe it and make immediate changes to their lives.

No one dared to take risks.

It was only after a period of time, when the employment problem had not been resolved, that some people began to take risks and break the law.

Among them, the majority are descendants of landlords and capitalists, because they can no longer make ends meet.

And their ancestors have experience in doing business.

People who have a stable job as a teacher normally would not and need not take this risk.

If he didn't have the chance to do it all over again, he wouldn't have had the courage to do so.

However, not to mention now, the black market was actually very prosperous in private during that decade.

Money is tempting, or if you don't take risks, you will have no way to survive, so there are always people who do things secretly.

Fang Mingche said, "No, you take more than 100 yuan back. My father-in-law said in the letter that if he can't find a job, he will retire early and let you take over. But since the policy says to arrange employment for you, the government and the street office will definitely find a way. My father-in-law is a level 5 fitter with a high salary. It's not worth it to let you work as a general worker after retirement. We won't be picky about what job the street office arranges for us. As long as we have a stable income, it's fine."

He should find a solution, there is no need for his father-in-law to make such a sacrifice.

Jobs in state-owned factories are now considered to be something that can be passed down from generation to generation. This sacrifice is a bit heavy.

In the previous life, my father-in-law's job was passed on to Lin Yi's wife. She was not an easy person to deal with, so there was no need to give her something to talk about.

Lin Yan nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

When they went to the marriage registration office, they were asked if they had thought it through. However, the staff was just asking for routine matters.

As soon as the policy of returning to the city came out, many educated youth came to go through divorce procedures.

There are even cases where they didn't even go through the marriage formalities, but just held a wedding banquet in the countryside and considered it counted.

Now even this procedure can be saved.

After getting the divorce certificate, the two went to the Youth League Office to register to return to BJ.

The female clerk said to Lin Yan unhappily, "Why did you come only today? Why did you wait until January 5th to make arrangements? You should at least reserve some time for overall planning."

Fang Mingche walked in from the door and said with a straight face: "It's not past the stipulated time, what are you nagging about?"

These clerks love to use the little power they have to make things difficult for others.

The female clerk saw Fang Mingche, who was tall and strong with a sullen face, and said inwardly: "Humph, you are still protecting me? I will dump you as soon as I can go back to the city."

His subordinates completed the formalities efficiently.

This man has just been dumped by his educated youth wife, so he should not take his anger out on her.

After going through all the procedures, Lin Yan still didn't feel it was real. Moreover, she herself felt that it was just a fake divorce.

Finally, she decided not to think about it. She always waited in BJ for Ming Che to bring his daughter to see her. Lin Yan was also confident in their relationship. This was indeed the same as her previous assumption that she would go to college first and return to BJ.

Now that the divorce certificate was obtained, Lin Yan definitely could not stay at home at night. She had to pack up her bedding and go to live in the educated youth camp.

Fang Mingche and Lin Yan went to several places today to go through the formalities, and had noodles at the state-owned restaurant in the commune for lunch.

Lin Yan quickly packed her bedding, and Fang Mingche sent her to the educated youth center. He had to go with her, otherwise some of the female educated youth would speak harshly.

Ah Yan was pretty and had a job as a village primary school teacher, so she didn't have to work in the fields. There must be some female educated youth who were dissatisfied with her.

Sure enough, when the female educated youth who had wanted to make fun of Lin Yan saw Fang Mingche carrying the bedding roll for Lin Yan and carrying large and small bags, she shut her mouth.

A few days ago, I heard her say that she would not go back to the city and would settle down in the countryside.

I heard this morning that he asked for leave to get a divorce.

Fang Mingche said to the female educated youth team leader, "Chen Zhiqing, my daughter Ayan has a gentle temper. Please take care of her these days."

Chen Zhiqing was stunned. They were leaving in three days. Why did they still need her to take care of them?

She is a firm believer in returning to the city. She has been here for ten years but has never had a boyfriend. Now she is 27 years old and has become an old maid.

Finally, the policy of unconditional return to the city was launched.

Now seeing that she had married a tall and handsome village teacher and received benefits at work, Lin Yan, who had previously vowed not to go back, also wanted to divorce and return to the city.

Not to mention others, even she looked down on him.

Fang Mingche took out the sesame candy wrapped in rough paper that he had bought today and offered it to the female educated youth. "You have been here for more than ten years and you can finally go back. I am happy for you! I wish you a safe journey."

"Thank you!" The female educated youth could not refuse, so they accepted it.

This person is so soft-hearted that he will definitely not say anything unpleasant later.

"Then Ah Yan, you pack up. Come back for dinner later. I'll go back first. Don't worry too much about your mother-in-law's illness. The medical conditions in the capital are definitely the best."

He gave a vague explanation as to why Lin Yan suddenly changed her mind and wanted to divorce and return to the city, so as to prevent these people from making wild guesses.

"it is good."

After Fang Mingche left, several female educated youth said, "Lin Yan, you are so lucky. Even though you are divorced, Fang Mingche is still so good to you."

Lin Yan made her bed in the corner of the kang and said, "Our divorce is fake."

Everyone was stunned. They had only heard that the two educated youths had a fake divorce. If they were divorced from a rural person, then it must be a real divorce. Rural people can't go to the city!
Lin Yan said: "Ming Che said that he wanted to prepare seriously for the college entrance examination and brought his daughter to BJ to see me."

Chen Zhiqing said: "What a wonderful man! He has taken good care of you over the years, and now he lets you leave without any psychological burden."

Lin Yan said: "In the second half of the year, our family of three will be reunited in BJ. I trust Mingche!"

The female educated youth looked at each other and one of them said, "It's easy to get a priceless treasure, but it's hard to get a lover. If your mother wasn't sick, you could have stayed and lived with him. Anyway, the income from teaching is relatively good in the countryside."

Lin Yan packed up and rode the bicycle left by Fang Mingche to go home for dinner.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw my mother-in-law sitting in the outer room with a gloomy face. My father-in-law also came and sat next to her, smoking a pipe.

It is obvious that he came here because he heard that they were getting divorced.

Well, she is going back to the city, so she should at least say hello to the old man.

"Dad, Mom, you're here—"

(End of this chapter)