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

Chapter 105 Eat and look ugly
Fang Mingche immediately decided to stay and paid 300 yuan for half a year. He planned to sign a long-term contract when the business stabilized. He would set a higher penalty for breach of contract to avoid being taken over by others in the future when the business became prosperous and big.

The yard was larger than Fang Mingche expected, more than 400 square meters. The rent was naturally more expensive. It was still abandoned, overgrown with weeds half a person tall.

After seeing this, the three of them went home to boil water and take a bath.

Although Zhu Dahai was hesitant, he was still ready to follow Ming Che first. After all, there were still a few people in the compound who wanted to do the job. If he didn't do it, he would be replaced immediately. He was ready to look for another job while he was still employed, and resign when there was a better opportunity.

The big bowl tea stall made 20 yuan a day. He had seen such a profitable business, and he really didn't think much of earning yuan a day.

It's a pity that even a self-employed person like Xiao Fang, who is very capable, can't get a stall. He can only hand over such a profitable business to the handicraft cooperative.

Mingche only called two other down-to-earth educated youths who returned to the city, besides Zhu Dahai: Geng Shan and Liu Qingfeng. As for the others, they can only wait until the scale is expanded. But it is still possible to work as temporary workers in the land reclamation and get paid by the day.

At the beginning, the salary of three employees alone was more than 100 yuan per month. It was quite stressful!

At this moment everyone gathered at the Fang family for a meeting.

Fang Mingche said, "I will continue to set up the stall in August. Starting tomorrow, Zhu Dahai, you can lead them to clean up. Normally, it's 1.5 yuan, and there's a high temperature subsidy during the dog days, so it's 2 yuan a day in total. This is the same for the three permanent workers and the temporary workers in the compound."

Excluding the couple and Mr. Gao, who was working part-time, there were exactly seven people, including temporary workers. We wouldn't dare to add more!
Fang Mingche did not ask Teacher Gao to do this land reclamation work. Intellectuals are not good at physical work, but are more suitable for using their brains. The right people must be placed in the right positions.

Lin Yan asked: "When do you plan to open?"

Fang Mingche said, "The eighth, right? August 8th, what a great day! I'm not being superstitious, but people who do business still have to be careful."

Speaking of which, the 12-day legal residence period is about to expire. However, after hearing about his college entrance examination results, Aunt Yuan did not ask about it anymore.

What Aunt Yuan was afraid of was that so many people in the compound knew about Fang Mingche's return to his hometown to take the college entrance examination. That would make it known to everyone that he was a migrant worker who had been living illegally in the capital! If anyone had any complaints about her or Fang Mingche, they could report them to the street office. She would definitely be punished.

Now he can go to a university in the capital, a good one at that. There is nothing to be afraid of! Without personal grudges, no normal person would want to offend someone as capable as Fang Mingche.

Ever since the college entrance examination results came out, Fang Mingche had been setting up a stall these few days, and the attitude of the people in the cooperative had become much better.

Before, he relied on the fact that the stall was rented to him by them. If they didn't rent it, he wouldn't be able to set up the stall. That was really a bit arrogant!

At this moment, they set up the stall first. Song Quan said, "I want to return the 60 yuan rent for June and July to Xiao Fang. And I won't charge for August. We will take over their big bowl tea stall later, so we can't use all the wind to sail. Besides, we haven't even paid them the tuition for English lessons."

Before the college entrance examination results came out, he said this, but the people in the cooperative would not agree. They would only think that Xiao Fang was able to continue to run the tea stall because of the cooperative. They allowed him to stay for four months, from June to September. Originally, they could have set up a tea stall themselves during these four months.

Even when he brought it up, someone said, "He gave up all his credit to please Wang Dexian. It's good that we let him set up a stall in our territory." Song Quan said, "You don't know the inside story of his relationship with Wang Dexian. Don't spread rumors! If it gets out and Wang Dexian is convicted, don't blame me for not reminding you. He was Wang Dexian's English teacher and gave him advice. Did you know that Wang Dexian paid 400 yuan for English tuition? By now, you all know that Xiao Fang was a migrant worker before. So, he is not suitable for the limelight! He just served as a military advisor to Wang Dexian. Do you still think he is weak by nature and that he is easy to bully?"

Many craftsmen really thought so before. Now they looked at each other and found that they had all been admitted to university. They would not be ordinary people in the future.

Song Quan said: "So what I mean is to leave some room for maneuver when doing things. In case you need help from others in the future, you can ask for it. Of course, if you insist on not doing it, I can't force you."

Collective-owned enterprises are looked down upon by state-owned enterprises, and they look down upon self-employed enterprises. They feel that they are superior to others and that they are begging them.

But Song Quan felt that people like Xiao Fang, who had caught up with the good times now, would definitely be good in the future. The key point was that he would be a child of destiny and a college student!
Finally, the people in the cooperative reached a consensus: to return Fang Mingche's rent. After all, he was really quite good.

Wang Dexian's case now seems to be a misunderstanding. 400 yuan in tuition is very high! Moreover, he has made up for his shortcoming of being a migrant worker. There is no way to hold him back on this point.

August is also the last month. After that, the tea stall will make money for the cooperative, and everyone will have a share. It is better to return the rent to Song Touer as he said. Let him pay more attention when he teaches English next time.

But Song Quan knew it was impossible to pay the tuition, so he didn't mention it again.

Fang Mingche came again and was going to pay the last month's rent of 30 yuan, but Song Quan returned him 60 yuan.

"You've helped our cooperative so much, but it's a pity that I can't make the decision alone. I've already taken advantage of you a lot, so I can't charge you any more rent."

Fang Mingche thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then I'll consider this three months of the stall as a reward for giving you advice and teaching you English."

Since Lao Wang left, these people were incited to want his tea stall, and he no longer had any expectations of them. Even the silent majority was not worth making friends with. Only Lao Song was still someone he could still get along with.

He was about to start preparing for the tea stall, and the logistics staff of the cooperative came forward to help him. Before the college entrance examination results came out, these people were not so quick.

Fang Mingche didn't say anything and was busy with his work.

Song Quan said: "Why are you late today?"

"Oh, I just rented a new yard. It's full of weeds. Today I asked Ayan and Zhu Dahai to bring some people to help clear the wasteland. I helped them pack their things and gave them some instructions."

Song Quan soon realized that Xiao Fang was going to start another business. He didn't just study and stop doing business after he was admitted to university.

If he stopped setting up the big bowl tea stall, it could only be because the cooperative did not give him this opportunity. There was no basis for continued cooperation. Otherwise, he could just handle it like he did when he went back to take the college entrance examination.

Therefore, the refund of rent only makes the cooperative look a little better. They are just picking up someone else's profitable business for free!
(End of this chapter)