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

Chapter 117 Successful opening

Lin Yan said: "You knew he was just here to get a salary, so why did you bring him here? Don't you know we still owe you 2000?"

Mother Lin said, "You are quite opinionated now. They won't give up even if I stop them. Let them come over and be rejected by you in person. This way they won't come to bother me again and again. Wait, let's not talk about them anymore. If you two want to change the business, can't you change to a better one?"

Lin Yan smiled bitterly, "We didn't take the initiative to change. It's because the handicraft cooperative refused to give us the stall in Dashilan. Without the huge customer flow of Tiananmen Square, it would be difficult to do other business."

"Then your uncle's place."

Lin Yan spread her hands, "The first time, Ming Che said that if the sandals couldn't be sold, he would take them back to his hometown to sell. Then there was a second and third time. Someone must have realized that the goods were easy to sell. How could we have a chance to make money? My uncle is not a leader. It's not that we don't want to do these two profitable businesses, but we don't have the conditions to do them!"

It doesn't matter at home, these are all unavoidable things. There is no shortcut!

But Mingche was right. When Wang Dexian's grandfather was in the midst of gunfire and risking his life, what were their grandfathers doing? They were not even there to support the front by pushing a cart during the Huaihai Campaign.

So nowadays, why should we compare our family background with others?
If you can't rely on your ancestors, you can only work hard on your own. Let Yanyan have a better platform in the future, so that she doesn't have to start all over again. People need to be supported by generations.

Lin's mother said, "I heard that those people in Xidan who sell bell-bottom pants and bat shirts are making a lot of money."

Although it's also reselling, it's much better than collecting scrap.

Lin Yan said, "Those were all the goods we got from the south. Let's not talk about the hardships along the way, such as the extremely crowded conditions and the fact that we had to crouch under other people's seats because we couldn't buy a seat ticket. The key point is that the south is very chaotic now, and there are many highway robberies along the way! Even on the train, people would jump on and rob. Mingche has a cousin who drives a truck. He made a lot of money in the past ten years! However, he is going to Beijing this month to see if there are any opportunities. He said that he dare not go to the south again, for fear of never coming back! Mom, don't just see those people making money, there are more than one or two people who got into trouble when they went to buy goods."

Mother Lin frowned. After hearing what her daughter said, she remembered that she seemed to have heard that someone's goods were robbed, or someone was cheated when going to the south. It was not safe and she could not go.

"Then, then you can't collect waste. It will be embarrassing if others tell others about it. You are two college students after all. Also, is it really okay to hire someone? If someone sues you, will your college identity be exposed? That would be a big loss for a small gain."

Lin Yan said, "Mingche said that someone has opened a factory selling fool melon seeds and made millions. They are fine, so how can they blame us for making a small fuss? Our business is not impressive at all. Besides, there are only three of us! We have also helped the street office to find employment for three people."

She was now quite convinced by Fang Mingche. Moreover, Mingche said that they were just taking advantage of the first mover advantage.

If fellow villagers or fellow townspeople form a clique, they might even exclude people and not allow newcomers to enter the business circle. At that time, it will not be possible to collect waste whenever you want.

She was very surprised at the time. How could someone form a group to monopolize a business like waste collection? Mingche said it was motivated by profit. How could it be impossible?
Don't look down on waste collection and think that there will be no group because this industry is despised. The Beggars' Sect is still the largest gang in the world.

(Two months ago, Fang Mingfeng bought a pirated copy of The Legend of the Condor Heroes from Guangzhou. This time he had to take a three-day train ride to get back, so Fang Mingche borrowed it from someone and read it on the train. After he read it, Lin Yan followed suit. So the Beggars' Sect and all that was going on were very clear.)

After hearing what her daughter said, Lin's mother was still a little worried.

Lin Yan didn't say anything else. It didn't make sense. Anyway, the old man couldn't stop it.

In fact, she didn't see the huge profits in collecting waste, but she trusted Ming Li's vision. When he first said he wanted to set up a tea stall, who would have thought that a bowl of tea at two cents a bowl would be so profitable?

Moreover, Mr. Gao went out several times to look for buyers. When he came back, he looked very confident. This clearly showed that he had seen through the clues.

Mingche is a smart person, and so is Teacher Gao. She believes in the industry they have chosen.

In addition, she also realized that there should be a lot of money to be made by buying vegetables and eggs and selling them in the city. As a woman who buys vegetables and cooks, she knows the difference.

"Mom, have lunch later before you leave."

Mother Lin shook her head. "No, your father and your brother have to go home for lunch after work. Alas, I haven't had time to buy groceries yet. Your aunt suddenly came. Humph, I retired early from my job and let Lin Yi take over. Their family is really thinking well!"

Lin's mother went out to take the bus home. Suddenly, her sister-in-law came and disrupted her morning plans.

Lin Yan ran to Mrs. Cui to share the meat and vegetables, and gave half to her mother.

"Mom, take these back and do it."

Mother Lin was surprised, "Where did you get this? I'll give you the money."

"The little restaurant over there bought it on the black market. You can just take it back and eat it. You don't have to pay me. I won't send you out."

"No need to send me off, no need to send me off. I'm not a child. You should go back and take good care of Yanyan."

Lin Yan said, "Okay, I'll be right back. It's okay to go away for a while, the neighbors around will help keep an eye on me. By the way, did you tell my aunt about my situation?"

"How could that be? It was your aunt who said that you didn't listen to her and missed a good marriage. I countered by saying that you and Mingche are living well now. Maybe the news was leaked from her."

"From now on, be more careful about what you say to others."

"Yeah." Lin's mother went back carrying the meat and vegetables.

When someone on the street or in the slums asked her where she bought the meat at this time, she would happily tell them, "I just went to the girl's house. She gave it to me!"

Lin Yan returned home and decided to wash the sheets before cooking. It was still a little early to make lunch.

Yanyan sat there drinking tea and eating egg cakes. The little girl also took two egg cakes to treat Grandpa Gu.

Lin Yan said, "Eat, you're welcome! Their family took a lot of things and money from your grandma and grandpa in the past."

She was very happy today. Her mother finally stopped being a devoted elder sister! Well, she is no longer a devoted mother.

Of course, this offering is only for the men in the family. I also want to drag her to make an offering together!
Although the actual conditions do not allow it, we have finally taken the first step.

Lin Yan looked at Yan Yan. She would not be a partial mother even if she gave birth to a son in the future! She would not dig into her own small family to subsidize Lin Yi.

From her grandmother to her mother, it was simply a lineage. She had been fooled before, and she could never pass this trick on to Yanyan again.

Going to the countryside actually taught her a lesson! It's not that she doesn't help the men in the family, but that she is selfish.

Humph, when she was in the countryside, did her uncle and aunt send her one or two grain coupons? Why do they want to suck her blood now? The phrase "You are the elder sister, you should take care of it" can't fool her.

At that time, her cousin felt sorry for her and sent her food coupons and other things.

Her mother is here to treat her uncle well, after all, it has been so many years since her grandparents' last will and decree. And her mother has a son of her own!
As for her mother's treatment of Lin Yi, her father took over the financial power and gave her living expenses every month.

Moreover, the Han family was too greedy and insatiable. Her mother was also annoyed.

I guess it was also because of the women's bicycle. When she went back to remarry, her mother rode the women's bicycle for a while and liked it very much. It was hard to accept that I had to save money to buy something I loved so much for someone else. And the other person didn't just want a bicycle.

Besides, she was able to get into a junior college, but her mother thought that was nothing to Han Mei, a high school graduate.

Originally, the Lin family siblings were only in junior high school, and high school students seemed quite precious. But she only studied in junior high school, and today she was admitted to a junior college with Mingche's help. So Han Mei, who studied in high school but couldn't get into college, naturally depreciated.

Mother Lin returned home, put down the meat and vegetables, and started cooking. She had been delayed for an hour on the road, so it was time to make lunch.

After a while, she saw from the window the neighbor who had told her that she was making money by selling bell-bottom pants and bat shirts in Xidan. She stopped her and told her what Lin Yan had said.

The neighbor said, "If you want to make money, there must be risks! If there were no risks and it was so profitable, who knows how many people would flock to the south. By the way, what kind of business are your daughter and son-in-law doing this time?"

Speaking of this, Lin's mother was a little embarrassed. But the neighbors all knew that she had taken her brother, sister-in-law and nephew to visit Yan today. It would be unreasonable to say that she didn't know.

I had no choice but to say, "Collect waste."

"Ah?" The neighbor looked shocked.

I used to run a tea stall, which was at least in Tiananmen Square. Later, it was moved to Dazhalan nearby, which is still a good place in the capital. Is collecting waste the lowest level of business?

Mother Lin said, "Who knows what they were thinking? They formed a partnership with some returned educated youth. It's hard to find a business that's both safe and profitable. How can an ordinary family like us get a chance?"

She certainly wouldn't tell others that her daughter and son-in-law hired three returned urban youths and didn't do it herself. That would be giving people a handle.

The neighbor said, “That’s right.”

Although he said so, his eyes were glittering with gloating. Lin Yan had previously ridden a newly bought women's bicycle and had a house under her name. It was said that she had also passed the college entrance examination. She was like the number one person in the compound!
As a result, now I am just a junk collector.

At noon, Lin Yi and his father came back from get off work and were surprised to see meat.

We just had meat yesterday, and it's supposed to be a few days before we get our turn. They only eat meat twice a week.

Each person was provided with a limited number of meat coupons, so buying meat on the black market not only required sneaking around, but also a price increase. So it had always been like this. This was already a dual-income family in the capital, a good family. Who could still eat meat every day?

Lin Yi asked: "Mom, what's going on today?"

Mother Lin said, "Your aunt has brought Qiming here."

Lin Yi was about to reach out to grab a piece of shredded pork to eat, but when he heard this he said in surprise: "Don't tell me that it was bought by my aunt!"

My uncle and aunt only came to our house to get things, but never brought anything as gifts.

Mother Lin said, "Your aunt wanted Qiming to help your sister and brother-in-law with work. So I took them to find your sister. This meat was given by your sister."

Then he reached out and patted his son's hand, "Go wash your hands and get the dishes. Yanyan won't eat with his hands."

Lin Yi withdrew his hand in dismay, "Oh, the meat was given by my sister. That makes sense. But, did you really accept Qiming? He is even lazier than me."

Father Lin said, "It's rare that you still know that you are lazy. However, Qiming is really not good at doing things. If you take him over, won't it make things difficult for Ayan?"

Mother Lin said, "Why embarrass her? She refused on the spot. She said there was no position for an office, not even an office."

"Then what's the space?" Lin Yi went in and took out three sets of bowls and chopsticks, then turned around to add more rice.

Lin's mother said, "There is a place to collect waste. They are so secretive this time, and it turns out that they opened a waste recycling station."

Father Lin frowned, "Does this make money?"

He had already experienced his son-in-law's vision. He bought a house in just a few months of setting up a tea stall. He earned the money that others would need to save for ten years in just half a year.

Lin's mother said, "Are you only thinking about whether you can make money or not? The key is that they also hired three educated youth who returned to the city. Before, they were the ones who mainly operated the tea stall. Now people will accuse them of exploitation."

"We must hire someone, because school starts in September," said Lin Yi.

"That's the problem. The employment problem is so serious!"

Father Lin thought for a moment and said, "Everything is not so exaggerated now. I heard that the harvest in Xiaogang Village, Anhui Province should be quite good this year. The autumn harvest will be in a few days, and maybe it will be promoted to other areas."

He was working and certainly heard news faster than Lin's mother, who was a housewife. Moreover, men are naturally more concerned about current political affairs than women. He also gradually noticed some changes in society.

The severity of the household contract responsibility system is no less than that of hiring workers. This involves the issue of ownership. Now it is not a problem!

Moreover, it is still a difficult problem to find jobs for the educated youth who have returned to the city. The government has asked the lower levels to think of all possible solutions. It should not be a big deal to hire three educated youth who have returned to the city and cannot find jobs.

Mother Lin was shocked and asked, "Can this be promoted?"

Father Lin looked around and whispered, "I heard that at the end of 1978, a big thing was launched. The leader held a meeting, set up a review team, and went to various places to investigate. Now it's just that there is no final resolution and it has not been made public. Isn't there an old technician in our factory who was implicated by the big leader's incident? I heard that there is hope that he will come back."

Mother Lin asked doubtfully, "Then this matter is not as serious as I thought?"

Father Lin said, "Xiao Fang will not listen to us no matter what he does. After all, he is going to be a college student soon, so he should be able to see further than us. When he set up the tea stall, I really thought he was unreliable. But looking back now, he was one step ahead of others."

Lin Yi didn’t have a deep memory of those ten years, and didn’t have many feelings. It was enough to make money! Making money could solve most of the problems in life. This was his personal experience!
If he could make as much money as his brother-in-law, would the Han family look down on him?
That night, when Fang Mingche came back from closing his stall, Lin Yan was collecting the sheets and quilt covers. They were already dried!

She talked about her aunt and cousin coming over in the morning and wanting a job working in an office.

Fang Mingche smiled and said, "I'm afraid you still want a high salary, right?"

"How could I give them a chance to raise their salary? I rejected it directly. At the same time, I told Zhu Qiming that we were a scrap collector and told him to back out. I hate people who take advantage of others and act as if it's their right."

方明澈自己看好的时间是开张时间是8:08。所以第二天比平时又提前了一些起床。七点刚过，众人就出发了。以后上班的时间准备定在8:30——12:30，14:00——18:00。包中午、晚上两顿饭！

At the beginning, it was 36 yuan a month, which is also the average wage of workers at that time. Of course, if the vast majority of farmers are included, the number will not be this high.

Today, Fang Mingche and Liu Qingfeng rode two tricycles. Fang Mingche rode the same one he used to run the stall on weekdays. He arranged for Liu Qingfeng to ride the newly bought one.

Because the neighbor in the slum who rented out his tricycle for five yuan a month had already said that he would not rent his tricycle to them but would use it to collect waste.

So before the opening, Fang Mingche could only ask Lao Cui to get a ticket on the black market, and then bought another one. So far, his investment has indeed reached thousands.

Seeing Zhu Dahai coming early in the morning, Fang Mingche didn't say much. He just said, "Qingfeng, take the tricycle. Dahai, you and Gengshan share one."

In the past few days, Geng Shan mainly did technical work such as picking up tiles, repairing stoves and windows, etc. The one who worked the hardest was Liu Qingfeng.

No matter how small the team is, rewards and punishments must be clear.

Forget about August. If he can do a good job as a small leader, I will give him a raise in September.

The three of them looked at each other. Zhu Dahai had always been the one riding the tricycle.

Of course, Geng Shan and Liu Qingfeng both know how to ride a tricycle. When they were recruiting, they said this was a necessary condition. After all, whether they were collecting waste along the street or delivering goods, they needed to be able to ride a tricycle.

Lin Yan rode her own women's bike. The other bike belonged to Grandpa Gu. Today, I took Zhu Dahai to Gengshan, and they would switch when they came back.

To be precise, the car actually belonged to Gu Zhiguang. Uncle Gu had been lending it to them. Fang Mingche asked if he could pay some rent like he did for the tricycle?
Uncle Gu said that he didn't need those little things, which were only three or five yuan a month. If there were any problems in the future, he could just ask Fang Mingche to give him some advice.

In addition, Teacher Gao, a non-staff member, also borrowed a bicycle from someone and prepared to go there together.

Yanyan was still sitting in her father's car, holding the hem of her father's shirt with both hands.

Fang Mingche saw that everyone was gathered, "Okay, let's go. We have to get there before eight o'clock."

Everyone was in high spirits along the way, even Yanyan was particularly happy. The family had another profitable business.

Today, the tea stall was not set up at all. If it were a teahouse, you would have to worry about opening one day and closing the next day, offending regular customers. But the tourists in the square change every day. It's just one day, 20 yuan is enough.

At 7:50, everyone arrived as planned.

Mrs. Wei had come over to boil water. She used the kettle to boil it, and also poured out the coarse tea stalks to dry.

We rode all the way, so we had a cup of tea and took a break.

After they finished drinking, Fang Mingche said, "Qingfeng, take them to put up the couplets and banners."

Liu Qingfeng was now certain that he would be a small leader in the future. Of course, Teacher Fang didn't want a small leader who didn't do any work and assigned all the work to others.

Nowadays, there are fewer people, and no one can escape from labor. Among the six of them, three are prospective college students. School will start in September.

There are only three people who really stay here to work. They all have to work! Teacher Fang came here after closing his stall and is also working.

"Okay. Gengshan, go borrow a ladder and ask for some rice soup."

Geng Shan borrowed the ladder the first time, and he returned it and borrowed it several more times. He was the most familiar with that family.

Geng Shan agreed and went. He asked for the rice soup to paste the couplets.

Zhu Dahai was a little embarrassed, but no one else was paying attention to him. He felt a little more at ease!
Teacher Gao also heard from Fang Mingche about his performance.

Fang Mingche said at the time: "I am a self-employed person here. This is not a state-owned or collective factory that allows people to slack off. I am an adult, I have to overcome my emotions myself!"

He's encountered so many things along the way, doesn't he have to keep himself in line with his emotions?

Geng Shan borrowed the things back quickly. In fact, he had told the family about it two days ago. The rice soup was also specially reserved by the family. It was placed in cold water at night. This way, it would not go bad overnight.

Most people eat rice at noon and in the evening, and usually do not cook in the morning.

Those people were naturally very interested, after all, they could sell vegetables and eggs here. They would cook every day in the future! At this moment, they helped to bring the rice soup over, and by the way, they watched the excitement of their opening.

Liu Qingfeng quickly got into the role and arranged for Zhu Dahai to climb up and paste the paper while he watched from below. Zhu Dahai climbed up and did the work. Liu Qingfeng saw that he could handle it and felt good about it. This set the tone.

Geng Shan went in, took out the firecrackers and hung them up, ready to be lit at 8:08.

Teacher Gao had just caught his breath. He seldom rode a bicycle, and he would never ride so fast.

Fang Mingche looked down on him, "A good-for-nothing scholar!"

"You speak as if you are not a scholar."

"I am a useful scholar."

Lin Yan looked at her watch. "It's time—"

Geng Shan lit the firecrackers, which made a crackling sound. More and more children came to watch the fun.

Lin Yan took a bag of hard candy and gave each of them a candy. "You can also bring in any used toothpaste tubes."

"We don't brush our teeth. We can just rinse our mouths. Why bother buying toothpaste?"

Fortunately, after the firecrackers were set off for a while, scavengers came over with their baskets carrying the waste they had collected for the past few days. There were quite a few of them, all of whom had been here before.

Liu Qingfeng quickly called the person over and said, "Put the cardboard on the scale."

The cardboard takes up space, and it's not easy to weigh it with a beam scale. So let's just use a pound scale. He weighed it and wrote it down, while Lin Yan next to him was responsible for calculating the amount with an abacus and giving the money to people.

She counted as she dialed, unit price * weight, total price. I had exchanged some coins before, both banknotes and coins. This made it easier to pay. Rounding off was impossible.

If they give up, the other party will definitely not do it; if they enter, they can't afford it. They only enter a few cents, but they are facing many scavengers. And it is a long-term business.

So you just pay what you pay. This is the most fair way and will not cause any conflicts.

If anyone else had scraps of copper and iron instead of cardboard, they would go to Zhu Dahai to weigh them with a beam scale. After weighing them, she would report the number to Lin Yan, who would then calculate the money.

Every single transaction has to be recorded anyway, so this won't be an extra procedure.

Geng Shan was responsible for sorting the waste into different categories and using a small cart he made to pull it to the back for processing. The back was spacious and convenient for drying if needed.

If there is a lot of mud on cardboard before weighing, you are required to clean it.

Teacher Gao said to Fang Mingche: "Not bad, a good start!"

"I think he has seen your flyer before."

After the waste collected by this wave of about 10 to 20 scavengers was collected, fewer people came later.

Fang Mingche used a brush to write on cardboard, enlarging the prices of various types of waste and the addresses of the waste stations.

"Liu Qingfeng can stay outside alone. Geng Shan, you ride the tricycle with a beam scale, clamp the cardboard vertically on the top of the car with a wooden pole, and go out to walk around the area within a three-mile radius. Zhu Dahai, you go to the back to further process the waste."

After everyone went to do their business, Lin Yan whispered to Mingche in a worried tone, "This is not like the business in the square, which is endless. Can it succeed if it continues like this?" The labor cost alone today is more than ten yuan.

"We need to build up popularity. Once scavengers from near and far know that we buy at a price two cents higher than the purchasing station, more and more of them will come to deliver goods."

In fact, the key is not the number of scavengers delivering goods.

Moreover, it is not yet the period of industrial development in the 1980s. There is not much waste to be collected. But we cannot wait until then to open a business.

First of all, the market will be occupied by the local people, and it will be impossible to squeeze into this industry.

Secondly, I can earn a little now, so I won't wait any longer. I opened the business while the rent and labor costs were cheap.

As for reselling vegetables and eggs, he had thought about it before. Since Yan had thought of it herself, he did not mention it again.

"Aren't you going to collect vegetables and eggs? Why don't you put up a sign and go out?"

Lin Yan nodded, "Okay."

When she went out, there were also people in the village carrying empty bottles to sell. It was a little more expensive than taking them to the collection station, so of course they sold them here.

After hearing what Lin Yan said about the eggs, these people also said that they had some at home. They would go back and get them now!

When Mrs. Wei saw this, she wondered if they were going to buy a large amount of them. She went out to ask for clarification.

Lin Yan said, "Yes, we need to collect a lot. Uncle Xia helped me weave a few frames for vegetables, and you can find some straw for eggs. We will collect eggs from the villagers."

“Do you collect vegetables too?”

"Yes, but I'll collect the vegetables in the afternoon when we're almost gone. If we pick them now, they'll get old. Well, Sister Wei, this is extra work. If you help me, I'll give you an extra fifty cents a day. When I start school in September, I'll leave this matter entirely to you. You'll be in charge of collecting the things and paying for them."

Sister Wei immediately became happy, "Teacher Lin, just leave it to me."

At the moment, Lin Yan's egg business is better. After all, every household in the countryside raises chickens nowadays. They can at least produce ten or twenty chickens.

Mrs. Wei lined the short bamboo baskets with straw and placed the eggs one by one inside. When the basket was full, she took it inside and placed it in a cool place. She couldn't expose it to direct sunlight, as that would easily cause the eggs to leak.

Fortunately, scavengers or villagers still come one after another to deliver waste.

Liu Qingfeng said, "Teacher Fang, I'll ride my tricycle and go for a walk around. Ganggeng Mountain goes west, I'll go east."

It is enough for Mrs. Wei to collect eggs and vegetables by herself.

Fang Mingche nodded, "Okay."

Teacher Gao asked, "Are you mentally prepared?"

"Yes, we may be in a loss-making state in the first one or two months after opening. And we have business coming on the first day, which is already good."

After saying that, he saw a scavenger coming over to Lin Yan to ask for a mask.

Lin Yan said: "Mingche, come and open one for this big brother."

"it is good!"

When no one came to deliver the waste, Lin Yan and Teacher Gao said, "How about I take back these eggs and let your Xiao Xie sell them in front of the nearby hospital?"

Teacher Gao’s first reaction was, what the hell should I do?
Lin Yan didn't say much, after all, it was someone else's family matter.

But Teacher Gao thought for a while and realized that after Xiao Xie came, his mother seemed to have more things to do than before. In the past, when he went to class, she could handle it alone at home.

Moreover, Lin Yan asked Sister Wei to help collect eggs and vegetables, and she was paid 15 yuan a month.

Sister Wei could have made some rules for the villagers to deliver things when she was not busy. In this way, she could take care of her family in addition to cooking two meals and harvesting vegetables.

At this moment, she was setting rules for people, asking them to clean it before bringing it back. No chicken shit should still be on it.

"I'll go back and talk to them."

Lin Yan nodded, "Okay."

She planned to eat the two cents difference and then give Liu Qingfeng, who was in charge of loading the goods, another fifty cents a day.

As for how much Xiao Xie can earn, it depends on how many he can sell.

Teacher Gao was tempted. It was a hospital. Eggs sold outside the hospital must be good. If they were sold well, doctors and nurses might come to buy them. These eggs were so fresh and big!

Of course, the main force is still the patients in the hospital. Eggs are the cheapest and most affordable nutritional supplement.

They are all patients, so they should be willing to give them an egg a day. Even the meanest family would not deny the patient an egg a day. One egg costs only 1 cent! Moreover, you can also give eggs to patients when you visit them.

Then it shouldn’t be difficult to sell a hundred eggs a day in front of the hospital.

One dollar a day, that's 30 dollars a month. This can lighten his burden a lot. And Xiao Xie will feel much better.

"How about I carry a basket back and try it out. Before the sun gets too high and it's not too hot."

Lin Yan nodded, "Okay."

Teacher Gao immediately brought a basket and tied it to the rear frame of his bicycle.

Mrs. Wei saw it and said, "Teacher Gao, let me help you tie it. The way you tie it is not secure enough."

The hands-on ability of working women far exceeds that of Mr. Gao, a pale-faced scholar.

"Okay, thank you. Xiao Fang, you guys are busy, I'll go back first."

There were exactly one hundred in this box, so he took it back to try.

When he went back and told everyone about it, Gao's mother and Xiao Xie both agreed.

Xiao Xie also asked: "You brought back the eggs without paying?"

Teacher Gao was stunned. It seems so. Then wouldn't it be like selling on credit first and paying later? It's a business with no capital!

Xiao Xie smiled and said, "I'll go try it first. I guess there are other people in the compound who also want to do this."

As he spoke, he found a basket, also covered with straw, and put twenty or thirty of them in it, noting that they were about the same size. He then covered the surface with a blue cloth.

"I'll come back to get lunch after I sell it out."

"I'll do it, I'll do it." Teacher Gao quickly expressed his opinion.

Gao's mother, who usually has a lot of things to do, didn't say anything against it. Of course, making more money is more important than having to revolve around her.

Xiao Xie naturally felt better. Teacher Lin was clearly helping her. Otherwise, who else could she give the eggs to to sell at the hospital entrance?

Leaving the housework and taking care of Gao's mother to Teacher Gao who was on summer vacation, she walked briskly towards the nearest hospital.

The scrap yard's opening business was worse than Lin Yan expected, and she was a little disappointed.

Fang Mingche said, "This is how normal business is done. You have to slowly build up popularity. We made a net profit of 18 yuan on the first day of setting up the tea stall. That was because we took advantage of the traffic in Tiananmen Square. No other place has that kind of traffic."

Liu Qingfeng and Geng Shan went out on a tricycle. Before they left, he reminded them to come back when the sun got brighter. There was a long time to come, so there was no need to rush. Don't get a heat stroke!
He could understand their anxiety because this job was very hard to come by for them, and there were still four educated youth who had come back to the city to work odd jobs but still had no job.

Therefore, they also want to display the "billboard" written by Fang Mingche more often, so that more people can see that there is a scrap collection station with a relatively high purchase price here. In the future, if they have scrap, they can think of selling it to this nearby station. It would be even better if they can collect more scrap along the way.

Fang Mingche glanced at the second entrance at the back, where Zhu Dahai was diligently cleaning up the waste he had received. After cleaning up, he sent it to the second entrance room used as a warehouse according to the previous distribution.

As for the third entrance, Wei's wife was very motivated to open the side door to collect eggs. Waste and vegetables were separated by entering through different doors.

She also collected them, put them into a small bamboo basket padded with straw, and then carried them into the third room.

Uncle Xia helped to weave this small bamboo basket. Lin Yan had asked him to do it before. But he refused to accept the money, saying that Lin Yan had done him a great favor by letting him work the night shift here.

Yanyan likes this place very much. It is spacious and fun to play. The children in the village also give way to her.

She also vaguely remembered that she grew up in the countryside, which made her feel very close to it. Now she was having a great time running along the ridges of the fields.

When the sun got brighter, Lin Yan went to call her back. Yanyan didn't want to come back yet, so she was dragged away.

"I hope you're not afraid of the sun when I need you to do some work in the future."

Yanyan looked at the young lady working in the fields and suddenly muttered "Sister——".

Lin Yan asked: "Are you thinking of your sister?"

"Yeah, I seem to remember."

"Yes, she must be working in the fields at this time. Compared with Fang Fang, you are much happier."

The scrap yard received scraps one after another on the first day, but it would not ship them out until a certain amount had accumulated. So it was impossible to know the profit by counting the money received on the first day like setting up a tea stall.

However, Lin Yan still weighed the total weight of all the waste, and then multiplied it by the purchase price that Teacher Gao asked.

I had a rough idea in my mind. The difference I could make that day was only 13 yuan.

But the wages for five workers are 5.6 yuan, the rent is 1.7 yuan, and the food expenses are more than 1 yuan. The cost is about 9 yuan a day.

This, this is too miserable compared to the tea stall.

She said to Fang Mingche, "If you delay setting up the stall for one day, it will take five days to earn money. You're losing money—"

"Then if you don't tell me, it's like I just had a day off. I would be tired if I were to go to the stall every day."

Lin Yan nodded, "That's true. But can this business really pick up? Today, some scavengers have saved up their gains for a few days."

"It will get better slowly. Besides, I still rely on you to sell vegetables and eggs to supplement my income."

Lin Yan hurried to see how her eggs and vegetables were harvested.

In the end, four boxes of eggs were collected, and some scattered eggs. Lin Yan asked Sister Wei to keep the scattered eggs for cooking. There will definitely not be so many eggs tomorrow. But people from nearby villages may also send them when they hear the news.

Mrs. Wei put the eggs in the rice jar, so that they could be kept there for a longer time and not spoil later.

One box of eggs was taken back by Teacher Gao in the morning. The remaining three boxes were stacked together. The vegetables were also packed in boxes.

I covered it with clean cardboard to block the light and to block other people's sight. Although the vegetable vendors were not arrested, they couldn't be too ostentatious.

When no one was around, Lin Yan and Fang Mingche said, "Zhu Dahai went in and out before, and saw Sister Wei collecting eggs and vegetables several times. I think he should have some ideas."

Zhu Dahai came today because he hadn't found any other way to make money. But when he saw Lin Yan collecting eggs and vegetables today, his eyes lit up.

Fang Mingche smiled, "That's normal. He may stop doing it soon. But of course, anyone can do this business. However, if they all sell in that area, they will be competitors. So, when you go back, go find those four educated youth who have returned to the city. Ask them if they want to open a stall selling vegetables and eggs. If they do, we can provide them with a stable supply."

If we sell the vegetables now, we can’t sell them at a higher price in the morning. If we buy them now, we can only eat them tomorrow, so we just want to buy them at a lower price. But if the number of people buying vegetables is relatively stable, we can change the time to the morning and have someone make a special trip.

The price of eggs will definitely not drop, and the eggs can be stored without any impact.

If the four returned educated youth set up a vegetable stall, it would definitely be much more effective than Zhu Dahai selling vegetables alone. He could ride a tricycle to go farther to sell. As long as he works hard, he can make money.

As for purchasing goods, it is not easy for Zhu Dahai to compete with them in this village. But he can find other villages in the suburbs of Beijing. If they trade with cash, they will sell.

Well, the hens are raised by the farmer himself. The vegetables are also grown in the farmer's private plot.

The collective fields and collective chicken farms all have their own planned destinations for vegetables, eggs, and chickens. They are not available for private purchase.

Therefore, the quantity in one village will not be too large.

Lin Yan had planned to go to Cui's wife and sell some of the eggs and vegetables to her. Cui's wife was very familiar with her, and her family often ate at Cui's small restaurant.

Anyway, Mrs. Cui would bring her some pork in the evening, so she would talk to her then. She would first go find the four educated youth who had returned to the city to work.

(End of this chapter)