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

Chapter 165 The Cake is Too Big
Yanyan was humming 'Where is spring? Where is spring? Spring is in the eyes of the little boy.' When she heard her aunt calling her, she turned around and looked over.

"Oh, Dad promised to take me to Japan during the summer vacation."

Han Mei was stunned for a moment, and it took her a while to find her voice, "You are so young, and you can go abroad?"

Two people from the travel agency were able to go abroad immediately, as well as Teacher Qiu and Yingzi who lived nearby. This made everyone, including Han Mei, wonder: How come going abroad has suddenly become so easy?

Previously, this was something that only a very small number of government-sponsored personnel were eligible to do. For example, people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and academic elites who were sent abroad to study. These two groups were somewhat distant from everyone else.

This time, among the four people around, only Teacher Qiu was sent abroad on a government mission. Yingzi's family had relatives, and her uncle helped her to go abroad to visit relatives, and she could stay for half a year. The other two seemed to be able to go abroad as long as they had money.

Of course, it was not easy. The travel agency even mortgaged its biggest asset, the only fully paid commercial vehicle, to the bank.

However, this is enough to refresh everyone's cognition! When Han Mei went back and talked about it with Lin Yi, she couldn't help but sigh. It felt like the world was changing very fast.

Her eldest brother now sells peeled fruit at the side door of the Summer Palace. Not only is he self-reliant, but he has become rich all of a sudden. Compared to before when he could only ask his parents for money, his parents passed some of the pressure on to him. Now he can earn hundreds of dollars a month by himself. He is definitely rich!

Now, even Yanyan, a four-year-old kid, can go abroad!
Yanyan nodded and said, "Dad, take me there!" Her voice was full of pride.

Han Mei couldn't help but sigh a few words with Lin's mother. Lin's mother said, "I was also stunned by what I heard. But think about it, if Wu Ming can be sent to live in Tokyo permanently, then it doesn't seem strange that Ming Che also takes Yan Yan to take a look. With so much money to spend, he must go out and take a look. I heard that Lingzi will go to handle the paperwork for them."

Lingzi went to complete the process first, and when it came to the stage where they, father and daughter, had to show up, they went afterwards.

However, it is not right to say that Wu Mingju is a permanent resident. He went there on a tourist visa and rented a house to set up a private exhibition of Chinese handmade items. At the same time, he recommended travel agencies to people who were interested in these handmade items. But when the term of his stay was up, he had to come back and then go back. Well, just come back to buy goods.

Fang Mingche asked Wang Dexian to go to the Ministry of Culture to see if he could get an "official status". He would be affiliated with the Ministry of Culture and promote these handmade items overseas. If he could get a license, he would have the opportunity to be stationed overseas. Moreover, he could also sell those handmade items in Tokyo. Then, the travel agency could also get a "cultural ambassador" to serve as one.

This is a matter of exporting and earning foreign exchange. If you can really sell it in foreign exchange, it should work.

It can be said that the matter of these four people going abroad was the hot topic of discussion during this period of time. Fang Mingche arranged the specific matters and hurriedly read the book. The final exam was coming!
He missed a lot of classes recently, so luckily, Lao Cheng took notes on blue carbon paper for him. He must have been reading the notes and textbooks at this moment.

Xu Menglu joked, "Old Fang, just try to pass the exam. You won't get a scholarship or become a class leader anyway."

The police informed Beijing Normal University of Fang Mingche's fight, and the department criticized him by name.

However, the students had a good opinion of him. It was like Wu Song killed someone, but he was avenging his brother Wu Dalang, so everyone could accept it.

Fang Mingche, who was reading on the desk in the dormitory, looked up and said, "What if I'm just one or two points short of passing? Wouldn't it be a waste of time to take a make-up exam?"

Zheng Xing said: "That makes sense. Let's go play basketball, and you can watch slowly."

After school in the afternoon, Fang Mingche rode his bicycle to the city government compound to look for Wang Dexian. He called Wang Dexian at the school's public phone before he went there. Wang Dexian and Yang Mei were still waiting for him to have dinner together.

Changchang was frightened before, and Yangmei came to visit the next day. She also gave some effective suggestions, which she learned from her grandfather.

When they met now, she quickly asked about the child's condition.

"It's much better. His mother holds him close to her every day. Almost 24 hours a day." The child was held in his arms even during meals and was fed mouthful by mouthful by his grandmother.

The aftereffect is that I have to hug her like this every day. Ah Yan's arm strength and endurance have improved a lot now.

Yangmei said, "This is very time-consuming for mother."

Fang Mingche nodded, "That's right, but this is the only way for now. After I'm out of confinement, I can slowly stop taking it."

It’s almost time. It will be 40 days by the time he finishes the exam.

Wang Dexian went to the canteen to queue up for food and brought it back with both hands. It was a four-layer lunch box, and in addition to three bowls of rice, it also came with four dishes and one soup, three meat dishes and two vegetarian dishes. He and Yangmei usually had three dishes and one soup, but Fang Mingche came and added a meat dish.

Wang Dexian was now quite confident in spending money. Although he would occasionally complain that he hadn't seen a single hair at the travel agency, every month when he looked at Gao Xiang's accounts, he couldn't help but calculate how much his wealth had increased. At least he didn't have to be stingy with food and clothing.

He had suffered some hardships, but Yangmei's family had always been able to survive. In terms of living conditions, she really grew up in a honey pot. He couldn't let her living standards decline after marrying him.

The couple eats and uses good things, and they go out for romance on Sundays. Watching a movie is considered a very low entertainment expense, and they go to Moscow Western Restaurant once a month.

Basically, our monthly salary was spent, and we didn't have to raise a child anyway. The travel agency paid for the rent.

Of course, many people around them still talked about how they lived, saying that they were not living a simple and frugal life and had lost the good traditions of the revolution.

But they were not overly extravagant, they just ordered one or two more dishes in the cafeteria. It didn't bother anyone to go to the Moscow Western Restaurant. As for washing clothes, there was a washing machine, so why not?
Someone even reported them. The leaders asked someone to investigate and confirmed that they spent all their own salary income, and at most some of it was subsidies from their elders. Wang Dexian never took a penny that he shouldn't have taken, and Yang Mei never took red envelopes from patients.

They just spend all their salary every month, so their leaders don't say much. Those who don't like them can only say that they don't know how to live.

Wang Dexian felt that Fang Mingche was right when he said, "If a man does not waste his energy on internal conflicts, he will be invincible!"
"Why do those people like to meddle in other people's business? How can they control how we spend our own money? Isn't it unbalanced for the two of us to live a good life?"

Those who are of the same level as him and live in tube-shaped buildings as a family, and those who are one or two levels higher than him and live in suites together but do not eat as well as his family, all feel as if they do not deserve such a good life.

Fang Mingche frowned after hearing what he said, "Since you are doing this, you still have to pay attention to details. Details can ruin a person, or you will be accused of bourgeois liberalism. Don't be too eccentric! If everyone else is wearing a Mao suit, you shouldn't wear a Western suit. Even though you often deal with foreign guests."

Wang Dexian frowned. He was different from Yang Mei. Yang Mei made a living by her medical skills. If she had good medical skills, she would be promoted and get a salary increase. He was trying to attract investment here, but he definitely wanted to move to a higher level in the end.

He nodded, "Okay, I'll pay attention to the details."

He did buy some fashionable clothes at the Friendship Store. Fang Mingche gave him some of the foreign exchange he had received. Even if he wore them on Sundays, many of his colleagues would still see them because he lived in the company dormitory.

Yang Mei had already opened and laid out the four dishes and one soup that Wang Dexian had brought back. "Let's eat first, and then we can talk."

Wang Dexian said: "Yes, let's eat first."

Fang Mingche followed and sat down. This house has two bedrooms and one living room, more than 50 square meters, and no public area. But the layout is not very reasonable, this is what he sees from the perspective of the future. But at present, this is extremely good, extremely good. Anyway, Wang Dexian is not qualified to get such a good house now.

He asked about the price of the food, which was much cheaper than eating at Boss Cui's. He couldn't help but say, "I will try to get Yanyan and Changchang a stable job like you in the future."

Even more than 40 years later, civil servants are still a very popular employment choice.

Wang Dexian said, "Why do we need to wait for Yanyan and Changchang? If you want to come to the municipal government after graduation, it will be easy. Our Investment Promotion Office and the Tourism Bureau that is being established will definitely welcome you very much. Oh, if the travel agency continues to develop, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation will definitely want you very much too."

Fang Mingche said: "It is more convenient for me to be close to the government and away from politics."

There are no restrictions on civil servants doing business now, and in the next few years they will even be encouraged to take unpaid leave and start their own businesses. But there will be restrictions in the future, and he doesn't want to make the decision then.

It would be better to just get a teaching position in a university and do business at the same time. Moreover, although Wang Dexian just complained about those colleagues, especially the old colleagues, nagging and interfering in his life, he was actually somewhat constrained.

He still prefers to live outside the government system and spend the money he earns. Otherwise, the tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind! Lao Wang is now a living example, and he will definitely be brought back.

"Well, from what you said, there is something going on at the Ministry of Culture?"

Wang Dexian scooped some soup for himself and handed a bowl to Fang Mingche. "Well, they are very interested in our plan to bring handicrafts from all over the country abroad for exhibition and to create conditions for selling them. But we have to show some results first."

Fang Mingche raised his eyebrows, "Does it require an order first?"

"Yes, just follow your plan and let Wu Mingju go there to start the work. If it is proven that the handicrafts have a market, we will expedite the formalities and let us register with the Ministry of Culture. I think they are quite tempted by the 10% profit you mentioned. If we really have money, especially foreign exchange sent back, then everything will be easy. It will be no problem to lend us a name."

This is not a good idea to not release the eagle before you see the rabbit! But it is true that their name is not so easy to borrow. If you borrow it, you will be responsible if something happens. What if you are engaged in smuggling?
This 10% of course only includes the income from selling handicrafts, not the 10% of the travel agency's overall profit. Across the ocean, tofu can be sold at the price of meat. If Xiao Fang dares to ask for 10%, he must be sure that the profit is more than 10%, or even more than 20%.

Think about this guy who brought his handicraft cooperative to set up a stall in Tiananmen Square. On the first day, he dared to double the price to foreign guests, and the sales were really good. Wang Dexian also felt that there was a lot of room for improvement!
Foreigners are rich, and the Japanese per capita income is dozens of times higher than ours. And they just worship the ancient Chinese culture.

If it works, the Ministry of Culture will get a free benefit. Unfortunately, the Investment Promotion Office is not very legitimate to allow travel agencies to register, so it cannot do so. Otherwise, it can be counted as their own political achievement.

At the beginning, the Investment Promotion Office really gave face to his grandfather and agreed to rent two commercial vehicles. And the office had just been built at that time, so it was difficult to start work. Earning 18,000 yuan in rent a year was not bad. And in the summary, can't we add a sentence that the travel agency's achievements were all achieved with the support of the Investment Promotion Office?

But later, when he saw the travel agency making money, his boss was also envious. It was a pity that it was not so legitimate! If the travel agency really wanted to be affiliated, it would definitely be affiliated with the Tourism Bureau that was rebuilt in the future. Otherwise, his boss would also like to hand over this 10% profit.

Fang Mingche nodded, "Then let's do it first. Once we prove that there are many people who want it, we can buy it for them."

To put it bluntly, this is also reselling and making a profit from the price difference. However, this can generate income for the majority of craftsmen on the one hand, and earn foreign exchange through exports on the other. Moreover, it can be affiliated with the Ministry of Culture and get the title of cultural ambassador. This is safer than Mou Zongqi reselling alarm clocks in China to make a high price difference.

Fang Mingche didn't want to be a reform pioneer who went to jail and made those who came after him sigh. He spent five days in the detention center and paid a 20-yuan fine. That was his limit.

Well, with the tacit approval of the Ministry of Culture, it would be much easier for Wu Mingju to take or send so many handicrafts to Tokyo. Qiu Yin could also send a copy and take less. Anyway, she wouldn't spend too much money when she went out, and she didn't have to rent a house.

Yangmei was quite interested in the fact that Mingche could go to Japan.

"Then when I take a long vacation in the future, I can also go to Japan through a travel agency? Japanese medical skills are also unique, I want to go and see them."

"Of course you can. Tokyo and Beijing have officially signed a sister city agreement, so it's relatively easy to get a tourist visa now. As for the cost, it will be deducted from Lao Wang's dividends. However, you are also a member of the People's Liberation Army, so it shouldn't be easy for you to go abroad for personal reasons, right?"

Yang Mei was immediately discouraged and forgot about it. Similarly, it was not so easy for Wang Dexian, a government official, to go abroad. They both needed special approval or government-sponsored travel!
According to Fang Mingche's impression, in the 80s, China sent many government officials to study abroad. Usually for half a year! As for Yang Mei, if she became a young backbone of 301, she would have a good chance to go abroad for exchange under the background of reform and opening up.

Yang Mei listened to what he said and said, "It's still based on seniority."

"At least when you go out, the dividends from the travel agency can keep you from being stingy."

Yang Mei thought for a moment, "Yes, we actually have doctors from our hospital who went to Africa to help. They were very stingy in order to save their subsidies for going abroad. But that was in Africa, where there was money but not many places to spend it. If I had gone to Tokyo, New York, London, or Paris, I would have been envious of all those good things every day. It would have been a real pain!"

After dinner, Fang Mingche said goodbye. He thought Lao Wang's house was pretty good, small but complete. There was a toilet, and the faucet went directly into the house. And living here, there was no problem with safety. There was someone standing guard at the gate!
Unfortunately, even if the people here want to rent out their houses, they will not easily open them to outsiders.

After finalizing the matter of registering the business of selling intangible cultural heritage products with the Ministry of Culture, Fang Mingche rode home in a good mood.

It was just in time for everyone to come back from dinner at Boss Cui's place. As for Lin's mother's food, the waiter had delivered it before. Lin Yan's confinement meal was made by Lin's mother alone.

Han Mei looked at Fang Mingche and told him how she felt the world was changing so fast. As for her envy of Yanyan, she had already been envious and jealous. This little girl had a small side courtyard under her name! Normally, it could accommodate three or four families.

Fang Mingche said: "If we open our doors, the country will develop rapidly. The Chinese people will have to endure many more shocks in the future!"

Looking back, all kinds of foreign thoughts will flow in. Moreover, with the popularization of television, more people will see the comfortable life abroad.

He remembered watching Hunter in his previous life, and was shocked to see that every household had a car and lived in a high-rise building. Well, when he saw in foreign TV and movies that they could get familiar with each other after the first time, and then have sex politely, his eyes widened!

Anyway, this flood of information will shock the Chinese people and even make them feel inferior. Otherwise, why do we attach so much importance to the five consecutive championships of the women's volleyball team in the 80s? Isn't it because we can only regain some ground in these aspects? Really, China is too poor now!
Seeing Han Mei staring at him, and others also looking over, Fang Mingche said: "The foreign movies we show you now are all shot in the 30s. The life in them has already made everyone a little dumbfounded. If the country introduces contemporary TV series from Japan and the United States in the future, won't you be shocked? Anyway, remember one thing, we will catch up! Don't be complacent about the fact that today's income is two or three times or even ten times the per capita income. The gap between us and the developed Western countries is so big that you can't imagine. Wait, wait for Qiu Yin and Wu Mingju to bring you photos."

Lingzi had seen the photos her uncle brought back before, such as the one she mentioned of the waiting chairs at the long-distance bus station. Each chair was equipped with a TV, and you could watch it for fifteen minutes for a coin of one yuan.

There are also Wu Mingju and Cui Yingqi. They must have witnessed the prosperity of Tokyo to some extent when they were working illegally in Tokyo.

Cui Yingqi asked, "Teacher Fang means that we should catch up with the income level of foreign countries in the future?"

When he first came, Fang Mingche gave him a high salary of 300 yuan a month. Later, when the Japanese tour guide team was running normally, he and Wu Mingju were both team leaders, the same level as Qiu Yin. The basic salary plus bonus he received was also equivalent to this amount.

In this era, this is definitely a high salary! Even the money that the old man of the Wang family actually gets is about the same. Of course, they also have various welfare benefits. The key is that they have real power, which cannot be compared with outsiders.

However, for ordinary people, this is already the ceiling.

Even Qin Tian, who is now the driver of the Japanese tour guide group, can get more than 100 yuan. This has greatly alleviated the financial difficulties of their entire family and allowed his grandfather to take medicine normally. He also hopes that the day that Teacher Fang said will come, when the achievements of his grandfather and other Kuomintang anti-Japanese veterans will be officially recognized by the country. The final conclusion is very important to the Chinese!

At first, Qin Tian was actually somewhat uncomfortable serving the Japanese. His grandfather couldn't understand it! But he had to eat, and he could earn the same money from the Japanese, and he should earn more!
Today, the country is promoting Sino-Japanese friendship. Just a few days ago, on June 1980, 6, Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira, who promoted the normalization of Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations, passed away.

The reason is that Ohira Masayoshi, a Japanese, is relatively friendly to China and has made great contributions to Sino-Japanese relations in his position. In the "Sino-Japanese Joint Statement", Ohira Masayoshi acknowledged the serious damage caused by Japan to China, and his words "painful sense of responsibility and deep reflection" were also written into the "Sino-Japanese Joint Statement". In addition, Ohira Masayoshi opened the door to government development aid to China. (From 1979 to 2007, Japan issued a total of approximately 3 trillion yen in loans to China, equivalent to approximately 2 billion US dollars, at low interest rates and long-term preferential terms. Yen loans have greatly promoted China's reform and opening up.)
Even his grandfather, after learning about the situation, said that this devil was a pretty good guy among the devils. Moreover, during the Anti-Japanese War, there were also internationalist fighters like Ida Sukeno. (In 1933, Ida Sukeno drove a transport truck loaded with more than bullets to the anti-Japanese guerrilla base, gave them to the Chinese, and then shot himself. The Ministry of Culture has a ban that the villain of the anti-Japanese drama cannot be named Ida. And the Chinese built a cemetery and memorial hall for him.)
Fang Mingche looked at the people whose eyes lit up, and said quickly: "Let's do it step by step. The first step is for Wu Mingju to go to Tokyo to start the work. We will give him a starting salary of 1200 RMB per month based on the local average income. When he does well and becomes bigger, we will definitely send him people from China. The salary will be paid according to the local level, and those who do well will have a chance. We can take turns, and everyone can take turns to go for one or two years! It's the same with Qiu Yin, in Paris or London, the salary is also paid according to the local income level. We take turns to be sent abroad, and those who do well will have a chance. The farther America is the next step. In short, everyone should work hard, earn foreign exchange for the country, and also earn income for themselves. The travel agency will not treat you unfairly!"

Han Mei, Ning An'an, Xiao Mo and others all had bright eyes. It's fine to take turns! Everyone has a chance.

Xiao Shen, the leader of the driver team, couldn't help but ask, "Teacher Fang, do our drivers have a chance?"

"Of course there are. Drivers are needed abroad too. Besides, didn't we ask you to learn foreign languages from the beginning? Isn't it just for use when you go abroad?"

Xiao Shen stared in astonishment and asked, "Did you think of this at that time?"

They said that drivers learn English and Japanese, but it seems that they don't have much use for them. Now, if I can be sent abroad, the monthly salary will start from 1200. The travel agency will provide accommodation, and it should be quite economical if I cook my own food.

I heard that Wu Mingju was going to bring his own rice and buy two Japanese rice cookers to cook. He said that there are many dishes that can be cooked with rice cookers. When the house is built, there will be a small garden, and he can grow his own vegetables.

Wu Mingju has been to Japan, so he definitely knows that these are all feasible.

Fang Mingche said, "Those who don't plan for eternity are not qualified to plan for the moment! But if I told you guys at that time, you would definitely think I was bragging. Did you guys say behind my back that I was the best at making big promises?"

Everyone in the travel agency said awkwardly, "No, no, you can see further than us!"

Hey, you're out!
"If the pie you draw can eventually come true, then it's not just a pie in the sky. However, don't waste the money you earn abroad. Bring it back and buy a house in Tuanjiehu Community. Or you can bring back foreign exchange like Wu Mingju and Cui Yingqi did and keep it for now. I agree with them and think that foreign exchange will definitely appreciate."

"I definitely won't spend money recklessly abroad."

Han Mei looked at her colleagues who were excited to make the promise and laughed. They said it as if they had already earned foreign exchange. However, this prospect is really worth looking forward to!
Her brother-in-law said that he would treat her equally and would not give her any preferential treatment. But if she did well, she would definitely have the same opportunities as others. Then maybe in the near future, she could go abroad to earn a high salary. She didn't need to envy Yanyan for being able to go abroad at such a young age, because she also had the opportunity.

Suddenly, everyone pulled or surrounded Wu Mingju, "Old Wu, this is all up to you!"

Wu Mingju had never been treated so warmly before, and he said excitedly: "Teacher Fang has pointed out the way for me, I will definitely go all out!"

He will be going to Japan at the end of the month, and this time he will go there with honor, not by sneaking across the border in a fishing boat.

Xiao Hu said: "Only success is allowed, failure is not allowed!"

Fang Mingche said: "It's not just about holding handicraft exhibitions in the past and then attracting tourists to sign contracts with our travel agency. Maybe one day in the future, when the conditions are ripe, we can open a travel agency abroad and take Chinese people out to travel. Just now, Han Mei told me that she felt dazzled by the past few months because the world is changing too fast. I told her that there will be even faster times in the future! So, don't think it's impossible. You didn't think about today when you joined the company, right? Why not look forward to the future and plan your own development path. Rise with the travel agency!"

Everyone nodded vigorously, and suddenly felt that the road ahead became much clearer!

Hearing that it was very lively here, Lingzi and Gao Xiang, who came over a little later, nodded with everyone else.

Lin's mother was washing dishes in the kitchen, and she couldn't help laughing when she saw that everyone looked like they had eaten poisonous mushrooms. However, if things could really develop as her son-in-law described, then working in a travel agency would be more promising.

She looked at the excited Han Mei. Fortunately, this was a travel agency opened by Lin Yi's sister and brother-in-law. Otherwise, when Han Mei could earn several times more than Lin Yi, she would definitely kick him out.

Han Mei was still very excited when she rode her bicycle home. When she entered her own house, she said to Lin's father and Lin Yi: "Brother-in-law is going to take Yanyan to Tokyo, Japan during the summer vacation!"

When Wu Mingju gets his feet on the ground, the passports and visas for him and his daughter will be processed. It will be very convenient to fly there then.

“I heard it flew over in three hours!”

Seeing Han Mei's face flushed with excitement, Lin Yi couldn't help but ask, "Why are you so excited?"

Of course, he envied his brother-in-law and niece. However, after more than a year, it seemed that nothing his brother-in-law had done was worth being surprised about. So, it was Han Mei's performance that was more strange now.

Lin's father had a similar reaction to Lin Yi. His son-in-law had surprised him many times before. This time it was nothing, or he was a little numb.

Han Mei said: "If Wu Mingju does a good job, the rest of us will have the opportunity to be sent abroad in turn. At that time, we will be paid according to the local wage level."

Lin Yi's eyes widened. "The salary level in Tokyo is very high, right?"

"The average monthly income in Japan is 1200, so this amount will be paid to Wu Mingju. Even if the salaries of others are a little lower, they are still much higher than the salary in China." Han Mei has always been careful to keep her voice down; she never shows off her wealth!
Lin Yi was shocked, "It's so high!"

He will soon get his first year of seniority salary increase. But because he has not passed the first-level technician exam, let alone been admitted to the workers' university, his monthly basic salary is still 35 yuan. Seniority salary increases by only cents a year!

If Han Mei was sent to Tokyo, one month's salary would be enough to cover two or three years' salary.

"Hey, that's all I have to say."

Lin Yi's first reaction was that the money must not be snatched away by his father-in-law's family again. Previously, his brother-in-law proudly showed off to him that he peeled fruit and sold it, earning over 100 yuan a month. As a result, his father-in-law finally stopped worrying about Han Mei's income all day long. But if they knew that Han Mei might earn over 1,000 yuan, they would be jealous again!
Han Mei knew what he meant, "Don't worry, I won't tell you the details." She would just say 100 or 200 yuan a month. After all, she would definitely get a raise if she went abroad.

Father Lin was listening nearby and was also shocked by the number 1200. He felt the same way: the world is changing so fast!
At the end of June, Fang Mingche finally passed the final exam. He was so exhausted from making up classes and reviewing that he stayed in the dormitory for the first time.

Finally after the exam, he went home and fell into sleep.

Lin Yan finally left the confinement period today, June 6th, and took a refreshing bath with her youngest son.

She was bathing, and Fang Chang was held by his grandmother and watched beside her. Well, he definitely couldn't see with his 0.1 vision. But he could smell his mother's scent very close, which was OK.

Lin Yan gradually asked her mother to hold Fang Chang more often. Otherwise, he would be clinging to her all day long, which was really too much for her.

After washing, she washed the underwear and hung it up. She put the other clothes in the laundry basket and washed them together in the washing machine tomorrow. Then she picked up her youngest son and walked to the side room.

"Let's go find Dad. Dad finally finished the exam!"

When I walked over, I saw Yanyan coming out quietly, then she raised her finger at them and said, "Shh."

"Is your dad asleep?"

Yanyan nodded, "Yeah."

"Forget it, don't bother him. He's been very tired during this period."

Lin Yan carried Fang Chang in and put the 40-day-old, chubby little guy on the scale that she had bought when she sold vegetables.

"Oh, not bad, we have gained more than five pounds."

When she was born, she weighed 6.2 catties, and now she weighs 12 catties. She ate scientific and nutritious food during the confinement period, and her milk supply is very sufficient.

Lin Yan said to Yan Yan who followed in, "When you were young, there were no nutritional supplements at home. My milk was not enough for you. The milk powder in the supply and marketing cooperative was always bought by people with connections, and ordinary people could not get it at all. When it was not enough, your father could only make rice porridge to feed you. Fortunately, there was not much milk left!"

Later she found out that her mother-in-law actually kept count and said that she ate 80 eggs and five chickens to give birth to a girl! She was so angry at that time!
Fortunately, Ming Che retorted on the spot, "How much are 80 eggs? We take home yuan a month, and you have to take care of me during my confinement and I have to pay you another yuan."

Yanyan scratched her head, "Didn't you ask Fourth Uncle to help buy milk powder?"

Lin Yan said, "At that time, your father and I only earned 40 or 50 yuan in total, and we had to give 10 yuan to our family every month. The rest had to cover all living expenses. Milk powder was expensive, especially when you bought it on the black market, you had to pay a surcharge, and if you didn't have a milk powder ticket, you had to pay even more. That stuff was in short supply!"

Besides, my relationship with Brother Mingfeng was not that close at that time. There were too many people in the Fang family, and it was impossible for them to help one or not. Moreover, milk powder was in short supply on the black market at that time. Once it arrived, it was also in short supply.

Yanyan looked at her chubby little brother with short arms and legs. This time, she saw many people coming to bring nutritional supplements to her mother. So, there was no problem for her mother to feed him with breast milk.

Changchang lay on the scale pan and started to whimper.

Lin Yan picked him up and held up his neck with her hands even though he couldn't stand up yet.

"Come on, let's go out and get some sun. Your brother and I haven't gotten much sun these days."

Yanyan helped carry out a large chair and saw her mother holding her brother and sitting on it to bask in the sun.

Lin Yan pulled her to sit on the armrest again, "You should also get some sun. There are many benefits to sunbathing."

Xiao Xie came back from selling eggs and walked in when he saw the three of them basking in the sun. "You have a son and a daughter, what a blessing!"

Lin Yan smiled and nodded.

Xiao Xie said, "I heard from Gao Xiang that the travel agency will take turns sending people abroad in the future?"

The small side courtyard was very small, and Lin Yan could hear everything clearly from the main room when Fang Mingche was talking loudly in the courtyard that day. Even the people in the big courtyard next door might have heard a few words.

She nodded. "That's right."

Xiao Xie said, "I am also learning English. I want to talk to Gao Xiang and ask him not to wait until I am pregnant before bringing my sister here. I also want to work in a travel agency."

Lin Yan said: "As long as there is no trouble, your sister can stay for a while longer."

In fact, Gao Xiang had thought about finding a relative from his hometown to be a nanny to take care of his mother. But a nanny has to be paid monthly, and he can save the salary after getting married.

At that time, he was a poor teacher. His monthly salary was not enough to pay for his medicine. He had used up all his savings and borrowed from everyone he could. As a result, every time he got his salary, the first thing he did was to pay off his debts. Then at the end of the month, when he didn't have enough money, he borrowed again. This cycle repeated over and over again, and his back was almost broken.

So, when a female student's parents came to make trouble, his first reaction was to calm things down. He couldn't lose his job! Even if he could only work in the laboratory, he still had a monthly income.

At that time, he accepted the advice of his elders and brought Xiao Xie to the hospital in the name of marriage. Facts have proved that his elders had good vision. Xiao Xie is indeed hardworking and simple. In addition to taking care of her mother-in-law, she also sells eggs at the hospital gate. Not only is she self-sufficient, she also works hard to buy a bicycle for Gao Xiang.

Of course, Gao Xiang, who became the financial manager of the travel agency, later paid most of the money himself, but Xiao Xie really didn't rely on him for support.

But now, Gao Xiang's income is increasing along with the travel agency's income. Although he still owes the travel agency a thousand yuan for medical expenses, he is confident that he can repay it. This will allow him to hire a nanny!

Xiao Xie frowned, "I'm just worried that someone will report it! It's like they don't have any relatives coming to the capital."

In the past few months, the dozen or so households in the compound were divided into two groups. One group was composed of those who had money to install water pipes in their homes, and the other group was composed of the other. Gradually, the gap between the rich and the poor widened, and there was some friction.

"I think after the last theft, the relationship between people in our compound has become much more harmonious." Lin Yan said pertinently.

Last time, not only did everyone help catch the thief, but Mingche was imprisoned for five days, and the night watchmen came to the small side yard to hang out during those five days. They said that Mingche asked them for help before he was arrested and taken to the police station.

After Mingche came back, he held a banquet, not only to thank them for helping catch the thief, but also to thank them for taking care of the small courtyard for the past five days.

Xiao Xie said: "Didn't you notice that the people you went to were all those who could install faucets at home? These people are more or less indebted to your family."

Lin Yan thought about it and it seemed to be true.

Fang Chang in her arms was clamoring for her to move. She didn't get up, so she just reached out and patted him. You can't just indulge him blindly, or he will do whatever he wants in the future.

When Mother Lin heard her grandson howling, she leaned over to see Lin Yan holding him and then ignored him.

"Forget it, forget it. Your dad is catching up on his sleep. He's scared of you--" Lin Yan started walking around holding her son.

Yanyan said: "Mom, actually Dad won't be woken up easily when he falls asleep. Sometimes I have to pinch his nose to wake him up."

Lin Yan glared, "Who told you to pinch your dad's nose? He can't breathe, what if something happens? Oh, by the way, you are not allowed to pinch your brother's nose. It's hard to know the right measure here."

"Oh, I know."

Xiao Xie stood up and said, "I'm leaving now. I'll go ask my mother-in-law how to best handle this matter."

(End of this chapter)