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

Chapter 175 Eye-opening
Fang Mingche and Yanyan's luggage was very simple.

Yanyan originally brought several sets of skirts, ready to take beautiful photos. But in the end, she only kept three sets. However, because her father promised to buy her a beautiful skirt when he returned to Japan, she accepted it without any objection.

Qin Tian's belongings were also very simple. He only brought a few sets of clothes he had bought recently.

His clothes used to be patched up. After he started working, Fang Mingche had lent him 50 yuan. Apart from paying off debts to other creditors and buying medicine for the old man, he only bought one set of clothes to wear to work. When he had to wash them, he washed them overnight and wrung them out. Then he hung them in the vent so that he could wear them again the next day. It was not until he got his salary that he bought another set of clothes.

This is all for show. Whether you are a driver or a tour guide, or just working in an overseas Chinese apartment, the patched clothes you wore before are no longer suitable.

He also planned to buy more when he needed it after earning a high salary. He heard Cui Yingqi say that no matter how much he brought, he would have to buy more later. Our mainstream clothes are somewhat out of place in Tokyo.

Well, the total weight of the three of them reached the upper limit. Because they also brought a lot of things prepared by the family members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs staff. The weight was calculated at the beginning and it did not exceed the limit.

Overweight charges are very high on international flights. Fang Mingche would rather throw away some non-essential items or things he could buy in the past than pay the overweight fee.

Narita Airport is much more beautiful than our Capital Airport. After all, it was completed and put into use in 1978. Especially now that Japan is really rich, it can even be said that some Japanese feel that they no longer need to kowtow to the Americans as they did in the past.

Seeing such a new and modern international airport, Fang Mingche was fine. Qin Tian and Yanyan looked even worse than Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden after getting off the plane. However, Qin Tian looked at Fang Mingche and imitated his calm expression.

Yanyan, however, looked natural and still looked around everywhere.

Fang Mingche said: "We have to admit that they are currently developing better than us."

Waiting for the luggage is a very long process. Fang Mingche and Qin Tian acted separately, Qin Tian went to the luggage rack to wait for the luggage, while Fang Mingche took Yanyan to find a public phone to call back and report that he was safe.

The travel agency actually closed at 6pm, but there must be people working overtime today waiting for the call. And Yan hasn't heard that the father and daughter have arrived safely, so she will probably get restless if the time goes on. It's better to call as soon as possible.

The full name of Narita Airport is Narita International Airport. The signs in the airport are naturally in English. Following the signs, the father and daughter successfully found a public phone.

Yan Yan muttered, "I thought it was time to show my value."

She also learned 100 practical Japanese sentences from Grandpa Qiu and Uncle Cui.

Fang Mingche laughed, "If I really count on a four or five-year-old kid like you who can't read, then your study in the Foreign Languages Department would be in vain."

They had a small amount of Japanese yen with them, not the money Wu Mingju had remitted. They had all been exchanged directly, either into RMB or into foreign exchange certificates.

On April 4 this year, the government began issuing foreign exchange certificates. Banks directly exchanged foreign exchange into foreign exchange certificates at the bank exchange rate. These certificates were used to buy things at Friendship Stores and Overseas Chinese Stores, which were equivalent to foreign exchange. In addition, some gifts were given according to the amount of foreign exchange exchanged.

The gifts are quite good, as a thank you to those who handed over foreign exchange. They are much better than those small gifts you get when you save money in the future. The country's foreign exchange reserves are now negative, and the negative is quite large. All the foreign exchange on the surface is nationalized through this method.

However, many people still prefer to exchange money on the black market. The exchange rate on the black market is much higher! China is now cracking down on the black market for currency exchange.

Foreign exchange coupons can only be used in China, and cannot be used abroad. The Japanese yen they bring abroad is basically what the travel agency has saved before. Some foreign tourists do not go to Chinese banks to exchange, but pay directly in foreign currency. Travel agencies must welcome this move!

Japan's telecommunications industry is relatively developed. Relative to their income, the phone charges are actually cheaper than those in China. But for people who just came from China, it is still very expensive. Fang Mingche reported his safety briefly and quickly hung up the phone.

He lowered his head and asked Yanyan beside his legs, "Are you hungry?"

Yanyan shook her head. "We ate a lot on the plane. Let's eat after we get back to our rented house."

Eating out is much more expensive than eating at home, she had always heard her grandmother complaining about it. And it costs foreign currency to eat abroad, which is not cost-effective.

This is an international airport, so besides Asians, there are people from other states. She had just been looking at the foreigners coming and going. They were more concentrated than she had ever seen before!
"Okay. Let's go and meet up with Uncle Qin."

In the aisle where they got off the plane, a large screen indicated which luggage rack their luggage for this flight was waiting at. Fang Mingche looked at the sign all the way and led Yanyan over.

Yanyan was a little disappointed. Although she could speak Chinese, simple English and Japanese, she was illiterate. She could only recognize a few Chinese words, and could only speak the other two languages and barely recognize a few simple words. She couldn't write anything!
Fang Mingche said: "You are less than five years old, do you want to be a child prodigy?"

There was no one blocking his view at this moment. And he had been sitting on the plane for a long time, holding Yanyan's hand.

Moreover, she is almost five years old and taller than her peers. If you want to hold her up, you have to let her clamp her legs around your waist. Otherwise, if you hold her vertically, she will be too long. This girl has grown taller and bigger without you noticing.

The father and daughter walked over, and Qin Tian had just picked up all the luggage. He also pushed a luggage cart and put everything on it one by one.

There were seats for children up there, so Qin Tian asked, "Does Yanyan want to sit here?"

Yanyan was a little excited because she had never ridden in this car before.

Fang Mingche took a look and said, "There are quite a lot of things. I'll go get a luggage cart."

He went to get another luggage cart, shared the luggage among the three people, and then carried Yanyan on it.

"Dad, take a picture for me." Dad once said that all electrical appliances are expensive when you buy them, and they are worth it if you use them more. Besides, Yanyan really likes taking pictures.

Fang Mingche laughed, "Okay, sit down!"

He only brought one roll of film. But now that he's in Tokyo, he can definitely buy some!
Yanyan slept through the second half of the voyage, but now she is quite energetic. She faces the camera and smiles.

Fang Mingche half-crouched and took in the airport buildings and other tourists in a hurry behind him. Then he pushed his daughter and the luggage out.

When they reached the exit, they saw a Chinese man holding a sign to pick them up, so Fang Mingche and Qin Tian strode over pushing the luggage cart.

Although people from other states think that people from China, Japan, South Korea and North Korea look similar. In anti-Japanese dramas, Chinese people are directly used to play Japanese people by sticking a small round mustache under their noses. But in fact, in the eyes of people from these four countries, there are still many differences in details.

Therefore, they could tell at a glance that the person holding the sign to pick up the person was a compatriot.

"Hello, comrade. I am Fang Mingche!"

The other party put away the sign and said in Chinese: "Hello, I am a driver from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. You can call me Xiao Xue."

Xiao Xue led them to the parking lot to pick up the car. When putting the luggage down, he put the luggage of the colleague from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs down first, and then put Fang Mingche and the others' luggage on top for easy access.

On the way, we passed by the bustling area of Tokyo and saw many tall buildings. There was also a big screen on the wall. Yanyan couldn't help but exclaimed, "Is it showing a movie?"

But it seems to be different from the screen used for movies.

Fang Mingche also watched carefully along the way. This was really catching up with the street scene in "Tokyo Love Story". Tokyo in the early 80s was already very prosperous. This real estate will be prosperous for another ten years. If you have money, buy that house and keep it for ten years before selling it!

He said, "You can show movies, but usually they show commercials."

"Oh." Yanyan couldn't even see the rooftops of the office buildings even when she looked up.

Qin Tian was not much better, he was stunned all the way.

Fang Mingche looked at it with envy. If there were office buildings for sale in the capital right now, he would definitely buy more while the price was low.

Xiao Xue directly sent the three of them to a house rented by a travel agency. "The leader said that there will be plenty of opportunities to meet again later. You took a long flight today, so you should rest first. I will just take the things back, my colleagues are waiting anxiously."

Seeing Qin Tian opening the trunk and taking out the two large boxes of the three people, Fang Mingche said, "Okay, Xiao Xue. I'm sorry to bother you today. I should have invited you in to sit down and have a simple meal. We'll deal with each other later."

"You're welcome. We are all compatriots. We should help each other when we are out. Well, see you later--"

The low gate of a house opened from the inside, and Wu Mingju, wearing an apron and holding a spatula, came out.

"Teacher Fang, Yanyan, Qin Tian, you are here. Hello, Xiao Xue——"

Xiao Xue waved goodbye to him, sat back in the driver's seat and drove away.

Wu Mingju saw that there were only two boxes and said, "Sit inside. We'll be able to eat soon."

He has been driving a rented car to deliver goods these days and is really too busy. If someone can pick someone up at the airport, he will just come back early to prepare dinner.

He thought his boss's idea was really good. He also did a favor by bringing something to the people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a reward for their previous promotion. He also saved the cost of taking a taxi back from Narita Airport.

Narita Airport is 68 kilometers away from Tokyo. Taking a taxi is not cheap. Even if you take the airport bus, it is quite troublesome. And the bus cannot take you directly to your doorstep.

Fang Mingche looked inside. This was a typical Japanese-style one-family house, the same as the one he had seen in movies and TV shows before.

It was really amazing to see it at that time. Single-family villas are rare in China. It was very rare for farmers to build their own houses in China in the 80s, and they were far less beautiful than those built by other people.

The furniture and home appliances in a single-family house are often very fashionable and advanced.

Yanyan obviously liked this house very much. She stood at the low gate of the courtyard and asked her father to take another photo of her, and then the father and daughter took another photo together.

Yanyan said with a smile: "Take it back and show it to mom and the others!"

Fang Mingche nodded, "Okay!"

It’s great to still be in such high spirits after taking a long-distance flight!

After they entered the house, Wu Mingju pointed out two rooms upstairs and assigned them tasks. Then he went back to the kitchen to work.

Tonight was a welcome dinner, so he prepared a rich meal, including sushi, fried chicken, grilled skewers, sashimi, tempura, vegetable salad, and so on.

Fang Mingche and Yanyan lived in a large room upstairs, which was a suite with a bathroom and a small living room. It should be the master bedroom of this building.

This single-family house uses the kind of sliding wooden doors from the Han Dynasty in China, and the floor is wiped very clean.

Fang Mingche and his friends took off their shoes as soon as they entered the house and placed them in the shoe cabinet. They would just walk around on the floor in their socks or barefoot.

Qin Tian rushed in just after taking a photo of them. His socks had traces of being mended, so he took them off and went barefoot.

In this weather, he should have worn sandals. But he only had leather shoes, which were OK. But it was inconvenient to take them off and put on socks directly.

As he took off his clothes, he muttered to himself: Don’t Japanese people have athlete’s foot?

Yanyan went upstairs and blurted out after opening the door: "Hey, there's a big TV, much bigger than the one we have."

Fang Mingche took a look and found it was a Hitachi 21-inch computer. It should have belonged to the landlord.

He smiled and said, "Not only that, it's in color. Open it and take a look."

Yanyan ran over and fumbled around for a while, then successfully turned on the TV.

"The little people inside seem so big. Also, the color is a little bit dazzling." She is used to seeing 14-inch black and white ones.

Fang Mingche glanced at the program. It was Doraemon. China introduced it to the show in 91, but Japan had already made it in 73.

Yanyan sat on the sofa and started reading. The text was in Japanese, so she had a hard time understanding it. So she got up and followed her father into the bedroom.

"It's so empty! Oh, and there's no bed."

"Well, the Japanese sleep directly on the floor. Let's follow the local customs."

It is estimated that Wu Mingju is just making do with the rented furniture and is too busy to buy a bed. It is difficult for him to run such a big business alone, even with the help of the embassy. The key is that it is cumbersome!

Yanyan scratched her head. Want to sleep on the floor? Okay.

Fang Mingche pushed open the window and stood there looking down. As expected, Wu Mingju had planted seasonal vegetables in the small garden below. Vegetables in Japan are roughly the same as those in China, and the food is expected to be similar.

After a while, Wu Mingju called for dinner downstairs, and the father and daughter went downstairs together.

"Dad, I like this kind of house."

Fang Mingche said, "You can't tear down a Siheyuan to renovate it like this. Let's wait until there are houses like this for sale in China, or we can go back and renovate the house in our hometown into a single-family villa. It's best to hire a designer, otherwise the finished product will look very tacky."

It seems that the capital didn’t start selling villas in the suburbs until 1994. That’s really too far away. Yanyan was already taking the college entrance examination at that time. I decided to go back to my hometown and repair it.

Unfortunately, his household registration is not in the countryside, so he cannot get a residential plot. So he can only tear down the old house and rebuild it. We'll see how it goes then! This also requires the consent of the old man and his eldest brother.

But it should be no problem. When it is built into a two-story or three-story house, Kang Kang will have a place to live when he gets married.

Yanyan muttered, "We only go back for ten days or half a month a year. We can't enjoy it if Xiu stays in our hometown."

"It's impossible to build a capital in the city. Nowadays, only people like Old Master Wang can live in a small villa. But they prefer courtyard houses. Anyway, since you said you like it, Dad will find a way to let you live in it sooner or later, okay?"

Yanyan nodded in conviction.

Qin Tian had already gone downstairs to help before them. He didn't dare to just sit there and wait for his chef to finish cooking and then go downstairs to eat.

Wu Mingju and Cui Yingqi were both Qin Tian's mentors. Han Mei was basically trained by Qin Tian. Travel agencies have always been in this mode of old employees training new employees. Now that Wu Mingju and Qin Tian have gone abroad, Cui Yingqi cannot be transferred in any way. Han Mei is not yet able to take on the responsibility of training new employees.

Yanyan likes sushi, skewers, tempura, and fried chicken. She was not used to seafood at first, but she gradually started to like it. As for vegetable salad, she is not interested at all.

Privately, she told Fang Mingche, "Dad, that vegetable salad tastes like grass."

"This is the healthy diet that Japanese people like, a combination of meat and vegetables."

However, people from China were not used to it at first. People in China now believe that meat is a good thing.

Yanyan continued, "That sushi is similar to our rice balls. This table is very convenient to take out for a picnic."

Fang Mingche asked, "Do you still remember the rice balls your grandma made for you to eat?"

It should be that the meal was just ready, and Yanyan said she was hungry. At that time, his father, his brother and other main workers had not returned from the fields yet.

But he and Ayan contributed a lot to the family's economy, so they certainly couldn't let their daughter go hungry. His mother simply wrapped a large clean vegetable leaf around Yanyan's rice ball, stuffed some meat and vegetables inside, and let her eat it herself.

If it is wrapped more tightly and cut into thicker slices, it will be similar to sushi.

After dinner, Wu Mingju saw that the three of them, especially Yanyan, were in good spirits, so he drove the rented car to take them to visit the bustling night market on the streets of Tokyo.

However, we were a little tired today, so we didn't get out of the car to go shopping. We just drove around.

The colorful lights of the office buildings in the metropolitan skyscrapers are very dazzling at night. Yanyan stared at them intently, as this was a scene she had never seen before.

The streets of Tokyo are full of cars. For Japanese people, cars are just a means of transportation. Ordinary office workers can afford them. At least there is no problem with installment payment.

Wu Mingju drove slowly while steering. He said, "Nowadays, skyscrapers are rising one after another, but parking has become a problem. Many people choose to take public transportation. Japan's rail transportation, such as the subway, began to be built in 1927. In 1970, it began to build high-rise buildings."

Fang Mingche thought: It was decades earlier than us! The capital was put into use only a few years ago.

"Let's go try the subway later to see what the difference is between Tokyo's subway and our capital's." Yanyan said, "Okay."

Fang Mingche looked outside. The land should start to rise sharply soon. Wu Mingju must expand his business. And don't rush to remit all the money back to China, just keep it in Tokyo to buy land and office buildings. However, this should be notified to the Wang family.

Thinking of this, Fang Mingche raised his camera at the window to take pictures of the skyscrapers. He had to take something back to tell the Wang family, so that it would be more concrete.

If he bought an office building and a piece of land and built a house himself, he wouldn't have to pay rent in the future. He also told them directly that he believed that the real estate in Japan, especially Tokyo, would rise sharply.

This was something that was obvious at a glance. Even if he had no memory of his past life, he could see it now.

Wu Mingju agrees with this statement very much. "I thought so last year. It's just that I was an illegal resident at that time and was not eligible to buy land or houses. This year, I found that the increase is indeed not small."

He has enough money to buy a property in Japan after he changes to a work visa. Can he pay the down payment and installments?

Fang Mingche thought to himself: There will be even bigger increases in the future.

Wu Mingju said, "There are many department stores in Tokyo, and the things inside are really rich. There are also hair salons. Teacher Fang can bring Yanyan to have a look later. But the clothes inside are really expensive. I know a place that sells ready-made clothes at a very good price-performance ratio. I'll take you there to buy two sets each."

The things there are just not famous brands. But the quality and style of the clothes are still very good. People who just came from China, the clothes are very old-fashioned and not very fashionable.

Teacher Fang and Yanyan were better off, their clothes were made in the style of the Friendship Store. But they were still a bit tacky for walking on the streets of Tokyo. As for Qin Tian, he was even more tacky from head to toe. He looked at Qin Tian's wooden box, which still contained a woolen blue Zhongshan suit. He really couldn't wear it out in Tokyo.

Well, they are in Tokyo, and they provide accommodation. And they get a salary comparable to the local salary. So there is no subsidy for clothing expenses. But now I can advance it. So Qin Tian won't have a hard time buying clothes.

As for the woolen blue Zhongshan suits, Qin Tian planned to ask Fang Mingche to bring them back for him. They would be very useful for his family to wear. He bought them only after he received his salary.

The three of them bought two sets each, drove around for a while and then went back.

Fang Mingche hesitated for a moment, but still didn't buy it for Lin Yan. If he asked about the price later, he would definitely be reluctant to part with it. It's not easy to fool her! And it was in foreign currency, which made him feel even more distressed.

It’s better to include people in the street scenes when taking photos, so that she can learn from them herself.

When they entered the room, Wu Mingju said to Fang Mingche, "Teacher Fang, do you still remember Zhu Zhenghao, whose family you contacted before?"

Fang Mingche nodded, "Remember."

He had originally gone to mobilize three companies with people working illegally in Japan to return. Wu Mingju and Cui Yingqi returned during the Chinese New Year and also joined the travel agency. Zhu Zhenghao had been stranded in Japan.

"He was surprised to see me on the street a few days ago. We were smuggled in on the same fishing boat and later worked in different factories."

Zhu Zhenghao was shocked when he heard that he was now working in Tokyo with a visa and had a basic salary of 1200 yuan per month.

"That makeshift travel agency is so powerful?"

"Yes. My basic salary in Tokyo is 1200. Cui Yingqi, who also returned, used to get 300 in the capital. I am now selling domestic handicrafts, which are quite popular. We are affiliated with the Ministry of Culture and have a business license. Before and after the opening, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent staff to help. Both I and the domestic buyers can get commissions for this."

Zhu Zhenghao must have taken it to heart when he heard what Wu Mingju said. He now works 15 hours a day and has to hide from the police.

Wu Mingju now has a visa and lives in a house by himself. As long as he completes his work tasks, the days without anyone to supervise him are simply heaven.

He had asked for leave to do some work and met Wu Mingju in an alley. He asked him to wait for the boss to come to Tokyo and introduce him to him. He also wanted to join their travel agency.

"I told him that he must follow the overall arrangements on where to work and what to do. And he was a step behind us, so his rank must be lower than ours."

Fang Mingche said, "I'll be here for two weeks. You can ask him to come over later. Also, if there are compatriots in the same situation, you can bring them here. Just like what you said, you have to follow the arrangements on where to work. Our principle is that only those who do a good job will be sent abroad. And everyone takes turns."

The Japanese language group of the travel agency is really in need of people now. By New Year's Day, he will try to buy an extra commercial vehicle outside the plan and assign another one to the Japanese language group. Naturally, they need manpower here.

Also, Tokyo needs professional financial personnel. Otherwise, it will be easy to manipulate.

"it is good!"

After entering the room, Fang Mingche and Yanyan washed up together. Then he touched the floor that would be laid later. Well, it was very clean, so there was no need to wipe it again.

Fang Mingche opened the closet and took out the bedding that Wu Mingju had bought a few days ago. He could just use the old mattress, since it wouldn't touch his skin.

Yanyan changed into blue and white plaid pajamas in the bathroom, and then walked out. This was also made by Lin Yan, and the whole family had the same style.

"Dad, I'm sleepy."

"Oh, okay, come and sleep over here. Let's try it tonight. If you're not used to it, we'll go buy another bed tomorrow."

"No need, foreign exchange is very valuable." Yanyan said directly.

Fang Mingche laughed. He probably just heard this too much from the adults at home.

"It's okay, actually. Now that our business is going well, we can continue to earn money from the Japanese. They are very fond of the Chinese handicrafts that have been passed down for thousands of years."

Now that we are in Tokyo, we don't need Japanese yen. The account of the travel agency's Tokyo branch is still quite large.

"Oh, I'll try it then."

Yanyan felt that sleeping like this was a bit novel, so she lay down in the bed that her father had opened.

Fang Mingche covered her with the quilt again, then washed up and went to bed.

Yanyan didn't recognize the bed, and neither did Fang Mingche. They both slept well on the hard seats on the train. There was no problem sleeping flat like this.

The next day, we got up early to eat Japanese bone soup ramen, which Yanyan really liked. Fang Mingche also liked the taste of the soup. He thought it was really convenient to have such a place to live in Tokyo. When the youngest son grows up, he will really schedule a family trip.

Anyway, I run a travel agency, so I can ask the office staff to handle the procedures for going abroad. Thanks to the friendly relationship between the capital and Tokyo, it is still easy to get a tourist visa.

Now they have a business license and an office in Tokyo, and they will open a store in the commercial district. He and Yan can apply for multiple-entry business visas. The two children will stay with their parents, and the whole family can even travel whenever they want.

Currently, air tickets are still a bit expensive, but it should be fine once business is back to normal.

Soon after breakfast, Wu Mingju took Qin Tian, who was wearing new clothes and new shoes, to work. Fang Mingche would drive the rented car out in the morning, and the delivery was scheduled for the afternoon.

He returned the car at noon, letting Yanyan take a nap, and then travel by public transportation in the afternoon.

Fang Mingche took Yanyan to check in and take photos at Tokyo Tower and other places, and then took her to Asakusa Hanayashiki Amusement Park. This amusement park has been in operation since 1853, which is very old. It was 15 years earlier than the Meiji Restoration!
The earliest amusement park in the capital didn't open for business until 1982. So Yanyan, a country bumpkin, had never seen an amusement park.

Well, at first Fang Mingche wanted to take her to Disneyland. But thinking back, Tokyo Disneyland seemed to have only been built and opened in 1983. In his previous life, he took his grandson to Shanghai Disneyland and heard people mention it.

When Yanyan was riding on the wooden horse and the big plastic goose in the water, Fang Mingche was standing backwards in front of her to take pictures of her.

The little girl was so happy to see so many attractions. She was brave and had no fear because her father was by her side. And her father said that there was no shortage of yen in Tokyo. She was completely relaxed!
Yanyan got off the wooden horse and said, "Dad, this one is not exciting. Let's go ride that one—"

Fang Mingche followed the direction of her finger. Roller coaster!

"Okay, let's go--" Just don't be afraid.

Finally, we watched a magic show. Yanyan was chosen to go on stage to interact because she was cute. She went up and talked to people in Japanese and English. Japanese was not enough, so English made up for it!
Fang Mingche was proudly holding a camera and taking pictures of his daughter. When she came down, he said, "This time, it shows the value of your learning foreign languages, right?"

Yanyan smiled and nodded vigorously, "Yeah."

"Let's go and have a meal. There aren't many things to eat in this park. But I just asked around and found out there's a food court in the back."

It is a bit difficult to communicate in English here. Not all locals know English. If he wants to come here often, it is better for him to learn Japanese. This will make communication more convenient.

It is said that you can order anything from those small shops without any problems. Fang Mingche found a shop with the best business and took his daughter in.

Yanyan couldn't help but say as she was eating, "Dad, I've never dreamed of a place like this."

Fang Mingche smiled and said, "We will all have it in the future."

We are really poor and backward now! Anyway, a son will never find his mother ugly!

When I go back and come out again, I will check the route in advance and take the subway.

"Yanyan, pay attention to the station announcement." Fang Mingche was worried that he might miss something in the English version, so he assigned a task to Yanyan as well.

"Ok."

The father and daughter traveled around Tokyo for three days. After Wu Mingju was done with his work, Fang Mingche started to check the accounts.

The accounts were clear and consistent with the actual situation. It was done within one day.

Fang Mingche said, "All profits from the first batch of goods will be remitted back. The travel agency is waiting for the money. I will discuss with Comrade Wang after I go back and keep a portion of the profits in the account here from the second batch onwards. We will try to buy land or a ready-made single-family house as soon as possible. Office buildings and storefronts can also be considered."

The profits in Tokyo are there as a supplement. Keeping half of the profits will not affect the normal operation of domestic travel agencies. Only in this way can the overseas offices grow healthily.

Wu Mingju was naturally happy to see this happen. With more liquid funds in his account, it would be much easier for him to operate. Moreover, he did think that the land and office buildings in Tokyo would increase in value.

They are now working in a single-family building, which is fine in the short term, but in the long run, they should still rent or buy an office building.

Wu Mingju nodded, "Okay. Teacher Fang, do you think it would be convenient for you to meet Zhu Zhenghao I mentioned tomorrow night? He said he would bring two people with him."

"can."

Fang Mingche went out to see Yanyan playing with the little Japanese girl next door. In the open space in front of the two houses. She was able to communicate with the other party with some difficulty, and her Japanese level was improving.

The little girl has been watching Doraemon these nights, and she is very enthusiastic about it. She really hopes that when she opens her drawer, there will be a time tunnel, and then a Doraemon will jump out. Since Fang Mingche is interested in learning English, he also watched it with her. Even Qin Tian, who has nothing to do, came to watch it together.

Qin Tian's Japanese must be only at the level of a mediocre one. He needs to practice more if he wants to stay in Tokyo and work.

However, this cartoon is not available in China. I'll buy her some comics when I go back. It'll be a good opportunity for her to practice her Japanese. I'll have to remember to buy her a Japanese dictionary.

As for the videotapes, forget it. He didn't plan to buy a VCR for the time being. Even if it was very convenient to buy it in Tokyo, he would just have to pay the tax when he went through customs.

Besides being expensive, the main thing is that Yanyan can’t watch too much TV, as it’s bad for her eyesight. In his previous life, he raised Yanyan until she was admitted to university, and the little girl didn’t become nearsighted. But his grandson has been playing with electronic products since he was young, and he wore glasses when he was still young.

Fang Mingche also planned to take Yanyan to experience the Shinkansen this time. He planned to go to Nara to see the Toshodaiji Temple, a replica of Chang'an more than a thousand years ago, and soak in the hot springs there.

Nara is 500 kilometers away from Tokyo, and the journey takes more than two hours by Shinkansen.

The following weekend, I had to have dinner with my daughter, two employees, and the staff from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who had helped us before.

In addition, Fang Mingche also wanted to take some time to go to Kanagawa Prefecture to see what the county town in the Tokyo metropolitan area is like. It is 44 kilometers away from Tokyo and it takes 40 minutes to drive there.

It is equivalent to a county town in the suburbs of Beijing. You can also look at the difference between the two.

There is also Mount Fuji, which is 80 kilometers away from Tokyo. You can also drive there to see it by yourself.

Fang Mingche and his daughter were having a great time in Tokyo. Lin Yan was also having a good time at home with her son, nephew, and niece. Only occasionally would they talk about the father and daughter during meals or conversations.

Lin Yan said: "I was so happy that I didn't want to leave! But, it must be quite fun."

At that time, the first TV series introduced to China by Japan in the 1980s, "Za Sanshiro", had not yet been broadcast, and people in China knew very little about the situation in Japan.

Even though the first order from Japan was worth 50,000 yuan, Lin Yan only had one impression of Japan: the Japanese are very rich! They are willing to spend money on handicrafts.

People in China are reluctant to spend this money. They don't eat or drink. Nowadays, many Chinese people can't even solve the problem of food and clothing.

What Cui Yingqi and Wu Mingju had said before, that the average income in Japan is 80 times that of China, suddenly became concrete in her mind.

Fang Jian felt that this trip to the capital was an eye-opener. He never thought that people in the capital also needed to go abroad to broaden their horizons.

Lin Yan said: "There are always mountains beyond mountains. There is also Britain, which is an old capitalist power. I also want to go out and take a look."

As she spoke, she glanced at her little son who was sleeping in the stroller next to her. It was you who tripped over it.

Fang Jian didn't have so many thoughts for the time being. He was just envious of his cousin's ability to go abroad that day. He thought the capital was a good place and it was easy to make money. Even with a small tea stall attached, he could earn more than ten or twenty yuan a day.

He talked about it with his sister in private, and Fang Fang said, "It's only in Dashilan that it's possible. Xidan also has a lot of customers, but my father didn't set up a tea stall in Xidan."

There are indeed fewer tourists in Xidan. Most of the locals are shopping. Most of the locals drink water before going out, so it is unlikely that they will spend money to buy water.

Moreover, she saw several big bowl tea stalls in Dazhalan. Uncle Song said that several stalls had closed down. I guess this business is not that easy. My brother thought it was easy because my father had arranged everything before.

Even my father couldn't continue to set up a big bowl tea stall in Dashilar for eleven months. Now he can set up a stall there again, and my mother is very happy.

When they heard their mother say that their father and Yanyan were having a great time, the brother and sister both laughed.

It was almost the end of August. Second Grandma and Aunt Minghui would wait until August 26 to drink the hundred-day wine for my cousin before leaving. They would naturally be there at that time.

When they got back, school would start soon. Their father had taken them to all the nearby attractions. This week, they mainly sold handicrafts and big bowls of tea.

Yaoma said that she would give them one yuan per day as a reward for their hard work, and the tips she received would belong to herself. If it was foreign currency, she would convert it into RMB according to the bank's exchange rate.

Yanyan took the more than three US dollars she earned to Tokyo.

My mother was so amused at the time, "I forgot you could take it to Tokyo to use."

I gave my cousin and the others a brief introduction on the scarcity of foreign exchange, and said that those who can earn foreign exchange are now heroes of the country.

Yanyan was so happy at that time, she also became a hero.

Then the mother said, "If you spend money carelessly abroad, you will become a pauper."

Yan Yan said: "Don't be a bear, be a hero."

Like Fang Jian, Fang Fang was more and more eager to study in the capital. Moreover, she heard from her mother that Yanyan and Tongtong were studying in the capital, and they might have to learn English in the third grade of elementary school.

In their small place, the college entrance examination requires English, and the high schools cannot find the corresponding teachers. Not to mention the elementary schools, I don’t know when it happened.

Well, my father had to pay the high tuition fees for my children to study in the capital. This was really embarrassing. But my father said that the investment in education was the most worthwhile, and that at most they could just pay him back when they made money in the future.

She really wants to come!

(End of this chapter)