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

Chapter 18 A Severe Beating

"Can you still regret it? I'll go talk to your cousin."

Fang Mingche shook his head. "The Education Bureau's official seal has been stamped. The matter is done."

The veins on Mr. Fang's forehead were throbbing, and Fang Minghua, his mother, and his sister-in-law were also stunned.

A few children were not there, they went out in groups.

School is about to start, so make the most of the time to have some fun. This time Fang Fang also has to go to school.

This morning Fang Mingche gave Yanyan one dollar pocket money.

Fang Jian coaxed her to go to the nearest supply and marketing cooperative to buy some candy and firecrackers.

Fang Mingche felt it was best if they were not there.

Fang Minghua said: "You said you were quitting earlier, why didn't you let me take over? It's just teaching a little kid addition, subtraction, multiplication and division!"

"I teach in the upper grades, it's not as simple as you say. And you haven't even finished the upper grades of elementary school yourself, the Education Bureau won't agree."

Junior high school is the lowest threshold.

With your level, forget about misleading other students.

Father Fang said: "Kneel down——"

Fang Mingche hesitated for a moment, then knelt down. This was his father, the one who had worked hard to support him in his studies.

Father Fang brought over the rope used to tie the oxen when plowing, looked at him and said, "Take off your military coat for me."

Wearing it will not hurt you when you are beaten, and secondly it will be a pity if you get hurt.

Fang Mingche took off his military coat and put it on the table beside him.

Filial piety is the most important virtue. If you receive a small beating, you will be punished with a big one. There is no way to escape this beating.

There's no way to talk to his dad at this moment.

At this moment, it is estimated that few people in the country can imagine the earth-shaking changes that will happen in the future.

Time waits for no one, so he has to go to BJ a few months in advance to look for opportunities.

A lot can happen in a few months.

At first, he asked Yanyan to turn the calendar to July 7, the day after the college entrance examination.

Because at that time he was not absolutely sure that both trips would go smoothly.

Don't be too confident!
But in four and a half months, with the rapid development of reform and opening up, we can really do a lot.

Also, his father-in-law's attitude made him somewhat alert.

If he could do it all over again, he wanted to give Ah Yan a good life. That's why he asked her to divorce first and take the opportunity to return to the city.

But it's not true that I'm breaking up with her from now on.

Fang's mother and sister-in-law looked distressed, but they didn't dare to persuade her.

Fang Minghua felt a little gloating, but more confused. Didn't everyone say that his brother was smart, so he escaped from the farming family by studying.

This is really like a fish leaping over the dragon gate.

In the end, they just said no. Is this crazy or stupid?
Fang Mingche was severely beaten by his father. His father was still in his prime, and he was so angry that the beating really hurt.

He pumped three times before stopping.

After the first blow, Fang Mingche almost fell to the ground.

I managed to take the three hits with great difficulty.

"You divorced me without even telling me. I don't care about that. But you should never, ever give up the stable job you worked so hard to get just to find a woman. How easy is it for a family like us with no background to get a stable job? I'm thinking about your branch, so that future generations won't have to worry."

Mr. Fang became angry and hit him twice more.

"You said you wanted to go to college, and I support you. Once you're admitted, your future will only be better. Can't you wait until you're admitted before quitting?" If he hadn't thought that he would be admitted to the university and resign after receiving the acceptance letter, how could he have kept silent before?
Seeing that he was about to burst again, Fang Minghua, at the signal of his mother and wife, rushed over and hugged his arm.

"Dad, it's going to be broken."

"Just beat him to pieces, and pretend I never gave birth to him!"

Fang Mingche endured the pain and said, "Dad, I'm not just going to look for Ah Yan. Comrade Xiaoping said that we should focus on economic construction in the future. You haven't been to Guangzhou, so you don't know how rich the materials are outside. Times have changed!"

Father Fang said, "Oh, I was wondering what happened. So you got carried away when you went to Guangzhou. Did Mingfeng instigate you? He asked you to give up your good job to his sister and follow him to drive a sports car? Driving a sports car is profitable, but didn't you run into trouble both times? You have a formal job, so why would you take that risk?"

Fang Minghua also said: "Oh, so you want to go racing."

If that's the case, that's great. Let the brother teach himself how to drive, and the two brothers can go out together to earn this quick money.

In the future, you can also sell goods privately and make some profit from the price difference.

Father Fang looked at his eldest son who was stopping him and said, "Stop worrying about this and that for me. With your stupid brain, just work in the fields."

He knew that sports cars could make money, but his youngest son's first trip was so thrilling! He almost couldn't come back.

He wanted to have more money at home, but he didn't want his younger son, who already had a formal job, to do this for a long time.

Mingfeng, that bastard, is still a brother who is not even five generations apart. He plotted against Mingche like this!

And Mingche, are you too shocked by the divorce? Are you short-circuited in your brain and giving away your good job like this?

If you work hard, you can earn four hundred a year.

But even if you get angry and pump a few more times, it won't help.

Fang's father threw the rope to the ground dejectedly, looked at Fang Mingche and said with gritted teeth: "Evil son——"

Fang Mingche breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he had no intention of going to his cousin's house to cause trouble.

He still needs his cousin's help with something.

Father Fang looked at him and said, "If I go and make trouble now, what good will I get except getting my face torn? You've already taken the money! By the way, where's the money?"

Fang Mingche endured the pain and went over to take out the new passbook from the inner pocket of his military coat. "Here. This is for you, Dad."

"Of course I should give it back to you! Isn't this your name?"

"I don't have your household registration book. Go change it tomorrow."

Go and withdraw the money tomorrow and deposit it into his father's account.

Later, Fang's mother came in and applied medicine on him.

Seeing the red and swollen marks on his back, she said distressedly, "You have been smart and good at studying since you were young. When did your father have the heart to beat you like this? That Lin Yan is a vixen, how could she have bewitched you like this?"

"Mom, it's not what you think."

"Why not? You're not going to BJ to find her, how could you do something so stupid?"

The next day was the fourteenth day of the first lunar month.

Fang Minghua used a bicycle to send his eldest son and daughter to the village primary school. Since his brother was beaten and couldn't ride, he borrowed it.

Well, Mingche said he would go to BJ in two days. Does that mean the car will belong to him from now on?
When registering, Fang Minghua felt that many people were staring at him.

They are from the same village, and everyone knows that he is Fang Mingche's brother.

Alas, there is a brother in the family who has become stupid due to divorce, and even he is looked at with prejudice.

Fang's father and Fang Mingche took a tractor to the street and went to the bank to withdraw 500 yuan and deposit it into Fang's father's banknote.

Mr. Fang sat next to the driver.

Fang Mingche was grimacing as he climbed into the truck bed.

However, he still planned to go out after the Lantern Festival. He didn't want to be looked at by the villagers at home as if they were caring for the mentally retarded.

(End of this chapter)