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

Chapter 29: Rich and Generous
The next morning, Fang Mingche checked out of the guesthouse and temporarily placed his luggage in Lin Yan's room.

The next step is to find Uncle Wei’s son and borrow his tricycle.

"Wei You, lend me your tricycle."

Wei You is one year younger than Lin Yan, and he grew up playing with her when they were young. They have a good relationship, not worse than that with Lin Yi.

He is also preparing for the college entrance examination for the third time. Otherwise, it is difficult to find a stable job at this age.

He knew that Lin Yan's ex-husband had come to BJ with his daughter to find her.

Uncle Lin also said that if the other party couldn’t find a place to live, he wanted to arrange for him to stay in his room with a small bed so that they could review together.

Now that I heard that I found a house for rent, I don’t need to do that anymore.

He nodded to the two of them, and touched Yanyan's head, "Okay, I'll push it out for you."

Fang Mingche can ride a tricycle, and he thinks the Wei family's tricycle is quite easy to ride.

On the way, he said to Lin Yan: "Ayan, why don't you ask the Wei family if they are willing to rent the tricycle to us in the early stage? 20 cents a day."

If the Wei family agrees, it means that his father-in-law will not be too opposed. There will also be less resistance between him and A Yan.

Moreover, when you first start a business, invest as little capital as possible.

It’s not too late to buy big items after your business is stable.

Lin Yan shook her head and said, "No way. If my dad knew we were setting up a tea stall, he would be furious. Uncle Wei would never rent it to us."

Her father was willing to retire early to free up a job for her.

But I definitely don't want to see her setting up a tea stall.

People of the old man’s generation thought it was shameful to be ordered around by others.

Nowadays, the waiters in state-owned restaurants have a very high status. There are signs on the walls saying "No beating or scolding of customers without reason"

That’s completely different from setting up your own stall!

You set up a stall yourself, how dare you hit or scold customers? You can't even apologize for smiling.

But when she looked at the educated youth returning to the city pulling carts delivering honeycomb coal, she felt that there was nothing wrong with them making a living through labor.

Similarly, setting up a tea stall is also a way to make a living.

She has been working in the countryside for eight or nine years and has become very pragmatic.

Fang Mingche nodded. He completely understood his father-in-law's attitude.

Nowadays, ordinary people do not think highly of the service industry (not counting state-owned enterprises, which have a regular staff).

When they arrived at the Postal Savings Bank, Fang Mingche asked Lin Yan to withdraw 1000 yuan directly.

Lin Yan was shocked. "Why take so much? Old furniture is much cheaper than new ones. Pots, pans, bedding, and blankets are also okay. But rice, flour, oil, and eggs can only be bought at high prices on the black market."

Lin Yan had already calculated how much she would need to buy to live while she lay in bed last night.

She estimated that more than 200 yuan would be enough to cover the basic needs of her home.

She was terrified to spend money like this. Four hundred yuan was spent on rent!
But nothing, it just costs so much.

Otherwise, how can we say that BJ Residence is not easy?
Fang Mingche took out a list: a cargo tricycle, three small red clay stoves, three iron teapots, six tables of coarse bowls, and three hundred pieces of honeycomb coal.
"That's good. We each came up with the same idea. When we put it together, it's all right."

Lin Yan said, "You can buy old furniture with money. Let's go buy this first in the morning. Pots, pans, and blankets are more troublesome. You need to exchange enough tickets. It will be much more expensive to buy them on the black market! I only exchanged tickets for the blankets for you before. You also need tickets to buy cargo tricycles and honeycomb coal. Let's buy what we need today, and then I will find someone to exchange tickets for the same."

If you don’t rent a good house, it’s hard to plan for the pots and pans.

A blanket and quilt are also needed when renting a bed, so she tried to change it first.

Now she was in charge of all their money and bills, and she knew exactly what to exchange. Some of them might only be bought on the black market.

She came back just before the Chinese New Year, and her mother took her to the black market.

But the things on the black market are really expensive, generally 30% to 50% more expensive. Some are even double the price!

Fang Mingche said, "Those who have tickets can use them to buy, and those who don't have tickets can go to the black market to buy. To exchange tickets, we have to wait until others have idle tickets and we have the tickets they need. The sooner we move in, the better the business will be. We should be able to cook at home tomorrow and open the day after tomorrow. Anything that can be solved with money on the black market should be solved on the black market."

"This"

"Time waits for no one! Even if you wait for ten days or half a month, you may not be able to exchange all the tickets you need. Moreover, even if you have the tickets, you still have to queue up to buy them. Queuing up is not to mention the time wasted. The key is that the supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores must have the goods. Even if you queue up, you may not be able to buy the goods. Take the money and leave——"

Fang Mingche didn't want to live a miserable life, and he didn't want to delay the opening of the business.

Although he is not afraid of competition, they always have a first-mover advantage as they open their business first before the collective big bowl tea stalls are set up.

Lin Yan whispered, "Withdrawing so much, what if the money is lost?"

Fang Mingche patted his military coat and said, "The inner pockets here are specially sewn. There are so many of them, and they are well-shaped."

Sure enough, he put the 100 Great Unity notes into several inner bags in a secluded corner of the bank, making them inconspicuous.

Lin Yan couldn't help but stretched out her hand and pressed it, and then it pressed out a hard one.

Fang Mingche said: "Don't touch me! We can't go through the remarriage procedures in the next few months.

In the past, I rented a house in the name of Lin Yan and signed a formal rental contract.

He told the landlord that his daughter's mother was a native of BJ, and the landlord was reassured to rent the house to him. When signing the contract, he also looked at Ayan's household registration booklet.

The rental period is from the end of February to the end of August, which is exactly half a year!

"Yanyan, this is where we're going to live from now on. Do you like it?"

Yanyan grinned, "It's bigger than grandma's house."

She likes living in a big house.

Lin Yan asked: "Will you let her move in with you?"

Fang Mingche nodded, "You can cook for yourself in the future. After all, the child is with me."

At dinner yesterday, my mother-in-law said that she would retire this month and would be taking care of her granddaughter at home from now on.

The mother-in-law was clearly trying to make room for her brother-in-law, but it was obvious that she was somewhat reluctant.

It was just that her brother-in-law was making such a fuss that she had no other choice but to brainwash herself repeatedly that she was sacrificing for her family and that a harmonious family would bring prosperity.

Don't be upset about losing your retirement funds and put the blame on Yanyan.

He took Yanyan out before she officially went through the retirement procedures.

Lin Yan thought about it and said, "That's fine. I'll buy some pots and pans right away. I'll just go back to my parents' house to sleep in the future."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but look at Fang Mingche, who happened to be looking at her.

When their eyes met, they were actually a little excited.

Unfortunately, now it is still not right and not reasonable. Ah Yan really can't live here.

Nowadays, people are not as open as they were in later generations, and living together before marriage is very normal.

Fang Mingche said: "Get up early tomorrow. Go to the East Market to buy a horse, the West Market to buy a saddle, the South Market to buy a bridle, and the North Market to buy a long whip—"

The black market opens before dawn, so you have to go early.

(End of this chapter)