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

Chapter 33 Climbing over the Wall
Yanyan suddenly became a little worried, "Is he locked up?"

"It doesn't matter. A father would never do anything even if he wanted to lock his daughter up."

I can only do this to my son.

It's okay to be locked up by my father. She ran away. She has the key here.

Let's do today's work first. Time waits for no one!

Fortunately, Ayan had already told me the address of the educated youth who was pulling honeycomb coal.

I also took him to a department store and a supply and marketing cooperative yesterday.

The man who sold the stove told him where he was and left the receipt and money.

I guess she had a premonition yesterday that she would be locked up.

Nowadays, if you want to set up a stall, you still need a tricycle, iron buckets, kettles, a small red clay stove, and honeycomb coal.

Fang Mingche still carried his daughter in one hand as he went out to buy a tricycle first.

It is much more convenient to have a car.

Luckily, I took the bus to two supply and marketing cooperatives and found the goods. I paid the invoice, picked up the goods and left.

I also bought three kettles and a bucket. These are not things that everyone is fighting for, they are relatively niche.

"Sit behind daddy, daddy will block the wind for you."

Yanyan sat on a cushion in the car, which her mother had made, and held the belt of her father's coat with her gloved hands.

Fang Mingche followed the address Lin Yan wrote and rode to the house of a man who was pulling honeycomb coal for others nearby.

After finding the person, he said, "I need 32 pieces of honeycomb briquettes. Take it to No. , XX Hutong. The tenant's surname is Fang. He just moved in."

He gave the briquettes ticket to the other party.

According to the rules, the money is paid by the other party first, and then paid together with the wages after the delivery.

The other party was obviously happy to get a big deal so early in the morning.

If I could earn three dollars a day, that would be ninety dollars a month. High salary!

Business has indeed been getting better and better recently, and life has gradually become more hopeful.

It is much better than waiting for the street office to arrange work for you.

After all, neither of my parents works in a state-owned enterprise, and my mother still has to take medicine.

Nowadays, people are forced to find ways to work in the service industry out of necessity.

"Okay, I'll deliver it to you at 11 noon."

Fang Mingche nodded, holding his daughter in one hand and going out. His car was locked and parked at the gate, within sight.

My daughter was brought with me.

There is still a small red clay stove left. I have to buy this secretly.

The mall doesn't sell this yet.

If you have the tools, you can do it yourself, there is no market. But he doesn't have the tools.

Just like pulling honeycomb coal, he has no cart, but he has no shortage of strength.

When you carry the small red clay stove back, you can't make it too conspicuous, you have to cover it up.

At least we can't expose the craftsman who makes a living by making stoves.

That's okay, he prepared a sack.

When you take it out and use it later, just say that you made it yourself.

He put his daughter back into the car and laid her on the mat.

Yanyan said, "Dad, yesterday's candied haws."

Mom promised her that she would eat it, but she hasn't had it yet. She remembered it!

Fang Mingche said, "Speaking of food, you have a good memory. If I see it on the road, I'll buy you a bunch and take it home to eat."

Lin Yan was indeed locked in her room.

She got up early, went to the bathroom, and had breakfast. When she returned to her room to get her things and prepared to go out, she heard her father locking the door.

"dad?"

"Read well in the room, and turn on the light when there is no light." In order to save electricity, the lights are not turned on at home during the day. If you want to read something, just take it outside to a place with light.

Moreover, although there were no windows, the bright tiles in the house were all above her room. When the sun was out, the light was quite good.

Fortunately, this is a room separated from my home, and the top is not sealed, which can save some bricks.

After her parents went to work one after another, she moved a stool closer to the door.

He jumped and climbed up the wall built by his father.

He first stepped on the stool, then the door handle, and with the third step he flipped over the wall and sat on it.

People who have been educated youth are different from ordinary girls raised in families.

"Lin Yi——"

Lin Yi came out when he heard the sound, he was also a little anxious.

The old man looks like he's going to break up the couple again. That won't do!

When a girl grows up, she should not be kept at home. If she is kept, she will only cause sorrow!
If his sister doesn’t get married, where will he get the room to get married?
However, the old man took the key with him to work, and he was worried about how to get his sister out.

I didn't expect to see her sitting on the low wall when I walked over.

Seeing that he was still in a daze, Lin Yan said, "Hurry up and bring me a stool."

"Oh oh." Lin Yi went over and moved the long bench for eating over. Only then did he realize that this sister was different from before.

This is really not a weak woman!
He put the stool away and stood on it again, reaching out to catch Lin Yan who was falling down.

Lin Yan came out smoothly and down to earth.

"Sister, our dad took the key to the bicycle and said he won't let you use it anymore."

If he wants to use it during the day, he can only go over to explain the situation and ask for the key temporarily. This is much more troublesome!
Lin Yan said: "Then I'll take the bus."

Taking the bus is much more troublesome. Even in BJ, the bus routes are extremely limited nowadays.

She had to walk a long way to get to the bus stop, and there was no direct bus.

I had to change trains once to get to the platform near where the father and daughter lived, and then walk a distance to get there.

Lin Yi held her back and said, "Sister, how about I steal the household registration book for you? I know where Dad put it."

Lin Yan looked at him and said word by word: "You are really my good brother!"

This was to encourage her to secretly register for marriage with her household registration book so that she could move out.

Unfortunately, Mingche's letter of introduction will expire in two days.

Moreover, registering for marriage cannot be done with just a letter of introduction from a relative.

Both parties need to bring their respective household registration books and then get a letter of introduction for marriage from their workplace or street office/commune. They also need a pre-marital physical examination report from a local county-level or above hospital.

Lin Yi was a little confused. "Why is it so troublesome? What are you going to do?"

Lin Yan said, "Dad said that he would agree to our remarriage once your brother-in-law is admitted to university. Can't you wait for just a few months?"

"I can wait for a few months. But what if I fail the exam?"

Lin Yan said: "If I fail the exam, I will go to the countryside with him to handle the formalities."

Lin Yi said with emotion: "Sister, my parents said that I don't know who I take after, so it turns out I take after you!"

Lin's father and mother were also very angry about Lin Yi's behavior of being single-minded.

He has forgotten his parents before even getting married.

Lin Yan raised her palm, "No, I'm not like you!"

Mingche is even less like her calculating future sister-in-law.

By the time Lin Yan had traveled all the way and taken a car to get there, Fang Mingche had already brought back the small red clay stove and other things.

Moving to the room used as a storage room.

My daughter was sitting on a small stool under the eaves, eating a string of candied haws with her cheeks puffed out.

When he saw his mother coming, he raised his hand and waved as a greeting.

Fang Mingche saw that Lin Yan was also going to come up to help carry things, "It's a bit heavy, I'll carry it. Go to the kitchen and cover the area near the wall with newspapers, and the honeycomb coal will be delivered soon."

Cover it up so the wall won't be dark.

(End of this chapter)