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

Chapter 34 Landlord
Lin Yan went into the kitchen and saw a stack of old newspapers that she had begged for from others.

I guess he asked the landlord for it.

She found some leftover rice from yesterday, heated it up, and used it directly as paste!
Stick two layers of old newspapers close together and put the rest directly on the ground.

Once it was done, the honeycomb coal was also delivered.

Three hundred pieces of honeycomb briquettes are not light in weight. But in order to make more money, the other party did not call for help.

I was so hot from walking all the way here.

After it was delivered, we paid eight yuan a trip to help carry it to the kitchen, and then we stacked it up.

As soon as he saw the newspaper, he knew where to put it.

These are the services you can enjoy for the three dollars fee.

Seeing that the other person was sweating, Lin Yan took the tea bowl and poured him a bowl of boiled water.

"Comrade, have a drink of water and take a rest."

"It's okay. I'll finish moving it in one go."

The other person was wearing work gloves issued by the factory and an apron, and was carrying honeycomb coal on a small piece of wood in his hands.

This is how we moved honeycomb coal onto the cart before.

The staff there all recognized him.

However, as long as he has the receipt and the money, they will still sell it to him. It doesn't affect their interests anyway.

They even gave them cigarettes!
Fang Mingche moved all the tools that needed to be moved into the storage room, and Lin Yan also poured a glass of water from her own teacup.

Seeing that the last bowl of water was still a little hot, he poured it back and forth with the previous bowl of water to speed up the cooling.

Then he mixed it into a bowl and a cup and handed them to the two of them.

"Comrade, drink first before moving. There's no rush."

The educated youth who had just returned to the city and was carrying honeycomb coal thanked him, took off his gloves and took the bowl.

He was actually a little curious about what this couple was doing, buying so much honeycomb coal at once.

But we are not familiar with each other, so it is difficult to ask.

After finishing the water, Fang Mingche said, "Comrade, please help me deliver four pieces of honeycomb coal to the landlord."

"it is good!"

The honeycomb coal I used for cooking and boiling water yesterday and this morning was borrowed from the landlord.

It happened that the other party had the tools and gloves for carrying the things, so I asked him to help.

"Uncle, here are the honeycomb coals for you."

"Okay, got it."

After everything was moved, Fang Mingche paid for the honeycomb coal and three yuan as labor wages.

"I'll find you again if I need you later."

"okay!"

Lin Yan used a broom to sweep up some of the honeycomb briquettes.

"Why don't you ask me why I came so late?"

Fang Mingche laughed, "Why else? Your father locked you up. Did you find it?"

"Yeah. He won't even let me ride his bike, so it's a hassle to take the bus here."

Fang Mingche asked, "Go buy a ladies' bicycle this afternoon?"

Lin Yan shook her head. "A bicycle ticket plus a car will cost more than 200 yuan. You don't have much money left, right?"

Fang Mingche said, "There are still dozens left. Let's buy more when the business is on track."

There is not one thousand yuan on the note, and with Yan's personality, she will probably feel insecure again.

But it's not her fault.

Even when he thought about the fact that he had spent more than 900 yuan in the past two days, he felt a little scared.

What does it mean to spend money like water? This is it.

At a time when the purchasing power of a ten-dollar bill is very high, this money is spent too quickly.

Lin Yan saw Yan Yan was still eating the candied haws, "Don't eat the remaining two, save them for the afternoon. Eating too much candy will ruin your appetite!"

Yanyan pursed her lips and seeing her mother's hand reaching out to her, she had no choice but to hand over the sign.

Lin Yan took it and put it in the cupboard for her.

We had leftovers from lunch today, and we also ate whatever was left over. It’s okay to cook it later. “Don’t run out, just play in the small yard.”

"Oh."

Yanyan stopped eating the candied haws and started playing with the toy she bought today: a spinning top, on the concrete floor.

She was puffing and following the spinning top, which kept her warm.

The landlord had an empty bed, so he sat under the eaves happily watching her play.

"Yanyan, where are your father and mother?"

"Read in the room." Yanyan said in a baby voice.

The landlord understood, "Oh, you are going to college, right?"

Nowadays, many of the educated youth who have returned to the city are still preparing for the college entrance examination. There is no way, it is difficult to find a job!
But as long as you get into university, not only can you study for free, but you will also receive a living allowance.

After graduation, there will be a good office job waiting for you.

Many educated youth continued to review their books while waiting for the street office to arrange work for them.

However, it is rare for a tenant like me to come to BJ from the countryside to review.

But this guy must be really rich. I saw him buying a lot of things in the past two days.

I heard that he was going to set up a mobile tea stall.

It doesn't matter what he does, as long as he doesn't cheat or deceive others.

He has been through a lot in his life, so he won't be too rigid.

As for the expired letter of introduction, the old man did not take it into consideration.

He mainly saw that Fang Mingche brought his daughter to Beijing to find his educated youth wife who had dumped him, and he seemed to be quite loyal.

His wife, an educated youth, was a native of BJ.

This is also considered knowing everything.

In addition, people who live with a two or three-year-old daughter are unlikely to commit crimes.

Yanyan nodded and decided to take the college entrance examination.

In fact, she didn't know what this meant, but her parents and grandma and grandpa were all saying this.

Fang Mingche and Lin Yan were indeed reviewing whenever they had time. There were only four months and a few days left before the college entrance examination, so they had to hurry up.

Lin Yan is ahead in progress, Fang Mingche just started last night.

When encountering difficult problems, the two can discuss them with each other.

The sound of Yanyan spinning the top and talking to the landlord had no effect on them.

This is not a classroom, how can there be a 100% quiet place?
It was almost 12 o'clock, and Fang Mingche put down his book and went to heat up the food.

Yanyan is still talking to the landlord.

The landlord, Mr. Gu, told others that Fang Mingche was his distant nephew.

Fang Mingche saw that the old man seemed to be a lonely old man, and considering his age, it would not be a disadvantage to call him "uncle", so he did not refute.

I guess the old man is too lazy to deal with those neighbors who are eyeing his house.

Besides, this would make it convenient for him to stay longer, so that no one would suspect that he was working illegally in BJ.

This house is a side building of a large courtyard, with a total of four rooms.

It is said that the entire courtyard should belong to Uncle Gu.

But in the 1950s, many families moved in and divided up his yard.

Only these few side rooms were left for his family to live in. The main room was occupied by someone else.

According to the development of the previous life, in this situation the ownership of the yard should be returned to him.

But he couldn't evict the people who lived there and make them homeless, so he could only collect rent from them.

The rent that was previously paid to the street office was now paid directly to Uncle Gu himself.

This area can be sold for more than 20 yuan per square meter in the future. The whole yard is probably about to square meters.

Uncle Gu is a quasi-millionaire with a net worth of nearly 100 million.

I just don't know where his family members are. It's hard to ask, maybe it's something sad.

"Yanyan, stop bothering Grandpa Gu."

Grandpa Gu smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay."

(End of this chapter)