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

Chapter 35: Setting up a tea stall
During the meal, Fang Mingche picked up dishes suitable for his daughter and occasionally gave her a piece of meat.

For the sake of my daughter's teeth, the vegetables and meat are cooked softer.

When she was given the meat, Yanyan called out sweetly, "Dad——"

Lin Yan said: "This daughter is really her father's treasure!"

Fang Mingche smiled and said to her daughter: "Mom is upset!"

Yanyan called out sweetly, "Mom——"

Lin Yan couldn't help but laugh, "I'll give you another piece of meat later, eat it quickly."

After she finished speaking, she turned to Fang Mingche and said, "Mingche, I didn't expect that after taking care of Yanyan for more than a month, you would have such a big change. You are much more patient in taking care of the child, and you also know what kind of food is suitable for her."

In the past, he must have liked his daughter. But if he was asked to take care of her, he would probably be lazy and perfunctory. It seems that being apart for a period of time can actually help people grow.

Fang Mingche smiled and said, "I learned it through practice."

He was the one who took care of his grandchildren after retirement in his previous life!

Thinking of this, I remembered that Ayan only lived to be 40 years old in her previous life and never saw her grandson.

Such a tragedy will never happen again in this life. They will mainly live in BJ in the future.

In the afternoon, Fang Mingche arranged an activity for Yanyan: using mini chopsticks to pick up marbles.

I bought her a box of marbles and checkers yesterday, with various colors.

First, clip them one by one to the positions corresponding to the colors, and then clip them down to the slots.

The little girl has just arrived and hasn’t made any friends yet.

Besides, we don’t know the personalities of the kids in the neighborhood next door, so we’ll just have to wait and see.

The marbles are colorful and she really enjoys playing with them.

As for him and Ayan, they naturally continued reading and reviewing.

At the Lin family, when Lin's father and mother came home from get off work, Lin Yi had already prepared the meal.

His sister was not at home, so he could not avoid being lazy. If his parents came home from get off work and the meal was not ready, he would be scolded. And he also wanted to eat.

Father Lin saw that the door of the small room was still locked, so he took out the key and said, "Go and call your sister to come out for dinner."

Lin Yi scratched his head, "Dad, not long after you left, my sister took advantage of me going to the public toilet and ran away."

"What? How could she find it out?" Father Lin was very shocked.

"Dad, I couldn't believe it at first. But she's been in the countryside for eight or nine years. If she had always been as weak as before, she wouldn't have survived, right?"

Seeing that Lin's father still wanted to find his daughter, Lin Yi said again: "Dad, if it rains, my mother will get married, and we can't stop her!"

Lin's mother, who was a little tired after working half a day, also said: "She has been running for a long time. Besides, that is her child and the child's father."

“That man wants to take her to set up a tea stall!”

"She wants to do it herself. What can we do? We introduced her to a cadre before, but she refused to take the job even though the offer was so good."

By following that cadre, she and her brother would have their jobs fixed, and she wouldn't have to retire early.

But she just won't do it, what can we do? If a cow doesn't want to drink water, can we force it to drink water?

And now that people know that her ex-husband from the countryside has come with his child, she won't accept it anymore.

A daughter who is married off is like water spilled.

Let her do whatever she wants!
"Let's eat. We still have to work in the afternoon."

Lin Yan didn't come back until it was dark at night.

The door to the room was already open.

"Dad, Mom, I'm back—"

Father Lin was smoking. "You go there to buy groceries, cook, wash clothes, and clean for them?"

"No, Mingche made the meals. There is no other work to do today. We have been reviewing together for the whole day. Dad, please lend me your bicycle tomorrow. It is very troublesome to walk and reverse. It costs 20 cents for a round trip! If you add some more, you can eat half a pound of meat."

Mingche said he would buy her a women's bicycle, a Phoenix 26-lap bicycle. It was too expensive, not worth it!

First ride her father’s 28-inch bicycle.

Father Lin was silent for a while, then took out the bicycle key. His daughter looked so determined that he couldn't stop her.

I can't just take a leave from work and stay at home to take care of her.

Let her experience the pain of being ordered around and she will know what is good for her.

A poor couple has many worries!

Mr. Fang spends his little money just like that, he can't afford it.

After breakfast the next day, Fang Mingche pushed the tricycle into the courtyard.

Then he used a covered iron bucket to go to the water pressure well in the middle of the yard, pumped two buckets of water and put them into the car.

The three kettles were also filled with water, and then three small red clay stoves were brought up.

Place 32 clean bowls upside down. Place clean towels around them to cushion the impact. You can also cover them with the towels later to keep out dust.

Two small square folding tables and eight small stools stacked upside down.

Fifteen pieces of honeycomb coal. One piece is burning and placed directly in the small stove. It is equivalent to boiling water.

Now put the lid on the bottom to slow down the burning.

He maneuvered it carefully, making sure the weight was balanced and placed properly, then tied it up with the long rope he had prepared.

Let’s live together!
Finally, I carried my daughter to the small stool that was vacated and there was a cushion on it so her little butt wouldn’t get cold.

Then he put the hat and scarf on her.

"Set off--"

Fang Mingche rode his tricycle to Tiananmen Square, two kilometers away. Ah Yan would go directly to the square to meet them.

Someone from the nearby compound walked over from the half-moon gate and asked, "Uncle Gu, where is your nephew going?"

“Oh, set up a tea stall in Tiananmen Square.”

"Isn't he here to take care of you in your old age and inherit your house in the future?"

"That doesn't stop him from being able to support himself now."

Uncle Gu was indeed using Fang Mingche as a shield to prevent these people from targeting this lonely old man.

They think this place is unlucky and seldom go here.

Only in this way could the two rooms where his son and daughter-in-law had lived be saved.

Now that he rents it out, he can also earn extra income.

Moreover, the young man seemed to be a nice person, quiet and hardworking.

The two had agreed on this in advance.

But in fact, when Grandpa Gu heard that his son was not dead, he would definitely take good care of himself and wait for his son.

He asked Fang Mingche to help him write a letter to his son last night.

His own hands were shaking a little, but the young man's handwriting looked quite beautiful.

Now let's see if anyone replies.

This also tells Fang Mingche that he actually has a son.

After saying this, Uncle Gu put on his Lei Feng hat and went out, heading towards the post office.

Fang Mingche drove his daughter over and parked the car at the corner of the square.

I first asked my daughter to sit aside and continued playing marbles on the table.

Then the stove was taken down, and the first pot of boiling water was already getting hot.

The bowls were placed on the horizontal board on the tricycle's carriage, with a woolen towel underneath.

Then use a bamboo pole to hang up the red cloth signboard.

A Yan embroidered a big black word "Tea" on it, and then a black word "TEA" of the same size.

(End of this chapter)