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

Chapter 40 There is competition
Fang Mingche took his daughter out to eat at such a small restaurant. He had inquired about this place from Song Quan's wife this morning.

It's so winding and hard to find without someone to show you the way. When you go there, you have to tell me who introduced you.

Nowadays, the public basically refuses to report these acts, and the government does not investigate them. Even the office that is responsible for cracking down on speculation and profiteering is deserted.

But the crime of speculation will continue to exist for many years.

If someone really reports it, it will be a big deal.

The key is that many things now have no clear identity and are difficult to define.

Not only did they have breakfast, they also brought meat and vegetables to have them processed.

While the father and son were eating buns and porridge, the kitchen was preparing them.

As long as you give money, people will be happy.

Fang Mingche ate the buns and thought they tasted good, not greasy. He asked his daughter, "Do you like it?"

Yanyan was eating a steamed bun she had broken open. It was inconvenient for her to speak because she had something in her mouth, so she just nodded to express her opinion.

"Okay, then use this as an alternative canteen from now on."

Dinner can also be solved. Three meals a day, saving a lot of trouble.

Time is truly precious these days, so make the most of it.

When Lin Yan found out there was such a convenient canteen, she nodded and said, "Well, if we can spend some money to solve it, then we can."

Everyone's arms were sore when we got home last night, and we still had to cook dinner.

Now that she can earn money, she will be more willing to spend it.

"Well, can they provide vegetables?" That would save us from having to go to the black market to buy vegetables.

"It should be possible. But it will definitely be more expensive than buying it yourself." He took it today because there were ready-made vegetables.

"They must make some money."

Fang Mingche originally said this to Lin Yan so that she could make the decision. This would save her from nagging and feeling sorry for the money in the future.

After hearing what she said, he said, "Well, let's go directly there to eat next time. It will save more time for review. If your acquaintances from the review class come, we can take it home to eat."

"it is good!"

Business came faster today than yesterday. The two of them got their tools ready, boiled some water and started.

Yanyan was playing by herself nearby.

Her parents told her that if she got lost and couldn't find her way back or was separated by the crowd, she should look for the PLA uncle with a red five-pointed star on his head and a red epaulette on his collar.

Someone can send it back to her.

No one dares to pretend to be someone else in this square.

The military uniforms available outside are all without the red five-pointed star and red collar badge.

Of course, that was a last resort, just in case a group of tourists suddenly appeared and separated her.

You still have to move within the sight of your father and mother. Don't cause trouble for the PLA uncles!

Fang Mingche and Lin Yan both felt a little tired when they picked up the pot to pour tea for people.

But they have all worked in the fields before. They know that they have to grit their teeth and endure it for a few days before they can get used to it.

If you indulge yourself, working one day and resting the next, you will feel pain every day.

The couple looked at each other and served RMB!

Later on, when business was good, I didn't care about that anymore. It was all about money, there was nothing I couldn't stick to.

Fang Mingche kept a close eye on the big bucket. When only a quarter of the bucket was left, he could no longer wait for Song Quan, the agreed water delivery man.

Fortunately, Song Quan arrived a quarter of an hour before the agreed time.

He is nearly thirty years old and the pressure of supporting his family is quite great.

I couldn't get a job in a factory, so I did manual labor at home to earn money. But I joined a collective cooperative.

That's why I can put my work aside and deliver water to earn some extra money. I get 10 cents for each trip, and it's two kilometers. Including pumping the well, it only takes more than ten minutes.

Just think of it as sitting for too long and moving around for a while.

Three deliveries a day takes less than an hour, but it can earn you an extra nine dollars a month.

It's almost the same as a big unity. Those with strong purchasing power can buy about 20 kilograms of meat.

Therefore, the couple were quite happy about it.

After refilling the water, Song Quan saw that the business was good, so he asked Fang Mingche, "Brother, do you need any help?"

"Nothing else, you've already helped a lot." The couple could still handle this little bit of business. Besides, they had their own things to do.

Song Quan nodded, rode his old bicycle back with the empty bucket.

The next day, Lin Yan counted the money and told Fang Mingche happily, "It's over twenty. I think it can still go up!"

There will be more and more people in the square, but it's a pity that they can only be in one corner of the square. If they were to set up in all directions, wouldn't there be at least a hundred people in a day?

Fang Mingche said pertinently: "Other tea stalls will be set up soon."

Lin Yan exhaled. That's right. Their good business must have been discovered by someone with ulterior motives. Moreover, making a big bowl of tea does not require any technical skills, nor does it require the preparation of complicated and numerous tools.

I went directly to a small restaurant to eat today, which saved me a lot of trouble.

It was still early when she got home, so Lin Yan could still read for another hour before going home.

After she returns to her parents' home, she will definitely continue reading.

Two years ago, they took the college entrance examination and collected the "Self-study Series of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry" (commonly known as the 17 books) published by Shanghai Science and Technology Press.
Nowadays, in addition to textbooks and real questions, there are also copied exercise books, and these are the main ones to look at.

There are seventeen books, with a few placed on each side.

"Mingche, I don't know how to do this question."

Fang Mingche looked over and saw that it was a geometry problem. So he moved the stool over and explained it to her in detail.

When I went to the square again the next day, I saw a bigger tea stall a long distance away.

It was a collective effort, organized by a subdistrict office, which organized seven or eight educated youth who had returned to the city in the area under its jurisdiction.

However, it’s not from the street office in Xingfuli.

It seems that the street office cadres are more proactive and have started organizing without waiting for tasks from their superiors.

This kind of monthly fixed salary is owned by the street office.

In her previous life, a female educated youth who returned to BJ wrote to Lin Yan, mentioning that she was assigned such a job after returning to the city.

Fang Mingche remembers that the initial salary offered to everyone was 36 yuan a month.

Nowadays, state-owned enterprises look down on collective enterprises, and collective enterprises look down on individual businesses.

These three classes have different market conditions in the marriage market.

There were so many people around that Lin Yan couldn't help but worry about her business being snatched away.

Fang Mingche said: "It's okay, let's compete fairly!"

A few days ago, they were the only big bowl tea stall open, and he was too lazy to solicit business.

Seeing a few foreign tourists, he smiled and raised his hand to greet them: "Hello, Welcome to Beijing!"

The foreign tourists came over when they heard the noise.

As for the tea stall run by the subdistrict office, those educated youth who had returned to the city had not yet let go of their dignity as long-sleeved guests and could not open their mouths to shout!
But this kind of business, even without shouting, there will be some. And everyone is quite far away, so everyone does their own business.

Foreign tourists came, Fang Mingche asked them to sit down and have tea, "Sit down please!"

Then he made the tea and gave each person a bowl.

"Thank you!"

Fang Mingche continued to smile, "You are welcome!"

(End of this chapter)