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

Chapter 46: Aunt's Relatives
Song Quan could earn an extra three yuan a month by delivering water one more time, and he took this very seriously.

"what are you up to?"

Fang Mingche asked, "You are a bamboo weaver, right? Can't you only do the basics?"

If you can only make fences and baskets, forget it. The handsome young man Lao Li from the surrounding villages can do it, but it doesn't require much skill. It won't attract tourists!

After hearing his words, Song Quan, who was sitting down to take a breath and drink tea, said: "Who are you looking down on? I can even make up the twelve Chinese zodiac signs."

You can look down on him, but you can't look down on his craftsmanship.

"Are you moving fast?"

"It's okay."

"So what else can your handcraft cooperative do?"

"Paper cutting, dough figurines, shadow puppetry, and revolving lanterns." Song Quan knows them all.

Fang Mingche asked: "Can we do it on the spot?"

"Yes. Some require tools, but they are not complicated."

“So how are your sales?”

Song Quan shook his head. If sales were good, would he come to deliver water?

"Then go back and ask your leader if he wants to organize some people to sell at my stall. There are so many people in the square."

They come here to show their talents, and his place becomes more popular. Selling hundreds more bowls of tea a day will bring more smiles to Ah Yan's face.

Business has been slow these days and she has been vomiting a lot.

Song Quan looked at the square and saw that people were indeed coming and going. This was indeed a good place to set up a stall.

However, nowadays, more and more people come to set up stalls, and it is not easy to get a good spot. Xiao Fang now has to come in advance to reserve a spot.

Moreover, he set up a stall next to Xiao Fang, so if any foreigners came to see or ask, he could translate for them.

"Okay, I'll go back and ask. You wait for my news!"

If it really generates income, that would definitely be a good thing.

In the afternoon, Lin Yan came back with Teacher Gao. She said happily, "Luckily, I have been reviewing for the past two years, and I have also intensively studied math, physics and chemistry in the past ten days. I passed the test successfully! They also agreed that I could just take the materials and review at home. I brought back a lot of materials, and we will review and do them together later. And I only need to pay one semester's tuition, which is more than fifty yuan."

Fang Mingche nodded, "Okay!"

After dinner, the two of them took the things they had asked the restaurant owner, Lao Xie, to buy on the black market and took the bus to Lin Yan's aunt's house.

Old Xie's family had to go to the black market to buy things every day. Otherwise, where would he get so much meat and vegetables to cook for his guests?
Ask him to carry something and just pay him a handling fee.

Fang Mingche and his friends bought a bottle of Moutai, a bag of White Rabbit candy, a bottle of malted milk, and a few kilograms of apples. They looked very impressive!
When they arrived at their aunt's house, their middle school cousin Xiao Gang saw them, put down his pen and hurried out to greet them, "Cousin, this is..."

"This is your brother-in-law and niece. Yanyan, call me uncle!"

Yanyan looked up and shouted, "Hello, uncle——"

"Good boy! Mom, Dad, my cousin and cousin-in-law are here." Xiao Gang smiled at Fang Mingche as a greeting.

My aunt and uncle were winding balls of yarn in the house.

My uncle spread out the washed wool in his hands, and my cousin sat in front of him and wound it around.

Lin Yan and Fang Mingche brought the children in, and the cousin asked quickly, "Have you eaten? If not, I'll have to make some noodles for you. Xiao Gang, go downstairs and put an egg in each of you."

Every household cooks for everyone, and no one has enough food.

I came here on short notice, so if I didn't have any food, I could only order noodles. Why did you bring so many things?
She heard that her cousin's ex-husband had brought his child to BJ. She didn't expect him to come to her place.

Lin Yan hurriedly said: "Aunt, we ate, we ate. Uncle——"

My uncle nodded.

Fang Mingche put the things on the table and said, "Aunt, Uncle, this is a small token of my appreciation."

My uncle stood up, with the wool still in his hand, and was about to call his son over.

Lin Yan sat over and took the remaining yarn from his hand to her own. Then she sat down and helped her cousin wind the yarn ball.

My uncle sat over and said, "Xiao Fang, what's the matter? Do you want the child's mother to persuade your father?"

He thought his brother-in-law still disagreed.

Xiao Gang went to mix sugar, boil water and make tea. A guest is a guest. Moreover, he is a relative and brought so many things.

Fang Mingche said, "That's not necessary. Grandpa Yanyan has already promised that as long as I get into college, we can remarry. I came here today because I want to trouble my uncle with something."

My uncle looked at the gifts on the table and said, "It looks like it's a big deal. I can't take responsibility for it. Tell me what it is first."

Fang Mingche said that he and his wife set up a tea stall in Tiananmen Square.

Business was good at the beginning, but now several similar stalls have popped up and business has been greatly affected.

"I just want to ask if there are any unsalable goods in the supply and marketing cooperative's warehouse. I want to wholesale them and resell them using that stall to make some profit. If you don't need receipts, it should be possible to sell them. BJ House is not easy. Money is needed everywhere!"

My cousin was a little surprised and asked, "Can I really set up a stall and do business by myself?"

Lin Yan nodded, "Sure, Auntie. I went to the street office to register and was praised. Besides, now there are car repair stalls, shoe repair stalls, fruit and vegetable stalls, etc. in the square, and many streets and alleys."

Xiao Gang brought tea to Fang Mingche and Lin Yan, then went to the side to take care of Yanyan while she drank sugared water.

Lin Yan couldn't help but say, "Xiao Gang is much more presentable than Lin Yi."

The cousin said, "Lin Yi is also spoiled by your mother."

She has a son and a daughter, and the daughter is as beautiful as a flower. Her sister-in-law actually coaxed her daughter to go to the countryside.

If Xiao Fang hadn't rescued her, would A Yan have been able to come back safely?

Lin Yan said: "My dad actually spoils him quite a bit. His girlfriend requires him to have a formal job and the betrothal gift must be three turns and one ring. Lin Yi went home and made a scene for a while, but my dad still agreed."

While the aunt and niece were talking, the uncle remained silent. He might be responsible for what Fang Mingche said.

Seeing him reaching for a cigarette, Fang Mingche quickly took out his own cigarette and passed it to his uncle. Then he struck a match and lit it for him.

My uncle took a few puffs and said, "The supply and marketing cooperatives are all unsalable. How can you sell them? Once they leave the warehouse, they cannot be returned."

It is indeed possible to do so, otherwise it would be troublesome to pile them up in the warehouse.

Some items were not sold out last year, but similar products that are planned to be sold this year will be delivered on schedule according to the planned quantity. The unsaleable goods piled up in the warehouse do take up some space.

It is also impossible to give it as a welfare benefit. If that happens, someone will definitely not sell out all the items on purpose in order to get a share of the items next time.

Fang Mingche nodded, "I know. At worst, I can just ship it back to my hometown and sell it. I'll say it's from the BJ Supply and Marketing Cooperative, so it will definitely sell. It's just a little troublesome!"

He only used 1,000 yuan as capital. If he really lost money, it would only be the income of the big bowl tea stall for two or three months.

But the chances of making money are relatively high, so it's worth a gamble.

(End of this chapter)