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

Chapter 50 Win-win cooperation
What I just said, not to mention a shrewd person like Lao Wang, other craftsmen should be able to think of it after getting excited.

It’s better to just live next to each other like this, which can also help attract traffic to the big bowl tea stall.

Moreover, you will gain a friendship.

If things continue like this, they will still have to rely on themselves to some extent.

If stalls in the square are regulated in the future, he should also be able to get a place to set up a tricycle stall within the area allocated to the handicraft cooperative.

Lao Wang exchanged a glance with the other craftsmen, raised his hand and clasped his fist towards Fang Mingche, "Comrade Fang, our cooperative will remember your kindness. I will calculate the 5% for this morning as soon as possible."

Other craftsmen also expressed their gratitude, “Thank you very much, Comrade Fang.”

This shows them a clear path, and everyone's income can be greatly increased.

Before, I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to communicate with foreigners.

Now that we have put it into practice, and with Comrade Fang’s advice, everyone feels relieved.

That’s right, it’s actually just a blind spot.

Fang Mingche said, "You're welcome. We're just helping each other. My business has improved a lot since you came. Look, you gave my daughter so many handicrafts and even cut her head in her image. We didn't say anything polite to you."

Yanyan was very happy today, and the paper-cutting craftsman cut a portrait of her.

Well, this business is very good. Chinese and foreigners are willing to spend money to have their hair cut "for themselves".

It’s not too expensive anyway!
After the people left, Lin Yan took down the kettle and put the tin pot on top to boil water, preparing to steam the lunch box she brought.

Fang Mingche walked over to take a look, "Are you a little disappointed?"

Lin Yan said, "Of course there is a little bit. But they will react quickly, so why don't we take the initiative to tell them. Besides, if they set up a stall next to them, more people will come over to drink tea."

Fang Mingche said, "There is another reason. Originally, our business was not much different from other big tea stalls. But they are paid a fixed salary, and they are a little jealous and unhappy when they see us as self-employed. If we sell more than 600 a day, 2,000 a month, we can become a millionaire in five months."

Lin Yan said: "Stop talking! Someone will definitely do something bad to you. You can't be on guard against people every day. You can't be on guard!"

The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.

Lin Yan paused, then asked with a twinkling look in her eyes, "With them setting up a stall next door, can we make 30 a day?"

Fang Mingche saw Lin Yan looking up at him, with his appearance reflected in her pupils, and he couldn't help but reach out and scratch her nose.

“I guess that’s about the same.”

"That's it!"

It's almost 1,000 a month, and two days' work is more than the monthly salary of two people in the past. What's there to be dissatisfied about?
Fang Mingche said, "Are you satisfied with this? Then can we stop doing it with uncle?"

Lin Yan said: "Uncle's business is not as stable as the big bowl of tea. But if you really see the point, I won't stop you."

Even if all the money in the passbook was used, she wouldn't stop him.

After doing the math, I suddenly felt that one thousand was not such a big amount. They could afford the gamble!

The water in the tin pot boiled, and Lin Yan took out the two-layer steamer. Two lunch boxes were placed on each layer.

The big lunch box is packed full, and the rice is enough for a family of three. We will each serve it in a bowl and eat it later.

Then put one dish in a lunch box.

This way, the smell won't mix and the rice won't become greasy. It's better than having one lunch box per person with one meat and two vegetables.

Then each person can have a big bowl of tea, which will taste great.

The Fang family of three sat down at the table and started eating.

Old Cheng and others who also set up tea stalls saw their business cut in half today. However, the combined business of all the tea stalls in the square did increase.

This shows that some people who might not have originally drunk tea also sat down to watch the fun and drank a bowl of tea.

Old Cheng carried his lunch box and analyzed the situation to the people at his two tea stalls, "Why don't we do something? But we can't make too much noise, after all, this is Tiananmen Square. Let's brainstorm!" "Boss, look. That group of craftsmen and the Fang family have separated."

At this moment, the people from the handicraft cooperative didn't even bother to have lunch and had already come over with their stall equipment.

There was no need to add anything, so we just pulled over a few tables and benches.

But it is obviously separated from the big bowl tea stall.

Then they also sat down, took out a dozen lunch boxes wrapped in thick clothes and prepared to eat.

The distance is very close, and there is still steam when you open it. Although it is not as good as the freshly steamed ones of Fang's family, it is still okay.

The people working at Lao Cheng's tea stalls looked over and breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s better to be separated!
Setting up the stall together is too powerful. This is much better than in the morning.

How else can they do business?
There are three or four people in a stall, and the salary is more than 100 yuan. Business is too slow, and it may even lose money.

In the afternoon, Fang Mingche was invited over twice by the neighbors. It was when the buyer and seller did not understand each other's intentions.

When Fang Mingche was busy, Lao Wang also arranged for people to come and help.

This greatly eased the busyness of Fang Mingche and Lin Yan.

In the afternoon, the big bowl tea stall sold 17 or 18 yuan. Adding up, it was exactly 50 yuan a day. Fang Mingche still had 7 or 8 yuan left for his translation service.

When closing the stall, Fang Mingche took the broom and garbage shovel from the car and cleaned the area around the stall.

He insisted on doing this every day from the beginning, and those who came later followed his example.

People really didn't dare to leave garbage on Tiananmen Square.

Everyone knows what’s going on, and if that happens, they probably won’t be allowed to set up stalls again.

Lao Wang and others also came to borrow brooms and garbage shovels.

Fang Mingche sells tea, and they have even more garbage. Sometimes the scraps of paper cuttings fall off easily.

When they were leaving, the craftsmen said goodbye to the Fang family, "Comrade Fang, Comrade Lin, Yanyan, see you tomorrow—"

"See you tomorrow—"

After having dinner at the restaurant and returning home, Lin Yan said, "Mingche, you are amazing! Living in the countryside before really limited your ability to perform."

When is the most comfortable time for a man? It is when his woman looks at him with admiration.

Unfortunately, there was no sign of rain tonight, so the child's mother had to go back to her parents' home.

However, if she stayed, there was nothing they could do. Unless... in vitro!

Stop, don’t think about it anymore!

"Ayan, Song Quan and the others will help me. Go to Xinhua Bookstore tomorrow and buy me an English dictionary."

He has to find some time to memorize some words.

Otherwise, if foreign tourists ask him something, it would be easy to expose the shortcoming of his insufficient vocabulary.

There is another tricycle available today, just rent it.

From then on, I asked Lao Song to help me ride there and back every day.

Two more stoves + cooking pots, two sets of tables and chairs will make things easier when the place is busy. And if they are divided into two cars, they won't be that heavy.

Song Quan readily agreed to this matter.

He said that Fang Mingche had made him a hero of the cooperative, and maybe he could be promoted to a small leader, with his salary grade raised by one or half a level.

(End of this chapter)