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

Chapter 73 Burglary
When he came back that night, Zhu Dahai had sorted out all the things into categories.

Fang Mingche registered them one by one, and then set the price according to the market price and quantity. He also wrote the price list on the turned-over paper shell with a brush.

It’s not just single sandals, so I guess it will be quite busy then.

After he finished, Uncle Gu strolled over slowly and bought some daily necessities he needed.

Didn't Fang Mingche make the bed in his empty room before? He used new mattresses and quilts. He bought them directly.

It was just paved and never used. He never collected rent.

In the past month or so, if it didn't rain and it was inconvenient to go home in the evening, Lin Yan never stayed overnight.

Fang Mingche sold the mattress and quilt directly to Grandpa Gu at the original price. The things Grandpa Gu wanted to buy were also calculated according to the wholesale price he had just set.

"Please keep the doors and windows closed when you go to bed."

"rest assured!"

That night, everyone went to bed. At about 2 a.m., when people were most likely to sleep, two people climbed over the wall into the small side yard, leaving one person outside to keep watch.

The people who climbed in tiptoed straight to the room where Fang Mingche lived, each holding a sack in their hands.

They listened first, but found no movement in the bedroom. Then they tried to pry open the window of a small room next door that was used as a warehouse.

Fang Mingche had locked the window from the inside. If he unbolted the window, he could open it directly from the outside.

Then, the two of them climbed in one after the other.

Before I could stand firmly on the ground, the light came on with a "click".

Their eyes were dazed, and before they could adjust to the light, they were hit by sticks coming down on their heads.

Fang Mingche turned on the light. He saw that the lower half of the faces of the two people were covered by hats and they were holding sacks in their hands. How could he be polite?
There is a fourth person in the room: Zhu Dahai!

As soon as he saw the two men's attire, he knew they were burglars who broke into the house at night.

In the afternoon, he and Comrade Fang used a tricycle to carry two loads of goods. Although they were careful to cover them with paper shells, they were still visible to others.

After dinner, Comrade Fang asked Comrade Lin to take Yanyan back home. He also asked Comrade Fang to come and sleep with him in the small warehouse, saying that it was just in case.

There really is a thief coming to my door!

The two of them took the initiative, and their men kept moving. The two thieves could only hold their heads and defend themselves.

After beating the two thieves to the ground, Zhu Dahai wanted to take off the hat of one of them to see who it was.

Fang Mingche said: "Don't reveal it——"

Zhu Dahai was stunned, and the two men took the opportunity to push him away and ran out. One of them was so panicked that he almost bumped into Song Quan who came running over after hearing the noise.

Seeing the person running away, Song Quan turned around and tried to chase him.

Fang Mingche came out with a stick in his hand, "Forget it, don't chase after a desperate enemy!"

Teacher Gao and the others who arrived a step later saw the two men climbing up the wall and flipping out with a slow movement. They were beaten so badly that their hands and feet were not nimble anymore.

Teacher Gao said: "How rampant!"

Many young people can’t find jobs nowadays, and public security is really a problem.

Song Quan asked Fang Mingche, "Do you want to report the case?"

Fang Mingche shook his head. "Who knows? It could be someone's from the neighborhood. It's all because of lack of work. A criminal record would ruin your life. Forget it. But if he dares to come again, I won't show mercy." How could he, an illegal resident, report the crime? That would be like walking into a knife's edge.

Zhu Dahai said, "If Comrade Fang hadn't warned them in advance, they would have attacked the fleshy parts. I really wanted to give them a couple of ruthless blows. Not only did they commit petty thefts, but they even dared to climb over the wall and steal!"

During this period, some small items were stolen from the houses of the east and west, but it was not worth reporting to the police.

Now they have climbed over the wall to steal, and even brought sacks with them. This means they are planning to make a fortune.

Aunt Yuan also came over and after confirming that Fang Mingche had no property loss and had no intention of reporting the case, she didn't say anything.

She also judged that they were people from the neighborhood, and they were the unemployed. The last time Xiao Fang sold rubber sandals, the news must have spread afterwards. Everyone knew that his family had acquaintances in the supply and marketing cooperative.

I brought back four truckloads of goods today, and now people are targeting me.

She said, "Everyone should be alert recently. Okay, go back to sleep."

She didn't plan to report this matter to her superiors, but she would communicate with the aunties in charge of several nearby tenements.

Let’s forget about it this first time, but if it happens again I’ll have to report it to my superiors.

The next day, Fang Mingche and Zhu Dahai drove the items they wanted to sell over there. There were two tricycles, and two stalls. One stall sold defective items, all marked with a price.

The other stall still sells big bowls of tea.

During the day, Grandpa Gu still sat in the courtyard listening to the radio, and helped Fang Mingche look after the goods in the small room.

This batch of goods was sold out in half a month. In an era of extreme material scarcity, daily necessities did not require tickets, and the stalls were set up in Tiananmen Square, which has the largest passenger flow in the world. This is a cheat in itself, and everything will sell very well.

The three thousand yuan worth of goods were sold for a total of four thousand two. The big bowl tea stall sold five hundred yuan these days.

Adding the 900 yuan they had deposited in the bank, they now had 5600 yuan in cash. Of course, they still had 1500 yuan to give to the supply and marketing cooperative. No rush, just wait until the one-month deadline is up before sending it.

The money is now in the bank, and I have to go there every afternoon at 4 o'clock. I am really afraid of losing it if I keep it with me. After all, someone broke into my house before.

After that, Zhu Dahai came over every night and slept on the floor with Fang Mingche in the small warehouse. Yanyan followed her mother to live with her grandma and grandpa. Fortunately, nothing happened again after that incident.

"Send two hundred and forty to my uncle tomorrow."

Lin Yan nodded repeatedly, hoping that her uncle would continue to actively and proactively provide information.

She calculated for a moment and said in surprise, "Mingche, we will have 4,000 yuan soon! Well, in another four days, by the 20th it will be a full 4,000 yuan."

This was the total income she and Mingche had earned in the past five years without eating or drinking! They earned this much in just two months of setting up the stall!
Fang Mingche said, "Ayan, we will start moving in two days. If we move far away, our business will definitely be affected. Otherwise, why don't you just concentrate on reviewing at home? Then we won't have to take Yanyan to the square. It will start to get hot in a few days."

It's already mid-April, and the sun will be too hot in a few days. By then, the big bowls of tea will have to be poured out to dry and dissipate the heat. It's not like when it first opened, when tourists drank it to warm themselves up.

Lin Yan said: "The market should still be busy. Besides, if we all pass the exam, we won't be able to run this stall. I want to make more money in these few months."

Fang Mingche said, "There are still two and a half months left before the college entrance examination. Judging from the results of the baseline test, I should be able to go to a junior college. You can only go to a technical secondary school. So, you should make a final sprint in the last two months."

As long as he can get into a junior college, he can come to BJ to study, and his household registration can be transferred here smoothly.

But starting next year, the threshold for college entrance examination registration will be raised. Only high school graduates or those with equivalent academic qualifications can apply for the exam.

It has been exactly three years since the college entrance examination was resumed.

Because the college entrance examination was cancelled in that decade and those who had no way to advance should have applied for the exam.

Next, the college entrance examination will return to normal.

(End of this chapter)