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

Chapter 76 Announcement of Return of House
Fang Mingche said, "If you want to have a baby, you really need to hurry up. Family planning has been talked about for several years, but I'm afraid it will have to be enforced by administrative order."

Family planning was promoted in the 1970s, but it was not enforced. Especially in rural areas, people did not take it seriously.

In the countryside, if you have several sons, you are considered a hero in the family. If you have sons, no one dares to occupy your house or land. To put it bluntly, if you have many brothers and uncles, you will have the upper hand in a group fight.

Lin Yan said: "Not really, right?"

Fang Mingche said, "I heard that the census will be conducted soon. If the population is too large, perhaps the next step will be to enforce family planning. The book clearly states that we have 7% of the world's arable land and have to feed 22% of the world's population. This applies to all resources. Do you think the country is under great pressure?"

Lin Yan said: "Then, after the exam, we won't use contraception anymore, just let nature take its course!"

She used contraception in the past two years, but not long after Yanyan was born, the college entrance examination was resumed. She wanted to prepare for the exam, so she definitely couldn't get pregnant during this period.

It's OK if you pass the exam. There are many college students with children on campus. Some have more than one child.

Some even walk around the campus with big bellies.

At worst, if it affects her studies, she can just take a year off.

As long as you pass the exam, everything will be fine.

If she didn't pass the exam, she would have to continue to study hard. So, in order to have a second child, she had to pass the exam as soon as possible.

Fang Mingche looked at Lin Yan and said, "Next year you won't even be eligible to take the college entrance examination. If you want to take it again, you have to go to high school for two years."

In that case, Yan would have applied directly for a normal school or technical secondary school, studied for two years and then started working. Normal schools or technical secondary schools were still quite popular in the 1980s.

He lifted the lid of the tin pot and felt the water temperature. "It's almost done. Get everything you need and I'll fetch the water for you."

There are no bathrooms in this kind of tenement house.

He always washed in a corner of the kitchen, where there was a drain that led directly to the small garden reservoir outside.

I bought a big bathtub for Yanyan, and she also put it there to wash. After washing, she just poured out the water.

Lin Yan watched him bring hot water to her, "I'm taking a shower, do you want to avoid me?"

"Yes. Otherwise, I will be distracted in the house. Please close the kitchen doors and windows."

Lin Yan whispered: "What kind of life is this?"

"It's almost there, almost there, there are only seventy days left."

Fang Mingche also sat under the eaves to watch the rain. The rain was crackling, and no noise from the kitchen could be heard.

But my mind can't help but spread the wings of imagination
Halfway through, Yanyan got up and went into the house. She put on her rain boots, held up a small flower umbrella, and ran into the rain to play. He ignored her.

The rain boots and umbrellas were specially saved from the defective products.

Yanyan held an umbrella and stepped on the puddles in the courtyard, making a loud clacking sound. She was so happy!

When Lin Yan came out of the shower and saw this, she was so angry that she said, "Fang Mingche, you just watched her go out in the rain? You just spoil her."

As he spoke, he opened a big umbrella and went out to bring his daughter back.

Fang Mingche had just calmed down from the agitation caused by his imagination. He glanced at Lin Yan, then stood up and went into the house.

Lin Yan grabbed Yan Yan's arm, covered her with a big umbrella, and took her back under the eaves. After realizing what Fang Mingche had just done, she couldn't help but laugh.

Yanyan felt relieved, "Mom, I didn't get wet in the rain."

"You can't step in puddles even if it's not raining. It's raining, be careful not to catch a cold. Come inside with me and have some hot tea."

As soon as he entered the house, he poured out a bowl of tea from the large bowl that was kept warm on the stove.

Yanyan looked at the steaming tea and asked, "Are you not going to sell it for money?"

"It's raining, what's the point of selling it?"

No matter how upset you are, you can't help it if it rains. Lin Yan went in after a while. Seeing Fang Mingche was reading as usual, she told Yanyan not to step into the puddles again. Then she continued to read the part she hadn't finished in the morning.

The rain stopped at 4pm. There was no need to set up the stall now.

Aunt Yuan came out and greeted them, "One person from each family please come out. I have something to announce."

Yanyan stood up and prepared to go to the meeting to show her new rain boots to her neighbors.

Fang Mingche laughed, "What's the point of you going there?"

"I'll go with you."

The father and daughter walked hand in hand to the slum, where every household had someone who was not working and was staying behind.

For example, in the Gao family, it was Xiao Xie who came out. Aunt Gao was in bed recuperating, and Teacher Gao hadn't finished get off work yet.

Those who hadn't come out also poked their heads out of the windows to listen. They all knew that Aunt Yuan was going to announce the spirit of the meeting, which was probably closely related to everyone.

"The subdistrict office received instructions from above to return our compound to Uncle Gu. From now on, everyone's rent will be paid directly to Uncle Gu. Uncle Gu, you have to take the old house certificate to register."

Uncle Gu had heard the rumors before, so he wasn't too surprised.

But the other residents were immediately furious.

"Why?"

Although the house does not belong to me now, I still have to pay rent to the street office.

But there is an essential difference between a house being state-owned and a house being privately owned.

Moreover, Mr. Gu suddenly became the owner of the house, and some people felt unbalanced. They had already divided the land among the local tyrants, so why should they give it back?

Fang Mingche asked, "Aunt Yuan, is that all?"

"Yes, that's it."

"Then there's nothing changed at my house. I'll go back to read first."

Aunt Yuan knew that he was preparing for the college entrance examination and nodded.

Fang Mingche took his daughter back.

Others are not as calm as him.

Aunt Yuan said quickly, "The street office said that Uncle Gu only has the right to collect rent from us, not to evict us. Don't worry, everyone! Actually, nothing has changed from before. You still live in the house and pay rent."

Uncle Gu didn't argue with anyone that this was his family's ancestral mansion, and he even asked them to live in a small side courtyard.

He was an old man living alone, his son was not around, and he could not win against dozens of people.

He turned around and chased after Fang Mingche, and whispered worriedly, "Xiao Fang, what if they don't pay my rent?"

He was incapable of driving anyone out.

"Only those who pay the rent are tenants. If you don't pay the rent, then there is no lease relationship. When your son comes back, have him go to the police station to file a complaint. If he doesn't pay the rent, then he has terminated the lease with you. Now that the state is returning private property, the police station has to take care of this matter. The police station has the right to contact their unit directly and deduct the rent from you."

If you are a person who works for a company, as long as the government wants to control you, is there no way they can deal with you?

Fang Mingche lowered his voice and said, "If the police station says they don't have enough police force, they will ask you to register and then send you back. Just say you want to report to the leader! They will definitely handle it for you quickly. They are afraid that if the incident gets out of hand, it will make foreign investors worry about the investment environment."

What can the police do to an old man like Mr. Gu? His son doesn't have a job, so he's not afraid!
This is to safeguard legitimate rights and interests.

Uncle Gu immediately understood the clue and said with a smile: "You are the one who has the solution!"

(End of this chapter)