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

Chapter 99 Parents for Children
The next day, the pace of the stall was resumed. But Lin Yan still didn't go. She stayed at home to watch Yan Yan. It was the dog days of summer. It was too hot to let the child go out to the stall! What if he got a heat stroke?
When Fang Mingche set off on his tricycle, she said to Yanyan, "Let's go buy some daily necessities while it's not too hot."

"what?"

"Rice, flour, oil and other things. This way I can cook for myself at home. I also need to buy some mung beans to make mung bean soup. It's so hot in this place, Dad must be working very hard."

Now that I'm not reviewing, and she's at home, of course I won't go out to eat! That's still quite expensive.

But the first thing to do is to deposit 400 yuan into the bank. 2400 yuan now, great! Moreover, they have their own home in the capital.

The second thing was to transfer Yanyan's household registration and grain and oil relationship to the new household registration book, so that she could follow her mother. In this way, both mother and daughter could eat commercial grain.

This is not the case of the children of educated youth moving with their parents, there is no such policy. But the mother is a native of the capital and has her own house, so it is possible.

This time, I went to the countryside to get proof of the mother-daughter relationship. I got the birth certificate from the district hospital and the household registration certificate from the local police station.

Two of the three people in the family eat commercial grain, so the gap that needs to be supplemented on the black market is not large. And next month, Mingche's grain and oil account will be transferred to the school, and then he will be directly issued with grain coupons to eat in the cafeteria.

When she was getting ready to go out, Lin Yan went to where she usually parked her bicycle, but it was empty.

She slapped her forehead. They had a lot of luggage yesterday, and the bicycle was a women's bicycle, which was inconvenient. They came back by car.

Well, I have to go back to my parents' house to get my bicycle. That way it will be convenient for me to go everywhere. I also have to go and deliver lunch to Mingche at noon!

She took Yanyan back to her parents' home first.

Lin's mother was reluctant to part with the bike. She had put it here a while ago and it was very convenient for her to ride in and out.

Alas, I have worked all my life, but I have never bought myself even a women's bicycle.

Lin Yan listened to her sigh and said, "Then buy it. You can buy it with your retirement salary in half a year."

"It's easy to say, but how can you live like this?" Lin's mother said unhappily.

"My dad and Lin Yi both have salaries. Don't put all your retirement salary into it. Keep half for yourself every month. You can buy it in a year. You have devoted more than 20 years to this family and Lin Yi. If you want a women's bicycle, you can save up your retirement salary for a year to buy it. What's the problem?"

Don’t just focus on saving money for Lin Yi’s dowry!
If her mother didn't do everything for Lin Yi, and just wanted to buy a bicycle for herself, then Lin Yan would be happy to sponsor some money. But she would not be happy if all the money was spent on Lin Yi or Han Mei.

This is the biggest change in her after so many years in the countryside. Without her close relatives to brainwash her all day, she will no longer sacrifice herself and her family's interests for Lin Yi.

Lin Yi would just accept it with a clear conscience and never did anything for her. He felt that whatever his parents and sister did for him was what they should do.

Mother Lin blurted out: "I can't be so selfish, right?"

"You spend your retirement pay on yourself. How can that be considered selfish? I'm just going to stop here. Think about it carefully."

Lin Yan didn't say anything else, lest her mother accuse her of instigating things.

Anyway, it's no good to keep pampering Lin Yi like this. He's over 20 years old, and after taking over his mother's job, he can't bear the heavy burden on his shoulders.

If you want to meet your partner's requirements, then you have to work and save money yourself! When you have saved enough money, you can get married. You expect your parents to prepare everything for you.

According to traditional concepts, the child who takes over the business is responsible for providing for his parents in their old age, and he is responsible for everything from birth to old age to sickness and death. But Lin Yi probably thinks that everything his parents earn is his.

He was thinking about his partner wanting a three-wheeler and a ring, but how come he didn't notice that his mother, a salaried person, also wanted a women's bicycle?
Fang Mingche went to set up the stall early in the morning and was a little unskilled. When the water boiled, he still prepared cups of tea in large bowls and poured them out first, then covered them with glass lids.

When the craftsmen saw him today, they all greeted him.

Fang Mingche said, "I'll do the preparations and teach you some simple oral communication." Song Quan said, "Just wait, I'll get someone to take your place. You just need to teach everyone."

Fang Mingche thought about it and said, "That's fine. After forty days, this tea stand will belong to your cooperative. But let me make it clear first. I still have use for the tricycle and will not sell it to you. The others are fine!"

Song Quan said: "We can just buy another tricycle."

He also paid attention to the tea stall business during this period. After all, Xiao Fang bought a house in the capital thanks to this stall. And it is quite close to Tiananmen Square. I didn't expect that such an inconspicuous business, with two cents per bowl, could make 20 yuan a day! This is really a small profit but quick turnover.

Before we moved here, it was much more. In comparison, how much does a tricycle cost?

Fang Mingche taught for an hour in the morning when the market was off-peak, and when the market was busy, he would definitely take care of his own business first.

How can I put it? How come some people with such flexible hands are so clumsy when it comes to learning languages?
He had no choice but to say to Song Quan: "Let's find two representatives."

When he saw an old craftsman using Chinese characters to indicate pronunciation, such as Wang, Tu, and Si Rui, he was too lazy to correct them.

Anyway, I didn't learn it systematically. I spoke in a ridiculous way, but I guess foreign guests can understand it.

However, this is not as good as gesticulation.

Song Quan was also a slow learner. He nodded and said, "You choose."

Fang Mingche nodded and picked two young and fast learners. He would mainly teach these two people from now on, and the others would be considered as auditors.

At noon, Lin Yan came to bring him lunch, looking a little embarrassed.

"I haven't cooked for a long time, so I'm a little rusty. Just make do with what you have today."

Fang Mingche nodded, "Where's Yanyan?"

Eat it, what's the point of complaining? It's OK, the rice is just a little mushy, and the vegetables are bland, so I added some soy sauce.

"It's too hot. I'll ask Grandpa Gu to watch it for a while. I'll be back soon. Please come back this afternoon and bring the lunch box back."

Fang Mingche nodded, "Okay!"

When Lin Yan returned home, she saw Yan Yan sitting in the shade, eating and chatting with Grandpa Gu.

Grandpa Gu said, "Yanyan, do you still remember what happened before you came to the capital?"

"I don't remember much."

Yesterday, Dad showed her a group photo of her cousins, as well as a group photo of Dad, Mom, Grandpa, Grandma, and Uncle's family. She just thought the people above looked familiar, but she couldn't remember them.

Grandpa Gu said: "You are only three years old, it is normal that you can't remember."

Lin Yan parked her bike and said, "Her dad said that given the current traffic conditions, he doesn't dare to take her back to her hometown during the New Year."

She checked Yanyan's bowl: the meat was finished, but there was still some vegetables and rice left. She just picked up the spoon and fed her. It had been twenty minutes, and she still hadn't finished eating.

Grandpa Gu said, "During the Chinese New Year, it's even more crowded, like a war."

(End of this chapter)