Chapter 349
The boss brought up two bowls of shredded pork noodles.
Ye Fuyue took a bite and said to the boss, "Boss, your cooking skills are no worse than those in state-owned restaurants!"
Shen Yao also nodded in agreement.
The boss smiled proudly and said, "I'm not bragging, this is my only advantage. Otherwise, I wouldn't have thought of setting up a stall to sell noodles."
"If you keep selling, business will definitely be good and you'll make a lot of money sooner or later." Ye Fuyue said.
The boss smiled so happily that wrinkles appeared on his face. "Then I'll take advantage of your good wishes, young comrade. Consider these two fried eggs as a gift to you. No charge."
Ye Fuyue smiled happily: "Thank you, boss!"
The shredded pork noodles were delicious. Ye Fuyue and Shen Yao were both a little hungry, so they ate very quickly.
Shen Yao said: "I have a friend of a friend who wants to sell a house."
Ye Fuyue's face was full of surprise: "Really? How is the house? How much is it for?"
Seeing Ye Fuyue's concern, Chen Yao smiled faintly. "I don't know the details, but I know it's a two-story Western-style house, and it shouldn't be cheap. The landlord's parents were reported and sent to the countryside for reform. They just came back recently, but after going through so much, the health of the two elderly people is not good. The landlord wants to sell the house and accompany his parents to live with relatives in the south, and he won't be coming back."
Ye Fuyue nodded in understanding. "The south is more open now, and the atmosphere is better. I guess when the old man saw the house he lives in now, he thought of the unhappy things that happened in the past, and that's why he wanted to leave."
"Yeah." Chen Yao said, "I asked around. The house was previously used as an office by the relevant department and was just returned not long ago. Unlike some houses, they are all occupied by tenants, and the landlord can't take it back even if he wants to."
"That's great. If the house is good and the price is right, we'll buy it." Ye Fuyue said.
Shen Yao nodded: "I'll talk to my friend and ask him to take us to see the house on Sunday."
"good."
After a moment of silence, Ye Fuyue asked Chen Yao: "Do you want to take the college entrance examination?"
"Not for now." Shen Yao said without hesitation.
"Don't say temporarily! What if the policy changes and married people can't take the college entrance examination next year? Then you will never be able to go to college in your life." Ye Fuyue said.
Shen Yao's expression went blank for a moment.
This July's college entrance exam was the same as last year's, with both educated youth and married people able to take it. Shen Yao had never imagined that the country would one day prohibit married people from taking the college entrance exam.
"That shouldn't be the case. Why can't married people take the college entrance examination? That's so unfair." Shen Yao said.
"How is it unfair? The Gaokao (National College Entrance Examination) is meant for high school graduates. The two times the Gaokao was restarted and still in a transitional phase, the registration requirements were relaxed. Our teachers have repeatedly emphasized that dating, let alone marriage, is prohibited in school. The school doesn't care about those who are already married, but those who are unmarried and don't have a partner are prohibited from dating or getting married during their four years of college. If college students can't date or get married, then high school students certainly won't be allowed to. If things continue this way, wouldn't it be logical to bar married people from taking the Gaokao?"
Shen Yao thought carefully about Ye Fuyue's words.
"I know you're still worried about what will become of our family's livelihood if we both go to school. Let me tell you something," Ye Fuyue glanced at the boss busy at the stall, leaned close to Chen Yao's ear, and whispered, "I went to Xiangyang Furniture Factory today. They paid me 1,200 yuan for the design and asked me to continue designing furniture for foreign clients. The furniture drawings designed for foreign clients cost 500 yuan each. And..."
Ye Fuyue lowered her voice a little: "We have over 15,000 yuan in our savings account. Even if we buy that house you mentioned, we will definitely have nearly 10,000 yuan in our hands."
"Let's do the math. Our monthly expenses now consist of the twenty dollars we give to Mom, and the other odds and ends only add up to about ten dollars. If we calculate based on a monthly expense of fifty dollars, that's six hundred dollars a year, and two thousand four hundred to two thousand five hundred dollars in four years. The money we have now is more than enough to cover this expense. And I haven't even included the financial aid from the university."
Ye Fuyue paused for a few seconds and continued, "You really don't have to worry about your family's income. This is our home together, and I'm still making money. If you want to go to college, go for it. It would be a shame if you, a married woman with children, weren't allowed to take the college entrance exam next year."
Shen Yao was silent.
He knew that his family had more than 10,000 yuan in savings, but he didn't expect it to be as much as 15,000 yuan.
"Well, I'll think about it." Shen Yao said.
Ye Fuyue nodded.
It seemed she would have to let Chen Yao look at the passbook more often in the future to keep abreast of the family's savings. In the past, when Chen Yao didn't ask, Ye Fuyue wouldn't tell him much, at most telling him how much money she had deposited today and how much money she had in total. Chen Yao trusted her and didn't take these things too seriously. He probably forgot about them as soon as she finished talking, which was why he was so concerned about the issue of their livelihood for the past four years.
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After eating the noodles, Ye Fuyue hurried back to school as she had classes in the afternoon.
When Ye Fuyue arrived at school, there were only a dozen minutes left before the afternoon class.
Zhang Huiyun saw Ye Fuyue and said, "Fuyue, where have you been? I haven't seen you all afternoon."
"I'm going to have dinner with my man." Ye Fuyue smiled at Zhang Huiyun.
"Just a few hours, and you went to see your man?" Zhang Huiyun asked.
Ye Fuyue smiled pretending to be embarrassed.
Zhang Huiyun's face was filled with envy: "You and your man have such a good relationship! Unlike my man, his school is not far from here, but he has never come to see me many times."
Ye Fuyue scratched her head in pain.
She guessed that Zhang Huiyun would probably complain again.
Ye Fuyue quickly changed the subject: "I still have to go to the dormitory to get my textbooks, so I won't talk to you for now."
Before Zhang Huiyun could even pronounce the word "good", Ye Fuyue ran away.
Ye Fuyue was well-fed with knowledge during the four full classes that afternoon. When she came out of the classroom, she felt dizzy.
"Fu Yue——" Wu Qiaoer came over and called Ye Fu Yue, preparing to go to the cafeteria together.
When Ye Fuyue saw Liu Fu, she wanted to ask him if he wanted to join them. But when she thought about how Liu Fu always ate vegetarian food while she basically had greasy food for every meal, Ye Fuyue was afraid that Liu Fu would think too much and feel uncomfortable, so she did not ask him to join her.
Ye Fuyue and Wu Qiaoer had not walked far when Gu Hui appeared and blocked their way.
Gu Hui blushed and looked at Ye Fuyue and said, "Comrade Ye, are you going to the cafeteria?"
Ye Fuyue felt a little annoyed. She felt that she had made her words clear this morning, so why did Gu Hui still come to see her? And...
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