Chapter 109: Growing up the Heart
It’s not like they’re leaving right after eating, it’s just getting cooler. At seven o’clock, Lin Yan washed the dishes, Fang Mingche and the others sat for a while, and worked for another hour. Then Lin Yan came out to distribute today’s wages to everyone, two yuan per person.
In those days, Jet Li only made three yuan a day for filming “Shaolin Temple”. He was a national martial arts champion, and he often accompanied Premier Zhou on visits and performances abroad. So, two yuan a day is really not low.
Except for Zhu Dahai, everyone was quite satisfied. They are not afraid of hard work, but they are afraid of having no place to work hard.
Zhu Dahai also helped Fang Mingche to open the tea stall before and after the college entrance examination. Knowing his profit, his heart gradually grew bigger.
Fang Mingche noticed his eyes and quickly figured out the clues. But he couldn’t mess up the market at will.
Before and after the college entrance examination is a special period. He was afraid that Zhu Dahai would feel unbalanced and quit after knowing the profit of the tea stall. Then the daily loss would be huge. However, five yuan a day can also grow a person’s heart.
But the cost of the scrap yard is high, and he estimated that he would have to put money into it in the early stage. It is definitely impossible to set the salary too high. Just today, 14 yuan was paid out. I am afraid that a few yuan was spent on food, and the labor cost is still very high.
After paying the money, everyone rode back together.
Liu Qingfeng, Geng Shan and others were very excited. Although I did a lot of work today, I ate and drank enough. I also got two yuan in cash! I will throw it in front of my mother/wife when I get home, and say, "Take it to buy vegetables!" How encouraging!
On the way back, Yanyan naturally took her father's car. She hugged Fang Mingche's waist and began to doze off.
Fang Mingche was afraid that she would not sit firmly and fall. They stopped halfway and spread cardboard in the compartment of the tricycle for Yanyan to sleep on.
Geng Shan said, "Teacher Fang, you love your daughter too much."
Fang Mingche said, "The more I love my daughter, the less likely she will be kidnapped by a bad boy in the future. She must be treated very well by someone."
Everyone laughed, you are thinking too far.
The road is not crowded now, and there is a cool breeze. It is quite comfortable to ride a bike. However, it is really tiring.
It was almost nine o'clock when they returned to the compound. Fang Mingche said, "Everyone go home and rest early! In the future, you will not start work at this time."
The four temporary workers' faces were gloomy, they had no chance to start work.
The Fang family's honeycomb coal stove covered the vent at home and was kept burning for a day. In the middle of the process, Grandpa Gu came to help with a few bottles of boiling water. Then add new water and continue to boil. So now, two people can take a bath.
Fang Mingche brought the diluted water to the toilet and asked the mother and daughter to take a bath together. Yanyan returned home and was energetic again.
Then he boiled his own bath water again.
Fang Mingche was really surprised to know that a large antimony pot of water on the stove, with the upper and lower vents closed, would boil violently at noon. The honeycomb coal of later generations did not have this firepower.
But then he figured it out. Today's honeycomb coal is not shaped after burning. You can't even pick it up with a clip! You can only poke it from the top and then use a fire hook to hook it out. But the honeycomb coal of later generations is still shaped after burning, and it will not fall apart at all.
It is estimated that this is directly related to the amount of coal in it. Today's ones are probably made of 90% coal. So the firepower is fierce, enough for cooking.
Later generations have a lot of soil mixed in. After burning, it can be easily picked out intact with tongs. But the firepower is insufficient!
He was sitting here thinking divergently when Lao Cui's wife knocked on the door and brought in meat and vegetables in a basket.
"Teacher Fang, your teacher Lin asked me to buy the vegetables. She has paid for it."
"Oh, thank you, Mrs. Cui. Please sit for a while, I'll pour you some tea." Fang Mingche stood up and said.
"No thanks. I heard you were going into the scrap business? That's nothing compared to your tea stall."
Fang Mingche spread his hands, "I can't help it. That's the booth of the cooperative. I'm glad it can last until August."
Mrs. Cui nodded, "That's true. Let's go, no need to see me off."
Mrs. Cui left, and Lin Yan and her daughter came out after washing.
"Mingche, go wash quickly. You'll feel much better after washing!"
Fang Mingche took the change of clothes and brought hot water over.
Just as he got naked, Lin Yan knocked on the door, "Hand out the clothes you changed." It was convenient for her to wash them together.
Summer clothes are quick to wash. By the time he came out of the shower, she might have washed and cleaned them.
Fang Mingche also opened the door a little and handed them out out out of habit. As a couple, this operation is normal.
After washing and going out, he saw the bucket at the door, but no one was there.
Fang Mingche looked out. Oh, Teacher Gao is here, and he brought a piece of paper. Yan was eagerly drying her hands on her body, and then took it over to see.
"The score line is out?" The couple went out early and came back late and were busy all day, and they really didn't care about this.
Teacher Gao nodded, "Yeah."
Lin Yan looked at it and exhaled, then handed it to Fang Mingche.
He saw that Yan was fine, she had passed the admission line of the school and major she applied for by several points. She should be able to get into a junior college. But Fang Mingche was just on the line, not a point more or less. If this was an unpopular major, he would probably have been accepted. I heard that some majors don't have enough students, so it's okay as long as they are on the line.
But the Chinese Department is one of the most popular majors nowadays. He can basically only hope for transfer, otherwise he will end up in Capital Normal University.
Teacher Gao said, "Think about it, at least you have a bachelor's degree as a guarantee."
Fang Mingche nodded, "It's already now, and it's not up to me. Okay, it's okay to have a book to read. At least I don't have to be an illegal resident anymore."
I hope I can be transferred! It would be fine if there was no hope at all, but now I have to continue to hang on.
After seeing Teacher Gao off, Lin Yan cleared the clothes and hung them up. Fang Mingche said, "Go and take care of Yanyan until she goes to bed."
When the couple went to bed at night, Fang Mingche didn't seem to be bothered by his barely passing score.
Lin Yan said, "I thought about where to sell eggs. The living quarters of factories and mines, where the workers have money. There are also hospitals, where patients need nutritional supplements and are more willing to spend money than usual. Or you can just bring eggs to see the patients."
The supply of eggs in the market is limited and can't meet the needs of so many people. This is a business opportunity!
Fang Mingche said, "Let's put this on hold for now."
"Why should we put it on hold? This doesn't require too much capital, I can afford it myself. I just need to find someone to sell it. It's a pity that Xiao Xie is not able to leave. However, she didn't come before, and Teacher Gao went to work, so it seems that Aunt Gao can be alone at home. But now that she has a daughter-in-law, Aunt Gao is a little difficult to serve. She wants Xiao Xie to be around her all day, and will yell if she doesn't see him for a while. But tell her clearly that this is to make money and reduce the burden on Teacher Gao. I think she will listen."
"It's because it doesn't require much capital that I let you put it on hold for now. Otherwise, if you start reselling eggs on the first day, I guess Zhu Dahai will follow suit the next day."
(End of this chapter)
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