Chapter 122 Normal University Registration
Fang Mingche said to his father-in-law, "Dad, I didn't ask you before I was rude to my uncle."
Father Lin shook his head, "He is a shameless person. I was just afraid that he would run to our factory to make trouble, he has done it before. Besides, this slum is full of my colleagues. It will be a joke for others if he makes trouble."
In a word, those who have dignity cannot beat those who don't. Let's see who is willing to risk it! The key is that this is the dormitory of Father Lin's unit, and he cares about his face.
Lin Yi dealt with the door, came back with a broom, and said with relief: "The evil ones will be punished by the evil ones!"
After all, he is his uncle, and he still has some psychological pressure to let him clean up. But he is very happy to see his brother-in-law step forward like this.
Lin Yan glared and said, "What are you talking about, who is the evil one?"
"Uncle, uncle is the evil one." Lin Yi quickly changed his words.
Fang Mingche said, "You've made my parents worry today. How about you come over to our place this afternoon?"
It wasn't him who ruined the atmosphere of the graduation banquet today. Fortunately, the father-in-law and brother-in-law seemed to be in a good mood. As for the mother-in-law, she couldn't care less.
The two generations of men in the Lin family, old and young, were being controlled by others. He really couldn't stand it!
I guess the Zhu family thought that he was a scholar and must be very shy and wouldn't refuse anyone. They actually dared to let him go to college to contribute to the only child of the Zhu family. How flattering! Fang Mingche would never spoil him.
Father Lin shook his head, "Forget it, but your cousin laughed at me."
Fang Mingfeng said, "Uncle, it's nothing. Every family has its own problems! But, this help should be stopped in moderation. Otherwise, people will take it for granted. If you withdraw your help, the other party will still hate you."
Mother Lin thought to herself: Isn't that right! After so many decades, she is actually tired. Her brothers' behavior never made her feel embarrassed in the Lin family. They always took it for granted!
She has been in charge of her parents' last will for so many years. If her parents are dissatisfied, they can come to her in her dreams to scold her. If she keeps caring about the Zhu family, her husband and children will be alienated.
She said, "It's so hot, I think you should stop running around. Let's go to the factory cinema to watch the new movie later, and come back after dinner and sunset. I'll buy some edamame and cook them, and then make porridge. In the evening, I'll smash some cucumbers and make some cold meat. We had a greasy meal at noon, and we can just use it to get rid of the grease at night. His cousin, I don't treat you as an outsider, just treat us as one of our own."
In fact, it is impossible to eat so well at ordinary times. But the son-in-law was admitted to a prestigious university, so he is a real guest of honor. What's more, he brought his cousin who came from afar. There must be meat.
Fang Mingche heard his mother-in-law's arrangement and knew in his heart that she really didn't take it to heart. So he nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
Fang Mingfeng also said, "Aunt, just be casual. If you're casual, I'll be comfortable too."
Lin Yan said, "Okay, let's arrange it this way. Do you two want to go to the movies together?"
She was asking Lin Yi and Han Mei. She asked this because she wanted them to say they didn't want to go. Otherwise, it would be difficult to exclude them.
This house is too small. There are only two rooms, one for her parents and one for Lin Yi, that's it. They usually eat at a folding table in her parents' room.
If she hadn't remarried and moved out in time, there would probably be conflicts between her and her brother over where to live. After all, her brother was going to use that room as a wedding room.
So, if she and Mingche wanted to have a son, they had to continue buying houses.
Uncle Gu had promised before that as long as someone moved out of the slum, they would move over and sell the entire small side yard to them. But from the look of Mingche, he wanted to buy another house.
Recently, there are people selling houses nearby, the kind with one or two rooms, and he will go to check out the market. When he comes back, he will complain that it is a pity that there is no whole courtyard house for
sale. He also said that even if there is one now, he can't afford it. A whole courtyard house, the smaller ones are 400 to 500 square meters, and the larger ones are directly over 1,000 to 800 square meters.
The price is at least 100,000 or 80,000. After all, the location they are in is too good.
If it is a big courtyard, it is usually the residence of the first, second or third rank officials. Or it is a princess's mansion, a Beile's mansion, etc.
So, they have to work hard to make money! Compared with the money needed to buy a courtyard house, their family assets are too little.
Now that my mother's house is small, if it is not to go to the movies, I really can't find another place to spend time.
When my sister asked if he wanted to go to the movies together, Lin Yi was ready to nod. Han Mei pulled him, "You should take me home."
She took the initiative to come here today, but she can't rush it.
Mother Lin said, "I also mean that Lin Yi should send Xiao Han home. If your family still has the same idea as before, it may not work. If you are sincere, our two families can sit down and talk again."
Lin Yi, this useless guy, was so happy when he came. This is something that ten oxen can't pull back.
He knew that he must have looked outside during this period and came back to him because there was no one more suitable than him.
However, you can bargain first. On the one hand, he asked for a sky-high price, and on the other hand, he paid the money.
Now that they have been out for a while, the Han family should know that their daughter's market is not as good as they imagined. In this way, there is a basis for sitting down and talking.
Han Mei nodded, "Okay, aunt. I will tell my parents your opinion."
Lin Yi rode his bike to send Han Mei back. Since they were classmates in elementary and junior high school, Han Mei actually lived nearby.
Han Mei saw two other bicycles parked together at this time. A brand new Forever 28 circle and a 90% new female Phoenix 26 circle.
"Is this the new bike your brother-in-law bought?"
"Yes, he must have a bike to go to college."
Han Mei said, "It seems so easy to buy a bike for your sister and brother-in-law."
But it's so difficult for them!
"They make money by setting up stalls. If they need tickets, they go to the black market to buy them. Isn't it easy?"
Lin Yi was also very emotional when he talked about this. The old man saved money for two years to buy this bike.
He now makes 35 a month, and spends it all every month. He can't even think about buying his own bicycle.
After sitting on the back seat of the bicycle, Han Mei shielded some light with her hands.
"Your sister and brother-in-law can't set up their tea stall, can they?"
"They started collecting scrap and selling it again. I don't know what's wrong with my brother-in-law's brain. He has one idea every moment! My dad said that he is a smart man who can get into a famous university. He is not doing as well as he is, so he won't give him orders blindly."
Han Mei said, "Your brother-in-law can get into Beijing Normal University, he must be a smart man! Look at him, he has made money in the past six months in the capital, and he has been admitted to the university. He has raised a daughter who is plump, polite and likable."
She thought, why not set up a stall by herself? With money in hand, everything will be easier.
"Lin Yi, how much money do you have in your pocket?"
"No. I make 35 a month, and I give 15 to my mother for living expenses. The rest is spent on you."
He didn't go out for the past two weeks, and he didn't feel like going out by himself, so he had some spare money in his pocket.
Han Mei said, "I won't spend money recklessly in the future. Let's save some money and start a small business. Or, borrow some from your parents, sister, and brother-in-law?"
"Don't even think about it. My sister and brother-in-law still owe 2,000 for buying a house. How can they lend them the money? If it weren't for paying back the money, they wouldn't have been admitted to university and started a waste collection business. My parents won't lend them money, and they won't lend us money either. As for the betrothal gift, I don't know how to bargain."
Han Mei let out a sigh of relief. She must have depreciated by coming back to find Lin Yi like this. Now, the Lin family has taken the initiative.
"Let them bargain as they please, and we really have to make some money ourselves. Find a chance to ask your brother-in-law for advice later."
"That's fine. I'm independent, and it's not a bad thing for them."
After Lin Yi finished speaking, he remembered that the old man told him not to become like his uncle, and he felt a chill. He almost lost control of the steering wheel.
"What are you doing? Look, you're going to fall on me."
"There's a rock just in front of me."
Yanyan, who was a little sleepy, heard that they were going to watch a movie, and she forced her eyes open. She put on her small military backpack and said excitedly, "Let's go watch a movie."
Lin Yan said, "It's still early, it's only halftime now. If we go too early, we can only wait outside and get exposed to the sun. Let's wait and go later."
"Okay." Yanyan sat down next to her mother, and her eyelids drooped again.
When she fell asleep, Lin Yan carried her to her parents' room to sleep and took off her little skirt. She didn't wake up even though she was like this, and she still wanted to watch a movie.
After a while, Fang Mingche and the other two walked from the shade to the factory cinema to watch a movie.
Fang Mingfeng saw a small yard with chickens and ducklings painted on the road, "Is this the Yuhong class?"
This is run by the factory to facilitate dual-income families who don't have elders to take care of their children. Otherwise, if both of them go to work, there will be no place for the children.
It can also provide a few jobs for family members. People from outside are not allowed to go in.
Since Fang Mingfeng plans to stay in the capital for a long time, he will definitely pay attention to
these things. Yanyan is about to attend this kind of red education class. Didn’t it happen when they rented a house and found out it was a haunted house? Uncle Gu patted his chest and said that he had good connections and he would send her in. Now it’s time for him to fulfill his words.
Fortunately, the old man is more reliable and really got Yanyan in, and he didn’t have to pay a high price.
Later, when buying his house, he also emphasized that there was no need to pay a high price for transferring the household registration.
Fang Mingche explained it to his cousin.
Fang Mingfeng said, "It seems that the old man is a man of temperament. He will rip you off if he says he wants to, without any ambiguity. But after receiving your benefits, he will immediately return the extra money. He can also do what he promised."
"He found that I am quite capable, and there is no need for him, an old man alone, to be hard on me. As for now, we have been together for half a year, and we have actually developed feelings for each other."
Fang Mingfeng said, "I think his son seems to be a little depressed."
Lin Yan said, "He has been delayed for ten years, the best ten years of his life. How can he not be depressed? But fortunately, their family can still collect rent. His old man went to make a scene, and those who did not pay the rent on time had their wages directly deducted. This saves a lot of trouble!"
Otherwise, with more than a dozen tenants, collecting rent every month is a big problem.
She has always envied the Gu family father and son who collect rent with their feet up. There are more than ten households living in the house, and the rent collected is dozens of yuan a month. A room varies from three to five yuan depending on the size.
It doesn't matter how long Gu Zhiguang is depressed. Now he can only talk more to children like Yanyan, Niuniu, and former friends like Teacher Gao and Song Quan.
No wonder Mingche still wants to buy a house, a whole courtyard house, and it would be so happy to collect rent like this!
Fang Mingche said: "Ayan, don't underestimate him. Gu Zhiguang was the last batch of college students before the cancellation of the college entrance examination in the 1960s!"
"Ah? He is so amazing?" This time Lin Yan was really shocked.
"Yes. If it wasn't for Uncle Gu and Teacher Gao talking about it, I wouldn't know. He got into trouble because of his remarks at that time. This blow is really too big, and we can only hope that time will slowly heal the trauma. Uncle Gu is also trying to introduce him to a girl. He said that with a normal family life, people will probably be more energetic."
They walked all the way to the factory cinema, and people greeted Lin Yan enthusiastically along the way. This is the child of a big factory, and many people in the factory know her.
Lin Yan whispered: "What's the use? When I just came back and couldn't find a job, no one paid attention to me."
She was not very willing to change her mind. But when someone called him, he responded with a smile. He also introduced Fang Mingche and his brother to others.
Fang Mingche said, "No one cares about you after ten years of hard study, but once you become famous, it will be known all over the world. It's just like that! As long as they haven't targeted us, we can forget about it. Of course, if you really can't forget about it, forget it. Of course, your feelings are the most important!"
Fang Mingfeng rubbed his arms to show that he had goose bumps.
Fang Mingche said, "Ignore him!"
As they walked along, Fang Mingche saw the poster of "Gunshots in the Secret Service" and said, "Let's watch this."
This is the first spy war movie that had 600 million viewers and a box office of 180 million. It was more than 40 years ago when I watched it in my previous life, and I almost forgot about it.
Now all major film studios across the country are rushing to make movies as tributes to the 30th anniversary of the national conditions. This spy war movie is obviously not mainstream enough, so it is not seen as a tribute film. It is not a film that the film studio focuses on supporting.
But the market buys it! This is the biggest success. It is said that after the release of this film, it not only received recognition from the audience. Even the old underground party members who personally experienced the war years wrote to the crew to express their affirmation of the film.
What is the concept of 600 million viewers? If it is converted into a movie ticket of 30 or 40 yuan in the future, the box office can reach more than 20 billion!
Fang Mingfeng and Lin Yan looked at other tribute films and unanimously decided to watch this one.
I had watched enough of the model operas in those ten years, and I really didn’t want to watch tribute films anymore. This one at least sounds interesting.
Sure enough, at the beginning of the movie, the three of them turned on the immersive viewing mode. They didn't even walk out of the cinema.
Halfway through the walk, Fang Mingche said, "How are we going to tell Yanyan when we get home?"
The little girl expressed a strong desire to watch a movie, but they ignored her. She must have woken up by now.
Lin Yan touched her nose, "Just say she fell asleep. We can't wake her up and bring her to the movies. Otherwise, promise her a TV ticket for five cents a day and take her to watch TV?"
Nowadays, some companies really do this. Just sell TV tickets, five cents a ticket. Dozens of tickets can be sold in one night. You can turn on the TV from the evening until the evening news ends and says "goodbye".
Fang Mingche nodded and said, let's do it.
When they got home, Yanyan was really angry. She sat by her grandmother's legs, peeling and eating a handful of cooked edamame. Seeing that her father and mother were so angry that they didn't want to pay attention to them.
It wasn't until her parents promised to watch TV for a night to compensate her that the little girl's mouth stopped pouting.
She told her parents, "Aunt Han Mei's family wants two turns and one ring."
Lin Yan said, "Which turn was cancelled?"
"A bicycle."
That means they also asked for a sewing machine, a watch and a radio. As for the bicycle, it's so close, she can go back to her parents' home in no time.
However, it is estimated that the three turns and one ring were originally required by her family, and they will not bring it over. If they bring it over, her parents will not be so disgusted.
Yan Yan said, "And thirty-two legs, what do you mean by thirty-two legs?"
"Furniture, a piece of furniture has four legs."
Lin Yan didn't even need to ask her mother, this was definitely not negotiable.
When it was time for dinner, they ate quietly. They didn't pay attention to Lin Yi's sad face.
At this time, do you want to take responsibility for your statement? They don't want Lin Yi or Lin's father and mother to have such a misunderstanding.
Fang Mingfeng said in surprise: "Little brother, why are you worried about things beyond your ability? Can you worry about it? You are only 22, what are you worried about? It can't be that you can wait, but I can't, right?"
As soon as these words came out, Lin's father and mother looked over. If so, the Han family is now in control. If
the Lin family does not agree to the conditions, they can sue Lin Yi for hooliganism. Hooliganism is a serious crime, and the sentence starts at 15 years! (Later, when the crackdown was severe, people were directly shot.)
Lin Yi waved his hands quickly, "No, no, no."
Fang Mingche glanced at his cousin, "Yan Yan is still here, be careful with your words."
He said to his daughter, "This is not a good thing to say. You must not parrot others, and don't discuss it with others."
Yan Yan, who was eating with short chopsticks, nodded. She quite liked the cold meat made by her grandmother.
Fang Mingfeng also quickly made an "sorry" gesture. He forgot that his little niece was still there, and she was at the age when she liked to parrot others and ask why.
When Yanyan returned home, she squatted down with great interest to count the number of legs on her furniture.
Fang Mingfeng heard her count smoothly to more than twenty, and couldn't help saying, "She's pretty good at counting."
Fang Mingche said, "She's even better at recognizing money! Once I gave the wrong change, she reminded me."
It's probably because she's been sitting next to him and watching, so she naturally learned addition and subtraction within one cent.
"There are a total of 24 legs in our house. Can my uncle's room accommodate 32 legs?"
Lin Yan said, "Of course not, they don't plan to move to the Lin family. They're planning to take a bite of the big one in the Lin family, and solve the betrothal gifts for the two small ones at the same time."
Unless the family is very well-off, they can't get together three turns and one ring, 32 legs.
If there is some, it's also very impressive.
Moreover, the Han family also requires Han Mei to bring money back every month.
Just as Brother Mingfeng said, this is completely beyond Lin Yi's ability. They just hope that he will come back to force his parents, and maybe her sister.
Lin Yan was definitely not willing to be a sucker. Her father didn't have this idea either. He didn't want to be in-laws with Han Mei's family at all. As for her mother, she was gradually awakening now. The key point was that she didn't care about money now!
In addition, Han Mei must have found other buyers during this period. Didn't she find a better one? Her mother would definitely take advantage of this.
So let's drag it out. Anyway, the Lin family has a son and can afford to drag it out. But the premise is that Lin Yi shouldn't be too anxious.
She had reminded him of this a long time ago. If he still made the same mistake, he would only be helping the Han family and threatening his parents. Then she would not care even more. She had always been very clear about this attitude.
Why should Lin Yi take his parents' life savings, and even possibly borrow money, to give the Han family a betrothal gift?
Three turns, one ring and thirty-two legs, this would cost thousands of yuan. For an ordinary family, this is such a huge burden. The key point is that nothing was brought here. Two
days later, Zhu Dahai might have recovered from heat stroke. He was going to live in his uncle's house in the countryside to collect vegetables.
He felt that the previous idea was actually correct, but the two people he found were too greedy. He planned to operate according to Lin Yan's method this time and wholesale the vegetables to other people.
Zhu Dahai found Hu Yong and the other four, and Hu Yong said, "Old Zhu, there must be a first come first served. Moreover, Teacher Fang and Teacher Lin have never been out of supply every day. Your place has been out of supply for three days this time! Wait until you have been doing it for a long time, we can consider wholesale some from you."
Hu Yong really suspected that he still had something wrong this time. Don't let it go wrong again! At Teacher Lin's place, people from the next door compound are also asking if they can come to buy goods.
Of course, if Zhu Dahai's place is sorted out and the vegetables are relatively cheap, they can still wholesale from him.
So he said to Zhu Dahai, "Why don't you go to the next door and ask, they are also asking Teacher Lin if he can supply them."
Zhu Dahai hated the two educated youth who returned to the city and temporarily raised the price next door. If possible, he didn't want to find people from the next door compound at all.
In the end, he still found them, but excluded those two. He also said the rules, no returns or exchanges, etc.
Lin Yan was a little annoyed when she found out, "He is here to steal my next customer. Why did he set his sights on my business?"
Fortunately, he knew that he had a good relationship with Xiao Xie and Cui Saozi, so he couldn't steal it. He didn't plan to target those two.
Fang Mingche said, "We can do the same business, so he can do it too. But Hu Yong made it very clear that he felt that his supply might not be very reliable. But fortunately, he doesn't have much capital, so he can't compete with us on price. Well, don't worry about him. Sooner or later, someone will come out to compete."
Liu Qingfeng and Geng Shan were also a little annoyed, thinking that Zhu Dahai was a piece of shit.
Teacher Fang had communicated with them. Starting from September, Liu Qingfeng will be promoted to store manager, with a commission of 10% of the profit; Geng Shan will be promoted to deputy store manager, with a commission of 5%.
This commission includes the scrap business and the vegetable business, and is given in addition to all other income. Now that Zhu Dahai is in charge, don't make their business difficult. What a piece of shit!
Fang Mingche said: "The best way to face competition is to do our own part well. You just need to pay more attention!"
Zhu Dahai's business was indeed that a few educated youth who returned to the city from the slum next door pooled their money and wholesaled the vegetables he brought back every morning.
This made it difficult for Hu Yong and the other four to do business.
They could only expand the scope of "guerrilla warfare". Fortunately, the vegetable market had insufficient resources and no intention of monopolizing. Moreover, the people were willing to cover for them. Otherwise, they would definitely be caught if they sold so ostentatiously.
The two educated youth who returned to the city from next door, who caused Zhu Dahai to suffer heavy losses that day, came to find Lin Yan again. Zhu Dahai said that he would not wholesale vegetables to them. If they wanted to do this business, they could only come to Lin Yan for supply.
Lin Yan agreed to supply them. They added the two of them on the basis of the previous staff.
She also said to Hu Yong and the other three, "I can't ask you to wholesale from me. We do business with cash, so we will definitely buy from the one with the best quality and cheapest price. However, Zhu Dahai supplies the goods in the morning, so if you go to get the goods from him, you must tell me in advance. Otherwise, I will bring so much back in the afternoon. The eggs can be kept for a while, but the vegetables cannot be kept."
Hu Yong nodded, "Teacher Lin, if we use Zhu Dahai's goods, we must tell you in advance."
In the rural areas on the outskirts of BJ, the village branch does have a telephone for public use. It is said that the installation fee of 5,000 or 6,000 yuan is owed first and will be paid off year by year.
In this way, if they make a phone call in the morning, they can still notify Wei Saozi that they will not collect the vegetables that day.
When Wei Saozi gets the news, she writes it on the blackboard, and the farmers will no longer bring it. Even if they bring it, they can't collect it because there is no buyer.
Lin Yan was so angry that she said at home, "Why doesn't Zhu Dahai return from the summer heat?"
Fang Mingche laughed and said, "Every failure makes one wiser."
Fang Mingfeng rode Fang Mingche's new bike and visited the capital's scenic spots and historical sites, as well as the spontaneous markets and night markets in the next few days.
On the twelfth day on the letter of introduction, he left with his suitcase. He followed Liu Qingfeng to the scrap yard. He hadn't completely figured out what he was going to do, but he had an idea in his mind.
Aunt Yuan didn't ask after she knew about it. As long as it wasn't hidden under her nose, it didn't matter to her if it was hidden somewhere else. At
the end of August, Fang Mingche sold the stall supplies other than the tricycle at a discount of 100 to the handicraft cooperative. He officially ended his big bowl tea stall business.
So far, all the couple's belongings in the capital were: a small east wing in the side courtyard, a small flower bed and a half-courtyard, four vehicles (two tricycles and two bicycles). There was also a scrap yard that had been rented for half a year, and 3,000 yuan in cash.
Lin Yan was calculating on the abacus beads, "It's still a little short of ten thousand."
Fang Mingche said, "That's enough. We've earned nine thousand in half a year!"
Lin Yan said, "It's still far from the price of the whole courtyard house you want to buy."
Fang Mingche raised his eyebrows, "How do you know I want to buy a whole courtyard house?"
"If someone posts a notice of selling a house nearby, you should go and take a look. How can I not see it?"
Fang Mingche nodded, "If you want to buy a whole courtyard house in a good location, it will definitely not be cheap. Even Mr. Lu Xun, a first-class writer in the Republic of China, had to spend a year's royalties to buy one."
People in later generations always say that courtyard houses are cheap nowadays. That is not based on the income of the time.
Compared with the average income of the time, only a very small number of rich people dare to buy courtyard houses within the Second Ring Road.
The so-called 10,000 yuan per set is at least outside the Fourth Ring Road in later generations. Unless it is a villa owned by rich people in the past, it is meaningless to buy it.
Fang Mingche does not need to go to the stall from today, and he is a bit lazy and does not want to move.
Lin Yan came over and pushed him, "Get up. You have to go to three places to register, so you can go back earlier if you go earlier. Register your household registration at the school, so that you can go and stamp your bicycle."
Nowadays, bicycles need to be stamped when they are registered. Before, Fang Mingche did not have the identity of a capital resident, so his bicycle could not be registered. Otherwise, it would only be registered under Lin Yan's name.
Fang Mingche said, "Today and tomorrow are two days of registration. The first day must be very crowded!"
"The second day may not be easy either. Let's go, finish the registration procedures first, and then talk about other things."
Lin Yan is still very happy about entering college life.
As the two were talking, Yanyan came in with her backpack.
"Dad, the sun is shining on my butt. Why don't you get up?"
Fang Mingche was still lying there and didn't want to move. From February when he went to Beijing to now, he has been busy all day.
Seeing that he still didn't move, Lin Yan smiled and handed Yanyan a basin and a rolling pin. She motioned her to cover her dad's head with the basin, and then hit him a few times with the rolling pin. Only those who have experienced it know how sour it feels.
Yanyan refused, "No, I can't bear to let my dad's ears be startled."
Fang Mingche smiled when he heard this. He lifted the quilt and went out to flush in his long pajamas.
"My girl still cares about me!"
Just then, he met Gu Zhiguang coming out of the toilet.
Speaking of this toilet, Uncle Gu really spent a lot of money. It was only one aspect to use this toilet to persuade Fang Mingche to buy a house. The most important thing was to make it convenient for Gu Zhiguang, who was disabled at the time, to go to the toilet.
The two nodded to each other, just saying hello.
Gu Zhiguang was a rare college student in the 1960s, so he was naturally arrogant.
But Mingche was admitted to Beijing Normal University, which was better than the university he attended back then. He was still very friendly in front of Mingche.
Uncle Gu had always told him that Fang Mingche was smart and down-to-earth, and his ideas were very effective. He heard about the incident of the rent dispute and felt that wisdom in life was also very important.
"It's rare to see you up so late."
Fang Mingche said, "I sold all the stalls yesterday, and I woke up naturally this morning. Let's talk later--"
After the water was drained, he quickly washed his face, combed his hair, and brushed his teeth.
Then he sat down and ate the soy milk and fried dough sticks that Lin Yan bought from the alley.
Yanyan sat next to him, tore the fried dough sticks into pieces, and then pressed them into the soy milk with chopsticks.
Fang Mingche said, "You are going to register like your father and mother today. Aren't you a little excited?"
He was eating breakfast at this time, and he was still carrying a backpack.
Yanyan nodded, "Yeah."
In the past six months, she could only follow her father to the stall and her mother to the scrap yard as a little follower. Only going to school is her personal career.
"Okay, go out early and come back late every day in the future, and you will know how good it is to run around freely."
The family of three ate and rinsed their mouths. Then they rode to Beijing Normal University to register for Fang Mingche. He checked the documents and procedures brought by his cousin before leaving, and they were all in order.
As for Yanyan, the university registration is two days, and her Yuhong class will only be open tomorrow, so she will go tomorrow.
Passing by a car repair stall. Lin Yan said: "Mingche, why don't you prepare a small rattan chair on your crossbar for Yanyan. Next time she rides your car, I will worry about her feet getting caught in the steel wire again."
Fang Mingche looked at his 28-inch bicycle. Without the seat for his daughter, this can still be a magic weapon for picking up girls.
Really, nowadays, the children of the compound are riding this car when they go out on the street. There are very few with four wheels. Even on a university campus, having such a bike would be very popular.
But if you add a seat for his daughter, it would firmly label him as a married man with children.
"Okay, add it."
He parked the bike and pulled over a bench to sit down. Yanyan came over to sit next to him.
Lin Yan went to discuss the business of a small rattan chair with the master. The other party nodded quickly and started to tinker with it. It can be done in ten minutes!
Fang Mingche was actually a little amused. Wasn't he worried about going to register together today? He had to add a small rattan chair to his bike.
Then Yanyan sat in her father's bike. While Fang Mingche hadn't gotten in the car yet, she turned her head and said, "Dad, I like riding in your car. I can see the world!" She
was sitting in her mother's car at the back, and her vision was blocked by her mother's back.
"Well, then you can take Dad's car."
The couple rode all the way to Beijing Normal University and completed the registration procedures step by step according to the instructions at the door.
It was quite complicated, and there were several official seals to be stamped. Grain, oil, and household registration were all transferred. Physical examinations were also required. The key was that you had to queue up at each place.
Lin Yan took Yan Yan, who was wearing a sun hat, and helped Fang Mingche queue up at another place. This would save him some time.
Most of the college students who came to register came by themselves. It was rare for a family of three to go together like them.
When queuing up for blood draw, someone asked Fang Mingche, "Dude, you got married so early?"
Fang Mingche nodded, "Yes, I got married when I reached the legal marriage age of 20."
"You are an educated youth, right? Then you married a girl from a village cadre's family?"
Fang Mingche had been out for half a year and was a little tanned. He was very different from the so-called fair-faced scholar. So the other party judged that he had been an educated youth.
Fang Mingche laughed, "No, I'm from the countryside, I'm considered a returned youth. My wife is an educated youth, a educated youth who came to our village from the capital."
"Did she get into college?"
Fang Mingche nodded, "Yes, she got into the Capital Normal University."
"Oh, then you two are really good. This way you won't get separated halfway."
"Yeah."
At noon, the formalities had not been completed.
Fortunately, Fang Mingche's household registration and grain and oil relations had already been planned and completed. He took his wife and daughter to the canteen for lunch with his meal ticket.
Lin Yan said, "Let's go and try the food at Dad's school."
Yan Yan nodded, "Okay. Well, what if the food I eat at school is not tasty?"
"You still have to eat enough. If you don't eat enough, you will be hungry. We have paid the money. If you think it is not tasty, you can come back and tell Dad and Mom. We will try to communicate with the school. But don't stop eating just because it is not tasty. Besides, the big pot dishes are definitely not as delicious as the single pot stir-fry."
Let the mother and daughter go to reserve seats, Fang Mingche went to queue up alone to get three dishes, one soup, and three bowls of rice.
He brought it over and first transferred a small half of Yan Yan's bowl of rice to his own bowl.
"Well, try it. There is more than one cafeteria in this school, but I heard that this cafeteria has the best business."
As for the taste, it is still good among the big pot dishes. The master chef in the university cafeteria still has some real skills.
Yanyan ate two bites and commented, "It's OK. Dad, Mom, eat--"
Lin Yan ate a few bites and said, "I thought I would never eat in the university cafeteria again in my life." As she spoke, her eyes became moist.
At the age of 16, she carried her bedding roll and took a train to go to the countryside thousands of miles away. The despair in her heart is self-evident.
At the beginning, there was not enough work to do. It was the production team that borrowed food for them to eat.
But in the first year, not only did they not have any surplus at the end of the year, they couldn't even pay back the borrowed food. Not to mention that she was almost dragged into the cornfield by a second-rate guy and raped.
Later, she started dating Mingche, and he got her a teaching job in the village primary school, and life gradually got better. Then she got married, had a daughter, and prepared to settle down in the countryside.
Later, the loudspeaker announced: the college entrance examination has been resumed!
She took the exam again and again, hoping to pass the exam and return to the capital. But she failed every time!
In order to get a hukou in the capital, she even divorced on vacation. Now, she finally passed the exam and can sit in the university cafeteria to eat.
Fang Mingche saw that she suddenly became sentimental, so he had no choice but to take out his handkerchief and wipe her face across the table. Yanyan was sitting next to him, opposite Lin Yan.
Since Lin Yan divorced and returned to the city, Yanyan may vaguely remember that she was abandoned by her mother. If her parents were with her, she would always stay next to her father wherever she went.
Fang Mingche wiped Lin Yan's tears while saying, "Okay, okay, you can't cry while eating even if you are crying with joy."
Lin Yan took his plain handkerchief and wiped her own tears, "I really think that our generation, including people like Gu Zhiguang, has had a hard time."
Fang Mingche nodded, and then said, "Every generation has its own difficulties."
Later, when Yanyan bought a house, the house price began to rise, and it took a lot of effort to change to a bigger one.
It was even worse to buy a smaller one. As soon as she graduated from university, she encountered the soaring house price. If she wanted to buy a house, she would have to empty six wallets to afford the down payment.
Therefore, every generation of young people feels that they have a particularly hard time.
Yanyan grabbed the chopsticks and looked at her mother in confusion. She didn't know why her mother started crying while eating. The food tasted okay. Even if it was unpalatable, it wouldn't make her cry.
Fang Mingche told her, "Your mother is happy. She's happy that she got into college."
Yanyan looked at the energetic college students around her and muttered, "It's been so long since I got in."
Fang Mingche almost laughed, "Okay, don't cry. Your daughter is laughing at you for having a slow reaction time."
Yanyan quickly said, "No, no." She didn't mean to make fun of her mother. She wasn't being naughty.
Lin Yan wiped away her tears, "Well, my reaction time is indeed a bit long. Okay, let's eat. After eating, go to your dormitory and make the bed for Yanyan to take a nap."
(End of this chapter)
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