Chapter 124 Solution
Five other people in the dormitory came over, and Cheng Guangzhi introduced them in the middle.
There were eight people, three of them were locals in the capital, not counting Fang Mingche. The others were from other places.
The one who had his mother take care of everything was a local, named Zheng Xing. His mother was a small clerk in the office.
Yesterday, she misunderstood Fang Mingche and Lin Yan, two locals who had a place to live and dressed well, and their backgrounds. And she was caught on the spot, which made her feel a little guilty.
If she knew that they were just children of ordinary workers and small vendors, she would definitely not be so polite.
Zheng Xing was closer to the other two locals. One of them was called Yu Moran and the other was called Chang Zhihao.
There were two other people from other places, Qian Bijun and Sun Xi, who just arrived at the school today.
It was the evening self-study session on the first day of school, and the counselor gave a collective speech. People from the same dormitory chose to sit together. They didn't even recognize the others.
The counselor arrived at the ringing of the bell, and wrote his name, Wang Shan, and his contact number on the blackboard as soon as he arrived. It was written in big letters so that the students in the back row could see it.
As a normal school student, he was very good at writing on the blackboard. This phone was downstairs from his dormitory, so he could be called downstairs to answer the phone if he
needed help. But he could be contacted. "If you need help with anything, you can call me. It doesn't matter how late it is!"
I don't think anyone would call for fun. Nowadays, calling is not cheap, and the cost of installing a phone is too high. The charge for calling is not cheap.
Fang Mingche asked Cheng Guangzhi to call him if he had anything to do, and he also promised to reimburse him. If you are a college student, the highest level of subsidy is 22.5 yuan.
A few cents for a phone call is really not cheap. People would not call casually. If there is no urgent matter, people from far away would rather write a letter with stamps. People who are close
would talk to each other in person. The counselor introduced himself first. He was from the English major class of 1977. Then everyone was asked to introduce themselves on stage according to their student numbers.
On the first day of school, everyone introduced themselves properly. After all, those who are going to be teachers in the future basically take a steady approach.
Fang Mingche said that he graduated from a normal school at the age of 18 and taught in a village primary school for several years.
He has been taking the college entrance examination since the resumption of the college entrance examination, and finally passed the exam for the third time. In the next four years, he hopes to learn and improve together with everyone. Oh, by the way, he is also a party member. His cousin also helped him transfer the party organization relationship. He was transferred to the department yesterday.
Someone below laughed and said, "I heard that the bicycle with a child seat outside is yours?" It
was parked outside the classroom, and everyone couldn't help but take a few more glances when they came in. Now I heard that it belongs to the gentleman on the stage, and many people laughed.
Fang Mingche nodded on the stage, "Yes, I am married and have children. My wife is studying at the Capital Normal University, a local. My daughter is studying in the Yuhong class near home."
There are 48 people in the class, and the ratio of boys to girls is moderate, almost half each. Fang Mingche is considered to be a good-looking boy among many boys. He is tall and handsome, but a little dark. But he is married and has children, so there is definitely no hope.
The girls will directly exclude him, and other boys will no longer regard him as an opponent.
Everyone went on stage to introduce themselves, and most of them were transferred to this major.
Counselor Wang Shan came on stage, and the next topic was to elect class cadres.
"You are not familiar with each other yet, so I will appoint them first. After a month, we will see if there is any change."
Fang Mingche's total score just touched the line, and the election of class cadres had nothing to do with him. Even the head of the room was not his turn.
He knew that he could go to Beijing Normal University with this score, and it was fortunate that the English Department of Beijing Normal University was short of people. It was also fortunate that he actually scored 96 points in English!
So, he and the handicraft cooperative used each other, and he didn't suffer any loss.
Thinking of this, he understood that they were the teaching talents reserved for the English teaching work in middle schools in a few years.
He wrote down the name and phone number of the counselor in the notebook. Then he wrote down the names of the monitor, study committee member, league secretary, party secretary, etc.
There were more than a dozen party members in the class, all of whom had joined the work. Fang Mingche, a party member, became one right after graduating and returning to his hometown. After all, he was a person who returned to his hometown to support rural education. Although the fact is that his family has no connections, he was unable to stay in the county or town.
He had good grades at first, but was squeezed out by people with connections. This incident once caused him to be a little negative.
But his academic qualifications are really impressive when he returns to the countryside to teach. There are vacancies for joining the party in the village, and when the villagers were choosing, they unanimously agreed that he should be an active member of the party.
He is the teacher of everyone's children. The villagers also have a very simple idea of ​​respecting teachers and valuing education. The more capable the teacher is, the more helpful it will be for the children's learning.
But in a place as competitive as Beijing Normal University, it is not easy to join the party. He can be said to have saved a lot of effort. You know, the identity of a party member is also a plus for distribution.
Wang Shan said: "In 1978, the country resumed the policy of studying abroad at public expense. On December 26 last year, the first batch of 52 people set off. It is not that the country will accept anyone we send. They will conduct assessments. The most popular test now is the TOEFL, which is an all-English test. From this point of view, our English department is strong."
Someone below said: "But brother, weren't the people who went there last year concentrated in engineering technology, agricultural science, medicine, literature, and economic management? Our English department, or the English department of the Normal University, is specifically to prepare teaching staff for the future opening of English courses."
This is actually good, everyone can at least be assigned to teach in first-class high schools in big cities. This is the bottom line! As for the upper limit, it depends on each person's own ability. But studying abroad doesn't seem to have much to do with them.
Wang Shan said: "The country has clearly stated that the number of places for studying abroad will be tilted towards people in these majors. But it also said that in the future, they will strive to send 3,000 people a year. The problem is that people in these majors are not good at English now. They can't pass the TOEFL test, and there are not enough people. If we are determined to go abroad for further studies, don't we have a chance? It won't be that they can't get enough people and won't let us go, right? Who says we can only be English teachers in the future? Anyway, everyone should be prepared, and opportunities only favor those who are prepared."
Everyone nodded and understood. Yes, if people in these majors are rejected because of their English, it is indeed an opportunity for them.
Who doesn't want to study abroad at public expense? It's good to go out and see the colorful world outside. And after going out, your English will definitely get better.
Fang Mingche raised his eyebrows. According to the information he saw later, the country only prepared 50 US dollars for the first batch of 52 people to go out, and the team leader had to carry it carefully. The average amount per person was less than one dollar.
It can be seen how tight China's foreign exchange reserves were at that time! China, which had just opened its doors, was really poor and blank, and had a lot of work to do!
The chief designer proposed to US President Carter to send 5,000 students to study abroad, which really showed that people were poor but ambitious!
President Carter generously expressed his willingness to accept 100,000 Chinese students.
One thought that if one out of ten came back, I would make a profit; the other thought that the more pro-American Chinese elites, the better.
At that time, there was no direct flight between China and the United States. These 52 people were in the transit hall of the airport halfway, and they didn't even dare to go to the toilet. They were afraid of having to pay tips and spend less than one dollar per person in foreign exchange.
It is said that these 52 people were still discussing on the plane whether the United States would use food stamps. Before opening the country's doors and going abroad to gain experience, everyone's ideas were so simple.
Of course, these 52 people are all national elites from Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University, Jiaotong University, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The oldest is 49 years old and the youngest is 32 years old. The most important thing is that they all returned to China later and became leaders in their respective industries.
Fang Mingche currently has no intention of seeking public funding to study abroad. He did not pay much attention to the counselor's hint.
After the meeting, he said something to Cheng Guangzhi and went out to ride a bicycle.
He looked at his watch and it was almost eight o'clock. It would take at least half past eight to ride home, which would be Yanyan's bedtime. Fang Mingche ran away in a flash, causing Wang Shan to look at his back a few more times.
Cheng Guangzhi helped explain, "Xiao Fang's daughter is still at the neighbor's house. A little girl who is just over three years old, we can't rest assured."
"Where's his wife?"
"His wife is from Capital Normal University, and she is also gathering today. And it would be a bit difficult for a female comrade to ride back."
Wang Shan said, "On the day of the department's dormitory inspection, make sure he is not absent. There might be an inspection tonight."
Cheng Guangzhi nodded, "He copied the class schedule and will make arrangements with his wife."
He understood what this meant. As long as he was not found out, everything would be fine. But if he was found out, he would have to bear the consequences.
"Yeah."
After returning to the dormitory, Cheng Guangzhi took apart Fang Mingche's quilt and put down the mosquito net. Pretending to be someone sleeping.
He also put a salt water bottle filled with boiling water in it.
After the lights were turned off, someone from the student union really came to check the dormitory. He said Fang Mingche had gone to the toilet.
The two reached out and touched it. The quilt was warm, and the slippers were gone (Cheng Guangzhi took away the salt water bottle and slippers when he heard the knock on the door). So he didn't have to wait for the person to come back, and made a note that the dormitory was full.
After the dormitory inspector left, Xu Mengfei, Zheng Xing and others all said that Cheng Guangzhi was amazing.
"This is the wisdom of life."
Cheng Guangzhi also breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he didn't take it seriously enough to go to the toilet to call the roll.
"Old Cheng, you are so experienced, is it because you often sneak out in the middle of the night?"
"No. Besides, why would I sneak out in the middle of the night?"
"I was meeting a young widow in the haystack!"
The people in the dormitory laughed out loud, and then stopped abruptly. They were afraid that the dormitory inspector would be called back again.
Cheng Guangzhi laughed and scolded, "Get out! My wife is very fierce. No woman in the village dares to flirt with me."
Qian Bijun also laughed and said, "I heard that Fang Mingche's wife is very beautiful? No wonder he goes to his home at the trouble of going there."
"She is very beautiful. But his wife lives in the school tonight, and he went back to take care of his daughter. Alas, you don't understand. A father's most distressed thing is actually his own daughter. Especially since his daughter is only three years old and is so cute. She came over yesterday and called me uncle and Xiao Xu uncle. When we went to her house today, she even moved stools for us to sit on."
"Old Cheng, did you go to Fang Mingche's house? Does he live with his father-in-law? No, if he lives with his father-in-law, he doesn't have to entrust his daughter to the neighbors."
Cheng Guangzhi said, "The three of them live near Tiananmen Square. They should be renting a house."
"Are they still renting it? Don't you have too much money and nowhere to spend it? The rent of houses nearby is very expensive."
Fang Mingche was focused on riding his bicycle home, and he didn't think about the attention from his roommates or even classmates.
He hurried home and went to see Yanyan. Yanyan was listening to the radio with Gu Zhiguang and Grandpa Gu, with her hands on her chin. She didn't notice her father coming.
"Yanyan, Dad is back. Thank you Grandpa Gu and Uncle Gu, let's go home."
The father and daughter said goodbye and went back. Fang Mingche quickly bathed his daughter and put her to bed. He also took a quick shower and went to bed in his pajamas.
There is no class tomorrow morning. However, the counselor said that everyone should gather at ten o'clock. He led everyone around the campus to recognize the various teaching buildings and other buildings. Then they had to get textbooks.
In this way, Fang Mingche could calmly send Yanyan to school, and then ride a bike to school.
The next day, Yanyan was very happy to follow Sister Niuniu with her backpack on her back. She was very excited when she waved to Fang Mingche.
"Dad, I'm going to school."
In the little girl's heart, she was going to do something serious.
Fang Mingche also waved to her, and watched her walk into the alley where the Yuhong class was located before riding away.
When he arrived at the dormitory building to meet up, Cheng Guangzhi and the others were ready to leave.
Fang Mingche saw that Zheng Xing was about to have dark circles under his eyes, and couldn't help asking: "Are you familiar with your bed?"
Zheng Xing said: "No, some people snore and some people grind their teeth. If I had known, I would have learned from you and went home to sleep."
Fang Mingche understood, this was his first time to experience collective life.
The young comrade mentioned in his self-introduction yesterday that his parents were state cadres (the name for civil servants in this era).
It seems that this is not a tube building at home. The sound insulation effect of the tube building is not good at all. He has experienced it personally in Wang Dexian's room. I am afraid that when the couple next door do things at night, he can hear the faint movement. It's hard to be a bachelor!
No wonder Zheng Xing's mother tore off the note with her name on it and prepared to change the bed.
But Xiao Zheng doesn't seem to be a very tricky person. He has red lips and white teeth, and is a bit innocent.
His mother is probably not a leader, but it seems that his grandfather is. Or it seems that his father's department has a senior cadre who can live in a suite.
"You can only try your best to adapt to this. Everyone's living habits are different. If you go back home to live because of this, people will say that you have no sense of collectivism."
Zheng Xing frowned. Isn't it for this reason that he came to live on campus.
Fang Mingche gave him an idea, "Go to the Overseas Chinese Store and ask if there are any high-quality noise-isolating earplugs?"
This kind of thing is not sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores at present. Nowadays, basic living needs cannot be met. Who will produce such things that the petty bourgeoisie needs?
Of course, we can change our attitude towards overseas Chinese and foreign friends in order to earn foreign exchange.
The country's foreign exchange reserves are so scarce that it is reluctant to give an extra 2 US dollars to the first batch of students studying abroad at public expense.
Zheng Xing nodded after listening to Fang Mingche's words, and felt that this big brother was a good person. This suggestion was very pertinent, and he didn't think he was too busy and acted like a young master like other roommates.
"I'll call back and ask someone to help me check it out."
Everyone gathered at the intersection in the center of the school. This is also the place where the various departments like to use blackboards to announce things.
Fang Mingche hasn't been a student for many years. He was a little uncomfortable walking in a row of four.
But seeing that Cheng Guangzhi, the big brother, was quite disciplined, and others were also very honest, he could only try to adapt.
Wang Shan introduced the campus buildings to the group of younger students while walking. When they arrived at the teaching office, they just lined up to get books.
"Take all the books in the dormitory together."
In fact, no one brought any tools, although they knew they were going to get books.
Because no one prepared a particularly large schoolbag. There were no tools to take with them!
But there were some students from the countryside who brought a shoulder pole. This was the tool they used to carry their luggage yesterday. Once it was tied up, they could carry a lot more.
Fang Mingche looked at the books of the eight people in their dormitory. There were dozens of books on the newspapers. It was no problem for him to carry his own back, after all, he had been carrying the teapot for half a year.
Old Cheng and Xiao Xu, who had been doing farm work, should be fine too. But the difference between humans and animals is that humans know how to use tools.
He looked around and said, "I'll go to the canteen over there to see if I can borrow a small cart."
He turned over and asked what was the hardest to sell.
The salesperson asked, "Why are you asking this?"
"I want to borrow a small cart to push books. But it's not good to ask you without any reason."
The salesperson smiled and said, "You'd better buy something you need. There's nothing bad to sell here. There are so many students in this school."
"Then, give me a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes!"
These cigarettes can be kept and distributed to counselors, teachers, and leaders in need.
Fang Mingche borrowed a very small cart that could barely hold all the books in a dormitory. He borrowed the cart, so he didn't have to push the cart and hold the books along the way.
Other dormitories saw it and said, "Classmate, you've pushed it, lend it to us."
Cheng Guangzhi and others who were pushing the cart looked at Fang Mingche.
Fang Mingche said, "The staff at the canteen only agreed to lend it to me for fifteen minutes. Otherwise, you can wait until I return it and then go back to borrow it."
Fifteen minutes was enough to make a round trip.
Back in the dormitory, Cheng Guangzhi distributed the books to everyone. Fang Mingche placed his copy of the books vertically next to the wall of the bed.
This way, he could look at the timetable he copied next to it and see at a glance which book to take.
When he went to return the cart, someone from an unknown dormitory asked him to borrow it.
"I've returned it, you can borrow it again."
"Why bother?"
"If you take it away like this, you won't be inconvenienced. This cart has been borrowed and borrowed many times, and I don't know where it is. How can I find it? If you need it, wait until I return it and then go back to borrow it."
He didn't even know who this person was. If something happened in the middle, he really didn't know who to look for.
Before this person could say anything else, someone else had already followed Fang Mingche.
"Student Fang, come, I'll push the cart. I'll return it first and then borrow it out in my name."
Fang Mingche nodded, "I borrowed it to buy a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes."
"Huh?"
"Talk to the salesperson and maybe you don't have to buy anything. She doesn't get any commission anyway."
Fang Mingche went to return the cart first. Whether this classmate borrowed it or not was none of his business, because he had to borrow and return it anyway.
Then he went to the cafeteria to have lunch, and Xu Mengfei brought his lunch box over for him.
Today he went to borrow a cart, saving everyone the effort of carrying it back. The people in the dormitory all had a positive impression of him.
Fang Mingche ordered two meat dishes and one vegetable, and ate at the same table with everyone else.
Among the others, only Zheng Xing ordered two meat dishes and one vegetable like him. He was still mumbling that the meat was like a side dish, too little.
Most of the others chose to eat vegetarian food or at most one meat dish. Although there is a subsidy, the food in the cafeteria is not too cheap.
For example, Lao Cheng only had one vegetarian dish. His wife and children are still in the countryside. If he saves some money, he might be able to send them some money back at the end of the month.
Xu Mengfei asked directly: "Old Fang, Zheng Xing's family is a cadre family. What about you? Didn't you say that your family is a peasant family? Could it be that your father-in-law..."
Fang Mingche raised his left palm, "My father-in-law is an ordinary worker, and he has a son. I eat what I earn myself."
"Huh?"
Fang Mingche said, "I set up a big bowl tea stall in Tiananmen Square for three and a half months before, and later in Dashilan for more than two months. The tea stall you saw when you went to the handicraft cooperative yesterday was originally mine."
Xu Mengfei said in surprise: "Why did they let you set up a tea stall there?"
"I helped them communicate with foreigners to do business, and I also taught them simple English. In exchange for the qualification to set up a stall for nearly three months."
Cheng Guangzhi said: "Did you plan to take the English department exam early on?" Then you live a very planned life.
"No. I found that the competition for setting up a tea stall in Tiananmen Square was quite fierce, so I taught myself a few simple English sentences to greet foreign tourists. Then I gradually became interested and learned more and more."
Zheng Xing said: "I have heard of the big bowl tea stalls in Tiananmen Square. They were introduced in the newspapers. It is said that they have provided jobs for many educated youth who returned to the city. Is it profitable?"
"It's not bad. Two cents a bowl, small profits but quick turnover, I can make 10 to 20 yuan a day!"
When the words of making 10 to 20 yuan a day came out, the others who originally thought it was disgraceful for a college student to set up a tea stall immediately shut up.
Making 10 to 20 yuan a day, this is work-study. God, after working for half a year, that's 3,000
. Excluding the expenses and costs of these months, there should be at least 2,000 yuan.
"So you don't want to do it now?"
Fang Mingche spread his hands, "They have learned all the tricks I use to greet foreign tourists, why should I set up a stall at their stall?"
Sun Xi said, "Are you rich, Mr. Fang?"
Today, it is rare to find a millionaire, and if you have a four-digit net worth, you must be rich. Especially if they are still students. The maximum subsidy is only 22.5 yuan a month.
Fang Mingche said, "I bought two houses. At that time, my landlord was in a hurry to raise money to treat his son's leg that was broken by a young player. But more than 2,000 yuan was not enough, and he still owed 2,000 yuan."
Xu Mengfei said, "So your two houses are already yours. Why are you still renting them? You can obviously put your daughter at your father-in-law and mother-in-law's place."
The classmates in the dormitory looked at Fang Mingche with some respect. They all bought houses in the capital! And they are close to Tiananmen Square. Although they still owe 2,000 yuan! Even Zheng Xing was envious, because he didn't rely on his family.
There were classes in the first and second periods in the afternoon. Fang Mingche went to the public phone downstairs to call Lin Yan to discuss their school schedule. If it was inconvenient, he would skip the second period.
Nowadays, everyone has finally been admitted to the university, and there are many students who come to audit the class, and few who skip classes. But if he doesn't name them, the auditing students can completely cover up his absence.
Lin Yan's classes today are concentrated in the morning, and there are no classes in the afternoon.
"Well, I've had lunch and will be back soon. I'll pick up Yanyan."
"That's good! I'll be back after school in the afternoon."
"Okay, let's have dinner together. Let's check the class schedule tonight and see how to arrange it for the six days of the week."
No one has classes on Sunday, so they must be at home. Now it depends on how to arrange my daughter from Monday to Saturday. It would be best if she doesn't have to be sent to her grandparents' house.
Of course, if their class schedules overlap a lot, then they have to send her. Entrusting her to the neighbors can only be an occasional stopgap measure.
Yanyan is only over three years old, and she can't be a key child yet.
Xu Mengfei came over and told Fang Mingche about the dormitory inspection last night.
"It shouldn't be necessary to inspect last night and again tonight, right?"
"It shouldn't be necessary."
After going upstairs, Fang Mingche thanked Cheng Guangzhi.
Cheng Guangzhi said, "If you can get away with it, just get away with it. If not, you can only blame yourself for your bad luck." Alas, he missed his wife and children too.
Fang Mingche could only pat him on the shoulder and said, "Maybe in two years, my nephew will be admitted here and become our classmate."
Tsk, why does this sound a bit weird! Forget it, he should hurry up and take a nap. But he should remember to repay Cheng's favor when he has the chance.
Fang Mingche is someone who can sleep while sitting on the train, so he doesn't care too much if someone snores or grinds their teeth.
He fell asleep quickly in a vest and pajamas. Until he was woken up by the alarm clock, he got up, changed his clothes, washed up, took his textbooks and went to the classroom with others.
Eight people, taking turns to take seats. It's not his turn today. This way everyone will have a seat.
The old gentleman who gave the lecture went to the United States to study before the liberation, and he speaks American spoken English very fluently. Beijing Normal University is worthy of being able to invite such an old gentleman to teach freshmen.
Fang Mingche, who only learned the basics by himself, found it a bit difficult to listen. It's over, and he has to continue to work hard.
After class, Fang Mingche ran to ask the old gentleman through which channels he could order written materials for learning English.
The old gentleman said: "I will go back and sort it out and teach it in the next class. There are still very limited such channels in China now. Moreover, the materials are often more expensive. If it needs to be mailed from abroad, it is best for everyone in the school to put together a package."
"Thank you, teacher!"
The old gentleman came downstairs after school and found Fang Mingche pushing a bicycle with a child seat and couldn't help laughing.
"So it's you!"
Fang Mingche smiled and nodded, "Yes." He probably became famous because of this little chair.
"Isn't it too late to pick up Yuhong from school now?"
Fang Mingche said, "My wife doesn't have classes in the afternoon, she will go."
In fact, it's not that Yanyan needs someone to pick her up. She can go back and forth with Niuniu and other children in the alley, so it's not a problem. The main thing is that there must be an adult at home after she comes back. The child is too young!
Nowadays, the culture of small dining tables in the capital has not yet emerged, otherwise she can go to a nearby small dining table and stay with other children.
Today is Saturday, and everyone has to go home. So there are still many bicycles going out. Fang Mingche pushed the bicycle in the school, and pedaled very fast after leaving the school gate.
The other three in the dormitory seemed to take the bus.
After all, it's ten kilometers into the city, and some students choose to take the bus. If their homes are close to the platform, it's completely fine.
Fang Mingche returned home, and Lin Yan was already at home. Listening to Yanyan's story about her first day of school today. The little girl was quite excited.
In addition, Xiao Gang came over. Didn't Fang Mingche call him before, asking him to come and get the English review materials if he needed them? Today was the first day of school and he was free, so
he came. Fang Mingche had sorted it out before and gave it to him directly. Then the three of them and one child went to Cui's restaurant for dinner.
It was so hot, it was too painful to get close to the stove! Anyway, Old Cui had to earn this hard-earned money, so just let him earn it.
Sister Cui brought the dishes in and said with a smile: "These vegetables and eggs are all from you."
Xiao Gang also felt a little emotional. In such a hot day, his mother couldn't escape the fate of cooking. Because their family can't be so extravagant to go to a restaurant whenever they want.
Sister Cui saw that there was a little scholar in the room today and asked: "Xiao Lin, is this your brother? Didn't I hear that your brother is engaged to someone?" He looks quite immature.
Lin Yan said, "This is my aunt's cousin, he's still in middle school."
Xiao Gang also hurriedly greeted him, "Hello, Aunt Cui..."
"Okay, okay, eat slowly. You are so gentle, I like you. I'll give you a dish of preserved eggs with green peppers tonight."
Fang Mingche smiled, "Thank you."
Yanyan said, "Aunt Cui, I want yellow eggs."
"Got it, our Yanyan doesn't like black preserved eggs. The green peppers don't want to be too spicy, Yanyan can't eat it."
Yanyan nodded with a smile.
She gestured to tell her family, "We will have lunch at noon, one for each person." She used her hands to cut it horizontally and vertically.
After she gestured twice, Fang Mingche reacted. It should be the kind of rice steamed on a large tin plate, and then divided horizontally and horizontally with a spatula. One small square lump for each child.
He said, "Everyone gets the same amount?"
Yanyan shook her head. "The teacher's hand is not accurate. Some are bigger, some are smaller. If it's not enough, you can add more. If
you can't finish it, you can also tell me." "Well, then you have to eat enough! If you are hungry, you will suffer."
Yanyan nodded. "Eat enough. There are no snacks and fruits in school."
When she was at home, she could lift a stool from time to time to open the drawer and find snacks. Fang Mingche was afraid that she would climb high, so he put them where she could reach them with a stool.
And fruits, many families are reluctant to buy them now and then. He also buys them every day to ensure the family's vitamin intake.
But when he went to school, he could only get a small piece of fruit at most, and the same goes for snacks. Maybe the so-called snack is just a lollipop. The fee is not expensive, what else do you want?
Without the occasional snacks at home, Yanyan ate half a bowl more than usual for dinner.
Yanyan saw her uncle looking at her rice bowl and smiled and said, "My iron rice bowl."
Xiao Gang laughed, "What bowl do you use at school?"
"It's also an iron rice bowl, the same as this one. This way I won't make a mistake. There's a Yan character engraved on it." The bowls
and chopsticks that the family used to eat at Cui's house were brought by themselves. The bowls and chopsticks that Yanyan brought to school were also bought on the black market, but they were a little newer.
When they just rented a house, the family went to the black market to buy daily necessities and saw children's tableware. At that time, they bought a set for Yanyan, and she liked it very much. When
Xiao Gang returned home, his parents said to him, "You went to get the materials, and you followed him to the restaurant. You really don't consider yourself an outsider!"
"Indeed, I'm not an outsider. Can my brother-in-law, an outsider, be asked to get English review materials? I can't afford it, so I'll just sell small things for now."
He saw that the clothes on his mother's back were a little wet again. Take a palm leaf fan and insert it into the elastic band of the pants behind your back to stretch the clothes on your back a little.
This way, the sweaty clothes won't stick to my back, and there will be a little breeze.
"Mom, why don't you bring the fan in to cook?"
"How can the fire withstand the wind? It's okay, I'll cook anyway, and your dad will wash the dishes and clean up. Women can hold up half the sky, but they don't have to do everything."
At this moment, Lin Yan's uncle was still cleaning up in the kitchen.
Xiao Gang said, "I still think it's better to find a way to make more money like my brother-in-law. This way, my cousin won't have to suffer this."
It's great to have money! And the income must be far above the average salary, so that you and your family can live a good life.
The aunt said, "Who are we doing this for? It's just to save more money, just in case you need to hire a tutor. Your cousin and brother-in-law don't have much pressure for the time being. Both of them have been admitted to university, and Yanyan is not old enough to spend money. They should have saved a lot of money from the tea stall before, so they can spend their four years of university comfortably. The key is that once they graduate, they will definitely have a good job waiting for them, especially your brother-in-law."
Xiao Gang knew that his parents' opinion was that his cousin and brother-in-law had been admitted to university, so they should concentrate on their studies. So they didn't mention that they were in the vegetable business again.
Anyway, when he gets admitted to university, he will also work and study! With money in hand, everything is easy! College students should also participate in social practice.
After dinner, Lin Yan and Fang Mingche took Yanyan home and took out each other's class schedules to compare.
It is known that today, September 1st, Saturday morning, Fang Mingche has no classes, so he can send his daughter to school. In the afternoon
, Lin Yan has no classes, so she can come back. Skip Sunday and start from Monday.
After a review, they found that in the remaining five days, they both couldn't come back to accompany Yanyan in the afternoon for two days.
The couple looked at each other, what should they do for these two days? They can't skip classes all the time. It will affect their studies and their records in school. It's not worth it if it affects their graduation assignment in the future.
Then who should they hire to take care of her? It's better to pay for this kind of thing. Who can be trusted with so much free time?
At this time, Xiao Xie and Teacher Gao came over.
"You're back, you guys?"
Fang Mingche and Lin Yan looked over and hurried to put away the timetable.
Xiao Xie said, "We heard outside that you can't come back to accompany Yanyan after school for two days. That's okay, hire me. I'll come here to accompany her until you get home."
She said she hired, so Fang Mingche and Lin Yan were more accepting. It's not good to owe too many favors. If it really doesn't work, I'd rather ask my mother-in-law to come.
Lin Yan said, "Then what do you think is a suitable price?"
Xiao Xie said, "We are here to borrow money. We want to borrow 240 yuan from you to buy a bicycle for our teacher Gao. The only way to take the bus here is to walk back from the square. And the bus doesn't leave whenever it wants, and it's not on time from time to time. We think it would be more convenient to have a bicycle. This can also be considered a big item for the family. But you know the situation of our family. We have never saved money. It's hard to think about saving for eight months. But there is motivation to pay back debts. And you can use it in advance. How about this, we count it as two yuan a month. Eight months, which is two semesters, is the interest. We will talk about it next year if we need it again."
Teacher Gao was a little embarrassed. Although he knew that the couple would definitely not embarrass him. But Chinese intellectuals just can't lose face.
Xiao Xie's solution is acceptable to both parties. Lin Yan immediately agreed to get 240 yuan tomorrow to lend to Xiao Xie. Xiao Xie will sell eggs every month to repay.
It is also reasonable to count the interest. 240 is not a small amount, it is half a year's salary for an ordinary worker. In general, people would not be willing to lend out so much.
However, Lin Yan said, "Teacher Gao, you write the IOU. You have a fixed income and are more reliable. Besides, if Xiao Xie runs away halfway, where can I find her?"
Teacher Gao nodded, "Okay, I'll write the IOU."
It is said that the house in the east wing is also written in the name of Teacher Lin. There is no official house title now, but the deed signed by both parties with the witness of the housing management department is also effective.
Teacher Lin used it to transfer his household registration. (During the housing reform in the 1980s, such paper deeds were also recognized and replaced with real estate certificates)
The bicycle belongs to him, and he should write the IOU.
Xiao Xie smiled at Lin Yan, knowing that she was thinking about him.
The two sides agreed, and it also solved a problem for Lin Yan and Fang Mingche. Xiao Xie is still a reliable person.
They discussed with Yanyan. The little girl heard that her parents would just come back a little late in those two days, but at least one of them would come back. Auntie Xiao Xie would come to accompany her while she waited for her parents, so she nodded, "Okay."
It was Xiao Xie who came, not Yan Yan. After all, the Gao family has patients all year round. Yan Yan is still young and has poor resistance.
Teacher Gao used to worry about Xiao Xie going out to sell snacks, because people knew that his family was worried about the disease.
However, the job that Lin Yan found for Xiao Xie to sell eggs in front of the hospital avoided these two situations.
She didn't process raw eggs. And it was already at the hospital gate, selling to patients and their families. Why worry about whether the disease would pass?
Therefore, Xiao Xie's business of selling eggs was not affected at all.
Fang Mingche said to Lin Yan, "It saves trouble!"
Lin Yan also nodded, "In fact, Xiao Xie is very smart. If she is given the opportunity to study from a young age, she may not fail to enter university."
Fang Mingche said, "You didn't bother to teach her to read anymore, did you?"
"She didn't do that when school started. She should have let go of her shyness and followed Teacher Gao to learn. That's good. I'm giving her a head start."
(End of this chapter)
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