Chapter 138 Hiding
After dinner, Fang Mingche asked Xiao Hu for the keys to his business car. Usually, Xiao Hu would also hand in the keys when he left work.
But after dinner, he would usually stay for a while and review today's tour with Sister Qiu. They all valued this high-paying job. They just wanted to keep improving and do their best. Sometimes they might forget to hand in the keys. But it didn't delay anything.
Fang Mingfeng followed Fang Mingche into the car with his suitcase and looked around, "Wow, your car is pretty good!"
"It's 95% new, and the company hasn't driven it many times. I rented it for 4,500 yuan for half a year, which is 25 yuan a day." The rent is very expensive, equivalent to 70% of the monthly salary of an ordinary worker like Lin Yi who just started working.
But cars are really expensive nowadays! A domestically produced, Shanghai-brand car costs 25,000. Compared with today's salary level, it is really a sky-high price!
In his previous life and later, Fang Mingche bought a car when he was in his forties, and the cheapest car was basically the same price. But his salary is already a hundred times what it is now. The car is relatively cheap!
Fang Mingche said: "Ordinary people can't rent it even if they pay. Other companies need at least 40,000 or 50,000 yuan to buy such a car. Is it the son of a high-ranking official who rented it?"
"Yes, we will add another one in a few days. But I still hope that when we have money in the future, the travel agency will buy it. And it is impossible for them to not use it in their own company and keep renting it to us. Now it is considered as support."
Fang Mingfeng knew that this business has a bright future. Yes, my cousin knows English. Nowadays, with the reform and opening up, more and more foreigners come to the capital. Tourists and businessmen. Isn't the English major popular?
Alas, no wonder the older generation always says that everything is inferior, only reading is high!
He might as well let his daughter learn English in the future. Well, let's transfer her here next semester, even if it costs a lot of money. Usually, she is sent to Mingche to listen to English. I guess Yanyan will learn English from an early age.
At this moment, Fang Mingfeng has been relieved by his cousin's behavior. Maybe in the future, I will have to rely on this cousin.
Fang Mingfeng lives in the scrap yard he runs, but his vegetable business is not as good as Lin Yan's. After all, there is no one to watch it.
His wife is watching the video hall business in the county. That business is also very good. Nowadays, the mainland is still a cultural desert. Except for those newly filmed movies, it is still the same old stuff from the past ten years. TVB and ATV videotapes are too rare for ordinary people!
Of course, his charges are not like watching TV, five cents a night. He charges five cents for 45 minutes, and ten cents for a short movie. For watching a TV series, two episodes are ten cents. Four episodes can be played in one night. It is full every night! Thinking of buying another color TV and a VCR. It can be played repeatedly during the day for another group of people to watch. Eight episodes are played in one day.
His wife saw that she could earn more than ten yuan a night, and a few more during the day. She could make six or seven hundred yuan a month, which is very motivated! This money is too much in the county. He can become a millionaire in less than a year and a half!
His wife said that it would not work if only his cousin and her brother were there to watch the place. There must be family members to keep an eye on it! Besides, they have invested a lot! Thousands of dollars, and it will take several months to get their money back. If they buy a color TV and a VCR, the total investment will be 10,000. It is equivalent to spending all their wealth.
Therefore, Fang Mingfeng thinks that BJ's scrap business should not be abandoned. It can be a supplement. The key is that the investment in the scrap business is less than that of the video hall. However, the profit is almost the same as that of the video hall. If his cousin hadn't asked him to do this, he really didn't know that collecting scraps is so profitable!
Fang Mingfeng's scrap station is also about ten kilometers away from Tiananmen Square. It's very fast to drive there. Fang Mingche didn't drive very fast, but he arrived in less than fifteen minutes.
Fang Mingfeng said, "Would you like to come in and sit down?"
"No, I bought a house this afternoon, and Ah Yan will definitely have something to ask me."
Fang Mingfeng said with emotion, "You just come for half a year, and now you have your own small side yard."
"You are heavily in debt, tens of thousands of yuan in debt."
Fang Mingfeng smiled, "How can this be considered heavily in debt to you! All these businesses you do are quite profitable."
"Your video hall should be good. Especially since it is located in the county town, the relationship between the black and white is straightened out, and there will be no troublemakers."
In a few years, movies from Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places will be introduced by TV stations one after another. But the smuggled videotapes from my cousin can still take advantage of the time difference.
But in another ten years, by the end of the 1980s, closed-circuit television became popular. Every household paid three yuan a month, and they could watch any video on their own TV. At that time, my cousin had to be one step ahead to continue to make big money. But these ten years were enough for him to make his first pot of gold.
Fang Mingfeng took the train, and was actually a little tired. So he waved, "Okay, see you next time."
"Yeah, bye."
Fang Mingche was also familiar with this area and had been here many times before. He found a spacious place to turn around and then drove towards his own small side yard. It was still early to get home, but the employees had all left.
Lin Yan had been waiting for him at home. When she heard the sound of the car, she stood up and said, "Yan Yan, your dad is back."
Yan Yan had just shared raisins with her mother. After hearing this, she stood up and went out to greet her.
Originally, Yan Yan was sitting there eating happily. Lin Yan wanted to say at first that she was not active in eating, but was eating snacks with relish. But seeing her eating so happily, Lin Yan also became greedy.
"What are you eating?"
Yan Yan raised the yellow paper, "Raisins, sold by people from XJ. Mom, do you want to try it?"
She had pocket money in her pocket. On the way back, she saw an uncle wearing a small hat riding a tricycle to sell these, so she bought a bag. On the way, she shared some with sister Niuniu.
Now that she was listening to the radio and had nothing to do, she took it out to eat again. In the end, the mother and daughter ate together, and Lin Yan couldn't scold her daughter for being greedy. Not to mention, she thought the raisins were quite delicious.
Yanyan looked at them and said with a smile: "Next time I see them, I'll buy more."
Lin Yan looked at her round cheeks and said: "It's okay that I gained weight during pregnancy. Why do you seem to be getting rounder and rounder?"
Mingche gave Yanyan more pocket money because he was richer. She didn't care too much.
But before, when I knitted a sweater for my daughter according to the size, I found that she was more than one size bigger. Her face became rounder and she looked chubby. It is normal to grow taller and fatter from last winter to this winter, she has eaten well. But Yanyan seems to have gained a lot of weight.
Yanyan was feeling uncomfortable when her mother told her that she had gained a lot of weight. When she heard that her father was back, she hurried out to greet him.
Fang Mingche looked at his silent daughter who was holding the hem of his woolen coat. While taking off his leather gloves, he asked, "What's wrong? Did you make a mistake and your mother criticized you?"
"Mom said that she has grown fatter." Yanyan said angrily.
Fang Mingche picked her up and said, "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if she is tall, short, fat or thin, as long as she is healthy. Children are cute when they are a little fatter."
"Really?"
"Of course it's true. What's the benefit of Dad lying to you?"
Lin Yan also came out. She was angry and amused when she heard this, "You have grown fat to begin with. You eat too many snacks!"
Yanyan looked at her mother accusingly. You were eating all the time just now!
Fang Mingche said, "In addition to snacks, she also eats a lot for three meals a day. I have noticed it. If she delays eating regular meals because of snacks, I will definitely deduct her pocket money."
The family of three went into the house and closed the door. Fang Mingche went to get hot water and took care of Yanyan to wash and soak her feet. He filled her saline bottle with hot water and put it in the bed. Then he wiped her feet, picked her up and put her in the bed, and took off his coat.
"Okay, go to bed early. If you gain weight, we should buy bigger clothes. Clothes must be made to fit you! Our Yanyan can be fat or thin. But she will definitely not be ugly!"
Yanyan lay in the bed and nodded vigorously. She is not an ugly doll!
Lin Yan pouted, and her words were really sweet when she coaxed her daughter. Fortunately, it was the same when she coaxed herself. Otherwise, she would not be able to help but get jealous. Fang
Mingche coaxed Yanyan to sleep and covered her with a quilt. Then he went to the kitchen to get hot water and soaked his feet with Lin Yan.
Lin Yan whispered, "We are rich, why should we write an IOU to Uncle Gu?"
Their family still has about 5,000 yuan, which can pay off the house. Why do you need to owe money privately?
The 10,000 yuan high-interest loan was owed by the travel agency. And the travel agency's business has been booming in the past three weeks. Then she could just owe the interest of more than 10%. After all, renting two commercial vehicles does require borrowing money.
But why would she need to owe a high-interest loan of 12% to buy three houses in the main house of a small side courtyard? She deposited 5,000 in the bank, and the annual interest was only 4%.
Fang Mingche said, "At any time, you should keep some money on hand for emergencies. It's not easy to borrow money from others at the last minute! Everyone has their own use for money. Besides, our business is getting better and better. If we buy all three main houses of Mr. Gu at once, it will make us look too rich. Maybe someone will come to borrow money."
Lin Yan said, "We owe 10,000 yuan. Oh, two-thirds of 10,000 yuan."
"But that's owed by the travel agency, and there's no urgent need to pay it back for now. But if a relative comes to you and says they have something to do with life, old age, sickness and death, would you be embarrassed not to lend it? People know that we have money and want to borrow more. If a private debtor owes money, they don't have to be morally kidnapped. Even if they pay money, just show your appreciation."
Lin Yan thought about the morals of her aunt and uncle's two families. By then, maybe they can really make up any tragic things. It's better not to let them come to bother us!
But she still felt reluctant, "It's equivalent to paying 8% interest a year, 320 yuan!"
Fang Mingche said, "It's okay, just buy it quietly. Nowadays, everyone's income level is low, and there will be many people who hate the rich. Our business income is much higher than others, so let's hide it. The four thousand yuan will be returned to Mr. Gu with principal and interest in four quarters next year."
Lin Yan thought about the prospects of the travel agency and nodded slowly, "Okay, you have a point."
Fang Mingche also told her about wanting to put the five rooms in the small side yard on one property certificate.
Lin Yan nodded, "I think it's necessary too. Last time I only bought two rooms, and the people from the Housing Authority refused."
The east wing has two rooms + a kitchen. In fact, the small room + kitchen is converted from a large room. There was no kitchen here originally.
"I've convinced them this time. Let's take the necessary written materials over tomorrow. However, your household registration is now registered at the Capital Normal University. It's a bit troublesome to put the house in your name, and we have to get a lot of certificates. I'm too lazy to bother! I mean, put it all in Yanyan's name, and you and I can just sign as guardians."
The household registration book of the small side courtyard has Lin Yan's moving-out certificate, which is enough to prove that she is Fang Shuyan's mother. The information that Fang Mingfeng brought before can also prove that Fang Shuyan and Fang Mingche moved out of the same household registration book, and Fang Mingche is Fang Shuyan's father.
Lin Yan looked back in shock at Yanyan who was already asleep on the bed. This girl is less than four years old, and she has a house with a construction area of 70 square meters and a small courtyard of about 30 square meters in her name? Why does she feel so incredible.
Fang Mingche said, "It's just put in her name. We will definitely have more than one house in the future, and the second child will not suffer."
Lin Yan said, "I'm her biological mother! If it's more convenient to do it this way, then do it this way."
Speaking of this small courtyard, the total cost is 8,500 yuan. Now it's nothing to their family. With a travel agency and a scrap yard, they can earn it back in a month. Only then did Lin Yan feel that her family was going to be rich, and very rich!
In the past, the big bowl tea stall made at most 2,000 a month. But that was a self-employed business, and it was really not as good as the travel agency now that still hired people to work.
"Mingche, can we get a faucet ourselves in the future?"
Now everyone in the whole courtyard uses a pressurized well. They have to fetch water by themselves. Well, now Liu Qingfeng and Geng Shan are helping to fetch. She didn't even teach Xiao Xie to read, so she definitely wouldn't let him fetch.
Fang Mingche said, "I might have to ask the people in the slum next door if they want to do it together. Otherwise, won't they all have to come to our side to drain water?"
The faucet was running, and it was running. It was really beautiful that there was no need to go to the well to pump water! However, the initial renovation cost was estimated to be quite high. It would be difficult to charge the renovation fee and water fee for the neighbors in the slum to drain water. We can only encourage them to build the same one.
Also, Grandpa Gu and his son are used to using their own toilet. They would probably not be used to it if they moved to the slum. It depends on whether Grandpa Gu is willing to spend money to build a new toilet. He still locked the half-moon door here, and the toilet was only used by people from the travel agency.
However, when Grandpa Gu built a sewer this time, it could be directly connected to the pipes here. It should be easier than the last time. However, there are so many people in the slum next door, and it will be used like a public toilet if it is built in a public area. Unless he builds a special toilet room in his house and closes it at ordinary times.
Lin Yan looked at the room where Aunt Gu lived again, "What should we do with that room?"
Fang Mingche said, "Actually, I don't really care."
He poured the hot water from the kettle into the foot basin so that he could soak for a longer time. In winter, it would be better to soak comfortably before going to bed. He was warm all over!
Lin Yan said, "But, are we going to let my parents live there like this?"
This time, my parents-in-law were going to go to Beijing with Brother Mingfeng. However, there is no clear policy on the distribution of land in the village. Now, hearing about the bumper harvest in Xiaogang Village, many places are counting on contracting production to households and generating income.
But there is already a successful precedent, so no one wants to press the red fingerprint like the 18 farmers in Xiaogang Village and risk everything. They encountered a once-in-a-century famine and had to do it. Now, all places are waiting for clear policies and signals. If this matter is not implemented, my father-in-law will definitely not be able to come to the capital with peace of mind.
But once things are implemented and the seeds are sown, the two elders will probably come to Beijing to take a look. Especially the one in her belly, which will come out in May next year.
The main house is for the elders. When they come, will they live in a haunted house where someone has been hanged? The mother-in
-law will be so angry! Fang Mingche frowned when he heard her say that. He actually didn't plan to tear down the house and rebuild it. He really didn't care! Most of the so-called schools nowadays were actually cemeteries in the past. Otherwise, where would there be so much open space? But there are many students and the yang energy is sufficient. There has never been a problem. Moreover, more than 60 billion people have died on the earth so far. There may be people buried in any piece of land on the earth.
He thought about it, "Aren't there two rooms left? It's enough for them to live."
Lin Yan scratched her head. In fact, their family of three has moved in and lived for nine months. There has indeed never been a problem.
Okay, they are Mingche's parents anyway. If he thinks there is no problem, then there is no problem.
"What should we do with that room? Or should we leave it empty like Grandpa Gu is now?"
Fang Mingche thought for a while, "In fact, I think if there are many people coming and going in that room, it won't look so gloomy if it has enough popularity. The main reason why it looks a bit gloomy is that no one has lived there for many years."
Lin Yan said, "People in the nearby slums know about Aunt Gu, so who would be willing to come?"
This afternoon, they learned that they bought the three rooms of Grandpa Gu, and they even wrote an IOU. Many people around them were envious and jealous, and they mentioned Aunt Gu in front of her. Anyway, it was just to make things difficult for her! They are so young and have such a small side yard, and many people feel unbalanced.
Nowadays, a normal family with a single worker is allocated a single room of about 15 square meters. If the factory conditions are better, it may be a single room in a tube building. If the conditions are average, it may be a single room in a slum. Like the two rooms of 28 square meters in my mother's family, they can only be allocated by two-income families.
They are a family of three, oh, and will soon become four. They occupy such a large place, and many people must be jealous. Just before the Qiu family father and daughter moved in, some people said that this was more normal. Humph, how big their house is and how they live is none of their business!
Lin Yan told people about Nie Shuai living in the Forbidden City Ji'an Office, shutting up many people.
"Although we are not like their generation, '100,000 flags to kill Yama'. But we are two college students, and we studied Marx's materialism. We don't believe in, and we are not afraid of, ghosts and gods!"
At that time, facing the neighbors with bad intentions, Lin Yan spoke with great force. However, it is not a good thing for that room to be empty. It will only become more and more gloomy if it is always empty.
Fang Mingche smiled and said, "Do you think if we buy a TV and put it in there, will anyone come?"
Lin Yan was stunned. This is really mean! If someone buys a TV, unless it is a yin and yang person like Wang Dexian's mother, there will definitely be many neighbors who will come to watch it. It's so rare!
Even the radio in my house, several big and small children in the slum come to listen every day. Television is very precious nowadays.
If they are afraid to come, my family can watch it quietly. If they are not afraid to come, it will bring a lot of popularity to the room. The room will soon not be so gloomy anymore.
Lin Yan couldn't help but laugh and said, "Okay, let's arrange it this way. But you can't be soft-hearted with Yanyan and let her watch it often. You can only let her watch cartoons for half an hour every day when there are many people around."
Fang Mingche nodded, "Okay, I know. She has to behave well before she can watch it!"
"Yes, buy a TV, and have another tool to control her."
At this moment, the father and daughter of the Qiu family next to them were also discussing the fact that the young couple bought three more houses.
The father and daughter were separated by a curtain, and Sister Qiu said, "Dad, Teacher Fang and Teacher Lin are really materialists. They don't care at all that someone was hanged in that room."
She came back from the group in the afternoon and happened to hear Lin Yan talking about Marshal Nie's deeds and the powerful words at the end.
Uncle Gu gave priority to Fang Mingche and the others and asked them if they wanted it first. Otherwise, if they could write an IOU, Sister Qiu actually wanted it too. Of course, Uncle Gu would probably not allow them to write an IOU.
However, the father and daughter didn't care, but the old lady at home cared about such things. So, this matter still didn't work out. Even if they asked Teacher Fang to rent it and bring the old lady out to live with them, it wouldn't work.
If it wasn't for bringing the grandma out to live with them, they wouldn't have to rent three houses. They've been looking around recently and found two empty houses nearby for rent. Now they're waiting for their salary. Only after they get paid can they pay the rent.
Teacher Qiu has already asked, and the travel agency pays the previous month's salary on the 15th of every month. But Sister Qiu only worked for a few days in November, so she definitely won't get much money. Fortunately, Teacher Qiu gives English training to employees and gets 3 yuan a day. Here you can get 40 or 50! This money is enough to rent a house. Then the Fang family of three won't have to squeeze here anymore. Father and daughter can live more comfortably.
Fang Mingche and Lin Yan have already discussed it. The next day, after sending Yanyan to school, they went to the Housing Authority. After a while of work, the entire small courtyard was registered under Yanyan's name.
The couple didn't plan to tell Yanyan about this. What does a little kid over three years old know? I am too lazy to explain to her.
Fang Mingche is a little envious of his little girl. The market value of that small side yard will be more than 15 million in the future. However, if it is not demolished, it will be worthless. But it is so confident to have such a small side yard in this area. If something happens, the worst that can be sold is a reduction in price.
After coming out, Lin Yan couldn't help but say: "She has an industry under her name at such a young age. There won't be any men rushing to her house to deceive her in the future, right?"
Fang Mingche said: "I just don't know if she has a small yard under her name. With the current development trend of our family, how long do you think she can hide her wealth?" In this life, he will definitely make Yanyan a rich second generation.
Lin Yan said: "Then why do you still owe it to Mr. Gu with high interest?"
Fang Mingche said: "Hide it for a year!"
You have to work hard to hide it until the chief designer says "Let some people get rich first". Otherwise, people who hate the rich are terrible. But the situation will be much better if the chief designer says that.
You know, from now until the crackdown in 1983, public security is very bad. In the past, selling big bowls of tea would attract people without stable income to sneak in. Now that the travel agency is open, I'm afraid it will get worse.
He will have to make a big fuss outside, and all the money they earn is used to buy a car.
In addition, if possible, move to a place with stronger security. There are not many community security guards now, but there are many retired soldiers who are difficult to place. If you can buy a courtyard house, you can ask Wang Dexian to introduce a few retired soldiers with good character to help guard the house. All these will have to be done step by step in the future.
For example, now that they have written an IOU to buy the house, they have to wait for the three families in front to move into their houses before they can deal with the main house in the small side courtyard. So, the two of them quickly put the matter aside for the time being.
Lin Yan got in Master He's car to go to the third and fourth classes in the morning. As for Fang Mingche, he asked for leave for two classes. Then there would be no class this morning. He went back to the small side courtyard directly.
It was mid-December, and Wang Dexian drove another car over, and took 4,500 from Lin Yan. Gao Xiang came over to keep all the accounts.
At present, the travel agency is still in a state of deficit. It still relies on 5,000 principal and 10,000 loans to operate. The biggest expense is the rental of two cars, 9,000.
The second group of drivers Xiao Shen and tour guide Ning Anan took office immediately. They are responsible for another tourist route in the capital. When they went to the airport to welcome tourists, the tourist routes on both sides were laid out for tourists to choose.
Then, the staffing of the one-day tour also started to operate normally. Lingzi, the office director who was left alone, was responsible for arranging the shifts for the part-time tour guides and three drivers for the one-day tour. Lao Cheng, Xiao Xu and other students who were interested in working and studying took the initiative to express that they could work when they had no classes.
They had the same class schedule as Fang Mingche, and Lingzi took one directly. As for part-time job opportunities, priority would definitely be given to those who had a good relationship with Fang Mingche.
Christmas is coming soon, and the number of foreign tourists to China will definitely increase. After all, it is their annual long vacation.
Fang Mingche plans to go to the home of the Japanese tour guide he found before to do some work after New Year's
Day. Now the person is still working illegally in Japan and has not made up his mind to come back. He will try to get her back before the Lunar New Year. On New Year's Day, Gao Xiang should have calculated how much Sister Qiu can earn in December. Basic salary + commission, it should be quite considerable. Although the December salary will not be paid until January 15, the data can be obtained first.
He will take this data to talk to the other party's family. Yes, it may still be much worse than working illegally in Japan, but working 8 hours a day in your own country. Isn't this better than working illegally in Japan, being a second-class citizen, and working 15 hours a day?
He found not only one such Japanese tour guide, but a total of three. If he can get one back, it's one. Even if they all come back, it's okay, just increase the number of vehicles slowly.
Isn't it still early for the Lunar New Year? The Lunar New Year of 1980 was February 15th.
When I sent my cousin back that night, Fang Mingche told him that the travel agency could buy plane tickets and sleeper tickets for him. If he wanted to go back during the Chinese New Year, he could buy these two tickets for him. After all, my cousin looked pretty decent after dressing up, and there was no problem pretending to be a Hong Kong compatriot. Even
for the return trip, the travel agency could issue him a letter of introduction so that he could take a plane or sleeper back to the capital. A
hard seat on the train costs 28, and a hard sleeper is almost twice as much, more than 50. A soft sleeper is three times as much, more than 80. Air tickets are more expensive, more than 100. My cousin should not be short of money.
If his parents can't come to the capital next spring, Fang Mingche plans to arrange for the travel agency and the scrap yard, and entrust the pregnant A Yan to his father-in-law and mother-in-law. Then he will return with Yan Yan. With the current conditions, it won't be as troublesome as when he came here at the beginning of the year.
As the calendar turned page by page, Lin Yan began to experience gastrointestinal discomfort and leg cramps.
She tried her best to endure it and still insisted on attending classes. The final exams for this semester were at the end of January, and the registration for the next semester was at
the end of February. Whether to continue to attend classes as usual next semester, she planned to see how she was doing at that time. The due date was in mid-May.
In this way, she would definitely not be able to take care of the scrap yard. Fang Mingche had to attend classes himself, and the travel agency had just started to get on track, so he needed to worry about it. He also had to ask about the scrap yard. Then he had to take care of the pregnant woman and Yanyan, so he was busy for a while. Fortunately, he didn't have to do any housework!
All three meals a day were at Boss Cui's small restaurant. Then there was the cleaning of the house, which was done by Sister Qiu before. Now the father and daughter of the Qiu family received their November salary and moved to the large compound next door. Lingzi took over the cleaning. She now gets 36 a month, and her English has improved a lot, but not to the point where it can double.
Of course, Fang Mingche was still under a lot of pressure and lost weight.
Because the father and daughter of the Qiu family moved out, the small room was vacant. He brought Lin's mother over. By the end of December, Lin Yan was almost five months pregnant. It was naturally better to have her mother around to take care of her all the time.
At this moment, Lin Yan was half lying on the newly bought sofa, stuffing oranges into her mouth while listening to her mother talking about family matters.
When Lin's mother came, she asked, "Where did you buy the oranges? The black market?"
Where can you eat oranges at this time of year? This is the winter when the cabbage is stored in the cellar for the winter!
"Yes. Mom, you eat it too."
Buying it for Lin Yan, I definitely can't let Yan Yan watch. How can a child resist eating it? So Fang Mingche bought more at once.
Lin's mother hesitated for a moment, looking at the golden oranges, she still couldn't help but pick one up to peel it.
She said, "This may be a bit expensive. But no matter how expensive it is, Mingche still bought it for you. Hey, I suddenly feel that what I told you is a trivial matter."
In comparison, her family was really in a mess for that little money.
Lin Yan smiled, a little sweet. Ming Che has always been willing to spend money on her and Yan Yan.
What Lin's mother was talking about was naturally the matter between her daughter-in-law and the Han family.
Lin Yi and Han Mei had a quarrel over money at the beginning of the month. Lin Yi was tough for once, and he asked Han Mei to go back to her parents' home to get back the six yuan. In this way, he only needs to give her three yuan for food expenses. This kid is going to have to pay for himself, so he won't be full.
As for the ten yuan, it is the money that Lin Yan should give in December.
Now that her sister refuses to buy on credit, Han Mei has no income. Her parents still need to collect food expenses. The two of them also feel the difficulty of life.
Han Mei has no choice. She doesn't make money now and has to rely on Lin Yi to live, so she must listen to him. So she went back to her parents' home to ask for the six yuan. Of course she didn't get it!
And when the Han family learned that Lin Yan no longer bought eggs on credit to sell to Han Mei, they scolded Lin Yan. They scolded her for not caring about family ties at all, and the richer she was, the more stingy she was. He also scolded Lin's father and mother for being obsessed with money. They asked for food expenses after marrying a daughter-in-law. She is your family and works in your family. It's good that you didn't ask your family to give her pocket money. You even asked for living expenses!
Of course, Han Mei didn't say what her parents and brother said when they scolded the Lin family. She was also scolded, but scolding her was useless. She can't control people at all! He also taught her to show weakness when she went back and coax Lin Yan to continue to let her buy on credit. Lin Yi is an only son. If you control him, it's the same as controlling your parents-in-law. If you control your parents-in-law, how can your elder sister-in-law be so stingy?
Now Lin Yi paid Han Mei for December's living expenses. But he said that Han Mei was only allowed to give the Han family more than three yuan in January. No one is friendly when it comes to money! He will definitely not let the Yue family suck more blood from him.
But Han Mei definitely can't do other business. She has no capital, and others can't allow her to buy on credit. Now that Lin's mother is here, they still hope that Lin's mother can talk to Lin Yan. Let Han Mei buy another ten yuan worth of eggs on credit, so that she can continue to sell eggs and have a stable income.
Before leaving, Lin's mother said, "It depends on the situation. Not only the two of us, but your sister was also very angry about the last incident. She was angry that Han Mei couldn't stand up. You are being controlled by your family like this, and anyone who helps you is equivalent to a continuous subsidy to your family. If you want subsidies, use your own money! Others are not obligated to help in this way."
Lin Yan ate oranges and said, "Han Mei didn't get the money when she went back, right?"
Lin's mother said, "Of course she didn't get it. Isn't it time to pay the food expenses for January soon? The two of them are as worried as ants on a hot pot. Your father and I have also risked everything, even if someone pokes our spine. We must collect the food expenses! You are right, if we give everything to Lin Yi, he will not grow up at all. When he stole the household registration book to get married, he might have thought that we would support his wife and continue to support his children in the future."
If it was just to support his daughter-in-law and grandchildren, they might have gritted their teeth and agreed. But the Han family really stretched their hands too far! They want to control the entire Lin family by controlling Lin Yi. Maybe they want to reach out to A Yan's family.
Lin Yan smiled, "If I agree to let Han Mei come over and pick up another hundred eggs to sell first, I guess the Han family will learn their lesson. No longer fishing in a dry pond and giving all the money to Han Mei. Mom, do you think I should let her come?"
Lin's mother stared at the orange for a long time, "You are not short of ten yuan. Otherwise, give her another chance?"
Lin Yan said, "What if the Han family uses the same trick again? Will you go to their house and scold them?"
Lin's mother peeled the orange, "I won't go. Han Mei might even accuse me of sowing discord. Your father said that we will not care about anything else except the monthly food expenses."
This time she and the old man were ruthless. Because they found that if they didn't give Lin Yi a bottom line, he would slowly mature.
Lin Yan curled her lips. You don't care about anything, but you still care about it. You asked me to give her another chance, so I must give you this face.
"Okay, then give her another chance. But you have to make it clear to her that it can't happen again or again. The Han family is really short-sighted! Do you know how much our English tour guide, Sister Qiu, gets in base salary plus commission? It's almost 150 yuan. But Han Mei's family is her weak point, so we dare not use her."
The peeled oranges in Lin's mother's hand fell, and she quickly caught them. It would be a pity if they fell! 150 yuan a month for an English tour guide? If someone in their family could earn this money, the family would have nothing to worry about. It's a pity that she is old and can't learn English. Otherwise, she would want to do this.
Well, sweet! It's so happy to be able to eat oranges from other places at this time of year.
Mother Lin said, "Well, when Han Mei comes over later, you should put the oranges away. If you give them to her, she will go back to the Han family and tell them about it, and that will be another problem. The old woman in the Han family might tell you about it everywhere."
Lin Yan nodded, "I know."
Then she laughed, "Qin Na brought a bottle of malted milk to see me a few days ago, and I put it away in advance and didn't give it to her. However, I gave her a bottle of honey in return, and I didn't take advantage of her!"
Qin Na didn't come to borrow a bicycle. It was cold, and she didn't want to ride a bicycle to go on a date, so she took the bus! She just saw that Lin Yan was now admitted to a junior college and became wealthy in business, so she went out with her.
Lin Yan thought at the time: I have been hiding it so much, how could I still be seen through? Could it be that she came to borrow money? It seems that many people now know that doing business can make money. It's just that they may not know the specific amount.
When Qin Na said that the unit might be allocated housing in the near future, a single room in a tube building. It will cost a lot of money to buy furniture at that time. Lin Yan quickly told her that the travel agency was in debt of 10,000 yuan and they were in private debt of 4,000 yuan.
"We don't have to pay off the debt of the travel agency for now. But the private debt is owed again! I also told your brother-in-law. He finally worked hard to earn the previous 2,000 yuan to pay it back. Now he owes another 4,000 yuan! But he said that it was rare to have such a small courtyard and the total price was not too high. If we don't buy it in time, we don't know who Mr. Gu will sell it to or rent it to."
When Qin Na knew that the small side courtyard belonged to Lin Yan, her face changed. She might have relied on her boyfriend's family relationship, so she was not happy about getting a single room in the tube building. This is a small courtyard with a single door and a single household!
Mother Lin said, "After I told her that you rented out your car, she was unhappy for a while."
"She was used to tricking me when she was a child. When I didn't let her trick her, she thought I was wrong. It's because you, mom, have always said I was the elder sister since I was a child, and you always put pressure on me and gave in to her. She got into this habit!"
Mother Lin stood up and said, "I'll go check on the soup on the stove. It will be much more convenient for me to come over since you don't have outsiders living here anymore."
"Once they had money, they immediately found a house and moved out."
With his mother-in-law stationed at home, Fang Mingche felt half relieved. He asked his mother-in-law to just go to class with Lin Yan. After all, Master He would pick them up and drop them off, so they wouldn't be tired.
Mother Lin said with a smile, "I'm 45 now, which is like going to school again. And to university!"
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
