Chapter 15 The father-in-law declined
. It was impossible for the family to spend the New Year relying on the New Year goods sent by the third cousin's family.
So the next day, the family went to the supply and marketing cooperative of the commune to buy New Year goods.
On the way there, Fang
Minghua pushed his youngest son Fang Kang in a cart. Fang Mingche pushed Yanyan on a bicycle.
Seeing that his five-and-a-half-year-old niece was also walking with the adults, he said, "Fang Fang, come here and sit in the back."
Fang Fang was carried by Fang Mingche to sit in the back seat of the bicycle.
Fang Jian was immediately unhappy. He was the only child walking.
But he didn't dare to make a fuss with his father and second uncle, because they would not spoil him.
So he went to his grandfather and said, "Grandpa, I want to ride in the car too."
Actually, there was enough space on the cart.
Fang's father asked his eldest son to push his eldest grandson in as well. He was only eight years old, so he could still ride.
When they arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, Fang's father looked at the situation and took out the money and receipts. He also assigned tasks to everyone one by one.
You need to queue up to buy things at the supply and marketing cooperative. After getting in line, you still need the corresponding daily necessities tickets to buy things.
In the countryside, only the party secretary and others issue some tickets every month.
Fortunately, Fang Mingche and Lin Yan are residents, and tickets are issued every month.
Fang's father will find a way to find someone with tickets to exchange some tickets with money or things.
This is enough for the whole family to have a relatively prosperous year in the countryside.
Fang's father enjoys the feeling of allocating resources and arranging work as the head of the family.
If Fang Mingche could be more filial and hand over all his income, he would enjoy it more.
Last night, the two elders said in bed that if Lin Yan hadn't stopped him, Fang Mingche would have been much more generous to the family.
Fang Mingche accepted the task and took the two girls to line up at the cloth seller.
Yanyan held them in his arms and Fang Fang led them. There are many people today, so we have to take good care of them.
After buying things, put some on the cart and some in the bamboo basket hanging on the bicycle.
"Dad, Mom, you go back first. I'll make a phone call."
Fang's father said, "Can you be more successful? If you go back as a girl from a big city, will people still miss you? If it weren't for the special times, would they marry a country boy like us? Do their parents like you?"
Fang Mingche smiled and said, "Dad, four questions in a row. You should go teach Chinese since you are so good at using parallelism!"
He greeted her, put his daughter in the front seat again, and took his niece to sit in the back.
It's just that Fang Fang's legs were not in the frame where they could be left empty before, and they were a little bent. But it's better than walking back.
Then he pushed the bike straight to the post office.
Fang's father looked at his back and got a little angry. Since his youngest son started working, he has become more and more disobedient.
He waited in line for a while at the post office before it was his turn.
Fang Mingche parked the bike within sight and asked the two sisters to stand by the bike.
The person watching the public phone stall over there had already called Lin Yan.
"Hello?" After waiting for a while, a middle-aged man's voice came from the other end of the phone.
Fang Mingche could tell that it was Yanyan's grandfather.
He thought for a moment and shouted with his daughter, "Grandpa, long time no see."
"Well, is Yanyan there?"
"It's a bit far, she can't hear."
Since his granddaughter couldn't hear, Father Lin didn't hesitate.
"Mingche, Yanyan's grandmother and I are very grateful that you let Ayan return to Beijing. But since you're divorced, don't contact me too often. We can't do anything about the child for now, so you have to take care of her first. In the future, don't call me casually. Our Ayan is going to find another partner, and it's not good for you to call me all the time."
"I know what you mean. I'll let Yanyan come over and say hello to you."
Fang Mingche waved to Yanyan and called her over.
"That's Grandpa over there, say hello to Grandpa."
Yanyan said into the microphone, "Hello, Grandpa, wish Grandpa a happy new year."
The voice on the other end softened, "Okay, Yanyan is so good!"
"Grandpa, where's my mom?"
"Your mom isn't home."
"Is grandma in good health?"
In fact, Fang Mingche knew that his mother-in-law was not sick at all. Although A Yan didn't get divorced in her previous life, she asked for leave to go back to the city to visit her sick mother. She
came back and said that her mother-in-law was not sick at all, but her father-in-law wanted her to get divorced and go back to the city.
"Well, grandma is in good health."
After hanging up the phone, Yan Yan said, "Grandpa stuttered when he spoke."
Fang Mingche smiled, he was embarrassed to lie to you, a little friend.
The father-in-law's attitude is not surprising. It seems that he really has to hurry up!
It is estimated that if he calls again later, it is impossible for A Yan to answer the phone.
Fang Mingche had a good time during the New Year. Anyway, he didn't listen to other people's gossip.
But his father and mother heard a lot in the village, such as "the educated youth can go back to the city, and they will definitely get rid of the mud-legged men and women! We can't keep people from big cities here."
Or "I thought the Fang family's daughter-in-law was a good person, saying that she would not get divorced and go back to the city. In the end, he still ran away! '
It made both of them not want to go out and visit.
When they came back and saw Fang Mingche, they remembered that he was the one who was dumped, and there was also a big unity New Year's money.
The two endured it and didn't get angry with him.
Fang Mingche stayed at home with good food and drink until January 31st, and then set off with his cousin again.
But before leaving, his cousin reminded him: "Don't think that this time you go out is particularly safe and nothing will happen. It's just that the probability is smaller than the last time. In fact, sometimes I only report good news and not bad news, so my family thinks that I have only encountered one or two things. So, do you want to be more cautious?"
But Fang Mingche thought again and again, and still took out all 1,600 yuan.
He had only these two opportunities to take the shift, and he must make good use of them.
Moreover, as long as he didn't stop the car, there was still some security.
For this reason, he even went to the hunter's house in the village to borrow the bird gun. He put it at his feet and kicked it under the seat.
Last time, he thought the problem was simple and almost got into trouble.
This time, he would fight anyone who dared to rob him of his money and belongings.
The cousin looked at him, "Why are you making such a big deal?"
"Just in case."
The cousin said, "Why would Wang the Hunter lend you this?"
He also asked, but the other party said it was a weapon and refused to lend it.
"I've given him a special meal for his son."
It was the fourth day of the first lunar month when he went there, during the Spring Festival. It
was indeed much more peaceful on the road, and the few that did happen were minor fights, which could be completely resolved with the cousin's experience.
But there was also a problem with traveling during the first lunar month, as the restaurants on the road were not open.
The cousin said, "The boss said that this trip will be given an extra two yuan a day."
"Yeah." Anyway, I brought enough dry food.
It was a peaceful journey.
This time, Fang Mingche was determined to buy so many watches after the New Year to occupy cash flow, but the other party was only willing to save one yuan per watch in the end.
Fang Mingche thought that Xu Sheng said that the purchase price would be reduced by two yuan, and he still felt a little bit of a loss.
"Give me one more!"
The other party thought about it and felt that giving one was more cost-effective than reducing the price by one yuan.
"Okay, okay."
27 yuan each, he had just enough money to collect 1620 yuan, and he won 61.
When his cousin found out, he couldn't help but said, "You are such a gambler?" I really didn't realize it.
Didn't you look like you were just getting by when you had a formal job?
Fang Mingche said, "I've brought all the bird guns. If you really want to steal them, you have to pay a price."
(End of this chapter)
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