Chapter 168 The difficulties are not small
Fang Minghua sighed, "Of course I hope he can be like you, get into a famous university, and make a lot of money. But, he really doesn't seem to be good at studying! I have beaten him and scolded him. His mother and I are not good at studying."
Yuan Shufen looked at him, why drag her into it? She has many brothers and sisters in her family, and she has no chance to study at all.
Fang Jian felt that he could not bear the angry eyes of the elders, and silently lowered his head.
As soon as the youngest father came back, he asked about his grades, making him feel like he was being tried in court. It's better for the youngest father not to come back! Eating meat can't make up for the damage he has suffered now.
Seeing this situation, Fang Fang didn't rush out. After all, they were born by the same father and mother, so don't go out and add insult to injury now.
Her admission letter showed double 100 points. Grandpa has already said that the family's conditions are much better now. Even if she is a girl, as long as she can study, she will definitely be supported. Fang Fang waved to Yan Yan and Kang Kang who followed her into the house. The three siblings sat down and listened silently to the adults outside criticizing and educating their eldest brother.
Fang Fang had a separate small room because she was a girl. Fang Kang and Fang Jian lived in the same room. The two brothers were still young, so it was okay to live in the same room.
But if Fang Jian stayed in the countryside to get married in the future, there would not be enough rooms at home. Unless Fang Mingche's room was given to him as a wedding room, which was bigger than the one they were living in now. That's how it was done in the previous life!
Of course, if the family had money and could get a homestead in this life, there would be a different way.
Fang Mingche thought about it. The nine-year compulsory education was only implemented in 1986, and there were still more than five years. Fang Jian had already finished the third grade this year. According to the current school system, he would graduate from elementary school in two years. He couldn't wait!
If he failed to pass the junior high school entrance examination in two years, he would have no books to go to. Unless he waited four years and registered for junior high school in 1986. But if his grades were still the same, he would be almost done after completing the compulsory education stage.
For the current factory recruitment, a junior high school diploma is enough. But in ten years, a junior high school diploma will not be enough. Will the teenagers go home to carry hoes and repair the earth? Or go out to work?
Fang's father said: "Jianwa, your father and your youngest father are representatives of two different paths: not studying and studying. Think about which path you want to take. You are the eldest grandson of our Fang family, and your grandfather must be looking forward to you. As long as you can study, your family will support you. But the premise is that you have to study hard. There is no such thing as whether you are good enough. As long as you work hard, you can grind an iron rod into a needle. I never believed that there would be such a big difference in intelligence between the same father and the same mother. Not to mention your father and your youngest father, you and Fang Fang are the same. If you don't study hard when you are young, you will regret it when you are old!"
He knocked on the pipe and sighed.
To this eldest grandson, he also felt that his words were as light as water. There are boys who like to play and have fun, and some boys will not start to work hard until they reach middle school. But he couldn't even pass the junior high school entrance exam, and he wouldn't even have the chance to make a breakthrough later.
This time he said that if he didn't listen, he wouldn't bother to care. If a cow doesn't drink water, why force it? He would seriously train Fang Kang, just like the second son when he was a child.
Fang Mingche said, "Yes, think about what kind of life you want to live in the future!" Fang Jian scratched his head
. He must want to live a good life! Eat well, wear well, drink well, live well, and marry a pretty and hardworking wife.
Fang Mingche laughed out loud after hearing what he said, "An eight or nine-year-old kid is thinking about marrying a wife. Okay, let's assume that you marry a pretty wife ten years later. She asks you for money to buy vegetables, she wants to eat meat, what do you give her? You can't support your family to live a good life by just farming. Oh, by the way, you also want to find a hardworking one. Bring her back to serve you? Which father is willing to marry his pretty and hardworking daughter to a lazy man who can't make money?"
It happened to be the time when this stinky boy graduated from elementary school and had no books to go to. He can't just let him go out into the society like this.
However, in his previous life, although Fang Kang only attended primary school, he was always restricted by his family. He made a living by farming all his life. But later, he was under great pressure in life and worked very hard. After middle age, he looked even older than his father.
One year during the Qingming Festival, he went to his grandfather's grave and told himself that he regretted it. He regretted skipping classes and not studying hard when he was young. Otherwise, not to mention working in a big company in BJ like Yanyan, at least he could study at a normal school like Fang Fang, not be laid off, and have a stable income.
At that time, in front of the old man's grave, Fang Jian was really in tears. Otherwise, Fang Mingche would not bother to care so much, after all, his biological father and mother were there. Why did he, as an uncle, stretch his hands so far?
Fang Kang was a few years younger than his brother. When he graduated from primary school, nine-year compulsory education had been implemented. He went to junior high school smoothly, and then went to vocational high school and was assigned to an electronics factory on the coast. At
that time, vocational high schools cooperated with these factories on the coast to ensure that 100% of students were employed. They were sent to be cheap labor. After that, you left the factory and made a living on your own, which had nothing to do with the school. The school arranged a job for you.
That was in 1995. At the beginning, it was said that the monthly salary was 500 yuan with food and accommodation, but you often had to work overtime. Not long after this guy started working, he followed others to work as a security guard in a dance hall outside, earning nearly 2,000 yuan a month.
As a result, he got lucky and was favored by a widowed female boss who was 11 years older than him because of his heroic rescue. She even married him seriously. She just wanted him to be good-looking and provide emotional value. She didn't dare to have any affairs outside.
Of course, his life was no different from being a live-in son-in-law, and later the children all took the woman's surname. But the boy had a good mentality and was content. His material life was actually quite good. He drove a car worth hundreds of thousands of yuan when he came back to visit the graves. Unfortunately, he was the only one who came back, and his wife and children didn't recognize the Fang family. However
, the car was under the company's name. He couldn't get cash out, so he could only pay by credit card. The monthly limit seemed to be quite high.
Fang Mingche looked towards Fang Fang's room, and Fang Fang hurried out with the notice.
"Dad, this is mine."
Fang Mingche took a look, "Not bad, not bad. Fang Fang has put in a lot of effort. So, the New Year's money that Dad gave you before was said to be for your studies. But if you study well, you should also get a scholarship."
He immediately took out a big unity, "Here, Fang Fang, this is your reward for getting 100 points in the exam. You also got 100 points last semester, right?"
"Yes."
Fang Mingche took out another big unity in front of everyone and put them in Fang Fang's palm.
"Dad, you take care of this scholarship, don't let my brother and sister-in-law confiscate it from Fang Fang. Rewards and punishments must be clear! Studying is the best way out for us farm children, and it is also the biggest opportunity."
Fang's father nodded, and then said to Fang Minghua and Yuan Shufen, "Yes, you are not allowed to confiscate this money."
Fang Minghua said, "She is so young, how can she keep so much money by herself?"
Father Fang saw that this was not only a reward for Fang Fang, but also for Fang Jian to see. He immediately cooperated and said, "Then I will keep it for her. Fang Fang, grandpa will save it for you. The tuition fee should be the New Year's money given by your father. You earned it by yourself, save it for later! It's pretty good. You always get 100 points in the exams and always get scholarships. You get it once a semester, and you can get it ten times by the time you graduate from elementary school. How many times is ten?"
He deliberately asked the younger ones.
Fang Mingche saw Yanyan wanted to answer quickly, and shook his head slightly at her. His girl is very sensitive about money! Although she hasn't formally learned addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, she really knows it.
When the office was still in the small side yard, the little girl watched her mother pay the employees. She counted quietly beside her, "one ten, twenty. Ninety, ten ten."
A Yan corrected her that it was one hundred, not ten ten, and she remembered it firmly.
Yanyan saw her father shaking his head and didn't say anything.
Fang Jian said in shock, "One, one hundred yuan!" What a big number! Is this what Dad said, 'There is a golden house in books'?
Fang Kang's eyes also lit up, he could eat a lot of good things.
Fang Fang was quite surprised, the lucky money given by her father every year could cover her tuition fees. If she could keep earning scholarships from her father, she really wouldn't have to worry in the future. Well, she would remember her father's kindness.
However, "after the third grade, you have to write essays in Chinese." You can't get full marks for essays.
Fang Mingche said, "Then it will count if you can get more than 95 points in Chinese."
Fang Fang said, "Thank you, father." She handed the money to her grandfather, "Please keep it for me."
In this way, her parents and brothers would not be able to give it to her.
"Okay, grandpa will keep it for you." Fang's father put it away with a smile.
Fang Jian muttered, "It's so hard to get 100 points in both subjects!"
Fang Mingche said, "Then if you can get 70 points in two subjects next time, I will also reward you 5 yuan. If you get 80 points in two subjects, it will be 10 yuan. If you can get 90 points in two subjects, I will give you 20 yuan. Fang Fang, it's not that Dad is unfair, we have to see where the starting point is before."
If you can get more than 70 points in two subjects, you should be able to pass the junior high school. After all, it's just a junior high school, so not too many people will be eliminated. But as for the score, the higher the better.
Fang Minghua said to Fang Mingche, "Second brother, I'm sorry to bother you! And it costs money."
Not to mention that he didn't expect Fang Jian to get a scholarship with this score, even if he thought of it, he himself would not have the money.
Fang Mingche said, "I definitely hope that all my children can be successful. Then in the future, maybe I can rely on one of them."
Fang Minghua laughed and said, "Don't flatter me. Not to mention that you have Yanyan and Changchang, you two college students must have been well-educated. Even now, you are doing very well in the capital, and you even bought a house. Even Mingfeng has to bow down to you!"
Mingfeng is the most powerful among the brothers who are not out of the fifth generation. However, he drives for the black market boss, and no matter how much money he makes, it can't be recorded in the family tree. Only his brother not only got into a prestigious university, but also made more money. I heard that there are people backing him up.
"Brother, you don't think it's easy for me in the capital, do you?" Fang Mingche smiled bitterly.
Fang Minghua looked puzzled, "You are a college student, and you have three profitable businesses."
Fang's father, mother and sister-in-law also looked over, and they also thought that Fang Mingche's life in the capital was really great!
"Two. My vegetable business was exposed by people saying that I used a tricycle that collected waste to transport vegetables. In fact, our waste and vegetables were transported by different tricycles. But this kind of thing is hard to explain. Buyers no longer buy the vegetables I wholesale, so I can only quit."
Fang Minghua said excitedly: "So you just give up? I heard that you can make hundreds of yuan a month. No, are you really that cowardly?"
A few hundred yuan was Fang's father's private judgment, and he thought it might really be this number. It's a pity that it's very convenient for them to sell vegetables in town. They can walk a few miles with a basket on their back. And he has no means of transportation, so he can't copy it.
As for collecting waste, what would people in small places be willing to throw away?
Big bowl tea stalls are even more impossible. There are several teahouses in the town. Sitting in them to drink tea and play cards only makes two cents a day. I guess you can only make money by opening a shop in Tiananmen Square and large scenic spots with a lot of passenger flow.
"Definitely not. But it's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge!"
"Bullshit, you people who have read too many books just think too much. If I just picked up a brick and smashed his stall first. If I can't do this business, then no one should do it. Second brother, you are just a coward, making excuses!"
His second brother would avoid trouble when he was young. A good student is afraid of fighting and making trouble, and the teacher doesn't like it.
Fang Mingche looked at his brother and didn't say anything. He was indeed like this in his previous life. If no one wanted to attack Yanyan and touched his bottom line, he would always tolerate it when he encountered something.
Yanyan shouted: "Uncle, my father is not a coward. A few days ago, he brought a few uncles to my house to steal wheels and scared four thieves into the hospital."
Dad said not to mention the fact that his brother was scared when he got home, otherwise grandpa and grandma would be anxious. He almost let it slip!
Fang's father said: "The wheels are very expensive, right?"
He thought it was a commercial vehicle before. It was parked in the alley, so he didn't think that his grandson would be scared.
"Well, it's not cheap. But the key is to prevent anyone from coming to steal again."
This time he was away for ten days and a half, and at night he asked the people in the next door compound to help look after it. At the same time, he asked Wang Dexian to go there from time to time.
The people in the compound could only stop the petty thieves, but the danger did not necessarily come only from them. It was a pity that there was really no room for him at his father-in-law's place, otherwise A Yan would take the children back to her parents' home.
As for letting Wang Dexian go, it would prevent some people who had ulterior motives and were jealous of his business.
"The thief deserves to be beaten!" Fang's father said angrily.
In the countryside, if you encounter a thief or a traitor and are caught, you will at least be beaten half to death. And they have never paid any price for this, and the law does not punish the masses. And they were not beaten to death! In everyone's bones, there is no concept of the rule of law at all.
Fang Minghua curled his lips and said, "Why don't you fight those who spread rumors about you and ruined your business?"
In his opinion, it was just being weak and making excuses.
Fang Mingche said, "Everyone thinks it's natural to beat up a thief, but beating up a colleague is a bit too much. If I really beat him up, I'll be in big trouble. And how will others view me? The police will report it to the university."
Fang's father hurriedly said, "You can't beat him up. The shopping mall has its own solution. You can't just beat him up like a thief!"
Fang Minghua muttered, "Then you still have two businesses."
Fang Mingche said seriously, "The scrap yard. If Hebei folks flock to the capital in the future and band together to exclude dissidents, my business will be in trouble. As for the travel agency, it's the most risky."
Fang's mother said, "Why? I think that little Wang is very nice. He's always polite to me and your dad. He even sent two boxes of food and smiled as he left with bacon."
She had a very good impression of Wang Dexian, the son of a high-ranking official. He was not arrogant at all.
Fang Mingche said pertinently: "That's because the travel agency business can provide political and economic benefits to the Wang family. At present, it is mainly political benefits. In short, I am useful to the Wang family."
Because he knows the future development, and knows that the chief designer will say 'black cat, white cat, as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat'. He knows the future direction, and what he does is within the acceptable range of the Wang family.
But once he can't provide such value, the Wang family can completely change people to cooperate. To put it bluntly, he is actually the white glove of the Wang family now. If he is worthless, people will naturally not play with him.
As for the last time Qin Tian's matter, he was brave enough to say it. I think Mr. Wang may take into account the anti-Japanese sentiment in the past and will not stick to the current political trend. Moreover, the current political trend is also blowing the wind of peaceful reunification.
If Mr. Wang does not agree, he is also ready to stop immediately. Later, Qin Tian was arranged to work at his own scrap yard.
Fang Mingche knows that only children who cry can get candy. He also has to learn to complain in front of his parents and brothers and sisters-in-law.
Otherwise, they would think that he really had an easy life in the capital!
"I am a farmer's son. Even if I get into college, I don't have much weight in the hearts of those children of high-ranking officials. If I can't constantly show the value that others can't replace, then what awaits me is probably to be kicked out. Travel agencies are making more and more money, and there must be people who are jealous! If others, even children of high-ranking officials, can provide the same value, then others bully and forcibly dilute my shares, and the Wang family may not stop them."
Don't talk about business rules, those people don't follow the rules. If they insist on buying half of his shares, what can he do?
The only thing he can do is to show his irreplaceable side step by step. Only in this way is it worth it for others to protect his interests. Even so, he is worried that if China Travel wants to merge in the future, the Wang family will directly "persuade" him to accept it after gaining both fame and fortune.
Father Fang sighed, "The second son is right. The people should not fight with the officials! There is no place that cannot be replaced, and the Wang family will not value us."
Yuan Shufen said, "Then why don't you become big and be content with a small fortune?"
"Of course! But I will not be willing to give up after catching up with this good time."
He actually hesitated for a long time. When he was setting up the big bowl tea stall, he saw so many foreign tourists in Tiananmen Square, and he had the idea of opening a foreign travel agency. But then he thought about what he wanted but didn't have,
so he had to give up the idea. Later, he invited classmates and counselors to his house for BBQ, and then everyone went to visit the Forbidden City together. When classmates met foreign tourists asking for directions, they took the initiative to communicate with them in English. He had the idea for the second time.
Originally, he really wanted to open a scrap yard first and save some money. Then when the first TOEFL test was held in the mainland in 1981, he launched an English tutoring class. You know, English scores were almost abnormally valued for decades to come.
But he still couldn't give up! And if he opened a new Oriental-style tutoring school, he wouldn't have to deal with all this? The benefits are big enough, and there will definitely be people who want to get a piece of the pie. So he might as well just seize this opportunity.
So, he took the initiative to find Wang Dexian and used the Wang family's connections to open a foreign travel agency. The second step is to launch an initiative to sell intangible cultural heritage products overseas.
This must be launched step by step, so that the Wang family will think that he might have another amazing performance in the next step.
Wang Dexian himself said that since he went to the Wang family for the New Year's banquet, no, even earlier, since Mr. Wang was paid attention to by the higher-ups because of the travel agency, many childhood friends in the compound have been very interested in this business and want to invest.
Fang's mother said, "You can't cross the river and burn the bridge like this, right?"
Fang Mingche said, "It was originally just a cooperation for each other's needs. I can't provide more benefits. It is normal for others to cooperate with others and dilute my interests. The car was found by the Wang family at the beginning, and the rooms in the Beijing Hotel and the Friendship Hotel can only be booked by the Wang family. All I can provide is my intelligence and talent."
If you are not a close relative, you have to look at a person's usefulness. You interact with him based on whether he is useful to you and your family.
Yuan Shufen frowned and said, "It's so complicated!"
Fang Mingche raised his chin slightly towards Yanyan and her four siblings and said, "If my generation can lay a foundation, their generation will have an easier time. Only with the support of each generation can we make a leap forward."
Fang Kang looked at him cutely, with a candy Yanyan gave him in his mouth. Seeing Fang Mingche looking at him, he smiled.
Fang Mingche laughed. This boy is really good-looking, with red lips and white teeth. I hope that in this life, he can live a good life without marrying into another family.
There are only two brothers in his family, and Lin Yi is the only younger brother in Ayan's family. If there are brothers, nephews, and nieces who are worth pulling, he is still willing to support them. Brothers fight together to fight tigers, and fathers and sons fight together in battle!
Fang Minghua asked, "What is it?"
Fang's father rolled his eyes at him, "Scholars, farmers, merchants, and artisans. We are farmers. Mingche is admitted to university. If he works in a government department in the future, he will be a scholar."
After he said this, Fang Minghua understood.
Fang Mingche said, "In fact, in the past thirty years since liberation, workers should have a higher status than farmers. In order to achieve the transition from an agricultural country to an industrial country, agriculture has always supported industry."
Yuan Shufen nodded, "Yes, yes, the working class is the leader. We pay so much public grain, and they supply a lot of kilograms per month. But we may not be full ourselves."
In the past thirty years, farmers have indeed envied the treatment of workers. She also had a deep understanding at once.
Fang's mother said, "So now it is scholars, workers, farmers, and merchants?"
Fang Mingche smiled bitterly, "Now we have to adhere to two principles and then focus on economic construction. Now we have to pay attention to business!"
In the future, the commercial tax received by the state will be much higher than the agricultural tax.
Fang Minghua was stunned. "If businessmen are also running ahead, then won't we farmers be the last?"
"Farmers do bear a lot."
Fang Minghua said to Fang Jian, "Did you hear that? You won't have a good life as a farmer in the future. Others' lives are getting better and better, but our lives will fall behind."
Fang Mingche thought to himself: The country will also take care of farmers in the future, and they will no longer have to pay public grain. But that is after development. In the next twenty years or so, farmers will still have a hard time.
"Won't there be a bumper harvest this year?" Fang Jian said.
He is nine years old, and he has to do some work within his ability during the busy farming season. So he is not a lazy person who doesn't know how to distinguish between grains. It's just that Fang Fang does bear more work on weekdays. But Fang Fang can't do physical work either.
Fang Minghua said, "Then do you think that even if there is a bumper harvest, can I catch up with your father? Forget it, forget it, you have little experience and don't have much feeling. You really should go to the capital with me this summer vacation. Every household in this village is not rich, and there is no comparison."
Fang Jian thought to himself: Yes, why is there no comparison? Dad can take out one big unity after another, can you take out that?
Well, it seems that studying abroad is really good. A good job and a high salary are still a little far away, but Fang Fang's high scholarship makes him envious. His mind finally began to change.
At the same time, Qin Mu's Cantonese restaurant is still full of customers.
He has taken on many overflowing reception tasks from the military district. In addition, some people who got rich first, like Fang Mingche, also take care of the business because of his family background. So, the business is really good! If the military district
signs the order, he will definitely get money from the logistics department. The person in charge of the logistics department has a close relationship with his family!
As for those who got rich first and may have something to ask of his family, or at least don't want to offend his family, they all have cash, which is more practical.
Qin Mu is thinking about expanding the restaurant next year. Of course, it will be opened in a place where his family can take care of it, not anywhere else.
At this moment, Qin Mu was sitting in his office upstairs, and opposite him sat a man wearing a V-neck black T-shirt.
The man opposite was his cousin Cao Ze. Uncle Cao's job rank was lower than his father's. This cousin was no longer a core member of the family, just like him. So he was going to develop in the business world. But it was hard to find good projects, and he couldn't possibly collide with him.
Cao Ze said, "Fang Mingche, humph! I told you to start early, but you insisted on waiting. Wait until the Wang family thinks Fang Mingche is just so-so and not irreplaceable. How is it now? They are buying those handicrafts from all over the country and exporting them to Tokyo. This is export to earn foreign exchange, and the handicrafts used are not very valued in China. The cost is very low! Selling them for foreign exchange will definitely please the country."
He had said long ago that Fang Mingche had a wife and children, and he was full of braids. He didn't believe that he couldn't control him and make him obediently give up some of his shares.
At that time, the Wang family would still own 40%, he would own 35%, and Fang Mingche would be left with 25%. He still had to work!
But now, he has come up with a new trick. He is gradually gaining strength. If he takes action now, the Wang family will think that Fang Mingche is still very useful and will do his best to protect him.
Qin Mu said: "During the New Year, I went to test him. At one time, I thought he was just so-so and just took advantage of the Wang family's resources. Who knew that he would come up with a new trick!"
He now has a business relationship with the travel agency. Although he doesn't care much about the money for three tables of foreign guests to dine in a week. He is not a private restaurant in the alley.
However, those foreign guests sometimes use foreign currency to settle. This is also earning foreign exchange for the country. When the time comes, he will hand it over to the central bank, which will bring honor to the family. Earning foreign exchange for the country is really politically correct now.
He heard from his father at home that the country's foreign exchange reserves have been spent. Otherwise, how can they be so polite to those foreign businessmen, overseas Chinese, and Chinese who come to invest?
The way of the travel agency is the most welcomed by the country. To attract foreign tourists, they need food, clothing, shelter and transportation, and they have to spend money on tickets to visit scenic spots. Nowadays, travel agencies go abroad, not only to attract more tourists, but also to bring handicrafts to overseas sales.
Otherwise, because they can earn foreign exchange abroad, even if the Wang family looks for connections, the staff of the embassy in Japan will not cooperate so much.
He looked at the cousin in front of him, who was only planning to pick up other people's ready-made things! If you have the ability, you can make a name for yourself. But there is no way, the two families must advance and retreat together. Prosperity is all together, and failure is all together!
"Cousin, Fang Mingche only brings you three tables of guests a week. I can make the decision in the future, I will let them use your place as a canteen!"
Qin Mu lowered his head and curled his lips slightly. Are foreigners so easy to manipulate? Hearing this, he knew he was an amateur.
It would be most appropriate for Fang Mingche to bring a tour group to try it out now. This way,
you can have a steady stream of income, and too much is as bad as too little! Even if you can really buy 35% of the shares, you should not get involved, just sit back and wait for the money
to be divided. However, who said that 35% belongs to you? Shouldn't he and the Qin family share a part of the profits? At least 20%.
"Let's wait and see, don't act rashly. The public security is not good now, and the higher-ups must be very annoyed about this. When the conditions are sufficient, they will definitely rectify it. People of our status should not be involved in such things. If it gets out, the impact will be too bad! I'm afraid Fang Mingche will be in trouble. It is said that travel agencies are in a state of being very short of money now. When they were having dinner together, Wang Dexian also joked that he had never seen dividends."
But the Wang family must value the political significance more. Grandpa Wang was praised in public by the higher-ups!
Cao Ze said, "He, a scholar, dares to fight to the death with me? Even when someone poached his vegetable wholesale business, Fang Mingche was a coward and just let it go. If he agrees, he can keep 25%. If he doesn't agree, see how I deal with him!"
Qin Mu shook his head, "I also thought he was a military strategist before. After all, he mostly gave in when he encountered problems before. But that may be because the things he encountered did not touch his bottom line. This time someone scared his youngest son, but he was not polite at all and beat everyone into the hospital. He is not a coward as you think. Family should be his bottom line! Don't you hear that a man's anger can cause blood to splatter five steps! You must not touch his family." Fang Mingche spent
so much effort on the travel agency, and he made a lot of money. It would be strange if he could give it up! It's not like they have nowhere to turn to.
That night, Fang Mingche and Yanyan slept together, sleeping on the big bed they used to sleep on. The room was cleaned up everywhere, so they could live directly when they came back. It should have been cleaned up by the eldest sister-in-law and Fang Fang.
Fang Mingche noticed that Yanyan had put all the food in the two boxes in the desk drawer, and did not take it out for everyone to share. As for the clothes in the two boxes, the two girls put them in the closet.
He thought about it, and it must be because she saw other people sharing their two-piece watermelon and not giving any to her cousin and aunt, so the little girl was unhappy.
Otherwise, when she left the train station before, she was still thinking about carrying half of the watermelon out of the station to give to her grandparents and other people in the family. She shouldn't be reluctant to give up other things.
Forget it, let her figure it out. If she doesn't take it out to eat, she has eaten a lot on the train and is not rare. Could she take it back
later? If she wants to take food back, she can buy it in the city. Buy something else and eat something new.
Anyway, she will share it with her cousin and aunt in private, and they can't eat so much.
Fang Fang would destroy the candy wrapper when she was lighting a fire before eating a candy. How could she eat so much secretly? She will definitely tell Yanyan.
The next morning, Yanyan may have figured things out. After washing up, she took the initiative to bring out the remaining five packets of instant noodles.
Fang Mingche smiled. In fact, you won't want to eat this after eating it twice.
He said, "Mom, Dad, brother and sister-in-law, this is instant noodles. You don't need to cook it in a pot, just soak it in boiling water and eat it."
Yuan Shufen was surprised. She was boiling water and preparing to cook noodles.
"You don't even need to cook it, just soak it directly?"
"Yes. You take a porcelain bowl, put the five packets of noodles in it, and then soak it. Well, there are only five packets, everyone try it. Yanyan and I will cook noodles."
Five packets of noodles, seven people to share. But there are three children among them, so it probably won't make much difference. Ask them if they are full later, and if they are not enough, just cook more when he cooks noodles.
Yuan Shufen said, "What kind of noodles do you want to eat? I'll cook them for you."
"Tomato and egg noodles."
Yuan Shufen turned her head to look at her mother-in-law. Fang's mother said, "What are you looking at me for? Go in and get two eggs, and pick tomatoes from the backyard." She
was willing to give her youngest son and granddaughter anything to eat when they came back.
Yuan Shufen nodded, "Okay. Fang Fang, you soak this instant noodles."
"Oh." Fang Fang picked up a pack and looked at the instructions on the back.
Yan Yan said, "Sister, just tear open the package, take out the seasoning packet, put the noodles in, then pour in fresh boiling water, cover and soak for two minutes."
Fang Jian and Fang Kang were also a little curious about this, so the four siblings did it together.
Yan Yan said, "The seasoning packets are not used up, and they are a little salty."
Fang Jian collected two packs and said, "Then I'll save them and eat them later."
When they were soaked, they exuded a rich and tempting fragrance. Fang Kang held his face in his hands and couldn't help saying, "It smells so good!"
Yan Yan poured cold water on him to prevent him from having too high expectations later.
"It just smells good, but it won't taste as good as you imagine. I was fooled for the first time."
Fang's father, mother and Fang Minghua also came over to see the noodles that didn't need to be cooked. It's really convenient to go out this way. Fang's father and mother knew that fresh boiled water was provided on the train.
Fang's mother asked Fang Mingche, "Is this expensive?"
"It's not expensive, only 30 cents a pack."
Fang's mother frowned. 30 cents a pack is not expensive? She saw that there was no toppings at all. Noodles are expensive because of the toppings. Vegetarian noodles are so cheap!
A bowl of meat noodles in a state-owned restaurant costs less than 30 cents. They really have meat! Unlike this, although it smells good, there is no meat.
However, when Yanyan said "OK", Fang's mother couldn't help but look over. They didn't eat instant noodles when they took the train before, and brought their own pancakes.
Fang Mingche also felt that this was not very nutritious, so he didn't buy it for them. He bought cakes and other things that are easy for the elderly and children to digest. The reason why they bought it this time was because Yanyan wanted to try it. The father and daughter ate five packs together, and they really didn't want to eat the rest.
On the train, Fang's father, Fang's mother and Kang Kang had actually seen others eating it. So at this moment, Fang's mother was also very curious.
Fang Fang used long chopsticks to divide the soaked instant noodles into several bowls. Fang Jian first served it to his grandparents, then his parents, and finally to the three siblings.
Fang's father tasted it and said, "It's indeed not as delicious as I imagined when it was soaked before. But it's really convenient. It's easy to eat on the train when you go out. It can change the taste."
After eating, Yanyan followed her cousin out to play with other people in the village. Fang Kang went with them.
In the afternoon, Fang Jian and Fang Fang had to go to pick jasmine flowers, but that was in the afternoon. Now Fang Fang could go and play for a while under the pretext of accompanying Yanyan.
A neighbor next door asked Fang Kang, "Kang Kang, did you eat the delicious food your dad brought back this morning again?"
The last time they ate Beijing roast duck, the two brothers showed off as soon as they went out.
In fact, they soaked five packets of noodles together before, and the fragrance was a bit overbearing. It even spread to the neighbor next door. Now when they saw the little guy, they asked casually.
Kang Kang nodded, "Yes, I ate instant noodles. Noodles that don't need to be cooked!"
He didn't know what others thought, but Fang Kang really liked instant noodles.
As for Fang Jian, he didn't go out to play with his friends for the first time. Instead, he looked for the final exam papers. Are you kidding, making money! How many things can you buy with five yuan.
70 points, he has taken the exam before. He was going to find the test paper and correct it.
Yuan Shufen, who was washing the pot, said with a smile: "The sun is rising from the west?"
Fang Minghua quickly signaled her to stop talking, "Don't dampen his enthusiasm. So besides beating and scolding, you still have to give him money."
Yuan Shufen was also very happy to see this scene, "There must be a brave man under a big reward."
On the way out to do farm work, even Fang's father said with some emotion: "It seems that there must be different ways to educate each child."
His second child was taken to the fields to watch adults work when he was young. After a few days of sun exposure, he knew to study hard.
Fang Jian, he also tried to let him go to the fields with him, telling him that he would not have to suffer this hardship if he passed the exam and got a stable job. No reaction at all!
It turns out that to deal with this kid, you have to use money to keep him hanging.
Fang Minghua said: "Yes, beating and scolding are useless. He is tired of beating and scolding!"
Fang Mingche waited at home for the postman to come to the door and signed for the remittance slip. He borrowed a bicycle next door and prepared to withdraw 1,000 yuan. He remitted the money a few days ago, and it will take a week on the way. This is really inconvenient!
I don't know when Wu Mingju's cross-border remittance will arrive?
In addition, the remittances they sent to various places will also take a week. Nowadays, let alone mobile payment, banks cannot transfer money across regions. The remote payment method is still very primitive.
(End of this chapter)
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