Chapter 169 Donating to Support
Education Fang Mingche remembered that the Lotus Pond Wholesale Market in Chengdu opened in 1986. Then many small vendors in the town and county went to Lotus Pond to purchase goods. They took the night bus. At that time, there was already an asphalt road. It took eight hours to get there, leaving in the evening and arriving in the morning!
At that time, those small vendors could only bring cash to purchase goods. They didn’t dare to sleep on the long-distance bus at night unless they had a companion, and everyone took turns sleeping. They were afraid that the money would be lost, and the payment for the goods was a large sum of money. Some people even sewed a pocket on their underwear and put the money in it.
It was only 1980, and it was normal to have inconvenience in using money across provinces.
Fang Mingche rode his bicycle out of the village, avoiding people and chickens and ducks that were staggering on the road. This mechanized farming road out of the village will be full of rice after the autumn harvest next month, leaving a small path in the middle. It was full of life!
People greeted him along the way, and now they all knew that he was doing well in the capital. If you are doing well in life, you will basically meet smiling faces.
I also saw Yanyan, Fangfang and Kangkang. They were queuing up with a few other kids to draw "jianpizi" (spinning tops).
Yanyan and Fangfang had their backs to Fang Mingche and didn't see him riding over. Kangkang was facing him, waving and shouting, "Dad..."
Fang Mingche nodded, squeezed the handbrake and put one foot on the ground. He asked Yanyan, "Do you want to go to the street with Dad?"
After coming back, he still had to go to the street to have a look. Although the so-called street in the town is only a few hundred meters long. But it's better than the next county, where people say you can walk through the city with a match.
Yanyan nodded, and then Kangkang also said he wanted to go. They got on the car one after another.
Fangfang helped them get on the car and prepared to go home. If it wasn't for Yanyan's company, she couldn't just play in the village like this.
Yanyan was older, so she sat in the back. She grabbed her father's clothes with both hands, "Dad, guess who I just saw?"
Fang Mingche followed her words and asked, "Who did you see?"
Since he was going to talk, he didn't rush to pedal away. However, didn't Yanyan forget everyone in the village? Who was she so surprised to see?
Yanyan said, "I saw Ma Xiaodan. She called me, but I didn't recognize her. My sister told me. She, she didn't look well."
The clothes she wore didn't fit her, and her hair was yellow.
Fang Mingche frowned slightly when he heard her say that, "Yes, you played well with her when you were in the village."
Because their mothers were both educated youths, their fathers were also from the same village and classmates, and they were of similar age. The two girls often played together when they were young.
Ma Xiaodan, he remembered, was a few months older than Yanyan, and should be five years old.
Last summer vacation, he and Ayan came back to handle the procedures for remarriage. The little girl also came to ask if she could just say that she was Yanyan and take her on the train to the capital to find her mother.
This would definitely not work. Ma Anguo would definitely not agree to let him take his daughter away. Besides, Wu Dan had just been married for two months, and would not be happy to accept his daughter.
But he heard from A Yan that Wu Dan was sending money to the village after receiving her salary. Why didn't the money go to Ma Xiaodan?
Kang Kang, who was sitting on the horizontal bar in front, imitated the words of the adults, "If there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather!"
Fang Mingche took his daughter and nephew to the street on his bicycle, first taking them to sell sugar figurines and visit the supply and marketing cooperative. Then he took out the money and hurried back to the village. He got a lot, and it would be troublesome if he lost it.
After entering the village, he put the siblings on the ground, "I'm going to the village branch, you can find some kids to play with by yourselves." It's in the village, so there's no need to worry about losing it.
"Oh, okay."
Fang Mingche went directly to the finance office of the village branch and handed the money to the village cashier. Then he got a receipt.
This was a person who came back to invest, and the cashier was also polite to him. Moreover, this cashier, Fang Mingche and Ma Baoguo were all junior high school classmates.
Fang Mingche gave a cigarette to the cashier, and the two chatted casually for a few words. Then he asked about the Ma family.
"Yes, his first wife did send money back. I heard that 10 yuan a month is enough to raise a daughter in the countryside, and she only paid half. But the second wife got pregnant a few months ago."
10 yuan a month should be a quarter of Wu Dan's salary. The length of service is counted when you are an educated youth, which is more than Lin Yi who has just started working. And she works in an office in a movie theater after all.
Fang Mingche curled his lips, "Using the daughter's support money to give the second wife as nutrition money. How can Ma Baoguo do this?"
Ma Xiaodan's hair is yellow, she must be malnourished. This is too much! Not to say that the funds are used for the designated purpose, but the children must be well fed.
The cashier said, "It is said that the one behind is pregnant with a son, and he just wants food and clothes. But, they live in a separate house, and the woman didn't abuse or beat Ma Xiaodan. And her father, grandfather, and grandmother are all there, so it's hard for others to say anything. Now the boy hasn't been born yet, and when he is born, Ma Xiaodan will definitely have to help take care of the child. As for the future, whether he can go to school is a question mark."
Fang Mingche frowned even more. He withdrew 1,000 yuan more today, or should I say he remitted more when he remitted the money. Originally, he wanted to give it to the secretary as tuition for the children in the village who are poor and can't afford to go to school, especially girls.
They are all children who have grown up, and they help as much as they can. Primary school and junior high school don't cost much, and even high school is not that expensive.
He is now considered a person who can earn money in the village, and it is right to give back to his hometown. Otherwise, he will definitely be criticized.
Villagers didn't pay much attention to education before, and few children finished secondary normal school like him. This matter was also mentioned to the branch secretary last night. The branch secretary naturally agreed with it and was very grateful for his move.
The cashier also heard what the branch secretary said and asked hurriedly: "What is your standard for poverty?"
"The family's monthly income is used to draw a line, the kind that can barely support the children's education. You can help me draw this line. I'm rarely in the village now, so I don't know the situation very well." Anyway, his family doesn't count. Although there are three children, there are still four adults who can work and earn money.
The cashier nodded, "Okay, don't worry, I will do a good job of accounting. Announce it later, and everyone in the village will help you keep an eye on it."
As the two were talking, the branch secretary heard that Fang Mingche was coming, so he came over from the office.
"Mingche is here. Okay, I'll tell you about these two things on the loudspeaker right now." He saw the cashier counting the money.
Fang Mingche waved his hand and said, "Branch secretary, there's no need to make a big fuss about it."
Last night, he told his father about it. His father asked him if he had any problem paying off his debts. He had sold his handicrafts to Japan. He said it was a good idea. Studying is indeed the best way out for children from poor families! Love your own children as well as other people's children.
He only comes back once a year, and school is about to start in September. It is appropriate to give the money in advance at this time.
In fact, Fang Mingche thinks that if the rice mill in the village is profitable, he may not be able to pay out the money for two years. In the future, he can just use the dividends from the rice mill. Even if it doesn't work, it doesn't matter. One thousand a year is nothing to him .
He laughed when he heard it. The old man didn't study in the private school for two years in vain, and he can still say such things.
"Why not? The other one thousand is said to be an investment, but this one thousand is donated by you. And you said that this is just the first time, and you will donate money to support education continuously in the future. How can you not publicize good deeds? This way, others can learn from you."
The secretary did what he said and immediately called Mingche and the cashier to his office. The three of them discussed and drew the poverty line first, then the branch secretary took out the microphone, turned it on, and clapped again.
"Members, I have an announcement now: Fang Mingche just brought 2,000 yuan to the village branch. 1,000 yuan is for investment in the rice mill, and the other 1,000 yuan he said is for the children of families below the poverty line to study. One part is for tuition, and the other part is for scholarships. This 1,000 yuan is just the first time, and it will continue next year. If there is a need, it will be increased or decreased appropriately. Now I will tell you the standards for poor households and the standards for scholarships."
Everyone in the village looked up at the nearby tweeters. There are a total of five tweeters installed high up in the east, south, west, north and center of the village. It is very convenient to say anything like this.
At this moment, Fang Minghua and Fang's father were weeding in the fields. Fang Minghua couldn't help but say, "Look how capable he is!"
He was originally very grateful to his brother, but now the children of outsiders can enjoy similar treatment as his children.
Father Fang said, "Can you see further? Mingche said last night that if Fang Jian and his three brothers study well and have better conditions in the future, they can be taken to the capital to study. The education conditions in the capital are much better than those in our remote and poor countryside."
The so-called better conditions means that he can buy another house and rent the small side yard where he lives now for the children to study. In addition, we have to wait until the rural people go to the city, and the people will not report it and the officials will not investigate it, and they will not be driven back as blind vagrants.
Mingche said that the management is getting looser now, and as long as they don't sleep on the streets, they will not be immediately taken in or driven away.
However, Mingche also said that he and Ayan are not free. If the three children go, then the two old people will have to go with them to take care of them.
He and his wife don't want to leave the village and the land for a long time. After living in the capital for more than half a month, they are still more accustomed to the life in the countryside.
Hearing his eldest son say this, Father Fang couldn't help but tell him all this.
"If the children really go, the high tuition fee of 200 yuan per semester will be paid by their father alone."
Fang Minghua was a little embarrassed, because the second child hadn't told him this yet.
He said, "I'm thankful that Fang Jian and Fang Kang can get into junior high school. Only Fang Fang can have the opportunity to go!"
In terms of training, resources should be tilted towards boys.
Fang's father looked at him, "Kang Kang hasn't started school yet, and you think he can't study? I've said it before, there is no such thing as whether he is good at studying or not. In this world, the intelligence level of most people is about the same. Those who are much worse than everyone else are either scientists or fools. The key is to look at the attitude towards learning! Hey, didn't you tell Shufen this morning not to discourage Fang Jian's enthusiasm for learning?"
Just for Fang Fang's study, he and his wife had no motivation to go to the capital to take care of her. They were thinking of Fang Kang. If they went, they would take care of the two siblings. It's hard to say whether Fang Jian can make a comeback, but there is still hope that Kang Kang can be trained well.
Now, they have tasted the benefits of hunching over to support the second child to study. What the second son said was right. It has to be supported from generation to generation.
Yanyan and Changchang, their parents are both college students, and their family is rich. Their future should be very good. What
they are worried about now is the three of the eldest wife, especially the two grandchildren. As for Fang Jian, now we have to do everything possible to make him pay more attention to his studies. The first step is to get into junior high school.
The father and son spoke in low voices, which were drowned out by the loudspeaker.
After the secretary finished speaking, he asked Fang Mingche to say a few words. Fang Mingche had to say something like education changes destiny and hoped that everyone would pay attention to education. Fortunately, he has been a teacher for several years, so
he must have a set of words when talking about these things. And he himself is a living example. The villagers will not think that what he said is empty talk. When
the villagers heard the loudspeaker at first, they didn't take it seriously and did what they had to do. Anyway, the secretary has to satisfy his addiction to speaking from time to time. It's no big deal, just ignore it.
But when they heard his first sentence that Fang Mingche brought back two thousand yuan, everyone's attention was focused all of a sudden. Money is closely related to life.
Now that everything has been said, a villager on the ridge next to him said to Fang's father: "Oh, Uncle Fang Qi, your son Mingche is really capable now. It's all because of your good training."
Fang's father laughed and said: "A year and a half ago, didn't you say he was crazy?"
The fact that he beat the second son a year and a half ago didn't spread too far, right?
The person who spoke waved his hand, "Now we know that he can see farther than us! If you can see far, you can go far."
If you make money and are willing to donate some to the children in the village to study, that's good. Otherwise, even if you make a fortune, what does it have to do with us?
On this day, there were obviously more villagers who greeted the Fang family than usual. The family was greeted with smiles outside.
Fang Mingche and the cashier invited their peers in the village to get together after work in the afternoon. As usual, everyone shared some food and drinks at noon and went to the nearby hillside for a picnic.
Ma Baoguo was also called over, and he brought a bottle of liquor from home.
Fang Mingche paid ten yuan, and together with the money contributed by others, he bought some braised duck, braised chicken wings, chicken feet, duck feet and the like. Oh, he also bought a lot of fruit, because it's easy to get tired of eating meat alone.
Anyway, it's still the same place as before, under the tree on the hillside. Spread newspapers and put out portions of cooked food.
Someone else used a scoop to scoop up loaches in the ditch next to him, and built a stove with four stones to prepare fried loaches. This required bringing a pot, a shovel, vegetable oil and flour from home. Naturally, someone also brought bowls and chopsticks.
When Mingche went out in the afternoon, Yanyan asked her if she could go with him.
"Dad is going to meet people of his age. We agreed not to bring our children. You, you should go meet people of your age." "
Okay then. Kangkang said there's someone making popcorn in the village. I'll go and exchange rice and corn for it."
"Then you have to talk to your grandma in advance."
"It's agreed. Grandma said I'll only come back once a year. Anything is fine. Just don't go upstairs and tear off the tiles! How could I possibly go upstairs and tear off the tiles?"
At this moment, old classmates and fellow villagers gathered together, and everyone naturally asked about Fang Mingche's college and business.
"Going to college is different from middle school in that there is no tuition fee, and a monthly subsidy of 22.5 yuan is given. Everyone takes turns to use the classroom, and there are no more than four classes a day."
The cashier said, "You will be amazing after you graduate. I heard that all the college students in the class of 1977 are now booked."
Fang Mingche nodded, "Yes, but the place of residence is also based on grades. Besides, I don't plan to join the work for the time being. I plan to continue to study for a master's degree. Anyway, I have been receiving subsidies, and I can start from a higher point in the future."
"Alas, you are the only native college student in our village. We don't know what you are talking about."
Fang Mingche said, "If you don't want to study hard anymore, you have to let your children study. Really, studying and finding a job is still a shortcut."
They all got married early. He got married at the legal age of 20, and then became a father for the first time at the age of 21. There are two of them who got married at the age of 18. Now the child is in elementary school.
They nodded after hearing this, "Seeing that you are doing so well, you also know the benefits of studying. It's too late for us, and we really need to let the next generation study hard."
Ma Baoguo nodded, "Well, I will also let my son pass the exam to go to a big city in the future."
Fang Mingche said, "Your daughter doesn't need it?"
"My daughter, just study for two years to learn to read. How can the family afford to support so many people? If I were as good at making money as you, I would definitely dress my daughter up beautifully."
Today, Yanyan followed Fang Fang and Fang Kang in the village, and Ma Baoguo naturally saw her.
Fang Mingche raised his chin slightly towards the golden rice fields and said, "Isn't this going to be a good harvest? If there is a good harvest, there will be money. Year after year, there will be accumulation. Besides, my daughter is also my own flesh and blood. To be honest, when I get old and have problems in the future, maybe my daughter will be more reliable than my son."
Everyone is of the same generation, and he can't say anything high-handed to blame Ma Baoguo. He can only knock on the sidelines and persuade him. Otherwise, people won't pay attention to him.
The cashier was gnawing on a braised duck leg, spitting out the bone and said, "I was thinking, when there will be bumper harvests everywhere in the future, will it be like 'Three or Five More Bushels of Grain Harvested' written by Ye Shengtao in the elementary school textbook?"
Fang Mingche said, "You said that low grain prices hurt farmers? With bumper harvests everywhere, the purchase price may have to be adjusted downward. But it won't be too outrageous! After all, Ye Shengtao wrote about the old society, and the new China will still take the interests of farmers into consideration. COFCO should set a price that won't hurt farmers too much, and collect all the food for storage. I heard that they have a mission to reserve enough food for the entire country to eat for two years. Besides, isn't the village going to build a factory? We can divert some people to the factory later. There are also special economic zones along the coast, which are also attracting investment from foreign businessmen, compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao, and overseas Chinese. By then, everyone should be able to go to the coast to work. The salary and benefits should be better than our inland areas."
Before Chengdu was listed as a key development target, many Sichuanese really went to the coast to work.
Someone else asked, "If we go to the coastal areas to work, won't we catch migrant workers?"
Fang Mingche said, "It's a special zone. Except for adhering to one center and two basic points, everything is special."
Someone else said, "I have relatives in the south, and they asked me to go to the south to work. I said that our village has just implemented the household contract responsibility system, and there will be a bumper harvest this year, so I don't really want to go. But there are several brothers in our family, and there is indeed a lot of labor. During the spring plowing period, I also went to your Fang family to work for a few days. Your eldest brother led us to work, and your eldest sister-in-law cooked at home. Then we were paid by the day."
Fang Mingche said, "To be honest, the south is a bit chaotic. I almost got into trouble on the two trips I took with Brother Mingfeng in the sports car around the first month of last year. If you want to go to work, it's best to go with a companion. Or the relatives there are reliable. Anyway, you have to have someone to stick together."
Those who are so stubborn were not in northern Myanmar at the beginning. At the beginning, it seems that they were in the south. If you go out to work alone, you will disappear if you are unlucky.
"It would be nice if I could go to the capital with you. Fang Mingfeng should be doing well in the capital, right? Otherwise, his video hall business in the county is so good, he wouldn't stay in the capital and not come back."
Fang Mingche nodded, "Yeah, it's okay. He and I both opened a scrap yard to collect scraps and resell them to make a profit."
"Ah, you are doing this business? Didn't I hear from your parents that you are opening a travel agency to entertain foreigners and overseas Chinese?" Someone said in shock.
"I am doing both businesses. Don't underestimate collecting scraps. Anyway, it's all about making a profit. It's okay as long as I can make money. And it's not like I'm digging through the garbage dump. As for the travel agency, I am also doing it."
It turned out that his parents didn't mention him opening a scrap yard when they came back, but only mentioned opening a travel agency.
"Then what do you think Brother Mingfeng is doing?"
"He also opened a video hall."
Fang Mingche shook his head, "He opened a video hall in the county, he had connections and someone to protect him. But in the capital, such connections are hard to find. You can't find the temple door even if you hold a knife! Travel agencies require foreign language skills and the ability to drive. Scrap yards have lower requirements."
"How much can each of your workers get?"
Fang Mingche said, "It fluctuates between 36 and 300, depending on their position. Tour guides and drivers who can speak foreign languages have the highest income. The scrap yard is not hiring anymore because there is no amulet."
"300?"
"The leader of the English group was originally an associate professor of the English Department of Beijing Normal University."
"Oh."
The cashier said, "What amulet?"
Fang Mingche smiled, "Travel agencies can earn foreign exchange for the country, and they are affiliated with government departments, so it is no problem to hire more people. But since they are affiliated, they can put people in, and it is not easy to refuse them all. But the scrap yard is afraid that people will report me for hiring and exploiting."
He can come back to donate money to support education, but he dare not take on so many things and ask people to go to the capital to work with him. Villagers have poor learning ability and cannot work in travel agencies. The scrap yard dare not hire more people.
The cashier nodded, "This is indeed a problem. Then the special economic zone is not taboo about these things?"
"No taboo, it is said that in addition to focusing on economic construction, adhering to the four basic principles, and adhering to reform and opening up, other things can be handled specially."
Ma Baoguo said: "I heard that many people in Shenzhen fled to Hong Kong."
Fang Mingche nodded, "It's true. Many people jumped over the barbed wire directly despite the gunfire of the People's Liberation Army. The difference in living standards between Shenzhen and Hong Kong is really too big now."
The per capita income gap of dozens or hundreds of times can be immediately eliminated as long as you run or swim over. Is it possible not to flee to Hong Kong?
"So if you want to go to the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, you must apply for a border defense permit. However, this can't stop the army of people fleeing to Hong Kong. I heard that hundreds of people run there every night. General Xu
, who was transferred to the Guangzhou Military Region as commander, had no way to deal with this." This can only rely on the development of Shenzhen. Anyway, with the construction of factories along the coast and many foreign-funded enterprises also coming to open companies, many migrant workers and college students have gone to Shenzhen, and the local farmers in Shenzhen have made a fortune.
Build an eight-story elevator apartment on your own homestead, and build several or a dozen small suites on each floor. Carrying sacks to collect rent every month. No more farmers will go to Hong Kong. They can make money sitting on the ground!
And fishermen, fishermen in Shenzhen also became richer and richer. More and more people are willing to spend money on seafood.
Ma Baoguo said: "In fact, the restrictions on our farmers are still not small. We can only go to the special economic zones you mentioned. If you want to go to the capital, the legitimate channels are still college entrance examinations and employment."
Fang Mingche said: "If you are not afraid of being driven away as a blind drifter, you can still be an illegal. I was an illegal for several months. Brother Mingfeng's family of three are also illegal now. It's just that they are mainly in the suburbs of Beijing and are not too conspicuous."
Although he didn't dare to take on too much, there was actually a loophole in his words. If you really want to go, just find a way to learn to drive. You don't even need to learn to drive, just being able to drive a tractor will do. Anyway, the principles are similar. If you can learn to drive a tractor, you can definitely learn to drive.
If you really have the heart and will exercise your subjective initiative. As long as you can drive, he can take you to the capital for development.
Anyway, those three veterans were actually illegal. They were originally discharged from the army and could not be arranged to work in factories and mines in the capital, so they had to return home. But at first, they were movers and porters for others, and several people rented a house together and lived in the underworld. Later, they drove for a travel agency and lived in an overseas Chinese apartment. There would definitely be no one to check the household registration there.
Fang Mingche didn't say anything. Before, he actually had a bad opinion of Wu Dan. They had been married for several years and their child was three years old, but she just left. But now it seems that it's no wonder!
Wu Dan still sent ten yuan a month to support Ma Xiaodan. But Ma Baoguo is really hard to describe. Even Kang Kang knew that he was the second father. "Men value their second wives", but they can't treat the first daughter too badly.
Just now, in addition to Fang Mingche, the cashier and others also persuaded him. But he didn't take it seriously.
It can be said that if it wasn't for persuading Ma Baoguo, Fang Mingche didn't actually want to invite him to the party today. Fang Mingche really looked down on this kind of behavior.
As they talked, they said that they would just ride their bikes to the county town to watch the video in the evening. Ten years ago, when the county town showed "The Flower Girl", it was this group of people who walked to watch it without any complaints.
Seeing that they were almost done eating, everyone simply packed up and prepared to ride their bikes home. As for the shochu that Ma Baoguo brought, no one touched it. At this time, there would be activities in the evening, so why drink shochu?
This guy is a bit too shrewd now. Seeing that he had given out something to share, he actually took back most of the bottle.
This time when he went back, Yanyan made a fuss about wanting to go with him.
Fang Mingche said, "Just listen to the radio. We are not going to watch cartoons. You didn't understand the movie we watched before. You fell asleep in the middle. How is your dad going to bring you back? Can you borrow Kang Kang's sling?"
Fang's mother knew that the movies played there often involved fighting and killing. "That's really not good to watch. There's blood and gore. Just stay at home with grandma, auntie and sister. It's better for girls to be quiet."
"Grandma, have you watched it?"
"Yes. Your second grandma went there, and I took a ride with her to take a look. Oh, she was foaming at the mouth from the fight. I don't know why so many men paid to watch it."
Yanyan finally accepted the arrangement of listening to the radio at home. She really couldn't understand many movies. People wouldn't play cartoons for her to watch alone.
Fang Mingche was more relieved to leave her at home. The eldest sister-in-law would boil water for the little girl to take a bath and wash clothes.
When he was about to leave, Fang Jian followed him.
"Dad, I like to watch fighting. Can you take me there?"
Fang Mingche looked at him, "I heard that you corrected your final exam papers at home today. Bring them here so I can see them--" He
really corrected them all, so it's okay to take him to watch the video.
Fang Jian immediately ran back to the room to get them out, "I also borrowed Ma Lan's paper from the village to compare."
"Don't you just copy the correct answers from others?" Fang Mingche picked out three wrong places and asked him, and Fang Jian basically answered them.
"This is not bad, it seems that you are eager to learn. Okay, I'll take you to watch the video tonight."
The family next door generously lent Fang Mingche a bicycle. Let him ride it directly at home for a few days, and he doesn't have to return it halfway.
The two uncles and nephews met up with other people in the village and rode to the county together. There were only four bicycles in the village, and three of them went there, each with two people on one bicycle.
Because Fang Mingche brought Fang Jian, he didn't take anyone without a car. He looked at them and said, "Ma Baoguo isn't going?"
The cashier said, "It's certain that his wife won't let him go, fearing that he'll ask you about Wu Dan."
"He's married too. I had nothing better to do, so I told him about Wu Dan. Wu Dan always asked about Ma Xiaodan when she came to see Lin Yan. We rarely come back, so she stopped asking later. Forget it, I don't care about him!"
This person has changed a lot, and they probably won't play together in the future.
When getting in the car, Fang Mingche casually asked Fang Jian, "Can you ride a bike?"
"If you don't have a bike, learn from me."
"Then I'll teach you tomorrow."
"Okay, thank you, Dad."
Everyone riding together will definitely be faster than riding alone. They rode over in 35 minutes.
Second uncle was still here. When he saw them, he waved them in and asked them to come in and take a look. He moved a stool and sat in the back. It's free!
Usually, people from the village rarely come here like this. After all, they are open for business. They came here tonight because Fang Mingche was back.
Fang Mingche asked Fang Jian to go in first and carry a stool, then stood outside and asked his second uncle, "Can I call the cultural center now?"
His second uncle nodded, "Yes, it's in the guard room."
Fang Mingche followed him and borrowed the phone. He just needed to pay the time manager some money.
He called the office and Xiao Jin answered, saying hello.
"This is Fang Mingche."
"Oh, Teacher Fang. Are you doing well in your hometown? Do you have any instructions?"
"No, just asking the travel agency if everything is going well?"
"Daily affairs are going well. We have packed the handicrafts from the capital, Tianjin and other places and put them in the kitchen today. Now we are waiting for the arrival of items from more distant places and the remittances from Japan."
The goods from BJ and Tianjin were picked up today in a pickup truck. Foam, straw, etc. were originally used to pad the various places. But when they are brought back, they need to be packed uniformly. The boxes were ordered before, so they look more professional. There are also introductions from the travel agency on the front and back of the boxes.
The kitchen of the Overseas Chinese Apartment is usually not used, so it is used as a small warehouse. Put the things away and lock the door. If there is no space, put the rest in Yanyan's room.
Other rooms in the Overseas Chinese Apartment cannot be used to store things. There are really tourists who come to visit. They are just here to scout ahead and see their strength first. Later, a group tour was arranged.
"Oh, I hope everything goes well. Is everything okay at home?"
"Well, I saw Teacher Lin holding Fang Chang for a walk in the courtyard at dinner time."
Fang Mingche hung up the phone and gave the money. Then he went back to watch the video.
Fang Jian left a seat for him next to him, and he walked in with his back bent. At first glance, wow, Chu Xiang is handsome!
Don't say it, Qiu Guan was really handsome when he was young! Oh, not only that, he has been handsome all his life. In his previous
life, he was over 70 years old and played the role of the master in "Ever Night" and he was still handsome. There are even young people who don't recognize him and think he is a young actor wearing old-age makeup.
Others including Fang Jian had already been absorbed in watching, and no one paid attention to why Fang Mingche had just returned.
They watched four episodes here, and it was half past ten before they rode back.
On the way back, Fang Jian was still excited: "I heard that you have a white jade beauty, carved by your skillful hands, and I am very yearning for it. Tonight at midnight, I will come to get her on the moon. You
are so elegant and kind, you will not let me go back and forth in vain!" Fang Mingche said: "Don't be excited! Even if Chu Liuxiang is not a hero, and does not have such good martial arts and light skills, he is still the son of a wealthy businessman."
This kid actually has a good memory. He still keeps saying that he is not good at studying?
"Huh?"
"Huh what? There is no money at home, how can he build such a big boat for daily life?" That is equivalent to today's luxury yacht.
"Without money, nothing can be done?"
"Of course. You want to be a hero, not a scoundrel, right?"
Fang Jian said, "I want to be like them, walk into a restaurant, put a silver ingot on the table, and say, 'Waiter, bring us good wine and good food!'"
"Haha! Try a state-owned restaurant."
"I don't want to be beaten. If I dare to call you waiter, they will beat me. Besides, my family's money and food coupons are kept by grandma."
How could she give him the money and food coupons that he could use to call people 'bring us good wine and good food'? In their family, the most intolerable behavior is wasting food.
"Dad——" Fang Jian shouted with some complaints.
He was dreaming of being a hero, traveling around the world, and having no worries about food and clothing. He was suddenly awakened.
"Go home and have a good sleep. There is everything in dreams. Who doesn't want to be Chu Xiangshuai? But in addition to being the son of a wealthy businessman, he also has the skills through hard work and study. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Just remember this sentence."
When he got home, the fire in the house had gone out. The uncle and nephew directly fetched water from the well platform on the ground dam to rinse, and then went into the house.
The well platform was surrounded by a fence, after all, there was a child like Kang Kang at home. This way, they would not fall in directly.
In the afternoon, Yanyan was still here learning how to use a small bucket to fetch water.
The little girl was quite strong, and after learning, she really lifted half a bucket of water. Fang Mingche thought about it and thought that she might have been practicing boxing on sandbags for the past year and a half. It didn't look too difficult to hold half a watermelon before.
Fang Mingche went back to the house quietly and opened the drawer to take a look. The raisins and other food wrapped in newspapers were gone. It seemed that Yanyan took them out to share with her family.
Fang Mingche asked her early the next morning, and she said, "I handed them all over to grandma. Grandma is in charge of the supplies at home."
Fang Mingche laughed, "Then your grandma must be very happy."
The little girl handed the food to the old lady for distribution, so she must be able to eat it for a long time. But fortunately, we just eat for fun and don’t just focus on eating for the owner.
Yanyan smiled, "I secretly packed a portion for my sister, and asked her to share it with my aunt."
This time, it was my aunt and sister who took care of her in every aspect of life. She was very clear.
Fang Mingche smiled and said nothing.
Yuan Shufen had already prepared breakfast and called outside: "Mingche, Yanyan, come out to eat--"
Today, the rice mill's factory buildings have been vacated, and people have been sent to buy machinery and equipment. First, they bought second-hand ones, and the village sent someone who knows about machinery to take a look.
The autumn harvest will be next month, so it must be done before then. Although there is business at other times, the best business is definitely during the autumn harvest. This cannot be delayed.
The village is actually waiting for Fang Mingche and Fang Minghua to invest 1,000 yuan each. Today, the investment of each family was written on the blackboard outside the branch office.
The first place must be the village branch, 3,000 yuan. This is shared by all villagers. Then there is Fang Mingche's family, 1,300 yuan; the third place is Fang Mingfeng's family, 1,000 yuan. Other families only contributed a few dozen or a hundred yuan.
In this way, 15,000 yuan was collected, and dividends will be distributed according to this investment in the future. As for those who work in the rice mill, their wages will definitely be calculated separately.
Fang Mingche took Yanyan and Kangkang to join in the fun, and the secretary told him, "In the early stage, we will recruit 15 workers. I will also serve as the factory director, and the accountant and cashier will be directly from the village. If we give them one more person later, we will have to pay them ten yuan more."
Fang Mingche said, "You have the final say in hiring people, secretary. I have informed my brother and my father and asked them not to interfere."
The secretary nodded. This is much easier to handle. Otherwise, everyone would want to come, because it pays more, has less work, and is close to home. It would be troublesome to place someone in the shareholder's family.
Fang Mingche said, "But I still suggest recruiting people based on their education level. There is also an education level threshold for recruiting in the city. Junior high school graduates or above are best! This way they will be more studious."
The secretary nodded, "People who have studied are more useful. In addition, I plan to use the money you donated to buy some books and books that teach people how to farm and raise fish. People learn from books!"
Fang Mingche agreed with this, "That's totally fine."
The secretary said, "Why don't you do it yourself? You and the tractor driver go to Xinhua Bookstore to pick out books, and then bring them back."
"Okay. Ask the tractor driver to come to me when he's free. I'll be at home in the field."
He was going to teach Fang Jian how to ride a bicycle in the field.
(End of this chapter)
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