Chapter 211 Meddlesomeness
Lin Yan and Xie Ping were talking inside, while Fang Mingche and Gao Xiang simply walked out of the compound and toward the river. The house rented by the Gao family was too small, and it was easy to bump into people when turning around.
"Old Gao, you have saved enough money, right? When can you buy a bigger house for yourself? Is the child really going to sleep with his aunt in the future? But what about the initial stage of feeding at night?" Fang Mingche said.
His Fang Chang also lived with Xiao Min after he was weaned from breast milk. Otherwise, it would be inconvenient at all.
Gao Xiang said, "She is still living with her sister-in-law, and Xiao Ping is about to drive her sister back."
Didn't he just stumble in front of his sister-in-law, and he subconsciously reached out to help her up. Otherwise, watching her fall flat on her face in front of him? Even an unrelated outsider wouldn't do that.
Fang Mingche said nothing more, and took out a cigarette and gave it to Gao Xiang. If he were to say, the couple shouldn't have asked their sister-in-law to come in the first place. This identity is too sensitive! One bad thing is the current development.
Of course, Xie Ting is also not pure-minded. Drinking water does not think of the well digger!
In comparison, Xiao Min is much better. She works hard and does not have this or that little thought. Especially after planning for her that Changchang will study in the Yuhong class in two years, she will stay and either work in a travel agency or take the college entrance examination.
Gao Xiang and Xie Ping should have made it clear to Xie Ting long ago that they would introduce her to a date in the capital and try to arrange a job for her. Or send her to school.
Alas, it won’t work! Changchang can go to the Yuhong class at the age of three, but Aunt Gao has a chronic disease and needs to be taken care of all the time.
The situation similar to Xie Ting is not Xiao Min, but Yingzi who is taking care of her uncle in the United States.
That family also did not arrange a good future for Yingzi. It was arranged that she would marry an employee of their own small supermarket who is twice her age in the future to help win over the people below. It would be strange if Yingzi did not resist such an arrangement.
She could tolerate her biased parents for many years, but once she went to a place where they couldn't reach her, they immediately changed their attitude and refused to send
a penny back. Can she still be polite to her uncle and aunt? During the summer vacation, they asked me to bring back 900 dollars. I haven't heard anything about them in the past two months. Even Lingzi didn't send money back.
Oh, by the way, Lao Zhou used RMB to exchange daggers for her from Boss Cui, me, and her uncle, and asked her to take them to the United States. She brought 1,000 dollars at that time.
Fang Mingche touched his chin. Could it be that he also calculated the appreciation of the daggers this year, so he gave his parents 900 dollars? He always thought that Lingzi could only give 100 dollars, so Yingzi gave 900 dollars. The two sisters made up a whole number!
That Yingzi girl is really interesting!
Fang Mingche didn't say much about Gao Xiang's family affairs, but just accompanied him to smoke a cigarette.
"You still have to resolve this matter as soon as possible, after all, your wife is in the early stages of pregnancy."
Gao Xiang nodded, "My mother said that Xiaoting takes good care of her, even more attentively than Xiaoping. And if you really rush back, the girl's second half of life will be ruined. Their family will definitely use her in exchange for a betrothal gift."
Fang Mingche didn't say anything, but he felt that Gao Xiang was a bit indecisive. With a wife, that's your sister-in-law! Unless you want your sister-in-law to replace you.
If that's the case, his evaluation of Gao Xiang will be much lower.
As for Aunt Gao, she is also confused. She just wants to be comfortable for herself, and doesn't think about whether Xie Ting can still serve you as a living ancestor if she really gets promoted?
If she can really take care of you peacefully for a lifetime, why would she do these things? Xie Ping is pregnant, this is the top priority.
As for what will happen to Xie Ting if she goes back, it's her own fault!
After returning, Fang Mingche learned that Lin Yan also analyzed the scene of brother-in-law hugging sister-in-law for Xie Ping, and he was speechless. I told you not to alienate your relatives and meddle in other people's sisters' affairs.
He rolled his eyes at Lin Yan, "Yan Yan knows not to get involved in places where there are disputes."
It's okay to meddle in your own family's affairs, but you also meddle in your bestie's family's affairs! Later, the family reconciles and you will be the target of anger. Everything is instigated by you!
Lin Yan raised her hand and slapped her mouth, "I was just thinking about comforting the pregnant woman at that time. I must be careful in my words and deeds in the future."
She went into the room and said she was going to see if Changchang was asleep. As a result, she saw her little son lying on the small bed in a thick autumn coat and farted. He also reached his hand above his buttocks and grabbed a handful and put it in front of his nose.
The room is heated and maintained at 18 degrees. You won't catch a cold if you wear it like this. The desktop air conditioner that my family bought at a high price has really become a decoration.
Fang Chang and Fang Min sleep in the same room, but they sleep in their own beds. At this moment, Fang Min also looked at Changchang speechlessly. But thinking about the fact that he was still insisting on sharing the toilet with her and Aunt Jiu, this reaction was normal.
Lin Yan said, "Do you still want to distinguish the taste?"
Chang Chang chuckled. They had eaten roasted sweet potatoes at their grandparents' house before. The eldest brother, eldest sister, second sister, elder sister and he all ate them. Well, Sister Min also ate them. Everyone farted!
"Okay, go to bed quickly." Lin Yan stuffed him into the quilt. Then she asked Fang Min, "Has he been excited for a while?"
Fang Min nodded. She was also preparing to wait for Chang Chang to get over his excitement and put him to bed. Otherwise, he would fall asleep.
Fang Chang lay down, was patted by his mother, and soon closed his eyes.
Lin Yan went to see Yan Yan again. Yan Yan was wearing winter pajamas and reading comics under the bedside lamp. It was only a little after eight o'clock, and she could go to bed in half an hour.
"Hold it farther away, be careful not to become nearsighted. Are you reading "Doraemon" again?"
This was something that Wu Mingju's family brought back to Yan Yan on their way back from visiting relatives in Tokyo.
There is also a videotape. When it was taken out to play, Changchang also leaned over to watch it with great interest. It turned out that the language in it was Japanese. But it didn't matter, he watched it as well. Anyway, he just wanted to join in the fun.
Yanyan nodded, "It would be great if I had a Doraemon."
She really likes it so much! For this reason, she even asked her mother to knit a blue sweater for her brother with a big white pocket on the belly. She hugged her brother as if he were a Doraemon doll, and they loved each other very much.
Lin Yan touched Yanyan's head, "Your dad said that if you know where there is right and wrong, don't get close to it."
Yanyan said, "It's not good! Just stand far away to watch the fun."
Lin Yan was embarrassed. In this respect, she was indeed not as good as a child.
The next day, Fang Mingche asked, "Do we have enough money on hand for 68,000?"
"Pay in advance?"
"It's only half a month. If there is any, just give it to them."
Lin Yan nodded, "Okay, I'll transfer the money to a voucher in the afternoon. Then make an appointment with the other party."
If you don't pay it back this year, you will have to pay interest next year. If something goes wrong next year and it can't be replaced in time, you have to pay them 10% of the travel agency's shares.
The travel agency now has a net profit of more than 50,000 a month. How much is the value of 10% of the shares! Obviously, all possibilities must be eliminated.
Lin Yan got up, opened the locked bedside table, and took out several deposit slips. Their personal money is almost 70,000. The travel agency only gets 800 a month, which is a lot of surplus for daily use. The scrap yard and the vegetable stall also made more than 60,000.
Today, Zhu Dahai and Hu Yong called them over, mainly talking about the negotiation with Qi Shun.
Qi Shun talked to them while taking a one-by-one approach. He also used personal favors and connections to communicate with them privately. They had increased the price by one cent before, but Qi Shun was still losing money, just less.
He still didn't want to withdraw from the competition, nor did he want to be a second-tier supplier. But in order to get out of the current situation as soon as possible, he wanted to join in. Share his place of purchase and market with them.
After all, they were hindered by some risks and they really couldn't kill him completely. Why not make money together, even if they acquired Qi Shun's vegetable stall.
Zhu Dahai and Hu Yong thought that this ending was also okay. Of course, Qi Shun's share ratio must be lower than theirs. In addition, Qi Shun also asked them to mediate and was willing to give 2% of the shares to compensate Lin Yan.
Fang Mingche and Lin Yan finally agreed to this plan. After seven months of commotion, the influence of the private vegetable stall has almost expanded.
In the end, it was roughly decided that Lin Yan would hold 20%, Zhu Dahai would hold 18%, Hu Yong and the other four would each hold 13.5%, and Qi Shun would hold 8%. We are going to merge and make money together from New Year's Day. We will buy another tractor for transportation + mobile stall.
This ending was a happy ending for everyone. The price of vegetables was also going to increase by one cent from New Year's Day. This would only be about two cents lower than the market price.
But the seven shareholders could make tens of thousands of yuan a month. If they become bigger in the future, they could make another cent.
Lin Yan was still grumbling last night. In fact, it was about the same as when she first started, 2,000 a month. It was just that she didn't have to worry about it anymore and just had to wait for the dividends.
But Hu Yong and his team did make a lot more money. And with Fang Mingche around, they felt that all the relationships were straightened out. He had indeed established an image of being resourceful over the past two or three years. By partnering with him, they also felt that they had someone to rely on when things got tough.
This matter was finally settled.
The calendar passed one page after another, and soon it was New Year's Day. The two branches of the Fang family had hot pot in the small side courtyard of the courtyard at noon to celebrate New Year's Day.
Fang Mingfa and others celebrated the holiday with Han Ping and Fang Mingcheng's families.
When Fang's father saw them coming, he asked about the half balance of the courtyard.
Lin Yan said, "Dad, I paid it a few days ago. Now this courtyard is 100% ours."
Fang's father nodded, that's good. Over the past year, the house itself has increased by nearly 20,000! This profit is almost the same as the income from running a homestay + a small department store. After all, the homestay has only been open for seven and a half months.
Fang Mingche said, "Dad, the inflation this year is about a dozen points, and it's actually not much."
Fang's father said, "I've lived here for free for a year, and it's good to be able to increase a little."
Buying a house is indeed a good deal!
"Then after calculating it this way, your personal debt is still left."
Lin Yan said, "There are still 120,000 including principal and interest."
Fang's father frowned, it's still a lot. But looking at the profit of the courtyard, there is no need to worry too much. What's more,
the majority of the money is from the travel agency, and that business is booming.
He didn't ask about the travel agency's New Year's Day dividends, and he didn't care about that. As long as they can pay off their debts on time, it's fine.
He took out today's "People's Daily", "Look at this!"
Fang Mingche and Lin Yan took it and looked at it. Today is January 1, 1982. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued Document No. 1.
Fang Mingche knew what it was about as soon as he saw the title. Yes, I have forgotten this important matter!
This document affirms that various forms of production responsibility systems, such as contracting output to households and contracting work to households, are emerging in rural areas of China. They are all production responsibility systems of the socialist collective economy. Since then, the great creation of Chinese farmers, contracting output to households and contracting work to households (later called the household contract responsibility system), has been widely promoted.
Lin Yan said: "That's good now. The branch secretary can also get rid of a worry. This is truly legalizing the big contract responsibility system."
In the past three years, from Xiaogang Village in Fengyang, Anhui to the scattered early division of land and individual work in various places, they were all against the wind! The state just didn't mention it in black or white to wait and see. Today, this is definitely set.
Father Fang nodded, "That's right. Ever since we divided the land in advance, I've actually been feeling uneasy. If it weren't for two consecutive years of bumper harvests, I would have felt even more uneasy. Now, it's finally said that this is also the production responsibility system of the socialist collective economy. I feel relieved!"
He paused, "Isn't it like this now? Let people do it first, and then when it's good, a formal document is issued to affirm it."
Fang Mingche nodded, "So it's reform and opening up, crossing the river by feeling the stones."
Before the document was issued, those who tried it in advance were warriors! They all tested the law with their own bodies! Those who mentioned going into the sea to test the waters were one of them.
Father Fang nodded, it seemed that his youngest son would really not become a capitalist. The travel agency made too much money! The twelve commercial vehicles alone were worth 420,000.
But in fact, the travel agency did not plan to distribute dividends on New Year's Day. Although there are 200,000 or 300,000 yuan in the account, the two branches owe the bank a debt of more than 200,000 yuan, and they have mortgaged six commercial vehicles. With the interest, it is more than 200,000 yuan.
Recently, Fang Mingche and Wang Dexian are concerned about whether they can buy the old foreign-style building in Shanghai. The Wang family is the one who is promoting this matter. If they can't buy the one they are renting now, then the one nearby will also be fine. At this rate of increase, it is definitely more cost-effective to buy it.
Otherwise, on the one hand, they have to bear the rising housing prices caused by inflation (especially for courtyard houses and old foreign-style buildings, which are scarce origins), and on the other hand, they have to bear high rents.
Fang Mingche had no place to focus on this matter, so he handed it over to the Wang family. The Wang family can get more than 200,000 yuan from the travel agency every year, and they have also solved so many jobs for military and martyr families. They have both fame and fortune!
So for such a matter, he naturally felt at ease and handed it over to the Wang family.
The courtyard is very quiet today. The first office is on holiday, and there are very few guests staying outside during the holidays. Basically, only their small side yard had noise and smoke.
It was not difficult to cook hot pot. Just prepare the pot bottom and wash and cut various meat and vegetable dishes.
Fang's mother, Lin Yan, Fang Min, and Fang Fang were fully capable of handling the work. Fang Jian went to help out at the noodle shop. Mingfa was given a day off for the holiday. The three of them would come together later when they had a day off.
Fang Jian also asked his father, "I work for my father-in-law and he gives me one dollar a day. Dad, will you give me one?"
Fang Minghua scolded him, "You're asking me for money. Don't you have to pay for your food, clothes, housing, and tuition?"
"Today is a holiday!"
"From now on, everything in this family and my parents will be yours. You're the eldest son!"
Fang Jian thought about it and thought it was a good deal! He went there happily.
"Dad, won't Changchang be very rich in the future?"
Fang Minghua said, "Why wait until the future? Yanyan and Changchang have plenty of pocket money now."
The old man didn't have much family wealth. Everything the second son has now was earned by himself after he went to the capital. The family was separated before that! And the second son's family wealth will belong to Changchang in the future.
They have family planning, so they will definitely not have more children! After all, both of them are party members, and they are ready to accept assigned jobs after graduating from university.
Judging from this trend, the second son will become richer and richer! Changchang is really destined to be rich!
Fang Mingche was standing by the well to draw water. The well water was 15 degrees, and it was warm enough to wash vegetables. There was no need to let it out of the faucet and then heat it up.
Yanyan and Kangkang each pulled Fang Chang on one side to prevent him from getting too close and jumping into the well. He was too short, and in order to see clearly, he almost lay on the well platform.
Fang Mingche pulled the well rope and shook it a few times. When the bucket was three-quarters full of water, he turned the windlass to pull it up. Then pour it into the empty bucket next to him. Do
this three times and you have a load of water. He picked it up and said, "You three, follow me. You are not allowed to stay by the well."
They all went to work, and he had to take care of the three kids. Although Yanyan and Kangkang felt that they were no longer little kids.
"Oh." The three of them were dressed very solidly and followed Fang Mingche to the kitchen.
Fang Minghua and the others had returned at 11 o'clock, and Yuan Shufen hurried to the kitchen to help.
Lin Yan said, "Fang Fang, you go and take a rest."
The little girl had been helping to wash vegetables with an apron on. She was only two and a half years older than Yanyan.
Fang's mother also said, "Yes, you go and take a rest."
A few days ago, when she made a homemade down jacket for Fang Fang, Fang Fang was really flattered. From childhood to adulthood, what good things in the family would she get?
She knew that washing and drying this down was very troublesome.
Fang's mother said, "Take it, so that you won't think of me as your grandmother treating you badly in the future. It's not enough for the adults, but only for you."
She stuffed it directly into Fang Fang's arms.
According to Fang's mother's previous style, even if it was not enough to make a piece of clothing for adults, she would definitely make a waistcoat for the eldest son. It was not Fang Fang's turn.
But now that she is indeed rich in material things, she is more generous to her granddaughter.
At this moment, Fang Fang is wearing a down jacket made by her grandmother, and the well water is indeed not cold. Dad will bring in two buckets in a while so that she can change it at any time. Otherwise, if it is left open like this, the well water will soon become room temperature.
The bottom of the pot is waiting for Yuan Shufen to come back and fry it. Her cooking skills are indeed the best in the family. Now this cooking skill has become the key to making money for the family, and she is also proud of her husband and wife relationship. She looks full of confidence.
Their noodle shop now has about 120 to 150 bowls of noodles a day. Because of various promotions, the monthly net profit is 300. This is excluding the monthly salary of 24 yuan for helping Mingfa Wangchang for two hours. And the 40 yuan wages for the couple. The couple was naturally very satisfied.
At this moment, Fang Mingche carried two more buckets of water in, followed by three dwarfs. Yanyan and Kangkang still sandwiched Changchang in the middle.
Listening to the eldest brother of the firewood picking team talking to the old man about Capital Residence, it was not as difficult as he thought at the beginning. He smiled and said nothing.
Fang's father said: "Boss, don't be arrogant after just making money for more than a month. You are doing well. Will the rent increase next year? If the increase is reasonable, it's fine. If it increases too much, we will definitely not accept it. In addition, what if they directly drive you out and you continue to open a noodle shop?" Fang
Minghua said with embarrassment: "Then, then you have to buy a storefront?"
He really thought it didn't seem that difficult. He could afford the high price of 600 for the children to go to school. He was going to pay back last year's tuition to his brother. It's okay for uncles and aunts to buy things for nephews and nieces, but they still have to pay the high tuition fees themselves. So that they don't have to say decades later that it was their father who paid for them.
In addition, he also wants to ask Lin Yan to buy a down jacket for him and Yuan Shufen. It seems to be warmer than a cotton-padded jacket.
"Yeah, keep an eye on it. It's better to have the original storefront, otherwise it should be where you can see it with the naked eye. About 20 square meters, the price of a storefront is twice that of a house, so prepare about 4,000. Now, do you still think it's easy to live in the capital?"
Fang Mingche put down the bucket and said, "It's pretty good to be able to buy a storefront of about 20 square meters after working for a year. That's the intersection of the alley. Moreover, the key is to have storefronts circulating in the market. People who are not in urgent need of money will definitely keep them to collect rent. The rent and the money to buy a storefront will increase every year."
Yuan Shufen had just told Lin Yan about buying a down jacket, but now she was a little hesitant.
Lin Yan said, "Sister-in-law, it's time to wear it. Don't save this money! If there is a storefront for sale this year, we will lend it to you to buy it first. Otherwise, the price will go up again. You see, we still owe 120,000 yuan for buying this courtyard house."
She was very happy to see that the eldest house was doing well and didn't need support. This way everyone can get along with each other comfortably. As long as the eldest house can be independent. It doesn't matter if it is not as rich as the second house, it can still hold its head high. People don't seek to be noble!
Father Fang said, "Well, what A Yan said makes sense. It's also because you all caught up with a good time. When we were young, how could we dare to think about doing business to make a fortune? Those are the tails of capitalism and must be cut off! Okay, prepare the dishes."
Eating hot pot is the most comfortable in winter. Especially today, there are not many customers, and the employees are basically on vacation, so Father Fang didn't light the ground dragon. That really wastes charcoal and labor!
In the afternoon, Fang Mingche's family drove to Lin Yan's house to celebrate the festival. They had mutton soup pot. Lin's mother and Han Mei had done all the preparations, so Fang Mingche and Lin Yan didn't have to do anything.
For the festival, Lin Yan gave each of the two elders 20 yuan for the festival. Han Mei also took 20 yuan each, and the same for her own parents. With a high income, it's really fun to spend money!
Lin Yi felt a little uncomfortable. He didn't pay a penny for the 80 yuan.
Yanyan had a good relationship with him, and seeing that he was a little depressed, she said, "Uncle, what's wrong with you?"
"Yanyan, uncle is so poor!" Yanyan
thought so too. However, the truth hurts, so she chose to remain silent.
Changchang didn't know what was going on, and repeated loudly, "So poor!"
Everyone looked over, and Lin's mother smiled and said, "You kid are still poor? Do you think your pocket money is too little? Come, grandma will give you--"
The wealth of her daughter and son-in-law is probably already scary. From now on, it will all belong to this kid.
Changchang came over immediately after hearing that grandma was giving out lucky money. He walked slowly because he was wearing a lot of clothes. But he walked very steadily.
He walked up to grandma, stood up and bowed, then raised his hands flat, "Grandma, make a fortune!"
Lin Yan looked at Yanyan, there were still more than 20 days before the New Year. Are you going to teach him how to pay New Year's greetings and ask for lucky money?
Yanyan smiled awkwardly, she just had a sudden impulse yesterday. Besides, it wasn't that her brother asked for pocket money whenever he saw someone. It was grandma herself who said she wanted to give pocket money.
Having said that, Mother Lin smiled and took out two five-yuan bills from her pocket, one for each grandson and granddaughter. As an old person, she has a lot of money on her hands and is willing to spend money.
"Grandma doesn't make any money, you just need to make money."
Yanyan quickly took it with both hands, "Thank you grandma. Grandma is in good health and everything goes well."
Mother Lin looked at Lin Yi and Han Mei, "Is grandma happy? I want to give out more pocket money, but I can't find anyone to claim it."
Han Mei said, "Mom, didn't we agree? Let's talk about it in two years."
After a while, Lin Yi, Han Mei, and Fang Min accompanied Yanyan and Changchang to play outside, and Fang Mingche accompanied his father-in-law to talk.
Mother Lin said to Lin Yan, "I can't feel at ease as long as she refuses to have a baby. Is she still thinking about saving a lot of money in a few years and then dumping Lin Yi?"
Lin Yan was scolded by Fang Mingche a few days ago, saying that she was meddling in other people's business and was not as good as Yanyan.
At this moment, he said firmly: "Mingche and I have said and done what we should say and do about this matter. Dad is right, Lin Yi is an adult, and he has to learn to bear some consequences himself. Internal factors play a decisive role! Mom, if you don't urge Lin Yi to make progress, it will not play a fundamental role if you only focus on external factors."
Mingche said that day that if he had known that Lin Yi was so stubborn, he would not have said some things to him. As a brother-in-law, some things he said were risky. In the end, his brother-in-law didn't take it seriously at all. It's better that he didn't take it seriously. At least he was told not to spread it.
Lin's mother said: "You are the elder sister, how can you not care?"
"You don't have to say anything about this matter, I will definitely not care." Can
she still use her status as the boss's wife to put pressure on her brother's wife and let Han Mei give birth to a baby quickly to comfort her mother?
Lin's mother said, "Look at you, you got Han Mei to work in the travel agency and earn such a high salary, which made her look down on Lin Yi. Now she's half-brained and you just give up."
Lin Yan's face sank, "Can I still take care of him for the rest of his life, including his son and grandson?"
"You are the elder sister, and you have good conditions."
Lin Yan walked out directly, "Dad, my mom said that I must take care of Lin Yi for the rest of his life. Is that right? If so, our family will leave immediately and we won't dare to come again."
Lin's father looked at Lin's mother, "It's a big holiday, what are you doing?"
Lin Yan said, "Whether Lin Yi and Han Mei have children or not, you elders have no right to control it. Is it appropriate for me to take care of it? As a married woman, it is really inconvenient for me to interfere in too many things in my mother's family."
Lin's father said to Lin's mother, "Go and see how the soup base is cooking in the kitchen."
(End of this chapter)
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