Chapter 95 Returning to the Capital
After Fang Mingche and Lin Yan remarried, they stayed in their hometown for only two days before taking the train to the city. They could set up a tea stall for more than a month when they returned, and they missed Yanyan a lot.
This time, their cousin took on the task of delivering goods to the city and drove them there.
There was enough space in the cab for three people. And the luggage was simple, just clothes for two people to change on the way.
Fang Mingche simply gave the two boxes he brought back to his parents and brother and sister-in-law. He replaced the broken boxes in their rooms. His old boxes were much better than the boxes in his parents' and brother and sister-in-law's rooms.
He would buy a suitcase the next time he came back. He was still thinking about a suitcase with wheels that could be pulled directly.
In fact, Lin Yan had seen it at the Friendship Store before.
But he thought about it and felt it was not realistic to bring it back to his hometown. The road was not flat, how could he pull it?
In the car, he said, "I thought someone would come to my house in the next two days to ask about being a blind migrant in the capital."
He was talking about the young people in the village who also married educated youth.
Unexpectedly, no one came.
The cousin said, "Things are more valuable when you are away from home, and people are worth less when you are away from home! Besides, just because you can stay and earn money to make a living doesn't mean they can do the same. Besides, most of them have found someone else. Now they are just thinking about a few children."
Lin Yan sighed, "It's really not that easy to stay. Mingche also suffered a great loss because he had no household registration and was afraid of being reported, so he could only swallow his anger."
She still feels resentful that Wang Dexian took the credit for Fang Mingche's work.
The cousin said, "That's right. If I hadn't been out all year round and Mingche had gone ahead to explore the way, I wouldn't have dared to leave my hometown rashly. People of peasant origin are attached to their land. Also, nowadays everyone participates in collective labor, and they are all needed by the production team. The production team leader will also watch and not let you run away. Unlike you, you didn't participate in collective labor in the first place."
Fang Mingche thought to himself: In a few years, the household contract responsibility system will no longer be collective labor. By then, production efficiency will increase and there will be a lot of surplus labor. When the special zone develops further, knowing that the wages there are several times or even ten times that of the mainland, more young people will go to the south to work.
The cousin sent them directly to the entrance of the railway station. Seeing that there were two people and one box, he didn't send them into the station.
"Mingche, when your admission letter arrives and the required supporting documents are issued, I will bring them to you."
He knew the public telephone number of Fang Mingche's place. Fang Mingche also told him that he would not move, so he could just call there.
"Okay, I'll pick you up at the railway station then."
This trip to the capital was much easier than the last time. The train whistled and headed north.
It arrived at the station at around four in the afternoon three days later. Fang Mingche carried the suitcase in one hand and held Lin Yan's shoulder with the other hand to prevent her from being squeezed.
Nowadays, unless there are special circumstances, men and women usually don't hug each other in public. Even if they are a couple!
But this is the terminal, everyone has to get off the train, it's crowded.
After getting out, Fang Mingche withdrew his hand.
He said, "Or, take a tricycle directly?"
The back compartment of the tricycle costs one yuan to charter. They arrived with the wind blowing all the way. This is the dog days of summer, it's more comfortable than spending two cents to squeeze on the bus.
Lin Yan nodded, "Okay!"
After three days and three nights on the train, she really didn't want to get on the bus to squeeze again.
The capital's bus routes are still limited now, and every bus is very crowded.
They went directly to the Lin family to pick up Yanyan. Moreover, the marriage certificate must be shown to the parents-in-law.
These days, you must have a certificate to work.
Lin's father and mother received a call before. Lin's mother even bought some extra vegetables, both meat and vegetables.
Lin Yi also invited his girlfriend Han Mei to come home. This was the first time Fang Mingche had seen his future sister-in-law in his life.
When Fang Mingche and Lin Yan entered the house, Yanyan was sitting under the eaves licking the candy man that Han Mei brought.
Han Mei said enthusiastically, "Sister and brother-in-law are back!"
Knowing that they were going back to remarry, they would move out today.
Moreover, although the two of them were setting up stalls, they could make money. I heard that the house was bought by their family.
Although they still owed 2,000, it looked like they would be able to pay it off soon.
People admire the strong, and if the sister and brother-in-law are strong, then Lin Yi can also benefit from it. So the attitudes of the two people can be described as completely different from their previous lives.
And I heard that both of them did well in the college entrance examination this time.
Now it is almost the end of July, and the college entrance examination scores are about to come out.
Fang Mingche and Lin Yan responded, and then said, "Xiao Han is here."
But Yanyan saw her parents, snorted and turned her eyes away.
Lin Yi smiled and said, "Knowing that your parents will be back today, they sat here early to wait. Why are you so rude now?"
From this position, you can see the person who comes in first.
Lin's mother also said, "There is hot water in the pot, you can get some water to wash your face."
Fang Mingche smiled and called "Mom and Dad", and then presented some local specialties prepared by Fang's father and mother.
Mother Lin took it with a smile, "Your parents are too polite!"
Lin Yan reached out and patted Yan Yan's head. She took out the towels for both of them, and then went to the washbasin rack to get a washbasin to go to the kitchen to get hot water.
Fang Mingche came in with a suitcase and put it directly in Lin Yan's room.
"Mingche, come out and wash your face."
With the marriage certificate, Lin Yan can live there legitimately tonight.
After dinner, Lin Yi pushed out the bicycle and prepared to send Han Mei home.
He said, "Brother-in-law, there are black cars in the capital now. They are more expensive than tricycles, but they are more stylish to sit on. And tricycles are only available at the railway station. There is a person in our alley who drives a black car for the boss. Do you want to take a ride? If you do, I'll call him when I go out. He's back for dinner now."
There must be more capable people in the capital. Even if private car purchases are not allowed now, there are ways to buy a car and register it with certain units, and then hire someone to drive it.
Fang Mingche thought it was quite convenient. He nodded, "We will probably pack in a quarter of an hour. You can ask someone to come over in a quarter of an hour."
Ah Yan didn't buy much in the past six months, and most of them were placed in the small side yard. She would just load the clothes and other things up in a while.
"Okay!"
Yan Yan was now willing to pay attention to her parents who had abandoned her. She excitedly asked her uncle, "Is it that turtle car?"
Because the shape of a sedan is a bit like a turtle, some people call it that now.
She also heard people in the slum call it that.
She had seen it a few times. People in the slum mentioned people who could ride in this car with envy.
Lin Yi said, "Yes, that one. Our Yan Yan can ride it tonight. However, that's called a sedan, a Shanghai-brand sedan. It's so expensive! I heard that a new one costs twenty-five thousand."
Mother Lin took a breath of cold air, twenty-five thousand! It's an astronomical figure.
Father Lin said, "Is it expensive to take a ride in that car?"
"I guess it's two yuan to go to Tiananmen Square."
(End of this chapter)
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