Chapter 182 Buying a Siheyuan
It was December 9th in a blink of an eye, and a celebration party was held in the school auditorium at 6 pm. Lin Yan brought Yanyan, Qin Hua and Changchang to Beijing Normal University.
In the afternoon, Fang Mingche drove his own car. He parked it in the yard of the previous residential house and just paid. This way, the payment was made and it was very worry-free.
There was no way, Yanyan and Yanyan both wanted to come and see. Originally, I wanted to leave Changchang at home, but I don’t know if the seven-month-old little guy noticed it. Anyway, he held his sister’s arm and wouldn’t let go.
Thinking that there was a car, I took everyone who wanted to come. Qin Hua liked to watch this kind of show, and Fang Mingche and Yanyan also followed Wang Dexian to the military area to watch the show last time, so she was brought along.
If the little guy couldn’t stay for a while, he would go back to his father’s dormitory. Everyone in the dormitory was not there, some came to watch the performance, and some went out to play by themselves.
The school auditorium certainly couldn’t accommodate so many people from the whole school, and most of the students didn’t want to watch it. Lao Cheng, Xiao Xu and others helped to occupy two more seats.
At this moment, Fang Mingche and Zheng Xing went backstage to put on makeup. Old Cheng and the others were enthusiastically teasing the chubby Fang Chang.
Lin Yan must have dressed Fang Chang very warmly when going out at this time of year. But because there were many people in the auditorium, a lot of carbon dioxide was exhaled, so it was warm. So she unbuttoned his coat.
He was not shy, and when someone reached out to hug him, he would raise his hand in response. Sitting on someone's lap, he was not uncomfortable at all.
However, she was worried that the auditorium would be too noisy, especially when singing and dancing began. So Lin Yan stuffed cotton in both of his ears.
Xiao Xu said: "Such a big fat boy is hugged, and he doesn't make noise. It's just deceiving people to want to have children!"
Old Cheng said: "If you want to have a baby now, you can only wait until you graduate from college."
Nowadays, not only female college students cannot get married and have children while they are in school, but male college students cannot get married either. Even if they have reached the legal age for marriage.
Xiao Xu smiled and said, "That's true. But Old Cheng, you will avoid the danger of becoming a grandfather in two years while you are still in school."
Lin Yan laughed. She met Old Cheng's children during the Chinese New Year. The eldest son will take the college entrance examination next year.
Even Yan Yan couldn't help but look at Uncle Cheng. Fang Mingche invited the Cheng family of four to dinner during the Chinese New Year, and she naturally met the Cheng family's brothers and sisters. They are so big!
Qin Hua was even more shocked. It's really unbelievable that a college student can become a grandfather.
Old Cheng said, "When I was in the war preparation stage, the country called on female comrades to become heroic mothers. As for now, since the country advocates late marriage and late childbirth, my children will definitely respond to the call."
He is not yet 40, and he is really not in a hurry to become a grandfather.
The English Department's chorus draw was drawn earlier, and it was the third turn. Fortunately, little Fang Chang sat on his mother's lap and could stay.
As for Yan Yan, she sat in the position between her mother and sister Qin Hua. Just like watching a movie, there was no obstruction to the view from the gap in the middle to the stage.
The chorus team was all standing, and Fang Mingche came out as the last one with an accordion on his back, which was quite cool. Yanyan pointed to her brother and said, "Look, Dad is on stage--"
Lin Yan handed Fang Chang to Qin Hua to hold, and took out a camera from her bag to take a picture of Fang Mingche on the stage.
The song that Fang Mingche and his chorus sang was "Yellow River Cantata": The wind is roaring, the horses are neighing, the Yellow River is roaring, the Yellow River is roaring,
etc. After the chorus, everyone bowed and left. Fang Mingche was the first to leave, and he quickly put on his military coat when he arrived backstage.
There were limited places backstage, so he put it on and left.
Lin Yan asked Yanyan and Qin Hua in the audience, "Are you still watching?"
Yanyan and Qin Hua looked at each other and said, "Let's watch."
Lin Yan asked Lao Cheng and Xiao Xu to look after them, and she left through the side door holding Fang Chang. This is a free viewing. The seats were full, but there were also people coming in and out. The seat vacated by Lin Yan was immediately occupied.
Old Cheng motioned for Yan Yan to sit between him and Qin Hua, so that they wouldn't have to sit next to strangers. And they wouldn't have to take up a small space for strangers.
Fang Chang looked back at his sister, looking a little puzzled. He wanted to raise his hand to call her, but he was wearing too many clothes and couldn't lift his arm.
Lin Yan said, "Let's go back first. Sister wants to continue watching. You should drink NeiNei in a while."
As she spoke, she buttoned his coat, put on gloves, and pulled down the brim of his hat to cover his ears.
When she went out, she saw Fang Mingche waiting outside, and handed her son to him. She was also carrying a backpack with the kid's supplies and camera in it.
Fang Mingche took his son, "Yan Yan and Qin Hua are still watching?"
"Yeah, they are both active in literature and art."
The two of them walked towards the dormitory with their son in their arms. When they met acquaintances on the way, they stopped to say hello. Fang Chang looked at them happily.
"Oh, Xiao Fang, your son's smile is so beautiful, it brightens my heart!"
Fang Mingche smiled and said, "At this moment, he must be eating, sleeping and having fun!"
After walking back to the dormitory building, Fang Mingche said hello to the dormitory administrator and went upstairs with his wife and children.
Boys who want to enter the girls' dormitory are more strictly controlled. Girls entering the boys' dormitory are usually allowed as long as they explain the situation clearly. They are a couple with a son who is more than half a year old, and the old man waved his hand and let them in.
Almost everyone in the school knows that Fang Mingche is married and has children, and he is no exception. There is an event in the school today, and it is normal for family members to join in the fun. As expected,
there is no one else in the dormitory. Lin Yan first spread her son's diaper on Fang Mingche's bed, and then let him lie on it to check the diaper. If it is wet or dirty, change it quickly.
When it is done, let the little guy sit on his father's bed. Lin Yan directly stood up Fang Mingche's quilt and let Fang Chang sit against it.
The little guy looked at the sheets and pillows that were the same everywhere, tried to raise his little hands to touch them, and then whimpered.
Fang Mingche was rinsing his bottle, "It will be ready soon, don't cry!"
Lin Yan said, "No, he saw that he was going to bed, so he thought he had to take off his outer clothes and pants. Don't we all have to punch before going to bed?"
"Oh, so you thought it was time to sleep. Drink NeiNei first, and then we can go to sleep."
He fed the prepared NeiNei to his mouth, and Fang Chang took the pacifier and began to suck. After he finished eating, he asked to take off his coat again. Fang Mingche took it off for him, then opened the quilt and surrounded him from behind.
Fang Chang saw that his arms were exposed in the sweater, so he was not dissatisfied. He waved his arms and punched.
When Yanyan and Qinhua were brought back more than an hour later, his brother had fallen asleep. Dad and Mom sat close to the bed and were talking in a low voice.
Lao Cheng knocked on the door before entering, and then opened it with the key. Fang Mingche rolled his eyes at him. What else could he do on such a small bed in the dormitory?
Qin Hua looked around the university boys' dormitory curiously.
Lin Yan opened two cans of sugar water with a bottle opener and gave them to her and Yanyan.
"Thank you, Teacher Lin."
Qin Hua watched the show for almost two hours and was indeed a little thirsty at this moment. He and Yanyan each took one and started eating with a fork.
"Don't be so polite. Old Cheng, Xiao Xu, do you want to eat?"
She bought this when she passed by the canteen downstairs. Soak it in hot water for a while, it won't freeze you.
Old Cheng and Xiao Xu waved their hands. This kind of canned sugar water is only liked by women and children. They would rather pour themselves boiled water.
Qin Hua ate a few pieces of fruit pulp and drank a few sips of sugar water. "Brother Fang, it seems very interesting for you to go to college. I just walked all the way here and saw the canteen and the cinema."
The things in the canteen are quite rich, not worse than the supply and marketing cooperative near the slum.
Fang Mingche said: "The larger university campus is equivalent to a small town. Medical care, food, housing, transportation, everything is complete here, and life is very convenient. Some people say that if you want to live in seclusion, live in seclusion in the university. This is the best place to live in seclusion."
Therefore, he planned to strive to stay in school to study for a master's degree and a doctorate, and stay in school to teach. Unfortunately, because of fighting, he could not take the route of recommendation, so he could only take the exam by himself.
After Yanyan and Qinhua finished eating the canned sugar water, Fang Mingche also rinsed the bottles for them, poured the freshly boiled water that he had just made in the evening and held them. This way they were warmer.
Then he took his son away with the quilt, and would bring the quilt back tomorrow. Lin Yan, still carrying her backpack, took the two children and said goodbye to Lao Cheng and Xiao Xu.
Walking out of the side door of the school, it was the family where they parked the car. It was not yet nine o'clock when they got the car and drove back.
Because Fang Chang fell asleep, Fang Mingche drove slowly all the way.
He casually asked Yanyan and Qinhua in the second row, "What do you think of our show?"
Lin Yan also sat behind the driver's seat holding her son, and did not let anyone sit in the dangerous passenger seat.
Yanyan said, "Not bad, but it seems that the overall performance is not as good as the military district's performance."
"Of course, the art troupe is professional. But we are better than the old man's chorus at the front, no, the old leaders' chorus should be okay, right?"
Qin Hua laughed. She heard some of the old leaders singing out of tune that night.
Yanyan nodded, "Better than them."
Lin Yan said, "You two can sit still and come back only after the show is over."
"Yeah."
When they arrived at the small side courtyard, Fang Mingche watched his wife and children go in and turned on the light. Then he sent Qin Hua back to the next door and handed her to her father in the next courtyard.
When he came back, Fang Min had prepared water for Lin Yan and Yanyan to soak their feet.
"Uncle Jiu, are you soaking your feet now?"
"I'll wait a while, don't worry about it. Can you understand the lessons in the night school?"
Fang Min said, "Some of them are not clear, Aunt Jiu or Teacher Gao explained them to us."
Fang Mingche went back to the main room. The TV in the west room was still on.
Fang Mingcheng walked to the main room with him. The room where they lived was playing TV, and many neighbors lifted stools to watch. He came to the wing room to read English materials.
Fang Mingche said, "Do you want to be stationed abroad?"
Otherwise, just being a driver, knowing some basic terms is enough.
"Yes, Brother Jiu, I want to go. After working there for two years, the money I save will be enough to buy a house in Tuanjiehu Community."
Fang Mingche looked at the west room. Han Ping seemed to be watching TV every night. But he was originally looking after the big bowl tea stall, so there was no room for improvement.
But if he is determined to continue to make progress, he will definitely give him a chance. Opportunities only favor those who are prepared. Don't say later that you are taking special care of Mingcheng because he is a cousin who is not out of the fifth mourning period.
Well, it is better to remind him later.
"Okay, then you should practice well. Even if it is not your turn this time, when the people stationed abroad have been stationed for two years, they will always be replaced."
Qiu Yin from the English group has been there for half a year and flew back to renew his visa two days ago. Fei Ming has also been there for more than four months, and now he is left alone to look after the store in London.
And Wu Mingju from the Japanese group has also come back to renew his visa. Qin Tian can delay for more than two months, and then he can come back to celebrate the New Year.
However, in fact, the money saved for a year when stationed abroad is enough to buy a house in Tuanjiehu Community. After all, in addition to the basic salary of 800-850, there is also a commission. The better the business of intangible cultural heritage products, the higher the commission will be.
Fang Mingcheng smiled, "Yeah."
When Qiu Yin and Wu Mingju came back this time, Fang Mingche asked them to take a break. The intangible cultural heritage product business in Tokyo and London was really good before, and more and more customers were brought back. Later, everyone will meet at the company for a meeting to discuss the next expansion plan.
The Wang family quite agrees with Fang Mingche's expansion plan. The current situation is indeed that if we don't seize the market, we will not have the competitive strength in the later stage.
Grandpa Wang even asked in person, "When the Shanghai branch is opened, can we accept a few martyrs' families to work?" It's better
to teach people how to fish than to give them fish. For those families who are in difficulty, just sending money is not a long-term solution.
Fang Mingche can only reply "select the best" and send two to the travel agency in the capital for internship first. Otherwise, he even accepted Qin Tian, so is it reasonable not to accept the martyrs' brothers and sisters? Isn't that a problem with his position?
However, he was also worried that those people would take this as a benefit and not work as hard as Qin Tian. In that case, it would be difficult to lead the team.
Now, the people have arrived. A man and a woman, both about 17 or 18 years old, graduated from junior high school. According to Lingzi and Hanmei, they are quite obedient and hardworking. They are currently living in Wang's house, and will rent a house on their own when they are stable.
When Mr. Wang heard that Fang Mingche was determined (as Wang Dexian described) to buy a larger courtyard house, he thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask Secretary Liu to ask for him. Is he planning to provide accommodation for out-of-town employees?"
Otherwise, there are only so many people in his family, and his parents and nephews and nieces are also arranged in a small side courtyard. Why does he need to buy a big courtyard? It costs 20,000 or 30,000 yuan to enter
the courtyard. Isn't it good to save some money? Wang Dexian said, "He said that the Overseas Chinese Apartment is a bit crowded, and he plans to move his office there. It is indeed crowded. My desk is occupied, and I can only sit on the sofa when I go there."
Let Secretary Liu come forward to ask, that would be much easier. The old man has more connections than him, so he is naturally more informed!
Old Master Wang raised his eyebrows, "Oh, you bought it with the money in the travel agency account, how much is it?"
"The latest figure is a little over 30,000. However, he plans to buy it privately and rent it to the travel agency. He told me that he is optimistic about the investment value of the courtyard house, and it has indeed increased a lot this year."
Old Master Wang said, "It's really profitable. Okay, if he wants to buy it himself, then let him buy it. How big does he want to buy it?"
"He said the bigger the better. At most, he can rent half of it to others. The big yard is probably to provide accommodation for out-of-town employees. Didn't the three retired soldier drivers also live in the Overseas Chinese Apartment? People from his hometown also live in the small side yard."
"Okay, I got it."
The veteran is indeed worth two. On the anniversary of the Xi'an Incident, Wang Dexian said to Fang Mingche, "It's about a 15-minute walk from the small side courtyard. There is a yard with a size of two acres and three courtyards. Do you want it? It's just not well preserved and needs to be cleaned up. But if it wasn't so well preserved, it would probably be very popular."
Fang Mingche's eyes lit up, "How much?"
"The price is 140,000, foreign currency preferred! They also said that this price is because it is not well preserved."
"Take me to see it, and we'll talk about it after I see it."
"Okay, drive there. It's windy and frosty to ride a bicycle."
Fang Mingche said, "Can't we walk there? It's only 15 minutes away, just right for testing. What are we two grown men afraid of? We'll get hot after walking for a while."
"Okay, okay."
Fang Mingche looked at his watch and walked there with Wang Dexian.
On the way, they passed Tiananmen Square, which was pretty good. This means that they are not walking out, and the house is also within the second ring road. Only in this area can they dare to ask for such a high price.
140,000, this is basically an astronomical figure for Chinese people today. Basically, only overseas Chinese and foreigners can afford it.
Fang Mingche was thinking about how he could get the 140,000 yuan.
On the 15th, he received another 2,000 yuan in dividends, and he had 24,000 yuan in his personal account. If all the money from the travel agency was distributed, he could get 23,000 yuan. But this still left him more than 80,000 yuan short!
Unless he mortgaged all three commercial vehicles. No, no, he definitely couldn't do that. This would be like mortgaging his entire fortune on the courtyard house. Oh, and there was also a commercial vehicle from the Wang family.
The Wang family would definitely not agree to him doing that. Even if he bought the house, got the certificate and immediately mortgaged it to the bank, it wouldn't work. Even he couldn't play so big. What if the funding chain was broken?
The two of them did walk there in 15 minutes. Fang Mingche had even been to this area before by bike.
"No, wasn't this a slum before? I think I passed by here last year."
Wang Dexian said, "Yes, it was turned into a slum by people living there. It was not until the end of last year that it was vacated and returned to the descendants. When their grandchildren came back and saw it, they thought it was still their ancestral home. It would cost a lot of money to repair it. They didn't grow up here, so they don't have any feelings for it. That's why they wanted to sell it."
Fang Mingche said, "140,000 is definitely not enough, at least not in one lump sum."
After going in, they saw that the layout had been completely changed, and there were many illegal buildings that were built illegally. However, this house should have been pretty good before.
Well, if it wasn't for this situation, it wouldn't be my turn to buy it.
There are now 200 households living in Prince Gong's Mansion, and they haven't vacated it yet. So this yard should be able to be cleaned up, Prince Gong's Mansion is now even more ruined than this.
Wang Dexian asked, "You like it?"
Fang Mingche said, "But this price is not right."
Wang Dexian looked around and said, "I don't think it's right either. Otherwise, you wait a little longer? Maybe one day there will be another courtyard you want with clear property rights and well-preserved."
"Forget it, this kind of courtyard is hard to come by. And now the value of the courtyard house has gradually become known to people, and the price has been rising rapidly. This courtyard covers an area of two acres and is quite close to Tiananmen Square. It is estimated that it was originally the residence of dignitaries. It is so convenient to go to court from here! And there is only one house title, which is also sold by the only descendant of that family. The property rights are not clear. But we have to bargain!"
Fang Mingche drove Lin Yan and Yanyan over to take a look. They had no objection and let him make the decision.
After all, the family's money was basically earned by him, and he had said long ago that he liked and wanted a courtyard house. It would not be a waste to buy it, hire someone to clean it up, and then rent it to a travel agency.
In the end, the two sides sat down to talk through the middleman and finally reached a price of 136,000. But it has to be paid in two installments. First, 68,000 yuan, and the rest will be paid within a year.
The seller agreed. The main reason is that the house was badly damaged, and the total price is so high that it is really difficult to find other buyers.
The 68,000 yuan was taken out in this way. Fang Mingche took out all the 24,000 yuan in his personal savings account. Then before New Year's Day, the travel agency distributed another 21,000 yuan in dividends, and 14,000 yuan was received here. (In this way, there was only 10,000 yuan left in the account.)
The grandparents and grandchildren of the Wang family received 7,000 yuan (5250+1750) and saved it. Mr. Wang also joked: This year we can have a good year!
Although there is a suspicion of tax avoidance by distributing dividends before collecting personal income tax, there is indeed a reason: the partners are in a hurry to buy a courtyard house! This is also reasonable.
Then the travel agency mortgaged a commercial vehicle and lent the borrowed 30,000 yuan to Fang Mingche. The interest generated during the period was paid by him personally.
Well, from the first day he saw this dilapidated courtyard house, Fang Mingche asked Gao Xiang to go through the mortgage loan procedures. The process was proceeding at full speed.
Both parties agreed to go through the transfer procedures after the New Year's Day holiday. Wang Dexian asked an acquaintance at the bank to urge them to pay the money on January 2.
On December 31, the accounts had to be closed and all the money from that year had to be collected. But the new financial year would begin on New Year's Day, and the bank could lend money out again.
Fang Mingche felt relieved after this matter was finalized. On the afternoon of December 24, he called a meeting of the travel agency leaders and above, saying that he wanted to talk about the plan for the coming year.
The nine people who attended the meeting were Qiu Yin, Ning An'an, Wu Mingju, Cui Yingqi, Zhou Ling, Gao Xiang, Lin Yan, Wang Dexian, and Fang Mingche. Han Mei attended the meeting and took notes.
Fang Mingche was the last one to enter the meeting room. He looked around and said, "Women really hold up half the sky."
He asked Lingzi to hang up the world map and the map of China, so that it would be easier to explain.
Sure enough, when they heard his plan to open a travel agency in Shanghai next year covering the five provinces of East China and to open overseas offices in the United States and France, everyone looked at the map and understood his intentions at once.
"It is most convenient to open a store in Paris. Because London, where Qiu Yin is, is only two hours away from Paris by train. Moreover, she has already looked at the store and the house for rent. When opening a store overseas, the capital is mainly the down payment for the first batch of goods. We have the endorsement of the Ministry of Culture, and the credit rating of payments in the past six months has been very good. Therefore, only the down payment is needed. The down payment for opening a store is about 20,000 yuan. When Qiu Yin goes there this time, she will take care of the opening of a store in Paris first."
The house was transferred to him on January 2. The remaining 66,000 was written as an IOU, with his shares in the travel agency as collateral. There is no interest if it is paid off within one year. If it is paid off within two years, the second year will be calculated at three times the loan interest rate. If it cannot be paid off within two years, 10% of the travel agency shares will belong to the other party.
Therefore, after getting the house certificate on January 2, Fang Mingche prepared to let Gao Xiang use it to help him mortgage the bank. It must not affect the normal operation of the travel agency.
When the money arrives, if necessary, we will first pay the travel agency 20,000 yuan so that Qiu Yin can open the Paris store. We will try to open a store in New York in the second half of the year.
As for the branch in Shanghai, we will consider opening it after the New Year. Because the cost of opening a travel agency is higher, a business car costs 35,000 yuan. There is no place to rent a car for them in Shanghai.
However, Fang Mingche will take Xiao Hu to inspect it during the winter vacation.
For the Paris store, Xiao Shen, the driver team leader, will go there as the person in charge, and bring a newcomer with good performance. Xiao Hu will be the driver team leader of the Shanghai branch. The branch president has not been decided yet, and will be recruited from outside.
As for the driver team leader in the capital, Xiao Jin will be the leader. These three retired soldiers have been here since the store opened, and they have always performed well. Xiao Shen is the most outstanding. He worked overtime during the Chinese New Year last year. And he is really capable. So let him go abroad and be the person in charge directly.
So the problem now is that there is a lack of start-up funds for the Shanghai branch in terms of finance, and a lack of a branch president in terms of personnel.
Fang Mingche felt a little regretful. The state cadres' unpaid leave of absence would not start until 1983. Otherwise, there would be many more excellent talents to choose from.
Now the branch president is more difficult to get than the money.
"Think about it carefully. Do you know any acquaintances who can take on this responsibility? They must be college students, or have worked as deputy battalion-level or commune leaders."
Wang Dexian raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you going directly to the deputy section level?" He is at the same level as him.
"Yes, you can get commissions from the entire Shanghai Travel Agency, and the requirements must be relatively high. If you introduce someone, you can ask for a monthly income of around 500."
The team leader level is around 300, and the branch president, and it is a Shanghai branch, will have 500.
"If such a person does a good job, I'm afraid he won't want to come." Wang Dexian said. However, a monthly income of 500 is indeed very tempting.
"Wait and see, if it doesn't work, I'll ask my cousin to take over first. Maybe someone below can quickly emerge." Brother Mingfeng should be no problem. Besides, he doesn't have to attend classes like me, so he can go away.
Alas, it's hard to find talented people. Especially in the Fang family, there are almost no people who can be picked out to help.
Gao Xiang said, "Are you in such a hurry to expand the points in East China?"
"Yes, time is running out. One in the south and one in the north, let's expand first. Besides, most of our tourists go to East China."
East China is actually the so-called Jiangnan. Kangxi and Qianlong both went to Jiangnan six times. There is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. And Shanghai has been an international metropolis for decades.
That night was Christmas Eve, and Fang Mingche was invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to attend a reception dance at the Beijing Hotel. The travel agency has submitted a good amount of foreign exchange in the past year, and has always had friendly interactions with the Beijing Hotel. In addition, selling intangible cultural heritage products has also brought fame and fortune to the Ministry of Culture.
He will go with Lin Yan. Wang Dexian will also go, but he will go as a child of the big courtyard. Tonight, there will be many children of the big courtyards there, especially those who can speak English, and foreign friends also need someone to entertain.
Among the children of the compound, Lao Wang's foreign language level is outstanding.
Yang Mei can't go because of overtime, so Fang Mingche asked him to take Qiu Yin with him.
As for the other people in the travel agency, Gao Xiang will lead the team to have fun in a western restaurant at public expense. It's a reward for everyone's hard work this year. Well, the director and deputy director of the scrap yard will also go.
At such a special time, it is definitely not enough to just watch a movie internally. Movies are shown once a week, and everyone has watched more than 50 movies in the conference room.
Lingzi is the one who will be responsible for paying the bill. She asked, "Can we bring family members?"
The others also looked over immediately. Everyone is concentrated between 20 and 30 years old, and many have families.
Fang Mingche said, "You can pay for it yourself."
Forget it, eating western food is too expensive. Who would be willing to do it if it is not at public expense?
Yanyan can also go with us tonight, she is very happy. Teacher Qiu mentioned to her the Christmas dinner at the Beijing Hotel hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, saying that it is of high quality.
When they went to the Children's Palace to pick her up, she told her parents, "My piano teacher is going to play the piano at a western restaurant tonight."
"The hourly wage will probably not be low." Usually, it's OK to play a recording. But tonight, it's probably going to be a live performance.
Yanyan said, "I think she's very happy. She also told us to practice hard, and there will be opportunities in the future."
Fang Mingche said, "It's good to earn back some tuition fees." Learning piano really costs a lot of money.
Lin Yan was busy taking care of the clothes for the family of three. Yanyan was dressed in a retro winter skirt, with a mid-length bright red space suit on the outside.
As for her and Fang Mingche, they simply wore the work clothes of the travel agency: a black woolen Zhongshan suit with a military coat on the outside. They each had a military coat. Fang Mingche asked a former student who joined the army to get one for him. Lin Yan's was the new one issued by Wang Dezhi last year, and he specifically asked for her size.
They issue it every two years, and his previous one is still wearable.
That night, they did not drive their own small truck. It was Wang Dexian who drove Grandpa Wang's military jeep to pick them and Qiu Yin.
Qiu Yin was also wearing work clothes, otherwise she actually bought a few good clothes abroad. She was attending the banquet tonight as a professional woman.
Qiu Yin had been away for more than half a year, and Teacher Qiu and Grandma Qiu must have missed her very much. So Fang Mingche asked her to stay after Christmas before going out.
Well, her personal problem was solved. She is now dating the son of her father's old friend, who is a Chinese citizen of the UK.
When Grandma Qiu mentioned this before, she consoled herself: "After all, he is Chinese. It is much easier for me to accept than to find a foreigner coming back."
As for what to do after the one and a half years of overseas stationing, Grandma Qiu said it was up to them.
Now everyone got in the car, and Wang Dexian joked: "The buffet at the Beijing Hotel is delicious. Yanyan, did you eat less at noon?"
He was wearing a suit inside today. Usually I wear a Zhongshan suit to work, and it is fine to wear a suit for this occasion tonight.
Yanyan said: "I will feel anxious if I don't eat enough. So, I still eat as much as usual. But it doesn't matter, I'm starving again."
The winter skirt that her mother knitted for her has ruffles at the waist, so it won't expose her belly. She won't have to be so taboo later.
(End of this chapter)
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