Chapter 237 Two in One
Dayong went to the post office to check, and found that the staff there were too busy to take care of anything. They said that there were still many letters that had not been delivered to individuals, and asked him to be patient and wait. They also asked him suspiciously, "Are you so sure that you can pass the exam?"
Because it was his father-in-law who helped him look up the information privately, Ding Dayong couldn't say it out loud. He could only smile and explain that he had over-estimated and felt he had a good chance of success.
The people at the post office didn't take Dayong's words seriously.
Dayong was not the only one who went to the post office to ask. Others had also gone to ask. They were all confident but had not received the notification letter, so they could not wait and came directly to the post office to ask.
So Ding Dayong's behavior doesn't seem that strange.
After waiting for a few more days, Dayong still hadn't received the notification letter.
Ding Guo also felt uneasy.
It's not that she thought badly of the people, but things like pretending to be someone else to go to college are indeed rampant in this day and age.
Ding Guo called Fengning Transport Company. The person who answered the phone asked to call someone. When he called again more than ten minutes later, the other party said that Ding Dayong had taken leave to go to the post office.
I called again in the afternoon and this time I got through to Dayong.
Ding Guo: "Have you received the notice?"
Ding Dayong's somewhat tired voice came through the microphone: "No, today I met several people of my age who also went to the post office to ask about the situation. The post office just told us to go back and wait. I looked at the receipt record, and my name was not on it. One of the people who went with me today said he wanted to see their letter details, and was scolded by the post office staff."
There are record sheets for letters and parcels sent from all over the country. They want to see this, but the post office definitely cannot let outsiders see it.
Ding Guo: "Won't the post office give priority to the delivery of notice letters?"
Ding Dayong: "The post office does arrange for postmen to deliver the notices first, but there are so many letters coming in every day that they say they may have missed some."
Ding Guo had a bad feeling in his heart: "Don't look for it anymore, just wait, even if you don't receive the notice by the start of the school, don't check it again."
Ding Dayong: “Ah?”
Ding Guo took a deep breath and said firmly, "Don't check anymore, don't ask anymore. Maybe he just didn't pass the exam. Go out and do what you need to do. Be obedient!"
Ding Guo wanted to say, "Just pretend that you didn't pass the exam and wait until school starts," but considering the monitoring features of telephones in this era, he temporarily changed his words.
If Dayong's notice was simply forgotten to be delivered, then we just have to wait a few more days; if it was really taken away by someone else and used to replace Dayong's name, if we investigate now, it is inevitable that the other party will destroy the evidence in a desperate attempt to escape guilt. If we catch the person, we will have no evidence to convict him, and we will also lose Dayong's notice.
The procedures for asking the school to make up for the missed period may be more complicated than catching someone when reporting to school.
Ding Dayong didn't understand all these twists and turns for a moment, but he felt that his sister must have a purpose for saying this, so he said, "Okay sister, I'll listen to you." Then he quickly added, "Sister, Ding Xiang was admitted to a university, an agricultural machinery college in Jiangsu Province."
He didn't know whether Ding Jianguo and Ding Jiandang received the admission letters.
Ding Guo said calmly: "Very good."
He went to Su Province to study probably because it was far away from home, Ding Guo guessed.
In the evening, Ding Guo went to the Song family and told Uncle Song and Aunt Wu about his guesses and arrangements.
We are keeping our hands off now and waiting until school starts to arrest the people.
"I hope I'm overthinking it!" Ding Guo sighed.
She came to remind them because she was afraid that Uncle Song and Aunt Wu would be anxious, and Uncle Song would use his connections to investigate again and alert the enemy.
Song Chengli also sighed: "This year, several cases of impersonation have been reported across the country. These are just the ones that have been found out. There are still some that have not been found out. Strictly investigating such bad incidents is also an important task for the Education Bureau in the future. I hope that Dayong's notice is really delayed because the post office was not in a hurry to distribute it."
Song Yuling was worried about Dayong, so she took a bus to Fengning the next day.
She did not check Dayong's letter, but made up a name and unit and went to the post office to inquire. She looked through the registration book at the post office and indeed did not see Dayong's name.
After staying in Fengning for a few days, Dayong sent Song Yuling back to the capital.
Ding Guo is going to suspend his stall business and prepare to go to school to participate in the freshman orientation.
Ding Dayong now knows his sister's plan and cooperates very well.
"I haven't told my parents yet. I want to wait until everything is settled here before telling my hometown." Ding Dayong said.
Dazhu has already returned from his hometown. The child is safe. He thinks that such happy events should be told to the family by his brother himself, so when his parents asked about it, he just said that his brother had not received the notification letter yet.
It’s a good thing I didn’t say it, because if I had said it, my parents would have worried too.
Uncle and Auntie were probably also worried about the news from their eldest son, but if Dayong didn't tell them such news, they would probably think that Dayong had failed the exam again. They didn't dare to ask, for fear of making Dayong sad.
Song Yuling said, "Dayong's letter clearly arrived in Fengning, and there is a receipt here, but there is no record over there. Either someone else claimed it, or it was lost."
Song Yuling used to be a postman. She was familiar with the process and felt that it was possible that the package was lost, but the probability was relatively small.
Thinking of what her father said about people really going to college under false identities, she was more inclined to agree with Ding Guo's guess.
Ding Dayong also brought some individual news with him this time, which was found out by Ding Tao.
"Pan Dingfeng was admitted to the University of Chemical Engineering in the capital. Ding Nianjun will definitely follow him."
Ding Guo said: "It's okay, the city of Sijiu is so big, we may not be able to run into him."
Ding Dayong said: "If the couple came over..."
Then Yue Hongmei would naturally have to come along to help them look after the child.
The more I think about it, the more I feel sorry for my eldest sister. She can't get any help from my biological mother, and she has to be on guard against her biological mother causing trouble.
Ding Guo smiled and said, "Don't care about her son?"
Regardless of whether Ding Jiandang was admitted to university, isn’t there still a Ding Jianshe?
Oh, that's right. Ding Jianshe follows Ding Nianjun's lead. Ding Jianshe should have no objection if the biological mother comes to look after his sister Nianjun's child.
"Don't pay attention to her. If she comes to cause trouble for me, I will find a way to cause trouble for Pan Dingfeng and Ding Nianjun."
If there is no trouble, find a way to create it. In any case, you won't suffer any loss.
Dayong sent his wife here and didn't plan to stay long. He had to go back to work. Since he didn't receive the admission letter, he really treated himself as if he had failed the exam. Naturally, the company couldn't handle any procedures.
Ding Guo called him aside and shared the profits with him.
Dayong was shocked: "Sister, I didn't invest!"
Ding Guo: "The money from the batch of goods you brought back last year is considered your investment. I also took some money from Yuling when I was in the south. After the first batch of goods went out, the money you invested doubled. Besides, Yuling also participated in setting up the stall this summer. I will give you the doubled profit."
Ding Dayong smiled and said, "Sister, don't copy me..." Seeing Ding Guo staring at him, Dayong hurriedly said, "The profit and cost of the goods from the south last year were not high. How much did Yuling invest?"
"One hundred and eighty." Ding Guo didn't mention the money that Yuling took from her to buy things. That money was considered a loan and would be deducted later.
One hundred and eighty is considered an investment.
Ding Dayong smiled helplessly and said, "Then it's not considered a doubled investment. Sister, our models are different. I sell goods along the way, not one by one at a stall. You've been busy all summer, all exposed to the sun... How uncomfortable it must be, and it's hard work. I won't take the doubled profit!"
He wanted to say that his sister was tanned because his wife was tanned, but when he took a closer look, his sister was not tanned at all.
Ding Dayong refused resolutely. After Song Yuling found out, she also came to join in the fun: "I didn't invest that much money in you. I asked you for money when I bought something and got back 100 yuan."
Ding Guo held his forehead with his hand.
Some brothers and sisters quarrel over getting more money, but she quarrels over not getting any money, which can be considered a kind of sweet sorrow.
Dayong said he didn't want to double the investment at all, and the investment in that batch of goods last year was considered unexpected income.
He helped his sister make money before because he remembered his sister's kindness, which changed his life. What's wrong with helping his sister make some money to the best of his ability?
The couple were both very persistent, so Ding Guo had to calculate the money Dayong invested in last year's batch of goods and the subsequent profits, and divide the money among the couple.
The goods that Dayong had taken from here before were sold out, and he paid the bill as soon as he came back.
Ding Guo was handing them out, and Song Yuling was handing them back: "Money for the pants..."
Ding Guo pushed it back to her: "The one to Sister Yulan said I was sending it, so it was sent by me."
The three of them argued for a long time, one was afraid that he had given too little, and the other was afraid that he had asked for too much. Dazhu was watching with great amusement.
After settling the bill, Ding Guo gave Song Yuling and Dazhu a red envelope of fifty yuan each. She didn't mention the money for helping to sell goods and look after the stall, nor did she give more. She was afraid that the two wouldn't want it. Even if she gave more, they probably wouldn't want it. So she had to argue again and said, "Back to school red envelope, take it!"
After that, she said to Dayong, "When your matter is settled, I will give you a red envelope as well."
Dayong was not polite to Ding Guo. He laughed and said, "Sister, please give me a red packet of 66 yuan. I am so unlucky and I urgently need your blessing."
After he said that, Song Yuling and Dazhu had no choice but to take it happily.
This summer, Ding Guo's earnings were not calculated in hundreds.
All electronic watches, including wholesale and retail, have been sold out.
There are not many electronic watches among the goods sold by Mosquito, but the profit margin is high and he still makes a lot of money.
Later, the electronic watches were not restocked, but the bell-bottom pants sold like hot cakes. The shirts selected by Ding Guo were also good, and with the addition of small items like socks and hairbands, I made a lot of money this summer vacation.
Giving out a red envelope of a hundred or eighty yuan is really nothing.
Ding Dayong took the unexpected share and left. After returning, he looked distraught and still only ran short distances and never went on long missions.
When the leaders and colleagues at the factory saw him like this, they thought he was hit hard by failing the exam again, so they took good care of him and assigned him easy work.
Pei Che came back at the weekend and learned about Dayong's situation. He thought about it and said, "Give a heads-up to the Industrial College. If anyone named 'Ding Dayong' from Fengning shows up during registration, he will be detained immediately."
Ding Guo smiled and said, "Uncle Song said he would say hello."
As a father-in-law, I will never let my son-in-law be bullied.
Ding Guo has to arrive at school early because she doesn't have much goods left. Dazhu says he should take her out to continue setting up the stall, but Ding Guo disagrees. She also suggests that Mosquito should stop working early, focus on reading, and prepare for school.
Mosquito ordered the remaining goods. There were not many pants and sweatshirts left, but there were some small items like headbands, wallets, socks and belts.
Ding Guo still has a dozen pairs of bell-bottom pants and seven or eight shirts left, and the rest are small items.
In addition, the two of them still had a total of four tape recorders left.
Mosquito: "Sister, let's put the money in the bag. How about selling the remaining goods to Brother Bao and we can get the funds back. Then we can ask Brother Lu if there is any new goods and then buy more?"
Ding Guo: "We don't need new goods. Next we will do high-quality clothing wholesale. Han Laowu is already our regular customer. Later he also came to us to buy goods from Cui Guang. We can continue to cooperate. Unless they go to the south to find a way themselves."
Han Laowu was the first stall owner to find Ding Guo to wholesale goods, and his business took off this summer.
If Brother Bao doesn't plan to go to the south to buy goods and wholesales from them, then they will be three regular customers.
Even if the above three people are not cooperative, we can talk to other stall owners we met this month. At most, we can sell a small amount to them, and when they make more money, they will increase the quantity themselves.
They act as middlemen and make a profit from the difference.
Although the profit is low, if the sales volume increases, the profit will be very good.
Ding Guo said, "I will write a letter to Comrade Lu later and ask him to ask the local stall owners to send samples to us so that we can select the goods and buy whatever we choose..."
Of course, Lu Wenming’s work was not in vain. Ding Guo gave a bottom price, and the profit that Lu Wenming could cut down on the bottom price belonged to him.
Is it too little?
The profit margin is not large, but if Lu Wenming was a person who only looks at the present, he would not have taken the initiative to offer to help Ding Guo and others ship and find goods, and he would not have taken the initiative to find the manufacturer to inquire about backpacks.
He temporarily helped with the delivery of that batch of goods during the summer vacation. With his meticulous work, Lu Wenming earned more than 40 yuan from that batch of goods, which was higher than a worker's monthly salary.
He doesn't invest, so for now he can only earn some hard-earned money.
Mosquito's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Sister, I'll listen to you."
Ding Guo smiled and said, "Don't tell me yet. I will add another person, but his investment will not be as big as ours."
The money Dayong earned in recent years is not necessarily more than a mosquito.
"Brother Dayong, what's the big deal? If this wholesale business is really going to work, it won't work just with the two of us. We need to recruit not only partners but also helpers."
Mosquito didn't know that although Dayong didn't get the admission letter, he had actually been admitted to the university. He thought that Ding Dayong would continue to drive a car. In the future, if they were to receive and ship goods in large quantities, they would really need help.
But it’s easy to find, because Sister Ding Guo has many younger brothers and sisters-in-law.
"Okay, we'll talk about it later."
Ding Guo took the remaining goods and went with Mosquito to find Brother Leopard.
The two also agreed on the wholesale price.
Ding Guo still didn't show up, so Mosquito went in with his things to negotiate and came out an hour later with the money.
"Brother Bao wanted to get a digital watch, but I told him we were out of stock."
Ding Guo had analyzed the current situation with Mosquito before, so he did not purchase any more electronic watches after shipping that batch.
Although Mosquito also wants to make money, she also has a bottom line and will not take risks.
We may be able to import another batch of electronic watches in a while, but we'll have to wait until they arrive.
After clearing out the inventory, we gathered at Ding Guo's place to have a hotpot meal and have a small celebration.
The next day we had to go to school for a meeting to discuss matters related to welcoming new students.
There are still a few days before the official start of school, but the school must make preparations in advance.
Ding Guo waited until the two children fell asleep, then slipped into the space and drew a map.
I rushed to school the next day and met Qi Guiqin and several other class leaders who had just returned to school the day before, but I didn't see their arts committee member Xu Shuhong.
Not all class leaders from other classes were present either. The deputy monitor of Class 3 and the study committee member of Class 1 were not present.
Not long after the meeting started, the school committee member of Class 1 rushed over panting.
Let's continue the meeting.
The person in charge of the meeting was their department head, Mr. Liu.
Teacher Liu first talked about last year’s new student orientation process, which was not perfect and had many minor problems. This year, the new student orientation work must be improved.
After Teacher Liu finished speaking, he asked the class leaders of each class to express their ideas.
The monitor of Class 3 proposed to organize the old students who remained in the school into small teams, with one team responsible for a department, leading the way and helping with the luggage.
Qi Guiqin said that several thermos bottles should be placed at the registration point to provide convenient drinking water for new students, thus increasing the service items.
The monitor of Class 2 also raised his hand and expressed his opinion, suggesting adding registration points to divert the new students and improve the efficiency of filling out forms and reporting.
The students were very enthusiastic. Ding Guo also took out his own drawings: "I drew a school route map, marking in detail the routes from the school gate to the registration point, from the registration point to the dormitory area, as well as the canteen, library, and classrooms of different departments. In case there is a shortage of staff to welcome new students, new students can take the map to find the registration point and dormitory by themselves, reducing the chance of everyone taking a detour. It just requires the school to approve the paper and borrow the school's printing plate."
Of course, the map she drew included more than just the above. It also recorded the routes around the school, several state-owned restaurants, and several nearby bus stops, as well as the approximate walking routes to the bus stops.
Even the prices of meals in several school cafeterias were written down in detail.
Teacher Liu took the map, nodded in appreciation, and said, "This map is well drawn. The prices of the canteen meals have been slightly adjusted this year. I will make some corrections later. I will ask the school for approval for anything that is needed."
This map can be used not only this year but also next year.
Although the school needs to come up with a sum of money, compared with the funds, Huadu's welcome model will become the school's welcome feature. The honor is not big, but it is there.
Others also gathered around to look, all of them were a little surprised.
I never thought someone would think of drawing a map of the school and writing down the prices of the cafeteria meals on it.
Afterwards, based on everyone’s suggestions, Teacher Liu supplemented the content and precautions of the welcome work.
After the meeting, Ding Guo and his colleagues organized a meeting with the old students who stayed on campus and recruited students who were willing to participate in the welcoming work.
Teacher Liu hurried away with the map drawn by Ding Guo. Soon, the school organized people and started printing maps.
Soon, Ding Guo got a map printed with ink and found that Teacher Liu not only modified and supplemented the part about canteen meals, but also modified and beautified the map and marked the distance between each location and the time required for walking.
Three days before the official reporting date, new students began to arrive at the school one after another.
The preparations were well done, and since there weren't many people here at the moment, everyone was busy and organized.
I became busy the day before the official report.
Someone led a team to several stations to greet us and showed us the route to the school.
With the notification letter, you can get a map and prepare for the journey, so you won’t be at a loss when you arrive at the school gate, which greatly reduces the workload of welcoming new and old students at the school gate.
Ding Guo is very strong and helped with moving things and answered questions along the way.
Apart from feeling a little hot and having a sore throat, Ding Guo had no other problems.
After all, she had iced tea and well water to help replenish her energy.
While Ding Guo was busy, Ding Dayong arrived from the Industrial College.
Industrial College!
Luo Jiefang and his wife, along with their son Luo Xiangqian, carried their luggage and walked to the registration place under the guidance of the senior students.
It was a very hot day and everyone was sweating profusely, but the three of them had especially much sweat on their mouths and clothes.
There were layers of salt stains on the back of the shirt.
Luo Xiangqian held the forged letter of introduction and the notice that would decide his fate in his hands, and he squeezed them so hard that he almost made a hole in them.
Luo Jiefang patted his son's shoulder and reminded him with a smile: "Don't be so nervous."
He looked around again and whispered in his son's ear, "I heard there were several cases this spring... and they are all studying in school smoothly."
Luo Xiangqian swallowed and nodded.
Soon, it was his turn.
I said I wasn't nervous, but in fact my mind was empty at the moment. I could only mechanically follow the person who registered in front of me and handed over the documents he had prepared. I said, "Hello, teacher. My name is... Ding Dayong. Here is my letter of introduction and notice."
The teacher paused as he was about to take the document, his heart skipped a beat, and then he looked up at him calmly: "Ding Dayong, where are you from?"
He lowered his head and pulled the drawer, looking at a half-length photo in the drawer.
The young man in the photo had thick eyebrows, big eyes, a high nose bridge, and very regular facial features. He looked nothing like the person in front of him.
He gently closed the drawer and heard Ding Dayong say, "I am from Fengning."
The teacher nodded, took out a pen and prepared to take notes. Then he seemed to remember something and called to the person next to him, "Teacher Zhang, go ask Captain Li for some jasmine tea. Ahem, my throat is dry after talking all morning."
The person who was helping to take and collect the forms tensed up when he heard the three words "Ding Dayong" and hurriedly stood up and left.
The teacher here held Ding Dayong's admission letter and said to the people in front of him with a smile: "Do you know Huaiyuan County under Fengning? Is it far from there?"
Luo Jiefang came over and said with a smile: "I know, teacher, you also know Huaiyuan County?"
The teacher who received us smiled and said, "I worked in the Red Star Brigade under Huaiyuan County before."
After the college entrance examination was resumed, many teachers were rehabilitated in various places, and everyone talked about it without any reservations and spoke very frankly.
Luo Jiefang laughed and said, "Oh, then, then this also counts as half a fellow villager."
The teacher who received us also laughed and said, "That's right."
From the corner of his eye, he saw Teacher Zhang bringing a few people over. The teacher who was receiving them pretended to take out a form to attract Luo Xiangqian's attention: "Look here, and here, these options are required..."
Luo Jiefang and his wife were also concentrating on the form. They did not notice anything unusual about the reception teacher's behavior. They nodded and told their son: "Thank...thank the teacher and fill it out carefully."
Before he finished speaking, someone next to him suddenly asked, "Who is Ding Dayong?"
The three members of the Luo family turned their heads, were stunned for a moment, and then they all had a bad premonition in their hearts.
Luo Xiangqian was the most impatient and his face turned pale.
Luo Jiefang was a bit shrewd. Although his heart was beating like a drum, he still smiled calmly and said, "My son is Ding Dayong. Comrades, this is..."
The leader said, "Come with us to the security department."
Luo's mother was anxious: "Why? My son came to report here, why did you take us to the security department? We have a letter of introduction and an admission letter, but we can't come to study?"
Seeing this situation, the people queuing behind and next to each other looked over.
The leader laughed and said, "Is this your notice? You are pretending to be someone else and you are so confident. Take him away!"
Luo Xiangqian simply collapsed to the ground.
Just now Luo Jiefang still felt that he could defend himself, but now that he heard that it was an imposter, his legs went weak.
His first thought was: He’s been fooled. That bastard Ding Jianshe has done him wrong!
Ding Jianshe wanted to bring him down so that his father could inherit his position as deputy chief of the Equipment Department.
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