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Chapter 781 782. Yue Wenxuan's show of strength to his elder brother
No matter how many shortcomings Yue Lingxuan has, they are still a family. Except for Yue Wenxuan, the whole family is very excited to see each other again after many years of separation.

For Yue Lingxuan, returning home again was a feeling of excitement yet a little strange.

It was only a few years since they last met, but he felt that his whole family had changed a lot. His parents seemed to have aged a lot, and his brothers and sisters had grown into adults, no longer the children he remembered.

Especially since there was a stranger in the house, even though his mother made a special effort to introduce Wen Xiaoqing to him, he still didn't understand why this extremely beautiful girl came to live in their house.

Yue Xuchu and his wife felt pity for their eldest son whom they hadn't seen for many years when they saw how dark and thin he looked.

Compared with the appearance of Yue Wenxuan and Yue Ruoyin when they returned home, Yue Lingxuan did look a little miserable. Just looking at his dark and thin face, you can tell that he must not have enough food in the countryside. His clothes were also full of patches, and I think he must be very tight on money.

After Cong Qiuhui asked about his mother's well-being, she immediately asked a lot of questions. Yue Lingxuan was not impatient at all with his mother's questions. It was a good opportunity for him to confide his sufferings over the years to the whole family.

After listening to his story of suffering, Cong Qiuhui would wipe away tears from time to time. Yue Wenxuan and Yue Ruoyin were a little indifferent. Compared with their lives in the countryside, neither of them felt how hard their eldest brother's life was.

Yue Wenxuan deliberately made trouble, occasionally exclaiming in surprise, and took the opportunity to talk about his life in the countryside for comparison, and expressed envy of his elder brother's experiences. After his comparison, it was inevitable that everyone present was a little distracted.

After being compared to Yue Wenxuan twice in a row, Yue Lingxuan learned his lesson and stopped talking about the difficulties he encountered in the countryside. Instead, he talked about some interesting things in life.

In this way, the atmosphere at home finally became cheerful, and laughter could be heard from time to time.

Finally, the eldest son came home, and of course the whole family had to celebrate. When it was getting dark, Cong Qiuhui started to prepare dinner.

With Yue Wenxuan passive and unhelpful, Cong Qiuhui could not prepare much. Apart from the indispensable bowl of hot soup noodles, she could barely put together four dishes.

Yue Xuchu specially asked Yue Wenxuan to open a bottle of wine, and the family ate and drank together. The atmosphere of Yue Lingxuan's first homecoming was quite harmonious and perfect.

After dinner, Yue Xuchu considered that his eldest son must have been very tired after sitting in the car for several days, so he chatted with him for a while and then urged him to go back to the house to rest.

Lying in his bed, Yue Lingxuan couldn't fall asleep. After Yue Wenxuan returned to the room, the little sleepiness he had already felt disappeared.

"Wenxuan, our own home is still the best. Not only can we have enough food to eat, but we even have meat to eat. It is so happy." Yue Lingxuan said sincerely.

Yue Wenxuan responded casually: "Of course, so many educated youth racked their brains to find ways to return to the city, isn't it because life in the city is good."

"I really envy you for being able to go home so early, eating white flour buns and wearing new clothes. But I have to work in the fields every day in the countryside, working hard every day, not having enough food to eat, and wearing patched clothes.

Look at what I look like now. Compared to you, I am just a beggar.

You went to the countryside later than me, and came back earlier than me. I suffered more than you for several years, and finally came back to the city. You have to compensate me more."

Yue Wenxuan came to the boss's bed, lowered his head and looked into the boss's eyes, just looking at him silently without saying a word.

The boss was a little scared by Yue Wenxuan's gaze, "Wenxuan, why are you looking at me like that?"

"Do you really not know or are you pretending to be confused? You should be compensating me, why do you say it the other way around?"

Yue Wenxuan would not indulge this elder brother. He did not want to listen to his complaints and would not allow him to confuse right and wrong.

Having not seen each other for a few years, he wanted to give his elder brother a small warning so that his elder brother would know how to get along with him in the future.

"What are you saying? Why should I compensate you?" Yue Lingxuan really didn't understand what Yue Wenxuan meant.

"Then let me tell you something. You just came back, and my dad didn't have the chance to tell you that the recruitment quota for you to return to the city was not an opportunity that fell from the sky. It was obtained by me using a huge favor.

Everyone knows how difficult it is to recruit workers back to the city. I, a young educated person who has just returned to the city, have done this for you. Even if you think about it with your heels, you should be able to understand the difficulty. "

Yue Wenxuan lowered his head even lower, his eyes became sharper, "Do you think you should compensate me? I hate ungrateful people the most, you'd better not be that kind of person."

Yue Lingxuan felt that this younger brother was like a stranger. He was no longer the submissive man he used to be. The way he was staring at him made him feel guilty and even a little scared.

"How can you, a young educated person who just returned to the city, have such great abilities? Didn't our father ask someone to help you do this?"

"You know what kind of temper our father has. He doesn't like to socialize with people. Where can we ask for help?"

Yue Wenxuan sighed deliberately, "I used my great favor to get this quota for returning to the city. I had already agreed with someone. A friend wanted to spend 1,500 yuan to exchange it with me. In order to let you return to the city, I could only watch helplessly as I gave up such a large sum of money.

That was fifteen hundred dollars. It hurts my heart just thinking about it now!

In order not to make my parents feel bad, I didn’t dare to tell them. If they knew that the family had lost such a large sum of money, they would be so distressed that they wouldn’t be able to eat for a month.”

"Did you really exchange this recruitment quota for me when I returned to the city? Are you lying to me?" Yue Lingxuan didn't quite believe it.

"Why would I lie to you about such a big thing? If you don't believe me, just ask our dad tomorrow and you'll know."

Seeing Yue Wenxuan's confident look, Yue Lingxuan felt that Yue Wenxuan didn't seem to be lying, and quickly changed his attitude, "If that's the case, big brother should thank you. We are a family and we don't have to talk behind each other's backs. Big brother will remember your friendship in his heart."

"Didn't you just ask me to compensate you? Don't just say thank you. That's too insincere. Just compensate me for the 1,500 yuan I lost.

I know you don't have money now, and I'm not asking you to pay me back right away. We can take it slow. Once you get a job, you can pay me back a little bit every month. If you can pay me back more than ten dollars a month, you'll be able to pay it back in ten years."

Yue Lingxuan would of course not agree, and said righteously: "We haven't gotten married yet. Even if I earn a salary from work, I should give it to our mother. How can I give it to you? You were not like this before. Why do you become so calculative after coming back from the countryside? We are brothers and we are a family. My business is your business, and your business is my business. How can we tell the difference?

"Brother, I really didn't know you had done so much. Now that I know, I can't let you help me for nothing. How about this, when I get a job and earn a salary, I will go to the restaurant and treat you to a meal. Is that okay?"

"Of course not!" Yue Wenxuan refused decisively, "I lost 1,500 yuan for you. This is my own money, not our entire family's money. I definitely can't just let it go like this. Even if you can't pay it back right away, you will have to pay it back sooner or later. You have to acknowledge this debt!"

Of course Yue Lingxuan didn't want to owe such a large foreign debt just after returning to the city. He thought of all kinds of reasons to argue with Yue Wenxuan, but he refused to admit it.

Yue Wenxuan didn't really want to ask his eldest brother for the money, he just couldn't stand his brother complaining about everything, so he could use this as an excuse to control him. As long as the eldest brother couldn't pay back the favor, he couldn't act like a big brother in front of Yue Wenxuan.

Yue Lingxuan is an adult and Yue Wenxuan's elder brother. Of course, he doesn't need Yue Wenxuan to accompany him for the subsequent settlement and work registration. He completed it by himself in two days.

Ever since returning to the city, Yue Lingxuan has always had a smile on his face.

He is so happy!

Not only did he return to the city smoothly, but he also got a job, and it was an enviable job in a food factory. Although he was only a workshop worker and not the office clerk he had always dreamed of, this already made him extremely satisfied.

So many educated youth could not return to the city, and even if they did, it was difficult for them to find a job. Compared with these people, Yue Lingxuan certainly felt that he was very happy.

A few days after Yue Lingxuan came back, the two people who had received recruitment quotas from the Red Star Department Store finally returned to the city one after another.

People of this generation have a very positive attitude towards work. After settling down, no one wants to rest at home and they all can’t wait to go to work.

Yue Wenxuan is quite familiar with the two new employees.

Lu Weidang was only a few months younger than Yue Wenxuan. The two lived in the same housing estate. Although they were not friends, they had interacted with each other.

The same situation is true for Chen Xiaoliang's second sister. When Yue Wenxuan was young, he lived with her in the same courtyard. Yue Wenxuan and Chen Xiaoliang are good friends, so of course they have a lot of contact in life.

Before the two arrived, Yue Wenxuan had already begun to consider what kind of job to assign to them.

After careful consideration, he decided to add a new project.

This new project is mimeographing of materials.

It is already June, and there are still more than four months before the official announcement of the college entrance examination results. By August, rumors will come out.

Now that there are two more employees, Yue Wenxuan feels that he can start some preparations now.

He planned to mimeograph some college entrance examination review materials. These review materials were specially prepared for his younger sister and elder brother for the college entrance examination, and they could also be sold to make money.

When the news of the college entrance examination was officially announced, all candidates who wanted to take the college entrance examination would try every means to collect review materials. However, there were no special college entrance examination review materials in this era, and even the famous "Self-study Series of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry" was still a banned book.

The book was published by Shanghai People's Publishing House and Shanghai Science and Technology Press in 1963, with a total of 17 volumes, namely: four volumes of "Algebra", four volumes of "Physics", four volumes of "Chemistry", two volumes of "Plane Geometry", one volume of "Solid Geometry", one volume of "Plane Analytical Geometry", and one volume of "Trigonometry".

After the announcement of the college entrance examination, many candidates thought of collecting this set of old books, but because the number is extremely limited, only a few people can collect them. Moreover, these are only review materials for mathematics, physics and chemistry. If candidates apply for liberal arts, only mathematics books are useful.

Even if the candidates apply for science subjects, they still have to find ways to collect review materials for Chinese and politics.

Originally, Yue Wenxuan had no intention of using this opportunity to make a fortune. He just wanted to prepare review materials for his elder brother and sister, but the Red Star Department Store had to pay the educated youth salaries, and since he had the ability to do so, it became a matter of convenience.

He had been through this period many times. There were many kinds of relevant college entrance examination review materials stored in the small world, which he could use whenever he wanted. He didn't need to prepare the materials too completely, just about enough would be enough. He also didn't need to print the review materials in a very regular way. Even if he wanted to print them, he couldn't get the official approval.

So a simple mimeograph is suitable.

Although the efficiency is a bit low, there will be no non-compliance, and the profits created will definitely not be small.

In this era, mimeograph machines are very popular and widely used. Schools basically use mimeograph machines to print test papers for students.

To print materials with a mimeograph, the equipment needed is very simple, just two mimeograph machines and appropriate ink and wax paper. A mimeograph is a simple hand-cranked mimeograph device, small and light, and not expensive. However, the printing paper is a problem. Even if the quantity is not large, it is difficult to buy enough.

Fortunately, Yue Wenxuan’s small world stores large quantities of various papers, which can be used directly.

Before the two arrived, Yue Wenxuan had already purchased two mimeograph machines and related equipment in advance, waiting for the two to officially take up their posts.

After the two reported, Yue Wenxuan called everyone together and planned to hold an impromptu meeting.

Lu Weidang and Chen Yuemei are new employees. Yue Wenxuan first asked them to introduce themselves.

Lu Weidang is a very extroverted person who speaks very loudly. At Yue Wenxuan's request, he was the first to stand up and made a brief self-introduction.

Yan Xuejie couldn't possibly tell him about the job exchange. If Lu Weidang knew that his job in the state-owned factory was changed to a small collective unit, he would not be grateful but would only feel more resentful.

Yan Xuejie told him that she had asked Yue Wenxuan to give him a quota for recruitment back to the city. Yue Wenxuan did him such a big favor, and Lu Weidang was of course extremely grateful. He directly and solemnly stated that he would work hard, and if there was any hard work, he would be assigned to him as soon as possible, and he would definitely not hold everyone back.

Lu Weidang's self-introduction and statement received warm applause from everyone, and everyone had a good first impression of him.