Mixed in 1980

Chapter 7 Reverse Operation
Li Hongbing laughed and rolled his eyes: "Since I started riding a tricycle, no one in the yard has come to my house to drink. This is your first time, too. What do you think?"

Chen Fan was disappointed. It was true.

In fact, Li Hongbing's family was well-off when he was a child. They ran a pickle workshop and had a large courtyard house. They later moved into the slum.

More than ten years ago, all his family members fled to Hong Kong, and he was the only one who stayed behind.

Who dares to approach this?

Retracting his thoughts, Chen Fan coughed lightly: "My sister and niece are back and will stay for a few days. I was thinking of coming to your place to disturb you for a few days."

"What's my problem? The room next door has been empty. I'll find a rag to wipe the bed, put down the bedroll and move in."

"So straightforward?" Chen Fan was surprised.

"Before, if someone wanted to rent my house, they would have their eyes on it. If they really wanted to move in and refused to leave, I would have no choice. Now that everything has changed, I am not afraid of anything."

Chen Fan thought so too.

Li Hongbing was a lonely man and the son of a capitalist. In those days, he could only swallow his losses and could not stand up.

"It's just you, kid. If it's anyone else, forget it. They're all so funny. They're just thinking about how to trick me. They're so wicked."

Li Hongbing was also angry. Back then, so many people called him Camel Xiangzi, but only Guan Yuemei brought Chen Fan to apologize.

As for the others, let alone an apology, it would be good enough if they didn't curse at them a bit.

Li Hongbing remembers it all.

In the past two years, many educated youth have returned to the city, and there are several of them in his yard. They all want to rent his house, but Li Hongbing doesn't even look at them. What good thing could he be thinking?

Chen Fan is different. He apologized that year.

After returning from the countryside, they all called him Brother Bingzi, gave him cigarettes when they met him, and chatted with him, unlike other people who all called him Brother Banerye.

The reason why I agreed to let Chen Fan stay was because of my insights after reading the book Camel Xiangzi.

In the early days, Camel Xiangzi believed that his abilities and efforts were enough to realize his dream, but a series of unfortunate things happened, including the robbery of his car, the extortion of his money, and the death of Tiger Girl. He began to feel the hardship and helplessness of being alone.

After finishing reading the book, Li Hongbing began to imitate Camel Xiangzi in the later part of the book, taking the initiative to communicate with his peers, and gradually made friends.

But he could never get enthusiastic about the people in the yard. For a long time, people here had been eyeing his house.

"Touch one more."

Chen Fan picked up the cup, drank it all, and then changed the subject: "Brother Bingzi, have you heard from your family? They've all changed, maybe we can get in touch with them."

"I haven't heard from you for more than ten years. How can I keep in touch with you?"

Li Hongbing drank it all in one gulp, took another puff of cigarette, and sighed, "I used to want to know their news even in my dreams, but slowly I got used to it."

Chen Fan poured him the wine and teased, "If you can get in touch with Hong Kong, you'll be rich. Do you know how much workers in Hong Kong earn a month?"

"How many?"

"This number." Chen Fan raised his hand.

"five hundred?"

"What a joke! Five hundred Hong Kong dollars is not enough to rent a house in Hong Kong. It costs three to five thousand Hong Kong dollars."

"No way?" Li Hongbing asked in surprise.

"You'll find out if you ask around. In our alley, many families have relatives in Hong Kong. It's really easy to make money there."

The two chatted about Hong Kong until after eight o'clock. Chen Fan was drunk and didn't dare to drink anymore. He went back to get his bedding and went to bed early.

The next day, it was early in the morning again.

Chen Fan had already started running in the alley, turned a few corners and arrived at Beihai Park. As usual, when his body felt slightly warm, he found a place to read.

When passing by Courtyard No. 45 on his way back, Chen Fan stopped again, gave a cigarette to the security guard, and chatted with him for a while before going home.

We will become familiar with each other after a few more chats, and the long-legged people in the yard will wait for you.

"Brother-in-law, you're here so early?"

When I arrived at the Central Courtyard, the first person I saw was Zhang Yunze. He was tall and strong, and very sturdy.

Chen Fan quite likes this brother-in-law. He is honest and family-oriented. He is obedient to his elder sister and is also very good to his family.

When he was bankrupt and in trouble in his previous life, his brother-in-law helped him a lot, and he still remembers this favor.

"I just came here for a while. You went out so early in the morning?"

"Let's go run for a while in Beihai Park."

Chen Fan stretched his muscles. The exercise during this period was indeed effective. He felt much more light-hearted than when he was just reborn.

I'll go find an old Chinese doctor to treat me and I'll recover slowly.

Chen Fan took out a cigarette and handed one to his brother-in-law: "Did my sister tell you? Nannan will be left here from now on. Our mother will take care of her, so you guys should relax a little."

Zhang Yunze took out a match and lit a cigarette: "I just said that I am troubling our mother."

"We are all family, there is nothing to worry about."

Chen Fan also lit up his cigarette, took a puff and then said, "Leave Nannan here, my sister can also free up her hands, you two can find a job to make a living and move out."

Seeing that his brother-in-law wanted to talk, Chen Fan said bluntly: "In your house, my sister does all the laundry, mopping, and cooking. Including your brother's and sister-in-law's, and your younger brother's and sister-in-law's clothes, they are all washed by my sister, right?"

Zhang Yunze blushed and nodded in shame.

Chen Fan took a long puff of his cigarette and said bluntly, "It's done. You still have to pay rent and living expenses to your family. Is that true?" Zhang Yunze lowered his head and picked his toes awkwardly. It was embarrassing to talk about this.

But at home...

"Brother-in-law, I don't mean to blame you."

Chen Fan flicked the ash off his cigarette and sighed, "Before, I had to take care of Nannan because my sister couldn't work. There was nothing I could do about it, but from now on, you have to have a plan."

"Okay, stop making things difficult for your brother-in-law."

Chen Min came over and glared at his brother: "We'll rent a house and find a job later. It will be better than before."

"Any ideas?"

"I can't find a job, so I thought it would be nice to set up a stall. Let your brother-in-law go to the countryside to collect peanuts, sweet potatoes, etc., and I'll go out and set up the stall."

Chen Min said this and looked at her husband.

Zhang Yunze nodded and said, "I mentioned it before. I have been doing odd jobs for a while and got to know a few people from the surrounding villages. So I have a way to buy goods."

Since he had a plan, Chen Fan didn't say anything more.

Setting up street stalls is also a good idea. Business tycoons such as Liu Lenovo, Ma Huabei, and Liu Baitiao all set up street stalls in the 1980s and completed their primitive accumulation by setting up street stalls.

Chen Fan didn't come up with any ideas. The current business environment was still lacking in some aspects. It would be enough to just make some agricultural and sideline products. At least there would be no risks.

If you really want to do business, you have to wait until the end of the year.

The capital will not officially announce it until the end of the year, allowing self-employed individuals to engage in business activities such as catering and small commodity trading, so that many things will have a legal basis.

After thinking for a while, Chen Fan went back to his room and counted out three hundred yuan from his royalties: "You need money to go to the countryside to collect goods, and you also need to buy a tricycle to set up a stall. Take these for now."

Zhang Yunze refused: "No, we have been in the countryside for so many years, and we have saved some money."

Chen Fan laughed and said teasingly, "You think I've never been to the countryside. How much money can I earn from work points? Besides, I have a child to raise. Take it for now and pay me back when you make money."

"Keep it."

Chen Min accepted it directly and there was no need to be polite to his younger brother.

"Brother Bingzi, I was thinking of you."

Chen Fan was sharp-eyed and saw Li Hongbing coming out: "I want to ask you something. Where can I buy a second-hand tricycle? Do you know anyone here?"

Li Hongbing gave Chen Fan a strange look and said, "You guys plan to ride a tricycle with me?"

"I plan to get a tricycle and set up a stall."

"You're just kidding me. It just so happens that I have a colleague who is getting old and doesn't want to do this anymore. He plans to sell his tricycle. The condition of the tricycle is pretty good. Do you want to go take a look?"

"Can you please take my brother-in-law with you?"

Chen Fan turned around and said to Zhang Yunze, "Brother-in-law, this is Li Hongbing. Brother Bingzi, go and take a look with Brother Bingzi, and buy it if it suits you."

"Brother Bingzi, thank you for your help."

"It's just a small matter, let's go."

Watching the two people leave, Chen Fan felt weird. There's an old saying that goes, "If you persuade others to start a business, God will strike you with lightning." So, does this count as being struck by lightning?

Zhang Yunze is very efficient. When he comes back in the evening, in addition to the tricycle, he also brings a sweet potato oven made from a gasoline barrel.

Obviously, this matter has been figured out long ago.

It was just time to get off work. As soon as the sweet potato roasting stove made of a gasoline barrel came into the yard, not only the idle aunts, but also the young girls and wives came over to see the curio.

"Yuemei, your Xiaofan is going to set up a stall?"

Someone asked, and seeing Zhou Shuhua and Zhou Xiaoying, mother and daughter, were there, Guan Yuemei rolled her eyes and said deliberately, "Of course not, they are all busy."

If it were in the past, she would definitely not be ashamed to mention it.

She doesn't care now. Her son is a writer and his articles have been published in People's Literature. Let you talk about it. Once it is published, it is unknown who will be slapped in the face.

You guys are such a chatterbox, always mentioning my son whenever you have the chance. He can't find a job but he doesn't eat a single grain of rice from your family, so why should you worry about anything else?

"Yuemei, what are you thinking? It would be better to let Lao Chen retire and let Xiaofan take over. Lao Chen has skills and can support the family by doing odd jobs."

Zhou Shuhua coughed lightly and joked, "Xiao Fan is already 18 years old. In a few years, he will be old enough to get married. How can he find a partner when he is a self-employed person?"

"The rat's mouth is so sharp (cheap)!"

Guan Yuemei cursed inwardly, and then she kept smiling when she remembered her son's instructions: "There's nothing I can do about it. I'll be a self-employed person now, so I can find a partner in the future."

At this point, he sighed and said, "In the past, when people were looking for a partner, they talked about whether the family background was suitable for them. Now, when looking for a partner, we also need to look at whether the job is suitable for them. Don't you agree?"

Guan Yuemei's voice was so loud that both the older girls and the younger wives looked over.

Guan Yuemei also pointed at Zhou Xiaoying specifically: "Take your Xiaoying for example. She is a music teacher now. How respectable she is. You should also find a respectable person when you are looking for a partner in the future."

"Absolutely."

Zhou Shuhua was surprised that Guan Yuemei was quite sensible and knew that her son was not worthy of her daughter.

"That's the truth."

Zhou Xiaoying was also listening, and Guan Yuemei became excited as she spoke: "For example, if a college student wants to marry a wife, he must marry a college student. If he is a writer, he must marry someone who understands literature. Only the couple can communicate with each other. This is called job matching."

Then he sighed again: "There is nothing we can do about Xiaofan in our family. He is a self-employed person, so he must marry a self-employed person in the future. The couple will go out to set up a stall together. That's what we call a good match."

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