Back to 1979: Sending the Educated Youth’s Wife Back to the City

Chapter 106: Cleaning up the wasteland

Fang Mingche had always known that it was impossible for him to collect the transfer fee of the big bowl tea stall. So at this moment, he was not too disappointed. It was good enough to know Lao Song and Wang Dexian among this group of people.

As agreed, he continued to teach these people simple spoken English while doing his last month of business.

Over in the small side courtyard, Lin Yan and the others were also ready to set off.

Yanyan was carrying a plastic water bottle and wearing a sun hat. She said reluctantly, "Mom, I want to ride in your car."

She was arranged to ride the tricycle ridden by Zhu Dahai.

Lin Yan said softly, "If I give you a ride, it will slow everyone down. It's too far! If we don't leave now, the sun will be out. Otherwise, why don't you stay home and go to Aunt Song's or Teacher Gao's house for lunch later?"

"No." Yanyan shook her head.

"Then take Uncle Zhu's car." Zhu Dahai loaded ten pieces of honeycomb coal and a small stove, as well as a cooking pot, a pot, a shovel, a bucket, a shoulder pole, bowls and chopsticks, etc.

In addition, there are five kilograms of rice, meat and vegetables, as well as mustard tuber, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

I definitely won't be back for lunch. It's too expensive for so many people to go out to eat, so I'll take it home and cook it myself. And in the countryside, it's not certain if there are restaurants.

When business was at its best, Fang Mingche bought four small stoves. Now three are more than enough, and the extra can be taken to the scrap yard. The stove over there is not ready to use, so let's use the small stove first.

Well, we have to rest at noon, so I brought a few rolled-up mats. I definitely won't do outdoor work during the hottest period.

But the house in the yard hadn't been cleaned for a long time. I did the cleaning work when it was hottest. So I also took the broom and rag.

There were four vehicles in total: Lin Yan rode one, Zhu Dahai rode the rented tricycle to carry things. Geng Shan and Liu Qingfeng rode one, and the other four part-time workers also shared two. Nowadays, not every household has a 28-inch bicycle.

The tricycle used to carry things was rented from the people in the compound when business was at its peak. Now I rent it again. But the people said that if I don’t rent it to them to collect waste, I will use it for daily use!
People in the compound were on the sidelines when it came to Mingche's waste recycling business. They thought it was dirty and tiring, and they couldn't make a lot of money. But working for him and getting a monthly salary should be okay.

Teacher Gao saw through it but didn't say it out loud. The key is that these people won't believe it even if it's just empty talk. Besides, why should they believe it?
It's not that he's afraid that these people will know the benefits and steal his business. He roughly estimated that Xiao Fang would have to buy another tricycle. The starting capital would be over a thousand.

Moreover, if the business fails to achieve scale in the first few months, it will most likely suffer losses. Most people don’t have the courage to invest so much money.

Men are stronger than women. Even if they carry an adult, it will be faster than Lin Yan carrying Yan Yan. So she arranged for Yan Yan to take a tricycle.

Now everything is ready, let's go -

Before getting on the bus, Lin Yan raised her wrist to check her Plum Blossom watch. It was 7:20. She had never been there before, so today everyone could only follow Zhu Dahai.

First, they left the city. It was already rush hour. They were basically going against the flow of cars going to work. Fortunately, pedestrians kept to the right, so the direction out of the city was not crowded.

Aunt Yuan and the other people in the compound, seeing so many people there, actually knew that they were hired by Fang Mingche to open up wasteland and clean up. But the biggest contradiction in society today is the contradiction between not being able to find a job and having to eat. Even the street office turns a blind eye to many things. They will definitely not risk the world's condemnation to report it. It hurts others and does not benefit oneself! And they will be criticized.

After all, the six young men all lived in the compound. If they really reported it, they would offend many neighbors.

Moreover, if young people really can't find a legitimate job, what should they do if they steal like other street thugs? The security in the capital is not very good now. It will be troublesome if they meet someone who eats grass in their own backyard. Didn't Xiao Fang encounter a burglary when he bought unsalable products from the supply and marketing cooperative?

Nowadays, it is a good thing to have fewer idle people. Of course, most young people do not want to be idle.

Teacher Gao asked, "Aunt Yuan, I heard that more than 3300 individual industrial and commercial business licenses were issued in Shenyang, Dandong and other places at the end of June?"

Aunt Yuan nodded, "That's true."

"So when will our capital issue this business license?"

Aunt Yuan said, "We'll do it one place at a time. Let the northeast try it out first. If it's suitable, then the capital will definitely take its turn. Once the capital implements it, it means that all parts of the country will follow suit. Now we encourage individual businesses. Besides, even if they don't have business licenses, they are still doing it. This is like crossing the river by feeling the stones. When they see others doing well, those who have a way will definitely start looking for ways to do it one after another."

The two of them worked together, and even if someone in the compound had other ideas, they were suppressed. Since some places have started issuing business licenses, it is obviously not easy to report them.

As for employment, they refused to admit it and said it was just like the previous handicraft cooperative, that it was an exchange of labor. It was not unreasonable.

It's just an ordinary rental house, and it's not uncommon for neighbors to help clean up if they have nothing to do.

Aunt Yuan just wanted the slum to be quiet, so she was happy to cooperate.

Lin Yan and her group rode out of the city. The sun hadn't come out yet, and the wind was blowing along the way. Life was still good!
After riding for about 50 minutes, we arrived. For people from the old capital, this is definitely the suburbs.

But how could one possibly rent such a large yard if it weren't in such a remote area? This is even bigger than the entire compound that Grandpa Gu has. There are more than a dozen families living there.

Lin Yan said, "Let's weed the ground before the sun gets too strong. Liu Qingfeng, go find some water nearby and bring it back. The soil is too dry, so we'll need some water. We'll need water for cooking and plastering later."

Liu Qingfeng agreed and went to get the bucket and shoulder pole from the tricycle. There were households not far from here, and if he asked, he would know where to get water. It might be a well or a river nearby.

The others took down their sickles, hoes, and other tools from their tricycles. Everyone was supposed to bring their own, so they borrowed them from relatives in the countryside. Then, Geng Shan, Zhu Dahai, and the others brought down their small stoves.

Yanyan was arranged to sit on a small stool. The small stool was placed under the eaves. But at this moment, she followed her mother and a few uncles to visit this small three-story courtyard. Almost every room had light leaking directly from the roof.

Geng Shan said, "Teacher Lin, I'll go borrow a ladder and climb up to pick up some tiles. I'll probably need to buy some more tiles later. Otherwise it will be troublesome if it rains."

It was a rare job opportunity, so he had to work hard. Who the hell wanted to stay at home and eat free meals and look at other people's faces?
Lin Yan nodded, "Okay, check how much you need to buy. Be careful when climbing up and down."

(End of this chapter)