The next afternoon, when Ye Fan came back from Uncle Geng Zhiye's house, she stopped visiting relatives and hanging out with friends because she was still a student and had to memorize awkward articles.
After staying at home for five days, Ye Fan decided to go to the food factory and ask if he could rent a transport truck.
As Yu Wentao said, when production starts after the new year, there will not be much space for cars, and there are two cars in the factory, so one can be freed up. Ye Fan promised that if the car broke down, she would fix it and she would refuel it. The director of the production workshop thought that he could continue to rent it to Ye Fan, but the factory director thought that there was no need to make such a small amount of money.
There was no need for Ye Fan to beg for help for such a small amount of money, so he decided to go to another factory to ask. Ye Fan walked to the gate and said "Let's go" to the guard. The workshop director caught up with him and asked Ye Fan to wait a moment.
Ye Fan was surprised: "The factory director actually listened to you?"
The director of the production workshop said: "Don't listen to me. I told him that I know you, have a son and a daughter, and a happy family. You will definitely not cause trouble to yourself. It's not that he has a grudge against money, but he is about to retire and is worried about his car." If something happens to you, he will be in trouble until the end of time."
Ye Fan confirmed that he had never met the workshop director before renting a car.
The workshop director was very confused when he saw her: "Ten years ago, I met you with the driver when we went to the supply and marketing cooperative to deliver goods. At that time, we always asked you to get money. Have you forgotten?"
The supply and marketing cooperative has so many people delivering goods every day that Ye Fan can't remember them all. But to be honest, they must not be happy. Ye Fan frowned and pretended to remember something: "Have you changed your appearance?"
It's pure nonsense, who can remain unchanged for ten years? However, the director obviously did not expect this, and said with a smile: "Yes. I am fatter than before, and my cheeks are even thicker."
Ye Fanxin said that he just tried to come here to ask a few years ago, and they agreed to rent a car. He thought that because he was a student of Beijing University, he had an acquaintance with the co-author.
Ye Fan pretended to suddenly realize: "No wonder I have no impression. I haven't changed much. Do you recognize me at a glance?"
The director nodded, but did not say that after Ye Fan left, he asked the director of the supply and marketing cooperative why Accountant Ye quit his job. The director said that Ye Fan went to the south with the army, and the director felt sorry for her.
A few years ago, I heard someone from the Security Department say that a lesbian came to rent a car. She was a student at Beijing University and would be their leader after graduation. She couldn't decide whether to rent it or not. The director was also very surprised as to why a college student wanted a car. I asked the section chief what the person's name was and how old she was, and she was sure it was Ye Fan. The director said he would rent it to her first, and the factory director would let him explain.
The car had already been rented out, and the factory director would definitely offend future state cadres if he refused to rent it, so he turned a blind eye. It was the end of the year holiday and when the car came back, the factory director specifically told the security department to inform Ye Fan first if he came to rent a car again.
That's why today one wants to rent and the other objects.
The director asked: "When will you use it?"
Ye Fan: "Thirteen or fourteen days, maybe fourteen or one day. Tomorrow I will go to the countryside to visit my mother-in-law's house. If there is a lot of things in the village, I will take two trips. If there is less, it may take half a day. But the fare is two God decides.”
The director asked: "Help sell things in the village?"
Ye Fan nodded: "I'll make some money myself."
The director wanted to say that you are not short of money, so the main thing is to help the people in the village. But seeing that Ye Fan didn't want to talk about this, he said, "Next time you come over, just ask Lao Liu."
Old Liu was the guard. When he saw the director coming out, he also came out of the guard room. Upon hearing this, Uncle Liu said: "Just come to me and I will take you to drive."
Ye Fan thanked him and said tentatively: "See you another day?"
The director said "walk slowly" and prepared to return to the office. The guard couldn't help but ask: "Do you know me?"
"I used to be an accountant at Haidian Supply and Marketing Society. When I went to deliver goods, I would always go to her to settle the bill. If the accounts were clear, she would never delay." The director said, "When there were so many people, we were too busy for a while, so we were told to sit down and rest. Pour some water.”
The uncle has been working in this factory for more than ten years, and suddenly he had an impression: "You seem to have said something? You said that the accountant has changed, and the new one is very strict, and he looks like he is asking for help from her when he settles the accounts."
The accountant that Uncle Liu refers to is Chen Xiaohui. Chen Xiaohui believes that there is no need to get close to each other since the buyer and the seller have both money and goods. Having said that, the director is not a masochist, so he naturally wants to see a smiling face.
But the director was not impressed: "Did I say that?"
"The driver said it." The uncle's age was mixed up. "The driver said that she quit being a good accountant and ran to the island with her husband. I thought it was a pity at the time."
The director couldn't help but want to laugh. He always thought that he alone felt pity for Ye Fan: "It turns out that people really don't feel pity."
Uncle: "If I can be admitted to Beijing University, I can take the position of director of the supply and marketing cooperative if I don't want it."
"Yes." The director said, "She will come here on the morning of the 13th of the first lunar month."
The uncle waved his hand to express his understanding, and the director went to the production workshop for a surprise inspection.
Because she wasted some time chatting with the director, she waited for more than half an hour for the bus to arrive at the bus stop, which made it already noon when Ye Fan got home.
In addition to Yu Wentao and Geng Zhiqin, there are four children in the family: Huihui, Benben, Dabao and Erbao.
Brother Geng and sister-in-law returned to work a few days ago. Yang Mengxia received the money transferred from her mother and handed it over to Yu Wentao - Yu Wentao was optimistic about the house, and she would bring the money her family had saved over the years to transfer the ownership. Then he took his two children back to the southwest.
There was no one in the family to take special care of. When Dabao said he was hungry, Yu Wentao and Geng Zhiqin went directly to cook. When Ye Fan got home, the rice was steamed.
Ye Fan: "Why are you eating so early? It's not even twelve o'clock yet."
Yu Wentao: "Dabao is hungry. Do you want to eat steamed buns? I'll heat some in the rice cooker."
The rice cooker has a basket, in which rice is steamed and steamed buns can be heated on top. Ye Fan said: "Heat some. I'll go drink some tea."
Dabao ran to the main room: "Mom, I will pour it for you."
Yu Wentao put the steamed buns in the rice cooker to warm and asked Geng Zhiqin to cook. She went to the main room to ask Ye Fan how the negotiation with the food factory was going.
Ye Fan kept his story short and said: "It's agreed. Thirty-three or four days."
Yu Wentao: "Not one day?"
Ye Fan: "The girls who got married in Yujiacun went back to their parents' homes in the past few days, and their parents' families told them about selling vegetables and meat. They probably sent the things to their parents' homes and asked their parents' families for help. I estimate that there will be two in the morning and two in the afternoon. Even four carts can’t be pulled in a day.”
The villagers want to make money but have no way. They finally meet Ye Fan, and they will definitely not let her go. Yu Wentao asked: "How to sell it? Every household has just celebrated the New Year. They bought a lot of things during the New Year. They will definitely not be willing to buy again at this time."
Ye Fan: "Let's see then. By the way, are you going to Yujiacun tomorrow?"
Yu Wentao: "I can do it. It's okay to be idle at home. We can go whenever you want."
"Then tomorrow morning, ask Xiaoqin to stay at home and watch over them."
Dabao couldn't help but say: "I don't run around."
Ye Fan: "Ask my sister-in-law to stay and cook for you?"
"Give me a person?"
Ye Fan raised his eyebrows: "Want to argue?"
Dabao immediately went to the inner room and went to the Arhat's bed to find his sister: "Geng Erbao, are you asleep?"
Erbao thought it was cold outside, so he took off his shoes after breakfast, wrapped himself in a quilt and sat on the Arhat bed, lying on the Kang table to write Chinese calligraphy.
Tired of writing, Erbao didn't want to go out, so he pushed the kang table aside and curled up under the quilt to fall asleep.
As soon as Erbao warmed up the quilt, when she saw her brother approaching, she shrank in: "Don't touch my quilt."
"You are also a big slacker." Dabao jumped out and stopped when he saw his sister-in-law passing by the kitchen. "Sister-in-law, do you want my help?"
Geng Zhiqin said without raising his head: "You should calm down for a while. Otherwise, your mother can't help but beat you. Don't blame us for not helping you."
Geng Dabao made a face and was about to run out, but Ye Fan stopped him. Dabao's scalp went numb - his sister-in-law has a crow's mouth.
Slowly turning around, Dabao asked pitifully: "What are your instructions, mother?"
"Come here, I won't hit you." Ye Fan waved.
Dabao moved behind grandma when he got into the house. Seeing this, Ye Fan was speechless and wanted to laugh: "If someone asks your mother what she has been busy with these days, just tell her that she will rent a car at the food factory first, and then go to the countryside tomorrow to see if there are any pigs. Everything is ready, on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month Go to the countryside in the morning.”
Dabao frowned: "Who asked these questions?" They children don't care how much money their mother makes in a day. Mom's head was blown silly by the cold wind.
Ye Fan saw his questioning expression, but she was too lazy to explain: "Do you remember?"
"Remember." Dabao looked impatient, "You are really - even taking advantage of your own son."
Ye Fan raised his palm, and Dabao was so frightened that he ran away. When I got to the door, I turned around and saw my mother motionless in the main room. I immediately realized that I had been deceived by my mother again, and whispered in a low voice-Mother Fox!
When Ye Fan came out of the main room, Dabao hurried to the door and closed it behind him.
There is very little rain in the winter in the north. Today is another sunny day. Noon is the warmest time of the day, so the elderly and children cannot help but come out to bask in the sun.
Dabao moved to the door of the next door neighbor and saw three boys and girls of similar age. Dabao squatted next to them and asked, "What are you playing for?"
The little girl said: "Arrange the candy wrappers. Geng Dabao, do you have a lot of candy wrappers?"
Dabao collected candy wrappers for a while on the island. Then he tied several pieces of paper together and then strung them together. They were shiny and fun. However, he has never lacked toys since he was a child, and he lost interest after playing with them for a few days.
"Er Bao has candy wrappers." Everything Dabao collected before was given to Er Bao. Erbao was obsessed with candy wrappers for a while. When Ye Fan saw that she was playing with things to get lost, he reminded Geng Erbao to study hard and buy as much as he wanted when he made money.
The fishermen on the island often praise Ye Fan for his awesomeness. Erbao also hopes to be as awesome as his mother, so he listens to his mother and puts away the candy wrappers before playing with them later. After not playing for a while, Erbao forgot about it. It was only after moving and packing things that Erbao remembered it. Erbao wanted to throw it away but was reluctant, so Ye Fan asked her to take it back to the capital.
Dabao asked: "Do you want it?"
"No need. Leave Erbao to play."
Dabao stood up and said, "Er Bao doesn't want to play." When he got into the room, he asked Er Bao, "Do you want more candy wrappers?"
Those candy wrappers were from a few years ago, not as new as now, and not as good-looking as now. Erbao waved his little hand and let his brother handle it as he pleased.
Dabao took the pastry box out and opened it. The three children exclaimed: "There are so many!"
"Everyone divide it equally?" Dabao asked.
The three children nodded repeatedly, and Dabao divided the food himself. After the distribution was over, Dabao was quite happy. He jumped up and took the box to the house, and then came out and asked them what they planned to use the candy wrappers for.
A few children planned to collect more and string them together as door curtains.
Dabao couldn't help but said: "It needs to be washed. My mother said that the hot weather attracts ants. But Erbao's is clean, I washed it."
Uncle Zhang walked over slowly: "Dabao is so sensible." Then he lowered his voice and asked, "Dabao, is your mother visiting relatives?"
Dabao shook his head: "No." I want to ask if you are looking for my mother. Suddenly thinking of what his mother had told him before, Dabaoxin said, my mother is going to become a god. Dabao said with a calm face: "My mother went to the food factory to rent a car and has come back."
"Didn't the rent come out so quickly?" Dabao wanted to show off that his mother never did anything he was unsure of. But Dabao is a good and obedient boy. He said directly without any nonsense, "It's done. I'll go to the village tomorrow to see if there are any pigs and vegetables. If so, I'll go to the countryside on the morning of the 13th."
Uncle Zhang nodded to show that he heard: "Your mother is working very hard."
"Mom is happy even though she works hard." Dabao had asked his mother before if she was tired. Geng Zhiye said to his son that people who don't care much have a lot of things to worry about. Dabao told him to go back to school quickly.
Geng Zhiye really left two days ago, and Geng Dabao sent his father to the station as if he were sending him off. Geng Zhiye was pleased and moved. But Geng Dabao would not admit that the poor little boy a few days ago was him.
Uncle Zhang actually had nothing to say and asked casually, not caring about Dabao's answer, "Has your family cooked food?"
Dabao nodded: "It's almost done."
As soon as he finished speaking, Geng Zhiqin called Dabao to go home for dinner. Dabao got up and said, "Uncle Zhang, I'm going home for dinner." He ran to the house and reported to his mother. Uncle Zhang asked him about his mother.
Ye Fan: "Do you follow what I taught you?"
Dabao patted his chest: "Don't worry when I do things." But he couldn't help but be curious, "Mom, I don't know how to drive and sell meat, so what's the use of him looking for me?"
Ye Fan: "You'll know later."
"If you don't want to say it, just say it. It's perfunctory." Dabao turned around and went to the kitchen very proudly.
In the afternoon, Ye Fan washed his clothes and shoes and went back to his room to read.
Yu Wentao saw a large family holding pens and books. She was afraid that it would affect their studies, so she went out to chat with others.
Today's social atmosphere still despises people who set up stalls to sell things, so some people saw that Uncle Zhang was looking for Dabao because he wanted to sell pork with Ye Fan. When that person was chatting with Yu Wentao, he never mentioned taking her family's homeless people.
Later, Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang joined in and didn't mention selling pork. Yu Wentao thought that Ye Fan was thinking too much, and Lao Zhang was just bored and asked casually.
At around seven o'clock in the evening, after Yu Wentao had washed her feet and was going to lie down on the bed, there was a knock on the courtyard door. Yu Wentao was startled and told Ye Fan to get up quickly. Ye Fan put on his shoes and tucked the quilt tightly, "Er Bao, mom, go take a look."
Erbao believed that nothing could trouble her mother, so she lay back down peacefully.
Ye Fan moved the scissors on the counter to the small square table and stared at her mother-in-law as she opened the door.
Geng Zhiqin came out of Erbao's house and asked in a low voice: "Who comes here so late? The street lights are all out, aren't you scared?"
Yu Wentao was nervous just because she couldn't figure out who came over so late. She opened the door and breathed a sigh of relief, but wanted to curse: "Are you looking for trouble? Why are you so late?"
The visitors were none other than Uncle Zhang and his son Zhang Xiaoming. Originally called "Zhang Daming", Uncle Zhang was very similar to Tao Chunlan in this respect. He was worried that the older child would not survive until adulthood, so he changed "big" to "little".
Uncle Zhang smiled apologetically: "I thought your children were too playful and slept late."
Yu Wentao: "I felt so cold that I went to bed after eating."
Dabao opened some of the curtains and saw someone he knew through the light in the main room, so he lay back down with peace of mind.
Geng Benben asked: "Are they coming to talk to my aunt about selling pork?"
"Absolutely. We are not familiar with the Zhang family, and we are not relatives. What else can we do besides this?" Dabao wrapped himself in a quilt, "Brother Ben Ben, don't move around, you've squeezed me into a corner. ”
Geng Benben: "I'll go to sleep in the back tomorrow."
"Then you read the novel until midnight?" Dabao asked, "My mother will definitely not agree with you going to the back by yourself."
Geng Benben: "Grandma can't even control me." The implication is that I am not afraid of my aunt.
"Do you still want to make money with my mother in the future?"
Geng Benben shut up, pulled up the quilt and covered his head, trying to sleep.
As for Ye Fan, he knew why the father and son were here, so he poured them a glass of water and asked her directly what they wanted.
Uncle Zhang looked at Yu Wentao subconsciously and wondered if she hadn't told Ye Fan.
In the past, when the Yu family was poor, Yu Wentao did not dare to bully others. Even after she married into the Geng family, her father Geng supported her, and because she was afraid of Geng Zhihua, she did not develop the bad habit of bullying others.
When Yu Wentao helped Geng Zhiqin choose a partner, she was dissatisfied with the poor and favored the rich because of her own disapproval. When the parents of both parties met, she gave them enough face. So when Yu Wentao saw that Uncle Zhang was embarrassed, she said for him: "It's about selling pork. Do you still remember it, right?"
Ye Fan nodded: "Xiao Ming wants to sell pork to me?"
Uncle Zhang nodded: "Yes." He felt embarrassed to say it, "I'm causing trouble to you. By the way, I bought this for a few children." He handed over the oranges and apples he bought at the supply and marketing cooperative.
Ye Fan saw that the oranges were wilted. He probably bought them years ago. He took them with a smile: "You are too polite."
When Uncle Zhang saw her putting away her things, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Ye Fan could even hear his breathing, "But it can only be sold for two days. I asked the villagers for help and gave them two yuan a day. Xiao Ming worked with me for two days and it only cost four yuan."
Uncle Zhang: "Let him sell it when you start school, and he will share half of the money he earns with you."
Ye Fan was surprised that Uncle Zhang was kind. Ye Fan looked at Zhang Xiaoming. He nodded repeatedly and said, "That's right."
Ye Fan: "But whether I sell vegetables or the transport truck I use to sell pork, I have to find someone to rent it."
Uncle Zhang said he knew.
Ye Fan felt that he didn't understand: "It's hot in the dog days and people don't like to go out. The supply and marketing cooperative's business is just average. You don't need a three-ton truck. You can rent it to me for half a day. Now that the factory is not busy, you can rent a transport truck to me." It will take a few days. Xiao Ming will definitely not be able to sell it every day.”
Uncle Zhang really didn’t know there was so much trouble here. Before he came here, he thought it was simple, “Then if I sell it next time, I’ll be able to take the summer vacation?”
Ye Fan: "There is a way, just in case you don't dare to do it. I just bought a house, and my family doesn't have that much money. How about our two families buy a car, and Xiaoming will go there in the morning and noon to pick up the goods, and I will help on weekends, winter and summer vacations." Selling him together?”
Uncle Zhang heard from colleagues that Sanbengzi is very expensive. Because of the relationship with the state-owned unit, the internal price is 5,000 to 6,000 yuan for a car. Half a car is also a huge sum of money for the Zhang family. If you earn twenty yuan a day without taking a break all year round, it will take you a year to earn it back.
Ye Fan saw the father and son frowning: "You go back and think about it? Whether you have thought about it or not, you can go to the countryside with me to find your way on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month."
Uncle Zhang stood up: "I'm causing trouble for you."
Ye Fan said it was no trouble, and then sent the father and son to the door. After they turned home, Ye Fan closed the door.
Yu Wentao asked: "If you help Lao Zhangtou buy a car, will the village also buy it?"
Ye Fan: "Buy it. A car this big can't run across the capital. Besides, if you have people with you, you don't have to worry about being blocked by gangsters. If you sell until dark, ask your cousins to live in the back. It's your house anyway, so it's empty." It is also empty.”
Yu Wentao didn't want to give the house to her nephew, because there were many in the village, and since her aunt had no son, her nephew was concerned about her private property. Yu Wentao also had this concern when she didn't want to buy a house. Her nephew seems fine now, but if someone incites him a few words, it will be easier to ask God than to send him away.
Ye Fan had never been to the countryside, so he certainly couldn't imagine how evil a seemingly kind person could be.
Yu Wentao: "I'll go to the village tomorrow and ask."
"Then go to bed first."
Ye Fan was already asleep, and the whole Zhang family was still lighting oil lamps to discuss the matter.
Zhang Xiaoming's second brother doesn't want his eldest brother to buy a car - the family has saved two to three thousand yuan over the years. My younger sister and younger brother have agreed to spend money on schooling, but since he doesn't have a house, they have other requirements - three turns and one ring.
If the money is given to his elder brother, how can he get a wife? But this job was originally given to his eldest brother, and he asked for the job on the lame excuse that his eldest brother had lived in the countryside for many years and didn't understand factory work. He was the least qualified to object.
Zhang Xiaoming didn't dare to offer to buy it - the whole family's money was given to him, and he was flustered and frightened.
Zhang Xiaoming's younger brother said: "Buy it. If you can earn back the money for the car in one year, even if you quit next year, the car can still be sold for three or four thousand. If the eldest brother and Sister Ye divide it equally, they can also get one or two thousand. How many years does it take for our family to Save one or two thousand?”
Aunt Zhang: "But your father calculates it at 20 yuan a day. What if you don't make 20 yuan?"
"If you pull two pigs at a time during the Chinese New Year, you can earn 40 yuan twice a day." Zhang Xiaodi said.
Zhang Xiaoming asked who he heard from, and Brother Zhang thought for a moment: "It sells for eighty-nine cents in the vegetable market. If Sister Ye sells one yuan, a pig can earn more than ten yuan. If the pig bought by Sister Ye is cheap, a pig can earn three yuan." Mao, you can earn one or two thousand in a month during the twelfth lunar month of this year, didn’t you think so?”
When Zhang Xiaoming's second brother saw that the deal was about to be concluded, he couldn't help but said: "We also have to consider whether the car has a flat tire or crashes into a tree. Then the car will be gone and the eldest brother will be injured."
Uncle Zhang knew his second son very well and knew that he wanted to buy a "three turns and one ring" to get a wife, but he didn't look at his family background. Uncle Zhang thought his second son was ignorant and said angrily: "It was your eldest brother's fate that caused the car crash."
Second brother Zhang: "The car does not belong to the eldest brother alone. How can you compensate me?"
"I'll sell my blood!" Uncle Zhang stood up, "That's it. Xiao Ming, go see Accountant Ye tomorrow morning."
The next morning, Zhang Xiaoming got up and went to Ye Fan to tell his father that he agreed to buy it.
Ye Fan: "Then I'll go back and ask the director of the supply and marketing cooperative and ask him to help us make a counter-offer."
It was still early to meet, so Ye Fan and her mother-in-law went to the supply and marketing cooperative first to talk to the director about buying a car. The director already knew that no one bothered Ye Fan when she sold things a year ago, so he wanted to talk to Ye Fan.
When Ye Fan arrived at the office, the director said: "You said there will be more people setting up stalls in the future, who will come to our supply and marketing cooperative?"
Ye Fan: "Let's transform. For example, buy more refrigerators, sell popsicles in summer, and buy an oven to sell freshly baked bread. The store has all the goods, small profits but quick turnover. You can also continue to sell meat and vegetables. Find it. Villagers do wholesale and occasionally sell cabbage at the purchase price. People who come to buy cabbage will definitely not be able to help but buy something else. You can make money back from this. ”
Director: "We will be very busy then."
Ye Fan said: "If you are transferred to another unit in two years, will you be able to feel comfortable here?"
The director is in his early forties, and he is not afraid of being transferred in a few years, but in ten years. He has no skills, and his backing is not strong enough, so he may not be sure where he will be transferred in the future. There will still be five or six years left, how will he survive?
"Wait a minute!" The director suddenly thought of bread, "We make it ourselves, what about the food factories we cooperate with?"
Ye Fan: "You can ask them to contact the train and sell it on the train. You make freshly baked ones, and they can make them packaged for visiting relatives."
The director immediately understood how to fool him when he came back to the food factory to ask for explanation, "You have the money ready, and I can follow you to the motorcycle factory at any time."
Ye Fan: "Sorry to trouble you."
The director said in a joking tone: "We won't be able to survive in the future. I hope Accountant Ye can help."
(End of chapter)
The author said: I thought I wouldn't be able to update today. I woke up with aches all over my body. I didn't expect to write slowly and I also wrote a chapter