Back to 80: My Literary Life

She and her sisters Fang Mingmei and Fang Mingli helped her mother-in-law with kitchen matters.

Although Song Tangtang was born in a high-ranking official family and was a corporate boss outside, she was very careful about her status when she returned to Fang Minghua's parents' home - the daughter-in-law of the Fang family. Generally, she worked in the kitchen with her two younger sisters-in-law.

At this time of day in the past, Fang Mingmei, as the eldest sister, would talk and laugh while working, telling interesting stories between the female workers in their workshop, but today she became very quiet and her face was not very good.

Fortunately, she went back to her mother's house. If she went back to her mother-in-law's house during the Chinese New Year, her mother-in-law would think that her daughter-in-law was giving her a good face during the Chinese New Year.

In the evening, when several families were eating around a large round table, Song Tangtang quietly told her husband Fang Minghua who was sitting next to her.

Fang Minghua didn't pay attention to this detail. When he heard his wife say this, he found that his eldest sister looked worried and forced a smile when she invited people to eat.

Then he looked at his brother-in-law Chen Jianmin sitting next to him. He was drinking but seemed to be thinking about something.

Did they have a fight?

It's very likely, but Fang Minghua naturally couldn't ask too much during the New Year.

After dinner, after cleaning up the dishes, everyone sat for a while and watched TV with their parents. They went back to their homes at around 8 o'clock.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Fang Minghua and Song Tangtang were preparing to go back to their own home with their children. At this time, they heard the eldest sister Fang Mingmei say: "Minghua, don't leave yet. I want you to help me make some decisions on some things."

The brother-in-law Chen Jianmin next to him hurriedly said: "What is there to say? Let's discuss it ourselves when we get back."

"No! I have discussed it with you several times, but what did I get? It's all quarrels!" Fang Mingmei disagreed: "Now my parents, my brother and sister-in-law, my sister and brother-in-law are all here, let's talk about it and see whose idea is better!"

As the head of a family, Fang Changhe usually smokes and rarely speaks, but after hearing what his eldest daughter said, he immediately looked at her and said slowly: "Mingmei, what happened?"

Since the father-in-law had spoken, Chen Jianmin naturally couldn't stop him, so Fang Mingmei told the cause and effect of the matter.

It turns out that the cotton spinning enterprises that were booming in the early 1980s began to decline in the late 1980s, especially after entering the 1990s, the products produced by major cotton spinning mills could not be sold, and the economic benefits dropped sharply.

Xijing Cotton Spinning Mill No. 6 also faces the same problem, with aging equipment, single products, and a large number of employees with heavy retirement burdens.

"Our factory is now messing up the three irons, and we want to smash the "iron rice bowl", "iron chair", and "iron salary". Some employees will be laid off. The list was announced before the New Year, and I was on the list." Fang Mingmei said.

My eldest daughter is going to be laid off!

Zhang Fenglan next to him suddenly widened her eyes and couldn't help saying, "Why should you be laid off? You were in my place! You are a real factory employee!"

"When I was the team leader in the textile workshop, your Director Liu was just a technician! He called me his elder sister! Now he is bullying my daughter. Humph, I will go to him to reason after the New Year!"

Seeing that his mother-in-law was getting aggressive, the eldest son-in-law Chen Jianmin next to him quickly said, "Mom, it's not that serious. I went to Director Liu and he promised not to lay Mingmei off and change her position to a custodian in the warehouse!"

Chen Jianmin is the deputy director of the machine repair workshop and a technical backbone of the factory. He can still speak in front of the factory leaders.

After hearing what her eldest son-in-law said, Zhang Fenglan turned her head and looked at her eldest daughter with some doubt: "Mingmei, a custodian is also okay, right? It's just that the salary is lower than that of front-line workers."

"Mom, you don't know that our factory has not paid wages for two consecutive months! What's the point of high or low wages?" Fang Mingmei muttered: "Besides, what future does a custodian have? Maybe he will be laid off in the future!"

Sister Fang Mingli and her elder sister are of the same mind, and immediately thought of something and interrupted: "Sister, don't you want to work in the factory?"

"Yes, Mingli is right!" Fang Mingmei immediately said: "In fact, I didn't want to work a long time ago! The textile workshop is hard and tiring. In the past few years, the salary was high, and it was worth it to be tired and hard. In the past few years, others have increased their wages, but our textile workers have not increased their wages, but have reduced their wages! Now it's good, they are directly laid off! I think this factory will go bankrupt sooner or later! Instead of this, I might as well come out and do it myself!"

"Sister, what do you want to do?" Fang Mingli asked again.

"I've already thought about it! Open a clothing store in Mule and Horse Market to sell clothes! It's very profitable." Fang Mingmei expressed her opinion.

"Mom and Dad, Mingmei is making a fuss! Those laid-off female workers cried and begged to go back to work, but the factory didn't want them to. They didn't let her get laid off, but she insisted on getting laid off!" Chen Jianmin next to her complained.

So that's it!

Everyone understood that the couple had a conflict over this matter.

After listening to the narration of their eldest daughter and son-in-law, Fang Changhe and his wife understood the cause and effect of the matter, but they couldn't make up their minds for a while.

Who should they listen to? It seems that both make sense.

Although Fang Mingli and her husband Liu Jianhua are top students of Xi'an University of Technology, they have been studying since childhood and are now assigned to the 631 Institute for scientific research. They don't understand these things, so everyone's eyes are on Fang Minghua and his wife.

Fang Minghua is now the most promising one in the family, and his wife Song Tangtang is even more amazing. She runs a large company and is a leader!

Fang Mingmei stopped Minghua just now, and naturally wanted to hear his opinion.

"Minghua, what do you think about what your elder sister said?" Fang Changhe asked slowly.

Fang Minghua did not answer directly, but asked Fang Mingmei: "Sister, you said you want to open a clothing store in Mule Horse Market, have you done any research? What are the channels for purchasing goods?"

"I have investigated! The clothing stores in Luoma City mainly purchase goods from Wenzhou. Miaoguo Temple Clothing Wholesale Market and Huanglong Trade City Clothing Surface and Accessories Market also purchase goods from Kangfu Road. However, the goods on Kangfu Road are not of good quality and cannot be sold at a high price in Luoma City. I plan to purchase goods from Wenzhou and specialize in selling finished women's clothing!"

After listening to the elder sister's words, Fang Minghua and Song Tangtang looked at each other and exchanged glances. Finally, Fang Minghua spoke.

"I think what elder sister said makes sense."

Seeing that Chen Jianmin was about to speak, Fang Minghua hurriedly said: "Brother-in-law, listen to me. The efficiency of textile factories is getting worse year by year. This is not just the factories in Xijing Textile City. This is the case for cotton mills across the country. The equipment is aging, the products are single, the staff is large, and the burden is heavy. A large number of foreign textiles have flooded into the country to occupy the market. Moreover, you can't compete with those private factories in the south at all, so it's a good thing to leave early. The elder sister is only 35 years old this year and can start her own business!"

"I think Ming Hua is right, big sister, if you want to do business, Minghua and I support you!" Song Tangtang immediately expressed her attitude: "If you are short of funds, tell Minghua."

"Not for the time being." Fang Mingmei said hurriedly: "I am ready to take out 20,000 yuan. We have taken a fancy to a storefront in Mulima City that is to be transferred. The annual rent is 7,000 yuan. I will hire a girl to help me look after the store. In addition, the annual cost of water and electricity will not exceed 9,000 yuan. The rest is enough for purchasing goods!"

"Okay, big sister, if you have any difficulties, just tell me." Fang Minghua added.

Fang Minghua and his wife expressed their attitude. Chen Jianmin wanted to say nothing, and Fang Changhe and Zhang Fenglan also agreed.

Zhang Fenglan also said that if she was too busy at that time, she could go over to help.

They are all her daughters, and they are all flesh and blood.

Fang Mingli and Liu Jianhua naturally had no objection. After listening to Fang Mingmei's words, Liu Jianhua fell into deep thought, not knowing what he was thinking.