Feng Danying chatted sweetly with Li Shiqiang for another five minutes, then handed the phone to Feng Yu, telling him that he must bring back at least ten thousand yuan, or else he wouldn't be able to get past his mother.
Feng Yu was speechless. Why didn't you say that earlier when you two were talking for so long? He helplessly told Li Shiqiang to transfer ten thousand yuan, even though it would reduce their profits a bit, but the impact wouldn't be too significant.
However, what Feng Yu didn't expect was that Li Shiqiang, knowing that the Feng family had withdrawn ten thousand, thought there was still a risk, so he also withdrew five thousand. If anything went wrong, they wouldn't lose everything.
Back home, Feng Yu only reported the good news, saying that the family's money had increased by several thousand, and Li Shiqiang would transfer ten thousand yuan through the post office the next day, ensuring that the remittance would reach the farm's post office within three days, without delaying the purchase of the tractor by his aunt.
What about the rest of the money? The rest of the money, of course, was still in Li Shiqiang's hands to make more money, which was much more profitable than farming.
Feng Yu even persuaded his parents to give up farming altogether. Just by the treasury bond business alone, they could earn at least a hundred thousand yuan in a year, even up to several hundred thousand. Could farming earn that much? Besides, farming was hard and tiring, while this was much more comfortable. They could be bosses and have others do the running around.
But his parents refused. The first reason was that Feng Yu was still studying at the farm; the second was that if they failed, they would still have the land and wouldn't fall into a dire situation; the third was that they were used to living on the farm and didn't want to move.
However, they were moved by Feng Yu's vision of being able to buy several large houses in the city and a small car within a year. Even if they failed, they would still have the treasury bonds, which could be exchanged for money at the bank after a few years.
Fortunately, Feng Yu had experience from his previous life in persuading clients. To deal with people with a small farmer mentality, as long as you make them believe they can make a lot of money, they will be more willing to invest than ordinary people. Feng Yu had even seen his colleagues trick some retired old men and women into taking out loans for investments, and when the investments failed, they could shift all the blame onto the other party. He despised such people.
The ten thousand yuan was quickly obtained, and his mother transferred five thousand to his aunt, while the rest was saved for emergencies.
A week later, Feng Danying returned to Bingcheng, where Li Shiqiang had already arranged an internship hospital for her. The deputy director of the hospital was his father's old comrade, and upon hearing that she was his comrade's daughter-in-law and a student from the city nursing school, he promised with a thump on his chest that as long as she could give injections, she would definitely be kept.
Feng Danying only brought thirty yuan with her to Bingcheng. When she needed money, she could ask Li Shiqiang, as the Feng family had the most money there.
During this time, Feng Yu was confined to the house, doing homework, reading books, and studying. Feng Xingtai had said: If you don't get into the city high school this year, I'll break your legs! So, except for two visits from Wen Dongjun, Feng Yu didn't leave the house.
Feng Yu resigned himself to his fate and studied physics, chemistry, and biology at home. He had almost forgotten these subjects, but he learned them much faster than the average student.
The reason Wen Dongjun only visited him twice was that each time he was pestered with physics questions. Who the hell would be willing to explain problems during winter break!
Feng Yu's parents were very satisfied with his self-discipline. Look at him, he's really going all out. Not only does he speak foreign languages fluently, but he also studies so hard. He will get into the city high school this year and go to university in a few years!
Just after the Lantern Festival, school started.
Feng Yu's family lived in a farm team, not too far from the farm headquarters, but it took over half an hour to ride a bicycle. The family's conditions were good, so they chose to live on campus.
On the first day of school, Feng Xingtai started the tractor with a pull of the rope. That day, nineteen primary and secondary school students from the team would ride in his vehicle to the farm headquarters.
Each person carried their bedding in a jute bag and a wooden box that could be placed under the bed, containing clothes and other items.
The school, like the government offices, had a one-day break on Sundays, during which students could go home or stay. In those days, the school wouldn't provide transportation.
The truck bed was full of people, and many were riding to the farm headquarters for fun or errands. The trip wasn't free; the team would pay at the end of the year.
Every year, the tractor took turns transporting students, and this year it was Feng Xingtai's turn, which made Feng Yu very happy because he could sit in the cab and avoid standing in the cold wind like the others.
Of course, as the son of the team leader and Feng Yu's good friend, Wen Dongjun also sat in the cab. At minus ten degrees, with the wind blowing, the breath on their hair would freeze!
Less than twenty minutes later, the vehicle stopped at the roundabout, and all the passengers climbed out of the truck bed, making arrangements with Feng Xingtai for the return trip to save on bus fares.
First, they arrived at the primary school, where Feng Yu and the other middle school students helped the elementary school students whose parents hadn't come, carrying their luggage to the dormitory and setting up their beds.
Seeing his son skillfully set up a bed for a young student, Feng Xingtai was even more satisfied. Look at how capable my son is, just like me, completely forgetting that he never did any housework at home, all of which was done by his wife.
After half an hour, they climbed back into the vehicle and headed to the middle school.
At the middle school, no parents came to drop off the students. They helped each other, unloading their luggage and boxes from the truck and carrying them to the second floor.
The dormitory building was a three-story building, one of the few in the farm headquarters. The third floor was for female students, the second floor for male students, and the first floor for the boiler room and teachers' dormitories.
Feng Xingtai carried two jute bags, while Feng Yu and Wen Dongjun only carried their own boxes and backpacks, following behind easily.
Seeing the other students struggling to carry their luggage upstairs, Feng Yu secretly rejoiced, grateful that the team had sent their family's vehicle, giving his father an extra hand.
Each dormitory housed eight people, assigned by grade, class, and team. So, Feng Yu and Wen Dongjun shared a dormitory, with Wen Dongjun on the lower bunk.
The dormitory housed students from the same class but from three different teams. Generally, the relationships between the teams were better.
Their team arrived the earliest, and the others hadn't returned yet. The two quickly placed their luggage on their beds but didn't unpack.
They would need to do a thorough cleaning when everyone returned, as the dust was particularly heavy. The pillowcases were already in place, and the white sheets were laid out, so it was very simple to set up.
Locking the door, they went to other dormitories to find the other children from their team.
The school cafeteria wouldn't have much to eat at noon, so Feng Xingtai took them out to eat, along with the other children from their team. There were only seven boys from their team.
Driving away from the school, they found a small restaurant and ordered a large table of dishes. The bill came to less than twenty yuan.
After paying, Feng Xingtai left, and Wen Dongjun, the little leader, wiped his mouth and said, "Who's going to the video hall this afternoon to watch a movie?"
He remembered that Old Four had watched the TV series "The Deer and the Cauldron" starring Tony Leung and Andy Lau on a VCR, and the tapes filled a suitcase.