Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

Ye Fan smiled and explained that Geng Zhiye didn't know that the store would open today.

Upon hearing this, Chang Guangrong asked, "Does he know that you have a company in Jinshi?"

Ye Fan nodded: "I know. He also said that if the capital allows private factories in the future, the company will be moved here. As a citizen of the capital, I should pay taxes in the capital."

Chang Guangrong couldn't help but say, "Brother Geng is very conscious."

Ye Fan smiled and shook his head slightly: "Not entirely. They are worried that I am not as powerful as the local tyrants and will be bullied over there. Let's not talk about this. Xiao Ming, go with everyone first. Xiao Qin, Hui Hui and I will go over later."

Zhang Xiaoming and Wei Jianshe asked Chang Guangrong and others to go to the restaurant with them.

Eating is secondary. Everyone was not very familiar with each other before, and they communicated and exchanged feelings at the dinner table. Chang Guangrong and his team realized how big Ye Fan's business was and gained confidence in working with her. Ye Fan's relatives and neighbors all knew that Chang Guangrong had a prominent background, so they felt more confident about being an individual business owner - with more people protecting them, they no longer had to worry about being suddenly arrested by the relevant authorities and unable to get out.

At the dinner table, Ye Fan realized a problem. Now that Geng Zhiqin and Geng Huihui were on vacation, they could help her look after the store. But after the New Year when school started again, what would she do with her clothing store?

After thinking it over for three days, Ye Fan decided to divide the two stores into two.

When Ye Fan's store was opened, he returned the store to Zhang Xiaoming and Dong Ying. Ye Fan had accumulated many old customers, so they didn't have to worry about not being able to sell their products. Zhang Xiaoming and Dong Ying took turns to look after the store and the children. Zhang Xiaoming lent his three-wheeled motorcycle to his younger sister.

Dong Ying was watching over the store, the child didn't need to be picked up, and Zhang Xiaoming had nothing to do, so Ye Fan asked Zhang Xiaoming to accompany her to the building materials market, and in the evening she called Wei Jianshe to help decorate Ye Fan's store.

At the end of the year, Ye Fan's store was closed and turned into a clothing store and "Fanhua Company Office". This changed the situation so that Ye Fan could manage two stores by himself.

Tomorrow Ye Fan will ask Chang Guangrong to watch over him when he goes south to buy goods. Chang Guangrong's wife is guarding the store.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Chang Guangrong brought his wife to pay New Year's greetings to Yu Wentao. In his words, he would be Ye Fan's partner in the future, that is, her younger brother, and he should come to pay New Year's greetings to the elders. Ye Fan took the opportunity to talk to him about this, and Chang Guangrong was speechless, thinking that she was really good at making arrangements.

Chang Guangrong was glad that he had gone to his father-in-law's house before the New Year to pick up the two old people. Since he was not in the store, the two old people could help his wife keep an eye on them. However, Chang Guangrong did not agree directly, but asked Ye Fan to go out and have a chat.

As soon as they got outside, Ye Fan asked, "Would you like to talk about your brother-in-law?"

Chang Guangrong was stunned for a moment, and sighed: "The one who understands me is Sister Ye!"

Ye Fan thought he was poor, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I asked Xiao Qin, and he doesn't really want to see him."

Chang Guangrong: "Think of a solution."

Ye Fan asked his sister-in-law if she wanted to learn from Chen Xiaohui.

Dabao and Erbao were very cute when they were young, so Geng Zhiqin wanted to have a child like them. As the old saying goes, nephews look like their uncles. Huihui and Benben both look like their grandmother's family. Geng Zhiqin thought that whether she gave birth to a boy or a girl, they would look like her third brother, and like her third brother, they would be like Dabao and Erbao, so she wanted to get married and have children.

If you want to get married and have children, you can't delay. If you get married and prepare for pregnancy at the age of 34 or 35, you will be considered an advanced maternal age, and it will be very dangerous during childbirth.

Ye Fan advised Geng Zhiqin to look for it as soon as possible. Geng Zhiqin wanted to look for it but thought it was troublesome and worried about running into another Liu family.

Yu Wentao criticized her for "thinking too much". Geng Zhiqin believes that now is different from ten years ago. People are now impetuous and have too many thoughts. If they don't think carefully, they will easily fall into the fire pit.

Yu Wentao believes that there are bad people in every era and it has nothing to do with society. Geng Zhiqin retorted, "Since it is normal to have bad people, why do we still need to fight against crime and eliminate evil?"

Yu Wentao thought her daughter was being unreasonable, and then the mother and daughter quarreled. Ye Fan quickly tried to smooth things over, regretting asking her sister-in-law in front of her mother-in-law. In order to have a peaceful Spring Festival, Ye Fan did not talk to Geng Zhiqin about this for nearly ten days.

Ye Fan sighed: "Erbao doesn't listen to me, how can Xiaoqin listen to me?"

Erbao jumped out the door: "Mom!"

Ye Fan and Chang Guangrong were startled.

Chang Guangrong came to his senses and scolded her: "Why are you still eavesdropping?"

"I wasn't eavesdropping." Erbao ran to his mother and reached into her pocket.

Ye Fan: "You want money again? Where's your New Year's money?"

"Brother took it away and didn't give it to me." Erbao said pitifully, took out a handful of change, took a "five yuan" note, stuffed the rest back into his mother's pocket, and then went to the door and shouted into the house: "Brother, come out."

Dabao dragged Benben out, followed by Geng Huihui, and the four of them ran straight to the corner store.

Chang Guangrong was confused. He pointed at Erbao and then looked at Ye Fan: "What did she just say? Who wouldn't give it to her?"

Ye Fan said helplessly: "Save the New Year's money, and save the money you earn. If you don't have money, come to me."

Chang Guangrong was speechless: "So - it's not possible that Dabao took the New Year's money and didn't give it to Erbao?"

Ye Fan nodded: "Erbao spends money without counting, and she knows her own faults. When she has money, she asks Dabao to keep it. Dabao can bear not to spend the money saved by him and Erbao."

Chang Guangrong's face was indescribable: "Why are they both not like you or Brother Geng? I mean their attitude towards money."

"Who knows." Ye Fan was also puzzled, "Maybe I don't have the time to watch them every day, so they grow up freely and mutate." Suddenly he thought of an idea, "Which hospital does your brother-in-law do internship in?"

Chang Guangrong was still thinking about Dabao and Erbao. He was stunned for a moment before he reacted: "Jingda Hospital, I asked someone to arrange it."

"Which department?"

Chang Guangrong thought carefully to avoid making a mistake: "Pediatrics. But it seems that you have to stay in each department for a while."

Ye Fan: "My mother-in-law has a physical examination every year, but we haven't. I will take a day off in the next few days to take our family to the hospital. I can't take care of it by myself. Can you ask him to help?"

Chang Guangrong couldn't help but exclaimed: "This is a good idea!"

"Speak softly." Ye Fan reminded quickly.

Chang Guangrong whispered, "That's it. Tell me before you go, and I'll get his schedule. You can go when he's not busy."

Ye Fan nodded. He saw Dabao and Erbao had something in their left and right hands. He asked loudly, "Have you spent all the money?"

Erbao ran over and stuffed the hawthorn slices into Ye Fan's mouth.

Ye Fan leaned back: "I don't want to eat it!"

Erbao stuffed it into his mouth: "It's sour and sweet and delicious. Don't you like it, mom?"

Ye Fan: "Mom likes to drink hot soup and hot water, doesn't Erbao like it?"

Erbao likes to eat cold food, so he pretended not to hear and turned around to ask, "Brother, let me try your candy."

Ye Fan gave her a slap on the head and told Chang Guangrong to go in.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Ye Fan and Chang Guangrong took a few people south to Yangcheng. Chang Guangrong took three people to pick up goods, while Ye Fan and two classmates went to Gangcheng. Ye Fan bought a computer for his own use in the store, and the two classmates helped with purchasing for the company.

There was no gang fight this time, but because the two classmates were well dressed, they were almost robbed. Fortunately, Ye Fan reacted quickly, grabbed one with one hand and stepped back, and the motorcycle whizzed past without grabbing anything.

The two students were still terrified, holding onto their bags tightly and exclaiming, "Is there any law?!"

Ye Fan: "I told you to keep a low profile, but you two didn't believe me. Do you believe me now?"

"No, isn't it said that bad people come from poor and remote areas? How come developed areas are so rampant?" The students from the countryside were confused. "The evil forces in my hometown don't dare to commit crimes in the daytime!"

Ye Fan: "The result of the Hong Kong government's laissez-faire attitude has little to do with poverty or wealth. People in poor areas have no money to go to school, are ignorant and do not understand the law. For example, they think that the police cannot stop a father from beating his son. This is different from the 'evil' we know. Let's not talk about this, just buy it and leave quickly."

The two of them didn't dare to wander around. They completed the formalities, brought some things for their family and classmates, and passed the customs.

When they saw the railway police on the train, their anxious hearts finally settled down, and they were in the mood to ask Ye Fan if foreign countries were also like Hong Kong cities.

Ye Fan: "The rich areas have good facilities, but the slums are probably even messier than what you two saw in Hong Kong City."

“Do developed countries still have slums?”

Ye Fan didn't know how to answer for a moment.

The two looked at Ye Fan's face, which was hard to describe, and thought to themselves, "Isn't it said that the benefits are good and the money is easy to make?"

Ye Fan sighed: "If money is easy to make, there is a very famous actress who can only wash dishes when she goes abroad? Does she like washing dishes?"

The two couldn't believe it and exclaimed: "Washing dishes?!"

Ye Fan nodded.

"Then why doesn't she come back?"

Ye Fan: "What will she say when she comes back? No one wants her abroad? Besides, in her opinion, washing dishes abroad is more noble than being an actor in a domestic theater."

"If you hate being an actor so much, why do you still want to be one?"

Ye Fan said: "She doesn't hate being an actress, but she wants to go to Hollywood."

"She's quite courageous then."

Ye Fan smiled and shook his head: "If you bloom, the breeze will come."

The two students nodded thoughtfully.

Ye Fan: "It's like our antiques. During the Republic of China period, foreigners plundered them everywhere. Why? Because our antiques were good. The same is true for talent. If you are good enough, others will come to you to poach you. If they can't poach you, they will think that the software you developed has taken over their market, so they are likely to make a move against you."

The two classmates couldn't believe it.

Ye Fan nodded: "It's only been a few years since China's reform and opening up, and no one dares to go too far and will not attack you. In foreign countries, capitalists can do whatever they want, and they don't care about killing a few people."

"What you said is like two different worlds from what we know?"

Ye Fan almost asked if it was Reader or Yilin, but luckily he stopped himself in time, "Don't air your dirty laundry in public. The same is true for the country. Is the Hong Kong city you two heard about before full of celebrities and tall buildings? People eat Western food and drink coffee and red wine?"

The two of them couldn't help but nodded.

Every time Ye Fan brought his classmates to Hong Kong City, he would say a few more words because he was worried that they would worship foreign things and run away abroad with company secrets one day.

Ye Fan: "There are many bad things in the mainland, but we are always trying to make changes, right? The economy is not going well, so we reform and open up. There are more gangsters on the streets, so we crack down on gangs and eliminate evil. As long as the government realizes that something is wrong and makes changes, I believe that the country will get better and better, and we will have a bright future because of this."

A classmate said: "No wonder you are so motivated every day, as if you are full of confidence in our company."

Another classmate said, "We always thought it was because of your father?"

Ye Fan: "With my father's support, am I not afraid of failure?"

They both nodded.

Ye Fan smiled and said, "He knows nothing about our affairs. Besides, he is in the army and cannot reach government agencies. With him around, colleagues dare not easily do anything shady. If I do something too ruthless, they will dare to fight me to the death."

The two suddenly remembered something: the school leader asked Ye Fan to take time to go to school. When they heard that they were going to Hong Kong with Ye Fan, they forgot about it and hurried to tell Ye Fan.

Ye Fan suspected that the "Han Card" could be trial-produced. After arriving in the capital, Ye Fan divided the goods with Chang Guangrong, and invited Yu Wentao's niece and niece-in-law to stay in the hotel at night. Ye Fan took the passbook to the school. Sure enough, the school leaders told Ye Fan that the "Fanhua Han Card" could be trial-produced. Ye Fan followed the school leaders to the Ministry of Electronics Industry and asked its subordinate units to produce it.

It was not until Ye Fan arrived at the Ministry of Electronics Industry that he learned that its subordinate units were also researching "Han Card". Fortunately, the two were different. The Han Card Chinese character library that Ye Fan collaborated on with the school was not stored on the disk, while that developed by the state unit was stored on the disk.

After this matter was settled, the school leaders asked Ye Fan if he had an office.

Ye Fan replied that it was done and the store would be called "Fanhua Han Card Sales Office".

The school leaders were very happy to hear that Ye Fan was so thoughtful and they hoped that they could continue to cooperate in the future if possible.

After Ye Fan separated from the school leaders, he took a bus to Chang Guangrong's home and told him that if nothing unexpected happened, "Han Ka" would be available before Qingming Festival.

Chang Guangrong: "Do you need us to sell door to door?"

Ye Fan shook his head: "No need. We sell it together with other people's Chinese cards. We pay for the production, wait for customers to come to the store, and then take the customers to pick up the goods."

"So simple?" Chang Guangrong exclaimed.

Ye Fan: "Of course it's not easy. The school helped with the contacts, and I also got some phone numbers of some companies. You can apply for two phones from the company someday, one for the office and one for the store. You can call and ask."

Chang Guangrong asked again: "What should I say when I call?"

"This is the Chinese card developed by teachers and students from the Computer Science Department of Peking University." Ye Fan said.

Chang Guangrong felt more confident after hearing this: "Is the money I gave you enough?"

Ye Fan nodded: "That's enough. Just wait to get paid."

Chang Guangrong decided to contact his relatives and friends again.

Coincidentally, Ye Fan thought the same way. After the phone was installed, Ye Fan called Su Yuanhang and told him that she and her teachers and classmates had developed a Chinese card.

After Su Yuanhang hung up the phone, he called his university teachers and classmates, and then called Su Yuncheng, asking him to contact his teachers and classmates. Su Yuncheng and Liao Miaomiao were in the same school, and both of them worked in Hangzhou. When Liao Miaomiao heard about this, she asked Su Yuncheng for the address and phone number of Ye Fan's office, and then told her relatives and friends.

Niu Xiaoshan was also in Hangzhou and had been in contact with Liao Miaomiao. Liao Miaomiao told Niu Xiaoshan about this. Niu Xiaoshan's unit just needed a computer, but it was difficult to read English, so he had to use a "Chinese card". He recommended Ye Fan's Chinese card to his leader.

Hangzhou is a big city, with a population of several million. It is also a small city. It didn’t take long for government agencies and universities to know that Peking University students and teachers had developed a Chinese card.

Su Yuanhang sent another telegram to the island, and Su Duofu told the people of Ningbo about it when he was with them. The islanders knew about it and thought they had an obligation to help Ye Fan, so they contacted their relatives and friends and asked Ye Fan to buy any "Han Card" they needed.

Ye Fan didn't know that Su Yuanhang was so good at organizing things. She called the head of the garment factory and sent a few letters to Yangcheng, along with some special products from the capital. Even before the Han card was put into mass production, Ye Fan and Chang Guangrong received many inquiries.

Ye Fan and Chang Guangrong wrote down the address, and they took turns to go on business trips to deliver the Hanka cards and wholesale the goods at the same time.

The two of them were so busy that they completely forgot about their sister-in-law and brother-in-law.

In early July, Geng Zhiqin and Geng Huihui had a holiday from school and went to work in Ye Fan's store. When Ye Fan had some free time, he thought about his sister-in-law's marriage.

But that will have to wait. Ye Fan needs a salesperson and an accountant.

However, these days most families believe that working in state-owned enterprises is a stable job, and it would be more troublesome for Ye Fan to do it herself than to find a qualified accountant.

Chang Guangrong's sister-in-law and her family came to the capital recently, and Chang Guangrong suggested that his brother-in-law deliver the goods. But he didn't trust his brother-in-law very much, so he asked Ye Fan to send someone.

Ye Fan found Yu's uncle's eldest son.

The two big, rough men would not be kidnapped while on a business trip. But they were illiterate and could not handle the customers. Chang Guangrong said he would ask his relatives and friends.

At this time, Geng Zhiye went home to rest. They reported the latest situation to each other in the evening. When Geng Zhiye heard about this, he pushed his guard out.

Ye Fan: "Will they be willing? Can your guard be a local police officer when he retires and returns to his hometown?"

Geng Zhiye said, "He wants to stay in the capital. But there are so many people vying for auxiliary police positions in the capital, so how can he get a turn? Unless I personally step in. How about this, let him do sales while taking cultural courses. In a few years, let him become a sales director?"

Ye Fan: "You are really good at making promises."

"I don't want you to work too hard."

Ye Fan: "Even if he is in charge of sales, we still need an accountant."

Geng Zhiye said, "We only sell Chinese cards now, and our business is single. You can handle the accounting. Go to the school and ask next year. Don't go to your school. People have been hired by state-owned companies before they graduate. It's useless to ask."

Ye Fan: "That's it for now."

"We'll take it step by step." Geng Zhiye said, "How do we solve the problem of food and lodging?"

Ye Fan: "Chang Guangrong rented a courtyard for his sister-in-law's family. I'll ask if there are any vacant rooms. I'll provide food and lodging subsidies. Tell him to discuss it with them himself."

Geng Zhiye said: "There are so many people in our family, but no one can do accounting."

"Who would have thought that we would need an accountant this year?" Ye Fan suddenly remembered that Dabao would have to fill out his application these days, and couldn't help but say, "You're back just in time. Dabao asked you to help him choose a school this morning."

Geng Zhiye: "What does he want to learn?"

"He is interested in engineering design." Ye Fan said, "The books your second brother sent are useless."

Geng Zhiye asked, "Have you chosen a school?"

"He wants to go to the Northeast but also wants to stay in the capital. Especially when he heard that Sen Sen wants to take the exam to return—" Ye Fan paused, "I will send a telegram to Sen Sen tomorrow morning to ask him if he wants to work as an accountant for me in the company after graduation."

Geng Zhiye was amused: "You really know how to make the best use of things."

"It's decided." Ye Fan said.

Geng Zhiye: "My elder brother and his wife are too far away to reach him. With you keeping an eye on him, they can rest assured even if the job is not a stable one."

Seeing that he had no objection, Ye Fan sent a telegram to Geng Zhihua early the next morning.

When the telegram was delivered to the government agency, the postman thought it was very important and gave it to Geng Zhihua first.

Geng Sen Sen has been worrying about his choice of major these days. He wanted to be classmates with Dabao and apply for Capital University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, but he felt that he did not do well in the exam and there was a high probability that he would be rejected.

Yang Mengxia asked him to attend a local normal school, but Geng Sen Sen didn't want to be a teacher.

When Geng Laoda saw the telegram, he went home and asked his youngest son if he had ever thought about becoming an accountant, and then explained that Ye Fan's company needed an accountant.

Geng Sensen thought that his aunt was generous and he would have no worries about food and drink at her house. When he got married, she would definitely give him a big red envelope, and he would not have to worry about other people's attitudes when he worked at her company. Geng Sensen immediately applied to the Capital University of Finance and Economics.

Yang Mengxia asked: "Do you really want to go back to the capital? Have you thought it through?"

"Isn't Dad going to be transferred soon?" Geng Sensen asked, "If I stay here, I will be alone."

Yang Mengxia: "Your grandma's house is pretty good too."

Geng Sensen rolled his eyes at his mother. "My house is in the capital, why would I go to Jinling? Can my uncle help me find a job after graduation? My school is good, do I need my uncle to find one? I'm like my aunt, who was asked to leave her company before she even graduated."

Boss Geng frowned and said, "Speak nicely! The score for the Capital University of Finance and Economics is high, and your mother is worried that you will be rejected."

Hearing this, Geng Sensen was also worried about being rejected: "If I am rejected, I will repeat the year and take the exam again next year." He paused, "Geng Leilei is not smarter than me. How can he be admitted to a university of science and technology? It's hard for me to even get into a college of finance and economics."

Yang Mengxia: "Your brother is not as smart as you. He was thinking about playing basketball while writing an essay."

Geng Sensen is indeed not as focused as his brother. He can concentrate on studying and attending classes without distractions: "I won't change it. That's it!"

Yang Mengxia stopped trying to persuade him when she saw that he was ready to give up. On his way back to his workplace, Geng Zhihua sent a telegram back to Ye Fan.

As soon as Ye Fan received the telegram, he went to the store to find Chang Guangrong: "I will do the accounting for now. Will you hand it over to my nephew after he graduates?"

Ye Fan took the lion's share of the company's profits. Ye Fan was not worried about his nephew taking the money, so Chang Guangrong was naturally not worried either: "What about the three salespeople? The clients are all contacted by the two of us, so we'll pay them a salary. After they work for two years and build their own network of contacts, we'll give them a base salary plus commissions?"

Ye Fan also planned this: "I'll listen to you on this matter."

On August 1st, the salesman came to the store and Ye Fan and Chang Guangrong were both released. They put the issue of physical examinations for the whole family on the agenda.

Ye Fan specifically asked Geng Zhiye when he would be on vacation. Geng Zhiye said from the 11th to the end of August. On the evening of August 3rd, Ye Fan told his family that he would go to the hospital for a physical examination the next morning.

Dabao asked: "I'm going too? Who will help me collect the notice at home?"

Ye Fanxin rolled her eyes tiredly: "The school you applied for is right in front of our house. Don't worry about missing it tomorrow morning. Mom will take you to see the principal."

Dabao has been afraid of injections since he was a child, so he hates hospitals the most: "But I am in such good health that I don't need a checkup. Besides, there are so many viruses in the hospital, what if I get sick after going in?"

"If you are sick, you need an injection!" Ye Fan said unhappily.

Dabao's face changed suddenly.

Erbao noticed something and asked, "Brother, are you afraid of getting an injection if you get sick?"

"Who's afraid of injections?" Dabao said loudly, "I was afraid of injections when I was six. Can I still be afraid of injections when I'm sixteen? Shut up!"

Erbao chuckled: "Brother is just afraid of injections!"

"I'm not afraid of hitting you!" Dabao raised his hand.

Ye Fan: "Take a shower and go to bed."

Dabao couldn't fall asleep in the middle of the night. He and Benben shared a bed. Benben wanted to kick him off, but was afraid that Dabao would hit his head, so he sat up helplessly: "Dabao, if you are afraid of getting sick, you can wear a mask."

Dabao stood up immediately: "Wear a mask?"

"Yes." Benben said, "Just use the mask that my aunt wears in winter."

Dabao: “I have one too.” After opening the cabinet and taking out the winter face mask, Dabao finally fell asleep.

The next morning, when I arrived at the hospital, Chang Guangrong's brother-in-law was already waiting at the door. When he saw Ye Fan, he trotted over and said, "Sister Ye, you're here?"

Ye Fan nodded: "I will take my mother-in-law to check first. Your brother Geng is not at home. Please help me take care of Dabao and Erbao and ask the doctor what tests to do. This is their first time to come to the hospital for a physical examination, and I don't understand."

The young male doctor did not suspect anything and asked Ye Fan not to worry.

Ye Fan immediately pulled her mother-in-law in first.

Yu Wentao was puzzled: "Why not go together? There's nothing going on at home, I can go earlier or later."

(End of this chapter)