Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

Geng Zhiye didn't dare to fart.

Putting the shift schedule back, Geng Zhiye rolled onto the bed and hugged Ye Fan: "Please spare me."

Ye Fan pursed his lips to prevent himself from laughing, but his eyes betrayed his good mood. Seeing this, Geng Zhiye asked viciously, "It's fun to scare me, right?"

Ye Fan rolled his eyes at him and said, "Say less so I don't have a chance to scare you."

"She is my sister after all."

Ye Fan: "Even if Erbao encounters emotional problems, you should stay out of it."

"Aren't you afraid that it will be too late to get involved?"

Ye Fan: "It's never too late as long as you live."

Geng Zhiye was speechless. After a moment of silence, he turned off the light and said, "Then just ignore her. Let's keep in touch with each other."

……

The sunset light poured into the house. Ye Fan opened her eyes and found she was the only one left in the room. Ye Fan put on her dress and went out. Geng Zhiye was busy going in and out of the yard. Ye Fan leaned closer and asked, "Are you cooking?"

Geng Zhiye nodded and took the dishes to the kitchen.

Ye Fan leaned against the door frame and asked, "Are you cooking in the morning?"

"Make it at noon. It's too hot at noon, so I'll wash it now while it's cool and put it in the cupboard." Geng Zhiye put the dishes in the cupboard for later use.

Ye Fan didn't see his sister-in-law, so he asked, "Where's Xiao Qin?"

"I went to buy tofu pudding and fried dough sticks."

Ye Fan was stunned for a moment, looking at the smoking pot in surprise: "You didn't make breakfast?"

"Done. Steamed buns and eggs." Geng Zhiye took down the wok that was used to heat steamed buns and eggs, and used a steel pot to cook mung bean soup.

Ye Fan was very upset and had no words to say.

There is a steamed bun shop in the city. It has been run by itself for the past two years. Every morning, it buys vegetables and meat from people in Yujia Village and steams them on the spot. When the weather gets hot, Ye Fan is afraid of getting heat stroke, and is also worried about her mother-in-law getting heat stroke. After hearing from her uncle Yu that the steamed buns there are more solid and taste better than those made at home, she buys two packs and puts them in the freezer whenever she has time.

Dabao and Erbao's ice cream popsicles were squeezed to a corner and they complained that their mother was lazy. Ye Fan replied: "If you two are not lazy, you two can knead the dough, one kneading the steamed buns and the other making dumplings."

The two guys stopped making trouble.

Just put the ready-made buns and eggs in a steamer and steam them. Geng Zhiye has the nerve to say that he cooks.

Seeing him sweating profusely, if you didn’t know him well, you would think he had prepared a banquet.

Ye Fan shook his head speechlessly and went to the public toilet. When he got home and washed his face, Geng Zhiqin came in with a bamboo basket and a small pot. Ye Fan called Geng Zhiye, who came out to take it and brought it to the main room.

Ye Fan went to the main room and saw half a pot of spicy soup with tofu brain in it. He couldn't help but open his eyes wide: "Can it be eaten like this?"

Geng Zhiqin said uncertainly, "I think it's OK. I saw many people going to work go there to eat. By the way, it's right at the entrance of our alley. I heard from Aunt Li that the man selling food is from the capital, and the woman is from another province. The man is about your age, and it feels like he went to the countryside. There are many brothers and sisters at home, but they don't have jobs or houses, so they just get married in the countryside."

This kind of thing is very common in the countryside, so Ye Fan was not surprised to hear this: "There is a store at the entrance of the alley?"

"We set up a stall next to the wall at the entrance of the alley. They said they had consulted everyone and would give us a few yuan a month. Aunt Li said each household would only get a few cents, and we didn't mind the little money. We also had to pick up the garbage before leaving." Geng Zhiqin didn't know about this before, "I'm sure my mother didn't tell us because she thought it was no big deal."

Ye Fan asked casually: "Besides the old man and the old lady, does anyone else have any objections?"

Geng Zhiqin shook his head: "Except for our family, every family in this alley has one or two people who have gone to the countryside. Everyone can understand that couple. By the way, the house they rented is next to Zhang Xiaoming's. Aunt Li said that several families rented a house, and the others also sold breakfast."

"It's good to be self-reliant." Ye Fan took a bite of a dough stick. It was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, unlike the ones she had before which were either fried through or limp. She couldn't help but say, "The cooking skills are good."

Geng Zhiqin: "The spicy and spicy soup is also delicious. It's almost the same as what you eat in a restaurant. But it's cheaper than in a restaurant. Sister-in-law, whose money are you making by selling it at such a low price?"

Ye Fan: "Hot and spicy soup doesn't make money, but tofu pudding does. If neither of these two makes money, maybe fried dough sticks do. Maybe they don't ask for much, and they just want 50 yuan a month for two temporary workers in the factory, and 60 yuan is enough for them."

Geng Zhiqin: "After deducting the rent and other expenses, you can earn two yuan a day? That shouldn't be difficult."

Ye Fan: "You said there are many people eating here. If business is good, I can make more than two yuan from the fried dough sticks. It's just too hard. I have to get up at three or four o'clock every day, set up the stall at around five o'clock, and work until around nine o'clock. It's like working in a factory for a whole day, and I can't be lazy."

Geng Zhiye peeled an egg and put it in Ye Fan's bowl: "Eat first."

After dinner, Ye Fan was going to the company and asked Geng Zhiye what arrangements to make.

There are more men than women in the computer department these days, and the few female students don't dare to mess with Ye Fan, so all eight employees in Ye Fan's company are men.

Geng Zhiye wanted to meet those gay men.

Seeing the couple busy packing up their stall at the intersection, Ye Fan paused and walked to the company with Geng Zhiye. Geng Zhiye was very curious. After walking through two alleys, Geng Zhiye still couldn't help asking, "Do you know those two people?"

Ye Fan: "The gay man's profile looks familiar."

"Your middle school classmate?"

Ye Fan couldn't help but ask: "Why is it a classmate and not someone else?"

"I know all the relatives and neighbors of my father-in-law's family. I've also met the colleague you met after you got engaged to me. If it was one of them, there's no way I wouldn't remember it."

Ye Fan: "That can't be my classmate. I haven't studied here."

Geng Zhiye was speechless for a moment, then he couldn't help wanting to laugh at her stupidity: "Ye Fanfan, he's a nearby resident, why does he need to rent a house?"

"Yes." Ye Fan suddenly realized.

Geng Zhiye suddenly had a bad feeling: "It's not your first love, right?"

Ye Fan was stunned for a moment and stepped on his foot: "What nonsense! I have never been in a relationship!"

Geng Zhiye didn't believe it. How could Cheng Zhenhua hear about it if they didn't date? Even if they didn't date, there must have been a male classmate like Qin Shuyi who pursued her.

Geng Zhiye nodded: "If you say no, then no."

"Why do you sound unconvinced?"

Geng Zhiye: "How dare I?"

Ye Fan rolled his eyes at him and quickly took a few steps away from him.

Geng Zhiye strode after him and changed the subject: "How is the Han card business?"

"good."

Geng Zhiye: “Didn’t meet expectations?”

"It's not that I'm dissatisfied with the sales." Ye Fan thought the Chinese card she had developed in cooperation with Beijing University was very difficult to use. After trying it herself, Ye Fan asked technicians and alumni to improve it. She also asked sales staff to tell customers that if they bought her Chinese card now, they could exchange it for a new one in the future.

Chang Guangrong was worried that someone was maliciously hoarding goods, so Ye Fan asked Chang Guangrong to ask the company's technicians. The company's technicians replied that Chang Guangrong could not maliciously hoard goods. Even if there were counterfeit goods on the market, there was no need to worry, as the company had sales records and receipts.

The customer could not produce any receipts, the company could not find any sales records, and since his Chinese card was exactly the same as the one sold by the company, he could not exchange it for a new one.

“Trade-in for new” is very attractive, so Ye Fan’s business is very good. The processing companies can’t help but ask Ye Fan where so many customers come from.

Ye Fan replied that it was accumulated in his early years.

People who know Ye Fan know that she often goes south and may know more business leaders than they have ever met. There is no need to envy her for this, and no one gives her annoyance. Instead, they give Ye Fan a stack of business cards and ask Ye Fan's sales staff to distribute them when they go south to deliver goods.

Ye Fan would naturally not refuse such a simple favor.

Then, Geng Zhiye asked, "Is it the same problem you mentioned before? Is it inconvenient to use? I think it is quite convenient."

"You spend a long time studying the keyboard to type a single word. Don't you find it troublesome?"

Geng Zhiye choked and said, "If you keep talking like that, you'll go alone."

You said it as if I asked you to go. Ye Fan was afraid that he would get angry, so he swallowed his words and pulled his hand: "You can't take a joke."

"You——" Geng Zhiye gritted his teeth, "A good man doesn't fight with a woman!"

Ye Fan chuckled. Coming back from the company, Geng Zhiye saw the traces of the breakfast stall at the foot of the wall at the entrance of the alley, and his eyes rolled around, and he had an idea.

The next morning, Geng Zhiye woke up and woke up Ye Fan, saying that "the morning is the most important part of the day" and that they should not waste such precious time sleeping in.

Ye Fan opened his eyes and wanted to hit him: "What do you want to do?"

"Play badminton!" Geng Zhiye said, "I'm a little uncomfortable not to exercise all of a sudden."

Ye Fan: "Then run to the old house and then run back, and check if the house is leaking."

"It's no fun if you don't accompany me."

What was the point of checking the house? Ye Fan waved at him speechlessly.

Geng Zhiye suspected that Ye Fan was going to hit him, so he approached cautiously. Ye Fan opened his mouth and bit him. Geng Zhiye stepped back, covering his face with lingering fear: "Bite people, not faces!"

"You don't care about your own face, and you still want others to cherish it?"

Geng Zhiye: "Are you someone else?"

"I am!" Ye Fan was woken up and didn't feel like sleeping in. He got out of bed and put on his shoes helplessly. "What are you doing?"

Geng Zhiye: “Exercise.”

Ye Fan: "You won't practice if there's no one to accompany you in the army?"

"How could there be no one to accompany you when there are so many people in the army? I can meet a group of people wherever I go, at least a squad." Geng Zhiye handed her the skirt.

Ye Fan suspected that he really had something else to do: "Exercising in a skirt?"

Of course not! Geng Zhiye didn't dare to say that exercise was not the purpose: "What about sportswear? I remember you had a set of shorts and short sleeves, and you bought them in Hong Kong?"

Ye Fan nodded: "You can see it when you open the closet."

Geng Zhiye took it out and could still smell the smell of being exposed to the sun: "Did you wear it a few days ago?"

Ye Fan took it and ignored him. Geng Zhiye was not angry either, and looked at the clothes she was wearing: "The style is good."

"It's just too expensive."

Geng Zhiye was curious: "More expensive than your skirt?"

"Yes."

Geng Zhiye was shocked: "Robbery?"

"Brand added value." Ye Fan said, "With the same fabric and workmanship, this set can buy three sets in the mainland. It's a pity that there are no such good sportswear in the mainland." After changing into sneakers, Ye Fan suddenly wanted to go to the bathroom and asked him to wait.

After coming back from the toilet, Ye Fan wanted to wash his face and brush his teeth again.

After washing up, Ye Fan looked at her watch. It was just six o'clock. She wanted to bite Geng Zhiye again. Wouldn't it be good to sleep more on a rare day off? Getting up so early must be crazy!
Geng Zhiye's mind seemed normal, and he still remembered asking Geng Zhiqin to make breakfast.

Geng Zhiqin had just climbed out of bed, his eyes still closed: "Why don't you just do something casually?"

"I did it yesterday morning and at noon, and your sister-in-law did it in the evening. It's your turn now." Geng Zhiye said and pulled Ye Fan out.

Geng Zhiqin couldn't help but grumble when he saw this, "No one is bothering you when Dabao and Erbao are not at home, you look so cool."

Geng Zhiye didn't hear clearly and turned around to ask her what she said. Seeing this, Geng Zhiqin hurried to the kitchen and turned on the stove.

Ye Fan pulled her back: "Who cares what she mutters. She doesn't dare to scold you anyway."

No one rides a bike to work at this time, so no one objects to Geng Zhiye playing badminton in the alley. After playing for half an hour, when they saw the children from the neighbors on both sides come out, Geng Zhiye gave them the racket and said, "When you're done playing, take me home."

The two of them went home, washed their faces again, wiped the sweat off their bodies, and Ye Fan prepared to go back to the main room to wait for dinner. Geng Zhiye took the bamboo basket and pulled her out.

Ye Fan: "What?"

"Xiao Qin only cooked porridge and heated up the steamed buns. Let's go buy some tea eggs and fried dough sticks."

Ye Fan sighed: "Do I have to accompany you for this?"

"Yes." Geng Zhiye said, "On average, you come back once or twice a month, and you don't stay with me during vacations. Sooner or later, the relationship between husband and wife will fade."

Geng Zhiqin was leaning against the kitchen, eating a cucumber and rolling his eyes. How could his sister-in-law stand him?

Ye Fan poked Geng Zhiye and signaled him with his eyes to look at Geng Zhiqin's expression.

Geng Zhiye glanced at her and said, "She has never been married, so she doesn't understand. Let's go!"

When they arrived at the breakfast shop, Geng Zhiye looked here and there, and when he saw the female comrade selling breakfast serving spicy soup to the customers, he asked Ye Fan to buy fried dough sticks and tea eggs.

Ye Fan said speechlessly that he wanted three tea eggs and three fried dough sticks.

The man selling breakfast took the change and returned the bamboo basket to her. He looked up and saw that she looked familiar: "You you——"

"Do you know me?" Ye Fanxin said, could it really be her middle school classmate.

The man thought about it and suddenly realized: "You are Ye Fan? Your home is here?"

"My mother-in-law's house is over here."

The man subconsciously wanted to say, "Your mother-in-law is not..." Seeing the man next to her, he wanted to say, "You are not..." He swallowed the name on the tip of his tongue and asked with a smile, "Is this your lover?"

Geng Zhiye nodded and extended his hand: "Hello."

The man quickly wiped his hands: "Hello, hello."

"Who did you say I am not?" Geng Zhiye asked curiously.

The man shook his head and smiled awkwardly: "No one. I remembered it wrongly."

Ye Fan finally understood what Geng Zhiye had been doing all morning and glared at him: Don’t cause trouble for me!

Geng Zhiye was very disappointed. The people around Ye Fan were really sensible. No matter whether they were men or women, young or old, they were all afraid of causing trouble for her.

Aunt Li's daughter-in-law came over with a pot and asked, "Dabao's mother, do you know her?"

Ye Fan nodded: "My classmate."

The neighbor who was about to go home stopped and asked: "Are you still one of us?"

The couple subconsciously looked at Ye Fan, afraid that Ye Fan would say that he was not familiar with them.

Ye Fan nodded: "Yes." He asked the male classmate, "Have you ever been to the countryside?"

Man: "Yes. It's my wife's hometown."

Ye Fan said to his neighbors: "I am lucky. I married Dabao's father and became a military dependent."

The man immediately understood something. Geng Zhiye was certain that Cheng Zhenhua had not lied, and that person really existed. He just didn't believe that he couldn't find him.

Ye Fan said to his classmates, "You guys go ahead and get busy."

Many people were waiting to buy breakfast, and the man had no time to greet Ye Fan.

Ye Fan walked into his yard and kicked Geng Zhiye. Geng Zhiye went to the kitchen and came out with a pot. Ye Fan didn't dare to touch him: "There's a long way to go!"

"Why don't you just tell me who your first love is?" Geng Zhiye asked back.

Ye Fan was speechless: "How many times have I said it? No!"

Geng Zhiqin was curious: "Sister-in-law had a first love? The one she dated in high school? Why haven't I heard her talk about it?"

"Nothing I said." Ye Fan glared at her, "Don't just watch the fun! I haven't asked you yet, did Sun Laifu say when to meet next time?"

(End of this chapter)