Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

Geng Zhiye nodded with a smile in his eyes: "Madam, I haven't seen you for a few days. I hope you are well!"

Ye Fan couldn't believe his ears: "Division Commander? No, no, isn't your brigade commander the same level as the division commander?"

Geng Zhiye didn't want everyone to know about it, so he explained in a low voice: "I told you, it might be a flat transfer. Besides, some flat transfers are hidden demotions, and some are hidden promotions."

Ye Fan: "So your division is very good?"

"I can't tell you the unit number. I can only say that although the military supply configuration is not as exaggerated as replacing muskets with cannons, the difference is obvious." Geng Zhiye said with a smile in his eyes.

Ye Fan looked at his expression and suspected that he drove a tank every day in the army: "Do your best and don't let your wife down."

Geng Zhiye hugged her and whispered in her ear: "Don't tell your family yet."

"It's okay to know. Erbao tells everyone you're a security guard."

Geng Zhiye wanted to sew his daughter's mouth shut to stop her from talking nonsense all day long. "They don't know what I do specifically, and those who are interested are too lazy to ask them questions."

"Will you meet Dabao?"

Geng Zhiye hesitated for a moment: "In the future? Dabao works in a research institute related to the tools we use, so there is a high chance that we will run into him. Maybe I will have to allocate elite troops to protect him."

Ye Fan laughed: "Go in."

Geng Zhiye let her drag him in.

Erbao heard the footsteps and turned his head to look. He felt that he couldn't bear to watch. How could he be more clingy than his aunt's boyfriend? Erbao couldn't stand it and deliberately interrupted: "Mom, how long have your aunt and Lai Fu been dating?"

Ye Fan was listening carefully to Geng Zhiye's mumbling. He didn't react for a moment, and then he asked, "Why are you asking this?"

"We can get engaged now." Erbao opened his pencil case.

Yu Wentao came out of the kitchen: "I think it's okay."

Ye Fan: "I'll ask Chang Guangrong some other day. By the way, Erbao, tomorrow is Saturday, don't forget to remind Guangming to come for dinner."

Chu Guangming dared to go home to live recently, but he couldn't buy rice and flour to store at home during the six days he was at school. The compound was crowded and messy, and the living environment was not good, which attracted rats. He didn't know that the rats had eaten all the food at school. It's better to buy and eat it than to waste it.

Recently Chu Guangming was too embarrassed to come to Ye Fan's house, so Ye Fan asked Erbao to tell him that his aunt would give him some money for the family. "His aunt" naturally refers to Chu Fenghe.

Because of this relationship, Chu Guangming felt embarrassed to be estranged from Ye Fan, but he really didn't want to trouble Ye Fan, so he went to the restaurant to buy food last Saturday.

Chu Guangming was reluctant to go to a big restaurant, and the small roadside restaurant only sold breakfast and lunch, so there were leftovers from the dinner. Ye Fan was worried that he would have a stomachache, so he came up with this idea.

Erbao made a “received” gesture and said, “Mom, make more. If you make less, there won’t be enough to eat.”

Ye Fan: "I'm going to buy a few dozen buns from Dawei tomorrow morning?"

Erbao nodded: "Buy a few dozen more steamed buns. Don't buy Dawei's. Dawei's steamed buns are soft. Buy the kind that feels like a rock in your hand and has layers of texture when you eat it."

Han Dawei has to prepare a lot of things every day, and he doesn't have the energy to knead the steamed buns. His buns are not as firm as those made by those who specialize in selling steamed buns: "Got it. Miss, do you have any other instructions?"

"No, you can leave now."

Geng Zhiye went in and hit her on the head.

Erbao sighed, "How could I forget that my wife-slave is back?"

Geng Zhiye hit her again, and Erbao fell on the table under his force. Ye Fan knew she was pretending but still couldn't help but said, "You have a strong hand, don't hit her head."

This is exactly what Erbao wanted to hear. He immediately sat up and started doing his math problems.

The next afternoon, Ye Fan went to Chang Guangrong's store. Chang Guangrong's child was also young, and because his stall was not popular recently, he simply helped out in the store. When he saw Ye Fan, he gave the child to his wife and went to the door to talk about work with Ye Fan.

Ye Fan said, "It's not the company's business. How did Xiaoqin and your brother-in-law discuss it? Every time I asked her, she said it was okay. When I asked her when she would get engaged, she told me to ask Lai Fu."

Chang Guangrong was planning to go to Ye Fan's house to discuss the matter tomorrow weekend. Seeing that she took the initiative to bring it up, considering that she was not an outsider, Chang Guangrong asked: "Is it true?"

Ye Fan nodded.

Chang Guangrong's truth was not pleasant to hear: "I'm not saying anything bad about your sister-in-law, but you wouldn't have suffered any loss if you had let her marry into the Liu family."

"What did she do?" Ye Fan was not surprised at all, which was also magical.

Chang Guangrong: "She knows that Lai Fu is an intern. You know the difference between the salary of an intern and a regular doctor. She also knows that my mother-in-law and father-in-law are farmers and have no money to send their children to school. The eldest and second of their four children did not finish elementary school. My sister-in-law finished elementary school but did not go to middle school. My brother-in-law did not finish junior high school because he had no money. If he was not smart and everyone's college entrance examination scores were similar, he would not have been able to get into the capital - forget it, let's not talk about this. She asked my brother-in-law to buy a house."

Ye Fan thought she had beaten Lai Fu: "Is that it?"

"Is this a small matter? I asked, a good property costs 310 square meters, and a property with a usable area of ​​60 square meters costs 18,000. Even if my brother-in-law pays half, it will be 9,000. Even if his family is sold, it is not worth 18,000! Isn't this embarrassing?" Chang Guangrong became more and more angry as he spoke, "You didn't mention the house at the beginning. She also said that she would not marry without a house. In my opinion, marry if you want!"

Ye Fan agreed in his heart, and said with a smile: "Don't listen to her fart!"

"If you don't listen to her, can you be the master of the house? She is the one getting married, not you!"

Ye Fan nodded.

Chang Guangrong was stunned for a moment, and asked uncertainly: "Can you really make the decision?"

Ye Fan: "She only has 3,000 yuan at most, I don't agree with her buying anything!"

"No, your mother-in-law is rich." Chang Guangrong said, "Aunt Yu will listen to you for such a big matter as my daughter's marriage?"

Ye Fan did not answer his question directly: "You may not know that the house where I put the goods was bought by my mother-in-law. Xiaoqin's ex-girlfriend's sister found out about this from somewhere, and when the two families met and mentioned the house, my mother-in-law said that she bought it for Dabao, and when she came back, she transferred the house to my name, and then asked the Liu family and Xiaoqin to buy it together."

"But what does this have to do with what I'm asking?"

Ye Fan: "At first my mother-in-law planned to buy the house with full payment. It was my idea to buy it together with the Liu family because the Liu family is so calculating. Your sister-in-law and brother-in-law are all hanging out with you, so why should I worry about them calculating against Xiaoqin? Your father-in-law can give as much as he can. The money is only enough for the wedding, and my mother-in-law will pay for the house. Let Lai Fu write a guarantee that we will not fight over the property if we divorce in two years."

Chang Guangrong put himself in her shoes. He didn't have money and he was embarrassed to ask the woman to pay for the house. According to him, at worst he couldn't marry her now and could marry her later when he had money.

But my father-in-law's family is not the Chang family. If he missed Geng Zhiqin, let's not talk about whether my brother-in-law can find someone like Geng Zhiqin. He has few choices and it is difficult for him to meet another family member as considerate as Ye Fan.

Women look for their husbands when looking for a partner, and men look for their in-laws when marrying a wife. Even if the woman is better than Geng Zhiqin and is reasonable, if the brother-in-law and sister-in-law are more troublesome than the other, then it will not only be the father-in-law's family that will be harmed, but also their three families.

Chang Guangrong: "Can your mother-in-law come up with 18,000?"

Ye Fan: "And me."

Chang Guangrong nodded: "I can give you a letter of guarantee, but living in the house your mother-in-law bought doesn't count as marrying into the family, right?"

"The Geng family doesn't have a son? They need a son-in-law from outside to marry into the family." Ye Fan was speechless. "But rural people may think so. Lai Fu was born and raised in the countryside. If you ask him clearly, it doesn't matter if he is unhappy. My family will definitely not look down on him. In the long run, Xiao Qin is not as good as him."

Geng Zhiqin has average talent, and will only be a scholar or professor when he grows old, just like Huihui's grandmother. Sun Laifu works hard, and with the support of the Chang family, he will be able to become the vice president.

Chang Guangrong: "I told my brother-in-law about family status. As long as he finds someone from the city, the girl's family is better off than his even if they live in a slum. He said he doesn't care. He also said he's after the person, not the money."

Ye Fan: "Any other questions?"

Chang Guangrong: "Just this one thing makes my father-in-law almost die of worry."

She was so worried that she couldn't give in on the house. Ye Fan pretended not to hear: "Then you can discuss it later and tell me in advance when you are going to get engaged, and I will get two tables at the restaurant. I have a large family, and with your family, my mother-in-law and I will be very busy cooking."

Chang Guangrong calculated the time: "May 1st, let's do that. The wedding will be in the fall, we'll talk about the specific date then."

"There are only a few days left until May Day." Ye Fan reminded.

Chang Guangrong: "Having said that, I won't hide it from you. My brother-in-law is very satisfied with your sister-in-law. Because Xiaoqin wants a house, I asked him what he thought, and he said he didn't know. If it was someone else, he would definitely say forget it."

Could it be because Xiaoqin sent him some delicious food several times? The more Ye Fan thought about it, the more likely it was: "Xiaoqin was inevitably thinking too much because he had encountered a group of troublesome people before. I hope your brother-in-law will not mind it."

Chang Guangrong: "I told him about the Liu family, but I didn't expect that his family was still thinking about Aunt Yu's house. If my brother-in-law knew about this, he would definitely not blame Xiaoqin for his tough attitude."

Ye Fan: "That's it for now. My mother-in-law knows I'm coming today, and she must be waiting anxiously at home."

Chang Guangrong sent her to the bus.

Ye Fan lost his smile when he got home: "Aunt Yu, can we chat?"

Yu Wentao was embroidering at the entrance of the courtyard, and she made shoes for Erbao after finishing the embroidery. Maybe because Ye Fan was clumsy and often bought shoes for the child, Erbao liked the shoes she made. Erbao gave her face, so Yu Wentao would make a pair for her when she was free.

Yu Wentao didn't notice that her daughter-in-law looked strange, and she said while embroidering: "Go on."

Ye Fan thought it was not a secret, so he pulled a small stool and sat opposite her: "Do you know the situation of the Sun family?"

Yu Wentao nodded: "What's wrong? It can't be the same as the Liu family, right? Didn't Chang Guangrong say that he can be the master of the family?"

Ye Fan: "The house is 310 square meters now."

Yu Wentao nodded. After hearing Aunt Li say that, she regretted not buying it at the beginning. "What's wrong?"

"Xiao Qin wants to buy a house with Sun Laifu with a usable area of ​​60 square meters, half each. The Sun family will pay 9,000!"

Yu Wentao grimaced in pain because she had pricked her hand: "Say it again!" She threw down her needle and thread and asked.

"She won't marry unless the Sun family buys a house!" Ye Fan said.

Yu Wentao was speechless as if she was frightened. After a while, she came to her senses and stood up suddenly: "Stupid girl! She doesn't want a house with the Liu family, the old couple of the Sun family don't ask her to serve them, and she has a capable brother-in-law. She is so troublesome. Is she sick in the brain?!" He asked again, "Is the get out of class over? I'll go find her!"

When Ye Fan saw that her mother-in-law was going to punish her sister-in-law, she calmed down and said, "I haven't finished yet."

Yu Wentao sat down: "What did Chang Guangrong say?"

What Ye Fan said to Chang Guangrong was half true and half false. She repeated it and said, "If we ever talk about the house in the back, don't say the wrong thing."

Yu Wentao: "I won't discuss this with the Sun family. Isn't it a bit, unsympathetic to just ask them to write a letter of guarantee?"

Ye Fan: "Yes, a little. But it's okay now. I said Xiaoqin was very concerned about paying the full amount for the house because he was scared by the Liu family. I didn't make up any lies about the Liu family, and it can withstand Chang Guangrong's investigation."

Yu Wentao put herself in Geng Zhiqin’s shoes and thought, he can marry whoever he wants!

Yu Wentao couldn't understand: "Why doesn't she think about it? If Sun Laifu hadn't just graduated and had nothing, why would he go on a blind date with her? A doctor in a big hospital will be given a two-bedroom apartment in two years. It's hard to find such a place. Who would mind that he is from the countryside?" After saying this, she couldn't help but scold: "What a shallow-minded person!"

Ye Fan: "She is still four years older than others."

"Yes. If they look for someone in two years, they can find someone who is eight years younger than Sun Laifu." Yu Wentao said, "If it were me, I would find someone younger. She just graduated from school and doesn't know anything. She'd be much easier to please."

Ye Fan wanted to laugh. Fortunately, you are not a man, otherwise I would have to have a little mother-in-law.

"Let's talk about the house. You pay 15,000 and ask Xiaoqin to pay 3,000."

Yu Wentao: "She has no money."

"Rich!" Ye Fan said, "Think about it, she hasn't given any money to the family for several years. She gets her daily necessities from home, doesn't need to buy clothes, and there are snacks at home. She spends at most ten yuan a month. She and Huihui help me run the store, and they earn one or two hundred yuan during the winter vacation. They used to sell popsicles with Chen Xiaohui."

Yu Wentao asked, "Why not leave her some money?"

Ye Fan: "No need. Even if she and Sun Laifu haven't been hired yet, they both have 80-90 yuan a month, which is more than enough to spend."

"What if she used the money for something we don't know about?"

Ye Fan: "Then ask her how much money she has first."

On Saturday evening, April 19, Geng Zhiqin came back and Yu Wentao asked her to go to the kitchen to cook.

Geng Zhiqin muttered, "After a busy week, I just hope to go home and rest for a day."

Yu Wentao: "Who's not busy?"

Geng Huihui wanted to say something, but Ye Fan winked at her. Geng Huihui sat down next to Erbao and said, "Is there anything you don't know? Sister will teach you."

Erbao gave her the Chinese test paper: "Help me write it."

Geng Huihui blinked her eyes and said, no way.

Chu Guangming was also at Ye Fan's house, sitting opposite Erbao. His teacher also assigned three test papers - Chinese, math and English. The questions were the same as Erbao's. He suspected that the teachers of Class 1 and Class 2 made the questions and printed them themselves.

Chu Guangming couldn't help but say, "If the teacher finds out that the handwriting is different, the head teacher will definitely call the parents. It's better for me to write it and you copy it."

Erbao's eyes lit up: "Can you help me write a Chinese composition?"

Chu Guangming nodded: "Okay. Help me write my English composition."

Erbao didn't hesitate: "Deal!"

As soon as the words fell, Erbao was slapped on the head. Erbao looked up and met his mother's slightly angry eyes. He trembled with fear: "I was just kidding, you, when did you come in? Why are you walking so quietly?"

Ye Fan turned to Chu Guangming: "What about you?"

Chu Guangming said hurriedly: "I'll write it myself!"

Ye Fan: "Huihui, keep an eye on them."

Geng Huihui asked them to write the English test paper first, so as to avoid one writing English and the other writing Chinese. After they finished, they exchanged the test papers and copied each other's.

Seeing that his sister-in-law looked unhappy, Geng Zhiqin immediately went back to the kitchen to help her mother cook.

While cutting vegetables, Yu Wentao asked Geng Zhiqin how much money he had. Geng Zhiqin knew that her mother, brother, and sister-in-law were rich and no one cared about her money, so she told him the truth, that she had three or four thousand.

Yu Wentao almost cut her hand and thought to herself that my daughter-in-law is amazing.

Then Yu Wentao said that she would contribute 15,000 yuan and Geng Zhiqin would contribute 3,000 yuan to buy a house between her unit and Lai Fu's unit.

Geng Zhiqin was silent for a long time. Yu Wentao asked her why she didn't speak. Geng Zhiqin asked, "Is it your idea or your sister-in-law's? It must be you. Does my sister-in-law know?" Yu Wentao cursed inwardly, "I know. Later, Lai Fu writes a letter of guarantee that he will not fight with you for the property after the divorce. The house will be yours at any time. Isn't this okay?"

Geng Zhiqin muttered: "The guarantee in court is useless."

Yu Wentao: "If your sister-in-law says yes, then yes! If you don't believe me, I'll call Ye Fan over."

Geng Zhiqin didn't dare: "If it had been like this before..."

"You still dare to mention the past?" Yu Wentao interrupted, "It was about money in the past? Your sister-in-law is rich, and I have saved some money over the years. Money can solve the problem. Why would your sister-in-law deliberately embarrass the Liu family? If you are half as good as Wang Aihe, the house I bought with my money can be given to Liu Ning for free. Do you have that ability?"

Geng Zhiqin could not defeat Liu Ning's second sister, not to mention that Liu Ning's parents were not honest people like Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang.

After these words were spoken, Geng Zhiqin dared not murmur.

Yu Wentao regretted asking her, because she was the one who had so many thoughts: "I will give you 15,000 if you marry Sun Laifu. If you think he is not good enough and want to break up, I will not stop you. You can do whatever you want in the future, don't expect us to worry about you."

"What if Sun Laifu and I can't live together?"

Yu Wentao: "You can't get a divorce? And you still expect us to protect you for life? Can you guarantee that the person you find can live with you for life?"

Geng Zhiqin couldn't guarantee it.

"I don't have much money left after paying three thousand."

Yu Wentao: "You want me to pay 18,000? I didn't ask your sister-in-law to spend a penny on my food and lodging, and how much is the house I gave her? I can pay 18,000. When I get old, I can live in your house for eight months and in your sister-in-law's house for four months."

Geng Zhiqin's expression changed slightly.

Seeing that she was so cowardly, Yu Wentao felt that she was becoming more and more immature as she grew older. If it was Ye Fan, he would definitely say yes. But then again, if it was Ye Fan, he wouldn't have made her worry so much.

She is also a daughter, but I don’t know how Tao Chunlan raised her.

Yu Wentao finished cutting the vegetables, threw down the knife and asked, "Have you thought about it?"

"Let me think about it again."

After dinner, they went to the back. Geng Sensen asked Chu Guangming to go to his room, and Geng Zhiqin asked Huihui to live with her. Before going to bed, Geng Zhiqin told Geng Huihui about his mother's plan.

Geng Huihui initially thought that her aunt disliked grandma for being stingy. After listening to her aunt's words, she understood but not completely: "Aunt, do you think grandma and aunt are too kind to the Sun family and too harsh to the Liu family?"

Geng Zhiqin didn't dare to say yes, but he thought so in his heart.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Geng Huihui secretly rolled her eyes and said, "I heard from my aunt that on the day of the meeting with the Liu family, my aunt suddenly said such harsh words because Liu Ning's second sister was concerned about grandma's house. The situation you might encounter when you marry into the Liu family is impossible to encounter in the Sun family, so grandma and my aunt are so tolerant of the Sun family."

"Sun Laifu's family is easy to get along with, but Sun Laifu is not easy to get along with." Geng Zhiqin said.

Geng Huihui also went to the family physical examination that day. She felt that Sun Laifu was easy to get along with. Although he didn't talk much, he was very capable. Knowing that one person couldn't take care of so many people, he asked the nurses for help, saying that they were his relatives and asked the nurses to take more care.

At that time, Sun Laifu had no idea that Geng Zhiqin was his blind date.

Geng Huihui suspected that her aunt had always been dissatisfied with Sun Laifu because Sun Laifu was not chosen by her aunt: "Then break up."

"Break up?" Geng Zhiqin was surprised.

Geng Huihui said half-seriously, "Yes. A few days ago, Sun Laifu was on vacation and went to the school gate to wait for you. My junior sister saw you. If you break up, I will introduce my junior sister to her."

"Wait a minute, Huihui, how could you do this?"

Geng Huihui pretended to be confused: "What's wrong? You broke up with someone, and you don't allow them to find another one?"

"I haven't divided yet!"

Geng Huihui: "Then break up. Talk to Sun Laifu and tell me later."

Geng Zhiqin was so angry that he couldn't speak. He pointed at the door and said, "Get out!"
Geng Huihui took the pillow to her parents' bedroom.

Yu Wentao's courtyard is spacious. The rooms facing north are used as warehouses. Geng Zhiqin lives in the wing room. Opposite Geng Zhiqin is the kitchen. Next to the kitchen lives Yu Wentao's niece, the cousin who helps Ye Fan run the store, and her husband. Their children also come over during winter and summer vacations or weekends.

The main rooms were reserved for the eldest and second oldest. Sensen lived in his parents' room. Huihui lived in her parents' bedroom. Sensen heard footsteps and came out to see. Huihui saw that he was dressed neatly and probably hadn't slept yet, so she went to her cousin's room and asked, "What are you doing?"

Chu Guangming stood up and said, "Look for a radio station."

Geng Huihui closed the door casually: "Close it first. I want to tell you something, you two can help me analyze it."

Chu Guangming turned off the radio, sat on the bed and listened attentively.

Geng Huihui told the two what Geng Zhiqin had just said, and then asked: "What does she think?"

Geng Sen Sen: "What else can I think? She broke up with Liu Ning because of her grandmother and aunt. She was unwilling to accept it, but she didn't dare to blame her grandmother and aunt, so she deliberately made things difficult for Sun Lai Fu. As a result, the target was changed to the Sun family, and her grandmother had to pay, which made her even more unhappy."

"My aunt and grandma didn't do anything before my aunt broke up with Liu Ning."

Geng Sensen: "That is, she felt that if grandma and aunt helped her deal with the Liu family, she and Liu Ning would not have to break up. But grandma and aunt told her to face it alone, and she couldn't beat the Liu family and had to break up. To be honest, it was grandma and aunt who forced her to do it."

"That's unreasonable." Geng Huihui was speechless, "Then why don't you break up with Sun Laifu and find someone yourself?"

Geng Sensen: "She knew that Sun Laifu was quite good, and she was afraid that she would find someone who was far inferior to him."

Chu Guangming whispered: "Sister Huihui, I think——"

Geng Sensen: "Don't hesitate."

Chu Guangming said directly: "Xiao Qinu has poor vision. If she really breaks up with that doctor Sun Laifu, she can't be allowed to find one herself."

Geng Huihui nodded: "Chen Xiaohui, the aunt of Dabao and Erbao, also told my aunt not to let her find a partner on her own. My grandmother and my aunt often say that Aunt Xiaohui is stupid. There are many people who are smarter than her, which shows how stupid she is."

Chu Guangming wanted to laugh: "So Aunt Ye and the others all knew about it."

Geng Huihui: "Even Sen Sen can see that my aunt is so cunning, how can she hide it from anyone? Dabao once said that if she does it again, she will be given away for nothing."

Chu Guangming was very surprised. Fortunately, he thought he was the only bystander who could see things clearly. "What should we do? You can't force a cow to drink water if it doesn't want to."

"My aunt has no sense of crisis." Geng Huihui said: "I will go back to the room and think about how to deal with her."

There was no good solution when Geng Huihui fell asleep.

The next morning, when they arrived at the front yard, Huihui saw that Erbao suddenly had an idea. Huihui asked Erbao to pay attention to when her aunt would look for Sun Laifu and where they would go on a date.

Erbao went to her aunt like a little spy to get Sun Laifu's latest schedule, and then copied a copy for her cousin. Three days later in the afternoon, Sun Laifu appeared on campus, and Geng Huihui asked her junior sister to go find her after class.

On the way to the cafeteria, Geng Huihui and Geng Zhiqin saw Sun Laifu and Huihui's junior sister chatting under a tree. Huihui's junior sister often came to see her, and Geng Zhiqin knew her. Seeing this, he asked Huihui: "Why is your junior sister so impatient?"

"What did my junior sister do?" Geng Huihui said innocently, "I'm not saying anything bad about you, but if you feel that you are not right with him, just break up. He is not afraid of dragging it out, but you are the least capable of dragging it out?" After saying that, she strode towards her junior sister, grabbed her arm, and said to Sun Laifu, "Let's go eat."

Walking a little further away, Geng Huihui's junior sister asked, "Are your aunt and uncle going to get married soon?"

Geng Huihui: "We'll get engaged on May 1st."

"Alas, good men all get married early." The junior sister sighed.

Geng Huihui: "I also have a good man in my family."

"Your cousin? Forget it, forget it. I can't afford a scientist." The junior sister was so scared that she kept shaking her head. In fact, she didn't want to find a job that would be too busy and she would not be able to stay at home. She wanted to find a teacher so that after getting married, both husband and wife would have time to take care of the family.

Geng Huihui dared to do this because she knew what her junior sister was thinking: "I have a cousin who is just one level below me."

"Tell me?"

Geng Huihui first explained the relationship between the Yu family and hers, for example, how they didn't visit each other much before, and then said: "The one I'm talking about is my grandmother's nephew. His family is in the countryside, but they're not poor. They may be richer than your family."

“Are rural people so rich?”

Geng Huihui has been to the countryside: "There is no money. My young aunt took them with her when she started her business. She has been working for several years. Now their family has a store in the city. There are many brothers and sisters. When my uncle Yu and aunt get old, everyone can take turns to take care of them."

“Is it less burdensome to take care of the elderly?”

Huihui nodded.

The junior sister said: "Tell me about your cousin."

Geng Huihui said, "He is from the same Normal University as you, but in another city. He will be able to pass the exam to be a middle school teacher in this city in the fall. He is not as good-looking or tall as Sun Laifu, but he is diligent and can endure hardships. He drives a car to sell popsicles every summer when school is on vacation. He should have several thousand yuan. If your parents sponsor half of it, he can buy a 40-square-meter house in the fall."

"Forty square meters?" the junior sister exclaimed, "A pigeon cage?"

Geng Huihui: "It's not small actually. The bedroom and living room are about 20 square meters, the kitchen and bathroom are 7 or 8 square meters, and there is also a small study. If you are lucky, there are two large balconies. If you are unlucky, there is also a large balcony."

“Is a 40-square-meter house this big?”

Geng Huihui nodded: "My aunt is planning to buy a 60-square-meter house. It not only has two balconies, but also has north-south ventilation. In today's weather, there is no need to turn on the lights before 6 p.m."

Geng Huihui also thought that 60 square meters was too small before. After Ye Fan explained it to her, Geng Huihui realized that 60 square meters was quite spacious for a family.

My junior sister is graduating this year, and she doesn't plan to go to graduate school. Because she will soon start working, her parents reminded her a few days ago to be smart at work and seize the good man she meets.

"Are you sure he doesn't have a partner?"

Geng Huihui: "He doesn't want to stay in the local area and has never thought of finding a partner there. What's wrong? Are you tempted? I'll tell you a secret. It's cheaper to buy a company-owned house. If you have the chance to buy a company-owned house, you can get a 60-square-meter house for 6,000 or 7,000 yuan. Houses are expensive now. If you bought one a few years ago, it might only cost 3,000 or 4,000 yuan. But he doesn't have that much money. If he asks my uncle's family to pay for the full amount, then your wedding will have to be simple."

"What?" Junior Sister laughed angrily, "I don't even know if he is black or white."

Geng Huihui said: "Let's make it clear so as not to affect our relationship."

Perhaps Geng Huihui spoke too honestly, the little sister actually had a fondness for her "cousin" whom she had never met before. During the meal, she asked him how many brothers and sisters he had and how old his parents were.

When Geng Huihui heard that this was a good idea, she asked her grandmother to buy two roast ducks when she got home around five o'clock on Saturday afternoon.

Yu Wentao stretched out her arm: "You should take a bite from this."

Geng Huihui: "Grandma, I will help your nephew find a partner. My junior sister."

"Really?" Yu Wentao immediately went back to the bedroom to get the money. "Wait a minute, I'll be there soon."

Ye Fan sat on the Luohan bed, leaned on the kang table to discuss clothing styles, and calculated when to go south: "Is it true?"

"Aunt is really amazing. You're not afraid of making mistakes." Geng Huihui took off her shoes and sat on it.

Ye Fan: "It's not easy to be a matchmaker. I feel like your aunt has been too lazy to look at me recently."

"My aunt is ignorant, but my junior sister is not." Geng Huihui said.

Ye Fan asked: "Does your junior sister have any brothers? How many brothers?"

Geng Huihui sighed, "You are such a fool. When you find a partner for your aunt, you worry that the person has too many sisters. When you find a wife for her, you worry that the person has too many brothers. Don't worry, she has a brother and a sister. Before the college entrance examination was resumed, her brother lived in the countryside. He was worried that he wouldn't be able to get into a school in the capital, so he applied to a local university in the provincial capital and has stayed there. Her sister took over her mother's job, and her brother-in-law lives in her house. Her situation is similar to Xiaozhi's."

Ye Fan: "Not bad. You are too young to be a matchmaker. I will tell your grandma later to arrange a meeting between them when Hongwei comes back from the exam."

"Can Hongwei pass the entrance exam to the city?"

Ye Fan nodded. "The college entrance examination has been suspended for ten years. There is a shortage of primary and secondary school teachers, especially teachers with a bachelor's degree. If he becomes a primary school teacher, he will definitely be able to go to the best primary school. If he becomes a high school teacher, he may be assigned to the south of the city. If he becomes a middle school teacher, he can be competent in the middle school near your school, and parents will not have any objections."

"That's good." Huihui was relieved. "My school is better than Hongwei's, my junior sister's personal conditions are better than his, and Hongwei can buy a house, which is better than my junior sister. It's just right for them to get married to make up for each other's shortcomings."

Ye Fan glanced at her and said, "You are so worried about others, what about yourself?"

"I'm only twenty-two!" Geng Huihui reminded, "I'm one year younger than you, Junior Sister."

Ye Fan forgot that she went to school early. "Just pretend I didn't ask. Go see where Geng Erbao has gone. When he was a kid, he was the exact opposite of Dabao. Dabao loved going out but she didn't. Now it's the other way around."

Geng Huihui thought to herself, the second baby also loved to play before, but the first baby was always playing in the front and the second baby couldn't be seen.

When they got to the door, a car came in. Geng Huihui stopped and the car stopped beside her. Erbao pushed open the door and got out. Geng Huihui was surprised: "Why are you here?"

"I just happened to see her playing with some classmates on the roadside when I came back." Geng Zhiye glared at his daughter, "No wonder your mother and grandmother are worried that you won't come home after school." Seeing Dabao coming back, "Is today Saturday?"

Dabao ran up to him and said, "Yes. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to come back." He looked at his father's car and said, "Dad, did you change the car?"

Erbao: "Dad got a promotion."

Dabao asked hurriedly: "When did it happen?"

Geng Zhiye asked hurriedly: "Erbao, how did you know?"

Erbao: "Grandpa called and said you had a chance to get promoted. I knew about it when you changed your car not long after."

Dabao curled his lips: "Dad, you are so unkind."

Erbao shook his head and said calmly, "Brother, you misunderstood Dad. It's not that Dad didn't say it, but he has to keep a low profile during this period."

Dabao didn't understand: "Why?"

"Because of what happened in the army before." Erbao was surprised, "Brother, don't you know? It's what Aunt Dong Ying told Mom. You were there at that time."

Dabao's face changed slightly, and his heart skipped a beat. He said unnaturally, "Oh, I remember now. A small matter has snowballed into something bigger and bigger. Then I won't ask anymore." He shouted into the house, "Grandma, have you cooked yet?"

Geng Zhiye held his son and motioned for his niece and daughter to go in first: "Geng Dabao, let's have a chat."

Dabao's body trembled: "Talk about-what?"

(End of this chapter)