Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

Ye Fan was not afraid. Although Geng Zhiqin was capable, she was timid and did not dare to make a big fuss. If she was a little more courageous, she could have made Liu Ning's family obedient.

However, since the old lady didn't like Sun Lai Fu in the past, Ye Fan needed to follow her words and make the mother-in-law believe that his sister-in-law was not worthy of Sun Lai Fu. Otherwise, Sun Lai Fu and Geng Zhiqin would not live happily, and his mother-in-law would be upset, and the two would divorce within three years.

Ye Fan: "Yes. Sun Laifu was busy studying before, and now he is busy improving himself. After two years, when he has some free time, he will find that Xiaoqin has many shortcomings, and he will definitely not be able to stand it."

"What should we do?" Yu Wentao panicked.

Ye Fan: "You should be nicer to others. Like me and Geng Zhiye, I am nice to him and he doesn't care what my parents say. If you are nice to him, he can bear it and not care when he hears Xiaoqin complaining at home. You have to make him take one side of the matter."

Yu Wentao thought about herself and realized that if her old man could not provide her with food and clothing and help her family, she would not marry him.

"You're right." Yu Wentao asked, "It's not as hot in the morning as before. How many pounds of meat should I buy to make dumplings tomorrow morning?"

Ye Fan shouted towards Erbao's bedroom: "Erbao, your uncle's work schedule."

Erbao handed it over: "It was from a month ago."

Ye Fan: "Go call your sister."

Geng Huihui came out: "Shall I and Erbao go and ask?"

Ye Fan nodded: "Be careful on the road and don't play around."

"We won't make a fuss." Geng Huihui took Erbao's hand and went out.

Ye Fan remembered something and called them to stop. Er Bao ran back and complained: "Mom, finish what you said at once!"

"Are you still impatient?" Ye Fan glared at her, "Wash two melons, put them in the lunch box and bring them over."

Erbao frowned: "What a hassle. Isn't there a store in front of the hospital? I can buy him two ice creams."

Ye Fan: "He is a doctor, what should he do if he gets a stomachache while treating a patient?"

The cantaloupes sold by Uncle Yu were not fertilized or pesticided. They were small in size but had plenty of sunlight and tasted good. Erbao didn't want to give them to others. But when Ye Fan glared at her, she didn't dare to complain and just washed the cantaloupes and cut them into four halves.

"Mom, is one enough?" Erbao asked.

Ye Fan: "Baby, let's be generous."

"I can cut watermelon for him."

Ye Fan asked: "You don't want to eat anymore?"

Watermelons are common, but cantaloupes are rare. Erbao: "Can I pack him some more delicious food?"

Ye Fan nodded: "Go, go."

Erbao's lunch box had four bowls, and she used two, one for the cantaloupe and one for the snacks her mother brought from the south. The snack box was large, so she opened it, stuffed the snacks in small packages, and carried the two-layer lunch box to the hospital.

After get off work, during lunch time, Erbao and Geng Huihui went to the emergency room door and saw many doctors coming out.

Erbao didn't see Sun Laifu, so he asked uncertainly, "Sister, is he at work today?"

The young nurse stopped and asked: "Who are you looking for?"

Erbao: "Sun Laifu, Doctor Laifu."

The nurse looked at Erbao's age and felt that she looked like his sister, but she had never heard that Dr. Sun had a sister: "Dr. Sun is in there, wait a moment."

Geng Huihui pulled Erbao to the side to rest against the wall.

The fans in the hospital are more comfortable than at home. Geng Huihui whispered, "Erbao, come over here to enjoy the cool air this afternoon?"

"Here?" Erbao asked uncertainly.

Hui Hui nodded: "Don't want to come?"

Erbao was too much to say, so he simply looked at her like a fool and let her figure it out for herself. Geng Huihui poked her on the forehead: "Speak human language!"

"Do you know why my brother hates hospitals? Because there are so many viruses, and if you are weak, you will get sick after a visit." Erbao said helplessly: "The place where we are standing is the source of the virus."

Geng Huihui hurriedly covered her mouth and blinked hard at Erbao.

People usually say that nieces look like their aunts! Erbao thought to himself, my sister must not look like my aunt, having her at home is enough!

"Here they come!" Geng Huihui winked towards the emergency room.

Erbao turned his head and saw Sun Laifu coming out with an old man who was over 50 years old. He seemed to be Laifu's master. Erbao thought that his mother was very polite to her teacher, so he called out, "Uncle Laifu." Then he asked, "Should I call you grandpa or uncle?"

The old doctor was stunned for a moment before he realized that Erbao was talking to him. He forced a smile on his serious face and said, "Whatever you like."

"Uncle! You look almost as old as my uncle." Erbao handed the lunch box to Laifu, "Take it. Ask my aunt to come get it in a few days and bring you dumplings."

Sun Laifu took it and asked, "Did your aunt ask you to come?"

Erbao shook his head: "Aunt is in the new house, grandma asked me to come." He asked the old doctor, "Do you like eating dumplings?"

Old doctor: "Is there another one for me?"

Erbao nodded: "Yes. Uncle Laifu is your apprentice, right? After you eat my dumplings, you should be more patient with him."

If Geng Huihui, who was beside her, said this, the old doctor would think she was flattering. Facing a little girl in her teens, the old doctor was really embarrassed to argue: "Okay! I'll wait for your dumplings."

Erbao said "goodbye" and took her sister away.

The old doctor asked, "The other one is not your partner, right?"

Sun Laifu: "They are all Xiaoqin's nieces."

The old doctor nodded and said, "This family is good." He patted his shoulder and said, "In the past, we were worried that the family was too high-class, so why not find someone from an ordinary family?"

Sun Lai Fu went to the lounge with his master because a colleague helped them get food.

When Sun Laifu opened the lunch box in the office, he was surprised to find a few chocolates in the small snack bag. Sun Laifu had never seen Geng Zhiqin eat it before, so he thought it was Erbao's snack. There were four melons on the bottom layer, just enough for four people.

Colleagues were envious, and the old doctor praised the Geng family for being nice.

In the evening, Erbao asked Geng Zhiqin to go to the hospital to get his lunch box and ask for the shift schedule. In the morning, in front of the old doctor, Erbao was too embarrassed to ask for it.

Geng Zhiqin didn't want to go, and Erbao yelled at her: "Are you going or not? If not, I'll go! If Lai Fu asks you, I'll say you're on a date."

Geng Zhiqin was so frightened that his face changed: "You dare!"

Erbao snorted and ignored her, shaking her ponytail that could barely be tied up. The ponytail jumped up and scared Geng Zhiqin so much that he hurriedly grabbed her and said, "I'll go!" Then he ran out.

"Little guy! I can't cure you!" Erbao returned to the kitchen proudly, "Grandma, do you want to praise me?"

Yu Wentao smiled and nodded: "Praise! Erbao is the best! Grandma will fry you another poached egg?"

"No, no, I can't eat so much." The autumn heat was reluctant to leave, and Erbao had no appetite in the hot weather, so he discussed with grandma to have cold dishes for lunch tomorrow and cold noodles for dinner.

Yu Wentao: "There is no cold dish for sale here."

Erbao had an idea: "Grandma, when will we eat?"

Yu Wentao asked: "Are you hungry? Then you eat first."

"If you don't want to eat now, I'll go out for a while." Erbao ran towards Zhang Xiaoming's house. When she saw Chu Guangming at the entrance of the alley, she stopped and asked, "Have you eaten yet?"

Chu Guangming: "I ate watermelon."

"Would you like to eat at my house?"

Chu Guangming shook his head: "There is still half a melon at home. I will eat it when I am hungry."

These days, melons are sold one by one, so Chu Guangming can only eat half first and half later. Erbao nodded in understanding and turned to Han Dawei's house. Han Dawei's wife had just returned from Ye Fan's company, so Han Dawei cut a piece of melon for her and asked her to eat some to cool down before eating.

When Han Dawei saw Erbao, he handed her a piece of melon.

Erbao shook his head: "My family is going to eat. Uncle Han, are you free this afternoon?"

Han Dawei originally wanted to set up a stall after closing the stalls in the morning, but the stall business was dangerous this year, and Han Dawei did not dare to go against the street. As a result, he was idle for most of the day and felt uncomfortable, so he cleaned up the house and outside.

Erbao saw him nod and said, "Then you prepare the cold dishes in the afternoon and sell them at the intersection in the evening."

Han Dawei suspected that she wanted to eat Ye Fan and refused to make it for her: "It's the beginning of autumn, and it won't be sold for a few days."

"When selling roasted chestnuts in winter, ask Xiao Ming to help you pull the chestnuts. My uncle has a pot for roasting chestnuts, but he can't do it now because no one is helping him. Ask him to sell it to you at a lower price." Erbao said.

Han Dawei asked: "Erbao likes to eat chestnuts?"

Erbao nodded subconsciously.

Han Dawei was happy, and Erbao was embarrassed: "Whether you want to sell it or not, I don't care." After saying that, he ran away.

"Slow down!" Han Dawei hurried out.

Erbao stopped for a moment and continued running home.

Chu Guangming was enjoying the cool breeze at the intersection. Seeing this, he came over and asked, "What happened to Erbao?"

Han Dawei roughly explained it, along with his guess, and then said helplessly and wanted to laugh: "This little girl, I can cook but it doesn't mean I can also make cold dishes and stir-fry chestnuts."

"Isn't your brother's father-in-law a chef? Ask him to teach you."

Chu Guangming praised Han Dawei's delicious cooking to Zhang Xiaoming, and Zhang Xiaoming said that the cooking was done by an expert, who might be his brother's father-in-law.

When Han Dawei was selling food at the entrance of Ye Fan's alley, he would often hear Aunt Li and Uncle Zhang chatting about who should open a store instead of setting up a stall. If Yu Wentao was there, she would also praise Ye Fan and also praise Yu Wentao for having a good daughter-in-law.

Han Dawei felt a sense of urgency from their conversation. He always felt that if he didn't buy a store in the next two years, the house price would rise sharply. Although he thought this idea was nonsense, he thought that many places did not allow stalls, and those who set up stalls could only move indoors. So Han Dawei and his wife went back to his mother-in-law's house to get 100 to 200 kilograms of tea.

When he got home, he went to Ye Fan to ask how to sell it. Ye Fan went with him to the store and then to the supply and marketing cooperative, and came back to help him set the price, which was 30% cheaper than the store.

His tea was sold out in just one week.

Han Dawei was going to his mother-in-law's house again. Ye Fan told him that he could go, but he couldn't sell it when he came back, and he had to wait until the winter solstice to take it out. Han Dawei believed her, and relying on the fact that he was a grown man and no one would kidnap him, he went back by himself and came back a few days ago.

Han Dawei went home to count the accounts. He found that he was still a little short of his goal after selling all the tea. Although he didn't want to ask his brother's father-in-law for help, after listening to Chu Guangming's words, Han Dawei decided to go and ask him with a pound of good tea another day.

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Ye Fan found out why Erbao went out, and couldn't help scolding her: "You really have a way. Aren't you afraid of making people sick from exhaustion?"

Erbao: "Dawei needs to buy some vegetables to make spicy soup and steamed buns, right? Just buy more. He's that old, doesn't he know to take a rest when he's tired?"

"Has Xiao Ming ever been willing to take a rest before?" Ye Fan asked.

Erbao: "No one cared about Xiao Ming before. Uncle Han is different. He has a wife and children. He definitely wouldn't dare to ask for money over his life."

Ye Fan frowned: "I've told you several times, don't learn everything from your brother! What's the point of calling you Uncle Han? It's inappropriate!"

Erbao: "You can talk to my brother. If he learns well, I will definitely not learn bad things from him!"

Ye Fan yelled: "Dabao!"

Geng Dabao came out of the bedroom: "Mom, are you so irritable because you miss Dad? I'll call Dad."

Ye Fanqi laughed.

Dabao hugged her and said, "You won't be angry if you smile. Don't bother with Erbao. I think Erbao's idea is good. Look, the nearest roast duck restaurant is three or four kilometers away from our home. The nearest braised food restaurant is also one or two kilometers away. There is a market gap within a one-kilometer radius, and Uncle Da-Dawei won't lose money."

When Yu Wentao saw her daughter coming back, she asked the younger ones to wash their hands.

The next day, Geng Sensen and Geng Leilei came back. Yu Wentao asked them to rest and asked Erbao and Huihui to help her roll out the dough and make dumplings.

Ye Fan had six more employees, four men and two women, half of whom were her juniors and the other half were top students from other schools. Ye Fan was worried that there would be arguments due to the large number of people, and she couldn't stand the hassle in the early stages of her business, so she went over to keep an eye on it herself.

Ye Fan discovered that her schoolmate was typing very slowly using Wubi: "Just learned it?"

The schoolgirl nodded: "I saw others using it and it was very useful."

Ye Fan: "Not suitable for us, we are suitable for Pinyin——"

An old classmate interrupted: "Stop! You asked us to build a system a few days ago, and now you want us to make Pinyin software? Sister, we only have a few people. Even if we cooperate with the school, the school has a lot of projects and can't spare many people to help us. Don't worry, can we take our time?"

Ye Fanxiao: "I was just saying that. Give you ten years?"

“—It won’t take that long.”

Ye Fan: "Then take control of it yourself. If you feel tired, do something relaxing. I'll contact the Hongcheng Research Company and sell it to them and pay you."

"How much can it be sold for?" asked the junior fellow student who was only one year younger than Ye Fan.

Ye Fan: "A few hundred thousand. It depends on the specific situation."

A dozen people looked at each other subconsciously when they heard her light tone. Did they hear it right? Not a few thousand or tens of thousands?
Seeing this, Ye Fan said, "You heard it right. I will go south to get the tape in a few days, and then I will go to Hong Kong City to ask what software is needed. I know everyone's level, and I think if there is no big problem, I will take it."

The students who just arrived here couldn't help but ask: "Don't we have a Han card?"

Ye Fan: "Besides us, there are at least three Chinese cards on the market. There may be more in the future, so we must make plans early."

Ye Fan’s old classmate told the newcomer that the boss had a strong sense of crisis, and even if they couldn’t make a lot of money by following her, they wouldn’t have to worry about getting poorer and having a hard time making a living.

Ye Fan found that she, a newcomer in the office, felt very uncomfortable, so she chatted with everyone for a few minutes and then said she would go to the sales department to take a look.

A few days ago, several salesmen went out for a trip, and when they came back, only two of them were gone, and they were the two who boasted of being young and healthy. Now, only Yu Wentao's nephew was watching the phone in the sales office.

Ye Fan asked: "How are they doing?"

Yu Wentao's nephew: "At first he had heat stroke, he drank a lot of hot and cold drinks, he said he had diarrhea until midnight last night, so he can only catch up on sleep at home today."

"Who said that?"

Yu Wentao's nephew pointed upstairs and said, "They didn't go back yesterday. I went to see how they were doing this morning, and they said they were feeling better."

Ye Fan asked: "Have you taken the medicine?"

Yu Wentao's nephew nodded.

Ye Fan: "Tell them to rest for two more days. When they are better, it will be your turn to rest. You can discuss the specific time among yourselves."

This is what Ye Fan's employees like most about her. Ye Fan has no objection to her staying at home every day without delaying their work. It's not like some units where someone has to sit in the office and answer the phone and not allow others to be late.

Geng Zhiye had accompanied Ye Fan here several times during his vacations before, and when he found out that her company and office were so loose, he reminded Ye Fan that there is no order without rules.

Ye Fan retorted: "Why should we follow the rules if we are not going to fight the enemy? I will fine you for delaying the work!"

A group of employees slept until nine in the morning, had a quick breakfast, went to the office to work for an hour and had lunch. It seemed that they didn't do much in the whole morning, and in fact they didn't do much. But they were busy for two or three hours after dinner and went downstairs to rest at nine or ten o'clock, but they never asked Ye Fan for overtime pay.

Ye Fan did some calculations and found that he could do much more than them who worked from 9 to 5, so he let them do as they pleased.

After staying in the office for a while, Ye Fan went to the store next door. Yu Yinxing complained to her that the store was too small. Ye Fan said, "I bought two houses and a store near the school this year. The houses will be used as staff dormitories and the store will be used as an office. I will ask them to move in on November 1st."

Yu Yinxing exclaimed: "You buy it again? Do you still have money?"

Ye Fan: "Savings? Not necessarily as much as you have. But it's okay, I can make money by selling my Han card and stuff."

Yu Yinxing suddenly remembered something: "Did you buy a lot of stationery and daily necessities?"

Ye Fan bought a batch of goods last month. It was summer vacation and the stationery factory was very busy. No one was interested in the inventory, so Ye Fan bought all of it. "Did you see it?"

"A few days ago when you were taking out clothes, I saw a room full of stuff. They didn't look like clothes, so I suspected they were stationery and daily necessities." Yu Yinxing asked, "Are there a lot less than last year?"

Ye Fan: "In a couple of days we will go south to the small commodity market. It's cheaper there, and a few bags per person will be enough. We bought a lot last year because no one was selling and no one was competing with us for business. This year, there will definitely be a lot of people following suit."

This year, not only the middlemen followed suit, but some smart students also used their connections to get a batch of stationery and daily necessities. However, their products were not as diverse as Ye Fan's, so Ye Fan's business was good.

This year, the batch was small, and by September 1st, only a few were left. Ye Fan asked Erbao if he wanted any.

Erbao wanted it, so he took it to school and sold it to his classmates, making a profit of more than 20 yuan.

When Erbao returned home in the evening, he took Ye Fan's hand and asked, "Anything else?"

Ye Fan shook his head.

"Then you can earn more next year?"

Ye Fan shook his head: "You are a student!"

“——No one stipulates that students can’t sell things.” Erbao muttered.

Ye Fan: "School has started, it's time to focus."

Erbao let go and said in disgust: "You like to scold people more than your father." "Really? Let me ask your father?"

Erbao nodded: "Ask."

"Geng Zhiye, Erbao said I'm not as good as you."

Erbao couldn't help laughing: "Mom, Dad——" Turning back and seeing the person who suddenly appeared, Erbao was stunned and opened his mouth wide: "Dad——Dad?"

Geng Zhiye gave her a slap on the face: "How old are you? Why are you still teasing your mother?"

Erbao rolled her eyes. If she had known that her father would be back tonight, she would have played shuttlecock with her left leg or right leg without bothering her mother.

Geng Zhiye hit her on the head again.

Erbao yelled angrily: "Still hitting me?"

Ye Fan raised his hand.

Erbao yelled outside: "Brother!"

Yu Wentao came out from the kitchen: "Erbao, today is the first day of school, Dabao is in school."

Erbao forgot that his brother was in college again, and ran to the yard and glared at his parents: "My brother is not at home, so you guys bully me!"

Geng Zhiye waved his hand at her: "Come over and tell me, Dad didn't hear it clearly."

Erbao is not stupid. Erbao goes to the kitchen to help grandma cook.

Geng Zhiqin, Geng Huihui, Geng Leilei, Geng Sen Sen and Dabao were not at home. If Geng Zhiye didn't come back, there would be only three of us at home and it would be easy to cook. Yu Wentao asked her to take a rest aside.

Erbao sat by the door, resting his chin on his hand, watching his grandmother add two steamed buns to the rice cooker, wash a potato, and apparently plan to add another dish: "Dad might as well not come back."

Yu Wentao: "As a soldier, your father can't come back often. But we are all in the capital. If your father doesn't like to go home, the leaders will wonder if his bad relationship with your mother will be brought to work."

"The leader cares so much about my dad?"

Yu Wentao said, "My leader used to worry about my life. If it weren't for the leader's introduction, I wouldn't have had the chance to meet your grandfather."

"Leaders really worry about things." Erbao understood, "My mom is also a leader now, no wonder she likes to criticize me so much."

Geng Zhiye heard his daughter chattering in the main room: "Why is she so talkative?"

Ye Fan: "Before, Dabao, Huihui and Benben played with her, but now she is the only one left at home. If I don't play with her, she will become a little mute."

"Take her out for fun on the weekend?"

Ye Fan: "A few days ago, Dabao's good friend came over, and Dabao took him around. Erbao went out with them every day."

Geng Zhiye came back once a week ago and heard Ye Fan say that a child from the island was admitted to the capital: "The one from the island?"

Ye Fan nodded: "Change your clothes and get ready for dinner."

Geng Zhiye usually participates in training, but today, because he did not return to the dormitory, his training clothes were full of sweat. Geng Zhiye changed into shorts and a vest, and shivered when he went to the yard: "It's getting cold."

Ye Fan: "It's getting colder day by day. Bring some long johns and a sweater tomorrow."

Geng Zhiye’s dormitory used to have everything he needed, but after he was transferred to a new dormitory in the Ace Division, he now lacks everything.

The next morning, Ye Fan helped him pack a bag of clothes, and Geng Zhiye found a plastic bag and took out many daily necessities, including spare toothpaste and toothbrushes, soap for washing clothes, hand soap, shampoo, facial oil, etc.

Erbao teased: "Dad, are you working or traveling?"

Geng Zhiye: "Let's walk to school with mom."

"No." Erbao opened the car door and climbed in. "Dad, hurry up. I'm going to be late."

Geng Zhiye met Chu Guangming halfway and stopped to call out. Chu Guangming waved his hand, and Erbao shouted, "Hurry up!"

Chu Guangming went up subconsciously.

Geng Zhiye turned his head and glared at his daughter: You are bullying people in front of me.

Erbao pretended not to see it and held his chin up and looked out: "Dad, the air is fresh in the morning, it's suitable for you and mom to date."

Geng Zhiye ignored her and stopped the car at an intersection where he could see the school gate and told her to get out.

After her husband and daughter left, Ye Fan planned to go to the company, but when she got to the door, she saw Chen Xiaohui coming. Ye Fan couldn't help but ask, "Don't you have to go to work?"

"Take a rest these few days and come to see how you are doing." Chen Xiaohui said.

Ye Fan snorted: "What do you like now that you don't have money? I don't have money!"

"I know you have money." Chen Xiaohui said, "I saw Zhang Xiaoming selling stationery and daily necessities at the gate of my alma mater. Zhang Xiaoming can't remember those things. Those things look small, but some are more expensive than a pair of shoes. If you don't have 8,000, you must have 10,000."

Ye Fan: "There are fourteen people in my company, and the monthly salary is several thousand yuan."

"Where is your Chinese card?" When Chen Xiaohui heard about the "Chinese card", she thought it was a card for learning Chinese. After learning more about it, Chen Xiaohui could not help but envy.

In her previous life, Ye Fan did not study computer science, and after graduation she joined a state-owned enterprise. The path she took in this life was completely different from her previous life, and it also allowed her to walk out on a smooth path.

Chen Xiaohui said: "Brother, I have heard of your Han card. Don't say you want to lose money to gain publicity."

Hanka's net profit can fully cover the staff's wages, bonuses and year-end dividends. If Ye Fan doesn't buy a house, a computer or a store, he doesn't need to use the money earned from wholesale to fill the company.

Ye Fan had more than 10,000 yuan in her hand, and she wanted to save 10,000 yuan to buy clothes for late autumn and early winter when she went south in a few days: "I don't have that much money."

Chen Xiaohui: "A few hundred or a few thousand?"

"one thousand!"

Chen Xiaohui: "That's enough!"

Ye Fan was incredulous: "You get a subsidy for graduate school, a salary for work, and you don't have to give money to your family, so where is your money?"

"My money -" Decorate the house. Chen Xiaohui didn't dare to tell the truth: "I don't have enough money. This time it's really Ming-style furniture. I tell you, it can double in value in a few years. Now it only costs a few dozen yuan."

Ye Fan sneered: "How many tens of dollars are there to buy materials?"

"That stool is just a decoration. What he actually wants to sell is a jade ornament. You can't make much money from jade ornaments."

Ye Fan sighed: "Chen Xiaohui, do you know how much jade seeds cost now? It's not even as expensive as gold. The jade carvings used by Emperor Qianlong didn't even cost a thousand yuan."

"Is jade so cheap?" Chen Xiaohui asked, "Is gold not as expensive as jade?" Ye Fan was wondering what year this was.

Fortunately, Ye Fan doesn’t have the ability to read minds, otherwise he would have to ask her who told her that jade is more valuable than gold.

"Shall we go to the store first?"

Chen Xiaohui: "Then the money——"

"Take two hundred dollars first. Wait for me here."

Chen Xiaohui muttered, "I won't go in either. I'm annoyed when I see your mother-in-law."

Ye Fan turned around and glared at her, and she immediately stopped mumbling.

The reason why Ye Fan was so sure was that a few days ago, Sun Lai Fu was on vacation and came to Ye Fan's house with a bag of fruits, saying that he was buying the "three golds" for Geng Zhiqin.

Ye Fan suggested buying a gold ring and a gold necklace, but don’t buy a gold bracelet, just buy a jade bracelet.

Geng Zhiqin was not happy, so Ye Fan deliberately said, "You don't like bracelets and necklaces? Then buy a gold ring."

Geng Zhiqin immediately looked like "who are you from?" Yu Wentao considered that Chang Guangrong had already delivered the refrigerator, TV and washing machine he promised, and she was embarrassed to ask him to spend money, so she said she would buy a gold ring.

Sun Lai Fu quickly said that he had money.

Ye Fan was worried that Geng Zhiqin was not sensible, so he asked Huihui to go with them. The jade bracelets with excellent water content sold in state-owned stores were not as expensive as the thin and petty gold bracelets, so she decided to buy the jade bracelets.

Geng Zhiqin muttered, "It's easy to break." Ye Fan asked, "Do you dare to wear it outside? Aren't you afraid that hooligans will rob you?"

Sun Laifu, who originally wanted to smooth things over, was also afraid that the item would bring disaster, so he did not object when Geng Zhiqin wanted to buy a silver ring to wear to work.

Finally, there was a jade bracelet, a gold chain with a jade pendant, and a silver ring. Only 40% of the money Sun Laifu had prepared remained.

Ye Fan found that they were so cheap, so he bought several pieces. He also bought some jade Buddhas and jade Guanyin for his nephews and nieces. He did not buy them gold chains, but asked them to tie them with red strings and wear them around their necks.

After Ye Fan got the money, he took Chen Xiaohui to the state-owned store she often went to. No one in the Ye family got married, and Chen Xiaohui was so focused on antiques that she never thought about buying gold, silver, and jade for her parents that she hadn't paid attention to the prices of gold and jade in the past few years.

The salesperson took out a pendant that cost dozens of dollars, and a very good bracelet that only cost one or two hundred dollars, which was cheaper than a thin hollow gold bracelet. Chen Xiaohui was like Monkey King entering the Peach Garden, she wanted both of them.

The salesperson stared at her warily, worried that she would grab the items. Ye Fan thought she was embarrassing him and stepped on her foot. Chen Xiaohui came to her senses and smiled awkwardly: "These are so beautiful."

The salesperson knew Ye Fan and knew that she was rich, so he gave her the best things. Upon hearing her words, he smiled and explained, "These are the treasures of our store."

Chen Xiaohui asked: "Is it expensive?"

Salesperson: "It has increased a little recently. The jade material was purchased a while ago, so the price has not increased yet. After this batch is sold, the price of jadeite and jade in the store will increase."

Chen Xiaohui immediately complimented: "State-owned enterprises are fair." Then she picked one, then two, and her wrist was full of them, and asked Ye Fan to pay.

Ye Fan pulled them off one by one, and only took out the bracelet with the best water head and gave it to the salesperson for two hundred yuan. The salesperson took more than a hundred yuan and whispered to Ye Fan: "You have to check it out after a while."

Chen Xiaohui heard this and spent all of Ye Fan's money, and then asked Ye Fan to go home for more money.

Ye Fan frowned: "Why do you act like there is no tomorrow after today?" Who of them will live longer and who understands the afterlife market?

Chen Xiaohui: "You can buy it anytime if you can make money. But I don't have much money. I'm worried that if I don't buy it now, I'll lose money later."

Ye Fan: "The things I bought with my money are mine, I don't feel bad about it——"

"I feel sorry for you. You can't waste money like this." Chen Xiaohui urged her to get the money quickly.

Ye Fan sighed: "Looks like I need to get a safe."

Chen Xiaohui: "Put it in the vase on your bedside table."

Ye Fanxin said, you are really good at arrangements.

Although it is a good deal to buy now, Ye Fan still keeps more than 100 yuan in case of emergency.

When they came back, Chen Xiaohui placed the things Ye Fan bought on the bed and admired them one by one. Seeing that she really liked them, Ye Fan said, "Pick one for you."

Chen Xiaohui shook her head: "It's fine as long as the money is kept within the family. I'll go home to get the money later, you go get some money from your mother-in-law, and we'll go again."

"Are you crazy?!" Ye Fan was shocked. "Aren't you afraid of being seen by gangsters and sneaking in in the middle of the night?"

Chen Xiaohui: "Now that the crackdown is severe, hooligans dare not target state-owned stores. I just checked and there are no suspicious people around. Besides, if they are so bold, why would they rob the counter? It's hard to cash in the goods.

So you know it's hard to cash in. Ye Fan reminded her: "You may go bankrupt even if you have a house full of treasures."

"I, I'll borrow some money from my mom. I won't touch my dad's money, so I can't break the bank." Chen Xiaohui said.

Ye Fanxin said, it's rare that someone dares to ask Tao Chunlan for money.

"Let's go in the afternoon?" Ye Fan said.

Chen Xiaohui: "Then I'll come to see you this afternoon."

"I'm waiting for you to buy jade ornaments?" Ye Fan reminded her.

Chen Xiaohui waved her hand: "Leave him alone for a few days. Didn't you say that this is a buyer's market?" After saying that, she carried her bag and went home.

There really wasn't much place to hide things in Ye Fan's house, so he could only wrap the things in clean cotton cloth and put them in the vase on the desk.

Yu Wentao came in just in time to see her stuffing something in there: "Chen Xiaohui asked you to buy it, right?"

Ye Fan: "I also want to buy it myself."

Yu Wentao didn't believe it: "Even if you want to buy it, you won't buy it again and again. She really has to eat until she's full when she sees something good. There's no such person in your family, right?"

Ye Fan: "You don't have a Xiaoqin in your family. All your brothers and sisters keep their eyes open when looking for a partner, fearing they might be cheated."

Yu Wentao sighed and said weakly, "Yes, she is not as good as Chen Xiaohui. She did not benefit outsiders even if she messed around. Xiaoqin - actually wanted to get involved with the Liu family."

Ye Fan: "The salesperson told me that the price of jade is going to go up. Do you think I should buy a few pieces for you to live on in your old age?"

Yu Wentao used to have tens of thousands of dollars in her pocket, and she told Yang Mengxia that she didn't want the money he lent her, and would leave her affairs after her death to her eldest brother's family, so she was not worried.

Now more than half of her money is gone, and in a few days she has to arrange a wedding for her troublesome daughter, which will cost her another sum of money. She feels sad just thinking about it.

"I'll go with you this afternoon." Yu Wentao asked worriedly, "Isn't he trying to sell you something to please you?"

Ye Fan shook his head: "The saleswoman said that she had spent all her salary for the past few months on it. Besides, salespeople in state-owned stores don't dare to make false claims."

However, Ye Fan was also worried about being targeted by thieves, so he went there again in the afternoon and ordered Chen Xiaohui not to go near the store for a week.

Chen Xiaohui didn't know the price of gold and jade at this time in her previous life, so she naturally didn't dare to be self-righteous. Besides, although Ye Fan was too cautious, it's better to be safe than sorry.

Ye Fan was able to achieve so much in his previous life. Chen Xiaohui believed that luck and intelligence alone were useless, and careful planning was definitely necessary.

In late September, Chen Xiaohui came to see Ye Fan again and told her that she did not go, but asked her sister-in-law to go to the store to ask, and some stores did increase their prices. Her sister-in-law bought a few jade ornaments for Liangliang as a dowry.

Ye Fan had a headache. She was really afraid of being at a disadvantage. "Did the guy who wanted to sell the jade ornaments raise the price?"

Chen Xiaohui nodded: "He said that if the price of jade in the market goes up, his price will have to go up too. I said I can't afford it. I got the stool, and it's ten yuan more than what we negotiated before."

Ye Fan: "Isn't jade carving a craft of famous artists?"

Chen Xiaohui: "It's too exquisite, it must be modern. The ancient royal craftsmanship is a bit dull. But he has other things at home, and it feels like he found them at a flea market. When can we go to the flea market to take a look?"

Ye Fan: "Go find Huihui. I'll give Huihui 200 yuan. You are not allowed to buy anything over 50 yuan."

"The richer you are, the better you will live." Chen Xiaohui said this, and Ye Fan sold her an ear.

Seeing that she was in a state of panic, Chen Xiaohui went to Erbao's room to find Geng Huihui and discussed with her about going to the flea market on the weekend.

Erbao also wanted to broaden his horizons, so he went with them on the weekend.

Chen Xiaohui went to several large tombs with her teacher and saw many valuable things. But when she arrived at the flea market and saw familiar things, she looked down on them. She gave people one dollar for every ten dollars they paid. The people in the flea market almost ganged up on her to drive her out.

But there are indeed people who are waiting for money, and some people think that they can sell them after making some money, so she also found many good things.

Geng Huihui and Erbao gave Ye Fan the things she bought with her money, and said that they would never go to the flea market with Chen Xiaohui again.

Ye Fan threw the things into the porcelain cabinet of the original owner.

Geng Huihui asked: "Why throw it in there?"

Ye Fan: "I don't know where those things came from. It makes me uncomfortable to see them. It's better to buy them at a thrift store. They are all from regular channels."

The second-hand market is a mixed bag, with almost half of the owners being private individuals, so it is really hard to tell where the items came from.

Geng Huihui: "It seems better to buy a new one."

Ye Fan: "If I were to choose, I would still choose new ones. Paintings and calligraphy and porcelain are worthless, so I would buy gold. People usually say that gold is more valuable in troubled times, but gold is easier to cash out in prosperous times than antiques. Real gold and silver cannot be faked, so anyone dares to buy them. If you want to cash out antiques, you can only find someone who knows the business and has money."

Geng Huihui thought that if she had a jade bracelet and a gold bracelet, when she was in urgent need of money, she could only sell the jade bracelet to someone who knew about it, but Uncle Zhang and Aunt Li would dare to buy the gold.

Erbao: "Mom, have you reminded Auntie Xiaohui?"

Ye Fan said, "Many years ago, when she wanted to buy furniture, I told her that this business was tricky. Maybe her previous living environment made her feel uneasy, so as soon as she had money, she wanted to exchange it for things. Things can really make people feel at ease."

Erbao has a father, a mother, and a brother, and she also has a small treasury of her own. She can't understand what her mother means by "unsettled", so she changes the subject: "Mom, where is my aunt's wedding?"

Ye Fan: "We'll hold it at a hotel with the Sun family. Each family will collect their own gifts, and the expenses will be paid half. Chang Guangrong has made the reservation."

"What about my sister-in-law's wedding dress?"

Ye Fan said: "Your grandmother thinks that wearing white at a wedding is unlucky, and your aunt wants to wear it, so your grandmother asked her to take out the money."

Ye Fan wanted to laugh when talking about this.

Geng Zhiqin gave her mother 500 yuan. A few days ago, Sun Laifu came over for dinner, and Yu Wentao gave the money to Sun Laifu, saying that she would use it for renting wedding dresses and suits and taking photos.

After Sun Laifu left, Geng Zhiqin called her mother a loser.

Yu Wentao pointed at her nose and said, "If Sun Laifu were my son, I wouldn't want you even if you were the mayor's daughter!"

(End of this chapter)