Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

Geng Zhiye glared at him and said, "Can you just get out of here?"

The junior officer acted like he was blind and didn't see that the division commander looked upset.

Ye Fan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You are old enough to be Geng Zhiye's son."

"The commander has a son, right?" The young officer heard that the commander had both a son and a daughter. "Sister-in-law doesn't lack a son, but -"

Geng Zhiye interrupted: "Are you free?"

"I was talking to my sister-in-law, not you." The young officer was worried that Geng Zhiye would kick him, so he moved to Ye Fan's side.

Ye Fan: "The computer is an agent product, not our company's. In a few years, we will have our own computers and give you a few. With your qualifications, you will definitely be able to get one."

"How many years?" the young officer asked hurriedly.

Ye Fan: "It wasn't a big problem before he was transferred."

Geng Zhiye had been transferred here for a little over a year, so it was impossible for him to be transferred away so soon. The young officer calculated that it would take a conservative estimate of three years, which was not a long time. “Thank you, sister-in-law!” He saluted immediately.

Geng Zhiye asked coldly: "Can you get out now?"

The young officer waved to Ye Fan and ran away with a smile.

Ye Fan: "He is quite courageous."

Geng Zhiye: "He is a very important person. This kid doesn't tell the truth."

"You don't know?" Ye Fan was surprised.

Geng Zhiye shook his head: "I didn't check. His father's column is blank, so he must be a high-ranking military official."

"Higher than you?"

Geng Zhiye nodded: "He is several years older than Dabao. Judging from his age, his father is at least five years older than me. Maybe he is the leader above me."

Ye Fan was surprised: "Your department is full of hidden talents."

"Otherwise, how can I say that a flat adjustment is also an upward adjustment?" Geng Zhiye paused, "There was also a dragon among the people eating in the same row with us. I met him when I was a child at a banquet with my father. He was several years older than me and didn't want to play with me, so he probably didn't notice me. His facial features were fixed at that time, and they haven't changed much from now. I recognized him on the first day I arrived."

Ye Fan: "Aren't you afraid that he will recognize you one day and you will be embarrassed?"

"I just said I was too old to remember."

Seeing that he had even thought of a reason, Ye Fan couldn't help but complain: "You are all so good at pretending."

"No one wants to be suspected of relying on their parents." Geng Zhiye looked at the young officer walking away. "He got into the military academy based on his own abilities, and he also excels in daily training. Once his father's halo is added, even if he scores 90 points, people will suspect that he only scores 60 points."

Ye Fan's father didn't understand business. Once people knew that her father was an air force general, they would suspect that her business was built on her father's strength. Ye Fan's parents only helped her avoid being bullied.

Ye Fan could understand what he said: "Let's go back to the dormitory first."

When he arrived at the dormitory, Ye Fan started to take off the sheets and quilt.

Geng Zhiye: "I just changed it yesterday."

"But I took the bus and then your car, and I was exhausted all the way and lay on it for dozens of minutes. Don't you think it's dirty?" Ye Fan asked.

Geng Zhiye was speechless for a while: "If it were you, would you still sleep?"

Ye Fan nodded: "I'll change into pajamas."

Geng Zhiye: "Just sleep like this. I'll change after you leave."

Ye Fan felt awkward: "I will take it back to wash when I leave in a few days, and then send it back to you after it's washed."

"Are you coming back in a few days?" Geng Zhiye immediately said, "Change it!" and reached out to tear off the bed sheet.

Ye Fan rolled his eyes speechlessly, opened the closet, took out his pajamas and went to the bathroom.

Ye Fan couldn't sleep after dinner: "Let's chat?"

"What to talk about?" Geng Zhiye asked without hesitation.

Ye Fan: "That little actor?"

Geng Zhiye asked: "What does he look like? Is he tall, short, fat, or thin?"

"How did she get in?" Ye Fan was curious.

Geng Zhiye: "She has military status, and she said she was looking for someone else, so she came in. This is not a research institute that requires strict confidentiality."

"Can you tell the guard that no one is allowed to enter?"

Geng Zhiye said, "Doesn't that prove that she has feelings for me? As the saying goes, one hand cannot clap and a fly won't bite an egg without cracks. Who knows how rumors will spread if you don't know."

Ye Fan suddenly realized.

Geng Zhiye wanted to laugh when he saw this: "Didn't expect that? Ye Fanfan, it's useless for me to refuse, I can only ignore it. When facing other people's inquiries, you have to act like you know nothing about it. If you move her far away, people will suspect that you are narrow-minded and picky about a little girl."

Ye Fan: "She is weak, so she is right?"

Geng Zhiye nodded: "Some people really think so. Didn't you suspect before that she wouldn't be so persistent if I didn't show any sign of it?"

Ye Fan ignored his question: "She is so brave, is there any background?"

Geng Zhiye didn't ask anyone to investigate, nor did he ask privately, because there was no need to, and he didn't want to get involved in scandals: "Maybe. But she used this trick, even if there is someone behind her, he is not a powerful person."

"Or should I just ask you to divorce?"

"Don't mention it. I've really seen people forced to divorce."

Ye Fan sneered: "There are all kinds of birds in a big forest."

Geng Zhiye hugged her and asked, "What else do you want to ask?"

"When will I come over to meet her?"

Geng Zhiye calculated the days: "Not likely recently. It's been less than ten days since she last came. But there is still more than a month before National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival. She may come again in between."

Ye Fan: "Why are you here on National Day?"

Geng Zhiye: "There will be no military exercises this National Day, but there may be cultural performances. Cultural performances need to be scheduled in advance. I will call you later?"

"Can family members come over?"

Geng Zhiye nodded: "Family members of those who are performing can come. If there is an emergency, you can also ask for leave. But we officers must be in the army, so if something happens, the officers below can find us in time."

Ye Fan understood: "Then can I bring Dabao and Erbao over?"

"Where to stay? I don't have a guest house here."

Ye Fan: "Erbao and I will sleep together, you can find someone else to squeeze in."

Geng Zhiye said, as if he was thinking about the two children: "They may not like it here."

Ye Fan was too lazy to expose him: "If she comes, she will leave. Don't call. I will stay here for half a day. Ask your guard to pick me up."

"Why don't you come over and stay for a few days more often?"

Ye Fan rolled his eyes at him. What nonsense are you talking about? She has Erbao and a business at home. Does she really think he is the only one around her? Ye Fan turned his back to him.

Geng Zhiye hugged her and said, "I said something wrong, please forgive me, Madam. How many days can you stay here?"

"Three days." Three days later, Zhang Xiaoming and Wei Jianshe came back, and Ye Fan went back to set the wholesale price.

They were soft-hearted and felt guilty when they set the price too high, making it seem as if the goods were not legitimate. Ye Fan was not a black-hearted boss. In addition to taking the hard work fee into consideration, she also had to consider that there were many thieves on the train, the journey was very dangerous, and the mental fatigue required mental pay.

Besides, those who approached Ye Fan for wholesale thought her prices were too high and decided to start their own business or find someone else. However, after a few years, no one quit, and instead relatives brought in relatives, so that Ye Fan didn't even know how many retail investors were selling her clothes.

Geng Zhiye didn't know about these things, so he asked, "Because Erbao and Dabao are about to start school?"

"Your son even asked me to accompany him to register."

Geng Zhiye looked at the clothes Ye Fan had placed on the chair and asked, "Wear this?"

It is said that no one knows a son better than his father.

When Geng Zhiye saw her smile, he immediately didn't want to say anything.

After being exposed to the sun all day, it was a bit hot the next day. Ye Fan changed into single shoes and the green skirt that Geng Zhiye had been dreaming of. She tied up her long hair. The commander's wife changed from a flaming rose to a narcissus beauty, and she was still a sight to behold in the army.

In the past, Geng Zhiye would meet few people on his way to the canteen at noon. Today, he had to stop three times for every step he took. Even officers who were going to other canteens would come around him and call him "Division Commander." Geng Zhiye thought to himself that he might as well wear the same outfit as yesterday.

In the evening, the two of them took a walk in the training ground, but after just a few minutes, all the equipment was crowded with people. Geng Zhiye wanted to send Ye Fan back, but he was reluctant to do so. He was the last one to go when it was time for dinner, so the walk was cancelled.

However, it was of no use. No matter how late it was, the cafeteria was always full of people. When Geng Zhiye and Ye Fan came over, they would enthusiastically call them "Commander" and "Sister-in-law".

On the last night, Ye Fan asked Geng Zhiye: "Does the army rarely have outsiders?"

Geng Zhiye asked helplessly: "Can't you just admit that they are just looking at you?"

"They looked at me on the first and second days, and on the third day as well? Or was it because of something you said?" Geng Zhiye: "What did I say that the little actor came to me, and they dared to make trouble?"

Ye Fan touched his face and said, "So Dabao wasn't just trying to trick me when he said I could be a star?"

Geng Zhiye fell on the bed and didn't want to pay attention to her.

"But I have crow's feet." Ye Fan leaned in front of him and pointed at the corners of his eyes. "Look, there are quite a few. Also, many soldiers are in their twenties, right? I'm not much younger than their mothers."

Geng Zhiye sat up: "Is it possible to simply appreciate it?"

Ye Fan also likes to look at beauties, but he doesn’t like to look at middle-aged women.

Geng Zhiye seemed to hear her inner voice: "You are so unbelieving, you don't think that you are a middle-aged woman just because your eldest child is in college and your second child is in high school, right?"

Ye Fan was stunned, looking as if asking, "Isn't that so?"

Geng Zhiye: "When did you become so unconfident?"

"It has nothing to do with self-confidence. My youthful mentality does not mean that I am young. They don't know me, so they look at my appearance." Ye Fan said, "Even though I have makeup and flawless skin, I still can't compare to a girl in her early twenties. She looks visibly younger."

No matter how tender the grass is, it can't be compared with the gorgeous peony. Geng Zhiye wanted to say it, but he thought it was a waste of time: "Come up, the lights are about to be turned off."

Ye Fan went up, Geng Zhiye took out the things in the drawer and tore the packaging box. Ye Fan was shocked: "You you——"

"Shh!" Geng Zhiye raised his hand to signal her to stop shouting, "The window is open, the people next door can hear it."

Ye Fan said unhappily: "Close it!"

"It's hot and stuffy when you close the window." The training base is far from the city, and it's not hot even if you open the window during the dog days of summer, so Geng Zhiye didn't buy a fan. He had a small fan at home, but he didn't bring it to the dormitory because he thought it was troublesome. If he couldn't stand it, he would go home at night. Anyway, there was a fan in the office, so he could stay in the office during the day.

Ye Fan punched him and said, "You actually hid this in the army?"

Geng Zhiye: "Take it when you leave."

Ye Fan: "You think I don't dare."

The next morning, Ye Fan packed his luggage and stuffed the rest into his bag. When he got home, he stuffed his things into the drawer and then went out to wash clothes and sheets.

Erbao came back from his grandmother's house yesterday and said to his mother as soon as he saw her: "Mom, I have decided that I want to go to the Foreign Affairs University."

Ye Fan: "I'll go to the Foreign Affairs College in a few days to ask what materials are needed."

Yu Wentao opened the lid of the washing machine: "Political review is inevitable."

Ye Fan said: "It's just that the political review is also simple."

Yu Wentao saw the bed sheet and said, "Old Third is really good at finding trouble for you."

"We have a washing machine at home, it's easier to wash it if we bring it home." Ye Fan threw the sheets in, "It's not very dirty, just wash it casually." Then she asked Erbao to bring the shampoo over, and she used it to wash the skirt.

Yu Wentao couldn't help but shake her head: "Washing powder won't work?"

"This skirt is made of silk, so it's better to wash it with shampoo." Ye Fan was talking about the lake green one. Since she changes her clothes a lot, she wears the same skirt several times a summer, and after several years, it still looks like new. The same is true for the winter clothes Ye Fan bought a few years ago, which have not lost their shape to this day.

Yu Wentao thought it was really nice, and called on Dabao to fetch the water.

Geng Leilei started school early, so he sent Ye Fan to take the bus and went back to school the next day. Geng Sensen started school late and was still at home, so he helped Dabao.

Ye Fan asked: "Is Xiao Ming back?"

Yu Wentao shook her head: "I asked Han Dawei this morning and he said he hasn't come back yet. It's the first time for him and Jianshe to go alone, nothing will happen, right?"

Ye Fan: "There is also your nephew's husband, and a childhood friend of Chang Guangrong. His family has some connections, so if anything goes wrong, he can find someone locally. Nothing will go wrong. I guess he didn't arrange his time well, so he missed yesterday's train."

"I think it's pretty bad." Yu Wentao was not optimistic.

Ye Fan: "Don't worry. I brought 40,000 yuan in total, and even if I threw it all into the water, it wouldn't make much of a splash."

Yu Wentao paused for a moment. Forty thousand yuan was not enough to buy two houses? It seemed that Ye Fan had made a lot of money in the past two years. Yu Wentao thought that living with Ye Fan would not cost her a penny, and she also hoped that Ye Fan would make more money.

Ye Fan has a lot of money and is in a good mood, so maybe he will buy her a jade bracelet this year.

Ye Fan didn't know that her mother-in-law had so many thoughts about her casual words: "How about Hongwei's blind date?"

Yu Wentao immediately took a small stool and planned to have a good talk.

Ye Fan raised his eyebrows: "Is there another story?"

"She was very pleased when she saw Hongwei. She even asked Hongwei to go to her house yesterday—"

Ye Fan interrupted: "Wait, we had a blind date the day before yesterday, and we went to her house yesterday. Why are you so eager to get married?"

"No, I'm not eager to get married." Yu Wentao wanted to laugh when she said this, "Hongwei said that his family doesn't have him - Dabao, what did your uncle Hongwei say when he came to our house yesterday afternoon?"

Dabao: "No one is as neat as him."

Ye Fan asked: "What do you mean? Not good looking?"

Chang Guangrong didn't know Ye Fan was in the army, so he ran over the afternoon before yesterday and said it was done as soon as he entered the door. At that time, Yu Wentao was in her nephew's store, so Chang Guangrong asked Dabao to tell his mother to wait for the wedding at the end of the year.

When Dabao asked him what happened, Chang Guangrong said a few more words: "Very ordinary. Uncle Chang had never met the girl's family before. On the day of the blind date, the girl's parents also went, but they didn't come close. They just took one look at Uncle Hongwei and left with Uncle Chang. Uncle Chang said that the old couple were not tall or ugly, but very ordinary. Although they are city people, they actually look more like country people than my uncle. The girl's appearance and temperament are not as foreign as Yinxing's."

Yu Wentao was able to join the art troupe without any education or family background, relying on her looks and height. Even if her brothers don't look like her, they won't be ugly. Yu's uncle was sponsored by the Geng family, so he didn't have to settle for a date, so his aunt's height and appearance were also good. Even if the children born to the couple inherited many of their shortcomings, they would be better than ordinary people.

Yu Hongwei did not inherit too many shortcomings. After working as a teacher for a few years, his temperament has improved. When he wears nice clothes, he can naturally make ordinary people's eyes light up.

Earlier, Ye Fan had thought that the woman had high standards after hearing what Chang Guangrong said. Hearing this, Ye Fan was speechless but wanted to laugh: "So the good conditions she mentioned are Hongwei's conditions?"

Yu Wentao didn't expect it either: "I thought it had to be at least like Xiao Chang."

Ye Fan: "From what Dabao said, her parents are pragmatic and probably never thought of marrying their daughter to a high-ranking official's son. Apart from the high-ranking official, Hongwei should be the best person she could meet."

Geng Sensen asked: "Among the workers' children, there are some who are better than Uncle Hongwei, right?"

Ye Fan shook his head: "It depends on the overall conditions. A handsome and tall man doesn't necessarily have as high education as Hongwei. He graduated from the same university as him, and he might live in a slum. Although the slum has urban hukou, so does Hongwei, and his hukou is in school. The woman doesn't care that Hongwei comes from the countryside, so those who live in slums don't have as good conditions as Hongwei, who has a dormitory and a store."

Dabao couldn't help but nod: "Uncle Chang also said that the blind date is not over yet. When he heard that the girl's parents didn't care that Uncle Hongwei was born and raised in the countryside, he knew that this could work out."

Ye Fan: "That's impossible. It seems that you are still worried that Hongwei is not satisfied and afraid that he will run away."

Yu Wentao nodded: "My eldest nephew said the same thing."

Ye Fan said: "If we really want to be a family, we can't be arrogant just because someone tries to please him."

Yu Wentao reminded her nephew: "Hongwei knows. Hongwei said the girl is pretty. She has fair skin and is a little fat, which makes her look not slim and fashionable. But she is not an actress, so it is enough for her to be healthy. There is no point in being so slim."

Ye Fan: "It looks good."

Yu Wentao blurted out: "Hongwei is not the third brother!"

Ye Fan was speechless.

Dabao was speechless: "Grandma, stop bringing up my dad all the time."

"I'm not wrong. Ask your mother if he's picky. Cheng Zhenhua isn't much older than him, and Cheng Shitou's son already has a job. And you're still in school." Yu Wentao said, "I introduced him to a girl before, but as soon as I mentioned the girl's conditions, he said that living apart wouldn't work. But as soon as I mentioned your mother, he wanted to meet her immediately. He's been living apart for several years after marriage and never said anything bad about breaking up."

Dabao looked at his mother: "Really?"

Ye Fan: "During the time when your dad was on vacation, I never had the same clothes twice. Did your dad think that I was wasting clothes?"

"——No." Dabao suddenly thought of something, "Mom, what about when you are old?"

Ye Fan asked, "He's not old?"

Dabao nodded: "But he is my grandfather's son." He glanced at his grandmother, as if to say, sons take after their fathers and like young ones.

Yu Wentao glared and said, "Tell me the truth and I won't beat you!"

Dabao looked innocent: "What did you say?"

Yu Wentao glared at him: "Your grandfather asked me to take care of him, do the laundry and cooking for your father, and take care of all the social interactions."

Dabao understood: "Free babysitting."

Yu Wentao stood up and walked towards the boy. Dabao quickly hid behind his cousin. Geng Sensen pulled him out, and Dabao immediately hid behind his sister. Erbao gave him a helpless look: "You dare to say that you are afraid of being beaten?"

Dabao: "I didn't expect grandma to be so bad at taking a joke."

Yu Wentao paused, pointed at him, and said, "I'll deal with you later." Then she sat down next to Ye Fan and asked, "When do you think we're going to get engaged?"

Ye Fan almost tore her skirt: "Are you really planning to attend the wedding this year?"

"The girl's side said that they are both not young anymore." Yu Wentao said, "She is willing to marry, so we can't just say no."

We can't be so anxious, Ye Fan asked: "What's wrong with the woman not being afraid of Hongwei?"

Yu Wentao: "Even if you want to hide it, it doesn't matter how long you are together."

(End of this chapter)