Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

If you pay attention to him, you won’t be Ye Fan.

Ye Fan walked in front, and Geng Zhiye followed behind. When they reached the stairs, the officer on the third floor came downstairs. Geng Zhiye grabbed Ye Fan's hand and whispered, "Ye Fanfan, this outfit is really inappropriate. It looks like you're attending a funeral."

"Don't talk nonsense. It's such a happy day." Ye Fan glared at him.

Geng Zhiye hesitated: "But, how about changing to green? The whole army is wearing green uniforms, and if you change to a green skirt, you will look the same as us at first glance, and it will also look -"

"Is the weather now suitable for wearing a green gauze skirt?"

As the words fell, the autumn wind blew by. Geng Zhiye shut up and thought hard. After a while, he asked again: "What about the blue one? Noble!"

"I didn't bring a blue skirt."

Geng Zhiye: "Change your pants? The one you wore yesterday looked good. Wide-leg jeans, a wool vest and a shirt two-piece set—"

"Today is a holiday. That casual outfit is not suitable for today's occasion." Ye Fan interrupted.

Geng Zhiye asked as he walked downstairs, "Is this all you have to take with you?"

Ye Fan: "What are you wearing today? This is it."

"Then you still want me to find it?"

Ye Fan nodded: "We are husband and wife, we understand each other very well, I believe you will choose this one."

Geng Zhiye snorted and muttered in a low voice: "Why don't you say that you calculated it correctly?"

"What did you say?" Ye Fan didn't hear clearly.

Geng Zhiye hugged her and said, "I said my wife looks good in anything she wears."

Ye Fan didn't buy his tricks: "Don't give me that! I don't know you. Your little daughter is already in her third year of high school, so just calm down."

"The body may be old, but the heart is not." Geng Zhiye said, "Besides, I am not old either."

Ye Fan rolled his eyes at him and asked, "When will the art troupe come?"

The art troupe had to leave before dark, so the consolation performance was held in the afternoon - the morning performance was too tight, the troops were not in the city, and it would take until noon to get here from the city and put on makeup.

Geng Zhiye said, "It will be soon. They need to come here in advance to familiarize themselves with the venue, and they seem to need to rehearse. They will be ready to perform after lunch."

"Rehearsal? There's a stage?" Ye Fan asked.

Geng Zhiye: "It's just about finding a place on the training ground, cleaning it up, putting a few national flags and some decorations there."

"Is everyone going?"

Geng Zhiye shook his head slightly: "Those on duty today, the kitchen staff, and a small number of people will not attend. Others can go if they want to, and can sleep in the dormitory if they don't want to go. But most people will--"

The guard came running over from a distance. Geng Zhiye said to Ye Fan, "We'll talk later." He let go of Ye Fan and went to meet him. "What happened?"

"No, nothing happened." The guard stopped. Ye Fan took a few steps hurriedly: "It's okay, tell me slowly."

The guard nodded, then shook his head: "No, the political commissar just received a notice that the TV station is coming, and the political commissar asked you to go over and see how to deal with this matter."

Geng Zhiye subconsciously asked: "What do you want to do?"

"What should we do if the TV station comes?" The guard was surprised. The commander was not deaf.

Geng Zhiye frowned: "No, the TV station is not the head of the higher-ups, so you can do whatever you want."

"It seems so." The guard asked, "Then I——"

Ye Fan asked him to wait a moment: "Hasn't the political commissar ever been on TV?"

"He participated in the military parade a few years ago. It was all reported in the news. It's impossible that he didn't appear on TV."

That's like a documentary. Besides, he doesn't have to worry about that kind of situation. Ye Fan asked the guard: "Is there any more interviews?"

Security guard: "It seems that they only film the performance."

Ye Fan: "Should we film how the troops celebrate the festival? It might not even last a second before it's shown on TV?"

Guard: "I think so. But we can't be careless for even a second."

Geng Zhiye looked at Ye Fan.

Ye Fan: "I'll go to the dormitory first, and call me when someone comes."

When Geng Zhiye arrived at the office, he asked the chief of staff to tell everyone to put away all the drilling equipment. In case reporters suddenly wanted to go to the dormitory, Geng Zhiye asked several regiment commanders to check the dormitory, and he and the political commissar went to the training ground.

The autumn wind was blowing, and fallen leaves appeared on the road that had been swept clean in the morning. The political commissar picked them up and threw them into the trash can, pointing at the tree and saying, "We'll cut them all down later."

Geng Zhiye: "In the summer, it will be as hot as an asphalt road."

In order not to affect the sentry's sight, the trees were not tall and not numerous, but they could not withstand the strong wind, and a gust of wind would blow through the ground. Some of them were blown in from outside.

The political commissar shut up after hearing this and followed him straight to the training ground.

Geng Zhiye watched the officers finish their work. Someone shouted, "The art troupe is here." Geng Zhiye gestured to the guard who was following behind. The guard ran to the dormitory and shouted, "Sister-in-law!"

Ye Fan put on the pearl earrings, locked the door and came out.

The guard had not bothered to look at her just now, but now that he saw her, he could not help but praise her: "Sister-in-law, this outfit looks good."

Ye Fan: "Didn't it look good before?"

"Before..." The guard scratched his head, not knowing whether he should tell the truth.

Ye Fan said as he walked away, "I won't tell Geng Zhiye."

The guard immediately said, "The red dress you wore before made you look like a big star. I didn't dare to talk to you. The one you wore last time was also pretty, but it didn't match the commander. When you stand next to the commander, it's like -"

"She's much younger than him, like his concubine?" Ye Fan asked with a smile.

The guard's face was filled with horror: "You, you, sister-in-law, you're not talking about me!"

Ye Fan: "Why are you afraid? He's not here. Where's the one from the day before yesterday?"

The guard said, "That's fine, but you don't look like a mother of two children."

"This outfit suits my age and is gentle, yet not eye-catching or distant?" Ye Fan asked.

The guard nodded repeatedly.

Ye Fan asked: "Where is the cultural troupe?"

The guard said, "We don't have a place to put on makeup here. They set up a few tents on the road next to the training ground to rest, put on makeup and change clothes. Sister-in-law, shall we go over there?"

"Geng Zhiye is there too?"

The guard suspected that the division commander did not dare to approach that place, and most likely hid in his office. The documents in the office were locked, and the guard had checked the locks and keys before, in case there were too many people to see and someone with bad intentions could sneak in.

Ye Fan can enter the office and the guard will take her there.

The office building has only two floors, and Geng Zhiye's office is on the second floor. Ye Fan walked out of the stairs and into the corridor, where two female comrades in their twenties came from the other end.

Ye Fan asked the guard: "Is there another staircase over there?"

The guard nodded and said, "It's not reasonable to have only one staircase. If the staircase is placed in the middle, the leaders might bump into each other in an emergency."

After the words fell, the two of them arrived at the door of Geng Zhiye's office. The two of them came to the office window, just one step away from the door. Ye Fan turned to the guard and asked, "Who is it?"

The guard couldn't see clearly just now because he was far away. When he heard the person approaching, the guard only felt a black screen in front of his eyes and understood what Ye Fan was asking: "Commander, my sister-in-law is here, I have something else to do." After saying that, he ran away, faster than a college student officer who was afraid of being beaten.

The two female comrades looked at Ye Fan curiously, their eyes full of confusion.

Ye Fan looked at the two of them from top to bottom. They were wearing white rubber-soled casual shoes and jeans that looked familiar, as if Ye Fan had bought them from Guangzhou. The color and style of their shoes and pants were slightly different, but it was obvious that they were bought together. One was wearing a yellow knitting sweater, and the other was wearing a knitting sweater with floral patterns, both of which looked like they were knitted by themselves. This year, this kind of sweater is popular, and Yu Wentao knitted two for Huihui and Erbao when she had nothing to do.

The way they were dressed, and the fact that they were in their early twenties, gave off a youthful vibe.

Ye Fan looked carefully again. The girl in the yellow sweater was holding a small cloth bag. She was very pretty, with a small face and almond-shaped eyes. She was not as tall as the girl she was traveling with, but the girl was fair and had a long face. Her facial features could only be considered delicate, and she did not look like someone who was bold and flamboyant.

But you can't judge a person by appearance, and you can't draw conclusions based on a small gift bag. Ye Fan asked knowingly, "Who are you two looking for?"

Woman in yellow sweater: "Who are you?"

Ye Fan habitually wanted to introduce himself, and turned to the room when he was about to say: "Commander Geng, are you still pretending to be deaf?"

The two girls looked at each other, and then thought about the guard calling her "sister-in-law" just now, and they couldn't help but take a step back. They couldn't believe that she was the commander's lover!
Ye Fan waited from the corner of his eye for the two men to turn around in shame, but they took only half a step back and did not move.

Geng Zhiye was dragging his feet when he came out, and Ye Fan lost his patience and pulled him to his side: "These two female comrades asked me who I was."

Geng Zhiye had to face it alone. He greeted the two of them, put his arm around Ye Fan's shoulders and said, "This is my love, Ye Fan."

The two people's faces changed for a moment and then returned to normal. The thin and long-faced female comrade smiled and called out, "Sister-in-law." She touched her companion with her arm, and the woman in the yellow sweater followed suit and called out, "Sister-in-law."

Geng Zhiye looked at Ye Fan, come here!
Ye Fan glared at Geng Zhiye and said, "You have to deal with the problems you have caused yourself!"
Geng Zhiye sighed slightly and asked the two, "What do you want from me?"

The woman in the yellow sweater couldn't help but look at her companion, who nodded slightly. The woman in the yellow sweater handed over the bag in her hand: "Commander Geng, this is--"

"Thank you, I don't need it!" Geng Zhiye interrupted.

The woman in the yellow sweater paused for breath and glanced at Ye Fan. Ye Fan was still smiling, as if he didn't know that "the flower has intentions". This gave the woman in the yellow sweater courage: "But I have done it, it's useless if you don't want me to keep it."

Geng Zhiye looked at Ye Fan, wondering what to do.

Seeing this, the woman in the yellow sweater immediately turned to Ye Fan and said, "Sister-in-law, don't get me wrong. We knitted a scarf and a pair of gloves for Master Geng because we saw that he was working hard and it was easy for him to catch a cold in the cold weather. Please don't quarrel with Master Geng over such a small matter."

Ye Fan smiled and said, "No, this little thing won't cause me to misunderstand. Besides, Geng Zhiye is old enough to be your father. If you like him, why bother looking for someone far away?"

The woman in the yellow sweater nodded subconsciously, and her companion pulled her. The woman in the yellow sweater reacted, her face flushed, ashamed and angry: "How can you say that, sister-in-law? I have good intentions, if you don't allow you to accept it, just say so, don't insult me ​​like this!" She looked at Geng Zhiye with tears in her eyes, "Master, you know, I don't mean anything else."

Geng Zhiye couldn't say, "I know you have other intentions." Geng Zhiye tugged at Ye Fan, as if he was dissatisfied with her harsh words, and the tears in the eyes of the woman in the yellow sweater instantly faded. Ye Fan faced the woman in the yellow sweater and saw it clearly, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, it was interesting.

Ye Fan instantly became interested and asked, "Where's the thing? Let me see it?"

The woman in the yellow sweater was stunned.

Her companions were also confused. Shouldn't they be told to take the things and get as far away from them as possible?

Ye Fan tilted his head slightly towards Geng Zhiye and looked at the two of them: "Didn't I knit a sweater and gloves for him? Did you forget to bring them?"

The woman in the yellow sweater instinctively took it out.

Ye Fan took it, and they were both very nervous, worried that she would throw it downstairs or step on it. Ye Fan put the scarf on Geng Zhiye and wrapped it around him. She grabbed the two ends of the sweater. Geng Zhiye's body was stiff, worried that she would strangle him with her hands. Ye Fan just wanted to scare him, and seeing that he didn't dare to move, she let go and smoothed the scarf, looked at it, and shook her head: "It's a pity that it's not cashmere yarn." He tore it off and gave it back to her, "Geng Zhiye is used to cashmere yarn, not your kind of yarn. What kind of yarn is this?"

The girl in the yellow sweater was stumped by the question. Her companion said, "Pure cotton thread. This one is also good."

Ye Fan nodded: "Pure cotton thread is good. But you can't just claim it for yourself just because it's good. Otherwise, Geng Zhiye wouldn't be able to use it even if he had ten necks. Don't you two agree?"

The woman in the yellow sweater said hurriedly: "Sister-in-law, you misunderstood, I didn't mean anything else."

Ye Fan asked curiously, "Do you have any other intentions? Besides keeping warm, does this scarf have other uses?"

"No, I mean, you might have misunderstood."

Ye Fan was confused: "There is no other use, what did I misunderstand?"

The woman in the yellow sweater opened her mouth. If she admitted that she had other intentions at this time, she would be slapping herself in the face: "I didn't mean anything else. Maybe I misunderstood."

Ye Fanshen nodded in agreement: "You really misunderstood. Aren't we talking about scarves? What are you thinking about? You young people have quick brains and love to think."

The two of them looked stiff.

Ye Fan smiled and pulled out Geng Zhiye's hand: "Come and try on the gloves."

Geng Zhiye glared at Ye Fan: What are you doing? Quick victory!

Ye Fan turned her head to look at the opposite side, and the two people's faces lit up. Ye Fan finally understood why the two people were so bold, and they misunderstood that Geng Zhiye was annoying her. Ye Fan held back her laughter and put on the gloves for him: "They are furry, suitable for your daughter. You should wear leather gloves. I will not be by your side in the future, and you can't just buy things because they look good. Good-looking things may not suit you, just like this pair of gloves." She tore them off and handed them over, "Little comrade, keep them. Commander Geng is not so lucky."

The woman in the yellow sweater hesitated: "But it's too big, I can't wear it."

Ye Fan: "For your father and brother."

“They all have.”

Ye Fan said: "Master Geng also has it, what should we do?"

"It's just right to have an extra pair so I can wear them alternately."

Ye Fan ran out of patience and nodded: "Not bad! What if I don't like it?"

"why?"

Ye Fanqi laughed: "I am a selfish person. Except for the military uniform, everything Geng Zhiye wears from head to toe is made by me. I don't want him to use other people's things. You are so beautiful. People say that appearance is determined by the heart. You must be kind and considerate. You must understand me, right?"

The girl in the yellow sweater opened her mouth, not knowing how to answer. Her companion asked, "We said we didn't mean anything else, why don't you believe it?"

Ye Fan instantly put away his kind, motherly face, raised his chin slightly, and looked at the two people coldly: "Do you want me to say it? Shame on you! Don't be so shameless!"

Both women suffered respiratory arrest.

Ye Fan sneered, "You are such a nobody! Do you really think you are so important? I'm trying to persuade you because I see you are young and have a bright future. Are you playing dumb here? Do you not know who I am, or do you think I can do nothing as long as you refuse to admit it?"

The woman in the yellow sweater asked Geng Zhiye: "Master Geng, tell me, what did we do?"

Geng Zhiye smiled, "She just gave me a few things, and didn't do anything else. My wife doesn't know how to talk, so I hope you won't bother with her. She has a temper like a young lady, and I've spoiled her over the years. You're too much. She's so young, she can find any partner. Don't you two agree?"

The woman in the yellow sweater wanted to refute, but Ye Fan sneered, and the woman became angry and said, "Yes!"

Geng Zhiye: "Then keep this sweater and gloves and give them to your significant other."

As he finished speaking, he heard footsteps behind him. Geng Zhiye turned around and saw the undisciplined man: "I think he is not bad. He is in his twenties, already a deputy regiment commander, and has even been to college."

The junior officer stepped forward and asked: "What did the division commander say?"

Geng Zhiye said: "They both want to find a partner, but you don't have one, right?"

The young officer sneered, "I don't have a partner, so I look for them? Commander, don't push all the rotten fish and stinky shrimp to me, I'm not a rag collector."

Ye Fan opened his eyes wide in shock. Who is this child?

The two lesbians were so angry that their faces and eyes turned red. The woman in the yellow sweater yelled angrily: "You are the rotten fish and stinky shrimp!"

The young officer said, "Oh, what are you doing here if you are not a rotten fish or a stinky shrimp? Are you acting like a light bulb? Do you think the relationship between the division commander and his sister-in-law is not bright enough? Or do you want to be with the sister-in-law and the division commander?"

"What's your name?" asked the thin-faced female comrade.

The young officer tilted his head and raised his eyebrows: "Want to know?" He smiled and said coldly, "You don't deserve it!"

The two of them almost fainted from anger.

The young officer stood up straight and raised his chin towards the man in the yellow sweater. "It's because your uncle is in the logistics department that our division commander can't tear his face off with you." He turned to the other person and said, "It's because you have a cousin in the United Front Work Department. When your cousin sees me, my sister-in-law has to be polite."

The two turned to Ye Fan.

Ye Fan was watching the show with great interest. He rolled his eyes at the young officer and said, "I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Ye Fan, and I graduated from Peking University. My father is Air Force General Ye Jianzhong. Although he has retired, he is in good health, so there is no such thing as a forgotten father." He grabbed Geng Zhiye and said, "He will not divorce me for you. Even if he has the guts, he wouldn't dare to do so. You two should just give up. By the way, if I hear that you two are looking for him again, I will make you perform outside all year round!"

The young officer couldn't help but look at Ye Fan, great!
The young officer couldn't help but say, "Sister-in-law, you are so considerate. They both like the consolation performance. I heard that they will go to the southwest in a few days. How about I take the trouble to talk to your commander? After the southwest, we will go to the northwest——"

"You—we don't want to go anywhere!" the woman in the yellow sweater interrupted the young officer.

Ye Fan: "You don't want to go anywhere, but you come here? It seems that you like to say the opposite."

The yellow-dressed female companion said, "Don't go too far!"

Ye Fan sneered: "I'll give you this! And -" He glanced at the woman in the yellow sweater, "It seems that she is the one who is taking the lead, but in fact you want to reap the benefits, right?"

The thin and long face looked terrified.

Ye Fan was just lying, but she guessed it right: "Let me guess, I'm divorcing Geng Zhiye because of your good friend, and Geng Zhiye won't marry her to prove his innocence and his future. Then you can take advantage of the situation?" He couldn't help but sigh, "Great!"

"You - nonsense!" She suddenly became anxious.

Ye Fan nodded: "I'm just talking nonsense. It's OK as long as your friends think so too."

The woman in the yellow sweater grabbed her arm: "You——"

Ye Fan interrupted: "This is the office area, if you want to argue, go back and argue later!"

The woman in the yellow sweater shook off her companion's arm and turned to leave. Her companion subconsciously chased after her and wanted to explain to Ye Fan. Ye Fan waved his hand: "Hurry up and leave. If you don't leave, I will talk to your leader. Do you have any sense of shame?"

The two were so scared that they couldn't help but quicken their pace.

Ye Fan turned to the young officer and asked, "What are the names of their relatives?"

Junior officer: "What do you want to do, sister-in-law?"

Ye Fan: "Because 'official corruption' was particularly serious in the past few years, the higher authorities proposed a severe crackdown this year. I thought that there are all kinds of birds in the forest, and perhaps the United Front Work Department and the Logistics Department are no exception."

Logistics are the most prone to problems, and the United Front Work Department is inevitably involved in eating and drinking, so you can find the answers to all your questions if you check.

The young officer asked, "Are you sure, sister-in-law?"

Ye Fan: "I believe that if the top beam is not straight, the bottom beam will be crooked. If their family education is strict, they will not have the courage to do it even if they have the intention. Master Geng, what do you think?"

Geng Zhiye said, "I will listen to my wife."

"You're still honest." Ye Fan glared at him, "Next time, hide in the house and wait for me—"

Geng Zhiye exclaimed: "There's a future?"

Ye Fan choked.

The young officer chuckled.

Geng Zhiye didn't dare to scold his wife, nor did he dare to scold him: "Why are you here again?"

"The TV station is here. Your guard didn't dare to come up. I was about to go over, but he stopped me and told me to come find you." The young officer pointed downstairs, "It's over there."

Geng Zhiye tilted his head and looked down. His guard was crouching against the wall, looking furtively, as if observing the enemy. Geng Zhiye shook his head helplessly and asked Ye Fan, "You are here?"

"I'll go down!" The matter was not over yet.

Ye Fan got the information about the two relatives. Geng Zhiye and the young officer went to meet up with the political commissar and others. Ye Fan asked the guard to accompany her to the rest area of ​​the art troupe.

The head of the group didn't come, but the deputy head came. The guard told her that there was more than one deputy head. The last time it was a woman, this time it was a man, and he liked the last one better.

Ye Fan smiled and said nothing. When they got to the tent of the cultural troupe, Ye Fan understood why he didn't like this. The deputy troupe leader was very smooth and tactful. When the guard said she was Geng Zhiye's lover, he stretched out his hand and said, "Sister-in-law, I know you. Your last name is Ye?"

Ye Fan nodded.

The deputy head immediately asked, "What do you want, sister-in-law?" Then he added, "What songs do you like to listen to?"

Ye Fan looked easy to deal with: "I'm fine with anything. Aren't you busy?" He looked inside.

Deputy Head: "Not busy for now. Will be busy after lunch."

Ye Fan understood: "No wonder you have time to look for Master Geng."

The deputy head didn't understand: "I don't have it. Should I look for Commander Geng?"

"I'm not talking about you." The two were arguing in the distance, probably one questioning and the other proving his innocence. Ye Fan glanced at the two, "They are the two. I happened to meet them at the door of Master Geng's office. They said they knitted gloves and scarves for Master Geng, and they were worried that Master Geng would catch a cold." He looked at the deputy head with a half-smile, "You are a good person. You can sing and dance well on stage, and you are considerate off stage."

The deputy head of the group heard someone say that and thought the girl was just infatuated. He was so embarrassed that he couldn't say anything: "Is it true, she is not from our group?"

"They're not wearing military uniforms. Could they be the female comrades from the telephone company?" Ye Fan said to the guard, "Please ask them to come over and ask the regiment commander to check if they are the ones. Don't make any mistakes."

The deputy head of the group quickly said, "No, don't bother, don't bother sister-in-law, I'll ask them later."

Ye Fan looked doubtful: "Two beautiful women, are you willing to give them up?"

The deputy director smiled bitterly. He was not one of his people. "We are a military art troupe. We have strict discipline and will not allow me to be partial. Sister-in-law, don't worry. I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer."

Ye Fan: "Thank you for your hard work."

"Not hard, not hard."

Ye Fan said to the guard, "Will you accompany me to look around? I have only been to the Air Force before. This is my first time in the Army. I must take a good look."

If the deputy commander had a glimmer of luck just now, when Ye Fan mentioned "Air Force", he was sure that Ye Fan had a great background. The deputy commander wanted to scold them, "You two little girls, you don't even look at the person you are trying to steal!"
The guard asked: "Sister-in-law, is this matter resolved just like that?"

Ye Fan: "This is just a small matter, it's not worth calling for war. They are shameless, but your commander still has some dignity. Besides, they are not worthy of me risking my reputation to argue with them!"

(End of this chapter)