Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

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Dabao and Erbao looked at each other and immediately hid in their parents' bedroom, shouting in unison: "Say I'm not here!"

Although it was the weekend, the store was not busy early in the morning, so Ye Fan didn't need to help. The company was closed, so Ye Fan didn't have to go to the company, so she could only stay at home: "Why are you hiding?"

The brother and sister froze, looking horrified as if to say, "Why is mom home?"

Ye Fan pointed at the two little ghosts and said, "Wait!" He went to the yard and asked, "Aunt Li, what's the banner?"

Aunt Li looked into the house: "Are Dabao and Erbao not at home? The same goes for Sensen. Come out quickly, someone is at the door."

Ye Fan followed her to the door in confusion. Four kind-looking uncles and aunts stopped in front of her. One of them asked, "Is this Geng Yanyan's home?"

When she first heard "Geng Yanyan", Ye Fan, as a mother, was stunned for a moment: "—Looking for my son?"

"Are you his mother?" The aunt was surprised. "You look so young!" She looked at Ye Fan and said, "The two children also look like you."

Ye Fan looked at Aunt Li and then at Geng Sen Sen, wondering if anyone could explain to her what was going on.

Geng Sensen didn't dare to talk nonsense, fearing that he would be charged with an even greater crime. He said in a low voice with a guilty conscience: "A few days ago, a hooligan robbed Guangming's money. In order to help him get it back, we went to the nearby area every afternoon to stake out. The first time we didn't catch the hooligan who robbed Guangming, but Erbao and Dabao caught the hooligan who robbed this lady." He looked at the other two uncles and an aunt, "We caught the ones who robbed them a few days later. But since we caught the hooligan who robbed Guangming's money a few days ago, we haven't been there since."

Ye Fanqi laughed: "You guys are awesome!" He pointed at Geng Sensen and wanted to point at Chu Guangming, but suddenly remembered that he looked worried a few days ago, so he put his hand down, "You told me to go to the park! The bus park?!"

The four uncles and aunts looked at each other, it seemed like the parents didn't know.

Because of this incident, I think some of the students will get beaten up later.

One of the old men said, "Geng Yanyan's mother, don't be angry, these kids didn't do anything rash, they all brought weapons - things to defend themselves. Such a long flute!"

It would have been better if the old man didn't say anything. He gestured and Ye Fan was even more angry because she had asked Dabao and Sen Sen why they bought the flute. Dabao lied: "The tuition fees for teaching can't be wasted. Erbao will come back to teach them after he learns it."

Ye Fan once felt that her son was too petty and not presentable, so she specifically asked him and Sen Sen what they wanted to learn, and she would pay for their tutoring.

The two naughty kids looked unnatural at the time, and Ye Fan mistakenly thought that they didn't want to learn. It turned out that they were hiding something from themselves!

Ye Fan suppressed his anger and asked, "Sen Sen, where's the flute?"

"Yes, in the house."

Ye Fan: "Bring it here. And call Dabao and Erbao out."

Aunt Li couldn't help but ask: "You're at home? Why don't you come out?"

Ye Fan said nonsense: "Watching TV."

Aunt Li said, "Children nowadays love watching TV."

Ye Fan glared at his nephew, why aren’t you going yet?
Geng Sensen took out the flute, and Dabao and Erbao followed him out. Ye Fan took the flute and hit the three siblings on the buttocks with lightning speed.

Dabao and Erbao screamed in pain, and Geng Sensen jumped up and down. Aunt Li quickly stopped them, "Hey, Dabao's mother, what are you doing? The three of them are learning from Lei Feng and doing good deeds."

"If we don't teach them a lesson now, we won't have the chance later." Ye Fan bypassed Aunt Li and hit Dabao on the butt again, "Don't hide, it must be your idea!"

Dabao immediately hid behind the four uncles and aunts.

Geng Huihui pulled Erbao behind her, Aunt Li blocked Ye Fan, and Chu Guangming instinctively blocked Geng Sensen. Ye Fan looked at Chu Guangming: "You——"

Chu Guangming: "It's all because of me, Aunt Ye, you——"

"Let me hit you?" Ye Fan said, "You are not the victim, do you think I can forgive you?" Then he handed over the flute.

Chu Guangming shivered in fear. Ye Fan was angry and amused: "Take it!"

"Oh, okay!" Chu Guangming took it hurriedly.

Dabao breathed a sigh of relief: "Mom, I've already beaten you, don't be angry. You don't have to bother with a bastard like me."

"You still know? You are lawless and you even took your sister with you!" Ye Fan pointed at him, "I will tell your dad later."

Dabao quickly said: "I swear there won't be a next time!"

The four uncles and aunts were very embarrassed. Seeing this, Ye Fan said to her son: "It's not that mom doesn't want you to be brave and righteous. You can tell mom and I will find a few people to help you."

"Ah?" Dabao was shocked.

The four old men were also shocked.

Aunt Li had a horrified expression as if to say, "Mother Dabao, what did you say?"

Ye Fan didn't explain any more, and said to the four uncles and aunts: "You are too polite. They are just lucky to meet them."

The four uncles and aunts knew she would not blame the children. One of the aunts smiled and said, "It's right. Because of these children, there are fewer hooligans in our area. A few days ago, we went to the Public Security Bureau to ask about the results and they said they were all detained. Your son left his name and address at the Public Security Bureau, so we knew your family was here."

Dabao didn't want to stay, but he ran into the police several times in a short period of time. The police were puzzled and felt that this was not a coincidence, so they asked Dabao and Erbao to leave their names. There was also Geng Sensen, and Dabao said that Sensen was his brother. If they found him, they would find Geng Sensen. The police also heard him calling him brother, so they let Geng Sensen go.

Ye Fan waved to Dabao.

Dabao looked alert: "What?"

"Accept the banner!" Ye Fan glared at his son and said unhappily.

Dabao came over and bowed to the old man and his wife: "Thank you, thank you."

An old man smiled and said, "We think you look like students. Students need this, right? Can you be selected as a three-good student?"

Dabao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "University doesn't have a three-good student award."

The old lady exclaimed: "You are a college student? You don't look like it. Can you get a scholarship with this? You must tell the teacher."

Dabao nodded repeatedly and looked at his mother to see if she wanted to invite someone in.

Seeing that he was quite sensible, Ye Fan still couldn't help but glare at him, and then said to them, "Come in and have some tea?"

Several elderly men and women shook their heads slightly and refused, and advised Ye Fan not to blame the children, saying that they were all good children. Ye Fan promised not to beat them, and then they went home with peace of mind.

As soon as Aunt Li and others left, she asked Dabao to open it so that she could broaden her horizons.

The neighbors were afraid to approach Ye Fan because she was angry, but when they saw her smiling face, they immediately came over and asked, "What happened?"

Uncle Zhang leaned on his cane and groaned, "What flag?"

Little brother Zhang rolled his eyes behind him. It seemed that his father was really senile and confused, otherwise he would not have thought of giving his second brother a share of the demolition money.

Dabao opened it, and both adults and children tilted their heads to look, and then asked Dabao to catch a few little hooligans.

Dabao didn't notice, but he knew someone must know, because he was disappointed every time and it was hard to forget: "Chu Guangming, how many?"

Chu Guangming: "Seven in total."

There was an exclamation in the alley; no one had expected this much.

Dabao didn't dare to be complacent, fearing that his mother would give him another flute, and said, "It's Erbao who looks too weak."

Erbao couldn't help but say, "If I had known--" Seeing her mother, she instinctively hid behind her cousin, "I'm weak, mom beat me just now, why didn't you help me?"

"I'll take the beating for you?" Dabao rolled his eyes at her. "What are you thinking? Isn't my flesh meat?"

Erbao was so angry that his chest hurt more than his butt: "Don't ask me to help you in the future!"

"We'll talk about it later." Dabao smiled playfully. He accidentally glanced at his mother's expressionless face. He immediately put away his smile and handed the banner to his cousin. "It's a pity that your name is not on it."

Geng Sen Sen wanted to kick him, as he was bringing up things that were not relevant.

Fortunately, his name was not there. If his mother found out, she would definitely give him a lecture.

Seeing this, Ye Fan felt tired and simply turned around and asked Chu Guangming: "Is the money coming back?"

Chu Guangming was very disappointed when he mentioned this: "No. I think Dabao was ruined by him. I also feel that he spent all my money."

Dabao couldn't help but say, "It's only twenty dollars, it's hard to convict him. If I had more money, I would pretend to have eighteen million and put him in jail for life."

Aunt Li realized it later: "I was just wondering how it happened that we ran into seven thugs who robbed money in the past few days. Dabao, are you fishing for law enforcement?" Pointing at Erbao, "Are you the bait?"

Ye Fan was just angry, and immediately reacted: "So Dabao said you look weak? Erbao, you really-"

"Mom, I don't dare to do that anymore. Stop hitting me. I'm already this old." Erbao interrupted hurriedly and pushed her cousin again. Geng Huihui went over and hugged her aunt's right arm, "Aunt, Dabao and Erbao are actually very sensible. Look, they knew to buy a flute and even called Sen Sen."

Geng Benben nodded: "Yes, he asked me and my younger brother to come together last time."

Ye Fan exclaimed: "And you guys?"

Geng Benben's heart skipped a beat. You are really causing trouble.

"I, we are good at martial arts and strong." Geng Benben explained as he stepped back.

Seeing this, the neighbor to the west of Ye Fan wanted to laugh: "Dabao's mother, you see the little ones are scared. In my opinion, forget it. It won't be too late to beat them next time they are so bold."

Dabao nodded vigorously: "Mom, I promise there won't be a next time!"

This was a good thing to say, and with so many people advising him, even though Ye Fan was angry and scared, he didn't want to argue with them: "I'll make a note of it for you first!" Dabao breathed a sigh of relief.

Geng Benben no longer retreats.

Yu Wentao came late: "What happened?"

Yu Wentao was worried that her granddaughter would find the room too hot, so she went to remind Geng Zhiqin to take the child to the park. That’s why she came back from Geng Zhiqin’s house. Aunt Li pointed at the banner and praised her children for being so good.

Yu Wentao nodded and smiled, looking proud of herself. She snatched the flute from Chu Guangming's hand and started beating Sen Sen, who was closest to her, and then Da Bao. Geng Huihui pushed Er Bao into the yard. Yu Wentao missed and turned around to teach Ben Ben a lesson. Ben Ben was very agile and dodged easily. Yu Wentao almost tripped over herself.

Everything happened so fast that Aunt Li finally reacted and grabbed Yu Wentao: "Dabao's mother has called."

Yu Wentao stopped and looked at Ye Fan: "Have you hit him?"

Ye Fan nodded.

Yu Wentao pointed at Dabao and Sensen with her flute, looking strange: "Then why aren't they crying?"

Dabao was almost crying because of his milk: "How old am I?"

"You are so old and still don't know the seriousness of the situation? When others encounter little hooligans, they don't even have time to hide from them. You asked Erbao to go fishing. If something happens, how are we going to live?" Yu Wentao asked angrily.

Young people in their twenties, full of vigor and fearlessness, don’t think anything will happen. But the flute hurts too much - a wise man never suffers a loss in front of him. Dabao: “I told my mom that there won’t be a next time. Is that not okay?”

Yu Wentao looked at Ye Fan subconsciously.

Ye Fan nodded: "If you do it again, ask Geng Zhiye to beat you with a belt--" He glanced at the younger generation, "beat them one by one!"

Geng Benben couldn't help but hide behind Zhang Xiaoming.

Uncle Zhang realized it later: "Little brother, didn't Benben just say that there is also you?"

Zhang was sure his father was getting old and confused: "Yes! You want to beat me too? Can you stand steadily without the cane?"

Uncle Zhang paused for a moment, and Aunt Li didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Little brother, don't deliberately make your father angry. Your father is just worried about you."

Zhang Xiaodi laughed a few times, waved at Geng Benben, and went home in style. Uncle Zhang was so angry that he jumped up and down with his cane, but he didn't dare to leave the ground for too long, let alone throw it out to hit him.

Geng Huihui persuaded everyone to leave. Yu Wentao glared at her unhappily. Geng Huihui smiled and took the flute away: "Grandma, don't make a fool of yourself." Then she pushed her into the house.

Erbao immediately ran out from under the aisle.

Yu Wentao yelled: "Can I eat you?"

Erbao shivered a little, went to his brother and whispered, "Let's go to grandma's house."

Dabao nodded slightly: "Wait a minute, now is not the right time." Then he winked at Chu Guangming, and Dabao and Erbao went to Chu Guangming's house.

After staying at his house for more than an hour, the brother and sister went back to their own home. Chu Guangming followed them. Ye Fan had some computer books at home, so he went to read them.

At this time, Yu Wentao's anger subsided. Dabao winked at Erbao, and the brother and sister packed their clothes. Dabao said, "Mom, can we stay at grandma's house for two days?"

Ye Fan sneered: "Are you afraid that your dad will come back and beat you up at night?"

"You are just a mean person!" Dabao would never admit that he was afraid. "Summer vacation is almost over, and I haven't been to my grandparents' house yet."

Erbao: "Mom, we will be gone for three days and come back after three days to wait for the admission letter."

Ye Fan was too lazy to expose them: "Stop messing around."

Dabao said hurriedly: "Don't make a fuss, don't make a fuss."

Ye Fan called Erbao, and Erbao said with a bitter face: "Mom, is there anything else you want me to do?"

"Don't forget to go to class."

Erbao shook his head: "I don't dare!"

Ye Fan was annoyed and waved his hand to tell them to go away!
Benben can't stay at home for too long. Dabao and Erbao see him once a year and want to play with him for a few more days, so they come back two days later, saying that Benben is back.

Dabaoji was a cunning man. He didn't mention "fishing" or Benben's return when he went to his grandmother's house, and the whole Ye family believed it. Tao Chunlan even thought that Ye Fan had called her when she was buying vegetables to inform them to go back.

When they got home, they saw the banner hanging on the wall opposite the Luohan bed in the east room of the main hall. Dabao felt ashamed immediately, and Erbao was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig a third floor with his feet.

Erbao asked: "Brother Sensen, who hung it?"

Geng Sensen said half dead: "Except your mother, who else could have thought of this trick?"

"Didn't mom blame us for being reckless?" Erbao asked.

Geng Sensen nodded: "Do you still dare to fish after seeing this?"

Erbao shook his head fearfully.

Dabao asked curiously, "Does my dad know?"

Geng Sen Sen nodded: "Uncle San agrees very much. When you two were not at home, he first scolded me for being stupid and then scolded Ben Ben for following us to make trouble." Looking at the roof he sighed, "Why did my grandma go back to her hometown?" Even if he didn't go back, he could still hide at his grandma's house for a few days.

Geng Benben, who was sitting opposite him, sighed when he heard this: "My grandma was in the capital, but unfortunately she is no longer with us."

Geng Sensen suddenly felt his scalp tingling: "Don't tell ghost stories!"

Dabao looked around: "Where's my mom? Grandma isn't home either?"

Chu Guangming put down his professional book: "Grandma Yu might be at your aunt's house. After you left the day before yesterday, she felt that your aunt didn't know how to take care of the child, and she was worried. Aunt Ye said, why don't you go over and take a look. Your grandma didn't say anything at the time, but when I went to class in the morning, I ran into her taking the bus, which was exactly the opposite of me."

Benben said, "My aunt should be at Uncle Chang's house. She said she's going to make some clothes and sell them in the store on the 25th. Does Uncle Chang also make clothes?"

Dabao: "Sportswear. The samples have been out for a long time, and it's time to go into mass production."

Erbao asked: "Hasn't the factory been established yet?"

Dabao had never heard his mother mention it: "It was not allowed in the early years, but it should be allowed in the past two years. Mom said to start a technology company in the capital. Uncle Chang is not a middleman, so his application should be easy to pass."

Chang Guangrong's company formalities were completed without much effort. Since he was unsure about his first time, he bought a few machines and hired a few workers to make clothes in his side room.

The year Chang Guangrong just returned to the city, the municipal government set up a few storefronts, bought many sewing machines, and hired a master craftsman from a garment factory to teach the educated youth who had returned to the city how to make clothes.

Because we make clothes for citizens, sometimes there are customers and sometimes there are not, so the city pays them according to the standard for temporary workers.

Chang Guangrong was not interested when he heard the temporary worker standards, but he knew where those people were. Chang Guangrong went there to recruit people, with a guaranteed salary and commission on clothing.

The more you work, the more you earn, so many people who want to earn more money are willing to work with him.

On the 20th of last month, four workers arrived. The young designer was "homeless" and lived in the room next to Chang Guangrong's wing, working with them.

Chang Guangrong couldn't figure out the cost, so his childhood friend asked him to call Ye Fan. Ye Fan went to Chang Guangrong's home to teach his childhood friend how to calculate the cost and how to set the price.

Ye Fan was glad that she had worked in the supply and marketing cooperative for many years, otherwise she would have been in a lot of trouble today. At noon, Ye Fan suddenly remembered that there was a prospective accountant in her family.

In the afternoon, Ye Fan handed Geng Sen Sen over to Chang Guangrong.

Chang Guangrong would ask him whenever he encountered something he didn't understand.

Geng Sensen thought he had learned well, but after spending half a day at Chang's house, he felt that he didn't understand anything. He brought his professional books with him the next day.

Just as Geng Sen Sen left home, the postman came with Erbao's admission letter.

Erbao was the most nervous during the interview, but he was not excited when he received the letter of acceptance. He asked the postman, "Is there anyone from Chu Guangming?"

The postman shook his head.

Dabao asked the postman to wait a moment and took a handful of candy from the house to thank the postman.

The postman received a few candies or a cigarette whenever he delivered admission letters to someone's home. He accepted them with a smile, thanked them, and said, "I'll ask for you when I get home."

That afternoon, the postman made a special trip to deliver Chu Guangming's notice. Dabao was eating a popsicle in the house and casually gave the postman a popsicle.

Dabao put Chu Guangming's notice on the bedside table in his house.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Chu Guangming got off the car and went to Dabao's house to ask if there was his admission letter.

Dabao was given to him, and Chu Guangming was stunned, as if good luck had suddenly come and knocked him out.

"Shall I help you take it apart?" Dabao pretended to take it apart.

Chu Guangming took it away hurriedly, opened it and confirmed that he had passed the exam, and he immediately cried and laughed.

Ye Fan came back from the company and saw this scene, and subconsciously looked at his son. Dabao was worried that his mother would hit him unexpectedly again, so he jumped back in a hurry: "It has nothing to do with me! He is too happy!"

Chu Guangming wiped away his tears, nodded vigorously, and choked up: "Aunt Ye, I, I passed the exam..."

Ye Fan went over and patted him on the back: "It's good as long as you pass the exam. Ask Dabao to register with you then."

Dabao nodded: "Yes, it just so happens that I am in charge of welcoming new students this year. Don't cry, or everyone will think I bullied you when they come back."

(End of this chapter)