Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

Ye Fan is very annoyed about performing on the show. The employees are eager to go home and have no time to put on the show. It would be more meaningful to receive the gifts before the holiday and the photos after the holiday.

Ye Fan prepared a variety of gifts, including hand cream, belts, brooches, tie clips, perfume, water cups, hairpins, scarves, gloves, etc. If you draw an inappropriate gift, you can exchange it with your colleagues after the festival, which is also a way to keep in touch.

The gifts Ye Fan bought were not expensive, nor were they street goods. Employees could give them to their spouses, friends, or parents. If they used them themselves, every time they used them, they would remember that they were carefully prepared by the boss for the annual meeting.

Ye Fan's employees complained that she could manipulate people's hearts, but they were willing to be manipulated by her.

However, Ye Fan himself did not think about these things. He suddenly thought of holding an annual meeting this year. Firstly, the company moved to a new home and it finally looked more established and no longer looked like a makeshift team. Secondly, it was to let the employees working outside the company get acquainted with the company so that they would not forget their boss's last name after being away for too long.

Ye Fan heard his son's words and asked back: "Why is it like an annual meeting?"

"That's what Erbao's school is like." Dabao said.

Ye Fan: "Erbao is a party, not an annual meeting."

"Isn't the annual meeting a party?" Forgive Dabao for not having a job yet and not having attended the company's annual meeting.

Ye Fan shook his head: "It's an annual meeting, the company leaders will give a summary speech, and the employees will have to perform. Some will prepare food and drinks, and some will prepare some gifts. Everyone will have a great time together, just like a tea party. But with the addition of company leaders, introverted employees will feel uncomfortable."

"Does your company have food and drinks or programs?"

Yu Wentao: "Your mother came back so early, she must not have eaten or drunk anything and had no shows."

"Ah?" Dabao was shocked. "Isn't this a hassle?"

Ye Fan smiled and said nothing, then went back to the room to change his shoes.

Dabao immediately realized that there was more to it than that. However, he was not very interested, so he did not follow up to find out the truth.

Yet some people are curious.

There is no such thing as an annual meeting in private enterprises these days. Even state-owned units do not have annual meetings, but some companies with good performance hold parties.

There was no raffle at the party.

The next day, Ye Fan's employees slept until they woke up naturally. Some went to meet friends, and some went on dates with their partners. No matter who they were with, they couldn't help asking "What did your company give out at the annual meeting?"

This statement completely stupefied me.

Ye Fan's employees patiently explained, and their friends suddenly realized, then shook their heads, saying there was nothing. Their friends couldn't help but envy Ye Fan, and then they were worried about whether there would be year-end bonuses after the annual meeting.

There should be a year-end bonus, but I don’t know whether the annual meeting expenses will be deducted from the year-end bonus.

When Geng Sensen was helping Ye Fan calculate the company's expenses, he asked, "Aunt San, is this considered a year-end bonus?"

"Not really." Ye Fan blurted out, and then added: "It only cost a few dollars. It was all deducted from the year-end bonus. Your aunt is too stingy."

Geng Sensen couldn't help but say, "I want to go to your company right away."

"Just for the annual meeting lottery?"

Geng Sensen nodded: "If I can win the grand prize, it means that I will have good luck throughout the next year."

"Superstition!" Ye Fan laughed, "I won't give you any compensation this time." Then he handed over a box.

Geng Sensen picked it up subconsciously: "What is it?"

"open to take a look."

Geng Sensen didn't need to open the box, he knew what was inside by looking at the image on the box, and he had always wanted to get one, but he had never been willing to because it was too expensive. Geng Sensen was very excited and opened it immediately. He saw that it was the latest model of pager, and he wanted to quit his job immediately again and go to work for his aunt's company next year.

Ye Fan deliberately asked: "Do you like it?"

Geng Sensen didn't even raise his head and just said "hmm" and asked, "How do I use it?"

"Haven't you used Huihui's pager before? The style is different, but the usage is the same." Ye Fan said, "But there is no battery."

Geng Sensen got up and said, "I know where it is."

Geng Huihui bought a lot of batteries and placed them in the box under the coffee table. Geng Sensen removed the batteries and installed them, then asked, "Aunt, can I use it?"

"You also need to choose a pager number." Ye Fan said, "I'll ask Dabao to drive you there later."

Geng Sensen: "Go now. I don't have the heart to help you look at the account books."

"I'll do it myself." Ye Fan called out "Geng Dabao" to the outside. Dabao, who was resting with his eyes closed in the yard, came in mumbling, "I've been busy for half a month and finally have a day off. What are you doing?"

Geng Sensen pulled him out. Dabao saw his pager and exclaimed, "When did you buy it? How much? Where did you buy it?"

"My aunt gave it to me."

Dabao shouted into the house: "Mom——"

"Work requires it!" Ye Fan interrupted him.

Dabao stopped making a fuss because he didn’t have a job yet and he didn’t need it.

Ye Fan said: "Although a pager costs thousands, it's not expensive for you. It's fine if you let me buy a car and a house, but you want me to buy a pager too?"

"You talk as if you bought me a car."

Ye Fan: "A mountain bike is not a car?"

Dabao choked: "——It's unreasonable. I'm too lazy to talk to you."

Geng Sensen pulled him and said, "Let's go." After a pause, he couldn't help but complain, "It's not like you don't have money, why do you keep staring at my aunt's wallet every day?"

"Your aunt is rich. I'm robbing the rich to help the poor." Dabao said righteously, and Yu Wentao couldn't stand it any longer, "Your father will have to deal with you."

Dabao sneered: "As if he has never used mom's money."

Ye Fan came out of the house: "Dabao, there is a term called 'common property of husband and wife'."

Dabao nodded: "I know. But I'm not an outsider."

"You and Erbao can only inherit, and that's without a will. If we suddenly pass away, our property will be divided equally between you, Erbao, your grandmother, and your grandparents. If a will is drawn up in advance and doesn't give you two, it's useless for you to go to court." Ye Fan raised his eyebrows, "Do you understand the difference between you two and your father?"

Dabao had never studied inheritance law, so how could he know this? "What if one of you and my dad is gone?"

Ye Fan: "If I'm gone, our family's wealth will be divided in half. Your father's half will belong to him, and my half will be divided equally among my spouse, children, and parents."

Yu Wentao couldn't help but ask: "I have one too?"

Ye Fan said, "I think so. You are Geng Zhiye's mother in law, and my mother-in-law. The exact amount will depend on the judge's decision. It may be the same as Dabao and Erbao. Do you understand? Geng Dabao."

Dabao nodded: "I understand. The money of you and my dad may not belong to me and Erbao. Then I should find a chance to ask you to buy something. Mom, my birthday is coming soon, I want-"

"You don't want to!" Ye Fan laughed angrily, "Why are you so shameless?"

Dabao: "Have a piece of meat if you are thick-skinned!"

Ye Fan waved his hands speechlessly and told him to go away.

Dabao snorted angrily: "Mom, don't blame me for not reminding you. You'd better rely on us instead of my dad in the future."

"I expect you two to be filial to me by my bedside?" Ye Fan sneered, "Stop talking nonsense. Don't you see the nature of your jobs? Your father and I are healthy and long-lived, living to our seventies and eighties. We can only rely on ourselves."

Yu Wentao nodded: "If Erbao really becomes a diplomat and works abroad, your mother won't be able to rely on Huihui as much as on her."

Geng Sensen thought of something: "That's right. Dabao, with your job, you can't see me for ten days or half a month. Auntie can't count on you as much as on me. Auntie, when are you going to make a will? Include me in your will, and I'll take care of you until the end of your life."

"Do you care about my old age and my death?" Dabao threw a punch at him. Geng Sensen knew he would get angry, so he avoided it easily: "I'm kidding."

Ye Fan: "Stop messing around!"

"Don't make a fuss, don't make a fuss." Geng Sensen hooked his arm around Dabao's neck, "Hurry up, it's noon." He couldn't help but say, "I still have to keep an eye on you even if I give you the company. You wouldn't even know if I emptied the company."

Dabao was both angry and amused: "It really shows off you."

"Yes." Geng Sensen nodded. "You haven't been to the new building after the company moved, right? You said my last name is Geng too, and our names are so similar. Will the employees think I'm the young boss?"

Dabao rolled his eyes and asked, "The two sessions are about to start, right? Then I'll have to ask my uncle if he still wants this son."

Geng Sensen didn't seem to be afraid of his father, but in fact he was in awe of him. He panicked when he heard this: "How dare you!"

Dabao glanced at him indifferently and said, "You little bastard, I can't deal with you yet."

Geng Sensen wanted to say something, but Dabao opened the car door and got in, so he quickly went around to the other side.

As soon as they walked out of the alley, they met Erbao and Geng Huihui.

Erbao's unit has been decided, and he will go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to see it after the New Year. Ye Fan bought Erbao a second-hand house that was delivered last year and renovated this year, but the price is the same as a new house. He has only one request, that the transaction be completed as soon as possible and the payment be paid in one lump sum.

At that time, Ye Fan was worried that he might have encountered a scammer, so he asked Jin Dazhi to ask around - he knew a lot of people. The result surprised Ye Fan. The landlord was also in foreign trade business. He was careless and bought a lot of fruits. Unfortunately, he encountered heavy rain first, and then heavy snow after leaving the country. He was delayed on the road for a few days, and half of the apples and oranges were rotten when they were delivered to the customer.

Not only did I lose all my money on that trip, I also had to pay compensation, so I had to sell the house.

There was nothing wrong with the house, so Ye Fan bought it. It was just simply decorated, with household appliances, a dining table and sofa, pots and pans, and Erbao had to clean up by himself.

Dabao gave Erbao a card, and Geng Huihui accompanied her to choose things on the weekend.

Seeing Erbao, Dabao asked, "Are you done packing?"

Erbao: "I've bought everything, but I haven't cleaned yet."

"Did you come back to ask us for help?" Dabao asked.

Erbao giggled.

Dabao reached out and gave her a slap: "Go home first, we'll talk about it this afternoon."

Erbao asked: "Where are you two going?"

Dabao: "Select a pager number."

"I want to go too. I want to buy a pager too." Erbao opened the car door and got in. Geng Huihui saw this and got in from the other side.

Geng Sensen said: "Why buy it yourself?"

Erbao wanted to say something, but suddenly thought of something and nodded with a smile: "Brother Sensen is right."

After Geng Sensen's work was done, they returned home, and Erbao went to her mother to show her affection. Ye Fan was convinced and took her little paw away: "I'm busy recently, let's talk in a few days if I have something to do."

Erbao knew when to stop and immediately went to find a rag, broom and basin, preparing to go to the new house after lunch.

Ye Fan called Geng Sensen: "When will you complete the resignation procedures?"

Erbao stepped back and said, "Brother Sen Sen only works until the Gregorian calendar year, doesn't he?"

Geng Sensen: "Yes. But the boss won't let me go. He said I didn't hand over the work clearly and asked me to work until the end of this month. That's wishful thinking! I'm very busy recently. I will quit when I get my salary and year-end bonus on the 50th of next week!"

Erbao was surprised: "Year-end bonus is given out before the holiday?"

Geng Sensen nodded: "We pay year-end bonuses according to the solar calendar, and the year-end holiday is for the New Year benefits."

Erbao: "No wonder I always feel weird. Don't you work with mom? Why don't you come back together? It means you haven't resigned yet."

Geng Sensen: "I don't want to make it look too bad. Otherwise, you don't have to go these days and just go there on the 10th."

Erbao couldn't help but ask: "Then haven't we worked in vain these few days?"

Geng Sensen said, "I didn't do much work. When they asked me to help, I said I had a headache, aching hands, and a cold. They also said I was not particular. I'll let them see how particular I am in a few days."

Ye Fan said: "I'll pick you up on the 10th."

"Great!" Geng Sensen was more excited than receiving a pager.

The nights were long and the days were short, and it got dark early. It was inconvenient for Geng Sensen to come back, so he stayed in the dormitory. On the morning of the 10th, Geng Sensen packed his things. When he arrived at the company and heard that the salary would be paid in the afternoon, he called Ye Fan on the company phone.

At 2pm, Ye Fan drove over. Geng Sensen put his clothes and toiletries in the car, and Ye Fan took him to the office building. When Geng Sensen got out of the car, Ye Fan gave him the pager.

Geng Sensen didn't need the pager at work, so he kept it at home for fear that it would be broken by a jealous colleague. When he first got the pager, Geng Sensen was confused.

Ye Fan said, "Put it in your pocket first. After you get your salary and bonus, hold the pager in your hand and try to let all your colleagues see it."

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Geng Sensen took out his salary and bonus, and an older sister advised him to think it over carefully, because it would be difficult to come back once he left. Geng Sensen waved his hand holding the pager at the older sister and said, "Think it over carefully."

The eldest sister saw the pager and exclaimed: "Is that a pager? When did you buy it?"

"A gift from my family." Geng Sen Sen took the personal belongings on the desk in a plastic bag and went downstairs directly.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Is his father's salary so high that he would be willing to buy his son a pager worth thousands of dollars?

"Come and see!" shouted a colleague sitting by the window.

Everyone moved to the window and saw Geng Sen Sen open the car door and get in. The majestic luxury car disappeared from everyone's sight.

The leader was very upset when he heard the commotion outside. He came out to scold everyone for not doing their job, but he heard his subordinate ask, "Who is Geng Sensen? There's actually a car coming to pick him up."

"What car?" the leader asked.

Geng Sensen's colleague shook his head: "I don't know. It's taller and wider than a sedan, yes, it looks like an off-road vehicle!"

In recent years, there are more cars on the streets, such as Santana and Alto, which can be seen almost everywhere. But there are very few off-road vehicles. The leader couldn't help but be curious: "Did you see the license plate clearly?"

“The license plate looks like it has several sixes.”

The leader returned to the office and called a friend, asking if he knew the owner of a car with license plate number 666, who should be from Xicheng.

Many units have off-road vehicles, which are convenient for going out to do business. But there are not many private off-road vehicles, which are as rare as sports cars. People in Xicheng have even smaller scopes. Unfortunately, he went to the tobacco company a few days ago and saw a female comrade driving an off-road vehicle. He couldn't help but take a few more glances. The leader of the tobacco company said in an admiring tone: "This person is amazing. She is a profiteer and also owns a computer company."

Being a profiteer doesn't require much capital, but a computer company needs a lot of money. If you don't have money to hire people, you have to know how to do it yourself. This person asked the head of the tobacco company where the lady came from and how a profiteer could know computers.

Ye Fan's background was nothing in the capital. There were at least eight retired people at Ye's father's level. If her husband was an officer, her eldest uncle was a provincial governor, and her business partner had some background, she would have to think twice before making a move on anyone at the same level as Ye's father.

The tobacco company leader didn't dare to offend her. When Ye Fan introduced him to a business, he was reluctant, thinking that he would have to bleed. As a result, Ye Fan left the contact information and address and left. The tobacco company leader despised his mean-spiritedness and admired her righteousness.

Over the years, there have been people coming to the company to take advantage of the situation. It was rare to meet someone who would give them money without asking for it. The leader was deeply moved and couldn't help but tell the other party everything he knew.

This person is an old friend of Geng Sensen. As an old friend, he was curious, so he told Geng Sensen everything he knew. At the end, he even asked Geng Sensen, "Why are you asking about Ye Fan?"

The leader calculated the ages of Ye Fan and Geng Sen Sen and found that it was impossible for the child to be hers, so Geng Sen Sen was the son of Ye Fan's uncle.

After hanging up the phone, the leader's face turned pale and he prayed that Geng Sensen would not complain to his father when he saw him.

The people upstairs saw Geng Sensen, who saw them in the car. Seeing that they were all in disbelief, he couldn't help but clap his legs and laugh: "Aunt, you didn't see those people, it's so funny!"

Ye Fan said: "Because you were very low-key before, your leaving this time has this effect."

"I'm not very low-key. When they see my clothes and ask me where I bought them, I tell them the truth. They think I spend all my money and don't know how to make ends meet, but what can I do? I can't say that my extra income is as much as my salary," Geng Sensen said, "Isn't that asking for trouble?"

Ye Fan: "Didn't they notice that you've acted in a TV series?"

"The TV series is a little distorted compared to the real me, so when I said it wasn't me, they believed it." When "Glorious Class 8" was popular, some colleagues did doubt it. But Geng Sensen is not nearsighted, and the "Teacher Yang" he played wears glasses. When he heard him say this, his colleagues thought that the people were similar.

Ye Fan said: "I thought people in big companies would be better."

Geng Sensen said, "If all the employees are highly educated, the overall quality will definitely be better than that of ordinary units. But the college entrance examination has only been resumed for more than ten years, and college graduates who join the unit are still considered newcomers and have no say in the unit. The experienced people who can speak up either graduated from junior high school or high school and got in through connections, or went to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University, which is very poor. There are all kinds of people in my unit. By the way, my leader has never attended a regular university."

"No wonder your boss is so nosy." Ye Fan said, "The boss who manages you is actually just a mid-level leader in the unit, right?"

Geng Sensen nodded: "I heard that the top leader is quite friendly. It's strange, he is in a high position but he doesn't put on airs, but he is full of troubles."

"The top leader doesn't need to show off. By the way, are you going home or to the company?"

Geng Sensen looked at the time. It was less than four o'clock. "Let's go to the company. Send my things over. By the way, aunt, do I have to live in the company dormitory too?"

Ye Fan: "It gets dark early now, and there are no buses around. If I don't go to the company, you have to ride a bike or walk back by yourself. It's desolate over there, and it's too dangerous to walk alone at night."

"Then go to the company."

Ye Fan first sent him to the company, asked the secretary to get a dormitory key, and then went to the company dormitory.

Geng Sensen likes the bachelor apartment very much: "Can I cook?"

Ye Fan: "Except that it cannot be bought and sold, it is no different from commercial housing."

"Great!" Geng Sensen was very excited, "Aunt, can I decorate it as I like?"

Ye Fan: "Let's arrange it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Go to the company on Monday."

The next day, Saturday, Geng Sensen drove Ye Fan's car to the street to pick things, and on Sunday he drove his brothers and sisters to the dormitory to help him clean the dormitory.

More people means faster work, and the work was done in half a day. Geng Sensen opened the window for ventilation before leaving, and asked Dabao as soon as he got in the car: "How many people are there in your dormitory? Is there heating? Can we cook?"

Dabao's dormitory double room had nothing except heating. Hearing this, he said angrily: "Don't force me to kick you!"

(End of this chapter)