Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

The neighbor's aunt's daughter-in-law blushed and said after a long while: "The company is so good, why don't you just say it?!"

Her father-in-law asked, "Did you say something that the child was embarrassed to say directly?"

The daughter-in-law remembered and said that she might know Erbao’s leader.

Erbao said it was like slapping her in the face. The aunt's daughter-in-law realized this and was embarrassed to complain: "The Geng family is very low-key."

Her mother-in-law couldn't help but say, "Aren't you the ones who said he was speculating? You told us to stay away from him, and he didn't have the chance to tell us about this. If he told us, you would think he was crazy."

The son and daughter-in-law didn't dare to respond.

At the same time, Erbao was also talking to her mother: "Why did that elder sister just now seem a little self-righteous?"

Ye Fan: "You have a good education and a good job, so you can't help but show off. People like this are common, don't take it seriously."

"Then do you still go to Xiushui store?"

Ye Fan: "Are you busy? If not, let's go together."

"Liangliang and I have an appointment to go shopping."

Ye Fan: "Then go ahead. It will get hot in a while."

Erbao stretched out his hand.

Ye Fan slapped her palm. Erbao took a breath in pain, hugged her mother's arm and said coquettishly: "Mom——"

"Stop!" Ye Fan said helplessly, "The wallet is in the living room."

Erbao turned and ran, taking a hundred yuan. Worried that it might be stolen while shopping, he changed it into a few fifty and ten yuan notes and stuffed them into his bag. After putting on his bag, Erbao came out and saw his cousin coming from behind: "Brother Sensen, are you going shopping?"

Geng Sensen waved his hand: "The boss's house is being renovated, I'll go help."

In order to travel conveniently, Geng Sensen drove the company-assigned Santana here before getting off work yesterday.

Ye Fan asked: "Your brother's house is not close to the workplace, so he doesn't live there?"

"My junior sister complains that the sound insulation in the building is not good. She says she lives in the company when she is busy and goes home when she is free. I suspect that my junior sister is so obedient that she gets engaged when the elders want to get engaged and has no objection to getting married because my brother has a detached courtyard house." Geng Sen Sen's junior sister is actually a few months older than him. He deliberately calls her junior sister so that people who don't know her may mistakenly think that his brother is his brother-in-law.

He never tires of taking advantage of this.

Ye Fan was too lazy to correct his way of addressing him, and said bluntly: "Their family can afford it, there is no need to marry someone just for a house."

"Being able to afford something doesn't mean buying it." Geng Sen Sen said, "Her family is both open-minded and conservative. If you say they are feudal, they support freedom of marriage, so my junior sister is still unmarried at the age of 27. If you say they are open-minded, they are like the rural people who have no chance to accept new ideas and think that it is the son's responsibility to support his parents in their old age. The family property belongs to the son, and big items like real estate are bought for the son, not the daughter. If you say they are partial, they prepare a lot of dowry and don't want my brother to buy gold, silver and jade." Shaking his head, "I don't understand. I'm leaving."

Erbao followed him out holding the key.

Yu Wentao asked Ye Fan: "What about you?"

"I'll go take a look at Ginkgo." They said they were recruiting students before, but I don't know if they found any.

Ye Fan parked his car in front of the store, and a girl about sixteen or seventeen years old ran out and said crisply, "Big sister, you can't park here."

Yu Yinxing subconsciously glanced outside, ran out in a hurry, and pulled the little girl behind him: "Is my sister-in-law here?"

The little girl was stunned.

Ye Fan smiled and said, "You are very dedicated. When did you find it?"

"Last weekend." Yu Yinxing was relieved to see that she was not angry, "Today is my first day at work."

Ye Fan nodded and went towards the store.

The little girl asked weakly, "What is that?"

"Boss." Yu Yinxing's face turned pale. Yu Yinxing held her hand and said, "Don't be afraid. The boss is easy to talk to. It was she who suggested that I hire a part-time worker. It's also my fault that I forgot to tell you that this car belongs to the boss."

The little girl didn't dare to approach Ye Fan when she arrived at the store, and she was clumsy in arranging her clothes. Seeing this, Ye Fan turned to Yu Yinxing and asked, "Is everything going on in the store?"

Yu Ginkgo nodded: "There are not enough summer clothes."

Ye Fan: "Then let's go check out Xiao Ming's store. If there's more needed, we'll go to the south in a few days. You go ahead and get busy."

"Don't you want to take a break?"

Ye Fan looked at the shop assistant. If she stayed any longer, she would be frightened to death.

Yu Ginkgo muttered helplessly, "You're so timid," and then sent Ye Fan out.

Ye Fan sat in Zhang Xiaoming's store for a while, then went to Wei Jianshe's store diagonally opposite. Qian Xiaoru also complained that there were few styles, so Ye Fan went to Chang Guangrong's store.

Fortunately, I had a car and visited four stores in two hours.

Finally, Ye Fan went to Xiushui store.

Zhang Xiaoming told Ye Fan that there were more styles and more choices in the past two years, and they also had to keep up with the times.

Ye Fan went home and called Yu's store, who also said that many people looked and left. Ye Fan felt that it was because summer clothes were cheap, young people who loved beauty and coolness dared to buy more, but didn't want to wear similar clothes, so they complained about the lack of styles.

I called Wei Jianshe in the evening and asked him when he was free.

Wei Jianshe wanted to find Ye Fan these two days to ask her if she would go to the south to get the goods. When he received her call, he said he could leave at any time. Ye Fan had such a big company, so she couldn't leave without saying goodbye. She would stay in the company for two days to deal with the important matters and then take a few sales staff to the south.

When they arrived in the south, they split into two groups as they did before. Wei Jianshe took his men to the Small Commodity City to buy small accessories, while Ye Fan went to Ningbo first, selected a batch of clothing, and then went to Hangzhou. The whole carriage was almost full.

Chang Guangrong drove a pickup truck to pick up the goods. When he saw the pile of goods forming a small mountain, he exclaimed, "My sister, have you forgotten that you no longer ship goods to the north?"

Ye Fan: "You and Xiao Ming go back first. Let's go back and rest. I feel like I'm going to get heatstroke."

When Chang Guangrong heard that she was not feeling well, he urged her to go home quickly, and he contacted everyone to go and get the goods.

Yu Yinxing thought that since he was tired of the conventional styles, he should pick clothes with bold and exaggerated colors. It just so happened that Ye Fan tried to pick up a few bags of exaggerated clothes this time, so Yu Yinxing picked one-third.

Her sister-in-law reminded her: "Only little hooligans wear this kind of clothing."

Yu Ginkgo: "Little hooligans can't afford our clothes. I heard that office workers are serious during the day, but they go to discotheques to dance after work. We can sell them to them."

Zhang Xiaoming was worried that the two would quarrel, so he said, "If we can't sell all of them, we can keep them for a buy-one-get-one-free promotion."

In order to avoid getting hurt, her sister-in-law picked half a bag.

Seeing this, others thought that perhaps they could attract customers with these strange costumes, so they also picked some. When everyone left, half of the goods were gone. The neighbors watched the tightly packed store come out and asked Zhang Xiaoming: "Why do you have so many customers?"

Zhang Xiaoming: "They are all relatives and friends. Even though we will sell so much in a short time, it is still not as much as you earn in a day."

The neighbors didn't believe it.

Zhang Xiaoming explained that so and so were his friends, and so and so were Ye Fan's relatives. When the neighbors heard that they were really relatives, they said, "Why don't you let them take it themselves? It's not worth the pain to earn a little money in such a hot day."

Zhang Xiaoming couldn't help but complain in his heart, you really let me say everything.

Ye Fanzhen had heatstroke.

Before the sun went down, Geng Zhiye arrived home and saw her lying motionless on the sofa. He was very surprised: "How could the tireless Boss Ye get sick?"

"I'm old, and my immunity is declining." Ye Fan opened his eyes and said weakly, "Don't bother me."

Geng Zhiye touched her forehead and said, "You don't have a fever. You just have heatstroke. Have you eaten?"

The little nanny looked at Ye Fan from the opposite side and whispered, "Auntie has no appetite."

Geng Zhiye: "Cook some porridge, and make some sweet and sour dishes. Do what you are good at."

Nanny Xiao Wang is good at many dishes. She went to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator and saw shrimps and wanted to cook prawns. But Ye Fan didn't have the heart to peel the shrimps. Xiao Wang dared to cook a dish she liked, and Ye Fan would not scold her. Yu Wentao would nag a few words, but she would forget it after nagging like her own old people.

Unfortunately, Geng Zhiye is at home today, and Xiao Wang is afraid of him.

Xiao Wang cooked the porridge first, then took out the pork she bought in the morning, cut it into strips and marinated it for later use. She peeled and shredded the potatoes. After putting the shredded potatoes in water, she went to the yard to pick a few tomatoes and prepared to make tomato egg soup.

Halfway through, Yu Wentao came in to help, and in less than half an hour, the sweet and sour pork tenderloin, spicy and sour potato shreds and soup were ready.

Ye Fan didn't touch the soup. He drank half a bowl of porridge, ate some vegetables and then lay down again.

Xiao Wang asked quietly: "Grandma, are you still cooking tonight?"

Yu Wentao: "What do you want to eat?"

"Eat steamed buns. They're left over from lunch. They're cold but not hard. No need to heat them up."

Yu Wentao asked Geng Zhiye what he wanted to eat. Geng Zhiye didn't want to eat cold steamed buns: "Cook me two packs of instant noodles, I'll eat them in tomato soup."

Xiao Wang cooked the instant noodles, and Geng Zhiye poured the soup into the bowl of noodles. The instant noodles without any seasoning instantly turned into tomato and egg noodles.

There was half of the tomato and egg soup left, just enough for Yu Wentao and Xiao Wang.

Ye Fan smelled the aroma of noodles and opened his eyes, and immediately wanted to laugh: "Are you full?"

Of course, two packs of noodles were not enough to fill him up. Two bowls of porridge would fill him up for a while, but he would be starving if he didn't go to bed before nine o'clock. Geng Zhiye said, "I'll ask Hu Sensen to bring me some."

Geng Sensen and Erbao got off work at six o'clock. Now it's 7:30 and they haven't come back for dinner yet, because they went to the night market with their friends. Geng Zhiye took the phone and asked his nephew to bring him a midnight snack.

The streets were chaotic these days, so the two of them didn't dare to play too late. At around 8 o'clock, Erbao sent Liangliang home, Geng Sensen sent his friends and colleagues home, and then bought a bunch of barbecue and a bowl of noodles to bring back to his uncle.

Ye Fan had taken a bath and was ready to go to bed.

Geng Zhiye sat in front of the dressing table, shooting arrows left and right. The bedroom was filled with the smell of barbecue and fried noodles. Ye Fan was annoyed: "Can't we go out to eat?"

Geng Zhiye pushed open the window and said, "It will be ready in a moment. The barbecue is good, would you like a skewer?"

Ye Fan suspected that he was eating in the bedroom in the hope that he could get up and eat more: "Geng Zhiye, don't blame me for not reminding you. This is your first time eating roadside barbecue. Your stomach may not be used to it and you may have a stomach upset."

Geng Zhiye shook his head slightly, looking nonchalant: "Just a few skewers of meat."

In recent years, the military life has improved. Although they still cook whatever is cheap, they can still achieve a balanced nutrition with meat and vegetables. There is another point in cooking in the army. Even if they can't take care of everyone, they have to take care of most people, so there are not many dishes with heavy oil and spicy. Although there are sweet and sour flavors, fried pork with peppers, etc., the taste is moderate.

Ye Fan has an elderly family member, so he has to take care of his stomach, so most of the meals are light. Geng Zhiye eats these all year round. After finishing a handful of mutton skewers with mutton fat and a portion of fried noodles with heavy oil, it would be strange if he didn't have a stomachache.

Seeing that he didn't listen, Ye Fan didn't bother to persuade him: "Don't drink ice water."

Geng Zhiye looked at the ice soda he had just taken out of the refrigerator and thought that this was how one should eat and drink in the summer.

But the lady certainly didn't complain that he ate too much, she was really thinking about him. Geng Zhiye reluctantly pushed the soda away and went to the living room to pour a glass of warm water.

After drinking a glass of water, Geng Zhiye felt full and didn't want to eat the noodles and skewers: "Frustrating, there's still a lot left."

"Are you stupid? You can't eat it just for the sake of strength!"

"waste!"

Ye Fan sat up and said unhappily, "Choose between making your stomach upset and wasting money!"

Geng Zhiye put the noodles and skewers on the coffee table in the living room, then came in and said, "We should raise a local dog. Local dogs eat everything."

Ye Fan: "Barking is disturbing!"

"Then ask the neighbors. They must be worried that thieves will break in in the middle of the night," said Geng Zhiye.

Ye Fan sighed: "Do you want to sleep?"

"You go to sleep first!" Geng Zhiye was sweating all over, and went to the bathroom to take a shower and brush his teeth. When he came back, he closed the window, and the room became cool in a moment.

Geng Zhiye wrapped himself in a blanket and sighed, "It's still more comfortable at home."

Ye Fan thought, there is no way that his officer's dormitory is not air-conditioned. Since there is air conditioning, isn't it just like being at home?

It seems different now that she is at home.

The irritability in Ye Fan's heart disappeared instantly, and he fell asleep next to him.

Geng Zhiye touched her forehead and confirmed that Ye Fan did not have a fever, and he relaxed physically and mentally.

The next day, the cat woke Geng Zhiye up. He opened his eyes as if in a dream. He saw the one in his arms also opened his eyes, confirming that he was not dreaming: "We have a cat at home?"

"No." Ye Fan rubbed his eyes, "Is there a cat meowing?" He suddenly sobered up after saying it, "Why is there a cat in our house?"

Geng Zhiye picked up the clock on the bedside table. It was half past five. He had fallen asleep at about ten last night, so seven hours was enough. Geng Zhiye stood up and said, "I'll go check."

After opening the bedroom door, Geng Zhiye felt both angry and amused. The leftover skewers from last night were eaten up by the cat. The big tabby cat was using its fat paws to pick up the fried noodles, but it couldn't open the foam lunch box because it had a lid, so it meowed anxiously.

Geng Zhiye closed the door, drew the curtains and changed his clothes.

Ye Fan turned off the air conditioner: "Is it a cat?"

Geng Zhiye nodded: "It doesn't look like a wild cat. It must be a pet of one of our neighbors. I don't know how it got to our house."

"In the living room? Didn't you tear anything?"

"No. I'm eating the fried noodles I had left over from last night."

Ye Fan paused while holding her skirt: "Cats can eat fried noodles?"

"Who knows. You can't eat it. It's too late to stop it now."

That makes sense! Ye Fan ignored the uninvited cat and changed his clothes. Suddenly, he remembered that his mother-in-law would wake up early at this time every day: "Where is Aunt Yu? Just let the cat eat like this?"

Geng Zhiye didn't see his stepmother, and there was no movement in the yard: "She must have gone for a walk. Didn't you say that she should take care of herself and wait for you to buy her a mobile phone? I tell you, she's old, don't make promises, otherwise she'll ask you for her phone number every night in the future."

Ye Fan: "My parents are more than ten years older than her and they are fine. What can happen to her? She may live long enough to grow old."

"No, isn't that heavy?"

Ye Fan said, "Chang Guangrong has one, it weighs half a pound. Do you like it? I'll buy you one later."

"domestic?"

Ye Fan shook his head slightly.

"Forget it. I'm worried that it might explode while I'm using it, or that there might be eavesdropping devices inside." Geng Zhiye put on his pager, "My pager is still safe."

Ye Fan opened the door, and the cat turned around when it heard the noise. Geng Zhiye came out, and the cat suddenly jumped out and disappeared in an instant, startling the couple.

Geng Zhiye looked at Ye Fan and said, "You're amazing! Even cats are afraid of you!"

"I'm afraid of you!"

Geng Zhiye: "I just watched it for a while, but it didn't notice me. It ran away as soon as you came out. Is it afraid of me?"

Ye Fan rolled his eyes at him, childish!

Ye Fan frowned when he saw the mess on the coffee table. Geng Zhiye threw the bamboo skewer lunch box into the trash can and said, "I'll clean it up, you go wash your face and brush your teeth."

After wiping it with a rag, he went to the kitchen to pour hot water. On the stove was a steel pot with a lot of grains in it, which looked like eight-treasure porridge. Geng Zhiye looked across the room and saw that his stepmother's door was open, but no one was in the room. She might have gotten up around five o'clock to cook porridge and go to the park for morning exercise.

Geng Zhiye ignored all this, wet the rag and cleaned the coffee table, then threw away the garbage.

However, just as he was about to go home, Professor Li stopped him and asked, "Is your uncle coming today?"

Geng Zhiye was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "Are you buying vegetables? I don't know. I'll come over if there are vegetables in the village. But he should just get up at this time. Please wait."

Professor Li smiled and nodded: "Don't you need to live in the army?"

Geng Zhiye: "The military family compound is not far from here. Going back to the family compound is almost like going home. Although there is no large compound here, I am of low rank and not a rare scientific researcher. It is not worth it for them to go to such great lengths to kill me."

A few days ago, Geng Zhiye's immediate boss said in a joking tone that it is better to guard against your own people than outsiders.

The "own people" he refers to are bullies and hooligans.

The reason I say this is that a few days ago, a soldier was bullied to death by a local bully when he went home to visit his family. The bully was not from their military region, and the head of the military region was also very angry, so he talked to the public security department.

Professor Li had never dealt with Geng Zhiye before, and unlike Aunt Li, she was not as familiar with him. Ye Fan was busy eating, but she did not stop him from running over to chat. In the past, Professor Li saw his serious face and thought he was cold and difficult to approach. Now, he spoke more kindly than Ye Fan, and a smile appeared on his face: "You are too modest."

Geng Zhiye smiled and asked, "Would you like to go home and sit for a while?"

"No need." Professor Li could tell that he was going home. "You go do your thing. I'll just walk around here and take it as exercise."

Geng Zhiye entered the courtyard and saw that the babysitter's door was closed. When he arrived at the main courtyard bathroom door, he saw Ye Fan putting on a facial mask and tidying up the wash basin. He asked, "Xiao Wang went to bed earlier than the two of us, why hasn't he woken up yet?"

Ye Fan: "She goes to bed late."

"Let me use it." Geng Zhiye said.

Ye Fan took two steps back to let him wash his face: "Xiao Wang saw some novels when she was helping Dabao tidy up the room a few days ago. Dabao saw that she was curious and asked her if she wanted to read them. She picked a few and read until after eleven every night."

"She even reported such a small matter to you?"

Ye Fan: "She yawned when she woke up in the morning. I wondered what she did at night, and she said she would not watch it anymore. I asked her to watch it until ten o'clock and set the alarm for six o'clock. She should wake up soon."

Ye Fan tore off the facial mask and put it on Geng Zhiye. There was still a little mask liquid left in it so he applied it on his hands. "Watch the watch and take it off in ten minutes." After saying that, he took off his own mask and put it on his neck.

Geng Zhiye joked: "It's really going to pass."

"It's just a matter of convenience." Ye Fanfu threw it into the trash can after a few minutes.

Afterwards, the two of them came out of the bathroom and heard some noise in the front yard. Ye Fan whispered, "You heard it, right?"

Geng Zhiye nodded: "Her parents never came to see her again after they went back that time?"

"No. Maybe that incident made her realize that once she opened a shop, her cousins ​​would come over, so she took the initiative to tell Aunt Yu that she would still work in our house next year." Ye Fan sighed, "This child shouldn't have such a hard time. It's a pity that she has a pair of parents who are soft-hearted and want to save face."

Geng Zhiye: "People don't treat each other the same way..."

The phone rang, and Geng Zhiye ran to the living room, worried that the call was for him.

(End of this chapter)