Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

In the early morning, the first thing Ye Fan did when he woke up was to look in the mirror.

There was a very obvious red mark on the lower part of Ye Fan's cheek, which became more obvious when he rubbed it with his hands. Ye Fan slapped Geng Zhiye, who stood up to avoid him. Ye Fan slapped the bed until his hands went numb, "Geng Zhiye!" He yelled at him in a low voice.

Captain Geng got out of bed and put on his clothes: "Just say it was a mosquito bite."

Ye Fan: "I said it was bitten by a dog."

Geng Zhiye nodded: "You can say whatever you want. As long as my wife is happy."

Ye Fan suddenly felt like he had punched cotton: "...Get lost!"

Geng Zhiye walked out leisurely with a smile on his face.

Ye Fan was so angry that he picked up something nearby and smashed it. When Geng Zhiye turned around to close the door, he reached out to catch it and put it back on the bed. Ye Fan wanted to say something, but when he saw the things on the bed clearly, he felt his eyes go dark and fell on the bed.

Geng Zhiye saw this through the crack in the door and subconsciously pushed the door open. Ye Fan heard the noise and instinctively opened her eyes. The two looked at each other. Geng Zhiye did not wait for her to get up and retreated to the door: "Get up if you have nothing to do. I'll go brush my teeth, wash my face and cook."

Ye Fan glared at him unhappily.

Geng Zhiye smiled indifferently and closed the door.

He didn't go to bed late last night and slept until he woke up naturally. Ye Fan really couldn't sleep, so he threw the box of family planning supplies that had been thrown around into the drawer and got up to get dressed.

Ye Fan came back from the toilet and Chen Xiaohui was still asleep, so he went to his children's room first. Erbao rolled around on the bed and rubbed his eyes, so Ye Fan sat down beside the bed and asked, "Why don't you get up after you wake up?"

Erbao stretched out his little hand: "Mom..."

Ye Fan picked her up and said, "The upper and lower bunks for you and brother are almost ready. From now on, brother will sleep on the upper bunk and you can sleep on the lower bunk. You can roll around as you like."

Erbao rubbed against her arms: "Mom..."

Ye Fan: "Sleep a little longer?"

Erbao closed her eyes, then opened them again after a while. Ye Fan made sure she was not sleepy, so he put on her autumn clothes.

Dabao sat up, called "Mom", and then lay down again, intending to take a nap.

It was still early for class, so Ye Fan ignored Dabao and took Erbao to the public toilet. When he came back to wash Erbao's face, Dabao came out in his slippers. Ye Fan asked him whether he was going to the toilet or washing his face and brushing his teeth, but Dabao squatted on the ground and picked his feet.

Ye Fan wiped the second baby with a lotion and told him to go play. The first baby was still squatting there. Ye Fan went over and picked him up: "How old are you? You still need me to hold you. Are you awake?"

Geng Dabao stayed in his mother's arms for a few minutes, and probably woke up because of the cool breeze in the yard.

Ye Fan put him on the ground, Dabao took the paper to the toilet, and came back to brush his teeth and wash his face. This time it was Erbao's turn to squat on the ground and pick the leaves.

The vegetables were old, but Ye Fan didn't pay any attention to her. She watched Dabao wash his face and brush his teeth, applied Meijiajing on him, and let the two of them play by themselves.

Dabao went to the door and took a walk. Maybe her friends were all sleeping at home, so she went back to the yard to pull Erbao to teach him Tai Chi. Erbao was very happy to pick the leaves and didn't want to move. Dabao said she was lazy and stupid.

Erbao mumbled something in reply, but Dabao didn't understand and scolded her loudly: "Stop speaking in bird language, speak properly!"

Chen Xiaohui came out rubbing her eyes. She was so scared that she stopped walking. She looked in the direction of the sound and saw two little kids by the vegetable field: "Dabao, don't scare your sister!"

Dabao wanted to ask why you hadn't left yet. Suddenly she remembered that she hadn't left last night: "I don't know anything, don't say anything."

Chen Xiaohui glared at him: "How can you talk to your elders like that?"

Dabao nodded: "Yes. Me."

Chen Xiaohui choked: "I-I won't talk nonsense with you. I'll tell your mother."

Erbao asked curiously: "Auntie, you're still complaining at this age? Erbao doesn't complain either."

Chen Xiaohui was so angry that she pointed at Xiaobutian and said, "I shouldn't have helped you!" Then she turned and went to the bathroom.

Dabao called her.

Chen Xiaohui stopped and said, "Can't I use your toilet?"

Dabao: "Mom said to go to the public toilet during the day."

Chen Xiaohui pretended not to hear and went to the toilet next door, where there was only a spittoon with a lid. She realized that just like the Ye family in the capital, the spittoon was only used in case of emergencies, such as when one suddenly had diarrhea at night or when it suddenly rained heavily and could not go to the public toilet.

Chen Xiaohui came out, and Dabao asked with a smile: "Auntie, are you going to the toilet?"

Chen Xiaohui glared at him and said, "You don't want to learn good things, but you just follow your mother's example of how to bully others."

Dabao shouted, "Mom, Auntie said something bad about you."

Chen Xiaohui suddenly became anxious: "Ye is annoying me——"

Ye Fan interrupted: "Why bother with him?"

Chen Xiaohui nodded: "Yes, it's embarrassing to argue with a little brat like you!"

Dabao wanted to retort, "You are the one who is ashamed because you didn't care about the little brat." However, Ye Fan had already reached the door and stared at Dabao. Dabao covered his mouth. Chen Xiaohui was proud, chuckled and went to the toilet.

Dabao was so angry that he pointed at Chen Xiaohui's back and said, "What is she so proud of? Am I afraid of her?"

Ye Fan: "She thinks you are afraid of me."

"I'm giving face to my mother!" Dabao said loudly.

Ye Fan had a headache: "Keep your voice down, your mother can hear you. Your mother is twenty-six this year, not sixty-two!"

Dabao squatted down again: "Sister, you have plucked all the vegetables away."

Ye Fan: "Why do you care if the vegetables are bald or not? As long as Erbao is happy, that's all."

Erbao smiled at his mother, clapped his hands and stopped pinching: "Brother, let's practice Tai Chi."

As soon as the words fell, Liao Miaomiao and her younger brother and sister came over, followed by Liu Guihua's two children. Dabao shook his head: "Not practicing at home. Sister Miaomiao, let's go to the alley."

Liao Miaomiao looked at Ye Fan subconsciously. Could it be that Aunt Ye scolded Dabao?

Ye Fan was speechless but wanted to laugh: "Geng Dabao, you are so narrow-minded, just like your father." Then he explained to Liao Miaomiao that they had visitors at home and Dabao was afraid that the guests would laugh at him.

Dabao snorted. "I'm afraid of her? Ridiculous!"
Ye Fan glared at him and asked, "Can you give me some face?"
Dabao gave his mother face and said nothing more. He went straight to the alley between Ye Fan's house and Liao's house. He didn't dare to go to the other side of the fence because he was afraid that Chen Xiaohui would see him through the fence and go crazy again.

Geng Zhiye carried the fish, lotus roots and radishes to the kitchen and saw Dabao through the window: "Fanfan, what are you doing, Dabao?"

Ye Fan: "Practice Tai Chi."

"Can't practice in the courtyard?"

Ye Fan said helplessly, "Chen Xiaohui will see it. Your son almost had a quarrel with someone just now. Chen Xiaohui was also well-rested. Dabao yelled at Erbao, and before Erbao said anything, she went up to scold Dabao. It's strange that Dabao would listen to her."

Geng Zhiye: "I'm full now. So you don't want to cook the fish?"

Ye Fan rolled his eyes at him, cut two large lotus roots, picked two large radishes, and sent them to the next door.

Zhuang Qiuyue saw that the lotus root and radish were bigger than the ones Ye Fan asked her to borrow: "You are too polite."

"If you borrow, you must return. It's not difficult to borrow again." Ye Fan said, "I didn't buy the red pepper."

Zhuang Qiuyue: "Forget about the chili peppers. Local people don't eat chili peppers very often. Sometimes they are available in the market and sometimes not. Do you want more? I dried a lot and can't finish them. My little sister can't eat spicy food."

Ye Fan shook his head: "Dabao and Erbao can't eat spicy food either. I never put chili peppers in my family's cooking. If they think the taste is bland, I'll just add some pepper or two more slices of ginger."

Zhuang Qiuyue asked again if they had cooked. Ye Fan said she went home to cook. Zhuang Qiuyue immediately felt uncomfortable chatting with her. In fact, Ye Fan thought Chen Xiaohui should be back, and was worried that she and Geng Zhiye were the only ones at home. Geng Zhiye got angry and said something he didn't know how to control, which made her cry.

When he got home and didn't see Chen Xiaohui, Ye Fan was surprised: "Does it take so long to go to the toilet?"

Geng Zhiye: "She is so nosy, she might be meddling somewhere. Don't worry, light the fire, I'll cook the fish."

Ye Fan sat down and lit the fire: "Braised so early in the morning?"

Geng Zhiye nodded: "You can cook something for lunch when I'm not home, and for dinner, just like last night, cook some noodles and stir-fry two dishes."

Ye Fan thought, how can I just do that? "I'd better go out and take a look." Ye Fan said, Geng Zhiye's hands were dirty, so he used his arm to hold her down: "Aren't you afraid that she will see the mark on your neck? It will disappear when she comes back."

Even though he knew he was talking nonsense, Ye Fan still sat back down, otherwise he would only annoy Chen Xiaohui even more.

Chen Xiaohui didn't mind her own business, but she heard some gossip.

Yesterday, Chen Xiaohui ran into Dabao as soon as she got off the boat, and then went home with Ye Fan. Almost no one saw her. She did come out at night, but it was dark and you couldn't see what she looked like. She was squatting in the toilet with her head down, and her figure and clothes didn't look like Ye Fan. The three women who were emptying the spittoon and going to the toilet chatted with each other, saying that they heard from the fishermen that Chen Xiaohui was here. One of them didn't know Chen Xiaohui's name, so she asked who Chen Xiaohui was. Just at this moment, Chen Xiaohui looked up when she heard her name, and saw a woman with a gloating face: "She is the biological daughter of the Ye family. The one who was usurped by Ye Fan."

Chen Xiaohui wanted to explain that Ye Fan had not usurped the throne. Ye Fan had always said that she should not be worried about her, as she was the daughter-in-law of the Geng family. But Chen Xiaohui was not good at speaking, and her brain was not as fast as Ye Fan's. Before she could open her mouth, she saw another person pouting and saying, "Chen Xiaohui is really stupid and has no guts. If I were her, I would drive Ye Fan back to Shencheng."

A female comrade who didn't know who Chen Xiaohui was said, "She's already married, why is she going back to Shanghai?"

"Then make her divorce Captain Geng. What a piece of shit! She has a cold face every day and doesn't respond to anyone she sees. I greeted her a few days ago and she forced a smile, as if giving me charity. If Captain Geng wasn't the most powerful person on the island, would I care about her?" The woman became angrier and angrier. "Didn't you hear how she scolded those fishermen? It was like scolding her grandson. Those people were also cheap bones, and they even sent her seafood!"

A female comrade who did not know Chen Xiaohui said: "The fishermen depend on her to make money and have to look at her face."

Another person shook his head: "It's not that I don't have enough to eat. I just can't stand this kind of arrogance. Chen Xiaohui should be the same as those fishermen. I've never seen such a spineless person. She wants the job that Ye Fan doesn't want. With the conditions of the Ye family, what kind of job can't she find?"

That job almost made Chen Xiaohui cry. If it weren't for Geng Zhiqin's help, she wouldn't have been able to get a permanent job. Chen Xiaohui wanted to say something, but when she saw that she was still squatting, she immediately swallowed her anger, waited until she felt better, fastened her belt, and walked up to the three people.

The three people who were chatting looked up subconsciously, as if asking who you are.

Chen Xiaohui thought to herself, I am afraid that Chen Kuanren will take away my job. I am not as quick as Ye Fan and I dare not argue with her. I am a coward and I am stupid, I admit it! Why am I afraid of you? I have lived my life in vain!

"Chen Xiaohui!" Chen Xiaohui asked condescendingly, "Didn't expect that? I am the stupid, cowardly, and spineless Chen Xiaohui!"

The three of them looked nervous and stammered: "What do you want to do?" Chen Xiaohui: "With the conditions of the Ye family, if I beat you up, my parents can help me settle it? That's what you think, right?" She rubbed her hands together, but she really didn't dare to hit anyone. She had never fought with anyone in her two lifetimes. With a light push, the three of them sat down in the squat toilet. They were so scared that they screamed, and the sound resounded throughout the world.

The man on the other side of the wall shouted: "Let's talk it over!"

Chen Xiaohui said to the other side: "I didn't hit anyone. They fell into the pit out of fright. Come and pull them up!" Seeing someone get up, Chen Xiaohui felt that her hands were dirty and pretended to kick her. The person subconsciously put out her hand to block it, forgetting that there was nothing under her butt, and sat back down with a plop.

Chen Xiaohui heard the footsteps and quickly stepped back, looking innocent: "Look, I didn't do anything."

A few people hurriedly turned around and left because they saw a white spot and they didn't know whether it was a thigh or a butt. After they got outside, they dared to say, "Let's go call someone."

Chen Xiaohui ran out: "I'll go call someone too!"

The three of them subconsciously shouted: "Don't go!"

Chen Xiaohui instinctively paused. It was the first time in her life that she had done something bad and she felt uneasy. She looked up and saw the green mountains on all sides. She remembered that Ye Fan was here, so she had nothing to be afraid of. Chen Xiaohui thought about what Ye Fan would do. Ye Fan would slap them several times. Chen Xiaohui still didn't dare to do anything. When she saw a female comrade coming over, she shouted loudly: "Someone fell into the toilet."

The female comrade who came over here was stunned for a moment, then she reacted and ran over quickly: "Is he okay?"

Chen Xiaohui shook her head: "My feet are slippery. I'll go call for help." She subconsciously ran towards Ye Fan's house, but when she came here just now, there were not many people along the way, so she turned and ran towards the vegetable market. Sure enough, there were many people there, including military wives and members who were buying vegetables, and fishermen who had just returned from the sea. Chen Xiaohui found seven or eight people and went to the public toilet with them. Before they arrived at the public toilet, they saw many people outside the women's toilet. Chen Xiaohui was sure that the three of them would not be drowned by shit, so she walked home with brisk steps.

Ye Fan heard "Mother-in-law, please sit down and let's talk about our true feelings." She wondered who this person was who could sing the Henan opera "Chaoyanggou". She tilted her head to look outside and saw Chen Xiaohui walking out with a toothbrush.

Ye Fanxin thought, now that my stomach and intestines are unblocked, my mood will also be better.

"Chen Xiaohui!"

Chen Xiaohui shuddered, and turned around after a while: "What?"

Ye Fan raised his eyebrows, wondering what he had done wrong: "There is a jar for brushing teeth and drinking water in the cabinet in your room. Mom has used it. But don't worry, I have scalded it with hot water."

Chen Xiaohui saw that she only had a toothbrush in her hand and smiled awkwardly: "I forgot." She was so proud that she got carried away. Chen Xiaohui quickly pretended that nothing had happened and went back to the guest room to get a cup for brushing teeth.

Ye Fan whispered, "Captain Geng, I suspect Chen Xiaohui is really meddling in other people's business."

Geng Zhiye: "With her brain, it would be strange if she doesn't mind other people's business. The pot is almost done, no need to heat it, go over and spy on the military situation."

Chen Xiaohui is indecisive and timid, so she definitely doesn't dare to kill anyone. Apart from human lives, there is nothing serious on the island. Ye Fan is not afraid of her getting into trouble, but is afraid of others bullying her. And she is in such a good mood, obviously she is not bullied. Then why does it take half an hour to go to the toilet?

Dabao’s Tai Chi classes are over.

Ye Fan went to the yard and waited for her to finish brushing her teeth before washing her face: "Did you sleep well last night?"

Chen Xiaohui nodded subconsciously: "It's very quiet, quieter than at home." This was the first time in these few days that she slept through the night.

Ye Fan: "The humidity on the island is high, so the towel blanket might have a strange smell. I'll take it out and dry it in the sun later."

Chen Xiaohui shook her head: "Let me do it. Don't you have to go to work? I'm not a child."

Ye Fan nodded: "Do you know where the food factory is? Come find me there if you need anything. I'm at work in the morning, so I won't be there in the afternoon. There are dry goods for sale in the vegetable market, let's buy some, and I'll take you to the car tomorrow. Tomorrow is the weekend."

Chen Xiaohui wanted to say no, but Ye Fan might not listen, so she decided to agree first: "I'll listen to you."

Ye Fan felt that the foreshadowing was almost complete: "If you are in a hurry at night, don't go to the public toilet, use the spittoon. I will put the flashlight on the table tonight."

Chen Xiaohui couldn't help but laugh.

Ye Fan raised his eyebrows. It seemed that there was something fun on the way to the public toilet.

"mom!"

Ye Fan immediately wanted to sew Da Bao's mouth shut. He came when she got to the point. Ye Fan said angrily, "What for?"

Dabao ran in, looking as if the sky had fallen: "Mom, someone fell into the toilet, Mom, I'm still using the toilet. Mom——"

She understood every word, and when they were put together, Ye Fan frowned: "What is missing?"

Chen Xiaohui wiped her face and said, "Don't be afraid, Dabao. I fell into the women's restroom, not the men's restroom you go to."

The mother and son looked at Chen Xiaohui together. Dabao looked like, "Really? That's good." Ye Fan looked curious, "How did you know?"

Chen Xiaohui realized that she had spoken out of turn: "I-I heard it from someone."

Ye Fan smiled and nodded, I would never believe you!

"Dabao, don't worry. Ask daddy to accompany you to the toilet. Or ask big brother to come along. Go and call Erbao in. Don't just watch all the fun. Wash your hands and have an meal." Ye Fan touched Dabao's little head.

Dabao was so worried because he knew very well how dirty the squat toilet was. He usually rubbed his shoes on the roadside before going home. However, with his mother's comfort, Dabao was no longer afraid and jumped to find his sister.

Ye Fan folded his hands, looking very difficult to deal with: "Did you do this?"

Chen Xiaohui was just thinking about how to fool him, but Ye Fan didn't play by the rules again - how could he ask directly like that? Chen Xiaohui played dumb: "What?"

Ye Fan: "You didn't slip and step on shit the first time you came to the island. How could people on the island who go to the toilet every day suddenly fall into the toilet?"

Chen Xiaohui washed the towel and put it up: "You should ask them. What if it's evil?"

Ye Fan: "You didn't hit anyone, did you?"

Chen Xiaohui shook her head subconsciously. Hearing a laugh, Chen Xiaohui covered her face with her hands, wishing she could slap herself twice. Where was her brain?

Ye Fan put away his smile and said, "That's fine. There's a lynx on the windowsill. The wind is strong on the island, so it's easy to get skin peeling."

In order to pretend to be poor, Chen Xiaohui did not dare to bring Pechoin. She had washed her face with water for several days and did not get enough rest, so her face was a little pimpled. But the face was not important at this moment: "Aren't you angry?"

Ye Fan: "Chen Kuanren and Zhao Ruping switched you and me, but you were reluctant to call the police. With your temper, how could you take the initiative to cause trouble? There are a few gossipers on the island. They often talk about me behind my back. They don't dare to look at me, so I pretend I don't know. What did they say about you?"

Seeing that Ye Fan really didn't care, Chen Xiaohui wanted to learn from the beginning. But she felt that there was no need to upset Ye Fan, so she said that those people scolded her for being stupid and incompetent, and that she was not as smart as Ye Fan, who could lead the fishermen to make money.

Ye Fan felt more than that, but he probably knew why and didn't ask any more questions: "You didn't push them down while they were wiping their butts, did you?"

Chen Xiaohui's pupils trembled, is she a ghost?

Ye Fan imagined it and couldn't help laughing: "Well done! Do you know how to eat crabs? I'll buy twenty at noon and we can eat as much as we want at once."

Geng Zhiye came out with the dishes: "Ten for each of you two? Do you want to go to the hospital right after you finish eating?"

Chen Xiaohui said to Geng Zhiye this time: "Just a few to taste."

Dabao and Erbao ran in, and Ye Fan went out to get towels to wipe the sweat off the two children.

Geng Zhiye asked: "Dabao, who fell into the pit?"

Dabao shook his head: "There are so many people over there, I don't know. Sister Miaomiao went there. Sister Miaomiao said she would tell me when she came back."

Dabao finished his meal, but Liao Miaomiao didn't come over. Ye Fan was carrying two schoolbags to send Dabao and Erbao to school. On the way, he ran into Miaomiao who was talking to her classmates: "Miaomiao, if you keep dawdling, you'll be late."

Liao Miaomiao was shocked to hear someone say bad things about someone behind their back. When she saw that the person who said that was Ye Fan, she patted her chest and said, "Aunt Ye, you don't know yet? Liu Qing fell into the toilet. When I asked her how she fell in, she said her feet slipped. How could she just sit down right there?"

Ye Fan pretended to be surprised: "Maybe my legs are numb from squatting."

Liao Miaomiao shook her head: "Besides her, there are two more." Then she said the names of the two. Ye Fan didn't have any impression, so he asked if they were members of the Shanxi Brigade.

Liao Miaomiao was not sure: "Ask my mom, she knows. She doesn't allow me to tell you. How could I not tell you such a funny thing? Aunt Ye, I'm going to school, I have to tell my classmates so that we can have fun together." Without waiting for Ye Fan to say anything, she pulled her classmates and ran away.

Ye Fanxin said, don't be so happy that someone will die.

However, her mouth is really not effective for good but effective for bad!

Ye Fan watched Dabao and Erbao go to school and then went home. Although Chen Xiaohui said that she didn't need to take care of them, Ye Fan still had to give her some instructions. As a result, when she arrived at the door of Liao's house, she saw Zhuang Qiuyue and the chief of staff's wife looking anxious and preparing to go north.

Ye Fan asked: "What happened?"

Zhuang Qiuyue grabbed Ye Fan and said, "You've come just in time. Let's go over and persuade him. Liu Qing is so ashamed to face people that she's about to die."

Ye Fanxin thought, if I go there, I might just add fuel to the fire.

Ye Fan sighed: "You two better not go. Because you two are close to me."

The chief of staff's wife was horrified: "It's you?" She took two steps back in fear, fearing that Ye Fan would reach out and throw her into the pit.

Ye Fan smiled bitterly.

Zhuang Qiuyue shook her head, "How could it be Accountant Ye? Accountant Ye was cooking at home at the time. I heard her talking to Captain Geng." Suddenly she thought of someone and her eyes widened, "No way? Is she that powerful?"

Ye Fan nodded: "Liu Qing dare not say why because she is in the wrong. There must be others who heard it. Otherwise, with her temper, she will definitely blame others." After that, she asked the two to wait for a while and went into the house to trick Chen Xiaohui into going to work with her. When they arrived at the door, Ye Fan asked Chen Xiaohui to tell Zhuang Qiuyue and Wan Siqincai what happened.

Chen Xiaohui wanted to fool people at first, but when she heard that Liu Qing was going to die, she told them everything again. Finally, she said that there was someone in the men's restroom just across the wall at that time, and several male comrades heard it.

Chen Xiaohui was afraid that things might get out of hand, so she didn't dare to tell the men because they might see that they were not wearing proper pants.

Wan Siqin and Zhuang Qiuyue didn't know what to say and could only smile bitterly. What was going on?

Liu Guihua heard the voices of several people and ran over to ask Ye Fan to join her in persuading the three people who fell into the toilet.

Without waiting for Ye Fan to speak, Chen Xiaohui said that they deserved it, and then repeated the whole incident.

Liu Guihua was dumbfounded: "She-she dares to die? No-" She looked at Chen Xiaohui, "She said that in front of you? Where's her brain?"

Zhuang Qiuyue: "Liu Qing is used to talking behind her back. She doesn't know Comrade Xiao Chen. If I hadn't seen her yesterday, I wouldn't have recognized her today."

Liu Guihua sighed: "God is watching what we do!"

(End of this chapter)