Geng Zhiye immediately leaned forward and put his arm around her shoulders: "Fanfan, Accountant Ye, my wife——"
"Dad and brother are not allowed to drink at work. Brother is not allowed to smoke in his workplace. Dad's body does not allow him to smoke anymore. You decide who drinks and who smokes."
Geng Zhiye: "You can't buy me something for children to drink."
"Coke refreshes you."
Geng Zhiye choked up. His family was troubled by the extraordinary. It was the first time he heard that Coke was refreshing: "How about a box of coffee?"
Ye Fan: "...How to rush on the train?"
“There is hot water on the train too.”
Ye Fan immediately said to the salesperson: "Then get a box of coffee."
"Forget it, five bottles of Coke." Geng Zhiye said, "I can't finish one box by myself, so I can't get those two for nothing."
Ye Fan rolled his eyes: "You won't drink when you come back?"
"You don't have to brace yourself to deal with those two villains when you come back." Geng Zhiye looked around and wanted to buy everything, but he held back.
Ye Fan: "Enough?"
Geng Zhiye nodded: "Didn't I buy two boxes of biscuits? There are also crispy candy and preserved tuckahoe biscuits. How much more can we eat for five people?"
Ye Fan removed his hand from his shoulder, stuffed five bottles of Coke into his arms, and asked the salesperson to get a few more packs of biscuits, "You can't touch those things, they are for the children."
Geng Zhiye frowned slightly: "Her nephews and nieces? That virtuous Chen Kuanren bought food for his grandchildren? Are you confused?"
Ye Fan was not confused, nor was he stupid and rich. Chen Xiaohui didn't want to sever ties with the Chen family, and she was not a minor. Tao Chunlan couldn't make the decision for her, and neither could Ye Fan, so he could only be polite.
Otherwise, when they arrive in Shanghai, Chen Kuanren's daughter-in-law asks, Xiaohui, did you come back empty-handed? Where is Chen Xiaohui's face?
Ye Fan: "Just this once."
"I'm not afraid that my father-in-law and mother-in-law will be heartbroken."
Ye Fan paid and took the things over: "Your father-in-law and mother-in-law are not so narrow-minded. Give these things to Chen Xiaohui before getting off the car. Do you still have to go to the street to get a family visit permit?"
"It will open again tomorrow. After driving, go to the train station." Shencheng is not far from the place where Geng Zhiye served as a soldier. Geng Zhiye passed by Shencheng when he came here. He wanted to sigh when he thought about having to take another ride tomorrow. "The express will also take two seconds." Ten hours, my old bones can’t stand it.”
Ye Fan was used to starting in the morning in his previous life and not delaying lunch: "The express takes so long? Then you have to eat two or three meals on the train, which is not enough."
"Didn't you buy rice and noodles?" Two salesmen from the supply and marketing cooperative helped her put it in the car. Add coke and biscuits, and the back seat is full.
Ye Fan asked: "How many scallion pancakes do you want to bake for you tomorrow?"
"I haven't eaten pancakes for a long time." Geng Zhiye got in the car and suddenly smelled a scent, "Just eat a few mouthfuls of noodles. Are you hungry? Eat something and go back."
Ye Fan was a little hungry: "But it's past five o'clock."
"It's still early to get dark." Geng Zhiye pointed to the southeast, "The fragrance is coming from that way."
Ye Fan rolled his eyes at him.
"Listen to me, that's right!"
Ye Fan drove the car over and saw the fragrant cauldron in front of him. His eyes immediately widened: "You - are you a dog?"
"I am Xiaolong." Geng Zhiye got off the car and asked the hotel staff to bring two bowls of braised meat and four roasted dishes.
Ye Fan paid, but she only wanted half of it to be burned, and Geng Zhiye reached out to take the broken half. Comrade Geng Zhiye was not polite at all. He ate everything and got into the car comfortably and started to stare.
Ye Fan slowed down and bought a pickled pork elbow on the way.
Arriving at the alley in front of his home, Ye Fan stopped and separated the food he bought for his children from the food he had eaten on the road before driving in.
Geng Zhiye heard Zhao Ruping's voice, opened one eye and saw his uncle and sister-in-law coming over. The Chen family didn't arrive, so he adjusted himself to a comfortable position and continued to stare.
Ye immediately took the grain and said: "Zhiye, get up and eat before going to bed."
Ye Fan whispered: "I ate a little on the way, so don't pay attention to him. What does sister-in-law do for food?"
Usually the Ye family either makes gnocchi or boils some noodles at night. Ye Fan's sister-in-law Li Mingyue was worried that Chen Xiaohui wouldn't be able to eat three meals a day, but the steel pot could hold two grates. She heated a grate of steamed buns and steamed a pot of rice.
Ye Fan's hands were loose, and her mother-in-law's family knew that she would not only buy noodles when driving to the supply and marketing cooperative, but would definitely buy vegetables. So when the rice was steamed, Li Mingyue went to the main room and told her parents-in-law to wait until Fanfan came back to cook.
Li Mingyue took the sauced elbow and said, "I'll take it apart, put some vegetables in it and then we can eat."
The belated lunch of a bowl of noodles left not only Geng Zhiye not full, but also Li Mingyue and Ye Qian. Li Mingyue heated up the lunch dishes and brought them to the restaurant with the sauced pork ribs.
Chen Kuanren and Zhao Ruping picked up their chopsticks and pinched their elbows, unceremoniously, as if they had been hungry for eight hundred years.
Ye Fan suddenly didn't dare to be polite and worried that it would be slower. She picked up her chopsticks. First her parents, brother and sister-in-law, then Geng Zhiye, then Chen Xiaohui, and finally her. The result was that Chen Kuanren and Zhao Ruping failed to compete for the third time, and Ye Fan had to share an elbow.
Chen Xiaohui lowered her head and ate her elbow to hold back her laughter. It was good to see that Ye Fan was a bit more powerful.
But there was nothing else like the elbow. Chen Kuanren couldn't help but hiccup after eating and still couldn't bear to put down his chopsticks. Chen Xiaohui's face turned red all of a sudden, and she didn't dare to look up at everyone's expressions.
Ye Fan was not afraid of Chen Kuanren and curled his lips openly: "Eat slowly, I'll pack some clothes for Geng Zhiye."
Geng Zhiye got up after her: "Sister-in-law, Fanfan bought some food and drinks. I'll go and pack them up."
When Father Ye heard that everything was ready for the afternoon trip, he nodded with satisfaction: "Pack up and go to bed early."
With her father's words, Ye Fan washed up first and then returned to the room.
Go to the bedroom and take out the contents of Geng Zhiye's bag. Put two changes of clothes and boxed and canned goods. Then wrap snacks and candies in newspapers. Finally, find a military green satchel and put the food on the road and Geng Zhiye's. Tuck in the military ID card.
"How much money do you have left on you?"
Geng Zhiye was exhausted physically and mentally after seeing his brother-in-law back. He leaned against the bed and fell asleep: "I don't know."
"Where?"
Geng Zhiye was silent for a moment: "It seems to be inside the dried kelp and fish."
Ye Fan was shocked. He opened the kelp wrapped in the newspaper and took out a roll of paper. When he opened the paper, it was filled with ten-dollar bills: "You didn't save it?"
Geng Zhiye pinched the corners of his eyes and sat upright: "There is no place to save money on the island. I am too lazy to go into the city." "No post office?"
"There is a mailbox on the island. Don't clean it up. Go to bed early." He stretched out his hand to pull someone.
Ye Fan was caught off guard and jumped into his arms, "If you're sleepy, go to bed first."
Geng Zhiye held her waist and refused to let her go.
Ye Fan helplessly pushed his back: "Let go, I'll take off my coat."
Geng Zhiye immediately let go and moved to the side.
Ye Fan was really not sleepy. When he fell asleep, he got up and stuffed the money into the closet. He cut the seafood he brought in two and wrapped it in newspapers again.
The next morning, Ye's father didn't like the Chen family and continued to be taciturn. Geng Zhiye closed his eyes and rested. Ye Fan drove her mother and sister-in-law to the street and work unit to issue certificates. No one paid attention to the Chen family, and Chen Xiaohui felt that she was out of place.
Chen Xiaohui was not familiar with Father Ye and Geng Zhiye in this life. She had met Geng Zhiye in her previous life but had never spoken to them. She hadn't had a good conversation with her father and mother for many years before her death, so she didn't know where to start if she wanted to ease the relationship in this life.
Zhao Ruping didn't feel any discomfort and was still reminiscing about the pickles she had just eaten with her porridge. She didn't know how the Ye family made them, but they were more delicious than those made by her neighbor who was the best at making pickles.
Tao Chunlan is the only one in the Ye family who can make pickles, but she usually has to pick up and drop off Dabao and the second baby. Ye Fan doesn't want her to have to work hard. She is almost out of pickles at home, so she buys some from Liubiju. Comrade Tao Chunlan doesn't even ask Comrade Tao Chunlan to make even the simplest sugar and garlic.
Tao Chunlan was afraid of being gossiped about using a washing machine, so Ye Fan came forward to get one. Usually when there are few people at home, I use a rice cooker to cook porridge. However, Ye's father and Ye's brothers and sister-in-law were not at home. Tao Chunlan had barely made breakfast, so Ye Fan asked her to buy some.
The neighbor saw Tao Chunlan and asked if she wanted to buy some food. Tao Chunlan was very embarrassed, so Ye Fan came out of the courtyard and said, "If you don't buy it, I won't buy it. The state-owned hotel will close and all employees will be laid off."
The angle is novel, but it makes sense. Tao Chunlan didn't feel like a thief when she bought breakfast. She just felt embarrassed sometimes and felt like she was going to fall.
Ye Fan asked her how many times she had escaped death, worked hard for half her life, and finally received her pension. Why not keep the money while she could eat and drink and enjoy herself for a few days?
Tao Chunlan said that she would get a wife for Dabao and prepare a dowry for the second treasure. Ye Fan said that her father's salary was high and she should use her father's salary.
After that, Tao Chunlan felt much more at ease when she went to the restaurant to buy roast duck.
Compared to eating porridge and side dishes, Chen Kuanren prefers to smoke, smoking one cigarette after another, puffing out smoke alone.
Father Ye used to smoke too many cigarettes, and the doctor did not recommend that he smoke again. Geng Zhiye's father retired early, and Ye's father was very greedy when he smelled the cigarette smoke and did not dare to move. Geng Zhiye works in the office during the New Year and holidays. He takes a few puffs when the time is hard, but he smells the thick smoke and gets upset.
The father-in-law and son-in-law glanced at each other and glanced at Chen Kuanren, why was he even greedy for cigarettes?
It's not because Chen Kuanren has never smoked Huazi in his life.
Fortunately, Ye Fan drove there and came back within an hour. Geng Zhiye went out immediately when he heard the sound of the car: "Aunt, Xiaohui, pack your bags, let's go to the train station."
Zhao Ruping subconsciously said: "So early?"
Geng Zhiye: "One car can't accommodate so many people. Let's take the bus there. We can go there sooner rather than later."
Chen Xiaohui was not so eager to change her household registration before she came. She thought the Ye family did not want her to come back.
In the past, she hated Ye Fan and the Ye family so much that she could do nothing about it, because the latter was her closest blood relative, the former was more capable than her, and she was protected by the latter. Complaining about the Ye family's favoritism also has no basis for complaining - Ye Jiaming's face is just a bowl of water, such as New Year's money, giving Ye Fan's child 2,000, and her child is also 2,000.
Now that I know the truth, I can no longer hate my loved ones. In the hospital, Ye Fan pointed out that the Chen family was sorry for her. Although she was suspected of provocation, she finally said what she did not dare to say. Chen Xiaohui had no reason to hate Ye Fan, but the unwillingness in her previous life and the suffering she suffered in the countryside in this life had nowhere to vent, which almost drove Chen Xiaohui crazy. Chen Xiaohui couldn't help but blame Chen Kuanren and Zhao Ruping, so much so that she spent more than a moment with Chen Kuanren and Zhao Ruping. torture.
Chen Xiaohui said: "Mom, let's go. I haven't bought a ticket yet."
Zhao Ruping: "Ye Fan didn't buy it?"
"..." Chen Xiaohui said helplessly that Ye Fan went to his sister-in-law's office to get a certificate.
On the way back from the hospital yesterday, Chen Kuanren felt that it was too cheap for the Ye family to give Chen Xiaohui to the Ye family like this. Although Zhao Ruping had a way to deal with Chen Xiaohui, she had raised her daughter for many years and loved her as her own daughter, so she was not willing to give it to the Ye family in vain.
The egg noodles in the afternoon and the sauced pork ribs in the evening made the couple suddenly feel that they had gained nothing this time and had lost a daughter, but in the long run it would not be a loss.
Chen Kuanren stood up and asked: "Have you packed your things?"
Chen Xiaohui: "It's been packed up long ago."
Chen Kuanren glanced at the cigarette case on the table and reached out subconsciously. He accidentally saw Father Ye freeze again, "Brother Ye, are you still smoking?"
Father Ye was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses. He was speechless in his heart. How could he be less refined than the least refined relative in his hometown? Fortunately, Fanfan told them that we would not owe anything to each other from now on: "I don't smoke. This is what Fanfan got from brother Xiaohui. He doesn't smoke either, and he got it during the Chinese New Year."
"How about I stay refreshed while riding in the car?"
Father Ye asked smoothly: "Is it enough?"
"Enough——"
Zhao Ruping rushed to say: "Is there more?"
Chen Xiaohui's face suddenly became hot: "Mom, what are you doing?"
Zhao Ruping glared at her, saying that she was being polite to him for kissing me. He was an unlucky thing who couldn't live a good life: "Didn't you hear? Your dad said that no one smoked it, and it would get moldy if left alone."
Father Ye moved his mouth and thought, I can't stay here to entertain guests. Decent people dare not be polite anymore: "It seems there is another pack. Mingyue, Mingyue——"
Li Mingyue came in: "Let me look for it." He went to her and Ye Qian's bedroom to get two packs of cigarettes, one box of Peony and one box of Xiangshan, "Dad, there are only two packs left."
The products produced by Yejia must be high-quality. Zhao Ruping smiled and said: "That's enough, that's enough." She took it and stuffed it into her bag, which happened to be one bag for each of her two sons.
Chen Xiaohui wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in. Li Mingyue was surprised when she saw this, she actually knew shame. That's right, Chen Xiaohui was in her early twenties and was thin-skinned. Fortunately, I am thin-skinned. If I have the same virtue as Zhao Ruping, I can see two packs of cigarettes. I will not dare to ask her to come near the bedroom in the future.
"Auntie, uncle, although the train station is close, the bus has to stop at every stop. It takes an hour to go to work during peak hours." Li Mingyue pointed to the floor clock, "The bus at eleven o'clock, hurry up." It’s nine o’clock.”
Zhao Ruping's son is an ordinary worker and her daughter-in-law is a temporary worker. She dare not ask for leave and there is no one to take care of her children. She is also thinking about her grandson: "Let's go then. By the way, Xiaohui, have you got the fruits and snacks?"
Chen Xiaohui nodded: "Take it."
"Just take it, otherwise you won't be able to bear it for a day and a night." Zhao Ruping said as she went outside the house. When she saw Ye Fan waiting boredly by copying his pocket and leaning against the pillar, he couldn't help but think of what happened in the past two days, "It's not like Ye Fan doesn't need to Go back.”
Why do you owe so much? Ye Fan laughed angrily, "Yes. My parents carried me back then. Now that I have grown up, how can I go back if I can't carry me back. Are you right? Comrade Zhao Ruping."
"You -" Zhao Ruping almost vomited out a mouthful of old blood. How did the Ye family teach this? Why is she so good at picking up fights? Zhao Ruping pointed at her angrily, "Do you have any education? I originally thought that my elder brother and sister-in-law were too busy to teach you. Now it seems that you don't look like anyone, you are just a different kind!"
(End of chapter)