Geng Zhiqin rolled his eyes at her mother's back.
Yu Wentao stopped and turned around suddenly, making Geng Zhiqin tremble with fright. Yu Wentao looked disgusted: "Why did I give birth to a loser like you? Not like your eldest brother, nor your third brother. Your second brother is better than you!"
"Then you stuff me back into your belly and recreate me?"
Yu Wentao choked: "...I'm too lazy to talk to you. Get up and make noodles!"
Geng's father finally said: "I just steamed the steamed buns yesterday."
Geng Zhiqin stood up and said, "Haven't you heard yet? Aunt Yu was very happy. She mixed the noodles with steamed skin and rolled the shredded pork."
Yu Wentao hummed and went to the kitchen. I ignored my daughter's "Aunt Yu".
When Geng Zhiqin was a child, he first learned that "mom" was not "mom" but "aunt" because the three brothers Geng Zhiye shouted it every day. When she grew up and became sensible, she changed her name by chance. Yu Wentao no longer cared about this title, but often used it to tease her.
"Hurry up!" Yu Wentao shouted again at the kitchen door.
Ye Fan: "Xiaoqin has to go to work in the afternoon. If you don't want to eat steamed buns, just use the rice cooker to steam the rice. How many buns are enough for so many people at home?"
In addition to the five adults, the Geng family also has four children. A pair of children of the second brother Geng Zhiye. The daughter is ten years old and the son is eight years old. They have big appetites. I put away my school bag and took my younger brothers and sisters out to play.
Yu Wentao also felt sorry for her daughter: "I listen to you."
Geng Zhiqin took the rice cooker to the kitchen.
Geng's father heard that his son had just gotten off the train and told him to go back to the house and rest.
Ye Fan pulled the person who didn't want to move up: "Don't hold on. Come back and put your rice in the pot to warm. I'll go to the kitchen and have a look."
Yu Wentao came out of the kitchen: "You should have a rest. The two dishes will be ready in a moment."
"Grandma, are you cooking?"
A childish voice suddenly sounded. Ye Fan looked outside and saw a little boy with three heads and a body appearing at the door. The little boy stopped, rubbed his eyes, and said, "Accountant Ye? What kind of wind brought you here?"
Ye Fan laughed angrily: "Who did you learn the yin and yang from?"
"Are you talking about me? You left me with grandma for so long. Grandma and stepmother are not as cruel as you!"
Yu Wentao came out of the kitchen again: "Speak of your mother, what are you doing with me? Do you want to eat meat?"
"Grandma, I didn't tell you." The little one threw herself into Ye Fan's arms, "Mom--"
Ye Fan hugged him: "Afraid I don't want you?"
Dabao shook his head: "Mom won't let me go!"
"Where's my sister?"
Dabao turned to the door: "My sister's legs are short at the back. Sister, come quickly!"
Two children, one tall and one short, came in holding a small child's arm. When they saw Ye Fan, they stopped: "Auntie?"
"Mom?" The little child struggled to get down.
The two children hurriedly let go.
Ye Fan put down his eldest son, squatted down to pick up his youngest daughter, and moved to the door of the wing: "Do you know who this is?"
Only then did the four children see that Ye Fan was not the only one in the courtyard.
Geng Zhiye's niece Geng Huihui exclaimed: "Brother-in-law?"
Erbao nodded: "Uncle!"
Dabao slapped his sister on the leg: "Idiot Erbao! It's dad!"
Geng Zhiye was very surprised: "Do you still remember me? Dad hugs me?"
Geng Zhiye came back around this time last year, and he cried whenever he touched his eldest son. Yu Wentao said that there were evil spirits around him. The fact that Geng Zhiye cannot see does not mean that the child cannot see. Geng Zhiye didn't believe it, but he didn't dare to touch him easily.
Dabao looked at Ye Fan subconsciously, as if asking if it was okay.
Ye Fan nodded, and the child slowly stepped forward.
Geng Zhiye picked up his son without waiting for him to come closer: "I can't eat you. Where is the courage to run against Accountant Ye?"
Geng Huihui: "Tell Geng Dabao to eat it."
Geng Dabao was so angry that he kicked his cousin, but his legs were short and he was only ten feet away from her.
Geng Zhiye held Geng Dabao with one hand and waved to his niece and nephew: "Come here."
Ye Fan followed with his daughter in his arms. Geng Zhiye opened the bag and took out the snacks first: "Share it among yourself." Then he took out the seafood and handed it to Ye Fan. Ye Fan sent it to the kitchen: "Half for my parents, half for our family."
Yu Wentao took it and put it in the cupboard: "It shouldn't be given to your parents." Thinking of something, "You still call me parents?"
Geng Zhiqin rolled his eyes at the roof: "I have raised my sister-in-law for twenty-five years. There is no blood relationship or family affection. I will not talk too much when I see Aunt Tao from now on!"
"Want you to remind me?" Yu Wentao disliked her daughter, "Take care of yourself! Don't call me mom until you change your ways."
Ye Fan: "Don't criticize Xiaoqin. The environment of the supply and marketing cooperative is complicated. I didn't help her change because I was afraid that she wouldn't be able to be transferred if there were better opportunities in the future."
Yu Wentao likes to show off the food Ye Fan bought for her, and Ye Fan doesn't make things difficult for her, but she is afraid of Ye Fan, just like she is afraid of brother Geng Zhiye. She wasn't even afraid of Geng Zhiye.
Ye Fan was shouting when he saw him just now, first because he was justified, and secondly because he had the old man's backing.
Ye Fan spoke again, but she didn't dare to hold on. Out of concern for her daughter, she couldn't help but ask: "How good is a good job?"
Ye Fanxin said that if Geng Zhiqin could go to college, he could even work as a high school teacher at home even if he was a teacher's college: "It's similar to my sister-in-law's job."
Li Mingyue has a high salary and good benefits, and is busy at work but the environment is simple. Unlike Geng Zhiqin, when he is sick and sells vegetables, he will be told that he doesn't love his job. Yu Wentao didn't believe such a good thing could happen, "Xiaoqin is already twenty this year." The implication was that he couldn't wait a few years.
Ye Fan: "Chen Xiaohui is still twenty-five years old. Why are you so anxious? Will no one want Geng Zhiye's girl?"
The three brothers of the Geng family are all promising, but the second most promising brother in Yu Wentao's opinion is a second-level fitter. The eldest son and the second son's father-in-law were suppressed to the point where they could not hold their heads up, which made it difficult for them to get promoted, but the Geng family still had Geng Zhiye to support them. If Geng Zhiqin is willing, he can marry a well-matched man in a matter of minutes. Yu Wentao couldn't refute, so she muttered in a low voice: "To put it lightly, there are so many people from good families and good jobs waiting for Xiaoqin."
Geng Zhiqin: "You know that you are still picky?"
"Who am I for?" Yu Wentao couldn't help but jump.
When Ye Fan saw the mother and daughter arguing, he immediately went to the opposite room. Geng Zhiye was lying on the bed. When he saw her coming in, he asked: "What's the noise about again?"
Ye Fan: "Xiaoqin is doing a good job and she doesn't have to worry about food and drink. What else can she argue about?"
"You can find a partner at the age of twenty." Geng Zhiye became confused.
The four children were sharing the delicious food beside the bed. When she heard this, Geng Huihui sighed: "Uncle, you don't understand. It's not that my sister-in-law didn't look for it, it's because my grandma has a good taste. My sister-in-law said it was almost enough. Grandma said her daughter-in-law and son-in-law were poor. Not at all. My mother said that she should be ignored if no one introduces her to my sister-in-law.”
Ye Fan: "I told her that if there is a good job, I will transfer Xiaoqin there. It should be able to calm down for a while."
Geng Zhiye frowned: "Why do you dare to agree to anything? What about after a while?"
Ye Fan: "Just say there is a shortage of people in the island's logistics department."
Geng Huihui was so happy that she couldn't help but pat the bed. As expected of her aunt, she had the best way to treat her breasts.
Geng Zhiye wanted to sympathize with his stepmother: "She would rather Xiaoqin not have a job than ask her to go to the island."
"She didn't want to part with it herself, so you can't blame me for coaxing her." Ye Fan saw Erbao taking apart the thousand-layer cakes and their hands were all over the bed, so she immediately took all the snacks to the main room: "Slowly divide them here. Erbao, eat meat at noon.”
Geng Erbao handed out half of the snacks he held in front of him: "Brother will eat it, but I won't!"
Ye Fan rolled his eyes and went to her and Geng Zhiye's bedroom: "Your daughter has become a spirit."
"Like you!" Geng Zhiye pulled the quilt and lay down, "Want to sleep for a while?"
Ye Fan was not sleepy and saw him waiting with his hands on the quilt. He lay with him for a while and got up when he smelled the aroma of meat.
After dinner, while Geng Zhiye was still sleeping, Ye Fan washed Geng Zhiye's bag and sewed two cloth bags with his mother-in-law to keep the clothes for her and the two children.
After the strong coarse cloth was sewn, Ye Fan took out the food that was warm in the stove and asked Geng Zhiye to wake up.
Geng Zhiye was restless, had eaten and drank enough, felt refreshed, and had nothing to do at home. It was not a good time to visit friends this year, so he simply held his daughter and led his son to the school of his nephew and niece to pick them up from school.
Yu Wentao thought that the second brother Geng Zhiye was a second-level fitter, but he was not. The eldest son of the Geng family is very independent. How could he ask his younger brother to join the factory as a worker? At that time, Geng's father had not yet retired, and the Geng brothers could still serve as soldiers even if they did not go to college. Their physical fitness was almost enough to transfer to civilian jobs.
Geng Zhiye didn't know exactly what his second brother did, but he knew that the second-level fitter was not as busy as his second brother, and he couldn't even take care of his children in the capital.
Geng Huihui was extremely surprised when she saw Geng Zhiye. She jumped up and down to show off to her classmates: "My brother-in-law, the leader!"
The air in the south of the Yangtze River is rainy and humid, and Geng Zhiye trains frequently and looks younger than those who stay in the north all year round. Geng Huihui's classmates saw that his eldest son was very young, so they thought he was at most thirty years old.
When a junior classmate heard from his elders that he was very powerful at the deputy regimental level at the age of 30, his eyes were full of admiration: "Uncle, you are so powerful."
Geng Huihui was very angry: "My brother-in-law! Stop shouting! Brother-in-law, let's go."
Junior classmate: "Don't wait for your brother?"
"Sister, wait for me." Geng Zhiye's nephew emerged from the student den, "Brother-in-law? Are you here to pick me up?"
Geng Zhiye: "Pick you two up."
The young man felt that his uncle was in a good mood and it was an opportunity. He rolled his eyes, lowered his head and asked, "Dabao, are you hungry? I will take you to buy something delicious."
"What's delicious?" Dabao asked curiously.
The young man pointed to the facade not far away: "There are many. Let's go and take a look first. Erbao, are you going?"
Geng Erbao is coming down. The young man held her down and said, "If you encounter a lot of people, ask your uncle to hold you."
Geng Zhiye couldn't help but laugh. The young man thought that his uncle agreed, so he took Dabao to take the first step.
Geng Huihui covered her face and groaned, raised her head and said, "Uncle, I'll take Erbao with me."
"His target is me." Geng Zhiye followed with his daughter in his arms.
The two little guys saw him go in and choose a bunch of delicious and fun things. Their little schoolbags were stuffed bulgingly. Geng Zhiye gave five yuan to his son. Dabao subconsciously took it and then realized: "Dad, give me money? I wonder why you are so good!" He stared at his big watery eyes and asked, "Have you spent all your money?"
Geng Huihui: "I put it away."
The young man stretched out his finger pitifully: "Sister Geng only gives you five cents a day. What can you do with five cents? A bunch of candied haws cost a dime!"
Geng Huihui slapped him on the head, and Geng Zhiye was startled. But her brother just ducked a little to avoid being slapped again, so he gave the salesperson the money in Dabao's hand.
Snacks for kids are cheap, with more than three yuan left over from five yuan. Geng Zhiye asked his niece to choose stationery.
Erbao kicked her calf and said she wanted it too.
Geng Zhiye put his daughter on the ground, and Dabao took his sister to choose pencils and homework books: "Dad, when will I go to kindergarten?"
"The kindergarten over there at grandma's house? I won't go. In a few days, I will go to the south with my parents to get familiar with each other, and then go to the kindergarten in autumn."
Geng Huihui and her brother were used to being separated, so they were not reluctant to hear these words. Geng Huihui asked her uncle when he was leaving as if they were talking homely.
"One more week." Geng Zhiye saw that his niece was very cautious, "No need to save money for me."
Geng Huihui really wanted an embroidered pencil case: “Can I buy a pencil case?”
"You can also buy schoolbags." Geng Zhiye asked the salesperson to get two army green satchels.
Dabao and Erbao stepped on the counter with their feet and said in unison: "Dad, I want a schoolbag."
Geng Zhiye took the bag from the salesperson and carried it to his children: "Do you want more?"
The brother and sister shook their heads as their schoolbags dragged the floor and they struggled to walk.
Geng Zhiye glanced at the two children helplessly, then handed the schoolbag to his niece and nephew: "You two don't want anything. Go back and ask—" Ye Fan was not good at needlework, "Ask grandma to sew two for you."
The two children, who were full of disappointment, became happy again and ran home after leaving the store. Geng Zhiye's nephew put the package in his sister's hand and chased the two younger ones: "You two, slow down! Don't cry if you fall!"
Geng Huihui looked around and saw no one she knew, so there was no need to worry about being overheard: "Uncle, my grandparents from the Ye family are not my aunt's parents. Is my aunt sad?"
Geng Zhiye: "You know?"
"My sister-in-law said it during lunch. She said that everyone will know about it soon, and we are not allowed to get involved." Geng Huihui was very worried, "Brother-in-law, she snatched my aunt's job as soon as she came here, won't she also kill you?" Take it away?”
Geng Zhiye wanted to be angry but also wanted to laugh: "Listen to what grandma said? She didn't steal your aunt's job. Your aunt told the director a long time ago that she has to go to the army with me. Not to mention that your aunt and I know each other on a blind date. Even if I don't get married, I can't divorce her and marry her. It's just me. Chao Qin Muchu, it doesn't matter who is the biological child of the Ye family. Huihui, remember, no one can do anything to a person if he doesn't want to do it, and if he doesn't dare to admit that he is a coward, he will take advantage of others. As an excuse.”
(End of chapter)