Ye Fan didn't care whether Tian Xiaofeng's husband applied for a job transfer because he was afraid of Geng Zhiye's personal revenge, or because he had something to do with his family and had to change jobs at this time, she decided to act first.
Ye Fan asked Geng Zhiye: "If he changes his job, will anyone still drive?"
Geng Zhiye: "There are still a few more drivers."
Ye Fan: "Then don't worry about so much. By the way, where did he go?"
Geng Zhiye: "I heard that he still wants to stay in the south. The political commissar said to help him ask which factories around him need drivers."
Ye Fan couldn't help but said: "It's best not to be a cannery."
Geng Zhiye shook his head: "Impossible! Cans are expensive and hard to sell. We don't need to ship them every day. There should be no shortage of drivers."
Ye Fan: "Eat first. You were not at home during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so I made this specially for you."
Geng Zhiye looked at the table and was immediately angry and amused. There was a plate of cold dishes picked from her own garden, a plate of steamed stone crabs, a plate of boiled shrimps, and a braised fish, three cold and one hot. She had the nerve to say, " specially".
Geng Zhiye pointedly said: "Thank you, Fanfan. Thank you Accountant Ye for your hard work."
Ye Fan smiled and said, "You're welcome, family. Let's eat." He gave him a crab and said, "Dabao, Erbao, what do you want to eat?"
The two treasures pointed to the prawns together.
Ye Fan put the shrimp in front of Geng Zhiye: "Let Dad peel it, Dad will peel it quickly."
Geng Zhiye smiled and shook his head: "Dad is not good, dad is clumsy. Mom can knit sweaters, she is handy."
Dabao glanced at the two of them, with a look of helplessness on his little face. He stretched out his hands to take them, peeled one for his sister, and peeled one for himself, not forgetting to dip it in garlic juice.
Parents finally feel a little ashamed. Ye Fan takes care of the second treasure, and Geng Zhiye takes care of his son.
After the meal, Geng Zhiye washed the pots and dishes and turned on the stove to heat hot water. Ye Fan washed the faces and hands of the two children and let them go out to play for a while.
The days were still long and the nights were short, and it was still dark after six o'clock. When Zhuang Qiuyue saw Ye Fan standing by the courtyard gate, she came over to chat with her and asked her if she could finally rest for a few days. Ye Fan nodded: "If necessary, send us a telegram from the capital. It just so happens that the inventory on the island is almost empty."
Zhuang Qiuyue: "I heard. It's almost time to harvest the rice."
Ye Fan couldn't help but ask: "Hasn't it been cut yet? Winter wheat is planted in my hometown. Su Yuncheng told me that he saw many people plowing the fields on his way back a few days ago." He couldn't help but sigh, "The difference between the north and the south is really big. ”
Zhuang Qiuyue: "I heard from fishermen a few days ago that the capital does not want seafood for the time being, and they are harvesting crops. They also asked me to ask you if you want rice straw."
I have been very busy recently, and Ye Fan is not in the mood to hug Ye Ye: "It's okay to have a few points."
Zhuang Qiuyue: "Give me the sack later, and I'll help you pack a sack."
Ye Fan nodded: "Sister-in-law, I want to ask you something."
Zhuang Qiuyue laughed: "Tell me. Why are you so polite?"
Ye Fan asked her if she had seen Tian Xiaofeng in the past two days.
Liu Guihua flashed out from behind the two of them: "I've seen it before."
The two of them were startled.
Liu Guihua laughed.
Zhuang Qiuyue was speechless: "Did you do it on purpose?"
Liu Guihua usually does not speak softly, nor does she walk awkwardly. The two of them failed to discover her in time because she deliberately walked on tiptoes: "Xiaoye, Tian Xiaofeng is looking for you again?"
Zhuang Qiuyue had a speechless expression on her face again: "You have such ears. Xiaoye asked me if I have seen Tian Xiaofeng, it must be because she has never seen her. Besides, Xiaoye has been very busy these days. I was ready to go to bed the past two days, she The lights are still on at home”
Ye Fan: "Just that one time. After dinner, Dabao and Dabao were running around and couldn't settle accounts. I had to free up time after they fell asleep."
Liu Guihua saw that the food factory really did not need people these days, and her interest in the food factory was greatly reduced. She asked: "Why do you want to find Tian Xiaofeng?"
Ye Fan shook his head: "I have nothing to do. I heard from Dabao's father that her lover is going to change his career. At this juncture, I don't know if I am thinking too much, but it always feels like a coincidence."
Zhuang Qiuyue asked without hesitation: "Are you afraid of Commander Geng's personal revenge? He is just a driver, so what about Commander Geng. Old Liu——" He turned around and saw that Liu Guihua was thinking something was wrong, "You can't do it, can you?"
Liu Guihua shook her head: "No, I didn't choose this time to change my career on purpose. It's not right either. It has something to do with Captain Geng and Xiaoye, but it's not because of what happened that day."
Zhuang Qiuyue couldn't help but look at Ye Fan, wondering what happened in the past few days.
Ye Fan told the truth: "I just asked sister-in-law because I didn't know. It seems that sister-in-law Osmanthus knows."
Liu Guihua looked embarrassed, not knowing whether she should say anything.
Zhuang Qiuyue pinched her arm: "If you continue to hesitate, don't ask Xiaoye to carry things for you."
The sea breeze blew so hard that within a few days Liu Guihua's daughter's face became chapped. Zhuang Qiuyue asked Liu Guihua to apply Maxim or Pechoin on her child. Liu Guihua had clam oil at home and asked her if it would work. Zhuang Qiuyue scolded her, saying how could she wipe her hands on a child's face.
The supply and marketing cooperative is five or six miles away from here. Liu Guihua can't drive a three-wheeler or ride a bicycle, so she hesitates and doesn't want to go. Ye Fan said that Su Yuncheng and Su Duofu would definitely go to the supply and marketing cooperative when they came to the capital. Haidian Supply and Marketing Cooperative had everything. Liu Guihua asked Su Yuncheng to bring her a bottle of toilet water, two bottles of Fengyoujing and several bags of Maxamin.
Liu Guihua originally wanted to find an opportunity to tell Ye Fan. As soon as Zhuang Qiuyue threatened, Liu Guihua immediately lowered her voice and said, "On the day Xiaoye distributed the money, just two days ago, someone came from the headquarters."
Zhuang Qiuyue looked at Ye Fan: "It's impossible that Captain Geng doesn't know."
Liu Guihua shook her head: "Captain Geng didn't know. As soon as those three people landed on the island, they went straight to the logistics. I saw it when I went there that day and thought that our people didn't care. I only found out yesterday that they came from the headquarters."< br>
Zhuang Qiuyue was very curious: "Who are you looking for?"
Liu Guihua glanced in the direction of Tian Xiaofeng's house: "Tian Xiaofeng secretly wrote a letter to Xiaoye a few days ago to accuse Xiaoye of opportunism. Captain Geng is trying to protect him. He must not be looking for -"
Zhuang Qiuyue gasped in shock. Seeing Liu Guihua looking at her, she quickly covered her mouth: "Continue, continue."
Liu Guihua looked at Ye Fan, who just frowned and did not interrupt her. She continued: "The food factory does not belong to Xiaoye personally. Besides, the army cannot interfere in local internal affairs. Not to mention the army inspection department. The chief cannot help but go through the place If you agree, let Xiaoye go down. There is no airtight wall in the world. I don't know. Tian Xiaofeng's husband must be afraid that Captain Geng will be embarrassed when he finds out, so he first offered to change his job, "Don't think too much." ”
Zhuang Qiuyue: "Who said that? Isn't it Tian Xiaofeng?"
Liu Guihua shook her head: "I scared her the day she fought with Xiaoye, but when she saw me these days, her nose was neither my nose nor my face."
Zhuang Qiuyue forgot about it even if she didn't mention it: "What did you mean that day?"
Liu Guihua looked at Ye Fan subconsciously.
Ye Fan: "Does it have anything to do with me? What did Tian Xiaofeng say about me?"
Liu Guihua wanted to say it but was embarrassed because Tian Xiaofeng's mouth was too dirty.
Seeing this, Ye Fan said: "Don't mention this matter. Who did your sister-in-law listen to?"
Liu Guihua looked towards the Liao family: "I live behind your house. My neighbor, Battalion Commander Gao's lover, Liu Qing, is Liu not Liu. She is the best with Tian Xiaofeng, Tian Xiaofeng told her. She also said that she was leaving soon anyway, so she is not afraid of people. Know.”
Zhuang Qiuyue felt something was wrong: "That's it?"
Liu Guihua: "Tian Xiaofeng also said that officials protect each other."
Zhuang Qiuyue nodded: "That's right. How could she not take the opportunity to say something else with her mouth open?"
Ye Fan frowned: "No! Counting the time, Liu Qing told Sister-in-law Osmanthus about this as soon as she met Tian Xiaofeng. Her mouth - Sister-in-law, has Liu Qing told you about me before?"
Liu Guihua shook her head subconsciously: "What's wrong?"
Zhuang Qiuyue immediately reacted: "Tian Xiaofeng used to talk about Xiaoye behind his back? Liu Qing didn't learn from you at that time, so why did she tell you everything as soon as Tian Xiaofeng left? Besides, Tian Xiaofeng hasn't left yet."
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Liu Guihua suddenly realized: "You know I will tell you sooner or later? Grandma, how dare you use me as a gun!" After saying that, she turned around and left.
Ye Fan subconsciously stopped her. Zhuang Qiuyue slowed down for a moment, then asked her to "wait", and then persuaded: "Let's calm down first and listen to what Xiaoye has to say."
Liu Guihua: "Xiaoye, don't try to persuade me. I'm most annoying when you do one thing in front of your face and another behind your back."
Ye Fan: "Give Battalion Commander Gao some face. Just be careful when talking to her in the future. Everyone knows about the commotion, and Captain Niu and Geng Zhiye are embarrassed when they see Battalion Commander Gao."
Zhuang Qiuyue nodded: "I think Tian Xiaofeng's husband proposed to change his career because he felt embarrassed when he saw Captain Geng. He can say that Tian Xiaofeng is embarrassed, which shows that he has brains and is not the same person as Tian Xiaofeng."
Liu Guihua sneered: "Two kinds of people can't sleep in the same bed."
Zhuang Qiuyue also agreed with this: "It's hard to find a partner for a soldier who hasn't gone to college and has no special skills. Her lover must think that he is just a driver, and it would be enough if there is a woman who knows how to live a good life and is pretty good-looking and is willing to be with him." "Looking at Ye Fan, "If the college entrance examination had not stopped, Xiaoye might not be able to like Captain Geng."
Ye Fan smiled: "I didn't plan to find a soldier in the beginning. Geng Zhiye said that I would be the master in the future and he would wash clothes and cook, so I thought I could look around. After two years of dating, he didn't push me to get married. Every time I went home to visit relatives, he gave me I bought a lot of things and wanted to live in my house, so my mother said it was almost enough.”
Liu Guihua couldn't help but ask: "Captain Geng really knows how to wash clothes and cook?"
Zhuang Qiuyue: "You haven't seen him? Commander Geng does all the shopping, cooking and laundry at home. To be honest, Xiaoye is more virtuous than me."
Ye Fan glanced into the room.
Zhuang Qiuyue lowered her voice: "In the house?"
Ye Fan: "You should be taking a shower."
After the words fell, the door of the hall opened, and Geng Zhiye carried the bucket to press the water. Liu Guihua quickly changed the subject and asked Zhuang Qiuyue what Miaomiao would do after graduating from middle school.
Ye Fan liked this sensible little girl very much: "First go to school well. I recently planned to teach Su Yuncheng how to calculate accounts, but he doesn't know how to use an abacus."
Zhuang Qiuyue and Liu Guihua both knew Su Yuncheng, especially Liu Guihua, and wanted to find a chance to thank him. Liu Guihua was surprised: "Isn't he the secretary's nephew?"
Ye Fan: "A distant nephew. His grandfather and Su Yuanhang's grandfather are the same great-grandmother."
Zhuang Qiuyue: "Has the fifth server been released?"
Ye Fan didn't think it was related: "He felt that it was useless to graduate from junior high school, so he didn't study hard. He didn't study foreign languages well either. Although the teacher's words were not standard, he knew him at least. As a result, he is now at the elementary school level. ”
Zhuang Qiuyue nodded: "You should study hard. What should you do now?"
Ye Fan: "Su Yuanhang gave him extra lessons. Among the ten brigades of his age, he is the only one who has not yet got engaged and has graduated from junior high school. There are also those who have gone to high school. But they are all like Su Yuanhang, there are seniors and juniors. . It’s okay to work as a temporary worker in a non-staple food factory. I can’t go to the capital often.”
Zhuang Qiuyue thought that if Su Yuncheng couldn't continue his studies, in two years he might be able to call her Miao Miao on top. Once Zhuang Qiuyue had this idea in her mind, the more she thought about it, the more feasible it became. When Miaomiao was taking a bath, Zhuang Qiuyue sat next to her and nagged her to study hard.
Chatting with Miaomiao, she wanted to say that she was only twelve years old: "Mom, the food factory can't use that many people."
Zhuang Qiuyue: "You don't need it at the beginning. Later, when you make money and buy machines to process food, Ye Fan will be too busy. You see if you need it. It's impossible for the higher-ups to ask Commander Geng to stay here for the rest of his life. Ten years at most. After ten years you can Twenty-two!" He stabbed her on the forehead angrily, "Don't look at it! Look at it, you will only be fifteen if you want to go to the countryside."
Liao Miaomiao: "Then I will often go to Aunt Ye's house to watch her teach Erbao abacus?"
Zhuang Qiuyue nodded: "That's right."
Liu Guihua, who has never been fond of petty tricks, also has some thoughts for the sake of her children.
The next morning, she saw Ye Fan washing clothes in the yard and Erbao, a child, grabbing insects and grass by the vegetable patch, so she went over to help Ye Fan press water.
Liu Guihua was not good at pleasing others, and Ye Fan could tell at a glance that she came to him to kill time when she was bored: "Sister-in-law, what happened?"
Liu Guihua was stunned for a moment and shook her head: "No, it's okay."
Ye Fan: "There are only two treasures here, and they don't remember anything. Don't worry."
Liu Guihua smiled sheepishly: "That's it -" hesitantly said, "You know a lot more. My sister-in-law wants to learn from you. In the future, the salary of Lao Niu will not be as high as it is now, so I can do something. I don't know anything. When people want to take care of Lao Niu and arrange a temporary job for me, I won’t be able to do it.”
That's right. Ye Fan nodded: "But I don't know how to teach you."
Liu Guihua: "You don't need to teach me specifically. Just tell me when you go to the food factory and I will help you."
Ye Fan said something ugly first: "You have no money."
Liu Guihua shook her head: "No, no, the two children have gone to school, and I am also idle at home."
Ye Fan nodded: "It may take a few days."
"I know." Liu Guihua thought that every household would be hungry just after the Mid-Autumn Festival and would not be willing to spend any more money.
Indeed, no one at Haidian and Xicheng Supply and Marketing Cooperatives asked if they had cheap kelp, seaweed, shrimp skin, etc. However, the news that Haidian and Xicheng had bought several trucks of seafood reached Dongcheng. The director of the Dongcheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative was not happy. They both had roots in the imperial city, so how could they favor one over the other.
During the meeting above, when the leaders of many state-owned units such as stores and supply and marketing cooperatives met and exchanged greetings, Director Dongcheng realized that the seafood was run by people themselves and not delivered to their doorsteps.
Director Dongcheng asked the director of Haidian to send a telegram to Ye Fan. The director of Haidian told him to wait a few days and give him 30% when Haidian and Xicheng needed to purchase goods in early September. Director Dongcheng said that he would get a car for him and he would distribute it to state-owned hotels, department stores and other units when he came back.
Instead of Ye Fan selling door to door, Ye Fan arranged for him a truck with forty boxes of canned oranges in early September of the lunar calendar. These forty boxes of canned oranges were produced at the beginning of this year, and the cannery plans to sell them at a special price in a few days. Hengshan Food Factory helped the cannery sell it at the original price, and the cannery leader was so happy that the car transportation fee was paid to him.
Two more batches of goods will be released in mid-September and end-September. If it weren't for canned and ready-to-eat dried fish, we wouldn't even be able to make the trip. At this time, no one is complaining that the food factory wants his stuff but not his.
Su Yuanhang couldn't be idle during the period when the food factory was fine. Ye Fan asked him to go to the department store and ask if he needed cotton-padded clothes.
In mid-September of the lunar calendar, the autumn weather started to appear in Jiangnan, and thick clothes were needed. Su Yuncheng and Su Duofu brought back half a load of cotton-padded autumn clothes from the capital.
Winter clothes are expensive, and the department stores in Yongcheng and Hangcheng cannot afford them, so I want to give them half of the money first. Ye Fan expected this and asked Su Yuanhang to pick up the car and then signed a contract with the person in charge of the store.
Being bound by the contract, Su Yuanhang went to the city in early October to get the final payment.
Even if there was no shipment in early October, there was still money to be paid. The fishermen were even more excited than when they received the money for the first time, and they talked about it for several days.
Three batches of goods were shipped a month, and a batch of cotton-padded and autumn clothes were also sold to the store. Ye Fan was so busy that he completely forgot about Tian Xiaofeng's family.
The oranges on the mountain were ripe. On the fourth day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, Ye Fan was holding Er Bao. Zhuang Qiuyue took Dabao and her children to the foot of the mountain to pick oranges. On the way, she met Liu Guihua. Liu Guihua told Ye Fan that Tian Xiaofeng had moved away. .
Ye Fan: "So fast?"
Zhuang Qiuyue: "It's been more than a month. You don't know?"
Ye Fan explained: "That's not what I meant. What I meant was that even if Geng Zhiye and the political commissar agreed to his transfer of employment that day, he would still have to hand it over to the factory. He would go and settle down first, and then Tian Xiaofeng could transfer there with his children. In this way, more than a month would be very fast. .
Zhuang Qiuyue thought about the gap of more than two months between when she heard that Political Commissar Liao was transferred to the island and when she moved here: "It was very fast. But it doesn't matter if she leaves, that woman is a troublemaker." Liu Guihua: "She found it inconvenient to get in and out of the island. She was annoyed by everything she saw. She was slapped by Xiaoye again. If she didn't leave, she might have done something else."
Liao Miaomiao broke open an orange and gave half to her mother and half to Ye Fan: "Don't talk about her. Eat the orange. It's sweet from this tree."
Ye Fan: "Find a straw rope to mark it. I'll plant something sweet again later."
Liu Guihua: "It would be better if the skin is thin and there are no seeds."
Ye Fan nodded: "Write it down. I'll tell Su Yuanhang another day."
When Ye Fan arrived at the office the next morning, he saw Su Yuanhang and handed the matter over to him.
Su Yuanhang had never seen a seedless orange tree and couldn't help complaining: "You are giving me a problem."
Ye Fan: "Ask the agricultural experts in the city or province. Isn't there a teacher who was sent here? Ask his classmates and colleagues. If people are sent to other places to feed cattle and grow rice, they will be sent to other places. Come here to serve the fruit trees. It’s not easy for you to do this.”
Su Yuanhang: “The better our business gets, the uglier my father’s face becomes.”
Liu Guihua was watching Erbao playing in the yard at the door. When she heard this, she said to the house: "The old secretary came here a few days ago, the day he shared the money from selling clothes. I heard that he muttered about the food factory. We can’t sell clothes. The members who were waiting for the money on the roadside said that he was old and talking nonsense. We didn’t sell clothes at all, and the money was given to us by the store out of kindness.”
Ye Fan smiled and nodded: "That's it."
Su Yuanhang couldn't laugh: "But——"
Ye Fan: "Your father ignored you and asked your uncles and brothers to come forward. By the way, your father's elders and cousins are still alive, right?"
Su Yuanhang was enlightened and said excitedly: "I'm going home right now."
Ye Fan stopped him and said, "Wait a minute. I'll ask your cousin to wear patched clothes and a cane. When you come to him, tell him that life is hard and it's best to shed a few tears."
Su Yuanhang couldn't help but sympathize with his father, but he only sympathized for a second before driving away with a smile.
Liu Guihua asked: "Is this the walking tractor of their brigade?"
Ye Fan nodded: "I used to rent it on a pay-per-view basis. Recently, it seems that the members of their brigade met and agreed that as long as Su Yuanhang drives it, it will be fine with some gas money." After a pause, "Sister-in-law, there is nothing to do these two days. Why don't you be busy?" Go ahead. I’ll pick up Dabao from school later.”
Liu Guihua just heard from Su Yuanhang that the shipment will be shipped in two days. Half a car of oranges and half a car of seafood: "Then I will come over in a few days. By the way, didn't Dabao ask you to pick it up?"
The little kid doesn't mean what he says. A few days ago, Ye Fan was too busy to pick him up and told the eldest brother of the Liao family to come back with him. When she got home, the child could hang an oil pot from his mouth and complained that she was lying, saying that she was not busy but still not coming home after dark.
Ye Fan said with a smile: "A child has an idea every day, and he can't take it all seriously or not."
Liu Guihua didn't understand, and felt that Ye Fan was too doting on the child. But Geng Dabao is in the first grade before he is five years old, so there is no harm in pampering such a child.
Liu Guihua reached out to Erbao: "Auntie, will I hug you?"
The aunt's body was not as fragrant as her mother's, so Erbao grabbed her mother's hand and crawled on her body. Ye Fan picked her up helplessly: "Can't you go by yourself?"
Erbao bent his knees and reached out to hook his own feet: "It's broken."
Ye Fan chuckled and ignored her. Erbao felt bored and sat down quietly.
Oranges are no better than bundles of kelp, they won’t break no matter how you throw them. On the day of shipment, Ye Fan asked Su Yuanhang to watch the loading.
Before setting off, Su Yuanhang told the two of them to work hard this time. It would take a long time to stop at the main station. They got down and opened the door to get some air.
When transported to the capital in this way, only a few of them were damaged by crushing, bumping, and covering.
Oranges are only one penny more expensive than locally grown apples and pears, and can be stored for ten and a half days, so that the aunts and uncles in Xicheng and Haidian move things home in pounds and ten pounds as if they are free.
Su Yuncheng couldn't help but sigh: "The people in the capital are rich."
Just then a aunt passed by him and said with a smile: "This will make you rich."
Su Yuncheng: "Ten pounds."
Aunt: "Two per person a day, and they will be gone in a few days."
Su Yuncheng subconsciously asked: "How many days will it take?"
The aunt was surprised: "If you don't buy enough food for several days at a time, why don't you buy it every day?"
Su Yuncheng nodded subconsciously.
The aunt couldn't help but say, "It's not too troublesome." She said what she thought of, "We don't grow oranges here. They'll be gone when they're sold out." She remembered something again and shook her head, "There were some before, but they were expensive. You can buy something like this for a pound." Three pounds.”
Not sure how big the difference was between the north and the south, Su Yuncheng decided to shut up. At this time, an old lady stopped in front of the two of them on a bicycle and asked them if they were Su Yuncheng and Su Duofu. The two nodded, and the old lady handed them a package and a letter, addressed to Ye Fan.
When Su Duofu saw that she looked like Chen Xiaohui, he called her aunt, and then asked if she was Ye Fan's mother.
Tao Chunlan smiled and asked: "Has Fanfan told you about me?"
Ye Fan seldom talks about her mother's family. Su Duofu still doesn't know what Ye's father does for a living or what Tao Chunlan did before retiring. Su Duofu smiled and nodded, changing the subject: "Aunt, is there anything else?"
Tao Chunlan was very worried because she didn't know what Jiangnan was like before. These days, she often sees people from the south. Tao Chunlan feels more relieved and shakes her head: "It's okay. Just be busy."
Su Yuncheng waited for him to walk away and asked: "I asked Chen Xiaohui to bring him here last time, why do I go there by myself this time?"
Su Duofu didn't understand either: "It's a quarrel. Just pretend you don't know. Put the letter away and put the things in the director's office first. There are too many people here, so don't lose them."
Su Yuncheng first looked at Chen Xiaohui to make sure she was not out, then sneaked into the director's office.
Ye Fan also found it strange that if her mother was ill or something happened to her family, even if Chen Xiaohui didn't tell her, Geng Zhiqin would tell Su Yuncheng. Why bother writing a letter?
Ye Fan handed over the money from selling the oranges and opened the letter in the afternoon when nothing happened.
Erbao grabbed her hand and looked at her. Ye Fan handed it to her: "Do you know me?"
"Mom, look!" Erbao returned it to Ye Fan.
Ye Fan put her on his lap and hugged Erbao while reading the letter.
Erbao asked curiously: "Mom, grandma, do you want Erbao?"
When Ye Fan saw the words "Chen Xiaohui", he automatically replaced it with Geng Erbao: "Yes. Grandma misses Erbao very much and asked us to go back to celebrate the Spring Festival."
Tao Chunlan's letter asked Ye Fan when he would return to the capital. But it wasn't because Geng Zhiye was on duty during the Spring Festival. Ye Fan stayed on the island and the three of them lived alone, which made Tao Chunlan feel distressed.
Tao Chunlan didn't have time to feel sorry for Ye Fan recently. She was beaten up and down by Chen Xiaohui.
Haidian Supply and Marketing Cooperative has a lot of bonuses if its business is good. Chen Xiaohui went to the flea market after receiving the bonus. The Ye family's house is a standard courtyard house. Because there were few people, the few rooms in the south were empty, and now Chen Xiaohui filled them with all kinds of furniture.
Tao Chunlan gets a headache every day when she sees her door open, or when she goes out to buy groceries and sees the houses on both sides piled with rags.
Chen Xiaohui did not smoke, drink or spend money carelessly, and she was not heard of sending money to Shanghai. Tao Chunlan advised herself to be content. It's a pity that Ye Fan has been too obedient in recent years, and Tao Chunlan couldn't help but compare Chen Xiaohui with her.
Ye Fan also reminded Tao Chunlan that it was not her fault, but also Chen Kuanren and Zhao Ruping's fault for Chen Xiaohui's brain failure. Keren's patience was limited. Tao Chunlan did not dare to scold Chen Xiaohui, and her daughter-in-law was not at home, so she could only write to Ye Fan.
After reading her mother's letter, Ye Fan wanted to capture Chen Xiaohui and control the water in her head.
If you like old things, old pocket watches, old jade pendants, there is nothing you can’t buy. If you buy it and put it in your pocket, you can throw it into the sewer or mouse hole if others see you making a fuss about it. How can I hide so much old furniture?
Ye Fan sighed.
Erbao hugged his mother's face: "Mom, don't be sad. Erbao loves mother."
Ye Fan couldn't laugh or cry: "Mom is not sad. Let's see if brother is out of school."
Carrying Erbao to the intersection, Ye Fan heard the bell ringing for the end of get out of class. He waited for a few minutes before Dabao came over with Brother Liao and Xiaomei Liao. Next to him were the two children of Deputy Head Niu.
Liao Xiaomei probably said "Dabao, your mother is here to pick you up."
Dabao ran over quickly.
Ye Fan stretched out his hand: "Are you tired? Mom will help you get it."
Dabao handed over his schoolbag and stretched out his hand to his sister: "Come down and walk by yourself."
Erbao came down and took his brother's hand: "Brother, let's go to grandma's house."
Dabao turned around and asked: "Grandma is here?"
Ye Fan: "Grandma has written a letter. We will go to grandma's house on the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month and come back on the tenth day of the first lunar month. But dad doesn't know yet, and we have to discuss it with him."
Geng Zhiye disagreed and told her to go back after the Southern New Year.
Ye Fan said that Beifang left a batch of goods a few years ago. If she followed the car, Su Yuncheng and Su Duofu wouldn't have to go.
Geng Zhiye asked: "How will they settle the accounts and distribute the money if you are not here?"
Ye Fan: "Su Yuanhang graduated from high school and still can't settle the accounts? Besides, send it over early, maybe we can get another shipment at the end of the year."
Geng Zhiye nodded: "I'll be back on the sixth day of the lunar month." Before Ye Fan could refuse, "It's cold in the north. You'll suffer when you go out to play. If you don't think about yourself, you have to think about the big treasure and the second treasure."
Ye Fan nodded: "Twenty, then. I'll ask Su Yuanhang to help me ask about train tickets."
Dabao couldn't help but said: "Mom, there are still many days."
Ye Fan: "I'll set a time to reply to grandma."
Ye Fan didn't mention Chen Xiaohui to Geng Zhiye, otherwise he would have to complain, "Chen Xiaohui is not your daughter, so let my mother-in-law go to her own trouble. Who asked her to name you Ye Fan? You deserve it!"
While making dinner, Ye Fan burned the letter while Geng Zhiye wasn't paying attention.
Ye Fan finished the letter the next day and gave it to Su Yuncheng. When Su Yuncheng sent the oranges to the capital, he gave it to Chen Xiaohui and she handed it over.
Ye Fan didn't mention Chen Xiaohui in his letter, but said that he would be able to reach the capital a few years ago from the north. The tacit understanding between mother and daughter for many years made Tao Chunlan know what Ye Fan meant when she saw this sentence, and she would wait until she came back to talk about everything.
Dabao thinks there are still many days, but in fact it is not too late at all.
The oranges on the mountain were sold out, and half a cart of fresh lotus roots was taken away. The accounts were settled and the money was distributed, and it was Laba.
Ye Fan asked Su Yuanhang to hold a meeting for the ten brigades and prepare three trucks of goods before the end of the year.
Su Yuanhang couldn't help but said: "Not that much."
Ye Fan shook his head: "Don't worry, there will definitely be one."
Su Yuanhang said to himself that I had just done statistics a few days ago. But Ye Fan was so determined that Su Yuanhang could only swallow his words.
The next day, I borrowed the office of the supply and marketing cooperative for a meeting with the team leaders. After asking, I found out that three cars could be delivered by the end of the year. Su Yuanhang was shocked: "Don't you sleep? Do you go fishing at night?"
The captain of the Shanxi brigade lowered his head and said: "A few days ago, my mother-in-law sent me a pack of kelp and asked us to help sell it." He coughed awkwardly and said, "Tell Accountant Ye to see it. Accountant Ye didn't say anything. I think it's okay. Just, let my brother-in-law Send another basket over." Seeing Su Yuanhang's expression changed, he hurriedly explained, "It's not my family. Some members of the commune did this before. I asked them what happened and they said that their relatives couldn't finish it. What can I say. ”
Su Yuanhang sighed: "Three cars, three cars at most. If it's because you have too many things, others-"
Captain of the Shanxi brigade: "I said, let's start with ten pounds per family. If we can't get enough, we can use relatives' cars."
Su Yuanhang: "That's about right. I guess it's only about half a year."
The captain of the Lotus Brigade said: "I heard that several brigades near the sea are also planning to build food factories."
Su Yuanhang: "Now that everything is clear, let's adjourn the meeting. I'll let everyone know if there's a telegram over there."
The money in the Haidian Supply and Marketing Cooperative's account can cover a truckload of goods. The director also thought that it would be cold in winter and the fresh fish would be available until the end of the year, so he asked Su Yuanhang to deliver the goods early in case it snowed heavily at the end of the year and the roads would be difficult to walk.
On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Su Yuncheng and Su Duofu made a trip to the capital. On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, Ye Fan and Dabao Erbao followed the car. Su Yuanhang, Su Yuncheng and Su Duofu saw their mothers off to the car.
After getting out of the car, Tao Chunlan and Yu Wentao picked up the two children, and Ye Fan followed the goods to the supply and marketing cooperative.
There is already a long queue at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, waiting to buy cheap seafood.
The director smiled and complained: "Look at the abalone too."
The uncles and aunts waved their hands and took Ye Fan to greet him. Some people say why is it so dark? Jiangnan doesn’t support people. Some people say that it is because they are not accustomed to the local environment and why they have lost weight.
The uncle and aunt were too enthusiastic. Ye Fan was not used to being alone on the island for half a year, so he said he had something to do with Chen Xiaohui.
The affairs between Chen Xiaohui and Ye Fan were known to all the uncles and aunts who had nothing to do to inquire about them. It was not easy to get involved, so they let Ye Fan in.
Ye Fan first asked Chen Xiaohui if she was used to it.
Chen Xiaohui nodded.
Ye Fan asked again: "It's almost Chinese New Year, are you ready with rice, flour and oil? Do you want to buy a few kilograms of abalone and make abalone stew with braised pork?" Chen Xiaohui said that she bought it and ate it once. There are still a few kilograms of meat stamps at home, and we will wait for the second baby and the second baby to come back.
Ye Fan pondered for a moment and asked if he had bought new clothes.
Even though Chen Xiaohui was dull, she could tell that something was wrong with Ye Fan and asked her to go to the backyard to talk about it.
You don't have to worry about hearing through the walls when talking in the courtyard, but Chen Xiaohui is not his daughter, so Ye Fan can't help but blame her for being stupid, and then asks: "What do you think about Shencheng?"
"Mom asked you to ask?" Chen Xiaohui suddenly realized: "I, I plan to send them twenty yuan."
Ye Fan couldn't help but roll his eyes any longer.
Chen Xiaohui habitually wanted to hurt others, but she didn't know it before, and now she should know that Ye Fan was not looking down on her, saying, "I know you shouldn't give them money. But you don't understand them. I just think, give it to them." Money saves trouble.”
(End of chapter)