Tao Chunlan watched her daughter and son-in-law go out before reacting: "You let them two, that one?"
Yu Wentao: "A date?"
Dabao asked curiously: "Mom and dad are still having a meeting so late?"
Yu Wentao choked on her own saliva. Tao Chunlan glared at her: "No. Mom and Dad want to go out and play. For example, sometimes you want to play with your classmates."
Dabao opened his eyes wide: "Mom and dad are so big."
Tao Chunlan: "Both adults and children want to play."
Yu Wentao is really afraid of teaching his grandson a bad lesson: "It's like your grandpa, who forgets to go home for dinner when looking for someone to play chess."
Dabao nodded in confusion.
Yu Wentao was afraid that the children would learn from Ye Fan: "Dabao, don't tell your parents, they will be embarrassed because they are adults. Let them go out by themselves more often, while you and Erbao play at home. But you really want to It’s okay to go out with mom and dad. Your dad and mom love you and won’t leave you and Erbao alone.”
Dabao shook his head: "Mom did not abandon me and Erbao."
Yu Wentao: "Then you and Erbao are playing in the living room."
Dabao nodded obediently: "Sister, mom is tired, let's let mom have a rest. Sister, what do you want to play, brother to accompany you?"
There was a lot of fun in the family and the food was delicious. The second child ate too much quietly and did not want to move. He stretched out his little hand and said, "Brother, hug me."
Tao Chunlan used to take her to know Erbao very well every day, and put her on the bench: "Dabao, my sister is sleepy, watch her and don't fall down."
Dabao pulled the small stool and sat beside the chair to protect his sister.
Yu Wentao and Tao Chunlan came out of the kitchen. Dabao was still sitting on the bench, leaning on the chair and staring at his sister, as if he hadn't moved.
Erbao fell asleep, Tao Chunlan carried her back to the room, and Yu Wentao took Dabao out.
Yu Wentao, like Ye Fan, was watching Dabao at the door. Dabao was not afraid of people because he relied on him, so he ran towards Brother Liao and asked what they were playing with.
Brother Liao stretched his legs to fight cocks with his little friends, but Geng Dabao was much shorter than him, so he asked Dabao to play with his little sister. Geng Dabao looks for Liao Miaomiao. The moon is very beautiful today. Liao Miaomiao and her little sisters skip rope. Geng Dabao doesn't know how to do it, so he volunteers to help others hold the rope.
"Malan blooms twenty-one, two eight two five six, two eight two five seven..." Geng Dabao couldn't help but sing along, with a smile on his face. Yu Wentao no longer worried about his smart little grandson staying on the island for a long time. He turned into a little ape-man.
The next morning, Tao Chunlan went to the vegetable market and saw several middle-aged women walking into the market talking and laughing at the intersection. Tao Chunlan only knew one of them in the first few days after arriving, and it was Liu Qing who was told by Liao Miaomiao.
On the train from Hangzhou to Yongcheng, Ye Fan told his mother-in-law that everyone in the family area knew that her surname was Chen. Yu Wentao was shocked. Jiangnan and the capital were thousands of miles apart. How could the military wife on the island know.
Ye Fan just said it didn't matter how they knew. Anyway, no one dared to make irresponsible remarks in front of her. The reason why I told them was that they didn't want them to be too passive and unaware of anything when someone was acting weird.
At that time, Tao Chunlan thought that her daughter's worries were unfounded. The soldiers were not at home, and the military wife was left alone to do the laundry, cook and take care of the children, so she had no time to talk. Unexpectedly, Liu Qing would come the next day.
When Tao Chunlan was young, she had a more aggressive personality than Yu Wentao, otherwise she, a girl, would never dare to make a revolution. These years of complicated work have smoothed her edges, but that doesn't mean she is easy to bully. Otherwise, Yu Wentao would have shouted for revenge after listening to Liao Miaomiao's words, and she would not have remained silent.
Yu Wentao used delicious food to make the neighbor's children quarrel with their parents. It was really childish and did little harm to Liu Qing and her friends.
Tian Xiaofeng said that Dabao would not live long if he ate too much foreign stuff. Did he really think he couldn't eat the foreign stuff or was he envious? Naturally, it was the latter. Liu Qing deliberately went to Ye Fan's house to press water. If it weren't for envy and jealousy, she would have fought for Chen Xiaohui.
For Liu Qing and his ilk, explanation is a cover-up, and failure to explain is a guilty conscience.
Tao Chunlan stopped at the intersection for a minute before entering the vegetable market. Even though Tao Chunlan was mentally prepared, she was stunned by the variety of seafood.
The fish seller couldn't help but ask: "Are you Accountant Ye's mother? What would you like to order?"
Liu Qing and others not far away looked over. Tao Chunlan noticed something when she regained consciousness, but she pretended not to know, pointed at the fish and asked: "What kind of fish? How to make it?"
The employee told her that if she was making soup, she could buy some pickled vegetables.
Tao Chunlan picked six items and said in a worried tone: "I don't know if Fanfanxi likes to eat them."
The employee handed her the fish and took the money: "Accountant Ye said that she wouldn't be allowed to do it, and she could eat whatever she wanted."
Tao Chunlan smiled and said: "Listen to her nonsense. She is difficult to raise. She has not eaten this or that since she was a child. I say this because I am afraid you will laugh at her."
The comrade who sells fish is very curious about Ye Fan, especially the fact that she and Chen Xiaohui made a mistake: "You must have paid a lot of attention, right? No wonder you raised Accountant Ye to be so good-looking, tall, and powerful."
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Tao Chunlan nodded: "Yes. I don't know how to make shoes or clothes, and I haven't cooked a few times. Fortunately, I am in good health and can help her take care of her first and second babies."
The comrade selling fish secretly smacked his tongue, he actually hurts Accountant Ye so much? But it can’t hurt so much: “Then what should you do if you get sick?”
Tao Chunlan: "I have a salary. I can hire a caregiver. Her father and I have saved some money over the years. When we get old, we will worry about half of the money before we have spent it, leaving her to hire a caregiver later. She can go if she doesn't want to do it. It doesn’t cost much to buy food from the cafeteria if you don’t know how to make clothes.”
The comrade selling fish was extremely shocked: "But shoes are not difficult to make, right? They don't fit my feet even if I buy them."
Tao Chunlan nodded: "If the clothes sold in the store don't fit, you can ask a master to make them. If the clothes don't fit, you can ask a tailor to repair them. There is no law in our country that stipulates that lesbians must be able to do these things. Did the girls over there go to school when they were young and go to factories when they grow up? There are many people who don’t know how to make shoes and clothes.”
The comrade selling fish was envious and couldn't help asking: "Commander Geng also buys clothes?"
Tao Chunlan said to her heart, "You want to ask Geng Zhiye if he has any objections." Why does he need to buy his own clothes when he wears military uniform every day? Tao Chunlan smiled and pretended not to know: "What about my son-in-law? When we were on a blind date with our family, we knew that she only knew how to cook porridge. My son-in-law first returned to our family. At that time, I had not yet retired and was not at home. She was so brave When kneading the noodles, add more water, and if there is too much water, add more noodles. When I come back, I roll out half of the bowl into noodles and our family ate them for three meals."
The fish seller suddenly wanted to laugh.
Tao Chunlan said with disdain, but with a smile on her face: "It's what her father and I are used to."
"What happened next?" The comrade selling fish had long forgotten about Chen Xiaohui and just wanted to have fun.
Tao Chunlan: "Later, if she wanted to do it, I would teach her, and if she didn't want to, she would just buy noodles. She is so tired from work and has to take care of her children, so there is no need to make her life so hard. It's not unconditional."
In fact, the last sentence was said by Ye Fan. Tao Chunlan has been frugal for most of her life and is reluctant to buy a rice cooker or a refrigerator. Ye Fan's parents could get it legally based on their positions, but these two items were imported and were too expensive for them.
Ye Fan, his brother and his sister-in-law's family voted together, and the result was naturally three to two. Ye Fan got the things home, and Tao Chunlan was nagging about how much the electricity bill would be. Ye Fan said, "Aren't you tired?"
After Tao Chunlan finished speaking, she couldn't help but think of Ye Fan as if he was afraid that the money would get moldy overnight, so he would never make anything he could buy unless he was in a good mood. To be honest, Tao Chunlan was not used to it in the early years and could not speak calmly. In the past two years, I have become accustomed to it, but I think this is how people should live.
What should I do if I run out of money and get seriously ill? Even if you have money, you may not be able to cure it. Just let nature take its course.
Tao Chunlan asked the comrade selling fish: "Do you think so?"
The comrade imagined that he had money, "Yes! I don't know if it was blown away by a typhoon one day. What are you saving the money for?" He was afraid that his colleagues would laugh at him, so he hurriedly added, "It's not about me. Accountant Ye can do it, Captain Geng The salary is high. If you spend all the money this month, you will still have it next month.”
Tao Chunlan nodded and moved a few steps aside: "My son-in-law, too. He didn't eat enough crab roe buns. Give me twenty crabs."
The comrade who tied the crabs with a straw rope stared in shock: "There are twenty white crabs?"
Tao Chunlan: "My son-in-law has a big appetite. When he goes back to visit relatives, our family can't eat him. My in-laws also say that they always go to our house first, like a visiting son-in-law. He doesn't want to eat three meals a day at our house and give it to them. How much food did Lao Geng’s family save?”
The comrade who tied up the crab was slapped. Didn't it seem that Captain Geng and Accountant Ye were living together, and they usually looked affectionate and affectionate, just pretending to be for everyone to see. Niang Xipi! Who said that? Is it necessary to dress up for this? If this is a pretense, in the future he would rather have a son-in-law who is so good at pretending than be too lazy to pretend and wait for his daughter to put it in her mouth every day.
"Doesn't he want Accountant Ye?" said the comrade who tied up the crab.
Tao Chunlan subconsciously said: "Fanfan is at home." Then she pretended to suddenly realize, "Don't you know? Fanfan and Dabao and Erbao have lived with me for the past few years. My in-laws miss Dabao and Erbao, so Fanfan will take them Stayed for a few days.”
Everyone who heard this couldn't believe it. The Ye family didn't have any sons, but they actually asked their married daughter to live with her parents' family. How painful it was for Ye Fan.
Tao Chunlan felt that she was almost done. She took the crab and bought four jade fish. The vegetable basket was also full. She went home directly without going to the vegetable market. Naturally, she didn't know what Liu Qing and the others looked like, as if they had knocked over the palette. Very exciting.
Yu Wentao was very satisfied when he saw that there was pickled vegetable and yellow croaker soup and braised jade fish early in the morning: "Grandma Dabao, why don't you steam the white crab?"
Tao Chunlan: "Can you finish eating?"
"Why did you buy it if you can't finish it?"
Tao Chunlan didn't want to say that she did it on purpose: "Will Zhiye eat it?"
Geng Zhiye shook his head: "I don't have time in the morning."
Yu Wentao immediately said: "I have time to eat slowly."
Tao Chunlan: "No. Eat the fish first!"
Yu Wentao stood up: "It will no longer be fresh by noon."
Tao Chunlan wanted to say that she farted: "Then I'll wash it and pickle it raw. I heard someone said it yesterday afternoon. Pickled crab meat is almost the same as cold skin jelly. Have you never eaten it?"
Geng Zhiye hurriedly reminded: "Mom, you can pickle it and eat it yourself. Fanfan has never eaten it. Dabao and Erbao have a weak stomach."
Tao Chunlan's expression changed and she glared at Geng Zhiye: "Eat!"
Yu Wentao suddenly burst into laughter and picked up a piece of small yellow croaker: "Erbao, grandma will feed you hot food. Let your grandma eat raw pickled food. In just a few days here, you have learned how to pickle it raw. Let's see what you can do."
Tao Chunlan has always been too lazy to talk to her, not to mention that she doesn't know how to pickle raw food and feels guilty, and she doesn't want to talk nonsense to her: "Boss, are you going to the food factory later?"
Ye Fan nodded: "Su Yuanhang is not here these days, I have to go and receive the goods."
Tao Chunlan: "I heard from Xiaohui that she also listened to Su, Su Yuncheng. That young man said that he asked the brigade headquarters to receive the goods, not from an individual. Are you prone to getting into trouble now?"
Ye Fan: "If we go down to harvest by ourselves, we have to rent a walking tractor from the brigade, and we need two people. Now they go to the sea, or go to the mountains to cut grass, and they can just go around to the food factory and give it to me. But just in case, the members will also The team leader will be told. If someone reports it, the team leader will say that he asked the club members to send it directly. "
Yu Wentao frowned: "If someone - wouldn't you be in danger?"
Ye Fan shook his head: "This place is different from the city. A brigade is actually a big family, and the members are all related to each other. Even if there are a few outsiders, unless they don't want to stay here anymore, they don't dare to cause trouble behind their backs."
Yu Wentao couldn't help but said: "No wonder you dare to set up a food factory."
Tao Chunlan: "Boss, no one outside is doing this, you still have to be careful. Be careful not of the members, but of other people."
Ye Fan comforted her with a smile: "I know that fairies can't be liked by everyone. Sometimes they may be disliked just because they don't look pleasing to the eye. Just like Aunt Yu said before, I like them as soon as I see them."
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Yu Wentao smiled and nodded.
Tao Chunlan was disgusted: "Did you praise you? Don't think that I don't know why you said that before."
Yu Wentao: "You tell me. There are no outsiders anyway."
Tao Chunlan was afraid that her daughter and son-in-law would have a conflict because of her words: "I have to eat, and I'll talk about it after I have a good meal."
Ye Fan naturally knew what her mother wanted to say. Yu Wentao said that he liked her when he looked at her, but it was more because her surname was Ye. Her father could help Geng Zhiye, and her mother, brother and sister-in-law might be able to help Geng Zhiqin.
But then again, whoever is looking for a partner for their children has to see if it’s a good fit. No one likes to help the poor, unless they are mentally ill or born a saint.
Ye Fan handed Geng Zhiye a cornmeal steamed bun and said, "Soup doesn't make you full. Mom, Aunt Yu, where do you want to go? I'll go with you later. There are several three-bouncers in the army. Geng Zhiye gave them dozens of dollars to refuel. It shouldn't be there yet." Finished. You can go to the beach, it’s just a short walk away.”
Tao Chunlan: "Don't worry about us. Just go ahead."
The house was cleaned up, Yu Wentao held Erbao in her arms, and Tao Chunlan took Dabao out for a stroll. Tao Chunlan said they knew the way and they were playing by themselves while Ye Fan was busy. In fact, they wanted to meet Liu Qing and the others by chance.
Liu Qing didn't have a job, so she usually went wherever she could to cool down after eating. Tao Chunlan's words at the vegetable market this morning were not separated from Ye Fan, every word seemed to be mocking her. She was so angry that she couldn't curse Tao Chunlan to die early.
Tao Chunlan is gone, and half of the money she saved is given to Ye Fan, which makes Ye Fan even more proud.
Then curse Ye Fan and Geng Zhiye to die early and make their children orphans? But Yu Wentao and Tao Chunlan will only love their children more and more. Liu Qing could only hope that Chen Xiaohui wouldn't be so cowardly and upset the Ye family.
She felt comfortable thinking like this, but when Liu Qing came out, she met Yu Wentao and Tao Chunlan with their two children under the tree. Tao Chunlan was carrying a military green bag, which was bulging with foreign gadgets that only those with money and qualifications could buy.
Liu Qing felt out of breath again.
Tao Chunlan glanced at her lightly and asked Dabao where he wanted to play.
Every time Dabao goes to the beach with his parents, he can only play in the sand. If he wants to play in the water, he has to be held by his parents. Dabao is so annoyed. Dabao asked: "Grandma, have you ever seen the sea? I can accompany you."
Tao Chunlan was moved: "How good!"
When he arrived at the calm seaside, Dabao took off his shoes and ran into the water. Yu Wentao grabbed him: "Little villain! I'm guarding you. Come back! A big wave will pull you in. If your grandma and I can't swim, who will save you?"
Dabao was very disappointed: "Grandma, why do you listen to mother so much? You are the elder!"
Yu Wentao: "Stop sowing discord with me. Go and pile sand with Erbao!"
Dabao was so angry that he lay on the ground and pushed sand on his body.
Yu Wentao smiled and said: "Yes, that's it, let's play."
Dabao was shocked: "My clothes are dirty!"
Yu Wentao: "Wash it if it's dirty."
Dabao got up and knelt on the ground: "I told mom."
Yu Wentao wanted to laugh: "Your mother doesn't care if you sit on the ground and play in the mud. Sand is much cleaner than mud." She brushed the sand off his face and said, "Don't play anymore? Don't play anymore and go play with Erbao."
Dabao suspected that grandma deliberately provoked him, so he lay down again and pushed the sand on both sides of his body. Erbao thought it was fun and covered Dabao with a handful of sand: "Brother, let me help you."
(End of chapter)