Dabaoxin said it was better for her to be a younger sister: "Sister, don't put it on my face, put it on my clothes." He turned around and glanced at grandma, my clothes were dirty, let's see who my mother is.
Yu Wentao sat down and blew in the sea breeze and closed her eyes comfortably: "Sister Tao, are you going abroad over there?"
Tao Chunlan looked to the southeast: "No. That sea area now belongs to Baldzi."
"You said the bald man is gone, why doesn't the little bald man come back?"
Tao Chunlan: "Who knows. Maybe I haven't given up yet."
Dabao was very anxious when he saw that his grandma and grandma ignored him: "Grandma, my clothes are dirty."
Tao Chunlan said without thinking: "Grandma wash it when it's dirty."
Is Dabao afraid of getting his clothes dirty and getting beaten? Dabao is not afraid: "But I don't want grandma to work hard."
Tao Chunlan wanted to laugh: "Grandma doesn't feel like it's hard to wash Dabao's clothes. Grandma is still able to wash Dabao's clothes. Grandma is happy."
The blue sky was as clear as a wash, and Dabao only felt that the sky was dark. He let his sister pile sand on him: "Grandma, you have changed."
Tao Chunlan changed.
Dabao has been unable to stay indoors since he learned to walk. He has to change clothes when he goes out to play for a while. Tao Chunlan was so angry that she locked him up at home. When Dabao saw Ye Fan, he complained, saying that his grandma was evil. Ye Fan advised his mother to just watch Dabao and not eat dirt, and let him do whatever he wants. It is human nature to love to play, even adults can’t help it, so don’t embarrass Dabao.
Tao Chunlan promised Ye Fan at first. Ye Fan went to work, but she still kept Dabao under her nose. Ye Fan had a second treasure, but Tao Chunlan couldn't handle it alone and had to let go.
It has been more than two years, and Dabao has not grown crooked. Tao Chunlan still thinks her daughter is too broad-minded and young people are not as careful as she is when raising children, but she no longer goes against the rules.
Tao Chunlan glanced at Erbao and didn't put the sand in her mouth. She didn't care who she was throwing it at.
It is true that the sand is not dirty, and it is easy to wash clothes in summer, just rub it casually.
But Erbao was tired, so she squatted down and worked hard for a long time without burying her brother: "Grandma, come here."
Yu Wentao went over: "What are you doing?"
Erbao grabbed the sand and pushed it to his brother: "Grandma, help me pile it up."
Dabao rolled his eyes: "Grandma, do you want to play in the sand?"
Yu Wentao: "Do you think I am a fool?"
Dabao: "Er Bao, do you want to play in the water? Ask grandma to take you there."
Erbao just wanted to take a rest and patted the sand on his hands: "Grandma, hug me!"
Yu Wentao took off her shoes and walked towards the sea with Erbao in her arms. When Dabao saw this, he stood up and followed. Tao Chunlan immediately took off her shoes and chased her grandson. Dabao's feet touched the water, and his little arms were held by his grandma. Dabao was so angry that he jumped to his feet: "Not even on the edge?"
Tao Chunlan: "If your dad were here, I wouldn't care if you went swimming in the sea."
Dabao is not as strong as his grandma, so he struggled and stopped embarrassing himself: "My dad will be on vacation in a few days, so I asked my dad to bring me here. Don't even think about coming, either you or grandma."
Tao Chunlan nodded, wondering why she hadn't heard what Fanfan said.
During lunch, Tao Chunlan asked Geng Zhiye when he would take his vacation.
Geng Zhiye: "I will take leave when Deputy Commander Niu comes back. The political commissar and chief of staff cannot suppress those people."
Yu Wentao was surprised: "I always thought that the soldiers who were sent here to guard the island had no identity or background."
Tao Chunlan was speechless.
Ye Fan: "Don't talk nonsense. Those who have no background and are afraid of changing careers dare not glare at the chief, but the chief actually likes it. There are some people here who are not afraid of the loneliness on the island and actively ask to come. Others are randomly selected. There are also Part of the thorns. The thorns are brave enough to fight and are not willing to let them change their jobs. They are annoyed by it, so they simply send them away." At this point, he couldn't help laughing, "Captain Geng is also in line, right? ”
Geng Zhiye broke off a piece of crab and blocked her mouth: "I am a prickly head, can I be the leader?"
Ye Fan: "You are not the leader of the thorn head. Dare you give me a battalion thorn head?"
Yu Wentao was speechless: "One - so many?"
Geng Zhiye shook his head: "Don't listen to her. There's no point in it. These days, no one is willing to let their children go to the countryside to suffer hardship, so they send them to the army. Some people just can't stand it anymore and come here." Put the crab gills, crab intestines, The heart and stomach were peeled off, and the crab meat was given to Dabao, "Out of sight, out of mind."
Yu Wentao asked: "Lao San, aren't you here because the chief is annoying you?"
Seeing that her mother-in-law really believed it, Ye Fan hurriedly told the truth: "There are no tigers in the mountains, he is the overlord. It doesn't take three days or two to write a report here. If you have to write a report, the boss's handwriting is so sloppy that he can't even call him over to scold him. Dayton. Right?”
Geng Zhiye broke off another crab: "Those who know me are troublesome. Eat it."
Yu Wentao: "Peel one off for me too."
Geng Zhiye directly moved the plate with crabs in front of her.
Yu Wentao was so angry that he almost burst into smoke.
When Tao Chunlan was cooking, she still didn't have the guts to pickle them raw, so she steamed all the crabs she bought in the morning. She took a crab and thought of Liu Qing. "Zhi Ye, are you really not thorny?"
Geng Zhiye: "The political commissar's marksmanship is good, but his physical strength is not good, so some people are not convinced."
Tao Chunlan asked: "Ordinary soldiers must not dare, how many battalion commanders?"
Yu Wentao asked curiously: "There is a person named Liu Qing who came to greet us two days ago. What does her lover do?"
Ye Fan heard from Miao Miao that Liu Qing had been to her house. Ye Fan raised his head when he heard the word "Liu Qing" and looked at her mother and then her mother-in-law. The two of them definitely didn't ask casually. But when did these two have such a tacit understanding? One starts and the other goes straight to the point.
Geng Zhiye didn't know that after Tian Xiaofeng left, Liu Qing hoped to have a good relationship with Ye Fan, so she used Liu Guihua to tell Ye Fan that Tian Xiaofeng had reported her. I don't know that Liu Qing wanted to watch the fun as soon as she heard that Ye Fan's mother-in-law and mother were here. She also wanted to use the convenience of fetching water to watch the fun at a close distance, and if she had the opportunity, she would make some provocations. Liu Qing may not know that many people see her as being duplicitous, including teenage Liao Miaomiao.
Regardless of what happened, Ye Fan never mentioned it to Geng Zhiye, not wanting him to see Camp Commander Gao embarrassed.
Geng Zhiye looked as usual and peeled a shrimp and stuffed it into Erbao's mouth: "A battalion commander."
Yu Wentao blurted out: "thorn in the head?"
Geng Zhiye shook his head: "He really isn't." He peeled another shrimp and stuffed it into Dabao's mouth, "Fanfan just said that he would be randomly selected, and his battalion is in it. If he can't get past Captain Niu here, he must be the deputy regiment."
Yu Wentao was surprised: "Not bad?"
Geng Zhiye wanted to laugh: "At that time, it was very likely that a soldier would go to the battlefield. He also knew it. If you are not afraid of sacrifice, and you can be promoted to battalion commander with so many troops, you must be good. As for what it will be like at home, who knows. Except for his wife and children.”
Yu Wentao was very curious: "Much older than you?"
Geng Zhiye shook his head: "You are one year older than me. He joined the army in 1957 or 1958. I can't remember clearly. Anyway, he has longer military service than me."
Yu Wentao: "Then how-"
Tao Chunlan interrupted: "I don't think his wife is good enough for him. She looks average in appearance and speech."
Geng Zhiye was very surprised: "When did you become so vulgar?"
Just talking about Liu Qing, why are you pulling her? Tao Chunlan said angrily: "You don't judge people by their appearance?"
Geng Zhiye nodded, he always judged people by their appearance. He went on a blind date with Ye Fan because he heard that the eldest lady of the Ye family was outstanding in height and appearance, so he thought it would be a good idea to meet her. But he only judged people by their appearance for the first time. Geng Zhiye couldn't help but said: "You don't understand them."
Tao Chunlan didn't want to understand her, she just wanted to know if Liu Qing was so full that it was causing trouble for Ye Fan. According to Geng Zhiye, he had no conflict with Battalion Commander Gao. Liu Qing didn't know Ye Fan before, so why couldn't she meet Ye Fan? Could it be that the island is really too busy?
Tao Chunlan couldn't figure it out and asked: "Do you understand?"
Geng Zhiye wondered: "Why do I know her? Stop it and eat first. The big baby and the second baby who eats cold food will have a stomachache."
Tao Chunlan subconsciously looked at Dabao. Dabao was smashing shrimps in his mouth, looking at them with wide eyes and waiting to hear. Tao Chunlan wanted to scold him but also wanted to laugh: "What are you looking at?"
Dabao was very sorry: "Why don't you continue?"
Ye Fan peeled a shrimp and stuffed it into his mouth: "Want to hit you?"
Dabao suddenly didn't dare to talk.
Ye Fan: "Don't tell me when you go out. My grandma said, my dad said, or my grandma said who else."
Dabao nodded: "It's so embarrassing to let people know when you say bad things about people behind their backs." He pointed at his little face and looked at his grandma and grandma, that's you two!
Yu Wentao hit him on the head.
Dabao defended his grandmother's hand, tilted his head, and easily dodged it. Yu Wentao's hand almost dropped on the table. Ye Fan was startled and couldn't help but frown: "Aren't you hungry?"
Old people and young people subconsciously picked up their chopsticks to eat.
Geng Zhiye suddenly wanted to laugh when he saw this. Ye Fan glared at him, Geng Zhiye lowered his head, took another crab, picked out the crab leg meat and stuffed it into his daughter's mouth.
Erbao swallowed and shook his head: "Dad, you are full."
Geng Zhiye threw the crabs on the table and took his daughter out to wash her hands and face.
Ye Fan finished his meal and Erbao was already lying on the bench and fell asleep. Ye Fan picked up Erbao and said, "Aunt Yu, where did you go to play this morning?"
Yu Wentao: "At the beach. At first Erbao played in the sand, then he went into the water with me, and then he picked up shells without stopping. Are you tired?"
Ye Fan nodded and handed Erbao to her: "You should also take a nap. Mom, you and Dabao should go too. We will take care of it."
Geng Zhiye came in from outside with a broom and rag: "You go ahead."
When Dabao was tired when he came back from the beach, Tao Chunlan hugged him for a while. The little fat boy hasn't turned into a big fat boy in a year here, but he is taller and heavier than before. Tao Chunlan's arms were so tired that it took him a long time to rest at home before he recovered.
When Ye Fan said rest, Tao Chunlan thought of lying on the bed, but felt that she hadn't rested before meals: "Dabao, are you sleepy?"
Dabao was tired after eating, so he went back to the house with his grandma to sleep.
When the two old men and two children woke up and saw Ye Fan still at home, they couldn't help but ask her why she didn't go to work.
Ye Fan: "Su Yuanhang went to the office to rest for a long time when he was tired from running around for a few days. He knew you were coming and said that he would keep an eye on you tomorrow. We happened to be going out to sea with the fishing boat. Mom, are you not dizzy?"
Tao Chunlan: "Is it far?"
Ye Fan: "I don't know. But it should be fine if the fishing boats stop and go."
Yu Wentao said first: "Go to sea tomorrow."
Ye Fan: "Go to sea in the morning and go up the mountain in the afternoon. In fact, there is not much on the mountain at this time of year."
Yu Wentao asked: "There are no fruits or anything?"
Ye Fan shook his head: "Earlier, there were local cherries, wild loquats, and wild bayberries. There are also wild oranges on the mountains, but they are not ripe yet." Suddenly, he thought of a place, but it was far away, and there was no time this afternoon.
At noon the next day, Geng Zhiye went home for dinner and rode Santengzi back. Tao Chunlan asked Ye Fan where he was going in the afternoon. Ye Fan asked her where she wanted to go. Tao Chunlan didn't get seasick in the morning because the fishing boat stopped for a long time while casting and retracting the net. There was no strong wind or waves and the boat was not very swaying. But the smell of fish was so strong that she was not used to it and couldn't stand it. She said she didn't want to go anywhere, so she stayed behind to look after the house.
Ye Fan couldn't bear to leave her mother at home alone, so he just said he would take a rest for a long time.
In the afternoon, Ye Fan did not teach Dabao the second-grade knowledge, because he was worried that he would not pay attention during class and would affect others. Ye Fan found some books by Geng Zhiye and read them to Dabao. Erbao saw that her mother only saw her brother, so she climbed into her lap. She didn't understand and didn't play with her grandmother, so she slept in her mother's arms.
Yu Wentao asked Tao Chunlan to go out and get some fresh air.
The two of them met Zhuang Qiuyue at the door, and Zhuang Qiuyue asked them if they wanted to go and enjoy the shade under the tree. The two of them didn't know where to go for the time being, so they went home to get a bench and listened to people chatting under the leafy osmanthus tree at the intersection.
Zhuang Qiuyue and other military wives were more curious about the affairs of the Geng and Ye families than talking about homely matters. Zhuang Qiuyue asked the two of them if they were busy at home and if they could stay a few more days.
Tao Chunlan: "My family is not busy, but hers is not. Brother Zhiye has recently taken a break and can take care of the children at home. He will be busy in a few days and she will have to go home to cook for the children."
Yu Wentao was also worried that Geng Zhiye's second brother and sister-in-law would be busy and live in the work unit, while her old man would take the two young ones to a restaurant. Yu Wentao was not worried about the money, but worried that the old man's blood pressure would soar with braised pork every day and he would end up in the hospital.
Yu Wentao said that she would go back when Dabao and Erbao started school.
Zhuang Qiuyue: "Er Bao will also go to school this year?"
Tao Chunlan: "Go to kindergarten. Fanfan said to try it for two days first. If the second child doesn't want to, he can wait two years and go directly to elementary school."
Zhuang Qiuyue asked: "Will you go back together?"
Tao Chunlan dared to ride in the car alone, but she was so tired that she fell asleep and didn't know anything. Yu Wentao is more energetic than her. She will wake up and take a look at the car when the car stops at three or four o'clock: "One piece."
It was so rare to have the wrong baby. Zhuang Qiuyue asked Chen Xiaohui if she had said anything when she came to Ye Fan's house. But she is not the self-righteous Tian Xiaofeng who thinks that she can point fingers at others by standing on the moral high ground.
Zhuang Qiuyue asked: "Is someone going to pick you up?"
Tao Chunlan: "There are buses."
Zhuang Qiuyue couldn't help but make insinuating remarks: "That's okay."
Yu Wentao looked at her with a half-smile but changed the subject and asked if there was anything interesting on the island.
There was Tao Chunlan between Zhuang Qiuyue and Yu Wentao. She didn't see Yu Wentao and saw that she was also a layman and could not avoid gossip, so she answered directly: "There is nothing on this island. There is a Guanyin Temple on the island over there, and they said it is You can go there by boat from Guanyin Temple, but I think it’s better not to go there.”
The military wife on the other side of Zhuang Qiuyue couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong?" Tao Chunlan: "Now is not a good time."
Zhuang Qiuyue nodded: "There is a revolution outside, let's worship Guanyin, let people know that the impact will be bad."
Yu Wentao wanted to say goodbye and seek a good marriage and a good job for Xiaoqin. Hearing this, he was so frightened that he hurriedly swallowed his words. Xiaoqin should rely on Ye Fan.
The next morning, Ye Fan stuffed some food into Erbao's small bag and asked Dabao to carry the water bottle while she drove the old man and the child to the Lotus Brigade.
Ye Fan told Su Yuanhang that she was going to the Lotus Brigade, but Su Yuanhang was waiting for her at the intersection early this weekend because he was not working. Ye Fan didn't go to Su Yuanhang's house because she didn't want to see the commune secretary. Su Yuanhang got in the car and she went straight to Ou Pond.
This piece of lotus root covers hundreds of acres. Yu Wentao has never seen so many lotus leaves in half his life, so much so that he couldn't help but exclaimed "so many" when he first saw them.
Dabao patted his mother on the shoulder: "Mom, stop the car, you can park the car."
Ye Fan ignored him, but slowed down and pulled over. Dabao immediately stretched out his hand: "Mom, hold me down."
Ye Fan took him down and Dabao immediately ran towards Ou Root. When he got there, he discovered that there was water inside, which was as high as him from the ground. Dabao really wanted to go down by himself, but he was worried about breaking his leg, so he could only jump on the spot: "Mom, can you hurry up?"
Ye Fan: "Be steady!"
Dabao opened his mouth: "I am six years old! Children are not stable!"
Su Yuanhang couldn't help laughing.
Dabao was immediately embarrassed, but he didn't think he was wrong: "That's right! My uncle said that the child is not an old man."
Tao Chunlan: "When did your uncle say that?"
"It's during the Chinese New Year." Dabao looked at her, "Have you forgotten? Grandma, you are getting older."
Tao Chunlan wanted to beat him, but Dabao immediately hid behind Su Yuanhang.
You must not miss the excitement of the Ye family. Yu Wentao: "What did your uncle say? Tell me."
That's not what Ye Qian said. What did Dabao say?
On the afternoon of the first day of the first lunar month, the children in the alley wanted to skate. Dabao had never played with Curiosity before, so he asked his uncle to take him there. Ye Qian was upset about his brother-in-law and wanted to go out to relax. After thinking for a few seconds, he asked Dabao to go back to the house to get a scarf and a hat.
Tao Chunlan was afraid that Dabao would be too naughty and difficult to take care of Ye Fan, so she asked him to stay at home honestly and count Ye Fan as he was not stable enough. Ye Qian said that his nephew would turn into a little old man sooner or later if he stayed in the house every day.
Dabao shook his head: "My uncle said, ask my uncle to go. Mom, how do we get down?"
Ye Fan: "If you don't want to go down, take a look here."
Dabao couldn't accept it: "What are you looking at?"
Ye Fan: "The lotus root hasn't grown up yet, what are you doing down here?"
Dabao was asked: "I - I want big leaves, and Erbao wants flowers. Erbao, do you want them?"
Erbao shook his head decisively: "I want big leaves."
Although the purpose is different, the result is good. Dabao stared at his mother, you heard it.
Su Yuanhang dug out the sickles he had brought his children to play with and hid in the grass this morning, and asked Dabao how many he wanted.
Dabao still looked at his mother, waiting for her to let go.
Ye Fan: "Two per person?"
Dabao happily jumped over and hugged her waist: "Mom, did you name me Dabao because I am your treasure?"
Ye Fan asked: "Where is the second treasure?"
Erbao hugged his mother's neck and said, "I am my mother's treasure." He raised his foot and kicked his brother, "You are not."
Dabao grabbed his sister's foot: "Kick it again?"
Ye Fan pulled Dabao's hand away and put Erbao on the ground: "Do you want Dabao?"
The brother and sister glared at each other and snorted, one with grandma and the other with grandma, neither of them wanted their mother.
Su Yuanhang wanted to laugh again: "Does the second treasure also want two?"
Tao Chunlan worried: "Will cutting it affect the growth of the lotus root?"
Su Yuanhang shook his head: "No. If you don't cut it, it will start to turn yellow next month."
Three words came to Ye Fan's mind - lotus leaf tea. Nowadays, people don’t have enough to eat and it’s impossible to drink tea. The more they drink, the less they feel in their stomachs. But she can tell Su Yuanhang. Even if people on the island looked down upon the little money from selling lotus leaves in the future, she would have nothing to lose by speaking out.
Ye Fan asked Su Yuanhang if he knew how to dry fresh lotus flowers.
Su Yuanhang: "Like baking dried squid?"
Ye Fan: "I'm just asking you because I don't know."
Tao Chunlan: "Why do you want to dry lotus leaves?"
Yu Wentao was curious: "Can it also repel mosquitoes?"
Ye Fan shook his head: "Making tea with lotus leaves can relieve fatigue. But if you drink too much, it can be used to moisturize the intestines and scrape the oil. Some Chinese medicine stores sell it. But we have so many lotus leaves, why go to the Chinese medicine store."
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Su Yuanhang: "I have eaten rice wrapped in lotus leaves. I heard people said that meat wrapped in lotus leaves is delicious wrapped in mud and roasted. I didn't expect that it can also be made into tea."
Ye Fan: "You didn't spray any medicine, right?"
Su Yuanhang: "No one is willing to spend this money. I will cut a few more and ask who will."
They talk about a few, but actually they cut a lot.
Yu Wentao took a handful of lotus leaves, Tao Chunlan took a handful of fallen lotus pods, and Ye Fan took a handful of flowers. Dabao Erbao thought it was very beautiful with a big lotus leaf on his head. When he met a child from the Lotus Team, he asked them if it looked good.
Tao Chunlan gave lotus pods to local children, but the children subconsciously avoided her. Tao Chunlan smiled and asked: "Excuse me?"
Su Yuanhang explained that the brigade grows lotus roots every year, and these children are tired of eating them.
Ye Fan remembered something again: "Where's the lotus root starch?"
Su Yuanhang nodded: "There is also lotus root starch. If you don't finish it all, you're afraid it will go bad, so you make it into lotus root starch. Every household will share a little bit and eat it when it's green and yellow." Suddenly he understood why he asked, "Accountant Ye, you mean lotus root starch——"
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Ye Fan shook his head: "We are not used to eating lotus root starch and we don't know how to eat it. If we want to sell the lotus root starch at a high price, we have to put it in boxes and bags. Our factory has no money to buy machines and can only sell the lotus root to others. Selling it to the factory is better than selling it to agricultural and sideline products. Station. But if there are too many outsiders, you can ask the brigade to print a batch of wrapping paper and give it to the vegetable market, which will sell it.”
Su Yuanhang: "Who comes here except those visiting relatives?"
Ye Fan: "It's okay to visit relatives. My mother and Aunt Yu must bring some specialties from the island when they go back this time."
Yu Wentao and Tao Chunlan nodded together.
Relatives and neighbors all knew that they went to the south of the Yangtze River and asked Ye Fan to go to the capital to sell goods. Everyone also knew that there were many good things on the island. If you go back empty-handed, you will definitely be teased.
Su Yuanhang had an idea: "Then I'll talk to my dad later - forget it, my dad. As soon as I approached him, he said, you're not very powerful, why are you looking for me? I'll find the captain and ask him to get some that can be taken on the train. Put the dry goods in the vegetable market and put up a sign at the door of the vegetable market. Some military wives must have bought them and sent them back to their hometown.”
Ye Fan: "Then let's go back first."
Su Yuanhang wanted to ask the team leader who could dry lotus root leaves, but he didn't go to Santengzi. Ye Fan and others went home, while Su Yuanhang went around to the captain's house.
The brigade leader asked if he should discuss it with Secretary Su. Su Yuanhang said no, but he had to tell the other captains, otherwise if you sell one piece, I will reduce it to fifty cents, and several brigade teams will have to use hoes and sickles because of this.
There are wild boars in the mountains, and some brigades are equipped with guns. If the eye movement gun is red, he will be guilty of a serious crime.
When Ye Fan got home, he picked two lotus leaves, washed them, and cooked lotus leaf porridge at night.
Yu Wentao helped her press the water: "Can this be used to make rice dumplings?"
Ye Fan: “Didn’t you eat rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival?”
Yu Wentao shook his head: "I didn't buy any glutinous rice." Thinking of what happened that day, he wanted to laugh, "My brother gave me a bundle of reed leaves. I told Uncle Dabao to have one, give it to your mother, and then give it to Aunt Xiaoqin." , your aunt and uncle’s house, so you don’t have to buy glutinous rice.” She stared at the living room in case Tao Chunlan suddenly came out, “Why did your mother say she could?”
Ye Fan subconsciously wanted to say to her mother: "She looks like my sister-in-law. Chen Xiaohui doesn't know it either?"
Yu Wentao was too lazy to pay attention to Chen Xiaohui, so she didn't ask Tao Chunlan if she knew how to do it: "Who knows. If there is any glutinous rice, make some to try."
Ye Fan feels that if the lotus leaves are too thin, they will become rotten. He promised her first that she would buy glutinous rice and red dates in the afternoon, soak the glutinous rice before going to bed at night, and when she got up the next morning, she would ask her mother-in-law to make rice dumplings and steam them on a grate.
Yu Wentao made some bags with brown sugar for Dabao Erbao. The brother and sister ate them happily and asked grandma if they could leave.
The island is clean, rich in seafood, and the air is humid. Yu Wentao likes it here, but he can’t worry about it at home
When Deputy Captain Niu came back at the end of August, Geng Zhiye took a vacation and bought two bags of local specialties for the two elders. Ye Fan said that the lotus seeds were not yet ripe, so he asked Su Duofu to bring them two bags when the lotus seeds were harvested.
Geng Zhiye calculated the date when he bought the tickets. It was the weekend when the two of them arrived in the capital.
The two arrived in the capital in the afternoon. Geng Zhiqin received the telegram in the morning and asked Chen Xiaohui to go with her to the station to pick them up.
Geng Zhiqin took her mother's big handbag and was shocked: "How many things?"
Yu Wentao: "It's a lot. Your sister-in-law packed it. I saw your third brother carrying it easily and thought it wasn't much."
When he got home and opened his bag, Geng Zhiqin finally understood why it was so heavy. It was all real things. Geng Zhiqin was worried: "When will we eat?"
Yu Wentao: "Your sister-in-law said there won't be much left if you divide it among the relatives."
Geng Zhiqin thought of her uncle and aunt. In order to confirm this, Geng Zhiqin took out everything. Sure enough, there was no dried abalone or dried fish maw, which were more expensive. Everything in the bag is suitable for supporting relatives.
Ye Fan didn't buy abalone and fish maw for her mother, but her bag was lighter than Yu Wentao's because it contained a lot of dried seaweed and dried shrimps and only a handful of kelp. Chen Xiaohui is very happy to have dried seaweed for cooking.
The eldest child and the second child are not happy.
Yu Wentao and Tao Chunlan left early on the day they went back, and they didn't wake up until Dabao and Erbao arrived on the other side. The brother and sister opened their eyes and were startled to see each other. They slid out of bed and called their grandma and grandma.
There was only one mother at home, and the brother and sister held Ye Fan's hand and cried loudly. Liao Miaomiao, who was so frightened that she wanted to go to the public toilet, came over first to ask what happened.
Ye Fan said helplessly: "My mother and my mother-in-law have gone back. It's not like we can't see each other anymore."
The brother and sister didn't seem to hear her and continued to cry in her arms.
Liao Miaomiao gave Ye Fan a helpless look and went to the toilet.
Ye Fan: "I won't go back during the winter vacation if I cry again."
The crying stopped suddenly.
Ye Fan put the two children on the chair: "Geng Dabao, Geng Erbao, did you forget that you two have to go to school today."
Dabao hurriedly came down and ran out. Erbao didn't know why and followed him. Dabao poured water to wash his face, and she also took water to wash her face. Ye Fan went over with a towel and said, "Wipe it first." He took half a basin of water and washed the two children again. After entering the house and putting on Maxamin, Ye Fan asked them to go out and play while she cooked.
Dabao: "Mom, don't you practice Tai Chi?"
Ye Fan shook his head: "I have to do the laundry. I'll search it when your dad comes back in the afternoon. If you want to practice, practice with your sister in the house."
Dabao felt that the room was stuffy and was afraid that people would see that he had cried, so he practiced with his sister in the courtyard. Dabao is very serious, while Erbao makes random gestures. Ye Fan does not require his son to learn Russian, and Dabao does not require his sister to behave in a standard way.
Liao Miaomiao came back from the toilet and saw her brother and sister practicing "cutting watermelon". When she got home, she told her father about it.
Political Commissar Liao wanted to exaggerate that Bao Erbao was good and could play by himself. When he saw what Miaomiao was doing, Political Commissar Liao strode out, stood on tiptoe and saw Dabao still doing the gestures in the courtyard. When he returned to the house, he scolded his daughter: "That's Tai Chi. And cutting watermelon? You are not as good as Dabao."
Zhuang Qiuyue asked: "Dabao knows Tai Chi?"
Political Commissar Liao: "The Ye family has no shortage of resources. It's no surprise that their children will be good at anything. They will be good seedlings in the future."
Zhuang Qiuyue shook her head: "I have been chatting with Dabao's grandma and grandma in the past few days. I heard that they don't want Dabao to become a soldier. But they also said that Dabao likes it. In the future, he can just find a class. I didn't expect that the Geng family and the Ye family raised children like this. ”
Liao Miaomiao was envious: "Isn't this bad?"
Political Commissar Liao: "The parents of Dabao and Erbao both work. Grandparents and grandparents have pensions. Dabao and Erbao have money to spend even if they don't do anything. Can you do it?"
Liao Miaomiao was funny: "I haven't said that your salary is not as high as Uncle Geng's, and your mother has no job, but you still laugh at me? You and my mother are more capable than Uncle Geng and Aunt Ye, and I can do it too!"
Political Commissar Liao was speechless and shouted at her angrily: "A bunch of nonsense!"
"Examine yourself." After Liao Miaomiao said that, she ran out and went next door to learn Tai Chi from Dabao.
Dabao pointed at himself and looked at his eldest sister who was much taller than him: "Learn from me?"
(End of chapter)