Of course Ye Fan didn't forget it and promised her mother-in-law to help Chen Xiaohui and Geng Zhiqin find a partner.
When it comes to this matter, Ye Fan is very innocent.
No one raised the personal issues of Chen Xiaohui and Geng Zhiqin on the day they arrived in the capital and the next day. Tao Chunlan felt sorry for Ye Fan, who had lost weight, and wanted to give her a good supplement. She asked Geng Zhiye to take Dabao and Erbao to the Geng family because Geng Zhiye's father missed his grandchildren.
Geng Zhiye laughed angrily, his mother-in-law had been so unpleasant for ten years!
I used to be in a relationship with Ye Fan, and I managed to squeeze in a few days of family leave. I went to Ye's house to pick up Ye Fan, watch movies and go to the park. Comrade Tao Chunlan often asked me what to eat for lunch and when I would be back before I even left the house. Geng Zhiye once wanted to ask whether it was because his family was poor or because he was stingy and was reluctant to treat Ye Fan to a meal in a state-owned restaurant.
One time, it was winter and the days were short and the nights were long. When I sent someone back at four o'clock in the afternoon, Comrade Tao Chunlan said it was too late and said she thought she wouldn't come back in the evening. They were still a few months away from getting married at that time, so he was anxious and couldn't let Ye Fan get the reputation of living together before getting married.
Other parents are worried that their children will get divorced if their relationship fades after a long time of marriage. His mother-in-law must be eager for him to divorce.
It has been seven years. The old lady is free, or she simply dislikes him.
When Ye Fan saw that Geng Zhiye looked wrong, he said he would stay at Geng's house for a few days and then come back. Tao Chunlan said she would stay here first and go back in a few days. Chen Xiaohui was still playing drums on the sidelines. Ye Fan was worried that Geng Zhiye and Chen Xiaohui would quarrel, so he just dealt with it first.
However, early the next morning, Tao Chunlan quietly bought a bunch of food. It can't be kept for a long time in hot weather, and the Ye family's small refrigerator can't fit in it, so a family of four can only keep it for one day.
At dawn the next day, Geng Zhiye got up and blocked his mother-in-law, saying that they would go home after breakfast.
After breakfast, the family of four took the bus and left. Tao Chunlan had some time and remembered that Chen Xiaohui and Ye Fan were the same age, Dabao was already in elementary school, and Chen Xiaohui didn't have a partner yet. People who didn't know thought that the Ye family didn't care about Chen Xiaohui.
Chen Xiaohui came back for lunch and got a headache from Tao Chunlan talking about her. She went to Geng's house after get off work in the afternoon, called Ye Fan to the door, and asked Ye Fan to persuade Comrade Tao Chunlan.
After Ye Fan sent Chen Xiaohui away, Yu Wentao asked Chen Xiaohui what he wanted from her. Ye Fan was worried that Yu Wentao would cause trouble with her wild thoughts, so she told the truth that her mother was urging Chen Xiaohui to go on a blind date. Yu Wentao remembered that Geng Zhiqin was twenty-two years old. If Ye Fan is as old as Geng Zhiqin, Dabao will be gone.
As soon as Geng Zhiqin heard her sister-in-law mention "blind date", she felt like she was done with it, so she put down the watermelon and left. Yu Wentao quickly grabbed her back with quick eyes and hands, pointed at her forehead and scolded: "Where are you running?"
Geng Zhiqin said it wasn't that she didn't want to get married, it was just not suitable. Her mother would have no problem finding the right one.
Most of those who are a few years older or younger than Geng Zhiqin have graduated from junior high school and do not know any skills. They rely on relatives and friends to work as temporary workers in the factory, and their jobs are unstable. There are almost no decent jobs for the educated youth who have returned to the city, and Yu Wentao despises them even more. Ye Fan didn't say a word and was asked by Yu Wentao to help Geng Zhiqin find a partner. It would be fine if the army had an officer with a promising future. She would feel at ease with Ye Fan.
Ye Fan was dumbfounded on the spot. She had always thought that her mother-in-law was reluctant to marry Geng Zhiqin.
Yu Wentao used to look down on Hengshan Island. There's nothing wrong with going over and taking a look yourself. Tao Chunlan was willing to let Ye Fan join the army, so there was nothing she couldn't bear to part with.
Ye Fan forgot to refuse for a moment, but Yu Wentao thought she had agreed.
Geng Zhiye told Ye Fan that outstanding military officers were as rare as braised pork. Ye Fan found out today and plans to set up a match tomorrow, and maybe get engaged in the evening. Yu Wentao thought that Geng Zhiye didn't want Ye Fan to worry, and he looked very talkative to show that he wasn't in a hurry. Just have something suitable by this time next year.
Geng Zhiye didn't want his sister to marry casually, so he could only hold his nose and admit it.
After staying at Geng's house for a few days, she returned to Ye's house. After dinner that night, Ye Fan had a chat with her mother. Tao Chunlan said that Xiaohui was twenty-eight years old and it was difficult to find a partner in the city, except for those with bad character or whose family was extremely poor. , there are no such big gay men. There are many gay men in the army, which makes Ye Fan troublesome.
Ye Fan said to ask her father, Lao Ye, to come forward - Lao Ye knew many people. Tao Chunlan doesn't want Chen Xiaohui to find someone who is a good match, because she will be bullied by her husband's family and the Ye family will help her stand out, which will only lead to losses for both parties. Brother Geng Zhiye is very good. His parents don't need to be powerful, as long as he has a pension. He has a good temper and is skilled, so he has no intention of bullying Chen Xiaohui.
Ye Fanxin said you are really good at choosing. The second among the three Geng brothers has a good temper. When going to bed at night, Ye Fan told Geng Zhiye that her mother actually liked her second brother the most. Geng Zhiye said to his heart that his mother-in-law really didn't like him.
Living in his mother-in-law's house, next door was Chen Xiaohui. Geng Zhiye was worried that his mother-in-law would suddenly knock on the door, and worried that the partition wall had ears. He didn't dare to say anything bad about Tao Chunlan, so he asked Ye Fan what his plans were.
Ye Fan just said one word - drag.
Geng Zhiye didn't live much longer, but he didn't know that by this time next year, the higher authorities would have decided to resume the college entrance examination. Both Chen Xiaohui and Geng Zhiqin wanted to take the college entrance examination. He worried about Ye Fan from the capital to Hengshan Island, from the north of the Yellow River to the south of the Yangtze River, and from yesterday to today.
Ye Fan was surprised: "I'm not anxious, why are you anxious?"
Geng Zhiye: "You can delay today, but you cannot delay tomorrow."
Ye Fan: "Let's put it off until the end of the year. Xiaoqin will be twenty-three next year, so he can find a partner. If Chen Xiaohui makes some progress in the past six months, we don't need to introduce him. By the way, this year's Spring Festival——"
"Don't go back!" Geng Zhiye interrupted, "You are still tired if you are not tired of Dabao and Dabao."
Dabao and Erbao were tired from playing in the capital these days and did not go out today. The brother and sister were lying on the bench with their legs crossed, their heads on their heads, reading the comic strips Geng Zhiqin gave them.
Ye Fan glanced at the two children and saw that they seemed not to have heard anything, so he knew he didn't want to go back: "Dabao, Erbao, are you tired from the car ride?"
The brother and sister nodded their chins.
Ye Fan: "Then don't reply. I'll write a letter to grandma later and say we'll go back this time next year."
Geng Zhiye hurriedly said: "Write it after Laba."
Ye Fan was speechless: "Afraid that your mother-in-law will have time to pick us up in person?"
Geng Zhiye nodded without hesitation.
"You can do it." Ye Fan rolled his eyes at him and left.
Geng Zhiye followed subconsciously: "Why are you going?"
Ye Fan said helplessly: "I can't run away. Cook!"
Geng Zhiye: "I bought steamed buns and steamed buns, and the vegetables have been washed."
"What kind of food?"
Geng Zhiye raised his chin to let her see for herself.
Ye Fan looked over and saw two cucumbers, two tomatoes, and a large round eggplant.
These dishes were sent by Zhuang Qiuyue. Before Geng Zhiye went on vacation, Ye Fan asked Zhuang Qiuyue, Liu Guihua and Wan Siqin to help her water the vegetables. When the vegetables grew, they picked them and ate them. I probably picked them before watering the vegetables the night before yesterday. Yesterday afternoon, Ye Fan came home and found that the tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, etc. were very small and could not be eaten until two days later. But before Ye Fan could go to the vegetable market, Zhuang Qiuyue sent seven or eight kilograms of green peppers, purple eggplants, green cucumbers, and bright red tomatoes to her family. They were particularly appetizing when put together. Zhuang Qiuyue also explained that her children had big appetites and she picked all the vegetables at Ye Fan's house.
Ye Fan: "Pie cucumbers, scramble eggs with tomatoes, and braise eggplants with oil?"
Geng Zhiye nodded: "I want to steam rice, and Dabao wants to eat steamed buns. Geng Dabao, didn't you eat enough at grandma's house?" he shouted towards the living room.
Dabao waved his little hands and didn't want to speak.
Geng Zhiye: "I was so energetic in the car, running from one carriage to another, just like taking the train for the first time. How come I turned into a bug when I got home?"
Dabao sat up and said, "Dad, I know you are unhappy and don't share your common sense. However, my patience is limited, so I advise you to give up as soon as you see fit!"
Geng Zhiye tutted: "That's incredible. Geng Dabao, do you know what it means to give up when you see a good thing?"
Ye Fan: "When will you go to the army?"
Geng Zhiye: "There are still three days of leave. You have to endure it for three more days."
Ye Fan rolled his eyes at him: "Cook porridge and heat steamed buns."
Geng Zhiye poured cold water into the steel pot: "Just drink water."
Ye Fan stared. Geng Zhiye grabbed half a handful of rice, poured out a little more water in the pot, and turned on the stove to cook porridge. The fragrance of rice wafted out, and Geng Zhiye put the grate on the grate to heat the steamed buns. Ye Fan started cooking.
I patted the cucumbers first, then made scrambled eggs with tomatoes. Finally, I didn’t braise the eggplants in oil. Instead, I cut the eggplants and steamed them, then poured them with Geng Zhiye’s all-purpose sauce.
The weather on Hengshan Island was very hot, and the eldest child and the second child were so hot that they were sweating after eating a good meal. Ye Fan was worried that the sweat would make them sticky and uncomfortable, so they scratched them, so he and Geng Zhiye gave the two children a bath.
Feeling refreshed all over, Dabao and Erbao finally regained their energy and ran out to find their friends.
Ye Fan and Geng Zhiye took a shower and went to find them when they came back to sleep. The two brats were all hot and sweaty again. However, Ye Fan did not give them a bath, but wiped them with a warm towel.
The next morning, the family of four went about their business as usual. Geng Zhiye cooked, Ye Fan went to the market to buy fresh food, and Teacher Dabao's Tai Chi class started again.
Dabao was not in the courtyard this time - there were too many children to stand around, and he didn't go to the alley either. He was sneaking around as if he was hiding from people. Dabao was at the door of his house, among the flowers, leading his children and older friends to practice Tai Chi.
Deputy Captain Niu was carrying a bucket and a pole and was cursing - the naughty child is so old that he doesn't know how to help the family, and he is called a water fetcher and so on. When they arrived at Ye Fan's house, a group of children were cutting watermelon. Vice-leader Niu wanted to make a joke, but when he saw Dabao standing in the front, his movements were graceful and graceful, he suddenly felt a little interesting. Watching the end carefully, and hearing Dabao say do it again, Deputy Captain Niu threw away the bucket and pole, stood behind Liao Miaomiao and followed the gesture.
Dabao looked around from front to back, and his eyes widened when he saw Deputy Captain Niu. Vice-leader Niu said "shh" and pointed at himself, which meant that he should stop talking and look at me, old Niu.
Dabao is wise, sensible and rational, but after all, he is only eight years old and is still a child. How dare he teach Deputy Commander Niu, who is several years older than his father. Even if he thought he was so powerful that he could be Niu Dayong's teacher, he would be a little embarrassed.
Dabao didn't dare to point his finger, so he stood next to Liao Miaomiao and motioned for Niu Dayong to follow him. Dabao taught his sister to learn from experience, deliberately slowing down the movements, and because it was not fast in the first place, Niu Dayong was exhausted and sweating after practice, and couldn't help complaining: "This thing is too grinding and not suitable for me."
Geng Zhiye came out of the courtyard: "Your temperament should be tempered."
Niu Dayong pointed his thumb at himself: "My old Niu is called——"
"Have you cooked?" Geng Zhiye didn't want to hear him "fart" so early in the morning.
Niu Dayong saw the bucket lying on the ground and said, "It's broken!" He ran towards the yard with the bucket. He and his son and daughter didn't know what had happened and were very worried: "Uncle Geng, what happened to my dad?"
Geng Zhiye: "Your mother will wait for him to fetch water and wash the vegetables, and he will play with you. Is Tai Chi too tiring for your brain?" Hearing the clicking sound of the pressure well, he said, "Niu Dayong, slow down! Is my pressure well going through? Why do you do this?”
Deputy Captain Niu was carrying two buckets of water and looked at the pole with disgust: "What kind of pole are you using?" He asked his children to take it home and "I'll stay with you if it breaks!"
If it weren't for the difficulty of drilling a well, Geng Zhiye really wanted to refute, why didn't he drill one himself.
Deputy Captain Niu stopped in front of Dabao: "Little teacher Dabao, I will come to practice with you tomorrow."
"Ah?" Dabao opened his mouth in shock. Deputy Captain Niu left with two buckets of water.
Dabao was so anxious that he grabbed his dad and asked, "Dad, what did Uncle Niu say?"
Liao Miaomiao: "Captain Niu is practicing Tai Chi with us." He couldn't help but frown as he spoke, "We are just playing for ourselves, why is he getting involved?"
Captain Niu's son nodded: "Want to cause trouble on purpose? Uncle Geng, my dad is the deputy and you are the boss. My dad has to listen to you, right?"
Geng Zhiye was speechless and wanted to laugh: "He is not that free."
Brother Liao: "He really wants to practice Tai Chi with us?"
Geng Zhiye nodded: "Maybe when I was practicing just now, I felt that my movements were slow, and I couldn't help but feel impatient. I realized that I shouldn't be like this, and wanted to try to temper my temper. That's what I guessed. You all pretend not to know, so as not to He was embarrassed." He pointed at his face, "Everyone cares about face."
Dabao couldn't help but ask: "Dad, does that include you?"
Geng Zhiye flicked him on the forehead. Dabao let out an "ouch" in pain, covered his head and kicked his father.
Ye Fan asked loudly: "Geng Dabao, what are you doing?"
Dabao didn't look back: "Dad bullied me!" After saying that, he chased his dad, "You are not allowed to run!"
Geng Zhiye turned around and asked as he walked: "Did I run? I was obviously walking. Geng Dabao, you have short legs, don't talk nonsense."
Dabao clenched his little fist: "A scholar can be killed but not humiliated!"
Ye Fan had a black line on his forehead and was idle: "Okay, let's go home." He said to a group of children, "It's time to wash your face and brush your teeth. By the way, have you done your summer homework?"
The children who were about the same age as Dabao suddenly changed their faces, as if they had just learned that they still had summer vacation homework, and ran home with a grimace.
Ye Fan saw that Liao Miaomiao was not anxious at all: "Have you graduated from junior high school?"
Liao Miaomiao nodded: "My mother said she would go to the countryside for two years." The thin little girl couldn't help but sigh after speaking, her face covered with sadness that did not belong to her age.
Ye Fan comforted her that she still had two years left and cherished these two years. But thinking that Liao Miaomiao would completely abandon her books and return all the knowledge she gained from junior high school to the teacher when she takes the college entrance examination next year, and that she may never have a chance to go to college in this life, Ye Fan felt a little unbearable.
Even if you have a feral cat for two years, you still want it to have a comfortable home. Ye Fan said: "If you have nothing to do, read more useful textbooks. Maybe the army will recruit people for logistics in two years."
Liao Miaomiao nodded: "My mother means the same thing. My mother also said that it is almost the Mid-Autumn Festival and the food factory is very busy. She asked me to follow Aunt Liu to help you."
Ye Fan: "You don't mind the crowds and troubles. You can go there next Monday, September 6th."
Liao Miaomiao happily thanked her.
Ye Fan asked her to go home and help her mother cook, so he took Erbao home.
Four-year-old Geng Erbao can't understand things that are too complicated: "Mom, why is sister Miaomiao unhappy?"
Ye Fan: "Because she will leave her mother in two years. Just like her father will leave his father to work here."
Erbao thought about how long he had been away from his mother: "Mom, I don't want to leave you!"
Ye Fan: "Mom won't leave Erbao either."
Erbao seemed to be reassured, let go of his mother's hand and ran into the house: "Dabao, Dabao——"
Geng Dabao came out: "Who do you call Dabao?"
"Brother!" Erbao was unhappy when he saw his brother, "I call him brother, but he doesn't know who Erbao calls him."
Dabao asked angrily: "How many brothers do you have? Geng Erbao, if you dare to call me by my name in the future, I will beat you!"
Ye Fan: "You're so angry, haven't you ever hit your dad?"
Dabao exclaimed: "How old is he and how old am I?" Thinking of his father not daring to hit his mother, "Mom, am I your baby?"
Geng Zhiye snorted, put his hands in his pockets and walked closer to his son: "Your treasure? Are you tired of it, Geng Dabao."
Geng Dabao: "I didn't talk to you. Don't talk!"
Ye Fan touched his son's little head and glared at Geng Zhiye: "Are you free? Tease him early in the morning. People who don't know have to worry about our adults quarreling and the children crying. And you, Dabao, ignore him. Is everything okay? Look at Erbao, it’s not interesting for your father to tease her. How often has he teased her?”
Dabao couldn’t believe it: “Is it still my fault?”
Ye Fan opened his mouth: "——My fault. I didn't explain it clearly, I'm just using an analogy. I'll punish your dad to cook, then wash the pots and dishes, and I'll wash your face and brush your teeth?"
Although my mother didn't hit my father, she still didn't let him idle. Dabao was reluctantly satisfied: "I don't need you to wash your face and brush your teeth. I will be in the third grade when school starts again."
Ye Fan nodded, handed a bag of fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs to Geng Zhiye, picked up Erbao and said, "I'll wash Erbao."
After dinner, Ye Fan went to the food factory, while Geng Zhiye took care of the children at home. Geng Zhiye didn't want to make his child scream, so he went to the food factory to annoy Ye Fan, and turned into a kind old father again.
When school started, Geng Zhiye held the younger one and held the elder one's hand, registered the names of the two children, and packed his luggage when he came back to stay in the army for the next week.
On September 6th, Monday, Ye Fan saw that Liao Miaomiao really wanted to learn something, so he gave her the account book and asked her to receive the goods.
The food factory collects the fishermen's items first and then pays them because there is no money in the account. The fishermen used to have trouble sleeping and eating even if they didn't get any money. No more now, Ye Fan has never missed a cent. But they were worried about Liao Miaomiao. After Liao Miaomiao wrote it down, they would have to ask how much it weighed.
By the afternoon, Liao Miaomiao's voice was hoarse.
Liu Guihua was practicing abacus in the house. Liu Guihua's children had taught her, but there were a lot of chores at home in the morning and evening, and she was usually afraid that someone would look for her, watch her learn abacus, and ridicule her. She would become someone else's favorite to talk about after dinner, so she always hid in Ye Fan's office to learn.
She didn't know what was going on outside, so she thought Liao Miaomiao was sick, so she poured half a tank of hot water into her body and asked her to drink the water and go home.
Liao Miaomiao put down her account book: "Aunt Ye, nothing is easy."
Ye Fan went out to see it and knew why she sighed like this: "It's not easy for you. They don't trust you. Didn't Chen Xiaohui hear someone in the toilet when she came over that time that I treated fishermen as my grandchildren?"
Liu Guihua knew that Chen Xiaohui said: "What happened?"
Ye Fan: "There are so many people on the island. If I talk too much, people will come to me no matter the day or night. When they come to sell things, they have to argue with me if the scale is a little low. It's not like now, where even half a tael more can have the final say." If I were you, Su Yuncheng would leave as soon as he weighed it, and he wouldn't ask if he had written it down. Don't remember it wrong. Sometimes I'm alone and the scale is outside. They weigh it themselves and tell me, and I don't even have to go out after putting the things in the warehouse. "Sometimes I'm not here, so I just put down the things and vegetables." The market employee asked them what they were called, and they would weigh them before I get back.”
Liao Miaomiao: "No wonder you work four hours a day, two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon. You haven't had any trouble in almost two years."
Ye Fan: "Don't imitate me. I started this food factory, and no matter what I say, they have no objection. It's useless if you yell at them, cry and make trouble."
Liu Guihua nodded: "Miaomiao, you may not do this in the future. Learn how to deal with people first to avoid being cheated later."
Liao Miaomiao nodded repeatedly: "I understand."
Ye Fan asked her to go to the health center and prescribe some Pangda Dahai or Luo Han Guo, take it at home for two days, and come back in a few days.
Liao Miaomiao didn't tell her mother that the fishermen selling seafood didn't trust her. Her voice was tired from talking too much all day long. Zhuang Qiuyue thought it was hard and bought two big fish to replenish her health.
In Zhuang Qiuyue's opinion, the work in the food factory was so easy that Liao Miaomiao couldn't bear it. She had to lie down tiredly when going to the countryside to farm. So every two or three days after that, Zhuang Qiuyue bought two big fish, one to make soup and the other to steam or braise.
After a few days of this, one evening, Liu Guihua came out to eat after dinner and saw Ye Fan burning paper at the intersection again. She hurried over and whispered: "Why are you burning paper again?"
Ye Fan whispered: "Tou Qi, is it time to come back and take a look?"
Liu Guihua wanted to ask who was the first seven, but suddenly she thought of the death of a great man whom she heard from someone a few days ago: "I-do I have to have some fever too?"
Ye Fan gave her a stack, and Liu Guihua squatted down and said calmly: "There is nothing happening on the island, and no one talks about it. I have forgotten about it."
Ye Fan: "Don't blame yourself. I have the habit of reading newspapers. There are newspapers in the vegetable market. Recently, I often go to the vegetable market to receive goods. I read them in my free time. Otherwise, I wouldn't know."
"No wonder you -" Liu Guihua suddenly thought of the first half of the year, "Then you were Qingming before?"
Ye Fan nodded: "But it's the supply and marketing cooperative that has these things. Otherwise, my intentions will be useless."
Liu Guihua: "Is there still a supply and marketing cooperative?"
Ye Fan shook his head: "I don't want to throw it away. No one dares to buy it except me. I didn't dare to sell it last time. Seeing that nothing happened after I burned it, I asked me to take it all away this time."
Liu Guihua: "If such a big thing happens, will Commander Geng continue to be on duty?"
Ye Fan nodded: "Just in case. Even if the other side doesn't dare to come over and cause trouble, it doesn't mean there are no people on the island. If someone takes the opportunity to cause damage, the day lily will be cold by the time Geng Zhiye runs from home to the scene."< br>
Liu Guihua shook her head: "We are not aware of this. A few days ago, Lao Niu suddenly returned to the army. I thought the political commissar was ill, so I asked him to support him. He is also Lao Niu. He usually has such a loud voice, but when big things happen, he is like a mute. .”
Ye Fan: "It shows that their regiment has strict discipline. With Captain Niu's temperament, he can keep every word in mind, and he will be reused in the future." Seeing that the paper money was burned, "Let's go too. Get some rest early. Seafood If you send it to the capital, you can collect the duck and goose feathers. If nothing happens, someone will come to collect them at the end of this month.”
Liu Guihua stood up immediately. Ye Fan was startled and leaned back. Liu Guihua pulled her and asked: "Can duck and goose feathers really be sold for money?"
Ye Fan nodded and saw her expression was complicated: "You won't throw away the hair your family saved last year, right?"
(End of chapter)