The uncle's tone didn't sound like he wanted to sell pork with Ye Fan and Geng Zhiye.
Ye Fan asked Geng Zhiye: "What do you think?"
Geng Zhiye had a guess in his mind: "Does Dabao know the uncle just now?"
Dabao and Erbao often play in the alley, and they both know the people in this alley. Dabao nodded and changed another newspaper: "Don't you know Dad?"
Geng Zhiye arrived home on the 20th night of the twelfth lunar month, and the next day he was assigned to write Spring Festival couplets, and then rent a car to haul pigs. He had only free time today, so he had no time to get to know the neighbors.
"Don't show off." Geng Zhiye glared at his son.
Dabao nodded: "We know you. What are you doing?"
Geng Zhiye: "How many sons does he have?"
Dabao was stunned for a moment, and his father asked what he was doing. Facing his father's gaze that forbade him from talking nonsense, Dabao said honestly: "Three sons and two daughters."
Geng Zhiye asked again: "How old is your son?"
Dabao thought about it: "There are many children. The eldest son seems to be younger than his mother, and the younger son and brother Benben are classmates."
Ye Fan was very surprised: "The youngest son is so young?"
Dabao asked: "Doesn't he look like the uncle's son? I don't think so either. After asking grandma, I found out that the younger son went to school late and was actually only one year younger than Miss Huihui. The uncle was one year older than grandma."
Ye Fan: "Retiring before you reach sixty?"
Geng Zhiye said: "That uncle looks seven or eight years older than Aunt Yu. Either he looks older or he works very hard in the workplace. Gay men who work very hard can retire at the age of fifty-five."
Dabao looked admiring: "Dad is so smart. That uncle is him. Grandma also said that he was ill and wouldn't let me go to his house to play."
Ye Fan quickly asked him if it was an infectious disease.
Dabao shook his head: "Grandma didn't say anything."
Geng Zhiye: "The uncle didn't breathe or shudder when he spoke. It's definitely not a disease like tuberculosis. It's okay, Dabao, don't listen to your grandma's nonsense."
Dabao: "His home is not fun, and it is not as spacious as ours."
She has five children, but the housing is not as good as hers. For no other reason than lack of money to buy a bigger house, Ye Fan said: "Maybe you were right."
Dabao pointed at himself: "Me? Do you want to sell pork to you and dad?"
Geng Zhiye didn't think so: "Ye Fanfan, want to make a bet?"
"Brush your shoes!" Ye Fan threw Dabao's shoes to him, "After brushing them, I'll endorse them." When he thought of ancient literature, ancient Chinese, Tang poetry and Song lyrics, Ye Fan regretted choosing Chinese language and literature.
To put it bluntly, I still don’t love it.
Geng Zhiqin and Geng Huihui watched with great interest. They were also envious of Ye Fan's teacher. They asked Ye Fan for a class schedule and wanted to take some public classes at her school.
Geng Zhiye sat on the bench and said while brushing his shoes: "Tell me what you think."
Ye Fan: "That uncle didn't say whether he wanted to do it or ask his son to do it. No matter how much we talk, it's all in vain."
Geng Zhiye raised his eyebrows: "Did you also find out that he wanted to ask his son to sell pork?"
Dabao was stunned and couldn't help asking: "Isn't it the uncle?"
Geng Zhiye: "Your mother is a student, how can you often take him to sell pork? The uncle asked your mother if she would still sell pork before the Lantern Festival. He probably hoped that your mother would take his son. Your mother went to school, and his son continued to sell. Ask you Is there anyone making things difficult for her? It’s probably because she’s afraid that her son won’t be able to handle it.”
Erbao opened his mouth wide and exclaimed: "Daddy is so awesome!"
Geng Zhiye smiled: "Just so so."
Ye Fan rolled his eyes: "It makes you proud."
Geng Zhiye: "Isn't it worthy of me to be proud of being able to react faster than you?"
Ye Fan stood up: "Since you are so powerful, why don't you clean your shoes by yourself?"
Geng Zhiye waved his hand: "Go and do your business."
Ye Fan took out the book and sat next to his daughter to read.
Geng Zhiye washed his clothes and shoes, put the washing machine in his stepmother's room, cleaned the yard, and took out his books.
Dabao and Erbao were too embarrassed to go to the park when they saw their parents being so serious.
It was almost noon, Ye Fan gave the book to Geng Zhiye, and Geng Zhiye took it to the house while Ye Fan washed and steamed rice.
Geng Zhiye went to the kitchen and asked: "Do you want to cook fish or meat?"
Ye Fan: "You soak the fungus and day lily in warm water, and then soak some white fungus. I'll cut some pork and fry it in oil, and then stir-fry the ribs and stew."
Geng Zhiye asked again: "Is the pork belly you bought enough for the New Year?"
"That's enough. We, Benben, and Huihui are all registered in the city, and Aunt Yu uses our share to buy a few pounds. Otherwise, how would I dare to cut some meat for stir-fry every day." Ye Fan cut the meat and chopped the ribs into small pieces. Block, she went to wash her hands, "Go to the park?"
Geng Zhiye washed the onions and ginger, then wiped his hands and shouted out: "Dabao, Erbao, wear a hat and scarf!"
Dabao and Erbao heard their mother's words in the courtyard. They had already taken out their hats and scarves and wrapped themselves until only their eyes were exposed. Then one pulled their mother and the other their father to pick up their aunt and brothers and sisters.
When a family of four arrived at the intersection, they saw Yang Mengxia returning with four young children.
Dabao and Erbao ran over and asked how much money they made.
Yang Mengxia had read in books that poor scholars needed to write letters to make money. She found it very new and admired people who bent down for a living. Now that she is making money from the calligraphy she practiced when she was young, she is a little embarrassed: "It's about the same as what you made yesterday morning."
Dabao couldn't help but say: "Auntie is so awesome. She made so much money for the first time. Will Auntie go back in the afternoon?"
In the past two days, every household was preparing to write Spring Festival couplets. Some people found that last year's ink was dry and the brush was difficult to use. They were too lazy to buy ink to brush the brush, so they went to the park to trouble Yang Mengxia.
Yang Mengxia said: "I'm going. I've made an agreement with someone."
"Then let's go home quickly." Dabao turned around and shouted to his parents: "Let's cook."
Ye Fan took advantage of the fact that his son was far away and couldn't hear him, so he said, "He is really good at arranging things!"
Geng Zhiye took her hand: "Let's go home first."
When he got to the kitchen, Ye Fan took off the kettle, put the wok on it, stir-fried the pork belly until the oil came out, and put in the washed pork ribs, then added seasonings, soaked dry food, and simmered with water.
After dinner, Yang Mengxia went to her mother-in-law's room to rest. Ye Fan and Geng Zhiye were very tired after working for a few days, so they went back to their room to take a nap.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the whole family went to the park together.
Some uncles were playing tops in the park. When they saw Geng Zhiye coming, they stopped and chatted with Geng Zhiye. The elders all heard that he had been selling pork a few days ago, so they asked him how the pork business was.
Geng Zhiye didn't like to show off his money, and he didn't know how much money he had. He paid his salary directly to Ye Fan, who gave him pocket money. So he said two words, "It's okay" and talked about it with his relatives in the countryside.
The old man was well versed in the ways of the world and would not ask him in public how much money he made, so he just followed his words and said: "We want to buy some vegetables for a few yuan per pound. The rural people can't finish the food to feed the pigs. What's this? .”
Geng Zhiye: “The higher authorities are also aware of this problem, otherwise they would not have proposed internal reforms.’
The uncle smiled again: "Yes! We were poor before. To prevent people from wasting things, we should collect things as state-owned and distribute them uniformly. Now the situation is much better, we should restore the market economy, and the above have proposed reforms, which is good."
Geng Zhiye agreed: "Yes. The people below are also very supportive. I heard that we sold pork here before, and people from the subdistrict office also bought it?"
Ye Fan and Geng Zhiye only found out about this last night. Yang Mengxia wanted to give Ye Fan the home address of a relative who worked in the industrial and commercial department. Ye Fan hadn't said no yet. Yu Wentao said that the government staff had no objection, and said that everyone on the street here knew that Ye Fan sold meat because they Bought too.
At that time, Geng Zhiye couldn't help but complain that his stepmother's talkative nature was not without its disadvantages.
The uncle nodded slightly to prove that Yu Wentao was not lying: "People from several streets came to ask your sister-in-law to write Spring Festival couplets this morning."
Geng Zhiye was surprised: "Why didn't my sister-in-law say anything?"
An uncle saw that Geng Zhiye seemed very nervous and quickly comforted him: "Comrade Xiao Yang doesn't know them."
Another uncle said: "They didn't say they were from the street office."
The uncle who was not good at words couldn't help but said: "How can anyone come to write Spring Festival couplets and declare their family status?"
Several people smiled and nodded in agreement with his words.
Geng Zhiye said in his heart that the street workers here are still good people, "If there is anything in the village, can it be sold at the entrance of the park?"
Several uncles agreed that it was okay.
The aunt who had nothing to do saw Geng Zhiye chatting and laughing with a few uncles, and she came over curiously and asked: "What are we talking about?"
The uncle said: "Comrade Geng asked if we can still sell vegetables and meat here in the future."
The aunt said without hesitation: "Okay."
The uncle immediately said: "As long as she says it's okay. Her boss is the street director."
The aunt admitted this first, and then said generously: "Don't you dare to sell me to deal with him!" Then she muttered, "Who can I control with my little sesame senses?"
Geng Zhiye laughed: "Auntie, have you written the Spring Festival couplets? I will write them for you for free."
"If you say so, I'll go home and get the red paper." The aunt pretended to go home.
Geng Zhiye nodded.
The aunt was not polite to him, she even ran home to find the red paper. Her daughter-in-law was at home on vacation. When she saw this, she couldn't help but say: "The Spring Festival couplets are written."
"Written in the park?" asked the aunt, "Did it be written by a child or a lesbian?"
The aunt’s daughter-in-law thought her mother-in-law looked down upon her child’s calligraphy: “Didn’t you see it yesterday? You also praised the beautiful handwriting.”
"I dare not answer directly. Is it because the child wrote it?" The aunt cut out a Spring Festival couplet from the remaining red paper. "I asked the child's father to write it for us. There is no charge. Write it and stick it on the door of the courtyard. I heard that Still an officer.”
The daughter-in-law wanted to say it was not necessary, but after hearing the last sentence, she let her mother-in-law go out.
The aunt's house is one kilometer away from the park, but she walks quickly, and it takes half an hour to go back and forth. At this time, Yang Mengxia stopped writing and rested. Geng Zhiye took the brush and wrote a couplet for the aunt, hoping to give it to his son. He looked to the left and right, and saw a group of children. Ice skating on the lake in the distance.
Geng Zhiye said: "I will write next and send one as a gift. Thank you all for your support to my sister-in-law, nieces and nephews, and my son and daughter these days."
Those who planned to write casually by themselves immediately went home to get red paper when they heard that there was such a good thing. As a result, there were too many people, and Geng Zhiye's hands almost lost feeling when they wrote until the sun went down.
Ye Fan asked his sister-in-law and nephew to take the bench and table. As she walked, she helped Geng Zhiye move his fingers: "Are you stupid? Don't you know how to take a break?"
"As a soldier, I get tired after writing Spring Festival couplets for a while. My uncle and aunt must have thought I was an embroidered pillow." Geng Zhiye defended in a low voice.
Dabao curled his lips and said: "Dad wants to save face and suffer the consequences!"
Geng Zhiye raised his foot to kick him: "I can't move my hands, but my legs are fine."
Dabao was so frightened that he ran forward: "Auntie, daddy hit me!"
Yang Mengxia said in her heart, you deserve to be beaten! He said: "Slow down, don't fall."
Dabao reached out to his cousin: "I can get the bench."
Geng Leilei gave him a folding stool and asked casually: "My second uncle and my second aunt are still working on the 30th of the year. Can my body bear it?"
Yang Mengxia didn't know what was going on with Geng Zhihua, so she asked Geng Huihui if she knew when her parents would be back.
Geng Huihui said indifferently: "I don't know. Aunt, walk faster, grandma and sister-in-law should prepare the meal."
Yu Wentao and Geng Zhiqin got off at Park Station at four o'clock in the afternoon. When they saw many people lining up to write Spring Festival couplets opposite Geng Zhiye, the mother and daughter went home first.
As the sun sets at 4:30, Geng Zhiqin cuts two pieces of mackerel and stews them with tofu.
The tofu Yu Wentao bought was placed on the roof, already frozen into frozen tofu. At noon, she heard from her sister-in-law that someone in the village was making tofu. Yu Wentao bought half a plate and brought it back in her sister-in-law's vegetable basin.
Geng Zhiqin found it troublesome, but Yu Wentao said that hand-made tofu is more delicious than machine-made tofu in a tofu factory. Geng Zhiqin didn't notice any difference, but she didn't want to listen to her mother talking about it, so she stewed it anyway.
Geng Zhiqin put the tofu in the pot, closed the lid and asked: "What to do next?"
"This pot of food is enough." Yu Wentao had steamed the rice early. There was nothing going on at home for the time being, so she asked Geng Zhiqin to go out and see why he hadn't come back yet.
Geng Zhiqin took a flashlight to the intersection and shone it on Erbao. Erbao ran up to her and hugged her waist: "Sister-in-law!"
"Do you miss my sister-in-law?" Geng Zhiqin gave her the flashlight.
Erbao nodded and went to pick up her parents.
Geng Zhiqin muttered upon seeing this, your thoughts are really worthless.
When the group arrived home, Yu Wentao asked them to wash their hands. She took off the plug and carried a pot of rice to the main room.
Geng Zhiqin washed his hands and went to serve the dishes. The women used bowls and the men used basins, each with half a bowl and half a basin. Dabao saw that his father and brother were both using basins: "Sister-in-law, are you discriminating against me?"
Geng Zhiye: "Can you finish eating in a basin? I'll give you half of the basin."
Dabao didn't dare to ask for it, so he said "Okay", took his father's basin, and picked the fish and tofu in the basin into the bowl. Ye Fan frowned: "What are you doing?"
Dabao stopped, hesitated for a moment, then returned the basin to his father, picked up the bowl and waited for grandma to add half a bowl of rice to him. Yu Wentao served rice to her eldest grandsons and took Dabao's bowl: "You should be punished."
Dabao muttered: "She is the best in the whole family!"
Ye Fan didn't hear clearly: "What did you say?"
"I like to eat rice!" Dabao asked loudly: "Can't you?"
Ye Fan glared at him: "Although I don't want to spank my children during the New Year, but if you want to be spanked, mom can't satisfy you."
Dabao muttered in a low voice, "Scaring people again." He only dared to mutter this, took the bowl and ate his head down to eat rice, tofu and mackerel.
Tomorrow is New Year's Eve and we can set off firecrackers. Dabao wants to be the first to get up and set off the firecrackers. After dinner, he has to wash his face and feet and go to bed.
Geng Huihui whispered to her aunt: "Let's go to sleep in the back."
Geng Zhiqin thought about how her mother woke up at three or four o'clock and couldn't get up until six o'clock. She would either turn on the stove to boil water or clean up the yard. The clanking noises would wake her up, and she thought she didn't wake up enough and wanted to be lazy.
Dear mother, the sun hasn’t come out yet at seven in the morning. It’s the winter vacation. The whole family can’t find anyone to work. There’s no need to eat too early. Why are you getting up?
Geng Zhiqin didn't understand her mother, and her mother didn't understand why she was still so lazy in her twenties.
Geng Huihui's idea was exactly what she wanted. Geng Zhiqin immediately asked her to get a flashlight and they went there first.
Yu Wentao couldn't help but ask: "You two are going to sleep in the back?"
Geng Huihui nodded: "I don't want to share a bed with you."
Erbao asked: "Auntie, should I sleep alone tonight?"
Geng Zhiqin subconsciously said: "You can sleep with your mother." Seeing her brother, he added, "Let your father sleep by himself."
Geng Zhiye smiled angrily: "Thank you for remembering me at home!"
Geng Zhiqin realized she was wrong when she said it. Her brother rarely came back for a few days, and he separated her brother from her sister-in-law. Anyone else would have to scold her directly, "You're welcome!" She smiled and said to her niece, "Go away!" Go quickly!
At about six o'clock in the morning the next day, Dabao got up and opened the curtains. It was dark outside. He lay down and planned to take a nap. Suddenly he heard the door open. Dabao sat up and looked out like a thief.
The door to the kitchen next door opened, the kitchen light came on, and the light shone in the courtyard. Dabao could see clearly that the person walking back and forth was his milk. Dabao knocked on the window, and Yu Wentao was too frightened to move.
"Grandma?" Dabao wondered why his breasts didn't move.
Yu Wentao breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the old man was back. Yu Wentao went to the window and asked: "Why did you wake up so early? Let's sleep a little longer."
Dabao couldn't sleep: "Why did grandma get up so early?"
"Grandma can't sleep. You are different from grandma. You want to grow taller. If you sleep more, you will grow taller."
Dabao put down the curtains and lay down. Then he thought about it and turned on the light to get dressed.
Geng Benben couldn't help but pull the quilt over his head: "Dabao, aren't you sleepy?"
"Did you read the novel again?" Dabao didn't sleep with Geng Benben. He didn't know whether his brother secretly read the novel. He only remembered that the light was still on when he was about to fall asleep.
Geng Huihui borrowed many books from the school library. Geng Benben was not interested at first, but after reading them, he found them quite interesting. There was a lot of noise at home during the day, and he wanted to go out to play, but he was not in the mood to watch. At night, when I lay down and couldn't sleep, I took out the novel. The more I read, the more energetic I became. Geng Benben didn’t know what time he saw last night: “Don’t tell my parents.”
Dabao asked: "If you don't sleep at night and can't sleep during the day, will you be able to get up when school starts again?"
Geng Benben stretched out his hand and promised that he would stop reading after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year and only read the textbooks to do his winter vacation homework.
Dabao exclaimed: "You haven't finished your winter vacation homework yet?"
"Have you finished writing?"
Dabao: "I finished writing it long ago."
Geng Benben suddenly felt horrified and immediately sat up: "When did you write it?"
"I just had a holiday." Dabao got out of bed and put on his shoes. Geng Benben asked: "Where is the second treasure?"
Dabao nodded: "I wrote it too."
Geng Benben fell weakly on the bed: "Damn it! Why is a primary school student, a freshman in junior high school, so diligent?"
"You can play every day only after you finish writing." Dabao couldn't understand him. "You have to write sooner or later, why don't you finish it earlier? Brother Ben Ben, I'm out."
Geng Benben waved his hand: "Turn off the light."
Dabao turned off the light and heard his grandma asking him if he wanted to go to the toilet. Dabao took a piece of paper and went to the public toilet with his grandma.
After the old man and the young man came back and washed themselves, Yu Wentao asked Dabao if he was hungry and cooked him a bowl of noodles first. Dabao is not hungry but a little thirsty. He probably ate too much meat last night.
Yu Wentao poured a glass of water for her grandson and went out to chat with people.
Dabao was lonely in the house, so he squatted on the threshold of his house with a cup in hand and watched his grandma chatting with others.
Geng Zhiye got up when he heard his son's voice and wanted to ask him if he felt uncomfortable and why he got up so early. When he opened the door to the main room and saw this scene, Geng Zhiye thought to himself, why does he look like an old man?
Worried about scaring the child, Geng Zhiye came up and asked: "Dabao, what are you looking at?"
Dabao waved his little hand to his father. Geng Zhiye squatted down to help his son hold the teapot. Dabao whispered: "The uncle who was chatting with grandma is the uncle who came to our house yesterday. Grandma didn't ask me to go to his house to play, so he chatted with others by himself. , and smiled - Dad, look!”
Geng Zhiye turned around and saw that the old people were laughing about something they were talking about.
"Is it cold?" Geng Zhiye asked.
Dabao shook his head and asked in a low voice: "Dad, what were they talking about?"
Geng Zhiye: "It's so early in the morning and we're still outside. What serious things can we talk about? It must be something about the East and the West. Let's go back to the house."
Dabao got up, took his father's hand and jumped to the main room: "Mom, are you up?"
Geng Zhiye: "Let your mother sleep a little longer. Do you want to drink some water?"
Dabao drank half the bottle with his father's hand, and then asked Erbao if he was up.
When Geng Zhiye went out just now, he heard something moving in Erbao's room: "You go over and take a look?"
Dabao went over and knocked on the door, and Erbao asked his brother to come in. Dabao opened the door and Erbao pointed to the shoes on the ground: "Brother, help me get my shoes."
"I'm looking for trouble for myself." Dabao complained and handed the shoes to his sister, "Do you want to practice Tai Chi with me?"
Erbao nodded: "You will practice Juntiquan with me, and then we will learn English together?"
As long as Dabao is not asked to learn Russian, he can do anything. "Okay! Hurry up." Dabao went to the courtyard and waited.
Erbao ran to the toilet, cleaned himself up neatly after returning from the toilet, and practiced Tai Chi with his brother.
At this time, it was dawn and the fire was turned on. Yu Wentao came back to cook. When she saw this, she couldn't help praising her grandson for being sensible and loving to study so early in the morning.
The back and forth was quiet, and Ye Fan couldn't sleep. Geng Benben regretted not going to the back. Seeing how foresight his aunt and sister were, they might still be meeting Zhou Gong at this moment.
Geng Zhiqin and Geng Huihui couldn't sleep in because Yang Meng woke up in the summer and asked them to get up and clean up before going in front of them.
Geng Huihui dared to complain to her grandma, and Geng Zhiqin dared to push against her mother. Neither of them dared to complain about Yang Mengxia. Firstly, she was a teacher, so they did not dare to talk to her. Secondly, Geng Zhihua, the boss of the Geng family, was very dignified, and they were afraid of Yang Mengxia. Tell him they are lazy.
Geng Huihui pulled her sister-in-law behind her aunt and cousins, and whispered: "If I had known, I would have slept in front."
Geng Zhiqin: "If you sleep with your grandma, she will wake you up at six o'clock. It's already seven o'clock now. It's worth sleeping an hour more than before!"
"That's right! People can't be too greedy." Geng Huihui coaxed herself instantly.
Because she got up early and the meal was not ready when she got home, Geng Huihui saw Dabao walking around with firecrackers and couldn't help but ask: "Can't we set them off in advance?"
Dabao shook his head: "No. Neighbor Aunt Li said that in addition to setting off the old and welcoming the new to drive away the New Year beast, setting off firecrackers also notifies grandpa that dinner is at home, and he can come over and have a taste."
Geng Zhiqin was speechless and wanted to laugh. This little superstition in her family was really superstitious. "Can your grandpa hear it in the cemetery?"
"Grandma lit incense." Dabao pointed to the incense burner on the table in the main hall. "Many people lit incense, and the fragrance wafted out, and you could smell it in the cemetery. Grandpa would follow the fragrance into the city, and then he would hear our firecrackers. Just come in. Sister-in-law, don’t you know?”
Geng Zhiqin shook his head: "This is the first time I heard about it."
"Me too, Aunt Li told me." Moments before Geng Zhiqin came back, Dabao went out with the cannon. Aunt Li, who was chatting with someone in the alley, asked, "Is the meal ready?" Dabao answered not yet. Aunt Li asked him to cook the food before setting off the firecrackers, and she also gave him some popular science.
Ye Fan listened to the old man and the young man chattering in the courtyard and shook his head helplessly.
Breakfast on New Year's Eve was the same as usual, rice porridge, steamed buns, salted duck eggs and fried cabbage.
After the meal, Yang Mengxia asked his son to take off the coat and pants he had been wearing these days and throw them into the washing machine, and the family of three put on new clothes. When Dabao saw this, he asked his mother: "Didn't you buy me new clothes?"
Ye Fan glanced at him helplessly, went to his room and opened the wardrobe, "See for yourself!"
Dabao saw the new clothes his mother bought more than half a month ago. Because the trouser legs were long, he asked his grandma to sew them for him: "I was busy and forgot. Don't be angry. It is unlucky to be angry during the New Year."
Ye Fan pinched his little face and said, "Why are you so talkative?" He let go of his hand and asked, "Do you want to change into new clothes?"
"No! I want to wear them tomorrow." Dabao closed the cabinet and saw his sister outside the door, "Er Bao, let's wear new clothes tomorrow."
Erbao doesn't care about whether the clothes are new or old, as long as she likes them and is comfortable in them. But it can make his brother happy, so Erbao doesn't mind following him, "Okay. Brother, shall we play shuttlecock?"
Dabao doesn't want to kick the shuttlecock, but his sister is so obedient, so he should be nicer to her: "Who among us can kick a hundred first?"
Erbao nodded: "I'll get the shuttlecock."
Ye Fan asked the brothers and sisters to go out and play shuttlecock in the courtyard to cause trouble.
Dabao took his mother along.
The clothes and shoes of Ye Fan's family of four were all cleaned up. Geng Huihui also washed her and her brother's clothes and shoes together with Geng Zhiqin. It was still early before lunch, so he was completely free, so Ye Fan went outside to watch the two children playing.
Within a few minutes, Ye Fan noticed that the uncle who came to her house to chat yesterday morning was looking here frequently. Ye Fan pretended not to see it. The uncle will go home after a while.
Dabao's sharp eyes saw the uncle looking at his mother. When the uncle came home, he went to his mother and asked in a low voice: "Does that uncle have something to do with you?"
Ye Fan: "Being busy is not a business."
The smart little Geng Dabao understood instantly and waited for the uncle to find his mother when he couldn't bear it any longer.
"Oops -" Dabao exclaimed.
Ye Fan asked hurriedly: "What's wrong?"
"The busy man is back." Dabao pointed to the entrance of the alley.
Ye Fan looked over, dumbfounded: "What kind of busy people? It's your second uncle and your second mother."
Geng Zhihui approached and heard the last sentence and asked: "What happened to us?"
Ye Fan: "Dabao said I thought you wouldn't come back. Are there any buses today?"
Geng Zhihua didn't know if there was a bus. The public car took him to the intersection. The driver saw him turning home and then turned back. Chu Fenghe said: "In order for citizens to go out and visit relatives and friends during the Spring Festival, the operation will be normal on the first day of the new year."
Ye Fan: "Come in quickly. Have you not had breakfast? There is porridge in the rice cooker."
The couple didn't have breakfast and had no intention of chatting with Ye Fan. They nodded and smiled at Erbao and went back to the house to drink porridge.
Dabao and Erbao had never lacked snacks since they were young, so they were not curious about what Geng Zhihui and Chu Fenghe were carrying and continued to play shuttlecock in the alley.
Five minutes later, Geng Huihui came out and reported to her aunt: "Has my dad's workplace gotten rich? He actually gave me a leg of lamb, two packets of brown sugar, and two packets of snacks that looked very expensive in their packaging."
Ye Fan: "Only this many?"
"There are also two packs of white round fruits. There are also some small things. Grandma said that I would leave my mother to my grandma's house in the second grade of junior high school. Auntie, should we make lamb legs for noon?"
Ye Fanxin said, this is the real purpose of your running out. "You have to ask your mother about this. Otherwise, your mother will think that I have never eaten mutton."
Geng Huihui didn't dare to ask her mother for fear that her mother would say she was greedy, "Er Bao, do you want to eat mutton?"
Erbao was speechless: "I said I wanted to eat, so you told Erma to cook mutton for lunch, because I'm greedy?"
Geng Huihui was a little uncomfortable: "Er Bao, if a child is too smart, he won't be cute."
Erbao threw the shuttlecock to his brother: "It's your turn!"
"I assume you agree." Geng Huihui ran into the courtyard without waiting for Erbao to say anything. "Grandma, Mom, Erbao asked if we would cook mutton for lunch."
Geng Zhi said: "Er Bao can eat it if he wants."
Chu Fenghe thought that the New Year's Eve dinner should be more sumptuous than usual, and asked directly: "Should Erbao eat at noon or at night?"
Geng Huihui is worried about the long night and many dreams: "Noon!"
When Erbao heard this outside the door, she rolled her eyes and looked at her mother. Ye Fan was angry and funny: "I didn't ask Huihui to say that. If you are unhappy, go to her!"
"No! If you don't eat, you won't get it!" Erbao saw that his brother didn't catch the shuttlecock, so he picked it up and kicked it himself, "Brother, how many are there?"
Dabao: "Let's play for another ten minutes."
Ye Fan helped them save time. Ten minutes later, Ye Fan returned to the courtyard and heard her sister-in-law washing mutton in the kitchen. She couldn't help but look at the kitchen door: "Are they all done?"
Geng Zhihuai was squatting by the wall eating steamed buns. Hearing this, he said: "Do it all! There are so many people in the family, and if we don't do enough, it won't be enough to fill our teeth."
Geng Zhiye came out of the main room and gave his second brother a small bench: "Can't you sit down and eat? I don't know what you think is an old man. And the clothes you are wearing, how old are they?"
Geng Zhihua looked at the black cotton-padded jacket on his body and replied seriously: "It's been six or seven years. What's wrong?"
"Just this one cotton-padded jacket?" My sister-in-law doesn't even know how to make two more for you. Since his sister-in-law was in the kitchen and she might not be happy if she heard him, Geng Zhiye swallowed these words back.
Geng Zhihua nodded: "Yes. But it's not as stain-resistant as this coat."
Geng Zhiye finally understood why no one suspected his brother, a college student, that he was a second-level fitter. With such a shabby appearance, no one would believe that his monthly salary is one or two hundred.
Geng Zhiye was too lazy to mention what he was wearing, "How many days will you spend at home?"
"Half a month. By the way, where do I live?" Geng Zhihua asked.
Geng Zhiye was asked: "Where do you want to live?"
"Back there. I heard that the two sets are at the Normal University and have a long way to go."
These words surprised Geng Zhiye. Geng Zhiye thought his brother didn't know, "Did you know that your sister-in-law bought two apartments?"
Geng Zhihua nodded: "I know."
"Don't you think it's a little early to buy now?"
Geng Zhihui thought his brother thought so. In fact, when Geng Zhihua heard about this, he felt that Chu Fenghe was trying to compare, because she also wanted to buy Ye Fan's house. Chu Fenghe was worried that he would be angry - almost all the money for buying the house was earned by Geng Zhihua, and she disrespected him by cutting it first and telling it later, so she got ahead of him and said that her brother had also bought it, and her sister-in-law wanted to buy it too.
Geng Zhihua left Beijing for a few months. He thought something had happened in the capital and asked her what happened.
Chu Fenghe said that her mother-in-law's house would make two thousand yuan, and her younger siblings' house would make five hundred yuan. She also said that there was no need to have a grudge against money. Huihui and Benben were still young and would have plenty of places to spend money in the future, so she decided to follow the trend and buy a house.
Geng Zhihui wanted to say that he could afford to support his family, but he recently heard that his colleagues planned to send their children to study abroad and come back to serve the motherland. He also wanted to send Ben Ben out, so he said, "If you buy it, just leave it alone. I need money." Sell it later.”
So after hearing Geng Zhiye's words, Geng Zhiye said: "It's a bit early. But it doesn't mean it can't be sold."
Geng Zhiye: "Would you mind getting a few more apartments and giving me your old house?"
Chu Fenghe couldn't help but said: "Didn't you have no house at that time? Besides, who knew that someone was selling their house at that time."
Geng Zhiye: "Then the house will be transferred to you again?"
Chu Fenghe said without thinking: "Why do I need so many when I have two sets at home? Your two sets are just right. In the future, there will be one set for Dabao and one set for two treasures."
Yang Mengxia whispered: "So I have to buy two sets."
Ye Fan had a sharp ear and moved to the kitchen door when he heard this: "I think I should buy two houses. You and the eldest brother may not know where to retire. If you are in the capital before retirement, the eldest brother or the second brother can live with you. The eldest brother is here. Before retiring, they should be transferred to the grasslands or plateaus. The teachers there are not suitable for Leilei and Sensen to go there. They can't wait for their units to be allocated housing if they stay in the capital."
Yang Mengxia couldn't help but say: "I am so much older than you, and I can't think further than you."
"I run outside every day and am more sensitive to market fluctuations."
With Ye Fan's words, Yang Mengxia was convinced that he would not lose money when buying a house. Her parents resumed work a few years ago and received a large amount of back pay. Yang Mengxia planned to call her parents to ask if the money was still there.
Yang Mengxia's hometown is Jinling. His parents used to work in the capital. After resuming their work a few years ago, they offered to return to their hometown. There is a shortage of talents everywhere these days, and Jinling is eager for them to come over.
The formalities, accommodation, etc. can be arranged over there within a month.
Not long after her parents arrived there, they transferred Yang Mengxia's brother. Now there are no close relatives of Yang Mengxia in the capital, otherwise she would not have enough time to help Dabao write Spring Festival couplets after finally coming back.
While the mutton was stewed, Yang Mengxia had nothing to do, so she went to the public phone booth to call her parents to talk about her recent days in the capital. Her parents naturally asked how her mother-in-law was treating her.
Yang Mengxia casually said that her mother-in-law had bought a house, and the main room was sorted out. She would live in one room, and the second child and his wife would live in one room. The children would live in the side room, and the mother-in-law would live in Ye Fan's house.
When the parents of the Yang family heard that Yu Wentao had given up the main house to their son and daughter-in-law, they said that Yu Wentao was more sensible than before, and then they said that since this was the case, they should get along well with each other.
Yang Mengxia also said that her second son had bought two houses, and then asked her parents if anyone around them was anxious to go abroad to sell houses, and she wanted to buy there.
The Yang family's parents did not approve of her coming back. There were more opportunities in the capital than in the south. Secondly, Geng Zhiye and Ye Fan were the biological uncles and aunts of Leilei and Sensen. With their connections, they could protect their two grandchildren for half their lives. She and her wife were half buried in the soil. When their daughter arrived, they couldn't protect them for a few days, so they asked Yang Mengxia to buy it near Ye Fan's house. They often came and went and became close to each other. After being together for a long time, Ye Fan and Geng Zhiye could treat their two nephews as their own sons. Look after.
Yang Mengxia was so circuitous because she was worried that her parents would not support her buying a house, which would make her angry during the Chinese New Year. After hearing this, she said that she didn't have enough money and a house cost more than 10,000 yuan.
Mother Yang said directly: "I have it."
With the support of his parents, Yang Mengxia suddenly stopped worrying about money and said with a smile: "Ask my mother-in-law first. She will lend it to me. If it is not enough, I will ask you." Then he said that Ye Fan had found someone to buy a lot of shrimps and She bought sea fish and went to the countryside to buy a lot of meat. After only a few days here, she felt that her two children were getting fat.
Mother Yang increasingly realized that it was better for her two grandsons to be in the capital than to be with her.
The mother and daughter chatted for a long time before Mother Yang was willing to hang up the phone.
Maybe Yang Mengxia didn't ask for money from her parents. When Yang Mengxia talked about her daughter with her wife, she said that she was still a child at such an old age and couldn't make up her mind about such trivial matters as buying a house.
Yang's father did not doubt his presence, and said that his daughter had never bought a house before, so it was normal to be hesitant. He then said that he would remit two thousand yuan to her after the New Year. If she wanted to buy it, buy a bigger one. Both of her grandchildren's families had vacant houses. , from now on the daughter and son-in-law can live in whose house they want.
Yang Mengxia never expected that her parents would say this. Because of his parents' support, Yang Mengxia said to Ye Fan when he got home: "We will look at the house after the new year."
Yu Wentao was very happy that she finally figured it out: "I can only lend you five thousand!"
Yang Mengxia was not surprised that she had so much money. Her and Geng Zhiqin's wages were enough to cover family expenses and support their relatives. The old man's salary was the net surplus: "I will pay you back in a few years."
Yu Wentao: "It's okay for Leilei to get married. Just don't forget."
Geng Huihui asked: "Should we find someone to ask again?"
Ye Fan: "Ask a few more questions. When you are ready to buy, put the transaction time of the two companies in the morning and afternoon or two days before and after. Don't leave it too long in between, otherwise the landlord will definitely become suspicious if the news gets out."
Geng Huihui nodded: "If you can see that you will make money if you buy it, you will definitely raise the price."
Ye Fan had this concern.
Yang Mengxia: "But I can only stay here until the tenth day of the Lunar New Year. How can I have time to watch it slowly?"
Geng Huihui blurted out: "I'll look it over for you. When people ask, I just say that the house I looked at before was just average. You want to find a place like my aunt's house where you can move in with your bags."
Yang Mengxia said in her heart, you are so positive. He said, "Then it will be troublesome for Huihui."
Geng Huihui shook her head: "No trouble."
When Chu Fenghe saw that his daughter was willing to do this, he asked her to help her aunt watch the show.
Geng Huihui agreed without hesitation. Chu Fenghe was very happy that her daughter was so sensible. When she heard that Geng Zhiye wanted to take Dabao to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy fireworks, he would give five yuan to each of his children.
Geng Huihui and her brother-in-law walked outside the door and muttered: "My mother, just wait! I want to help my aunt, my surname is Chu!"
Geng Benben was about to ask her if she was free, but she actually agreed. Hearing this, Geng Benben couldn't help but ask: "Where are you coaxing our mother?"
"I want to say that I don't have time, but my aunt is in a dilemma, and she also says that I want to give it to my aunt. Mom also has to scold me. Ben Ben, remember, you must agree to whatever mom asks us to do in the future. She won't be able to live at home for a few days. , you won’t know if we did it until she’s gone.”
Geng Benben knew for the first time that he could be so obedient and contradictory: "Should I call you to grandma's house?"
"You are a student and you have to do your homework!" Geng Huihui gave him a "really stupid" look.
Dabao pulled his father's hand, and Geng Zhiye lowered his head. Dabao stood on tiptoe and asked softly: "Did you suddenly realize that I am the most obedient?"
Geng Zhiye: "If you are so obedient, then don't buy fireworks yet. Dad thinks it's cold."
Geng Dabao's pupils were shaking: "You, you - how could you do this?"
(End of chapter)
The author said: In this article, Ye Fan’s attitude towards her biological father and mother, and someone reported that the protagonist supports child abduction and trafficking - in the second chapter, when facing Chen Xiaohui, he was very proud (probably he wanted to see Ye Fan kneel down to apologize to Chen Xiaohui) and said that Ye Fan Fan did not pursue the legal responsibility of her biological father and mother. However, the most qualified person is Chen Xiaohui. The reporter was reading the article on behalf of Chen Xiaohui, so she should blame Chen Xiaohui for being hopeless, but she actually blamed Ye Fan for not calling the police! I don't dare to resist and expect others to suffer the consequences myself. The reason is that you have enjoyed so many years of happiness for me, so you should deal with Chen Kuanren and Zhao Ruping for me. What kind of psychology is this? She was even more speechless than Chen Xiaohui. Chen Xiaohui never thought that Ye Fan would step in for her.