Ye Fan's guess and Geng Zhiye's words equaled the whole picture of the Zhang family.
Yu Wentao secretly sighed that his daughter-in-law and son were indeed a family.
"Fanfan, what do you think?" Yu Wentao asked.
Ye Fan asked without answering: "You didn't make a blind promise, did you?"
Yu Wentao's expression suddenly became unnatural, and Yang Mengxia couldn't help but sigh: "Aunt Yu——"
"Listen to my explanation!" Yu Wentao was afraid of Geng Zhihua, so much so that he was a little timid about Yang Mengxia, and said hurriedly: "I'm also thinking about trouble."
Yang Mengxia nodded and continued editing!
Yu Wentao didn't notice that Yang Mengxia didn't believe her, so she really continued: "Didn't the third child say that he has to go back to school on the afternoon of the ninth day of the lunar month? Who will accompany Fanfan to sell pork when he leaves?"
It's quite thoughtful. Yang Mengxia asked: "You are not allowed to give money to others when you ask them for help?"
Yu Wentao: "Anyone you ask for help will have to pay one or two yuan." The implication is that it's not the Zhang family but someone else.
Yang Mengxia asked: "Wouldn't it be better to give it to your nephew, niece, and son-in-law?"
"This -" Yu Wentao forgot that when Ye Fan went to the countryside to pull pigs, he could ask for help from the villagers, "but it is not safe for Fanfan to drive alone. If he is busy until four or five o'clock, the car will be delivered When she came back from the factory, the bus was still parked. Did you ask her to ride back by herself? "
Yang Mengxia forgot that Ye Fan wanted to take the car back and go home.
Seeing that she was speechless, Yu Wentao couldn't help but feel proud: "Fanfan, what do you think?"
Ye Fan: "I said you just thought that I might be busy until four or five o'clock. You never thought that I might only work for half a day in the morning and get home at two o'clock in the afternoon."
Yu Wentao never thought that when she opened her mouth, she didn't know how to refute.
"Then, what should we do?" Yu Wentao couldn't help asking.
Ye Fan: "You have agreed, what else can I do? But when my uncles and cousins ask about this, I will tell them that you are the one who found me."
"What I'm looking for is what I'm looking for, and they don't dare to criticize me." Yu Wentao said.
Ye Fan nodded: "Tell Uncle Zhang later, no, it's the first day of the Lunar New Year, and Uncle Zhang wants to ask you about this? His family is not celebrating the Chinese New Year, or something happened?"
Geng Zhiye: “It doesn’t look like something is wrong when the eldest son of the Zhang family comes to pay New Year greetings.”
Yu Wentao regretted saying this in the room. Originally, Ye Fan alone could not speak to her, but now there were two more, and she was completely helpless. "It's just that everyone praised Fanfan for his ability, so I couldn't help but say more." After a few words, the topic of selling pork came up, and Lao Zhangtou said one sentence after another, wanting to ask his son to help Fanfan sell pork. "
Yang Mengxia sneered: "So you just said, okay, without thinking. After you agreed, you only thought of asking Ye Fan?"
Yu Wentao said nonchalantly: "Yes, not entirely. I——"
"Farewell to you." Yang Mengxia didn't know what to say about her, saying that she was obsessed with comparisons, disliked the poor, and loved the rich, but she promised the poor Zhang family, saying that she treated everyone equally and was kind-hearted, and she was always doing this or that, " Just this time, never again.”
Yu Wentao secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "There will definitely be no next time!" Then he looked at Ye Fan, "What about this?"
Ye Fan: "What I said doesn't count. The key is whether you can rent a car."
"Definitely! We sent out the goods before the Lantern Festival. The whole factory is busy with production before the Lantern Festival. There is no need for a car." Yu Wentao said.
Ye Fan thought about this, and that day he dared to promise the citizens to go there during the Lantern Festival, "Not necessarily. I'll go to the factory in a few days to ask. I'll confirm when I'll use the car and go to the village to ask my uncles to contact a few pigs."< br>
"Then I will tell Lao Zhangtou later that I may not be able to rent a car?" Yu Wentao asked.
Ye Fan nodded: "No more random promises."
"It's not that I'm ignorant." Yu Wentao muttered, "I'll go out and take a look." After saying that, he walked out. I'm afraid if he was slow, Yang Mengxia would stop him and give him a scolding.
Seeing this, Yang Mengxia sighed: "My mother said a few days ago that she was much better than before."
Geng Huihui was not surprised: "It's not my breast that makes her honest. Auntie, it took half a year after moving here for my breast to do something. In fact, it's much better than before."
Geng Benben: “I didn’t do much trouble before.”
Geng Huihui asked: "Little things don't count? Auntie, when grandpa was still here, she didn't dare to make big mistakes, and she never made small mistakes. If you don't want to help her clean up the mess every day, be strict with her. It's the same as training Dabao. She didn’t dare to take it personally.”
Ye Fan laughed and said, "Look back and say that you won't talk about family matters outside in the future. Otherwise, your uncle will go to school in a few days and the house will be full of old, weak, women and children. If bad guys come in, we will only have to pay for it."
Geng Huihui suddenly realized: "Yes. I said that the school subsidies for you and my uncle were not much, and the money earned from selling pork was only enough to pay for Dabao and Erbao's tuition, stationery and clothes. Outsiders must think so too. So the whole family She is the richest. When someone comes in, they will definitely look for her first." At this point, Geng Huihui put down the playing cards and said, "Auntie, come here, I'll scare her!"
When Yang Mengxia saw that she was going as she said, she couldn't help but be speechless: "Why did Huihui say that wind is rain? It's nothing like her parents."
Geng Zhihui is a slow man in life, never impatient or impatient when he encounters anything. Chu Fenghe was not as sharp as him, nor was he as vigorous as Ye Fan. But Geng Huihui is not only like someone raised by Ye Fan, she is also better than others.
Ye Fan: "She is only seventeen or eighteen years old, and she is at the age where it is easy to get passionate. Sister-in-law, are you like this at your age?"
When Yang Mengxia was this old, it was in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. At that time, there were still many spies lurking in the capital. There was often a gunshot here and someone was assassinated there. Yang Mengxia thought about catching spies every day.
"I'm easy to get into trouble, but I'm not as impatient as Huihui. When her breasts go out with her front foot, she catches up with her back foot. How can she be a teacher with such a temper? When she sees a student being disobedient, she can't help but take action?"
Geng Leilei: "No one stipulates that you have to be a teacher if you go to normal school. You can enter government agencies."
Yang Mengxia shook her head: "Not even good. Some people in government agencies are afraid of taking responsibility. They just do things sluggishly and like to shirk responsibility. She can't stand it. After entering a public institution, if she wasn't the head of the department, she wouldn't be able to stand them doing Tai Chi back and forth. .”
Geng Leilei was very curious: "How could mom bear it in the first place?"
Ye Fan smiled and said: "Your mother obviously can't bear it. Otherwise, why would she take the initiative to go to school?"
Yang Mengxia nodded and admitted: "At first, your eldest brother wanted to ask me to go to a state-owned enterprise because there was a chance for promotion. When I go to school, I might be able to see everything and become a teacher for the rest of my life."
Geng Leilei always thought that his mother liked to be a teacher, but never thought that it would be the best choice for her. "Why didn't you and Dad mention that the government agency was so troublesome?"
Yang Mengxia didn't understand what his son meant: "Didn't you hear us complaining about our colleagues' inaction? There are not many such people, and it's not worth complaining."
Ye Fan couldn't help but said: "It would be easier to have a capable leader than to be a teacher in school."
Yang Mengxia: "This kind of thing depends on luck. Generally speaking, it is better to be a teacher to save worry."
Geng Leilei asked: "Aren't you anxious if the students are disobedient?"
Yang Mengxia was very anxious at first: "Teach what should be taught, educate what should be educated, as long as I have a clear conscience."
Ye Fan was surprised. He didn't expect his sister-in-law to say these words: "Leilei, respect the fate of others, and you will find that teaching is the easiest profession in the world."
Geng Leile imagined that the students would not listen to the instructions once and ignore them twice, and he couldn't help but feel irritated: "I finally understand why the second uncle is so angry. To be honest, you are selfish."
Ye Fan nodded: "You're right. But we didn't advise your second uncle not to work so hard. If one day your second uncle dies at work, we will be proud of him. We will also treat you as if you sacrificed to save others. You are proud of me, and I won’t blame you for not thinking about your parents before saving people, and I won’t blame you for raising you so big in vain.”
Geng Leilei opened his mouth: "——Should I praise you?"
Ye Fan: "I don't save people, but I don't stop others from saving people. I will also praise others for their bravery. You should praise me."
Geng Leilei didn't want to talk.
Geng Zhiye smiled and said: "Leilei, in the future you will find that most of them are ordinary people who are neither good nor bad. These people will not help others do evil, and they will also do some good deeds. There are very few great loves and great evils."
"What about you? Has Third Uncle ever thought about sacrificing himself?"
Geng Zhiye: "I am an officer with a high salary. Sacrifice on the battlefield is called loyalty and dedication, which shows that I am a qualified soldier. I am different from those who are not afraid of sacrifice with a salary of twenty or thirty yuan. I am not as good as them."
Geng Leilei couldn't agree and couldn't refute. He felt aggrieved and wanted to go out. He also understood why his second uncle was so angry, "You guys, I don't know what to say."
Geng Benben couldn't help but said: "Brother Leilei, have you ever thought that you are a good person if you don't deceive others? Are people like aunt, uncle and aunt very kind?"
Geng Leilei looked confused, as if you were talking nonsense.
Geng Benben: "Your standard for a 'good person' is too high. Think about others first and then yourself. If you can find one in ten thousand, I - I will give you all the lucky money I have hidden!"
This is a big bet. Geng Leilei didn't know how to answer.
Ye Fan: "Don't think so much. When you graduate from college and see a lot, and you have a burden on your shoulders, you will find that you are actually an ordinary person - one of most of the people your brother-in-law said."
Geng Leile said in his heart, you might as well not say anything.
Geng Benben: "Don't look at what my parents say so righteously, they are also ordinary people. If they are asked to dive into the water to save people, they will hesitate. Before, my parents were worried that workers would be laid off and would not be able to survive in the future. They had to ask them to find a way. They will say that this is something that government leaders should worry about. They may also ask whether the country is so poor that it has to lay off people. ”
Geng Leilei wanted to ask him how old he was, "Why do you speculate so much about your parents?"
Geng Benben rolled his eyes: "I thought you would ask, do you really have to lay off people?"
Geng Leile also wanted to ask this question.
Seeing that he was hesitant to speak, Ye Fan said: "Leilei, have you studied history? In the history books, should redundant officials be laid off? If you think they should be laid off, why do you think they shouldn't be laid off as workers?"
Geng Leilei was speechless again.
Ye Fan asked: "Are you still playing poker?"
Geng Leilei doesn’t want to play anymore.
Geng Sensen looked up when he heard footsteps and saw his eldest brother going out. He couldn't help but smile: "I didn't expect that Huihui was right. There were only five left in the room."
Ye Fan: "You can keep your composure."
"I think it's fine as long as I don't cause any trouble to my parents or the government." Geng Sensen looked outside and said, "My brother, like his second uncle and second aunt, only talks. As long as he has more Even if I think about it, I wouldn’t call my aunt selfish.”
Ye Fan raised his eyebrows: "Am I not selfish?"
"You didn't reject grandma. You made money without forgetting the folks. How could you be selfish? Not many people can do what you do." Geng Sensen lifted the quilt, "My brother would have complained about grandma looking for trouble for him if he were you. Tell grandma to reject that Uncle Zhang.”
Geng Benben: "Are you going out too?"
"Go to the toilet." Geng Sensen put on his hat and scarf and went to the public toilet.
Geng Sensen came to the door and saw his grandma chatting with someone in the alley. He immediately ran to the public toilet and then ran home to report: "Auntie, grandma is still chatting with Uncle Zhang and Aunt Li. Do you want me to ask her to come in? It won't save you." She talks too much and loses everything.”
Ye Fan: "Let her be happy during the Chinese New Year."
Geng Sensen lay back on the Arhat bed again.
Seeing this, Yang Mengxia couldn't help but ask: "Don't your head hurt after sleeping for a long time?"
"Where did I sleep? I was reading a book." Geng Sensen took Dabao and Erbao's pillows to use as backrests, not to mention how comfortable they were.
It was Chinese New Year, and Yang Mengxia didn't want to scold him for reading, so he sat at the dinner table and played poker with Ye Fan, Geng Zhiye and Benben. During lunch, I heard Yu Wentao say that the park was lively, and the family went to the park to play.
The next day, Brother Geng's family went to Chu's house, and Ye Fan's family went to Ye's house.
While Geng Huihui was chatting over tea, Geng Zhihui brought neither fish nor meat to his mother-in-law. All he brought was things that could be bought at the supply and marketing cooperative, which were very common for the Chu family.
Geng Huihui said she missed her grandma, so after dinner she asked her parents to pack their things and go to her grandma's house. Chu Fenghe suspected that she only cared about her grandma's New Year's money, but he did not refuse his daughter.
Little did she know that before going out, Geng Huihui secretly gave her aunt a wink.
Yu Wentao didn't understand: "Huihui's eyes are cramped?"
Yang Mengxia laughed: "Huihui wants me to take my parents away. Auntie, just pack your things to go to your parents' house."
Ye Fan nodded: "That's right." But there was nothing to deal with. The meat, fish and shrimp leaves were sent to Fan Fan years ago, and the things she prepared were similar to those of her second sister-in-law.
Yu Wentao smiled: "Huihui did the right thing! If you bring that Spanish mackerel over, her grandma will also suspect that it is not fresh, and it will be bad luck to give her a dead fish during the Chinese New Year."
The Ye family is far away from here, and it's time for Ye Fan to set off. He doesn't want to listen to her nagging: "You can say less. Dabao, Erbao, wear a hat and scarf."
Dabao patted his scarf: "Okay!"
Ye Fan held one hand in each other: "Let's go."
Yu Wentao and Yang Mengxia saw them off. Watching the bus go away, Yu Wentao said: "We are all gone. Just make something for lunch, which is enough for us to eat."
Yang Mengxia asked her if she wanted to go to Yujiacun. Yu Wentao shook his head: "I went there years ago. I'll go there another day. If I have nothing to do, I'll go with her. When are you going to visit relatives?"
Yang Mengxia: "These days are not suitable. Everyone has to visit relatives. I will go there in a few days."
I really have to go to the homes of close relatives these days.
Ye Fan and Geng Zhiye brought Dabao and Dabao to Ye's house. Brother Ye said, "We're finally here." Before Ye Fan could speak, he added, "Dabao, quickly kowtow to your uncle. Your uncle is going to the beautiful grandma's house."< br>
Dabao doesn't think it's shameful to kowtow to his elders, so he kowtows when he kneels. Erbao knelt down and kowtowed like his elder brother.
Ye Jin was teasing Dabao. When he saw this, he quickly held one in each hand and said, "Okay, it's all up to your heart." He gave the prepared red envelopes to the two children.
Tao Chunlan handed over her and her husband's.
Dabao took the lucky money and asked: "Where is grandpa?"
Tao Chunlan: "Your grandpa will be back in the afternoon." Then she asked Ye Fan if he could stay at home for two days.
Ye Fan: "Go back in the afternoon on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year."
Tao Chunlan was very happy. After Liangliang received the New Year's money from her aunt, she urged her son and daughter-in-law to go quickly. If they didn't go, they would miss lunch.
Ye Qian rode his wife and children to his mother-in-law's house.
What surprised Ye Fan was that Xiao Jingliang knew how to say "goodbye" to her aunt. Ye Fan couldn't help but said: "Liang Liang is bolder than before?"
Tao Chunlan nodded: "This child is even harder to raise than when you were a child."
Ye Fan was weak and prone to illness when he was a child. Tao Chunlan didn't dare to sleep at night, worried that her daughter's body would be stiff when she woke up. Liang Liang is in good health, but has a sensitive mind.
However, if your body is weak, you can only take medicine to recover slowly, and there is no use worrying about it. Tao Chunlan is sensitive and inexperienced, so she needs to be careful, so she can't help but sigh when she talks about this granddaughter.
Ye Fan: "Isn't he pretty good?"
Chen Xiaohui couldn't help but say: "Xue Baochai's body is sister Lin's heart."
Ye Fan was stunned and opened his mouth: "Here, what can such a young child see? People say that you look older at the age of three, and Liangliang is not yet three years old. You and your mother have spent so much time in the past six months to wait until she is three years old. Let’s talk about who she looks like on her first birthday.”
Tao Chunlan nodded: "You're right, it's too early to worry."
Ye Fan glared at Chen Xiaohui: "Don't talk nonsense in front of my sister-in-law!"
Chen Xiaohui pouted: "Dabao, Erbao, it's cold outside, let's go back to the house."
Dabao didn't want to pay attention to her, but he didn't wear a hat and was afraid that the cold wind would give him a headache: "Sister, let's go inside and play."
Tao Chunlan winked at Ye Fan, who slowed down and waited until Chen Xiaohui arrived in the main room before asking, "What is Xiaohui doing again?"
"How did you know I was going to talk about her?"
Geng Zhiye: "I know it all. You don't need to worry about your brother and sister-in-law's work, and you can't worry about your father-in-law's work. There are only a few people in the family who have said beautiful things. Besides Liangliang, isn't she the only one left?"
Tao Chunlan nodded slightly: "It's her. Fanfan, someone introduced a partner to Xiaohui a few days ago. She was unwilling because she was young. Almost everyone her age had been married. She also said that she would not marry a second-married man, and there would be no more left in the future. Next?”
Ye Fan asked: "Are you afraid that your relatives and neighbors will talk about you?"
Tao Chunlan: "It's not that I'm afraid of the comments, it's that I'm afraid that she will be left alone in the future. You don't have to have children, at least she has someone to talk to when she gets old."
Ye Fan shook his head: "Isn't there Liang Liang? In the future, Liang Liang will be asked to recruit a son-in-law. With our family watching, her son-in-law will not dare to die. When the time comes, ask Liang Liang to provide for her in her old age."
Geng Zhiye agreed: "If Liangliang can't take care of her, let's ask Chen Xiaohui to pay for a nanny. No matter which unit she is assigned to after graduating from college, her pension will be enough for her in the future."
"You both said that, so I won't push you? Because I asked her to go on a blind date, and she has been embarrassed these days." Tao Chunlan sighed, "It's just like I owe her."
Ye Fanxin said, maybe in her heart you owe her, after all, if you hadn't been neglectful, she wouldn't have stayed in Shanghai for so many years.
But with Chen Xiaohui's mind, if she really felt that way, she would definitely not be able to help revealing it. I haven't mentioned it in these years, but I can still face Ye Fan calmly, and even go to her house to stay for a few days, so there should be no resentment in my heart.
Ye Fan: "You urge me to go on a blind date every day, and I'm annoying you too."
Tao Chunlan couldn't help but think of how Ye Fan had locked Ye Fan in the room many years ago, and Ye Fan wanted to fight her desperately: "You are much better than you were before."
Ye Fan knew that Tao Chunlan had a knot in her heart - in her mother's opinion, Chen Xiaohui was reluctant to break up with the Chen family. Chen Xiaohui was half the daughter of the Chen family, so her mother couldn't help but care.
This is human nature.
Ye Fan: "Go in."
It was almost noon. When Tao Chunlan came into the room, she asked Chen Xiaohui what she wanted to eat for lunch.
Chen Xiaohui: "Isn't there still a pound of shrimp that Ye Fan bought? Let's cook shrimp and wheat noodles."
Ye Fan: "You really know how to eat! Are you making noodles on such a cold day?"
Chen Xiaohui: "You can cook noodles. By the way, I heard that you sold pork for half a day in the south a few years ago? You made a lot of money, right? Do you want to go back?"
Geng Zhiye coughed lightly: "Don't worry about this, I'm here."
"How many days can you stay at home?" Chen Xiaohui asked.
Tao Chunlan had a headache and couldn't help but want to say a few words, but the New Year's Eve didn't want to quarrel with Chen Xiaohui, so she asked Dabao and Erbao to put on scarves and hats and take them out to play.
Dabao asked: "Grandma, I want to eat candied haws."
Tao Chunlan brought the change: "Grandma, buy it! Fanfan, Xiaohui, you two are cooking."
Ye Fan raised her hand to show that she knew. Seeing her mother coming to the door, Ye Fan immediately said: "I can sell pork with you. I can share half of the money with you. The condition is that you don't spend a penny to the Chen family in Shencheng. Don't be afraid. If you are angry and you buy things for them, I won’t join forces with outsiders.”
"You--that's not what you said before!"
Ye Fan: "Guess why I agreed to you without hesitation before?"
"I asked you a few years ago when I co-authored the book. Why did you pervert me?"
Ye Fanxin said you are not stupid, "If you don't break up with them while you are at school, you won't be able to break up with them when you go to work. Because once you dare to mention this matter, they will dare to go to your work to make trouble."
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Chen Xiaohui did not dare to call the police because she was afraid that Chen Kuanren would fight her to the death after he came out. I bought clothes for the Chen family and sent them there because I was afraid they would make trouble.
Chen Xiaohui: "They can't go to school to make trouble?"
Ye Fan: "The school has the responsibility to protect students and can call the police. When you get to the unit, the leaders will let you solve it yourself. They will also talk to you and ask you to compromise, because their quarrel will have a bad impact on the unit and the leaders."
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Geng Zhiye said: "Solve this matter as soon as possible and save worry. Otherwise, I will have to find you later."
Chen Xiaohui stared at Ye Fan and asked: "Are you serious?"
Ye Fan: "It's not against the law to kill people. I would have killed them both."
Chen Xiaohui couldn't help but tremble: "Yeah, there's no need to be so cruel."
Ye Fan: "If it's not against the law to kill someone, I would have killed you a long time ago. Don't bother me with this matter every day."
Chen Xiaohui shut up, worried that if she said one more word, Ye Fan would kill her. Although Ye Fan didn't dare, her words were more powerful than the knife.
Why didn't I find it in my previous life?
Geng Zhiye wanted to laugh: "She has no future, and you didn't know it until today."
Chen Xiaohui yelled: "Shut up!"
Geng Zhiye asked: "Do you dare to yell at Chen Kuanren and Zhao Ruping?"
Chen Xiaohui wants to go find her mother. These two people are so irritating. Chen Xiaohui got up and said, "You guys can cook for yourself." After that, she went out.
Geng Zhiye put his hand on Ye Fan's shoulder: "Let's make a bet, your words of being so cruel this time will be in vain."
Ye Fan: "No. She loves money. Maybe she was afraid of being poor in the Chen family before. She knows that she can make money by following me, and she will be brave just for money."
Not to mention, Ye Fan guessed it right this time.
Chen Xiaohui encouraged herself when she went outside, and then burned the letter she received years ago from Chen Kuanren urging her to return to Shanghai for the New Year.
On the afternoon of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Ye Fan and his family planned to go back. When others were not paying attention, Chen Xiaohui whispered beside Ye Fan: "Let me think about it."
Ye Fan: "I sell pork on the 13th day of the first lunar month. You didn't think about it, so I'll partner with someone else. I might sell something else during the summer vacation. You didn't think about it either, so I'll work with Xiaoqin and Huihui, the three of us."
(End of chapter)
The author said: No one can catch a cold in the dog days of summer.