Ye Fan was stunned for a moment, then ran over after realizing it.
When they arrived at the door, they saw Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang holding the youngest member of the Zhang family. The half-grown boy was stunned and his face was red. He was holding a big kitchen knife and pointing at the man with his back to Ye Fan. Judging from the figure, he was undoubtedly Zhang Xiaojun.
Ye Fanxin said, this guy is really cool.
If it grows crookedly, it is really possible for her to eat, drink, and go whoring.
Because he thought that the young and old would make trouble, Ye Fan was not afraid of the young and old hurting others, and planned to go in and make peace with him. However, he saw the second child holding his neck and saying, "If you have the ability, chop here."
The old man and the young man lost their minds in anger and seriously chopped his neck. The neighbor hurriedly pulled the second child back and persuaded the second child not to mess with him. The second child was afraid and quickly backed away. When he went outside the door, he started shouting again.
Ye Fan couldn't stand it anymore and kicked him in the back, causing him to kneel on his knees. The second child was stunned and looked back. Ye Fan said with a cold face: "I kicked him. You are twenty-seven and your brother is sixteen. What have you done for the past eleven years? He is not sensible and neither are you!"
The second brother's reason came back, he patted his knees and stood up: "But he can't be so arrogant!"
Ye Fan: "Why do you think the law stipulates that you become an adult at the age of 18?"
Of course, people under the age of eighteen are mentally immature. Zhang Xiaojun couldn't refute, "I don't care about it today." He pointed at his brother and said harshly, "I'll deal with you later!" and then walked towards the intersection.
Aunt Zhang ran out: "Xiaojun, why are you going?"
Ye Fan: "Can he still take care of himself when he is twenty-seven?"
The neighbor also felt that such a big person did not need to be stared at every day: "First of all, I would like to persuade the young and old to put down the knife. You can see that Xiaofen and Xiaozhi were scared to tears."
Zhang Xiaofen and Zhang Xiaozhi are Zhang Xiaoming's eldest and younger sisters. They are also back today. Aunt Zhang hurriedly entered the hospital to coax her daughter and her youngest son, typical of a loving mother.
Yu Wentao came over at this time and whispered: "It's late."
Ye Fan was helpless: "Say less."
If you say less, you will not be Yu Wentao. She immediately asked her neighbor what was going on.
Neighbors who are separated from the Zhang family by a wall really hear a lot.
At first it seemed that Zhang Xiaoming should come back. Xiaozhi asked her eldest brother if it was profitable to be more active than at work. Zhang Xiaojun probably talked about making money, and then asked when to buy the three-turn-one ring. There are only more than 70 days left before the eleventh, so you can prepare.
Aunt Zhang's voice was so low that the neighbors didn't hear her. Later, Zhang Xiaojun said something again, and the neighbor only heard the gold ring, and then he didn't know who said what, and suddenly Zhang Xiaodi and his second brother started to quarrel.
I was so anxious that Zhang Xiaodi wanted to kill Zhang Xiaojun.
Yu Wentao immediately realized that Zhang Xiaodi had done it on purpose, but she had to say harsh words - if she wants a gold ring now, she will be satisfied. When the wedding comes, she may need a gold necklace. On the day of the wedding, she may need to pay for the bus. She may also ask for money when she arrives at the door. Drop off money.
Or maybe just a gold ring. But the Zhang family can't gamble.
If it were the Geng family, Geng Zhiye would buy all the gold necklaces, bracelets, and rings without Ye Fan asking, because the conditions of the Geng family allowed it.
After Yu Wentao and other neighbors finished speaking, he expressed his opinion: "Xiaojun has a good job, and Xiaoming can also make money. If I study well, the Zhang family will get better and better in the future. I'm afraid I won't be able to marry a wife." He shouted into the courtyard, "Old Zhang , if your second daughter-in-law doesn’t buy her or marry her, cancel the engagement and find a good one for Xiaojun in the future.”
Ye Fan held his forehead, her mother-in-law was really good at causing trouble.
However, the neighbors of the Zhang family agreed, saying that the mother and daughter-in-law could not marry in such a thing, and marrying them would be a disturbance in the family.
You said something to me, but seeing Zhang Xiaojun's daughter-in-law about to fly away, Aunt Zhang hurriedly ran out to explain that the bride price had been given. The implication is that the Zhang family suddenly regrets the marriage, and the woman will not return the bride price.
Yu Wentao was worthy of being a member of the art troupe. She sang, read, and wrote at the drop of a hat: "What can we do about this?" She sighed, and those who didn't know thought Zhang Xiaojun was her biological son.
Geng Huihui was not interested in other people's parents being mean-spirited. She came out because of her loud voice. When she saw her aunt moved to the base of the wall with a speechless expression and quietly watched her performance, she asked in a low voice: "What are you doing, old lady?"
Ye Fan whispered: "I hate Zhang Xiaojun and also his fiancée, and I can't wait to break them up."
"It's free!" Geng Huihui rolled her eyes and went back to her room to read.
The alley was full of people, so Ye Fan didn't have to worry about the oil can being stolen and went back to his house to read.
About ten minutes later, Zhang Xiaoming came back and consciously refueled when he saw the oil drum.
When Zhang Xiaoming got home, no one told him that something had happened. He was slow, and after drinking water, eating melons and resting, he realized that his two sisters had cried.
Zhang Xiaoming thought that they were crying because of their marriage, so he said that if he could make money now and provide more dowry in the future, his in-laws would not dare to look down on them.
It's okay not to say it. As soon as he said this, the two sisters were moved to tears.
Zhang Xiaodi rolled his eyes and turned back to his room.
Zhang Xiaoming thought that his brother thought he was partial and was unhappy, so he quickly said: "Little brother, I have yours too."
"Shut up!" Zhang Xiaodi yelled angrily, and his two sisters were so frightened that they remained silent.
Ye Fan didn't expect that there would be a follow-up to this matter.
Sister Zhang went on a date with her partner in the park, and she couldn't help but say that her younger brother usually talked less. She thought she was honest, but she didn't expect to stab her second brother with a knife.
Zhang Xiaodi doesn't like his future brother-in-law. When he sees his nose, it's not his nose, and his face is not his face. When he went home at night, he dreamed of being hacked. He was so frightened that he wanted to break off the engagement with Zhang Sister the next day.
But after several years of dating, even if there was no sexual intercourse, Zhang would be suspected of being picky if she found a partner again. Thinking of this, her fiancé didn't dare to break off the engagement. He hesitated for a few days and told his parents that the good times of the Zhang family and the Geng family were ahead.
On August 2, Zhang Damei’s fiancé and his family came over to discuss the wedding date.
The Zhang family's small house couldn't accommodate so many people, so they set up a table in a restaurant. Before going out, Zhang's brother-in-law's family asked if they wanted to invite Geng Zhiye and Ye Fan.
Setting up a table was something Ye Fan suggested a few days ago. Zhang Xiaoming asked Ye Fan if he could go because he had money to go to the restaurant thanks to Ye Fan. Ye Fan said she wouldn't go. When I got home, I thought that Zhang Damei's fiancé's family disliked being poor and loved being rich, so they might find Geng Zhiye. To avoid trouble, I asked Geng Zhiye to take Dabao, Erbao and Benben to the Children's Palace early this morning.
Zhang Xiaoming said naturally: "Brother Geng has gone to the Children's Palace with his children to attend classes." He was a down-to-earth man, and he compared his feelings with others and said: "Sister Ye and Brother Geng don't care, let's go."
Zhang Damei’s fiancé’s family felt that Boss Zhang was not a good person. Shouldn’t they have invited him to do this earlier?
Zhang Xiaoming knew nothing about all this.
Before Zhang Xiaoming invited Ye Fan, it was his younger brother who suggested it. His original words were that whether they come or not is their business, and whether you invite or not is your business.
Brother Zhang saw the expressions of his brother-in-law and his family changing again and again. He looked frequently in the direction of Ye Fan's house and said to himself that Sister Ye and Brother Geng are at home today and you don't have the ability to invite them out.
If anyone is invited to a family like that, he may have provoked many unscrupulous people, and has long since become a laughing stock in their circle.
During the dinner, Zhang Damei's fiancé's parents asked Zhang Xiaoming how much money he could earn in a day. He felt that he was taking advantage of whatever Ye Fan gave him. He didn't look at the account book carefully or count how much money he had, so he just said it was a lot.
Zhang Xiaoming was hesitant and unable to give a specific number. The groom's family felt that Zhang Damei was bragging about her brother's money and wanted to regret the marriage.
Brother Zhang rolled his eyes when he saw this scene. He was so frightened that his future brother-in-law, who was sitting opposite him, pulled his father's sleeves. Stop talking, otherwise he would chop up our whole family and feed it to the dogs.
Although the process was tortuous, it finally came to fruition, and the wedding date was set for the Gregorian New Year.
People are in high spirits when happy events happen. Zhang Xiaoming went to Ye Fan's house in the evening to drive into the village. When he saw Ye Fan, he happily said "it's settled".
Ye Fan: "You didn't drink?"
Zhang Xiaoming shook his head: "No. I have to make money to prepare a dowry for my eldest sister." After that, he drove out.
Yu Wentao couldn't help but come out of the kitchen and said specifically: "Why are you so stupid?"
Ye Fan wanted to laugh: "I have a younger brother."
Yu Wentao thought of the arrogant young man: "One kind of rice can feed all kinds of people."
Ye Fan: "Is the meal ready?"
Yu Wentao: "Not so fast."
"I'll help you. Let's go to bed early today."
Yu Wentao suddenly thought of looking at the house tomorrow morning: "You have a rest. Xiaoqin, come here to help. We can't eat until nine o'clock today."
A few days ago, Yu Wentao was chatting with a group of old men and women in the morning. While waiting for Dabao, Erbao and Benben to finish class, he asked if anyone had sold a house near the Children's Palace.
The stylish man who spoke French said that his colleague was going out. A staff member who was passing by heard that Yu Wentao was doing inquiries for others. He felt that the old lady was very kind-hearted because she didn’t have much money, so he said that she also had a family over there and could help inquire. .
Coincidentally, the house where the handsome man lived was not far from the house Geng Huihui bought. The house the employee mentioned was southwest of Ye Fan's house, not far from Dabao and Benben schools.
The one in the southwest was visited by Yu Wentao and Geng Huihui. Geng Zhiqin, the handsome man, encouraged Ye Fan to go over and take a look at Comrade Lao Yu's "second spring."
Ye Fan was worried that she would cause trouble or provoke Huihui to make trouble, so he could only accompany her mother-in-law to see it.
Recently, Ye Fan received a letter from Yang Mengxia, saying that Geng Sensen had enrolled in Polytechnic University. Ye Fan was quite surprised. Yang Mengxia said in the letter that he would leave for the capital as soon as he received the notice.
Yang Mengxia sounded as if Geng Sensen was confident. Ye Fan calculated the time to send out the notice and would receive it soon, so he decided to wait for his sister-in-law to come over and transfer the ownership directly.
The small courtyard has the same three main rooms as Ye Fan's house, but there are three east and west wing rooms, one less than Ye Fan's house. The courtyard is very well maintained. As soon as you enter, you will hear the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers. When you take a look inside, you will see that it is a scholarly family.
Ye Fan felt that he couldn't get it if he didn't have 15,000, plus the 10,000 over there, if it was 25,000, his sister-in-law would have to borrow 5,000, which was too stressful for her and she would definitely not buy it. But the house is so good, Ye Fan also wants to ask about the price: "Isn't your house cheap?"
The colleague of the handsome old man said: "Let me ask you a question first, who lives in the house?"
When I heard this tone, I was afraid that the house would be damaged. Ye Fan didn't dare to act like a fool: "My nephew. If nothing else happens, he will go to the Polytechnic University, one of the 'Seven Sons of National Defense'. His father is now doing good things somewhere in the southwest."
The uncle’s colleague didn’t want to stay in China, but admired those who could stay, and said: “You name a price.”
Could it be that when an old man sells a house, he is acting like an orphan? He doesn't care about money but cares about the future owner of the house. Ye Fan's confidence increased greatly, so as not to be beaten out, he said again, "I told you, you will definitely scold me," and then said, "I won't be polite to you."
"You said."
Ye Fan: "Eight thousand?"
The psychological price is lower than that of colleagues who are fashionable men, but it is barely acceptable. "You can estimate the price of the things in the house. There are some things that we cannot take away."
Ye Fan was actually surprised that the antique room was still well preserved after those ten years. He might have met a group of people who really broke the old rules and did not loot randomly. "If the country can be peaceful for twenty or thirty years, the people can live and work in peace and contentment." When you become rich, your things will definitely be priceless. But now I will give you a thousand, and you can keep as much as you want. You can keep the furniture and let your nephew move in directly.”
My colleague asked: "When will the transfer of ownership take place?"
Ye Fan: "Before the end of the month."
The uncle’s colleague nodded: “Yes!”
Ye Fan raised his eyebrows and met a cheerful old man, "How many days will it take for me to bother you again?"
The old man sent her out.
The handsome old man asked Ye Fan if he wanted to go to his house for tea, and glanced at Wentao.
Ye Fan held back his laughter and said, "Let's wait for another day. My wife and children are waiting at home."
"Will Erbao still go to the Children's Palace?"
Ye Fan nodded: "Yes. She can't stay at home, so instead of letting her go to the park, it's better to go to the Children's Palace to play."
The uncle also met Yu Wentao when he accompanied his granddaughter and grandson to the Children's Palace. His grandchildren don't like to learn foreign languages from him. He is very happy to meet a gifted little baby, so he doesn't have any ulterior motives in teaching the second child.
The uncle said happily: "Then I'll pack up and go over."
Yu Wentao muttered as she got on the bus: "Being a teacher is addictive."
Ye Fan immediately understood why his mother-in-law was so slow. It turned out that she didn't even bother to pay attention to her.
When they got home, Geng Zhiqin dragged her sister-in-law into Erbao's room: "How is it?"
"No chance! Your mother thinks she is a good teacher." Ye Fan opened her hand and said, "Look for the third spring again."
Geng Zhiqin clicked his tongue: "Comrade Lao Yu is not lucky!"
Ye Fan: "You mean I treat her badly?"
"No, no, no, sister-in-law, it's getting late. Let me check for you to see if Brother Xiao Ming is here." After Geng Zhiqin finished speaking, he ran out.
Ye Fan chuckled and came out of Erbao's room.
Geng Zhiye stood at the door of the main room. When he saw her, he asked: "When Zhang Xiaoming comes back, shall we go to the popsicle factory with Hongwei?"
"If you meet an acquaintance and they ask you why, how do you explain it?" Ye Fan asked.
Geng Zhiye said nonchalantly: "What should I say? They don't feel ashamed by reselling national assets. Why should I be afraid of being embarrassed if I support myself?"
Ye Fan said nervously: "Don't open your mouth if you don't have evidence."
Geng Zhiye really has no evidence. He only heard what others said. Because he is not a law enforcement officer and does not work in the Discipline Inspection Commission, he cannot investigate, so he never mentioned it to others, "I only said this in front of you. Is that the deal?" ”
Ye Fan breathed a sigh of relief: "You can go if you want. However, do you think it is more cost-effective for Hongwei and the others to go home every day or live here?"
Geng Zhiye said: "Except Hongwei, everyone is married, and they definitely want to go home every day. If the village is not busy, the four of them can come here with my uncle and Xiao Ming in the morning. In the afternoon, my uncle will go back with them."
Ye Fan thought for a moment and said, "The crops are growing tall and we can't weed them. The fields shouldn't be busy. Let's go back and tell my uncle that we can come together later. My uncle can also help them in the park. Others don't care when they see several people in a car." Dare to do evil.”
Yu Wentao came out of the main room: "Don't worry, I'll tell you."
Ye Fan asked the children who were making trouble in the yard: "Dabao, Erbao, Benben, is it time to go to the Children's Palace?"
Dabao asked his dad: "You are going to pull a popsicle, who will send us to the Children's Palace?"
Yu Wentao put on the sunhat Ye Fan bought for her and carried two water bottles, "I'll take you there. Where's the school bag?"
The three children immediately went back to the bedroom to get their schoolbags.
Geng Zhiqin's cousins already knew how to get to the park. Geng Zhiqin and Huihui didn't wait for them at home because they thought it was stuffy at home. As soon as Yu Wentao took the three children out, they wore sun hats and took professional books to the park to read.
At this time, every household was doing laundry and cleaning, and there were not many people in the park. When there were more people in the park, and they were sweating even though they were panting in the hot weather, Geng Zhiye and Yu Hongwei each carried six boxes of popsicles to the park entrance.
It's a hot summer day, and the capital is dry and hot. Many people carry water bottles to the park without quenching their thirst, so they spend three cents on a saltwater popsicle.
Geng Zhiqin and her cousin were not in the same park, and there was only one popsicle seller in each park. The park was far from the store, so people who lived nearby had to buy from them, so a few popsicles were sold as soon as they arrived at the park.
The old men and ladies watched Geng Zhiye driving away and asked Geng Huihui: "Can you make a lot of money in one day?"
Geng Huihui: “The four families don’t have much money.”
The aunt was surprised: "Four families?"
Geng Huihui pointed at herself and her sister-in-law, and then looked at the car driving away, "That car was bought by my sister-in-law and her neighbor. There are exactly four families."
The aunt was immediately too lazy to envy: "I always thought it was your aunt's."
Geng Huihui shook her head: "My aunt is still a student, how can she have money to buy a car." "Your grandma has no money?"
Geng Huihui: "They don't want the old man's money. She doesn't even want her mother's money. Her mother can only ask her to go there often. Every time she takes my cousins there, the Ye family's grandma gives them pocket money, at least one yuan. , five yuan more.”
Ye Fan fulfilled all the fantasies that several elders and aunts had about their daughter-in-law - being upright, well-educated, well-educated, able to take her out, etc., so he invariably began to envy Wen Tao.
As for Geng Zhiye, he did not go home, but went to the Children's Palace while selling.
There are many government units in Xicheng District. Geng Zhiye stopped selling popsicles at the intersection between a government unit and the work compound. A gay man of about forty years old and of medium build who was out on business came towards him. When he got there, he asked: "What's going on with you?"
Geng Zhiye was only looking for change when he suddenly heard a familiar voice and was startled. He looked up at the familiar person and lowered his head to continue looking for change. The visitor was confused and looked Geng Zhiye up and down. Yes, it was because he was stubborn and narrow-minded.
Geng Zhiye got a popsicle for the child and asked him for two cents to send him away. Only then did he have time to talk to him: "Isn't it working time now? Why are you here?"
"I didn't admit my mistake in co-authorship." The man couldn't help but cursed "Uncle" and asked: "Don't worry, my situation is not as serious as yours, right?"
Geng Zhiye brought him a popsicle, but the other party was disgusted: "I haven't eaten it?"
"I don't know what's wrong!" Geng Zhiye opened it and ate it himself, "to make some pocket money."
The visitor frowned: "If you want to make money, which unit can't you go to and sell this thing on the street?"
Geng Zhiye took a bite of the popsicle and said very calmly: "Brother, I am studying at the National Defense University. What do you think I dare to do at this juncture? I will be an assistant division commander after I successfully graduate!" He pointed at himself with the popsicle, "I will be forty-one next year. At the deputy division level, how many people are like me in the era when there are no big battles? You don’t care about me, but I do.”
"Who are you? I'm afraid the wind will flash my tongue." The person punched him in the chest.
Geng Zhiye dodged very deftly and said seriously: "Take the car bought by a poor neighbor and find something for Xiaoqin and Huihui to do. But you know what's going on on the street now even if I don't tell you. , I can be robbed even if I’m walking, let alone selling things. I don’t dare to ask them to walk around the streets. I’m afraid that she will be tired and sick.”
The visitor snorted: "I knew it was Miss Ye's idea. She is really capable and never forgets to make money wherever she goes. I used to think that she didn't look like General Ye's biological child." This gay man knew that Ye Fan was taken over by the Chen family. Throwing it to the Ye family, "I didn't expect that she was not his biological child. I thought she looked like the Chen family. But it turned out that she looked like neither of them."
Geng Zhiye: "Who can you tell with your eyes? I used to say that I would never live with you for long."
"I-I don't know-"
Geng Zhiye interrupted: "Don't be sophistical. Let's forget it. I won't argue with you. Did you say something else that caused Qin Shuyi to always think that Fanfan and I were matchmakers ordered by our parents, but in fact we don't have any feelings at all?"
"The name sounds familiar. What happened?"
Geng Zhiye: "Years ago, I saw me helping Fanfan sell things as if I was suffering. No one said anything to her. Is she mentally ill? Has she always been so self-righteous?"
The visitor thought about it carefully, "Is he your uncle's neighbor? The one you met when you went to your uncle's house on weekends?" Oh no, a few years ago I happened to meet him and he seemed to have said something mean, "I ——I haven’t even spoken to her.”
Seeing this, Geng Zhiye rolled his eyes at him. When he saw the two children coming over, he asked: "3 points for popsicles and 50 points for bean paste flavor. Do you want popsicles or bean paste flavor?"
When the two children saw that the tall Geng Zhiye was not intimidating, they came up to him with the money and whispered that they wanted popsicles. But it was only five cents. Geng Zhiye gave them both popsicles directly.
One child at a time, exactly the same, the two children ran happily into the alley.
When he was young, he couldn't help but say: "Being a father is different."
Geng Zhiye: “My son is already in junior high school!”
"My son is in high school."
There is no shade here. Geng Zhiye wanted to change places and was not in the mood to talk nonsense with him: "Eat, buy, or leave?"
"What kind of temper? You are definitely not like this in front of Ye Fan."
Geng Zhiye got in the car. He was a little surprised and said quickly: "Is there any ice cream?"
"How many?" Geng Zhiye asked.
Count the people in the office: "Twenty, send them in for me."
Geng Zhiye sneered and took out a plastic bag. Fa was a little shocked, "You, you, are so prepared?"
"I've prepared it for you." I counted twenty for him and handed him another one.
Geng Zhiye handed over two yuan before accepting the ice cream: "I should have thought about making money, but she was the most considerate."
"Thirty percent of this money will be distributed to others." Geng Zhiye said.
Fa Xiao waved his hand: "You can give it all to others if you don't feel bad. But your neighbor is very lucky. He has caught the eyes of Miss Ye, and he will be rich soon."
Geng Zhiye closed the box tightly: "Foolish people are foolish."
"Stupider than you?"
Geng Zhiye didn't want to be poor like him. He was over forty and still thought he was a teenager, without any sense of stability.
People lost their composure when they saw him. However, when he was young, he saw Geng Zhiye looking like he was too lazy to care about you, and realized that he was not talking nonsense, "Can such a person be met by a young lady? She is so lucky!"
His tone made Geng Zhiye couldn't help but frown: "Fanfan hasn't offended you, has he?"
"Ye Fan, just call her Ye Fan. Tell me what's going on?"
Geng Zhiye didn't want to have a long conversation under the sun, but when he saw that he was reluctant to let her go for the first time in eight hundred years, he patiently said a few words, "The eldest son in the family thinks he has the obligation to take care of his younger brothers and sisters. How about ten years in the countryside?" When Yi came back, his father retired and asked him to take over. As a result, his job was taken away by his younger brother. There are no complaints. The whole family lives in a small courtyard. In this case, his brother has to pay for three-turn and one ring for his wedding. He has to make money to prepare a dowry for his sister as soon as the wedding is finalized, and he also has to pay for it. University." The more he spoke, the more speechless he became. "He is just a short-sighted and honest person anyway."
Geng Zhiye realized that he just asked out of concern. After hearing what he said, he suddenly thought of someone: "Does he have any objections to his partner?"
"No target yet."
Fa Xiao immediately asked: "Have you seen my brother-in-law's sister?"
Geng Zhiye couldn't help but ask: "Aren't you going to be a matchmaker?"
He let out a small sigh. He had been on the island for so many years and was semi-isolated from the world, but he was still so alert. Should he say anything, it was worthy of being someone he had grown up watching. "Yes. Let me talk about the situation first. The woman's appearance Average, average height, average education, we were looking for someone like you during the Cultural Revolution. She was not optimistic at all. The man married her so that she would not be bullied because her father was powerful. She had warned her that once the revolution was over and her father retired, he would divorce her immediately. She didn't believe it. They divorced her last year. She didn't believe it a few days ago. He went abroad without saying a word, and even took his children with him.”
"Then what?" Geng Zhiye asked.
Geng Zhiye was young: "Her father can't reach the other side of the ocean with his hands and eyes, so she can only accept her fate."
"It sounds like there is a grudge. Are you sure that she is attracted to her and not that she used her power to suggest that he marry her?"
Geng Zhiye said, "Who knows what's going on here? Anyway, she has accepted her fate now. She can look for a man who is the right match for her family. She can look for someone who is smart, considerate, good-looking, and well-educated. She can't climb up, and she doesn't want to be beaten. You know, you still don’t want to be a stepmother, you see?”
Geng Zhiye: "What good will it do to you if you help her father marry her off?"
"Helping her is like helping my brother-in-law."
Geng Zhiye nodded: "I'll ask you later. Dabao and Erbao are still waiting for me in the Children's Palace."
"What are they doing in the Children's Palace?"
Geng Zhiye: "Er Bao learns to draw, Dabao learns to skate, and occasionally plays table tennis with others and learns foreign languages. It is a lot of fun for a group of children to play and learn at the same time."
When Geng Zhiye's two younger children were as old as Dabao and Erbao, the revolution had not yet ended, and there was no one in the Children's Palace. As a result, his two children had not been to the Children's Palace for a day.
"How was your study?"
Geng Zhiye said: "Erbao's English and Russian can be used as a translator, and he can speak a few words in French."
He was dumbfounded: "——How old is Erbao?"
"Nine years old!"
Fa Xiao burst out with a national curse in excitement, threw the ice cream stick in his hand, and put his arms around Geng Zhiye's neck: "Are we brothers?"
"No need to talk about the baby kiss!" Geng Zhiye got in the car, "Get out of here! The ice cream has melted."
I'm speechless. Is my grandson a sperm? How could he know what he wanted to say without saying anything?
As soon as I saw what I had in my hand, I quickly ran back to my work and handed it to a colleague before going out to do errands again. Passing by a phone booth, I thought that I could let the two children make friends first, and then date each other when they grow up. Geng Zhiye realized that he was extremely smart, so he immediately called his father and sent the two gangsters to the Children's Palace, on the grounds that he would not cause trouble at home and make them angry.
However, the summer classes at the Children's Palace are coming to an end and they have already stopped enrolling students. He couldn't keep up with the class even after he entered, so Geng Zhiye's childhood wish came to nothing.
Speaking of which, a small interruption occurred. Geng Zhiye arrived at the Children's Palace at almost eleven o'clock and stopped going anywhere else.
Not long after they were under a tree on the roadside of the Children's Palace, the three children came out. Geng Zhiye gave them three milk-flavored ice creams and asked them if they were tired.
Dabao shook his head: "Dad, have you been waiting for a long time?"
"Just arrived." Geng Zhiye saw other children coming and asked what flavor they wanted.
Dabao felt that his father was not considerate of others: "I want popsicles to quench my thirst."
The child was surprised: "Then how do you eat ice cream?"
"I'm hungry." Dabao was indeed hungry. The children were so coaxed that they believed it, "Dad Geng Dabao, give me a popsicle."
The children with only five cents of pocket money suddenly felt inferior. They asked for a popsicle and had two cents left to buy candy. They happily took the popsicle back to the children's palace and waited for their parents to pick them up after get off work.
A very rich child has ice cream in one hand and a popsicle in the other. Father Geng Zhiye is worried that he will have diarrhea: "Eat slowly and don't make your stomach upset."
The little boy wrinkled his nose: "Why are you nagging like my mother?"
Dabao was unhappy: "My father cares about you!"
"I know." The little boy likes to play with Geng Dabao because he knows more and doesn't want Dabao to hate him. "I'm sorry, uncle, I'm rude."
Geng Zhiye smiled and said: "It's okay. Dabao, go have dinner with grandma."
"The canteen isn't ready yet." Dabao moved to the car, and Erbao couldn't help but get in. Several children who bought ice cream and popsicles went over and asked Dabao to come down and let them go up and experience it.
Geng Zhiye quickly took off the key and put it in his pocket.
When Dabao saw that his classmates couldn't drive away, he calmly came down and let them sit for a while.
Geng Benben and his uncle were selling popsicles on the left and right.
At first there were only children, but around twelve o'clock the people buying popsicles became adults.
The surrounding residents couldn't stand the heat at home, so when they went out with cattail fans and saw a popsicle seller, they bought a few popsicles for their families to relieve the heat.
At half past twelve, when Yu Wentao was taking his three grandchildren for dinner, Geng Zhiye left the Children's Palace and went home while selling like Ye Fan.
Zhang Xiaoming had already eaten. When he saw Geng Zhiye, he asked him to go home, and he hurried to the factory gate.
Geng Zhiye gave him his wallet.
Zhang Xiaoming also knew where to buy popsicles for wholesale. He left from the factory gate and found that there were not many popsicles, so he went to pick up two boxes. While selling, he went to the park to see how Geng Zhiqin and Geng Huihui were doing.
The number of people buying popsicles in the park is relatively fixed. Zhang Xiaoming found that there was no need to increase the number, so he went into alleys and went to places where there were more children to shout.
Geng Zhiye and Ye Fan rested at home until four o'clock, then took the bus to the Children's Palace and asked Yu Wentao to go home. They watched the children play for a while.
No boxes were put in the Children's Palace today, so people who wanted to buy popsicles couldn't. Zhang Xiaoming came over at about five o'clock, and adults and children who had been anxious for a long time rushed over.
It was past six o'clock, and there were only a few left in the box, so Zhang Xiaoming gave them to the children sitting at the door waiting for their parents to get off work. Ye Fan reminded the children that there are many bicycles on the road during off-duty hours, so just wait at the door and don't play on the roadside. You are not allowed to accept food from people you don't know.
If their parents talk like this, the children will find their parents annoying and talk in one ear and out the other. They were still annoyed when their classmates' parents said this, but they gave their classmates face and waited at the door honestly.
On the way, Ye Fan and Geng Zhiye came down and asked Zhang Xiaoming to go to the park to pull the box.
At seven o'clock, before the sun set, Geng Zhiqin and Geng Huihui arrived home. Yu Wentao said: "I came just in time to wash my hands and eat cold noodles."
Ye Fan asked: "Is it dried noodles?"
"Do you want to eat hand-rolled food?" Yu Wentao asked.
Geng Zhiqin said sincerely that my mother is really a good mother-in-law. "My sister-in-law is worried that you will get heat stroke from rolling out noodles."
When Yu Wentao heard that Ye Fan was so concerned about her, she smiled and said, "I'm not stupid. Should I eat in the courtyard or go to the door?"
It was windy in the alley and the sun was not shining, so Dabao had to carry a folding stool to eat noodles outside.
Zhang Xiaoming's family is making fried noodles today, and he is also eating noodles outside the door with a basin. Seeing Dabao and Erbao coming out, Zhang Xiaoming came over with a bench and asked, "Dabao, do you want some garlic?"
Dabao shook his head: "It's so spicy."
Zhang Xiaoming teased him: "If you eat noodles without garlic, the flavor will be reduced by half!"
Dabao still shook his head, he was not trying to be brave.
Geng Zhiye and Ye Fan were in the main room and turned on the fan. While eating, Geng Zhiye said that he had sent Xiao Cheng Shitou to introduce a partner to Zhang Xiaoming.
Cheng Shitou's real name was Cheng Zhenhua. Because he was born in a time when conditions were not good and there was smoke everywhere, and they were worried that the child would not be able to raise him well, his parents gave him a nickname. The original intention was that the nickname would make him easier to support. His parents called him Cheng Shitou, and Geng Zhiye and others called him Shitou.
Ye Fan stopped his chopsticks: "Cheng Shitou's friend? Is he not mistaken? He wouldn't dare to climb up even if he lent Zhang Xiaoming a ladder."
Geng Zhiye first talked about the woman's situation, and finally couldn't help but say, "If you don't mention her family background, she is not worthy of Zhang Xiaoming."
"As long as your family background is good, that's enough." Ye Fan said.
Geng Zhiye realized that he hadn't made it clear: "I mean she doesn't want to find someone who only cares about her family background."
"Want to find an honest man?" Ye Fan understood, "But Qi Dafei is the only one. Zhang Xiaoming has not had a good life in the past thirty years. I can't bear to ask him to marry such a man."
Geng Zhiye: "If you think about it carefully, maybe Zhang Xiaoming is willing. You see, Uncle Zhang is the boss at home, Zhang is the younger brother, and Zhang Laoer is treacherous. Zhang Xiaoming is used to being submissive in this environment. If he marries a strong wife, he may be able to follow her without any friction. She lives in harmony ”
Ye Fan thought of something and couldn't help but say, "You can't marry an honest man, or you will be pissed off by his second brother and sister-in-law."
"If Zhang Xiaoming loses his wife in middle age, wouldn't Zhang Xiaoming be more pitiful?" Geng Zhiye asked, "So let them see him?"
Ye Fan: "Let's see what the woman says. There are so many honest people, and there must be some with much better conditions than the Zhang family."
Geng Zhiye said in his heart that people with much better conditions than the Zhang family would not have to worry about finding a partner. They would definitely not want to marry a woman in her early thirties who was married for the second time. If you are willing, it must be because of the woman's family background, and it is impossible for the woman to marry.
Geng Zhiye found Zhang Xiaoming more and more suitable. If he marries the woman, he will be out of trouble. Even if the relationship between the couple is not good, as long as someone can provide him with food and clothing, his life will be easier than it is now.
Ye Fan asked: "Why get married if you're already married? You come from a good family and have a job. You don't have to worry about food and clothing. Isn't it comfortable to be alone? If you are lonely, just find a boyfriend."
You are so chic! Geng Zhiye was glad that he and Ye Fan met during the revolution. If Ye Fan had been separated from him at this time, he would have been unwilling to live in two different places and would have kicked him far away. Geng Zhiye swallowed the noodles and said: "Ye Fanfan, not everyone is not afraid of gossip like you."
(End of chapter)