Zhang Xiaoming looked at Ye Fan subconsciously, "What does Brother Cheng mean?" Did the woman suddenly regret it?
Ye Fan was confused by Cheng Shitou's words. Seeing that Cheng Shitou didn't seem to recognize Zhang Xiaoming, he suddenly thought of a possibility: "Director Cheng, take a closer look at who he is."
Cheng Zhenhua squinted his eyes for a moment and suddenly opened his eyes wide: "Zhang Xiaoming?"
Ye Fan smiled and asked: "Is it okay?"
"Okay." For half an hour when Zhang Xiaoming went home to clean up, Cheng Zhenhua thought about how his brother-in-law, his brother-in-law, and the woman he was going on a blind date with would bury him later. Zhang Xiaoming seemed to be a different person, and Cheng Zhenhua was in a good mood, "Take the bus there. Ye Fan, let me leave my bicycle at your house first. After riding the bike, my hair was blown like a ghost, and my head was so hot that I was sweating profusely. Don't talk about Jiang Ping, I I don’t like him either.”
Zhang Xiaoming said to himself, no matter what happens, I will still be me. You capable people are so particular.
Ye Fan sent them out: "Xiao Ming, be smart. By the way, there are many thieves on the bus, so keep your money safe."
Zhang Xiaoming has experience and puts the money in several pockets. "Sister Ye, don't worry. Sister Ye, your uncle has returned to the village and said that at ten o'clock, his cousin will come to wholesale popsicles with you."
Ye Fan: "Are you going to treat me to dinner today?"
Zhang Xiaoming nodded: "Your brother-in-law also asked someone to buy a pig. He said that Hongwei was the first college student in the Yu family, so he must lively and lively. He also asked me to ask you and Xiaoqin if you were going. I said Brother Geng went back to school, and Dabao and Erbao had to go to class and you had to send them away. Xiaoqin had to stay at home to cook, so he asked his cousin to bring you a pig leg later. "
Cheng Zhenhua couldn't help but said: "Is the Yu family so willing to give up?" Something suddenly occurred to him, "Have I made money with you this summer?"
Ye Fan smiled, neither admitting nor denying.
Cheng Zhenhua said: "Go back and cut me two pounds."
"Go quickly." Ye Fanxin said, you're really welcome.
The more Cheng Zhenhua looked at Zhang Xiaoming, the more satisfied he became, so much so that he didn't get angry even if Ye Fan was impatient, and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go."
At around ten o'clock, the cheap cousin came over with pig legs. Cheng Zhenhua had already sent Zhang Xiaoming back to the park where the blind date was held. Ye Fan cut two or three kilograms of pork for him, then took his cheap cousin to batch the popsicles, and then went directly to the Children's Palace.
It’s cool in the mornings and evenings, but people can still sweat at noon, so popsicles are relatively easy to sell.
At half past twelve, Ye Fan took his cheap cousin home for dinner, and the neighbors asked them to buy dozens of popsicles. After dinner, the two of them went to two parks, one in the south and one in the north. After two o'clock, the park became more crowded, and two people each sold out two boxes of popsicles intermittently.
If it had been sold out at four or five o'clock in the past, Ye Fanfei would take his cousin to buy two more boxes. Now that autumn is getting stronger, the two of them couldn't sell out even one box, so they simply went home.
Ye Fan and his cousin went home to rest for a while. Zhang Xiaoming came over and told Ye Fan about the blind date. After hearing what he said, Ye Fan had a suspicion in his mind and said to Zhang Xiaoming, "Don't worry about it. Leave the rest to me. After dinner, I will go to the village with my cousin."
The cousin hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, don't cook for me. Hongwei promised to leave a basin for me."
Ye Fan smiled and said: "My family doesn't cook until seven o'clock, so you can't even eat if you want to."
Zhang Xiaoming has never thought that people would like him, so he is neither surprised nor sad about today's result: "My family is cooking, I will go back and wait for dinner."
When I get home, I change out of my clothes and shoes, and then my shoes are dried by the wall. I wash my clothes and hang them carefully.
Brother Zhang couldn't help but frown when he saw how petty he was. And he knew it was useless, so he just went to the kitchen to see if his mother was ready to cook.
At this moment, Cheng Zhenhua drove to Ye Fan's house.
Ye Fan snorted angrily when he saw him coming in.
Cheng Zhenhua's scalp was numb, and he thought it was hard to deal with Miss Ye when she was angry. Cheng Zhenhua forced a smile: "Let me tell you first, she is mentally ill."
Ye Fan's eyes signaled him to come into the room to chat.
Cheng Zhenhua went in and sat across from Ye Fan. When he saw Ye Fan was about to pour water, he quickly said, "Don't be busy. The family is cooking. I'll be home soon."
Ye Fan asked: "What's going on?"
Cheng Zhenhua asked: "Zhang Xiaoming didn't say?"
"He said that people thought he was unemployed and wanted to arrange a temporary job for him. Zhang Xiaoming didn't dare to express his dissatisfaction with the low salary. He just said that it was good now and he didn't bother her. I believe Zhang Xiaoming didn't dare to fool me." Ye Fan Ask, "What did the woman say?"
The woman didn't add any fuss when she got home, but she didn't believe that there were people who would rather live in the wind and rain than find a down-to-earth job. In the afternoon, she went to Cheng Zhenhua's house to complain. He looked honest but was actually hypocritical. She even asked Cheng Zhenhua to persuade Ye Fan to break up with him as soon as possible.
Cheng Zhenhua asked her why Zhang Xiaoming was so hypocritical. Jiang Ping said that the job she introduced was rejected directly by Zhang Xiaoming, and she also said that she had calculated that Zhang Xiaoming's outfit would cost at least thirty yuan. Given the Zhang family's situation, he was just trying to make a fool of himself.
In the end, she said that if men were all so hypocritical and vain, she might as well find someone who was upright and orderly, who would at least look good and be taken out.
Cheng Zhenhua wanted to explain, but Jiang Ping preconceived it. Cheng Zhenhua said too much. Due to her suspicious temperament, she might have thought that she had a shady deal with Ye Fan, and used her to exchange resources with the Ye family. She simply admitted that she didn't know people well, and so on. I'll go to Ye Fan's house after the meeting.
After Jiang Ping left, Cheng's mother scolded him for not doing things well enough. Cheng Zhenhua sneered and said, "What kind of good job does she think temporary workers are? Zhang Xiaoming's conservative estimate is twenty cents a day in the dog days of summer."
Twenty yuan is small money to the Cheng family, but working about twenty days a month makes five or six hundred, which is higher than Cheng's father's salary. Cheng's mother had to take it seriously and asked: "Really?"
Cheng Zhenhua: "A few yuan a day is not too much for Zhang Xiaoming, but it cannot catch the eye of Miss Ye."
Cheng Zhenhua's wife was also at home. When she heard this, she asked: "Isn't it true that wearing a white shirt and trousers with a pair of trousers is just trying to make someone look fat?"
"Based on Zhang Xiaoming's income." Cheng Zhenhua added, "I tried him when I accompanied Zhang Xiaoming to the park. He is really honest. Geng Zhiye bought the clothes and razor for him. It wasn't for Ye Fan's reminder that he could wear it in the morning. Selling food for a blind date doesn’t mean he is honest? "
Mother Cheng: "Then why didn't you say anything when Jiang Ping was here just now?"
Cheng Zhenhua asked back: "From her tone, you can tell that she thinks Zhang Xiaoming is not tall enough or good-looking enough. All hypocrisy is just an excuse." He couldn't help complaining, "I made it clear what happened to Zhang Xiaoming and gave her time to think about it." , the result is this, how can I explain it to Ye Fan later?”
Cheng’s mother: “It’s true that she wants to find a good one, but why not just say so?”
Cheng Zhenhua’s wife: “I’m afraid that I’ll meet someone like her ex-husband again, and I’m also afraid that her family will lose her. I haven’t suffered enough from the first loss, and I might want to suffer again.”
Mother Cheng frowned: "That kid doesn't think she's ever been married and had children, so she's so busy? Shitou, don't worry about this."
When Cheng Zhenhua's wife heard that Zhang Xiaoming did not mind that the woman had a baby, she suddenly thought of someone and told her family about the lesbian's situation. Then she said: "Her natal family's conditions are similar to those of the Jiang family. They are not afraid that the man will take advantage of her family background. Just be nice to her daughter Okay. She and her ex-husband are classmates. They are both strong. Before getting married, they found it bearable if they were not together often. After getting married, they fought every day. They divorced their children when they were two years old. She said that she would not find a man with a good temper. Say two things.”
Cheng Zhenhua smiled bitterly: "This hasn't been solved yet, you want to come again? I said that the Zhang family can only give Zhang Xiaoming a room, where will she live when she marries with her children?"
"I have four brothers. One brother will contribute some money, and my parents will contribute a little more to buy a house. Didn't Geng Zhiye tell you that the house he and Ye Fan live in costs less than 10,000 yuan? Her parents can afford this amount of money. Mrs. Cheng said.
Cheng Zhenhua: "My parents are paying for the house. Do my four brothers and my sister-in-law have any objections?"
"If my sister-in-law has any objections, it's okay to treat it as a loan. Zhang Xiaoming can make so much money, why is he afraid that he won't be able to pay it back?" His wife asked again.
Cheng's mother agreed with her daughter-in-law: "My parents contributed one or two thousand, and she worked for ten years to save some money. The rest of the money was borrowed from her brother and sister-in-law. If Zhang Xiaoming earns 20 a day, and works 300 days a year, by the end of next year It’s all paid off.”
He said it as if Zhang Xiaoming would get married by the end of the year, "Is this what I'm going to tell Ye Fan later?"
His wife was very confident: "If this doesn't work out, I will take care of Zhang Xiaoming's personal problems."
Cheng Zhenhua felt much relieved after hearing this. When he heard Ye Fan's question, Cheng Zhenhua said, "Zhang Xiaoming is careless. What does Jiang Ping mean? You must not think so?"
Ye Fan: "I'm afraid that people will want something for her, so I end up arranging jobs for them as soon as we meet? What's the idea? A person of her age is still trying like a little girl. She is looking for a partner to live with, not a romantic relationship. Love.”
Cheng Zhenhua laughed dryly.
Miss Ye has such a powerful mouth.
Fortunately Geng Zhiye could bear it.
Ye Fan: "Let's forget about this?"
Cheng Zhenhua nodded, and then said that his wife knew a lesbian who was a teacher in a kindergarten. He pointed to the southeast, "The kindergarten next to Erbao School. I have a daughter who is six years old this year. She will go to the same school as Erbao when she goes to elementary school in the autumn." ”
Ye Fan said: "You should be looking for a partner with your children because you want to live a good life."
Cheng Zhenhua didn't expect this. Hearing this, he couldn't help but said: "Yes, for the sake of the children, I won't quarrel with Zhang Xiaoming every day." Then he asked, "Meet?"
Ye Fan sighed: "We can see this today first, and then tell Zhang Xiaoming's parents after we see it. You have to ask Uncle Zhang first about raising children. People may not be able to accept a child with a foreign surname."
"Then you ask first, and I'll ask your sister-in-law to ask," Cheng Zhenhua said.
Ye Fan saw him getting up and sent him out.
When they arrived at the door, Aunt Zhang came over and asked in a low voice: "Xiaoye, I heard that the woman Xiao Ming met today was not satisfied. Why? Tell Auntie about it."
Ye Fan wanted to just say a few words casually, but he also felt that Aunt Zhang might have asked Zhang Xiaoming, so he said directly: "I think Xiaoming is not tall enough or good-looking enough."
"Don't you think Xiao Ming doesn't have a formal job?"
Ye Fan said: "It sounds better to say that you dislike work. The woman said that on purpose because she was afraid of hurting Xiao Ming's self-esteem."
Aunt Zhang sighed: "The previous few people also disliked this about him. I also know that standing in front of a tall and big gate will look good no matter what. But why do you think Xiao Ming looks like me and hasn't grown taller? It's me who feels sorry for him."
Ye Fan really wanted to roll his eyes. He knew he was sorry but he still favored his second son. The old lady was blind in both eyes and heart.
"Now that I have one, I'm afraid you won't be satisfied."
Aunt Zhang smiled bitterly: "How dare we be dissatisfied. Don't care what she is like, just be willing to marry Xiao Ming and live an honest life."
Ye Fan didn't mention the woman's family background. He only said that she worked in a kindergarten and had a peaceful divorce from her ex-husband to raise a daughter. Finally, he said: "The child is old enough to remember and may not be well-raised. I'm afraid that you two will disagree because of this."
Aunt Zhang was indeed a little hesitant when she heard what Ye Fan said. When she heard that the other party was two years younger than Zhang Xiaoming and felt that he could still be regenerated, she thought it was okay to meet him. Regarding Ye Fan's words, Aunt Zhang had another opinion, "When children grow up, they will know who is good and who is bad. If Xiao Ming is good to her, she will definitely be good to Xiao Ming."
Ye Fan: "Then take it as your consent. Will you tell Xiao Ming later? I haven't told him yet."
Aunt Zhang immediately went home to look for her son.
Ye Fan's cheap cousin just found a reason to hide out when Cheng Zhenhua came in. When he came back, he saw Aunt Zhang in a hurry. He hurriedly walked towards Ye Fan: "Xiao Ming is so angry?"
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Ye Fan shook his head, told his cousin about the kindergarten teacher, and asked, "What do you think?"
The cheap cousin said: "The teacher is definitely more stable than the previous one. The teacher has to be secretive when doing things randomly, otherwise her reputation will be ruined. Even if her family has power and money, the parents of her students will ask her to leave her job."
Even he said this, Ye Fan felt that this was stable.
The next morning when the shift was handed over, Ye Fan saw Zhang Xiaoming and asked him if he wanted to meet him. Zhang Xiaoming first said to meet him, and then he remembered that they might not like him.
When Ye Fan heard that this tone was obviously different from last time, he knew that he was satisfied.
Mrs. Cheng was fast. That afternoon, Cheng Zhenhua went around to Ye Fan's house after get off work and told him that he wanted to meet there, preferably within these two days, because the teacher would not be available when school started in a few days.
Ye Fan set the time for August 26th.
This morning, Zhang Xiaoming and Uncle Yu each brought a pig, half a sheep, and hundreds of kilograms of vegetables and fruits to sell near the university.
When the teachers saw that everything was fresh, they simply didn't go to the vegetable market and bought vegetables, fruits and meat from them.
At around nine o'clock, Zhang Xiaoming came back, and his uncle went straight home - it was cold and there were few people buying popsicles, so he would no longer sell popsicles from today on.
Zhang Xiaoming left the car in front of Ye Fan's house, went home to eat, wash up, and then went to the park as agreed.
It was familiar again, but Zhang Xiaoming didn't ask anyone to accompany him this time.
When they arrived, the two of them were dumbfounded. They had met an hour ago.
The woman has a house next to the kindergarten, but she rents it. When school was about to start, she moved from her parents' house. There was nothing in the house, so she went to Zhang Xiaoming to buy some vegetables and fruits in the morning, which were the last remaining ones. Zhang Xiaoming only charged her one yuan for them.
The two were embarrassed for a while, and then the woman said that he had changed his clothes and almost didn't dare to recognize him.
Zhang Xiaoming was honest and said that he thought he should wear what he wanted, but Brother Geng didn't think so. He said that being decent is a form of respect for people, and then asked the other person if they were not used to it.
The woman said it was very good - the police did not wear uniforms all the time, and soldiers were not allowed to wear military uniforms outside working hours, etc. After talking a lot, Zhang Xiaoming relaxed.
The two chatted a lot. There were fewer people in the park, and Zhang Xiaoming wanted to treat her to dinner. The woman agreed. Zhang Xiaoming asked what to eat. The woman thought it was degrading to eat dumplings and was too embarrassed to dislike it, so she let Zhang Xiaoming decide.
Zhang Xiaoming took people to a Russian restaurant and said that his cakes were delicious and he bought them for his younger brother and younger sister.
Geng Zhiye taught him before and he ordered the meal smoothly. The woman observed carefully and saw that he looked reserved but tried to be calm. She felt that he rarely came to the restaurant.
Mrs. Cheng told the woman that Zhang Xiaoming could make money. If you have money, don't spend it frivolously. Let the woman take a good look at him and think that he is a person who lives a good life.
Zhang Xiaoming didn't come back until after three o'clock. Ye Fan knew the result was good without asking. Seeing the dusty appearance of his journey, Ye Fan guessed that he had come home first, and was speechless: "Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang are waiting in a hurry. Come home quickly."
"I——"
Ye Fan: "Tell me if you encounter something difficult for each other in the future. I'll ask Cheng Zhenhua's wife to negotiate with the girl's parents."
Zhang Xiaoming smiled and said "Okay" and ran home excitedly.
School is about to start, and the whole family is reviewing their lessons at home, in case they find out that they have forgotten everything they learned before when they get to school. Seeing this, Geng Zhiqin waited for him to go away and asked: "Can this be done?"
Dabao said without raising his head: "Xiao Ming is so happy, why do you need to ask?"
Ye Fan put down his book: "Geng Dabao, please save some face for Xiao Ming in front of outsiders and call him Uncle Xiao Ming."
"Xiao Ming likes me to call him Xiao Ming." Dabao looked at his sister, "If you don't believe me, ask Er Bao."
Erbao nodded: "Uncle Zhang also knows that my name is Xiao Ming, 'Xiao Ming'."
Ye Fan looked at his sister-in-law, is that so?
Geng Zhiqin nodded: "Sister-in-law, have Huihui and Benben been imprisoned by the old witch of the Chu family?"
Ye Fan choked for a moment and said to himself that "Xiao Ming" sounded much nicer compared to "Old Witch". "I'm afraid they'll get too wild, so I'll have to temper them."
Geng Zhiqin said angrily: "Do we need them? You didn't think of this? It's been half a month since my sister-in-law and Leilei came here, right? I was allowed to come back and stay for half a day on the day my sister-in-law left. Those who didn't know thought they were named Chu. ! ”
Ye Fan: "If the old lady wants to die, who dares to argue with her?"
On the day Yang Mengxia took Geng Sensen back, Geng Huihui and her brother complained that her grandma was a troublemaker as soon as they entered the house. As soon as she said that she was going home, her grandma grumbled and complained, as if she and Benben had been raised to regard money as dirt. It’s the same as never giving up.
I have never seen such a crazy grandma.
Chu Fenghe followed her mother's advice and asked the two children to endure it. He also said that if their grandma did anything bad, they would feel guilty for the rest of their lives.
Geng Huihui didn't have a deep relationship with her grandmother, and she was at the age where she couldn't stand restraint. She was stared at every day. Geng Huihui couldn't help scolding her. It would be easier if she died! Ye Fan knew that they were unhappy, so he pretended not to hear, and did not criticize her for being rude. Geng Zhiqin scolded his nephew and niece together, but Yang Mengxia couldn't stand it and stopped him.
Geng Zhiqin asked Ye Fan: "Is she not afraid that Huihui and Benben will never want to go to the Chu family again after they come back?"
Ye Fan: "Don't you two want to be useful? We agreed to buy a house and listen to mother's arrangements."
"That can't be arranged like this." Geng Zhiqin said, "I left my words here today, and I still do it during the winter vacation. I chopped up two old immortals with a knife!"
Geng Leilei shivered with fright.
Ye Fan saw this and said, "Look at how awesome you are. I'm twenty-six today, how many days can I go without coming back?"
After the words fell, the door was pushed open. Ye Fan turned his head and laughed: "I can't help but talk about it."
The two siblings ran in and shouted: "Auntie, we are finally done."
Ye Fan: "Find a little place to sit down and rest for a while."
The two siblings threw their schoolbags onto the Arhat's bed next door, sat down with stools and sighed.
Ye Fan: "Does your grandma and grandpa have to look up information and prepare lessons and have no time to care about you?"
Geng Benben waved his hand: "Don't mention them to me. Auntie, are there any popsicles in the refrigerator?"
Ye Fan nodded: "Get one for your sister."
Geng Benben opened the refrigerator and found half pork and half popsicles. He couldn't help but be shocked: "Buy so much meat?"
Ye Fan: "When Hongwei received the admission notice, your uncle invited relatives and friends to a banquet to kill a pig and give our family a pig leg."
Geng Benben wanted to see how many there were, raised his hand and touched it, and found that it had been cut and packed. Geng Benben took out a piece: "Auntie, do you want to eat shredded pork noodles tonight?"
Ye Fan: "Then defrost it in the kitchen. Make lean meat for noodles, slice fat meat for stir-fry vegetables, or make twice-cooked pork?"
Geng Benben nodded repeatedly and sent the meat to the kitchen without closing the refrigerator.
Geng Zhiqin asked: "Have you not eaten meat recently?"
Geng Huihui sighed: "There are so many people in my grandma's family, and Benben and I can't even share three taels if we buy two kilograms. Auntie, are there no fish or shrimps?"
Ye Fan: "There are dried fish and dried shrimps. A few days ago, Yongcheng came to deliver the goods. I went to the supply and marketing cooperative to watch them check out and bought some on the way."
Geng Huihui: “Can the fishermen on the island go into downtown Yongcheng to sell?”
Ye Fan nodded: "They said over there that once the market here doesn't need dry goods, they will produce canned fish or ready-to-eat seafood."
Geng Huihui hoped that the enthusiastic islanders would get better and better: "That's good." When her brother came back, she gave him an ice cream and took some more for her brothers and sisters.
However, the eldest child and the second child did not dare to pick it up, for fear of getting upset.
Geng Huihui put the ice cream back and asked: "Brother Leilei, when will you report to school?"
Geng Leilei: "Let's go on the same day as you. My school is very close, so you can go there at any time."
Geng Huihui had been away for many days, and everyone wanted to pay attention to her, and then asked her what her grandma was doing.
Geng Zhiqin: "I'm back to my parents' home. I'll be back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Hongwei has to report to school, and there's a good chance that the aunt and nephew will go to the city together."
Geng Benben asked: "Is the school far away?"
Ye Fan: "It's not far, six hundred miles. Take a train with a normal speed. You can leave at night and arrive the next morning."
Geng Huihui sighed that it was pretty good.
The whole family and relatives showed concern, and the two siblings finally felt comfortable.
The next morning, I remembered that my two cousins had not seen the house they bought, so I dragged Geng Leilei to look at the house.
The key was at Ye Fan's house, and Geng Leilei had nothing to do at home - Dabao and Erbao didn't need to go to the Children's Palace, so he took them there with the key.
The landlord of Geng Huihui's house moved away, leaving behind a lot of porcelain and Ming-style furniture from the late Qing Dynasty. Geng Huihui exclaimed when she entered, "Brother Leilei, you have met a kind person."
Geng Leilei: "Is it expensive?"
"Can you please remove them?" Geng Huihui pointed to some blue and white porcelain on the bookshelf. "Even a new one costs one or two yuan. There are also these furnitures. Chen Xiaohui will go crazy when she sees them."
Geng Leilei scratched his nose: "I just feel like it's decadent - I didn't expect it to be so expensive."
Geng Huihui: "You don't care what kind of atmosphere it has, as long as it can be sold for money? You can't stand it being piled up in the utility room in the south."
That makes sense. Geng Leilei couldn't help but said: "Well, I will decorate it like this later."
"When are you going to the thrift store? I'll go with you."
Geng Leilei said: "After school starts, my mother said that I can use the fifty pocket money every month at my own discretion. My aunt said that she will give me the money on the first of every month."
Geng Huihui didn't expect him to be so happy and thought he would think she was looking for money. Geng Huihui was very pleased with his change, and she patted him on the shoulder: "It's such a happy decision."
Geng Benben was happy: "Grandma must know that she has been saying for half a month that the Golden House is in the book. But you still love money so much. You should say you learned it from grandma."
"Do I care about her?" Geng Huihui curled her lips and put all the things she thought were exquisite in the bottom cabinet to prevent them from being trampled by big rats.
In the past, Geng Leilei bought meals at home for several months. He realized that money can be used effectively, so he and his cousin put away valuable things.
The three of them went to the house behind Benben School to take a look before returning to Ye Fan's house. When they got home, Zhang Xiaoming had already returned from selling vegetables, and Ye Fan and Zhang Xiaoming were settling accounts.
From June 1st to now, Ye Fan tallied up the accounts and said to Zhang Xiaoming: "One thousand, five hundred and forty-three, net profit. Add the previous ones, and the money to buy the car comes out. Tell your father, September 1st in the Gregorian calendar I stopped paying money to my family every day.”
Zhang Xiaoming: "But my brother——"
Ye Fan: "Your brother and your sister are the responsibility of your parents. Even if you spend one thousand to marry your brother and one thousand to give your sister a dowry, your parents still have five hundred. The second child and your two younger sisters will spend one thousand each month. The money is enough to support the family. From now on, you can give your family fifteen yuan a month, and your family can save fifty yuan a month.”
Fifty dollars is a lot for an average family. Zhang Xiaoming was not worried that his father would have no money, so he said: "Then I will find a chance to talk to my father."
Ye Fan: "You think you earn a lot a month and pay very little to your family. Have you ever thought about giving the money to your parents? Your mother will give it to your second brother. If your second brother wastes it, then your father will If you go to the hospital, you can only sell blood? If you save the money you make, you can take it out at any time when your father gets sick.”
Zhang Xiaoming realized this as if he had just woken up from a dream.
Ye Fan: "Your parents are getting older, and they will have more money to spend in the future. And for your partner, you should also leave some money to watch movies, or buy some delicious food for their children, right?"
Zhang Xiaoming nodded repeatedly: "Thank you, Sister Ye, for reminding me. I, I didn't expect this."
Geng Zhiqin was cursing from the side, what can you think of in your head? Geng Zhiqin said: "If you encounter money-related issues in the future, ask my sister-in-law first."
Zhang Xiaoming nodded involuntarily: "Sister Ye, do you want to save every month or every day?"
Ye Fan: "Deposit once a week and tell people to withdraw the small amount in round sums. Go there every Saturday. Although there are people on Sundays, there are only one or two people on duty. Unfortunately, you have to wait."
Zhang Xiaoming secretly wrote down, "Then shall I go back first?"
Ye Fan: "Ask the people in the village if they want to make candied haws. You can pay the wholesale price. Later I will take you to buy glutinous rice paper and wrap it up in glutinous rice paper. A box of popsicles can hold a lot. You can go there one box at a time and sell them. I can earn seven or eight yuan a day.”
Even if you can only get three yuan, it is still more cost-effective than working for 20 days a month. Zhang Xiaoming wants to do it, "Sister Ye has even thought of wrapping candied haws in glutinous rice paper. She must have thought about where to sell it?"
Ye Fan: "Tell the people in Yujia Village to sell in front of the school and it must be very clean. If Dabao gets upset after eating it, he will not cooperate with the villagers in the future."
Zhang Xiaoming couldn't help but look at Dabao and Erbao: "Your classmates like eating candied haws very much, right?"
Dabao rolled his eyes at him and asked, which child can resist the sweet and sour candied haws?
Zhang Xiaoming smiled: "Sister Ye, I will ask them later."
Geng Zhiqin quickly said: "Sister-in-law, where did you get the candy?"
Ye Fan: "People in the village can make maltose. If there is sugar, you can add a little sugar, or you can leave it alone. By the way, if the hawthorn is steamed, it will not be sour if you add less sugar."
After hearing this, Zhang Xiaoming was worried that the villagers would not do it. As soon as he expressed his concerns, Geng Zhiqin said that her mother would, and her uncles would definitely do it. Because Yu Wentao has never made candied haws after marrying into the Geng family, she must have learned it from her natal family.
Hearing this, Zhang Xiaoming felt at ease.
The villagers really know how to make candied haws.
The ripeness of hawthorn happens to be the time when soybeans are harvested and wheat is planted, so there is little work in the village.
The village chief vacated two rooms, and the villagers who were willing to make money jointly provided malt and candied haws, and the money earned was divided equally according to work.
Some villagers asked Uncle Yu that even if he packed two boxes of candied haws, it would only weigh one hundred kilograms. If the car was full and empty, it would be a waste. It would be better to take them to the city to sell vegetables and give them one yuan back and forth.
Uncle Yu didn't own the car, so he discussed it with other families and they all agreed, so he told his neighbors that they could take a person and a few baskets of goods with him when it was convenient. I was worried about tiring out the car, so the total weight was controlled within 350 kilograms.
The villagers were very happy to be able to go to the city to sell eggs and duck eggs, so they did not dare to offend their uncle, so no one would cause trouble when the candied haws on a stick was cooked.
Before the National Day, the first batch of candied haws came out. Geng Zhiqin’s cousin went to the gate of Dabao School, and Zhang Xiaoming went to the gate of Erbao School.
When Erbao saw Zhang Xiaoming after school at noon, he jumped over and ran over: "Give me a bunch of candied haws."
Zhang Xiaoming refused to accept the money: "Take it and eat it."
Erbao shook his head: "No. Mom said I will eat after you sell the leftovers."
Erbao’s classmate asked: “Do you know this uncle?”
Erbao nodded: "My neighbor. My uncle made the candied haws. It's delicious." Pointing to the paper wrapped in the candied haws, "You can eat this too." After the coveted classmates contributed their pocket money, Erbao was able to Go find grandma.
Zhang Xiaoming did not see that a mother and daughter not far away happened to see this scene. The mother is Zhang Xiaoming's blind date. She is not used to having someone who sets up a stall, so she instinctively avoids him when she comes to pick up her child. But Erbao was confused when she heard that others might not know that she knew Zhang Xiaoming. Isn't Erbao afraid of being laughed at by her classmates?
Geng Erbao was not afraid. When her classmates asked her what her father did, she actually told them that she was a security guard and that her mother was a saleswoman. A classmate who lived near Erbao exposed her, and Erbao interpreted the word "security" in a different way. The classmate was so angry that she no longer asked about the parents of other classmates, for fear of meeting a "Geng Erbao" who would be so angry that he died young. .
The candied haws on a stick was brought along with the morning vegetables and eggs, and was placed at Ye Fan's house first. The second baby ate it in the morning and didn’t want to touch the candied haws for a short period of time. If his mother hadn’t told him that he was a greedy child, he wouldn’t have bought it.
Erbao ate two and handed them to his grandma. When the children asked her why she didn't eat them, Geng Erbao said very well: "Go home and give it to your mother to try. My mother works very hard to make money."
The classmate thought about the "salesperson incident" again, "Geng Erbao, you talk so much about trains, and if I talk to you again, I will be like a puppy!"
Erbao made "woof woof" sounds twice so angry that her classmates wanted to beat her, but Erbao ran home happily.
Ye Fan was taking computer science as an elective this semester. Knowing that Old Antique would waste his time, Ye Fan said he wouldn't be back at noon.
When they got home, the rice that Yu Wentao had steamed before picking up Erbao was almost cooked, so Yu Wentao started cooking. Stare at a few little ones for a nap after dinner, and then call them to school.
Five days later, on National Day, Zhang Xiaojun got married.
Zhang's courtyard is small and there is no room for guests to sit there, so they reserve a few tables at the restaurant. There is no need for Zhang Xiaoming to do anything. This honest man sells vegetables as usual in the morning. He came back to change his clothes and wait to greet his relatives. Ye Fan took two boxes of candied haws on a stick and went to the city with his cheap cousin to sell candied haws.
The military academy had a holiday today, and Geng Zhiye was taking care of the children at home.
Before the bride arrived, Aunt Zhang invited Geng Zhiye to a restaurant for dinner, but Geng Zhiye refused: "My nephews and nieces are all at home, and I have to cook for them."
The neighbors in this alley all gave one or two yuan to each other, but Yu Wentao, a member of this alley, was too embarrassed not to pay. Geng Zhiye added: "Just go with Xiaoqin and Aunt Yu."
Geng Zhiqin had no intention of going and stayed in the house. She waited for Aunt Zhang to go out and asked, "I heard that her daughter-in-law didn't buy the gold ring she wanted. Will she be able to get in smoothly later?"
Yu Wentao put on her small leather shoes and was about to go out to meet Aunt Li and others: "I won't marry if I ask for money at the last minute!"
Geng Zhiye was happy: "How tough! You should be lucky that Fanfan and I advocated simplicity when we got married. No one dared to stir up trouble during special times, otherwise you would have ruined it all by yourself."
Yu Wentao was squeezed out by Geng Zhiye and left angrily.
Geng Zhiqin saw her mother's uncomfortable face, laughed silently for a while, watched her go east, and said reassuringly: "If you don't scold her, she will really dare to fool around."
Geng Huihui: "Just encourage me. Now that the Zhang family has money, are they afraid that they won't be able to marry a wife?"
Geng Zhiqin got up and poured himself a glass of water: "Okay. But Zhang Xiaojun likes this. Uncle Zhang doesn't want his son to be a bachelor, so he can only hold his nose and admit it. Erbao, do you want a drink of water?"
Erbao was writing French vocabulary and shook his head: "Dad, I want to eat cake."
Geng Zhiye: "Your mother knows that she will buy it for you when she passes by the restaurant later."
Geng Huihui asked quickly: "Cake from a Russian restaurant?"
Geng Zhiye nodded.
Geng Huihui shouted happily: "Uncle, why am I not your daughter?"
Geng Zhiye: "If your parents are willing, you can adopt him as an adoptive child to me."
Geng Huihui didn't want to be scolded to death, "If you don't mention them, you are still my uncle!" Suddenly she remembered something and put down the water glass, "Ben Ben, I will take you to have your hair shaved in a few days, and then I will stay until the winter vacation."
Geng Zhiye raised his eyebrows: "Do you want to make your grandma angry to death?"
Geng Huihui looked innocent, she had done nothing.
Geng Zhiye asked: "Isn't Benben asked to shave his head in the first month?"
Geng Huihui opened her mouth and wondered why her uncle didn't become a nerd in school every day.
This reaction is so fast!
Geng Leilei also came back today. Seeing that Geng Huihui remained silent, he was in disbelief: "Is this really the plan?"
(End of chapter)