Ye Fan went outside the door and looked around. Neighbors on both sides were running towards Zhang's house. She breathed a sigh of relief. Her mother-in-law was not responsible for the trouble.
Ye Fan relaxed and went to the door of Zhang's house to listen. It turned out that Zhang Xiaojun's mother-in-law was here.
More than ten days have passed from November to now. During this period, Zhang Xiaojun's wife never showed up. Zhang Xiaojun rarely came back. Every time he came back, he complained to his parents that he was embarrassed and embarrassed.
The reason why Ye Fan knew this was because Zhang Xiaoming said it. Last weekend, Zhang Xiaoming stayed at Ye Fan's house for half a day in order not to listen to his brother's words. He didn't go home for dinner in the evening. He drove directly from Ye Fan's house into the village to have dinner at his uncle's house.
Ye Fan listened carefully to a few more words and suddenly couldn't help but want to laugh, thinking that he was not mentally ill.
Yu Wentao came out of Zhang Family Courtyard and muttered when he saw Ye Fan: "Who are they?"
Ye Fan asked: "Zhang Xiaojun's wife is here too?"
Yu Wentao nodded: "As soon as I entered the door, I said that I would live in my parents' house from now on. After three rings and one ring, I bought it for her, and she took it away."
Ye Fan: "Uncle Zhang doesn't agree?"
"I definitely don't agree! If she wants to get married, the Zhang family will buy her and Xiaojun a three-turn ring. If she brings Xiaojun to live with her parents' house, it counts as Xiaojun's daughter-in-law. Her family should buy a three-turn ring." Yu Wentao almost screamed. I got up, worried that the news would spread to the Zhang Family Courtyard, and quickly suppressed it. In a low voice, "I feel like she couldn't hold it anymore and wanted to come back, but no one came to pick her up, so she deliberately made trouble like this. After the little army mother said a few soft words, she had to stay. Externally, she could also say that her mother-in-law wouldn't let her Go back.”
The Zhang family courtyard was full of people. Except for Zhang Xiaojun’s two younger sisters, Uncle Zhang, Aunt Zhang and Zhang Xiaojun, the rest were all from the woman’s side. The neighbors are all under the courtyard gate. Ye Fan asked: "Why are there so many people here? It's not like a dozen people are looking for a way for themselves."
Yu Wentao: "You don't understand this kind of thing. If you lose, you won't lose! The woman's whole family regrets asking for money to buy a ring, and she can't let the Zhang family see it."
Ye Fan really didn't understand: "Then how to solve it now? If Aunt Zhang doesn't say soft words, Zhang Xiaojun's wife can't get down without the steps, how dare people from the woman's parents' family still rob her openly?"
"Who knows." Yu Wentao curled his lips, "I've seen enough of the excitement at his house. When I go back -" Turning around and seeing a few people coming from the west, Yu Wentao opened his eyes wide in shock.
Ye Fan was surprised. When he looked back, he couldn't help but stopped breathing, "——Who called the police?"
"Me!"
Ye Fan was startled and turned around to see the young Zhang family coming out of Aunt Li's house next door.
Yu Wentao was speechless: "You, you - how can you call the police?"
"My parents couldn't eat or sleep because of my second brother. I lost a lot of weight in a few days. If he continues to torture me, I will become an orphan before the end of the year. I can't make it to the police station, but it's easy. "After Zhang Xiaodi finished speaking, he walked towards the police, told the police in detail about his family situation, and then accompanied the police home.
The police often encounter strange things, but they have never encountered a situation like today - the wedding was not held, there was no marriage certificate, and the man did not live together. It cannot be called a de facto marriage. How could the woman have the confidence to cause trouble?
In the past two years, there have been a lot of idle people in society, and the streets have been very chaotic. The police have to deal with many things. They don't want to waste time on the dispute between the two families, so they deliberately let both parties go to the police station to resolve it.
The woman was very frightened when she heard about the situation, and she couldn't help but leave immediately. She said that they would be allowed to discuss it, and then everyone on the woman's side crowded into Zhang Xiaojun's bedroom.
The result of the discussion was that the marriage should be forgotten, and everyone would find their own way in the future. Zhang Xiaojun didn't want to, so Uncle Zhang told him to go to the woman's house. The woman's family is an ordinary family, there are not that many rooms, and he has been making do with his brother-in-law when he hasn't been home these days. Where does the woman's family live? Besides, it’s not uncommon for the woman’s family to have a son, so it’s not unusual for him to marry into the bride’s family.
Brother Zhang reminded the woman to return the bride price and the food from the Zhang family that she has eaten over the years.
Naturally the woman is not happy. Zhang Xiaodi has been looking for information and asking people these days to accuse the woman of cheating.
As soon as this statement came out, everyone on the woman's side laughed, mocking the young man for not knowing the law.
The Zhang family's house is cramped and they obviously can't afford that much money. The police reminded the woman that the marriage was in such trouble because she deliberately asked for 200 yuan. The judge verified the situation and found that she was also suspected of fraud.
The policeman said so, and the woman didn't dare lie. The result is not unknown, but I was shocked when I calculated it. In addition to the two hundred yuan in cash, the meat, drinks and other odds and ends over the past few years added up to more than four hundred yuan. Taking into account the three-turn, one-ring, banquet, wedding dress, etc., two thousand yuan can't cover it.
The police made the decision and the Zhang family stayed alone. The man held a banquet and the woman didn't have to pay for it. She didn't need to pay for the wedding dress either. They gave the Zhang family 600 yuan.
Uncle Zhang has no objection. If the woman thinks there are too many, the police will go to the police station to slowly solve the problem. The woman's father didn't want to go, so he asked Uncle Zhang to draw up an agreement and they went home to get the money.
Zhang Xiaojun subconsciously wanted to follow him, but Uncle Zhang said: "Don't recognize me as your father if you dare to step out!"
In the past, Zhang Xiaojun dared to cooperate with his wife's troubles because he relied on his parents to compromise. Now that this was happening, Zhang Xiaojun didn't dare to follow him like before.
Ye Fan watched the woman's family of more than a dozen people go home, then went back to his home to tell Dong Ying what happened. Just after he finished speaking, he heard the sound of a car, and Ye Fan asked Dong Ying to wait a moment. When she arrived at the door, Zhang Xiaoming drove over and asked, "What happened to someone's family? Why are the police here?"
Yu Wentao quickly told him that Xiaojun's matter was resolved.
Zhang Xiaoming couldn't help but be dumbfounded after hearing her detailed explanation, thinking how could it be solved like this.
But the matter was a foregone conclusion. He was used to listening to his parents and he didn't dare to object. He sighed and followed Ye Fan into the hospital. Seeing Dong Ying, Zhang Xiaoming blurted out: "Xiaojun's incident alarmed you?"
Dong Ying quickly said no, saying that she was accompanying Zhang Xiaoming to sell candied haws, and asked Ye Fan to rest at home.
Ye Fan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "Is this why you came to Xiao Ming?"
Dong Ying nodded: "I don't want to be a kindergarten teacher, but I couldn't choose in the early years. My parents suggested that I give it a try. If I like it, I can do it with Xiao Ming in the future. Sister Fan, don't worry, if you don't go for a day, you can still share the accounts as now. .”
This was Brother Dong Ying's idea. If you want to make a lot of money, you don't just have to be hardworking, you also have to be talented and sharp enough, otherwise you will be cheated by others if you make a lot of money. The worst thing is that people eat meat and she drinks soup with Zhang Xiaoming.
In this case, it is better to share the meat with Ye Fan. Even if Ye Fan only gives 30% of the meat, it will still be more than following others to drink soup.
Ye Fan smiled and said: "Then you two go. Xiao Ming, do you know where to go?"
Zhang Xiaoming: “It’s a good time to go to the park or the Children’s Palace.”
Ye Fan moved the two boxes of candied haws out of the room and said, "If you don't want to come back at noon, just eat at the restaurant."
Dong Ying sat in the car and asked at the entrance of the alley: "Does the money for meals be deducted from the money earned?"
Zhang Xiaoming nodded: "Sister Ye said that the main time to make money is in the morning. Just make some money from seasonal things like candied haws."
At the same time, Geng Huihui came out of Erbao's room: "Auntie, did I hear you correctly? You don't have to work in the stall anymore?"
"I still have to go occasionally. Dong Ying also wants to accompany the child." Ye Fan moved to the door of his son's bedroom, "Geng Dabao, are you going to grandma's house?"
Dabao: "Grandma didn't know we were going there today."
Ye Fan said: "I have some meat and vegetables at home that I bought from Xiao Ming this morning. Let's bring some over and let your grandma steam two more bowls of rice."
Tao Chunlan loved her children and took care of Dabao and Erbao for several years, so that they were close to Tao Chunlan and loved to go to her grandma's house. As soon as he heard that his grandma's family was not hungry, Dabao dropped his pen and called Erbao to come out.
Dabao and Erbao's clothes had just been changed in the morning and were very clean. Ye Fan put on their hats and took some vegetables back to his parents' house.
Yu Wentao saw her daughter-in-law returning to her parents' home outside, and deliberately entered the hospital to ask her eldest granddaughter: "Are you going to your grandma's house? If you go, I will take care of it for you -"
"Stop!" Geng Huihui interrupted.
Yu Wentao smiled: "Then you are going to cook for lunch. What do you want to eat?"
Geng Huihui nodded: "Grandma, can you buy me a roast duck?"
Yu Wentao turned around and went out and ignored her - he really knew how to eat, and he didn't care how much a roast duck cost.
Geng Huihui chased her out and hugged her grandma’s arm: “Grandma, I’ve lost weight after eating in the cafeteria every day.”
Even if Geng Huihui was brave enough in the Chu family, she would not dare to act coquettishly like her grandma. Yu Wentao was very helpful and gave her six yuan and asked Geng Leilei to accompany her.
The roast duck in Quanjude is expensive, but when Geng Huihui went elsewhere, she still had a few cents left on a big roast duck.
Ye Fan also bought a big roast duck and didn't even use up the six yuan.
Tao Chunlan complained when she saw her: "I called in advance and told you to come and I bought it. You bought a house and a car, how can you still have money?"
Ye Fan: "It doesn't cost much to buy it once in a while." He looked outside and said, "I just entered the alley and I felt like people were looking at me wrong. What happened?"
Li Mingyue came out of the room and took a look at Chen Xiaohui's room.
Ye Fan thought of the Zhang family's younger brother calling the police and blurted out: "Chen Kuanren is here? Chen Xiaohui called the police?"
The eyes of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were shocked.
Chen Xiaohui heard the commotion and came out to see Ye Fan who was shocked and blurted out: "Who said that?"
Ye Fan casually guessed that there was no need to explain, so Ye Fan asked: "Where is the person? He went to the Public Security Bureau?"
Tao Chunlan first said that when Chen Kuanren and Zhao Ruping saw Chen Xiaohui at the beginning, they scolded her for being unfilial and asked her if she wanted to break off the relationship with Shen Cheng. If so, don't blame them for being rude.
Zhao Ruping's rudeness meant that Chen Xiaohui was unable to go to school and no employer dared to hire her after graduation.
Chen Xiaohui had thought of this a long time ago and believed that Zhao Ruping and Chen Kuanren could do it. She was very scared. When Chen Kuanren and Zhao Ruping said that they had no money to use, Chen Xiaohui thought that Ye Fan had made a lot of money in the past six months. If she delays any longer, the price of the antique house will rise, and she won't be able to afford it even if she wants to.
In order to make money with Ye Fan earlier, Chen Xiaohui picked up the phone and called the police.
Ye Fan had mentioned calling the police before, and Chen Kuanren consulted someone about his matter when he returned to Shencheng. He believed that the police had nothing to do with them and would only criticize and educate them verbally, so he was still very arrogant when he arrived at the police station.
The investigators asked them many years ago and even sent them to a detention center. The investigators went to Shanghai to verify the case, but they were afraid.
The couple has always said that they were wrong, but it is actually difficult to verify. If they retract their confession in court, the court will release them because the prosecutor's office has insufficient evidence.
Father Ye can come forward and detain people in the capital, but he is not afraid of wearing shoes when he is barefoot. If Chen Kuanren never goes back, his son will definitely come and cause trouble.
The investigators told Chen Xiaohui all the situations so that she could be mentally prepared. Chen Xiaohui said she would talk to Chen Kuanren and Zhao Ruping.
With a police comrade accompanying her, Chen Xiaohui negotiated smoothly - they would not have any contact with each other until they died, and she issued a letter of understanding and would no longer pursue the case.
The public security still sent several comrades to Shanghai to investigate. Relatives even found out that Chen Xiaohui was not the Chen family's biological child the year she returned to the capital. The couple had kept the secret a secret, and there was no key witness or material evidence, so the public security had to let her go.
After hearing what her mother said, Ye Fan asked: "How many days will I be detained?"
Tao Chunlan: "I arrived on November 1 and left the day before yesterday. I was detained for half a month."
Ye Fan exclaimed: "It took so long? Why didn't anyone tell me?"
Tao Chunlan: "You were so young and didn't know anything at the time, so it's useless to tell you. You went to testify, and when the police asked you who heard it, you said you guessed it, and no one would dare to use your testimony."< br>
Li Mingyue nodded: "Dad also said there is no need to involve you."
Ye Fan looked at Chen Xiaohui: "We have been apart for three days, so we should treat each other with admiration."
Chen Xiaohui was rarely in the mood to refute, because these past few nights she had nightmares when she closed her eyes - Chen Kuanren would kill her. She always felt like someone was following her when she went to school, which made her look worse than Li Mingyue, who was several years older than her.
Li Mingyue's eyes signaled Ye Fan to stop saying a few words.
Ye Fan took Dabao and Erbao into the house. Chen Xiaohui followed her instinctively and sat on the sofa in a daze. Ye Fan asked his sister-in-law in a low voice: "Shouldn't she be happy that a serious problem in her heart has been solved?"
Chen Xiaohui should have been happy, but Chen Kuanren and Zhao Ruping were the people she had been filial to in her previous life, so she felt mixed emotions.
Ye Fan then changed the subject and asked Liangliang if she missed her aunt.
The little girl leaned on her mother and smiled and nodded.
Ye Fan asked: "Where is your dad?"
"Dad went to buy some delicious food," the little girl said.
Ye Fan raised his eyebrows: "Brother, do you know I'm coming?"
Li Mingyue looked at Chen Xiaohui cryptically. Ye Fan instantly understood that she was in a bad mental state and bought some delicious food in the hope that she would eat more.
Ye Fan was convinced by Chen Xiaohui. She was not a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old. She was over thirty and her ability to accept was still so poor. How did she survive those years in the countryside?
In those years, Chen Xiaohui knew that she would have the opportunity to return to the city, and that she would be able to take college entrance exams after returning to the city. Although the field work was hard, there were more than a dozen men and women living together, and it was lively and not very homesick, so life was not difficult.
Chen Kuanren and Zhao Ruping are like time bombs. It would be strange for Chen Xiaohui not to be afraid.
Chen Xiaohui didn't dare to say anything, worried that Yi Tulu would tell her that she had lived a lifetime and kept many things in her heart, leading to what she is now.
Tao Chunlan said: "After all, I raised her up and let her go to junior high school and high school. It's normal for her to be hard to let go of for a while."
If Chen Xiaohui had not sent the people in, but continued to spend money, and on the day Chen Kuanren and Zhao Ruping arrived, Tao Chunlan would have had to take Liang Liang to Ye Fan to complain.
Chen Xiaohui became angry and only recognized the Ye family from now on. Tao Chunlan's mentality also changed.
When Ye Fan heard this, he looked at Chen Xiaohui and saw that she seemed not to have heard. He shook his head helplessly, poured himself a glass of water, and asked Dabao and Erbao if they were thirsty.
The brother and sister were thirsty, so Ye Fan poured another half cup.
Li Mingyue got up to get malted milk. As soon as Liang Liang saw that she wanted to drink malted milk, Li Mingyue poured her a small cup.
After the three little ones finished drinking the water, Brother Ye Fan came back, carrying fish in one hand and chicken in the other. When Li Mingyue saw the lively chicken, she frowned and muttered: "Why buy a live chicken? Trouble!"
Brother Ye put the chickens and fish under the vines in the courtyard and threw them into the vegetable basin in the courtyard. When he came in, he paused when he saw Dabao, and then asked them if they missed their uncle.
Dabao asked: "Uncle, do you think I want to drink soda?"
Ye Jin was happy: "I guess you don't want to."
Dabao: "I don't think so."
Ye Qian gave him a shock and pinched Erbao's little face, "Don't you recognize me?"
"Uncle, you are so annoying." Erbao pushed his hand away.
Ye Qian used to tease her a lot and was often disliked. He smiled indifferently when he heard this, glanced at Chen Xiaohui, sighed, and asked his mother what to eat for lunch.
Tao Chunlan looked at the wall clock on the wall. It was past eleven o'clock, and asked Ye Fan: "I won't cook the chicken, how about cleaning up the fish?"
Ye Fan nodded: "I'll take care of it."
Tao Chunlan understood that it was hard for her to go to school, take care of her children, and do business, so she asked her to rest in the house and let Ye Qian kill the fish. Ye Qian packed up the fish and his father came back. Ye Song simply killed the chicken.
Tao Chunlan was not used to eating rice before. In order to accommodate Chen Xiaohui, who was accustomed to eating rice, she cooked a meal every two days. Over the past few years, the whole family got used to it, so Tao Chunlan would steam a pot of rice.
The fish was braised, the chicken was stewed with mushrooms, Tao Chunlan made another bowl of vegetarian dishes and a bowl of soup, and took apart the roast duck that Ye Fan brought to heat up, and that was lunch.
A roast duck with two legs, one for Erbao and one for Liangliang. Tao Chunlan gave Dabao a chicken leg. Dabao saw that there was another one in the basin, so he sent it to his grandfather's rice bowl: "Grandpa, eat chicken."
Father Ye was stunned for a moment, and said happily: "Dabao eats, Dabao will grow taller."
Ye Fan said: "There are still some in the basin, you can eat it." After saying that, he gave Dabao one.
Father Ye habitually wants to say, let me eat it for you. As he spoke, he saw that Chen Xiaohui's palms and backs were full of meat. He might as well eat it himself to avoid causing trouble.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Ye Fan took Dabao and Erbao back.
There were few people to play with Liangliang for a long time and have a lot of fun. Liangliang sent her Erbao sister to the bus stop. With tears in her eyes, she hugged her mother's neck and asked, "Can't sister just leave?"
Li Mingyue didn't expect her daughter to like Erbao so much: "My sister has to go to school. Will grandma take you to my sister's house next weekend?"
Ye Fan said: "Geng Zhiye comes back next weekend. If it doesn't rain, I'll ask him to bring Dabao and Erbao over first. I'll come straight after I sell the candied haws." Li Mingyue said yes, but shook her head slightly, meaning it wasn't necessary.
Ye Fan saw the car coming and said to her sister-in-law: "Let's talk about it then."
There weren't many people on the bus at this time, and the bus stopped at the station for a short time. Ye Fan got home at half past four.
Ye Fan was surprised when he saw the car in the yard: "Xiao Ming sells it so quickly?"
Yu Wentao came out of the wing and said, "It's a quick day today. I'll be back at about two o'clock. By the way, this is the wallet." He handed over the wallet that Zhang Xiaoming gave her.
Ye Fan took it and asked, "Is it settled?"
Yu Wentao shook his head: "Let you do the math. I said it cost one yuan to eat noodles. Why are noodles so expensive?"
Ye Fan: "Let's boil the white noodles with some braise. If Xiao Ming is not full, he can have a big cake. If he is thirsty, he can buy a bottle of soda. One dollar for two people is not much."
"Didn't you bring water?"
Ye Fan laughed and said, "They haven't been together for long, so how dare they drink water from a cup. Besides, I wasn't asked to go out to the stall today, so he should have spent two yuan." After saying that, he went back to the house to settle the accounts.
Yu Wentao went into the house to help her count the change. The capital was taken out, and the remaining money was divided into two and placed in the two drawers in Ye Fan's bedroom until Zhang Xiaoming took it away and deposited it in the bank the next Saturday.
As soon as the money was placed, Zhang Xiaoming came. Ye Fan gave him his bag and money and told him to be careful on the road.
Zhang Xiaoming drove very fast on the road out of the city. He arrived at Yujia Village before it got dark.
He and his Yu family cousins sold a lot of hawthorns in Yujia Village. In half a month, they would have to find other villages to buy hawthorns to make candied haws. The villagers also made money, so they were happy and were very enthusiastic when seeing Zhang Xiaoming.
At the same time, Ye Fan still only had her, her mother-in-law, and their two children at home. "Where did Huihui and Benben go?"
Yu Wentao: "The pocket money you gave Leilei was useless. Just after you left in the morning, he asked Xiaoqin to accompany him to buy furniture and decorate the house in the north. Huihui and Benben also went there in the afternoon. Huihui should be back soon. Huiminger goes to school early in the morning and has to pack her things in advance.”
Ye Fan said: "Then let's cook some porridge first and then cook when they come back?"
Yu Wentao cut a handful of leeks in the afternoon and planted them in the open space south of her room. Yu Wentao wanted to eat the leek box and asked Ye Fan if he would eat it.
Ye Fan was speechless about her mother-in-law, she could just eat what she wanted.
"A leek box will do, too."
After Ye Fan finished speaking, Yu Wentao went to the kitchen to get leeks. When he went to the courtyard, he met Erbao who was coming back from the public toilet and said, "Grandma will make a leek box for your mother."
Ye Fan rolled his eyes helplessly and pretended not to hear.
Yu Wentao picked leeks, and Ye Fan went to knead the noodles. Then Ye Fan took out the rice cooker and cooked porridge. Yu Wentao scrambled the eggs and mixed them with the drained and chopped leeks.
Ye Fan and Yu Wentao were about to pack the leek box when they heard footsteps getting closer and closer. When the footsteps came to the door, Ye Fan turned around and saw that it was Geng Zhiqin and his three nieces and nephews.
Ye Fan saw Geng Zhiqin and Geng Leile carrying sacks: "What did you buy?"
Geng Huihui jumped in as if she had discovered a gold ingot: "Auntie, have you ever seen carved porcelain?"
Ye Fan raised his chin towards the opposite side: "The pen holder on Erbao's desk is made of carved porcelain."
Geng Huihui was stunned for a moment, then ran to the opposite side to turn on the lamp. There was a pastel lotus pen holder on the table, "Here, is this porcelain?"
"What do you think it is?"
Geng Huihui subconsciously thought that the colors of stones and sometimes wood carvings, including pink lotuses, green lotus leaves, and black fish, looked gaudy and did not fit in with her aesthetics, so she never took a look at them carefully.
"Did you buy it with me that time?" Geng Huihui asked.
Ye Fan couldn't remember clearly: "Maybe."
"Any more?"
Ye Fan nodded: "There is a gray hollow pen holder on my desk, which is said to be white glaze. I have never heard of it, but it is an antique."
Geng Huihui ran to the main room again, went to her uncle and her aunt's bedroom and saw the brush holder on the desk. She opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.
Fortunately, she was very excited when she discovered that porcelain could be carved. She spent all her money except for the bus ride, and was afraid that someone would buy it next time.
Geng Huihui sighed and said when she reached the kitchen door: "I always thought it was a stone sculpture!"
Ye Fan: "No. If you look carefully, you will find that such a stone is not worthy of such a good carving."
"Auntie, can the value of what you bought increase?"
Ye Fan shook his head: "It's hard to say. Antiques depend on their survival, age, and who used them. Kangxi folk kilns are definitely not as expensive as Qianlong official kilns. Yuan blue and white are not necessarily as expensive as Ming blue and white. Things you think you can't appreciate may be I can buy our apartment in a few years.”
Geng Leilei took it out with rough hands and feet. After hearing the words, he immediately took it out with caution, as if each of them was beautiful jade and gold that could be blown away in one breath.
Geng Huihui asked: "According to what you say, I don't even dare to use it."
Geng Leilei couldn't help but nod.
Ye Fan was speechless and wanted to laugh: "You can put them away, and then go to the vegetable market to buy some and put them on display. If you think they are not well made and smell cheap, go to the scrap collection station and ask if there are any items from the Republic of China period. From now on It’s worthless if it’s less than fifty years old, and it may not be more expensive than the new one sold in the store. It’s a pity if it breaks.”
Geng Huihui: "With the war raging, there are still people making porcelain?"
Ye Fan: "At that time, many foreigners in the capital and Shanghai collected antiques, and antique dealers made fakes, such as imitations of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The craftsmen were either from official kilns or private kilns, and their skills were almost all good."
"Auntie, how come you know everything?" Geng Huihui couldn't help but ask.
Ye Fanxin said, I want to thank Chen Xiaohui, she wasn't messing around, and I couldn't think of looking for books to make up for it. The antiques industry was a deep one, and before Chen Xiaohui, Ye Fan had never thought about it.
"I heard it from the employee at the thrift store." Ye Fan made nonsense, and Geng Huihui believed him. Ye Fan added: "You are not allowed to buy anything that costs more than twenty yuan."
Geng Huihui nodded: "I won't buy expensive ones. I don't have that much money. By the way, aunt, let's write Spring Festival couplets early this year?"
Ye Fan: "Next week, your aunt and I will buy wholesale red paper. From now on, you can write for an hour every night instead of practicing calligraphy, and keep what you write."
Several others had no objections, except Geng Leilei, who was still embarrassed to show his face and simply pretended not to hear.
Before going to bed, Ye Fan went to the public toilet. When she came back, she found the lights on the east side. When she saw a few people at the intersection, she turned off the flashlight and went there. When I arrived, I heard a familiar voice and asked, "Aunt Li, aren't you asleep yet?"
Aunt Li recognized Ye Fan by looking at her walking posture: "It's not even eight o'clock yet, it's early. What time does Dabao's mother go to bed?"
Ye Fan: "I didn't pay attention. I just fell asleep when I was tired after reading." Looking towards Zhang Xiaoming's house, "It's never been so bright at night before, what happened?"
Aunt Li was surprised that she didn't know. She probably forgot to say when Yu Wentao was busy: "Xiaojun's wife is back in the afternoon."
Ye Fan almost bit his tongue, "Go back to where?"
"Here." Aunt Li whispered, "A few people came before lunch. They said they were Xiaojun and the boss of his wife's work unit. I heard from Xiaofen that they were here to set up a match. They said that being together was fate. To be honest, I still don't want to break off the engagement. .”
Ye Fan thought about the woman's attitude: "It shouldn't be because there are still feelings."
The uncle who lives to the west of Ye Fan's house came closer and said, "I think so too, because it hurts to give back the money." I felt a little embarrassed to say it, "I didn't dare to say it, for fear that people would think I was overthinking it."
Ye Fan: "How many brothers does the woman have?"
In the early years, every household had many children, and those like Geng Zhiye's father, who had three wives and only had five children, were considered few. Aunt Li couldn't tell how many people there were, "I heard that I have an elder sister and two younger brothers. I don't know if there are any older brothers and younger sisters."
Ye Fan: "It must be because the betrothal gift has been used to a large extent. If you suddenly spend a few hundred yuan, it may delay your son's marriage. Let's just leave it like this."
Aunt Li: "Isn't it embarrassing?"
Ye Fan: "If you ask for two hundred yuan to buy a ring, you won't be afraid that your parents-in-law will be unhappy. How can she be afraid of being embarrassed when we meet every day in the future? I don't think so."
These uncles and aunts were not as worried as Ye Fan and kept shaking their heads.
Ye Fan casually said a few words and then went home to sleep.
The next morning, after Ye Fan had eaten and packed his schoolbag, Yu Wentao came in from outside with a bowl in his hand. Ye Fanxin said that fortunately every house now has a tile-roofed roof, and you can see the neighbors when you walk out the door, otherwise she would not be allowed to go downstairs with her meal.
Ye Fan asked: "Are you cleaning the kitchen?"
Yu Wentao nodded: "Er Bao, have you eaten? Grandma will send you back to clean up."
The family arrived at the door of Zhang Xiaoming's house, and Zhang Xiaojun and his wife came out. Ye Fan was hesitant to say hello, but he heard the female comrade shout: "Are you Sister Ye Fan?"
Ye Fan forced out a smile: "Go to work?"
"Yes. Are you going to school? I really envy you that your child can still be admitted to Beijing University at such an old age."
Ye Fan wanted to say something, but Yu Wentao urged: "Fanfan, hurry up, the bus is coming."
The lesbian immediately said: "Sister Ye Fan, go quickly." She sat in the back seat of the car and asked Zhang Xiaojun to ride.
Aunt Li came out of the courtyard door and sighed: "Today's young people are so big-hearted."
Even if Ye Fan thought he was shameless enough, he would be willing to give in to this guy.
About twenty days later, on Sunday morning, Ye Fan asked Zhang Xiaoming to watch a movie with Dong Ying and take the children to eat something good. Zhang Xiaoming nodded and said yes, but circled around Ye Fan and helped her bring up the candied haws. Will ask her if she has brought her raincoat and pump.
Geng Zhiye frowned when he saw this scene at the door of his son's room. If Zhang Xiaoming hadn't been honest, he couldn't help but have random thoughts.
Ye Fan saw that Geng Zhiye was impatient and asked Zhang Xiaoming directly: "Is something wrong?"
Zhang Xiaoming waited for her to ask: "Dong Ying wants to buy a house and said that her brothers can help her and pay her back slowly in the future. Do you think that's okay?"
Ye Fan was surprised. It seemed that Dong Ying really wanted to live a good life: "When will I buy it?"
"Let's take a look now. If it's suitable, we can buy it after getting the certificate after the new year, and then live in the house she rents, not far from here. After the house is renovated, we can move there."
Ye Fan: "Buy it. I'll buy two pigs a day, and they'll be sold out in the morning. You'll sell the Spring Festival couplets written by Dabao and Erbao in the afternoon, and I'll give you a commission. You can earn two thousand from September to the end of the year. Dong Ying has some savings, right? You two will do it next year." Save more. If you get it for more than 10,000, you will need to borrow five or six thousand. If nothing happens, you can pay it off by the end of next year.”
Zhang Xiaoming whispered: "Business may not be as good next year as this year."
"Nowadays, those who do business can only work in one place. You can't compare with us - go wherever you want. You can still make so much, but it's harder than this year. Now it's sold out at nine o'clock, but it may be sold out at eleven o'clock in the future." Ye Fan added, "With experience this year, if I start pulling popsicles in June next year, I can earn one or two hundred more than this year."
Zhang Xiaoming is not afraid of not being able to repay it, but buying a house is as important to him as getting married, and he feels unsure. Ye Fan said that he had a backbone, so he said he would listen to Ye Fan. Then he added: "There is a house in front of me. Aunt Yu has seen it. The house was not rented out before the family moved to Shanghai. I came back recently to take a look and said that the yard was very deserted. I was afraid that no one would clean up the walls for a long time and the walls would crack. I wanted to sell it early. Before She asked me if I wanted it for a few days, and she only asked for 10,000.”
In the past two years, the house has been on the market. Ye Fan was not surprised that she lowered the price. "Ask her after the new year if nine thousand is okay." She asked you why you thought of buying a house, and she said that the house your father left for you was occupied by your younger siblings. ”
Zhang Xiaoming's eyes widened, as if she didn't know.
Ye Fan opened his mouth, in disbelief: "She really took over that house where the sun can't be seen?"
If it weren't for the fact that he would not have a new house after getting married, Zhang Xiaoming would not dare to easily agree to Dong Ying's purchase of a house.
Ye Fan rolled his eyes: "Fortunately, this car is half mine, otherwise it would have been hers."
Geng Zhiye couldn't help but ask: "Your brother didn't make trouble?"
Zhang Xiaoming thought to himself, are you two human beings? "My younger brother said that the four side rooms and the one next to the corridor plus the courtyard will be divided among the three of us brothers. Whoever wants the corridor and the house next to the corridor will get the courtyard. There are two side rooms for each person, and the main house belongs to my parents. Whoever wants to provide for them in their old age Who will it belong to in the future? My father said it was fair and asked us to sign a document."
Geng Zhiye: "Where does your sister live?"
"My younger brother said he wants the place where he lives now to live with my sister. My sister can live there as long as she wants. If my husband's family doesn't have a house, I can ask my brother-in-law to live here."
Ye Fan wanted to say that Zhang Xiaojun and his wife would get angry when they heard this.
Zhang Xiaoming said: "Xiaojun and my siblings were very angry and said that the married daughter could not live in her parents' home. The younger brother said that he had the final say in his house. Anyone who didn't like it could move out. He didn't stop my siblings from returning to their parents' home. ”
Ye Fan was very happy: "Your younger brother is right. Don't talk to anyone about the house except your younger brother. Otherwise, your younger siblings will definitely interfere with it."
That's what Dong Ying said. Zhang Xiaoming said he knew.
Ye Fan asked Geng Zhiye if he wanted to go with him. Geng Zhiye waved his hand and told her to get out quickly. After Ye Fan left, Geng Zhiye asked his stepmother to pack her things. He took his son, and Yu Wentao took Erbao to the bathhouse for a bath.
Geng Huihui asked her uncle and grandma if they wanted to take a bath. Yu Wentao reluctantly said she would pay. The siblings immediately packed their things. Geng Zhiqin also followed.
Yu Wentao sighed and sighed that she couldn't afford to take a bath.
Ye Fan thought that if Zhang Xiaojun and his wife didn't know that Zhang Xiaoming bought a house, the Zhang family would not cause any trouble. However, she still underestimated Zhang Xiaojun's wife.
After Laba Festival, Ye Fan went on winter vacation. The children, she and Geng Zhiye saved a lot of Spring Festival couplets, and Ye Fan used some of them to sell couplets in the park.
On Sunday, the sixteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Ye Fan had just arrived at the park when a man and woman in their twenties appeared next door, only three steps away from Ye Fan. When the lesbian saw Ye Fan looking over, she shouted: "Sister Ye Fan, you are also selling couplets here? What a coincidence."
Ye Fan was willing to scold others, and it wasn't just one park, so why did he have to squeeze in with her?
Prepare to find the person opposite the man and woman and ask: "Do you know each other?"
Ye Fan didn't care about saving face and said: "I don't know you. Neighbor."
The man and woman changed their faces together.
They were none other than Zhang Xiaojun and his wife.
The uncle opposite Ye Fan asked: "Are your neighbors also competing for business with you?"
"The park belongs to everyone. Whoever wants to come can come. It's not like grabbing business." Ye Fan called Dabao, who was skating in the distance, to come over.
It was inconvenient for Dabao to wear skates, so Geng Ben rushed over: "Auntie, what's the matter?"
"Go home and write a brand. This is the only one with no semicolon. Everyone else is just imitating it!" Ye Fan said.
Zhang Xiaojun's daughter-in-law immediately said: "Eight cents a pair."
Ye Fan laid out what she and Geng Zhiye had written: "One piece and one piece!"
Normally buy the cheaper one. But the Spring Festival couplets are nothing else. They are posted at the door and will be seen by neighbors, relatives and friends. Now that I have decided to buy it, of course it is better to buy the word.
Zhang Xiaojun's Spring Festival couplets were written by his father-in-law. Compared with those who have studied for a few years, they are good, but they are obviously not as good as Ye Fan and Geng Zhiye, who have boy skills.
Those who plan to have sex should have one piece. Zhang Xiaojun was surprised, why are there still people picking on the expensive ones? Are stupid people rich? Zhang Xiaojun thought the other party didn't hear the price clearly: "My eight cents a pair."
"I can write your kind myself." said the old man who bought the couplets.
Ye Fan raised his eyebrows at Zhang Xiaojun's wife: "If it drops to fifty cents, someone will definitely buy it."
(End of chapter)