The male elder Geng Benben admires most is his brother-in-law Geng Zhiye, so Geng Benben wants to become a soldier like his uncle.
Geng Benben believed that it was honorable to be a soldier and there was no need to hide and coy, so he told Zhang Xiaodi straightforwardly that he planned to try the Army Command School and the Infantry School. If you are dismissed this year due to physical fitness, you will continue next year.
Zhang Xiaodi asked Geng Benben whether the two schools were far from the capital. Geng Benben didn't talk nonsense and told him that they were all in the south.
Zhang Xiaodi was silent for a moment and asked him why he didn't take the Air Force and Navy exams. Geng Benben didn't hide it from him. It was hard work as a sailor and he probably wouldn't be able to graduate. The Air Force has strict requirements, and 8/9 times out of 10, he will be stuck in the physical examination.
Seeing that he was so unsure, Zhang Xiaodi asked him why he didn't ask Geng Zhiye and Ye Fan, but instead thought about it alone.
Geng Benben asked his uncle about the situation of the Navy and also asked his aunt about the arrangements of the Air Force. Ye Fan and Geng Zhiye asked him if he wanted to be a soldier, and Geng Benben said that he was just curious. Even so, Geng Zhiye still told his nephew how hard and boring the army was, and asked him to think carefully and not to regret it for a lifetime just because of a moment of glory.
Faced with Zhang Xiaodi's inquiry, Geng Benben told the truth that he had not thought it through clearly. Anyway, there is still more than a month before the college entrance examination. It is not too late to consider this issue after the college entrance examination is over.
When Dabao saw that the two of them were almost chatting, he asked: "Brother, do you want to take the military academy entrance examination?"
Zhang Xiaodi shook his head: "I haven't thought it through yet."
Dabao: "Your parents definitely want you to be a teacher."
Brother Zhang has good grades. His parents want him to be a cadre in technical secondary school, and he can go to work early. Zhang Xiaodi also wants to take the technical secondary school examination after looking at his own situation. Zhang Xiaoming said that his brother could become a scientist and a university professor.
The Zhang family is located among several universities. When Uncle Zhang goes out for a walk, he can meet well-paid and respected university professors. He also feels that it is a pity for his son to go to a technical secondary school, so he supports him to study in high school and enter the university.
Dabao's words made Zhang Xiaodi realize that if he wanted to go to the military academy, he could not let anyone know before the admission notice came out. Even his eldest brother, who usually supports him, will oppose his entrance into the military academy.
Zhang Xiaodi asked Dabao: "Why is he a teacher and not a doctor?"
"That's what your elder brother said." Dabao blurted out.
Zhang Xiaodi thought to himself, it is true, otherwise Dabao would not have said "teacher" as soon as he opened his mouth, "Dabao, don't tell anyone about this in advance today."
"I didn't hear anything." Dabao passed them and ran into the school.
When he saw his sister-in-law on campus, Geng Dabao raised his schoolbag to cover his face and headed towards the junior high school.
Geng Zhiqin was asked to leave by Dabao's school before he graduated. Geng Zhiqin didn't want to teach a young boy, so he said she couldn't be a teacher. The teacher in charge of recruitment reassured her that she could do an internship first.
Geng Zhiqin said she would discuss it with her mother, and asked her sister-in-law when she returned home whether she would be a teacher or be assigned to a government agency by school assignment.
Ye Fan asked her what she thought.
Geng Zhiqin heard Ye Fan and Yang Mengxia talk about government affairs. If he didn't have a good attitude, it would be difficult to work until he was old. It’s not that colleagues are hard to get along with, but the grassroots work is more complicated and more demanding than being a student. Even if she is assigned to the organization department, she still has to deal with the grassroots.
If the leader wants to reuse her, he will definitely ask her to train at the grassroots level for a few years to become gilded, just like Yan Yang who went to the Hengshan Island Food Factory. Geng Zhiqin didn't want to wait and die doing nothing, so he hesitated.
Ye Fan asked her again if she wanted to go to graduate school and become a teacher at a doctoral school. But Geng Zhiqin likes to write stories, not to do knowledge. After thinking carefully for another night, Geng Zhiqin replied to his employer and reported to the school after the new year.
The school asked Geng Zhiqin to lead the high school graduating class because of her high academic qualifications. Geng Zhiqin was worried that she would only teach according to the textbook and be boring, which would make students tired of studying and perform poorly in the college entrance examination, so she said that she would teach the first grade first. She only taught one class in the first grade of junior high school. Normally very relaxed, Geng Zhiqin still arrives at school before the students to see how other teachers prepare lessons and deal with students.
Unexpectedly, the first time I went to check the gate, I met my nephew.
Geng Zhiqin was very happy when he saw Dabao sneaking around.
Dabao's classmates caught up with him from behind and slapped him on the shoulder. Dabao shivered in fright. The classmate was startled by him: "What are you doing? What the hell?"
"More scary than ghosts." Dabao looked back and breathed a sigh of relief when his sister-in-law didn't chase her as she walked toward the school gate.
The classmate looked back and asked, "Do you know that new teacher?"
Dabao nodded: "My sister-in-law, kiss my sister-in-law!"
The classmate patted him on the shoulder and said, "I understand it's not easy for you." "No wonder you haven't gone out during recess this semester."
Dabao: "My sister-in-law said that she will be a freshman in high school in autumn."
"You won't just take us, will you?"
Dabao shook his head: "Don't! Otherwise I will break up with her!"
The classmates were amused by his words. Dabao just wanted to cry. When he saw his classmates gloating about their misfortune, he glared at him and walked towards the classroom with a sigh.
Dabao said to Little Brother Zhang, "I didn't hear anything." When he saw his mother after school in the afternoon, he pulled her aside and said like a thief that the little brother wanted to go to the military academy.
Ye Fan thought he was going to tell some secret, "That's it?"
"Xiao Ming doesn't know." Dabao lowered his voice and said, "Keep your voice down, let Xiao Ming hear it and it's over."
Ye Fan: "Has it been decided?"
"It seems not. Just like Brother Benben, I haven't thought about it." Dabao asked, "Mom, is it dangerous to go to military academy?"
Ye Fan: "Falling off the training equipment can cause you to become paralyzed."
Dabao's face changed with fear: "What about officers like dad? Do they also have to participate in such dangerous training?"
Ye Fan: "It's possible that I might have a cardiac arrest due to being too tired from work."
Dabao was stunned for a moment, he didn’t expect such a way to die, “When dad comes back in a few days, don’t ask him to take Erbao and I to the zoo, let him have a good rest at home.”
Ye Fan smiled: "You'd better go. Your dad is going back to Yongcheng at the end of this semester. If you want to see him in the future, you have to wait until winter and summer vacation."
Dabao counted with his fingers: "Dad, the two-year training period is over?"
Ye Fan nodded.
"Then we don't have to separate from dad, just like we did a long time ago?"
Ye Fan: "It's okay to be separated. Your dad is in his forties, and it's the right time to fight at this age in the army."
Dabao opened his mouth, did he mean this? "Mom, I mean you want to separate from dad. Don't you miss dad?"
Ye Fan: "Mom doesn't want to worry about making money."
Geng Dabao was so angry that he was speechless: "——Why do you love money more than me? Be careful when you make enough money and your father will be gone."
Ye Fan grabbed his little ear: "What do you mean about your dad? I believe in your dad."
"As long as the hoe is wielded well, there is no corner that cannot be dug down. My mother, do you understand?" Dabao was worried to death.
Ye Fan: "Bao, you know a lot."
"I'm not joking, please be serious!"
Ye Fan said seriously: "Your dad is our family, and the money I earn is used by four people. Your dad was poached, and the money your mom earned belongs to you and Erbao."
Dabao rolled his eyes: "Is money important and people important?"
"Money is important!" Ye Fan replied seriously.
Dabaoxin said, I understand why dad is always worried about you running away, "I will tell dad later that it is important that he has no money."
Do you think your dad doesn’t know? Ye Fan rubbed his little head: "To mom, you and Erbao are more important than your dad."
Dabao felt relieved: "Mom, when you graduate, go to Yongcheng to reunite with your father. In two years, I will be fifteen and Erbao will be twelve. We can take care of ourselves. Besides, we still have grandma and sister-in-law at home. We can also go to grandma and grandpa’s house, we are not unwanted children.”
Ye Fan was very pleased: "If your dad is busy with work and lives in the army, I won't be able to see him on weekends. It's better to be here. I don't have to worry about you here. In Yongcheng, besides worrying about you, I don't have anything to eat." .”
“Isn’t there a family home?”
Ye Fan: "There are many ships and bases in the military region. Even if the family home is next to the base and a few kilometers from the training ground to home, your dad can't go back often. For example, your grandpa, the Air Force is outside the city. If he goes back every day, he can rest. Time is wasted on the road. ”
Dabao seemed to understand and asked: "Is it true that only the army unit is closer to the family area?"
"Probably." Ye Fan has never been to the Army. "I only know that the Army has many branches, and some are in urban areas."
Dabao: "Then let Brother Benben go to the Army School."
Ye Fan was stunned for a moment, his son's thinking was really fast, "Don't say too much in front of Ben Ben, let him make his own decision."
"I know." Dabao asked worriedly: "Aren't you really worried that your father will be poached by the bad aunt?"
Ye Fan shook his head: "Don't worry. Your dad doesn't want us, and mom will find a dad for you and Erbao."
Dabao was shocked: "You think so?! Mom, I'm not worried about Dad, I'm starting to worry about you for Dad."
Ye Fan was happy: "Okay, let's go out."
Dabao jumped outside and saw his sister coming out of the grandma's room, holding something in her hand: "Geng Erbao, what are you holding?"
"Duobaoge." Erbao handed it to him, "Look, it's jade, it's bright. My sister-in-law bought it for grandma, and grandma gave it to me."
Dabao took a closer look and said: "The blackness is not suitable for you. There is still a crane on it. The crane represents longevity. Give it back to grandma."
Yu Wentao was very happy when he heard this, and Dabao became more and more sensible. She couldn't help but come out of the house, "Leave Erbao to keep her little things. Grandma doesn't need them."
Dabao: "But Erbao doesn't have any small things."
Yu Wentao: "Let your mother buy it. How can a girl live without a piece of jewelry?"
Ye Fan said to his sister-in-law who was picking cucumbers in the vegetable field: "Geng Zhiqin, your mother ordered you."
Geng Zhiqin and Geng Huihui went to the flea market and saw the Duobao Pavilion and wanted to buy it for her mother because the crane on it symbolized good luck and longevity. However, when Yu Wentao saw her, she said that she didn't have three kinds of jewelry in total, so it was useless to ask for Duobaoge.
Geng Zhiqin was very unhappy, and it was her fault that it was useless. Geng Zhiqin regretted it very much and thought at that time that he might as well give the second treasure. Erbao always says "thank you" no matter what he receives.
Geng Zhiqin: "I point you out clearly because I think your daughter-in-law is unfilial."
Ye Fan choked and looked towards her mother-in-law. Yu Wentao happened to look at her. Although Ye Fan didn't see what she meant, he was a little speechless, "Let's go together that weekend."
Geng Benben came out of the Dabao room: "Where am I?"
Ye Fan opened his mouth: "——Go tomorrow at noon!"
Geng Benben asked with a smile: "Are you afraid that my sister and Brother Leile will come back on the weekend and they will go there too, and then they will have to buy it from you?"
"You know too much!" Ye Fan glared at him.
Having said this, Ye Fan didn't choose to go at noon - there were no people at the flea market at noon. But it suddenly occurred to her that besides the children's palace and parks, flea markets were also a good place.
At noon the next day, Zhang Xiaoming went home to have dinner and put his car in front of Ye Fan's house. When Ye Fan saw him, he whispered: "If it's not easy to sell elsewhere, go to the flea market."
The students are not on vacation yet, so there is no one in the Children's Palace. It’s not very hot in the morning and afternoon, so the uncles and aunts don’t go to the park, and there aren’t many people in the park. Zhang Xiaoming is worried that there will be too much and he won’t be able to sell all the vegetables, so he batches one box of vegetables every day.
Zhang Xiaoming heard this and asked: "Are people at the flea market willing to buy popsicles?"
Ye Fan: "Workers are reluctant to buy ice cream, but people who go to the flea market are willing to eat it."
Zhang Xiaoming thought that he was too poor to go shopping: "Sister Ye, you are so amazing. You can think of the flea market even if you go to class every day."
Ye Fan: "You can try it at the entrance of the scenic spot after the summer vacation."
"Are they sold to tourists? But I have never seen any tourists."
Ye Fan: "In the past, I needed a letter of introduction when I went out, and it was inconvenient to bring a family with me. In the past two years, policies have been relaxed in other places. There must be people who want to climb the Great Wall to go to the Forbidden City."
Zhang Xiaoming instantly thought of "special economic zones" and "opening up to the outside world". People from inland areas cannot leave, which does not mean that citizens and foreigners from coastal areas cannot come.
"I'll pay more attention on the street another day." After Zhang Xiaoming finished speaking, he went back to his parents' house to rest, leaving his wallet with Ye Fan. Ye Fan was carrying his wallet and was about to go back to the house. Several children came running from the alley. Before they arrived, they asked, "Erbao's mother, do you have any ice cream?"
Ye Fan stopped: "Yes."
"Give me one milk-flavored one, and give me two bean paste-flavored ones." The youngest daughter handed Ye Fan two cents. Ye Fan gave her five points.
The little boy handed Ye Fan five cents and asked tentatively: "I want two bean paste-flavored ones?"
Ye Fan also gave him two. The little boy actually still had one penny in his hand, so he could just give him five points. He was very happy, and he could buy candies with one penny left. Ye Fan knew this child. He had an older brother and an older sister. "How can we separate the two popsicle siblings?"
The little boy was asked, and then handed over the penny. Ye Fan gave several children a bag and asked them to divide it up at the door of their house.
The little boy came home with three popsicles in his hands. When his parents asked him how he could buy three popsicles for six cents, he told them what Ye Fan said. The couple has complicated feelings. They don't favor boys over daughters, nor do they favor girls over boys. The daughter said she would give it to her two younger brothers. They subconsciously thought that her daughter didn't like eating popsicles.
The popsicles are cool, sweet and thirst-quenching. How could children not be curious about them?
The child gave his sister a penny popsicle, and his sister couldn't help but smile shyly, confirming her parents' suspicion that she was just too sensible.
The couple thought to themselves that their parents were not as thoughtful as Ye Fan.
In the past, this family did not like to buy things from Zhang Xiaoming. If their youngest son hadn't wanted to eat popsicles, there was only Ye Fan's family nearby. They wouldn't have given the child money because they felt that Ye Fan and Zhang Xiaoming were competing for business with state-owned units, such as wet markets and supply and marketing cooperatives, and were taking advantage of legal loopholes. Socialist corner.
From then on, they also went to Zhang Xiaoming to buy vegetables and meat.
Not long after, Zhang Xiaoming’s car parked next to their work. His colleagues were surprised that someone was selling popsicles in a car. The little boy’s mother said that it was his neighborhood and it was not easy. His brother had taken away his job and his house had been taken over by his sister-in-law. Later, I was at my daughter-in-law's house, preparing to save money to buy a house.
Most people in this era are very simple. As soon as this was said, someone would ask if they wanted popsicles. Then you could buy fifty or sixty bean paste-flavored popsicles and milk-flavored ice cream from Zhang Xiaoming for ten cents.
Zhang Xiaoming gave some salt water popsicles that cost a penny each.
A man who is poor but not stingy should be looked upon favorably by those who support him. The little boy’s mother’s colleagues couldn’t help but praise her neighbor as a nice person.
Neither Ye Fan nor Zhang Xiaoming knew about this, and mistakenly thought that since their wages had increased a bit in the past two years, they were willing to reward themselves for their hard work.
Ye Fan reminded Zhang Xiaoming to go to the scenic spot, and Zhang Xiaoming also reminded the Yu family to try the scenic spot. Zhang Xiaoming did not hide his secrets. Yu Wentao's brother received some fruits and vegetables that were not available in the city and shared them with Zhang Xiaoming.
Ye Fan originally thought that business this year would be harder than last year because some people took buses to the countryside to collect goods and sell them in the city. Unexpectedly, he calculated the general ledger at the end of June and made more than a hundred more than last June. Zhang Xiaoming gave the money she earned to Dong Ying, who returned it to her brother.
Dong Ying counted how much money he earned and planned to add a little more salary to make up the whole sum. Unexpectedly, he earned more than five hundred and zero in six months, which was equal to Dong Ying's salary last year.
It took Dong Ying a while to believe it was true, "Are you 50-50 with Sister Fan?"
Zhang Xiaoming nodded: "What's wrong?"
"No, why are there so many?" Dong Ying asked.
Zhang Xiaoming didn’t count: “A lot?”
"Five hundred." Zhang Xiaoming: "That's a bit much. I didn't have much experience last year, so it seems like there were only two or three hundred in June."
Dong Ying wants to say that two or three hundred is not a lot.
"The popsicles are so cheap, I didn't expect to make so much money." Dong Ying sighed.
Zhang Xiaoming: "Selling less makes no money, selling more makes money."
No need to accept any favors, no need to take any risks, but walking around in the streets is a bit embarrassing. But compared with the money, Dong Ying didn't feel embarrassed.
On the Fourth of July weekend, Dong Ying gave money to her sister-in-law. Her sister-in-law was also shocked because she gave her 300 yuan in early June and 500 yuan in early July, which was almost double the amount.
Dong Ying, the eldest sister-in-law of the Dong family, was only ten years old when she married into the Dong family. Her eldest sister-in-law regarded her as half a daughter and couldn't help but say: "If you don't worry about money, it's not worth the physical exhaustion."
Dong Ying explained that Zhang Xiaoming would not go even if it rained. Sometimes on weekends, he would only be busy for half a day in the morning, and Ye Fan would be busy for the other half of the afternoon. Dong Ying's eldest nephew is also at home today and asked: "Is small business so profitable?"
Dong Ying nodded: "I even want to sell popsicles during the school holidays."
Dong's sister-in-law disagreed, and Dong Ying's third sister-in-law said: "There is no shame in making money openly. Xiaoying, I will follow you later." Her third sister-in-law is also a teacher, and Dong Ying's job was arranged through her connections.
Dong’s mother was afraid that her daughter would have to work hard, but rather than stealing the country’s supplies and selling them on the black market, she hoped that her daughter’s money would be pure and pure. “Ask Ye Fan. After all, this business belongs to Ye Fan and Xiao Ming. She agrees that you will continue to work.” Do it.”
Dong Ying returned home and told Zhang Xiaoming about her family's attitude. At noon the next day, Zhang Xiaoming went to Ye Fan's house to inquire about the matter.
Ye Fan: "Okay. Help them pull two boxes and put them at your and Dong Ying's house. Don't let your second brother know, otherwise he will find your mother, and then your mother will ask you to help Zhang Xiaojun batch popsicles."
Zhang Xiaoming: "Xiaojun has to go to work."
Ye Fan shook his head: "Don't you understand your brother? If he knew that he could earn ten yuan from selling a box of popsicles in the morning and afternoon, he would definitely take a long leave. At the end of last year, didn't your brother and sister take ten days off to sell couplets?"
Zhang Xiaoming remembered: "Will Xiaoqin still sell popsicles in the park this year? If so, I will bring two more boxes."
"Let me ask." Ye Fan shouted towards the kitchen: "Xiao Qin."
When Geng Zhiqin came out of the kitchen, Ye Fan asked her if she wanted to sell popsicles. She could go with Dong Ying on a bicycle or in the park.
Geng Zhiqin: "Is Dabao still for sale?"
Ye Fan shook his head: "Dabao is obsessed with repairing watches."
"Then let me ask Huihui."
Zhang Xiaoming asked: "Huihui still dares to sell popsicles?"
Geng Zhiqin wanted to refute, but suddenly thought of his two nieces and nephews who were imprisoned by the Chu family for half a month last year, "I'd better ask."
Geng Huihui's school hadn't even had a holiday yet, so Ye Fan told Xiao Ming to wait until the holiday.
Dong Ying was on vacation, but her third sister-in-law had not yet taken vacation. After receiving Zhang Xiaoming's reply, Dong Ying said that she would wait until her third sister-in-law had a vacation.
Dong Ying's third sister-in-law is on vacation, and Zhang Xiaodi and Geng Benben have finished their college entrance examination. The two felt that their scores were good and they could withstand the training, so they unanimously decided to join the infantry training.
Uncle Zhang asked his son which school to apply for, and Little Brother Zhang said his first choice was Normal University. As soon as he heard about the normal school, Uncle Zhang stopped asking and waited quietly to receive the notice.
They both passed the exam, and Geng Huihui's school was on holiday. Geng Huihui was going to the park to sell popsicles, and asked her sister-in-law to ride a bicycle to sell popsicles with Dong Ying. Ye Fan thought of Chen Xiaohui, so he took the time to take the two children to her parents' house and asked Chen Xiaohui if she wanted to sell popsicles to Geng Zhiqin. Since she had company, she didn't have to worry about meeting gangsters on the road.
Tao Chunlan did not support Chen Xiaohui selling popsicles and was worried that Chen Xiaohui would suffer from heat stroke due to hard work on the bike.
Ye Fan finally wanted to help Chen Xiaohui make money, but Chen Xiaohui told her to sell it. Ye Fan gave Chen Xiaohui the address of Dong Ying's house and asked her to go to Dong Ying's house before 10:30 every morning to pull popsicles.
On July 11th, Sunday, Zhang Xiaoming used the boxes made last year to pull eight boxes of popsicles at a time. Four boxes were given to four people, and one box was placed in the park for Geng Huihui. He pulled three boxes of popsicles through the streets.
Each of the five of them gave Zhang Xiaoming one yuan for shipping, and the money from the sale was all their own. Zhang Xiaoming and Ye Fan split the three boxes sold and the shipping fee equally. Zhang Xiaoming was so busy that he came back at one or two o'clock to replace Ye Fan, who went to the popsicle factory to pull two or three boxes and was responsible for the rest of the afternoon.
Zhang Xiaojun discovered that his brother had started selling popsicles. He went to wholesale the popsicles early in the morning on July 11th, and they were sold out before noon. I got another box in the afternoon and it was sold out before the sun went down.
At this time, he didn't feel ashamed to sell popsicles. As Ye Fan expected, Wang Aihe asked for leave from her work unit because her salary was low, more than ten yuan less than Zhang Xiaojun.
Ye Fan knew that it was Brother Zhang who said this. Zhang Xiaoming usually leaves his car at Ye Fan's house and then goes back to his and Dong Ying's house. He doesn't know that his younger siblings have taken a long leave.
Zhang Xiaodi didn't like to come to Ye Fan's house before. Since then, he decided to enroll in the same school with Geng Benben, thinking that they would be classmates and comrades-in-arms in the future. He couldn't help but get close to Geng Benben and come to him whenever he had nothing to do.
The young man is not as calm as Ye Fan. Once he gets acquainted with Ye Fan, he can't help but complain that his second sister-in-law is really shrewd and reveals his worries about his second sister and his parents.
Zhang Xiaoming is a rare partner who never complains or complains about being tired, and never doubts that Ye Fan has miscalculated. Ye Fan hoped to cooperate with him for a long time, so that the Zhang family could not cause trouble for Zhang Xiaoming.
For the sake of Zhang Xiaoming helping her make money, one morning in late July, Zhang Xiaodi couldn't help complaining again, and Ye Fan decided to extend his hand: "Brother, come to the house to chat?"
Zhang Xiaodi followed Ye Fan to the main room. Ye Fan turned on the fan and got him a popsicle from the refrigerator. Zhang Xiaodi shook his head: "I won't eat."
Ye Fan handed it to him: "I went to the production workshop to see it. It's very clean." He gave Benben another one.
Geng Benben sat next to Zhang Xiaodi: "Auntie, if you have any good ideas, please tell me."
Ye Fan: "Little brother, your parents can move to your eldest brother's house if they don't want to be upset. Your eldest brother is filial and Dong Ying is easy to talk to, so it's impossible not to let them live there. If they can't worry about your second brother, they deserve to be upset."
Brother Zhang: "But if my parents can't go there, the second sister will be embarrassed to go to the eldest brother's house alone."
"Then marry your second sister. But given the conditions of your family and your second sister-in-law, who is not in trouble, serious people are not willing to marry your second sister."
Zhang Xiaodi nodded: "Yes. You can't find someone who is not serious, right?"
Ye Fan: "Of course not! The houses here are cheap and the space is large, so every household is a single-family house. If you go to the city, many people are crowded into a large courtyard. Don't your eldest brother and sister-in-law walk around the streets every day? Just call it They asked which young man in the courtyard was promising. It would be best if his mother was powerful and sensible, like Grandma Dabao.”
Brother Zhang understands that if his brother-in-law is successful, his second sister will enjoy the blessings. The mother-in-law is sensible and will not bully the second sister. If the second sister-in-law bullies the second sister, the second sister-in-law's mother-in-law can tear the second sister-in-law to pieces.
In case he guessed wrong, Brother Zhang made sure again, "My second sister is a temporary worker. Is it possible for a man who is outstanding and has no house at home to fall in love with my second sister?"
Geng Benben couldn't help but ask: "Where can I live if I don't have a house?"
Zhang Xiaodi smiled slightly: "Live at my house."
Ye Fan means exactly this: "A man doesn't care where he lives, he only cares about his child's surname. If his child has your second brother-in-law's surname, his parents will definitely support him living in your house."
Geng Benben frowned: "Isn't that backward?"
Ye Fan: "If Xiaozhi doesn't have a house, the man can find another lesbian who has a house, or find a colleague who has a stable job like him to rent a house outside. The salary of a regular worker compared to a temporary worker is enough for someone to rent a house. A house as big as ours.”
Zhang Xiaodi: "My second sister pays money to the family every month, and she will definitely continue to pay after she gets married. Her salary belongs to the couple, and my parents do not count as rebates."
Ye Fan was surprised that his younger brother could think of this: "Also, your second sister-in-law and her husband live in her parents' house, and your second sister-in-law must not be able to help but be weird. You don't have to worry about this. If you dare to talk nonsense, you will report her for taking leave to do business." .”
Zhang Xiaodi shook his head: "No, she will report you and your eldest brother for speculating."
Ye Fan: "She doesn't dare. If her job is lost, she can only do business. If we report us, she won't be able to do it."
Zhang Xiaodi suddenly realized: "We have one more card than her?"
Geng Benben couldn't help but said: "If we take away her job, wouldn't she be a blessing in disguise?" The implication is that doing business is more profitable than working.
Ye Fan: "Ben Ben, Xiao Ming and I make money from doing business because we have cars and supplies. Even if she buys a car, who will get the pork and vegetables? The country people don't know them, so they will definitely sell it to them at the market price."< br>
Zhang Xiaoming's vegetables and eggs are sold at wholesale prices, which are the prices farmers sell to agricultural and sideline products purchasing stations. Otherwise, Ye Fan and Zhang Xiaoming would not want to share ten yuan a day.
Because of the commission on pork, there are only a few pigs on the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month, but each person can get twenty or thirty yuan for the meat every day. Not to mention vegetables, eggs, duck eggs and mutton.
Geng Benben felt relieved when he heard this, but when he saw the popsicles in Zhang Xiaodi's hand, he couldn't help but said: "The money they save on gas by selling popsicles on bicycles must be more than what you and Xiao Ming make."
Ye Fan shook his head: "Xiao Ming is not tired of driving. He can walk around Dongcheng in an hour. Wang Aihe can't do it, otherwise it would be heatstroke."
Brother Zhang suddenly thought of something: "Sister Ye, my second sister-in-law seems to have asked her younger brother to do it with her. I don't know if I heard it wrong. They said it in their own room."
Geng Benben's face changed suddenly: "Auntie, in a few days there won't be popsicle sellers everywhere, right?"
Ye Fan: "You also need a bicycle. Brother, how many bicycles does your second sister-in-law have at home?"
Either one or two. Brother Zhang is not sure: "You mean my second sister-in-law will imitate you in batching popsicles and let her brother sell them in the park?"
Geng Benben was so angry that he stood up suddenly.
Ye Fan asked him to sit down: "You're so angry! When you get to the army, if you don't train well and the instructor kicks you in the butt, why do you have to drop out of school?"
Geng Benben sat back, still groaning angrily.
Ye Fan said: "If he dares to compete with Huihui for business, the worst case scenario is that he won't do it."
Geng Benben nodded: "His family has no money, but my family is not short of that little money."
Ye Fan was very happy: "Are you still angry?"
Geng Benben shook his head: "Brother, let's go to the park."
Brother Zhang had nothing to do at home, so he went to the park with him.
Dabao and Erbao went to the Children's Palace with Geng Leilei. Yu Wentao felt that the family was boring, so she and Geng Huihui waited for Zhang Xiaoming in the park early. Zhang Xiaodi and Geng Benben went to the park, and Zhang Xiaoming brought the popsicles over.
Zhang Xiaoming saw a young man standing where Geng Huihui was selling popsicles yesterday. When he took a closer look, he saw that it was his sister-in-law's younger brother, and he couldn't help but change his face. Geng Huihui waved to him from under the tree on the other side of the gate: "Leave it this way."
Zhang Xiaoming sighed and comforted her in a low voice: "Don't worry if it's not sold out. Let's go to another park in the afternoon."
Geng Benben had already told her that her aunt had a solution, so Geng Huihui didn't panic: "It's okay."
Zhang Xiaoming realized more and more that she was sensible and his sister-in-law was not sensible, so he went to Ye Fan's house to complain while selling popsicles, saying that his sister-in-law had only arrived after he left the popsicle factory, but his sister-in-law's brother had already taken Geng Huihui's place.
Ye Fan asked: "My mother-in-law didn't say anything?"
Zhang Xiaoming shook his head: "I didn't see Aunt Yu. She was probably chatting with someone in the park."
"It's good that I didn't see you." Ye Fan was really afraid that she would start a fight with Wang Aihe when she was old, and would be pushed to the ground by Wang Aihe and become paralyzed. "If you were asked to give the three boxes of popsicles in the car to others and you would make another trip, would you be willing? ?”
Zhang Xiaoming looked confused.
Ye Fan: "Just helping others wholesale, charging two yuan per box?"
Zhang Xiaoming calculated the cost of gas and found that the maximum round trip was three yuan. There was a shed in front of the Sanbengzi, so the sun couldn't get in. It wasn't too hot to sit in the car, "Okay. Who wants more?"
"It's hard to say now. You go sell popsicles first."
After Zhang Xiaoming left, Ye Fan went out and saw many people on the roadside. Ye Fan asked the uncle and aunt if the unemployed people wanted to sell popsicles. She and Zhang Xiaoming charge two yuan on top of the wholesale price. They can earn two or three yuan by selling a box of ten popsicles and getting one free. Two boxes a day cost 56 yuan.
The aunt asked: "Why don't you sell it yourself?"
Ye Fan: "I will sell it myself. To be honest with you, I have a condition. I must sell it next to brother Wang Aihe."
The uncle couldn't help but ask: "I learned to sell couplets from you last year, and now I'm learning to sell popsicles from you?"
Ye Fan nodded: "She sells it on her own bicycle, and I don't care about her. But she asked her brother to take over the spot where Huihui used to sell popsicles. If I keep silent, she will take advantage of her."
Several aunts and uncles had children who had no jobs, and they were afraid that they would be embarrassed. One aunt asked: "What if I sell it?"
Ye Fan: "Alright."
"How much money can you make? Give me a real income."
Ye Fan said: "Excluding the gas fee for us, it's two to three yuan. The main reason is that it's cheaper for us to buy seven or eight boxes at a time than what Zhang Xiaojun approved."
Aunt: "You can get enough money for selling two boxes of meat a day for a month?"
Ye Fan nodded.
The aunt made careful calculations and decided that if she rode her bicycle on such a hot day, she might get a puncture or heat stroke. The popsicle box might fall to the ground if it was not tied firmly. It was really not as cost-effective as taking it from Zhang Xiaoming’s hand, “But we don’t have a popsicle box. ”
"Just find a wooden box and put a clean quilt inside to keep it warm." Ye Fan said, "Auntie, it has just arrived in the dog days of summer, and it can be sold for a month."
The aunt immediately said: "Do it!"
The aunt who has a good relationship with her couldn't help but ask: "Can't she fuck me?"
Ye Fan: "You can go inside the park or at the exit. I'll ask Huihui to go to the north park entrance tomorrow. You can also go to the north park exit, but you can't maliciously lower the price."
The aunt said: "If I can sell it, I will definitely sell it at your current price. Who has a grudge against money?"
Ye Fan: "Is it settled then?"
An uncle asked: "Even if we don't lower prices maliciously, it will affect Huihui's business."
Ye Fan shook his head: "It doesn't matter. I will let her continue to be arrogant. In the future, she will dare to bring the seven aunts and eight aunts over and take over the two parks. It is better to take advantage of us than to take advantage of them."
The two aunts went home immediately. An uncle was moved when he saw this, and told Ye Fan that he would get a box to try first.
Ye Fan: "Just tell the two aunties where to sell it. Huihui said, it doesn't matter whether you make money or not, just don't steam the steamed buns to fight for reputation."
The uncle went home and asked his wife to find two wooden boxes, then take out the clean cotton at home and sew a small quilt with white cloth.
The aunts and uncles acted quickly and told Ye Fan that it was settled the next morning. Each person asked for two boxes because Ye Fan promised that if they would only sell one box at three o'clock in the afternoon, she would take the remaining box away and give her two yuan as a hard-earned fee. them.
With Ye Fan in charge, aunts and uncles no longer have to worry about anything. An aunt came across from Wang Aihe's brother and shouted: "Bean paste flavored popsicles are five cents each, ten popsicles that cost one penny each are free, and ice cream is free for twenty."
Wang Aihe's brother immediately said that he would get one popsicle for five. Auntie calculated roughly that if you don’t give away a box, you can earn more than four yuan. Hearing this, he immediately said five for one.
The Wang family did not dare to descend. Auntie met an old acquaintance who sold three popsicles and got one free. Old acquaintances couldn't help but ask: "Are we going to lose money?"
In order to squeeze this little brat away, the aunt stared at the opposite side and said, "I am happy to lose money!"
In the evening, Wang Aihe made a fuss with Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang, saying that Zhang Xiaoming had found the popsicle sellers in the park.
Aunt Zhang was very angry because she thought her eldest son was uncouth. Uncle Zhang understood his son: "Xiao Ming couldn't think of this idea. It was Ye Fan's idea. Have you provoked others again? Xiao Guo, go to Ye Fan's house and ask what's going on."
Zhang Xiaoguo: "I know, she asked her brother to compete with Huihui for business in the park, and even went over in advance to take away the seat where Huihui usually sells popsicles. Wang Aihe, do you think there is nothing others can do to you?"
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