Geng Zhiye had been training away for two months. He just wanted to rest when he got home. When he saw Ye Fan was getting serious, he immediately said: "We have already divided the points. There is no need for us to fight over this matter. Go to sleep!" He stretched out his hand to pull her on the bed.
Ye Fan was startled and whispered: "Be gentle."
"What are you afraid of?" Aunt Li lives next door to Ye Fan, but there are two walls between her, so the sound insulation effect is excellent. There is a kitchen next to it, so there is no need to worry about Dabao hearing it.
Geng Zhiye put down the bed tent, and Ye Fan quickly turned off the light outside the bed tent and punched him helplessly.
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The next morning, Ye Fan's family had just finished cooking when a green jeep came to the door. Ye Fan asked Dabao to send him a cup of soy milk. The guard shook his head and said no, so Dabao opened the car door and put him on his lap and ran away.
When Dabao arrived at the house, he reported: "That uncle is still embarrassed."
Ye Fan asked Geng Zhiye: "The army won't allow you to drive back by yourself?"
Geng Zhiye: “I was too tired to drive yesterday.”
Ye Fan glanced at him with a strange expression. He was not tired at all last night.
Geng Zhiye smiled when he saw this, took four buns, poured soy milk into a cup: "Let's go."
Ye Fan: "Wait until they finish drinking before leaving."
"Drink when you go back." Geng Zhiye put on the lid of the cup that Dabao sent over, and asked the guard to put the lid on when he got to the car.
The guard happened to be neither hungry nor thirsty, so he closed the lid, put the cup on the passenger seat, and drove back to the army.
As soon as Geng Zhiye left, someone sent an invitation to him. Yu Wentao sent the person who sent the invitation away, and when he came back, he asked when the wedding would be held. Ye Fan opened it: "It's December 11th in the Gregorian calendar. Dabao, check the calendar to see if it's a weekend."
Dabao took down the calendar from the wall, and Ye Fan flipped it back: "It's the weekend."
Yu Wentao: "You go ahead. I'm too lazy to deal with those official wives."
It's as if you are not an official's wife. Ye Fan was about to put away the invitations, but his eyes widened when he saw the bride's name. Erbao saw this and was curious: "What's wrong?"
Ye Fan blinked his eyes to make sure he saw it correctly, and asked Yu Wentao: "Bride Jiang Ping, isn't the groom the first to marry?"
Yu Wentao subconsciously asked: "What happened to Jiang Ping?"
Ye Fan said the three words "Zhang Xiaoming", and Yu Wentao instantly thought that Jiang Ping was only one year younger than Ye Fan, in her thirties. Jiang Ping doesn't even like Zhang Xiaoming. The one who can make her fall in love must be better than Zhang Xiaoming, but it is impossible to be more than thirty years old and still not married.
If the man is in his twenties and has good conditions, there is no reason to choose Jiang Ping. If the man wanted to marry because of the Jiang family connections, Jiang Ping would never marry.
So Jiang Ping's partner may have been married.
It's really ugly to hold a wedding ceremony for the second marriage. Yu Wentao asked: "What is the man's name?"
Ye Fan was surprised: "You don't know him?"
"Your father-in-law used to go there. I'm not familiar with them. It's not the groom himself who sent the invitation. He only said that his brother was getting married. How could I know the groom's name?"
Ye Fan: "Do you know how much it will cost?"
Yu Wentao went back to get the account book, but there was no man's name on it, "Is it possible that the first marriage didn't work?"
Ye Fan: "If you were of the same age as me, it was normal in those days to just get a certificate and not do anything. How much did other people give?"
Yu Wentao saw "Cheng Zhenhua" and said, "When Cheng Shitou gets married, your father-in-law will give you two yuan, and the others will also get two yuan. It may have been agreed that everyone will get two yuan. You bring a ten yuan piece and a five yuan piece to see what others are saying." How much?”
Ye Fan looked at his son and daughter: "Are you two going?"
Dabao shook his head: "I don't want to visit relatives."
Ye Fan: "Then do you want to go to grandma's house?"
"Grandma is different from relatives." Dabao said seriously.
Ye Fan: "Going to grandma's house with Erbao on the weekend?"
Dabao shook his head: "Er Bao will be taken away by the bad guys. Let's go together during the New Year's Day holiday."
Ye Fan looked at the watch on his wrist and saw that it was late. After dinner, he accompanied Dabao to school and took the bus from the entrance of Dabao's school to school.
Yu Wentao was worried that Erbao would be hit by a bicycle on the way to work in the morning, so he sent her to school as before.
Before the wedding, Ye Fan sent a letter to the clothing factory, suggesting that they prepare New Year's clothing.
Before, Ye Fan went to the south to select products and left the contact information of the sales directors of major clothing factories, so he didn't need to trouble Su Yuanhang anymore.
On the morning of the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, Ye Fan took out her clothes and chose the least conspicuous one to put on.
Erbao looked at her mother wearing blue cotton shoes, black trousers, and a blue jacket. Although she was slim-fitting, no one wore it like this now, so she looked disgusted: "Isn't Mom going to have a wedding reception? Why are you dressed like this?"< br>
Ye Fan: "Today is the bride's day. If she knows me and sees that I dress better than her, she might hate me. It's not worth spending money to recruit an enemy."
Erbao pouted and said: "Be careful."
"Wash your underwear yourself. Don't ask your sister to wash it." Ye Fan said.
Erbao nodded: "I'll wash it after the hot water is boiled."
Ye Fan turned to Dabao, who was the first to say, "I'm reading in the courtyard, I won't run around."
Ye Fan felt relieved, looked at the money in his pocket, made sure to bring it, and went out to take the car.
Ye Fan had attended several weddings for Geng Zhiye in the past few years, and they always started at twelve o'clock. Ye Fan didn't want to go too early, but couldn't go too late, so she squeezed the time and arrived at the entrance of the "Capital Hotel" at exactly 11:10. This time was neither early nor late.
Ye Fan didn't expect anyone to be like her. Mrs. Cheng Zhenhua stared at her and frowned: "I thought I saw it wrong. What, why are you dressed like this?" Her face was at a loss for words, "It's like an educated youth who just came back from going to the countryside."
Ye Fan felt uncomfortable: "Isn't the bride a bit special?"
"Isn't it Jiang Ping? Are you still afraid of her?" This is not the Ye Fan she knows.
Ye Fan: "What I'm doing now can easily be labeled as 'speculation.' She doesn't know me. It's easy to tell. What if she finds out that I'm Xiao Ming's neighbor, hates me, and feels that I've stolen her limelight? Write a report letter secretly.”
Jiang Ping'ai analyzed and thought, and realized that Ye Fan might think she was not a good person, and she might also think she was the embodiment of justice when she reported Ye Fan for being "opportunistic".
Thinking of this, Mrs. Cheng added: "But everyone else wears leather cotton shoes, but you only wear cloth cotton shoes. They wear leather down jackets, and you wear labor blue, so you stand out."
Ye Fan: "I sit at the same table with my uncle and aunt, so I don't stand out."
Mrs. Cheng wanted to say something, but suddenly thought of a possibility: "Are you here for your mother-in-law?"
Ye Fan nodded: "I have seen my mother-in-law's account book. Geng Zhiye and I got married, but he didn't go, but his father did. When I record the portion of the money, it's also written in my mother-in-law's name."
"Then you should sit at the same table with the uncle and aunt." Mrs. Cheng thought of bringing two shares of money, one from her parents-in-law and one from her own family. "I can also sit at the same table with you."
It was quite cold outside, Ye Fan asked: "Go in?"
"Go in." Mrs. Cheng felt that the time was almost up.
The two went in and gave money to the guests, and someone arranged for them to sit down. Cheng Zhenhua's lover said that he didn't need to be polite, and then dragged Ye Fan to a familiar elder and asked if he could take them in.
Not wanting to hit the smiling person, several 60-year-old aunts asked them to sit down. One of them stared at Ye Fan and asked, "Have I seen you somewhere before?"
Cheng Zhenhua's lover introduced to the aunts that the daughter of General Ye of the Air Force is now the third daughter-in-law of the Geng family.
Today is a happy event in the Army circle. Although it is one level away from the Air Force, when Mrs. Cheng mentioned Geng Zhiye's father, some people remembered that she had attended the wedding of Ye Fan and Geng Zhiye.
Seeing that he was no stranger, the aunt became enthusiastic and asked Ye Fan where he worked.
When Ye Fan saw that Cheng Zhenhua's lover wanted to speak, he shut up and let her do it. Mrs. Cheng thought it was great to be admitted to Peking University, so she immediately told everyone that she was a college student, and then she paused and said "Beijing University".
Outsiders think it is difficult to get into Beijing University, and locals in the capital also think it is unattainable. Unless you show off your old face and take advantage of your privileges to arrange for your own children. Most high-ranking cadres are embarrassed to do this these days, so when Ye Fan heard that her exams were like seeing giant pandas, she asked her what major she studied, which unit she had thought about going to, how her mother-in-law was doing recently, and her children. How old are you? Wait.
The enthusiastic aunts didn't let Ye Fan go until the waiter served the food.
Ye Fan often dealt with uncles and aunts and didn't find them annoying. When the aunts saw that Ye Fan was not impatient at all, they thought she had a good temper. When they ate the food they liked, they asked Ye Fan to try it.
Although Cheng Zhenhua's wife knew that she said that Ye Fan would be looked down upon by well-informed aunts when he was studying at Beijing University, he never expected them to be so enthusiastic.
These aunts are not ordinary workers or housewives like Aunt Li and Aunt Zhang. Each one of them has been on the battlefield and worked in the revolution. Several of them are still the first and second leaders of a certain unit.
When Mrs. Cheng heard someone telling her to eat more, she thought to herself that today I had taken advantage of Ye Fan.
There is no banquet in the world that never ends.
After the banquet was over, Ye Fan and Cheng Zhenhua's lover were stopped at the door of the hotel. Ye Fan turned around and saw a gay man in his thirties running over: "Sister-in-law!"
Ye Fan subconsciously looked at Mrs. Cheng, but Mrs. Cheng had never seen this person before, so she asked, "Should you call me Ye Fan?"
"You two." The man is of medium build. His face is much prettier than Zhang Xiaoming's. His eyes are shrewd, but he is not as honest as Zhang Xiaoming. He then added, "I want to tell Sister-in-law Ye Fan something."
Mrs. Cheng's eyes signaled to Ye Fan, "Should I go back first?"
Ye Fan nodded, and Mrs. Cheng said, "You guys talk."
"Come over here." Ye Fan took a few steps back to avoid blocking other people's way.
The man walked over and introduced himself.
Ye Fan heard that his name was Chang Guangrong, and he also said where his father was employed, which unit his mother was in, etc. Ye Fan had no memory at all. It was estimated that after the Cultural Revolution, various departments were reorganized and there was a shortage of people. The Chang family transferred people from other places. He had only been here a few years, otherwise it would have been impossible for Mrs. Cheng, who had been in Beijing all year round, not to know him if he was in the same circle.
Ye Fan: "Since you know my name is Ye Fan and you know me, you must have asked about me and know something about me? Why don't you just tell me what you have to say?"
Chang Guangrong's eyes flashed, and he was as straightforward as the rumors: "I heard that my sister-in-law has to go to school and take care of the children, and she also has to take leave to go to the south to get goods. She is often too busy and lacks skills?"
Ye Fan chuckled: "Want to help me share the burden?"
Chang Guangrong was a little embarrassed: "Not entirely."
Ye Fan: "If you want to join this business, you can come with me. If the capital is not enough, I can lend you 10,000 yuan, so cooperation is not necessary."
But Chang Guangrong's purpose is to cooperate with Ye Fan.
A few days ago, Chang Guangrong took a few friends and his brother-in-law, who was on summer vacation, to Yangcheng to choose a bunch of things. Half of them would make money and the other half would be sold at a discount. After all the things were sold, excluding all expenses for food and drink, each person would get nine yuan.
Later, no matter how tempting Chang Guangrong was, several people remained unmoved.
Chang Guangrong also heard from his friends how much money someone made by using his father's connections to divert state-owned assets. Chang Guangrong was too excited to act, fearing that he would be shot dead by his father.
Chang Guangrong also knows that serious business requires real skills. He didn't believe that Ye Fan could do it but he couldn't. Recently, I have been looking for inspiration from Ye Fan's goods, and then I went to Yangcheng to get a batch of clothes. Still only half of them were sold, and the other half was too rejected to be worn in winter.
Chang Guangrong asked his wife to buy clothes from Ye Fan, and asked who bought the clothes. Except for the six people from Yujia Village who went south with Ye Fan, no one knew who Ye Fan's things came from. The people in Yujiacun would definitely not tell the truth, so the answer he got was "South".
Jiangnan is also south, Lingnan is also south, and Southwest is also south. There are so many cities and Chang Guangrong cannot inquire about them one by one. His wife asked him to ask Ye Fan.
Chang Guangrong thinks it is embarrassing for men to bow to women. But as soon as I opened my eyes and saw the goods piled up at home, I felt overwhelmed. Today I happened to hear someone call her "Ye Fan". Chang Guangrong looked her over and thought to himself, how could the clothes chosen by such a simple lady be so popular?
Could it be that he really has a unique vision?
It's okay if Chang Guangrong doesn't have good vision. His wife is born upright and can compare with Ye Fan, but her vision is not as good as Chang Guangrong's.
The other members of the Chang family may have better vision, but no one will accompany him.
The recent crackdown has been severe. Although it is "cracking down gangs and eradicating evil", Chang Guangrong's father is also worried about his son getting involved, so he gives him an ultimatum: If he doesn't find a serious job to do, he will go back to his hometown in the countryside to farm.
Chang Guangrong, who was born at the wrong time, practiced in the countryside for three years before being allowed to return to the city. He never wanted to live with his face facing the loess and his back facing the sky again.
Chang Guangrong comforted himself that he couldn't let go of his children and could only make money by losing face. "It's useless for you to come with me. I don't have good vision." After saying this, he felt much lighter.
Ye Fan: "Shall I help you choose the goods?"
"Why are you so embarrassed to bother sister-in-law?" Chang Guangrong thought in his heart.
Ye Fan: "It's not impossible for me to help you choose. The market in the capital is so big that I can't bear it. If you don't do it, there will be others. It's better to benefit your own people than to benefit outsiders."
Chang Guangrong's eyes lit up, right? Is Ye Fan so righteous?
Ye Fan: "But I don't plan to continue in this business. You will have to think of other ways later."
"Why not? Isn't it very profitable?"
Ye Fan suddenly had an idea.
None of his classmates believed that Chinese people could develop their own computers and might one day embrace capitalism. Ye Fan did not dare to partner with them. However, working on computers involves many industries, including research and development, production, assembly, sales, etc. She will definitely be too busy by herself.
If someone with a strong background is recruited to join the team, the classmates will see that Ye Fan is not the only one who is optimistic about this industry, and they may be able to work hard.
Ye Fan nodded: "I make money not because I am smart, but because there are few people doing it now. If you want to join this year, there will definitely be others next year. Looking back, the streets here are all selling clothes. The market is saturated. I want to make small profits but quick sales." Can’t sell it.”
"Have you ever thought of doing something else?"
Ye Fan: "You can work in that profession for a lifetime. If you succeed, you will be able to make money in three years, ranging from ten thousand to one million, with a net profit of one year."
Chang Guangrong was about to be stunned by the numbers Ye Fan said.
Ye Fan: "Twenty years from now you are very likely to have both fame and fortune, and you will become a pivotal figure in the industry."
Chang Guangrong's heart trembled: "If you reach the level you said, you are no longer a businessman, right?"
Ye Fan thought for a moment: "National entrepreneur?"
"Are you going to set up a factory in a special economic zone?"
Ye Fan shook his head: "Private factories are not allowed in the capital now, but that doesn't mean they won't be allowed in the future."
"Can I ask what you plan to do?"
Ye Fan: "Producing computers."
Chang Guangrong obviously felt his breathing pause.
Ye Fan saw the shock on his face: "It's definitely impossible to get it right in one step. I can produce small things first, and then expand after accumulating funds." "No wonder you said you can work for a lifetime."
Ye Fan: "If you want to work with me for two years, you can come with me to get the goods later. Don't complain if I don't have time to take you after two or three years."
Chang Guangrong: "I should train myself in two or three years."
Ye Fan didn't want to pour cold water on him. In order to prevent more enemies in the future, she decided to be a villain first and then a gentleman: "Clothing is constantly changing. The popularity of bell-bottom pants this year does not mean that they will be popular next year. You can only make a small amount of money next year when you know what is popular before purchasing. You’re quite satisfied with making a little money, just pretend I didn’t say anything.”
As long as he is satisfied with making a little money, Chang Guangrong has not yet partnered with Ye Fan.
Chang Guangrong thought that he was running out of time, so he decided to do it with Ye Fan first, and then talk about it two or three years later: "Then would you trouble sister-in-law to take me with you for a year or two?"
Ye Fan: "Then go to my house and wait for me on Saturday afternoon. You don't need to bring a change of clothes, just bring toiletries. Let's go directly after I finish class."
"How much money do you bring?"
Ye Fan: "Clothes are expensive in winter. If you have money, bring 10,000 yuan. If you don't have money, 2,000 yuan is fine. Bring your bankbook and pick it up over there."
Chang Guangrong decided to listen to her. It would not be too late to ask someone who didn't understand him in the future: "Sister-in-law is coming home? I'll see you off."
Ye Fan followed his line of sight and saw the car not far away, so he let him take him back.
After Chang Guangrong left, Yu Wentao came out of the courtyard: "Who is it? Such a kind gift to you."
"It's not for free." Ye Fan then told his mother-in-law that Chang Guangrong wanted to partner with her.
Yu Wentao frowned: "I should have known I was going. These people really know how to hitchhike."
Ye Fan smiled and said, "It's not without its benefits. Now that my family is the only one, it's very conspicuous. Maybe someone is ready to cause trouble for me. When the Chang family came in, they saw that one of them was making wedding clothes for others, so they might just accept it." Hand . Besides, there are others who are not familiar with the Chang family. If I were Ding Mao or Geng Zhiye, they would think I was smart. "
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"Hearing what you say, this is Chang Guangrong." Yu Wentao said.
Ye Fan: "If Chang Guangrong thinks it's good to cooperate with me, I can go to him if I want to do other things in the future. Xiao Ming is honest and can keep an eye on the warehouse. Wei Jianshe is smart, but it's a pity that he can't do anything if someone troubles me. Comparatively speaking, Chang Guangrong is still Glorious and appropriate.”
"Just think about it clearly. How was the wedding banquet today?" Yu Wentao asked, "Did Jiang Ping recognize you?"
Ye Fan shook his head: "I was going to have a toast with us, but the Cheng family's sister-in-law said that no one was drinking, so the groom said a few polite words and went to another table."
Yu Wentao was very curious about the groom's family: "Is it a second marriage?"
Ye Fan nodded: "I heard from some aunts at the same table that the groom has two children. The older one is as old as the second child and the younger one is not too young. The couple is not on good terms and have been separated for two or three years. Both children are with him."< br>
Yu Wentao breathed in: "What are you trying to do?"
Ye Fan: "There are no white men in the groom's family. The groom is half a head taller than Zhang Xiaoming and has an average face, but he works in a government agency. In the future, he will at least be the leader of the municipal bureau. His social status cannot be matched by Zhang Xiaoming's worth of one million."
Yu Wentao chuckled: "As a stepmother, I have more say than you."
"Go back to the house and talk." Ye Fan saw Aunt Li coming out and went back to the house first.
Yu Wentao followed in and said as he walked: "If the mother of the two children is gone, they will kiss the stepmother if the stepmother passes. If the biological mother is still there, no matter how good the stepmother is, they will feel that she is not as good as the biological mother."
Ye Fan nodded: "That's right. It smells good when you are far away, but smells when you are close. If your biological mother comes to see you once in a while and gives you some money, your children will feel that your mother is good. Your stepmother will serve them every day, but they will find her nagging and annoying."< br>
"You know?" Yu Wentao was surprised.
Ye Fan: "You know it from the looks of our family. Every time Geng Zhiye comes back, Dabao and Erbao pounce on him and call him daddy. Have they ever called me mom after I've been back for so long?"
Dabao showed his little head from the side room: "Mom, we missed dad when we saw him. Don't take the opportunity to talk nonsense."
"Look, you dislike me." Ye Fan said.
Dabao smiled angrily: "Please be reasonable."
Ye Fan asked: "What are you doing in the house?"
Dabao: "Writing Spring Festival couplets. If you don't sell them to us, sister Huihui, brother Benben, and brother Leilei will sell them."
Ye Fan reminded him that it might be cheaper this year.
Dabao nodded: "When my sister-in-law helped us approve the red paper, I asked the paper factory and said that many people approved the red paper. We don't want to sell a lot. Each person can sell ten pairs a day and earn two yuan a day."
Seeing that he was mentally prepared, Ye Fan felt relieved: "Sell whatever they want. If you lower the price, you will be beaten."
"I know, I know." Dabao raised his hand, "Go back to Mom, and buy me a piggy bank."
Ye Fan was surprised: "It's full again? Son, isn't it interesting to just keep it and not use it?"
"I don't need to use your money." Dabao said.
Ye Fan rolled his eyes at him. When he went to the opposite side, he saw no one in Erbao's room. He guessed that the little girl was in Dabao's room. Yu Wentao glanced into Dabao's room, and Ye Fan was sure that Erbao was indeed in his room.
Ye Fan went back to the house to rest.
On Saturday afternoon, Ye Fan took seven people south.
Chang Guangrong was shocked when he got his ticket: "Aren't you going to Yangcheng?"
Ye Fan: "You can't go to Yangcheng at this time. Because transportation is inconvenient, the clothes produced in Yangcheng are supplied to surrounding areas, and the coldest in Yangcheng is more than ten degrees, so the thickest clothes can only be used as autumn clothes when transported to the capital."
Chang Guangrong was speechless and wanted to say that you didn't mean that the clothes came from Yangcheng. Suddenly it occurred to me that the clothes sold in summer come from Yangcheng. Clothes worn after the beginning of winter are said to be from the south.
Chang Guangrong said in his heart, I am so stupid!
"Hangcheng is not as cold as the capital, right?" Chang Guangrong asked.
A brother in Yujiacun said: "The temperature is higher than the capital, but cold. You will know when you get there."
Chang Guangrong didn't feel cold as soon as he got off the bus in Hangzhou. He woke up in the middle of the night and had to get up and put on thick socks. The next day he listlessly asked Ye Fan if it was cold at night.
Ye Fan: "Are you not used to the cold and wet here? You still have to stay here for one night. Go back and find a salt water bottle and fill it with a bottle of hot water. Then it won't be cold in bed at night."
After breakfast, Ye Fan took a few people to the cotton clothing factory and sweater factory and agreed on the delivery time. Ye Fan left Chang Guangrong and the three brothers of the Yu family to follow the car in Hangzhou. She took the three people to Yongcheng to look at pants, suits and jackets. .
Worried that he might not be able to sell all the goods before the new year and that it would be difficult to sell after the new year, Ye Fan only bought four trucks, including Chang Guangrong.
When they arrived in the capital, Ye Fan's goods were sent home first. Chang Guangrong never thought of renting a transport truck, but it was convenient to transport one truck back, so Chang Guangrong borrowed Ye Fan's rental car, and he paid for Ye Fan's rental fee.
Zhang Xiaoming, Wei Jianshe and others heard that Chang Guangrong had a great background, and they did not object to his joining, because they were also a little worried that the big tree would attract trouble, and Ye Fan could not handle it alone.
Ye Fan bought a lot of festive clothes. These clothes are usually not easy to sell, but they are very popular at the end of the year. Some of the suits and sweaters were also sold.
On the night of the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, Ye Fan settled accounts. The next day, Ye Fan took his children to the department store, and then to the supply and marketing cooperative, where he bought a bunch of things and returned to his parents' home.
Arriving at the door of Ye's house, Dabao took out the small box from his bag. Erbao grabbed one and ran towards the house: "Grandma?"
"Here it is."
Tao Chunlan's voice came from the south. Ye Fan arrived at the courtyard and saw her mother coming out of the south room: "What are you doing?"
"Clean the furniture. Xiaohui doesn't allow me to use a rag." Tao Chunlan took off the sleeves and threw them into the washtub.
Ye Fan: "Those things she bought before? Let her pack them by herself. By the way, where is she?"
"Liangliang wants to go out to play. We can't take care of her at home, so Xiaohui will take her to the park." Tao Chunlan asked Dabao and Erbao to go back to the house.
Erbao thrust the small box into grandma's hand.
Tao Chunlan caught it subconsciously: "What?"
Erbao: “Grandma, you’ll know just by looking at it.”
Tao Chunlan opened it with a smile. When she saw what was inside, her smile froze and she looked frightened. Erbao raised his head and asked, "Grandma, don't you like it?"
Tao Chunlan wanted to cry and laugh at the same time: "Why don't you buy me a gold bracelet? I'm already this old."
Ye Fan: "I will be rich this year. Dabao, where is the other one?"
Dabao handed over the box in his hand: "This is for grandpa. Mom said thank you to grandpa for supporting her. Grandma, you and my mother will go to the bank in the afternoon, and mom will return the money to grandpa."
Tao Chunlan opened her husband's gift box and found a big gold chain inside, "Your dad can't wear it either."
Ye Fan: "Leave it at home. You can't take it out either. I'm worried that gangsters will cut off your hand."
Tao Chunlan closed the box: "Did you buy it yourself?"
Ye Fan nodded: "If you buy a lot of people, they'll give you a discount."
When Tao Chunlan saw that her daughter was not at fault, she said, "Then I'll accept it. Dabao, Erbao, whatever you want to eat, grandma will cook it."
In winter, the days are short and the nights are long. Ye Fan left the house after dinner at half past eight, and left the supply and marketing cooperative at around ten o'clock. It was now almost twelve o'clock. Ye Fan heard this and took the dishes to the kitchen: "I'll cook it."
Tao Chunlan put her things in the room. Feeling unsafe, she stuffed them into the locked drawer next to the bed.
After lunch, Ye Fan went to the bank with her mother. At around three o'clock, Ye Fan took the two children home. When Dabao arrived home, he opened his satchel again, and each brother and sister took a small box and went to the wing to find Yu Wentao.
It was cold and Yu Wentao didn't go out. She was making shoes on the bed. Geng Huihui and Geng Zhiqin were also on the Arhat bed. Geng Huihui ran in very excitedly when she saw Erbao: "What good thing is it?"
"My mother bought it." Erbao opened it, "Grandma, does it look good?"
Dabao opened the box: "There is another one!"
Yu Wentao's bracelet is lighter than Tao Chunlan's, but Ye Fan also bought her a necklace with a small jade stone on it. The total price is not much less than that of Ye Fan's parents.
Yu Wentao nodded: "Your mother has good taste."
Erbao laughed out loud.
Yu Wentao didn't know why: "What are you laughing at?"
Geng Huihui saw it: "I bought it for you."
"Me?" Yu Wentao pointed at herself.
Geng Huihui nodded.
Erbao said: "Mom said it was very hard for grandma to cook, wash clothes and send me to school. She made money this year, and you all have it."
"Who else but me?"
Dabao: "And grandma and grandpa. Mom said that without the support of grandma and grandpa, she can only make small fuss."
Yu Wentao asked Ye Fan where he got so much money to purchase the goods, and Ye Fan said that her mother gave her her father's coffin copy. Yu Wentao was reluctant to take out the coffin book. She was embarrassed and jealous when she heard this, "Your mother didn't buy it herself?"
Erbao: "My mother bought it and bought one for me. Brother, show it to grandma."
Dabao took out Erbao's small bracelet.
Yu Wentao took it and weighed it.
Geng Huihui said first: "You think it's too easy to buy Erbao a real one. Buy another one for me? And my sister-in-law."
Yu Wentao glared at her: "Buy it yourself, it's not like you have no money!" After saying that, he handed it back to Erbao, "Where's Dabao's?"
Dabao's is a small jade pendant, of good quality, and the price is about the same as Erbao's gold bracelet.
Yu Wentao told them to put it away because they were playful and would lose it at any time.
Dabao and Erbao pouted at her and took their things back to the house.
Geng Huihui tried on her grandma’s bracelet: “Grandma, look at me——”
Yu Wentao stretched out his hand and pulled it down.
Geng Huihui was speechless: "You must be stingy."
"Not as stingy as your mother. I raised you and Benben so much, what did your mother buy for me?"
Geng Huihui rolled her eyes at her: "My mother gave you money. You don't know how to buy it yourself? You are reluctant and say that she is stingy. I don't think she is stingy like you."
Every time Geng Zhihui came back, he would give Yu Wentao either one hundred or two hundred. He came back four or five times a year and got six or seven hundred, which was more than what Ye Fan gave. Yu Wentao couldn't refute, so he became angry and asked her to go out.
Geng Huihui stood up: "Sister-in-law, let's go."
Geng Zhiqin remained motionless: "The money we earned from selling couplets recently should be enough to buy a thin bracelet or gold necklace. Let's go to the store tomorrow to have a look?
Geng Huihui asked her grandma if she was going.
Yu Wentao felt that going with her would cause bleeding: "I won't go. I will go back to the village tomorrow to visit my parents' graves. I will visit your grandfather's graves the day after tomorrow."
Geng Zhiqin was worried about her mother going back alone, so he accompanied her mother to the station the next day.
Ye Fan was preparing steamed buns at home. Geng Huihui was embarrassed to go shopping, but she couldn't buy a necklace if she stayed to help.
Ye Fan heard her muttering that "it's not interesting to buy after the New Year", so he asked: "Will your mother come back this year?"
Geng Huihui: "My mother may be on vacation. My father is hard to say."
Ye Fan: "Let your mother buy it. I'll ask Erbao to wear it on New Year's Eve tomorrow. I'll tell you that Erbao has it all at such a young age, but you don't even have any decent jewelry at your age."
Geng Benben was going to the main room and passed by the kitchen when he heard these words. He returned to Dabao's house and asked Dabao to put on the pendant.
The next morning, Chu Fenghe came back alone. In the afternoon, Ye Fan and his mother-in-law and sister-in-law were chatting in the main room. Geng Benben dragged Dabao over and asked Dabao to sit across from his mother.
Chu Fenghe saw something on Dabao's neck and asked why he hadn't seen it before.
Geng Benben immediately said: "My aunt bought it for Dabao. Mom, does it look good?"
(End of chapter)