Professor Li was very embarrassed. Geng Sensen came out with a basketball to smooth things over: "Grandpa Li, my uncle's watermelon is pretty good." He looked in the car and confirmed that there was a white cantaloupe. "This melon is also pretty good. No chemical fertilizers or pesticides are used. It is grown naturally, with plenty of sunshine, and is very sweet, not as sweet as industrial sugar.”
Professor Li's family has a child named Ningning, who is a little girl in her teens who wants to chase Geng Dabao. He said: "Then I will buy two for Ningning to try. Ningning likes them." Then he picked a watermelon and Two melons.
Uncle Yu wiped off the change, and the old professor went home and calculated it, and found that it was not much more expensive than the vegetable market.
The neighbor who came out to take out the garbage heard that "no chemical fertilizers and pesticides were used" and finally understood why the melons now are not as sweet as before. What her daughter meant was that supplies were scarce in the past, and sugar was a strategic commodity that was difficult to buy, so even the slightest sweet taste was delicious. Nowadays, you can eat as much sugar as you want, so if you don’t miss it, you naturally think that watermelon is not as sweet as before.
The neighbor asked Uncle Yu to wait for her. He went back to the house to get a vegetable basket, bought a watermelon weighing five or six pounds, and bought four cantaloupes. The peppers were not good in appearance, but they were black and green. At first glance, there was no lack of sunshine. It smelled like the tender ones bought at the vegetable market, so she bought two more pounds of chili peppers.
Yu Wentao was surprised that the yard was not smaller than hers, but there were no peppers planted.
My neighbor planted them, but her peppers are slender and can be dried to make red peppers, which can be eaten later in the winter. She did not plant vegetable peppers.
People in the alley who were going to the vegetable market came out and saw several people in front of Ye Fan's house. They thought the vegetables sold by Santengzi were good and came to take a look. At first glance, I saw a curved pumpkin, which was not as straight and juicy as the straight ones in the vegetable market.
When asked if the price was cheap, she shook her head. Ye Fan's neighbor said: "Everything grows naturally like this." Pointing to the spots on the pumpkin, "These must have been pecked by birds. If birds and insects eat this, it means there is no pesticide."
That makes sense!
Geng Sensen wanted to applaud her.
Uncle Yu used to want to come to Ye Fan's place often to sell vegetables. One time he came over and found that the neighbors were very cold and not as welcoming as before, so he didn't like to come over.
His family doesn't have a plastic greenhouse, so he just plants it in the fields and outside his yard. Don’t worry about selling if the quantity is small. I don’t expect to sell vegetables to buy a house for my children. Now the children are richer than their elders and do not need subsidies from the two uncles in the Yu family. So when he heard Professor Li's hint just now, he almost said, "I want to buy it or not."
Now I realize that it’s not that I don’t like his food, but that I really don’t understand it. Uncle Yu said kindly: “It doesn’t look good even if you look at it. It’s best to eat it now. It will spoil after two days.”
The neighbor picked up the tomatoes and said: "This is the same as in my yard. Tomatoes in the vegetable market are picked as soon as they turn red. If they are picked late and loaded into the car, they will spoil when they are sent to the vegetable market."
A neighbor who did not plan to buy vegetables from Uncle Yu asked: "So the tomatoes bought at the vegetable market are all half-cooked? No wonder they are so hard and not as sandy as home-grown tomatoes in summer. I thought out-of-season vegetables were like that."
Xiao Wang was anxious to go back to the house to cook. He couldn't leave Uncle Yu here alone, so he asked: "Auntie, do you want to buy it? If not, Grandpa Yu will go somewhere else."
When the aunt heard this, she asked: "Grandma Erbao, is he a relative of yours?"
Geng Sensen: "My grandma's younger brother. He grows vegetables at home to earn pocket money when he has nothing to do."
When the aunt heard that she was not a vegetable seller, and the eggs in the car were large and small, and she saw that they were not eggs from the chickens that came from the chicken farm, she believed the neighbor's words, bought twenty eggs, and bought a few kilograms for her own garden. There were also some crooked melons wrapped in the dishes that were not included in the dish.
People like to follow the trend. When others see several people buying, they also ask Uncle Yu to buy groceries. Uncle Yu doesn't sell much, but he sells it for about seventy-seven or eighty-eight dollars as soon as he comes out of the alley. He went to his daughter's house first, left half for her, had dinner at his daughter's house, then went to his son's house, gave the rest to his two sons and drove home.
It was less than ten o'clock when we got home. Uncle Yu and the two old men took the cattle and sheep to the river. The cattle and sheep grazed while he chatted with others. Uncle Yu sighed while fiddling with his pipe: "I used to dream about being old like this."
The life of the villagers in Yujia Village is good. Some people plant fruit trees, some grow vegetables, some do decoration, some go to work in the garment factory in Hangzhou - Yu Wentao's nephew sent them there on a business trip, and some open a shop in the city to do business. Everyone felt better, the previous nastiness was gone, and we could have a good chat.
The old man who was about the same age as Uncle Yu said: "Thank you, Boss Ye." He paused and sighed: "That girl is really capable."
Uncle Yu always spoke of Ye Fan with respect: "I was capable when I was a girl."
The taciturn old man said: "I heard that her company still subsidizes money? My grandson said that her industry is a bottomless pit. People who do this have to cooperate with foreign countries, and they can't do it without cooperation with foreign countries."
Uncle Yu was also worried that Ye Fan had never encountered any setbacks and would be conceited and accept death, eventually losing all his money, so he specifically asked his nephew how Ye Fan's company was doing. His nephew replied that he didn’t make much money, but he didn’t lose money in the past two years. I made a lot of money selling Hanka before, and the company had tens of millions in its account at its peak.
Uncle Yu didn't think Ye Fan was rich just because of this number, so he asked if the tens of millions in the account meant that she had invested a lot. The implication is that if you lose money, you should not lose a big one. Yu Wentao's nephew told his uncle that if he didn't have any money in his account, he could still lend the company to a bank to get a loan to make ends meet.
Uncle Yu heard that Ye Fan did not owe the bank any money, and his actual assets were valuable, so he would not suddenly have no money and have to go bankrupt.
From then on he stopped worrying.
When Uncle Yu heard what the villagers said, he thought to himself that your grandson is a little brat who doesn't know what the big boss is planning.
"That's what Ye Fan learned in school, and he knows it well." Uncle Yu asked, "What did your grandson learn?"
The old man who praised Ye Fan thought that his old friend couldn't speak. Just because Ye Fan had to take care of children and the elderly, and was able to start a company, it was worth encouraging her: "His grandson has only learned to use a computer in the past two years."
The old man's expression suddenly became ugly: "Why didn't you say that your grandson has never seen a computer?"
"I will buy him a computer tomorrow." The old man was one of the first people to make candied haws with the Yu family, giving their own vegetables and pigs to the Yu family, so that the Yu family could earn a middle price. His son is currently doing renovation work with the village chief's son in the city. He works when there is work and comes back when there is no work. He works dirty all day long and does not seem to make money. In fact, it is better than working part-time in a year.
He worked for seven or eight months last year without missing any geography work, and his son received five to six thousand by the end of the year.
The old man's family was rich, but he didn't show off. The other old man didn't know, so he said, "You go ahead and buy it. I'll wait for you to buy it."
At noon, when the old man got home, he asked his daughter-in-law to buy a computer for his grandson.
The daughter-in-law was shocked: "Do you know about computers?"
"Why don't I know? Doesn't Boss Ye's company sell computers? Come back and find your brother Yu. He is in a computer store and can give us a cheaper price."
The daughter-in-law pointed at the little kid leaning against the door frame, waiting for his meal: "He is not as tall as a computer desk, so what kind of computer is he using?"
The old man has several daughters, and his son is the youngest. When my son gave birth to a daughter, he did not dare to have another child because of the planned family planning. Later, I heard that state cadres could only have one child, but rural people could have one after paying a fine. They also said that in some places, the policy was loose and there would be no fine for having a daughter for the first child.
In either case, it means that another child in his family will not be imprisoned.
This kid is six or seven years younger than his sister, so he is only five years old this year, so it is normal for him to have never seen a computer. But the old man wanted to argue: "People in the city are trained from a young age. Gingko's daughter and son go to that palace to learn. Gingko's son is no older than him."
Daughter-in-law: "That's called the Children's Palace. Even if he goes to school in the city, let him go to the Children's Palace. The Children's Palace teaches calligraphy and playing basketball, not computers. Besides, if you want him to learn computers, you might as well take out the money and add The money to buy the computer will be used to buy him a house and rent it out in the future. Maybe his salary will not be as high as the rent.”
"Who did you hear from?" The old man frowned, thinking about some nonsense.
Daughter-in-law: "That's what Ginkgo said. The boss of Renye said that it is better to hope for the success of the young than to hope for the success of yourself. I think it is the same. Parents are not capable, but our children are capable? Dragons give birth to dragons, dragons and phoenixes give birth to phoenixes. , the son born by the mouse can only dig holes.”
The little kid understood this: "I don't know how to drill holes."
His mother almost couldn't breathe, and after a while she said: "Look, he can't understand human language at such an old age. Can he learn to understand? It would be good if he can eat and understand."
"But houses in the city are expensive, and Xiaoqin's house is not big. It costs hundreds of thousands now."
“The good location is expensive, but the one far away from the city is cheap.”
The old man put his hands behind his back and said in disgust: "What's the difference between that and the countryside?"
"People have built subways and buses into rural areas. Does your village have buses or subways?"
The old man has taken the subway. It is stable and faster than the bus. It only takes five or six miles to arrive. It seems far and it is very convenient to travel: "Then it's up to you."
The daughter-in-law has always wanted to buy a house, but the old man wants the granddaughter to get married and the man will prepare a house, so just buy one for the grandson. The daughter-in-law is afraid to raise money for fear of being scolded by her parents-in-law. It was a rare opportunity to seize the opportunity, and she was afraid that her father-in-law would regret it in a few days, so she said that she would go to the city to have a look in the next two days, and hinted to her father-in-law to take out the bankbook.
The old man was so irritated today that he immediately went back to his house to look through his bankbook. His daughter-in-law couldn't wait a few days, so she went to the city to find Yu Gingxing the next day, asked her where the best house was, and went to the new building that day. When the daughter-in-law returned home, the old man regretted it. It was a pity that the house had been bought. The house could not be returned, so the old man walked around that old friend. The old man came to him deliberately and asked if he had bought a computer. The old man explained that his grandson was young, and then said, "Don't worry about your grandson being so old. I will buy it in two years, and he will be better than your grandson in the future."
The old man got interested in the comparison and couldn't help but refute. As a result, the two of them started to quarrel.
Uncle Yu went over to listen and was speechless and wanted to laugh.
Early the next morning, Yu Wentao and nanny Xiao Wang were cooking in the kitchen, and Uncle Yu's voice came from outside. Ye Fan went out to buy duck eggs and saw the horn on the car and said, "No wonder it's so loud."
Uncle Yu: "Hweiwei bought it for me. It's more and more convenient now."
Ye Fan asked while taking the duck eggs: "How is Hongwei doing lately?"
"The principal asked him to be the grade director. He praised him for his good lectures and his patience with poor students. Parents of students like him. My daughter-in-law said that the teachers in his school are better than him. She has objections. I don't know what the result will be." Uncle Yu said, " It doesn’t matter if it’s not appropriate, it’s not much money.”
Ye Fan wanted to laugh, his tone of voice would be different now that he was rich.
Uncle Yu loved to report family affairs to Ye Fan. When he mentioned that people in the village were quarreling over computers, he asked him if he wanted to buy a computer for his grandchildren.
Ye Fan: "It's not necessary. If you want them to learn more, you can take advantage of the summer vacation to sign up for a computer class and just be able to scratch the surface. I have a computer at home, and Huihui can only type and play games after several years of learning."
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Ye Fan's neighbor bought Uncle Yu's eggs before and went back to make them. The egg yolks were different from those in the wet market, and the color of the scrambled eggs was prettier than those in the wet market, so he ran out when he heard Uncle Yu's voice.
With her sharp ears, she asked when she heard the word "computer": "Dabao's mom, do you have a computer at home?"
Ye Fan was confused by the question.
"My family also wants to buy a computer. Where did you buy it? Is it expensive?"
Ningning from Professor Li's house really liked her uncle's cantaloupe, which was sweet and crispy. He also came out of the house and said, "Don't you know how old your neighbor is? Comrade Xiaoye has a computer company."
We don’t usually interact with each other, so the neighbor’s aunt didn’t know: “You know how to do computers?”
Ye Fan: "This is what I studied in college. By the way, have you seen the bustling computer commercial endorsed by Dabao?"
"During the day, right?"
Auntie went to bed early and couldn't wait until the next prime time commercial came out in the evening. Ye Fan heard this and thought of this, "Yes. That's from my company."
The neighbor's aunt was shocked and looked at Ye Fan from head to toe. Suddenly I remembered something: "Hey, aren't you a bad guy?"
The aunt's son specifically said that Ye Fan was a "traitor" and that he would not learn well if he did not associate with speculators.
Ye Fan didn't know about this, so he told the truth: "If you don't have money to run a business, you can make money by being a businessman."
The aunt understood. When the bad guy wanted to work on the computer, and then thought of the suspicion that Ye Fan had used Geng Zhiye's status as an officer to speculate in the war more than once before, the aunt felt guilty and ashamed, and didn't know how to answer: "You still have ideas."
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"After so many years of schooling, wouldn't it be in vain if I didn't do this?" Ye Fan handed the egg to his uncle.
The aunt asked: "You still weigh me?"
Ye Fan: "It's not from my uncle's family either. Half of the dishes here are from the folks."
Uncle Yu nodded: "The goose eggs belong to the neighbor. My family doesn't raise geese."
Professor Li likes to eat goose eggs, but the vegetable market is infrequent. He has only bought them twice in the past three years. Hearing this, he put down the melon and picked goose eggs.
The neighbor's aunt couldn't help but look at Ye Fan again: "Can lesbians also learn computers?"
This aunt was more than ten years older than Ye Fan. She had worked in the revolution for several years. She had a high position before retirement, but her education level was not high. This was said by Yu Wentao. I don’t know who the old lady asked for information. Ye Fan didn't take it seriously because of this, and followed her words and said: "There are indeed relatively few lesbians in this industry."
"You are the only lesbian I know." Auntie tutted, sincerely admiring Ye Fan, "That's amazing!"
Professor Li couldn't help but say: "Gay men can do it to lesbian women. If you haven't seen it, you haven't seen it enough."
The aunt turned green.
Uncle Yu said to himself, this old man really can't speak.
Worried that the two would get into trouble, Uncle Yu immediately asked how much the goose eggs cost.
The neighbor's aunt forgot to retort, and waited until Professor Li returned to the house before she remembered to complain: "This person has retired and still thinks he is a teacher. Who should he teach?"
Ye Fan smiled and smoothed things over: "Maybe I'm in a bad mood. What do you want to order?"
The neighbor's aunt asked while picking vegetables: "Are your company's computers expensive?"
Ye Fan: “It’s more cost-effective than others.”
The aunt smiled: "You can talk."
"Our company delivers it to your home. If it breaks within a year, it can be repaired for free. But if the screen is broken, you have to pay for it yourself."
The TV the aunt bought didn't have a warranty and she had to get it back by herself. As soon as she heard this and gave her the money, she went home and persuaded her son to buy a computer from Ye Fan.
Ye Fan was separated from her house by an alley, so he couldn't hear what she said, and he didn't know how to persuade her. When the weekend came, the aunt's daughter-in-law asked Ye Fan to take her to the computer store.
Yu Wentao wants to say, my daughter-in-law is the boss.
Ye Fan looked apologetic: "Sorry, I have to go to Xiushui Market later. My friend and I have a trading company there. There are many customers this weekend, so I have to go and keep an eye on them."
The aunt's daughter-in-law no longer looked at her as a "bad guy" and said, "You are so busy. Tell me the address and I will write it down."
Erbao went to the main room to get his notebook and pen. The aunt's daughter-in-law asked casually: "Has your daughter graduated?"
Ye Fan nodded.
She asked again: "Which unit do you work in? Maybe I know her boss."
Erbaoxin said, you do know my leader. However, Erbao did not say the name of the unit, but the address of the unit. The aunt's daughter-in-law thought that Erbao was embarrassed to tell the truth. When she got home, she lamented to her husband and his parents-in-law that the little girl had a good height and face, but it was a pity that she could not study well and her work unit was average.
The aunt asked which unit. When the daughter-in-law said it, her father-in-law was stunned for a moment and asked: "Where is the work unit?"
The daughter-in-law said it again because she didn't understand. Her father-in-law was speechless: "There is only one unit over there - the Ministry of Foreign Affairs!"
(End of chapter)