Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

After bidding farewell to Su Yuanhang and his colleagues, Ye Fan used the public phone at the station to call Chen Xiaohui and asked her to go to his house to check if the car had been rented.

When the train arrived, Ye Fan asked Geng Zhiqin to go back with the train. She and the brothers of the Yu family kept the more expensive items such as bell-bottom pants, skirts, leather shoes and sunglasses, which would be sent directly to Ye Fan's home. Considering that most thieves were men, and men did not like to steal dresses and stockings, they were placed in the house bought by Yu Wentao, and it didn't matter whether the brothers of the Yu family lived in it or not.

The train arrived at the station in the morning, and it was already two o'clock in the afternoon when Ye Fan got home. Seeing Geng Zhiye, Ye Fan exclaimed: "You're home?"

"You look so tired." Geng Zhiye frowned and said, "Go and have a rest. Leave the rest to me."

Ye Fan couldn't help but ask: "No, isn't today the Lantern Festival? Don't you have to celebrate it with your comrades in the army?"

Geng Zhiye: "I'll be leaving in a moment."

"Then can you help me sort and organize them?" Ye Fan really couldn't hold it any longer and didn't try to hold it in.

Geng Zhiye asked the Yu brothers to eat something, and he, Geng Zhiqin and Geng Huihui cleaned up the goods piled in the yard.

Dabao and Erbao went over to help. Geng Zhiye asked them to wait aside until he had separated the things and then let the two children move into the house.

Aunt Li was too distracted by the kid to practice and came to help: "Dad, how do you sell so many things?"

Geng Zhiye: "Is there a way to deal with this?"

The reason why Aunt Li was so active was that she remembered that there was a social idler in her uncle's family, who was Aunt Qian's son who helped Ye Fan sell popsicles last summer.

Aunt Qian's son thought that selling popsicles for one or two cents was not profitable, so Aunt Qian decided to do it herself. Except for rainy and cloudy days, Aunt Qian made 70 or 80 yuan in more than 20 days, which shocked the whole family.

The idle person in society was very regretful, so he told his mother to rest at home and let him do the hard work if something like this happened again.

It was rare that her lazy son was willing to help, so Aunt Qian asked her sisters-in-law to keep an eye on Ye Fan's family.

Ye Fan was not at home these days, so Aunt Li asked Yu Wentao where Ye Fan was. Yu Wentao said she went to the south to transport goods. Aunt Li asked her if Ye Fan wanted someone to help her sell. Yu Wentao was annoyed when Ye Fan mentioned Ye Fan because he did not allow her to practice martial arts, so she asked Aunt Li to ask herself.

Aunt Li asked, "What's the solution?"

Geng Zhiye smiled bitterly: "How would I know? Wait until she has rested well before asking."

The Yu brothers were so overwhelmed by the smell on the train that they didn't want to eat. They each drank half a bowl of rice soup and then went home.

Geng Zhiqin received a notice from Chen Xiaohui that her sister-in-law would be home today. Zhang Xiaoming went to Yujia Village last night. Geng Zhiqin was afraid that her uncle and cousins ​​would worry, so she asked Zhang Xiaoming to tell them that everything was going well.

This morning, Uncle Yu and Zhang Xiaoming went into the city to sell chicken, fish, meat, eggs and vegetables. After they finished selling, they came directly to Ye Fan's house to wait to pick up their nephews.

Zhang Xiaoming and Yu Xiaojiu drove the six people back to the village. Aunt Li waited for the six people to leave and asked Geng Zhiye: "Did you ask your cousins ​​to help sell it?"

Geng Zhiye shook his head: "I really don't know. Aunt Li, I heard that you've been fascinated by Qigong recently, why don't you practice it?"

Aunt Li was so angry that she wanted to throw the things in her hand away: "You said it was Dabao's mother's idea. As soon as she saw us gathered together, she asked the children to set off firecrackers. I was almost scared to death!"

Geng Zhiqin: "You are not afraid even if your granddaughter sets off a cannon on your head, how can my sister-in-law scare you to death?"

Aunt Li pretended not to hear and said to Geng Zhiye: "In fact, qigong is useful. My health is obviously better than before. Dabao's father, the army——"

"Stop!" Geng Zhiye interrupted quickly, "Xiao Qin, what time is it?"

Geng Zhiqin made some money and bought himself a watch. He looked up and said, "It's already half past three? That's too fast."

Geng Zhiye urged them to pack up quickly.

Aunt Li felt uncomfortable chatting with him when she saw this.

Geng Zhiye cleaned up, washed his hands, and drove back to the army, but before leaving, he drove his car around to deter anyone with bad intentions.

The next morning, Aunt Li came to Ye Fan's house with a bowl to eat. Ye Fan had learned from Geng Zhiqin that the old lady might want to buy goods from her: "Aunt Li, do you want to make some pocket money too?"

Aunt Li asked, "You know? It's not me, it's my good-for-nothing nephew."

Ye Fan: "It's not that I'm stingy, it's just that I can't do it now. I buy spring and summer clothes. They're not easy to sell at this time. If I take them out now, others will see them and buy them too. Who will I sell these things to then?"

The weather after the New Year is not as warm as before the New Year. Aunt Li heard from the neighbors that there will be snow in a few days, and no one will want cool clothes: "Why are the clothing factories producing summer clothes so early?"

Ye Fan: "It's warmer in Guangzhou now than here in March. People wear March and April clothes in February, and have to wear summer shorts, short-sleeved shirts and flip-flops in March."

Aunt Li understood: "Why don't you wait a few days before going?"

Yu Wentao thought she didn't know anything and said unhappily, "Can't you go to school?"

Aunt Li suddenly realized: "When the weather gets warmer, tell me. By the way, how much do you sell it for?"

Ye Fan: "I will match the goods and sell them for two dollars a day."

Aunt Li couldn't help but frown, wondering why she hadn't made any money selling popsicles yet.

Seeing this, Ye Fan smiled and said, "I haven't finished yet. For example, if I sell a wholesale skirt, the price I give you is 4.5 yuan. If you can sell it for 5 yuan, or even 6 yuan, the extra 50 cents or 1.5 yuan will be yours. I will go to the department store and the supply and marketing cooperative to check their prices. The price I give you will definitely be cheaper than the supply and marketing cooperative and the store."

Aunt Li calculated that she could make 50 cents on a skirt, and if she sold two a day, plus the money Ye Fan gave her, she could sell other small things casually. Even if she didn't make a cent, if she sold them twenty days a month, her salary would be higher than that of a temporary worker."

"Is it settled now?" Aunt Li was worried that she would go back on her word.

Ye Fan nodded.

Aunt Li took the bowl home and went to her sister-in-law's house.

Aunt Qian's home was far from Ye Fan's home, so Aunt Li had to pass many houses before she could reach her sister-in-law's home. When she arrived at her sister-in-law's home, many people knew that Ye Fan needed someone to help her sell goods.

The neighbor to the west of Ye Fan's house came to ask Ye Fan if he wanted a short-term worker.

Yu Wentao: "Are you planning to earn some pocket money too?"

The old man next door laughed and said, "My son has a low salary, and my daughter-in-law is a temporary worker. She works very hard all month but doesn't get much money. She wants to try it on the weekends."

Ye Fan nodded: "Sure. I'll tell Aunt Li later to ask her nephew and my cousins ​​to go to Dongcheng or Nanmen. Your daughter-in-law is tired at work, so let her, Xiaoqin, and a sister from my mother's family sell in the nearby park."

The old man next door immediately thanked me.

Ye Fan smiled and said, "Don't thank me yet. You, Aunt Li, and my mother-in-law should keep an eye on the surroundings to avoid strangers. I'm worried that thieves will find out and come to check the area. Although Xiaoqin and I sleep in the back at night, we are no match for the strong male thief."

The old man next door said without hesitation: "We will keep an eye on it from now on."

Ye Fan felt relieved.

Yu Wentao muttered, "You really know how to find something for me to do."

Ye Fan pretended not to hear and thought to himself, why would I let you go to the park and go crazy?

In mid-March, Geng Zhiye, who had been busy for half a year, was on vacation, and Ye Fan asked Geng Zhiye to go shopping with her. After visiting all the stores and supply and marketing cooperatives in the city, Ye Fan got to know the market situation and gave Geng Zhiye the prices she had written down. The next day, Ye Fan went to class, and Geng Zhiye took his stepmother to pack and set prices.

On the morning of the last Sunday in March, three men and three women from Yujia Village, eight people from the alley, including Zhang Xiaoming and his younger sister, Geng Zhiqin and Chen Xiaohui, each with a bag, set out in groups of two to sell things.

Men sell sunglasses, bell-bottom pants and leather shoes, while women want skirts, purses, stockings, sandals and other small items.

Originally, these people wanted to separate, but Ye Fan reminded them that the streets were very chaotic, so they did not dare to act alone. The neighbors did not know where to sell, so Ye Fan told them to go to scenic spots or parks or the entrance of universities.

This behavior can be defined as "speculation and profiteering", and several neighbors who have jobs are worried about being caught and losing their jobs. Ye Fan said that no matter who asked, he would say that the goods were taken from the special economic zone.

At the beginning of the year, the household contract responsibility system was fully promoted throughout the country. This news shows that the higher authorities attach great importance to reform and opening up, so no one wants to make trouble at this critical juncture.

When the neighbors saw Ye Fan's confident tone and thought of her father's high position and power, they thought Ye Fan had connections with higher-ups, and they were no longer afraid.

When the people from the street office saw them, they came up to them and asked where the things came from. They answered without any fear. The grassroots cadres thought that the things from the special economic zone could be shipped to the capital and sold, so they didn't hold them back. The young grassroots cadres even bought a pair of leather shoes or a bag or a skirt.

A pair of men's leather shoes in the department store costs twenty-four or twenty-five, but here it's only twenty-three, and I bargained down to twenty-one, so I have to buy it.

During this period, no matter whether it was family workshops or private enterprises, they did not dare to cheat. Many of their products were even of better quality than those of state-owned enterprises. Otherwise, they would not be able to compete with state-owned enterprises. However, they were cheaper than those sold by state-owned units. Therefore, everyone came to Ye Fan's house to pay before the sun went down.

Ye Fan gave them the extra money and also gave each of them two dollars as a reward for their hard work.

Aunt Qian's son took Yu Wentao's niece to three places a day. The unscrupulous young man was bold enough to ask for exorbitant prices and earned more than 20 yuan.

Seeing that Ye Fan kept her word no matter how much he earned, he immediately asked, "Sister Ye, will you give me all these goods tomorrow?"

Ye Fan: "Who are you going to sell it to tomorrow, Monday?"

The young man was stunned for a moment, "No one is buying on Monday?"

Ye Fan: "Who goes to the park on Monday? There are people in the park at night. How can you sell it in the dark? I can give it to you. If it takes three days to sell out, I will only give you two dollars for your hard work."

The young man understood and said, "If I sell out that package of goods today in half a day, will you give me two dollars as a reward?"

Ye Fan nodded.

"Then give me a pack. I can sell them all in a week and it's not too little."

Ye Fan nodded, "I'll give it to you tomorrow morning." Then he asked the six people from Yujia Village, "Are you going to stay here or take the bus back later?"

The six of them were married and worried about their families, so they asked Ye Fan to keep them there and come back on weekends. It happened that Zhang Xiaoming hadn't entered the village yet, and Yu Xiaojiu was also at Ye Fan's house, so the two of them drove the six people back.

Now there are many people selling vegetables and meat, and Zhang Xiaoming doesn't make as much money as before. Now only Ye Fan's family sells fashionable clothes, and they are as popular as they were two years ago when they sold pork. Ye Fan went to Dong Ying's house to ask Dong Ying if she wanted Zhang Xiaoming to sell clothes instead.

Zhang Xiaoming worked very hard last year. Now that the debts have been paid off, any money Zhang Xiaoming earns is enough for the family. Her salary is a net gain. Considering that Zhang Xiaoming is often at home, she can relax a little, so she says she will discuss it with Zhang Xiaoming later.

Before he had no wife, Zhang Xiaoming could stay anywhere at night. Now that he has moved to a new home and is separated from his children, Zhang Xiaoming doesn't want to go to Yujia Village every night to wait for the next morning to pick up the goods.

The next day at noon, Zhang Xiaoming went home for lunch, and he agreed as soon as Dong Ying mentioned it to him. In the evening, when they arrived at Yujia Village, Zhang Xiaoming said that tomorrow would be his last time selling vegetables.

Even without Zhang Xiaoming's explanation, Yu Xiaojiu knew why. In the past, Zhang Xiaoming could earn more than 10 yuan a day, but now he and Ye Fan share more than 10 yuan. If Zhang Xiaoming quits, a market will be vacant, and the Yu family can also make more money.

Zhang Xiaoming took a day off to repair his car at home, and went to Ye Fan's house the next morning. Ye Fan gave Zhang Xiaoming the wholesale price after deducting the toll and car fare. Zhang Xiaoming was stunned when he saw the price: "If I sell all the bags, won't I make half the profit?"

Ye Fan: "40% of the net profit, give me half, and you still have 20%."

Zhang Xiaoming: “That’s quite a lot.”

Ye Fan shook his head: "You think it's a lot because you set up a stall. If you rent a store, deduct the usual water and electricity bills and labor wages, you will only make 20% without giving me the share."

“Is the store so expensive?”

Ye Fan: "It's cheap now, but who would dare to rent it to you? In the future, when the market is completely liberalized, everyone will dare to do it. Good stores will be scarce, so stores will definitely be very expensive."

“By that time, even if there are more stalls, they won’t make as much money as they do now?”

Ye Fan nodded: "So we have to make money while others don't dare to do it. In the future, there will be as many people selling clothes as there are people selling eggs and vegetables in the city, so we can do something else. By the way, don't tell anyone this price, including Dong Ying."

Zhang Xiaoming: "She can figure it out even if I don't tell her."

Ye Fan: "If you don't tell her that she doesn't know the exact amount, then if her sister-in-law asks her, she won't have to feel ashamed when she says she doesn't know."

Zhang Xiaoming: "Then don't tell me the wholesale price in the future, just tell me how much it sells for."

Ye Fan reminded him to go to the places where he used to sell vegetables and meat. The citizens in those places knew him and would help him if there were hooligans causing trouble.

Zhang Xiaoming has been selling vegetables and popsicles in recent years and knows where there are many people on weekdays. Aunt Qian's son is cunning. When he sees Zhang Xiaoming's car, he asks Zhang Xiaoming to give him a ride and then follows Zhang Xiaoming to sell things.

They were all neighbors, so Zhang Xiaoming couldn't say anything and just let him set up a stall with him.

Zhang Xiaoming brought two bags, and Aunt Qian's son also brought two bags. He believed that if he chased one sheep, he would chase it, but if he let two sheep go, he would let them go. So the two men had not only polyester bell-bottom pants in front of them, but also "three tendons" high heels.

The cost of a pair of bell-bottom pants was less than ten yuan, but Aunt Qian's son wanted twenty yuan. Ye Fan offered him twenty yuan for a pair of high-heeled shoes, but he asked for twenty-five yuan.

Zhang Xiaoming was so frightened that he dared not speak. In the end, he bargained down to 22 yuan for high heels and 16 yuan for pants, and the customer was very happy.

Wei Jianshe thought Zhang Xiaoming was unhappy, so he said with a smile: "Brother Xiaoming, I'll help you sell when customers come. You know what, you found a really good place. There are a group of grandpas and aunts dancing in the broad daylight on weekdays. The old men and women here know how to live, unlike us who only think about practicing qigong every day."

Zhang Xiaoming thought to himself, now I know how you make more than 20 yuan a day.

"You're charging such a high price, aren't you afraid that people will ask you for a refund if they find out it's too expensive when they go back to the store?"

Wei Jianshe: "We are from Guangzhou, right? We are not from the store, right? There is no shipping fee for bringing it from such a long distance? Do you think people buy it for our clothes and shoes? They buy it because our clothes are from Guangzhou and are the same as those worn by Hong Kong stars."

Zhang Xiaoming didn't know how to refute.

Wei Jianshe added: "The city has set up tailor shops for us unemployed youth. We charge 10 yuan for a pair of pants. We can make whatever style you want. These rich people must know about this. Why don't they do it? They still don't have the same style as us and they don't look good when they show off their clothes."

Zhang Xiaoming has learned a lot.

Wei Jianshe dared to ask for a price. He didn't know where there were many people. The previous good business was due to the weekend. He thought that he would have to stick to Zhang Xiaoming if he opened on weekdays, so he didn't coax Zhang Xiaoming. Two more actors came, and Wei Jianshe stood next to Zhang Xiaoming to let them see the sunglasses and stockings.

Everyone had to eat at noon, and there was no one idle on the park street, so Zhang Xiaoming drove Wei Jianshe back home.

In the afternoon, Zhang Xiaoming changed to another place. There were not many people at first, but around four o'clock, a group of people came.

Wei Jianshe's eyes lit up, and he called them sister, brother, uncle, aunt, handsome man and beautiful woman, and his mouth was as if filled with honey, so that no one who came near him left empty-handed.

There were a few ugly trinkets that had been picked up by people and bumped around in the car, so Wei Jianshe gave them to whoever had the richest money.

When the sun set, the two men sold out all four bags of goods.

Zhang Xiaoming went back to give the account. Ye Fan counted the money and muttered to himself, "Wei Jianshe really knows how to do business. I used to see him fishing for three days and drying his nets for two days. The street ladies often complained to his mother. I thought this kid was doomed."

Ye Fan: "The job the street arranged for him pays 20 yuan a month, but he doesn't like it."

Zhang Xiaoming nodded.

Ye Fan gave him a stack of money.

Zhang Xiaoming can see at a glance that he can make more money than selling vegetables and meat. "I don't know where to sell tomorrow." Ye Fan: "Go to the two places we went today. Tell the neighbors, relatives and friends that people will come to buy from you in the next week. If it's not selling well on the weekend, change the place."

Zhang Xiaoming kept this in mind. The next day, he was stopped by Wei Jianshe again. Zhang Xiaoming let him get on the bus with a helpless look on his face. Wei Jianshe saw that he was going to the place where he went yesterday, so he asked, "Anyone else wants to buy?"

Zhang Xiaoming: "Let's try. We are not just doing this for a few days, so there is no need to move to another place. If sales are slow these days, we can wait until the weekend. If no one buys on the weekend, we can do it again."

Wei Jianshe nodded: "It's still more convenient to have a car. You can move whenever you want. But Brother Xiao Ming, I didn't realize that you know a lot."

Zhang Xiaoming wanted to say that Ye Fan taught him, but he was afraid that the cunning boy would find out and fool him. "I've been doing this for several years. I learn a little bit every year, but I know more than you." He paused, "I just can't talk as well as you."

"Then I will be responsible for selling and you will be responsible for finding a place." Wei Jianshe made the decision unilaterally, regardless of whether Zhang Xiaoming agreed or not.

More than a dozen people helped Ye Fan sell things. Every weekend, the whole city was full of her people, so that she ran out of goods in mid-May. Ye Fan sent a telegram to Su Yuanhang, who replied quickly and asked Ye Fan to make a list for him. He promised that there would be a wide variety of goods and they would be cheap, and that she could load the goods when she arrived.

Ye Fan looked at her class schedule and asked for three days off. She set out on Saturday afternoon, May 21, and arrived in Hangzhou on Sunday night. Ye Fan brought all the money she had earned recently and her and her father's capital with her. She loaded two cars in Hangzhou and one car in Ningbo. The state-owned enterprises in Hangzhou and the small workshops in Ningbo were very happy.

Ye Fan brought six brothers from Yujia Village with her this time. It took four days to go back and forth, and each of them received 10 yuan as labor fee. Ye Fan had to attend classes and had no time to clean up, so she asked the six brothers to stay for two days to help her mother-in-law sort and put away the things, and she would give each of them 10 yuan as labor fee.

These six people usually helped Ye Fan sell goods and made a lot of money. A few days ago, they wanted to buy a car, and Ye Fan advised them to save for another half a year and open two stores by the end of the year.

Yujia Village was developed by Ye Fan, so the villagers regarded her words as an imperial decree. Moreover, Ye Fan never let them work for free, so they all felt that Ye Fan was kind and it was difficult for them to ask for money.

Ye Fan said that it would be fine if it happened once or twice, but she would probably have to trouble them often in the future. If they didn't take the money, she would find someone else.

The six grown men rarely did delicate work, so they were at a loss at first. After busying themselves for a long time, they figured out how to put the goods in order. When Ye Fan came back from school on Saturday evening, he saw that the goods in the house were neater than those on the counter of the department store.

In the evening, the neighbors who helped Ye Fan sell goods came to her house to pick up the goods.

Ye Fan said: "I thought about it, it's troublesome for you to pay me every day, how about I pay you according to the wholesale price?"

Wei Jianshe was the first to shake his head. "Sister Ye, to be honest, we know that we don't make as much as you do now, but if you give us two yuan each time, even if we sell ten bags a month and don't make a penny, we will still make twenty yuan. If we sell it ourselves, it's good, but it's always a bit uneasy."

Ye Fan looked at the daughter-in-law of the uncle next door: "Do you think so too?"

"This matter can easily be labeled as speculation. We all feel that it is more reliable to make a little money with you." The implication is that you are there to support us if the sky falls. We don't have a husband with a promising future and a father with great connections to support us.

Ye Fan really finds it troublesome to do the accounting every day. After all, she has to balance two majors. Although she can pass the computer science exam whether she studies it or not, she still has to go and take a look at the teaching progress. Otherwise, if she goes back and writes down what she learned in her previous life, the professor will think she is crazy.

Ye Fan is not afraid of being a big tree attracting wind, she is afraid of being regarded as a psychopath.

"That's it for now." Ye Fan looked at Wei Jianshe, "If you want to get the goods yourself or wholesale from me later, just tell me. I can do other things if I give up this business."

Wei Jianshe touched his nose. Was he that restless? So many people were staring at him alone. "We all know that my sister is very capable. But even if we do wholesale, we won't steal her business."

Ye Fan: "Do you want to take it now or tomorrow morning?"

Wei Jianshe: "Now. We want to see what we have this time."

"I won't let you down." Ye Fan took them to the south room with a flashlight and casually pulled out a bag of dresses of various colors and lengths.

Then Ye Fan took out another bag and said, "This may not be easy to sell. If I can sell it, I think I can make ten yuan per order."

Wei Jianshe was excited: "Let me see." After opening it, Wei Jianshe's eyes widened, "Suit?"

Ye Fan nodded: "It's tailored according to the styles of Hong Kong stars. Oh, and there's also a pack of women's suits. Have you seen Hong Kong TV? The lesbians in the office buildings wear the same ones."

Since Ye Fan had mentioned innovation before, but it had only been a few years since the reform and opening up, the Chinese people had limited knowledge and were unable to innovate, Su Yuanhang asked as soon as he saw it if imitation was okay.

Ye Fan agreed, but still suggested that he go back and tell the clothing factory to make some minor changes.

Su Yuanhang told her to change, not to copy.

Ye Fan tried on one set, and Su Yuanhang and the clothing factory staff said it looked better than the original, so Ye Fan decided to take one pack each for the man and woman.

Ye Fan said: "Jianshe, you can give it a try."

Wei Jianshe was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, but he immediately put on his suit jacket after hearing this. The neighbors couldn't help laughing, saying that he didn't look like a prince even in a dragon robe.

Ye Fan picked a young female neighbor and said, "Why don't you and Jianshe go out and try tomorrow?"

Suits are very expensive, and no one is willing to buy them except for the leaders of state-owned enterprises and those who are about to get married. The female neighbor wanted to sell fashionable skirts, leather shoes and small accessories, but it was difficult to refuse directly, so Ye Fan looked embarrassed.

Wei Jianshe wanted to work with Zhang Xiaoming because Zhang Xiaoming was kind. After he sold all his things, he would help Zhang Xiaoming sell them. Zhang Xiaoming was unhappy and complained a little, but Wei Jianshe still took him with him the next day.

Where can I find such a good partner?

Wei Jianshe said that he would give Zhang Xiaoming the men's clothes and Zhang Xiaoming the women's clothes, and also give them each a bag of small things.

Ye Fan actually wanted to ask Zhang Xiaoming to sell it, but was worried that he was not good at talking and would not be able to sell one set in ten days, so he decided to choose a young person. Unexpectedly, she was the same as Chen Xiaohui.

Ye Fan thought that if he dared to work hard, who would help him sell things? After thinking it through, Ye Fan stopped forcing and persuading Wei Jianshe, and gave him four bags of things.

Ye Fan asked Dabao to bring the notebook over, and she wrote down the names corresponding to the prices on the woven bags.

After the neighbors left, one-third of the room was empty. Yu Wentao couldn't help but say, "Leave some for my nephew from my mother's family."

Geng Zhiqin: "There are three rooms in the back that are packed full. Are you worried that they won't have anything to sell?" Then he said, "Sister-in-law, Huihui and I will live in the back."

Ye Fan: "Bring a kitchen knife, scissors and a flashlight."

Geng Zhiqin smiled and said, "The thief dare not come."

Ye Fan was curious: "What's wrong?"

Erbao took his mother's hand and explained that a few days ago, a thief was discovered by Aunt Li as soon as he arrived at the entrance of the alley. Aunt Li asked people to chase him and call the police.

At that time, Ye Fan was in the south, and there was no goods at home. The idle people in the neighborhood did not hang around, but waited for her at home, and thought about where to sell the goods. When they heard that there was a thief, these people ran out to beat the thief and gave him a verbal education for half an hour. The police, who were only two kilometers away, arrived. The thief saw the police as if he had seen a relative, crying and shouting and throwing himself on the police. The police were so scared that they comforted him: "Don't be afraid, it's okay."

It was noon that day and the children were playing in the alley. Erbao was very puzzled when he saw this scene. Aren’t thieves supposed to be most afraid of the police?

Erbao still hasn’t figured it out and couldn’t help asking his mother if the police were relatives of the thief, and then complained that the police were so slow in responding.

Ye Fan laughed: "You just need to know that if other thieves knew what happened to him, they would rather beg than steal from us."

Erbao looked at grandma and asked, "When did you two become so in sync?"

Yu Wentao: "You will understand when you grow up."

"I'm still young?" Erbao asked.

Ye Fan: "Eleven-year-old girl, how old do you think you are? Have you washed your face? Have you brushed your teeth?"

Dabao: "Mom, I washed it, but Erbao hasn't. During the days when you were not at home, Erbao tried to hide as much as possible. I have never seen a girl who is more unhygienic than her."

Erbao ran over and told his brother to shut up.

Dabao: "You can shut up, but prove it to me."

"Prove it!" Erbao went to wash her face and brush her teeth, and didn't see her brother's smiling face.

Ye Fan waved at Dabao, and Dabao skipped back to the house.

After Geng Zhiqin and Geng Huihui left, Ye Fan locked the door and placed several glass bottles behind the door and against the wall. The next morning, Ye Fan put the intact bottles in Dabao's room. Dabao asked, "Why did you put them there when there was no thief?"

Ye Fan: "The reason your mother has never been cheated in all these years is not because of her intelligence, nor because of your grandfather and your father, but because of her caution."

Dabao understood: "Mom, do you want me to help you sell clothes?"

Ye Fan shook his head: "No need. Mommy won't go either. You and Erbao will read with Mommy. Huihui won't go either. Your aunt can go if she wants."

Dabao: "My aunt will definitely not go."

Ye Fan raised his eyebrows: "Dating your partner?"

Dabao nodded repeatedly.

Yu Wentao came out of the kitchen just in time to hear: "How do you know your aunt is going on a date today?"

Dabao: "Yesterday after school, I saw her talking to Xiao Liu for a long time. They must be discussing where to go today."

Ye Fan asked: "Does Xiao Liu know that you call him Xiao Liu?"

Of course he doesn't know. Dabao gets annoyed when he thinks of "Xiao Liu". He is his math teacher. He asks him to answer questions every day, as if he values ​​him. Xiao Liu was also a student. Doesn't he know that students hate answering questions the most?

Xiao Liu didn't know that in his era, it was considered an honor to stand up and answer questions.

Dabao said: "I will definitely call him Teacher Liu in front of him."

Ye Fan touched his head and asked, "Have you found out how many people there are in Xiao Liu's family?"

Originally, this task was given to Geng Zhiye, who then delegated it to Cheng Zhenhua. However, the people Cheng Zhenhua knew were either in government agencies or in the military, so his wife went to look for Dong Ying's third sister-in-law, but Dong Ying's third sister-in-law was not a teacher at Dabao School, and as a result, no one knew Liu Ning.

Geng Zhiqin could ask directly, but the man might not answer honestly. Ye Fan handed the matter over to Dabao.

Dabao nodded: "I can take on both of my fathers alone."

"Stop joking." Ye Fan glared at him and then looked at Erbao.

Dabao was washing his face in the yard while saying, "My parents are ordinary workers. I have two older sisters and a younger sister. One of my older sisters went to the countryside and stayed there. My older sister married a divorced man, and my younger sister went to medical school. Our family lives in a compound, and he is the golden phoenix that flew out of the compound."

Ye Fan’s eyes went dark and he almost fainted.

Yu Wentao frowned.

Dabao wiped his face and saw that the two of them were silent. He looked as if the sky had fallen, and couldn't help asking: "Are the people in the compound so bad? Xiaozhi's partner is pretty good. He has a stable job and he takes Xiaozhi to sell clothes on weekends."

Zhang Xiaozhi got married on May 1st and moved to Zhang's house after marriage. As before, she gave 15 yuan to the family every month, and rice, flour, oil and salt were all bought by Grandpa Zhang. Grandpa Zhang was also very happy, because this son-in-law was more sensible than the second son and smarter than the eldest son, and he felt comfortable living with him. A few days ago, the medicine was almost finished, and Grandpa Zhang asked someone to help him get the medicine during the lunch break. Grandpa Zhang saw the new medicine after get off work in the afternoon.

Grandpa Zhang and Yu Wentao talked about it, and Dabao heard a few words from them. The boy wrote a letter to his cousin to let Zhang rest assured, saying that everything was fine at home. He sighed like a little adult, saying that good things also came to Sister Xiaozhi after a lot of hard work.

Ye Fan sighed: "Although Zhang Xiaozhi's partner is also the third child in his family, he has four brothers and no sisters."

Dabao: "What's wrong with having sisters?"

"A sister is like a mother-in-law. He is the only child in his family, so it is impossible for him to live in our house. If your grandmother gives the house to your aunt, her parents-in-law will also come. If she doesn't give your aunt a house, she will have to rent a house." Ye Fan was getting more and more headache as he spoke, "Aunt Yu, your daughter, you can do whatever you want."

Yu Wentao complained: "When we bought the house, I told you to put it in my name to avoid these problems in the future. You said it was okay, and no one would know if I didn't tell them. There were so many people at the Real Estate Bureau when the ownership was transferred, and it was impossible not to find out if someone wanted to find out. The old lady who sold the house to our family is also a troublesome person. She might tell the neighbors that I bought the house as soon as we get home."

Ye Fan was speechless. She had no good solution to this problem. Breaking up the couple might only make their relationship worse. "Then - transfer the ownership another day? I'll pay the handling fee."

Yu Wentao: "I'll ask Xiaoqin. If she says that no one knows she has a house and agrees to transfer the ownership, you can go directly to the Housing Authority after class tomorrow morning."

Dabao quickly said, "Mom, you haven't met Xiao Liu, grandma, you only met him once, and you two know that he is with Xiaogu because she has a house? He is my teacher, I know him better than you two, he is not that kind of person. Don't think too badly of him!"

Ye Fan asked, "Do you understand him, his parents, and his sisters? Dabao, you often say that you and Erbao are different. There are many different people in the same family. For example, the Zhang family has three brothers with different personalities. The sisters are also different. Xiaozhi is very clear about finding a partner, and Xiaofen would rather suffer in her husband's family than marry her husband. Can you guarantee that his sister is not like Wang Aihe?"

Dabao can’t guarantee it.

Erbao: "Brother, listen to mom and grandma. Teacher Liu is not that kind of person. Mom will give the house to my aunt--"

Yu Wentao interrupted: "The money I saved is for your aunt, and the house is under your mother's name. If your aunt doesn't have a house in the future, let her live there. She can live there until she's old, but I can't give it to her."

The current housing price in the capital is 200 yuan per square meter, and the welfare housing is half-sold and half-given away, which is much lower than the market price. Ye Fan thought of this and said, "It's okay to buy a company house like Zhang Xiaojun. I heard from my classmates that a 60-square-meter house with two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom, and two large balconies can be bought for a few thousand yuan."

Dabao said disapprovingly: "Isn't it too small?"

Ye Fan: "Your aunt can only have one child, so one room for adults and one room for children will be perfect."

These days, renting a welfare house from a company costs only a few cents per square meter, and a 60-square-meter house in a great location can be bought for less than 5,000 yuan. Yu Wentao is willing to exchange this money for her daughter's future: "That's it. Ask Xiaoqin to ask if there is any welfare house from the company later."

As soon as he finished speaking, Geng Zhiqin and Geng Huihui pushed the door open and saw everyone, young and old, standing in the yard. Geng Huihui was surprised: "What happened?"

Ye Fan: "It's okay. I'm watching Dabao and Erbao washing their faces and brushing their teeth. What do you two want to eat in the morning?"

Geng Huihui: "Fried dough sticks?"

Ye Fan took out two yuan, and Geng Huihui ran out with the money. Ye Fan winked at Dabao, and Dabao dug a piece of Meijiajing and rubbed her face while chasing her cousin. Erbao said, "Mom, I'll brush my teeth when I get back." and chased her cousin.

Geng Zhiqin looked at the two of them and asked tentatively, "Do you have something to tell me?"

Ye Fan looked at his mother-in-law and said, "You tell me about your house first."

Yu Wentao first said that she didn't need her house for the time being, so it would be better to give it to Ye Fan to deal with. Geng Zhiqin asked without hesitation: "Did my cousins ​​say anything?"

Yu Wentao shook her head: "They didn't say anything."

Geng Zhiqin sneered: "Is that my cousin's husband or his family?"

"I'm asking you what you think now, don't involve others." Yu Wentao said.

Geng Zhiqin: "Just go ahead. It saves them from worrying. I don't know what's wrong with you, but your aunt has no biological son, so all her nephews and nieces have come out. Fortunately, you don't have any nephews."

Yu Wentao was too lazy to explain: "Transferring ownership tomorrow? Go back and ask your workplace if they have any houses, and then ask how much one costs. When you and Xiao Liu get married, buy a two-bedroom apartment. I'll pay the difference."

Geng Zhiqin frowned: "Why are you suddenly involving me? I'm not even engaged, how can I get married?"

Ye Fan: "Ask clearly now, and your mother will keep some of the money and put the rest in the bank. Our family has been too conspicuous recently, so we can't keep money at home. Just because no one dares to steal doesn't mean no one dares to rob."

(End of this chapter)