Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

When Ye Fan got home, Dabao had not come back yet, and Erbao was taken abroad by her leader. He didn't know whether it was because of her good image or her strong professional ability.

The words and deeds of diplomats represent the face of the country. If Erbao only had an image, the leader would not take her out because of her family reasons. Ye Fan suspected that the leader thought Erbao was a plastic talent. Even if she was not needed on this trip, he would take her out to broaden her horizons so that she would not be frightened by reporters of all colors from all over the world in the future.

There were only three people at home, and they couldn't even fill a mahjong table. Ye Fan drove to the mall. After a round of shopping, she returned home with nothing to show for it. She felt bored and called Geng Zhiye. Unfortunately, no one was in the office. Ye Fan went to clean up the bedroom and study. After dinner, she had nothing to do, so she went to clean the storage room. The storage room was full of antiques, including ceramics and jade ornaments, tables, chairs, calligraphy and paintings. However, 90% of them were from the Ming and Qing dynasties, and 10% were before the Ming Dynasty.

All the objects before the Ming Dynasty were discovered by Chen Xiaohui. She couldn't afford them and didn't want to get a bargain, so she called Ye Fan. Ye Fan ignored her before. Since she graduated and joined the cultural relics unit, she was really good at it, so Ye Fan became her money bag.

Chen Xiaohui meant that she didn't want the things Ye Fan paid for, and she could just let her look at them when she wanted. Ye Fan preferred real gold, silver, jewelry, and jade to antiques, so Chen Xiaohui had no objection to taking them home and displaying them for a while.

In the past few years, Chen Xiaohui often came and told Ye Fan that he should not open the calligraphy and paintings frequently. Ye Fan told her directly that the last time he entered the storage room was when she came last. Chen Xiaohui thought she had no taste. But since then, she no longer worried that Ye Fan would damage things.

Chen Xiaohui seldom came over in recent years. She took care of her daughter whenever she had time. When she came with her daughter over on weekends, she didn't bother to go into the storage room - Dabao or Erbao would take her daughter away, and she would take the opportunity to rest.

Speaking of Dabao, Ye Fan came out of the storage room and went to take a shower. After he finished his shower and was getting ready to go to bed, there was a knock on the door.

Nanny Xiao Wang was close by, so Ye Fan didn't go over. He waited in the living room for a while, and Dabao came in. Ye Fan asked, "Have you eaten?"

Dabao waved his hand to indicate that he should be ignored.

Ye Fan returned to the bedroom.

The next morning, Dabao got up after the sun came out at about six o'clock. Ye Fan asked, "What were you busy with yesterday?"

"Don't mention it!"

Yesterday afternoon, Dabao was happy that he could go to get off work on schedule recently, but his pager rang as soon as he got in the car. Dabao didn't have a mobile phone and needed to find a phone booth to return the call, so he simply drove to the school because the person who was looking for him was none other than the dean of the department.

During the summer vacation, there were not many people in the school and the road was open, so Dabao drove directly to the downstairs of the department head's office. When the department head heard the sound, he waved at him and asked him to wait downstairs.

The department head came down and asked Dabao to follow him.

Dabao wondered, "What happened? What are you doing at school?"

"You'll know when you get there." The department head just didn't say what he wanted to see him about.

Dabao had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, the dean said "stop", and he got out of the car, with the professional camera facing him. Dabao laughed angrily: "Can't you just tell me if I can charge you?"

"It's hard to say!" Without waiting for Dabao to speak, the department head asked the female teacher in charge of admissions to tidy up Dabao, put him in school uniform, and take a photo of him to be used as the cover of the admissions brochure.

Dabao thought that one cover photo would be enough, but he didn't expect that after shooting the outdoor scenes, there were still indoor scenes, which lasted until after nine o'clock. Dabao was tired and speechless, but he still couldn't help saying: "There is no shortage of good-looking people in the school. I heard that there is a junior who plays basketball with the school next door, and the girls from the school next door are cheering for him. You——"

The department head interrupted: "We know him, but outsiders don't know him."

"No, our school still needs me to be the spokesperson?" Dabao pointed at himself, "Are you sure?"

The dean nodded, "That's right. Students from Jiangnan prefer local universities, while students from Shanghai either stay in their hometown or go abroad. Students from remote areas know about Peking University, but don't know what we do. Those who can go to Peking University don't have the patience to listen to our explanations. In the northeast, those who can get into our school would rather choose the industrial university in the province. In the northwest, there is also Jiaotong University, which is not much different from us. Do you understand?"

Dabao: "I see. Our school is good, but it doesn't seem to be very competitive compared to others?"

The director nodded: "The geniuses have been snatched away by other schools, and what can the remaining ones who can only study hard do?"

"You can't say that. My childhood friend studied hard to get into our school. He never failed any courses in four years and is very popular in the workplace."

The director asked, "Which department?"

Dabao scratched his nose. It took a non-genius to master that major because it required carefulness and perseverance more than IQ, and his childhood friend had both of these qualities.

Seeing this, the department head waved his hand and told him to get lost.

When Dabao drove home, the alley was so quiet that he thought everyone was asleep. But when he saw the light on in the main room and heard his mother's voice, he felt at ease in an instant, as if he had returned to a safe harbor. The resentment caused by the teacher and the photographer disappeared instantly.

But that doesn't mean Dabao doesn't have resentment. After he finished talking about what happened after get off work yesterday, he complained: "Every time there is something that needs to be exposed, I am the only one to be exposed. They are not afraid of making me lose my skin."

Nanny Xiao Wang was surprised: "Didn't you graduate?"

Dabao nodded: "Yes, I also thought that no one would contact me after graduation. Finally, they know that there is a star in the school."

Because you are a popular star. Ye Fan muttered in his heart, "It means that the teacher values ​​you."

"It's more like you value my face." Dabao wondered, "Is it useful? Filling out the application form is not like buying something. If it doesn't work, you can return it or buy something else. How can it change the trajectory of your life because of me?"

Ye Fan: "Your school has a computer department, and so does Peking University. If people think your score is good enough for Peking University, they will definitely apply to Peking University. If they knew there was a promising senior like you, they might choose your alma mater. Wouldn't your alma mater recruit excellent students?"

"Besides, my school can't compete with Beijing University."

Ye Fan said, "People who want to go abroad or pursue money will not change their majors because of you. But such students are only a small minority. Young people with ideals will not care that Peking University is more famous than your alma mater because you have learned about your alma mater carefully and found the majors they are interested in."

Xiao Wang understood: "But what if only one person is willing to enroll in his alma mater?"

Dabao: "It's all in vain!"

Ye Fan said, "It's not in vain! There are dozens of science champions in various provinces and municipalities. In previous years, 80% or even 90% of them were admitted to Peking University. Other universities only have one or two, and they may not recruit one for several years. That's why the school leaders promoted you."

Dabao: "Why not give more bonuses?"

Ye Fan said, "You don't want to spend money as a school leader? Not to mention the donations from famous alumni, even the funding can't be compared with Peking University. How can you give bonuses to students without money?"

"If I could have gone to Peking University, but I applied to my alma mater, wouldn't I be harming others?" Dabao couldn't help but frown.

Ye Fan laughed: "Your alma mater is not a fake school. If you study hard, you won't have a job after graduation. Maybe you can go to heaven in the future!"

"You're really good at comforting people." Dabao sneered, "I'll go brush my teeth and wash my face."

Ye Fanxin said, you will believe it from now on.

"Xiao Wang, let's cook."

Since the eldest grandson was at home, Yu Wentao went to the vegetable market to buy a few pounds of meat. Xiao Wang made some Beijing-style shredded pork with soybean sauce, boiled a few salted duck eggs, and heated up some steamed buns and vegetable dumplings.

Geng Sensen ate the shredded pork and sighed, "It's good to have Dabao at home."

Yu Wentao: "The food at your parents' house is also good."

"It's good, but I can't digest it if I eat too much." Geng Sen Sen goes home to eat two meals when he's craving for food, and never stays overnight at home, because besides being curfew, he can't even think of eating barbecue at home.

Besides, a few days ago, Geng Sensen was curious about the disco, so he asked Chu Guangming and others to go and have a look. However, when they entered, they felt like sheep entering a den of wolves, and they didn't fit in.

Geng Sensen worked for his aunt, and no one dared to look at him, but his work was boring, and he would feel tired after working for a long time, so he needed to find a place to relax. Geng Sensen listened to the heartbreaking howling of the people dancing in the disco, and no one paid attention to him, so he thought this place was good and decided to explore it again.

Geng Sensen thought about how other people were dressed, with big gold chains and small watches, and wearing sunglasses, so he decided to dress himself up. Chu Guangming pointed at the gold chain and asked, "Are you going to wear it like this?"

"Why not wear it on your hands instead of your neck?"

Chu Guangming said helplessly: "They are all fake!"

Geng Sensen suddenly realized what was going on, and immediately drove to get a copper one, and then threw the real one at home. At that time, Yu Wentao and the nanny were in the kitchen, and Ye Fan was watering vegetables in the yard. Seeing him in a flowered shirt and small leather shoes, he only reminded him, "Don't drink and drive, and take good contraceptive measures."

Geng Sen Sen's face turned red with shame, and he thought to himself that if I were at home, my father would have broken my mother's rolling pin.

Yu Wentao didn’t know how free he was here: “I’ve eaten too much good stuff!”

Geng Sen Sen smiled and didn't respond. He drove to the company after dinner.

Ye Fan arrived at the company at nine o'clock, and happened to see the director coming in late. He started to scold Ye Fan: "What time is it? You might as well go to the trading company."

"You make it sound as if you've been working overtime until now." Ye Fanqi laughed.

Director: "You got off work at around 4 o'clock yesterday, and I worked overtime until 10 o'clock. Are you comparing yourself with me?" After a pause, "Really, Sister Fan, you should go to a trading company to take orders instead of hanging around in the company every day. If you make more money, maybe we can get another factory next year."

"Your sister has so many ways to annoy me that you dare not imagine." Ye Fan said, "If you want to squeeze me, why don't you think about how to come up with a system."

"I would like to. But what can we do with just these few people?"

Ye Fan: "If there are not enough people, just recruit."

When the director saw her leaving, he immediately followed her to the office and asked as they walked, "We hired six people at the beginning of the year. Are you hiring again? Don't you say that you should eat one bite at a time and do one thing at a time?"

Ye Fan opened the window to ventilate: "I mean our industry, not recruiting people."

"You mean we can recruit dozens of people?"

Ye Fan was shocked: "How can you recruit so many?!"

"In recent years, the reform of state-owned enterprises has taught everyone that some iron rice bowls are not stable. Junior students are no longer obsessed with state-owned enterprises. Other schools are similar. It is not difficult to visit more universities."

Ye Fan asked: "Won't it be chaotic if we recruit so many people at once?"

The director was stunned for a moment and said, "I forgot. Then hire five or six more people by the end of the year? We'll start work after the New Year. If we hire a dozen more people next year, the office will be a bit crowded." Ye Fan looked upstairs and said, "The contract for the company above you expires at the end of the year."

“Isn’t that a good company?”

Ye Fan said: "The funding chain is broken, and we may not be able to hold on until the Gregorian calendar year."

The director suddenly had an idea and whispered, "Can we take it over?"

Ye Fan shook his head: "They are different from us."

"Very good, no scumbags."

Ye Fan wanted to talk about corporate culture, but changed his words: "Your ideas are different from ours. Would you like to buy a car or a house if you have the money?"

"Buy a house!" the director said without hesitation.

A few years ago, his house was 500-600 yuan per square meter. This year, the price has not increased much, but he can still sell it for 1,200 yuan. If he had bought a Santana for more than 100,000 yuan five or six years ago, no one would want it for 40,000 or 50,000 yuan now.

The director envied Ye Fan's luxurious car, but when he thought about the fact that the car would depreciate by 10,000 yuan a year after he bought it, and if he replaced it with a house, it would appreciate by 10,000 yuan a year. The total of 20,000 yuan would be almost equal to his annual salary, and he felt distressed.

Although sometimes his dividends are more than his annual salary, he feels differently about his annual salary and dividends. Dividends are unexpected money, while annual salary is his hard-earned money.

Ye Fan: "They choose to buy cars. When you get off work and go home, they go to roadside stalls or discotheques. They and us are like you and your ex-girlfriend, you can't get along with them."

"how do you know?"

Ye Fan encountered this several times: "When they passed by me on their way to the cafeteria at noon, I smelled a mixture of barbecue and disco cigarettes and alcohol. I smelled it around Geng Sen Sen."

"Your nephew still goes to the disco?"

Ye Fan: "He went to play for a while. He didn't dare to drink too much because it was quite chaotic in there. He came out around 10 o'clock when things got lively."

"Ten o'clock at night?"

Ye Fan was speechless for a while.

"It's not until ten o'clock, so what time do we have to play until?"

Ye Fan: "About one or two o'clock. The jobless idlers and those who don't have to work play all night. Drinking and smoking are small matters. It's easy to bleed in that place. If you get involved in something, you can't quit."

The director went out on weekends and saw the disco more than once and wanted to go in, but he immediately stopped being curious when he heard this: "Since you don't like drinking, just drink at a roadside stall. It's better not to go to that place as much as possible."

Ye Fan nodded: "I will remind Geng Sensen. If we can recruit people on campus, we should do it."

The director imagines that on one side there are a bunch of stupid little lambs, and on the other side there are old-timers who smoke and drink. They don’t care about the company, but for the sake of their hair, they should also recruit fresh graduates: “I understand. Should we divide them into a few more groups?”

Ye Fan: "You know the above situation better than me, you can do whatever you want. By the way, recruit them and ask them what they are interested in and what they are good at."

"I understand that." Ye Fan has been making full use of her talents over the years. Although she has never said it explicitly, the director has worked with her for so many years and has seen her way of doing things. "Are you busy?"

Ye Fan pointed at the document: "What do you think?"

"We take care of the company's affairs. What are you busy with?"

Ye Fan handed him a document. The director opened it and saw the words "law firm". "Does the law firm report its second quarter business to you? No, no, you also have shares in the law firm?"

"I have a copy of each one in the mold injection factory." Ye Fan took it back, "Do you really think I just come to the company every day to sign in and leave?"

The director was kicked out. Counting the companies in which Ye Fan had a stake, there were sportswear factories, computer production factories, trading companies, and plastic factories. It turned out that his sister Fan was indeed unconventional.

By the way, no one answered Ye Fan’s call to Geng Zhiye, but it was heard by people in the next office. When they saw Geng Zhiye, they told him that someone was looking for him, but unfortunately the office was locked and they couldn’t answer the phone for him.

The military chief had not contacted Geng Zhiye. He thought that the call was most likely from Ye Fan, so he called Ye Fan. Ye Fan called back after receiving his message: "Are you back?"

"Go home in the evening."

Ye Fan: "Are you driving back by yourself? Otherwise, let the guard take you and stay at our house tonight. Dabao can sleep in Erbao's room, and let him and Sen Sen stay together for one night? Sen Sen's bed is wide enough for everyone."

After Geng Huihui got married, the air conditioner she used was moved to Erbao's room. Dabao came back last night and Geng Sensen fell asleep. In order not to wake up his cousin, Dabao slept in his sister's room.

Erbao has always followed her brother closely since she was young, and she doesn’t mind her brother sleeping in her bed.

Geng Zhiye said: "The guards are really worried about me going back alone."

Ye Fan: "Then I'll buy another air conditioner and clean up the house next to Xiao Wang?"

"How many guest rooms are left?"

Ye Fan thought about it and said, "There are still two rooms left. But we don't have many guests. Even if someone comes, your sister and second brother and his wife's room will still be empty."

"Then you arrange it." Geng Zhiye hung up the phone when he saw his colleague coming in.

Seeing this, a colleague joked: "Madam?"

Geng Zhiye: "It could also be the chief."

"You are the leader of one person." The colleague sat down opposite him, "Take a look at the list."

Geng Zhiye flipped through the book and saw all kinds of weapons. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "Send it here at this time?"

"Extreme weather is perfect for trying new things." It's almost the hottest time of the year, isn't that extreme weather?

Geng Zhiye said: "Fortunately it is not arranged today."

"Otherwise you won't be able to go back and reunite with your wife? And you say she's not your wife." My colleague looked like he didn't know you.

Geng Zhiye didn't respond, nor did he leave early. However, the days were long and the nights were short, and he was the last one to leave when he got home, and the sun had not yet set.

Geng Sen Sen was at home, and Ye Fan asked him to arrange for the guards to take a shower and change clothes.

After dinner, hiding in the comfortable air-conditioned room, Geng Sen Sen didn't want to go out. In fact, he didn't dare to, for fear of being beaten up by his uncle if he came back drunk.

Geng Zhiye and his son were playing table tennis in the backyard, and Ye Fan was sitting under a fruit tree in the backyard watching them play. However, Dabao found it boring after playing for a while: "Dad, this ball is too small, change to a bigger ball."

Geng Zhiye: "Basketball? It's disturbing!"

"Football." Dabao said, "The sudden acceleration of football really tests your cardiopulmonary function, so it's more effective when you play it this way."

Geng Zhiye: "Then how do we determine the winner?"

Dabao: "I go east and you go west. Whoever gets the ball to the bottom of the wall first wins."

After playing table tennis for ten minutes without breaking a sweat, the father and son were sweating profusely after fighting for football for ten minutes. However, they were so excited that Ye Fan asked them to stop and rest for a while, but the father and son were better at pretending to be deaf and dumb than the other.

After another half an hour, they couldn't get any more clothes. Geng Zhiye's clothes looked like they had just been pulled out of the water. Ye Fan handed them two bottles of water: "Are you feeling comfortable?"

Geng Dabao drank half a bottle of water in one breath and said, "Comfortable!"

Ye Fan: "Rest for a while before taking a shower."

Dabao waved his hand to show that he understood, then called toward his cousin's bedroom: "Comrade Geng Sensen."

"What can I do for you?" Geng Sen Sen knocked on the window and replied.

Dabao asked him to come out.

Geng Sensen thought it was something important, so when he came out and heard that Dabao needed to relax his muscles, he kicked him on the leg and said, "I'll give you a massage!"

Dabao dodged and went to look for his father.

Geng Zhiye: "Find a place to stretch yourself."

Dabao moved to his mother's side. Geng Zhiye pulled Ye Fan to the bathroom in front. Dabao followed closely. Ye Fan felt helpless but wanted to laugh, so she asked him to find a bench to sit down in the front yard, and she helped Dabao with his arms and shoulders.

His upper body feels comfortable and Dabao no longer pesters his parents.

After washing up, Geng Zhiye returned to the bedroom and muttered, "Why did Geng Dabao come back? He's just looking for trouble!"

You are the one who got carried away when playing with your son? Ye Fan complained in his heart: "Dabao picked up a few people on the roadside a few days ago. They were one or two years younger than him. They looked weird, but they were actually pretty good. Now they are all working as salespeople in my company."

Geng Zhiye wanted to lie down, but he sat up after hearing this: "Picked it up on the roadside?"

Ye Fan: "I met him at the intersection when I was buying food."

"He is so careless!" Geng Zhiye was speechless.

(End of this chapter)