Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

This is a good idea. But most of the businessmen Zhang Xiaoming knows are in East City. Xiao Wang is in West City.

The next morning, Ye Fan called Wei Jianshe. After hanging up, Ye Fan asked Xiao Wang if she wanted to find a partner, and if so, asked Wei Jianshe to help her keep an eye out for one.

Wei Jianshe had been to Ye Fan's house several times, and Xiao Wang knew him. Xiao Wang knew that he came from an ordinary family, and thought that the person he knew was worthy of him, so he agreed to meet him if there was a suitable one.

Afterwards, Ye Fan called the Hangzhou office and asked them to buy her a few down quilts and come back to ask her for reimbursement.

Geng Leilei got married the day before the annual meeting. Dabao was in the capital and went over to have dinner when he had time. Geng Leilei asked him and Geng Sensen to be the best men. The bridesmaids were hired by the bride's side.

During the ceremony, Ye Fan noticed that the bridesmaid kept looking at Geng Dabao from time to time. Dabao was like a pure monk, and Ye Fan couldn't help but feel sympathy for the girl.

After the wedding banquet ended and the guests left, Ye Fan and Yang Mengxia packed up the things they had brought with them. Yang Mengxia took advantage of the fact that there was no one else around and asked, "Does Dabao have a partner?"

This morning Ye Fan asked Dabao, "What do you think about Lei Lei's marriage?" Dabao replied, "Brother Lei Lei is willing to endure hardship." How could Ye Fan not understand his son's thoughts?

Ye Fan lied, "He said he had a girlfriend. I asked him about her situation, and he said they hadn't even started dating yet, so I shouldn't worry too much. He also said he would bring her home when the time came."

"Dabao has had his own ideas since he was young." Yang Mengxia sighed.

Ye Fan knew who she was asking on behalf of, but pretended not to know and changed the subject.

After packing up, Ye Fan and Geng Sensen drove their family and close relatives home, while Yang Mengxia and his son and daughter-in-law were picked up by the driver. Geng Leilei's partner was quite sensible and was very curious about what Ye Fan had sent. She waited until the driver left and only the three of them were left in the living room before opening the gift.

Yang Mengxia asked: "Is it a bracelet?"

The bride was quite surprised: "Did my aunt tell you?"

Yang Mengxia: "I was there on Huihui's wedding day, and she gave me a gold bracelet. Your aunt hates trouble and is impartial to the younger generation. Huihui has a bracelet, so you and Leilei must have one too."

Geng Leilei's wife picked up the gold bracelet and exclaimed, "It's so heavy."

Yang Mengxia: "One hundred grams."

Geng Leilei opened his mouth and after a while he managed to utter: "Aunt is so real."

"Giving other things has its pros and cons, and it's better to save you from having ideas because of different colors and styles. Your aunt must think so." Yang Mengxia said, "I always feel that this is what she bought before. Maybe there are a few more at home."

Geng Leilei was so surprised that he opened his mouth slightly: "She - can't be so lazy and easy-going, right?"

It was not like Ye Fan to go all the way just for a gold bracelet. Yang Mengxia felt that she had guessed right.
On New Year's Eve, Yang Mengxia went to Ye Fan's house carrying some things.

Although Yu Wentao is a stepmother, she is also an elder. There is no reason to ask elders to move to their children's homes to celebrate the New Year, so this year, like previous years, the eldest son's family spent New Year's Eve in Ye Fan.

During the Spring Festival, there was no nanny at home, so we had to prepare everything by ourselves. After lunch, Yang Mengxia and Ye Fan were in the kitchen, one mixing dough and the other preparing dumpling fillings.

Yang Mengxia took the opportunity to ask: "Did you buy the bracelet for Leilei's wife a few days ago, or did you buy it together with Huihui when she got married?"

"I bought it before. What's the matter? Does your daughter-in-law think the style is out of date?"

Yang Mengxia: "No. I think it looks a bit like the one you gave Huihui. I suspect you bought it then."

Ye Fan nodded: "I bought a few, and then we can give one to each of us later, which will save trouble."

Yang Mengxia wanted to laugh. She hasn't changed at all over the years.

Ye Fan asked: "Is your daughter-in-law still working on New Year's Eve?"

"In Leilei's dormitory, he said he came with Leilei." Yang Mengxia said.

Ye Fan: "Are you going back after dinner?"

"Your elder brother has something to do tomorrow." Yang Mengxia wanted to stay at Ye Fan's house for a few days, with everyone young and old at home, talking and laughing, playing, and it would be as lively as the New Year.

But she couldn't just abandon her husband in the family compound.

Ye Fan: "Second brother and second sister-in-law are probably blocked by the heavy snow, so let Lei Lei and his wife stay at Second brother's place. In fact, I think it's okay to leave from this side tomorrow. Who would look for him during the New Year's Day?"

"Go ask your eldest brother later." Yang Mengxia asked a few younger generations to come in and make dumplings.

There are two girls in the family. Geng Huihui lives with her husband's family, and Erbao works at work, so the job of making dumplings falls to Dabao, Sen Sen and Geng Benben.

By the way, there is also Chu Guangming. Over the years, he has gotten used to carrying large and small bags to Ye Fan’s house on the morning of New Year’s Eve to celebrate the New Year.

However, no one expected that Geng Benben would come back to celebrate the New Year.

When they first saw him, Ye Fan was stunned, and Yu Wentao was frightened. Geng Benben saw that his grandmother was about to faint, and quickly explained that he had been a soldier for many years and had not come back to celebrate the New Year. When the leader heard about this, he arranged for his and his younger brother's annual leave and family leave to be combined.

Yu Wentao roughly calculated that he could stay at home for several dozen days, and excitedly hugged Geng Benben and kept saying "OK".

After calming down, Yu Wentao ordered Geng Sen Sen to go into the village.

Geng Benben learned to drive in the army, and the two brothers each drove a car to the countryside.

In the past, Geng Zhiye and his eldest brother were out of town, and when Yu Wentao talked to his brothers about his affairs after his death, he said that he could only rely on the second brother. Fortunately, the second brother was honest.

It was also because Dabao, Erbao, Leilei and Sen Sen were all out of town at that time, and Yu Wentao was surrounded by only two younger generations - Geng Huihui and Geng Benben. The Yu family treated the two siblings as their own relatives.

Geng Benben could have done without such hardship, but he chose to become a soldier. The Yu family praised him highly. When Geng Benben arrived in the village, all the Yu family members, young and old, came out and asked him why he came, whether he was cold, etc.

Geng Benben couldn't resist and turned the topic to Geng Sensen, asking where he was. Geng Sensen was pushed aside, and Yu Hongwei, who had returned to his hometown for the New Year, saw this and pulled him into the yard with sympathy.

Geng Sensen finally thought of him when he heard it. He was both angry and amused: "If you don't know, you would think the leader is here to inspect the countryside."

Yu Hongwei joked, "If it was really your dad who came, they wouldn't be so enthusiastic. But why are there only the two of you?"

Geng Sensen explained as he walked out: "Your aunt asked us to come and buy things, saying that there is everything in the village."

The village really has everything. When Yu Hongwei went outside, he told his parents and elders that he was accompanying Sen Sen around.

After the distribution of property to each household, the pond was contracted out to each individual. Yu Hongwei first accompanied him to the fish farmer's home and asked him to catch some fish.

Everything is expensive during the Chinese New Year, including fish. However, whenever Ye Fan's family came to the village to buy something, no matter if it was Ye Fan herself or her niece and son, the villagers would only charge the cost price.

At first, the petty people were worried that Ye Fan's family would come often. When the village chief heard this, he scolded them, "What haven't they eaten? The rice is specially supplied from the Northeast. Why would they care about a few rotten vegetable leaves from your family?"

Ye Fan did come seldom. When Yu Wentao missed the local specialties from the countryside, she would call her brother and ask him to bring some vegetables to her when he went to the city to sell them. When the food arrived in the city, Yu Wentao would give him as much as he sold it to others.

This kind of thing of taking advantage of others happens no more than three times a year. As a result, the villagers really think that Ye Fan despises their things. So when Geng Sensen asked if the money was enough, the fish farmer said "enough" from the bottom of his heart.

The two of them carried four fish from the fish pond into the village, and asked the villagers who were chatting at the entrance of the village if they wanted chickens. Geng Sensen subconsciously looked at Yu Hongwei and asked if he had any at home.

Yu Hongwei whispered, "My family keeps them for the New Year."

Geng Sensen thanked the villagers and said he needed a hen and two roosters. The price of a small stupid chicken was the same as the feed chickens in the market. Geng Sensen had never bought anything before, so he didn't know whether it was expensive or cheap, so he looked at Yu Hongwei.

The villagers glared at Yu Hongwei and said to Geng Sensen, "Why are you looking at him? He knows nothing except teaching."

Geng Sensen took out the money, and the villagers took the whole number and chatted with Geng Sensen, asking how Boss Ye was doing recently, whether he would come back for the New Year, etc. Before Geng Zhiqin got married, she accompanied Yu Wentao back to the village to visit the graves of her relatives and elders. After Geng Zhiqin got married, it was mostly Ye Fan who sent her to the bus. The family bought a car, and Ye Fan drove Yu Wentao to the village entrance, and then her family sent her back.

Ye Fan had never been to the village, so the villagers always wanted to chat with her. There was a villager who worked as a salesperson in Ye Fan's company. His elders prepared New Year gifts for Ye Fan every year, but never gave them out.

They wanted to ask Yu Wentao to take her back, but she said she didn't dare to interfere in her daughter-in-law's affairs. Yu Wentao was the stepmother, so the villagers didn't dare to embarrass her.

Geng Sensen didn't know what was going on, so he answered honestly that his aunt was fine and came this year. The villager who was chatting with him suddenly remembered that Geng Sensen was a member of the company and could take care of the company's affairs, so he said that he had killed a sheep and she would keep half for Boss Ye.

How could it be such a coincidence? Geng Sensen himself didn't know he was going to the countryside today. When he heard this, he knew that someone had killed him and kept him for the New Year.

Geng Sen Sen was not short of money, so how could he ask for meat for the New Year? This meant that he could not accept it without his aunt's permission.

Yu Hongwei suggested “buy”.

Then Geng Sensen bought half a sheep, a pig leg and dozens of kilograms of ribs and meat. The meat for making dumplings was bought in the village.

They were making dumplings, Ye Fan and Yang Mengxia were soaking the dried goods, and then they were cleaning the fish and shrimp.

At around 8 o'clock, Dabao was so hungry that he was pacing back and forth. Yang Mengxia felt sorry for him and said she would not wait for him. Then she took her daughter-in-law to the kitchen to cook dumplings. Just as the dumplings were on the table, the door was pushed open and Boss Geng and his bodyguards came in.

Dabao exclaimed: "Uncle, you are really the one who finally showed up after so much anticipation!"

Boss Geng was delighted. What kind of words were these?

"Haven't you eaten yet? If you're hungry, eat first." Boss Geng is serious outside, but he can't put on airs in front of Dabao, and Dabao is not afraid of him.

In the past, Dabao went to his uncle's house to escape the summer heat. Geng Lao Da thought he was making a fuss, but before he could get angry, Dabao handed him the gift and said, "I bought it for my uncle."

When playing at his house, Dabao filled his cup when he saw that it was empty. Compared with Dabao, Leilei and Sensen looked like fools. Geng Lao Da lamented to his wife more than once that this child is like his mother, very cunning and clever.

Later, Dabao filmed dramas and commercials, and Geng was afraid that he would enter the film and television industry. However, Dabao stayed true to his original intention and joined a scientific research unit after graduation. Geng was very surprised and could not help but sigh to his wife that Dabao had a firm character.

From then on, Boss Geng became more and more satisfied with his nephew.

Boss Geng walked into the room, took off his gloves, saw Erbao, patted her on the shoulder, and said gently: "Erbao, you are hungry too, right? You don't have to wait for me in the future. I will just eat something."

Yang Mengxia urged him to wash his hands.

Everyone sat down. Boss Geng saw the person sitting opposite him and frowned: "Are you Guangming?"

Chu Guangming quickly responded.

Yang Mengxia glanced at her husband and said speechlessly, "Guangming was here last year too."

Last year, Chu Fenghe and Geng Zhihui were both there. When Geng Laoda heard the name "Chu Guangming", he thought he was Chu Fenghe's nephew. Yang Mengxia had complained to Geng Laoda before that Chu Fenghe's parents, brothers and sisters-in-law were not as sensible as a child. Geng Laoda knew his wife and did not like to gossip. He was gentle, unless the Chu family was too much.

Boss Geng would not deliberately make things difficult for the Chu family, nor did he want to interfere in his brother's wife's private affairs. Besides, Ye Fan himself had no objection in Ye Fan's family, so he simply ignored Chu Guangming.

Because Yang Mengxia saw Chu Guangming at the New Year's Eve dinner table, he returned home and chatted with Boss Geng for a while, saying that the child has a strong character and has not gone astray even if his parents don't care.

Only then did Boss Geng realize that Chu Guangming was not the son of Chu Fenghe's younger brother.

Although he is not a member of the Chu family, he is half a member of the Geng family, and Boss Geng's attitude towards him has changed.

A few days ago, Boss Geng went to a certain unit and saw Chu Guangming among the crowd welcoming him. Those who could enter that unit were all talented, and Boss Geng was very pleased.

Boss Geng smiled apologetically: "I was so busy that I forgot. You are young and have a good appetite, so eat more."

Chu Guangming was not familiar with him and did not dare to act as casually as he was in front of Geng Zhiye and Geng Zhihui. He just ate quickly after hearing what they said, and after eating, he did whatever his elders told him to do.

Dabao dragged Chu Guangming to the back to rest. Boss Geng drank some water and said, "This kid is good and honest." He paused, a little confused, "He has a good relationship with Dabao?"

Ye Fan sat on the single sofa next to him: "Do you think they are not the same kind of people? Brother, he is very honest in front of you. He even went dancing with your son a few days ago."

Geng Sen Sen thought the skit was quite interesting and was grinning, but when he heard the words, his smile froze and he jumped up, "Dad, you should go to bed early." Then he ran away.

"stop!"

Geng Sen Sen paused for a moment, relying on the fact that he was at his aunt's house and his father was too embarrassed to swing the rolling pin. Even if he hit him with a feather duster, his aunt would stop him, so he continued to run outside.

Boss Geng stood up suddenly in anger.

Ye Fan: "I didn't learn bad things."

"You know?" Boss Geng said unhappily.

In his previous life, Ye Fan would not dare to fart in front of big shots. In this life, he has seen a lot, and Ye Fan did not even blink, "I know. My company's employees have been to a disco with him. They said Geng Sensen would jump around there for a while, and then take them to the night market to eat skewers to vent the boredom they encountered at work. Nanny Xiao Wang also said that Sensen's clothes smelled of barbecue, and it was strange that he didn't smell of alcohol when he went to the bar."

Yang Mengxia pulled her husband to sit down: "Sesen is not a young boy, he knows what he can touch and what he can't touch."

"I'm worried that he may have done something unintentional!" It's not that he doesn't trust his son. Geng Zhihua is worried that the people he has dealt with won't dare to touch him, so he harms his son. "If you stand by the river, you'll get your feet wet."

Ye Fan: "Sensen doesn't go there often. I also reminded him that once he goes in, the water cup must not leave his sight. Once it's out of his sight, he shouldn't touch it again. He shouldn't drink it just because he feels sorry for the money."

Yang Mengxia said: "Did you hear that? Ye Fan knows more than you."

Hearing this, Boss Geng felt relieved and said, "He is not young anymore, it is time for him to get married."

Ye Fan smiled but said nothing.

Yang Mengxia sighed, "He has to be willing to get married. He has been difficult to control since he was young, and if he doesn't want to, it's useless to beat him."

Boss Geng turned to Ye Fan and asked, "Is Sen Sen working in your company now?"

"Don't even think about firing him." Ye Fan said, "There's something in Sen Sen's brain. He won't starve to death no matter who he's away from."

Erbao nodded: "Uncle, Brother Sen Sen is rich. He has saved a lot of money after working for so many years. He also has antiques he bought more than ten years ago. If he sells any of them, it will be enough for him to use for a year or so."

Geng Zhihua: "He also bought antiques?"

Ye Fan: "Back then, Sen Sen felt that the house was too empty, so he went to the flea market to find many things from the Ming and Qing dynasties. At that time, wages were low and every penny was wasted, so no one was willing to buy antiques. Now prices have gone up, and with the reform and opening up, foreigners have come in. Because they don't have them themselves, they particularly like our things. A porcelain vase from the late Qing Dynasty can be sold for hundreds of dollars."

Erbao nodded: "When Brother Sensen bought it, it was only a few dollars."

Geng Zhihua hesitated for a moment and said, "If someone buys, there will be someone to sell?"

Ye Fan was very puzzled. Is it necessary to ask such a simple question?

"Yeah. Big brother, don't you know?"

Boss Geng nodded: "I know. It's getting late, let's get some rest."

Not long after, Ye Fan saw a piece of news in the newspaper, which published a list of antiques and restricted their export, even to foreign exhibitions.

(End of this chapter)