Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

Geng Dabao looked innocent: "Uncle, you don't like eating chicken?"

Geng Laoda turned to Erbao and said, "Give me the phone. I'll call your dad and ask him if he's eaten."

Dabao hurriedly got up and took the chicken away.

Boss Geng glanced at his nephew indifferently. Dabao lowered his head to avoid his sight, not daring to be naughty again - even if Geng Zhiye was having dinner with his superiors in the army, if Boss Geng called him, Geng Zhiye's superiors would give him some face and let Geng Zhiye go home for the holiday and take care of Geng Dabao at the same time.

Geng Sensen held back his laughter and patted Dabao on the shoulder: "Is the chicken delicious?"

Dabao growled one word - get out!

Geng Sensen didn't care: "Dad, please try the sweet and sour carp. We were afraid it wouldn't be cooked well, so we specially asked Professor Li next door to help make it. It was just made before you came."

Geng Leilei nodded subconsciously.

Although the other dishes were prepared earlier, they were all hot because the chicken ribs were in the pressure cooker and the other dishes were kept warm in the steel pot.

Seeing that the two guards were not eating, Chu Guangming went to the kitchen to get two pairs of chopsticks, handed one pair to Yang Mengxia, and used the other pair to pick up food for the guards: "There are dumplings and buns in the kitchen. What ethnicity are you from?"

The two of them were stunned by this sudden remark.

Dabao couldn't help but say, "Nonsense! Of course it's the Chinese nation!"

Boss Geng almost choked: "——Eat your food!"

Dabao shut up.

The two guards reacted and said with a smile that they ate everything.

Chu Guangming brought over the steamed bun basket that was placed aside: "There are ones with mutton and beef fillings."

Geng Laoer liked mutton buns very much and asked Chu Guangming to give him one.

Dabao wanted to say, "Uncle, you ate three before dinner. People who didn't know would think you just came out of the refugee camp." But when he looked up and saw his uncle, Dabao swallowed his words, fearing that his uncle would really complain to his father.

After dinner, the Spring Festival Gala started. The family watched it for more than an hour. Yu Wentao couldn't stand it anymore and left first. Then came Dabao, Erbao, Chu Guangming and Geng Leilei and his wife, who were used to going to bed early and getting up early. Geng Zhihui was busy day and night, and he was used to sleeping late and stayed until the end. In the middle of the show, Ye Fan, Geng Sensen and Geng Laoda and his wife went back to their own rooms.

In the morning, the first one to go to bed was the first to get up. Dabao and his grandmother each watched over a pot to cook dumplings. Ye Fan and the guards got up just in time for lunch.

After dinner, Boss Geng made tea in the living room.

Ye Fan thought about the grand occasion of her family last year. The younger generation came to wish her a happy new year, and the same generation came to wish her a happy new year in the name of wishing Yu Wentao a happy new year. There was no rest in the morning. Ye Fan asked tentatively: "Brother, do you have any plans today?"

Boss Geng paused while making tea, and suddenly thought of his sister-in-law, who was the most tactful. No matter whether others asked about the military or politics, she could always bring up business matters. This was said by Geng Sensen, who said that at first glance his aunt could talk to anyone and was not just talking nonsense, but after thinking about it carefully, she did not mention anything that was not suitable for public disclosure. When could he be like his aunt? Then he would not have to worry about being drunk and talking without restraint.

Boss Geng guessed that Ye Fan didn't want to ask about his schedule for today: "Yes."

"In the morning as well?"

Boss Geng nodded slightly.

Yang Mengxia was beside her husband, and seeing this, she comforted Ye Fan and told her to speak frankly.

Ye Fan: "Sister-in-law, have you forgotten last year's Spring Festival?"

Yang Mengxia suddenly realized what was going on. Facing Geng Zhihua's confusion, she smiled and explained, "Ye Fan has been very successful in recent years. Many people want to get close to her. Last year, right after you left, someone came to pay New Year's greetings. It wasn't until after eleven o'clock that no one came."

Boss Geng didn't want to run into people who were paying New Year's greetings, so he immediately asked the guards to check the car and set off in ten minutes.

At 8:30, Geng Zhihua got in the car. Before the car left the alley, another car appeared at the entrance of the alley. The car came in a few meters and then backed out. He waited for Geng Zhihua's car to pass before he came in. Geng Zhihua asked the guard: "Are you going to pay New Year's greetings to Ye Fan?"

The guard looked back, then turned back, remembered something, and looked back again to make sure he was right: "Chang Ting's brother?"

"Chang Guangrong?" Geng Zhihua turned around and saw Chang Guangrong's wife and children, who were carrying a lot of bags and going in. "Are you here to wish Ye Fan a happy new year?"

The guard was puzzled: "It's a gift for the old man. But shouldn't he be at home at this time?"

The eldest son of the Chang family once boasted in a disdainful tone that his younger brother did not rely on "backdoors" or "permits", nor did he engage in smuggling, and he was able to build a company by doing legitimate business in an honest manner.

There are many people doing business in the circle, and many of them have made a fortune by taking advantage of the reform of state-owned enterprises. There are also many who are as clean as Chang Guangrong, but there are not many who have the money to advertise on TV stations and invite Olympic champions to endorse their products, which is worthy of his elder brother's bragging.

Boss Geng: "Someone wanted to make friends with him by paying New Year's greetings, but he didn't want to deal with it so he hid here."

"Isn't he in the clothing business?" the guard was confused. What could he do by getting close to him?

Boss Geng: "I hope to participate in his clothing business."

"But besides ordinary workers and designers, garment factories also need fabrics and customers. They don't care about being ordinary workers, and designers need real skills. Fabrics in the north are not as good as those in the south. It's impossible for Mr. Chang to find a fabric manufacturer in the capital, so how can we follow him and make money?"

Boss Geng used to visit factories frequently. He knows all the departments in a factory. "He can join the management. When selecting fabrics, he will support whoever gives kickbacks. He can also be an accountant. Sen Sen said that this is a very complicated business. Even if Ye Fan's company is simple, he can quietly move hundreds of thousands of dollars. Chang Guangrong is not as educated as Ye Fan, so it's easier to fool him."

"No, isn't the accountant afraid of retaliation from the Chang family for doing this?"

Boss Geng: "You can hide away."

The guard immediately thought of the corrupt officials who had fled abroad in recent years. He had also heard from his colleagues that people from the southeast coast fled abroad almost every month. He didn't know how they did it.

The guard driving the car shouldn't have been distracted: "Secretary, that looks like your brother's car?"

Boss Geng opened his eyes and saw a jeep coming towards him. The driver was not a guard, but Geng Zhiye himself. Boss Geng wanted to stop the car and scold his brother for not knowing the seriousness of the situation. Unfortunately, the car sped away. If you didn't know, you would think the driver was an unstable young man in his early twenties. Boss Geng sighed, "Dabao takes after him!"

Geng Zhiye sneezed and almost hit the wall when turning a corner. He touched his nose, stepped on the accelerator, stopped suddenly at the door of his house, and walked into the yard wrapped in a military coat.

The weather was good today, and many people were in the yard. When he suddenly appeared, everyone was stunned as if they were hallucinating. Ye Fan was the first to react, and subconsciously asked, "What happened?"

"Nothing happened." Geng Zhiye stamped his feet: "I'm freezing to death."

Ye Fan pulled his hand: "So cold? Come back to the house! Have you eaten?"

Geng Zhiye: "Just eat something casually."

Dabao silently counted outside: "One, two——"

"Dabao, go cook dumplings for your dad!"

Dabao curled his lips and said, "She's my biological mother!" He helplessly handed the racket to Chu Guangming and went to the kitchen to cook dumplings.

Chang Guangrong, who had just come to his senses, looked at the main room and then at the others, with a puzzled look on his face, "He's still cold in his military coat? Doesn't the army celebrate the New Year? Today is the first day of the year, right? The commander won't go down to offer condolences? Doesn't he have to stay in the army to receive them?"

Geng Sensen said helplessly, "He said he was cold because he was telling my aunt. The army's New Year celebrations don't conflict with him having a quick meal and rushing back. The commander went to his unit last year, so it's impossible for him to go again this year. The army also has a party that he needs to attend, but it's usually held before the Spring Festival Gala, not after the New Year. Do you understand?"

"No, doesn't he have to be on duty?" Chang Guangrong asked.

Geng Sensen: "There are division commanders below and principal officers above. He is just a deputy and is dispensable."

Geng Zhiye lifted the thick door curtain and asked, "Who is dispensable?"

"Me, me!" Geng Sen Sen didn't dare to offend his uncle.

Geng Zhiye lowered the door curtain, and Chang Guangrong muttered, "How can you be so childish when you are already several dozen years old?"

Geng Sen Sen whispered: "My uncle has never matured. He may be like this all his life. But it's normal. It's hard to change one's nature."

Erbao: "Say less."

"Hit your ball!" Geng Sensen glared at his cousin and took two steps back to the wall. Chang Guangrong also stepped back and handed him a cigarette. Geng Sensen smoked, but not often. However, he did not dare to take it, but looked across.

Chang Guangrong looked up at the window of the opposite room, and saw Yang Mengxia through the window: "Your mother doesn't allow you to smoke?"

"My mom doesn't care about me much." Geng Sen Sen said honestly, "She talks to my dad about everything. If my dad knew, he would suspect that I am a drunkard, a smoker, a whore, a gambler, and a glutton! By the way, no one wishes you a happy new year on New Year's Day?"

Chang Guangrong lit a cigarette, "Yes, quite a few." He sighed, "I was too tactless before, so now many people come to me and I can't refuse. If I had been like your aunt from the beginning, I wouldn't have to go out during the New Year."

Geng Sensen: "Ask you to teach them how to run a garment factory?"

"It's not so bad. I can bring them to Hangzhou and let them figure it out on their own." Chang Guangrong sneered, "It was said before that sportswear was not easy to sell, and I was a layman and didn't know anything, so I was sure to lose everything. No one would pay attention to me. In the end, two of my friends partnered with me. You know, one is very ambitious, and the other even went to the Fashion Institute for further studies."

Geng Sensen knew that he had had several meals with Chang Guangrong's two partners.

Chang Guangrong added, "As for money, ask your aunt. To be honest, your aunt and I invested about the same amount of money in the beginning, but your aunt invested more in the middle. If she hadn't given me advice and supported me with real money, I wouldn't have been able to hold on until now. Four or five years ago, I went to the north to trade goods and made a fortune. I might have been blinded by money and wanted to be a trader. Or I might have gone to Shanghai or Shenzhen with other friends to trade stocks. But the policy market for stocks changes so quickly that even economists can get into trouble, not to mention that I can't even figure out the company's accounts. Without money, people are more likely to have evil thoughts. Maybe I've already been in trouble."

Geng Sensen smiled and said, "It's because you believe in my aunt."

"I can't help but believe her." Chang Guangrong whispered, "She is well educated and knowledgeable, plus she has a good family background, there is no reason for her to lie to me."

Geng Sensen put himself in her shoes and thought: "That's right. For example, when my aunt went to colleges to recruit people before, people thought she was unreliable. Now she doesn't need to show up for campus recruitment. In the past two years, the secretary and the director have gone. In two years, if the human resources department is separated, maybe human resources can be handled, and there will be no need for the director to accompany her."

Chang Guangrong nodded: "The company has grown so big that no one would believe that she is really unable to make ends meet. This is the same as your aunt's background and education."

"They haven't told you why they want to see you. Wait..." Geng Sensen suddenly had an idea: "Are they going to invest in your company?"

Chang Guangrong smiled helplessly.

Geng Sensen couldn't help cursing, "Shame on you! It's not like we didn't approach them at first. I remember my aunt asked the people in the sales department if they wanted to partner with you. They thought they could gain experience in the sales department, so they asked their relatives to work with you, but those people didn't seem to believe you could succeed. Were they the ones who approached you?"

"They are embarrassed to come to me. Several people who used to work in the sales department started an electronics company a few years ago. They are now doing very well, and their relatives are working with them." Chang Guangrong said, "Although they didn't think highly of me at the beginning, they also made a lot of efforts to ensure that my TV series was approved and broadcast so quickly. We don't know what they are like in private, but they are quite decent. The people who come to me now are friends of their friends and the younger generations of those who were transferred back to the capital in the past two years. Since we have contacts on a regular basis, I am embarrassed to say anything too harsh."

Geng Sensen: "Come up here at the same time as my dad?"

Chang Guangrong nodded: "Yes, but not in the same system."

"I guessed it. My aunt owns a share of your company. Because of my aunt, my father's subordinates and colleagues' children and relatives dare not interfere." Geng Sensen sneered, "Fortunately, your family is big and powerful, those people only dare to mention it, not to use force."

Chang Guangrong: "Dog-skin plasters are also annoying."

Geng Sensen wanted to comfort him, but heard footsteps. He looked outside and saw Zhang Xiaoming's family and Wei Jianshe's family coming in one after another. Geng Sensen called into the house, "Uncle, Aunt."

Zhang Xiaoming asked hurriedly: "Is Brother Geng back?"

Dabao came out with dumplings: "I haven't eaten yet."

"Then let's eat first." Zhang Xiaoming said, and then said to Yu Wentao who came out of the side room: "Aunt, Happy New Year!"

Yu Wentao nodded: "Hello to you too. By the way, Sen Sen, go get some candy."

Dabao brought the dumplings in and came out with a fruit plate.

In the past, when supplies were scarce, a little bit of sunflower seeds and peanuts could make children jump for joy. In recent years, if you use those things to entertain children, they will be looked down upon. So this year, I prepared a few more things, including traditional snacks, watermelon seeds, chocolate candies, and candied haws packaged one by one.

Zhang Xiaoming's little daughter grabbed a handful and put it in her pocket, while Wei Jianshe's child stood on tiptoe to get some. Erbao reached out to take two and threw one to Chu Guangming. Chu Guangming stuffed the chocolate into his mouth and threw the wrapper on the ground.

It was almost noon and no one came, so Chu Guangming swept the yard with a broom. Yu Wentao hurriedly stopped him and said, "Sweep in the afternoon!" She was afraid that Chu Guangming would sweep again if she didn't see him for a while, "You've swept away all the good fortune!"

Chu Guangming looked at his watch.

Yu Wentao didn't understand what he meant: "Do you have anything else to do at noon?"

Erbao smiled and said, "He looked at how many minutes were left until twelve o'clock. After twelve o'clock it would be afternoon."

Yu Wentao was speechless.

Five minutes later, Chu Guangming picked up the broom again.

Yu Wentao was both angry and amused: "Sweep, sweep, even the kitchen and my room!"

After Chu Guangming cleaned the yard, he went to the kitchen and handed the broom to Erbao. Erbao cleaned several rooms and Chu Guangming went out to take out the trash.

Yu Wentao muttered, "I've never seen him so diligent before."

Chu Guangming is usually busy with work and has no time to play football with Dabao, so how can he have the energy to clean?

After lunch, Geng Zhiye went back. Dabao drove his father halfway and then sent Erbao to work. Her colleague was on duty in the morning and it was her turn in the afternoon. Chu Guangming didn't go anywhere, but took a document from Dabao's room and gave it to Ye Fan.

Ye Fan flipped it open without knowing why, and was surprised to see the contents. It was a business plan: "You want to quit your job and start a business?"

Chu Guangming nodded: "Maybe I used to go to the store on weekends, and then I filmed TV commercials, and I felt that I was not suitable for a nine-to-five job. I heard from a friend that there is an online bookstore abroad, and I plan to learn more about it, and then set up one in China with my friends. Although I can work with a computer, it will definitely cost a lot of money in the future, so please ask Aunt Ye to take a look at my plan."

Seeing that she was offered 30%, Ye Fan smiled and said, "It's not that I think the share is too small, it's that your plan is too general. For an online bookstore, are you helping writers sell books online, or are you looking for writers to get the copyright and put all the writers' books online? If more people read the books, the merchants will ask you to advertise, and more advertising can help you recover your costs. But it's a bit difficult to make money. You can't write books yourself, and the writers haven't heard of you, so they may not give you the copyright. You might as well think of something else."

Chu Guangming humbly asked for advice: "For example?"

"Online encyclopedia, then you can be the spokesperson for the website yourself. For example, take the business of preventing network attacks? My company has many technical personnel, so we are not afraid of attacks. Are other companies without so many top students afraid? In recent years, companies that have websites have sprung up like mushrooms after rain. How should I put it? With more cars, there is a natural need for car repair shops." Ye Fan didn't dare to say too much. The country is so big, and there may be others if she is an outlier. A computer company can be explained as a coincidence, but too many things can't be explained, and people will definitely guess that she is reborn. "For example, the online bookstore you mentioned, others know that you make money and want to share a piece of it. You are not happy, will they find someone to paralyze your website? I think this kind of thing is more meaningful. Maybe I can cooperate with your current unit in the future to overcome difficulties for the country."

Many people have a dream of being a hero.

Chu Guangming was no exception. Hearing this, he felt that what Ye Fan said was more meaningful.

Money is not important to Chu Guangming now. He wants to start a business not only for freedom and to make some money, but most importantly, he believes that only by breaking out can he prove himself.

Chu Guangming said: "If I don't open an online bookstore, my friend may find someone else."

"Then tell him to find someone else. We can't work together if we don't share the same ideals. Besides, friends are friends and business is business. Zhang Xiaoming and I have known each other for more than ten years, and we have to settle accounts every year. If you are embarrassed to reject this friend now, you will be embarrassed to reject others in the future." Ye Fan said, "After a long time, you will be like Chang Guangrong, hiding away on New Year's Day."

Chu Guangming nodded thoughtfully: "I'll think about it again."

Ye Fan said, "When you've made up your mind, you can come to me. I'll ask my secretary to reserve two offices for you as my initial investment. By the way, you need to do market research to open a clothing store, and this is the same. You can't just follow what others do. A company in my office building had to declare bankruptcy a few years ago because it couldn't make ends meet by following the trend of making software."

"Then I work during the week and talk to someone on the weekends?"

Ye Fan: "It's time to change the car."

"It's time to change."

Chu Guangming mentioned this to Dabao. Dabao's car was too expensive for him, and there was no need to get such a good car. He felt that any car that was a grade lower than Dabao's would be fine. To put it bluntly, none of them were good enough. Dabao said he would help him choose later.

Ye Fan returned the plan to him: "You still need to think clearly about the direction of development. Look at me, I have many things to do, but one thing has not changed, which is to make computers for Chinese people. If the main line does not change, you can keep going. If you find the right direction and persist, you will succeed sooner or later."

Chu Guangming had some money in his hands and wanted Ye Fan to invest, but he was worried that the capital chain would be broken and he would collapse midway. Ye Fan's opinion coincided with his idea, so Chu Guangming decided to listen to her.

If he fails, he will go to work at Fanhua Company.

He can also act in TV series. Three years later, he will be 30 years old, and he can play a husband or a father. With a beard, he can barely act as a middle-aged man. With so many choices, are you still worried about not having any roles to play?

Besides, with his education, he can play an elite in urban themes, and can also play a boss who has made his fortune from scratch from a poor family.

Chu Guangming also had a mobile phone. When he got home in the evening, Chu Guangming called his friend and said he wanted to talk to him about starting a business. His friend had many guests at home and he had to visit relatives the next day, so he made an appointment with him on the evening of the second day of the Chinese New Year.

There is no such thing as paid annual leave these days, and many companies go back to work on the second day of the Chinese New Year, so some stores are open as usual during the New Year period.

On the afternoon of the second day of the Chinese New Year, Chu Guangming went to buy a lot of prepared food and a few bottles of wine. He cooked a few dishes himself and some dumplings that he had made at Dabao's house - Yu Wentao asked him to bring them back.

In the evening, we ate and chatted. Everything was going well at first, but then you talked about your things and I talked about mine, and we ended up parting on bad terms.

Chu Guangming was very sad.

He has many friends, and they are either childhood friends or schoolmates. This friend is someone he met after he started working, and he is a graduate student at Peking University. He goes to a better school, has a higher education, and a better family background than him. He thought that the other party didn't want anything from him, and he didn't want anything from the other party either, and that the other party would be his lifelong friend.

I didn't expect that we would break off relations due to a disagreement.

Dabao was very busy before the New Year and had a few days off. On the morning of the third day of the New Year, he came over before Chu Guangming was home. Seeing that Chu Guangming was still sleeping, Dabao opened the curtains and the sunlight came in. Chu Guangming woke up with a bewildered look on his face.

"Did you fall asleep?" Dabao was curious: "What time did you go to bed? I called you but no one answered. I knocked on the door but no one opened it. I thought you were dead. Fortunately, I have your key!"

Chu Guangming turned over and got out of bed: "You're dead! Draw the curtains, I'll change clothes! Don't you have to send Erbao to work?"

"I sent her back."

Chu Guangming had a headache and didn't want to go out: "I guess there's no one in the store at this time."

"How is that possible? We were hoping that everyone would take a holiday these days to sell cars." Dabao said, "Go and see, no one is coming back. Don't forget, you have to go to work the day after tomorrow!"

Chu Guangming has five days off, from New Year's Eve to the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. After hearing this, he continued to put on his clothes, "I've been busy for a year, why do I only have five days off? Aunt Ye's company is a private enterprise and they all have ten days of paid leave."

Dabao: "You know it's a private company. It's not as secure as a state-owned company, and it's just as stingy as a state-owned company. Who would want to work for it? Why don't you go work for my mom?"

"I want to, too. But Aunt Ye only wants fresh graduates. Secondly, if I go there and I'm treated like a newcomer, I'll definitely feel wronged. If I'm made a team leader or something, the old employees will definitely not accept it. I'm not Geng Sen Sen, with such a powerful father, no monsters dare to challenge him."

Dabao said, "It's good that you know. By the way, when I was sending Erbao off, I saw a restaurant open. Shall we go out for a meal?"

"There are a lot of food in the refrigerator. Please heat them up for me while I wash my face and brush my teeth."

Dabao went to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. He saw several large pots with several dishes in each pot, and several bottles of wine on the stove: "With so many dishes, no wonder he was so drunk!" Dabao poured the dishes into the pot, turned on the gas stove, and asked in the bathroom, "Did you drink with your childhood friend?"

Chu Guangming: "He is at his brother's house. With a friend."

"The one I mentioned before who I met after work, Boss Ye's junior brother?"

Chu Guangming wiped his face and said, "It's him. When we went to Aunt Ye's company before, half of the employees were her junior brothers and sisters. They were all very good and not too ambitious. They wouldn't think you were fanciful if you had any ideas. I thought he must be the same. I didn't expect——"

Dabao saw that he was embarrassed to criticize his friend: "Unrealistic?"

Chu Guangming went back to the bathroom to brush his teeth.

Dabao knew he was right. "It's normal. Look at our relatives. Some are good and some are bad. I didn't notice it before because I didn't have the chance to get to know him well. Fortunately, I can see it clearly now."

Chu Guangming came out after brushing his teeth: "As I get older, I understand the old saying more and more: having one true friend in life is enough!"

"Of course!" Dabao saw that the braised meat he bought was very fragrant, so he also took a pair of chopsticks to taste it. "Besides, isn't having me as a friend enough? What's more, you have two childhood friends, so you can play mahjong together."

Chu Guangming smiled, and then told about what he talked about with Ye Fan the day before yesterday, and asked for Dabao's opinion. Dabao nodded while eating, "Sure. Now there are many people using computers, and many people opening computer companies. Many units are equipped with computers, and there may be cybercrime in the future. You have to study how to restrain them, Chu Guangming, maybe I can also benefit from it."

Chu Guangming saw that there were only dishes on the table: "You didn't heat up the buns?"

"How can the steamed buns be heated up so quickly?" Dabao pushed a glass of water to him, "Drink the water and have some food. I'll save the steamed buns for you to eat at noon."

What a meal without staple food. Chu Guangming put down his chopsticks and cooked instant noodles, and beat two eggs for himself. Dabao saw that he was not bothered, "Cook me a pack."

"You didn't eat breakfast?" Chu Guangming was convinced.

Dabao: "We eat at 7 o'clock. What time is it now?"

Chu Guangming glanced towards the living room. It was almost ten o'clock. Anyone would be hungry at this time after a few rounds of walking around after dinner.

Chu Guangming got up too late, so he didn't dare to linger at home after lunch. He went to the store to select a car and paid for it, but it was still lunch time. Chu Guangming invited him to eat outside.

Ye Fan's house was quite lively today. Several children of Uncle Yu came to pay New Year's greetings to Yu Wentao. Yang Mengxia and the eldest son and daughter-in-law returned to the compound, so Ye Fan and Chu Fenghe prepared lunch, and Geng Sen Sen helped them.

After a group of people left in the afternoon, Yu Wentao looked disgusted and said, "I don't know why they came here."

Chu Fenghe was speechless: "I came to wish you a happy new year!"

"Why didn't you come before?"

Ye Fan: "They didn't have money before, so they came here to beg for money. You don't mind, but they are afraid that I will be unhappy. And there is another table tomorrow, your eldest brother's family. Tomorrow morning, I will go to the market with my second sister-in-law to buy chicken and fish, and Dabao and I will go to his uncle's house."

Chu Fenghe asked: "I cook? I'm not good at it."

Ye Fan glanced at his mother-in-law and said, "Let her do it! She can make a full banquet with Xiao Wang when she has nothing to do!"

"I'm too lazy to do it." Yu Wentao muttered, "I'm going to buy a box of instant noodles tomorrow morning and cook them instant noodles."

Chu Fenghe suddenly didn't want to pay attention to her mother-in-law.

Ye Fan said: "People also like instant noodles. I've eaten too much meat and fish, so it's a good time to change the taste."

Yu Wentao couldn't argue with her, it would be so quiet to go back to her room alone.

There were many people coming today, and a few of the kids were making a lot of noise. Ye Fan couldn't stand it anymore, so she and her sister-in-law went back to their respective rooms.

After the Chinese New Year, Ye Fan focused on his work.

Two months later, before the May Day holiday, Ye Fan went upstairs to comfort the employees and reminded them to close the water, electricity, doors and windows. When she went downstairs, the software team leader followed her and complained to her in the office, "I can't train the new people I recruited in the past two years. They work overtime until 10 o'clock every day and arrive at the company at 7 o'clock in the morning. As a team leader, I can't stay too late, but if I continue like this, I will die suddenly!"

"Was it like this before the New Year?" Ye Fan didn't remember it.

The team leader shook his head.

Ye Fan asked, "Did you go home to eat the elixir during the New Year?"

The team leader sighed, "That's not true. It's because you've fulfilled the dividends you promised for the project. The housing price changes every day, and they need to make money to buy a house. I can't say that they can't handle it, after all, they all sleep for seven hours and go back to the dormitory to rest for half an hour at noon. But they are young and have no money and no nightlife, but I do. My partner has complained about it several times."

Ye Fan: "As the team leader, you also get dividends."

"Boss, Sister Fan, among my batch, are there any who came earlier than me who lack money? What they lack is a wife, children, and a warm bed." The team leader said, "In the whole company, we women are the only ones who treat men like men, and men are treated like animals. I am the team leader and a man, I am simply the Yang Bailao among animals!"

Ye Fan laughed out loud.

"Don't laugh. Everyone in the company except our team leaves as soon as it's time to get off work."

Ye Fan asked: "I heard from the director that I organized a social gathering at the hotel to form several couples. Your group also had some. Don't they have to date their partners?"

"Yes. Maybe people are looking for people who are like them. When their partners hear that the salary will be distributed according to work, some will earn tens of thousands, and some will earn over a thousand. Oh my God! I will have to work overtime with them!"

Ye Fan wanted to laugh again: "Do you want to change your job?"

There was no reason for the team leader to ask Ye Fan to prohibit employees from working overtime. He said so much just to change his job. Seeing him nod, Ye Fan asked, "Who will take over? Have you arranged it?"

"Not yet." The team leader breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that she had no objection. "It's a good arrangement to take over my job, but you should talk to the director. He has already selected five people, so he may not need me."

Ye Fan said: "Yes. I plan to divide up the work I have, so that you can all handle it on your own, and I don't have to come to the company every day."

"Then I'll go find the director?"

Ye Fan: "Finish what you are doing."

When the team leader thought that it would take another half a month, he wanted to kowtow to Ye Fan. He would rather not have any dividends from the project.

Ye Fan raised his hand and asked him to go out.

The team leader looked at her with pleading eyes, waiting for her to soften her heart.

It's impossible to be soft-hearted! Ye Fan said, "Does your partner not know that half of the money you get is hers?"

The team leader is married, and his income after marriage is the common property of the couple. The team leader nodded: "But——"

"I want you to be rich and accompany me at the same time? How can it be so good?" Ye Fan interrupted, "When your salary is not as high as it is now, you will complain that you earn too little. I think it is better to break up with you sooner-"

The team leader interrupted hurriedly: "Thank you! I'll go to work now, goodbye!" Then he went out quickly.

Ye Fan laughed out loud.

The secretary asked curiously: "Boss, what happened to him?"

"He said that our company is busy and his partner doesn't understand. I advised him to divorce and find someone with similar interests." Ye Fan asked, "Do you have a partner?"

The secretary said hurriedly: "I have a very good girlfriend, you go ahead!"

(End of this chapter)