Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

In the morning, Su Yuanhang came to see Ye Fan and told Ye Fan that his father agreed to let him prepare for the exam.

Ye Fan didn't believe that his father could be persuaded so easily.

Perhaps Ye Fan's expression was too obvious, Su Yuanhang took the initiative to tell her that he did not ask others to persuade him, saying that everyone else took the exam, including those who were far inferior to him in his father's eyes. His father was afraid of being compared to others, so he agreed after one night.

Su Yuanhang can use this trick, and so can Liao Miaomiao.

With both Political Commissar Liao and Zhuang Qiuyue not optimistic, Ye Fan had to be cautious about helping Liao Miaomiao. Ye Fan pondered for a moment and decided it was feasible, so he asked Liao Miaomiao to wipe her tears. Ye Fan wet a towel with water and put the cold towel on her eyes to reduce the swelling.

After about five or six minutes, Miao Miao took off the towel, and Ye Fan asked her, "Is Deputy Captain Niu's eldest son about your age?"

Liao Miaomiao nodded: "We are the same age. But he is afraid of his mom and dad, and he is even more useless than me."

Ye Fan wanted to laugh immediately: "Don't worry about who he is afraid of. Go ask your Aunt Liu later if she wants her son to take the college entrance examination. Liu Guihua may think her son has no chance just like your mother, because he graduated from junior high school like you."

Miaomiao: "Yes, we are still deskmates."

Ye Fan: "It's not important. Don't mention what I said. Mentioning me in front of her won't work. For example, people who went to high school have been out of school for ten years, such as Su Yuanhang, who was in 1966 and now is eleven years old. Even if he was the top student in the grade at that time, he has already returned the knowledge to the teacher."

Miaomiao shook her head: "Aunt Ye, we didn't go to high school. Even if we forget, we can remember some of the high school knowledge when we see it in the exam room. Besides, it's impossible to forget everything."

Ye Fan smiled and comforted her: "I'm not done yet. You've only graduated for a year, do you still remember a lot of knowledge points? Next, let's spend a month reviewing junior high school knowledge, and the rest of the time learning high school knowledge. But don't learn math. It's a waste of time. Memorize Chinese, politics, history and geography. By the time you get 20 or 30 points in math, you can still go to college if you do well in other subjects."

Miaomiao: "I'm reviewing and Su Yuanhang is reviewing too."

Ye Fan nodded: "That being said, people of Su Yuanhang's age not only have to review, but also have to work. The educated youth on the island also have to work. Female comrades also have to cook and take care of children. They study four hours a day, you can study twelve hours, sixteen hours. You don't work, and sleep six hours to barely rest, can they do that?"

It seems to make sense. Liao Miaomiao asked: "So I have my advantages?"

Ye Fan: "Yes! Do you know why I asked you to find Liu Guihua instead of Wan Siqin on the other side of my family? If you find Wan Siqin, your mother will say that Wan Siqin has attended a girls' school for a few years and can tutor her daughter. Your mother can't tutor you. Liu Guihua has never been to school, and your mother can read. There is a saying, don't mind if I'm wrong. The tone of your mother's voice when she talks about Liu Guihua at home-"

Liao Miaomiao couldn't help but say, "I know what Aunt Ye means. My mother thinks she knows more than Aunt Liu. I also told her that she only knows how to compete with Aunt Liu. She should be able to compete with Aunt Ye."

Ye Fanxin said, isn't this just asking for trouble?

Considering her young age, Ye Fan didn't argue with her: "If Liu Guihua's son passes the college entrance examination, and you don't have the courage to take it, what will your mother think?"

Liao Miaomiao blurted out: "I have a bad life!"

"..." Ye Fan was suffocated and speechless. Thinking of Zhuang Qiuyue's age, if she could be her great-grandmother in the previous life, Ye Fan persuaded himself that the generation gap was as big as the Mariana Trench, and he immediately felt much more comfortable. "In this case, you go find Liu Guihua now and ask her whether her son will take the college entrance examination. If Liu Guihua says her son will take it, then you don't need to say what I told you. If she says no, persuade her with the words I taught you.
"After Liu Guihua is persuaded by you, you ask her to show off in front of your mother. If your mother asks her why she goes to your house every day, tell Liu Guihua to say that her son is reviewing at home and she cannot affect her son's study. Then ask Liu Guihua to ask her why she doesn't attend."

Liao Miaomiao stood up immediately. She stopped at the door and turned back to ask, "Will Aunt Guihua guess that you taught me to say that?"

Ye Fan: "You add your own words."

Liao Miaomiao suddenly realized what was going on and wanted to run to the backyard, but she was afraid that her mother was in the yard, so she looked around furtively for a moment, and after making sure that there was no one in her yard, she immediately ran from Ye Fan's house to Liu Guihua's house.

Liu Guihua had just cleaned up the yard and was going to Ye Fan's house to fetch water for lunch. Seeing Liao Miaomiao, Liu Guihua subconsciously called her son into the house. Liao Miaomiao hurriedly grabbed her arm: "Aunt Liu, I'm looking for you."

Liu Guihua put down the bucket and the shoulder pole: "Come in." She noticed that her eyes were slightly red. "Are you crying? Is your mother scolding you again? Don't take it to heart. Your mother is doing this for your own good. She just doesn't know what it means to do this for your own good."

Liao Miaomiao was a little uneasy at first, but she felt relieved after hearing this and couldn't help laughing: "Aunt Liu, do you know about the college entrance examination?"

Liu Guihua nodded: "Lao Niu said so."

Liao Miaomiao immediately asked Liu Guihua the same question Ye Fan had taught her. Liu Guihua's family was the opposite of Liao's. Liu Guihua asked her son to give it a try. Captain Niu said that his son's grades in middle school were in the middle and lower levels, and he wanted to compete with high school students for college. What a joke!
Liao Miaomiao first said that Ye Fan taught her, and then said that taking the college entrance examination would not cost much, just the round-trip boat fare and bus fare. If you take the fishermen's boat, it would only cost a few cents for bus fare. If you pass the exam, you won't have to worry about your life, and her aunt Liu can also enjoy the good life.

Liu Guihua asked her if she wanted to try it, and Liao Miaomiao nodded in agreement, saying that she could review with Liu Guihua's son.

Liu Guihua couldn't help but think of duck and goose feathers. Ye Fan had said to save them first, just in case they could be sold. But no one around here, including the members of the Shanxi brigade, sold as much as she did. What if it worked again this time?

Besides, her son will only be 15 years old by the end of the year, so he is too young to go to the countryside in the spring next year. She seemed to have heard someone say that the college entrance examination will be in July. Even if he fails to pass the exam next year, it won't delay his going to the countryside in the fall.

Thinking of this, Liu Guihua nodded heavily: "I see! You have high school textbooks, right?"

Liao Miaomiao smiled bitterly: "My mother doesn't support me just like Uncle Niu. I asked Aunt Ye, and she gave her high school textbooks to her sister-in-law. By the way, her sister-in-law seems to have also graduated from junior high school."

When Liu Guihua heard this, she realized that even Accountant Ye could support her sister-in-law, so she should support her own son even more. "I'll ask Lao Niu to take a leave tomorrow and go to the city to ask someone. I'll talk to your mother." After saying this, he held Liao Miaomiao's hand as if to reassure her.

Liao Miaomiao didn't want to slander her mother in front of others, but she couldn't care less now: "My mother is not easy to persuade. When you deliberately make her angry, I will say I want to try it, maybe it will work."

Liu Guihua: "Then wait in the bedroom tomorrow morning. Come out when the time is right."

The next morning, when the time was right, Liao Miaomiao came out of her bedroom and said she also wanted to go to college. Zhuang Qiuyue asked without hesitation, "What if I don't pass?"

Even though it was not the first time Liao Miaomiao heard this, she still felt speechless. If you can't pass the exam, then you can't pass it. It's so easy to pass the exam, and there are college students everywhere.

But before Liao Miaomiao could refute, Liu Guihua said with a smile on her face: "If you can't pass the exam, you can take it again. Miaomiao is so young, what do you want her to do? She is not old enough to get married, and people don't want her to work. You raised your daughter with great effort, are you willing to send her to the countryside to farm?"

Liao Miaomiao nodded, Aunt Liu is awesome! Aunt Ye is amazing!
Seeing the child giving her face, Liu Guihua said, "Who can guarantee that he will pass the exam in one try? Political Commissar Liao had the opportunity to take the college entrance exam, so why didn't he take it? Did he not want to?"

Liao Miaomiao burst out laughing.

Zhuang Qiuyue's face turned red and green, then black, it was so wonderful.

Liu Guihua made the final decision: "Miaomiao, come to my house to review from now on."

Zhuang Qiuyue, the biological mother, was ignored and was very unhappy: "Miaomiao, if you don't pass the exam, don't blame me for not reminding you."

Liao Miaomiao: "If I pass the exam, will it be your credit?"

Zhuang Qiuyue was so choked that she couldn't speak.

Liao Miaomiao: "Don't say you have foresight. I fought for this opportunity myself!"

Zhuang Qiuyue was very angry: "Then I don't care about you. Don't look for me if you have any problems in the future!"

Liao Miaomiao thought to herself, I’m not without a father.

In the evening, Political Commissar Liao came back and Liao Miaomiao asked him for money to buy exercise books and fountain pen ink.

This morning, Deputy Head of the Regiment Niu asked Geng Zhiye for leave to go to the city to look for books for his son. Political Commissar Liao was also in the office. Political Commissar Liao was very surprised and blurted out, "Didn't your son graduate from junior high school?"

In the past, Captain Niu wanted to throw away the duck and goose feathers, but he ended up getting 80 yuan for that bag of feathers. Since then, when Liu Guihua said she wanted to give it a try, Captain Niu was embarrassed to say, "What the hell!" Last night, Liu Guihua said that the money she earned from selling duck and goose feathers in the spring was enough for her son to try it, so Captain Niu thought it would be okay to give it a try.

This is how Captain Niu answered Political Commissar Liao.

Geng Zhiye didn't go home yesterday, so he didn't know that Ye Fan was behind this, so he told the truth: "There's no harm in trying."

Both of them thought so, so Political Commissar Liao was not as resolute as before. Liao Miaomiao asked for money, and Political Commissar Liao gave her five yuan, then asked, "Is it enough?"

Zhuang Qiuyue was cooking in the kitchen. She came out when she heard the noise, but she was still too late. Political Commissar Liao gave Liao Miaomiao ten yuan. Zhuang Qiuyue grumbled, "Why give her so much money?"

Liao Miaomiao pretended not to hear and went back to the house with the money.

When Political Commissar Liao saw that something was not right, he went to the kitchen with Zhuang Qiuyue and asked Liao Xiaomei, who was cooking, "Did your mother have a fight with your sister?"

Liao Dadi came in with some vegetables for cooking noodles. "Auntie Liu came to ask if you were going to take the college entrance exam today, and asked you to review with Xiaoshan. Xiaoshan didn't do as well as you did in school, so maybe she wanted you to help her with her studies. Mom said you wouldn't take the college entrance exam. I want to take it. Mom also said it would be embarrassing if you didn't pass."

Zhuang Qiuyue was shocked: "Weren't you at school at the time? Who told you that?"

Liao Dadi: "Aunt Liu told Brother Xiaoshan, and Xiaocao heard it. Xiaocao told me this in the afternoon when we went to school together."

Zhuang Qiuyue asked hurriedly: "Aren't you with Dabao and Erbao?"

Liao Dadi nodded: "We met Xiaocao at the intersection, and then we went together. What happened?"

Zhuang Qiuyue opened her mouth and said, "Did you - Dabao heard it too?"

Liao Dadi: "I think so. Can't Dabao listen?"

If Dabao heard it, it would be the same as Ye Fan knowing it. If Ye Fan knew that she didn't dare to ask Miaomiao to try, would he think she was timid and look down on her? Zhuang Qiuyue looked at Political Commissar Liao with a worried look on her face: "What should I do?"

Political Commissar Liao had been married to her for many years, and even though he couldn't hear her thoughts, he knew what she was thinking: "Accountant Ye doesn't have that much free time."

Accountant Ye is indeed very busy because Geng Zhiye is on duty these days and it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so she has to do laundry and cook at work.

After dinner, Dabao took a bath by himself, threw his clothes into the basin and ran out. Ye Fan grabbed him and said, "Press the water! You change two sets of clothes a day, and both sets are so dirty that they can't be seen. Are you going to school or fighting?"

Dabao pressed the water obediently: "I have physical education class in the afternoon."

Ye Fan: "What about in the morning?"

Dabao looked up at the sky and said, "I forgot."

Ye Fan glared at him and picked up Erbao's clothes: "Look at your sister's clothes. Can't you learn from your sister?"

Dabao: "Mom said that children are different from each other. I am me and my sister is my sister." After a pause, he asked curiously, "Mom, why should I wash my sister's clothes if they are not dirty?"

"There is sweat! But it's just sweat, mommy just needs to soak it with detergent. Your mommy has to wash it bit by bit!" Ye Fan took out the socks and gave them to him, "Wash them yourself!"

Dabao rubbed his little socks and asked, "Can I play with them for a while after I wash them?"

"Have you finished your homework?"

Dabao nodded: "While you were cooking, I also wrote down some English words. My sister also wrote down some."

Ye Fan: "But I want to check."

"Not sloppy." Dabao shook his head, "Mom will just check it casually." He put down the socks, "Is it OK?"

Ye Fan reminded him to wash his hands. Dabao washed his hands and rubbed them on his body, but before he could rub them, his mother stopped him with a look. Dabao obediently wiped his hands with a towel, walked out the door obediently, and then ran towards the door of Liao's house: "Sister!"

Erbao turned around and waved his little hands, then continued to learn skipping rope with the older sisters.

Dabao squatted aside and watched for a while, then ran to Liao Dadi and said, "Dadi, where is your spinning top? Let me play with it."

A few days ago, Liao Dadi went back to his hometown with his parents. His relatives made a spinning top for him and his younger sister. At that time, Liao Dadi played with the spinning top on the flat land and brought it back because he thought it was fun.

His living room was flat, so he could play with the spinning top, but Zhuang Qiuyue didn't allow it. Liao Dadi took it to the road, but the road was gravel, which was flat for him but bumpy for the little spinning top. Liao Dadi said, "I can't play with it."

Dabao: “Let’s play.”

The eldest brother nodded, went back to the house to get two spinning tops, one for Dabao and one for him: "I'll teach you. Be gentle, don't let them fly away."

Dabao: "My dad said I don't have strong hands."

The eldest brother wanted to say that it was small compared to Uncle Geng, but it was big for a spinning top. He also felt that Dabao was bored after playing with it for a few times, so there was no need to scold him: "Okay then."

Dabao first watched how Liao Dadi did it, and then hit his own spinning top. He felt a sense of accomplishment when the spinning top spun, but it fell over after three turns. Dabao couldn't help but lament, "Let's try again!" After he said that, he tried again, but this time the spinning top didn't work.

The fifth time, the spinning top still refused to give in, but Dabao still didn't give up: "Big brother, let's go to the beach and play with the spinning top."

Liao Dadi: "Does Aunt Ye agree?"

Dabao shook his head: "Don't let her know." Liao Dadi looked behind him: "It's too late."

"What—" Dabao turned around and saw his mother was already behind him, "Mom!" Dabao hugged his mother's waist, "I can explain!"

Ye Fan grabbed his ears and said, "Did you have fun? Come back home and sleep!"

Dabao didn't want to go back: "It's just getting dark, and the moon hasn't come out yet, so why should I go to bed?"

Ye Fan: "You don't need to meet Chang'e in your dream, so why bother about when the moon comes out?"

"Okay, okay." Dabao didn't dare to be stubborn. He pulled the hand from his ear away, picked up the spinning top and gave it to Liao Dadi. "Thank you. I won't play with it anymore."

Ye Fan chuckled and looked at Erbao.

Erbao lowered his head when he met his mother's gaze. Ye Fan wanted to laugh again: "Geng Erbao, it's almost done."

Erbao muttered, "It's all my brother's fault." and jumped off the rope.

Ye Fan walked over to her and touched his daughter's head, which was indeed covered in sweat: "You'll have to take a bath when you get home."

The second child wanted to say no, but he couldn't sleep well without wiping it. Since he couldn't avoid it, he just faced it calmly. The second child handed his hand to his mother. Seeing this, the first child went around to the other side of his mother, took her hand, and asked, "Let's be obedient, shall we?"

Ye Fan: "When dad comes back in a few days, ask him to take you and Erbao swimming."

The brother and sister cheered happily, then let go of Ye Fan and skipped home.

Three days later, Geng Zhiye arrived home in the evening and had dinner. He was very surprised: "Why do we have to eat so early?"

Ye Fan: "Let's eat first."

After dinner, without clearing the table or sweeping the floor, Ye Fan asked Geng Zhiye to take Dabao and Erbao to the beach first while she packed some clothes.

Geng Zhiye followed the child to the yard and asked, "Dabao, does your mother want to go into the water?"

Dabao shook his head: "Mom promised me and my sister that when you come back, I'll ask you to accompany us to the beach. Dad, don't you want to accompany me and my sister?"

Geng Zhiye thought to himself, you know how to speak.

"You two are my treasures. If I don't accompany you, who else can I accompany?" Geng Zhiye couldn't help but sighed slightly after saying this. If I had known not to have children, when would this life end?

Dabao and Erbao had no idea that they were being rejected again. After getting the reassurance, they ran to the beach.

Geng Zhiye stopped having any random thoughts and quickly chased after him.

Considering that it might not be clear after dark, Ye Fan took out another flashlight.

When Ye Fan arrived at the beach, the three of them went down. Ye Fan took off his shoes, rolled up his trouser legs, walked into the water, and asked Er Bao, "Is the water cold?"

Geng Zhiye: "The sun has just set, so the water temperature is fine. It will be cold in half an hour. Do you want to come down and play for a while?"

The feeling of drowning is very uncomfortable, and I don't want to be submerged by water in this life. Ye Fan shook his head decisively and retreated to the shore to wait for them. Half an hour later, when it was dark, Ye Fan turned on the flashlight and shone it at Geng Zhiye. Geng Zhiye dragged Bao in one hand and went to the shore to change clothes.

Dabao took off his shorts and short-sleeved shirt and said, "Mom, don't look at me!"

Ye Fan turned his back to him and changed Erbao's clothes, then took out Geng Zhiye's clothes. Geng Zhiye shook his head: "I don't need it. I'll take a shower when I get home."

Ye Fan: "Aren't you uncomfortable with your wet clothes?"

Geng Zhiye often led his troops to train at the seaside, and was used to the wet weather. Not wanting Ye Fan to worry, Geng Zhiye smiled and said, "Just bear with it for a while and we'll be home."

Ye Fan was worried that the autumn wind would make him sick. So when she got home, she asked Geng Zhiye to take a shower first. Dabao was dissatisfied with the smell on his body, so he took his small towel and followed his father. Geng Zhiye looked back at his son and thought, this is the time to kiss me.

By the way, in addition to the wash basin, Ye Fan's family also had a laundry basin. When Geng Zhiye took the wash basin to take a bath, Ye Fan used the laundry basin to fetch water for Erbao to take a bath. After Geng Zhiye finished taking a bath, Ye Fan handed the two children to him. Geng Zhiye watched them sleep while Ye Fan went to wash up.

Ye Fan cleaned up the kitchen, and Geng Zhiye came out of the children's room and winked at Ye Fan. Ye Fan raised his eyebrows: "Go out?"

Geng Zhiye joked: "You're overthinking it again."

Ye Fan didn't respond and turned back to the bedroom. Geng Zhiye quickly grabbed her hand and said, "It's 8:20, can you sleep?"

I usually go to bed around nine and wake up around five. At this moment, Ye Fan couldn't sleep: "What do you want to do first?"

"Enjoy the moon." Geng Zhiye pulled her outside. Hearing the children playing, Geng Zhiye frowned and said, "Aren't there classes tomorrow?"

Ye Fan: "I'm not like Dabao, who wakes up at five or six." Thinking about where to go to be quiet, "Let's go to the beach again?"

Geng Zhiye didn't want to go, and on the way back he met a few people chatting on the roadside. Geng Zhiye was worried that they were still there, and saw him joking with Ye Fan - the child is asleep, you two go on a date.

Geng Zhiye thought of a good place and pulled Ye Fan over there.

The moonlight was dim, the shadows of the trees were swaying, and many places were unclear. When he sat on the cold steps, Ye Fan realized where he was. Ye Fan was speechless: "You are watching the moon on the grave of a comrade you have never met. You are worthy of it!"

Geng Zhiye: "Isn't it quiet here? After a noisy day, I can finally have a moment of peace and quiet."

Ye Fan: "Is there something bothering the troops?"

Geng Zhiye shook his head: "I don't have any. There are a lot of things going on at the headquarters. Today this regiment commander is retiring, tomorrow that captain is promoted. Using connections and connections, either nepotism or meritocracy, no matter what you do, people will talk about it. Fortunately, I had foresight and hid here early." Suddenly thinking of his father-in-law who is almost 70 years old, "Is your father going to retire soon?"

Ye Fan: "In the next few years. It's either next year or the year after. My sister-in-law got pregnant successfully, and my dad is so happy that he might not last until next year. But -" he sighed softly, "My sister-in-law will most likely not ask him and my mom to take care of her. Her parents are retired and live close to my sister-in-law's workplace. My sister-in-law can go back to see the child during her lunch break."

Geng Zhiye: "Even if we live close, I don't want your mother to take care of me. You're the only one who can stand your mother's mouth."

Ye Fan looked back and said, "Do you really want to scold the old man here?"

Geng Zhiye shut up, put his arms around her shoulders, put his head against hers, and enjoyed the rare silence.

However, Ye Fan was not as calm as him and had a bad premonition.

Ye Fan’s premonitions were always accurate, except for the time when Chen Xiaohui, Chen Kuanren and Zhao Ruping suddenly appeared in front of her.

But I really couldn't think of anything that could happen so late at night.

The next morning, Ye Fan arrived at the gate of the food factory and saw many people chatting. He couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"

A member of the Shanxi Brigade grabbed Ye Fan and said, "Accountant Ye, is Captain Geng home?"

Ye Fan: "He is not at home at noon these days, but at home at night. Looking for him?"

The member swallowed his saliva, looked around, as if to confirm something, and then whispered: "I'll ask our team leader to go to the shore to buy a bundle of paper money. You can give it to Captain Geng later and ask him to burn it for the martyrs. Then ask Captain Geng to talk to them. They can come out during the day, but not at night."

Ye Fan understood, but seemed not to understand: "What the hell?"

The member nodded and said, "We passed by there last night when we were coming back from fishing and heard someone talking. But when we went over there, there was nothing there and no one was talking. Tell me, if it's not a ghost, who would go there so late at night?"

Ye Fan's expression was indescribable.

Member: "I know that people in the city don't believe this. But it's not that I'm superstitious, Accountant Ye, it's hard to say for sure. Besides, your mother is an old revolutionary, doesn't she believe this too?"

Ye Fan was curious: "My mother said so."

"Your name." The member thought, didn't Comrade Tao Chunlan tell her, "It's not like your mother doesn't love you. She can give you a name that's annoying. She just wants the little ghost to bother you."

Ye Fan was very surprised. He didn't expect that she knew. But should he confess? Ye Fan took a quick look and saw that there were about 20 or 30 people. He decided not to tell them. Otherwise, the news would reach the headquarters within three days.

It turns out her hunch last night was right.

Ye Fan admired himself: "I'll talk to him later."

The members were afraid that she would get busy and forget about it, so they came again in the afternoon - to wait for Ye Fan to get off work.

Ye Fan came out of the office and a member of the commune gave her a bottle of saline. Ye Fan didn't understand: "I have this at home."

A member of the cooperative stuffed it into her hand: "This is rice wine. You definitely didn't have the chance to drink it before."

Ye Fan nodded and assured: "I understand."

But it wasn't over yet. On the way, someone gave her two rice cakes and another a handful of rice flour. When she got home, both her hands were full. Dabao exclaimed, "Mom, you're giving out Mid-Autumn Festival gifts so early?"

Ye Fan was speechless but wanted to laugh: "The city hasn't issued any benefits yet. This was given to me by the members of the Shanxi Brigade."

"But didn't Dad remind you not to accept other people's things? Mom, what are we going to give back to them?"

Ye Fan explained that this was used for visiting graves.

Dabao went to the Martyrs' Cemetery with his teacher: "Are you going there on August 15th as well?"

"Just go there during Qingming Festival." Ye Fan put the things on the coffee table, "Don't touch them. When your dad comes back later, ask him to take them over."

Dabao nodded, but he was curious, touching the paper money and the salt water bottle. Erbao simply moved a small stool and sat beside the coffee table with his chin in his hand waiting for his father. When his father came back, Dabao asked why he was the same as his grandmother in worshipping the ancestors during the New Year.

Geng Zhiye calculated the time when those martyrs died: "It's almost like worshipping ancestors. They are still alive, and the youngest can be your grandfather."

Dabao immediately went back to the house, searched his cabinet, and took out a handful of candies—bought by Yu Wentao. "Dad, these are for me and my sister."

Geng Zhiye said he knew, then went to the kitchen to ask Ye Fan: "What's going on?"

Ye Fan: "What a good thing you did last night. People thought it was almost Mid-Autumn Festival, and those who missed their loved ones came out to see you. Go quickly. You'll be back in time for dinner."

Geng Zhiye felt guilty and ashamed, and was too embarrassed to argue. He put the things in a basket and carried the basket to the intersection of Shanxi Brigade. Several members of the commune looked at him with a "please" attitude, which made Geng Zhiye even more embarrassed.

Even though he didn't believe it, he couldn't help but take out the cigarettes in his pocket and light a few when he arrived at the martyrs' cemetery.

Geng Zhiye went home only after his cigarette was burned out.

Ye Fan smelled cigarettes on him: "Did you smoke?"

Geng Zhiye took it out and threw it on the coffee table: "Lao Niu gave it to me. I couldn't find a complete set of high school textbooks, so I told my second sister-in-law to go to her parents' home to ask."

Ye Fan: "Did you ask?"

Geng Zhiye: "The telegram has been sent. At this time, there is no clear indication from above, so it should be easy to find."

It's not difficult to get it at this time. Captain Niu didn't get the full set because he didn't know the people, the city was hotter than the beach, and the people were too lazy to help him search through the boxes.

In early October of the Gregorian calendar, Geng Zhiye's second sister-in-law sent a complete set of high school textbooks.

Then from that day on, the lights in Liao Miaomiao's room were never turned off before 10 o'clock in the evening.

In mid-October, Geng Zhiye was able to go home every night again. One night after dinner, he and Ye Fan watched the moon and came back. Seeing that only one room in the Liao family had the light on, Geng Zhiye couldn't help but say, "If my daughter worked so hard, I would support her with all my strength."

(End of this chapter)