Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

Ye Fan asked Geng Zhiqin what he wanted to eat in the evening.

Geng Zhiqin's mind was filled with greetings to Liao Miaomiao's parents, so he was stunned for a moment.

Ye Fan asked her what was wrong. Geng Zhiqin glanced at the next door and asked, "Sister-in-law, you don't care?"

"What does it matter?" Ye Fan asked subconsciously.

Geng Zhiye understood: "Miao Miao."

Ye Fan was speechless. Her sister-in-law was so real.

Geng Zhiqin was confused. Was she wrong? Geng Zhiqin couldn't help asking, "What's wrong, sister-in-law?"

Ye Fan sighed, "Xiao Qin, first of all, Miao Miao is not our relative. Even if there is a saying that a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor, we can still say a few words to show our concern for our distant relatives. There are sufficient reasons. No matter how close our neighbors are, they are not our family. Secondly, Miao Miao is seventeen years old and her mind is immature. It will be easy for Zhuang Qiuyue to coax her. By then, we will be in trouble."

Geng Zhiye asked: "Do you understand?"

Geng Zhiqin nodded: "So?"

Ye Fan: "Just review with her."

Geng Zhiye: "Don't think that Fanfan and I are indifferent. If we were just neighbors, we wouldn't care what Miaomiao's parents think and we could do whatever we want."

Ye Fan nodded: "Miao Miao's father is your brother's political commissar. He was unhappy about this matter and complained to the higher-ups. Even if the content was all fabricated, the higher-ups would think, why didn't Political Commissar Liao complain about the Chief of Staff, why didn't he complain about Deputy Commander Niu? Flies don't bite seamless eggs. It's human nature, and you can't blame the higher-ups for suspecting your third brother. It's not kindness to get yourself involved for an outsider."

Geng Zhiqin understood that she was too impulsive.

Ye Fan asked again: "What did you want me to do just now?"

Geng Zhiqin's first reaction was to ask Miaomiao to come live here. But what position did her sister-in-law have to say such a thing? Geng Zhiqin also thought about talking to Miaomiao's parents. After listening to her third brother's words, Miaomiao's father realized that he should not be indifferent to Miaomiao. Her mother didn't listen to her father's words. If her sister-in-law came forward, Miaomiao's mother would only think she was a psychopath who was meddling in other people's business.

Geng Zhiqin thought for a moment and had to admit that her sister-in-law was right. He could only call her over to review. It would not be appropriate to invite her to have a meal. Because the two families lived close to each other, Miaomiao would be considered lazy or inconsiderate by her mother, or even uneducated.

Liao Miaomiao is young and hot-tempered. She thinks her mother is wronging her and cannot help but refute. Zhuang Qiuyue therefore believes that Miaomiao is disobedient and scolds her, even hitting her. Miaomiao will definitely lose interest in reviewing.

Geng Zhiqin sighed: "It's so difficult."

Ye Fan asked: "What to eat?"

Geng Zhiqin was upset and had a headache because of Miaomiao's matter: "Whatever."

Ye Fan winked at Geng Zhiye and said, "Let's go to the kitchen."

Geng Zhiye nodded, Dabao stood up, and Geng Zhiye couldn't help asking, "What are you doing?"

Dabao answered without thinking: "To make a fire."

Geng Zhiye: "I can't?"

Dabao asked his mother: "If dad comes back, will you no longer need me?"

Ye Fan shook his head: "How is that possible? Mom is afraid of tiring Dabao. Mom hopes Dabao will grow up to be as tall as dad. It's too hard and he won't grow taller."

Dabao was very satisfied with this answer and waved his hand: "Daddy, go ahead."

Geng Zhiye wanted to slap him: "Don't run outside after dark!"

"Nagging." Dabao couldn't help but mutter.

Geng Zhiqin was beside her nephew and couldn't help laughing when she heard this. Seeing her like this, Ye Fan stopped worrying about her. Going to the kitchen, Ye Fan asked Geng Zhiye what he wanted to eat.

Geng Zhiye was surprised: "Do I have a choice too?"

Ye Fan opened the cupboard and found two sausages, a piece of bacon, a few pieces of rice cakes, and crabs tied with straw ropes. Geng Zhiye lowered his gaze and saw several pounds of various small seafood under the chopping board.

Geng Zhiye was not surprised to see seafood, and pointed at the sausages and bacon: "Does the vegetable market still sell this?"

Ye Fan nodded, "The production team slaughtered the New Year pig, and the members shared half, and kept the other half to sell. But it's warm here, and if you don't eat it for two days, it will go bad. So they kept some to make sausages and bacon. At the end of the year, they sent it to the vegetable market, and asked the vegetable market to help them sell it. The rice cakes were not made, and I exchanged the noodles for the rice cakes this morning."

Geng Zhiye asked in a low voice: "Is it because Xiaoqin has never eaten rice cakes?"

Ye Fan nodded: "Dabao, Erbao and I like it too."

"What were you planning to do?"

Ye Fan: "If Xiaoqin doesn't want to eat rice cakes, I will wash the vegetables, cook noodles, steam crabs, and use the method you taught me to make seafood with sauce. Xiaoqin likes to eat this. Now I want to replace noodles with rice cakes? You have strong hands, help me cut the rice cakes into slices, and cut two sausages, and I will wash some cabbage and stir-fry the rice cakes?"

Geng Zhiye took out the rice cakes soaked in salt water and asked: "Are two enough?"

"That's enough. Eating too much rice cake is hard to digest." Ye Fan turned on the stove and went to prepare the side dishes.

The water boiled, and Ye Fan blanched the seafood. After the small seafood was taken out, Geng Zhiye poured out the water and washed the pot. Ye Fan mixed the sauce with the small seafood and put it in the cupboard. Geng Zhiye cleaned the pot and put it on the stove. Ye Fan added water to steam the crabs. Then Geng Zhiye lit the fire and Ye Fan fried the rice cakes.

The rice cakes were out of the pot, and the crabs were almost cooked. When Geng Zhiye took out a few portions of rice cakes, Ye Fan put the seafood on the table, and the crabs were cooked. Ye Fan took out the crabs, and Geng Zhiye poured a steel pot of water on the stove and sealed the stove halfway, so that after eating, the water in the pot would be heated up and just right for washing.

The couple cooperated well and finished their meal in half an hour.

Geng Zhiqin arrived at the table as if in a dream: "Have you eaten yet?"

Ye Fan nodded: "I haven't made the soup yet."

Geng Zhiye took out a glass and poured a few glasses of water: "Dabao, Erbao, would you like some water?"

Erbao shook his head, and Dabao took the chopsticks and said, "Dad, can we eat now?"

Ye Fan: "Eat it."

Dabao took a piece of the soft and sticky rice cake and ate it, then asked, "Mom, can we make fried rice cakes more often?"

Ye Fan: "Your mother doesn't know how to make rice cakes."

Dabao was a little disappointed: "Okay. I'll ask my classmates which family makes rice cakes later."

Ye Fan laughed: "Then should I buy a few more packs of noodles as a backup?"

Dabao nodded: "Okay." Seeing his aunt tasting it slowly, he asked, "Aunt, is it delicious?"

Geng Zhiqin thought the rice cakes were soft and mushy, just like overcooked noodles. However, they were soft but not mushy, and they even had the aroma of Chinese sausage: "Delicious!"

Ye Fan: "Don't just eat rice cakes, there are also vegetables. If you find crabs troublesome, eat these little things."

Geng Zhiqin couldn't help but say, "Sister-in-law, I'm not a stranger, why are you being so polite to me?"

Geng Zhiye: "Fanfan is afraid you won't dare to eat it."

Geng Zhiqin was a little afraid to touch the little octopus, but after hearing what he said, he decided to pick one up to try.

Geng Zhiye eats fast. After he finishes his rice cake, he starts to unpack the crab. He gives it to Ye Fan first, then to his sister, and then to his children. Dabao curls his lips and whispers in his sister's ear: "When aunt comes, we will line up behind her."

Erbao couldn't help but ask: "If Auntie doesn't come, we will be the last ones."

Dabao choked.

Geng Zhiye: "Why are you complaining if you don't eat?"

Erbao handed the bowl over: "Dad, I want to eat more rice cakes."

Geng Zhiye shook his head: "No more."

There were only two pieces of rice cake left in Geng Zhiqin's bowl. She was about to put them in her mouth and go to the kitchen to get a second bowl. She was shocked when she heard the words: "Gone?" She looked at her sister-in-law. When did she become so good at passing the time?

Ye Fan laughed: "I'm not afraid that you will eat too much, I'm afraid that you won't be able to sleep at night."

Dabao nodded: "Yes. Aunt, my mother used to make rice cakes at noon."

Geng Zhiqin: "You two know that you still need it?"

Dabao: "What if I don't feel uncomfortable after eating today?"

Erbao nodded, just in case it wasn’t uncomfortable.

Geng Zhiqin rolled his eyes at the brother and sister, picked up a few small seafood items and put them in his bowl, eating them slowly.

Ye Fan broke open Erbao's crab: "Eat one, drink some water, go out and play for a while, and come back to wash your face and brush your teeth."

Erbao took it and said, "Mom, don't make crabs tomorrow."

Ye Fan: "Ask your aunt."

Geng Zhiqin smiled and discussed with his niece about eating there for a few more days.

Erbao nodded: "Mom, you and auntie can eat it, not me and my brother."

Ye Fan: "Did you two say that?"

Erbao nodded: "Erbao keeps his word."

The next day at noon, Ye Fan fried rice cakes with crabs, and Erbao was almost crying. Dabao ate the crab-flavored rice cakes while scolding his mother for being naughty.

Ye Fan deliberately asked: "Is it delicious?"

Erbao: "Crabs don't taste good!"

Ye Fan smiled and didn't respond.

The rice cakes were all gone, so Ye Fan couldn't make them the next day. He still bought a lot of crabs. The meat coupons were used up, so he couldn't buy meat. Ye Fan thought chickens, ducks, and geese were too much trouble, so he bought two fish and a piece of tofu.

After breakfast, Dabao and Erbao complained about the strong wind outside, so they lay in bed and read comic books. Geng Zhiqin was reviewing in the room, and Ye Fan had nothing to do, so he steamed a pot of crabs and spent time picking them in the kitchen.

Liu Guihua went to Zhuang Qiuyue's house and saw Ye Fan through the window and shouted, "Accountant Ye——"

"Shhh..." Ye Fan interrupted, "My sister-in-law is reviewing in the room, please keep your voice down."

Liu Guihua lowered her voice and said, "I plan to go to Miaomiao's house and ask her to come to my house to review. But I'm worried that she will be sad to see Xiaoshan. You know, Xiaoshan was a slacker in school. In the end, the slacker passed the exam, but she didn't. This is hard for anyone. How about asking her to come to your house?"

Ye Fan nodded: "I told Xiaoqin. Xiaoqin is willing to review with her."

Liu Guihua was relieved of her psychological burden after hearing this. She went to Zhuang Qiuyue's house and asked Miaomiao. Miaomiao came out of the house, called "Auntie Liu" and was about to go back to the house. Liu Guihua immediately asked Miaomiao to go to her house to play, and she went to Ye Fan's house.

Seeing that she specifically mentioned Ye Fan, Zhuang Qiuyue couldn't help but ask, "What happened to Accountant Ye?"

Liu Guihua shook her head: "Accountant Ye is fine. Didn't her sister-in-law come? I have to go take a look. I heard that her face shape is like her mother, her eyebrows and eyes are like her father, and she also looks like Captain Geng. She looks very heroic."

Zhuang Qiuyue also noticed a new face at Ye Fan's house these two days. But she didn't see what she looked like. The girl might be shy and introverted. When she looked over, she turned her head away. Zhuang Qiuyue was also curious about what she looked like, so she believed it when she heard it: "Didn't you take a look when you were fetching water? And you went there on purpose. You really have nothing to do."

Liu Guihua smiled and said, "I have nothing to do. Miaomiao, do you want to go?"

Miaomiao didn't want to go, but she didn't want to stay at home either. If she really had to choose, she would choose to go out.

When Liao Miaomiao reached the entrance of the alley, she was about to turn north, but Liu Guihua grabbed her and said, "It would be awkward for me to go by myself."

Zhuang Qiuyue overheard these words in the living room and curled her lips in silence. Liu Guihua really knows how to order people around.

However, when Liu Guihua arrived at Ye Fan's house, she knocked on the guest room door. Geng Zhiqin's voice came from inside: "Come in."

Liu Guihua pushed open the door: "Xiaoqin, are you reading?"

Geng Zhiqin asked Ye Fan two days ago when he saw her that her brother was on duty and she was coming to pick her up, what should she do with Dabao and Erbao? Ye Fan said that they were at Liu Guihua's house. Before, Liu Guihua came to Ye Fan's house to get water, and Geng Zhiqin specially thanked her for taking care of Dabao and Erbao. Liu Guihua said that Geng Zhiqin was too polite. Geng Zhiqin had a good impression of her and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, come in."

"I won't go in." Liu Guihua pulled Liao Miaomiao over and said, "Miaomiao, this is my eldest and second aunts. They came to Accountant Ye's house to review. She is as unlucky as you. She did better than you in the exam but still didn't get into school."

Comparing Political Commissar Liao with Zhuang Qiuyue, Geng Zhiqin really thinks her parents are pretty good and can face the "failure to get admitted" calmly. "But I failed to get admitted. It was also because of my parents. They insisted that I apply to a key university. Do you want to study? If we review together, I won't be bored."

Liao Miaomiao was not as outgoing as her, and couldn't help but look at Liu Guihua, wanting to ask if it was appropriate.

Liu Guihua pushed her in: "Xiaoshan went out to play with his friends, Xiaocao is not at home." She lied with her eyes open, "I asked you to come out because Xiaoqin wants to review with you."

Geng Zhiqin stood up and pulled Liao Miaomiao, "Come in."

Liu Guihua closed the door after the two of them went in, then went to the kitchen to ask Ye Fan why he steamed so many crabs.

Ye Fan said to pick out the crab meat and make crab meat buns for Geng Zhiqin because Geng Zhiqin likes to eat crabs.

"You are such a nice sister-in-law." Liu Guihua fetched some water and used Ye Fan's vegetable washing basin to wash her hands. "Give me two."

Ye Fan gave her a few and placed the crab leg scissors between them: "We don't produce this over there. My mother-in-law used to work and didn't have time to pick it up. Xiao Qin has never eaten it."

Liu Guihua broke one open and said, "This three-eyed crab is pretty fat?"

Ye Fan: "You're late. The river crabs that the Shanxi Brigade gave me before the New Year were good. The crab roe is so sticky that it makes my mouth sticky."

Liu Guihua: "They raise them in the river?" Ye Fan shook his head: "They said no one ate them before, but they became more and more. Last year when we harvested sweet potatoes, they all crawled into the sweet potato fields. I saw the captain of the Five-Star Brigade and he asked them to raise crabs or shrimps in the river to sell later."

Liu Guihua thought that crabs could not be transported to the north, and the people on the shore had no shortage of seafood, so who could she sell them to?

If it was a big deal, Liu Guihua could hold it in. But she couldn't hide this little thing, so she asked Ye Fan who bought the river crabs.

Ye Fan: "Not yet. I heard that the higher-ups are planning to relax the policy. It will be too late to raise one by then."

Liu Guihua couldn't help but think of duck and goose feathers. Ye Fan asked her to keep them, but she thought he was talking nonsense. If she hadn't thought about "what if", she wouldn't have thought about selling them for 80 yuan. Liu Guihua nodded: "If I can't sell them, I can eat them myself. Besides, except for the effort of finding crab seedlings, it doesn't cost any money, and I don't have to take care of them. It's all good no matter how much I sell."

Ye Fan: "That's why I dare to suggest it. By the way, the beekeepers have divided up a lot of bees, so we can get honey in the spring. I plan to use my relationship with the cannery to order a batch of honey in bottles of half a pound and 200-300 grams in a few days. I'll sell it in the vegetable market first. If it doesn't sell well in the vegetable market, I'll look for the supply and marketing cooperative. Do you want it? I'll let you know when I sell it."

Liu Guihua immediately said, "Give me one bottle for Xiaoshan and one bottle for Xiaocao. When Laoniu takes a vacation this year, give one bottle to his parents and one bottle for my parents."

"You don't want to eat?"

Liu Guihua blurted out: "I don't deserve such a rare thing."

Ye Fan was not surprised at all. Many fishermen had said similar things: "The parents who gave birth to you and the children you gave birth to are all worthy, but you are not worthy?"

"Yes." Liu Guihua seemed to have just thought of this. "No, no, Accountant Ye, I almost got tricked by you. It is our duty to respect the elderly and take care of the young."

Ye Fan didn't want to say whether it was right or wrong: "Really don't want to try it? To put it bluntly, your children have become successful, but your health has collapsed. Don't you feel it's a loss?"

deficit!
What a loss!

Liu Guihua decided to keep one bottle for herself, and asked Ye Fan to keep five half-pound bottles for her.

Ye Fan: "I'll tell the market, and you can buy it directly from her. If I give it to you, some people will start to have wild thoughts."

Liu Guihua instantly thought of Liu Qing. She was jealous when she saw the Shanxi Brigade sending sweet potatoes to Ye Fan. Why didn't they think that Ye Fan would ask for them for nothing? Even if he asked for them for nothing the first time and Ye Fan didn't show any expression the second time, how could the members of the commune still be so attentive?

Because Xiaoshan and the children of Shanxi Brigade were admitted to the same agricultural university, Liu Guihua has been getting close to the members of Shanxi Brigade recently, and often hears them complaining about Accountant Ye's politeness. She gave them a few kilograms of sweet potatoes, and she gave them a few big radishes and cabbages, and also taught them how to make pickled radishes and cabbages.

Thinking of the sour cabbage, Liu Guihua couldn't help asking, "Accountant Ye, I heard you made a jar of sour cabbage before the New Year?"

Ye Fan pointed to the corner: "Over there. Not as good as what my mom made."

Liu Guihua looked over and saw that it was a little smaller than her own pickle jar: "Is it this small?"

"We have two children, and Geng Zhiye is often not at home." Ye Fan laughed, "Your Xiaoshan eats more than the three of us."

Liu Guihua nodded. Her son had a bottomless stomach. Worried that the school subsidy was not enough for her son to eat, Liu Guihua planned to give him 20 yuan. When Captain Niu went home at night, she would go to Hangzhou to see her son.

Liu Guihua: "I heard that pickled cabbage can also be used to stew fish?"

Ye Fan bought fish in the morning and planned to eat one at noon and one at night. She would stew them at noon and cook soup and crab meat buns at night. Ye Fan couldn't finish picking all the crabs in the morning, so she planned to knead the dough after picking them in the afternoon and steam the crab meat buns at night so that Geng Zhiye could also eat them.

Hearing this, Ye Fan asked Liu Guihua about her knife skills.

Liu Guihua: "What do you mean?"

"Can you fillet fish? I can remove the bones and bones, but the thickness of the fish fillets is uneven."

Liu Guihua shook her head: "I haven't done that. It's not necessary to be so particular when eating at home."

Ye Fan: "Then I will cook fish with pickled cabbage and pickled radish for lunch. Can you help me light the fire and have a taste at my house?"

Doesn't this mean to teach her how to make it? Liu Guihua handed the peeled crab meat to Ye Fan and went to wash her hands, "I'll go buy some fish. I'll cook it at your house later?"

Ye Fanxin said you are really smart. "Go ahead, go ahead."

Liu Guihua went home with a smile and asked her daughter to steam rice at twelve o'clock, and then went to the vegetable market to buy a sea bass.

Snakehead fish only have big bones. Liu Guihua wanted to buy snakehead fish, but unfortunately there were no freshwater fish in the market. She carried the fish to Ye Fan's house and met a member of the Shanxi Brigade on the way. Liu Guihua couldn't help complaining that there were no snakehead fish among all the fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs in the market.

The food from the sea is too much to eat, so who would go to the river to catch fish? The members said that sea fish is good, and sea fish has fewer bones. Liu Guihua felt that he was right, because it was not like she couldn't buy fish with fewer bones.

The two chatted for a while and then went their separate ways.

When the members saw Liu Guihua going to Ye Fan's house, they suddenly remembered what Ye Fan had said before: don't make the crabs in the river extinct, just control their reproduction. Maybe someone will buy them in the future, just like duck feathers and goose feathers.

Shanxi Brigade not only has a river, but also a ditch in the village. Jiangnan is rainy and there are occasional typhoons, so the water in the ditch never dries up all year round. Thinking of this, the members went to the brigade leader's house and suggested raising fish in the village ditch.

The ditch in the village is not connected to the river outside, so there is no need to worry about the fish escaping. Spring is the breeding season. If you find a few fish and throw them in, you will be able to raise a lot of them in less than two years. The team leader thought that this could be done by a few idle guys and it would not delay the seedling planting, so he agreed.

Liu Guihua didn't know that a casual remark could lead to a ditch of freshwater fish. She went to Ye Fan's house, cleaned the fish, and asked Ye Fan when he would cook.

Ye Fan looked at his watch. It was not yet eleven o'clock. "It should be half past eleven."

Liu Guihua continued to help Ye Fan peel the crabs. Ye Fan finished picking out the crabs for steaming at 11:40. Ye Fan put the crab meat in the cupboard to make dumplings in the afternoon. Put the crab shells and legs in the pot, then add water and ginger and put it on the stove to cook. Ye Fan began to divide the fish.

Liu Guihua opened the jar of pickled cabbage and said, "Accountant Ye, no radishes?"

"There are radishes in the small jar next to it." Ye Fan removed the fish head first.

Liu Guihua took out a plate of radishes and two halves of cabbage, and asked her where she cooked.

Ye Fan forgot, so he wiped his hands and went to wash the rice and cook it in the rice cooker.

As she moved, Liu Guihua saw the pot in the living room and couldn't help but exclaimed: "This thing is convenient. I've only heard about it from others."

Ye Fan: "Xiao Qin brought it."

Liu Guihua waited until she reached the kitchen before whispering, "Your sister-in-law is quite sensible."

Ye Fan: "Maybe my parents are out of tune."

Liu Guihua couldn't help but think of Yu Wentao, who was really good at picking up trouble. "Maybe. In our family, Xiaoshan and Xiaocao are not as sensible as Miaomiao." Liu Guihua said as she went outside to wash radishes and cabbages. When she came back and passed by Geng Zhiqin's bedroom, she knocked on the door again and asked Miaomiao if she wanted to stay for dinner.

Liao Miaomiao didn't dare. Not because she was afraid her mother would scold her, but because she was afraid her mother would blame Liu Guihua. To put it bluntly, she didn't want to implicate others. Liao Miaomiao said it was time for her family to cook.

Liu Guihua also knew that her life was not easy, so she did not try to keep her.

When Liu Guihua arrived at the kitchen, she saw that Ye Fan had finished cleaning the fish and the chopping board was empty, so she cut the radish and cabbage into small pieces. Ye Fan lit the fire and boiled the fish head and bones. When they turned milky white, Ye Fan put the fish fillets in. At this moment, the crab shells on the stove also boiled and tasted delicious. Ye Fan asked Liu Guihua to filter the soup, put it back on the stove, add seasoning, and then add tofu. A pot of crab shell tofu soup was ready.

Ye Fan served Liu Guihua a bowl of pickled fish and a large bowl of tofu soup, and asked Xiao Qin to help Liu Guihua take it back.

Geng Zhiqin was already hungry from reading and doing homework. He resisted the urge to drool and ran back from Liu's house and said, "Sister-in-law, give me a bowl of soup."

Dabao pointed at his aunt's seat and said, "Okay."

Geng Zhiqin sat down and picked up the bowl.

Erbao couldn't help but say, "Aunt, did you have breakfast this morning?"

"Your aunt is tall and has a big appetite." Geng Zhiqin took another sip, "It really tastes good. Sister-in-law, if I keep eating like this, I feel like I can gain five pounds in a month."

In order to dispel her concerns, Ye Fan deliberately said, "You wishful thinking. Your brother eats fish every day. Has he gained weight?"

Geng Zhiqin shook his head.

"If you eat pork every day, you may gain five pounds in a month. The more you eat fish, the thinner you will be." Ye Fan deliberately asked Erbao if he wanted to try the tofu soup.

Erbao shook his head: "I heard it. Aunt Hua said it was cooked with crab shells. Mom, don't make me angry on purpose."

Geng Zhiqin was almost choked by his niece's words: "How could your mother deliberately make you angry?"

Erbao: "Mom likes to tease people just like Dad. Mom, if you make me angry again, I will ignore you!"

Ye Fan: "You should also eat some tofu, it's nutritious. You can't just drink fish soup. Dabao, do you want some? Mommy will serve you two a few pieces."

Dabao nodded.

Ye Fan gave each of the two children four small pieces of tofu and half a bowl of rice.

The brother and sister knew that they had to eat. Although they preferred pickled fish, they did not refuse the meal.

Maybe the sour soup is appetizing, I ate too much without realizing it.

Geng Zhiqin thought she would feel sleepy, but she was very energetic in the bedroom. Geng Zhiqin opened the geography book and copied the knowledge points. Geng Zhiqin was tired and went out for some fresh air. Seeing that the living room was empty, she went to the yard. There was no one in the yard, but there was someone in the yard next door. Geng Zhiqin waved. Liao Miaomiao came over - it turned out that her mother was in the house, she didn't want to stay in the living room, and because the bedroom was too stuffy, she came to the yard.

Geng Zhiqin didn't ask her what she was doing in the yard in such a cold day, and invited Liao Miaomiao to review together in the morning and afternoon.

Liao Miaomiao thought about it carefully. If she wanted to stay away from her mother, she had only three choices: one was to die, the second was to go back to her hometown to farm, and the third was to take the college entrance examination. After taking the exam once, taking the college entrance examination was the easiest for her.

Liao Miaomiao hesitated for a moment, and Geng Zhiqin invited her to read together again, and Liao Miaomiao agreed.

Geng Zhiqin pulled her to the living room: "Where are my sister-in-law and Dabao and Erbao?"

"Dabao and Erbao are in the room." Dabao's voice came from the bedroom.

Geng Zhiqin pushed the door open and walked in. The brother and sister were leaning on pillows, one with their heads facing south and the other facing north, reading comic books. "Have you finished your winter vacation homework?"

Dabao nodded: "I have already finished writing it. Mom said these books are worth reading. They are all classics."

Geng Zhiqin glanced at it and asked, "Do you understand Romance of the Three Kingdoms?"

Dabao waved his hand: "Aunt, you can go out now."

Geng Zhiqin laughed angrily and pulled Liao Miaomiao back to the guest room.

Ye Fan didn't actually go out. She was in the kitchen picking crab meat. She didn't finish steaming a pot in the morning, so there were a dozen crabs left. She finished steaming them in the afternoon, so Ye Fan went to knead the dough. After kneading the dough, the crabs were not so hot anymore, so Ye Fan started to cut them into pieces.

He ignored Geng Zhiqin because he was afraid that she would ask for help.

When it was getting dark, Liao Miaomiao went home. Ye Fan asked Dabao to light the fire, asked her sister-in-law to stew the fish, and she made dumplings.

Geng Zhiqin asked: "Do you eat fish at noon and at night?"

"Braised." Ye Fan used the stove to steam buns. He steamed two batches, but the second batch was not full, so Ye Fan put a few steamed buns in. But just as the second batch started steaming, Geng Zhiye came back.

Geng Zhiqin's eyes widened in shock when he saw the filling of the buns, and he looked at her as if she was crazy.

Ye Fan: "What are you looking at?"

"So much crab meat? Did you pick it?"

Geng Zhiqin was shocked: "Sister-in-law, isn't that tofu?"

Geng Zhiye glanced at his sister: "What's that look?"

Erbao was about to make a scene: "Mom, why are you making crabs again?"

Ye Fan: "I also made steamed buns. If you don't want to eat, just eat steamed buns or fish."

Geng Zhiye was washing his hands in the sink while asking, "How much more are there? Let me do it."

Ye Fan: "The bun wrappers are all used up. There's still some crab meat left. Can I make you wontons tomorrow morning?"

Geng Zhiye nodded: "I'll do it tomorrow." He wiped his hands and went behind Ye Fan to massage her back: "Ye Fanfan, you've worked hard!"

Geng Zhiqin couldn't help but nodded: "Sister-in-law, why didn't you say so earlier?"

"You told me earlier that you would help me pick out the crab meat dumplings? Why are you here?" Ye Fan said with a smile, "Don't be embarrassed. I want to eat them too. Besides, your third brother has the biggest appetite, so I made these for him."

Geng Zhiye nodded: "She packed it for me. If you guys want to eat it, she will make it at noon." He asked Ye Fan, "Pick a day?"

Ye Fan: "Sister Guihua helped me pick them this morning. Okay, Xiaoqin, the pot is almost done, go wash your hands with Dabao and Erbao."

Geng Zhiye cleaned up the kitchen. The steamed buns on the stove were cooked and the steamed buns were hot. The couple took the steamed buns and dishes to the living room.

Geng Zhiye was afraid that Geng Zhiqin might not be able to eat enough, so he went to the kitchen to get some old wine and asked Geng Zhiqin and Ye Fan to drink some.

Geng Zhiqin slurped his food and said, "Sister-in-law, don't do such troublesome things in the future."

Ye Fan shook his head: "Occasionally." Seeing his children also eating buns, he asked, "Dabao, Erbao, are they delicious?"

The eldest and second child ate two each and decided not to eat any more.

Geng Zhiye saw the two children glaring at Ye Fan: "What's wrong now?"

Ye Fan explained that they didn't want to eat crabs.

The brother and sister complained to their father together, and their mother deliberately made trouble to irritate them. Geng Zhiye nodded: "I promise on behalf of Ye Fanfan, I won't do it tomorrow, and I won't do it the day after tomorrow. By the way, Ye Fan, when will you go to work?"

Ye Fan: "There is no need to ship goods recently. Fishermen don't need the ovens in the food factory, and there is no fruit to be canned. The factory is fine. Maybe we have to wait for the new factory manager to come."

(End of this chapter)