Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

Ye Fan didn't argue with Dabao, and didn't even ask his sister-in-law what happened. Geng Zhiqin always knew her limits, and she didn't tell Ye Fan right away, which showed that it was just a small matter. Since it was already in the past, there was no need to dwell on it.

Ye Fan said with a serious face: "Dabao, don't talk to your aunt like this in the future! Go wash your hands!"

Dabao jumped over the threshold in one step, stumbling forward unsteadily. Ye Fan was startled and couldn't help yelling, "Walk properly!"

"Okay!" Dabao was also a little scared because he almost fell down.

When Erbao saw his brother being scolded, he took his father’s hand and went outside to wash his hands obediently.

Dry pot prawns with rice, the rice becomes very delicious with the oil and seasoning from the prawns, so without Ye Fan's reminder, Dabao and Erbao ate a small bowl of rice. They also ate a lot of vegetables that they didn't like before.

After the meal, Dabao saw that there was still some oil and soup in the vegetable bowl, "Mom, save some for me to have steamed buns tomorrow morning."

Ye Fan was speechless and amused: "Our family is not that poor. If you like it, I will make it tomorrow."

As soon as he finished speaking, Geng Zhiye scooped out the last bit of rice from the pot and poured the soup into a bowl. Now the dish was clean. Dabao no longer had to worry about it. Dabao admired him: "Dad, you are amazing. You can eat so much."

If his eyes hadn't been so sincere, Geng Zhiye couldn't help but suspect that his son was teasing him: "How old are you, my father?"

Dabao stretched out his little arm to compare with his father's. His little arm was not as thick as his father's wrist: "Dad, your hands are so thick. No wonder you hit me so hard."

Geng Zhiye almost choked: "Are you okay? If not, go do your homework!"

Dabao pulled Erbao up and said, "Let's go play."

Half an hour later, Ye Fan and Geng Zhiye cleaned up the kitchen and living room, and then went out. However, they only stayed outside for a few minutes before calling their children back. Then they watched their eldest and second children do their homework, and then they washed up.

Geng Zhiqin felt sleepy because he ate too much and didn't go out for activities. Ye Fan and Geng Zhiye, who didn't need to take the college entrance examination, hadn't slept yet, so Geng Zhiqin, a candidate, felt embarrassed to rest. But once he wanted to sleep, he lost interest in reading.

Ye Fan mentioned "twice the effort for half the result", so Geng Zhiqin decided to go to bed and get up early the next morning. Maybe he reminded himself of this before going to bed, so he got up at 5 o'clock the next day before dawn.

She got up and did the questions she had to do last night. Then she heard some noises coming from her nephew and niece's room next door. Ye Fan and Geng Zhiye had made breakfast. She even memorized the Chinese text she had to memorize today.

Hearing Dabao and Erbao placing the stools, Geng Zhiqin went out to wash up. Sitting at the dining table, Geng Zhiqin couldn't help but say, "Sister-in-law, getting up early is like getting up two days. I decided to go to bed at 9:30 and get up at 5."

Ye Fan: "Take a half-hour nap at noon, and you will be in better condition in the afternoon. More than that won't work."

"Just call me when you find the time." Geng Zhiqin asked, "Are you free at noon?"

Ye Fan nodded: "I asked you to get up just in time to send Dabao and Erbao to school."

Dabao took the opportunity to say that he didn't want his mother to pick him up. Ye Fan said yes perfunctorily, and he didn't break his word. In late March, the goods were shipped out, and Ye Fan had some free time, so he took time to pick up his children. Dabao and Erbao forgot that they didn't want their mother to pick them up, and they held Ye Fan's hands on the left and right, skipping and jumping to school, obviously very happy.

Speaking of goods, Ye Fan originally wanted to find someone to go with Su Duofu. Yan Yang didn't know how he knew about this, so he said he had nothing to do and went with Su Duofu.

The captain of the Five-Star Brigade was very unhappy because he had found a good guy, a young man from a difficult family.

The Five-Star Brigade didn't have a ferry, so they had to go to the ferry next door to ship goods. The first time they went from another ferry, Ye Fan was worried and watched the goods get on board. When all the fishing boats left the island, the captain of the Five-Star Brigade complained to Ye Fan, "A factory director is competing with temporary workers for work, which is really embarrassing."

Ye Fan was speechless and helpless: "Su Duofu can't let him sleep all the way to the capital. Don't worry, he will be quiet when he comes back."

On April 2nd, Sunday, Ye Fan didn't want to go to the office, but according to the time, Su Duofu and Yan Yang should have returned yesterday. They would be paid when they came back, so Ye Fan had to go there early in the morning.

When they arrived at the office, Su Duofu rode over on Su Yuanhang's 28-inch bicycle. Ye Fan asked, "Where is Director Yan?"

Su Duofu was surprised: "Not here yet?"

"Then forget about him. The money—" Ye Fan saw that Su Duofu was clean, "Did you give him the money?"

Su Duofu: "He is the factory director. How dare I refuse to give it to him if he asks for it?"

Ye Fan could tolerate other things, but not this. The money was all earned by the islanders. Besides, which factory manager would not ask the accountant if he wanted to move the money? Even if he was embezzling, he would ask the accountant to make up a pretext. But he kept the money without saying anything.

Ye Fan: "Call him over here right now! Also, don't let him touch the money anymore."

Su Duofu's heart skipped a beat when he saw this, and he asked hurriedly, "What happened to him?"

"He loves drinking so much that he doesn't even know his last name after being flattered. How can he hold the money? If I were a thief, I would make him hand over the money with both hands without doing anything myself."

Su Duofu thought about how Yan Yang carried a bag everywhere on the train, and he was afraid that others didn't know that he was carrying a large sum of money, so he thought that it might be gone. Su Duofu hurriedly turned the car around and went to the Five Star Brigade. He couldn't help scolding himself all the way. Why didn't he notice that Yan Yang's actions were so eye-catching on the train?

When Su Duofu arrived at Yan Yang's office where he was resting, he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the bag was still there.

Yan Yang was having a meal and was surprised to see him coming over: "Why don't you rest at home?"

"Accountant Ye asked me to come over to get the money."

Yan Yang was getting more and more confused: "Isn't today Sunday?"

Sudov: "There is no Sunday for fishermen. Every day is a working day for them."

"But we are a food factory, a state-owned enterprise. How can we be so unruly? By the way, Accountant Ye is working overtime today——"

Su Duofu couldn't help but interrupt: "Accountant Ye didn't get overtime pay, nor did he get any bonuses!"

Yan Yang couldn't help but frown: "This-this won't work? People who don't know would think our factory is just a makeshift team that can do whatever it wants."

Su Duofu thought to himself, don’t you think so?

"Then I'll notify all the teams and tell them that Director Yan said the money will be distributed tomorrow?"

Yan Yang nodded: "When you get to the Shanxi Brigade, tell Accountant Ye that he doesn't have to work on weekends."

Su Duofu agreed.

After leaving the factory compound, Su Duofu went to the Five-Star Brigade and found nine people to immediately inform the other brigades that Director Yan said that the money would be distributed tomorrow. He went to the office and told Ye Fan that Director Yan asked her to go home and rest.

Ye Fan rubbed his forehead and sighed, "Do you want him to die?"

Su Duofu: "I didn't spread rumors."

"Do you still need to spread the word?" Ye Fan sighed again, "When you first shipped goods to the capital, the news spread all over the island by midnight. The next day, before dawn, members of the commune were waiting at my doorstep to see when I would go to work. It's much better now than before. No one has come yet. That's because the members of the nearby Shanxi Brigade thought they had to queue up to come, so they might as well wait until other production teams got the money and left before coming."

Su Duofu looked innocent: "I am not them, how can I know them——"

"Accountant Ye!"

An anxious voice came from outside. Ye Fan glared at Su Duofu, stood up with the help of his desk, and asked outside the door: "You called me?"

A member of the Shanxi Brigade asked, "Why did Duofu say that he would not give out money today?"

Ye Fan: "It's the weekend and I don't have to work today."

"Ah? No, then why are you here?" The member didn't wait for Ye Fan to answer, "No need to tell me, I know." After saying that, he ran out of the vegetable market and shouted on the road, "The money is in the hands of Mr. Yan. Accountant Ye and Duofu have no money! Let's go find Mr. Yan!"

Ye Fan turned to Su Duofu who was in the room and said, "I am so lucky to have you!"

"You will surely become more and more blessed. Because my name is Su Duofu." Su Duofu pushed the cart out with a smile.

The market worker couldn't help but ask, "Duofu, what's going on? Why are those people looking for Director Yan?"

"Let's watch the fun." Su Duofu rode his bike slowly and followed the fishermen who were rushing to the food factory.

The Shanxi Brigade was the farthest from the Five-Star Brigade. When the fishermen from the Shanxi Brigade arrived outside the factory, they could not squeeze in because the factory yard was blocked by the Five-Star Brigade members.

Yan Yang suspected that Su Duofu had not explained clearly, so he asked the member who asked him for money what Su Duofu had said. Su Duofu told the fishermen exactly what Yan Yang had said without missing a word.

Yan Yang was puzzled: "State-owned enterprises don't work on weekends. Working is overtime, and there is overtime pay. Accountant Ye used to work overtime for free because he was kind and righteous. Director Xiao Su didn't mention it because he didn't understand. Now the director -"

"Shut up!" the member yelled, "You are the only one who knows about overtime pay? We have also asked Accountant Ye. Accountant Ye goes to the factory when there is something going on on weekends, and stays at home to take care of the children when there is nothing going on on weekdays, so she doesn't want overtime pay. As soon as you come to the factory, you ask Accountant Ye to work even when there is nothing going on. You work six days a week without a break, so of course you have to pay Accountant Ye overtime pay on weekends. But this is your decision, what does it have to do with us?"

"Yes! What does it have to do with us? We just need to pay you! We agreed that unless there's a heavy rain or a typhoon, you'll get paid in the afternoon if you come back in the morning, and the next day if you come back in the afternoon!"

Yan Yang was tired. Why were these people so unruly? "It's just one day! Can't you wait until tomorrow?"

"The money has already arrived, so why can't it be distributed today? Why must it wait until tomorrow?"

Yan Yang had a headache: "I told you, we are a state-owned enterprise, and we must follow the regulations of state-owned enterprises. There is no order without rules. How can the food factory expand its scale and become bigger and stronger as before?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. What nonsense was he talking about? How could a food factory that was selling fake products under the guise of selling real goods want to become bigger and stronger? Did he know why Accountant Ye started a food factory? Everyone suspected that he didn't know.

But the higher-ups know about this. Otherwise, if they saw Accountant Ye record duck and goose feather commissions today, orange and yellow peach income tomorrow, kelp and lotus seeds the day after tomorrow, and honey this year, the higher-ups would have sent people to investigate and inquire about why the food factory still sells duck and goose feathers?

No one wanted to waste words with him, and they all stared at Yan Yang with eager eyes.

Yan Yang thought, let's see who can outlast the other! Anyway, I don't have to work in the fields. If I don't set some rules for you today, you really think the state-owned factory is a makeshift team!
However, less than three minutes later, Su Duofu's father squeezed in and asked him why he didn't give out the money.

Yan Yang repeated his old tune. Father Su nodded: "You are right. But -" He dragged him into the house and whispered: "It's not like the city workers who get paid every month. The workers are waiting for the rice to be cooked."

Yan Yang subconsciously asked: "No more rice?"

Father Su was very tired. He gave an example, "Many people don't have savings, and they are waiting for this money to buy oil and salt, buy medicine for the elderly, and pay tuition for their children."

"Hasn't school started a long time ago?"

Father Su sighed, "That's true. But not every family has the money to send their children to school. The captains of each brigade ask the children to go to school first, and the brigade will pay the tuition first, and then give it to the brigade when there is money."

It wasn't like this before. Ever since Ye Fan sold the seafood, the production team had some extra money, and the team that thought reading was useful did this. The production teams also loved to compete with each other, and other production teams followed suit for fear of being outdone. As a result, within two years, all ten production teams did this.

Last year, four students passed the exam on the island. They heard that there was no tuition fee and the government would provide subsidies, so the members thought that going to university was a way to get rich. This year, all the children were sent to the village primary school. No one cared whether they would not be able to keep up in the second semester. If they could not keep up, they would just play in school for half a year and pay tuition next year to get new books.

A few days ago, when seedlings were being grown, Su's father went to the production team to check on the situation. When he passed by a village primary school, he saw that it was full of students. Three students were squeezed into two benches, and many students were standing in the last row. Su's father was surprised and went to the principal to find out what was going on. Only then did he learn that the enthusiasm for learning on the island was unprecedentedly high.

The principal praised Su Yuanhang for setting a good example. Su's father was very proud and naturally hoped that this enthusiasm would continue.

Yan Yang was confused.

Father Su: "Send it out quickly."

Yan Yang couldn't help but say, "I didn't know the members had such a hard time."

Father Su thought to himself, "Why are you not as good as Miss Ye who is not interested in worldly things?" Miss Ye knew to understand the people's sentiments first before asking me to set up a food factory. Father Su sighed, "Go and have a look at the production teams later."

"But the account book is with Accountant Ye."

Father Su: "She is the accountant, so she should be there. What's wrong?" Yan Yang knew that he needed to go to the food factory office located inside the vegetable market. But he was busy for five days and didn't get a good night's sleep. He wanted to rest at home on the weekend. Yan Yang didn't dare to say that he had selfish motives in taking the opportunity to set rules for the members, so he asked: "Do you think we should move the office over here? Packaging, receiving and shipping are all here, so there is no need for that place?"

Father Su nodded: "Okay. It's too much trouble to run back and forth now. Should I ask someone to call Accountant Ye over?"

"sorry to bother you."

Father Su shook his head and called Su Duofu outside. Su Duofu shook his head: "I ran dozens of kilometers back and forth in the morning, I won't go!"

Su's father asked the captain of the Lotus Brigade to drive here and asked him to pick up Ye Fan.

When Ye Fan heard that Captain Ming was coming, he felt so angry that he wanted to laugh. He really gave Yan Yang too much face!

Don't blame her for being rude if you're so clueless!
Ye Fan handed the account book to the captain with a gentle look, saying that something happened at her home. The captain took the account book and told Ye Fan to go home quickly.

When we got to the factory, the team leader said, "Accountant Ye said she has figured it out."

Ye Fan did keep the portion of the money that belonged to the food factory. Yan Yang took the money away and called ten production team leaders to come in and collect the money.

After the ten production teams had finished distributing the money, Yan Yang saw that there were still people crowded in the factory yard and couldn't help but ask, "The money has been distributed, why are you still here?"

"Who did you send it to?" the member closest to him asked unhappily.

Yan Yang: "Your captain?"

Everyone was speechless.

Father Su whispered, "Those belong to the production team. There are also members'."

"What do you mean?" Yan Yangwen.

Father Su was exhausted. How could he not understand anything? "The price of receiving goods is different from the price of selling them?"

"I know."

Father Su: "The difference is what we earn, and the net profit after deducting the travel expenses is the net profit. The net profit is divided into two parts, half is handed over to the government, and the other half is divided equally among the brigades, and the brigades divide it equally among each member."

Yan Yang asked: "Doesn't that mean the factory doesn't have a cent?"

Father Su nodded: "Didn't Accountant Ye say that?"

"I--" Ye Fan said that the factory had no money. He always thought that the factory had no money because of poor performance. "But, if the factory doesn't make money, what do we want?"

Father Su: "Didn't you hand over half of your profits?"

Yan Yang opened his mouth: "Then-then we can't leave nothing behind."

Father Su stayed until now, not only because he was afraid that Yan Yang would not do anything wrong, but also because his family was selling goods this time, and they were the dried bamboo shoots that his daughter-in-law had dried - he was also waiting to get paid. "That was the decision made by the higher-ups. Why don't you report it to them or discuss it with Accountant Ye?"

Yan Yang distributed the money with a deep hatred. It was already 4pm when the last member left.

The Shanxi brigade members were the last in line and the last to go back. They did not go home after arriving at the production team, but headed south to the family quarters to look for Ye Fan and ask why he did not come over. Yan Yang spent the little money until dark.

Ye Fan: "Didn't Director Yan say that I don't have to work overtime on weekends?"

Shanxi Brigade Captain: "Are you angry with him?"

Ye Fan nodded: "He wants me to work there. Impossible! I'll be exposed to the wind and sun every day just for twenty dollars a month? I don't need this little money? You don't have to worry about it."

When the members heard that it was about this matter, they were too embarrassed to say that her family had a bicycle and it was not far. Because Ye Fan was indeed not short of money, and he had no selfish motives in running a food factory. They could not be ungrateful or "repay kindness with enmity."

The team leader took the members and said goodbye.

After leaving Ye Fan's house, the captain couldn't help but sigh: "Why is it so difficult to make some money?"

Little did he know that he was not the only one. The other nine team leaders also complained to the members.

At first they really thought something was wrong with Ye Fan's family. After returning to the production team and calming down, they realized that Ye Fan's husband was in the army and her children were in school. What could have happened to her? Accountant Ye must have been angry.

The next day, ten production team leaders all went to Ye Fan's house with their production team's specialties such as dried bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and black fungus, asking her to calm down.

Ye Fan was very pleased and said that he would not resign and ignore them.

Everyone went back with peace of mind.

Ten minutes after they left, Yan Yang went to Ye Fan's house and first talked to her about how the food factory couldn't be without money, and then said it was not appropriate to put the food factory office in the vegetable market. Ye Fan nodded: "You are right." Then he gave him a letter.

Yan Yang asked: "What is this?"

Ye Fan: "My child is getting older and naughty, and I have a little sister-in-law at home, so I can't take care of her. If Director Su didn't know nothing, I would have resigned long ago. Please hand in this resignation letter when you go to the shore tomorrow to deliver last month's profit."

"No, you, why so suddenly?"

Ye Fan laughed: "This letter has been prepared a long time ago. Look at the envelope, it has traces of rust."

Yan Yang took a closer look and found that it was indeed not the envelope he had just bought.

Nonsense, of course they are not newly bought. Ye Fan often writes letters to her parents-in-law, and occasionally Chen Xiaohui will write her a letter, so Ye Fan bought a lot of envelopes and stamps. When using them, you flip them back and forth, it would be strange if the envelopes can still be the same as when you just bought them.

Ye Fan: "The work in the factory is simple, I believe you can do it alone. However, there is no precedent for the factory director to serve as an accountant, so the higher-ups will definitely assign an accountant to you. There are still more than 20 days before the next shipment, so there is plenty of time, so you don't have to worry about not being able to handle it alone."

"Have you thought it through?"

Ye Fan nodded: "I didn't plan to be an accountant at first. I just gave Director Su an idea to sell things to the capital. I didn't expect him to tell his superiors that he needed an accountant and put my name on the list."

"I--" Yan Yang didn't know how to persuade her. In fact, deep down in his heart, he didn't want to persuade her. The members only had Accountant Ye in their eyes, not him as the factory director. "Thank you for your hard work over the past few years. I'll send it over tomorrow."

The next morning, Yan Yang went to the city to hand in his profits. The comrade who received him was very surprised, "Didn't you hand in the profits every six months last year?"

Yan Yang said the situation was special and then went to the Organization Department.

The receptionist of the Organization Department received the resignation letter and said that he would process it as soon as possible. After Yan Yang left, the staff poured out the letter and the personal information inside, and hurriedly looked for the leader - Miss Ye wanted to resign.

The leader jumped up from his chair and sent someone to the island to find out the situation.

The next day, the people from the city arrived at the island in the afternoon. Because they didn't arrive at the shore until 11 o'clock, there were no boats on the shore, and they waited for a long time before they saw a fishing boat. When the people from the city got on the boat, they asked, "Aren't there any boats that carry passengers?"

"Not enough people go to the island, not enough gas to go back and forth." There were some in the past, but later on, the big pot system was implemented and the boats belonged to the production teams, so no production team was willing to leave an empty boat to carry passengers.

The fishermen sent the people to the shore and wanted to take them to the commune. Some people said they didn't want to go to the commune, but just wanted to look around. The fishermen thought it was another cannery or garment factory coming to inspect the situation on their island, so they told them to look around.

The main road connecting the production teams was lined with flowers and grass, some of which had already bloomed. The only female comrade among the three people couldn't help but say, "This island is well-maintained. I thought the roads were bumpy and desolate." Seeing a few children playing with their schoolbags, she stopped and asked them why they didn't go to school.

The child said it was not time for class yet. The female comrade asked kindly if he knew how to get to the food factory and how to get to Accountant Ye at the food factory.

Everyone on the island knew Accountant Ye. The child showed them the way without thinking. The female comrade asked Accountant Ye how he was like and whether the food factory had shipped goods recently, just like chatting with her. Finally, she asked, I heard that the director of the food factory had changed.

The members of the company often scolded Yan Yang at home these days, and the children said that it was not good for an official to be a big official and the rules were not small. Accountant Ye was required to go to work every day.

The three people sent by the Organization Department had asked someone to understand the situation of the food factory before they came. If the higher-ups were to investigate seriously, the factory would be closed in a matter of minutes. Yan Yang must be fine to follow the rules in such a leaky factory.

Now Ye Fan is required to go to work, so in a few days will the food factory be prohibited from selling duck feathers and goose feathers?

The three of them looked at each other and went back to the Lotus Brigade ferry to ask the fishermen to take them off the island.

The next day, the three reported the situation.

The minister took office after the ten-year revolution. When he learned about the various units and departments in the city, he was speechless when he saw the profits of the food factory, but he had to admit that Ye Fan did a great job. He was sent down to the grassroots level before and wanted to help the villagers make money, so he didn't think of this idea of ​​selling dog meat under the guise of sheep.

The minister wanted to transfer Ye Fan up. He pulled up Ye Fan's information. Wow, she was the general's daughter. No wonder she was able to use all the thirty-six strategies. When he saw that the husband's information was blank, he knew that he couldn't transfer Ye Fan.

Just because you can't do anything now doesn't mean you can't do anything later. The minister gave instructions to keep an eye on Ye Fan and report immediately if she wants to resign.

That’s why the staff was so anxious when they saw Ye Fan’s resignation letter.

The minister wanted to change the factory director, but an outsider would be in charge. The minister thought that Ye Fan was not from the island, and when she and her husband were transferred from Hengshan Island, the city could send an accountant to the island. So the minister gave instructions to transfer Yan Yang to the grassroots for training, and asked Ye Fan to recommend a factory director.

Yan Yang was stunned when he received the news.

Didn't Ye Fan resign? Why was he transferred?

Yan Yang rode his bike to Ye Fan's house and asked her if she knew what was going on.

The higher-ups approved of Ye Fan's "randomness", apparently believing that the food factory he set up was not in compliance with the law but was reasonable. The food factory did not keep a penny, so even if someone filed a malicious complaint, the higher-ups could only shut down the factory and could not hold the factory director and accountant personally responsible, because without money, it was not speculation, and without money, it had nothing to do with corruption and bribery.

Yan Yang was ruthless as soon as he took office. The higher-ups didn't want to see this and would definitely transfer him away.

However, Ye Fan didn't expect that the higher-ups would be so quick. "I haven't been receiving any goods recently, and I rarely go to the food factory. How would I know what's going on? Is there something wrong there? Why don't you go over and ask?"

Yan Yang suddenly overthought, thinking that someone was jealous of his promotion to factory director and was doing something bad behind his back.

The next morning, Yan Yang went home to look for someone.

Most people cannot get the specific details of the decisions made by the Organization Department.

Yan Yang could only say goodbye to Hengshan Island.

The commune and the brigades only knew about it on the day he was leaving. The leader of the Lotus Brigade drove a tractor and took Su Duofu to Ye Fan's house.

Ye Fan was tidying up the vegetable garden, and the two of them went in to help her hoe the land and press water. Ye Fan laughed: "Did Yan Yang leave?"

The captain stopped and said, "It has to be Accountant Ye. If he doesn't make a move, it's fine. But once he does, he'll pin the man down!"

Ye Fan shook his head: "I didn't do anything. This matter was decided by the higher-ups."

Su Duofu was shocked: "It's not you - no, I remember, a few people came to the island a few days ago. I heard they were from the canning factory and clothing factory. Could they be from the relevant department?"

Ye Fan really didn't know about this: "I haven't seen it. By the way, the higher-ups asked me to recommend a factory director." He looked at Su Duofu, "You're quite suitable, but you're not a party member, which makes it difficult."

Su Duofu's heart beat up and down because of her words, and finally, with a thud, his heart fell to the ground - broken!
The captain nodded: "It's a problem if you are not a party member. Duofu, do you want to write an application to join the party and ask the old secretary to guarantee you?"

Su Duofu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "My family background--" He suddenly thought of something, "Accountant Ye, my family's fleet has given me the boat. If I give it to the food factory to transport people, do you think it is possible that they will allow me to join the party?"

(End of this chapter)