Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

While Ye Fan, Dabao and Erbao were studying hard, another member of Ye Fan's family was also busy.

The day after Geng Zhiye persuaded Ye Fan to prepare for the exam was the 14th day of the first lunar month. Although it was not the Lantern Festival, there would be an extra meal on the Lantern Festival, so the kitchen team slaughtered a pig in the afternoon of the 14th day of the first lunar month. Geng Zhiye was idle and watched the slaughter of the pig in the kitchen. The old squad leader quickly cut the pig with a knife, and the others quickly poured hot water to clean the pig hair. In a few minutes, the black pig was as clean as a peeled egg.

A sentence flashed through Geng Zhiye's mind, that they were suitable to work in the slaughterhouse. As soon as this thought came to his mind, Geng Zhiye was speechless with himself, actually asking his people to go to the meat processing plant. But seeing the age of the old squad leader, he should have retired in the next two years.

Thinking of "retirement", Geng Zhiye immediately went back to check the files. He was shocked to find that from Political Commissar Liao and Regiment Commander Niu to conscripts, 10% of the officers and soldiers had to find another job in the past two years.

He doesn't need to worry about the political commissar and the head of the regiment, if they are not picky, they can go to public institutions or the public security bureau. Many conscripts cannot use what they learned in the army, and they cannot adapt to the change from the army to the local area, which can easily make people lose hope and go astray.

On the morning of the 15th day of the first lunar month, the political commissar, the chief of staff, and the regiment commander Niu were all in the army. Geng Zhiye held a meeting with several people to discuss going to each company to survey the situation first, and then select a few officers with high cultural level to use their free time when they were not on duty to give extra lessons to comrades in need. Those who wanted to learn to drive could report to the driving class, those who wanted to repair cars could learn to repair cars, and those who wanted to cook could go to the cooking class.

After Geng Zhiye finished speaking, Political Commissar Liao strongly objected and asked him who would be responsible if something happened to the soldiers while they were away from their posts.

For some reason, Geng Zhiye couldn't help but think of Su Yuanhang's father when he heard the question from Political Commissar Liao. Ye Fan talked to Geng Zhiye about Su Yuanhang's father, saying that as the secretary of the commune, he didn't try to lead the islanders to get rich, but the islanders "wanted to change when they were poor", and he was afraid of wolves in front and tigers behind.

Geng Zhiye: "What could possibly happen during off-duty patrol hours?"

"What if?" asked Political Commissar Liao.

Geng Zhiye regretted it deeply at this moment——

When the commander asked him if he was willing to come to Hengshan Island, Geng Zhiye asked if his family could accompany him. The commander said yes, so Geng Zhiye agreed without hesitation. The commander did not want internal strife on Hengshan Island, so he let Geng Zhiye choose his own political commissar. Geng Zhiye and Political Commissar Liao were in the same unit, but not in the same regiment. He only heard that Liao was cautious, so he told the commander that he was the instructor of a certain battalion.

Political Commissar Liao still doesn't know that he had the opportunity to be promoted only because of Geng Zhiye's words.

The reason why the leaders valued Geng Zhiye so much was not because his father was an old revolutionary and his father-in-law was the head of a certain air force unit. Geng Zhiye's father's direct line was in the army, and his father-in-law's relationship was in the air force, neither of which had any control over the navy.

The Army is the ace force, and the higher-ups attach great importance to the construction and development of the Air Force, leaving the Navy as the neglected one. Many aspiring young people hope to join the Army or become pilots, and coupled with the hard work at sea, there are very few highly educated Navy officers.

Many children of naval officers do not like to be sailors. In this situation, every young, educated and intelligent officer is very valuable and is registered by the head of the army.

Back to the point, Political Commissar Liao's words made Geng Zhiye frown slightly, and he couldn't help but get angry. Seeing this, the Chief of Staff quickly said: "I think we can give it a try. If it doesn't work, we can transfer him back."

Political Commissar Liao: "How will we explain this to headquarters?"

After being interrupted by the chief of staff, Geng Zhiye calmed down and sighed, "My father and mother lived in a cave, carrying a gun in one hand and a hoe in the other, and studying cultural knowledge at night, but they did not delay driving out the invaders. How many years have passed? Thirty years! Have you forgotten?"

This hat is too big, and Political Commissar Liao hurriedly defended himself: "Don't talk nonsense! You can't forget me!"

Deputy Regiment Commander Niu tried to smooth things over: "Then let's give it a try? If it really gets reported to the higher-ups, maybe the commander will praise you for remembering the good times and not forgetting your original aspirations!"

Political Commissar Liao couldn't help but wonder why Deputy Regiment Commander Niu, who had only attended school for three days, could actually say "Remember the bitterness and think of the sweetness, and never forget your original intention". Could it be that Regiment Commander Niu had secretly taken cram school lessons without his knowledge?

Captain Niu has tutoring.

Niu Xiaoshan got a little carried away after entering university. When he came back last summer, he was disgusted by his sister's handwriting. He was also disgusted when his mother didn't understand a few idioms she used. When Captain Niu heard his son talking to his wife in a rude way, he scolded him for being ignorant and said that if I didn't have the salary from being a soldier to support your education, you would be worse than your mother.

Niu Xiaoshan then remembered that his mother was illiterate because the family was poor and had no money for education. Niu Xiaoshan despised his background.

Dabao loves to play with older children. When he heard that Niu Xiaoshan was at home on vacation, he went to Niu's house to find him. Liu Guihua treated Dabao very well and brought him candies and melons. Dabao asked for the melons she grew herself instead of candies because his mother said that the Niu family was not as rich as his own. Liu Guihua praised Dabao for being sensible, and Dabao said that he was smart. Liu Guihua joked, "Obviously your parents taught you well." Dabao smiled and did not refute, and talked about other things with her. Unconsciously, they talked about Xiaoshan being a college student and she was illiterate. Dabao blurted out: "I'll teach you."

Niu Xiaoshan reminded Dabao that his mother knew nothing.

Liu Guihua wanted to retort that she could do the math and write her own name. Before she could finish her words, Dabao said, "Of course I can't do it if no one taught me."

Dabao was able to say this because he had heard his mother say at his grandmother's house not long ago that Chen Xiaohui was raised but not taught. Maybe Dabao was a sensitive child and felt that Niu Xiaoshan's attitude was wrong. Although he couldn't say what was wrong, it didn't stop him from saying to Liu Guihua: "Auntie Hua, I will teach you."

At that time, Geng Zhiye returned to the army for duty after the holiday, and Captain Niu could go home at night. When Captain Niu got home and saw the homework book on the dining table, he asked Xiaocao why she was still learning pinyin. Xiaocao thought it was funny and told her father that Dabao, the little teacher, would not teach Tai Chi but cultural subjects to her mother instead.

Captain Niu caught the two children and scolded them, saying that one of them was a college student and the other was a junior high school student, not as good as Dabao, an elementary school student.

The brother and sister were scolded by their father. Xiaocao didn't dare to laugh, and Xiaoshan didn't dare to be arrogant. As long as their mother needed them, they would teach her honestly. Later, when Captain Niu came home at night and saw his wife writing, he had nothing to do, and he didn't want to ask Liu Guihua to chat, so he looked through the books his son left at home.

At first, Captain Niu was irritable and wanted to go out and fight to vent before he finished a page. He thought this was not a good idea, so he read one page today, one and a half pages tomorrow, and two pages the day after tomorrow, increasing his tolerance little by little. After half a year, he no longer resisted books and improved without realizing it. Even Captain Niu himself didn't realize this, he just thought that he, Lao Niu, also loved reading.

Captain Niu naturally didn't understand why Political Commissar Liao was looking at him: "Did I say something wrong?"

"No. If the three of you agree, it's useless for me to object." Political Commissar Liao said the words of compromise, but he didn't want to compromise in his heart: "I still want to say, Commander, you should first think about how you are going to explain it when the headquarters finds out and sends someone to question you."

Geng Zhiye didn't think the headquarters would care about such trivial matters, as the head of the headquarters was not the micro-manipulation master Chiang Kai-shek.

Seeing that Geng Zhiye didn't bother to pay attention to him, the chief of staff smiled and said, "Political Commissar, don't worry about this. The regiment commander is not short of experience in this area."

Captain Niu subconsciously asked, "Have you practiced before?"

"..." The chief of staff was speechless, "Practice often. Have you forgotten that the commander has two old leaders in his family?"

Captain Niu immediately thought of Geng Zhiye’s father and father-in-law, and thought to himself that it was no wonder that the captain dared to do this, it turned out that he had someone backing him up.

Geng Zhiye rolled his eyes at the chief of staff: "Three of you! And my mother-in-law!"

The chief of staff couldn't help but laugh, because Geng Zhiye had complained to them before about his mother-in-law, saying that she couldn't live without her daughter.

Political Commissar Liao obviously also thought of this and couldn't help laughing.

When the chief of staff saw that Political Commissar Liao was no longer stubborn, he asked Geng Zhiye what to do next.

It certainly couldn't be said directly. Geng Zhiye decided to find a plausible reason - in case of an emergency where no one knows how to drive or cook, everyone who is willing to learn various skills can go to the company to sign up, and then they will be arranged according to the training situation.

The young soldiers in the army thought that Geng Zhiye was worrying too much, as they hadn't fought a war for many years. As a result, the next day they saw the "Notice on the Battle to Defend the Border". The notice was issued and the whole army entered a state of preparation for war. They were not worried that the provocative country in the south would attack Hengshan Island, but that Chiang Kai-shek's son would take the opportunity to cause trouble.

On March 16 of the Gregorian calendar, the self-defense counterattack war ended. A few days later, the news reached the troops. Commander Niu asked Geng Zhiye, "Is this the end?"

Geng Zhiye replied: "It's over for now. It depends on the other side in the future. If they keep provoking us, they will probably send more troops, but it will be a minor fight compared to this time."

Captain Niu asked, "Can we go home now?"

Geng Zhiye wanted to go home first, but as the regiment commander he had to set an example, so he asked Commander Niu and the political commissar to go home and rest first.

When Captain Niu got home, he first told his wife Liu Guihua that the problem on the southern border had been solved. He then said that it was great that he had people above him because he hadn't heard any news when Captain Geng received the news that the war was about to start again. He then asked all the officers and soldiers in the regiment to strengthen their studies.

Liu Guihua felt that it was okay to be envious of such things, but she must not take it to heart, otherwise she would become like Tian Xiaofeng. Besides, there were many officers with better backgrounds and more promising futures than Captain Niu, so how could he envy them all?

Liu Guihua said, "Captain Geng didn't hide it from you."

Captain Niu immediately felt that Geng Zhiye was a good person. Due to discipline constraints, it was not easy to tell them this kind of thing, but he also tried to tell them in different ways. However, they were not aware enough and did not realize that there was another meaning behind his actions, so they thought that Geng Zhiye was just idle.

Recently, Geng Zhiye has not received any phone calls, telegrams or letters from the capital. The Chief of Staff and Political Commissar Liao did not think that Geng Zhiye did so only after receiving the news from his father-in-law and father. Therefore, they thought that Geng Zhiye was amazing for preparing for a rainy day, and looked at Geng Zhiye with admiration in their eyes.

On the evening of March 25, Geng Zhiye complained to Ye Fan when he got home: "The chief of staff and the political commissar are simply sick."

Ye Fan was stunned for a moment before he realized who he was talking about: "What did they do?"

Geng Zhiye thought about it carefully and said, "I can't explain it. I look at it like a monster looking at Tang Monk's flesh."

"What did you do?"

Geng Zhiye shook his head: "Nothing. Could it be because he knows who my father-in-law is in the Air Force?"

"The Air Force is one level below the Navy, why would they ask about this?" Ye Fan said, "You're overthinking. By the way, what do you want to eat?"

Geng Zhiye: "You haven't cooked yet?"

Dabao threw down the dictionary and Classic of Mountains and Seas and sat up: "Mom said that you will be back soon when Uncle Liao and Uncle Niu come back. Today is the weekend, and the market is slaughtering pigs, so Mom bought several ribs and a piece of meat. Dad, you came at the right time!"

Geng Zhiye: "So you'll do it after I come back?"

Erbao: "Mom said to cook if you don't come back by 6:30."

Geng Zhiye looked at his watch. It was ten past six. "How about I do it?"

Ye Fan nodded: "Go ahead. I'm almost dying of exhaustion after working for a month."

Geng Zhiye pulled her to the kitchen: "Help me light the fire."

"If I had known, I would have listened to you and not gone to collect firewood." Ye Fan said.

Geng Zhiye: "Have you been there again recently?"

Ye Fan nodded. "The weather has been good recently. I took Dabao and Erbao out on Sundays. There was nothing fun to do outside, so they went to the production team. They watched the children in the production team go up the mountain to herd sheep, cut grass and collect firewood, so they also wanted to cut grass and collect firewood. They couldn't cut grass without sickles, so they collected firewood. All the firewood in the house was collected by them."

Geng Zhiye looked in front of the earthen stove and saw some thin branches and thick sticks. It was obvious that they were not picked by Ye Fan. "Let them do it if they want to. When we were chatting on duty a few days ago, Lao Niu said that Xiaoshan had learned a lot of bad habits when he was admitted to university, and he acted like a big shot when he got home."

"Can you stand Captain Niu's temper?"

Geng Zhiye opened the cupboard and took out the meat: "I can't stand it. He scolded me. Oh, how do I eat this meat?"

"Pork slices for stir-frying, pork ribs for soup?"

Geng Zhiye shook his head: "Dabao and Erbao have had enough of the bland food. Do you have any sugar at home?"

"There is rock candy."

Geng Zhiye nodded: "Then steamed rice, sweet and sour pork ribs, and stir-fried pork slices?"

"I'll eat whatever you cook." Ye Fan doesn't need to do anything, and he never picks and chooses.

Geng Zhiye used to think Ye Fan was unhappy when he heard her say this, but when he later heard her say the same thing to her mother, Geng Zhiye dared to believe that she was so easy to deal with.

"What did you have for lunch?" Geng Zhiye asked as he poured warm water to wash the meat.

Ye Fan: "Cut a piece of pork belly, put it in cold water and cook it, let it cool, slice it and stir-fry with garlic sprouts."

"Twice-cooked pork?" Geng Zhiye asked.

Ye Fan: "Have you eaten it?"

Geng Zhiye nodded: "Someone in the kitchen team knows how to make twice-cooked pork. We were poor before, and when we fried shredded pork with chili peppers, the whole thing would be covered with chili peppers, and we would have to pick up a little meat three times. Now we raise pigs ourselves, and last month we killed one and divided the pork belly into three parts. One part is used for stewing noodles, one part is used for braised pork, and the other part is sliced ​​and fried with garlic sprouts." "Do you grow the garlic sprouts yourself?"

Geng Zhiye: "Yes, if the plants are planted too densely, they need to be thinned out, just in time to pull out the ones for stir-frying."

"Apart from garlic sprouts, what else is there?"

Geng Zhiye had just visited the vegetable field. "There are broad beans, soybeans, peas, and a few newly planted ones. I don't know what they are. The kitchen staff knows about these small things, so you don't need to report to me. There are also spinach and green vegetables. Members of the Shanxi Brigade said that spinach and green vegetables grow fast in spring, and they look different every day. You can pull them out every day. It turned out to be true."

“Did you eat bamboo shoots?”

Geng Zhiye nodded: "A few fellow villagers who were working on the septic tanks for the army sent us a truck. Fortunately, there were still a few pieces of bacon to stew with bamboo shoots. Otherwise, it would be so bland that we really couldn't eat it."

Ye Fan asked him if he knew why his fellow villagers were so enthusiastic.

Geng Zhiye said as he was cutting meat: "I heard that this year everyone is responsible for their own production. Was it your idea?"

"Don't talk nonsense. They want to do this themselves. It's been 20 years since they last made a profit and loss. They are unsure. Asking me what to do is actually just looking for a backbone."

Geng Zhiye understood that the fishermen would listen to Ye Fan no matter how she sold the food. Ye Fan had never farmed before, and it was not the members who wanted to divide the land. No matter how much Ye Fan said, the members would think that she had never farmed before and was an outsider guiding the insiders.

“Is the rice steamed?”

Ye Fan nodded: "I steamed it before you came. It's almost done."

"Then you light the fire and I'll cook."

The earthen pot was on high heat and cooking was fast. When the rice was cooked, Geng Zhiye took out the spare ribs. Geng Zhiye took the time to shout to the living room, "Wash your hands."

After Dabao had arranged the dining table and chairs and came in with his sister to get the dishes and chopsticks, Geng Zhiye prepared the meat slices.

After dinner, the family went out for a walk. Geng Zhiye asked Dabao and Erbao to go home and wash up. Dabao and Erbao went back to the house. Geng Zhiye sat down next to Ye Fan and asked, "Which question do you not understand?"

Ye Fan: "Maybe I've been away from school for too long. At first, it was like reading a book from a foreign language. After reviewing for half a month, I wrote down the formulas and did the exercises several times using the formulas. It felt quite simple."

"So it's okay?"

Ye Fan shook his head: "No math. I need to ask you for advice on politics."

Geng Zhiye: "You can copy the front page of the newspaper every now and then, and you will know how to answer the questions in the future without paying special attention."

"If you read 300 Tang poems, you will be able to recite them even if you can't compose poems?" Ye Fan asked.

Geng Zhiye nodded: "That's about it. You write it, I'm going to go wash my face and brush my teeth."

Ye Fan wrote for a long time and couldn't help yawning. He knew that he couldn't remember anything even if he studied more today, so he went to wash up. At this time, Dabao and Erbao had already fallen asleep. He went to the two children's room to check on them, covered Dabao and Erbao's stomachs, and then Ye Fan went back to his room to rest.

In the past, apart from occasionally sending Dabao and Erbao to school, doing laundry and cooking, or visiting the food factory, Ye Fan felt that the days passed slowly. Now that he reads books every day, Ye Fan feels that time flies fast. In the blink of an eye, the Shanxi brigade behind him is harvesting rice.

There were few children in the military family quarters, with only a few or a dozen students in a class. It would be a waste of resources to set up a school, so they went to school with the children from the Shanxi production team.

The production team was busy with farming and the school was closed. Dabao and Erbao had a busy holiday like their classmates. There was less homework during the busy holiday, so Dabao and Erbao finished their homework the next morning. In the afternoon, the brother and sister asked their mother if they wanted to go out and play.

There are plenty of fruits and vegetables in the summer, and people don't like to cook, so the food factory has no business. Ye Fan doesn't need to go to the office or the workshop. He feels a little bored of reading at home every day, so he goes to the production team with his children.

However, as soon as I reached the roadside, I encountered a roadblock: someone was drying rice at the intersection.

Ye Fan called Dabao and Erbao as they walked through the flowers on the roadside when they suddenly heard a voice, "Geng Dabao?" Ye Fan was startled and looked around. Seeing no one around, he heard a giggle.

Dabao rolled his eyes and said, "How childish!" Then he pointed at the tree and said, "Mom, it's over there."

Ye Fan looked up and saw a naughty boy about ten years old coming down from the tree like a monkey. Ye Fan asked, "Is this your rice?"

The boy nodded: "Watch the birds so they don't eat it. Put it away when it's dry. Accountant Ye, are you looking for our team leader?"

Ye Fan: "I'm not looking for anyone. I'm just going to play with Dabao and Erbao. Are the people in the production team busy harvesting rice?"

The boy shook his head, "Many people with little land will collect it in the morning. For example, my family is large and the land is large, so it will be almost done in the afternoon. We will catch fish and crabs tomorrow. Accountant Ye, do you want me to call you tomorrow?"

Accountant Ye smiled and nodded: "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Pi Xiaozi asked, "Geng Dabao, where are you going to play? It's not fun in the village, and it's not fun in the fields either. Do you want to play in the trees?"

Dabao looks at his mother.

Ye Fan nodded slightly, and Er Bao immediately asked her brother to teach her how to climb a tree. Seeing this, Ye Fan turned her head away, pretending that she didn't see it. Otherwise, she would not be able to help but scold Er Bao, saying that she was everywhere.

The next morning, around ten o'clock, the weather was getting hot. Ye Fan was about to turn on the fan when he heard a clear voice asking, "Accountant Ye, here I come!"

Ye Fan closed the book and went out: "You want me to watch the fishing?"

The person who came was the naughty boy from yesterday: "Yes. Where are Geng Dabao and Geng Erbao?"

Ye Fan closed the door and saw him looking into the vegetable garden. When Ye Fan looked at him, he quickly turned his head away. Ye Fan smiled and picked a few cucumbers and tomatoes for him, "Put them in your clothes pocket."

“Not so much!”

Ye Fan: "Captain Geng is not at home, and we can't finish the meal. Dabao and Erbao are at Liao Xiaomei's house. Let's go find them."

Dabao and Erbao heard a familiar voice from next door and ran out. Seeing that it was the friend they played with yesterday, Dabao immediately ran over and said, "Are you here to see me?"

The boy nodded: "Do you want some cucumbers and tomatoes? Accountant Ye gave me plenty."

Dabao shook his head: "You eat it. I have a lot at home. I'll get it for you?" He took two cucumbers, Erbao took two tomatoes, and the naughty boy took two cucumbers and two tomatoes by himself.

The reason why Ye Fan picked so many was because he thought of the fact that he had a large family.

When they reached the ditch in the village, the naughty boy called out "Mom". Several people looked over, young and old, and they all looked a bit like the naughty boy. Ye Fan knew that they were all his family members.

The naughty boy took a tomato and cucumber and gave one to each of his parents, grandparents and siblings.

Ye Fanxin said, what a big family.

Ye Fan knew both Pi Xiaozi's mother and father. His father had sent Ye Fan seafood and his mother had sent Ye Fan flowers. But Ye Fan had never been to their home. Ye Fan went to Pi Xiaozi's mother and asked, "Is he your son?"

The boy's mother nodded: "Is it not causing you any trouble?"

Ye Fan shook his head: "He has a good personality."

"Too naughty!" his father said with disgust.

Ye Fan: "When he goes to high school on the island, he won't have to worry about the city people bullying him."

Does this mean his son can get into college? Pi's father was happy in his heart, but he said modestly: "If he doesn't study well, high schools don't need him."

Pi Xiaozi was pulling Dabao inside, and when he heard this, he turned around and said, "I can get into high school."

Ye Fan: "You can also go to a technical secondary school. After graduating from a technical secondary school, you will be guaranteed a job."

The boy looked smug: "Did you hear that? Dad, stop saying bad things about me all the time. Do you know more or does Accountant Ye know more?"

His father was so angry that he pointed at him and said, "Come here!"

The naughty boy pulled Dabao away.

Erbao often played with the children in the village, and the adults and children in the village were watching fishing under the trees by the ditch, so when she came over, she found her good friends and ran away.

The ditch was full of people, so Ye Fan didn't worry that no one would rescue them if they fell in, so he chatted with the members and asked, "Why are you fishing at this time of year?"

The captain came to Ye Fan and explained, "Catch the eels and crabs. Otherwise, if a typhoon comes, the fish and crabs will be washed up, and the crabs will crawl into the fields and destroy the crops like they did two years ago."

There are typhoons every July and August, some big and some small. Last year there was a big typhoon, and although no houses were blown down, many fruit trees, uninhabited dilapidated houses, and trees hollowed out by insects were blown down.

Geng Zhiye led his troops to help clear the roads on the entire island for three days.

Ye Fan: "Go to the other side and set up a stall to sell?"

The captain was stunned: "Sell?"

Ye Fan nodded: "Sea crabs are not fat at this time, so it's just right to eat river crabs. I remember the crab paste you gave me last year, it was like eating a mouthful of lard. Each crab is like a small weight, so it should be easy to sell, right?"

The team leader wanted to say he didn't know, but when he said it, he thought he would know after trying it. The team leader asked the members around him what day it was today. The members only remembered the lunar calendar related to farming.

Ye Fan: "Today is Thursday. Students will have classes next Monday."

The team leader immediately called the team leader and said that they would not catch crabs today but only fish, and would catch crabs and eels on Saturday night.

On Saturday afternoon, the Shanxi team discussed who would be in a group. Dabao was playing at the intersection and heard about it and wanted to go and see.

Geng Zhiye was at home that day. He took his two children to watch the show from eight to nine o'clock. Then Geng Zhiye came back carrying two eels, and Dabao and Erbao came back carrying two strings of crabs.

Ye Fan frowned slightly: "They caught them and sold them."

Geng Zhiye smiled and explained: "I helped them catch eels for an hour, and they gave me money for my hard work. I didn't expect that eels are so easy to catch at night."

Erbao: "There are also sea bass and black fish. Mom, let's go buy a black fish tomorrow. The team leader said that black fish is delicious when made into pickled fish."

Ye Fan took two vegetable washing basins and said, "We'll talk about it tomorrow. Put it in there first. Also, don't ask for other people's things in the future."

Dabao waved his hand: "Don't worry, Mom. I'll send them some food tomorrow."

Erbao nodded: "I can help sell crabs."

Geng Zhiye looked at Ye Fan and said, “They both told me the same thing.”

(End of this chapter)