Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

The male elder that Geng Benben admires most is his uncle Geng Zhiye, so Geng Benben wants to become a soldier like his uncle.

Geng Benben thought it was an honor to be a soldier and there was no need to be shy about it, so he told Zhang Xiaodi that he planned to try the Army Command School and the Infantry School. If he was rejected this year due to his physical fitness, he would continue next year.

Zhang asked Geng Benben how far the two schools were from the capital. Geng Benben didn't lie and told him that they were both in the south.

Zhang Xiaodi was silent for a moment and then asked him why he didn't apply for the Air Force or Navy. Geng Benben didn't hide it from him. Sailors are hard, and he probably won't be able to graduate. The Air Force has strict requirements, and he will most likely be stuck at the physical examination.

Seeing how uncertain he was, Zhang asked him why he didn't ask Geng Zhiye and Ye Fan, but instead figured it out on his own.

Geng Benben asked his uncle about the navy and his aunt about the air force. Ye Fan and Geng Zhiye asked him if he wanted to join the army, and Geng Benben said he was just curious. Even so, Geng Zhiye still told his nephew how hard and boring the army was, and asked him to think it over and not regret it for a lifetime because of a moment of glory.

In response to Zhang's question, Geng Benben told the truth that he hadn't really thought it through. Anyway, there was still more than a month before the college entrance examination, so it wouldn't be too late to think about this issue after the exam.

Dabao saw that the two of them had almost finished talking, so he asked, "Little brother, do you want to apply to a military academy?"

Zhang Xiaodi shook his head: "I haven't thought it through yet."

Dabao: "Your parents must want you to be a teacher."

Zhang Xiaodi has good grades. His parents think that he can become a cadre after studying at a technical secondary school and can start working early. Zhang Xiaodi also wants to go to a technical secondary school after looking at his family's situation. Zhang Xiaoming said that his brother can become a scientist and a university professor.

The Zhang family lives between several universities. Uncle Zhang often meets well-paid and respected university professors when he goes out for a walk. He also feels it is a pity for his son to go to a technical secondary school, so he supports him to go to high school and take the college entrance examination.

Dabao's words made Zhang realize that if he wanted to go to military school, he couldn't let anyone know before the admission letter came in. Even his eldest brother, who usually supported him, would oppose him to go to military school.

Zhang Xiaodi asked Dabao: "Why a teacher and not a doctor?"

"Your eldest brother said that." Dabao blurted out.

Zhang thought to himself, this is true, otherwise Dabao wouldn't have called him "teacher" the first time he spoke. "Dabao, don't tell anyone about what happened today."

"I didn't hear anything." Dabao ran past them and into the school.

When he saw his aunt on campus, Geng Dabao lifted his schoolbag to cover his face and went to the junior high school.

Geng Zhiqin was asked to leave Dabao's school before she graduated. Geng Zhiqin didn't want to teach a boy, so she said she didn't know how to be a teacher. The teacher in charge of recruitment comforted her and said she could do an internship first.

Geng Zhiqin said that he would discuss it with her mother, and when he returned, he asked her sister-in-law whether she wanted to be a teacher or be assigned to a government agency by the school.

Ye Fan asked her what she thought.

Geng Zhiqin heard Ye Fan and Yang Mengxia talk about government affairs. If you don't have a good attitude, it's hard to work there. It's not that colleagues are hard to get along with, but the grassroots work is more complicated and more tiring than being a student. Even if she is assigned to the Organization Department, she still has to deal with the grassroots.

If the leader wanted to use her, he would definitely ask her to go to the grassroots level for a few years to gain experience, just like Yan Yang who went to Hengshan Island Food Factory. Geng Zhiqin didn't want to just eat and wait for death and do nothing, so she was hesitant.

Ye Fan asked her if she wanted to study for a master's degree and stay on campus to teach. But Geng Zhiqin liked to write stories and didn't like to study. After another night of serious consideration, Geng Zhiqin replied to the employer and reported to the school after the new year.

The school asked Geng Zhiqin to teach the high school graduating class because she had a high degree. Geng Zhiqin was worried that her boring teaching would make her students tired of studying and perform poorly in the college entrance examination, so she asked her to teach the first grade first. She only taught one class in the first grade. It was usually very relaxed. Geng Zhiqin still arrived at school before the students to see how other teachers prepared for class and how they dealt with students.

I didn't expect to run into my nephew the first time I checked at the door.

Geng Zhiqin was amused when he saw Dabao acting sneaky.

Dabao's classmate caught up with him from behind and patted him on the shoulder. Dabao was so scared that he trembled. The classmate was startled by him: "What are you doing? Did you see a ghost?"

"It's scarier than a ghost." Dabao looked back and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his aunt walking towards the school gate and not chasing after him.

The classmate looked back and asked, "Do you know the new teacher?"

Dabao nodded: "My aunt, dear aunt!"

The classmate patted him on the shoulder, saying, "It's not easy for you, I understand," and said, "No wonder you didn't go out during breaks this semester."

Dabao: "My aunt said that Qiu will take care of the first grade."

"Wouldn't it be a good opportunity to take us?"

Dabao shook his head: "Don't do that. Otherwise I will separate from her!"

His classmates laughed out loud at his words. Dabao just wanted to cry, and when he saw his classmates gloating over his misfortune, he glared at him, sighed, and walked towards the classroom.

Dabao told his younger brother Zhang that he "heard nothing". When he saw his mother after school in the afternoon, he pulled her aside and said like a thief that his younger brother wanted to go to military school.

Ye Fan thought he was going to reveal some secret, "Is that it?"

"Xiao Ming doesn't know." Da Bao lowered his voice and said, "Speak softly, if Xiao Ming hears me, I'll be finished."

Ye Fan: "Have you decided?"

"It seems not. I haven't thought it through yet, just like my brother Benben." Dabao asked, "Mom, is it dangerous to go to military school?"

Ye Fan: "If you fall off the training equipment, you will be paralyzed on one side of your body."

Dabao was so frightened that his face turned pale: "What about an officer like Dad? Does he have to participate in such dangerous training as well?"

Ye Fan: "Maybe he suffered a cardiac arrest due to overwork."

Dabao was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that there would be such a way to die. "Then when dad comes back in a few days, don't ask him to take Erbao and me to the zoo. Let him have a good rest at home."

Ye Fan smiled: "You should go. Your dad is going back to Ningbo after the semester ends. If you want to see him in the future, you can only wait until the winter or summer vacation."

Dabao counted on his fingers and asked, "Dad, has the two-year training period ended?"

Ye Fan nodded.

"Aren't we going to be separated from Dad, like we did a long time ago?"

Ye Fan: "It's okay to be separated. Your dad is in his early 40s, and it's the right age to fight in the army."

Dabao opened his mouth. Is this what he meant? "Mom, I mean you should separate from Dad. Don't you miss Dad?"

Ye Fan: "Mom doesn't think about it anymore after she makes money."

Geng Dabao was so angry that he was speechless: "--How come you love money more than I do? Be careful that if you make enough money, your dad will be gone."

Ye Fan grabbed his little ear and said, "What do you think of your dad? I believe in your dad."

"As long as you use the hoe well, there is no corner that cannot be dug down. My mother, do you understand?" Dabao was worried to death.

Ye Fan: "Bao, you know a lot."

"I'm not joking, be serious!"

Ye Fan said seriously: "Your father and our family, the money I earn is used by four people. Your father was poached by someone, and the money mom earns is for you and Erbao."

Dabao rolled his eyes: "Money is more important or people are more important?"

"Money is important!" Ye Fan answered seriously.

Dabao thought to himself, I finally understand why Dad is always worried about you running away, "I'll tell Dad later that he is not as important as money."

Do you think your dad doesn't know? Ye Fan rubbed his little head: "To mom, you and Erbao are more important than your dad."

Dabao felt relieved: "Mom, when you graduate, go to Yongcheng to reunite with Dad. In two years, I will be fifteen and Erbao will be twelve. We can take care of ourselves. Besides, we still have grandma and aunt at home. We can also go to grandma's and grandpa's house. We are not unwanted children."

Ye Fan was very relieved: "If your father is busy with work and stays in the army, I won't be able to see him on weekends. It's better for him to be here. Here I don't have to worry about you. In Yongcheng, besides worrying about you, I don't even have anyone to eat with."

“Is there no family housing?”

Ye Fan: "A large military region has many ships and a large base. Even if the family compound is next to the base, your father can't go back often because it's several kilometers from the training ground to home. For example, your grandfather's air force is outside the city. If he goes back every day, his rest time will be delayed on the road."

Dabao asked, not quite understanding, "Is it true that only the army units are closer to the family quarters?"

"Probably." Ye Fan had never been to the army. "I only know that there are many types of troops in the army, and some are in the city."

Dabao: "Then let Brother Benben go to the Army School."

Ye Fan was stunned for a moment. His son's thoughts were really jumping. "Don't say too much in front of Ben Ben. Let him decide for himself."

"I know." Dabao asked again worriedly, "Aren't you really worried that Dad will be poached by a bad aunt?"

Ye Fan shook his head: "Don't worry. If your dad doesn't want us, mom will find a father for you and Erbao."

Dabao was shocked: "You think so?! Mom, I'm not worried about Dad, I'm starting to worry about you on Dad's behalf."

Ye Fan was happy: "Okay, let's go out."

Dabao jumped outside and saw his sister coming out of grandma's room with something in her hand: "Geng Erbao, what are you holding?"

"A treasure box." Erbao handed it to him. "Look, it's made of jade, and it's shiny. My aunt bought it for grandma, and grandma gave it to me."

Dabao took a closer look and said, "The jet black color doesn't suit you. There are cranes on it. Cranes represent longevity. Give it back to grandma."

Yu Wentao was very happy to hear that. Dabao was becoming more and more sensible. She couldn't help but come out of the room and said, "Leave Erbao with her little things. Grandma doesn't need them."

Dabao: "But Erbao doesn't have any little things."

Yu Wentao: "Ask your mother to buy it. How can a girl not have a piece of jewelry?"

Ye Fan said to his sister-in-law who was picking cucumbers in the vegetable garden: "Geng Zhiqin, your mother is calling you."

Geng Zhiqin and Geng Huihui saw this Duobao Pavilion at the flea market and wanted to buy it for her mother because the crane on it symbolized good luck and longevity. However, Yu Wentao said as soon as she saw it that she didn't have three pieces of jewelry in total, so the Duobao Pavilion was useless.

Geng Zhiqin was very unhappy. It was useless because it was her heartfelt gift. Geng Zhiqin regretted it very much and thought it would be better to give it to Erbao. Erbao would say "thank you" no matter what he received.

Geng Zhiqin: "I clearly pointed it out to you because I think you are an unfilial daughter-in-law."

Ye Fan choked and looked at her mother-in-law. Yu Wentao happened to be looking at her. Although Ye Fan didn't understand what she meant, she was a little speechless. "Then let's go together this weekend."

Geng Benben came out of Dabao's room: "What about me?"

Ye Fan opened his mouth: "——Let's go tomorrow at noon!"

Geng Benben asked with a smile: "Are you afraid that my sister and brother Leilei will come back on the weekend and they will want to go too, and then ask you to buy it for them?"

"You know too much!" Ye Fan glared at him.

Ye Fan said this, but she didn't choose to go at noon - there weren't many people at the flea market at noon. But she suddenly thought that in addition to the Children's Palace and the park, the flea market was also a good place.

The next day at noon, Zhang Xiaoming went home to eat and parked the car in front of Ye Fan's house. Ye Fan saw him and whispered, "If it's hard to sell elsewhere, go to the flea market."

Students are not on holiday yet, so there are not many people in the Children's Palace. In the morning and afternoon, it is not very hot, so grandpa and grandma do not go to the park, and there are not many people in the park. Zhang Xiaoming is worried that he will not be able to sell all the vegetables, so he buys one box every day after selling them.

Zhang Xiaoming asked, "Will people in the flea market be willing to buy popsicles?"

Ye Fan: "Workers are reluctant to buy ice cream, but people who go to the flea market are willing to eat it."

Zhang Xiaoming thought that people who are poor have no mood to go shopping: "Sister Ye, you are amazing. You can think of the flea market even though you are in class every day."

Ye Fan: "You can try it at the entrance of the scenic spot during summer vacation."

"To tourists? But I haven't seen any tourists."

Ye Fan: "In the past, you needed a letter of introduction to go out, and it was inconvenient to bring your family with you. In the past two years, policies in other places have been relaxed, so there must be people who want to climb the Great Wall and visit the Forbidden City."

Zhang Xiaoming instantly thought of "special economic zones" and "opening up to the outside world". Just because inland people can't leave doesn't mean that people from coastal areas and foreigners can't come.

"I'll pay more attention to the street next time." Zhang Xiaoming said and went back to his parents' house to rest, leaving his wallet to Ye Fan. Ye Fan was about to go back to the house with his wallet when a few children ran over from the alley entrance and asked before they even came up to him, "Erbao's mom, do you have ice cream?"

Ye Fan stopped and said, "Yes."

"Give me one milk flavored one, and two red bean paste flavored ones." The little girl handed Ye Fan two dimes. Ye Fan gave her five cents in change.

The little boy handed Ye Fan five cents and asked tentatively, "I want two red bean paste flavor ones?"

Ye Fan also gave him two. The little boy actually had one cent left in his hand, and he was very happy to see that he only needed five cents, so he could buy candy with the remaining one cent. Ye Fan knew this child, he had an older brother and an older sister, "How are the two popsicles going to be divided among the three siblings?"

The little boy was stumped by the question, and then handed over the penny. Ye Fan gave a bag to the children and asked them to divide it at the door of their house.

The little boy came home with three popsicles in his hands. When his parents asked him how he could buy three with six cents, he told them what Ye Fan said. The couple felt complicated. They were not biased towards boys, nor were they biased towards girls. When their daughter said she wanted to give them to her two younger brothers, they subconsciously thought that their daughter did not like popsicles.

Popsicles are cool, sweet and thirst-quenching, so how could children not love them?

The child gave the popsicle, which cost one cent each, to his sister, and his sister couldn't help but smile shyly, confirming her parents' guess that she was just too sensible.

The couple thought to themselves that they, as parents, were not as thoughtful as Ye Fan.

In the past, this family didn't like to ask Zhang Xiaoming to buy things. If the youngest son didn't want to eat popsicles, and there was only Ye Fan's family nearby, they wouldn't give the child money, because they felt that Ye Fan and Zhang Xiaoming's actions were stealing business from state-owned units, such as vegetable markets and supply and marketing cooperatives, and were using loopholes in regulations to dig into the corners of socialism.

From then on, they also went to Zhang Xiaoming to buy vegetables and meat.

Not long after, Zhang Xiaoming's car stopped next to their unit. His colleagues were surprised to see someone driving a car to sell popsicles. The boy's mother said that he was their neighbor and it was not easy for him. His job was taken away by his younger brother and his house was occupied by his brother's wife. After getting married, he lived in his wife's house and was preparing to save money to buy a house.

Most people of this era are very simple. As soon as this is said, someone will ask if you want popsicles. Then you pay him 1.5 cents and go to Zhang Xiaoming to buy fifty or sixty red bean paste popsicles and milk ice cream.

Zhang Xiaoming gave away a few salt water popsicles that cost one cent each.

He is poor but generous, which makes people who support him look up to him. The colleague of the boy's mother couldn't help but praise her neighbor as a good person.

Ye Fan and Zhang Xiaoming were unaware of this and mistakenly thought that since wages had increased a bit in the past two years, everyone was willing to reward themselves for their hard work.

Ye Fan reminded Zhang Xiaoming to go to the scenic spot, and Zhang Xiaoming also reminded Yu's family to go to the scenic spot. Zhang Xiaoming was not shy, and Yu Wentao's brothers shared some of the vegetables and fruits that were not available in the city with Zhang Xiaoming.

Ye Fan thought that this year's business would be harder than last year, because some people took the bus to the countryside to collect goods and sell them in the city. Unexpectedly, when he calculated the total account at the end of June, he made more than 100 yuan more than last June. Zhang Xiaoming gave the money he earned to Dong Ying, who returned it to her brother.

Dong Ying counted how much money he earned and planned to add some money to his salary to make it rounded off. Unexpectedly, he earned over five hundred in just June, which was equal to Dong Ying's entire salary last year.

It took Dong Ying a while to believe it was true, "Are you and Sister Fan 50-50?"

Zhang Xiaoming nodded: "What's wrong?"

"No, why are there so many?" Dong Ying asked.

Zhang Xiaoming had never counted: "A lot?"

"Five hundred." Zhang Xiaoming: "That's a bit much. I didn't have much experience last year. I think I only got two or three hundred in June."

Dong Ying thought that two or three hundred was not a small amount.

"Popsicles are so cheap, I didn't expect they could make so much money," Dong Ying exclaimed.

Zhang Xiaoming: "If you sell less, you won't make any money. If you sell more, you will make money."

There was no need to accept favors from others, no need to take any risks, but it was a bit embarrassing to walk around the streets. But compared with the money, Dong Ying didn't feel embarrassed.

On the weekend of July 4th, Dong Ying gave the money to her sister-in-law. Her sister-in-law was also shocked because she gave her three hundred at the beginning of June and five hundred at the beginning of July, which was almost doubled.

Dong Ying was only a teenager when she married into the Dong family. Her sister-in-law treated her like a half-daughter and couldn't help but say, "Money is not a hurry, but it's not worth it to wear yourself out."

Dong Ying explained that Zhang Xiaoming would not go anywhere on rainy days, and sometimes he would only work half a day in the morning on weekends, leaving Ye Fan half a day in the afternoon. Dong Ying's eldest nephew was also at home today and asked, "Is the small business so profitable?"

Dong Ying nodded: "I want to sell popsicles during the school holidays."

Mrs. Dong disagreed, but Dong Ying's third sister-in-law said, "It's not shameful to make money in an honest way. Xiaoying, I will go with you later." Her third sister-in-law was also a teacher, and Dong Ying's job was arranged by her third sister-in-law through her connections.

Dong's mother was afraid that her daughter would suffer, but she also hoped that her daughter's money would be earned cleanly rather than stealing state supplies and selling them on the black market. "Ask Ye Fan. After all, this business belongs to Ye Fan and Xiao Ming. She agrees that you can continue."

Dong Ying returned home and told Zhang Xiaoming about her family's attitude. The next day at noon, Zhang Xiaoming went to Ye Fan's house to inquire about the matter.

Ye Fan: "Okay. Help them pack two boxes and put them at your and Dong Ying's house. Don't let your second brother know, otherwise he will find your mother, and then your mother will ask you to help Zhang Xiaojun make popsicles."

Zhang Xiaoming: "Xiaojun has to go to work."

Ye Fan shook his head: "Don't you understand your brother? If he knew that he could make ten yuan by selling a box of popsicles in the morning and afternoon, he would definitely take a long vacation. Didn't your sister-in-law take ten days off to sell couplets at the end of last year?"

Zhang Xiaoming remembered: "Will Xiaoqin still sell popsicles in the park this year? If so, I'll bring two more boxes."

"Let me ask." Ye Fan called towards the kitchen: "Xiao Qin."

When Geng Zhiqin came out of the kitchen, Ye Fan asked her if she wanted to sell popsicles. They could ride a bike with Dong Ying or go to the park.

Geng Zhiqin: "Is Dabao still for sale?"

Ye Fan shook his head: "Dabao is obsessed with repairing watches."

"Then I'll ask Huihui."

Zhang Xiaoming asked: "Huihui still dares to sell popsicles?"

Geng Zhiqin wanted to refute instinctively, but suddenly remembered that his two nieces and nephews were detained by the Chu family for half a month last year, "Why not ask them?"

Geng Huihui's school hadn't closed for the holiday yet, so Ye Fan told Xiao Ming to wait until the holiday had come.

Dong Ying was on vacation, but her third sister-in-law had not yet. After receiving Zhang Xiaoming's reply, Dong Ying said she would wait until her third sister-in-law was on vacation.

Dong Ying's sister-in-law was on vacation, and Zhang Xiaodi and Geng Benben finished their college entrance examinations. They both felt that their scores were good and they could handle the training, so they unanimously decided to apply for infantry training.

Uncle Zhang asked his son which school he would apply to, and Zhang said his first choice was Normal University. Upon hearing Normal University, Uncle Zhang stopped asking and waited quietly for the admission letter.

They passed the exams and Geng Huihui's school was on holiday. Geng Huihui wanted to go to the park to sell popsicles, so she asked her aunt to ride a bike with Dong Ying to sell popsicles. Ye Fan thought of Chen Xiaohui, so he took the two children to her parents' house to ask Chen Xiaohui if she wanted to sell popsicles with Geng Zhiqin. With someone to accompany her, she didn't have to worry about encountering hooligans on the road.

Tao Chunlan did not support Chen Xiaohui selling popsicles, as she was worried that Chen Xiaohui would get heatstroke from the hard work of riding a bike.

Ye Fan finally wanted to help Chen Xiaohui make money, so Chen Xiaohui said she would sell it. Ye Fan gave Chen Xiaohui the address of Dong Ying's home and asked her to go to Dong Ying's home before 10:30 every morning to sell popsicles.

On July 11, Sunday, Zhang Xiaoming used the boxes he made last year to pull eight boxes of popsicles at a time. He gave four boxes to four people and put one box in the park for Geng Huihui. He then pulled three boxes of popsicles through the streets.

The five of them gave Zhang Xiaoming one dollar for shipping, and the money they earned was theirs. Zhang Xiaoming split the three boxes and the shipping fee with Ye Fan. Zhang Xiaoming was busy until one or two o'clock and came back, and Ye Fan went to the popsicle factory to pick up two or three boxes and was in charge of half the afternoon.

Zhang Xiaojun found out that his brother had started selling popsicles. He went to wholesale popsicles early in the morning on July 11, but they were all sold out before noon. He bought another box in the afternoon, but it was all sold out before sunset.

At this time, he didn't think it was shameful to sell popsicles. As Ye Fan expected, Wang Aihe asked for leave from her company because her salary was low, more than ten yuan less than Zhang Xiaojun.

Ye Fan knew about this from Zhang Xiaoming. Zhang Xiaoming usually went back to his and Dong Ying's home after dropping off at Ye Fan's house, and he didn't know that his sister-in-law had taken a long vacation.

Zhang Xiaodi didn't like to come to Ye Fan's house before. But ever since he decided to apply to the same school as Geng Benben, thinking that they would be classmates and comrades-in-arms in the future, he couldn't help but get close to Geng Benben and would come to see him whenever he had nothing to do.

The boy was not as calm as Ye Fan. Once he got to know Ye Fan well, he couldn't help complaining about his second sister-in-law being too shrewd and revealed his concern for his second sister and parents.

Zhang Xiaoming is a rare partner, he never complains about hardship and never doubts that Ye Fan made a mistake in his calculations. Ye Fan hopes to cooperate with him for a long time, so the Zhang family should not cause trouble for Zhang Xiaoming.

In consideration of the fact that Zhang Xiaoming helped her make money, one morning in late July, Zhang Xiaoming couldn't help complaining again, and Ye Fan decided to reach out: "Little brother, come inside and talk?"

Zhang followed Ye Fan to the main room. Ye Fan turned on the fan and took him a popsicle from the refrigerator. Zhang shook his head: "I don't want to eat it."

Ye Fan handed it to him: "I went to the production workshop and it was very clean." He gave another one to Benben.

Geng Benben sat next to Zhang Xiaodi: "Aunt, if you have any good ideas, please tell me."

Ye Fan: "Little brother, if your parents don't want to be bullied, they can move to your eldest brother's house. Your eldest brother is filial and Dong Ying is easy to talk to, so there is no way they won't let them live there. If they are worried about your second brother, they deserve to be bullied."

Zhang Xiaodi: "But if my parents don't go, it would be embarrassing for my second sister to go to my eldest brother's house alone."

"Then marry your second sister off. But given your family's financial situation and your troublesome second sister-in-law, decent families are reluctant to marry your second sister."

Zhang Xiaodi nodded: "Yes. We can't find someone who is not serious, right?"

Ye Fan: "Of course not! The houses here are cheap and the area is large, so every household has its own house. Go to the city, and many people live in a large compound. Don't your eldest brother and eldest sister-in-law walk around the streets every day? Ask them to ask which young people in the compound have a promising future. It would be best if the mother is capable and sensible, like Dabao's grandmother."

Zhang Xiaodi understood that if his brother-in-law was successful, his second sister would enjoy the good life. His mother-in-law was sensible and would not bully his second sister. If his second sister-in-law bullied his second sister, his mother-in-law would tear her apart.

In order to avoid a wrong guess, Zhang Xiaodi confirmed, "My second sister is a temporary worker. The man must be excellent and have no house at home, so he might be interested in my second sister?"

Geng Benben couldn't help but ask: "Where can I live if I don't have a house?"

Zhang Xiaodi smiled and said, "Live at my house."

This is exactly what Ye Fan meant: "Men don't care where they live, they only care whose surname their children take. If the child takes your second brother-in-law's surname, his parents will definitely support him living in your house."

Geng Benben frowned: "Isn't that paying for it?"

Ye Fan: "If Xiaozhi doesn't have a house either, the man can find another female comrade who has a house, or find a colleague who has a stable job like him to rent a house outside. The extra salary of a regular worker over a temporary worker is enough for them to rent a house as big as ours."

Zhang Xiaodi: "My second sister pays money to the family every month. She will definitely continue to pay after she gets married. Her salary is considered as the couple's salary. My parents are not paying for it."

Ye Fan was surprised that his younger brother could think of this: "Also, your second sister and her husband live in her parents' home, your second sister-in-law will definitely be unbearable and sarcastic, you don't have to worry about this, just say that if she dares to talk nonsense again, I will report her for taking leave for business."

Zhang Xiaodi shook his head: "No, she will report you and Big Brother for speculation and profiteering."

Ye Fan: "She doesn't dare. She lost her job and can only do business. If she reports us, she won't be able to do it."

Zhang Xiaodi suddenly realized: "We have one more card than her?"

Geng Benben couldn't help but say, "If we get rid of her job, isn't it a blessing in disguise for her?" The implication is that doing business is more profitable than working at an office.

Ye Fan: "Ben Ben, Xiao Ming and I make money in business because we have a car and a source of goods. Even if she bought a car, who would she get pork and vegetables from? The country people don't know them, so they will definitely sell them at the market price."

Zhang Xiaoming gets his vegetables and eggs at wholesale prices, which is the price farmers sell to agricultural and sideline product purchasing stations. Otherwise, Ye Fan and Zhang Xiaoming would never get to share ten yuan a day.

Because we get commissions from pork, after the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month, each person can get 20 to 30 yuan a day just for the meat, not to mention vegetables, eggs, duck eggs and mutton.

Geng Benben felt relieved after hearing this, but when he saw the popsicle in Zhang's hand, he couldn't help but say, "They must have saved more money on gas by selling popsicles on their bikes than you and Xiaoming."

Ye Fan shook his head: "Xiao Ming doesn't get tired from driving, he can go around East City in an hour, but Wang Aihe can't, otherwise she will get heat stroke."

Zhang Xiaodi suddenly thought of something: "Sister Ye, my second sister-in-law seemed to ask me to work with her. I don't know if I heard it wrong, they were talking in their own room."

Geng Benben's expression suddenly changed: "Aunt, won't there be popsicles sold everywhere in a few days?"

Ye Fan: "You also need a bicycle. Little brother, how many bicycles does your second sister-in-law have?"

It was either one or two. Zhang Xiaodi was not sure: "Do you mean that my second sister-in-law will learn from you to make popsicles and let my brother sell them in the park?"

Geng Benben was so angry that he stood up suddenly.

Ye Fan asked him to sit down: "You are so angry! When you arrived at the army, you didn't train well and the instructor kicked you on the butt. You are going to quit school, right?"

Geng Benben sat back, still sulking.

Ye Fan said: "If he dares to steal business from Huihui, the worst that can happen is that I won't do anything."

Geng Benben nodded: "His family has no money, but my family doesn't lack that little money."

Ye Fan was happy: "Are you still angry?"

Geng Benben shook his head: "Little brother, let's go to the park and take a look."

Zhang Xiaodi had nothing to do at home, so he went to the park with him.

Dabao and Erbao went to the Children's Palace with Geng Leilei. Yu Wentao felt bored at home, so she went to the park with Geng Huihui to wait for Zhang Xiaoming. As soon as Zhang Xiaodi and Geng Benben arrived at the park, Zhang Xiaoming brought them popsicles.

Zhang Xiaoming saw a young man standing where Geng Huihui was selling popsicles yesterday. He took a closer look and found that he was his sister-in-law's brother. He immediately changed his expression. Geng Huihui waved at him from under a tree on the other side of the gate: "Put it over here."

Zhang Xiaoming sighed and whispered to comfort her: "Don't worry if we can't sell all the tickets. Let's go to another park this afternoon."

Geng Benben had already told her that her aunt had a way, so Geng Huihui was not panicked: "It's okay."

Zhang Xiaoming felt that she was sensible and his sister-in-law was not, so he went to Ye Fan's house to complain while selling popsicles, saying that his sister-in-law arrived just after he came out of the popsicle factory, but his sister-in-law's brother had already taken Geng Huihui's place.

Ye Fan asked: "My mother-in-law didn't say anything?"

Zhang Xiaoming shook his head: "I didn't see Aunt Yu. I think she was chatting with someone in the park."

"It's good that I didn't see her." Ye Fan was really afraid that she would fight with Wang Aihe at her age, and be pushed down by Wang Aihe and become half paralyzed. "If I asked you to give three boxes of popsicles in the car to others and run another trip, would you be willing?"

Zhang Xiaoming looked confused.

Ye Fan: "I'm just helping them with wholesale, charging two dollars per box?"

Zhang Xiaoming calculated the gas money, a round trip would be at most three yuan. There was a shed in front of the three-wheeled vehicle, so the sun couldn't get in, and it wasn't hot to sit in the vehicle. "Sure. Who else wants it?"

"It's hard to say now. Go sell popsicles first."

After Zhang Xiaoming left, Ye Fan went out and saw many people on the roadside. Ye Fan asked the unemployed people in the old man’s and aunt’s house if they wanted to sell popsicles. She and Zhang Xiaoming charged two yuan on top of the wholesale price. If they sold ten popsicles in a box and gave one away, they could make two or three yuan. They could earn five or six yuan from two boxes a day.

The aunt asked: "Why don't you sell it yourself?"

Ye Fan: "I will sell it myself. To be honest, I have a condition. I must sell it next to my brother Wang Aihe."

The old man couldn't help but ask: "Last year I learned to sell couplets from you, and now I'm learning to sell popsicles from you?"

Ye Fan nodded: "She rides her bike to sell popsicles. I don't bother to pay attention to her, but she asked her brother to take over Huihui's previous position selling popsicles. I keep swallowing my anger, but she will continue to push her limits."

Some of the elderly had children who didn’t have jobs, and they were afraid they would be embarrassed. One elderly woman asked, “What if I sell it?”

Ye Fan: "That's fine."

"How much money can you make? Give me the truth."

Ye Fan said, "Except for the gas fee, it's only two to three dollars. The main reason is that we buy seven or eight boxes at a time, which is cheaper than Zhang Xiaojun's wholesale."

Auntie: "Is the money from selling two boxes of meat a day enough for a month coming out?"

Ye Fan nodded.

The old lady calculated carefully that if she went by bike, she might get a flat tire or get heat stroke in such hot weather. If the popsicle box was not tied tightly, it might fall to the ground. It was indeed not as cost-effective as taking it from Zhang Xiaoming. "But we don't have a popsicle box."

"Just find a wooden box and put the clean quilt inside to keep it warm." Ye Fan said, "Auntie, it's just the dog days of summer. It can be sold for a month."

The aunt immediately said, "Fuck!"

The auntie who was on good terms with the auntie couldn't help but ask, "Is it not okay for her to do it to me?"

Ye Fan: "You can go inside the park or at the exit. I'll ask Huihui to go to the north park entrance tomorrow. You can also go to the north park exit, but you can't maliciously lower the price."

The lady said: "If I can sell it, I will definitely sell it at your current price. Who has a grudge against money?"

Ye Fan: "So it's settled then?"

An old man asked: "Even if we don't lower the price maliciously, it will affect Huihui's business."

Ye Fan shook his head: "It doesn't matter. I'll let her be arrogant. If she dares to bring her relatives over to occupy both parks, it's better to give it to our own people than to give it to them."

The two aunties went home immediately. An old man was interested when he saw this and told Ye Fan that he would get a box to try first.

Ye Fan: "Just tell those two ladies where to sell it. Huihui said that it doesn't matter if we make money or not, we'll just save face if we don't make money."

The old man went home and asked his wife to find two wooden boxes. He then took out the clean cotton in the house and used white cloth to sew a small quilt.

The aunties and uncles acted quickly and told Ye Fan the next morning that they had it done. Each of them wanted two boxes, because Ye Fan promised them that if they only sold one box by three o'clock in the afternoon, she would take the remaining box away and give them two yuan as a reward for their hard work.

With Ye Fan backing them up, the middle-aged women no longer had to worry. One middle-aged woman walked across from Wang Aihe Brothers and started to shout, "Red bean paste popsicles are five cents for two, ten popsicles are one cent each and one will be free, twenty popsicles are twenty and one will be free."

Wang Aihe's brother immediately said that if you buy five popsicles, you can get one for free. The aunt roughly counted and found that if she didn't give away a box, she could make more than four yuan. Upon hearing this, she immediately said that if you buy five popsicles, you can get one for free.

The Wang family didn't dare to go down. The aunt met an old friend and sold three popsicles for free. The old friend couldn't help asking: "Are you going to lose money?"

In order to squeeze the little bastard out, the aunt stared at the other side and said, "I'm happy even if I lose money!"

In the evening, Wang Aihe quarreled with Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang, saying that the people selling popsicles in the park were hired by Zhang Xiaoming.

Aunt Zhang was very angry and thought her eldest son was not polite. Uncle Zhang understood his son: "Xiao Ming couldn't think of this idea. It was Ye Fan's idea. Did you offend him again? Xiao Guo, go to Ye Fan's house and ask what's going on."

Zhang Xiaoguo: "I know. Not only did she ask her brother to compete with Huihui for business in the park, she also went there in advance to grab the spot where Huihui usually sells popsicles. Wang Aihe, do you think others can't do anything to you?"

(End of this chapter)