Ye Zhi chatted with Gong Yuqiong for a long time and planned to go and check the progress of the decoration of the new house.

The little guy Li Desheng didn't want to look at any houses. He chose the right time to go back to the elementary school of Niannian and Suisui, saying that he wanted to pick them up after school.

Gong Yuqiong was helpless. She had originally planned to have dinner with Ye Zhi outside and then take Li Desheng to the family compound to play with Niannian Suisui and the others. But now, after coming out of the new house, she had to go straight to Ye Zhi's family compound.

On the way to the staff quarters, Gong Yuqiong and Ye Zhi sat in the back seat of the Santana and chatted.

Gong Yuqiong said: "I told you to buy a bigger house. You see, four rooms are not enough for several children."

Ye Zhi smiled when she heard this: "Lu Wei and I have discussed that we will go back to Qiongzhou Island after graduation. I don't think we will live in Yangcheng all the time, so we will come here occasionally to stay."

Although Ye Zhi's clothing factory is doing better and better business now, she still prefers Qiongzhou Island more. Moreover, Lu Wei is a soldier, and defending his country is his lifelong ideal. Although the current policy allows military wives to do some business, her identity will not be convenient when the policy matures in the future.

Her plan was to gradually move behind the scenes and just take care of the accounts, and then leave the factory affairs to other people.

But Guangzhou and Qiongzhou Island are not far away. I will probably come here often. It would be nice to have a house here. It happens to be close to the garment factory.

Although the family compound over there in Shen Nanzhen is also accommodating, it is still a bit far from here as you have to cross a bridge to get there.

Gong Yuqiong nodded and smiled: "I heard from Zhenhua that the scenery of Qiongzhou Island is very beautiful and the weather in winter is very comfortable. If it is renovated in the future, it will definitely be more beautiful."

When Gong Yuqiong talked about Ye Zhenhua, her eyebrows lit up and a curve appeared on her lips inadvertently.

Ye Zhi: "Well, the scenery over there is really beautiful. You can go there and have a look when you have a chance."

Gong Yuqiong had mentioned before that she wanted to visit Qiongzhou Island, and she probably had mentioned it to Ye Zhenhua as well. However, since it was still a bit far from Guangzhou, she had no chance to go there for the time being.

Gong Yuqiong nodded: "Okay, let's go over and play when the time comes."

When we arrived at the staff quarters, Nian Nian Sui Sui Heping Ping An had already finished school, and several children were playing ball in the yard.

As soon as Nianniansuisui saw Li Desheng, they stopped playing and rushed towards him. Several children aged seven or eight began to play a game of jumping up and down and chasing each other.

Zhang Xiaomei and Shen Nanzhen were preparing dinner in the kitchen. When Zhang Xiaomei saw Gong Yuqiong coming over, she wiped her hands quickly and said with a smile, "Oh, why didn't you tell me in advance that you were coming over so that I could prepare a few more dishes that you and Desheng would like to eat."

Zhang Xiaomei only recently found out about Ye Zhenhua and Gong Yuqiong. Zhang Xiaomei had urged Ye Zhenhua to find a partner several times in the past few years, but Ye Zhenhua has been busy in the past two years and has no time or energy to think about matters between men and women.

Later, when Zhang Xiaomei learned that Ye Zhenhua was dating Gong Yuqiong, she was a little skeptical. After all, she had met Gong Yuqiong before and thought that this woman had a good personality, strong abilities, and was good-looking. Even if she lined up, it would not be her son's turn.

But the two of them really started dating. Although Zhang Xiaomei and Ye Aiguo were a little pessimistic, Ye Zhenhua didn't say anything, but just said that he would try his best.

However, Zhang Xiaomei couldn't care less. After all, Ye Zhenhua was not a teenager, and it was his first marriage. If she hadn't been in a hurry to get Ye Zhenhua started a family, Ye Xiaoding wouldn't have ended up so miserable.

Gong Yuqiong listened to Zhang Xiaomei's enthusiastic words and said with a smile: "Auntie, don't be so formal. The food you cook is delicious. Desheng and I always think about it."

Zhang Xiaomei was very happy when she heard what Gong Yuqiong said, and said, "Okay, okay, as long as you like it."

Zhang Xiaomei talked to Gong Yuqiong for a while, and then secretly asked Ye Aiguo to go to the supply and marketing store to buy two dishes. She then pickled some dried squid and abalone, planning to make a few more dishes.

That night, Gong Yuqiong and Li Desheng had dinner at Shen Nanzhen's family compound and did not ask the driver to take them back to the hotel until very late.

As soon as Gong Yuqiong left, Ye

Zhi was holding a large stack of fashion magazines that she brought from Hong Kong. Some were local, some were foreign, and all of them contained the most popular clothing styles.

Ye Zhi's clothing factory has the best business in the fabric market. Because she has many styles and the fabrics are good, she has a lot of repeat customers.

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Ye Hongying waited for a long time downstairs of the boys' dormitory of Z University before she saw Gao Wenbo coming back with several books in his hands.

Ye Hongying came forward, stopped Gao Wenbo, and asked, "Wenbo, it's so late, where have you been?"

Then Ye Hongying said rather unhappily: "I have been waiting for you downstairs of your dormitory for almost an hour!"

Ye Hongying wore a new dress, a pink one, had her hair permed again, and put on lipstick, but she looked awkward no matter how she looked at her. Although he didn't know where she got the money, Gao Wenbo had no interest in knowing.

Somehow, Gao Wenbo suddenly remembered the time he met Ye Zhi by the river today.

Compared with Ye Zhi, the Ye Hongying in front of me is really worlds apart.

He turned sideways, brushed past her, and said, "I'm going to the library."

Then, he planned to walk towards the dormitory building.

Seeing that he had no intention of staying to chat with her, Ye Hongying stopped him and said, "Stop, I haven't finished talking to you yet, why are you in such a hurry?"

Ye Hongying would come to school almost every day, sometimes at noon, sometimes in the evening. Ye Hongying would shamelessly eat with Gao Wenbo and his roommates.

But at night it is still relatively small.

Although Guangzhou also has street lights, it is still a bit unsafe at night.

The reason why Ye Hongying came to find Ye Zhenhua was because she went to the cloth market today to inquire about the situation and found two aunts to familiarize herself with the market. She knew that Ye Zhi's clothing business was doing very well, so she also wanted to open a small clothing factory there.

Hearing this, Gao Wenbo paused, but did not turn back and asked, "What do you want from me?"

Although Ye Hongying was a little unhappy when she heard Gao Wenbo's tone, she still endured it and said, "I see you haven't been home for a long time. It's Xiaofei's birthday the day after tomorrow, so I want you to go home and have dinner with the kids then."

Xiaofei is Gao Wenbo's second son. Compared with his eldest son, he has been better in recent years, but he still has nothing to do every day and stays idle at home, which makes her annoyed.

When Ye Hongying came to Yangcheng, she had no intention of bringing Gao Wenbo's children with her, but Gao Wenbo said that if she wanted to come with her, the children must be brought along as well.

Ye Hongying had no choice but to compromise, so now she and her children rent a brick house near the school.

However, Gao Wenbo rarely went home, and Ye Hongying endured it. If he didn't go home, she would come directly to the school.

Gao Wenbo was stunned for a moment, "That's it?"

Ye Hongying smiled and said, "Call your roommate along. Didn't he say he wanted to find a partner when we had dinner together the other day? I just happened to know a local aunt, and she just happened to have a daughter who wanted to find a partner."

Ye Hongying met two aunts in the cloth market today. They are the ones who have been working there the longest. If she can make friends with them, she thinks it will not be difficult for her to open a shop when the time comes.

When I was chatting with them today, one aunt said that her daughter is already 26 years old and has not found a partner yet, and she is very worried. So Ye Hongying said that her husband was from Z University and knew many students there.

When my aunt heard this, she really became interested and asked her to help introduce it.

Ye Hongying originally thought that it didn't really matter whether Ye Zhenhua went to college or not, but she didn't expect that college would be of some use.

Gao Wenbo frowned and said without thinking: "Don't mind your own business."

Having said that, I really didn't want to pay any attention to him this time and walked quickly towards the boys' dormitory.

Ye Hongying looked at the students coming in and out. At this moment, she was concerned about her image and did not yell at them. She snorted and turned away.

However, Ye Hongying later called Gao Wenbo's roommates Wang Jinbao and Xiao Min to the rental house.

After several attempts, it was finally given to the aunt's daughter Zhao Jinlan.

She introduced herself to Wang Jinbao and the two met a few times. The aunt liked him quite a lot. The only thing she was dissatisfied with was that Wang Jinbao was not a local.

One weekend in November, Ye Zhi went to the garment factory to sort out the accounts as usual, and happened to meet Aunt Zhang's daughter Zhao Jinlan.

Zhao Jinlan took the college entrance examination for several years but failed to be admitted to university. Later, her parents asked her not to continue taking the exam. Until last year, she started helping out in her mother's clothing store, making clothes.

Originally, Zhao Jinlan had given up thinking about going to college, but one day when she was strolling in the cloth market, she ran into Ye Zhi.

Zhao Jinlan recognized her almost at first sight, because Ye Zhi had been in the newspapers when the college entrance examination was resumed. Unexpectedly, she now opened a small factory here, so Zhao Jinlan was very happy. Every time Ye Zhi came to the factory, she would come over to chat with her.

Ye Zhi greeted her and said, "Jinlan, I just got some water chestnut cakes from my mother. Come and eat with me."

Zhao Jinlan smiled and followed Ye Zhi to her small factory. She said, "I was just wondering when Sister Ye Zhi would come over. I didn't expect you to actually show up."

Ye Zhi greeted the busy workers and asked them to take a break and have some snacks. At the same time, she said to Zhao Jinlan, "I don't have many classes this semester. Sometimes I will go home to spend time with my children."

Zhao Jinlan pinched a small piece of water chestnut cake from the boxes that Ye Zhi brought, and then said, "Oh, that's it."

Ye Zhi smiled and said, "By the way, I heard from Aunt Zhang that you are dating someone?"

The gossip on the nearby street spread throughout within two days. Ye Zhi heard about it two days ago, but she didn't meet Zhao Jinlan at that time, so she didn't ask her in person. She just heard it from the workers.

Zhao Jinlan curled her lips and said unhappily, "We haven't even dated yet, but we've only just met. I was thinking about continuing to take the college entrance exam, but my mom insisted that it would be the same if I married a college student. That guy is your eldest son, but he doesn't look that good."

Zhao Jinlan didn’t want to date anyone in the first place. Ye Zhi had given her some review materials before, and she wanted to try to take the exam again to see if she could get into university.

But her mother is anxious, saying that she is already 26 years old, and if she doesn't get married now, she will have to marry a divorced man.

And no matter how Zhao Jinlan looked at that man, she just didn't like him.

Upon hearing this, Ye Zhi said, "Mothers love to worry about their children. If you don't like it, just turn it down later."

Zhao Jinlan finished eating the water chestnut cake and took another piece of horse cake. "Isn't this what my mother likes now? In fact, I'm not saying anything bad about my mother, she just likes that guy's university student status, and privately sighs that he is not from here."

Ye Zhi raised her head and looked over, asking, "Didn't you say that you were introduced by an acquaintance? I thought you all knew each other well."

Zhao Jinlan shook her head. "No, he's from Province X. He passed the exam to come here. He was an educated youth sent to the countryside before. It's all my mom's friend's fault. He comes every day and encourages my mom to let me go meet him."

Zhao Jinlan tilted her head and said, "Actually, I don't care where he is from. I just feel like he seems a little anxious and wants to settle down after just one meeting."

When Ye Zhi heard the words "educated youth sent to the countryside", an idea flashed through her mind. The last time she met Gao Wenbo by the river, she heard several people discussing that educated youth got married in the countryside and had a boyfriend after going to college.

Thinking about the drama of that era, there were indeed many educated youth who abandoned their wives and children, or even their husbands and children, after returning to the city.

Moreover, this man came from such a faraway province, which really makes people feel a little uneasy.

Ye Zhi visited her and reminded her, "If you don't like it, just turn it down. If your mother really forces you to date her, you should be careful and observe for a while before deciding."

Zhao Jinlan nodded: "Yes, yes, okay, Sister Ye Zhi."

After Ye Zhi said this, Zhao Jinlan became less anxious and decided to observe more.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Jinlan said, "Sister Ye Zhi, you are also from Z University. If it is convenient, you should also ask me to keep an eye on him. That person is from the Department of Civil Engineering, and his name is Wang Jinbao."

Ye Zhi nodded: "Okay, I'll keep an eye out for you and ask around for you."