Ye Yan originally wanted to take Chen Yan home for a visit, but he was in a hurry to return to his hometown in Northeast China, so he sent Ye Yan's things back to Huaihua Brigade and was about to leave.
Seeing Chen Yan turning around to leave, Ye Han hurriedly called him.
"Wait, Chen Yan," Ye Han said.
"What's the matter, sister-in-law?" Chen Yan asked, touching the back of his head.
"You finally come home, how can you come back empty-handed? Wait, sister-in-law will make you some delicious food, you can take it back to honor your parents and relatives."
"Sister-in-law, don't bother yourself. When we get back to our place, just go to the supply and marketing cooperative and buy some things."
Ye Yanhan was somewhat helpless, "Just consider it as a token of your brother Jiang and I's love. By the way, Chen Yan, how many people are there in your family?"
"My father, my mother, my wife, and my sister," Chen Yan counted on his fingers, "including me, there are five of us in total."
"Hey, Chen Yan, when did you get married?"
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Ye Hanhan had always thought that Chen Yan was unmarried, and was thinking about introducing him to a partner when the chance came, to satisfy his own pleasure as a matchmaker.
"Earlier than you and Brother Jiang," Chen Yan scratched his head embarrassedly, "I got married during the Chinese New Year last year. I got married after dating her for only half a month."
The last time Chen Yan left home was the day after he married his wife.
The night before, they were embarrassed and slept back to back all night, and he didn't know if his wife missed him.
Thinking of this, Chen Yan couldn't help but grin.
Ye Han asked Chen Yan to wait outside the door while he went back to the house and took out three silk scarves, a whole pack of Daqianmen cigarettes, some bacon that he had asked his neighbor to pickle before the New Year, and some local dried vermicelli.
The scarves were given to Chen Yan's mother, sister and wife, and the cigarettes were for his father.
Ye Xuanhan has always been thorough in her work, so when Chen Yan saw what she took out, his eyes widened.
"Sister-in-law, this thing is too valuable. I can't take it."
He didn't know how expensive a silk scarf a woman wore was, but that whole pack of cigarettes was a rare item, and it cost him seven dollars, not to mention the cigarette ticket.
"Chen Yan, Jiang Wang told me that you finally asked your boss for leave to go home, and you had to send me back. It wasted three days going back and forth. These things are nothing. Just consider it as your sister-in-law's thanks to you."
Seeing that Chen Yan was unwilling to accept the thing, Ye Han stuffed it directly into his arms.
Chen Yan couldn't refuse, and said to Ye Yanhan sincerely: "Sister-in-law, thank you."
"Alright, alright, your train back to the Northeast is also today, right? Hurry up and don't delay."
After sending Chen Yan away, Ye Hanhan cleaned up the house.
The house has not been occupied for half a month, and a thin layer of dust has accumulated on the tables, chairs and benches.
Ye Xuanhan has a mild obsession with cleanliness. He feels uncomfortable breathing when he smells the dust filling the room.
After finally finishing the cleaning, Aunt Guihua came to find Ye Yanhan with a big bowl of vegetable meatballs.
"Xianhan, I saw you just came back to the team. I just fried some vegetable meatballs at home, so I wanted to send them over for you to try. Do you want to eat them?"
Ye Hanhan took a look and saw that the vegetable meatballs fried by Aunt Guihua were made of carrots, white radishes, and cabbages. They were covered with a layer of golden skin. She used a lot of oil, and they looked appetizing.
"Thank you, it smells so good, Auntie. Your cooking skills are really good," Ye Xuanhan took the bowl from Aunt Guihua with a smile.
After taking it to the kitchen, she put the vegetable meatballs in her own bowl, cleaned Aunt Guihua's bowl, and put a piece of bacon in it before taking it out.
"Auntie, I don't have anything good here. If you don't mind, just take this piece of bacon."
"Hey, Han Han, put the bacon back quickly. I'm not here to ask for anything," Aunt Guihua said. "I just want to borrow your bicycle to go to the market."
"Going to the market?" Ye Hanhan was a little curious.
After she came here, she bought things at the supply and marketing cooperative and had never been to the market.
When the brigade held a banquet before, it was Jiang Wang and the brigade leader Li Erhe who went to the market to buy the vegetables, but she did not go with them.
The original owner, Daya, seldom went to the market to hang out, so Ye Han had no idea what was sold at the market based on his vague memory.
"Yes," said Aunt Osmanthus, "I'll go buy a bamboo basket."
"Can I come along?"
Ye Hanhan wanted to go over and take a look, maybe he could buy something useful.
"Okay, I'm not very good at riding a bicycle, so it will be much more convenient if you can lead me."
After they discussed it, they got on their bicycles and arrived at the market in just over ten minutes.
Ye Hanhan was pushing his bicycle and looking at the people coming and going in the market, some driving ox carts, some pulling carts, and was a little surprised.
I didn't expect the market to be so lively.
Although private business was not allowed in that era, farmers could sell the vegetables grown in their private plots, or bamboo baskets and mats woven with bamboo strips at the market. They might not earn a few cents, but it could help supplement their family income.
While pushing his bicycle, Ye Han looked around curiously.
Vegetables of this era are not sprayed with pesticides, but are grown with farm manure. When Ye Han first came across this, he felt a little disgusted and couldn't stand it, but after tasting the tomatoes grown by the aunt next door, he gave up his prejudice.
Without the ripening effects of chemical fertilizers, tomatoes will appear green and red, but after two days at home they will become sandy and sweet.
Thinking of this, Ye Han couldn't help swallowing, and while Aunt Guihua was buying a bamboo basket, he pushed his bicycle to the next stall to buy tomatoes.
"Sister, how much are your tomatoes?"
Foreign tomatoes are the name for tomatoes here, everyone calls them that.
The older sister who was busy greeting others turned around and said, "One cent a pound, how much do you want?"
"One cent?" Ye Han took out three notes from his pocket generously, "Give me three pounds."
Ye Han, who was taking out money to buy tomatoes, did not notice that a blond man holding a camera was slowly approaching him.
After she paid, she saw that everyone around her was looking at her, even the lady selling tomatoes was staring at her with her mouth wide open.
Ye Xuanhan didn't care. He took the tomatoes in the net bag and prepared to leave.
Unexpectedly, when I turned around, I saw a black camera facing me.
Ye Han was startled.
Where do cameras come from in this era?
Even if there is, it won't appear in the countryside where she lives.
"Hello."
The man standing behind the camera greeted Ye Hanhan in broken Chinese.
Ye Xuanhan was stunned and looked at the man carefully.
With white skin, blond hair and blue eyes, and wearing a sports outfit, he doesn't look like a Dragon citizen. In addition, the other party's obviously not fluent Chinese made Ye Hanhan somewhat suspicious of his identity.
"Who are you?"
Because he was anxious, Ye Xuanhan spoke something in English.
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