Chapter 4 Chapter 4 The Elder Sister's Tenderness
Ye Weiguo's face flushed red, and he didn't know whether it was because of shame or because he struggled too hard.
He still couldn't believe it.
Is the third sister really a woman and not some tiger, lion, or gorilla? How can those thin arms and legs exert such great strength? It's unscientific!
Ye Yu teased him, "Didn't you say you were going to be a soldier in the future? Are you planning on taking your mom and sister with you? Or maybe a wife to help you cook, sew clothes, sweep the floor, and do all the housework?"
Ye Weiguo yelled at the top of his lungs: "No way!"
"So why don't men go into the kitchen? Have you asked the army's kitchen staff? If they are not men, what are they? Weaklings like you?" Ye Yu said venomously.
Ye Weiguo was dumbfounded, but couldn't find any words to refute.
He had longed to be a soldier since he was a child and had always taken military service very seriously. He felt that what he said made sense, but it was different from what he had heard and seen before. He stopped struggling and would follow Ye Yu obediently even if Ye Yu let go.
When the three of them arrived in the kitchen, Wang Lai Di said, "What are you all doing in the kitchen? It's so small and crowded here."
Ye Yu replied: "They are here to help serve the dishes, and we can also give them any other work."
Wang Lai Di scolded again: "What are those two men doing in the kitchen?"
"That's not right," unexpectedly, it was Ye Weiguo who refuted. He only heard him say, "The chefs at the Guoxin Hotel are all men, and the army's kitchen staff are also men. Not only can men enter the kitchen, but they can also do a better job than women."
Ye Yu looked him up and down and shook his head: "I won't believe it unless you cook better than Mom."
"I can do it!" Ye Weiguo picked up the dishes from the stove and walked out, looking very aggressive.
Wang Lai Di couldn't stop him and could only complain to Ye Yu: "What kind of trap did you set for him?"
Ye Yu handed the bowl and chopsticks to Ye Weiguo, and took the sour cabbage and multi-grain cake from Ye Lan. As she walked out, she didn't forget to answer Wang Lai Di: "When my second sister gets married and I go to the countryside, Baoguo and Weiguo will take over our duties and help you with the housework, such as sweeping the floor, washing dishes, and doing laundry. Don't be polite, try to train them as much as possible, so that you can have some relief, Mom."
Wang Lai Di: "Sweeping the floor, washing dishes, and doing laundry, besides Daya, you and Erya aren't usually as diligent. Last December, you two even had a fight over who should wash the quilts."
Ye Lan was not happy: "Mom, this has nothing to do with me. You are causing trouble by mistake."
Wang Lai Di glared:
"Isn't what I said the truth?"
Ye Yu is actually older than her parents, so such criticism does not bother her at all. She fills the bowl with pumpkin without blushing, without beating her heart, and without shaking her hands. She cannot wait to take a sip. It is so sweet and mellow!
Touched.
At this time, she replied: "Weiguo is a man who is going to serve in the army to defend his country. Of course, he should be better than me, my second sister, and my eldest sister in everything he does."
The "soldier" was like Ye Weiguo's rechargeable remote control. He instantly became fully charged and promised: "I can do it!"
Wang Lai Di was speechless as she watched her foolish son walk into the trap. "Study hard, don't cause trouble, and your father and I will have nothing else to ask for."
"You have to ask for something. You have to do the housework and run every morning and evening. Only by persisting can you defend your country and become an excellent all-round soldier." Ye Yu glanced at Ye Hongjun. "Not everyone wants to be as lucky as my dad, marrying an all-rounder like my mom."
Ye Hongjun: "..." He knew his daughter was alluding to him, and felt a little uncomfortable, but he was not a hopeless person, and began to think carefully about the reasoning behind her words.
Wang Lai Di was also very happy to be praised, but considering that the child's father was the head of the family after all, he couldn't lose his dignity, so he finally gave a casual scolding: "You have no respect for your father."
Ye Yu knew when to stop and shut up after being scolded. The world is big, but eating is the most important thing.
Not only is the pumpkin delicious, but the kimchi is also really appetizing. Although the whole grains are a bit harsh on the throat, you can still taste a little bit of wheat from the corn, sweet potato, and other ingredients.
The only regret is that there is no meat.
Meat is really hard to buy in this era. First, it is expensive. Second, even if you have money, you still need a ticket. Third, you may not be able to buy it even if you have a ticket. Whether in the city or in the countryside, a family is considered good if they can buy meat once or twice a month.
There was meat in Ye Yu's space, but among so many strange beasts, only one was edible, and the smell was still comparable to that of a wild boar. It could not be taken out, and he was even more afraid that an ordinary person who had not mutated would die after eating it.
What a pity.
When others saw Ye Yu eating so happily, with the word "delicious" written all over his face, they actually thought that this ordinary breakfast was also delicious, and unknowingly their appetites became much bigger than usual.
So in the end - the pumpkin was gone, the kimchi was gone, and the multi-grain cakes were all gone.
Ye Yu, who had grabbed the last pie and was still chewing half of it, said: "...Why are you staring at me?"
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The whole audience was silent.
Wang Lai Di: ...I made extra multi-grain pancakes as usual, which should be enough for two or three people at lunch. I even cooked extra pumpkin today, but how come it's all gone? How did San Ya manage to eat so much? And she's not even bloated?
Ye Lan: ...Why is she eating so fast even though she looks so elegant and graceful? I also want to eat elegantly, but the food is gone before I'm full?
Ye Weiguo:
...Defeated again, damn it!
After breakfast, Ye Hongjun went to work.
Ye Baoguo went to middle school, where he was in the third grade, while Ye Weiguo went to elementary school.
The chaos outside has spread to schools, but it mainly affects universities. High schools are not much better. Junior high schools and elementary schools are better than high schools, and the junior high schools and elementary schools in their machinery factory are more stable than ordinary junior high schools and elementary schools.
If not for this, Ye Hongjun and his wife would have let the two brothers drop out of school and stay at home like Ye Lan and Ye Yu. Ye Yu didn't even receive her high school diploma.
Unfortunately, even though the impact on these middle and primary schools is not significant, teachers have become completely different from before. They no longer dare to hit or punish students, and let them learn whether they want to or not. The content of the classroom has changed greatly, and even worse, the entire course requires dictation of quotations.
Only Wang Lai Di, Ye Yu and Ye Lan, mother and daughter, were left at home. Wang Lai Di took a day off today to deal with the matter of Ye Lan and Ye Yu regarding the educated youth going down the mountain.
Wang Lai Di first took Ye Yu Ye Lan to Auntie's house, holding two kilograms of tea and a can of malted milk. The tea was a welfare benefit distributed by the textile factory last year, and the malted milk was for Auntie's grandchildren.
This is not only a gift, but also an upfront deposit.
Auntie is a fat old lady who is cheerful all day long. Actually, she is not very fat. Compared with the average weight of people in this era, it is rare to have a body shape like hers. It can only be said that Auntie's family conditions are really good.
She met Wang Lai Di, and the two of them went back and forth about the "deposit", performing the classic play "Postponement". In the end, of course, the old lady accepted the tea.
After the gift was given, Wang Lai Di started talking about Ye Lan.
The auntie was well-informed and quick to react. As soon as she saw Wang Lai Di and her father and daughter, she knew the purpose of Wang Lai Di's visit. She shook Wang Lai Di's hand and said with a smile, "Laidi, I know Ye Lan and Ye Yu are both decent and good-looking girls. But as you know, in the current situation, there are too many people and too few jobs. It's not easy to find single working-class men."
Ye Lan lowered her head shyly. Besides being shy, she was also sad, afraid, expectant, and so on.
Ye Yu, who was singled out, seemed to be crazy about this matter. His face was calmer than anyone else, and his mentality was purely that of a bystander, which was in sharp contrast to Ye Lan.
The aunt immediately understood what was going on.
Then Wang Lai Di began to praise her profusely: "Auntie, you're being overly modest. Everyone in our alley knows you're a great matchmaker. Not only in our alley, but also in the alley where my colleague lives, we've heard of you. You really have a wide network of contacts. What single man or woman in the nearby alleys don't you know?"
Then he said, "Ye Yu is only seventeen, not yet of marriageable age. She's so childish. Her father and I plan to keep her for two more years. Lan is already eighteen. She's been as well-behaved and sensible as Xing since she was a child. She keeps her grievances to herself, not to mention expressing them. We can't let her go to the countryside no matter what."
After that, he vaguely mentioned Li Wei's application to go to the countryside, saying that Ye Lan was very sad, and explained that he stopped Ye Lan from going on blind dates because they, as parents, felt sorry for their child, and tried his best to maintain Ye Lan's reputation.
"I watched Lan grow up, so how could I not love her? I know." Auntie also understood the Ye family's needs. She emphasized, "You all understand the current situation. Lan has good conditions, so there will definitely be someone who will choose her. But because there is so much competition, the requirements for the other party will definitely not be as high as before."
Wang Lai Di hurriedly explained that she understood, and then at the request of an aunt, the mother and daughter left.
The first thing to do today is to solve the problem of educated youth going to the countryside.
Along the way, Wang Lai Di kept confirming with Ye Yu, but Ye Yu's answer remained unchanged.
The three of them went to see Ye Xing first.
Because Ye Xing was at work, they met not at home, but at the factory where she worked. She went to the factory gate and told the security guard, who then notified Ye Xing to come to the factory gate to pick her up.
It's not that the Ye family is unwilling to visit the in-laws, but mainly because in this era, diligence is a virtue. It's good to have one day off a week at the factory, and people often rush to work overtime for free. Except for special holidays and at night, it is difficult for visitors and those visited to adjust their time. The educated youth who go to the countryside for consultation cannot wait, so this form of visit is the only way.
This visiting pattern is not an isolated case. The two security guards at the factory gate are very familiar with it.
The security guard still remembered the names of all the employees in the factory. When he asked if they were Ye Xing's relatives, he immediately thought that Ye Xing was the factory director's daughter-in-law, and quickly asked another person to notify Ye Xing.
While waiting, he was also very polite to the mother and daughter, and said a lot of good things about Ye Xing.
After a while, Ye Xing appeared at the factory gate, wearing a neat blue work uniform. She asked, "Mom, why are you here today? Is everything okay at home? Has Weiguo been naughty?"
Ye Yu hadn't seen Ye Xing for a long time. The image of Ye Xing that remained in her memory was the soft and gentle Ye Xing when the three sisters lived together.
Ye Xing is now gentle and beautiful, but she is no longer the young girl she once was.
This is not to say how old Ye Xing is. She is only in her twenties now. If she were to study for a master's degree in the future, she would not have graduated yet. She is in the blooming period of youth.
The main reason is that continuous childbearing has caused great harm to her body. Having two children in three years is definitely not a good thing for a woman. In addition, after becoming a mother, she has become an elder in spirit. Ye Xing looks several years older than her actual age, and her face is no longer full of collagen as before.
Therefore, when they met, the first thing Ye Yu asked was: "Are those two little rascals from my family causing trouble?"
"They are very well behaved and don't make any noise. Mom is at home helping to take care of them, so it's not tiring."
As always, Ye Xing only reported good news and not bad news, with a gentle smile on her face, making it difficult to tell whether her words were true or false. Only when she mentioned her two children did the joy in her eyes become brighter.
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