Chapter 4 Chapter 4 The Eldest Sister is Gentle

Ye Weiguo's face turned red, and he didn't know whether it was because of embarrassment or because he had struggled too hard.

He still couldn't believe it.

Is the third sister really a woman and not a tiger, lion or gorilla? How can such thin arms and legs exert such great strength? This is unscientific!

Ye Yu teased him: "Didn't you say you were going to be a soldier in the future? Are you going to take your mother and sister with you? Or bring a wife to help you cook, sew clothes, sweep the floor, and do all the housework."

Ye Weiguo shouted at the top of his voice: "No way!"

"So why don't real men go into the kitchen? Have you asked the army's kitchen staff? If they're not real men, then what are they? Weaklings like you?" Ye Yu said venomously.

Ye Weiguo was dumbfounded, but couldn't find any words to refute.

He has admired being a soldier since he was a child and has always been very serious about being a soldier. He felt that what was said made sense, but it was also different from what he had heard and seen before. He no longer struggled in the entanglement and would follow Ye Yu obediently even if Ye Yu let go.

When the three of them arrived at the kitchen, they heard Wang Lai Di say, "What are you doing in the kitchen? It's small and crowded here."

Ye Yu replied: "They are here to help serve the dishes, and we can also assign other tasks to them."

Wang Lai Di scolded again: "What are these two men doing in the kitchen?"

"No," unexpectedly, it was Ye Weiguo who refuted it. He said, "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, they can also do it better 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 with a great momentum.

Wang Lai Di was unable to 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 pickled cabbage and mixed-grain cakes from Ye Lan. As she walked out, she did not 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 jobs and help you with housework, such as sweeping the floor, washing dishes, and doing laundry. Don't be polite. Try to train them so that you can have an easier time."

Wang Lai Di: "Sweeping the floor, washing dishes, and doing laundry, except for Daya, you and Erya are not usually so diligent. You two even had a fight last June over who should wash the quilts."

Ye Lan was annoyed: "Mom, this has nothing to do with me. This is an accident."

Wang Lai Di glared:

"Isn't what I said the truth?"

Ye Yu is actually older than her parents, so such criticism does not hurt her at all. She fills a bowl with pumpkin without blushing or beating her heart. She can’t wait to take a sip. It’s so sweet and soft!

Touching.

At this time, she replied: "Guowei is a person who serves in the army to protect 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 Yewei's charging remote control. He was instantly full of power and promised: "I can do it!"

Wang Lai Di looked at her foolish son who had fallen into the trap and was speechless: "If you study hard and don't cause trouble, your father and I will have nothing else to ask for."

"You have to ask for something. You have to do housework and run every morning and evening. If you stick to it, you can become an excellent all-round soldier to defend the country," Ye Yu glanced at Ye Hongjun, "Not everyone wants to be as lucky as my dad, who married an all-rounder, 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 reason behind her words.

Wang Lai Di was very happy to be praised, but considering that the child's father is the head of the family after all, he cannot lose his dignity, so she finally gave a casual reprimand: "You have no respect for your elders."

Ye Yu knew when to stop and was taught to shut up. The world is big, but eating is the most important thing.

Not only is the pumpkin delicious, the kimchi is also really appetizing. Although the mixed grains are a bit sore to the throat, you can still taste the flavor of corn, sweet potato and a little bit of wheat.

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 see meat once or twice a month.

There was meat in Ye Yu's space, but among so many alien beasts, only one was edible, and the smell was still as fishy as that of a wild boar, and it could not be taken out. He was even more afraid that ordinary people who had not transformed would eat it.

What a pity.

When others saw how Ye Yu was eating with such relish, 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 all the mixed grain cakes were gone.

Ye Yu, who grabbed the last cake and was still chewing half of it, said: "...Why are you staring at me?"

“…”

There was silence.

Wang Lai Di: ...I made extra biscuits as usual, which should be enough for two or three people at noon. I even cooked extra pumpkin today. How come it's all gone? How did San Ya eat so much? Her stomach isn't bloated at all?

Ye Lan: ...Why does she eat so fast even though she looks so elegant and graceful? I also want to eat elegantly, but the meal is gone before I’m full?

Yeweiguo:

...Failed again, damn it!

After breakfast, Ye Hongjun went to work.

Ye Baoguo went to middle school, where he was in the third year, 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 made the two brothers drop out of school and stay at home like Ye Lan and Ye Yu, and Ye Yu had not even received her high school diploma.

Unfortunately, even though the impact on primary and secondary schools is not significant, teachers have become completely different from before. They no longer dare to beat or punish students, and they allow them to learn whether they want to or not. The content of classes has changed drastically, and some even require students to copy quotations from memory.

There are only three people left at home: Wang Lai Di, Ye Yu and Ye Lan, mother and daughter. 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 Yuye Lan to the eldest mother's house, holding two kilograms of tea leaves and a can of maltose. The tea leaves were the welfare distributed by the textile factory last year, and the maltose was for the eldest mother's grandchildren.

This is not only a gift, but also an initial deposit.

The eldest mother is a fat old lady who is cheerful all day long. Actually, she is not very fat. Compared with the average human weight in this era, it is difficult to have her body shape in this era. It can only be said that the eldest mother's family conditions are really good.

She met Wang Lai Di, and the two of them discussed the "deposit" back and forth, performing the classic play "Delay". In the end, of course, the eldest mother accepted the tea.

After the gift was given, Wang Lai Di started talking about Ye Lan.

The first lady was well-informed and reacted quickly. When she saw Wang Lai Di and her two daughters, she knew the purpose of Wang Lai Di's visit. She held Wang Lai Di's hand and said with a smile: "Laidi, I know that Ye Lan and Ye Yu are both good-looking children, but you know the current situation. There are too many people and too little porridge. It's not easy to find a single worker."

Ye Lan lowered her head in shame. Besides feeling shy, she also felt sad, scared, expectant, and so on.

Ye Yu, who was pointed out, seemed to be missing a thing in this matter. His face was calmer than anyone else's, and his mentality was purely that of a spectator, which was in sharp contrast to Ye Lan.

The mother immediately understood what was going on.

Then Wang Lai Di started to praise him: "You are too modest, ma'am. Everyone in our alley knows that you are a good matchmaker. Not only in our alley, but also in the alley where my colleague lives, we have heard of your name. It shows that you have a wide network of contacts. Which single man or woman in the alley nearby do you not know?"

Then he said, "Ye Yu is only seventeen years old, not yet old enough to get a marriage certificate. She is so childish. Her father and I plan to keep her for two more years. Lan is already eighteen years old. She has been as well-behaved and sensible as Xing since she was a child. She keeps her grievances to herself. We can't rest assured that she will go to the countryside."

He stopped talking and vaguely mentioned that Li Wei had signed up to go to the countryside, saying that Ye Lan was very sad, and attributed Ye Lan's blind date to their concern as parents for their child, in order to try to stabilize Ye Lan's reputation.

"I watched Lan grow up, so I know how I can't help loving her." The eldest mother also understood the needs of the Ye family. She emphasized, "You all understand the current situation. Lan has good conditions, so there will definitely be someone who can choose her. But because of the crowd, the requirements for the other party will definitely not be as high as before."

Wang Lai Di hurriedly explained what had happened, and then at the request of the eldest mother, the two of them, mother and daughter, left.

The first thing today has been resolved, and the only thing left is to inquire about the matter 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, she did not meet him at home, but at the factory where she worked. She went to the factory gate and told the security guard, who 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. In the factory, it is good to have one day off a week, and there are often people scrambling to work overtime for free. Except for special holidays and evenings, it is difficult for visitors and those visited to adjust their time. The educated youth going to the countryside for consultation does not wait for anyone, so this form of visit is the only way.

This visiting pattern is not unique; the two security guards at the factory gate are already very familiar with it.

The security guard remembered the names of all the employees in the factory. When he asked if they were Ye Xing's relatives, he immediately thought of Ye Xing as the factory director's daughter-in-law, and quickly asked another person to inform Ye Xing.

While waiting, he was 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? Is Weiguo being 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-spoken Ye Xing when the three sisters lived together.

Ye Xing is now gentle and pretty, 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 a graduate student in the future, she would not have graduated yet. She is in the blooming period of youth.

The main reason was that continuous childbearing had done considerable damage to her body. Having two children for three years was definitely not a good thing for a woman. In addition, becoming a mother made her an elder mentally. Ye Xing looked several years older than her actual age, and her face was no longer full of collagen as before.

Therefore, when they met, the first thing Ye Yu asked was: "Are the two little radishes from my sister's family causing trouble?"

"They are very well behaved and don't make any noise. Mom is at home to help take care of them, so it's not tiring."

As always, Ye Xing only reported good news and not sorrow, with a gentle smile on her face all the time, 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.