Chapter 80 The submission cow ran away
Ye Tan, who lived in the family compound, had no idea that someone was thinking about him again. He was reading a letter from home with Gu Zhao.
Gu Zhao was reading Lin Qiuyun's letter, and Ye Tan was reading the Ye family's letter.
Lin Qiuyun just sent her daily greetings, asking how they were doing, whether it was cold on the island, asking him to remember to buy winter clothes for Ye Tan, that she and her family were fine and that they didn't need to worry, etc. Gu Zhao finished reading it quickly.
Ye Tan next to her was still holding a stack of letters, which she was also reading with great interest. She didn't know what was so funny, but her eyes were smiling as she read.
Gu Zhao put down the letter in his hand, tilted his head to hug her, and rested his chin on her shoulder to read with her.
Ye Tan leaned closer to his arms, showed him a line of words on the letter, and said, "My brother said my sister-in-law is pregnant. I will soon be an aunt, and you will be an uncle too. You will be one generation older. Are you happy?"
Why is he so happy about his brother-in-law's child?
Gu Zhao nuzzled her cheek and rubbed her belly with his big hands. "I'll definitely be happy when you get pregnant."
Ye Tan looked at him sideways: "What? Have you had enough of the free and easy life? Do you want a child to experience the chaos and chaos?"
Seeing how serious she was, Gu Zhao raised his eyebrows in disagreement: "Our two children will definitely be very obedient and won't make a fuss."
Ye Tan smiled and said that it was just a matter of embellishing one’s imagination when one couldn’t get what one wanted.
She took the opportunity to put forward a condition: "Then when we have a child, you will be responsible for taking care of it. You are not allowed to feel annoyed."
Gu Zhao thought raising a child was no big deal; it couldn't be harder than leading a soldier, so he immediately agreed and promised, "Don't worry, I won't let you get involved. You'll just be responsible for giving birth when the time comes."
Ye Tan just smiled and said nothing. Many men say this before having children, but few of them actually do it.
Gu Zhao: "But let's wait until you are twenty years old."
He is not afraid of taking care of children, but he is afraid that if he has more children, his life will definitely not be as carefree as it is now, where he can hug his wife and have sex anytime and anywhere.
Gu Zhao thought that after the Spring Festival, Ye Tan would be 19 next year and 20 the year after. He would only have about a year left to live a carefree life, and he suddenly felt a sense of urgency.
He reached out and took the letter from her hand, hugged Ye Tan and pressed her down on the sofa, "Days are passing by one day at a time, let's enjoy ourselves while we can."
Ye Tan was still confused, and Gu Zhao quickly stripped himself and her naked. Ye Tan wanted to get up, but she hadn't finished reading the letter yet.
"You, why are you suddenly so horny?"
Gu Zhao kissed her slender neck and said, "Winter is the perfect time to do this. You won't sweat easily even if you do a lot of exercise, so you won't be annoyed by me getting you sticky."
Ye Tan...is she talking about this sticky thing?
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It was not until midnight that Ye Tan had the chance to get the letter and continue reading it.
In addition to telling her that Ye Tan was going to be her aunt, Ye Yanlin also told her with glee that Li Congjun was up to no good again.
It is said that Li Congjun and the widow Cui rekindled their old love, and Erfeng saw it and was so angry that he was admitted to the hospital for the second time. When his letter was sent, he had not yet been discharged from the hospital. No one knew what went wrong with Li Congjun's work, and he was suspended and transferred by his superiors.
It finally came to this, and Ye Tan was not surprised at all. Li Congjun was a complete rotten soldier, and there must have been mistakes in his work. There was nothing to sympathize with.
Ye Tan felt that Erfeng's pregnancy was full of misfortunes. She had such a playboy father and no one knew what the child would be like in the future. She felt a little sorry for the two children.
Ye Tan was sighing. Seeing her frown, Gu Zhao snatched the letter away unwillingly. "You still have the energy to sigh about other people's affairs? It seems you are not tired yet. Let's continue."
Ye Tan, who had no time to speak, was blocked by Gu Zhao again. After all the tossing and turning, it was already late at night. Ye Tan was really out of strength. He didn't even bother to wait for Gu Zhao to change the bed sheets. He wrapped himself in the quilt and fell asleep.
Gu Zhao waited until she fell asleep, then he took the letter and glanced at the follow-up, his eyes cold. Li Congjun was already walking on the edge of the cliff, and he just had to wait.
In the next few days, Ye Tan drew the design for the spring clothes, checked it again, took a piece of paper and wrote down his name and contact information, put it in an envelope, wrote down the mailing address, and sent it to the mailroom to send it out.
The next step was to wait for news. Ye Tan turned around and put the matter aside. In the evening, she sat on the sofa and knitted a sweater.
The body of the sweater is almost finished. Ye Tan is finishing the collar. The only things left are the two sleeves, and Gu Zhao's sweater will be finished.
Thinking that the Spring Festival would come right after Laba Festival, and they would definitely go home to celebrate the New Year at that time, Ye Tan planned to knit sweaters for both of them before that.
It just so happened that the weather was almost freezing recently, so fewer people came to her to make clothes. Winter is not like other seasons where you can change up your clothes. In winter, there are only big cotton-padded jackets, and some people wear one all winter long.
But this is a good thing. Ye Tan can free up her hands to knit a sweater. She can drink a cup of scented tea while knitting. When she gets tired, she stands up and walks around, and then sits down and knits for a while.
Except for the time when she just learned to knit sweaters, Ye Tan had not worked so hard for many years. Occasionally, when she thought of the original intention of her marriage to Gu Zhao, she felt as if it was a lifetime ago.
The leisurely life she dreamed of has now turned into a little bee that works automatically without being told. Ye Tan feels that she is now a good wife and mother.
Of course, this is in her own eyes. As for outsiders, Captain Gu’s wife can make clothes and is beautiful, but she is a bit unsociable. She stays at home all day and doesn’t interact with others.
Especially after winter, fewer and fewer people come to make clothes. When she has nothing to do, you can see her drinking tea and reading on the balcony at home, or reading in the sun under the grape trellis in the yard. She does nothing all day long.
Some people envy her leisurely life and the love of her husband, but some people can't stand it and spit at her behind her back, calling her a lazy ass. This person is Aunt Zhao.
She disliked Ye Tan from the beginning, thinking that if it weren't for her, she might have been the mother-in-law of the regiment commander by now, and it would not have been the turn of Yao Bin, the young battalion commander.
But now both of them are pregnant, and Yao Bin's five hundred yuan is still useful. Aunt Zhao looks down on him now and just ignores him.
Ever since she became rich, Aunt Zhao has abandoned her daughter and stopped caring about her. She started to worry about her son's lifelong affairs and made up her mind to find a daughter from a cadre's family. If she couldn't become the mother-in-law of a regiment leader, then she would become the relative of a high-ranking official.
So while everyone was preparing to recruit workers for the factory, Aunt Zhao was preparing to find a partner for her son.
There are only two people in the base who have daughters in high positions: Commander Zhou and the political commissar.
The eldest daughter of the political commissar had already married, and the younger daughter was only fifteen years old and was still studying in the province. Aunt Zhao guessed that she couldn't wait any longer, so she set her sights on Commander Zhou's daughter.
Commander Zhou's daughter is just the right age, 19 years old this year, and works in the local propaganda department. She looks like her mother Li Shuying, gentle and pretty.
Aunt Zhao felt that he was a perfect match for her son and had been working hard in this regard recently, so when she saw Ye Tan doing nothing, she just cursed him behind his back, but she didn't do it in front of Ye Tan and Gu Zhao.
But Commander Zhou's daughter is in high demand, and not only her but also Sun Chao's mother, Yu Dinglan, is being targeted.
However, she was not very satisfied after seeing the appearance of her teacher's daughter. She felt that she was not good at managing a family and serving a man. Moreover, her father was a high-ranking official, and it would be difficult for her to control her if she married him home.
After some thought, she gave up the idea of letting her son rely on his father-in-law to get to the top.
In this regard, Yu Dinglan is more pragmatic than Aunt Zhao. Compared with giving her son a better future, she cares more about her own family status. Otherwise, if she marries a powerful wife, she will be bullied every day. No matter how good her son's future is, she will not be able to enjoy the blessing.
With this in mind, Yu Dinglan turned around and continued to look for a capable girl nearby, carrying her son on her back.
Ye Tan, who is considered a lazy and idle person by outsiders, has been knitting sweaters like crazy recently. Fortunately, she is very satisfied with the results of her hard work. Gu Zhao's sweater is almost finished and can be worn in two days.
Time slipped quietly through Ye Tan's fingertips. In the afternoon, Xiao Feng came to Ye Tan and asked him if he wanted to go to the factory for an interview.
Only then did Ye Tan realize that today was the day the factory officially started recruiting workers.
"I haven't been there recently. I wonder how the factory is going?"
Xiao Feng: "I went to buy fish yesterday and passed by there. I saw that the gate had been built. As for the inside, we didn't go in, so I don't know what it looks like. But it has been quite some time, so it should be halfway done."
Ye Tan just asked casually. After hearing her say that, he had a rough deadline in mind. The factory should be almost completed by the spring, and there will be more people on the island by then.
Ye Tan looked at his watch and asked Xiao Feng, "When does the market open for recruitment this afternoon?"
Xiaofeng: "Two-thirty."
It was already two o'clock, so Ye Tan didn't delay any longer and went to watch the fun with Xiao Feng hand in hand.
"I heard that this time, not only are there people from our compound and the island, but there are also people coming from outside by boat for interviews."
Ye Tan: "Didn't they say that this recruitment is open to the families of our stationed military personnel and the people on the island? Can people from outside come too?"
Xiao Feng shook her head: "I heard it from the girl who went for the interview this morning, so I'm not sure about the specific reason."
There were quite a few people rushing to the entrance of the base. When the two arrived, there were many people at the recruitment site.
There was a row of three tables in an open space opposite, with several interviewers sitting in the back and a long queue of people in front. Ye Tan took a quick look and saw many familiar people among them, all of whom were from the military compound.
A few people who saw Ye Tan and the others also smiled and waved.
"Are you two coming for the interview too?"
Xiao Feng immediately said, "I'm here for the interview. Sister Xiao Tan, please come with me."
Xiao Feng exchanged a few words with the other party, then turned to Ye Tan and said, "I heard that those with education are given priority and can also serve as officials. I only studied in junior high school, so I wonder if I am qualified enough?"
"If you are not sure, let's go and ask first, and then line up." After saying this, Ye Tan took Xiao Feng to the recruiting staff's table in front.
The other party saw the two of them, pointed at the line and said, "Everyone who wants to be interviewed should line up, come one by one, no queue-jumping allowed."
Xiao Feng glanced at Ye Tan, a little hesitant to speak. Ye Tan gave her an encouraging smile, and she mustered up the courage to ask, "I do have a question."
The other party then took another look at the two of them, pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and said, "Then ask."
Xiao Feng twirled the edge of her clothes with her fingers, her voice still trembling a little: "I, I heard that those with academic qualifications are given priority. I graduated from junior high school, so I wonder if that counts as a priority?"
The other party smiled and said, "Of course, you can go to the table over there to queue up, have an interview first, and then take an exam. If you pass the exam, you can be officially hired." He had been interviewing for the whole morning, and he only met about ten junior high school graduates. There were not many people on this island who had received education, let alone junior high school graduates. There were hardly any.
After hearing what the other party said, Xiao Feng was very happy. She took Ye Tan's hand and thanked the other party, then went to queue on the other side.
I didn't notice it just now, but now I see that the line here is obviously much shorter than the other lines. The people being interviewed are all young people in their twenties, and there seem to be quite a few educated youth from the island.
Ye Tan didn't plan to go into the factory, so he naturally didn't queue up. Seeing Xiao Feng was already in line, he went to find a place to wait for her.
Ye Tan found a tree stump under the sun. The sun was shining brightly today and the wind was not strong, which was suitable for sunbathing. After a while, Ye Tan squinted her eyes and felt a little sleepy. It was time for her to take a nap.
Just as I was yawning, a familiar figure came from a distance. Song Qianyue, wearing a flowery cotton jacket, also came to sign up.
Ye Tan squinted his eyes and looked for a while, and found that the man following behind Song Qianyue seemed to be Sun Chao. He was dressed too thickly and was wearing a hat, so he almost didn't recognize him.
Seeing them talking to each other, it is obvious that they know each other. Are the wolf and the wolf-dog together?
Ye Tan looked at her curiously for a few times. Song Qianyue had been very well behaved recently and had never appeared in front of her and Zhao Xiaoya. If she hadn't seen her now, she would have almost forgotten about this person.
Ye Tan thought that maybe Song Qianyue had learned her lesson from the last incident and had become more honest. If she could continue to be so honest in the future, she would just pretend that she didn't exist.
Ye Tan looked away, holding up his chin and looking at the team Xiaofeng was in. The interview team moved forward slowly and soon it was Xiaofeng's turn. She finished the interview quickly and received a test paper and went to the side to do the questions.
Ye Tan didn't want to disturb her, so he just sat there and waited.
The sleepiness from waiting came in waves. It was a sunny and windy day, a perfect time to hibernate.
Ye Tan yawned again. After sitting for a long time, she stood up and walked around. She found Song Qianyue sitting next to Xiaofeng, also concentrating on doing her homework with her head down.
Following them was Sun Chao, who was doing questions on the other side of the two people.
Ye Tan turned around and went to the other side.
After turning around the woods, there was supposed to be a beach on the other side, but Ye Tan saw many people sitting and talking there, both men and women. Ye Tan did not go over, but stood there for a while and turned back, only to find that his wooden stool had been occupied by someone.
Ye Tan could only continue to stroll around. Xiao Feng scratched his head in distress, but finally filled in the answers and stood up to hand in the paper.
"Sister, I wonder what job you are interviewing for?"
Xiaofeng stopped walking and turned around to see the girl she was talking to not far away. She smiled and said, "I applied for a job title of broadcasting room clerk. I'm not sure if I'll pass, but I'll give it a try." Then Xiaofeng asked her, "What about you? What did you apply for?"
There are job intention choices below the interview paper, and the factory will refer to them based on the test paper.
Knowing that their jobs didn't conflict, Song Qianyue's smile became much more sincere: "I applied for the cultural publicity department."
Xiao Feng: "Then I hope both our dreams come true."
Xiaofeng turned around to hand in the paper. Song Qianyue lowered her head and wanted to review it again. She was not sure about some questions. Sun Chao next door also finished filling in the paper and got up to hand in the paper.
Xiaofeng handed in the paper and received the news that she had to wait for further notice. She turned to look for Ye Tan, and after seeing her strolling around, she ran to her side.
Ye Tan walked around a few times and felt a little hot. She pulled the scarf around her neck and asked her, "How's the paper?"
Xiaofeng estimated it herself and said, "I'm not sure about a few, but I've filled them in. Whether they are correct or not depends on fate."
Ye Tan asked her to talk about the general problem, combined with her answer, and finally told her: "The accuracy rate is quite high, there should be a chance, go back and wait for the result."
Xiao Feng knew that Ye Tan was a high school graduate and was heard to be very good at studying. After hearing her words, her confidence immediately increased a lot. "Really? Do I have a chance?"
Ye Tan patted her hand and said, "You didn't make many mistakes in your answers, but it also depends on the factory's requirements for the paper score. Even if you are not qualified for the position you intended to apply for, you can definitely get a job at the factory."
Xiao Feng patted his chest and said, "As long as I can get in, that's fine."
The two began to walk towards the base. Seeing that she really wanted to join the factory, Ye Tan said, "Aunt He said that you will be getting married next year, and then you will have to live off the island. Now you join the factory, what will you do then?" At that time, once you joined the factory, it was a stable job, and few people were willing to resign.
But it is not a big deal for a couple to live apart.
Xiao Feng wasn't worried about this. Instead, she said to Ye Tan with a sweet smile, "My boyfriend actually works in a food factory in the city. It's affiliated with the factory here. I asked him before, and he said that as long as I can get a job in the factory, he'll find a way to transfer over and work with me."
Ye Tan laughed when he heard it, "Really?"
Xiaofeng nodded shyly.
Ye Tan: "It seems that your partner values you very much and is willing to live on our island just for you."
Xiaofeng's face turned even redder after hearing what Ye Tan said.
Song Qianyue handed in the paper and walked with Sun Chao to a place where there was no one. She anxiously asked him when he would take action. Sun Chao told her not to be anxious.
"Gu Zhao is at home now, we have to wait until he is not at home." Otherwise, going to the door would mean delivering food, and Sun Chao is not that stupid.
Song Qianyue: "But I'm afraid that once she finds out I'm working in the factory, she'll threaten me again. They've always wanted to kick me out."
Sun Chao didn't take it seriously: "You've been staying on the island recently, and she hasn't done anything to you. I think you're just overthinking it."
Song Qianyue was unconvinced: "I didn't think much about it. Ye Tan is just like his brother, he always threatens people with things. If he doesn't do anything now, it must be because I haven't officially joined the factory yet. Once he knows I got the interview, he will definitely come to harm me."
"That's something we have to wait for." Sun Chao frowned. "Who dares to come to Gu Zhao's house when he's at home? Is he tired of living?"
After saying that, Sun Chao turned around and left. Song Qianyue stomped her feet in anger, but there was nothing she could do. She could only secretly hope that Gu Zhao would leave quickly.
As a result, her wish came true the next day. A farmer in a village lost his cow and couldn't find it after searching for several days. The old man had no choice but to ask the army to help look for it.
The cattle ran away while being released into the mountains, so people going there should be prepared to stay overnight in the mountains.
The superior casually ordered Gu Zhao to take people there.
When Gu Zhao returned home in the morning, Ye Tan knew that he had to go out for an emergency again. He didn't ask much, but just prepared a bag for him, told him to be careful not to get hurt again, and sent him out.
We learned that Gu Zhao was not at home today. He had gone out to help an old farmer find cattle in the mountains, and he might not be back at night.
Sun Chao and Song Qianyue stared at Ye Tan together. As it was getting dark, there was still no sign of Gu Zhao outside the base. They thought that Gu Zhao would definitely not be able to come back tonight, so Song Qianyue immediately urged Sun Chao to hurry up.
Sun Chao was not in a hurry, but went back to change into black clothes before coming.
Song Qianyue smiled and complimented him, "Brother Sun is really smart. I didn't even think of changing clothes."
Sun Chao ignored her nonsense. The two of them waited silently until the late night, then they sneaked around and came to the wall of Ye Tan's house. After checking that all the houses around were asleep and there was no one outside, Sun Chao prepared to climb the wall.
The wall of the courtyard is not very high, less than two meters. It is reinforced with cement just to protect against the strong winds and heavy rains on the island. The surrounding area is slippery and there is no place to step.
But before he planned to do it, Sun Chao had already stepped on the point.
There are many trees planted in the courtyard. There is a tree not far from the wall of Ye Tan's house. Sun Chao can easily climb to the top of the wall by climbing the tree.
He looked up at the balcony, which was pitch black. He then looked down at the courtyard, which was also lonely and silent. He quickly climbed over the wall and, without hesitation, slid down along it.
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