Shao Jingwen didn't stay at Zhou's house for long. He chatted with Zhou Chen for a while, explained the situation and prepared to leave.
"Bingkun, at eight o'clock the day after tomorrow, you go directly to the publishing house to report. I will wait for you at the door then."
"Teacher Shao, thank you very much. I will be there on time the day after tomorrow."
Zhou Chen sincerely expressed his gratitude to Shao Jingwen. They had only met twice, but Shao Jingwen's enthusiasm still touched him.
In this era, it is definitely not easy to find a satisfying job.
Although Zhou Chen believed that he had a mountain in his chest and a universe in his belly, it would be in vain if he didn't have the chance to use it.
The work in a publishing house may not be considered a noble job, but it is definitely freer and makes more money than being a worker.
"Then I'll leave first."
"Teacher Shao, walk slowly."
Shao Jingwen said something to Zhou Chen and Li Suhua and left happily.
Zhou Chen was happy to find a job, and he was also happy to recruit Zhou Chen. He believed that with Zhou Chen's ability, he would be able to shine in the future, so he had made up his mind that after Zhou Chen entered the publishing house, he must focus on
Please take care of me and don’t let Zhou Chen go astray.
Li Suhua looked at the note in Zhou Chen's hand. This was Zhou Chen's receipt for going to work at the publishing house. With this, he could go to the publishing house to report.
"Kun'er, did mom hear you right? What you just said was your job?"
Zhou Chen pulled Li Suhua into the inner room and sat down on the kang. He said with a smile: "Mom, you heard me right. I found a job and went to Jiangliao Publishing House to be a magazine editor."
"It's a job in a publishing house, but haven't you been assigned yet? Why do you have to go to work in a publishing house?"
While Li Suhua was happy, she was also very confused. Their family was a working-class family, and the publishing house was a place for intellectuals. But she couldn't imagine that her old son, who hadn't even graduated from junior high school, would work in a publishing house.
Zhou Chen explained: "Because we are a worker family and have urban household registration, the street assigns us jobs. However, the jobs assigned by the street are either factories or other positions. I don't like those positions very much.
So I figured out a way on my own some time ago.”
"Mr. Shao is the editor-in-chief of a publishing house. He appreciates my talent very much, so he helps me and lets me work in a publishing house. Mom, now you don't have to worry about my work anymore. I can work as an editor in a publishing house.
It’s definitely much easier than working as a factory worker.”
Li Suhua said with great joy: "That's for sure. Well, the publishing house is a place where cultural people gather. Kun'er, you are such an old fool that you have the ability to work in a publishing house."
"No, I'm your son. Of course I have to be capable. Mom, from now on I will make money to buy you delicious food and new clothes, and find you a filial daughter-in-law. Just wait and enjoy your happiness."
"Haha, Mom is so old, what blessings do you still enjoy? As long as you can work well, Mom will be happy."
Even though she said this, Li Suhua still smiled very happily, but suddenly she remembered something and asked: "Kun'er, you go to work in a publishing house, are you organized?"
Zhou Chen replied: "Of course. If there is no establishment, who will do it? Mom, just be more careful. You have grown up, and you can distinguish right from wrong, good from wrong."
"Great, great."
Li Suhua was uneducated and couldn't express her excitement in any gorgeous sentences, so she said yes over and over again.
After being happy for a while, she said again: "Kun'er, write to your dad quickly and tell him the good news. Your dad will definitely be very happy if he knows that you have gone to work in a publishing house."
But Zhou Chen said nonchalantly: "If my brother and my sister went to work in a publishing house, he would be extremely happy. As for me, he would definitely think that I can't do a good job. He would be more worried than happy."
"Nonsense."
Li Suhua gave Zhou Chen a look, "Your dad is not like you said. The main reason is that you were too ignorant before and just knew how to mess around all day long."
Zhou Chen didn't refute, but he felt a little disapproving in his heart.
To be honest, among the three children of the Zhou family, he is the least favored one, not only because of his poor academic performance in the past, but also because of his personality.
As the eldest son, Zhou Bingyi is sensible and obedient, while Zhou Rong, as the only daughter, is proficient in acting coquettishly and cutely, and is very good at pleasing Zhou Zhigang.
Zhou Bingkun's character is very similar to Zhou Zhigang's, stubborn, especially stubborn;
He is a typical person who accepts soft advice rather than hard advice. He knows clearly that there may be something wrong with him, but he is unwilling to accept soft advice.
It is difficult for people of the same personality to get along when they meet together, let alone a father and son. This is the main reason why Zhou Zhigang has a bad attitude towards Zhou Bingkun.
Zhou Bingkun didn't understand it before, but after Zhou Chen has lived for so many years, he can still see the problem between father and son very clearly.
"Mom, can we get a bicycle ticket at home? The publishing house is a bit far from our house, and it would be too slow to commute to get off work. I want to get a bicycle."
Bicycles are a big item in this era. Not only are they expensive, but you also need a bicycle ticket to buy them.
In the past, only Zhou Zhigang worked alone in the Zhou family. Li Suhua only helped earn points on the street. The family actually did not have much savings.
"Kun'er, you're right. How can I not have a bicycle when I go to work in a publishing house? I don't have a bicycle at home, but my mother knows a lot of people in the street office. I will go see if I can apply for it tomorrow.
Or ask someone to help you get a bicycle ticket."
Unlike Zhou Chen who thought about the convenience of commuting to and from get off work, Li Suhua thought about face issues. People of their generation are used to walking on legs, whether they have bicycles or not.
But her son is different. Her youngest son is about to go to work in a publishing house. This is a very respectable job. Looking at the entire phototype, is there any child who has a better job than her youngest son?
No, not even one. If you are a descendant of a worker and works as a cultural person, then you have dignity.
Such a good job must be equipped with a bicycle to make it more dignified.
"Can I get it?"
Li Suhua said: "Leave this matter to mom, don't think too much, you will have to report the day after tomorrow, you have to prepare well, there are still cloth tickets at home, I wonder if I can get you a new dress in time, the publishing house
It’s different from the factory, and I don’t know if they will give you work clothes.”
Zhou Chen said nonchalantly: "I'm really not sure about this. In fact, it doesn't matter what you wear. The most important thing in a job is your ability."
"Okay, Mom knows what to do. You do your thing and then go to work. Mom can handle the housework alone."
Li Suhua's preference for her eldest son and daughter before was actually influenced to some extent by Zhou Zhigang. Zhou Zhigang felt that his eldest son and daughter were promising, but his younger son was not, so in comparison, he naturally didn't pay much attention to his younger son.
Zhou Zhigang's partiality is actually very obvious. Take the marriage of three children in the TV series as an example.
The eldest son's father-in-law's family despised him so much that after twenty years of marriage, neither side of the family had seen each other, but he was just dissatisfied and did not show any more.
Not to mention Zhou Rong, look at the things she did and the words she said. For a man who was more than ten years older, she even gave up her home, and even said such ruthless and ruthless words as severing ties.
Words come.
This is absolutely treasonous for a daughter.
But what did Zhou Zhigang do in the end?
Instead, he ran all the way over and took the initiative to reconcile with his daughter. When he heard the words of severing ties, he just laughed it off.
Let's look at how he treated Zhou Bingkun. Zhou Bingkun only mentioned Zheng Juan a little bit, and was kicked down by him and cursed loudly.
Why can he hold back when facing his eldest son and daughter, but cannot hold back when facing his younger son?
It’s nothing more than two words, partiality.
Look at everything Zhou Bingkun does for the family in the TV series. In the end, he is not as good as Zhou Rong who does nothing. He is not so biased.
It has been like this for more than ten years. Zhou Chen doesn't think that if he finds a good job, Zhou Zhigang will change his mind.
Zhou Zhigang is an extremely stubborn person, the kind of person who clearly knows that he is wrong, but is unwilling to admit his mistakes in order to maintain his father's image.
But unfortunately, his stubbornness only targets his younger son, but he is extremely tolerant of his eldest son and daughter.
A few decades later, wouldn't this be a double standard behavior?
In other families, the youngest child is more favored, but in the Zhou family, this phenomenon is reversed.
The next day, Li Suhua cooked breakfast early in the morning, called Zhou Chen and went out, and didn't come back until noon.
"Kun."
"Why."
Li Suhua happily took out a ticket and said, "Let's see what mom brings you."
Zhou Chen opened his eyes and saw that it was a bill.
Without waiting for Zhou Chen to show anything, Li Suhua said the answer excitedly: "Bicycle ticket, look, mom got you a bicycle ticket. With this ticket, you can buy a bicycle. Are you happy?"
.”
Zhou Chen has owned tens of millions of dollars in luxury cars. A bicycle is not enough to make Zhou Chen happy, but in order to cooperate with Li Suhua, he still pretended to be very happy.
"Wow, Mom, you are so awesome. How did you get this bicycle ticket? I heard that it is very difficult to get."
The old lady said proudly: "Your mother and I are street activists. It's not easy to get a bicycle ticket."
To be continued...