There is only one thing Zhou Chen wants to do most urgently now, and that is to find a house.
Living in Guangzipian is really inconvenient. Even after more than a year, Zhou Chen still can't fully adapt.
You need to fetch water, you need to go to a public toilet to use the toilet, and when it rains, it’s impossible to walk on the road without a letter, and so on.
But this is not the biggest reason why he wants to move out. The biggest reason why he wants to leave Guangzipian is that Guangzipian only has two rooms. It was fine when he and Li Suhua were at home, one room per person.
But once he gets married, or his father and elder brother come back, it will be too inconvenient.
As for the soundproofing of the house, it would be very inconvenient if you want to do something after getting married.
Thinking of what Wu Qian said in the TV series, the scene where several members of the family sleep on the same bed, and the father-in-law and daughter-in-law squeeze into the same bed, Zhou Chen felt his scalp numb just thinking about it.
Others could bear it, but he couldn't.
It's just that it's not easy to own your own house now. Ready-made houses are not allowed to be bought or sold and can only be 'exchanged', but this is not safe.
So Zhou Chen was thinking about whether to rent a house.
But if he was renting a house, Li Suhua would probably scold him to death because he couldn't live in a good home and had to rent a house.
Zhou Chen and Shao Jingwen asked about the situation of the publishing house. In fact, the publishing house is also qualified for housing allocation, but it is not easy to meet the requirements.
Take Shao Jingwen himself as an example. He worked in a publishing house for many years and was assigned an apartment only after he became the editor-in-chief.
For an ordinary employee like him now, if he wants to be allocated a room, he shouldn't even think about it.
But it's not completely hopeless. If you can have enough status in the publishing house, or even join the Writers' Association, and get some kind of position, you may still be allocated a room.
Zhou Chen is currently working hard in this direction.
In Zhou's house, Li Suhua was sitting on the kang and chatting.
"Kun'er's mother, it's already winter, and the New Year is coming soon. Will Kun's father come back this year?"
Chunyan's mother took a sip from the tea cup and asked Li Suhua with a smile.
Speaking of this, Li Suhua said with a sad face: "Kun's dad wrote a letter last month, saying that he can't leave there for the time being. If he won't come back this year, he will come back during the Chinese New Year next year."
Chunyan's mother said: "That's such a pity. If his father doesn't come back, what about Bingyi and Ronger?"
Zhou Rong went to Guizhou to go to the countryside. This was no secret in Guangzi Film, but others did not know that Zhou Rong went there for Feng Huacheng. Only the Zhou family and Cai Xiaoguang knew this secret.
Li Suhua looked unhappy and said dryly: "Bingyi and his corps have something to do, so they won't come back this year. The same goes for Ronger. Kun'er and I will spend the Spring Festival together this year."
Chunyan's mother sighed: "Oh, so, we can't go far away from home. Our two girls have a few days off during the Chinese New Year, so they can go home and get together."
Li Suhua, who was already feeling uncomfortable, felt even more uncomfortable after hearing Chunyan's mother's words.
Seeing that Li Suhua looked unhappy, Chunyan's mother realized that she had said the wrong thing, so she quickly changed the subject.
"Mom Kun'er, to be honest, I really envy you. Look at how promising your three children are, and then look at our three daughters. Alas, they are really incomparable."
Li Suhua's thoughts were indeed diverted. She smiled and said, "What's the point? Sister, I envy you. Your three daughters are so considerate."
Chunyan's mother hummed: "I didn't notice her thoughtfulness, but she did a lot of worrying. Not to mention the two eldest members of our family, they are both in the countryside, so that's it. But Chunyan, well, look at the work she assigned,
Chunyan, the public bath pedicurist, is a young girl, so I feel aggrieved to let her do this job."
Speaking of this, she sighed again and again, feeling uncomfortable in her heart.
After all, she is also a street activist and has some rights, but her daughter assigns such a job, which makes her face lose all luster.
But even though she was dissatisfied, Qiao Chunyan did not dare not to go. Young people staying in the city only had one job opportunity. If they did not go, they would not have a job.
Although pedicure workers are just foot-dressers and not decent, they are well organized and are better than just hanging around at home without a job.
Li Suhua didn't know how to speak to comfort her old sisters, so she could only sit there and listen to Chunyan's mother complain.
Chunyan's mother complained for a while and then changed the topic to Zhou Chen.
"Your Bingkun is better. He works in a publishing house, and the salary is high and decent. In our optical film, none of the young men who are similar to Bingkun can compare with Bingkun."
Li Suhua said modestly: "It's good, that's all."
"It's just like that. Being an editor at a publishing house is a cultural person. How respectable."
Li Suhua smiled and said nothing. In fact, she wanted to say that her youngest son not only had a decent job, he was also a great poet and writer.
But she still remembered that Zhou Chen emphasized to her not to spread this matter outside, because in this special period, it would be particularly troublesome if she was framed by a villain.
Li Suhua didn't understand the truth, but too many similar things had happened in the past few years, so after being reminded by her son, she kept her mouth shut and didn't tell anyone about it.
For someone who likes to show off her son's potential, she is holding back a lot.
After chatting for a while, Chunyan's mother suddenly rolled her eyes and said quietly: "Kun'er's mother, we have known each other for many years."
"It must be almost twenty years."
"In all these years, we have never had a red face, and our relationship has always been very good."
"Yes, thank you sister for taking care of us. We are just like sisters. Why did you think of talking about this?"
Chunyan's mother asked tentatively: "Do you think it would be better if sisters like us were more closely related?"
"Kiss, kiss, kiss?"
Li Suhua looked confused and didn't understand what Chunyan's mother meant.
Chunyan's mother pursed her lips and said: "Our Chunyan and your Bingkun grew up together, and our two families know each other very well. You said that if they were to be together, wouldn't we just be in love with each other?"
Yet?"
The words were said so straightforwardly, and Li Suhua felt a sudden thought. If it were in the past, she would have been very happy to marry a daughter-in-law like Qiao Chunyan, but now.
It wasn't her fault, but based on their family Bingkun's current job and income, I don't know how many people were eyeing him. Although Qiao Chunyan was good, she felt that her son deserved better.
At the same time, she also understood that Chunyan's mother said this because her son was now promising.
"Sister, your Chunyan is beautiful, polite and sensible. To be honest, I like her from the bottom of my heart, but you also know that our Kuner has a bad temper and won't listen to me at all. And for such a big thing,
His father is not here, and I dare not nod."
Chunyan's mother's face trembled inadvertently, but she still said with a smile: "I still know this child Bingkun, he is a sensible and obedient child, and I like him very much no matter how good he looks.
Think about it, we are neighbors, and the relationship between our two families is so close. If we become in-laws, there will be no parental conflicts for the two children in the future. Our family Chunyan is particularly hard-working and has no problem in serving others.
Two words."
"As parents, don't we just want our children to be well? When it comes to finding a partner, we have to find someone who knows the basics. Our two families just know each other well, don't you think?"
Li Suhua was a little moved by what she said. She felt that her son deserved better, but the elder sisters were right. Chunyan had good conditions and was favored at home. If they really became in-laws, it would be true.
good.
"Sister, what you said makes sense, but our Kun'er, you don't know. Now he has many ideas of his own, and I can't control him. If he likes Chunyan, that's fine. But if he doesn't like Chunyan,
What should we do?”
Chunyan's mother said with a smile: "That depends on our ability as mothers. They are still young, so we have to create opportunities for them. The more time they spend in contact, the more they will naturally develop a good impression."
Li Suhua's eyes lit up: "You mean, let them get along with each other often?"
"Yes, that's the truth. There is no problem with me. I like Bingkun very much. I will have no problem with him becoming my son-in-law. I don't need any bride price."
Chunyan's mother showed her attitude directly. She was not afraid of being looked down upon. For such a good son-in-law, Zhou Bingkun, she would still catch him even if he lost some face.
Li Suhua fell into deep thought. She was not very satisfied with Qiao Chunyan, but she definitely preferred Qiao Chunyan to Zheng Juan.
For more than a year, Zhou Chen mentioned Zheng Juan to her more than once. If she hadn't tried her best to stop him, his son would have taken that woman home.
She was thinking, if Zhou Chen and Qiao Chunyan got better, would she be able to forget that woman?
Thinking of this, she immediately said to Chunyan's mother: "Sister, then we have to make a careful calculation."
Zhou Chen didn't know that he was already being targeted by two women who were planning to find him a wife.
On this day, Zhou Chen just returned home and found that besides his mother, there was someone else at home.
"Brother Bingkun."
Zhou Chen looked at Qiao Chunyan in surprise and asked, "Chunyan, why are you here?"
Qiao Chunyan was indeed a woman who loved to laugh. She smiled broadly and said, "Why can't I be here? Brother Bingkun, my aunt called me to come for dinner today."
"My mother called you here?"
Zhou Chen looked searchingly at Li Suhua who was cooking. Li Suhua responded with a smile: "Kun'er, Chunyan is right. I called her over. I usually feel bored at home alone, so I asked her to come over." Chunyan came to chat with me."
To be continued...