Chapter 557: Save Ma Shouchang and show Zheng Juan the house
Because she had to take a bath with Zhou Chen and Li Suhua today, Zheng Juan did not go out to set up a stall. Originally, she wanted to take her mother and younger brother with her, but Aunt Zheng was unwilling to go, and neither was Zheng Guangming. In the end,
She was the only one who came to make the photo.
Li Suhua took out two tickets and said to Zhou Chen: "Chunyan gave me two tickets. The three of us are going. There is still one ticket left. We will buy another ticket later."
Zhou Chen said: "Mom, you have said this several times. I understand. Let's go quickly. It will take time for us to walk back and forth."
There is only one bicycle at home, and there is no room for three people in one bicycle. Zheng Juan and Li Suhua cannot ride bicycles, so the three of them can only walk on their own legs.
The public bathhouse is not very far from the photo. Because there are no private bathhouses now, the public bathhouse is the only large bathhouse in the large surrounding area.
Leg strength is the least valuable thing these days, so Zhou Chen and the others took their time and took half an hour to reach the public bath.
"Juan'er, when you go in later, hold on to my mother, the floor is slippery inside." Zhou Chen told Zheng Juan.
Zheng Juan responded very obediently: "I know, I will help aunty."
Li Suhua said impatiently: "You go to your men's bathroom, we don't want you to ask so many questions."
What she was most satisfied with about Zheng Juan was that she found that no matter what happened, as long as Zhou Chen spoke, Zheng Juan would agree without any hesitation.
She feels that with such a personality, after they get married in the future, Zhou Chen will have the greatest say in the family, which will be good for their future lives.
The doors of public bathrooms are not big. Compared with the bright and brilliant bathrooms of a few decades later, there is no comparison.
Zhou Chen was about to walk into the bathroom when he suddenly saw someone running out in a hurry.
"Give way, please give way."
Then I saw people in the bathhouse pushing open the door, and a staff member behind him ran out carrying an old man on his back. The old man who was being carried on his back was screaming in pain, "Ouch, Ouch."
At the entrance of the bathhouse, a tricycle was parked there, with a large wooden board placed on the back of the tricycle.
"What's going on? What's going on?"
"The old man accidentally fell and had to be sent to the hospital quickly."
The people at the bathhouse carefully placed the injured old man behind the tricycle. The old man was wearing a single coat inside and a military coat outside. He was lying on the back of the tricycle, hugging his legs, and kept crying out in pain.
The bathhouse staff left the old man behind and prepared to ride a tricycle to the hospital, but he was stopped because he was only wearing a short-sleeved overall.
"Go inside and change clothes quickly."
When Zhou Chen saw this scene, he felt a little familiar inexplicably. He couldn't help but think of the beginning of the TV series. Zhou Bingkun seemed to have saved Ma Shouchang who fell at the bathroom door. Could this old man be Ma Shouchang?
In this TV series in the human world, there are many noble people of Zhou Bingkun. In addition to Shao Jingwen, Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen are definitely Zhou Bingkun's noble people.
If this old man is Ma Shouchang, he certainly cannot sit idly by and ignore it.
Zhou Chen saw that Zheng Juan and Li Suhua had entered the bathroom, so he walked towards the tricycle.
"Did you fall? I know some medical skills. How about I help you?"
The bathhouse staff guarding the old man looked at Zhou Chen and asked, "Are you really a doctor?"
"I'm not a doctor, I just know some medical skills."
Zhou Chen walked directly to the old man, grabbed his leg and looked at him. His action made the old man scream again.
"My legs, don't move my legs."
Zhou Chen said: "There should be some bone cracks, but the specifics need to be carefully observed."
"What should we do?"
"What else can we do? Send him to the hospital."
Zhou Chen said to the people in the bathhouse: "In this case, I will send him to the hospital first."
When the bathhouse staff heard this, they were overjoyed and said directly: "Okay, I'll leave it to you. Thank you, young man."
After saying that, he turned around and went back to the bathhouse, as if he was afraid that Zhou Chen would regret it.
Zhou Chen was also a little speechless, it was quite realistic, but after all, he had been a doctor, and he couldn't really just sit back and ignore the patient in front of him.
So he no longer thought about anything else, but took off his coat and covered the old man's legs.
"Uncle, there is something wrong with your bones. I will take you to the hospital now."
"Go to 131, go to 131..."
No. 131 Hospital is a military hospital. When Zhou Chen heard the old man say this, he was sure that the old man must be Ma Shouchang.
In fact, he never thought about getting to know Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen specifically, because he has a good job now and has no need to rely on them, so naturally he didn't think about deliberately getting in touch with them.
But who would have thought that fate was so strange? Instead of trying to get acquainted with him, he accidentally met Ma Shouchang.
Zhou Chen pedaled the tricycle very fast. In fact, he could see where Ma Shouchang was injured. If it were a young man, it would not be serious, but Ma Shouchang looked to be about fifty years old. He was older.
The bones in his body are much more brittle than those of young people, so he felt particularly painful.
"Young man, you gave me your clothes, don't freeze."
Ma Shouchang endured the pain and said to Zhou Chen.
Although he was in severe pain just now, he could see the situation clearly. This young man was more active than the staff at the bathhouse. Not only did he cover him with clothes, but he also took him to the hospital in person.
Zhou Chen: "It's okay, I'm in good health, and I ride a bike, so I won't freeze."
In fact, this place is closer to the city hospital, but Ma Shouchang had to go to No. 131 Hospital, so he could only take a detour to go to No. 131 Hospital.
After sending Ma Shouchang to the hospital, Zhou Chen rode a tricycle back to the bathhouse. The hospital even asked someone for his name, but he did not hesitate and said his name directly.
He had not originally planned to make friends with Ma Shouchang and his wife, but now that they have met, they are also very good characters, so it would be beneficial to make friends with them.
When we returned to the bathhouse, more than an hour had passed. Li Suhua and Zheng Juan were already waiting at the door.
Seeing Zhou Chen coming back on a tricycle, they both ran over eagerly to ask what was going on.
Zhou Chen simply explained to them, and then asked them to go into the bathhouse hall and wait for a while. He would go in and take a shower before coming out.
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After the meeting, Zhou Chen and Shao Jingwen returned to the office.
In the second half of this year, Liu Xingyuan was transferred to the logistics department because of his age. Zhou Chen took over Liu Xingyuan's position because of his outstanding work ability, and now stays in the same office as Shao Jingwen.
Although Zhou Chen has not yet received the title of deputy editor, his salary has also been improved. President Wang of the publishing house has promised him that his rank will be raised within two years.
Sharing an office with Shao Jingwen made the relationship between the two even closer.
"Teacher Shao, thank you very much for the house."
Shao Jingwen smiled and said: "No need to thank you for this little thing, and it's a coincidence. Lao Zhu has to go to his son to take care of his grandson, otherwise I wouldn't have found a house for you so quickly."
"Then thank you too. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to rent this house."
Because Zhou Chen was getting married to Zheng Juan, he wanted to find a place to live. The old house was too inconvenient. Not only did he want to move out by himself, but he also planned to take Li Suhua with him.
It is difficult to buy a house now, so he can only find ways to rent a house. He looked at many houses, but they were either too remote, too small, or too expensive.
Shao Jingwen knew that he wanted to rent a house. Coincidentally, a retired cadre of the publishing house had a three-bedroom bungalow. Because their son was in another city, they planned to go to his son's place to take care of his grandson, so they thought of renting a house.
The house is rented out.
After Shao Jingwen found out, he told Zhou Chen and even took Zhou Chen to see it.
Zhou Chen saw the house and was very satisfied with it. This house is a bungalow with an area of more than 160 square meters. It has three bedrooms, independent kitchen, bathroom, dining room and living room, and a small enclosed yard at the door.
The house is a bit similar to the house that Zhou Bingkun bought in the TV series, which was the house that was deceived. It's just not as fashionable as that house, but the area is not much different.
What makes Zhou Chen most satisfied is that this house is in a good location, very close to the publishing house, in the city, surrounded by shops, hospitals, schools and so on.
The house is nice, but the rent is really not cheap. The asking price is 150 a year.
You must know that in this era, the average worker's monthly salary is only more than 20 yuan. Zhou Chen paid back the price, and finally it became 70 yuan a year.
70 yuan is really a lot in this era. Houses in this era are very cheap. If a house like this is not in a good location, you can rent it for 3 or 4 yuan a month, which is already considered very good.
The reason why Zhou Chen was willing to give so much was because the other party was willing to keep cabinets, tables, chairs and other furniture.
If this house were to be sold, it would be great if it could sell for one thousand.
It's a pity that this house can't be sold, and Zhou Chen doesn't have that much cash, otherwise, he really wants to buy it.
"Bingkun, I'm going on a business trip next month, so I'll leave it to you to take charge of the magazine."
During the meeting in the club today, Shao Jingwen received a task and was going on a business trip, so he greeted Zhou Chen in advance.
The reason why I wanted to go on a business trip was to find someone outside the province to invite me. I heard that the other person was a very famous writer, so I needed Shao Jingwen, the editor-in-chief, to personally do it.
"No problem, you don't have to worry about the magazine, just leave it to me."
After working at the "Golden Land" magazine for three years, Zhou Chen had already figured it out. If he hadn't been unwilling to be in the limelight, he could have expanded the size of the publishing house several times to a small magazine and managed it.
It's still very easy to get up.
Shao Jingwen left on the third day and took the train to Suzhou, leaving Zhou Chen alone in the office.
Zhou Chen was concentrating on reviewing the manuscript. When Shao Jingwen left, all his work became Zhou Chen's, so Zhou Chen was much busier than before.
"Jingle Bell……"
The old-fashioned landline phone rang, and Zhou Chen answered the phone: "Hello, this is "Golden Land" magazine."
"Is editor Zhou Bingkun here? There is a comrade named Cai Xiaoguang outside, asking for editor Zhou Bingkun."
"Cai Xiaoguang?"
Zhou Chen was very surprised when he heard that it was Cai Xiaoguang who was looking for him. His relationship with Cai Xiaoguang was only because of Zhou Rong. They only met once after Zhou Rong left, when Cai Xiaoguang came to Zhou's house to explain the situation.
Never seen each other again.
He had nothing to do with Cai Xiaoguang, but Cai Xiaoguang suddenly came to visit him, or he found the publishing house. Could it be that he had something to do with Zhou Rong?
He was confused, but Zhou Chen still replied: "I am Zhou Bingkun, Cai Xiaoguang is my friend, let him in."
Not long after, Zhou Chen heard a knock on the door. He looked up and saw Cai Xiaoguang wearing blue overalls standing at the door.
Zhou Chen immediately stood up and greeted him: "Brother Xiaoguang, come in and sit down."
Cai Xiaoguang walked into the office, looked around, and praised: "Bingkun, I have heard that you work in a publishing house. This is your first time here. It seems that you are doing well here."
Zhou Chen said modestly: "It's not bad, it's just a living. Brother Xiaoguang, I heard that my uncle has resumed his work and been promoted to a higher level. I might have to trouble you in the future, brother Xiaoguang."
You can't pretend you don't know me now."
"Haha, Bingkun, I haven't seen you for a long time, and you talk so nicely."
Cai Xiaoguang laughed loudly. After his father came back to life, he could indeed be said to be very proud. Now he is doing very well in the tractor factory and has become the office director.
After chatting for a while, Zhou Chen asked: "Brother Xiaoguang, you probably don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything. You came to see me today. Did Zhou Rong contact you?"
"That's not true. I haven't contacted Zhou Rong for a long time. I also want to ask you how Zhou Rong is doing in your province and whether she is used to the life there."
Speaking of Zhou Rong, Cai Xiaoguang's eyes seemed to light up. Even after three years, his identity as a dog licker has not changed.
In Zhou Chen's eyes, Cai Xiaoguang was Zhou Rong's licking dog, but his licking dog was much better than other licking dogs. In the end, he really succeeded in licking her and married Zhou Rong.
Cai Xiaoguang did not come here for Zhou Rong, which surprised Zhou Chen even more. Apart from Zhou Rong, there should be no contact between them.
"Since Zhou Rong went to your province, she has only written one letter to her family. It has been almost three years since she last contacted her family. So our family doesn't know what her condition is now."
After hearing this, Cai Xiaoguang couldn't help but sigh: "This Zhou Rong is really true. No matter what, you have to report that your family is safe."
Zhou Chen chuckled, not wanting to talk about Zhou Rong.
"Brother Xiaoguang, are you coming here today?"
Only then did Cai Xiaoguang remember the business. He sat upright and said, "I came to see you today. I really have some official business and I want to ask your help."
"Brother Xiaoguang, as long as I can help you, I'll have no problem with you."
"Bingkun, it's refreshing enough."
Cai Xiaoguang gave a thumbs up and then stated his purpose.
"It's like this. The sales volume of your "Golden Land" magazine is very good and it is also influential in other provinces. After hearing about it, the leaders of our factory wanted to advertise our factory in your magazine. Somehow
, this task fell on my head.”
"I was worried that I had no way out, and I happened to think that you work in a publishing house, and as an editor in the "Golden Land" magazine, so I came to ask for help."
"Advertising?"
Zhou Chen was very surprised. There were many people who wanted to advertise in the "Golden Land" magazine, but how could you, a tractor factory, think of advertising in a literary magazine?
"Yes, the sales volume of our tractor factory has been very average recently. The leaders are not satisfied with it, so they want to rely on other methods to drive sales. Your magazine has a great reputation in Jiangliao Province, so our leaders want to publish it in your magazine."
Advertise in magazines.”
Cai Xiaoguang is relatively talented, and he actually agrees with this decision. Regardless of the effect, taking action is better than doing nothing.
Zhou Chen thought for a while and said: "Brother Xiaoguang, of course I want to help you, but I am just an editor and am only responsible for editing the content of the magazine. When it comes to things like advertising, I really can't
It’s up to you.”
Cai Xiaoguang said: "It's okay, I understand. I came to you because I hope that through you, an acquaintance, you can help me introduce the person in charge of your publishing house, and I will go talk to them."
Zhou Chen said: "There is no problem with this. I will take you to see the person in charge now."
After introducing Cai Xiaoguang to the leader in charge of this aspect, Zhou Chen left. Whether the negotiation could be concluded had nothing to do with him.
When Cai Xiaoguang left the publishing house, he came over to say hello to Zhou Chen.
"Bingkun, thank you very much this time."
Zhou Chen asked: "How's it going, brother Xiaoguang, are the talks settled?"
Cai Xiaoguang said: "It's not that easy. This is the first time we've met, but luckily you're here and you're very considerate. But whether we can make it happen or not depends on how we talk about it later."
"That's good, I'm really afraid that I won't be able to help."
"You have been of great help."
Cai Xiaoguang smiled broadly, and then said: "By the way, let me tell you some news. This year, the country's economic situation is better than in previous years. Our province plans to liberalize the supply of pork and is preparing to launch a pilot. The pilot will be next Sunday.
, the location is at the supply and marketing cooperative of Shengli Store in the eastern suburbs of the city."
"At that time, a batch of pork that can be purchased without tickets or books will be supplied. It will cost 48 cents per catty and will be sold on the basis of fans. If you need it, don't miss it."
When Zhou Chen heard this, he also became interested. It is not easy to eat meat these days. Although he can get meat tickets every month, the quantity is also limited. He is too interested in pork like this, which does not require tickets and has no restrictions.
Already.
"Brother Xiaoguang, thank you very much."
"It's okay, I should just thank you and let's go."
Zhou Chen got off work early that day and did not go home. Instead, he went to the cinema and found Zheng Juan who was selling candied haws.
"Auntie, I have something to do with Zheng Juan. I will help you clear the stall when I come back later."
Aunt Zheng waved her hand and said: "Bingkun, if something happens to you, you don't need to come again. Guangming and I can go back by ourselves."
Zhou Chen said: "It's okay, just wait for us for a while, we will be back soon."
Zhou Chen asked Zheng Juan to sit in the back seat of the car, then pedaled his bicycle and quickly left the cinema.
"Bingkun, where are you taking me?"
Sitting in the back seat of the car, Zheng Juan carefully held Zhou Chen's waist for fear of falling.
Zhou Chen said with a smile: "I will take you to a place for good things."
Arriving at his destination soon, Zhou Chen stopped outside the yard of a bungalow.
"arrive."
Zheng Juan got out of the back seat of the car, looked around suspiciously, and asked puzzledly: "Bingkun, where is this place? Why did you bring me here?"
Zhou Chen pointed to the house in front of him and said, "Have you seen this house? We will live here after we get married."
"ah?"
Zheng Juan looked confused.
Zhou Chen said: "This is the house in front of you. I have rented it. When we get married, it will be our wedding room and we will live here in the future."
Zheng Juan was shocked and said: "You rented this house? Why did you rent the house? Isn't the house enough to live in?"
The Zhou family has two houses, which are much larger than hers. She feels that even if they get married, it will be enough to live in, so she can't figure out why Zhou Chen still rents a house.
Zhou Chen said: "It's different. We only have two rooms in our house. If my father and eldest brother come back during the Chinese New Year, it won't be enough. What's more important is that it's really inconvenient to have water, water, and water.
The restrooms are not convenient.”
"It's different here. This house has three rooms. Even if your mother and your brother come over, they can still live in it. There is also a separate bathroom, kitchen and living room. Have you seen this yard?
This is also included, so you can grow vegetables and flowers in the yard in the future.”
"The environment here is much better than that of optical type films. It is also very close to the publishing house where I work. It will be very convenient to commute to get off work."
Seeing that Zheng Juan had not yet calmed down, Zhou Chen took her hand, walked into the yard, parked the car, took out the key and opened the door.
"Come in and take a look."
Like a puppet on strings, Zheng Juan was pulled into the room by Zhou Chen, and then was pulled around by Zhou Chen from room to room.
In Zhou Chen's opinion, this house was not considered good at all, but to Zheng Juan, she was completely shocked by this house.
She had lived in Taiping Hutong since she was a child, sharing a room with her mother and younger brother. The entire house only amounted to twenty or thirty square meters. It was crowded and damp, and was incomparable to the house in front of her.
"This house is so nice, it must cost a lot of money, right?"
Zhou Chen smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about money. I can afford it. All you have to do is say whether you want to live here."
Zheng Juan replied without thinking: "I definitely have, but..."
"It's nothing but. Although I didn't buy this house, I have signed a contract with the landlord. In the next five years, unless I stop renting, he cannot sublet it to others."
At this time, Zhou Chen calculated that the college entrance examination would resume in five years, and he would definitely go to college by then.
He is not worried about whether he can go to college. When he does, he will decide whether to continue renting or whether to buy.
"Look at this master bedroom. It will be our new house. This room will be for my parents to live in. This room will be for your mother and your brother to live in. It is just big enough. And this kitchen, although it is not very big,
But there is water and electricity, which is very convenient to use, and there is also this living room. I will buy a larger table when the time comes..."
Zheng Juan's eyes became moist as she listened. What Zhou Chen said was something she had never dared to think about before, but Zhou Chen had already made a plan.
"Bingkun, why are you so nice to me? I don't deserve it."
Zhou Chen gently wiped the tears on Zheng Juan's face and said softly: "Didn't I tell you before? Don't say such words again. You are worth it. If you feel uneasy, just serve me well in the future."
, give me more children.”
This was originally a joke, but Zheng Juan nodded very seriously and said: "Yes, I will definitely do it, Bingkun, I will only follow you in this life. If you don't want me anymore, I will die."
"Nonsense."
Zhou Chen covered Zheng Juan's mouth and held her in his arms.
"I originally thought about marrying you home this year, but my mother insisted on waiting for my father and others to come back and discuss it before getting married. The old lady didn't take a step back, and I couldn't do anything to her. But don't worry, in the end,
We will get married as early as next spring."
Zheng Juan hugged Zhou Chen and said softly: "Auntie is also doing it for our own good."
"Of course I know, but when I think about how many more months it will take before we can live together openly, I feel like time is passing slowly."
Zheng Juan suddenly raised her head and whispered with a red face: "If, if you want, I, I can..."
Zhou Chen covered her mouth again, "Stop talking, I know what you mean, but I said I will give you the best, so I will leave all this to that day."
In this era, being together without being married will be looked down upon by others. Zhou Chen wants to marry Zheng Juan, not to offend her. He respects her, so he is not planning to marry Zheng Juan before getting married.
He is someone who has been here before and is not in a hurry to spend this year and a half.
Zheng Juan, who felt relaxed, looked around and touched the house again, with a nervous and excited expression. She stayed for a long time before leaving reluctantly.