To be honest, among the three children, Zhou Zhigang values his eldest son Zhou Bingyi the most, his daughter Zhou Rong is the one he likes and loves the most, hates the failure of iron to become steel, and the one he despises is his youngest son Zhou Bingkun.
But Zhou Zhigang himself didn't realize it.
He was very relieved and happy when his younger son found a job, but he was even happier when he reconciled with his daughter.
If Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong became editors in a publishing house, he would not have any doubts.
But when Zhou Chen was able to work in a publishing house, his first reaction was that he didn't believe it. This was certainly the reason for Zhou Bingkun's failure in the past, but more importantly, he felt that his youngest son would not be successful all at once. This was something that had happened since he was a child.
a prejudice.
"Bingkun said in the letter that he not only works in a publishing house, but also published articles and poems in magazines."
When Zhou Rong heard this, she couldn't help but laugh, but the laughter was full of ridicule.
"Dad, stop teasing me. With Bingkun's grades, does he know what poetry is and what a good article is? If he can write poetry, a sow can climb a tree."
Zhou Zhigang glared at Zhou Rong: "What can I say about your brother? No matter how useless he is, he is still your biological brother."
Although he was scolding his daughter, in fact his thoughts were similar to Zhou Rong's. He also felt that his youngest son was not a scholar, let alone a writer of poems and articles.
"By the way, your brother also sent me some magazines. He said the poems he wrote are on them. I'll show them to you."
Zhou Zhigang rummaged through the bag he brought for a while, then returned to the table with two magazines.
"Rong'er, Hua Cheng, Bingkun said that the poem he wrote is on it. I don't understand poetry. You two can help me take a look. How is his writing?"
These two magazines were indeed sent to Zhou Zhigang by Zhou Chen, but it was not Zhou Chen's original intention, but Li Suhua insisted on letting him send them, saying that they would make Zhou Zhigang happy.
Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng both leaned over. Both of them have a great obsession with poetry.
Feng Huacheng became famous by writing poems. His only skill was writing poems. The reason why Zhou Rong traveled thousands of miles to find Feng Huacheng and was willing to marry Feng Huacheng, who was more than ten years older than her, was also because Feng Huacheng wrote
A good poem.
"Facing the sea, with spring flowers blooming, how could it be this poem?"
When Feng Huacheng saw the page Zhou Zhigang was pointing to, his expression suddenly changed and he screamed in disbelief.
Zhou Rong was also struck by lightning and looked at the poem in front of her in disbelief.
This is the first poem published by Zhou Chen. After a few years, it has already spread all over the country. Anyone who is engaged in literature and pays attention to literature knows this poem.
Many people rate this poem as one of the best poems of the past decade.
Zhou Rong was shocked. You must know that even her lover Feng Huacheng wrote many famous poems, but none of them could compare with this poem.
This poem was written by her brother. Even if he beat her to death, she wouldn't believe it.
"Dad, are you mistaken? This poem was written by the famous poet Zhou Chen. It was not written by Bingkun at all. Did he lie to you?"
Zhou Zhigang said: "No, Bingkun said that he did not use his own name when writing poems, but a pen name. His pen name is Zhou Chen."
"impossible."
Zhou Rong screamed, her whole body jumped up, and kept shaking her head: "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible, Bingkun didn't even finish the first grade of junior high school, and Zhou Chen is the most famous student in China in recent years.
A poet is an upstart in the literary world, how could he be Bingkun? Dad, you must have been deceived."
When Zhou Zhigang saw his daughter being so excited, he also looked puzzled: "Rong'er, are you telling the truth?"
Zhou Rong was losing her mind at this moment, but Feng Huacheng still managed to keep calm and explained to Zhou Zhigang.
"Dad, what Zhou Rong said is right. Zhou Chen appeared a few years ago. In just two or three years, he became one of the most famous poets in the country. He is very famous. Although I have never met him, but
I am sure that he is definitely not Bingkun; it is not that Bingkun is not good enough, but that Bingkun is too young. It is impossible for him to have such experience, let alone write so many emotionally rich poems."
Zhou Zhigang still hesitated: "Although Bingkun is naughty, he's not going to lie to me, right?"
Zhou Rong looked helpless and said: "Dad, you also know that Bingkun is naughty. If you were by his side, he would definitely not dare to lie to you. But now that you are far away in the mountain city, even if he lies to you, you are beyond your reach;
I think he did it on purpose, but his behavior is very bad. He has no ability, and there is no need to steal other people's names. How long have we not seen him, and he has become like this? Dad, you have to
You should write a letter and talk about him properly to prevent him from going astray."
Zhou Zhigang's face became very ugly. He felt that what Zhou Rong said was somewhat reasonable. Could it be that the younger son really deceived him deliberately in order to please him?
But he still had some hesitation in his heart. Although Bingkun was naughty, he wouldn't do such a thing, right?
It seems that I need to write a letter back and ask properly.
Zhou Zhigang spent the New Year with his daughter and son-in-law, while Zhou Chen spent the New Year with Li Suhua at home.
On New Year's Eve, because Zheng Juan had not married yet, there were only two people at home, Zhou Chen and Li Suhua.
Because it was New Year's Eve, Li Suhua cooked a large table of dishes, most of which were meat.
"Kun'er, today is New Year's Eve. Although there are only two of us at home, we still have to live a good New Year. Let's eat."
"Well, Mom, don't be sad. This year I will be the only one to accompany you, but next year's New Year will be different. Maybe you will be able to hold your grandson by then."
Zhou Chen's words made Li Suhua laugh out loud: "Mom, I'll be waiting for you. If you can't hold your grandson, I'll beat you up, you brat."
"That's for sure, no need to doubt it."
This is the fourth Spring Festival that Zhou Chen has celebrated since he came to this world. He and Li Suhua have spent all four Spring Festivals together. Although there are only two of them, it is still much better than celebrating the New Year alone.
The only regret is that we don’t have a TV at home, so we can’t watch the Spring Festival Gala.
Oh, no, even if there is TV at this time, you can't see the Spring Festival Gala. It will be ten years before the first Spring Festival Gala will appear.
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the neighbors in Guangzipian all started walking around to pay New Year greetings. Because there were only two people in the Zhou family, Zhou Chen and Li Suhua did not go to other people's homes to pay New Year greetings, but waited for others to bring people over to pay New Year greetings.
Early in the morning, Zhou Chen and Li Suhua also sent out a lot of red envelopes, all of which were prepared for children who came to pay New Year greetings. The money was not much, it was just a token of their gratitude.
In the blink of an eye, a few days passed.
Shao Jingwen came back on the first day of the new year. Zhou Chen went to Shao Jingwen's house this time to send him an invitation for New Year greetings.
"Teacher Shao, you must come on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year."
When Zhou Chen came into this world, there were not many people he was grateful to, and Shao Jingwen was the one he was most grateful for.
His ability was one of the reasons why he was able to work in the publishing house, and there was also a bigger reason, which was Shao Jingwen's help. If it weren't for Shao Jingwen, he wouldn't have been able to get into the publishing house so easily, let alone be promoted so quickly.
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Shao Jingwen accepted the invitation and said happily: "I will definitely be there then, Bingkun, when I met you, you were only seventeen years old. Four years have passed in the blink of an eye, and you are getting married, okay.
,OK."
Although Zhou Chen's status in the publishing house is not as good as his, Shao Jingwen knows that Zhou Chen has long been incomparable to him. That is to say, Zhou Chen is very low-key. If Zhou Chen's pen name identity is announced, he will definitely be criticized by countless publishing houses.
scramble.
"Thank you very much, Teacher Shao, for your support."
"I didn't give you any advice. It's all your own ability. If a man starts a family and starts a career, I believe you will have a bright future."
After chatting with Shao Jingwen for a long time, Zhou Chen left and continued to send invitations to other leaders of the publishing house.
Zhou Chen thought about it for a long time and finally decided to go to Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen's home.
Since he went to Ma Shouchang's house before, Ma Shouchang invited him there twice more, but he didn't stay for dinner. He just played chess and chatted with Ma Shouchang.
Thinking that they were acquaintances after all, Zhou Chen considered informing them. It didn't matter whether he was going or not. It was polite to inform them. After all, Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen treated him well and valued him very much. They were elders worthy of respect.
Fortunately, Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen did not live in a government compound now. Zhou Chen came to the door relatively easily and met Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen.
"Is your kid getting married?"
Ma Shouchang was very surprised when he learned that Zhou Chen actually came to deliver the invitation.
Zhou Chen said with a smile: "Uncle Ma and Aunt Qu, today we are mainly here to pay New Year greetings, and secondly we are here to send invitations. I wonder if Uncle Ma and Aunt Qu are free on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year?"
Before Qu Xiuzhen could speak, Ma Shouchang nodded repeatedly and said: "I have time, of course I have time. We have nothing to do at home now. We will definitely go to your wedding on the sixth day of the lunar month. Speaking of which, I haven't attended it for many years."
If you celebrate someone else's wedding, you will be happy when the time comes."
Qu Xiuzhen rolled her eyes at him and said: "You are a bad old man, why do you want to be happy? Bingkun, don't worry, we will definitely go when the time comes. I also want to see what kind of girl she is.
I can make you like it so much."
After Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen's strong efforts to persuade them to stay, Zhou Chen stayed, had a meal with them, and stayed for a while before leaving.
In the blink of an eye, the sixth day of the first lunar month came, and this day was the big day for Zhou Chen and Zheng Juan.
Zhou Chen got up early in the morning and started taking action under the command of a group of people.
He had never really experienced marriage in the Northeast, so he obeyed the arrangements of his elders. After working hard for a long time, he finally rode his bicycle and took a few people to pick up Zheng Juan.
Being able to get married on a bicycle these days is already a very prestigious thing. When Zhou Chen came to visit, the folks in Taiping Hutong were all talking about it and were envious of it.
Finally, a large group of guests arrived at the house rented by Zhou Chen to prepare for the noon banquet.
As the host, Zhou Chen is also responsible for welcoming guests.
Today he prepared a total of four tables, two in the house and two in the small yard outside. Because the weather was cold, a shed was set up outside, and there was a stove nearby for cooking, so it wouldn't be too cold.
This place is not difficult to find, and Zhou Chen gave an accurate address, so friends and family can find it.
Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao, who came early, helped Zhou Chen entertain the guests. Both of them held cigarettes and scattered them when they saw people.
Zhou Chen arranged for Ma Shouchang, Qu Xiuzhen, Shao Jingwen, and several leaders of the publishing house to sit at the table in the room. The other elders also sat in the room, as did the rest of his friends and relatives.
A table was arranged outside.
"Zhou Chen, I heard that it's your big day today, so we're here to congratulate you."
Suddenly several young people came over. Zhou Chen saw them and immediately greeted them. Lu Chuan among them said with a smile.
The arrival of Lu Chuan and others surprised Zhou Chen because he had not notified them and did not expect them to come.
"Welcome, welcome. You are here to give me face. It's too late for me to be happy. On National Day, these three are my friends. Please arrange for them to sit down."
In addition to Lu Chuan, Cao Debao and Tang Xiangyang also came.
Speaking of Tang Xiangyang, Zhou Chen didn't know him before, but later Lu Chuan came to Zhou Chen several times to borrow books and brought Tang Xiangyang with him. After going back and forth, they got to know each other.
As for Cao Debao, Zhou Chen only met him once at Ma Shouchang's house. Unexpectedly, all three of them came.
Looking at it this way, the "Six Little Gentlemen" in the TV series are inexplicably reunited. Is this God's will?
Cao Debao did not sit down immediately. Instead, he walked around the room first and then returned to the table outside to sit down. As soon as he sat down, he started discussing with Lu Chuan and Tang Xiangyang.
"Chuan'er, Xiangyang, Zhou Bingkun looks very rich this time. His house is very large, with three bedrooms."
Cao Debao's face was filled with envy and jealousy. Their family was now crowded into the same room. Compared with Zhou Chen's place, it was a million miles away.
In fact, their family was not that poor originally, but it began to decline during his father's generation. When he came here, he did not enjoy a few days of happiness.
Precisely because his father's generation was prosperous, he always wanted to rebuild the family business. However, he had no ability, so he could only hope to marry a princess from a high-ranking official's family who was in trouble.
It's a pity that after searching for so many years, he still hasn't found the right one. The violin princess he originally yearned for has ended up in an unknown place.
Lu Chuan couldn't stand Cao Debao's behavior and warned: "Debao, we are here to attend a wedding today. Don't wander around."
Cao Debao was dissatisfied and said: "I'm just looking around. If I can come, it's to give Zhou Bingkun face. We are all friends. Why can't we take a look?"
"Okay, keep your voice down so that no one can hear you."
Lu Chuan was helpless. He had never thought of bringing Cao Debao here, but if Cao Debao insisted on coming, there was nothing he could do.
Cao Debao continued: "I just went in and took a look. Qu Shuji and her old man were inside, and there seemed to be a few leaders inside. I don't know who they were. I couldn't tell, but Zhou Bingkun's reputation was quite high.
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Tang Xiangyang said: "Zhou Bingkun is a very capable person and very knowledgeable."
He had been in contact with Zhou Chen several times, because both of his parents were teachers. He had a certain discernment in looking at people, and he could tell that Zhou Chen was different.
"Really, but in this current situation, what if you are knowledgeable?"
Cao Debao looked disdainful. He had no objection to Zhou Chen. He just saw that Zhou Chen lived a better life than him, lived better than him, and was praised many times by Tang Xiangyang and Lu Chuan, so he felt a little unhappy about something.
Lu Chuan and Tang Xiangyang didn't bother to talk to him. They all knew what kind of character Cao Debao was.
Soon, all the guests had arrived. Nowadays, there are no weddings or anything like that. After everyone arrived, Zhou Chen notified the chef to serve the food.