Qiao Chunyan and Cao Debao came here today for two purposes. One was to see Zheng Juan and the children, and the other was the main purpose, which was for the house.
The conditions of Qiao Chunyan's family are actually not much different from those of the Zhou family, with their houses having two and a half rooms.
But Cao Debao's family situation was much worse. He and his parents lived in the same room, so when they got married, Qiao Chunyan didn't ask for anything. Instead, Cao Debao lived with Qiao Chunyan in Qiao's house.
In this day and age, this situation is equivalent to having a son-in-law come to your door.
When they first got married, Cao Debao didn't say anything, but after getting married, his heart became unbalanced. He felt that he was not a son-in-law who came to live in the house. He wanted to leave the Qiao family, but he didn't have the ability, so he could only live in the Qiao family in a "wrongful" way.
Not long ago, he heard that Xiao Guoqing and his wife moved into the Zhou family's house and would not move out until the next year. This immediately made him think.
Since Xiao Guoqing can borrow a house from Zhou Chen, can they also borrow a house from Zhou Chen?
So he persuaded Qiao Chunyan to borrow a house from Zhou Chen.
Qiao Chunyan didn't want to come at first, but Cao Debao was indeed very talkative and good at coaxing people. He convinced Qiao Chunyan in just a few words.
Although they live at home, living with their parents is not as comfortable as living by themselves. The house is so big. If they can move into the Zhou family's house, she and Cao Debao will have much more freedom.
Therefore, Qiao Chunyan's heart was moved, but she was smarter than Cao Debao and knew that it would be difficult to find Zhou Chen if she went to see Zhou Chen rashly, so she kept waiting.
Finally, after learning that Zheng Juan had given birth to a boy, she took action.
She felt that Zhou Chen must be in a very good mood after having a son. If she raised the matter at this time, maybe Zhou Chen would agree as soon as he was happy.
"Brother, you know that my dad is a smoker and a drinker. I heard people say that smoking and drinking have an impact on children, especially newborn babies. So I feel that after I gave birth to a baby, I finally
It's better that we can't live with my dad; brother, I want to ask you if you can lend us your house for a while?"
Zhou Chen looked at Qiao Chunyan and Cao Debao with a half-smile, and asked, "You also want to borrow a house?"
Cao Debao was a little embarrassed, but Qiao Chunyan said with a smile: "Yes, brother, we also want to do it for the sake of our children, and we ask for your help."
Zhou Chen asked calmly: "Oh, how long do you want to stay?"
Hearing Zhou Chen's words, both Qiao Chunyan and Cao Debao's eyes lit up. Cao Debao wanted to speak immediately, but Qiao Chunyan glared back.
Qiao Chunyan asked tentatively: "Brother, we want to wait until the child is a little older and then go back to live for one year. What do you think?"
"One year?"
Zhou Chen sighed in his heart, this Qiao Chunyan really dared to say that it took a year since she opened her mouth.
"Chunyan, if you want to say ten days and a half month, I can lend it to you, but if you want to live there for a year, I can't do it. You also know that my father built the house at home.
If you want to stay during the National Day, I only agreed to it because of my dad. If you want to stay for a year now, again, you have to ask my parents."
Qiao Chunyan said: "Is this necessary? Brother, can't you just make the decision directly?"
Zhou Chen said: "I don't have that much power. This house belongs to my father, and I am not the eldest son in the family. This house will definitely be left to my eldest brother in the future. Do you think I have the power to dispose of it? If
If I really have the power, I would definitely lend it to you, but it’s a pity that I don’t have the power.”
Qiao Chunyan and Cao Debao looked at each other, and Qiao Chunyan asked: "How about asking your godmother?"
Zhou Chen said directly: "It's useless to ask her. My dad has always made the final decision on our family's affairs."
Cao Debao suddenly said: "Bingkun, how about if you look at this, instead of living in your house for free, we pay the rent?"
Qiao Chunyan agreed: "Yes, brother, we can pay the rent, and we will treat your house as if it were our own. You don't have to worry about this at all."
Zhou Chen's face was serious and he said in a deep voice: "If you say that, then I can tell you with certainty that the house will not be rented to you."
"Why?" Cao Debao couldn't understand.
Zhou Chen said calmly: "If you ask me to borrow, my dad might agree, but if you ask me to rent, my dad will never agree. He has said this before."
He had never thought about renting out the Zhou family's old house. If he accepted money from Qiao Chunyan and Cao Debao, given their personalities, he might not know what they would say about him behind their backs, and they might not even care about their house at all.
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On the contrary, if they don't charge money and just borrow money, they will definitely have some scruples. Even if they damage the house unintentionally, they will find a way to repair it.
"Then, we just wait for godfather's reply?" Qiao Chunyan asked tentatively.
Zhou Chen could only nod. This kind of thing happened every day. He was very tired of it and just wanted to get rid of Cao Debao and Qiao Chunyan as soon as possible.
If he wasn't worried about his mother Li Suhua being sad, he would have rejected Qiao Chunyan directly, but after thinking about it, he held back. After all, they were neighbors for many years, and Chunyan's mother had indeed taken care of Li Suhua a lot in the past. There was no need to tear her apart just because of this.
fall out.
At the same time, Chunyan's mother, who was in the room, also mentioned the house to Li Suhua.
When she learned that Qiao Chunyan and Cao Debao wanted to borrow a house, Li Suhua was not very willing. The last time Xiao Guoqing borrowed a house, she was actually not very willing either.
It's not that she was stingy, but that house meant a lot to their family, and she also thought that if she couldn't get used to staying here with her youngest son, she would go back to Guangzipian to live there for a few days.
But if she even rents out the house, she won't be able to go back even if she wants to.
Based on the previous experience, although Li Suhua did not agree, she did not reject it either. She told Zhou Chen the same reason and temporarily rejected Chunyan's mother.
Winter goes to spring, spring goes to winter...
Time flies and it’s the eve of the Spring Festival in 1976.
"Ruirui, come, come to mom."
In the small yard in front of Zhou's house, Zheng Juan pointed to the snowman that Zhou Chen had built and waved vigorously to Zhou Rui who was standing at the door.
Today, Zhou Rui is twenty months old, turning three years old during the Chinese New Year. He is a little man less than one meter tall, wearing a cotton-padded jacket, and looks like a little penguin. He is round and very cute.
Zhou Rui's appearance is more similar to Zheng Juan's, she is more delicate, her skin is white and tender, like a small porcelain doll, but the weather is a bit cold, and her face is red from the cold.
Hearing his mother's call, Zhou Rui walked out of the threshold cautiously, stepping on the snow, walking slowly and slowly towards Zheng Juan step by step. When he was almost in front of Zheng Juan, he pounced towards her, and Zheng Juan just hit her
Hold him in your arms.
"You kid, be careful. Come and see the snowman daddy built. Does it look good?"
More than a year later, Zheng Juan has recovered from the childbirth, her figure has become slimmer, she has become much more mature, and she looks more attractive.
"Good-looking, good-looking."
Zhou Rui clapped his hands and shouted happily.
Although Zhou Rui is less than two years old, Zhou Chen, who has rich parenting experience, has been teaching him since he was very young. Therefore, at twenty months old, Zhou Rui can already speak in small sentences and understand a lot.
talk.
Zhou Chen looked at his wife and children and felt very satisfied. In this world, he can be said to be very relaxed. He reads, writes and spends time with his wife and children every day, which is very leisurely.
In the past year or so, a lot of things have happened, some good and some bad.
Qiao Chunyan and Cao Debao came to borrow a house before, and Zhou Zhigang finally agreed, but he also said that they would be allowed to live for half a year at most. If they were willing to live, they could live there. If they were not willing, just forget it. He did not explain more.
However, Qiao Chunyan and Cao Debao naturally agreed. After moving there, they stayed there for half a year, and then delayed their move for another month.
It was because Li Suhua said she would go back to live for a few days that they had to move out. Later, Li Suhua did go back to live for two months. Before the Chinese New Year, she returned to Zhou Chen's place to help Zheng Juan take care of the children.
During the Spring Festival of 1975, Qiao Chunyan and Xiao Guoqing came to the house at the same time and wanted to rent a house temporarily because both of them had two sisters who would be back for the New Year.
The two families came to borrow a house together, which made Zhou Chen extremely annoyed. This time, he did not let go, and directly called the two families together and rejected them face to face.
For this reason, the scene at that time was a bit ugly. Xiao Guoqing was okay, but Wu Qian, Qiao Chunyan and Cao Debao all looked ugly.
Wu Qian and Xiao Guoqing looked on, but Qiao Chunyan's words were a bit harsh at that time, and she even wanted to ask Li Suhua for mercy, but Zhou Chen scolded her. Qiao Chunyan and Cao Debao were so angry that they slammed the door and walked out.
That is to say, after that time, in the next year, neither Qiao Chunyan nor Cao Debao came to visit again, let alone contacted Zhou Chen.
Not only did Zhou Chen not pay attention to this situation, but he felt relieved. He had never wanted to have a close relationship with them in the first place. Now that they could retreat despite the difficulties, that would be the best.
As for Xiao Guoqing, she was not unfamiliar with him, but Wu Qian was a little unhappy every time she saw him, but Zhou Chen didn't bother to pay attention to her.
The bad thing is that Zheng Juan's mother, Aunt Zheng, did not survive last summer and died.
However, Aunt Zheng died relatively peacefully. Her daughter married into a good family, and her son-in-law also promised her that he would take good care of his daughter and son in the future.
Although Zheng Juan and Zheng Guangming were not her biological children, they were closer to her than her biological children, so seeing that they had support, she had no regrets in leaving.
Aunt Zheng's funeral was organized by Zhou Chen. During that time, Zheng Juan and Zheng Guangming cried heartbrokenly. They were both in low spirits for a period of time. Fortunately, Zhou Chen was there to comfort them, and their son Zhou Rui was also there.
, Zheng Juan became strong and recovered quickly.
After Aunt Zheng left, Zheng Juan was worried about Zheng Guangming, so Zhou Chen followed her wishes and took Guangming over. Now he is living with their family for half a year.
Although Guangming can't see clearly, he is a very sensible child and gets along well with Li Suhua. He often takes Zhou Rui to play with him.
Just last year, Sun Qianchao, one of the young people who made phototypes, also got married. The person he got married to was introduced by Qiao Chunyan, who also works in a public bathhouse and is Qiao Chunyan's apprentice, Yu Hong.
To be continued...