New Year's Eve.
Several members of the Zhou family gathered together again. Unlike in 1976, there was another member on the table today, and that was little Congcong, who was over one year old.
Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng will not arrive until tomorrow, so they will not be able to have the reunion dinner on New Year's Eve.
Perhaps because the family was able to get together and have a reunion dinner, Zhou Zhigang's mood improved a lot and he no longer thought about his eldest son's infertility.
"Come on, Bingyi, Bingkun, let us have a drink together."
Zhou Chen and Zhou Bingyi both picked up their wine glasses and drank with Zhou Zhigang.
"Bingyi, Bingkun, you are both great. I have been a worker all my life, but I can train you three college students. My merits in this life are complete."
Zhou Zhigang said with emotion, "You are a college student, and it is also a famous university in the capital. Before, he would not have dared to think about it."
But the three children were very successful and all passed the exam.
When he was working in Shancheng, his co-workers learned that all three of his children had been admitted to prestigious universities, and they were all envious.
He is a decent and good-looking person, and he also enjoys the praise of others to satisfy his own vanity.
Therefore, even if his younger son, whom he was not very satisfied with and liked before, was very happy to learn that he had been admitted to college, he felt quite like a younger son turning back his prodigal son.
Zhou Chen has taken care of his family and his mother for nine years. He does not feel that his younger son has much potential. Instead, he feels happy and honorable only after he was admitted to college.
It is conceivable that as far as Zhou Chen is concerned, his father is incompetent.
It seems that no matter how well Zhou Chen takes care of his family and his mother, it is a matter of course and he does not know how to praise him.
Facing Zhou Zhigang's praise, Zhou Bingyi seemed very happy, but Zhou Chen was not interested.
He had already seen clearly the 'true face' of this cheap father, and now he just maintained his superficial respect. In fact, in his heart, Zhou Zhigang's impression on him was not as good as Zhou Bingyi's.
No matter how selfish Zhou Bingyi is, no matter how much he pleases his father-in-law and mother-in-law, that is his own business.
But he is really filial to his parents and very polite to them.
Let’s just talk about writing letters. How many letters did Zhou Zhigang and Zhou Rong write to their families in nine years?
In total, they are not half as many as those written by Zhou Bingyi, and Zhou Rong only has a few letters. Most of Zhou Zhigang's letters are written by Li Suhua who asked Zhou Chen to write and send them, and then he replied. The number of times he took the initiative to write letters is also very rare.
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Therefore, Zhou Chen sometimes dislikes Zhou Bingyi, but in fact he still agrees with him, at least more than he does with Zhou Zhigang.
Hao Dongmei also often writes to Zheng Juan to ask questions about Zhou Rui and Zhou Cong. No matter what her thoughts are, she really means her heart. Zhou Chen also appreciates her.
At least it's many times better than Zhou Rong's white-eyed wolf.
Feng Yue has been staying with him for two years. In these two years, Zhou Rong only wrote two letters, one of which was to announce her good news that she had been admitted to university.
Another letter only mentioned Feng Yue briefly, saying that it was Kung Fu's mother and Kung Fu's brother who took care of her daughter, etc.
It sounds nice in words, but there are no actual actions at all.
The father and son were drinking, while the three women each held a child. Zheng Juan held the youngest Zhou Cong, Li Suhua held Feng Yue, and Hao Dongmei held Zhou Rui.
Hao Dongmei liked Zhou Rui's cleverness and cuteness very much. She hugged him during dinner and kept feeding Zhou Rui delicious food.
Guangming was also at the dinner table, but he felt a little out of place and kept silent.
Zheng Juan looked at her brother with distress. For the Zhou family, today was a reunion, but for Zheng Guangming, it was no different from usual, or even worse than usual.
Although she also knew that Guangming was awkward, she still couldn't let Guangming leave. After all, Guangming was her only relative, and she would not feel relieved if Guangming was not around.
After dinner, everyone was sitting in the living room talking. Zhou Zhigang wanted to hug Zhou Cong, but Zhou Cong smelled the smell of tobacco and alcohol on him, and was so frightened that he ran directly to Guangming's room to play with Uncle Guangming.
Zhou Zhigang laughed happily and wanted to hug Zhou Rui again, but Zhou Rui stayed by Hao Dongmei's side and refused to go. He didn't like the smell of tobacco or alcohol either.
After resting for a while, Zhou Bingyi took Hao Dongmei and said, "Dongmei, let's go back first and come back tomorrow."
Hao Dongmei was playing backgammon with Zhou Rui and was having so much fun that she didn't react at all and asked in confusion: "Where are we going back?"
Zhou Bingyi said: "Go back to your house. Didn't you agree with your parents this morning that we would sleep at your house tonight and eat dumplings together tomorrow morning?"
Although his voice was not loud, Zhou Zhigang, who was sitting not far away, still heard it clearly, and his expression suddenly changed.
Li Suhua didn't have any ideas. After hearing what her eldest son said, she said: "It's so late, why are you running back and forth? It's not like there's no place to sleep at home. Dongmei, let's sleep at home. If not, go to your parents early tomorrow morning."
So, do you think it’s okay?”
"I don't think so..."
Hao Dongmei was about to answer, but Zhou Bingyi pulled her again, shook his head at her, and then explained to his mother.
"Mom, she is the only daughter in Dongmei's family. She is finally able to have a reunion this year. Her parents want us to stay with them."
Li Suhua suddenly fell silent. On New Year's Eve, his son went home, but instead of staying with his biological parents, he went to his father-in-law and mother-in-law's house to stay with him. What does this mean?
Zhou Zhigang frowned, but soon relaxed.
"Okay, what Bingyi said is right. Dongmei is the only child of the couple. You should go and watch the New Year's Eve with them. The child is being filial. Why are you showing off?"
Li Suhua rolled her eyes at him, you said all the good things.
Zhou Chen shook his head. Zhou Bingyi would become the filial son of the Hao family in the future, and he was inseparable from Zhou Zhigang.
It is said that Zhou Bingyi was cautious in the Hao family and deliberately tried to please him. What was different about Zhou Zhigang?
He also deliberately flattered the relatives of high-ranking provincial officials. It was precisely because of his permission that Zhou Bingyi felt it was natural when he did these things and made these decisions.
If Zhou Zhigang had been tougher and educated Zhou Bingyi properly, Zhou Bingyi, a filial son, might not have gone as far as in the TV plot.
As the saying goes, like father, like son, what goes up and what goes down follows...
In the end, under Hao Dongmei's reluctant eyes, Zhou Bingyi took her and left the Zhou family.
As soon as Zhou Bingyi and the others left, Li Suhua's expression suddenly dropped.
"It's all you. Bingyi finally went home, but you didn't let him stay at home and insisted on going to his in-laws. What does this mean? Bingyi is not a son-in-law."
Zhou Zhigang: "Hey, you little old lady, why would you say such a thing? Never say this again in front of Bingyi."
Li Suhua replied angrily: "I'm uneducated, but I'm not stupid. I just feel bad when I think that a proud person like us, Bingyi, can't stay home even if we stay up late."
"Okay, why are you talking so much nonsense?"
Zhou Zhigang scolded him impatiently, although he also felt that doing so was not good and might make his eldest son's attitude too low.
But compared with his son's future future, he still cares about which one is more important.
That's a high-ranking official in the province. A big shot in charge of a province, as long as he gives his eldest son a little support, won't he be able to achieve great success and soar to the sky in the future?
For the sake of their future future, what’s wrong with being aggrieved now? Their families all came from an era of hardship. Is it possible that they were still suffering in that era?
Zhou Zhigang felt that there was nothing wrong with his idea. It was for the sake of his son. Not to mention great, but it was also a decision made by a father after careful consideration.
If Zhou Chen knew that he had this kind of thinking, he would definitely despise him even more. He is his own son, so it would be extremely embarrassing to push his own son away from him.
Seeing that something was wrong between Zhou Zhigang and Li Suhua, Zheng Juan asked Li Suhua in a low voice: "Dad, Mom, are we still keeping watch tonight?"
Zhou Zhigang wanted to get angry, but when facing Zheng Juan, he suppressed his anger.
"I won't keep it anymore. My back is sore from sitting on the train for such a long time. I need to rest first."
Li Suhua snorted: "It's better not to have an old man like you. Anyway, this is how we got here in the past few years."
"you……"
Zhou Zhigang angrily walked away, slammed the door of the room, and hid in his room alone to sulk.
Zheng Juan said worriedly: "Mom, dad is angry, please go and persuade him."
But Li Suhua said angrily: "What kind of advice is he asking for? It was the same last time he came back. It's still the same this time. He can't even eat a meal safely."
The old lady was really angry. A good wife and mother like her had a very high tolerance for her husband. Under normal circumstances, no matter how bad Zhou Zhigang did, she would not be angry. She would just coax him.
But today she was really dissatisfied. Her eldest son finally came back, but when he came back yesterday, he went straight to his father-in-law and mother-in-law's house. It was still the same after the reunion dinner today.
Is this a reunion of the Zhou family or the Hao family?
It's not that she is stingy, it's actually that this incident made her feel aggrieved for her eldest son and for the old Zhou family.
Logically speaking, Zhou Zhigang should be the most dissatisfied about this matter, but Zhou Zhigang was kind enough that instead of stopping her, he agreed, which made the good-tempered Li Suhua no longer spoil her.
In fact, she felt even more aggrieved. In nine years, she had seen her husband and her eldest son twice, and both times she was unhappy because of her husband.
Last time it was because of my younger son, this time it was because of my eldest son.
To be continued...