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Chapter 583: The Chinese New Year is not peaceful. Zhou Rong comes home and makes a fuss when she enters the door.

 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.

Moreover, she also discovered that regarding the problem between her husband and their youngest son, they had not had a few direct conversations for such a long time since her husband came back. Is this the way a normal father and son should get along with each other?

She knew her man, but she also knew her youngest son. She also tried to persuade him, but in the end, it was of no use at all.

In these years, if she hadn't had her youngest son and daughter-in-law, plus her two eldest grandsons and granddaughters, she wouldn't have been so comfortable.

So she felt very dissatisfied with her husband's disgrace as soon as he came back.

In the past, she loved her eldest son and daughter the most, but now, she prefers her younger son.

Filial piety is not something you say, but something you have to do. My younger son is particularly good at this, and my younger daughter-in-law is even more of a model daughter-in-law.

On the contrary, the eldest daughter-in-law, even if she is the daughter of a high official, is not as good as the younger daughter-in-law in her eyes. As for the son-in-law whom she has not met yet, she has no favorable impression at all.

Zhou Chen didn't know that the old lady was thinking so much. When he saw that the old lady was unhappy, he walked over and hugged her.

"Mom, why are you so angry during the Chinese New Year? Let's happily watch the New Year together. You see, when you get angry, Ruirui and Yueyue don't dare to speak."

Li Suhua glared at him and poked his head with her finger.

"You still have the nerve to say it. How did I tell you to talk to your father properly? How did you do it?"

Zhou Chen laughed awkwardly twice and said aggrievedly: "Mom, you can't blame me entirely. You have also seen Dad's attitude. Aren't I afraid that I will choke if I say a few more words? Wouldn't it look even worse then? Let you

More sad?"

"They are all excuses. I think you are still dissatisfied with your father. You said that you are also a father. Why can't you understand your father? It's not easy for him. He can raise the three of you because of him.

You three children should be most grateful to your father."

"I know."

Of course Zhou Chen knows, but the problem is that everything Zhou Zhigang did was done by the original Zhou Bingkun. Ever since he traveled through time, Zhou Zhigang gave him the impression of selfishness, partiality, and machismo, so he had a particularly bad impression of Zhou Zhigang.

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He always chooses to ignore people he doesn't like.

In the end, it was the same as last year, it was still Zhou Chen's family, plus Guangming and Li Suhua, who stayed together to watch the New Year's Eve. Zhou Zhigang stayed in the room and never came out.

People, sometimes it's very strange. It's hard to get together once, but all kinds of problems always arise, and it ends up being unpleasant.

One night passed, and I didn't know whether Li Suhua said something to Zhou Zhigang, or Zhou Zhigang figured it out on his own, or whether his favorite daughter was coming back.

In short, he woke up early in the morning, full of energy, and with a smile on his face, he took Zhou Rui and Feng Yue to play together.

There was only one more Zhou Zhigang in the breakfast, but there was a lot more food. The family finished the first meal of the New Year harmoniously and peacefully.

"Bingkun, Xiaorong and the others will arrive in the afternoon. Then you can come with me to pick them up."

Zhou Chen refused and said, "I won't go. Just ask your elder brother to go with you. I have something to do in the afternoon."

When Zhou Zhigang heard this, he immediately became angry: "What can happen to you? Your sister has only come back once in so many years and asked you to pick her up. What do you mean by resisting her?"

When Li Suhua saw that the father and son were having sex again, she hurriedly came over to stop them.

"What's wrong? What's wrong with you two?"

Zhou Zhigang pointed at Zhou Chen angrily: "Ask your dear son, I asked him to go with me to pick up Xiaorong, but he refused to go. He also said that Bingyi should go, when will Bingyi come back?"

Li Suhua glared at Zhou Chen, "You kid, can't you talk properly? You have to make your dad angry."

Zhou Chen was quite speechless. Did he not want to talk? Zhou Zhigang didn't give him a chance at all. He didn't even ask him, and just started complaining.

After training Zhou Chen, Li Suhua then explained to Zhou Zhigang: "Bingkun does have important things to do in the afternoon. When Bingyi comes back later, you ask Bingyi to pick up Xiaorong with you."

Zhou Zhigang is still angry: "What can happen to him? Xiaorong only comes back once in nine years. What can be more important than this?"

Li Suhua also felt helpless because of Zhou Zhigang's bad temper. Zhou Zhigang was not like this before. For some reason, he became so irritable these two times when he went home.

"Isn't it because of you? Don't you really want to take a family photo? But the photo studio won't open until the eighth day of the lunar month. Bingkun went to the publishing house in the afternoon to ask someone to bring a camera to take a family photo for us."

“Family photos?”

Zhou Zhigang was stunned. Li Suhua was right. His biggest wish in recent years was to take a family photo with the whole family when he went home during the Chinese New Year.

Especially after having two grandchildren and a granddaughter, this idea is even stronger.

But this matter, he just chatted with Li Suhua last night and never told Zhou Chen. But the younger son was going to find someone to take pictures. Could it be because when he came back the year before last, after he said it, the younger son was

Keep it in mind?

For a moment, Zhou Zhigang suddenly felt a little ashamed, but he quickly wiped it out. I am his father, why should I feel guilty?

Li Suhua continued: "Yes, a family portrait. When Xiaorong comes back, our family will gather together. This is the first time in sixty-nine years. Bingkun works in a publishing house and can borrow a camera. Then we will need more

Take a few family photos so that when we get old in the future, we can remember the present through photos."

Just thinking about it makes me feel beautiful.

Zhou Zhigang was obviously very excited. He was the one who proposed taking family photos first, so he was even more eager than Li Suhua.

"Okay, when Bingyi comes back, I will ride with him to pick up Xiaorong and Huacheng."

After saying that, he told Zhou Chen: "On New Year's Day, let people come over to take pictures, and remember to bring some gifts."

Zhou Chen replied calmly: "I know."

This seemingly impatient tone made Zhou Zhigang frown again. He realized that this little son was really sent by God to punish him and could make him angry to death.

After lunch, Zhou Chen left home, but he did not ride a bicycle because Zhou Zhigang and the others had to give the bicycle to pick up someone in the afternoon. Fortunately, the distance was not too far.

The camera belonged to the publishing house. Zhou Chen had stayed at the publishing house for so many years, so it was easy to borrow a camera.

Cameras are not cheap these days. Although he can afford it, Zhou Chen feels that it is of little use, so he has never thought of buying one himself. There is no need.

It’s just a family photo, and it doesn’t require any advanced skills. When the time comes, you can just ask your neighbors to help you take the photo, and you don’t need to ask your colleagues to go back with you.

After getting the camera, Zhou Chen did not go back directly, but went to the store to buy some gadgets to take back for the children to play with.

By the time he got home, Zhou Zhigang and Zhou Bingyi had already taken him back.

As soon as he walked into the house, he saw a small figure rushing over.

"uncle."

Feng Yue hugged Zhou Chen's thigh tightly and hid behind him.

Zhou Chen hugged Feng Yue in confusion: "Yueyue, what's wrong?"

Feng Yue didn't speak, just buried her head in his arms.

At this time Zhou Rong came over, followed by a strange man.

Nine years have passed, and Zhou Rong has changed a lot. When she left, she was just a girl under twenty years old, and now she is nearly thirty.

Youthfulness and immaturity have been replaced by maturity and beauty.

Wearing a red down jacket and fancy dress, she looks really beautiful.

Behind her is a middle-aged man with hooded eyes, a crew cut, and a black cotton-padded jacket. He looks elegant.

Zhou Chen just glanced at him and lost interest. Feng Huacheng should be forty years old this year, and Zhou Rong, although nearly thirty years old, still looked very young. The two stood together and walked out to say it was their father.

Women, some people may believe it.

"Bingkun, long time no see."

Zhou Rong felt a little embarrassed when she saw Zhou Chen, and then quickly introduced Feng Huacheng behind her.

"Huacheng, this is my brother, Zhou Chen, the great poet you have always admired; Bingkun, this is your brother-in-law, Feng Huacheng, he is also a famous poet like you."

Feng Huacheng walked up to Zhou Chen very enthusiastically, stretched out his hand and said: "Bingkun, hello, I have heard Zhou Rong talk about you a long time ago, but I have never had the chance to meet you. When I saw you today, you are indeed a talented person at such a young age.

He can write so many good poems, much better than I did back then."

Without reaching out to hit the smiling man, Zhou Chen stretched out his hand to shake his hand, and called him "brother-in-law" in a flat voice, and then nothing more happened, which made Feng Huacheng quite embarrassed.

Zhou Rong was very dissatisfied with her brother's attitude. When her mother, eldest brother and sister-in-law met Feng Huacheng just now, they were particularly enthusiastic, but her brother had this attitude.

"Bingkun, what's the matter with you? Your brother-in-law is talking to you."

Zhou Chen said coldly: "Didn't I respond?"

"you."

Feng Huacheng grabbed Zhou Rong, who was about to get angry, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, it's our first meeting with Bingkun, so we just need to get familiar with each other."

But Zhou Rong is a stingy person. She did not dwell on this anymore, but said to Zhou Chen very dissatisfied: "Bingkun, how do you teach your children? When Yueyue sees us, she avoids us and doesn't follow us.

Why are you talking so rudely?"

Zhou Chen suddenly laughed angrily, "How do we teach our children? I want to ask you, what are you doing? Yueyue has been in our house for two years, and you have only written two letters in total, and you have mentioned her.

Once, you haven’t seen her for two years, and as soon as you meet, you want her to get close to you. Use your brain, is it possible?"

Zhou Rong said angrily: "Bingkun, why are you talking? Who are you so angry at? I was the one who sent Yueyue back, but I have nothing to do."

"If you have no choice, then don't accuse us of raising children. If you don't like it, then take Yueyue back yourself and fulfill your responsibilities as parents."

Zhou Chen scolded him mercilessly, causing everyone in the room to suddenly change their expressions.

Feng Yue suddenly hugged Zhou Chen tightly and cried loudly: "Uncle, I don't want to go with them. Uncle, don't drive me away. I want to be with you. I want to be with my brother Ruirui and Congcong."

,I do not go."

Zhou Rong, who was already very angry, suddenly turned red when she heard about her daughter's suffering. Feng Huacheng also looked embarrassed and at a loss.

Seeing that his daughter and son-in-law were in embarrassment, Zhou Zhigang, the father, walked over and scolded Zhou Chen dissatisfied.

"Bingkun, your sister and your brother-in-law have just come back. What's your attitude? What qualifications do you have to accuse them? Yueyue is not entrusted to you alone. Isn't your mother also taking care of her?"

To be able to say such biased words, Zhou Chen really refreshed his impression of Zhou Zhigang once again.

Even Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei were embarrassed for Zhou Zhigang.

Zhou Chen was very angry: "She gave birth to a daughter herself. She didn't take care of it herself, but she entrusted it to her mother to take care of her. Dad, do you think this should be done?"

Zhou Zhigang said confidently: "What's wrong with parents raising children for their daughters?"

Zhou Chen said: "You don't need to take care of me. Of course you can say whatever you want. Anyway, it doesn't take any effort if you just move your lips."

"Zhou Bingkun."

Zhou Zhigang was furious and called out Zhou Chen's name. When Li Suhua saw something was wrong, she rushed out.

"Why, after finally being reunited, do you have to break up on bad terms to be happy?"

Zhou Rong complained: "Mom, it's not us who are making trouble, it's Bingkun. Look at his attitude. Hua Cheng and I finally went home to celebrate the New Year, but when we came in, we were embarrassed. Why did we offend him? He wants to do this to him."

us?"

Zheng Juan came over at this time and apologized to Zhou Rong: "Sister, I'm sorry. Bingkun has been very angry these days and has a bad temper. I apologize to you on his behalf. I'm sorry."

"Juan'er."

Seeing that Zheng Juan actually wanted to bend down and bow, Zhou Chen grabbed her and angrily said: "Who asked you to apologize? What qualifications does she have to ask you to apologize? After helping her take care of her children for two years, she should be with you

Apologize."

Zhou Rong's face turned green and white, looking particularly ugly.

Zheng Juan was so angry that she complained in a low voice: "Bingkun, what are you doing? It's Chinese New Year, and my sister and the others have just come back."

Zhou Chen said coldly: "Is that the reason for just coming back? Didn't you hear it just now? Before I said anything after I came in, she complained to me. We worked hard to help her take care of the children. She was outside and was cool. Come back

She still blames us for not taking good care of our children and saying that our children are rude. Is this what a mother should say?"

"Bingkun, you, ugh."

Zheng Juan was so anxious that she didn't know what to say. She knew that this reunion year would be difficult because she knew very well that her husband was dissatisfied with her eldest aunt, not to mention that there was a father-in-law beside her who couldn't stand her husband. These three people treated her very well.

There will be no problem if we are together and don't make trouble.

It's just that she didn't expect that it would be so ugly when they first met.

Zhou Bingyi walked over bravely and said to Zhou Chen: "Bingkun, ok, it's the Chinese New Year. Let's give my brother a face. Juan'er, take Yueyue back to the room first and go play with Ruirui and the others."

Zheng Juan took Feng Yue from Zhou Chen's arms and looked at Zhou Chen with pleading eyes, which made Zhou Chen feel uncomfortable. He was so angry that it really embarrassed Zheng Juan as his daughter-in-law, but with this tone, he really meant it.

Not going well.

Zhou Bingyi pulled Zhou Chen, turned to look at Zhou Rong, and said seriously: "Xiao Rong, Bingkun was a little rude when he spoke, but it was really your fault just now. Bingkun and his wife are kind-hearted and help you take care of Yue.

Yue has taken care of her so well, you have no right to blame Bingkun, your sister is unqualified, just apologize to Bingkun and forget about it."

Feng Huacheng was the most embarrassed one. When he met Zhou Rong's family for the first time, they made such a fuss. He had the same idea as Zheng Juan and just wanted to end the quarrel as soon as possible.

But Zhou Rong kept a straight face, let alone apologizing, and didn't even look at Zhou Chen. She had a hard temper.

Zhou Zhigang wanted to speak, but was forcefully stopped by Li Suhua. In order to let her family spend the New Year in peace, the old lady is now hardened.

She felt that the conflict between siblings could only be resolved if the father did not stop it. You could not help your daughter to bully your son. It would be most appropriate for your eldest son to be the peacemaker.


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