Chapter 590: Arrival in the capital, mother’s request
Zhou Chen took out a few tickets from his pocket: "Mom, Juan'er, these are the tickets I bought when I came back, the tickets for the 20th."
Zheng Juan took the tickets and saw that they were all sleeper berths. She was shocked: "Why are they all sleeper berths?"
Li Suhua snatched it over, took a closer look, and immediately gave it to Zhou Chen.
"You're a waste of money. If you take a train and buy four sleepers, you've got too much money to burn."
Zhou Chen didn't bother to explain to the two old men, "We are four adults and three children. If we don't buy sleepers, we will sit all the way for twenty hours, and we will be useless."
Of course, Li Suhua and Zheng Juan couldn't talk to Zhou Chen, but Li Suhua gave Zheng Juan instructions afterwards.
"Juan'er, you have to control your money from now on. If you let this brat manage your money, you will be ruined sooner or later."
Zheng Juan just smiled and said nothing. Regardless of her level, she knew very well that she could only do the logistics work in this family, making money and spending money, etc., but she still had to look to Zhou Chen.
It was the 20th soon, so both Li Suhua and Zheng Juan seemed very nervous. They were going to the national capital soon. Their nervousness could not be expressed in words.
Compared to them, Zheng Guangming was very calm, not nervous at all, and even a little expectant.
Here, the only people worth remembering for him are his sister and brother-in-law. Now that they are gone, they are still willing to take him with them, which is naturally what he wants.
On the evening of the 19th, Zhou Chen made an appointment with Xiao Guoqing and Sun Chaochao to go to a restaurant for dinner.
Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao both came as promised, and the three of them gathered again.
"Kun'er, are you really leaving tomorrow?"
Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao both knew that Zhou Chen had been admitted to university and was going to Yanjing to attend university, but when it came to this, they were still very reluctant to give up.
Zhou Chen said: "Yeah, I'll take the train tomorrow afternoon. Once I leave, I don't know when I'll be able to come back."
Sun Qianchao said in surprise: "Isn't there a summer vacation in college? Why, you won't come back during the summer vacation?"
"I probably won't come back. Not only will I go to Yanjing this time, but I will also take Zheng Juan and the others with me, so I won't be traveling back and forth during the summer vacation. It's very likely that I won't come back until the winter vacation next year."
It's not easy for the family to go to Yanjing, and traveling back and forth is too tiring, so Zhou Chen never thought of coming back during the summer vacation.
Xiao Guoqing was very shocked: "Kun'er, are you kidding me? That's the capital. You want to take your mother, your wife, and their whole family there with you? You go to school, not to work. How can you support so many people?
ah."
Although he has never been to Yanjing, he feels that the consumption in places like Yanjing must be much higher than here. Zhou Chen goes to school, not to make money. How can he survive in Yanjing with such a large family?
Zhou Chen said: "You all know me. If I didn't have enough confidence, I wouldn't do that."
Sun Qunchao advised: "Kun'er, I advise you to think about it again. This is not just a day or two. If you leave Auntie and Zheng Juan at home, we can also take care of them for you, which will be more convenient for you.
.”
Zhou Chen knew that these two good brothers had good intentions, but he still had to make the decision on this matter.
When Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao saw Zhou Chen's resolute attitude, they stopped trying to persuade him. In their eyes, Zhou Chen was much more capable than them. Since he dared to do this, they could only bless him.
"National Day, catching up, this farewell, it will probably take a year or even longer before we see each other again. I have something to ask of you."
Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao both patted their chests: "Kun'er, it's too unreasonable to say this. If you have anything to do, just tell your buddy and I promise to help you do it well."
Zhou Chen said: "It is our house. We may go there for a long time this time. I am not worried about my house, but I am more worried about the house in Guangzi Pian and Taiping Hutong, so I want to ask you two to pay attention.
, I will leave the key to you. If you want to live in it, you can go there, but there is something wrong with the house. I hope you can help me with the repairs and repairs that need to be made, is that okay?"
Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao thought it was something, but when they heard it was this, they were relieved.
Xiao Guoqing even said: "We should be thanking you for lending your house to us. Don't worry, with us here, your house will never have any problems. We guarantee that it will be the same when you leave.
That’s what it is.”
Neither of them are stupid. Zhou Chenming let them look at the house, but in fact he was helping them by lending them the house to live in. After all, it was almost impossible for anything to go wrong after the house had been there for a year and a half.
"Then it's up to you."
He had some thoughts of helping the two young children, but mostly he wanted them to help take care of the house.
He said it was one year, but who knows how long it will take. This year Zhou Zhigang took leave and came back. It is estimated that the next annual leave will take two or three years at first.
If Zhou Zhigang doesn't come back to celebrate the New Year, Li Suhua probably won't have any intention of coming back.
The house in Guangzhou is okay and has a foundation, but if no one cares about it in two or three years, it will definitely fall into disrepair;
Zheng Juan's house in Taiping Hutong is in trouble. Their house is not much different from the rough. If it is not lived in for a long time, if no one repairs it, it may really collapse.
It was also for this reason that Zhou Chen asked Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qunchao to help take care of it, and also lent them a place to live.
The 20th arrived in a blink of an eye. Originally, Cai Xiaoguang wanted to go with Zhou Chen, but he heard that Zhou Chen was bringing a family with him, so he left alone first.
When packing, Li Suhua and Zheng Juan wanted to bring all the things at home, including pots and pans, towels, brooms, etc...
Zhou Chen was confused at the time. If they packed it up the way they did, they would probably have to transport it by truck or take a train. Four more people wouldn't be able to carry it.
He asked the two of them to bring only necessities, such as clothes and sheets, not even quilts, because during those days in Yanjing, he not only looked for a house, but also bought a lot of daily necessities. It was too troublesome to bring them from home.
Already.
For this purchase, he had used most of the tickets in his hand, but he didn't feel bad because he knew that these tickets would be worthless in a short time.
Li Suhua and Zhou Chen even argued for a long time about what to bring and what not to bring, which made Li Suhua stamp her feet in anger and cursed him as a prodigal.
On the 20th, Zhou Chen and his family set off to the train station early. They took a van that Zhou Chen found and transported them all in one trip.
Although the people returning to work have already left, the train station is still very lively with people coming and going.
After being able to board the bus, Zhou Chen took the lead, holding three large bags in his hands and two bags on his back, clearing the way for Zheng Juan and others.
Li Suhua hugged Congcong and followed closely behind Zhou Chen. Zheng Juan hugged Ruirui, carried a bag in her hand, and followed Li Suhua with a bag on her back.
Zheng Guangming, on the other hand, was holding Feng Yue and carrying a large bag. He grabbed Zheng Juan's bag with his other hand and followed closely.
After exhausting all his efforts, Zhou Chen finally brought his family to the carriage safely and got into the sleeper berth.
Because Zhou Chen bought the ticket earlier, the four sleeper berths were connected, with two upper and lower berths, which happened to be a small carriage with no other people around, just like a private room.
It's just that the area is too small and it's very crowded, but compared to the hard seats and standing tickets outside, it's naturally many times more comfortable.
"Oh, it's really not easy to take the train. There are too many people. If I were alone, I would not even be able to touch them."
Li Suhua was sitting on the berth panting. She had just been squeezed all the way up and was so tired that she was even more tired than she had been working for several days.
Zhou Chen said with a smile: "Now you know why I bought a sleeper berth. You have also seen that if I buy a hard seat, by the time we get to Yanjing, we will be exhausted."
The adults are a little better, but the key is that they have three bigger children, so that's what they're suffering from.
Li Suhua: "It's good, but it's too expensive."
"It's expensive but it has its advantages. At least we can stay together as a family and it's much safer. We don't have to worry about petty theft."
Zheng Juan asked in confusion: "Is there anyone else stealing things from the car?"
It was her first time to ride a train, and she really didn't know what was going on on the train, so she was curious about everything.
There were three other little things like her. Although Feng Yue had taken a train, she was only two years old at the time and had long lost her memory.
Zhou Chen said: "The train station is the most crowded place. There are people from all walks of life. Not only petty thieves, but also human traffickers. So when we bring three children, we must be careful. Sleeping in the sleeper berth is the safest."
In train stations these days, there is no way to check identities, which makes the personnel situation extremely complicated. It is no exaggeration to say that there may be murderers.
At first, I thought it was a waste for Zhou Chen to buy a sleeper berth, but now that they saw the chaos at the train station and what Zhou Chen said, Li Suhua and Zheng Juan no longer objected.
When the train started, Zhou Chen sat beside the bed, letting Zheng Juan and the others rest while he watched.
However, he underestimated the energy of the three little guys. Maybe it was because it was their first time to take a train. They were very excited and looked around. They wanted to go out to play, but they were caught by Zhou Chen and were angry with Zhou Chen.
The train departed in the afternoon and arrived at noon the next day, a total of twenty-one hours. During this process, Zhou Chen did not sleep, mainly because he had a child, and he was really worried.
Fortunately, there were no accidents along the way and we arrived at Yanjing Railway Station smoothly.
"Is this the capital Yanjing?"
Li Suhua and Zheng Juan looked around curiously, looking more like children than three children.
"Yes, this is Yanjing. Let's go. Let's take the bus home first. After we clean up the house, we will have plenty of time to take you around."
Li Suhua: "Do you still want to take the car? We can walk back."
"Tens of kilometers, how long will it take to walk on your legs?"
"Ah, is it that far?"
"Yes, this is Yanjing. It's very big. You'll know later that it's not too far away."
Zhou Chen took the family on the bus. He watched his family's eyes widen, looking around curiously, and a smile appeared on his lips.
When he first came to the capital, he was similar to them. In addition to being excited, he was just curious.
For many people a few decades later, there is nothing exciting about just a trip to the capital.
But for people in this era, the capital is a mysterious place. Being able to visit the capital is definitely an enviable thing.
Along the way, Zheng Juan and Li Suhua never stopped talking, especially Zheng Juan, who was watching for herself and talking to her brother Zheng Guangming.
Although Zheng Guangming couldn't see it, he felt excited listening to his sister's narration.
Like his sister Zheng Juan, he had lived in that small area since childhood. Later, after Zhou Chen married Zheng Juan, he went to more places in Jichun City under the leadership of Zheng Juan and Zhou Chen.
But a place like Yanjing, the capital, is really too far away for him. If Zhou Chen hadn't brought him here, he felt that he would never come here in his life.
The family arrived at the community where Zhou Chen rented a house. Li Suhua and Zheng Juan had never lived in this type of community housing before, so after entering the community, they both watched with great curiosity.
Arriving at the third floor of Unit 1 in Building 8, Zhou Chen pointed to the house to the east and said, "This is our house. Come on, go in and take a look."
Zhou Chen took out the key and opened the door. Zhou Rui and Feng Yue took the lead and rushed in.
"Wow."
Feng Yue let out an exclamation, followed closely by Zheng Juan and Li Shu, who were also very surprised when they saw everything in the room.
Because the decoration of this house is better and brighter than the house at home. The ground is actually made of white floor tiles, there is a suspended ceiling on the roof, and there are all kinds of hanging lights, which are completely different from the simple light bulbs at home.
different.
"This house is so good, the rent must not be cheap, right?"
Li Suhua was surprised and began to care about the rent.
"More than a hundred years."
Zhou Chen casually said that he had already moved in and could find out the rent by just asking around, so he didn't hide it anymore.
"More than a hundred dollars, that means it's more than ten dollars a month?"
Li Suhua and Zheng Juan both took a deep breath, which frightened them both.
You must know that the current average salary of workers in Jichun City is only more than 20 yuan. As a result, their rent is only more than ten yuan a month. If people in their hometown know this, they may scold them behind their backs for how they waste their family.
Zhou Chen doesn't think there is any problem. It is close to the school and the location is good. It has three bedrooms and two living rooms. Although the rent is not cheap, it is not very expensive in this location in Yanjing, and the price-performance ratio is pretty good.
"Let's not talk about this for now. Let's clean up the house quickly. I just did it briefly last time and bought some furniture. I'll leave the rest to you."
Li Suhua and Zheng Juan were amazed for a while. After accepting the reality, they got into the mood and started to clean up the house, while the three little ones were running around in the house.
It was not until evening that the family started to cook.
During the meal, Zheng Juan asked Zhou Chen: "Bingkun, this house doesn't seem to be as big as ours, right?"
"Well, although it is also a three-bedroom house, our house is a bungalow with a larger room area. This is a building and is subject to space restrictions, so although it is a three-bedroom house, the overall area is only about 110."
"No wonder I feel a little smaller than our house."
Although Zheng Juan didn't quite understand the difference between a building and a bungalow, she could still clearly feel the difference in size.
Zhou Chen smiled. Currently, houses in China do not have shared areas. Once there are shared areas, it will be called a scam.
In current buildings, the area listed on the real estate certificate is almost the same as the practical area by a few square meters.
"Kun'er, is our house far from your brother and your sister's school?"
"It's not that far. What's wrong, Mom, do you miss them?"
Li Suhua nodded and said: "Yeah, if we were still at home now, I wouldn't think so, but now that we are in Yanjing, when I think of Bingyi and Ronger not far away from us, I really want to see them.
to them."
"Kun'er, when does your school start?"
"You can start reporting the day after tomorrow. Military training may be required after school starts. Classes will not start until after the military training."
Zhou Chen had not gone to college in 1978, so I really don’t know if Yanjing Medical College will have military training this year.
"What about your elder brother and the others?"
"They also started reporting the day after tomorrow."
When Li Suhua heard this, she immediately beamed with joy: "Kun'er, can you go to your eldest brother's school tomorrow and invite them over to have dinner together? Tomorrow happens to be the Lantern Festival."
