On the first day of the Lunar New Year, all members of the Zhou family got up early, except Zhou Cong who was a little lazy in bed.
Especially the energetic Zhou Rui and Feng Yue got up early in the morning and had a snowball fight in the yard.
In order to get closer to her daughter, Zhou Rong also participated in the snowball fight, but she wanted to please her, but Feng Yue didn't pay much attention to her.
Maybe it's because she's hit too many walls in the past few years, or maybe because she's grown up, Zhou Rong, who is ignored by her daughter, is not discouraged and still wants to blend in.
While having breakfast, Li Suhua asked: "My dad, you wrote to me two years ago and said you were going to Guangzipi to pay New Year's greetings this year. When should we go there?"
Zhou Zhigang paused, then said impatiently: "I'm not going."
"Not going? Why?" Li Suhua asked puzzledly.
Ever since she and Zhou Chen moved here, their family hasn't paid New Year's greetings to their neighbors in Guangzhou for many years. Now that they are older and older, they don't have many things to think about, so they are particularly concerned about this kind of thing.
Heart.
Zhou Zhigang: "I'm tired and want to take a rest."
Li Suhua wanted to persuade her again, but Zhou Chen stopped her in time and said, "Mom, listen to dad. If he doesn't want to do it, don't do it. Anyway, there will be plenty of time in the future."
Li Suhua said dissatisfiedly: "What time do you have? I don't go home all year round. I finally go home during the New Year and don't even say New Year greetings. It's boring."
Zhou Zhigang glared at her: "If you want to worship, go and worship, but I won't go anyway."
Li Suhua raised her head and said, "I'll go, Juan'er, Ronger, we'll tidy up later. Let's take the children to Guangzichi to pay New Year's greetings. People can't forget their roots."
Zhou Zhigang shouted angrily: "You old woman, are you deliberately going against me?"
"I don't want to contradict you. It was you who said you wanted to pay New Year's greetings, but now you don't want to go and you are going back on your promise."
Zhou Zhigang was amused: "Hey, you old woman, have you gone to the capital? Your cultural skills have improved, and you can also use idioms?"
Seeing the old couple bickering, Zhou Chen and others also laughed.
After a pause, Zhou Zhi just said: "Next time, I'm really not in the mood today, and Bingyi and the others didn't come either. The whole family is not in order, so there's no point in saying New Year's greetings."
Zhou Rong pulled Li Suhua and said, "Mom, if you don't want to bow, then I won't. Later, Juan'er and I will take you and the three children. Let's go out to the market and leave them here as a few grown men."
Let’s talk at home.”
Li Suhua then smiled happily: "Okay, okay, let's go to the market and let them relax at home."
Zhou Zhigang snorted coldly: "I can't wait to be there, chirping next to you, it's annoying."
"I still find you annoying."
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Not long after breakfast, I saw Zhou Bingyi rushing over alone and dusty.
"Bingyi, why are you here alone, where is Dongmei?"
Li Suhua looked around for a few times, but did not see Hao Dongmei, so she asked doubtfully.
Zhou Bingyi's expression became a little unnatural and he said: "Dongmei didn't sleep well last night, so I didn't let her come over and asked her to stay with her parents."
In fact, the fact is that after returning home last night, Hao Dongmei had a big fight with her mother and was slapped. She cried so hard that her face and eyes were swollen.
She was afraid that her parents-in-law would see something, so Hao Dongmei didn't come over today.
"This kid."
Li Suhua sighed. She knew it was definitely not as simple as her eldest son said, but since her eldest son didn't tell her, she couldn't ask more questions.
A few women took their children out to the market, while a few men stayed at home.
Zhou Zhigang asked Zhou Chen to play chess, and then played chess with Zhou Bingyi, while Zhou Chen and Feng Huacheng watched the game.
In this era, entertainment activities are so good. There is a TV at home that Zhou Chen just picked up before he came back. You can watch TV and pass the time.
Time flies and it’s the third day of junior high school.
When she got up in the morning, Zheng Juan asked Zhou Chen: "Bingkun, didn't Chunyan say that we were going to have a banquet for everyone today, wouldn't you go?"
"No, you don't know who their couple is, and I don't want to have anything to do with them anymore."
Not to mention what Cao Debao and Qiao Chunyan did in the TV series, just saying what these two people did after he came to this world was enough to chill him.
Originally, everyone could still maintain their dignity, but Cao Debao's actions directly broke all this, so Zhou Chen is too lazy to scheming with them now.
Zheng Juan said worriedly: "But after all, Chunyan has known you for so many years, and Aunt Qiao and we are such good sisters. I think Chunyan is also a good person. When we got married, we were busy.
She also apologized to you, so there’s no need to be so acrimonious, right?”
Zhou Chen knew that Zheng Juan was a kind-hearted person and Qiao Chunyan was so polite to her, so her impression of Qiao Chunyan was not bad.
Moreover, Zheng Juan has always valued harmony, both with her family and with her friends.
"Juan'er, I know you are thinking about me, but there are some things that you really don't need to accommodate."
"After all, we have been neighbors for so many years. Just going for a meal is nothing, not to mention that the two of them will also be there during the National Day and catching up. It won't be embarrassing."
Zhou Chen's attitude was also very firm. Naturally, he would not be easily persuaded by Zheng Juan. He made up his mind not to go.
But he never expected that Qiao Chunyan would really go all out this time. Not long after they finished breakfast, Qiao Chunyan brought her mother over.
"Suhua."
"sister."
"Oh, Suhua, I haven't seen you in two years. Your complexion is getting better and better. It seems that the water and soil in the capital are really nourishing."
"No way, sister, you haven't changed at all, you are still so cheerful. I even said I wanted to see you, but I didn't expect you to come over first."
As soon as Li Suhua and Aunt Qiao met, they happily exchanged greetings.
The two of them have known each other for many years, and they were also known as good sisters in the optical film industry. Although they sometimes stumble, their relationship is still very good.
After Li Suhua moved here, they would meet often. Even after they went to Yanjing, they hadn't seen each other for two years. After this meeting, emotions naturally emerged.
The two old ladies were chatting happily, and Qiao Chunyan took the opportunity to propose that Zhou Chen and Zheng Juan visit their home.
Zhou Chen wanted to refuse on the spot, but Aunt Qiao kept persuading her and insisted that Zhou Chen go. She also persuaded Li Suhua that the juniors must be reunited.
Li Suhua thinks this is a good thing, as a person should not forget his roots. His son has become promising, but his childhood playmate cannot just be like this.
So she asked Zhou Chen to go and take Zheng Juan with him. As for the three children, just leave them at home and leave them to them.
Zhou Chen didn't expect Qiao Chunyan to have this trick, and he had to admit that her wishful thinking was successful.
If there are not many people in this world who can persuade him, Li Suhua, who has been living with him for more than ten years, is definitely one of them. He can not give Aunt Qiao face, but it is impossible not to listen to his mother's words.
So under Qiao Chunyan's smiling eyes, he could only agree to go.
Zheng Juan didn't want to go, but Qiao Chunyan still pulled her in, so Zhou Chen and Zheng Juan changed their clothes and set off with Qiao Chunyan.
Halfway through, Zheng Juan suddenly asked Qiao Chunyan: "Chunyan, this doesn't seem to be the way to Guangzi Film, right?"
Qiao Chunyan, who was riding a bicycle, laughed and said: "Juan'er, you haven't been back for a long time. You don't know our current situation. Our work unit assigned me a house. Now Debao and I have lived separately from my parents.
This time we went to the house we live in now.”
When Zheng Juan heard this, her face was immediately full of envy: "You are assigned a house in the unit. Chunyan, you are really capable. Not only did you become the women's director, but you were also assigned a house. It's so awesome."
Although she volunteered to be a housewife and take care of a large family, it didn't mean that she didn't envy those career women.
In fact, she often envied Zhou Rong and Hao Dongmei. She envied that they could go to college and have good jobs in the future, but she could not.
So when she was at home, she kept her status very low. Even though Zhou Chen persuaded her many times and she said yes, in fact, not much changed.
Her low self-esteem was cultivated over the years. Although she married Zhou Chen and lived a good life, she felt that Zhou Chen brought all this to her and she never dared to take credit.
Regarding how to reverse Zheng Juan's inferiority complex, Zhou Chen already had a countermeasure in his mind, but now was not the time.
"What's great about it? My brother is much better than me. Debao and I also took the exam for Yanjing University, but we didn't have my brother's ability to get into university." Qiao Chunyan was very modest.
Zheng Juan said: "That's different. Bingkun is studying medicine and will become a doctor after graduation. Chunyan, you are a national cadre. It's different even if you tell me."
She was just saying this as a compliment. In fact, she had stayed in Yanjing for two years and her knowledge had increased a lot. She knew that although her husband studied medicine, he might not be worse than a national cadre after graduation.
However, Qiao Chunyan didn't understand the rules. When she heard Zheng Juan's praise, she was polite, but she couldn't hide the proud look on her face.
What she is most proud of in her life is that she went from being a pedicurist in a public bath to becoming the district women's director. Looking at the entire photo album, there is no one else who can have such an achievement as her.
She often said that the three Zhou brothers and sisters were promising and had been admitted to college, but in her heart she felt that she was no worse than them.
Look at her now. Not only is she the district women's director, but she has also been assigned a house. In this era, how many people can have such achievements as her?
To be continued...