Chapter 601: Rushing to the shelves and deliberately stirring up trouble
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?
What if I can't go to university? If I can't go to university, I can still be a state cadre.
Qiao Chunyan and Zheng Juan complimented each other, but Zhou Chen didn't interrupt. Qiao Chunyan did have some status in the city, but in his eyes, it was really too low-level.
The house assigned to Qiao Chunyan was on the upper floor of a two-story building. It was a simple one-bedroom apartment with a separate kitchen and bathroom. The bathroom also had a flush toilet.
In the eyes of Zhou Chen and the others, this house is nothing, but to many friends from Guangzipian, it is definitely regarded as a mansion.
Qiao Chunyan went out of her way to invite everyone to her home just to show off. Zhou Chen could see this very clearly.
At this time, many people had come to Qiao Chunyan's house, including Xiao Guoqing and Wu Qian, Sun Qunchao and Yu Hong, and Tang Xiangyang.
Because it was not noon yet, Cao Debao, with the help of Wu Qian and Yu Hong, sorted the dishes and sat in the living room chatting.
Cao Debao, Sun Qianchao and Wu Qian talked the most, and Tang Xiangyang talked the least. He worked with Cao Debao in the same workshop. Because of Zhou Chen's appearance, the so-called Six Little Gentlemen did not appear, so he and Sun Qianchao
I am not very familiar with Xiao Guoqing and others.
Wu Qian nibbled on melon seeds and asked: "De Bao, can your Chunyan really invite Zhou Bingkun?"
Cao Debao shouted: "Of course, Chunyan already has a clever trick. She is sure to invite Zhou Bingkun over, so don't worry."
A few years later, although he still didn't like Zhou Chen very much, he has become much more diplomatic now and is no longer as hostile to Zhou Chen as before.
More importantly, both he and Qiao Chunyan felt that if Zhou Chen didn't come, the dinner would be almost meaningless, because whether it was Xiao Guoqing, Sun Qianchao, or Tang Xiangyang, their relationship with Zhou Chen was obviously better than theirs.
All close.
Take Tang Xiangyang for example, if Cao Debao hadn't said that Zhou Chen would come too, he most likely wouldn't have come.
Wu Qian said with some sourness: "Zhou Bingkun is different now from before. He is a college student now. He will be an official in the future. It is our honor to come to party with us."
This sinister tone immediately angered Xiao Guoqing. He slapped the table and angrily shouted: "Wu Qian, if you don't know how to speak, just speak less. Is Kun'er the kind of person you say?"
In Xiao Guoqing's heart, Zhou Chen is still a good brother. After he returned home, he immediately went to have a drink and dine with him and Sun Chanchao, which showed that he was thinking about them.
Wu Qian was an unruly master. She frowned and shouted: "What did I say, Xiao Guoqing, why are you trying to show off your authority here? I don't even have the right to speak now?"
"You old woman, you arrange this and that all day long. Has Kun'er provoked you? Don't forget that the house you live in now belongs to Kun'er."
"So what? Yes, we live in their house, but he asked us to help him look after the house. If there is something wrong with the house, don't we help him repair it? It's not like we live in vain."
"What are you talking about, bitch..."
As soon as Xiao Guoqing stood up, Sun Qianchao and Cao Debao quickly grabbed him.
"National Day, National Day, calm down, why don't you get angry."
"Yes, it's National Day. What are you doing? It's Chinese New Year."
Yu Hong also pulled Wu Qian to persuade her, but when Wu Qian saw someone trying to persuade her, she became even more enthusiastic.
"You guys let go and let him come over. You might as well let him beat me to death. What kind of life do I live in their house? During the Chinese New Year, I served their family to eat and drink. The house was a mess and it wasn't me to clean it up."
Yes, what did his two sisters do? They come to our house every day to eat and drink, and I don’t see them bringing anything with them. I’m not allowed to tell you..."
"Wu Qian, that's enough. Don't go too far. I'm telling you..."
Several people pulled and pulled them, and finally they were caught.
Tang Xiangyang sat aside and was very embarrassed. He was not familiar with Xiao Guoqing and Wu Qian, and he didn't know how to persuade him. He really regretted coming early now. If he had known better, he would have gone to Zhou Chen.
stand up.
"Squeak."
Suddenly the door was opened, and Qiao Chunyan led Zhou Chen and Zheng Juan: "Brother, Juan'er, this is my new home. I know that people like you who are used to living in big houses must think that our place is small. I...
…”
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw that something was wrong in the room, and couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong with you?"
Cao Debao said quickly: "Nothing, nothing, Bingkun, Zheng Juan, you are here, welcome, we haven't seen each other for several years."
Zhou Chen nodded at him, and Zheng Juan politely handed the things in her hand to Cao Debao and said, "Hello, it's my first time coming to the house. I don't know what to bring, so please don't mind."
"No, Zheng Juan, you are too polite. Just come and bring anything else."
"It should."
Xiao Guoqing, Sun Qianchao and Tang Xiangyang all greeted Zhou Chen: "Bingkun, you are here. I have been waiting for you for a long time."
Zhou Chen smiled and said, "I was delayed because of something. Xiangyang, you are here too. When did you come back?"
Tang Xiangyang said: "I came back two days earlier than you. I originally wanted to go find you, but the old man at home is sick and can't leave."
"It's okay, we can get together again when we get to Yanjing."
"Okay, I'll call you Lu Chuan when the time comes."
After hearing what Zhou Chen and Tang Xiangyang said, Cao Debao couldn't help but ask: "I heard from Xiangyang that Lu Chuan had a girlfriend from Yanjing and now he won't even come back for the New Year?"
Tang Xiangyang smiled and said: "Yes, the person he was talking to is from Yanjing, and there is no one in his family anymore, so he didn't come back during the New Year."
"That's such a pity. Speaking of which, I haven't seen Lu Chuan in more than two years." Cao Debao said with regret on his face.
Qiao Chunyan directed: "Everyone, stop standing and sit down quickly. Let's sit down and chat slowly. We have plenty of time, Debao, you can cook."
"Okay, wait, I'm going to cook now."
As Qiao Chunyan became the women's director, her status in the family naturally rose sharply. Now Cao Debao does most of the housework at home.
Cao Debao ran to the kitchen to cook. Qiao Chunyan asked everyone to sit down and then started chatting.
"First of all, we would like to welcome my brother and Zheng Juan. We haven't gotten together for a long time, and Zheng Juan rarely attends our gatherings, so everyone should give a warm welcome."
After saying that, Qiao Chunyan took the lead in applauding, and several others also laughed and applauded.
Sun Qianchao said: "Chunyan, don't blame Bingkun for not coming to the party. Who made you offend Bingkun in the first place?"
Qiao Chunyan retorted angrily: "Go, just go ahead. It's all happened in the year of the monkey. My brother doesn't even hold grudges anymore. You just have to bring it up."
Sun Qianchao smiled and said: "I'm asking you to remember the lessons learned from the past, hahaha..."
"roll."
Qiao Chunyan glanced at Zhou Chen and found that Zhou Chen didn't mind, so she felt relieved.
"Brother, Xiangyang, none of us have ever been to Yanjing, the capital city. Tell us what Yanjing is like. Is it particularly spectacular and crowded?"
Wu Qian, Yu Hong and others also became interested and followed Qiao Chunyan to ask questions.
"Yes, I have only seen the capital on TV. Have you been to Tiananmen and the Forbidden City?"
"And the Great Wall, and those high officials on TV, have you seen them all?"
"…………"
Tang Xiangyang said: "I am usually busy studying and seldom go out to play, but I have been to Tiananmen Square and climbed the Great Wall. They are indeed quite spectacular."
Zhou Chen didn't say anything. He had been to all the places they mentioned. To be precise, he had been to most of the places of interest in the country. Of course, they were in different parallel worlds.
Qiao Chunyan looked at Zheng Juan again: "Zheng Juan, you have also stayed in Yanjing for two years. You must have been to many places, right?"
Zheng Juan replied implicitly: "I have been to some places and Bingkun took me there, but I don't understand much, so I just followed the trend and watched."
Thinking of Zhou Chen taking her to play and seeing the spectacular sights, she was very excited at the time.
In the past, she had no time to play, and she had never seen so many places of interest. At that time, her world view was overturned, and she realized that there were so many interesting places in the world.
Four women were talking there, and Zhou Chen and four men were sitting together and chatting about men's affairs.
"Bingkun, if you are free in the next two days, go and have a look at your house and Zheng Juan's house. We have taken good care of it for you. If there is anything that needs to be done, tell us and we will help you.
alley."
Since Zhou Chen went to Yanjing to attend college, the Zhou family's old house and the Zheng family's house in Taiping Hutong were handed over to Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qunchao.
Xiao Guoqing and his wife live in the Zhou family's old house, and Sun Qianchao and his wife live in Taiping Hutong.
Of these two houses, the Zhou family's house is naturally better and bigger. Naturally, the Sun family and his wife also have ideas, but Wu Qian is occupying them, so they can't say anything. They can only move to Taiping Hutong, at least they don't have to.
I sleep in the same room with my parents and sister.
Zhou Chen said: "I'll go take a look when I have time in the next two days."
Although he didn't value these two houses very much, he couldn't let Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao do whatever they wanted, especially the Zhou family's house, which was Zhou Zhigang's treasure and would definitely come back in the future.
Cao Debao was not slow and quickly prepared a table of dishes.
"The craftsmanship is average. Let's just make do with it. I'll get you some wine."
Cao Debao can be said to be a one-stop service, and Qiao Chunyan puts a cup in front of everyone.
"I make the decision today. Don't be polite to me. Everyone, please drink a few drinks. Juan'er, you should drink some too."
Zheng Juan waved her hands quickly: "No, I won't drink. I have to take care of the child when I go back. It's inconvenient to be drunk."
Wu Qian shouted: "Hey, Juan'er, what you said is wrong. Among us, who doesn't want to take care of the child? Besides, don't you still have your parents-in-law to help you take care of the child? Unlike me, we go back after dinner.
, but also to serve a large family.”
Xiao Guoqing said dissatisfiedly: "Okay, why are you everywhere? Why can't you just say a few words?"
Wu Qian said shamelessly: "If you don't want to listen to me, you can leave. Why don't you go back and wait for me?"
"you."
"National Day, shut up. As women, how many breaks do we get throughout the year? Why can't you let Wu Qian do it?"
"I won't let her?"
Xiao Guoqing wanted to say more, but Zhou Chen pulled him and shook his head. Then he took a breath and stopped talking.
"Okay, my fault, my mistake, okay."
"Eat and drink."
With Qiao Chunyan and Cao Debao, two eloquent people, the atmosphere at the dinner table was very lively, with several people laughing and drinking and eating vegetables.
Zhou Chen and Zheng Juan rarely spoke. Even if others talked about them, they would only say a few words.
After eating and drinking, everyone began to talk freely.
Cao Debao drank a lot of wine, and when he got drunk, he began to speak a little carelessly.
"If you ask me, among us, Bingkun is the best, the most promising, and the most capable."
"I agree with this."
"I agree too."
Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao both raised their hands in agreement, and Qiao Chunyan even gave a thumbs up.
"Of course, my brother, this is my brother, my Qiao Chunyan's godbrother, how can I not be capable?"
Zhou Chen waved his hand and said: "No, I am just a poor student now. How can I have any potential or ability? You are so complimentary."
"This is not a compliment, but a fact."
Cao Debao said in a loud voice: "Among our friends who have played together, you, Xiang Yang and Lu Chuan were admitted to the university, but neither Xiang Yang nor Lu Chuan are as capable as you. Look at your family.
The house is like a small villa. It is the first one among us, Xiangyang, do you agree or not?"
Tang Xiangyang said: "I agree, I agree. I also admire Bingkun very much. You don't know that Bingkun's family is doing very well in Yanjing."
"Let me tell you, let me tell you. My judgment on people is never wrong."
Cao Debao raised his head proudly: "We have all been to Bingkun's house. That house is so majestic. We thought it was rented, but who would have thought that they had already bought it. At that time, we all
I squeezed into a small house with my family, and Bingkun had already bought a big house."
"Speaking of this, I have always had a question. Bingkun, your house is not cheap. When you worked in a publishing house, your salary should not be high. Moreover, I heard that my uncle and aunt did not have any money.
"How did you earn the money to buy a house? Share it with us?"
As soon as Cao Debao said these words, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became strange, and he couldn't help but look at Zhou Chen.
In fact, it was not only Cao Debao who was curious, but others were also curious, because Zhou Chen's house was placed there, and you could tell at a glance that it was not cheap, definitely over a thousand dollars.
What was a thousand yuan a few years ago? And they all knew that Zhou Chen's family lived a very good life, and their monthly living expenses were definitely not small.
The old man didn't contribute any money, the family spent a lot of money, and Zhou Chen was the only one making money, so he could still afford such a house.
Zhou Chen looked at Cao Debao with a half-smile but not a smile. How could he not see that this guy was asking this question on purpose because he was drunk.
Sure enough, he knew that when Qiao Chunyan and Cao Debao called him over, it was not just as simple as eating.
Qiao Chunyan gave Cao Debao a slap and scolded dissatisfiedly: "Debao, you are full and have nothing to do, right? This is my brother's own business. Why do you care so much?"
Cao Debao gave a very cooperative ouch, and then said to Zhou Chen with an embarrassed face: "Bingkun, I'm so sorry, look at my mouth, I can't tell what I should ask and what I shouldn't ask, whether I should be beaten or not.
.”
After saying that, he actually slapped himself twice.