After entering the 21st century, with the development and progress of society, Jichun City, as the capital of a province, has now become very prosperous, with high-rise buildings everywhere. Cars that were difficult to see in the past can now be seen frequently.
Zhou family villa.
Zhou Chen's family also moved from the small western-style building to the newly built luxury villa.
Speaking of this villa area, it is also developed by Chenxing Group, which is enough to have more than 40 villas. Those who can live here are all rich and noble people in Jichun City.
Whether it is floor space, property management, or other aspects, it far exceeds the local level in Jichun City, and is not much different from the capital Yanjing.
The Zhou family villa is the best one among the villas.
At this time, a farewell banquet was being held in the Zhou family villa, and the person seeing off was Zhou Chen's second son, Zhou Cong.
Zhou Cong raised his wine glass and shouted to everyone: "Grandpa, grandma, dad, mom, I respect you."
Zhou Cong, who is 26 years old this year, has graduated with a master's degree and is about to go to another province or city to work as a grassroots cadre.
Zhou Chen and Zheng Juan were naturally reluctant to let their son go to such a far away place. Originally, Zhou Chen wanted to use his connections to let Zhou Cong stay in Yanjing.
But Zhou Cong didn't want to live under his father's wings and insisted on venturing out on his own, so he chose a place far away. He probably wouldn't be able to come back in a few years.
Zheng Juan was very angry because of this matter. She had raised several children by herself and had a very deep relationship with them. Of course she couldn't bear to have her son stay away, let alone see him suffer.
But Zhou Cong's attitude was very determined, and Zheng Juan's words could not change his determination.
Zhou Chen, on the other hand, although he was also very reluctant to give up, he was more open-minded than Zheng Juan. When the children grow up and want to go out on their own, parents should not stop them.
"Congcong, dad just said, work hard after you go, don't be timid. If a cadre doesn't have enough courage, it will be difficult for him to achieve anything."
What should be taught has been taught since childhood, so Zhou Chen did not give too many instructions.
On the contrary, the grandparents, Zhou Zhigang and Li Suhua, were quite sad and said a lot of reluctant words.
The eldest grandson Zhou Rui took over the affairs of Chenxing Group. Although he is not in Jichun, he can come back several times a year.
But now that Zhou Cong has left, I don’t know how many years it will take for him to come back.
What the old couple is even more worried about is that their health is getting worse and worse, and they probably don't have many years left to live. If they don't see their grandson for the last time before they die, they will definitely be unhappy.
The two younger brothers and sisters were not very sentimental, because after they became sensible, Zhou Cong went to Yanjing to attend high school and college, so the three of them did not get along for a long time. There must be some sadness, but it is certainly not like
Parents and grandparents are so profound.
The saddest person is undoubtedly Zheng Juan. Zhou Cong is a piece of flesh that has fallen off him. Although she has grown up, she feels uneasy and deeply unhappy when she thinks of her son going to a place he has never been before.
Abandon.
But no matter how reluctant she is to give up, she is still a great mother who is willing to let her children go on their own.
Zhou Cong left. In the little half a month after Zhou Cong left, the atmosphere in the Zhou family was not very good. Zhou Zhigang and Li Suhua were getting worse and worse. Especially Li Suhua, her legs were no longer very flexible. If they went out, they could hardly
You have to use a wheelchair.
Zheng Juan felt sad for a long time. Zhou Chen tried to persuade her many times to no avail, so he could only stay by her side to comfort her.
If he didn't have the two younger ones, he would have taken Zheng Juan around a long time ago. But now the two younger ones have just entered junior high school and will take a few years to go to college. Their parents are already old, so they can leave now if they want.
No.
In this year, Hao Dongmei's mother Jin Yueji passed away. Everyone in the Zhou family, except Zhou Chen, attended the funeral.
Everyone tried to persuade Zhou Chen, but Zhou Chen didn't want to go there at all. Whether they said he was narrow-minded or other things, he didn't want to have anything to do with the Hao family.
As soon as Jin Yueji left, Hao Dongmei stopped coming to Zhou's house. Zhou Chen was unwilling to forgive her parents, and she was equally unwilling to forgive Zhou Chen. Even if he bought things for Zhou's father and mother, he would just leave at the door.
Go in.
Zhou Bingyi's career is developing well, but his health is getting worse day by day. Because he has been separated from Hao Dongmei for a long time, and there is no Jin Yueji to mediate, the relationship between the two is getting weaker and weaker. Sometimes they will quarrel when they come back.
.
Not long after Jin Yueji's death, Qu Xiuzhen, who lived in the Magic City, also died of illness. Zhou Chen took his family to the Magic City and attended Qu Xiuzhen's funeral.
To Zhou Chen, Qu Xiuzhen was really an admirable elder. Her death made Zhou Chen extremely sad because Qu Xiuzhen passed away too fast and he didn't even see her for the last time.
Another year passed. During this year, a major event happened in the Zhou family, that is, the eldest son Zhou Rui got married to his college classmate. The two dated for nine years and finally got married.
At this point, Zhou Chen had to say that unlike him, this eldest son could only fall in love for nine years before getting married. This was really slow.
The eldest son is married, and the second son is also dating a girl at work, who is a girl from the leader's family.
After learning about this incident, Zheng Juan was happy and sad at the same time, because she felt that if her son had a local girlfriend, he would probably settle there, and it would be difficult to come back to accompany them.
On the other hand, Feng Yue, who is nearly thirty years old, is not yet married, or even has a boyfriend.
According to her words, she wanted to find a boyfriend as powerful as her uncle, but she hadn't met one for so many years. The boys who pursued him were too naive, and she really didn't want to fall in love with them.
Everyone in the Zhou family tried to persuade her, but she didn't take it seriously at all. They even said that in the worst case, she would not get married. She would rather not get married than live a life like her parents.
For this reason, Zhou Rong cried anxiously many times, became angry again, and even quarreled with Zhou Chen, saying that it was only because of Zhou Chen's education that Feng Yue was taught like this, and Zhou Chen gave her up on the spot.
Drive away.
Zhou Chen also advised Feng Yue not to be too picky. She doesn't have to find a man she loves particularly, but she must find someone who loves her very much.
It's a pity that Feng Yue, a kid who is used to being free, doesn't listen at all. Although he works in Chenxing Group now, he spends three days fishing and two days surfing the Internet. What he is most interested in is traveling around the world.
After trying to persuade her to no avail, Zhou Chen stopped caring about her. There were too many people in the world who hated marriage. Feng Yue could live however she wanted. Anyway, their family was not short of money and could afford it.
In the blink of an eye, we arrived in 2004. In this year, Zhou Zhigang suddenly suffered a cerebral infarction and was hospitalized. Even though Zhou Chen tried his best to rescue him, in the end it only allowed Zhou Zhigang to live for a few more days.
Because Zhou Chen and Zhou Rong were both in Jichun, and only Zhou Bingyi was out of town, Zhou Chen called Zhou Bingyi and asked Zhou Bingyi to come back as soon as possible to see his father for the last time.
After meeting Zhou Bingyi, Zhou Zhigang could no longer hold on. Before leaving, he held Zhou Chen and Zhou Bingyi's hands tightly.
"Bingkun, Bingyi, I, I can't do it anymore. After I leave, you must be good. Bing, Bingkun, stop blaming me. It's your elder brother's fault. It's not easy for him either."
Zhou Chen held Zhou Zhigang's hand tightly, his eyes were red, and he said in a deep voice: "Dad, don't worry, I will listen to you."
Zhou Bingyi burst into tears and agreed to his father while crying.
Finally, Zhou Zhigang's eyes swept across his three children, grandchildren, and great-grandson, and finally fell on Li Suhua's face, showing an affectionate smile, and he passed away suddenly.
"dad……"
"grandfather……"
"Grandpa..."
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The death of Zhou Zhigang filled the Zhou family with grief, but no matter how sad they were, they still had to prepare for the funeral.
Because the optical film was already being renovated and the original old house was gone, the funeral was held in the small Western-style building that Zhou Chen had bought before.
Although the old couple of the Zhou family lived with Zhou Chen, Zhou Bingyi was the eldest son after all. According to domestic tradition, Zhou Zhigang's funeral should be arranged by him.
However, he did not steal the honor, but delegated the power to Zhou Chen, who assisted him from the side.
After being busy at night, Zhou Chen asked everyone else to rest, and he came to Li Suhua's room.
Since Zhou Zhigang's death, Li Suhua has been silent. With her white hair, she looks older and more defeated.
Seeing his parents like this, Zhou Chen felt very sad. He knew that if Li Suhua stayed like this, he probably wouldn't have many days left.
"Mom, don't be like this. My father can't let you go before he leaves. Please cheer up and don't let your mind wander."
Remembering that in the TV plot, Li Suhua also left with Zhou Zhigang after his death, he felt even more nervous.
Li Suhua looked at Zhou Chen, suddenly showed a smile, reached out and gently touched Zhou Chen's face.
"Kun'er, Mom knows that you are filial. It's all thanks to you that your dad and I are alive today. Without you, I'm afraid we would have left long ago."
"Mom, don't say such things, you still have to stay with me and the children."
Instead, Li Suhua persuaded Zhou Chen: "Kun'er, don't be afraid. Mom is fine. Mom will always be with you..."
While talking, Li Suhua fell asleep on the bed.
Zhou Chen looked at Li Suhua who was sleeping, but did not dare to leave. He just sat by the bed and waited quietly.
I don't know how much time passed, but Zhou Chen suddenly heard a movement and immediately opened his eyes, and then saw Li Suhua walking down from the bed.
"mom."
"Kun'er, take me to see your dad."
"Mom, it's so late, you'd better have a good rest."
Li Suhua shook her head with a pale face and said firmly: "Kun'er, promise mom."
Zhou Chen was silent for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Okay."
Zhou Chen took Li Suhua downstairs and stayed with Zhou Zhigang.
Zhou Chen did not approach, but stood in the distance, quietly watching Li Suhua talking to Zhou Zhigang, but his face was full of sadness, and he knew that Li Suhua might not be able to hold on anymore.
About an hour later, Zhou Chen saw Li Suhua lowering his head and making no movement, and tears burst out from his eyes.
"mom……"
What was originally a one-person funeral suddenly turned into a two-person funeral.
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Time flies like an arrow, and four years have passed in the blink of an eye.
2008 is a major festival for everyone in China, especially during the opening of the Olympic Games, which is the focus of the world.
During the Olympic Games, Zhou Chen and Zheng Juan were in Yanjing and watched most of the games.
The two youngest children have now gone to college, and there are no elderly people there, so this year, Zhou Chen and Zheng Juan basically didn't go home much and took her everywhere to travel and play.
However, because they wanted to watch the Olympics, they had not gone abroad before and had only visited domestic tourist attractions.
Zhou Chen and Zheng Juan were sitting in the stands at this time, watching the national team's basketball game.
Although he had known the result for a long time, the feeling of watching it live was naturally different from watching it on TV before, so Zhou Chen watched it with relish.
Zheng Juan, on the other hand, was not very interested in basketball games, so she sat next to Zhou Chen and talked to Zhou Chen.
"After watching the game, we went to find Jiajia. He said he had a girlfriend and wanted us to meet her."
The two youngest children have also been admitted to college, but because they grew up with everyone's love and affection, they are quite naughty and willful, slightly worse than the previous two brothers.
Zhou Jia was admitted to the Yanjing Union Medical College. After learning that his father was a very good doctor in the past, this kid also determined to become a doctor, so he enrolled in the joint bachelor's, master's and doctoral program in clinical medicine at the Union Medical College.
As for Xiao Lingdang, she was admitted to Fuzhou University in Shanghai and went to Shanghai alone.
"Oh, really, this guy actually has a girlfriend, and he wants us to see it. It seems that he is very confident in his girlfriend."
Zhou Chen was indeed surprised, because Zhou Jiaxia was only a sophomore in college, and he had never been in a relationship before college, which meant that he must have only been in love during college.
They had just talked for a short time and wanted them to meet each other. This was not Zhou Jia's style, so he said this.
"Then let's meet. I'll ask someone to arrange a hotel."
Zhou Chen took out his cell phone and sent a message to his assistant, asking him to make arrangements immediately.
"Wow..."
At this moment, the scene was in an uproar, and countless people stood up and yelled excitedly. It turned out that it was Yao who dunked during the game.
Zhou Chen and Zheng Juan have long been accustomed to such cheers, because they have experienced too much these days.
Regarding his wife Zheng Juan, Zhou Chen puts all his thoughts on her and protects her very well from the inside out. Therefore, even though Zheng Juan's real age is nearly sixty, she looks like she is forty.
Next year.
Zhou Chen's words are similar. They have a very strong body and black hair. If they don't tell their true age, outsiders will definitely not be able to tell.
"Bingkun, is basketball really so interesting? I saw the cheers at the scene were more intense than any game we have seen before."
"Of course, although football is the number one sport in the world, basketball is more popular than football in our country. This is because the national team has not achieved many results. If it had achieved results, the popularity would be even higher.
.”
Zhou Chen answered Zheng Juan's question with a smile.
As for basketball, he liked it before time travel, but his level was limited and he basically didn't play much. He only watched others play or watched games.
He has watched a lot of NBA games, and he can recognize most of the players in the NBA over the past ten years.
Thinking of the NBA, Zhou Chen suddenly came up with an idea. Since he has nothing to do now, he just travels with his wife every day and enjoys delicious food. Should he buy an NBA team to play?
After watching the game, Zhou Chen and Zheng Juan took a car to the hotel.
On the way, Zheng Juan suddenly said: "Yu Hong called me yesterday and said that Qianchao's health is getting worse and worse. Chemotherapy is no longer effective. The doctor suggested that they go back for conservative treatment."
Speaking of this, Zhou Chen's face became heavy. Although Sun Qianchao's life has been much better in the past ten years with his help, he still inevitably got cancer and has been undergoing treatment for several years.
"His current health is too bad, otherwise I could help him perform surgery to support him. Alas, this is all life."
Although he has superb medical skills, he is not a god. He cannot save anyone he wants.
Even he couldn't do anything about Sun Qianchao's illness.
Zheng Juan sighed: "No one expected that Qianchao would already be like this before he reached sixty. Fortunately, their family Sun Sheng was very upbeat, married, had children, and lived a good life, so even if Qianchao really left,
, and you can leave with a smile.”
Zhou Chen also sighed, "In a few days, let's go back to Jichun to see if we can catch up. By the way, we can also see big brother and the others."
Hearing Zhou Chen's words, Zheng Juan couldn't believe her ears. This was the first time in the past twenty or thirty years that she heard Zhou Chen take the initiative to say that he wanted to see his elder brother and sister-in-law.
"Bingkun, are you serious?"
"real."
Zhou Chen looked through the car window at the passing vehicles outside, looking melancholy.
When Zhou Zhigang passed away a few years ago, he was told to reconcile with Zhou Bingyi, but after the funeral, they did not really reconcile, and they had not contacted each other several times in the past few years.
However, although there was no contact, Zhou Chen still knew about Zhou Bingyi's current situation.
After Zhou Bingyi worked as a senior official in Jichun City for several years, he chose to retire early. Now he lives with Hao Dongmei in Jichun City. After retirement, the two of them also started traveling.
Because his working hours were irregular and his days and nights were reversed, Zhou Bingyi still suffered from stomach problems, which eventually developed into cancer. However, he did not hide it from Hao Dongmei, so he started treatment from the beginning, and he is now in good health.
After so many years, Zhou Chen no longer felt anything about the past, but after all, they had been strangers for so many years, and he was unwilling from the bottom of his heart to ask him to take the initiative to meet.
The reason why I am willing to go back to meet this time is because Zhou Bingyi's sixtieth birthday is coming soon.
They had been at odds with each other all their lives. For the sake of the deceased Zhou Zhigang and Li Suhua, there was no need for Zhou Bingyi to leave with such great regrets in the last few years of his life.
Of course, this was limited to Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei. Ever since he fell out with the Hao family, he had never thought about reconciling with her.
