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.
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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."
To be continued...