In a blink of an eye, the time comes to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
The Zhou family had a reunion year this year. The only pity was that the head of the family, Zhou Zhigang, could not go home to celebrate the New Year.
The third-line construction is a key national strategy, and Zhou Zhigang and others must work day and night, even though it is stipulated that family leave will be given once every two years.
But the project was at a critical period, and no one from the chief engineer to the apprentices below was absent.
Under such circumstances, even if Zhou Zhigang had the intention, he would be embarrassed to ask for leave.
In the early morning, as soon as three days had passed, Zhou Bingyi couldn't wait to drag Hao Dongmei to the hospital.
Dongmei's drowsiness could not be found for a day, and Zhou Bingyi could not rest at ease for a day.
Of course, in order to avoid worrying his family, he did not tell them the truth. He went out just for shopping.
"Rong, where are your brother and your sister-in-law?"
Li Suhua returned home carrying the vegetable basket. When she saw that her eldest son and daughter-in-law were not at home, she immediately asked questions.
"I went out to buy some things."
Zhou Rong's eyes moved away from the book, and the words "A Tale of Two Cities" were faintly visible on the cover of the book.
"What are you going to buy this early in the morning?"
"Tell me earlier so I can bring it to them and save them a trip."
Li Suhua muttered to herself, Bingyi and Dongmei finally came back, they should rest more.
After entering the house, Li Suhua looked around and saw that her youngest son was not at home either, so she couldn't help but ask again.
"Where's Byung Kun?"
Zhou Rong said without raising her head: "I'm not back yet."
The Zhou family's house is not big, with only two bedrooms. In the past, Li Suhua and Zhou Zhigang lived in one room, and their three children lived in the same room.
Although Zhou Rong was already an older girl at that time, they had long been accustomed to sleeping on the same kang since childhood.
What's more, their family is not like this. In some families, it has become a custom for the whole family to sleep on the same kang.
But the past was the past, and the present is now. Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei were newlyweds, and they should sleep on separate kangs.
Li Suhua also had selfish motives for arranging this.
She thought that when her eldest son and daughter-in-law were away from home, they often lived apart, so it was always not convenient to have sex.
After returning home, naturally they had to live in a separate room. She also wanted to have her grandson as soon as possible.
In fact, Li Suhua had vaguely reminded Zhou Bingyi in her letter very early on, urging him to have a child as soon as possible.
She had already thought about it. When Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei gave birth to a child, if they didn't have time to take care of it, she would go to the Corps to help take care of it.
Anyway, she is idle at home.
As for what to do if he goes to his home over there, Li Suhua is not worried at all.
Zhou Rong is not a delicate young lady. Although she doesn't usually cook, she can still fry and cook.
The younger son usually travels back and forth, and sometimes returns to the city, but he may not always live at home.
Therefore, it is completely feasible for Li Suhua to go to the Corps to take care of her children.
In order to have her grandson as soon as possible, Li Suhua directly drove her youngest son to live in a furniture store.
Originally, 'Bingkun' could live in the same house as herself and Zhou Rong, but Li Suhua still felt it was inappropriate after thinking about it.
What was Hao Dongmei's previous identity?
The daughter of a high-ranking official!
People from a wealthy family might feel bad if men and women live together like this.
Therefore, Li Jie was kicked out of the house.
Li Suhua turned her head and looked at the clock on the chest of drawers. It was already past eight o'clock and her youngest son hadn't come back yet. She couldn't help but complain a little.
"What time is it? I'm not back yet."
In the past, the younger son was a treasure, but now that the eldest son and daughter-in-law are back, in Li Suhua's heart, Li Jie's status has dropped sharply and has become a piece of grass.
"Mom, what did you say?"
Zhou Rong vaguely heard what my mother said, but she didn't hear it clearly. She thought she was talking to her.
"nothing."
Li Suhua shook her head and waved.
"Come on, come and help us make cabbage stewed with blood sausage for lunch."
"Forehead."
Zhou Rong looked at the book in her hand, hesitated for a moment, and then stood up helplessly.
She actually doesn't like cooking at all, but when her eldest brother and sister-in-law come back, her family status is immediately in danger.
No, even my most favored younger brother is criticized by my mother for this and that. How can she dare to be so petty?
After a while, Li Jie rode back home.
There was a reason why he came back late today. I don't know where Tu Zhiqiang found out where he lived and went to block the door early in the morning.
Tu Zhiqiang brought him a message.
Luo Shibin was arrested and will be transferred to Jiangliao No. 1 Prison to serve his sentence later this year.
Since the last time they broke up with Shui Ziliu, Li Jie and Tu Zhiqiang have not met each other again. Today's meeting is the first time in recent times.
Although Li Jie had known about Luo Shibin's arrest for a long time, Tu Zhiqiang made a special trip, so he had to have a good chat with him, right?
After coming and going again, it was too late for him to come back.
During this meeting, Li Jie also learned another thing. Feeling that Luo Shibin had been arrested, Shui Ziliu had already planned to stop.
From now on, the water will flow and we will no longer do speculative things.
It's just that work is not easy to arrange these days. Shui Ziliu had a serious illness when he was a child, which caused the root cause of the disease. His legs and feet were not very agile and he was slightly lame.
If it weren't for the inconvenience of his legs and feet, Tu Zhiqiang would still have a way to use the water to flow into the lumber factory to work.
After revealing this, Tu Zhiqiang's purpose of coming has become clear.
He came to visit him on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. He actually wanted Li Jie to help arrange a job for Shuiliu.
Shui Ziliu has an unusual relationship with him. If it were anyone else, he would never come to visit him.
Don’t have that face!
But for the water to flow by itself, Tu Zhiqiang would give up even his life, let alone the illusory face.
After learning Tu Zhiqiang's true intention, Li Jie neither agreed directly nor refused, but just said he would consider it.
The Xiaoqingshan Village Furniture Factory does not have enough manpower, so it will definitely be no problem to just put in a few people.
But some time ago, Li Jie just stuffed Zheng Juan in. After fifteen days, Zheng Juan will officially go to work.
After all, it is not good to squeeze two people in a short period of time.
The factory belongs to the collective, not to him personally.
Of course, the difficulty is a little more difficult, but it is not impossible to solve.
Li Jie didn't agree directly, mostly because he wasn't very familiar with Shui Ziliu and their relationship didn't reach that level.
"Brother Bingkun, where have you gone?"
As soon as Li Jie returned home, he didn't even have time to take a sip of water when he saw Qiao Chunyan jumping over to her.
Seeing Qiao Chunyan appear, Li Jie's mouth twitched slightly.
This girl obviously made it clear to her, but not long after, this girl got into trouble again and still went her own way.
"Why are you here so early in the morning?"
Qiao Chunyan held her head high, with an attitude of "Don't look at me like that, there is someone behind me."