When it was getting late, Zhou Bingkun happened to have the right time and took Zheng Juan and the two of them back to the Zhou family's old house just before dinner.
As soon as he entered the door, Zhou Bingkun felt a very heavy atmosphere.
Everyone in the room was silent. Even Feng Yue, a child, understood clearly. He took a little book to read and did not dare to speak.
The adults were doing their own things, some were cooking, some were serving the dishes, some were lighting the fire, and some were setting the table. These people were Zhou Bingyi, Li Suhua, Feng Huacheng, and Zhou Rong respectively.
There are also people like Lao Zhou, the head of the family, who don't do kitchen work and squat in the corner smoking.
"Bingkun, Zheng Juan, you are here."
Zhou Bingkun didn't know what was going on these days. His relationship with the Zhou family was so stiff. When he entered the house, it was most convenient for him to talk to him. The first person to greet him was Feng Huacheng.
"Well, here we are, what's wrong with the people in this room?"
Zhou Bingkun pointed at this room and said the man who looked like he had lost all energy.
If this were a fantasy world, Zhou Bingkun would suspect that these people's souls were lost.
"Ahem... let's talk outside." Feng Huacheng pretended to cough twice to cover up his embarrassment, and then said.
"Why are you talking outside? Let's talk in this room. It's just that Dongmei's parents couldn't come over yesterday!"
Zhou Bingyi's voice sounded with a hint of resentment.
"Oh, that's it, I'm not surprised at all."
Zhou Bingkun responded, and no one spoke to him.
No one answered him, Zhou Bingkun couldn't mock anyone even if he wanted to, not to mention that Zhou Bingkun was not a person who liked to stir up trouble.
Zheng Juan went to help in front of the stove, Miao Miao was free to move around, and Zhou Bingkun played with his son, perfectly integrating into the awkward atmosphere of the Zhou family.
The New Year's Eve dinner prepared by Lao Zhou's family is quite sumptuous, including chicken, fish, meat, and elbows. According to the tradition of the Northeastern New Year's Eve dinner, all the dishes that should be prepared are included.
But there are only so many. There are the necessary dishes. I have prepared dishes for each kind of meat, but I haven’t prepared any more.
Probably Zhou Bingyi and Li Suhua, who are the chefs today, don’t have much thought to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner in detail.
In a somewhat depressed and silent atmosphere, Lao Zhou's family had a reunion dinner.
Among all the people in the old Zhou family, there is only one Hao Dongmei. If it is important, it is important. If it is not important, it is not that important. After all, she is just a daughter-in-law with a foreign surname.
Probably because Hao Dongmei's parents broke their promise and didn't come to Lao Zhou's house, and Hao Dongmei got into a fight with her parents.
Her face was swollen from being beaten, or her eyes were swollen from crying, and she didn't look good when going out, or Hao Dongmei felt that she was ashamed of the Zhou family and was not mentally prepared to come over.
As a result, Hao Dongmei did not come to attend the Zhou family's New Year's Eve dinner. Zhou Bingkun's popularity among the Zhou family these days was so popular that no one would give Zhou Bingkun an explanation.
During this New Year's Eve dinner, we didn't eat much food and didn't talk much, but we drank a lot of wine.
Lao Zhou and Zhou Bingyi, the eldest son of the Zhou family, were so depressed that they drank a bottle of liquor each.
After the two of them knocked themselves out, the Zhou family's New Year's Eve dinner was over.
There is no part of making dumplings and eating dumplings together.
"Rong'er, Hua Cheng, Bingkun, Juan'er, please go back. Remember to bring your children over early tomorrow to pay your dad a New Year's greeting."
Two of the three people living in the Zhou family have lost their lives, and the only one who can give them away is Li Suhua.
"Okay, Mom, please don't go out. It's not easy to take care of two people who drank too much for one night. Go back to the house and have a rest." Zhou Rong said first, her daily verbal care, knowing that
Li Suhua would not be relaxed, and she didn't know if she would stay at night to help.
"Then let's go. We'll come back tomorrow morning to wish you a happy New Year."
Zhou Bingkun also followed up and said, at least he was not hypocritical, he didn't want to care, and he didn't want to be polite.
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When we returned to the courtyard, it was only after eight o'clock, which was really not too late.
Let Guangming take his two children and set off firecrackers and fireworks outside.
Aunt Zheng, Zheng Juan, and Zhou Bingkun listened to the radio, chatted, and made dumplings to make up for the fact that the party at Lao Zhou's house was not festive and lively enough.
On New Year's Eve, we celebrate New Year's Eve, and what we need is reunion and joy. It's rare that we let the children run wild for a while. As a result, they had so much fun that they went to bed too late.
I couldn't wake up or get up in the morning. After forcefully waking up the two children, it was already past nine o'clock.
In the morning, I cooked dumplings and ate them, and then I simply said New Year greetings to my neighbors in the courtyard.
It was already past ten o'clock when Zhou Bingkun and his family arrived at Guangzipi Lao Zhou's house.
Another night passed, and in the new year, it seemed that the atmosphere in the Zhou family was much better.
Hao Dongmei also came to Zhou's house to pay New Year's greetings to her father-in-law and mother-in-law, which was also rare.
A few people were sitting on the Kang, eating peanuts and cracking melon seeds, as if they were celebrating the New Year normally.
"Miaomiao, Zhouzhou, I would like to pay New Year greetings to your grandparents and wish them a happy New Year."
"Miaomiao, Zhouzhou, happy New Year, grandma will give you lucky money."
This is just a matter of dealing with it in the Zhou family's old house. It's enough when it comes to the point.
A minute later, Zhou Bingkun took his family out of Zhou's house and went to a neighbor's house on the street to pay New Year greetings. He had done this for many years, and Zhou Bingkun was very familiar with this routine.
"Uncle Qiao, Happy New Year to Aunt Qiao." The first person to wander over was Qiao's house.
"Bingkun, Happy New Year. Your dad brought your brother and your sister here just now. I was thinking you wouldn't come this year, but I didn't expect you to come now." Aunt Qiao smiled politely.
said.
"That's right, Zhou Bingkun, you still want to be independent in your family and don't follow your father and the others."
Qiao Chunyan was completely joking, because Cao Debao was purely a door-to-door son-in-law, so Qiao Chunyan would be at Qiao's house on New Year's Day without any problems.
It is very kind of him to allow Cao Debao to take the child back to his parents on the first day of the new year.
"Why did I become independent? More than ten years ago, when our family paid New Year greetings to our neighbors, wasn't it all me? My dad came to your house to pay New Year greetings, and even brought Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong over. These two
Do you want to pay New Year greetings to others? And my dad, how old is he before he comes to your house to pay New Year greetings?" Zhou Bingkun said in reply to Chunyan.
Although the residents of Guangzipi come from a variety of sources, including Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan, their customs are not uniform.
But regardless of the custom of which status, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the younger generation basically goes to pay New Year greetings to the elders.
The same is the default custom here in light-letter films. Neighbors, elders or children who have a good relationship will let the children visit each other's houses to pay New Year's greetings.
"Your dad may be thinking that he won't come back often, so he should take advantage of the Chinese New Year to visit each other's houses." After hearing this, Uncle Qiao replied, speaking politely to Zhou Zhigang.
"Why do you want to walk around? Why didn't you think about walking around when you came back before? Didn't Lao Zhou just want to take advantage of the large number of people during the New Year to show off, so he brought his two college students, the daughter-in-law of the leader's family, and the son-in-law of a poet?
You came out to show off."
Aunt Qiao knew the truth completely, and she couldn't stand Zhou Zhigang's display, so she complained bitterly in front of Zhou Bingkun, Zhou Zhigang's son.
Let's not say that the relationship between Aunt Qiao and sisters Li Suhua is plastic. It is okay to share joys and sorrows, but not wealth. Seeing that the Zhou family is doing well, Aunt Qiao is not happy for the old Zhou family, and is full of jealousy.
"Bingkun, my mother has no other intentions. She just envies your family. We sisters are useless and ineffective. She is angry with us." Qiao Chunyan tried hard to make amends for Aunt Qiao.
"Why are you so useless? You are so filial. You three sisters are able to take care of your parents by their side. Not to mention that you are now the leader of the district. You may not know how high you can rise in the future."
During the Chinese New Year, except for a few people like Zhou Zhigang, who go out of their way to show off and make others uncomfortable for the sake of their own happiness.
Everyone else is like Zhou Bingkun. When celebrating the New Year, they must pick up auspicious words and say them nicely.
"I am the deputy director of the District Women's Federation. How can I compare with your family? All three of your brothers and sisters are college students. After graduating from college, they will all be leaders."
Qiao Chunyan said modestly, from being a bath pedicure worker to being the deputy director of the District Women's Federation, Qiao Chunyan was quite proud.
"Of course it's no match. At least you served Uncle Qiao and Aunt Qiao very well. For the old man, this is nothing more important than anything else! Okay, I won't tell you so much. I have to talk to other people.
Happy New Year at home."
This is the process of New Year greetings, just a few simple words will be enough.
"Bingkun, shall we get together this year?" Chunyan asked after sending Zhou Bingkun out.
"Ju, I have nothing to do all day long. If you decide on a time, just come to our house to find me."
We still have to get together at parties, and these friends are still okay, they are all people worth hanging out with, and if something happens, these friends are really there.
Even if Qiao Chunyan and Cao Debao will change in the future, it will be many years later.
After coming out of Qiao's house, I learned that Zhou Zhigang had gone to pay New Year's greetings to the neighbors on behalf of the Zhou family.
Zhou Bingkun naturally stopped going there, because of Zhou Zhigang's naked show off, not many of the neighbors would like the Zhou family.
The older generation was slapped in the face by Zhou Zhigang and cannot educate their children, while the middle generation is slapped in the face by Zhou Zhigang's college students. In contrast, they cannot learn and have no future.
Even in the younger generation, parents will use the Zhou brothers and sisters as "other people's children" to educate their own children, and they will be urged to study. I wonder if they will be eaten with bamboo shoots and fried meat on the first day of the new year.
It is extremely unethical to use one's own efforts to make the neighbors like Guang Zi Pian unhappy on New Year's Day.
Even if you were wronged by the Hao family's parents, you shouldn't take revenge on your neighbors and look for a sense of superiority from your neighbors.
Zhou Bingkun doesn't have to go to ordinary neighbors' homes. The only thing left is to go to the National Day home and catch up with his parents' home to say New Year greetings.
"Zhou Bingkun, what do you think your dad is doing? Everyone here is in a good mood on New Year's Day. Your dad brought a group of your family this morning to show off to the neighbors.
, who is still in a good mood? They are all worried at home."
Ordinary people can tolerate it a little, but Wu Qian, who is always petty and jealous, was directly stimulated by Zhou Zhigang and couldn't stand it anymore.
Zhou Bingkun came in to pay New Year's greetings, and when Wu Qian saw him, she gave him a slap in the face.
"Wu Qian, what are you doing during the Chinese New Year? You were like this when Uncle Zhou and Auntie came to pay New Year greetings. Bingkun is here, and you are still like this. You old woman, do you want me to cut you off on the first day of the new year?
You!"
When Guo Qing saw Wu Qian like this, he immediately slapped the table and stood up, his eyes widened, and he angrily scolded Wu Qian.
"What's the matter? They did it and didn't let anyone talk about it. Who doesn't know who his family Zhou Bingyi married? Who is the daughter of a big leader? Who is Zhou Rong married? A famous poet in Beijing. Let's not ask. He
Dad also introduced them one by one, for fear that he would make us angry to death!"
However, no matter how angry or fierce she is on National Day, Wu Qian will not be afraid of National Day.
The worst case scenario is a fight. If Wu Qian actually fights, using her hands, feet, mouth, and nails, she won't suffer any loss against Guo Qian, who doesn't dare to be ruthless.
"Okay, it's National Day and it's Chinese New Year. You can't fight. We're leaving now."
The father's debt must be paid by the son, and Zhou Zhigang did such an immoral thing, and Zhou Bingkun would not be able to talk back to Wu Qian.
Otherwise, Wu Qian would dare to act like a monster in front of Zhou Bingkun, and Zhou Bingkun would really not like Wu Qian.
"This prodigal bitch, Bingkun, you are making a joke." Guo Qing sent Zhou Bingkun and his family out and said awkwardly.
"What's so funny about this? It's been so many years since you couldn't control your wife. We've already finished laughing at you. As long as you live happily in this kind of life, it's fine as long as you think it's appropriate."
A little bit of economic status cannot change the family status of National Day at all.
It probably has something to do with personality. National Day just can't control a girl like Wu Qian.
Wu Qian, not to mention criticizing outsiders Zhou Zhigang, is also the parents of National Day. Wu Qian is not happy, so she will criticize them whenever she wants.
After the fight was over, the couple started fighting. After the fight was over, the couple continued to live together.
"Uncle Sun, Aunt Sun, happy New Year, happy New Year. I wish you good health and all the best."
That is to say, when I catch up with my parents to pay New Year greetings, the atmosphere becomes a bit normal.
"Bingkun, I saw your sister-in-law. The daughter of a great leader is different. I also saw your brother-in-law. The great poet is no different from us ordinary people. He also has one mouth and two eyes."
Chao Chao's mother said happily, feeling that seeing these two people as a curiosity was similar to going to the zoo to see monkeys.
They were not angry at Zhou Zhigang's showing off. The old couple had a peaceful mind, did not like comparisons, and were not jealous of others at all. However, such people were in the minority after all.
Even if their sons and grandsons catch up, they can't imitate the old couple. Sometimes they talk sourly.
"Bingkun, it's different. It's really different now. In the past, your family was just like ours, with the younger generation going out to pay New Year greetings. Now when your family goes out to pay New Year's greetings, all men, women and children come together."
Fortunately, Zhou Zhigang went to work in the third line and was not a permanent resident. Otherwise, Zhou Zhigang's way of showing off would have made the Zhou family hate people and dogs.
The previous time was in Chongqing. After Zhou Rong returned to the city from the countryside in Guizhou, Zhou Zhigang was transferred to Guizhou. The father and daughter were perfectly separated.
God would not allow these two people who are most capable of being evil to get together.