When Zhou Miaomiao had time to admire how beautiful Xue was, it was already the second day after Zhou Bingkun's family came back.
On the first day, I still had to be busy cleaning, tidying up the house, and purchasing supplies. It was a very busy day.
When I came back in the past, the children could just play by themselves. Now that they have grown up, they can also help clean up.
"Miaomiao, you like snow. You can see enough this time. We are from the Northeast, so why don't you watch the snow? I checked the weather in Jichun. During the few days we came back this time, it didn't snow for a few days.
of."
The weather here in Jichun is easy to snow during the Chinese New Year, but it is impossible to be sunny every day.
"Dad, I want to go skating outside."
"I want to see the snow and skate. I have plenty of time for you to play. Miaomiao, come here and help mom carry the food out. Eat breakfast first."
Zheng Juan shouted with a smile, "Zheng Juan is in a good mood after returning to Jichun."
Zhou Bingkun has experienced a lot, and the plot of his hometown is not that heavy, but Zheng Juan is different.
After living in Beijing for so many years, I still feel that Jichun is my root.
"Your mother is right, let's finish the meal first. After the meal, you take your brother and go out with your uncle and aunt to go shopping in Jichun. Your mother and I will go back to the photo studio first.
"
"Dad, aren't Zhouzhou and I going back to grandpa's house with you?"
"You came back with us, who took your uncle and aunt out to play?"
This is just an excuse. The situation of the old Zhou family is different. If the child wants to go back, Zhou Bingkun should go back first and see what the situation is like in the old Zhou family.
After breakfast, the family split into two groups and picked up some specialties from the capital. Zhou Bingkun took Zheng Juan back with the photograms.
"Bingkun, is it Bingkun?"
"Aunt Sun, it's me, I'm back to celebrate the New Year."
Although I haven't been back for a few years, after I came back, the photon film still had a familiar smell.
Other places are changing with each passing day, but in the light of writing, there is only dilapidation day after day.
Fortunately, it has been snowing the past few days, and everything is white. These old houses look quite beautiful, covering up the dilapidation of some phototypes.
The road to light lettering is still as difficult as ever. No wonder the neighbors don't want the good ones ordered by Zhou's family.
Zhou Bingyi has been working as deputy mayor for several years, but he has never thought about repairing the optical road.
Not to mention using cement and sand for hardening, just use some dirt as a cushion, and the neighbors will not miss it at all.
Maybe there are too many gossips and gossips, and I am too afraid of more gossips. Even the words alone can't take up any of Zhou Bingyi's time.
"Mom, Mom, we are back."
Back at Lao Zhou's house, Zhou Bingkun seemed to have returned to the past. After entering the door, he shouted.
It's a bit like working in a lumber factory and coming back from get off work.
"Bingkun, Juan'er, you are back. Come to the back room. It's warm." Li Suhua came out of the back room to greet them. Her attitude was good and she was enthusiastic towards Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan.
"These are the specialties I brought to you. They are all the things you liked to eat when you lived in the capital."
Zhou Bingkun put the things he brought over on the round table in the outer room.
Li Suhua mainly likes to eat cakes from the capital, and she has liked to eat these most of her life.
"Just put your things here. Come to the back room and let your dad see you. You haven't been back in the past two years and he is always thinking about you."
Li Suhua held Zhou Bingkun with one hand and Zheng Juan with the other, and was about to lead the two people into the back room.
Li Suhua talks to Zhou Bingkun on the phone and helps him put in good words. This has been a new habit for more than a year.
Zhou Bingkun didn't hear Lao Zhou himself say that he was worried about anything, so what Li Suhua said was certainly not true.
Li Suhua probably said this because he wanted to mediate the conflict between Zhou Bingkun and his son.
Ease the relationship between father and son and help Zhou Bingkun put in a good word for Lao Zhou.
Zhou Bingkun made a bold guess. Li Suhua probably helped Zhou Bingkun by saying nice things in front of Lao Zhou.
"Don't worry, we're all back, what's there to see you in a hurry? How is your health now?"
"Didn't I tell you on the phone that I'm in good health now. I don't have many of the old problems I had before. If I feel uncomfortable, I'll be fine after taking medicine for a few days."
Li Suhua's three high blood pressure and cold legs are common diseases in the elderly. If you usually take care of yourself and take medicine to control them, the problem will not be big.
After Lao Zhou came back, he didn't have to worry about crying all the time, and his keratitis didn't happen again.
"On the phone, there may be good news or bad news. I have to see it with my own eyes before I can be sure."
After a brief look at Li Suhua, Zhou Bingkun determined that Li Suhua's health was better than the previous two years.
In fact, it has been proven that a good mood is very important for good health.
"Then you have seen with your own eyes that Mom's health is indeed quite good now." Li Suhua smiled and moved her arms and legs to prove it to Zhou Bingkun.
"It's not bad. She seems to be in better health than the average old man and old lady."
Zhou Bingkun responded that people of Li Suhua's generation do a lot of physical work, so they look older. In fact, Li Suhua is not even seventy yet.
When Zheng Juan's mother, Aunt Zheng, was as old as Li Suhua, she could still push a cart and sell popsicles in the streets.
"Yes, so does Mom."
"My dear, I'm thirsty, can you give me some water?"
The conversation in the outer room was lively. Maybe Lao Zhou was alone in the inner room. He felt that he was being ignored and felt uncomfortable. He shouted outside to attract attention.
"Pour some water. Look, you guys are here. Mom was so happy that she forgot to pour you some tea."
While talking, Li Suhua looked for a warm kettle and prepared to pour water for Lao Zhou, Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan.
"Mom, we can just come here by ourselves. We are not going to someone else's house."
Zheng Juan stopped Li Suhua and went to pour water herself.
Even though I have moved out for more than ten years, I am still very familiar with this home.
I can only say that this home has changed very little even in the past ten years. Most of the things have been used for decades, even the tea leaves are kept in the original drawers.
"Mom, has the nanny gone out to buy groceries, or has she gone home to celebrate the New Year?" Zhou Bingkun asked when he saw that the nanny was not there.
"It's already the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month. We have everything at home, so why go out to sell vegetables? Xiao Cai is home for the New Year."
Zhou Bingkun also asked for details, but he only knew that the nannies in the family had changed several times.
The wages of nannies are also rising steadily.
I can only think about it briefly. There are reasons for the rise in prices and wages, and there may also be reasons why Lao Zhou is not easy to serve.
The snobbish old Zhou is not targeting Zhou Bingkun alone.
The same goes for other people, if you have a higher status than Lao Zhou, Lao Zhou is easy to get along with, pleasant, amiable, and approachable, all of which can be applied to Lao Zhou.
But if his status is not as good as that of Lao Zhou, Lao Zhou will be cold-blooded, domineering, and repulsive to others. What stands out is a reality.
"Have all the preparations for the New Year at home been completed? What should be fried, boiled, steamed? Is the meat ready?" Zhou Bingkun continued to ask.
"There are still a few days, isn't it? Mom took the time to do these things."
This is what Li Suhua is joking about. Twenty years ago, when Li Suhua was in good health, these preparations would have taken several days.
There is nothing Li Suhua can do easily if she takes some time.
"Even if the nanny goes home, Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong won't come back to help?"
Because of his preference for his children, even for the reputation of his children, Li Suhua always said that Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong were very filial.
But whether the brother and sister are filial or not depends on the facts.
"Mom, the tea is ready." Zheng Juan brought the brewed tea over.
Zheng Juan did not send it directly to Lao Zhou in the back room. She obviously wanted Li Suhua to send it to Lao Zhou.
Because Lao Zhou behaved too fiercely when facing Zhou Bingkun's family.
The father-in-law naturally suppressed his daughter-in-law due to his status. Zheng Juan had been quite afraid of Lao Zhou for so many years.
"Bingkun, Juan'er, you guys should come to the back room too."
Li Suhua, who was holding the teapot, thought of going to the back room again.
"Okay, let's talk in the back room."
There was no way to hide, so Zhou Bingkun moved two chairs and followed Li Suhua into the back room.
Zhou Bingkun didn't want to sit too close to Lao Zhou, and Zheng Juan certainly didn't want to sit too close to him.
After entering the back room, Zhou Bingkun put a chair next to the stove. He and Zheng Juan sat down next to the stove. There was no need to get on the kang. In fact, it was quite warm even with the stove.
After Li Suhua put the tea on the Kang table for Lao Zhou, she sat on the edge of the Kang and said, "When the New Year comes, your brother and your sister are so busy. Both of them have their own family affairs. I can do these things at home by myself."
."
I don’t know if this was the excuse given by the brother and sister, or if it was the excuse Li Suhua came up with for the two of them.
"Zhou Bingyi is busy with work, which is somewhat believable. Zhou Rong has already been on winter vacation for half a month. What should she be busy with?"
No matter what the reason was, Zhou Bingkun exposed this obvious excuse.
Li Suhua's expression was still relatively normal, but Lao Zhou's dark face turned a little darker. He raised his head, stared at Zhou Bingkun and said coldly:
"You two knew you were coming back, but you didn't know how to bring the child back."
His attitude was not good, but he could tell that Lao Zhou wanted to see his grandson and granddaughter.
No matter what is going on in his heart, in Lao Zhou's eyes, Zhou Miaomiao and Zhou Zhou have a higher status than Zhou Bingkun.
"The kids went out to play with their uncle."
Zhou Bingkun replied calmly. Being able to explain it was enough to give Lao Zhou face.
After listening to Zhou Bingkun's explanation, Lao Zhou's eyes widened, and he spoke with a bit of anger: "How can you educate a child without any tutoring at all? Is the child's uncle more important than the child's grandfather? After returning to Jichun, both
I don’t know why I should come back and see my grandparents first.”
"The children we teach are not good, but the children you teach are good. It's already the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, and I haven't seen your two children. Come back to see you and help you with some work?" Old Zhou is this
Zhou Bingkun couldn't give in to Lao Zhou's attitude, and immediately retorted:
"Why do you think that you, a grandfather who has never met his children a few times, will make them feel that you are more important in their hearts than the uncle who raised them? Even if we put aside feelings, the children's uncle
If your eyes are inconvenient, shouldn't the children go out with their uncle? In terms of emotion and reason, what is it that makes it worthwhile for the children to come and see you first?"
"I am the grandfather of the children, shouldn't they come to see me?" Lao Zhou shouted as he slapped the kang table. He could only shout loudly. He was not as eloquent as Zhou Bingyi or Zhou Rong.
"I didn't say no, and I didn't say I wouldn't let the children come to see you, but people have to be divided into relatives and friends, and things have to be prioritized, right?"
Zhou Bingkun said indifferently, Lao Zhou would bang the table and shout whenever he liked, but Zhou Bingkun always responded with indifference. Zhou Bingkun couldn't think of anything that Lao Zhou could do to make him anxious.
"Do you mean that I am sparse, distant, light, and relaxed?"
"Isn't this obvious? Why bother asking?"
Lao Zhou has a double standard. He can despise others, but he cannot allow others to despise him.
I can despise you, but you can't despise me. This logic is the same as playing a gangster.
During the Spring Festival of 1963, Li Suhua and Zhou Bingkun were waiting at home for Lao Zhou to come back for the Spring Festival.
Lao Zhou thought Zhou Rong was more important and went to look for Zhou Rong.
The situation then and now were so similar that Lao Zhou couldn't bear it.
"Old man, what are you doing? Why are you making such a fuss? Bingkun and Juan'er finally came back. Can you control your donkey temper?" Li Suhua scolded Lao Zhou: "You can't speak if you can't.
Say, is it okay to listen to us?"
It's rare for Li Suhua to get angry with Lao Zhou like this.
In the past, it was just that when Lao Zhou was leaving home, Li Suhua would get angry with Lao Zhou when she was in a bad mood.
As Lao Zhou returned to his family, the two spent too much time together, and Lao Zhou had difficulty moving and needed Li Suhua's care.
The status of the couple has undergone some changes.
At this moment, it can be seen that Li Suhua is much stronger than before.
"Bingkun, Juan'er, don't worry. You can just bring the children over when they have some free time. The uncle's eyesight is inconvenient and he has to go out. The children should follow him and take care of him."
When not influenced by the favored Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong, Li Suhua has always been very reasonable.
It is much easier for ordinary people to get along with Li Suhua than with Lao Zhou.
"In the past few days, the children have to take their uncle and aunt to play in Jichun. There is no time. But when they are thirty or the first day of the new year, we will definitely bring the children over."
Zhou Bingkun is not an unreasonable person. When it is time to come back for reunion, he will take the children back no matter what.
"The child's uncle is married. Do they still live with you after they get married?" Li Suhua asked in surprise.
"Juan'er didn't trust Guangming, so she didn't let Guangming go out and live in his own home. Instead, she stayed with us in a courtyard. Zheng Juan was taking care of her, so how could I take care of family affairs?" Zhou Bingkun replied truthfully.
.
It's a bit wrong to not support your parents but your brother-in-law, but Zhou Bingkun doesn't care what the two of them think.
Zhou Bingkun basically treats both sides the same way, both of them provide money.
The one who really contributed was Zheng Juan. The attitude of the two couples towards Zheng Juan, Zheng Juan had nothing to be ashamed of for not taking care of the old couple.