In the house where Qiao Chunyan was divided, three women, Qiao Chunyan, Wu Qian, and Yu Hong, were choosing and cooking in the kitchen, talking about the odds and ends of their lives, while the three men in the back room were talking about trivial matters.
Cao Debao blew out the smoke and asked the two people on the side: "Hey, do you know what Kun'er has been doing in the past six months?"
Sun Ganchao shook his head and said, "What you are asking is superfluous. Then you two are working in the same factory. You don't even know. Where do we go to work in the lumber factory?"
"Yes, we haven't seen each other for half a year. On the 29th, he went to my house and brought some things." Xiao Guoqing said, "He will be here in a while. You can just ask him yourself."
"Can he tell us? His eldest brother is the leader's son-in-law, and his cousin is a famous miracle doctor in the Northeast. He has old connections. Do you think he can tell us what he did?" Cao Debao sighed: "Now we are here The Six Little Gentlemen are getting farther and farther away. Tang Xiangyang and Lu Chuan are both college students. I don’t know if they will come back for the New Year, and I don’t have any information. Bingkun, there are people in his family who are not on the same level as us. Yes. I estimate that in another two years, the three of us will be the only ones left."
"What are you talking about? Bingkun has been good to us these years, right?" Xiao Guoqing said: "In which year did he not bring us something? Can we afford it? Tang Xiangyang and Lu Chuan will not talk about it. Bingkun didn't feel sorry for you, did he? Are you thinking about Bingkun like this?"
"No, I just said that, why are you anxious? Yes, he gives us things every year, but he has a lot of those things at home, and we treat them like treasures, and he doesn't care. It's not like you haven't been there before There’s a bunch of stuff in his house.”
Sun Qianchao nodded: "I understand, you are jealous. Bingkun was good to us, but he was also wrong."
"Is it wrong to be nice to you?"
Without waiting for Cao Debao to defend himself, Zhou Bingkun walked in carrying his things with a smile.
"Brother, you're here, come in, come in." Qiao Chunyan, who was busy in the kitchen, hurried out, took the things in his hands and went inside: "I haven't seen you for half a year, what are you busy with?" , she winked at Cao Debao and the other three, telling them not to say useless things.
"What can I do? I'm just running errands for Brother Yan." Zhou Bingkun said with a smile, "The dishes haven't been prepared yet?"
"Come on, come on, you guys just drink the peanuts, you'll be ready soon." After that, Qiao Chunyan greeted Wu Qian and Yu Hong to go back and continue cooking.
Xiao Guoqing had already opened the cigarettes and wine brought by Zhou Bingkun: "Spear, Hua Zi, oh, I've been pointing to this meal all year round."
Zhou Bingkun looked at Cao Debao: "What, did you just say that I was wrong?"
"It's nothing. I just haven't contacted you for half a year. There hasn't been any movement at all. Now that I've told them, we'll be the only three left." Cao Debao squeaked in defense, then asked: "It's not you. What have you been doing in the past six months? It’s mysterious.”
"You didn't say anything about my brother. It's hard to tell." Zhou Bingkun shook his head and said, "I didn't ask before, so let's talk about it. How have you been in the past six months?"
"Then what else can we do? Let's just live like it is, one day at a time."
Zhou Bingkun looked at Cao Debao, who was slightly red in the face, smiled, and turned to talk to Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao.
"Come on, come on, the food is served, the food is served." Qiao Chunyan came out, frying meat with one hand and fish with the other: "Oh, Debao, open the window a little and look at the smog. Brother Gan, Why are you smoking too?"
"Ah, isn't this just a run around? People always give me cigarettes, and I'm too embarrassed not to take them. I'm just starting to smoke them every time I go back and forth. I smoke until now. It's not interesting, but eating and drinking are all. Yes, I still want to get two more."
"Smoking is not good. Just quit if you can. It will hurt your health if you don't spend money." Qiao Chunyan then said, "But it's okay for you to smoke. You don't need money. Brother Wang Yan is a miracle doctor, but it will hurt your health." It can be cured, right?"
Cao Debao waved his hand to interrupt Qiao Chunyan's loud voice: "Okay, stop talking about those useless things and quickly serve the food and get the bowls and chopsticks. I've been drinking this for a long time and it's still burning."
After glaring at him, Qiao Chunyan turned around and went back to serve the food. Although the food on this table is not as rich as the Chinese New Year, it is still pretty good. Although this meal was cooked at Cao Debao's house, the food was also produced by the three of them, and they put together such a table. It was also in the past two years that Qiao Chunyan moved here after dividing her house. She used to stay in state-owned hotels, and Zhou Bingkun always paid for it.
Soon, the dishes were brought to the table, and everyone was eating and drinking in a lively manner. Qiao Chunyan, Wu Qian, and Yu Hong also poured wine. They all had enough energy to drink.
The atmosphere was normal at the beginning, with everyone laughing and talking and saying good things, but it changed later when the alcohol got more intense. Qiao Chunyan began to talk about how difficult it was for her. She went from being the director of a bathhouse to having a pedicure, and how big a gap she felt in her heart. Others advised her that the house was still there and so on.
Wu Qian was blabbering about all the bad things going on at home again, talking about how Xiao Guoqing's parents were doing, how miserable they were, and how hard they had been for so many years. Of course Xiao Guoqing couldn't stand those words, and he was still very angry. He rolled up his arms and sleeves and wanted to beat her. Zhou Bingkun has been watching this scene for four years, and he has to fight every time. Taking a detailed look at the days of Xiao Guoqing and Wu Qian, that is, the first year of marriage was good, and after that it was daily fighting.
As for Sun Qianchao and Yu Hong, things were not much better. There were many people in the family and the rooms were small, so stumbling was inevitable. But fortunately, there was no chance for Yu Hong to perform, so Xiao Guoqing and his wife were heard arguing.
As for Cao Debao, he was speechless. After all, he was the one who barged in. He used to live in Qiao Chunyan's house, but now he lives in Qiao Chunyan's house. He could never be strong or speak forcefully.
Zhou Bingkun liked the first half of the gathering with friends, but disliked the second half. Although he himself does not have any difficulties, everyone else has difficulties, so why bother talking about them every year. What do you want to do by telling him this? Let him find two good brothers to solve the problem? He doesn't even say anything when he has something to do, let alone people like them. If you want to see a doctor, if you can't get registered and want to jump in line, he can do it. But what else can he do?
If one person's work is solved, other people's work must be solved, so does Qiao Chunyan's work also have to be solved? If you have a good job, do you still have to work hard to allocate houses to them? After dividing the house, do we still have to let them get closer to the factory? And their relatives and friends, wouldn't they also come to see him? If other unrelated people know about it, will they also come to him?
He understands all this when there is no time when people are content. Just like himself, when he first went out to earn 5,000 yuan, he wanted to earn 10,000 yuan. When he earned 10,000 yuan the second time, he was interested in a house as big as Hao Dongmei's house. He didn't know what else he wanted in the future.
He had heard what Cao Debao said. It seemed like it was a matter of course for him to give them things every year, as if he had made a mistake in giving them for free...
So when faced with the complaints from these good friends, he could only deal with it by smoking and drinking with Na Zigu...
"Brother, why do you think this is the case?"
"You know this, why are you asking me?"
Wang Yan brought his wife and children back for dinner, leaving the children here by the way. This little kid has no one to play with at his own home or at his grandma's house. After a few days of neglecting his own mother, he has enough and is clamoring to go to his aunt's house to find a little friend. Wang Yan was too lazy to take care of him, so he just saved the time of cooking dinner, and he and Chen Jing were also clean when they returned home.
After dinner again, one of them carried water and the other took out the trash. Zhou Bingkun talked about the party during the day, hoping to find the answer from him.
Zhou Bingkun knew everything about his friends, and he was not stupid. I have gone out twice now and seen a lot of people and things. How could I not see this?
"I also understand that they may indeed be unsatisfied." Zhou Bingkun sighed: "But you said, brother, they are already better than many people. They are not enough to compare with them. They are always more than enough. Why do they always want to follow them? I'm looking for a relationship, and I don't deserve it. And Cao Debao, I made a mistake in delivering the things I gave him, and he didn't mean what I said, and he thought I gave him too little."
"Everyone has thought about it, right?" Wang Yan said with a smile: "That Cao Debao, think about it, you had Tang Xiangyang and Lu Chuan in the slag discharging workshop together. What about now? Tang Xiangyang and Lu Chuan are in college, and they will definitely be different in the future. No. You have been transferred away by Mrs. Qu a long time ago, and now it is even worse. Everyone has left, but there is still a staff, so how can he not have any ideas?
He won't care that you pedaled for more than an hour at minus 20 degrees in winter and sent Ma Shouchang to the hospital. He won't think that you work more seriously than he does on weekdays. What he was thinking was that Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen would take care of you. They have a brother who is the son-in-law of a high-ranking official, and a cousin who is a miracle doctor in the Northeast. What about him? After getting married, he still lived in his mother-in-law's house, relying on the house Qiao Chunyan shared. Even if Qiao Chunyan went to get a pedicure again, he would not earn as much as others. But he will not reflect on himself. He will think that if he had such convenience as you, he would definitely be better off than you. "
"What about National Day and catching up with them?"
"It's very good. She never forgets to say hello to me every time she sees me. But the daughter-in-law on National Day is not very good. Listen to what you mean, she always complains about her every day and is too resentful."
"She is still a nice person, but her mouth is like a cotton waistband, and it gets old every day, endlessly. It's because she can't control her mouth, and she fights with National Day every day. It's always difficult on National Day."
When Wu Qian first met Xiao Guoqing, she valued her status as a worker and a leader, which was much better than her status as a waiter in a state-owned hotel. But after so many years, my status as a worker has become useless and my life has not been good. Isn’t this a source of resentment? Look at Qiao Chunyan again. She became a director and was assigned a house. Although she was kicked off, the house is still there, and she is envious. She couldn't get up, so she thought about men. If men couldn't do it, she thought about studying Zhou Bingkun. This was normal. After all, whether they want a good job or a house, they can easily do it.
Wang Yan shook his head and smiled: "Zheng Juan is a good woman when it comes to marrying a virtuous wife. In the future, you can't just spend it when you have money. I'm sorry for your insistence back then."
"No, brother, don't you know me yet? I can't do it, so why don't you kick me to death?"
"It won't be a big deal if I kick you to death. I'll give you a leg. After all, if you really feel sorry for Zheng Juan, then let me put it in for my brother. You won't get better."
"Then you have no chance." Zhou Bingkun grinned: "Brother, what should I do after the new year? Do you still want to do it?"
"Why don't you just stay in bed for the winter? Why are you so anxious? If you really can't stay idle, go back to work in the soy sauce factory."
"I'm not in the mood to do it anymore. You said I've been exposed to wind and rain every day. No matter how much I sell, I still only make so little money. It's boring."
Wang Yan ignored him, carried the bucket, nodded to the people who greeted him in a friendly manner, and swayed to fetch water...
Fifteen days later, Zhou Bingyi and Chen Jing set off for school, and Wang Yan took his children back to live with old Zhou. Zhou Bingkun didn't work either, but he couldn't stay at home, otherwise he wouldn't be able to explain to Li Suhua, so he could only ride his bicycle out for a walk on time every day. Sometimes I stayed in the house in Wang Yan's family building, reading and sleeping, sometimes I went to talk to Qu Xiuzhen, and from time to time I made a few calls to the south to inquire about information from people I knew, and went home for dinner in the evening. It wasn't easy for him either. After all, he had nothing to do and the money in the south was tempting him, so he was very tired.
In March, Zhou Bingkun stayed at home for more than a month before Wang Yan allowed him to go south, and he didn't let him buy too much goods, only 10,000 yuan. In fact, it doesn't matter if he leaves after the New Year. It's just that Wang Yan deliberately suppressed it and rubbed Zhou Bingkun away.
With the channels provided in the first two times, Zhou Bingkun acted very quickly this time and basically spent all his time on the road. By July, I had made three trips in four months. Two of the trips were to the capital, and one was sent to Shencheng.
In mid-June, Hao Dongmei gave birth to a daughter, and Zhou Bingyi was so happy that he took the train back overnight. The child's name was given by Hao Jinlong and was called Qinglian. Wang Yan was very happy when he saw what Zhou Zhigang wrote in his letter, but he probably felt unhappy because he was not the one who came up with the name.
Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei were very happy to have a daughter. After all, they were sentenced to death before. Maybe they would never have children in this life. It would be nice to have them. They didn't care whether they were boys or girls. On the other hand, Hao Jinlong and Jin Yueji still felt a little regretful. It was like this in this day and age. It was a habit to regret not being able to give birth to a son. Zhou Bingyi went to Wang Yan specifically to show Hao Dongmei whether she could have a second child, whether there was any danger, and he was thinking of having another child. After receiving the answer that they had been practicing for a year, they were all relieved.
Li Suhua is not needed for confinement. Hao Dongmei has a biological mother at home, as well as a full-time nanny, who takes good care of her. Li Suhua also had a hard time. In that month, Wang Yan only took her there twice. When she came back, she was looking forward to Zheng Juan giving birth to a granddaughter.
In July, the special zone was established and the great era began. Zhou Bingkun also had enough money to build a factory. Wang Yan asked him to register Longteng Tea, gave him the formula, and invested in building the factory. It's still the same as in the previous world. After all, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hong Kong Island are very fond of drinking, and it's a profitable business with small profits but quick turnover. In the future, we can also develop in the direction of mineral water, beverages, and beer.
This industry will be left to Zhou Bingkun. Anyway, he will provide remote guidance and help set up the basics. He will not care about the rest. It all depends on Zhou Bingkun's own ability. After all, the industry can be developed vertically and laid out horizontally. With capital and various current advantages, it is easy to get started. If you have the ability, then be strong in 500. Even if you don't have the talent, you can still make hundreds of millions. He had no idea of letting Zhou Bingkun control Long Teng.
It's not for any other reason, but mainly because Zhou Bingkun is not that strong. The tea industry alone can exhaust Zhou Bingkun to death, let alone the super invincible giant group like Long Teng. As it is now, he has to teach him to teach his subordinates how to delegate power, so that Zhou Bingkun can be freed and return to his family.
In fact, this was contradictory, but he still felt that Zhou Bingkun should return to his family more often. Otherwise, his original intention of making Zhou Bingkun achieve something would be lost.
The Northeast has not yet opened up, and it will take a few years for it to become serious, so he is not too anxious. The main reason is that he is habitually paving the way, and the more important thing is that the things he masters have a blessing on the national destiny. Although it is not reality, it is still the motherland. How can it make it worse if it can be better. It won't cost him too much time and experience, and it will be done as soon as it is laid out. He can do whatever he needs to do, why not do it. So when the time comes, he will do it again.
In late August, Zheng Juan gave birth to a little girl. Li Suhua was happy, but Zhou Bingyi couldn't hug him. Who could not let her hug him now? Zhou Zhigang, who was away from home, was very happy to know the news. After receiving the letter, he held it in for another half a month and named it Zishan.
Zhou Bingkun understood clearly, and he laughed and talked to Li Suhua, Wang Yan and others, saying that Zhou Zhigang was competing. If someone takes a green lotus, he will take the entire purple shan. Unlike the previous Jianhua, Jianye, and Jianbang who followed the crowd, they must be strong.
This summer vacation, Zhou Rong's family did not come back, saying they would come back during the New Year. Wang Yan asked Chen Jing, but they still didn't divide the house, and they still had the same quarrels from time to time.
In September, five-year-old Wang Jianye went to preschool. Zhou Jianbang, the only one left in the family, was alone and clamoring to go to school. It took a while to get over it. Zheng Juan was in good health, and Wang Yan prepared some medicated meals and prescribed qi-replenishing medicine, and she recovered very quickly. After confinement, I was able to work again, and I still worked as hard as I had for several years.
It's just that because Zhou Bingkun's business in Pengcheng has just started and he is exploring the market, he has basically not made much progress. There's nothing you can do about it. Everything is difficult at the beginning, so you can't leave someone alone. And because the herbal tea market was not open, Zhou Bingkun also led people to transport goods north, which was very busy.
In the blink of an eye, the Spring Festival of 1980 came, and Zhou Rong's family came back. They seemed very harmonious on the outside, but Feng Yue, as expected, felt normal about her playmates whom she had not seen for a long time. She had already made new friends on campus in the capital. . But even if you are a child, you will get to know them very quickly. However, the time during the Chinese New Year was limited. The children had just gotten acquainted with each other and had just found their old feelings. Because of Feng Huacheng's work, he returned to the capital on the sixth day of the lunar new year.
Hao Dongmei's children are not big either, so there is no back and forth. Just like last year, at noon on the 30th, he came back with his child, had lunch and then left. Zhou Bingyi also had the New Year's Eve dinner at his father-in-law's house as usual.
It seems to have become a routine. On the night of the second day of the new year, Jin Yueji invited people from the old Zhou family to have dinner at home. It was not bad.
On the third day of junior high school, Zhou Bingkun and his friends had their annual gathering, but Tang Xiangyang and Lu Chuan were still missing. They had no contact in the past year. At the dinner table, the first half is enjoyment and the second half is troublesome. Although it has only been half a year, the wind of reform has already blown to the Northeast and has had some impact.
They knew that Zhou Bingkun went to Pengcheng, but they didn't know exactly what he was doing. However, they knew that Zhou Bingkun bought a black and white TV for his family. When asked what he was doing, Zhou Bingkun did not elaborate, but simply talked about the fiery atmosphere in Pengcheng. He also enthusiastically invited Cao Debao and the three of them to go to the south to work with him, saying they could make money.
But none of the three of them agreed. Except for Xiao Guoqing, Cao Debao and Sun had almost the same reasons for catching up. In the words of Zhou Zhigang in the original play, "The rice bowl is not big, and his surname is Tie". Moreover, Cao Debao became the team leader, and his salary It’s gone up a bit, and of course I don’t want to leave.
People in the north and south are curious about going to the south but stay away from it because there is no guarantee and no future. Cao Debao also said sourly that without Zhou Bingkun's good brother, he would not be able to go back after leaving the factory.
Sun Qunchao's daughter-in-law Yu Hong is still pregnant and will give birth in a few months, so she will definitely not be able to leave. Moreover, he wanted stability and was not sure whether it would be okay to follow Zhou Bingkun. In addition, Yu Hong gave him a wink, so he refused.
Xiao Guoqing has a reckless personality, which is called a tiger in Northeast dialect. He heard that good brothers are more difficult and tiring, so he agreed when Zhou Bingkun proposed it. However, Wu Qian cried and made a fuss to stop her, and even said harsh words that if she dared to go, she would get a divorce.
Of course, there was another big quarrel that day and they broke up...
In fact, it's not that they don't know that going out with Zhou Bingkun is probably the same and they won't be treated harshly. They still know Zhou Bingkun's character. Moreover, the two brothers Wang Yan and Zhou Bingyi were standing behind, so there was no difference.
But that was Zhou Bingkun's reliance, not theirs. If they fail in the end and lose money, they have no way out. Coupled with the fact that he has little knowledge but only a small amount, the idea of an iron rice bowl is deeply rooted in people's hearts, and it is normal not to follow him.
What they want is to live better without having to pay, not to live better by taking risks. Without family or friends, they cannot afford to play.
This is the advice Zhou Bingkun got from his good brother after consulting with his good brother after seeing that the situation in the south was very good.
After seeing what his good friends meant, Zhou Bingkun knew what was going on. Although he is still young, he has certainly grown up after spending more than a year in the south, dealing with people from all walks of life, getting into trouble, and raising a group of people under him.
After fifteen years, Zhou Bingkun said goodbye to his family and once again set foot on the train of the times heading south, full of hope...
Thank you (little steamed buns abc) (Meng Po comes with a bowl of soup) (stars light up the lights) (my name is Jin Li) (feifeifeifeifei is here) (SINCERE) (love love love endlessly) (rain boundary Li) (jyj5918) (Shu Dao) The ten elder brothers continue to support.
I would like to express my daily gratitude to the good brothers who vote monthly for their support.
Thank you to all the brothers who recommended me for your support,
Thanks to the big brothers who read silently for their support.
(End of chapter)
