This year has gone very well and everyone is very happy. After all, we are reunited again.
The children were chasing each other and setting off firecrackers outside, while the adults were busy chatting and laughing at home. The table was filled with delicacies, they were wearing new clothes, they had bright hopes for the future, and they had no worries about daily life. The sufferings are not the same, but this kind of joy is the same, and it is the same for thousands of homes.
On the night of his thirties, Zhou Bingyi, who had been drunk for a short time after drinking at noon, took the pregnant Hao Dongmei and his daughter back to his father-in-law's house for the evening meal of dumplings.
The happy atmosphere of Lao Zhou's family has not been affected at all. The atmosphere is still good. The family watches pre-recorded and replayed TV programs on the black and white TV. There are also a bunch of kids who liven up the atmosphere. The adults sigh about life and recall the past. Good.
On the first day of the new year, Zhou Bingyi returned to his old Zhou's house early, because Zhou Zhigang was still like in the original drama, taking the whole family out for a walk around the photo booth to pay New Year's greetings. This was just a shame. . After all, the eldest son and the second daughter are both students at the best university in China. Now the old son has become a household worth ten thousand yuan, and there are also many grandchildren. The family is prosperous. Listening to everyone's auspicious words along the way, I felt happy.
Wang Yan's family did not join in the fun. They were enjoying the warmth of their own small family in the family building, laughing and joking, which was quite happy.
On the second day of the new year, as usual, Wang Yan returned to his parents' home with his wife and children. In the evening, everyone from the old Zhou family went to the Provincial Party Committee compound either on bicycles or in cars.
Hao Jinlong also came back early and talked to Zhou Zhigang cordially, caring about his health and third-line construction, and also asked Zhou Bingkun about the specific situation in the south. In fact, although Jin Yueji would invite people from the Zhou family to have a meal together on the second day of the Lunar New Year in the past two years, Hao Jinlong never showed up...
On the third day of the lunar new year, it was time for the annual gathering of Zhou Bingkun and his friends. This year's gathering was still held at Qiao Chunyan's house. She was indeed quite ups and downs. She was given a house, then received a house, became a leader again, and was kicked off to get a pedicure. This time she was promoted again, and the house was changed. It was a new one built less than two years ago, with external stairs. Family building.
"Let me tell you, when I was jerking off, I felt quite uncomfortable because there was a gap. You said that everyone who saw me used to call me director, but when I came down, everyone wanted to come up and step on me. I just thought, I can work in an office, but I can’t do my old job. I can move up or down, of course it’s not right. If you have a clear mind, you can know everything. I have a good attitude, good skills, good personality, and good looks. Okay. The client who came to me was much older, so I just practiced one by one. Then I became advanced and a model.
Let me tell you, my experience is that this kind of labor does not distinguish between high and low. As long as you are a screw in the work, the eyes of the leaders and the masses will be sharp, and you will succeed sooner or later. "
A group of people listened to Qiao Chunyan delivering her acceptance speech, and Cao Debao waved his hand: "Come on, stop talking nonsense. If it hadn't happened that the deputy director of the organization department of the district went to get a pedicure, and it happened that the district needed a female cadre, It just so happens that you serve me well."
"The first two coincidences are just coincidence, and the latter coincidence is my consistent work style, Qiao Chunyan. Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, and I am." Qiao Chunyan boasted happily and turned around to look Looking at Zhou Bingkun who was sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed and smoking: "Brother, why don't you say anything?"
"I don't want to listen to what you say. You are such a small talker. There is no place for us to interrupt." Zhou Bingkun shook his head and smiled: "But it should be said, your house is indeed nice, much better than the previous one. Yes. The toilet has a kitchen, heating, gas, and running water. There is no need to fetch water or pour swill. It is not easy to go to the toilet in winter, and there is no smell in summer. It is much better than the messy one we have. Not bad. "
"It's not bad, we don't dare to count on these conditions." After saying this, Wu Qian couldn't help but sit up and began to complain about the unsatisfactory life of her family: "Even if it's like we used to do, it's okay. I and I You tell me, I finally have some hope, hoping that his two returning sisters will get married. Well, this is good, his eldest brother-in-law has cancer again.
Even after spending all the money at home, the person left. You don’t know that the eldest brother-in-law’s work unit is amazing. As soon as he left, he took back the house with his back foot. My eldest sister's workplace also told me that there is no room. What should I do? I can only take the children and move back to my parents' home. His eldest sister's family of three, our family of three, including his parents, there were eight people, crowded into two small adobe houses. Is a place as big as a palm called home? I see, even the shelter is not as good as it is. "
"Can you please stop being embarrassed?" He said his bad things, and he felt uncomfortable with anyone, especially Xiao Guoqing, a man with a hot temper. How could he bear this? He immediately got up and I want to beat Wu Qian.
There are many kinds of domestic violence, and those like Xiao Guoqing who are direct and violent are one kind, but like Wu Qian, who has a mouth like cotton waistband and talks about everything every day, then it is not a kind of harm to Xiao Guoqing.
Zhou Bingkun didn't like Wu Qian very much, and her good mood at the gatherings every year was always lost on her. But he couldn't really watch Xiao Guoqing beating Wu Qian. He immediately stretched out his hand and pulled Xiao Guoqing, who was getting angry, to sit down: "Guo Qing, what are you doing? It's the Chinese New Year. You should calm down your bad temper. Don't get angry. Just take action.”
Qiao Chunyan echoed: "Isn't that right? You can't have a good time during the New Year? Wu Qian, what did I tell you before? Don't get together and talk about those things. You should be happy during the New Year. What's the matter? We’ll talk about it later. Right, brother?”
Zhou Bingkun nodded and asked, "Didn't your eldest brother-in-law go to my brother Yan to check for cancer?"
Xiao Guoqing sighed: "I went to see it. I took my sister and my brother-in-law with me. Brother Yan showed it to my brother-in-law directly. He said that it was discovered too late and the disease was developing quickly and he couldn't cure it. Aren't you unwilling to give up and went to the capital to see a doctor again? Brother Yan introduced me, but when I got there, I had spent almost all my money and couldn't save my life."
"Ah, there is no way. Brother Yan's medical skills are very good, but many people have died at his hands in recent years. There are too many diseases, and there are too many that cannot be cured." Zhou Bingkun stopped talking and said thoughtfully: " Their house was not enough to live in before. Wasn’t it a house built later? In this way, during the National Day, your house also has a yard. When spring comes, I will get some materials for you, and you guys in Catching Up will help with the work and build one too. Then it will be able to It’s quite spacious.”
Wu Qian, who had a droopy face just now, immediately laughed: "Well Bingkun, the money for the materials..."
"Get out of my way." Xiao Guoqing cursed angrily, turned to look at Zhou Bingkun beside him and whispered: "What, Bingkun, our hands are a little tight, you can put the money aside first, I will wait for you later." I’ll pay you back slowly.”
"That's easy to say, you can give it whenever you can. Besides, it's still two months before spring starts, so it's early."
Qiao Chunyan smiled and said: "Look at my brother, Wu Qian, I have to say to you, it's good to help you, but you can't be greedy. My brother's family is better off, the eldest brother of his son-in-law, the cousin of a miracle doctor in the Northeast, and he lives in the south It's okay to be a fool, but he's much better than us. But he doesn't owe us anything. Helping us is a matter of love, so not helping us is also a duty. Don't go too far."
What she said was very clear and sensible, even though she later asked Zhou Bingkun for help here and there, and wanted to be allocated more rooms. It can also be seen from this that everyone has the disease of being mean. When talking about others, she always stands on a high position and is righteous. When it comes to herself, she does it more than anyone else.
When Wu Qian said this, on the one hand, she really didn't mean it, and on the other hand, she was just trying to take advantage, and she just wanted to get away with it. This is understandable, Xiao Guoqing's family is indeed ordinary, and what she said is indeed the truth. Normal people will feel humiliated when they say this. Maybe she feels it too, but life is like this, so she should speak up. Let's not talk about whether we can save the money and take advantage. It is always right to speak first, just in case Zhou Bingkun wants to be the leader. Not to mention that there is no advantage for a hundred people, but there is still half a chance.
Her mentality is shared by many people who are hated in daily life. They just dare to speak, but they are shameless. Some of them may be really difficult, and some of them are just acting like gangsters and bullying honest people. Qiao Chunyan was like this, Wu Qian was like this, and Yu Hong, who later asked for a house from Zheng Juan, was like this. However, in life, there are still most people who are embarrassed to speak, can't show their face, and won't refuse.
Seeing Xiao Guoqing, who was blushing and glaring at her fiercely, Wu Qian lowered her head and sat silently aside and stopped talking. After being together for many years, she knew Xiao Guoqing's temper very well, and it would definitely not be over when he got home.
Zhou Bingkun patted Xiao Guoqing's shoulder, signaling him not to be angry, and looked at the others present with a smile: "Chunyan is right, I can do well in the south now. Although I have no hope of getting rich, I still have enough to eat. It can still be done. Debao, National Day, Catching Up, Wu Qian, Yu Hong, you guys, I told you before that you won’t go, what about this time? Go over and help me? "
Cao Debao shook his head and said: "I have done a good job as the workshop director of the soy sauce factory, and Chunyan has become a junior leader now. We are both doing well, so we won't go to the south to work hard. Don't look at me, look at them."
Qiao Chunyan nodded in agreement: "Yes, brother, we are both good, you don't need to worry."
She didn't think she was sick. After all, she was working in an official career now, and she didn't want to waste her good situation by leaving her hometown and traveling so far away.
Seeing Zhou Bingkun looking at him, Xiao Guoqing nodded. Just as he was about to speak, Wu Qian, who was pretending to be dead next to him, spoke up: "Thank you, Bingkun. We won't go. Now I am in the state-owned hotel and he is in the lumber factory." , although I don’t earn much, it’s a stable job with income every month. We, no better than your family, can’t bear the trouble. If there is any month where we don’t earn any money, then our family will Xiao Ke stopped. If there is an illness, a disaster or something, we can't hold on. Xiao Guoqing, shut your mouth."
Listening to Wu Qian's roar, Xiao Guoqing's cheeks puffed up, his already square face became even squarer, and his face turned red to his neck. This is not shame, but anger. He is very angry. He didn't speak, taking deep breaths to calm down the emotions that were about to explode.
Zhou Bingkun patted him again and turned to look at Sun Qianchao aside: "Where is Qianchao? What do you think?"
Sun Qianchao glanced at the silent Yu Hong, nodded and said: "I'll go with you, Yu Hong, forget it, the child is now one year old, although my mother can help take care of it at home, but the child can't live without her mother . It is not realistic to go there with a child. She can still work at home and take care of the child, and she can also take care of my parents."
"Okay, then when the new year starts, you can go to the lumber factory and quit your job. Stay with your family for a while, and I'll let you know in advance when I leave. As for things, you don't need to bring anything with you. Just go there. What's over there? All.”
Everyone talked for a while and then went to the Provincial Party Committee Courtyard to pay Qu Xiuzhen New Year's greetings.
Just like in the original play, at the gate of the Provincial Party Committee compound, they met Tang Xiangyang and Lu Chuan, who had been waiting there for several years and had not seen each other for several years. After a brief talk of old times, they went to Qu Xiuzhen's house together. .
As for Zhou Bingkun's matter, it would be almost as if Qu Xiuzhen didn't tell her everything. In the past two years, the old Zhou family went to Hao Dongmei's house for dinner every year on the second day of the lunar new year. Zhou Bingkun also took his things and went to her place to sit for a while.
Qu Xiuzhen knew it when it was not illegal, let alone now that it is legal. Zhou Bingkun didn't hide it, and he said whatever he asked. So she was a little bit emotional when she heard that only Sun Qianchao was going south with Zhou Bingkun this year.
After knowing each other for many years, she could see clearly what these people were like, and she knew more or less what happened. So she knew that Sun Chengchao really wanted to help Zhou Bingkun this time. I don’t know how others will feel when they find out how Zhou Bingkun is doing there, and how they will feel. It will be interesting...
We had a meal together at Qu Xiuzhen's house and everyone dispersed. Although they haven't seen each other for several years, and although no one has said it out loud, we all have feelings for each other. Tang Xiangyang and Lu Chuan are indeed estranged, and there is no point in getting together. And not to mention the two of them, even Zhou Bingkun, Cao Debao and the three of them were a little bit crazy together. So there is no need to reminisce about the past, we just go back to our respective homes.
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the old Zhou family and the Chen Jing family had dinner together again.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, because the photo studio was working on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year and Zhou Zhigang left home on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Wang Yan found someone from the newspaper office to bring a camera to take a good photo of Zhou's family.
On the seventh day of the lunar month, because of Feng Huacheng's work, Zhou Rong and the others got in the car and left Jichun. Speaking of which, Feng Huacheng was quite unhappy. Because in the past, no matter what, although he was not as son-in-law as Zhou Bingyi, and he was not as great as Wang Yan, the best doctor in the Northeast, he was still better than Zhou Bingkun, who was always at home. But now the situation has changed, Zhou Bingkun has become a household worth ten thousand yuan, and they have become the worst offenders. The brand new foreign watch on his wrist made him really feel its heavy weight.
On the eighth day of the lunar month, Zhou Bingkun sent his father to the train station and left by car. Of course, the process was indispensable for Zhou Zhigang, his own father, who told his son to abide by the law, love his country and his family, shoulder his responsibilities, and not treat workers harshly.
After fifteen years, Zhou Bingyi and Chen Jing also boarded the train bound for the capital. The old Zhou family returned to its previous appearance, and Li Suhua inevitably felt sad again.
Zhou Bingkun is not in a hurry to leave. He has decided to leave at 20. He has been at home with his wife and children these days.
On the night of the 18th, the family was sitting on the hot Kang after dinner. Wang Yan, Zhou Bingkun, Zheng Guangming and Li Suhua were playing cards together, when there was a knock on the door. This wasn't someone knocking on the door hard, but the sound coming from the old broken door.
Hearing the knock on the door, several boys working on the ground stopped. Zhou Jianbang ran over and opened the door. Zheng Juan, who was sitting on the edge of the kang watching the excitement, also followed him out.
"It's National Day, are you looking for Bingkun? Come in quickly, it's very cold outside."
Soon, Zheng Juan closed the door and walked into the house with Xiao Guoqing.
"Auntie, Brother Yan, Bingkun, Guangming." Xiao Guoqing entered the room and greeted everyone with a smile.
Zhou Bingkun frowned and looked at him: "What happened to you? Look at the big mark on your face. Did you have a fight with Wu Qian? Did she scratch it?"
Don't blame him for asking, there were several marks on his face and neck, and it looked like they were scratched.
"It's okay, I accidentally scratched it." Xiao Guoqing said, "What about Bingkun? You and Qianchao are leaving on the 20th. What about me? I'll go with you two."
"Go together?" Zhou Bingkun understood, shook his head and said, "Didn't you quit your job in the lumber factory?"
Xiao Guoqing nodded and said: "We are good brothers, and I have to help you. I have gone with you to catch up. We were in the lumber factory together, and he could go, but I should go even more. I can't let you be there by yourself." I'm working on the side, and there's no one to help me if something goes wrong. That's it, I'll come over early on the 20th and leave, aunt, Brother Yan."
"Oh, please slow down, wait until I put on my shoes to see you off." Looking at Xiao Guoqing, who turned around and left in the turmoil, Zhou Bingkun didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He quickly went to the ground to put on his shoes, put on his clothes and drove out...
After a while, Zhou Bingkun ran into the house angrily, jumped on the bed, covered his feet with a small quilt, shivered and said, "Brother, help me buy another train ticket."
"Okay, you can just go and get it tomorrow morning." Wang Yan nodded and said with a smile, "Xiao Guoqing is very particular."
"That's a tiger." Zhou Bingkun couldn't help but shook his head: "Didn't I ask him once before? Last time, his wife Wu Qian refused to let him go and said she would divorce him if he wanted to go. Maybe it was me who said I wanted to help I wanted him to build a house, and he also decided to go with me to catch up. It didn’t make sense for him to work there, so he thought about going over and helping me. Thinking about it today, he just quit his job during the day. After I went back to talk to Wu Qian in the evening, didn't I just start working on it? Seeing that the person being scratched still didn't admit it, I guess Wu Qian's punishment was not light."
"Then it's obvious, right? You six little gentlemen, two of you are gone and three are left. These two are the ones standing by you."
"That's not true. Debao has already worked as a workshop director. He can still be promoted in the future. There is really no need to work with me. Qianchao and Guoqing really want to help me, and they don't know that I am there. What's going on over there, they probably thought I was being tough. The day before yesterday I went to catch up with him, but his family Yu Hong didn't agree to go with me, and they started fighting. It was better for catch up, and the lumber factory just gave up. Alas. Brother, what kind of work do you think I should arrange for them both?"
"The venue is yours, your friends are yours, you can do your own research. But I want to remind you that people are fickle, and they may not have other ideas as time goes by. Even if they don't, there is no guarantee that Yu Hong, Wu Qian and the others have ideas. You should pay attention to it, otherwise there will be nothing left in the end."
Zhou Bingkun hummed and lay there silently thinking...
Two days later, Zhou Bingkun took Sun Qunchao and Xiao Guoqing, who had never left Jichun until now, on the train bound for the south. Only Yu Hong came to see her off. Wu Qian didn't come. She was beaten badly, but Yu Hong said she was angry. As for what Wu Qian said before about getting a divorce, of course that was what Wu Qian said. The man really showed his power, and her mouth was too fierce to be used...
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