On New Year's Eve, other people's families are all reunited, eating dumplings together, smiling happily, and the children playing outside with firecrackers are so happy.
But the old Zhou family was a different story.
"I'm going to decide the province of Guizhou! No one can stop me!" Zhou Rong said decisively, with a very tough attitude.
"If you dare to go, from now on, don't enter my old Zhou's house! I, Zhou Zhigang, will pretend that I never gave birth to a daughter like you!" Zhou Zhigang was also angry. If it were anything else, Zhou Rong would have made a mistake. , as long as he behaves a little aggrieved and behaves like a coquettish person, Zhou Zhigang will be soft-hearted.
But this matter touched Zhou Zhigang's bottom line.
"You can't find a man or what? Are you going to go to a place as far away as Qian Province to find an old man in his thirties who is still in a labor camp?"
Zhou Zhigang will probably never forget Feng Huacheng in his life, especially what Wang Zhong said three years ago. An adult man in his late thirties hooked up with a fourteen-year-old or fifteen-year-old who had not yet matured mentally. little girl.
No, it should be said to be a girl.
Is this something a good person can do?
After a while, Zhou Rong slammed the door and walked out. Zhou Zhigang said harshly, telling her not to come back if she dared to go out.
Zhou Rong also had a bad temper. She said she would never come back until she came back, turned around and left.
Li Suhua hurriedly pushed Wang Zhong out. While pushing him back, he whispered in a hurry: "Why are you still standing there stupidly? It's so late at night. Your sister didn't bring anything like a flashlight, hat, scarf, or gloves. It's so dark outside." Cold, if you don’t chase her back quickly, you will freeze her to death.”
I was afraid that Zhou Zhigang, who was angry in the room, might hear it.
"I'll go, I'll go, don't worry, just watch my dad at home!"
Wang Zhong had no choice but to dress up, took Zhou Rong's things and a flashlight, and chased after him on his bicycle.
Zhou Rong didn't run very far at all. She put her hands in her sleeves, curled her neck, and bowed slightly. There were tears in her eyes, and there were vague traces of two lines of tears falling down her face, but her expression was still stubborn.
"No! It's your thing!"
Zhou Rong quickly took over the hat, scarf and gloves that Wang Zhong handed over. She put on the hat first, then the scarf, and finally the gloves.
"Go back? Mom is worried about you!"
The original person had a certain amount of admiration for both his brother Zhou Bingyi and his sister Zhou Rong, but Wang Zhong did not. Moreover, Wang Zhong despised Zhou Rong from the bottom of his heart.
Zhou Rong shook her head, and Wang Zhong said: "Yes, the old man is still angry, so it's okay that he won't go."
"Send me to Cai Xiaoguang's house!" Zhou Rong looked up at Wang Zhong with firm eyes.
Wang Zhong didn't bother to persuade him. If his persuasion had been effective, Zhou Rong wouldn't still insist on going to Guizhou Province after three years.
"Come up!"
This is also the reason why Wang Zhong went out on his bicycle.
Zhou Rong sat on the back seat, her hands on Wang Zhong's waist, her head lowered and her whole body huddled behind Wang Zhong, the cold wind howling in her ears.
In the brightly lit night, the bicycle carrying the two siblings drove into the wind and snow.
Although the snow on the ground was cleaned every day, a thin layer still accumulated. In addition, the weather was too cold and the cold wind was like a knife. Wang Zhong did not dare to ride too fast.
"I thought three years of going to the mountains and countryside could change your mind, but I didn't expect..."
Wang Chonglue's self-deprecating voice reached his ears. Zhou Rong was silent for a moment before saying, "I have indeed changed a lot in the past three years, but my faith has also become stronger."
"Do you believe?" Wang Zhong murmured: "Life is precious, but love is even more valuable!"
"Do you still know this poem?" This is a poem written by a Hungarian poet. We are not in the information society of later generations. Wang Zhong only attended the first grade of junior high school and then stopped going to school. It is normal for Zhou Rong to be strange.
"It's really a surprise to see you after three days apart!"
"Although I don't like my elder brother's preaching very much, he is right about one thing. I read too few books, so I will read whenever I have time in the past few years."
Reading makes people progress, makes people understand, and enriches people.
Without the speed and hustle and bustle of the information age, without the mobile phones and computers that take up most of his time, Wang Zhong has begun to like the feeling of reading after calming down.
"You have really grown up and matured!" Zhou Rong said with emotion.
"People always have to grow up. They can't always live in the past and always live in their own imagination."
After a pause, Wang Zhong's tone became low. Unfortunately, Zhou Rong couldn't see Wang Zhong's deep gaze at this moment: "Reality is very cruel."
There was silence for a long time, and the only sound left in my ears was the rustling sound of wind and snow.
"Does our agreement still count?" Zhou Rong suddenly asked.
"Since it's an agreement, it must count!" Wang Zhong responded.
"It's been three years!" Zhou Rong emphasized.
Wang Zhong knew what she meant: "Yes, it has been three years. I have said everything that should be said and done everything that can be done. You are three years older than me. You have chosen your own path. From now on, You have to bear whatever consequences await you."
"But I still have to remind you that once you do something, it's not that easy to go back. There is no regret medicine in this world."
"I understand!" Zhou Rong's firm and melodious voice came from behind: "In three years, more than a thousand days and nights, I have been thinking about it all the time, and I have thought about it very clearly."
"Much clearer and more determined than before." Zhou Rong emphasized.
"I respect your choice."
"But there is one thing that must be made clear first." Wang Zhong's tone suddenly became serious.
"What?"
"I don't care how you pursue your so-called faith and your so-called love, but I ask you to consider your parents before making any decision. They are old and can't stand the trouble anymore, especially mom. She I’m not in good health and can’t stand stimulation.”
"I promise you!" Zhou Rong promised simply and decisively.
"Listen to me first!"
Wang Zhongdao: "We all know what kind of situation Feng Huacheng is in now. If you really get together, if something happens to him in the future, you can bear it alone or talk to your friends, but I don't want these rotten things to happen." Bad things get to mom’s ears.”
Zhou Rong was stunned for a moment, feeling a little unhappy, but after thinking about it carefully, although Wang Zhong's words were a bit unpleasant, they were not unreasonable.
Looking at the tall figure in front of her, Zhou Rong suddenly felt a trace of guilt in her heart.
"I see!"
In the original work, it was because of Feng Huacheng's incident that Li Suhua was stimulated, resulting in a sudden cerebral hemorrhage and paralysis in bed for several years.
Li Suhua is a qualified mother and a kind and lovely person. Wang Zhong really does not want this kind and lovely mother to suffer such a crime again.
"I hope you remember what I said today."
The wind and snow were blowing, and there were lights everywhere on both sides of the street, but there were very few pedestrians on the street.
Cai Xiaoguang's home is far away from Guangzipian, and it seems like two different worlds from the crowded and cramped Guangzipian. Wang Zhong left Zhou Rong in Cai Xiaoguang's hands.
As for what Zhou Rong will do next and where to stay at night, that is not Wang Zhong's consideration.
Zhou Rong is already an adult and has her own thoughts. Wang Zhong can't kidnap her back if she doesn't want to.
Wang Zhong returned home directly after leaving the Cai family. There was also Li Suhua waiting to comfort him at home.
As expected, Li Suhua, who was at home, was unable to do anything. She was worried about her children and was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. Seeing that Wang Zhong had returned safely and received the news that Zhou Rong had been settled, the heart he had been hanging on I felt relieved.
Zhou Zhigang was so angry and drunk that Li Suhua couldn't help him. It was Wang Zhong who got the old man onto the kang.
Still talking about Zhou Rong, Li Suhua fetched water and helped Zhou Zhigang scrub it.
Wang Zhong took out the "Barefoot Doctor's Manual" and looked through it, staying up late with Li Suhua who was knitting a sweater.
The originally lively and festive New Year turned out to be full of twists and turns.
Wan Zhong has read this manual for the second time. Although it is not useful for those serious illnesses, it is still quite effective for some daily fevers, colds, or waist and leg pains.
Wang Zhong also understood that he could not become a master of traditional Chinese medicine by relying on this book alone.
Soon it was the second day of the Lunar New Year, and all the neighbors and friends gathered at Zhou's house. Zhou Rong also went home on the first day of the Lunar New Year, but she didn't stay at home that night. She said that Wang Zhong was getting married soon, so she vacated the room for Wang Zhong's wedding. room, she would stay out for a few days.
Although Zhou Zhigang was still angry, his youngest son was about to get married. On the big day, although he had a cold face, he endured it and did not get angry.
In the afternoon of the first day of the new year, red happy words were plastered all over the doors and windows of the Zhou family. Now there is no time for big things, and people don't shout much. Only the Qiao Chunyan family, and the two young children, Sun Qianchao and Xiao Guoqing, Several close neighbors who have good relations with the Zhou family.
That's it, two tables were set up.
Sun Qianchao and Xiao Guoqing followed Wang Zhong on their bicycles to Taiping Hutong early in the morning.
Over at the Zheng family, the doors and windows were also covered with happy words early on. Zheng Juan was wearing a brand new floral cotton-padded jacket, with a red silk flower on her chest and two braids, which looked really good-looking.
The Zheng family didn't have many relatives or friends, so they only invited a few neighbors to help and simply set up a table.
After dinner at the bride's house, Wang Chong carried Zheng Juan, Sun Qianchao and Xiao Guoqing, one carrying Aunt Zheng and the other carrying Guangming, returned to Lao Zhou's house happily.
There is no ceremony at the wedding, just the young couple toasting to the guests, everyone saying some auspicious words, and then sitting together to eat. When the table is finished, the process is over.
Marriage in this era is not as grand as in the past, nor as complicated as in later generations.
Some of the guests left, but some of the special guests stayed at Zhou's house, eating melon seeds, eating peanuts, talking and laughing, and it was very lively.
In the evening, all the guests left, Zhou Rong followed Cai Xiaoguang, and Li Suhua and Zhou Zhigang also went to bed early in the east room.
The back room of the West House was decorated very festively, with the words "happy" on the wall, and a brand-new wedding quilt embroidered with mandarin ducks was spread on the kang, with some peanuts, longan and other dried fruits sprinkled underneath, which meant good luck and an early birth of a child.
Li Suhua put a white handkerchief on the wedding quilt early, and the young couple sat on the kang. Zheng Juan also put on makeup, lipstick, and powder today, and her makeup was very delicate.
"Juan'er, a spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold, we can't waste it!" Wang Zhong chuckled, transformed into a big bad wolf, and pressed the little lamb under him. The two looked at each other, and Wang Zhong raised his hand and gently brushed the white lining. Her rosy and smooth cheeks spoke from the heart: "Juan'er, you are so beautiful today."
Zheng Juan was a little nervous and did not dare to look directly at Wang Zhong, her pretty face was already blushing.
As he spoke, he wanted to shrink down, but unfortunately his whole body was pressed on the kang, and there was no room to shrink back down.
Looking at the bright red lips, Wang Zhongxin escaped from the cage and bit them hard.
