"I, I." This time Zhou Rong was speechless by Zhou Bingkun and couldn't say anything.
"What am I, Zhou Rong, I have told you a long time ago that you are unfilial."
Zhou Rong was good at coaxing old Zhou and his wife, but when it came to quarrels, Zhou Rong was not good at it. She didn't know where she got the confidence to dare to provoke Zhou Bingkun.
Zhou Rong is dying, and Feng Huacheng, as a husband, can't just watch: "Bingkun, this is because you misunderstood Sister You. Filial piety has always been divided into two types, nourishing the mouth and body and nourishing the mind. Serving your parents, taking care of them
Food, clothing, housing, and transportation nourish the mouth and body. Traveling far and high, achieving something, and making parents proud of it nourishes the mind.
Although your sister has not been with her parents for so many years, she has been admitted to college through her own efforts and has grown up so well. She has brought glory to her parents, which is also a kind of filial piety to them. "
"Feng Huacheng, that's enough for you. You still want to be shameless. Your parents can't support you physically and mentally. The little bit of face you gain for him is of no use. The only thing your mother-in-law is missing is that Zhou Rong went to school and earned it for her.
That little bit of face? What she needs now is someone who can take care of her.
I said Feng Huacheng, do you think that by becoming a poet and having a reputation, you have already been filial to your uncle? That’s why for more than 20 years, Buden raised you and sent you to college.
From my uncle’s family.”
Let's not say that literati are the best at quibbling. If they want to have any opinions or opinions that are beneficial to themselves, they can find any old sayings and quote them out of context to find a basis for their hypocrisy and find allusions.
"Zhou Bingkun, you are unreasonable."
Feng Huacheng stood up in anger. Exposing the dark history was enough to break Feng Huacheng's defense.
After returning to the capital, Feng Huacheng was obviously not as able to tolerate anger and resist blows as he was in the countryside.
"I'm unreasonable. Aren't you trying to make excuses? When you saw the old man, didn't you just kneel down to him? The old man agreed to the matter between you and Zhou Rong. You said that when you turn over, you will repay Old Zhou.
I don't even care about my mother-in-law, is this how you repay me?"
These were all things Zhou Zhigang wrote to Li Suhua after he went to Guizhou to see Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng. Zhou Zhigang and Li Suhua were deeply moved at first.
The atmosphere was getting stiffer and stiffer, and making noise wouldn't solve the problem. Of course Zhou Bingyi didn't want that. Zhou Bingyi, who had been a transparent person for a while, spoke up: "Can you stop for a moment while we chat about mom?"
"If there's anything to nag about, I've already made my attitude clear. If I want to nag Mom about how to live after the summer vacation, just you two, brother and sister, will do the talking."
"Bingkun, even though I think you have changed a lot in the past few years, I still believe that your essence has not changed. I think you are a person who is filial to your parents, but I never expected that you are now
Why are you so unfilial to your parents?" Zhou Bingyi said angrily.
"You two are not qualified to tell me whether I am filial or not. If you want to accuse me of being unfilial, you two have served the old lady for seven or eight years before you tell me. How can you tell me now?"
In terms of filial piety, Zhou Bingkun can stand on the commanding heights and can always despise these two talkatives.
"Brother, if you ask your mother to go back to Jichun with you, won't it be enough for you to study as a graduate student at Jiangsu University? This will neither delay your work nor affect your studies. You will also have a sister-in-law who can help you and take care of your mother."
Regarding her own interests, Zhou Rong does not support Zhou Bingyi studying at Peking University. It would be great if he could study at Jiangsu University.
"Your sister-in-law doesn't have time either. She has to study for five years as an undergraduate, and she also has to go to graduate school for eight years. She will be busier with her studies every year. Her parents need my help to take care of them.
How can you help me?"
After all, Zhou Bingyi still dislikes Li Suhua as a burden, troublesome to take care of, and unable to do what he wants to do as he pleases.
"You two should discuss this matter slowly. Until everyone has served your mother for eight years, you two should not mention this kind of thing to me. The matter of old man Youguang and old lady is your brother and sister's fault.
Just discuss it between the two of you."
After saying that, Zhou Bingkun immediately waved his hands and left the courtyard.
Zhou Bingyi really annoyed Zhou Bingkun and tested Zhou Bingkun again and again.
Zhou Bingkun just thinks that being a human being requires a certain bottom line.
Being willing to contribute money and occasionally help, Li Suhua settled down in her later years.
Zhou Bingyi regarded Zhou Bingkun as an honest person, and took advantage of Zhou Bingkun's moral bottom line to PUA Zhou Bingkun.
Zhou Bingkun simply stopped talking about feelings and only talked about responsibilities and obligations.
In the next two months, Zhou Bingkun was very busy at school. Firstly, he was busy working on his thesis before graduation, and secondly, he was choosing a suitable tutor to prepare for graduate school.
For students from other schools, it may be quite difficult to go to graduate school.
However, the difficulty of studying for graduate school in Tsinghua University is still much lower.
At the beginning, the Class of 1977 only recruited more than 800 students.
In recent years, the number of students who have been sent by the government to study abroad or whose families have the means to study abroad has decreased by one-third.
There are also some people whose family conditions are difficult due to financial reasons. Or they are middle-aged, older and younger. They need to support their families and are eager to earn wages, so they do not consider continuing to study for graduate school.
Therefore, not many people choose to study for graduate school, although the number of graduate students recruited by the school is also small.
However, the pressure of competition cannot be considered very great. When tutors recruit students, they still tend to prefer students from their own school.
In terms of student quality alone, other schools in the country cannot compare.
Although the exam is not difficult, it is still necessary to spend some time to choose your future development direction.
In terms of life, Zhou Bingkun has more things to be busy with.
Zhou Bingkun has always been doing the purchasing of rice, flour, grains and oils.
Apart from the daughter and son, Zheng Juan is mainly responsible for taking care of the child's life.
Zhou Bingkun mainly spends time with his children and takes them out to play.
The small courtyard I bought needs repairs and decorations, and Zhou Bingkun is inseparable from this.
Zheng Juan doesn't know much about this aspect and can't do much. She is mainly responsible for preparing new bedding, curtains, door curtains, and some decoration issues at home.
Another Zhou Bingkun said he wanted to bring Aunt Zheng and Guangming to Beijing, and he was serious.
By taking the person over, we no longer have anything to worry about in Jichun, and we save ourselves the trouble of going back every winter and summer vacation.
Being farther away from Zhou Bingyi can also reduce some of Zhou Bingyi's unreasonable thoughts.
But when they came to Beijing, Aunt Zheng and Guangming were completely dependent on Zhou Bingkun and his family. Given their personalities, they would definitely not be happy.
Therefore, Zhou Bingkun needs to find a place for Guangming to work. Children who are 17 or 18 years old should also join the workforce.
It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish. Compared with Guangming letting Zhou Bingkun feed him, Aunt Zheng would definitely prefer Guangming as she has the ability to survive.
Because Guangming also needed further study in music, after choosing several units, Zhou Bingkun chose the Beijing Disabled Persons Art Troupe for Guangming.
Working to make money and continuing to study can all be solved directly in one unit.
With some help, I found Guangming a temporary job as an art troupe.
Temporary workers are enough, and Zhou Bingkun believes that Guangming can solve the remaining issues of becoming a regular employee by relying on its own strength.
If it can't be solved, Guangming will not want to join any national team in the future.
It's better not to mess with your constitution, let Zhou Bingkun write two songs, and then he will become a pop singer, and have one or two masterpieces, which will be enough for him to have food and clothing for a lifetime.
With all these things arranged, it won't be long before Zhou Bingkun graduates as a bachelor.
Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong from the old Zhou family discussed Li Suhua's future whereabouts for a long time.
There was no result from the discussion, Zhou Rong just didn't take over and didn't stick to the pan.
Originally, in this era, when there were sons, there were not many cases where daughters could provide for their parents in old age. Zhou Bingyi had absolutely no way to deal with Zhou Rong.
If Zhou Bingkun were Zhou Bingyi, he would probably regret helping Zhou Rong for so many years.
A white-eyed wolf comes to the rescue, but when trouble comes, this sister will be of no use at all.
In desperation, before graduating from university in June, Zhou Bingyi took Li Suhua back to Jichun.
With Old Hao gone, Zhou Bingyi, the only male member of the Hao family, returned to Jichun to attend the funeral and attend Old Hao's memorial service.
Zhou Bingyi has almost completed the graduation matter at school.
It doesn't matter whether Zhou Bingyi comes back or not, including receiving the graduation certificate, graduation ceremony, and taking graduation photos.
After leaving, Zhou Bingyi had no need for work, so he basically didn't go back to the capital much.
Li Suhua followed Zhou Bingyi back, so naturally he would not return to the capital to live permanently.
Zhou Bingyi and Li Suhua left in a hurry, leaving Zhou Bingkun and Zhou Rong to come to the courtyard where Li Suhua lived to deal with Li Suhua's funeral affairs after he left.
The landlord of the Dazayuan Courtyard where Li Suhua lives needs to cancel the lease, and the things in the house also need to be cleaned up.
Clothes, bedding, these things that Li Suhua can use and still use need to be sent back to Jichun.
The furniture, electrical appliances, and various daily necessities at home are sold and those that cannot be sold are given away.
Zhou Bingkun came here to take care of the funeral affairs, Zhou Rong came here because he was here for Taobao, and Zhou Rong wanted to take Li Suhua's things to her home.
"Bingkun, all the furniture in mom's house, including the gas stove, washing machine, radio, and many other things are very good and are newer than ours. Are they all going to be sold?"
"Sell it, change it into money, and send it back to mom. Don't you know the old lady is short of money?"
Zhou Zhigang gave Li Suhua twenty yuan every month for many years.
In the past, Li Suhua would never be able to spend all of these twenty dollars no matter what, unless she went to the black market.
But under the current situation, twenty yuan is no longer enough to maintain Li Suhua's current life.
Although prices have risen a little, we can’t say they have risen too much. Food prices are stable, not much different from previous years. Edible oil is 89 cents per pound, and various meats are 89 cents to a pound.
For one pound, eggs are about the same price.
The main thing is that with the reform and opening up, materials are abundant, and people's requirements for life are much higher than before.
In the past, it was normal to eat only whole grains as staple food, but now the staple food is basically refined grains.
He usually eats meat, eggs, and fruits, and improves his food. During the holidays, when Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong come back, Li Suhua spends four or five yuan just to buy ingredients.
Buy some candies, peanuts, melon seeds, pastries and other snacks. This is a must if you have guests or children coming.
Although Li Suhua doesn't spend much on entertainment, she still hasn't given up her hobby of knitting sweaters.
I can give Zhou Bingyi or Zhou Rong to knit a sweater or trousers for just ten or twenty yuan.
If I want to dress decently without patches, I have to buy at least two sets of clothes a year, and I always need tens of dollars worth of fabric.
Even if Li Suhua didn't use her own money to pay the rent, it would be seventy or eighty yuan a year, and the train tickets to and from Beijing every year in Jichun would cost dozens of yuan less each time.
In this day and age, taking a train is actually not cheap. By analogy, taking a train now is roughly equivalent to taking a plane in the early 21st century. Taking a longer train is equivalent to a month's salary for an ordinary person.
The 240 yuan that Zhou Zhigang sends to Li Suhua a year is not enough for Li Suhua to spend.
I went back to Jichun to live permanently. First of all, I have to tidy up the house and tidy up the house. Throw away the things that need to be thrown away, replace the things that need to be replaced, and add the things that need to be purchased.
Li Suhua would also do more favors from neighbors, which cost two to five yuan each time. After returning to Jichun, Li Suhua's expenses would be even greater.
Therefore, Li Suhua is still very short of money now. Li Suhua must have spent a lot of his savings in the previous years.
"How much can I sell it for? After all these things are sold, it won't be enough for my mother to go back and buy a washing machine."
"Then don't even think about moving things to your house for your own use. Without the money to sell old furniture and old appliances, wouldn't the gap on Mom's side become even bigger?"
Zhou Bingkun doesn't mind giving some pension money to Li Suhua, but the prerequisite is that Bingkun can't give Li Suhua money here, and Zhou Rong will suck his blood over there.
"Well, since these things have to be sold and they won't fetch much money to others, can I pay for them?"
"Okay, let's find the purchaser later and ask about the price. If you can afford the money, you can take these things home without any problem."
Hearing Zhou Bingkun say this, Zhou Rong's face immediately turned the color of pig liver.
If Zhou Rong's family had money, they wouldn't care about second-hand furniture and appliances like Li Suhua's.
It has been several years, and Zhou Rong's family's money has not exceeded three digits.
"If you don't have money, don't choose. If you want to take these pots and pans, you can take them away. If you don't want them, I will sell them for scrap or give them away."
How could Zhou Rong bear Zhou Bingkun's contempt and shouted loudly: "Take it!"
Zhou Bingkun still thinks highly of Zhou Rong's character. After living in poverty for too long, Zhou Rong can no longer be proud.
Without Li Suhua and Feng Yue, Zhou Rong would have to eat steamed buns and pickles every day no matter what expensive things she bought when she went to college.
Now the old ones, the young ones, more or less all have to spend some money from Zhou Rong's family.
Zhou Rong may feel nostalgic every month and eat steamed buns for several days.
