The conflict between the old Zhou family is still that Li Suhua's physical condition is beyond Zhou Rong's expectations.
Li Suhua couldn't help Zhou Rong with much housework, nor could she take care of the children.
On the contrary, there is a person who has a headache, brain fever, high blood pressure, and some minor illness, and he still needs Zhou Rong to take care of him.
Apart from the advantage of owning a house, Zhou Rong has no other conveniences.
Normally, there is no big problem when we live there, but when it is time for Zhou Rong to serve Li Suhua, Zhou Rong likes to make a fuss.
I want to ask Zhou Bingkun to return to Jichun, and ask Zhou Bingyi to go home to serve him.
Zhou Bingkun believed Zhou Rong only once. Zhou Rong called and said that Li Suhua was seriously ill. Zhou Bingkun went back and saw that Li Suhua had gone to the hospital and was suspended from fluids for two days, stabilized his blood pressure, and went home again.
Zhou Bingkun hurriedly hurried and was in time to pick up Li Suhua from the hospital. If there was any delay after receiving the call, Li Suhua would be discharged and go home.
Zhou Bingkun didn't go back in vain and gave Zhou Rong two big mouths. After that, Zhou Rong stopped using these small problems and called Zhou Bingkun's house.
But after all, Zhou Bingyi lives in Jichun and works in a government agency and policy research office, which can be regarded as a idle job.
Calculating it, it was quite leisurely, and Zhou Rong would often call her back to serve Li Suhua.
Regardless of whether he is happy or not, Zhou Bingyi has a good attitude on the surface and returns as soon as Zhou Rong calls him.
Judging from Zhou Bingyi's tone when he called Zhou Bingkun, his tone was always relaxed and pleasant. Zhou Bingyi should be basically satisfied with the current situation.
Zhou Rong has lived at home for several years, which can be regarded as allowing Zhou Bingyi to serve his mother-in-law at home for several years.
The mother-in-law, who was just waiting for her, spent this fragile time after losing her husband.
Zhou Bingyi gained a lot during this period and greatly gained the favor of his mother-in-law.
"Dad, my uncle's phone number." After Zhou Zhou took the call, he shouted to Zhou Bingkun.
"Hey, Zhou Bingyi, why did you remember to call me at this time of year? Everything is fine with me. You can just tell mom directly. Why do you need to call me?"
After all these years, the root of the connection between the two brothers still lies in Li Suhua's instructions.
"Bingkun, I'm not calling you this time to help mom. I'm telling you the good news that dad has retired and gone home!"
Zhou Bingkun could hear the joy in Zhou Bingyi's words. No matter how much Zhou Bingyi felt for Lao Zhou, he couldn't be sure, but he definitely had it.
Zhou Bingyi has been working in third-line jobs for so many years, and now he can retire and return to Jichun. Zhou Bingyi is first of all happy and has nothing wrong with him.
Zhou Bingkun calculated the time and found that it was September 1988. Old Zhou said he would work for another two years, but he still worked for another three or four years. What he said at that time was just an imaginary number.
"It's a good thing. It's time to retire at such an old age. The old lady has been waiting for this day for twenty years."
"Bingkun, dad has come back from retirement. Shouldn't you come back and have a look? When you come back, our family will be truly reunited. The National Day will be here soon, and you also have a holiday. Do you want to come back and reunite?"
"Let's talk about it before the holiday."
Logically speaking, Lao Zhou has been supporting the third line for twenty years. Now that he has retired, Zhou Bingkun should show his face.
But because of his father-son relationship with Lao Zhou, Zhou Bingkun felt that there was no need for him to go back.
Thinking about it again, if he didn't go back, Zhou Bingkun was a little curious about what the Zhou family would be like after old Zhou went back.
I kind of want to go back and see how Lao Zhou reacted when he came back from retirement and saw his group of unfilial children. I'm still a bit conflicted about whether I can go back or not.
"Let me tell you one more thing, that is, our dad is back and there is no place for him to live at home." Zhou Bingyi told a very embarrassing thing.
"Zhou Bingyi, are you kidding me? That's dad's home. How come there's no place for dad to live!"
"There are only two rooms in the house. One is for Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng, and the other is for Mom and Yueyue. Now that Dad is back, where is the right place for him to live? Dad just came back yesterday, and they are a men's room.
, Women live in a room like this, but we can’t let them live like this forever, right?”
"You ask, this is nonsense. If dad doesn't live with mom, where do you want him to live? They have been separated for decades. Now that they are back home, why should they share it with the old couple? Zhou Rong's family asked them to find a place by themselves.
Just stay here for a few years and it will be enough for them. Old Zhou is back, but Zhou Rong and her family still want to occupy the magpie's nest!"
"Zhou Rong's family is in trouble right now. How dare I ask them to move out? Rong'er hasn't gotten her doctorate yet, and now she's just an ordinary lecturer in school. Feng Huacheng returned to Jichun, and he has no resources.
He married an ordinary professional writer who expected remuneration. The income of both of them is not high, and prices have risen rapidly in recent years. The family is living a difficult life..."
"You can't tell me this. When did their family have no reason? When did they say that her family's life is not difficult anymore? Her family's life is difficult, so they should squeeze Lao Zhou out of the house."
Obviously, it sounds like Zhou Rong's family is living a good life. Their incomes are both considered middle-class. How can they say it's not easy?
"Ahem, Bingkun, don't you have a small courtyard in Jichun? Can you let dad stay there?"
"My small courtyard is empty, so there is no problem in letting the old man and the old lady live there. But with the awkward relationship between me and the old man, does he have the nerve to live in my house? Doesn't he want to lose face?"
Zhou Bingkun doesn't mind. Zhou Zhigang and Li Suhua go to live in their own courtyard. It's right for me to live with my son.
But Zhou Zhigang had lived a lifetime, so how could he bow his head to Zhou Bingkun and live in the home of Zhou Bing, the son he despised most?
"Then let Zhou Rong live in your house?"
"That's my home, why should I let Zhou Rong live there? There's no way."
The Zhou Bing family has certain obligations to the old Zhou couple, but Zhou Bingkun has no obligations to Zhou Rong. They have never owed Zhou Rong anything.
"Bingkun, I know you don't have a good relationship, but she is your sister after all, and your house is empty. She is in trouble now. What's wrong with letting her live in your house?"
"Zhou Bingyi, you two have a good relationship, and Zhou Rong is your sister. Your family has such a big villa. Now she is encountering difficulties. Why don't you let her live in your house."
"Bingkun, this is the house assigned to Dongmei's mother by the government. It's not my home. I can't make the decision."
"I bought my house myself, and I can completely make the decision. My attitude is that it's okay for the old man and old lady to live there, but Zhou Rong's family has no way to live there if they want. Don't talk to me about this anymore. If you don't have anything else to do, I'll
I just put down the phone because I don’t have time to chat with you. The long-distance phone bill is quite expensive.”
After talking to Zhou Bingyi on the phone, Zhou Jiabingkun made up his mind that he should go back to Jichun for a visit.
The old Zhou family must be lively now. Zhou Bingkun has been struggling for so many years, hoping to see this result. Now he should go back and witness it with his own eyes.
"Son, don't you always ask why you haven't seen your grandpa? When the National Day holiday comes, dad will take you back to your hometown to see your grandpa."
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Bingkun said to Zhou Zhou.
This child had only met Zhou Zhigang once when he was a child, and had no impression of Zhou Zhigang.
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This time I returned to Jichun with no hope. On such a big day as National Day, the art troupe had a performance.
Guangming didn't have a holiday, and had arranged performance tasks in advance, and it was difficult to change them, so Zhou Bing's family of four came back.
Guangming stayed at the work for a few days and was taken care of by his colleagues. Within a few days, Zhou Bingkun and his family came back.
It didn't take long, National Day was on Saturday, and even the holiday and the two-week holiday lasted only nine days.
After returning home, it goes without saying that the first thing to do is to tidy up the house.
In recent years, Zhou Bingkun's family has indeed not been back much, and even when they have come back, they haven't stayed in Jichun very long.
If you are not a family and have two children, and you can live freely and comfortably at home, it is actually quite convenient to stay in a hotel.
Although Jichun has not changed much in other aspects, its service industry has still kept pace with the times.
In the past few years, there have been more and more high-end hotels, guesthouses, and guest houses open to the public.
Unlike before, if you don't have an identity, you won't be able to stay in a good guest house.
They are all units with good returns, and there is still room for further investment.
No matter what kind of enterprise it is, as long as it has money, it can develop some tertiary industries.
The three industries of clothing, food, and housing are considered to be the industries with the lowest threshold, so these industries have the most development.
On the one hand, generating income can also make use of all the idle people in the unit.
Many companies don't insist on it. How much profit these industries make can cover the wages of this part of the workers.
"Zhouzhou, your dad and I got married in this house. If your dad and I hadn't studied hard, you would be living in a place like this, in an adobe house like this."
Looking at the even more dilapidated optical prints and the Zhou family's old house, Zhou Bingkun even tried to persuade his son to learn from it.
This child is a bit naughty, and his grades are still worse than his sister. He didn't even get full marks in the exams in elementary school, so he didn't study hard.
"Dad, as long as you go to school well and go to university, can you not live in a place like this?"
"That's not necessarily the case. You still have to go to a good university. If the university you go to is not good enough, you may not be able to live in a house like this in the future."
Zhou Rong is an example. She also went to university and then to graduate school. If she didn't come back to live in old age, she wouldn't be able to live in such a house.
After standing at the door and chatting for a few words, Li Suhua saw Zhou Bingkun's family through the window in the house, "Bingkun, you are finally back. Our family will be reunited when you are back. Come in quickly, you guys keep standing outside."
What are you doing?"
"Stand outside and take a look. Our calligraphy tablets really haven't changed much over the years." After Zhou Bingkun said this, he led the family into the house.
Even if Jichun develops slowly, it will soon enter the 1990s, and many places are carrying out large-scale construction projects and building high-rise buildings.
Then when you come to a place like Guangzhi Film, you will feel very fragmented, and you will feel like you are dreaming back to the 1950s and 1960s.
"Miaomiao, Zhouzhou, do you miss grandma? We haven't seen each other for a long time?"
After entering the house, Li Suhua took the two children with her, went into the back room, and chatted on the Kang.
"Think about it (think about it)."
The two children are very accustomed to the etiquette of slipping on the kang, and they are worthy of being children from the Northeast.
Although they have only lived in the Northeast for a short period of time, they still have a strong flavor when speaking Mandarin, which definitely proves that these two are children from the Northeast.
After finishing making out with the two children, Li Suhua pointed to Zhou Zhigang, who was sitting at the end of the kang, smoking and introduced: "This is your grandpa, Miaomiao, do you remember your grandpa? Zhouzhou may not remember."
"Grandpa." The daughter shouted, and the son really didn't recognize Zhou Zhigang anymore. He looked at Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan, wanting to seek confirmation.
"Zhouzhou, call someone, this is really your grandpa." Zheng Juan patted the child and said, "Dad, this child is a bit shy and takes things for granted." Zheng Juan explained that she had fought with Zhou Zhigang.
call.
This operation seems familiar. When Li Suhua talked to Zhou Bingkun, she liked to pat her.
Zhou Bingkun and Zhou Zhigang looked at each other, confirmed each other, and were still angry with each other.
"Hey, okay." Lao Zhou responded awkwardly, and then said to the two children in a flattering manner: "Let me get you some snacks to eat. There are canned food at home."
Lao Zhou was chatting awkwardly with the two children, but he was able to continue the communication. Thanks to Zheng Juan, he taught the two children to be polite enough. Otherwise, no child would like to chat with a strange old man.
"Mom, what's going on? It's a big holiday and there's no one at home?" Zhou Bingkun chatted with Li Suhua.
"Isn't this a holiday? Your brother and your sister-in-law are spending it at their house. Yueyue went to hang out with her classmates, and Zhou Rong and Huacheng also went out to participate in some cultural activities."
"It's such a big holiday, so you two are left alone at home?"
I knew that the two families would not take care of them very carefully, but I did not expect that these two families would not bother the old couple during this big holiday.
"It doesn't matter if it's a holiday or not, I'm used to it. Will your family eat here today?"
"It's better not to eat here. It's so troublesome to cook after ordering this. I'll invite you two to go out to eat."
Zhou Bingkun looked at the time and saw that it was already past ten o'clock. It was definitely too late to buy groceries, cook, or make something to eat.
Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong's family didn't have any workers here, so Zhou Bingkun and his wife had to come over to cook. Zhou Bingkun didn't want to cause trouble for himself, so he simply chose to go out to eat.
"Go out to eat, it's okay to go out to eat. We in Jichun have opened many big hotels and good restaurants. Mom has never been to them."
Li Suhua happily agreed and did not insist on where to eat.
"Then tidy up and let's go out. Go out early and see how we can get there easily."
Zhou Bingkun saw that there were taxis in Jichun, but he hadn't tried to hail one yet.
Then he helped Li Suhua, the daughter, and the daughter get off the kang.
Zhou Zhigang was left, and he staggered off the kang. Perhaps he was treated differently by Zhou Bingkun, felt aggrieved, and then shouted:
"Zhou Bingkun, have you never been prepared to talk to me? Even if I did something wrong in the past, I am your father. Why haven't you spoken to me or contacted me for more than ten years?"
