"Okay, if you want to bake the pancakes yourself, just bake them yourself. Kneading the dough is the hardest part, so let Zhou Bingyi help you knead the dough from the head office."
Zhou Bingkun did not force Li Suhua, but he also found Zhou Bingyi to help.
The Hao family had a nanny, but Zhou Bingyi kept scrambling for work. He couldn't even show his support when he returned to his parents' home.
"Mom, let me help you."
They were all called out by Zhou Bingkun, and Zhou Bingyi was not a lazy person, so how could he stay still.
"Mom, let me help you too." Zheng Juan was very conscious. Her mother-in-law was busy and her daughter-in-law had no time to spare, so she also wanted to help.
"Juan'er, just sit down. You really don't know how to do this. What they want to make is old Zhou's cake. If you help, you won't be able to make it taste like the one I ate when I was a kid."
Just baking a few large cakes is definitely not tiring. Zhou Bingkun was happy to see his family idle while Zhou Bingyi worked.
Things changed, and finally it was Zhou Bingyi's job.
After baking the cakes, fry a bowl of egg sauce, get some scallions and peppers, fry a potato slice, and a tomato mixed with sugar, and Lao Zhou's family's dinner is complete.
While we were waiting for the rice, vegetables, and cakes to be served on the table, and when we were about to start eating, we still hadn't decided whether to wait for anyone.
I saw Zhou Rong with a sad face, and Feng Huacheng returned home. Looking at this expression, I knew that the two of them still couldn't integrate into the Jichun cultural circle: "Dad, Mom, we are back."
The couple has a good timing, or maybe their biological clocks are on time enough, so they know to go home when they are hungry.
"Rong'er, Hua Cheng, I'm waiting for you. Your brother and your younger brother are back. Once you are back, our family will be complete."
Li Suhua is still the same as before. When the family is reunited, it is enough for everyone surnamed Zhou to be present.
In the outer room, Zhou Rong, Zhou Bingyi, and Zheng Juan greeted each other, and Zhou Bingkun and Feng Huacheng also exchanged pleasantries.
In the back room, Li Suhua called Zhou Zhigang to eat: "My father, come over for dinner. I have been sitting there smoking all day, so I can't look at what work is going on at home and extend my hand!"
When Zhou Zhigang was away, Li Suhua was thinking about her very much. After he came back, Li Suhua started to dislike her again. She missed him but also disliked him, which is the standard way for an old couple to get along with each other.
"What kind of work can I do? I can't sweep the yard eight times a day." Lao Zhou replied equally impatiently.
Zhou Zhigang is good at doing a lot of work, especially work on construction sites. In addition to being a professional bricklayer, Zhou Zhigang can also do a little bit of other work, but he is not good at housework.
After staying at home for most of the day, Zhou Bingkun also realized that Zhou Zhigang had no entertainment and his retirement life was really boring.
The current situation is that he suddenly retreated and suddenly lost his job. Zhou Zhigang was in a state of confusion and had no idea what to do.
"If you don't work, can you be more active when it's time to eat? Don't let me push you over and over again, okay?"
Li Suhua continued to nag Zhou Zhigang, and Zhou Zhigang's head should be buzzing now.
When Lao Zhou's family eats, they still use the original small round table, which is not very big and cannot seat many people.
The three juniors stayed in the inner room to eat on the kang, while the remaining seven adults reluctantly sat down in a circle.
"How's it going? Today's dinner is delicious, isn't it? You guys liked to eat these the most when you were young. At that time, I didn't have the conditions to let you eat them often. Now I have the conditions to eat them often, but you don't come back to eat them."
Under Li Suhua's excitement, this meal was a rare and warm one.
After Zhou Zhigang was defeated by Zhou Bingkun, no one else dared to provoke Zhou Bingkun.
Zhou Bingkun came back this time to watch the fun, and not to avenge any grievances between the old couple. No one was messing with him, so of course he wouldn't say anything.
As a result, the old Zhou family had a harmonious meal. The last time they had such a harmonious meal was nineteen years ago.
At that time, there were not so many people in Lao Zhou's family. There were only Lao Zhou, Li Suhua and three children.
"Rong'er, have you got the materials to decorate the house? While the weather is still good now, we must seize the time to tidy up the house."
After the meal was almost done, Zhou Zhigang asked Zhou Rong. After so many years, Lao Zhou's preference for Zhou Rong has not changed. If it was Zhou Bingkun who lived in Lao Zhou's house like this, Lao Zhou would have gone crazy long ago.
"I contacted Xiaoguang about the materials. Xiaoguang said that he had obtained the materials and would send them to us."
"Rong'er, when you mentioned Xiaoguang, Mom remembered. One day, you can call Xiaoguang back, and we can have dinner together. Today our family is reunited, and we didn't even call her Xiaoguang."
Li Suhua said with a smile, it could be heard that Li Suhua now really regards Cai Xiaoguang as a family member.
This situation is very good. When the godson becomes the son-in-law in the future, there will be no emotional shock at all.
"Okay, when I go out, I'll call him and ask him when he's free." Zhou Rong responded, then put on an embarrassed and pitiful expression and continued: "Mom, Dad, about the house.
Huacheng and I will solve the problem as soon as possible. We will apply with the employer as soon as possible. Even if we can't get a two-bedroom apartment, we will at least get a living room. Once we have a house, we will move out as soon as possible."
"Rong'er, don't worry about the house, and don't get too angry. If the work unit can't divide the house, you can continue to live at home. It's not like our family can't accommodate five people. If you think it's okay to live at home,
If it’s too crowded, your dad and I can stay at Bingkun’s house.”
Li Suhua comforted Zhou Rong, saying that the old lady had no obstacles in living at Zhou Bingkun's house.
When Zhou Rong heard Li Suhua's words, her eyes showed a touch of joy, and then she looked at Zhou Zhigang expectantly with her big eyes, hoping that Zhou Zhigang would also agree to move to Zhou Bingkun's house.
Seeing Zhou Rong's performance, Zhou Bingkun couldn't help but suspect that Zhou Rong was playing tricks with the old couple, making herself appear more difficult and pitiful, so that the old couple would feel sorry for her and give up the Zhou family's old house for her family.
Zhou Rong's family of three lived in two rooms in Lao Zhou's house, which was very comfortable.
Apart from the house being a little dilapidated and the lighting environment being a little poor, there are no other problems.
Even the location, with the development of the city, is not considered to be next to the suburbs, it is too remote.
"Yes, Ronger, your mother is right, you don't have to worry about the house. Isn't it good that we live like this now?"
But this time, although Lao Zhou saw the expectation in Zhou Rong's eyes, he did not continue to coddle Zhou Rong. He followed Zhou Rong's wishes and did not mention the move to Zhou Bingkun's house at all, as if he had not heard it.
"Juan'er, isn't your house in Jichun vacant? Can your parents move in there for a while?"
Lao Zhou can pretend to be confused, but Zhou Rong can't. If you can't pretend, just stop pretending and point it out directly.
"Zhou Rong, you don't need to think that Zheng Juan is easy to talk to. Just ask Zheng Juan. It's the same as asking me directly. Of course, the old couple can live in our house, not just for a short period of time, but it's appropriate to live there forever."
Looking at Zhou Rong, Feng Huacheng showed a successful smile on his face, and Lao Zhou also showed a proud smile on his face after successfully defeating Zhou Bingkun. Zhou Bingkun continued:
"But, Zhou Rong, if you let your parents live at my house, have you ever thought about it? The old man will have to be strong all his life. When building a house, he must build the largest one nearby. When working as a bricklayer, he must achieve the strongest level eight. Now that he is old,
, if you let him live in my house instead of living in his own house, how do you let others see our dad? If the old man goes to live in my house, then our dad and those ordinary old men, seeing that their children are living a good life, will go there.
What's the difference? Are you still asking Dad to lose face?"
Seeing Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng being so proud and Zhou Zhigang's expressions of "I'm still your dad," Zhou Bingkun still couldn't bear it.
Zhou Zhigang was bullied again with words, and in an instant he saw the three people changing their faces, as if they were performing a Sichuan opera face change.
"I have a house of my own. If anyone wants to live in your house, I won't go if you invite me. Your brother's house is no better than yours. Do you think I'm going to live there?" Lao Zhou was so imposing that he couldn't.
The loser shouted angrily at Zhou Bingkun.
"That big villa is the Hao family's house. It was assigned by the government to live in the Hao family. It does not belong to Zhou Bingyi. If you can really live in it, I will admire you." Zhou Bingkun explained calmly, almost making Old Zhou angry.
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"Then don't go, Rong'er, we are all still living here." Li Suhua comforted Lao Zhou and brought the topic back.
"Yes, we are living quite well now, why can't we continue to live there?" Lao Zhou Yinghe said.
Although Zhou Bingkun was not manipulated by Lao Zhou this time, on the contrary, he was manipulated by Lao Zhou.
But the attitudes of Li Suhua and Zhou Zhigang are still inconsistent with what Zhou Bingkun thought.
Zhou Bingkun originally thought that the two couples would find it inconvenient to live with Zhou Rong's family of three.
But in fact, on the contrary, Li Suhua and Zhou Zhigang seemed quite willing to squeeze in with Zhou Rong's family.
Li Suhua likes to lie in a pit with her daughter and granddaughter. Zhou Bingkun can still figure this out.
Zhou Zhigang also liked to lie on the same bed with Feng Hua, which was beyond Zhou Bingkun's understanding.
"Mom, it's really inconvenient for us to live together like this. My dad has finally come back from retirement and can spend time with you. How can he not let you rest together?"
Zhou Rong seems to be more anxious about the need for a house.
Thirty is like a wolf, forty is like a tiger, and Zhou Rong is only thirty-eight. She is indeed still in need of a man's age, and it is not suitable for her not to sleep with her husband all the time.
Although Lao Feng is already in his early fifties, for Zhou Rong, having a man is better than not having a man at all.
"Rong'er, if you think it's inconvenient to live like this, dad will take some time in the next two days to fix a wooden bed for Yueyue to sleep on alone. We will sleep on the kang separately, whether we let Yueyue sleep in our house or not.
You can do it in your house."
This method that Lao Zhou came up with is really a solution. Many people make do with phototypes in this way.
After hearing this, Li Suhua was very satisfied. She nodded and made a decision: "Then let Yueyue sleep in the same room as us. Our room is much bigger."
"Grandma, I want to live with my parents." Feng Yue ran out of the back room and said with a face full of resistance.
"Yueyue, don't you want to live with grandma anymore?" Li Suhua asked sadly after hearing this.
"Grandma, I'm not." Feng Yue explained and looked at Zhou Zhigang.
Although the words were not spoken, everyone else could see that Feng Yue was because of Zhou Zhigang.
To Feng Yue, Zhou Zhigang was just a strange old man and an adolescent girl. When her gender consciousness was at its strongest, it was normal for her not to want to live in the same house as Zhou Zhigang.
This was originally Feng Huacheng's treatment. In the original drama, Feng Huacheng was treated as a strange old man by Feng Yue.
This result did not happen today. What was embarrassing was Zhou Zhigang, not Feng Huacheng. Thanks to Zhou Bingkun who traveled thousands of miles to send Feng Yue back.
We still have to believe that the relationship between people comes from getting along with each other. It is not just a blood relationship that makes them very close.
"Miaomiao, Zhouzhou, take your sister Yueyue back to the back room to play. Children, play with your own children. Why are you eavesdropping on adults? Stop eavesdropping."
Zhou Bingkun helped Lao Zhou solve the problem. He thought Lao Zhou's idea was good and gave Lao Zhou his support.
"Dad, I'm sorry to trouble you, please let Yueyue live in the same room with us, so as not to let this child live in the same room with you and disturb your rest."
Zhou Rong reluctantly agreed and wanted to live on this condition. It was obvious that no matter who Zhou Rong or his wife were, it would be quite difficult for them to share rooms in the unit.
Zhou Rong is just greedy for fame. She is a university teacher at a key university. What a nice name she has, how shameless she is when she talks about it, and how prestigious she is.
Otherwise, he is a graduate student after all and is looking for a teacher in a middle school. Not to mention Tongzilou, Zhou Rong has already been arranged for two bedrooms and one living room.
Feng Huacheng's development in Jichun was a bad move. The reputation of the famous poet is getting bigger and bigger.
In Beijing, the work unit at least gave us a Tongzi building to live in. In Jichun, the adobe houses are not Feng Huacheng's. In the past four years, Feng Huacheng has completely transformed from a phoenix tail into a chicken tail.
In the next two days, when Zhou Bingkun returned to the Zhou family's old house, he often saw Zhou Zhigang banging on the nail bed.
I made a small wooden bed about one meter wide and one and eight meters long, which was enough for Feng Yue to sleep on. It didn't take up much space when placed in the back room where Zhou Rong lived.
Although Lao Zhou's carpentry skills cannot be compared with Zhou Bingkun's, there is no problem in making something, not selling it out, but just using it at home.
For such a large thing, there is no requirement to use a tenon and rivet structure. The nail bed that Lao Zhou mentioned is literally, nailing a few boards together to make a bed.
Zhou Rong and his wife don't like to take care of family affairs. Lao Zhou is restless and has nowhere to vent his energy. Finally, he found a job. He seems very happy and they get along very harmoniously.
Lao Zhou has not been back for a long time and has not gotten along too much. So far, it seems that Lao Zhou is living with Zhou Rong's family, which is pretty good.
"Bingkun, are you at home?"
"Old man, aren't you backing out now? I'll come back during the holiday to have a look. Director Cai, why don't you come over and see Zhou Rong?"
"Didn't Zhou Rong ask me to find some materials? I sent them over."
