The road was not wide enough and the truck could not drive in front of the Zhou family's old house. We borrowed a pallet truck and emptied the cement, sand, loess, and white ash back to the old Zhou family's house.
Director Cai was just as happy pulling the cart as Zhou Bengyi was pulling the cart. In the future, my uncle and brother-in-law will have more in common.
Lao Zhou was very happy when he saw these materials. He had been working as a bricklayer all his life and became friendly with these materials: "Xiaoguang, please stay for dinner tonight."
"Uncle, I won't eat here. I have some things to deal with when I go back to work."
The godfather relationship between Li Suhua and Cai Xiaoguang is unilateral, and Lao Zhou is not Cai Xiaoguang's godfather.
After all, my father is a senior colonel. What kind of level is that? If Lao Zhou doesn't give up a daughter, he will definitely not be qualified to let Cai Xiaoguang call him father.
"Why are you still going back? Ronger will be back soon. Call Bingyi again. Let's have a drink together in the evening. Your godmother said two days ago that she would call you so that the whole family could get together.
"
"Okay, uncle, I will trouble you and my godmother today."
Although after Cai Xiaoguang became a literary and artistic worker and a director, he became more open-minded and changed his girlfriend more often than he changed his clothes.
He is a playboy, a scumbag who only falls in love but does not get married, but Zhou Rong is still Cai Xiaoguang's white moonlight and still has a huge attraction for Cai Xiaoguang.
When Lao Zhou mentioned Zhou Rong, Cai Xiaoguang was persuaded and agreed to stay.
"Why are you being so polite to your uncle? It's like you're at your own home here."
"Okay, uncle, I'll go see the driver off and come back later."
Of course, when meeting someone with status like Cai Xiaoguang, a snob like Lao Zhou is very kind.
Lao Zhou likes to show off his face, lose his temper, and watch other people's actions.
It also targets people like Zhou Bingkun’s friends, National Day, whose family conditions are not as good as those of the old Zhou family.
Lao Zhou informed Li Suhua about keeping Cai Xiaoguang for dinner.
Li Suhua approached Zhou Bingkun. After the National Day holiday, Zhou Rong and his wife started working normally. There was no one else at home, so Li Suhua had no choice but to assign Zhou Bingkun:
"Bingkun, there's no one else at home now but you. Go to the vegetable market and buy more meat and vegetables. We're going to prepare a feast for the evening. It should be more sumptuous. You can buy it while you're at it."
"Okay, I'll go over there." After looking at the situation, Zhou Bingkun found it hard to refuse.
Compared to asking Li Suhua to go to the vegetable market, it seems that it is more appropriate for Zhou Bingkun to go there. After buying too much food, Li Suhua's legs and feet are not strong enough to carry the food back.
Zhou Zhigang's legs and feet are still good, but he has just made a small wooden bed that is more or less the same.
The mud was mixed seamlessly again, and I was anxious to get a house. I finally found something I was good at, and I was extremely anxious.
Before Zhou Bingkun went out, Li Suhua told him again: "When you go out, call your brother's work and ask him to go home for dinner tonight."
Zhou Bingkun waved his hand and agreed. He went outside first and bought some ready-made braised meat.
Today Li Suhua needed to prepare a table, and obviously no one was there to help. Of course Zhou Bingkun came here to take the easy way.
Then I found a small shop and called Zhou Bingyi's office.
"Zhou Bingyi, Cai Xiaoguang is here. Our mother asked you to go home for dinner."
"You can't come, what do you have to do?"
"When it comes to work, you just need to write some materials. It doesn't matter when you can't write, or whether you write or not. Isn't that all you can do?"
"Is your job about to be transferred?"
"Okay, that's what I told mom."
After a phone call, Zhou Bingyi did not come back for dinner. He wanted to go home to discuss important matters with his mother-in-law.
On the first day of work after the holiday, the organization department went to talk to Zhou Bingyi. The signal was already obvious.
Zhou Bingyi has encountered a good thing and is about to be promoted.
Of course, it is not that easy to be promoted to Zhou Bingyi's level and transferred to a real position.
It is obvious that the Hao family has begun to exert its strength. If yes, it is Jin Yueji who is the widow of leader Hao.
During the National Day, when I was organized to visit, I helped Zhou Bingyi speak up.
Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei have been married for more than ten years and have gone through so many things.
Those things in the Corps were so long ago that the Hao family's parents didn't know much about them. Not to mention, these years have passed. Hao Dongmei was infertile, leader Hao died, and Jin Yueji fell ill.
Zhou Bingyi never gave up on Hao Dongmei, and finally gained the approval of his mother-in-law.
The Hao family finally took the initiative to spend some resources on Zhou Bingyi.
Zhou Bingyi couldn't care less about what to eat when he returned to old Zhou's house, which Zhou Bingkun could understand.
Important matters related to one's future choices have nothing to do with people like the old Zhou family who are not interested in politics.
Going back to Zhou's house for dinner is not as important as going back to No. 1 Courtyard to discuss your future with your mother-in-law.
"Is your brother coming back?" Li Suhua was still a little disappointed that Zhou Bingyi couldn't come back.
"If he can't come back, he and his mother-in-law have work matters to discuss."
"Then work is still important. I will have a lot of free time in the future, so I can't eat any time."
"Yes, you are right to think so."
Zhou Bingkun agreed with Li Suhua and said that Li Suhua might need to comfort herself like this more often in the future.
There is still a big difference in the work intensity between a virtual job and a real job. Li Suhua wants to meet Zhou Bingyi in the future.
It is impossible to recruit people back with just one phone call as before.
"Bingkun, why do you always buy cooked food?"
After asking people, Li Suhua noticed the vegetables Zhou Bingkun bought.
"Isn't this convenient? You can cut it up and eat it. Otherwise, you can buy it raw and make a table of dishes. Should you do it or should I do it?"
"Of course you did it."
"Isn't that right? You can't do it and I don't want to do it. This is the most convenient thing."
"That's it, let's get ready first. When we're ready, it's time for people to come back."
The things Zhou Bingkun bought were quite complete, including pork ears, chicken racks, duck necks, and all the necessary dishes were ready at once.
While cutting the braised meat into plates, I heard Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng riding their bikes back. You could also hear Feng Huacheng scolding Zhou Rong in the courtyard:
"What kind of society is it now? You are the only one who pretends to be noble and wants to share a house without showing any respect for the world. There are so many people who need a house. Why should others give it to you?"
In the Zhou family yard, Feng Huacheng dared to scold Zhou Rong. Zhou Bingkun felt that Feng Huacheng was bullying the old couple for being deaf.
"The sophistication you are talking about means giving gifts to others, right? Then I would rather not understand the sophistication of people."
It can be heard that the couple did not sit still and waited for death, but worked hard for the house.
Feng Yue and Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng live in the same house. It is a short-term makeshift solution, and it is also a temporary solution.
"Zhou Rong, I know you want to be aloof. I want to be aloof even more than you are, but can being aloof solve the problem of the house?" While they were talking, the two people entered the house and saw Zhou Bingkun busy. They stopped arguing in embarrassment: "
Bingkun, are you at home too?"
"Zheng Juan went to watch a movie with her two children. I didn't want to go, so I came over to stay with the old couple."
When these two couples were quarreling, Zhou Bingkun would of course pretend to be invisible.
Zhou Bingkun even wanted to say that he could completely treat himself as if he didn't exist and the couple could just quarrel as much as they wanted.
Zhou Bingkun can even support Feng Huacheng, Zhou Rong is too pretentious.
There is also a bit of a double standard in life. Cai Xiaoguang, whom I like, has the ability to give gifts to others.
Feng Huacheng, who he didn't like, would embarrass himself by giving gifts to others.
While having dinner, Zhou Bingkun didn't see much excitement.
Even if Cai Xiaoguang and Feng Huacheng are both here, the status of the two people can be compared. Now in the old Zhou family, Cai Xiaoguang has more status than Feng Huacheng.
With Feng Huacheng, his reputation as a poet became more and more prominent. He could not publish two poems in a year. Even Zhou Zhigang did not regard Feng Huacheng as his son-in-law as a poet.
No matter how he was living under someone else's roof, living in his mother-in-law's house like a retired son-in-law, Zhou Zhigang couldn't give him much respect.
After staying for so many days, Zhou Bingkun also noticed that he wanted to see the excitement of the old Zhou family, so he came back a little early this time.
All kinds of conflicts are still accumulating. Zhou Zhigang has only been back for a few days. The reunion after a long separation can temporarily overshadow other conflicts.
After a few days of vacation, Zhou Bingkun stopped squatting at Lao Zhou's house.
"Bingkun, I heard that you returned to Jichun, why didn't you inform your brothers?"
"National Day, didn't I want to inform you? When I returned to Guangzi Film, I heard that you had moved out. Now you are driving a truck for a private owner and traveling long distances. Where can I find you? It seems that this private person
The boss is generous enough, and you are completely different from before. Is this considered climbing a high tree?"
When I saw Xiao Guoqing this time, I saw that Xiao Guoqing had changed quite a lot. He had come out of his previous lifeless state. He looked more energetic than before. You could tell by looking at his spirit that he was more energetic than before.
After a few years, I have hope for life and have a bright future.
"What's the point of climbing on a high branch? I still want to drive for our factory, but now that our lumber factory is gone, who can I drive for? If I drive for a private boss, the salary is higher than before, but I haven't been given any money."
It’s safe to drive in our factory.”
The Red Star Lumber Factory can be said to have disappeared without a trace. The factory was sold directly. Each employee in the factory was given a severance package that bought out their length of service and all were laid off.
"Xiao Guoqing, just be content. No matter what age you are in these days, no matter where you work, if you can make money, it's a good job."
"If you want to say that, then I won't object."
Xiao Guoqing chuckled a few times and said. It was rare for Xiao Guoqing to have such a relaxed attitude.
"Why is there only one person here? Where's Chachai and Debao? You didn't call them. Now I can't even find your homes."
"Didn't I go to the south a few times and make some money? Qianchao and I moved out of Guangchao. Debao lives in the house assigned by Chunyan's work unit. You haven't been there yet. Both of them are busy now.
, when I get out of the car and come back, I will come over first to see if you are still in Jichun."
"You drive for the boss, Qi Chao and Debao, what are you two doing now?"
"Qianchao has learned how to do business now, and he sets up stalls and sells goods on the black market all day long. Debao is still working in the soy sauce factory, but the efficiency of the soy sauce factory is not good, so Debao doesn't care much about the soy sauce factory.
Now, all I have been thinking about all day long is what is the most profitable thing to do. Debao purchases the goods, I transport them, and I keep up with the sales volume."
Nowadays, it is not very accurate to say that it is a black market. It is a market that formed spontaneously because of the popularity of the black market in the past.
"You are now a team. Why haven't I noticed before that the three of you are quite matched together?" Zhou Bingkun said in surprise. It seems that he underestimated the potential of the three of them because of his inherent impression.
"Are you okay now?"
"I'm back in Jichun, what else can I do?"
"If nothing happens, let's go directly to catch up now. When catch up closes the stall, we can call Debao and get together together, shall we?"
"Okay, I'll tell Juan'er."
Then Zhou Bingkun followed National Day and came to the largest black market in Jichun, which is now the largest free market.
"Hey, is it lively here now?"
There is an entire street with small vendors selling various products on both sides. Seeing the market being so prosperous, at first glance, I really can’t tell that Jichun has any signs of slow development.
But if you look carefully at the products sold at the stalls, you can see the difference between Jichun and other areas.
In addition to all kinds of trendy southern products, the market in Jichun also has products from various factories in Jichun, such as Jiefang shoes, work clothes, labor protection supplies, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and various local pastries, breads and candies.
The packaging of these products all looks like it was in the 1960s, and there is a big difference in appearance from the popular products now.
It seems that the factory is unable to pay wages and directly gives employees in kind to offset their wages.
"Of course, things are different now than before. Everything is sold here, from needlework to home appliances, whether domestic or imported."
I can still speak National Day better than before and introduced it to Zhou Bingkun eloquently.
In fact, it's not as good as the National Day said. The vendors in the market don't sell much, and they don't look very skilled. They are all temporary guest appearances from factory employees.
"It seems that the competition in doing business in the Northeast is now fierce. If you go to the South to purchase goods and come back to the Northeast to sell, it won't be as easy as before, right?"
Zhou Bingkun could tell that the most profitable time to purchase goods from the south in Jichun and buy and sell them had passed.
"It can't be compared with the past. In the past, you could make money by buying anything. Now you need to be careful and the profits are not as much as before. If you sell something to make money, you will immediately have a lot more.
Fortunately, Debao is good at this, and the goods we bring in are generally easy to sell."
National Day is not greedy, I am quite satisfied with the current situation.
Looking at a booth not far ahead, where a lot of people gathered, Zhou Bingkun said to National Day: "There seem to be a lot of people over there, let's go and have a look."
"Uncles, aunts, elder brothers, elder sisters, don't miss it if you pass by. Come and take a look. Imported large leather shoes, small leather shoes, genuine cowhide leather shoes. They are cheap and you will make a profit if you buy them!"
After getting closer, I first heard a lively hawking sound, and then saw the stall owners, two men in their forties, one with a donkey face, and the other with delicate features and a feminine appearance.