Chapter 553: Persuading mother to engage in matchmaking, Tu Zhiqiang
Perhaps it was because the man, eldest son and daughter were not at home, so Zhou Chen could clearly feel that Li Suhua's attitude towards him had changed dramatically.
In his original memory, he had the lowest status in this family.
When there was something delicious to eat, his parents always followed Zhou Rong and Zhou Bingyi first, and then it was his turn.
Not only in terms of food, but also in terms of clothing.
Ninety percent of his clothes before were worn by Zhou Bingyi.
If you are lucky, you will have new clothes for the New Year. If you are unlucky, you will not see any new clothes for a whole year.
Materials are very scarce now, but the problem is that Zhou Rong and Zhou Bingyi have new clothes every year, more than one, and he can only wear old ones.
Without comparison, there is no harm.
Zhou Bingkun had complained before, but it was of no use at all.
Just like that coat, Zhou Bingyi was about to leave and the Corps would issue new ones, so I thought of giving it to him. If there were no new ones, see if he would give it to him.
This is not Zhou Chen's judgment of a gentleman's heart with a villain's heart, but a fact.
In order to save money, there is nothing wrong with wearing old clothes, but if you keep picking up other people's leftovers, it won't be comfortable for anyone else.
Before Zhou Chen went to work at the publishing house, Li Suhua always thought about her eldest son and daughter. Even if her daughter did something rebellious, she still thought about them every day and wanted to ask her man to forgive Zhou Rong.
It was only after Zhou Chen became "promising" that Li Suhua's attitude changed a lot. He wouldn't let Zhou Chen do any housework, and would always prepare delicious food for Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen came from time travel and could feel the differential treatment by his parents. However, Zhou Bingkun could always maintain an optimistic attitude and get along so harmoniously with his eldest brother and sister, which shows that he has a really good character.
"Mom, there is something I want to discuss with you."
Dinner has ended, and Li Suhua is clearing the table: "What do you want to discuss with me?"
Zhou Chen said: "I have fallen in love with a woman and want to marry her as my wife, so I want to ask you to help with the matchmaking."
When Li Suhua heard this, she immediately ignored her job and looked at Zhou Chen in surprise: "Kun'er, you said you fell in love with a girl and wanted to get married. How old are you?"
Zhou Chen: "Seventeen is not young anymore. I didn't say I wanted to get married now. I just want to settle down first."
Li Suhua asked curiously: "Which girl is she from? Is it Chunyan from your aunt's family?"
In Li Suhua's memory, the woman who had the best relationship with her youngest son was Qiao Chunyan, so she thought Zhou Chen was talking about Qiao Chunyan.
"That's definitely not Chunyan. It's impossible for me and her to be together."
"Why isn't it Chunyan? Mom thinks Chunyan is pretty good. Apart from your sister, Chunyan is the most beautiful girl in our photo studio. She has a good personality and is very filial. If it were her, Mom would really have no objection.
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Because she has a good relationship with Chunyan's mother, she knows Qiao Chunyan relatively well.
But after saying that, she shook her head again: "No, that was before, Kun'er. Now you work in a publishing house and can write poems and publish them. You are a cultural person. You can find a better one. Are you interested?
Which girl has good conditions?"
Seeing Li Suhua guessing here and there by herself, Zhou Chen felt helpless.
Women, their faces change so quickly.
Just now she said that Qiao Chunyan was good, but now she feels that she is not worthy of him. As expected of her old mother, her son is the best in her eyes.
"Mom, the girl I'm interested in doesn't have a good family situation. She lives in Taiping Hutong."
"What?"
When Li Suhua heard this, she immediately became anxious: "You have fallen in love with the girl from Taiping Hutong? Don't you know where that place is? What kind of good girls can be produced there? Kun'er, don't scare mom, mom can't stand it
Scared."
"How can this be called scary? The environment of Taiping Hutong is indeed not good, but how good are our phototypes?"
After living for so many years and traveling through so many film and television worlds, Zhou Chen has already seen through it.
The saying "equally matched" makes sense, but it also depends on the situation.
Being in the right family does not necessarily mean you are happy, and being in the wrong family does not necessarily mean you are unhappy. It is just a matter of high probability.
Zheng Juan's family conditions are not good, but she is a nice person. Being nice can change everything and she can adapt to the gap in her family.
"Who is it? Who is at home? Tell me quickly."
"Her name is Zheng Juan. In addition to her, there is an elderly mother and a young blind brother at home."
Li Suhua, who was not very satisfied to begin with, immediately became anxious when he heard that this was the case.
"Zhou Bingkun, is there something wrong with your brain? You can't find anyone. If you have to find a woman from such a family, you will make your mother angry to death, right?"
Zhou Chen looked at the furious Li Suhua, not angry or anxious.
"Mom, my criteria for finding a wife are to be diligent, kind, and treat me well. Why do I have to find someone with good conditions?"
"Although Zheng Juan's family conditions are not good, she is very filial. She did not go to the countryside to take care of her mother and younger brother. If she becomes your daughter-in-law, she will definitely honor you in the future."
Li Suhua hummed: "I'm good. I want a filial daughter-in-law. Kun'er, listen to mom. Mom is here. With the conditions of our family, you can definitely find a better job. If you find this Zheng Juan,
You have to support the whole family and the whole family by yourself. The burden is too heavy and you can't bear it."
"It's not as exaggerated as you said. Mom, I really like Zheng Juan. I will never marry her in this life. If it's for my own good, you should agree to it."
"It's just for your own good that I can't promise you. You are still young and don't know how difficult life is. Mom will not harm you. If you stay with this Zheng Juan, you will regret it in the future."
"Mom, I have grown up and know how to look at people. Besides, you don't care about the matter between eldest brother and Hao Dongmei, Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng. Why do you have so many demands for me when I want to find a wife?
Already?"
Li Suhua heard this and said angrily: "Can it be the same?"
"Why is it different? According to you, the conditions are, Hao Dongmei's family used to be a high-ranking provincial official, but she was also knocked down. When it comes to conditions, she is not much better than Zheng Juan; Feng
Not to mention Hua Cheng, Zhou Rong would not even give up her home for him."
Li Suhua scolded angrily: "You damn kid, do you really want to make your mother angry to death to be happy? Your eldest brother and Hao Dongmei had already talked about it before her family collapsed. If it's because of her parents' collapse, then
If we are not together, what will others think of our family?"
"As for your sister, she just has a hot head. Your father has said that he will not forgive her. Is it possible that you still want to learn from your sister?"
Hearing this sentence, Zhou Chen chuckled.
Won't forgive?
In the end, Baba himself went to Guizhou and took the initiative to reconcile with Zhou Rong.
"Mom, okay, you won't know until we get to know each other. Anyway, I'll tell you the truth. I will never marry her unless she is in my life. If you don't agree, then I will be a bachelor for the rest of my life."
Zhou Chen acted like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water.
If he were facing Zhou Zhigang, he would definitely not use this move, but facing the soft-hearted Li Suhua, this move would definitely be useful.
"I'll beat you to death, you damn kid."
Li Suhua slapped Zhou Chen's arm rudely, "What are you talking about? Do you really want to piss me off to death?"
Then she sighed and said: "Your mother and I can't make the decision on such a big matter, so I have to ask your father. In this way, you can write another letter to your father and ask for his opinion. If he has no opinion,
If so, I have no objection."
"What if he has a problem with it?"
"What the heck, that's your dad. If your dad has any objections, there's nothing I can do about it. You can convince him yourself."
"I think it's better not to tell him for the time being. My sister's matter has probably made him very angry. If he continues to disagree with me, I don't know how angry he will be."
Li Suhua rolled her eyes at him: "You also know that your father will not agree. You just think that I am easy to talk to, so you want me to agree first, right?"
Zhou Chen said: "Mom, I really didn't lie to you. If you want to know whether a person is good or not, you should first get to know her. When you meet Zheng Juan, maybe you will like her."
Li Suhua advised: "Kun'er, mom doesn't know how much you like her, but you are still young, don't think so much. When you meet someone better, you will soon forget her."
Zhou Chen replied with a serious face: "Mom, I'm telling you the truth. It's still what I said just now. In this life, I will never marry anyone other than Zheng Juan."
After saying that, he stood up: "Mom, I'm going back to my room first. The novel story I wrote will be published in the magazine next month. I have to work hard."
As soon as he heard that it was serious business, Li Suhua's face changed instantly: "Okay, then go quickly, mom won't disturb you anymore."
While washing pots and dishes, Li Suhua glanced at her son in the room from time to time. She was thinking about what just happened.
She said she disagreed, but in fact she still remembered the matter in her heart. She was considering whether to go to Taiping Hutong to inquire about Zheng Juan.
When Zhou Chen got off work the next day, he went to the lumber factory. After waiting for a while, he saw Xiao Guoqing and Sun rushing out on bicycles.
"National Day, catch up."
"Hey, Bingkun."
Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao were very surprised when they saw that the person calling them was Zhou Chen, and quickly came over.
"Bingkun, why are you here?"
Zhou Chen smiled and said: "You two paid me your salary in the first month and treated me to a meal. I paid my salary yesterday and I came here to invite you to my house for a drink today."
"Hey, wages have been paid. The wages in the publishing house should be higher than those in our factory. How much have they been paid?"
Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao both looked curious.
Earlier, they learned that Fa Xiao Zhou Bingkun actually went to work as an editor in a publishing house, and they were so shocked that their eyes almost dropped.
We all grew up together. How many tricks Zhou Bingkun has, how can they not know?
At that time, they also swore that Zhou Chen would definitely reveal his true colors within a few days at the publishing house.
But in the end, contrary to their expectations, Zhou Chen not only was not fired, but instead stabilized at the publishing house.
Today, Zhou Chen actually said that he had paid the wages and invited the two of them to drink, which made them both surprised and happy.
Zhou Chen said: "Twenty-six were issued, and there are a few food stamps and meat stamps."
Sun Qianchao's eyes suddenly widened: "26? Is the salary in a publishing house so high? Guo Qing and I only took two days off a month to get 18. You took five or six days off a month and still got 26."
, isn’t this gap too big?”
Xiao Guoqing also nodded repeatedly. If there is no comparison, there will be no harm.
Even though they were young, they had a deep brotherly relationship, but they could be compared everywhere. The two of them worked very hard to get such a small amount of money, while Zhou Chen did an easy job, but got more than them. Of course, he felt unbalanced.
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Who is Zhou Chen? He can see the thoughts of these two young people at a glance.
"The type of work is different, and the salary is of course different. You only see my relaxed side. You don't see that when I am busy, our editors also have tasks. I read and write articles every day, and my head is dizzy; you just
It’s different now, there’s no pressure at all. Anyway, no matter how much you do, you still make so much money.”
Xiao Guoqing is quite naive. After listening to Zhou Chen's words, he sighed: "Kun'er is right. If you ask me to read and write articles, you might as well kill me. I still like to do this kind of work."
Sun caught up and said, "Kun, you got so much salary, why should you do something good today?"
"That's not to say. The meat and wine are ready. My mother is cooking them at home, waiting for us to go back."
The six little gentlemen in the plot, Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao, are really good compared to the other three.
Maybe it's because they grew up together and they are very loyal to Zhou Bingkun.
It is precisely because of this that Zhou Chen is willing to play with them. Anyway, he is really not prepared to have any interactions with the three Cao Debao in the future.
The three of them were about to leave when suddenly a man came over on a bicycle and shouted at the three of them.
"National Day, catch up, hey, Bingkun, why are you here?"
"Brother Qiangzi."
Seeing the person coming, Sun Qianchao called out, while Xiao Guoqing remained silent, and Zhou Chen quickly recognized the person.
Tu Zhiqiang.
It was the murderer who was shot at the beginning of his life.
Tu Zhiqiang was also a photo-grapher, and he knew Zhou Chen and the other three, but he was just a few years older than them, and he wasn't very good at studying, so they didn't play together.
"Bingkun, I heard from Guoqing and Qianchao that you are going to work in a publishing house. That's okay. We also have a talented person in our phototype film."
Tu Zhiqiang has a crew cut, a medium build, and a rough look, just like an ordinary Northeastern man.
Zhou Chen said lukewarmly: "How can I be considered a talent? Brother Qiangzi, National Day and Qianchao are my good brothers. I will trouble you to take care of them more in the future."
Tu Zhiqiang entered the lumber factory earlier than Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao, but unlike the two who worked hard, he was very lazy. The plot showed that he often deliberately broke the machinery in the factory in order to rest.
To be honest, this kind of behavior is really undesirable. At the very least, it is selfish, and at the most serious level, it is a crime.
Anyway, judging from Zhou Chen's attitude towards making friends, you can never have a deep friendship with this kind of person.
Tu Zhiqiang said loudly: "Of course, we all came out of the optical film, and we must take care of each other. Do you want to go back too, let's go together?"
Zhou Chen didn't wait for Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao to speak, and said first, "I came to see Guoqing and the others for something. Brother Qiangzi, please go back first."
Tu Zhiqiang didn't care and waved his hands at them: "Then I'll leave first."
As soon as Tu Zhiqiang left, Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao relaxed.
Sun Qianchao said: "Kun'er, try to have less contact with him in the future. I've heard many people say that he doesn't learn well and hangs around with a bunch of second-rate people. Don't let him get involved."
Xiao Guoqing also nodded in agreement: "You're right about catching up. I've also heard people say that he might be speculating, but I don't know if that's true."
"Someone really said that about him?"
Zhou Chen was very surprised. The news about these two young men was quite accurate.
Tu Zhiqiang, Shui Ziliu and Luo Shibin were in the same group, and Tu Zhiqiang had a shady relationship with Shui Ziliu, so he must have participated in the scalping business between Shui Ziliu and Luo Shibin.
"Well, many people in the factory are afraid of him anyway."
Zhou Chen is not interested in Tu Zhiqiang and the others for the time being. Among the three of them, the one he hates the most is naturally Luo Shibin.
Luo Shibin is definitely a complete scumbag. Compared with Luo Shibin, as the eldest brother, he is more affectionate and righteous.
Judging from the plot in the TV series, if Shui Ziliu had not made the decision to give money to Zheng Juan, Luo Shibin would have ignored it.
If Luo Shibin hadn't lost the ability to have children, he would never have looked back for Zhou Nan.
After Zhou Chen came to this world, he would naturally not let that happen again, but even so, he still felt sick when he thought of Luo Shibin.
If it fell into his hands, he would definitely let Luo Shibin experience the dangers of society.
"Let's go home. I won't come back until I'm drunk tonight."
"Forget it, Kun'er, with your drinking capacity, you're still not drunk."
Being ridiculed by the two men, Zhou Chen immediately said with disdain: "Haha, I don't know who was the two who pissed on the road and acted drunkenly last time?"
Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao both had dark faces. This incident was an absolute shame for both of them.
That was more than half a month ago. The two of them had paid their wages and asked Zhou Bingkun to come to the restaurant.
It turned out that Zhou Chen was not drunk, but the two of them were very drunk. Zhou Chen dragged him back from the restaurant, and when they were about to get home, the two of them took off their pants and peed on the road. What was even more shameful was that they also peeed loudly.
Yelling and singing.
Thinking back on it afterwards, the two of them were ashamed.
"Kun'er, what's the matter with you kid? We've had drinks together before, and you got drunk after just two drinks. Why were you so powerful last time? How many drinks did you drink?"
Zhou Chen chuckled: "I was just joking with you before. In fact, my drinking capacity is no match for you two combined."
"Hey, Kun'er, I'm not convinced when you say that. Let's compete again tonight."
"Yes, no matter how much you compare, you are too boastful. Let's catch up and fuck him tonight."
"No problem, let's fuck him together. We must make him embarrassed too."
Zhou Chen was even more disdainful: "Then I'm sorry, your wish may never come true in this life."
Although the wines of this era are not as diverse as those of a few decades later, they are definitely much more authentic than they will be in the future, because they are all state-owned wineries, and few people will cheat.
The liquor at this time was not only pure, but also very strong, and more importantly, it was cheap.
When the three of them arrived home, Li Suhua had already set the table and the meat was almost cooked.
The meal was actually not sumptuous. The meat was steamed with cabbage, served with some steamed buns, two side dishes, and a plate of pickles. The three of them finished it immediately.
Needless to say, the final result was that before the two bottles of liquor were finished, Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qunchao were already dead. Zhou Chen made another effort and sent them home.
Mountain city.
Zhou Zhigang was sitting under the tent drinking water. As an eighth-level worker, although he had just arrived here not long ago, he had already been recognized by everyone for his good craftsmanship.
A young man walked over quickly.
"Master Zhou, here is your letter. I just received it."
Zhou Zhigang stood up and asked: "Where is the letter?"
"Master Zhou, Jichun City, Jiangliao Province, give."
When Zhou Zhigang heard this, he quickly took the letter. This was the second letter he received from his hometown after arriving in the mountain city.
After receiving the letter last time, he was really furious. The reason was that his most precious daughter actually secretly ran away to Guizhou Province behind her family's back to find a man who was more than ten years older than her.
At that time, he was so angry that he wanted to deny his daughter. Even though more than a month had passed, he still had not recovered. Whenever he thought of his daughter, his heart was as sharp as a knife.
He really misses the days at home, how filial and sensible his daughter was back then. He still can't figure out why his daughter went crazy to do such a thing.
After the last nightmare, more than a month later, Zhou Zhigang received another letter from his hometown. As a rough man from the Northeast, he suddenly felt a little uneasy.
"I hope nothing happened at home."
Feeling uneasy, Zhou Zhigang slowly opened the letter and read it carefully under the tent.
"Dad: I am Bingkun..."
It took a few minutes for Zhou Zhigang to read the entire letter. This time it was different from the last time.
After reading it last time, he was so furious that he almost lost his mind.
This time, after reading it, his face was filled with joy.
"This brat Bingkun actually has this ability. He went to work in a publishing house as an editor."
His youngest son, whom he looked down on the most before, actually found such a good job and it was well-established. This really made him overjoyed.
But while he was happy, he also felt very strange. He still knew very well what level his youngest son was.
When he was a child, he was always busy studying. After the first year of junior high school, he couldn't continue studying and dropped out of school.
How long has it been since he left home? Has his younger son changed his ways?
But even if you change your past, you won't be able to change so much all at once.
He couldn't help but wonder if the leader of the publishing house had made a mistake or was deceived by his youngest son.
As he thought about it, he felt a little uncomfortable.
In the past, when he was at home, of the three children at home, the one he looked down upon the most was his youngest son. He always felt that she was not doing her job properly and had no ability.
But who would have thought that his sweet daughter, who he thought was smart, would do something wrong that made him angry, and his disobedient little son would actually become more capable.
Thinking of his daughter, he felt heartache again. He endured the discomfort and put the letter away, thinking a lot.
He then thought of his eldest son Zhou Bingyi. If the eldest son had stayed at home instead of going to the Corps, with his intelligence and knowledge, he would definitely be more promising and find a better job than his younger son.
Zhou Zhigang himself didn't realize that his younger son had become successful. He was just happy for a while, and then he thought more about his eldest son and daughter.
Parents in the world cannot love every child the same way.
Zhou Zhigang has not changed his views that have existed for more than ten years because of this incident. For now, the status of his eldest son and daughter in his mind is still more important than that of his younger son.
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"Bingkun, come to my office."
Shao Jingwen came to the office and called out to Zhou Chen who was working. The editor of their magazine department had two offices, but only Shao Jingwen's office had a phone, so he had to come in person.
"coming."
Following Shao Jingwen into the office, Zhou Chen asked: "Teacher Shao, do you have any tasks?"
Shao Jingwen nodded and said, "I have a mission, look at this." He handed a document to Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen took it and took a look, "This is in Russian."
"Yes, this is an article that our reporter brought back from next door. The president has already found someone to translate it, but he is worried that the translation is not accurate, so he wants to find a few more people to translate it together, and finally discuss it together. We have you here Russian is the best, so this task is left to you."
Zhou Chen responded without hesitation: "No problem."
"The president asked that the translation be completed tomorrow morning and handed over to him."
"No need for tomorrow morning, just give me an hour."
Shao Jingwen's expression froze: "Is one hour enough?"
In his eyes, translation is not an easy task. After all, the two countries have different languages, and the translation must be fluent, which is also a complicated process.
As a result, Zhou Chen said that one hour was enough, which made him doubtful.
Zhou Chen didn't say much, but said confidently: "I'll come over and submit the manuscript in an hour."
Seeing Zhou Chen's confident look, Shao Jingwen couldn't say anything, so he could only nod: "Okay, then go ahead."
For Zhou Chen, this was just a small matter. The day after the manuscript was submitted, Shao Jingwen informed him that the one the agency finally decided to use was his translation.
The work of a magazine editor can be very busy or not. The busiest part is the few days when the content is to be published. It requires repeated confirmation, and at the same time, it has to cooperate with the printing department, etc.
But for Zhou Chen, who used to have so many things to do, this busy schedule is really a piece of cake.
On the other side, Li Suhua had been uneasy since she heard Zhou Chen talk about Zheng Juan. Finally, she couldn't bear it anymore and decided to inquire about Zheng Juan's situation.
It is actually relatively easy to know about Zheng Juan's situation. Li Suhua made casual inquiries with the old man in Taiping Hutong and got a lot of information.
It is indeed the same as Zhou Chen said, a family of three, the older one and the younger one.
To describe it in one sentence, the family is living in poverty. Not only is it poor, but the family background is not very good either.
After finding out the true situation, Li Suhua disagreed even more. She felt that a woman from such a family would only drag down her youngest son.