A big bowl of noodles was served, and the three of them chatted about something happy and laughed.
Qian Wen talked about interesting things in the capital, Sun caught up with him, and Xiao Guoqing talked about what happened during his absence and what happened to the lumber factory.
Which family has no troubles? The Xiao Guoqing family has less troubles than the Sun Chanchao family?
Xiao Guoqing also has a lot of family affairs, but his upright character is not mentioned.
After meal.
"Bingkun, let's get together after the new year?" At the door of the hotel, Sun Qianchao patted his hat and looked at him and said.
"Well, you guys agree on a time and we can get together then." Qian Wen nodded and said.
"Okay, then Qianchao and I will go back."
Xiao Guoqing and Sun caught up and left.
Qian Wen rubbed his red ears and walked to the minibus stop for the provincial compound.
Seeing him catch up, they just told him that he was back on National Day and that he would have to go to Qu Xiuzhen's house later.
I got on the minibus and arrived at the provincial compound in a bumpy ride.
Under the notification from the guard, Qian Wen arrived at Qu Xiuzhen's house.
From a distance, he saw Qu Xiuzhen looking out.
Qian Wen jogged a few steps.
As he approached, before he could speak, the smile on Qu Xiuzhen's face disappeared, she ignored him, and turned around to go back to the house.
Qian Wen was stunned and shouted hurriedly, "Aunt Qu?"
After walking a few steps, Qu Xiuzhen turned back and said expressionlessly, "Where is Kangkang?"
"At home?"
"Then what are you doing here!"
Qian Wen was speechless. He didn't see Kangkang emotionally, so he was unhappy.
"Come in, what are you doing there?"
Qian Wen smiled, shook his head, and followed in.
Qu Xiuzhen really hasn't changed at all.
"Bingkun is here, hey, where's Xiaokangkang?" Ma Shouchang also looked behind him, holding a box of candy in his hand.
Qian Wen licked his lips, and Qu Xiuzhen glared at him and said to her husband Ma Shouchang, "He came alone!"
Ma Shouchang was very disappointed when he heard this, but he didn't say anything, "Come on, come in and warm yourself up, your ears are already red from the cold."
"Here!" Qu Xiuzhen came out after walking into the kitchen and handed him a glass of water angrily.
Looking at the steaming water in his hand, Qian Wen smiled and took a sip to warm it up.
"Kangkang is fat? Has he lost weight?"
This year, their son who was far away in the south still did not come back, so the two could only transfer their thoughts to their godson Kangkang.
This was also the sudden sight of him and not Kangkang, which made Qu Xiuzhen feel unhappy.
"I'm fatter, taller, and more sensible." Qian Wen took the candy handed to him by Ma Shouchang, smiled, peeled off the rind, and ate one.
"Next time I'm alone, I won't come. I don't want to see you." Qu Xiuzhen rolled her eyes at him, then quietly changed the checkers in her hand.
"Hey, what is this for?" Ma Shouchang saw it and hurriedly stood up to protect him.
In the living room, there is a set of checkers on the coffee table. It seems that it has been played for a while.
One side is almost losing.
Judging from Qu Xiuzhen's actions just now, she should be the one who is about to lose.
"I play chess, what do I do?" Qu Xiuzhen said matter-of-factly.
"No, it's my turn." Ma Shou often pointed to himself.
"You're lying. I'm obviously about to win and I can't afford to lose."
"You will definitely lose this game. Bingkun is here to save you face."
"Obviously you want to lose Haofa."
The two old children habitually argued in front of Qian Wen.
It sounds warm and looks warm.
"How about we come together?" Qian Wenhe Xini said.
"Okay." Qu Xiuzhen agreed.
"No, wait until I win." Ma Shouchang said.
The two of them stood and refused to let each other go. Qian Wen smiled and helped the two of them sit down, "How about I take your pulse and add me?"
They all had their pulse checked, and they were all high-ranking officials. It was quite convenient to see a doctor if there were any problems with the body. There were no major problems, just minor problems with blood pressure.
Three people play chess together.
Qian Wen really rarely plays checkers.
"Haha, Bingkun, you, a top student of Peking University, can't do it."
"If Bingkun lets you do it, I'll see how happy you are." Qu Xiuzhen was relieved.
"You are no match for me either." Ma Shouchang said as a child.
"You will lose this set, Bingkun help me." Qu Xiuzhen called the foreign aid.
"D."
The antique living room became even more lively because of Qian Wen's arrival.
Someone spoke, and Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen were much happier than before.
The two old children were chirping, but Qian Wen was a little quiet.
From time to time, cheerful words such as "You're cheating, it's my turn," and Bingkun don't let her wait were heard outside the window.
"Bingkun, will you graduate soon and start working?" Qu Xiuzhen, who was playing chess, asked casually.
"Well, I'll graduate next year." Qian Wen nodded.
"Then what are your plans? Should you stay in the capital or return to Jichun?" Qu Xiuzhen asked curiously.
"I haven't decided yet.
My teacher wants me to go to graduate school, my mother wants me to go back to Jichun, but I really want to go to the south.
The place is developing very rapidly, which is very suitable for some of my projects." Qian Wen's chess piece clicked three times, approaching Ma Shouchang.
"Hey, Bingkun, you're eating candy." Ma Shoufang hurriedly bribed him. Seeing that he had eaten his candy, he felt relieved and took the next step. At the same time, he sighed, "Yeah, I've heard about it too. Many people learned from the south.
Those who came back said that we made too little noise."
Qu Xiuzhen rolled her eyes at her husband, laughing in her heart that she was childish and was not polite in playing chess, "Bingkun, you can go anywhere, the main thing is to use what you have learned."
Looking at the chessboard, Qian Wen complained, "Uncle Ma, Aunt Qu, you don't agree with each other, do you agree to speak to the outside world?
This is not the way to treat guests.
Confucius said that it is a joy to have friends come from far away.
You have to let me win."
"You are neither an outsider nor a friend." Seeing Qian Wen finish his game, Ma Shouchang did not hesitate to play chess and let his pieces approach him.
"I told you not to bring Xiaokangkang with you." Qu Xiuzhen gritted her teeth and said.
He was dizzy. Do you still remember this?
"My teacher and I have been to the south, especially along the coast and on Hong Kong Island. Our place is indeed a lot slower."
Qu Xiuzhen was curious and asked him some things, things and developments in the south.
Qian Wen also answered everything he saw.
From the perspective of a modern person like Qian Wen, looking at some of the developed coastal cities today, except for some electronic products that have not kept up and the high-rise buildings are not that high, other things like entertainment, foreign companies, food, clothing, housing and transportation are really not much worse than modern cities.
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Indulge in money, feasting, and drunkenness.
Of course, there were more people jumping into the river, and it was more chaotic.
I didn't go to Hong Kong Island last time, but I heard from people there that the demons were dancing in chaos.
Ma Shou often listened quietly and asked specific questions from time to time.
Qian Wen also took out some mature topics studied by Yan Lao and the college and talked with Qu Xiuzhen and Ma Shouchang.
In the provincial compound, Hao's mother was bored at home.
Usually there is an aunt at home who makes a pleasant noise. It is the Chinese New Year soon, and she has gone back to celebrate the Chinese New Year on holiday.
The house was deserted, she was alone, and she couldn't read the newspaper. It was too quiet.
She walked around on the first and second floors of her home. The silence made her feel a little depressed. She put on her coat, tightened it tightly, and went for a walk in the big yard.
The compound is full of leaders. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and many of the children at home have returned. When walking by the roadside, you can hear the sounds of children playing at home.
Mother Hao was walking on the road in the courtyard, and occasionally met people and said hello with a smile.
When she reached the door of Ma Shouchang's house, she stopped.
After looking at it, she walked in.
Dong dong dong~
Soon she heard Qu Xiuzhen shouting, "Bingkun, watch your Uncle Ma and don't let him secretly touch my chess piece."
A quickie, Bingkun? This name reminded Hao’s mother of her son-in-law Zhou Bingyi.
She suddenly wanted to turn around and leave.
If it is true, when the two of them did not know each other, they met at someone else's home, or at the home of Secretary Ma who was familiar with their relationship.
She was afraid that some uncontrollable accident would happen and cause a joke.
But the door is open.
"Hey, Sister Jin.
Come in quickly." Qu Xiuzhen greeted warmly.
"No, Xiaoqu, you have a guest at your house, so I won't disturb you.
Come back another day." Mother Hao said cleverly.
"No outsiders, Bingkun, Zhou Bingkun.
It is Zhou Bingkun, the younger brother of Sister Jin’s son-in-law Zhou Bingyi.
Come on in, Lao Ma and I are playing chess out of boredom." Qu Xiuzhen enthusiastically took Hao's mother and walked home.
Mother Hao's face looked unnatural, she was afraid that something might happen. She was going to Zhou Bingyi's house that evening, but now she met Zhou Bingyi's brother in advance.
Don’t know him yet.
I hope Secretary Ma doesn't see the joke.
"Lao Ma, Sister Jin is here."
Ma Shouchang, who was playing chess with Qian Wen, looked up and stood up with a smile.
Qian Wen also looked at it.
Mother of sister-in-law Hao Dongmei.
He was stunned, not expecting that they would meet in advance.
He didn't say anything, just watched quietly. They didn't know each other now.
Qu Xiuzhen, Ma Shouchang and Hao's mother chatted enthusiastically.
But Qian Wen felt keenly that Hao's mother had been looking at him vaguely since he came in.
"Eh~" The enthusiastic Qu Xiuzhen noticed something was wrong. She turned around and saw that Qian Wen was not there. She looked over at him and said with a smile, "Bingkun, why are you still sitting down?"
Qian Wen blinked. He really wanted to ask who this was.
But no, asking might make Hao's mother lose face and make her slightly angry.
But in the end, the old Zhou family was also embarrassed.
Jean saw the joke.
He and Qu Xiuzhen have a close relationship, but he has always believed that it would be better to resolve the family dispute internally.
Qian Wen smiled and stood up and looked at it without saying a word.
Let Hao's mother look at her and feel as if she knows her.
Mother Hao quickly came to her senses, "When Dongmei and Bingyi left this morning, didn't they say they would take a family photo today?
Did you take the photo?
I didn’t expect to meet you at Secretary Ma’s house, your Uncle Hao and I are planning to go there in the evening.”
Qian Wen smiled, were you afraid that he would speak first? That's what he said.
I'm not stupid, I understand.
What's more, he is a top student at Peking University. It seems that Hao's mother believes that he can understand.
The relationships are all made clear.
Qian Wen said with a faint smile, "Aunt Jin?"
With a hint of doubt in her tone, Qu Xiuzhen frowned slightly and looked at the two of them, feeling that something was wrong.
"Bingkun." Mother Hao affirmed.
Qian Wen suddenly wanted to leave. It was so tiring to meet such relatives.
"Aunt Qu, Uncle Ma, I have something to do at home, so I will go back first and bring Kangkang to see you after the new year." Qian Wen was not playing with Hao's mother because he was too tired. Qian Wen looked at Qu Xiuzhen and the others with a smile and said.
"Ah, so anxious?" Qu Xiuzhen was startled.
"Then wait." Ma Shouchang smiled at Hao's mother and told her to sit down quickly, but he trotted into a room.
After a while, two hands came out carrying a bunch of things.
"Bring these things to Kangkang. They are all specially bought for him, beef jerky, canned food, toffee, dried fruits and so on."
"Uncle Ma, isn't this good? I came here empty-handed and went back with a bunch of things..." Qian Wen said sheepishly.
He also prepared New Year gifts for Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen, but he didn't get them today and kept them at home.
"Here, it's not for you, it's for my well-off family." Qu Xiuzhen stuffed it into his hand.
Mother Hao looked on with a smile on her face, feeling unhappy, as if she was the only outsider present.
Qian Wen declined, and Qu Xiuzhen started to strangle him and said, "Why don't you come next time."
Qian Wen hurriedly picked it up, which satisfied Qu Xiuzhen and Ma Shouchang.
Mother Hao felt awkward in her heart. Although Qian Wen didn't say or do anything, it made her feel more uncomfortable than what he said or did.
She has always been disapproving of this in-laws, and believes that if the living environment is different, it would be better for both parties if they move around less, or even not at all.
At least the decency of both parties was maintained.
But when they suddenly met today, the other person's family didn't look as flattering as they expected. They looked at her with indifferent eyes, as if she was nothing more than that.
She, who had always believed that the status of the two parties was unequal and could not treat each other as normal relatives and in-laws, was a little upset at this moment. No, it was very upset.
If Qian Wen knew Hao's mother's psychology at this moment, he would definitely analyze it to her. She was accustomed to being aloof and superior. The person who was supposed to please him and kneel down to lick her suddenly unexpectedly stopped licking him.
There is a gap in my heart, and my arrogant head will not allow it.
That is to say, she is used to taking herself too seriously and thinking that everyone is trying to get something from her.
Qian Wen nodded to her, and without saying another word, he said goodbye warmly to Qu Xiuzhen and Ma Shouchang, and left.
Mother Hao was stunned and suddenly said, "Secretary Ma, Xiaoqu, I'm sorry, I suddenly remembered that I have something to do and I have to go back."
"Oh, Sister Jin, please slow down."
Qu Xiuzhen and Ma Shouchang were both discerning people, and they immediately saw that there was a problem between Qian Wen and Hao's mother, but they didn't ask anything.
Soon, the house was empty.
Qu Xiuzhen looked at Ma Shouchang and asked doubtfully, "Bingkun seems to be with Sister Jin..."
"This is a family matter, let's play chess, let's play chess." Ma Shouchang pulled his wife Qu Xiuzhen to continue playing chess.
It's just that both of them guessed something.
Judging from their temper towards Bingkun, as he did just now, Governor Hao's family should be out of reach.
Qu Xiuzhen and Ma Shouchang couldn't help but shook their heads.
Such face...
There are three daughters-in-law and sons-in-law from Peking University and several other prestigious universities. In today's prosperous era, these are obviously excellent in-laws.
Qian Wen walked to the door of the provincial compound.
The sudden meeting with Hao's mother did not affect him.
He had never planned to ask for anything from the other party. If he didn't ask for anything, it didn't matter whether he was familiar with her or not.
As for leaving a bad impression on the other party, will he care?
If he hadn't been at Qu Xiuzhen's house just now, he wouldn't have even spoken to her.
Just unimportant people.
Qian Wen walked out of the provincial compound. Not far away, Hao's mother looked at him from a distance.
It got slightly dark and Qian Wen went home.
The street in front of my house has become cleaner.
Entering the door, hey, his solid wood floor has never been so shiny.
I looked at the glass again. Hey, have you removed the glass?
The house is so clean.
Looking at the people sitting in the living room, everyone looked at him as he walked in.
Qian Wen waved to them, "Thank you for your hard work, comrades~"
Everyone, "..."
Zhou Zhigang, "Humph!"
If you are proud, you will make him proud to death; if you are angry, he will outshine the whole family.
"Bingkun, you're back." Zheng Juan hurriedly calmed down the atmosphere.