At around 10 o'clock in the evening, Zhou Bingyi was carried into the car drunk.
Originally, they didn't have to leave and they could live in the house, but Hao Dongmei was thoughtful and insisted on going home. She also called a car from the compound. There was no other way, so the young couple had no choice but to go back to the compound.
In fact, Zhou Bingyi's drinking capacity is not enough to get drunk at all, but he has something on his mind, and he doesn't deliberately control it. It's not easy to get drunk?
On the way, Hao Dongmei couldn't help it anymore and said to the confused Zhou Bingyi:
"Do you blame me?"
"No..." Zhou Bingyi said vaguely.
"Can you drink so much without you? Ever since Xu Bing said that her parents wanted to have dinner with the family, your mood has been wrong."
"You are overthinking, how could this happen?"
"Come on, I know in my heart that if you don't say anything, you will definitely feel bad in your heart."
Hao Dongmei understood very well, but it was of no avail. However, she made up her mind and returned home soon. Even if she cried, made trouble, and hanged herself, she still had to arrange this meeting.
She is also a daughter-in-law, so can she not be as good as Xu Bing in being a good person?
When the two returned home, Hao Dongmei and her mother Jin Yueji were alone at home. The large house was deserted, and it was not even a bit worse than the Zhou family.
"Mom, we are back." Hao Dongmei shouted.
Jin Yueji came out of the study:
"You're back? Why so late?"
"You don't know, it's so lively today, I just ate several meals."
"Haha, okay, I'm very happy. What happened to Bingyi?"
Zhou Bingyi's face was red and he felt shaky while sitting on the sofa.
"I drank too much. It's rare for everyone to get together. In the evening, Gao Bin went home and drank again."
"Oh, is he the son-in-law of the old Xu family?"
"Yes, Bingyi's younger brother."
"I know, I heard that I went to the police station?"
"Yes, I am now the captain of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Jichun City Bureau. He is young and promising. Didn't you see that all my jewelry was given to me by him?"
Jinyu Ji looked at Zhou Bingyi's drunken state and couldn't help but frown:
"You should help him up to rest first. This is how much he drank."
Zhou Bingyi can still keep his mind clear, but his body is a little unruly:
"It's okay, Mom, I didn't drink too much. You two can chat slowly while I go up alone."
"Can you do it? Let me support you?"
"It can be done, don't worry, I can do it."
Don't be stubborn with drunk people, no one can be stubborn with them.
Watching Zhou Bingyi stagger upstairs, Hao Dongmei breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the door closing upstairs.
Seeing a box of gifts, Hao Dongmei remembered:
"By the way, Mom, these are gifts from comrades in the Bengyi Corps. They are all specialties from the south, good things."
"Oh, why did you take our family? It would be great to stay with Bingyi's family, they have many people."
"They all have them, including Uncle Xu's house. They are all exactly the same."
"Oh, what does his comrade do?" Jin Yueji asked abruptly.
Hao Dongmei was stunned for a moment, and her face didn’t look good:
"Mom, what do you mean by this? Don't worry, if you ask me for anything, you have to ask the Xu family, and we have nothing to do with you."
Jin Yueji didn't seem to hear the strangeness in Hao Dongmei's tone, and said calmly:
"Oh, that's good. You don't know. People nowadays are very thoughtful. You have to be careful outside."
Hao Dongmei threw the bag aside:
"Now that we've talked about it, I also want to ask you why you haven't met Bingyi's parents until now."
Jin Yueji laughed:
"Isn't this busy? Look at your father. He didn't even eat at the office and went to attend the military-civilian get-together. He has to come back in the middle of the night. You can't go to see Bingyi's parents in the middle of the night, right?"
Hao Dongmei slapped her face:
"That's not a reason. My dad is busy, but Uncle Xu isn't? Everyone is at the same level and do similar work. Why do you want to meet your in-laws?"
Jin Yueji seemed not to see her daughter’s face:
"That's different. Your father is responsible for all-round work, and your uncle Xu is mainly responsible for internal party work. Can it be the same?"
"I'm not here to listen to your education class. I don't understand why you and my dad can't take the time to meet with them. Even if we don't have a meal, it's good to meet and have a few words." Hao Dongmei became more and more excited as she spoke.
My eyes are red.
But Jin Yueji looked unmoved and chuckled:
"Did his parents ask to meet?"
"Of course not, it's just that I see Xu Bing getting along so well with others, and I'm jealous!"
"So they gave you a hard time?"
"No, no, Mom, why do you always think the worst of people? Look, this is the tea Bingyi's father brought back from Guizhou. He was reluctant to drink it himself, so he specially gave it to us and the Xu family." Jin Yueji glanced at it but didn't take it seriously at all:
"Oh, let's put these gifts in the cabin for a while, and then go back to the house to rest. It's too late."
duang~Hao Dongmei slammed the tea leaves on the coffee table.
"Mom, tell me the truth, do you still recognize the Zhou Bingyi family?"
"You didn't say you didn't admit it, you kid, what's wrong with you?"
"Since I agree, then during this Spring Festival, find a day to meet with them, just once. I beg you, okay?"
Jin Yueji sighed:
"Is this necessary? Isn't it nice that we don't see each other and live in peace?"
Hao Dongmei burst into tears:
"I've never seen you like this. Why? Is it because their family doesn't have the conditions of our family that they don't deserve to meet each other?"
Jin Yueji pushed up her glasses and neither admitted nor denied, making Hao Dongmei angry and burst into tears.
After waiting for a long time, seeing that she was almost crying, Jin Yueji finally spoke:
"If they really treat you, they won't be obsessed with whether they see you or not. If they don't see you, leave some good thoughts for each other. If they do, what attitude will they use to face us? Have you ever thought about this?"
Hao Dongmei couldn't listen to it at all. In her opinion, it was all excuses.
"You and my dad just don't like their family. We just feel that the two families are not in the same family and there is no need to interact with each other."
Jin Yueji stopped being careless this time and said with a cold face:
"Yes, you are right, there is indeed no need to communicate."
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"You, you..." Hao Dongmei was so angry that her blood pressure was rising:
"Okay, let's not mention it now. What happened to you and my dad before was seen by their family, right? What did they say at that time? Every time we meet, I care about whether you are doing well, whether you have suffered, and whether you have suffered.
I love you like my own daughter!"
Jin Yueji raised her hand:
"Stop talking about these things. The organization has given us a characterization. It is a historical mistake and should not be brought up for repeated discussion."
Hao Dongmei couldn't care too much and shouted at the top of her lungs:
"Is what I'm discussing with you right or wrong?
I want to tell you that no one looks down on your daughter because of your affairs!
It's good now that you have resumed your work and are in a high position, but you look down on others in a condescending manner. What you do is too chilling!"
Jin Yueji was also angry, pointed at Hao Dongmei and said:
"Now that we've talked about it, let's make it clear. Do you dare to say that the old Zhou family is not rushing to curry favor with you?"
"No!" Hao Dongmei said firmly.
"Then what do you mean by the jewelry that Gao Bin gave you? I saw that they are all worth a lot of money. There is a whole drawer. With his dead salary, he will never be able to afford it in his lifetime!"
Hao Dongmei looked at Jin Yueji in disbelief, unable to believe that these words came from her mother's mouth.
"So, in your opinion, Gao Bin giving me a gift is a reflection of their family's fawning over me?"
"Isn't it?"
Gao Bin: Can I go to hell with your sister and flatter you?
Hao Dongmei was even trembling with anger:
"When I was given a gift, you were still eating moxa leaves in the labor camp!"
"This is what makes him so smart. Adding icing on the cake is never as good as giving someone timely assistance."
"Haha, according to what you said, he should beg us for something, but how many years has it been? Has he ever begged you even once?" Hao Dongmei sneered.
However, Jin Yueji smiled even colder:
"So to say that he can prosper in the police, but you can only be a doctor, this political thinking is so different."
"What do you mean?"
"He thought that what Gao Bin did in those years could not be discovered by the higher authorities? If your father hadn't been behind the scenes, he would have been caught long ago."
Hao Dongmei said in shock:
"What is he doing?"
"Haha, don't you know? The black market by the river was once the largest black market in Jichun City, and the man behind it was Gao Bin. Otherwise, where do you think the jewelry in the drawer came from?"
Hao Dongmei sneered:
"So what?"
"So what? Hao Dongmei? Are you stunned by those jewelry? This is illegal and disorderly, and this is seeking public benefit for personal gain!"
"Really? I only hear people talking about the benefits of the black market. Do you know? There are many people in Taiping Hutong who have no registered residence and no jobs, so they can only rely on the black market to survive. If there was no black market, they would have starved to death!
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Hao Dongmei became more and more excited as she talked:
"If you go to other black markets, you have to take the risk of being caught, cheated, but here on the riverside, as long as you pay honestly, you can get a bite to eat safely. If you don't tell me, I won't feel high.
How powerful Gao Bin is, now I find out, Gao Bin has done a great thing that benefits the country and the people!"
Jin Yueji never expected that what she used to wake up Hao Dongmei would actually become...
"Do you think I have changed? Yes, I have changed. I have become more humane. Unlike the people in this family who are always cold and cold, and even refuse to meet my in-laws!"
"You...you bastard!" Jin Yueji was so angry that she was out of breath and cursed against her blood pressure.
"I'm an asshole. Let me tell you, I would rather live in Zhou's house now than come back, because this house has no temperature and I feel cold!"
Hao Dongmei completely fell out with her family. She ran upstairs, pulled up Zhou Bingyi who was sleeping soundly, and dragged her out.
Jin Yueji tried to stop them:
"Come back, come back. Where are you going this late at night?"
"You can't control it!"
Hao Dongmei's sudden outburst was so terrifying that her parents didn't care about their face and ran away from home.
"Dongmei, what's going on?" Bingyi was blown away by the cold wind and completely woke up from the wine.
"It's okay, I'll go back to your house." The tears on Hao Dongmei's face were not dry, but her expression was extremely determined.
They asked the car on duty in the compound to take them back to Zhou's house. By this time, everyone had gone to bed, so the two had no choice but to ring the doorbell.
After a while, the lights in the room were all on, and Bingkun came out wearing a cotton jacket and opened the door.
"Brother? Sister-in-law? What are you doing?"
"Bingkun, let us go in and say it's too cold." Bingyi came out in such a hurry that he didn't even have time to put on his cotton-padded jacket.
"Oh, come in quickly, it's late at night."
After letting the two people in, Zhou Zhigang shouted in the room:
"Bingkun, who is it?"
"It's my brother and sister-in-law. It's okay. You can go to sleep."
On this day, I didn't want to get out of bed. When I heard it was my family, I didn't come out to ask, so I continued to sleep.
However, Gao Bin felt something was wrong when he heard the noise, so he put on his clothes and went downstairs.
I saw Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei sitting on the sofa, one drinking hot water and the other wiping tears.
"Bingkun, you go back to sleep, I'll accompany them." Gao Bin sent Zhou Bingkun back and then asked:
"What happened?"
He was asking Hao Dongmei. He knew Zhou Bingyi's character, and there were some things he wouldn't tell.
"I've had a falling out with my family. I'll live here from now on. Is that okay?"
Gao Bin laughed:
"What's wrong with that? Your room has been reserved. Besides, Xu Bing is also happy that you can stay here."
Hao Dongmei forced a smile. Sure enough, Gao Bin would never let her down.
As for the things Jin Yueji said Gao Bin had done, in Hao Dongmei's view, they were nothing serious. The money they earned was used to improve their family's living conditions, not for their own enjoyment.
The most important thing is, whose interests are harmed by the black market? The common people benefit!
"Thank you!"
Zhou Bingyi is still confused. He doesn't know what happened. He is too embarrassed to ask in front of Gao Bin, so he can only drink hot water and freeze him to death along the way.
Gao Bin glanced at the clock and saw that it was almost 12 o'clock, so he simply said to them:
"Go back to the house and rest first. We'll talk about anything tomorrow."
Zhou Bingyi and his wife looked at each other, said nothing, and returned to the room silently. Gao Bin turned off the light and went back to rest.
But as soon as he entered the room, he saw Xu Bing looking at him with a pair of bright eyes.
"Why don't you sleep?" Gao Bin got into bed and asked his wife's shoulders.
"Are Sister Dongmei and the others back?" Xu Bing lay on his chest.
"Yes, I guess I had a quarrel with my family."
"Quarrel? Why?"
"Nine times out of ten, it's because of the meeting with our parents."
Gao Bin is not a good fortune teller, but he understands the plot and can guess pretty well with just a quick thought.
"Ah?" Xu Bing said in surprise: "No way?"
"You see, after so many years, when did the two families meet?"
"Uh... yes, but why?"
"What else could be the reason? I feel that it is wrong to live in a different family, and I am afraid that our family will be attached to their family."
"But, but..."
"Don't worry, your husband and I are too capable, so your parents are willing to have more contact with our family. Why don't you try another son-in-law?"
Xu Bing spat:
"Bah, shameless, everything can be related to yourself."
But she knew very well that Gao Bin was right. If it hadn't been for the fact that he was so powerful that even her father looked up to him with admiration, the two families wouldn't have been able to get along so harmoniously.
The perfect match has existed since ancient times. Xu Bing suddenly understood Hao Dongmei. If he were caught in the middle, it would definitely be extremely uncomfortable.
"Okay, go to bed, I have to get up early tomorrow to take pictures."
"Yeah, let's go to sleep."
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Early the next morning, the old couple got up first. The family photo they had been waiting for for more than 10 years was finally taken. They were so excited that they didn't want to lie down for even a second longer.
But they are not sleepy. Young people are sleepy. It is a rare opportunity to sleep in. It is so cold outside and so warm under the quilt. Who wants to get up.
They slept until 7:30 or almost 8 o'clock before Gao Bin and the others came to the living room slowly. They all looked bleary-eyed, obviously not yet awake.
"Mom, you guys got up so early?" Bingkun yawned.
"Is it still early? We got up at 5 o'clock and have already finished breakfast." Zhou Zhigang is not angry. The current home is exactly what he thought about day and night when he was in the third line of the university.
When everyone heard this, they quickly rushed to the bathroom to wash up.
Seeing Hao Dongmei and Zhou Bingyi, Li Suhua quickly said:
"You two came back last night. Did something happen at home?"
"No, Mom, we were just afraid of delaying the family photo shoot today, so we came back early." Zhou Bingyi forced a smile.
He and Hao Dongmei barely slept last night, and they had a falling out at home. He didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse.
"It's okay, that's fine. If you have anything to do, you must tell mom. Don't let mom worry."
"Okay, don't worry, Mom."
Because of what happened last night, Hao Dongmei was too embarrassed to call another car. Gao Bin called the bureau and asked for two cars. Together with the car Xu Bing called from the compound, the three cars just happened to sit down.
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The family cleared away the mess and left a happy smile in front of the camera. At this moment, Gao Bin suddenly found the meaning of life.
In the past two worlds, he always felt that he was not fully integrated into them. Even if he had a family and children, he was still outside the world.
Until now, even though he is not related by blood to the Zhou family, he feels extremely happy and satisfied.
The photos could not be picked up until the next year. After the photos were taken, according to the request of old Comrade Zhou Zhigang, the family walked in the alley of the photon film to 'parade'.
In fact, it is just to show off, look at our old Zhou family, a family of talented students.
I was greeting people along the way, and when I saw an acquaintance go in and sit for a while, my face froze with laughter.
Walking all the way to the old house, Bingyi suddenly pulled Bingkun and whispered:
"Don't rent this house now until your sister and I move back."
He is a man and the eldest son. It’s okay if he doesn’t provide for himself in old age. What’s the point of living in Gao Bin’s house all the time?
"Okay, it's our own house anyway. You can come back whenever you want."
Patted Bingkun on the shoulder:
"I'll graduate in half a year, and I'll move back then."
"Okay."
At this time, they were guests at Lao Qiao's house. Listening to Zhou Zhigang praising the achievements of several children, Gao Bin pulled Hao Dongmei outside the door.
"You really had a falling out with your family?"
"Well, it doesn't matter if you don't want to wait for that family."
"Because of the meeting between the in-laws?"
"Do you think there are people like them? My mother even made trouble with you, saying that you gave me those gifts just to curry favor with me."
Gao Bin said deliberately:
"Your mother was right."
"What?"
"I just want to fawn over you. Who has such a beautiful sister-in-law and wouldn't want to fawn over you?"
Hao Dongmei slapped him angrily:
"Fuck you, I don't want to scare you now and talk nonsense to make you look good."
"Okay, I won't talk nonsense, but the matter must be resolved, right?"
Hao Dongmei lowered her head:
"I don't care, it's their fault anyway."
"Don't worry about it. I'll ask Lao Xu to tell them later."