The reason why Song Pengcheng and Zhou Xueli chose to return to Meicun on the second day of the first lunar month was because they knew the custom of Meizijing - after my aunt got married, the second day of the first lunar month was the day to return to her parents' home to pay New Year's greetings.
The purpose of the Song family was to strike up a conversation with Zhou Qiufeng, who was returning to her parents' home for New Year's greetings according to custom. After getting to know each other, it was natural to establish a relationship with the Le family.
As a result, according to the advice of the old lady of the Zhou family, Zhou Qiufeng and the Le family would not come to eat at noon, and their breath was stuck in their chests.
Is it possible that like the previous two times, we will end up empty-handed?
To be honest, they really don't have the courage to ask them to go to Lejia by themselves, and they won't be willing to return without success.
The two elders of the Song family were feeling sullen and depressed.
The Song brothers secretly observed the expressions of their parents and aunt, and secretly winked at their children. The three Song children received their father's hint and understood, and went to play with their cousin Zhou Tianming.
The three brothers and sisters of the Song family found their old cousin and sat around the futon fire in the main room of the Zhou family's lower room to keep warm while chatting away.
The three siblings of the Song family took turns looking for topics to chat with their old cousin. It was impossible to be silent when it was quiet, but it could only be regarded as pure chatting.
Most of the topics we talked about were related to school life.
The Song siblings took turns to bomb, and they also found out that Zhou Tianming went to a foreign university as an exchange student in the first semester of his sophomore year.
In the fall of 2020, Zhou Tianming won the opportunity to be an exchange student and went to the University of Chicago in Country M for a month.
None of the three Song siblings passed the college entrance examination and went to second- or third-rate universities. Song Shiyu has graduated from college, Song Haobo will graduate in a few months, and Song Haoyu took the college entrance examination in July 2020 and has just entered his freshman year.
The universities that Song Shiyu and Song Haobo studied were not well-known, so they naturally had no chance to communicate with prestigious foreign universities. However, Fuda, which Zhou Tianming studied at, is a national key engineering university and has cooperation with many foreign schools.
It would be a lie to say that he was not jealous. Song Shiyu and Song Haobo were so sad. It was said that Zhou Tianming was often taught by Le Yun and some top students who came to her house to play.
It doesn't matter.
If their high school students were taught by top students from Qingdao and Peking University, they would definitely be able to get into key universities.
It's a pity that they don't have an aunt as lucky as Aunt Zhou Tianming.
Feeling jealous of Zhou Tianming, the siblings kept asking about various things related to the Le family. For example, if Zhou Tianming went abroad to study and exchange, did his aunt support him financially?
Zhou Tianming pretended to be dumbfounded and described everything related to the Le family lightly. If anyone wanted to ask more in-depth, I'm sorry and just said "I don't know."
The Song siblings and their old cousin spent a long time chatting, but they couldn't find any useful information. The news related to the Le family was also well-known.
As for trying to persuade Zhou Tianming to take them to Lejia, it felt even more difficult than climbing to the sky.
Zhou Tianming couldn't get enough food and salt, and the siblings were a little discouraged.
The elders of the Song family finally calmed down, and Zhou Tianming happily talked to his younger cousin. He still had deep memories of what happened when he was a child. Among the three older cousins in the Song family, only his younger cousin was the kindest and not so mean-spirited.
Due to the arrival of the Song family, Brother Zhou put the lunch away and did not start the dinner yet.
He also secretly decided that the lunch would still be of the same level as last year. It would be impossible to have ten large bowls, four main dishes, plus two side dishes.
Brother Zhou wanted to wait for lunch at the Le's house before they started eating, so that the Song family would not find any excuse to go to the Le's house and cause trouble after having lunch at the Zhou's house.
Before dinner was ready at Le's house, he received a "snitch" call from his cousin Zhou Papi, telling him that his daughter Zhou Chunmei and her son-in-law had returned to the village.
Zhou Papi's family is right next to the village office building. Village Chief Zhou also assigned his family a "task" to help take care of Xiao Lele's helicopter and not let the ignorant children use things to knock or hammer the fuselage.
or feet.
Or help chase the dogs and cats so they don’t pee under the treadmill.
Or, look at the venue. If anyone wants to park on the village ground, keep the car far away from the helicopter and don't block the helicopter.
Zhou Papi gladly accepted the task. Usually, the children are the ones to worry about, because on the second day of the Lunar New Year, his sons took their wives and children to visit their parents' house, while the old couple were at home. If they heard a car or any noise outside, they would look around.
While looking around again, Zhou Papi saw Zhou Chunmei and Zhou Chunmei's husband walking out of the car that stopped on the ground. He turned around and entered the house. After arriving at the house, he called his nephew Zhou Xialong to "snitch" first.
Brother Zhou received a call from his cousin, and his face that was not happy because of the arrival of the Song family became even darker. He hung up the phone and immediately vented his anger to his old mother: "Mom, Zhou Chunmei and the others are back again. I don't want them to
Enter the house."
"Well, these days, there are more and more shameless people, and one or two always come to make people feel uncomfortable." Grandma Zhou didn't even smile on her face, and pouted her lips impatiently: "Just drive them away.
If you can't drive them away, go scoop a few scoops of shit."
Grandma Zhou's words were not only to scold Zhou Chunmei for being disgusting, but also to imply that Zhou Shirley and Song Pengcheng were thick-skinned and openly pointed at Huai and scolded Sang.
Song Pengcheng, Zhou Shirley and his son and daughter-in-law also heard something in the old lady Zhou's words. They felt like they had been slapped and they didn't know how to step down.
Grandma Li heard it and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. She couldn't persuade her, so she had to pretend to be stupid.
"I understand." Brother Zhou responded, got up and walked out.
Sister-in-law Meng hesitated for a moment, then stood up and followed Zhou Xialong out, whispering: "Old Zhou, Chunmei is not sensible and has done something wrong. At least give her a chance to repent.
It's the first month of the year. If you pour shit on someone's luck, if your girl is unlucky and everything goes wrong, she will not have a good life in her husband's family. In the end, it is you, the father and grandma, who are worried about her. Please talk to her carefully first.
, let them go back and forth wherever they come from, okay?"
"Let's look at the situation. They can just get out of here. If they want to take advantage of the loopholes and think that we won't be disrespected in the first month, and they want to make some crooked ideas to make us suffer secret losses, I won't let it happen anymore, no matter what.
Who, pour a few scoops of shit on him and then talk about other things."
Brother Zhou didn't reject his mother-in-law's advice, and he knew in his heart that even if he wanted to talk nicely, he would be a shameless person.
Brother Zhou didn't tell him to mind his own business, so Sister Meng felt relieved and followed him out.
Zhou Xialong also meant something when he spoke. Song Pengcheng choked up a mouthful of old blood. The Zhou family's mother and son were petty and still remembered what their family had done in the past few years. They openly and secretly scolded them for being shameless and a nuisance.
The two Song brothers also understood what their cousin was saying, and they felt ashamed.
The daughters-in-law of the Song family are not very clear about some of the petty grievances between the Song family and the Zhou family, but they feel that the Zhou family obviously does not like their own family, and it is not convenient to ask why. If they have questions, they can only keep it in their hearts.
No one spoke, and the atmosphere in the kitchen suddenly became dull.
Brother Zhou left the kitchen, closed the door on the other side, went downstairs, found a newspaper he had collected, and called his son: "Tianming, take this and remind your sister and family on the way.
Mr. Li, tell them that I will sever the relationship with Zhou Chunmei as father and daughter, and I will never break my word.
Tell the two of them that even if I am so poor that I will never go to the Li family to beg for food, and I don’t want Zhou Chunmei to support me in old age, let them go away, and never come to the Zhou family again to recognize any relatives, or splash them with feces every time they come."
Zhou Tianming also heard what his father and grandma said in the kitchen, and was not prepared to deal with it. His father asked him to stop them halfway, but he did not refuse. He took the newspaper with the contents of the severance of relations published by his father and said silently.
leave.
The Song family brothers and sisters wanted to watch the show, but because their family was taking advantage of the Zhou family's influence, they didn't dare to blatantly go to the theater and stay in the lower room.
Brother Zhou didn't want the Song family to join in the fun, so he guarded the gate and acted as a doorkeeper.
Sister Meng accompanies Brother Zhou as the doorkeeper.
Zhou Tianming wore a red down jacket and used a newspaper as a shield to block the wind. He walked along the village road towards the village office building. As soon as he passed the fork in front of the Leyuan house, he saw his sister approaching.
He quickened his pace and walked forward quickly. After walking about a hundred meters, he met his sister and someone he should have called brother-in-law.
It was cold in winter, so Li Yao wore a hat and successfully concealed his disadvantage of having a high hairline. He was holding a gift in his hand and urging Zhou Chunmei to hurry up.
They first went to the home of an elder of the Li family in the morning, and then headed to Meicun. They were originally expected to arrive at Meicun around 10:30, but unexpectedly they were stuck in a traffic jam on the road, which delayed a lot of time and even delayed it for more than an hour.
At this point, some people are already preparing to eat.
After getting married, Zhou Chunmei gained weight without going to work or working, and her weight suddenly increased, reaching more than 130 pounds.
She is over 1.6 meters tall, which is not too short. However, her muscles are not very strong and she looks fatter than the average person. Once she sits down, she looks like she has two swimming rings around her waist.
Because she was fat, Zhou Chunmei was already cold and out of breath after walking for a short distance. She was impatient when being urged to move faster.
I felt impatient, and someone came up to me in front of me. The man was holding something to block the wind, and he couldn't see his face. He was walking straight towards me.
The person who was covering his face with something was almost in front of him. He saw clearly that the person was using a stack of newspapers to block the wind. It looked like he had to give way. Zhou Chunmei was very annoyed. Then no one walks without looking at the road?
She wanted to curse again, but she didn't dare to curse. She thought she was doing a good deed and made way for the old man, so she moved aside. As soon as she took a step, the person holding the newspaper to block the wind stopped and moved the newspaper away.
.
Zhou Chunmei saw the face of the person in front and stopped suddenly: "Tianming?"
She looked at the younger brother in front of her in disbelief. She hadn't seen him for nearly a year, and she felt that he had changed in the morning. His face and height had not changed, but his temperament had changed.
Zhou Chunmei didn't know how to describe it. Anyway, she just felt that Tianming didn't look like a country boy, but looked a bit like a kid raised by a wealthy family in a big city. He was very handsome.
Li Yao carried two boxes of wine and cordyceps in one hand, and a bag containing meat and fruits in the other hand. He walked quickly. When he saw someone coming from the opposite side, he didn't pay attention and went around it as early as possible.
He walked a little faster than Zhou Chunmei and had already walked over. When he heard Zhou Chunmei's cry, he first took another step forward due to the force of inertia, and then stopped. Zhou Chunmei called her brother's name?
Moving the newspaper away, Zhou Tianming saw his sister who had gained weight. He looked at her with mixed emotions and said calmly and indifferently: "Sister, you don't have to go any further. You can go back and forth wherever you come from."
Don’t go back to Meizijing Village again.”
"?" Zhou Chunmei thought where did her brother get the news and that he was here to pick her up, but when she heard what he said about driving people away, she was so angry that she turned green: "Tianming, I am your sister, what qualifications do you have to drive me away?"
Li Yao finally realized that the person in front of Zhou Chunmei was Zhou Chunmei's brother. He ran back to Zhou Chunmei in a few steps, put down his things, took out a cigarette and handed it to his brother-in-law, with a smile on his face: "You are Tianming, right? I am your brother-in-law Li
Yao, I always regretted not seeing you before, but now I finally meet you.
Tianming is a top student at Fuzhou University and has a bright future. I ask my brother to take good care of my brother-in-law in the future."
Zhou Tianming raised his eyes and looked at the man who was shorter than himself and looked very old. His face was sullen and he didn't give any face to him: "Don't put too much pressure on yourself, I don't have any brother-in-law."
He said with a cold face, then looked at his sister: "You ask me what qualifications do I have to drive you away, right? I really do. First, I am the only heir of the Zhou family. Now my father and grandma are in charge. From now on, I will be in charge of the family."
The final say, secondly, it was dad who asked me to come, it was dad who told you to get out,"
Zhou Tianming handed the statement side of the newspaper to the two of them: "Look at this, my father has long declared that he has severed the relationship between father and daughter. You have no relationship with the Zhou family anymore. Why are you still here?
My father specially sent you a courier when he published the statement in the newspaper. Is it possible that you are blind and have not read the newspaper? If not, how about I read it to you? "
After hearing her brother say that her father told her to get out, and seeing the newspaper handed to her, Zhou Chunmei felt ashamed and aggrieved, her eyes red with anger.
When Zhou Tianming handed over the newspaper, Li Yao saw Zhou Jiadeng's statement of severing relations. His face looked as ugly as if he had eaten a fly. He almost became angry and wanted to throw the newspaper and cigarette at Zhou Tianming's face.
He endured it, took back the cigarette, and forced a smile: "Tianming, my father-in-law was just angry for a moment, and he can't take it seriously. Blood ties can't be broken off at the drop of a hat. How can a family have an overnight feud? You and your sister are...
My dear brothers and sisters, please help me and don’t add fuel to the fire."
Zhou Tianming lowered his hands downward and said back: "Who are you? What qualifications do you have to educate me here? You don't know what you did?"
You teamed up with my mother, the young and old of the Liu family to instigate my sister to get married in the Liu family, threw me and my baby and my father's faces on the ground, and now you came to the Zhou family in Meizijing Village to pay New Year greetings. You are really thick-skinned. No wonder you and Liu
My uncle and I hit it off immediately."
"..." Li Yao was suffocated by the spray: "Tianming, you have wronged me. I did not instigate Chunmei to marry in the Liu family. It was my mother-in-law and Chunmei who decided. I found out later and immediately came back to admit my mistake to my father-in-law.
Already."
"Oh, it was clearly planned by you and the Liu family, and you pretended to be innocent afterwards. Do you think you are the only one who is smart?"
Zhou Tianming got angry when he looked at someone: "I went to Zhu County during the summer vacation to observe who my sister was, but you didn't show up. Do you really think I don't know where you are?"
