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Chapter 622 Zhou Zhigang retires, the Zhou family reunites again

The family had just had breakfast, and Feng Yue was holding Zhou Chen's hand, asking Zhou Chen to take them out for a stroll, but at this moment, shouts suddenly sounded outside the courtyard.

"Zhou Bingkun, Zhou Bingkun."

It was the voice of an old man full of spirit. Others were still wondering, but Zhou Chen had already said with a smile, "It's our Ruirui's grandpa who came."

Zhou Rui's eyes lit up immediately, and he asked, "Is it Grandpa Ma and Grandma Qu?"

"Well, let's go and open the door."

Zhou Chen brought Zhou Rui and others to the gate, and immediately saw Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen standing outside.

"Haha, Zhou Bingkun, it really is you kid. You kid can do it now. You didn't even tell us when you came back. If we hadn't met your elder brother while walking this morning, we wouldn't know you're back."

Zhou Rui immediately opened the door, greeted the two happily, and shouted: "Grandpa Ma, Grandma Qu, I miss you so much."

Although he didn't get along with Ma Shouchang and his wife for a long time, they left a deep impression on him when he was a child, because these two old people were very kind to him and loved him very much.

Qu Xiuzhen held Zhou Rui's hands curiously, and the more she looked at her, the more she liked them: "Good boy, grandma misses you too. I heard from your uncle that you won't leave when you come back this time?"

Zhou Rui nodded: "Well, Dad said that we will stay in Jichun, and when I am in my third year of high school, I will go back to Yanjing to take the university entrance examination."

"Okay, okay."

Qu Xiuzhen smiled very happily. Zhou Chen's family hadn't been in Jichun in the past few years, and the old couple didn't even have a bond. In addition, they had already retired, so few people came to visit, and their lives were lonely and lonely.

Now that Zhou Chen's family is back, and they live just across the street, they come and leave whenever they want, which makes them very happy.

Zhou Chen came over: "Uncle Ma, Aunt Qu, let's go inside and talk."

Zhou Chen led the two of them into the house, and within a few steps, Ma Shouchang asked him: "Bingkun, what do you think? Didn't you do well in Yanjing? Why did you suddenly think about coming back?" ?”

"Being a doctor is too tiring and I don't even have time to rest, so I want to change my life and I'm doing business now."

Zhou Chen didn't hide anything from Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen, and just told the truth.

"Okay, why are you going into business again?" Qu Xiuzhen turned her head and asked in confusion.

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "I'll explain this slowly later, let's go into the room."

After entering the room, the two exchanged warm greetings when they saw Li Suhua. Soon Feng Yue and Zhou Cong felt bored and went upstairs to play. Zhou Rui was dragged by Qu Xiuzhen to ask this question. Then, ask questions.

Zhou Chen chatted with Ma Shouchang about the interesting things about Yanjing, and then explained why he left his job and returned to Jichun.

Knowing that Zhou Chen has achieved such a great achievement, Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen were shocked. Although they always thought that Zhou Chen would be promising, they really heard that Zhou Chen had acquired so many assets in just a few years. Still very shocking.

Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen came in the morning, but stayed at Zhou's house until evening before leaving happily. Ma Shouchang drank a little wine and said drunkenly that he would come often in the future.

The next day.

Zhou Chen was sitting in the back of the car, and Xiao Guoqing was sitting next to him. Xiao Guoqing pointed to the street ahead.

"It's a place to catch up and look for work. It used to be a place for the street to do business, but now there are more and more laid-off workers. Many people can't find a job, so they come here to find work. The people in the street office have managed it several times. No, in the end we can only let them find work here."

Zhou Chen looked at the crowds on both sides of the street in front of him. There were quite a lot of people, but they were basically men with plain clothes and sloppy appearance.

"Is it easy to find a job here?"

"What are you looking for? You see so many people waiting there. Even if there is work, it's hard to say whether it will be your turn."

Xiao Guoqing shook his head, feeling in his heart, if he hadn't listened to Zhou Chen's words back then, he would have ended up squatting here looking for work just like Sun Chaochao.

"Wu Qian heard Yu Hong complain, saying that over the past two years, she has been running outside every day, doing odd jobs, fishing for three days and drying the net for two days, and the family life cannot be maintained. The children's tuition fees are still borrowed. ;I also thought about lending money to Chaochao before, but I was afraid..."

Xiao Guoqing is an honest person. Seeing that his brother is not doing well, he wants to help him, but Wu Qian stops him.

It's not that Wu Qian is cold and heartless. Now that Xiao Guoqing has made money, she also allows Xiao Guoqing to control some of the money, but she told Xiao Guoqing that if she just lends money to Sun Chanchao, it may make Sun Chanchao even worse. uncomfortable.

After all, Xiao Guoqing listened to Zhou Chen's words at the beginning, but Sun Chanchao didn't. Now that the gap between the two is so big, he didn't mention borrowing money, and you took the initiative to send it eagerly.

Xiao Guoqing was originally a soft-hearted person. After being persuaded by Wu Qian in this way, he no longer thought about sending money to Sun Chanchao, but waited for Sun Chanchao to borrow it.

However, no matter how bad life was, Sun Chanchao never borrowed a penny from him, which made Xiao Guoqing very helpless.

"I understand what you mean, let's go, I want to catch up but I don't want to see us here."

Zhou Chen didn't rush to find Sun Chachao. For a person with strong self-esteem, going to him when he was in a mess would make him even more uncomfortable.

"After the Chinese New Year, you find a time to catch up, just the three of us have a meal together, and I will persuade him then."

"I know."

In the blink of an eye, another few days passed, and it was the 29th of the new year in a blink of an eye.

With the coming of the Spring Festival, every household is full of joy, decorated with lanterns and streamers, the streets are also full of festivities, and fireworks and firecrackers are everywhere.

In terms of the excitement of Chinese New Year now, it may not be as colorful as it will be in 30 or [-] years, but the excitement is definitely not bad at all, because fireworks and firecrackers are still allowed in this period.

Only those who have experienced this era can understand the difference in this era, and will miss the Spring Festival of this era even more in the future.

Especially for children, as long as they hear the sound of firecrackers, it is a happy moment, and it also means that good things are coming.

"Kun'er, when are you going to pick up your dad?"

Li Suhua was busy with the family's New Year's goods, and at the same time, he did not forget to urge Zhou Chen. Zhou Zhigang is on the train today. Since he came back from retirement, he probably has a lot of things to bring back. Li Suhua has been thinking about it since a few days ago.

Zhou Bingyi said with a smile: "Mom, I have agreed with Bingkun to pick up our dad at the station after lunch, and you can rest at home at ease. Bingkun and I will definitely bring dad back safely. "

Zhou Rong who was at the side said, "Mom, when we came back, we didn't see you so happy. Now that my dad is back, it really is different."

Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng came back by train yesterday.

Li Suhua gave his daughter a blank look: "When I was in Yanjing, I could see you whenever I wanted, but your father is different. Mom and he haven't seen each other for almost five years."

That's right, Zhou Zhigang hasn't been home for five years since we left in 83. Originally, he had a chance to come back, but he wanted to come back together after retirement, so he gave up the vacation to others and waited for him Come back when you retire.

"Zhou Rong, don't make jokes, hurry up and get busy with your work, didn't you say you were going to surprise our dad tonight, you should go and figure out what delicious food you can make tonight."

After Zhou Rong came back yesterday, she insisted that when her father came back, as a daughter, she must cook a delicious meal for him, so I left the dinner to her tonight.

Zhou Rong patted her chest and assured, "Brother, don't worry, I will make dinner for me and Huacheng tonight, I promise I won't disappoint you."

Feng Huacheng smiled wryly at the side. In the Zhou family, he had no right to speak at all.

It is said that the two cook together, but he must have done most of the cooking, because since Zhou Rong went to school and worked, he has basically cooked all the meals at home.

There is no way, there is a disparity in status between the two of them now, Zhou Rong is a university teacher, but he is depressed in the Yanjing Writers Association, and the money he earns is less than half that of Zhou Rong.

A man has no money, no power, and is old, so it is naturally difficult to hold his head up in front of women.

After lunch, Zhou Chen and Zhou Bingyi went to the train station by car.

Standing at the exit of the train station, Zhou Bingyi asked Zhou Chen: "Bingkun, this time when our dad comes back, he won't leave again. In the future, my parents will live with you. You have to take care of me. If there is any problem , don’t argue with them, you can talk to me, okay?”

Zhou Chen looked at him flatly: "In your eyes, am I the kind of unreasonable person? Besides, my parents don't live with me, so do I live with you at my sister-in-law's house?"

This sentence made Zhou Bingyi's face darken immediately, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Bingkun, do you have to talk to me like this?"

"It was you who asked me first with the big brother's airs. Why, you are only allowed to ask me, so I can't say a few words? If I were you, if I couldn't do it myself, then don't ask others to do it. Honoring your parents is By doing, not by talking, I think you did a good job at your sister-in-law's house, but why can't you do it when you come to our house?"

Zhou Bingyi took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.

"Bingkun, I know you still have prejudices against me, but I don't think I'm worse than you in terms of filial piety to my parents. I haven't fulfilled my responsibility as the eldest son all these years, but that's all because of my father. Still at work, my mother will help you take care of the children, if my mother lives with me, I will definitely take care of him."

"Ha ha."

Zhou Chen responded with a disdainful sneer, he didn't believe Zhou Bingyi's words at all, if he was really filial, he wouldn't stop visiting Li Suhua for several years and just write letters.

Zhou Bingyi was annoyed by Zhou Chen, but he couldn't vent it, because he hadn't made any achievements in these years, and he didn't show filial piety to his parents, so he didn't have the confidence to break up with Zhou Chen.

"Bingkun, I don't care what you think, since my parents will be in Jichun in the future, and I am also in Jichun, so I will visit them often. Even if you don't like me, I hope we can still be in front of my parents. To maintain a harmonious relationship, that is my only request."

Zhou Chen said indifferently: "Don't worry, I don't want to make them sad compared to you."

"So much the better."

Seeing that Zhou Chen didn't intend to continue the chat, Zhou Bingyi didn't say any more. He originally had an attitude of peace talks, but Zhou Chen's attitude really chilled him.

But he didn't know that Zhou Chen didn't want to tell him, it was all because Zhou Chen couldn't bear to watch what he did. You can never wake up a person who pretends to be asleep.

Zhou Bingyi is such a person now, he would rather stay in a family like the Hao family than let Zhou Chen wake him up, so there is nothing to talk about.

Some things have been seen too much, so I don’t want to watch them anymore, and some things have been said too much, so I don’t want to talk about them anymore.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Zhigang finally got off from the train station. As soon as he got out of the station, he saw Zhou Chen and Zhou Bingyi waiting for him.

"dad……"

The salute on Zhou Zhigang's body had already been held by Zhou Chen and Zhou Bingyi. When he followed Zhou Chen to the outside of the train station, he couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"It's the smell of my hometown. It hasn't changed at all for so many years."

Retirement is not a happy event for a hard-working man, and Zhou Zhigang is such a person.

After finishing his retirement, he felt empty all the time. On the train back, he was in a bad mood. It was only when he got off the train and saw his hometown again that his mood recovered a little.

"Dad, the car is over here."

Zhou Zhigang followed Zhou Bingyi, and when he saw Zhou Chen hand over the salute to the driver and put it in the trunk, he was a little dazed.

"You arranged this car? Bingyi, Dad didn't tell you, how could you use the public car to pick me up at the train station? It's too..."

But before he finished speaking, Zhou Bingyi interrupted with embarrassment: "Dad, I didn't arrange this car, it was arranged by Bingkun. This is his own car, not a bus."

"Bingkun's car?"

Zhou Zhigang looked incredulous: "How can Bingkun have a car?"

Zhou Bingyi also looked surprised: "Dad, you still don't know about Bingkun?"

"What's wrong with Bingkun? Is it about resigning and returning to Jichun? He really did something wrong. I..."

"Dad, that's not what I'm talking about, forget it, let Bingkun tell you by himself after we get in the car."

Seeing that Zhou Zhigang really didn't know anything, Zhou Bingyi thought about it, but still didn't tell the truth, and planned to leave it to Zhou Chen to tell.

Seeing his son's hesitation, Zhou Zhigang was even more puzzled: "What charades are you two brothers playing, Bingkun, you kid must have committed something again, right?"

Zhou Chen came around from the other side of the car and opened the back door for Zhou Zhigang: "Dad, am I so unreliable in your eyes? Get in the car first, and I will tell you slowly when you get home, you should I will understand."

Zhou Zhigang got into the car, and then Zhou Chen and Zhou Bingyi also got into the car. Zhou Chen was sitting in the front passenger seat, and Zhou Bingyi was in the back.

"Bingkun, your elder brother said that this car is yours, please tell me quickly, what's going on?"

Zhou Zhigang, who got in the car, couldn't wait to ask Zhou Chen, because sitting in this luxurious car made him feel a little restless.

Zhou Chen patiently explained: "Dad, don't worry, sit down, this car really belongs to me."

"Where did you get so much money to buy such a nice car?"

Although Zhou Zhigang didn't study cars, this car is very high-end at first glance, and the price is absolutely impossible to be cheap.

He knew that his youngest son was capable and able to make money, but his youngest son had already bought a house in Yanjing and had to support his family. He felt that it was impossible for his youngest son to be able to afford such a good car.

"Dad, listen to me, it's like this, when I..."

Zhou Chen didn't go into too much detail, he just told the story of starting a company and making a lot of money in a concise and concise manner...

When Zhou Zhigang heard that Zhou Chen owns a big company with assets exceeding one billion, he was completely dumbfounded.

He can be regarded as a person who has experienced big storms, but even so, he was still shocked by this news, and he couldn't believe it. This is really incredible.

After being stunned for a long time, he asked in a shy voice, "Bingkun, is everything you just said true?"

"Really, it's more real than real gold."

But Zhou Zhigang still didn't believe it, and looked at Zhou Bingyi next to him. Zhou Bingyi could only smile wryly: "Dad, it's true. Bingkun is indeed the big boss now. You'll understand when we arrive at our new home."

"New home?"

"Yes, the house Bingkun just bought is a small western-style building, and you will live there from now on."

"Bingkun?"

"Dad, no matter how much I say now, it's better for you to watch it yourself later. You'll be home soon, and you'll watch it slowly later."

Hearing is believing, seeing is believing, Zhou Chen knew that what he said was full of hype, and it would be better for Zhou Zhigang to see it with his own eyes.

Zhou Zhigang frowned, but without refuting, he turned around and asked Zhou Bingyi again.

…………

Zhou Zhigang got out of the car and looked at the small western-style building in front of him, unable to regain his senses for a long time.

"Bingkun, is this the new house you bought?"

Although he was already mentally prepared, knowing that his youngest son was rich, if he bought a house again, he would definitely buy a better one, but now when he saw it was a small western-style building, he was still very shocked.

As an eighth-level construction worker, Zhou Zhigang does not live at the bottom of the society, but it is impossible to say how high his social status is, at most he is better than ordinary people.

At that time, he was already satisfied with two rooms with optical text, and the house that Zhou Chenhou bought had exceeded his expectations.

As for the house in front of him, he never dared to think about it before.

"Baby his father."

When Zhou Zhigang couldn't believe it, a large group of people came out of the house and went straight to the door, and Li Suhua's voice was heard from a distance.

Zhou Zhigang heard his wife's voice, he couldn't care less about the house, he opened his eyes wide and looked at Li Suhua who was coming.

"Damn it."

The door opened, and Zhou Zhigang and Li Suhua walked towards each other cautiously, hugging each other tearfully.

"Suhua, I'm back."

"It's good to be back, it's good to be back, I will take care of you in the future, and I will never be separated again."

Since 20, nearly [-] years, the total time they stayed together did not exceed one month, and they all missed each other.

Now that I am finally back and we can be together in the future, that kind of feeling is really hard to express in a few words.

"Dad, Mom, let's go into the house."

Zhou Bingyi saw that his parents were unwilling to separate for a long time, and the passers-by looked around curiously, so he stepped forward and whispered to his parents.

Zhou Zhigang let go, glanced at his children and grandchildren, and laughed contentedly: "Haha, let's go, motherfucker, let's go home."

The family walked into the courtyard in a mighty manner, leaving only Zhou Chen and the driver behind. Zhou Chen gave orders to the driver, and then followed behind.

"Father, this house is not bad."

Li Suhua led Zhou Zhigang to look around in the building. Zhou Zhigang put his hands behind his back and looked curiously from room to room, with a complicated expression on his face.

There are joy, gratification, surprise, but also emotion, shame and embarrassment.

He worked hard all his life, and in the end he got a house in optical format, but Zhou Chen has already owned so many houses and so many assets in just a few years.

In his whole life, he has never earned as much as his youngest son in a year. With such a promising son, he feels melancholy while being happy. Doesn't this mean that he is too useless as an old man?

(End of this chapter)