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Chapter 14: Enjoying the Life

Zhou Bingkun was completely unaware of Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong's actions, and even if he knew, he would not care.

In fact, Zhou Bingkun now regrets that he took his mother Li Suhua to the Construction Corps in 1972 and said those words to Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei.

If Zhou Bingyi had listened to his advice, it would have been worth it for him to do so, but Zhou Bingyi still chose love on his own, which seemed to be a loss.

To be honest, Zhou Bingkun was very disappointed with Zhou Bingyi's behavior.

Zhou Rong's selfishness is recognized by everyone!

But if you think Zhou Bingyi is the embodiment of perfection, you are totally wrong.

Let me ask, what have Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei done for the Zhou family? It seems that they have done nothing.

After figuring everything out, Zhou Bingkun no longer cared about Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong's affairs, and lived his own life peacefully.

Zhou Bingkun applied for the history program at Northeast Normal University, and was also a state-funded teacher student. The salary was generous, so there was no need to say much. Anyway, Zhou Bingkun thought it was very suitable for him.

Because it was close to home, Zhou Bingkun never thought about living in the school dormitory. While other students were busy in the library and study room, Zhou Bingkun went home leisurely to take care of his family.

Many classmates were so jealous of Zhou Bingkun's elegant demeanor that they could not help but say strange things.

"This Zhou Bingkun, what a mess! He's not even active in his studies! I don't know how he got into Northeast Normal University!"

"I heard that Zhou Bingkun only graduated from junior high school, but he studied on his own and got into university by looking at the books left behind by his older brothers and sisters! I heard his college entrance exam scores were good enough to get him into Peking University or Tsinghua University!"

"Humph! So what? It's like the tortoise and the hare. At the beginning, the hare had the upper hand and was far ahead, but now he's become complacent! He can only be overtaken by us tortoises who have accumulated a lot of experience!"

"Bah! You're the turtle!"

"Huh? I was just making an analogy! No need to get so excited!"

Seeing Zhou Bingkun coming back from school, Zheng Juan smiled happily, "Bingkun, you're back?"

"Well! Is our daughter being well behaved today?"

"Haha, you're so naughty! You kicked me several times today!"

Zheng Juan was pregnant again. This time, Zhou Bingkun took Zheng Juan to the hospital in advance to check the gender of the child.

Fortunately, unlike in later generations, the law now prohibits the arbitrary checking of the baby's gender.

Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan did not encounter any difficulties and completed the test smoothly. They found that it was indeed the girl they had been waiting for, which made Zheng Juan and Zhou Bingkun very happy.

"Why did you get out of school so early today? You don't have classes in the afternoon?" Zheng Juan asked puzzledly.

"I don't have classes this afternoon! Many of my classmates are going on an autumn outing, but I'm too lazy to go. I might as well just come back and spend time with my wife and kids!"

"Bingkun, you can't always be like this! You must go out and get together with them! In the past, they would go out for a party every New Year's Day, but you never went! Now that you're in college, you're still so independent!" Zheng Juan was a little worried that Zhou Bingkun might not fit in.

"Haha, that's because I think clearly! The most important things are my wife, children and family, everything else is empty!" Zhou Bingkun said disapprovingly about Zheng Juan's worries.

Life is short, why make yourself feel wronged and depressed for someone you don’t want to do the job for?

The next day, when Zhou Bingkun returned to school, he was called to the office by the substitute professor.

"Zhou Bingkun! You've been so unfocused ever since you started school. It's truly a waste of your life!" the professor said earnestly, looking at Zhou Bingkun in front of him. "Professor, you're being a bit serious! My exams aren't that bad, are they?" Zhou Bingkun said disapprovingly.

"Yes! Your grades have always been very stable! But the students around you are all eagerly learning knowledge. Aren't you moved at all?"

"While your classmates are studying hard late into the night, you're back home with your wife and children. Aren't you ashamed?"

"Huh? I don't really have the feeling that the professor described. I quite like my current life!" Zhou Bingkun said disapprovingly.

"Besides, when we graduate, we'll most likely become teachers. As long as we don't mislead the students, I don't think it's a big deal!"

"Oh my God! Zhou Bingkun, is this what you are pursuing? You are too easy-going, aren't you?" The professor widened his eyes in shock at Zhou Bingkun's thoughts.

"You have to know how many young people outside of this school are desperate for the opportunity to go to college! And now that you have it, you don't know how to cherish it! As your substitute professor, I'm really disappointed!"

"Professor, I really don't agree with this! Even a dragon has nine sons, each one different! We have less than a thousand students at Northeast Normal University right now. Do we all need the same standard? I don't think that's necessary!"

"Hey! Okay! I know what you're thinking! I actually have high hopes for you! Your knowledge and spirituality are one in a million. I still hope you can achieve something in academia instead of being affectionate with your wife and children."

As 1980 was approaching, Zhou Bingkun knew that the first individual business license would be applied for by Zhang Huamei in Wenzhou in 1980.

In fact, Zhou Bingkun also wants to apply for an individual business license as soon as possible, and then make some changes to improve the lives of himself and his family.

Guangming has reached the age to get married, and the old house in Taiping Hutong also needs to be renovated!
As for his own Zhou family, which has a large population, renovating the house is an urgent matter. When the family reunites during the Spring Festival, there will definitely not be enough space for the whole family to live here.

Only with pressure can there be motivation.

Zhou Bingkun desperately wanted to earn money to support his family, but he was unwilling to go to faraway Shenzhen to be a middleman, as he felt that such a life was not fun at all.

Life is short. The ideal life is to make money while being able to spend time with your family.

If you want to do business and make money in an honest way, now is not the right time. You can only wait for a while.

If you want to make money legally at this stage, you can only write a short poem or publish an article like your cheap brother-in-law Feng Huacheng, and then get some royalties.

If Zhou Bingkun had chosen this path before going to college, it would have seemed very abrupt.

But now I am a top student at Northeast Normal University. If I publish some articles, others will accept them.

These are all the preferential halos that one gains as one's status changes.

Zhou Bingkun thought about it for a long time and felt that it would be inappropriate to write some online novels of later generations.

It would be quite suitable if the novel were published in newspapers in Hong Kong, but I don’t have any good channels.

It seems that only some mainstream articles can be accepted by the current mainland public.

After all, being one step ahead is a genius, but being two steps ahead is a madman!

Zhou Bingkun didn't want to be regarded as a madman by others.

With his own ideas in mind, Zhou Bingkun recalled famous articles from later generations and then selected a very suitable work.

As long as I write this article and publish it, I will definitely gain both fame and fortune.

(End of this chapter)