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Chapter 779 Repaying the favor
Time quickly passed and it was the Spring Festival of 1972. Zhou Zhigang had gone to the mountains of Guizhou to visit his daughter Zhou Rong, and Zhou Bingyi did not return to Jichun for the New Year because he went to Shenyang to perform his new job. In fact, Su Ning knew that Zhou Bingyi was still brooding over his breakup with Hao Dongmei, so this time it was still Su Ning, Zheng Juan, and their mother Li Suhua who celebrated the Spring Festival together.

Suning specially took out various green leafy vegetables that are rarely seen in winter from the space world, such as celery, leeks, tomatoes, cucumbers and beans, etc., which surprised Li Suhua and Zheng Juan, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. They felt that they were more surprised than seeing pork.

"Bingkun, where did you get so many green leafy vegetables?" Li Suhua couldn't help but look at the green leafy vegetables in front of her with ecstasy and asked.

"Isn't this the person who used to supply our bun shop? Knowing that I have closed the shop, he still sent me some scarce materials this time. He said that there will be mutton delivered tomorrow." At this time, Suning could only push the blame to a non-existent powerful person again.

"Oh! This supplier is quite kind and righteous. He must be a logistics staff member of that state-owned unit, right?" Li Suhua immediately commented on the other party as "kind and righteous", and then couldn't help but look at Suning and asked.

"Yes! Only they can come up with these scarce supplies." Suning was very happy to see Li Suhua's speculation. Anyway, he didn't need to spend a lot of time explaining.

"Bingkun, the last time I went to your Aunt Qiao's house, I heard that Qiao Chunyan was going to organize a party in the third grade?" Li Suhua was becoming more and more satisfied with her little son, but she still noticed that Suning no longer liked to make friends, so as a mother, Li Suhua still felt a little worried.

"Yes! Qiao Chunyan has already told me, but I don't really want to go there. It feels very boring. It's better for me to stay at home with you guys." Su Ning looked at Li Suhua indifferently and shook his head.

"Bingkun, it's not good for you to be so eccentric. You should try to get along with these kids. I remember you used to like playing with them." Seeing Suning's indifference at this time, Li Suhua shook her head with some concern.

"Mom, everything is fake. The most important thing is that our family is together." The so-called friendship is based on strength. If I am still the "rotten shit" in the original drama, it will be meaningless even if I have more friends around me.

"Bingkun, although what you said makes a lot of sense, you still need to spend more time with them."

"Mom, I know what's going on. You don't need to ask."

In fact, Suning also thinks that the annual gathering on the third day of the Lunar New Year is still very good, but that was only in the first few years. After everyone got married and started a family, many things had changed. Every time there would be a troublemaker who would make the gathering end in a bad mood, so Suning still did not plan to participate in it this time. He did not want to listen to their meaningless complaints and grumblings.

"Chunyan, isn't Zhou Bingkun going to join our party?" Sun Ganchao looked around but didn't see Su Ning, so he looked at Qiao Chunyan with a puzzled look and asked.

"Yes! I invited him personally, but he refused." Qiao Chunyan shook her head with some disappointment, and felt that Suning had changed too much in recent years.

"Ganchao, why do you mention him on such a happy day? Zhou Bingkun is the only one among our group who has no job. He and his wife live at home all day, eating out of their savings and relying on his father and brother's salary to make a living. I look down on such a loser from the bottom of my heart." At this time, Xiao Guoqing expressed his thoughts in a contemptuous tone. In fact, he was jealous of Su Ning's unrestrainedness in his heart. He felt that Su Ning was really not sociable with their good buddies.

"Guoqing, what you said is actually right! We are all glorious working class. His coming to the party may really make us feel uncomfortable." Hearing Xiao Guoqing's disdainful thoughts, Sun Ganchao nodded, thinking that it was Suning who was uncomfortable.

"Ganchao, I heard that Zhou Bingkun wanted to get everyone together to renovate the house. Did he go to your house to ask about this?" Then Xiao Guoqing remembered the matter of renovating the house, and looked at Sun Ganchao in front of him with a puzzled look and asked.

"I did ask! Aunt Qiao went to my house in person to bring it to me, but how would we get the spare money to build a house? Besides, my sisters and the others are all working as educated youth in the countryside, so our house is still enough for us to live in for the time being." At this time, Sun Ganchao looked at everyone with a helpless expression and shook his head.

"Yeah! Look at how many flip houses there are in Photon Film. As long as you work hard in the factory or company, you will definitely be assigned a building. Only a fool would waste money in a shabby place like Photon Film."

"Alas! The photon chip renovation has been talked about for years, but I haven't seen any action from the street office or higher authorities. I don't know if our generation can wait any longer."

"Catch up, then stop daydreaming. The photon chip transformation is absolutely impossible."

"Catch up, Guoqing, where do you think Zhou Bingkun got so much money? You know, the cost of renovating a house is not low." At this time, Cao Debao, who had been silent on the side, looked at the two of them and expressed his doubts. He always felt that this Suning gave him a mysterious feeling.

"Debao, you don't know the situation of Zhou Bingkun's family. There are six people in their family now, and three of them are paid wages. In addition, Zhou Bingkun and his wife took over the bun shop some time ago, so I think they can make some money." Xiao Guoqing immediately looked at Cao Debao in front of him with a smile on his face and explained, and he also thoughtfully added his own guesses and opinions.

In fact, Qiao Chunyan took the initiative to organize this party today, just to build relationships for their son-in-law Cao Debao. Although Sun Ganchao and Xiao Guoqing are both workers in the wood processing factory, Qiao Chunyan mainly wants to invite Suning because she feels that Suning is definitely not as simple as he seems. It's a pity that Suning doesn't seem to be very interested in them.

"In that case, Zhou Bingkun's family conditions are quite good." Cao Debao's heart moved and he showed an envious expression.

"Haha, Debao, let's stop talking about Zhou Bingkun. Let's just drink." Sun Ganchao and Xiao Guoqing knew that Suning and Qiao Chunyan had a close relationship, so they immediately laughed it off and skipped the matter about Suning.

Although Suning did not attend the first gathering, they still discussed the topic of Suning. It was really that Suning's every move was too eye-catching. Afterwards, everyone chose to keep silent about Suning's affairs. They were all happily talking about life and looking forward to the future. However, they did not know that their tragic life had just begun, and they would soon regret rejecting Suning's kindness this time.

In the original drama, the "Six Gentlemen" would have a gathering every day on the third day of the Chinese New Year, and then they would go to Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen to wish them a happy new year together. It's a pity that Suning was not interested in the "Six Gentlemen", so naturally no one would go to Ma Shouchang to wish them a happy new year together.

Ever since the last time Suning personally sent Ma Shouchang to the hospital, he hasn't seen him again. Ma Shouchang has always wanted to find an opportunity to thank Suning properly, but unfortunately he doesn't know much about Suning. Finally, he thought of Suning's ex-girlfriend Qiao Chunyan, and only then did he find out some information about Suning.

"Old Ma, have you found out who your savior is?" Qu Xiuzhen asked with amusement at the stubborn old man Ma Shouchang in front of her.

"I found out! There are six people in the family. The father was an eighth-level bricklayer in the "Third Front" area. The mother was a typical housewife. The brother is now the first secretary of Lao Ming in Shenyang. The sister was an educated youth sent to the countryside in the mountains of Guizhou. I heard she is now a volunteer teacher. In 1969, Zhou Bingkun was assigned to work at the Red Star Timber Processing Factory. But he actually produced a medical record saying he was not suitable for timber processing factory work. He then applied for a personal business license from the street office and took over a state-owned steamed bun shop on Hongqi Street."

"Oh? It seems that only disabled people can run small businesses independently?" After hearing Ma Shouchang's concise introduction, Qu Xiuzhen immediately expressed her doubts.

"Hmph! Every policy has its own countermeasures. As long as we're willing to think of a way, it's possible. Besides, Zhou Bingkun is only in charge of a state-owned bun shop, so it doesn't seem to be a big violation of policy."

"Old Ma, are you saying that Zhou Bingkun took advantage of a policy loophole?" Qu Xiuzhen, who has always hated evil, immediately became indignant.

"That should be it! I heard that his bun shop was recently reported and shut down."

"Old Ma, it seems that your savior is not a good person!" Qu Xiuzhen doesn't like people who violate the rules like this, so naturally she had a bad impression of him in her heart.

"Oh! Now Zhou Bingkun and his wife are both idle at home, and I am also worried about how to repay him." Ma Shouchang didn't care about these things at this time. He just wanted to repay this favor as soon as possible.

"How about we treat him and his family to a meal?" Although Qu Xiuzhen didn't like what Su Ning did, she still felt relieved knowing that this favor would be repaid sooner rather than later.

"Old Qu, I would like to arrange a job for him. It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish." A meal could not ease his gratitude, so Ma Shouchang expressed his thoughts with a smile.

"Job? Old Ma, are you crazy?" After hearing Ma Shouchang's plan, Qu Xiuzhen's eyes widened in surprise, thinking that Ma Shouchang had set his sights on the soy sauce factory where she worked. "Do you know how hard it is to find a job these days? And you're not planning to arrange Zhou Bingkun to work in our soy sauce factory, are you? I have to tell you clearly, don't even think about it!"

"Hmph! Do you know Cai Xiaoguang from the tractor factory?" Seeing that Qu Xiuzhen in front of him misunderstood what he meant, Ma Shouchang asked back disapprovingly.

"I've heard of it! What's the matter?" Qu Xiuzhen looked at Ma Shouchang in some surprise, feeling that there was not much connection between Suning and Cai Xiaoguang.

"A few days ago, Cai Xiaoguang wanted to arrange Zhou Bingkun to work in your soy sauce factory. It seemed that he had already agreed with the factory director, but Zhou Bingkun directly refused." Ma Shouchang immediately explained with his head raised proudly. He really liked to see Qu Xiuzhen get humiliated.

"What the hell? How could Zhou Bingkun be so arrogant? One day I must meet him in person." As expected, the irritable Qu Xiuzhen could not suppress her inner anger.

"Alright! I suspect Zhou Bingkun might be interested in a job at the company. I heard his buns are delicious, so I'm thinking of trying to arrange for him to work at the company's guesthouse." Looking at the furious Qu Xiuzhen before him, Ma Shouchang angrily voiced his speculation and thoughts. "What? You've already been sidelined, how can you still have such a big face?" Qu Xiuzhen shook her head in disapproval.

"Hey, this is what you don't know. Xiao Lin, the director of the unit's guesthouse, used to be my cook. It's not difficult to arrange for someone to work for him."

"Old Ma, this won't do! We can't put Zhou Bingkun in such a sensitive position."

"Don't worry! His family background is very clean, and he's a good kid with a good family background. The problems you're worried about will definitely not happen to him."

"That still won't work! If Zhou Bingkun only knows how to make dumplings, then it would be even more inappropriate to arrange for him to stay in the guesthouse."

"Old Qu, why are you so stubborn? The guesthouse also needs a professional pastry chef. At most, you can let Xiaolin give Zhou Bingkun an interview. At the very least, you can go in and do odd jobs!" Ma Shouchang was completely speechless at this time. He felt that Qu Xiuzhen in front of him was too unreasonable.

"Hmph! You don't like the wood processing plant and the soy sauce factory. I think it's too difficult to shave Zhou Bingkun's head. Don't hold out too much hope." Although she thought Ma Shouchang's arrangement made sense, Qu Xiuzhen was still not optimistic about Suning.

"What are you afraid of? It doesn't matter whether it works or not. What matters is that I've tried my best. I can't just watch this child go to waste, right?"

"Humph!"

Su Ning, who was leisurely reading at home, was immediately shocked when he saw Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen suddenly appear in front of him. "Huh? Old Ma, how do you know my address?"

"I heard it from Qiao Chunyan! What? You won't even invite me in for a cup of tea?"

"Haha, please come in." Su Ning quickly welcomed Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen into the house, and then said to Zheng Juan, "Juan'er, we have distinguished guests. Take out my box of good tea and make us a pot of tea."

"Okay." Zheng Juan nodded very virtuously to Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen, then turned around and made tea.

"Zhou Bingkun, is this your wife Zheng Juan?" Ma Shouchang looked at Su Ning in surprise and asked.

"Yes! She is my wife."

"No wonder you look down on Qiao Chunyan." After seeing Zheng Juan in person, he realized the difference between Zheng Juan and Qiao Chunyan, and also understood Su Ning's original choice.

"Hey! Old Ma, who is this person next to you?" Su Ning asked Qu Xiuzhen next to Ma Shouchang knowingly.

"Oh! She is my old partner, Qu Xiuzhen, the secretary of the Songhuajiang Soy Sauce Factory."

"Hello, Secretary Qu! I'm Zhou Bingkun."

"Hello! I always heard Lao Ma say that he has a friend who is much older than him. Thank you for sending the injured Lao Ma to the hospital last time."

"Secretary Qu, you're being too kind! Even if I had no friendship with Lao Ma, I would still send him to the hospital."

"So, it's you young people who are aware. Seeing you is like seeing hope."

At this time, Li Suhua also came out from the inner room, and then saw the unfamiliar Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen, "Bingkun, are there guests at home?"

"Mom, let me introduce you. This is my chess friend Ma Shouchang, and this is his wife Qu Xiuzhen, the director of the Songhuajiang Soy Sauce Factory."

"Ah? Hello! I am Li Suhua, Zhou Bingkun's mother." Li Suhua quickly looked at Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen with excitement and introduced herself.

"Hello, Bingkun's mother! We are sorry to bother you this time." Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen looked at Li Suhua very politely.

"Don't bother! It's our family's honor to have such distinguished guests."

"Bingkun, Bingkun's mother, we came here this time specifically to thank Bingkun. If Bingkun hadn't sent Lao Ma to the hospital last time, his leg might not have been saved."

"Secretary Qu, you are too polite."

"Bingkun, I recently heard that you don't have a job, so I want to introduce you to our unit's guesthouse as a chef. I wonder if you are willing?" Zheng Juan quickly brought a pot of tea and poured a cup for each of the couple. Only then did Ma Shouchang smile and tell them the purpose of their visit.

"I'm willing! Thank you so much." Before Suning could respond, Li Suhua next to him immediately stood up in surprise.

"Okay! It's settled then. The specific salary amount will depend on your interview. After all, your salary will be determined based on the interview results." Seeing that Li Suhua agreed on behalf of Suning, and also having personal experience of how difficult it was to shave Suning's head, Ma Shouchang immediately happily made an agreement with Li Suhua.

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Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen did not stay in Zhou's house for long. After talking about things and drinking a cup of tea, they said goodbye and left. At this time, Su Ning was speechless about Li Suhua's impatience. Before he had time to respond to Ma Shouchang, Li Suhua accepted his proposal.

"Mom, didn't we agree to wait until the house is built before talking about work?" After Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen left the Photon Film, Su Ning looked at Li Suhua with a mixed feeling of laughter and tears.

"Bingkun, are you stupid? If you miss this opportunity, you will never get it again. I didn't go to the soy sauce factory that Cai Xiaoguang introduced to you last time. Now I regret it so much." Li Suhua couldn't understand her youngest son. She felt that Suning in front of her just liked to mess around.

"Mom, what should we do with our house? It's usually hard to take time off and rest when you're busy. I heard you can only take one day off a week."

"You're not satisfied with just one day off a week? You get four days off a month, you're so greedy!" Li Suhua couldn't help but get angry when she heard her son's very dissatisfied complaint. She looked at her son and scolded him. "Besides, why don't you just let the workers build the house? At most, I can just watch from the side. Anyway, I've heard your father talk about building a house."

"Forget it! I might as well outsource the construction of the house to someone else. They just need us to provide the building materials, and we don't need to worry about anything else."

"Ah? That must cost a lot, right?" After hearing Suning's plan at the moment, Li Suhua felt a little distressed about the money again.

"That's about right! You have to pay others wages anyway." Suning said with a smile, not caring at all. It was Li Suhua's fault for being too anxious about her work.

"Hey! Actually, it's a good idea to do this. I feel like your work is more important."

(End of this chapter)