This made Zhou Zhigang frown unconsciously, because it was not his turn to take a holiday during the Spring Festival this year. If he wanted to go home, he could only ask for leave.

But he is a person who is particularly dedicated to his work. Even if he is not feeling well, he will insist on going to work. If he takes leave to go home for the New Year, it will take at least ten days to go back and forth.

He felt that this would delay his work and he would let the country down, so he wrote a letter home to refuse.

Zhou Chen not only wrote to Zhou Zhigang, asking him to come back, but also wrote to Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong, asking them to come back before school started.

Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong were both immersed in the beautiful vision of going to the capital to attend university. Zhou Bingyi thought about Zhou Chen's somewhat tough request and agreed.

For Zhou Bingyi, he was going to college soon, so there was no need for him to stay in the Construction Corps. It wouldn't make much difference if he left a few days earlier or later, and the Corps would not deliberately hold him back.

Moreover, Hao Dongmei was admitted to the local medical college in Jichun, and her parents were reinstated. This time when she goes back, she can just meet her parents and spend the New Year together.

As for Zhou Rong, she actually didn't want to go back, but Zhou Chen's attitude in the letter was very firm. He said that if she didn't come back, he would take Feng Yue with him when he went to study in the capital and send her directly to school.

If Zhou Chen used other methods to force Zhou Rong, he might not be able to make her submit.

But when Feng Yue was brought up, Zhou Rong was immediately frightened.

Because Zhou Rong wanted to go to college, it was impossible for her to bring her child with her. Moreover, the workload would be heavy and she would have to live on campus most of the time.

Although Feng Huacheng is from the capital, the problem is that he has no house in the capital and is penniless. When he goes to the capital, he will definitely rent a house or live in a company house.

Think about where the capital is. The prices there must be higher than in her hometown. She is going there to study, not to enjoy herself.

Although Feng Huacheng has compensated her a lot of wages over the years, she still needs money to go to school. She goes to a prestigious university and is with her classmates, so doesn't it cost money?

She shuddered at the thought that if she brought Feng Yue to her side, her already difficult life would become even worse.

So she discussed with Feng Huacheng and decided to go home for the New Year.

At this time, Feng Huacheng was also selfish. He thought that the hard days were over and it was his turn to realize his ambitions.

How could he, who was full of confidence, let his daughter hold him back at this time?

So, these two people are really not from the same family and don’t belong to the same family.

Zhou Chen also guessed what they were thinking, so he concluded that they dared not not come back.

If we were to say who is the happiest person in the entire Zhou family, it must be Li Suhua.

All three children were admitted to university, and they would all come back for the Chinese New Year. She had been looking forward to a family reunion for a long time, and she was so excited that she couldn't sleep all night.

Then the situation of 76 started again, and we began to prepare all kinds of delicious food.

Shortly after Zhou Zhigang replied, Zhou Chen sent him another telegram with only a few short words.

'My children are back, please come back soon to celebrate the New Year.'

My goodness! When Zhou Zhigang, who was originally thinking about work, heard that his eldest son and daughter were going home for the New Year, he immediately changed his attitude and sent a telegram back saying that he would be home before the New Year.

The fact that all three children of the Zhou family were admitted to university caused a huge sensation in Guangzi District and once again made them the envy of everyone in Guangzi District, young or old.

You should know that in this year's college entrance examination, there were also quite a few young people of the right age who participated in it.

But unfortunately, except for the three children of the Zhou family, no one was admitted to university, including the women's director Qiao Chunyan and her husband Cao Debao.

Because of this incident, Qiao Chunyan and Cao Debao have not been in public these days, for fear of being compared with the three members of the Zhou family.

For this matter, Sun Ganchao and Xiao Guoqing specially found Zhou Chen and had a drink with him to celebrate.

Time passed quickly, and it was the eve of the Spring Festival. The three members of the Zhou family who were away all came back late.

There was no 30th this year, so the 29th was New Year's Eve. The first person to return from the Zhou family was Zhou Bingyi, who came back on the 28th.

This time, Zhou Chen and Zheng Juan rode their bikes to the train station to pick people up, while Li Suhua and Guangming stayed at home to take care of the children.

Zhou Rui and Feng Yue are both four years old, so they don’t need anyone to watch them all the time. They can play by themselves for half a day, and it’s okay if Zheng Juan is not around.

Zhou Cong is also over one year old. He has learned to walk and can talk a lot, but his development is relatively poor compared to Zhou Rui at the beginning.

Zheng Juan was sitting in the lobby of the train station, with Zhou Chen protecting her.

Train stations these days are not safe, petty theft is common, and if you are not careful, you might get dragged away with both your person and your belongings.

"Bingkun, aren't big brother and big sister-in-law on the 2 o'clock train? It's already 2:30, why haven't they arrived yet?"

Zheng Juan, who was picking up someone at the train station for the first time, was obviously inexperienced, so she asked Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen said: "Don't worry, it's normal for the train to be late. Wait a little longer, it should be here soon."

Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei were not far from Jichun City, and it was only a few hours by train, so even if they were late, they would not be too late.

At about 2:40, the train Zhou Bingyi and his companions were on finally arrived at the station.

"Brother, sister-in-law."

Two years later, I saw Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei again. Their appearance had not changed much, but their spirit had changed a lot.

Zhou Bingyi also gave Zhou Chen a big hug.

"Bingkun, congratulations on getting into the capital's medical school. But I'm curious, why didn't you choose the Chinese department at Peking University or Tsinghua University, but studied medicine instead? With your grades, you can choose any university in the country."

Although Capital Medical College is not bad, it is not on the same level as the best universities in China such as Peking University.

Zhou Chen said: "I like medicine more, so I chose medical school."

Zhou Bingyi smiled and said, "Your sister-in-law also enrolled in a medical school. It looks like there will be two colleagues in the family in the future."

Hao Dongmei also said happily: "Bingkun, I didn't expect that you would go to medical school like me. I originally wanted to go to the medical school in the capital, but unfortunately, my grades were not good enough and I didn't pass the exam."

Compared to Zhou Bingyi who had time to study in the Construction Corps, she had basically no time to study during those years in the countryside.

It was only after her parents were rehabilitated that she received better treatment and had time to review and study. It was already very difficult for her to be admitted to the medical school in her hometown.

Hao Dongmei said something to Zhou Chen, and then took Zheng Juan's hand.

"Juan'er, Ruirui and Congcong are all okay?"

When she talked about her two children, there was obviously light in her eyes. She couldn't have children, so she liked Zhou Rui and Zhou Cong very much.

Zheng Juan said, "They are all fine. Ruirui knew that you were back, and he even asked to hear you tell him a story."

"Really? Ruirui can still remember me?"

Hao Dongmei was very surprised and very happy.

Zheng Juan: "Remember, even though Ruirui is still young, he will remember who treats him well. He kept calling you auntie when he knew you were coming back today."

Hao Dongmei smiled and said, "I miss Ruirui a lot, too."

"Then you'll see me later."

"Yes, right away..."

Before Hao Dongmei could finish her words, Zhou Bingyi suddenly interrupted: "Dongmei, didn't we tell your parents to go visit them first?"

Hao Dongmei reacted immediately and said angrily: "Yes, look at my brain, we have to go see my parents first."

When Zhou Chen heard the conversation between the two, he frowned unconsciously.

"Brother, come here, I have something to tell you."

Before Zhou Bingyi could answer, he was pulled aside by Zhou Chen. He said depressedly: "Bingkun, what are you doing? Why can't you say it in front of your sister-in-law? Why do you have to pull me over?"

Zhou Chen did not answer, but asked seriously: "Brother, I just heard you say that you want to go back with your sister-in-law to see her parents first?"

Zhou Bingyi nodded: "Yes, we have already talked to your sister-in-law's parents. Speaking of which, this is the first time I have visited her parents since I got married to Dongmei."

"Not going home, but going directly?"

"Well, her parents arranged a car to pick us up at the train station, and it should have arrived by now."

Zhou Chen's face was not good, and his tone became dissatisfied: "Brother, Mom has been waiting for you to come back for so long, but now you are not going home and want to visit your sister-in-law's parents first. Can't you go home first and discuss it with Mom before going?"

Zhou Bingyi looked up in surprise, and seeing the dissatisfaction on Zhou Chen's face, he asked in confusion: "I'm just going to meet your sister-in-law's parents first. I didn't say I won't go back for the New Year. I have plenty of time to spend with our mother. There's no need to be so anxious, right?"

Zhou Chen was speechless. Respecting his father-in-law and mother-in-law was a good thing, but as a son, now that he was home, couldn't he go home and visit his mother first?

From Zhou Bingyi's attitude, he could feel that Zhou Bingyi attached more importance to his parents-in-law than his own mother.

The reason for all this must be the identity of Hao Dongmei's parents, which made Zhou Bingyi feel inferior.

"Mom knew you were coming back, so Juan'er and I waited for you here for several hours. But now you're not going back with us. How can I explain this to Mom?"

Zhou Bingyi looked guilty: "Bingkun, I know you and Juan'er have worked hard. This time I am wrong. When I return, I will personally apologize to mom. Please help me and say something nice to mom so that she won't be angry."

Seeing his attitude, Zhou Chen knew that he could not persuade him. This filial son was no longer the filial son of the Zhou family. He had half become the filial son of the Hao family.

"It's up to you, but I'll give you a piece of advice. Although their family is now a high-ranking official with great power, our Zhou family is no worse than them. You don't need to lower your attitude so much. The more cautious you are and the more you lower your attitude to please people like them, the more they may look down on you."

Zhou Bingyi had a strange expression on his face. He was just going to visit his parents-in-law, but Zhou Chen actually said such a thing.

He instinctively wanted to refute. After all, he was the eldest brother. When did he need his younger brother to teach him how to do things?

But if you think about it carefully, what Zhou Chen said may not be unreasonable. Before, he had always been cautious when meeting Hao's father and mother.

Do I really have to do as Zhou Chen persuades?

While Zhou Bingyi was lost in thought, Zhou Chen patted him on the shoulder and reunited with Hao Dongmei and Zheng Juan.

Zhou Chen felt confused as he watched Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei get into the car.

Having watched the TV series, he knows what kind of people the Hao couple are. Having experienced many ups and downs, they cherish the present very much and are particularly afraid of making mistakes. They are truly cautious and careful.

I don't deny that they are good officials, but Zhou Chen doesn't like their characters. No, it doesn't mean that they don't like them, it can only be said that they don't agree with them.

As high-ranking officials, Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen and his wife had their ups and downs just like them, but they were not like them.

Hao Dongmei's mother is okay, but her father is absolutely a snob.

The two families had been relatives for so many years, but they had never met each other until they died. Is this something a normal person could do?

Don’t say that it was because Zhou Bingyi asked him for help. Anyone who has watched the plot knows that Hao’s father is not that selfless.

The reason why the in-laws failed to meet was ultimately one: he looked down on the Zhou couple and felt that after the meeting, the Zhou family might try to curry favor with them, so he dragged his feet and was unwilling to meet.

Zhou Zhigang didn’t understand at first, but later he understood and never mentioned meeting again.

"Bingkun, my brother and sister-in-law didn't go back with us. Mom must be very disappointed, right?"

Zheng Juan was a simple-minded person and didn't think as much as Zhou Chen. All she could think of was that her mother-in-law would be disappointed because her eldest brother and his family didn't go back.

"Well, after you go back, you have to persuade her. Our eldest brother has had a hard time too."

Although Zhou Chen was dissatisfied with Zhou Bingyi's behavior, he could also understand Zhou Bingyi's psychology. The gap between the two families was so big that even he, the arrogant elder brother, couldn't help but lower his posture and try to please him carefully.

The idiom "right to the right household" is sometimes a guiding light. If the door is not right or the household is wrong, it is impossible to live a good life in most cases. If one can live a good life, it must be one of the parties who is constantly paying.

When Li Suhua returned home, she did not see her eldest son. After listening to Zheng Juan's explanation, although she said she understood, it was still obvious that she was very sad.

As a mother, how could she be happy when her son’s first thing to do when he comes home is not to see her but to run to see his father-in-law and mother-in-law?

Zhou Chen thought Zhou Bingyi would come back in the evening, but it turned out that Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei did not come back in the evening and only came late the next morning.

Li Suhua was naturally happy to talk to Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei, but Zhou Bingyi was very embarrassed when he saw Zhou Chen.

However, Zhou Chen didn't care. How Zhou Bingyi wanted to live his life was his business. Unless he made the old lady too sad, he was too lazy to care about it.

The person who went to pick up Zhou Zhigang at noon was taken away by Zhou Bingyi, who refused Zhou Chen's request to go with him and rode a bicycle to the train station alone.

Zhou Bingyi picked up Zhou Zhigang smoothly, but he did not take Zhou Zhigang home immediately. Instead, he took him to a secluded place.

"Dad, I have something to tell you before we go home."

Zhou Zhigang was immersed in the joy of being reunited with his family. When he heard his eldest son's words, he felt a little strange and thought that his eldest son had encountered some difficulties.

"Bingyi, just tell me what you want to say. I'm your father, and I will help you as long as I can."

Zhou Bingyi had already made up his mind, so he didn't hesitate and said it directly.

"Dad, didn't you and mom ask me before why you didn't want children? I can tell you now that what I told you before was not true."

Zhou Zhigang's body trembled violently, and he had a bad premonition in his heart. He unconsciously took out his eye bag and rolled a cigarette with paper.

"Is it Dongmei who doesn't want to give birth?"

"No, Dad, you misunderstood. Dongmei really likes children. You should understand why she likes Ruirui so much."

"No, Dongmei, then do you not want to have a child? Although you are about to go to college, it is inconvenient to have a child, but why didn't you want one in the past few years?"

Zhou Chen looked bitter and sighed faintly: "It's not that we don't want it, but we can't have it. Dad, it's my problem. I'm sick and can't have children."

"what?"

The cigarette he had just taken two puffs of fell to the ground. Zhou Zhigang looked at Zhou Bingyi in disbelief.

"You said you can't have children, what's going on?"

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