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"Okay then, I'll turn around to my parents and tell them that there is one more thing. The house in the optical film is the hard work of our parents all their lives; you lent it to Xiao Guoqing and his family for several years. Our dad will retire in , and he will definitely miss that house by then, I think you should take the house back, so that parents can go back and live anytime they want to live in."

Zhou Chen frowned. He knew that Zhou Bingyi was definitely thinking more than just the surface, but what Zhou Bingyi said was not wrong.

That house was Zhou Zhigang's hard work. He was the one who made the decision to lend it out, and he should indeed take it back.

"I know about this matter. Do you have anything else to say?"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 612 Zhou Bingyi's plan, New Year's greetings

Zhou Bingyi didn't care about Zhou Chen's attitude, or perhaps he had gotten used to it.

In his opinion, his younger brother is narrow-minded. If you are nice to him, he will welcome you with a smile, but if you are not nice to him, he will definitely not be nice to you.

With this kind of personality, it’s a good thing that I didn’t pursue a career in politics, otherwise I don’t know how many people I would have offended.

"Then you have to pay attention to it. It's our father's lifeblood and his life's hard work."

Zhou Chen glanced at him. He didn’t know what Zhou Bingyi’s plan was, but he was sure that it was not as simple as he said.

"I know. No need to remind me."

Seeing that Zhou Chen was really concerned about it, Zhou Bingyi finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Zhou Chen would not listen. He was also a man who cared about his reputation, so it was impossible for him to ask Xiao Guoqing's family for a house. Zhou Zhigang was also unlikely to do this, so this matter could only be done by Zhou Chen himself.

He wanted to take the house back for the sake of his parents. He felt that he had to provide for his parents in their old age, but he himself lived in the Hao family's villa and had no house of his own.

He doesn't have much money, and can only make ends meet with the university subsidies and savings. Now that Hao Dongmei has a job, most of the time it is Hao Dongmei who gives him money.

How can I provide for my parents in their old age without money or house?

As for why he didn't let his parents live in Zhou Chen's current house, that's even simpler. As the eldest son, he is responsible for providing for his parents in their old age, but he ends up living in his younger brother's house. What's the matter?

He even has deeper plans.

He now lives in the Hao family villa in the provincial compound, but the house does not belong to the Hao family. As long as the Hao couple are gone, the house will be taken back.

Moreover, he felt that as a grown man, he couldn't always live under someone else's roof; he had to have his own place to live.

After much thought, the most reliable one is the old house with only words on it.

If his parents could return to Guangzi Pian, he could come and live with his parents when he returned to Jichun, instead of having to live in the Hao family every day.

Even if his parents didn't return to live in Guangzi Pian, if he had a small dispute with the Hao couple, or with his wife Hao Dongmei, he would have a place to hide.

So no matter what, he had to take the house back. It wasn't that he wanted to possess it, he just wanted to use it temporarily.

Zhou Bingyi comforted himself in this way.

As for Zhou Chen's house, he had never thought about it. Even if he had no conflict with Zhou Chen, he had never thought about living in Zhou Chen's house. As the eldest brother, how could he live in his younger brother's house?

He still has some backbone.

"besides……"

"Do you have anything else?"

When Zhou Chen heard that Zhou Bingyi had something to say, he immediately became unhappy. He really didn't like Zhou Bingyi's tone.

Do you understand what our situation is now? You always speak to me in this commanding tone. Who gives you the courage?

Zhou Bingyi didn't care about Zhou Chen's bad attitude and continued, "When I came out today, I met Uncle Ma. He heard that you were back and asked me to tell you to take the children to see them if you have time."

"Okay, I see."

After the two finished talking, they returned to the private room.

In the private room, Zhou Rong was chatting happily with her parents, Zheng Juan was preparing food for the three children, and only Hao Dongmei was sitting alone next to them, like an outsider.

When Hao Dongmei saw Zhou Bingyi coming back, she immediately felt relieved. With Zhou Bingyi by her side, she was no longer worried.

She has been married to Zhou Bingyi for ten years. She used to be very happy to have meals with the Zhou family, and her parents-in-law were very warm to her.

But this time, she found that although her parents-in-law were very polite to her, they were very different from their previous enthusiasm. Even her sister-in-law was lukewarm towards her, and the same was true for her three children.

Only Zheng Juan treated her the same as before, but she felt uncomfortable, because whenever she saw Zheng Juan, she would think of Zhou Chen and the harm Zhou Chen had done to her parents.

When the dinner was about to end, Zhou Zhigang, whose face was red from drinking, stood up.

"Although we have moved out of Guangzi Pian for many years, it is still our root, so I decided that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, our family will go to Guangzi Pian together to wish our neighbors a happy new year."

Zhou Rong was the first to respond: "Dad, I'll listen to you. Come to think of it, I haven't been to Guangzi Pian for a long time, and I miss it a lot."

This was half true and half false. I did think about it, but not that hard. I just wanted to agree with my father's suggestion.

Zhou Chen followed up by saying, "I have no objection either."

He knew why Zhou Zhigang wanted to go to Guangzipian to pay New Year's greetings, just to show off, but this is also human nature. If you don't return to your hometown when you are rich and powerful, it is like walking in fine clothes at night.

Not everyone can keep a low profile and stay out of the spotlight. Zhou Zhigang is a person who cares so much about his reputation. His three children are all very successful, so of course he wants to go back to his hometown to show off.

In fact, he wanted to go there the last time he went home for the Chinese New Year, but for various reasons, he did not go. This time he made up his mind to go back to Guangzi Pian and bring his whole family back to pay New Year's greetings.

Zhou Zhigang didn't think much of Zhou Chen and Zhou Rong's agreement. He just stared at his eldest son Zhou Bingyi.

Zhou Bingyi did not answer directly, but glanced at Hao Dongmei before answering: "Dad, I have no problem with that either. Dongmei and I will go to Guangzi Pian early tomorrow morning and greet the neighbors with you guys."

Zhou Zhigang laughed happily: "Okay, then it's settled. Tomorrow morning, um, before eight o'clock, Bingyi, are you going to our place and come with us, or?"

Zhou Bingyi immediately rushed to answer: "Dongmei and I should go directly to Guangzi Pian. This will save us from having to walk more."

Zhou Zhigang was a little disappointed. He was still thinking about his eldest son and his wife having breakfast with him, but then he changed his mind and thought that his eldest son didn't even want to have the New Year's Eve dinner at his younger son's house, so how could he possibly print out the breakfast on the first day of the new year?

So he said helplessly: "Okay, then we will wait for you at Guangzipian early tomorrow morning. Dress smartly."

"Got it, Dad."

After Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei finished their meal, they said goodbye to their parents and sister and then left.

Zhou Zhigang looked at the direction where his eldest son and daughter-in-law left, sighed heavily, and felt very upset.

He is obviously the father, but now he is treated like the father-in-law. His son lives in his father-in-law's house all day long. He finally comes back to celebrate the New Year, but he can't even see his son a few times. This makes him feel very depressed.

At this moment, he really regretted letting his eldest son find a wife from such a family. He also regretted not recognizing the true face of his in-laws earlier, which put his eldest son in an awkward position.

The arrival of New Year's Eve means that the year has come to an end. Zhou Chen took the children to set off firecrackers and played until the three children were tired, then he let them wash and go to bed.

That night, Zhou Chen and his son Zhou Zhigang sat together and celebrated the New Year.

Zhou Zhigang held Zhou Chen's hand and talked a lot, all of which were from the bottom of his heart. Some of them were his experiences in dealing with people, some were his experiences as the head of a family, and some...

Today, the eldest son suddenly brought up the issue of their retirement. This made him ponder for the whole afternoon, and he felt that it was time to seriously consider this issue.

However, there is one thing he has not thought of changing, that is, he will not live with his eldest son. He prefers to live with his youngest son.

Although he did want to take his wife back to see the Guang Zi pictures, after careful consideration, he felt that it was not very realistic.

He didn't care. He had been used to hardships over the years and could survive in any environment.

But his wife Li Suhua was not like that. By the time he retired, Li Suhua was already over 60.

After getting used to running water, flush toilets, electric lights, washing machines and other automated appliances over the years, he felt that his wife would definitely not be able to adapt if he were asked to go back to the old days, fetching water and pouring slop every day, burning firewood to cook in a big pot, and using a dim kerosene lamp.

Zhou Zhigang wants to save face and is vain, but he really loves and cares for his wife who has been married to him for decades. He doesn't want to let his wife suffer when he is old.

Therefore, the house in Guangzipian is indeed very important and meaningful to him, but more important are his family, his spouse, his son and his grandson.

Zhou Bingyi suggested that he return to the Guangzi tablets. He neither agreed nor objected, but in fact he already had the answer in his mind.

It was also the first time that Zhou Chen had a long talk with Zhou Zhigang. Looking at his old father with gray hair and a kind tone, he deeply felt the helplessness in his father's heart. This greatly changed his opinion of Zhou Zhigang.

The next day, before dawn, Zhou Zhigang and Li Suhua had already gotten up. They both changed into new clothes, which were bought for them by Zhou Chen in Yanjing.

Originally the old couple were reluctant to wear them, but Zhou Chen convinced them with just a few words. When they returned to pay New Year’s greetings, of course they had to dress up beautifully.

The old couple made quite a lot of noise, which soon woke up Zhou Chen and the others. So the adults also got up, some started cooking and some called the children.

A new year, a new day, a new atmosphere...

After breakfast, the Zhou family, led by Zhou Zhigang, headed to Guangzi Pian in a mighty procession, without even riding bicycles.

When they arrived at the Guangzi area, they saw Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei standing next to their bicycles waiting for them.

"Bingyi, Dongmei, when did you come? You must have been waiting for a long time, right?"

"No, Dad, we just got here."

Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei both waved their hands and said with a smile that today was the first day of the new year and everyone was in a particularly happy mood.

"Let's go."

Zhou Zhigang didn't say much, just waved his hand and took the lead to walk into the Guangzi piece.

As soon as they entered the Guangzi area, someone recognized the Zhou family.

"Hey, isn't this Zhou Zhigang, Brother Zhou? Are you guys back to celebrate the New Year this year?"

Zhou Zhigang laughed happily when he saw an acquaintance: "It's you, Wang Laosan. We haven't seen each other for several years. You have aged a lot."

"That's right. The last time we met was a few years ago. It's been several years. Brother Zhou, Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year, happy New Year."

"These are your children and grandchildren, right? After all these years, I can only recognize one, Bingkun. You must be Zhou Bingkun, right?"

"Haha, you have good eyesight. This is indeed my naughty ghost."

"That's totally different, Brother Zhou. Look at what you're saying. Bingkun is the pride of our Guangzi Film Group. He's a college student. He should have graduated. Where does he work?"

"Graduated, graduated. This guy studied medicine and is now assigned to the First Affiliated Hospital of Yanjing Medical College. What's his position? Yes, yes, attending physician."

"Oh my, the doctors at Yanjing Hospital are incredible. Congratulations, Brother Zhou. Bingkun is so successful. If my brat could be even half as successful as Bingkun, I would wake up laughing in my dreams."

"No, it's not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning."

While Zhou Zhigang was talking to Wang Laosan, he was actually quite surprised. He thought that when he came to Guangzi Pian and met acquaintances, the first people that people would praise would be his eldest son and daughter. After all, back then, Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong had a much better reputation than Zhou Bingkun.

Along the way, they greeted everyone they met. Most of the time, they just gave polite instructions, but there were also some neighbors with whom they had a good relationship. After seeing the three children, they took out red envelopes.

Zhou Zhigang is a man who cares about face, so when others give him red envelopes, he reciprocates and sends out the red envelopes he had prepared long ago one by one.

Listening to familiar neighbors praising their children, Zhou Zhigang's face was always smiling. He smiled more today than he had in the past few years.

As they walked, they arrived in front of Old Zhou's house. Xiao Guoqing, who was cleaning the yard, shouted excitedly when he saw someone from Old Zhou's family coming.

"Uncle, Aunt, Kun'er, Brother Bingyi, why are you here?"

His call immediately alarmed Wu Qian and others in the room, and many people came out of the house, including Xiao Guoqing's parents.

Xiao Guoqing's parents are older than Zhou Zhigang and his wife. After they met, they started to greet each other, and all kinds of praise and words of gratitude came out of their mouths.

He praised the three children of the Zhou family for getting into college, and emphasized his gratitude to Zhou Chen, saying that if Zhou Chen had not lent their house to their family during the National Day holiday, they would not have been able to make ends meet, etc.

Zhou Zhigang enjoyed this kind of praise and flattery very much. He even walked into the house to take a look. Seeing that the house was well tidied, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This is his house, and since it has been kept so well, he no longer minds renting it out.

After leaving here, I went to someone else's house, and finally came to Lao Qiao's house.

Because Li Suhua and Chunyan's mother are old sisters and have a very good relationship, the two families are relatively close. They did not visit other people's homes, but came to Qiao's house and went into Qiao's house to rest.

In the room, while Father Qiao was saying this to Zhou Zhigang, the others were eating melon seeds or chatting.

Father Qiao gave a thumbs up and praised him repeatedly: "Zhigang, both our families have three children, but my three children are far superior to your three children. Your three children have all been admitted to universities in the capital, and they are all famous universities. My three children, well, let's not talk about them."

"Zhigang, it's still you, you know how to educate your children, you know how to educate your children."

Zhou Zhigang laughed and said, "What's the big deal? His mother and I don't know anything. It's all the child's own hard work."

"Alas, it's different, Zhigang, your child is the most promising. Why don't the three in our family have this ability?"

Father Qiao had a look of regret on his face. This was actually the truth. Not only him, but also all the elderly people in Guangzi Film, how many of them did not envy Zhou Zhigang?

Chunyan's mother was somewhat dissatisfied with her husband's belittling of her daughter, and said in a joking tone: "Hey, our Chunyan is now the deputy director of the district women's federation, which is not bad."

Qiao Chunyan stared blankly at the side. She was proud to be the deputy director, but as her horizons broadened, she realized that there was still a big gap between her, a deputy director, and the three members of the Zhou family who were graduates from prestigious universities.

Father Qiao: "Come on, come on, let's not talk about this already known. What are you bragging about?"

Zhou Zhigang stopped her with a smile: "Old Qiao, Chunyan is good."

"What's so good about him? Compared to Bingkun and the others, he's far behind. By the way, I heard from our Chunyan that Bingkun is now working in a big hospital in the capital. That's amazing. What about Bingyi and Xiaorong? They've graduated too, right? Where have they been assigned to?"

Zhou Zhigang explained with a smile: "Bingkun is a doctor after graduation, but Bingyi and Xiaorong are still unemployed. They were admitted to graduate school after graduation and are currently studying there."

Both Qiao's father and Chunyan's mother looked confused: "Graduate students? What are they? What do they study?"