They bought some gifts for Li Aihua, and Qiu Jing bought her a scarf.
I also bought a lot for themselves, including several sets of clothes for changing.
Judging from the appearance, if you don’t know, you would think they are going to live here for a long time.
On New Year's Eve, the Zhou family invited them over for a reunion dinner.
Ji Renhui and the others were not afraid of the cold. They went out for a stroll these days and had their meals outside, acting like they had plenty of money.
Knowing that they were going to Zhou's house, he didn't react much. He ate and drank as usual without any ambiguity.
The Zhou family is still the same as usual, preparing the New Year’s Eve dinner.
Zhou Huaimin graduated this year. Zhou Honggan sat on the sofa with him and asked him what his plans were after graduation.
Zhou Anbo and Jiang Qiao were peeling garlic and cutting vegetables at the dinner table, while Xu Mingzhu and Zhou Huai'en were busy in the kitchen.
Li Aihua went to the kitchen to help, and Hu Lin sat down on the sofa in the living room and listened to their conversation.
In a blink of an eye, Zhou Huaimin graduated from university.
Zhou Huaimin took the college entrance examination in 1977 when he was 18 years old. After four years of college, he is 22 years old this year.
Half a year has passed since graduation, and he still hasn't decided what to do, and has been working as a counselor at Tsinghua University.
"Your brother is in the army. Why don't you follow my path?" Zhou Honggan offered some advice when he saw that his youngest son had not made up his mind.
In fact, he also wanted his youngest son to follow in his footsteps, otherwise after he retired, there would be no one to take over, and the Zhou family would certainly be in a worse state than it is now.
With Zhou Huaijing alone supporting the army, and the two factions being different, it is inevitable that they will be controlled by political enemies.
He didn't want the Zhou family to go through what happened before again.
"Dad, I haven't thought about it yet." Zhou Huaimin lowered his head, clasped his hands and squeezed them slightly.
Hu Lin saw it and understood what was going on.
In families like theirs, the future of their children mostly follows a predetermined path.
Zhou Huaimin is a filial son. Having experienced family changes, he understands that the wisest choice at the moment is to follow his father's path.
This is the only way to ensure that the Zhou family will prosper and remain standing.
But he has his own ideals in his heart.
He is struggling between family responsibilities and his own life.
Zhou Honggan understood everything, so he could only sigh, pat Zhou Huaimin on the shoulder, and without saying anything, he got up and went to the study.
Being in a certain position, family responsibilities are a pair of shackles that cannot be shirked.
After Zhou Honggan left, Hu Lin moved and sat next to Zhou Huaimin.
"If you don't want to follow your father's path, you can let your sister go."
Hu Lin spoke quietly,
"Your sister has such a great talent for languages, isn't she a natural diplomat?
Let her follow your father's path, and she will definitely have a place in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the future. ”
"Sister-in-law." Zhou Huaimin was a little surprised, "My sister..."
He felt that this was a bit bad.
It was originally his responsibility, but he pushed it onto his sister.
"Maybe she doesn't want to go this way either." Zhou Huaimin said with a bit of depression in his voice.
"Have you asked?" Hu Lin guided.
Zhou Huaimin shook his head slightly.
"Just ask her. If she doesn't want to, then ask your brother to work harder and move up a little.
You can just lie down under this big tree and enjoy the shade, why make things so difficult for yourselves? ”
As Hu Lin spoke, he began to come up with some bad ideas.
In fact, Zhou Huaijing has risen to a certain level, and no one dares to look down on the Zhou family, but the process is not easy.
The times are moving towards peace, and it is not so easy to get promoted, so Zhou Honggan planned to let the two brothers support each other and help each other.
But she saw that Zhou Huaimin was not suitable for this path.
He has a gentle and honest personality and is not suitable for the treacherous officialdom. He should be a scholar or engage in academic research like his mother.
When Zhou Huaimin heard this, he pulled the corner of his mouth a little far-fetchedly, "Sister-in-law, what you said... makes sense."
Look, you can’t even speak human words to human beings or speak lies to ghosts.
I clearly didn't agree with her, but in order not to reject her good intentions, I couldn't pretend to agree with her.
That's how it is. Once you enter officialdom, something bad will happen sooner or later.
"Go ask your sister when you have time." She didn't say anything else, just stopped there.
"Okay." Zhou Huaimin nodded.
At seven o'clock, the news broadcast sounded on TV.
Food was being cooked in the kitchen. The old couple and Zhou Huai'en were clearing the table and preparing dishes. Hu Lin also went over to help.
The dishes for the reunion dinner were prepared one by one. While Hu Lin was helping to serve the dishes, he would occasionally look towards the door.
I don’t know if Zhou Huaijing can make it back on New Year’s Eve this year.
Dinner officially starts at 8:30.
Zhou Huaijing didn't come back, and there was no one to drink with Zhou Honggan, so he didn't drink and just had a drink with everyone.
After cleaning up after dinner, Zhou Honggan and his wife discussed the birthday celebration with the old couple.
Zhou Anbo is eighty years old this year.
The birthday has passed.
Everyone is busy, and it is not convenient for Zhou Huaijing and the Xu family to ask for leave to come back. They had said before that the date should be set during the Chinese New Year so that everyone can come back and it will be more lively.
Zhou Honggan is free these two days, and is discussing the specific time with the old couple.
"Let's do it on the eighth day of the first lunar month. By then, my brother's family and Huai Jing should be here too, so it's the right time to visit."
Xu Mingzhu sat next to Zhou Honggan and spoke slowly.
"I'll listen to you. I said no but you insisted on doing it."
The wrinkles at the corners of Zhou Anbo's eyes looked like small folding fans when he smiled, and it was obvious that he said one thing and meant another.
"Then the time is set. Do you have any favorite hotels?" Zhou Honggan asked again.
His 80th birthday is only once in a lifetime, so of course he wants to make it perfect.
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