Chapter 413 I Won’t Come to Your House Again
Cheng Zhigang knew very well that Zhou Yong was not exaggerating.
As Zhou Yong finished speaking, a heavy atmosphere seemed to permeate the air in the living room, making people feel depressed.
After a moment's silence, Cheng Zhigang finally spoke, his tone filled with some reluctance and irritability.
"Don't worry, I won't come to your house again."
This sentence sounds like a promise and also like a compromise, but the emotions contained in it are very complicated.
Zhou Yong glanced at Cheng Zhigang and saw that he looked very unhappy. He didn't care about Cheng Zhigang's mood at all. He said, "I hope you can do what you say."
Although this sentence is short, it is full of unquestionable tone.
Zhou Yong is not a heartless person. The reason why he said this is because his family cannot be involved with gangsters like Cheng Zhigang.
Especially him, although he is only the lowest-level village cadre, Huaixi Village is wealthy. If Zhou Yong gets close to Cheng Zhigang, it will not only cause trouble but also bring danger to his family.
After hearing what Zhou Yong said, Cheng Zhigang couldn't help but feel a complicated emotion in his heart.
He understood Zhou Yong's worries and concerns, but was it necessary for Zhou Yong to say it so bluntly?
Cheng Zhigang suddenly stood up, looked at Zhou Yong deeply, picked up his sunglasses and hat, and then limped out.
Zhou Yong sat quietly on the sofa, looking at Cheng Zhigang's back, but he didn't stand up.
Zhou Xia, who was picking vegetables in the vegetable garden, saw Cheng Zhigang coming out of the house. She hesitated for a moment and walked out of the vegetable garden.
The two looked at each other, and Zhou Xia looked as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
Cheng Zhigang said to himself: "When you leave, come to my place. I want to buy some clothes for the two children..."
It was true that he missed Leng Shuang and Leng Xue, and Zhou Xia could feel it.
Zhou Xia's heart was filled with ripples as she listened to Cheng Zhigang's words.
After Cheng Zhigang finished speaking, he started walking out. Zhou Xia wanted to see him off, but Cheng Zhigang said without stopping, "Don't see me off. It's not good if someone sees us."
In order not to cause trouble to Zhou Yong, he came to Huaixi Village by bicycle.
Zhou Xia froze in place, but her eyes were on Cheng Zhigang.
Soon Cheng Zhigang disappeared from Zhou Xia's sight on his bicycle. The moment she turned around, she saw Zhou Yong standing at the door. She couldn't help but pursed her lips.
The brother and sister entered the house one after the other. Zhou Yong said, "Things here have been dealt with. You should take Leng Yue back as soon as possible!"
Zhou Xia opened her mouth and thought for a moment before she spoke: "Brother, Xiaoyue doesn't want to go back."
Don’t want to go back?
Zhou Yong frowned slightly: "If she doesn't go back, why should she stay?"
Zhou Xia sat down and talked about Leng Yue with her elder brother.
Leng Yue couldn't face the Wei family when she returned, and she didn't know how to face Wei Youcheng, so she planned to stay in the country and start a business.
"What's the matter with her dumping the mess on you?"
Zhou Xia sighed: "Brother, all the mistakes are my fault. It's my fault that I didn't educate Xiaoyue well. I will explain it to the Wei family in person..."
Zhou Yong pursed his lips: "Leng Yue is already an adult and should be responsible for her own actions. You are protecting her like this, not for her good, but to harm her..."
When faced with something she doesn't want to face, she pushes her mother to the front. Zhou Yong believes that Leng Yue's behavior is not only irresponsible, but also shows that she has no sense of responsibility.
Zhou Xia was stunned by Zhou Yong's words. After a moment, she said, "Brother, Xiaoyue is a child after all. It is understandable that she wants to escape when encountering such a thing."
Zhou Xia's words made Zhou Yong laugh: "With your kind of thinking, how can you educate your children well? Don't always talk about how you and your daughter have been separated for so many years. You have to remember that you are their mother and have the obligation and responsibility to teach them how to behave and do things..."
Because the four sisters of the Leng family did not grow up with Zhou Xia, Zhou Xia was particularly doting on them after they were reunited.
Zhou Xia would never easily say no to any request made by the children. In Zhou Yong's opinion, this was not a manifestation of Zhou Xia's love for the children, but rather harming them.
Following Zhou Yong's words, Zhou Xia gradually realized that she might have done something wrong in her child's education.
"Brother, you are right. Blindly doting on them will not only harm them, but also destroy them..."
Zhou Yong nodded. He understood Zhou Xia's desire to make up for her four daughters, but he did not agree with her approach.
The brother and sister were discussing how to educate their children when Zhou Ling came in carrying a basket of corn.
"Brother, why is the house so quiet today?"
Zhang Guifang and Li Baotian took Jiang Yue'e and Guan Shuqing to the mountain. Leng Yue was helping to count goods in the department store. The five children were in school and Li Caiyun was at work. How could the house not be quiet?
After listening to her elder brother's words, Zhou Ling came to the coffee table carrying a basket of corn.
"Brother, I'll boil some corn and steam some eggs tonight. You all can come to my house for dinner..."
Zhou Yong has a large family, so they need a table no matter where they go to eat, so he rejected his sister's invitation.
Zhou Xia had no appetite, but she agreed anyway.
Zhou Ling smiled, picked out more than ten ears of corn from the small basket and placed them on the coffee table, leaving them for her eldest brother's family to eat.
The three siblings chatted for a while, and Zhou Ling looked at the time and went home first.
In just a moment, Zhang Guifang, Li Baotian, Jiang Yue'e and Guan Shuqing came back.
The four of them picked a lot of wild vegetables, mushrooms, hazelnuts and several kinds of wild fruits...
For dinner, Zhou Xia took Leng Yue to Zhou Ling's house, and the mother and daughter did not return until after eight o'clock in the evening.
The next day, Zhou Xia went to Hongqi Township, and Cheng Zhigang drove her to Qingmu County Department Store.
Zhou Xia picked out clothes for the sisters Leng Shuang and Leng Xue, but Cheng Zhigang frowned.
"According to the sizes of these two sets of clothes, give me two sets of this set, this set, and the set next to it..."
When the salesperson heard this, she immediately smiled, thinking that she could make a lot of money this time, but the next second she couldn't smile anymore.
Zhou Xia said: "There is a weight limit for luggage on the plane."
Cheng Zhigang glanced at Zhou Xia and said, "Are you bullying me because I've never been on a plane? How can there be a luggage weight limit?"
Zhou Xia glanced at Cheng Zhigang, who seemed to be thinking about something else: "Do I really need to lie to you about this?"
Cheng Zhigang stared at Zhou Xia for a moment and said, "Then you can choose another set of clothes for each of them, right?"
Zhou Xia thought for a moment, then she nodded, and Cheng Zhigang calmed down.
After leaving the department store and getting in the car, Cheng Zhigang glanced indifferently at Zhou Xia's face.
He started the car and said, "You are going back this time, I wonder when you will come back next time?"
Zhou Xia raised her hand to support her temples, her eyes becoming uncertain: "I don't know."
If it weren’t for Leng Yue’s matter, Zhou Xia would never have returned to China.
Cheng Zhigang pursed his lips lightly, his eyes focused on the road ahead, and he drove the car slowly into the traffic.
In the car, after a period of silence, Cheng Zhigang finally spoke to break the quiet atmosphere: "Zhou Xia, you have been abroad for so many years, have you ever thought about coming back to develop? The development situation in China is very good now, I think you can definitely consider it..."
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