In the end, Zhou Cunming obediently sat in the Zhou family's living room, lifting his clothes as his brother applied ointment to reduce swelling and bruising.
"Tsk tsk tsk, second brother, you really deserve a beating. You made Mom angry as soon as you got back." Zhou Cunzong scolded his second brother while applying medicine to him.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Cunming turned around and glared at him, "Don't try to sow discord."
Chen Suwen ignored her second son, who was applying medicine, and instead looked at Li Yulan, who was huddled in a corner with Li Cong in her arms.
"Why did you come here? Weren't you planning to keep Zhou Cunming in your house and prevent him from coming back?"
I don't know what's wrong with the Li family.
It's true that Zhou Cunming married into the Zhou family, but they were like those people who, after marrying a wife, wouldn't let her go back to her parents' home; they didn't like Zhou Cunming continuing to associate with the Zhou family.
This time, Zhou Cunming was away on a long trip and didn't have time to go back to the Zhou family. His brother had a daughter, but he didn't know and didn't have time to come back to visit. As a result, Li Yulan didn't come back either.
Li Yulan works in the publicity department of their food factory. She only needs to go to work at the factory every day and doesn't need to travel far at all.
Like other period novels, some factory propaganda officers would even attend the "Canton Fair".
joke!
Guangzhou is the same "Guang" as in the "Canton Fair".
So Li Yulan hasn't come to visit during this time simply because she doesn't want to come to the Zhou family at all.
Chen Suwen stared at Li Yulan for a while, but really didn't want to say anything to her.
"You've seen it yourself, your father and I are doing just fine. It's not time for you to break the pot and send me off to my death yet. Go back to where you came from." Chen Suwen said this to Zhou Cunming.
"Mom." Upon hearing his mother's words, Zhou Cunming quickly sat up straight and pledged his loyalty to her, "Mom, isn't it only right that your son come back to see you? What you said is really hurtful."
"Mom, I know that I rarely come home because of my busy work schedule, which makes you unhappy, but please understand me."
“I know that my decision to marry into your family makes you unhappy, but… my father-in-law can help me find a job, so I’m doing this so I don’t have to go to the countryside.”
"My family couldn't find me a job, so I had to find one myself."
Zhou Cunming knew very well that when he faced the choice of going to the countryside, if he had been a little slower, he would have ended up working in the countryside.
He had no idea how to do farm work, and he didn't want to go to the countryside, so he could only seize the opportunity to stay in the city.
It just so happens that Li Yulan likes him. They went to the same school when they were in school. Although he was a year ahead of Li Yulan, he knew that she liked him.
He then inquired about the Li family's situation.
Li Yulan is the only daughter in her family. Her father is an experienced driver and master in the transportation team, and he has the ability to arrange a job for her.
During that time, the Li family was also trying to find a reliable son-in-law to live with them, in order to avoid Li Yulan having to go to the countryside.
Having found out the details, he naturally decided to take the initiative.
Isn't it just being a live-in son-in-law?
Isn't it just that the child will take the woman's surname after birth?
Zhou Cunming didn't care.
Besides, Li Yulan is not ugly.
Although Li Yulan's appearance was only considered pretty, it was enough for Zhou Cunming, and he felt no resentment at all.
During that time, his mother was worried about his younger sister Zhou Ling's marriage. The family didn't have the money to buy him a job, nor could they find a job for Zhou Ling.
His mother was planning to arrange a marriage for Zhou Ling so that she wouldn't have to go to the countryside after getting married, and this gave him an idea.
That's why he took the initiative to approach Li Yulan and said he was willing to marry into her family.
"You still dare to talk?" Chen Suwen stood up and pointed at him, scolding, "If you had discussed it with us beforehand, we would have let it go. You married her without saying a word, and we, as her parents, only found out at the very end."
"You've grown up, haven't you? You've got wings now!"
Yes, Zhou Cunming acted first and reported later.
He was worried that his parents would not agree to him becoming a live-in son-in-law, so he quickly discussed it with the Li family. The Zhou family only found out about it the day before he and Li Yulan got their marriage certificate and were preparing to hold their wedding banquet.
Given Zhou Cunming's actions, it's no wonder the original owner was furious with his second son and couldn't stand the Li family at all.
"Alright, don't get angry over him, it's not worth it." Zhou Qingyun quickly advised his wife when he saw she was about to get angry again.
"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, so don't worry about them." Zhou Qingyun's gentle voice successfully calmed Chen Suwen down.
He took his wife's hand and gently patted it to calm her down. Then he looked at his adopted son and said, "The fact that you became a live-in son-in-law has always been a thorn in our side, a thorn in your mother's and my hearts."
"And yet, after you married into the family, you rarely came back. You completely disregarded me and your mother?"
"Having become someone else's son-in-law, you've forgotten your own parents? You only recognize the Li family's side of parents, and not the parents who gave you birth and raised you?" Zhou Qingyun's tone was very calm, but his words made Zhou Cunming break out in a cold sweat.
"That's not true. I absolutely did not mean to disown my parents."
Although Zhou Cunming felt somewhat resentful, his parents had initially favored his elder brother more and had found him a job, while when it came to him, they had neither money nor connections to provide him with one.
But he couldn't bring himself to not recognize his own parents.
"So, how many times have you come back after all these years of marriage? Is it the Li family that's restricting your freedom?" Zhou Qingyun glanced at his daughter-in-law casually, then looked at his son.
Zhou Cunming shook his head. "Dad, I'm an adult. If I want to, no matter how much the Li family restricts me, I can still come back."
After all, the Li family is also in Guangzhou. Guangzhou isn't such a big city that he would need to travel a long way to come back and visit his parents.
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