When Zhang Guoqing went upstairs that night, he saw his wife sitting on the bed, holding a pen and writing something in a notebook. "What is she writing?"
When Zhou Jiao saw Zhang Guoqing coming back, she put down her pen and said, "Brother, I have something to tell you. Please don't get angry when you hear it, okay?"
Zhang Guoqing sat down next to her, hugged her and said, "Tell me, anything is fine as long as it doesn't hurt you."
Hearing his words, Zhou Jiao felt a little apologetic, "I have a holiday at the end of the year, but I don't want to go back home."
New Year's Eve is an extremely important day for the Chinese people.
On this day, people prepare to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and have a reunion dinner. In ancient China, some prison officials even let prisoners go home to reunite with their families during the New Year, which shows how important the "reunion dinner" was to the ancient Chinese.
Although parents and loved ones may visit the army on this day, for Zhou Jiao, the real reunion dinner is the company of her closest relatives.
Besides her parents-in-law, who else in her hometown was worth traveling thousands of miles to reunite with? Especially the endless favors, so annoying...
Zhang Guoqing looked at his young wife who was looking up at him timidly, her big watery eyes full of apology. His heart suddenly felt hot and his breathing became rapid.
——My wife’s current little appearance is so adorable that I am dying of love. Without thinking too much, I pushed Zhou Jiao down on the bed and eagerly kissed her tempting red lips.
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Afterwards, Zhang Guoqing patted his wife in his arms and said, "I can't bear to let you go back in such a cold day. The children will start school next year, so you should spend more time with them. As for my parents, it will be a mess if you go back now. I'll call them in a few days to see if they can come..."
Zhou Jiao hummed in a daze.
Zhang Guoqing burst out laughing. Wasn't the honey trap most effective at this point? It seemed his wife had the will but not the ability.
parents?
After all, I still owe a lot.
No matter how much money or material possessions they were given, nothing could compare to seeing it with their own eyes. Unfortunately, they still couldn't let go of their other children.
This year, it was the twenty-second day of the twelfth lunar month in the cold winter.
Lei Tianming took his mother's remains and Zhou Jiao's plan, and boarded the plane with the farewell of Zhou Jiao and others, heading abroad to reunite with his family.
A few days later, according to Heizi, after seeing Lei Tianming off that day, a bunch of his angry friends went to the Lei family.
Although he did not explain in detail, Zhang Guoqing and Zhou Jiao could more or less guess what the scene would be like.
——But it's too late. Some people, when you distance yourself from them for the sake of profit, turn around and make you unattainable. You can only say that it is destined not to be together, and in the end, you are still as strangers as ever.
Putting aside the sadness of separation, this year is indeed different.
It was not only a bumper year for the Zhou family, but the market situation was visibly becoming increasingly relaxed, and the pedestrians on the streets were no longer depressed but now full of energy.
The most obvious point is that Dr. Hu never mentioned again that he was going on a long trip after the Spring Festival.
And this is the thing that makes Zhou Jiao happiest.
It’s not an exaggeration to describe her master as an old child - stubborn and playful.
Although the old man seems to be in good health now because of his good health preservation, he is old after all.
An old man in his eighties can be called a centenarian, but he doesn't care about it. He just happily says all day long that his name is definitely not in the book of life and death in the hands of the King of Hell.
Now, as long as the old man is in the capital, it will be fine. I can see him often, my three sons can spend more time with him, and several of my senior brothers can come to visit with their wives and children.
Time is merciless and makes people grow old quickly.
She only wanted the old lady to stay still and live with her for a few more years. Just like Old Lady Cheng, she had suffered so much in her youth that she didn't even dare to go out when it was cold.
Due to the situation in previous years, no one mentioned the so-called birthday banquet, which was just a bowl of longevity noodles on that day.
At the end of the year, the three brothers Cheng Sijin of the Cheng family gathered in the capital without any prior arrangement.
On the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, the Cheng family has a family dinner.
Most of the third generations of the Cheng and Wen families have married and had children. A bunch of children, big and small, gathered together in the Cheng family's old house, making it very lively.
For the Cheng and Wen families, this year is also a year of harvest for them - what could be more gratifying than their children and grandchildren being successful?
Naturally, Zhou Xiaozheng brought his family to the banquet on this day.
In such occasions, Zhang Guoqing, as the most promising among the third generations of several families, would inevitably be pulled to the main table to accompany the elders.
As they drank, everyone naturally talked about Zhang Guoqing's nephews from his hometown in Northeast China.
"Shouldn't they also know the result?"
Zhang Guoqing heard Cheng Lao's question and shook his head and smiled, "I haven't received the admission notice yet, but the list of qualified candidates has been released."
"Oh, how about it?" Mr. Cheng smiled in surprise, and almost blurted out, "Did you get them all right too?"
"Not bad. Besides my eldest brother's family, my second brother's eldest son and daughter, my eldest sister's three sons, and my second sister's eldest son are all online."
Elder Cheng smiled and nodded repeatedly, praising, "Not bad. Let the kids who haven't made it online keep working hard and strive to win a Grand Slam as well!"
At the adjacent women's table, Liu Xiu, the Cheng family's eldest daughter-in-law who had just arrived from the southwest, blinked in confusion. She leaned over to her mother-in-law's ear and whispered, "This year's college entrance exam doesn't seem too difficult. Why do I keep hearing those people in the family compound complain about the rush?"
Old Mrs. Cheng patted her eldest daughter-in-law's hand, shook her head slightly at her, and signaled her to talk about it later.
Everyone knew Zhou Jiao was a low-key person, and she was afraid of trouble. Therefore, she subconsciously concealed the fact that she had been tutoring the children.
Fortunately, it was concealed. Didn't you see that the three Ping'an brothers were so scared by the guests that they dared not stay at home? No matter what the status of the elders is, their expectations for their children and grandchildren are unspoken.
Old Cheng sighed, "It would be great if all the children could get in here, then your parents would feel at ease to come here."
Zhang Guoqing poured him wine with a smile without saying a word.
This wish is good, but who knows. Ever since the admission results of his three sons came out, he has been too lazy to inquire about these things, but he did hear a few words from Zhao Chuangguang.
It was said that most candidates would be admitted to universities in their own province, and only a few exceptional candidates would be admitted to the capital. This was especially true in his hometown province, which had many prestigious universities.
Besides, this isn't the future, where scores aren't released after the college entrance exam. People can directly fill out their applications after passing the physical exam and political review. And everyone just needs to pass the first three items, and after filling out three applications, the admissions process is just a suggestion, with the final option being to accept adjustments.
Unless he was like Wuyi, with impressive scores and a strong family background, how would the other kids back home do in the exam? He really had no confidence.
This is a job arranged by God.
At this point, he, as an uncle, had fulfilled all his responsibilities. Whether they would become dragons or insects in the future was entirely up to their fate.
It is his parents who are his real concern!
Given their personalities, even if Shitou and his friends all went to Beijing to study, they probably still wouldn't be able to stay. Especially his eldest brother's family, I guess the old couple would be giving it a headache right now.
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