Zhang Guoqing came here occasionally and had some impression of the family next door. They were a very gentle and elegant middle-aged couple, and the hostess also gave
The children they brought up are also very polite.
He subconsciously looked at his wife and frowned. This guy was about to start complaining again...
"An article written by the man years ago was dug up, and a few days ago, his family of six was assigned back to their hometown. Xiaowu, this is the eighth person in my unit."
"I've read that article, it's really not a big deal..."
"Is your wife's visit to your mother-in-law related to this matter?" Zhang Guoqing interrupted quickly, otherwise a long speech would follow.
"Well, Xiaohui still wants me to transfer to another unit."
"What do you think? Have you discussed it with my Uncle Li?"
Li Qinglin sighed, "It's not good to mention these things in a letter. We don't know exactly what's going on at home, so we want to go back early."
Zhang Guoqing patted him on the shoulder. He felt a deep sympathy for his buddy, as he understood his feelings. Whenever he heard about an incident somewhere, he couldn't help but worry.
The two brothers looked at each other and smiled helplessly.
Zhou Jiao asked from the side: "Has Taozi received any letters recently?"
"Yes, a letter arrived two days ago. Let me show you. He's so stupid that there's no cure." Li Qinglin sighed and stood up.
"No need to read it. I just received his letter too. I can guess the general content without even reading it. Is he bragging about how smart the baby in his wife's belly is again?"
Li Qinglin laughed heartily and nodded repeatedly.
Zhang Guoqing pulled him to sit down again. "The condom is settled now. What about you? Aren't the elders urging you to have a child soon?"
"Of course not! If Chinese medicine hadn't become taboo now, my mother-in-law would have almost dragged Xiaohui and me to see the old doctor. What's going on?"
Li Qinglin was also helpless. He could only vent his complaints to his good friend, "The elders don't understand us. We want to wait a little longer. We need some stability."
What the hell are you waiting for! Zhang Guoqing thought to himself. "If we wait any longer, Ping An will be able to get married. It's better to have more children while we have free time now."
"We're different from you and Condom. We don't have anyone to take care of us. If we really let our child leave us at a young age and go back to my hometown with my mother, not only Xiaohui, but even I wouldn't want to let her go."
"Alas..." Li Qinglin sighed softly, "I wanted to start a family before I even got married, but now that I have one, a whole bunch of things are starting to happen. Everything is different from what I imagined."
"I had originally planned that after we get jobs, our salaries would be enough to hire a nanny so that there would be someone to help take care of the child. Now... Xiaohui's stepfather has mentioned several times that he wants to leave the child with his nanny, but think about it, none of his biological sons and daughters have received this kind of treatment..."
Zhang Guoqing shook his head in amusement. "Life is just like that. It just goes on in a tight circle. Things will naturally work out once your wife gives birth. With so many elders on both sides, how could they let you two suffer any loss?"
Li Qinglin really wanted to hit him a few times!
Do you think everyone can be as lucky as you? When Ping An was born, Zhou Jiao happened to be at home with nothing to do; when the twins were born, there was a nanny at home to take care of them.
He and Taozi were busy studying hard, but he was fine. He got married, had a son, got a salary, and went to college...
By the time he and Tao Zihou were eager to start a family and build a career, this guy had already done everything he needed to do.
When Hu Xiaohui returned, Zhang Guoqing and Zhou Jiao had already said goodbye and left. After all, she had just gone to her mother's house, and the mother and daughter had been chatting for a long time, so there was no way she would be back as soon as Li Qinglin had said.
As soon as she entered the courtyard gate, she had to believe that it was a soldier who had come to her house, or it looked like a couple. When Hu Xiaohui heard the children talking about the appearance of the people who came, she guessed that it might be Zhang Guoqing and his wife.
Sure enough, as soon as she entered the house, Li Qinglin was smiling and asked regretfully why she came back so late. Zhou Jiao had been waiting for her for a long time and asked them to go to the compound to play when they were free.
"How long have you been walking?"
Li Qinglin shook his head. "I can't catch up. I've been walking for almost half an hour. I think it's time to get on the bus."
"What a pity! I still want to talk to Jiaojiao about something."
"If you want to ask her for help, forget it. There's no problem talking about your women's concerns." Li Qinglin believed that he knew Zhou Jiao very well. After all, he had studied her carefully before.
"Are you hungry? I'll cook something for you."
Usually, they both ate in the company cafeteria, and only occasionally cooked at home on a coal stove. Seeing that dinner was only a few hours away, Hu Xiaohui shook her head, thinking it was too troublesome.
Li Qinglin thought she had eaten snacks at her mother's house, so he didn't try to persuade her. He handed her a cup of hot water and said, "Xiao Wu brought us a piece of bacon. Let's cook dinner early."
Hu Xiaohui nodded, "Did you return the gift?"
Li Qinglin smiled and waved his hands. "He, Taozi and I have been friends since childhood. There's no need for these empty formalities. We should go to his house later to buy something for Ping'an and the others. When we were in school, we could bring a few days' worth of food and stay at his house for a whole semester."
Hu Xiaohui had heard a lot about these things, and after meeting Zhao Yuanyuan, she envied the friendship between the five of them. They were not siblings, but they were just as close as brothers and sisters.
"It's because Taozi is not in the capital right now. If he were, he would go and collect the things himself. Don't be fooled by Uncle Zhou's always cold face. In fact, he is the most talkative."
Hu Xiaohui scoffed at this nonsense. Every time she saw Zhou Xiaozheng, she couldn't help but feel weak in the knees. It was just that you guys didn't know the power of the Siberian tiger.
"Look, you don't believe it again!" Li Qinglin ruffled her hair. "Although Uncle Zhou always has a cold face, he is easier to deal with than Jiaojiao."
Hu Xiaohui turned her head and rolled her eyes at him, "Did my sister offend you today?"
Li Qinglin laughed.
"What are you laughing at? I think Jiaojiao is still better, much better than Zhang Guoqing. My mom also talked about him today. Do you know what she said about your friend?"
Li Qinglin turned around and sat down casually, not showing much interest. What else could he know about his buddy, a friend he had grown up with, and why did he need an outsider's opinion?
Think about it, every time we went out to fight or cause trouble, wasn't that guy the one who came up with the bad idea? And every time wasn't that guy the one who turned out to be the good guy afterwards?
Not to mention him and Taozi, even his close friends all knew that this guy smiled all day long, but was actually full of evil ideas behind the scenes.
"She said she doesn't like Zhang Guoqing. He looks gentle, and he's full of emotions when interacting with people. But you don't know if what you saw was real, or if he deliberately let you see it."
Li Qinglin smiled but said nothing.
His buddy didn't need his mother-in-law's appreciation, so why did it matter whether he liked her or not? At least his buddy was loyal and wouldn't play tricks on us.
He knew what his mother-in-law meant. Wasn't she saying that it was difficult to understand the bottom line of a man like him? If you accidentally touched his bottom line, he would be ruthless.
But who isn't like this?
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