"Wife, I feel so wronged."
"Hehe, it's okay, I love you."
"You said it, don't regret it."
"Ah..." Before Zhou Jiao could finish her words, she flew into the air, and she was so scared that she quickly covered her mouth.
Zhang Guoqing weighed it mischievously and said, "Little lady, it's useless for you to cry. Tonight you belong to me."
Zhou Jiao looked at him hesitantly, shrinking her neck, "Master, please don't... Master, please have mercy on me. I already know I was wrong. Master, please have some mercy on me."
Zhang Guoqing was so happy that he hugged her and fell on the bed laughing... It turned out that the three acting geniuses in his family all inherited their acting skills from their mother.
Zhou Jiao swiftly rode on him, looking down at him with a beaming expression, "You're such a flower thief! There's a road to heaven but you don't take it, there's no door to hell but you break in and end up in my hands, hehe..."
Zhang Guoqing loved her little look so much, his eyes darkened, and he turned around and pressed on her...
The clouds have passed and the rain has stopped...
Zhang Guoqinghu touched the skin he loved so much, looked at his wife who was pretending to be an ostrich, and chuckled, "You are already an old married couple, and you are still shy."
"shameless."
"Yes, yes, your man is shameless."
Zhou Jiao glanced at him with a smile and twisted his waist.
"Little goblin, play again!"
Zhou Jiao was so frightened that she quickly retracted her hand and stuck out her tongue. "How about I go to the courtyard to clean up after get off work tomorrow? I have enough quilts and coal briquettes, but I need you to find two people to clean and take care of it for me."
Zhang Guoqing's eyes narrowed. "You want to move there? No! Dad and I often have meetings, and occasionally we have to go on business trips. The children are in school again. I'm worried about leaving you and Mom alone in such a big yard."
"Dad seems to be sixty-seven, right? This time, while they're here, let's persuade him and Mom to stay. It's okay for them to stay here for a few days, but it's definitely not suitable for them to stay long-term."
Zhang Guoqing understood what she meant. If a child wishes to support his parents but they are no longer around, it is too late to regret.
"Even if you apply for housing, I can't take care of them all the time. I'll miss my parents, and after a while, I might get tired of them.
No matter how I think about it, it's more appropriate for them to live together. If my parents don't mind living in my daughter-in-law's family home, then we can buy a small yard nearby. Do you think this is okay?"
“What a hassle!”
Zhou Jiao laughed heartily. Of course, she had a headache too. Even though they'd agreed upon the separation of the family property that the in-laws and the eldest son would live together, things were already a mess.
Besides, if children really have to care about this, they are not human. Who says that the elderly must live with the eldest child?
"I guess even if my second brother and his family wanted to stay in the capital, they wouldn't be able to stay. Their generation can't let go of their relatives and friends, and they can't leave their hometown."
"In the past few years, they have been secretly paying homage to their ancestors. My uncles, my older brother, and my two older sisters are still here. They won't leave. At most, they'll come over for a month or so to see their grandson."
"But the children are all grown up. How can they have time to accompany their elders? No matter how I think about it, I don't think it's possible for them to stay here. Take my mother for example. If she doesn't go back for a long time, she will worry every day that someone else will occupy the yard in her hometown."
Zhou Jiao laughed even more happily when she heard this. It was really possible for her mother-in-law to do that.
"So, let's wait for Mom and Dad to come. These things can't be rushed. We have to see what the eldest and second brothers have to plan."
Zhou Jiao looked at him with a half-smile, "Are you soft-hearted and wanting to get involved again?"
"It's not really meddling. Didn't Uncle Liu say in the first month of the year that my eldest brother had a chance to be transferred to the provincial capital? I was thinking that if my second brother didn't want to come to the capital either, and Zuo Lin was transferred away, he should move to the provincial capital as well. If they were all transferred to the provincial capital, would my parents have to make new arrangements?"
Zhou Jiao suddenly realized, "So you told me before that you might go back during this summer vacation?"
Zhang Guoqing patted her and said, "That's what I mean. No matter who else is involved, my parents are already quite old, so I have to make arrangements for their later years."
“What a hassle!”
"Haha... That's why I won't let you have any more children. One more child means one more worry. Once my three sons take over the burden, I'll quit. Then I'll take you around the country. Don't let us live a carefree life."
Zhou Jiao rubbed his chest when she heard that. It would be great if such a day really came.
"Don't worry about what's going on back home, including with my parents. I'll take care of everything. As for you, don't worry about them. Honey, do you want to go somewhere to play?"
Playing with wool! Zhou Jiao poked his chest speechlessly. He was busy as a dog, and he still tempted her.
"Hey, be good, little baby, I'll pat you to sleep." Zhang Guoqing really hummed a lullaby in a very professional manner.
Zhou Jiao pinched him with a smile, humming along with him... and gradually fell asleep.
After a good night's sleep, Zhou Jiao woke up in the morning in a daze. She glanced out the window, closed her eyes again in the darkness, and suddenly sat up immediately.
It turns out it really is raining.
Winter rain and snow are always fatal. Zhou Jiao subconsciously shrank her neck, but she still had to go to work. So what did Zhang Guoqing suggest where to go?
Even God looks down on this guy's lies.
During lunch break, Zhou Jiao still felt uneasy and went to her own courtyard.
"Mom, you're here? We were just about to pick you up and take you home after we were done here."
Ping'an came out immediately when he heard the noise at the door. When he saw that it was Zhou Jiao, his cold face, which had been keeping strangers away, suddenly showed a pair of dimples and he looked at her with a smile.
Zhou Jiao saw someone outside scrubbing the door frame and asked, "Did your father order you to do that?"
"No." Ping An raised his eyebrows. "Could it be that you and my dad have the same idea as us?"
"Your father won't agree to move here anytime soon, so let's get ready." Zhou Jiao walked into the main room and looked around. "Where's your brother?"
"We went to the second courtyard and brought people to clean it up. Mom, we've made an appointment with these aunties. We'll wait for them to come and clean up every Friday."
Zhou Jiao looked at her son with amusement, "Then I, as a mother, will be blessed."
"Isn't this as it should be?"
Ping An pushed her to the backyard and said, "Come on, your son will take you to see the yard of you and my dad."
After the Chaoshou Corridor, you will reach the Third Courtyard...
The three adjacent courtyards have the same format as the main house where Zhou Xiaozheng lived later, with three northern rooms, ear rooms and wing rooms. The only difference is the area.
As an old courtyard house, it was the main house suitable for elders to live in in ancient times. It was of a certain size and also separated the inner courtyard from the outer courtyard.
The several courtyards at the back are both independent and interconnected. Once the elders feel unwell, even if it is windy, rainy or snowy, the children and grandchildren can walk along the corridor to the main house to pay their respects.
Of course, this five-courtyard courtyard is different from the traditional courtyard after the third courtyard. There is a garden behind it, and a piece of transplanted bamboo surrounding the rockery is divided into three courtyards, and there is a row of back rooms at the back door.
Compared to the Cheng family's newly acquired three-story courtyard house, the two courtyards, though of similar size, appeared more well-proportioned. Therefore, Miao Lishan said she felt a little sad about the rejection, but not disappointed.
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