632: Cleaning the Room
Zhuang Huaijian was stunned for a while, and thought of this:
"Does the girl know that your brother was injured?"
Zhou Ziying shook his head:
"I don't know about that. I'm curious too."
Zhuang Huaijian frowned and said worriedly:
"Is Hengzi cheating on the little girl outside?"
Aunt Zhang couldn't help but speak up for Zhou Ziheng:
"Sister Zhuang, even if Hengzi cheated that girl, she wouldn't have suffered any loss. These are milk powder and chocolate candies, neither of which are cheap. Hengzi must have spent a lot of money on her. If you ask me, it's our Hengzi who is at a disadvantage."
Zhou Ziying felt that Aunt Zhang’s words were not very pleasant to the ear. If Zhou Ziying had not met Yu Xiaoye, she might also think that what Aunt Zhang said made sense.
But after meeting Yu Xiaoye in person and talking with her and getting to know her a little, I realized that she was a straightforward and simple girl, without so many crooked thoughts, and there was no possibility that she would cheat for food, drink, or feelings.
My younger brother spent money on Yu Xiaoye willingly.
What he spent was money, but what he got was the girl's true love.
So, if we really talk about who is at a disadvantage and who is at a disadvantage, Zhou Ziying thinks his younger brother is the one who gained.
"Mom, Aunt Zhang, don't think too much about it. The girl will finish her performance in a few days. Hengzi asked me to bring her home. You will know when you meet her then."
Zhuang Huaijian asked:
"You really want to take him home to live? Let everyone in the compound know. This is no joke. Didn't you ask him to think it over carefully?"
"Mom, your son is a cautious man. Since he decided to bring that girl home, he must have thought it over carefully and would not play such a big joke casually."
Zhuang Huaijian still felt that this incident came too suddenly and caught people off guard.
If the son is in good health, it would be fine. When he reaches the age of marriage, it would be a happy event if he brings a girl home openly, and there is no need to worry about people in the compound knowing about it.
But my son is injured, and it is hard to say whether he can continue to be with this girl. If the matter is known to everyone, it will probably cause some rumors.
What worries Zhuang Huaijian the most is You Wenyue.
Thinking of You Wenyue, Zhuang Huaijian asked:
"Yingzi, does Wenyue know about your brother and that girl?"
"Of course I don't know," Zhou Ziying said, his tone becoming serious. "Those two people are busy with work now. They were afraid that Wen Yue would make a big fuss if she knew, so they kept it a secret all the way. Otherwise, when we went to the station today, that girl would have come out to greet us. She didn't show up just to avoid Wen Yue."
Aunt Zhang suddenly panicked:
"Oh, if Wen Yue and that girl meet, won't they start fighting?"
Zhuang Huaijian sighed and said worriedly:
"For so many years, I thought Wen Yue had married Jia Zan and had a child, and had forgotten your brother. I didn't expect that she was still obsessed with your brother. Wen Yue is also a foolish person. What a pity."
"Mom, don't feel sorry for her. She's just too paranoid. Men all like freedom. Who can stand being pestered by someone all day long? You can't blame others for this.
Besides, she is married now, so she should at least respect her in-laws. But she suddenly ran away to the Great Northern Wilderness.
Even if she was really assigned to the Great Northern Wilderness for work, she should have avoided it. Now she is in a complicated situation. If the Jia family hears about it, what will they think?
If you don’t know, you might think that Hengzi took the initiative to seduce her.
On the surface, she seems to be very thorough in her work, but in reality, she only cares about herself and never considers others. No wonder Hengzi avoids her."
Zhuang Huaijian felt a headache after hearing this, and he held onto the table and said:
"Okay, let's talk later. Aunt Zhang, you clean up the dishes and I'll go clean up Hengzi's room."
"Oh, okay."
The mother and daughter left the kitchen and prepared to clean up another room.
There are four or five rooms upstairs and downstairs in the Zhou family's house. Zhou Ziheng has always lived upstairs, so they had cleaned the rooms upstairs before.
Now that the girl was coming to live at home, they definitely couldn't live together, so they cleared out another room downstairs.
It would be more appropriate for one person to live upstairs and the other to live downstairs.
However, the room downstairs has not been occupied for many years. It was previously occupied by the second son of the Zhou family.
After the second son of the Zhou family died on the front line, the room remained empty and became a storage room.
Cleaning it up again now is a big project. We have to move out all the old furniture, old newspapers and other things that are covered in dust first.
Aunt Zhang finished her dinner and came over to help with the work.
Not long after, Zhou Ziheng's father Zhou Jingru returned home.
Zhou Jingru was in his sixties. He was wearing an old military uniform that had been washed to a pale color. He had black hair and a dignified demeanor.
Although he was leaning on a cane, his back was straight and his steps were steady, and he still exuded the dignity and pride of an old Red Army soldier.
When Zhou Jingru arrived home, he saw a pile of debris outside the empty room downstairs near the stairs. Someone inside was busy cleaning. He walked over with his cane and saw Zhuang Huaijian, Aunt Zhang, and Zhou Ziying busy in the room. He stopped, put his hands on the handle of his cane, and asked:
"Hasn't the room been cleaned up yet? Why are you changing it again?"
Zhou Ziying looked at her mother, asking with her eyes whether she should tell the truth to her father.
Zhuang Huaijian said calmly:
"We went to the station to meet Hengzi today. He said he would bring someone home to live with him in a few days, so I cleared out another room."
Zhou Jingru nodded slightly in response.
It was obvious that he didn't think much about it and didn't even think his son was going to bring a girl home. He just thought he was bringing a colleague or friend of the same sex.
Zhou Ziying was a little worried when she saw her father's reaction, because her father was old-fashioned and dogmatic. He might not be able to accept that his son was injured but still dating someone outside and brought the person home without saying hello.
Therefore, Zhuang Huaijian deliberately did not indicate that his son was going to bring a girl home.
, probably because they were afraid that the old man would object.
In this way, they can bring the person back directly, and even if the old man is unhappy, he will not chase them away.
This is considered as acting first and reporting later.
Although it is a bit risky, it is also a last resort.
The family had dinner, and then Zhou Ziying went back. The next day at noon, after work, she came back to help clean up and tidy up the house. She also bought some new toiletries, washbasins, etc. for Yu Xiaoye.
I also bought some rice, flour, and fine grains for home, some snacks and fruits, and brought back some meat coupons. In short, I was fully prepared for food.
This is not the first time Zhou Ziying has helped her family with such matters.
The second brother of the Zhou family had brought his girlfriend back before, and it was Zhou Ziying who helped the family entertain the girlfriend.
Later, my second brother got engaged to his girlfriend, and Zhou Ziying participated in the whole process to help organize the wedding.
However, before the wedding took place, war broke out in the southwest. Zhou Erge received a combat mission and followed the troops to the battlefield. He never came back, and the wedding that had been prepared was ruined.
After his second brother died on the battlefield, Zhou Ziheng, despite the opposition of his entire family, rushed to the front line without hesitation.
Those years were truly the darkest time for the whole family.
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