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Chapter 219
When she heard that her son was hungry, she asked her son and daughter-in-law what they wanted to eat. When no one paid attention to her, Pang's mother just muttered something about being worried and got up to cook.
I first used the rice cooker to steam a pot of rice, and then used the steamer to steam a bowl of egg custard, two pieces of frozen northern glutinous corn in the refrigerator, and a few shrimp dumplings that my eldest daughter-in-law had sent me a few days ago.
I took out a pot of finger-long cabbage sprouts from the refrigerator and prepared to stir-fry the vegetables.
Zhou Ruixue, who was standing by, took a look at what Pang Ma had prepared and took out a piece of pork elbow from the freezer.
Weisheng likes to eat egg custard and stir-fried vegetables, while Pangzhou likes meat more.
The young couple just woke up now, probably because they were hungry.
Weisheng and Pangzhou had dinner. Pangzhou put the dishes into the dishwasher, while Weisheng went to the female soldiers to help her grandmother play mahjong.
Pang Zhou still had some work to do, but he didn't want to go back to his study alone, so he moved all his files and computer out. After a while, he felt a bit sorry for himself working while everyone else was playing, so he grabbed Weisheng, who was playing mahjong, and asked him to help him look over the contracts and documents.
Weisheng stayed for a while and then found an excuse to leave.
I went to the kitchen and made some red bean bread in the bread machine, then baked some egg tarts. Then, while looking in the fridge, I found a lot of mushrooms, so I used the electric griddle to make some mushroom and shrimp balls.
Once it was done, we took it to the garden for everyone to chew on. Chatting and laughing, the day passed by.
There was no cooking at home at noon, and I stayed at home all morning and didn’t digest my breakfast very well; secondly, I ate a lot of fruits and snacks.
Weisheng and Weilan cooked dinner. With the exception of Brother-in-law Lan, everyone else was from the same place, so they prepared a dish that Brother-in-law Lan liked, and the rest were home-cooked meals from their hometown.
After dinner, Weisheng used a projector to play a movie in the small indoor garden.
Apart from Pang Ma and Wei Lan who were hungry all day and were crunching cucumbers, the sound quality and picture quality were not inferior to those in a movie theater.
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This time, the typhoon wasn't a big one, lasting only three days, but the rain kept coming. Coincidentally, the weekend was three days later, so Weisheng and Pangzhou stayed home for another two days.
Five days later, those who went to work went to work, those who looked after the store looked after the store, and the family returned to their previous routine.
Weisheng's classes are not during the morning and evening rush hours, and parking is indeed difficult in Nanshen, so Weisheng takes the subway to and from get off work.
That day, as soon as I came out of the side door of the school, I saw an acquaintance at the school gate.
"Pang Bin?"
Pang Bin was leaning against a luxury car, looking at his phone with his left hand and holding a cigarette in his right. He subconsciously looked up and saw Weisheng standing not far away. He immediately stood up and walked towards Weisheng, "Auntie!"
Pang Bin is the son of Pang Ge's family. He is a typical rich second generation and a playboy who loves to play and knows how to have fun.
Pang's father and mother had four sons in this generation. Except for Weisheng and Pangzhou, who had no children, the other three sons gave them five grandsons each.
Both Pang Lao Da and Pang Lao San have two sons, but Pang Lao San has only one.
It is said that after 1980, the whole country implemented family planning, but for some reason, the implementation of family planning was very strong in the north, but slightly less strong in the south.
In Nanshen alone, there are very few families with only one child. Every family starts with two children, and three or four is not too many.
Like the Pang family, the Lao Wei family came from humble beginnings. But on Lao Wei's side, Wei Lan and Wei Lei both changed their fates through studying and passing the university entrance exams. Consequently, they placed great emphasis on their children's studies. Through their parents' guidance and personal example, both children of the Wei family were admitted to prestigious universities, one joining the UN Security Forces and the other the Aerospace Administration.
The five children of the Pang family were not as gifted in studies as the two children of the Wei family. The eldest son, Pang, had followed the trend and sent his eldest son to study at a fake university abroad, and after graduation, he was hired by his own company.
Because Boss Pang was not satisfied with his eldest son's performance, he felt that his eldest son had not learned anything useful abroad and had spent a lot of money, so he did not send his youngest son and the sons of the Pang brothers abroad.
The Pang family is too rich, and since college graduates are not guaranteed jobs, their company and factory employ many college and graduate students. This gives the Pang brothers a very contradictory perception.
After studying well, you can also work for others.
For example, being good at studying is not as good as being good at business. No matter how much you read, you won’t earn as much as you do in business.
Their lack of attention to study also affected their children, and over time, the children's temperament changed.
Pang Bin, the youngest son of Boss Pang, had never been interested in studying. He attended a private high school and a private college, all on a sponsorship basis. After earning a diploma, he didn't help out at the company, spending his days idling and unemployed.
Last winter or this spring, Pang Bin got someone pregnant. Boss Pang was so angry that he beat her up, and in the end he had to spend some money to settle the matter.
He appeared outside the gate of Nanjing University today, dressed like a peacock with its tail spread out. I'm afraid it's not a serious matter.
Weisheng's mind raced and he figured out why Pang Bin appeared here. Weisheng did not comment on Pang Bin's lifestyle, but if some of Pang Bin's behavior would affect her, that would be another matter.
Weisheng: "There are plenty of places to have fun in Nanshen. If there's a girl from Nanjing University trying to commit suicide, do you believe I'll take her back to your parents?"
Pang Bin had always known that his aunt was a powerful figure. She kept a low profile, but her words and actions were undeniable. Upon meeting her, Weisheng had already spoken frankly, leaving Pang Bin with only a wry smile.
After assuring Weisheng again and again, he no longer had any other thoughts and opened the car door to take Weisheng home.
The car stopped in front of the shop downstairs in the community. After finishing the business, Pang Bin and Wei Sheng went into the shop again. They greeted their grandparents and asked how the elders of Wei's family were. Finally, when they went home, they not only took away some Korean pickles made by Pang's parents, but also some tea eggs that his grandparents had asked him to take away.
By the way, Wei Lan made some scallion oil for scallion oil noodles and Shanghai-style vegetable rice and sold them in the shop.
The shop is too small and we don’t want it to be filled with smoke, so both of these things are prepared upstairs and then transported here by a cart.
They don’t make much, they just sell what they can, and if they can’t, they eat it themselves at noon.
When Pang Bin came over just now, Wei Lan also gave him a small bottle of scallion oil.
Oh, Wei Lan only made two bottles, and the other one was sold out early.
The eight members of the family were not short of money, yet they were almost all stuck in such a small shop. Fortunately, these eight owners only used this small shop as a pastime, otherwise Weisheng would have suspected that they were just suffering.
As long as the weather is nice, the bosses would go to the park in groups every morning to practice Tai Chi, then go to the market to buy groceries, and then go to the square to dance after dinner. On weekends, they would ask Weisheng to lead them to Xiangjiang for authentic Hong Kong-style dim sum.
Pang Zhou is also a filial son. When recruiting for the company, he specially hired a driver who can drive a bus and an assistant who majored in tourism.
Every now and then, the bosses would be taken out for fun by the driver, accompanied by a tourism professional assistant, who was like having a tour guide.
During Weisheng's winter and summer vacations, Pang Zhou will also organize an overseas tour.
Weisheng was the tour leader, and he was the deputy tour leader and financial director. The regular members were the eight bosses at home and the tour guide assistant. For people like Pang Dasao and the others, they'd always ask if they were going before leaving. If they were, they'd go for a stroll together; if they weren't, it was fine.
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Because they were rushing to square dance, they closed their shops early. After Pang Bin left, Wei Sheng helped the eight big bosses pack up their shops, and then he and Wei Lan, who was pushing a cart behind them, brought up the rear.
Under the cart is an iron pot for tea eggs, and above it is the rice cooker that was previously used to hold rice.
They sold half the pot of rice and vegetables, and they ate the rest at lunch. Pang Bin packed some of the tea eggs, but there were still seven or eight left.
There were many people in the family, so when they were hungry in the middle of the night or in the morning, they would eat all the tea eggs. Weisheng and Pangzhou both liked tea eggs very much, and if they went to bed late at night, they would eat one or two.
The elevator has a passenger capacity of ten people, which is just right for their family of nine plus a small cart.
They went upstairs, took a shower, cooked, and after dinner they hurriedly changed into the uniform for square dancing. When they were done, they rushed out.
Grandma also dances square dance. Although she can't keep up, she never falls behind.
Everyone else was dancing, except Grandpa and Brother-in-law Lan. They went to the fitness equipment on one side of the square to queue up to use the fitness equipment.
You clearly already have all these fitness equipment at home, but you still come here to queue up. God knows what's wrong with you.
Weisheng finished his dinner slowly, cleaned up the messy table first, and then threw all the dirty bowls and plates into the dishwasher.
After Manyouyou finishes these housework, she will go back to her place.
Take a shower, take a walk around the space, and then call Pang Zhou after leaving the space.
Where are you? Have you been drinking? When will you be home?
Pang Zhou was about to call Wei Sheng, and when he saw Wei Sheng calling, he immediately smiled and shouted "Wife~"
Pang Zhou always brought a driver with him whenever he went out for social events. But today, he had asked his driver to take the person he was attending to, so he pitifully asked Weisheng to pick him up.
After casually asking for the address, Weisheng took the car keys and went out.
There are locators installed by Weisheng in Pang Zhou’s mobile phone and watch. Every time she would take a look at where Pang Zhou is, and then ask Pang Zhou where he is through the phone.
It can be said that Weisheng used the locator as a lie detector.
Pang Zhou had been drinking, but he was perfectly sober. When he saw Wei Sheng coming to pick him up, he immediately started to act like a drunk.
After driving to the beach, they played around in the car for a while. After that, they took out the outdoor table and chairs from the trunk and drank tea while watching the sea and the stars.
Weisheng told Pang Zhou about his meeting with Pang Bin today, and Pang Zhou frowned after hearing it.
Pang Bin was used to misbehaving. If he caused any trouble again, Weisheng would be embarrassed at Nanjing University. If he ran into that kind of radical female student again, and Pang Bin did something to Weisheng because of him… Pang Zhou, who was getting more and more scared, said directly to Weisheng, "Don't worry about it. I'll find that kid later."
If you're just playing around, don't mess with the students from Nanjing University. If you're serious, then get your act together and stop hanging out with those scoundrels.
"Um."
Weisheng had originally meant the same thing, but when he saw Pang Zhou take the initiative, he started talking about something else.
"I've never dared to have a child, fearing that overindulging in it would lead to a social cancer and bring disaster to the world. I'm also afraid that raising him would leave me with another child I haven't thought of yet. I'm also afraid that the boy will be irresponsible and become a scumbag. I'm afraid that my daughter will meet the wrong man, someone who will steal her money and kill her, or defraud her of her money and sex. What I fear most is that you and I won't be able to accompany the child to adulthood, leaving him to walk on the streets of a busy city at such a young age, clutching gold bricks..."
Weisheng always felt that if he had another child, he would definitely spoil the child because of 2.0, and at the same time he would be unable to help but compare him with 2.0. This would be unfair to 2.0 and the child.
Furthermore, after traveling through so many lives, experiencing so much and seeing so much, Weisheng couldn't help but imagine the original owners of those stories as his own daughters. If he had a daughter... Weisheng even considered taking out the portable landscape painting from the space before she died. After her death, her child could claim the portable space as its master.
But what if she died accidentally? Then she wouldn't have the chance to take out her portable landscape painting.
In short, there are all kinds of worries when having a son, and all kinds of panic when having a daughter...
Maybe it was because he saw Pang Bin today, or maybe it was because the atmosphere was just right, Weisheng spoke out the knot that had been in his heart for a long time.
The year Weisheng confessed that he had heart and lung failure, Pang Bin went to all the hospitals in Nanshen, and all the doctors told him:
The girl he cared about could get pregnant, but she might not be able to give birth safely. Even if she did, she might not give birth to a healthy child.
So from that time on, Pang Bin knew that he could only choose one between the child and Weisheng.
Marry Weisheng and then have children with another woman?
He didn't dare and couldn't do it.
There is no impenetrable wall in this world. He risked losing Weisheng just to have a child... His Pang family didn't have the throne, and even if they had one, there were plenty of people to inherit it.
Another thing is that even now, he can only do that kind of thing with Weisheng.
No matter how good others are, they are not Wei Sheng.
He didn't know what Weisheng meant by physical liking, but he just couldn't leave Weisheng for a moment.
While listening to Weisheng's inner thoughts, Pangzhou thought about his own mental journey back then. After Weisheng finished speaking, Pangzhou patted Weisheng's hand and said, "You have imagined all the bad things. Fortunately, you didn't give birth, otherwise you would have driven yourself into a mental illness."
Weisheng: “…”
"You've been obsessed with things since you became pregnant. Whenever you see someone having a hard time, you think of the child. Over time, even though the child isn't doing well, your own body can't take it anymore." Pang Zhou shook his head again, "Your mental state is what people often call overthinking."
If I really get pregnant, I probably won’t be able to give birth.
Wei Sheng, his interest in conversation shattered, stood up and said to Pang Zhou, "... Let's go home."
Seeing that Weisheng was not in a good mood, Pang Zhou put the tables and chairs into the trunk while quickly thinking of various ways to coax him.
After sitting in the passenger seat, Pang Zhou rolled his eyes and shouted to Wei Sheng who was starting the car: "Mom!"
"Boom~"
As soon as Weisheng stepped on the accelerator, she heard Pang Zhou calling her "Mom" and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom.
Because the clutch did not cooperate properly, the manual transmission car stalled.
Looking at Pang Zhou fiercely, Weisheng didn't even want to bite him to death.
The last time I was so speechless was the time before.
He originally wanted to comfort Weisheng, but ended up making him mad. Pang Zhou first gave Weisheng a flattering smile, then unbuckled his seat belt and ran to the back seat to hide.
Thinking of the Barbie-voiced "Mom", Weisheng glared at him fiercely again before starting the car and driving home.
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Weisheng, who was born in 1975, was still far from retirement, so he went to work at Nanjing University as usual the next day.
Weisheng only had two classes in the morning today. After class, he was going to find Pang Zhou to have lunch together, but he was stopped by two girls as soon as he came out of the classroom.
"Teacher Weisheng, do you know Pang Bin?"
"Yes, he is my nephew."
Weisheng looked at the girl who asked the question, then looked at the girl next to her who was looking at him nervously, and sighed in his heart. He not only said that he knew her, but also told her about her relationship with Pang Bin.
When they heard the words "He is my nephew", the way the two girls looked at Weisheng changed.
One became less picky and sharp, while the other became shy.
Pang Bin made an appointment with Fang Yuxin yesterday, but when Fang Yuxin and Ren Shan came to the side door, they saw Weisheng talking to Pang Bin. Then Weisheng got into Pang Bin's car and left with Pang Bin.
It would be unpleasant for anyone to watch his suitor pick up another beautiful girl and leave.
Then the two of them spent a long time asking around yesterday before they found out about Weisheng from their classmates who were majoring in veterinary medicine.
After inquiring about the class schedule, Fang Yuxin and Ren Shan went to find Pang Bin.
Before coming here, I was thinking, how could you, as a teacher, do such a thing as interfering as a third party?
But standing outside the classroom, watching Weisheng standing on the three-foot podium, confidently and elegantly, lecturing on professional courses with witty remarks, both of them felt that Pang Bin had a pretty good vision.
Originally Fang Yuxin wanted to give up, but Ren Shan still wanted to stand up for her friend, so when Weisheng came out with professional books and lesson plans, the two of them rushed over.
Weisheng didn't even bother to ask who they were. Seeing that the two had nothing else to ask after he said this, he walked past them and left the teaching building.
Pang Zhou said that he would handle this matter, so let's just leave it to him.
You know what, Pang Zhou really did not let Weisheng down.
I got up early, had breakfast at home, and went to work. On the way to the company, I called Pang Bin.
When he got to the company, he dealt with his work while waiting for Pang Bin to come. When Pang Bin arrived, Pang Zhou had just finished the work on hand.
Right in the office, he told Pang Bin why he came.
We have a little money, so how you spend it is up to you. And as long as it's consensual, the law won't stop you from dating. But if you want to have fun, find someone you can have fun with, and don't ruin those who want to live a serious life.
Your father is still alive, so it's not my turn as your uncle to boss you around. But your aunt teaches at Nanjing University, and if you get involved in Nanjing University, then your uncle will have to intervene no matter how busy he is.
Originally he was a playboy, and he wanted to have some fun. Seeing Weisheng and Pang Zhou's attitude, Pang Bin would not go against his family elders just for the sake of three to five days of novelty.
He first said that the girl had not agreed to date him and that they were innocent. Then he promised Pang Zhou that he would immediately break up with the girl and never mess with students from Nanjing University again.
Seeing this, Pang Zhou didn't say anything. Just when he wanted to invite Pang Bin to have lunch together, Wei Sheng called.
So Pang Zhou casually took out 20,000 yuan in cash from the drawer of his desk and gave it to Pang Bin, saying "Go and have fun by yourself", and then happily went to the subway station to pick up Weisheng.
Pang Bin shrugged, casually stuffed the 20,000 yuan into his handbag, and deleted all of Fang Yuxin's contact information as he walked out.
Oh, not just Fang Yuxin’s.
Pang Bin, this good-for-nothing, also had some thoughts about Jinjin's Ren Shan, so he deleted the contact information of both of them.
Ever since the blind date that year, Weisheng has had a trauma about eating Western food, so this time they went to a Thai restaurant for lunch.
The store has a hot pot base that is modified with coconut milk and coconut juice, and I also picked a sour and spicy soup base to make a shuangyuan hot pot.
First drink the soup, then shabu-shabu the meat and seafood, and finally have a plate of Thai pineapple fried rice. It is a very enjoyable meal.
After dinner, Weisheng wanted to go home, but Pangzhou insisted on going to the movies.
So the two of them went to see a movie again.
After coming out of the cinema, we went to the company first, and then went home together after that.
A few days later, Weisheng called the Thai restaurant in advance and then brought the eight big bosses in his family to try it out.
After dinner, they did not go home directly, but went to a bath center in which Pang Zhou had shares.
The bathing culture of the north has finally reached the south of Shenzhen. Weisheng brought his family to enjoy a one-stop bathing service. Not only did they have dinner there, they even missed the square dance of the bosses.
After a busy day of work, eating, drinking and spending time with the elderly, time flies and it’s the end of the year.
At the end of the year, Wei Lei finally retired. The first thing he did after retirement was to change the door locks at home, and then he brought his wife to Nanshen to live with his grandparents and parents.
The reason he changed the door lock was that his son, who had joined the aerospace institute, had not been home for more than a month.
As a father, I have to get revenge on my son!
Wei Lei and his wife came, and apart from the fact that there were two more people dancing in the square, nothing seemed to have changed.
Oh, yes.
At least we don’t have to buy cold noodles, oat noodle rolls, various roujiamo, and mutton soup buns at home anymore.
Weisheng's sister-in-law is an expert at making noodles!
This is how life unfolds. If you catch up with a good era and seize the opportunity, your life will unfold in another way.
They used to live in the village, then in the town, and then moved to the city. They developed their own lives, and finally the whole family was reunited in Nanshen, thousands of miles away.
Wei Lei was admitted to university when he was less than 20 years old... He stayed in Xi'an for more than 40 years until he retired at the age of 60.
But even so, the hometown in his heart is still not in Xi'an.
Although her roots are in that small northern town, Ke Xin ended up in Nanshen because her family was there.
Arriving in Nanshen, Wei Lei joined in the fun and discussed their family's business project with his wife. Then, Weisheng's family had two more "bosses".
Boss Pang came once and saw that the shop was too small and there was not enough space to even put a mahjong table, so he asked his assistant to buy the shop next door as well.
The price of a shop of the same size is five times that of Weisheng's, but Boss Pang wanted to show his filial piety, so others naturally let him do as he pleased.
But you know what, the shop is bigger and more spacious now. There is even room for the big sofa that Weisheng bought.
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Everyone Weisheng cares about has come to Nanshen. Although his grandparents, parents are old, Weisheng has been taking care of their health for many years, so they are still in very good health.
As long as conditions permit, Weisheng will check their pulse every night and use calming incense to soothe those who stay up late at night and scroll through their phones.
With the development of technology, mobile phones have become more and more functional. People who used to set up a mahjong table or go fishing with a fishing rod now have their phones in their hands.
There are many people at home, and the older people are inevitably a little hard of hearing. When a group of people sit together watching short videos, the volume is as loud as that of a vegetable market.
Just as Weisheng was counting the years until her retirement, her parents-in-law and grandparents actually started live streaming.
Ten years before Weisheng's retirement, an unprecedented super epidemic occurred in his time and space.
Weisheng was a little confused and couldn't understand why such a thing happened in this time and space, but he used the space to provide logistical support and epidemic prevention work at home as soon as possible.
Fortunately, a few years ago, Pangzhou had a fresh air system installed for the entire floor. With the addition of an indoor garden, cats and dogs, the family of ten or so feels safe and secure together.
Wei Lan and Wei Lei were still worried about their respective sons. Fortunately, Wei Lan's son, who was serving as a peacekeeper abroad, had been transferred back to China and was only involved in some confidential work.
There is no problem with security, but we often lost contact before the epidemic, and it is even more difficult to contact after the epidemic.
Seeing that Weilan and Weilei often called and texted each other just to confirm whether their son was safe, Weisheng couldn't help but feel relieved that he had no worries.
It cannot be said that I have no worries, but I can say that I have fewer uncontrollable worries.
He walked through Weijia's kitchen and grabbed a plate of roasted tofu. Passing by the drinking fountain in the small garden, he made himself a cup of American coffee. Afterward, he adjusted the lighting for his mother-in-law, who was livestreaming, and returned to his study to teach his students online.
It turns out that even though life and death are unpredictable and the sky is overcast, we can still live a peaceful life.
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