Chapter 521 Zhou Rong's Concerns

"OK?"

Zhou Rong looked at the man cautiously, wanting to confirm whether he was sincere.

The Zhou family's house is considered to be quite large in Guangzi area, with two large rooms and a kitchen. There is also a yard in the front and a vegetable garden in the back.

Originally, the Zhou family's house was one of the most prestigious in the entire Guangzi area.

But things have to be contrasted.

Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Bingkun are both married now, and their two wives are both children of high-ranking officials.

Compared with the small Western-style buildings where the Hao and Cai families live, the Zhou family's current house can only be described as "cramped".

In order to avoid bringing shame to the Zhou family, Zhou Rong could only worry about it and focus on her and Su Mingzhe's small family.

"I have no objection, but you should first ask our parents, Bingyi and Bingkun what they think about this matter."

What could Su Mingzhe say in the face of Zhou Rong's request?

After all, Zhou Zhigang, Zhou Bingkun and Zhou Bingyi, father and son, only came back to visit their relatives for ten days or half a month.

After these few days, couldn't Su Mingzhe bear it anymore?

Zhou Rong was delighted to see that the man was so considerate of her. She grabbed the man's hand and put it on herself.

Su Mingzhe quickly felt Zhou Rong's enthusiasm.

"That's the good thing about this woman. She knows how to repay a favor. As long as I treat the Zhou family well, she will satisfy all my weird requests."

A good night's sleep.

The next day, Zhou Rong went to work, and Su Mingzhe rode his bicycle to the train station to meet Zhou Bingkun and Cai Lele.

When they arrived at the station, Su Mingzhe saw Zhou Rong's bootlicker Cai Xiaoguang before he even entered the station.

"Brother He."

Cai Xiaoguang is worthy of being the super bootlicker in the TV series. Facing his goddess' husband, he can actually greet her with a smile and take the initiative to extend his hand to say hello.

Seeing that Cai Xiaoguang could smile at him, Su Mingzhe naturally would not be stingy. After shaking hands politely, he asked:
"Xiaoguang, are you here to pick up Bingkun and Lele as well?"

"Yes, my father hasn't seen my sister for more than a year. Knowing that she and Bingkun are coming back today, he insisted that I come to pick them up and take them home for a reunion."

As Cai Xiaoguang spoke, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and lit them for Su Mingzhe and himself.

There was still about half an hour before the train arrived at the station, and Su Mingzhe had nothing to do, so he chatted with Cai Xiaoguang outside the station.

Originally, Cai Xiaoguang had been promoted to the position of office director, but because of his father's relationship, he was demoted to a workshop worker, responsible for sweeping the floor and cleaning every day.

However, the Cai family is just like the Xu Kai family, in that they are in a state of collapse but their frame remains intact.

For example, the Cai family still lives in a small Western-style building.

For example, today when Cai Xiaoguang came to pick up Zhou Bingkun and Cai Lele, he borrowed a car.

As the child of a high-ranking official, Cai Xiaoguang still feels superior psychologically when facing He Yuzhu, who is just a hunter.

The two chatted for a while, and seeing that there was not much time left before the train arrived, they bought platform tickets together and entered the station.

After arriving at the platform, within a few minutes, the train arrived on time.

Zhou Bingkun and Cai Lele got off the train and were quite frightened when they saw Su Mingzhe and Cai Xiaoguang coming to pick them up.

After all, in their opinion, Su Mingzhe and Cai Xiaoguang should be like rivals meeting each other and should be extremely jealous of each other.

"Bingkun, Lele."

Su Mingzhe and Cai Xiaoguang shouted almost in unison.

"Brother-in-law, big brother."

Zhou Bingkun and Cai Lele walked over with gritted teeth.

The four of them greeted each other. Su Mingzhe and Cai Xiaoguang were always in a friendly mood, which made Zhou Bingkun and Cai Lele put their worries to rest.

However, after leaving the train station, Zhou Bingkun and Cai Lele faced another difficult problem: whether to follow Su Mingzhe back to the Zhou family, or to follow Cai Xiaoguang back to the Cai family.

After a brief thought, Su Mingzhe came to the young couple's rescue:

"Don't hesitate. Last time you went to Guangzi Pian first. Let's go in a different direction this time. Besides, Xiaoguang brought a car, so you won't be cold if you ride in his car. However, if you want to stay overnight there, you'd better come to my house and tell me in the afternoon."

"Brother-in-law, I'll go back to my parents' home with Lele first."

Zhou Bingkun looked at Su Mingzhe with gratitude, then he and Cai Lele got into the car driven by his brother-in-law and left.

Su Mingzhe rode his bicycle back home alone, met Zhou's mother, and told her what happened.

Since her own son didn't come home, Zhou's mother couldn't blame her son-in-law.

At noon, Zhou Rong took half a day off, intending to welcome her younger brother and sister-in-law.

When he returned home, he heard that his younger brother had followed Cai Lele back to the Cai family. He couldn't help but scold his younger brother for being unfilial.

But that was all she said.

If Su Mingzhe followed suit and scolded his brother, Zhou Rong would definitely be angry.

"Forget it. I can take this opportunity to take this leave and get some New Year's goods. My eldest brother and sister-in-law should be back tomorrow."

When talking about Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei, Zhou Rong still couldn't hide her sadness:

"Husband, do you think my brother and sister-in-law will recognize you?"

"Why are you worried about this? Have you forgotten that Bingkun and Lele didn't recognize me when they came back last year? Big brother and big sister-in-law certainly wouldn't recognize me either."

Su Mingzhe was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that he and Zhou Rong had been married for more than a year, and she was actually worried about this issue again.

"Bingkun and Lele are both heartless, so it's normal that they couldn't recognize you. My brother and sister-in-law have known you for so many years, and they are both such careful people. What if they find out?" Zhou Rong glanced at Su Mingzhe, and it would be a lie to say she wasn't worried.

In her eyes, the only changes in Su Mingzhe before and after putting on makeup were that his eyebrows were a little thicker, his skin was a little darker, and his eyes were a little wider, but there were no other major changes.

As good friends of Su Mingzhe, how could Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei not understand such a small change?

Seeing that she was still worried, Su Mingzhe could only hold her hand and said:

"If you're still worried, I'll take you to my mom and Zheng Juan to try it out. My mom and Zheng Juan, they should be more familiar with me than your brother and sister-in-law, right?"

"Forget it. I believe you."

How could Zhou Rong, a mistress, dare to meet Zheng Juan, the principal wife?

Forced by the man, she had no choice but to trust Su Mingzhe's makeup skills.

After lunch, Zhou's mother cooked in a clay pot, Su Mingzhe started cooking, and Zhou Rong helped to prepare New Year's goods.

For the entire afternoon, the Zhou family's cooking fumes never stopped, and even drifted to the homes of their neighbors.

Until dark, around five o'clock.

Everything needed for the New Year has been prepared.

The three were just about to have dinner when Zhou Bingkun and Cai Lele returned from Cai's house.

Because we had to take care of Zhou Bingkun and Cai Lele who had to take the train early in the morning, we all had a quick dinner and went to bed.

The three girls, Zhou Rong, Cai Lele and Zhou's mother, slept on the kang, while the two boys, Su Mingzhe and Zhou Bingkun, slept on the wooden bed in the inner room.

In the afternoon of the next day, Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei also returned from Tongliao.

Zhou Rong noticed that there was nothing unusual in the way her elder brother and sister-in-law looked at Su Mingzhe, so she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

When Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei returned home, Zhou's mother began to ask about Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei's situation.

The situation between Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei had actually been mentioned in their correspondence.

Zhou Bingyi is now doing well in the Corps. He has been promoted and works as a clerk in the office.

Hao Dongmei did a good job at the educated youth center and was even promoted to a minor position - the director of the women's department.

Both of them had opportunities for promotion, but they were both stubborn and clung to each other, refusing to leave, thus wasting two opportunities in vain.

However, the Zhou family highly praised the two's actions.

Especially Zhou Rong, when she heard that her elder brother gave up the opportunity for promotion for her elder brother, she was so happy that she wanted to applaud and cheer for her elder brother.

When Zhou Bingkun and Cai Lele heard that their sister-in-law Hao Dongmei gave up her chance to go to college to a female educated youth named Tao Junshu in order to accompany Zhou Bingyi, they looked at each other, smiled knowingly, and recalled their own experiences in Baiyashan Village.

At this moment, Su Mingzhe suddenly realized that he and the Zhou family were not the same kind of people.

The good family tradition of the Zhou family made Su Mingzhe, who was greedy for enjoyment and pursuit of interests, feel a little ashamed.

Of course, this little bit of shame was fleeting.

Su Mingzhe now lives a clear life.

Asking him to do things as uprightly as Zhou Bingyi does not allow him to do so.

He couldn't be as selfless as Hao Dongmei.

He still couldn't do it like Zhou Rong, who was willing to sacrifice everything for love.

If you can't do something, just express your feelings about it, and don't take it to heart.

Otherwise, you will be the one who suffers.

As for what he did in Baiyashan Village, outsiders all admired him and praised him for being "selfless", "daring to sacrifice himself", "sacrificing the small for the sake of the whole", etc.

Only Su Mingzhe himself knew that he sacrificed so much at Baiya Mountain just to gain fame.

After gaining fame, Su Mingzhe immediately left Baiyashan with his wife and children without any reluctance.

Now, Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan are in college, and they basically turn a deaf ear to the world outside and focus on reading books of sages.

Just when Su Mingzhe was lost in thought, Zhou Bingkun, who always liked to take care of others, suddenly came over and asked:

"Brother-in-law, are you feeling bored?"

"No."

Su Mingzhe directly denied it.

Unexpectedly, the brother-in-law chuckled and said, "Brother-in-law, actually, I didn't understand the conversations between my sister, brother and sister-in-law before, but later I read more books and gradually understood some of them. When you are free, you can also read more books..."

Su Mingzhe was a little amused and confused by Zhou Bingkun's lecture.

However, before he could say anything, Zhou Rong, who was sitting next to him, blushed and said:
"Bingkun, do you think that after three years of college, you have grown up? You can educate people, right?"

"No, sis, I didn't say anything."

Zhou Bingkun didn't expect that what he whispered to his brother-in-law would be heard by his own sister, so he quickly begged for mercy.

Su Mingzhe waved at Zhou Rong and smiled, signaling her not to attack Zhou Bingkun.

Zhou Rong's face turned red again.

In the eyes of Zhou's family, son-in-law He Yuzhu is just an uneducated hunter, and marrying Zhou Rong is a great honor to the family.

Only Zhou Rong understood that compared with Su Mingzhe, all the members of the Zhou family combined were not enough to be bullied by Su Mingzhe alone.

Zhou Bingkun actually used his past self to educate Su Mingzhe.

In Zhou Rong's opinion, her brother's behavior was just like waving an axe in front of Lu Ban or a sword in front of Guan Gong, overestimating his own abilities.

(End of this chapter)