Chapter 25: Family Gatherings
The customs of AL City are different from Xianyang City, Xianyang City is generally set a day for each family to concentrate on hospitality, this day from father to son, son to grandson, unchanged for 10,000 years, but AL City does not say so, most of them are in the fifteenth day of the first month, first call each other in the absence, and then visit the door, the time is also more in the evening. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Zhou Cheng only went home in the third year of junior high school, so he naturally caught up with a good time to visit relatives and friends, and he didn't have to visit anything else, his cousins must have to move around, fortunately, there are only two second uncles and three uncles, which is not much, and in previous years, they all gathered at his house, but this year it was changed to the second uncle's house, not for anything else, just because the second uncle came to AL City to open a number of branches, just because almost all the cousins and cousins and cousins work in the second uncle's store.
On the evening of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhou Cheng reluctantly followed behind his parents and went to visit with two bottles of good wine and three good cigarettes. The reason why he is reluctant is not because he knows that as long as he goes, he will definitely become the center of attention.
In the past, he was the pride of his parents, the envy of all his cousins, he studied well, he had a good school, he had a high diploma, but now, it was the best time for everyone to ridicule him, the head of the small village, or the head of the poorest mountain village, this is undoubtedly the most worthy topic.
Zhou Zhongyi took Zhou Cheng to the place as soon as he arrived, and the second uncle Zhou Houyi and his cousin were already waiting at the door.
"Oh, our big village chief is back for the New Year, haha, come into the house, come into the house!"
Zhou Cheng smirked and didn't speak, his cousin and cousin also came up to say hello, and cousin Zhou Long took the cigarettes and wine in his hand and asked with a smile.
"You're really going to be the village chief?"
Zhou Cheng didn't answer yet, but his cousin Zhou Feng was not happy, and gave Zhou Long a blank look and called for Zhou Cheng.
"What's wrong with being the village chief, people are also civil servants of the country, how can they be like you, working in your own store, if you really go out to find a job, maybe you are not as good as Zhou Cheng, and they are also double doctors. ”
"Cut, it's like you don't work in your own store, I don't want to persuade Zhou Cheng to come back and do it with us! What is the hottest thing now? IT! Our store has good benefits this year, and we will definitely expand the scale of the branch next year, and when there is a shortage of manpower, with Dr. Zhou Chengshuang in charge, it will definitely ......."
Because the two families are not far away, Zhou Cheng can be regarded as growing up with his cousins since he was a child, and the three of them still have nothing to talk about, Zhou Cheng also briefly talked about why he became the village head, and the three of them were talking, and the people from the third uncle's family also arrived.
"Third uncle!"
Zhou Cheng shouted excitedly, the third uncle Zhou Gongyi smiled kindly, he was pushing a wheelchair in his hand, and a girl in the wheelchair saw Zhou Cheng's sweet smile and called out to brother.
When Zhou Cheng looked at this person, his heart shook suddenly.
"Little Shunzi!"
Zhou Cheng's voice was slightly sad.
Xiao Shunzi, whose full name is Zhou Shun, is the only baby daughter of the third uncle, and she also grew up with Zhou Cheng, because she is the youngest, these cousins usually let her, and Zhou Shun is also well-behaved, and usually likes to tilt her head and smile sweetly, but now, Zhou Shun is in a wheelchair......
The atmosphere was a little heavy, and Zhou Long and Zhou Feng, who had just been discussing how to persuade Zhou Cheng to come back to start a business, stopped talking, and he sighed twice.
"Xiao Shunzi, what's wrong with you?"
Zhou Cheng finally couldn't help it, tears flowed, Zhou Shun had a very important position in his heart, this was his only sister, and when he came, he still wanted to give the gift he bought at the airport to this favorite sister, but now, all this is too sudden.
At this time, both parents and uncles came out, and his mother pushed Zhou Shun into the house, and his father gave him a cigarette and sighed.
"Even if you have a conscience, your sister was in a car accident in October, and the femoral head of the lower body died, and your third uncle almost spent all his savings for this matter, ran all over the hospitals, and people are a lot older, I originally wanted to tell you, but ......"
Zhou Cheng knew that his father couldn't be blamed for this, his mobile phone couldn't be used at the beginning of September, and he had a long-term cold war with his family, so he couldn't quarrel when he called and quarreled, so how could he have time to talk about it.
On the contrary, the third uncle came forward to comfort Zhou Cheng.
"Hehe, don't be sad, Junko has finally become much more cheerful, you kid don't make her cry for me. ”
Zhou Cheng nodded heavily, and went into the house to chat with Zhou Shun.
This family gathering should have been very lively, but because of Zhou Shun, Zhou Cheng never had a smiling face, and even the second uncle Ming Dynasty no longer cared about it, and in the end, the family dinner that was supposed to end at ten o'clock ended early.
Zhou Cheng didn't go home that night, but went to the third uncle's house alone.
He pushed Zhou Shun to walk and chat, and entered a small alley without paying attention, and when the third uncle stopped, he realized that he had never been here at all, and it was not the third uncle's home.
"Third uncle, you are ......"
"Oh, you don't know yet, we moved, but don't blame the third uncle for not informing you, your phone number can't be reached at all, Zhou Shun has scolded you many times for this, saying that you forgot her. ”
Zhou Cheng smiled awkwardly, and followed the third uncle to open the door, the east house on the first floor.
As soon as he entered the house, Zhou Chengcheng found that something was wrong, this was obviously a rental house, and it was a house where several families lived together, and two young couples were sitting in the living room watching TV, and they were still knocking melon seeds while watching.
When the two saw Zhou Gongyi coming back with his daughter, they were neither enthusiastic nor strangers, they just played haha and continued to watch TV. Zhou Cheng didn't ask what he said, but Zhou Shun opened his mouth and already told him a seven, seven, eight, eight.
It turned out that after Zhou Shun's accident, the large amount of treatment costs had already brought down his original home, and the third aunt couldn't afford to go back to her parents' house to recuperate.
In Zhou Shun's room, Zhou Cheng was a little angry, he stood up and sat down again, suppressed his anger and asked.
"The second uncle's family is so rich, and he has opened several branches, why don't you stand up and help you?"
"The second uncle has helped my family a lot, and I still owe the second uncle a lot of money, and this house is also rented by the second uncle. ”
Zhou Cheng was dissatisfied with this answer, quite dissatisfied, but he didn't know how to refute it, he was also an adult, the second uncle could do this, to be honest, it was interesting enough, after all, no matter how much money people have, it is also people's, and it is reasonable to help more and help less.
Zhou Cheng held back a fire in his heart, and went back and forth in the house a few times, Zhou Shun took out a cigarette, but put it back again, suddenly thought of Zhou Shun's schooling, and hurriedly asked her.
"I think you're a sophomore, right?"
"Well, sophomore acting department, but now I'm on absence. ”
Although this room is small, it looks very sunny and vibrant, and the four walls of the room are full of photos of Zhou Shun at school.
"Brother, I heard that you are the village chief, can you still play?"
"Fun?"
"Yes, it's like being a teacher, managing a lot of people, and they all have to listen to you, so it's fun, tell me about it. ”
"Hehe, it's fun, our village, there are a lot of weirdos, such as ...... Let me tell you about facial paralysis Wu Laojiu......"
Zhou Cheng told Zhou Shun the story of Qili Village, and he didn't know how long it was, Zhou Shun fell asleep in a wheelchair, and the moonlight sprinkled on her cheeks, and at this moment he remembered Jiang Xiaolin again.
Zhou Cheng gently hugged Zhou Shun to the bed, covered her with a quilt, and turned around to the living room, the two little couples didn't know whether they went out or went into the house to sleep, only the third uncle was smoking in the living room, and when he saw Zhou Cheng coming out, he handed him a cigarette.
"It's too late, just one night. ”
Zhou Cheng nodded, and after lighting the cigarette, he remembered the second uncle's shop, so he asked the third uncle.
"I heard that the second uncle has opened several branches?"
"Well, we have opened three stores this year alone, and I heard that there will be a few more next year. ”
"Did Junko go to work?"
"Hey...... Can Junko go to work like this? I have to be picked up every day, and I can't do anything when I go. ”
"Where do you live now......"
"Oh, Junko's compensation is still a little bit, and I'll get a job when the New Year is out, no problem. ”
Zhou Cheng was silent, and sure enough, it was exactly what he thought......
Zhou Cheng, who originally wanted to stay for a few more days, received a call from Wu Laojiu on the morning of the sixth day of the new year, on the phone, Wu Laojiu's tone was sad and angry, Zhou Cheng could hardly imagine that this facial paralysis encountered something so abnormal, but unfortunately Wu Laojiu just asked Zhou Cheng to come back quickly, saying that there was a big incident in the village, and he didn't want to say anything else, the phone was very noisy, crying, shouting, scolding, and the sound was in his ears......
Looking at Zhou Shun, who was still sleeping, Zhou Cheng sighed, he left himself for the travel expenses, and transferred the rest of the money to the third uncle, totaling 327,800 yuan!