"Something to discuss with me, what's the matter?" Zhou Jianping focused.

"Where do I know that they are talking to you about things, can you tell me? Just ask me if I know when you'll be back. ”

"Oh----, what are they going to discuss with me?"

Seeing Zhou Jianping's pensive look, Chang Yuling said: "I heard others say that they are going to repair the house, I guess if they don't have enough money, and they are looking for you to help me make some money." ”

"Yo, don't say it, it's not the case. Jianwen is in his twenties, has anyone in the village introduced him to someone recently? Zhou Jianping said.

"Jianwen works in your factory, and he is not at home, who will introduce him to someone? Besides, as for the dilapidated house at home, even if someone introduces it, I don't think the woman may be able to match. ”

"That's right. Jianwen has been working with me for more than three years, and who knows how much money he has saved. ”

"Do you still need to ask? I must not have saved enough money, why don't I look for you? Hey, I'm guessing too, maybe they didn't discuss this with you, and you went there at noon or night, and you won't know when you meet them. Uh, just now you said that you didn't go home this time to run errands, but to stay at home for a few more days, is that true? Chang Yuling was obviously more interested in the latter matter.

"That's right, I didn't do anything when I went home this time, I just came back and rested for a few days." Zhou Jianping said with confidence.

"This is the first time of the new year! It's been three or four years, and you never go home when it's okay, how many times have you left when you've done something, and how many times have you stayed at home for two nights? This has never been the case in these years, is it a holiday in your factory? ”

"What a holiday! The factory is busy. ”

"Then why are you so idle?"

"Now that the factory has hired a special manager, it is much easier for me."

"Do you rest assured that your business is in the hands of someone else?" Chang Yuling is a typical rural woman, and she cares a lot about this kind of thing.

"What's not to worry about, people are college graduates, and they have been section chiefs in state-owned enterprises, and they manage better than me."

"I'm just just asking, you can feel at ease. You happen to be at home with the children, I haven't been back to my parents' house for a long time, and I want to go back to see my parents in the past two days. ”

"That's not going to work! I won't take the child, what if the child is crying when you are not at home? I can't bring it well. Zhou Jianping hurriedly begged for mercy.

"Hundreds of people in the factory can manage it, such a one-year-old child can't be taken care of, it turns out that Director Zhou can't do anything!" Yuling said with a smile.

"These are two different things, taking care of children is different from managing adults."

"It's time for lunch, are you hungry? You coax the children to play in the yard, and I'll cook. ”

After lunch, Chang Yuling coaxed the child to sleep, and Zhou Jianping hugged Yuling and was about to make love, "What are you doing, it's not good to let people bump into each other in broad daylight, can't you wait for night?" Yuling half-pushed, half-pushed.

"What are you afraid of during the day? No one came, and I can't wait. Zhou Jianping refused to let go.

"You glutton, go shut the door." ......

In the evening, Zhou Xuecheng's family came home from the field, and Zhou Jianping saw his parents passing by the door, so he hurriedly came out of the house and came forward to say hello.

"Jianping is back, when will it arrive?" Mother Chen Xiuhua stopped and asked.

"Mom, it's already noon when I get home, I'm afraid you won't have time at noon, so I didn't go over to see you." Zhou Jianping said.

"Fortunately, you didn't go, and we weren't at home when we went, and your father said that we should hurry up and finish the work in the field while the weather is good, and in a few days the rainy season will be no longer in the field. We took our lunch to the field and didn't go home at noon. ”

"No wonder, you're not young anymore, and you're still so tired, can your body afford it?"

"What else? There is no big problem with the body at the moment, who knows what it will be like in the future. Jianping, you and Yuling take the children to the house for dinner, your father said that he wants to discuss something with you. ”

"Yo, my dad wants to discuss things with me? It's a rare thing, and I'll have to get over it sooner. Zhou Jianping was a little teasing.

Because he did not listen to his father Zhou Xuecheng's advice, Zhou Jianping said goodbye, the knots in the hearts of the grandfather and son have not been solved over the years, Zhou Xuecheng has a stubborn personality and too strong self-esteem, even though Zhou Jianping has made a small achievement now and runs a business with more than 700 people, Zhou Xuecheng is still indifferent to the matter of his eldest son.

During the New Year's holiday, it was not easy to get together, what Zhou Jianping brought to his parents, the old father Zhou Xuecheng did not refuse, but he ignored his son's career, at the dinner table, there was little language communication between father and son, over the years, Zhou Jianping has been very accustomed to his father's indifference.

Taking advantage of Zhou Xuecheng's absence, Chen Xiuhua reminded: "Jianping, your father has such a temper, he is at this age, it is estimated that it will be difficult to change, don't be like him." ”

"Mom, I understand this truth, and I will also say a few words in front of you, no matter what he wants to talk to me, I have to listen to it, don't worry."

"Okay, then I'll go back to cooking, you and Yuling will come over early with the child." Chen Xiuhua said.

"Let's go over and I'll cook for you." Chang Yuling generally does not lag behind in this regard.

Chang Yuling held the child, and Zhou Jianping carried a box of snacks and food brought back from the city, and then came to his parents' house.

At dinner time, Zhou Xuecheng, who rarely drinks alcohol, had to take out a bottle of wine, "Jianping, let's have some wine tonight, this wine was bought for me by you last year." ”

"Dad, you never drink! What's going on today? Zhou Jianping was a little puzzled.

"Today is a little special, let's have a drink." As he spoke, Zhou Xuecheng unscrewed the cap of the bottle and poured wine into the two small glasses.

Zhou Xuecheng did not drink much, the cup containing one or two wines, after drinking for a long time, there was still a third left in his cup, and suddenly, Zhou Xuecheng picked up the wine glass and drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.

Just when Zhou Jianping was stunned, Zhou Xuecheng spoke, "Jianping, when you come back this time, I want to discuss something with you." ”

Zhou Jianping already knew about this, and he was not surprised by his father's words at all, "Oh, okay, what's the matter?" You say. ”

"Your brother Jianwen is also a big man, and the house at home may indeed be a little old, I want to repair the house with your mother."

"Yes, Jianwen is in his twenties, and this house at home should be built new, if anyone introduces someone to Jianwen, the woman will probably not be willing to rush this house." Zhou Jianping didn't care about his parents' feelings, he simply told the truth.

"However, according to the rules of the village, you have to repair five rooms for one repair." Zhou learned to become a Taoist.

"That's right, didn't I also repair five rooms in the first place?"

"Of course it's good to build five rooms, but the money we saved is not enough to build five rooms!" The expression on the old father's face was indescribable.

"Not enough money? Jianwen has been working with me for three years, right? Isn't the money he saved enough to repair the house? Zhou Jianping said.

Chang Yuling interjected on the side: "I don't care how much money Jianwen has saved, but I know that repairing a house now can't be compared with two or three years ago, because now the cost of labor and building materials has risen a lot compared to then." Zhou Jianping, with the money we spent on building houses, you can't build five houses now. "When their family was repairing the house, Zhou Jianping was away from home all day, and Chang Yuling was almost all handled by herself, so she was very aware of these things.

Mother Chen Xiuhua also said: "We have estimated, and the money on hand is not enough to repair five houses. ”

"How much is missing?" Zhou Jianping asked.

"At least the money for a house is missing, and how much it has been repaired will need to be renovated and beautified."

"Dad, discuss this with me, what do you want me to do?"

Zhou Jianping asked knowingly, but he just wanted to say that. I think back then, it was precisely because he didn't listen to his old father's advice that he wanted him to farm with peace of mind, and he went out unexpectedly, which caused Zhou Xuecheng to have no good impression of his eldest son. Later, his family repaired the house, also because of insufficient money, originally wanted to borrow a little from his parents, but not only did he not borrow a penny, but also made everyone unhappy.

Of course, Zhou Jianping didn't want his father to be soft, that would be tantamount to rebellion, but he wanted his old father to know that his choice back then was not wrong, and his vision was farther than the people in the village!

Not to mention just one or two houses, even if the money to build five houses is a small amount for the current Zhou Jianping, if this matter is brought up by his mother Chen Xiuhua, Zhou Jianping can agree without saying a word, Chen Xiuhua also intends to let Zhou Xuecheng come forward, wanting to ease the relationship between him and his son Zhou Jianping.

"Jianping, didn't your mother say that we don't have enough money, I mean, can you lend us some of it?" Zhou Xuecheng plucked up the courage and said.

"Dad, you have a problem for me, I want to say that there is no money, you will definitely not believe it, how can a factory with hundreds of people not come up with this money? However, our finance department really doesn't have much cash, and our money is tied up in liquidity. You may ask, what should I do if the finance department has no money and pays salaries to employees? There is a saying that special funds are earmarked, and I can't lend you the money used to pay wages to employees. ”

Zhou Jianping's sale was a bit big, and when his old father Zhou Xuecheng heard it, he immediately lowered his head and looked very depressed, "Oh, then forget it, when I didn't say it, we don't know the situation in your factory." ”

Zhou Jianping picked up the wine bottle and was about to pour the wine again, Zhou Xuecheng covered the glass, "Don't pour, don't drink it." ”

"Dad, what are you doing here? The two of us have never drunk together, it's rare that you're in such a good mood today, you take your hand away, I'll pour you some. Zhou Jianping poured his cup full again, "Dad, I respect you!" ”

Picking up the wine glass and taking a big sip, Zhou Jianping continued: "I haven't finished my words yet, Dad, don't be discouraged!" Isn't it just that it's almost money to repair a house? I'm not lying, the finance department in the factory really doesn't, but now, can this little difficulty stop me? No, I would tell any of my friends, this money is not a problem. ”

"I think it's better to forget it, you still have to borrow from others, trouble." Zhou learned to become a Taoist.

"Dad, you see that after so many years, our father and son have never been able to talk together, as long as I promise you, the money I give you is my own, or did I borrow it from someone else, does it have anything to do with you?" Zhou Jianping looked at his father.

"For our sake, I have to ask you to borrow money from others, and your mother and I can't bear it."

"Dad, you always take a small thing so seriously, it's nothing between our friends. Besides, do you have any other way than this path? ”

Zhou Xuecheng stopped talking, if there was another way, he would not talk to his eldest son Zhou Jianping. Although he is stubborn and stubborn, he knows in his heart after all, and no one knows better than himself what he has done to his eldest son over the years.

"Okay, let's not talk about it, the house at home is too dilapidated, for the sake of Jianwen, I support you to build the new house as soon as possible, how much money is missing, I will add it, don't care if my money is borrowed or my own."