Chapter Eighty-Three: Zhou's Father's "Surprise"
"Bingkun, where have you been for more than a month?"
Zhou Xin, who had just come back from the train station, was chased by Li Suhua as soon as he entered the door, and Zhou Xin didn't want to hide it, opened the suitcase in his hand, and then said:
"Mom, I didn't have something to do and went to Yangcheng, you see I also brought you a gift."
As he spoke, he took out some clothes, song tapes, electronic watches and other electronic gadgets bought from Yangcheng, although they were all antiques in Zhou Xin's opinion, but in the eyes of Zhou's mother and Zheng Juan, they were so rare.
"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"
Everyone's attention suddenly shifted from Zhou Xin to the gift, and Zhou Xin walked to the bedroom, washed up a little and went back to the bedroom to supplement sleep.
I don't know how long it took, Zhou Xin slowly opened his eyes, and saw Zheng Juan sitting next to him, looking at him stunned with a smile on his face, not knowing what good things to think.
Zhou Xin turned over and hugged Zheng Juan, then asked with a smile:
"Juan'er, what did you think just now? Laughing so happily? ”
Zheng Juan, who was in Zhou Xin's arms, showed an embarrassed look, looked up at Zhou Xin and said:
"It's nothing, I just thought how good it would be if we were like this all the time."
Zhou Xin played with Zheng Juan's hair with his fingers, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly:
"I can't bear to be so reluctant! Why don't you come with me to Yanjing, and rent a house near my school. ”
Zheng Juan's face was first happy, then sank again, and then said:
"Brother Kun, I won't go, after all, I have to take care of my mother and children at home, and besides, Yanjing is not familiar with life, I'm afraid I won't be able to adapt to going there."
"Then in two years, when I graduate, I will return to Jichun."
"Uh-huh"
Zhou Xin stayed at home for almost half a month, except for meeting them at the beginning to catch up with them on the National Day, the rest of the time was basically reading books at home, and taking Zheng Juan and the children out to play from time to time.
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On the twenty-seventh day of the eighty-year lunar month, Zhou's mother never had an idle time early in the morning, either wiping here or sweeping there, and when it was almost 10 o'clock, she went to the study to urge Zhou Xin.
"Bingkun, you have to hurry up to the train station to pick up your dad, he doesn't know where we moved, don't let your dad wait for you at the train station."
Zhou Xin marked it with a bookmark, then closed the book and replied:
"I'll go."
After speaking, he stood up, then went back to the bedroom to get dressed, and set off under the expectant eyes of Zhou's mother.
Due to the delay of the train, when Zhou Xin received Zhou Zhigang, it was already more than 4 hours later, and Zhou Xin took over the large luggage in his hand after receiving Zhou's father again, and said:
"Dad, it's not too early, let's go home first, Mom should be in a hurry at home."
Father Zhou didn't say much, nodded and asked Zhou Xin to lead the way in front, and more than half an hour later, the father and son arrived at the door of their new home.
Father Zhou looked at the house in front of him, which covered a large area, and was shocked in his heart, his son only said that he had moved to a house that was larger than the old house, but this was not something that could be explained by a little bigger, so he hurriedly asked Zhou Xin:
"This is the new house you bought? How much did you really spend? ”
Zhou Xin didn't know how surprised Father Zhou was at this time, and said in a very ordinary tone:
"I spent 2,000 yuan when I bought it a few years ago, don't look outside, let's go inside."
Zhou's father followed Zhou Xin into the house with a complicated mood, looking at the decoration inside was not simple, after saying hello to Zhou's mother Zheng Juan for the first time, he asked Zhou Xin to talk alone, and the two entered the study.
After both of them sat down, Father Zhou took out the cigarette from his pocket, rolled a cigarette tremblingly, lit it, took a deep breath, and asked:
"Bingkun, tell me where you got the money to buy this house?"
Zhou Xin only found out that Zhou Zhigang was wrong at this time, and honestly said what happened to the three people before, and when Zhou's father heard that the three people were arrested and put in prison, he slapped the table with his hand and shouted:
"Bastard thing, I, Zhou Zhigang, am you missing it? Or do you drink less? Didn't you think about how I and your mom felt before you did it? What are we going to do if you're caught? ”
At this time, Zhou Xin realized the problem, he really only thought about making money to support Zheng Juan at the beginning, although he considered that he might be arrested, but he only made arrangements for his family after he was arrested, and did not consider the feelings of Zhou's father and Zhou's mother.
Zhou Xin hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake and said:
"Dad, I didn't think about it, and I won't next time."
Father Zhou watched his son bow his head and admit his mistakes, knowing that he couldn't blame his son entirely, he also wanted to live a better life, so he sighed and said:
"Bingkun, we don't want you to be rich and rich, as long as you can live your life in peace."
Zhou Xin still looked obedient and said:
"Dad, I know, I will never do dangerous things again."
Zhou Xin suddenly remembered the matter of Yangcheng, and after a little entanglement, he didn't know whether to say it or not, of course Zhou's father saw his son's entanglement, so he asked directly:
"Bingkun, what else are you hiding from me? Just say it. ”
Zhou Xin hesitated and said some things selectively, mainly because of what the three of them did at the beginning, and concealed the follow-up affairs of the Special Economic Zone.
Zhou's father heard that his son now had 700,000 yuan in his hand, his hand was trembling, and the cigarette mixed with his fingers fell to the ground, and he stammered and repeated:
"More than 700,000?"
After Zhou Xin nodded and confirmed, Zhou's father collapsed there all of a sudden, Zhou Xin hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and it took a long time for Zhou's father to recover, and then grabbed Zhou Xin's arm and asked:
"Are you sure that all this money is not illegal? You're not going to be caught as speculators, are you? ”
Zhou Xin hurriedly explained:
"You work on the front line, you should have heard about the economic reform document sent from above, I am doing business normally, and I will not break the law."
"That's good, you go out first, let me be alone for a while."
"Then be careful, call me at any time if you have anything."
After Zhou Xin finished speaking, he turned around and left the study.
After Zhou Xin left, Zhou's father rolled up another cigarette and smoked, stunned, recalling when Zhou Xin was a child, shouting "Dad" behind his buttocks.
In a blink of an eye, my son has grown so big, and he is much more capable than himself, he should be proud, but deep in his heart is a deep sense of loss, feeling that he is no longer the pillar of this family, and that he is old and useless.
After Zhou Xin came out of the study, Zhou's mother asked anxiously:
"Bingkun, why didn't your dad come out? I just heard your dad yelling at you, what's going on? ”
"Mom, it's nothing, it's just that there was some misunderstanding, I made it clear to my dad, my dad said he wanted to be quiet, and he would come out later."
Listening to her son's words, Zhou's mother put it down, patted her chest and breathed a long sigh of relief, and then said:
"It's okay, I thought something was going on?"
After an hour, Zhou's father came out of the study, although his expression was normal, Zhou Xin always felt that he seemed to be much older, and the twilight was heavier.