Zhou Ya drove the car, turned from East Fourth Avenue to the North Second Ring Road, turned to Zhou Cheng and asked, "Where are you going?" Liuli Bridge? ”

"Go to Yuyuantan and go home for dinner?"

Hearing Zhou Cheng's words, Zhou Ya was stunned, and even the front of the car almost deviated from the lane, but fortunately, Zhou Ya came back to her senses and grasped the direction in time.

"Zhou Ya, don't I just go home for dinner, are you scaring me like this?" The shaking of the body scared Zhou Cheng, who was also distracted, into a cold sweat.

"You're the one who scared me." Zhou Ya said angrily: "When was the last time you ate at home, do you remember?" ”

Seeing that Zhou Cheng didn't answer, Zhou Ya continued: "On March 8th, our mother took a half-day vacation and specially burned a table of dishes to ask you to come back for dinner, but you were fine, you left after half eating, and then you didn't go home for three and a half months." ”

"Am I not busy?" Zhou Chengnuo replied and turned his head to look out of the car window. It has entered the midsummer season, and it has also ushered in the longest period of day in the year, although it has reached more than six o'clock, the sun is still unwilling to end like this, hanging high in the western sky, exuding its last light and heat, so that Zhou Cheng, who is half lying on the seat, can't open his eyes.

"You're just a piece of shit, a piece of waste that doesn't accomplish anything." This is what his father said to himself at the dinner table in March, and it is also this sentence that makes Zhou Cheng in this world not go home for three months.

In Zhou Cheng's impression, whether it is this world or another world, his father is standing behind him like a mountain, not only sheltering him from the wind and rain, but also bringing him great psychological pressure.

Father Zhou Kezhi has always known what he needs, and he will fight for it until he achieves his goal.

In 1973, Zhou Kezhi, who had the worst studies, took the initiative to ask to replace his brother Zhou Keyang and sister Zhou Min to go to the countryside to Anji, so that the two had the opportunity to concentrate on their studies and be admitted to the university to engage in the research work they liked, when he was not yet seventeen years old.

In 1976, when he was of marriageable age, after careful consideration, he married Lin Li, the daughter of a local teacher. Then, in the second year, educated youths returned to the city one after another, and Zhou Kezhi also moved the idea of returning to Yanjing.

In 1978, because of his marriage to a local resident, Zhou Kezhi's two applications to return to the city were rejected. Zhou Kezhi began to take a different path. He asked his brother to send a large number of review materials from Yanjing, and threatened to return to the city after divorce, and pulled Lin Li to study together.

In the end, the two passed the college entrance examination in 1979 and were admitted to Fudan and East China Normal respectively. And Zhou Ya, who had just turned one year old, was left in Anji by the two of them to live with her grandfather and grandmother. It wasn't until 85 that Zhou Cheng was almost two years old, and Zhou Kezhi's work in Yanjing settled down before he took Zhou Ya back to his side.

After entering the official career, as the son of an ordinary railway worker, Zhou Kezhi had no background except for his own education, relying on his own hard work, from an ordinary clerk to a section clerk, section chief, devolved to the district, and was transferred to Yanjing TV Station, deputy director, director, all the way to the executive deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee.

Although as a director of propaganda work, Zhou Kezhi often talks about "equality between men and women". But in Zhou Cheng's family, his grandfather's "patriarchal" thinking has been perfectly inherited by Zhou Kezhi.

Zhou Ya, who was only taken to her side at the age of seven, has been very rebellious since she was a child, and Zhou Kezhi has an almost free-range attitude towards her, which has aroused Zhou Ya's inner fighting spirit. Not only did he have excellent grades, but he also became more and more courageous, and finally he was admitted to the Law Department of Peking University with excellent results.

On the contrary, from elementary school to junior high school to high school, Zhou Cheng, who has been closely watched by his father Zhou Kezhi, can't bear this pressure, not only piano, art, and calligraphy have no results, but his academic performance is getting worse and worse. Especially compared with the excellent Zhou Ya, Zhou Cheng's performance made Zhou Kezhi's expectations for him lower and lower. Hope that the son will become a dragon, but this dragon is not even as good as a worm in the end.

When he saw that Zhou Cheng could only apply for an art college with a score that had just passed the first line, Zhou Kezhi's disappointed eyes at that time became a nightmare shared by Zhou Cheng in the two worlds.

Zhou Cheng in another world did not meet Chu Ran and others in college, and after four years of gloom, he obeyed Zhou Kezhi's arrangement after graduation, and entered Yanjing TV for an internship in the envious eyes of his classmates.

"When you agreed to work at the TV station, do you know how disappointed I was? I want to hear you tell me, I want to go out and struggle, I want to start my own business, to work hard. But you didn't, you chose a relatively comfortable and stable path, which made you lose the spirit of struggle and the vitality that a young person should have. This is another world, after his father lost power, he said to Zhou Cheng in his heart, maybe at that time, he also regretted not being able to let go sooner, so that Zhou Cheng would waste his life.

"I have my own choice, I don't want to be manipulated by you in my ......life" Zhou Cheng in this world, fortunately, with the encouragement of Chu Ran and others, bravely took this step.

"Go your own way, hehe, you tell me, what can you do? What capital do you have? This was Zhou Kezhi's soul torture to Zhou Cheng at that time, maybe what he was waiting for was not Zhou Cheng to give him a perfect answer, what he was waiting for was whether Zhou Cheng would be able to take this step bravely.

Fortunately, Zhou Cheng in this world persevered by mistake, although he has not achieved real success so far, but Zhou Cheng believes that this is the path that his father wants him to take.

It's not terrible to experience failure, because everyone's life can't be smooth sailing. As a parent, the most important thing is to hope that your children can have the courage to face setbacks and not give up. This is the truth that Zhou Cheng, who has more than ten years of experience in that world, understands.

"By the way, I met Brother Cen this morning." The bump caused by a small pit on the road sobered up Zhou Cheng, who was in deep thought.

"Cen Donglai?" Hearing this name, Zhou Yaxiu frowned slightly: "Is the artist in your hand causing trouble again?" ”

"Well, I had a fight with someone in the bar over there in Houhai last night, and I had to ask Brother Cen for help." Zhou Cheng still chose to say it directly.

"Are you using me as a cover again?" Zhou Ya glanced at him, looked at Zhou Cheng and nodded, and couldn't help but continue: "In the future, don't pull the two of us together at every turn, it's impossible for me to be with him." ”

"Sister, you're twenty-nine this year, aren't you...... Don't look at me like that, I'm just stating a fact. Zhou Cheng, who was sitting in the co-pilot, could obviously feel a cold wind: "After so many years, you have also obtained a doctorate, is it time to think about your own personal affairs." ”

"You don't have to worry about this, your sister has someone chasing ......"

"How many of those chasing you are really because of you as a person? Actually, I feel that Brother Cen is very good, you are also childhood sweethearts, and he is also infatuated with you. I remember when I was a child, when others asked you for trouble, it was Brother Cen who came forward to help......" Zhou Cheng continued to advise.

Zhou Ya in another world is unladylike, after her father lost power, the other party broke off the relationship with her for the first time, and finally Cen Donglai, who has always been infatuated with Zhou Ya, has always been by her side, Zhou Ya at that time finally accepted this infatuated man, and the two walked together. Therefore, Zhou Cheng didn't want his sister in this world to encounter such emotional twists and turns again, so he directly helped her find the most suitable one.

"Don't worry about my business, you little brat, I have my own decision." Zhou Ya interrupted Zhou Cheng's words: "I'll give you two boxes of tea in the evening, and you can give it to him directly to return the favor." My little tea is about to be ruined by you. ”

"Sister, you can't say that. This is the tea bar given by my grandfather and uncle, and I should have my share according to the head. Knowing that Zhou Ya didn't want to talk about personal matters anymore, Zhou Cheng had no choice but to follow her to change the topic.

"Cut!" Zhou Ya snorted disdainfully and continued: "Believe it or not, you won't be able to get any next year." ”

"Well, count yourself ruthless. Won't I be able to find our mother in the future? ”

Zhou Cheng also understood that this was his grandmother and grandfather expressing their dissatisfaction with Zhou Kezhi, so he would take special pity on this granddaughter who grew up by his side until he was seven years old and did not leave.

Every summer vacation, Zhou Cheng and Zhou Ya go to Anji together, and it is obvious that grandma's family treats Zhou Ya more kindly than his grandson, and he has no treatment in Yanjing at all.

The tea sent by my grandmother's family every year is also, in addition to one copy from her mother Lin Li, the other one is sent to Zhou Ya separately, every year. According to Grandma's words, the few acres of mountains and forests and tea plantations that Grandpa's family allocated were all dowries for this granddaughter, and there was no Zhou Cheng's share.