across winter

The Xu family was very lively, but the Zhou family was not so lively.The whole family sat together, and there was almost nothing warm to say, except that Min Xiang was between his father and younger brother.

Zhou Zhining is the youngest son of Zhou's political commissar, so it should hurt a little more, but he is the strictest towards him, and can criticize him for everything.However, when Zhou Zhining came back this trip, he brought a box of high-quality Pu'er tea to his father. He entrusted a friend to find it specially. Sure enough, Zhou Yukang's eyes lit up when he saw the tea brought, and his face was not so serious.

As soon as the lid of the tea pot was opened, the fragrance of tea could be smelled. Zhou Yukang looked at Zhou Zhining approvingly, "It's good tea."

Zhou Zhining smiled slightly and nodded, "I brought it specially for you, I know you like it."

Seeing that his son didn't confront him for the first time, he was even happier, so he immediately asked Min Xiang to take out the tea set he just got and put it on the coffee table, and started to boil water to make tea.

"Zhi Ning." Zhou Yukang poured the boiling water from the pot into the cup, poured it twice, changed the water twice, and then looked at him slowly, "I heard that you bought another house in Qingyuan? He picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip of tea.

Zhou Zhining looked at his elder sister Min Xiang, Min Xiang shook her head slightly at him, Zhi Ning then looked away, and told the truth, "I didn't buy it, I rented one, it's convenient for work."

"Well, it's quite convenient." Zhou Yukang leaned back on the sofa cushion, patted his lap with his hands, and looked at the ceiling, as if he was meditating.After a long time, he asked again, "Then where do you live now?"

Zhou Zhining was stunned. Father asked this question very skillfully. It can be seen that he knows where he lives, so can he still live there?

"I lived at Si Hang's house, but I didn't expect to rent it across from him. I'm not very good at cooking, and Si Hang can let me cook. I had a high fever for a while, and Si Hang took care of me. So I just moved to live in his house." It's gone." Zhou Zhining knew that he was probably bluffing, even if he took Huang Yaqing to the reception last time, he still leaked the news.

So to deal with his father, we can only tell the truth.

Zhou Yukang nodded, it was similar to what he heard, it seemed that Zhou Zhining did not lie to him. "Has Sihang come back? I don't know what happened back then, but he left so suddenly. If I remember correctly, the next day is your wedding?"

It's just that which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted. That failed marriage became the beginning of his struggle with Zhou Yukang, and he almost didn't even have a family after that time.

"Yes." Zhou Zhining didn't want to mention this matter, and his father could only respond when he mentioned him, replying two words in a neutral manner.

"The same goes for Si Hang, who was so good with you at that time, why didn't you go after the wedding? I heard it was the plane that night." Commissar Zhou's words contained a bit of reproach, as if their wedding would As usual, we also attended the wedding before leaving.

Zhou Zhining endured the physical and psychological discomfort, Zhou Yukang has always been like this, talking with guns and sticks, and reminding you both openly and secretly.Zhou Zhining didn't like this. "Si Hang was sick. He suffered from hysteria during college. Later, because of his academic depression, I often accompanied him. I knew all about it. I didn't leave that day because I wanted to bump into the wedding." Together, it has been prepared long ago, but few outsiders know about it."

"Is Sihang better now? He must have come back after he was healed?" Min Xiang helped Zhou Zhining cover up, and continued following his words.Both hysteria and depression were made up by Si Hang. The nonsense was used to deceive Secretary Xu. Secretary Xu was so easy to deceive that he had no sense at all.

Zhou Yukang also looked at Zhou Zhining suspiciously.

"Okay, I'll come back when I'm done." Zhou Zhining said.

Min Xiang nodded, "That's good, it's good to be back."

Zhou Yukang took a sip of tea, looked at the wall clock in the living room, and chatted intermittently for nearly two hours. At this time, Zhining's mother just woke up after taking a nap.After dressing up in the room before going out, it was quite formal, and it was a bit strange to see Zhi Ning came back, "I said, why is there someone talking outside, it turns out that Ning Ning is back, why didn't you tell me in advance?"

Mother Zhou is gentle and soft-spoken, she is a woman with a good temper.

"Isn't this just thinking of giving you a surprise? I didn't expect you to be sleeping in the middle of the afternoon, so I didn't wake you up." Zhou Zhining smiled, and reached out to reach for the teapot, ready to pour her a cup of tea.

"No need, Ning Ning, you guys drink first, I'm going out now." Wen Zhilan looked at Zhou Zhining and said softly, "Spare your father more."

Zhi Ning smiled "hehe", held a teacup and clinked a cup with Political Commissar Zhou, "Don't worry, didn't I come here specially to accompany you two?" After taking a sip of tea, he stood up and continued to ask, "Mom, what are you doing?" Who are you going to see, please excuse me for taking so much effort to dress up." Zhou Zhining teased Wen Zhilan, and deliberately winked at her.

"You child!" Wen Zhilan pretended to be angry, and laughed and scolded him for being out of tune all day long, but she still didn't answer him directly who she was going to see.Wen Zhilan glanced at Zhou Yukang, who had a faint smile on his face, and Zhou Minxiang also suddenly looked at Zhining.She didn't intend to tell Zhi Ning about her plan, but Political Commissar Zhou snatched the conversation before her.

"Your mother is a busy person. Guess who she is going to pick up?" Zhou Yukang looked at Zhou Zhining, put his hands on his knees and rubbed them, his face softened.

Zhou Zhining thought for a while, "Could it be that I'm going to meet my little sister for a square dance again?" He deliberately turned his head to look out the window, "It's not dark yet, it's hot, can you bear it?"

Wen Zhilan stood where she was, without saying a word.Min Xiang warmed him up on the opposite side, looking a bit dignified.Before he could figure out which character his mother was going to meet, his father, political commissar Zhou, revealed the truth to him.

"To pick up Tong Tong, why? You forgot? Your fiancée, Tong's daughter."

Zhou Yukang's words were like a bolt from the blue, split Zhou Zhining to nothing but a scorched shell, his face was cold and pale, and he looked at Secretary Xu unkindly.

Zhou Yukang was his father, so naturally he had no room to be afraid of him, and confronted him, even with a smile on his face.

Zhou Zhining told him word by word, "I don't have a fiancée."

"I said yes, so there is." Zhou Yukang looked at him sideways, knocked the teacup heavily on the coffee table, stared straight at Zhou Zhining with sharp eyes. "

"Heh" Zhou Zhining sneered, "I want to marry, I married five years ago, I didn't marry, and now the result is the same as before." He stood up, since his father was determined not to see his son, then What reason does he have to keep going?Turning around, he was about to leave, and when he was about to leave, he turned his head to look at Zhou Yukang, paused and continued, "I have someone I like, and it was him five years ago, and it will still be him five years later. As for Who is it, aren't you clever? Check it out!"

This time it really turned heads, Zhou Zhining went out, the door was slammed to the ground with a "bang bang" sound, no one of the two female relatives in the room dared to chase, Zhou Yukang on the seat trembled angrily, and moved a All the tea sets fell to the ground, "What a bastard!"

Zhou Zhining was the one who suffered a blood loss. When he walked out, he thought that it would be less difficult to tell him about his relationship with Si Hang, so he specially brought a good Pu'er to flatter him. As a result, Zhou Zhining couldn't hold back his spat.