Chapter 381: Build Your Own Sky

"Mom, what about that? Let me tell you something."

On this day, after dinner, the dishes were cleared, the garbage was taken out, and the water was carried, the three of them were as usual again. Wang Yan was reading at the end of the kang, Zhou Bingkun was flipping left and right in the middle, and Li Suhua was sitting on the end of the kang, talking about her knitted woolen pants.

Zhou Bingkun's words interrupted Li Suhua's babble: "Look at you kid, just tell me if you have anything to do."

"Then I said, don't be angry."

Li Suhua looked at Wang Yan, who was also confused, and put down the needle and thread in his hand: "What did you do again? Whether you are angry or not, you tell me first and I will listen."

"Then what I said?" Zhou Bingkun sat up and covered himself with the quilt: "I have found a partner."

"Have you found a partner? That's a good thing. Look at you, why should I be angry about such a good thing? How old is the girl? Where is her family? Is she educated? How many people are there in the family? What do they do? "Li Suhua's happiness was written on her face. She gave her old son a symbolic slap and asked a series of questions to check her household registration.

"Mom, don't be impatient, just listen to me. That's right, there's something wrong with this girl." Stabilizing his agitated mother, Zhou Bingkun let out a sigh of relief and said, "That Tu Zhiqiang I told you before Wasn't it because he killed someone that he was shot? Then I went to visit their house and got to know Tu Zhiqiang's wife. After Tu Zhiqiang died, she went back to her parents' home, where she had an old mother and a blind brother. . Tu Zhiqiang was kind to me before. I just wanted to help as much as I could, so I went there often..."

"I don't agree." Before he could finish speaking, Li Suhua shook his head repeatedly, and the happiness just now turned into a serious face: "Bingkun, you are still young, and our family's conditions are not bad. You haven't found a young widow yet. If you really marry that little widow into your family, what will the neighbors think of our old Zhou family? And it’s not like you don’t know his father’s temper. Even though he is an old party member, I have lived with him for most of my life. , Sometimes, he is more thoughtful than a woman like me. If you want to marry such a woman, he will not agree, and he may even kick you out of the house. "

"Mom, I know everything you said. But I really like Zheng Juan, Mom, her name is Zheng Juan. I really like her, and she and Tu Zhiqiang didn't get the certificate. I... couldn't help it, and now she is pregnant. It’s been almost five months.”

"What the hell? Are you five months pregnant?" Li Suhua suddenly became excited, sat upright, glanced at Wang Yan who was also surprised, and then slapped her fiercely: "Oh, you little brat, I Why did it look wrong before? You asked your brother to ask you. You said you were so squeaky. Who would have thought that you hid such a big thing? You...wait for your father to come back and see if he does. Kick you to death..."

Wang Yan said, "I don't know anything." Zhou Bingkun deserved to be beaten for doing such a thing, but he still stood up and stopped Li Suhua: "Auntie, auntie, don't fight now. Everything has happened, and it's useless for you to hit him now." . Bingkun, this girl is already five months pregnant, why are you just telling me now? "

"Yeah, why didn't you tell me earlier? You told me when the house was on fire?" Li Suhua was so angry that she stretched out her legs and kicked her.

After his mother's beating was neither painful nor itchy, Zhou Bingkun said nonchalantly: "Mom, it's too early for me to say anything. Although Zheng Juan didn't get the certificate from Tu Zhiqiang, she also stayed at Tu Zhiqiang's house for a period of time. Can't you agree? Later, I failed to control myself and let her get pregnant. I didn’t know what to do. You said she should be beaten. Her mother believed in Buddhism and refused to give her birth. You didn’t know. , Mom, Zheng Juan’s blind brother was picked up later. He is kind-hearted. He doesn’t know about it yet. Don’t tell anyone.

Zheng Juan was also considerate of me and said that it was just like that. If she could afford to raise the child after birth, she would raise it. If she couldn't afford it, she would give it away. She didn't ask for any status from me. I didn't have any idea at that time, so I didn't say anything. Now her belly is getting bigger day by day, and I feel uncomfortable, Mom. You say that people don’t do this for their own purposes and that they don’t do it for other reasons. If I really didn’t give people my status, I would be too much of a beast.

Besides, mom and brother, you don’t know that Zheng Juan is still a good girl. Tu Zhiqiang likes men, so he married Zheng Juan just to hide his identity from others, and he never touched her at all. Anyway, I have done everything. I, Zhou Bingkun, dare to take responsibility. No matter what others say or think, Mom, I am determined to marry Zheng Juan. When my dad comes back, whether he beats me to death or kicks me out of the house, I can't do anything wrong to Zheng Juan. "

Li Suhua pointed at Zhou Bingkun, too angry to say a word. There used to be Zhou Rong, which was enough to cause trouble. This is great. Just as Zhou Rong finished his work, the old son started to stir up trouble again. She just wanted to have a good family, but in the end, either she had to sever ties with her family, or she was kicked out of the house. Why was it so difficult?

"Auntie, auntie, hold on. Everything has happened, and even beating Bingkun to death is of no use. We don't know what this Zheng Juan is like, so we have to meet her first. Really. Speaking of which, it's our fault now." Wang Yan patted her back and rubbed her arms: "And think of the best, aunt, the child is now five months old, and there are four more to come. Yue, you are now a grandma, and there is a third generation in the old Zhou family. If you look at it this way, wouldn’t this be a good thing, right, aunt?”

After this breath of anger, Li Suhua panted violently. She looked at her old son who looked worried but didn't dare to disturb him angrily. Without saying a word, she slapped her roundly and said, "You, you don't let me do it day by day." Take it easy."

This is a real big talker. Zhou Bingkun grimaced in pain, but still giggled. He knew that this matter was in the past with his mother: "What should we do now, Mom?"

"What else can we do? Your brother is right, this is our fault. Hurry up and find time to bring that girl back to me. No matter what, we can't be sorry."

Zhou Bingkun nodded: "Mom, then I will bring her over tomorrow?"

"Okay." Li Suhua turned to look at Wang Yan: "Xiaoyan, give me some water."

Wang Yan responded, turned around and drank the cold boiled water, poured hot water from the thermos, mixed it, and gave it to Li Suhua.

She was really thirsty. She drank a lot of water from a large tank, and then lay down on the bed: "Every day, there is no one to worry about, turn off the lights and go to bed!"

Zhou Bingkun lay back on the bed obediently and remained motionless.

Wang Yan put down the quilt, lay down on the edge of the kang, and casually pulled out the light cord.

It was only less than eight o'clock. It was definitely early to go to bed at this time, but Li Suhua didn't want to look at Zhou Bingkun. Although she agreed, she still needed to digest it herself.

In the darkness, you could clearly hear Li Suhua's heavy breathing, and you could feel that Zhou Bingkun was suppressing himself, holding it in for a long time before spitting it out.

After a while, around nine o'clock, Li Suhua suddenly said: "Bingkun, does that slap from mom just now hurt?"

"It's okay, Mom. I'm thick-skinned, so it's no big deal. Besides, this is my fault. I kept it secret for so long, so I deserve a beating."

Zhou Bingkun was crying a little, but Wang Yan on the side knew that it was just the grievance caused by the care of his old mother. He recognized Zheng Juan, the child in her belly, the old lady Zheng's mother, and the blind Zheng Guangming. At the same time, he deceived his biological mother. He was deeply condemned for his unfilial love for his biological mother, and he was full of pain and had no place to express his pain.

"Are you wronged? You're a big man now. You're going to be a father. Why are you still crying?" Li Suhua reached out from the quilt and rubbed her old son's big head: "You deserve a beating. You're so big. It’s a good thing that you kept it secret until now. Otherwise, he would have kicked you to death because of his bad temper.”

"It's all my fault. You should kick me to death."

"What nonsense are you talking about? If your dad really dares to kick you, I won't be done with him if I don't take care of him." Li Suhua sighed: "You said it so suddenly, Mom is still a little confused." Bing Bing Kun, is that child really yours?”

"Mom, how can I still lie to you? It must be true. Didn't I already tell you that Tu Zhiqiang likes men, and we already have a crush."

"Don't say that. Mom is old and can't bear the excitement." Li Suhua waved her hand and said, "Bring her here tomorrow, Mom, let's see what kind of girl my son is so obsessed with, and then, follow her Mom, I’ll meet you. Let’s discuss it and get married. Write a letter to tell your dad, your brother, and your sister. As for the wedding banquet... forget it, it’s not a good thing after all. A bunch of people came here just to see our family’s jokes.”

"Mom...I'm sorry..."

"Okay, why are you talking about that? Your dad was just angry for a while. It's nothing to me. You have to live your own life after all. Now that it's like this, what else can I say? Xiaoyan."

"Hey, auntie."

"Come back early tomorrow and help my aunt with advice."

"Okay, I just want to check with Zheng Juan to see how things are going. According to Bingkun, her conditions are not good, so don't let anything happen to the child again."

Li Suhua sighed: "If we don't say we are well matched, their family's conditions are indeed worse."

"Mom, Zheng Juan, her mother and her brother can both work. Although they don't earn much, they can support themselves."

"They say you forget your mother when you have a daughter-in-law. Why are you taking care of yourself before you do anything?"

"No way, Mom, I will definitely be filial to you for the rest of my life."

Li Suhua hummed, but there was no movement, and after a long while: "Son."

"mom."

"Tell me something about Zheng Juan."

Zhou Bingkun spoke slowly and told the story he had thought about for a long time: "It was about that time last year, when Tu Zhiqiang just passed away..."

Wang Yan rested his head on his hands, closed his eyes and listened quietly to the conversation between mother and son. From Zheng Juan talking about how Zhou Rong sneaked away to Qian Province regardless of what happened, to Zhou Bingyi marrying Dongmei, whose parents were beaten down, he imagined the future. Playing with grandson happily, talking about Zhou Bingkun's future hardships.

Li Suhua's voice gradually became less audible, and she fell asleep at some point. She is old and mentally and physically weak. The old son was so exhausted after giving such a surprise, and said it was already midnight, so it was normal that he couldn't bear it.

"Mom? Mom? Brother Yan? Brother?" Zhou Bingkun muttered to himself, but found no response. After listening quietly, he felt the even breathing of his mother and good brother, and he let out a sigh of relief.

Of course Wang Yan was not asleep, but he was breathing evenly and squinting, and didn't pay attention. After a while, there was a suppressed choking sound around him. He knew that that was when Zhou Bingkun finally relaxed and licked his wounds.

Although he knew everything, Zhou Bingkun did not tell him everything, just like when he was over 30 years old, he realized, "Is it bitter?" Chew it, chew it and swallow it’. Some things and some thoughts cannot be discussed with others and can only be digested by oneself.

Everyone has a piece of the sky that they have to support themselves, and all of them are unbearable.

On this day, Zhou Bingkun cried until he fell asleep...

Getting up is a habitual thing. Even though she slept very late yesterday, Li Suhua still woke up early. Seeing her son's red and swollen eye sockets beside her, she couldn't help but shook her head and sighed, and then prepared to get off the kang to light the fire.

"Aunt, you go back to sleep. I'll go to light the fire and cook. You slept so late yesterday and hurt your nerves. You need to take good care of yourself." Wang Yan got up and said, "I'll take your pulse and prescribe some medicine for you when you get up."

"Wait until this is over, otherwise it's useless to drink. Bingkun has made such a big deal this time, and I don't know how your uncle is doing." Li Suhua shook her head: "I asked Zheng Juan to come today, and I can't treat her harshly. I have to work hard."

Wang Yan shook his head and smiled: "Even if it's eight plates and eight bowls, Zheng Juan can't eat it."

"She can not eat, but our family can't not do it. Oh, I'm a hard-working person. Every day, I can't get angry with them."

Li Suhua still got up from the kang and went to work.

Wang Yan did not persuade her again, but just got up to help. In fact, there was no need to be so busy this early in the morning, but Li Suhua could not sleep and was nervous because she had to meet Zheng Juan today.

After a busy morning, Zhou Bingkun slept for ten minutes and was called up according to the usual working hours.

At the dinner table, Li Suhua naggingly told Zhou Bingkun to ask both him and Wang Yan to take half a day off and pick up Zheng Juan for lunch at noon. If possible, Zheng's mother and Zheng Guangming should be picked up for dinner in the evening, as a way to meet the in-laws and recognize people...

The morning passed in a flash, and Wang Yan returned to the old Zhou family at more than ten o'clock to help Li Suhua cut vegetables, fetch water, and take out the garbage. As for the house, it had been cleaned inside and out.

Zhou Bingkun asked for leave from the leader at the soy sauce factory in the morning and ran to Zheng Juan's house to comfort the nervous Zheng Juan and talk to her. At noon, he took Zheng Juan to the old Zhou family slowly.

"Zheng Juan, this is my mom, this is my brother Yan."

In the outer room, Zhou Bingkun introduced Li Suhua and Wang Yan to Zheng Juan.

Looking at the kind-looking old lady in front of her and the man standing behind her who helped her and Zhou Bingkun a lot, Zheng Juan nodded and called: "Mom...ah, no, aunt, brother Yan."

Wang Yan smiled and nodded at the embarrassed Zheng Juan. This was their second meeting. The last time, she was called Luo Yuzhu. She was a strong woman with a different fate and personality from Zheng Juan in front of him.

He saw clearly that Zheng Juan didn't mean to call her "mom", but she was too nervous and blurted it out. It must be said that her slip of the tongue was very good.

Li Suhua smiled and nodded: "Why call me aunt? It's just right to call me mom. Are you tired from walking all the way? Come in quickly, take a rest, warm up, and we will eat in a while." As he said this, he pulled Zheng Juan into the house.

Zheng Juan followed into the house and sat upright on the edge of the kang, lowering her head nervously, a little at a loss.

She was nervous, and Li Suhua was even more nervous. After sitting in the house, she didn't know what to say, and felt a little embarrassed.

Wang Yan spoke out: "Aunt, look at how beautiful Zheng Juan is. Our Bingkun will be blessed in the future."

Li Suhua was so happy that she continued the conversation: "Of course, girl, why do you like our Bingkun?"

"He is a good man." Zheng Juan raised her head, looked around, and lowered her head again: "Aunt, Bingkun should have told you about my family's situation. At the beginning, our family..."

He winked at Li Suhua, indicating that you two mothers should have a good chat. Wang Yan turned around and poked the nervous Zhou Bingkun and left the house.

"Brother, why did you ask me out? Look at Zheng Juan. If you don't keep an eye on her, what if she says something is wrong?"

The meat was stewing in the pot. Wang Yan took a big spoon to wash it. He put the pot on the stove in the west room, added lard and soybean oil to heat the pot, glanced at Zhou Bingkun squatting on the side and whispered: "Are you stupid? Don't you understand this bit of social etiquette? What happened to you two has happened. Our family is in the wrong. Your mother feels sorry for Zheng Juan. How could she still say this? It's just a little bit of inquiry. The main thing is to confirm whether the child is yours.

You said that before, and now you can't verify whether the child is yours, so what else can be the problem? Your mother is an old woman looking at her daughter-in-law. The main thing is to see if Zheng Juan is a good woman and whether you two can live well in the future. OK, understand?"

"Is that so..." Zhou Bingkun figured out the key points, grinned, and after a while of happiness, he turned to ask: "That's not right, brother, why didn't you tell me before?"

"Think about it, you and Zheng Juan made up a lie before, which made Zheng Juan so nervous and scared. Now that you meet her, you don't ask at all, but ask some other irrelevant questions. Wouldn't it be easier to accept? Would you feel more relaxed? Would you think your mother is easy to talk to?"

Zhou Bingkun gave a thumbs up: "Brother, it has to be you, so tall."

"Wait five minutes before you go in, I'm cooking, stay away, don't get in the way."

Nodding, Zhou Bingkun ran to the door to eavesdrop...

Li Suhua and Zheng Juan had a good chat. Of course, things have come to this point, and it's better to be good. After Zhou Bingkun insisted that the child in Zheng Juan's belly was his, and also accompanied by a reasonable process, Li Suhua actually believed it.

So, as Wang Yan said, it was the old woman looking at her daughter-in-law. Zheng Juan was beautiful, and people could feel her kindness and virtue. With the baby in her belly, although the previous bad experience inevitably reduced her points, the old son liked her and the job was done. Even if it reduced her points, he was very satisfied. So it was very easy to overcome the hurdle that Zhou Bingkun thought was very difficult, and everything went smoothly. And Li Suhua decided to meet Zheng's mother and Zheng Guangming in the evening, get the marriage certificate tomorrow, and then take Zheng Juan to live.

"I'm leaving, aunt."

"Slow down, Juan'er. Bingkun, you should be more careful. If Juan'er makes any mistakes, I will punish you."

"Don't worry, mom, I know everything."

Seeing Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan walking away, Li Suhua sighed, ignored the pointing and pointing of the idle people basking in the sun, and turned back to the house to clean up the dishes.

Wang Yan asked in confusion: "What's wrong, aunt? I see you are very satisfied with Zheng Juan, so why are you sighing?"

"The more satisfied you are, the more regrettable it is." Li Suhua piled up the bowls: "You said such a good girl, why didn't you meet her earlier, and she was given the title of a little widow for nothing, what's the matter? We know, but others don't know."

"It's fate, aunt. If there weren't so many things, Bingkun wouldn't have met Zheng Juan, and there wouldn't be a grandson in his belly. We live our own lives, so why should we care what others think."

"You are just young, and gossip can kill people. Back then, there was this piece of Guangzi, and there was a..."

Talking about the past, Wang Yan and Li Suhua also cleaned up the table and bowls, put on slippers, went to the kang, and drank water.

Li Suhua sighed: "Xiaoyan, what do you think Zheng Juan will do when she comes? During the New Year holidays, his father, brother, and sister will all come back, and our house can't accommodate them."

Wang Yan didn't understand such obvious words. He shook his head and smiled: "Isn't there still my house? There is no kang in the west room of this house, and it's not warm in winter. Let them live in my house, and we can stay here."

Li Suhua must have thought about it for a long time before saying it. People have to have face. This matter has some meaning of repaying a favor.

Wang Yan certainly didn't care. Originally, the house was enough. After all, it was later, and the children of the old Zhou family had a place to go. Unlike now, the time is several years earlier. He is not a member of the old Zhou family, so it is always inconvenient. Besides, he was the one who made the trouble. It's just to make room for a house, which is no big deal. Not to mention that it's just to live there, it's no problem for Zhou Bingkun, of course, that is based on certain methods.

"That won't work, Xiaoyan. You're getting married soon, and you're giving them the house to live in. What are you going to do? Let them sleep in this room. I'll sleep in the west room, and you go back to your house. Aunt will light the fire for you. When those people outside come back, our two houses will definitely be able to accommodate them."

Wang Yan was stunned for a moment. His feelings were still narrow-minded. He waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, aunt, you're so old, you can't live in the west room. It's still too early for me to get married, so I'll think about it later. Besides, Bingkun and his wife have to talk to each other privately, right, aunt? Just do as I say, let them live in my house, aunt, you stay in this room, and I'll go to the west room."

Why is Zhou Bingkun in the middle? It's because he is not a member of the Zhou family, so he has to keep a distance. So it's right for him to go to the west room now.

Li Suhua was still a little hesitant: "This is not good, Xiaoyan, you go to the west room, this..."

"Listen to me, aunt, it's settled. Can't I make the decision for my house?" Wang Yan stood up and said, "Let's go, aunt, it will take a while to cook dinner, let's go and clean up first."

...

Zheng's mother and Zheng Guangming have already been informed by Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan, and know what Li Suhua is like. Although they are still nervous, they don't feel as much as before, and they are much more accepting.

Li Suhua and Zheng's mother are both kind people, both good people, and they communicate well. As for Zheng Guangming, when he came, he met Li Suhua and Wang Yan, and after calling people, he kept his mouth shut the whole time, eating the dishes that Lao Gao had picked up from his bowl.

Wang Yan basically didn't say much, and he had already told him not to show any gratitude and pretend not to know. So his presence was very weak, and he just ate with Zheng Guangming.

Lunch and dinner were both very rich and standard enough. There were four dishes at noon and six dishes at night. In addition to meat, fish, cold dishes, and cooked food bought by Wang Yan, he also participated in the cooking.

Zheng's mother was embarrassed to eat, Zheng Juan couldn't eat, Li Suhua and Zhou Bingkun didn't want to eat, and the youngest Zheng Guangming was afraid that Li Suhua would have a problem with him, so he kept it back. If others didn't pick up the food for him, he wouldn't touch it with chopsticks. So in addition to picking up the food for Zheng Guangming, he made a big meal and basically let him eat it all.

As for Zheng Guangming's eyes, he also took a look. He was sensitive to light, and his retina was not damaged, but his optic nerve had some problems. In his opinion, after the operation, he would most likely be able to recover his sight, but not to mention the current medical conditions in China, the price was not something they could afford. So he could only try to treat it with traditional Chinese medicine, taking it internally and externally, and supplemented with acupuncture.

Even if he had superb medical skills, he didn't dare to guarantee the treatment of this kind of problem. Because the eyes are too complicated, it is not a simple job. And he had little experience in practicing traditional Chinese medicine in this area before, and even less successful experience. All I can say is that we can guarantee that the condition will not get worse and that the current condition will be maintained so as not to delay future Western medical surgery.

His affirmative words were good news for Zheng's mother and Zheng Juan, including Zheng Guangming, who was the person involved. They did not pin their hopes on Wang Yan's traditional Chinese medicine, but on the conditions for surgery in the future.

Although it was a bit out of reach, the preciousness of hope lies in this.

Zhou Bingkun also knew that Wang Yan wanted to give the house to him and Zheng Juan, and he would live in the cold west room of their Zhou family. Of course, he strongly opposed it. But Wang Yan insisted, and threw a lot of words, plus it was good for them, so he agreed half-heartedly.

The next day, Zhou Bingkun got up early, ate breakfast happily, and then went to the soy sauce factory to ask for a day off. He ran to Zheng Juan's house with his household registration book. After seeing her on the street, the two went to the photo studio to take pictures sweetly, and then ran to register for marriage.

The two officially became a legal couple, Zheng Juan also moved in directly, and Zhou Bingkun also took up his share of responsibility.

We have to face the storm together, Zhou Zhigang's reaction, the criticism from the neighbors...

Thanks to the three big brothers (my name is Jinli), (zhengjinzong), and (last bus for the 80s) for their continued support.

Daily thanks to the good brothers who voted for the monthly ticket,

Thanks to the brothers who voted for the recommendation,

Thanks to the big brothers who read the book silently.