But Zhou Rong's reaction just now was so sarcastic and cold, she didn't look like Voldemort at all, so he suspected that his skill didn't work.
The system responded quickly, but the response surprised him.
"Not effective? What does it mean to be ineffective? Isn't Voldemort's skill a passive one? How can a passive skill not be effective?"
The system responded quickly, saying that passive skills are not necessarily successful. It's just like playing a game. If you have a passive skill, you may have a skill that makes the passive skill ineffective.
Such a reply made Zhou Chen burst into curses. "Go to hell with you! Voldemort's skill is clearly marked as 'definitely', so why doesn't it work when it is needed?"
Taking games as an example again, is this what the system should do?
Perhaps because of dissatisfaction, the system took the initiative to respond.
It is said that the reason why Voldemort's skills did not succeed was because Zhou Rong was already an adult and an extremely selfish person. People like her live for themselves in their bones and don't consider others at all. Therefore, when Voldemort's skills acted on her, they did not work.
But how could Zhou Chen believe this? You are a system. You can even travel through the world. What a great power! Can’t you even change a person’s character?
But the system no longer responded. No matter how he complained, the system seemed to have crashed and did not respond at all.
This made Zhou Chen angry. Having watched the TV series, he understood what kind of person Zhou Rong was.
Before, he had thought that if he could turn Zhou Rong into Voldemort, it would definitely make his future life much better, and he wouldn't have to deal with the kinds of terrible things that happened in the TV series.
But now it seems that he was just being too sentimental. This dog system is really unreliable. It is of no use at the critical moment.
Anyone who has seen the world knows how capable Zhou Rong is. He has reason to suspect that the system is deliberately disgusting him and making things difficult for him.
The time point he traveled through now was when Zhou Zhigang, Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong had not left home yet. Zhou Bingkun was only seventeen years old now, which meant that Zheng Juan was definitely not together with Tu Zhiqiang yet.
Thinking of this, Zhou Chen felt much better.
His mission is to change Zhou Bingkun's miserable life and give Zheng Juan a better life.
So he had to stop Zheng Juan from encountering those bad things, and the best way was to take down Zheng Juan before she got involved with Tu Zhiqiang.
Zhou Chen still felt pity for Zheng Juan. Although she was not well educated, she was many times better than Zhou Rong, a college student from a prestigious university. She was the absolute epitome of a good wife and mother.
Taiping Hutong is hard to find, but Zheng Juan’s mother sells popsicles and often goes to the cinema to sell them, so it is relatively easy to find them.
"Squeak!"
The wooden door was pushed open, Zhou Chen turned around and saw that the person who came in was his current elder brother, Zhou Bingyi.
In the human world, Zhou Bingyi was a good man and a good official, but to the Zhou family, he was neither a competent son nor a competent elder brother.
Of course, it depends on who you compare with. At least compared to Zhou Rong, Zhou Bingyi is undoubtedly much better.
Zhou Bingyi walked to the bed and sat down, patting Zhou Chen's thigh: "Bingkun, what's wrong with you? Dad is going to leave in a few days, why do you have to make him angry at this time?"
Zhou Chen didn't even raise his eyelids: "Why, is it all my fault? I didn't do anything, but I got scolded. I haven't even tried to explain myself yet."
"Where are you going to reason with him? He's our dad. Who told you to mess around all day?"
"Heh, when I go out to play, it's called fooling around, but when you go out to play, it's called learning and gaining experience?"
Zhou Bingyi looked at his younger brother strangely, not understanding why he was so resentful today. Zhou Zhigang had said this kind of thing many times before, and Bingkun had just been perfunctory in the past, so why was he so angry today?
"That's not what I meant. What I meant was that Dad is leaving soon, so don't make him angry at this time. He won't be back for three years, so we need to let him leave happily."
Zhou Chen sat up with a strange look in his eyes: "Brother, why do you sound so weird? What do you mean by leaving happily?"
Zhou Bin was so angry that he hit Zhou Chen: "You little bastard, if you can't talk, just say less."
"Okay, stop talking so much. I understand. I won't make our dad angry before he leaves. Okay?"
Zhou Chen didn't like Zhou Bingyi's tone of voice, as if he was the boss and everyone should listen to him.
He didn't care how messed up Zhou Bingkun was in the past. Now he was Zhou Bingkun, and he knew how to live better than anyone else. So he didn't like Zhou Bingyi using his airs as a big brother to lecture him.
Zhou Bingyi was still far from being able to preach to him.
"You look impatient. By the way, you just said you wanted to take the college entrance exam. Don't say that again after you get out. The current situation is not good. You have to control your mouth. You have to know what you can and cannot say."
Zhou Chen had not experienced this special era and did not understand how sensitive people of this era were, but he also knew that in this era one should talk less and do more.
There are some things you may think are fine, but if they fall into the ears of someone with ulterior motives, they may cause disaster.
"Okay, I understand. You will be going to the Jiangliao Construction Corps in a few days, so go and pack your things."
After the meal, until the evening, Zhou Zhigang did not look at Zhou Chen in a good mood.
If it were the previous Zhou Bingkun, he might have been worried and afraid, but Zhou Chen didn't care at all. Even though he inherited everything from Zhou Bingkun, it would be difficult for him to have much affection for Zhou Zhigang in a short period of time.
Zhou Rong did say something to Zhou Chen, but Zhou Chen just responded casually, and then Zhou Rong lost interest in talking to him anymore.
The next day, Zhou Zhigang went to the photo studio to pick up the photos early in the morning.
Zhou Bingyi had almost packed his things. He was carefully putting books into a large wooden box, while Zhou Chen sat beside him and watched.
"Bingkun, there are a total of 61 books here. You can't let anyone see them. These are rare books. Most of them belong to other people, including teachers, classmates, and friends. There are also several books here that belong to Hao Dongmei."
"Because our family is a working class family, it is relatively safe, so everyone left the books with me. After I leave, you have to take good care of them. I suggest you read them when you have time. It will do you good."
Zhou Chen picked up a book at random. It was very old and you could tell at a glance that it had been used for a long time. He had never heard of the title, but after taking a look at it, he could guess what kind of book it was.
He is a person who likes reading. Since he has lived for a long time and has been in many film and television worlds, he has relatively free time, and reading has become one of his pleasures.
It’s no wonder that he is quite interested in this book which is very characteristic of the era.
After putting the book away, Zhou Bingyi picked up a military coat next to him.
"Bingkun, this coat my dad gave me, haven't you been thinking about it for a long time? Now I give it to you."
Zhou Chen just glanced at it and lost interest: "No need, you should keep it for yourself."
Zhou Bingyi asked in surprise: "What's wrong, you don't want it anymore?"
"No, I'll buy myself a new one when I make money in the future."
Zhou Chen was flipping through the book and casually said that Zhou Bingkun in the past regarded this coat as a treasure because he wanted it but couldn't get it, but he really didn't want it.
Zhou Bingyi looked at Zhou Chen who was flipping through a book and felt puzzled. He always felt that his ignorant younger brother had changed a lot in the past few days. Could it be that he had grown up?
"I'll leave it to you. Our Corps will distribute it when the time comes."
Having said that, seeing that Zhou Chen had no intention of taking it, he put the coat aside.
The wooden door outside was pushed open, and a short, fat woman walked in. When she saw Zhou Rong washing pots in the kitchen, she immediately asked, "Rong'er, where is your mother?"
Zhou Rong: "Aunt, my mother is in the inner room."
Zhou Bingyi called out "Auntie" to the person who came. Zhou Chen turned around and took a look, then called out too.
He recognized that the woman was their old neighbor, his mother Li Suhua's sister, Aunt Qiao, Qiao Chunyan's mother.
Aunt Qiao walked into the inner room with a smile and sat down on the kang. Zhou Rong poured a cup of tea and took it over.
"Oh, Kun'er's mom, your children are here, I don't know what to say."
Zhou Rong asked with a smile: "Aunt, are you here to mobilize us to go to the countryside?"
Mother Qiao immediately praised: "Look at Zhou Rong, she is indeed a top student, she is smart and can predict things like a god, she guessed it right away."
But when Li Suhua heard this, the smile on her face quickly disappeared and was filled with worry.
"His aunt, Bingyi is about to leave for the Construction Corps."
Qiao's mother said, "Kun'er's mother, according to the current policy, only one child can be kept in a family. We also have three children in our family. Look, now only my daughter Chunyan is left."
"Oh."
Li Suhua was not in a good mood, but she also knew that this was a policy that she could not change, so even though she was reluctant, she still shouted: "Rong'er, Kun'er, you two come here."
Zhou Rong immediately put down the work in her hands and walked into the inner room. Zhou Chen also put down the book and walked over.
Looking at the pair of children standing in front of her, Li Suhua said, "Rong'er, Kun'er, what your aunt said is related to you two, both of you should listen carefully."
Mother Qiao said, "Everyone already knows what I want to say. The policy from above has come down. For families with many children, only one person can stay in the city. The rest are to be sent to the countryside. No matter how early or late, they have to go. This is the only way for all young people."
As soon as Qiao's mother finished speaking, Zhou Rong volunteered, "Aunt, no need to say anything, I understand everything. I'll tell you my position now. I'm leaving."
When they heard Zhou Rong say she was leaving, everyone in the room was stunned, especially Li Suhua, whose eyes welled up with tears.
"Rong, a girl's good days are only a few years away. What do you know? You have to leave."
Zhou Rong said, "Mom, one of me and Bingkun has to go anyway. I'm the older sister, older than him, so I should go."
"Good boy, good boy."
Both Qiao's mother and Li Suhua were deeply moved and felt that Zhou Rong was so sensible.
Only Zhou Chen curled his lips, feeling disdainful in his heart, they spoke so righteously and expressed deep sibling love, but how realistic was it?
The reason why Zhou Rong wanted to leave was not because of this, but because she wanted to go to Guizhou to pursue her "love".
But apart from him, no one else knew about it. They all thought she was sensible and a good child.
Mother Qiao asked Zhou Chen: "Bingkun, what is your attitude?"
Suddenly, Li Suhua, Zhou Rong, and Zhou Bingyi who had walked to the door, all looked at Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen shrugged and said, "I don't care, Mom. I think you are right. A girl's good days are only a few years. My sister stays and I will go."
Although he didn't want to go, because it would take at least several years for him to be gone, his plan to find Zheng Juan would not be able to be completed.
But Zhou Rong had expressed her position so righteously, how would his family members look at him if he said nothing?
Although he is the youngest son, he is very clear that in this family and at this time, his status is not as good as Zhou Rong's. This can be seen from the TV series that his parents and eldest brother all want him to go.
"You kid."
Li Suhua's eyes became even redder. Although she wanted her daughter to stay, Zhou Chen was her old enemy after all. How could she bear to let him go?
Zhou Chen pretended to be relaxed and smiled: "Mom, it's okay. I'm a boy, and I'm tough. If I go, maybe in a few years, I can bring you a smart and beautiful female educated youth daughter-in-law."
Li Suhua laughed and scolded: "You kid, you only know how to make your mother happy. How old are you, and you are thinking about these nonsense."
Zhou Chen laughed and said, "I'm just worried that you won't be able to leave. Don't worry, Mom. At worst, I can ask Aunt to find me a place in the countryside nearby. I can come back to see you guys after a while. It won't be a problem."
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 550: Zhou Family Disbands, Work Choices
Zhou Chen's words made Li Suhua, Qiao Ma and Zhou Bingyi's expressions ease a little, but Zhou Rong's expression turned a little ugly.
"Yes, yes, Kun'er is right. Look how sensible your Bingkun is. I'll leave this matter to you. I will definitely find a way to help you choose a good place."
Mother Qiao kept praising Zhou Chen, but this was someone else's family affair after all, so she looked at Li Suhua again.
"Kun'er's mother, please express your opinion."
Li Suhua was embarrassed: "Sister, if you stretch out these ten fingers, which one would not hurt if you bite it? I can't express my opinion, alas."
Mother Qiao was a little anxious. As an activist in the street, she regarded mobilizing people to go to the countryside as her duty and did not want to delay it for even a moment.
"Then let me tell you my opinion."
Li Suhua had no better idea, so she nodded.
"Bingkun, go, kid, it's safe."
Zhou Chen nodded pretending to be happy, but Zhou Rong became anxious: "Aunt, Chunyan and her two sisters are not boys either."
Mother Qiao: "We have three girls in our family, so we have no choice. Of course I am worried, but there is no other way. If we stay in the city, it is not impossible, but if people don't arrange jobs for us, we will be useless if we stay idle in the city at such a young age, right?"
Zhou Chen remained silent. This was the phenomenon of this era. You couldn't find a job just because you wanted to. It had to be allocated by the state. Even temporary workers were subject to restrictions. Without allocation from local agencies or streets, it was impossible to find a proper job.
Just like Zheng Juan, Shui Ziliu and others in the TV series, if they could find a job, they wouldn't have to stay at home or hang around.
Zhou Chen didn’t know much about this era, so he didn’t think about standing out. It was safest to follow the policy.
Through Zhou Bingkun's memory and what he has learned, if we were to ask what profession is the safest in this era, it would undoubtedly be the working class.
Among such a large group in the country, workers are the largest in number, the safest, and symbolize a stable job.
Li Suhua remained silent, not at all opposed as she had been before. It was obvious that she was more partial to Zhou Rong on the issue of going to the countryside.
However, Zhou Chen could also understand Li Suhua. As a parent, if it were him, if he had to choose between his son and daughter in such a matter, he would definitely let his son go.
At least in his memory, Li Suhua treated their three children fairly, while Zhou Zhigang was more partial to Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong.
Walking to sit next to Li Suhua, Zhou Chen comforted her, "Mom, don't be sad, I'm sure I'll be fine."
Glancing at Zhou Chen, Zhou Rong was full of reluctance. She said again, "Aunt, you were worried about Chunyan and her two sisters, but you let them go anyway. Why can't I do the same?"
Mother Qiao: "If I put you and my two girls together, I will feel more at ease with my two girls. Rong, you are so attractive and beautiful. In our Guangzi film, which young man doesn't miss you in his heart?"
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