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"Alright, Bingkun, let's not talk about the past. We are father and son. Do you still have any hatred towards me?"

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "Of course not. I just want to say, Dad, it's great that you are willing to come to my place to celebrate the New Year."

"Haha, you are my son. Your mother told me that she gave you everything in the house, even my salary. What's wrong? You took my things, but you are not willing to support me in my old age?"

"Of course not, but you and mom are still young now. I think it's better to let Ruirui and Congcong take care of you in your old age."

"That's what I really want."

Although they couldn't quite resolve their grudges with a smile, Zhou Zhigang was willing to take the initiative to reconcile, so Zhou Chen didn't continue to be in a stalemate with him. Even for the sake of Li Suhua, Zheng Juan, and the three children, he felt there was no need to get entangled with Zhou Zhigang any longer.

After all, they were now father and son, the closest relationship in the world;

It doesn’t matter what you think in your heart, just suppress it. It’s better to be harmonious on the surface. It’s good for everyone.

Seeing the father and son walking out of the room with smiles on their faces, Zheng Juan and Li Suhua were very happy. The things they had been worried about were finally properly resolved.

Now that the conflict between the father and son has been resolved, the next issue is the matter of Zhou Chen and Zhou Rong, which is also the most troublesome thing for Li Suhua.

She knew that getting her younger son to forgive her daughter would be much more difficult than getting her younger son to forgive his father, and her daughter was not someone who would listen to advice.

On the other side, Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei returned home. Hao's mother Jin Yueji was sitting in the living room on the first floor reading a book, while Hao's father had not returned yet.

Zhou Bingyi happily took out the two tubes of tea that his father Zhou Zhigang asked him to bring, but Jin Yueji acted very calmly, without any joy, and asked Hao Dongmei to deliver the two tubes of tea to the hut very plainly.

After hearing this, Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei's faces turned unhappy.

The Hao family has a small room which is used to store gifts from others. Usually, the Hao couple will not touch any gifts given by others and will just put them all in the room.

In Zhou Bingyi's eyes, how could the things his father gave be the same as those given by others? So when he heard his mother-in-law Jin Yueji asking him to send the tea to the cottage, he naturally felt very uncomfortable. He felt that Jin Yueji was too disrespectful to his father by doing this.

His father Zhou Zhigang happily asked them to send the tea over, but this is how they were treated?

Although there is a big gap between the two families, there is no need to go to this extent. He is still right in front of you, so are you not even willing to pretend?

At this moment, Zhou Bingyi suffered a heavy blow. He couldn't help but think of what Zhou Chen had said to him before, and his heart became even more gloomy.

Zhou Bingyi's changes naturally could not be hidden from his bedmate Hao Dongmei. In fact, not only Zhou Bingyi felt uncomfortable, she was also very dissatisfied with her mother's behavior.

So before going to bed, she went to her parents' room alone and found her mother.

Hao Dongmei originally wanted to talk to her mother in a nice way, but she was no match for Jin Yueji. Before she had spoken for a few minutes, she was angered by Jin Yueji's words.

"Mom, you really went too far today. That's Bingyi's father. My father-in-law took great pains to bring two barrels of tea from your province. He himself was reluctant to use them all and sent them all to you. But what's your attitude? You asked us to send them to the hut in front of us. What do you mean by this?"

Jin Yueji had a calm face, rolled her eyes, and said very elegantly: "What can I mean? Aren't the gifts that others gave to our family always kept in the hut?"

Hao Dongmei said angrily: "How can it be the same? How can Bingyi's family be the same as other families? That's Bingyi's father, my father-in-law, and we are relatives."

Jin Yueji asked back, "Then what do you want me to do? Act very touched and happy in front of you, accept it happily, and then express gratitude? Sorry, I can't do it. This is not your mother's style."

"Can……"

"Okay, Dongmei, if you still want to talk about this, I think forget it. It's really unnecessary."

Hao Dongmei, who was interrupted by Jin Yueji, looked even more angry.

"Mom, I finally understand."

"What did you understand?"

"I understand why you have this attitude, because you don't want to acknowledge this in-law from the bottom of your heart. You and my father both think that our family is not a good match for Zhou Bingyi's family. You think there is no need to interact with us and it's annoying."

Jin Yueji turned her head away after hearing what her daughter said. She was unwilling to see her daughter, but she did not object either.

Hao Dongmei felt even more upset when she saw her mother's reaction: "Mom, tell me honestly, if I didn't marry Zhou Bingyi but the son of a big boss, would you still deny this marriage and still have this attitude? By then, I'm afraid you would take the initiative to arrange it without me even saying anything."

Jin Yueji was so angry that she spread her hands, took a deep breath, and said angrily: "Hao Dongmei, you must be sensible in what you do and what you say. No matter who you are talking to, don't speak without thinking. You must remember this, remember it firmly."

But Hao Dongmei turned her head away, looking unconvinced.

Seeing her daughter like this, Jin Yueji suppressed her anger and said, "Well, since you have said so much today, let's just be frank. Take the example you just gave. If you married the son of a big leader instead of Zhou Bingyi, then of course we would recognize this relationship. Why?"

"First, we promise not to ask them for any favors. Second, they won't ask us for any favors either. This is an equal and pure in-law relationship. Why not acknowledge them?"

But her words not only failed to convince Hao Dongmei, but instead made her even more angry.

Hao Dongmei retorted: "Did Bingyi's family ask our family for help? Why do you treat them like that? In the final analysis, it's still one sentence. You look down on the Zhou family and think that the relationship between our two families is unequal, so you put on a condescending attitude and lecture me here."

"Hao Dongmei, you said I was condescending to you. You are my daughter, how could I be condescending to you?"

"That's just because you can't feel it, Mom. Let me tell you the truth. Ever since you and Dad resumed work, you have changed. You are no longer the same as before. Even towards me, your daughter, you have started to be on guard, not to mention Bingyi. You are just afraid of Bingyi's family. You are asking for your help because of me. But I have to tell you that you are wrong."

Jin Yueji also argued: "Dongmei, you said we have changed. Yes, we have indeed changed. After experiencing something like that, who wouldn't change? But you said our ideas were wrong. Then I can tell you with certainty that your father and I are not wrong. We have experienced more than you, understand more than you, and see more clearly than you. The one who is really wrong is you."

Looking at her mother who was obviously enraged, Hao Dongmei's eyes changed. She hadn't seen her mother in this state for a long time, but even so, she did not stop.

"Mom, you think I'm wrong because our family's status is higher than the Zhou family's, and you and my dad's status is higher than Zhou Bingyi's parents. But have you ever thought about it? The Zhou family is very ordinary now, but their three children are not ordinary. Bingyi and Zhou Rong both went to Peking University and are destined to become people of status and position in the future. Not to mention Zhou Bingkun, even Uncle Ma and Aunt Qu recognize him and are optimistic about him, which means he will not be bad in the future."

"But what about our family? How long can you and dad stay in power? The Zhou family is not as good as ours now, but what about ten or twenty years later? If they treat your daughter like this, what will you and dad think?"

Jin Yueji's face turned ugly. She understood what her daughter meant. Her daughter meant that in the future the Zhou family will be brighter than the Hao family, and then the status of the two families will be reversed.

These words made her very uncomfortable, not only because of her daughter's words, but more importantly, she thought of her two missing sons. If her two sons were still around, even ten or twenty years later, the Zhou family would not have any hope of catching up with their Hao family.

Seeing her mother's unhappy expression, Hao Dongmei unconsciously slowed down her tone.

"Mom, I don't have any other ideas. I just want you to stop being prejudiced against the Zhou family. When I married Bingyi, I was marrying above my station. If it weren't for me, he would have been very successful by now."

"And during those years, Bingyi's parents never disliked me at all and treated me like their own daughter. I really think they are a very good family. You have opinions about them because you have never met them. Once you meet them, you will understand that I am right."

Jin Yueji remained silent. She had to admit that when they were overthrown, their daughter was indeed implicated. At that time, they were actually happy that Zhou Bingyi accepted their daughter.

It was only after they resumed their positions that their mentality changed. They felt that their daughter had been wronged. Fortunately, Zhou Bingyi was admitted to Peking University later, which made them less resentful. But even now, they still don't look down on the Zhou family.

According to his daughter, the three children of the Zhou family are all very promising and seem to be able to bring glory to the family in the future.

But that is in the future, and who can predict what will happen in the future?

Just like them, they were in high positions and had great power at first, but they still fell just like that.

So although Hao Dongmei's words touched her, it didn't change her mindset.

In the end, the mother and daughter parted ways unhappily.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 601: Meeting with the in-laws? Qiao Chunyan comes to visit

The temperature in Jichun’s winter is very low. Although the sun is still hanging in the sky, the warmth it emits still cannot offset the cold snowy season.

Zhou Chen used to live in the south most of the time. The number of times it snows in the south in winter is really rare, but there are so many snowy days in the north that the snow on the ground basically never disappears.

Zhou Chen walked out the door and saw Zhou Zhigang sweeping the snow with a big broom, so he walked over.

"Dad, let me do it."

Zhou Zhigang stopped, wiped his sweat, and waved his hand, saying, "No, I'm a hard worker, I need to find something to do."

Today is the 29th day of the lunar year, and there is no New Year’s Eve this year, so the 29th is New Year’s Eve.

While sweeping the floor, I saw Zhou Bingyi coming on a bike with Hao Dongmei.

"Bingyi, Dongmei, why are you here so early?"

Zhou Bingyi parked the car and said, "Dad, I came here early because I have something to tell you. Dongmei's parents said they will come over this afternoon to visit."

When Zhou Zhigang heard this, he immediately dropped the broom in his hand and asked, "Will they eat at home? I'll ask your mother and Zheng Juan to prepare it right away."

"No, no need."

Zhou Bingyi held his father and said, "Dad, Dongmei's parents have a lot of things to do at home, so they won't stay for dinner, so don't bother them."

Hao Dongmei continued, "Dad, my parents came here this time mainly to get to know you and mom, to meet you and to get to know each other."

"By the way, Dad, my parents asked me to tell you thank you for the tea you gave them."

It turned out that after Jin Yueji had an argument with her daughter last night, she came back and told her husband what happened. Finally, under Jin Yueji's persuasion, Hao Gaoguan reluctantly agreed to meet the in-laws.

After hearing this, Zhou Zhigang couldn't help but smile. He was a high-ranking official of the province, and he actually took the initiative to visit him. This made his vanity feel greatly satisfied.

"Afternoon, right? Afternoon."

Zhou Zhigang muttered to himself, and suddenly asked Zhou Chen, "Bingkun, your sister will be home this afternoon too, right?"

"Well, they're the afternoon train."

Zhou Zhigang pondered for a moment, then said, "Then, Bingkun, you don't have to pick up your sister and her family this afternoon. They can get here anyway. Let's tidy up the house from now on, and clean it up when Dongmei's parents come over this afternoon. We don't want to leave a bad impression on them."

Zhou Chen was shocked by this. Of course, in order to entertain the high-ranking in-laws, he even ignored his most beloved daughter.

But this was exactly what he wanted, since he didn't want to pick up Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng anyway.

It is still unknown whether Hao Dongmei's parents will come.

"Come on, Bingkun, go back and tell your mother and Zheng Juan, then take action."

Zhou Bingyi walked over quickly and supported Zhou Zhigang: "Dad, I'll help you too."

He was very unhappy when he saw his mother-in-law's attitude last night, but when he heard this morning that his parents-in-law were willing to come and meet his parents, his unhappiness immediately disappeared.

In fact, his thoughts were similar to Zhou Zhigang's. He felt that he had married above his station into the Hao family. Now that the Hao family's parents were willing to come, it was definitely because of his wife Hao Dongmei's face and also because of him. So he felt particularly happy, which showed that his parents-in-law still valued him.

Zhou Chen watched the father and son enter the house and shook his head. It was too early to be happy. It was hard to say whether the Hao couple could come.

At Zhou Zhigang's urging, the family started cleaning again, from inside to outside, even the road outside the yard was shoveled clean.

At noon on New Year's Eve, we should have a sumptuous reunion dinner, but Zhou Zhigang insisted that it would smell like fireworks, so he asked Li Suhua and Zheng Juan to prepare fewer dishes.

Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei both advised that there was no need to do this, but Zhou Zhigang was determined to do so and there was nothing they could do.

Zhou Chen didn't want to persuade him. The relationship between the two had just eased a little. There was no need to make things difficult for Zhou Zhigang at this time.

Although she said she would prepare less, Li Suhua still prepared several dishes. The adults could choose not to eat them, but there were three children at home, and it was New Year's Day, so she couldn't not feed the children.

Because his in-laws were coming over in the afternoon, Zhou Zhigang didn't bring out any wine at noon, he just ate the food.

"Bingkun, it's a good thing you bought this house, otherwise if you were to entertain your in-laws in Guangzi Pian, there wouldn't even be a place to entertain them."

In the past, Zhou Zhigang was very unhappy that his youngest son had a house but didn't want to live in it and insisted on buying a new one. But now he thinks that this place is much more decent than the one in Guangzilou.

His in-laws were high-ranking officials in the province, so their family was marrying up. They lived in a provincial compound, while they lived in a small apartment.

Fortunately, the youngest son bought this house. Although it is not as good as the provincial compound, it looks decent enough. At least it does not bring shame to the Zhou family.

Hao Dongmei smiled and said, "Dad, my parents are not that particular. They all came from poor days and don't care about these things."

Zhou Zhigang said: "Your parents don't care, that's your parents' business. Since it's their first visit, we, the Zhou family, definitely can't let them have no place to stay."

Hao Dongmei was actually quite happy with Zhou Zhigang's attitude, as it showed that her father-in-law valued her parents.

Zhou Bingyi, however, said to Zhou Chen with some shame: "Bingkun, I, as the eldest brother, am incompetent and I have to use your house to entertain my father-in-law and mother-in-law."

"Brother, what you said is wrong. We are brothers. This is my house and your house as well."

Zhou Chen really didn't care about this house, and he wouldn't fuss over such things.

"Brother, did my sister-in-law's parents say when she can come?"

Zhou Bingyi really didn't know, so he looked at Hao Dongmei.

Hao Dongmei explained: "My mom said my dad has to visit two factories this afternoon. He should be free after that. The specific time depends on his schedule."

Zhou Zhigang waved his hand indifferently: "Okay, no matter what time it is, we just need to be ready and wait."

As long as the Hao couple can come, he doesn't mind waiting for a long time.

Zhou Chen sighed inwardly. Both Zhou Zhigang and Zhou Bingyi put themselves in a very low position. This was not a normal relationship.

He understood what these two people were thinking, but he felt that they were going a little too far. In fact, up to now, their Zhou family had never asked the Hao family for any help, and they had never thought about asking for anything in the future, so they really didn't need to lower themselves so much.

After dinner, Zhou Zhigang couldn't sit still again and started cleaning up the house, this time even the three children were not spared.

"Ruirui, Yueyue, take your brother out to play. Don't run around the house. You've messed up everything."

Seeing Zhou Zhigang looking for trouble and being restless, Zhou Chen felt helpless and could only let Zheng Guangming take the three children out to play.

"Dad, please stop wiping. You're going to wipe off the paint on the chair."

Zhou Zhigang's face suddenly turned red, and he shouted at Zhou Chen in anger: "If you scratch it, I'll compensate you."

"Okay, okay, wipe it as you like."

"Ha ha……"

The conversation between the two caused everyone in the room to laugh.