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Hearing his three children's words, Zhou Zhigang smiled happily, and the lonely expression on his face disappeared: "You are all good children. The thing that Dad is most proud of in his life is having the three of you."

"With the Chinese New Year approaching, what I want to say most is that I hope you, Yan Yan, Yue Yue, and Xiang Dong, will all have smooth sailing and happiness in the future, and become useful people to the country and society!"

Zhou Zhigang dedicated his entire life to serving the country and working hard for children.

Therefore, what he most wants to see is his child become successful and serve the country.

Zhou Bingyi replied earnestly, "Dad, don't worry, the three of us will definitely heed your teachings and dedicate our strength to the country and society."

"Okay, that's great! Let's eat, everyone. Yan Yan, Yue Yue, Xiang Dong, let's eat!"

After a satisfying meal, Zhou Zhigang smiled and said to Zhou Rong, "Rong'er, the food tonight was quite good. Your cooking skills have improved!" Zhou Rong smiled shyly and said, "Most of the dishes here were made with cosmetics, so I only made a few. Dad, Mom, let me take you out for a walk to digest your food! The surrounding environment of Bingkun's house is very nice, and there's even a small park."

"Really? Then we can go out for a walk!" Zhou Zhigang happily agreed.

So Zhou Zhigang and his whole family went out, leaving only Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan at home.

"Bingkun, why don't you go out for a walk with your parents?" Zheng Juan asked Zhou Bingkun.

Zhou Bingkun smiled and said, "Rather than going out with so many of them, I'd rather stay here with you."

When Zhou Zhigang and the others returned, Zhou Bingyi and his wife rode away on their bicycles.

Everyone else started washing up and getting ready for bed.

On Lunar New Year's Eve, the streets were very lively. Zheng Juan and Zhou Rong took the children out to play early in the morning.

During the New Year's Eve dinner, Zhou Bingyi mentioned to Zhou Zhigang and his wife that his mother-in-law wanted to invite them to her home for the New Year.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhigang and his wife first looked at Zhou Bingkun.

They knew very well that Hao's mother was only willing to invite them over because of their youngest son.

After all, when Hao's father was still alive, it was extremely difficult to even meet with them, let alone invite them over.

Seeing Zhou Zhigang and his wife looking at him, Zhou Bingkun smiled and said, "Dad, Mom, if you'd like to go, why don't you go? Uncle Ma and Aunt Qu live there too, you can go see them!"

Hearing Zhou Bingkun say this, Zhou Zhigang and his wife finally agreed.

So on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhou Zhigang took his family to visit the Hao family.

Of course, Zhou Bingkun and his wife did not go.

They took Zhou Boyan and Zhou Xiangdong to Shao Jingwen's and Ma Shouchang's homes to offer New Year's greetings.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Zhou Bingkun brought Zheng Juan to Xiao Guoqing's new home.

Xiao Guoqing's new home is not far from Guangzi area, and it is somewhat similar to the house that Zhou Bingkun bought at the beginning, except that the location and size are different.

When Xiao Guoqing and Wu Qian saw Zhou Bingkun and his wife arrive, they warmly welcomed them inside.

After sitting down inside, Zhou Bingkun looked at Xiao Guoqing and asked, "Guoqing, hasn't Ganchao arrived yet?"

"They should be here soon!" Xiao Guoqing said with a smile.

Looking at the house, Zhou Bingkun exclaimed, "This house is nice. How much did you pay for it during the National Day holiday?"

Wu Qian quickly replied, "It cost 1,800! If you ask me, it's all Guoqing's fault. If he had made the decision earlier, he could have bought it for 1,300. As a result, he waited an extra year, and the price went up by 500."

“It’s really great!” Zheng Juan agreed with a smile.

Wu Qian chuckled and said, "For people like us, having a house like this is already more than enough. It's definitely not comparable to what you guys have."

Xiao Guoqing was afraid that Wu Qian's words would displease Zhou Bingkun and the other man, so he immediately scolded, "You woman, you can't even watch your mouth. If you can't speak properly, then say less."

Wu Qian was slightly annoyed, but she didn't retort.

Zhou Bingkun looked at Wu Qian's reaction with some surprise; it was different from before.

If this had happened before, and Xiao Guoqing had insulted her, she would have definitely insulted him back, and he would have said some really nasty things.

But Wu Qian didn't retaliate today.

This illustrates a point: the more capable a man is, the more gentle a woman will be!

Xiao Guoqing looked at Zhou Bingkun and asked, "Kun'er, now that you're back, are you going to stay in Jichun forever?"

"No, that's not it. I'm mainly going back to Jichun to spend time with my family," Zhou Bingkun said, shaking his head. "I'll probably have to travel around quite a bit during that time!"

Although Zhou Bingkun mainly focuses his energy on spending time with his family, he doesn't completely ignore the Zhou Group.

So in the future, he will travel all over the country and even the Asia-Pacific region on business trips whenever he has free time.

The four chatted for a while, and then Sun Ganchao and Yu Hong came over.

Upon seeing Sun Ganchao enter the room, Zhou Bingkun gave him a big hug.

After not seeing him for several years, Sun Ganchao looked like he had aged ten years, and he could no longer stand up straight.

Once everyone had arrived, the three women went to the kitchen to get busy, while the three men sat on the sofa chatting.

Sun Ganchao lay half-reclined on the sofa and sincerely praised, "Guoqing, your place is still the most spacious and comfortable! Of the three of us, Kun'er was the first to prosper, and now you're doing well too, leaving only me who's getting worse as I get older."

Before Zhou Bingkun and Xiao Guoqing could speak, Sun Ganchao said to Zhou Bingkun with a regretful tone, "Kun'er, I really regret not listening to your advice back then and insisting on staying at that dilapidated lumber mill. If I had listened to you back then, I wouldn't be in this situation now."

“Kun’er, you probably don’t know this, but now I just squat on the street every day to take odd jobs and do manual labor. I go wherever there is work.”

Hearing Sun Ganchao's words, Zhou Bingkun sighed and said, "Ganchao..."

“Kun’er, listen to me. I’m not telling you this to complain, but to state the facts. I really regret it,” Sun Ganchao interrupted Zhou Bingkun and looked at him seriously. “We are the best of childhood friends. It’s because I didn’t listen to you back then that I’ve become like this.”

"Over the past two years, I've come to realize that a person can lack ability, but they must have eyes! I'm the kind of person who lacks both ability and eyesight!"

Sun Ganchao was filled with remorse and regret.

Normally, he's concerned about saving face and pretends not to care.

But when the New Year came, he saw other families wearing new clothes, eating meat and drinking alcohol, while his family didn't even have the money to buy new clothes for their children and was still living in someone else's house. He felt so sad!

As long as my wife and children can live well, what does saving face matter!

So before coming to Xiao Guoqing's house, he had already discussed with Yu Hong that he would seize the opportunity to ask Zhou Bingkun to help him find a job.

I don't aspire to earn as much money as Xiao Guoqing; just enough to support my family is sufficient.

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Seeing Sun Ganchao stamping his feet and pounding his chest, Zhou Bingkun grabbed his shoulder and said, "Ganchao, don't be like this. We are brothers. Now that you are in trouble, we will not sit idly by."

Xiao Guoqing nodded in agreement, showing his approval of Zhou Bingkun's words.

"Kun'er, Guoqing, thank you!" Sun Ganchao said gratefully to the two of them.

Zhou Bingkun looked at Sun Ganchao and said slowly, "Ganchao, if you trust me, then listen to me. Our company is planning to invest in Jichun, and we'll probably build a factory and buildings. I'll arrange for you to go there then. We'll talk about the specifics later. Just know that I definitely won't treat you unfairly."

Now that Zhou Bingkun has returned to Jichun, he naturally wants to do something here.

"How long will it take?" Sun Ganchao asked expectantly.

"It'll probably take two or three months!" Zhou Bingkun said after thinking for a moment. "Until things are settled, don't go looking for work at the street corner anymore. Go work at our company's logistics branch in Jichun for a while!"

"Can I?" Sun Ganchao asked nervously.

The hardships of the past two years have caused him to lose most of his confidence.

"No problem at all, you can rest assured about catching up!" Xiao Guoqing said with a smile, "Kun'er has a lot of influence!"

Although Xiao Guoqing didn't know that the logistics company was owned by Zhou Bingkun.

However, he knew very well that Zhou Bingkun had a lot of influence in that logistics company.

After all, I've always relied on that logistics company to get my goods.

With Zhou Bingkun's help and Xiao Guoqing's persuasion, Sun Ganchao finally calmed down and began to chat with Zhou Bingkun and the others in a relaxed manner.

Soon it was lunchtime, and the six of them sat down around a table to eat.

Everyone was in a great mood, happily drinking and eating, and chatting about happy memories from the past.

Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan stayed at Xiao Guoqing's house until the afternoon before returning home.

In the days that followed, Zhou Bingkun began to work on his investment in Jichun City.

For Zhou Bingkun, his investment in Jichun City was primarily aimed at enhancing his reputation, promoting the country's economic development, and also for his family.

So there was no expectation of making much money.

It was precisely because Zhou Bingkun did not expect to make money from his investment in Jichun City that he shared more profits with Jichun City.

As a result, the Jichun Municipal Government naturally gave the green light to Zhou Bingkun's investment.

In less than two months, Zhou Bingkun completed all the necessary procedures for the investment.

In the morning, Zhou Bingkun was woken up by the noise of an argument downstairs.

"Why is it steamed buns again this morning? Can't you make something else?" This was clearly Zhou Zhigang's voice.

“What’s wrong with steamed buns? We didn’t even get to eat steamed buns before!” Li Suhua said indignantly. “We used to eat coarse grains all the time, and you got through it, didn’t you? Now we have white flour steamed buns every day, what more do you want?”

"But you can't eat that every day!"

"If the kids can eat it, why can't you? Besides, how old are you? With your teeth like that, what good food can you possibly eat?"

"How old am I? I'm only in my sixties. People can live to be seventy or eighty these days. I still have at least a decade or so to live. Why can't I eat some good food?"

"What are you yelling about? You've woken the children up."

"Hey, you old hag, it's clearly your fault, why are you blaming me now?"

"Old man, this is unreasonable! I get up early every day to cook for you, and you..."

……

Listening to the elderly couple arguing downstairs, Zhou Bingkun looked at Zheng Juan, who had also been woken up, speechless and said, "Juan'er, do you think we'll end up arguing like this every day in the future?"

Zheng Juan covered her mouth and laughed, "I don't think so! Besides, my parents may say things, but they've never gotten angry."

After laughing, Zheng Juan looked at Zhou Bingkun seriously and said, "Mom said that Dad just retired and suddenly has nothing to do, so he's in a bad mood and that's why he's like this. Bingkun, why don't you try to persuade Dad?"

"This kind of thing can't be resolved with just a few words!" Zhou Bingkun sighed.

After thinking for a moment, Zheng Juan said, "However, Bingkun, I've noticed that Dad seems to get along better when Uncle Ma comes. They seem to get along very well. These days, he talks more with Uncle Ma than with all of us combined. Recently, even Yueyue and the others don't dare to talk to Dad, for fear of upsetting him."

Zhou Bingkun thought about it carefully and felt that this couldn't go on forever: "Let me think about it and see if there's any way to get Dad to stop doing this."

By lunchtime, Zhou Zhigang and Li Suhua had made up, as if their argument from the morning had never happened.

Zhou Zhigang took a sip of his drink, then asked Zhou Bingkun, "Bingkun, you don't seem very busy these days. With such a big company like yours, are you really that idle?"

Zhou Bingkun was speechless. This old man was just being irritable for no reason, why did he have to drag him into it?

Zhou Bingkun could only patiently explain, "I'm the boss. There are many things I don't need to do personally. I can just delegate them to my subordinates. My job is to control the overall situation!"

“I don’t understand anything about controlling the big picture. I just know that when you’re working, you have to act like you’re working. Don’t just wander around like you have nothing to do all day.” Zhou Zhigang put down his wine glass and looked at Zhou Bingkun.

Zhou Bingkun chuckled and looked at Zhou Zhigang, saying, "Dad, why have you been arguing with Mom so much lately?"

"I didn't argue with your mom, it's your mom who doesn't like me..."

Before Zhou Zhigang could finish speaking, Li Suhua interrupted him: "Old man, what are you saying? When have I ever disliked you? You're just too idle, always looking for trouble!"

Li Suhua looked at Zhou Bingkun and complained, "Kun'er, let me tell you, your dad is just bored! I didn't think much of it when he wasn't home, but now that he's back, I didn't expect his temper to become so bad. He won't even let people talk to him."

For Li Suhua, when Zhou Zhigang was not back, the whole family had to give in to her and listen to her.

But as soon as Zhou Zhigang came back, he would argue with her all the time, which made it seem like her status in the family had declined.

Hearing Li Suhua's words, Zhou Bingkun smiled and said, "Mom, how about finding something for Dad to do?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhigang's eyes immediately lit up!

However, Li Suhua frowned and said, "You want to find him something to do? But he's so old, he's worked most of his life, now is the time for him to enjoy life, where would he find the strength to work?"

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When Zhou Zhigang saw his wife contradicting him, he immediately became anxious: "I told you, I'm not old yet, I'm still very strong! How can I not be able to work?"

"Kun'er, don't listen to your mother's nonsense! With your status as a big boss, you can definitely get me some work done. Tell me, what do you want your dad to do?"

Zhou Bingkun did not answer Zhou Zhigang's question, but continued to look at Li Suhua: "Mom, what do you think?"

Li Suhua certainly didn't want Zhou Zhigang to go back to work.

But thinking about how Zhou Zhigang was practically going crazy from being bored at home lately, she could only sigh and say, "Since your dad can't sit still at home, then you should find him something to do!"