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Her face was stern, completely devoid of her previous smile, as if Zhou Bingkun owed her millions.

Xiao Guoqing forced a smile and said, "It's alright, Kun'er, I understand, after all..."

Zhou Bingkun interrupted, "Guoqing, let me finish. I'm not saying I won't lend it to you. What I mean is, I can't make the decision myself, but I can write to ask my dad for his opinion. If he has no objections, you can stay in the house temporarily."

Hearing that there was still a chance, Wu Qian perked up again, but still hesitated: "But there's only a month left until the New Year, will writing a letter be..."

"Don't worry, there's still time!" Zhou Bingkun said to Wu Qian. "I'll write the letter tonight and send it tomorrow. When my dad receives the letter, I'll have him send a telegram directly. It'll only take about half a month for the round trip, which is plenty of time."

Xiao Guoqing immediately grasped Zhou Bingkun's hands excitedly: "Kun'er, I really don't know how to thank you! No matter what I say, I owe you a favor this time. In the future, if you need anything, just let me know, and I promise to be there whenever you call."

Zhou Bingkun patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Why are you being so formal? We're brothers!"

Actually, he didn't need to write to Zhou Zhigang at all. He only needed to tell his mother, Li Suhua, and he believed that Li Suhua would not have any objections.

His purpose in saying this was simple: it wasn't directed at Xiao Guoqing, but at Wu Qian.

Xiao Guoqing is an honest man, with no ulterior motives.

But Wu Qian is different. Judging from the future video, she is definitely someone who will take advantage of a situation.

If she directly agreed to lend them the house, Wu Qian would not only not be grateful afterward, but would even take it for granted.

But Zhou Bingkun's words meant that even if they were eventually borrowed, Wu Qian would know how hard-won it was.

Even if she has some ulterior motives in the future, Zhou Bingkun will be able to adapt accordingly and avoid making things too ugly.

After seeing Xiao Guoqing and Wu Qian off, Zhou Bingkun helped Zheng Juan tidy up the table, and it took them half an hour to finish.

After washing up, Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan leaned against the headboard, snuggling together.

"Bingkun, do you not want to lend the house to Guoqing and the others?" Zheng Juan asked Zhou Bing.

Having lived with Zhou Bingkun for so long, Zheng Juan had come to understand his personality quite well, and she could tell that Zhou Bingkun was trying to shirk responsibility.

Zhou Bingkun shook his head and said, "No, that's not it! I've known Guoqing for so many years, and I won't refuse him if he asks. If it were just him alone, I would definitely have agreed on the spot; but with Wu Qian there, I can't say that."

"You've met Wu Qian a few times, so you know her temperament to some extent. 'A little kindness is appreciated, but too much kindness breeds resentment,' you should understand what that means!"

Although Zheng Juan was not highly educated, she understood the meaning of those words: "But won't doing this affect your relationship with Guoqing?"

Zhou Bingkun said with a smile, "Don't worry about that. Guoqing is different from Wu Qian. He came here today because Wu Qian forced him to!"

"He may not be very smart, but he is definitely an honest and upright person. Whether I lend him the house or not will not affect our friendship!"

Zheng Juan nodded: "As long as you know it! I think Guoqing is a good person. When we got married, he helped us with everything."

Zhou Bingkun understood Zheng Juan's meaning: "I know what to do. Even for Guoqing's sake, I won't make things difficult for him. But we can't let them get it too easily. People are never satisfied. We still need to be on guard when necessary."

Zhou Bingkun knew very well that helping others depended on the circumstances.

He had no objection to lending the money temporarily to help Xiao Guoqing through his difficulties, as it was meant to be a temporary measure rather than a lasting solution.

But he was unwilling if Wu Qian wanted to stay there indefinitely.

Moreover, in the future video, the father, Zhou Zhigang, learned that he had lent the house to Xiao Guoqing's family. Although he said he didn't care, it was still obvious that he was uncomfortable.

Zhou Bingkun didn't want to have any conflict with his father over this matter, so he informed him first.

Two weeks later, Zhou Bingkun received a telegram from Zhou Zhigang.

Zhou Zhigang agreed to lend the house to Xiao Guoqing and his wife for a few days.

So after work that day, Zhou Bingkun went to the timber factory to find Xiao Guoqing.

As soon as Xiao Guoqing and Sun Ganchao came out of the lumber mill gate, they saw Zhou Bingkun waiting outside.

"Kun'er." Seeing Zhou Buye waiting at the door, Sun Ganchao asked curiously, "Why did you come here?"

Zhou Bingkun looked at Xiao Guoqing: "I came here specifically to wait for Guoqing."

Xiao Guoqing wasn't so cunning. Hearing Zhou Bingkun's words, he was startled and blurted out, "Uncle replied?"

“Yes, my dad agreed!” Zhou Bingkun nodded. “Let’s go. Now go back to the room. You call Wu Qian to help tidy up the house. After all, no one has lived here for a long time.”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Guoqing was overjoyed: "Okay, we'll go back right away. I'll have Wu Qian pack up. Kun'er, don't worry, we promise to protect your house well, and there won't be any problems when we return it to you."

These past few days, Wu Qian has been nagging in his ear non-stop, and he's had enough!

If he weren't so incapable of standing up straight, he would have slapped her long ago.

Hearing that Zhou Bingkun had agreed to let them move in for a few days, they felt a great sense of relief and their mood improved significantly.

After listening for a while, Sun Ganchao finally understood what was going on: "Guoqing, did you borrow Kun'er's house to stay?"

Xiao Guoqing was very happy at this moment and answered without thinking: "Yes! The New Year is coming soon, and my sister and the others are coming back. There is really no place for them to stay at home. Kun'er and the others are not coming home for the New Year, so we thought we would borrow their house to stay until after the New Year."

"Then you'd better thank Kun'er properly!" Sun Ganchao said to Xiao Guoqing.

Xiao Guoqing nodded without hesitation: "Of course! Kun'er, stay at my house tonight. Gan Chao, you come too, let's have a good drink together."

Zhou Bingkun didn't refuse, but just smiled and said, "Just grab something quick, we still need to tidy up the house!"

Chapter 142, The Child is Born, Qiao Chunyan Comes to the Door! (Please Subscribe!)

After tidying up the house for two days, Wu Qian couldn't wait to urge Xiao Guoqing to move into the Zhou family's house.

Although it wasn't my first time visiting the Zhou family's house, I mainly came to clean and tidy up the past two days.

Now that she's here to stay, Wu Qian's mood is naturally different.

Wu Qian said to Xiao Guoqing, "This house is really big! Guoqing, why didn't your family think about building a bigger one back then? Look, Zhou Bingkun's family has two rooms. If our family had two rooms, why would we need to borrow a house?"

Wu Qian's tone, a mixture of envy and resentment, greatly displeased Xiao Guoqing: "You already knew our family's financial situation before we got married. Kun'er's family can afford such a house entirely because his father is capable."

Wu Qian pursed her lips, wanting to ask, "Then why isn't your dad as capable as other people?"

But she also knew that if she actually said it, there would probably be another fight, so she wisely didn't say it.

Wu Qian happily surveyed the room: "Guoqing, wouldn't it be wonderful if this house were ours? Even if we have children in the future, we can give them their own room."

"What are you thinking!" Xiao Guoqing looked at his wife speechlessly. "This house is a loan from Kun'er; it belongs to him. We're moving out after the New Year, so stop daydreaming."

Wu Qian retorted indignantly, "I can't just think about it! Look at Zhou Bingkun. He used to live in the same place as you, in the Guangzi area. But now he's a leader at a publishing house, living in a big house in the city, a three-bedroom house. I've never lived in a house like that in my entire life."

Thinking back to her last visit to Zhou Bingkun's house, she couldn't help but feel jealous.

That house is absolutely amazing. If I could have a house like that, my life would be complete!

Wu Qian looked at Xiao Guoqing with some doubt: "How come Zheng Juan is so lucky? She lives in Taiping Hutong and has a family to support. How did Zhou Bingkun fall for her? I'm better than her."

"Give me a break," Xiao Guoqing shook his head. "I admit I'm not as good as Kun'er. But to say you're better than Zheng Juan is an overestimation of yourself!"

"Although Zheng Juan lives in Taiping Hutong, she has a good personality, is hardworking and filial. She manages all the big and small things in her family by herself. Could you do that?"

Wu Qian retorted, "Why can't I? Hey, judging from your tone, you think I'm inferior to Zheng Juan? She has a good personality, but I don't? Am I not hardworking or filial?"

"Heh." Xiao Guoqing responded with a disdainful sneer.

After being married for a few months, he had already figured out what kind of person Wu Qian was.

Aside from her mouth, what makes her better than Zheng Juan?

Wu Qian continued looking at the house: "Fine! I won't argue with you. Anyway, even if you don't like me, you'll just have to put up with it."

Wu Qian was overjoyed to be able to live separately from her parents-in-law for the time being.

So at this point, she couldn't be bothered to care what Xiao Guoqing thought.

Xiao Guoqing looked around the house and said, "Kun'er is really something. This house is perfectly adequate for them. Why do they have to move there? I heard him say that the rent there is a hundred yuan a year. Why spend that money!"

Xiao Guoqing could not understand Zhou Bingkun's ideas.

Although he admitted that the house was big and nice, it cost money.

It's nothing like living at home, where you don't have to spend a penny, live comfortably, and don't have to worry about being kicked out by the landlord.

“So you’re not as good as Zhou Bingkun!” Wu Qian said to Xiao Guoqing. “Zhou Bingkun has the confidence to rent a house. This place is dilapidated and not even half as good as where he lives now. If it were me, I would choose that place too.”

“One hundred yuan might be a lot of money for us. But for others, it’s just one or two months’ salary. That’s why I say, Zheng Juan is living a life of luxury with her; unlike me, I still have to live in someone else’s house with you.”

Xiao Guoqing slammed down what he was holding and cursed, "You woman, can you stop spouting nonsense all day long? If you think I'm incompetent, why did you come with me in the first place? No matter how bad I am, I, Xiao Guoqing, am still a worker with a government job."

"Fine, fine, fine, I won't argue with you. You're a worker, you're capable, okay? I'm too lazy to talk to you, I'm going to make the bed."

It took the two of them quite a while to pack up and put all their things down.

Sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed), Xiao Guoqing smoked a cigarette: "I've thought about it. There's one more room. I'll let my eldest sister and brother-in-law stay there during the Spring Festival."

Wu Qian jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on: "What did you say? Let your older sister and brother-in-law stay here? Xiao Guoqing, are you crazy? This is a house we borrowed, why should they stay here?"

Xiao Guoqing angrily said, "That's my sister, my own sister! We have two rooms here, why can't we let them stay here?"

"I disagree, I definitely disagree."

Xiao Guoqing said without hesitation, "It's no use if you disagree! I'm in charge of this family, and this house is borrowed from Kun'er. It's not your place to make the decisions."

"Xiao Guoqing, what kind of man are you? All you care about is your family. Have you ever thought about me?" Wu Qian felt very wronged.

"Wu Qian, you are simply unreasonable!"

On their very first day moving into the Zhou family's house, the two almost came to blows.

This year, the Zhou family not only included Zhou Bingkun and Li Suhua, but also Zheng Juan.

At the same time, Zhou Bingkun also invited Aunt Zheng and Zheng Guangming over, and everyone celebrated the New Year together.

With more people, the house naturally became more lively, and this year's New Year was more fulfilling than the previous years.

Just after the Lantern Festival, Xiao Guoqing came to Zhou Bingkun with the keys: "Kun'er, these are the keys to your house. We've cleaned the house thoroughly. Thank you, Kun'er."

Zhou Bingkun patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be so polite. You've run into trouble, of course your brother should help."

Xiao Guoqing was even more moved. "I have nothing more to say, Kun'er. If you need anything in the future, just let me know."

This Spring Festival, thanks to Zhou Bingkun's help, his whole family didn't have to squeeze onto one kang (heated brick bed), so there were no conflicts, and everyone was happy.

However, when he decided to return the house, Wu Qian argued with him for several days.

Wu Qian not only refused to return the money, but also told him to go to Zhou Bingkun again and ask him to let them continue living in the house.

This infuriated Xiao Guoqing.

The two made a huge commotion, and finally, Xiao Guoqing, unable to bear it any longer, slapped Wu Qian and sent her back to her parents' home.

But he didn't bother with that. Instead, he cleaned up the Zhou family's house and brought the keys to Zhou Bingkun.

He is honest, but not stupid.

He knew Wu Qian's thoughts very well, but Zhou Bingkun was his brother.

Zhou Bingkun was already being very generous by lending them his house for the New Year.

Besides, it was agreed that the house would be returned after the New Year, and now he wants to continue living there. He simply doesn't have the nerve to do that.

Before she knew it, Zheng Juan was due to give birth.

Zhou Bingkun has been keeping a close eye on Zheng Juan these past few days.

Because of his attention, Zheng Juan has had no problems since becoming pregnant, and her health has been excellent.

Even if they can't have an ultrasound as Zhang Chulan and the others suggested, Zhou Bingkun is certain that the fetus is perfectly healthy.

If production proceeds normally, Zheng Juan will have absolutely no problems.

On the eleventh day of the second lunar month, Zheng Juan successfully gave birth to a baby boy at the city hospital.

When Zheng Juan was giving birth, a group of people blocked the door of the delivery room, waiting anxiously.

Li Suhua and Aunt Zheng, in particular, were even more nervous than Zhou Bingkun.

After giving birth, Zheng Juan stayed in the hospital for three days before returning home.

In this era, most people who have given birth will stay for a day or two before going home.

Zheng Juan stayed for three days, which was at Zhou Bingkun's insistence.

Because Zheng Juan was giving birth, Zhou Bingkun specially asked the commune for ten days off to take care of Zheng Juan at home.

The child's name is Zhou Boyan, which Zhou Bingkun chose himself.

Originally, Li Suhua wanted Zhou Zhigang to help her choose a name, but Zhou Zhigang was very dissatisfied with Zhou Bingkun's marriage to Zheng Juan behind his back, and his reply did not mention the name at all.

Zhou Bingkun was too lazy to argue with him; if he didn't want to take it, so be it.

Since it's my own child, I'll name him/her myself.