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Zhou Boyan turned to look at Zheng Juan.

Although he is not very shy, he is not very willing to be hugged by strangers.

Zheng Juan comforted her, "Yan Yan, this is Grandpa, your father's father, and the person you're closest to! Since he's the closest person to you, shouldn't you let Grandpa hug you?"

Zhou Boyan put his index finger on his chin, thought for a moment like a little adult, and then nodded to Zhou Zhigang: "Okay, then I'll let you hug me! But Grandpa, you have white hair, can you still lift me?"

"Haha, this kid!" Zhou Zhigang burst into laughter again.

Then, he happily took Zhou Boyan from Zheng Juan's arms: "Look, didn't Grandpa pick him up? Grandpa is very powerful, even more powerful than your dad!"

Zhou Boyan was already a little nervous, and upon hearing this, he immediately retorted loudly, "No way! You're not as good as my dad! My dad is the best! He can lift me up high, tell me stories, and sing to me. My dad is amazing!"

"Really?" Zhou Zhigang was quite surprised and couldn't help but glance at Zhou Bingkun.

Seeing Zhou Bingkun staring at him expressionlessly, he sneered inwardly and said to Zhou Boyan, "Grandpa can lift you up too, look!"

As he spoke, he actually lifted Zhou Boyan up.

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Zhou Zhigang's actions startled Li Suhua, who quickly said, "Old man, don't be reckless, be careful!"

Zheng Juan quickly said to Zhou Boyan, "Yan Yan, don't move around."

Zhou Boyan was lifted up without any fear, instead giggling, which made Zhou Zhigang, who had exerted a lot of effort, laugh even more happily.

Holding Zhou Boyan in his arms again, Zhou Zhigang boasted, "I'm getting old, I can't deny it. If this were a few years ago, I could have lifted Yan Yan over my head and run around."

Li Suhua scolded, "At your age, you're still showing off. Can you compare to young people?"

Zhou Zhigang retorted, "What's wrong with young people? Are they as honest and reliable as our generation? Are they as filial and respectful to their elders as our generation?"

These veiled remarks made Zhou Bingkun curl his lip.

Her own father is quite adept at being sarcastic and sarcastic.

Zhou Zhigang held Zhou Boyan and sat on the sofa, asking softly, "Yanyan, what story do you want to hear? Grandpa will tell you one."

Zhou Boyan immediately raised his little hand and shouted, "I want to listen to Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit!"

“Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit?” Zhou Zhigang looked blank.

Zheng Juan explained from the side, "Dad, this is a story that Bingkun made up himself."

"Really? Then Yan Yan, Grandpa also wants to hear the story of Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit. Can you tell Grandpa the story?"

Zhou Boyan stared wide-eyed, his face filled with disbelief.

Didn't you say you were going to tell me a story?

Why do I have to explain this?

But children forget things quickly, and he soon exclaimed happily, "Okay, Grandpa, let me tell you, Rainbow Cat Hero and Blue Rabbit Palace Master, they are..."

Holding his grandson and listening to his broken stories, Zhou Zhigang felt extremely happy and content, even though he had been tired for several days.

Seeing that Zhou Zhigang and Zhou Boyan got along very well, Zheng Juan finally felt relieved.

Walking up to Zhou Bingkun, Zheng Juan asked, "Bingkun, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing! Don't worry too much. No matter what happens, I'll be there for you!"

"Mmm!" Zheng Juan nodded obediently.

After a while, Li Suhua saw that Zhou Zhigang looked exhausted, so she asked Hao Dongmei to carry Zhou Boyan over.

This drew a grumbling from Zhou Zhigang, who said she was meddling in other people's business.

Hao Dongmei carried Zhou Boyan to the side to play with toys, while Zhou Bingyi had his father lie on the sofa and helped massage his legs.

Enjoying his eldest son's massage, Zhou Zhigang shook his head and said, "You have no idea, it took two days and two nights! I was so tired that I couldn't stand up anymore, so I gritted my teeth, abandoned all pretense of decency, and crawled under someone's seat."

"When I opened my eyes again, I was home. It was like I slept in a sleeper car the whole way without spending any money. That's great."

While massaging him, Zhou Bingyi said, "Dad, I made you two more of those detachable collars!"

Zhou Zhigang nodded happily: "Okay, okay!"

Looking up, he saw the photos hanging on the living room wall and asked, "Hey, honey, you've collected all these photos?"

Li Suhua nodded: "Yes, we temporarily lent the house to Guoqing and the others, and I was worried they might accidentally damage the photos, so I brought them here."

"That's good, that's good." Zhou Zhigang responded with a complicated expression, then asked without saying anything more, "By the way, when are Xiao Rong and the others arriving?"

Li Suhua frowned: "You don't know?"

Seeing Zhou Zhigang's bewildered expression, she raised her voice: "If you don't know, how am I supposed to know?"

Zhou Zhigang couldn't help but complain to his eldest son: "Look at you, is your mother reasonable? She talks as if Xiao Rong didn't write home."

"I heard from Mom that although Xiao Rong and her husband wrote a letter, they didn't mention a specific time!" Zhou Bingyi said with a smile. "By the way, Xiao Rong and her husband will also bring their daughter back this time. I think their daughter's name is... her name is..."

“Feng Yue,” Zhou Bingkun reminded her.

"Yes, her name is Feng Yue, Yueyue, the same age as Yan Yan."

Zhou Zhigang said happily, "Really? That's wonderful!"

Just then, Zhou Boyan suddenly ran over.

Seeing Zhou Bingyi massaging Zhou Zhigang, he asked curiously, "Uncle, what are you doing?"

Zhou Bingyi replied with a smile, "Grandpa is too tired, his legs are swollen, and Uncle is massaging him."

"Me too! Me too!" Zhou Boyan jumped up.

Then, without waiting for permission, he climbed onto Zhou Zhigang's back, still wearing his shoes.

Then she stretched out her two little hands and vigorously rubbed Zhou Zhigang's thighs.

Zhou Zhigang immediately froze, afraid of dropping his grandson.

He laughed and said, "Look, this is my eldest grandson. He's so sensible. He's so young, yet he already knows how to be filial to his grandfather. Hahaha!"

Soon it was dinnertime, and the family sat down at the table to eat.

As the head of the family, Zhou Zhigang looked at the table full of relatives and was filled with emotion: "This is the first time our family has been reunited since 1969! Although Xiao Rong is missing, Dong Mei, Zheng Juan, Yan Yan and Guangming are here. There are many more people than in 1969!"

Li Suhua suddenly interrupted with a smile: "Honey, you forgot to mention one more thing."

"You forgot one?" Zhou Zhigang asked, puzzled. "Who?"

Li Suhua said with a smile, "Juan'er is pregnant again!"

Zhou Zhigang was taken aback at first, but quickly understood and his face lit up with joy: "Great news, this is great news! Haha, this means that our Zhou family is going to have another member."

After chatting for a while, Zhou Zhigang took the initiative to shift the topic to Hao Dongmei.

Zhou Bingyi said with a smile, "Dad, Mom, you don't know, Dongmei is now the village's women's director. Actually, she was qualified for this position, but she was implicated by her parents before."

"Now that her parents have been exonerated, the brigade immediately made her the women's director. Now everyone calls her Director Hao."

Zhou Zhigang and Li Suhua were overjoyed to hear this.

Zhou Zhigang asked, "Dongmei, have your parents gone back to work now?"

Hao Dongmei shook her head: "Not yet!"

Zhou Zhigang comforted them, "It's okay. Tell your parents that nothing's wrong and to put their minds at ease."

Hao Dongmei nodded vigorously; she had always hoped that her parents could return to work.

Zhou Zhigang hesitated for a moment before asking Zhou Bingyi, "Bingyi, you and Dongmei have been married for three years. Look at Bingkun, he got married around the same time as you, and he already has two children. When are you planning to have children?"

In an instant, Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei's expressions changed.

Hao Dongmei's face turned pale, but she tried her best to remain calm and not lose her composure.

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Seeing that things weren't going well, Zhou Bingyi quickly explained, "Dad, you know our situation is different from Bingkun's. We can't just have a child whenever we want. Dongmei and I have already discussed it and decided to wait a bit longer."

Li Suhua sensed something was off and slapped Zhou Zhigang: "You old man, it's New Year's Eve, how can you rush the kids like that?"

Zhou Zhigang realized that he had asked the question at the wrong time, so he laughed it off and said no more.

The sudden change in atmosphere made Zhou Zhigang, who had asked the question first, very embarrassed, and his expression turned rather unpleasant.

He knew his eldest son well; he wasn't the kind of person who didn't want children.

As for his eldest son's claim that it was inconvenient, he didn't quite believe it.

Therefore, he couldn't help but wonder if Hao Dongmei didn't want the child.

But he couldn't ask those questions aloud, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

His gaze shifted to Zhou Bingkun, who was eating in silence, and his mood worsened.

So Zhou Zhigang said sarcastically, "The New Year is a great thing, but if you can't go back to your own home for the New Year, humph! Half of the joy is gone."

Anyone could hear the dissatisfaction in his tone as soon as he said that.

Hao Dongmei lowered her head even further. Her inability to have children was her greatest pain, but it was something she couldn't talk about.

Zhou Bingkun glanced at Zhou Zhigang. His father couldn't get any favors from his older brother, so he turned around and started targeting him. Was he that easy to bully?

Li Suhua glared at Zhou Zhigang again with dissatisfaction: "Can't you speak properly? Home is where your family is. We are all here, this is our home."

Zhou Zhigang looked at his wife in surprise: "You uneducated old woman, how could you say such things? Who taught you that?"

Li Suhua said with a proud look, "My youngest son is now a famous poet and writer. As his mother, of course I have to learn from him."

"Oh, you're getting all excited just because I praised you a little," Zhou Zhigang said with a smile.

Zhou Bingyi also smiled and said, "Dad, Mom is just like someone who gets influenced by their surroundings!"

Zhou Zhigang laughed twice, then asked Zhou Bingkun with a stern expression, "Bingkun, I'm asking you, are you really that poet who writes under the pen name Xiao Chulan? You're not impersonating someone else, are you?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the family members all changed.

Zhou Bingkun silently put down the chopsticks: "Dad, in your eyes, am I that kind of person?"

Zhou Zhigang also put down his chopsticks and said with a serious expression, "As your father, I know very well what kind of person you are! We've only been gone for two years, and you've gone from a student who didn't even finish junior high to a nationally renowned poet and writer. Do you think I shouldn't have doubts about you?"

Zhou Bingkun countered, "If my elder brother and sister became poets, would you still have doubts?"

This question enraged Zhou Zhigang: "Now I'm asking you, so just tell me, are you impersonating someone else or not?"

Zhou Bingkun said somewhat helplessly, "I told you, but you didn't believe me! Now you want me to tell you again? Do you think you'll believe me this time?"

Zhou Zhigang slammed his fist on the table in anger: "What kind of attitude is this? Is this how you talk to me? After all these years, do you even consider me your father anymore?"

"Wow!" Seeing Zhou Zhigang suddenly become angry, Zhou Boyan was so frightened that he burst into tears.

Seeing Zhou Boyan's frightened expression, Zhou Zhigang felt a pang of regret.

But seeing Zhou Bingkun's expression, he still hardened his heart and didn't say anything.

Li Suhua angrily scolded, "Honey, what are you doing? It's a perfectly good New Year's Eve dinner, why are you getting so angry? Look how scared you've made the child!"

Zhou Zhigang remained silent with a stern face.

Zhou Bingyi wanted to speak, but Hao Dongmei reached out and tugged at him, signaling him to be quiet.

Zhou Bingkun was also annoyed. He said softly to Zheng Juan, "Take Yan Yan and Guangming back to their room to play first."

Zheng Juan was a little scared: "Bingkun..."

"It's okay, let's go!"

Helpless, Zheng Juan could only obey Zhou Bingkun's words, apologize to Zhou Zhigang and the others, and then take Zheng Guangming and Zhou Boyan back to their room.

After the children left, Zhou Bingkun looked at Zhou Zhigang with a serious expression: "Dad, I don't know why you were so angry. Is it because I married Zheng Juan without your consent?"

"But I remember that my sister secretly traveled all the way to your province for that Feng Huacheng, and even said she would sever ties with the family! Her actions were much more serious than what I did, and they made you feel more ashamed, didn't they?"

Upon hearing Zhou Bingkun mention Zhou Rong, Zhou Zhigang's face turned pale, and he angrily retorted, "I'm talking about you now, why are you talking about your sister?"

"Don't you understand why I'm talking about her?" Zhou Bingkun suppressed his anger. "My sister did such a thing, and you, as her father, disregarded your reputation and principles, humbled yourself, and personally went to your province to reconcile with her. How come when it comes to me, all you have left is blame and anger?"

"I just don't understand, why? Why can you forgive my sister but not me?"

"Besides making you angry and almost making my mom cry her eyes out, what else has my sister done?"