146. Snow Night(1/2)
"My sister-in-law's father's success is like the brother's failure." Zhou Sheng suddenly said, "Many factors of fate are in it."
"Hmm?" Yu Hao didn't know why Zhou Sheng suddenly mentioned this. He thought about it seriously and said, "Well... besides his own efforts, there are also inevitable elements, right?"
In the past, Yu Hao would not evaluate Cen Yongchang and his achievements. For him, Cen Yongchang, like Zhou Laichun, is a very distant person and belongs to another world.
But after working in the newspaper for half a year, he gradually became aware of wealth and roughly knew that many rich people were not as reckless as they seemed. Some rely on loans to turn over, and some money was bet on the capital chain. People with a net worth of hundreds of millions or even billions of people will go bankrupt once the capital chain breaks, and they will go bankrupt.
"Uncle Cen chose the real estate industry at the right time. If it weren't for reform and opening up, the money printed by the state would have no place to go in the past ten years, and it would have to flow to real estate... I think... well..." As he said that, Yu Hao made a move to spread his hands, "Otherwise he wouldn't be qualified to teach his brother a lesson, right?"
"Success or not is always defined by them." Zhou Sheng said indifferently, "A person who has money, social status, and can summon wind and rain is successful, and my father has determined this."
"But we can also choose not to be defined by them." Yu Hao said, "Your brother just think it through."
"Yes." Zhou Sheng finished drinking the hot drink, pulled Yu Hao's hand over and said, "This is really cold, let's go. Let's see what the old man said."
The driver took them to Yunding Mountain. At dusk, Yu Hao suddenly became a little sleepy and leaned on Zhou Sheng's shoulder to sleep for a while. Zhou Sheng only held Yu Hao's hand, linked his fingers, and looked out the car window.
Yu Hao thought they wanted to go to Chunxiao, but he didn't expect that the car took another road and passed the newspaper and the park area. The car arrived at the foot of the mountain, which was the small fried restaurant they were most familiar with.
At night, the mountain seemed even colder, and the sky was covered with the galaxy. Zhou Sheng opened the plastic curtain on the door, and the inside became much warmer. Zhou Laichun sat alone, with a small hot pot cooked on the alcohol stove in front of him, six dishes on the table, lotus root slices of tofu vermicelli, crispy meat crumbs, three yellow chicken cuts with beef and chopped pieces.
"Have you changed to hot pot?" Zhou Sheng said in surprise.
The boss was still the same boss, so he looked out and asked, "What do you add?"
Zhou Sheng said: "Give me some fresh ones."
"Sit down." Zhou Laichun took the plate and handed it to Yu Hao. Yu Hao poured soy sauce into it, added some Tai pepper, and made it easy. He first adjusted it to Zhou Sheng, and then made it for himself.
Zhou Laichun: "Sew sauce and fat beef and mutton rolls, Chongqing hot pot needs oil dishes, big bone soup beef balls with samcha sauce, clear soup and boiling water, you have to use sweet soy sauce to sprinkle Tai pepper."
"Yeah." Yu Hao said casually: "There are north and south of the kitchen, the hot pot has north and south, and the ingredients are also north and south. Only foodies do not distinguish between north and south."
"What pot is served with dipping sauce?" Zhou Laichun said casually, "I believe I have learned what to eat and how to eat when I follow Zhou Sheng these days."
Zhou Sheng took the wine bottle and poured some white wine for himself. Seeing Yu Hao, Yu Hao waved his hand and signaled not to drink it. He was already hungry and did not bother with Zhou Laichun, so he ate it himself.
"I won't call you during the Chinese New Year, so you won't look for me?" Zhou Laichun said, "I'm still thinking about that."
Yu Hao felt that there might be something that might be a ghost today, but the deliciousness of the food made him have no time to think about it. This boss is so awesome. This is the only meal he has eaten, which can be made better than Zhou Sheng. In view of the boss's cooking skills, Yu Hao sometimes couldn't help but want to live back to Mayor Ying.
Zhou Sheng said sincerely: "It's delicious, don't let down such delicious hot pot."
Zhou Laichun picked up the cup and signaled Zhou Sheng to clink the cup. Zhou Sheng ignored him. Zhou Laichun held the cup and clashed with Zhou Sheng symbolically.
Zhou Sheng drank it, and Zhou Laichun drank it too.
"In the past year, my taste deteriorated." Zhou Laichun said, "Although it is not as good as eating anything, I am really too dull to eat, and drinking tea is all bitter. Eating spicy food is also bitter. Now eating this pot also has a bitter taste."
"Have you seen a doctor?" Yu Hao asked, "I know a Union Medical College in Beijing. Ask someone to register and go and take a look?"
Zhou Laichun: “…”
After getting off in recent years, Yu Hao actually had his social relationships, and he couldn't help but feel quite proud.
"Did you ask the teacher to help you find the patient last time?" Zhou Sheng asked.
"Yes." Yu Hao had an interview at the beginning of the year. A patient happened to come to Union Medical College for medical treatment. He couldn't afford the medical expenses and left halfway. The doctor in charge looked for people everywhere. Yu Hao asked Zhou Sheng to use his reasoning skills and finally found the person at the train station.
Zhou Laichun said: "Union Alliance should not be cured."
"If you are sick, you need to see a doctor." Yu Hao said, "You should not conceal your illness and avoid medical treatment."
Zhou Laichun was blocked by Yu Hao again. After thinking about it, he said, "You Aunt Xiaoqin, found a doctor for me. Let's take a look in Ying City first."
Zhou Sheng scooped Yu Hao a crispy meat thorn. Yu Hao was eating it and said casually: "Oh."
But Zhou Laichun's sentence "You Aunt Xiaoqin" revealed important information. Yu Hao knew that this meant that Zhou Laichun recognized him in a sense, and he shouldn't be able to argue today.
"How are you doing in Beijing?" Zhou Laichun asked again.
Yu Hao felt that Zhou Laichun's temper today was the best since they met.
"It's okay." Zhou Sheng was calm and Yu Hao began to doubt again. Zhou Laichun might throw a shocking bomb later, but what else could he threaten them?
"Be a private detective," said Zhou Sheng.
"Is this your ideal?" Zhou Laichun smiled helplessly, "I can still understand the reporter."
"Of course not." Zhou Sheng said inexplicably, "I'm still taking the postgraduate entrance examination and taking the postgraduate entrance examination next year."
Zhou Laichun didn't expect that Zhou Sheng was willing to study and said, "What major is it?"
"Don't care about this." Zhou Sheng didn't say that, lest Zhou Laichun thought he had studied business to go home to take over the company.
Yu Hao started eating vermicelli. He was almost full. After eating, he was in a good mood. Looking back at the snow outside, there was a thick layer of snow. This beautiful scenery happened to go out with Zhou Sheng later and walk in the snow.
"Eat and drink well." Zhou Sheng said, "Just talk about serious business. The nights of winter are long. After that, they go home and sleep with their wives. Do you think, okay?"
Yu Hao: "..."
Zhou Laichun looked at Zhou Sheng quietly, thought for a long time, but smiled helplessly.
"Xiaoqin is pregnant." Zhou Laichun said.
Zhou Sheng said: "I thought why, wait for me to say congratulations?"
Yu Hao thought it was this matter and smiled and said, "Congratulations."
"Boy." Zhou Laichun replied.
"Are you sure you want to have a child?" Zhou Sheng looked at Zhou Laichun and said, "Okay, you are still young, just a little tired."
Zhou Laichun was twenty-two years old when he was married, and now he is not even fifty years old. However, it is certain that middle-aged people in their forties and fifties will raise their children again. As a father, it is certain that they don’t have enough energy to take care of them.
Zhou Laichun said: "I can let her get pregnant unexpectedly, but I don't think you will come back, so I plan to give birth, but in the end I have some unrealistic hope, so I'll ask you."
After hearing this, Yu Hao didn't want to listen to such a mess anymore, so he got up and left.
"What do you want to ask me?" Zhou Sheng couldn't understand Zhou Laichun's brain circuit and said, "You should ask the child yourself, do you want to be abolished?"
Zhou Laichun: "I'm tired and don't want to argue anymore. Zhou Sheng, let's understand each other. Your mother and I have been arguing for less than ten years. What about you? I've been arguing for more than twenty years? Do you have to wait for the day when I die before stopping?"
Zhou Sheng sometimes really doesn’t know how to communicate with his father, saying, “Ask Xiaoqin, if you two want a child, you will give birth to it. If you don’t want it, just don’t want it. What do you ask me? It’s not what I asked her to get pregnant!”
Zhou Laichun said impatiently: "Don't you understand what I mean?"
Zhou Sheng looked full of resentment and looked at Zhou Laichun without saying anything.
Zhou Laichun said: "If you are willing to go home and take over Yun Laichun, I don't want this child. If you don't want to come back, I will give birth to him and he will take charge of this company in the future."
"Oh my God." Zhou Sheng wiped his face, thought for a while, and said, "Dad, when will you learn to respect people? Respect those who have different values from yours?"
Zhou Laichun sometimes feels unable to communicate with his son.
"Okay, I understand." Zhou Laichun said, "Stop talking, just tell me your wishes. This is your last chance."
Yu Hao walked quietly in the snow, looking at the trees, red lanterns and flashing small colorful lights on the railings in the distance. At this moment, in the snow, the world is lonely and far away, and the whole world is so quiet and easy to get. The noisy world is so far away from him.
He remembered the joke Ou Qihang once told them. At Tsinghua University, the difference between people is sometimes bigger than that between people and dogs.
On this night, the absurd words from Zhou Laichun made him feel particularly so, the sentence "If you are willing to go home and take over the family business, I will beat your stepmother's child" was like a communication between two species, which really made him laugh and cry.
And what's even more powerful is that this is very consistent with Zhou Laichun's logic.
"What opportunity?" Zhou Sheng said, "The opportunity to succeed?"
Zhou Laichun was drunk and looked at Zhou Sheng. Zhou Sheng said, "What you think is different from what I think is successful. Dad, do you understand? Our differences have always been here."
"The society has not taught you how to be a human being?" Zhou Laichun said, "You have to be like a dog and spend a few more years before you understand. Is it necessary to do this? I have given you a guarantee, what else do you want?"
Zhou Sheng said seriously: "Is success in the secular sense a success? Maybe? But for me, it doesn't need it. If you want to drink water and eat bread, you give him a piece of gold. He won't, will, because this is not what he wants!"
"You can buy it with gold," said Zhou Laichun, "buy everything you want."
Zhou Sheng said: "You don't understand what I mean... Forget it, I can't figure out you..."
Zhou Laichun said: "Whatever you want is something you can buy with money!"
"Love is OK?" Zhou Sheng finally couldn't help but, "Family is OK?! If you can buy it with money, will you live like this?!"
Zhou Laichun also roared: "What qualifications do you have to teach me a lesson?"
"Do you think I don't know you still like my mom?" Zhou Sheng yelled, and Zhou Laichun's eyes widened.
Yu Hao bowed and held the snow in the snow, looked back and heard the father and son roaring each other, thinking that this was really exciting.
Zhou Laichun stopped talking, Zhou Sheng laughed and said, "You pretend to be furious, don't you just want to prove yourself? Prove yourself, don't want to be sarcastic, ridiculed, and hurt your self-esteem again. Otherwise, why do you show off your two stinky money in front of her all day long? You just got hit and want to go back and get back the scene? What's the result?"
"What's the result?" Zhou Sheng sighed, "She doesn't want to bird you at all. She has long forgotten you completely. Others are living a happy life!"
A crisp slap sounded, Zhou Laichun raised his hand, and finally, after many years, he slapped Zhou Sheng again.
Zhou Sheng was caught in that moment, not only did he not get angry, but instead burst into laughter.
"You got beaten me on the day of your divorce. I have been thinking about it all these years. Have you finally found a chance to return it to me?" Zhou Sheng took a wet wipe, wiped his face a few times, and smiled, "It's interesting, okay, let's get it clear."
Zhou Laichun just sat and gasped, closed her eyes, and kept shaking.
"Dad." Zhou Sheng said seriously, "What do you think telling me this news today will hit me? Really, no, okay, I was a little disappointed just now, but it was not for money. Think about it carefully, it would be great, at least you won't arrange my life again for a long time."
"Okay." Zhou Laichun said, "At least you remember that you chose this path yourself. Don't hate me in the future and say I didn't give you anything. I just want you to know that no one in this world is unique and irreplaceable. Even if you are my son..."
Zhou Sheng said: "Drinking, stop talking, you are too weak today." As he said that, he poured the last bit of wine to Zhou Laichun.
To be continued...