Chapter 615 Passed Away in 1987, Yao Lisong Took Action

Zhou Chen didn't want to go back to Jichun, and Zhou Bingyi had nothing to do. It was impossible for him to kidnap Zhou Chen back to Jichun.

In desperation, he could only call the Hao family, and then took the train back to Jichun City alone.

When Zhou Bingyi returned to Jichun, Hao Gaoguan was already seriously ill and was living in the hospital and counting down the days.

When Zhou Bingyi came to the ward, he saw people standing around, but the only ones in the ward were his mother-in-law Jin Yueji and his wife Hao Dongmei.

"Bingyi."

Seeing Zhou Bingyi's return, Hao Dongmei could no longer control herself and threw herself into Zhou Bingyi's arms, crying bitterly.

Zhou Bingyi comforted him repeatedly: "I'm back. It's okay. Don't be afraid."

Jin Yueji sat next to Hao Gaoguan's hospital bed. She raised her head and nodded towards Zhou Bingyi: "Bingyi, you are back."

"mom."

Zhou Bingyi shouted, and then looked at his father-in-law on the hospital bed.

During the summer vacation, he came back to Jichun to live for a while. At that time, although Hao Gaoguan didn't look good, he was still in good spirits.

It had only been a few months, but Hao Gaoguan was already on the hospital bed, his face was as pale as paper, his eye sockets were sunken, and he was relying on an oxygen bottle to hang on.

Senior Hao Guan knew nothing about Zhou Bingyi's arrival in his sleep.

"How long has Dad been like this?"

Hao Dongmei choked and said, "It's been several days. The doctor said, said..."

She could no longer say the following words. If someone with a position like Hao Gaoguan could be saved, the province and the country would naturally do their best to save him.

But it is a pity that Hao Gaoguan's body can no longer withstand the torture. If the oxygen is removed, he may not survive for two hours.

Jin Yueji was more open-minded than her daughter. She said slowly: "Old Hao is dying. In the past two days, the hospital asked us to prepare for the funeral. But Dongmei and I have no time to take care of that, and we can't leave here. Bingyi, you are our son-in-law and our half-son, so you will be responsible for handling Lao Hao’s funeral affairs."

Making Zhou Bingyi the consul is equivalent to recognizing Zhou Bingyi's status. This is not only her intention, but also Hao Senior Official's intention.

"mom."

Zhou Bingyi was speechless.

Jin Yueji waved her hand: "It's okay. Lao Hao and I have come from that era. We have never seen any scenes. It's just birth, old age, illness and death. Sooner or later, there will be such a day. In the past few years, Lao Hao has been tired. It's time to take a rest. .”

Only as the person next to her, she knew how much energy and pressure Hao Senior Official had spent in developing the economy in recent years.

"Old Hao's biggest wish is to see Jiang Liao develop. Before he closes his eyes, the people he wants to see most are you and your brother Zhou Bingkun. It's a pity that you are here, but your brother Zhou Bingkun is not here. Alas , which is expected.”

Zhou Bingyi looked guilty. His father-in-law wanted to meet Zhou Bingkun one last time, but he couldn't help.

"I'm sorry, Mom, I'm useless."

Hao Dongmei retorted: "Bingyi, this has nothing to do with you. You put aside your grudges and invited him, but he still doesn't want to come back. How can I blame you? If you want to blame, blame your brother. Why didn't I notice him before? He is such an rude and uneducated person."

These words sounded like he was scolding Zhou Chen and venting his anger on Zhou Bingyi, but it sounded awkward to them. If he said Zhou Chen was uneducated, wouldn't he just scold Zhou Zhigang and Li Suhua again?

So Zhou Bingyi kept a dark face and remained silent.

Hao Dongmei didn't notice anything was wrong with her husband at all, or it could be said that she was used to speaking openly.

Growing up in a privileged environment like the Hao family, Hao Dongmei has always been straightforward in her speech. However, during the years when she went to the countryside, she suffered a lot and became cautious.

But as the Hao couple returned to their official posts and she became the second generation, her temper returned to her original character. She often spoke directly without caring about others.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with a girl with such a personality. On the contrary, she is easier to get in touch with. However, Hao Dongmei's emotional intelligence is not very high, so she often hurts others accidentally.

She used to think Zhou Chen was very good, but since Zhou Chen had a quarrel with his parents, which caused his father to become ill, her favorable impression of Zhou Chen immediately dropped to zero.

Now that her father is dying, he just wants to meet Zhou Chen, but Zhou Chen is unwilling to meet, which makes her impression of Zhou Chen even worse.

"Dongmei, how do you speak?"

Hao Dongmei didn't notice Zhou Bingyi's strangeness, but Jin Yueji saw it clearly. Although the couple had a serious dispute with Zhou Chen that time, she didn't want her daughter to be affected by them.

As a mother, she can naturally clearly feel that her daughter and son-in-law are in the Zhou family's situation. Because of them, Zhou Bingyi and his wife are unable to return to the Zhou family for the New Year. She feels guilty.

Her daughter is different from her. She has only a few years left to live, but Hao Dongmei can still live for decades. If she and the Zhou family keep quarreling until they die, Hao Dongmei will be injured in the end.

After all, the daughter and son-in-law have an unsolvable problem, that is, infertility. If there is no help from the Zhou family, and there is no one to discuss problems in the future, Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei will be a real widowed couple.

Why did Hao Gaoguan insist on meeting Zhou Chen before he died? Apart from his own frustrations, it was because he wanted to resolve the conflict between brothers Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Bingkun.

But unfortunately, Zhou Chen did not come.

Hao Dongmei, who was scolded by her mother, turned away, her face still full of anger.

Jin Yueji saw her daughter's attitude and shook her head helplessly. She knew very well what her daughter was like.

The person they were most worried about was Hao Dongmei, but fortunately there was Zhou Bingyi.

They both saw clearly what kind of person Zhou Bingyi was. Although he was utilitarian, he was still reliable and worthy of Hao Dongmei's reliance. They were not afraid that Zhou Bingyi would treat Hao Dongmei badly, but that Hao Dongmei would do it himself.

Hao Gaoguan didn't wake up until night. He was still in a daze when he woke up, and it took him a while to regain his senses.

"Bingyi, you're back, okay."

Raising his hand with difficulty, Zhou Bingyi took a look and immediately reached out to hold Hao Gaoguan's hand.

"Dad, I'm late."

Senior official Hao smiled: "No, it's not too late, it's just right."

Zhou Bingyi said with a guilty look on his face: "Dad, I was useless and let you down by not bringing Bingkun back."

A flash of disappointment flashed in Hao Gaoguan's eyes, but he quickly recovered.

"It doesn't matter, this is fine, this is fine."

He wanted to see Zhou Chen, not because he wanted to apologize for what happened back then, nor because he wanted Zhou Chen to apologize. He just wanted to tell Zhou Chen that he was not a vegetarian. Everything he did was for the country and for Jiang. All the people in Liao Province.

Unfortunately, this wish cannot be realized.

The three members of the Hao family, plus Zhou Bingyi, talked for a long time, and then Senior Official Hao couldn't bear it anymore and fell asleep.

Just like this, another two days passed. Hao Gaoguan's condition became worse and worse, and he had less and less time to wake up. The doctor also issued a notice that time was running out.

At the last moment, the only people standing by Hao Gaoguan's side were his wife, daughter and son-in-law. He first talked to his daughter for a while, and then gave Zhou Bingyi some instructions.

"Bing Yi, Dongmei and the others will be entrusted to you. If anything happens in the future, please ask your mother."

"I know, Dad, I know."

"Also, your brother, Zhou, Zhou Bingkun, please reconcile with him. He is very capable. If you encounter something in the future, you can ask him for advice."

These words seemed to have exhausted all the strength. After finishing speaking, Hao Senior Official's aura became weaker.

Although Zhou Bingyi didn't understand why his father-in-law said that, he couldn't think much about it at this time and just nodded in agreement.

Ten minutes later, grief-stricken cries rang out in the hospital.

When Zhou Chen returned home from get off work, he saw Li Suhua and Zheng Juan sitting in the living room. Li Suhua's face was very serious.

"Mom, you look so ugly, what's wrong?"

Li Suhua didn't speak, and Zheng Juan said from the side: "Uncle Ma just called to see you, but you were not at home. He said that my eldest brother's father-in-law left, and he left this morning."

Zhou Chen said "Oh", sat down, and then looked at Li Suhua.

"Mom, you are just waiting for Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei to call you, right?"

"snort."

Li Suhua snorted angrily. Although she no longer wanted to recognize her relatives as the Hao family, they had all passed away. According to common sense, they had to be notified anyway.

But she waited from morning to night, but she didn't wait for a call from Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei. What this meant was obvious.

Even if the person died, even if there was a funeral, they never thought of letting the Zhou family go there. What kind of in-laws are they?

Zhou Chen understood his mother's anger. She didn't want to recognize her relatives when she was alive, and she didn't even notify her when she died. It was fine if Hao Dongmei didn't tell her, but her son Zhou Bingyi didn't tell either.

Even if the Hao family didn't want them to attend the funeral, they still had to inform you, but in the end they still learned the news from others.

"mom……"

Zhou Chen just wanted to give some advice, but Li Suhua suddenly stood up, walked into the room expressionlessly, and closed the door heavily.

"Hey, this old lady, this is the first time I've seen her slam the door."

Zhou Chen couldn't help but laugh. Even Li Suhua, who has such a good temper, did this. You can imagine how angry she was.

Zheng Juan whispered: "Bingkun, mom didn't eat dinner today."

Zhou Chen held Zheng Juan's hand and stroked it gently: "It's okay. It's rare for the old lady to get angry, so let's humor her once. Put the rice in the pot to heat up. I'll try to persuade her later. It's you who take care of the children and our mother, thank you for the hard work."

The sudden concern made Zheng Juan feel very sweet in her heart.

"This is what I should do. I'm just useless. I can't help you. I can only take care of the children at home."

Zhou Chen hugged her into his arms and said softly: "No, you are not useless, you are the most useful. Without you, I don't know what clothes to wear every day. Our family can live without me, but we can never live without you. "

"Nonsense, you are the head of the family. Without your hard work to make money, our family would never have the good life we ​​have now."

Zheng Juan felt extremely satisfied when she thought about the life she had lived these years, and all of this was brought about by Zhou Chen.

Wu Qian has one saying that she agrees with very much, that is, she married the right person.

After the two of them were cozy for a while, Zheng Juan, who loved to worry, asked worriedly: "Bingkun, you'd better go and comfort mom quickly."

Zhou Chen said calmly: "My comfort won't help with this kind of thing. The key is for our mother to figure it out on her own. She is competing with herself now."

Zheng Juan asked with some confusion: "Bingkun, why didn't your eldest brother inform our mother? He knows our phone number."

Zhou Chen sneered and said: "This is not simple. He has no say over there. The Hao family is not going to inform our parents. Do you think he dares to inform us?"

Perhaps Zhou Bingyi also thought about informing his parents, but Jin Yueji was not prepared to let Zhou's family go to express condolences, so he certainly did not dare to make the decision privately.

"Okay, I don't want to worry about these unhappy things. I have to work the night shift next week, plus two days off, so I have three days to spare. I want to take you around Yanjing City to play around. How about it, Juan'er?"

"Are you taking Ruirui and the others with you?"

"No, we haven't been together in the world of two for a long time. We won't take them with us these days. It's just the two of us. We can leave early and come back late."

"ah?"

Zheng Juan's expression was very surprised. Since having the child, the two of them had not gone out alone a few times. Now that Zhou Chen wanted to take her out to play alone, she felt a little uncomfortable for a while.

"Ah, what, it's settled. Life only lasts a few decades. We are already over thirty. We can't live for our children all our lives. We should have some time of our own. After all, we two are the ones who have to live our lives. people."

Zheng Juan was a little hesitant, but more moved. She nodded vigorously: "Well, I will listen to you. Whatever you say, I will listen to you."

It's not that she doesn't have her own opinion. When she lived with her mother and younger brother, she picked everything in the house.

The reason why she married into the Zhou family was that she was willing to be the woman behind Zhou Chen, because she knew that Zhou Chen would support the family and she didn't need to worry.

"Then it's settled."

Li Suhua's anger went away as quickly as it came. More than an hour later, when Zhou Chen went to find her with cooked rice, he quickly persuaded her to eat.

More than a week passed quickly. When the three children heard that their parents were going out to play without them, they were all very unhappy. Who doesn't want to go out and play?

It's a pity that Zhou Chen settled them easily and took Zheng Juan out to be cool.

In order to enjoy the trip, Zhou Chen borrowed a jeep from a friend and drove it. In three days, he visited many tourist attractions in Yanjing and took Zheng Juan to eat a lot of delicious food.

At the end of the year, Zhou Zhigang wrote a letter saying that he would not have time to come back to celebrate the New Year in the next few years, and that he was supposed to retire in 1985. In response to the country's call, he planned to stay and work for another two or three years. It might take about 1988 to retire. .

After Li Suhua found out, although she was a little disappointed, she still supported her husband's decision. She was just a little woman and fully supported her husband's career. Anyway, it would only be a few years later to reunite, so nothing would happen.

Zhou Zhigang's letter also mentioned Zhou Bingyi and the Hao family, but there were only a few words to comfort Li Suhua not to think too much. He also said that Zhou Bingyi had written him a letter and apologized, etc.

Time flies and it’s 1987.

In recent years, because Zhou Zhigang did not go home to celebrate the New Year, Zhou Chen's family did not return to Jichun, but stayed in Yanjing to celebrate the New Year.

Zhou Rong and Zhou Bingyi also graduated from graduate school. More than three years ago, after Zhou Bingyi graduated from graduate school, he returned to Jichun and worked in a government agency.

At the beginning, he only served as the deputy director of the general department of the research office. In more than three years, relying on his own efforts, he became the director of the provincial research office, and was promoted from the department level to deputy director.

The speed of promotion is quite fast, but because Zhou Bingyi is a graduate student himself and was once the son-in-law of Hao Gaoguan. Hao Gaoguan had just left at that time, so he still had some affection, so he could be promoted so quickly.

It's just that although his rank is very high, his position is very embarrassing and he doesn't have much real power. This is different from what he imagined.

Because he was relatively free at work, he accepted the invitation of his old friend Yao Lisong and went to Pengcheng for a talk.

Yao Lisong was Zhou Bingyi's comrade-in-arms and old friend when he was building the Corps more than ten years ago.

Later, he transferred from the army to work in the Jiangliao Provincial Department of Transportation. However, various changes later caused Yao Lisong to give up his official career and choose to enter the business world, serving as the chairman of the large state-owned enterprise Shanneng Group.

Yao Lisong is an ambitious and greedy man. After becoming the chairman of Shangneng Group, he used his power to make money crazily.

In just a few years, he made a lot of money and became a famous boss in Pengcheng by relying on his status as the chairman of Shangneng Group.

But at the same time, I have to admit that Yao Lisong is very greedy, but he is indeed very capable. Shangneng Group has become stronger and stronger in his hands, so his position is very secure.

He had been in contact with Zhou Bingyi over the years and maintained a good relationship. This time he took the initiative to invite Zhou Bingyi over, which actually had his own purpose.

Yao Lisong first took Zhou Bingyi to a famous song and dance hall in Pengcheng to have fun, and then found a secluded place to talk to Zhou Bingyi.

"Bingyi, how do you feel about today's trip?"

Zhou Bingyi said with emotion: "It has made me more knowledgeable. It really has made me more knowledgeable. It deserves to be a national key special economic zone. It is not comparable to our cities in Jiangliao Province."

Thinking of the scenes he had just seen in the dance hall, he was both excited and worried, and felt that he was not up to date with the times.

Yao Lisong laughed and said: "You who do research should come here more often. This is also called studying people's sentiments. Only by seeing more can you think more, right?"

"Don't be in a hurry to leave for the next two days. I'll show you around and show you my kindness as a landlord."

In the next two days, Zhou Bingyi followed Yao Lisong around Pengcheng. He really gained a lot of knowledge and broadened his horizons. At the same time, his mind was also very active.

Zhou Bingyi was leaving tomorrow, so Yao Lisong found a secluded hotel room to talk to Zhou Bingyi.

The two chatted all over the world, from the Construction Corps to studying in college, from Hao Dongmei to Dong Weihong, and from officialdom to shopping malls. They talked freely.

At the end of the conversation, Yao Lisong suddenly changed the subject.

"Bingyi, let me ask you about someone."

Zhou Bingyi asked: "Who do you want to ask about? Is it someone I know?"

"Zheng Bowen."

"Zheng Bowen, who is it?"

Zhou Bingyi thought about it carefully, and then his face was full of doubts. There was no such person in his memory.

Yao Lisong smiled and said: "You may not be familiar with the name Zheng Bowen, but I think the name Zheng Guangming will be familiar to you, right?"

"Zheng Guangming?"

Zhou Bingyi looked surprised: "I do know Zheng Guangming, because my brother's brother-in-law is named Zheng Guangming. Is the Zheng Guangming you are talking about the same as the Zheng Guangming I am talking about?"

Yao Lisong did not answer directly, but suddenly asked: "Bingyi, do you know why I mentioned this Zheng Bowen, and who is this Zheng Bowen?"

Zhou Bingyi didn't know what Yao Lisong was selling, so he could only follow his words and asked: "Then who is this Zheng Bowen?"

Yao Lisong chuckled and said: "This Zheng Bowen is not a simple person. He is from Xiangjiang and is the general manager of Xiangjiang Chenxing Group."

"From Xiangjiang?"

"Yes, the Chenxing Group in Xiangjiang was only established a few years ago. In just a few years, it has become a big name and has become an upstart in the wealthy circle in Hong Kong. As the general manager of the Chenxing Group, Zheng Bowen is not very popular in Xiangjiang. Famous, but powerful and wealthy.”

Zhou Bingyi frowned: "Old Yao, you shouldn't just talk to me briefly. Is this Zheng Bowen related to my brother's brother-in-law Zheng Guangming?"

Just now, Yao Lisong first mentioned Zheng Bowen, and then Zheng Guangming. If there was no connection between the two, he would not believe it even to death.

Yao Lisong laughed and said: "As expected of you, Bingyi, you guessed it right. There is indeed a great connection between the two, which is also one of the reasons why I invited you here this time."