The modern fortune-telling history of a small shopkeeper

Chapter 104, The Zhou Family

"It's on, then there's no problem."

After trying the lamp, Qiao Mingshan pulled the lamp down again when he saw it was OK.

After two days of busy work, the two brothers finally packed up their shop.

After a day's work, the two brothers were extremely tired. They sat on a long bench back to back, covered in sweat and dust, but they didn't care, with sincere smiles on their faces.

Seeing the brand-new shop, Qiao Mingshan thought that it would be possible to open the shop tomorrow. Qiao Mingshan felt that no matter how hard it was, it was worth it. "We are still short of a signboard. Mingming, what's your name?"

"Brother doesn't read as many books as you. Come to think of it, let's choose a famous name."

Let him do the work he can do, but let him use his brain, Qiao Mingshan thinks it's better to leave it to this little cousin who can read.

"I'll think about it." Qiao Minglang showed a thoughtful expression on his face.

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There was still a faint afterglow in the west, the sun was about to set, and the leaves on the trees on the roadside turned yellow. A car passed by on the road, and a gust of wind blew up, and a few leaves on the trees fell down.

At this time, in Zhou's restaurant, the dining table was full of food, and the whole family was sitting here without anyone moving their chopsticks, as if they were waiting for someone to come back.

"Mom, I'm so hungry." Sitting at the table was a seven or eight-year-old boy who was drooling at the dishes on the table. After waiting for a long time, the meal was not served. Zhou Rui looked at his mother and said with aggrieved expression.

The beautifully dressed woman glanced at her husband, pressed her son's hand, forbidding him to hold the chopsticks, and coaxed him in a low voice: "Rui Rui, let's eat when brother comes back, brother will be back soon."

"Why wait for my brother to come back, when will my brother come back, Rui Rui's stomach is so hungry."

The woman did not explain the reason, but said: "Brother will be back soon."

I don't know if the mother and son's words were intended for other people in the family to hear. Even if the voice could be lowered, it was still heard by other people in the restaurant.

Zhou Jianguo looked sullen, glanced at his wife and youngest son, and said, "Forget it, there's no need to wait, let's eat."

"Dad, let's eat, don't wait for him."

The old man sitting in the first seat opened his closed eyes, glanced at the mother and child as if inadvertently, and said lightly: "Since it's a family meal, let's eat when everything is ready."

Being glanced at by the old man, Xu Haimei's heart tightened, she took her younger son's hand, looked at her son, and shook her head slightly unconsciously.Zhou Rui pouted, tears welled up in his eyes, with a look of grievance on his face, but he didn't dare to cry like usual.

"Okay, then wait!" Zhou Jianguo's complexion became even more ugly. The little expectation for the elder son's return had now turned into anger.

Not long after, the sound of a car returning came from outside.

Footsteps came towards the restaurant, Xu Haimei, mother and son turned their heads at the same time, looked in the direction of the entrance, and saw the young master of the Zhou family coming back.

A smile appeared on Xu Haimei's face, she stood up and said, "Ah Xing is back."

As he spoke, he pulled his son to stand up again and asked him to call him brother.

"Brother." Zhou Rui was pulled by his mother to stand up, and reluctantly called out to his brother.

If it is said that Zhou Rui still wanted to play with this brother when he was young, but after knowing that his brother didn't like him, he didn't like to get close to this brother very much.

Zhou Xing glanced at Xu Haimei and her half-brother, but did not respond.Walked straight to the old man, bent slightly, stood a little lower, put one hand on the back of the chair the old man was sitting on, approached the old man's ear, and called out "Grandpa" in an affectionate tone.

He knew that after the old man got older, his ears were not very good, and he had to be close to the grandfather to hear clearly when talking to him.

In this family, Zhou Xing's attitude is only moderate when facing this grandfather who loved him since he was a child.For other people, even his biological father, he hasn't called dad for many years.

As for the mother and son, he ignored them to the end.

"Xing Xing is back. I'm hungry. Sit down and eat." The old man has always loved this eldest grandson. Seeing that the eldest grandson came back, he asked the eldest grandson to sit down and eat without even a word of reproach. It can be seen that the old man loves the eldest grandson of eccentricity.

"Why didn't you come back to see grandpa after being in school for so long?"

"I went to military training two weeks ago, and I just came back yesterday. As soon as it's a holiday, I'll come back to see you, grandpa?" Zhou Xing pulled out the chair and sat down on the right side of his grandpa, without looking at it. Mother and son two.

"Oh, I went to military training, no wonder I got tanned." Seeing that his grandson was so tanned, the old man believed that his grandson had just returned from military training, and asked a few words about how hard his military training was.

"Fortunately, nothing hard." Zhou Xing said.

Xu Haimei stood there with a look of embarrassment, as if she was already used to the other party not responding to her, she dragged her youngest son back to his seat.Zhou Rui sat back in his seat. After being hungry for a long time, he just wanted to eat quickly.

"Snapped!"

Zhou Jianguo slapped his son on the table angrily and glared at his son, "Your mother and your brother are calling you, you are deaf and still can't hear! "

"My mother?" Zhou Xing turned up half of his mouth, with a sarcastic smile on his face, his eyes wandered over the two people, and asked, "Oh, are you sure you gave birth to me with her?"

"You..." Zhou Jianguo still wanted to scold.

Xu Haimei grabbed her husband's hand, forced a smile on her face, and persuaded: "Jianguo, it's hard for us to sit down and have a meal together as a family. Since today is my birthday, let's not worry about it." Things are not going well."

In the eyes of a man, it is his wife who bears the burden of humiliation for the sake of the family.

If it is said that there was still a little guilt towards this eldest son in the past, and that he and his previous wife divorced, he felt sorry for this eldest son.Then this bit of guilt has already been wiped away by the conflicts between father and son over the years.

Zhou Jianguo became very angry when he saw the elder son's "look like everyone in the world owes him money". If it weren't for the fact that today is his wife's birthday, he wouldn't have bypassed this so easily. Evil son.

"Mom, I'm hungry." Zhou Rui took his mother's hand, wanting to eat.

"Come on, let's eat." Xu Haimei pulled her husband to sit down, filled the bowls of soup for her husband and son, and said to the old man: "Dad, let's eat."

The old man raised his hand to let everyone eat.

Xu Haimei looked at the son born to her husband and his ex-wife, with a gentle and kind face, and said softly: "Ah Xing doesn't have much to eat at school. After going home after a long time, there are all kinds of food at home. Eat more."

This woman seemed to have forgotten that she was the one who tried every means to squeeze this son away.

They were sitting opposite each other, and a table was very big, so she stretched her hand over to the opposite side, so she didn't have any food for her son.Because she knew that even if she took the food, the other party might not accept her kindness.

Without even raising his eyebrows, Zhou Xing picked up his chopsticks, put a piece of food into his grandfather's bowl, and then started to eat with his chopsticks.

Seeing that Zhou Xing ignored her, Xu Haimei didn't see any angry expression on her face.

It's not that Xu Haimei hasn't tried to have a good relationship with this son all these years, but since the first day she entered the Zhou family's gate, this son has always looked at her with perverted eyebrows.She has been in Zhou's house for six or seven years, and this son's attitude towards her has changed from being confrontational at the beginning to being cold-hearted now, so Xu Haimei gave up her wish to befriend this son.

"Don't worry about him, eat your food." Zhou Jianguo sat down, his face was black, and he glanced at his son who was eating happily opposite him, and his heart became even more angry. This evil son was born to be angry kill him.

Seeing that he could finally eat, Zhou Rui anxiously took his mother's hand and asked her to help him with food, "Mom, I want to eat that."

"Okay, okay, don't worry, mom will pick it up for you." Xu Haimei only took care of her son and husband, and didn't even take a few bites.

The chef of the Zhou family has worked in their home for more than ten years, and the dishes he cooks are very suitable for him. He hasn’t been home for a meal for so long, and he tastes familiar. Zhou Xing doesn’t care about the people on the opposite side. Stretch out to the dishes I like to eat, and from time to time give grandpa some soft and edible things.

He knew that in order to show that she was a loving mother, as long as he ate at home, this woman would ask the kitchen to prepare some of his favorite dishes.

Adhering to the principle of not eating for nothing, starving to death is his own principle, Zhou Xing has never been against himself.

At the dinner table of Zhou's family, the rule of "don't talk about food" was paid attention to, but some people just don't know what the rules are.

After eating a meal, you can always hear the children on the opposite side saying "I want to eat this" and "Which one do I want to eat", as well as the voice of a woman coaxing the children, and I don't know if it is deliberately pretending to show them.

After dinner, the old man asked his grandson to follow him to the study.

Xu Haimei glanced up and saw that the door of the study was closed, a gloomy expression flashed across her face, her hands were clenched into fists, and her nails were dug into her palms.

Today is her birthday, a cake was prepared at home, and the servant pushed the cake out.

As soon as Zhou Rui saw the cake, he yelled to eat it, "Mom, I want to eat cake, I want to eat cake."

"Grandpa and elder brother haven't come yet, let's wait for grandpa and elder brother to come." Xu Haimei coaxed her son. In order to bring her son into Zhou's house, she spent so much thought, tied the man's body and Xin, finally fulfilled his wish and brought his son into Zhou's house.

Now she is Mrs. Zhou. As for whether some people admit her or not, this fact cannot be changed.