sbdcsierra Chapter 115 The highly supported Zhou Tinghao
Chapter 115 The highly supported Zhou Tinghao
At the same time, Zhou Tinghao saw the white dough in his mind enter the house and then returned home.
When he returned home, he found that his family was waiting for him and the food was already on the table. Seeing this, Zhou Tinghao quickly washed his hands.
After washing his hands, he sat on a stool and prepared to eat. Just as he picked up the chopsticks, his hand holding the chopsticks was hit by his dear mother.
Aunt Zhou said, "Tell me about your situation first, then you can eat."
Zhou Tinghao was extremely speechless at this moment. After all, if the food was not eaten in time, it would be troublesome if it got cold. He could talk about the matter while eating, but in the end, neither his father nor his brother dared to refute his mother.
In order to eat earlier, Zhou Tinghao said concisely: "Yes, she said she would think about it."
After saying this, he took advantage of his mother's unpreparedness, quickly picked up the chopsticks, stood up and scooped rice into his bowl. Looking at his parents who were still thinking about his words, Zhou Tinghao added rice to his parents' bowl as well.
Aunt Zhou looked at the rice in front of her and asked uncertainly, "Are you sure you told Lin Zhiqing? Does she know what you mean? Did she really not reject you but say she needed to think about it?"
Zhou Tinghao had already put a mouthful of rice in his mouth and chewed it carefully. He asked his father in surprise, "Dad, where did you get this white rice? It's quite sweet and each grain is distinct."
Captain Zhou was actually quite concerned about his son's lifelong affairs, but he was too embarrassed to ask. Now, seeing his wife asking, and his annoying son trying to change the subject, he glared at his son and replied:
"You rotten thing! Your mother was asking you a question, but you didn't hear her. What are you doing here talking nonsense? Answer your mother first!"
Zhou Tinghao curled his lips at his silent elder brother and said stubbornly:
"My eldest brother is older than me, why didn't you two push him? Now it's my turn and you're pushing him. I already told her I wanted to date him, and she said she'd think about it. She insisted that I make it clear to you that this was your son's first time pursuing a girl, and she didn't agree!"
After hearing what her son said, Aunt Zhou was sure that she had heard it correctly. Since the educated youth Xiaolin did not reject her son, her son had a chance.
Zhou Tingfeng was not angry when he heard his younger brother was pulling him down. Instead, he happily picked up a piece of braised pork and gave it to his younger brother.
Captain Zhou, looking at his wife's smile as if she had picked up money, also heard the accurate news from his son. Captain Zhou, in a good mood, thought of the question he had not yet answered his son. After thinking about it, he felt that his son was not the kind of pedantic soldier, so he told him the source of the rice:
"I bought this rice from your Uncle Zhou's house. He used to be the deputy director of our town, but now he's the director. We always get our meat and rice from him. The quality of the rice there is much better than that from the supply and marketing cooperative, and the price is cheaper.
If we were to buy rice at home, we could afford it, but the quality wouldn't be as good as what we get at your Uncle Zhou's. Besides, how many food coupons do we, farmers working the land, get in a month? We wouldn't be able to buy much rice at all. We could only buy some for the autumn harvest from your uncle.
And these meats and other things, we don’t usually eat them at home. It’s because you’re back and it’s the autumn harvest, so I wanted to make something delicious.
And yet you're still here complaining about your mother meddling in your affairs. If your mother hadn't been so optimistic about that young educated youth, she would have asked so many questions of you. And you're still sitting here ungrateful?
When Zhou Tingfeng heard his father scolding his younger brother, he was happy, but he did not laugh openly. He just snatched the cucumber from his younger brother when he wanted to.
Speaking of rice, Aunt Zhou's mind worked very quickly. She quickly remembered that her relative's daughter had a good relationship with her future daughter-in-law, which was another plus point.
Thinking of this, he said, "Hey, old man, isn't it true that Old Zhou's daughter has a good relationship with the educated youth Xiaolin? She even came to the brigade to see Xiaolin once?"
When Zhou Tinghao heard about the white dough, he immediately thought of his father. Captain Zhou thought for a moment and said:
"That's right. I think her name is Zhou Xiaoyun. She met Xiaolin, the educated youth, at the post office. They had a pretty good relationship. Old Zhou told me that his son's wife was finally settled thanks to the necklaces, hairpins, and other things Xiaolin sold him."
The whole meal passed in this discussion. When Zhou Tinghao was about to clean up the dishes, Aunt Zhou said:
"Let your brother wash the dishes. He's older than you and hasn't even found a girlfriend yet. Even though the girl hasn't agreed to you yet, she hasn't explicitly rejected you either, which means you still have a chance.
Be smart and don't let your daughter-in-law fly away! ??·??·??*?? ?? Autumn harvest is coming soon, and your father will assign you to work over there. You have to settle this matter during your home visit. Don't wait until your home visit is over and you haven't confirmed the relationship before I tell you."
At this time, Captain Zhou was thinking about the little girl he had his eyes on, and he also gave his son some advice:
"You blockhead, why don't you help them with the yard work? After the autumn harvest, it's almost time for hibernation. How much firewood can a little girl collect?
You can help her collect firewood! This way you can show your courtesy to her, and when the time comes, you will have a legitimate reason to go with her brother to collect firewood, and it will also help you get closer to your brother-in-law.
Although they lived together in that courtyard, they still collected firewood for the winter in their own courtyards, but the male educated youth would help the female ones more.
You don't even know how to cherish such a good opportunity. Going up the mountain to collect firewood can also help you get some wild game to nourish the little educated youth. Although she doesn't seem to need this little bit of meat, just having this thought is enough. In time, she will be moved by you and agree to be with you."
After saying these words, Captain Zhou glared at his son with disappointment and followed his wife out of the room.
After thinking about it, Zhou Tinghao went to the kitchen to help his brother boil water for washing up in the evening. During this time, he also listened to many stories from his brother about the various suitors of his white dough daughter on earth and their deeds of pursuing her.
After hearing how Bai Dianzi rejected those who were courting her without hesitation and without dragging her feet, he finally understood the true meaning of what his mother had said at the dinner table: that since he had not been explicitly rejected, it meant that he still had a chance.
At this moment, he happily washed up and returned to his room to lie on the bed. Lying on the bed, he happily thought about how to avoid being seen by those gossipers in the team without appearing to be trying too hard to please the little white boy.
He fell asleep while thinking about the plan. In his dream, he saw a beautiful little white dough running towards him like a butterfly and flying into his arms. The two of them walked hand in hand beside the rice field.
……………………(Sweet and beautiful dreams)
After the work bell rang in the brigade, Zhou Tinghao, who was deeply immersed in a sweet dream, was awakened by the bell. This was the first time he thought about sleeping a little longer.
Sitting up, he thought about the sweet smile of the white-dough girl in his dream, and the soft touch when he leaned over and kissed her cheek. Zhou Tinghao closed his eyes and wanted to fall back into bed to continue that wonderful dream.
As a result, I fell on the bed and couldn't fall asleep again. Only the lingering image in my mind proved the existence of the dream.
Unable to enter the dream at the beginning, Zhou Tinghao immediately opened the quilt and prepared to get up. However, the moment he opened the quilt, he suddenly saw his embarrassing situation.
Seeing that, Zhou Tinghao put his hand on his heart, trying to press his heart back a little and tell it to stop beating so fast.
He opened his kang cabinet, took out clean pants from it, and changed them hurriedly. Thinking of this, he knew that his mother must be preparing breakfast in the kitchen.
He looked at the pants he had taken off. Such a small piece of cloth could be cleaned by rubbing it casually. After thinking it through, he tiptoed out of the room.
He sneaked into the front yard and put some water in a basin, then quietly carried the basin back to the door of the room.
Fortunately, he had some soap in his room for washing his face or taking a bath. Now he was too embarrassed to get the soap for washing clothes at home, so he gently broke off a piece of the soap he had and used it to wash his pants.
Fortunately, the pants were made of little fabric and were washed clean in a short while. Just as he was washing them, Zhou Tinghao heard his mother calling him to have breakfast.
Because he had spent the morning washing his pants, he didn't have time to wash up. So after walking into the front yard, he saw that his brothers' washing water had not arrived yet, so he ran up and said he would help pour water. In fact, he just wiped his face with the remaining water.
The water droplets on his face were still wet, so he wiped his hands on his trouser legs and went to the table to eat the breakfast he had made this morning.
This morning's breakfast was a boiled egg and a bowl of multi-grain porridge for each person. Zhou Tinghao put his boiled egg into his pocket, then picked up his bowl of porridge and started drinking.
The team leader and Aunt Zhou saw this but didn't say anything. After quickly finishing the porridge, the team leader took his two sons to assign tasks for today's work. Aunt Zhou stayed at home to wash the dishes before going to work.