1990: Starting from Baojia Street

This group of younger brothers and sisters are all gathered in front of the big color TV in the living room. The eldest is Zhou Qian, the eldest daughter of the uncle’s family. She just entered college this year and is studying history at the local Jinling Normal University. Because she is the eldest, she is The TV remote control was also in her hand.

The youngest is Zhou Qing, the youngest daughter of her third uncle Zhou Yaozu's family, who has just entered elementary school.

Third brother.

The Zhou family has strict rules. As soon as Zhou Yan came in, the children greeted him respectfully, including Zhou Qing.

Most of these younger brothers and sisters had never seen Zhou Yan, especially the two younger ones from the third uncle Zhou Yaozu's family. When Zhou Yan left here, Zhou Qing had not yet been born, and Zhou Yun was only two or three years old.

So Zhou Yan is somewhat mysterious to them.

Hello everyone. Zhou Yan responded to them with a smile.

This is the house of an old couple. The area of ​​the house is not small, it must be more than 80 square meters.

Nowadays, many houses like to design the bedrooms to be large and the kitchen and bathroom to be small, but this is not the case. The three bedrooms are all small in area, and most of the area is used in the kitchen and living room.

The living room is divided into two areas, one for watching TV, a set of sofas, and a TV, which are currently occupied by children.

The other area is similar to a meeting area, with a set of chairs and a coffee table. The adult men of the Zhou family are all there.

It stands to reason that the younger ones have greeted Zhou Yan, and Zhou Yan is going to say hello to the elders now, but Zhou Yan just nodded in that direction, which was regarded as saying hello.

The key is that there are a group of smokers over there, and the smoke is like a fairyland. Zhou Yan really doesn't want to go there.

If other children were like this, they would definitely be reprimanded in person, but Zhou Yan's situation was different after all. His grandfather Zhou Minnong did not blame him, but smiled and waved to him, Zhou Yan, come here.

The old man had spoken, so Zhou Yan naturally wanted to give him face. He nodded and walked towards the meeting area, but was cut off by the old lady halfway.

Grandma Zhou Yan came out of the kitchen and grabbed Zhou Yan's hand, Our youngest is back.

The third child is Zhou Yaozu, so Zhou Yan can only be the third child.

Zhou Yan secretly laughed. Fortunately, the word 老 was added in the middle, otherwise it would not sound good.

In front of the elderly, Zhou Yan was able to adapt to his identity more quickly. He bent slightly and said with a smile, Grandma, I'm back. How are you lately?

Okay, okay, you're back, everything is fine. Let me take a look, you seem to be in trouble recently.

Maybe it was because she hadn't seen Zhou Yan for too long. The old lady grabbed Zhou Yan's hand and refused to let go, and her other hand followed Zhou Yan's head, like a cat.

The old man Zhou Minnong couldn't stand it anymore, You are so old and you are still touching his head. Let him come over.

You, you, I touched my grandson's head and you said it. After giving the old man a blank look, the old lady smiled and said to Zhou Yan, Grandma made you your favorite braised fish. Have a good night. Eat, look how thin you are. You go sit with your grandpa and the others for a while while I go get busy.

Grandma, you are busy.

After the old lady returned to the kitchen, Zhou Yan walked to the meeting hall.

The Zhou family is a typical traditional Chinese family. The children play, the women cook, and the men smoke and talk.

All the adult men in their family are here, and their seats are clearly arranged. Zhou Yan's position is next to his brother Zhou Hong.

After Zhou Yan sat down, his cousin Zhou Yu pushed the cigarette case on the coffee table in front of Zhou Yan with a smile, Third brother, do you want to smoke?

Zhou Yan smiled and waved his hand, I haven't learned it yet.

Zhou Yu joked, Do you still need to learn this thing?

Third uncle Zhou Yaozu blew out the smoke and said with a serious expression, It's right not to smoke. Smoking is still bad for your health.

That's true. Uncle Zhou Yaohua also said, We will quit smoking if we find time.

Dad, you said you wanted to quit last year. Zhou Yu said bluntly.

Everything must be done step by step. Don't rush it. Zhou Yaohua looked at Zhou Yan again and changed the subject, Xiao Yan, I heard Qing'er say, you have only been back for two days, why is it so late this year?

Something delayed me.

Zhou Yan didn't want to explain more, but Zhou Yaowen, who was sitting opposite him, snorted from his nose, He found a job.

Work? Zhou Yaohua looked surprised, and everyone else had similar expressions.

I found a part-time job as a composer, Zhou Yan said.

Third uncle Zhou Yaozu asked, Why don't you delay your studies?

Zhou Yaowen sneered, Study? He has been out of school for almost a year. If I hadn't called the school, I wouldn't have known about it.

Zhou Yan twitched his lips, this old Zhou was going to hold a criticism meeting for him.

Zhou Yan did not tell Zhou Yaowen about the suspension of school, which probably made Zhou Yaowen very angry. In Zhou Yaowen's view, he is my father and Zhou Yan is his son. For such a big matter, not only should I ask him for instructions, but I should at least inform him.

Zhou Yaowen heard this from the dean of the department, so of course he couldn't lose face.

In fact, Zhou Yaowen was originally very concerned about Zhou Yan, especially when he knew that Zhou Yan had taken a leave of absence from school because of illness. He thought about how to contact Zhou Yan to ask about the situation, but as soon as they met, he couldn't control his temper, and he showed his attitude of lecturing his son again.

The old man Zhou Minnong asked with concern: Why did you drop out of school? Did something happen to you?

It's okay, Grandpa, I was a little sick, but I'm fine now. Zhou Yan replied with a smile.

Zhou Minnong naturally knew that it couldn't be a minor illness, otherwise he wouldn't have to drop out of school, but Zhou Yan didn't want to say it, so he didn't ask further. The main reason was that Zhou Yan looked more energetic now than the last time they met.

The Zhou family seems to have a lot of rules, but they still get along very freely, and after all, Zhou Minnong is a generation apart from Zhou Yan, so his requirements for Zhou Yan are naturally different from those he had for his sons back then.

That's all. As for the part-time job, it's good to enter the society and exercise in advance, but you must not let go of your studies. If you have any financial difficulties, there is nothing wrong with talking to your elders. If you just work part-time to make money , that’s not worth the gain.”

Thank you, grandpa. I have no financial problems for the time being.

The old man has already spoken, so Zhou Yaowen naturally won't say anything more. The criticism meeting hasn't started yet, so this matter can be dealt with first.

Zhou Yu asked curiously, Lao San, what soundtrack are you giving? Is it a TV series or something?

Movie.

what movie?

“Raise the Red Lantern, it hasn’t been released yet.”

Zhou Yu raised his eyebrows and said in surprise, I know this movie. The director is Zhang Yimou. I saw the news in the newspaper before. Zhang Yimou is now an international director. If you can cooperate with him, you can do it.

I am the music assistant, and the main job is done by Teacher Zhao Jiping.

They may have heard of Zhang Yimou, but Zhao Jiping was not very familiar with him. Zhou Yu didn’t care about this, he asked again, “Have you been to the set?

Been there.

Then you have met Gong Li, she is the heroine of this movie.

I've seen it before. Zhou Yan nodded. Not only had he met Gong Li, but they had also acted together.

Is it beautiful?

pretty.

Are you tall?

high.

Because of the role of Jiu'er in Red Sorghum, Gong Li became a well-known female star. She is now even more famous than Zhang Yimou, a real big star.

Although Zhou Yu is the grandson of Zhou Yu, he is still only in his twenties after all. It is normal to be curious about big stars.

His father, Zhou Yaohua, frowned and said, You should watch less entertainment news and read more books when you have time to enrich yourself.

Zhou Yu called out to Qu, Dad, because of the nature of my job, reading entertainment news is also necessary for work.

In fact, this is not true. Zhou Yu works in the Yangtze Evening News, and the content of the Yangtze Evening News is relatively complex, covering everything from national issues to people's livelihood, so the scope of news that Zhou Yu usually comes into contact with must be relatively large. wide.

Asking female celebrities whether they are pretty or tall is necessary for work? Zhou Yaohua teased.

Isn't that the end of the conversation... Third brother, you have a good time, and when you get to know celebrities, you can schedule some exclusive interviews with our newspaper. Zhou Yu said with a smile.

Zhou Yan nodded, I'll try my best.

Haha, I'm kidding you, study hard.

…

When Zhou Yan first arrived, everyone's attention was on him. After a while, they continued the previous topic.

For a family like theirs, there are many topics related to people's livelihood policies, medical education and education. Zhou Yan listened silently and did not take the initiative to speak.

The other person who didn't speak was Zhou Hong. In fact, Zhou Hong hadn't been heard from Zhou Yan since he entered the room.

This surprised Zhou Yan. Zhou Hong was not very talkative when he was a child. But now Zhou Hong is assisting Zhou Yaowen in managing the business at home. It stands to reason that people who often deal with the business field will not be so boring.

It wasn't until the old lady and the others were getting ready for dinner and the meeting in the discussion area was dismissed that Zhou Hong whispered next to Zhou Yan, Just come back.

From Zhou Hong's words, Zhou Yan heard concern, and he responded with a greeting, How are you lately?

Zhou Hong glanced at Zhou Yan in surprise, probably because he didn't expect Zhou Yan to say that. Then he nodded, Everything is fine.

…

After the New Year's Eve dinner, Zhou Yan was being cross-examined by the old lady and two aunts.

Are you dating a girlfriend?

Do you have someone you like?

Are you still in contact with the girl you met often in elementary school?

…

The topics that lesbians care about are completely different from those of gay men. If Zhou Yan hadn't been in school, his two aunts would have already started looking for a partner for him.

Halfway through, ninth sister Zhou Qing came over with two sticks of flowers and gently pulled Zhou Yan's sleeves, Third brother, can you accompany us to set off the fireworks?

Not far away, several younger brothers and sisters looked here expectantly. Zhou Qing should have been sent here by them.

They were still a little afraid of Zhou Yan, so they sent Jiu Mei, the youngest and cutest, who would definitely not be beaten.

Zhou Yan was still worried that he couldn't find a reason to escape from the sea of ​​misery, so he fell asleep and came to the pillow.

He quickly stood up, waved his hand, and said with a bold smile, Let's go, third brother will take you to bomb the street.

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