catch the dream

"My sister-in-law's father's success is just like my brother's failure." Zhou Sheng said suddenly, "There are many factors of fate in it."

"Huh?" Yu Hao didn't know why Zhou Sheng would suddenly bring this up, he thought about it seriously, and said, "Hmm... besides my own efforts, there is also a certain element, right?"

In the past, Yu Hao would not comment on Cen Yongchang and his achievements. To him, Cen Yongchang, like Zhou Laichun, is a very distant person who belongs to another world.

But after working in the newspaper for less than half a year, he gradually had a concept of wealth, and he also roughly knew that many rich people are not as reckless as they seem. Some rely on loans for turnover, and some money is bet on the capital chain. Billions of people, once the capital chain is broken, are also bankrupt when they say they go bankrupt.

"Uncle Cen chose the hot industry of real estate at the right time. If it weren't for the reform and opening up, the money printed by the state would have nowhere to go, and could only go to real estate... I think... um..." He said, Yu Hao made a gesture of spreading his hands, "Otherwise he wouldn't be qualified to teach brother a lesson, right?"

"Success is always defined by them." Zhou Shengman said nonchalantly, "A person who has money, social status, and ability to command the wind and rain is successful. My dad recognized this."

"But we can also choose not to be defined by them." Yu Hao said, "Brother thinks it through clearly, then it's fine."

"Yeah." Zhou Sheng finished his hot drink, pulled Yu Hao's hand over, and said, "It's really cold today, let's go. See what the old man said."

The driver took them to Yunding Mountain. At dusk, Yu Hao suddenly felt a little sleepy, so he leaned on Zhou Sheng's shoulder and fell asleep for a while. Zhou Sheng only held Yu Hao's hand, interlocking his fingers, and looked out the car window.

Yu Hao originally thought that he wanted them to go to Chunxiao in the Kongshan Mountain, but unexpectedly, the car took a detour, passing the newspaper office and the park area, and the car arrived at the foot of the mountain, which was the small fried shop they were most familiar with.

At night, it became colder under the mountain, and the night sky was filled with stars. Zhou Sheng opened the plastic curtain on the door, and the inside became much warmer.Zhou Laichun sat alone, in front of him was a small hot pot cooking on an alcohol stove, six dishes on the table, lotus root slices with tofu and vermicelli, crispy carp, hand-cut beef and chopped three-yellow chicken.

"Changed to hot pot?" Zhou Sheng asked in surprise.

The boss was still the same boss, he looked out and asked, "What do you want to 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 Thai pepper, familiarized himself with the road, first adjusted it for Zhou Sheng, and then made it for himself.

Zhou Laichun: "With fatty beef and mutton rolls in sesame sauce, there must be an oil dish in Chongqing hot pot, in big bone soup beef balls with sand tea sauce, in clear soup with boiling water, it must be served with sweet soy sauce and pepper."

"Yeah." Yu Hao said casually, "Cooking has a north and a south, hot pot has a north and a south, and cooking has a north and a south. Only foodies don't distinguish between north and south."

"What kind of pot and what kind of dipping sauce." Zhou Laichun said casually, "I have traveled all over the world with Zhou Sheng these days, and I must have learned what to eat and how to eat it."

Zhou Sheng took the wine bottle, poured some white wine for himself, looked at Yu Hao, Yu Hao waved his hand to signal not to drink, he was already hungry, and he didn't chat with Zhou Laichun, he ate hot.

"If I don't call you during Chinese New Year, you won't look for me?" Zhou Laichun said, "You're still thinking about that."

Yu Hao felt that there might be ghosts today, but the deliciousness of the food has left him no time to think. This boss is really awesome. This is the only meal he has eaten that can be better than Zhou Sheng's. Yu Hao sometimes couldn't help but want to go back to live in Mayor Ying because of the cooking skills of the owner of this restaurant.

Zhou Sheng said sincerely: "Eat well, don't disappoint such a delicious hot pot."

Zhou Laichun picked up the cup and signaled Zhou Sheng to clink the cup, but Zhou Sheng ignored him, so Zhou Laichun took the cup and gave Zhou Sheng a symbolic clink.

Zhou Sheng drank it, and Zhou Laichun drank it too.

"During the past year, my sense of taste has deteriorated." Zhou Laichun said, "Although it's not that I don't feel like eating anything, but I do eat food. It's very blunt. Drinking tea is all bitter. Eating spicy food is also bitter. , Eating this pot now also tastes bitter."

"Have you seen a doctor?" Yu Hao asked, "I know a Xiehe in Beijing, ask someone to register and go over to have a look?"

Zhou Laichun: "..."

In recent years, Yu Hao actually has his social connections, so he can't help but feel complacent.

"Is that the teacher who asked you to help find patients last time?" Zhou Sheng asked.

"Yes." Yu Hao did an interview at the beginning of the year. It happened that there was a patient who went to Xiehe to see a doctor and couldn't pay the medical bills. He left halfway through the visit. The doctor in charge was looking for someone everywhere, so Yu Hao asked Zhou Sheng to use his reasoning ability , and finally found him at the train station.

Zhou Laichun said: "Xiehe should not be able to cure it."

"If you are sick, you need to see a doctor." Yu Hao said, "You can't hide your illness from a doctor."

Zhou Laichun was blocked by Yu Hao again, thought for a while, and said, "Your Auntie Xiaoqin found a doctor for me, let's see it in Ying City first."

Zhou Sheng scooped up crispy carp for Yu Hao, and Yu Hao was eating, and said casually, "Oh."

But Zhou Laichun's "Your Auntie Xiaoqin" revealed important information, and Yu Hao knew that this meant that Zhou Laichun recognized him in a certain sense, so there should be no quarrel today.

"How was life in Beijing?" Zhou Laichun asked again.

Yu Hao felt that Zhou Laichun's temper today was the best since they met each other.

"It's okay." Zhou Sheng was also calm, and Yu Hao began to suspect that Zhou Laichun might throw a shocking bomb later, but what else could he threaten them with?

"Be a private detective." Zhou Sheng said.

"This is 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 I'm going to be a graduate student next year."

Zhou Laichun did not expect Zhou Sheng to be willing to study, and said, "What major are you taking?"

"Don't worry about that." Zhou Sheng didn't say anything, lest Zhou Laichun think later that he studied business to go home and take over the company.

Yu Hao started to eat vermicelli, and was almost full. After eating, he was in a good mood. Looking back, he saw that the snow outside was piled up thickly. With such a beautiful view, he happened to go out with Zhou Sheng later for a walk in the snow.

"Eat and drink well." Zhou Sheng said, "Let's get down to business. The winter nights are long, and after talking, go home and hug your wives to sleep. Tell me, okay?"

Yu Hao: "..."

Zhou Laichun looked at Zhou Sheng quietly, thought for a long time, and smiled helplessly.

"Xiaoqin is pregnant." Zhou Laichun said.

Zhou Sheng said: "What do you think, wait for me to say congratulations?"

Yu Hao thought to himself that this was the matter, and said with a smile, "Congratulations."

"Boy." Zhou Laichun replied.

"Are you sure you want to have a baby?" Zhou Sheng looked at Zhou Laichun and said, "Okay, you're still young, just tired."

Zhou Laichun was 22 years old when he first got married, and he is not yet 50 years old now, but middle-aged people in their [-]s and [-]s will start raising children again. As a father, it is certain that they will not be able to take care of them.

Zhou Laichun said: "I got pregnant by accident, I can ask her to knock it off, but I don't think you will come back, so I plan to give birth, but in the end I have a little unrealistic hope, so I still ask you a question."

Hearing this, Yu Hao didn't want to hear such nonsense anymore, so he got up and left.

"Ask me why?" Zhou Sheng couldn't understand Zhou Laichun's brain circuit, and said, "You should ask that kid himself if he wants to be kicked out!"

Zhou Laichun: "I'm tired, I don't want to quarrel anymore. Zhou Sheng, let's be considerate to each other. Your mother and I have fought hard, and we have been arguing for less than ten years. What about you? We have been arguing for more than 20 years, right? Do you want to Wait until the day I die, will we stop arguing?"

Sometimes Zhou Sheng really didn't know how to communicate with his father, and said, "Ask Xiaoqin, if you both want a child, just have one, and if you don't want a child, then don't. Why do you ask me? I didn't let her conceived!"

Zhou Laichun said impatiently, "You don't understand me?"

Zhou Sheng's face was full of hostility, and he looked at Zhou Laichun without speaking.

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. From now on, the company will be under his control."

"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 views from you?"

Zhou Laichun sometimes felt unable to communicate with his son.

"Okay, I understand." Zhou Laichun said, "Stop talking, you just need to tell me your wish, this is your last chance."

Yu Hao walked quietly in the snow, looking at the red lanterns and twinkling lights on the trees and on the railings in the distance, at this moment in the snow, the sky and the earth were far away, the whole world was so quiet and within easy reach.The noisy world is so far away from him.

He remembered the joke that Ou Qihang told them once. In Tsinghua University, the difference between people is sometimes bigger than that between people and dogs.

On this night, the absurd words from Zhou Laichun's mouth made him feel especially so. The sentence "If you are willing to go home and take over the family business, I will beat your stepmother's child", like two species The communication between them really made him laugh and cry.

What's more, this is very in line with Zhou Laichun's logic.

"What chance?" Zhou Sheng said, "The chance of success?"

Zhou Laichun was drunk, looking at Zhou Sheng, Zhou Sheng said: "The success you think is different from the success I think. Dad, do you understand? Our differences have always come from here."

"The society didn't teach you how to be a human being?" Zhou Laichun said, "You still have to be like a dog. After a few more years of messing around, you will understand. Is it necessary? I have already told you the whole story, what else do you want? ?”

Zhou Sheng said seriously: "Success in the worldly sense is success? Maybe? But for me, it is unnecessary. If you give him a piece of gold to a person who wants to drink water and eat bread, he won't, will, and will. , because this is not what he wants!"

"You can buy it with gold." Zhou Laichun said, "You can buy everything you want."

Zhou Sheng said: "You don't understand what I mean...forget it, I can't figure you out..."

Zhou Laichun said: "Whatever you want, you can buy with money!"

"Is love okay?" Zhou Sheng finally couldn't hold back anymore, "Family is okay too?! If you can buy it with money, how would you live like this?!"

Zhou Laichun also roared angrily, "What qualifications do you have to teach me a lesson?"

"You think I don't know that you still like my mother?!" Zhou Sheng yelled, and Zhou Laichun's eyes widened.

Yu Hao bent down to hold the snow in the snow, looked back, heard the father and son shouting at each other, and thought this was really explosive.

Zhou Laichun stopped talking, Zhou Sheng laughed and said: "You are pretending, don't you just want to prove yourself? To prove yourself, you don't want to be ridiculed, ridiculed, and hurt your self-esteem by her, otherwise why do you spend all your time with her?" Showing off your stinky money in front of you? Didn’t you just get hit and want to go back to get back the situation? What happened?”

"The result?" Zhou Sheng sighed, "She didn't want to mess with you at all, she had already forgotten all about you, and others are living a happy life!"

With a crisp sound of slap, Zhou Laichun raised his hand and finally slapped Zhou Sheng again after many years.

Zhou Sheng suffered that blow, instead of getting angry, he laughed out loud.

"You hit me on the day of the divorce. You have been obsessed with it all these years, did you finally find a chance to pay me back?" Zhou Sheng took a wet towel, wiped his face twice, and smiled, "Interesting, okay, we two Cleared."

Zhou Laichun just sat panting, eyes closed, trembling uncontrollably.

"Dad." Zhou Sheng said earnestly, "Do you think telling me this news today will hit me or something? Really not, well, I did feel a little bit disappointed just now, but it wasn't because of money. Think again , This is also very good, at least you will not come to arrange my life 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, saying that I didn't give you anything. I just want you to know that no one in this world is unique. , cannot be replaced. Even if you are my son..."

Zhou Sheng said: "Drink the wine, don't talk about it, you are too weak today." He poured out the last bit of residual wine for Zhou Laichun.

Zhou Laichun looked at Zhou Sheng in disbelief. Zhou Sheng pondered for a moment, and then said: "Dad, when you are a cook like your senior brother, open a shop and achieve the ultimate in your profession. Like you, being a big boss, You are arrogant, you can throw money at anyone who doesn't like you, who do you think is more powerful?"

Zhou Sheng looked back at the kitchen, and said, "Migrant workers eat here, students eat here, commuters and commuters eat here when they pass by. He has no fame and no money." He smiled at his father Smile: "But in my eyes, he is much more alive than you. I know I can't convince you, neither of us can convince the other, let time tell."

Zhou Laichun said: "I've been thinking about a question all these years."

Zhou Sheng frowned, looking at Zhou Laichun.

Zhou Laichun: "I don't know what I did wrong, son, let me ask seriously, what did Dad do to you?"

"You're drunk." Zhou Sheng said, "Go back, don't talk about it."

Zhou Laichun raised his hand, made a movement, and said, "Your future brother, I will definitely teach you well, I can't repeat the mistakes I made on you..."

"You really want me to tell?" Zhou Sheng smiled wryly, "I'm telling the truth."

Zhou Laichun looked at Zhou Sheng, drunk, Zhou Sheng said seriously: "His birth was a mistake, because you only gave birth to him for a certain purpose. I don't know what he will become in the future, but You have to understand one thing, me, my mother, Xiaoqin, and the unborn child, I don't care what his name is when he is born... We are your family, your relatives."

Zhou Sheng looked at Zhou Laichun, and said sadly: "We are not your employees, we are not your pets, and we are not your company's waiters. Although the waiters shouldn't be treated like this, but forget it, tell you, you Can't understand."

Zhou Laichun backhanded, pressed on the center of his eyebrows, only lowered his head and gasped for breath, Zhou Sheng called the driver and asked him to come and take Zhou Laichun away.

"Let's not talk about it." Zhou Laichun said, "It's really destiny, Yu Hao asked me for 5000 million that day..."

"He's teasing you." Zhou Sheng said, "If you give him the whole of Yun Laichun, he won't leave me."

Zhou Laichun's voice was unsteady, and he said slowly: "I will leave 5000 million for you to set up a fund to ensure that you will not starve to death. You can rely on yourself for the rest. If you are willing in the future, Yun Laichun will reserve a place for you ..."

"When you get old." Zhou Sheng said, "In case no one cares about you someday, I will take care of you too. But you should keep the money. You gave me 200 million, and I will take care of you as soon as possible. I didn’t spend any money, and it’s enough to just eat the interest of financial management. From this point of view, I have to thank you for helping us a lot.”

"I admit that money is very important." Zhou Sheng whistled to the driver who came in, and helped him to fight Zhou Laichun, saying, "Without money, it is difficult to move an inch. But money is not the purpose of my life, it is just a means. I wanted to say , I will pay you back slowly in the future..."

Zhou Laichun stood up with difficulty and looked at Zhou Sheng.

Zhou Sheng said: "Thinking about it, you and my mother have spent a lot of money on me over the years since I was a child. The relationship is endless. The relationship between family members is not something that can be broken. On this point, Yu Hao did teach me a lot. But think about it, if I have a child in the future, I will respect him more than you, and spend money on him as usual."

"Isn't that how people are? It's passed down from generation to generation." Zhou Sheng patted Zhou Laichun on the shoulder with a smile, and said, "The money I owe you, I'll pay it back to my future children. Walk slowly, Dad."

Zhou Laichun looked at Zhou Sheng, gasping for breath, as if he wanted to say something, but Zhou Sheng returned to his seat, sat down, and the driver helped Zhou Laichun away.

"Pay the bill." Zhou Sheng watched them leave.

The boss put on his glasses, picked up the bill, came to the table, and settled Zhou Sheng’s account. Zhou Sheng glanced at the boss, and the boss also glanced at Zhou Sheng. Zhou Sheng took out the money, and the boss took the money. Quiet.

"You are his son." The boss said, "I said so."

Zhou Sheng replied, "Well, you only know."

The boss nodded and said, "Well." Then he took out two red envelopes from his apron and gave them to Zhou Sheng. Zhou Sheng hurriedly said, "I can't accept it, I'm an adult."

"It can be collected before going to work." The boss said.

Zhou Sheng: "I'm at work."

Boss: "You can accept it before you get married."

"I have a daughter-in-law." Zhou Sheng said hastily, "Huh? Where is the daughter-in-law? Where is the daughter-in-law?"

"Zhou Sheng! Come out!" Yu Hao shouted outside.

"My wife called me." Zhou Sheng said, "Thank you boss."

The boss stuffed it to Zhou Sheng and said, "Go to work hard."

Zhou Sheng couldn't help it, but finally accepted it, and took out the red envelope. It was dark outside, and there was no one around, and it was extremely quiet.

Zhou Sheng held the scarf and looked around for someone. Yu Hao shouted in the open space of the park: "Here! Come here!"

Zhou Sheng: "I want to pee under a tree..."

Yu Hao: "Isn't there a toilet in the shop? You're a dog! Urinating under a tree."

Zhou Sheng hurried back, and came out again after using the bathroom. Yu Hao was standing on the side of the open space. Zhou Sheng flew over the railing, stepping on the snow with his long legs, and came to look for Yu Hao.

"Human?"

Yu Hao leaned his back against the railing on the other side, put his phone on the concrete railing, and said, "Turn around."

Zhou Sheng: "???"

Zhou Sheng turned around, and Yu Hao pressed a colored light switch under the railing. When he was skateboarding around here, he had seen several switches here.

The switch lightly rang, and the entire open space in the park lit up in an instant!

The colored lights illuminated the center of the snow field, a large snow field was cleared, and two piles of snow were piled up, which were made into Angry Birds snowmen, one round and one triangular, with eyebrows made of leaves.

Zhou Sheng laughed out loud, and said, "What are you doing?"

"You." Yu Hao put down the switch, and Zhou Sheng walked to the snowman in the open space. Zhou Sheng pointed to the round one, looked at Yu Hao, then at the snowman, and said, "Is this me? The triangle is just you?"

Yu Hao smiled and said, "Yes."

"Why don't you give me a kiss?" Zhou Sheng asked.

"It's too difficult!" Yu Hao said.

"What are these little birds?" Zhou Sheng noticed that there were several small birds on the ground that were pinched into the size of snowballs and had sticks inserted into their noses.

"Our future child." Yu Hao said happily, "If there is one."

"Will there be?" Zhou Sheng's eyes were a little moist, and he turned to look at Yu Hao.

"I don't know." Yu Hao said innocently, "It's up to you whether you want it, but it's too early to tell, right?"

"Maybe there will be." Zhou Sheng replied, "This is really like our family, um... and a dog."

Yu Hao observed Zhou Sheng with a smile. Countless small lamps shone on them, reflecting the sky and the Milky Way. The open space was bright and spacious. Zhou Sheng took out his phone, played a song, and said to Yu Hao, "Come and dance? "

"Haven't learned yet."

"Just jump around?"

Zhou Sheng held Yu Hao's hand, and the music played on the phone. Yu Hao looked at Zhou Sheng's handsome face, and couldn't tell whether his eyes were red because he drank alcohol, or because he quarreled with Zhou Laichun.

Yu Hao: "Are you feeling down? I guess when you heard the news, you were feeling down for a while."

"It's okay." Zhou Sheng replied, "It's a little bit, knowing that I am no longer unique to him, a little entanglement, right? But it will be fine in a while, people, you can't want everything. It's not like raising a spare tire , let the whole Yun Laichun wait?"

Yu Hao laughed and said, "It's just that suddenly, will there be a little hard to let go?"

"Yes." Zhou Sheng looked at Yu Hao carefully, hugged him and spun around the music, and said, "You understand me best."

"You decide?" Yu Hao said.

"What did you decide?" Zhou Sheng stopped, put his arms around Yu Hao, raised his eyebrows, and asked.

"Determine how to go in the future." Yu Hao said, he felt that Zhou Sheng at this moment was the softest side he had seen since they met.

Zhou Sheng replied: "The old man has his family, and I also have mine. We both have families... so don't mix them up reluctantly."

After saying this, both of them were overjoyed, and turned their heads together again, looking at the big and small snowmen that Yu Hao had piled up, and the music sang:

"In this life, this time is too little... not enough to prove the affection of melting ice and snow..."

"Just one day, you suddenly appeared, you were clear and mysterious—"

"On the shore of Lake Baikal..."

Yu Hao looked at the small flickering lights on the trees and railings, but Zhou Sheng hugged him tightly, turned his face around, and lowered his head to kiss his lips.

"By the way, what exactly is the empty-handed white wolf move?" Zhou Sheng asked doubtfully when his lips parted, "I've been wondering for a long time, where did I learn it?"

Yu Hao looked at Zhou Sheng and said with a smile, "Maybe brother thinks that you and sister-in-law came back empty-handed."

Zhou Sheng: "..."

——Volume [-]·Loulan·End——

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