The three sons and daughters of the Zhou family represent three classes.
Zhou Bingyi was admitted to Peking University from the corps, married Hao Dongmei, the daughter of the governor, and embarked on a career path.
Hao Dongmei was unable to have children due to physical reasons, and Zhou Bingyi had no children and no daughters after marriage, and his father, Zhou Zhigang, had to give the task of "passing on the lineage" to his younger son Zhou Bingkun.
Zhou Bingkun married Zheng Juan, a "widow" with a child, and at first the family resolutely opposed Zheng Juan's entry into the house, but Zheng Juan eventually impressed her in-laws with her diligence and kindness.
Zhou Zhigang made a clear request to Zhou Bingkun: whether it is a boy or a girl, they must have a child, and they must provide for the child to study.
However, due to too many accidents in the family, Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan gave birth to Zhou Cong several years after marriage.
Zhou Bingkun did not ignore the eldest son Zhou Nan brought by Zheng Juan because he had a younger son, Zhou Bingkun regarded Zhou Nan as his own, and also thought of keeping Zhou Nan by his side and passing Zhou Cong over to his brother Zhou Bingyi.
Zhou Bingkun was not good at reading since he was a child, his career rose and fell, he lived the life of an ordinary person, and he failed to change his fate by relying on knowledge and crossing classes like his brother Zhou Bingyi and sister Zhou Rong.
After Zhou Rong was admitted to Peking University, she did not stop studying, went to graduate school, and became the youngest associate professor in the university after graduation.
After Zhou Rong retired, she is still looking for her own life value, writing novels, doing charity, she is a very thoughtful literary and artistic young woman.
Zhou Bingkun watched the third generation of the Zhou family grow up, and only then had to admit that the generation he was in was the most beautiful generation of the Zhou family, and there were talented women like Zhou Rong and clean officials like Zhou Bingyi, which was a grand situation that ordinary families would not have for several generations.
The third generation of the Zhou family is obviously inferior to the previous generation. The birth of the fourth generation of the Zhou family foreshadows the future direction of the Zhou family.
Zhou Nan lost his way back
Zhou Nan was born when Luo Shibin raped Zheng Juan.
When Zhou Bingkun fell in love with Zheng Juan, Zheng Juan was already pregnant, and in order to protect Zheng Juan from being hurt by gossip, Zhou Bingkun declared that the child was his own.
Zhou Bingkun's feelings for Zhou Nan were slowly accumulated.
At first, Zhou Bingkun could not fully accept Zhou Nan, but Zhou Nan was very sensible since he was a child, knew that it hurts, and the darkness in Zhou Bingkun's heart was completely swept away by Zhou Nan, and he was regarded as his own son from then on.
The turning point in Zhou Bingkun's life occurred when Zhou Nan was fifteen years old.
After Luo Shibin's career developed, he came back to grab the child, and Zhou Nan failed to withstand the temptation of his biological father's money and lost himself for a while.
Luo Shibin promised Zhou Nan that he would study abroad, and Zhou Nan was moved, because his adoptive father Zhou Bingkun was unable to create good conditions for him to study.
Zhou Bingkun looked at his adopted son's heart being enveloped by Luo Shibin, he was very hurt, he was reluctant to give Zhou Nan to Luo Shibin, Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan could not accept the loss of Zhou Nan.
In the process of arguing between Zhou Bingkun and Luo Shibin, there was an accident, both fell off the building, Luo Shibin fell into a vegetative state, but Zhou Bingkun was sentenced and imprisoned for more than ten years.
Zhou Nan knew about the ugly things that Luo Shibin had done, and Luo Shibin's seizure of his custody was not because of love, but because Luo Shibin had lost his fertility.
Zhou Nan saw his adoptive father in prison for himself, thinking of Zhou Bingkun's upbringing of him for more than ten years, Zhou Nan regretted it, lost his way, and decided to recognize only Zhou Bingkun as his only father.
Zhou Nan was very good and was admitted to Harvard University, and even Zhou Rong sighed:
Luo Shibin, such a man with despicable character, and a woman with a low IQ like his younger sister Zheng Juan, accidentally gave birth to a son who was actually able to study at Harvard University and became a doctor of law. It is recognized that she and the daughter of the poet's ex-husband, who is known to have a high IQ, can only bow to the wind and feel ashamed of herself, which makes Zhou Rong feel that she has created a person when she thinks about it. ”
However, Zhou Nan, who had a great future, died abroad because of his righteous courage.
Zheng Juanqiang endured the grief and said at the memorial service for Zhou Nan held at the university:
"As a mother, a chinese mother with a low level of education, the only education I have for my son is to hope that he will be a good person when he grows up. If he's not a good guy, then no matter how much he stands out, it will make me sad. Now, he has proved with his actions that my hopes have not been dashed. How sad I am, and at the same time how relieved I am..."
Zhou Nan's unexpected death made Zheng Juan feel pain, and Zhou Bingkun heard the news of his son's death, and he could not bear it for a while and vomited a mouthful of blood.
Zhou Nan's death was a great blow to the Zhou family, but fortunately, Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan and the youngest son Zhou Cong were with them.
With the help of Zheng Juan's younger brother Zheng Guangming, Zhou Nan's ashes were placed in the North Putuo Temple.
Zhou Yue took shortcuts
Zhou Yue was the daughter of Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng, who followed Feng Huacheng to the countryside and gave birth to Yue Yue in a cave.
Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng have been together for ten years, but they did not expect that after Feng Huacheng's career developed, he exposed his nature, and it was mentioned in the original work of "The World of Man" that Feng Huacheng cheated many times and repeatedly taught and did not change.
Zhou Rong couldn't bear it anymore and divorced Feng Huacheng and won the custody of Yue Yue.
After Zhou Rong remarried Cai Xiaoguang, her daughter's name was changed from Feng Yue to Zhou Yue.
Zhou Yue's childhood and adolescence were not very happy, Zhou Rong fostered Zhou Yue in her mother's house, and it was more than ten years after being released, and Zhou Yue was once very distant from her biological parents.
As a result of sending people to the fence from an early age, Zhou Yue learned to seek advantages and avoid harms, and pursued a more comfortable lifestyle.
In the original work of "The World of Man", Zhou Yue once lived in Zhou Bingyi's home for a period of time, living in the small Western-style building of Zhou Bingyi's mother-in-law, and the old lady loved Zhou Yue very much and often bought her clothes and shoes.
Zhou Yue's vanity was out of control.
Zhou Yue is very good at pleasing the old lady, the former simple little girl became powerful, worshiping gold, willful, Hao Dongmei found that Zhou Yue had signs of deterioration, and told Zhou Bingkun.
Zhou Yue and Zhou Nan have lived together since childhood, green plum bamboo horses, have feelings, desperately fall in love, Zhou Bingkun desperately wants to oppose the two people together.
Zhou Yue and Zhou Nan are nominally "cousins" in relationship, and Zhou Nan's biological father is luo Shibin's kind of scum, and Zhou Bingkun cannot accept Luo Shibin and Zhou Rong as relatives.
Zhou Bingkun, in a fit of rage, slapped Zhou Nan and Zhou Yue, who was in the rebellious period of adolescence and could not stand the repeated preaching of his uncle and mother, and turned to his biological father Feng Huacheng.
Feng Huacheng took Zhou Yue to France, and in order to recover Zhou Yue, Zhou Rong gave up her job and stayed in France with her daughter.
Zhou Rong and Zhou Yue lived in France for 12 years, during which Zhou Nan came to zhou Yue and persuaded Zhou Rong to agree to the two of them, Zhou Rong saw that Zhou Nan had grown up to be excellent and handsome, and naturally agreed to this family affair.
However, not long after Zhou Yue's first love began, Zhou Nan had an accident.
Zhou Yue in France to read is not grounded in the business management major, after the success of the study to have the face to return to China, mother and daughter both job search is not smooth, Zhou Rong barely became a private middle school teacher, and her position as a university professor is far away, she advised Zhou Yue to put down her body, first start from the ordinary position.
Zhou Rong stepped into the position of vice principal step by step, but Zhou Yue did not have the perseverance of her mother.
Zhou Yue refused to accept that she, a "high-achieving student", had fallen into the position of miscellaneous work, and for the sake of profit, Zhou Yue took a shortcut.
Zhou Yue climbed to the husband of a woman with a successful career, the man was more than fifty years old, Zhou Yue violated morality, the third party took the throne, and the scandal was boiling.
The original wife found the media to expose Zhou Yue's scandal of destroying other people's families, Zhou Yue's uncle Zhou Bingyi was also named and criticized for this, Zhou Rong felt that her daughter smeared the Zhou family, and the relationship between mother and daughter was very stiff.
Zhou Bingyi said: "We think that she has suffered in Guizhou since she was a child, and there was a period when she could not see her parents, so we should make up for it and relax the requirements for her." Bingkun, when she lived here, she was actually a very well-behaved girl, right? She was with her two cousins at that time, and the adults were particularly fond of her. Her later willfulness was spoiled by us, and the most spoiled her was my mother-in-law. ”
Zhou Yue's growth environment did have a certain impact on Zhou Yue's personality, but the most important factors still lie in the genetics and education of Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng.
Zhou Yue married an old man, the shortcut was very successful, there was a company under his name, Zhou Yuexue's business management came in handy, he was very authoritative in the company, and his career was flourishing.
The Zhou family avoided talking about Zhou Yue and did not want to have contact with her again, but Zhou Yue persevered, sending messages to the family every New Year's Festival to send blessings and ask for forgiveness, and Zhou Rong finally re-accepted her daughter.
It is worth mentioning that although Zhou Yue's character is unbearable, she has two things and has a very good conscience.
First, Zhou Yue worked and studied abroad, saved some money, and gave it to her sister-in-law Zheng Juan to repay Zheng Juan's nurturing grace; second, after she became the boss lady, she arranged a job for Sun Chaochao.
Sun Chaochao and Zhou Bingkun are old friends, who once helped the Zhou family, and saw that Sun Chaochao fell to the bottom and made a living by hard work, Zhou Yue felt compassion and let Sun Chaochao become a small leader of the logistics team.
Zhou Cong is the most mediocre
Among the three children, Zhou Cong was the most ordinary.
When Zhou Bingkun was imprisoned, Zhou Cong was still in elementary school; after Zhou Bingkun came out, Zhou Cong had already graduated from college and worked.
Zhou Cong also studied a major with employment difficulties, and originally planned to go to other places to develop, but the great uncle Zhou Bingyi insisted on leaving Zhou Cong in the city, and arranged a job for Zhou Cong.
Zhou Bingyi thought very realistically, as soon as Zhou Cong left, there was only Zheng Juan left in the family, Zhou Bingkun was still in prison, and there was no home at home.
Zhou Cong did not alienate Zhou Bingkun, although they were separated for 12 years, the feelings of father and son were relatively deep, and Zhou Cong also knew how to hurt his parents.
But Zhou Cong also has his greedy side, such as he has called The idea of Cai Xiaoguang's house, Cai Xiaoguang has two suites, Zhou Cong said that he would use it for marriage, and automatically used his uncle's house as a resource for the Zhou family.
Under the education of Zhou Bingkun, Zhou Cong realized his mistakes, changed them when he knew them, and his nature was not bad.
Zhou Cong became a newspaper reporter by relying on his uncle, but his ability was not outstanding, and Zhou Rong, who was deeply accomplished in literature, could not read Zhou Cong's articles, and Zhou Rong repeatedly criticized and corrected him in front of Zhou Cong.
What makes Zhou Bingkun most dissatisfied with Zhou Cong is his marriage.
Zhou Bingkun married Zheng Juan, looking at Zheng Juan's gentleness and kindness, knowing cold and knowing heat; Zhou Cong did the opposite and married a humble wife.
When Zhou Cong and the woman were in love, Zhou Bingkun was very unaccustomed to it, and also clashed with her, when Zhou Bingkun and several coachmen were responsible for transporting goods to the newspaper office, and broke a pot of Junzilan, which was written in the original book of "The World of Man":
"The coachman apologized, but the owner of Junzilan, a female reporter about the same age as Zhou Cong, did not spare it, nagging, not knowing what he wanted."
The female reporter did not spare, saying that Junzilan is a precious breed, and it took a lot of effort to raise it herself, asking the coachman for sky-high compensation, and Zhou Bingkun was so angry that zhou Bingkun scolded her: Stinky, and then I will pay you a big mouth! You are intellectuals, people who represent the conscience of society, don't you see how difficult it is for us to make some money? ”
Zhou Cong came out to mediate and persuaded Zhou Bingkun to turn off the fire, Zhou Cong said that he was dealing with the female reporter, Zhou Bingkun was angry and said to his son: "You! ...... Blow it early! What kind of vision do you have? If she becomes the daughter-in-law of our Zhou family, will she have a good life with me and your mother? ”
Unexpectedly, Zhou Bingkun became a slur, and Zhou Cong and the heroine of "Junzilan" not only did not break up because of the conflict, but the two also got married.
Zhou Bingkun naturally disagreed with this family affair, marrying such a tricky wife, it is difficult to live in peace in the future, but Zheng Juan supports her son's choice, and feels that her son likes it.
After Zhou Cong and "Junzilan" got married, sure enough, the chicken flew and the dog jumped, a small quarrel in three days, and a big quarrel in five days, and Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan had to go east and west for their son's marriage, and various mediations.
After Zhou Cong's son was born, Zhou Bingkun wanted to say a word to Zheng Juan: "I hope our grandson has such a blessing as me, and my wife is a woman like you, not a woman like his mother." ”
But Zhou Bingkun did not say anything.
In his later years, Zhou Bingkun did not have much of a sense of security, and the original book of "The World of Man" wrote:
Bingkun suddenly felt a great fear in his heart, afraid that some serious illness would surprise him, or his wife. He was afraid that he would suddenly lose her, or that she would suddenly lose himself. The so-called carefree life, for them, is really late. And they can't be completely carefree — who knows how long the marriage of a son and daughter-in-law can last? ”
Zhou Bingkun's only fortunate thing is to have the company of his wife Zheng Juan, as for his son's marriage, it is beyond his control.
The end of the Zhou family
Zhou Cong's son was born, looking at the little grandson, Zhou Bingkun directly praised the beauty, but Cai Xiaoguang said to Zhou Rong: "For you Zhou family is in a bad mood." ”
Under Zhou Rong's questioning, Cai Xiaoguang told the truth:
"Some children, as soon as they are born, have good facial features and clear eyebrows. But Bingkun's grandson, the bridge of his nose, small eyes, thick lips, big mouth, no place like your Zhou family, everywhere like his mother. In the future, he will definitely be an ugly man, and he will not be born in a rich family, so he can only marry an ugly wife and have another one..."
Cai Xiaoguang's last words hinted at the end of the Zhou family.
The generation in which Zhou Bingkun is in "The World of Man" is undoubtedly the most beautiful.
There were two high-achieving students at Peking University, one became the deputy mayor and the other became the vice president. Zhou Rong is a great beauty, and Zhou Bingyi is also a talent.
But in their next generation, there was a rebellious Zhou Yue and a mediocre Zhou Cong. Further down, there was an ugly grandson, who had no qualifications for Zhou Rong and Zhou Bingyi. While Zhou Bingkun sighed, his son and daughter-in-law quarreled again, because the daughter-in-law was not satisfied with the style of the balcony window.
The Zhou family is visible to the naked eye.
In the original book of "The World of Man", it is written:
He thought that the most splendid history of their Zhou family actually overlapped with his own life, and in many generations to come, it was estimated that it would be difficult to produce a great beauty like his sister Zhou Rong, and it would be difficult to produce a gentleman like his brother Zhou Bingyi. Will the good stories of ordinary people's homes be rarely seen for hundreds of generations to come? ”
Zhou Bingkun burst into tears.
Perhaps, the rise and fall of change is the inevitable fate of each family.