Because of Zong Shao's boasting in the camp, Lin Wei became the representative of a good daughter-in-law in the family area overnight.

Lin Wei: “…” She didn’t want to thank you for this title.

Although Lin Wei couldn't help but feel a chill every time she heard this title, it didn't stop those men from secretly asking their wives for gifts when they returned home. As for those men whose birthdays had just passed, they would express envy for Zong Shao for having a gift while they had nothing on their birthdays, and said that they would also have gifts next year.

In short, she was able to attract a lot of hatred this time.

Even Huang Aiyun had complaints about Lin Wei, saying, "Just give the gift if you want. Why let your man show off outside? The one in my family keeps saying that your old man is lucky because his wife even prepared a gift for his birthday."

Lin Wei: “…” She also wanted to ask Zong Shao what he was thinking. I gave you a pen, just use it, why are you showing off?

Lin Wei actually went to ask Zong Shao, and he was surprised when he heard it: "Did I show off?"

After asking, he recalled for a while: "Oh, it's like this, I thought this pen was a gift you carefully prepared for me, I didn't want to waste your kindness, so I didn't put it in my pocket when I went to the camp the day after my birthday. There happened to be a meeting in the camp that morning, and I used this pen. They saw it and asked a few more questions. I thought there was nothing to hide, so I told them everything."

After explaining, Zong Shao specifically asked: "Is this called showing off?"

Lin Wei was amazed, she didn't expect Zong Shao had the potential to be a white lotus. If she had known that he was like this, she should have let him go when Yang Yi's mother-in-law came!

Lin Wei gritted her teeth and asked, "My birthday is coming soon, have you prepared the gift?"

She decided that once she got the gift, no matter what it was, she would take it to school to show off.

No, she doesn’t just show off at school, she also shows off when she goes to state-owned restaurants to buy meals, to the vegetable market...she shows off wherever she goes! Zong Shao had attracted enough hatred from all the female comrades in the family compound for her, and she also wanted to help him attract enough hatred from all the male comrades.

However, although the plan was well made, when she really received the gift, Lin Wei was reluctant to show off.

What Zong Shao gave her was a gold ring!

Decades later, rings were a necessity for marriage, but nowadays, if one of them was present, the marriage was considered a respectable one. As for the ring, having it was the icing on the cake, but not having it didn't matter, and no one cared much about it.

Although Lin Wei and Zong Shao did not buy a complete set of three-wheeled equipment when they got married, there was a reason for that: Zong's mother already had a sewing machine, and she didn't think a radio was necessary, so she didn't let them buy it. But Zong Shao put all the money for buying these into the betrothal gift. Together with the bicycle and the watch, her marriage was very decent.

Plus, she had no idea what rings meant. When she was a child, she could occasionally see people wearing gold and silver rings and earrings, but after the Great Movement began, few people dared to wear gold, silver and other items out of the house.

It was not until she dreamed of the original novel while accompanying the army that the heroine's children had the ceremony of exchanging rings at their weddings. Only then did the ring become special in her heart.

But no matter how special it was, Lin Wei never thought of asking Zong Shao to give her a ring. Firstly, it was difficult for ordinary people to buy gold and silver jewelry these days, and secondly, she always felt that there was no point in asking for it.

She never expected Zong Shao to give her a ring because she felt he had no such concept.

but!

Zong Shao actually gave her a ring!

There are also words engraved on the inner ring, which are also Z%L.

Seeing Lin Wei looking carefully at the words on the inner circle of the ring, Zong Shao emphasized: "This is the initials of your and my name." Not with two children!

Lin Wei felt that after Zong Shao emphasized this, Su felt nothing, and said helplessly: "I know!"

She was about to put the ring on her hand, but before she put it on, Zong Shao pulled her hand, took the ring from her, and put it on her left ring finger.

Lin Wei asked in surprise: "Do you know which finger to wear it on?"

"I've seen others wearing it." Zong Shao said.

Before the great movement began, there were actually quite a few people who took the Western approach, but now most of them have been demoted, and even if they have escaped a disaster, they are now behaving very modestly and have become much more restrained in their behavior.

Zong Shao had lived in the capital for many years, so it was not surprising for him to have seen these things.

Lin Wei raised her hand to look at the ring. It didn't look fancy, and there was nothing inlaid on it, just engraved patterns. She couldn't tell what it was, but it looked pretty.

Looking at the brand new ring, which was just the right size, and thinking about the words engraved on the inside, Lin Wei felt that the ring must have been newly made, so she asked, "Where did you get the money to make the ring?"

"Didn't I fail to hand in my April salary?" Zong Shao said.

In order to ensure that Zong Shao had enough money to prepare a birthday present for himself, Lin Wei was unusually generous and did not confiscate Zong Shao's April salary.

But... Lin Wei asked suspiciously: "Isn't one month's salary enough?" Gold and silver are very expensive these days.

Zong Shao said, "I asked someone to melt the pendant I wore when I was a child. The salary was for the labor cost, so there is still some left. I will give it to you later."

"You melted it? Why didn't you tell me?" Lin Wei asked in surprise. Although Zong Shao's pendant was not a family heirloom, it was made of gold, so it must have other meanings, and he had been wearing it for so many years.

"I told you, will you still let me melt it?" Zong Shao asked back, holding Lin Wei's hand and said, "The gold for the pendant was actually taken out by my father, and my mother asked someone to make it. Later... Later I always wanted to get rid of it, but I couldn't bear to do it."

That pendant does have meaning to Zong Shao; it is his home, or rather his former home. But with his parents' divorce, his old home no longer existed, and when his mother died, he wanted to get rid of the ring.

But it's not so easy to give up feelings. Even if he seems more indifferent than others, his heart is made of flesh and he would be reluctant to let go, so he keeps hesitating.

Lin Wei bringing her children to join the army did bring a lot of changes to their family and him.

In the past, he knew that he had a wife and children. When he thought of them, his blood was hot and his heart was warm. He worked hard, hoping that his family could be reunited one day soon.

But sometimes he would feel confused, not knowing what kind of person he was in the eyes of Lin Wei and the two children.

He never told anyone that in the past few years, every time he saw a letter from Lin Wei, he felt happy but also a little lost.

He believed that she was also trying to maintain the marriage, and he also believed that she would think twice before writing each letter. It's just that they had spent too little time together, and no matter how careful she was, a hint of unfamiliarity would occasionally appear between the lines.

He knew that it wasn't her problem, it was time and distance that caused all this.

But sometimes, he couldn't help feeling that he had a home, but this home was very far away from him. He tried hard to reach it, but didn't know if he could reach it.

He finally reached it.

So he melted the pendant, made it into a ring and gave it to Lin Wei.

…

Although Lin Wei liked the gift very much and was reluctant to take it off even when she went to bed, she was very clear that the ring was not suitable to wear outside as it would easily lead to people making false accusations.

But because of the special meaning of the ring, Lin Wei was reluctant to leave it in the drawer to gather dust, so after seeking Zong Shao's opinion, she strung the rings together with a rope and wore them around her neck.

Although she couldn't wear this gift outside to show off, Lin Wei didn't let Zong Shao go. The next day, she went to the supply and marketing cooperative to ask if they had any pears for sale. When she arrived at school, she asked her colleagues if there were any loquat trees nearby.

When Zhao Li and her colleagues asked her what she wanted these for, she said shyly, "Yesterday was my birthday. Ah Shao sang for me all night. My voice has been a little hoarse these past two days."

Originally, she wanted to show off the birthday gifts her two children gave her, but when she thought about how her sons and their friends weren’t very popular to begin with, and decided not to bring hatred upon them, she gave up.

The salesperson at the supply and marketing cooperative and the teachers at the military primary school had no idea what Lin Wei was thinking. They were just caught off guard by a mouthful of dog food and angrily asked, "Do you two want to live?!!!"

When she got home, she complained to her husband: "How dare you complain that I didn't prepare a birthday present for you? Look at Zong Shao. On Lin Wei's birthday, he sang for people all night and his voice became hoarse!"

Their husbands would argue: "What's the point of singing for a whole night? It's just a gimmick. Comrade Lin Wei prepared a real birthday gift for us!"

Then he was retorted again: "Do you think Zong Shao didn't give you a birthday present? Not only did he give you a present, he also sang a song. Look at my birthday, I don't ask for both, but I'd feel good if I had one of them, right? What was the result?"

After all the commotion, Zong Shao was also filled with hatred.

However, he was thick-skinned. When he was teased in the military camp, he did not show any guilt on his face. He even asked in surprise: "If a couple has a good relationship, isn't it normal to give each other gifts on their birthdays? Why? Don't you guys give each other gifts?"

Everyone: “It hurts.”

In the end, under the leadership of Lin Wei and Zong Shao, the couples in the family quarters were forced to be more cautious when it came to birthday presents. No matter if they prepared elaborately or just spent money on it, they would always prepare a similar birthday present for their other half's birthday.

Although the person who gave the gift couldn't help cursing Lin Wei and her husband in his mind on his/her husband's/wife's birthday, he/she was still very happy when he/she received the gift.

While Lin Wei and Zong Shao were gaining a lot of hatred, they also became the most annoying couple in the eyes of everyone in the family area.

The couple had different reactions to this.

Zong Shao was honored. Lin Wei: “…” Whatever.

…

As Lin Wei and her family celebrated their birthdays, the military primary school also welcomed its final exams.

Like last semester, Military District Primary School performed strongly in the final joint examination, sweeping other schools. The performance of Lin Wei's class was also very impressive, with the average score being the highest in the grade, and the highest scores in grades two and four also came from her students.

If Teacher Sun still had the intention of competing with Lin Wei during the semester, she had completely given up by the end of the semester.

That’s right, although Teacher Sun did not teach the second grade this semester, because Lin Wei was assigned to teach the fourth grade class one, the rivalry between the two, or rather her one-sided rivalry, continued after the new semester began.

It was just that Luo Shuzhi had hit a wall with Lin Wei a few years ago. This semester, she had been much more honest and didn't dare to do anything shady behind the students' backs. She just focused on teaching the students and wanted to avenge her previous failure in the exam.

It was of course impossible to avenge her previous humiliation. Not only that, she was crushed again.

But she wasn’t the only one who was crushed this semester. The other teachers were very calm, so she also... had to be calm.

Because of her outstanding teaching results, Lin Wei was named an advanced teacher this semester. However, this was only an in-school evaluation, so Lin Wei only got a notebook and a pen.

If the class she teaches can continue to maintain its current performance next semester, she will not only receive a prize, but also a bonus from the Education Bureau.

As the semester ended, Lin Wei welcomed the summer vacation.

Every summer vacation there are some who are happy and some who are sad. The happy ones are of course the children because they don’t have to go to school and can have fun. The ones who are worried are naturally the parents, especially those who have jobs, who worry every year about what to do with their children during the holidays.

Of course, the teachers in the military primary schools are not among those who are worried. They also have holidays when the students are on vacation. Taking care of a few children at home is not any more difficult than taking care of dozens of children.

So after receiving the holiday notice, all the teachers breathed a sigh of relief, finally they could have a rest!

But Lin Wei couldn't breathe a sigh of relief. For her, summer vacation came in July, and from July to August, and in August, she faced a life-and-death crisis.

Therefore, although Lin Wei had already thought about how to deal with it, as the day approached, her emotions inevitably became tense.

Can she survive?

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