Throughout the journey, Liang Feng kept giving Zhang Jianguo strange looks, making Zhang Jianguo very uncomfortable.
"Brother Feng, what's gotten into you this time?"
"It's nothing, just checking out what's good about you. I feel like you're just average," Liang Feng said, raising an eyebrow.
He felt that Zhang Jianguo was completely unworthy of his sister, and he didn't know what his mother was thinking, actually wanting Zhang Jianguo to be her son-in-law.
When Zhang Jianguo heard Liang Feng's infuriating words, he grabbed Liang Feng's neck and threatened him with a smile, "Come on, explain yourself clearly, how am I just average?"
"Zhang Jianguo, let go of me right now!" Liang Feng felt himself being strangled by two steel bars and slapped Zhang Jianguo's forearm hard.
This guy dared to beat up his brother-in-law before even getting married; it's utterly outrageous.
Zhang Jianguo was just joking with him. When he saw him start to struggle, he immediately let go: "Hehe, now you know I'm not ordinary, right?"
"Cough cough, you're just average, very average," Liang Feng seized the opportunity to pull back, but Zhang Jianguo picked him up from behind, bent down and threw him out.
Liang Feng lay on the ground, unable to get up; he had suffered a severe blow.
What kind of monster is Zhang Jianguo? Why is he so strong? He is no match for Zhang Jianguo at all and can only be beaten down.
Suddenly, Liang Feng had a brilliant idea. If Zhang Jianguo really became his brother-in-law, wouldn't he be able to outmaneuver him in the future?
Of course, this was a joke. The truth is that Liang Feng has spent these days with Zhang Jianguo and found him to be a good person with good abilities.
If he and his sister hit it off, he wouldn't necessarily object to her becoming his sister's husband.
"Hey, Jianguo, you should have figured out my mom's intentions just now, right?" Liang Feng asked Zhang Jianguo somewhat awkwardly.
Zhang Jianguo nodded: "Yes, I can see that."
Over the years, he has been asked similar questions quite a few times, to the point that it has almost become a conditioned reflex.
"So what do you think?" Liang Feng pressed.
Zhang Jianguo looked at Liang Feng with confusion: "What do you mean by that? Do you also want to set me up with your sister?"
"How could that be? What are you thinking, kid?" Liang Feng bristled like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
Zhang Jianguo laughed and said, "If it's not true, it's not true. Why are you so agitated?"
Liang Feng felt incredibly awkward. His sister might not like Zhang Jianguo, but if Zhang Jianguo didn't like his sister, he would think Zhang Jianguo must be blind.
“Brother Feng, right now I only want to serve my country and I don’t want to talk about marriage. You should understand me, right?” Zhang Jianguo asked Liang Feng earnestly.
Liang Feng is a year older than him, and he's not married yet either, so his thoughts are probably similar to his.
Liang Feng nodded in agreement: "Marriage is really not that great. It's just finding a woman to manage you."
Soldiers are often away from home for long periods, and getting married means being separated from their families. Being a military wife is not an easy job.
Of course, family members can accompany the military, but since their troops are stationed in remote areas, accompanying them means that the wife and children will have to suffer with them.
Now that Zhang Jianguo had made his stance clear, Liang Feng stopped dwelling on the matter between him and his sister.
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Xia Qingqing spent a comfortable summer vacation at home, her daily routine consisting of secretly hiding in her room eating snacks and watching TV dramas, which was simply delightful.
Gou Dan was quite resentful about this. His sister had finally come home, but she stayed in her room every day and wouldn't play with him. She was so mean.
Hearing his complaints, Zhang Hongyan gave him a good scolding without any politeness.
In Zhang Hongyan's mind, her daughter was definitely studying in her room. Gou Dan was trying to disturb his sister instead of studying, so he deserved to be taught a lesson.
"What? I'm also number one in the class, okay? Mom is just biased," Gou Dan pouted, expressing his dissatisfaction with Zhang Hongyan's differential treatment.
Zhang Hongyan slapped her son's bottom: "I was biased. Tell me yourself, if it were you, who would you like more, your sister or me?"
“That must be my sister,” Gou Dan said without hesitation.
His sister is so wonderful. Not only is she academically gifted, but she also earns money. She always buys him delicious food or sneakers. He loves his sister the most.
"So you knew it yourself, huh? Then why did you say I was being biased?" Zhang Hongyan said with a laugh, scolding her son before turning around and going to the kitchen to cook.
Even now, Zhang Hongyan still doesn't dare to let Xia Qingqing cook easily. One meal from her can use up half a month's worth of oil in the house. She can't afford such expensive food, so she can only work harder herself.
Dog Egg ran to his older sister, feeling wronged, seeking comfort.
Xia Qingqing also overheard his conversation with Zhang Hongyan and handed him a small cake with a smile: "Here, eat up."
Dog Egg looked at the soft, fragrant cake with delight and showered Xia Qingqing with sweet words as if they were free:
"Thank you, sister. I knew you were the best to me. When I grow up, I will definitely take good care of you and buy you endless cakes and candies, and endless new clothes and shoes."
"Then I'll wait, but don't lie to me," Xia Qingqing poked Gou Dan's puffed-out cheeks.
Dog Egg nodded frantically: "No, I would never lie to you."
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With the start of the school year fast approaching, Xia Qingqing originally wanted to ask Xiao Hui to help her buy a train ticket.
It just so happens that Xiao Hui wasn't home the day she went to the county to look for him. She knocked on the door for a long time but no one answered, and she didn't know what he was doing.
With no other option, Xia Qingqing had to go to the train station to buy the ticket herself.
Train tickets were still quite difficult to buy at that time, and Xia Qingqing only managed to get a seat ticket in the end.
Thinking that two days would pass quickly, I didn't bother with it anymore.
Zhang Hongyan was very worried about her daughter traveling alone by train. Last time, there were still pickpockets in the sleeper carriage, so wouldn't it be even more dangerous this time with a seat ticket?
"Mom, don't worry. Just think about my strength. Who's in danger is still uncertain," Xia Qingqing said, making a gesture of flexing her muscles.
Zhang Hongyan also thought of the scene where her daughter pinned down the thief last time, and burst out laughing: "Yes, yes, you're the best."
"But when you're out alone, you have to be wary of strangers and never strike up a conversation with them," Zhang Hongyan said, still feeling apprehensive about her previous experience.
If she had been alone last time, and if those two people had been human traffickers instead of thieves, she probably would have been abducted.
Xia Qingqing nodded obediently: "I know, I will definitely not talk to strangers."
Zhang Hongyan asked Xia Qingqing to give her her underwear: "Qingqing, I'll sew the money into your pants for you, that way it'll be safe."
Xia Qingqing quickly refused: "No need, Mom, I can do it myself. I'll sew it myself in my room later."
Seeing that she insisted, Zhang Hongyan didn't force her: "Alright, you can sew it yourself."
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