Time flies. Song Ze has been working at the textile factory for a month now. Every time he has a break, he goes to the Shihe Production Brigade to see Xia Qingqing.
Although Xia Qingqing was still somewhat cold towards him because of what happened before, it couldn't stop his enthusiasm. Every time he came, he would bring a lot of food in an attempt to please Xia Qingqing.
Xia Qingqing's heart wasn't made of stone; she couldn't resist a handsome man's extreme attempts to please her.
In particular, Song Ze would even put aside his pride and act coquettishly towards Xia Qingqing, not afraid of being said to lack masculinity.
Xia Qingqing really fell for this. Under Song Ze's sweet talk and charming tactics, her attitude towards him improved more and more.
At first, no one in the Shihe Production Brigade noticed Song Ze and Xia Qingqing's affair.
However, Song Ze had already been remembered by the villagers for his outstanding appearance when he was a sent-down youth. A man with outstanding appearance would easily attract everyone's attention if he rode his bicycle to the Shihe Production Brigade every week.
Soon, people discovered that Xiao Song, the educated youth who had already returned to the city, had come back, and he was looking for Heping's daughter, Xia Qingqing.
These two are definitely dating; there's a lot of talk about it now.
When the news reached Zhang Hongyan and Xia Heping, it made Zhang Hongyan extremely uneasy.
After dinner that day, Xia Qingqing was called to her room by her parents.
Zhang Hongyan and Xia Heping sat on the bed, looking at Xia Qingqing seriously, especially Zhang Hongyan, whose expression was obviously rather unpleasant.
Zhang Hongyan asked with a tense face, "Qingqing, tell Mom honestly, are you dating Song Ze?"
Xia Qingqing touched her nose somewhat awkwardly, and this guilty behavior immediately alerted Zhang Hongyan to her unease.
She clutched her chest angrily: "When did you get together with him? How could you be with him? He's a sent-down youth; he might come back to the city at any time."
After saying that, Zhang Hongyan felt something was wrong. Song Ze had already returned to the city, but she didn't know why he had suddenly come back.
"It wasn't long, we just got together before he went back to the city, and then he went back. I thought it was over for us, so I didn't have time to tell you," Xia Qingqing blinked her clear eyes at Zhang Hongyan, trying to convince her of what she was saying.
The truth of the matter was pretty much the same, but she embellished it. She didn't know if other people would immediately tell their parents when they started dating, but it still didn't feel quite right for her.
She will only bring her boyfriend home to meet her parents if she is planning to get married immediately.
After hearing her daughter's words, Zhang Hongyan frowned slightly: "Didn't Song Ze apply to return to the city a while ago? Why is he back again?"
“Yes, his family arranged for him to return to the city behind his back. He said he came back to see me this time and has already found a job at a textile factory in the county. He won’t be going back to Beijing for the time being,” Xia Qingqing repeated Song Ze’s words.
However, she completely ignored Song Ze's suggestion to become her family's live-in son-in-law. Her parents already had sons, so there was no need for a live-in son-in-law.
After hearing Xia Qingqing's words, Zhang Hongyan was stunned. The reason why she opposed her daughter being with Song Ze was because she was afraid that Song Ze would return to the city and abandon her daughter in the countryside.
Now that Song Ze has found a job at the textile factory, there shouldn't be any sudden departures, right? This is different from the educated youth; who would give up a good job and suddenly run away?
Xia Heping looked at his wife with pride: "I told you Xiao Song is a good person. He would never abandon his wife and children."
Then Xia Heping looked at Xia Qingqing and said, "Daughter, when are you going to bring Xiao Song back so your mother and I can meet him?"
Although they knew Song Ze before, he was an educated youth in the village back then. Now he is their daughter's boyfriend, and they need to get to know him better to see if he is worthy of their daughter's lifelong commitment.
Xia Qingqing never expected her father to be so supportive of her relationship with Song Ze; his smiling face was a stark contrast to Zhang Hongyan's.
She looked at Xia Heping with some confusion and asked, "Dad, you don't object to us being together?"
“Dad doesn’t object. Didn’t you already say you liked him? As long as you’re happy, Dad will support you,” Xia Heping said gently.
Although he doesn't communicate much with Xia Qingqing usually, and Zhang Hongyan takes care of the children most of the time, he is truly a father who loves his children very much.
Xia Qingqing looked at Xia Heping with some emotion: "Dad, thank you."
In this day and age, there are many families who treat their daughters as commodities, like He Daqiang.
Fathers like Xia's father, who are enlightened rulers, are truly rare.
Watching the father and daughter's affectionate moment, Zhang Hongyan suddenly slammed her hand on the bed: "What's the rush? We haven't explained things clearly yet."
She looked seriously into Xia Qingqing's eyes and asked, "Do you know why Song Ze's family suddenly asked him to return to the city? Does his family know about you two? Do they support you being together?"
Xia Qingqing admired her mother; her questions were spot on. She didn't blindly agree to be with Song Ze after hearing that he had become a worker.
She honestly recounted what had happened.
Even Xia Heping frowned. This was not a good situation. Song Ze was a sent-down youth and it was unknown when he would be able to return to the city. Qingqing marrying him was not considered a step up for him at all.
But after hearing his daughter's words, he realized just how well-off Song Ze's family was.
Since ancient times, there has been a tradition of marrying up to someone of lower social standing, but the higher the social standing cannot be too much, otherwise the marriage will not be easy.
Xia Qingqing knew what her parents were worried about, which was only natural.
She has her own confidence, so she is not afraid of not being good enough for Song Ze, and being with him is simply because she likes him.
She still carries the ideas of the future in her bones and doesn't think that being in a relationship means you have to get married.
But her parents are different; they consider things more carefully.
"Then, should we reconsider this matter?" Xia Heping said hesitantly. In his view, the child's happiness was the most important thing, and the family's financial situation was secondary. However, Song Ze's family might not think the same way.
Zhang Hongyan didn't say anything. She felt a little sad. It was because they, as parents, were useless. Qingqing had to worry about being looked down upon by others when she found a partner.
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Song Ze was unaware that because of his privileged background, his father, Xia, who had initially been very satisfied with him, had turned against him, and Zhang Hongyan, who had previously been dissatisfied with him, remained dissatisfied.
He finally made it to his day off and excitedly rode his bicycle to Shihe Brigade. Last week, he and Xia Qingqing had made plans to go to the county to see a movie together.
When he arrived at the village entrance, he saw Xia Qingqing already waiting there.
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