"Grandma, Dad, Mom, I...I don't have those kinds of feelings for him." Chen Chunhua looked a little embarrassed; she really didn't have those kinds of feelings for Zhou's eldest brother.
When I was a child, I thought of him as my older brother.
When I was in elementary school, the Zhou family still lived in the residential compound.
At that time, her two cousins, Chen Penghua and Chen Jianhua, often bullied her and her younger sisters.
Zhou Qingzhou had helped the sisters a few times, and she was always very grateful to him.
At that time, his youngest sister hadn't been born yet. He also seemed to have said that he wished one of his sisters could be his younger sister.
However, because her mother and Aunt Zhao from the Zhou family did not get along, the children from both families could not visit each other to play.
"Dad, and I'm in school too," Chen Chunhua added, then looked intently at her father, hoping he could persuade her grandmother.
She had thought about it carefully in her mind just now.
She felt that she and Brother Zhou Qingzhou were really not a good match.
“Mother, you see, Chunhua doesn’t have that idea. Besides, it’s really not the right time to arrange a marriage right now, she hasn’t graduated yet! Maybe she can find someone in college.”
"Mother, you should go back and explain things properly to Director Zhou, and politely refuse him." Chen Lao Er spread his hands to his mother, indicating that he had no other choice.
He didn't want to make the decision. His daughters were all in college, and he didn't want to interfere with their dating lives, mainly because he couldn't.
Moreover, Xiao Wu often instilled the idea in her older daughters that girls should also be independent and self-reliant, and should not think that they should depend on their husbands and in-laws after marriage.
Therefore, no matter what kind of family the groom's family is, if their character is not up to par, or if the daughters themselves are unwilling, no matter how much you say or how wonderful they are, it's useless.
Of course, if they really bring their partners home, I'd like to ask them what their attitude is as parents.
Chen Lao Er will definitely analyze it carefully and give some suggestions.
After all, as a father, he was also a man, and he knew a little about what men were thinking.
If those men were smooth-talking and philandering, Chen Lao Er would be the first to disagree.
"Hehe, you don't want to, huh? Very well, you're so high and mighty, aren't you? Chunhua, you'll regret this." Grandma Chen, who had been full of anticipation, was now suddenly surprised.
But she couldn't force Chunhua to agree. She knew that she and her husband could no longer make decisions for their second son's family.
She glared angrily at Chen Lao Er, then at Chen Chunhua, and at Li Yumei, who was standing to the side looking rather smug. It was infuriating.
The second son's family is really ungrateful. They're just a few girls, do they think they're celestial beings?
If you can't even stand a family like the Zhous, who else do you want to marry? Don't end up marrying a peasant.
With a thud, Grandma Chen forcefully opened the door, stormed out, and left.
The Chen family members were stunned for a moment, and then looked at the eldest sister, Chen Chunhua.
"Dinner's ready, the food's getting cold," Chen Xihua said calmly, reminding everyone that it was time to eat and breaking the slightly awkward atmosphere.
Actually, she was also thinking about something: the eldest brother of the Zhou family actually had a crush on her.
That night I need to ask her about the Zhou family's past living in the family compound.
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That evening, in the Chen sisters' room, Chen Xihua washed up early and started getting busy.
She didn't have time to organize the comic before, but there are still a few steps left to complete it.
"Fifth Sister, who is this person you drew? The head is so big, but the body, hands and feet are so small, and the mouth and teeth are so exaggerated." Chen Xiaoliu had already entered the room.
He saw the booklet that his fifth sister had taken out; the characters drawn on it were strange, but also very funny.
“You’re just a little kid, this isn’t suitable for you. This is a comic book, I’ll draw other stories for you to see later, but you can’t read this one.” Chen Xihua thought of some dialogues in it that were inappropriate for children, and immediately stopped Chen Xiaoliu’s hand.
She immediately closed the booklet, covered it, and reached out to push Chen Xiaoliu away.
"Oh, okay." Chen Xiaoliu was annoyed. Her fifth sister was only three or four years older than her, but she treated her like a child every day.
"Third sister, are you not coming home for the New Year this year?" Chen Xiuhua asked, a little awkwardly, as she entered the room after taking a shower.
I felt a little uneasy when my second sister didn't come home for the Lunar New Year. Is my third sister not planning to come home either?
My third sister started her holiday earlier than the other three, and she was in the southern province, so it was closer for her to go home.
"I should be able to come back after the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, for three to five days. Director An's movie is starting filming, and Third Sister has been assigned a role." Chen Xihua thought of what Director An had told her on the phone last week, and a smile unconsciously crept onto her lips.
Director An assigned San San a minor supporting role with a face full of freckles, buck teeth, and a carefree personality. She had to wear dentures while filming.
“It will be another two weeks before Third Sister comes back,” Chen Xiuhua said after calculating the dates.
"Wow, is Third Sister a celebrity?" Chen Xiaoliu exclaimed excitedly.
"Sixth Sister, it's still early days. If Third Sister's role is less than two seconds long, she's just a background character at best," Chen Xihua said with a smile.
Before they knew it, the siblings were chatting and talking until 10:30 p.m.
Chen Xihua thought she still had something to ask her older sister, so she shooed Chen Xiaoliu out, "Xiaoliu, you should go to sleep now. Get up at six o'clock tomorrow morning to go for a run."
"I understand." Chen Xiaoliu didn't hesitate and turned to leave.
But the thought of how cold the weather was and having to get up at six in the morning made his face instantly turn sour.
Chen Xiuhua was at the door, and she closed the room door behind her. She had actually noticed earlier that Xiao Wu had something to say.
"Eldest sister, fourth sister, are you familiar with the six Zhou siblings?" Chen Xihua asked directly.
"Xiao Wu, you want to ask about Zhou Qingzhou, right?" How could Chen Chunhua not know what Xiao Wu meant?
Moreover, Xiao Wu's tone was a bit serious this time, so he probably wanted to know more.
She doesn't feel there's anything she can't talk about. In the past, she might have been a little shy when talking about her boyfriend.
Now, when Xiao Wu asks me a lot of questions, and even gossips about me from time to time, I can answer them without hesitation.
"The five Zhou brothers are all good people. We used to play together when we lived in the family quarters."
Before we were ten years old, my three sisters and I were often bullied by other children. However, my second sister was strong, so people of similar age didn't dare to hit us.
But the older kids would still push us hard and not let us play with them.
Zhou Qingzhou will take the lead in speaking up for us and getting us to join.
"We went to the same elementary school, but then he went to the No. 2 Middle School, and after graduating from middle school, he joined the army." Chen Chunhua recalled slowly, and also briefly talked about some things from the past.
"And what about Zhou Qingqing?" Chen Xihua asked casually.
"Zhou Qingqing, it seems that after she was born, the five Zhou brothers rarely went out to play. And she didn't go out much either. Later, the Zhou family moved away." Chen Chunhua suddenly remembered that she didn't seem to have any impression of Zhou Qingqing.
"Okay." Chen Xihua said thoughtfully.
"Xiao Wu, is there something wrong with her?" Chen Xiuhua kept a close eye on Xiao Wu's expression.
She had a feeling that the person Xiao Wu really wanted to ask was Zhou Qingqing.
So she also thought back to when she was in elementary school, she had seen Zhou Qingqing a few times.
She hesitated for a moment and said, "Zhou Qingqing gives me a strange feeling; her eyes don't look like a child's."
After Chen Xiuhua finished speaking, she felt something was off. When her fifth child came back from Shanghe Village, his eyes didn't look like those of a child.
However, it was different. Xiao Wu's eyes seemed to be acting like an adult, and at that time, she didn't feel uncomfortable around Xiao Wu.
Chen Chunhua also realized what was happening, but she didn't sense anything was wrong.
Perhaps it's because she and Zhou Qingqing haven't had much contact.
"Fourth Sister, it's nothing. I'm just curious why the Zhou family suddenly wants to arrange a marriage for Eldest Sister at this time. Zhou Qingzhou hasn't seen Eldest Sister in a long time, has he?" Chen Xihua feigned curiosity, and she was indeed puzzled.
Of course, she didn't say what she really meant. Was she going to say that Zhou Qingqing was a time traveler from ancient times to the present, and that she herself was also a time traveler?
"Yes, it is a bit strange." Chen Xiuhua didn't ask any more questions.
"Maybe his family is pressuring him to get married, but he didn't know anyone in the army." Chen Chunhua was somewhat understanding, but none of this concerned her.
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Zheng Dao, who had already arrived in Hebei Province, had just returned to his dormitory from the task force office.
Today, his mind is a little unsettled.
In the evening, I received a call from my mother saying that my cousin Li Hualin was engaged to Shen Changxing from the Shen family in Beijing.
My aunt married into the Li family in Beijing. After giving birth to her first child, my older cousin, she gave birth to her younger cousin six or seven years later. The whole family doted on her.
In the Zheng family, she was the only girl among her generation.
Both families knew that the cousin, who was a military doctor and nurse, had always liked Shen Changxing from the Shen family, but Shen Changxing did not like his cousin.
But my cousin was very persistent. She followed him all the way from Beijing to the island. After Shen Changxing returned to Beijing to join the army, my cousin followed him back to Beijing.
But Shen Changxing clearly...
How could he agree to get engaged to his cousin?
The mother said on the phone that Shen Changxing was injured on a mission last month, and his cousin took good care of him.
So, was it out of gratitude, or did Shen Changxing truly feel that his cousin was the right one for him?
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