In 1951, the country was founded not long ago.
At the age of eight, Yang Fang had grown into a graceful young lady. She was the most beautiful girl in the village and extremely pretty.
She is the object of many unmarried young men's affection in the village, but she has high standards and looks down on those men. She just wants to rely on her beauty to marry into the city and enjoy a good life.
But she unexpectedly heard that her parents wanted to marry her to the idiot in town in exchange for gifts for her two younger brothers to marry.
Yang Fang was extremely scared, so she immediately began to look for a marriage partner who could protect her.
Fortunately, she heard that the youngest son of the Shen family in the brigade was serving in the army, and would be back to visit his relatives soon, and his position in the army was not low.
The Shen family is looking for a suitable match for this man and trying to solve their youngest son's personal problems as soon as possible.
Yang Fang thought about it in her mind and decided to marry him. With him, she could join the army and completely get rid of this family in the future. The man also has a high salary, which is no worse than marrying into the city.
So, on the day Shen Ming came back from the army and just returned to the Red Flag Brigade, before he even reached his home, he saw a slim young girl walking past him, dropping a handkerchief embroidered with peach blossoms.
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After a few visits, Yang Fang relied on her beauty to completely win the man over.
When the Shen family learned about this, they didn't agree at first. After all, Yang Fang had such a father and mother. But they couldn't help but love their son.
From then on, Yang Fang completely left the Yang family and followed Shen Ming to join the army.
Shen Ming was the head of the regiment, with a high monthly salary, which was basically handed over to Yang Fang. Especially after joining the army, Yang Fang soon had a child, and Shen Ming doted on Yang Fang even more.
At the same time, Gu Changhai, a doctor from the military hospital who has always had a good relationship with Shen Ming, brought his wife Gao Fenglan and five-year-old son Gu Qinglin to visit Shen's house.
On the other side, the men were drinking and talking about things, while here Gao Fenglan and Yang Fang also started chatting, and the more they talked, the more they felt they got along.
It just so happens that the men in their family are all good brothers, and the relationship between the two women is even better.
"Sister-in-law, we have such a good relationship. How about when you give birth to the baby in your belly, if it's a girl, I will let your daughter live with my Qinglin."
"It doesn't matter if it's a boy, we can still be good brothers."
Yang Fang lowered her head and touched her belly, not taking the words seriously. She just thought it was a joke and nodded with a smile.
"Okay, I hope she's a lady, so we can become in-laws in the future."
Gao Fenglan couldn't help but feel happy when she got the answer. She called her son who was playing outside and said, "Qinglin, Qinglin, come and see your wife."
Yang Fang smiled helplessly, "Sister Fenglan, the child is still young, how can she know what a daughter-in-law is."
She hoped that if she had a daughter in the future, she could marry a man who knew her background well.
Gao Fenglan shook her head. "It's because the child is still young. I need to instill this idea in him as early as possible, so as to avoid provoking other girls in the future."
At this time, five-year-old Gu Qinglin walked in from the yard. Before he could say anything, Gao Fenglan pulled him in front of Yang Fang and said, "Qinglin, Mommy will marry your aunt Fang's daughter to you. Is that okay?"
Five-year-old Gu Qinglin's eyes sparkled as he looked at Yang Fang's round belly. He blinked and asked curiously, "Aunt Fang, can I touch my sister?"
I don't know why, but I really want to touch the little sister in Aunt Fang's belly, and I'm looking forward to her birth.
Yang Fang smiled and said, "Of course you can. If it really is my sister, Qinglin, you must protect her well in the future."
Gu Qinglin walked forward and carefully touched Yang Fang's belly.
When he suddenly felt a small bulge, Gu Qinglin froze and called out subconsciously, "Mom, Aunt Fang, is my sister greeting me?"
Yang Fang and Gao Fenglan were also a little surprised.
"Yes, my sister is greeting you."
After getting a positive answer, Gu Qinglin took out a small silver lock from his neck and put it in Yang Fang's pocket, "Aunt Fang, this is a gift from me to my sister. I will protect her well in the future."
Give 깊 something in advance. From now on, your sister will be 놛놅깊, and 놛 will definitely protect her well.
Yang Fang looked at the silver lock in her heart. She was stunned for a moment and subconsciously looked at Gao Fenglan, "Sister Fenglan, this..."
Just as she was about to return the silver lock, Gao Fenglan immediately stopped her and said, "No, sister-in-law, since Qinglin gave you the baby in your belly, just go along with it."
"This silver lock is not a valuable thing. When the child is born, I will prepare a good one for her as a token of our engagement."
Yang Fang thought the engagement was just a joke, but she didn't expect the token to be revealed. She was really scared.
Now I dare not accept it.
"Sister Fenglan, this silver lock is not ordinary. It is obvious that Qinglin has worn it since he was a child. I can't accept it. Let Qinglin continue to wear it."
"As for the engagement, we don't know whether the child is a boy or a girl, so let's talk about it later."
Gao Fenglan smiled and did not continue the topic.
The two continued chatting, not noticing that Gu Qinglin's eyes were always on Yang Fang's round belly.
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In the blink of an eye, Yang Fang really gave birth to a beautiful little girl. When Gao Fenglan heard about it, she brought a lot of things and went to visit Yang Fang with Gu Qinglin.
The marriage between the two families was formally decided, and tokens of love were exchanged.
Although we are in the same unit, there is still some distance between the unit family compound and the military hospital family compound.
But even so, Gu Qinglin would come to the Shen's house alone every week to visit Shen Man, and he would bring something every time he came.
Either toys or food, there is always something.
Both mothers were happy about this, firstly because their child was still young, and secondly because they were both engaged, so it was no problem for them to see each other often.
Time passed, and it was the difficult period of the Great Famine in 1960. Shen Man was eight years old and Gu Qinglin was three years old.
She also became more and more attached to her brother Gu Qinglin. Of course, she would never admit that she actually missed Gu Qinglin secretly bringing her white flour steamed buns every time he saw her.
There is famine everywhere now, even the army is no exception. Food is scarce and every household is starving.
Before the Shen family's meals, they could still eat meat and noodles from time to time. Later, as the famine became more and more serious, Yang Fang looked at the empty rice jar and became worried.
It’s okay if the adults don’t eat, but there is a child at home, a young lady who just turned eight years old, who is in need of nutrition.