Yan Yuying smiled and said, "There are eight people in our dormitory. Only Hongjuan and I are married. Wumei is engaged. Is Jieyun also engaged?"
Wang Jieyun smiled and said, "Yes, it's engaged. She's from the Xujiamiao Brigade and she's the same age as me. We're getting married at the end of the year, so you can come and see me. We've been training together for half a month, so we're comrades and can talk a lot. You can hang out together when you're free after we get back. I'm going to be married to another brigade at the end of the year, so we won't be able to see each other often."
Xie Yun smiled and said, "Sister Jieyun has such a good personality, she will be popular wherever she goes. There must be many outstanding and capable female comrades in Xujia Temple, and they will definitely be attracted to you, Sister Jieyun, and make friends with you."
Wang Jieyun smiled and said, "I hope so."
She added, "Binbin, you are the same age as Wumei, and she is already engaged. What about you?"
Xie Yun smiled and said, "I'm not in a hurry. I told my mom that I want to stay home for a few more years. The three of us have depended on each other for the past few years, and I can't bear to leave her and Mumu. My mom and Mumu can't bear to leave me either. So, we've already made an agreement."
Wu Hongjuan smiled and said, "That's fine. You're only 18, so there's really no rush. I heard it's normal for city girls to get married in their twenties. There are also many people in our brigade who get married after their twenties. Wu Mei is getting married at 18, which is considered relatively early."
Xu Wumei smiled and said, "Because he is four years older than me, I can wait, but he doesn't want to wait anymore."
Xie Yun smiled and said, "Wu Mei, after you get married, will you go to the army with him or stay at home?"
Xu Wumei replied, "Stay home. The army seems to have a rank requirement for accompanying the troops, and his rank is not high enough."
Xie Yun said, "There should be a production brigade and a commune near the military base. Can't you rent a house there? That way, you can be together when he's resting. Wouldn't that be better than being separated for a long time?"
Yan Yuying said, "Then the five beauties live alone most of the time. Wouldn't that be inconvenient?"
Xie Yun asked, "Will the army take care of the soldiers' families and help them find work? I heard that the army has a lot of factories and other things in its logistics department. Can the soldiers' families be given priority?"
Xu Wumei said, "I don't know. I'll ask him after we get married. He'll be home visiting for a few days anyway, so he's not leaving right away."
Wang Qingli said, "It's better to ask clearly. If you stay home to take care of his parents, then he should send you his allowance, and you should take at least half of it. After you get married, you will have a small family, so he should take care of it. Did he give all his money to his parents before he got married? Did he save any money for himself?"
Xu Wumei said, "How would I know? I'll ask him after I get married."
Wang Qingli snorted coldly, "If he says he doesn't have any, he's probably lying. I work on the farm at home, catching scorpions and collecting cicada shells for years, and I've saved over ten yuan. He's a soldier, how could he not have any private money?"
Everyone laughed. Yan Yuying said, "Qingli, you really trust us. You told us such a secret. Don't worry, we will keep it a secret for you."
Wang Qingli smiled and said, "We've already come to this point. Besides, everything we're discussing today is confidential. Tell me everything, and I'll tell you everything too. Even if my words aren't pleasant to the ears, I'm still a very honest person."
Xie Yun smiled and said, "Sister Qingli, I just like your personality. What's the point of having a mouth? Isn't it just to eat and talk? If someone makes us unhappy, we have to open our mouths and talk back, making them doubly unhappy."
Wu Hongjuan laughed and said, "Even Binbin has let go and revealed his true nature."
Everyone laughed again.
The night chat is over.
Xie Yun lay on the bed, thinking that only someone with Wang Qingli's personality could manage the Zheng family.
In a family with many children, the middle child is often the least favored, especially if it's a girl. Such children often have two paths: one is to become a poor little thing, and the other is to become a "little troublemaker," fighting for their own interests.
Wang Qingli is the second type.
She had an older sister and a younger brother, and being in the middle, she was indeed the most neglected. But she managed to stand on her own two feet. She didn't suffer any loss in that family, but instead made her parents and younger brother feel uncomfortable.
This kind of troublemaker is usually considered selfish and unreasonable, and has a bad reputation, just like Wang Qingli. Everyone says her sister is a good child, hardworking, capable, obedient, and good in every way, but the evaluation of her is much worse.
But it's good to be a troublemaker. They're not bad people, they just don't allow themselves to be hurt. What's wrong with that?
That's great!
The next morning, after breakfast, the team set off and went back to their homes.
It was noon when they returned to Liushutun. They had to go back to the brigade headquarters first, listen to the brigade leader’s words, and then disperse.
As soon as they arrived at the village entrance, they met Xie Shen. He ran over, reached out and pulled the backpack off Xie Yun's back, put it on his own back, and said, "Sister, I'll carry you home first. Our mother told me to go back and tell her when I see you so she can start cooking."
"Can you carry it?"
"I can carry it! I'm leaving first."
"Go ahead."
Wang Qingli whispered to her enviously, "If my brother was as good as yours, I would definitely love him too. But it's a pity, he's such a jerk."
He was obsessed with selling his sister so that he could find a wife.
Just before she left for the training camp, a matchmaker came to her home and introduced her sister to a man in his thirties with four children. His wife had died of illness, and he wanted to marry a wife to help raise the children. He wanted someone like her sister who was obedient, sensible, hardworking, capable, and uncomplaining.
Humph! What wife do you want? Don't you just want a maid?
She immediately chased the matchmaker away and repeatedly warned her sister not to agree to this marriage. This wasn't marrying someone, it was selling her body!
I don’t know if there have been any changes at home in the past half month since she left.
Her sister must not be depressed and think that she was tricked into agreeing by her parents!
Thinking of this, Wang Qingli's expression became anxious, and she couldn't wait to go home and see what was going on.
She was unwilling to give up the training camp and stay at home to watch over her sister. She had said everything she could and done everything she could. It was impossible for her to give up her life for her sister.
The skills she learned were hers! Coming back this time, she felt she had become a better fighter and had a better aim. This would give her more opportunities to hunt pheasants and rabbits in the mountains and secretly sell them!
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