"Mother?"
Zhou Cunming was pulled onto the tricycle by his mother, while his father drove. He was firmly held in the back of the vehicle by his mother.
He looked at his expressionless mother and was worried that she might upset herself.
"Mom, don't be angry. Getting angry is bad for your health. It's really not right to get angry over outsiders," Zhou Cunming quickly comforted his mother.
Chen Suwen looked at Zhou Cunming and sized him up. "Go join the army, second brother."
Although Zhou Cunming and Li Yulan were husband and wife in their previous life and had a good relationship, she honestly thought it was a good thing for Zhou Cunming to join the army.
Becoming a driver for a transport team is certainly a good option, but it's not Zhou Cunming's only way out.
In her past life, she didn't have time to stop her son from marrying into another family, and now she doesn't want to suffer the Li family's mistreatment.
In her previous life, she didn't get along well with her daughter-in-law Li Yulan. She spent more time with Xu Huixue and Shen Wenxiu, and their relationship was better.
Li Yulan rarely interacted with him, and their relationship was just so-so.
So losing this daughter-in-law now isn't such a pity for her.
As for breaking up her own son's marriage, she didn't feel particularly guilty.
If Zhou Cunming and Li Yulan are destined to be together, there's no way she can separate them.
Zhou Cunming was silent for a while, then said, "Mom, if I join the army, will Yulan marry someone else?"
The Li family would never allow Li Yulan not to get married. In Li Yulan's letter, he was not so important that she would wait for him for several years. So after he went to join the army, he could not marry her, right?
Chen Suwen nodded. "What? You're going to give up your chance to join the army for her?"
Zhou Cunming and Li Yulan's relationship shouldn't be so good that he would give up his chance to join the army for her, right?
People in the 1970s greatly admired soldiers, and many would have been willing to join the army if given the opportunity.
Zhou Cunming was of course willing.
He's in a dilemma right now.
Should he listen to his mother and join the army, or go back and try to marry Li Yulan?
Chen Suwen pinched his ear and brought her close to his face, "You are so deeply in love with that Comrade Li, so devoted that you would give up the opportunity to join the army for her?"
Isn't it because he married Li Yulan that he could get a job from the Li family and learn to drive and repair cars from Li Cheng?
Now he's completely devoted to Li Yulan?
So fast?
Zhou Cunming quickly shook his head, "No, no, it's not that deep an affection."
He only had a friendship with Li Yulan from middle school, and he hadn't seen her for a long time afterward, so how could he have developed any deep feelings for her?
Even if I like her now, I only think she's a nice girl, and marrying her would be a good idea, nothing more.
It's impossible for him to give up other very important things for her.
Chen Suwen was satisfied with his answer, "In that case, I will find a way to get you into the army."
Moreover, they sent Zhou Cunming to serve in the army in the southwest, where they heard the conditions were more difficult.
Of course, life in Northeast China is tough too.
Farming in Northeast China means you'll have some downtime during the winter months.
But soldiers in Northeast China also have to patrol in freezing weather, so it's very tough.
Since being a soldier is tough anyway, let's send Zhou Cunming to Yunnan Province, where it's spring-like all year round.
If he likes snow, it can be found in Yunnan Province, and it also snows in areas near Tibet Province.
Therefore, when Zhou Cunming went to Yunnan Province to join the army, the snow in winter could also alleviate his homesickness.
The family of three quickly returned home, and Chen Suwen was the first to jump out of the car.
"Mom, please be careful."
Zhou Cunming followed closely behind, worried that his mother might twist her ankle when she jumped out of the car, and reached out to protect her.
"Go away, your mother is only forty years old. She's not so old that she'll fall off the bus as soon as she gets off."
Chen Suwen waved her son's hand away and walked straight back.
"Mom, you're back? How did the talks go?"
Today, when her parents and second brother went out, Zhou Ling used the lice-killing medicine her mother gave her to wash her hair, and she is currently combing her long hair.
Zhou Ling, who has waist-length hair, has pretty good hair quality. When she saw her parents come back, she quickly gathered her still-damp hair behind her back.
"Mom, what's wrong? Did things not go well?" Zhou Ling stepped forward and took her mother's arm, concerned that she might have been upset.
"Second brother, did the other party cause Mom to suffer?" Zhou Ling asked Zhou Cunming.
She didn't care about the woman who might become her second sister-in-law; she only cared about her mother. If the other woman upset her mother, she wouldn't give her a friendly look.
Even Zhou Cunming, the second brother who might marry her, would be targeted by her anger.
"The negotiations didn't go well; they weren't satisfied with the bride price," Zhou Cunming briefly explained the reason why the two families couldn't reach an agreement.
Zhou Ling frowned as she listened, but she didn't think her mother's request was excessive.
People usually ask for a bride price when their daughters get married. Although her mother's asking price was indeed a bit high, it was still reasonable.
Why is it acceptable to ask for a bride price when marrying off a daughter, but not when "marrying off" a son?
Anyway, it's all about "marrying off," whether it's a son or a daughter, it's the same.
The Li family disagreed, and Zhou Ling felt that perhaps they looked down on her family because her second brother came from the countryside.
"Hmph, I raised my son with great care for eighteen years, and now I'm just going to give him away to that family for nothing? What a pipe dream!"
"Am I, Chen Suwen, the kind of person who does business at a loss?"
She can certainly earn her own money, but what's wrong with her asking for a little something when her children get married?
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