At noon, Song Che had a meal at the Zhou family's house and then left. He also gave Zhou Ling his address and asked her to write to him often.
Moreover, he came to Shandong Province this time on a mission, and took the opportunity to visit an elder.
Who knew that while passing by the Guangming Brigade, he would casually save a girl and also solve his own life's most important matter.
To be honest, he quite liked the atmosphere at the Zhou family home and was very proud of himself for being quick to choose Zhou Ling as his girlfriend.
"I'm going back to my unit in a couple of days. Remember to write to me then, and I'll write to you too," Song Che said to Zhou Ling before he left.
Zhou Ling had no objection, of course. She knew perfectly well that if she married a soldier, she would often lose contact with him.
There were soldiers in their brigade, as well as military wives who married soldiers, so she knew a little about their lives.
Actually, Zhou Ling prefers to be alone or with her parents and relatives. She feels more relaxed when she's not often with Song Che.
She felt a little nervous around him, and she didn't want to leave home so soon.
According to Song Che, his current rank is not high enough to qualify him to accompany his family to the military base, so even if they get married, she still cannot go to the base.
Song Che has been in the army all the time. We can't let her leave her parents' home and travel thousands of miles to Guangzhou to stay with Song Che's parents and relatives, can we?
She doesn't know anyone in the Song family in Yangcheng, so she can't do anything there, which is not good either.
So it's good that Zhou Ling stays with her parents' home. She can leave when she's ready to join the army.
“I’ll go back and file for marriage,” Song Che said.
Even before Song Che left the Brightness Brigade, the entire brigade knew about his relationship with Zhou Ling.
To be honest, no one was really surprised to hear this news.
Song Che rescued Zhou Ling from drowning, so it doesn't seem like it's hard to believe that they're together.
All I can say is that Song Che is quite responsible.
"Hmph, what's there to be proud of? It must be the Zhou family who are afraid of ruining Zhou Ling's reputation, so they hurriedly arranged for Comrade Song to date her."
"Tsk tsk tsk, Comrade Song kindly saved her daughter's life, and in return, she has to spend the rest of her life on him."
"It's true that good people don't always get rewarded."
When Wang Hongmei learned that Zhou Ling was dating Song Che and that he was a company commander in the army, she was so jealous that she wished Zhou Ling and Song Che would break up the moment they met.
Although Wang Hongmei didn't know that Song Che was from the Song family of Yangcheng, and wasn't very clear about the Song family's situation—which was similar to that of her future son-in-law Qin Yunting's family—she was still quite envious.
Her daughter had just started dating Qin Zhiqing from Beijing, and then Zhou Ling found a military officer boyfriend. How could she not have any objections?
"Isn't he just a poor soldier from the countryside in the south? How can he compare to my baby's boyfriend, who is an intellectual from Beijing?"
Wang Hongmei was very proud; Zhou Ling could never compare to her daughter, Wang Hongmei.
"Who told you my son-in-law was a poor soldier from the countryside?"
When Chen Suwen was out for a walk with her grandchildren, she heard Wang Hongmei spouting nonsense and coldly asked her what was going on.
"So what if you're from the countryside? Wang Hongmei, you're still standing on rural soil, so you look down on rural people?"
"Aren't you yourself a member of eight generations of poor peasants? Now you're looking down on your peasant background?"
"What? You want to become a member of the bourgeoisie, you want to become a capitalist?" Chen Suwen immediately labeled Wang Hongmei with a serious accusation.
Although everyone longs for a good life, everyone hopes that their family can have enough to eat and drink, and even become very wealthy.
But in this era, one cannot show that one looks down on the poor and lower-middle peasants, nor can one say that one has any desire, envy, or pursuit of capital.
Wang Hongmei's expression changed immediately after Chen Suwen said that. "Don't talk nonsense. When have I ever looked down on poor peasants? When have I ever looked down on the countryside?"
Chen Suwen raised an eyebrow. "When did you ever look down on me? Of course you always look down on me."
"Didn't you just say that my son-in-law is a poor soldier from the countryside in the south? What? Isn't your family poor?"
"Your future son-in-law isn't poor, is he? Are they capitalists? Are you going to marry your daughter to a capitalist's son?"
Chen Suwen's question left Wang Hongmei speechless, but she still wanted to defend herself and her future son-in-law.
What if her future son-in-law finds out that she brought him the label of a capitalist, and he turns against his daughter?
Although she firmly believes in her baby's charm and that everyone loves her baby, it doesn't affect her.
If she really labels her future son-in-law as a capitalist, wouldn't that affect her baby?
She also hoped that her daughter's marriage into the Qin family would bring her benefits, and perhaps she could even bring her to the capital so that she could experience life as a city dweller.
“Aunt Zhou, let me explain this carefully: my family is not a capitalist family.”
Qin Yunting didn't know when he arrived, so he quickly explained to himself and his family.
“My grandfather was a retired veteran, and my father’s relatives were also members of the revolutionary team. We have no connection with capitalists.”
Qin Yunting looked at Chen Suwen with a hint of murderous intent, but he quickly concealed it.
It's impossible for Qin Yunting to have no complaints about Chen Suwen being falsely accused of being a capitalist.
Of course, he was also very dissatisfied with Wang Hongmei, his future mother-in-law.
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