He hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
“She is my daughter. I can protect her for a while, but not forever. She should bravely face the difficulties of the future.” Liu Yashi’s eyes became more and more determined.
Song Changzheng and Bai Qingtan exchanged a glance but said nothing.
Liao Shanhe saw a firm determination in Liu Yashi's eyes.
“If you’ve thought it through and need help, just ask us. Youyou is someone we’ve watched grow up, and we won’t let her be bullied in the slightest. If all else fails…” Liao Shanhe thought for a moment and said, “Why are there so many men in the army? Find one who can come with her to the army and marry her so she can come back to live with the troops.”
Upon hearing this, Fang Junan anxiously patted Liao Shanhe's shoulder.
"You call yourself an ideological cadre? Can't you be a little more open-minded? How can you let your children's marriages be settled so early!" Fang Jun'an warned Liao Shanhe with his eyes.
Zhu Yanlan pulled Fang Junan along.
These two people are prone to getting angry when they're together, and they're always arguing.
Shen Qiaoyue was outside in the courtyard, holding Xiao Nian and playing with Tuan Tuan.
Hearing the sounds from inside, Shen Qiaoyue would sometimes go in worriedly, but then she would continue with her work without saying anything.
After everyone had finished chatting, they left.
Shen Qiaoyue and Lu Chen escorted everyone to the door.
Fang Junan looked at Shen Qiaoyue and stuffed all the red envelopes into Shen Qiaoyue's pockets.
"This is for the Lunar New Year, and it's for you too. It's auspicious for the New Year. I'll be going back to Beijing the day after tomorrow. When your mother comes back, remember to give them my regards." Fang Jun'an and Chu Wanfang are friends, but they've both been busy with work and haven't had a proper conversation yet.
"Okay, Aunt Fang, I will definitely send my regards to my mother." Shen Qiaoyue felt the joy of being a mother during the New Year, receiving so many red envelopes that her hands were sore.
"Let's go!" Fang Junan followed Liao Shanhe back.
Jiang Mingjing was a little tired. After everyone left, he went back to the living room and continued to sit.
Shen Qiaoyue watched the elders leave and returned to the living room.
"Dad, do you think Uncle Bai and the quartermaster will succeed?" Shen Qiaoyue asked Jiang Mingjing anxiously, thinking that Bai Qingtan's condition seemed very serious. "That Uncle Bai seems to be sick. He's coughing a lot, and he just drank alcohol. Will something happen to him?"
Jiang Mingjing poured himself a cup of tea and sipped it slowly.
"He won't live much longer, so let him eat whatever he likes!" Jiang Mingjing didn't hide anything, saying whatever came to mind, and couldn't help but tease, "In the end, it'll all be regrets!"
Shen Qiaoyue listened to her father-in-law saying some unlucky things during the New Year!
Jiang Mingjing looked up and met Shen Qiaoyue's gaze, which was filled with doubt and confusion.
"Come and sit down," Jiang Mingjing said, gesturing for Shen Qiaoyue to sit down.
He even reached out and hugged Xiao Nian.
Shen Qiaoyue handed the child to Jiang Mingjing to hold, and looked at Jiang Mingjing again, puzzled.
“Zhu Yanlan lived with the army from a very young age. At that time, her father sold her to a landlord's family as a concubine. Yanlan ran away, but was chased back by the servants with some sticks. She happened to meet our army while fleeing and was rescued. She was only fifteen years old at the time. Later, she began to fight with us on the front line. From a medic to a woman who took up arms, it only took her a month.”
Jiang Mingjing could only sigh helplessly as he thought about Zhu Yanlan's life.
"She stepped down from the front line to rest and met Bai Qingtan, who came to support her. At that time, Bai Qingtan was not married, but he had a fiancée. However, they did not love each other. Bai Qingtan and Zhu Yanlan fell in love at first sight, and they liked each other even more as they spent more time together! Unexpectedly, Bai Qingtan's fiancée fell in love with someone else and became pregnant. When the man died, Bai Qingtan's fiancée's parents begged Bai Qingtan to marry his fiancée. They even knelt down and begged him. Bai Qingtan had no choice but to agree!"
Bai Qingtan and Zhu Yanlan separated because of this and hadn't seen each other for over twenty years. Yanlan was only thirty-eight years old; she was still very young! Jiang Jingming, thinking of this girl, couldn't help but sigh, "They could have been living happily ever after with the one they loved, but because of this!"
Shen Qiaoyue understood that Bai Jinghao was not Bai Qingtan's daughter, but his wife's child with another man, and he was the one who took over the child.
Zhu Yanlan waited for Bai Qingtan for more than 20 years.
It's quite devoted, but wasting twenty-two years of one's youth on one person is not worth it!
"Don't you feel it's not worth it?" Jiang Mingjing saw the words "not worth it" in Shen Qiaoyue's eyes.
Shen Qiaoyue pursed her lips and remained silent; in fact, that was exactly what she was thinking.
Silence was Shen Qiaoyue's answer.
“At first, I thought the same thing as you! Bai Qingtan, for the sake of so-called affection and rules, painfully married his fiancée whom he did not love, but chose to give up the woman he loved most, which proves that he was not the one he loved most! When I heard about this, I was very angry and wanted to confront Bai Qingtan to get justice for Yanlan! After I understood the character of Bai's parents, I understood why Bai Qingtan chose to separate from Zhu Yanlan!”
Jiang Mingjing thought that such families were even more difficult to manage than his own.
"The Bai family's parents were just bloodsuckers. After enduring twenty-two years, they finally passed away, and he finally made it through. His wife died in childbirth, and he has been raising his daughter alone for over twenty years! Perhaps it's the best choice for Yanlan not to marry into the family!"
The relationship between a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is always the most difficult to manage, especially if you encounter some truly difficult family members.
"Then why did Ms. Zhu Yanlan refuse to get married for twenty-two years? Was it because she was waiting for Uncle Bai?" Shen Qiaoyu asked again.
"Yanlan is sensitive about marriage. Her mother left with someone else just to have something to eat, but then came back. As a result, she was often beaten by her father, and eventually she was beaten to death. Yanlan was also sold by her own father! Maybe she was afraid of meeting bad people... Your uncle introduced her to several men before, but none of them worked out! After that, he stopped trying to arrange marriages."
Shen Qiaoyue understood.
Bai Qingtan wanted to fulfill her last regret.
“But I feel that this would be even more unfair to Ms. Zhu Yanlan. She still has plenty of time. If Uncle Bai… doesn’t have much time left, he shouldn’t provoke her!” Shen Qiaoyue suggested that she keep a close eye on Jiang Mingjing’s situation.
“Who says otherwise!” Jiang Mingjing thought so too. It was their business, and he couldn’t interfere. “Before he died, he spent some time with the person he once loved. That would be good. It would satisfy his regrets. We’ll see if Zhu Yanlan will choose to forgive him!”
After Jiang Mingjing finished speaking, he made the child laugh.
I couldn't help but sigh, "What a tragedy..."
Shen Qiaoyue listened to Jiang Mingjing's complaints and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
It is indeed their private matter, and they really shouldn't interfere too much.
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