Zhou Weili was busy with work, and Zhu Jingsu also had to go to work, so the couple only stayed for one night before taking their son back to the city.
Qin Hanshu was also forced by Zhao Chunmiao to stay at the Zhou family's house for one night. She slept in the new room that the family had prepared for Zhou Weiguang and in Zhou Weiguang's bed.
The next day, when she returned to the educated youth settlement, the other educated youths gathered around her and asked her questions.
"Han Shu," Zhang Kangmei frowned, looking bewildered, "why are you getting married so soon? You're a few months younger than me!"
Qin Hanshu smiled and said, "It's fate."
Zhang Kangmei asked in confusion, "You and that Zhou guy, I've never seen you have any dealings with each other?"
Ma Chaoyang scoffed, "With your thick-skinned heart, you wouldn't even notice if something happened right under your nose!"
"You're always trying to put me down!" Zhang Kangmei glared at him. "So you think you're better than me?"
Ma Chaoyang raised an eyebrow smugly, "I'm actually better than you. I noticed their relationship a long time ago."
Qin Hanshu, who had been watching the two bickering with a smile, suddenly felt uncomfortable.
She looked at Ma Chaoyang suspiciously. "You noticed something was going on between me and Zhou Weiguang? Where did you find out? When?"
Ma Chaoyang chuckled.
"First of all, let me clarify that I did not spy on you on purpose. That night I was too full and went out for a walk to digest my food. I saw you standing under the beam talking to a man. I heard the man ask if he could write to you in the future."
"Although it was dark and I couldn't see the face clearly, you went to the Zhou family for dinner that day, so I could guess who it was."
Qin Hanshu: "...You're actually quite clever."
Ma Chaoyang chuckled again.
Zhang Kangmei whispered to Qin Hanshu for a while, then a fellow member called her out and took her to plant trees.
Ma Chaoyang tried to stop him but failed. He withdrew his hand in frustration and sighed.
"Lin Zhiheng went to the county town, and you're getting married and joining the army. I'm becoming more and more lonely in Haowan Village."
Ma Chaoyang slumped into his chair, remained silent for a while, and then said, "I may need to prepare to return to the capital."
Qin Hanshu said, "Isn't there Zhang Kangmei too?"
Ma Chaoyang sighed again, but remained silent.
Qin Hanshu didn't ask any further questions.
After a while, Ma Chaoyang suddenly said, "If you're going to Jiangcheng, then give me the tiger!"
When Qin Hanshu was not in Haowan Village, the tiger was always looked after by Ma Chaoyang.
As soon as Ma Chaoyang finished speaking, the tiger, which had been dozing off to the side, suddenly opened its eyes, frowned, and roared, clearly looking unwilling.
Ma Chaoyang was taken aback, then laughed and scolded, "You stinky tiger! I've fed you for so long, and you don't have any feelings for me at all??"
Qin Hanshu patted the tiger and laughed, "I'll take it to Jiangcheng instead."
Ma Chaoyang asked, "It's so far, how are you planning to bring it?"
Qin Hanshu said, "Just make a cage and put it on the train."
It sounds simple, but it's actually quite complicated to do.
Qin Hanshu first asked Jin Bo to help make a wooden cage, then went to the river to dig up some sand, as well as food, water containers, tiger toys, and other things to pack and bring.
Fortunately, she won't be traveling alone by train, otherwise it would be very difficult for her to travel with her luggage.
After spending two months in Haowan Village, Qin Hanshu met many relatives and friends with Zhao Chunmiao. Then, Zhou Weiguang sent a letter saying that the marriage application had been approved.
Qin Hanshu began processing the formalities.
Qin Hanshu's paperwork was handled very easily; Zhou Chang'an led her to the commune, and it was done quickly.
Zhao Chunmiao was eager to go to Jiangcheng, but unfortunately, the annual autumn harvest was approaching.
After finishing the autumn harvest, we'll rush to plant autumn crops. If we just wait like this, we'll have to wait until almost winter.
Zhou Chang'an is the Party branch secretary, and he can't be absent during the autumn harvest.
Zhao Chunmiao couldn't bear to let her son wait any longer and was very anxious.
Zhou Chang'an simply said, "I won't go. You go and help out."
Zhao Chunmiao was also unwilling, "How can you, as a father, be absent from your son's wedding... Why don't you hand over the team's affairs to Accountant Niu?"
Zhou Chang'an hesitated, "Every single thing in the team depends on me."
Zhao Chunmiao rolled her eyes. "You think too highly of yourself!"
Zhou Chang'an was still hesitating, but upon hearing this, he immediately said, "Accountant Niu can organize the autumn harvest, but then we still have to deliver the grain tax! This year's yield is clearly not as good as last year's, he can't handle this."
Zhao Chunmiao said a few words, but seeing that he wouldn't listen, she let him be.
Upon learning this, Qin Hanshu said, "We can leave two months later, please don't back out."
Zhao Chunmiao shook her head and said, "He just doesn't want to go! The old man is angry."
Qin Hanshu asked, "What are you angry about?"
Zhao Chunmiao sighed, "He just hopes that Weiguang can transfer back to civilian work and be with the Wei brothers, helping each other out, so that they can go further."
With no help from his family while he was in the army, Zhou Weiguang, who came from a rural background, knew that the road ahead would be very difficult.
“Wei Guang insisted on staying in the army, so he wasn’t too fixated on this matter. It’s just that Wei Guang didn’t come back for the wedding this time, which made him sulk again.”
Zhao Chunmiao said, "Last night before going to bed, he was still muttering that his son was getting married, but none of the family's relatives and friends were invited. What's the point if only he went?"
Qin Hanshu explained for Zhou Weiguang: "His profession is special, and he is a work-first person. He thought that he had already taken so much leave to visit his family during the Spring Festival, so he didn't take many days of leave for his wedding."
As the commander of a battalion, sometimes one is not in control of one's own destiny.
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