The educated youth were those who went to the countryside because they couldn't find jobs in the city. What good could there be about them?
He Ying looked down on others as her sister-in-law, so she wanted to match her elder brother with Fang Hui.
"You, you." Shi Shan reached out and poked He Ying's head. "Mom knows you and Fang Hui are good friends, and I know what you're thinking, but your eldest brother doesn't have this idea, so you can't force your will on him! You can't force a cow to drink water if it doesn't want to. Anyway, don't mention it again in the future."
"If you don't mention it, what will happen to my sister Fang Hui?" He Ying said anxiously: "My sister Fang Hui is the same age as my eldest brother. My eldest brother is a man, so it's okay if he waits for a few years, but my sister Fang Hui can't wait any longer. She is already fourteen years old. If she doesn't get married soon, she will become an old maid."
"You ask me what to do? How do I know what to do? I am your mother, not her mother. I can just take care of you, but why do I have to take care of her?" Shi Shan said angrily.
"I'm just worried about her, aren't I?" He Ying said, "Sister Fang Hui has liked my brother for seven or eight years. We should give her a chance, right?"
"Haven't I given her enough opportunities? How many things has Fang Hui sent to your brother in my name over the years? How's the outcome? You saw it too."
Shi Shan used to see through the situation but kept silent in order to save the little girl's face. But now it seems that saving face was a mistake. The person who saved face had lost his sense of propriety and was using her daughter, who could be manipulated from a distance of tens of thousands of miles, as a pawn.
"Let me tell you this, if they were meant to be together, they would have done it years ago, not now. The reason they haven't made it yet is simply because your brother doesn't have feelings for her. Give up, and stop trying to match them up. It won't work."
"Is it really impossible?" He Ying asked without giving up.
She and Fang Hui get along well, and she really wants Fang Hui to be her sister-in-law.
Shi Shan: "If it really doesn't work, you can just marry her."
"Mom, stop making fun of me. I'm not my brother." He Ying gave Shi Shan a reproachful look.
"Yeah, you're not your brother, why do you care about your brother's business?"
Shi Shan glared at her and was too lazy to talk nonsense with her: "Serve the dishes."
After the New Year’s Eve dinner, everyone went back to their own rooms.
In the master bedroom, Shi Shan finished her shower and sat at the dressing table, applying face cream.
He Ruilin walked behind her and said in a deep voice, "He Ying and Fang Hui are too close. You should keep an eye on her and limit her contact with Fang Hui in the future."
"That might be a little difficult," Shi Shan said apprehensively. "Yingying and Fang Hui grew up together and have been close sisters for over ten years. The more we, as parents, try to stop them from interacting, the more rebellious she'll probably become, and she'll go against us."
"Take it slow." He Ruilin said, "Don't cut off contact right away. She listens to you the most. Just keep whispering in her ear and gradually distance yourself from her."
Shi Shan nodded and asked, "Is the Fang family in big trouble?"
He Ruilin nodded slightly: "If you take the wrong road, something bad will happen sooner or later."
"That's serious." Shi Shan was a little scared. "Two years ago, I thought about letting Fang Hui be our daughter-in-law. If Tingjun hadn't had feelings for people, we would probably have become in-laws by now. Fortunately, it didn't work out."
"It won't work." He Ruilin snorted. "It's useless for Fang Hui to be so enthusiastic about Tingjun. Her family has great ambitions, and she can't decide her marriage on her own."
"Even our Tingjun looks down on him?" Shi Shan smacked her lips. "Then his family's ambitions are truly ambitious."
She wasn't bragging, but her son Tingjun was already one of the best among the younger generations in the compound.
He is capable and hardworking, and has hardly ever relied on his family for support. Through his own hard work, he has risen to the position of deputy battalion commander at a young age. Given time, his future is limitless.
As for her family, her husband, Mr. He, was the division commander of the Southwest Military Region, and she herself was the chief surgeon of the military region hospital. Their social status could be considered upper-middle class.
And what about the Fang family?
When Fang Hui's father retired from the army, he was at the regimental level. He was stuck at the age of 45 and failed to compete for the deputy division level, so he had no choice but to choose to transfer to civilian work.
After a tour of the Beidahuang Industrial Construction Corps, he finally took charge of the Revolutionary Committee.
The director of the Revolutionary Committee of a farm, and yet he looks down on her Tingjun?
What a big face.
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