When He Ruilin and Shi Shan came back from outside, He Tingjun was correcting Zou Yuan on a certain fighting technique.
His basic skills are not good, and there are flaws everywhere. If he were to go to the battlefield and get close to someone, it would be a fatal situation.
"Tingjun is right."
He Ruilin and Shi Shan walked in from outside one after another. He Ruilin extended a finger and pointed at Zou Yuan in the air. "Zou Yuan, your elder brother said that these are all his experiences. You can't learn them easily outside. You must learn from him. Work hard, improve your own strength, and strive to move up a level."
"Okay, good dad, I will learn from big brother." Zou Yuan blushed, lowered his head, and drooped his eyelids. He didn't dare to look He Ruilin in the eye at all.
He Ruilin's words were tactful, but Zou Yuan knew that he was disgusted with his own poor abilities.
It was also because he was not up to the task. He had a chance to make a breakthrough, but when he saw the gleaming axe swinging in front of him, he felt hesitant and retreated for a moment. In the end, a comrade from the platoon stepped forward and fought bloody battles with the hostage-taker. At the cost of being stabbed in the shoulder and having a scar on his face, he was awarded a second-class commission. Now he has been promoted to platoon leader, and it will be easier for him to get promoted in the future than for an ordinary private.
So you can't blame He Ruilin for looking down on him.
Commander He himself had crawled out of a hail of bullets, participated in countless battles and suffered countless injuries, with dozens if not hundreds of scars on his body. How could such a brave man view a soldier who retreated from the battlefield?
What's more, this soldier is his son-in-law? If the news gets out, he will lose all face in front of his colleagues and friends.
Zou Yuan lowered his head and listened to the lecture, and He Ying couldn't bear to watch it anymore.
She pushed Zou Chen's back and motioned him to go find his grandfather.
Zou Chen immediately rushed towards He Ruilin's arms, hugged his legs, looked up and shouted, "Grandpa."
He Ruilin bent down and picked up Zou Chen, then jolted him up and said with a smile, "Ouch, Chenchen has gotten heavier again."
Seeing a smile on He Ruilin's face, He Ying stepped forward, took Zou Chen's arm, and said to He Ruilin with some complaints: "Dad, don't lecture me as soon as you get home. Your son-in-law is a communications soldier and he won't be fighting on the front lines. Don't be so harsh on him."
"Just asking him to improve his strength, is that too much?" He Ruilin glanced at her unhappily. "I think you've lived a comfortable life for too long and don't know the cruelty of war. When we really get to the battlefield and the fighting starts, who cares if you're a signalman or a scout? You'll just have to fight. You say you're a signalman and can't win? Then go and die. The enemy won't show you any mercy."
He Ying curled her lips: "Dad, you are exaggerating. Here..."
Before He Ying could finish her words, Zou Yuan noticed He Ruilin's increasingly gloomy expression and quickly grabbed her sleeve, interrupting her: "Yingying, stop talking. Dad and Big Brother are willing to give me advice because it's for my own good. It's my own lack of strength that's causing everyone worry. This is all my fault. I will intensify my training in the future and improve my abilities as soon as possible."
As Zou Yuan spoke, he winked at He Ying.
He Ying then reluctantly shut up.
Shi Shan smiled and came out to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, just keep quiet. It's rare for Tingjun's family and Tingyu to be home, and this is a great day for them to be together. We should be happy."
Shi Shan reached out her hand, trying to take He Yan from Yun Qiao's arms, and said with a smile: "Yanyan, come and let grandma hug you."
He Yan didn't acknowledge her either, but just opened his arms and let Shi Shan hold him.
Shi Shan held up He Yan and showed her to He Ruilin: "Look at your granddaughter, is she pretty?"
He Ruilin took a look, and his cold expression became a little bit unbearable, then he softened: "Beautiful."
"Come in. It's too dark outside and we can't see clearly. Let me hug you inside." Shi Shan carried He Yan into the house first.
He Ruilin glanced back at Zou Yuan and saw that he looked humble. His expression relaxed slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "It's good that you know how to make progress. Young people should be brave and fight hard, and not be afraid of hardship. None of the men in our He family are cowards!"
Zou Yuan's face turned pale, and he forced a stiff smile. He nodded and replied, "Don't worry, Dad. I won't bring shame to the He family again."
He Ruilin said "hmm" and carried Zou Chen into the house.
He Ying shook Zou Yuan's hand and gave him a comforting smile. Zou Yuan looked at her and smiled at her, "I'm fine, come in."
Then the young couple followed He Ruilin into the house.
Yun Qiao and He Tingjun fell to the back. Yun Qiao leaned close to He Tingjun's ear and asked curiously in a very low voice, "Dad doesn't seem very satisfied with my brother-in-law?"
Didn't they say before that the He family's parents were open-minded? They didn't care about the status of their daughter-in-law or son-in-law, as long as their son or daughter was willing.
He Tingjun seemed to see Yun Qiao's confusion and explained quickly, "My dad didn't have any opinions about him before. He started to have opinions after he left."
He Tingjun told Yun Qiao about his visit.
"He was actually closer to the criminal at the time, but he didn't dare to attack the criminal's head. It was his patrol mate who, regardless of his own safety, stepped forward and grabbed the criminal's head, rescuing the hostage."
"It's not his fault, because when people face danger, they instinctively want to protect themselves. If it were anyone else, they would at most give them a verbal reprimand and let the matter go. After all, the hostages were fine in the end. He didn't take the fight, but someone else did, so the matter was resolved perfectly."
"But he's my father's son-in-law. Who is my father? He's the commander of an army, and his son-in-law is a greedy, cowardly coward. If word gets out, where will my father's face be?"
After hearing the whole story, Yun Qiao was speechless.
After all, he had embarrassed his father-in-law, so it was normal for his father-in-law to have a grudge against him.
As the chief's son-in-law, even if he's not better than other soldiers, at least he shouldn't be a drag.
And what Zou Yuan did was a hundred, a thousand times more serious than just holding back.
If you're lagging behind because you lack strength, there's nothing you can do about it, because people are born with different talents, and sometimes hard work really can't make up for it. But if you're not well-aware, that's entirely your own fault.
As a soldier, he is greedy and afraid of death...
Yun Qiao shook his head and was not optimistic about Zou Yuan's future.
He Tingjun pushed Yun Qiao's back and said, "Don't worry about him. No matter how bad he is, he won't be bad as long as He Ying is there to back him up."
Although his parents would not show favoritism, He Ying was deeply in love with Zou Yuan. Even if Zou Yuan could not make it in the army in the future and retired back to Shanghai, he could at least become a cadre.
He Tingjun said, "Let's hurry inside. It's rare that everyone is here. Let's share the gifts we brought."
"good."
Walking into the living room, He Ruilin and Shi Shan were each holding a child. Zou Yuan was very flexible and even though he had just been scolded by He Ruilin, he was still able to let go of his psychological burden and liven up the atmosphere.
With two children in the middle, everyone in the living room was talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
Yun Qiao returned to the house and distributed the gifts he brought to everyone one by one.
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