Su Ruo looked at Guan Tongtong's blushing face and suddenly felt a little envious.
Well, to be honest, she hasn't reached this stage yet. She just woke up one day and became someone's wife and the mother of a child.
Her heart was filled with warmth and tenderness, and perhaps because she was pregnant with a baby, she talked more.
She said, "Have you ever considered that if he is really suitable...he will most likely join the army in the future. Marrying a soldier may seem good, but it is actually not an easy thing. They may be very reliable and make you feel safe when you are together, but most of the time they are in the army. So what if they are very reliable and make you feel safe? They are not with you most of the time."
She paused before saying, "They were a soldier first, and then a lover."
Even though Han Zecheng loved her so much, she still thought so.
Of course, she didn't care about this and was even proud of it.
That was the man she loved...one of the important reasons why she was able to let go of her heart and trust him in the first place.
Su Ruo said this with a smile, and her words sounded like complaints, but her expression was gentle and peaceful.
Guan Tongtong looked at her and suddenly felt moved.
She whispered, "I know."
It has to be said that her liking for soldiers was actually influenced by Su Ruo and her lover.
She had met Han Zecheng several times, and was always touched by his meticulous consideration for Su Ruo, and the almost undisguised love in his eyes... Unlike many couples around her, after being married for a long time, the man no longer cares about his wife at all. All the housework at home is done by his wife, the children are taken care of by his wife, and he acts like the boss when he returns home.
Although she also understood Su Ruo's meaning, military marriage has its own difficulties.
For example, when Su Ruo was six months pregnant, her lover only came back once and left after staying for a few days.
I heard that the situation on the Sino-Vietnamese border has become increasingly tense because of territorial disputes over islands in the South China Sea and conflicts between Vietnam and Cambodia. When Su Ruo gave birth, she didn't even know if her lover would be able to come back... She also had to worry about whether she would be injured or even... if a war broke out there.
Guan Tongtong fell silent.
Su Ru looked up at her, smiled, and reached out to shake her hand... This girl seemed to have really matured a lot during this period of time.
Su Ruo said, "Okay, I'll help you find out what you asked me to find out, but I won't take care of other things, and I won't match you up. I'll just tell you the basic information, but what happens next is your own business, I won't take care of it... Don't blame me for being ruthless."
Just like Guan Tongtong's parents, if the situation is not good, and she is in charge too much, they will inevitably put all the responsibility on her.
Even if they have a good relationship, she won't get involved in this matter.
Guan Tongtong shook her head and said, "I know, I know, Sister Ruo, you are pregnant now, how can I ask you to control these things for me? It's already very good that you just told me the basic information. I really have no other reliable place to inquire about these things."
After Guan Tongtong left, Su Ruo mentioned this to Han Zecheng on the phone that night and said, "Well, I don't mean to meddle in other people's business. I just want to ask Instructor Yu if she has a boyfriend. If she does, she should stop messing around and let her settle down sooner. Can I ask someone about this?"
Because they are very strict in dealing with gender issues, as Yu Tongtong said before, there are many students whose future has been ruined because of gender issues.
Han Zecheng said, "You can just call Political Commissar Liang and ask him. It's hard for me to tell him about this, and I'm afraid I won't be able to explain it clearly and he might misunderstand me. Xiao Yu will graduate next year and go to the military region, and Political Commissar Liang knows all about him."
"Oh,"
Su Ruo felt that this was a bit of a fuss, and her scalp was a bit numb. She said, "Isn't this a bad idea? If we bring this up with Political Commissar Liang, what if it doesn't work out, or if Instructor Yu already has a partner? That would be so embarrassing... I want to know if you know anyone, so I can ask Instructor Yu privately."
Han Zecheng thought this was the most straightforward approach.
He said, "If you think this is too direct and you want to find out privately, then take the girl to Uncle Meng and Aunt Meng's place. I heard from Xiao Yu that he often went to Uncle Meng and Aunt Meng's place for dinner. Introduce the girl to Uncle Meng and Aunt Meng, and the rest is up to her. But the road is a bit far, so don't go there by yourself, let Xiao Zhu drive you there."
Uncle Meng and Aunt Meng are an old couple who privately run a dumpling restaurant outside the military academy.
Han Zecheng had taken Su Ruo there once during the Chinese New Year, and later Su Ruo would occasionally go over to see the old couple.
Xiao Zhu is Han Hehuai's driver.
Han Hehuai has guards around him and is not needed all the time, so whenever Su Ruo wants to go somewhere or go to the hospital for a check-up, she will call Xiao Zhu in advance to pick her up.
This was proposed by Han Hehuai, and Han Zecheng felt it was necessary, so he agreed without refusing with his father... Nothing is more important than Su Ruo's health now.
Su Ruo thought about this
After thinking about it, he told Guan Tongtong both methods and let her choose.
Guan Tongtong chose the second method... Of course she chose the second method. It was like she found a way to get close to the instructor without having to try too hard.
Su Ruo took her there once and didn't take care of what happened afterwards.
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December 1978.
A lot happened this December.
In early December, after its unification, Vietnam, its southwestern neighbor, began to make moves in Southeast Asia and formed an alliance with the Soviet Union. On the one hand, it gathered a large army to invade Cambodia, on the other hand, it harassed the Sino-Vietnamese border and violated China's territorial waters in the South China Sea islands. Sino-Vietnamese relations broke down completely.
On December 7, the state leaders held a military meeting. On December 8, the Central Military Commission issued military strategic orders to the Guangzhou Military Region and the Kunming Military Region respectively. In order to maintain stability on the border, the two military regions entered a state of readiness for war, first secretly mobilizing mobile troops to prepare for combat, and then publicly assembling. The war was imminent.
This was also the time when Su Ruo was ten months pregnant and was about to give birth.
Because of the special circumstances, she and Han Zecheng hadn't even called each other for a long time.
She had no idea of his current situation over there.
And obviously, there was no way he would be able to come back when she gave birth.
However, the situation at the border is tense, and soldiers are ready to go into battle to defend the country's territory. At the same time, the whole country is in a special and extremely joyous moment.
Because on December 18, the country held a meeting that had far-reaching significance for the entire country, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee. The meeting negated the previous strategic policy of "taking class struggle as the key link" and at the same time opened the prelude to the country's reform and opening up.
"Tongtong, do your parents object to your relationship with Instructor Yu?"
In the yard on Fangyuan Road, Su Ruo and Guan Tongtong were sitting outside talking.
It was already late December, and the due date was in two days. Su Ruo's belly was very big, but there was no movement yet. She looked like a very calm child...but we didn't know whether it was a boy or a girl.
In August, Su Ruo took Guan Tongtong to visit Uncle Meng and Aunt Meng once, and did not take care of what happened afterwards.
I didn't expect that Guan Tongtong would actually get together with Instructor Yu...
Guan Tongtong has a cheerful personality. She goes to Uncle Meng and Aunt Meng's house every weekend and makes them like her very much. Instructor Yu's hometown is far away, so he often goes to Uncle Meng and Aunt Meng's house on weekends. He has never had contact with girls before, and even less contact with such a lively, generous and talkative girl. After getting along with her for a long time, he developed a good impression of her.
Su Ruo never asked Guan Tongtong about the follow-up, but Guan Tongtong came to talk to her every now and then.
The truth was, she had no experience in dating a soldier, and Instructor Yu was sometimes quite boring. She felt suffocated and when she told other people about it, she felt that it was just a "talk" but she couldn't get the right guidance... After all, other people didn't understand soldiers, so she couldn't help it and could only run over to tell Su Ruo.
This time, it was Instructor Yu’s graduation assignment that came down, and he was assigned to the Guangzhou Military Region.
What military district is that?
This is the military district that is now preparing for war with Vietnam.
And I'm not going to go until I graduate in July next year, but right next January.
Originally, her parents were not too opposed to her and Instructor Yu's relationship.
Because they only have one daughter, they originally thought that Instructor Yu could be in the army, most likely in the Biyang Military Region in Province S... It is close there, and Tongtong can still live at home after she gets married. If Instructor Yu retires, he will definitely be able to find a good job.
But suddenly being told that I was assigned to the Guangzhou Military Region was like a bolt from the blue.
Not only that, their precious daughter actually said that she wanted to get married with him before he went to Guangzhou... This was simply killing them.
They gave Guan Tongtong two choices: either break up, or let her go find Su Ruo and ask Deputy Regiment Commander Han for help to reassign Instructor Yu to the Biyang Military Region.
......It was fortunate that Su Ruo did not interfere too much in the affairs of Guan Tongtong and Instructor Yu. Otherwise, they would think that it was Su Ruo who brought the two together, and would naturally ask Su Ruo to arrange the assignment for Instructor Yu.
Guan Tongtong refused to break up.
But it was also impossible for her to tell Su Ruoting and ask her to ask Deputy Captain Han for help.
Su Ruo is about to give birth, and Deputy Commander Han is still at the border preparing for war. If she could say something like that, is she still a human being?
She said this to her parents with tears in her eyes, but her mother burst into tears after hearing what she said, "You know this too. Look at Su Ruo. Deputy Commander Han's family is powerful and his rank is high. Even if he is fighting on the front line, he won't be at the front. He will be the commander and won't be in any danger. But Xiao Yu has nothing but a fool. If he goes to the front line, he will definitely be the one at the front. You still want to marry him? I think you are crazy!"
They didn't think their daughter was joking.
Nowadays, dating is all about marriage, and it is normal to get married after dating for a few months.
But no one can stay together for several years.
What's more, Yu Yuan is about to go to the battlefield...
Even if they didn't go to the battlefield, they couldn't agree. In the future, Yu Yuan would be in Guangzhou. The two places were so far apart, how could the two of them be together?
Guan Tongtong looked depressed, but she didn't dare to tell Su Ruo about the bad things at this moment.
She pretended to be indifferent, groaned, and said, "It's okay... I don't know what happened to me. I just said that to them. Maybe I just couldn't stand them always calculating and fussing about things. I was really angry. In fact, I really had this idea before, but Instructor Yu rejected it. He told me to think about it carefully and take my time. Besides, I haven't even graduated from college yet, so there's no need to rush into marriage now. In fact, if I don't get married, I can just wait and see. My parents won't object too much."
Su Ruo hummed, and said, "That's good. Let's get along happily with each other during this time before he leaves."
The fact that he could say this to her shows that he is a steady and responsible man.
At this moment, she suddenly felt that nothing else mattered.
As the two were talking, there was a sudden knock on the door in the yard.
When Su Ruo looked over, she saw that it was He Zongxi who had not been home for several months.
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