The woman's surname was Qiao. Her given name was Xiuli.
Qiao Xiuli and Tang Huihui chatted for a while, but then ran out of things to talk about.
The older sister changed Chou Chou's clothes and then took him out. "Let's go sit with your great-grandmother."
"Okay." After a while, Chou Chou started chatting with Tang Huihui again.
The older sister looked at Qiao Xiuli and smiled: "Isn't my son smart?"
Qiao Xiuli blushed slightly. "Um. Where do you work?"
"I don't have a job."
"ah?"
My sister smiled and asked, "And you? Where do you work?"
Just as Qiao Xiuli was about to say Xiaoman, she came downstairs.
Tengteng didn't come down.
After sitting down on the sofa, Xiaoman glanced at Qiao Xiuli and said, "You just lost your father, and my son just lost his comrade-in-arms. Neither of you are calm right now."
Just as Qiao Xiuli was about to speak, Xiaoman's eyes narrowed. Qiao Xiuli immediately stopped talking.
Xiaoman continued, "Go stay at the military guesthouse for two days, and then come find me."
Qiao Xiuli didn't want to agree. But... her intuition told her that she wouldn't get away with it if she didn't. "Alright. Then I'll go stay at the concubine's residence for two days."
Xiaoman glanced at her sister: "You take her there."
"Okay." The older sister stood up from the sofa. "Let's go."
"Okay." Qiao Xiuli looked at Xiaoman and Tang Huihui: "Goodbye Auntie, goodbye Grandma."
Xiaoman nodded.
Tang Huihui looked at Qiao Xiuli and said, "Girl, go back and think it over carefully. Marriage is a lifelong commitment."
Qiao Xiuli: "Mm."
Ugly slid off the sofa: "Mom, I'll go with you."
"good."
After her older sister left with Qiao Xiuli and Chou Chou, Tang Huihui asked Xiaoman, "Does Tengteng really want to marry her?"
"That's the case right now."
"Well... her father helped Tengteng, so we should thank her. But there are many ways to express our gratitude. Why do we have to marry her?"
Xiaoman rubbed her forehead. "Mmm."
"So what are you going to do?"
"I'll discuss it with Binzi when he gets back."
“I just said I would recognize her as my granddaughter, but she didn’t agree.”
Xiaoman looked at Tang Huihui and said, "Mother, don't worry. We will handle this matter."
Tang Huihui looked upstairs. "Is Tengteng alright?"
“He goes to work with Qiao Xiuli’s father. Qiao Xiuli’s father is both his teacher and his comrade-in-arms. He feels very guilty now.”
“Life and death are determined by fate. Wealth and honor are bestowed by heaven. Many things are predetermined.” Tang Huihui stood up from the sofa. “I’ll go and try to persuade him.”
"No need. He'll figure it out."
"I'll go and try to persuade him. Young people like him have little experience and don't understand many things. Not only do they not understand, they also like to take the blame upon themselves. In fact, many things are predetermined."
"All right."
Tengteng was standing by the window, lost in thought, when Tang Huihui pushed open the door and came in. "Tengteng, come and talk to Grandma."
"good."
After sitting down, Tang Huihui looked at Tengteng carefully. "Time flies. In the blink of an eye, you're old enough to be married. Do you remember things from when you were little?"
"I remember most of it."
"Do you remember after your father graduated from military academy, when you sent Grandma back to her hometown, you insisted that she come back with you when you came back? You said that your home was Grandma's home."
"Remember."
Tang Huihui raised her hand and patted Tengteng's head. "Grandma knows you're a sentimental child. Grandma's asking you, do you like that girl?"
I've only met her a few times.
Tang Huihui looked at Tengteng and said, "Grandma hopes you can be like your father. Marry someone you love, and then have a few children and live a good life. Grandma is telling you, a person's lifespan is predetermined. There's an old saying, 'If the King of Hell calls you to die at midnight, he won't let you live until dawn.' Grandma knows you young people don't believe in this. Grandma told you, Grandma didn't believe it before either. But the longer I live and the more things I encounter, the more I believe it."
Tengteng recounted what he had told Xiaoman to Tang Huihui. "The last look he gave me was one of guilt and... a hope that I could take care of his daughter for him."
Tang Huihui felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this. But... the dead should be respected. "Did Xiuli's mother know that Xiuli's father wanted you to marry Xiuli?"
"Um."
"She agreed too?"
Tengteng recalled Xiuli's expression at the time. "She seemed a little unhappy."
"It's not just a little, she's probably very unhappy."
"Really? If she wasn't happy, why didn't she say so?" As soon as she finished speaking, Tengteng understood. "She's like me, she doesn't want Old Qiao to leave in peace."
Tang Huihui nodded.
Tengteng frowned. "Grandma, how did you know Xiuli's mother wasn't happy?"
Tang Huihui looked at Tengteng: "Grandma is asking you, since Grandma has been here for so long, how many days have you stayed at home in total?"
Tengteng thought for a moment: "More than half a month."
Tengteng understood a little, but then thought, "If he thought we didn't spend enough time at home, why would she have married Old Joe?"
Tang Huihui smiled and said, "Back when Xiuli Niang was young, soldiers were very popular. Young girls were all vying to marry soldiers."
Tengteng touched his nose: "Nowadays, some people are willing to be military wives."
"Grandma knows. But it's nothing like it was back then. Xiuli's mother was a military wife her whole life, and she knows how tough it is. She definitely wouldn't want her daughter to be a military wife. Besides, you and Xiuli's father are in the army together. Although Grandma doesn't know what kind of soldiers you are, Grandma knows that the soldiers you are in are different from the soldiers Naonao is in."
Tengteng didn't say anything.
Tang Huihui glanced at Tengteng. "Are you trying to ask how Grandma knew?"
Tengteng nodded.
“Grandma has been taking care of you and Nao Nao since you were born. Apart from your mother, no one knows you and Nao Nao better than me. Also, Nao Nao comes back to visit from time to time, and your mother sometimes asks Jie Jie to bring Nao Nao some things. But you often don’t come back for months at a time. And when you do come back, it’s always just a sudden appearance.”
Tang Huihui touched Tengteng's face: "Grandma noticed it after more than a year of being here. Xiuli's mother and father must have noticed it after so much time has passed."
"So you're saying her mother doesn't want Xiuli to marry me?"
“Hmm. Xiuli’s father is a man. He doesn’t know how tiring it is for a woman to support a family. But Xiuli’s mother does know. Besides, the soldier you’re in is more dangerous than other soldiers.” Tang Huihui looked at Tengteng and said, “Put yourself in Xiuli’s mother’s shoes, I wouldn’t want my daughter to marry you either.”
Tengteng touched his nose. "But Xiuli didn't stop me when she wanted to come back with me, did she?"
“It’s not that she didn’t want to stop you. She knew she couldn’t. Our family is well-off. You’re also very ambitious. If it weren’t for the fact that the soldier you joined was different from other soldiers, Xiuli’s mother wouldn’t have objected. But Xiuli is young and only sees the surface, not the underlying reasons. Even if her mother told her that marrying you would be very tiring, she wouldn’t believe it. Just now, when I told Xiuli that I would recognize her as my granddaughter, she was unwilling.”
Tang Huihui patted Tengteng's hand. "Grandma is telling you, it's not too late for you to change your mind."
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