Chen Yuanwu still underestimated Ye Qingyin's determination.
Ye Qingyin failed to convince her son about studying, so she had to settle for the next best thing: "As for your partner, Mom will definitely keep a close eye on you. She'll have to take care of a whole family in the future."
Chen Yuanwu whispered, "Mom, I still have to go to school. Let's talk about it after I graduate."
Ye Qingyin became very sensitive: "Tell me the truth, is it the daughter of Deputy Section Chief Jiang?"
Chen Yuanwu still said in a good-tempered manner, "Mom, do you believe what they are saying?"
Neither admitted nor denied.
Ye Qingyin's attitude suddenly hardened again: "I'm telling you, that daughter of Deputy Section Chief Jiang's is not acceptable! I've met Deputy Section Chief Jiang's wife. She's just a rural woman who works as a factory worker. Let's not even talk about whether she's worthy of you. Speaking of her mother, it's a bad influence in this courtyard. She's very uncultured! No, I absolutely disagree!"
Ye Qingyin felt depressed just thinking about it. She raised her fist and hit her chest: "Xiao Wu, Mom won't marry someone like that! You must promise me that you won't look for her!"
Now Chen Yuanwu really regretted coming home.
His mother's words put him in a dilemma.
Promise your mother. If the word gets out and really reaches Xiaojun's ears, it will be too late to undo the damage.
Don't agree. Mother is not pretending to be angry.
"Mom, why are you so angry about these things that don't even exist?" Chen Yuanwu decided to circumvent the issue. Xiaojun hadn't agreed yet anyway, and if she did, that would be a matter for the future. He could talk about it then. "Chief of Staff Liu specifically gave me an extra day off to come back and see you. If he knew you were sick because of something like this, what would he think of me?"
Ye Qingyin was speechless for a moment, but she still insisted, "Let him know. I'll call Chief of Staff Liu's wife tomorrow and ask them to keep an eye out for me. If they find a suitable one, I'll introduce you to one."
She knows her son best. As long as he doesn't explicitly deny it, he must be hiding something from her!
What if, what if her son really wants to find that Xiao Jiang, how can she hold her head up in front of her colleagues, relatives and friends!
No! The more I think about it, the angrier I get!
No, you can’t even think about it. I’ll get angry if I think about it!
Chen Yuanwu watched his mother's complexion become increasingly worse, and secretly groaned in his heart.
He didn't want to give in when talking to his mother about issues of principle, but there was no one at home who could help him speak up.
The only one who could control my mother was Xiaofei, but no one knows where he is now.
"As long as there's a suitable one for me, I'll definitely agree!" Chen Yuanwu kept repeating Jiang Jun's name in his mind, echoing his mother's words and changing the subject: "Mom, do you know where Xiaofei is?"
Although Chen Yuefei's whereabouts were kept secret, Ye Qingyin always found a way to find out.
Mentioning Chen Yuefei, Ye Qingyin's eyes reddened. "Oh, it's so far away. They say that place is so desolate. They went there to open up wasteland. There was nothing to eat or drink. Everything had to be delivered. It's so far away, I'm afraid there are wolves and tigers there! Look, each of you keeps giving me so much worry. How can I bear it?"
Although this little son was usually naughty and made her worry, she was even more distressed because he was so far away and she couldn't see him.
Chen Yuanwu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Who wouldn't feel sad when their child joins the army? No one would be willing to let him go, right? He could only comfort her, "Don't worry, Mom. Xiaofei and the others have their leaders to take care of them, and there are so many comrades. They will definitely be safe. Soldiers are supposed to defend the country and protect the people. If they can't bear this little hardship, what kind of soldier are they? Besides, Xiaofei is already grown up. Even if he doesn't join the army, he will have to learn to take care of others!"
Ye Qingyin sniffed. "You're right. I know there's no danger, but I can't help but feel uncomfortable. I've asked around, and Political Commissar Qi's daughter is there, and Xiaohui is there too. It's good that they can keep each other company and look after each other."
Chen Yuanwu was surprised: "Why did Xiaohui go there too?"
The key is, how can you ask other people's names?
As if she knew what her son was thinking, Ye Qingyin took the initiative to explain: "It was Political Commissar Qi's wife who told me that their daughter had also gone. Xiaohui called our house to tell Xiaofei, and seemed to tell Xiaofei to tell him that he had gone to the army and not let anyone know that they knew each other."
Chen Yuanwu was puzzled: "What's the point of letting people know that they know each other?"
When he was training in the recruit company, the people from the same place had a very good relationship with each other. If a male soldier could know a female soldier from the same hometown, he would be very popular in the company.
Ye Qingyin coughed and said, "Xiaohui is not young anymore, maybe she wants to avoid suspicion."
Chen Yuanwu smiled. "Mom, the training for new recruits in the army is very strict. We're so exhausted every day that we don't even have time to catch our breath. How can we have time to look at others? When I was training, we stood at attention on the playground, looking straight ahead. A female soldier walked past right under your nose, and you couldn't even see what she looked like! Why should we avoid suspicion?"
Military regulations also state that you are not allowed to joke with women casually.
These recruits, whether new or veteran, are generally very serious. They are very polite and distant towards the female soldiers, for fear that they will say during the meeting that you have bad conduct and there is no chance of you joining the party or getting promoted.
Ye Qingyin sighed: "I don't know what's going on. Anyway, if they want to pretend not to know each other, then they don't have to. As long as they know it in their hearts, if anything happens, they can take care of each other."
Chen Yuanwu felt relieved. As long as he knew where Chen Yuefei was, he would know where Jiang Yun was. When the new recruits finished their training and were assigned to their companies, he could also ask Chen Yuefei about Jiang Yun's whereabouts.
It’s great to know Xiaohui is here now. I’ll know more when I ask Xiaohui.
Chen Yuanwu stayed with Ye Qingyin and talked to her for a while to reassure his mother.
The mother and son talked about the old house in Beijing. Ye Qingyin remembered and said, "Xiaowu, take the key with you. When you go to Beijing this time, come back to visit home. I want to bring Xiaojing back to live with us in the summer. The middle school here is in the countryside, and the teaching quality is really not good. I still plan to let Xiaojing go back to Beijing to attend middle school and learn foreign languages. I've been on sick leave for a year, so it's time to go back to work."
Chen Jing was throwing a tantrum and refused to go to school, saying that she just played every day at school and never had any classes. Many of her classmates were unhygienic and didn't know anything, and there was no one to talk to.
Seeing that both of her sons had joined the army, Ye Qingyin felt that her daughter's education environment must not be neglected anymore, so she decided to return to the circle in Beijing.
Especially when she learned that the military academy her son had applied to was in the capital, Ye Qingyin's illness healed immediately.
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