“This child has her own ideas now and it is good that she has made progress.” He Qin had a little more confidence in Su Mian now. Up until now, she and Su Jiang Hai had regretted Su Mian refusing the Provincial Military Medical University.
With Wei Zhen Ming’s wife to compare against, Zhang Jie thought that Su Mian was even more pleasing to the eye, “If Xiao Mian is admitted into the Second Military Medical University, then our faces will be bright! Until now, nobody from our village has entered university!”
Zhang Jie spoke the truth. In these few years, there had been no one from Apricot Village who had graduated from university. People like Wei Zhen Hui who had graduated from high school were few in number.
“It would be good if she was admitted, it’s just that it’s too far away from home. The capital is more than a thousand li away from home here!” He Qin was worried that Su Mian would be too far from home and unable to take care of herself. Xiao Mian was already thin. If she was unable to acclimatise to the environment when the time came, what would she do?
Zhang Jie nodded, “It is a little far from home. It would be great if it was the Provincial Military Medical University which is close to Zhen Hui. We would be able to rest assured with him taking care of her. She is but a girl and she would be on her own so far away from home.”
After pondering for a moment, she spoke again, “But it’s good for her to be away from Wei Zhen Hui a little. I am really worried that these two children will do something before they get married. Su Mian is still young and our Zhen Hui is 25 years old. Although the military has strong restraint, it’s a different story when they see a girl that they like. You should tell Xiao Mian not to let him do anything!” Zhang Jie spoke from her heart. She wanted grandchildren, but she did not want to delay Su Mian’s studies.
He Qin felt uneasy when she heard this. She had indeed been negligent in this regard. Su Jiang Hai was an uneducated man and would definitely not talk to his daughter about this. She was a stepmother and had only recently acted like mother and daughter with Su Mian, “Mother-in-law, you are right. If you did not say it, I really would not have thought of it. Now that we are reforming and opening up, young people do not think like we did back then. I will talk to Su Mian this evening.”
He Qin did not worry Wei Zhen Hui would fool around, but she was just worried that when the two children did not see each other for a long time, they would be unable to restrain themselves.
She knew that Wei Zhen Hui liked Su Mian. With such a stern face, he only unconsciously smiled in his eyes when he saw Su Mian. He liked her from the bottom of his heart.
Not to mention Su Mian, letting a man whom she had only known for a few days carry her into the house in front of the entire village. She had also been so embarrassed that she hid in her room when he came to propose.
In the end, it was her negligence as a mother.
“Don’t make it too obvious. They will be married in two years anyway. When that time comes, let them be.” Zhang Jie still wanted to have a grandchild. She did not bother thinking of Wei Zhen Ming’s wife too much. If she did not show her temper after marrying and spent her time with Wei Zhen Ming well, she would praise the heavens.
When He Qin heard this, she saw Zhang Jie’s indecisiveness, “You want grandchildren but also want to interfere in their love affair!”
“I am just worried that Xiao Mian is still young and her body cannot bear it!” Zhang Jie spoke truthfully. It was not good for women to be early in that regard.
“I know your good intentions.” He Qin knew that Zhang Jie was doing this for Su Mian’s sake and her heart opened up. When Su Mian was going to marry Wei Zhen Hui in the beginning, she had worried quite a lot over Zhang Jie being the mother-in-law. Having learned her lesson with Su Hong, Zhang Jie had finally come to her senses.
When Wei You Shan came back, Zhang Jie and Wei Min followed him home.
He Qin had invited them to dinner, but the couple had refused and had said they would go home and cook for Wei Min.
Wei Min had cried out injustice. In fact, her mother had been so angered by her second sister-in-law and had been feeling suffocated recently, so was unable to eat anything.
