Chapter 3: Neighborhood Matters
Jiao Quanfang, a neighbor who lives next door to them, is two years older than Ma Yuping, her mother Jiao's father joined the Red Army on the third day of her marriage, and later died on the battlefield, she has not seen her father, has been dependent on her mother, the government arranged for her to take special care of her when she entered the textile factory, assigned to work as an inspector in the product inspection workshop, and Hao Qinghong only worked day shifts, unlike other female workers who had to rotate three shifts in the morning, noon and evening.
Jiao Quanfang's mother Jiao's parents died early, and she grew up in a relative's house in turn, and she was thrown off as a burden after she got married, and her husband's family had nowhere to stay after her husband's death, and she almost couldn't survive with her daughter alone in a bumpy and displaced, and after liberation, she found the government, and her identity as a family member of the Red Army martyrs was confirmed, and she received a monthly allowance from the government.
Jiao Quanfang didn't have any impression of her father, she didn't even leave a photo that year, she liked to watch movies about the war the most, with the PLA soldiers in it imagining her father's mighty appearance in military uniform, every father's birthday and death day, Jiao's told her daughter how brave her father was, Jiao Quanfang had an inexplicable reverence for soldiers since she was a child.
When Jiao Quanfang reached marriageable age, her colleagues introduced her to Jiang Guodong, a soldier who served in the army, and when she met, she was attracted by Jiang Guodong's handsome military uniform, as if she saw her father and had a good impression.
Jiang Guodong went home to visit relatives during the Spring Festival, his family is in the countryside, and it is very novel to see girls in the city, and Jiao Quanfang's father is also a soldier, so there are naturally more topics between the two.
Jiang Guodong and Jiao Quanfang returned to the army after the third day of meeting, the two relied on letters to contact, Jiang Guodong graduated from junior high school, good writing and beautiful handwriting, Jiao Quanfang was fascinated, she decided that Jiang Guodong was the person she entrusted for life, her mother felt that it was very hard to marry a soldier, and she didn't want her to find a soldier, she said that she didn't fight in peacetime, and after half a year, she found a certificate in the factory, asked for leave to marry Jiang Guodong in the army, and then became pregnant, and gave birth to her daughter Jiang Chunmei in the spring of the next year.
When Jiao Quanfang was confined, Jiang Guodong came back from leave, hugged his daughter and was overjoyed, took care of Jiao Quanfang carefully, and respected Jiao's very much, Jiao's praised his son-in-law, and was relieved that his daughter had found someone to rely on.
Jiang Guodong wrote a letter to his parents to report the good news, and his parents had not seen his daughter-in-law yet, so he came to see his daughter-in-law and granddaughter with a chicken and an egg on his back.
Jiao Quanfang looked at their rustic appearance and disliked them for being unclean, didn't want them to hold their children, didn't give them a good face, and said some ugly things, Jiang Guodong's parents were very dissatisfied. Jiao also felt that her daughter was wrong, after all, they were the child's grandparents, and Jiao Quanfang ignored it willfully.
Jiang Guodong had no choice but to persuade his parents to go back first, and in order to calm his parents' anger and dissatisfaction, he personally sent his parents home.
Jiang Guodong's hometown is in a remote mountain village more than 60 kilometers away from Fuyang, and it is more than 10 kilometers to drive to the nearest town
Jiang Guodong's parents thought that the girls in the city were squeamish and disrespectful, and they were worried that they would not respect them, but their relatives agreed, especially Jiang Guodong's brothers and sisters hoped that he would stand in the city and follow the light.
Jiang Guodong also said that the other party was the daughter of the Red Army, who was knowledgeable and reasonable, and promised to be good to her parents.
After Jiang Guodong got married, the neighbors envied them, and Jiang Guodong's parents also felt face.
The second elder went into the city to see his granddaughter, and as soon as he came back to the house, relatives and neighbors came to inquire about the news, and his mother was angry and couldn't calm down, and spit out the resentment in her heart, and Jiang Guodong's elders and brothers and sisters were dumbfounded, and they accused Jiang Guodong of marrying a daughter-in-law, or a daughter of the Red Army, why didn't even the old man know respect, Jiang Guodong didn't dare to say a word.
Jiang Guodong's father had been smoking in a muffled voice, and when he saw that the more people in the room talked, he slapped the table with a "snap" and shouted: "Shut up for me." ”
The men were all scattered, Jiang Guodong's mother and a few women muttered, Jiang Guodong suddenly felt that he was useless, and he regretted that he should have listened to his parents to find one in the countryside, he wanted to say something to his father, but his lips squirmed but he didn't know what to say
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