Chapter 18 A Father's Love Is Like a Mountain

"Old woman, bring a bowl of white fungus lotus seed soup."

"Here it is." The mother-in-law responded outside.

After a while, my mother-in-law walked into the room with a bowl of white fungus lotus seed soup.

Zhao Zimeng took the bowl and spoon, in fact, tonight, he ate a lot of dumplings, and the dumplings made by Master Bai were too fragrant.

But the old mother-in-law's white fungus lotus seed soup, he can't help but eat it, this is the old man's heart.

Therefore, Zhao Zimeng ate a bowl full of white fungus lotus seed soup like a storm.

"Let's go back and rest early!" Old Taishan Road.

"Okay".

"Weiwei, is your homework ready?" Zhao Zimeng walked to the door and looked at his daughter who was lying on the table reading a book.

"It's written, the teacher asked us to preview the text every day, and I'll preview the new lesson tomorrow." The daughter is well-behaved and hardworking at a young age.

"Old Taishan, mother-in-law, then I'll go back." Zhao Zimeng got up and said goodbye to his parents-in-law.

"Xiaolan, you send it all at once." Old Taishan Road.

Walking to the door, Zhao Zimeng hugged his daughter Weiwei affectionately.

Although his daughter does not lack love, as a father, he always owes his child a belly, but fortunately, his daughter is sensible, and like her mother, she knows that she is distressed, and Zhao Zimeng's heart feels very gratified.

Xu Xiaolan sent Zhao Zimeng downstairs, and the two stood by the flower bed and looked at each other affectionately.

Although the husband and wife are not in a long-distance relationship, due to the special nature of the husband's work, there has always been a time difference in their lives, often Xu Xiaolan and the child are already asleep, and Zhao Zimeng is still running the scene on the field, and the family really has very little time together.

It is for this reason that the two are still unexpectedly in the "sweet period of love", and Xu Xiaolan still retains the "freshness" of her husband, but this can be regarded as an additional side effect of getting together less and leaving more.

Xu Xiaolan wanted to hug her husband, she really wanted to feel Zhao Zimeng's wide and warm embrace, but this was in the army's family area, and she had to restrain herself.

Just when she hesitated, Zhao Zimeng took her into his arms and gently stroked his wife's hair.

"Thank you for your hard work, Xiaolan." Zhao Zimeng said affectionately.

"Zimeng, be careful for people to see." Xu Xiaolan was a little embarrassed and broke away from Zhao Zimeng's arms.

"If you see it, you see it, the old husband and wife, what are you afraid of." Zhao Zimeng looked at his wife with a smile.

Lao Taishan asked Xu Xiaolan to send Zhao Zimeng downstairs just to let the two of them talk together.

Before marrying Zhao Zimeng, Xu Xiaolan was mentally prepared, back then, her father was very supportive of her and Zhao Zimeng's relationship, thinking that this young man was very good.

But her father specially reminded and warned her that if she decided to enter the palace of marriage with Zhao Zimeng, she would have to accept the characteristics of his profession and the life of less and more after marriage - this is also the only clear statement of her father, Comrade Xu, on the issue of Xu Xiaolan's love.

His father's attitude is supported by practical content: Lao Xu has an old comrade-in-arms who is the minister of the People's Armed Forces Department of Hefeng County, and he has learned something about Zhao Zimeng through this old comrade-in-arms, and the old comrade-in-arms told him that Zhao Zimeng is a good guy who is one in a million.

Because of the words of his old comrades-in-arms, Xu Xiaolan's father agreed that Xiaolan would take Zhao Zimeng home.

The first time the "preparatory son-in-law" came to the door, Lao Xu recognized Zhao Zimeng.

Sister Xiaojing also thinks that this "brother-in-law" is very standard, and she jokingly said that if her sister doesn't have a relationship with Zhao Zimeng, she will have a relationship with Zhao Zimeng.

However, Xu Xiaolan's mother privately complained about Zhao Zimeng, feeling that although the young man was excellent, his work was really dangerous, she was worried about her daughter and opposed her daughter's relationship with him.

Later, after the in-depth and meticulous ideological work of the father and daughter, the mother finally stopped insisting, but she gave her daughter a sentence: "You will have to suffer in the future." ”

As for the evaluation of Zhao Zimeng, Lao Xu didn't say much, in fact, Lao Xu's evaluation and attitude towards Zhao Zimeng were all contained in his reminders and admonitions to his daughter.

Xu Xiaolan's decision to marry Zhao Zimeng was mainly influenced by her father - to be honest, without her father's strong support, she might miss out on this man in this life.

Xu Xiaolan is not an unassertive girl, she finally accepted Zhao Zimeng and decided to spend this life with him, but also experienced some twists and turns in understanding: she was born in a military family, and her husband should be a masculine and talkative person.

The first time the two met was in a café in western Beijing, when Zhao Zimeng was wearing a dark blue jacket and a pair of brown cowhide shoes on his feet.

Our "Zhao Shuli" was also considered an outstanding talent in the criminal investigation field at that time, but at that time, this man was still emotionally "stunned".

Xu Xiaolan silently observed the man in front of him, tall, handsome, with a little dark skin, and well-dressed.

At that time, Zhao Zimeng was a little restrained, and during the whole dating process, he didn't say much, and it was always a mode of female questions and male answers, and there didn't seem to be any meaning of "playing on the spot".

Xu Xiaolan is an atmospheric girl, she doesn't particularly mind this situation, and she is a little funny in her heart, "It's really a stuffy gourd", she thinks it may be because she is relatively unfamiliar when she meets for the first time.

The second time they met was in Zhao Zimeng's county, when she went to visit Qiao Huan, a classmate and best friend who was a teacher in Hefeng County, and it was this Qiao Huan who introduced Zhao Zimeng to Xu Xiaolan.

These two little sisters have been very good since their college days, and they have nothing to say, and although they are not together now, they will visit each other whenever they are free. Qiao Huan and Xu Xiaolan said that if she hadn't gotten married, she would definitely pursue Zhao Zimeng, such an excellent man would be difficult to find with a lantern.

Qiao Huan's words still played a little role in Xu Xiaolan, but she is also a girl who can think independently.

She still has some good feelings for Zhao Zimeng, so she took the opportunity to find Qiao Huan and wanted to see this "excellent man" in her best friend's mouth again.

During the relationship, both men and women are masters of disguise plus some desire to perform, and Zhao Zimeng's performance when they met for the first time still made Xu Xiaolan have a lot of curiosity. That day, accompanied by Qiao Huan, she went to the county public security bureau to find Zhao Zimeng.

At that time, Zhao Zimeng was very famous in the public security system of Hefeng County, and in just one year, Zhao Zimeng and his team solved two major cases that caused a sensation in the whole province, and the municipal bureau and even the provincial bureau had to pay attention to this small place.

Xu Xiaolan still has a high vision of personal issues, and it is difficult for ordinary men to enter her eyes.

Qiao Huan felt that Zhao Zimeng was very suitable for Xu Xiaolan, so he tried to match the two of them.

In fact, Xu Xiaolan had also dated several people before this, including those who took the initiative to pursue her and those introduced by others, one of whom was also introduced by Qiao Huan, but almost all of them died without a problem, among which there are many mature men with successful careers, romantic love masters and knowledgeable professors.

Zhao Zimeng was the second object introduced to her by Qiao Huan.

That day, when the two of them arrived at the county public security bureau, Zhao Zimeng and his teammates were at the scene of the crime, and the old man at the door said that the criminal investigation team might have gone out to work and asked the two of them to wait.

When night fell, Zhao Zimeng came back, he was pushing a bicycle, his police uniform was on the head of the bicycle, the sleeves of his shirt were not buttoned, his head was steaming, and his face was tired.

Probably hungry or thinking about something, his head drooped, his eyes were fixed on the ground, and he didn't notice Xu Xiaolan and Qiao Huan in the communication room at all.

Qiao Huan was angry and just wanted to walk out of the communication room to stop Zhao Zimeng, Xu Xiaolan stopped her, looking at the man in front of her, with an unadorned tired real appearance, which was very different from the appearance of the first meeting, but there was a little admiration and love in her heart.

She was afraid that Zhao Zimeng would be embarrassed, so she pressed Qiao Huan, who was angry on the side, and motioned for her not to make a sound, and the two sat silently in the communication room, until Zhao Zimeng's figure disappeared into the courtyard of the Public Security Bureau, and the two of them left here in a hurry.

Later, Xu Xiaolan learned from Qiao Huan that that evening, Zhao Zimeng and his teammates went out on duty, and after investigating the crime scene, they stayed behind to do some investigations.

On the way back to the bureau, the chain of the bicycle broke, and he could only push the car back for more than 20 miles, and when he returned to the bureau, he was already exhausted.

Xu Xiaolan, who has always been arrogant, has always been a little "cold" emotionally, and no man has ever been able to really enter her heart.

Zhao Zimeng cannot be regarded as a "successful person" in terms of career or emotional intelligence, he is just a public security officer in a small county, but such a man has hindered Xu Xiaolan's footsteps, making her consciously and voluntarily stop for him.

Xu Xiaolan herself couldn't figure out when Zhao Zimeng was stationed in her heart, but she suddenly wanted to take care of this man for the rest of her life.

The two have been dating for more than half a year, Xu Xiaolan took Zhao Zimeng home twice, to put it bluntly, Xu Xiaolan's parents have only met Zhao Zimeng twice.

The reason why her mother is not optimistic about Zhao Zimeng is that her work is hard and dangerous, and her work unit is in a small county, so she has no opinion on Zhao Zimeng's character.

Xu Xiaolan's father is very supportive of his daughter and Zhao Zimeng together, Xu Xiaolan's earlier boyfriends were very attentive to her, and during the relationship, the old comrade Xu of the military style told his daughter not to accept any gifts from the other party until the relationship was determined.

Those boyfriends were eager to establish a relationship, hoping to meet Xu Xiaolan's parents, but Lao Xu never nodded.

The strange thing is that Comrade Xu not only agreed to Zhao Zimeng to come to the house, but also accepted the gift brought by Zhao Zimeng very happily.

His father has been in the army for decades, half his life, he has rich experience, and he can be said to have read countless people, Xu Xiaolan believes in his father's judgment.