Summer turns to cold, and time flies like a wild horse off the leash.

A year later, Ma Yuannan graduated from university and found a job in a state-owned enterprise in the city. After another two years, Gu Qingye graduated from university and worked as a clerk in a bank in the city.

Danfeng City is a provincial capital, also known as Dancheng, which can be regarded as a big city! It has a population of several million. Although Ma Yuannan's family and Gu Qing's family live in the same city, they are not in the same district and are far apart, so the two families usually do not have many opportunities to socialize. Only during the New Year's holidays, the two families must get together for a meal and catch up on the old days. Like the Spring Festival Gala, this has become a traditional program for the two families and has continued.

In the Spring Festival of 1997, on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, the two families got together for New Year's dinner again.

As in previous years, the two families are still eight people together, a family of four.

By the way, Ma Yuannan has a younger sister named Ma Li, 24 years old, who went to college in Guangzhou and went to graduate school soon. Gu Qing also has a younger sister, named Gu Miaoer, who has graduated from college for a year and works as an art teacher at Peiying Primary School in Nancheng District, this city.

Different from previous years, this Spring Festival dinner, the parents of the two families talked about their children's lifelong events. So far, none of the four and a half children in front of him have revealed to their parents the news of finding a partner to fall in love and get married, and finally the four old people have been unable to hold their breath.

During the banquet, Ma Yuannan's father pointed to the four children and said, "Tell me, who has a partner now?"

The four children were silent.

"Your father was a soldier, and a soldier who fought in war. Why do I emphasize this, I just want to tell you that as your parents, we are very open-minded, very open-minded! Ma Yuannan's father faced Gu Qing's father.

"That's right!" Gu Qing's father nodded, we will not interfere in the marriage of our children.

"But you can't help but look for it!" Ma Yuannan's father spread his hands to express his dissatisfaction.

Gu Miao'er smiled and said, "Uncle Ma, do you want to introduce us to someone? Great! I just want to find a civil servant." Uncle Ma is the director, introduce me to a young man from your bureau! I want a taller ......" She raised her hand and was about to gesture, but was pulled down by her mother beside her. Said that she was still young and not in a hurry.

Ma Li immediately declared: "I'm still studying, and I'm not in a hurry." ”

Ma Li's mother said, "Talk about your brother and sister today. She took the opportunity to ask her son: "What is the situation with you?" She said "you", and the words contained Gu Qing's meaning, and after speaking, she glanced at Gu Qing, and Gu Qing immediately lowered her head.

It turned out that Ma Yuannan's parents and Gu Qing's parents had an agreement a long time ago that the two families would become in-laws. They have talked privately to their children, but there has been no response.

Ma Yuannan looked at Gu Qing and said hesitantly: "I, I'm still working hard! His words contained expectations for Gu Qing.

Ma Yuannan's father was a little skeptical, "What? You haven't talked about it yet?"

Gu Qing looked around.

"What's going on?Xiaoqing?" asked Gu Qing's father.

Gu Qingyan couldn't help it, "This-that's the case, we're not old yet, let's do a good job first." ”

Ma Yuannan's father pinched his fingers and calculated: "Ma Yuannan, you will be 28 years old after the New Year, how long do you want to wait? When do you want us to wait? Is it so complicated to fall in love and get married? Is it more complicated than fighting? You are the descendant of a soldier, you have to have a bit of a military style, simply! Be decisive!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" As soon as he mentioned the troops and the war, Gu Qing's father also came to the heart: "What is the style of a soldier? Let me tell you, it is called a vigorous and resolute person, who moves forward bravely, and of course has a firm will." He kept waving his hand as he had done with the soldiers in the past, "On the battlefield, there is no room for indecision, let alone procrastination." Many fighter planes are often in an instant, and once they are delayed, the consequences will be unimaginable. Once, we went to attack a mountain......

"Dad, Dad, Dad-" Gu Miao'er couldn't sit still, stood up with a glass of wine, and interrupted her father's words. "Fighting a war and falling in love are two different things that can't be related to each other anyway, so don't compare them blindly. You rest for a while, and your daughter toasts you with a glass of wine. She turned to Uncle Ma again, "And Uncle Ma, I respect your heroes on the battlefield back then, do it!" After speaking, she tilted her neck and poured a small glass of white wine into her mouth.