EBE Chapter 447: Children's Affairs, Parents' Hearts
Chapter 447: Children's Affairs, Parents' Hearts
At the end of October 74, Chen Zhan Ning retired and returned to Jiangcheng.
Because no one from above promoted him and because of the influence of Xu Man's identity, he was stuck in the position of company commander.
He thought the army was a pure land where everything was decided by military merit, but he didn't expect it also depended on connections and background.
Some people who did not have as much military achievements as him had already become battalion commanders or regiment commanders just because of their good family background or someone's protection.
He was the only one who had been in the position of company commander for several years but had not been promoted. No matter how much merit he made, there were always people who used Xu Man's identity to attack him.
Chen Zhan Ning felt that it was boring to stay in the army, so he applied for demobilization.
With no success in his career, he hopes to spend the rest of his time with his family and live an ordinary life...
Chen Zhan Ning was a company commander. After transferring to the local area, he could only start as a clerk.
Although Wang Chengnan is the deputy director of the garrison logistics department, this position does not have much power. Some of his former comrades and leaders have retired, and some were framed and sent to the countryside in recent years. He is currently unable to help Chen Zhan Ning.
Chen Zhan Ning also didn't want to trouble Wang Cheng Nan. His father had done enough for the family. He didn't want to trouble his father because of his personal affairs. He wanted to make a career with his own efforts...
The organization assigned Chen Zhan Ning to the Transportation Bureau as a grassroots staff member. He accepted the job calmly and specially bought some wine and food to go home and celebrate with his family.
Xu Man felt very guilty about what happened to Chen Zhan Ning. If it weren't for her, her son would have had a bright future.
Seeing his mother frowning while picking vegetables, Chen Zhan Ning jokingly asked, "Mom, do you dislike me eating at home? I can pay for the food."
Xu Man: "...so frivolous! Take these vegetables and wash them."
Chen Zhanning: “Okay!”
Seeing Wang Chengnan happily busy stewing soup in the kitchen, Xu Man asked Chen Zhanning in a low voice: "Do you blame me?"
Chen Zhan Ning knew that Xu Man had always felt guilty, so he comforted her, "Don't blame me! I'm very lucky to have a mother like you. Without you, I wouldn't have a correct mentality, live as an ordinary person, learn many skills to be self-reliant, and wouldn't have achieved what I have today."
Xu Man: "But I have implicated you after all. Otherwise, you could have lived a better life."
Chen Zhan Ning: "No, don't think too much! I am very satisfied with my current life. During the years when I was in the army, I often had to go on missions and I couldn't fulfill my filial duties.
Now that I'm back, I can often be with you, dad, and grandma, and I also have a stable job. I think this kind of life is good and very stable."
Xue Wanyi finished steaming the rice and was about to stir-fry the vegetables. After hearing what Chen Zhan Ning said, she asked with a smile, "You are not young anymore. When will you bring a partner back?"
Chen Zhan Ning: "There's no rush. I want to find someone who shares my mind and I don't want to live my life in a mediocre way. Please don't introduce anyone to me casually."
The situation at home is rather special. A better girl will not marry into the family. A girl with poor conditions will definitely not be looked down upon by the grandsons, and if she does marry into the family, there will be a lot of gossip.
Xue Wanyi didn't want to bring trouble to her family, which had finally settled down, so she agreed to Chen Zhan Ning's request and promised not to arrange a matchmaking for him.
Xu Man’s idea was the same as Xue Wanyi’s. They absolutely could not accept a girl who disliked their family, otherwise there would be unrest in their family.
Xu Man also hopes that Chen Zhan Ning can find someone he likes, and not get married just for the sake of getting married, so as to avoid an unhappy marriage like her first half of life...
After quickly familiarizing himself with the work content and new interpersonal relationships, Chen Zhan Ning wanted to use his rest time to visit his old friends.
Chen Zhan Ning counted them carefully and found that apart from his relatives, only Zhou Jiaguang and Zhou Qingping could be confided in. The others were just casual acquaintances and could not and dared not reveal their true feelings.
Chen Zhan Ning hadn't been back to Jiangcheng for more than ten years. He didn't know how Zhou Jiaguang and the others were doing, so he asked Xu Man.
Xu Man didn't want to get Wang Chengnan involved in trouble, nor did she want her identity to cause trouble to others. She seldom went out of the army and only occasionally wrote a letter to Zhou Rong to tell him about her life in the army.
Most of Zhou Rong's reply was about his own life experiences, and he rarely mentioned his children and family's work.
Xu Man: "I don't know about Qi Guang and the others. You ate a lot at your aunt Rong's house when you were a kid. Now that you're back, bring some gifts and visit them. Don't be impolite."
Chen Zhanning: "I know, I'll go this weekend."
Nini was very happy to see Chen Zhan Ning and asked him about things in the army and Chen Xiaowei's recent situation.
Chen Zhan Ning only talked about some interesting things that happened in the army and didn't mention anything else.
"Xiao Wei got married a few years ago. She married a battalion commander in their unit and gave birth to a daughter who is almost two years old. Her husband often has to go on missions, and their unit is far from home, so it is not convenient for them to come back. I wrote to her to see if she can come back for the New Year this year."
Nini: "We haven't seen each other for many years. I don't know if she will recognize me when she comes back."
Chen Zhan Ning looked at Nini, whose facial features were delicate and only slightly similar to those of her childhood, and smiled, "I guess I won't be able to recognize you. Girls change a lot when they grow up. You are very different from when you were a child."
Nini: "What's different? Have you become uglier?"
Chen Zhan Ning: "...How could it be! You are getting more and more beautiful. There is no girl prettier than you in Chang'an."
Nini was praised and happily went to prepare lunch.
Chen Zhan Ning couldn't just sit there and do nothing, so he went to help and told some funny stories to make Nini happy.
Zhou Rong watched the interaction between the two and always felt that they were too intimate.
When Chen Zhan Ning came home after dinner, Zhou Rong asked Nini tentatively: "Zhan Ning is already 28 years old, do you have a partner?"
Nini: "Do you want to be a matchmaker for him?"
Zhou Rong: "Well, I went to the municipal government for a meeting before and met a very nice female comrade. I wanted to introduce her to Zhan Ning."
Nini: "Brother Zhan Ning was here just now, why didn't you say anything?"
Zhou Rong: "I'm old now. I'll forget about it once you guys start joking around."
Nini: "Brother Zhan Ning works at the Transportation Bureau, so it's easy to find him. If mom likes that female comrade, we can find some time to tell him about it and then arrange for them to meet."
Zhou Rong had been observing Nini, and seeing that her eyes were still clear, he thought that he was worrying too much, and this child still hadn't figured it out!
Now, people come to Zhou Rong every day to propose marriage to Nini. She never considers those whose conditions are too poor. She will never do "long-term poverty alleviation" because it is too easy to breed ungrateful people.
Some of them came from well-off families, and were a good match for her own family, but the family members were complicated, and the minds of the mother-in-law, sisters-in-law, and aunts were all more cunning than her daughter's.
Zhou Rong was really worried about Nini marrying into a family like that. By then, she would be eaten alive and nothing would be left. Her daughter probably wouldn't even know who her enemy was.
Parents care about their children.
Zhou Rong was not so anxious even at work, but now he was so worried about Nini's marriage that his nerves became tense at the slightest sign of trouble.
I was afraid that not finding the right husband for Nini would ruin her life...