"Auntie, I have been working hard in the countryside all these years because I want to see the light of day, so that our grandfather and grandson can be reunited one day."
"My grandfather is gone and I can't go to the Workers', Peasants and Soldiers' University. I have nothing to hope for."
"I seemed to have fallen into a swamp. The more I struggled, the more I sank. When I felt like I was about to be buried alive, it was you and Orchid who pulled me out of the mire."
Zhou Changqing finished recounting this experience in a sad voice, with moist eyes: "Auntie, I feel the warmth of family in you, and I want to become a family with you."
Zhou Changqing bowed sincerely to Bai Su: "Auntie, I want to protect Lanhua. If you don't dislike my status, I plan to pursue Lanhua and officially have a relationship with her."
Bai Su has long been optimistic about Zhou Changqing. He is a good candidate for his second son-in-law.
She and He Yan had actually been trying to bring Lan Hua and Zhou Changqing together.
Nai He knows that Zhou Changqing has a knot in his heart and cannot easily break through this layer of window paper.
Now that Zhou Changqing confessed his life experience and offered to be with Lan Hua, Bai Su felt that he had found a good match for Lan Hua.
I heard Zhou Changqing say that Lanhua was just a false alarm and that Sun Mingyuan didn't really do anything to her.
Bai Su breathed a sigh of relief: "Chang Qing, you are a child who values affection and justice. Under such circumstances, you should go to the farm to see your grandfather off for the last time."
"I've always seen your character in my eyes. Your quality doesn't matter. As a mother, I am willing to let you have a relationship with Lanhua. I also want you to become a family with us."
After confessing everything and finally gaining the approval of his future mother-in-law, Zhou Changqing felt a stone fall in his heart.
He Yan actually wanted to be brother-in-law with Zhou Changqing. When her mother was ill, Zhou Changqing took the risk and secretly treated her mother.
He is a grateful person and recognizes Zhou Changqing's character and even more so his brother.
But all this really came to light, Zhou Changqing was about to have a relationship with his sister-in-law, and He Yan felt that someone was trying to compete with him for favor in front of his mother-in-law.
He said sourly: "Being a son-in-law is a matter of first come, first served. As the eldest son-in-law, I have a different status in my mother's heart."
Zhou Changqing heard from Li Xiangyang that Fatty Yuan was so close to He Yan, but He Yan was still guarding him like a thief, for fear that he would flirt with his sister-in-law.
He was also afraid that He Yan would disapprove of his relationship with Lan Hua.
He Yan's focus is on who is more important in front of his mother-in-law?
Zhou Changqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You are the eldest brother. I remember that you are the most important in my mother's heart."
"Okay, that's pretty much it."
He Yan nodded: "Then I reluctantly agree that you and my sister-in-law are dating."
"How about you kneel down and thank me for being generous..."
Zhou Changqing joked, and He Yan rolled his eyes: "Huh, don't do this."
After listening to Zhou Changqing's detailed explanation of what happened at the brigade health center, Sun Mingyuan was transferred to the brigade headquarters. Party Secretary Zhou and the others were going to have a meeting to decide whether Sun Mingyuan should stay or go.
"The time when Liu Lezi harmed Lihua, Party Secretary Zhou said he was afraid that the advanced collective in the team would be lost, so he asked me not to report to the police for the sake of Lihua's reputation."
Bai Su snorted coldly: "My daughter was bullied. Zhou Dajiang didn't catch the criminals and enforce the discipline of the Peace Brigade. He only wanted to make the victims endure hardships for the sake of the advanced collective of the Brigade. Are we orphans and widowed mothers really so easy to bully?"
"Mom, now that you have two sons-in-law, Zhou Changqing and me, you are an orphan and a widower. Don't talk nonsense."
He Yan's brain circuit has always been different from ordinary people's, tending to take advantage of others.
A flash of light flashed in his eyes, and he gave Bai Su an idea: "Then let Zhou Yan be bullied by others. I think if Zhou Yan is bullied, will Party Secretary Zhou want to let his daughter Zhou Yan do it for the sake of the advanced collective?"
Swallow the bitter water."
"What idea are you coming up with for my aunt? Others commit crimes and bully us, why can't we also commit crimes and bully us?"
Zhou Changqing was upright: "Auntie, if Party Secretary Zhou doesn't send Sun Mingyuan to report to the police, then let's go ourselves. We will also accuse Party Secretary Zhou of abusing power for personal gain. I still don't believe him, a brigade cadre, who doesn't serve the people and shields criminals.
There is no room for reasoning."
Bai Su actually likes He Yan's black and black tactics, which relieves his anger.
But they are now a big family, and there is no need to involve themselves in it.
Bai Su couldn't look down on Zhou Dajiang, and felt that his son Zhou Hongbo also looked polite, but was actually full of bad intentions.
Zhou Hongbo still wanted to get involved in her affairs with the Lu family.
"The father and son are quite annoying."
Bai Su sneered: "If Zhou Dajiang dares to protect Sun Mingyuan this time, then he might as well change the Party Secretary of the Peace Brigade."
Lan Hua was frightened, so Bai Su stayed with her all night. Listening to the chirping of cicadas outside the house, Lan Hua fanned Bai Su with a cattail leaf fan.
"Mom, do you think it's strange? Sun Mingyuan wants to bully me. I'm quite scared."
Lying on the bamboo mat in the room, Lan Hua fanned Bai Su again: "Didn't Aunt Yuqiu, our team member, just happen to be bullied and then marry Uncle Guilai who bullied her?"
"Knowing that I have my mother to support me, I am still afraid of being bullied by Sun Mingyuan and being criticized by people on the team, which will eventually force me to marry Sun Mingyuan."
"Zhou Changqing said it was not my fault. It makes no sense for me to be the victim. For the sake of my reputation, I have to humiliate myself and forgive the one who hurt me."
"I actually know that he said he wanted to have a relationship with me and marry me because he was afraid that I would be wronged and that I would bow my head and let the person who hurt me go."
Lan Hua shook her fan in confusion: "Mom, do you think Zhou Changqing is stupid? He is really stupid, and he is a nice person."
It was obviously her time to comfort Lanhua, but Lanhua fanned for her all night.
Thinking that Lan Hua had a cold temperament in the past and didn't talk to her very much, but now she loved to stick to her, talk to her about her concerns, and was willing to tell her anything, Bai Su felt mixed emotions.
She is a very competent mother, so competent that she even deceives herself.
Only in the dead of night can she remember that there is another soul living in this body, and that only the body is the mother of Lanhua and the others.
Zhou Changqing is not stupid, he is indeed a very good person.
The reason why Bai Su likes Zhou Changqing is not only because of Zhou Changqing's gentle temperament and handsome appearance, but also because Zhou Changqing is a person who values love and justice, knows right from wrong, and is upright.
What she admires most about Zhou Changqing is that he uses his own way to encourage Lanhua not to swallow the bitter pill just for the so-called fame.
He supports Lanhua to let the perpetrators be punished and get the end they deserve.
"Zhou Changqing is very good."
Bai Su took out the fan held in Lanhua's hand and shook it for her a few times: "Lanhua, I'm very happy that you have found someone worthy of your trust..."