"So what if I know? In the end, he is just a stinking soldier. Even if he could make it as an officer, would he be able to provide for you? Look at what you have been eating and using. Which of it could he afford in the future?"
As a mother, she just hoped that her daughter could marry well. As a father, he wouldn't want her daughter to have a drop in living standards after getting married. "This brat isn't reliable. You might like him now and I understand that getting into relationship is the freedom of young people. Therefore, I won't interfere. However, you still have a long future. As your father, I have the responsibility to tell you that you should keep an open mind and not be disillusioned by what you like for the moment. There's a difference between like and love."
