"Comrade Fu, how am I supposed to report this to the leadership?"
Although the words were addressed to Fu Wan, Xu Zhiqiang's resentful gaze was clearly directed at Qin Anning.
Seeing this, Fu Ming, who was walking over to get food, quickly stepped in front of the two girls.
"Report as you normally would. You're a strange comrade, why do you keep staring at those female comrades?!"
After saying that, Fu Ming stared directly at Xu Zhiqiang, completely ignoring his increasingly ugly expression.
"It's just a table of food that no one wants to eat. We don't need to make any special arrangements. Just have the canteen distribute it to the comrades at the back."
Anyway, he was in the right, so what could Xu Zhiqiang do to him? Besides, he just couldn't stand this man making things difficult for the two young girls, and he even acted like he was doing it for their own good.
His dad is almost fifty and he doesn't even have this strong fatherly smell!
After saying this, Fu Ming ignored Xu Zhiqiang and went straight back to his seat with his food.
Bai Qianzhou also went to the window to buy some food to treat everyone. Fortunately, before he went out to eat today, he inexplicably grabbed a handful of money and tickets from the drawer and took them out.
See, it's come in handy now!
Normally, people would feel a bit awkward eating in an unfamiliar environment, but the arrival of Bai Qianzhou and Qin Anning made Fu Wan and Fu Ming forget about that.
Although the soldiers nearby didn't recognize the newcomers, they still glanced at them curiously before focusing on eating their food quickly and attentively. There was hardly any discussion in the mess hall.
"Awan, after we finish eating, I'll take you to see the primary school here. If all goes well, we can arrange for Lingling and Mingzhu to come and attend school after National Day."
Although she didn't know how Fu Wan got into the camp, she wasn't stupid. Xu Zhiqiang had led them in, which meant that Fu Wan and the others must have been allowed to enter.
Bai Qianzhou, however, was very perceptive and immediately guessed that it must have been his translation that had the effect.
"Did you find something down there?"
He asked the question in a cryptic way, and no one else could understand what he was saying.
Fu Wan nodded at him, "Yes, this matter has been reported, and there should be results in a few days."
Although Qin Anning didn't understand, she didn't deliberately ask. She quickly finished the food in her bowl, her gaze intentionally or unintentionally falling on Fu Ming.
Even though Fu Ming was slow to notice, after his eyes met Qin Anning's several times, he realized something was wrong.
Oh no, did I accidentally eat food all over my face?
This is incredibly embarrassing, even in the military mess hall!
Fu Ming stiffly groped his face, trying to find any remaining grains of rice. His comical appearance made Qin Anning burst out laughing.
Fu Wan was talking quietly with Bai Qianzhou when she heard Qin Anning's laughter and looked up, puzzled.
It turned out that Fu Ming's face was flushed, and even his neck was red.
She asked, somewhat puzzled, "Brother, what's wrong? Are you allergic to vegetables?"
Strange, she didn't recall Fu Ming ever having any allergies to anything.
Fu Ming lowered his head and stammered, "It's nothing, it's nothing. There are a lot of people here, and I'm a little hot."
Fu Wan certainly didn't believe this explanation, but seeing that the time was almost up, she quickly finished the food in her bowl.
After lunch, Bai Qianzhou had other matters to attend to, so he bid farewell to everyone and went back to work. Being a doctor is a profession that never allows for much rest, especially since many soldiers had been injured during the recent exercises and were waiting for his treatment.
Fu Wan followed Qin Anning to the elementary school near the cafeteria. It was nap time, and many children were taking a nap at their desks in the classroom.
Fu Wan looked at the simple school. Although it was somewhat rudimentary, it was small but complete in every way.
Not only were the chalk writings on the blackboard neat and beautiful, but there was also a playground and a sandpit for training drawn with lime outside the classroom.
What seems commonplace in modern schools was quite rare in the 1980s. After all, having access to education was a luxury in those days, let alone having open space to build a playground for children to exercise.
Seeing Fu Wan looking at the playground not far away, Qin Anning smiled and introduced it to her: "This was built by the comrades in the camp for the children. Even those parallel bars and horizontal bars were saved from their training ground."
“They once said, ‘No matter how poor we are, we can’t be poor in education; no matter how hard life is, we can’t let our children suffer.’ Ah Wan, I think that with this kind of environment, Mingzhu and Lingling will definitely be able to learn more.”
These words warmed Fu Wan's heart.
Who can argue with that? Although the soldiers in these camps have to fulfill their missions on various parts of China, aren't they also working hard to protect the next generation of China so that they can grow up healthily? It is precisely because of this passing on of the torch that China can become stronger and stronger.
Fu Wan wanted to send Fu Ling to study here not only because it was better than the village primary school, but also because it was heavily guarded, so Fu Ling would not be abducted again, or at least the possibility of that would be reduced.
"Okay, when I run into Leader Sun later, I'll ask him about the procedures for Lingling and the others to enroll in school."
Qin Anning nodded, "Okay, my cousin and I will keep an eye on things. If you don't have time to pick up the kids, they can stay with me."
Fu Wan was very grateful for these words, but she would definitely not easily leave the child with Qin Anning. After all, she also had her own career to attend to, especially since it involved researching something as important as torpedoes.
After visiting the school, Sun Shao-ping had some free time to talk to Fu Wan and the others.
"Comrade Xiao Fu, we've already made arrangements for the imperial seal, so you can rest assured. As for the salvage operation, I've contacted the fishery administration and the public security department. If all goes well, we'll set sail tomorrow."
I will contact your village chief and have someone pick you up at the dock.
Faced with such instructions, Fu Wan readily agreed. She then took the opportunity to bring up the matter of her daughter attending the local primary school, thinking that Sun Shao-ping was unaware of this and would need to consider it further.
To everyone's surprise, he immediately nodded in agreement: "Comrade Xiao Fu, you can rest assured that the child is studying here. You have helped us so much. I originally wanted to apply for a position for you, but you prefer working at sea."
"But it's alright, non-staff members are our good comrades too. I already knew about this, and I've already spoken to the school. You can just bring your child to register after National Day."
Fu Wan was overjoyed upon hearing this and immediately thanked him with a smile: "Thank you, Commander. If there's anything the camp can do for me in the future, just let me know. I've already done my best!"
"Alright, alright, then I certainly won't be polite!"
After the two finished speaking, Fu Wan and the others had to go back. Whether it was intentionally to let everyone get to know Fu Wan or not, Sun Shao Ping specially brought several people to escort Fu Wan and the others to the dock, and even gave instructions to the junior leader in charge of guarding them.
"Tell the other comrades to make sure they recognize Comrade Xiao Fu's boat. If they come any closer, remember to report to me as soon as possible!"
The junior leader quickly saluted and replied, "Yes, sir!"
Fu Wan smiled and nodded to the leaders, but she didn't see Xu Zhiqiang from before in the crowd.
It's hard to say whether it was because his profession wasn't good enough, or whether Sun Shao-ping knew what happened in the cafeteria.
After saying goodbye to Sun Shao-ping and the others, the Fu family members sailed their boat towards the village dock.
It was already past four in the afternoon, and with the ship still quite a distance from the dock, Fu Wan glanced at the pitifully small amount of goods received in the cold storage and suddenly had a brilliant idea.
"Dad, why don't we go out to sea and bring back some more seafood?"
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