Even though it had been left for a day and a night, it still tasted fresh. Gu Qingqing simply added a little salt, water and shredded ginger and cooked it directly, without adding anything else.
After eating two clams, Zhao Ze relaxed.
Nothing much, quite delicious.
Gu Qingqing was chatting with Xu Nian and mentioned that the children on the island had no books to read. Xu Nian thought of the baby in her belly. If nothing unexpected happened, the child would also grow up on the island.
She gently touched her belly and whispered, "Qingqing, have you ever thought about opening a school on the island?"
"Huh?" Gu Qingqing was stunned. She had never thought about this.
"This island is so remote and desolate. Let's not talk about whether there are teachers willing to come here. The political review will take some time." Zhao Ze continued, "You also know that a military dock and military base are going to be built here. How can we let unidentified people in casually, especially intellectuals like this? It will take at least two months to find out where they bought vegetables yesterday from their ancestry."
Gu Qingqing glanced at the man opposite her, and Chu Dai nodded slightly.
She poked the fish in the bowl with chopsticks and felt a little headache.
"I don't think I can do it. I've never been a teacher before, so I don't know how to teach."
"Let's give it a try." Xu Nian whispered, "It seems that few of the wives of the soldiers who followed the army have ever been educated. There are many children on the island, and it's not a good idea for them to play by the sea all day."
She has begun to consider her children from a mother's perspective. Qingqing has graduated from high school, so it is not a problem for her to teach this group of children.
She also hopes that her children can go to school when they grow up.
"Brother." Gu Qingqing subconsciously looked at Chu Dai, seeking the man's opinion.
Chu Dai chuckled and said, "It depends on what you want. If you want to teach me, just report to your superiors. If you don't want to, that's fine. Just wait for them to send someone over." There are quite a few civilians in the army, so we can just transfer a few from the southern military region. It is not necessary to find teachers outside.
It would be best if she was willing, of course. Civil servants all have their own tasks, and transfer is a hassle. Moreover, stationing on the island is a matter of willingness first and orders later.
Those who come to the island sign up on their own initiative; there is no forced transfer.
"Let me think about it." Gu Qingqing responded absentmindedly.
After finishing the whole bowl of seafood, Zhao Ze stood up and used chopsticks to sweep the shells into the bowl, then took a rag to wipe the table. Xu Nian didn't need to clean up the lunch box and chopsticks, looking like a good family man.
The couple attached great importance to this hard-earned baby. Zhao Ze did not dare to let Xu Nian do anything and just wanted her to rest assured and take care of the baby.
Gu Qingqing and Chu Dai returned to their own yard. Chu Dai went to wash the lunch box, and she sat on the edge of the bed in a daze.
When Chu Dai came in, he saw her in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking.
He wanted to sit next to her, but after looking at the dirt on himself, he pulled out a chair, sat down in front of the bed, and called out, "Wife."
Gu Qingqing looked at him blankly.
The man raised his hand and rubbed her head. "Do you want to be a teacher?"
Gu Qingqing was a little distressed, rubbing her head against the man's big hand, "I don't know, I'm afraid I can't do it, but when I see my nephews have no books to read, I feel upset and want to help them."
Chu Dai understood, "Then give it a try. I'll report to the higher-ups tomorrow. It'll be a two-week trial. If it doesn't work, forget it. I'll take care of all the consequences."
The woman stared at him blankly for a long time, then suddenly stood up and threw herself into his arms. The man's back was against the chair, and she was in front of him.
Chu Dai patted her back gently with his fair palm and pulled her to sit in his arms. "I'm dirty, silly wife." The man seemed to sigh and laugh.
"I don't care, I just want to hug you." Gu Qingqing hugged his neck and refused to let go. She sat on his lap, rubbing her head against his neck, and said in a muffled voice, "Why are you so nice, brother?"
"You just discovered it." Chu Dai kissed the tip of her hair, "Is your brother safe to leave you to me?"
"Yeah, you're right." Gu Qingqing agreed.
the next day.
Chu Dai told the camp instructor Jiang Sheng about this, and Jiang Sheng said without hesitation: "I agree to your application. Let your sister-in-law set up the school as soon as possible. She can use whichever house she likes. What we have the most on the island is empty houses."
He has been worried about this issue these past two days. The children on the island run around everywhere during the day, and the adults at home don't care. His three naughty kids still had books to study when they were in the southern military region, but now they are completely free to let their nature run wild.
I play like crazy every day.
The bad boy in Zhang Jianshe's family became the leader of the children. He would take dozens of little kids out to run around every day. He would disappear at dawn and come back in the dark at night.
The wives of soldiers who accompany the troops don't care, and they can't control it. What he hears most these days is that wives of soldiers come to look for their children, and the first thing they say is: "Commander, my child hasn't come back for dinner yet. You have to help send someone to look for him. This island is too big. If they hide in the back mountain, no one can find them."
Jiang Sheng was really afraid that something might happen, and was worrying about how to control these kids. Just then, Chu Dai handed him a pillow just as he dozed off.
Chu Dai didn't expect him to agree so quickly, and was a little surprised: "Don't you need to report to the higher-ups?"
"Just send a telegram later," Jiang Sheng put down the enamel cup, "It's settled. The school will be opened tomorrow. You can tell your sister-in-law later. I'll apply to the higher authorities to give her a clerical position, and she can also get some allowance."
Seeing that the man didn't say anything, Jiang Sheng became anxious, "I know you are the son of a big leader, and your family doesn't lack these three melons and two dates, but now our children stationed in the navy really need a teacher."
Chu Dai had a headache. "No, let's not talk about the allowance for now. If you compile it for Qingqing, won't others say that it's the daughter-in-law of the military commander who got married through the back door? Aren't you afraid that others will poke your spine?"
Jiang Sheng was also from the Southern Military Region, so he naturally knew the relationship between Chu Dai and the military region commander. He said nonchalantly, "It's just that this level of relationship makes me feel more at ease. As the daughter-in-law of a big leader, I don't need to check her family background, and I don't have to worry about spies leaking military secrets on the island. I think it's good. If anyone wants to poke my spine, let him do it. I don't believe there is anyone who doesn't want their children to study."
I didn't expect his tone to be so urgent. Chu Dai thought of his three sons. He was silent for a moment and said with a gloating tone: "It's not peaceful at home recently, right?"
Jiang Sheng waved his hands, obviously not wanting to say more.
The youngest is still drinking milk, the oldest has reached the age where chickens and dogs hate him, and the second one is also very active and follows the boy from the Zhang family every day.
He was busy every day, waiting for the construction of the hidden warehouse for anti-atomic speedboats, as well as the missile storage depot and missile loading and unloading depot. He was exhausted and had no time to take care of other major projects.
The illiterate woman in the family believed that raising children in the countryside was enough and only cared about making sure the children had enough food to eat.
"You should give birth to fewer sons in the future." Jiang Sheng sighed and scratched his head in worry: "They are all enemies."
Chu Dai didn't take it seriously at first until he uttered this dirty word.
Since she can make a camp instructor swear, it seems that she is really not good at giving birth to a son.
Chu Dai thought for a moment and said, "I'll go back and talk to Qingqing. Let me tell you in advance, let's try it for two weeks. If it doesn't work, forget it." He was also afraid that his wife would not be able to handle this group of troublemakers and it would be too annoying.
"Okay, okay." Jiang Sheng sat back in his chair and handed him a red-headed document. "Let's talk about this when you get home tonight. Take a look at this first."
Gu Qingqing went to the cafeteria alone to eat at noon, took a nap and then started to tend to the vegetable garden in the backyard. She said hello to Mr. Zhu in the cafeteria, and asked him to leave the sewage and rice washing water for her as fertilizer.
The vegetable seeds have been sown, and whether they can grow depends on fate. If she really becomes a teacher, she will not have the time to tend the vegetable fields.
In the evening, Chu Dai came back and told her what Jiang Sheng had said, and took the enamel cup beside him to moisten his throat: "Instructor Jiang wants you to open the school as soon as possible, preferably tomorrow. You go and pick a house to be used as a classroom, and we will move the tables, chairs and benches."
"So urgent?" Gu Qingqing had no appetite at all and poured the remaining food into the man's bowl: "There are no textbooks."
"Let's start with the simple pinyin words. I think he wants you to restrain these kids." Chu Dai ate the rest of her meal and said slowly, "Instructor Jiang will find a way to get the teaching materials. The supply ship will bring them over in ten days or so."
As long as these guys don't make his wife cry, he thinks this is a good thing. Not only does it help the army solve a problem, but it also gives her something to do.
Chu Dai knew that she was a person who could not sit still.
But once she becomes a teacher, both husband and wife might be very busy, and the matter of having children would have to be put on hold.
That was the deal. Gu Qingqing tossed and turned at night and couldn't fall asleep. It was Chu Dai who held her in his arms, patted her back gently, and whispered to her to soothe her to sleep.
Gu Qingqing was still thinking about this matter. When she woke up the next day, she saw that her man had gone out on a mission. She ate the meal on the table, sent the lunch box to the cafeteria, and then wandered around the North District.
Gu Qingqing actually saw the blue coarse cloth clothes that Zhang Ta was wearing in the yard three houses ahead of her house. She counted them through the fence and saw two patches on the shoulders and two patches on the waist. That's right.
The pants hanging next to them also had two patches on the buttocks, so now they matched.
She didn't rush to call Zhang Ta out, as he was probably not at home at this time.
After walking around two more times, I found that the yard in the front was vacant. The location was also good, in the middle of the fourth district, which was convenient for the children to go to and from school.
She went directly to the camp, waited for the sentry to report, and then met Jiang Sheng.
"Instructor, I have chosen the classroom. It's the front one in the north area." She said straightforwardly.
Jiang Sheng was overjoyed. "Okay, wait a moment, sister-in-law. I'll ask some soldiers to help you move the table."
Everyone else went to the hidden warehouse. Jiang Sheng selected soldiers stationed in ten camps and led the team to the North District personally.
Seeing this large group of officers and soldiers heading towards the family area, a curious sister-in-law asked, "Commander Jiang, what are you doing?" Battalion Commander Chu's wife also followed them.
"That's great!" Jiang Sheng laughed heartily: "We are going to open a school on our island."
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