After indulging in sensual pleasures, Li Huai gradually became less reckless.
He was able to stop at the right time, which made Zhao Qinglan feel much more relaxed, and she no longer had to sleep in late because of sex.
Otherwise, we can fool the children now that they are young, but how will we deal with their questions when they get older?
After Li Huai went to work, Zhao Qinglan washed two pieces of clothing and then took an unfinished shoe sole to go next door to find Wu Mei.
"Qinglan is here, please have a seat."
Wu Mei was knitting a sweater. She had saved up the yarn for a long time, thinking that she would finish it before the New Year and give it to her daughter as a new dress.
"Sister-in-law, do you have any extra junior high school textbooks at home?"
Wu Mei stopped what she was doing and asked in surprise, "Why are you looking for junior high school textbooks?"
If I actually find the textbooks and study them frequently, my neighbors will eventually find out.
Zhao Qinglan didn't bring up the college entrance exam, but simply said honestly, "Sister-in-law, I just feel that I'm wasting my free time, so I thought I'd look for junior high school textbooks to study and enrich myself."
"You really are a diligent learner," Wu Mei exclaimed sincerely. She said that if she looked at a textbook, she would get dizzy and her eyes would blur after only a minute.
Zhao Qinglan smiled shyly. "You're never too old to learn, and everything you learn is yours to keep."
"That's true. My eldest son still has his old junior high school textbooks. If you don't mind, I'll find them for you."
"I don't mind at all, sister-in-law, I really came to the right place." She originally planned to ask Wei Hong, but then she suddenly remembered that Wu Mei's family had a high school student and two junior high school students, who might have some spare textbooks. And she actually found them by asking.
Although Wu Mei herself is not very educated, people generally still respect knowledgeable people.
Conversely, they also cherish books.
Wu Mei also carefully collected all the textbooks that the children no longer used.
She was in charge of organizing everything in the house, so she knew exactly what she was doing. She put down her knitting needles, rummaged through the storage area for a while, and found her eldest son's old junior high school textbooks.
"Qinglan, there are still quite a few books for grades 7 through 9, do you want them all?"
"Sister-in-law, you don't need so many. I'll just take the first batch. I can get the rest from you when I need them later."
She doesn't have a suitable teacher to guide her, and she doesn't know how long it will take her to figure out just the first-year junior high textbooks.
"Okay, look here, there's still dust. Let me wipe it off for you." With that, Wu Mei went to find a dry rag.
When Zhao Qinglan returned with a stack of books, she first shocked the children in the room.
The older child said in despair, "Mom, do we really have to learn so much?"
Zhao Qinglan chuckled.
"What are you thinking? You've only grasped elementary school knowledge. These are junior high textbooks, which I'm reading. They have nothing to do with you for now."
Upon hearing that it wasn't something they wanted to learn, the three children breathed a sigh of relief in unison.
After bringing all the books back, Zhao Qinglan began rummaging through old newspapers at home to cover them with book covers.
As for the three children, since she didn't have time to teach them for the time being, she told them to do whatever they wanted.
The eldest child immediately led his younger siblings out to play.
At this time, Li Zhenhua also set off from the capital.
Even as her husband was leaving, Yu Huimin couldn't think of any way to stop him.
When her son was young, she did use him to achieve some nefarious goals, but now that he's grown up, if she suddenly says he's not feeling well, her husband won't stop going on business trips because of it.
Yu Huimin still doesn't know the current situation of Li Huai's family, and she has complained about the informant countless times.
As soon as Da Wa and his group went out, they were spotted by someone with ulterior motives.
The woman who had spoken a few words with the two brothers deliberately came up to the eldest brother.
"Big brother, you and your brother haven't been going out much these days. What have you been doing at home?"
"None of your business." The older child glanced at her and went back to playing.
It was because this woman had spoken ill of his stepmother in front of him that he and his brother were so afraid of her.
But their stepmother is clearly a good person, so he's starting to dislike this woman who always speaks ill of his stepmother.
Seeing that the eldest child was ignoring her, the woman could only take out candy to coax the second child.
"Erwa, if you answer Auntie's questions obediently, Auntie will give you candy."
Zhao Qinglan has always been generous, and their family is certainly not short of sweets now.
Yesterday, Erwa had some delicious candied sweet potatoes.
Although he was tempted, he wasn't stupid, and he asked in return, "Why are you asking me?"
There are so many children here.
"Because your aunt likes you and is afraid you'll be mistreated at home," the woman said hypocritically.
Erwa was deep in thought when Xiaoduo spoke up beside him.
"Mom said I shouldn't tell other people about family matters."
Erwa immediately nodded. "I don't know anything."
His stepmother is always right, and he still wants to eat her delicious cooking, so he must not make her angry.
Seeing that she was about to make progress, she was interrupted by this brat Xiaoduo, and the woman's face darkened.
Unfortunately, there were quite a few children present, so she couldn't do anything to Xiaoduo, who was "in the way."
She was trying to figure out how to get the older and younger children to talk when the children ran off to play somewhere else.
She was also stopped from speaking.
Li Huai and the others are having a small meeting right now.
"A high-ranking official from the capital is coming to inspect our military region. You all need to be on high alert, train hard, and make sure your lads show their best spirit. You absolutely cannot tarnish the reputation of our regiment."
Although the military region is very large, and the leaders there may not necessarily come to their remote corner, they cannot fight a battle unprepared.
"Yes," Li Huai and the others replied in unison.
After the meeting ended, Li Huai, who was walking behind, noticed that Yang Qingmin and Battalion Commander Qu were walking together, chatting and laughing about something.
When it was time to eat, half of the officers went to the army canteen, but Li Huai went straight home.
Since his remarriage, he has rarely eaten the communal meals from the military canteen.
Zhao Qinglan's reputation for being able to afford to eat well and having a good appetite is now known to many people in the military.
After all, their house smelled delicious almost every day, and the military base was such a small place that any news would spread very quickly.
Some officers even envied Li Huai's good fortune.
Look at her, I thought her second marriage would be worse than her first, but it turns out she's good-looking, has good cooking skills, and is just a little bit fierce.
However, as long as it's not directed at their own men, no one cares if it's fierce towards outsiders.
Battalion Commander Qu was still having a cold war with his wife and didn't want to go home for meals. He also didn't want to go to Yang Qingmin's place for meals anymore, so he could only eat at the army canteen.
Watching Li Huai leave happily, he felt a surge of resentment in his heart.
When Li Huai arrived home, Zhao Qinglan had already prepared dinner and was waiting for him while he looked through his textbooks.
Li Huai initially thought she was teaching the children to study elementary school textbooks, but upon closer inspection, he noticed something amiss and became surprised.
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