"Oh, I remember now." Qian Hongxia suddenly realized.
Zhu Yuqin apologized politely, but after remembering who she was, Qian Hongxia couldn't help but complain.
"You can't even watch where you're walking, look how you bumped into me."
No wonder everyone says this person is hard to get along with. While cursing her in her heart, Zhu Yuqin still forced a smile and said, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault."
Seeing her carrying a basket, Qian Hongxia couldn't help but nag, "It's already afternoon. The meat and vegetables at the grocery store aren't as fresh as they were in the morning. The good ones have already been picked out. Why are you still going to buy them?"
Zhu Yuqin was just thinking of what topics to talk about to get closer to Qian Hongxia when Qian Hongxia took the initiative to come to her, and her smile became even wider.
Soon, the two walked together and started talking intimately.
Zhao Qinglan is a woman who acts on her words without hesitation.
After resting at noon, she originally planned to continue reading, but the thought that someone might be watching their house from the shadows made her uneasy.
She'll keep this on her mind until she finds out who this person is.
The older kids were quite happy that they didn't have to study and could go out to play.
Even when it's cold, there are still places in the family quarters where everyone loves to gather.
Zhao Qinglan then led the children to this place first.
It's quite rare for their whole family to come here.
Zhao Qinglan doesn't like to befriend military wives other than Wu Mei and Wei Hong, but that doesn't mean she's bad at socializing.
If she wanted to, she could quickly become one of the group.
There was a group of adults here, some chatting, some doing chores, while the children were already running around in a chaotic mess.
On the way here, Zhao Qinglan had already instructed the children that they could play, but if they saw the aunt who had deliberately approached them to try and get information out of them, they should immediately come and tell her.
This could be done in a day, or it could take three to five days or even a month, so she was prepared for a long-term battle.
When children are together, they can't stay quiet.
Not to mention the running and playing around, they would bump into each other and make each other cry from time to time.
These days, most families have several children. Families like Qian Hongxia's, where people often get into arguments with others over the smallest things about their sons, are extremely rare.
Even if the child bumps or bruises himself, the adults won't interfere as long as it doesn't cause any harm.
Moreover, children's feelings are strange; they might fight like enemies one minute, but make up the next. Adults interfering is actually not a good thing.
Just like Qian Hongxia, even now, her two older children don't play with Yang Dabao.
Even when Zhao Qinglan was chatting with everyone, she always kept an eye on what the children were doing.
Some military wives laughed when they saw this.
"Comrade Qinglan, you really are a worrywart. Don't worry about them, it's perfectly safe here."
Zhao Qinglan smiled kindly. "I can't change this habit of mine anytime soon."
Everyone knew that they cooked delicious food every day. And looking at the complexion and clothes of the two brothers, Da Wa and Er Wa, no one thought that Zhao Qinglan, the stepmother, was abusing the two brothers.
At first, quite a few people were indeed waiting to see Zhao Qinglan, the stepmother, make a fool of herself, but she silenced everyone's gossip with her actions.
While most people may enjoy gossip, they are generally kind-hearted and not necessarily jealous of others' success.
The two brothers are doing well, which makes some of the military wives who initially felt sorry for the two brothers feel somewhat relieved.
Because of this, I found Zhao Qinglan much more pleasing to the eye.
After all, someone who treats children who aren't their own as if they were their own is a good person at heart, even if they seem fierce. People are willing to associate with them.
Qian Hongxia, who loves to nag, would never miss the busiest and most lively spot in the family quarters.
After buying things at the grocery store with Zhu Yuqin, Qian Hongxia insisted on dragging her along to chat with everyone.
It was a sunny day, not too cold, so there were more people gathered than usual.
Zhu Yuqin had actually gotten a lot of information about Li Huai's family from Qian Hongxia and was thinking of going to inform her and claim credit, but Qian Hongxia kept holding her back and she couldn't break free for a while.
The two of them gradually grew closer as they walked together.
From afar, Qian Hongxia spotted Zhao Qinglan sitting in the crowd.
"Ha, what bad luck, why is she here today too?"
Upon hearing her complaint, Zhu Yuqin followed her gaze.
"Is that Zhao Qinglan?" She had never actually seen Zhao Qinglan up close before.
“That’s for sure,” Qian Hongxia said, rolling her eyes.
Upon seeing Zhao Qinglan, Zhu Yuqin also noticed the group of children playing nearby, and her expression immediately changed.
"Well, I just remembered I have something to do at home, so I'll head back now." She quickly turned around, even raising the basket to block the view.
“What’s so important that you have to go back right now? Come sit with me over there for a bit.” Qian Hongxia didn’t want her to leave.
Mainly because Zhao Qinglan was there, she wanted to bring along a teammate who was also "dissatisfied" with Zhao Qinglan, just to bolster her courage.
Zhu Yuqin was terrified that if she got close enough, the two brothers would recognize her and bring up her past, so she refused to go over.
"I'm sorry, I really have something urgent to attend to. Let's talk next time." Zhu Yuqin forcefully shook off Qian Hongxia's hand and hurriedly left.
With two such large people standing there, how could the person talking over there go unnoticed?
When Zhao Qinglan heard someone say that Qian Hongxia had arrived, she looked over, but only saw Qian Hongxia and a receding figure.
After thinking for a moment, she asked the military wife next to her.
"Who's that over there? I don't think I've seen him before."
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