Now that it's holiday time and the weather isn't as cold as winter, the residential area is full of children.
After everyone learned that the tension in the military camp a few days ago was related to so-called enemy agents, they talked about it privately wherever they went.
The children, influenced by what they see and hear, play war games and tag even more often.
The military camp includes the family quarters, and nowadays everyone is a soldier. If anything is unusual, someone will definitely notice.
Even Zhao Qinglan was curious and wondering where these enemy agents were hiding.
After learning that enemy agents were causing sabotage, Li Huai repeatedly gave instructions to his wife and children.
Even in military camps and family quarters, it's not 100% safe, so they need to be vigilant on a daily basis.
With her big belly, Zhao Qinglan rarely goes anywhere except to see Wu Mei or Wei Hong. Whenever she goes into the city, her husband accompanies her.
The three children spend all day either at home or playing outside with the other children in the family area, and they never venture outside the family area.
Overall, the mother and her children are quite safe.
After Zhao Qinglan came here with Li Huai, apart from the military base, she only went into the city to buy things or go to snack shops. She really hadn't been to any other places around here and didn't know anything about them.
Because of this incident, when she sat down to chat with Wu Mei again, she couldn't help but ask about the situation around them.
There are several villages not far from the military base, and occasionally family members would buy vegetables or eggs from the villagers on their own.
Thinking about all the spy movies and TV dramas she had watched, Zhao Qinglan realized that the enemy agents must have been watching the troops for more than just a day or two, and might even be hiding in one of the nearby villages.
They don't necessarily have to be complete strangers; locals could be too.
Whether it was a spy planted when they left, or someone they bribed to remain hidden later, anyone could be a potential spies.
Her thinking is much broader than that of the masses today.
She couldn't share these thoughts with Wu Mei.
When her husband returned home that evening, she brought it up as a guess.
Surprisingly, this actually gave Li Huai some ideas.
"Qinglan, I will mention what you said to the regimental commander and the others, but you shouldn't keep thinking about these things in the future. Just focus on getting better."
Right now, her and the baby in her belly are the most important things.
"I know, I'm not stupid."
When Li Huai went to the military camp again and expressed these ideas in his own name, Sun Shengli praised him highly.
They didn't really pay much attention to the people in their surrounding village.
Li Huai spoke out in his own name not to seize any benefits, but simply to avoid causing his wife unnecessary trouble.
After Zhao Qinglan made the popsicles, they received unanimous praise from her family.
Li Huai was alright; he didn't care too much about these snacks, but the children were overjoyed.
Eating at home wasn't enough; the three siblings insisted on each taking one outside to show off.
Especially the second child, who would stand in front of the other children, slurp once, then slurp again.
This made everyone's mouth water; even the kids were drooling.
In this residential area, only their family has a refrigerator. Other families can't make popsicles even if they want to, because they don't have the necessary tools.
The grocery store in their residential area doesn't sell popsicles; if you want one, you have to go into the city to buy them.
No parent in the residential area would go to the city just to buy an ice pop for their child, but it's not realistic to buy one and bring it back while they're in the city, since it's not a short trip from here.
By the time the popsicles were brought back from the city, they had already melted into water.
As a result, Zhao Qinglan was stopped and complained about by countless military wives when she went out to buy things.
No one dared to say anything harsh; they just begged her not to let her child take the popsicles outside and tempt others.
As soon as Zhao Qinglan got home, she called the three children to her side.
He stated bluntly that from now on, popsicles can only be eaten at home and are not allowed to be taken outside. If they go out and deliberately tempt others, there will be no more popsicles at home.
This really shocked the eldest brother and the others, especially the second brother, who repeatedly promised never to do such a thing again.
However, after only two days, the eldest child returned home dejectedly after playing war games outside.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Qinglan asked curiously.
"Mom, I lost a bet with someone, can I take one of our popsicles with me?" It's just that the other person only wants one.
"You're still making bets?" Zhao Qinglan frowned.
Seeing her expression, Da Wa lowered his head somewhat embarrassed.
"Alright, I'm not scolding you. You can take the popsicle out, but don't make bets so casually in the future. It's not good." Since the child had already made a promise, she couldn't let her child break their word.
Seeing that she agreed, Da Wa immediately became happy.
But as soon as the eldest child left, the second child lingered there, seemingly wanting to say something.
"What's wrong with you now?" Zhao Qinglan glanced at him.
"Mom, can I sell our family's popsicles?" he asked cautiously.
"Is this your own idea? Or did someone else say something?"
Erwa scratched his head. "Someone asked me if I could buy our popsicles."
Selling popsicles? Zhao Qinglan had never really thought of that.
She only makes popsicles for her own family and doesn't really plan to start a business in that area.
She needs to use her own refrigerator, and she's pregnant now, so she doesn't have the time to earn that kind of money.
However, seeing Erwa's expectant eyes, she didn't say she would refuse.
Why not give the children a chance to practice?
This also made them realize how difficult it is to earn money.
"It's not that we can't sell them, but you'll have to do everything yourselves."
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