In fact, Li Huai felt that he had not done enough.
His wife had lived through a prosperous and thriving era and had seen all sorts of good things; he simply wanted to do his best to treat her well.
If Zhao Qinglan truly coveted wealth and status, she wouldn't have remained so low-key and patient after her rebirth. All she did was leave the Wang family and find him.
Not long after Zhao Qinglan's birthday, it was Da Wa's birthday. Just like last year, Zhao Qinglan made a birthday cake for Da Wa.
In the family residential area, only their child receives a birthday cake on their birthday.
However, this year is somewhat different from last year.
Da Wa invited several of his close classmates to his home to celebrate his birthday.
Actually, this was Zhao Qinglan's suggestion, as she also wanted to meet Da Wa's close friends.
Because of "those things" from his previous life, Li Huai is indeed paying much more attention to his two sons than before.
Knowing that his son's friends were coming to visit, he carefully observed the children.
He was worried that some of his son's classmates might have bad personalities, and that they might negatively influence his older child.
Knowing what happened to his sons in their previous lives, he no longer hoped that his two sons would achieve great things in the future. As long as they remained safe and sound and he was spared the pain of outliving his children, that would be the greatest comfort to him.
Da Wa's classmates also got to taste the legendary delicious cake, thanks to Da Wa.
Even when these children grow up and can afford cake themselves, they still feel that the one they ate as children was the best.
Some experiences are just so unforgettable.
Because Da Wa was invited to celebrate his birthday, Da Wa received gifts from several classmates in addition to his family.
The children's gifts may not be expensive, but they are their sincere wishes. The eldest child liked them very much, especially when a classmate gave him his treasured slingshot, which he had been eyeing for a long time.
After the eldest child's birthday, the college entrance examination of this year will soon arrive.
There weren't as many people in Li Huai's group and their family quarters taking the college entrance exam this time as there were last time.
The main reason is that many people felt they weren't cut out for the job after taking the exam last time, so they gave up.
Zhao Qinglan naturally did not participate in this exam, but she still took out her treasured admission notice and looked at it.
Wei Hong and Sun Wen didn't come back during their vacation; they both stayed in Beijing.
Firstly, traveling back and forth is troublesome and expensive; secondly, they all cherish the time they spend studying at school.
Wei Hong's letter reflects this point: apart from attending classes and resting in the dormitory, they spent most of their time studying or spending time in the school library.
Everyone is thirsty for knowledge, so once they're on vacation, who would want to come back?
It would have been better if Wei Hong hadn't come back, since her family wasn't here either. They were quite surprised when they found out she got into university.
Wu Mei was somewhat disappointed that Sun Yat-sen hadn't returned.
After all, she hadn't seen her son for several months, and as a mother, how could she not miss him? But her son was ambitious and wanted to learn more at school, so what could she say?
When Sun Shengli learned of his son's decision, he praised his son highly and told his other two children to learn from their older brother.
The biggest advantage of being a teacher is having winter and summer vacations, especially since there aren't many holiday tutoring classes these days.
With the military primary school on holiday, Zhao Qinglan had a complete break.
Seeing that his older siblings were on holiday, Erwa was itching to go back to his old job selling popsicles.
Zhao Qinglan figured the children were free anyway, so she let them do as they pleased.
With the experience of selling popsicles last year, the three children managed to do their job well this year as well.
Now that she finally had a holiday and could take care of her son herself, Zhao Qinglan told her mother to rest well, whether she went back to the city or continued to stay with her.
Thinking that she had spent very little time with her second and youngest children in the past year, Mrs. Sun decided to return to the city.
Originally, Mrs. Sun had already found a suitable match for her daughter while she was in the army, but her daughter was too busy and had hardly ever come to the family quarters, so she had no chance to meet anyone.
Before leaving, Madam Sun reminded her eldest daughter to subtly inquire about the person she had her eye on, and to arrange a meeting if the other party was also interested.
Zhao Qinglan took this matter to heart. Some of the candidates her mother favored had family members in their lives. She only needed to approach the elders of those candidates and casually mention it to them to find out their intentions.
However, since there were no elders present, she found it difficult to approach them and had to pass this important task on to her husband.
Thinking about his sister-in-law's marriage, Li Huai had no choice but to take the opportunity to invite guests several times, and those favored by his mother-in-law were naturally among those invited.
Some of them were not familiar with him before, and were somewhat flattered by the invitation.
Li Huai would naturally not only invite those few people, otherwise it would be too obvious that they were all mixed in with him.
Battalion Commander Qu, who was a neighbor, was never invited by Li Huai.
Although Battalion Commander Qu harbored resentment towards his superior Li Huai from the bottom of his heart, he still felt resentful that Li Huai had invited so many people without his permission.
He felt that he had been looked down upon and humiliated, and his dissatisfaction with Li Huai grew even stronger.
That day, after get off work, Li Huai was having dinner and drinks with a few people at his home when he heard Battalion Commander Qu cursing and swearing from next door.
Li Huai was alright, but some people frowned upon hearing this.
Pointing to the next room, he whispered, "This Battalion Commander Qu and his new wife don't get along either."
Before Li Huai could speak, another person who knew what Battalion Commander Qu was thinking chimed in, "It's all because of the kids."
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