That evening, the long-married couple, who had been apart for a while, had a good talk, both physically and emotionally.
Covered in sweat, Zhao Qinglan was extremely disgusted, so Li Huai went out and brought in a basin of water to thoroughly wipe his wife down.
Zhao Qinglan was too lazy to move and let her husband serve her.
After tidying up, Li Huai hugged his wife affectionately, reluctant to let go.
"It's so hot," she said, pushing her husband away in disgust.
Helpless, she had to turn the air conditioner up a bit, and Zhao Qinglan felt cooler and her breathing gradually became even.
As his wife fell asleep, Li Huai silently gazed at her for a long time in the darkness before finally falling asleep contentedly.
With his wife lying beside him, even if he did nothing, he felt content and at peace.
Zhao Qinglan had been thinking about it before. She was busy in the kitchen in the morning when the phone rang outside. A little while later, she heard Sanwa excitedly calling out to Xiaoduo.
"Sis, your college entrance exam results are out, and your acceptance letter has arrived."
At that shout, everyone except Li Huai, who wasn't home, ran out.
"Really?" Xiao Duo asked with a look of surprise.
"Here's the phone." Sanwa quickly handed over the receiver.
Xiao Duo immediately took it.
On the other end of the phone was Grandma Sun. It turned out that Xiaoduo's college entrance examination results had come out a few days ago, but Xiaoduo was not at home and did not go to school.
The school teachers were unaware that Xiaoduo had gone south with her parents shortly after the start of the holiday. They were just thinking about when to visit Xiaoduo's home when the admission notice arrived in the mail.
They filled in their home address in the provincial capital as the address. The Sun family got excited as soon as they received the admission notice and immediately called here.
After Xiaoduo finished talking with her grandmother, Zhao Qinglan talked with her mother for a while.
When Sun asked whether the admission notices would be mailed to them or what they would be handled, Zhao Qinglan replied without hesitation that they would go back.
The acceptance letter is such an important document; what if something goes wrong during the mailing process? It's better for them to go home and pick it up.
Li Huai didn't expect that his wife and child would leave again so soon after returning.
Zhao Qinglan was thinking that while the children were still in school, she could stay with her mother and Grandpa Dou for a while. Once her eldest child and youngest child started school, they would return to Guangzhou. She didn't know when they would see each other again.
Although he was reluctant to leave his wife and children, Li Huai was also happy that his daughter received her long-awaited university admission letter.
Even though Xiaoduo wasn't his biological daughter, she came to his home when she was very young, and he always treated her like his own daughter.
His eldest son had just been admitted to university, and now his daughter was about to start university as well. When he got to the office, even the usually reserved Li Huai couldn't help but talk to his colleagues and superiors.
Getting into university is naturally a good thing, especially since she's a child of a military family. When the leaders found out, they even wanted to give Xiaoduo a reward in the name of the military region.
If the military region has made a statement, then everyone in the family quarters will know.
Similarly, once the news of Xiaoduo getting into a good university spread, the fact that her older brother Dawa was also a student at a prestigious military academy was also spread.
Previously, everyone only knew that Zhao Qinglan's family was wealthy and had a good life, but now that her child is so successful, even more people are envious.
More military families, than those with money, hope their children will have a bright future.
When Da Wa received his university admission notice, the family held a celebration banquet for him to mark his admission. It wouldn't be fair to show favoritism, so now that Xiao Duo has been admitted, Zhao Qinglan naturally wants to hold one as well.
This is also why she insisted on going back. The people they knew were still in the same places, and it didn't feel right to do anything in Guangzhou. It was better to go back and do it there.
Although he couldn't easily ask for leave, Li Huai still wanted to attend his daughter's college entrance celebration. So he discussed it with his wife and agreed that he wouldn't take any rest recently. He would explain to his superiors and rush back to make an appearance.
Although the event wasn't held in Guangzhou, Li Huai still invited some people to his home for dinner, which was also a way for everyone to get to know each other and connect after his arrival.
Those present were a few colleagues and their direct supervisor.
Neighbors from both sides, including the son of the old lady Su, Director Su of the military region, and Lao Xu, the deputy chief of staff, also participated.
Zhao Qinglan's cooking skills were excellent, and she didn't rely on anyone else; she became the head chef herself.
Generally, when someone is hosting a party and something happens, the female relatives of the officials who are hosting the party will also go to the host's house to help out.
Tao Ailian really didn't want to go next door, but she was afraid of being gossiped about behind her back, so she went anyway, holding her nose.
Grandma Su and her daughter-in-law also went to Zhao Qinglan's house to help.
Chef Zhao Qinglan helps out, and the people who come to assist her do other tasks.
Watching Zhao Qinglan cook and stir-fry dishes efficiently, each dish smelling delicious, several military dependents, except for Tao Ailian, admired Zhao Qinglan quite a bit.
Some people went straight up and asked her for advice.
Previously, Zhao Qinglan was only somewhat familiar with Grandma Su, but through helping out and teaching her cooking skills, she has also become quite familiar with several military families.
Only then did everyone realize that Zhao Qinglan's business mainly involved food.
"I knew it! No wonder you're such a good cook," Director Su's wife exclaimed.
The men outside were having a meal and drinking a little wine at one table, while Zhao Qinglan and the others joined the children at another table as soon as they finished their work.
After tasting the food, everyone was even more amazed by Zhao Qinglan's culinary skills.
Those men, in particular, were quite envious of Li Huai.
Li Huai is so lucky to have such a beautiful wife who can earn money, cooks so well, and has such successful children.
The result of their envy was that everyone took turns pouring wine for Li Huai.
After everyone had left, Zhao Qinglan gave some untouched, clean food to several military families.
Originally, everyone was embarrassed to take the food, but Zhao Qinglan said that she and her children were about to return to their hometown (implying the provincial capital), and there was too much food for her husband to eat alone.
Only after hearing her say that did everyone politely take it.
There was fish and meat, and the taste was alright. Everyone was in a good mood after receiving their share.
Tao Ailian was probably the only one who was always unhappy.
Because several military dependents had higher positions than her husband, Lao Xu, she didn't dare to say anything, and could only keep it to herself even if she felt uncomfortable.
The food that Zhao Qinglan had divided up was thrown away as soon as she got home.
Because of this dinner party, several military family members had a very good impression of Zhao Qinglan, and they all spoke well of her. Zhao Qinglan's reputation in the family area gradually improved.
However, Zhao Qinglan didn't notice any of this for the time being. The day after hosting the dinner, she and the children boarded the train back to the provincial capital.
Despite having been forced to drink a lot of alcohol, Li Huai still felt terrible and didn't recover until his wife and children were about to leave.
Zhao Qinglan didn't want her husband to go through all that trouble, so she didn't let him take her to the station and went with the children. Li Huai felt quite guilty and remorseful about this.
Unable to accompany his wife back home, he couldn't even see her off at the station.
He could only keep his feelings of guilt to his wife in his heart and try to make it up to her slowly later.
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