Chapter 151 Booming 151 Previous chapter table of contents next chapter  Chu Dai could understand him. Brothers who lived together day and night, eating and sleeping together, chatting, laughing and bragging together one second, died in a foreign land the next, unable to return to their roots as fallen leaves.

He didn't want to persuade people to just die for their country on the battlefield, why should they return with their bodies wrapped in horse leather? War is the cruelest thing to survivors.

He still feels guilty about Bai Yan's death, and sometimes wonders why it wasn't him.

What's more, Gu Qinglie watched helplessly as his entire company was wiped out this time.

The two men sat in silence in the night, without turning on the lights. Only a few rays of light came from the moon on the treetops outside the window.

After a long while, Chu Dai asked: "What arrangements does the higher-up have for you?"

"You want me to transfer to a civilian position," Gu Qinglie laughed at himself, "I can't hold the gun steady, so it's useless."

Chu Dai's stiff body leaned back slightly, stretched his long legs, and stepped on the foot of the bed with his toes. "Come to the navy," he said.

"No." Gu Qinglie wiped his face casually, and then said nonchalantly: "I was born to be a wild wolf in the jungle. I can't make waves in the sea."

Chu Dai nodded without trying to dissuade him: "Where's Lao Guan? How can I tell you to change your job?"

"No, you know he is a man who is iron-blooded towards the enemy and very soft-hearted towards his own soldiers. Let me recuperate for a while and return to the army after the peace talks between the two countries and the signing of the terms of establishing diplomatic relations."

Gu Qinglie cursed in a funny way: "Damn it, he said that I was born as a member of the Corps and died as a ghost of the Corps. Even if I was asked to raise pigs with Lao Zhu, he would not send me to the military area logistics to shoot telegrams."

"I thought that sending telegrams would be a good job. I have been fighting for so many years and assigned me to raise pigs. I will be laughed at by the grandsons of the Central Army Corps."

Chu Dai just listened quietly. He knew that Gu Qinglie would rather go to the Corps to raise pigs than work as a civilian in the logistics.

Perhaps under the cover of night, the tall man showed his depression. No matter how carefree he was, he was still a young man in his twenties. He was the only comrade who shared life and death with him, and self-torture was eroding him all the time.

When they rushed to the battlefield, they were all in high spirits. They were all complaining that the girl was pregnant with twins. They were going to be uncles. After beheading the enemy and returning to the regiment to be commended, they could apply for a break and go to the island to see the girl together.

However, for more than a month, his comrades died in the smoke of the battlefield with no bones left. As for him, he was hiding from anyone like a lost dog.

For the sake of peace and the stability of the country, he could understand that sometimes the faith in his heart began to waver.

"Lao Gu." Chu Dai pulled him, not wanting him to think about it alone and fall into a dead end: "Qingqing said it's time to eat. It doesn't matter if you are on the island. We have two children and we are too busy. You know Qingqing?" How long will it take to give birth?"

Gu Qinglie was pulled up from the bed by him, the pain in his eyes was hidden deeply, and he was very concerned when he heard about the girl: "How long?"

Seeing that he had put on his shoes, the man said: "It's only been half a year. I heard that the twins will be born early. I was in the cave during the day, A Sui went to school, and there was no one to take care of me at home. If you hadn't come here, we would still be there." I’m worried.”

Gu Qinglie pulled away from his sadness and scratched his head: "Then I will follow her every day?"

Chu Dai was silent for a moment: "If you are not afraid of being scolded, I have no objection."

"Let me see for myself. You two don't want me to stay and take care of the baby, do you? Then I might as well go back to the Corps to raise pigs. Do you know what your wife was like when she was a child? It would be better if your son was like me. , if it’s like her, it’s really over.”

Hearing his machine gun blast, Chu Dai squinted over and said, "Why do you have to be like you two brothers and sisters, or like me?"

Gu Qinglie chuckled and put his hand on his shoulder: "We have been brothers for so many years. How can I not know what kind of bird you are? You look like you, come on."

"Chu Dai!" After shouting for a long time, no one came down. Gu Qingqing was a little angry: "Why are you two bothering?!"

"Pfft." Gu Qinglie patted him on the shoulder: "How are you doing in your little life..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard the woman's angry voice: "Gu Qinglie! You two really plan to live together, right? If you have the ability, stay upstairs and never come down."

Hearing the ups and downs of footsteps, the two men looked at each other and hurried down.

Chu Dai walked behind Gu Qinglie and saw that he had restrained his emotions very well. He frowned and then relaxed.

He didn't want Qingqing to worry. You can only endure this kind of thing slowly and redeem yourself.

The man sighed slightly inwardly.

As soon as they came downstairs, Shen Sui came in behind Mr. Qin, and all the food was already on the table.

Gu Qinglie glanced at the spicy crabs, boiled shrimps, fried pork with chili peppers, fried crispy fish, stir-fried cabbage, seaweed and egg soup, and a plate of sour radish strips to relieve greasiness.

"Qingqing, your skills are quite good." He pulled out the chair and let the girl sit down first. "Remember when you first came to the Corps..."

Before he could say anything, he was stepped on by the woman. Mr. Qin was given the main seat by them. He smiled warmly as he watched the family get along with each other.

"The two brothers and sisters are used to fighting and fighting. Don't be ridiculous." Chu Dai served him a bowl of rice: "Thanks to you taking care of me during this time, Sui, we husband and wife really have no time to spend time apart."

Mr. Qin's eyes were kind and he said, "When you were a child, you were not as sweet as you are now." He still remembered the arrogant and unruly look of the little bully in the compound.

Chu Yuan didn't beat him less, and he didn't even let the child bow his head.

Chu Dai just laughed softly, his eyes softly falling on the woman next to him.

There were five people at the square table. Mr. Qin sat at the top, Gu Qinglie sat opposite him, Shen Sui sat on one side, and Gu Qingqing sat next to Chu Dai.

The meal was very satisfying. Gu Qinglie was surprised at how his sister's cooking skills had improved so much. His suspicious eyes fell on Chu Dai, with the words "Did you bully her" clearly written in his eyes.

Chu Dai shook his head, thought for a moment, and said, "She is quite perseverant." The taste of the food was just the same at the beginning, and gradually improved.

The process is a bit painful, so I won’t say much.

Gu Qinglie understood and looked at him with a little sympathy.

"Qing Qing." Mr. Qin finished drinking the soup and suddenly said: "I have a bottle of medicine that I forgot to bring with me. Can you help me get it?"

The orderly went to the cafeteria to eat and did not follow him. Mr. Qin looked at her with a smile.

"Ah? Okay." Gu Qingqing put down her chopsticks and stood up.

Gu Qinglie took a look and quickly said: "How about..."

Before he finished speaking, he choked in his throat at the man's faint glance. After thinking for a while, he understood.

Did Mr. Qin push her away on purpose? Do you have something to say to him?

"A Sui, it's dark outside, you go with my sister." Chu Dai suddenly said.

"good."

After leaving the courtyard, Gu Qingqing suddenly came back to her senses.

Can't we just let Ah Sui take the things? Why take her along? But he didn't think too much and followed Shen Sui slowly towards the building in front.

It's only about ten meters away, so we can take a walk to eat.

"Comrade Gu Qinglie, I've heard about you." Mr. Qin spoke slowly and calmly.

He has a special status, and there are many old friends in the army, so he can know about any news, not to mention that this time the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is negotiating peace with neighboring countries.

When some treaties are being made, they will send telegrams to ask for opinions.

Gu Qinglie was a little confused by this sudden sentence. He still didn't know the identity of the old man opposite him, so he scratched his head and asked Chu Dai next to him: "Is this the leader of your navy?"

Chu Dai shook his head, "Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Qin."

Gu Qinglie looked at the old man opposite who had a warm smile that made people feel like spring breeze, and sat upright unconsciously.

He had heard of this old man's reputation. He lobbied many generals in the army to join the revolution, including Chu Dai's father.

"Young man, don't be restrained. My students told me about you, you are a hero." Mr. Qin looked far away at the night outside the door: "If it weren't for you, we would not be able to sit at the negotiating table with our neighboring countries for at least five years. , you fought well in this battle, you broke their backbones, and made them so fearful that they dare not fight with us again."

Emerson is their ever-victorious general, the god of war in their troops, and their belief. This man has a notorious reputation. He once fought against three small neighboring countries at the same time without losing, and the Construction Corps has also been in a stalemate with him all year round.

He can also be regarded as Chu Dai's old rival.

Gu Qinglie leaned back in the chair dejectedly, and twitched the corner of his mouth: "What kind of hero is he who is alive?"

Mr. Qin looked at him with deep eyes for a long time. When Chu Dai was about to speak, he raised his hand to stop him and said warmly: "Let me tell you about my past."

Chu Dai raised his eyebrows slightly. He didn't know this person very well. He only knew that he had some connection with his father, and that half of the people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were his students, including the current Minister of Foreign Affairs.

He didn't know anything else. Chu Yuan probably knew that he wouldn't ask about the relationship between father and son.

"Many people, when they first see me, think that I am a scholar who only knows how to talk." Qin Zhou thought of the past and smiled silently: "Actually, I first came out of a bandit's den."

When Chu Dai heard this, his eyes were filled with astonishment.

Gu Qinglie looked at him in disbelief and said in a difficult tone: "You used to..."

"Well," Qin Zhou added with a smile: "It's a horse bandit."

Gu Qinglie: "..." I really can't tell.

"Don't think it's strange. At that time, there were many people who fell into the trap of bandits. They had no choice but to rob if they didn't have enough to eat. We didn't rob the people's things, we only intercepted the rations from the warlord's troops."

His voice was soft and gentle like jade: "At that time, the organization was in chaos, and the regular army had good weapons and equipment. We didn't dare to be tough, so we took a fancy to Marshal Chu's troops. They looked scattered. The best guns were from Hanyang. make."

"Anyway, it looks easy to grab. You should be familiar with this commander, Chu Yuan."

Chu Dai: "..." It's quite familiar.

This elegant old man did not forget to add: "I was the one who later brought him to join us in the revolution. A'dai, your father and I had a fight, but there was no grudge, so you don't have to hold anything against me."

"I don't dare." He was lucky enough to hear the glorious history of these two people, and he found it quite interesting.

"The food grab failed this time." Qin Zhou said, "Your father doesn't have a grain of rice left in the army, and he is also planning to grab other people's food."

"When it came to consciousness, I was not as good as him. I didn't dare to fight the regular army. Your father didn't want to fight. He said we couldn't let them fight against foreign enemies on an empty stomach."

"So we took aim at the enemy's arsenal," Qin Zhou smiled, with some difficulty in letting go: "Your father and I acted separately. I led my brothers to outflank your father's large army and the enemy. In a head-on firefight, all 345 of our brothers were wiped out."

"Qing Lie," he said, "I am a survivor just like you. The difference is that you broke out of the encirclement by yourself, while my brothers pushed me out with their lives."

"Many times I blame myself. Is it a mistake in command strategy that led to their deaths? Death on the battlefield is the life of a soldier. What about me? Am I a deserter on the battlefield?"

"It wasn't until Adai's father picked me up from the edge of the battlefield that I knew that the enemy was planning to forcefully cross the river to attack Yucheng that day, but we took the base camp and disrupted the plan. All the supplies in the armaments depot were destroyed by the current Commander Chu looted everything, and the enemy had no remaining strength to organize a counterattack again."

"It was also because of this incident that I saw clearly my responsibility. I shouldered more than 300 lives and joined the revolution, determined to live for my dead brothers."

"Qing Lie, you are a soldier. You should understand that there will be sacrifices when you go to the battlefield. The price of peace is difficult to measure in terms of loss alone."

"They sacrificed their lives, but we are still alive. It is not because of God's blessing, but because of the brothers pushing us from behind to continue to the next battlefield."

"More than one neighboring country around us is eyeing the lonely desert border that you have protected, the boundless 450,000 square kilometers of territorial waters that you can see from the window, and the vast and vast land above your head. 3.4 million square kilometers of airspace.”

The old man said loudly: "Comrade Gu Qinglie, your battlefield is far from over!"

Chapter 152 Booming 152 Previous chapter table of contents next chapter  Gu Qinglie's heart was agitated for a long time and he couldn't calm down. He didn't come back to his senses until Mr. Qin left the yard.

"Old Chu."

"Huh?" Chu Dai was also inspired to fight. When he heard his voice, his sharp eyes gradually calmed down.

"Is there a shooting place on your island?"

Chu Dai smiled.

Outside, Gu Qingqing took the medicine bottle and asked Shen Sui, "Is this the medicine? Isn't it wrong?"

Just as Shen Sui was about to speak, he saw the person coming from the night and said respectfully: "Teacher."

Mr. Qin smiled warmly: "Excuse me, Qingqing, this bottle of medicine will make people have more problems as they get older."

Gu Qingqing quickly handed over the medicine with both hands: "You are too polite. Do you like tonight's dishes? I specially made some non-spicy dishes."

"It's delicious," Mr. Qin said, "Your father will definitely like it too if he tries it."

Gu Qingqing smiled even brighter. Seeing him slowly walking into the small courtyard in front, she rubbed the boy's head and said, "Let's go home."

The two men had already cleared the table. Chu Dai was washing the dishes in the kitchen, and Gu Qinglie was beside him cleaning them for the second time and chatting together.

Gu Qingqing stood at the door of the kitchen and saw the two men talking and laughing. The depression in her brother's eyebrows also dissipated a little, and she asked curiously: "Are you two really planning to live together?"

"Yes." Gu Qinglie grinned: "My brother is such a good man, I can't take advantage of you, right, Lao Chu. He knows how to instruct your man to scold your brother all day long. If Gou Sheng is here, how dare you do this to him? Bully the weak and fear the strong. !”

"Well, I will hold the quilt and go upstairs to sleep with you tonight." Chu Dai also agreed, and then asked: "Have you changed your bad habit of not washing your feet while sleeping?"

Gu Qinglie rolled his eyes and muttered: "A grown man doesn't stick to trivial matters."

Gu Qingqing was too lazy to talk to them. When Gu Qinglie went to the island, he was too busy bringing her things and didn't carry any clothes. Fortunately, at least there was a lot of fabric left at home. Knowing that he was coming, he asked Xiao Huanniang to help prepare two sets of pajamas in advance. Two normal clothes.

Chu Dai was taller and thinner than him, and men's clothes were too big for his stature.

She returned to the bedroom, took out the clothes from the closet and put them on the bed. After packing them up and about to go out, she looked up and saw the tall man leaning on the door frame.

"Qingqing." Gu Qinglie scratched his head: "Your man asked me to stay on the island to take care of the children. What do you think?"

Gu Qingqing couldn't hold back her joy and sighed: "How long can you bring it to me? Don't worry, there is a lot of food for you at home, and I just want to clear two pieces of land in my backyard for farming. Brother, do you think?"

"I'll do it, I'll do it." Gu Qinglie chuckled and said, "In seven or eight months, I will return to the corps."

"Have you made your decision?" she asked.

"Huh?" Gu Qinglie was surprised: "What did Lao Chu tell you?"

"No." Gu Qingqing directly stuffed some clothes into his arms and said in a cool tone: "We grew up together, and you are only three years older than me. You can't hide anything and it's written all over your face. Woolen cloth."

"I've been feeling uneasy these past few days, especially when you arrived on the island. I've seen your heartless look before, but it's not as heavy as it is now."

"Gu Qinglie, you are hiding something from me, and it has something to do with the army."

"She is connected by blood. She is indeed my sister." Gu Qinglie was a little dazed: "Do you think Gou Sheng also sensed it, so I went to Kongqin Zao to eat his food every day without saying a word these days?"

Gu Qingqing just hummed, knowing that he wouldn't tell, so she didn't bother to ask again.

"Go take a shower. If you can't tell me, I won't ask again. As long as you are fine and safe."

"I took a shower yesterday in the Southern Military District..."

He tried to struggle, but Gu Qingqing pushed him out: "You smell like sweat, go wash it off quickly!"

Gu Qinglie's eyes for help turned to Chu Dai who came out of the kitchen. The man just shrugged, looking helpless.

Gu Qinglie sighed and went to take a shower honestly.

Shen Sui went upstairs without finishing his homework. He didn't have any feelings for this second brother. Anyway, the people in Sister's family were not bad.

Chu Dai made a cup of honey water for the woman and took her into the room.

The man sat at the table and watched her drink. Gu Qingqing took a few sips and was made uncomfortable by the scorching eyes. She asked him: "What are you doing? Going to sleep with Goudan? I don't have any objection. There is a quilt in the cupboard upstairs. You Find it yourself.”

Chu Dai looked at her with a smile: "I'm not stupid. If you have a wife, don't get involved with a stinky guy who doesn't take a shower. Do you take a shower at night? If you don't, I'll rub olive oil on you now?"

"Don't wash it, don't you just love this smell?" the woman said angrily, a little annoyed that these two people were hiding everything from her. Although they knew it was a military secret, they were still very angry. They couldn't understand this frightening feeling. .

The man bent down and pulled out the drawer from the bedside table. After getting the olive oil, he unscrewed the bottle cap and poured it into his palm. He kneaded it evenly before applying it to her belly.

The coolness was actually very comfortable. Gu Qingqing almost lost her composure because he made her feel a little itchy and she couldn't help but laugh.

The man lowered his eyes gently, and suddenly, a very slight movement hit his palm.

The bent man didn't react for a long time. He raised his head and stared blankly at the woman. The couple looked at each other for a moment and burst into laughter.

"The baby kicked me," he said.

"I know." Gu Qingqing looked at her belly without any traces. She was worried about getting lines before, but now she was relieved: "Mr. Yang said that fetal movements will occur at four months."

The man nodded and put his hand on his belly reluctant to move away, wanting to wait for the child to move again.

After waiting for about ten minutes, he was afraid that she would catch cold, so he reluctantly let go and pulled down the hem of her clothes.

Hearing Gu Qinglie kicking up the stairs, the couple went to wash up together. Gu Qingqing went back to the room first, while Chu Dai had to take a shower.

There were a lot of mosquitoes in summer, especially near the back hill. Chu Dai sealed the windows with a screen to no avail. Mosquitoes got in from all the gaps and kept buzzing in their ears.

When the man came in after taking a shower, she shook the cattail leaf fan and complained: "In the blink of an eye, there were several big bites on my arms. I have to ask the captain to help bring some mosquito nets next time. If Sui can't sleep at night, he can't go to class during the day." Spirit."

There were still water stains on the ends of Chu Dai's hair. He wiped it with a dry towel and hung it on the back of the chair. He took the cattail leaf fan from the woman's hand and fanned her: "It's all up to you. My second brother has to hang one too. The mosquitoes here are so poisonous.”

Gu Qingqing frowned: "His rough skin and thick flesh can't even be bitten by mosquitoes. Just remember him!"

The man chuckled and reminded: "He is your brother."

"Oh, then buy two more beds. They will be used in other houses in the future." Gu Qingqing was a little drowsy and yawned: "You should go to bed early. You are so tired from going on missions every day. Be early, he will go to the cafeteria tomorrow and bring back food."

"Yeah." The man responded: "You go to sleep first."

He lay with his head on one hand and looked at her. He fanned the cattail leaf in his left hand slowly, letting the breeze move her hair.

Gu Qingqing muttered a few words and fell asleep soon after.

Any mosquitoes that flew over were swatted away by the man with a cattail leaf fan. The gentle breeze made Gu Qingqing sleep soundly.

Looking at the moon outside the window, Chu Dai thought of Bai Yan, the brother he grew up with.

The man's eyes were dark and his mood was difficult to calm down.

After a while, when he heard the woman next to him talking uneasily in her sleep, he came back to his senses, leaned over and put his ear to her lips.

"Brother..." He only heard one word clearly and was slightly stunned.

Then he smiled and shook his head.

The two brothers and sisters are worried about each other, but they are not forgiving.

The next day, when Chu Dai woke up, he met a pair of big and clear eyes.

The man's Adam's apple rolled up and down. He stared at her for a moment and asked, "Why did you wake up so early?"

The woman pursed her lips: "I'm hungry."

He chuckled softly, stood up with her in his arms, held the woman in his arms, rested his chin on her head, and put his big palm on her belly: "Then why don't you wake me up?"

"It's rare to see you sleeping, I want to watch you for a while," she said.

"Get up." The man kissed her forehead and said, "I'm going to get food."

When they left the room, Gu Qinglie came back from outside carrying a lunch box. The tips of his hair were a little wet, obviously from morning exercise.

"Come and eat seafood porridge. I met Zhao Ze and several brothers from the army. I asked Lao Zhao and he said that Qingqing can eat some seafood." Gu Qinglie's condition is much better than yesterday.

Gu Qingqing asked curiously: "Don't you wear sunglasses when you go out? Aren't you afraid of enemy agents?"

The two men laughed at the same time, and Chu Dai said: "The island is airtight and there are no enemy agents."

"Oh." Gu Qingqing looked around, "Where's Asui?"

"We are pulling weeds in the backyard. Comrade Gu Qingqing, could you please go wash up first? The porridge is almost cold."

After much tossing, we finally sat down at the table.

Gu Qinglie had never had such a good meal in the Corps. He made a point of eating more in the morning. Anyway, it was all from his brother-in-law's allowance: "A few sisters-in-law asked me if I was your brother and if I had a partner. I think that means Want to introduce it to me."

"Isn't that great?" Gu Qingqing took the hot porridge from the man and sipped it: "You are old enough, so you can serve some snacks yourself."

"You can't help yourself with snacks. My brother doesn't care about me." Gu Qinglie glanced at his sister: "You can stand and talk without pain in your back. If it weren't for me, you would now..."

"I know, I know." Gu Qingqing broke off half of the buns and covered his mouth, "What kind do you think you like? I'll keep an eye on it for you."

"What are you paying attention to? There are only a few female military doctors in the health center on the island, and there is one who is interested in Chen Jiefang. I heard what Lao Zhao said." Gu Qinglie bit the steamed bun and said vaguely: "Don't worry about me, I I don’t have any plans to do so now, but it may be over soon.”

Not to mention that Gu Qingqing and Chu Dai were surprised, even Shen Sui, who was drinking porridge with his head down, couldn't help but listen.

"What's going on? It can't be possible? Brother, where did you hear about that ice ball? Did you see it with your own eyes?" Gu Qingqing asked in rapid succession.

"No, I heard from Chu Zhao that she was the daughter of the commander of the field army. I heard that she was a sniper, and she was aiming at nothing. She also said that she wanted the organization to find a way to solve personal problems."

Chapter 153 Booming 153 Previous chapter table of contents next chapter  Chu Dai raised his eyebrows and said lightly: "This girl."

"Do you know each other?" Gu Qingqing had just recovered from the shock, but she didn't expect anyone to be bolder than her.

"She grew up in a courtyard." Chu Dai said, "This girl refuses to admit defeat even when she is young. Maybe she is just competitive."

"Oh." Gu Qingqing didn't pay much attention. As long as her brother Gu Canyang didn't let go, it basically wouldn't work.

When Gu Qinglie went to the backyard to loosen the soil, she quietly asked the man: "Why has my brother changed so much all of a sudden?"

Chu Dai knew that the pregnant woman was emotionally sensitive, and the sadness in Gu Qinglie's eyes could not be hidden from her. He ate seafood porridge slowly: "Mr. Qin talked about some past events with him last night."

"Has Mr. Qin been a soldier before?" Gu Qingqing could only think of this possibility to solve her brother's problem.

"Yes. His ancestors were scholars and came from a scholarly family. Later, they were forced to become bandits in the mountains because of their livelihood. The world was very chaotic at that time." Chu Dai said: "Many of the people in their mountains were gathered together by soldiers who were separated from the major armies. , he later joined the party and then became a soldier."

Hearing his background, Gu Qingqing was a little surprised: "Then he can sit in the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs..."

"Don't underestimate him. He was a military advisor in the mountains. Many warlords were persuaded by him to join the party and join the revolution to fight against foreign enemies." These are what Qin Zhou said yesterday. He has really dedicated his life to the country. Chu Dai Even a little unclear.

Is it because he feels unworthy of his former brother that he refuses to marry?

Gu Qingqing was a little sad, "His life is really... magnificent."

The man smiled and nodded.

After breakfast, Chu Dai went to the cave library, and Gu Qingqing ran to the backyard to watch Gu Qinglie loosen the soil.

Seeing her holding the fence with one hand and standing there with her big belly, Gu Qinglie frowned, threw down the hoe and went to the living room to pick up a chair.

The solid wood chair was as light as nothing in his hand, and he placed it behind her butt: "Sit and watch."

"I'm not looking at you. What's so interesting about you?" Even so, Gu Qingqing still sat down holding her belly.

Normally she would not go to the backyard alone. It was best to hide snakes in the flowers and vegetables. She was afraid of such soft things.

Now that her brother is here, she doesn't have to worry about anything.

Gu Qinglie picked up the hoe again and said, "I originally wanted to go back and see my parents, but I was sent directly to the military area and didn't have the chance to see you. In the blink of an eye, more than half a year has passed since you got married."

The woman listened quietly to him. Gu Qinglie was wearing a blue short-sleeved shirt. She asked Xiao Huanniang to help make it. She looked very energetic.

"Qing Qing," Gu Qinglie thought for a long time and only said: "Don't let the old Gu family name the child when he is born."

She originally thought he was going to say something touching, but Gu Qingqing rolled her eyes at him and said, "I got it, bitch."

She sat in the shade and watched her brother hoeing the ground. "When you have time, go to the mountains and find some bamboo for me to come back and surround this new vegetable field. I want to plant some..."

After thinking for a long time, I couldn't think of anything to plant. I was originally worried that he would get into trouble while he was idle, so I wanted to find something for him to do, but now I was in a bit of a dilemma.

"I'll go check out what other seeds there are and plant whatever I find." How could Gu Qinglie not know what she was thinking, but he was going to the military zone for target shooting starting tomorrow, so he still had to inform her in advance: "In the future I may not be able to be with you at home for two hours in the morning. I will bring lunch back from the cafeteria, so you don’t have to cook."

"Okay." Gu Qingqing nodded: "Can you bring me some prawns like today? I want spicy ones."

"Of course." Gu Qinglie didn't hesitate. She couldn't be satisfied with just a little food. Anyway, before eating, just ask the knifeman if he could eat.

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In the blink of an eye, Gu Qinglie had been on the island for half a month. Chu Dai came out of the cave and heard gunshots, so he went straight for it.

Gu Qinglie had a shell gun in his hand and was aiming at a target in the distance. He couldn't make a move for a long time.

Chu Dai looked at his hand and asked, "Is it still shaking?"

"Yeah." Gu Qinglie's eyes flashed with disappointment, and then he smiled: "I'll hang a brick on my wrist tomorrow and see how it can shake."

"Take your time." The man patted his shoulder and said, "Go to the cafeteria to prepare some food first. Qingqing is still at home."

Gu Qinglie put away his gun, nodded and followed him.

Zhao Ze and the others also came out of the cave. They were all dirty. He raised his hand to pat the sand and dust on his shoulders and said to Chen Jiefang: "Pat me on the back, I can't."

Chen Jiefang patted him twice casually: "Why are you so particular? After eating, you have to go into the cave again. If you pat him, it will be in vain."

Zhao Ze was a little speechless: "This is why I have a wife and a son, but you are still a bachelor and can't find a partner. Can you be more hygienic?!"

"Lao Gu!" Chen Jiefang didn't bother to talk to him and ran directly to Gu Qinglie: "How are you practicing?"

"That's it." Gu Qinglie scratched his head: "If it doesn't work, I really have to learn how to raise pigs."

"Pfft--" The people in the corps burst into laughter, "You should practice for a while longer and don't harm the pigs."

Gu Qinglie sighed.

Back in the North District courtyard, Gu Qingqing was sitting in the living room, sewing and mending with needle and thread in her hand. When she saw them coming back, she pointed to the table: "I've made some licorice water for you to relieve the heat. Drink more."

Gu Qinglie was not polite. He picked up the white porcelain pot and poured a large cup. After drinking it, his heart suddenly felt refreshed.

"Are you bored at home every day? How about I take you to the mountains to get wild fruits? There are a lot of fruits now." He asked with a grin.

Chu Dai glanced at him lightly: "Do you have any intention of letting her go hiking with you with a big belly?"

Gu Qinglie scratched his head, "I always forget that I am an uncle."

Gu Qingqing bit off the cotton thread in her hand and put her clothes next to her: "It's getting hotter and hotter on the island. I'm too lazy to go out for fear of heat stroke."

The man took out the lunch box and went to the kitchen to get three more bowls and chopsticks. Shen Sui rarely ate at home at noon and was almost taken over by Mr. Qin.

Maybe it was because the family was so deserted, Mr. Qin also regarded Shen Sui as his descendant, so he couldn't help but pay more attention to him.

Gu Qingqing's belly was getting bigger and bigger. Gu Qinglie went directly to help her over and asked Chu Dai: "Last time you said when she was born?"

"December," the man said.

-

In the blink of an eye, it was December. Gu Qinglie had not gone to the military zone for training recently. He stayed at home every day, fearing that his sister was going to give birth to a child. There was no one at home.

On this day, Gu Qingqing had just finished eating canned hawthorn and felt a little uncomfortable. She quickly shouted: "Goudan? Are you at home? Brother!"

"Here we come!" Gu Qinglie was hanging clothes upstairs when he heard the shout and threw the clothes back into the bucket. He strode down and saw her face turned pale, "What's wrong, sister? Don't scare me."

"Maybe she's about to give birth..." Gu Qingqing pulled his arm, tears welling up in her eyes: "Brother, it hurts."

Gu Qinglie was worried: "Don't be afraid, brother is here, Qingqing is not afraid."

Without saying much, he picked her up and ran to the health center.

He was full of energy and it was not difficult to hold her. Gu Qingqing put her hands around his neck and buried her head in his arms, sniffing.

When they arrived at the health center, Doctor Yang knew she was about to give birth by looking at her posture. "Hurry up and put her on the bed. Her family members are waiting outside."

The door of the operating room was closed, and three big words "Under Operation" were illuminated on it. Chu Dai came in a hurry and was covered in mud. "Where is the person?" he asked Gu Qinglie.

"Inside." Gu Qinglie patted the dust on his body: "Don't worry, take a breath, can I get you a glass of water?"

Chu Dai shook his head, holding his hand on the door frame of the operating room, and the corners of his lips tensed into a straight line nervously.

When Shen Sui heard from his classmates that he saw his second brother carrying his sister to the health center, he hurried to the camp to find someone to ask them to notify his brother-in-law to come back. He was also anxious, leaning against the wall and looking at the door of the operating room, hoping that his sister would be safe. .

People from the corps came one after another. A dozen grown men stood or sat guarding the door. Zhao Ze comforted them: "It's okay. Don't be nervous. I'll go get you some food first."

Gu Qinglie didn't speak, just nodded slightly, his eyes never leaving the operating room for a moment.

Half an hour later, Chu Dai heard the sobbing and suppressed cries of the woman inside, her heart clenched, and the veins on the back of her hand holding the door frame were exposed.

No one ate the meal Zhao Ze brought. The lunch boxes were piled on the table untouched, and everyone was tense.

"Why did it take so long?!" Chen Jiefang was a little anxious and rubbed his hands.

"The first pregnancy took a long time, only half an hour, not so fast." Zhao Ze explained beside him.

Another half hour later, loud cries rang out from the ward, and the group of wilted men jumped up one after another: "The girl has given birth! We are uncles!"

"congratulations."

"Joy and rejoice together!"

The wounded people passing by were startled by the group of people coming from the Construction Corps. Zhao Ze quickly held them down and said, "They are at the health center. Keep your voice down."

As soon as the ward door opened, two female military doctors came out with a child in their arms: "Battle Commander Chu, Comrade Gu gave birth to..."

Before they could speak, Chu Dai went directly into the ward, reached the bedside, squatted down, looked at the sweaty and weak woman with pity, leaned over and kissed her forehead, her voice was a little hoarse: "Thank you for your hard work. , Qing Qing.”

"Comrade Gu," the female military doctors saw that Battalion Commander Chu was focused on his wife and went to Gu Qinglie: "Your sister gave birth to two boys..."

After coming back to his senses, Gu Qinglie passed them and strode into the ward, "Qingqing, how are you?"

The female military doctors were dumbfounded and a little at a loss when holding the children. It was the first time they saw such people who didn't care about children. They held the children and cleaned them out. There was a circle of big men around them.

"Let me see what my nephew looks like?!"

"Hey, let me take a look at my nephew too." Chen Jiefang squeezed in to take a look, and was silent for a moment: "Ah, he looks like Lao Gu."

Zhao Ze looked at the two children who were almost as ugly as his son when he was born, and couldn't help but laugh: "Maybe it's like Lao Chu when he was a child, the children follow their fathers."

After a burst of wanton laughter, the men all stared at the little baby in the female military doctor's hands, wanting to hold it but not daring to hold it.

In the ward, Gu Qingqing's eyes filled with tears: "Brother, I'm hungry."

"I'll get you something to eat!" Gu Qinglie held Chu Dai down and said, "Hurry up and think of names for your two children. Don't leave it to the elders of our Gu family!"

Chapter 154 Booming 154 Previous chapter table of contents next chapter  1973, the twenty-third day of the winter month.

Chu Dai sent a telegram to the Southern Military Region, the Construction Corps and Datunzi Village to announce the good news that there was a new addition to the family.

The two boys were named Chu Jinghong and Chu Lvying respectively.

Because the new year is approaching, Gu Qinglie gave his two children nicknames——

Tuantuan and every year.

Although it is the winter month, it is not cold on the island, and the indoor temperature is 19 degrees.

After Gu Qingqing gave birth, a man wrapped her in a quilt and took her home from the health center to recuperate. In order to prevent her from being bored, most of the curtains in the bedroom were closed and the rest was ventilated.

Because the window was covered with a screen, there wasn't much wind coming in from the outside, so it couldn't blow on her.

Gu Qingqing has two children, and she doesn't have much milk. Fortunately, the man bought milk powder in advance, so the children can't starve.

Xu Nian came over to see her with her child in her arms, and Chu Dai and Gu Qinglie discussed what to stew for her in the evening.

"Qingqing, who do these two dolls of yours look like?" Looking at the red and wrinkled child under the quilt on the bed, Xu Nian couldn't help teasing her.

"Like Chu Dai." Gu Qingqing did not hesitate, "Or my second brother."

Xu Nian burst into laughter, and the little boy wearing a light gown in her arms danced happily.

Xiao Yuer is over five months old and very skinny. She has to be carried around the island every day and cannot stay at home.

"I'm afraid you two are a bit difficult to take care of. I saw them as just two boys with pointy bellies, and you like to eat sour food. You're right." Xu Nian sat on the edge of the bed and put Xiao Yu'er on the bed. Let him crawl by himself, looking at the two small children, he said: "How much do your Tuan Tuan and Nian Nian babies weigh?"

"The big one is four pounds and three taels, and the small one is four pounds and five taels." Gu Qingqing was holding a glass of brown sugar water in her hand and drinking it slowly. Now that she had calmed down, she glanced at the two sleeping children and said, " Every year I get a little heavier than my brother, and the military doctor said that twins usually weigh five pounds to be considered well-nourished, so I gave birth before I could reach full term."

Xiao Yu'er bit her finger and looked at her two younger brothers curiously with her big eyes.

"Fortunately, your second brother is here, otherwise he would be really busy." Xu Nian teased his son: "Baitao is in a hurry right now. Fortunately, the eldest boy in her family is quite obedient and can help."

"By the way, has she come to see you?"

"Not yet. She probably didn't know the letter at the health center before. It's getting late now, so she has to come over tomorrow."

Xu Nian nodded, glanced at the milk powder bag on the bedside table next to her, and said, "Tuantuan and Niannian don't drink milk?"

"I don't have enough milk." Gu Qingqing blushed a little: "I might eat some in the future."

"Ah, that's okay." Xu Nian patted his son's butt, "Now that milk powder is expensive and hard to buy, your Battalion Commander Chu still has some connections."

Gu Qingqing didn't quite understand this, so she just shook her head and said, "You can stay for dinner tonight, so you don't have to go back to cook."

"No, Zhao Ze will bring it back from the canteen. I heard that the people in the Corps are crazy with joy today, and they are discussing what to give them when the child is full moon."

Looking at the quilt again, Xu Nian noticed that both children were wearing longevity locks, and was surprised: "Did your Battalion Commander Chu buy this?"

"My eldest brother and second brother were beaten in advance," Gu Qingqing took a look and her eyes softened, "Chu Dai asked Xiao Zhao to buy two pairs of silver bracelets for the children from the department store. Xiao Zhao bought them Four pairs, two pairs were said to be birth gifts from him to his nephew.”

Xu Nian heard her talk about Chu Zhao, the brother who grew up with Chu Dai.

She was a little envious: "Your parents and father-in-law will also send things over, right?" When she gave birth to Xiao Yuer, no one at home cared about her, and even after sending a telegram back, nothing came of it.

"I think so. I just sent a telegram back today." Thinking of this, Gu Qingqing couldn't help laughing, "My second brother was afraid that Chu Dai would give the names of the children to my adults, so he insisted on Chu Dai taking them. I asked him to send a telegram only after knowing his name.”

"Sister." Shen Sui was at the door, looking at her with dark eyes: "Brother-in-law asked me to ask you, is it okay to make chicken soup for dinner?"

"Okay." Gu Qingqing nodded with a smile, and then asked, "Have you finished your homework?"

"It's finished." The boy stood at the door for a while. He originally wanted to ask Sister if it hurt, but when he saw Sister Xu Nian was there, he turned around and left, not forgetting to close the door.

Xu Nian looked at his back and smiled: "I heard that Ah Sui went to the battalion headquarters today to find a sentry and asked him to inform Battalion Commander Chu to go to the health center. It is said that the child was in a hurry at that time. I have never seen it before There has never been a time when his emotions were so intense.”

"This child has a relatively reserved personality and is good at hiding his emotions." Gu Qingqing felt gentle in her heart.

Xu Nian said a few more words to her, telling her some things to pay attention to during confinement, and finally asked: "Do you want me to come over and take care of you during confinement? Men are bound to be careless sometimes."

"No need." Gu Qingqing looked at the little baby twisting in her arms and said, "You should take Xiao Yuer out for a walk quickly, he can't stay still anymore."

"Okay, okay." Xu Nian was also a little helpless: "This child will be more energetic at night. I will come to see you tomorrow."

"good."

-

During the confinement period, men helped her with things like wiping her body. She was a little shy at first, but then she got used to it and it was fine.

In a blink of an eye, it was the full moon, and Gu Qingqing was wrapped up thickly, and she also wore a woolen hat, which Baitao had made for her.

One of Tuantuan and Niannian was in the hands of his father, and the other was in the hands of his uncle. Gu Qinglie was gearing up to shave the lanugo of his two nephews.

Gu Qingqing questioned: "Can you do it?"

Gu Qinglie was no longer willing: "When your brother fought, he could cut off the enemy's head, let alone shave his head."

Chu Dai frowned and reminded: "This is your nephew, not an enemy."

"I know, I know." Gu Qinglie gently scraped his fingertips with a razor to make sure that his two nephews would not be injured due to slippage. Then he turned to ask the two people behind him who were holding the children: "Which one comes first, or Tuan Tuan? Come first every year?”

The two children looked exactly the same, and he couldn't tell them apart. He originally thought that they would look different like him and his brother, but his hope failed.

Gu Qingqing stood behind the man and pulled her son's ear with her hand. There was no birthmark behind the right ear. "This is Nian Nian. You can pick one to come first."

There is a very shallow birthmark behind Tuantuan's right ear, and Niannian's left ear. It's not obvious if you don't get close.

"Just Nian Nian, this little guy looks a bit like me." He opened his eyes and told lies. Chu Dai sneered and handed the child to him.

Today was the day off. The people from the Corps went to the cafeteria after breakfast and came over. They came to the yard with Zhao Ze and his wife. As soon as they entered, they saw Gu Qinglie sitting on a small bench, shaving the baby's fetal hair.

"Okay, why don't you ask me to do this kind of work?" Zhao Ze squatted down next to him.

"Who knows if you, the knife-wielder, are at home and free?" Gu Qinglie blew the broken hair on Nian Nian's head and touched it with satisfaction. Just go and open a barber shop next to the army."

Chu Dai hugged him to celebrate the New Year. The little guy didn't know that he had been shaved. He lay on his father's shoulder and yawned, and soon fell asleep.

Gu Qingqing looked worried: "I sleep too much during the day and make noises at night. I don't know if I can correct it in the future."

Xu Nian casually handed Xiao Yu'er to Zhao Ze and talked to Gu Qingqing: "No matter how old you are, you can correct it. Anyway, there are several men taking care of the children in your family, so you can sleep peacefully at night."

Gu Qingqing glanced at Xiao Yu'er and asked, "How big is it?"

Xu Nian was speechless and sighed.

We had lunch at Chu's house. Gu Qingqing had just given birth. The men also felt sorry for their girl who wouldn't let her cook. They went to the backyard to find vegetables and rolled up their sleeves to get ready to work.

Tuantuan and Niannian shaved their heads. Chu Dai mixed some warm water in a wooden basin for the two children to take a bath. Although the two children had their eyes closed, their feet kept flapping.

Shen Sui and Gu Qinglie were waiting nearby with a big towel in their hands.

The two women went to the room to chat. Zhao Ze held his son in his arms and teased them: "You two uncles have brought a baby to experience being a father in advance. Lao Gu, you have to hold on tight, right?"

Gu Qinglie leaned against the wall and squinted at the man wearing glasses at the door: "You're starting to tremble now that you have a son, right? I'm not in a hurry. I'll wait until you have your grandson before you marry me. I'll arrange a baby wedding then." "

Zhao Ze was amused: "Then you are not a generation shorter than us?"

Gu Qinglie: "..." It's over, and he went around himself.

Shen Sui Wei Bu Cha sighed, what should I do if my second brother is a bit naive?

Dinner was served at noon. Gu Qingqing and Xu Nian were eating in the room, and their children were also in the room. The men finally had a day off and had to drink and relax, but they were too lazy to care.

Xu Nian was feeding fish paste to his son. The sea fish had no spines and was chopped into a paste and steamed. The little fish loved to eat it.

Gu Qingqing was breastfeeding Tuantuan. She used to feel embarrassed to lift her clothes in front of Xu Nian, but now she doesn't care so much when the baby cries.

"Ask Chu Dai to make you some milk-rich soup. I always feel that milk powder is not as good as milk."

Gu Qingqing was stunned for a moment, and then asked in a low voice: "Who are the ones who breastfeed? Can you write it down for me? I can't remember."

"OK."

At night, Chu Dai took the dried diapers from the yard into his room. When he saw the little woman breastfeeding, he couldn't help but take a few more glances and slowly sat down by the bed.

Gu Qingqing felt a little uncomfortable with his hot eyes, "You go and make some milk powder for the children first, it's not enough."

The man said "hmm", folded the diaper and placed it beside the bed, then went to get the bottle.

After he finished soaking and came in, Gu Qingqing asked: "Will drinking milk powder for a long time make me unable to keep up with my nutrition? Sister A-Nian wrote me some soups for breastfeeding, will you start making them tomorrow?"

"Okay." The man dropped some milk powder to test the temperature, and then stuffed it into the mouth of an unknown son.

He couldn't tell the two boys apart by looking at their faces, and Gu Qingqing was also a little confused. She used to feed one child twice, while the other would cry from hunger. Now she would look at the birthmarks behind the ears of the babies before feeding them.

Chapter 155 Booming 155 Previous chapter table of contents next chapter  The night is quiet, and occasionally you can hear the rustle of the wind passing through the treetops.

Chu Dai was sitting by the bed holding Tuantuan while Gu Qingqing was feeding another child.

The little guy in the man's hand had a pacifier in his mouth and his eyes were narrowed. He looked like he was going to sleep, but in fact he was secretly leaking water.

Chu Dai didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She put her son on the bed and let him lie down. He gently pulled off the diaper and changed it into a dry one.

Gu Qingqing saw the dullness on his trouser legs and couldn't help laughing: "Fortunately, there is no shortage of water now, otherwise it would be really difficult."

Almost all the bamboo poles at home were covered with diapers, and there was no room to dry clothes.

The man nodded in agreement, changed his son's diaper, held it in his hands and rocked it slowly, and said, "Fortunately, my second brother and Ah Sui are here. They can help me when I'm on a mission."

Gu Qinglie and Chu Dai usually take care of the children at night, and they have to coax them to sleep until early in the morning. Fortunately, the army's tasks are not so heavy now, and the caves are basically completed.

All that remains is the infrastructure on the island and the establishment of a naval command post.

Mentioning Gu Qinglie, Gu Qingqing sighed: "I don't know when he will be able to return to the army. I feel like he can't stay any longer."

A soldier has been idle for more than half a year, and no one can leave him alone.

The man lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, "Laoguan means that he should return to the Corps as soon as possible. The six-month allowance will be paid as usual, and he will not be missing. From this incident, we can see the organization's attitude towards him." Now the terms of establishing diplomatic relations have been finalized. , these things are not military secrets, and they can be said.

"He suffered psychological trauma in the last battle. Now he can't fire a gun and his hands shake when he holds it."

The woman was stunned, and the hand patting Nian Nian's back suddenly stopped.

It turned out that this was what they had been hiding from her.

"Brother, can you think of a way to help him? My brother usually looks carefree, but he actually has a very strong personality. If he couldn't hold a gun, he would rather retire than return to the army."

Chu Dai had been with his brother for several years, so how could he not know his temper? He sighed slightly in his heart, not wanting to worry the little woman: "I will find a way to solve this matter, don't worry about it."

Gu Qingqing just nodded.

After both children fell asleep, Gu Qingqing stuffed all the red envelopes she received today into the drawer of the bedside table without opening them to see how much they were.

Chu Dai didn't ask how much money he had. They were all brothers who had gone through life and death in the Corps, so it was all from their hearts.

The two children are sleeping soundly now, but they will wake up later and make trouble again. The couple can talk for a while while it is quiet now.

Gu Qingqing was lying in the man's arms, and the two children were leaning against the wall next to her, making it difficult for them to fall.

"Brother, Sister A Nian and Sister Tao Zi both brought red envelopes to the two children, as well as Dr. Yang." She rubbed her head against the man's chin and spoke softly: "Do you think Brother Jiefang has someone in his heart? Otherwise, Why haven't they done this yet?"

"It stands to reason that our relationship with Dr. Yang is only average. She doesn't need to give Tuantuan a red envelope every year. Does she want us to help her?" She felt that it was really strange for a girl to take such initiative. It’s easy. I really don’t know what Brother Jiefang is thinking.

"Chen Jiefang has no one in his heart." The man clasped her waist with his big palms, because she had just given birth and had not fully recovered yet, plus she had either chicken soup or fish soup every day, which was too much tonic. She was a little plump and felt good in the hand.

"How do you know? Did he tell you?" The woman looked up at him.

The man chuckled: "You forgot, he eagerly asked his comrades if they had any girls at home to introduce."

Gu Qingqing was a little confused: "When did it happen? Why didn't I know?"

"Not long after Sister Yu Cheng was sent away, he was laughed at for a while." The man pressed his chin against her rebellious head, "He was a little dumbfounded, and the military doctor Yang was a little reserved. He couldn't tell that the girl was interested in him." Have a good impression."

"Isn't this subtle? Dr. Yang waits for him to go to the cafeteria to eat together every day. Why doesn't Brother Jiefang understand?" She hated the fact that iron cannot become steel.

"There are too many people eating with him. How can he think about that?"

Chu Dai kissed her forehead and said, "If you want to help, please help. The brothers in your army are all pretty good people. They live a down-to-earth life and will not let other girls lose."

"I know." Gu Qingqing was a little sleepy and dozed off in his arms: "You should also give Brother Jiefang some advice..."

Chu Dai fell asleep while still waiting for her to continue.

The man smiled helplessly, pulled the quilt on one side and covered her with it.

The temperature is comfortable during the day, but still a bit cool at night.

He hugged the gentle woman and thought of the two little dumplings next to him, and his heart felt warm.

Not long after, as soon as the boss Tuantuan made a sound, the younger brother immediately started to cry. Chu Dai quickly got up and hugged each other out, letting the little woman sleep peacefully.

Gu Qinglie was still awake when he heard the sound and went downstairs to take another doll wrapped in a small quilt from the man.

The quilts for the two brothers were all rags that Zhang Cuifen asked for from the folks in the village. They were all colorful and colorful. She sewed Baina quilts for her two great-grandsons with a lot of heart.

Gu Qinglie hugged his nephew and coaxed him, and said to the man next to him, "My grandpa and the others are eager to have a great-granddaughter. The little boy is always noisy. Doesn't your Yu Cheng's wife often carry her child here?" Come here, I think his daughter is quite well-behaved."

"Envy? Give birth to yourself." Chu Dai gently patted his son's quilt and said, "These two boys are just like you, howling with so much energy every day."

Looking back, Qing Lie was afraid of getting involved with him: "Either like you or my brother, Qingqing and I were very good when we were young. We ate, slept, and ate, and never bothered anyone."

Tuantuan and Niannian are still young, and it’s hard to tell who they look like. They also have a few sparse eyebrows. Anyway, they look ugly.

When Chu Dai heard this, he just sneered.

In the blink of an eye, it’s the New Year’s Eve, and everyone except the sentries on duty is on vacation. Everything is bustling with activity, and many supplies ships have arrived.

Some were bought by the sisters-in-law themselves, and some were given by the military region for additional New Year supplies.

Gu Qinglie, Chu Dai and Shen Sui went to the dock several times to get everything.

Because the woman at home is afraid of the cold and has two small children, the door is always closed and a charcoal stove is lit inside.

Today is New Year's Eve, which is lively when there are many people. Gu Qingqing called Xu Nian to celebrate the New Year together.

Xiaoyu'er was sitting in the bamboo basket next to him, kicking his feet and playing with a rattle in his hand. There was a stove next to him and it wasn't cold.

Tuantuan and Niannian like to sleep during the day and fall asleep in the wooden cradle next to them.

Two women were peeling peanuts, and when the men brought back the supplies, they would make a pig's trotters and peanut stew.

They spoke very quietly for fear of waking the children.

Xu Nian slowly peeled the red peanuts, throwing the shells into a plastic bag and placing the peanut kernels in a large enamel bowl next to it.

Glancing at her son, she smiled softly: "Your second uncle is indeed a carpenter. He did such a good job on this child's crib and cradle."

These were all sent together with Baina before, and there were also many clothes and children's toys that the third aunt Zhang Yuqing bought and exchanged in the city.

The other items are pickles, bacon, dried radish and the like, which happened to be fried today.

"My second uncle is a famous carpenter from all over the country. He made the sitting basket and toys for me when I was a child, as well as the bamboo dragonfly." Gu Qingqing said with a smile: "Tuantuan and Niannian were still young and couldn't sit in the sitting basket. , you can take it back first. You can also put the little fish in it when doing some housework at home. It is very stable and will not fall out."

"Then I won't be polite to you." Xu Nian always carried the child in a sling to work. In fact, it was nothing, just cooking, growing, ordering vegetables, and cleaning the house.

She also ate in the cafeteria when Zhao Ze was not at home, which saved her trouble.

Maybe the food was too good, but the little fish was getting heavier and heavier, and it was difficult for her to carry it on her back.

"You're welcome, you helped me a lot." The three men in the family always rely on Xu Nian for help when they are not at home.

"There's no need to say this. You still give me soup every day when I'm in confinement." When it comes to this, Xu Nian said regretfully: "My family is a kid, and so is your family. I originally wanted to book a baby wedding, but It’s completely impossible now.”

Gu Qingqing bent her eyes and smiled: "You don't plan to have a second child?"

"In another two years, I really don't have the energy to do it." Xu Nian patted the peanut skin crumbs on his trouser legs and continued to peel the peanuts: "You can give birth. Your brother and A Sui are here, and Battalion Commander Chu and the others have no mission now. It’s so heavy, but I can run home often.”

Speaking of this, Xu Nian was a little envious: "Your family is held by your man and your older brother and younger brother most of the time every year. I used to have to hold the child during confinement, but now I feel a slight pain when I raise my elbow. No. Do you know if you are suffering from confinement syndrome?"

"Squeak -" the door was pushed open, and Gu Qinglie shouted with a loud voice before the figure appeared: "Maybe my brother is biased. He sent things to both Qingqing and two nephews, but I didn't. .”

Chu Dai comforted him from behind: "I don't have one either, right?"

Gu Qinglie felt relieved again: "That's right."

Gu Qingqing and Xu Nian looked at each other. The conversation was over, and she stood up to take the things from the men's hands.

Did her elder brother send something? I want to dismantle it!

Gu Qinglie put everything on the table, and Chu Dai and Shen Sui went to the kitchen.

He stretched out his long legs and sat on the chair. It was too hot and he didn't warm himself up by the fire. He took the enamel cup handed to him by the girl and took a gulp of water.

Gu Qingqing stood next to him and opened the package, and she specially picked the package with the seal of the Southern Military Region Air Force.

"Huh? Two boxes of chocolates? Where did the elder brother buy them?" Gu Qingqing continued to open them. "There are still a lot of canned fruits at home that haven't been eaten yet and he sent them again. Do I need to send him a telegram to tell him and keep the allowance?" If you want a wife, don’t throw everything at me.”

Hearing her muttering, Gu Qinglie held the enamel cup and was a little amused: "Do you know how much eldest brother's monthly allowance is? Eat as much as you can, you won't be able to feed him." The brother and sister have a tacit understanding and will not mention them when others are present. nickname.

Chu Dai was preparing to chop meat in the kitchen. After thinking about it, he came out and asked the two people: "What kind of meat should be used to make croquettes?"