Chapter 25 I Can’t Eat Any More

"Hey, why are you here? I was just looking for you!"

When Wang Youcai opened the door, he saw Gu Qingye passing by and immediately stopped him.

"Your sister-in-law said she would like to invite you and your sister-in-law to her house for dinner. It's a good opportunity for you to go back and call them. I'll ask your sister-in-law to cook now."

Gu Qingye gestured at the lunch box in his hand.

"Forget about it today. I've prepared some food and my family has made some soup. And it's my turn to treat everyone. Thank you, sister-in-law, for your troubles these past two days."

Wang Youcai reached out and tapped Gu Qingye, jokingly saying so.

"You have finally come to this day. You know you are homesick. Well, I won't disturb you two. But if I call you again tomorrow, you can't refuse!"

Not far away, Ding Tiesheng watched this scene and felt a breath of foul air stuck in his chest.

You are so good, Gu Qingye, you even have two faces!

However, one of them had just been confronted head-on, and the other was the big brother of the group. What else could he do? He could only hurried home and vent his anger on his own gate.

It is dinner time now and many people are going home. Whenever someone asks, Gu Qingye will reply, "I have stewed soup at home."

It didn't take long for the news to spread throughout the compound. Captain Gu's fiancée knew how to care for her husband, and she served him well with food and drinks as soon as he returned. If you don't believe me, just smell the fragrance. Isn't it alluring?

The women had even more to say. Look at how considerate Captain Gu is. He feels sorry for his wife’s hard work in the mountains and takes the initiative to go to the canteen to get meals. Then look at you, you go home and lie down, and the food is handed to you!

It has to be said that both of them are news saints. Any slight move they make will cause a sensation outside.

Gu Qingye smelled a strong fragrance before he even got home.

This place is not near the sea, and the canteen has never cooked seafood. However, the comrades who came from the seaside brought some dried shrimps and dried fish. Gu Qingye tasted them and they were very salty and fishy, ​​but now the taste is just fresh and fragrant.

Lu Youyou didn't expect Gu Qingye to come back so soon: "The dishes are ready, I'll bring out the soup and we'll eat."

Gu Qingye didn't go to the main room, but went straight to the kitchen.

"Let me do it."

He took the rag from Lu Youyou's hand, uncovered the pot and did it all in one go. The boiling steam did not affect his movements at all.

Lu Youyou looks hot, maybe she has practiced Iron Sand Palm!

She picked up her lunch box and followed behind, sniffing her nose as if she could smell some meat.

"Is there any meat stew in the cafeteria today?"

"Well, also, the kitchen squad leader Zhou came back today. He said he wanted to write you a thank you letter and that your 'students' have many questions to ask."

Gu Qingye opened the lunch box and gestured to her to look. It was full of potatoes stewed with meat. There were only two or three pieces of potatoes, and the rest was all meat.

Lu Youyou was a little embarrassed: "How can you be a student? It would be a waste if you don't use the things grandpa taught you. My wish is to let you have meat to eat every day."

Gu Qingye paused while Lu Youyou was busy serving the rice, seemingly unaware of how “grand” the goal he had mentioned was.

"You remember everything your grandpa taught you? Do you need any other information?"

Lu Youyou felt inexplicably nervous.

You have to consider the target when you are trying to use a tiger's skin and a big banner. Gu Qingye is a ruthless character who can pick out criminals from a crowd at a glance. Even if she wants to process it artistically, she can't go too far. It's best to lean towards the direction that can be verified, for example:

"Didn't I tell you I have a photographic memory?"

The skill of blushing still needs to be used, but it can't just be blushing, it also needs to be done with a bit of pride and a little bit of embarrassment of self-boasting.

Seeing that Gu Qingye was indeed surprised, Lu Youyou struck while the iron was hot, went back to the room, took out the two-page "Animal Husbandry Disease Care", and started memorizing from the first word.

Lu Youyou spoke very quickly, and after reciting it, he said, "I also remember the telegram you sent. Can I recite it to you again?"

Now it was Gu Qingye's turn to feel embarrassed.

Although the telegram was very ordinary, in Gu Qingye's mind it was like a marriage certificate. If Lu Youyou read it out to him in person...

"Well, no need. I just think it's a pity for you not to continue to go to college."

Lu Youyou waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "You can still make contributions even if you don't go to college."

Gu Qingye hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do you want to continue studying?"

He remembered that if a military wife had made contributions, she would have the opportunity to be recommended to go to university, but given Lu Youyou's background, it would be difficult.

Lu Youyou was stunned and felt that her memory was confused. This was 1976, right? What kind of books could she study?

Gu Qingye: "If you want to go to college..."

Lu Youyou suddenly realized and interrupted him: "You mean the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University? No need!"

Fearing that Gu Qingye would help his wife find a way to get a recommendation in order to realize her "dream", Lu Youyou quickly clarified:

"I don't want to go to college. My life is pretty good now. I am very satisfied. Very, very, extremely satisfied!"

She had finally come to join the army. What if Gu Qingye thought she loved studying and went to great lengths to send her to college? By then, they would be separated and she would have no place to cry.

Gu Qingye's heart stagnated and his fingers clenched unconsciously. Lu Youyou began to look at him with that eager and expectant look again.

Just like when they first met at Gu's house, she pulled him and asked if he could not leave, and that evening when she was waiting at the entrance of the village, asking him with sparkling eyes when he would get married.

"Yeah." Gu Qingye turned sideways and lowered his head to serve the rice, hiding the slight blush behind his ear.

The crisis was over, Lu Youyou felt relieved and didn't notice that the tough guy was shy.

She tasted a bite of the rosy pork belly and her eyes lit up: "Did the cafeteria change its chef?"

"This is the skill of squad leader Zhou. Stewing meat with potatoes is his specialty."

Seeing that Lu Youyou liked Gu Qingye and was about to serve her some meat, she immediately moved the bowl away: "You eat, you eat, I don't like meat!"

Poor thing, she only got a few chances to taste meat, how could she snatch it?

She could still secretly enjoy a meal, but Gu Qingye didn't have the conditions to do so. If it wasn't impossible to create something out of nothing, she would have wanted to take out all the ginseng, abalone, shark's fin and fish maw in the villa and stew them for Gu Qingye to eat.

However, this time Gu Qingye didn't listen to her and continued to pick up piece after piece.

Lu Youyou felt bitter, but she couldn't do anything because the man's arms were thicker than her legs. Even though she blocked him left and right, half of the meat still fell into her bowl.

Ten minutes later, Lu Youyou raised his head and said pitifully: "I can't eat anymore..."

Gu Qingye felt a little warm in his heart, and in order to get him to eat more meat, he pretended to be full.

"Be good and eat more."

Lu Youyou felt a lump in her throat. She couldn't hear anything and couldn't eat anymore.

However, Gu Qingye remained indifferent.

Okay, since your explanation doesn’t make sense, let me present the evidence.

Lu Youyou put down the bowl and stood up. Under Gu Qingye's puzzled gaze, she pulled the corners of her clothes together, pulled them back, and straightened her slightly round stomach.

"Look, I'm really full."

Gu Qingye was stunned.

There was no stomach in his eyes, only the slender waistline that rose and fell with his breathing.

(End of this chapter)