Chapter 161: Prosperity 161: This can also be related

Gu Qingqing held one in her arms and slept with another beside her. The man moved slowly and fed her half a bowl of rice. She shook her head and said, "You go out and eat first. I'm full. I'll eat later when I'm hungry."

Chu Dai put down his bowl and chopsticks, and propped up the quilt with his left hand. His white hand contrasted sharply with the army green quilt, and blue veins appeared on the back of his hand: "Then you need to call me?"

"I know!" She wanted to hug the man, but when she saw the baby in his arms, she sighed and said, "Now I finally understand why you said you would have it later."

The man raised his eyebrows slightly, knowing what she was talking about, and leaned over to kiss her, "It's good to have it now, and my second brother and Ah Sui can help. After a while, when my second brother returns to the regiment, I won't be so relaxed."

The woman nodded, her lips tasted sweet like candy. She licked the corner of her mouth and her eyes smiled into crescent shapes.

Chu Dai looked at his two sons for a while, then stood up and went out, closing the door tightly to prevent the cold air from invading.

Everyone in the living room enjoyed the meal very much. They were all very unrestrained, with their sleeves rolled up and glasses of wine in their hands. They talked excitedly about how they and their comrades had killed the enemies in the Corps in the past, and they felt very happy in their hearts.

No matter how they persuaded him, Zhao Ze just held the soda. The most calm person was Old Qin, who looked at them with a smile.

Chu Dai pulled out a chair and sat down next to Gu Qinglie. Seeing that he was drinking one glass after another without saying a word, he patted his shoulder and picked up the bottle to pour wine.

Seeing that Shen Sui had finished eating, Xu Nian went to the kitchen and brought him a small basket: "Your sister said this is for Bai Tao, can you go there, Sui?"

Shen Sui nodded and took it. There was still some light outside, so he didn't take the flashlight and walked towards the south area.

Chen Jiefang and his men were already drunk, singing military songs and mentioning the names of the corps leaders, from Lao Guan to Political Commissar Xu, and finally even Lao Yu and Lao Zhu from the pig farm were not spared.

Even if they were transferred to the Navy, they always felt that their past and their roots were in the Construction Corps, and that they would go back one day, even if they were no longer in the same organization as their former comrades.

Old Qin could see the attachment of these children to the Corps, and he also understood that they had signed up to be stationed on the island for the sake of the country's coastal defense construction. As long as the country needed them, they would definitely obey even if they were ordered to join the field army or the air force tomorrow.

Sipping his wine slowly, he couldn't help but think of his former brother.

In addition to the more than 300 people who sacrificed their lives at the beginning, he later met many people, most of whom have sacrificed their lives for the country. The rest have returned to their hometowns to farm and hide their identities, while others are scattered in various government agencies. If he really has to say, the person he met the most is Chu Yuan.

He is a man with a strong sense of family, country and national justice, and he is also forward-looking and a rare handsome man.

As his son, Chu Dai is no less capable. This young man will go further in the future. The Chu family's daughter-in-law is also a kind person. He believes that the two little grandsons of the Chu family will also be outstanding people in the future.

"Brothers!" Chen Jiefang suddenly shouted, "Let's have a toast! For the brothers who died in the war, and for the wonderful life we ​​have now!"

Gu Qinglie and Chu Dai stood up silently, and as they raised their heads to drink, they silently said in their hearts:

Respect to our brothers who died in battle, and respect to the hard-won peace.

The two female comrades, Xu Nian and Yang Xin, were also infected by the men's excited emotions and smiled at each other.

Both children were asleep. Gu Qingqing did not put them in the cradle. The two brothers were on the inside of the wall. She used a quilt to block the edge. Fearing that they would roll down, she took a chair to prop up the edge of the bed before she felt at ease to go out.

Seeing her come out, the man pulled out a chair next to her for her to sit on, then turned around and talked to Gu Qinglie next to him.

"I have nothing to do these days. I will accompany you to the military training area for target practice tomorrow. Lao Guan sent me a telegram ordering you to return to the army before March."

"Okay, I'll do whatever you say." Gu Qinglie nodded and continued drinking in silence.

There was still half of the rice left in Gu Qingqing's bowl. She picked up a piece of fat and lean pork with braised pork. Because she gained a lot of weight after giving birth, Yang Xin asked her to eat less fatty meat.

She poked the fat with chopsticks and put it into the bowl of the man next to her, and ate the lean meat herself.

Chu Dai just glanced at her lightly, put his right hand on the back of the chair behind her, and held the wine glass in his left hand as he talked to Gu Qinglie about the training methods.

The meal didn't end until 7:30. Old Qin felt a little tired. He gave Tuantuan, Niannian, Shensui and Xiaoyuer a red envelope respectively, then walked into the night with his hands behind his back and returned to the single-family courtyard in front.

After drinking so much, I should be able to have a good dream tonight. I hope my brothers can come to see him and talk to him.

Gu Qingqing and Xu Nian cleaned the table, and Yang Xin took the initiative to go to the kitchen to wash the dishes. The men could not be called, and four or five of them surrounded Chu Dai and Gu Qinglie, either hugging their arms or putting their hands on their shoulders. Even Zhao Ze was grabbed by the corner of his clothes.

Chen Jiefang was drunk and asked Chu Dai: "Captain, do you remember last summer when we were hiding in the mountains and ambushing the Sun Tzu country next door? Not only were we bitten by mosquitoes, but snakes were crawling all over our bodies and finally entangled ourselves on our guns."

As he spoke, he could not help but grinning: "At that time, the supplies had been cut off for two days. I was so hungry that my mouth was watering when I looked at the snake." The main reason was that the enemy's troops were coming and they could not move casually.

"I remember." The man laughed softly, "At that time, the enemy squad had already come over, and I ordered to open fire. After the enemy was killed, the snake was scared away. You jumped up and tried to grab the snake's tail, but failed. You kept scolding me for half an hour."

"In the end, I was punished." Chen Jiefang wiped his face and sighed: "Because the snake bit Lao Zhao."

The men laughed. Someone patted Zhao Ze on the shoulder and said, "None of us was injured. It was the accompanying military doctor who was bitten by a snake. In the end, he had to cut the wound himself to drain the poisonous blood."

The corners of Zhao Ze's mouth twitched, and it was obvious that he had also remembered: "The idiot Chen Jiefang blamed me for being slow and not catching the snake, so his dinner ran away."

Gu Qinglie also grinned. Life was really hard at that time. Sometimes they had to stay in an ambush for ten days or half a month. The supplies they brought were only enough for four or five days, and they had to find a way to survive the rest of the time.

They would rather eat snakes, insects, rats and ants than eat wild fruits from the mountains, which look red but are very poisonous.

Gu Qingqing listened to their words, her hands that were wiping the table paused, and she couldn't help but look at the man sitting quietly by the fireplace.

The man surrounded by a group of people seemed to sense something. He met her gaze and smiled with curved lips.

She sighed inwardly. She used to think that her brothers had high allowances and could eat whatever they wanted. She knew that the money was not easy to come by, but she never imagined that it was so difficult and that it could even be said that it was earned with one's life.

Gu Qinglie never said these to her and was always smiling heartlessly every day.

Chu Dai was the same. He would not reveal any of the pressure from the outside world to her. He was in a very bad mood several times when he came to the island. Because they were now organized into battalions, each of them was independent. Without Jiang Sheng present, no one could control their sleep or the group that came to the island later. They all had their own opinions and it was difficult to reach a consensus.

But when I got home, I calmed down and asked her what she had done and whether she was tired. The man took good care of her during her pregnancy and she never had any worries.

"Qingqing." Xu Nian glanced at her son who was yawning in the basket next to her and asked her, "We still have to stay up late to celebrate the New Year, right? Have you bought firecrackers? We have to let them set off the firecrackers at the right time."

"I bought it." She hid the pity in her heart and swept the bone residues on the table to the ground. She would have to sweep the floor again later: "Those little kids should come over soon. Should we give them a red envelope?" She had no experience.

"No need." Xu Nian said: "If you give it to their parents, you have to find a way to return it. It's better not to give it to them. Just visit each other and have some fun. Do you want to give it to Zhang Ta and Xiao Huan?" She saw the woman's thoughts at a glance.

"Yes, my nephew is very good to me. He often brings seafood to our home. As for Xiao Huan, you know that all the clothes in my family, big and small, are made by his mother. It is only right and proper that I should give him some appreciation."

"Then just show some appreciation." Xu Nian said with a smile, "Two cents is enough. Give it in private, not in front of other children. Otherwise, when she goes back and tells their mother, she will think that your family is trying to trick them."

Gu Qingqing couldn't help shaking her head, "How can this be related?"

"Zhang Jianshe is the deputy battalion commander from the Luzhong Corps, and your Chu Dai is the battalion commander. The battalion commander and deputy battalion commander of the group that came later do not belong to the same local army. Seeing how harmonious you two are in private, I'm sure they will have some thoughts. Of course, I don't understand men's affairs, so I'm just talking nonsense."

"You don't know the other kids well, let alone their parents. I don't think you would be able to recognize who is who if you saw them. There's no need to give them to me."

Gu Qingqing nodded. "Okay, then I'll give it to Xiao Huan and Ata. I don't need to give it to their brothers, do I?"

"Just give one, their mother also knows what it means. If you give them all, you have to return them." Seeing that his son was making a lot of noise because he was going to sleep, Xu Nian put down the things in his hands and picked him up from the basket.

Zhao Ze looked at his wife and son and felt exhausted. These old men became very nagging when they were drunk and kept reminiscing about the past. It was because they didn't have wives and children at home, otherwise they would have gone home excitedly.

Gu Qingqing thought about what Xu Nian said and felt that it was very right. After wiping the table and cleaning it up, she saw the enamel plate that had hardly been touched, and shook her head and smiled.

They really just need some wine to drink.

At around seven o'clock, the two kids in the room started to make a noise, crying in unison with Xiaoyuer.

Gu Qingqing couldn't handle it alone, so she called Chu Dai a few times. The man pushed away the comrades hanging on him and gave Gu Qinglie a look.

Gu Qinglie nodded slightly, indicating that he would give it to him.

The two children on the bed kept crying. Gu Qingqing picked up one and had no time to take care of the other. Fortunately, the man came quickly, and the couple each held one and comforted the children.

Gu Qingqing was running around the room like an ant on a hot pot, and finally she became dizzy and bumped into the hard back of the man behind her. She turned around and met the man's inquiring eyes.

The couple were both stunned.

Gu Qingqing's eyebrows were curved, and behind her was the broad and strong back of the man. The restlessness in her heart faded a little, and she coaxed the baby in her arms in a gentle voice.

The man also laughed softly.