Chapter 234: Prosperity 234: No?

After waving goodbye to the salesperson, he took the two brothers home and went to the kitchen to wash vegetables and cook.

Green onions, garlic, and leeks are all available in every backyard. The peppers have also blossomed and some small peppers have grown, which can be picked after a while.

It was past four o'clock now, Shen Sui and Old Qin came back together. When the two young guys saw Grandpa, they dragged him to the living room cabinet, one on each side, and stood on tiptoe to tap on the cabinet door to signal him to open it.

Qin Zhou always responded to the requests of his two grandsons. He opened the cabinet door and asked, "What does Tuantuan Niannian want?"

"Gao Gao~" Xiao Niannian said vaguely: "Good~soft."

Qin Zhou saw a few packages wrapped in brown paper and knew that they went out to buy food today. He picked up a package and asked, "Is this it?"

The two brothers were a little confused and unsure, "Grandpa, look~"

Old Qin smiled and unwrapped it, took out a fluffy cake, and bent over to hand it to them: "Is this it?"

The young guys nodded repeatedly.

He rewrapped the brown paper and put it back in the cupboard, then broke the cake in half to share with the kids.

Tuantuan never took it. She pushed his hand with her little hand and put it to his mouth: "Grandpa~time!"

Qin Zhou's eyes were soft and gentle: "Tuan Tuan specially lets Grandpa taste it every year?"

The little dumplings nodded.

Old Qin passed the other half to Shen Sui who was drinking water nearby, and ate the one in his hand, which was soft and delicious.

He smiled at the two kids, "It's delicious. Thank you Tuantuan for thinking about Grandpa every year."

The little dumplings clapped their hands happily.

Shen Sui finished drinking the water, ate half a piece of egg cake, and went upstairs to pack up.

I have to take the train to the Construction Corps in the evening, so I'm going to pick up two sets of clothes now and do some homework before dinner. I won't bring my books with me to the Corps.

Qin Zhou was downstairs playing with the two little guys, while Tuantuan Niannian followed Grandpa to the study.

Pushing the door open, there are bookshelves on three sides, a desk next to the window, and a large wooden bed in the middle.

Tuan Tuan stood on tiptoe and tried to grab the brush on the pen holder. His fingertips just reached it and the brush swung in the air and brushed past his fingers.

He never stops enjoying it.

Xiao Niannian sat on the wooden floor, crumpled the paper in his hand into a ball and threw it at his brother's feet.

Xiao Tuantuan was slow to react. He slowly squatted down, picked up the paper ball, and threw it towards his brother again.

Qin Zhou stood in front of the desk, looked at the sunset outside, his brows softened, and picked up the ink stick beside him to start grinding.

Chu Dai came back from the vegetable garden in the backyard with some green onions. Seeing that the two kids were not in the living room, he went to the kitchen and asked the woman, "Where are the kids?"

"My godfather took it to the study." Gu Qingqing glanced at him and said, "Comrade Chu Dai, you have a really heavy hand. I told you to pull a handful of green onions, but you just pulled a piece."

"Don't you want to make dumplings with scallions and shrimp?" The man peeled off the yellow leaves on the scallions.

"Chives and shrimps," Gu Qingqing said helplessly, "Are you listening to me? What are you thinking about?"

Chu Dai looked at her for a long while with deep eyes, and said, "I forgot to go to the alley to see if there are any condoms."

Gu Qingqing glared at him, turned around, closed the kitchen door, and started picking out the shrimps: "You'll have to hold it in from now on."

The man washed the green onions and put them aside: "I can't hold it in."

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Gu Canyang came back earlier than Chu Yuan. He put the qingtuan given by the long-faced sister-in-law in the kitchen and asked her, "Are you going to the Construction Corps tonight?"

"Yes, I didn't send a telegram to Goudan." Gu Qingqing was making wontons with chopped shrimp paste inside, which Tuantuan and Niannian loved to eat.

The man explained, "She was afraid that her second brother might be injured but she didn't tell anyone about it, so she wanted to launch a surprise attack."

He was also specifically ordered not to send telegrams.

However, he still greeted Yu Fugui in advance to avoid having to walk to the corps.

It takes half an hour to drive from the train station to the Corps. With two little kids and a wife who gets tired after walking for a while, everything has to be done in advance.

Gu Canyang glanced at him and said, "I've taken a week off and will go with you."

"Ah?" Gu Qingqing's eyes narrowed slightly: "Isn't it difficult for you to ask for leave?"

"Well." Gu Canyang stood at the door and looked at them, "Go pick him up."

Chu Dai shook his head and smiled: "If the second brother knew, he would definitely not think that the eldest brother doesn't care about him."

Gu Canyang is a person who doesn't express his emotions openly. He won't take the initiative to express his concern except in front of Gu Qingqing and his two little nephews.

Gu Qingqing put the wontons into the boiling seaweed and shrimp soup and said softly, "If he saw us, I don't know if he would be moved or scared to tears."

If he didn't tell anyone about his injury, he would be criticized.

Gu Canyang was listening to them talking at the door, occasionally speaking a few words. Tuantuan Niannian came out of the study, and when she saw her uncle coming, her eyes lit up and she hugged his legs and rubbed them vigorously.

"Chirp~" Xiao Niannian stood on tiptoe to reach the hem of his clothes.

Gu Canyang bent down, moved his fingers slightly, and wiped the pastry crumbs from the little boy's mouth.

"What did you eat?" he asked.

"Gao Gao!" Xiao Tuantuan pulled his trouser legs again and led him to the counter.

He did not refuse and followed them obediently.

Chu Dai looked back and sneered, "These two little guys are really good at trying to please people."

Use the things your parents bought to do favors for them and make them happy. Next time when you want to eat something, just act cute and ask your grandpa and uncle, and you will get it easily.

Gu Qingqing stirred the pot with chopsticks without saying a word.

The man crossed his arms, stared at her profile for a long time, and suddenly said, "They are like you in character."

Such a sweet talker.

He has all the tricks to appease others.

Gu Qingqing glanced at him and said, "No?"

"Sure, why not?" The man watched her add chopped green onions and said, "You look good."

The woman chuckled, picked up a wonton, blew it to cool it down, and passed it to him: "Taste it and see if it's cooked."

The man lowered his head and swallowed a mouthful, chewing slowly: "It's cooked, and the saltiness of the filling is just right."

"That's fine. Get me two enamel bowls." The portion was just enough for the two brothers.

Chu Dai did as he was told and bent down to take two bowls from the cupboard below.

Gu Qingqing packed them up one by one and then took two spoons and put them in: "Let them cool for a while, then put them on the tea table and let them eat by themselves." The enamel ones are not afraid of falling, at most the paint will be chipped off.

Now we try to let the two little guys eat by themselves, but even soup like this still needs an adult to watch over them.

Although she made dumplings, she also steamed some rice so that she wouldn't feel hungry easily.

Shrimp dumplings and green onion pork dumplings were put into the pot together. Gu Qingqing asked the man: "Can you make a dipping sauce?"

Chu Dai raised his eyebrows, took a small bowl, poured some soy sauce into it, put a handful of chopped green onions in it, stirred it with chopsticks, and said, "That's it."

When the dumplings floated up, she scooped five or six of them with a spatula and put them in a porcelain bowl: "Try them first."

The man held the bowl, picked up the dumpling, blew it cool, and then passed it to the woman's mouth.

Gu Qingqing took a bite naturally and found the shrimp filling particularly delicious.

Chu Dai finished the rest in one gulp. He leaned against the stove and thought of the past. He couldn't help laughing: "If I knew that you are such a good cook now, I would definitely want to cry."

After all, Gu Qingqing was the first person he had ever seen who could turn good pig bones into poisonous soup.

It looks good and smells good. I don't know why it tastes so...

Gu Qingqing couldn't help laughing, "Later, Uncle Yu told me to tell him if I wanted to eat anything and he would cook for me, but he just told me not to waste the food anymore."

The man smiled and nodded. "It was indeed a bit of a waste at the time."

Then, his eyes dimmed, and he reminded her: "The Construction Corps has added a lot of new recruits now, and the people you know may be less than one-third of them."

The soldiers who were knocked down by her in the wounded camp later died one after another on the border battlefield.

Gu Qingqing paused for a moment before speaking: "I understand."

This time she not only wanted to pick up her brother, but also wanted to see those familiar people. She benefited a lot from their care during the two or three months she was in the Construction Corps.

Uncle Yu, Uncle Zhu from the pig farm, and Uncle Zhang from the quartermaster department are all very good people, as well as that group of energetic brothers.

They both fell into memories and were silent.

At half past five, the food was served. There were two large bowls of hot dumplings, steamed fish and blanched shrimps. Gu Qingqing also had some cold eggplant salad.

Chu Yuan came back just in time and went to the bathroom to wash his hands and eat.

Xiao Xu and Mr. Qin's orderly has rarely appeared recently, especially at mealtime.

There were so many people in the Chu family, and they didn't want to cause trouble for Gu Qingqing, so they finished their meal in the cafeteria and came over later.

Chu Yuan wiped his hands, glanced at his two grandsons who were lying on the coffee table eating wontons with a spoon, and sat down.

"The little girl from the Bai family is getting married next week. Your uncle Bai just told me verbally that we should all go there."

Gu Qingqing was holding a bowl with dumplings in her hand. She was stunned for a moment when she heard his words and subconsciously glanced at the man with a lazy look next to her.

"Father." After thinking for a while, she said, "At noon, Bai Rong came to see A Dai."

Chu Yuan took the dumpling she handed to him, picked up the chopsticks, glanced at his son, then poked the dumpling into his mouth.

"What did I tell you?" He knew what the little girl from the Bai family was thinking, and he felt a little guilty towards Old Bai.

At that time, the two boys were young and frivolous. They felt that they would never be able to make a name for themselves in the military area because they were under the control of their father.

So the two brothers discussed it and ran to the border town, thinking of making achievements and then proving to the old men that they were not incapable.

The Bai family has a son and a daughter. The son is both intelligent and brave, and very outstanding.

Unfortunately, he was defeated in the Construction Corps, and Lao Bai became completely desperate.

The only thing I miss is my daughter.

"She said she didn't want to get married and asked me to help her." Chu Dai took a bite of the dumpling stuffed with green onions and pork, and his mouth was filled with the fragrance.

It should be stir-fried pork belly.

"Help? How can you help?" Chu Yuan snorted coldly: "She set the wedding date herself this time." He was wondering why this matter was suddenly set. When he asked Lao Bai, he found out that his girl wanted to do it in advance.

Chu Dai was still eating dumplings. He was stunned for a moment, not quite sure what Bai Rong was thinking.

Old Qin, who had been silent the whole time, said in a gentle voice: "The girl from the Bai family is smart. The man now is her best choice."

Gu Qingqing suddenly understood.