Prosperous Days in the '70s

As the only girl in the Gu family’s third generation, Gu Qingqing grew up as the apple of her grandparents’ eyes.

Her father was the production team's leader, her second uncle was a renow...

Chapter 235: Prosperity 235: Got What I Wanted

Chapter 235: Prosperity 235: Got What I Wanted

Since he couldn't get Chu Dai anyway, the better ones in the military region would have already married and had children. Someone like Chu Zhao would definitely not be willing to marry Bai Rong.

There is no other reason, simply because I treat her as my younger sister.

Therefore, this promising young man is her best choice.

As the son of her father's old subordinate, she will definitely not be bullied by her in-laws after she marries him, and she may even have to rely on her father-in-law for promotion.

Now that the Bai family has lost their son, they will definitely do their best to train their son-in-law.

Besides, his family is not bad, and his grandfather can give him a helping hand.

He has a good family background, and he himself has abilities, ambitions and background. It is a good choice for Bai Rong to marry him.

Gu Qingqing sat down, "Dad, are we going there then?"

A week later, I just returned from the Construction Corps.

"It's up to you." Chu Yuan drank a mouthful of dumpling soup, "If you feel uncomfortable, you don't have to go. No one from the Bai family came to your wedding, they just gave a gift."

Lao Bai is his old partner. He didn’t come to Chu Dai’s wedding last time. On the one hand, it was because seeing him would remind him of Bai Yan, and on the other hand, it was because of his daughter.

He knew his daughter's feelings for Chu Dai and had supported her in the past.

The aunties in the compound all watched little Bai Rong grow up, and since they were close friends of Aunt Bai, it was inevitable that they were biased towards her.

Chu Yuan also understood in his heart that his daughter-in-law had suffered a lot of grievances in the military compound. Fortunately, she had several brothers here, and he heard that she had a good relationship with family members of the same age in other military compounds.

"Brother, are we going?" Gu Qingqing looked at the man next to her.

Chu Dai thought for a moment and said, "Forget it." He originally wanted to go to watch her get married on behalf of her brother, but he was also afraid that Uncle Bai and Aunt Bai would see him and think of A Yan on their wedding day, which would make them sad.

Gu Qingqing understood his thoughts. She held the man's left hand tightly under the table and gently stroked his palm to comfort him.

Chu Dai smiled and shook his head, indicating that everything was fine.

Gu Canyang didn't say a word from beginning to end. After finishing the meal, he said hello to the two elders and went to the sofa to watch the two kids eat wontons.

It was around six o'clock when they finished their meal. Shen Sui and Chu Dai cleaned up the table together. Chu Yuan asked his daughter-in-law, "Qingqing, have you packed all the things to take to the Corps? I'll ask Xiao Xu to drive you to the train station."

"Don't worry, everything has been checked." Thinking of something, she smiled and asked, "Is there anything you need to bring to Uncle Guan?"

Chu Yuan shook his head: "He will be transferred to a sub-war zone and will report to the headquarters military region. We will see him sooner or later."

Come to think of it, he and Guan Xun haven't seen each other for almost ten years.

This time the Construction Corps completed the task beautifully.

Gu Qinglie led a team to infiltrate the enemy's joint command post, took pictures of evidence of the two countries' collaboration, and handed it over to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs used aggressive words to force the other country to withdraw its troops immediately, otherwise they would go to war at the same time.

That country has always said to the outside world that it would not interfere in any war. This time, secretly sending troops is a slap in its own face and has destroyed its own credibility internationally.

They had no choice but to withdraw their troops immediately because their country was small in area and lacked sufficient military strength to withstand the war.

He intervened secretly here just to take advantage of the opportunity, but he didn't expect to be discovered.

They withdrew their troops, leaving only the neighboring country to support the country on its own. The Central Army Corps had already dispatched troops to the border to ambush. Moreover, when Gu Qinglie returned, several Y-5s from the headquarters military region also brought the elite of the field army and sufficient supplies.

This battle was won beautifully, and there would be no more wars on the border for at least ten years.

"The transfer order for Qinglie has been issued. He will be the deputy commander of the field artillery regiment of the field army special forces column." Chu Yuan couldn't help but praise: "This kid is great."

This transfer order was signed by him personally, but it was proposed by another army commander.

This is enough to show how great a contribution Gu Qinglie made in this battle.

"Most heroes emerge from the young." Old Qin said with a smile, "We are old."

Chu Yuan just shook his head.

Each era has different missions. They were no worse than the teenagers today.

Commander Chu has his own pride, and Chu Dai understands this very well.

After washing the dishes, Shen Sui went upstairs to take down his clothes and the luggage bag from his sister's room. He only brought a change of clothes, and the remaining space in the bag was for diapers and clothes for his two little nephews.

"Brother, don't you need to bring something?" Gu Qingqing put the salted fish into a paper bag and stacked it in the luggage bag.

Gu Canyang lowered his eyes and looked at her: "No need."

"Ah?" Gu Qingqing opened her mouth wide and looked up at him: "You don't take a shower when you go to the Corps?"

There was a hint of helplessness in the man's cold eyes, "Qing Lie has clothes."

"Oh, yes, but it may be too big for you." Gu Qingqing looked at his body, "Didn't I make a few sets of clothes for you upstairs in the room on the third floor?" Thinking of this, she called the boy again, "A Sui! Go to the third floor and get a set of clothes for big brother in his room. The black one will do. Put it in your bag."

"Okay." Shen Sui turned around and went upstairs again.

When everything was almost packed, Gu Qingqing took out four or five canned fruits from the cupboard. The two little guys would surely not be able to sit still on the train, so she had to bring some more food to keep them entertained.

Chu Dai picked up the two bags and weighed them: "They are quite heavy."

"Of course, there are dried salted fish and shrimp. I've bought a lot of them over the past two months." Gu Qingqing came out of the bathroom and wiped her two sons' mouths with a wet towel. "Last time, Aunt Yu sent a telegram saying that both salted fish and shrimp were delicious and that Xiaotu loved them so much. So I thought I'd bring more this time."

"Is it almost done?" Xiao Xu came in from outside. "The car is parked at the gate of the military compound. I'll help you carry your luggage over."

"The black bag next to it." Chu Dai nodded his chin slightly: "Your sister has been sunbathing too much salted fish in the past two months, so she has three or four bags."

The two little guys clung to their uncle, and Gu Canyang held one in each hand, unable to free his hands to carry things.

Shen Sui was carrying two bags of clothes and had no time to spare.

As for Gu Qingqing, she took a paper bag used to carry things from the department store and put a few cans of food and a pack of cakes in it.

She can only mention some lighter things.

Xiao Xu happened to be carrying the remaining two bags.

Gu Qingqing looked around and said goodbye to her father and godfather, not forgetting to remind them: "The vegetables in my backyard..."

Chu Yuan was a little amused: "I know, watering, right? Your godfather and I both remember it."

I never grew vegetables when I was young, but now that I’m old I want to learn a little bit about everything.

What a good wife his son married.

Qin Zhou also stood up and said, "I'll take you to the gate of the Military Affairs Courtyard."

Gu Qingqing felt relieved, "Okay, thank you, Dad." Sometimes when he called out too quickly, he didn't make much of a distinction between dad and godfather, and just mixed them up.

Qin Zhou didn't care much about it, and Chu Yuan had no opinion either.

"Take good care of Tuantuan every year. There are many mosquitoes and insects in the border town, and the sun is very strong." Chu Yuan walked on the bluestone path with his hands behind his back and said to his son beside him.

Chu Dai responded absentmindedly, and the father and son looked at each other in silence.

After putting all the things in the car, Gu Qingqing waved to the two elders: "Dad, you guys should go back and have a rest early. Don't practice calligraphy so late at night. It will hurt your eyes."

"Okay." Qin Zhou nodded with a smile.

The group got into the car, Xiao Xu stepped on the accelerator slightly, and drove towards the military district gate.

After checking the pass and officer ID, the sentry let us go.

After sending them to the train station and helping them buy four tickets, Xiao Xu helped them get on the train at the platform and only left the train station after the train started moving slowly.

Xiao Tuan Tuan and Xiao Niannian leaned against the car window, watching the platform slowly moving backwards and Xiao Xu gradually disappearing. After making noise for a while, they sat back in the warm embrace of the person next to them.

Next to Xiao Niannian was his uncle. He sat face to face on his uncle's lap, yawning.

Next to Gu Canyang was Shen Sui, and opposite them were Gu Qingqing and Chu Dai. Xiao Tuantuan was carried by the woman to the man's arms, and the milk powder that she brought from home was still warm.

Gu Qingqing took out two bottles from the paper bag and handed them to them.

Tuantuan dozed off every year. He would fall asleep leaning against his uncle and father while drinking milk.

There were not many people on the train. Most of them were on business trips from state-owned factories or other units. Their food and travel expenses were reimbursed, so they didn't have to worry.

Gu Qingqing withdrew her gaze. She was also a little sleepy. She looked at her watch and it was now half past eight.

She tilted her head slightly and leaned it on the man's shoulder, rubbed his arm, and planned to take a nap.

They stopped and walked along the way, and people got on and off from time to time. The sounds from the radio did not affect her at all.

We arrived at Yancheng Station at four in the morning, but were delayed for more than an hour due to a stop.

It is difficult for trains to be on time, but everyone is used to it and no one is in a hurry.

The boiler was burning non-stop, and the smell of coal filled the carriage.

Chu Dai couldn't sleep, so he looked across and saw that Shen Sui had already fallen asleep.

Gu Canyang was holding a little kid in his arms, also with his eyes closed.

Chu Dai looked at him a few more times. Even when he was asleep, this man looked very cold and he looked like someone who was not easy to mess with.

I didn’t think anything of it when I first met him, but later, perhaps influenced by his wife and Goudan, the more I looked at Gu Canyang, the more frightened I felt.

In Gu Qinglie's words, although his expression is calm, as long as he glances at you casually, you will feel guilty that you have done something wrong.

Chu Dairao stared at his face with interest for a few more seconds, and couldn't help but think of what the little woman said to him at noon when she held the photo.

The best-looking person she had ever seen since she was a child was her eldest brother, until Goudan sent her their photos.

She got on the train without hesitation to join the construction corps.

It should be this train.

In just two years, she went from working in the construction corps alone to bringing her family with her.

I got what I wanted.

Chu Dai glanced sideways at the woman on his shoulder. She was sleeping soundly with a relaxed look on her face.

He couldn't help but smile.

This time the train stopped at various stations for a long time. I originally sat for a night, and then continued to sit for another day and night, until I got off the train at noon on the third day.

Gu Qingqing rubbed her sore waist and muttered, "Luckily I brought enough delicious food, otherwise the two little guys would have been restless."

They also bought their meals on the train and they tasted pretty good.

The three men were carrying things in their hands. Gu Qingqing held a kid in each hand and followed them out of the station.

The familiar smell of wind and sand blew in my face, the air was mixed with fine sand and was extremely hot and stuffy.