Chapter 247: Prosperity 247 How about Daddy trade with you...

The little guy walked in front angrily, his short legs running fast.

Tuantuan broke free from A-niang's hand and ran up to follow his brother.

Chu Dai couldn't help laughing when he saw the two boys: "They have a good relationship as brothers."

"The two brothers are ignoring you." Gu Qingqing handed him the vegetable basket in her hand, "Look at your son's pouting mouth, it could hold an oil pot."

Taking the basket, the man said calmly, "Let's buy some fruit at the market later to appease them. See if there are any lychees and buy some for them to taste."

"..." The woman was silent for a while: "I haven't eaten it either."

The man looked slightly surprised, then couldn't help laughing: "Don't worry, if you follow me, you will have enough fruits and everything to eat."

Nanyang has a good climate and produces a variety of fruits.

"I still have two days off in the middle of the month. I'll take you to the fruit base then."

"It's early April now. What fruits are there here?" Gu Qingqing counted on her fingers: "The ones I've eaten are strawberries, pineapples, mangoes, pears, and apples."

"A lot, mangosteen, bananas, grapes, and kiwis. I think we've eaten most of the lychees." The man put his arm around her shoulders and walked along the bluestone path, "Don't stand close to the wall. The moss will rub against you."

Gu Qingqing glanced sideways, then moved closer to the man and took his arm off: "Don't put your arm around me outside, or someone will see and say something."

"Who is so free?" He said this, but he still moved his hand down obediently: "I don't know where these two guys went."

He casually glanced at the winding green brick path ahead, but Tuan Tuan Niannian had long disappeared.

"Wait at the sentry post. They won't run around. They're very smart." Gu Qingqing glanced at the roll of plastic in the vegetable basket and asked, "How many copies of the group photo do you want?"

"Seven copies, one for each of the eldest and second brothers, and one for Tuantuan every year. As for Ah Sui, we'll put one in the study and mail one to the rest."

The other two reels were taken in the desert, and each person in the family got one copy.

"I'll listen to you." Gu Qingqing had no objection to this.

The couple talked as they walked, in no hurry, at leisurely pace, chatting about trivial things.

No matter what Gu Qingqing said, the man listened with great interest and nodded in agreement from time to time.

Gu Qingqing's voice was bright and cheerful, and she obviously enjoyed spending time with her husband.

When she passed by Bai's house, she casually took a look and saw red wedding characters pasted everywhere and lights and decorations.

"Are you really not going tomorrow?" she asked a second time.

The man glanced at her casually and turned away: "No."

Gu Qingqing didn't try to persuade him much, "Okay."

"My dear!" Aunt Xue was originally talking to someone in the yard. When she saw the couple passing by, she hurried out and asked, "Where are you going?"

Gu Qingqing was a little confused. She turned her head and looked at the man next to her, looking for help.

She didn't know almost any of the aunties in the compound, and the one she was a little familiar with was Chu Zhao's mother.

"Aunt Xue." Chu Dai greeted with a smile: "Let's go to the market to buy some food."

"Oh, your second uncle has come from the Construction Corps, I heard about it." Aunt Xue looked at Gu Qingqing. Although she was the mother of two children, her almond-shaped eyes were still watery, her face was rosy, and she had a girlish aura.

You can tell at first glance that she is the apple of my eye.

"I haven't thanked you properly for my daughter-in-law. Auntie is a little busy these two days. I will visit you in two days. Adai and Ah Xu are on good terms now. You two should not be shy and come to our house often." Hearing someone calling her in the yard, Auntie Xue responded, "Then I'll go and get busy. I'll talk to you next time."

"Okay, go ahead and do your work, auntie." Gu Qingqing nodded quickly.

I was quite panicked at first, but now it seems that Aunt Xue is no different from any other aunt, and not particularly... vicious.

When Aunt Xue went in, Chu Dai noticed that his wife's back was tense and he was very happy: "What are you afraid of? Aunt Xue is cruel to others, but not to you."

"Why?" she asked subconsciously.

"In Auntie's eyes, you are the one who saved the Xue family's incense. How could they say harsh words to you?" There were inquiring eyes in the yard, and Chu Dai led her forward. "But what Xiao Xiao said is right. Auntie Xue has a very scary temper. When she was young, the aunties in the compound called her a hot pepper."

Gu Qingqing was shocked: "That Xiao Xiao's mother..." Someone who can fight with that little hot pepper is not someone to be trifled with.

"That's fierce," the man chuckled, "So if big brother falls in love with Xiao Xiao in the future, my mother-in-law will have a hard time."

"Ah," Gu Qingqing was a little worried, "Gou Sheng is not the type to quarrel with others."

"It's okay, Uncle Xiao likes big brother very much." Chu Dai carried the vegetable basket and walked towards the gate of the family compound with her. He saw the two brothers squatting beside the sentry box, leaning on the door with their buttocks sticking out and looking inside, and he couldn't help laughing.

Handing the vegetable basket to Gu Qingqing, he said, "These two brothers really are not afraid of strangers at all."

He is very talkative and likes to chatter whenever he sees people.

Gu Qingqing remained calm: "It's like you, isn't it."

The man raised his eyebrows slightly and snorted.

Like him? Tsk.

I don't know who he looks like.

He stepped forward with his long legs to the sentry box, picked up the two kids lying there, one in each hand, and said, "What are you doing?"

Little Niannian had apparently forgotten that he had just ignored his father, and he was waving his little hands and talking nonsense.

"You want to go in?" He understood, holding a kid in each hand and letting them sit steadily on his arms: "When you grow up a little bit, tell your grandfather and come here to stand guard every day."

Xiao Niannian blinked and said in a baby voice, "No!"

"Why not? Isn't it nice? Standing here, I can see my parents and two grandfathers coming in and out every day."

The man had a teasing look on his face. He moved his arms slightly and weighed the two kids: "You seem to be a little heavier recently. Only your second uncle can hold you for a whole day without breathing hard."

Xiao Tuantuan lay on his shoulder without saying a word. Xiao Niannian said seriously: "Stay at home! Don't stand~"

"Okay, I won't stand." The man was afraid that he would cry, so he stopped teasing him: "Do you want to stay at home every day in the future?"

The boy nodded and looked at his mother who was watching the fun next to him: "Nian Nian is here to keep you company~"

"You're dreaming." The man nodded slightly to the sentry on duty and walked forward with the two kids in his arms: "I want to stay at home with your mother every day, how about Daddy switch with you?"

"Chu Dai!" Gu Qingqing tilted her head and glanced at him, "You want to exchange with a one-year-old kid?"

"Ahem," the man cleared his throat, "Just think about it."

"You are quite bold." The woman looked at the father and his two sons, feeling quite satisfied. "Go to the photo studio to get the film developed first, and then you can buy lychees for the three of us."

"That won't do," the man said.

"Hmm?" Gu Qingqing frowned slightly: "Not willing?"

"No money." The man said frankly, "It's all with you."

"..." Gu Qingqing took out a stack of bills from her pocket, without counting them, and stuffed them into his pocket: "Now you have it."

I also touched a piece of candy.

Little Tuantuan lay on his father's shoulder, staring at the candy in his mother's hand, his saliva unconsciously flowing from the corners of his mouth, wetting the man's clothes.

Because it's black, it's hard to see.

Gu Qingqing held the basket in one hand, which was not easy to peel, so she handed it to him directly: "You can't swallow it."

The little guy took it happily, peeled off the candy wrapper with his little hands, licked it first, and then passed it to his younger brother's mouth. The two brothers took turns eating it happily.

Seeing that the two brothers were acting like little kittens, Chu Dai couldn't help but lower his eyes and smile at the woman.

After leaving the military district gate, I went to the photo studio and handed the film to the young comrade.

"Come and get it in ten days. You can pay then." The young comrade said with a smile.

"Okay, thank you." Gu Qingqing signed the registration form and went to the supply and marketing cooperative with the man again.

After buying some brown sugar and cakes, and cutting a piece of meat, she asked, "Do you have any big bones?"

"Yes, how much do you want?" The salesperson knew that this family had no shortage of meat tickets, so he was naturally very forthcoming.

"Two kilograms, thank you."

The salesperson put the meat skewered with straw rope and the pork ribs wrapped in oil paper in her vegetable basket, collected the money and gave her the change. He was a little surprised to see that it was a man taking the money.

The two little guys had come down a long time ago, and were leaning over the shelves, looking here and touching there, and couldn't take their eyes off the pastries.

"There are still some at home," Gu Qingqing glanced at it casually, "Dad said he would take us to buy some fruit."

Tuan Tuan and Niannian immediately let go of the hands that were holding the shelf, and followed the man happily, calling "Daddy, Daddy" all the time.

Even the salesperson who usually had a stern face couldn't help but laugh.

The market is not far away, only about ten minutes' walk away. There are vegetables and peppers growing in the vegetable garden in the backyard of my house, so I can buy some fish and shrimp there.

"Auntie, these shrimps are very fresh. Please help me pack three pounds of them." There are many people in the family, and they all love to eat shrimps, especially Gu Qinglie. He has not eaten these seafood much in the Corps, so he can eat a large plate of shrimps at a time.

"Okay, it's been a week since I last saw you buy vegetables." The stall owner took the net next to him, scooped up a bag of lively shrimps with swift movements, and took the weighing rod next to him.

She poured the shrimps into a stainless steel basin tied with a hemp rope under the scale bar and began to weigh them, constantly adjusting the position of the weight.

"I went to the border town and just came back." Gu Qingqing said with a smile.

She looked back and found that Chu Dai and the two kids were no longer behind her. Not far away, she could hear the coquettish voices of children and the casual responses of men. She couldn't help but curl her lips.

"Biancheng?" It was only 2.7 jin. The stall owner took it again, added a little, and then showed it to her: "3.1 jin, I'll give it to you as 3 jin."

"Okay, thank you, Auntie."

"It's no big deal," the stall owner said, taking a denser net bag and dumping the weighed shrimps into it. "I heard that the conditions in the border town are very difficult. Nanyang is better. We live by the sea. Although ordinary people like us can't afford pork a few times a year, we have enough seafood, so our life is not bad."

"Yes," Gu Qingqing nodded in agreement, "This is already very good. Please catch me another fish. It doesn't have to be too big, just four or five pounds will do."

She had already figured out what to do: stew the fish bones and pig shanks together, steam the fish body and tail, and then make a chopped pepper fish head.

He looked around, trying to see if there were any crabs so that he could make another spicy crab for Goudan.

I specifically asked the military doctor, and he said his wounds are almost healed, so there's nothing he should avoid eating, just eat less spicy food and don't overeat.