Gu Qingqing didn't know why, but her heart suddenly tightened. She put down her chopsticks, looked at her brother, and said softly, "Brother."

"Hey? What's up?"

"Be careful."

"I know."

Watching Gu Qinglie's back as he left the Military Family Courtyard, Gu Qingqing sighed, put aside the unnecessary emotions in her heart, and went to the next room.

Xu Nian lowered his head and mended his clothes silently. When he heard the noise, he looked up and saw that it was her. He nodded slightly and said, "Sit down."

Gu Qingqing sat down next to her on the bed, with her hands on her knees and her face in her hands, watching her sew.

Gu Qingqing carefully watched her threading the needle, and saw that the torn clothes were repaired by her hands. She couldn't help but sigh: "Sister Anian, you can be a tailor with your skills in mending clothes."

Xu Nian just smiled lightly, and soon the corners of his mouth straightened again.

Gu Qingqing sat with her until the sun set. She did not ask about her and Zhao Ze. Instead, she said, "The art troupe is having a performance tonight. Shall we go and see it?"

"Okay." Xu Nian put the mended clothes aside, packed up the sewing basket, and took the initiative to pull her up: "Let's go to the cafeteria to eat."

Gu Qingqing was somewhat flattered. She knew from the time they met that Sister Anian was an introvert and would not have such an intimate behavior with others.

"Okay~" She smiled, held Xu Nian's hand and stood up, and the two of them went to the cafeteria side by side.

The afterglow of the setting sun fell on the bungalow, and the shadows were cut into various shapes. Gu Qingqing looked up at the red glow in the sky, hoping that he and her brother would be invincible and return safely.

The cafeteria was empty. Except for the soldiers who stayed on guard duty, everyone else had gone to the battlefield, even the military doctors had mostly gone there.

This was the first time she felt lonely since she came here.

Yu Fugui directly brought their lunch boxes over and sat opposite them to eat together.

"Qingqing, Xiao Xu, are you worried? It's okay, just get used to it." He smiled and pushed Gu Qingqing's aluminum lunch box over to her: "Your brother asked me to give you his share of meat. In fact, it's all from his friends' meals. I can give you extra food on weekdays."

Gu Qingqing pouted when she heard this, holding back the tears in her eyes, and forced a smile to comfort Xu Nian who was eating quietly beside her: "Yes, they have been to the battlefield so many times, they must be fine. I just don't know when they will come back. If they haven't finished fighting in two or three days, my vegetable seedlings will have grown by the time they come back."

Yu Fugui changed the subject: "Qingqing, uncle estimates that your vegetable seeds are about to sprout, don't forget to water them." He just said this, he was unsure whether the seeds would sprout or not, and wanted to find something for Gu Qingqing to do so that she would focus on the vegetable garden and not think about other things.

"Okay," Gu Qingqing was also a heartless person. She immediately put her worries behind her. When she saw the red roast pork in the lunch box, her eyes widened: "Uncle Yu! Can we still follow this meal standard tomorrow? My brother is back, let him eat pumpkin every day!"

"That won't work." Yu Fugui narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Aren't you afraid of choking?"

Here, Gu Qingqing and Yu Fugui sang the same tune, and Xu Nian couldn't help but curl his lips after listening to them.

The smile in Gu Qingqing's eyes deepened.

Not far away, people from the art troupe were also sitting at a table. The people next to them were chatting and laughing. Bai Rong did not join in the conversation as she usually did. She just sat there quietly, poking at the braised pork with her chopsticks, a look of resentment in her eyes.

Fang Die bumped her arm and pouted to the other side: "Platoon Leader Gu's sister is over there."

Bai Rong didn't follow her gaze and just said, "Eat."

Seeing that she was unmoved, Fang Die suddenly felt discouraged.

In the evening, also on the playground, the art troupe had already set up the stage and the female soldiers were rehearsing.

Gu Qingqing moved a long bench and asked Sun Shufen and Xu Nian to sit there and wait.

Sun Shufen picked up Yu Xu who was playing with sand on the ground, slapped him on the butt, and cursed -

"These two pieces of clothing are about to be worn out by you, little bastard. I want to see if you are afraid of shame when I let you go naked every day!"

"Xiao Xu, don't be afraid!" Yu Xu jumped off her again to play with the sand, and crawled all over the dust.

Sun Shufen was so angry that she fell backwards: "Xiaotu, mom will give you fried pumpkin seeds tonight, not to him."

After hearing this, Yu Xu quickly climbed onto his mother's lap again and patted the dust off his body with his little hands. Gu Qingqing watched with great interest, and Xu Nian's eyes were full of envy.

She has been married to Zhao Ze for five years, but there is no sign of pregnancy. Her mother-in-law scolds her every day about this.

She also wants to have a child. Zhao Ze can't go home once a year, so she comes to visit every year.

Looking at the little ball rolling around in Sun Shufen's arms, Xu Nian's eyes gradually dimmed, and his fingers unconsciously tugged at his trouser legs, wrinkling the fabric.

Fang Die and Bai Rong went on stage to perform. There were several rows of soldiers sitting sparsely below the stage. Guan Xun looked at the little girl on the stage, smiling and clapping.

Both he and Bai Hong had followed the old leader for several decades, from a military leader to a revolutionary party member. After the victory, he came to the Construction Corps, while Bai Hong followed the old leader to the Southern Military Region and continued to serve as his staff officer.

Chu Dai and Bai Yan grew up under his care, as did Chu Zhao from the Chu family. They were all great men, but it was a pity for A Yan...

The smile on Guan Xun's face faded a little. Looking at the little girl on the stage singing "A Red Heart Towards the Party", he felt filled with emotion.

Gu Qingqing didn't dislike Bai Rong. She just thought she was a pretty girl. She was good-looking and confident, and had good qualities. Who wouldn't be carefully selected to join the art troupe?

When she thought about it, she started to worry about herself.

If even he doesn't look down on someone like this, what about me?

Gu Qingqing was a little at a loss.

Chasing after someone relentlessly?

She can't be so shameless!

She left the venue before the performance was over, and followed the moonlit road back to the military compound. Suddenly she thought of something, and Gu Qingqing turned around and went to the vegetable patch in the backyard, holding a kerosene lamp.

She lifted the door of the greenhouse and went in, then squatted down and shone the kerosene lamp close to the black soil mixed with pig manure. When she saw the tender green sprouts breaking through the soil, she thought she was dazzled.

It was bent over and almost lying on the pile of dung. It was really a thin green stem, only about one centimeter long, with only a few sparse roots. If you didn't look closely, you would think it was a weed.

Gu Qingqing pinched her thigh fiercely, screamed, and ran to the playground.

"Uncle Yu!!!"

Yu Fugui, who was sitting in a row with the soldiers from the kitchen squad watching the performance, was immersed in it, clapping his thighs and singing military songs, when Gu Qingqing grabbed his arm and ran directly to the military compound: "Hey, hey, hey, Qingqing, what are you doing?!"

The commotion here attracted the attention of the bystanders. Sun Shufen was somewhat helpless: "We can't tolerate Qingqing's impetuous personality."

Even Guan Xun couldn't help but take another look.

Gu Qingqing was so excited that she almost pulled Yu Fugui's arm off: "Uncle Yu! Green vegetables! The green vegetable seeds have sprouted!"

"Oh my!" This time, there was no need for Gu Qingqing to pull her. Yu Fugui instead pulled her and ran madly on the playground, rushing to her, "Hurry! Let's go and take a look."

Guan Xun was stunned for a moment and asked the political commissar next to him: "What is that girl doing with the quartermaster? I just heard them talking about some green vegetables?"

Political Commissar Xu stood up: "I'll go take a look."

"Forget it, let's go together." Guan Xun couldn't sit still when he heard the word "green vegetables". He knew that the quartermaster Yu Fugui, in addition to being in charge of purchasing, cooking and accounting for the kitchen team, also farmed his own land next to the pig farm.

Are these vegetables being grown?

That's a big deal.

Bai Rong, who was sitting on the stage, looked at Uncle Guan and suddenly left the table, and was a little confused. Fang Die beside her gently reminded her, "Rong Rong, don't be distracted."

The head of their art troupe is still watching from the audience.

Yu Fugui followed Gu Qingqing to the vegetable field, out of breath, and entered the greenhouse. He picked up the kerosene lamp on the ground next to him and glanced around.

"Oh, my goodness." He was so excited that his accent came out. After joining the army, the regiment commander required them to learn Mandarin, and Han Jiagou's accent had long been worn off.

This was the first time that Gu Qingqing heard Uncle Yu speak his hometown dialect. She used to wonder because her second aunt and Sister-in-law Yu looked like they were from the same village, but Uncle Yu didn't seem like that.

It was confirmed today.

Yu Fugui didn't care whether it was dirty or not, he just lay on the ground and carefully touched the rice-sized leaves with his fingers.

"This is spinach seedlings, Qingqing. You are really amazing. I don't know what to say about you. Oh! I thank your ancestors for all their generations!"

Guan Xun followed Political Commissar Xu in and heard these words. He frowned and said, "Chief Yu, this is a military unit. Be aware of the impact."

Yu Fugui was so excited that he was at a loss. He cried out "Aiya", got up from the ground, and rubbed his hands: "Captain, vegetables! Our group will have vegetables to eat from now on!!!"

Guan Xun was stunned for a moment. He grabbed the kerosene lamp next to him and squatted down to take a look. The tender green sprouts were very conspicuous in the black soil mixed with pig manure and sand. He wanted to reach out and touch them, but was afraid of damaging these fragile seedlings that were hard to come by.

Guan Xun carefully withdrew his hand and smiled: "Little comrade, you have done a great service!"

Growing vegetables in sandy soil can not only solve the problem of soldiers lacking vegetables and vitamins, but it can also be promoted in border towns in the future, so that the people in border towns will no longer have to eat expensive and wilted vegetables shipped from other places.

The way he looked at Gu Qingqing became more and more kind, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

"Commander." She pointed at the sparse sprouts and said, "But only a few have grown."

Guan Xun had handled guns all his life and had no experience in growing vegetables. He turned to look at Yu Fugui and said, "Chief Steward, can you tell me what's going on?"

"Reporting to the chief, it should be a problem with the temperature in the greenhouse. The temperature is higher on the side where the seeds have sprouted, so the germination time is shorter than the others. I estimate that they will all grow out in two days."

Although Yu Fugui didn't know much about greenhouses, he was an expert at growing vegetables. After hearing what he said, Guan Xun nodded and said, "From now on, this piece of land will be handed over to your kitchen team. This young comrade will help you grow vegetables in other open spaces."

"Little comrade," Guan Xun said with a gentle look in his eyes and a friendly smile, "Are you willing to help the Corps?"

"Of course!" Gu Qingqing said firmly: "It is my honor to contribute to the Corps."

After hearing this, Guan Xun and Political Commissar Xu were both happy.

Political Commissar Xu liked this little girl very much. He must have read some books to be able to say such words.

"Young comrade, you are very dedicated."

Gu Qingqing grinned, and was particularly happy to be praised.

At this moment, Guan Xun's guard came in hurriedly and said solemnly: "Captain, Captain Chu was shot!"

Gu Qingqing suddenly felt dizzy and all the blood in her body froze.

"Take me there quickly!" Guan Xun almost shouted.

You bastard, you better not get into any trouble for me!