Gu Qingqing looked at her slightly dark arms, feeling nothing but envy.

A grown man! A grown man who led troops in battle! Why would he do that for nothing?!

"Uncle Yu, I'll go serve the food first." Gu Qingqing felt a little tired and shook her head at Gu Qinglie: "Follow me, I'll serve you your portion."

"Okay." Gu Qinglie followed the girl without hesitation. When she turned around and whispered to Yu Fugui, "Yu, leave some soup for me."

He had no idea about his sister's craftsmanship.

Gu Qingqing quickly forgot about the matter of her skin color and walked briskly, forming a sharp contrast with Gu Qinglie who was looking heavy-hearted behind her.

"Girl, are you delivering food to Captain Chu?" The soldiers who were going to the cafeteria to eat teased her.

"Yes." Gu Qingqing smiled mysteriously at them: "There will be extra meals in the cafeteria tonight."

"Huh? Did they kill pigs? I heard pigs howling when I was training." someone with sharp ears asked.

"You'll know for yourself if you go and see for yourself!" Gu Qingqing saw that they were scratching their heads and looking worried, and they had nothing to do with the iron-blooded men on the battlefield.

She laughed heartily: "Let's go, brothers, eat and drink well~"

Gu Qinglie looked at the other warriors helplessly, "I can't tell you, go and see for yourselves."

Arriving at the infirmary barracks, she walked into Chu Dai's room with ease. The man looked out the window with his head tilted, and turned back when he heard footsteps.

Gu Qingqing put down her lunch box by herself. Dumplings are easy to get mushy, so she took one out first and gave one to Chu Dai, and then took another one to Gu Qinglie.

Gu Qinglie just sat down, took the chopsticks handed to him by his sister, and asked, "You don't want to eat?"

"I'll go to the cafeteria to eat later, you guys eat first!" Gu Qingqing sat on the chair next to them, her legs swinging.

Chu Dai stood up slightly and reached for the lunch box lid beside him. Because he moved too much, he groaned and beads of sweat rolled down his dark hair like rain and slid down his jawline into his collar.

“Hey, hey, hey, don’t move, Old Chu,” Gu Qinglie was so scared that he quickly stood up: “Tell me what you want, I’ll get it for you!”

Gu Qingqing also looked at him nervously, her clear and pure big eyes full of worry.

"Open the lunch box lid and take out half of the dumplings." Chu Dai was pushed back by Gu Qinglie, and his eyes fell on the table next to him.

"I understand." Gu Qinglie glanced at the confused girl, laughed in his heart, and moved his hands quickly to quickly put half of the dumpling from Chu Dai's aluminum lunch box onto the lid of the lunch box.

Originally, he wanted to take half of his share, but then he thought, why not just give his share to Chu Dai, give Chu Dai's share to his sister, and eat it himself with the lunch box cover.

Both aluminum lunch boxes have two layers, with soup at the bottom and dumplings and steamed buns on top. Since there was pork bone soup, she didn't get the dumpling soup.

Gu Qingqing took the dumpling from Chu Dai and chewed it slowly.

As for the soup, I’ll eat it after I get back to the cafeteria to pick up my lunch box!

She still likes the soup cooked by Uncle Yu very much, even though it has lost its taste after being cooked several times.

We killed two pigs today. We were going to use the pork bones to make soup, but Yu Fugui was used to eating them all and said he couldn't eat them all in one day, so he insisted on saving them for tomorrow.

Gu Qingqing ate pork dumplings, which were delicious and not greasy. Uncle Yu added chopped water chestnuts in them, which made them sweet and refreshing.

Seeing the man eating dumplings slowly beside her, she resisted the urge to eat more.

There is a long way to go for you, my dear! You can’t reveal it now.

After finally finishing the dumplings, Gu Qingqing eagerly handed the big bone soup to Chu Dai, "Brother."

Chu Dai lowered his eyes to look at the milky white soup and a few spinach leaves. He took it and took a sip while holding the lunch box under the girl's expectant gaze.

"Brother, you drink too." Gu Qingqing gave another portion to Gu Qinglie.

Her unquestionable look made Gu Qinglie unable to refuse, so he could only take a small sip.

"How is it? Is it delicious?" Her eyes were sparkling as she looked back and forth between the two men's faces.

Gu Qinglie: “…” Sister, you are asking for trouble. The wounded soldiers are also quite pitiful. They will probably die tonight.

“How much seasoning did you put in?”

“Not bad.”

The two men's voices rang out at the same time. Gu Qinglie looked at Chu Dai, who was drinking soup nonchalantly, in disbelief.

"Lao Chu?" How dare you say such a dishonest thing?!

Chu Dai didn't look at him, but just drank the soup slowly.

Gu Qingqing was delighted. She patted Gu Qinglie on the shoulder and asked him to sit down and drink: "You are the only one who talks too much."

"I'm going to the cafeteria to eat some more pumpkin." Gu Qinglie stood up and walked out with the unfinished bone soup: "You two can chat."

"Don't." Gu Qingqing was so anxious that she stared at him and wanted to call him.

Gu Qinglie walked faster.

Gu Qingqing was both happy and a little timid about being alone with Chu Dai. She secretly glanced at the man who was still drinking soup and asked in a low voice: "Brother, do you want to drink more tomorrow? I'll stew it for you again!"

Chu Dai's white fingers holding the lunch box trembled slightly. He raised his head and said seriously, "This is not good. There are so many injured people, and I am the only one who gets special treatment? No way, sister."

"Then I'll cook your portions like I did today?"

Chu Dai: “…” Sorry, brothers.

"Okay." He said, "I still have some tickets that I haven't used yet. I'll give them to you later."

"Okay~" Gu Qingqing smiled happily.

After he finished eating, Gu Qingqing carried her lunch box to the cafeteria. Yu Fugui left her a bowl of bone soup and dumplings. Seeing that she was in a good mood, he asked, "Did Captain Chu praise your cooking skills?"

"Almost." Gu Qingqing replied with a smile: "I'm going to the vegetable field over at the pig farm to check out the greenhouse. There's still some empty space that hasn't been built yet, so I have to go and help."

Yu Fugui hesitated for a moment, then took out a straw hat from the back kitchen cabinet and gave it to her: "Why don't you wear this?"

Although it was past six in the afternoon, the sun had not yet set in the border town and the sky was still bright and golden.

Gu Qingqing finally went to the pig farm wearing a straw hat. Lao Zhu was feeding the pigs with some pumpkin, rice bran and sweet potatoes.

Although the sandy soil here is not suitable for growing vegetables, it is definitely enough for growing pumpkins and other things.

"Uncle Zhu!" Gu Qingqing went over to help lift the slop bucket and poured the cooked rice bran and pumpkin into it.

"Hey, my dear?" Old Zhu glanced at the little girl in the straw hat and smiled, "Your uncle Yu gave you this hat, right? It smells like oil smoke."

"Yes." Gu Qingqing pouted: "They all said I was dark and told me to stay out of the sun."

Old Zhu wiped the sweat from his forehead. The weather was too hot, with not a hint of the cool autumn breeze at all.

"It's a bit dark..." he said truthfully.

It's really eye-catching to see this young lady standing with Captain Chu.

Gu Qingqing wanted to cry but had no tears. "I'd better go on carrying bamboo to build the shed."

"Why do we need you, silly girl?" Old Zhu reached out and pulled her, letting her stand in the shade under the pig pen: "There are so many boys in the army, and didn't your uncle Yu also tell you not to carry bamboos? You must have been a monkey in your previous life, right?" She jumped up and down every day and felt uncomfortable if she didn't do some work.

"Uncle wants to tell you something."

"You say."

"The regiment is going to transfer a group of officers and soldiers to the Baisha garrison island in the south, and Captain Chu has already submitted an application report to the regiment commander." Old Zhu also heard what the Quartermaster General Old Zhang said when he went to the Quartermaster Department to borrow a pickaxe today.

It is said that this time the regiment commander did not reject his application report for the first time. He might have been frightened by Chu Dai's being shot this time and wanted to transfer him away from the front line. However, Chu Dai would definitely not be willing to go to the rear.

With his temper, it would be better to shoot him than to let him stay in the house and work as a clerk.

This is a great opportunity that has come to your doorstep.

The conditions may be even more difficult than those in the border town.

At least three meals a day are guaranteed here. Although there is no direct access to water, the soldiers in the Corps can still fetch fresh water for drinking every day.

Baisha Island is not adjacent to the mainland, and only one ship comes to deliver supplies every half a month. There were no officers and soldiers stationed on the island before. This is the first batch, and the construction of the camp has just been completed.

"Qingqing," Lao Zhu thought for a moment and still wanted to remind her: "If you go to the island to guard it, you won't be able to come back for five or seven years. You should make plans early and think about it carefully."

Gu Qingqing walked in the sunshine, but her heart felt cold.

Her brother didn't tell her about this. Was it a secret? That shouldn't be the case. If it was a secret, Uncle Zhu would definitely not tell her. Although she had a good relationship with the people in the Corps, the army had its own rules.

She returned to the military compound in a daze and didn't even hear Sun Shufen calling her several times.

She went straight back to the room and lay down on the bed. Gu Qingqing hugged the quilt, smelled the smell of wind and sand on it, and tears flowed down involuntarily.

She cried herself to sleep that night. The next day, with swollen eyes, she went to the backyard to check the vegetable patch and then went to the cafeteria.

"Have pumpkin porridge in the morning, Qingqing. Why do you look so listless today? You have to deliver lunch to Captain Chu later, right?" Yu Fugui brought her a bowl of porridge and started to fill Chu Dai's portion.

"No." Gu Qingqing lay on the table, stirring the pumpkin porridge with the spoon in her hand, and said listlessly: "Uncle Yu, please let someone else deliver it."

"No, what's wrong? Are you not feeling well? How about I take you to the clinic to see your brother Zhao?" Yu Fugui was afraid that she was sick, so he pulled her to the clinic.

"I'm fine, don't worry, uncle." Gu Qingqing sighed, shook off his hand and sat down.

"I thought you drank soup last night too. I hope you're okay." Yu Fugui muttered a few words and started preparing lunch.

"Hmm? What happened to last night's soup?"

"Just because of the pot you cooked, the soldiers in the injured camp had diarrhea all night and were exhausted."

"What about Chu Dai?" Gu Qingqing perked up and asked anxiously.

"It's all the same." Yu Fugui couldn't help laughing when he said this: "Your brother was still squatting in the toilet late last night. I asked him why he didn't go back to sleep, and he said it was rare for him to run away."

"My dear, our soldiers were not defeated by the enemy in the battle, but they were defeated by your pot of soup."

Fortunately, there was not much soup in her pot, so she gave it to the wounded soldiers.

Yesterday, Yu Fugui was halfway through the instruction and thought it was about enough so he went to do other things. But he didn't expect that Ni'er would just throw in whatever ingredients she got. This guy is really making a fuss.

Fortunately, the young soldier in the kitchen wanted to give the commander a bowl of thick bone soup, but the commander refused on the grounds that it should be saved for the injured soldiers. Otherwise, it would still be in the toilet.

Gu Qingqing lowered her head, stirring the porridge in the bowl, and didn't say anything for a long time.

"You can't be blamed for this." Yu Fugui cleared his throat. "Qingqing, it's just right. You can take breakfast to Captain Chu. He is very weak now. He was injured and lost so much blood. I was thinking about going to the mountain to dig some angelica root for him to replenish his health."

"Don't let him starve anymore." Although he didn't know why the girl looked so strange today, he still hoped that her relationship with Chu Dai could go further.

"I got it, Uncle Yu. Give me the lunch box and you go and do your own thing." Gu Qingqing drank a bowl of porridge, took the lunch box from his hand, and walked towards the door with a depressed look.

Yu Fugui stared at her back for a long time and asked the little warrior next to him: "Do you think Qingqing is a little bit strange today?"

"You just realized it?" The little soldier was peeling sweet potatoes. Yu Fugui planned to steam the extra sweet potatoes and put them in the sun to dry into sweet potato chips. Otherwise, neither humans nor pigs could eat them all, and the sweet potatoes would soon go bad, which would be such a waste.

"What do you mean?" Yu Fugui was a little confused.

"In the past, Qingqing would start yelling before we even entered the cafeteria, but today she was like an eggplant hit by frost, sitting there drinking porridge without making a sound. Don't you think that's weird?"

"Oh, peel your sweet potatoes quickly." Yu Fugui came to his senses and thought, could Qingqing be homesick? She has been here for so long, and there are only boys in the army. Apart from his wife, his daughter, and Zhao the military doctor's wife, there is no one to talk to... Never mind, she can talk to anyone.

As soon as Gu Qingqing came in, Chu Dai noticed that something was wrong with her.

Normally he would have called me brother all the time, but today he just put his lunch box on the table, opened it silently, handed me the chopsticks, and sat next to me without saying a word.

Chu Dai frowned slightly.

What happened? Are you being bullied?

Gu Qingqing sat on the chair and met the man's puzzled gaze. She was impartial, her eyes were clear, and even a little aggrieved.

"Qingqing." Chu Dai's face was paler than yesterday. He thought for a moment before speaking: "Would you like some candy?"