After combing his hair and tidying up his clothes, Chu Dai took Gu Qingqing out. Outside, the military compound was filled with lively conversation and laughter. Judging from the military uniforms, they were all of regimental rank or above, and some were not even from the Southern Military Region.

They should be Chu Yuan’s former subordinates from various war zones, just like Guan Xun, who fought with him for many years.

Gu Qingqing gently squeezed the man's palm and whispered in his ear, "Brother, Dad doesn't look well."

Chu Dai frowned, looked up at Chu Yuan who was standing next to Chu Zhan with a cold face, and comforted the girl: "It's nothing, you can find a place to sit and eat something first, someone will come to toast you later, so you may not be able to eat."

"Okay." Gu Qingqing nodded obediently, "You should speak in a better tone."

From the past two days' interactions, we can see that the father and son really don't get along. Chu Yuan looks down on his son, and Chu Dai ignores his father.

Chu Dai pushed her hair behind her ears, looked at her for a few seconds, and strode towards Chu Yuan.

Chu Zhan was comforting Chu Yuan: "...It's nothing... Let's go back to our hometown and have a look next time."

When Chu Zhao saw his brother coming, he quickly winked at him and whispered, "Your cousin just came and brought a bag of wedding cakes. Uncle Chu wanted to keep her for dinner and asked why she didn't bring everyone in the family."

Chu Dai frowned: "And then."

"Your cousin said that their family is full of widows, and they were afraid of bumping into the bride, so they left a red envelope and left."

"Also, before you left, your cousin said that A-Dai will have a lot of expenses after she gets married, so she asked you two to stop giving them money. Although life is not that good, it's still okay to have a full meal in this year."

"He also said that he would let the younger generation remember the kindness of their grandfather and uncle."

After listening, Chu Dai was speechless for a long time.

Chu Yuan let out a foul breath, "The second brother's family is so stupid, we are all family, who would care about this? How can we soldiers care about such crooked talk? Look at the money in this red envelope."

"This is the food supply for the second and third families for a year!"

Chu Zhan patted his shoulder and said, "The men in your Chu family are strong men, and the women in your Chu family are not the kind of people who are willing to live a free life. It's good this way. Isn't the older one twelve years old? Let him serve in the army in the future. None of the boys in your Chu family are cowards."

Chu Yuan couldn't tell what he felt in his heart. He sighed, and the usually strong man couldn't help but have tears in his eyes.

He stuffed the red envelope into the hands of his son and walked away in a square step to greet his old comrades.

Chu Dai lowered his eyes and looked at the red envelope in his hand, without saying anything for a long time.

The wedding banquet started on time at twelve o'clock. Chu Yuan, as the patriarch of the groom's family and the highest-ranking commander among the military officers present, spoke first.

"Today is my son's wedding. I would like to thank all my comrades who have come from thousands of miles away to join me. I have so many words to say to you all. I toast to you all."

Having said that, he raised his glass and drank it all.

The officers present all stood up and said, "Cheers, Chief!"

They will set out for Datunzi Village tomorrow. Chu Yuan has already asked his army commanders, who are also his old comrades, to prepare cigarettes and alcohol for him.

Eight yuan for Maotai and three yuan for Fenjiu Zhuyeqing were drunk without restraint. Two cents a pack of Haibin Fengshou and three cents a pack of Daqianmen were thrown casually on the table, allowing these old comrades who were fond of smoking and drinking to get a good meal.

Chu Yuan was quite heroic.

But this kind of generosity also has a price. When my son got married, I owed a lot of money.

Pilots are not allowed to drink alcohol, so Gu Canyang will not have training starting tomorrow and will have a day off the day after tomorrow. Under Chu Zhao's incredulous gaze, he took the bottle, said nothing, and drank one glass after another with Chu Dai.

Seeing this, Gu Qinglie slightly turned sideways to block it, so as not to be seen by the girl who was chatting happily with the wives of the military commanders in the military compound on the other side.

These ladies had very cheerful personalities, which were very much to Gu Qingqing's liking. Under their persuasion, Gu Qingqing also drank a few cups. In the end, with red cheeks and hazy eyes, she was carried back to the room on the second floor by Gu Qinglie.

"You drunkard, I've never let you touch alcohol since you were a child, but you acted up when I wasn't watching you for a while." Gu Qinglie muttered to himself. He put the girl on the bed, covered her with a quilt, and went out to make her a cup of hot tea and placed it next to the bed.

Gu Qingqing fell asleep next to the bed. Gu Qinglie stared at her red little face for a long time and sighed.

"You brothers will not be around anymore, so you have to take good care of yourself."

Gu Qingqing slept until the afternoon. When she woke up, her head was a little dazed. She sat on the bed for a long time to calm down, then reached for the enamel cup on the bedside and gulped down half a cup of water. Then she lifted the quilt and went downstairs.

The excitement outside was still going on. Chu Yuan's old subordinates were all dispersed to various military regions, and some of them he hadn't seen for more than ten years. This time they were able to get together because of Chu Dai's marriage, and no one knew when they would be able to meet again next time.

These army commanders held bottles of wine and talked about the joyful times they had in the past when they suppressed bandits and killed enemies. Some spoke passionately, some with tears in their eyes, and some were even so drunk that they held Chu Yuan's arms tightly and refused to let go, shouting "Marshal".

Chu Yuan's temper, which had finally calmed down over the years, was ignited again. He raised his legs and kicked the several army commanders who were staggering next to him. He cursed, "What do you mean by handsome? I think you are handsome. You joined the revolution eight hundred years ago, but you are still acting like this to me. Get away from me."

Gu Qingqing was the most sober person in the whole place. The children had already run away with their drinks and candies, and the adults, both men and women, were all drunk and obviously very happy.

Maybe it's because we haven't seen each other for too long, and I can't suppress the feelings in my heart.

Their revolutionary friendship, which was forged by carrying each other on their backs in a sea of ​​blood and corpses, was so profound that even though Gu Qingqing could not fully understand their feelings, she admired them from the bottom of her heart.

At night, when the cold wind blew, the group of people sobered up and continued to eat and drink. As they had important things to do tomorrow, Chu Yuan asked the guards to collect all the wine on the table and leave the cigarettes.

The banquet did not end until after ten o'clock. Even Gu Canyang, who was always proud of himself, was still a little drunk and was carried back by Chu Zhao.

Chu Dai sat there with clear eyes.

If Gu Qingqing hadn't called him back to his room and failed to respond, I would have thought he wasn't drunk.

She raised her hand and waved in front of the man: "Brother?"

Chu Dai looked at her straight.

The army commanders had already been taken back by their subordinates, and the regimental and division commanders who had come from afar were assigned to stay at the homes of their old comrades for the night.

Chu Yuan was also helped back to the room by the guards.

Gu Qinglie didn't drink much, he just focused on eating.

There are shrimps as long as an arm, a kind of black-looking shell, and a kind called "gu" that has spines all over its body. They taste very delicious and are full of meat.

He had never seen such things in the border town. When the leaders were drinking and bragging and reminiscing about the past, he took off his coat and ate with his mouth open. Seeing that they didn't eat much, he thought about putting some food in an aluminum lunch box and taking it back tomorrow for his grandparents to taste.

When Gu Qingqing brought Chu Dai back to the room, he was still sitting in the cold wind peeling shrimps. The young warriors who came to clear the table were stunned to see him slurping on the shrimp shells and eating happily by himself.

"Comrade." The little soldiers were at a loss as to what to do: "How about packing it in a lunch box for you to take home? We have to clear the table."

The leftovers will be the leaders’ breakfast tomorrow, and the tables, chairs and benches must be returned to their respective homes.

"Okay." Gu Qinglie grinned, "I'll take two more lunch boxes and use them as breakfast tomorrow. I'll return them to you after I'm done."

The little warrior laughed and said, "Okay."

They could understand it. It was the same when they first came to the coastal military region from the inland. They ate seafood to their heart's content, but ended up having stomach upset the next day.

Seeing Gu Qinglie getting up and cleaning up while eating, they looked at each other but still didn't say anything to affect his appetite.

Gu Qingqing helped the man to the bed. He was tall and had long legs, so it took her some effort to help him climb the stairs.

But thinking about going home tomorrow, I feel full of energy.

She hadn't seen her parents for more than four months, and she missed them very much.

She took off his coat and covered him with the quilt. She went to wash herself and then took a towel to wipe the man's face.

Gu Qingqing gently wiped his face. The man closed his eyes. The warm light from above his head shone on his face. His long eyelashes left a shadow on his lower eyelid.

She couldn't help but raised her hand to poke his eyelashes. The man's eyelashes trembled, and his white hand suddenly grasped her wrist and pulled her to him.

Chu Dai glanced at her lazily, perhaps fearing that she would make trouble again, so he turned over and pressed her under him.

Gu Qingqing could feel his warm breath in her ears, and the towel in her hand fell to the wooden floor with a "plop".

"Qingqing." The man suddenly spoke.

"Hmm?" Gu Qingqing blinked.

Chu Dai tilted his head and fell asleep completely.

Gu Qingqing: "...Looks like he's really drunk."

She was pressed under the man. The strong smell of cigarettes and alcohol on him made her feel dizzy. She stroked his back with her fingers, touched him twice, and then pushed the man off her.

Chu Dai closed his eyes tightly and was unable to fight back.

Gu Qingqing sat on his lap, unbuttoned his shirt and took it off. She was stunned for a moment when she saw the scar on it, and finally she moved her fingers down and unfastened his belt with a "click".

She got up from the bed, picked up a towel, and brought over a basin of hot water to wipe his body.

Chu Dai hummed softly, and when Gu Qingqing thought he woke up, he turned over and continued to sleep.

It's just right to rub his back.

The towel in Gu Qingqing's hand went down from his chest, along his smooth waistline, and when it landed somewhere, she paused for a moment.

"She looks like this..." she muttered to herself.

There was a flush on her face, her ears were burning, her fingers were trembling as she moved slowly, it would have taken her half an hour to finish wiping it in one or two minutes.

She poured out the water from the army green enamel basin and hung the towel back, then went into the house and locked the door.

I stood in front of the closet, wanting to find some clothes for him to change, but in the end, for some reason, I didn't take anything and just closed the closet door.

She turned on the light, climbed onto the bed, stepped over the man, went inside, burrowed into the quilt, pressed against the man's hot chest, and closed her eyes.

She was a little tired after a busy day. She yawned while half asleep, clenched her hands consciously, and finally fell asleep soundly.

A dreamless night.

Chu Dai woke up on time at five in the morning. He lifted the quilt, lowered his eyes and fell into deep thought.