Chu Dai sneered, "You have to know when to pamper your wife. Is it because your Xu Nian is not pregnant that she can't eat your sour oranges?"
Zhao Ze was speechless because of his silence, but with his sharp ears, he could already hear the women laughing in the backyard.
He lowered his voice and said, "Don't say this in front of Ah Nian next time."
Xu Nian is particularly sensitive now. Sometimes she always feels that Zhao Ze is so nice to her because she is pregnant, especially when she sees the contrast between Chu Dai and Gu Qingqing.
After all, he really didn't care much about her before. If she hadn't been unable to bear it and ran to the military corps, he wouldn't have known how much injustice his wife had suffered at home.
Chu Dai nodded, indicating that he understood.
Hearing the voices in the front yard, Gu Qingqing and Xu Nian looked at each other and said, "They are back!"
After saying that, without waiting for Xu Nian to react, she ran straight to the front yard.
Seeing the tall and thin man, she rushed towards him and said, "Brother!"
She had a lot to say to him, and wanted to tell him what happened in the cafeteria today and what happened in school.
Chu Dai let her hang on him, holding the lunch box in his right hand and the things wrapped in tree leaves in his left hand, he lowered his eyes and smiled at her: "I'm dirty."
Gu Qingqing rubbed her head against his chin, "I don't mind you."
Zhao Ze, who was standing by, was watching with great interest. He took two steps forward, embraced Xu Nian, and said with a smile, "These two people are not shy about what they say. If someone is gossiping, they will say that it is bad manners."
"This is my own yard." Chu Dai glared at him and said, "If you don't like it, you can go back."
"That won't work," Zhao Ze said, leading Xu Nian to the courtyard. "Ah Nian, let's eat here before we go back. Sister Qingqing, you brought a few cans of spicy diced radish from home. Take them out and try them. I've been eating bland seafood lately, and my mouth is tasteless."
Xu Nian followed him into the house quietly.
Chu Dai smiled and shook his head. He waited for the woman to get off him before giving her the leaves in his hand. "I picked some dates for you on my way back. I've never eaten them before so I don't know how they taste. See if you like them. If they taste good, I'll pick more tomorrow."
"Eh?" Gu Qingqing carefully opened the leaves and saw the black fruit that looked like the red dates at home. She asked curiously, "This is a date. Can I eat it?"
"Yes," Chu Dai said with a smile, "I picked them after seeing Zhao Ze eat them."
Gu Qingqing chuckled. She took one and put it to the man's mouth, "Then taste it and see if it's sweet."
The man took a bite from her hand. After a while, he said, "It's sweet."
Gu Qingqing stuffed the rest into her mouth and chewed it twice. It was indeed sweet: "It's a bit like the persimmon cakes at home!"
The man smiled and nodded, "Let's eat first."
When they arrived at the living room, Xu Nian and Zhao Ze were already sitting there eating. Seeing them coming, Zhao Ze waved his hand like a host and said, "Sit anywhere you want, just treat this as your own home."
With a smile in his eyes, Chu Dai pulled out a chair for Gu Qingqing to sit down first. He opened his lunch box and went to the kitchen to get some bowls and chopsticks.
She waited for him to come out, served Gu Qingqing the meal, and then sat down to eat.
Zhao Ze teased, "My Anian is pregnant and only gets this treatment. Sister Qingqing, are you pregnant?"
As he spoke, he looked around at the couple.
Gu Qingqing blushed, "No way, Brother Zhao, you are a doctor, how can your eyesight be so poor?"
Xu Nian also laughed softly and whispered, "Didn't you see that he was wearing glasses?"
Zhao Ze shook his head: "My daughter Anian has really learned bad things from you. She used to be such a well-behaved girl, but now..." He sighed, unable to finish his words.
Chu Dai kicked his chair and said casually, "That's enough. Eating lobster won't stop you from talking."
"It has to be at least palm-sized abalone." Zhao Ze muttered, and then asked, "Today when we went to the cafeteria to get food, we heard everyone talking about school. Sister Qingqing, have you managed to open this school?"
"It's done." Gu Qingqing put a piece of pork belly into the man's bowl and said, "Coach Jiang is very efficient. I said the front yard of our North District is good, and he directly asked people to move the tables, chairs and benches over."
"He has lost his temper because of those little ancestors at home. But you really did a good thing for the army. The soldiers are too busy to take care of them during the day, and the wives at home take care of the younger ones and don't care about the older ones." Zhao Ze bit into the tender lobster meat, "I'll leave my son to you in the future."
Xu Nian chastised him: "How do you know it's a son? Are you favoring boys over girls? That's not the way it works nowadays."
"Yes," Chu Dai agreed lazily, "Old Zhao, don't forget that you are a party member. You can't have the idea of favoring boys over girls."
"No, I was thinking that this place is desolate and lonely, and it's okay for a son to endure some hardship. If it were a daughter, she would have to be raised like your daughter, and we don't have the conditions for that here now."
Zhao Ze rolled his eyes and set a trap for him: "Old Chu, when are you two going to have a child? Do you prefer a boy or a girl?"
"Look at yours," Chu Dai slowly ate the food the woman had picked up from the bowl, and said calmly, "I'm fine with anything."
Gu Qingqing put another piece of potato into the man's bowl and said with a smile, "I'll listen to Chu Dai. We'll have a child whenever he says we want one."
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Zhao Ze was speechless as he watched the loving couple. Then he thought of something and raised his lips: "Sister Qingqing, your two brothers are twins, right?"
"Hmm?" Gu Qingqing didn't know why he suddenly asked this, and nodded blankly: "Yes."
Chu Dai also put down his chopsticks, clasped his hands around his chest and looked at him leisurely, wanting to know what would come out of his mouth.
"Generally speaking, families with twin genes have a greater chance of having twins," Zhao Ze took a sip of egg drop soup slowly and said, "Like sister Qingqing's family, where there are more boys, there is a high probability that her first child will be twin boys." This was purely nonsense he made up.
Gu Qingqing blinked and looked blankly at the calm man next to her, "Brother."
Chu Dai nodded casually, "Twin boys are fine. Our family can afford it and can withstand the hardships."
Zhao Ze sneered, "When you said this, did the figure of Instructor Jiang appear in your mind? Look at him, a well-educated person, but he has been forced into this state by this kid." He wanted to hide in the camp every day. Going home would be like being tortured.
Chu Dai sat up straighter and said, "Don't worry about me for now. Think about the baby in your wife's belly."
Zhao Ze was wondering at this moment: "...Maybe she is a lady."
Xu Nian listened from the side and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
After the couple finished eating, Chu Dai cleared the table and asked Zhao Ze to take the lunch box back to the cafeteria.
Before Zhao Ze left, he reminded him: "Don't use that thing all the time. You old Chu family should also leave some incense."
Chu Dai told him to get out.
By the time they left, it was completely dark. The weather here was good, with light in the sky at around 6 or 7 o'clock. At 7:30, the moon rose from the other side of the sea.
Chu Dai was not in a hurry to take a shower, and took Gu Qingqing for a stroll outside.
The temperature has risen recently, the wind at night is not so biting, and the moon is exceptionally bright.
The two of them walked slowly on the path and went behind the backyard fence. Normally, Gu Qingqing would not go out alone at night because she was afraid there might be some bugs as it was next to the back mountain.
Now that her man is by her side, she feels especially at ease and feels like she can go anywhere.
Chu Dai walked on her right side, holding her fingers tightly. No one spoke, and they enjoyed the quiet night together.
Walking to the edge of the forest and listening to the chirping of insects, Gu Qingqing subconsciously moved closer to the man.
Chu Dai was amused. This guy was usually very brave. He asked, "Are you afraid of bugs?"
"I'm afraid of caterpillars." Gu Qingqing sighed, "There are many insects on the island that I don't know. They look scary. Yesterday, when I came to water the vegetable field, there was a furry insect that was much bigger than a caterpillar. And you were not there at the time."
As she spoke, she felt a little aggrieved.
Chu Dai held her hand tightly, stopped, held the little woman tightly in his arms, and kissed her forehead gently, "Next time you see a scary bug, run away first, and wait for your man to come back and take me to deal with it."
"Then it would have run away a long time ago." Gu Qingqing lay in the man's arms and acted coquettishly: "Did you hear what Brother Zhao said today? If we have children, it will most likely be twins."
Chu Dai looked at her with a smile in his eyes, "Well, you want to have a baby with me?"
"Yes." Gu Qingqing's warm breath fell on his neck, and she said softly, "I really want to have a child with you."
Chu Dai's eyes darkened, and the hand clasped around her waist suddenly tightened, making her body press tightly against him.
"Teacher Gu, starting tomorrow you might be even busier than me. Can you handle having a child?"
His voice was a little hoarse, but Gu Qingqing could sense the change in the man. She rested her forehead against his chin and sighed, "Should I not have mentioned this?"
"No." Chu Dai looked at her with narrowed eyes: "You have what you want to do, this is a good thing, I support you."
"There's no rush for the kids."
Gu Qingqing almost blurted out: "I'm in a hurry!"
The man was stunned for a moment, then he bent down, put his head on her shoulder, and laughed softly: "Wife, why?"
"All the sisters-in-law on the island have children, but I don't." Gu Qingqing pouted and gave him a drastic measure: "People will definitely talk about you behind your back."
Chu Dai remembered what Zhao Ze said about him being injured on the battlefield, and the smile on his face faded a little.
He slowly straightened up, looking calmly at the woman in front of him who was feeling frustrated and at a loss as to what to do because she realized she had said something wrong.
Seeing that he looked very indifferent and didn't speak for a long time, Gu Qingqing felt panicked.
"Brother." She began to rub his chin.
Chu Dai looked at her indifferently.
Gu Qingqing really didn't know what to do this time, so she quickly coaxed the man in a low voice: "I know I was wrong! I will never say you are not good enough again in the future. You are the best!"
The more she spoke, the more confused she became. Chu Dai couldn't hold back the smile in his eyes after all. Without waiting for the woman to continue speaking, he blocked her opening and closing mouth with his thin lips. She hummed for a long time, and he only pulled away when she was almost out of breath.
Without waiting for her to catch her breath, the man bent over and picked her up, holding her with one hand on his shoulder, and walked towards the front yard.
"I remember that you should be able to do it today."
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