Chapter 147: Blame Me
Gu Qingqing frowned, "If Brother Zhao heard you say that, he would be dissatisfied again."
"He's very well behaved now, and doesn't even dare to speak loudly at home." Xu Nian also smiled: "Last time I told him that having one child is enough, and it's a boy, at least your Zhao family will have someone to carry on the incense."
"What do you think he said?"
"What do you mean?" Gu Qingqing replied very tactfully.
"He said that the officers and soldiers on the island all have three or four children, and Chu Dai even has two, and he feels that he cannot fall behind." Xu Nian's smile was very genuine when she said this. She herself also wanted to have more children so that her family would be lively in the future.
"That's great." Gu Qingqing stood up by holding the back of the chair: "Chu Dai doesn't want me to have another child, saying that he feels bad for me." She recalled the pity in the man's eyes, and her eyes became soft.
"So what do you think?"
"We'll see when the time comes. I won't have another child if I don't have enough energy. Like you said, it's exhausting enough to take care of two children. My second brother can't stay on the island forever."
Gu Qingqing doesn't have the idea of favoring boys over girls. She likes it whether the baby is two boys or two girls.
"Just make up your minds." Xu Nian also nodded. Everyone has different ideas. Some people want to have more children so they can have more. Anyway, the national policy supports it and the family will not lack food. Those who don't want to have more children are fine too, and the family will be quieter.
Zhao Yu closed his eyes and cried again. Xu Nian quickly picked him up and coaxed him softly in his arms.
Gu Qingqing said, "Sister Anian, I'm going to get some food and I'll bring it to you later."
"Okay, thank you, Qingqing. Don't bring me anything next time. We have everything at home. You can keep it for yourself or give it to Ah Sui." Xu Nian knew that these things were hard to buy. They were all prepared by Captain Chu with great effort, and it would be bad to take away his wife's food.
"Okay, I get it."
When she went out, Gu Qingqing did not forget to close the door tightly. When she reached the yard outside, she took a deep breath and felt relieved.
It was too stuffy in there, hot and not breathable. She couldn't imagine having to spend her postpartum period like this.
After leaving the yard, she closed the gate and walked towards the cafeteria.
I walked deliberately under the shaded coconut trees and looked at the time. It was three minutes to twelve.
Gu Qingqing walked leisurely, leaning on her waist. The path was paved with white sand shoveled from the seaside, which was soft and not painful underfoot.
The sea breeze was cool and refreshing, and she moved slowly like a snail.
The bell for the end of class rang in Building No. 1, and the children rushed out in a swarm. Most of them went home to eat, and very few went to the cafeteria.
My sisters-in-law thought that since there were many people in the family, they could just cook at home and ask the ship to bring whatever food they wanted. It wouldn't be a hassle.
Zhang Ta put his hand on Xiao Huan's shoulder and came out, chatting and laughing with the people next to him: "Don't take a nap at noon, right? Let's go to the beach to pick up seafood."
"Forget it," someone said, "I still have a few big buckets at home, and the dogs won't eat them."
"Do you have a dog at home?" Zhang Ta asked suspiciously.
"No, my mom always calls me a lazy dog, and I just don't want to eat seafood."
"I don't want to eat either." Xiao Huan also said, "I still have to go home to take care of my younger brother. Big Boss, if you want to go, go by yourself."
Zhang Ta was about to say something when he saw someone moving slowly in the distance. He let go of his hand on Xiao Huan's shoulder and ran over.
"Little auntie!" the boy said in a clear voice.
Gu Qingqing rubbed his ears and said, "I heard it, I heard it. It's time to go home from school, little nephew."
"Yes." Zhang Ta took out a hawthorn stick from his schoolbag and gave it to her: "My mother asked the captain to bring it to her. It's delicious. Try it."
Gu Qingqing took it, peeled off the plastic wrap and took a bite. The hawthorn strips were coated with syrup and tasted sour and sweet, which was very appetizing.
"It's delicious. Next time I'll ask your uncle to ask someone to buy some for the captain to bring back." Gu Qingqing fumbled in her pocket until she found the last two candies and stuffed them into his hands. "Where are you going now? Let's go home for dinner."
"Yes, my mother told me to make me braised pork ribs, which are even better than this." Zhang Ta opened a candy and stuffed it into his mouth, mumbling: "It's just that this thing is not easy to take out, otherwise I'll give you a few pieces."
"You should keep this for yourself." Gu Qingqing waved her hands repeatedly, "Auntie has it, so you won't lose out."
"That's good." Zhang Ta looked at her belly curiously, "Auntie, are you pregnant with a brother or a sister?"
"Auntie doesn't know either." Gu Qingqing crumpled up the plastic paper and stuffed it into her pocket, smiling, "You want a sister? Let your mother give birth to one for you. A little girl is the most beautiful, fair and tender with two black braids. It's so sweet to call you brother all the time."
Zhang Ta's heart was beating wildly. Thinking of his two brothers who were always jumping around and playing in the mud, his shoulders slumped. "Auntie, why don't you and Uncle have the baby? I treat her as my own sister anyway."
Gu Qingqing rubbed his head and said, "Auntie isn't sure about this either. Why don't you ask your uncle? He has to make the decision."
Zhang Ta agreed immediately: "Okay."
"What?" The man's tall, thin figure approached, casting a shadow.
Zhang Ta said bluntly: "I said I wanted my aunt to give me a sister, and my aunt said she had to ask you."
"Uncle, you can give me another sister when the time comes."
Chu Dai glanced at the woman and said meaningfully, "How do you know that the baby in your aunt's belly is not a girl?"
"Huh? Really?" Zhang Ta was happy this time. "Then I'll go home and have dinner first. I'll come to play with you next time."
After saying that, he ran away quickly.
Gu Qingqing saw the man reaching out to grab her waist and moved closer, "Is he afraid of you?"
"Does he look like he's afraid of me? Your little nephew isn't even afraid of his father." Chu Dai led her forward, "Do you want to go to the cafeteria?"
"Well, bring some food to Sister Anian."
The couple walked for a distance and happened to meet Old Qin and Shen Sui coming out. She greeted them with a smile: "Uncle Qin, are you coming home for dinner?"
"Yes," Qin Zhou exuded a scholarly air, with a reserved demeanor and gentle eyes. "A-Sui is with me, you don't have to worry."
Chu Dai nodded. "I just saw the orderly carrying a lunch box over. Go back and eat first. I have something to talk to you about later."
"Okay." Qin Zhou nodded slightly, and passed by them at a leisurely pace, occasionally turning his head to talk to Shen Sui.
Seeing Shen Sui turning around to look at them, Chu Dai smiled at him.
When they arrived at the cafeteria, there were many soldiers coming to eat. Gu Qingqing first went to find squad leader Zhu to prepare Xu Nian's meal, then handed it to the man, and then took another lunch box to get her meal.
Xu Nian was given vegetable and pork congee and a sweet potato. She ordered braised eggplant, spicy fish fillet and stir-fried green beans.
Eat something spicy now while you can.
Captain Zhu used to cook mostly light dishes, but now there are more and more people on the island and their tastes are becoming more and more diverse. In order to ensure the basic life of the soldiers, he learned other cuisines.
Gu Qingqing thought it was much more delicious than the light dishes he cooked.
Chu Dai didn't think so.
On the way home, she had to pass by Xu Nian's house. Gu Qingqing brought the food to her, and then went home holding the hand of the man who was waiting outside the yard.
There were only two of them eating, and they were too lazy to use bowls to share the food. Chu Dai first fed the woman a few mouthfuls before he began to eat slowly.
"What did Zhang Ta mean by that today?" he asked.
"Huh? What?" The woman reacted and quickly clarified: "No, he said he wanted a sister, and I told him to go find his mother."
"And then?" The man looked at her leisurely.
"He said that his mother didn't plan to have another baby, and that it would be the same if I did." Gu Qingqing looked straight into his eyes, her eyes clear and frank.
The man nodded and slowly picked out the bones from the fish: "Is that so?"
"Yes, if I wanted to give birth, I could just push you down. Why would I need to use a little kid's mouth to tell you?" Gu Qingqing leaned back in the chair slightly, and her body relaxed a little.
Chu Dai fed the chopped fish to her mouth: "That's right."
The man was in an unclear mood, so Gu Qingqing didn't dare to speak without permission.
Neither of them spoke. One fed the other and the other ate. The dishes that Gu Qingqing didn't like went into the man's mouth.
He rolled up his shirt sleeves twice, revealing crisscross scratches on his fair arms, with the thin red lines standing out.
Her brows were furrowed, with distress in her eyes. She touched his arm with her cool fingertips: "How did you do this? Didn't you pull down your sleeves when you entered the bunker?"
"No, the gravel was too sharp to scratch my sleeves, so I couldn't feel it. I wouldn't have noticed it if I hadn't rolled it up," the man said honestly.
Gu Qingqing leaned forward slightly and blew two breaths of air onto the wound, which felt cool.
"How can you not feel it? I would feel pain if I got scratched. You have so many cuts. Do you have any medicine at home? I'll go get you some." All the cuts were made today. The wounds haven't scabbed over yet and some are still bleeding.
Looking at her round face and the distress on her face, the man felt warm in his heart and did not refuse: "Okay."
Gu Qingqing got up and went to the bedroom closet to look around. She saw several small cardboard boxes that she had hidden under the man's clothes, and her ears started to burn.
Because she didn't come out for a long time, the man followed her in.
Seeing her staring blankly in front of the counter, the man leaned on the counter with his hands, his eyes passed over her shoulder and fell on the small white cartons. The man smiled and said, "They are of no use. How about returning them?"
The woman was held in his arms, her face flushed as she said, "...I can still use them in the future, right? Who told you to bring back so many?"
"Blame me." The man did not argue and let her talk.
Gu Qingqing blushed as she took out the powder from the drawer and pushed his arm out: "Don't look at it now. It's no use looking at it now. Just bear with it for a while."
Back in the living room, the man stretched out his legs, sat down and smiled at her: "Wife, don't you feel that you are becoming more and more fearless now?"
Gu Qingqing was talking about something else: "Didn't my brother send you some cigarettes? It seems to be the Daqianmen you like. Why haven't I seen you smoke it before?"
"I quit smoking and gave them all to them." The man said frankly, "I didn't have a smoking habit in the first place. I haven't smoked much since I married you. Now that you're pregnant, I can't touch it anymore."
The latter part of the sentence was spoken in a charming manner. Gu Qingqing had no idea what the man was referring to, so she pretended not to hear him. She sat down next to him and sprinkled medicine powder on his arm with shaking hands.
"Where's that hand?" Gu Qingqing raised her chin slightly, motioning him to bring up that hand as well: "Let me see."
The man did as he was told. Seeing her serious expression, he couldn't help but curl his lips: "Before, Goudan said that you have a carefree personality and don't know how to be gentle."
“Now it seems that’s not entirely true.”
"Goudan just likes to fart. He knows nothing." Gu Qingqing spat directly: "He still has the nerve to say that to me. He doesn't even look at himself."
Chu Dai: "..."
The man held his forehead with one hand and laughed dumbly.
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