Chapter 170: Prosperity 170: I’m not really that stupid…
Winter month fourteenth, evening.
"The supply ship will arrive at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. You should pack everything that needs to be packed. I will wash the sheets and quilts in the morning and dry them outside. You can ask Sister Anian to collect them then." Gu Qingqing held a small porcelain bowl in her hand and fed Xiao Niannian, who was standing on the edge of a chair, with egg custard.
Currently, the supply ship still runs twice a month, but the times are set on the 15th and 30th.
There was also a little kid holding onto his father's legs, lying on the man's lap, blowing bubbles from his mouth.
"Well, Ah Sui, you should go say hello to Mr. Qin this morning. He won't be leaving the island for another two months." The man let the little guy make noise between his legs and ate his meal leisurely.
Both children can stand steadily with the help of something, but they still cannot walk, and can only speak simple words.
"Daddy~Daddy! Hug me~" The little boy with a baby voice buried his face in his father's legs and rubbed against them. Chu Dai grabbed his back with one hand and lifted him onto his lap. He put down his chopsticks, took another bowl of egg custard and fed him in small sips.
The two brothers' eyebrows and eyes have grown, and they look more and more like Chu Dai, but the younger brother is more well-behaved than the older brother and is not as noisy.
"Okay. Sister, I've finished eating. I still have some homework to do. I'll hand it in to the teacher tomorrow morning." Shen Sui stood up and took the dishes back to the kitchen. When he came out, he said, "I'll wash the dishes then. Don't move."
The boy's eyebrows and eyes are green, and the previous depression is no longer in his eyes. He also has a group of good friends.
Gu Qingqing nodded and said with a smile: "Don't forget to say goodbye to your brothers. We will have a chance to see each other again in the future."
It is very likely that Chu Dai will stay in the Southern Military Region and will not be transferred again. The children of military families on the island will basically join the army when they grow up, so they will meet him sooner or later.
"I know." Shen Sui originally planned to tell them after finishing his homework and washing the dishes that he would be busy tomorrow morning and had to clean the house at home.
After feeding the egg custard, Gu Qingqing put down the bowl, picked up her son and let him stand on her legs, and teased him face to face: "Little Niannian will be able to see Grandpa tomorrow. Grandpa has been sending telegrams every day these days, asking when the two babies will return home."
Chu Dai was still feeding his eldest son. His smile faded from his face. “He only cares so much about his two children.”
Gu Qingqing clicked her tongue and looked at him: "Are you jealous? No way, brother. Those candies that Dad sent were all for you, right?"
Tuan Tuan reached out to touch his father's chin. The blue stubble pricked his hand and it hurt a little. He then put his white and tender hand to his father's mouth: "Hoohoo!"
Chu Dai blew on his hand perfunctorily, and the little dumpling immediately smiled happily, revealing two white and tender little front teeth.
Then he gave his father a kiss on the chin, leaving behind sticky saliva.
The man smiled and snorted, "This is all thanks to you and your two sons."
Gu Qingqing shook her head and smiled, and said casually, "I promised Xiao Huanniang to give this house to her. They will move in after we leave tomorrow."
"Okay, it's empty anyway, I thought you would leave it for Xu Nian." These men never cared and always listened to her.
"Sister Anian said she doesn't plan to have another child because there's enough room at home. She also covets the vegetable patch in my backyard, where we can pick eggplants and cabbages. But Xiaohuan's mother's family is full of people, so the three children don't have to sleep together."
After moving here, I guess they will consider having a fourth child. My second fat mother gave birth to a fat, white girl, which made her greedy.
"When you go to the Southern Military Region, Xu Nian won't be around to talk to you often. Will it be boring?" the man asked.
She seldom went out after she had the children. She had no time to take care of two kids at home, so Xu Nian would come to her and tell her about the gossip she heard in the cafeteria.
"No! Big brother is here, you don't have to worry about me, just focus on your mission. But you must pay attention to safety." She warned.
"Yeah, okay."
A family of four sat at the dining table, the couple each holding a child, the tenderness between their brows almost overflowing.
After entering the room, she put Little Niannian on the bed for the man to watch over. Gu Qingqing tiptoed to hook the luggage bag from the top of the closet. She opened the closet and said to the man, "Are you still taking away Tuan Tuan and Niannian's old clothes? It seems like there's not enough space."
The two babies had a lot of clothes, and later on they didn't make many new clothes. The sisters-in-law in the North District and South District gave her and Xu Nian the old clothes of their own children.
"Leave it to Chen Jiefang. His child will be born in a few months." The man sat on the edge of the bed, holding a baby in one hand. The little guy on the bed kept pushing into his arms.
"Okay, I'll pick them all out tonight. You can send the smaller ones to Brother Jiefang's house, and the larger ones to Erpang's mother." Anyway, these clothes will be circulated everywhere on the island, so it won't be a waste.
"Okay." The man patted Xiao Nian Nian's soft little butt and scolded with a smile: "When you grow up a little bit, sleep by yourself. Let's see who you will crawl into the arms of then."
The couple chatted slowly and casually. There was a charcoal stove in the room and it was not cold. Gu Qingqing stacked the clothes that her children no longer needed according to size and placed them on a chair. She would put them in plastic bags and give them to the military wives tomorrow.
The children’s clothes have not all been put away. These two little guys often wet the bed, so I have to leave two sets of clothes for them to change into.
The man didn't have many clothes, just a few military uniforms and the army uniforms he brought from the island, as well as a few sets of pajamas that she asked her little girl to make for her.
She actually had a lot more clothes than the man, almost as many as the clothes for the two little kids. She herself was dumbfounded: "I didn't even know I made so many clothes."
Chu Dai took a look and nodded with a smile: "I have never seen you wear these. Some of them must have been worn when you were pregnant. They are too big to wear now."
"Just keep it and wear it when the time comes." The woman muttered.
"Hmm?" The man raised his eyebrows meaningfully.
Gu Qingqing looked at him in a daze for a long time before she reacted and said, "Isn't it? You don't plan to have children with me anymore?"
The man laughed in a muffled voice. Xiao Nian Nian's tiger-toe shoes and socks had been kicked off by himself. His white little feet fluttered on the quilt. He grabbed his feet and stuffed them into the quilt. Chu Dai said, "It's up to you. If you want to have a baby, then have one."
"We'll see what happens when the time comes," the woman whispered. "Now these two little guys have tortured me to death."
When she was done packing, she saw two boxes of things left under the cabinet. She pouted and said, "Brother."
The man sat on the bed, followed her line of sight, and couldn't help but laugh: "You can't blame me for this. I'm also very depressed."
Gu Qingqing glanced at the two children in his arms and let out a sigh.
When it was time to go to sleep, the two babies wanted to snuggle into their mother's arms. Little Niannian was so hungry just by smelling the milky fragrance on his mother's body.
The little feet kicked the brother behind.
Gu Qingqing was somewhat helpless: "Chu Dai, is this the well-behaved little son you mentioned?!"
The man was making milk powder. After testing the temperature, he put the bottle into his eldest son's hand and let him hold it and eat it by himself.
"..." He glanced at it casually, his consciousness rolling under his Adam's apple. He glanced at the snow-white color calmly, afraid that he would not be able to restrain himself and look away.
The fifteenth day of winter.
The couple got up early in the morning, and the baby was still sleeping soundly in bed.
Shen Sui went to Qin's home in front. Chu Dai sent the children's old clothes out and took breakfast from the cafeteria when he came back.
After breakfast, some people washed the quilts and some people swept the floor. It was almost nine o'clock. Just when I took a break, Xu Nian came.
We knew in advance that we were going to leave the island, and we had enough food at home, so we hadn't asked the supply ship to bring us supplies for half a month.
There were still a few canned fruits left in the cupboard. Gu Qingqing took some and gave them to Xu Nian: "I don't know if Xiao Yu'er can eat it. You can ask Doctor Yang when the time comes. If he can't eat it, then you can eat it."
Xiao Yuer is one year and six months old. He follows his mother around, looking around here and there. He looks about 70% similar to Zhao Ze, but is thinner than other children on the island and not as chubby.
"Okay, I feel embarrassed to take your things all the time. I got up this morning and baked five leek egg pancakes, boiled ten eggs, and steamed five corn cobs. You can take them and eat them on the boat." As she said this, she handed over the small blue coarse cloth bag in her hand.
When Gu Qingqing received the package and felt the warmth inside, she bit her lip, hugged Xu Nian, and said, "You must remember to ask Brother Zhao to send me a telegram, or write me a letter. Tell me if you need anything, and I will ask the supply ship to bring it over."
"I know, I know." Xu Nian also secretly wiped away her tears. She was particularly reluctant to let Gu Qingqing leave, but no one could do anything about this kind of military order.
"Qingqing, do you remember the first time we met? It was on the train to the border town. I didn't bring any food, so you gave me a corn cob and gave Xiaoxu from Aunt Yu's family a steamed bun."
She was quite surprised at the time that a little girl could be so careless when going out.
Food was extremely precious then and now, but she gave it to two strangers so carelessly.
"I remember." Gu Qingqing leaned on her shoulder and said in a muffled voice: "I knew you didn't eat when I saw you were listless. Xiaoxu was young at the time, and the steamed buns that Aunt Yu brought were cold and hard. He couldn't bite them and cried because he was hungry. The steamed buns were soft. At the time, my grandma and mother brought me a lot of food. I was going to the military corps soon and I couldn't finish it all by myself. My second brother wouldn't be able to keep me hungry even if I went to the military corps."
Xu Nian was stunned for a moment, patted her on the back, and said, "Actually, I thought you were pretty stupid at the time. You didn't keep the food for yourself but shared it with others. You are so generous. Aren't you afraid of being targeted by bad people?"
Maybe this is why she has good relationships with people and is always treated sincerely by others, Xu Nianxiang.
Even Zhang Jianshi's wife, who likes to take advantage of others, could turn a blind eye and let Ata send her seafood.
Because she has a pure heart and is genuinely kind to others.
"If I hadn't been so stupid, I wouldn't have gotten to know such nice people like you and Aunt Yu." Gu Qingqing pouted, "My father had already greeted the conductor. Didn't you notice that uncle was often walking around us?"
Xu Nian thought about it and it seemed to be true. She couldn't help laughing out loud.
"It turns out that our Qingqing is not really that stupid."
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