Chapter 187: Prosperity 187: Don’t waste time on me…
There was some noise from the end of the village, and there were four or five fish ponds with many people gathered on the shore.
"Abao, is that Qingqing?" Qin Li glanced around casually and saw a familiar figure.
Gu Bao looked over and was also stunned, then he was ecstatic: "Yes, it's Qingqing. I'll take them over!"
"Okay." Qin Li's eyes were gentle and smiling.
"Uncle!" Gu Qingqing saw him running over and waved quickly, "Where's my father?!"
"I'm following Uncle Abacus to weigh the fish. It's just in front. I'll take you there." Gu Bao greeted Chu Yuan honestly and led them to the shore happily.
Gu Jin was holding a scale in his hand, weighing fish. A fat grass carp had just been caught and was still wagging its tail. The villagers were busy but smiling.
"Dad, Uncle Abacus!" Gu Qingqing smiled and leaned over to take a look at the account book. "Wow, there are so many fish."
He could remember clearly how much weight was distributed to which family. No wonder the provincial finance department praised him.
"Qingqing'er, you're back?" Gu Jin glanced at his daughter and suddenly became excited, "Where's A'dai? Why can't I see Tuantuan and Niannian?"
"Isn't Chu Dai over there? He's watching Brother Xiong and the others catching fish. Tuan Tuan Niannian is sleeping at home, and Auntie is watching." Gu Qingqing took the straw to help tie up the fish. "There are only fish left, right?"
"Yes, the food and other things have been distributed." Suanpan said, "Qingqing, your family can get ten two-jin grass carps. You can choose whether you want two six-jin and two four-jin big fish, or ten small fish?"
Seeing the uncles and aunts looking at her with smiles, Gu Qingqing hesitated for a moment, then tried to answer, "Just listen to my father."
Gu Jin smiled and said, "They are the same, but the small fish is more tender."
The abacus was just a joke for her. Every family had a mix of small and big fish. There was no reason to bully the honest people in the Gu family.
So they divided it into three weighing two kilograms, two weighing four kilograms, and one weighing six kilograms.
Seeing that the girl's nose was red from the cold, Gu Jin said distressedly: "You should go back with the fish first. I don't know if your uncle is back. If he is, let him use the fish to make a bowl of fish soup for Tuantuan every year."
"Uncle San has come back and is with us." It's really cold here. It's next to the back mountain and a gust of wind blows over from time to time.
Gu Qingqing couldn't help but sniff: "Then Chu Dai and I will take the fish back first, and you guys can come back early after you finish."
"Okay," Gu Jin wrapped the straw around his fingertips a few times and tied up the fish for her, "Let your aunt cook some ginger soup at home. Your brothers are all fishing in the pond and they are likely to catch a cold."
"good."
Gu Qingqing went to find Chu Dai and asked him to carry the remaining fish. After saying hello to the uncles and aunts she knew, she didn't see her mother and second aunt. "Aunt Zhang, do you know where my mother is?"
Zhang Ren's wife said, "At the oil press, we are the first ones to take the oil away, and every year your family is the last to go."
"Oh ok, I know."
She went to the pond to take another look. Chu Yuan and Xiao Xu were helping. Her uncle was jumping up and down with a big clam shell in his hands.
She and Chu Dai went home first. The man carried a few fish and walked briskly. His white fingers were exposed and he didn't feel cold.
Gu Qingqing's mouth was breathing out white air, her hands were red from the cold, and she kept mumbling: "It was really good to spend the winter on the island two years ago. Now that I'm back, I can't get used to the cold anymore and I can't stand it."
The man walked beside her, and when a passing villager approached him, he smiled and nodded: "In the future, if you want to bring your family to the southern military region to celebrate the New Year, that's fine. The temperature there is about the same as on the island."
"Father and mother may not go." Gu Qingqing said with a pout, "Father is so busy now, mother has to stay at home with him, how can she leave? In the future, we will have to come back more often. You won't feel uncomfortable, right?"
I once heard from sister Anian on the island that many sons-in-law don’t like to go to their father-in-law’s house for the New Year because they feel very restrained.
Chu Dai narrowed his eyes and glanced at her, saying, "As long as you want to go back, I'd be happy to accompany you." He was just afraid that in the future it wouldn't be as relaxed as this year, and if there was no vacation, only Shen Sui and she would have to go back.
Gu Qingqing walked next to him. Although the man was thin, he was tall, so he could block the wind to some extent. "I want to come back with you."
Chu Dai was stunned for a moment, then smiled.
Thinking of what Xiao Xiao said to him last month, he felt that he still had to explain it, lest the little woman think: "Rongrong is back."
As expected, when she heard the name, Gu Qingqing paused, the smile on her face faded a little, and then she continued to walk forward as if nothing had happened, chewing these two words over and over in her mouth: "...Rongrong?"
Chu Dai was somewhat amused, but also felt a little sorry for her fleeting emotions, so he changed the subject and said, "Bai Rong, I told you that A Yan's sister and her art troupe are on vacation and are back for the New Year."
"Oh, very good." Gu Qingqing's mood was very calm, and it was hard to tell whether she was happy or angry.
Chu Dai followed her for a distance until they were almost at Zhang Bufan's doorstep. He said, "I've always considered her my sister and never had any other thoughts about her. You don't have to talk to her when you meet her in the future, and you can just let her call you sister-in-law. The people in the Bai family are all good. I heard from Ah Zhao that Aunt Bai is arranging a marriage partner for her."
He considered these words for a long time before saying them. Gu Qingqing is very similar to Gu Qinglie, who looks carefree but is sometimes extremely meticulous. Xiao Xiao told him that the sisters-in-law in the military region don't pay much attention to his wife.
He specially went to find Aunt Chu, Chu Zhao's mother, and asked her to come and talk to Gu Qingqing when she was free.
Sometimes I regret bringing her off the island. It was inevitable that she would feel a little uncomfortable after finally getting familiar with the environment for two years and suddenly it changed.
Gu Qingqing was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect him to say so much. There was a hint of smile in her eyes: "Brother."
"Um?"
"Maybe Bai Rong doesn't like you anymore. You are being so self-indulgent and overthinking. Besides, we both have a child, so I don't need to bother with a little girl."
Chu Dai just raised his eyebrows, thinking that the little woman really didn't care, when he heard her casually ask: "Did Bai Rong look for you during the time she was back in the military area?"
“…”
The man laughed dumbly, "No."
It was windy outside, so they hurried back to the Gu family's yard. When they entered the main room, the warm air hit their faces, and Gu Qingqing felt relaxed both physically and mentally.
The fish had just been placed in a large tank outside. Gu Cai was not at home and no one knew where he had gone. The bicycle at the door of the house must have been taken away by him.
Gu Qingqing pulled a chair and sat by the fire. Her third aunt should still be upstairs watching over the two little guys. She would go upstairs to take over her position after warming herself up.
Chu Dai sat next to her, put his slender fingers through her fingers, clasped her hand in his palm, and said nothing.
Gu Qingqing found that she hadn't looked at him carefully for a long time. The man's bones were stronger than before, his face was less wild and arrogant than before, and he was more stable than before.
She knew that the man's wildness and arrogance had not disappeared, but were hidden in his bones.
She said in a daze, "It turns out that I was looking forward to going to the Corps to find you two years ago."
Time flies.
5pm, Southern Military Region.
Gu Canyang had just come out of the hangar when his comrade asked him, "Are we going to the aircrew stove to eat first?"
Gu Canyang shook his head and said, "I'm going back to the camp. You guys go first."
"Okay, the flight attendant will be waiting for you." They left in a group. Gu Canyang withdrew his gaze and walked towards the battalion headquarters at a leisurely pace.
"Hey!" Xiao Xiao saw the man and ran over quickly: "Gu Canyang!"
The man seemed not to hear.
"Gu Canyang!" Xiao Xiao ran to the man out of breath, holding the military cap on her head and fanning herself: "I called you several times, didn't you hear me?"
"Yeah." Gu Canyang glanced at her sweaty forehead casually, and said in a normal tone: "Your field army's physical fitness needs to be improved."
Xiao Xiao was speechless for a while, then he thought of something and said, "You didn't go back with Qingqing and the others?"
Seeing that she spoke of her sister in a familiar tone, Gu Canyang's expression eased a little, "Yeah."
Xiao Xiao followed him and said, "Why don't you go back home for the New Year? The Air Force doesn't have holidays. Why don't you transfer to our field army? Commander Xiao said you are a good trainer. The treatment in our field army is no worse than that in the Air Force!"
Gu Canyang was too lazy to respond and strode forward towards the afterglow.
"Gu Canyang!" Xiao Xiao pointed his finger at the back of his head and said, "Don't move."
Gu Canyang paused and looked with cold eyes at the woman who ran towards him.
Xiao Xiao's eyes sparkled, and he pointed his finger at him and said "pia", his eyes were full of enthusiasm and desire to conquer: "You have been targeted by me, and sooner or later I will conquer this unreachable mountain of yours, do you dare to bet with me, Gu Canyang?"
Gu Canyang was silent for a moment and said, "Don't waste time on me."
Gu Jia and Gu Qingqing went upstairs. The two little guys woke up and were walking around on the bed, smacking their mouths, but no one knew what they were eating.
"I brought some jujube mud cake from the city. I just fed some to Tuantuan. He really liked it. Xiao Niannian also came over to ask for some." Zhang Yuqing looked at the two white little dumplings and liked them more and more. "I don't know when your brother Yuan Chao will give me a big fat grandson."
Gu Yuanchao married the daughter of his grandmother's family. She was average looking but had a good personality and was not someone who liked to cause trouble.
"It won't be long since we're married." Gu Qingqing sat down on the bed, held her son in her arms and pinched his face: "Baby, you eat so deliciously, can you give me a bite?"
Xiao Niannian was holding a dark red date mud cake in his hand. He blinked his eyes, as if he understood what she said, and raised his hand to hand the date mud cake to A Niang's mouth.
Gu Qingqing took a small bite with a smile, and then praised: "So good."
Little Tuantuan was not convinced and stumbled over, waving a half-eaten jujube mud cake in her hand and yelling, "Eat~eat!"
Gu Qingqing also took a bite of his, then held both sons in her arms and sat down. Only then did the two brothers calm down.
"Aunt, what's my sister-in-law's personality like?" Gu Qingqing had never met Gu Yuanchao's wife.
A while ago, the Gu family held three weddings in a row: Gu Bao and Qin Li got married, Gu Xiong and Sun Yuanyuan got married, and then there was Gu Yuanchao and Zhou Yu.
There are red wedding couplets posted everywhere on the doors now, and there is no need to change them tomorrow.
Zhang Yuqing looked at the two kids for a while and said, "She has a gentle personality and is reserved and doesn't like to talk much. But the elders in her family are all very nice. Your grandmother said that her family has good character and is well-known in the village. There is nothing to complain about."
"It's OK if you have a good temper. You and my aunt have the best tempers. We have never had a quarrel with our grandma and mother over the years. Everyone in the village says that we live in harmony. Look, Uncle Qin Wu and my father have been arguing for a lifetime, but he still felt at ease to marry his daughter to our family."
"That's right." Zhang Yuqing was so happy with her words that she smiled and said, "How is your brother Wei Dong doing in the military area? Is he causing any trouble for you guys?"
"Uncle San also asked this question," Gu Qingqing said with a smile, "Don't worry, you know what kind of person my brother is. He is very honest and upright."
"That's good, that's good."
In the evening, the Gu family sat together at the same table. This year there was really a new addition to the family, and the house was lively and bustling.
Gu Tiezhu has been smiling from the moment he started eating until now. Today's dishes are rich. The team killed a pig and shared the fish. With Gu Cai, the state-owned chef, the meal is really delicious.
Shen Sui wanted to help take care of the child and let his sister eat first, but Gu Qingqing avoided his hand and said, "Don't worry about it. Just eat two more pieces of braised pork. Come and hold her after you finish eating."
Shi Rushuang saw the interaction between the siblings and whispered to Han Lianxin, "At first glance, Ah Sui and Qing Qing really look like siblings. This child is so sensible that it makes people feel distressed. This afternoon, he swept the entire house and cooked hot pot for the third child in the evening."
Han Lianxin also nodded: "I think this child is destined to be with our family. If it weren't for him, Qingqing wouldn't be able to raise a child on the island alone. I heard that Qingqing is going to study in the capital in the future. I think this child will definitely have a great future."
Shi Rushuang shook her head and said, "It doesn't matter whether they have great potential or not. As for me, as long as they are safe and sound, and our family has enough food and drink, they don't need to have great abilities. As long as they can live their lives smoothly, that's enough."
Han Lianxin felt very much in agreement after hearing this. Thinking of something, she asked, "My uncle and aunt haven't seen the two little guys yet, right? They must be worried about them. Talk to Qingqing and ask her and A'dai to bring the two kids home to see them."
"I was just planning to talk to them about it. I'll take them home to pay New Year's greetings on the second day of the Lunar New Year. Now that we have a car, it's convenient. I'll ask my in-laws if they want to go with us."
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