Chapter 248: Prosperity 248: Is that enough?
The stall owner put the shrimps and processed fish in a vegetable basket for her. Gu Qingqing subconsciously felt her pocket and found the money was with the man.
She bent down, put down the basket, and said to the stall owner, "Auntie, please wait for me."
"Oh! It's no problem." The stall owner waved his hands casually and went to pick flowers for other military wives.
Gu Qingqing walked over to the man. The two kids saw all kinds of fruits and waved their hands happily, "Daddy~ Mango!"
Xiao Niannian secretly pulled a grape and tried to put it in her mouth, but the man took it away and coaxed her, "Weigh it first and give it to our little treasure later, okay?"
"Okay!" The little fellow who had been pouting stopped making noises when he heard that there would be food later. He chattered and looked at other fruits with his brother.
"Are these lychees?" Gu Qingqing asked softly as she looked at the bunches of fruits she had never seen before.
"Hey! They are lychees." The stall owner generously pulled two and handed them to her: "From your accent, you are not from Nanyang, right? Comrade, try it. They are just picked. They are the first crop this year. They are very sweet."
Gu Qingqing looked at the man next to her suspiciously. Chu Dai smiled, took a lychee from her hand, slowly peeled it, revealing the white flesh, and then handed it to her mouth.
“Tsk, tsk.”
She took a tentative bite from his hand and the taste was unexpected. "Buy more," she said.
"Okay," the man laughed again, "but don't eat too much of this, it will easily cause you to get angry."
Gu Qingqing nodded: "I know."
He said that, but he didn't do anything about it after you bought it back.
I bought two kilograms of mangoes, five kilograms of lychees, two kilograms of grapes and one kilogram of apples. After paying, I gave Tuantuan and Niannian two lychees to eat by themselves.
The man followed her to the seafood stall to pay the bill, and then went to another stall to buy two kilograms of crabs. That was all he had bought.
For fear that the cakes and brown sugar bought from the supply and marketing cooperative would get wet by seafood, Gu Qingqing carried them by herself, while the vegetable basket was carried by the man.
Tuantuan spent a long time trying to eat the delicious lychees, and Niannian was still chewing them randomly. Finally, he had to ask his brother for help.
The two kids walked in front, while Gu Qingqing and the man followed behind at a leisurely pace. "Going to Xue's house tonight? Or in two days?"
"It's up to you." said the man.
"Tonight," Gu Qingqing thought for a moment, "the two little ones in your family can't stand seeing cakes in the house, they have to eat them all."
"Then I'll go with you tonight. Tuantuan is always taken care of by Grandpa and uncles, so you don't have to worry."
"Okay." Gu Qingqing thought, "Are you and Xue Xu both going to the capital?"
"Well, there's also my second brother," the man said helplessly, "I'll explain it to him when the time comes. I think he'll be willing."
"He doesn't seem to have any intention of going up," Gu Qingqing said casually, "I don't know what big brother is thinking. I don't know much about their pilots. Can this one of yours... go?"
Outside, Gu Qingqing is still more careful with what she says.
"He must have other plans." Chu Dai glanced at the two happy little kids in front of him. "Big brother is a very opinionated person. He didn't say anything after hearing our conversation. He must have guessed why we went to the capital."
He really couldn't figure out Gu Canyang. He couldn't say that he was a person who lived in harmony with the world.
How could one who joined the elite air force and became the best pilot live in seclusion?
On the contrary, Gousheng is very ambitious.
The training of air force pilots is not easy at all compared to that of the navy and the army. It is even more difficult. Gu Canyang will not tell you how much he has paid behind the scenes.
After thinking for a while, Chu Dai said, "Actually, I think it's unlikely that Xiao Xiao and him will be together."
"Hmm?" Gu Qingqing asked in confusion, "Why?"
She felt that Xiao Xiao's personality was a good match for her elder brother.
"Because Uncle Xiao is the commander of the field army." The man said slowly, "Even if it's not for himself, he will avoid suspicion for the sake of my second brother."
Gu Qinglie is now the deputy commander of a field artillery regiment under the field army. He is only 23 years old. With his achievements in the border town and his drive, it will not be a problem for him to move up the ladder.
Gu Qingqing couldn't help but laugh: "Then you underestimated my brother."
"Hmm?" The man raised his eyebrows.
"If he really wanted something, he wouldn't worry about it so much." Gu Qingqing said proudly, "In my eyes, these are not problems, because my brother can solve them all."
"Do you think he's afraid that people will say that his second brother relied on connections to get to the top? He doesn't care at all."
Gu Qingqing looked up at his smooth jawline and said with a smile: "Have you forgotten that my father is the head of a military region? I married into the Chu family. Gu Canyang and Gu Qinglie are both my brothers, and their superiors are my father's subordinates."
"If you're right, then the best backdoor isn't in our house?"
The man was silent for a while, and then he laughed.
When they reached the alley in front of the supply and marketing cooperative, the man looked at the things in his hand and said to the woman, "Go get two?"
"..." Gu Qingqing looked at him in disbelief: "Nowadays, the people coming and going are all military wives who are going to buy groceries. You are standing here and letting me pass. Isn't it obvious that you are going to get something? Do you think I have the nerve to go there?"
Maybe I was too shocked to control the volume.
Tuan Tuan always turned around and ran to their legs, holding up a half-eaten lychee: "A Niang~"
"Mother doesn't want to eat, but she's not angry. Dabao and Xiaobao can eat by their own." Gu Qingqing glanced at the man next to her and snorted, "Your father is stupid, let's ignore him."
The man was silent for a moment, thought about it, and asked, "I'll go?"
"Or else?" Gu Qingqing's eyes rolled around, and her tone suddenly softened: "Go ahead, brother, take more."
The man raised his eyebrows slightly and realized what she meant. She wanted to embarrass him.
He nodded: "Okay, I'll go." He actually put down the vegetable basket, faced the passing gazes, and went to the entrance of the alley.
"Dad~" Xiao Tuantuan followed with his short legs. Gu Qingqing didn't stop him and just stood there feeling a little annoyed.
The man took a casual look and found that there were still quite a few, so he pulled out four or five.
The wives of soldiers passing by laughed and murmured, "Why are there still people who bring their wives and children to pick it up?"
"They are brave. The men in the military district are very thick-skinned."
Gu Qingqing became very angry when she heard their discussions and the scrutiny they gave her.
But the man deliberately raised his hand and asked, "Wife, is that enough?"
Gu Qingqing just wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
On the way back to the military district, Gu Qingqing frowned and said, "Go sleep in the next room tonight."
Seeing the ignorant kid beside his legs, he added, "Bring Chu Jinghong with you."
The young man blinked his eyes, not understanding what was going on. He pulled the man's trousers and said, "Dad."
"Mother has given up on us." The man held the vegetable basket in one hand and led his eldest son with his right hand. He said pitifully, "Tonight we two can only sleep in the small room next door. What can we do, dear?"
"No!" Xiao Tuantuan almost cried: "Sticky~I want to be sticky."
Seeing that his brother was about to cry, Xiao Niannian also burst into tears and shook his mother's hand: "Sticky brother~brother!"
Gu Qingqing's heart softened and she coaxed softly, "Daddy is just teasing you."
Chu Dai smiled secretly, he never thought that he would have to rely on his son in the end.
Then I heard her say, "Dad will sleep alone in the next room, while Tuan Tuan and Niannian will stay with Mom."
"..." The man's Adam's apple rolled, and he felt helpless.
The little woman is becoming more and more vengeful.
After returning to the military compound, I washed some grapes for the kids, then rinsed the processed fish bones and pork shanks, threw them into the pot and started stewing.
Chu Dai handed the two kids to Shen Sui and went upstairs to talk to Gu Qinglie.
"Chirp~ Guoguo~" Xiao Niannian lay on Shen Sui's legs and took a grape in her hand to hand it to him.
"Uncle doesn't want to eat," Shen Sui paused for a while, now in much better spirits, "Do you want to eat canned food?" As he said that, he stood up and walked towards the cabinet in the corner.
He opened the cabinet door and took out a can of oranges. He opened it with one hand and said to Xiao Tuantuan, "Go get a spoon."
"Spoon paper!" Xiao Tuantuan understood and repeated it several times, then ran to the kitchen and grabbed A Niang's trousers, "Chi Chi~Spoon paper."
"Uncle wants a spoon?" Gu Qingqing poked her head out of the kitchen and took a look. She saw Shen Sui holding a can and looking in good spirits, so she felt relieved.
She bent down and found a spoon from the cupboard below, and handed it to the boy: "Tell uncle that it's almost time for dinner, and ask him to eat less."
"Okay!" The kid took the spoon and repeated it with his head tilted: "Little time~"
Gu Qingqing touched his hair with satisfaction, "Yes, that's what I said."
Xiao Tuantuan ran to the living room again and gave the spoon to the boy: "Chirp~Food! Stop~"
The boy nodded: "I'll give you some."
Xiao Tuantuan followed him and climbed onto the sofa and sat down. She stopped eating the lychees and grapes and just stared at the can of oranges in his hand.
Sweet syrup is his favorite!
When Xiao Xiao came in, she saw the uncle and nephew eating canned food. She took off her military cap and asked, "Where is your mother?"
"Here it is." Gu Qingqing leaned forward slightly. "You're just in time. Help me pick some peppers in the backyard, and pick some green vegetables, onions and coriander. You can stay here for dinner tonight."
"Okay," Xiao Xiao walked over, picked up a vegetable basket from the corner, and looked around: "Where's your brother?"
"Let's take a rest upstairs." Gu Qingqing continued to clean the shrimp threads.
There are many people in the family and their tastes are more diverse. The elderly and children need to eat lighter food, and their taste cannot be too strong.
Shen Sui hasn't fully recovered from the unfamiliar climate yet, Gu Qinglie is injured again, and Xiao Xiao grew up in Nanyang and can't eat spicy food.
So later I will use shrimps to steam an egg custard for the two little ones, and then make a blanched shrimp and a spicy shrimp.
Spicy shrimp should not be too spicy.
Half of the crab is steamed and the other half is stir-fried.
For fish, steam it. During the Chinese New Year, my family brought back a few cans of chopped peppers, so I can make chopped pepper fish head.
Then stir-fry some vegetables and make some seaweed soup, and that’s about it.
Xiao Xiao was very efficient. After a while, he came in with a basket and started washing vegetables: "I just saw the man Bai Rong is going to marry."
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