Chapter 252: Prosperity 252: This...
In the blink of an eye, another two months passed and it was early July.
midsummer.
The whole military compound knew that Xue's daughter-in-law was pregnant. Just after three months, Aunt Xue couldn't wait to shout about it everywhere, and she seemed to be a little proud of herself.
Over the years, the ladies in the compound have been gossiping behind his back, saying that either there is something wrong with Xue Xu or there is something wrong with his wife, otherwise why can't they have children.
Aunt Xue used to look down on her daughter-in-law because of someone else's instigation. Now that the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is harmonious, she often goes to buy supplements for her daughter-in-law.
The weather was good today, and Xue Xu's wife also came out for a walk, holding a watermelon in her hand. She greeted the aunties passing by with a smile and went straight to the Chu family's yard.
Shen Sui Today is the weekend. The two little guys have been hanging out with their uncle to play with the Luban locks since early in the morning, and they are not sticking to their mother.
Gu Qinglie and Chu Dai went to the field artillery regiment and the navy headquarters respectively. Chu Yuan was in the headquarters, and Qin Lao went to visit a friend.
Mr. Qin has a wide network of connections, and Chu Yuan often teases him that he has friends all over the world.
When Chang Yue came over carrying the watermelon, she saw a petite woman coming out holding a quilt that was much bigger than her. She was standing on tiptoe with great effort to put the quilt on the bamboo pole.
"Qingqing," she pushed open the gate, put the watermelon on the stone table, and hurried to help: "Hey, your quilt is heavy enough."
"Twelve kilograms." With her help, Gu Qingqing felt much more relaxed. After hanging the quilt, she used a bamboo paddle to pat the cotton loose: "The weather is getting hotter and hotter. I'm thinking of drying the winter quilt and putting it away, and replacing it with a thinner one."
It should have been changed a long time ago, but it has been put off.
The two washing machines at home are already working. The quilts of the two grandmas on the first floor need to be changed, the quilt covers in their rooms on the second floor need to be washed a few more times, and the quilts in the three rooms on the third floor also need to be replaced with summer quilts.
Shen Sui was fine, he was afraid of cold just like her, so it didn't really matter whether he changed his quilt or not. Gu Canyang was not picky, he came to stay occasionally, and for some reason he was not afraid of cold or heat, he would cover himself with any quilt.
It's just that Goudan and Chu Dai are both hot-tempered, and the quilt is too thick, which makes them sweat easily. Before, Chu Dai often covered the quilt on the three of them when they slept, and his back felt empty.
Later, Gu Qingqing simply sent him to the next room. Chu Dai was too lazy to make the bed, so he went upstairs and slept with Gu Qinglie all night. The next day, he was annoyed that he didn't take a shower and smelled like stinky feet, so he went back to his room quickly.
Chang Yue glanced upstairs and saw that, sure enough, the balconies on the second and third floors were covered with quilt cores.
"You are too diligent. I am too lazy to do these things." After becoming pregnant, she became less and less willing to move. She was very tired every day. It was only because the weather was good today that she was willing to go out for a walk and wanted to find someone to talk to.
"You have to be careful when you are pregnant." Gu Qingqing saw that it was almost time, so she pulled her to the living room and said, "Let's go outside and talk."
"Hey, hey, hey, melon!" Chang Yue turned back every few steps: "It's on the table."
"Come if you want to. What else do you want to bring?" Gu Qingqing glanced at her sideways, let go of her hand, and walked to the stone table with a net bag in hand: "Go sit on the sofa for a while. The TV is on. I'll go to the kitchen and make you a cup of honey water."
"I know, I know. It's not the first time I'm here. You don't have to worry about me." In the past two months, Chang Yue often followed Xue Xu to the Chu family. While the men talked about men's things, she would talk to Gu Qingqing about gossip and clothes, which all women were interested in.
She asked casually, "Where are the two babies?"
"They are playing with their uncle upstairs and are very naughty. Don't pay any attention to them." Gu Qingqing had already gone to the kitchen and took out a jar of honey from the cupboard. She scooped two spoonfuls of honey into the enamel cup and added half a cup of warm water.
I put the honey back and cut the watermelon that Chang Yue brought. This watermelon is really good, with a thin skin, red flesh, and almost no seeds.
The watermelon was quite big, so she cut a quarter of it and put the rest in the refrigerator for the men to eat when they came back at noon.
No one knows what Goudan does every day, but he always comes back covered in sweat. Now it is summer, and he especially likes to eat cool food, so he has stuffed a lot of canned fruits in the refrigerator.
Holding an enamel cup in her left hand and an enamel plate full of watermelons in her right hand, she walked out: "Is Counsellor Xue on vacation today?"
"No, tomorrow." Chang Yue took the enamel cup and took a sip of the sweet honey. She squinted her eyes and said, "This honey seems to be better than the one I have at home."
"The honey in your house is probably not from the same flower as this one," Gu Qingqing often drank honey when she went to Xue's house. She sat down next to Chang Yue and picked up a piece of watermelon to eat: "Do you like this? I'll get you two jars to take back."
"No, I still have plenty of honey at home. The military doctor told me to eat less sugary food. I can't eat it many times after I take it home." Chang Yue held the enamel cup in her left hand and subconsciously protected her lower abdomen with her right hand. Looking at the woman happily eating melon next to her, she asked, "When do you and Captain Chu plan to have more children?"
"Hmm?" Gu Qingqing looked at her naively with his black and white eyes, not forgetting to eat the watermelon.
"Your son Tuantuan is already one and a half years old, so you don't have to worry about him anymore. It would be great to have another child now. The age difference between him and his two brothers is not that big, so you can still play together in the future."
Gu Qingqing didn't think so much about it. She said vaguely, "Having two is good enough..." After she finished speaking, she thought of something and her eyes widened.
"What's the matter?" Chang Yue leaned slightly back on the sofa, feeling much more comfortable with the support.
"...I think," Gu Qingqing frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and continued, "I haven't had that for a long time."
"Wow——" Chang Yue sat up straight after hearing that. She put the enamel cup on her legs back on the tea table, with excitement in her eyes: "Are you pregnant again?!"
"..." Gu Qingqing tried hard to recall that before going to the Construction Corps to pick up Goudan, the family had run out of condoms. She thought it was a safe period at the time, so she didn't care.
If it was that time, it was two months ago.
Seeing her in a daze, Chang Yue couldn't sit still any longer: "I have to go to the military hospital for a checkup today, how about you come with me?"
The military hospital is not far away. Just walk straight to the right after leaving the military area, then turn a corner and walk about 500 meters to arrive.
Gu Qingqing raised her hand to wipe her mouth, thought for a moment, and said, "Okay, I'll go change my clothes."
"Go quickly, I'll wait for you here." Chang Yue urged.
She couldn't wait to know the result.
However, it is not uncommon for women to have irregular menstruation. Once, she hadn't had her period for two or three months, and she was so happy that she thought she was pregnant. She and Xue Xu went to the military hospital for a check-up, but it turned out to be a false alarm.
Xue Xu didn't say anything at the time. Instead, he comforted her gently, which made her feel even worse.
Fortunately, I am pregnant now.
She touched her belly with a soft look on her face.
Gu Qingqing went to the kitchen to wash her hands first, and then went upstairs. Her footsteps were hurried at first, but when she thought that she might be pregnant again, she subconsciously slowed down.
She returned to the bedroom, changed into a pair of blue coarse cloth pants, and put on a summer shirt. She went to the third floor and said to Shen Sui, "Sister Chang Yue and I are going out for a while and will be back soon."
"Okay," Shen Sui didn't ask what they were going to do, and picked up Xiao Tuantuan who was running towards her and said, "I'll watch them."
"Okay." Gu Qingqing ignored her sons' aggrieved looks and closed the door directly from the outside.
After Chang Yue finished drinking the honey water, Gu Qingqing also came down and followed her to the yard. Seeing that she was about to ride a bicycle, she couldn't help but remind her: "It's not appropriate for you to ride a bicycle now, how about we walk?"
Gu Qingqing was a little worried that riding a bike wouldn't be enough for her, so she nodded and said, "Let's walk."
The two of them walked out slowly arm in arm. Gu Qingqing did not forget to pick up the vegetable basket so that they could buy some vegetables at the market later.
The sisters-in-law from the Military Family Courtyard greeted them politely when they saw them: "Where are you going?"
"Military Hospital," Chang Yue glanced casually and said calmly, "I have to go for a checkup today. My man is not available, so I'll ask Qingqing to accompany me."
My aunt was about to ask, "Isn't there still your mother-in-law?" But when she thought of their previous relationship, she swallowed the words and said, "Oh, that's good."
Gu Qingqing just smiled and nodded.
Bai Rong has been married for two months, and her relationship with the aunts in the military compound is still not very close. However, she has a good relationship with some of the aunts' daughters-in-law and they often visit each other.
Some of Tuantuan Niannian's current clothes were sent by these sisters-in-law, all of which were outgrown by their children. Gu Qingqing also reciprocated by sorting out some of the two little guys' old clothes and gave them to them.
It can be considered an exchange.
The military compound has seen a lot of new population recently, and it's become quite lively.
When passing by the gate of Bai's courtyard, Chang Yue lowered her voice and whispered in her ear: "Bai Rong and her husband came back last week. They seemed to be in good spirits and had rosy complexions. I guess their married life is quite comfortable."
She was quite shocked by Bai Rong's speed of change. She heard that some time before Bai Rong got married, she went to the Chu family to ask Chu Dai for help and said that she didn't want to get married.
As a result, she got married in the blink of an eye, and looked very happy and satisfied.
Gu Qingqing couldn't say that she liked Bai Rong, but she didn't dislike her either. Chu Dai handled these things very well and didn't make her upset, so it didn't matter to her.
"Just be comfortable, your life is your own."
As they were talking, they quickly walked out of the military district gate. The market was closer than the military hospital, and Gu Qingqing didn't want to carry a basket of vegetables to the hospital. She could buy vegetables on the way back later.
The military hospital has three floors in total. It is quite large and has a lot of people. The military doctors inside all wear military uniforms.
In addition to military families, villagers from nearby production teams also often come here for medical treatment. Now medical expenses are reimbursed. Just take the payment slip issued by the military hospital to the production team accountant for verification, and the money can basically be refunded.
I first accompanied Chang Yue to the obstetrics and gynecology department for a check-up. She lay on a narrow bed, and the female military doctor pressed on her belly with a long-tube stethoscope to listen to the fetal heart rate. The military hospital did not have any advanced equipment, and the military doctors made the diagnosis based on their experience.
After confirming that everything was normal, the female military doctor signed the form and called the next person.
Chang Yue held the list and took Gu Qingqing to the Chinese doctor to feel her pulse.
Military hospitals have both Chinese and Western medicine, with Chinese medicine being more common. There are also many Chinese medicine practitioners in the health centers within military regions. It is very common for soldiers to suffer bruises and injuries, and military doctors are good at massage and bone setting.
Military doctors like Zhao Ze are proficient in both Chinese and Western medicine, but they tend to prefer Chinese medicine.
The Chinese doctor who examined Gu Qingqing was not very old, his hair was not gray, and he did not wear glasses like Zhao Ze.
Feeling her pulse, the Chinese doctor hesitated for a moment. In the eyes of Chang Yue who was expectant and Gu Qingqing who was worried, he said, "It's cheerful and strong, it's a happy pulse. Judging from the pulse, it's been more than a month. You should pay more attention to your diet, especially try not to eat cold seafood."
Gu Qingqing was still a little bit unbelieving, and subconsciously lowered her eyes to look at her flat belly.
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