That night, Gu Qingqing was so excited that she couldn't sleep. She tossed back and forth on the hard bed, holding the man's photo in her hand.
Pinching the corner with her right hand and shielding Goudan's troublesome face with her left hand, she stared at the man in the photo and could not get enough of him.
The next day, when she got up, it was already past ten o'clock. After her morning training, Gu Qinglie brought her the extra meal that Yu Fugui had prepared for her.
Gu Qingqing rubbed her sleepy eyes and sat opposite her brother with two panda eyes.
Gu Qinglie opened the double-layer lunch box. There were two dishes in total, fried meat with soybeans and mashed potatoes, and a layer of red chili oil.
Gu Qingqing yawned, waiting for her brother to give her the chopsticks.
Gu Qinglie was somewhat helpless: "You are about to get married, so why do you get up so late in the future? I heard from Political Commissar Xu that when we went to Baisha Island, the soldiers with their families had their own yards and could cook their own meals."
"Forget it." He swallowed the unfinished words and said, "You'd better not cook."
Gu Qingqing glared at him, biting soybeans in her mouth.
It has been soaked in advance, so it is not crispy, but it is chewy after being soaked in oil and salt.
Who is this?
"Isn't it just cooking? I learned from Uncle Yu!" Gu Qingqing said vaguely: "I can cook braised pork with red sauce, pork bones, snails, roast duck, and spicy and sour potato shreds."
Gu Qinglie was puzzled: "Why haven't I seen Lao Yu cook these dishes? I know the braised pork, but you ate it all."
"Haha, this is the meal that my uncle made at home during the Mid-Autumn Festival. I can learn from him when I go back home during the Chinese New Year."
"You are willing to learn, but your uncle may not be willing to teach you." Gu Qinglie said honestly: "Do you remember when you were a child, about ten years old? Grandpa and grandma were working in the fields, and you cooked the half-salted fish left over from the New Year at home."
At that time, Gu Cai had not yet gone to work as a chef in a state-owned hotel. The four children of the Gu family, including gold, silver, wealth and treasure, were all at home, and he and Gousheng did not go to join the army.
"The whole family finished that meal with tears streaming down their faces. We managed to save half a piece of salted fish for the holidays, but you ruined it all."
Gu Qingqing was obviously also thinking of what happened back then, with a look of shock on her face.
"Except for you who didn't eat that day, everyone else was vomiting and having diarrhea. We ran to Doctor Hao Yizhen that night to get some medicine and a few injections." When he mentioned this, an indescribable smell of salty fish was still churning in his stomach, and he felt a little sour at the roots of his teeth.
At that time, Grandpa Xu was still the production team leader. When he ran to the health center, he saw a room full of old and young people staggering and shaking like chaff. He thought that the Gu family had a quarrel with someone and was almost drugged and killed.
The past was too hard to recall. Gu Qingqing used chopsticks in her right hand to pick up the meat and covered her face with her left hand, with an expression that said, "Don't tell me I forgot."
Hearing Goudan chattering about her past, Gu Qingqing quickly changed the subject: "Where's Chu Dai? Did you bring him breakfast?"
"It's not like he can't walk now. Old Zhao told him to stop doing strenuous exercise to prevent the wound from breaking open. He didn't even have time to eat in the morning and went to the regiment headquarters." Gu Qinglie said unhappily, "Can you think about your brother? After training, he was worried about you not eating and came here eagerly."
"Brother, you're the best." Gu Qingqing stood up, went around behind him, hugged his neck and said coquettishly: "From now on, I can eat two servings of meat, right? Chu Dai's eating standards are the same as yours, right?"
"He is the company commander. How can I, a platoon leader, have a higher standard of food than him?" Gu Qinglie slapped her hand away: "You haven't even married into the family yet and you're already thinking about my share of meat."
"Oh, right." Gu Qinglie took out a stack of money and bills from his pocket. "This is what Lao Chu asked me to pass on to you."
Gu Qingqing climbed up from his back, took the coupons and counted them. There were 500 kilograms of national grain coupons, 12 kilograms of meat coupons, 5 kilograms of sugar coupons, and some scattered items, but she didn't count them.
There were 702 yuan. Gu Qingqing counted them and asked, "Is this all his allowance? How much money do you make a month, brother?"
"Your brother, I am also an officer, a regular platoon rank, with a monthly allowance of fifty-seven or fifty-eight yuan. We are in the border defense, which is higher than the inland corps. Old Chu's is seventy-two."
Gu Qingqing curled her lips and said, "This is his annual allowance. I thought he gave me all his savings."
"What are you thinking about?" Gu Qinglie knocked her head with his backhand: "The food standard for the officers is deducted from the allowance. Fortunately, Chu Dai is here, otherwise your brother would have to support you with this little allowance and pay for several big groups in the army."
"Then I'll be hungry every day. The bamboo poles used to build the greenhouse are so heavy, and I still have to dig the soil and apply fertilizer." Gu Qingqing also felt aggrieved, with a pouty mouth.
"..." Gu Qinglie didn't know what to say to her, so he could only say: "From now on, your food standards will follow those of me and Chu Dai, and let Uncle Yu prepare more dishes for you."
"Okay!" Gu Qingqing was beaming with joy. She put the money and bills in her pocket and sat back at the table to eat. "How about I go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some meat to celebrate?"
"You haven't even gotten married yet, are you able to spend his money safely?" Gu Qinglie said, "I'll get you the ticket later."
"Who said I want to use yours?" Gu Qingqing snorted, "Who are you looking down on? My mother gave me a lot of tickets."
"It's for you, so keep it well. It will be useful someday." Gu Qinglie reminded her, "You've used it up now, so you don't need to buy anything for your trip to the island after the New Year?"
“That’s right.”
"Okay, let's eat. I'll get you a ticket."
"Okay, thank you brother~"
After dinner, Gu Qinglie also took back the money and tickets from the dormitory, two hundred yuan, ten kilograms of meat tickets, and sugar tickets.
Gu Qingqing noticed that he still had cigarette coupons and cloth coupons in his hand. As soon as she stretched out her hand, Gu Qinglie dodged it.
"Brother is stingy!" she muttered softly.
"This is for you as a dowry!" Gu Qinglie stuffed the meat coupons, sugar coupons and two hundred yuan into her hands, and put the grain coupons, cloth coupons and cigarette coupons back into her pocket.
"Old Chu's family is wealthy, so the betrothal gift will definitely be quite a bit. The dowry we give can't be too shabby."
"Brother, do you think his father will dislike me?" Gu Qingqing suddenly asked.
Captain Guan said that both he and Bai Rong's father followed Chu Dai's father in battles. Bai Rong likes Chu Dai so much, and the two families have a close relationship and they are childhood sweethearts. Would Chu Dai's father prefer Bai Rong?
"What are you thinking about?" Gu Qinglie picked up his lunch box again. "As long as the higher-ups approve Old Chu's marriage application, it will be fine. It won't affect his father at all. Besides, Commander Chu can't control Chu Dai."
"By the way, speaking of this brother, I have to tell you, don't be fooled by Chu Dai's lazy and easy-going appearance now. He has a wild and arrogant temper, but he has restrained himself temporarily. It's hard to say who of you will be able to subdue the other in the future."
Gu Qingqing nodded repeatedly: "I know, Captain Guan told me a long time ago, I will just stew him like a bone soup, slowly boil him! I will definitely subdue him."
"Okay." The man at the door laughed clearly. He walked from far to near, in front of the girl, raised the corners of his lips, and looked down at her: "I'm waiting for you to surrender to me, sister."
Gu Qingqing subconsciously shrank her neck.
What should I do?! It seems like my true nature has been exposed in front of him...
"Have you submitted the marriage report?" Gu Qinglie asked him while sitting at the table.
"Yeah, Lao Guan was so excited that he almost cried when he saw it." Chu Dai sat down next to him and poured himself a glass of water: "He said he thought I would be a bachelor for the rest of my life."
Gu Qinglie was overjoyed: "I also think that you and your father seem to have some deep hatred, and one of you is determined to wipe out the descendants of the Chu family."
"Don't talk about me, let's talk about you. When I land on the island, you will be the deputy company commander. The art troupe will come to perform at the beginning of next year. Lao Guan asked me to tell you a message. If you like any of them, tell him. He will tell the head of the art troupe so that you can have a look."
"You usually don't mind such trivial matters." Gu Qinglie snatched the cup from his hand and drank it down: "Brother-in-law, just mind your own business. There is still some time before the New Year, so practice your drinking capacity. The Guagan wine in our hometown is quite strong."
Chu Dai was silent for a moment, as if he had imagined the scene of being forced to drink by twenty or thirty cousins of the Gu family in the near future, and said, "Thank you, brother."
The word "brother" instantly perked up Gu Qinglie. He rubbed his hands and stood up: "No, I have to write a letter to tell Gousheng this good news. The son of his military commander is now his brother-in-law."
"If Gousheng knew this, he would definitely question his life."
Gu Qinglie liked to see Ice Face crumble and disintegrate.
Chu Dai was obviously a little confused. He didn't know who Gousheng was. He turned his head to look at the girl next to him.
Gu Qingqing reminded quietly: "My eldest brother, Gu Canyang."
Chu Dai: “…” This nickname is quite unique.
"What about your second brother?"
Now they were all family, Gu Qingqing no longer gave face to her brothers and said without hesitation: "Goudan."
Gu Qinglie was so handsome, but after being called like that, his face turned even darker than his skin color, as black as the bottom of a pot.
He walked out with his aluminum lunch box in his hand without looking back, muttering, "You little heartless girl, you forgot about me when you got a man."
Gu Qingqing put her hand on Chu Dai's shoulder and laughed.
Chu Dai also curled the corners of his lips, shook his head and smiled.
"What about you, dear? Do you have a nickname?"
Gu Qingqing was afraid that he might misunderstand her, so she quickly waved her hand to explain: "Don't get me wrong, I don't have a nickname! These aren't nicknames either, it was my grandfather who wanted to give them these names at first, and my mother almost cried when she heard them, so my grandfather renamed them Canyang and Qinglie."
Seeing her little face flushed with anxiety and a look of fear of being involved, Chu Dai found it a little funny.
He rested his right elbow on the table, and held her hand on his shoulder with his left hand, interlocking their fingers tightly: "Don't worry, sister. I believe you."
The man raised his eyes, spoke in a casual tone, and exuded a mischievous aura.
Gu Qingqing: “…” Oh, this is the real you, Chu Ying.
Just watch how I slowly bore you!
However, feeling his warmth in her palm, Gu Qingqing softened her heart a little. Forget it, it's okay to be conquered by you.
"My dear!" Sun Shufen changed into cleaner clothes and walked in, brushing off the dust on her trousers and legs. "Aren't we going to the supply and marketing cooperative? How about I call Xiao Xu?"
When he looked up, he was stunned. "Captain Chu, you are here too."
"......My aunt." The word sister-in-law was on the tip of his tongue, but Chu Dai finally followed Gu Qingqing's call.
I don’t know what’s wrong with these brother and sister. One calls me brother and the other calls me uncle.
Chu Dai sighed secretly in his heart.
I don’t know what happened, but I suddenly became a generation inferior to the rest of us.
"Go, go, go now, auntie, go and call Sister Anian first." Gu Qingqing quickly loosened her hands that were tightly clasped with the man.
Sun Shufen gave a knowing smile, turned around and walked out: "Don't worry, Qingqing, take your time, I'll talk to Xiao Xu for a while, we'll wait for you outside."
Gu Qingqing's face was burning, and she looked at the man eagerly: "I'm going to the supply and marketing cooperative, and I need to change clothes now, you..."
"Got it!" The man stood up and saluted her straight, then smiled and rubbed her hairy head: "I'm going to the training ground."
"Your injury?" Gu Qingqing felt a little embarrassed by him, but at the same time she was worried about him.
"It's okay. I won't run or jump. I'll just shoot." Chu Dai looked into her eyes with a smile: "Don't worry, Chief. See you in the cafeteria at noon."
The man leaned over, his warm breath on her ear, and said softly, "Be ready to accept the chief's inspection at any time."
Looking at the man's back as he walked away in big strides, Gu Qingqing stood there in a daze, her face burning with anger.
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