Chapter 190: Prosperity 190: You love to eat
The little guy cried so sincerely that Gu Qingqing touched her nose a little embarrassedly and looked at the man beside her for help.
Chu Dai glanced at her with a smile in his eyes, patted his son's little butt gently, and stretched out his white arm: "Give me the soup."
Gu Qingqing quickly handed the red date meat cake soup over. The man took it with his left hand, held the kid on his lap with his right hand, and coaxed him softly, "We still have some, why are you in such a hurry?"
When Xiao Tuantuan smelled the aroma of meat, he slowly calmed down, but he was still sobbing silently and looking at his mother accusingly with his big eyes.
Gu Qingqing felt a little guilty. She buried her head in the man's shoulder and glanced at the father and son from time to time.
Chu Dai took a sip first, and found the soup was warm, so he fed it to the kid.
Tuantuan drank several mouthfuls of soup in succession, staring at the meat pie in the porcelain bowl eagerly, and patted his father's arm: "Meat! Meat!"
Chu Dai snorted and laughed, slowly poked the meat pie with a spoon, and then, under his son's expectant eyes, brought it to the woman's lips.
Gu Qingqing blinked and opened her mouth without hesitation.
Tuantuan was stunned for a long time before she came to her senses. She angrily got up from his arms, staggered a few steps, and then fell into the quilt and burst into tears.
Gu Qingqing then realized that she had gone too far. She glared at the man, quickly stood up, picked up her son, held him in her arms and coaxed him, "Daddy is bad. We won't play with him. Mommy feeds the baby meat."
As she said this, she took the spoon from the man's hand, held the little guy in her arms, and fed him mouthful by mouthful, with meat in each.
Chu Dai looked at the mother and son with some amusement, and reached out to pull down his son's pants.
Shi Rushuang had to help with the work. Today she had to make both baked pancakes and steamed buns, so it was too much to do. After feeding Xiao Niannian his soup, she sent him up.
The two little guys were very happy to see each other. They put their heads together and babbled something. Gu Qingqing leaned against the man, feeling sleepy. She raised her eyelids and glanced at her son, asking, "Do you think Tuantuan is saying bad things about us?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Tuan Tuan and Niannian looked at her at the same time.
Gu Qingqing: “…” Most likely.
The man glanced at his watch and curled his lips nonchalantly: "How could that be? I'm the bad guy."
Gu Qingqing laughed dryly, took off her coat, crawled into bed, hugged the man's waist and rubbed it, "I'm wrong, I'll take a nap, you watch them, you have to pay attention if they don't pee yet."
After saying that, she let go of his hand, closed her eyes, and fell asleep with her back to him.
Chu Dai looked at her for a long while, then resigned himself to tucking in the quilt and stared at the two little guys.
At 1:30 in the afternoon, Gu Bao shouted at the top of his voice for dinner. Gu Qingqing just woke up, rubbed her eyes, and found a warm little ball in her arms.
When she lowered her eyes, she saw Xiao Niannian sleeping soundly in her arms. The little guy was like a heater, especially warm. Gu Qingqing was reluctant to let go of him as she held him.
She raised her head slightly and looked around. The man and the eldest son were not in the room. They must have gone downstairs.
After kissing Xiao Nian Nian on the forehead, she slowly opened the quilt, stood up with her son in her arms, then took the blanket from the side and wrapped her son tightly, then went downstairs to prepare for dinner.
The main room was bustling with activity. Chu Yuan liked the harmonious atmosphere of the Gu family and the feeling of having so many children and grandchildren around. He must have drunk some wine, for his face was flushed as he talked to Gu Tiezhu.
Seeing her coming with her son in her arms, Chu Dai pulled out a chair beside him and asked, "Why don't you let him continue sleeping in bed?"
"I'm afraid I won't be able to hear him crying when he wakes up later." Gu Qingqing glanced at the little guy holding glutinous rice cake in the man's hand: "Why give this to him to eat?" She was worried that it would stick to his throat.
"It's not baked. It's very hard. He can't bite it."
Only then did Gu Qingqing feel relieved.
There were many dishes for lunch, including steamed, fried, boiled, stewed and stir-fried. Gu Cai also mixed in bean curd and peanuts.
Sun Yuanyuan saw that she was holding the baby and it was inconvenient for her to eat, so she asked, "How about I hold the baby for you for a while?"
"No, no, you eat first." Gu Qingqing held the little thing in her left hand and held the chopsticks in her right hand: "I'll eat slowly."
Sun Yuanyuan didn't force it: "What did Zhao Yu tell you? I met the man from her family two days ago. He suddenly went back yesterday. It seemed like he had something urgent to do."
Gu Qingqing shook her head: "Nothing, just chatting about family matters. It seems that his mother is sick and he should go back quickly." She did not tell the truth.
"Oh, so that's it." Sun Yuanyuan didn't care. Gu Xiong next to her picked up a piece of pork ribs and put it into her bowl. She blushed and said, "You eat it. I can pick it up myself." Although she said that, it can be seen that she was still very happy.
Seeing that Gu Qingqing was talking to Sun Yuanyuan, Chu Dai added a piece of braised eggplant to her bowl.
Gu Qingqing turned around and glared at him: "Brother Xiong knows to give the meat to his wife, but you just give me a piece of eggplant."
"You love to eat." The man said lightly.
Gu Qingqing saw the smile in his eyes and quickly looked away. After two years of marriage, she still couldn't stand this kind of look. She was a little out of control.
On the second day of the Chinese New Year, several sisters-in-law from the Gu family will go back to her parents' home. Shi Rushuang and the others are discussing what to bring back. Now that the years are getting better and better, they naturally hope that her parents' home can have a good meal.
Zhang Cuifen listened and said, "There is still some bacon and fish left from last year. Divide it into four portions and take them home. Also take some grain from the warehouse and some vegetables from the fields. We have dried vegetables at home. I also saved some eggs and left some for Qingqing. The rest can be divided among you sisters-in-law."
Gu Bao's father-in-law's family was fine, as they lived in the next door Dagouzi village, so he didn't have to stay overnight before returning. The rest of the people were either in the next city or the next province, especially Han Lianxin's family, who had to stay for two or three days every time he went back.
Gu Qingqing thought of something and said, "Aunt, go see if Yu Fugui from the village has come back. He's my Uncle Yu."
Han Lianxin knew that they had intersections in the construction troops, and nodded: "Okay, I'll go to his house and take a look when the time comes."
"Thank you, Auntie."
"You kid, you're still being polite to me."
After Zhang Cuifen told her daughters-in-law about the things she was going to take back, she also thought about going back to the Hongqi Production Brigade to take a look.
It's close and quick to go back and forth, so she can feel relieved when she goes back. Her eldest son is a production team leader, her second son is a well-known carpenter in the area, her third son is a chef in a state-owned hotel, and her youngest son is now married and has made great progress, learning breeding and planting from Meng Nan and Zhang Qing.
She has four grandsons in the army, and her grandson-in-law's family is in the southern military region. What she looks forward to most now is going back every year. Her relatives and neighbors always say nice things to her, envying her for being so lucky and blessed, and for the promising younger generations in her family.
Who doesn't like to hear others praise their own children and grandchildren? Gu Tiezhu and Zhang Cuifen have lived a very comfortable life in the past two years.
The Gu family was having a lively conversation at the dinner table. Xiao Xu was sitting next to Shen Sui and talking to him. Both of them were from Nanyang and could understand the Nanyang dialect.
Gu Qingqing poked the man's arm: "Brother."
"Hmm?" Chu Dai raised his eyebrows and looked at her.
"Why haven't I heard you speak Nanyang dialect? Don't you know how to speak it?" she asked puzzledly.
"The army requires us to speak Mandarin. I haven't spoken it in a long time." Chu Dai didn't expect her to ask this. He scooped a spoonful of tofu and fed it to Xiao Tuantuan: "If you want to listen, I'll tell you tonight."
"Okay." Gu Qingqing readily agreed.
Not only him, Shen Sui also seldom spoke Nanyang dialect at home. He would only say a word or two to his uncles and aunts when he was taken out to buy groceries occasionally. Some of the older ones could not speak Mandarin and could only understand it, but Gu Qingqing had no idea what they were saying at all.
We can only rely on Shen Sui.
Shen Sui has a good memory and strong language skills. I took him back to Datunzi Village twice, for a total of less than a week. He could usually speak a few words when he heard the Gu family talk.
Mr. Qin taught him not only Chinese studies and history, but also various languages. He now has mastered five foreign languages.
Thinking of this, she asked the man again: "How is Ah Sui's schooling going?" School will start after the Lantern Festival. By then, Old Qin will also come down from the island to the military region. In another three years, Shen Sui will go to the capital with Old Qin. Gu Qingqing is really reluctant to let him go.
Three years passed in the blink of an eye.
"It's been arranged. Don't worry, you'll be able to start school after the New Year." Chu Dai took the glutinous rice cake from his son's hand, broke off half of the soft white flour bun and gave it to him, and stuffed the remaining half to Xiao Niannian who had just woken up in a daze.
Xiao Nian Nian, who was about to cry, looked at the soft steamed bun in his hand, opened his mouth and took a bite, and then he was fine.
The meal took more than two hours. Gu Qingqing was so exhausted that she leaned on the chair behind her. Shi Rushuang and the others had other things to do so they did not help to hold the child.
Qin Li and Sun Yuanyuan helped to tidy up the table. They lifted the tabletop and placed it against the wall, and put away the shelves. The main room suddenly became more spacious.
There were children in the house. There were two or three charcoal stoves in the main room, and a slit in the door for ventilation.
Shen Sui helped sweep the floor, then turned on the TV and sat next to his sister to watch The Long March.
Xiao Niannian had slept enough and eaten his fill. After Chu Dai took him to pee, the little guy kicked his legs and tried to walk.
Gu Jin was afraid that his two little grandsons would walk near the stove, so he took a few bamboo covers, covered the stove, and then hung the brothers' clothes and diapers on top to dry.
Gu Qingqing was completely relaxed this time. She felt relieved with Chu Dai and Shen Sui looking after the child. She took an enamel plate and went to the inner room to get some melon seeds and peanuts.
This year's sweet potato chips are fried at Gu Cai's expense. The thin sweet potato chips are crispy and have syrup in the middle, which makes them crispy and sweet.
She grabbed a handful of candies and soft date cakes and carried them to the main room outside.
Sitting down next to the man, she grabbed a handful of melon seeds and ate them: "Ah Sui, take whatever you want to eat and throw the shells on the ground. I'll clean the kitchen stove later."
"Okay." Shen Sui has gradually developed the nature of a child in the past two years. He touched a few peanuts, his eyes sometimes on the screen and sometimes on his two little nephews.
Gu Qingqing's legs were against the man's legs, and she could feel his hot body temperature through the thin cloth.
Even though it was winter, I still wore one pair of trousers at home. There were stoves everywhere in the house, so I wouldn't feel cold as long as I didn't go out.
She peeled the candy and passed it to the man, feeding him: "Will you drive when we go to grandma's house?"
"Okay." The man's tongue was pressed against the candy, his back was slightly arched, his white hands were placed on the bamboo cover, and after warming them, he held her hands, his eyes wandering around the room, looking at the two brothers.
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