Chu Zhao took a while to come back to his senses. He was no longer in the mood to play chess. He said with a headache, "Old Chu, it's not that I won't help you. Sewing machines, radios, and bicycles are easy to get. I can also get you a nine-inch color TV. You want a washing machine and a refrigerator, but those will take a lot of effort."
These cannot be produced in China now, and we have to import them from our tiny neighboring country. They already have twin-drum washing machines. But they don’t have any here, let alone twin-drum washing machines, they don’t even have hand-cranked ones.
Chu Yuan said, "You figure out a solution." "The brat has to take his wife back to my in-laws' house before New Year's Eve, so hurry up."
Chu Zhao was helpless: "Chief, you can't just grab one sheep, what about Lao Bai, Lao Cai, Lao Zhang, and Lao Qian? They all have a wide network of contacts."
"They have to help me buy cigarettes and alcohol. Oh, and my relative is a captain in production. You can also help me get a watch. His watch is more useful than ours."
Chu Zhao was completely speechless this time.
Chu Yuan sat with him for less than twenty minutes. Chu Zhao was overwhelmed. As soon as Chu Yuan left, he sighed and went out to look for his old comrades. These army commanders and division commanders had more or less some connection with him.
The Chu family has only this one child. The old leader has no idea how many people have come back from the gates of hell to bring him back. Just do your best.
After taking two steps, he straightened his chest and raised his head, thinking of his many comrades and subordinates from various military regions.
No, I have to fix it for him even if I have to grit my teeth!
Chu Dai slept well tonight. His wife loved him and was especially gentle. She nestled in his arms like a kitten, and he felt very warmed.
Chu Yuan also had a good sleep. He visited the homes of several old comrades-in-arms and told them about the happy event. The issue of the betrothal gift was settled.
Chu Zhan and other army commanders were not so relaxed.
The next morning, the guards brought them food.
Gu Qingqing was washing up. It was the first time she had seen this kind of toilet. Unlike the toilet in her hometown where one could just put a stick and step on it, this one could also flush.
The washing area is also inside the toilet. Water comes out just by turning on the faucet. There is also a mirror.
She grinned at the girl in the mirror, who grinned back immediately.
She touched her face and sighed, "It's so dark."
It's been exposed to the wind and sun in the border town and is a little flaky.
Gu Qinglie went to the yard for morning exercises, which was his habit. Chu Yuan quite liked this carefree and straightforward young man, and his lively energy was quite good.
At the dining table, Chu Yuan drank porridge and said to his son, "Don't worry about the betrothal gift. I've asked your uncle Chu and the others to take care of it. It will be done for you before New Year's Eve."
Chu Dai nodded, holding the bowl with his slender white fingers, "Please tell me the list."
"You are the father and I am the father?" Chu Yuan couldn't stand the tone that seemed to ask him to report. Seeing that his son was too lazy to say anything, he was a little annoyed: "Refrigerator, color TV, washing machine, sewing machine, radio, bicycle, Maotai liquor, Zhuyeqing Fenjiu, and a Dongfeng watch for your father-in-law."
At this point, he paused and said, "That should be about the same, right?"
Chu Dai was silent for a moment, then reminded him: "Qingqing said their production team hasn't had electricity yet."
Chu Yuan: “…”
The father and son stared at each other, and Chu Yuan waved his hand: "Be prepared first. There will always be a day when electricity is available. It would be great if someone is willing to marry their daughter to you. Qingqing's father is the production team leader, and her two brothers are in the army. Such a family is more than suitable for you."
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"My daughter is willing to follow you to Baisha Island to join the army, so you have to treat her well. If you treat her badly in this life, I would rather the Chu family be extinct than have a bastard like you." As Chu Yuan spoke, his temper exploded. He has always been an impatient person. He has restrained himself a little in recent years as he has been in a high position, but he still couldn't control himself in front of his son.
The more he talked, the more he thought of Chu Dai's past. This kid has been extremely arrogant since he was a child, with a personality that everyone in the sky is the boss and he is second to nothing. He would look fearless even if he poked a hole in the sky.
As a father, he couldn't believe that Chu Dai could get married.
It's not smoke coming out of the Chu family's ancestral tomb, it's firecrackers being set off!
"I know, you don't have to worry about it." Chu Dai drank the shrimp porridge slowly.
Chu Yuan became even angrier when he saw his careless look.
Gan Cui decided to turn a blind eye and went to the headquarters.
When Gu Qingqing came down, he was the only one there. She leaned over and sat down beside him: "Where's Daddy? Where's Goudan?"
"Going to the headquarters." Chu Dai helped her serve porridge: "Dog..." After he reacted, he was almost led astray by her.
The man smiled and said, "My second brother is doing morning exercises outside. If he doesn't run, his skin will itch and he will feel weak."
Gu Qinglie heard what he said as soon as he came in. He pulled out a chair and sat down directly. He was steaming all over and looked at him sideways: "You're talking about me behind my back when you haven't seen me for a while. This is not good, brother-in-law."
Chu Dai snorted and laughed: "Before coming to the military region, who said they would speak for me in front of Big Brother? In the end, I didn't dare to say a word."
Gu Qinglie's weakness was exposed. He took the porridge from his sister and thought that his sister was better. However, he said quickly, "Don't talk about me. Your wife usually rides on my head. Did she dare to act presumptuous in front of Gou Sheng?"
Gu Qingqing took back the porridge that was handed to him and glared at him: "Why are you dragging me into this? Your quarrel is your business, I didn't get involved."
Gu Qinglie took the bowl of porridge again and said in a flattering smile: "I was wrong, I will not involve you next time."
Only then did Gu Qingqing let go.
After breakfast, the brother and sister went out for a walk. They had free access except for the military restricted areas.
Chu Dai washed the dishes and returned the lunch box to the cafeteria.
The guard was his father's guard and had left long ago.
On the way, he happened to meet Chu Zhao who was returning from the cafeteria after having a meal. He did not have a fixed place to eat and often ate everywhere, and it had been like this since he was a child.
Chu Zhao grabbed his brother's shoulders and asked in a low voice, "Have you resolved the issue with your eldest brother-in-law?"
Chu Dai looked at him indifferently, "Why is the air force of your group army so wild? It's quite painful."
Chu Zhao grinned: "Been beaten? You underestimated our air force, right? The physique of our pilots is comparable to that of your army reconnaissance soldiers. The field army is doing some special training, and the pilots were originally trained according to that standard."
There is no other way. The physical fitness requirements for pilots are too high. The flight consumes too much physical energy and there is a lack of oxygen at high altitudes. Otherwise, how could there be so many people in the Air Force Group and only 90 of them were qualified after layers of screening?
There aren't many fighter planes now. If the pilots are unreliable, how dare the army hand over the plane to you? If a plane crashes, Chu Zhao feels so distressed that his father would jump into the sea.
Chu Dai: “…” Fortunately, there is only one Gu Canyang in the Gu family.
Fortunately, Gu Qinglie is his brother.
Fortunately, the twenty or thirty cousins of the Gu family have never served in the army.
Chu Zhao and Gu Qinglie got along well. He saw him running around in the military compound early in the morning. He chatted with him and found out everything about Gu's family situation.
When Chu Zhao found out that his sister-in-law had twenty or thirty cousins, he laughed out loud in an unkind way.
As the Gu family's darling, with so many people protecting him, A-Dai's situation must be a bit difficult.
However, after all, they have been brothers for many years, so he still gave Chu Dai a suggestion: "When you go to your sister-in-law's family, be diligent and rush to do all the work such as making fire, chopping wood, feeding pigs and working in the fields. The countryside likes diligent sons-in-law. My father was like this when he went to my grandfather's house."
Chu Dai patted him on the shoulder: "Thanks, brother."
In the past two days, after Chu Yuan finished his work at the headquarters, he started to arrange a wedding for his son. He also reminded Chu Zhan to hurry up and get the betrothal gift for him as it was already the 27th of December, and they had to go to Datunzi Village the day after tomorrow.
Chu Dai took Gu Qingqing to the largest department store here and bought her a women's Dongfeng watch using Overseas Chinese Remittance Coupons and 125 yuan.
I also bought her some facial cream and a pair of ladies' leather shoes.
Finally he took her to the tailor shop.
The tailor shop here is also a cloth store. You can just get the cloth and make it in the store. Gu Canyang and Gu Qinglie felt sorry for their sister who would not be able to make new clothes when she went to the island to live, so they gave her all the cloth coupons.
As for the allowance, Chu Dai refused to accept it.
He gave his entire year's allowance to Gu Qingqing, but his family had left some money before he went to the military corps, so he didn't have to use the money of his two brothers-in-law to support his wife.
Chu Yuan didn't know where he got some overseas Chinese coupons, cloth coupons, and some industrial coupons from.
Maybe he borrowed it from the Chu family just like him.
Chu Zhao gave him all the tickets he had saved in the bottom of his box yesterday, and reluctantly said that he would return them when he got married.
Chu Dai took it directly from his hand.
Last night, the Chu family father and son sat together for dinner. The father and son asked at the same time: "Do you still have tickets? Take out whatever you have."
In the end, the two of them stared at each other.
Then Chu Zhan started to curse the Chu family father and son for being dishonest and taking advantage of them. In the end, he even brought up all the trivial things and said, "What a bullshit handsome guy, he's just a soldier."
Later, when he went out for a walk and asked, he found out that he was not the only one who was robbed. He immediately felt relieved.
The next day, he went up to Lao Chu again and called him all sorts of things.
In the cloth shop, Gu Qingqing was dazzled.
There are two large wooden cabinets with five layers. The top layer is printed cloth, the second layer is khaki, the third layer is corduroy fabric, the fourth layer is thick dark woolen material, and the bottom layer is Dacron.
The other counter was made of satin, and Gu Qingqing was attracted by the beautiful fabric at first sight.
The cloth shop clerk came over and asked, "Comrade, what do you need?"
Gu Qingqing pointed to the red satin fabric on the second counter and said, "Hello, is that for making clothes?"
"No, it's a quilt cover. You are a newlywed couple, right?" The salesperson said with a keen eye: "This quilt cover is just right for you. It is dragon and phoenix satin. This kind of satin is very rare, but the fabric is too big. Ordinary people can't come up with so many cloth coupons at once, so it has been put on hold."
The salesperson cleverly explained why such good material could not be sold.
Gu Qingqing looked at the man beside her and said happily: "Brother, I like this!"
In addition to its bright colors, it also has a good meaning.
"We want this piece of satin. Could you please bring over the other fabrics and have a look? We need to make a few more clothes for you," Chu Dai said to the salesperson.
"Okay comrade, please wait a moment."
After Gu Qingqing selected several pieces of cloth and decided on the style, the salesperson took out a wooden ruler, measured the dimensions for Gu Qingqing and wrote them down in a notebook.
Gu Qingqing asked the man beside her: "Brother, don't you make clothes?"
Chu Dai laughed softly: "I still have my old uniform in my closet, I can wear it. I'll be wearing military uniform every day on the island, so there's no need for it."
Gu Qingqing thought about it and decided not to do it for him. Gu Canyang and Gu Qinglie had made it clear that they should not be bothered with them as they would be of no use if they stayed in the army all day.
So she tore the cloth by herself.
The salesperson cut the fabric according to her measurements and took them to check out.
He filled in the fabric size, unit price and quantity on a piece of paper, and wrote down the cloth coupons needed. After Chu Dai signed, an old man at the checkout counter was clacking away on an abacus. After the money was calculated, Chu Dai paid for the coupons and the old man stamped the coupons.
The two big words "Received" appeared on the paper.
"Here is your receipt, please keep it." The salesperson still had that friendly smile on his face: "Please come and pick up your clothes on New Year's Eve."
They were going to Datunzi Village on the 29th of December, and finally decided to let Gu Canyang take the baby back.
Gu Canyang did not take any vacation, but applied for ten days of leave specifically for his sister's wedding, which was considered as taking a vacation for the next two years in advance.
On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, the Chu family hung lanterns and decorations in the military compound and held a grand wedding.
The women in the military compound were helping to prepare meals. They had stoves in their yards, and Chu Yuan asked the guards to buy the ingredients in advance and deliver them to their yards. Each household cooked a few dishes.
The men in the military compound moved out their tables, chairs and benches and placed them in an empty space outside.
The atmosphere immediately became lively as the military commanders in green and blue uniforms put out Shanhaiguan soda, Maotai liquor, White Rabbit milk candy, peanut candy, lobster candy, and melon seeds and peanuts.
The children ran around the table, reaching out to touch a couple of candies from time to time.
Gu Qingqing was still wearing the military green dress she had worn at her wedding in the Corps. Since there were no female elders here, Chu Dai combed her hair himself.
"One comb will last you till old age, two combs will give you hundreds of children and grandchildren..." The man stood behind her, holding the wooden comb with his bony fingers, his brows and eyes gentle.
Hearing him imitating what Aunt Yu said at that time, Gu Qingqing's face turned red. Chu Dai's fingers accidentally touched the back of her ear, and she felt it was extremely hot.
"Are you shy, wife?" The man seemed surprised and sighed, gently holding her long hair with his left hand, with a narrow smile in his eyes.
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