Chapter 149: Is it necessary?
The man had gone to the cave a long time ago. He brought back food from the canteen, including cornmeal steamed buns and millet porridge with shredded pork.
Gu Qingqing took out a bowl and served the boy a bowl of porridge, saying gently, "Eat more, and go home early after school this afternoon."
"Teacher Qin asked me to go to his house for dinner." The boy hesitated for a moment, "Sister, can I invite Teacher Qin home to have dinner with me?"
"Of course you can," Gu Qingqing broke off half of the steamed bread and gave it to him, eating it with pickled radish cubes and saying, "Mr. Qin is also the elder of our family, this is what he should do."
Shen Sui became happy. Recently, his personality became more and more cheerful, his emotions gradually became more open, and he showed some youthful vigor.
"Thank you, sister."
"Are you stupid?" Gu Qingqing shook her head. Thinking that her brother was about to come, she couldn't suppress the smile in her eyes.
After Shen Sui went to school, Gu Qingqing walked around the house twice, raised her hands and looked at them several times. Finally, she couldn't stand the boredom anymore and went to find Xu Nian.
She was also surprised to hear that Gu Qinglie was coming. She asked Zhao Ze but he couldn't explain it clearly because he was not of high enough rank.
Zhao Ze also went to the cave today. Xu Nian has been in confinement for more than a week. If Gu Qingqing hadn't come over to talk to her, she would have become depressed.
Zhao Yu was not as well-behaved as he was when he was just born. He cried several times a day. Fortunately, Xu Nian had a good temper and coaxed him in a gentle voice.
Gu Qingqing was sitting nearby, holding an enamel cup in her hand. Seeing this scene, she lowered her eyes to look at the two babies in her belly and felt a little headache.
It’s almost four months now, and her belly is getting bigger and bigger. If she hadn’t been in good shape from all the jumping around, she would have felt like she would have to take a deep breath after taking two steps.
"Have you been controlling your diet recently?" Xu Nian took the time to ask her, still holding the baby in her arms and coaxing him.
"Yes, I try to eat less." Gu Qingqing sighed: "When I'm hungry at home, I make papaya soup. It tastes sweet and good, but it's useless."
"You should wait until you have the baby. Your two children will be better." Xu Nian was relieved when she saw the baby in her arms calm down. She took a pillow and leaned against the headboard to talk to her: "Is your brother going to arrive this afternoon?"
"Yes, I'll go to the cafeteria to pick up lunch for you and then wait at the dock. I can ask him to bring back the supplies that the supply ship brought back for me."
"I also bought some things. Can you help me bring them? Brother Ze usually doesn't pay much attention to these things."
"Okay." Gu Qingqing felt a little stuffy, so she picked up a palm-leaf fan and fanned herself. The cool feeling made her close her eyes comfortably.
After staying with her for a while and seeing that Xu Nian was drowsy, she quietly left the room, not forgetting to close the door.
Only after leaving the yard did she realize that she was still holding her family's palm-leaf fan in her hand. She smiled and walked slowly under the shade of the tree.
Just return it when you bring something for her.
The sun is strong, and the wives of the soldiers like to take a bath and sunbathe. Now that water resources are not so scarce, the men always bring two buckets of water when they come back from the cave, and that, combined with the water allocated previously, is enough for their daily use.
Gu Qingqing greeted them with a smile: "Sister-in-law, are you drying your clothes? Do you want to make lunch yourself or go to the cafeteria for lunch?"
"Let's go to the cafeteria. The men are on a mission, the kids are in school, and I'm too lazy to do it alone." The military wife shook the water off her clothes and said with a smile, "I don't know where these kids get so much energy every day. I brought back some kelp and jellyfish yesterday. I made a cold mix. It tastes good. Do you want to try it?"
Gu Qingqing touched her stomach and felt a little hungry: "Can I eat it?"
"Why not? When we were pregnant, we ate whatever was available. There was no need to be so particular." The army wife felt that Captain Chu had raised his wife too lavishly. They had given birth to so many children and most of the time they had nothing to eat. There was no way they couldn't eat.
She hung out the laundry and opened the gate to let the woman in.
"Jellyfish salad is delicious. A small bite should be fine. Kelp should be fine, too. Fatty eats it often."
Hearing this, Gu Qingqing slowed down her pace and asked curiously, "Is the second fat lady pregnant again?"
"That's right. Erpang's father didn't want to have a baby, but he couldn't stand his wife's fierceness. He felt dizzy in the cafeteria yesterday and went to the health center to check, and found out that she was pregnant." The military wife took her to the kitchen and took out a pair of chopsticks from the wooden chopstick holder on the wall and gave them to her.
The layout of the kitchens here is the same. The one in the wife's house was modified later. A cupboard was built on the wall and a wooden frame door was built outside to cover the screen window.
There are many mosquitoes in the summer, so the vegetables will not go bad easily if you store them this way.
Gu Qingqing took a bite of the cold jellyfish and it was really good, spicy and numbing, unlike the bland taste in the south.
This military wife came from the Luzhong Corps and had a strong taste, which just suited Gu Qingqing's appetite.
"This is kelp shreds. I also added some peanuts. It's very fragrant. Men can eat several plates of it while drinking and chatting."
After hearing her proud recommendation, Gu Qingqing took a bite and asked, "Sister-in-law, did you add sesame oil? It's very fragrant."
"It's said that pregnant women have a keen sense of smell. I just poured a drop, but my baby doesn't like the smell." My sister-in-law sighed, "It was the same when I gave birth to my first child. He could smell even the slightest smell, but not now."
Gu Qingqing smiled, chatted with her for a while, and then walked out of the yard with a palm-leaf fan.
It's already half past eleven. I still need to go shopping for a while. The cafeteria doesn't open so early.
She walked slowly on the path, the sand beneath her feet was soft. The sun was too strong, so she tried to choose a shady place.
To go to the cafeteria, one has to pass by the health center. Gu Qingqing saw the female military doctor who delivered Xu Nian that day and was about to say hello when she came over.
"Comrade Gu!" The little girl ran over with a smile, looked at her belly and asked, "Are you here for a checkup?"
"No," Gu Qingqing smiled, "I'm going to the cafeteria."
"Oh, I'm taking a break, would you like to go together?" she took the initiative to invite.
Gu Qingqing always felt that she had something to say to her, so she nodded happily, "Okay."
The female military doctor reached out to hold her left hand, slowed down her pace and accommodated her: "I remember that you are only seven or eight days away from four months, and it will be winter when you give birth."
It's early July now, so I calculated that it would be the end of December.
Gu Qingqing nodded, "I've been getting more and more sleepy recently. Today I'm in good spirits and can walk around more. Otherwise, I'd want to stay at home all day. Doctor Yang Jun, is this normal?"
"It's normal." Yang Xin said in a gentle voice, "It's easy to feel sleepy when you're pregnant. If you feel uncomfortable, you can come to the health center to find me anytime. I'm on duty during the day."
"Okay, thank you, Dr. Yang."
"You're welcome." Seeing that more and more people were going to the cafeteria, Yang Xin finally couldn't help but speak up and whispered, "Comrade Gu, that Chen Jiefang...does he have a girlfriend?"
Gu Qingqing looked at her for a while. Yang Xin was shy and her face was already hot. She said shyly, "If there is..."
"No," the woman smiled at her and said softly, "Brother Jiefang has never been in a relationship. He is often teased by the brothers in the corps because of this. Doctor Yang, are you interested in him?"
Hearing her speak so frankly, Yang Xin paused for a moment before nodding and muttering, "I think he's a pretty good guy..."
"I know." Gu Qingqing guessed that the men had finished their tasks by now. She looked around and saw Chen Jiefang surrounding Zhao Ze and Chu Dai. She waved, "Brother Jiefang!"
Yang Xin was shocked by her sudden action, "Comrade Gu..." He really didn't expect that she would directly invite him to meet later. What should he say? Isn't it very embarrassing!
Chen Jiefang rubbed his ears and asked suspiciously, "A girl called me?"
The warrior behind him kicked him and said, "Why not call me? You are so young, how can you be hard of hearing?"
"I thought he was Captain Chu." Chen Jiefang also waved and ran towards Gu Qingqing.
Zhao Ze put his hand on Chu Dai's shoulder and said, "Sister Qingqing, are you going to do matchmaking work in the army?"
Chu Dai squinted at him and snorted, "As expected of a four-eyed person, you are the only one with the sharpest eyes."
"The guy next to her is the military doctor who delivered my wife. His last name is Yang. He doesn't have much contact with Sister Qingqing. Now he directly called Lao Chen over. What else can he do but matchmaking?"
When he finished his analysis, the warriors behind him wailed: "Chen Jiefang is so lucky, one spring after another, before there was Yu Ruan and now there is Yang Xin, why is it that no one cares about us brothers?"
Zhao Ze chuckled: "Go and ask our sisters. There are still a few military doctors in the health center." There are only a few unmarried female military doctors on the island. If they can't leave the island, they can only deal with it internally. Ask their comrades if there are any girls in their families to introduce them to, or go to Jiang Sheng and ask the organization to help solve their personal problems.
There are not many bachelors on the island. Most of them have families. Those who come from the Construction Corps are often ridiculed for being alone.
The main reason was that the border town was cold and there were no female soldiers. Most of those who got married in the Construction Corps had their families arrange their marriages long ago, and the rest... were just left there.
"Too many wolves and too little meat." The soldier sighed, then put his hand on Zhao Ze's shoulder: "I won't ask Captain Chu, he is the only child in his family, and sister Qingqing is the only precious child in her family."
"Doctor Zhao, do you have a sister? I'll be your brother-in-law."
"Get lost." Zhao Ze said angrily, "Why don't you learn from Lao Chu? You only care about your brother's sister."
Chu Dai looked at him with a half-smile: "Is it necessary?"
Zhao Ze shrank his neck and pushed his glasses: "Hurry up and eat. These people are starving when it comes to mealtime. They don't even know to leave me two pieces of meat."
Chen Jiefang ran to Gu Qingqing and asked her, "What's wrong, sister? Are you feeling unwell?" Seeing a military doctor next to her, he spoke subconsciously.
Yang Xin sighed, "Captain Chu is standing there. Comrade Gu wouldn't have called you if he felt uncomfortable."
Chen Jiefang scratched his ears and it seemed to be the case.
The two of them finally started talking. Gu Qingqing didn't care and slowly walked to the man. Whether these two could create sparks depended on themselves.
Seeing her leave like this, Yang Xin was stunned, "Comrade Gu..."
Gu Qingqing turned her head and grinned at her, mouthing, "Come on!"
Chu Dai chuckled and asked her, "When you first came to the Corps, did you think your brother was unreliable?"
Gu Qingqing knew what the man said after a moment's thought. She nodded and said, "I thought my brother had taken care of everything and I could just come over and marry you. Who knew he wouldn't care about anything?" She was still a little indignant.
"That's why I said you look a lot like him," the man lowered his eyes and looked at her belly, his eyebrows and eyes were gentle: "Doctor Yang Jun must be accusing you of being unreliable in his heart."
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