Chapter 135: Prosperity 135: You should be more restrained
After Shen Sui took the bowl away, Gu Qingqing pulled her to sit under the awning, casually placed the plastic bag on the stone table, and thought for a moment: "How about this, Sister Taozi. Just leave the fabric here and consider it as my collection. Tomorrow I will go to Xiao Huanniang to make clothes, and I can take your fabric with me. I will make a suit according to Xiaoyang's size, and the rest can be used to make new clothes for the baby in your belly."
"Is this okay with you?" she asked.
"Qingqing, I know you don't like to take advantage of others, and I also know that your family doesn't need this little bit of fabric. I'm not only here to apologize on behalf of Yu Cheng, but also to thank you." Bai Tao sighed: "If it weren't for what happened today, my sister-in-law wouldn't have been sent away and wouldn't have been making trouble at home every day."
"To be honest with you, she looks pitiful all the time, hanging out with her sisters-in-law. People who don't know would really think that I, her biological sister-in-law, bully her at home and make her do this and that." Bai Tao was really relieved from the inside out. She was truly grateful to Gu Qingqing's family, and she also felt really guilty. Although Shen Sui didn't talk much and had a cold temper, he was just a child after all.
Yu Ruan's behavior also left her dumbfounded.
She was used to acting gentle and sweet-talking at home, but suddenly suffered such a fate. It was unexpected for her. It might be because she resented Gu Qingqing because of Chen Jiefang and his teaching job, and she thought Shen Sui was quiet and easy to bully, so she got into trouble.
Gu Qingqing took the two cups of sugar water that Shen Sui had prepared, handed one to Bai Tao, and then said to the boy, "Ah Sui, be good and go upstairs to do your homework first. I'll call you when it's time to cook."
Shen Sui nodded, picked up the notebook and pen on the stone table and went upstairs.
Bai Tao saw him leave, holding the ceramic cup with her fingers, "I really don't know how to face this child."
"It's none of your business." Gu Qingqing chuckled and said, "As long as Yu Ruan leaves the island, my anger will subside. Besides, I also slapped her. Your Yu Cheng didn't say anything, did he?"
"No, he knows in his heart that the girl lacks discipline. In fact, he has been having a headache these days, not to mention me. Yu Ruan often pesters him to find a way to introduce her to someone, and she also said that she doesn't want anyone who is not a platoon leader or above."
At this point, Bai Tao sneered, "I don't know how she developed such an appetite. She really thinks she's great just because she went to junior high school. These rough old men treat her like a treasure. All the well-educated girls in Liancheng who are above the rank of platoon leader are rushing to get married, so she has no chance."
Gu Qingqing just smiled and drank some sugar water to moisten her throat without saying a word.
After Bai Tao had vented enough, she asked with a smile: "You have so many things in your heart during this period of time? Aren't you afraid of keeping it to yourself?"
Bai Tao felt relieved after saying this. She drank some sugar water and said, "Of course. If there were firecrackers on the island, I would have set up a couple of them and let them go when she got on the boat."
Gu Qingqing was quite impressed by Ruan for being able to force an introvert to talk so much.
"When she returns home, what will your Yu Cheng do?"
"Sending her money, what else can he do?" Bai Tao was disappointed again: "Given how much he loves this girl, he has to pay her fifteen or twenty bucks every month."
In fact, it is easy for someone like Yu Ruan to find a man in the village with her conditions. Her brother is a soldier and sends her money every month. It may not be difficult for her to live with a hardworking man.
But she was generous. Seeing that her brother's allowance was three or four times that of workers in the city, she thought that her sister-in-law enjoyed a comfortable life every day, and she also wanted to live such a life.
Gu Qingqing didn't want to get involved in her family's affairs, so she just said, "It's better than being on the island."
Bai Tao nodded: "That's right. I would rather pay some money to eliminate the disaster. Whatever she does after she returns will be her own responsibility. My brother and sister-in-law can't control her for the rest of her life."
Gu Qingqing couldn't help laughing when she heard her fearful tone.
Bai Tao did not take the cloth with her when she returned. No matter how much she tried to persuade her, it was useless. She planned to ask Xiao Huanniang to use the cloth to make clothes for Yu Yang and the baby in Bai Tao's belly as planned.
Although Yu Cheng was the company commander, it was not easy for her to collect some cloth coupons. She did not want to accept this apology gift because of Shen Sui's matter.
In her opinion, after she slapped Yu Ruan and Instructor Jiang asked her to leave the island, the account was settled.
As I was thinking this, I was about to go back to the house with the plastic bag in my hand when I heard the sound of the courtyard door being pushed open.
She looked back and saw that it was the man who came back.
"Wife." Chu Dai saw that she was holding something in her hand, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What is this?"
"Sister Taozi sent the fabric, saying it was a gift from Captain Yu to Ah Sui as compensation. Don't make things difficult for him in the camp in the future."
Chu Dai put his arm around her shoulders and led her to the inner room. He snorted and laughed, "What do you think of your man? Soldiers never take revenge on personal grudges. Besides, Yu Cheng was not wrong in this matter. He was just too lenient with his sister."
Gu Qingqing nodded, "For Sister Taozi's sake, I don't want to blame him."
Chu Dai chuckled and lowered his eyes: "What are you going to do with this fabric?"
"I'm going to make clothes for Sister Taozi's child, and I'm just going to return the money." Gu Qingqing said, "When I think about the fact that Yu Ruan will leave the island in a few days, I hope the ship with supplies will arrive soon, so that she won't do anything else."
"It's just a few days. Try not to go out when I'm not home. If you go anywhere, take Ah Sui or Xu Nian with you."
"One of them has to go to school and the other is pregnant. How can I feel comfortable with this?" The woman leaned on his arms and followed his steps to the living room. She looked at him sideways and said, "Is it really that mysterious? Yu Ruan won't dare to do anything else, right?"
"Who knows? You're still pregnant with two babies, and I'm worried." Chu Dai carried her into the room and sat down on the bed. "I talked to Ah Sui this afternoon, and he said he would protect you and your two little nephews."
"Maybe it's my niece." Gu Qingqing smiled and said, "Ah Sui is a very considerate child. He always does things before me. Fortunately, he helps me and saves me a lot of trouble."
There was never a shortage of firewood at home. Every morning, we would clean the yard and pull out all the weeds in the vegetable garden to feed the chickens.
Shen Sui did all this without saying a word.
This child doesn't show off or take credit for anything, and it's even more impossible for him to be lazy.
Chu Dai also nodded, holding the woman in his arms, with his big hands on her belly, "He is indeed good. I have less time now, so I will help him with his homework every day. We will see how far he can go in the future. If he wants to join the army, he can join the army. If he wants to do something else, I don't care."
This kid is smart and has a photographic memory. He hopes to cultivate a talent for the motherland. If Shen Sui can make a name for himself, he will be worthy of his father.
Gu Qingqing understood what he meant, "I don't know if the college entrance examination will be resumed after we get off the island." She didn't catch up, and so did Chu Dai.
Meng Nan, an educated youth in the village, went to the countryside after studying in college for two years. Their knowledge also enabled the Wudi production team to produce many more cash crops and improved the lives of the villagers.
Gu Qingqing felt that if it weren't for them, her father wouldn't dare to grow medicinal herbs and other things because he didn't understand anything at all.
Chu Dai also shook his head: "I haven't heard any news yet, let's wait and see in a few years. Besides, we don't know what this kid wants to do in the future. Didn't he say before that he wanted to join the Construction Corps?"
"This coincides with my nephew's idea." Gu Qingqing couldn't help but laugh: "It seems that the Construction Corps is well-known, Captain Chu. The kids all want to go."
Chu Dai just smiled and said nothing.
"Will you send our children to serve in the army in the future?" Gu Qingqing put her hand on the back of his hand and spoke to him gently.
"It's up to them. If they want to go, they can go. No matter which way they go, there is always a way out." Chu Dai leaned back slightly against the head of the bed and let her lie in his arms. "I won't interfere too much with their choice. I will be a lighthouse and occasionally guide them when they get lost."
"As expected of a battalion commander in the navy, his words are very pleasant to the ear." Gu Qingqing leaned slightly to the side and listened to his strong heartbeat with her left ear: "What if there are two ladies?"
"Same." Chu Dai's left hand was pressed on her belly, and his right hand gently stroked her hair. "Sons and daughters are the same in my eyes. It's not the case that I favor my daughter more because she's weak, and I ignore my son because he's strong."
"They can tell us anything. As a father, I am willing to protect my children for the rest of my life."
The tenderness between the man's eyebrows was so full that it was about to overflow. Gu Qingqing suddenly raised her head and kissed his chin.
"I thought you would prefer daughters." In this era where sons are valued over daughters, scarcity makes things valuable, and that's the case with the old Gu family.
She thought that if she gave birth to two sons this time and a daughter later, Chu Dai would most likely spoil the daughter to the heavens. She didn't expect him to say that.
"Brother, you are really, really, really good." She kissed his chin again.
Chu Dai laughed in a muffled voice, "Don't tease me, Zhao Ze pulled me aside and told me a lot of things to be careful of, reminding me not to be a beast."
The woman blushed and scolded him: "Just bear with it yourself, how about we sleep in separate rooms? There is an empty room upstairs, and there are beddings, you can just make the bed yourself."
"You've just gotten married, and you're already giving up on me." The man laughed helplessly. "Speaking of which, the upstairs really needs to be redone. I'll bring some bricks over in a couple of days to separate the upstairs living room into two more rooms, and then scrape down the walls."
When the previous people finished building the camp, they left behind a lot of bricks, cement and lime, which came in handy. As for the beds, it was easier to find them. There were many empty houses on the island. We could just find one and move two wooden beds over. If that didn't work, we could make them ourselves, just chop a few pieces of wood.
After listening to the man's plan, Gu Qingqing suddenly thought of another possibility. She couldn't help but climb up from him, sit on his lap and ask: "What if the second baby is also twins? What will you do then? There won't be enough rooms."
The man was stunned for a moment, then said slowly: "Your husband shouldn't be that powerful, wife." The last few words were accompanied by a smile.
Gu Qingqing reacted and pinched the soft flesh on his waist in anger.
"You need to be more restrained in front of the children."
Chu Dai was stunned for a moment, then said seriously, "Yes, Chief."
Gu Qingqing lay in his arms and laughed. The man shook his head with a doting smile in his eyes, and his left hand always protected her belly.
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