Gu Qingqing finally felt relieved this time, muttering, "That's good. I was just worried that she would make trouble at home. Sister Taozi is pregnant now, and she can't stand such trouble."
Chu Dai was a delicate and sensitive person, and after listening to her mumblings he almost understood what was going on.
"Yu Cheng will be able to take care of the family affairs." He took the bowl she handed over and rubbed the edge of the bowl carefully with his white fingers. "I think he usually leads the company quite well."
"A good soldier is not necessarily a good husband!" Gu Qingqing couldn't help but glare at him, "Do you think everyone is as good as you?"
Chu Dai was stunned for a moment, but couldn't help but smile and kissed her on the cheek. "My wife is right, but this is someone else's family affair, and we can't interfere. If you are worried about Bai Tao, you should pay more attention to her."
Gu Qingqing nodded, "I know. You don't have to go to the cave this afternoon, right?"
"Let's go tomorrow," Chu Dai said, looking up at the window. "There will be a typhoon in the next few days. We need to reinforce the doors and windows. The storm will be even stronger if we are near the sea."
When they first arrived on the island, a typhoon hit and shattered all the window glass. Gu Qingqing was alone at home and didn't know what to do.
At that time, the coastal defense project was becoming more and more tense. The men were working in the reinforced caves and could not feel the storm outside. Chu Dailing came out in the morning with a kerosene lamp and found that all the trees outside were leaning to one side and the storm had stopped.
I rushed home anxiously and saw her crying while picking up the broken glass. Her eyes were swollen and her body was shaking.
Gu Qingqing had never seen such a scene before. The sea breeze was howling and the windows were blown against the wall, and the clothes outside were flying all over the place.
Later, Chu Dai learned from the camp that when there was a typhoon, the doors and windows would be reinforced in advance to avoid scaring her again.
Gu Qingqing was a little scared when she heard about the typhoon. "Then I won't take a nap. I'll help you pass the nails and wooden strips."
"Okay," Chu Dai washed the dishes and wiped his hands: "Let's sleep together later."
Gu Qingqing thought of something and blushed: "Okay."
The man raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw her like this, knowing that she was thinking the wrong thing.
Thinking of what Zhang Ta said, he looked at the woman meaningfully again.
It's time to have a child.
In the afternoon, Chu Dai borrowed a saw from the quartermaster department and took her to the back mountain to saw some wood.
There is gas on the island, and there is no shortage of it at the seaside. The wives of the soldiers do not need to go up the mountain to find firewood. The children prefer to go to the seaside to dig seafood rather than go to the mountain, so the back mountain is overgrown with weeds.
Chu Dai walked in front, picking away the thorns with a saw in his right hand and holding Gu Qingqing with his left hand.
She seldom came to the mountain, and usually Chu Dai would bring back any wild fruits she wanted. If Chu Dai came back too late, Zhao Ze would give her an equal portion from Xu Nian.
The woman looked around curiously. The trees here were particularly tall, and the shrubs were different from those in Datunzi Village. The weather was getting hot now, and she was afraid that snakes would come out of their holes, so she followed the man closely.
Chu Dai found a tree that was neither too big nor too small and asked her, "How about this one?"
Gu Qingqing glanced at the red fruit on top and said happily: "Okay, we can still eat it after sawing it back."
The man chuckled, rolled up his sleeves and started sawing branches. "Stand further away, or they'll fall and hit you."
Gu Qingqing responded, but did not dare to go too far, so she stood under another big tree with lush branches and leaves and waited for him.
The man looked back at her before climbing up the tree and starting to saw off the branches.
Gu Qingqing squatted under the tree, with his elbows on his knees and his face in his hands. Seeing him do things efficiently and effectively, she couldn't help but smile when she thought of the time when he went back to the Gu family and chopped wood with his elder brother Gu Xiong every day.
Chu Dai climbed down from the tree, pulled a vine from the side, and tied the branches together: "Okay, let's go home."
Gu Qingqing stared at the red fruits on the treetops, began to swallow her saliva, and nodded repeatedly.
When they returned home, Gu Qingqing ran to the kitchen and took out an enamel cup. She picked the red fruits from the treetops. One cup was not enough, so she went to get another one.
"I'll send some over to Sister Anian later." She muttered to herself.
Chu Dai was sawing wood strips. When he heard her say this, he remembered what Zhao Ze said: "Xu Nian will give birth in three or four months. Doctor Zhao said that you may need to take care of her when the time comes."
"Okay." Gu Qingqing said without hesitation, and couldn't help laughing: "You are just like my nephew. He won't be unhappy if I call him Brother Zhao like this, right?"
"You're flattering him." Chu Dai snorted. "It's fine if his wife is having a baby and he's targeting my wife, but he's bragging in front of me every day that he's going to be a father."
After picking the fruits, Gu Qingqing went over to help him hold down the branches to make it easier for him to saw: "Then we can have one too..."
"Okay." Chu Dai glanced at her and said, "Don't worry, wait until I finish nailing the window."
"Who's in a hurry?" Gu Qingqing glared at him and said, "Take your time!"
The man chuckled, and the teasing in his eyes made her blush.
While sawing wood strips, the couple chatted about some trivial matters. Gu Qingqing felt a little sleepy and began to yawn.
Chu Dai saw that there were almost enough wooden strips on the ground, so he put down the saw and held the wooden strips and hammer, "Wife, go back to the room and sleep."
Gu Qingqing rubbed her eyes and said, "I said I would accompany you." She bent down, picked up the box of nails and followed him.
"Okay, I'll finish it quickly." The man responded and walked towards the living room.
Gu Qingqing was about to catch up, but she was startled when she saw Bai Tao hesitating outside the door.
"Ms. Taozi?"
Bai Tao was a little dazed at first, but when she heard her calling her, she gritted her teeth, pushed open the door and went in.
"Qingqing, I don't want to be a teacher anymore. Can you take me to see Instructor Jiang and ask him to replace me as soon as possible, otherwise..."
Seeing the man at the door, she stopped talking before she finished.
Gu Qingqing looked back, understood, put the nail in the man's arms, and gave him a look: "Brother, you go and do your work first, I'll come in later."
Chu Dai glanced at Bai Tao's slightly haggard face and nodded: "Okay, you guys chat." After that, he went into the house.
Gu Qingqing quickly pulled Bai Tao to sit down at the stone table and took the enamel cup over. "This is the sour fruit we just picked up on the mountain. Have a taste."
Bai Tao shook her head, "Qingqing, I have no appetite. We had a fight when Yu Cheng came back just now. Yu Ruan really wanted to take over my class."
"Tell me slowly first." Gu Qingqing frowned, then relaxed her eyebrows: "You didn't eat anything for lunch? There are some chive cakes left. I'll bring them out for you later."
Bai Tao was upset and wanted to refuse, but when she thought of the baby in her belly, she nodded and said, "Thank you, Qingqing."
"No trouble." Gu Qingqing quickened her pace and went to the kitchen.
The man was nailing the windows in the kitchen. When he saw her picking up the kettle and pouring water, he asked, "Is it Yu Cheng's sister who caused the trouble?"
"Most likely." Gu Qingqing shook her head and sighed: "Fortunately you didn't..." At this point she couldn't help but be stunned again, and then quickly said: "Brother, I don't mean anything else, I just think that the relationship between our two families is simple, which is good."
"I know." The man raised his hand and rubbed her head: "Don't be nervous, you can tell me anything, I will never blame you."
Gu Qingqing couldn't help but stand on tiptoe to kiss his chin, then ran out with the boiled water and the leftover chive cakes from lunch.
Chu Dai looked at her impetuous back, shook his head and smiled: "If she was pregnant, I would be a little worried about leaving her alone at home."
Sometimes he would even wrap the corners of tables at home with old cotton cloth in advance.
Gu Qingqing returned to the yard, put the boiling water aside, and handed her the chive pancake: "Sister Taozi, eat something to fill your stomach first, and then tell me slowly what happened."
Bai Tao came back to her senses, took the chive pancake and thanked him softly.
After taking a small bite, she said, "Yu Cheng came back early today, and I was busy making lunch. When Yu Ruan and her brother talked, they knew that I was a teacher on the island, and they wanted to take my place."
"My sister-in-law is smart. She didn't tell her brother directly, but hinted that I was pregnant and had someone else to take care of at home, so she told me to stay at home and rest and take care of the baby."
Gu Qingqing was furious after hearing this. "She's too much. What about Yu Cheng? Does he listen to his sister in everything?"
Bai Tao nodded bitterly, "He always thinks that it is my sister who is at home accompanying and taking care of me in this matter, and he owes her. His heart is biased towards his sister. Xiao Yang can't compare to Yu Ruan in his heart."
Bai Tao was a little tired, and said calmly: "Maybe in his heart, he and his sister are the only family."
Gu Qingqing felt annoyed when she listened to this. She couldn't understand why there would be such a man and sister-in-law. One didn't love his own wife and son, but had to favor his younger sister. She wanted to live a peaceful life, but she had to mess up her brother and sister-in-law's family.
"I came here just to ask you to go with me to find Instructor Jiang. I may not want to be this teacher, but I don't want to hand it over to Yu Ruan. I'm unwilling to do that." It was rare for Bai Tao to be so tough with others, and it seemed that she hated him to the point of gritting her teeth.
Gu Qingqing comforted her: "You don't need to ask Instructor Jiang for this matter. You just hold on for another half a month. When the second batch of officers and soldiers land on the island, there will be civilians assigned by the higher-ups to teach on the ship. I also plan to resign and stay at home to prepare for pregnancy."
"Really?" Bai Tao's originally gloomy eyes brightened up. "Okay, I'll hold on for another half a month. I just don't want her to get what she wants. If she has the ability, she can fight for it openly. I really don't like her playing tricks like this behind her back."
Gu Qingqing smiled and nodded, "You should feel better now, right? Eat something quickly, the baby in your belly is hungry too."
"Okay." Bai Tao felt that the anger in her heart had dissipated a lot. She took a bite of the chive cake in her hand and said, "Are you planning to have a baby with Captain Chu? This is a good thing."
Seeing that she was fine, Gu Qingqing also breathed a sigh of relief. Brother Zhao said that pregnant women should not have too much emotional fluctuations, as it would be harmful to their health.
"Yes, the sisters-in-law on the island all have children, and you also have your second child, so I can't fall behind." Gu Qingqing couldn't help but smile when she said this: "Chu Dai is the only child in his family, and I can't let the Chu family's incense end with me. I know he is good to me, and I have to think about him too."
"Apart from that, I want a child myself."
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