Chapter 188: Booming 188: It turns out there are even more assholes than me...
"That's something we have to ask. My in-laws should go visit my uncle and aunt. The Chu family is really nice. They have been very kind to our family over the years. They always send gifts from the military area during the holidays." Zhang Yuqing said, "Qingqing is a lucky person."
The lucky Gu Qingqing was having a headache about the feeding problem for her two little guys. One of the two brothers was in her arms, and the other was on their father's lap. When they saw the adults eating, their little hands wanted to grab the bowls.
I don't know where such great strength came from at such a young age. She couldn't even pry Xiao Nian Nian's hands apart. In the end, she had to use the corn bun next to her to lure him away and he let go.
They are no longer the good kids who only know how to sleep all day and need to be fed when hungry. Gu Qingqing seemed to see her future self, following the two brothers around anxiously.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but glare at the man next to her angrily.
Chu Dai noticed his daughter-in-law's gaze and looked sideways at her with a questioning look.
Gu Qingqing glanced at the two kids who were waving their hands and shaking their feet while kneading the cornmeal buns into a ball, and said with a hint of resentment, "It's all your fault..."
The man understood what she was saying and said meaningfully, "Well, blame me."
It was cold in winter, so after dinner the family would sit around the fire and chat. Gu Qingqing listened to the gossip and seemed a little uninterested.
Suddenly I realized that I seemed to have forgotten something——
I didn't go to see Xiao Yu.
She hugged the little brat tightly in her arms, thinking about going again tomorrow.
After washing up, she returned to the upstairs room. The man brought the stove into the room and closed the door. Gu Qingqing lay on the bed with her hands on her face, watching the two little guys making a fuss.
The man unbuttoned his coat, pulled the quilt over one side to cover her, and then sat down.
Tuan Tuan likes Daddy very much. When she sees him coming, she runs towards him as if they are competing. Gu Qingqing thinks it is because men smell like toffee.
When she got up, she rubbed her cheek against the man's leg, "My mother told me that she wanted us to accompany her back to her grandmother's house on the second day of the Chinese New Year."
"Okay." Chu Yuan said in a lazy tone. He held one in his arms and the other on his lap. Little Tuantuan hugged his father's neck and stepped on his legs alternately with his feet. They were having a lot of fun.
To be honest, he and Gu Qingqing have been married for two years, and he has only accompanied her back to her grandmother's house once. The Shi family, like the Gu family, are warm-hearted people.
"Dad wants to go with us, too," she added.
Chu Dai was silent for a moment, "There's no room to sit down."
Xiao Tuantuan's feet tilted, and she was about to step between the man's legs, but he easily lifted her away and moved her to the side.
Xiao Tuantuan left her father's warm embrace, held the head of the bed with her little hands, and there was a trace of confusion in her big black eyes.
Little Nian Nian climbed up along his father's arm, holding on to his arm tightly, wiggling his little butt as if showing off to his brother.
Gu Qingqing looked at it with amusement: "Why can't there be room for two children to sit? Brother Xiao Xu can just let him stay at home."
"No way." The man poked his son's face, "He is a security guard. He will be held responsible if anything happens to the chief."
"You're here, what can go wrong?" Gu Qingqing approached him, hugged his arm and said coquettishly: "If Dad wants to go, just let him go. You two, father and son, don't always be at odds with each other."
The woman's softness rubbed his elbow. Chu Dai's eyes were dim and unclear. He glanced at her and said, "The child is here."
Gu Qingqing didn't understand at first, but she followed his line of sight and when she saw something, she couldn't help but laugh on his shoulder: "Captain Chu doesn't have the ability to concentrate."
"Deputy," the man corrected, "it will take several more years to climb to the position of head of the regiment."
Gu Qingqing looked up and saw the man's white chin and sharp Adam's apple. She was moved and her hand was caught as soon as she stretched it out: "Don't provoke me."
At 10 o'clock in the evening, the two kids fell asleep after playing tired. Gu Qingqing heard the light breathing sound and said to the man behind her: "Does it sound like the snoring of a piglet?"
Chu Dai said honestly: "I have never heard a pig snore, I have only heard you..."
Before he could finish his words, the woman blocked his lips.
The night in the village was very quiet. It was so cold that the dogs all lay down in their kennels and slept, too lazy to even bark.
Da Mi ran around outside during the day and returned home in the middle of the night. Chu Dai was afraid of dogs and just avoided them.
Gu Qingqing lay in the man's arms, with his warm breath on her head. She asked, "If I hadn't shown up, would you have married Bai Rong?"
Not understanding why the little woman's thoughts jumped so quickly, Chu Dai said with a smile: "No."
"If I..."
"There aren't so many ifs." Chu Dai hugged her tightly, without stopping her hand from moving down, and said hoarsely, "If I hadn't met you, I wouldn't have gotten married."
Gu Qingqing's hands trembled, and she couldn't stop them.
Chu Dai groaned, his eyes reddening, "You don't have to kill your man if you're not satisfied with this answer."
Gu Qingqing quickly withdrew her hand, closed her eyes, and pretended that she had done nothing and heard nothing.
The light in the room was never turned off, as Chu Dai was afraid that the two kids would wet the bed in the middle of the night or get hungry and make a mess. He put his big hands on the woman's waist, tightened them, and rubbed his chin on the top of her head.
Gu Qingqing sensed the heat behind her and pretended to be asleep without moving.
The man did not expose her, but whispered to her: "Wife, I used to think I was a bastard, until I met you--"
Gu Qingqing pricked up her ears, thinking he was going to say something sweet again, but the man laughed softly and said, "It turns out there are people who are more jerk than me."
Gu Qingqing couldn't stand it any longer, so she kicked him from behind, muttering, "Tomorrow is going to be a busy day, go to bed quickly."
Half an hour later, Gu Qingqing fell asleep, but the man was not sleepy at all, waiting for him to calm down, his heart was beating fast. His eyes fell on the woman and two children beside him, and his heart softened unconsciously.
He raised his hand to tuck the corner of the quilt, hugged the softness in his arms tightly, and slowly closed his eyes.
The next day, New Year's Eve, it was rare to see a trace of sunlight, but it looked like the sun was out, but in fact there was no temperature.
The man got up earlier than her, and the two children also woke up long ago. Chu Dai and Shen Sui held Tuan Tuan and warmed themselves by the fire in the kitchen.
She squatted under the eaves and brushed her teeth with an enamel cup and a toothbrush.
Fortunately, the water from the pressurized well is not cold, otherwise I really wouldn’t even want to brush my teeth.
Qin Li and Sun Yuanyuan had gotten up early and were cutting the stems of dried chili peppers in the corridor behind her.
"Qingqing, Xiaoyu came this morning and asked if you were up. I said you were sleeping, and then she left." Qin Li was holding a pair of copper scissors in her hand. Next to her was a bamboo basket full of red dried chilies. The chili stems were scattered all over the ground at her feet.
Gu Qingqing turned around and said vaguely: "I wanted to go see her yesterday afternoon, but I forgot. I will go after dinner."
Sun Yuanyuan smiled and said, "She is living a good life now. Her husband is a worker and all his wages are handed over to him. He is the only child in the family and there will be no trouble of dividing money or household in the future. Her husband's family is very happy that she gave birth to a son as her first child. No one will say anything if she wants to spend the New Year at her parents' home."
"Aren't you and my brother Xiong doing well?" Gu Qingqing spat out the saliva in her mouth, looked at her rosy cheeks, and said in a tight voice: "Brother Xiong is very strong, and the work points he earns every year are no less than those of the first-class workers in the state-owned factories outside. You two are both hardworking, and your uncle and aunt don't interfere in their son and daughter-in-law's family affairs. I think you are living a prosperous life."
Sun Yuanyuan smiled and said, "That's right. Axiong has been learning carpentry from his father recently. Unfortunately, it's hard to take on private business these days. Every time I help fellow villagers make cabinets, I only earn a little money for the materials. I don't know when I can let go completely. Then I might as well open a furniture store."
She came from the city and had heard a lot about business since she was a child. Now she could only talk about these things at home. If she was caught speculating, even Gu Qingqing's father would be implicated.
Gu Qingqing seemed to be thinking about something, and followed her words and said, "Normally, when Uncle San comes back, he will teach Brother Yuanchao and the others how to cook. If there really comes a day when Brother Axiong opens a furniture store, Brother Yuanchao can also open a restaurant."
"Let's just think about it at home." Qin Li interrupted their thoughts with a smile, "Now we can live a life with enough food, warm clothes and electricity, which is already very good. Don't think about these empty words."
Gu Qingqing rinsed her mouth and heard the shouting from the kitchen. She supported her knees and stood up: "Don't think about these things. Who knows what will happen in the future? Let's fill our stomachs first."
The three women laughed and chatted as they went to the kitchen to bring out the dishes. After breakfast, the house was completely busy.
The men had to clean the house inside and out. Gu Bao used a bamboo pole to extend the broom handle, and all the black spider webs hanging from the kitchen ceiling were swept down.
Gu Xiong was chopping firewood in the yard. As the New Year approached, the firewood in the house could not be burned, and the firewood piled against the wall was only half a meter high.
The stove in the kitchen never stopped burning every day. The aunties in the village often came to chat with Zhang Cuifen, but in fact they were just inquiring about the marriages of other young people in the Gu family.
Especially Gu Canyang and Gu Qinglie, they are popular in their eyes.
"Can Yang is a very opinionated person. We can't interfere in his affairs." Zhang Cuifen sat by the stove in the main room, holding an enamel plate full of melon seeds, and occasionally gave instructions to the young Gu family: "Wei Guo, go check if the kitchen has been cleaned. Your father is going to chop stuffing and fry meatballs. I put the barrel of cooking oil in the storage room at the back and told him to use it sparingly."
"Okay." Gu Weiguo ran away quickly.
Zhang Cuifen smiled and said, "I will definitely find a new son for my son Canyang and Qinglie in the army in the future. You sisters-in-law should help me worry about the remaining ones."
"That's fine. Your family has a good reputation. Recently, people from the Red Flag Production Team and the Red Star Production Team have asked me about it and want your grandson to go and have a look."
Gu Qingqing listened casually, played with Dabao and Erbao for a while, and handed them over to A Niang and Er Aunt: "I'm going to go to Aunt Guihua's house to see Xiaoyu."
"Okay, come back early. If Qian Guihua invites you to dinner, don't accept it." Shi Rushuang said while holding her little grandson.
"I know."
Gu Qingqing walked out of the yard, the cold wind blew into her collar, but fortunately Zhao Yujia was nearby and she only had to run a few steps to get there.
There was also white smoke rolling up from the Zhao family's kitchen as they steamed buns. Gu Qingqing smelled the aroma and pushed open the kitchen door and walked in, poking her head in and calling out, "Aunt Zhao? Xiao Yu."
"It's here." Qian Guihua was kneading dough. She patted the flour on her hands and was about to pour hot water for her. "It's been so long since you came back, kid, and you only remembered Aunt Zhao."
Gu Qingqing smiled embarrassedly and took the enamel cup: "My fault, my fault."
"Qingqing, sit next to me and warm yourself by the fire." Zhao Yu waved at her with a smile.
Gu Qingqing responded and sat over with the steaming enamel cup in her hand. Seeing the little girl sleeping peacefully in her arms, she smiled and said, "She's really pretty."
Zhao Yu held the child in his left hand and took the tongs from the stove with his right hand. He added a piece of firewood. The fire jumped and burned more vigorously.
"I saw your two little babies this morning. They are so cute and fair-skinned, just like your Chu Dai." Zhao Yu said with a smile, "But you are so hard to see. You are so heartless that you didn't even ask to come and see me after not seeing me for two years."
"Here he is." Seeing Qian Guihua handing over a steamed bun that had just come out of the pot, she did not refuse it and broke off half of it and handed it to Zhao Yu: "Where is your boyfriend? Why can't I see him?"
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