Chapter 140 I want to love you, but I really don’t…
"It should be fine. It's not easy for me to ask about this." Zhao Ze picked up a piece of ginger, put it in his mouth, chewed it twice, his face changed drastically, and he forced himself to swallow it.
"Have you all become so picky about taste nowadays?" He really didn't understand how anyone could eat something like that.
Xu Nian was eating with gusto, and was startled when he heard this: "Isn't it delicious? Qingqing, try it."
"Okay." Gu Qingqing also took a piece with her chopsticks. The crisp sour ginger mixed with the spicy taste was particularly sour and refreshing in her mouth: "It's delicious." She was also puzzled and took a piece for Chu Dai with her chopsticks.
Chu Dai looked at Zhao Ze who winked and nodded at him, then looked at the little woman next to him with expectant eyes, and slowly picked up a large piece of ginger in the bowl and brought it to his mouth.
Zhao Ze held his forehead and couldn't bear to look.
He took a bite and was indeed stunned.
He likes sour food, but the combination of sour and spicy is so strong that it makes him feel like there's a burning sensation in his throat.
Chu Dai finished the whole piece of sour ginger in silence. Seeing the woman looking at him, he said, "Weren't you talking about white peaches just now? Yu Cheng looked very bad this morning. I thought he was so upset that he wanted to ask the instructor for mercy, but now he hasn't said anything and even apologized to me."
"Ah?" Gu Qingqing wanted to put another piece of rice in his bowl, but because she was too shocked, she put it in her own mouth. "Did Sister Taozi say something to him? It shouldn't be like that. It seems that he is more biased towards his sister and won't listen to Sister Taozi."
"I'm not sure about that." The man picked up a crab and ate it by himself, also to prevent her from putting more vegetables into the bowl.
Xu Nian frowned for a moment and then relaxed: "It must have something to do with Bai Tao, otherwise she wouldn't have gone to the clinic. Did Yu Ruan do something to her? Otherwise, it can't explain Yu Cheng's reaction this time."
Gu Qingqing bit on some sour ginger, the sour and spicy taste filled her mouth: "Do you remember seeing her at the school gate this morning? She seemed to be a little bit off, her steps were hurried, and Xiaoyang was shaking all over."
Now she thinks back on this incident and feels that there is something wrong. Bai Tao is not the kind of person who is impatient. She previously thought that Yu Yang was crying because he didn't want to go to school.
Seeing that the two men were not paying attention to this matter, Xu Nian also shook his head: "Yu Ruan will be gone in three or four days anyway, so it won't take long to bother about it."
Gu Qingqing thought about it and realized that this was the case.
Nightfall.
Shen Sui was doing homework upstairs. Chu Dai washed the hawthorns and brought them to her room and put them on the table. Gu Qingqing sat on the bedside and reached out to twist one: "Did you really find it?"
"Don't you want to eat?" Chu Dai took out a transparent glass bottle from the drawer of the bedside cabinet and sat next to her.
"Lift up your clothes." The man closed his eyes slightly.
"Hmm?" Gu Qingqing was biting hawthorn happily. When she heard this, she couldn't help but pull the quilt beside her to wrap herself. She lowered her head, and her big watery eyes hid behind the quilt.
"Comrade Chu Dai, you are a father now. You should be patient. It may hurt the baby." She even said with a hint of accusation, "Haven't you heard that you can't have sex within three months? Not to mention two children."
Hearing her rapid-fire questions and her aggrieved tone, the man put his fingers to his forehead and rubbed it twice.
Somewhat amused: "What are you thinking about?"
"A warship is docking today. I sent a telegram to ask Chu Zhao to buy some things for me." He opened the lid of the glass bottle and motioned the woman to come over.
Gu Qingqing looked doubtful and said, "Is this what you asked him to buy?" But she couldn't help but move closer to him.
"Yeah." Chu Dai held the person in his arms and poured the liquid in the glass bottle into his palm. "I asked the female military doctors at the health center, and they said olive oil can prevent the growth of stretch marks."
Seeing her bewildered look, he smiled and rubbed his palms slowly, letting the woman lean on his arms with her head against his arm: "It's those red and white streaks that you're afraid of growing on your belly when you're pregnant."
Gu Qingqing understood now. She lifted her clothes and said obediently, "You wipe it."
The man's laughter was deep and pleasant, echoing in the night. He leaned over, his movements were careful and serious, and Gu Qingqing leaned in his arms, her ears were filled with his warm breath.
After a while, Gu Qingqing finally asked, "Brother, why did you think of bringing this to me?"
Chu Dai didn't know how he had the nerve to ask the female military doctor about pregnancy precautions and how to deal with stretch marks. His mind was filled with the worry that she would be wronged.
The female military doctor also told him that stretch marks generally wouldn't appear for more than a month, and would have to be at least five or six months later. He was just afraid of the extremely small probability of it happening, and the little woman would cry if she saw it.
"Because my wife doesn't say it, but she still loves beauty in her heart." The man pulled down her skirt and tightened the bottle cap. He didn't dare to touch her with his greasy hands: "Chu Zhao brought ten bottles. I will apply it to you once every day after taking a shower."
Gu Qingqing hooked her hand around the man's neck and rubbed his nose: "Brother, you are fine."
The man stared at her without blinking, his long eyelashes like crow feathers cast a silhouette under his eyes under the orange light.
Gu Qingqing couldn't help but reach out to touch his eyelashes.
The man's eyes were dark and unclear, and he suddenly said, "Why don't we sleep in separate beds?"
Gu Qingqing withdrew her hand and pouted, "You don't love me anymore, brother."
"I want to love you, too." Chu Dai lowered his eyes helplessly, "I just can't love you anymore."
Being with her was extremely painful.
Seeing that he was about to get up, Gu Qingqing held the man's arm tightly and refused to let go, looking at him aggrievedly: "Brother, it's fine if you don't want your wife, but you don't want the child either?"
The man was very helpless, "I just went to wash my hands, but you said I was a heartless man who abandoned his wife and children."
The woman lay in his arms and laughed, and finally kissed his Adam's apple, "Go ahead, the baby and I will be waiting for you in the bed, you are not allowed to sleep upstairs."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Chu Dai found that this little woman became more clingy after she became pregnant, even more so than before.
After a few days, the supply ship finally arrived.
Gu Qingqing and Xu Nian made an appointment to go to the pier together. Xu Nian walked very slowly, and Gu Qingqing, who was impatient, had to slow down with her.
"Sister Anian," Gu Qingqing hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively, "How about you wait for me here?"
Xu Nian lightly hit her and said angrily, "Well, you said two days ago that you wouldn't abandon me, but you changed your mind all of a sudden."
Gu Qingqing sighed, "You're not much faster than a snail now." She really couldn't wait to know what her family had sent her.
"Don't laugh at me. You won't be much better than me in a while, and there are still two of us." Xu Nian supported her arm and walked forward slowly. "I heard from Brother Ze that your Battalion Commander Chu also consulted a female military doctor about pregnancy precautions. He was depressed for a long time and felt that your man looked down on his medical level."
Gu Qingqing said embarrassedly: "He asked me if there is any way to avoid stretch marks."
Xu Nian thought about it and understood. She said sadly, "Brother Ze really can't solve this problem. He is not a professional obstetrician and gynecologist. He was also dumbfounded when I got stretch marks."
Now I understand clearly that he just doesn't care. Speaking of being a father for the first time, isn't Chu Dai also one of them? Moreover, he is a military doctor.
Maybe she just couldn't bring herself to do it, so she didn't ask the female military doctor for help after she got the stretch marks. If Qingqing hadn't told her that it could be prevented, she wouldn't have known about these things at all.
Seeing that she was a little disappointed, Gu Qingqing thought that Anian was also a girl and must be afraid of stretch marks, so she asked softly, "I still have a lot of olive oil at home. How about I give you two bottles to try?"
"No need." Xu Nian smiled gently and said, "Thank you, dear. It's okay. As long as the baby is born safely, I don't care."
Gu Qingqing held her arm tightly to comfort her, and this time she stopped rushing and walked slowly with her.
It took them twenty minutes to finally reach the dock. The wives of the soldiers brought a lot of things, including supplies needed by the troops. Old Zhao from the Quartermaster Department and Old Zhu from the Kitchen Squad asked the soldiers to help move things.
"Qingqing!" Chen Jiefang was not on duty today, so Lao Zhao asked him to help. "Here are the things your family sent, and the things you asked the captain to buy. I put them all in a pile for you. Come and see if there is anything missing."
Gu Qingqing originally wanted to look for it on the boat herself, but now she couldn't help but smile, saving herself the trouble.
She helped Xu Nian over and saw the pregnant sisters-in-law making way for them. Then she smiled and said hello to them, "Qingqing, what did your family send? There are so many things. You need to call a few more people to take them back."
Gu Qingqing smiled and shook her head: "I don't know what it is either. I have to go and see for myself."
As they walked in closer, Chen Jiefang pointed to the piles beside him and said, "This was sent by the Construction Corps, this was sent by the Southern Military Region. This should be sent by your mother's family, and it says Datunzi Village on it."
I thought my sister-in-law was joking at first, and that she should have asked more people to pull everything. But now she was dumbfounded after seeing all this. She was stunned for a long time before she spoke: "All of these are mine? Are you sure?"
"I divided it for you myself. How could I have mistaken the stamp of the Construction Corps? The troops packed it up and sent it over by train." Seeing that she didn't react for a long time, Chen Jiefang smiled and said, "Don't worry. I'll call everyone from the Corps over later and bring it back home for you in no time."
"Okay," Gu Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I won't worry about it. Eat lunch at home instead of in the cafeteria. I'll see what special products the Corps has sent over and cook for you guys."
"Tomorrow." Chen Jiefang squatted down and gestured at the package a few times, wondering how to pull it back later: "This big bag should be sent by Lao Yu. What special products can our Corps have? Eat enough potatoes and sweet potatoes."
Gu Qingqing and Xu Nian looked at each other and laughed.
Indeed, in the Corps, we eat sweet potatoes, potatoes, taro, and radish every day. Whatever can be stored for a long time is the most abundant.
The dock was filled with bustling noises. Xu Nian spotted Bai Tao with her sharp eyes. She patted the back of Gu Qingqing's hand and said, "Your sister Taozi is there. Why don't you go and say hello?"
Hearing the sarcasm in her words, Gu Qingqing turned around and looked over. Next to Bai Tao were Yu Cheng and his sister, and Yu Ruan was holding a blue cloth package in his hand.
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