Chapter 255: I'm Thinking of You
Xiao Niannian was lying on the sofa with his butt sticking out, watching his brother play the Luban lock. When he heard his uncle's words, he stood up quickly and kicked off the edge of the sofa with his short legs.
Gu Qingqing couldn't help but pat his little butt: "You're happier than anyone else to hear that dinner is about to start."
"I'm hungry!" Xiao Niannian protected his butt and ran away.
Gu Qingqing was not that looking forward to dinner. Chu Dai did cook for her on the island, and she was pregnant at that time.
The food a man cooks isn’t bad, but it’s not very tasty either.
She slowly got up, turned off the TV, and then took the toy from her son's hand: "It's time to eat, Tuantuan."
The young guy is reluctant to let go of anything he gets.
When the mother and son arrived at the dinner table, Chu Yuan and Qin Zhou were already drinking. They were both in good health, and the health doctor had not forbidden them to drink, so they did not worry too much.
Gu Qingqing took a look at the dishes on the table——
Spicy stir-fried clams, smashed cucumber, blanched shrimp, twice-cooked pork and a plate of garlic lettuce.
I also steamed egg custard for the two little ones.
She asked suspiciously: "Who made these dishes? You? Or Chu Dai? It doesn't look like it." The dishes did look delicious.
The dishes cooked by Chu Dai looked and tasted average. As for Gu Canyang and Gu Qinglie, she had never seen them cook.
Gu Qinglie chuckled, revealing his two sharp fangs: "A Sui cooked it, we helped cut and wash the vegetables."
"..." Gu Qingqing was speechless, "You let a child cook?!"
"He's not a kid anymore," Chu Dai came over with two bowls of egg custard and handed the spoons to the kids. "He's fourteen this year, fifteen in virtual age. When I was his age, I couldn't even cook, I was already raiding houses and fighting."
"Then may I ask Captain Chu, you have fought in wars for so many years, how many dishes can you cook?" Gu Qingqing glanced at him.
"Just those few, you know." The man touched the tip of his nose, knowing that the woman would get angry if he said more, "I'll go call Big Brother to eat."
Gu Qinglie glanced behind him in confusion: "Isn't he standing right behind you? What are you shouting?"
"Oh, I didn't notice." Chu Dai was too lazy to pay attention to him.
Shen Sui came out after cleaning the pot. He was very organized and even Gu Qingqing admired him.
She is the kind of person who doesn't clear the stove or wash the pot after cooking. The men will take the initiative to wipe the table and collect the dishes after dinner, and washing the dishes and pots is also their job.
"Let's eat." Chu Yuan picked up his chopsticks first. Seeing that he and Old Qin had finished eating, Gu Qinglie couldn't wait to pick up the bowl and picked up a piece of pork belly.
"A-Sui... your cooking skills are amazing." He greasy-mouthed and said incoherently: "Why haven't I seen you cook before? Who did you learn from?"
Suddenly someone stepped on him, and before he could react, he was kicked again.
Looking down blankly, Chu Dai slowly retracted his legs, and Gu Qingqing's feet stepped directly on the horizontal bar under his chair.
"…Did I say something wrong?" he was puzzled.
Gu Qingqing has never seen such a fool. You knew it and yet you said it out loud.
"I used to cook at my grandmother's house." Shen Sui's expression did not change, and he no longer felt anything when he recalled the past.
He lived a very happy life with his elder sister and her husband. They did not treat him distantly just because he was adopted. They treated him the same as their two nephews.
He has fresh milk to drink every morning, and canned fruits, cakes, canned meats, honey and so on. He can take whatever he wants anytime without worrying about being looked down upon.
He has long been integrated into this family.
"Ah? Oh." Gu Qinglie then remembered that Shen Sui had been bullied a lot at his grandmother's house. He couldn't help but shook his head: "I always feel like you grew up in front of us."
Shen Sui's eyes gradually became warmer.
Gu Qingqing didn't eat much. Chu Dai saw her put down her chopsticks and tilted his head slightly to ask, "Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Or do you have a poor appetite? Is there anything you want to eat? I'll go find it for you."
On the island, she particularly loved sour food, and all kinds of wild fruit trees were almost plucked out by him and the dozen or so brothers from the Construction Corps who came there.
Gu Qingqing actually thought about it for a moment, "I want to eat cherry tomatoes." The thought of the juicy and sour taste made her appetite grow.
Chu Dai was silent for a moment, "Okay."
Gu Qinglie was sitting next to them. The couple's suppressed voices did not escape him. They were shocked and said, "Sour son and spicy daughter... You are not going to have another boy or two boys, are you?!"
Gu Canyang glanced at the two brothers who were eating the egg custard obediently and said nothing.
Chu Yuan was stunned for a moment. Although he secretly wanted to have a granddaughter, he also said, "Good boy, you can do any work at home in the future, so you don't have to work hard."
Chu Dai glanced at him, his rebellious spirit rising again: "Are you going to plant rice in the fields when you are old? Is there any work in our family that needs to be rushed?"
Chu Yuan snorted and laughed, turning the tables on him: "You don't like your sons? Or do you think there are too many and you don't want to raise them?"
Feeling the woman's burning gaze on him, Chu Dai was speechless for a moment: "I'm not like you. I don't even like my own children."
Listening to the father and son hurting each other, no one on the scene said anything. Seeing Chu Yuan's bad face, Gu Qingqing poked the man's arm and said, "Have you finished eating? The quilt outside is not put away yet. You and your second brother go and put it away together."
Chu Dai's expression eased slightly and he nodded: "Yeah."
Although Gu Qinglie's brain sometimes doesn't work well, he can still sense the strange atmosphere. He quickly finished the rice in the bowl and wiped the corner of his mouth: "Okay."
Chu Dai got up and went outside to the yard, followed closely by Gu Qinglie.
The dark sky is dotted with stars and the Milky Way is clearly visible.
There were the sounds of insects chirping in my ears and the refreshing summer breeze. The man had the advantage of height and easily took the quilt down from the bamboo pole.
Gu Qinglie held the quilt next to him in his arms, glanced at the dimly lit living room, and whispered, "Don't always argue with Dad. He's so old now, can we just give him some space?"
"Sure," the man said casually, "as long as he doesn't start trouble first."
Gu Qinglie wanted to pull his head back, but then he realized that he was holding the quilt and couldn't let go, so he sighed.
"Forget it, forget it." As long as there is no fight, he won't know which one to pull.
Seeing the man go upstairs, Gu Qingqing said hello to the two fathers and followed him.
Two thick quilts were placed on the bed in the empty room next to their bedroom on the second floor, and Gu Qinglie went to the balcony to collect the quilt covers.
"Are these two quilts in the closet?" Seeing her coming, the man spoke first.
"Yes," Gu Qingqing walked up to him and said, "Do you want me to help you?"
"It's a bit strenuous. Just stand by and watch." Chu Dai obviously didn't take what happened just now to heart. He spread the quilt flat and started to stack the tofu cubes.
Gu Qingqing looked at his slightly hunched back and wanted to say, "Dad actually loves you very much," but she didn't say it in the end.
It's not as if he doesn't know this, it's just that the father and son are both more awkward than each other and they can't talk properly when they are together.
The man's movements were very skillful and it was pleasing to the eye. The quilt was neat and tidy. She couldn't understand how such a soft and fluffy quilt could be made so neat.
Seeing him stand up, she quickly opened the closet door and waited for the man to put the quilt in.
After putting away the winter quilts, he started putting on the quilt cores for the summer quilts.
The quilt covers at home were all bought by Xiao Xu from the quartermaster department, and they were all in a uniform military green color.
Gu Qingqing stood on the other side, grabbed the two corners of the quilt, and shook it twice with him.
These two quilts belong to their room and Gu Canyang’s room. Shen Sui and Goudan can make their own quilts.
The two elders don’t have to worry about it, because Xiao Xu and the others know that the quilts need to be changed today, and they will come over later.
She followed the man and carried the quilt back to the room, then closed the bedroom door.
Shake out the quilt and lay it flat.
There is not a single wrinkle, it is very smooth.
The man stepped back from the bed and saw her leaning against the door with a sullen expression, as if she didn't want him to go out.
Thinking of what she said before about not having children in the short term, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you going to charge me?"
Gu Qingqing nodded and said unhappily: "It seems that you know everything in your heart. Tell me what to do."
"Um?"
"Tuan Tuan and Nian Nian are still young, and you are not at home during the day. I see that both of them are exhausted, and now there is a baby in my belly..." She didn't know if it was one or two, and said with a headache: "I can't take care of it."
The man walked up to her and looked down at her: "I remember last time you said, it's safe period, it's okay, just get pregnant."
"..." Gu Qingqing was choked: "How could anyone know that you were so amazing? Didn't Tuan Tuan and Niannian put in a lot of effort when we were on the island?"
After hearing the first half of her sentence, the man smiled with obvious pleasure, but it soon froze on his face.
It wasn't that long ago that I conceived those two cubs, it's just that compared to now... it took a little longer.
The man stared at her for a moment with his dark eyes. Gu Qingqing felt a little guilty and turned away: "I know I am also wrong in this matter. What do you think? Send a telegram to A Niang and ask her to come over when the time comes?"
"When?" The man's eyes were dark.
"Wait until I'm a little bit older and can't do it anymore." She sighed again, "It's too early now."
The man nodded: "All up to you."
Just as Gu Qingqing was about to speak, he grabbed her by the waist and lifted her up. She screamed in surprise and subconsciously grabbed his neck: "Chu Dai!"
"Don't worry, the baby won't be hurt." Chu Dai didn't want to do anything to her. He was just worried that she was tired of standing, so he carried her to the bed and asked her to sit for a while.
He placed the woman steadily on the bed. The man pulled a chair over and sat beside her, looking at her.
He hadn't looked at her carefully for a long time. The woman's big, round almond-shaped eyes were still as clear and bright as before.
She seemed to have lost some weight, her originally round face had a slightly pointed chin, and her skin was now a healthy wheat color.
"I managed to keep my skin white in the winter," Gu Qingqing felt a little embarrassed when he stared at her so intently. "I've been walking to the market a lot recently, and I've been chatting with my sisters-in-law on the way for a long time, so I got tanned."
The man nodded slightly, smiling as he said, "I don't mind your dark skin."
"So what are you thinking about?" she asked subconsciously.
"I think you look good." The man reached out and brushed the strands of hair behind her ears. "Next time Goudan asks you who is more like the big brother, I will definitely stand on your side without hesitation."
Gu Qingqing: “…” If she hadn’t seen the mocking smile in his eyes, she would have almost believed his lies.
She moved forward a little and leaned on the man's shoulder: "Now tell me, who is more like a big brother, me or Goudan? Brother~"
"Goudan." The man didn't even blink, and the smile on his lips became more and more intense.
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