Chu Dai listened to her and was silent for a long time before he said, "Okay."
"Hmm?" Gu Qingqing looked up at him in confusion.
"Okay, let's have a baby." Chu Dai couldn't help but lower his head and kiss her, and whispered in her ear: "But you have to wait until the day of the wedding, so you have to be patient."
"Don't pinch me."
That night, the two of them whispered many things to each other, and only when the sky turned pale did they fall asleep in each other's arms.
Gu Qinglie knocked on the door and shouted for a long time, but no one answered.
Shi Rushuang seemed to be thinking about something: "Let them sleep for a while. There is no need to rush back. They can go back after lunch. Your grandparents need to pack up their things."
Originally, Zhou Man said that someone should stay at home to look after the house, and not all of them could go to Datunzi Village. However, when her granddaughter got married, she and the old man wanted to go, and so did her son and daughter-in-law. Not to mention Shi Qingzhou, who had been close to his sister since childhood.
In the end, I asked my neighbors to help feed the chickens and ducks, so that I could stay in Datunzi Village for two more days.
Come to think of it, apart from the weddings of their daughters and their grandchildren, when they went to celebrate the full moon, they never went there at other times.
I'd take this opportunity to go and have a good look at my parents-in-law.
The people who take care of the family are all the best.
Gu Qingqing and Chu Dai didn't get up until after eight o'clock. Zhou Man heated up the food for them in the pot, and went to the neighbor's house with a handful of corn kernels and broken rice, and also brought a bag of sugar.
I would like to ask my neighbors to help look after my house for the next two days.
After Gu Qingqing finished washing up, there was almost no one in the yard.
Gu Canyang was taken to the mountain by Gu Qinglie and Shi Qingzhou to pick mushrooms. It rained outside last night and they didn't know it because they were in the house.
My eldest uncle, my younger uncle, and my mother followed my grandfather to visit relatives in the village. My eldest aunt also went with them, while my younger aunt stayed in the house feeding the baby.
Gu Qingqing opened the lid of the pot and saw soft and glutinous steamed pork with rice noodles, stir-fried pork intestines with garlic sprouts, and a bowl of emerald green radish seedlings.
As soon as she brought out the dishes, Chu Dai brought over two bowls of rice and handed her the bowls and chopsticks.
The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
Gu Qingqing was completely relieved after hearing what she said. While eating, she thought about what she had said to Xiaoyu and Sister Qin Li that day, and couldn't help asking, "Brother, when did you start to like me?"
Chu Dai put a piece of sausage into her bowl, thought for a moment, and said, "It might be the first time you called me brother."
Gu Qingqing was stunned, "So early?"
"Yeah." Chu Dai smiled, and he knew it in his heart even earlier: "I thought this girl was quite interesting at the time. She called everyone brother, and I felt a little unhappy in my heart."
Gu Qingqing bit her sausage and blinked: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I thought at that time..."
"What do you think?" The man held the bowl and raised his eyebrows.
"I thought you weren't interested in me." Gu Qingqing said frankly, "Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, my brother sent me a photo of you and him and wrote me a letter in return."
"Did they ask you to deliver the candied green plums?" the man asked with a smile.
"How do you know?"
"I happened to be behind him when he was writing the letter and I accidentally glanced at it."
Gu Qingqing was a little flustered. "So you knew what I was here for the first time you saw me?"
"Yes," Chu Dai did not deny it and said honestly, "I recognized you, too. You look quite similar to your brother."
Gu Qingqing looked disgusted, "Who looks like him? I look like my older brother!"
"Good, like a big brother." Chu Dai touched him smoothly: "I heard what you said when you were lying on his shoulder that day."
Gu Qingqing felt a little guilty and her eyes wandered: "What?" She shoveled rice into her mouth.
"I'm here to find someone." The man reminded her, trying not to laugh.
Gu Qingqing had not forgotten it at all. When she heard him mention it, she took her bowl and sat in front of the stove. She picked up a pair of tongs to turn on the fire in the stove, and her face was still hot.
Seeing that her ears were red, Chu Dai stopped teasing her.
After dinner, I washed the dishes and put the leftovers back into the pot.
Shi Rushuang and the others came back from outside, chatting and laughing. She shook off the cold air and walked towards the kitchen. Seeing the young couple sitting together, chatting and laughing again, she finally felt relieved.
"Qingqing," after her son-in-law left, she sat next to her daughter-in-law and held her hand, "What happened with A-Dai yesterday?"
Gu Qingqing was too embarrassed to say it was because of the child, so she said vaguely, "It's about the marriage..."
Shi Rushuang just remembered, "Are you nervous?" There was no one else in the room, so she asked quietly, "Qingqing, did you and A'dai...sleep in the same room?"
Gu Qingqing blushed and whispered, "...No."
Shi Rushuang patted the back of her hand gently to comfort her, "Don't be afraid, Qingqing, you will have to experience these things sooner or later. Adai is a good child, and mother is happy that you can get married. Do you remember that you were looking forward to joining the Corps?"
Gu Qingqing nodded.
"Now you have got what you wanted, my lady." Shi Rushuang smiled and brushed up her hair. She said, "Mother has made you a beautiful dress. When the time comes, you will wear the beautiful wedding dress and marry your beloved in the place where you grew up. Everyone sincerely wishes you the best."
"You will be stationed on the island soon. You have to take care of yourself and get along well with A-Dai when A-Niang is not around. You should learn how to cook as much as you can. Even if A-Dai is willing to take you to the cafeteria, do you want to let your children eat there in the future? Although A-Niang's cooking skills are not good, do you miss the cakes she makes when you haven't eaten them for a while?"
Gu Qingqing nodded. Although the cakes made by her mother were always sticky and not as crispy as those made by Aunt Guihua and Second Aunt, she just thought they were fragrant, even though they were not that delicious.
Shi Rushuang rubbed the little girl's head, "Don't worry, there's still a lot of time. To be honest, when you were little, your mother hoped that you would grow up quickly because you were too noisy. Your temper is too much like your second brother. You can't stop running around and often fight with other boys. When you lose, you even act like a spoiled brat and ask your brothers to come over and support you."
"At that time, people would come to complain every day with their children, saying that your daughter Qingqing didn't look like a girl at all and would never get married. Your eldest brother had a cold temper since he was a child, and he got into a fight with the other person. Your second brother also bared his teeth and pushed the other person to the ground."
"Sometimes I wonder if your family is too used to you and is afraid that you will not be sensible when you grow up. I didn't expect that our Qingqing has become more and more likable as she grows up. Even your Aunt Guihua, who is a nagging person, has never said a bad word about you."
"It was also at that time that I realized Qingqing had really grown up. I regretted it again and hoped that you would grow up slowly and not get married so quickly."
Shi Rushuang couldn't help but tear up as she spoke. Gu Qingqing also burst into tears. "Mother, tell me who said I couldn't get married. Was it someone from our village?"
Shi Rushuang burst into laughter and poked her head with her finger, "What? Are you still trying to get back at me? You're not from our village. You're from your uncle Qin's village. You wouldn't recognize him even if I told you."
The two villages together have more than 500 households and more than 8,000 people. Shi Rushuang has been married into the Gu family for more than 20 years and she still hasn't gotten to know the whole family, not to mention Gu Qingqing, the heartless little girl.
Gu Qingqing leaned on her mother's shoulder and muttered, "I'll find out when the time comes when I ask my eldest brother."
Shi Rushuang couldn't help herself this time. "You are just spoiled by habits. Your elder and second brothers treat you like the apple of their eye. That's why you have this bad habit of being spoiled. You can't stand the slightest grievance."
"Mother, don't you have a habit of this?" Gu Qingqing smiled and rubbed her arm coquettishly.
Shi Rushuang couldn't do anything about her, so she straightened her face and said, "Mother has something to tell you."
"You say."
"Adai is a good kid. He is willing to spoil you. You should not always be petty and bully him. I heard from Azhao that your father-in-law has never been very attentive to him. The father and son have quarreled since they were young. His mother died when he was just born. He signed up for the army when he was a teenager and suffered a lot."
Gu Qingqing thought of the knife and gunshot wounds on the man's body, and said in a gentle tone, "Mother, I know." She would be good to him.
Shi Rushuang patted the girl's head with satisfaction, "Be good, just give him some of the kindness your family has shown you over the years, so that he won't be so lonely anymore. Your life will be more and more prosperous in the future."
Gu Qingqing nodded gently, already thinking about how to treat him nicely in the future.
He seems to have no requirements for food and clothing, as long as he has candy and cigarettes in his pocket. However, he has been eating more candy and smoking less recently.
Gu Qingqing was lost in thought as she thought, and only came back to her senses when Zhou Man entered the kitchen.
"My dear," Zhou Man said, "light up the stove. It's time to cook lunch."
Gu Qingqing responded, holding her stomach and saying, "Grandma, I'm still full."
"You young people, you don't sleep at night and don't get up during the day. Did you know that it rained last night?" Zhou Man lifted the lid of the pot and saw the bowl of food with a few moved chopsticks. She felt a little headache.
Why do these two kids eat so little?
"Is it raining?" Gu Qingqing was a little confused. "It was dry outside when we got up in the morning."
"It was blown dry by the wind." Zhou Man began to scrub the pot and prepare to cook rice. She put the rice into the pot, added water and simmered it for a while, then sipped out the rice soup and added sugar to drink. She then put the half-cooked rice into a bamboo steamer and continued to steam it.
Shi Rushuang said, "Qingqing's love of sleeping has been going on for a while. I heard from her second brother that she often sleeps until noon in the army, waiting for him to finish training and bring her food."
Zhou Man shook her head. "Who can blame him for his habit? Even though he likes to quarrel with Qingqing, if anyone says something bad about Qingqing to him, you can see if he will hit her."
"Well, he's impatient," Shi Rushuang said with a headache, "the two brothers are too noisy. One is calm and the other is impatient. The older one is unmoved by thunder, and the younger one doesn't have to run around everywhere."
Zhou Man glanced at her granddaughter and stirred the rice in the pot: "Now that Qingqing's marriage is settled, it's the turn of the two brothers. You have to hurry up and urge them. Once you return to the army, you won't be able to take care of them anymore."
"A Zhao said that there are girls from other groups in the army who like Can Yang. But I am more worried about Qing Lie because there are no female soldiers in their army."
Gu Qingqing comforted her mother, "Chu Dai said that an art troupe will perform at the Corps in the first half of the year. The girls in the art troupe are all fair-skinned and well-mannered. Didn't Goudan say that he likes gentle girls? I think there's a chance."
This time it was Shi Rushuang who was stunned. "No, your brother told you that he likes gentle ones?"
"yes."
Shi Rushuang was silent for a moment, then breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought your brothers liked you like this."
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