"Brother?" Seeing that Chu Dai hadn't said anything, Gu Qingqing felt a little panicked.
He wouldn't think that I'm trying to sow discord before I even get married, right?
Gu Qingqing couldn't help but tug at the hem of her clothes. While she was daydreaming, she heard the man say, "You're right. In two years, the older one will be able to join the army."
Seeing her cautious expression, Chu Dai couldn't help but tease her, "Who will manage the money in the family from now on?"
"Of course it's me!" Gu Qingqing thought about the meaning of his words and knew that if she agreed with him, she would not use the allowance to subsidize relatives in the future. She immediately became confident: "I can just leave you some candy and cigarette coupons, right?"
"Yes." Chu Dai leaned back lazily and said, "As long as I have some candy to eat, that's all."
Another half month passed before their marriage application was approved. Gu Qingqing arrived at the Corps on August 18th, and it only took one and a half months from the time she met him to the time they got married.
The whole troupe was filled with joy. Guan Xun waved his hand and set the date for their wedding banquet on the seventh day of October.
There were still three days left for preparation, and Yu Fugui was busy buying food and wine for the banquet. Political Commissar Xu had said that alcohol was not prohibited on happy occasions, and everyone except sentries and patrol officers and soldiers could drink to their heart's content.
Apart from training, Gu Qinglie has been helping to prepare meals in the kitchen recently. There are about 2,000 people in the whole group, and the cooking team is really overwhelmed to handle the feast for a day and a night.
Chu Dai's injury was almost healed, so he led two platoons to go fishing in the lake in the desert. Old Zhu from the pig farm prepared twenty pigs, and he looked like he was going to risk everything he had.
It was Guan Xun's idea to hold such a big event this time. We didn't reward them well after the last victory. Now that the wounded soldiers have recovered and are full of life, it's a good time to have some good food to replenish their energy.
It also boosts morale.
The Corps had not been so lively for a long time, and Sun Shufen and her friends were not idle either. They went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a few feet of army green cloth, and went to a tailor shop in the city to make a suitable dress for Gu Qingqing to wear on the day of the banquet.
The entire Corps was busy as always. The soldiers who went out for training did not forget to climb up the hillside to pick wild fruits on their way back. They wanted to help their sisters have a lively and exciting time under limited conditions.
Gu Qingqing can still stay with Chu Dai in the Corps for two months. At the end of the year, she will go back to the Southern Military Region with Chu Dai to get married and hold a wedding ceremony at her hometown. After the New Year, she will go to the island with him to guard the garrison.
They also understand that it may be difficult to see each other again in the future.
As the wedding date approaches, Gu Qingqing becomes more and more nervous. Chu Dai is the company commander and has his own house. The two rooms next to it are occupied by several platoon leaders.
Chu Dai's room was chosen for the wedding room decoration. His house was big, much bigger than Gu Qingqing's single room in the military family compound.
The soldiers who were arranging the bed grinned at his cot and said, "What should we do? There's no room for sleeping here."
Deputy company commander Feng Tianya smiled wickedly: "This is not easy. Just move a camp bed over and work together, and it will be done, right?" He kept gesticulating with his hands as he spoke.
"The deputy company commander still has a plan." They are very mobile. As soon as the words fell, two soldiers came over carrying a camp bed. They also went to the quartermaster department to get the bed and quilt. It looked perfect!
Everything is ready, except for Captain Chu and his wife.
Gu Qingqing has been a little confused these past two days. Everything has been arranged clearly by Aunt Yu and the others. She feels a little dizzy, as if she is walking on clouds, floating lightly.
At night, she was lying in bed, and when her fingers touched the man's photo, she realized that she was really going to get married.
I sent a letter home half a month ago to tell them the good news. I should receive a reply in the next two days.
She felt a little uneasy and worried. How would her mother feel? Would she think she was progressing too fast?
She thought a lot that night and didn't fall asleep until the late night.
The next day, before dawn, she was pulled out of bed by the loud-voiced Sun Shufen, "My dear, hurry up and get dressed. I will make a beautiful braid for you. Today you will be the most beautiful girl in the whole regiment!"
Gu Qingqing's eyes were blank and she yawned, "Auntie, there are only you, me, Sister Anian, and Xiaotu in the troop."
Sun Shufen smiled and nodded her head: "Okay, Auntie knows you are prettier than all of us, okay?"
"No matter what, you are the most beautiful today!"
Sun Shufen untied her shiny black braid and combed her hair from head to toe with the wooden comb in her hand, muttering to herself: "One comb to the end, two combs to even out the white hair, three combs to make the whole house..."
Gu Qingqing only now realized that she was really going to marry him soon, and her eyes were slightly moist.
It would be so nice if grandpa, grandma, dad and mom were all around. I wonder if my second uncle has packed the dowry he promised. And my third uncle, if we go home to have a wedding banquet, he will definitely be the chef. My youngest uncle will go back to the fields to catch snails and loaches, and my brothers will go to the river to catch fish and shrimps.
"Qingqing," just when she was feeling sad, she heard Sun Shufen say, "How do you keep your hair so smooth? Tell me later, and I'll do the same to Xiaotu."
Gu Qingqing burst into laughter and said, "Okay."
"Hey, why are you crying?" Sun Shufen saw her red eyes and was stunned for a moment: "Xiao Xu, quickly go to the canteen to ask my old man to bring some big steamed buns. The child is crying because of hunger."
Knowing that she was teasing her on purpose, Gu Qingqing pouted and pulled Xu Nian's arm and acted coquettishly: "Sister Anian, look at Aunt Yu! You only know how to make fun of me."
Xu Nian smiled warmly and said softly, "Yes, no one can make fun of us today, Auntie Yu is naughty."
"You are such a bad aunt!" Gu Qingqing echoed. Apart from her slightly red eyes, there was no trace of sadness on her face.
Sun Shufen was amused: "Hey, you guys are all here to tease me."
the other side.
The stoves in the canteen's kitchen never stopped burning. Several large stoves were used to steam steamed buns, stir-fry vegetables, and stew soup.
The weather had turned cooler in early October, but Yu Fugui was sweating profusely. He had a tattered towel with more than a dozen holes in it draped over his shoulders, and he wiped his sweat from time to time.
There are more than twenty soldiers in the kitchen squad. Today, they also called in external reinforcements and asked Zhang Chao, the director of the Quartermaster Department, to come over to help.
Yu Fugui was stewing potatoes and pork ribs. He glanced to the side and saw that he was chopping vegetables worse than the pigs raised by Old Zhu. His eyelids drooped and he said, "Old Zhang, I'm told that you scholars are useless. You can't even hold a knife steadily."
Zhang Chao moved away from him, not wanting to pay any attention to him: "If you have the guts, tell Political Commissar Xu and Military Doctor Zhao this. If they don't stab you, you'll be lucky to have the rest of your life left."
Yu Fugui was delighted. He opened the lid of the pot and asked the little soldier to put the food on the plate. He held the big spoon and served the food: "I am lucky. I can have a wife and children and a warm bed after coming to the Corps. Unlike you, Zhang, you can only watch helplessly."
Zhang Chao didn't want to discuss this with him. He watched the plates of potatoes and bones being brought out and couldn't help swallowing his saliva. "Old Zhu has really spent a lot of money this time. In the past, asking him to kill two pigs during festivals was like asking for his life."
"Didn't you, Old Zhang, spend a lot of money? The quartermaster went to the ceramic factory to borrow dishes and they refused to lend them to you, so you had to bear the pain and buy them. This is not like you."
"Come on, let's not criticize each other. In the past, when you stewed potatoes with bones, even dogs wouldn't eat the bare bones. But you had to cook those bones for two days, and you boiled the soup until only water was left. The meat on that handful of bones is enough for our army for a month."
"Am I that stingy?" Yu Fugui lost confidence in himself and waved to the little warrior to burn the charcoal in the stove more vigorously because he wanted to stir-fry some vegetables.
Seeing the green spinach in the pot, he couldn't help laughing: "That girl Qingqing has made our entire regiment and the people in the border town eat fresh vegetables. She held a banquet in the regiment. If I don't give her something lively, I feel that I am letting her down."
"That's what I thought, too." Zhang Chao put down his knife. "I heard that the head of the group personally went to the people's homes to buy the wine this time, so he can be considered as having fun with the people."
"Oh, Lao Zhang, you are amazing now. You have figured out 80% of the leader's thoughts. Hurry up and cut the peppers."
"This thing is nasty."
"You scholars are just spoiled."
"Speak properly!"
Gu Qinglie straightened Chu Dai's shirt collar and military cap, raised his hand and patted his shoulder, looked at him for a long time with a complicated expression, and then said: "Old Chu, on behalf of our Gu family of more than 100 people, I hand over the only daughter of the Gu family for three generations to you. Cherish her well."
Chu Dai raised his eyes and glanced at him, "If you don't threaten me, I will be nice to her."
"You've figured it out, haha." Gu Qinglie felt a mixture of emotions. He didn't think it was a big deal before because one was his brother and the other was his sister. But now, no matter how he thought about it, he just couldn't get excited.
It felt like his brother had stolen the only treasure of their old customer's house, and he felt very disappointed.
"Brother-in-law, I'm counting on you." He said solemnly.
"I swear to the red star above my head." Chu Dai restrained his expression, suddenly stood at attention, straightened his body like a line, and saluted him.
Gu Qinglie returned the gift.
At noon, almost everyone in the regiment gathered in the cafeteria. Fortunately, there was a lot of vacant space in the Corps at that time, and the cafeteria was built according to the standard of 5,000 people. Now it is no problem to accommodate more than 2,000 people.
Two hundred and eighty square tables, each seating eight people, all full.
Guan Xun was holding a glass of wine in his hand. He saw Chu Dai, who was dressed in a green military uniform, coming out with a girl who had red lips, white teeth, lively eyes and eyebrows, also dressed in green military uniform. He did not hide his joy on his face.
When he followed the old leader to fight everywhere, Adai was still a child. Now, in the blink of an eye, he has grown up and started a family.
Guan Xun's face flushed, and he looked at the daughter of the Gu family kindly, raised his glass and said loudly: "Comrades."
All the warriors present stood up, stood straight, and looked at him.
Guan Xun continued, "Today there is a great happy event in our Corps that is rare in a century. This is the first couple to get married in the Corps. Everyone knows this gay man, right?"
When the soldiers heard this, their expressions relaxed, and some boldly spoke directly: "Commander! This is our Captain Chu who has made great achievements in battle!"
"Yes, he is your Captain Chu, Chu Dai." Guan Xun said in a deep voice: "Some comrades have mentioned his great military exploits, but which comrade present here is not a hero who defends the country? The hardships you have endured and the injuries you have suffered are all seen by the party and the organization! The people remember them! You have defended the border town, so your relatives in the inland areas can eat and sleep peacefully. What's the problem with us old masters suffering a little? If you defend the border firmly, your descendants and future generations will always be grateful to you!"
Everyone present was overwhelmed with emotion. Chu Dai came back to his senses and led the applause.
Gu Qingqing admired these border guards from the bottom of her heart. During the past month she had been in the Corps, she had seen with her own eyes what they ate, how many battles they had fought, and how many injuries they had suffered.
The applause continued, and many iron-blooded warriors had tears streaming down their faces. Guan Xun raised his hand to suppress the applause, signaling everyone to stop.
"Today is a big day for you all. Your sister is marrying your company commander. You brothers-in-law must not be polite to him." Guan Xun glanced at the calm and leisurely man next to him, and suddenly had some bad thoughts.
As expected, Chu Daibo's calm face froze, and he looked at Guan Xun helplessly: "Uncle Guan."
Guan Xun laughed out loud, waved his hand, and ran to drink with Political Commissar Xu.
Chu Dai and Gu Qingqing kept toasting, and the warriors tacitly passed Gu Qingqing, and someone even stuffed a bowl into her hand, "Sister, go eat first."
Gu Qingqing looked at the bowl and chopsticks in her hand and the wine bowl in the man's hand, and exchanged glances with the man. Seeing the helpless smile in his eyes, she frowned and ran to Sun Shufen's table, leaving Chu Dai alone.
"Qingqing, come quickly!" Sun Shufen waved at her, pushed all the braised pork, braised pork ribs, and sweet and sour fish on the table in front of her, and said with a smile: "Let the men make a fuss by themselves, we just need to eat our fill, there is another meal tonight. These soldiers just love to make a fuss, leave them alone."
Xu Nian also silently placed the shredded pork with sauce in front of her.
The two little kids, Yu Tu and Yu Xu, had never eaten such a delicious meal before. They called out "Sister" incoherently and looked at the big red flower on her chest. Although they were a little puzzled, they quickly put it out of their minds and chewed on the big bone with their little hands, completely ignoring their words.
Gu Qingqing sat next to Sun Shufen and Xu Nian. She first served herself a bowl of rice, then scooped a few spoonfuls of potato and pork ribs soup onto the rice and started eating.
Seeing her like this, Sun Shufen was overjoyed: "No wonder Qing Lie always says you are heartless. I finally see it today."
Gu Qingqing grumbled, nodded, and shook her head. After she swallowed the rice in her mouth, she sighed, "Auntie, I'm really hungry."
After a busy morning, I got up and washed before dawn, then followed Sun Shufen and the others to the cafeteria to help print red wedding characters on each steamed bun.
Aunt Yu said that it would be better if she printed the steamed buns with her own hands, so she printed four or five thousand steamed buns with her bare hands. Yu Fugui and the soldiers in the kitchen were busy cooking and could not pay attention to her, but they still kept teasing her.
Gu Qingqing felt that all her thick skin had been worn out today.
They were halfway through their meal while others were toasting. Gu Qingqing couldn't help but follow the man with her eyes. He was surrounded by military green, holding a wine bowl in his hand, chatting and laughing calmly with his brothers. He didn't show any intention of getting drunk.
Sensing the burning gaze here, Chu Dai looked at her sympathetically and met her big dark eyes. The man raised his eyebrows slightly, raised the wine bowl and saluted her from a distance.
He tilted his head back, his Adam's apple moving, and drank the liquor in the bowl in one gulp.
The man poured the wine bowl in his hand downwards, indicating that not a drop should be left.
Then he smiled at her tenderly.
Gu Qingqing stared at him blankly, and when she came to her senses, her eyes shone brighter and her smile was as beautiful as a flower.
"Oh~ Captain Chu can drink so much that he needs to drink ten or eight more bowls. Brothers, make him drink!" Gu Qinglie took the lead in making a fuss, holding Chu Dai's shoulder with one hand and holding the empty bowl with the other hand, signaling the people around him to fill it up.
He wants to make Chu Dai unable to walk steadily tonight!
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