At half past nine, Chu Dai brought Gu Qingqing to the dock. There were a lot of people there, and it looked like a battalion of soldiers.
Because of the change in organization, the military uniforms had not been issued yet, so he was wearing the regular army uniform.
"Sister Anian!" Gu Qingqing was sharp-eyed and saw the quiet Xu Nian next to Zhao Ze. She said to the man, "I'm going to chat with Sister Anian." Then she ran away.
Chu Dai was holding two bags in his hands and was about to walk towards Zhao Ze when someone suddenly spoke up, "Captain Chu."
He glanced sideways, looking at the square-faced man with thick eyebrows and big eyes in front of him, and remembered the man's identity, "Captain Zhang."
The two belonged to the same Northern Corps, but were stationed in different places: he was in the Jianshe Corps and Zhang Jianshe was in the Central Land Corps.
Gu Qinglie had also met him and joked, "This name should be used for our Construction Corps."
So Chu Dai was deeply impressed by him.
Zhang Jianshe patted his shoulder and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, at least half a year. I didn't expect you to come to the island."
Chu Dai nodded, "We can go anywhere if the troops need us."
"Captain Chu has a very high level of ideological awareness." Zhang Jianshe didn't care much.
The last time the two corps joined forces to fight the enemy, they had different opinions on the battle plan. The leader adopted Chu Dai's plan, but he was still dissatisfied and thought about discussing it with the leader again when he had time.
I thought there was no chance after landing on the island, but who knew that someone would come to my doorstep.
"Company commander." A dozen soldiers came over from a distance and saluted him. They were all selected by the Construction Corps to go to the island with them.
Chu Dai put down his luggage bag and straightened up to return the greeting.
Gu Qingqing and Xu Nian talked about family matters for a while. Seeing that there were many sisters-in-law who followed the army on the dock, she asked curiously, "Sister Anian, aren't the conditions on the island harsh? Why are there so many people on the island?" Some of them were even bringing their children.
Xu Nian explained softly, "There is no need for tickets to transport supplies on the island. Just pay the money and ask the supply ship to bring whatever you need. I listened to their conversation just now and they said that every soldier can be assigned a separate yard."
The island is very spacious and has a large area. When the houses were first built, more houses were built. Now there is only one camp of 270 people on the island. There is no need to live in crowded conditions. It will not be so good for people who come to the island in the future.
The wife of the soldier who followed the army thought that since the army provided food, she might as well take her baby with her.
Gu Qingqing nodded, not quite understanding, "Does that mean that life on the island isn't that hard?" At least there's people to chat with every day and it's quite lively.
I originally thought that she and Sister Anian were the only ones accompanying the army, but I didn't expect there were forty or fifty other military wives.
"I don't know about that." Xu Nian subconsciously held her stomach, "It's here now, I can only bear it, whether it's good or bad."
Zhao Ze, who was standing next to them, had not interrupted the two sisters' conversation, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but say, "I'm sorry for making you and your child suffer with me."
Xu Nian pursed her lips, smiled and shook her head. Gu Qingqing looked around and saw familiar faces from several regiments. The soldiers there also happily raised their hands to greet her.
Nothing else, just seeing the girl happy.
At ten o'clock, the warship docked, and the soldiers of the Corps Military Region, led by the company commander, boarded the ship in an orderly manner.
Gu Qingqing followed Xu Nian, with Chu Dai and Zhao Ze in front of her, and the brothers from the Corps behind her. She was very curious about boarding the warship, but was not allowed to walk around freely, so they stayed in a fixed room in the ship.
There were iron beds with upper and lower bunks stacked neatly on them, and the sheets were so rough that Gu Qingqing was afraid of leaving marks when she sat on them.
Chu Dai and Zhao Ze went to another place. Gu Qingqing chatted with Xu Nian boredly, looking at the calm sea outside through the porthole.
"Sister Anian, how many months have you been here?"
"It's almost three months." Xu Nian touched her belly with a loving look in her eyes: "When do you and Captain Chu plan to have a baby?"
"…It's too early." Gu Qingqing blushed. "He told me to get used to the island first, and then have a baby after I have no problem with the diet."
"Captain Chu is very thoughtful. He feels sorry for you." Xu Nian is a quiet person to begin with, and now that she is pregnant, she looks even gentler.
Gu Qingqing looked at her slightly pregnant belly and asked, "Sister Anian, can I touch it?"
"Of course." Xu Nian sat closer to her so that she could reach out more easily.
Gu Qingqing stretched out her hand cautiously, but before it touched her belly, she quickly withdrew her hand.
Xu Nian chuckled, pulled her hand over and placed it on her belly.
It was early spring, and she was wearing a thin shirt that was quite thick, but Gu Qingqing was still very curious. She put her hand on her belly and stroked it carefully: "Does the little baby know that I am touching him?"
"I don't know if she knows." Xu Nian asked with a smile: "Do you think the baby in my sister's belly is a boy or a girl?"
"A boy, maybe." Gu Qingqing thought about her family's situation and felt that the chances of having a boy were particularly high. "It doesn't matter whether it's a boy or a girl. A boy can join the army like Brother Zhao, and a girl will be like Sister Anian, gentle and quiet. My second brother said that men prefer gentle girls."
"That's not necessarily true. Captain Chu likes you very much." Xu Nian smiled and shook his head.
Chu Dai and Zhao Ze changed into their newly-received Type 65 naval uniforms and pushed the door open.
Seeing the interaction between the two women, and the joy in Gu Qingqing's eyes when she carefully touched Xu Nian's belly, Zhao Ze nudged the man next to him with his elbow and raised his chin towards them: "Sister Qingqing likes babies very much, don't you plan to have one? Maybe we can even become in-laws."
"Let's leave this good thing to others." Chu Dai rubbed his nose and said, "Do you still have the box of stuff you gave me last time? Give me a few more boxes when we get to the island."
"What?" Zhao Ze asked subconsciously. When he met the man's "you understand" gaze, he came to his senses, "Oh, that, why do you want so many, don't you want to keep them for your offspring? No, if you want so many, you will die."
For the first time, Chu Dai discovered that this boy with glasses was also quite vicious. "You have been using knives too much recently, so you are so angry."
Zhao Ze directly hit him on the shoulder and said, "I learned this from you. Every time you leave the battlefield, you act like a killer. Your eyes are like knives. I always thought that after you finish killing the enemy, you want to kill your comrades, including Lao Guan."
Chu Dai's mouth twitched slightly, and he slowly uttered three words -
"Bullshit."
Their movements attracted the attention of a group of military wives, and they started chatting again.
Gu Qingqing's eyes widened when she saw the man in the neat military uniform.
Their navy uniforms are Zhongshan suit-style, ship-gray in color, and look particularly upright and spirited.
The military cap is the same as the Army's, with the five-star cap badge used by all three services.
"Brother, Brother Zhao!" Gu Qingqing withdrew her hand and asked them to come over and sit down.
When Chu Dai came to her side, her eyes seemed to be glued to him and she couldn't look enough at him.
Zhao Ze held his wife's shoulders and asked her to sit inside to eat. He sat on the edge of the bed and teased the two of them: "It's been almost half a month since you came back from the Corps. Don't you feel bored with being together every day?"
"What about you?" Gu Qingqing retorted without hesitation: "You and Sister Anian already have a child, but you still follow her eagerly."
"It's different for me, sister. I'm a man, so it's okay for me to take the initiative. You're a girl, so it's up to Old Chu to take the initiative."
"I'm fine," Gu Qingqing snorted, "I'm thick-skinned."
Not only did Zhao Ze chuckle, Chu Dai also curled the corners of his lips, adjusted his sitting position so that she leaned on his shoulders and supported her body.
It was the first time that Xu Nian heard a girl say that she was thick-skinned. Seeing Captain Chu looking at her with loving eyes, she was happy for Qingqing.
She thought that if she were a man, she would also like Qingqing, who was quirky, straightforward and frank. Fortunately, she had Qingqing in the Corps, so she would not be bored alone in the room.
She went to bed late at night and got up early in the morning. Gu Qingqing leaned on the man's arm. Soon her eyelids became heavy and she felt sleepy.
There were more and more people in the room, about twenty people, and the sound of their conversations made her head sink and hit it on the man's hard shoulder.
Seeing Chu Dai holding her head with his hand, Zhao Ze said "tsk" meaningfully: "Old Chu, you have to be moderate. It hasn't been long since the box was sold out. You have to take care of your body. I heard that there is something called oysters on the island that is very nutritious. I'll get you some when the time comes, so that you don't have to come to me for kidney deficiency in the future."
"I don't have all the medicines on hand." He said in distress.
Chu Dai thought back to when he was in the Corps. He wanted to stay in her room for a while longer, but the two people working next door refused to keep him.
The contempt in his eyes was evident, and the man sneered: "You? Keep it for yourself."
Zhao Ze snorted and pointed at Xu Nian's belly, "When my baby was born, yours was still nowhere to be seen, Captain Chu, be more careful."
Xu Nian became angry and slapped his hand away.
After being in the Corps for a long time, I realized that the men in the army usually look serious, but in fact they are not serious in private.
Chu Dai turned away, too lazy to talk to him.
Gu Qingqing slept for half of the journey. If she hadn't wanted to go to the toilet, she could have slept a little longer.
Xu Nian and Zhao Ze went to another bunk room. When he saw the woman woke up, he whispered, "Are you feeling unwell again?"
Gu Qingqing shook her head embarrassedly and whispered, "No, I want to go to the bathroom, but I don't know where it is."
"I'll take you there." Chu Dai stood up, holding her hand and walking out.
A military wife murmured: "You are in the army, and you don't pay attention to the impact."
Someone beside her tugged at the corner of her clothes and reminded her, "Didn't you notice the military uniform of that man just now?"
"Huh? What's wrong?" The military wife was puzzled.
"Four pockets."
This time the military wife understood, and she kept muttering: "...Such a young officer..."
Gu Qingqing went to the restroom, and Chu Dai stood guard at the door, looking out over the railing at the sea.
She went in for a while, and when she came out her ears were red and about to bleed, "Brother..."
"Hmm?" Chu Dai looked back and saw her embarrassed look. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "What's wrong?"
"I want to change that...bag that you put in another room." Gu Qingqing didn't dare to look directly into his clear eyes.
The man smiled suddenly and rubbed her head: "Wait, I'll get it. Where did you put it?"
"...side pocket." The woman almost covered her face.
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