Chapter 253: Prosperity 253: No Way
After leaving the military hospital, Gu Qingqing was still a little dazed. Even the vegetable basket was carried by Chang Yue for her, and she hadn't even remembered to take it just now.
It was past ten in the morning, and the sun was getting hotter and hotter. Chang Yue put her left hand on her head and whispered, "You changed your winter quilt too late. It was already very hot two months ago, and you're still covered with a 12-pound quilt. How stuffy it must be."
Gu Qingqing said subconsciously: "The quilt in our room weighs twelve kilograms. The two kids often kick the quilt. If it's thicker, they can't kick it away..."
After Changyue's interruption, the misty feeling she had just had finally dissipated a little, and she no longer felt as light as if she was walking on clouds.
"Sister Chang Yue, I still feel this is a little unreal." Gu Qingqing held her arm and fell into deep thought again.
This child was unexpected, but she was very happy, though a little caught off guard.
Seeing her tangled expression, Chang Yue smiled and said, "Haven't you figured out how to tell Captain Chu?"
Gu Qingqing was a little surprised. Previously, the man did not continue to endure because she said it was a safe period.
Chang Yue smiled and said, "You." There was nothing to be embarrassed about telling a man. She knew she was pregnant before, and she held Xue Xu and cried for a long time.
After walking for a while, Gu Qingqing came to her senses and thought about telling the men the news when they returned at noon.
Chang Yue doesn't cook at home, and Aunt Xue rarely goes to the kitchen. Occasionally, she buys some sea fish bones or meat and eggs for her to cook, but most of the rest of the time they eat in the cafeteria.
So when we arrived at the market, Gu Qingqing was the only one picking vegetables.
She grows a lot of vegetables in her backyard. The climate in Nanyang is good, so the vegetables grow well. If they are not eaten in time, they will go old. She often gives some to her sisters-in-law with whom she has a good relationship.
I bought a fish, and as usual, some shrimps and some clams, which was about it. Although seafood is cheap, it is not easy to eat it often.
"Auntie, help me weigh two kilograms of lychees and a few red-heart dragon fruits." Gu Qingqing looked at the green net-textured melon and asked curiously, "What kind of fruit is this?"
"This is Hami melon. Have you seen it before? It's not a local fruit here. It came from the west. I tried to grow some, but it's not as sweet as those from there." The stall owner cut two small pieces with a knife and gave them: "Try it."
Gu Qingqing took it: "Thank you, auntie." She took a bite and it had a light fragrance. It wasn't very sweet, but it was quite delicious.
Chang Yue particularly liked it. The doctor told her not to eat anything too sweet, but this one suited her taste very well. While eating, she said, "Auntie, please give me two."
This kind of cantaloupe is not big and you can eat one in one meal.
"Hey! Okay."
Gu Qingqing also quickly said, "I want two too, auntie, will you still have it on sale next time?" Chu Dai doesn't like things that are too sweet, so she wanted to buy this new kind of fruit back for her family to try.
"Yes. Will you come again in a few days? I'll save a few for you." Hami melon is a rare fruit here, and the military wives who came to buy vegetables today have already bought quite a few.
"Come, I come here to buy groceries every day." Gu Qingqing nodded.
"Ask the comrade next to you. Don't you and I know him? We see him every day." When the stall owner saw that she had finished eating, he cut another piece for her.
Gu Qingqing was a little embarrassed: "You gave it all to me."
"I originally cut it for everyone to taste. After I sell the vegetables, I have to go back to cook, and I can't finish it myself."
Hearing her say this, Gu Qingqing stopped refusing and smiled and thanked her.
After buying vegetables and fruits, they went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a pound of lean meat and a pound of pork belly, and bought some spare ribs. Only then did Gu Qingqing go back with Chang Yue.
Worried that she would have to carry the heavy load by herself, Chang Yue helped her carry the other side, and it became much easier with the two of them sharing the burden.
Glancing at the overflowing vegetable basket, Chang Yue couldn't help but sigh, "You guys are really generous in buying this meat."
"The meat coupons for four or five people in my family are all here," Gu Qingqing said seriously, "I use the meat coupons of my two fathers, Chu Dai, and my brothers every month. Otherwise, how could we eat meat so often?"
The two little guys have to make steamed meat soup every day, the two fathers also have to eat some meat to supplement their nutrition, and Ah Sui is growing up, so the men must eat better when they go home, as they are very tired from training in the army.
Gu Jianguo and Gu Weidong were always worried that she didn't have a ticket to buy meat, so they gave her money from time to time, fearing that their two little nephews would suffer.
Chang Yue thought so too. In her family, only her father-in-law and her husband had money, so they could only eat meat every few days. So many people in Gu Qingqing's family were in the army, so it was not surprising that they could eat meat every day.
Soon they returned to the military compound. Chang Yue first sent her back to the Chu family yard, then took out two cantaloupes from her vegetable basket: "It's eleven o'clock now, right? I won't disturb you from cooking. My mother-in-law said she would stew bone soup for me at noon, so I have to go back early."
"Okay, I'll take you there." Gu Qingqing took her to the gate of the courtyard and said, "Thank you for the watermelon. Come visit us often when you have time."
"Okay," Chang Yue said with a smile in her eyes, "Next time I go for a checkup, I'll ask you to accompany me. It's a good opportunity for you to..."
"Okay, okay." Gu Qingqing looked around and saw that there was no one around. She said in a low voice, "It's not even three months yet. Please keep it a secret for me and don't tell anyone else."
"Don't worry, I understand this." Chang Yue winked at her and said, "Your captain Chu is really amazing. He achieved two goals in one move before."
"Maybe there's this gene in the family. What does it have to do with him?" Gu Qingqing's ears turned red.
"That's right, your two brothers are twins, so the chances of you having twins are very high." Chang Yue said, glancing at her belly suspiciously: "Then your baby won't be..."
"No way," Gu Qingqing was also a little confused: "The military doctor didn't say that!"
"You're only a month pregnant now, the military doctor can only tell that you're pregnant, but your pulse is too weak to detect." Chang Yue said, "You didn't tell the military doctor that your first baby is twins, so the military doctor wouldn't think about it that way. Tell him next time when you're a little bit pregnant, and ask him to be more careful."
Gu Qingqing suddenly frowned: "No, I don't think it's likely." How could it be possible that the first child was twins and the second child was also twins? Her mother gave birth to her after giving birth to two brothers.
No way.
She thought.
Chang Yue couldn't help teasing her: "How is that impossible? Maybe you will have two boys again this time."
Gu Qingqing: “…” Thinking of the two little guys at home, she started to have a headache.
It’s not that she doesn’t like her sons, it’s just that if there are too many of them, they would overturn the roof.
Tuantuan sometimes needs two or three people to look after her. If it weren't for Shen Sui and her second brother, she would really have no time to take care of other things every day, let alone cook.
The two fathers can come back to help take care of the children, and with Chu Dai, it won’t be so tiring.
If there really were two more, she would go crazy.
Seeing her drooping her head, Chang Yue couldn't help laughing. After thinking for a while, he said, "It doesn't have to be two sons. Maybe it's two daughters or a twin. The pregnancy period hasn't come yet. It's possible that she's only pregnant with one."
Seeing her frustrated look, Chang Yue sighed in her heart.
It would be great if she could have more children. Her home was too quiet before, and she liked the liveliness and noise.
Gu Qingqing thought about it and agreed. It all depends on what the military doctor says.
Chang Yue said a few more words of comfort to her in a gentle voice, made an appointment for the next check-up together, and walked towards the Xue family's yard carrying the cantaloupe.
Gu Qingqing watched her disappear around the corner, then raised her hand to check the time: 10:53.
It's almost time to cook.
She took out the fish, shrimp and meat from the vegetable basket and put them on the stove, and also took out the fruits, then went to the backyard again.
The vegetable garden was getting bigger and bigger. Shen Sui would get up early every morning to go for a morning run with Gu Qinglie. Then the two brothers would squat in the vegetable garden to pull weeds and press roots without Gu Qingqing having to worry about it.
When the men came back from the army in the afternoon, they would take the initiative to water the vegetables. Even Chu Yuan and Old Qin often took care of the vegetable garden.
The vegetable garden is lush and green, and there is no need for a fence. There is no need to worry about chickens pecking the vegetables.
Gu Qingqing squatted beside the vegetable patch, pulling a handful of leeks, and also picked some spring onions and coriander. The leeks were growing well, and they were a vegetable that didn't require much attention. They kept growing after being cut.
Thinking of kneading some dough to make chive dumplings later, she picked a lot of them, leaving the roots in the soil.
I picked some more green and red peppers, and that's about it.
She stood up with her hands on her knees and picked up the vegetable basket next to her. She was thinking about how to tell them about this later.
After returning to the kitchen, Gu Qingqing washed and cut all the vegetables and planned the menu in advance.
Steamed sea fish with scallion and ginger, spicy shrimp, stir-fried mustard greens with garlic, braised pork belly, sweet and sour spare ribs, and steamed red date meat cake soup for the two little ones.
The portions she bought were large, with enough shrimp and meat for two meals. In the evening, she would go to the vegetable garden to pick some cucumbers for salad and make some other vegetarian dishes.
After planning, find the flour from the cabinet below and start kneading the dough.
She learned how to make chive dumplings from her sister-in-law who works at the Military Academy. Before that, she only knew how to use leeks to make dumplings or pancakes. The last time she tried chive dumplings at her sister-in-law’s house, she was amazed by how delicious they were.
When she returned home, she specially learned how to make noodles from her second aunt. Now she is quite good at it. She can knead the dough and prepare the stuffing very quickly.
The men usually come back at 12:30, and sometimes they come back earlier, around 12:20. But now there is still plenty of time, so she is not in a hurry.
When frying chive dumplings, the delicious aroma overflowed from the kitchen. Tuan Tuan Niannian, who was watching TV by herself holding the handrail of the stairs, smelled the aroma and turned to her uncle next to her and said, "Chirp~ I'm hungry!"
Shen Sui nodded, and under the expectant gazes of his two little nephews, he said slowly: "Well, uncle is hungry too."
Tuantuan pouted and pulled his hand: "Ci~Ci Nien~"
"Speak more clearly next time. I'll give you everything to eat." Shen Sui looked down at the two little guys and said softly, "You are one and a half years old. When your elder brother was your age, he could recite poems fluently."
He didn't know what Goudan was like when he was a child, but he didn't mind letting him lie with his eyes open.
Gu Qinglie, who was looking at the training plan at the field artillery regiment headquarters, suddenly sneezed, then rubbed his nose and muttered: "Could it be that I caught a cold because I didn't cover myself with a blanket last night? My body shouldn't be like this." The blanket his sister gave him was really too thick, and covering himself with it was like warming himself by a fire in the hot summer.
"Report to the deputy commander, this is an order just issued by the military." The comrade in turquoise military uniform brought over a document.
"Give it to me." Gu Qinglie stretched out his hand.
At ten past twelve noon, Chu Dai came out of the Navy Command Headquarters. Fifteen minutes later, he met Gu Qinglie at the intersection.
Gu Qinglie directly put his arm on his shoulder: "I don't know what the girl made for lunch. I haven't eaten spicy shrimp for a long time..."
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