He had felt Chu Yuan's alienation and indifference towards him since he was a child, and they had few opportunities to meet. Chu Yuan was not yet a military district commander at that time, but only a field army commander, leading troops to fight everywhere.
He lived alone in the military compound. The uncles and aunts of the Chu family had never moved into the military compound, so he had to eat at various houses.
The ones who came the most were Guan Xun and Chu Zhan's family. These two uncles really loved him and treated him as their own son. Later, when he grew up a little, he stopped eating for free and ate in the military cafeteria, using Chu Yuan's allowance.
One Chinese New Year, Chu Yuan came back and found himself alone in the empty house. He felt that his father looked at him in a strange way, even with a hint of disgust.
A few years later, Chu Yuan was promoted to commander of a military region and became even busier. His temper became more controlled and he seemed quite amiable in front of outsiders. Chu Dai had seen him speak to his brothers in the army in a gentle voice, which was something he had never seen before.
In fact, he was beaten quite a lot. He was very naughty when he was a child. When he was eight or nine years old, he was bitten by a dog while teasing a cat. Chu Yuan not only did not feel sorry for him, but also beat him up.
Later, as she grew older, her heart grew colder and she no longer longed for his attention. At the age of fourteen, Chu Dai joined the army with Bai Yan and Chu Zhan. He and Bai Yan were assigned to the field army group, while Chu Zhao went to the air force army group.
After a few years, he found that he seldom went on missions. It might be that Uncle Qin took special care of him, or it might be that the military region was indeed very stable. He couldn't stay there any longer. He was afraid that Chu Yuan would laugh at him, so he even wanted to be an easy soldier and rely on his father's connections to get by in the army.
At the age of seventeen, he went to the Construction Corps and took Bai Yan with him.
At the age of eighteen, he personally delivered his brother's ashes back home and was kicked by Chu Yuan in the mourning hall.
He did not forget the disappointment in Chu Yuan's eyes at that time, and an indescribable feeling that made him feel extremely disgusted.
Fortunately, although he didn't like me, he was still willing to be nice to Qingqing and her family.
"Adai?" Chu Zhao patted his shoulder gently, "It's time to eat."
Chu Dai came back to his senses and found that Gu Qingqing was also looking at him with a worried look on her face.
He looked at me soothingly, "It's okay. I was thinking about going to the island. Let's go. Are you hungry?"
"Yeah." Gu Qingqing reached out and held his fingers, slipping through the gaps between his fingers and holding theirs tightly. "We've already decided to go to the island, what else is there to think about? Anyway, I'm here with you. Besides, Brother Zhao and Sister Anian are on the island too. Do you think they will get there before us?"
"Probably not." Chu Dai stood up and led her out: "The transfer order is to gather at the military district dock on a unified date. We will definitely land on the island together then."
Gu Qingqing was somewhat happy, "Then I can see Sister Anian on the twelfth day of the first lunar month?"
"almost."
Chu Zhao walked past them with the bowls and chopsticks in his hands, "Please move aside. Instead of helping to serve the dishes from the kitchen, you are blocking the way. You just married a new wife, do you really need to cling to her every day?"
Chu Dai glanced at the blushing girl, and the haze in his heart dissipated: "You will know when you get married."
Chu Zhao looked at the girl with a smile on her face and said, "Come quickly, or there will be no more seats."
There are really a lot of people today, one table can't accommodate everyone, so we just split it into two tables.
The brothers Gu Tiezhu, Zhang Cuifen, Chu Yuan, Gu Jin, as well as Han's eldest brother and sister-in-law, and Zhang's parents all sat at one table, while Gu Xiong and the younger generation sat at another table.
There was a charcoal stove under the table, so it wasn't cold. They were chatting and laughing at the table. Gu Qingqing focused all her attention on the man next to her, picking up crabs for him and then picking up braised pork for him. Chu Dai looked at the increasingly piled-up dishes in the bowl, feeling a little amused.
"That's enough, Qingqing." He put the meat back into her bowl and said, "Eat it yourself. I have some here. If you can't finish it, give it to me."
Gu Qinglie laughed when he heard this, "There is no way she can't eat it."
His foot was suddenly stepped on. He said without hesitation: "Qingqing! Can you be gentler? I am your brother."
Gu Qingqing looked at him in confusion, "What?"
Gu Qinglie raised his eyebrows, "It wasn't you just now..." Before he could finish his words, he was stepped on again. This time he quickly looked down and saw his brother slowly retracting his foot.
His eyes moved from Gu Qingqing's face to Gu Canyang's body. He seemed to be strangled by the throat. After a long time, he finally uttered: "Brother, am I squeezing you? Can I sit to the side?"
As he said this, he was about to move the chair.
Gu Canyang glanced at him calmly and said, "Be quiet."
Gu Qinglie immediately shut his mouth, and even the sound of moving the chair stopped.
Gu Qingqing made faces at him and glared at him smugly.
Gu Canyang raised his eyelids and looked over.
She quickly calmed down, sat down and ate her meal obediently.
Everyone at the adults' table drinks. Shi Rushuang and the others can drink a bit, not to mention Han Lianxin, who can drink a lot.
When she first married into the Gu family, at the wedding, she got everyone who came to toast her drunk. From then on, these relatives of the Gu family behaved well at the dinner table.
She drank Guagan wine just like she drank boiled water. Gu Tiezhu was so concerned about the wine that he often hid it for fear that it would be stolen by the second son's wife. It would be a waste of wine if she drank it in large quantities.
Gu Cai even specially fried some peanuts and mixed seaweed for them to drink with. Over there, there was a lot of noise and drunkenness as they talked about the changes that had taken place over the years. At the other table, there was the sound of people eating quietly. The only louder sounds were the sounds of Gu Qinglie slurping on snails and Gu Xiong eating rice with big mouthfuls.
Chu Dai and Chu Zhao ate very politely, and the guard Xiao Xu ate silently.
The meal took half an hour. After the women cleared the table, Gu Qingqing took her little cousin from her grandmother, held him in her arms and coaxed him softly.
Chu Dai sat next to her and saw that her expression was gentle and focused, so he followed her closely with his eyes.
"Do you like it? Give birth to your own child." Chu Zhao sat next to him, with his hand on his shoulder: "You are not a child anymore. In a few months, you will be 21 years old. You can have a child too."
Chu Dai reminded him: "You are a few months younger than me, and you don't have a wife yet."
Chu Zhao suddenly wilted and withdrew his hand: "I know, I know, don't mention it all the time, we're talking about you." At home, he was already annoyed by his parents' nagging, and now he felt like he had a heart attack whenever he heard it.
"When you give birth to a son first, and I give birth to a daughter, the age difference will be made up," Chu Zhao said with a smile, "Our two families are already very close, and my father almost treats you as his own son. Now let's arrange a marriage for the children. In the future, your son's father will be in the navy, his father-in-law will be in the air force, his father's father will be a military region commander, and his father-in-law's father will be an air force group commander. It will be very impressive if we spread this out."
"I don't think so." Chu Dai took out a White Rabbit candy from his pocket and slowly peeled off the candy wrapper with his fair fingers. "Your father is a military commander, and your uncles are division commanders, military commanders, and even a military district commander. Do you think that's cool?"
Chu Zhao: "Do I look like someone so superficial?"
Chu Dai also laughed: "Then my son would be such a superficial person?"
"Okay, okay, if you don't want to arrange a child marriage, just say so. We are brothers, how can I force you?" Chu Zhao snorted coldly.
Gu Qingqing took a White Rabbit candy from the man's pocket and handed it to Chu Zhao, "Ah Zhao, it's not that we don't want to, the problem is that we will definitely have a son, but you may not have a daughter-in-law! Now that you don't even have a wife, and you are talking about marriage here, who will believe you?"
Seeing Chu Dai's expression of approval, Chu Zhao was completely convinced this time. "I will find a wife when I return to the military area, and then I will be with you guys." He stuffed the candy into his mouth, huffing.
Gu Qingqing and Chu Dai looked at each other and laughed.
Chu Zhao went to talk to Gu Qinglie and didn't want to stay with the couple.
Gu Qingqing's hands were a little numb. She moved her arms and looked at the man next to her for help, "Brother."
Chu Dai looked back at her, his eyes falling on the sleeping child in her arms, and he understood.
"Let me hold you?"
"Yeah." Gu Qingqing looked at him without blinking, "My aunt-in-law fed my little cousin too well. He is a little heavy."
Chu Dai looked at the little doll in her hand, not knowing how to start. He chewed the candy in his mouth, hesitated for a moment, and stretched out his hand: "Give it to me."
Gu Qingqing quickly handed the little cousin to him slowly. She was very gentle in her movements for fear of waking the baby up, and she even hummed a little tune to coax him, imitating her grandmother.
Chu Dai suddenly felt that there was nothing wrong with having a child.
Zhou Man was originally chatting with Zhang Cuifen about family matters. When she saw the young couple in front of the charcoal stove looking at the baby tenderly, she couldn't help but smile: "Qingqing will be getting married later. In two years, we will both have great-grandchildren, my dear sister-in-law."
Zhang Cuifen was a little worried: "I heard from Qinglie that the conditions on the island are tough. I'm worried about Qingqing on the island. What if she needs help after she gets pregnant and we're not around?"
"Sister-in-law, what you said is wrong," Zhou Man shook her head. "Weren't our conditions hard back then? Yes, we had to work in the fields even when we were about to give birth. When I was about to give birth to Lianyun, I was still working in the fields. At that time, everyone was busy with the double competition, so who cared about you so much?"
Zhang Cuifen was still a little hesitant: "Qingqing is still young..."
"Look at the young people," Zhou Man put her hand on the back of her hand and patted her gently, "Adai is already 21 years old, and he is the only child in his family. Look how much our in-laws care about us, and even let Rushuang give money and tickets to our Shi family. We can't drag them down and cut off the incense of the Chu family."
"I have heard Tiezhu and my nephew mention this before," Zhang Cuifen sighed, "Our Tiezhu is actually looking forward to Qingqing giving him a great-granddaughter. He has already picked a name for her: Erya."
Zhou Man: “…”
She laughed dryly, "I also think it's a little early to have a child now. Qingqing is only eighteen, there's no rush."
Gu Qingqing didn't know that her grandma and grandma were talking about her. She leaned on Chu Dai's shoulder and watched him clumsily holding his little cousin. She couldn't help but tease him, "I thought Captain Chu knew everything."
Chu Dai curled his lips, "Practice makes perfect. When we have children in the future, we will learn it by hugging them more."
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