Chapter 21
After staying on the island for two days, they set off for home. It was another long sea voyage. When Qin Yao didn't want to see any seafood and was drooling just thinking about the pickled cabbage, they finally arrived at the military port.
The pier was beautiful, and the sunlight was like an oven, roasting a warm fragrance. Qin Yao looked at the white clouds in the sky and felt that they were not white clouds, but poached chickens hanging one by one.
In her eyes, the flowing sea water turned into fat and lean pork belly, and the distant green mountains and green plants were dotted with green peppers, chopped green onions and coriander.
There is a person in red clothes standing on the dock, a little red in the blue and white, it is the red pepper that I miss!
Looking more closely, it was her good friend Chen Baozhen.
Chen Baozhen came with her husband Gao Jianguo to pick her up. Dr. He Guangzhi was beside the couple, and all three of them were looking forward to it.
"Be careful."
Getting on and off a ship is very dangerous. Someone once fell off the board and died while getting off the ship. After learning common sense over time, Qin Yao knows that jumping off the ship is courting death. When the ship is moving, there is a huge suction force at the bottom of the ship, which can suck people in. It depends on luck whether they can survive.
Elderly people always remind children who grow up near rivers or seas to stay away from moving boats when swimming.
Qin Yao took the initiative to hug Chen Baozhen. Even though she was still a little dizzy, she was very excited. The two best friends hugged each other and screamed.
Chen Baozhen lost her usual elegant music teacher demeanor, "Yaoyao, do you miss me? I miss you so much!"
"Zhenzhen, I miss you too." Qin Yao said this with a little guilt. Compared to her best friend, she missed some fat white guy more.
Pighead became handsome in her memory.
Chicken wings and duck necks danced happily around her.
"I brought you a lot of beautiful shells." Qin Yao shook the bag in her hand, "I made a few wind chimes for you."
"Yaoyao, you are so skillful!"
Qin Yao strung together a few wind chimes when she was bored. There was no other way because there were too many beautiful shells, some of which were not only picked up but also leftovers from eating. It is said that some veterans have more rare shells in their collections, which are the spoils of war that were "left over" in the past.
"Give them all to me?"
"I'll give them all to you." Qin Yao no longer loved these gifts from the sea. To her now, they were not as attractive as a bowl of pickled mustard tubers.
Chen Baozhen picked up a bunch of beautiful wind chimes and liked them very much, but there were too many of them. She glanced at Dr. He who was silent and shy beside her and took the initiative to say, "Everyone has a share. Dr. He, you can pick one. Yaoyao made them herself."
Doctor He blushed and said shyly, "How can I be so embarrassed?"
Today, he encouraged me to have the courage to pick up Qin Yao, and his heart was filled with anticipation. But when the person arrived, Dr. He didn't dare to look directly at the beautiful woman in front of him.
A few months ago, Qin Yao had a plump figure and full cheeks. Although her facial features were delicate, she had a gentle and naive look.
Qin Yao now is like a fully bloomed peony, with stunning beauty and gorgeous color.
Her voice is sweet, and when you listen to her speak, the sea breeze around you takes on a sweet smell.
"It's okay. Yaoyao gave it to me. Now I'm in charge. Doctor He, you pick this one. This one looks good."
Chen Baozhen picked up a wind chime and stuffed it into Doctor He's hand, making Doctor He feel uncomfortable. He felt bad whether to take it or not.
Gao Jianguo stood beside them with a wooden face, and he just didn't like Doctor He at all.
In the past, Bai Qiuling and Jiang Dinghai's family lived next door to his house. Although Bai Qiuling was a country girl, she was beautiful, could take care of the housework and discipline the children, and kept everything in order. Most importantly, she was a great cook.
Many people compare Chen Baozhen with Bai Qiuling, saying that he lived a comfortable life after marrying Bai Qiuling and that he was not as good as Lao Jiang.
It is said that he married a city girl, which gave him face but lost his substance.
Gao Jianguo felt very unhappy and demanded more from Chen Baozhen, and the two started an argument.
Chen Baozhen was at a disadvantage at first, and she was not right, because most of the wives in the officers' compound were hardworking and took care of the housework, and a husband like Gao Jianguo was considered a rare good man.
And ever since Dr. He showed up… Oh, this guy started cooking for us when we went on blind dates, saying that he was an internist with little work to do, that he went to get off work normally, didn’t have to do surgeries, went home to do housework at night, and would help kids with their homework in the future…
Chen Baozhen believed his lies and began to regard Dr. He as a template for a perfect husband, saying that except for career, Gao Jianguo could not beat Dr. He in any aspect.
"Men do put their careers first, but Dr. He's salary is not much lower than yours. It would be good for him to spend more time at home instead of receiving less allowance."
…
If Dr. He ends up marrying Qin Yao, it would be terrible! They are lifelong friends, but how long will he be scolded by his own wife?
"Xiao Qin, Comrade Qin, thank you." Doctor He held the wind chime and glanced at Qin Yao.
Qin Yao smiled at him. She felt sorry and planned to find a time to explain things to Dr. He. It was really impossible for them to be together.
They had already been rejected during the last blind date, but Chen Baozhen and Head Nurse Ge both thought they were a good match and kept trying to bring them together.
"Hey? This was made by nurse Xiao Qin. She has such a skillful hand. Sister-in-law, could you please give me one?" The tall and handsome Zhao Mingjin appeared beside several people like a kangaroo jumping out of the forest.
Zhao Mingjin's face is shaped like a long trapezoid. Although he is very handsome, Qin Yao always feels that he looks like a kangaroo, big and stupid. However, it is said that Comrade Zhao is very meticulous in his work and is a man who is very careful.
Chen Baozhen looked at Zhao Mingjin suspiciously, while Gao Jianguo's alarm bells rang.
Dr. He has a gentle and elegant appearance. He does not look the same as Gao Jianguo, nor is he the same type of man. No matter how much Chen Baozhen praises Dr. He, Gao Jianguo does not regard Dr. He as a competitor. Chen Baozhen does not like his appearance.
But the Zhao Mingjin in front of him was different. Zhao Mingjin looked similar to him, but more delicate, very young and handsome.
...Chen Baozhen loves this appearance!
As expected, Chen Baozhen looked at Zhao Mingjin with brighter eyes. She smiled and asked, "Comrade, what's your name? Did you just come back from a mission as well?"
"Zhao Mingjin, sister-in-law, you can just call me Xiao Zhao."
Before Dr. He could react, Gao Jianguo had already become nervous. Compared with Zhao Mingjin, Dr. He became much more pleasing to the eye.
Gao Jianguo's eyes swept over his wife's best friend "Qin Yao" quietly. After she came over, the quality of his and Baozhen's marriage life improved. At the same time, just like the bait thrown out from a fishing rod, she caught fish - the men she caught were all the type that Chen Baozhen liked!
When Chen Baozhen picked a bunch of wind chimes for Zhao Mingjin, Gao Jianguo gave Doctor He a look and said, "Doctor He, by the way, Xiao Qin, you just came back from the sea, you must want to have a good meal now, right? Doctor He is so considerate, tonight we won't eat anything from the sea, let's eat something that lives on the land, Doctor He and I will cook, come to my house and taste my cooking skills."
Chen Baozhen said, "Yes, yes, Dr. He's fried peanuts are delicious."
Qin Yao nodded helplessly. She said, "How about I cook it tonight? My dad is a cook. I'll show you my skills."
"Me, me, me, me!" Zhao Mingjin shouted, "Can I join your dinner?"
After returning from the sea, they will definitely prepare a special meal to reward their stomachs. Compared to having dinner with that group of stinky men, it would be so exciting to spend more time with Nurse Qin and taste her cooking.
Before Gao Jianguo could refuse, Chen Baozhen readily agreed: "Come on, let's have dinner at my house together."
Gao Jianguo: “…”
Zhao Mingjin couldn't help but be happy. He held up the wind chime in his hand and listened to the tinkling sound of the wind in the sea breeze. The sound was very pleasant.
There were five of them standing together, with two beauties of different styles, making it hard not to notice them.
Gu Cheng finished explaining things to the people around him and walked towards them. When Gao Jianguo saw him, he quickly winked at him and said in a low voice, "Captain Gu."
Saving lives is like putting out a fire. He hopes that Gu Cheng will take this shameless guy Zhao Mingjin back.
Gu Cheng walked over with the sea breeze against his back. He pressed down the brim of his hat, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and his eyes were fixed on the woman in front of him. After sailing for such a long time, she didn't look haggard at all. She must have stayed in the cabin all the time. Her skin was as white and smooth as a peeled lychee, and honey could be squeezed out of it if you pinched it.
Thinking of the kiss on the corner of his mouth and the soft touch of that hand, Captain Gu's heart seemed to be tickled by an invisible feather.
With so many people on the ship before, Captain Gu was concerned about his own dignity and didn't dare to pay too much attention to the women. But now he can finally look at them without restraint.
——His Yaoyao.
After getting through today, there will be one day less in the three-month probation period.
Gu Cheng suppressed the smile on his face, walked in and glanced at Zhao Mingjin and Dr. He, who were shorter than him, and thought he was "good-looking".
Gu Cheng knew from childhood that he was good-looking, but he didn't care much. When he was on the sea surrounded by men, he lived an even rougher life. Now that he has a girl he likes, he has learned to take care of himself like a male peacock spreading its tail. He gets up early in the morning and shaves carefully.
The military uniform on his body was also ironed.
"Captain Gu, this is a wind chime made by nurse Xiao Qin herself. She is very skillful and made it very beautiful. She gave one to me." Zhao Mingjin shook the wind chime in his hand, and it made a light sound.
His eyes swept across the wind chime in Zhao Mingjin's hand, passed by Dr. He, then looked at Chen Baozhen, and finally fell on Qin Yao.
Qin Yao looked up at the sky: "..."
Gao Jianguo coughed. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he felt that the sea breeze had become colder, as if it was covered with frost.
"Wind chimes?" Gu Cheng reached out and took another one from Chen Baozhen. "It's pretty. I'll take one too."
"No, no, this is given to me by Yaoyao." Chen Baozhen has always felt that she doesn't like the "ferocious" Gu Cheng. He is fierce and cold. Going on a blind date with such a person is as uncomfortable as going on a blind date with the director of the school's Revolutionary Committee.
Gu Cheng took it away without saying anything.
Chen Baozhen wanted to snatch it back, but she didn't dare to.
Gao Jianguo smiled and tried to smooth things over: "Everyone who sees it gets a share. I'll give you another bunch, that's just right."
Gu Cheng's behavior was very strange, but Gao Jianguo didn't think about it too much and thought he was interested in the wind chimes.
Compared with Dr. He and Zhao Mingjin, Gao Jianguo is most confident in Gu Cheng because his wife Chen Baozhen doesn't like him.
Gu Cheng raised his eyebrows and asked, "What are you doing here?"
"Captain Gu, we are going to my sister-in-law's house for dinner. Nurse Qin said she wants to show off her cooking skills. Please give us your approval." Zhao Mingjin said with a carefree smile.
As soon as these words were spoken, Gao Jianguo quickly winked at Gu Cheng, "Captain Gu, Captain Gu, help me stop him."
Gu Cheng gritted his teeth secretly and said coldly: "Then I will go there too later."
Gao Jianguo’s eyes widened: “??!!!!!!”
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