Chapter 61
When Gu Cheng returned home, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening. Except for the sentry post, all the lights on the road were off. He returned to his yard with a flashlight, entered the house, and did not go upstairs.
It was quiet all around. He sat on the sofa, with the flashlight lying silently on the table, emitting a yellow-white light, leaving a circular halo in the corner of the wall.
Qin Yao tossed and turned in bed at night and couldn't fall asleep. Suddenly, she heard some noise at the door. She felt creepy, so she picked up a broom and walked downstairs in a defensive posture.
Qin Yao was not afraid of thieves, but was afraid that some scary "little animals" would sneak in.
For example, a python hissing and spitting out its tongue.
Compared to the python, she would rather be robbed!
Qin Yao walked downstairs waving the stick. When she reached the bottom of the building, she saw nothing but a circle of lights, a little scarlet flame on the edge, and a strange black shadow sitting on the sofa at home.
Gu Cheng: “…”
He was holding a cigarette in his hand. A lot of things happened tonight. Gu Cheng was furious and returned home in the dark in the middle of the night. He was in a bad mood, like a bomb with a lit fuse, on the verge of exploding.
Considering that his wife Qin Yao was asleep, Captain Gu originally planned to sit downstairs to cool off and then go to the guest bedroom to spend the night.
Who knew that he was still angry, and Qin Yao went downstairs with a broom.
Qin Yao pushed his thigh with the broom.
Qin Yao: "Are you alive or dead?"
Gu Cheng laughed angrily. He put out the cigarette in his hand, hugged the woman holding the broom in his arms, bent down and kissed her lips. Qin Yao struggled subconsciously. The man smelled of tobacco, and their kiss was also slightly bitter.
Gu Cheng held the back of her head and deepened the kiss.
Qin Yao almost couldn't breathe. The Gu Cheng in front of her was too unfamiliar. In the darkness, his eyebrows were extremely cold, his movements were rough, and there was a seven-point lingering anger on his handsome face.
This guy also smokes!
Qin Yao's mind went blank. She wondered if she had been cheated. Before they got married, Gu Cheng didn't seem to be a heavy drinker or smoker. When they were together, she had never seen him smoke.
They are just like those men who said they don't smoke or drink before marriage, but go back to their old ways and start smoking and drinking after marriage.
Her father’s comrade-in-arms used to deceive his wife in the same way. He pretended to be a decent person before marriage, but became a heavy smoker after marriage.
"You bastard!" Qin Yao tried hard to break free from his arms, but her strength was like an ant trying to stop a tree compared to the muscular man who was 20 centimeters taller than her.
Gu Cheng hugged her, buried his head in her neck, and said in a hoarse voice: "Yaoyao, let me hold you for a while."
Qin Yao heard that there was something wrong with his voice, like his throat after screaming, and it was still hot.
Qin Yao was angry that he ignored his own health and was still smoking even though his throat was in such a mess.
She probably understood what had happened.
Qin Yao held him in her arms, and the couple snuggled together at night. Qin Yao sat on his lap. Gu Cheng's temperature was so high that Qin Yao was worried that he had a fever.
"What happened? Is it serious?"
Gu Cheng whispered, "It's all solved."
Knowing that he didn't want to talk more, Qin Yao didn't ask. After all, work is not always happy. Managing so many people is a heavy burden on shoulders. Qin Yao almost became a teacher, but then she thought that managing dozens of people would be too tiring. There would be this problem today and that problem tomorrow, and she would be so angry that she would get breast nodules. What's more, there were more than a few dozen people on Gu Cheng's side.
Such a comparison shows even more clearly that she has now got a comfortable and lazy job. The salary is not so bad, but the food coupons and meat coupons are all in quotas, so she can eat and drink as she pleases, and she and Gu Cheng can always save at least over a hundred yuan every month.
Qin Yao stood up and poured him some hot water. She asked Gu Cheng to take some anti-inflammatory medicine and massaged his shoulders.
Gu Cheng was calm as his wife held his shoulders. He was glad that he came here in the middle of the night instead of sulking alone.
With someone accompanying you, your anger will subside.
Seeing that Gu Cheng's mood had recovered, Qin Yao raised her head and patted his face: "Xiao Cheng, Xiao Cheng, I'll go upstairs later to show you the poems I wrote today. I wrote several poems, all when I was thinking of you."
Gu Cheng's heartbeat slowed down for a beat. Hearing this, the corners of his mouth subconsciously turned up, like a hard-working gardener who finally waited for the ripe fruits.
His wife also wrote love poems to him.
"Don't call me Xiao Cheng."
Did Gu Cheng wonder if his face wasn't cold enough? Why is this woman in front of me always jumping around in front of high voltage electricity and shouting "Xiao Cheng, Xiao Cheng" all the time?
He picked up Qin Yao by the waist and went upstairs to his room. Gu Cheng couldn't laugh anymore until he finished reading several poems written by his wife.
There are five poems, all celebrating the Lantern Festival, with a bowl of steaming glutinous rice balls drawn on the side.
——There is not a single line of poetry thinking of him above.
Qin Yao urged, "Xiao Cheng, what do you think of what I wrote?"
Gu Cheng glanced at her coldly and snorted, "Don't yell like that when you have a child in the future."
Qin Yao teased, "Call me daddy."
Gu Cheng raised his eyebrows.
"When you have a child, call you Daddy Gu."
Gu Cheng was overjoyed: "You can also shout a few more times now."
Qin Yao: "...You can also call me mom."
"Do you have any shame?" Gu Cheng almost choked on his own saliva. How dare a girl who was ten years younger than him ask him to call her mom?
Qin Yao couldn't help but say, "At least I nursed you."
After she said this, she couldn't believe that she had said it herself. This was probably because they had been married for a long time and had become more and more shameless, so she could say such things without blushing or feeling nervous.
When Gu Cheng buried his hand in her chest, she sometimes really felt like she was raising a big child.
Gu Cheng: “…”
"Yaoyao, let's make a little tiger girl."
Qin Yao pretended to be sleepy: "Be patient, Captain Gu, you can only produce a calf now."
Gu Cheng: "I don't mind."
"I mind, I mind, I mind..."
The two of them went to study how to make a calf.
The next day, Gu Cheng left very early. Qin Yao went to work leisurely. She had nothing to do in the afternoon, so she came back early and squatted in her yard to check the growth of the newly transplanted flower seedlings.
The two roses and hydrangea are growing the best. The roses have sprouted many buds and are about to form flower buds, and the hydrangea is growing very fast.
"Xiao Qin." Sister Zaohua called her a few times from the next yard, and said with concern: "Xiao Qin, are you okay last night? I heard from Lao Zhou that Captain Gu got really angry yesterday."
Her husband, Mr. Zhou, went back and smoked for a long time under the lamp. The couple listened carefully to the noises from the neighboring house, fearing that when Gu Cheng came home, they would have another quarrel.
"It's okay." Qin Yao thought of last night and felt a little guilty. The people next door probably couldn't hear what she and Gu Cheng said?
"You, just get used to it. Men all have hot tempers and they get angry a few times a month. Just ignore them and let them sit and calm down. We can sleep."
Qin Yao nodded: "Sister Zaohua, you are right. I should learn from you."
"That is."
Sister Zaohua was very happy after hearing this. Qin Yao was beautiful and her voice was pleasant. How could such a good girl be given to Captain Gu so easily?
Captain Gu cannot be said to be bad, but he does not know how to be gentle with women and just likes to mess with people.
"Xiao Qin, your flower is growing well."
Qin Yao spoke a few words to Sister Zaohua. She found that Sister Zaohua was smiling and had an inexplicable sense of relaxation all over her body. She spoke very kindly and loved to chat with people about family matters.
"Let's go fishing together tomorrow and catch a bucket of jumping fish. My husband and children love to eat them."
Jumping fish?
Qin Yao had never heard of this name. She thought that going to the beach meant picking up crabs and clams. Is it also possible to catch fish specifically?
"Where can we catch them?"
Sister Zaohua said mysteriously, "You will know if you come with me."
Qin Yao said: "I invite Teacher Chen to go with me."
Sister Zaohua was stunned. She opened her mouth but didn't say anything. The so-called jumping fish are mudskippers, which eat mud on the mudflats. They are very agile and will inevitably roll in the mud.
Would someone like Chen Baozhen go to the tidal flats?
After making an appointment with Sister Zaohua, Qin Yao went to Chen Baozhen's house and told her about this matter. Chen Baozhen had never caught jumping fish before, so she happily said, "Okay."
The yard of Chen Baozhen's house was recently tidied up, with green grass and trees, and chickens raised. I heard that it was all done by her sister-in-law Gao Yingzi. Since Gao Yingzi came, Chen Baozhen has been completely freed from housework.
Gao Yingzi is a very hardworking person who cannot sit still.
"My sister-in-law has various problems, but Yaoyao, I can tolerate it."
Gao Yingzi was very stingy and was reluctant to buy honeycomb coal and firewood. When she had free time, she would go outside to chop wood. Chen Baozhen tried to persuade her, but she gave up when she refused to listen.
Gao Yingzi was reluctant to use oil when cooking, and the meals at home were extremely vegetarian, but Chen Baozhen did not dislike her sister-in-law, simply because the steamed buns made by her sister-in-law were very delicious. She would eat the steamed buns with pickles every day and never get tired of them.
"Yaoyao, take some steamed buns back later."
Qin Yao nodded and said, "If you get tired of eating and want a snack, come to my house."
While the two were talking, Gao Yingzi came out with a basin of washed clothes to dry, while Jiang Xiaomiao, the sister-in-law of the heroine next door, Bai Qiuling, stretched lazily and picked a cucumber to eat.
Qin Yao looked at Gao Yingzi. She felt that although this girl was dark, thin and of average appearance, she was indeed hardworking and efficient at work. How could she be considered an "excellent sister-in-law"?
According to Chen Baozhen, her only flaw is that she is stingy. How can that be considered as the worst?
Chen Baozhen said, "Yaoyao, Lao Gao wants to introduce a date to his sister. He mentioned two, but Yingzi is not very satisfied with either of them. She has her own crush, but Lao Gao is not satisfied."
Qin Yao asked, "Who does your sister-in-law like?"
"A cultured person. Yingzi likes cultured people who love to write poetry. The one she likes, Lao Gao doesn't like, thinking that his status is not good enough. His sister thinks Lao Gao is a snob, and I think he is quite a snob too. The boy's current job is average, but it doesn't mean he won't be good in the future... But after I scolded him, he admitted his mistake."
"Someone who is well-educated and loves to write poetry?" Qin Yao suddenly had a bad feeling, but couldn't tell what it was.
"His surname is Pan, and his name is Xiao Pan. He seems to be also engaged in literary and artistic propaganda. Yingzi met him when she went out to chop wood."
Qin Yao was surprised: "Xiao Pan?!"
"Could it be that Xiao Pan from our hospital's publicity office?"
Chen Baozhen was stunned: "Yaoyao, do you know her?"
Qin Yao: “…”
She finally understood what was so special about this excellent sister-in-law. It turned out that she just had poor eyesight.
There are a lot of simple and reliable men here, but she just fell in love with Xiao Pan.
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