Chapter 62: A cold voice came from behind.
A cold voice came from behind.
Ye Tan turned around and saw Gu Zhao standing not far away. He was very surprised. Wasn’t this man working at home? How did he come here in the blink of an eye?
I don't know how long he stood there, his handsome face was so cold that ice chips were falling off.
Ye Tan walked over: "Husband, why are you here?"
Gu Zhao withdrew his cold gaze from Sun Chao, and his expression improved a lot when Ye Tan called him "husband".
He walked up to Ye Tan, took the net bag from her hand, and said softly, "We don't have enough nails at home. I came to buy some." He didn't expect to see his wife being harassed when he came.
Gu Zhao put his arm around Ye Tan's waist, his gesture full of possessiveness. His gaze remained as cold as ice as Sun Chao's. "Would you please stay away from my wife from now on?"
It was a question, but the tone contained a strong warning.
Sun Chao stopped pretending when Gu Zhao suddenly appeared. He stood upright with a look of fear in his eyes and hatred in his heart.
If Gu Zhao had not meddled in other people's business, he would have gotten Li Jinru outside the island that time. Later, he would not have tried to get Li Jinru to agree to his pursuit at the base. Without this, his uncle would not have been punished to protect him. Then he would still be the brigade commander's nephew.
Perhaps he has become an adopted son, with a bright future just around the corner, unlike now when he can only work as a small salesperson in a store, and the women who used to be attentive to him have all forgotten him.
So Sun Chao really hated Gu Zhao in his heart, but unfortunately he had no chance to deal with him.
Ye Tan didn't know the hatred in Sun Chao's heart. She just didn't understand why Sun Chao, since he was so afraid of Gu Zhao, dared to harass her. Who gave him the courage?
Gu Zhao: "Not saying anything means you disagree?" As he spoke, Gu Zhao was already rolling up his sleeves, even though his sleeves were already rolled up.
She felt that he was just showing off his arm muscles.
Sun Chao was indeed frightened and was afraid that he would really take action, so he was on guard.
He hated Gu Zhao, so naturally he asked about him in private. He also heard of Gu Zhao's reputation. He was usually quiet and didn't cause trouble, so he was relatively easy to talk to. However, if anyone provoked him, it would definitely not be easy.
A few years ago, someone said that Gu Zhaosheng's speed was due to his father who died early, and said behind his back that he did not live up to his reputation. Later, Gu Zhao found an opportunity to meet his parents on the training ground and they did not recognize him.
Afterwards, the other party made a public apology to the entire army. I haven’t seen this person since then. I don’t know whether he retired or was transferred.
Having learned from the previous experience, Sun Chao really didn't dare to provoke Gu Zhao openly. He had been secretly keeping an eye on him for the past two years, but he didn't dare to do anything actually.
Of course, it was also because Gu Zhao had no faults, so there was no room for error. Until he saw Ye Tan, Gu Zhao's beautiful wife, he felt jealous and envious, and suddenly had some little thoughts.
If he could seduce Gu Zhao's wife and have an affair with her, wouldn't Gu Zhao become a cuckold under his feet?
He had a sweet dream when he was alone, and saw Ye Tan also carrying out his plan, but he felt uneasy when he saw Gu Zhao.
Sun Chao cursed himself in his heart for being afraid of Gu Zhao. Could Gu Zhao really dare to do anything to him in public?
But looking at Gu Zhao's sharp eyes and clenched fists, his expression became more and more stiff. Finally, he showed a stiff smile, waved his hand and said, "Captain Gu, I misunderstood. I just wanted to help my sister-in-law. I didn't mean anything else. If you don't like me, stay away from my sister-in-law in the future. Well, I'll go back to work. Bye." After that, without waiting for Gu Zhao's response, he turned around and walked quickly back to the store.
When he got to the store, he was relieved to see many people inside. Mr. Gu Zhao didn't dare to chase him in and beat him up.
Gu Zhao watched Sun Chao's embarrassed back as he ran away, and a disdainful snort escaped from his throat. It would be a waste of energy to beat up such a man.
He turned around, took Ye Tan's hand and walked to the bicycle, let Ye Tan sit on the back seat, and was about to leave.
Ye Tan patted him: "Aren't you going to buy nails? Don't you want it anymore?"
Gu Zhao then remembered the purpose of his visit and turned to Ye Tan and said, "I was so angry that I forgot."
Ye Tan smiled at him, "You are too proud of this kind of person to be angry with him. If he is not in a good mood, we can find a chance to put him in a sack."
Gu Zhao: "That won't do. I'm an upright person and I must be open and aboveboard."
Ye Tan thought of his recent threat to Sun Chao, smiled secretly, and did not expose him.
Gu Zhao went to buy nails. Sun Chao, who was packing quails inside, was frightened when he saw Gu Zhao coming in. He bent down and hid behind the counter. Gu Zhao walked past him and went inside to find a bag of nails.
There was no Sun Chao in his eyes at all.
The two rode their bikes home. Xiao Li and Rongsheng had already set up the rack in the yard and were waiting for Gu Zhao to come back and fix it.
Gu Zhao climbed up the ladder and hammered nails into the wood. Xiao Li supported him from the side. Rongsheng watched from below and chatted about some work matters.
Ye Tan was not interested in this training, that zipper, or some other competition, so he went to the kitchen to clean up the dishes.
When it was time for dinner, Gu Zhao went into the kitchen and prepared a sumptuous dinner. Ye Tan also served his own pan-fried hairtail fish.
Looking at the three grown men at the table, Ye Tan asked Rong Sheng, "Is Sister Xiuxiu home alone? How about I call her over to eat together?"
As for Xiao Li, Ye Tan skipped him directly because he didn't even have a partner.
Rongsheng first thanked Ye Tan for his kindness: "My mother-in-law is at home taking care of Xiuxiu, and there are several children at home. It is not convenient for her with a big belly. It is better to eat at home."
Ye Tan nodded, and she felt anxious when she thought of Zhou Xiuxiu’s big belly.
Gu Zhao picked up some food for her and said, "Don't worry about it. Sit down and eat."
Ye Tan sat down next to him, and Gu Zhao immediately put the fish-flavored eggplant that Ye Tan liked in front of her.
Gu Zhao didn't care at all about the presence of the other two. Ye Tan smiled sheepishly, then gave Gu Zhao a gentle and sweet smile, "Thank you, husband."
Gu Zhao touched her head and said, "Eat well."
Xiao Li saw the interaction between the couple and felt a sour taste in his teeth while eating the spicy shredded pork. How can they abuse dogs anytime and anywhere? It's so immoral.
Xiao Li couldn't even enjoy his meal.
After the grape trellis was built, Gu Zhao and Ye Tan poured water on the ground and began to place small stones and pebbles on it.
Ye Tan doesn't like dust, so Gu Zhao spread it very densely. After laying a layer, he pressed it into the wet soil. Then he just had to wait for the sun to dry it.
Ye Tan admired the fruits of their two days' labor and said with satisfaction, "The whole yard looks much cleaner now. It will be very beautiful after we plant the grape vines and flowers."
Gu Zhao didn't quite understand this: "What flowers can be planted now?"
Ye Tan was stunned, she was really stumped by the question. She used to be responsible for appreciation and never worried about this. But thinking about the most common flowers on the streets in the future, which are available all year round, she said, "Rose."
"Rose, I've got that." Gu Zhao said, "Anything else you want?"
Ye Tan thought about it and asked, "Hydrangea?"
Gu Zhao didn't know what hydrangeas were, but he still agreed: "I'll take a look when the time comes and buy them if they're available."
Ye Tan heard that he seemed to be going out, so he asked him, "Are you going to leave the island?"
Gu Zhao said, "I have something to do tomorrow. I need to go to the station at the port. When I'm done, I'll pick up the barbecue grill and then go to the flower farmer's house to check on the flowers."
Ye Tan: "Is there a flower farmer in the town outside?"
"Yes." said Gu Zhao.
Ye Tan was unhappy and put her arms around his neck and shook him hard: "Why didn't you tell me last time? Otherwise, we would have gone to buy flowers then."
There is no woman who doesn't love flowers and plants. The flower grower must have a lot of flowers and plants at home, but she actually missed the opportunity to appreciate them.
Gu Zhao smiled apologetically and said, "I didn't think about it." Why would a grown man like him think about flowers for no reason? If his wife hadn't mentioned it today, he would not have remembered it for a moment.
Speaking of which, I've been saying I want to plant flowers and plants since I moved here, but I haven't started yet.
Ye Tan pulled his face in dissatisfaction: "Then when you go there, pick out a few more beautiful flowering plants for me that are easy to grow and stay green all year round."
It has to bloom beautifully, be easy to grow, and be evergreen all year round. With so many requirements, Gu Zhao felt that there might not be many suitable ones. But since his wife said so, he had to have one even if there wasn't one, so Gu Zhao agreed without hesitation.
"Okay, you'll have it when you come back tomorrow."
The next day, when Gu Zhao was getting dressed, Ye Tan pointed to the wardrobe with sleepy eyes and said, "Over here, there are new clothes I made for you. Put them on." After saying that, she fell asleep again.
Gu Zhao shook his head and smiled, then bent down and held the half of her white calf that was exposed. He rubbed her smooth skin with his thumb and gently put it under the blanket.
He looked back at the wardrobe, walked over and opened it again, and sure enough, he saw two white shirts hanging on the innermost part. He couldn't help but curl his lips and took off his half-worn one and put it on.
After putting on his clothes, he looked at himself in the mirror and praised his wife's craftsmanship. The clothes were made just right. He even bent down to smell them and smelled the scent of soap. He knew they must have been washed by his wife herself.
Gu Zhao felt happy and sweet in his heart. He walked to the bed, picked up Ye Tan, hugged her and kissed her, and said gently: "Thank you, my wife, the clothes fit me very well."
Ye Tan was dreaming and was annoyed by the kiss, so she opened her mouth and bit him because she was annoyed by the kiss.
Gu Zhao's brows twitched, feeling a little painful. To avoid being bitten again, he let go of Ye Tan and looked in the mirror. This time there was no bleeding, only a small tooth mark.
He smiled and didn't care much. It wasn't the first time anyway.
"Xiao Tan, I'm leaving. Remember to go to the cafeteria for lunch." Then he remembered the bad talk about Ye Tan that had come out of the cafeteria before, and said, "If you don't want to go to the cafeteria, you can go to Zhao Xiaoya's house to eat. Don't starve yourself."
After saying that, Ye Tan did not respond. Gu Zhao was afraid that she did not hear it, so he left a note on the bedside before leaving.
Gu Zhao came to the assembly point carrying his military jacket and wearing a new shirt. A group of people in military uniforms in front of him looked over.
He Xiangjun happened to be inside and was wondering why Gu Zhao was not wearing a military uniform today. During his usual work, no matter what he did, he always looked neat and tidy.
Others would unbutton a button when they were hot, but he would always button it until the last moment, covering himself tightly, as if he was afraid of being seen.
When the others came closer, He Xiangjun realized what was going on and asked, "Is this shirt of yours newly made?"
Gu Zhao walked into the team, adjusted his cuffs, and slowly put on his military uniform. He said lightly, "My wife made this."
"Make two for me to change into." As he said this, he adjusted his collar, smoothed the collars on both sides of his shirt, and finally buttoned up the collar buttons.
He Xiangjun took a breath, twitching his lips as he said, "Look at how proud you are. Isn't it great to have a wife who can make clothes?"
Gu Zhao smiled indifferently and thought he was jealous, thinking: It's really amazing, after all, your wife can't do that.
Gu Zhao was secretly showing off to his comrades in the morning breeze at the seaside. At home, Ye Tan slept until the sun was high in the sky. When he woke up, he saw the note left by Gu Zhao. Without hesitation, he went directly to Zhao Xiaoya's house at noon. Chen Xudong was not at home, so the two of them had a meal together again.
It was Ye Tan who noticed that Zhao Xiaoya didn’t have a good appetite today. She used to eat more than her, but today she didn’t eat even half as much as her. “What’s wrong with you? Don’t you have a good appetite?”
Ye Tan put down his bowl and chopsticks and looked at the half-eaten meal that Zhao Xiaoya had left.
Zhao Xiaoya smiled and took another bite. Seeing her frowning so hard that she could pinch a fly to death after taking a bite, Ye Tan began to worry.
"If you can't eat, don't force yourself. Is it because of the hot weather that your appetite has decreased?"
Zhao Xiaoya shook her head: "Maybe. It feels hotter than before recently. I feel dizzy on the way to and from work."
She herself couldn't quite tell what was wrong with her, but she felt unwell and had no energy to do anything.
Ye Tan held his chin and wondered why he usually did this. The result was boredom. Zhao Xiaoya also had to teach elementary school students and faced the same textbooks every day. Isn't that boring?
"I made a barbecue grill. Let's find a place to barbecue it later, right by the sea. We can eat while we fish. It seems a bit hot, but we can cook at home. I have a fan at home, so I'm not afraid of the heat."
Zhao Xiaoya had never eaten barbecue, so she didn't know what it tasted like. But from the wording, it seemed like something grilled over fire. How could it taste good if it was dry and sticky?
But Ye Tan looked very expectant, and Zhao Xiaoya knew that Ye Tan could not cook but was very good at eating and was quite picky about taste.
Because of her trust in Ye Tan's taste, Zhao Xiaoya also unconsciously developed a little interest in barbecue. "Okay, when? What should I prepare? If I have any at home, I'll bring it over."
Zhao Xiaoya was luckier than Ye Tan. When she moved into her home, the yard was already full of vegetable racks, all of which were gifts left by the previous residents, so her family had no shortage of vegetables.
Ye Tan counted on his fingers, "Eggplant, leeks, zucchini, potatoes, beans...all of these are fine. As long as you want to eat them, even roasted garlic is fine. Everything can be roasted."
Roasted garlic? Zhao Xiaoya was speechless, and the little expectation in her heart slowly became a question mark.
Can this really be delicious?
Barbecue was put on the agenda here, but half a month passed before we actually ate it.
Because Chen Xudong received a temporary mission to go out, he was away for half a month before returning.
During this period, Zhao Xiaoya's appetite was still average. Sometimes, she would suddenly burst into tears while Ye Tan was talking to her. Ye Tan was so scared that he reflected on whether he had said something he shouldn't have said and touched upon someone's sad memories. When he asked, Zhao Xiaoya herself was also very confused.
"I'm not sad?"
Ye Tan didn't believe it: "If you're not sad, why are you crying?"
Zhao Xiaoya sighed: "I don't know what's wrong with me lately. I suddenly feel like crying, and I don't know why I'm crying. It's weird."
She asked the worried Ye Tan: "Do you think there is something wrong with my body? Should I go see a doctor?"
Ye Tan felt that he could not be negligent, so he said he would go with her tomorrow.
Before they could leave, Chen Xudong came back. Zhao Xiaoya was so happy that she didn't want to go to the hospital anymore. She pulled Ye Tan to ask about the barbecue.
So the next day, Ye Tan tidied up the flowers that were sheltering from the shade under the shelf to make room. Gu Zhao moved out a table and benches and placed them under the shelf. When Zhao Xiaoya and Chen Xudong came over, they had a barbecue in Ye Tan's yard.
As various things were put on the grill, various seasonings were sprinkled on them. Gu Zhao also bought a jar of honey from the flower farmer and brushed it on the chicken wings and legs. The taste was simply amazing when he put it in his mouth.
Ye Tan took a bite and found that the pure and original local chicken wings tasted amazing.
Ye Tan saw the grape seedlings on the side and said, "Let's wait until the branches and leaves are full and the grapes are ripe. Then we can eat barbecue and pick grapes at the same time. Just thinking about it makes me happy."
Zhao Xiaoya also thought about it and found it quite interesting.
"But Xiaoya, your home is also very nice. The stove is a litre high, so you can just reach out and pick whatever you want to eat."
"Then let's go to my yard for a barbecue someday and experience the wild fun of picking and grilling."
As the aroma wafted out, the Rongsheng family behind were attracted over. The two little girls in her family drooled at the grill, so Ye Tan gave each of them a piece of chicken neck.
She and Zhao Xiaoya had already eaten one of the two wings of a chicken, and half of the chicken leg was also eaten, so there was no way to share it.
Gu Zhao and Chen Xudong invited Rongsheng to sit down and told him to eat as much as he wanted, as most of the food was caught from the sea and was free.
Zhou Xiuxiu also came. She sat with Zhao Xiaoya. Ye Tan was even more cautious with pregnant women. He carefully selected a roasted chicken heart for her and asked, "Your belly looks much bigger than the last time I saw you. Are you about to give birth?"
Zhou Xiuxiu stroked her belly, smiled gently and said, "It's only been about half a month."
Ye Tan: "Isn't pregnancy very hard?" It takes ten months. I heard that during this period, the spine will be deformed, the calves will be swollen, the belly will be swollen, and there will be a medal that will never be removed, stretch marks. It's scary to think about it.
Zhou Xiuxiu was expecting her fourth child, and she felt fine. Knowing that Ye Tan was still not happy, she said, "Actually, when you know the baby is yours, you don't feel the hardship anymore. You love it more and more every day, and look forward to it coming into this world healthy and safe." After saying this, she couldn't help but sigh, "Giving birth to children is a woman's responsibility."
Ye Tan does not think that having children is a woman’s responsibility, nor does she think that women must have children.
It's been less than half a year since she and Gu Zhao got married, but recently someone asked her to make clothes and she started urging them to have children, as if getting married without having children was something extremely unethical.
Moreover, some people, when they heard her reply that she had no plans to have children at the moment, looked at her as if she was crazy, and advised her based on their experience as people with experience, to have children while she was still young, preferably as many as possible, so that her husband would take care of the family in the future.
Others say that if you don’t have children now, you won’t be able to have children when you are older. A man will be without descendants and will be rootless, and he may make trouble with you when the time comes.
One of them also said that someone she knew couldn't have children, so her husband divorced her.
Ye Tan... let's not talk about whether she can have a baby or not. If Gu Zhao really wants to divorce her because she can't have a baby, she will just say, get out of here, I don't want you.
Marriage is not a joke, but in Ye Tan’s opinion, those who divorce because they can’t have children are not serious enough, and it is better for them to separate.
"Xiaoya, what's wrong with you?"
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