"Oh, by the way, Qingshan's comrade-in-arms sent a big package from the Northeast. It contains some ginseng and ganoderma lucidum. Go back and give some to your mother. Ask her to put some in the soup."
Fu Bailu and Chen Yubing have a good relationship, so if there is something good, she will definitely remember to save a portion for Chen Yubing.
"After all, his former comrades always send things to us." Qiao Xinyi called Fu Qingshan, "Copy their addresses for me. It just so happens that my unit is on holiday. If you have time tomorrow, you can go buy some things and mail them some local specialties."
"That's good. We can eat and not go back." Fu Bailu nodded in agreement. "Let's go to that commune joint market tomorrow?"
The commune joint market was only approved in December. Qiao Xinyi had never been there, but Fu Bailu had been there twice and said it was very lively, a bit like the lively fairs of the past.
The commune joint market is what Qiao Xinyi suggested at the beginning. It is a market composed of various villages and communes. Every village can have a stall in the market as long as it applies.
Residents nearby buy fresher and cheaper fruits and vegetables in this market.
"Doesn't Xinyi love winter bamboo shoots? Winter bamboo shoots stewed with pork ribs is the sweetest." After Fu Bailu finished speaking, she asked the two children and Qiao Yunbai, "Do you want to go together?"
"Yes! Yes!" the two children nodded impatiently.
Qiao Yunbai also nodded repeatedly. He had wanted to go for a long time.
"By the way, let's ask if there are any dried bamboo shoots. If there are, let's buy more and send them to our comrades in Qingshan. There are few bamboos in the north, so there may not be bamboo shoots, let alone dried bamboo shoots." Fu Bailu thought, "Then let's go to the market near the fishing village to buy more dried seafood."
"Then we have to borrow the company's car and drive there when the time comes." Qiao Xinyi knew that the market near the fishing village that Fu Bailu mentioned was about two hours' drive from the provincial capital.
Although there is a shuttle bus going there, it is very troublesome to change buses. It would be better for her to drive there directly. This way, no matter how much she buys, she doesn't have to worry about not being able to carry it back.
"Sister, can you drive while you're pregnant?" Qiao Yunbai looked at Qiao Xinyi's belly worriedly.
No one doubted whether Qiao Xinyi could drive, but they were worried about whether Qiao Xinyi could drive while pregnant.
"Oh, how strange it is, a pregnant woman still needs to breathe, a pregnant woman still needs to eat, a pregnant woman still needs to ride in a car!" Qiao Xinyi said, reaching out to touch Qiao Yunbai's forehead.
Fu Linzhou and Fu Zeyu covered their mouths and hid behind Qiao Yunbai, laughing.
Fu Bailu was amused by Qiao Xinyi's strange words.
"Big sister, you've got my head pierced through. I'm worried about you." Qiao Yunbai rubbed his head, "Why don't I just stop talking? I surrender."
"If you want to go to the fishing village, I'll wait for this holiday to go with you guys." Fu Qingshan saw Qiao Xinyi's fingers moving and knew that she was going to poke him. He didn't dodge, but pushed his chest forward to let her poke hard.
"It's not that you can't drive because you're pregnant, but I'm worried that the road is long and bumpy, and I'm also worried that it will be very tiring for you to drive back and forth for more than four hours. What if there are a lot of people and children at the market in a small county town, and someone hits you?" Fu
Qingshan touched Qiao Xinyi's belly and said, "No matter how strong you are, it won't work at this time."
Qiao Xinyi accepted Fu Qingshan's explanation. After all, he also proposed a solution, which was to go with her on the weekend, so she stopped poking Fu Qingshan.
"Big sister used to like beating people, but now she likes poking people." Qiao Yunbai sighed, "Maybe big brother-in-law is so willing to let big sister poke him, and she's not afraid of poking big brother-in-law through the chest."
The next second, Qiao Xinyi slapped him on the head. Qiao Yunbai was prepared and squatted down.
"Hey, you didn't hit me, did you?" Qiao Yunbai was very proud. "I took the two kids out to play."
After saying this, Qiao Yunbai winked at the two children, and the three of them ran away hand in hand.
"Hey, you don't want to eat the roasted melon anymore?" Fu Bailu took two steps after him.
"Granny Fu, let's not eat it yet. Let's eat it in the evening. The roasted melon will be very fragrant when it cools down." Qiao Yunbai had already run far away, but still responded in a hoarse voice.
Fu Qingshan smiled and took Qiao Xinyi's hand and went back to the house. Qiao Xinyi's eyelids twitched twice when she saw the roasted melons on the table. Then she looked at the raw melons piled on the kitchen table and her eyelids twitched again.
"Fu Qingshan, is there ever a time when you say you want to eat something, and it's really just a matter of a second, and after that second, it's forgotten?"
Qiao Xinyi tilted her head and looked at Fu Qingshan, "You brought so much home, when are you going to eat?"
"It's ready for you to eat whenever you want. The goose won't spoil easily if you keep it in the kitchen in the winter. It can be kept for a long time. If you don't like it, you can eat it later." After saying this, Fu Qingshan took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves, went into the kitchen and cleaned up the goose with Fu Bailu.
Qiao Xinyi hadn't finished eating half of the sweet potato when Political Commissar Xu arrived.
"Is your son Qingshan at home?" Political Commissar Xu greeted Qiao Xinyi while standing in the yard.
"I'm here, please come in and sit down." Qiao Xinyi shouted towards the kitchen, "Fu Qingshan, Political Commissar Xu is here."
After that, she handed Political Commissar Xu a huge roasted sweet potato and said, "Aunt Fu roasted it in the yard this afternoon. It's quite sweet. Try it."
Political Commissar Xu took it without any hesitation. Fu Qingshan needed some time to wash his hands in the kitchen, so he started chatting with Qiao Xinyi.
"Did you hear from your brother that your unit has started its holiday?" Political Commissar Xu asked.
"Yes, many experimental units don't have the conditions to do it at present, so the project foundation has not made much progress. We simply give you a holiday first, so that everyone can go back early to spend time with their families. I guess everyone will be too busy to go back tomorrow." Qiao Xinyi explained.
"Indeed, when you guys are busy with your work, you don't even have time to eat, let alone go home." Political Commissar Xu felt deeply touched. How many people doing scientific research don't have stomach problems?
His old friends had been staying in secret bases for ten or twenty years and had not returned home. They had even lost contact with him.
Political Commissar Xu didn't discuss these topics with Qiao Xinyi in depth. He looked up and saw Fu Qingshan coming out of the kitchen. He said, "I came here to tell you that your family is not moving."
In December, a group of people transferred to civilian jobs or retired from the army.
The reason why Fu Qingshan was arranged to live in the detached courtyard was because there was no room available in the family compound, and Fu Qingshan had two children and really needed a dormitory, so he was allowed to stay here temporarily.
After December, a group of people were demobilized and left the army, and the family compound was vacated.
Before coming to Fu Qingshan's place, I had to move to a two-bedroom apartment in the staff quarters.
But the situations of Fu Qingshan and Qiao Xinyi are really special.
Fu Qingshan raised two nephews who were over 17 years old. Their father sacrificed his life to save the people and public property.
Qiao Xinyi is also pregnant, with twins. The Fu family will soon have two more children.
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