With the meeting with the Jiang family, Gu Yao's life-long event was half resolved.
It's also time for Qin Lingling and Gu Zheng to return to the army.
However, this year is rare. Qin Lingling intends to bring Gu Yao to the army for the New Year. It is only because of the many things in the village. After Qin Lingling lets Gu Yao work, she will have time to go to the army at the end of the year.
Gu Yao knew the place, but she agreed without hesitation.
When Gu Guoqiang and Gu Chunhua heard about this, they also clamored to go. Qin Lingling couldn't stand it, and finally agreed: "Okay, as long as your elders agree, then you will come and live for a few days during the New Year. We will be together. go back."
Qin Lingling agreed, and Gu Guoqiang became excited and said, "You don't need to ask my parents, I'm in charge of this matter, sister-in-law, if you promised me, you can't regret it. I really want to go there. Then I will follow me. Sister go there together."
Qin Lingling naturally didn't regret it, "I won't regret it. It's just that you have to think about it. There is nothing fun in this army compound. You come here and you may be in the house all day."
"It's okay, I just love to stay in the house."
Gu Guoqiang had to slap in the face again with these words, "Just leave me in the house today, don't go anywhere."
However, when the New Year was about to come, Li Dani let the two children go and asked them to follow Gu Yao to Qin Lingling's army.
On the day the child left, Gu Dashun and Li Dani stood in front of the courtyard, looking at the three people leaving happily, and the couple looked sad.
Gu Dashun sighed and said, "When the child is older, he will all fly."
Li Dani wiped her tears, "You two are here to collect debts and **** me off."
After the couple had finished speaking, they looked at each other and then at the quiet home, even if it was the New Year, they couldn't be happy.
From home to the county seat, from the county seat to the provincial capital, from the provincial capital to the town, and then turned to the bullock cart and walked, the three siblings touched the door of the military compound.
And this car ride was enough to kill the three siblings who usually seldom go out for half their lives.
The three of them panted as they walked.
Gu Chunhua muttered, "When will we arrive?"
Gu Guoqiang would say, "Persevere a little longer." After all, this is the first time I came here, how can I go to see my sister-in-law and brother in a state of full energy!
And what Gu Yao said the most was, "It's coming, it's coming."
Because at the end of the year, the number of vehicles increased a lot, and it took them a day to arrive at the army.
Only then, the sky was completely dark.
The three siblings stood at the gate of the army, accepted cross-examination, reported their names, and had to wait for someone to get them.
When Qin Lingling received the news, she was cooking. Gu Zheng came back early today to help pick and wash vegetables, saying that her girls rarely touch cold water.
Recently, the troops slaughtered pigs, so they also divided a lot of pork, some were marinated, some were soaked in cooking wine and dried by Qin Lingling, the remaining bones were either in soup or porridge.
The two are busy, someone has come to notify.
I heard that it was Gu Yao and the three of them. Qin Lingling quickly got up to pick him up.
But before she put on her coat, Gu Zheng stopped and said, "I'll go. It's windy outside today."
In winter, Qin Lingling, who has always been afraid of the cold, loves to drill into Gu Zheng's arms at night. Gu Zheng is like a stove. For a few days, Gu Zheng was away from home, and Qin Lingling was awake all night and all night.
In the last few days, when the temperature has cooled down, Qin Lingling doesn't like to go out even more. Sometimes when Gu Zheng comes back, he will bring some wormwood back, and then boil her water and pickled peppers to warm her feet.
Occasionally, she would go to the next door to find Wang Lan. Sometimes Wang Lan was knitting a sweater, and sometimes she brought Xiaobao. The child is at the age of noisy and ignorant of danger, so she needs someone to watch. The only lucky person is Shen. Duo came over to help watch one or two.
Gu Zheng took the coat and put it on him, and said to Qin Lingling, "Don't come out later, it's windy and cold outside."
Seeing her own man feel so distressed for herself, Qin Lingling only feels full of warmth.
She smiled and nodded, "Well, all right, you go!"
It's just that Qin Lingling just finished speaking, and then suddenly took Gu Zheng's hand, "Hey, wait a minute."
"Something else?"
Qin Lingling stretched out her index finger and said to him: "I need a kiss."
Gu Zheng, who had a calm face, curled his mouth with a smile, put his arm around her neck, kissed him, and said, "Kiss you. Wait for me to come back."
"Um."
When Gu Zheng opened the door, a cold wind came out, Qin Lingling trembled, and hurriedly went back to the kitchen to cook.
Since there was no appointment with Gu Yao and the others, Qin Lingling prepared only two meals. She had no choice but to continue to make three more meals.
From the family room to the gate of the compound, there is still a long way to go.
When Gu Zheng arrived, the three siblings were already shivering beside the guard house at the entrance of the compound.
Seeing Gu Zheng, the three of them finally shouted excitedly: "Big Brother..."
After shouting, Gu Guoqiang quickly said: "We can't be so loud, we have to be serious."
Gu Chunhua, who was annoyed by these words, immediately stopped speaking, even shaking. Even Gu Yao subconsciously stood up straight and did not dare to shudder.
Seeing the three of them blowing in the cold wind for a long time, Gu Zheng quickly said, "Hurry up with me!"
"Um."
In the night, although the three of them shivered in the cold, they had to say that the excitement of having just arrived in a new place made the three temporarily forget the severe cold.
By the time Gu Zheng brought people into the house, Qin Lingling's rice was half steamed.
Because there was no special preparation, Qin Lingling only used the pork sent by the army to make a fried bamboo shoot slice, and made a yam soup with a bone.
As soon as she entered the house, Qin Lingling hurriedly walked out, holding a cup in one hand, "I'm tired all the way, drink some hot water."
She put down the water glass and went to get the remaining glass.
The three of them also stood in the cold wind for a while, this time a cup of hot tea is simply a fairy drink.
After Gu Guoqiang finished drinking, he came to his senses. He looked around his brother-in-law's room, "Sister-in-law, is this the house you allocated?"
Qin Lingling nodded, "Well, how do you feel?"
Gu Guoqiang looked at it carefully, and then said, "It's not bad. The decorations are very beautiful. It was your sister-in-law who arranged it. This unit arranges the house and should not be arranged for others."
"Well, you have a vision."
Because she was still cooking, Qin Lingling didn't have time to greet them. They were all her family members and let them walk around on their own.
The house is not very big, so there are not many places to move around, but it is the first time for the three of them to see everything and find it strange and beautiful.
Qin Lingling was cooking in the house, and Gu Zheng didn't bother to serve the three of them, and went into the kitchen to help his wife.
"I put one of the pig bones that I planned to make porridge tomorrow and boiled yam soup, and one bone will cook porridge tomorrow." Qin Lingling said while cooking.
Gu Zheng nodded, "I listen to you."
"Then are you going to work tomorrow?" Qin Lingling asked again.
"Well, I have to go. I can't be idle these days. I shouldn't be able to accompany you out to buy new year goods. You should take them with a few small ones. Didn't you say you want to go to the provincial capital before? Several go around."
Qin Lingling nodded, "Well, that's okay, it just happened that I brought some sour bamboo shoots to Grandpa and the others."
The two elders of the Zhang family treat her very well. Every time they go to the Zhang family, the two bosses bring her a lot of things. They are in a very different position from the Zhang family. Common things.
Compared with spring bamboo shoots, winter bamboo shoots are particularly precious. After the spring bamboo shoots are sold out, she hasn't eaten winter bamboo shoots for a long time. Later, she only marinated capers and cabbage.
It was also after returning to the army to go up the mountain to dig bamboo shoots with Wang Lan's sister-in-law.
Gu Zheng responded, watching the rice was steamed, went to the fire, took the rice out, covered it with a lid, and put some water on it. Later, Qin Lingling needed to make boiled cabbage.
The cabbage is all grown by Qin Lingling herself. It is white and tender. Just blanch it with boiling water and stir it with oil and salt. The dish will be out of the pot. The taste is very sweet, tender and delicious.
When the food was put on the table, the three of them were already hungry. Although they had breakfast from home in the morning, in order to save money, they were reluctant to spend money to buy things while waiting for the train at various stations. The cakes filled their hunger casually, without even a sip of water, but it was really uncomfortable.
So when the food came up, the three of them simply gobbled it up, regardless of their brother-in-law.
Qin Lingling knew that they were hungry all the way, and said distressed: "Eat slowly, I have cooked a lot of food today, don't worry about not eating enough."
Gu Guoqiang slowed down after eating half full, and said embarrassingly, "My sister-in-law's dishes will always be so delicious."
"So you eat so fast?" Qin Lingling did not speak, and Gu Zheng asked first.
Gu Guoqiang scratched his head awkwardly, "Uh...I just got hungry, I'm sorry..."
For the eldest brother, Gu Guoqiang was still scared.
Qin Lingling was afraid that Gu Zheng would frighten people. She pulled his clothes in a place where others could not see. Then Gu Zheng said, "Eat!"
In fact, Gu Zheng was not angry, saying that was just a joke to ease the atmosphere, but he did not expect that it did not ease the atmosphere, but made the atmosphere even more rigid. Gu Zheng had no choice but to not speak.
However, this is not the most helpless thing for him.
Because the three siblings are here, the house at home is not big, and they can afford to make an extra quilt for people to sleep. Therefore, in this case, five people have to sleep on two beds. Men and women should sleep separately.
In other words, Gu Zheng and Gu Guoqiang slept in the next room, while Qin Lingling and the two sister-in-laws slept in their own room.
Although I knew it was such a result for a long time, when things came, Gu Zheng still looked depressed, and his breath made people afraid to approach.
As Gu Guoqiang who needed to sleep with his eldest brother, he felt a lot of pressure. He didn't expect that he came to the army, so he was going to sleep with his eldest brother.
He didn't even pass by his eldest brother, he could feel his terrible breath, and his teeth couldn't help but tremble.
"Big... big... big brother... let's sleep!" Gu Guoqiang cautiously shouted, looking at the big brother standing motionless in the room.
Gu Zheng heard the sound and looked back at him. The sound was not angry, "You go to sleep, I'm not in a hurry."
His voice is not angry, but it is helpless.
But Gu Guoqiang didn't notice, "Oh, okay!"
He didn't dare to delay, he was already sleepy, so he fell asleep soon after lying on the bed.
As for Gu Zheng, looking at his brother who was already asleep on the bed, he felt even more helpless.
This year, is he going to share the bed with this brother, can't he sleep with his daughter-in-law? I don't know if Lingling can't fall asleep without him hugging her?
Qin Lingling, who was worried about Gu Zheng, did not matter, because without the big heater Gu Zheng, she still had the heater Gu Yao.
Compared with her cold and chilly physique, Gu Yao, like her brother, is like a small stove, sleeping next to her, and it is just as warm.
So when she woke up the next day, Qin Lingling was full of energy, while Gu Zheng looked tired.
Everyone got up, because they were not good at this kitchen, so after brushing their teeth and washing their faces, they only dared to clean the house. After knowing that the flowers in the front yard and the vegetables in the back yard were all grown by their own sister-in-law, they watered the chickens diligently.
In the kitchen.
The couple are busy with breakfast.
Because there were three more children waiting to be fed, when Qin Lingling scooped the rice, she put two more grabs, added the salted bones, and put them in a pot and boiled over high heat.
Next to her is Gu Zheng, who is making tea, staring at the flames, not for a moment, as if in a daze.
"Did you sleep well last night?" Qin Lingling asked.
Gu Zheng was taken aback, then shook his head and said, "No."
"You have all the dark circles under your eyes, and you still don't admit it." Qin Lingling pointed to his eye sockets.
In fact, these dark circles are not obvious. After all, Gu Zheng's skin is there, but a person's spirit can be seen through the surface.
Upon seeing this, Gu Zheng had to say: "It's not you by your side, how can you sleep so well?"
His voice was filled with helplessness.
Then he added another sentence, "I knew I wouldn't let you promise them, and there would be nothing so much."
Thinking of Gu Guoqiang like snoring, rolling, and talking in sleep last night, Gu Zheng really wanted to kick people out of bed, and then hugged his wife to sleep well.
Qin Lingling was amused by his sorrow like an abandoned little daughter-in-law, "But at the beginning I promised that I obviously got your consent."
Although Gu Zheng often dislikes this brother who has no blood relationship, he has to say that whether it is Gu Yao, Gu Guoqiang or Gu Chunhua, he still did his responsibilities as an older brother, but he grew up in a different environment, or is not close to each other. . But he has also been trying his best to do his best to be an older brother.
Gu Zheng was autistic and didn't want to talk anymore.
It is precisely because he agreed, so now he can only take pains for himself.
He can only say: "When do you plan to let them go back?"
"Why, when they first came, were you in a hurry to drive people away? Have you been a brother like this?"
Gu Zheng closed himself again.
He couldn't drive them away, after all, he finally came here.
Seeing his helpless look, Qin Lingling laughed.
She got up, took a spoon and stirred it in the boiled porridge for a while, and said: "In fact, I have already arranged some of their sleeping matters."
Hearing this, Gu Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up.
Just listen to Qin Lingling continue to say: "Isn’t Shen Duo here? Wang Lan’s sister-in-law knew that Gu Yao was coming to accompany us during the New Year. Guoqiang just sleeps next door alone. They girls, sleeping together can also enhance their relationship."
Gu Zheng suddenly realized, "No wonder you said you weren't worried when I talked about this. I thought..."
"Why do you think?" Qin Lingling asked back.
He thought it was just asking them to come and stay for a few days, so it was okay for the couple to separate. It turned out that this little Nizi had already made arrangements.
"Why haven't you told me?"
"I told you, then I can't see your anxious and depressed look. But now I see it, there is an indescribable joy."
Seeing her smiling really happily, Gu Zheng went from helpless to crying and laughed, and finally his mood improved.
Although it was depressing at first, seeing her so happy is worth everything.
However, he stepped forward. The tall figure enveloped the little Nizi, with one hand on her waist, and brought the person into her arms, with a soft tone, "You are not afraid, you are playing tricks on me. Pause, I will punish you?"
"That depends on your reluctance?" Qin Lingling deliberately leaned close to his ears, and spoke like a lilac, her sultry voice, as if she was going to take Gu Zheng's soul away, "I'm waiting for you to punish. "
I saw that Gu Zheng changed at the speed of his naked eyes. He just wanted to get closer and wanted to bite her, but Gu Guo's powerful voice came from outside the house, "Sister-in-law, the vegetable garden has been watered by us."
Gu Zheng stepped back quickly, keeping a little distance from Qin Lingling, making people unable to see the ambiguous posture just now.
Gu Guoqiang stood at the door, staring at them blankly, "What's wrong with you...?"
Qin Lingling smiled and said, "Nothing?"
"Oh. Then I'll go out first." Although he didn't know what happened to the eldest brother and sister-in-law, he felt that it would be dangerous to stay.
Although the person is gone, but Gu Zheng did not continue to treat Qin Lingling? Because he was still afraid of people outside.
Qin Lingling knows what he is thinking? This feeling of bullying him is simply not too good, the curvature of the corner of his mouth has been bent and has not been put down.
Gu Zheng looked at her and cursed secretly: Little Fairy!
It's simply the little fairy who came to collect him.