Seventy Buddha Cannon Fodder

Chapter 10

"Brother, wait for me." Gu Erdi hurried to catch up.

Gu Mingdong didn't stop, but his pace slowed down: "Stop watching the fun?"

Seeing Gu Mingnan's vigor just now, he wished he could rush up and beat someone up, but he followed up so quickly, Gu Mingdong's evaluation of the stubborn donkey was a little better.

Although the old rampage, but can listen to his words.

Gu Erdi said with a smile: "Seeing other people's misfortune is not as important as eating by yourself."

Besides, their family has rice now, even if it is used to make sweet potato porridge, it is delicious. Thinking of the fragrant and sweet taste, Gu Erdi couldn't help but drool.

"Go, go, go home for dinner." Now it was his turn to urge Gu Mingdong to leave.

The two brothers, one in front of the other, had just walked a few steps when they bumped into a person.

Gu Mingdong's footsteps paused, and when Gu's second brother looked at the person, his face also changed, with some awkwardness: "Third aunt."

Third Aunt Gu has a bitter gourd face, with a Sichuan character on her brows, and when she looks at people with triangular eyes, she always looks a little mean.

"Hey, is this going home for dinner?"

"It's also time to go back to eat earlier, otherwise it would be a pity that the rice spoiled. It was saved from your mouth by your third uncle and aunt. It was originally intended to be kept for the grandson to eat, but now it's all delivered to your home."

Knowing that Third Aunt Gu was unhappy, Second Brother Gu's face darkened, and he said in a muffled voice, "Third Aunt, our family will pay it back."

Aunt Gu sneered and said, "Repay it? What are you going to pay it back? Has your family ever paid it back after so many years?"

After finishing speaking, she looked at Gu Mingdong: "Ah Dong, it's not that the third aunt is reluctant to part with that little thing. You are not young anymore, and you are the father of two children. You can't always rely on your third uncle to help you and raise your younger siblings. Raise your son for you."

"You should also know something. Look at your two cousins ​​working day and night, and the rice that they save up can't get into the mouth of your own children. Instead, it's at your house. Your third uncle doesn't talk about loyalty. But I, the third aunt, have to teach you how to behave."

Third Aunt Gu talked more and more vigorously. Thinking of what Gu Jianguo did last night, she really wanted to force her to come back. The first child in the family couldn't get enough to eat, but he was still thinking about other people's family out of kindness.

Gu Mingdong's son is a child, so aren't the grandchildren of their family?

Why give them to eat!

"Even if they are brothers, they don't help others raise their children, let alone those who are separated from each other. Do you think this is the truth?"

"But any man with a bit of backbone shouldn't say this..."

The second brother Gu blushed with anger: "Aunt San, what you said is too much. Since when did our family ask my cousin to help raise the child? Besides, this time it was given by Uncle San himself, and we didn't say anything."

The old Gu's family has had a hard time these years, and Gu Jianguo often helps his nephews and nieces who have lost their parents, but their family also works in the fields, not for free.

Since their eldest brother grew up and later married his sister-in-law, it was not a problem to support his family. That is, when there was a famine last year, his sister-in-law got sick from overwork, and life suddenly became worse.

If you really think about it, after Gu Mingdong turned 15, Gu Jianguo seldom helped them.

When Third Aunt Gu heard this, her bitter face became even more bitter: "A'nan, listen to what you say, does my family deserve it?"

Second brother Gu got angry and wanted to refute.

Gu Mingdong held him down, looked at Aunt Gu and said, "Aunt Three, I will remember Uncle Three's kindness to our family."

"In this way, when you go home, calculate how much we have eaten and used over the years. When I have the ability, I will definitely pay back double."

When he spoke, his face was calm and his voice was loud, as if returning the food was a piece of cake for him.

Third Aunt Gu didn't believe that their family would be able to return it, but seeing her eldest nephew's expression, she didn't feel any strangeness about going back for a while.

Gu Mingdong pushed his younger brother: "Let's go."

After the two brothers walked away, Third Aunt Gu came to her senses and said, "I believe you are a ghost."

On the way home, Second Brother Gu was still drooping his head, obviously still angry because of Third Aunt Gu's words.

Gu Mingdong glanced at him and asked, "What's there to be angry about?"

Second Brother Gu kicked a stone: "Brother, aren't you angry when Third Aunt says that about you?"

What she was talking about was Gu Mingdong from before, not her current self.

Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows, and said lightly: "Let me ask you, does third uncle often help us?"

"Yes..." Second Brother Gu thought for a while and muttered, "Not often."

Gu Mingdong asked again: "Have you eaten the food?"

"Eat, eat."

Gu Mingdong patted the back of his head: "I've eaten it all, why should I be angry if someone says a few words."

Third Aunt Gu's words were indeed harsh, but she just said a few words in a strange way because of her status as an elder. First, she didn't ask for the food back directly, and second, she didn't block their door and scold them.

Of course there was Gu Jianguo's explanation, but at least Third Aunt Gu didn't make things too ugly.

Gu Mingdong came from the end of the world. He knew the preciousness of food, especially during the famine. He felt suffocated when he thought about giving away the food that his family had worked so hard to save, so he didn't blame Third Aunt Gu.

From the memory of the original owner, Gu Mingdong knew that his cousins ​​were estranged from his family, but thinking about the burden of the old Gu family, he really couldn't blame others for this matter.

Second Brother Gu looked downcast, and muttered: "Third Uncle is a good Third Uncle, Third Aunt is too narrow-minded."

"I think you are narrow-minded." Gu Mingdong stretched out his hand and patted his head again: "Let's go, didn't you say that you have a brain problem if you don't eat actively."

The second brother Gu, who had no problem with his mind, immediately quickened his pace, and when he got home, the first thing he saw was the resentful face of the third sister.

The second brother Gu was startled: "Hey, third brother, why are you looking at me like that?"

Gu Sanmei said quietly: "Who asked you to watch the fun together, let me take things."

The second brother Gu chuckled, and hurriedly said: "Actually, it's not very good-looking. The youngest Wu is being criticized and fought, and his old mother is kneeling and begging and crying. His head is broken, and his face is covered with blood. It's miserable. "

"Second brother, you still don't allow people to eat." Gu Sanmei glared at him angrily, disgusted.

Second brother Gu laughed and sat down, snorted half a bowl of sweet potato porridge in one gulp, and said, "It's not that you said you wanted to see it, you're not happy when I tell you, women are hard to serve."

"Difficult to serve? If you are capable, don't marry a wife for the rest of your life." Gu Sanmei confronted him without showing any weakness.

The second brother Gu said without raising his head: "If you don't marry a wife, you won't marry a daughter-in-law. It's best for me to eat by myself. If I marry a daughter-in-law, I will get a share from her. It's not worth it."

Gu Mingdong, who listened to this straight man's brain circuit, was amazed.

Gu Sanmei sneered: "Then you can remember this, it's best to be a bachelor for the rest of your life."

Gu Erdi poked his neck and said, "If you are a bachelor, you can be a bachelor. I am happy. I don't want to get married like you at a young age."

"You—" Gu Sanmei's teeth were sharp, but every time she was kissed by her second brother, she was angry.

The quarrel between the two was so common that everyone else at the table ate their own food, and even the twins bowed their heads and ate and ignored them.

While eating, Gu Simei could spare her energy to take care of the twins. There was a slight smile on the corner of her mouth, obviously very satisfied with the days when she could eat sweet potato porridge.

Gu Mingdong was the first to finish eating, and it was either sweet potato porridge or wild vegetable porridge for a few days. He only felt that the birds could fade out of his mouth, and he finished it in two or three mouthfuls.

Seeing that Gu Simei was not eating well, Gu Mingdong simply carried the twins to his side and put them down.

The twins looked up at their father, and they were accustomed to his carrying around, and the small bowl they were holding didn't move at all.

Gu Mingdong patted the heads of the two of them: "Eat it, Xiao Bei, you can eat too."

"Thank you, brother." Gu Simei pursed her lips and smiled, lowering her head and eating quickly.

The porridge in the twins' bowls is good if there are too many sweet potatoes. This is because Gu Simei is afraid that the children will be small, and eating too many sweet potatoes will hurt the stomach.

Even so, the shabbyness made Gu Mingdong feel distressed.

No eggs, no milk, no fruit, let alone fancy snacks.

Just thinking about it, the twins have already finished a bowl of sweet potato porridge, and even licked the bottom of the bowl clean, there is no waste at all, and the three-year-old child eats very well, not a single grain of rice spilled out.

"Dad, we're done eating." Gu Liangchen raised his head and obediently called.

Gu Mingdong hugged him with a smile, and touched his belly: "Let Dad feel if he is full."

Gu Liangxing let out a giggle, and Gu Mingdong reached out to touch it, but felt even more sad.

The twins still had a little flesh on their faces, but their bodies were full of ribs. Except for the bulging belly that had just been eaten, the rest of them were pitifully thin, and they didn't have the chubbyness that children should have at all.

Gu Mingdong stretched out his hand to take his younger brother, who was watching his father playing with his elder brother pitifully, and also hugged him. As soon as he started his hands, Gu Liangchen, who was a younger brother, was lighter than his elder brother.

Can't just eat sweet potato porridge, will the twins be able to feed themselves? They won't die of malnutrition and starvation like the original owner's memory?

Gu Mingdong couldn't help feeling a little worried.

When he came back to his senses, the sisters had already packed the dishes.

Gu Mingdong thought for a while, and handed the twins to his sister: "Go to bed early, I'll go out and do something."

These words made the faces of the brothers and sisters change.

Gu Simei hurriedly asked, "Brother, what are you going to do?"

"Brother, our family still has food, and the rice in the field will mature in a few months, or you'd better not take the risk."

Gu Sanmei pursed her lips, and finally said: "Yes, let's get more wild vegetables and bamboo shoots, and save some to eat until the autumn harvest."

"Look how miserable Wu Laosan is, let's be more careful."

Apparently, the two sisters suspected that the source of food was improper, for fear that their elder brother would follow in the footsteps of Wu Laosan.

Only Gu Erdi's eyes were shining brightly, eager to try.

Gu Mingdong smiled and comforted him: "What are you thinking about? I think Ah Xing and Ah Chen are too thin, and I want to go up the mountain to see if I can touch the bird's eggs."

"You have to go during the day, it's dangerous at night." Gu Simei said worriedly.

Gu Mingdong said, "There are so many eyes staring at you during the day, and if you find them, you won't return to our house. Don't worry, I will be careful."

Fourth Sister Gu hesitated to speak, but she didn't refuse after all, holding the fluffy twins.

She used to help her sister-in-law take care of the children at home, so she naturally knew how thin the twins were. In her private heart, she also hoped that the two children could eat something good to nourish their bodies.

Before Gu Mingdong set off, he asked his siblings to fasten the door. Although there are few thieves these days, who knows for sure.

Leaving home, Gu Mingdong didn't take the main road, but walked straight up the mountain from behind the house through the bamboo forest.

After walking for a while, Gu Mingdong's face darkened, and he turned his head suddenly: "Come out!"