dhibooks Chapter 138 Sweet
Chapter 138 Sweet
It's a holiday on weekends, so Fourth Sister Gu is naturally busy with family matters, washing, brushing, and sunbathing.
Gu Yun usually doesn't like to go out to play, so she follows Gu Simei to help.
However, Gu Liangxing couldn't stay still, so he dragged his younger brother to run outside after eating early in the morning.
Gu Liangchen didn't want to go with him, but he couldn't resist the elder brother. If he didn't go, Gu Liangxing would keep nagging in his ears endlessly.
"Don't play in the big river." Gu Mingdong confessed that he usually treats children as free rangers.
"Understood." Gu Liangxing agreed, and ran away without a trace.
While cleaning up the dishes, Gu Simei asked, "Brother, did Third Uncle say when the autumn harvest will be?"
"Should be just a few days." It's almost November, and the weather is getting colder. The rice is already yellow, and it won't grow much if it continues.
Gu Simei nodded: "Then I'll ask my brother to buy some meat in advance and eat it then."
Mentioning the old man, Gu Mingdong asked casually: "Why hasn't the old man moved these few days? How is he and Qian Xiaoru?"
Gu Simei snickered and said, "In the past, sister Xiaoru was chasing him, but now brother is chasing him. Sister Xiaoru is shy and refuses to see him, so let brother go in a hurry."
Gu Mingdong smiled and felt that he deserved it.
When meat was mentioned, Gu Mingdong thought of something. After eating, he went into the kitchen and came out with a basket in his hand.
Gu Simei knew about her eldest brother's secret long ago, so she didn't say much now.
Gu Yun was originally helping to dry the quilt, but when she saw Gu Mingdong's movements, she looked up at him.
Gu Simei smiled and touched Gu Yun's little head: "Go."
Gu Yun just ran to Gu Mingdong's side. Gu Mingdong was carrying a basket in one hand and a bucket of pig food in the other, walking towards the pigsty, one big and one small.
Before they approached, the pigsty made a grunting sound. Apparently those big fat pigs already knew that the footsteps meant that dinner was about to start.
Gu Yun's movements were faster than Gu Mingdong's, and she quickly ran forward and threw herself into Zheng Tong's arms.
Zheng Tong caught his granddaughter, hugged her up and weighed it, and said with a smile, "It's heavier than a few days ago."
Gu Yun made gestures: [I have a good meal, and grandpa should also eat a good meal. 】
Ever since she came to Shanghe Village, she has enough food and clothing, and the family members are kind and friendly. Most importantly, she has two "brothers" who take special care of her. Gu Yun has become much more lively and cheerful.
Now on her body, the traces of being abused and shrinking back then can no longer be seen.
Every time this happened, Zheng Tong felt sour in his eyes, and felt that taking the risk to cooperate with Gu Mingdong was the most correct decision in his life.
Gu Mingdong fed the pigs, and passed the basket to him after the grandparents and grandchildren had enough of their relatives: "There are rice and eggs in it, you keep them for eating, don't wait for the autumn harvest to be overwhelmed by your body."
Zheng Tong was also not polite, and said with a smile: "Thanks to you, now the members feel that Wu Wei is capable, and he is even more polite to us."
Although they had to go to work in the fields, compared to those who were sent to other places and suffered inhuman treatment, the four of them did not know how much luckier they were.
The two talked for a while, Zheng Tong asked Gu Yun to play beside him, and then said: "The incense burner is finished."
"Originally, the old man thought that such things should be destroyed directly, or it would be safer to stay with me."
"But now it seems that you are capable, maybe this incense burner is better in your hands."
If it wasn't for the previous misunderstanding that made Zheng Tong mistakenly think that Gu Mingdong is a genius, self-taught, and Feng Shui metaphysics is better than himself, he would never take out this incense burner again.
Although the relics have been destroyed and the incense burner is no longer functional, such things can still cause big trouble if they fall into the hands of people with good intentions.
Gu Mingdong frowned slightly, and reached out to take the incense burner.
Gu Mingdong was also very curious about the magical artifacts that existed in this world, but it was a pity that he never had the chance to touch them.
The fist-sized incense burner, after being purified by Zheng Tong, looks faintly silvery, completely different from its dark appearance before.
The original gloomy and terrifying atmosphere dissipated, and the small silver incense burner looked small and exquisite, even a little delicate and cute.
When you touch it with your hands carefully, the seemingly smooth incense burner is engraved with countless fine and tiny patterns.
Zheng Tong explained: "This is the pattern that comes with the incense burner. It has long been lost, and I don't know what it is for."
But what can be used as a utensil by the Qian family is definitely not just for decoration.
Gu Mingdong threw it, and even felt that the weight of the incense burner was much lighter.
"What can this thing do? Incense?"
Zheng Tong stroked his beard and said meaningfully: "After all, it is a magic weapon with infinite uses."
"for example?"
Zheng Tong shook his head and said, "You have to figure it out by yourself."
"That means you don't know." Gu Mingdong laughed.
Gu Mingdong touched his chin, and suddenly asked: "If I put another relic in it and feed it with blood, will it steal other people's luck?"
When Zheng Tong heard it, his face changed greatly: "Don't try it just out of curiosity, or you will have endless troubles if your luck backfires."
Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows, implying something: "Qian Zhiyi from the Educated Youth Institute is still alive and well."
Zheng Tong frowned and said, "That's because to the Qian family, Qian Zhiyi is just a junior. At least before that, he didn't benefit much from luck."
This makes sense.
Gu Mingdong smiled and put away the incense burner: "Don't worry, even if I want to try, I can't do it without runes."
When Zheng Tong heard it, he realized that he cared about it, and he forgot that the secret technique of stealing luck requires not only the incense burner and relics, but also the crucial runes.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
"You brat can only scare people. If you make such a fuss, the old man doesn't know whether it is good or bad to hand over the incense burner to you."
Gu Mingdong said with a smile: "Don't worry, I cherish my life more than anyone else."
After all, this life was picked, and if he died again, he didn't believe that he would have good luck.
He said it easily, Zheng Tong looked at his eyes, and always felt that his heart was not up or down.
Zheng Tong was right to be worried. When Gu Mingdong returned home, he looked at the small incense burner the size of a palm, and immediately thought of testing it.
It can resist relics and runes, and as a magic weapon for the Qian family to steal luck, no matter how ordinary this incense burner looks, it should not be underestimated.
Gu Mingdong squinted his eyes, the ability sensed the master's thoughts, spread out quickly, and differentiated into delicate tentacles, entangled on the incense burner.
The next moment, Gu Mingdong's face changed slightly.
The small silver censer was actually absorbing supernatural powers. Although the absorption was negligible, it did happen.
The power that had its energy stolen was very angry, and the delicate little tentacles turned into vicious whips, beating the small incense burner fiercely.
Gu Mingdong felt something in his heart, and frowned slightly.
He stopped the angry supernatural ability, and with a sudden thought, he put the stored plaster into the incense burner.
The plasticine-like plaster seems to come alive after entering the incense burner, moving along the lines on the incense burner. .
They spread rapidly, adhering to the inside of the incense burner layer by layer, just like the blood and dirt back then, only the plaster was cleaner and purer.
Soon, the small silver censer lost its halo and turned into a slightly blackened ordinary censer.
Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows in surprise, he tentatively probed into the supernatural power again, this time the censer did not directly absorb it, but the plaster floated up, wrapping the supernatural power in the center like a mother seeing a child.
The supernatural power was no longer as angry as before, but lay obediently in the plaster, like a child returning to the amniotic fluid of the womb, feeling more secure.
If it was said that before this, the supernatural ability had been running around naked, but now he was put on clothes, which were still made of silk, which was very smooth.
It's a pity that there is still too little plaster, and occasionally it can't cover it.
The strange feeling made Gu Mingdong's expression become strange.
But what's the use of this, to help the ability find the scabbard?
All of a sudden, Gu Mingdong's expression shook. In the dark, he felt the attraction from afar. In a certain direction in this world, something was calling him.
Shelly!
Gu Mingdong confirmed it firmly.
His gaze fell on the censer again, and the corners of Gu Mingdong's mouth curled up. Is this an unexpected surprise?
After getting a small surprise, Gu Mingdong was in a good mood. If his guess came true and the small incense burner existed, then he would completely get rid of Qian Zhiyi's restrictions when looking for relics in the future.
Gu Mingdong, who was in a good mood, was dancing happily even with his supernatural powers.
The energy spreading from the supernatural ability fell into Shanghe Village bit by bit. Even if it didn't take the initiative, it still moistened the land.
What Gu Mingdong didn't know was that when the small silver incense burner changed drastically, Qian Zhi, who took the opportunity to go up the mountain to look for it again, felt palpitations.
Since rolling down the mountain and breaking his leg, Qian Zhiyi feels that life is getting more and more difficult.
For the other educated youths, life became a little harder after they went to the countryside, and they had to go to the fields to work every day, but the production team had a good harvest and they could eat enough. This is already a good day.
For example, Du Ming and Du Tao brothers, because the family is too difficult, they can occasionally send a little food back to make up for it. After tiredness, they feel that going to the countryside is not completely unacceptable.
But Qian Zhiyi is different.
He has been used to living a smooth life since he was a child, and has never suffered from the hardships of life. Now, for him, this life is like living in hell every day.
Especially this year, he was either recuperating from his injuries or just being lazy. Gu Jianguo saw it, and he didn't listen to the usual lessons, but when the weight came, he gave him a heavy blow.
The work points earned by Qian Zhiyi are calculated according to the underage children of the production team.
It is conceivable that Qian Zhiyi is both ashamed and starving. Although the production team has rations, it will only last for a long time. If it is not for the earnest advice from his family and the support of the infinite glory of the future, he would not be able to persist. .
Whenever he was free every day, Qian Zhiyi wished he could live on the mountain so that he could find that thing sooner.
It's the same today. Qian Zhiyi started to grope around the mountain early in the morning, but the more he searched, the more confused he became. Every tree and every grass in the mountain looks exactly the same. Qian Zhiyi even forgot the road he walked before. .
Qian Zhiyi slapped his head hard, he always felt that the truth was in front of him, but there was always a layer of mist covering him, which made him unable to figure out what to do, and instead fell into a predicament.
Suddenly, bursts of heart palpitations came, making Qian Zhiyi exhausted and unable to move forward, so he had to lean against a tree to rest.
In the gloomy and cold mountain, Qian Zhiyi leaned against the cold and damp tree trunk, and had the illusion that the heat in his body was being slowly sucked away.
Suddenly, the crisp voice of children chirping broke Qian Zhiyi's illusion.
He hurriedly hid behind the bushes for fear of being discovered.
A group of children ran into the forest, and the leader was Gu Liangxing. He pointed to a place and shouted, "Look, there are a lot of mushrooms."
Although it is a toss up and down the mountain, even such a young child knows to bring some food home while playing.
The twins carried bamboo baskets behind them, and they would pick all the wild fruits and vegetables and mushrooms they saw. Occasionally, they would also kill pigweed, so that Gu Mingdong would not have to be busy with the work in the field.
"Wow, a lot of mushrooms." Liu Xiaozhu rarely came along with him, and exclaimed in surprise when he saw the mushrooms.
Because there is no father, the eldest brother has that kind of incident again, the children of the production team are always unwilling to play with him, and Liu Xiaozhu dare not play with other people, because they will always bully him.
But every time the twins are on vacation, Liu Xiaozhu will secretly follow them.
Unlike the other kids, the twin never deliberately bullied him, and never mentioned his older brother.
Gu Liangxing said proudly: "I just said that there are a lot of mushrooms here. This is a secret base that only I know about."
His eyes rolled around, and he secretly thought that he would not tell his friends about the real secret base, he could only take them to a wild place.
Gu Liangchen ignored the big brother's performance and started digging mushrooms on his own.
There are Hericium erinaceus growing on this piece of trees, and the position is a bit high. Gu Liangchen thought about his father's favorite food and climbed up the tree, so he dug some more, and picked fat and tender ones.
The other children don't like mushrooms. It has been raining a lot recently, and they are getting tired of eating mushrooms.
After all, the grown-ups in their family are reluctant to cook with heavy oil, and they don’t have meat as a side dish, let alone a full range of seasonings. The taste of mushrooms is inevitably dull, and they are not as delicious as the vegetables at home.
So they dug a few randomly, and several children gathered around Gu Liangxing and asked, "Didn't you tell us to take us to dig out the bird's nest? When are we going to dig out the bird's nest?"
Gu Liangxing pointed to the big trees around him: "This is it."
"Ah Chen, hold it for me." Gu Liangxing threw the bamboo basket, rolled up his sleeves, spit twice and began to climb up.
Gu Liangchen helplessly helped his elder brother carry the bamboo basket, and reminded: "Be careful, don't fall."
"Don't worry, I can't be hard at such a high point."
Gu Liangxing was nimble like a monkey, climbing up a tree slowly.
Every time at this time, Gu Liangchen, who was standing under the tree, was a little envious of this silly brother. Uncle said, their father was also very good at climbing trees. Before there was no food at home, his father would go up the mountain to dig bird eggs to make stewed eggs for them.
Gu Liangchen raised his head, with some envy in his eyes, he is a little climber, and usually he doesn't dare to climb trees.
In a blink of an eye, Gu Liangxing came back with three eggs, and he didn't empty out all the eggs in the nest.
"Look, pink eggs."
The charm of the bird's eggs is endless, and a group of children exclaimed in envy.
Gu Liangxing didn't share the eggs with them, but instead stuffed them into bamboo baskets: "My sister likes to eat this, so take it home and give it to her."
A child licked the corner of his mouth and said, "My mother said that your sister was picked up, not your father's child. Why are you still so kind to her?"
Unexpectedly, Gu Liangxing, who has always been easy to talk, turned dark and scolded angrily: "What are you talking about, my dad said she is my sister or my sister, if you compare nonsense, I will beat you."
The waving fist made the child shut up quickly.
Gu Liangxing snorted coldly: "If any of you dare to speak ill of my sister, I will not take him to play in the future."
"We won't talk anymore."
"You swear."
"I swear, whoever says that is a puppy."
Only then was Gu Liangxing satisfied, nodded and said, "I'll take you to see something good, come on, come with me."
After the bushes rushed, Qian Zhiyi squatted, his feet were sore, but his eyes were fixed on the twins.
As soon as he saw the twins, he thought of Gu Mingdong, and when he thought of Gu Mingdong, a wave of malice emerged in his heart.
He is obviously a country man who deserves to spend his whole life farming poorly. Even having enough food and clothing is a problem, yet his life is better than his own.
Remembering that the old Gu's family bought a bicycle recently, and even said that they would build a house after the autumn harvest, Qian Zhiyi felt jealous in his heart.
Loathed eyes fell on the twins' backs.
Gu Liangchen looked back very keenly, but found nothing.
Gu Liangxing was careless and unaware, and brought a group of children to a big tree: "Look at what that is."
Liu Xiaozhu raised his head vigorously, and opened his mouth wide in surprise: "A hornet's nest?"
Gu Liangxing laughed and explained: "This is not a hornet's nest, but a nest of wild bees."
"Wild bees? Is there honey in there?"
"Hornets can't make honey, but bees can make honey, right?"
"Wow, isn't honey sweet? I've never tasted it."
Gu Liangxing waved his hand and said with a smile, "Honey must be very sweet."
The children raised their heads one by one and opened their mouths wide, as if they could taste the sweetness in this way.
Gu Liangchen glared at his brother: "Bees can sting people too, if you don't want to die, go away."
Gu Liangxing said, "Let's take a look first. After I'm done with work, I'll beg my dad to come and pick out honeycombs."
"Can Uncle A Dong agree?"
"My father loves me very much, so he will definitely agree." Gu Liangxing said proudly.
Compared to other fathers who often beat and scold their sons, Gu Mingdong is indeed very reasonable, he is very tolerant towards his son, and rarely beats or scolds him.
"And my dad said that there are skills in digging out honeycombs. Be careful and you won't get stung."
Gu Liangxing began to talk about the stories he had heard from his father. When he was studying, he kept forgetting the content of the class, but he remembered the stories that Gu Mingdong said casually.
"Clap!"
There was a strange sound, Gu Liangchen suddenly raised his head, and saw a stone flying from nowhere, hitting the honeycomb directly.
The hive was crumbling, but the bees guarding the hive were already irritated, flapping their wings and pounced on them.
"Run!"
Gu Liangchen grabbed his elder brother who was still telling the story, and ran down the mountain.
The rest of the children were also taken aback, and rushed down the hill. Liu Xiaozhu panicked, but when he ran, he didn't forget to carry the basket full of mushrooms on his back.
"Ah ah ah ah ah!"
Screams and screams spread throughout Shanghe Village.
In the bushes, Qian Zhiyi showed a malicious smile, he just saw that the smiles of the two boys were not pleasing to the eye, and wanted them to learn a lesson.
Unexpectedly, it didn't take long for Qian Zhiyi to be happy, when he suddenly heard a buzzing sound, he raised his head abruptly, and saw those bees whizzing towards him when they found himself hiding behind the bushes.
Qian Zhi was shocked and ran away, but it was already too late.
A group of children ran down the mountain, but fortunately the knee-high river at the foot of the mountain saved them.
After a splash, the children all jumped into the river, holding their breath and waiting for the bees to disperse.
After a long time, the irritated bees gradually dispersed.
Gu Liangxing was the first to come out, panting heavily: "The bees are gone, come up quickly."
Only then did the other children pop up one after another.
Several people looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
Gu Liangchen grinned while grinning. Although he ran fast, he was stung by bees a few times on the way.
"Gu Liangxing, Gu Liangchen, what are you two doing in the river?" A voice came.
The twins' laughter stopped in their throats, like chicks whose necks were pinched.
Gu Mingdong jumped into the river angrily, and carried his sons ashore one by one. Although the river was only as deep as an adult's knee, it was cold now, so the two of them were fine and just rolled in the river.
He didn't pull the other children away either, one by one they all caught up, and told them to wring out their clothes quickly to avoid catching cold.
When he went up to take a look, Gu Mingdong said happily: "What's going on with your faces?"
I saw the two brothers, Gu Liangxing's forehead and chin were stung by bees, now his forehead looks like a birthday boy, and his chin is also swollen.
Gu Liangchen was better, only his nose was stung, and he almost became Pinocchio.
Gu Liangxing hesitated and refused to speak, but in the end it was Gu Mingchen who explained the ins and outs of the matter.
Gu Mingdong frowned. The bee venom after autumn is not a wasp, but it is wild after all. Looking at how many other children were injured, fortunately they jumped into the river cleverly, otherwise they would have to make a fuss Human life is impossible.
Seeing the twins drooping their heads, looking like they knew they were wrong, Gu Mingdong shook his head helplessly.
"You wait here." After speaking, he turned and went up the mountain.
Liu Xiaozhu asked worriedly: "Uncle Adong won't be angry, will he beat you?"
"My dad won't hit people casually." Gu Liangchen retorted immediately.
Gu Liangxing was not very sure, because occasionally he saw his father beating his uncle, making him scream.
Gu Mingdong repented all the way, followed the children's footprints, and soon found the place where the beehive was.
There are many bees flying around the beehive, but unfortunately they can sting people, but they can't make the fallen beehive go back to the tree.
After Gu Mingdong appeared, he immediately angered the bees, and rushed towards him with a howl.
Without waiting for them to approach, the supernatural power swiped twice, and directly slapped them away, absolutely preventing these little guys from hurting their master in the slightest.
Suddenly, Gu Mingdong saw a stone embedded in the honeycomb abruptly, he narrowed his eyes and looked around.