dhibooks Chapter 167 Yuanhe
Chapter 167 Yuanhe
On the hospital bed, the old man was lying quietly, his expression was not painful, it could even be said to be peaceful.
If it wasn't for the old man's face being as pale as paper, as if all his energy had been drained, Gu Mingdong almost thought he was just asleep.
With just one glance, Gu Mingdong felt that if it was later, the person in front of him would die in his sleep.
"The teacher has been in a coma for more than a month, and he can't even feed the soup. At first, he can barely maintain it by hanging water, but if this continues, his body will not be able to support it."
After all, he is an elderly person. Even if he looks in good health, it is too much for him to lie on the bed without eating or drinking.
In fact, a few days ago, the doctor came to them, and the implication was that instead of spending so much time, it is better to take them home and make arrangements for future generations.
But neither Professor Hong nor his wife refused to accept this reality.
Gu Mingdong looked at the old man carefully, last time he didn't make any preparations, he only vaguely remembered that Xie Nanshan was half-starved to death, but he didn't remember his expression before he woke up.
Maybe he should go to Xie Nanshan and ask him to come and have a look.
A thought flashed through Gu Mingdong, and he asked, "Did anything special happen before the old man fell into a coma?"
Professor Hong thought about it carefully, but still shook his head: "No, everything is normal."
Because of the weirdness of the matter, Professor Hong's mind suddenly turned to metaphysics after seeking help from medicine was useless, so he secretly went to the teacher's house to check, and obviously found nothing.
His teacher is only surrounded by his wife. The life of the couple is simple and regular, and there has been no change recently.
After the accident, he also asked his wife if there were any strangers in the house, but his wife shook her head.
Obviously, the night before the incident, Professor Hong had a bowl with his teacher. The teacher had a great appetite. He ate two big bowls of rice in one meal and joked that he ate like a chicken.
Because of this, Professor Hong only thought of Zheng Tong after running all over the hospital.
Since Zheng Tong couldn't come, Professor Hong could only pin his hopes on Gu Mingdong.
Gu Mingdong turned his back to Professor Hong, and the supernatural power slowly emerged from his heart, jumping and jumping in the air mischievously, and finally landed on the old man's forehead.
He thought it was because his eyes were not looking carefully enough, but there was no response after the supernatural power appeared, obviously his eyes were right.
No black mist—was it really just an accident?
Suddenly, Gu Mingdong's eyes changed slightly, and the power quickly returned to his body.
The next moment, the old man who had been unconscious on the bed with his eyes closed suddenly let out a cry, and opened his eyes slowly.
"Teacher!" Professor Hong exclaimed in surprise.
If his idea just now was to treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor, then now, the science in Professor Hong's heart has been defeated by metaphysics once again.
Sure enough, if you can't find the cause of the problem, you have to find these people to solve it!
Professor Hong's mind kept flashing back to the scene of his grandmother calling her ghost when she was young, and recalling various ghost stories in the legends, and finally fixed on surprises and surprises.
Gu Yuanhe woke up from a coma, his eyes were blurred, and it took him a long time to see the person in front of the bed clearly: "It's you."
"Teacher, you are awake. This time you scared me and my teacher's wife." How old is Professor Hong, but now he looks like a child, his eyes are red.
"It's a good thing you're awake now. If you continue to sleep like this, the teacher's wife will suffer a lot."
Gu Yuanhe couldn't bear to see him like a son and daughter who were parting from each other forever, and wanted to reach out to him for a while, but found that his limbs were weak and he couldn't move.
Soon, he realized that something was wrong: "Is this a hospital? What's wrong with me?"
His memory still stays in the rice field. At that time, he used to help the students to test the soil quality. As soon as he landed on the ground, his eyes went dark and he fell down.
This is fainted?It wasn't too hot at the time, so it couldn't be heat stroke, right?
Gu Yuanhe was feeling that he was too old to handle the work, but he heard the news that shocked him.
"You have been sleeping for more than a month." When mentioning this matter, Professor Hong still has lingering fears.
"One month?" Gu Yuanhe frowned.
"How could it be possible for a month, I was still in the field in the morning."
"It's been more than a month, a full 42 days, that day you suddenly fainted in the test field, and you couldn't wake up no matter what, it scared us all."
Gu Yuanhe's face darkened, he still believed the student's words, no matter how bad he was, he wouldn't make fun of such things.
Professor Hong glanced at Gu Mingdong, wanting to say that this young man saved you, but then he swallowed the rest of the words when he thought that his teacher hated the things that God and God babbled about.
He was afraid that if he did something bad with good intentions, the teacher would scold them for not studying hard and playing with these feudal superstitions.
Professor Hong himself has been conquered, but he dare not say it.
Gu Yuanhe was shocked from the bottom of his heart, but he didn't notice the student's carelessness.
Soon, he wanted to move his muscles and bones, only to realize that not only his limbs were weak, but even his speech was very difficult, which was obviously a symptom only after lying on the hospital bed for a long time.
But the more this happened, the more shocked Gu Yuanhe was.
Although I am old, I have always been in good health, and I also pay great attention to health preservation on weekdays. How could I be in a coma for no reason?
Thinking of something, Gu Yuanhe's eyes flashed with anger.
At this moment, Mrs. Gu, who had gone to fetch water to make tea, came back. When she entered the door, she saw her husband woke up, and hurriedly put down her things and came over.
She held her husband's hand tightly: "Yuanhe, you wake up, just wake up."
Gu Yuanhe held her hand instead: "I'm sorry for making you worry."
He felt distressed when he saw his wife's haggard appearance.
"Don't say that, as long as you're okay, I'll be at ease." Mrs. Gu's eyes were moist, but she was sincerely grateful. endlessly.
"Yes, teacher, as long as you are fine, we will all feel at ease."
Mrs. Gu quickly said: "You are so sleepy, I can't make up my mind by myself, but fortunately, Xiao Hong helped me run around, when you recover, I have to thank him, and don't always scold him in the future. "
Professor Hong patted his chest and said, "Mrs.'s words are off the mark. You will be a teacher for a day and a father for life. The teacher is just like my father. There is no need to be so polite."
"You child..." The Gu family had no children and no daughters, and the old couple depended on each other for their lives. Hearing these words, Mrs. Gu's eyes became even redder.
Gu Yuanhe patted his wife's hand and looked at the students with some approval.
Among his students, Professor Hong was not the smartest, nor the most clever, nor even the hardest-working, but he was honest and honest, and he was extremely filial to him.
Facing the teacher's approving eyes, Professor Hong couldn't help but straighten his back.
Gu Yuanhe's gaze had already passed him, and fell on Gu Mingdong behind him.
Even just waking up from a coma, the old man's eyes were still piercing and extremely sharp, just staring at Gu Mingdong's face, he frowned slightly: "This young man looks very kind."
Professor Hong said with a smile: "Teacher, this is the Gu Mingdong I mentioned earlier, Gu Mingdong from Shanghe Village, how about it, let's see if he is a good-looking talent."
He didn't think much about it, he just thought that he had mentioned Gu Mingdong in front of the teacher and appreciated it, which made the teacher have a little impression.
On the contrary, Gu Mingdong was a little surprised. Could it be that he is really the face of the public, why do he keep meeting people who think he has a good face recently?
"Gu Mingdong from Shanghe Village?" Gu Yuanhe's expression changed slightly, but he quickly restrained himself.
Gu Mingdong did not miss the change in his expression, he was puzzled: "Mr. Gu, hello, my name is Gu Mingdong, you can just call me Adong."
"Ming Dong..." Gu Yuanhe read these two words.
"The sun rises and the east gradually becomes brighter. It is a good name."
Gu Mingdong felt that when his parents named them, they definitely didn't think about such a profound meaning, otherwise there wouldn't be four words in the south, east, north, and west. Mingdong is okay to say, but Mingxi is not.
However, Gu Yuanhe seemed to have a good impression of him as soon as he saw him, and even asked about the scenery of Shanghe Village: "I heard that the water and soil in your production team are very good, and even the rice grows better than other places, why don't you sit here?" Come down and talk to me."
Before Gu Mingdong answered, Mrs. Gu refused to agree: "You just woke up, you don't want to have a good rest and talk about rice."
Professor Hong also dragged his feet: "Yes, teacher, you should take a good rest first. Comrade A Dong will stay for a while longer. It won't be too late to ask after you feel better."
"I'm going to call the doctor now, and I have to do a more comprehensive examination, so we can feel at ease."
Gu Yuanhe could only smile: "I am impatient."
I didn't ask any more questions, but I didn't agree to do the inspection.
This time, Professor Hong and Mrs. Gu refused to agree. Mrs. Gu persuaded her again and again, but finally her eyes were red, and Gu Yuanhe agreed.
Professor Hong ran around, Gu Mingdong pushed people, and went up and down to do all the inspections.
Gu Yuanhe was carried up and down the stairs, and couldn't help but say, "Actually, I can walk by myself."
Professor Hong said: "Teacher, Ah Dong is barely half of my student. My student is your disciple. There is no shame in asking him to help you."
After finishing speaking, he gave Gu Mingdong a wink.
Gu Mingdong also said: "Mr. Gu, I still want to wait for you, and learn from you the knowledge in the field."
Mrs. Gu looked at it and laughed: "You, don't be disobedient when you are an adult. Isn't it good to have students who are filial?"
Gu Yuanhe had no choice but to agree.
After all, he was old and had been in a coma for so long, and after only talking for a while, Gu Yuanhe felt a little out of sorts.
Before the results came out, Gu Yuanhe couldn't bear to sleep. He was so scared that Professor Hong pulled the doctor over for an examination. After a lot of tossing, he was sure that the teacher was really fine. This time he was really asleep and not in a coma. With a sigh of relief, he led Gu Mingdong out of the hospital.
"My god, what did you do just now?" After leaving the hospital, Professor Hong couldn't help asking.
Gu Mingdong smiled wryly, "I didn't do anything, and Professor Hong woke up when I walked over."
Just like last time, Xie Nanshan was clearly asleep, but when he appeared, he suddenly became fine, and even pushed something to report to him.
Could this be related?
If he hadn't been sure that he hadn't done anything and hadn't helped with his abilities, Gu Mingdong would have thought he was a Ziwei star from heaven.
Professor Hong has already put all the credit for the teacher's waking up on Gu Mingdong.
"Don't be humble. I know that there are rules in your business. Don't make a big show of it now. Don't worry, I won't even talk about this matter with my teacher and teacher's wife."
After finishing speaking, he lowered his voice and explained: "It's not that I want to take credit. My teacher is good at everything else, but he is rigid and stubborn. He hates the feudal superstition. Not only will he not appreciate it, but he may think that we are fooling around together. he."
This is exactly what Gu Mingdong was thinking: "It's good that the old man can wake up, I didn't do anything in the first place."
Professor Hong patted him on the shoulder in relief: "Mr. Zheng has taken in a good apprentice."
Gu Mingdong tentatively asked: "I just saw that Mr. Gu is very interested in Shanghe Village. Has he been there before?"
This made Professor Hong feel strange, but he still shook his head and said, "Probably not, probably because I've heard about it before, so I'm interested."
"The teacher is old. He has lived in Beijing since I met him, and he doesn't like to go out."
"What about when you were young?"
"When I was young, I used to travel around a lot, but he must have never been to Shanghe Village, otherwise he would definitely have to talk about it last time I mentioned it."
Gu Mingdong wanted to inquire again, but it would be too obvious to continue asking, so he had to stop talking temporarily.
On the contrary, Professor Hong said: "It's rare that the teacher likes you. We'll come back when he gets better. His main focus is forestry, but agriculture is the same. You can always learn a lot from talking with him."
Gu Mingdong naturally nodded in response, but asked casually: "The old man is sick, why don't you see your children taking care of them in front of the bed?"
Professor Hong sighed: "The teacher and his wife once had two sons and a daughter, but they both died young. From now on, you should not mention the matter of your children in front of them, lest they will be sad."
His surname was Gu, his first name was Yuanhe, and all his children died young, which made Gu Mingdong have to doubt the identity of this old gentleman.
Gu Mingdong was not in a hurry to inquire. In the next few days, he still followed Secretary Ma to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
Since Professor Hong invited them here in the name of grain seeds, he naturally had to put on a posture, but actually "communicated" for a few days in a down-to-earth manner.
Every day when it's time to get off work, Professor Hong will ride a bicycle to the hospital. He is indeed more filial than his own son.
But after the first day, he never brought Gu Mingdong with him again, only saying that Gu Yuanhe hadn't recovered yet, so wait.
It was the same on this day, and Secretary Ma said with emotion: "Professor Hong usually seems to have a bad temper, but he never expected to be so filial to his teacher, which is rare."
Gu Mingdong smiled, and asked again: "Today ends early, I want to take a walk around, do you want to go together?"
Secretary Ma was a little moved, but still refused: "I have to sort out the materials for the day first, or I will forget it the next day."
Compared with Gu Mingdong, Secretary Ma has to record all the daily communication experience, and these are to be taken back to the business.
Gu Mingdong didn't intend to take him with him at first, so he said with a smile, "Then I'll go by myself."
"Come back early." Secretary Ma knew that he would know the way, so he only asked.
What he didn't know was that Gu Mingdong left the guest house, got on the bus very quickly, and made three full transfers before arriving at his destination.
Before arriving, Gu Mingdong thought that even if Xie Nanshan lived in a courtyard, he wouldn't be too embarrassed.
Unexpectedly, he turned here and there in the alley, and finally stopped in front of a dilapidated house.
"Knock knock knock."
As soon as the door was knocked, wooden slag began to fall down, making Gu Mingdong worried that the door would fall directly.
There was a sound of footsteps behind the door, a crack was opened, an arm was stretched out, and Gu Mingdong was pulled in directly.
As soon as he entered the door, Gu Mingdong discovered that there was a universe inside the dilapidated house. From the outside, it looked like a dilapidated house that no one wanted. When he entered the door, even though the debris covered most of the original appearance of the house, he could vaguely see the original exquisiteness. .
Xie Nanshan was standing there in a serious manner: "You are always here, I am waiting until all the flowers are gone."
Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows slightly: "You haven't shown up, I thought there was no rush."
Xie Nanshan rolled his eyes and led him inside: "Come on, it's not me begging you to do something later."
"Come in and sit." Xie Nanshan poured him a cup of tea, "There is no one living in the house, there is nothing, so we can only make do."
Gu Mingdong took a sip, and he could see that Xie Nanshan would not treat him badly at all, the tea he drank was very fragrant, and he probably was busy shopping for things these days.
Not only hot tea, but also snacks on the table, Misandao, Shaqima and candied dates.
Gu Mingdong took a sip, and the taste was very good: "You can really enjoy it."
Xie Nanshan shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "I've known since I was a child that there will be no tomorrow. If I don't treat myself better, then my life will be in vain."
Needless to say, Gu Mingdong admired his attitude towards life.
Similarly, it can be seen from this table that although Xie Nanshan has left Beijing, his connections are all there. There are some things here, but it may not be possible to buy them with money.
Xie Nanshan was also quite proud, and waited until he had tasted it all before saying: "Don't you want to see my ancestral house, this is it."
These words surprised Gu Mingdong: "Here?"
"Do you think that my ancestors are majestic, and the descendants have to live in Prince Gong's Mansion?"
Xie Nanshan joked to himself: "It was a good time earlier, but later, hey, it's hard to describe."
"I won't lie to you. This is indeed the ancestral house of the Xie family. It looks a little old and broken. Fortunately, it can be kept like this."
Otherwise, it would have been taken back and redistributed by the state in the early years. Xie Nanshan was sick and turbulent in those few years, and his life was also frightening.
But he is also a person who will not show weakness to others, so he didn't talk about it in detail.
The house is so messy and looks so dilapidated, it was Xie Nanshan's intention to prevent his house from becoming someone else's when he was away from home.
Gu Mingdong just got up and looked carefully at the dilapidated house.
Xie Nanshan held a Shaqima in his mouth, and explained: "Originally, the left and right sides belonged to our family, but they were separated later."
Gu Mingdong walked around the old house, but found nothing.
The ability is as quiet as a chicken, without any excitement at all.
"How is it?" Xie Nanshan asked impatiently.
After experiencing countless disappointments, Xie Nanshan felt that there was little hope, but Gu Mingdong's identity was different, and thinking that he was the one who came in to save him last time, Xie Nanshan felt hopeful again.
Gu Mingdong shook his head: "Nothing."
Upon hearing this, Xie Nanshan suddenly felt lost, even the Shaqima in his mouth was not sweet.
"Forget it, it's been so many years, I should resign myself to my fate." Xie Nanshan let out a sigh of relief, and ate the remaining half of Shaqima as if to vent.
Gu Mingdong was also very disappointed. He thought he could find the three relics and improve his ability to a higher level, but it turned out that the trip was for nothing.
After failing to find the relic, Gu Mingdong thought of another thing: "You are a local, so do you know Professor Gu Yuanhe from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences?"
"Gu Yuanhe?"
Xie Nanshan thought for a while: "I have no impression, last time you asked me about the word Yuanhe, were you looking for this professor?"
Look at his appearance, I really don't know him at all.
Gu Mingdong sighed: "He was ill a while ago, his illness was very strange, just like you, he fell into a coma for no reason."
Xie Nanshan was shocked after hearing this: "Same symptom, surnamed Gu... Could it be that he is from the Gu family?"
Both of them knew that the Gu family he was talking about was the family who, like Xie Ling, borrowed the Buddha bone from the bead guard.
The more Xie Nanshan thought about it, the more he felt that the possibility was extremely high, and his eyes showed a little joy: "Maybe it is true."
"Grandpa said that the Gu family has long since fallen, and there are no people in his generation. I didn't expect him to guess completely wrong. The Gu family is not only still there, but even divided into two branches."
"One of them moved to Shanghe Village to thrive, while the other stayed in Beijing."
In ancient times, in order to preserve the bloodline, some big families would send their heirs to settle in different places, in order to preserve it to the greatest extent when encountering wars and other natural and man-made disasters.
After being reminded by him, Gu Mingdong's spirit froze.
But soon, he frowned and said, "It's unlikely. If it's a big branch, how could there be no news left for future generations."
Even if no family records were left, people are still alive, right? Gu's father doesn't know, so does Gu's grandfather also know nothing?
Moreover, the old man of the Gu family saw his expression and movements, it didn't seem like he was seeing a blood relative.
Xie Nanshan also thought about it: "Indeed...but he also suffered from a strange disease, it can't be just a coincidence."
Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows and said, "You need to investigate."
"I'm new here, and I'm not familiar with the place in Beijing, so I will definitely be discovered if I check it out."
"It's different for you. Maybe after the investigation, we can figure out why."
Xie Nanshan didn't shirk it, and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll take care of it."
Before Gu Mingdong left, he reminded him: "You can focus on checking whether there is any connection between you, Gu Yuanhe, and the Qian family."
"It's the Qian family again." Xie Nanshan frowned.
Before that, he had never heard the Qian family mentioned by the elders in his family, but why did Gu Mingdong bring it up again and again.
Xie Nanshan didn't catch up to ask, he knew that Gu Mingdong would not remind him for no reason.
Leaving Xie's house, the sky had already turned dark, and he was very dissatisfied with the ability of not getting the relics, and kept pulling at Gu Mingdong's hair, making him helpless.
Suddenly, Gu Mingdong stopped: "How about we try it?"
Immediately, the power was raised, and he urged the master to hurry up.
Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows, turned around and walked into a park.