dhibooks Chapter 212 Leaving Home
Chapter 212 Leaving Home
The sun had just emerged from the ground, and the dawn in the east was like a piece of carmine tinder, a bit too gorgeous, and it decorated the entire Shanghe Village extraordinarily gorgeous.
Gu Liangxing ate a pickled melon while looking at the sky, and shouted inside: "Xiao Yuner, come out and look at the clouds."
"It's so early in the morning, you can't let us sleep longer." Before Gu Yun came out, Gu Mingxi yelled.
"If you have nothing to do, go up the mountain to cut firewood, and go quickly."
Gu Liangxing rubbed his nose, not daring to quarrel with the fierce third aunt, turned around and walked towards the old house.
Soon, he came to the ruins of the old house, and now most of the foundations have been demolished, leaving only bricks and bricks piled on the ground nearby.
Gu Liangxing turned around and finally found the stone pillar at the back of the original courtyard.
When he saw it, Gu Liangxing opened his mouth wide in surprise, and the pickled melon fell out. He scratched his hair and wondered, "Is this color originally?"
The stone pillars have changed a lot. The original blood red has faded, showing the color that the stone should have. Although it is also darker in color, it is completely different from blood red. It is a black jade with a grease color, which is pleasing to the eye. .
Gu Liangxing looked left and right, but couldn't find a second stone pillar with this shape.
He couldn't help squatting down, stretched out his finger and poked the stone bead.
Who knew that with this touch, the black jade stone pillar, which looked so hard at first, was completely shattered. Gu Liangxing frantically tried to save it, but in the end, it shattered faster and faster, leaving no scum behind.
The poor child's hair exploded, he stared blankly at everything in front of him, with a bitter face.
It was rare for Gu Mingdong to sleep through the night, and when he got up, he saw his eldest son walking up and down, wishing he could even feed him breakfast.
After rejecting the elder son's "filial piety", Gu Mingdong asked after breakfast, "Did you get into trouble?"
Gu Liangxing quickly explained: "Dad, I really didn't mean it."
"I got up too early, so I wanted to go around the old house, but I saw that the stone pillar changed color, from blood red to black. I thought it was strange and wanted to touch it."
"Who knows, I just touched it lightly, and the stone pillar shattered directly, smashing all over the ground."
"Dad, I lost my ancestor's treasure."
When Gu Mingdong heard this, he felt a little guilty.
In fact, the stone pillar was already shattered last night, and it was broken into pieces without forming a shape at all. After cleaning up the black mist, Gu Mingdong thought about what was missing, and it was difficult to explain to the child, so he used his supernatural power to stick it back together.
The shape is still the same shape, in fact, it is vulnerable, so it can only be seen.
At that time, he threw his things in the old house and went home to sleep. Who would have thought that the boss would go to see it early in the morning.
Gu Mingdong reached out and patted his son's shoulder, and comforted him: "It's okay, it's just a rock anyway, if it's gone, it's gone."
Gu Liangxing still felt a pity in his heart, and continued: "But we haven't figured out what it is yet."
"This proves that our family is not destined to follow things." Gu Mingdong comforted again.
Seeing that he was not angry at all, Gu Liangxing breathed a sigh of relief: "Dad, next time our family finds some family treasure, I will definitely be kind."
"There won't be a next time." Gu Mingdong said with a smile.
The old Gu's family was very unlucky to be targeted by so many people. It's a series of loops, and I don't know who they offended.
The matter of Shi Zhuzi was over like this, Gu Liangxing took the blame, and the others knew that Shi Zhuzi was gone, but it was a pity that two days passed.
On the contrary, when Gu Mingnan came back and found out that the old house had collapsed, he was quite happy.
"Brother, if you want me to say that we just pushed down the foundation of the old house. The place over there is big, so we just built two small second floors. There will be a new house for A Xing and A Chen to marry a wife in the future."
Gu Mingdong said helplessly: "A Xing and A Chen are still studying, you are thinking too far."
Gu Mingnan said with a smile: "It's not a matter of time, it's worthwhile to build a house early while our family is well-off."
Gu Mingdong didn't think so: "Let's wait a little longer."
Without waiting for Gu Mingnan to continue, Gu Mingdong explained: "Let's not talk about where these two children will study in the future and whether they will come back in the future, it depends on the current economic development form. After a few years, it will turn the world upside down. Now the house is built. , maybe it will be out of date in two years.”
Hearing this, Gu Mingnan didn't insist anymore, nodded and said: "That's true."
"It's only been more than a year, and Daishan City has changed a lot. The streets are much more lively than before."
Gu Mingnan was silent for a while, then suddenly asked, "Brother, I don't want to go to work anymore."
"What's the matter?" Gu Mingdong didn't look like the patriarch these days, who would be furious when he heard that his child was about to give up his stable career, so he just asked in a friendly voice.
Seeing that the eldest brother didn't look angry, Gu Mingnan breathed a sigh of relief, and explained: "The treatment in the repair shop is good, and it also promotes me, but I always feel that if I continue to work like this, there will be no future."
He lowered his voice and said, "It used to be fine in our Xiyuan Town, but I didn't know until I arrived in Daishan City that this person is not good enough. If you want to continue to be promoted, you have to speak well and give gifts to your superiors."
Gu Mingnan sighed: "It's not that I can't say it, I can't give it away, but I just find it boring in my heart."
"Especially eating and drinking with the leader, I feel that I will lose two years of life after drinking a meal."
Gu Mingnan's emotional intelligence is actually not low, and he can get along well with his colleagues around him, but in his heart he doesn't like this kind of world very much.
Especially when I see colleagues around me who are not flattering, who are capable, may not be able to get a promotion and salary increase, but those who are able to flatter become leaders.
Over the years, wouldn't the leaders above all become such people? What good can the factory do?
It has to be said that in this regard, Gu Mingnan is very forward-looking.
Gu Mingnan added: "Our repair shop is not bad. I heard that the leaders of some factories like to hold meetings when they don't do practical work. I think these factories will be eliminated sooner or later if this continues."
These words made Gu Mingdong look at him more, secretly thinking that his younger brother's intuition in this regard is quite powerful.
Many years later, many of the current iron rice bowls are destroyed by the rigid and unchanging system.
Gu Mingdong pondered: "If you don't want to go to work, what do you want to do?"
"You can't just come back and farm with me, right?" He joked.
Gu Mingnan said with a smile: "That's not bad, the rice grown by our elder brother is better than that of other people's."
Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't flatter, speak well."
Only then did Gu Mingnan reveal his plan: "Actually, I went to Daishan City for Xiaoru in the first place. I don't worry about her staying in Daishan alone, and the couple won't see each other for many years."
"Who knows that people have gone, and it's not easy to meet."
"Xiaoru will graduate in two years. According to her intention, she wants to come back to be a teacher. Our school in Xiyuan Town is not good enough, but this is home. She can't let go of her children, and she can't let go of her family either. .”
Qian Xiaoru is a woman who loves her family very much. Compared with her classmates who all want to stay in Daishan City, or go to other big cities, she has always wanted to go home and become a teacher after finishing her studies. Can also take care of the family.
One more thing, with Qian Xiaoru's academic qualifications, if she is willing to come back, it is still safe to be a teacher in the town. Maybe she can go up after two years, which is not bad.
Gu Mingnan continued: "If she comes back, what will I do in Daishan City? It won't be for nothing."
"Then you want to come back?" Gu Mingdong asked.
Gu Mingnan said in a low voice: "I don't think it will be easy to come back, the transport team in the town has no place now."
His previous relationship was there, and Master Qian was still in the old place, so it would be fine if he really wanted to come back for a while.
But Gu Mingnan himself didn't like it. He said that people go to high places and water flows to low places. He went to the main factory and came back again. He didn't know how many sarcastic remarks others would say.
Besides, he didn't want to spend his whole life repairing cars there.
"Actually, I went to the transportation team in the early years, just to make money." Gu Mingnan glanced at his elder brother and said in a low voice, "I heard from brother Nanshan that they resell things to make more money."
Gu Mingdong understood what he meant, and asked back: "Do you want to work with Xie Nanshan?"
"A'nan, just look at Nanshan and Shumei. They have to run all over the world. They don't even care about thanking them. They have to send them out every three days."
"There is another one. The couple have a companion. They are both quick-spoken and willing to deal with people. Are you sure you can do it too?"
Gu Mingdong has no objection to Gu Ming going south to the sea, but these must be carefully considered in advance.
After thinking about it, Gu Mingnan said, "That's right..."
But when the conversation changed, he asked in a low voice, "Brother, how about I get a car myself?"
"I drive myself, so I can make more money, and secondly, I can be free."
Gu Mingdong didn't expect his younger brother to have this idea so quickly.
He pondered for a while, and suggested: "Looking at the current direction, transportation will also be released in the future, but there are too many ways to transport, you have to do a market research before doing it."
"market survey?"
Gu Mingdong said: "Most of the jobs taken by the current transportation team are transportation tasks in the factory, and these tasks should not be given to individuals."
"If you own a car for transportation, or do the work of buying and selling, then you will consider where to get the goods and where to sell them at that time."
"Either it is to pick up orders from the people, but these orders may be scattered."
Gu Mingnan originally mentioned it casually, but when asked by Gu Mingdong, his vague thoughts became real instead.
He pondered and pondered slowly.
Gu Mingdong suggested: "Don't worry about this matter, you can think about it slowly, think it over, and make up your mind, the elder brother will always support you."
With Gu Mingdong's words, Gu Mingnan felt at ease.
Gu Mingnan's idea can't be put into practice for a while, and it's time for the college students in Shanghe Village to go to school.
Wu Xuanxuan went to Beijing a long time ago. After discussing with Liu Xiaozhu, Gu Yong and Liu Xiaozhu decided to leave together. Their schools are both in Daishan City, not far away, so they can take care of each other.
Gu Baojia and his wife were not at ease, and wanted to send him to school, but Gu Yong refused.
"Mom and Dad, I'm not young anymore. Besides, Daishan City is not far away, and there will be someone to pick me up when I get there. Why bother you to run back and forth."
"Father is not afraid of running back and forth. You have been admitted to university, but you will honor our old Gu family."
Gu Yong said with a sneer: "What kind of university is mine? The two aunts are the real glory."
"It's all the same, you are the first one in our family to pass the exam." At least in their eldest room.
Gu Yong had no choice but to say: "Sister Afang will come to pick me up, and besides, I will set off with Liu Xiaozhu, so we can take care of each other."
Thinking that Gu Fang and Liu Aihua are both in Daishan City, and Qian Xiaoru is also there, so they can take care of Gu Yong, so the couple are a little relieved.
In the end, they were only sent to the town.
Watching the child leave in the car, Gu Jianguo and his wife waved their hands vigorously, their eyes were sour, as if they were back in the time when they sent their eldest son to serve in the army.
Wang Mazi, who came to see him off with them, was very happy, and said to Gu Baojia: "Brother Jianguo, the child will be a college student in the future, and we can wait and enjoy the blessings in the future."
Gu Baojia didn't like Wang Mazi from the bottom of his heart, but seeing Liu Xiaozhu's face, he agreed with him: "Yes, it's the children who strive for themselves."
"That's right, I didn't care too much about it. Xiao Zhu was born well, and he was smart from an early age." Wang Mazi boasted cheerfully.
Gu Baojia was speechless for a while.
On the way back to Shanghe Village, they heard Wang Mazi blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah, so he exaggerated Liu Xiaozhu as a flower.
That's all for nothing, he also boasted that he has good vision and good luck, and he pretended to wait for them to support him without having to work in the future.
After finally separating, Gu Bao's family couldn't help curling their lips: "This man is really colorless, we don't like to talk to him until we see him."
"Forget it, from now on, Xiaozhu and our Ayong will be classmates, so we must give him some face."
"Give him three points of color and he will open a dyeing workshop."
After cursing a few words, Gu Bao's family member suddenly lowered his voice and said, "The production team is spreading rumors that Widow Liu was ambiguous with Wang Mazi before, and that Liu Xiaozhu is actually his son."
Gu Baojia frowned and said, "Impossible?"
"Why not? When Widow Liu gave birth to this youngest son, her men had already left. Even if the time comes to conceive, the men will be sick and half dead. How can that be possible?"
Gu Baojia also doubted it in his heart. It was nothing else, but because Wang Mazi was a man who willingly went to work in the fields, supported other people's sons and daughters, and even let them study and take exams to go to university. This seems a bit weird .
But these can only be thought about in private: "Aihua and Xiaozhu are good boys, you can just listen to these words in private, don't go around talking nonsense."
His family hurriedly said: "Do you still need me to say it? Everyone outside spreads it like this."
"The entire production team, I guess old Liu doesn't know about it. If he wants to know about it, he's probably going to make a fuss."
Even the emaciated old Liu's daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law probably knew about it.
But they all tacitly hid it from old Liu. After all, no matter who Liu Xiaozhu was from, they were not from their family. After so many years, it would be embarrassing for everyone if they made a fuss.
Besides, wouldn't it be good to have Wang Mazi to raise children? In case Wang Mazi dares to put down the stall, old Liu will have to take care of a few nephews and nieces again, and it will be their money that will be lost.
They had no relationship with the man who died of Widow Liu, and even hated them very much, so they would stand up for him.
So slowly, Liu Xiaozhu's life experience became a common secret in Shanghe Village. Everyone knew about it, but they didn't tell it, and only kept it from old Liu.
Gu Yong and Liu Xiaozhu set off here, while Gu Mingxi and Gu Mingbei also had to pack their luggage and prepare to leave.
If you want to have a good time on the road, in fact, the two of them should have left a long time ago, but whoever makes the two girls reluctant to stay at home, it is a day if they can stay one more day.
The night before departure, the two sisters packed their luggage. One left several jars of sauerkraut for the family, and the other cooked bottles of chili sauce.
Gu Mingdong was watching and couldn't help laughing: "Do you want us to eat until the Chinese New Year?"
Gu Mingxi smiled and said, "It's best to eat until the Chinese New Year. We'll be back after the Chinese New Year."
Gu Yun gestured at the side; [Third Aunt, Fourth Aunt, I can do it too. 】
Gu Mingbei touched her hair with a smile: "Let me do it, I don't worry if I don't do more."
At the end, he began to explain to the two eldest nephews: "You are usually at school, pay more attention to your dad when you go home, he works during the day, and sometimes he doesn't eat when he finds it troublesome."
Gu Mingdong explained helplessly: "Just a few times, I didn't skip meals, but I ate watermelon because I thought it was too hot."
"Can watermelon be eaten as a meal?" Gu Mingxi refused.
"Brother, people are iron and rice is steel. If you don't eat a few meals, your stomach will be ruined. It will be too late for you to regret it."
"You are just lazy, relying on the fact that no one at home is looking at you."
This time Gu Mingbei also stood by her side, and even said: "Before we went to Beijing to go to school, brother, you promised to eat well and take good care of yourself, but you just fooled us like this."
"If you do this again, then I will stop studying and come back to cook for you and watch you eat three meals a day."
Gu Mingdong was so hard to lift his head that he was taught a lesson, he begged for mercy: "It's okay, I will eat well in the future, no matter how hot the weather is, I will eat three meals a day, one meal is not a lot, is this okay?"
Only then did Gu Mingxi laugh: "I'll let Ah Chen supervise you."
"Ah Chen, if your father doesn't eat well again, you can telegraph Sangu, and I'll be right back when the time comes."
Gu Mingchen immediately promised: "Third Aunt and Fourth Aunt, I will definitely keep an eye on my dad."
This picture of mobilizing teachers and mobilizing people gave Gu Mingdong a deep understanding of what a sweet burden is.
Gu Mingbei cooked meat sauce, tomato sauce, chili sauce and other sauces, sealed them in glass bottles, and stored them in a cool place.
"Brother, there is no water in these, so they are durable." She explained, "Sometimes if you feel that cooking is too much trouble, you can just order a handful of noodles, mix them with sauce and eat them."
Gu Mingdong smiled and agreed, and then said: "You guys also take some away, don't you mean that you can't get used to the food in Beijing?"
"You'll get used to it as you eat." Gu Mingxi said.
But before leaving, Gu Mingdong still brought them a lot of things, not only meat sauce for bibimbap, but also various fruits.
After sending them all the way to the train, Gu Mingdong let out a sigh of relief.
Turning around, Gu Mingchen said with a smile, "Dad, you promised the three aunts and the four aunts."
Gu Mingdong had no choice but to bow his head: "Okay, okay, my son is taking care of me."
"We usually listen to you, but it's about your body and you can't be careless." Gu Liangxing said with a smile.
On the other end of the train, the sisters found a place to sit down, put down their salutes and were finally able to take a rest.
Wiping the sweat off his forehead, Gu Mingxi said with a smile, "We seem to have frightened the eldest brother."
Gu Mingbei also laughed, and said in a low voice: "Our eldest brother is not afraid of anything, but he is afraid that we will talk about him. Hey, we always feel uneasy when we are not at home. Ah Xing is too careless, and Ah Chen has to go to school."
I didn't know it before, but after a long time, the sisters figured out the pattern.
The eldest brother of the family has a very righteous idea, but the persistent nagging of the two sisters, especially the nagging with genuine concern, can always make the elder brother compromise.
It has to be said that the two sisters also grasped Gu Mingdong's weakness.
Gu Mingxi said with a smile: "It's okay now, but I'm afraid that A Xing and A Chen will go to college in the future, so no one will really be watching big brother."
After saying this, the two sisters were silent for a while.
After a long time, Gu Mingxi suddenly said: "Hey, a few years ago, shouldn't we persuade elder brother to find another one, so that when Ah Xing Ah Chen grows up, he won't be alone."
"At that time, I never thought that we would all leave Shanghe Village." Gu Mingbei also sighed.
It's not just them, Gu Mingnan is no longer in Shanghe Village. Once the three children leave, the elder brother will be really lonely.
The two girls made up their minds, and they seemed to have seen their elder brother hunched over, staying alone in the village, eating alone, working alone, and doing housework alone.
Just thinking about it makes both sisters feel sad.
They obviously ignored the fact that Gu Mingdong is now in his prime, and everyone would call him a young man when he stepped out, and the fact that he is not alone.
Gu Mingbei couldn't stand it anymore, and quickly said, "I'll come back when I graduate."
Gu Mingxi glanced at her, shook his head and said, "Brother definitely won't agree."
Gu Mingbei asked again: "Brother definitely doesn't want to look for it again."
It's not that she is bragging, but with her elder brother's conditions, if she really wanted to find her, she would have found it long ago. Even if the elder brother wanted a girl with a yellow flower, it's not like no one came to her door to say goodbye in the past two years.
From all over the world, who doesn't know that the old Gu's family is up, and the younger brothers and sisters are workers, and those who go to college go to college, and they are very filial to the only eldest brother.
Besides, Gu Mingdong doesn't look old, not to mention good-looking, and he is good to his sister. A man who is good to his sister can't be too bad to his wife.
Although there are three children, all three children have grown up, so there is no need for newcomers.
The two girls looked at each other, and they both sighed helplessly. The two of them compromised by nagging the elder brother about the usual trivial matters. It is impossible to listen to them for such a major matter.
After a long time, Gu Mingbei suddenly said: "I think big brother might like girls who have studied."
Gu Mingxi was silent for a while, then shrugged: "Then it's more reliable for us to keep an eye on it."
How could a girl who had studied and went to college want to marry into Shanghe Village?
Gu Mingdong didn't know that a pair of younger sisters were worried because of his "loneliness". As soon as he returned to Shanghe Village, he was hurriedly pulled away by Gu Sanshu.