dhibooks Chapter 215 Fate
Chapter 215 Fate
It is quite convenient to travel from Shanghe Village to Beijing, at least they only need to rush to the county seat, and then take the direct train to Beijing.
Although the time is a bit longer and the train is a bit crowded, it is much more convenient than remote areas.
According to Gu Mingdong, he wanted to find a way to buy a sleeper ticket, but the two sisters refused.
There is a big difference between the seat ticket and the sleeper ticket, and the two sisters feel that they are young, so there is no need to spend more money on this aspect.
In Gu Mingxi's words: "You can go when you're sitting, and you can go when you're lying down, so why waste the money."
Under the insistence of the two sisters, they bought tickets every time they went back and forth, and the two of them could take care of them when they went back and forth together.
On the departing train, the sisters were lucky this time, and quickly found a seat to sit down.
The two skillfully stuffed the package under the seat, and the sisters breathed a sigh of relief.
They went back and forth a few times, and now the two of them are proficient, and they are no longer at a loss and bewildered when they took the train for the first time.
The train started off staggeringly, and there were more and more people on the train. A chubby middle-aged man sat next to them, and he sat down with one buttocks, one person took the place of two people.
Gu Mingbei hurriedly moved inside, letting his sister lean towards him.
The fat man noticed the small movements of the two sisters, and said embarrassedly: "Little girl, I'm sorry, I'm too fat to take up space."
It is rare to see such a fat person these days, which caused many people to look here.
Gu Mingxi saw that he was sweating profusely from the heat, and half of him was hanging in the air, so he said politely: "It's okay, we can sit down even if we squeeze together."
Seeing that they didn't seem to dislike them, the man heaved a sigh of relief, and took out the green plums he had with him: "You can try the green plums that you grow at home."
The two sisters were polite, but didn't do anything.
But the person opposite smiled and said, "Then I will try it too."
After speaking, he took it and ate it by himself, the fat man didn't care, he was still cheerful.
Soon, Daishan City arrived.
Gu Mingbei glanced out the car window, and couldn't help but say, "I don't know how Xiaofang and the others are doing."
"They have companions, and they will definitely live well." Daishan City is close, Qian Xiaoru, Gu Fang, and Gu Yong all go to school here, and they take care of each other.
Just then, the person opposite them got out of the car.
When the train staggered and set off again, the seat opposite was still empty.
The fat man saw it, got up and sat down, and said with a smile: "If someone comes later, I will change seats."
As a result, he didn't sit for a while, and a woman with gray hair came over with an old man with gray hair.
The woman had a straight face and looked uncomfortable: "Comrade, this is my position."
As he spoke, he showed him the ticket.
The fat man stood up quickly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I saw that there was no one on the train, so I thought this seat was vacant."
The sisters of the Gu family also made room for him so that he could sit down.
The woman didn't say anything when she saw this, she nodded, and waited for him to step aside before turning around and saying, "Old man, you sit inside."
Gu Mingxi looked up subconsciously, but was stunned by this look.
Gu Mingbei followed her gaze and opened his mouth wide in surprise.
The white-haired old man standing behind the woman was very old and his face was wrinkled, but his facial features were clearly similar to Gu Mingdong's. Even though there was a big age difference, the two sisters could tell the difference at a glance.
If the old man is still young, I'm afraid the similarity will be even higher.
Just when they were in a daze, the old man had already sat down tremblingly. As soon as he sat down, he tremblingly asked the woman beside him, "Wu Niu, when shall we go home?"
"Don't worry, old man, we'll be home soon." Wu Niu comforted.
The old man nodded.
But after a while, he turned around and asked, "Wu Niu, when shall we go home?"
In less than 10 minutes after sitting down, he asked four or five times, with an average of one every two to three minutes.
Wu Niu was very patient, she would answer every time the old man asked, and she didn't feel annoyed at all.
The Gu family sisters looked at each other, and it was obvious that the old man seemed a little confused.
Gu Mingbei tugged on his sister's sleeve, and said in a low voice: "Sister, do you think that old man looks like our elder brother?"
Gu Mingxi made a silent gesture.
Unexpectedly, the small actions of the two sisters attracted the attention of the old man opposite, who suddenly raised his head and stared at them with a pair of cloudy and yellow eyes.
The two sisters were taken aback and subconsciously clenched their hands.
The fat man also noticed it, and couldn't help reminding: "Sister, your old man wants to scare people and children like this."
Only then did Wu Niu notice the old man's gaze, she frowned, reached out and patted the old man's shoulder: "Old man, don't stare at children like that."
"This is not my Shushu..." The old man's eyes were dazed for a moment, then he turned his head and asked, "Wu Niu, have you seen Junjun and Shushu? They're gone, and I can't find them."
Wu Niu's eyes turned red, she suppressed the soreness of her nose, and comforted her, "Old man, we will always find them."
"Go home, yes, go home." Old Master Bai suddenly stood up and came over in person, "We have to go home, Junjun and Shushu know the way home, if I'm not here, they won't be able to find anyone when they come back."
Wu Niu hurriedly stopped him: "Have you forgotten, we really want to go home."
Mr. Bai seemed to remember, sat down again, and asked after a while: "I'm not going home, let's go to Daishan to look for it. Junjun said that Shushu is in Daishan, she is fine."
"Okay, okay, I'll take you to look for it." Wu Niu comforted.
The three people on the opposite side saw it in their eyes and understood that the old man's mind was confused. There were too many troubles in the past few years, so it is not uncommon for old people to suddenly go crazy like this.
The fat man was a little embarrassed, and said: "Sister, I'm sorry, I don't know your old man..."
Wu Niu just said: "It's okay, don't be afraid, the old man is not a bad person."
Gu Mingxi patted his younger sister's hand, not afraid in his heart, but curiously asked: "Ma'am, where are you from? Are you here to find someone in Daishan City?"
Wu Niu's eyes were full of vigilance, she was obviously a very defensive person, after hearing this, she only said, "Yes, I'm here to find someone."
After hearing this, the fat man asked curiously, "Who are you looking for and what's their name? I know Daishan City very well. I have many friends there. I also know people on the household registration management side. Maybe they can help."
He was warm-hearted.
I don't know if it's because the temptation to find someone is strong, Wu Niu said, "We're here to find the old man's son Bai Jun and daughter Bai Shu, have you heard their names?"
"They're about my age."
The fat man thought about it carefully, then shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it, so, when the time comes, I'll write a letter to ask my friend who manages the household registration, he might be able to find out."
Just as Wu Niu was about to agree, the old man next to her suddenly yelled, "I can't find it, it's gone, I'm gone."
"This..." The fat man was momentarily at a loss.
Wu Niu hurriedly held down Mr. Bai: "Don't worry, we will find it slowly, and we will always find it."
Under her comforting voice, old man Bai calmed down again. After a long time, he raised his head and asked, "Wu Niu, when are we going home? Jun Jun and Shu Shu remember the way home, and they will come back to find me."
The fat man didn't dare to say anything, and he didn't say anything to help until he got out of the car.
Wu Niu was moved by her heart just now, and now she doesn't mention it anymore. Obviously, she has no hope at all for the so-called help from a person she met by chance.
The four looked at each other speechlessly, but the two sisters looked at the old man a few more times intentionally or unintentionally because of their similarities.
Halfway there, Wu Niu took the old man off the train, and the two sisters helped out.
After thanking him, Wu Niu helped the old man walk away slowly.
"It's so pitiful." Gu Mingbei sighed.
It was only after they came out to study that they realized how crazy the time gate was in those few years outside, and there were not a few people who were driven to death and crazy.
Wu Niu helped the old man out of the station and returned to the dilapidated house, because it hadn't been repaired in these years, the house was dilapidated and dilapidated.
But the old man entered the house as usual, and said: "Come in, we are home."
"Wu Niu, you are here to play with Junjun, sit and have a cup of tea, etc. Junjun will be home soon."
Looking at the familiar but unfamiliar room, Wu Niu's eyes turned sour, she wiped the corners of her eyes, and finally couldn't help but propose: "Old man, come with me to Shanghai."
But old man Bai shook his head and said, "No, I'm leaving. Junjun and Shushu won't be able to see me when they go home. They will be scared."
He spoke firmly, but Wu Niu knew that even if they continued to wait, it would be impossible to wait for those two people.
She rushed here from Shanghai and accompanied the old man to many places, but she still couldn't find the whereabouts of those two people.
Wu Niu knew from the bottom of her heart that if the two of them were still alive, it would be impossible for them to leave the old man alone without hearing from them all these years.
The only explanation is that they are long gone.
But in the face of this fact, the old man didn't want to admit it, and neither did she.
After a while, Wu Niu sat down and said, "Okay, I'll wait with you."
Old man Bai nodded, and after a while, he said again: "It's getting late, you should go home, or your parents will be angry."
"Did you forget, old man, they have gone to Shanghai and asked me to live here temporarily."
Old Man Bai was in a daze for a moment, as if he had thought of something: "Then you live well and treat this place as your own home."
After a while, he said again: "Forget it, don't wait, Junjun doesn't remember you anymore."
Wu Niu forced a smile: "How come, he promised to go to Shanghai to find me."
Old Man Bai lowered his voice: "Let me tell you secretly, Junjun has been to Shanghai."
"He said he would bring you back with him... Wu Niu, you have already gone home, why hasn't Junjun come back?"
Suddenly, his face became painful again, and he patted his head vigorously: "I remembered, it was my fault, I lost Shushu, and Junjun was very angry when he came back, he said I'm going to get my sister back."
"Old man, don't do this." Wu Niu hurriedly stopped him.
But old man Bai was very close in pain: "It's all my fault. I lost both children."
"Shushu lost, Junjun left too, it's all my fault, my fault."
Wu Niu couldn't help crying: "It's not your fault, it's my fault. I shouldn't have let him come back alone."
The two hugged each other and cried.
The people next door heard it, curled their lips, and commented: "I thought the old man's house was dead, but I didn't expect that after so many years, someone would come to the door."
"There are still people in his family, isn't that house..."
"Come on, who wants that dilapidated house? Besides, if you dare to live in it, the white old man will fight you hard. He is a lunatic, and he doesn't have to pay for his life."
"I'm just saying, whoever really wants their house is very unlucky."
Originally, they just met by chance, but when the Gu family sisters arrived in Beijing, they still did not forget the old man they met by chance on the train.
Gu Mingxi saw that his sister mentioned it from time to time, so he joked with a smile: "Could it be that you still suspect that they are our relatives?"
Gu Mingbei said with a smile: "I knew that I should ask more questions on the train, maybe it would be?"
"Impossible, I never heard from my parents that there is a relative named Bai in our family." Gu Mingxi denied it flatly.
"Besides, my parents passed away early, but my uncle and aunt are still alive. If there is such a relative, it is impossible for them not to know."
Gu Mingbei thought so too.
But then she asked again: "Did my eldest brother still have dystocia when he was born? I never heard my mother mention it."
Gu Mingxi said with a smile: "In the early years, I often mentioned it, but later I mentioned it less."
Gu Mingbei's face changed slightly, and he remembered why he didn't mention it much, because her birth was not smooth, and their mother didn't like her as a little girl even more than the first son, and even thought that her life was bad. Father is gone.
Gu Mingxi also realized that he had said something wrong, and quickly comforted him: "It's all in the past, let's not mention it."
"I don't care anymore." Gu Mingbei said with a smile.
Gu Mingxi breathed a sigh of relief, and touched his sister's braids: "That's good, I'm afraid you think too much."
"Actually, sometimes when I think about it, if my parents are still alive, they may not be able to support us to study all the time, and let us leave home to go to university." Gu Mingbei suddenly said with emotion.
There are many examples of production teams. Most families would rather send their sons to study. As for their daughters, it would be good if they can read for a few years.
Even the theory that studying is useless was prevalent a few years ago, and there were many people who didn't even send their sons to study.
Gu Mingxi said, "Mom doesn't know, but my dad will definitely agree."
"Now that I think about it, Big Brother and Dad were printed from the same mold."
"Really, eldest brother looks like dad?" Gu Mingbei still has some impressions of his mother, but he has completely lost his impression of his father.
Gu Mingxi nodded and shook his head again: "In terms of appearance, the second child looks more like our father, and the three of us all look like our mother, but the elder brother's style of speaking and doing things is exactly the same as the deceased father."
These words made Gu Mingbei a little strange: "Is Dad actually such a progressive person?"
Gu Mingxi laughed: "He is a soldier."
The two sisters talked and laughed, temporarily forgetting the episode on the train.
Soon, the weather gradually became cooler, and Gu Mingdong finally came to Beijing.
He deliberately chose the weekend, so the sisters didn't have to go to class, so they came to the station early to pick them up.
As soon as Gu Mingdong got out of the station, he saw two younger sisters greeted vigorously: "Brother, here."
As he said that, he rushed over to help him carry the salute, Gu Mingdong smiled and said, "I can carry it myself wherever I need you."
The two sisters didn't insist either, Gu Mingxi chirped and said: "Brother, let's go to the guest house first. The guest house you and Secretary Ma stayed in before only accepts comrades on business. This time we can't live in. We chose a hotel that is far away from the farm. The Academy of Sciences is the closest."
"But we went to investigate, and the hostel is also clean." Gu Mingbei was chirping, lively like a bird, "There are a lot of delicious food in the back alley, my brother will definitely like it."
This time there were two sisters, so Gu Mingdong didn't have to worry about it at all. He followed the two sisters directly after leaving the station. Everything from the train ride to the accommodation was properly arranged.
It can be seen that the two sisters have stepped on the road and are very familiar with the road.
Gu Mingdong couldn't help laughing and said: "You have walked through it several times, and you are familiar with the road."
Gu Mingxi smiled and said, "Brother, we can do it."
"Well, my sister can do it." Gu Mingdong boasted without hesitation.
Gu Mingxi patted his chest and said: "This year's more learning is not for nothing, and you will rely on us when you come to Beijing."
Gu Mingdong was amused, and once again experienced the joy of my family's young son growing up.
The only small episode was probably when he checked in. The comrades in the guest house saw two girls bringing him in with strange eyes, and he was relieved when he heard the two girls take him in one big brother.
With the help of two younger sisters, when Gu Mingdong settled down, it was still dark.
Gu Mingxi said: "Professor Hong is very busy now, but I made an appointment with him, and we can just go there tomorrow."
"You guys have to go to class tomorrow. I can go by myself. It's not the first time." Gu Mingdong suggested.
Gu Mingxi nodded: "That's fine, but I'll come to you after we finish class."
Gu Mingdong agreed, opened his two large luggage bags, and took out a bottle of canned food: "You take these back to school to eat."
The two sisters saw that most of the two big burdens were filled with these cans, many of which were local specialties such as mushroom sauce, beef sauce, minced meat sauce, and even several canned yellow peaches.
Obviously, before setting off, Gu Mingdong made a lot of canned sauces.
"Brother, why did you bring so much here? How heavy is it?" No wonder the eldest brother didn't let them carry the big burden just now, these things are heavy.
Gu Mingdong said with a smile: "It's not too heavy, these are enough for you to eat until the winter vacation."
Gu Mingbei's heart was both happy and distressed: "I haven't finished eating what I brought last time."
"Then open up and eat, don't save too much." Gu Mingdong knew that the two of them were always afraid of spending too much money.
Last time when he went home during the summer vacation, Gu Mingdong felt that the two sisters had lost weight, so he should focus on nourishing them during the summer vacation.
Gu Mingxi suggested: "One can for each of us is enough, and bring the rest to Professor Hong tomorrow."
"Professor Hong has it, I prepare it alone." Gu Mingdong smiled.
So the two sisters came out empty-handed, but when they returned, each carried a bag of cans.
"Sister, then I'll go back, and I'll come to see you after school tomorrow." Gu Mingbei said hello and went back to his dormitory.
Gu Mingxi waved his hand, and walked in the door with his things.
Lin Lu smiled when she saw her: "I'm back, have you received your elder brother?"
"Got it." Gu Mingxi took out a jar of beef sauce, "My elder brother brought it from home, do you want to try it?"
Lin Lu was eating. The food in the cafeteria was actually pretty good, but the portions were a little too small. When she saw it, she exclaimed in surprise, "Great, I just thought it was tasteless."
She was not polite, and dug out a big spoonful: "It's delicious, Xiaoxi, how do you make your beef sauce, it's very flavorful, much more delicious than my mother's."
"The main reason is that they are willing to put in the ingredients." Their eldest brother is very willing. The beef sauce looks oily, and the beef in it is good and plentiful. The chopped peppers are also grown by ourselves. They are freshly picked and fried. ?
In particular, there are a lot of sesame seeds in it. The smell of meat is accompanied by the taste of chopped peppers, and the fragrance of sesame seeds can be chewed after chewing. When the appetite is not good in summer, bibimbap with this sauce can also be used for a large bowl.
The entire production team is only as good as their eldest brother, and other families are reluctant.
Gu Mingxi called another person in the dormitory: "Yuyu, do you want to come too?"
Zheng Yuyu didn't have much sense of presence in the dormitory, and usually didn't talk much, but now she blushed and nodded, and carefully dug a spoonful, which was just enough to taste.
Gu Mingxi took a look, and simply took her spoon and dug a large spoonful.
"Go ahead and eat, big brother brought us a lot." Apparently he counted the amount given to friends.
Zheng Yuyu's face turned even redder, and she tasted it and said it was delicious, but she couldn't stop coughing.
Gu Mingxi was a little annoyed: "It's my fault that you can't eat spicy food, I didn't ask you in advance."
Zheng Yuyu said, "I can eat it—it's delicious."
Gu Mingxi smiled and said: "It's good if you can eat it, if you can't eat it, don't force it."
Lin Lu laughed and said, "Give it to me if you can't eat it. I can eat spicy food, no matter how spicy it is. Hey, this chili is also delicious."
The three of them were talking and laughing happily, and at this moment, the door opened with a bang.
Xu Xia came in from the outside with a cold face, and covered her nose when she saw what was going on inside: "What are you eating? It smells so good that it makes people sleep."
Lin Lu is not used to her: "Don't you usually eat in the dormitory?"
"Then I didn't eat anything weird." Xu Xia snorted coldly.
She glanced at the beef sauce on the table, a little greedy, but she pretended not to care, she glanced at it and said deliberately: "Zheng Yuyu, you've eaten it anyway, yes, it's usually steamed buns with vegetables, and it's hard to get it If it smells like meat, then you should eat more, after all, you don’t know where the next meal will be.”
Zheng Yuyu's face turned pale, and the original delicacy became hard to swallow.
Gu Mingxi frowned, and said with a sneer, "Xu Xia, do you think you're so interesting?"
"Yuyu, let's not listen to her, come on, eat more." Gu Mingxi poured it for her and said, "We all live in the same dormitory, so don't worry about it so much. You are also very good to me usually. Sometimes we forgot to fetch water, which time you fetched it without any trouble."
"My elder brother said that we come from all corners of the country, and it is fate to live in a dormitory. You help me, and I help you are friends, not like some people care about everything."
Zheng Yuyu's expression softened a lot as she listened.
Xu Xia's face turned cold: "Gu Mingxi, who are you talking about?"
"I'll talk to anyone who responds." Gu Mingxi snorted coldly.
Lin Lu also said: "We did not provoke you, but we are not afraid if you want to quarrel."
Xu Xia was furious, but when she saw the three of them together, she was scared again, and finally said with a cold face: "Hmph, I don't share the same smell with you."
After speaking, he got into the bed directly, and put down the curtain to isolate himself.
Gu Mingxi curled his lips, and said lightly: "Don't pay attention to her, you guys continue to eat, you're welcome."
"Oh, Xiaoxi, the beef sauce brought by your elder brother is really delicious. It's very delicious. It's delicious for a year." Lin Lu said loudly on purpose, "It's a pity that some people can't eat it."
Zheng Yuyu was amused, and mustered up the courage to say: "It's very delicious."
Gu Mingxi also smiled: "If it's delicious, eat more."
The three of them looked at each other and laughed loudly.
This made Xu Xia in the curtain so angry that she beat her pillow hard, but she was so tired that she was sweating profusely.
Suddenly, a thought popped up in Xu Xia's heart.
Gu Mingxi mentioned the eldest brother in the family twice in three days, hmph, they are so poor and poor from the backcountry, what kind of good person can the eldest brother in the family be?
Xu Xia's thoughts changed, and she fantasized about the appearance of elder brother Gu Mingxi. Gu Mingxi once mentioned that their parents died young, and it was the elder brother who brought up the three brothers and sisters. He also said that the two elder nephews had already passed away I am in high school.
So, that man should be in his [-]s or [-]s, right?
Maybe it was a little old man with gray hair, wrinkled face, and stooped back. He sent his two younger sisters to college to study, and sold them for a bride price in the future.
Yes, it must be like this. A country man who came all the way here must be worried that his two younger sisters are outside, so he came to watch on purpose.
Gu Mingxi also lied and made up stories, how could the country people know the professor of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
She thought of the country people she had seen before, with loud voices, vulgar speech, cowering, spitting everywhere, not fond of cleaning, with black mud in both fingernails...
The more Xu Xia thought about it, the more she felt this way. In her heart, she thought about Gu Mingxi's elder brother very badly, and even made up a series of bad habits of country people.
She felt sick of herself, and thought to herself: I have to tell Liu Tao, when he sees that Gu Mingxi's elder brother is such a person, he will definitely understand that it's okay to play around, and such a family cannot get married.