Seventy Buddha Cannon Fodder

Chapter 249 Watching the Stars at Night

No one knows what Zheng Tong and Gu Mingdong said, but from this day on, Gu Mingdong began to prepare secretly. He has always been a patient person, even if he has something in his heart, he will not let it out.

The Gu family was busy celebrating the New Year, but they didn't notice anything unusual about their eldest brother.

New Year's Eve is the busiest time for Lao Gu's family.

The air in the south is damp and cold, but a brazier is set up in the main room for roasting, under which sweet potatoes and taro can be buried, and potato rice cakes can be baked on top.

Especially the baked rice cake, the outer skin is burnt and crispy, and it makes a crackling sound when you bite it down, but the inside is still glutinous, and a long string of glutinous rice is pulled out.

If you like sweet, dip it in brown sugar, if you like salty, dip it in soy sauce, each has its own deliciousness.

Even though the New Year's Eve dinner is sumptuous, adults and children still like to eat it when they warm up by the fire.

It’s easy to get angry if you eat too much. At this time, the homemade canned yellow peaches come in handy. It’s just right to open one and eat it separately. Put the cold canned sugar water outside and serve it with warm roasted sweet potatoes. It’s so delicious. up.

While eating, Gu Liangyang babbled non-stop: "It's so delicious, it would be great if I celebrate the New Year every day."

"Usually I don't miss your food." Qian Xiaoru saw that the corners of his mouth were covered with food, and wiped it for him with a smile.

Gu Liangyang said: "It's different. There are many people during the Chinese New Year, so I like the excitement."

Isn't it lively? The four stools beside the stove can't fit, so we have to squeeze together so that everyone can enjoy the fire.

Qian Xiaoru smiled and said, "When your third and fourth aunts get married, our family will be much deserted."

Gu Liangyue raised her head and asked, "Why did the third and fourth aunts get married? Can't they stay in our house forever?"

These words made everyone laugh, and Gu Mingxi who was opposite said, "I'm not going to marry, and I plan to eat at home for the rest of my life."

Gu Liangyang immediately said: "Third Aunt, I am willing to support you."

"Okay, then I'll wait for Ayang to grow up and take care of me." Gu Mingxi stretched out his hand and pulled the little nephew over, and stuffed a bunch of oranges into his mouth, the child frowned from the soreness.

"Sangu, why are your oranges so sour? I like sweet ones."

Gu Mingxi said with a smile: "I've eaten too much sugar recently, so I'll eat sour ones for a change."

Gu Liangyang didn't want to change his taste, so he hurriedly struggled back to his seat, took a sip of the ice-cold canned sugar water, and felt that the canned yellow peach was the best and delicious.

Zheng Tong looked at it, and said with a smile: "In a few years, Ah Xing, Ah Chen, and Xiaoyun will also get married. By then, there will be more people in the family and more children. Maybe it will be more lively than now."

When Gu Mingnan heard this, he said with a smile, "That's right, there are two children for each child, and there's not enough room in this room."

Gu Liangxing immediately said: "Second Uncle, there is no such thing as you, we are still children, and you have already arranged for your birth."

"The more children there are, the more fun it will be." Gu Mingnan said intentionally.

"Dad, look at Second Uncle, he still wants us to have more lives if he is not born."

Gu Mingdong was peeling oranges to eat, and even the white lines on them were peeled clean. Hearing this, he casually said: "Your second uncle is teasing you."

Gu Liangxing snorted and said, "This is not the past. More and more children are emphasized. Now the country advocates late, rare, and few."

When mentioning the matter of having children, Zheng Tong asked curiously: "It's also strange. In the past, people made people have more children, but now they pay attention to having fewer children."

"I heard that the policy has come down, advocating late marriage and late childbearing, fewer and better births." Gu Mingnan said indifferently.

Gu Mingxi laughed: "Then I am in line with the national policy, and I should be given a medal of honor."

Gu Mingnan said: "People marry late, not never. If you are almost thirty and still not married, the country is worried about you."

"The country has no time to care about my little things."

"How do you know that it doesn't matter, the third brother, the second brother said that you should not be so high-sighted, like our eldest brother, or your second brother and me, they are all dragons and phoenixes among people, and they are hard to come by."

"Bah, I'm getting more and more shameless, and you're the only one who is still a dragon and phoenix. Can you ask sister Xiaoru to agree?"

"Xiaoru said, I am the best man in the world."

Qian Xiaoru listened with a smile at first, but seeing that the fire was about to burn herself, she quickly pinched her husband: "Don't talk nonsense."

Gu Mingnan grinned in pain: "I, I'm not all telling the truth."

Qian Xiaoru's cheeks were flushed, can private words be spoken outside?

She coughed lightly, and said, "Is it possible that there will only be one child in the future?"

"Our unit also issued a notice, saying that a couple can only have one child, and no matter male or female, they are not allowed to have a second child."

Even Gu Mingbei was surprised when he heard it, and said with some distress: "How can this be the case, I raise my own children, and how many countries do I have to care about?"

Gu Mingxi said, "I think one is enough. If you raise one well, it will be useful. If you can't raise ten, it's useless."

"Third sister, is this a matter of raising well or not? I think the first child in the family is so deserted, and the more children are lively, just like how good our four brothers and sisters are, they are always lively and lively." Yes, we support each other when things happen.”

These words speak to the hearts of the Gu family. As a family with many brothers and sisters who get along very well, they all like children.

Zheng Tong also followed the words: "Isn't it? Prosperity is the result of having more children and more blessings."

Gu Mingnan smiled and said: "I think two are enough, and there are companions, so it won't be too noisy."

Qian Xiaoru also felt that a son and a daughter were just right, but she shook her head: "Our family has a son and a daughter, so it's fine if we can't have one, but what about other people's family?"

But she knew that as soon as the policy came down, many teachers in her school were scrambling to get pregnant, so they planned to give birth as soon as possible. Those who have a son in the family are okay, but those who don't have a son are in a hurry.

"What if there is only one child in the future, and the first one is a daughter, what should I do if the family prefers boys over girls? I think there is some trouble."

Gu Mingxi snorted coldly: "I just can't understand these patriarchal families. It's best for every family to only have one child, and let them all have daughters. Let's see how they go about it."

After all, Qian Xiaoru was married before and knew the difficulties of women, so she said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that there will only be one child, and some people will take risks."

"Isn't there still a lot of people who don't raise a daughter after giving birth?"

The room was quiet for a moment, after all, there was Wang Feng beside them, who was going crazy and wanted to throw her daughter away.

At that time, the big guys still had as many children as they wanted, and they could only have one, and those crazy people had to try their best to toss the daughters in front of them.

Gu Mingdong finished eating the oranges in his hand, and said with a smile: "I said, what the hell are you doing?"

"The second child is over, Xiaoxi, Xiaobei, and Ah Chen, do you guys favor boys over girls?"

"Of course not." Gu Mingxi jumped out and said.

Gu Mingdong nodded and said: "That's it. As long as you don't favor boys over girls, boys and girls are different, how will this policy affect you?"

Gu Mingbei said weakly: "I plan to have four more, just like our brothers and sisters."

These words made Gu Mingxi look at his sister with admiration: "Xiao Bei, I never thought you would have such a great ambition."

"Sister, you are laughing at me." Gu Mingbei was unhappy.

Gu Mingxi hugged her with a smile: "You are still young, you don't know how difficult it is to bring up a child and raise a child. Besides, we can't spend all our wonderful life on raising children."

"I think it's good to raise children." Gu Mingbei thought to himself, it's not that difficult to raise children, A Xing, A Chen, and Xiaoyun are all brought up by her.

Qian Xiaoru also said: "Actually, I also think that one is too lonely. Even if I can't have more lives, two are good."

"It's not a gender issue, it's just that the child feels lonely."

When Gu Mingdong heard about his younger sister's ambition, he was also a little surprised, but when he thought about Gu Mingbei's character and their family's situation, he knew why she thought so.

Touching his chin, Gu Mingdong smiled and said, "Fortunately, we have many brothers and sisters. Even if we can only have one in the future, the children can still play together."

That's right.

Qian Xiaoru said another sentence: "Shumei and the others really don't plan to have another child. If they don't have another child now, they will be fined in the future."

"You don't know Shumei yet, she's made up her mind, no one says it's useless." Gu Mingnan laughed.

Gu Mingdong also thought of Gu Xiuxiu. Xie Nanshan had no elders, and he was a slave to his daughter. After having a daughter, everything was fine. Sun Shumei said she didn't want to have another child, and he had no objection at all.

But Gu Xiuxiu has an opinion. She really doesn't understand daughters and sons-in-law. She thinks that they have money, leisure and time. Why don't they have more children to accompany Xie Xie? It would be good to have a son to support Xie Xie in the future.

As a result, she said one sentence, but her daughter had a hundred sentences waiting.

Gu Xiuxiu persuaded and persuaded, but the couple had already made up their minds not to have children, and to be an advanced one-child family, so he had no choice.

Gu Xiuxiu came here a few years ago, and wanted Gu Mingdong to persuade him, but Gu Mingdong would care about this, so Gu Xiuxiu had to return home.

While talking, Gu Mingxi suddenly burst out laughing.

"Third, what are you laughing at?" Gu Mingnan asked.

Gu Mingxi held his chin, and couldn't help but said: "I just thought it was fun. During the Chinese New Year a few years ago, we were talking about eating and drinking. Who has something new?"

"As a result, children are now being discussed, which shows that we are all getting older."

Gu Mingbei also laughed: "It's not that I'm old, I'm already in my twenties."

Several people looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

Gu Mingxi looked at the stove, took a bunch of grilled leeks and ate it, and said while eating, "How wonderful it is now. When we were young, our family was poor, and it was difficult to even eat enough. Where can we have snacks?"

Gu Liangyang has never experienced hardship since he was born, so he asked curiously: "Sangu, did you have biscuits when you were young?"

"No."

"Do you have canned peaches?"

"nor."

"What about roasted sweet potatoes, roasted potatoes, and roasted rice cakes?"

Gu Mingbei also laughed: "At that time, everyone had a hard time, and they used wild vegetable porridge to fill their stomachs every day."

Gu Liangyue smacked her mouth and said, "The wild vegetables are also delicious, I love them."

Qian Xiaoru grew up in a dual-career family. In fact, she never suffered from hunger, but she still remembers those days when eating meat had to be counted carefully.

She put her arms around her little daughter and talked about what happened back then, and said: "The wild vegetables at that time were different from the ones you ate. You picked them home, washed them, cooked them in water, and ate them. There wasn't even a little bit of oil. Forget about sesame oil and soy sauce."

"Think about it, can such wild vegetables be delicious?"

Gu Liangyue thought for a while, and her little brows frowned. She stood up and handed her rice cake to her mother's mouth: "Mom, eat it, and eat all the things you didn't eat when you were young."

"Oh, my good daughter." Qian Xiaoru hugged her and kissed her hard.

Gu Liangxi took another bunch of baked potato chips and said with a smile, "Yes, let's eat more, otherwise it would be a loss."

The adults chatted and laughed and could bear it, the children had enough to eat and drink, and soon fell asleep around the hot stove.

Soon, the two children were one on each side, one was leaning on the father, the other was leaning on the mother, and their eyelids were fighting.

Gu Mingdong said: "Send them back to sleep quickly, children can't stand it."

Seeing that her daughter was making small purring noises, Qian Xiaoru had to hug her, and the couple walked home with the child in their arms.

Gu Mingxi bumped into the younger sister beside him, and said with a smile: "See, having children is troublesome, and even keeping watch is uncomfortable."

Gu Mingbei said helplessly: "Third sister, there is no such thing as you, didn't you like A Xing and A Chen before?"

Gu Mingxi said with a smile, "It's only after raising a child that I know how troublesome it is to raise a child."

The twins immediately showed innocent eyes.

"Come on, Ah Xing eats an orange, Ah Chen eats a walnut, and Xiao Yun eats an apple. Looking at you, Sangu feels that raising a child is quite fulfilling. The little radish has grown into a tree that stands up to the sky. .”

Gu Liangxing held up the orange: "Sangu, why am I an orange?"

Gu Mingxi smiled without saying a word.

Gu Liangchen also compared walnuts: "Third Aunt, I suspect that you say I'm out of my mind."

After all, eating walnuts nourishes the brain.

Gu Yun held the big red apple and started to eat it.

Gu Mingxi stretched out his hand and gave it to each of them: "Why don't you eat what Aunt gave you, why are there so many nonsense."

The stove was so warm that the remaining adults also began to doze off.

Seeing him, Gu Mingdong urged with a smile, "Go into the room and sleep, you have to get up early tomorrow morning."

"No, I have to watch the year."

After all, after twelve o'clock, several people yawned, rubbed their eyes, and went into the house to rest.

What they didn't know was that when they entered the room and lay down, Gu Mingdong walked out the door.

"Are you sure it's today?"

Zheng Tong didn't have the hippie smile just now, and said solemnly: "I watch the stars at night, and I will never make a mistake."

"Looking at the location, it should be in the mountains."

Gu Mingdong nodded: "I'll go into the mountain to have a look. If you come out late, you can cover it up for me."

"How about I go with you." Zheng Tong was a little worried.

Gu Mingdong shook his head: "I can handle it alone, and I don't have any worries."

After walking a few steps, for some reason, Gu Mingdong felt uneasy today, so he turned around and confessed: "Don't let them worry."

"I know, I'm here." Zheng Tong said.

Gu Mingdong took one step at a time, stepping on the snow on the ground into the mountain.

This year's severe cold, the winter in Shanghe Village was very cold, and it began to snow early, even covering the fields with white.

The snow on the mountain is even more deep, and when you step on it, you can cover the upper of your shoe, and it becomes difficult to enter the mountain.

So during this period of time, apart from his own orchard, even Gu Mingdong no longer went into the deep mountains. After all, he couldn't fly, so it was inconvenient to go in and out.

But Zheng Tong's stargazing at night forced him to go into the mountains.

Gu Mingdong's face was serious, and he guessed in his heart what happened inside.

After all, since the beginning of winter, the Du family's small actions have gradually stopped. Obviously, they have suffered heavy losses during the crackdown, so they have temporarily withdrawn their hands and feet.

Then there was the news from Wei Cheng that after knowing who the enemy was, Wei Cheng's accumulated anger and hatred for many years poured out, attacking the Du family almost regardless of the cost.

The Du family's foundation is unstable, and there are internal and external troubles, so they can only suspend dealing with Gu Mingdong, and put all their strength on dealing with Wei Cheng.

Hearing the news, Gu Mingdong also heaved a sigh of relief.

After all, he didn't want to live in peace during the Chinese New Year, and he was always carrying out the tricks of the people sent by the Du family.

The snow under his feet creaked and creaked, which was extremely abrupt in the empty forest.

In such a cold day, the animals in the forest are obviously hidden, and even the birds on the branches are silent.

Gu Mingdong walked all the way to the depths, and suddenly, he stopped.

Crouching down, a footprint was clearly visible under a layer of snow. Even if the snow fell later and buried the footprint a bit, it was not difficult to find.

Gu Mingdong couldn't bear to look around, and swept around.

Not surprisingly, there are still many footprints in the surrounding area, and the footprints are not messy. It can be seen that although there are many people on the other side, they are well documented and organized actions.

Gu Mingdong's eyes darkened slightly. Judging from the footprints, they should have happened a few days ago. Of course they were not left by him. Gu Mingdong hasn't been in the mountains since his younger siblings came home.

What worried him was that the direction of the footprints was facing Sapphire Lake.

It seems that there is no way to live in peace this year.

Gu Mingdong took a deep breath, and started again, but his steps were more cautious and gentle. His feet stepped on the snow, and this time there was no creaking sound, like a cat.

In the depths of the mountain, the dense water vapor brought by the snow makes a faint layer of tulle surround the sapphire lake.

Since Wu Laosan entered this area, he was no longer as irritable and irritable as before, but stayed inside obediently.

Except for the towering trees, there are few edible things in this area, but Wu Laosan is in very good condition.

His face was ruddy, and if it weren't for his creepy eyes, he would look even better than before.

Occasionally, when Gu Mingdong came over, he would try to take him out of this area, but what made him feel strange was that Wu Laosan was obviously free, and after going out for a run, he would return to this place again.

Gu Mingdong has carefully observed that once he leaves this area, Wu Laosan will become irritable and irritable again, and even have a strong desire to attack, whether it is a hare and pheasant that died well, a huge wild boar, or even members of the commune who occasionally enter the mountain , are within his attack range.

Several times, if Gu Mingdong hadn't followed behind, Wu Laosan might have rushed to bite the commune members who had gone into the mountains to pick wild fruits.

After those dangerous times, Gu Mingdong never dared to take him too far away.

But later, Gu Mingdong also discovered a rule, the farther away from the sapphire, the more irritable Wu Laosan became, and the closer the distance, the better his condition.

And Wu Laosan will consciously look for this place, and will stay in it after finding it.

Gu Mingdong then ignored him and let him stay within the domain of the sapphire lake.

But now, Wu Laosan's peaceful life has been destroyed.

Three days ago, a group of well-equipped people broke into this mountain forest.

Wu Jie leads the team, but the master is Du Jiazhu who is on crutches and needs someone to help him move forward.

The hired people felt it was strange. Seeing that Patriarch Du's legs and feet were inconvenient, he should have stayed in the hospital to recuperate, but when he was in better health, he rushed here all the way.

Except for Wu Jie, no one knows the reason, they just take money to do things.

Wu Jie held a compass, looked at the map, and wandered around the mountains for several days before finding the location: "Patriarch, this should be here."

Patriarch Du's face was gloomy, staring ahead.

The mercenary captain asked suspiciously: "Boss, aren't we looking for a lake, here is a forest."

But Wu Jie said, "I can't make a mistake, it's here."

Master Du knocked on the ground hard: "Then go in."

"Do you want to make some preparations?" Wu Jie was a little worried.

Patriarch Du nodded, and the captain immediately ordered to stop and correct. The other team members sat down to eat and drink water to recover their strength, but Wu Jie was walking around with the compass.

No one saw the hidden excitement in Wu Jie's eyes, as if he was about to get something that he had been demanding all along.

It was not in vain for him to follow this old man like a cow and a horse, even ruining his own father, brother and sister.

Patriarch Du said coldly: "If it weren't for the fate of that Gu, we wouldn't have to spend a lot of trouble."

"But this is also good. Find the root cause and solve it at once, so you don't have to worry about those little bugs."

Wu Jie lowered his head to hide his ambition and coldness.

Gu Mingdong is naturally fateful, but there are still some small tricks of his, if it wasn't for his help, how would Gu Mingdong be so lucky?

And everything Wu Jie did, of course, was not really to help Gu, but for this moment.

After all, if he hadn't been pushed to the extreme, how could Patriarch Du be willing to leave Xiangjiang and come here to take risks.

If Patriarch Du didn't come, how could he find things that Qian Zhiyi couldn't find with the Qian family's semi-finished map?

The long journey made Patriarch Du's body weaker, and he started coughing as soon as he rested.

Wu Jie patted his back considerately: "Patriarch, don't worry, when everything is settled, the Du family will still have the glory of the Du family."

Patriarch Du covered his mouth, the bloody smell in his throat made him frown, but he didn't show his face, and directly suppressed the bloody smell.

Wu Jie was scheming against him, so why didn't he plan on Wu Jie.

This time, the Du family's main concern is not only Gu Mingdong's life, but also things that can help him survive.

After a long time, Patriarch Du asked, "Have you had enough rest? Let's start."

The captain nodded and made a search gesture.

A trace of excitement flashed in Wu Jie's eyes, and he took a step urgently, but then he thought of something, and stepped back behind Patriarch Du: "Patriarch, please."

Patriarch Du didn't seem to pay attention to his actions just now, and stepped forward leaning on crutches.

Suddenly, just one step away, the forest in front of him became blurry, and even the mercenaries who followed had to communicate with each other by radio to determine each other's positions.

Wu Jie's eyes were unpredictable, and he subconsciously looked at Patriarch Du.

Patriarch Du was not surprised but delighted: "It's here."

Soon, someone shouted: "There is someone here, ah!"

With a scream, the man clutched his arm tightly, and subconsciously wanted to open the wooden warehouse, but was grabbed by the captain beside him: "Don't open the wooden warehouse."

"It's a man, grab him."

They are all mercenaries who have experienced blood and experience, but at this time they found that the man hiding here was so powerful that they couldn't control them.

Fortunately, this person was unarmed, and although he was strong, he fought in a disorderly manner, so they caught him and tied him directly in front of Patriarch Du.

Patriarch Du saw the person in front of him clearly, with surprise floating on his face, which slowly changed to jealousy.