The Tight Embrace of the End Times

Gu Hai's family lived next to Gu Leng's house, and it was only a few dozen meters away. Gu Leng took advantage of the light rain and ran to Gu Hai's house with a big black umbrella.

Uncle Gu was repairing broken furniture such as tables and chairs, Aunt He and Gu Yun were washing thick winter coats and sheets, while Gu Hai was constantly fetching water to go home.

Aunt He was very happy to see Gu Leng coming over, she hurriedly wiped her wet hands on her body, pulled Gu Leng and said, "Xiao Leng, it's raining, why did you come here? Those who lack medical care, are wet It's not good to be sick."

While looking for a clean towel for Gu Leng to wipe, Gu Leng gave way, and looked at himself carefully, his sleeves and shoulders were indeed wet, so Aunt He wiped it.

Gu sneered and said, "It's raining, it's okay to get caught in such a little rain."

Aunt He rubbed her side and said, "I'll come here when I come. I'm eating at my aunt's house today. I haven't eaten together for a long time."

"No, Aunt He, I have business to come here today. We will set off to dry the salt in a few days. Xiao Qiao and I have already made some preparations, and it's time for Gu Hai to make some preparations. I'm going to tell Gu Hai, yes, it's also a reference." Gu Leng said in a lower voice, because Aunt He was already full of sadness.

Gu Leng can understand that the son who was reluctant to do heavy work since he was a child, the farthest he has ever traveled was to go to college, and it was Aunt He and Uncle Gu who sent them all the way from home to school, and helped pave the dormitory Only then did I reluctantly go home with the bed quilt.

The son is going to go far away. In such a time of lack of food and clothing, and the troubled times of the world, Aunt He feels sad, but she also knows that her son has always been stubborn, and if he talks about it in the village, it is impossible to change his mind. Luckily, fortunately, Gu Leng also went with him. Thinking of this, Aunt He squeezed Gu Leng's arm tightly: "Xiao Leng, Xiao Hai..., Xiao Hai..., please take care of me, I will entrust Xiao Hai to you." You are gone." At this point, he was already sobbing, Gu Leng patted Aunt He's back lightly, and replied in a low voice: "Don't worry, don't worry, I will treat Gu Hai as my own younger brother, and I will definitely protect him." Gu Leng is quite confident in his strength.

"Mom, why are you crying..." said Gu Hai who was carrying water back.

Aunt He hurriedly turned her back to wipe away her tears, then turned around and said with a smile to Gu Hai, "While doing the laundry, water got into my eyes accidentally, Xiao Leng is here, he has something to tell you."

Aunt He left time for Gu Hai, sat down by herself, and continued to do the laundry with her head bowed.

Gu Leng helped Gu Hai pour the water into the storage tank, pulled Gu Hai and said, "We are leaving in a few days, you should make some preparations, clothes, food and so on."

"Then, was my mother really crying just now? Because I'm leaving?"

Gu Leng nodded silently.

Gu Hai also bowed his head in silence, and after a while, he pretended to be relaxed and said, "I've already made preparations myself, both material preparations and mental preparations, brother Leng, don't worry."

Gu Leng patted Gu Hai on the shoulder and said, "Taking advantage of these few days, please comfort Uncle and Aunt Gu, you know? We are here, we are teammates, we are one, as long as we unite and help each other, nothing is difficult. Before you leave Make arrangements at home so that the family can feel at ease knowing!"

Gu Hai said: "I know, I will communicate more with my parents."

Gu Leng patted Gu Hai's shoulder again and left.

When looking back at the small building, the Yuan family was also busy at the door.

Xiao Qiao wandered around the door, occasionally helping out, and when she saw Gu Leng came back, the corner of her mouth curled into an arc.

Gu Leng gave Yuan Yushu a wink, indicating to speak inside.

Yuan Yushu received this signal in time, thought for a while, and dragged the uncle of the Yuan family into the house together.

In the lobby, at the round table, four people found a chair and sat down.

Gu Leng cut to the chase: "Uncle, Yushu, I think you all know about our activities in the past few days. In a few days, we will be leaving. Yushu, if we are going, let's make some preparations."

Yuan Yushu said: "Well, we will be ready, Xiao Leng, don't worry."

The uncle of the Yuan family said to Gu Leng seriously: "We will make preparations for Yushu."

Then he slowly glanced at Xiao Qiao, Gu Leng, and Yuan Yushu: "You guys have grown up, you have your own thoughts and pursuits, you can take responsibility for yourself, you are also good boys, I don't have much else Said, I just hope that you will go out, help each other, and unite as one." The last few words were said firmly, as if they were going to be directly engraved in people's brains.

Xiao Qiao, Gu Leng, and Yuan Yushu were also Zheng Dian's heads.

The uncle of the Yuan family seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, he was no longer sitting upright like before, but limp on the chair as if paralyzed.

No matter whether you are a senior official in the temple or a villager in the countryside, your love for children is the same.

Yuan Qinghe didn't know how much he had listened to, and he came over and hugged Gu Leng and said, "Xiao Leng, you must come back, come back safely." His voice was choked with sobs.

Gu Leng has experienced the emotional impact of several elders today, and now, his eyes are sour, and he hugs Yuan Qinghe, stubbornly not to let the tears fall.

This is the first hug between father and son since Yuan Qinghe left that year.

Xiao Qiao stood up, walked behind Gu Leng, and gently wrapped his arms around Gu Leng's shoulders. Seeing this, Yuan Qinghe stretched out his arms to embrace Xiao Qiao.

The three hugged each other for a while.

Yuan Qinghe calmed down, pulled Xiao Qiao and said: "Xiao Qiao, promise me, take good care of Xiao Leng and yourself, and you must return safely."

Xiao Qiao solemnly said to Yuan Qinghe: "Don't worry, leave Xiao Leng to me, I will definitely not let him be in danger, we will return safely, please rest assured."

Forgive Gu Leng for making an untimely "puchi" laugh at this moment.Xiao Qiao just said "Please don't worry give Xiao Leng to me", how like in a romantic drama, the poor boy holds the hand of the rich lady, solemnly and frankly confesses his heart to the rich lady's father who disapproves of the marriage.

Although everyone didn't know what Gu Leng was laughing at, the dignified atmosphere was broken, and everyone quickly packed up and went to work.

The rain finally stopped.As if the sun was about to give people a "surprise", it suddenly shone brightly and hung high in the sky.

At the beginning, Xiao Qiao had agreed with Wang Shuo to meet in the town on the second night after the rain stopped, leaving only the last two days to prepare.

Why choose it at night, because the daytime is too hot, not only people can't stand it, but also car tires can't stand it.In summer, everyone turns day and night upside down, and sleeps at night.

Gu Leng and Xiao Qiao spread floral cloths in the courtyard of the small building, put all the harvested corn on the floral cloths one by one, and turned them over with an umbrella every once in a while, so that the heat would be evenly distributed throughout the day. It can be sunned.

The Yuan family also dried corn, half of the Yuan family's corn in the yard, half of Gu Leng's corn, and there was no ground for their feet. When the sun shone, the whole yard was bright yellow and golden.

Gu Leng was thinking about Gu Hai, so he ran to Gu Hai's house quickly.Gu Hai's family also dried corn in the yard, everyone in the Gu family greeted Gu with a sneer, Gu Leng carefully observed the expressions of everyone in the Gu family, seeing Aunt He's peaceful expression, he felt relieved.

Gu Hai next to him smiled brightly, and he kept saying that it was his credit, so Gu Leng couldn't help but smile.

Aunt He smiled and said to Gu Leng: "I have also figured it out. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. If they want to go, let them go. If we old people live well at home, our children and grandchildren can rest assured when they are away." Hearing what she said, Gu Leng felt more at ease.

No, Aunt He is still in the mood to gossip: "Do you know Gu Lin? He is Gu Daqiang's youngest son."

Gu Leng thought about it, the former village chief Gu Dezhi had a deceased relative named Gu Defu.This Gu Lin should be the youngest son of Gu Defu's fourth son, Gu Daqiang.

In the era when there was no family planning, people believed that having more children would bring more blessings.This Gu Defu was very lucky again, his wife gave birth to four sons in one breath.Moreover, these four sons are healthy and strong, and they are quite united, and no one in the village dare to mess with them.

Gu Daqiang is Gu Defu's fourth son. The youngest son is the lifeblood of his parents. Gu Defu and his wife dote on this youngest son very much. His three older brothers also take good care of the youngest brother, but Gu Daqiang has not been taken care of by him. Yang Fei, but his temper is extraordinarily irritable, and he likes to say what he says.

Gu Daqiang's wife was chosen by Gu Defu and his wife after thousands of choices. She has a good face, a good figure, and most importantly, she is also very hardworking and capable.

She and Gu Daqiang had two sons, and Gu Lin was their youngest son.Gu Lin is also a favorite of his parents, but he went against his parents' wishes in marrying a daughter-in-law.His daughter-in-law is called Zhao Chunru. She also has a good face and a slim figure, but she is not as capable as her mother-in-law.She is a real weak woman.What's even more sad is that she is not as fertile as her mother-in-law. After marrying into Gu Daqiang's family for five years, Gu Lin is almost 30 years old, and there is still no sign of pregnancy.

Even if Gu Lin was the one who married back after making a fuss, after five years, it's become a thing of the past.

Zhao Chunru's situation in Gu Daqiang's house is really bad. She is not the daughter-in-law that her in-laws prefer, and even her husband treats her coldly because she is unable to have children. After the end of the world, her situation is even worse.

Not having enough to eat, and being forced to work, she is only a woman in her 20s. Her skin is dry, cracked and dark. After a whole winter, she has not recovered. Her hands have turned from green and fine to yellow Calluses all over.She was wearing gray clothes, with a rough old cloth covering her head and face, and bent over. Looking from behind, she looked like a middle-aged woman in her 50s or [-]s.She was not lively enough before, and now she is even more reticent.

Gu Leng remembered her, first because when she married that year, it happened to be Gu Leng's summer vacation at university, and it was rare to return home, which coincided with her wedding day. When Gu Hai was still in high school, he still remembered Gu Hai secretly telling Gu Leng, "It would be great if I could marry such a beautiful wife in the future."

It was recognized that she was beautiful and delicate back then. I don't know how many men envied Gu Lin, and Gu Lin was also very proud of it.

Second, Gu Leng had seen her cry while hiding in the corn stalks. Gu Leng hesitated and handed him a pack of tissues.

Seeing Gu Leng, Aunt He suddenly realized, and went on to gossip: "Do you know Gu Quan? His brother-in-law's family came to join him, and there is a little girl named Guan Lulu, do you know him?"

Gu Leng shook his head helplessly: "I only know about Gu Quan, but I don't know who his family has defected to."

Aunt He stopped being a joke: "Then Gu Lin and Guan Lulu are together openly, and everyone in the village has seen it. I heard that Guan Lulu has also read a lot of books, so why did she get together with a married man? Gu Lin also has a wife, why did he hang out with Guan Lulu so blatantly? Let me tell you, these two are not serious people, only Zhao Chunru suffers."

Gu Leng only heard Zhao Chunru's name, but didn't hear her reaction. Even if the haggard woman refused in her heart, she probably didn't dare to stand up to oppose and criticize her loudly.

If there are other men in the village who do the same, their original wives may also choose to ignore it, as long as the relationship between husband and wife is maintained, as long as they live.

But sometimes, if you don't react, those women outside will think you are easy to bully. Can the upright original wives keep their position in this family?

Gu Lin made a bad start. If he doesn't stop it, men will follow suit, and women will gradually become vassals?Will the equal status of men and women be gradually and completely broken?

Even if the original wives say no to this kind of thing, they can't stop the man's behavior.

Only when women's contributions are taken seriously and raised to the same level as men's physical work, can the social structure of Gujia Village return to its former state.

It is true that gender differences between men and women result in differences in their career choices.But there are always things that women are good at, and what men are not good at is an important and irreplaceable job.