The Tight Embrace of the End Times

Gu Leng met Xiao Qiao in the town early in the morning. Xiao Qiao drove a van with a relatively large space. After discussing with Xiao Qiao, the two decided to drive Xiao Qiao's car to the county town.

It takes nearly 45 minutes to drive to the county seat. Gu Leng and this person haven't seen each other for many years. The two have had their own encounters over the years, and there was an awkward silence in the car.

Gu Leng turned his head to look at the scenery outside the window, nothing more than residential houses and farmland. After a few minutes, Gu Leng couldn't take it anymore, so he broke the silence first: "Have you had breakfast?"

"Uh, no."

"I have bread here, do you want to eat it?"

"you made it yourself?"

"Well, the name is high-fiber stone fruit. I put raisins, walnuts, and peanuts in it. You can try it." He said and handed over a piece of bread.

"How about I drive it instead, and you eat the bread first? Come back and you drive it."

"I can drive while eating, don't worry, my skills are good?"

"You, what have you been doing in recent years?"

"What about me, when I came out of prison, my dad gave me a house in the town. I worked as a part-time job on the construction site a few years ago, and occasionally ran away in the past few years. I can feed the whole family by myself."

Gu Leng knew what he meant by "one person eats enough and the whole family doesn't worry about it". He heard from his classmates that Xiao Qiao was imprisoned instead of his brother, and the brotherhood and mother-child relationship would be broken. Gu Leng took a closer look at Xiao Qiao. There was no sadness or resentment on his face.

"Why, do you think I'm uncomfortable? It's all over. To tell you the truth, I was indeed very sad during the two years in prison, but everyone has to look forward. I live well by myself now, and No worries about eating and drinking, no worries. What have you been doing all these years?"

"Me, go to school, work."

"Didn't you talk about a girlfriend?"

"Don't delay other girls, you don't have a girlfriend? We all have children at your age."

"I like men." Xiao Qiao replied in silence, and then glanced at Gu Leng, "It's okay if you can't accept it."

Gu Leng was also silent for a moment, thinking in his heart, "Why is this person so straightforward? Is the relationship good? It's okay to confess my sexuality. Is the relationship between us good? Okay?"

"People of the same sex in foreign countries can get married. In my opinion, it's nothing. Then you are so old, and you haven't found a boyfriend?" Gu Leng actually felt that the end of the world, and he might not have much contact with Xiao Qiao in the future, so there is no need to be so frank He also confessed himself, pretending to be normal, and planned to chat with him like talking about today's weather.

"No, I'm not interested in anyone." At the end, there was a few "hehe", Gu Leng laughed, and his heart felt creepy, so he stopped looking for topics, and pretended to be fascinated by the scenery outside the car.

Gu Leng came to the county seat and went directly to the machinery factory in the county seat. The living expenses paid by Gu Leng’s father Yuan Qinghe for so many years were finally useful. Gu Leng ordered a threshing machine, a flour machine, an oil press, and a cotton machine. Gu Leng ordered a solar generator, and Xiao Qiao also ordered a solar generator. After the two parties handed over, Gu Leng accompanied Xiao Qiao to the supermarket for a big purchase.

"You don't want to buy it?" Xiao Qiao asked.

"I bought a lot yesterday, and I ordered a lot online, and I basically bought all of them."

"Oh, it's better to buy more, I don't know what kind of things will be in the future."

Gu Leng could only follow Xiao Qiao to buy a quilt and a few bags of rice, go out early in the morning, and prepare to go back when the sun is about to set.

Xiao Qiao was still driving the return trip, Gu Leng ran for a day, fell asleep in the car seat, and was suddenly awakened by the sudden brake.I saw on the road at dusk, with no village in front or a shop in the back, a few people with axes and kitchen knives surrounded the car, they looked like villagers nearby, not like gangsters in society, Xiao Qiao turned her head and whispered Reminding Gu Leng to fasten his seat belt, he gritted his teeth and speeded up sharply. The car drove out, and the people in front of the car quickly moved away. relieved.

Gu Leng knew that Xiao Qiao's approach was right, otherwise it would be a small thing to lose a carload of things, and maybe even his life would be lost here, but he never thought that there would be such blatant road robbers now, the society is seeing chaos The two of them went back to the town in silence.

Gu Leng couldn't push Xiao Qiao's kindness, and Xiao Qiao sent him all the way home.Gu Leng was quite embarrassed, and invited Xiao Qiao to come in and sit down. Xiao Qiao waved his hand, saying that he had a lot of things to do when he went back, and repeatedly told Gu Leng: I don't go out recently, it's messed up outside.Gu Leng felt warm in his heart.

When Gu Leng's family built a two-story building, the old one-story house near the grain drying field was not demolished, but a new house was built in another place.

There are also three rooms in the old house, and all the old furniture is there. Gu Leng cleaned up the old house inside and out. The most important thing is to free up the room on the far right for the machines he bought.

The machine was delivered from the county town by a big truck in just three days, and the simple villagers also helped unload the goods back and forth. They were very curious about the new machine. Qinghe paid for it on purpose, and the villagers all said, "Yuanqinghe is good, Yuanqinghe is good", and they have a new view on Yuanqinghe.

It's impossible to say that Gu Leng didn't complain about Yuan Qinghe, but it was all in the past. Ask yourself, except that Yuan Qinghe is not close to Gu Leng and is not by Gu Leng's side, other fathers should do everything. Yes, as Gu Leng got older, he also put aside his views on Yuan Qinghe. After all, the predecessors are gone, and he should be more tolerant to the living.

The reason why Gu Leng said that these machines were bought by Yuan Qinghe, on the one hand, the money for buying these machines was indeed given by Yuan Qinghe before, on the other hand, he wanted to change the views of the villagers, if Yuan Qinghe could not survive outside in the future , may come here, hoping that the villagers can accept him to live here.Gu Leng thought far ahead.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, Gu Leng hardly goes out now, and he feels better at home with the curtains drawn and the air conditioner turned on.

Gu Leng received a call from Jiang Tao. He finally came home. Gu Leng was very happy and hurriedly told him to prepare accordingly.

Gu Leng doesn't have many friends. He usually lives at home. If he doesn't use a computer, he is basically isolated from the world.Gu Leng was very surprised when he received a text message from Xiao Qiao once, it was a bit annoying when he received it the second time, and he got used to it when he received it three times. Yes, Gu Leng who was isolated from the world was pulled back by Xiao Qiao. Qiao’s text messages are mostly asking “Have you eaten”, “What are you doing”, “Is it hot”, “Have you slept”, etc., Gu Leng occasionally returns, occasionally does not return, being cared about and being "disturbed" by others Let Gu Leng feel warm inside.

Although the weather is very hot, it is no match for the heartfelt joy of family reunion. The children who go to school or work in other places come back one after another. The people Gu Leng occasionally sees when he goes out also have big smiles on their faces. smile.

Aunt He's family, Gu Hai and Gu Yun also came back one after another. As soon as Gu Hai came back, he ran to Gu Leng's house and yelled about his regret for not coming back with Gu Leng, expressing his expectation that he hadn't eaten the cake made by Gu Leng for a long time. , Gu Leng was helpless, this guy is a foodie, so he had to agree to make him some pastries for snacks.