Seventy Buddha Cannon Fodder

In early spring and March, in the village of Dahe, which used to have plenty of water, the big willow trees along the river were dying with their leaves drooping.The rice in the field has not yet headed, and it is the time when it is green and yellow.

The peasants were all skinny and thin, with no dry goods in their stomachs, and they were weak at work. They let the captain of the production team shout hoarsely, but they were also rushing back.

In a hurry, the thin woman in the field straightened her waist and shouted: "Little old Liu, you were the one who said you wanted to build a canteen so that the big guys could eat with their stomachs open, but after only a year of doing it, you stopped doing it. We go home to cook and eat, you took away all my pots and made steel, what should I cook with?"

The shriveled old Liu, who was the team leader, was sprayed with a bruised nose and a swollen face, but the one who scolded him was an elder, so he had to persuade him kindly: "Third aunt, calm down, use clay pots if you don't have a pot, and the living can still be suffocated by urine." Die, we are all for nation building."

"Fuck, let alone the two bags of food that your mother gave out, my family drinks water every day, and it can be used as a mirror. If you don't have to eat, how can you work hard? Don't you?" I want my old lady to die of exhaustion like Gu Mingdong's wife!"

When Gu Mingdong's wife was mentioned, the shriveled old Liu's face turned ugly, and he shouted in a rough voice: "She gave birth to a child and didn't raise it well, she didn't die from hard work."

He also said: "We can't stop working when we're full. Where can we get food if we don't work?"

"Third Aunt, I have to criticize you for being too low-minded. We work not for ourselves, but for the Party and the people. We poor and lower-middle peasants are not afraid of hardship or tiredness. We grit our teeth and grasp production. This is a public affair. "

After the banner was raised, the third aunt didn't dare to say anything, she turned around and continued to work.

Only then did the flat old Liu stop his voice, and he was also worried about the situation in the old Gu's family. It stands to reason that the old Gu's family is the orphan of a martyr, and the village needs to take care of it. But food is very expensive these days. Fortunately, there was a disaster last year. Food to feed them?

It's also that Gu Mingdong's idiot is useless, you have the ability to marry a wife, but don't let people die of starvation and exhaustion!

It's good now, when everyone is dead, what's the use of crying to death, if you have that strength, you might as well come out to work early to support the remaining siblings and twin sons, if this continues, the remaining children will not be able to support them!

The shriveled old Liu was worried, and planned to go to the old Gu's house to persuade him after work. Everyone is dead, and the living have to live, but they can't lie at home all the time!

Or sympathy, or ridicule, or contempt, Gu Mingdong on the east mountain knew nothing about it.

Gu Mingdong was lying in the grass, staring intently at a hidden cave, when suddenly, a furry head popped out.

The skinny man rushed over like a flash of lightning, rolled over, and caught a hare with a broken neck.

When the hare was in hand, Gu Mingdong felt his eyes go dark, and his whole body was shaking.

This body is too hungry and hurts the roots. Even if he has a strong mental power, he can't bear it right now.

He sat down and took a few breaths. After the black clouds in front of him faded, Gu Mingdong got up and walked towards the back of the mountain. He built a fire on the spot and directly skinned and roasted the hare.

The conditions were insufficient, and there was no seasoning except salt, so Gu Mingdong still ate it in big mouthfuls, eating it all in one go.

During the time of famine, people were thin, and rabbits were also thin. After the hare was skinned, there was not much meat left. Gu Mingdong was still not full after eating one, but at least there was no burning acid reflux in his stomach.

As soon as he wiped his mouth, he buried the firewood and fur on the spot, and made a disguise to ensure that he would not be found.

After filling his stomach, Gu Mingdong had the strength to think about what happened.

When the apocalypse broke out, he was still in heaven on earth, Nine Nine Six, and finally awakened his supernatural ability, but he was a weakling with no offensive power, and he couldn't survive the third year after all.

He thought he was going to die at the mouth of a zombie, but who would have thought that God would give him a chance to cross.

Gu Mingdong pressed his heart subconsciously, there was a special mark there, which belonged to his ability.

It was also because of this ability that he was able to support his frail body and catch the hare to feed himself.

The rabbit meat in his stomach made him feel warm all over. The famine era was a fart, and the air in a world without zombies would be sweet.

Rice, eggs in sugar water, malted milk, braised pork in fish soup, these are the only delicacies that the original owner has eaten in his life, and Gu Mingdong couldn't help swallowing.

It's a pity that he came a few years late and didn't catch up with the good time of the big cafeteria, otherwise he would have to eat with his stomach open.

Gu Mingdong stood on the top of the mountain and looked down, his slender and sharp eyes raised slightly, and when he raised his eyebrows, there was a bit of viciousness, as if he was patrolling his own territory.

He didn't stand for a long time, and soon got into the woods.

After a while, Gu Mingdong went down the mountain with a bamboo basket on his back, and happened to bump into the shriveled old Liu who was planning to visit the old Gu's house after work.

"Ah Dong, how are you?" The shriveled old Liu looked at him in surprise, keeping his eyes on the bamboo building behind him.

Gu Mingdong saw that he had a short forehead, a big forehead, and a scorched face, and immediately called him: "Old Uncle Liu, I'm almost on the mend. It's not that the family has run out of food, so I can only go up the mountain to dig some wild vegetables."

The shriveled old Liu walked over with his hands behind his back: "Just think about it, you can't come back to life after death, but you still have younger siblings and two sons, why don't you stand up and let them live?"

He was talking about poking his head to look at the things in his bamboo basket, but Gu Mingdong's eyes fixed him on his feet.

The shriveled old Liu was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses. He felt weird in his heart, and couldn't help muttering why the eyes of the boss of the Gu family looked like knives. Was he like this before?

Gu Mingdong showed his signature silly smile, and it was that silly Gu Mingdong again. He took out a handful of wild vegetables, and simply pulled the bamboo basket over for others to see: "Uncle, why don't you take some back and add some vegetables?"

The shriveled old Liu saw Lu Yingying at a glance, and hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Uncle, how can I want your things, all the younger ones in your family have gone back, so you should go back quickly."

Sure enough, it was his illusion. If Gu Mingdong had that momentum, he wouldn't let his wife die of exhaustion.

"Then I'm leaving." Gu Mingdong was not polite, stuffed the wild vegetables back, and left with the bamboo basket on his back.

He knew from the bottom of his heart that old Liu was afraid that he would go up the mountain to hunt for something good to eat secretly. These days, all the things on the mountain belonged to the public, and it was good if they were not discovered.

The brigand old Liu is not a bad captain, but he has a stubborn personality and is not easy to speak.

Gu Mingdong has the ability to hunt wild rabbits, but how to eat them safely is a problem, so he ate them on the mountain before coming down.

Going forward, you will soon arrive at Lao Gu's house, where there are three low earthen houses in a row.

The old Gu's house was built spaciously, but the location was a bit off, and the terrain was low and prone to water accumulation. The foundation of their earthen house was laid high, and they had to walk seven or eight stone steps to enter the door.

Everyone in the village disliked this place, and the nearest neighbor had to walk 50 meters.

The original owner also felt that this location was not good, it was too deserted, and it was easy to be thieves.

Now Gu Mingdong thinks it's good to look at it, it's better to be far away from other people's homes, and it's not easy to be heard when making some noise.

"Brother, you're back." A thin, dark girl walked out of the door. She looked only seven or eight years old, her hair was brown, and when she saw him coming back, she reached out to take the bamboo basket.

"I'll do it." Gu Mingdong said, carrying the bamboo basket inside and dumping it on the ground.

Looking at the seven or eight-year-old child, Gu Mingdong knew that she was already ten years old, and she was making trouble because she was not full.

With a crash, besides the lush green wild vegetables, there was actually a pile of kudzu root hidden underneath, weighing more than ten catties.

The little black and thin girl exclaimed in surprise: "Ah, there are so many kudzu roots."

Pueraria lobata is a good thing, at least it is more filling than wild vegetables, and it won't make your stomach feel sour after eating it.

The famine started last year, and I thought it was all dug up in winter, but I didn't expect my elder brother to go into the mountains and find so many.

"Brother, you won't go into the mountains, will you?"

She looked at her brother worriedly: "There are wolves and tigers in the mountains, brother, wild vegetables can also fill your stomach, so don't take risks."

"My sister-in-law is gone. If something happens to you, then our family..."

As I spoke, I started to cry.

Gu Mingdong felt a headache when he heard it, and hurriedly said: "I didn't go into the deep mountains, I just dug in the ravines."

"Really?" The little girl didn't believe it, why the ravine hadn't been discovered.

Gu Mingdong said again: "Xiaobei, think about it, with your elder brother's body, even if I want to go into the deep mountains, I can't get in. Before I get there, I'll get down first."

When Gu Simei heard it, she thought it made sense.

She immediately became happy again: "The big brother is so lucky, he can find kudzu root that no one else has found. Let's eat this tonight. It must be more filling than wild vegetables."

Gu Mingdong was relieved when he saw that she stopped crying. He was really afraid of the fourth sister's crying skills. He obviously couldn't fill his stomach. Doesn't it need to consume energy to burst into tears?

His eyes swept away, but he didn't see anyone else.

Gu Mingdong frowned and asked, "Where are Anan and Xiaoxi?"

Gu Simei hastily explained: "The two of them are still working in the fields and haven't come back."

Gu Mingdong snorted coldly: "Working, I think it's laziness."

The shriveled old Liu has already left work, so as far as the two half-grown children of the Gu family can do, they probably know that there is nothing to eat at home, so they go around to eat.

However, Cengfan is a technical job these days, so the brother and sister probably have to work for nothing.

"What about the two young ones?" Gu Mingdong asked again, his brows were already raised.

When he raised his brows, he looked particularly fierce, and even Gu Simei became more cautious. He always felt that his eldest brother had changed after waking up this time. He used to be soft-tempered, but now...

"A Xing and A Chen are asleep, and they are inside the house."

Gu Mingdong nodded, opened the curtain and took a look. The two twins were sleeping soundly. It was a pity that their mother did not raise them well during pregnancy, and did not make up for the nutrition after giving birth. However, there was a famine, and the three-year-old child was walking. They are all stumbling and unsteady.

Gu Mingdong doesn't like children, but this is already his responsibility. Since he agreed to the original owner, he has to raise the children well.

Not one, not two, the original owner left a total of five children.

A younger brother, two younger sisters, plus two cheap sons brought by deceased wives.

Gu Mingdong was sitting on the head of the bed, the elder brother in the twins was sucking his fingers desperately, his dark fingers were glowing from his sucking, after watching for a while, he couldn't help stretching out his hand to kiss him.

Who knew that as soon as it was pulled out, the child cried.

"Brother, what's the matter, why is Ah Xing crying?" Gu Simei, who was cooking, asked loudly.

Gu Mingdong squeezed his son's mouth expressionlessly: "Don't cry, there is something good to eat tonight."

Gu Liangxing seemed to understand. He got up with a grunt, and pushed his sleeping brother next to him. When the two of them got together, their stomachs began to growl one after another.

"Eat, eat, eat." The younger brother clapped his hands and shouted, his inarticulate words made their father worry about raising two idiots.

Gu Mingdong walked out with one in each hand, and the two boys shrank their heads, like two little turtles.

"Brother, don't mention them like that, my nephew will feel uncomfortable."

Gu Mingdong shook it, and the twins giggled immediately, obviously thinking it was fun.

"I think they like it."

Gu Simei glanced at it, no, she laughed so much that her saliva flowed out, so she didn't bother to lower her head and continue cooking.

The pots in their house were long gone, so an earthen stove was set up in the stove room, and a clay pot was placed on it, and it was used to cook porridge, rice, and water.

Gu Mingdong once doubted whether this food could be used for cooking. In fact, there was no rice to cook in their house, and the last bit of old rice had already been eaten up. They usually cook porridge with wild vegetables, only wild vegetables and no porridge.

The kudzu root was already boiled in the pot, and the unique bitter taste of the wild kudzu root spread, which was not pleasant to smell, but the two children and three children were swallowing desperately.

Looking at their starving ghosts, Gu Mingdong felt a little guilty. He ate a whole rabbit on the mountain alone during the day.

With a bang, a half-grown boy came in cursing.

"Gu Mingnan, what are you doing?" Gu Mingdong glanced over.

Gu Erdi stopped completely, stared wide-eyed and asked, "Brother, are you up?"

Before leaving the house, his elder brother wanted to die because of his dead sister-in-law, but now he woke up and looked better.

"I didn't know that you still beat yourself up when you got home. Where did you learn that?" Gu Mingdong stared at him coldly.

No wonder he went online. In the memory of the original owner, the second younger brother learned to be bad during this period, followed a group of rascals to steal food, and ended up losing his own life.

Gu Mingdong squinted his eyes, this sign must be extinguished immediately!

After all, stealing food is a felony, and the death of Gu's second brother opened the prelude to the increasingly miserable situation of the Gu family.

Facing the big brother's sharp eyes, the second brother Gu didn't care, and wanted to sit down.

Unexpectedly, Gu Mingdong kicked over and directly kicked the stool under his buttocks away, and Gu Mingnan squatted on the ground with his buttocks.

"Brother, what are you doing—"

Gu Mingdong asked coldly: "Where did you go after work? Why did you come back at this time?"

Second brother Gu rolled his eyes, but didn't answer.

"If you don't fight for a few days, go to the house to expose the tiles. I think you want to be beaten."

"I didn't do anything wrong, why did you hit me?" Second Brother Gu scolded angrily, "You can't get up in bed by yourself, and you still scold me for working in the fields to earn work points. Are you such a big brother?" ?”

"Yo, you're right."

Gu Mingdong sneered, and pointed to the contents of the pot: "It was found by me lying on the bed, if you have the backbone, don't eat it later."

The second brother Gu was so hungry that his stomach was growling, but when he heard this, he said in a stubborn temper: "If you don't eat, you don't eat, who cares."

After finishing speaking, he ignored them, walked to the door angrily, sat down on the threshold and did not speak.

Gu Mingbei looked at this and that, but he didn't dare to say anything, and he didn't dare to persuade him.

The atmosphere was at a stalemate, and Gu Sanmei came back with a smile on her face, humming a song and looking in a good mood.

Seeing Gu Mingnan squatting at the door, she deliberately smiled and said, "Second brother, why are you standing here as a door god?"

Gu Erdi ignored her, turned his head and continued to be angry.

Gu Mingnan raised his eyebrows, and when he entered the door, he exaggeratedly exclaimed: "Wow, Xiaobei, what are you cooking? Brother, are you up? I'm worried about you, and I feel relieved when I see you get better."

Gu Mingdong hehe in his heart, the same rice supports all kinds of people, the brothers and sisters of the Gu family are examples.

Among the four brothers, the original owner, Gu Mingdong, was the eldest brother. He was soft-tempered and couldn't handle things. My mother listened to my mother while she was alive, and listened to her wife after her death.

The second child, Gu Mingnan, was that stubborn donkey who went on a rampage and killed himself in the end; the third child, Gu Mingxi, was a young girl who had just entered the house, she was a fool who looked shrewd, and sold herself for a few mouthfuls of food; the fourth child, Gu Mingxi It's all right for Bei to cry and cry, he is still a doormat, timid and afraid of getting into trouble.

Even if you are poor, the whole family is not in harmony.

Except for the two sons who have not been brought up and have no temperament, this family is full of rotten problems in Gu Mingdong's view.

No wonder the original owner was lucky enough to be reborn, but he would rather give his body to this lonely ghost in exchange for his promise to raise these children.

It is estimated that in the eyes of the original owner, it is too difficult to raise them.

Probably the sarcasm on Gu Mingdong's face was so obvious that the thick-skinned Gu Sanmei couldn't continue, and said with a sneer: "Brother, it's not that I don't want to take care of you these days, I don't have to work during the day, so That's why I let Xiaobei take care of you."

After finishing speaking, he went to snatch Gu Simei's work: "Xiaobei, take a break and let sister come."

The little soft bun who has been taking on most of the housework and being bullied by his elder brother and sister was stunned.

Gu Mingdong said lightly: "Xiaobei, since Xiaoxi wants to help you share the burden, then you can take a rest."

Gu Sanmei was just putting on a show at first, but in the end she had to continue burning.

But there was only such a stove, and it was almost burnt just now, so she just filled it with firewood, so she couldn't help but lift the veil to look at it, and then said: "Where did the kudzu root come from, I thought it was a wild vegetable again." .”

"Brother dug it up the mountain."

"Brother dug it?" Gu Sanmei was surprised, "Brother, where did you dig it? Do you have any more? Are there many? How about I dig with you tomorrow?"

Gu Mingdong didn't answer, just asked: "Is it all right, let's eat when it's all right."

When it came to eating, Gu Sanmei didn't care about other things, she quickly opened the lid and poked it, and began to divide after she was sure it was edible.

After dividing, Gu Sanmei asked strangely: "Second brother, why are you still in a daze, don't you eat?"

"Don't eat! I can't get used to that taste!"

"Tch, you're going to be hungry and pick and choose, you deserve to be hungry." Gu Sanmei snorted coldly, and was about to pour out Gu Laoer's bowl to herself, "If you don't eat, I'll eat."

"It's still pink, um, it tastes a bit sweet, the second child is really not good."

Although kudzu root is not a good thing, the powder brought back by Gu Mingdong is sweet and delicious, and it is much more delicious than wild vegetables. Even the twin brothers gnawed it all over their faces, and finally shaved it and stuffed it in their mouths , no waste at all.

Gu Mingdong has something in his stomach, and he tasted it and thought it tasted good. At least the starch content is high and it can fill his stomach.

They ate happily, and Gu Erdi's stomach was rumbling, like beating a gong or a drum.

Gu Simei was soft-hearted, and pleaded in a low voice: "Big brother, second brother also worked for a day, and I can't bear it without eating..."

Gu Mingdong looked at the donkey, the donkey was still angry, but stared at them with both eyes, swallowing hard.

"Come and eat." Gu Mingdong said lightly.

As soon as there was a step, Gu Erdi came down in a hurry, and said, "You asked me to eat this, not me."

At the same time, he snatched his own bowl back, took a bite and shouted: "It's so delicious."

He also raised his head and asked, "Brother, where did you dig the kudzu root, it's quite pink and sweet, delicious."

He doesn't hold grudges either.

Gu Mingdong showed an old fox's smile: "If it's delicious, eat more. I have something to tell you when you're full."

Hearing this, Second Brother Gu's back felt cold. He rubbed the back of his head and felt that he probably didn't eat enough.

Gu Mingdong looked at his younger brother with a smile, as if he was watching a small animal that fell into a trap without knowing it, and tried to fatten itself up.