Seventy Buddha Cannon Fodder

Gu Mingdong didn't eat much, and distributed the two big pieces of the bowl to the twins. The two boys were not big, but they ate a lot.

Gu Sanmei looked greedy, but she dared not stretch out her hand against her elder brother's gaze, so she had to look at Gu Simei again and again. The latter wanted to give her a piece, but Gu Mingdong coughed, and she quickly lowered her head to eat her own.

Second brother Gu didn't think about others, he ate fast while snoring.

More than a dozen catties of kudzu root were eaten in one meal, and the second younger brother Gu was the most powerful, chewing and swallowing even the scum.

It was still Gu Simei who cleaned up the dishes, but Gu Erdi seemed to have guessed what his brother was going to say, so he lingered and refused to go over.

Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows and looked at him sideways: "Come here, what are you doing?"

Hearing this, Gu Erdi immediately came over, huffing and puffing: "You're just grinding."

I don't know who is dead. My wife cries every day and every night. The crying is so annoying that she can cry more than the fourth sister.

Gu Mingdong ignored his muttering, pointed to the small bench opposite, and told him to sit down.

The two brothers sat facing each other. The brothers of the Gu family are all good-looking, and the second brother of Gu is no exception. Even though he has been malnourished and yellow and thin all year round, his facial features are still there. The angular faces with Chinese characters are most like their dead father. The most popular looks.

In comparison, Gu Mingdong's edges and corners are too sharp, his eyebrows and eyes are pointed upwards, and the corners of his mouth are downwards when he is not smiling, especially after changing his soul, once his face is expressionless, he looks particularly fierce.

Being stared at by such eyes, Second Brother Gu felt uncomfortable and stiffened.

The younger brother was so overwhelmed with arrogance that he couldn't breathe. After a while, Gu Mingdong asked, "Where did you go when you got off work and didn't go home?"

Seeing him ask again, Gu Erdi lowered his head and refused to answer, obviously knowing that he would be angry if he said it.

Gu Mingdong looked at him indifferently: "Are you looking for Wang Mazi?"

Second brother Gu suddenly raised his head: "How do you know?"

Gu Mingdong sneered and said, "The village is only so big, and everyone in the village will know about any trouble."

"Not allowed to go in the future."

As soon as Gu Erdi heard the order, he immediately exploded: "Why? I have grown up, and I can play with whomever I like."

Gu Mingdong said coldly: "Gu Mingnan, I'm not discussing with you, but telling you about this decision."

Such toughness is something that the previous Gu Mingdong would never have.

Gu Erdi was a stubborn ass, and shouted with his neck stuck: "It's New China now, do you think you are still the patriarch of the feudal clan? This is a traitor, domineering, and unreasonable. Why should I listen to you?"

"Just because I'm your brother, I have to control you from killing yourself." Gu Mingdong's expression was calm, in stark contrast to his furious younger brother.

Second brother Gu shouted loudly: "What kind of brother are you? You care about your own sadness. You lie in bed all day long and can't get up. I don't care if the family runs out of food. If I don't think of a way, everyone will starve to death like my sister-in-law! "

"Second brother!" Gu Simei's hands trembled, and she almost dropped the bowl.

She looked at her eldest brother worriedly, for fear that he would be sad and decadent again.

Gu Sanmei also scolded: "Second brother, what are you talking about, which pot is not open and which pot is lifted."

What she thought was: Eldest brother finally got better, he knew how to go out to dig kudzu root to fill his stomach, and the second child mentioned sister-in-law at this moment, what if elder brother couldn't think about it and was about to die?

At that time, everyone will not be hungry together?

Unexpectedly, Gu Mingdong was still sitting peacefully, with no sadness or anger on his face. He waited until the second child had vented before asking: "Then did you get the food?"

The second brother Gu held his anger in his throat, his whole face flushed, he hesitated for a long time before saying: "Not yet."

He immediately added to himself: "Wang Mazi has a way, we can get it right away."

When Gu Sanmei heard it, she was pleasantly surprised: "Really, Wang Mazi still has this ability?"

Gu Mingdong was almost laughed at by the siblings: "Wang Mazi is such a good guy, he's just a rascal, and the way he thinks of is either stealing or robbing, and you want to get shot with him."

"I'm not a fool, if I really wanted to steal or rob, I wouldn't do it." Second Brother Gu said with a stiff neck.

Gu Mingdong sneered and said, "Then tell me what is the solution?"

"He, he hasn't told me yet, but he said it's absolutely safe. When we get the food, our family will be able to eat enough." I didn't forget my family.

Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows, but his eyes softened a little: "A'nan, since you're not stupid, why don't you think of a good way to be safe? Wang Mazi doesn't hide it, so why tell you?"

"Is it because of your young age or because of your loud voice?"

According to the original fate, Second Brother Gu was not just a fool. He was fooled into stealing food, and when he got there, it was too late to run away, but he was the only one who was caught and killed.

Second brother Gu was clumsy and speechless, his face flushed red anxiously.

Gu Mingdong glanced at everyone present, and said loudly: "From now on, don't go to Wang Mazi again, I have a solution for the food matter."

Gu Erdi was not convinced and said: "What can you do, maybe there is still a piece of kudzu root in the ravine, enough for our family to eat until the autumn harvest."

Gu Mingdong glanced at him: "Don't you believe that I can get food?"

"If you want to find a way, you can get it a long time ago, and you can let the sister-in-law..."

Gu Mingdong didn't mention the dead person, but asked: "Then what if I got it here?"

Second brother Gu said angrily: "If you can get it, I will obey you from now on. If you tell me to go east, I will go east. If you tell me to go west, I will go west."

Gu Mingdong got the promise he wanted: "Then you can keep this sentence in mind, and don't deny it when the time comes."

The second brother Gu swore: "A man will keep his word, otherwise I will be a puppy."

After finishing speaking, he remembered something, and emphasized: "Pudzu root wild vegetables are not considered food."

"Don't worry, I won't fool you with these things." Gu Mingdong said lightly, got up and walked out.

"Brother, where are you going?" Gu Simei hurriedly chased him out.

Gu Mingdong waved his hand: "Stay at home obediently, and wait for me to bring food back."

Throwing down a sentence, Gu Mingdong turned around and left. He didn't forget to close the courtyard door before leaving, so as not to prevent the disobedient children at home from slipping out and causing trouble.

Inside the earthen hut, the twins didn't know what had happened, and they were continuing to gnaw the kudzu root that hadn't been gnawed clean.

The three older ones looked at each other, and Gu Sanmei couldn't help asking, "Where can the eldest brother get food?"

It's not that she looks down on her elder brother, their elder brother is really incompetent.

Gu Simei's worried tears dripped down: "Second Brother, Third Sister, will Big Brother steal food to feed us? Let's go and get him back, it will be bad if he is caught."

Gu Erdi said, "Brother, that rabbit is more courageous than you, how could he steal it."

"Hmph, go back to sleep. When he can't get food tomorrow, he will know how good I am. Let's see how he puts on airs." Second brother Gu deeply felt that if their family wanted to feed their stomachs, they had to rely on him to take care of them. Second child.

After Gu Mingdong left home, he bypassed the main road that was easy to meet people, and took a small path to the mountains.

Shanghe Village is surrounded by mountains and rivers. The short hills in front are bare and full of holes dug by the famine people, but the mountains behind are still green.

Everyone knows that the deep mountains are dangerous, there are rich wolves, tigers and leopards, and the terrain is complicated. It is easy to get in and difficult to get out. There are many men who died in the village. Unless it is absolutely necessary, even the old hunters in the village dare not go to the deep mountains.

Gu Mingdong walked all the way inside, obviously the original owner had never been in the deep mountains, but he was familiar with it as if he had returned to his hometown.

The surrounding green became thicker and thicker, Gu Mingdong stopped and took a deep breath, with a hint of intoxication on his face.

A vital force burst out from his chest, lingering.

The sky is gradually darkening, and the insects and birds are singing in the deep mountains, with a different kind of depth.

Gu Mingdong didn't continue to walk inside, but knelt down halfway, pressed his palms tightly to the ground, closed his eyes and felt everything about the mountain.

Suddenly, he looked up to the left with joy in his eyes.

When I came down from the mountain again, the sky was already dark. There is no electric light these days, and the farmers are reluctant to part with kerosene. Shanghe Village has become extremely quiet, only the moonlight is shining, which can be vaguely seen by people walking at night.

Gu Mingdong carried a half-sized deer and walked towards Xiyuan Town.

When passing by the old Gu's house, Gu Mingdong looked up. The house was quiet and the door was closed. Obviously, the siblings were quite obedient and did not sneak out while he was not at home.

It's not too far from Dahe Village to Xiyuan Town. Gu Mingdong traveled quickly, and it took more than two hours to get there.

If it weren't for this weak body, Gu Mingdong felt that he could shorten this time by half.

When he arrived in the town, Gu Mingdong followed the memory of the original owner, and soon found the family in his memory.

In the past few years, the free market has been hit hard, and barter has disappeared. However, as the famine intensified and the large canteen was abolished, the black market reappeared.

Gu Mingdong cautiously hid in the dark, staring at the family.

After a long while, after confirming that the original owner's memory was correct, and that it was indeed a place where black market transactions were conducted seriously, Gu Mingdong pulled up his clothes to cover half of his face, and walked over there.

Raise your hand and knock on the door.

knock knock --

There were three regular knocks on the door before a voice came from inside: "Who are you looking for?"

"Old Lu."

The wooden door opened with a creak, and a chubby round face, which is rare to see these days, protruded from the crack.

Taking advantage of the moonlight to see the raw face standing at the door, the round-faced old Lu's expression changed, and he subconsciously wanted to close the door.

Gu Mingdong quickly stretched out his foot and blocked the door: "Don't close it, I'll do business."

"What business are you doing? I'm a serious business here. I will never buy or sell. What do you want to do in the middle of the night? Hurry up, or I'll call someone!" Old Lu Se sternly roared in a low voice.

Gu Mingdong didn't talk nonsense with him, and directly stuffed the deer he was carrying into it: "Fresh meat, do you want to make it?"

Lao Lu saw the roe in front of him clearly, his eyes straightened.

The door didn't close, the play stopped, and he was dragged in: "Yo, good thing, where did you call?"

"How much food can I exchange?" Gu Mingdong asked bluntly. Old Lu didn't trust him, and he still couldn't trust this cunning trick.

Old Lu's chubby face was replaced with a smile: "Brother, although your meat is meat, it only weighs about ten catties after removing the inedible parts. I will tell you the real price. It is one catty a piece. My rice has to be sold outside." Thirty cents a catty, we’ll count it as fifteen cents for you, and the coarse grains are worth fifteen cents now, so I’ll give you eight cents, how about it?”

Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows slightly. The profiteer only said that the rice was sold for three cents, but he didn't mention that the meat was sold at a sky-high price. He was a profiteer.

Seeing his frowning, Lao Lu weighed the roe and said, "Brother, I gave you a real price. I'm the only one in Xiyuan Town who dares to accept your thing."

"Meat is one yuan, rice is four cents, and coarse grains are six cents. If you can't do it, you can return it to me."

Lao Lu complained a series of times: "Brother, this price is not good, I will lose a lot..."

Gu Mingdong didn't say a word, he reached out to take the deer and left.

"Hey, hey, why are you so impatient." Lao Lu saw that he was really going to leave, and there was no room for maneuver, so he quickly grabbed him, "Well, if it weren't for my mother's gluttonous meat, I wouldn't be able to eat this Lose, just do what you say."

As soon as he heard this, Gu Mingdong knew that he was still at a loss, otherwise Lao Lu would never let go easily.

But Ye Chang had many dreams, Gu Mingdong said sullenly: "Is there any vegetable oil?"

"Yes, oil is very expensive, and there is no bargaining for eighty cents a catty."

"Okay, give me a catty, and change the rest of the money into half rice and half coarse grains."