Seventy Buddha Cannon Fodder

After seeing Matchmaker Wang off, Gu Mingdong went back to his private plot to pack up again.

The old Gu's private land is just behind the house, which was reclaimed bit by bit by his dead parents. It was left unused because of corruption and other reasons. Now that the policy is a little looser, Gu Mingdong immediately wants to pick it up.

Winter is about to begin. Although the Shanghe Village Brigade is located in the south of the Yangtze River, the winter is not too cold, but there are not many species that can be grown in this season.

Gu Mingdong didn't want to attract suspicion, so he only planted cabbage and radishes. One can grow in winter, and the other can't be found under the ground. It's delicious and durable.

The private plot that had been neglected for a year had already clotted, and the old Gu’s family had no cattle. Gu Mingdong could only rely on a hoe to turn it over from head to tail. Fortunately, his body is much stronger now, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to do it.

After digging the field, the clothes on his body were drenched with sweat.

Gu Mingdong put the seeds in his hands, his heart was warm, and a pure force melted into the seeds through his palms.

The originally dull vegetable seeds quickly became shiny, and even their bodies became much plumper.

Rubbing the plump and lustrous seeds, Gu Mingdong raised the corners of his mouth, feeling very satisfied in his heart. If it weren't for the limitations of the times, he could definitely follow the route of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

But thinking about the chaotic ten years in the original owner's memory, Gu Mingdong still felt that the countryside was more suitable for him, and that the abundant vitality was suitable for promotion with abilities, and abilities were the foundation of his survival.

Gu Mingdong squatted down, counted the seeds and buried them in the pit, and then buried them with soil.

After finishing all this, Gu Mingdong stretched out his hands to stroke the fluffy ground, and felt that the energetic vegetable seeds were rapidly taking root and sprouting. As long as they were given enough sunlight and water, they would be able to break through the ground immediately.

"Brother!" Suddenly, a figure rushed into the private plot.

A murderous look in his eyes stopped Gu Mingnan's bluffing, he raised one foot and did not dare to step on it.

Only then was Gu Mingdong satisfied: "If you dare to trample on the vegetable garden, you will be punished for picking manure."

This is their vegetable guarantee for the whole winter.

Gu Erdi murmured, "If you pick manure, you will pick manure. It's not like you haven't picked manure before."

For country children, picking manure is also dirty and smelly, but it is not unheard of.

Gu Mingdong wiped his hands, walked out of the vegetable field and asked, "What are you doing in such a hurry, what happened?"

Only then did Second Brother Gu realize his intentions, leaned over and asked, "Brother, did a matchmaker come to your door just now and propose marriage for you?"

"Who said that?" Gu Mingdong asked casually.

"Everyone in the village is saying...Brother, why don't you agree, now it's just cheaper for the neighbor Liu Dazhu."

Gu Mingdong asked strangely: "What does it have to do with him?"

"Brother, don't you know? The matchmaker saw that you were not interested, so she went to the next door and told Da Zhu about her daughter-in-law." The second brother Gu was obviously a little bit bitter.

"As soon as the matchmaker left, Widow Liu couldn't help but go out and chat with people. She was very proud of what she said, saying that the girls in the city were willing to marry her son because of her character and appearance. It was embarrassing."

"As soon as I came back, I heard from my third sister that Wang Matchmaker came to our house first and wanted to tell you about the girl, but you didn't agree."

Only then did Gu Mingdong understand, and explained in a funny way: "This is not the same thing at all."

"Why is it not the same thing? If you agree, the daughter-in-law will definitely be yours." The second brother Gu was brooding.

Gu Mingdong felt a little strange in his heart, glanced at him and said, "The one Wang Matchmaker told me is definitely not the same girl, so don't make a fuss."

"Ah? Not the same one?" Second Brother Gu was dumbfounded when he heard that.

Gu Mingdong glanced at him, and said lightly: "Your elder brother, what are my conditions? My wife is dead, I have two children, and I have three younger siblings, and my family is also poor. Is the girl in the city crazy or stupid to be blind? Hit your brother and me?"

He is capable, but others don't know about it. In this era, in the countryside, it would be good for him to be able to marry a widow with such conditions. How about counting on the golden girl in the city?

Gu Mingdong didn't intend to marry a wife, but it wasn't because of his high vision, he still had this bit of self-knowledge.

The second brother Gu exploded when he heard this, and yelled: "Why are you in such a bad condition? We can support ourselves, and Ah Xing and Ah Chen are also sensible. Besides, brother, you are so good. You want to kill wild boars, wild boars, and pheasants. Killing the pheasant, whoever marries you will fall into the nest of blessings."

"Besides, no one in ten miles or eight towns has a big brother. You are good-looking. If your parents hadn't died early, the marriage proposal would have broken through the threshold of our family."

These words confidently made Gu Mingdong look sideways at him.

Seeing that his expression was not right, Second Brother Gu asked awkwardly, "Brother, why are you looking at me like that?"

Gu Mingdong patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Second brother, although you are praising me, you have to be humble."

Who would have thought that in just a few months, Second Brother Gu has changed from a disobedient stubborn donkey to a brother-in-law, one big brother at a time.

The second brother Gu was anxious, and subconsciously shouted: "What's wrong with the girl in the city, isn't the sister-in-law also from the city..."

After saying this, his expression changed slightly, he secretly looked at Gu Mingdong's expression, he hesitated and stopped speaking.

Gu Mingdong sighed, looked at him and asked, "What's the matter?"

Second brother Gu asked in a muffled voice, "Brother, are you still thinking about sister-in-law?"

"It has nothing to do with her." To him, the memory of the original owner is like a movie, and the continuation of emotion is very limited. For him, the love, hatred and hatred in the past are as unreal as separated by a layer of veil, and naturally they can't happen Influence.

The second brother Gu didn't believe this, and felt that the eldest brother still missed his sister-in-law in his heart.

He hesitated.

After a while, I finally couldn't help but say: "Brother, you must have your own son after all."

These words made Gu Mingdong's face change slightly, and he looked at his younger brother with scrutiny.

In the memory of the original owner, only he and his wife know this secret.

When Li Lijuan entered the door, her belly soon became bigger, and some people gossiped about it, especially since she gave birth within nine months after entering the door.

But later, a pair of twins were born. Everyone in the village knows that the twins are prone to premature births, and the belly is bigger than the one during pregnancy, which shows the pregnancy earlier.

Especially after the twins were born, they looked somewhat similar to Gu Mingdong, and there was no doubt in the village.

What Gu Mingdong didn't expect was that the seemingly sloppy Gu Erdi would know the truth.

Second brother Gu licked the corner of his mouth nervously, and lowered his head not daring to look at him: "I...I also overheard it by accident."

"My sister-in-law is very good to us and to this family, but she is sorry for you."

There was no surprise on Gu Mingdong's face, he pondered for a while, and just said: "Don't mention this again."

The second brother Gu let out an oh, still grieving for his eldest brother in his heart.

When the two brothers returned to the house, they saw the twins sitting on a small bench eating sweet potatoes. Hearing the movement, Gu Liangxing raised the sweet potato in his hand and shouted, "Dad, here you are."

Gu Liangchen imitated the example, and tried his best to raise his hands to feed Gu Mingdong.

Gu Mingdong looked at the drooling sweet potato, smiled and fed it into his mouth: "Dad is not hungry, you can eat it yourself."

Only then did the two children continue to gnaw obediently. The twins naturally snuggled up to Gu Mingdong, leaning on him from left to right, appearing extremely dependent, and their small bodies were warm.

After several months of raising, the twins are no longer skinny and have some flesh on their faces. They look cute and chubby.

At first glance, it is indeed somewhat similar to Gu Mingdong, and people who don't know the truth will never doubt it.

Gu Erdi looked at the two nephews, swallowed his words, and swore that he would never tell this secret to a third person.

The little turmoil in the old Gu's family has just passed away, but the village has been lively for a long time because of a marriage.

Widow Liu's family was poor, and the eldest who had never been able to marry a daughter-in-law, unexpectedly wanted to marry a daughter-in-law, who was still from the city.

For a while, there was a lot of discussion in the village, and they couldn't believe it, but Widow Liu swore firmly that she would marry her daughter-in-law into the house a few years ago.

Liu Dazhu, who usually doesn't like to go out, seems to be a different person now, and always likes to stroll in crowded places.

What Liu Dazhu likes most is naturally when someone stops him and asks, "Dazhu, are you really going to marry a wife? Your wife is still from the city?"

At this time, Liu Dazhu showed a proud smile: "Yes, Xiaohua lives in the county, and her parents are both working."

"Then why did she fall in love with you?"

Liu Dazhu showed dissatisfaction: "Xiaohua is not the kind of woman who hates the poor and loves the rich. What she likes is that our family has a clean foundation, a poor peasant family, and I have a good character."

Suddenly someone sneered: "Is she stupid? Is her character worth living?"

Liu Dazhu glanced at him disdainfully: "Some people just can't eat grapes and say grapes are sour."

That man was not a good-tempered man either, so he was stabbed and immediately said: "Look, if you marry a good girl from the city to the countryside, who knows if there is something wrong with it, maybe you marry a lame girl with a broken arm .”

Liu Dazhu's face darkened: "Shut your dog mouth, Xiaohua is enlightened."

After finishing speaking, he ignored them, turned around and walked away arrogantly.

The rest of the men looked down on the shackles, and they all thought that there must be something wrong with the girl.

At this time, some people also said: "Not necessarily, maybe the girls in the city are high-minded and don't look at the bride price. The daughter-in-law of Adong's family used to be from the city too."

"Can this be the same? Which boy is as tall as A Dong and looks good?"

"That's right, Liu Dazhu's short guy, what does Miss Ren like about him, because his family is poor and can't afford food?"

"Hey, why don't we go around the city more, why don't girls take a fancy to me?"

"I don't understand..."

Not to mention that the village members couldn't figure it out, and Widow Liu couldn't figure it out either. After Matchmaker Wang came that day, she jumped up happily at first, but then she always felt uneasy at night.

Widow Liu couldn't help but pulled her son and asked, "Dazhu, is there really something wrong with Bai Xiaohua that you're talking about?"

Liu Dazhu's face turned blue: "Mom, what nonsense are you talking about, I've seen Xiao Hua, she looks good."

Widow Liu hesitated to speak: "Then... what if it is invisible..."

Liu Dazhu roared angrily: "I've never seen you being such a mother. After a fortune, I was able to marry a daughter-in-law from the city. You are not happy for me and gossip with those gossips. Are you my real mother? "

"Dazhu, Mom is thinking about you, so I'm worried..."

"Mom, do you hate me for not helping Wang Mazi?"

These words made Widow Liu feel cold, she opened her mouth and couldn't say anything.

In fact, Widow Liu wondered in her heart whether Bai Xiaohua had talked with friends and ruined her reputation, so she had no choice but to marry in the countryside, what's more, she was no longer the eldest daughter of Huanghua.

But seeing her son's ugly face, she dared not speak out her guess.

The marriage of Liu Dazhu next door has no effect on the old Gu's family.

Another incident that happened in the village made Gu Mingdong aware of the danger.

On the day when the public grain was handed over, Old Liu inquired that several nearby villages had been hit by disasters, and grain production had been greatly reduced.

But because the production team in Dahe Village had a bumper harvest, when old Liu heard the news, he always felt in his heart that no matter how bad it was, it couldn't be worse than last year, and that people wouldn't starve to death.

Unexpectedly, only one month after the autumn harvest, the daughter of the old Liu who married into the next village came to borrow food.

After inquiring about it, old Liu found out that the harvest had not been good for two years in a row, and this year everyone was relying on wild vegetables to support themselves, and they were all eagerly waiting for the autumn harvest.

However, the heavy rain during the autumn harvest caused many villages to suffer disasters. The worst village harvested late, and all the rice was knocked down in the field overnight, and sprouted the next day, making it impossible to eat.

The food was destroyed, but the public food had to be handed over, but what was left was not enough for the commune members to fill their stomachs.

In the beginning, we could still support it with wild vegetables, but as the weather got colder, all the vegetables in the mountains were almost wiped out.

With snot and tears, the eldest daughter of the Liu family dragged her skinny and inhuman son and cried. The emaciated old wife Liu felt sorry for her daughter, so she gave her a bag of grain to take home.

Unexpectedly, this was a good start, and it was a bad start.

Overnight, everyone in the neighborhood knew that the Shanghe Village brigade still had surplus food.

People from all over the world are related to relatives. If there is no relative in the family, even those who are farther away can cruelly refuse. The daughter kisses the grandson, and the daughter-in-law's parents come to the door.

For a while, the production team in Dahe Village was very lively. Some came to borrow food and cried and begged, and some refused to borrow food to support the door and cursed. There were even a few relatives who quarreled so much that they wanted to divorce.

Even the old Gu family with few relatives had two distant relatives who came to their door, but Gu Mingdong dismissed them all.

But on this day, something difficult to pass up came.

Gu Mingdong sat expressionlessly, listening to the endless chatter of the person opposite.

Second Brother Gu couldn't bear his temper, so he couldn't help interrupting the man's words: "Uncle, you didn't come to the door when my mother died, why are you here now, our two families have long since broken up."

The person who came was their dead mother's biological elder brother. When Gu's mother was there, the two families were walking around. Once Gu's mother left, Sun Tao, the eldest uncle of the Gu family, took care of his nephew, not even seeing each other during the holidays. Being entangled by these nephews.

Sun Tao looked at the old man, he was a dark and thin man, and his face became even darker after hearing what his nephew said.

"A'nan, what you said is wrong. I am your own uncle. How can this bloodline be cut off so easily? In the past few years, everyone has had a hard time. It's just that we have less contact. It's just a broken relationship."

"You kids know how to mess around. You don't have an uncle after you've broken the kiss. Who will support you kids?"

The second brother Gu didn't give him face: "In the first year after my mother died, the elder brother took us to pay New Year's greetings on the New Year's Day, but you hid in the house and refused to even open the door."

"Besides, we have uncle here. Who wants you to support us? When you support us, our bones will be rotten."

Sun Tao hurriedly shouted: "I was really not there that day, who knew that you children are so angry, A Dong, you also take care of your younger brother, do you talk to elders like this?"

Gu Mingdong said lightly: "What Anan said is the truth, what is wrong?"

Uncle Sun's face was even uglier. He didn't expect his eldest nephew, who had always been soft-hearted, to be so shameless.

Thinking of the reason for his visit today, he held back his anger and said, "Forget it, I don't care about you kids."

"Adong, my uncle came here today to ask you something. The family has run out of food, and your cousins ​​are too hungry to get up. I know that your production village has a good harvest this year. Can you lend some to uncle first?" Grain, I will definitely return it after next year’s autumn harvest.”

Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "How much do you want to borrow?"

Second brother Gu became anxious when he heard this: "Brother!"

Uncle Sun smiled complacently: "Ah Dong is still sensible, let's break the bones and connect the tendons, and we will be a family in the future. Uncle doesn't want much, one hundred catties is enough."

"One hundred catties, why don't you grab it." Second brother Gu's cheeks flushed with anger.

"The adults talk, the children go away." Sun Tao glared at him angrily.

Gu Mingdong laughed angrily, looked at him and said, "Uncle, Anan is my younger brother and the owner of this family. Isn't it too much for you to let him go in our house?"

Uncle Sun saw that his attitude was wrong, so he quickly said: "Uncle didn't mean that, he knows nothing like a child, and he always interrupted us when we were talking."

"Adong, look at this grain..."

Gu Mingdong stood up and said lightly: "You wait."

Uncle Sun smiled reassuringly.

The second younger brother Gu followed all the way in, scratching his head anxiously: "Brother, you don't really want to lend it to him, do you? Their cheeky family definitely won't pay it back."

Gu Mingdong took a bag and stuffed a few sweet potatoes into it.

Second brother Gu felt that something was wrong.

Gu Mingdong has already gone outside: "Uncle, you know the situation of our family. I am the only strong laborer in the family, and I have to support three younger siblings and two sons. Let alone being full, it would be nice to ensure that people will not starve to death." gone."

"But since my uncle has spoken, even if I am hungry, I have to find a way. These are saved from my nephew's mouth. Don't be too little, uncle. Take it back and cut everything, put more water to cook in a pot, and eat it when you are full. Take my cousins ​​up the mountain to dig wild vegetables and pick wild fruits, at least I can survive until next year."

What he said was really beautiful, but he couldn't stop the sweet potatoes that could be counted clearly at a glance.

Uncle Sun didn't know what the nephew meant, so he cursed angrily: "Okay, Gu Mingdong, I thought you were a good one, just a few pieces of sweet potatoes, you're sending a beggar!"

Gu Mingdong frowned, and looked at him coldly: "Uncle, you can't say that. Back then, my nephew was so hungry that I came to ask you to borrow a few sweet potatoes, but you were reluctant to give one."

"Now that you come to borrow food, I'm willing to give you a small bag. It's already my face for my dead mother."

"However, if she is underground, knowing that her brother will not even open the door to her son if she dies, she will definitely crawl out and ask if your conscience has been eaten by a dog."

Sun Tao's face was livid with anger: "You—you——"

Angry fingers almost poked Gu Mingdong's face. Gu Mingdong kicked the bench suddenly, and the stool hit Sun Tao's knee directly, causing him to take a big step back in pain.

At this moment, Gu Sanmei rushed out with a broom and started to sweep: "Get out, get out of here."

Sun Tao was driven out of the door, and he was so angry that he jumped his feet: "You group of unfilial things, you don't even care about your uncle's life or death, a group of white-eyed wolves with black hearts."

Second Brother Gu was so angry that he wanted to rush up and beat someone up. Judging by his height, Uncle Sun was no match for him.

Unexpectedly, Gu Sanmei propped up the broom and scolded at the door loudly: "Damn, you deserve to be our uncle. Back then we were starving to death. You didn't even open the door when the Chinese New Year came. The two families have long since been cut off." It matters."

"With an uncle like you who is desperate to save us, we are the ones who have been unlucky for eight lifetimes. We know that our family works less and eats more, and we can't support ourselves. You still have the face to borrow food. You are dead. Do you have the face to see my mother?"

"When the nephew's family was in trouble, he broke off the relationship, and when he wanted to borrow money, he took one uncle at a time. You took all the benefits in the world."

No matter how thick-skinned Sun Tao was, being watched by his niece pointing his nose and scolding him, he was ashamed to stay and ran away in despair.

Gu Sanmei won a complete victory, she turned her head and said: "If he dares to come again, see if I don't punish him severely."

"Being our uncle, he deserves it too!"

It's not difficult for anyone's family these years, is it not difficult for the third uncle and sister-in-law's family, but more or less takes care of their children, this uncle is afraid that they will get entangled, and he doesn't even show his face.

Gu Erdi gave a thumbs up and exaggeratedly said: "My third brother, I never thought you would be so powerful."

Gu Sanmei flicked her braids: "Of course, the food is all grown by us with hard work, so why give it to him? I won't give it to him even if I feed pigs or dogs."

When Gu Jianguo heard the news and rushed to the door, he heard that Uncle Sun had been driven away.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "He is an elder after all. It's bad reputation for you to drive him out. If he dares to come again in the future, you can call me and I will tell him."

Gu Jianguo was worried from the bottom of his heart, the boy is fine, and the third niece's reputation of being so tough is not easy to marry.

Gu Mingdong knew he was kind, and thanked him with a smile.

Seeing that Gu Jianguo was about to go back, Gu Mingdong called to stop him: "Uncle San, there is something I want to discuss with you."

"In the past two days, more and more people have come to the village to borrow food. I'm afraid that if this continues, we won't be able to stop the car, and everyone will suffer from famine."

Gu Jianguo was also worried about this matter, sighed and said: "The reason is the same, but they are all relatives, and no one can be ruthless."

Both he and Old Liu knew the importance of food, and knew that it was impossible to distribute relief food in the town. They held a few meetings to ask the big guys to hide the food, otherwise they would be hungry if they ran out of food.

It can be said, is it true to watch relatives starve to death?

Even their family lent some food to the two daughter-in-laws.

Gu Mingdong is also worried about this. Now that Sun Tao comes to the door, he can hold on to the food and not borrow it. What about after that?

If the food shortage intensifies, the only production team in Shanghe Village with a good harvest will become a piece of fat among the hungry wolves.

At that time, will the old Gu family be able to take care of themselves alone?

Gu Mingdong changed his mind and said, "Third Uncle, I actually have a way."

Gu Jianguo was worrying about this matter, and hurriedly asked: "What can I do?"