Seventy Buddha Cannon Fodder

The old Gu's house suddenly fell silent, only the dim kerosene lamp flickering.

Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows, separated the wild boar, and then looked at the three brothers and sisters and asked: "Why, do you really want the eldest brother to support him for a lifetime?"

It is possible to raise older siblings, but it is impossible to raise them for a lifetime.

Gu Erdi quickly shook his head: "Of course not, I can work to support myself."

"Then what are your expressions?" Gu Mingdong asked with a smile.

Gu Sanmei pursed her lips and muttered, "Brother, do you not want us anymore?"

Gu Simei also lowered her head and did not speak, her heart was filled with fear and uneasiness. Don't look at Gu's second brother who is usually clingy to her elder brother, in fact, among the three siblings, she is the one who relies on her elder brother the most.

People in the production team often said that they were the big brother's drag, and the three brothers and sisters also felt the same in their hearts. If it weren't for the three underage siblings, the big brother wouldn't have to work so hard.

So more or less, the brothers and sisters all felt that they had lost money to their elder brother.

Gu Simei even felt that her sister-in-law would pass away because she was working hard for the family, and she was always very guilty in her heart, so she was very kind to the twins.

When Li Lijuan came in, Gu Simei was the younger, she was taken care of the most, and she had the best relationship with her.

She still remembers that when her sister-in-law was dying of illness, she firmly held her hand and entrusted her to take good care of her two nephews.

The impression that day was so deep that before Matchmaker Wang came to propose marriage, Gu's second younger brother, Gu Sanmei, thought that his elder brother could remarry, but Gu's fourth sister was a little conflicted.

After hearing that her brother didn't plan to marry again, Gu Simei privately breathed a sigh of relief, but felt that she shouldn't be like this.

Gu Mingdong realized that his words had misunderstood them. He reached out and patted the foreheads of the three of them, and said with a smile, "What are you talking about? I've been raising them for so many years. It's a good thing I don't raise them now."

"Besides, I'm still waiting for you to grow up and be successful to repay me."

As soon as these words were said, the three brothers and sisters immediately regained their energy and stopped drooping their heads.

The second brother Gu raised his head even more and said, "Don't worry, big brother. I will work hard to support you in the future. Not only will I support you, but I will also support two nephews."

Gu Mingdong laughed, and asked back: "Oh, just relying on your work points for farming, you don't even have enough to eat. When you marry a wife in the future, you will have to raise a wife and children. I don't know if the rest is enough for me to eat. "

The second brother Gu thought about it, but he still said: "When I get older, there will be more than this little work points, and besides, I won't marry a wife."

Gu Mingdong couldn't help but gave him a chestnut: "Then your sacrifice is really great."

Without waiting for Gu Mingnan to speak again, he said, "You're just so promising, you only have the one-acre three-point land of the production team in your eyes, don't you want to order anything else?"

This remark made Second Brother Gu stunned. In the past, he was only thinking about eating enough, but after he was able to eat enough, he also wanted to learn the skills of his elder brother. He really didn't think so much about other things.

He dawdled for a while: "I want to learn from my elder brother."

Gu Mingdong touched his chin: "It's not impossible, but the prey on the mountain are limited, and they are all owned by the public. This road will become narrower and narrower."

Second brother Gu opened his mouth, feeling a little distressed.

"People have to do something in their life. Like me, I like farming. I feel safe in the field. This is also a way. But I see that you don't like it very much. Since you don't like farming, you must like something else. ?”

Gu Mingdong's family knows his family's abilities, and he can grow a lot of tricks when he farms the land. After ten years, he will be able to have his own small hill every minute. That is the best choice for him and for his abilities.

But the younger brothers and sisters are different, they are ordinary people, and it is not easy for ordinary people to get ahead by farming. If they really like it, Gu Mingdong also thinks it is no problem, and it is okay to bring them along to grow.

However, Gu Mingdong was keenly aware that from Gu Mingnan to Gu Mingbei, none of the three children really liked farming, and even the second and third children were not of a law-abiding character at all, that's why they brought up this matter today.

Gu Mingdong didn't force them to say it now, he patted his second brother on the shoulder and stood up: "It's getting late, go to bed first, you guys think about what you like to do tonight."

Throwing down a sentence, Gu Mingdong patted his ass and left, sleeping soundly without a dream all night.

The three siblings next door tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

Gu Mingnan is 15 years old, and he is considered half an adult in the countryside. Some time ago, he would be able to get married and have children at his age.

Because of this, Gu Mingnan has a more sense of urgency than the two younger sisters.

When the family didn't have food before, Gu Mingnan racked his brains and even took risks to get food. Not to mention right or wrong, at least he has a sense of responsibility to the family.

After listening to Gu Mingdong's words tonight, this half-grown boy tossed and turned. There seemed to be countless years buzzing in his head, but he couldn't settle a single one.

Suddenly, Gu Mingnan turned over and jumped up, and found the box that Sun Shumei gave him.

Opening the box, he used the moonlight to assemble and splice the ammunition casings accumulated inside to form a tank.

Gu Mingnan stretched out his hand to caress, and in the dark night, his eyes flickered slightly.

In the room separated by a wall, the sisters tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

half an hour.

Gu Mingxi's voice sounded: "Xiao Bei, what do you want to do in the future?"

Gu Mingbei didn't fall asleep either, he hesitated for a while before saying: "I can't think of it."

"I thought about it." Gu Mingxi lay on his back, looked at the dark roof, and said.

"I don't want to stay in the country farming, and I hate farming. I work hard for a year and don't get much money. I don't dare to go to the hospital when I have a headache at home. I want to go to the city."

Just like her mother and sister-in-law, if the family had enough money to take good care of them, they wouldn't have passed away so early...

Gu Mingbei knew about his sister's thoughts a long time ago, so it's not surprising, he just said, "It's very difficult."

It is so simple to want to enter the city. Recruitment in the city is full of carrots and pits. Her sister has no education and no connections, so how can she get in.

As for marrying into the city, that's easier said than done. There are many snobbish people in the city. Unless the family conditions are not good and you can't find a wife, who else will marry a wife from the countryside?

When my aunt was able to marry into the city, it was because my uncle really liked her, and because she still had an elder brother who was a soldier.

But Gu Mingxi said: "Nothing is difficult in this world if there is a heart."

Seeing that she was so determined, Gu Mingbei didn't know what to say for a while, and fell silent.

The next day, when Gu Mingdong got up and walked out of the room, he saw three pairs of dark circles under his eyes.

"Didn't sleep well last night?" Gu Mingdong asked with a smile.

Second Brother Gu snorted a mouthful of sweet potato porridge, nodded and said, "I didn't fall asleep."

The twins were eating porridge by themselves, and when they heard this, they asked, "Second Uncle, why don't you sleep at night?"

"Second Uncle, did you wet the bed?"

Eating well and keeping up with the nutrition, the twins seem to have grown up all at once. Now they speak sharply, their brains are also flexible, and they will not bump into each other when they walk.

The second brother Gu hugged his nephew, pinching the pouty flesh on his cheek: "Do you think I'm you, still wet the bed?"

"Ah, second uncle, don't pinch me." Gu Liangxing struggled.

Gu Mingdong reached out to save his son, Gu Liangxing immediately put his arms around his neck and shouted, "Daddy is the best."

"Little heartless, second uncle is not good, then don't tell me to run around with you stooped." Second brother Gu said sourly.

Gu Liangchen shouted to the spoon: "Hello, Dad, second uncle, third aunt, and sister-in-law."

Gu Erdi was amused, rubbed his little head and said, "Our Chen is such a clever little ghost."

After breakfast in a row, the three brothers and sisters circled around Gu Mingdong, pushing me and pushing you, but you refused to speak first.

Gu Mingdong pointed at the table, motioned for them to sit down, and made everyone a glass of sugar water. The twins didn't pull it down, but let them drink by themselves with small bowls.

The sugar water was warm and sweet, and the sweet taste made Gu's second brother and the three of them feel much calmer.

Gu Mingdong then asked: "Do you have something you want to tell me?"

The three brothers and sisters looked at each other, and the second brother Gu patted his head: "Then let me talk first."

Second brother Gu said, "Brother, I want to be a soldier. There is a subsidy for being a soldier."

Gu Mingdong was not surprised, he just asked him: "Do you want to be a soldier, is it because you like to be a soldier, or because there are subsidies for soldiers?"

Gu Erdi was taken aback for a moment, with a strange expression on his face, as if he was asking what was the difference.

Gu Mingdong continued: "Each production team has a number of soldiers. Although there are not many, you can find ways to fight for it. But you have to figure out whether you want to be a soldier, whether you really like it, or for other reasons."

As expected, Second Brother Gu said hesitantly: "Soldiers are given a monthly subsidy. I heard people say that those who have just joined the army also get a monthly subsidy of [-] yuan, which is much better than working at home to earn work points."

Gu Mingdong secretly thought that it was true, and sighed: "If you only want a monthly subsidy of six yuan, then I don't agree."

"Why?" Second Brother Gu asked.

Gu Mingdong glared at him: "Being a soldier is not as simple as you think, not to mention the hard work, if there is a war, you have to go to the front line, and you have to be prepared to sacrifice for the country at any time. If you go for that little subsidy, you won't last long If you have to be demobilized and come back, it is better to find other ways directly, so as not to waste the number of soldiers in the brigade."

The second brother Gu said unconvinced: "Everyone wants to be a soldier because of subsidies, and it's not just me."

"I can't do it here." Gu Mingdong interrupted him forcefully.

He knew better than others the hardships and difficulties of being a soldier, and when the war broke out in a few years, he didn't want his brother to die for a few dollars in subsidies.

If being a soldier is Gu's second brother's dream, then he will not object, but not for money.

Gu Erdi was rejected, and suddenly became depressed.

Gu Sanmei took a look at him and summoned up her courage to say, "Brother, I don't want to be a soldier, I want to go to the city."

"Into the city?"

Gu Sanmei nodded: "Yes, no matter what method I use, I want to go to the city to live a good life. I hate farming."

Before the words finished, Gu Erdi scolded her: "You just dislike the poor and love the rich."

Gu Sanmei blushed, and snorted coldly: "I don't like living a hard life, what's wrong? Am I wrong? Besides, I can only be promoted to my natal family when I live a good life, otherwise how can I take care of others? "

"Heretics, let's talk about who wants you to be promoted." Second brother Gu shouted dissatisfied.

Seeing that the two brothers and sisters were about to quarrel again, Gu Mingdong hurriedly stopped him: "Let the third sister finish talking, then how do you want to enter the city?"

He didn't think that his younger sister wanted to live a good life because he hated the poor and loved the rich. If he could eat meat, he would want to eat cabbage every day, and if he could be lazy, he would go to work in the fields. human nature.

Besides, Gu Sanmei thought so from the bottom of her heart, and she never slacked off when she went to work in the fields. It can be seen from the fact that she is a minor girl and can get a lot of work points at the end of the year.

His own younger sister was in pain, Gu Mingdong protected his shortcomings, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with the third sister at all.

Gu Sanmei bit her lips and lowered her head: "I haven't figured it out yet... Maybe I can find a good man to marry like my aunt."

Gu Mingdong sighed in his heart, shook his head and said, "Xiaoxi, it's okay if you don't want to live a hard life and want to go to the city, but entrusting this practice process to a man who doesn't know where is, there is a big problem."

"Why? Didn't my aunt find my uncle?" Gu Sanmei didn't think she was worse than her aunt.

"I'm going to marry anyway, so what's wrong with me wanting to marry someone from the city?"

Gu Mingdong asked back: "There is nothing wrong, but think about it, even if you find such a man to marry, will you be short of him first, and then you can stand upright and talk at home? Can you be the master of the house? Can you live happily? ?”

"Third sister, do you want to go to the city, or do you want to get married?"

Gu Mingdong felt that his younger siblings had confused the relationship between primary and secondary, and regarded the method to achieve the goal as his own dream.

"If you want to live a good life, you don't have to rely on others. Putting your hopes on others is too risky."

After asking three times, Gu Sanmei fell into deep thought.

In fact, she also knows that such an idea is unreliable, and it is easy to be wronged when married, but she just doesn't want to stay in the countryside farming all her life, facing the loess and the sky.

"Of course I want to rely on myself, but... what else can I do besides getting married?"

Gu Mingdong said again: "There is not only one way to enter the city."

"But other methods are more difficult." Second Brother Gu muttered.

Gu Sanmei lowered her head: "I've heard from Shumei that our Xiyuan town is fine, but other places are calling for going to the mountains and going to the countryside. In fact, there are not enough jobs in the city, so they are asked to support the frontier."

"Shumei was still graduating from junior high school, but she couldn't find a job after graduation for more than a year. My eldest cousin still took the job of my uncle. If I want someone with no education, how can I get into the factory."

"I can't even think about temporary jobs, let alone other good jobs."

These words surprised Gu Mingdong, he thought that Gu Sanmei only wanted to get married, but it turned out that she had other plans in her heart, but she couldn't find a better way.

Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Since you know that you have no advantages, then cultivate your own advantages, go to school if you don't have a degree, and find a way if you have no connections. As long as you are good enough, you may not find one." post?"

Gu Sanmei didn't expect him to say that, so she pursed her lips and said, "But—"

"No, but." Gu Mingdong continued, "After the new year, you go to school and take the exam all the way. If you don't have enough junior high school, you can go to high school, and if you don't have enough high school, you can go to university. Talents are welcome everywhere."

Gu Sanmei was happy at first, and then said: "But studying costs money..."

In the past, when parents were still alive, all the children of the Gu family had actually gone to school, and Gu Mingdong went to the most, and only dropped out of school after graduating from junior high school.

The younger brothers and sisters in the back were unlucky. Once their parents left, the family plummeted and they had to drop out of school one after another. Especially Gu Simei went home after only a few years of elementary school.

The tuition and miscellaneous fees for one semester are only three yuan for a child. You must know that a strong laborer earns less than 30 yuan for a year. The tuition fees for the four children of the Gu family are really not a small amount.

So when she heard her brother let her go to school, Gu Sanmei became worried after she was happy.

If she wants to go to school, there will be one less person in the family to work, and the money will be much more. How can she do it with only two brothers.

Gu Mingdong said: "So I will make an account book, write down how much money you spend on studying, and return it to me when you make money in the future, so that it is you who spent the money on studying."

Gu Sanmei was really moved when she heard it.

Gu Mingdong looked at Gu Simei again.

Gu Simei is the youngest, she dropped out of elementary school after only two years, and she is so nervous that she dare not look up.

Facing the younger sister who was the least courageous and had the least sense of presence, Gu Mingdong's voice was softer: "Xiao Bei, what about you?"

Gu Simei faltered for a long time, but couldn't speak.

Gu Mingdong reassured: "You are still young, it doesn't matter if you can't think of it for the time being, why don't you go to school with Xiaoxi first, and after a few years of studying, you will know when you grow up."

Unexpectedly, these words made Gu Simei excited, she suddenly stood up and shouted: "I don't want to study, I just stay at home."

After speaking, he turned around and ran away, leaving behind the three brothers and sisters who were at a loss.