Seventy Buddha Cannon Fodder

After prying open the unremarkable local river mussel, there is actually a black pearl hidden in the light yellow mussel meat.

How can this be?

Black pearls are a very special kind of pearls. Natural black pearls are only produced from one type of black butterfly shell that secretes black nacre. There are only two natural places of origin, both of which are in distant countries, very far away from Dahe Village.

Obviously, the mussel in Gu Mingdong's hand was not of this species at all.

Not to mention that this river mussel is not even a pearl mussel at all, it shouldn't have the ability to breed pearls!

Gu Mingdong stretched out his hand and picked up the black pearl that looked like a marble. It was perfectly round and shone brightly in the sun.

He turned the black pearl slightly, and the color on it changed with his movements, showing a real variety of colors.

There is a faint fishy smell on the black pearl, but it is not unpleasant. When turned to a certain angle, the light of peacock blue is breathtaking.

At first glance, except for the color, it looks a bit like the glass bead he got by accident before.

Gu Mingdong narrowed his eyes. Ever since he touched this river clam in the fish pond, the buds in his heart were not so peaceful, with a kind of eagerness to move, but it lacked the impulse of glass beads last time.

What is so special about this black pearl?

Gu Mingdong put it in front of him and looked at it carefully. Facing the sun, the brilliance reflected by the black pearl became more and more exquisite.

But no matter how you look at it, it is just a black pearl.

Gu Mingdong did not give up on outputting the power, the power was like a naughty child, dancing happily around the black pearl, but did not make any progress.

Am I feeling wrong?Gu Mingdong couldn't help but doubt his intuition.

Suddenly, he smelled a scent, hidden behind the fishy smell of river mussels, faintly there.

Before Gu Mingdong's brain could react, his fingers moved faster and stuffed the black pearl into his mouth.

The fishy smell lingered in his mouth, and Gu Mingdong woke up with a start, neither spit it out nor swallowed it.

The next moment, Gu Mingdong's face changed slightly.

The black pearl swayed in his mouth, exuding a strange warmth, as if something wanted to break through the restraint.

The instinct of the body made Gu Mingdong squeak and chew the black pearl.

It was supposed to be a hard pearl, but it looked like a ripe berry. It broke with a light touch, and the sweet juice inside burst out. A domineering but familiar energy flowed down his throat and into his body.

All the pores were opened, and Gu Mingdong closed his eyes slightly due to the pleasure of body comfort, once again immersed in the nourishment of this energy.

After an unknown amount of time, Gu Mingdong suddenly let out a long whistle.

The field around the big rock seems to have been sprayed with a powerful growth-promoting agent. It was the rapeseed seedlings that were replanted after the autumn harvest, but they took root and sprouted in a short period of time. It stops when the flower buds are born.

Gu Mingdong suddenly came back to his senses and stopped, otherwise the rapeseed would bloom and bear fruit immediately.

When he saw clearly the surrounding greenery, Gu Mingdong suddenly had a headache.

I was careless this time. I felt something strange about this mussel before. Gu Mingdong only thought there were pearls in it. Who knew there was a big surprise hidden in this ordinary mussel.

When he was absorbing energy, he was too immersed, and the escaping abilities catalyzed everything around him.

Not only the rape blossoms, but even weeds have grown.

Gu Mingdong glanced at the several acres of land around him, stuffed the residue of the black pearl into his pocket, and made a decisive decision to continue on his way.

Anyway, as long as he doesn't tell, and there is no surveillance or camera these days, who will know that he did it?However, this incident reminded him that if he finds something strange in the future, he must find a safe place to check again, so as to avoid such an accident.

There are many accidents, and there will always be clues.

Gu Mingdong didn't go home immediately, instead he continued to walk towards the town, looking at the dead clam that he had pried open, he felt pity in his heart.

If the clam is not dead, he can try raising it to see if he can produce a second black pearl.

As soon as he changed his mind, Gu Mingdong let it go. Firstly, the mussel was already dead, and secondly, he doubted the existence of the black pearl in his heart. strange.

Compared with the black pearl produced by the mussel, Gu Mingdong suspected that the black pearl fell into the fish pond and was accidentally swallowed by the mussel.

Compared with the glass beads last time, the energy in the black pearls was a little less. Gu Mingdong opened his collar and looked, and the imprint on his heart really changed again.

The flower bud, which had been tightly closed, seemed to have opened up a little this time, but it was not fully open.

Gu Mingdong felt a little pity in his heart. He was looking forward to what would happen to the ability after the imprint bloomed.

With the upgrading of his abilities, Gu Mingdong's health is getting better and better, and he is no longer as weak as before.

Now he walked quickly all the way to the town, not even out of breath, not sweating on his brow.

Gu Mingdong came to the family building familiarly, and happened to see Sun Shumei burning the stove downstairs.

The neighbor next door was inquiring with a smile: "Shumei, I've heard that your house smells like meat a while ago. Tell my aunt where you bought the meat. I'll go buy some and try it too."

Sun Shumei only said: "Auntie, it was my cousin's production team who caught wild boars and sent some to my house. I have already finished eating."

"Wild boar? Which production team does your cousin belong to? I heard that several production teams killed dozens of wild boars." The woman asked reluctantly.

Seeing that Sun Shumei ignored her, the woman curled her lips and said, "Their country people are living very hard. It is troublesome to buy salt and sugar. Our family has these things."

"Shumei, go ask if there is any pork in their house, or you can tell me to exchange some for my house..."

Sun Shumei was annoyed by her and wanted to scold others. They all lived in the same building. No matter how careful they were when they ate meat, they would show some traces. They were discovered, and they stopped their house every day to ask questions.

Just as she was restless, Sun Shumei saw the person at the door.

"Cousin!" Sun Shumei jumped up happily.

The neighbor next door also looked towards the door, staring at the bamboo basket in Gu Mingdong's hand, unable to move.

"Why are you here at this time, come up quickly, my mother is also at home." Sun Shumei wanted to take his bamboo basket.

"Heavy, let me get it." Gu Mingdong followed her upstairs.

The woman next door reached out to grab Gu Mingdong, but the latter quickly avoided, and the knife fell on the woman's hand.

The woman was startled, and felt that Gu Mingdong was a little scary.

She smiled coyly, and asked again: "Cousin Shumei, what good things did you bring this time to visit your aunt?"

"It's none of your business. Cousin, don't pay attention to her." Sun Shumei cursed angrily.

After the two cousins ​​left, the woman scolded angrily: "The people in the countryside look poor, what good things can they have?"

Thinking about the smell of meat again from the bottom of my heart, I cursed and said: "I'm lucky to hit a wild boar, and the neighbor next door doesn't know how to bring a bowl. The whole family is cheapskate. The man deserves to be paralyzed for the rest of his life."

"The country people still dare to stare at me, the little bastard will go to prison sooner or later."

But she didn't dare to curse loudly at all, she was afraid that Gu Mingdong would come and beat her, and she was even more afraid of that unscrupulous eldest son of the Sun family.

As soon as Sun Shumei entered, she shouted, "Mom, look who's here."

Gu Xiuxiu was doing manual work to subsidize the family. When she heard this, she got up and looked at it, and immediately laughed: "Why is Ah Dong here? Do it quickly. Shumei is going to pour a glass of sugar water."

Gu Mingdong put down the bamboo basket: "Gu, no need, I'll put down the things and leave."

But Sun Shumei had already entered the door and poured a glass of water, took out the little sugar jar left, sprinkled all the remaining white sugar in it cruelly, took it out and stuffed it into Gu Mingdong's hands.

Gu Mingdong had no choice but to take a sip and was almost stunned.

Gu Xiuxiu looked at it, frowned and said, "Come here, why are you bringing something?"

Gu Mingdong opened the bamboo basket for them to see: "It's not a valuable thing. The production team built a fish pond, and it's all free."

Gu Xiuxiu was relieved when he saw that it was fish and mussels, but then said: "You don't need money, but you can keep it for your own food. There are so many people in your family who can definitely eat it all. These fish and mussels can be kept for a long time, and they are also a feast for the New Year." vegetable."

Gu Mingdong didn't want to push or pull with her, so he just said, "Gu, no matter how polite you are, you don't treat me as your own."

Gu Xiuxiu saw that his complexion was not good, so she had to agree to accept it, but her eyes were sour: "You child is too busy thinking about others, so I accepted it this time with the cheek, and I will not obey you if you do this again in the future."

Let's talk about the future, Gu Mingdong readily agreed.

After finishing speaking, Gu Mingdong was about to leave, Gu Xiuxiu hurriedly said: "You have come here, you have to have a meal before leaving."

However, Gu Mingdong said: "Before we went out, we agreed to go back for dinner. If I don't go back, Anan and the others must have been waiting."

Gu Xiuxiu couldn't persuade him, and hurriedly said: "Then you wait, and take the cotton coat back by the way."

She turned around and entered the room, and Sun Guodong inside also heard the movement: "Did A Dong come?"

"It said that the production team set up a fish pond and sent us some fish and mussels." Gu Xiuxiu took out the cotton clothes she had just made, paused and asked, "Do you want to meet?"

Sun Guodong opened his mouth, but thinking of his current ghostly appearance, he still shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's just say that I fell asleep--you let him have a meal, cook some good dishes, and the second child was not there during the Mid-Autumn Festival last time." Bring a box of snacks, you can give it to the two children."

The second child Sun Guodong mentioned was his very good friend. Now he is the leader in the factory, and he is also the one who often visits Sun Guodong after he was injured.

The cakes in the tin box are said to have been bought on a business trip in Shanghai, and they smell delicious.

After delivering it, Gu Xiuxiu put it away, and Sun Qiang didn't even open it if he wanted to eat.

Gu Xiuxiu said helplessly: "A Dong said that the family has agreed to wait for him to go back to eat before eating, and he refuses to stay to eat."

However, they turned out the tin box and took it out together.

Gu Mingdong was dumbfounded when he saw the large pack of cotton clothes tied up with furoshiki.

"so much?"

Gu Xiuxiu explained: "Ah Qiang's friend helped and got a lot of defective cotton and some rags."

"I thought that Lijuan didn't know how to make clothes, and Xiaoxi and Xiaobei were not good at making clothes at a young age, so I simply made cotton clothes for you. You can see if you can wear them. If they get bigger and smaller, you have to change them."

Gu Mingdong opened it and found that every piece of clothing was just right, and a few small cotton-padded jackets had curled edges, so they could be put down when they grew up, so that a cotton-padded jacket could be worn for a few more years.

The outside of the clothes are rags, mainly in dark colors, occasionally you can see a few pieces of floral cloth, but Gu Xiuxiu's skillful hand stitching them together is not only not ugly, but also looks pretty.

It's just that there are two cotton-padded clothes for adults, and one is obviously prepared for Li Lijuan who has passed away.

Gu Mingdong opened his mouth, wanting to tell Gu Xiuxiu about it.

"It looks quite suitable, aunt, is the money I gave enough, and..."

"Enough, there are many more, so I bought some more and made a few small clothes to put them under. You can take them back and use them as linings for the children."

Gu Xiuxiu said with a full smile: "Your mother is gone, I was always worried that you are not doing well, now you are better, Lijuan is looking at you, and you are improving, so I can feel relieved."

"It's still Lijuan who can find a solution. As expected, a man will only grow up after marrying a wife and having children."

In the memory of the original owner, this aunt has always been in a hurry, because she doesn't have to go to the fields to live in the city, and she looks much younger than her mother.

But after Sun Guodong's accident, the whole family had to rely on Gu Xiuxiu to support her. She suddenly aged a lot, and her hair turned gray.

So Gu Mingdong swallowed the words that came to his lips.

Let's wait a little longer, when they go back for the holidays in the spring and see that their family is doing well, Gu Xiuxiu won't be so worried even if she finds out.

"Gu, we are fine now, you don't have to worry about us." Gu Mingdong said.

Sun Shumei next to her was afraid that she would show something strange, so she hurried into the kitchen.

Coming out of Gu Xiuxiu's house, Gu Mingdong lacked a bamboo basket, but instead gained a big bundle, tied on his back like a hill, with a tin box stuffed on top.

Fortunately, the cotton coat was not heavy, so Gu Mingdong carried it with ease.

After Gu Xiuxiu finished making the cotton clothes, she probably dried them out, and occasionally there was a good smell coming through them.

The smell of sunshine made Gu Mingdong feel warm all over.

He walked home quickly, but saw a noisy crowd on the way.

A dense crowd surrounded the rapeseed fields, their faces flushed with excitement, and they were arguing about something. The number of people was so large that it was suspected that people from the nearby production team had come.

Gu Mingdong's eyes flickered slightly, and he approached without a trace and asked, "Why are there so many people, what happened here?"

The man who was questioned turned his head and said with spit, "Don't you know yet? Something big happened here."

"The rape blossoms that have just been planted have not yet passed the new year, but seedlings have sprouted overnight. That's not counting, they have grown to the point where they have flower buds."

"Tell me how this is possible, unless it is a god, who can do it?"

The people next to him heard this, and quickly shouted: "Shh, what kind of gods, that's a feudal superstition."

"Then what are you talking about, where did these rape flowers come from?"

"It grew under the influence of socialism."

Seeing the two men quarreling, Gu Mingdong chuckled, and leaned over to watch the excitement for a while, he noticed with sharp eyes that there were actually people from the Shanghe Village production team here.

When the two saw Gu Mingdong, they thought he had heard the news and came to see the excitement, so they dragged him along for a long time.

It seemed that the anecdote spread far faster than he expected. Gu Mingdong greeted those two people, and seeing that they were so overwhelmed that they refused to go home, he could only continue walking home alone.

Behind him, Captain Wang of Xiaohe Village was digging around in the rapeseed fields.

After a while, he popped up.

The members nearby asked in unison: "Captain, do you see anything?"

Captain Wang slapped his head and said, "It looks like the seeds we planted are growing out, and no one has touched them at all."

After speaking, his mind changed, and he hurried to the town.

When Secretary Wang heard what his cousin said, he couldn't help digging his ears.

"What are you talking about?"

Captain Wang hurriedly said: "A few rapeseed fields in our village suddenly grew taller this morning, and they are already covered with flower buds!"

Secretary Wang touched his head and asked, "Sick?"

Captain Wang pulled his hand down and said again: "Brother, it's all true, I won't lie to you."

Unexpectedly, Secretary Wang was not only unhappy, but slapped the table with a cold face: "What a fart, but anyone with a normal mind would not say such a fool."

"Wang Aidang, Wang Aidang, what do you want me to say about you?"

The more Secretary Wang thought about it, the more angry he became: "The last time the production team in Dahe Village took the lead in hunting wild boars, you were smart enough not to participate. The results were good. They took out wild boars in exchange for food, and you wanted to pick peaches again."

It turned out that this unlucky Captain Wang was the one who thought he was smart last time.

At that time, the wild boars were exchanged for food, and Captain Wang heard the news before it was delivered. He came to Secretary Wang's side crying and begging, and finally took some of them away, which made the other captains feel dissatisfied.

Last time, Secretary Wang took a lot of effort to appease the other captains. Who knows how long it took before this cousin came to make trouble for him again.

"You thought it was the first two years to engage in prostitution, and get a satellite farm with a yield of [-] catties per mu? The higher-ups have already admitted their mistakes and criticized this false and exaggerated style. Why are you still rushing to scold?"

Captain Wang was very wronged: "It's not brother, I didn't..."

"Did you let the members grow seedlings in the greenhouse, or didn't you let them plant the sprouted rapeseed in the field in the winter? It's fine if it's spring, but it's a winter, so you have to pretend to be a little bit."

"Wang Aidang, do you think this little trick can fool me?"

"I'll tell you the fucking thing today, go back and clean up quickly, or I won't be able to save you if someone else catches you and sues you for a f**k."

Captain Wang was even more aggrieved: "Brother, it's really not me."

Secretary Wang slammed the table: "Don't call me brother, I'm not your brother, you still don't admit it, then go out in the compound and shout loudly, saying that the rapeseed in your village has grown up in the winter Flower buds have grown, let's see if they believe it or not."

"Anyone in their right mind wouldn't believe it."

"I'll tell you plainly, go back and clean up the mess, otherwise you won't be spared, and you don't want to be the captain."

After being severely scolded, Captain Wang lost the excitement when he came, and went back dejectedly.

When I went back to the production team, I saw that a group of idle men and women were watching the fun around the rapeseed field.

"Look at it, what a fart, what's there to see?"

The members of the commune were not afraid of him, and asked with a smile: "Captain, our village has grown rapeseed that can grow in winter. Is there any reward from above?"

"Reward a fart." Captain Wang scolded, and when he thought of Secretary Wang's warning, he scolded with a dark face, "I don't know who is trying to harm me, so I pulled them out."

He followed what Secretary Wang said, and he also felt that someone deliberately raised rapeseed by burning a greenhouse at home, and ended up getting it to their village to deceive people, so that he made a special trip to the town to announce the good news.

This is no good news, this is terrible!

Captain Wang remembered that it was time to change the position of the production team leader. Seeing several target tasks, he was full of doubts, and secretly planned to inquire carefully. Which household burned more firewood recently was the object of suspicion.

He didn't even think about it, who could have such a big budget, this is rape on a few acres of land.

When the members around heard that it was going to be pulled out, they immediately shouted: "It's a pity to pull it out."

Captain Wang scolded: "Hurry up, don't go home until you finish unplugging today."

The members had no choice but to lower their heads to work. At this time, one of them raised his head and asked, "Captain, is this rapeseed useless if it is pulled out?"

"What do you want to do?" Captain Wang asked.

The man chuckled: "Then let's share it, what a good rapeseed, it's a good dish when you put it in the pot."

Captain Wang waved his hand: "It's up to you."

The other commune members followed suit after hearing this, so the production team of Xiaohe Village ate young rapeseed that day. Not to mention, the taste was really good, much better than wild vegetables.

Captain Wang looked at it and laughed too.

The villain in the dark wanted to harm me, but it turned out that I was not as good as the sky. Rapeseed can also add vegetables to the commune members. If you eat more vegetables in winter, you can eat less food, and the famine does not seem so serious.

Hmph, he is really witty, and he will never let those who secretly play tricks succeed!

At this time, Gu Mingdong, the culprit, had just returned home, and Gu Sanmei cried out in surprise when she saw the big burden.

Gu Mingdong looked into the shining eyes of his younger siblings, and simply threw the big burden on the table of the Eight Immortals, spread it out and said, "Auntie helped me make the cotton-padded clothes, come over and try to see if they fit."

The brothers and sisters who were so hungry didn't bother to eat anymore, they picked up their clothes and put them inside, but the tin box was put aside and no one paid attention.

When Gu Simei left, she took the twins and little clothes with her.

Gu Erdi yelled even more, wishing he could take off his clothes and change them on the spot.

After a while, several people put on new cotton clothes and came out.

Not to mention, Gu Xiuxiu's workmanship is really good, she just listened to a rough size and made it fit perfectly.

Gu Sanmei caressed her cotton padded jacket, on which there were two laces sewn with floral cloth.

"Brother, do you look good?"

Fourth Younger Sister Gu also changed her clothes, she looked at her eldest brother shyly with a rare joy on her face.

There is nothing good about a cotton-padded jacket, but Gu Mingdong still nodded in response to his younger sister's expectant eyes: "Not bad, it fits well."

Although it is a cotton-padded jacket, people look refreshed when they put on new clothes.

Gu Xiuxiu was careful, and sewed a gown that could be put on and taken off outside the cotton-padded jacket. It looked better and was more convenient than wearing a cotton-padded jacket, and it would be easier to remove and wash when the time came.

Gu Sanmei said cherishingly: "My aunt's craftsmanship is really good, I have to take it off and put it away, and wear it again on the New Year's Day."

She hasn't worn new clothes for many years. In fact, it's like this in every household at the moment. The big ones wear small ones, but the two older brothers above her used to wear old clothes remade by them.

The faces of the two little girls flushed with excitement, and the second brother Gu also looked left and right happily.

Upon hearing Gu Sanmei's words, the three of them unanimously decided to take it off and fold it up, and wear it again on New Year's Eve.

The twins also only wore condoms, and Gu Simei put them away for them to wear on the first day of the new year.

After doing all this, Gu Simei asked: "Brother, why don't you try?"

Gu Mingdong smiled and said: "It looks about the same size, why don't you eat first."

Gu Simei pushed him in and changed into new clothes: "Let's try it first, so that if it doesn't fit you, change it sooner."

Gu Mingdong had no choice but to take his clothes back to his room. Just as he was about to take off his clothes and put them on again, he suddenly remembered that there was still something in his pocket.

When I took it out, it was a fine black powder.

Gu Mingdong remembered that this was what was left after the black pearl was sanded. He turned the whole bag over, and all the sand grains were piled up together, not as much as a fingernail.

The last time the glass beads disappeared directly, and they disappeared as soon as the wind blew.

But now, Gu Mingdong stretched out his hand and twisted it, and found that what looked like sand was a bit rough to the touch.

Gu Mingdong rubbed it twice, subconsciously used the ability, and was surprised to find that the sand grains had changed, as if the soil had soaked into water, and they could actually stick together, like plasticine, which became softer and softer as it was pinched.

Gu Mingdong was surprised from the bottom of his heart, what exactly is this, is it that all energy bodies will appear in desertification, or it is unique to black pearls.

Suddenly, Gu Mingdong remembered that before absorbing the black pearl, the supernatural power seemed to sense the energy body inside.