The Snail Spirit Travels to the 1970s

Tian Mu and Tian Zhuo came back early in the afternoon. Today is Saturday and they have a day off tomorrow, so they will finish school early.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and they will have holidays for exams in two weeks.

After He Tianzhuo came back, he pestered Tian Lisong and Tian Lilin to go up the mountain to collect firewood.

This time it was their turn to bring firewood to school for the fire.

Originally, they could have taken some firewood directly from their firewood pile to school, but the two of them wanted to go up the mountain to play, so they pestered Tian Lisong and Tian Lilin to take them with them.

Tian Lisong and Tian Lilin were so pestered that they agreed to take the two of them up the mountain.

There is no need to go deep into the mountains to collect firewood. You can just go up the small hill here, where there are many trees. You can just pick up some firewood there. It is not dangerous.

When Tian Tian heard that they were going up the mountain, she wanted to join in the fun. There were too few things to play with in winter, and everyone had to go out in the cold to do the fun things.

Tian Tian was so bored staying at home that she lay on the kang and ate every day. It seemed that she had gained a lot of weight during this period.

Tian Tian was dressed warmly, wrapped up like a ball, and followed Tian Lisong.

Although the mountain is small, few people go up the mountain after it snows. The thick layer of snow makes the road very difficult to walk on. Tian Tian followed Tian Lisong with one step deep and one step shallow, followed by Tian Mu and Tian Zhuo.

After going up the mountain, the brothers Tian Lisong and Tian Lilin helped Tian Zhuo and others to chop firewood.

The two brothers Tian Zhuo followed Tian Tian and wandered around the mountain.

This is a small hill, and there is nothing on it except dead trees and snow.

However, there are many rhododendron trees on this mountain. If you break off two branches now, they will bloom in the spring.

Tian Tian specifically picked out branches with many flower buds.

There are many mangroves on this mountain. Those mangroves that no one picked were buried under the snow. They are bright red and a little dry due to the freeze, but they taste sour and sweet.

Tian Tian liked to eat them very much and picked a lot of them and put them in her pocket.

She also saw pheasant footprints under several trees. She didn't know if her father and her second uncle could catch a pheasant when they were chopping firewood. It happened that pork was distributed today, and many families in the team were stewing meat, so there was no need to worry about the aroma of their stewed chicken being too tempting.

The three siblings were strolling in the mountains. Tian Tian was focusing on picking mountain reds, while Tian Zhuo and his two brothers were looking for the Yangla cans hanging on the branches.

Tian Tian helped Tian Zhuo and the others pick a can that they couldn't reach. Just as she picked it up and bent down to hand it to them, she heard the sound of feet crunching on the snow behind her.

Tian Tian thought it was Tian Lisong and the others, so she turned around and asked, "Are you going back?"

But when he turned around, he found that the person standing behind him was not Tian Lisong, but Gu Zhao.

Gu Zhao was wearing a thin cotton jacket, his hands and face were red from the cold, and he was holding a frozen pheasant in his hand.

Tian Tian felt a little embarrassed when she saw that it was Gu Zhao. The embarrassment was not because Tian Tian recognized the wrong person, but because she saw that Gu Zhao was holding a pheasant in his hand.

At this time, everything on the mountain is public. Things like chestnuts and hazelnuts are nothing special, and every household can pick them up by going up the mountain.

But catching wild chickens is purely a matter of luck. If everyone knows about it, some people might become jealous and report you, which would not be good.

Of course, if you eat it secretly without being discovered by others, that’s fine too.

But now, when she looked at the pheasant in Gu Zhao's hand, she always had a feeling that she had discovered someone's secret, especially since there were two talkative children around her.

What surprised Tian Tian was that Tian Zhuo and Tian Mu ran over excitedly the moment they saw Gu Zhao, "Brother Gu! Did you catch this pheasant? You are so awesome!"

Tian Tian's jaw dropped when she saw the enthusiastic Tian Mu and Tian Zhuo. Since when did they become so familiar with Gu Zhao? What was this Gu Zhao like? It would be fine if he had a good relationship with her brother. After all, they looked about the same age and should have a lot of common topics.

It was nothing to always stay with her father. After all, her father was an accountant and had some power in the team. It was normal for the educated youth to want to please her father.

But why do these two little rascals seem to have a good relationship with Gu Zhao?

"You guys are coming to the mountain too?" Gu Zhao squatted down and said with a smile.

Gu Zhao still trusted Tian Tian very much. He was not worried that Tian Tian would tell others about his going up the mountain to catch pheasants. In terms of the seriousness of the matter, it was not worth mentioning in front of his grandfather.

As for Tian Zhuo and Tian Mu, Tian Zhuo often came to play with his grandfather and Song Zhenwei, and would ask them some questions. Gu Zhao also knew that Tian Zhuo and Tian Mu were not bad people and they were tight-lipped, so he felt at ease interacting with them.

Tian Zhuo nodded and said, "Let's go up the mountain to collect firewood. Next week it will be my brother and I'll hand it in to the class!"

"Brother Gu, did you catch this pheasant?" Tian Mu drooled as he took a look at the pheasant in Gu Zhao's hand.

Although Old Mrs. Tian made meat dumplings in the morning and distributed a lot of meat, she had no intention of cooking meat for them. They didn't even eat the meat dumplings, saying that they would save them for making dumplings during the New Year.

When Tian Mu came over just now, he smelled the meat in the team and his mouth was watering with greed.

"Yes! My brother didn't earn many work points this year, not enough for me to exchange for meat in the team. So I went up the mountain to try my luck. As a result, I was lucky enough to catch this pheasant." Gu Zhao said with a smile.

His grandfather was ill some time ago, with a cold and cough. He recovered quickly after taking the medicine sent by Tian Tian.

Although he didn't see Tian Tian coming to deliver the medicine, the medicine was obviously the same as the one Tian Tian brought last time.

But Gu Xingshu was so old after all, and his recovery was still a little bit off, so he thought of going up the mountain to hunt a pheasant to nourish his grandfather.

Tian Mu swallowed the saliva in his mouth and forced himself not to look at the pheasant in Gu Zhao's hand. "Brother Gu, you are really amazing. Do you know where there are pheasants on this mountain?"

He also wanted to catch a pheasant and take it back to eat, but Old Mrs. Tian refused to stew the meat for him, so he had to find a way on his own.

"I don't know either. I was able to catch this pheasant because it was frozen in the snow. How could I have the ability to catch a chicken?" said Gu Zhao.

He had a good family background since he was young, so he had never caught a pheasant, or even a domestic chicken. It was really a bit of luck that he was able to catch this chicken today.

Tian Mu was immediately very disappointed.

"Brother Gu! Be careful when you take the pheasant back. We don't allow people to go up the mountain to catch pheasants to eat without permission. If everyone knows about this, you will be paraded through the streets." Tian Zhuo reminded Gu Zhao.

Gu Zhao rubbed Tian Zhuo's head with a smile, "Thank you, Xiao Zhuo, I understand, brother will be more careful."

He had known about this for a long time, but since it was Tian Zhuo's good intention, he appreciated it.

Gu Zhao stood up and nodded to Tian Tian as a greeting.

Tian Tian also nodded slightly to him. She and Gu Zhao actually had no involvement and they had not had much contact. Because of the Li Jiuniang incident, that was the only time they had spoken to each other. The rest of the time when they met, there were always many people around them, either Tian Yuan or Tian Lisong.

"I'll be leaving first! Bye!" Gu Zhao said hello to his two brothers and went down the mountain carrying the caught chicken.

When she could no longer see Gu Zhao, she lowered her head and asked her two brothers, "How did you two know him?"

She felt that Tian Zhuo and Tian Mu went to school every day, and were busy collecting grass for pigs on the way home from school, so they arrived home at about the same time. It seemed that they had little contact with Gu Zhao, so how could they become so familiar with Gu Zhao inexplicably.

Tian Zhuo lowered his head feeling guilty. Tian Mu looked up and down but didn't look at Tian Tian. This glance showed that he was hiding something from Tian Tian.

Tian Tian narrowed her eyes and asked seriously, "Did you two do something bad? Are you afraid that I will find out and you will be scolded?"

Seeing that the two of them still lowered their heads and had no intention of talking, Tian Tian snorted coldly, "It's okay if you two don't want to tell me. When the time comes, let grandma know. Don't expect me to help you again."

After saying that, Tian Tian sighed sadly again, "You are all grown up, and I, as your sister, am also an outsider!"

Tian Zhuo was still close to Tian Tian. Seeing Tian Tian pretending to be sad, he anxiously hugged Tian Tian's thighs.

"Sister! Don't cry! I'll tell you!"

Seeing that Tian Zhuo was about to tell everything, Tian Mu quickly reached out and grabbed Tian Zhuo, and said to Tian Tian: "You can want to know, but you can't tell grandma after you know it, otherwise we will never talk to you again!"

"I can't promise you this now. Tell me about it first. If it's not serious, I won't tell grandma. But if you two get into big trouble, I will definitely tell her." Tian Tian said.

Tian Zhuo hesitated for a while, not knowing whether he should tell Tian Tian about this. Finally, he thought that Tian Tian had loved him so much since childhood and would definitely not harm him, so he told Tian Tian about it.

It turned out that he had been caught throwing stones in the cowshed by Tian Tian. After returning home, he was scolded by Old Lady Tian, ​​so he ran to apologize to Gu Xingshu.

At that time, Gu Xingshu forgave him in a very gentle manner. Tian Zhuo felt that Gu Xingshu's temperament was different from anyone he had ever met, and he became curious about Gu Xingshu.