Proud Gu Mingyu

Gu Huaili's impression of Qianshan Village has been blurred, and when he drove to the town, he couldn't find the way up the mountain.

After wandering around for a long time, I met an acquaintance.

"Brother Gu?" The man was in his early forties pushing the cart, his face was dark and wrinkled, he was wearing a raincoat and rain boots with scales on his body, and he was dressed as a fisherman.

"Wang San?" Gu Huaili is over 50 this year, his hair is shiny and shiny, and his face has fine lines only at the end of his eyes. If you don't know them and just listen to their conversation, you will be surprised—how old you are? Younger brother?

"Why are you here?"

"I'm from Qianshan in my hometown, and I'm going back to the village after the fish is sold out." The man stroked the back of his head honestly, and then asked with concern, "Brother Gu is going to Qianshan Village too, the road is being built in the village, and the main road can't be walked. , how about you take my car?"

"That troubles you." Gu Huaili said he was not familiar with this surnamed Wang, so he often bought fish at his stall. In his impression, this person was honest and honest. The fish he sold were good and the price was much cheaper than others. Gu Huaili still kept it. I gave him a phone number and asked him to call him whenever he had good fish. This person was also very responsible. Sometimes he went late and even kept the fish for him.It was only after coming and going that we became acquainted.

"No trouble, no trouble." The fish seller Wang San wiped the back seat of the motorcycle over and over again with a rag, and then untied the fish frame tied to the rear bumper and hung it on the front. Started the motorcycle.

"Brother Gu, are you visiting relatives?"

It's hard to say that Gu Huaili is looking for a kid who ran away from home, and nodded vaguely: "Yes."

After saying a few words, Gu Huaili kept silent, just listening to the honest fisherman's rambling, just talking, but Gu Huaili was a little confused.

For example: "Father Ji is also strange. It is obvious that my relatives have to avoid suspicion when giving a fish. You are the prosecutor, but normal relatives are fine. A little thing is not a gift. It is so mysterious." secret."

Another example: "Last time I was told to lie that the turtle ran into the net by itself, calling you over, half selling, half giving away, and don't want the money after it's over, it's just cheaper for me."

Another example: "You have to choose the fish and leave it to you, and you can sell it to others if you don't want it... I wonder if you have nothing to do with his family?"

Gu Huaili: "..." What the hell is this?

When he arrived in the village, before Gu Huaili could speak, the fish seller Wang San drove his motorcycle into a small road, walked about tens of meters in, and stopped in front of a courtyard, "Here we are!"

Gu Huaili got out of the car and turned around, even more strange, "Where are you?"

"Papa Ji's family? Are you not his relative?"

Gu Huaili looked confused, "Your father Ji is called Master Ji Jin? He has a grandson named Ji Linyuan?"

"That's right, the first college student in our village, I heard it's a famous university, it's amazing!"

"Then what did you say about Brother Ji sending fish?" Gu Huaili's expression was serious, probably because he was used to interrogating prisoners, his face suddenly became majestic.

The expression on Wang San's face became more and more rigid, and he suddenly slapped his forehead: "It's over, Father Ji won't let me talk about it!"

Said that the motorcycle turned in a different direction, started the car and ran away in a hurry, only: "I don't know anything! I didn't say anything!"

Gu Huaili didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he asked in his heart what was the matter, he stood in a daze for a long time before turning around and walking into the courtyard without a gate.

The yard is a little dilapidated. There is a vegetable field on the left, where some seasonal vegetables are planted, and a shed is built on the right, where a lot of firewood is piled up.

This house is really dilapidated, the outer walls of brick and wood are not painted, one can imagine how simple the inside will be, thinking that Mingyu may have lived here for several days, Gu Huaili felt a little uncomfortable-living in this kind of place They all refused to go home.

It happened that a tall and thin old man came out of the house, holding a small square stool in one hand, and a basket of pared bamboo strips in the other hand.The old man didn't see Gu Huaili, he sat on the square stool, picked up the bamboo strips and started weaving.

"Brother Ji?" Gu Huaili called tentatively.

Master Ji Jin looked up and was stunned for a moment when he saw Gu Huai, but he quickly came to his senses and said with a smile, "Brother Gu, long time no see."

Pointing to a tree stump next to him, "Sit down, are you looking for Mingyu?"

Gu Huaili sat down on the tree stump, feeling a little guilty when he heard the words, "Yes, yes." He subconsciously thought that Master Ji Jin didn't know about the two children, that's why Gu Mingyu lived here for so long, and Master Ji Jin Be so kind to him.

Comparing heart to heart, after he knew the relationship between Ji Linyuan and Gu Mingyu, his previous appreciation for Ji Linyuan almost disappeared completely. It is his self-cultivation not to curse or treat people badly, and it is impossible for him to be kind and kind.

"Is Mingyu here? I'll come and pick him up, this kid... is naughty and has caused trouble for Brother Ji." Gu Huaili lowered his head deeply, he felt sorry for the matter between Gu Mingyu and Ji Linyuan.

Master Ji Jin looked at him seriously, smiled for a long time, pointed at the naughty little black cat that came out of the house, and asked a nonsensical question, "Has Brother Gu ever raised a cat?"

"Mingyu raised one when he was just born. There were many mice in the house. He was afraid that it would be bad for the child. He didn't raise it well, so he ran away by himself." Gu Huaili answered honestly like a student, and added a sentence at the end, "Now Raising a dog is obedient and clingy.”

Master Ji Jin smiled: "Cats are creatures like this. If you treat them well, they will go all the way. They will never know how to write the word obedient."

As if to cooperate with Master Ji Jin's words, the little black cat rolled its belly on the ground to touch it. Grandpa Ji reached out to touch it twice, but somehow it got offended, he turned around and pawed it, then got up and ran away.

"However, he just stretches out his claws, and if he really wants to hurt people, he won't do it." Master Ji Jin stretched out his hand to show Gu Huaili, and saw two white marks on the back of his hand, without any scratches. "If you look at it for a long time, you will feel This mischievous ghost is a bit cute, and has a completely different personality from a dog."

Gu Huaili didn't know how it was related to the cat, and it was difficult to interrupt, so he could only agree, "It's quite cute."

"Cats are highly vigilant and not easy to raise, but a cat is a cat, and it is a completely different species from a dog. No matter whether you think cats are better or dogs are better, you can't train a cat to be a dog. In the same way, You can’t turn a dog into a cat, it’s just counterproductive to forcibly distort their nature. In the end, no matter whether it’s a cat or a dog, they won’t get along with people.”

Gu Huaili listened to it and gradually recalled it. He was shocked at first, and it took him a long time to open his mouth. His tone was a bit strange, "Training them is just to make them better adapt to this society. If they are different from others... they will suffer a lot. Unfair treatment."

Master Ji Jin shook his head, "It's precisely because they will be treated unfairly, shouldn't they support the people closest to them? If they don't even support us, how can they face the rumors from the outside world?"

"If something is wrong to most people, correct that wrong."

"Follow the crowd?"

"Yes, go with the crowd, it's a kind of protection." Gu Huaili nodded.

"I don't think so." Master Ji Jin still shook his head, "What if this kind of protection brings more harm? Is it still protection?"

Gu Huaili fell into deep thought, but Master Ji Jin didn't bother him, he was playing with the black cat under his feet while doing things, after a long time, Gu Huaili looked up, and he said: "I think it is worthwhile to save a lifetime of harm for a while."

Master Ji Jin sighed, "Peace for the rest of my life? Who dares to make such a guarantee? Anyway, I don't dare, the old man has half his leg buried in the ground—Brother Gu is only ten years younger than me, wait for our eyes As soon as we close our legs and kick, the children's business has nothing to do with us."

Gu Huaili's wife had a new funeral, his son had an accident, and he felt that he was no longer competent at work. He had just applied to the leader a few days ago, retired to the second line, and entered the state of old age early, which also caused a lot of fluctuations in his mood.

"As long as I am here, I must not watch Mingyu go astray."

Master Ji Jin shook his head disapprovingly, "Your son hates you every day you are alive, can you live this day?"

"How could it be—" Gu Huaili naturally didn't believe that Mingyu would be so cruel, as long as a man doesn't want his father, "Mingyu is a good boy."

"It's true that he is a good boy, so you want to make him sad?"

"No—I'm just..." Gu Huaili was exhausted physically and mentally by this debate, and he asked back, "Is that how you see things? Are you not afraid of people outside talking?"

Master Ji Jin didn't stop, he finished weaving a dustpan, and then picked up the bamboo sticks to continue, "My brother lost his parents when he was young, and I'm an old man who restrains his wife and son and daughter-in-law, and outsiders say irresponsible things." less?"

"I've figured it out a long time ago. How others see it is other people's business. As long as my brother lives well, as long as he doesn't do illegal things...the rest is up to him."

Gu Huaili couldn't speak, the tree stump hurt his buttocks, he arched his back and lowered his eyes, looking discouraged.The black cat was having fun at his feet, and when it was tired, it lay down on his leather shoes to rest. Gu Huaili looked at it, his eyes gradually blurred.

"Actually, I just want him to live well, so that I have the face to see his mother."

There were young people talking and laughing outside the courtyard gate, and then Gu Mingyu's surprised voice sounded.

"dad?"

Gu Huaili wiped his eyes quietly, and when he stood up, he had a serious expression on his face, "It's so fun in the mountains? You don't even know you're going home?"

As he said that, he walked over and raised his hand to Gu Mingyu. Ji Linyuan thought that he was going to hit someone with his hand, so he quickly stood in front of Gu Mingyu, as if he was facing a big enemy.

Gu Huaili originally just wanted to pat his son's head, but seeing Ji Linyuan like this, he had to take it back angrily, "Since it's so fun, I'll stay here for a few days too."

Then he turned around and asked Master Ji Jin: "Brother Ji doesn't dislike me, does he?"

"Take care of the meals, stay as long as you want."