Gu Chao, the reborn little brother

With the sound of the cock crowing next door, it was dawn again. .しw0.

In the room, Li Jin squinted his eyes, feeling the light of dawn from the small gap under his eyelids. He was still lying motionless on the bed as before, but his mind was going round and round, thinking about What happened in the past few days, his new encounter.

He knew that the place he was in was called Gujia Village, that the owner of this house was called Gu Chao, and that when he collapsed by the river exhausted that day, he thought he would die like this, but unexpectedly, he was caught A little brother named Gu Chao was saved.

Gu Chao said that his husband-in-law is called Chu Ming, and now he lives with Chu Ming on the other side of the village. This is the house he lived in before he got married, and he can lend it to him.

Gu Chao said that if he needed any help, he could ask him to find him.

In the past few days, Gu Chao took care of his wounds and his three meals a day.

But... this person never asked him a question about where he came from, how he got his injuries, and so on.

Gu Chao and Chu Ming treated him as if they were an old friend they had known for a long time. For some things, they came to stay at their house so naturally without any suspicion or any strange look.

And... this small village, quiet and peaceful, made him seem familiar, as if he had returned to his own childhood, and it was also in such a small village, where the sun rose and the sun set, and he followed Amu and Adie, as long as he had enough to eat and wear. Nuan felt that it was happiness, but since when did his life change drastically, he became the canary locked in the cage by that person, he had to obey the master's order and dance with the song, but in the master's eyes, he , but a good-looking plaything.

Thinking of those days of boundless darkness, Li Jin felt that the wound on his back that had begun to heal was throbbing again.

Li Jin subconsciously reached out and touched his right cheek. This hideous-looking wound helped him escape from that cage, ruined a face, but gained freedom. In this way, he still earned it.

"Li Jin, Li Jin, are you up yet?"

When Li Jin was indulging in the past, an immature voice shouted his name outside the house, and the sound of footsteps was getting closer and closer, without knocking on the door, the man opened the door and walked in while shouting.

Li Jin knew this person, and knew that his savior, Gu Chao's younger brother, Gu Huai.Gu Huai can be regarded as the general owner of this house, so why knock on the door when he is close to his own~

"You're already awake, why don't you get up? The sun is drying your ass." Gu Huai walked to the window, staring straight at Li Jin with his dark green eyes, probably because he rarely saw outsiders. Curiosity was also shining on the smiling face.

"..." Being lectured by someone as small as himself, Li Jin seemed to be choked up and didn't know how to answer.

"I see, your wound is still not healed, you can't move yet?" Gu Huai didn't see Li Jin's embarrassment, when he saw his lying prone position, Gu Huai found the answer for himself.

"Are you hungry? My brother told me yesterday that I'll bring you breakfast today." Gu Huai said, putting the basket in his hand on the table, picking up the things in the basket like a little adult Come out, put it neatly on the table, put the basket in the corner, return to the bed, and say to Li Jin, "Do you want me to help you out of bed?"

"Thank you, no need." Li Jin shook his head lightly. After resting for the past few days, his wound has gradually healed. As long as he doesn't pull it hard, he can walk around without any problem.

Li Jin got out of bed and sat at the table to eat, while Gu Huai sat on the other side, resting his chin on his hand, watching Li Jin eat.

The sunlight outside the window was getting brighter and brighter. The previous white light had already shone with a golden light. It shone through the window into the house and fell on Li Jin's small and delicate face, casting a faint layer of light.

"Are you hungry? Do you want to eat together?" Li Jin looked at Gu Huai's fixed gaze, thinking that he was hungry and wanted to eat something in his hand.

Gu Huai listened to his question, paused for a moment, suddenly his face was stained with a blush, rolled his eyes, and said, "You look really good-looking."

A rare shyness flashed across her childish face.

Li Jin was taken aback when he heard the words. He was so praised, but there was no excitement in his expression, and he was a little gloomy.

Hehe, what's the use of being good-looking, this good-looking face has never brought him luck, but only misfortune!

Li Jin silently took a bite of the steamed bun, lowered his head, and silently drank the porridge in the bowl, not letting Gu Huai see the gloomy eyes in his eyes.

Gu Huai didn't pay attention to Li Jin's changes, as if he had thought of something, a bright smile appeared on his face, and he said, "But my brother is still the prettiest."

There was a hint of sweetness in the clear voice, and when Gu Chao was mentioned, his eyes sparkled.

Gu Chao's importance to Gu Huai is undoubtedly revealed in Gu Huai's expression.

Such a deep brotherhood, Li Jin was also infected with a little warmth, he couldn't help touching Gu Huairou's black hair, and laughed with him.

Li Jin just put down his chopsticks and finished his breakfast when someone came in again.

"Master." Gu Huai went up to meet him, and took the medicine box from Dr. Ning.

Gu Chao and Chu Ming recognized Dr. Ning as their adoptive father, and they already called him Daddy, but it seemed a bit strange for Gu Huai to change his words too, so Dr. Ning accepted Gu Huai as his apprentice and taught him to study medicine. So he changed his name to Master.

"This is my master, the doctor in our village."

Gu Huai introduced that Li Jin still nodded awkwardly and said "Hello" to Dr. Ning when he met him for the first time.

While stroking his beard, Dr. Ning looked at Li Jin and the obvious wound on his right cheek. His eyes seemed to pass by, but Dr. Ning did not show any changes on his face.

Doctor Ning said: "Brother Chao told me yesterday that you have a wound on your back, let me come over and have a look."

Doctor Ning explained the reason for his visit, and Li Jin felt a little more at ease. He sat on the side of the bed, took off his shirt, and exposed his upper body wrapped in bandages.

When Dr. Ning unwrapped the bandage on Li Jin's upper body, revealing the dense wounds on his back, Gu Chao, who was standing aside, couldn't help gasping.

The wound is no longer as bloody and bloody as before, but it is still red and swollen. Just looking at it, it seems that I can feel the fierceness and pain from the beating.

Li Jin also heard Gu Huai's reaction, and he couldn't help but tense up. When Dr. Ning saw his wounds, would he ask how these wounds came from, and how should he answer?

Dr. Ning asked Gu Huai to open the medicine box, and took out a row of silver needles specially used for acupuncture, "Your back has severe congestion in some places, and your wound cannot be massaged, so use acupuncture to unblock the blood vessels."

"En." Li Jin said he understood.

"It won't hurt, just relax." Dr. Ning said, the silver needle in his hand was slowly inserted into Li Jin's body. As a doctor, Dr. Ning naturally knew that Li Jin's body was tense. , as a well-informed old man, Dr. Ning also roughly understands that the reason why Li Jin is so tense may not be the needle in his hand.

"Brother Chao told me yesterday, let me not ask you about what happened before, he is the one who saved you, he doesn't care about it, and I don't want to talk about it, when you want to talk about it in the future, tell me Let him talk."

Hearing this, Li Jin felt a little bit astonished, and felt... a warm current surged into his heart, how could a person he had never met help him to such an extent?

After Dr. Ning finished speaking, he stopped talking, just used Li Jin's body as a model, and occasionally said a few medical principles to Gu Huai.

***

Under the oil lamp, after tidying up everything and washing away his fatigue, Gu Chao sat by the bed, with a piece of cloth spread out in front of him, on which was piled a pile of copper plates and scraps of silver. This is what he and Chu Ming shared today. income.

With a slight smile on Gu Chao's face, he counted the number of copper plates one by one.

When Chu Ming came back to the room after taking a shower, he happened to see Gu Chao's money-obsessed appearance. He was no longer surprised at all, this happened every night.

Compared with silver, Gu Chao seems to love copper coins very much. When he heard the sound of copper plates colliding with copper plates, the smile on his face was particularly bright.

In Chu Ming's eyes, Gu Chao, with a little persistence like this, is extraordinarily... likable.

After a long time, Gu Chao noticed that Chu Ming had been standing in front of him like that, silently watching him count the money. It was rare that Gu Chao was a little bit shy by Chu Ming.

"Have you finished washing? Are you ready to go to bed?" Gu Chao sat up, not as tall as Chu Minggao who was standing, and asked him with his head up.

"Wait a minute, I have something to show you."

"what?"

Chu Ming walked out of the room, brought in the bamboo basket placed outside the house, and then reached out and took out several round objects with mud in it.

It's potatoes!

Gu Chao's eyes lit up instantly, he got out of bed and stepped on his shoes to collect money in Chu Ming's bamboo basket, looked carefully, it was indeed true, it was really potatoes.

Maybe it's because of the spring, the wild potatoes that Chu Ming dug up this time are bigger and rounder than last time.

Those potatoes were taken care of by Gu Chao as treasures, but they still couldn't withstand the wet and cold winter weather, and ended up with corruption in the end. After the beginning of spring, one thing after another happened. Chao almost forgot about potatoes, but Chu Ming still remembered.

Chu Ming naturally remembered it, and also remembered when Gu Chao saw it at his house, his eyes were shining brightly. Gu Chao, who seldom spoke to him, asked him for this thing for the first time.

He didn't realize that this thing was good, but Gu Chao liked it, and he kept it in his heart.

This time, Gu Chao seemed more excited than last time, his smiling eyes narrowed into narrow slits.

Gu Chao was a little abnormally excited that night, walking around the house at night, thinking about where to put these "babies" so that they can't get wet or exposed to direct sunlight...

In the end, Chu Ming couldn't bear it anymore, grabbed the man on the bed, pressed him with his body, firmly placed him on his chest, muttered "sleep", and restrained Gu Chao's indescribable excitement.

Limbs were locked by the strong man, heavy, but Gu Chao didn't struggle, instead he rubbed against Chu Ming's chest, and muttered the same, "Okay, go to sleep."

But his hand, dishonestly, went to Chu Ming's lower body——

Since Chu Ming gave him such a surprise, he should of course repay it with love.

***

After having those few potatoes, Gu Chao started to toss about his great cause of sprouting again.

Put the potatoes in a cool and ventilated place to accelerate germination. After the sprouts have grown, cut the potatoes into pieces to ensure that there is a sprout on each piece.

The vacant land they had in the afternoon had already been mostly cleared up by Chu Ming's continuous reclamation. Chu Ming vacated the field closest to the house for Gu Chao to use.

The field has been plowed and turned soft, Gu Chao just needs to tidy it up.

He buried the cut potatoes into the soil at a depth of five or six centimeters. After placing all the potato pieces, he carefully patted the land with great hope.

Setting up a stall, growing potatoes, doing embroidery, doing laundry and cooking, the days passed by like this.

One morning, when Gu Chao was about to go out to set up a stall in Wenshui Town, he unexpectedly saw Li Jin standing in front of his house and said to him, "I'll go with you, let me help you with the work."

Over the past few days, Li Jin's injuries have healed to a great extent, and he has a thorough understanding of the lives of Gu Chao and Chu Ming.

He knew that every morning, Gu Chao and Chu Ming would get up very early, and they would go out together and separate in front of the village, one would go hunting in the mountains, and the other would set up a stall in Wenshui Town.

He also knew from the chats among the neighbors that the things Gu Chao sells are well-known in Wenshui Town, many people like them, and the business is very good.

At noon, they would go home, have lunch together, and bring him meals.

In the afternoon, Chu Ming would go out with a hoe on his back to reclaim the fields not far from their house. Gu Chao would occasionally go to the fields to see what he was planting, but most of the time, he was at home, Seated needlework.

In their days, there is no luxurious clothing, food, housing and transportation, but just being with each other quietly like this reveals an enviable happiness.

Li Jin has been under the care of Gu Chao for more than half a month. From the clothes he wears to the three meals a day to the house and bed he sleeps at night, he relies on Gu Chao to give him. Gu Chao seems to be afraid that he will be embarrassed. Every time he asks Gu Huai to bring him food, he has hands and feet, how could he go on like this, he also wants to do something and rely on his own ability to survive.

So... the first thing he wanted to do was to help Gu Chao share some of the burden.

But Gu Chao has a different feeling for this Li Jin in his heart,

The reason why Gu Chao saved Li Jin was that, on the one hand, he couldn’t bear to let him die like this; Good news found.

Although Gu Chao doesn't believe in those superstitions, on the other hand, just like what he thought before, if he helps others, maybe Song Wei will be helped by others, and this Li Jin is also extremely quiet, living in him At home, he cleaned the house cleanly, and never asked him for anything.

Gu Chao and Chu Ming looked at each other at that time, Chu Ming remained silent and left the decision to Gu Chao.

"I will definitely work hard, and I will not ask you for wages. These days, I have been taking care of you all the time, and I have no money. I can't think of any other way to repay you except to help you do something. .”

Gu Chao listened to Li Jin's words, and thought about it again. His business has been very good, but he is the only one, too busy to greet all the customers, and it is a pity to lose a lot of customers. If there is someone to help The people, indeed, are not bad.

As for this Li Jin, although Gu Chao doesn't know his past, he has always been accurate in judging people. He won't be the kind of ungrateful person, how about...

"Okay, you can go with me."

***

Li Jin went to set up a stall with Gu Chao. He was dexterous and skilled. He watched Gu Chao make pancakes a few times, and he almost learned Gu Chao's movements and gestures. The pancakes he spread out were round and neat. , and even in thickness, even more neatly done than Gu Chao.

With Li Jin's help, someone was responsible for collecting the money, and someone was able to make pancakes with him. Gu Chao was indeed much more relaxed, and the business was better than before.

Li Jin walked into the lives of Gu Chao and Chu Ming in this way, although he still never mentioned his previous events,

Gu Chao still wanted to pay Li Jin, but Li Jin was determined not to accept it, saying that he saved his life and was just helping out with some things, so how could he accept his money.

Unable to persuade Li Jin to accept the money, Gu Chao thought all night and finally came up with a compromise.

Gu Chao’s stall can actually be open until the afternoon when work closes, but because he has to go back to his home village, he closes the stall every time after the morning market. He asked Li Jin if he would like to open the stall. It will be a little later, but when the time comes, he, Gu Chaoxian, will go back to his home village, and Li Jin will have to look at the booth alone.

And the money earned during this period, after deducting the cost, belonged to Li Jin.

For this matter, Li Jin is naturally willing, but for the matter of dividing the money, Li Jin is still unwilling to accept it.

In the end, there was another compromise, he and Gu Chao split the bill [-]-[-], no one had to push it any further, that was it.

With Gu Chao's decision, the matter was settled like this, and Li Jin almost became Gu Chao's partner.

Then one day later, when shopkeeper Qin went to Gu's Village for some business and came to the door in person, Gu Chao felt that his idea was really right, and he was really right to save Li Jin.