North to Hanchuan

The next morning, when the sky just dawned, Gu Hengbei looked at the time and was a little surprised that his little nephew didn't come to trouble him early in the morning.

Yesterday, Gu Hengbei was so busy dealing with various emergencies that he hit the back of his head. When he got home, he was so tired that he didn't even want to move his fingers. However, Gu Yuze and Ji Hanchuan slept in Zhong Ran's lounge all afternoon. , the two ancestors jumped up and down alive and well.

After all, Gu Hengbei is a rough man, and he doesn't care if the average mental age of the big and the small is less than five years old, he just let them play together and sleep together, taking a bath or not to wipe their faces is fine.

Later, the two of them did go to bed. When Gu Hengbei went downstairs at night, the lights in the whole house were on, and toys, snacks, and garbage were scattered everywhere, which gave him a headache.

After getting up, Gu Hengbei went to the next bedroom and knocked on the door twice, but there was no movement inside, he twisted open the door, and couldn't help being shocked at a glance.

The quilts on the bed were piled up in a mess, but Gu Yuze and Ji Hanchuan were not on the bed!

Cold sweat crawled all over Gu Hengbei's back.

The ringtone of the child's mobile phone came from under the quilt, and Gu Hengbei stood at the stairs and repeatedly called Gu Yuze and Ji Hanchuan's names, finally confirming that the two guys ran out by themselves.

Gu Hengbei hurriedly put on a coat, rushed out the door.

……

"Ultraman," said the child, dressed bulgingly, striding short legs, exhaling whirling white air from his mouth, like a small teapot spouting hot steam, "go slowly , I can't catch up with you!"

Ji Hanchuan was holding a blue plastic bucket in his left hand—it was used by Gu Hengbei’s family to put mops in, and in his right hand was holding a yellow toolbox, which contained awls, shovels, and steel drills.

"Your legs are so short." Ji Hanchuan looked down at Little Luobotou.

The child jumped up and down: "I will grow up in the future! I want to be as tall as my little uncle!"

When Ji Hanchuan heard Gu Yuze calling him little uncle, a small dimple appeared at the corner of his mouth. He stopped his long legs, put the toolbox into a small bucket for Gu Yuze to hold, and then picked up the child and walked away.

"It's so heavy," the child muttered. The toolbox full of steel products was indeed too heavy for him.

Ji Hanchuan thought for a while, put Gu Yuze down, then turned his back and squatted down: "Come up."

The child lay down on his stomach as promised, and Ji Hanchuan held the child's buttocks in one hand and carried the bucket in the other.

"Altman, you are so kind!" Gu Yuze confessed with his arms around Ji Hanchuan's neck, "You are now my second favorite person!"

"Then who do you like first?"

The child counted with his fingers: "Mom, dad, uncle, grandpa, uncle, third uncle..."

"You like a lot of people."

"Yes," Gu Yuze kicked his calf hanging in the air, and asked Altman, "Then who do you like?"

"I like Beibei."

"That's my little uncle."

"Well," Ji Hanchuan turned his head to look at the child, "You are Xiaobeibei."

A patrolling security guard in the community looked at them and asked, "Which household do you belong to?"

Gu Yuze answered obediently, "Building 9, 1201."

All of them were wearing silver-gray down jackets, the men were wearing peaked caps, and the children were wearing fluffy knitted hats. The faces under the hats were all very beautiful. The security guard inevitably took a few extra glances and asked, "Mr. Did you two go out for a walk early in the morning? Isn’t it too cold?”

Ji Hanchuan said, "Let's go to hit the ice."

The child nodded in agreement.

"Ice?" The security guard was at a loss, "What kind of ice? What is the ice for?"

Ji Hanchuan said seriously: "No ice, no water."

The security guard looked puzzled: "What? Is the water going to be cut off? I didn't receive the notice."

Ji Hanchuan despised this person's IQ a bit: "You don't understand."

"There!" Gu Yuze pointed to the front and shouted cheerfully, "The lake is right there!"

The reason why Taihu Huafu is called Taihu Huafu is because there is an artificial lake in the community. The lake is colorful in spring and summer, and it is full of different kinds of ornamental fish. In winter, there is a thick layer of ice on the lake, and the sun shines very beautifully. up.

In order to be safe, the property of the community put up a sign by the lakeside, "no skating".

"Hey, what are you doing?" The security guard followed behind, seeing the young man walking down the lake with the child on his back, and then walking straight onto the ice, he quickly stopped, "Didn't you see what was written on the sign?"

Ji Hanchuan ignored him, he put Gu Yuze on the ice, and walked on the ice with the child.

"Ultraman," Gu Yuze whispered, pulling on Ji Hanchuan's sleeve, "That uncle doesn't seem to let us come up."

"This lake doesn't belong to his family." Ji Hanchuan said naturally.

"That's right." Gu Yuze was extremely happy, his little leather shoes stepped on the ice, like the happy hooves of a pony.

"You're a shameful adult!" the security guard shouted loudly from the shore, "The ice on this lake is very thin, and if you throw a child into the water, you want to go to the rink for skating, and you can't bear to spend tens of dollars an hour." Ah, if everyone is like you... hey you... what are you doing?"

When the security guard saw Ji Hanchuan open the toolbox and take out a long and thin steel drill and a hammer, his voice changed in surprise.

When Gu Hengbei went out, he realized that he was still wearing the cotton mop at home. He only held a mobile phone in his hand, and he was walking all the way. , how to find it if you don’t leave the community.

Gu Hengbei ran to the gate, there was an uncle security guard in the guard box, Gu Hengbei asked the security guard if he saw them go out compared to the size of the adults and children, of course the uncle security guard didn't see them, Gu Hengbei asked him to put The surveillance was played backwards for a while, and it was confirmed that the two of them had not left the community.

"As long as you don't go out of the community," the uncle thought to himself, what's so scary about a big man taking a child out, but he still said responsibly, "I'll ask the patrolling people in our team I didn't see what they looked like..."

At this moment, Uncle Security's walkie-talkie rang, and Gu Hengbei clearly heard the rough and anxious voice of a middle-aged man from inside: "Hey, hey, three teams and three teams! There are troublemakers at the artificial lake, come here two people !"

The security guards near the artificial lake soon gathered.

The wind is rustling, murderous.

Ji Hanchuan confronted the three security guards, and asked stubbornly, "Why don't you let me hit the ice?"

"You——" the security guard who shouted first had a sore throat and was completely impatient, "Are you stupid? I told you that this ice cannot be knocked, and it will crack if you knock it. If you can't think about it, don't take it with you." The child is in danger..."

Ji Hanchuan was stubborn and unconvinced: "This ice will not crack."

The security guard jumped: "Who told you it wouldn't crack? Come down quickly, if something happens, no one can afford it!"

Ji Hanchuan insisted: "No, fight."

The security guard was on fire, he took a few steps over, and stretched out his hand to catch the little boy away. If the grown-up fell if he wanted to, he would fall, and the child should not follow suit: "I can't tell you..."

"Don't touch him!" Ji Hanchuan saw that this person was going to touch the child, picked up Gu Yuze and ran towards the center of the lake.

The security guards were also anxious: "Don't run around!"

When Gu Hengbei rushed over, he saw three bodyguards chasing Ji Hanchuan around the lake.

"Little uncle!" The child's sharp eyes called out to Gu Hengbei.

Ji Hanchuan turned his head abruptly, slammed his feet, and then ran towards Gu Hengbei.

"North……"

As soon as they met, Gu Hengbei's anger that had burned all the way finally exploded: "What are you doing on the lake? You didn't stop early in the morning, and you brought Gu Yuze out! Do you know that you can't run around by yourself? Can you give it to me?" Save some snacks?"

Ji Hanchuan was dumbfounded by the scolding, and stared blankly at Gu Hengbei, his eyes slowly turning red.

Gu Hengbei reprimanded: "Hold back your tears!"

Ji Hanchuan pursed his lips tightly, the tears really came back.

Gu Hengbei snatched Gu Yuze over, and the remaining anger was directed at the little guy: "And you, Gu Yuze! Why didn't you tell me first when you went out?"

"Little uncle," the child said in a low voice with his mouth flattened, "there is no water in the house, and Altman said that we are going to make ice and boil water for you to wash your feet."

"What are you washing..." Gu Hengbei's angry voice stopped abruptly.

"This, this... this is from your family, right?" The three security guards crossed their hips, panting. They didn't expect this young man to be so good at running, so good at running, and he was holding a little boy The three of them chased and intercepted him without catching him, "He's too much! We don't allow ice skating in this lake, so it's fine if he skates, but he still wants to smash it! Who is he? This is……"

"Sorry," Gu Hengbei explained embarrassingly, "My relatives came from the north, and it's a custom for them to play ice, so bringing children out to play will cause you trouble."

"Customs? When you come to our place, you have to do as the Romans do! It's so dangerous, and you have children..." Gu Hengbei's demeanor is different from others, he looks like a noble person at first glance, his amiable face finally eased the security guard's face, "Is this child yours? I thought it was his..."

"its mine."

"The child is so beautiful, and looks exactly like you."

"Thank you," Gu Hengbei hugged Gu Yuze with one hand, and operated the mobile phone to order takeaway with the other, "I have invited a few big brothers to have breakfast, I have really thanked you."

The security guard hurriedly said: "No need, no need, it's not too much trouble, just don't do this again in the future."

Gu Hengbei smiled: "The order is ready, you guys go back to the sentry box to eat and drink some hot food, it's really too cold."

"This is our job, it should be, but your relative is a burden to you," the security guard finally dissipated, and there was a bit of a joke in his speech, "Young man with more talent, just talk It's a bit out of my mind to do things..."

Gu Hengbei's smile faded a little: "He just arrived and hasn't adapted yet."

Several security guards muttered a few more words, and finally left.

Ji Hanchuan lowered his head. He is a 190cm big man, like a primary school student who has done something wrong. His hands are hanging down, and his right hand is pinching the phalanx of his left hand, completely at a loss.

Gu Heng looked towards the lake in front of him, the red-gold morning sun fell over the entire icy lake, blooming like brilliant fireworks, making his eyeballs sting slightly.

Gu Hengbei put Gu Yuze back into Ji Hanchuan's arms, and Ji Hanchuan suddenly raised his head, looking at him in disbelief.

"You can't come here to play ice in the future." Gu Hengbei's face was expressionless, but his voice was extraordinarily gentle and clear in the morning sun, "If you really want to play, you have to go back to your hometown to play, understand? "

Ji Hanchuan blinked his eyelashes timidly, but still wanted to say: "There is no water..."

"There is no water at home because I didn't pay the water bill." Gu Hengbei walked forward, picked up all the tools scattered on the ice and put them in boxes, "I hope you can use this small bucket to bring them back... I really can only wash them." feet."

Gu Hengbei stood up with the bucket in his hand: "Let's go, go home and eat, the two things are fine."

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Gu Hengbei separated several eggs, and put the egg white and egg yolk into two bowls respectively.

Add white sugar to the egg whites and whip them into a hook shape. Pour corn oil and milk into the egg yolks. Add low-gluten flour and stir until the color turns white. Finally, mix the egg yolks and egg whites and stir evenly, then push them into the oven.

It's a lot of trouble.

Gu Hengbei was still wondering where he got so much leisure until he started steaming potatoes.

After returning home, Gu Hengbei asked the two children (?) what they want to eat, Gu Yuze raised his little hand: "I want to eat egg soufflé and cheese glutinous rice dumpling!"

Gu Hengbei was annoyed: "Why are you so troublesome? Ji Hanchuan, what do you eat?"

Gu Heng Beixin said that if Ji Hanchuan's memory still stays in the ice age, he should eat baked egg pancakes.

Ji Hanchuan blinked his long eyelashes, his big eyes were full of curiosity: "What are souffle and cheese glutinous rice balls?"

Gu Yuze yelled "Ah, ah," "Little uncle, Altman has never eaten souffle and cheese glutinous rice balls, he is so pitiful!"

Gu Hengbei poked the child hard on the forehead, I think the two of you are really badass!

Ji Hanchuan and Gu Yuze went upstairs to catch up on the shower they missed last night, while Gu Hengbei was cooking downstairs.

Egg souffle and cheese glutinous rice dumplings are Gu Yuze's favorite food. Children love sweets, so Gu Hengbei's cooking skills were honed for Gu Yuze.

In fact, Ji Hanchuan also likes sweets.

The potatoes need to be steamed for 15 minutes, Gu Hengbei leaned on the cooking table and was lost in thought.

The two words "beating the ice" and "washing feet" are linked together, bringing Gu Hengbei back to that icy and steaming time and space.

It was the first year they went to country A for the Spring Festival, and the two of them returned to China for the New Year, each returning to their respective families.

Gu Hengbei's New Years was actually quite boring, just eating and drinking from house to house, until Gu Hengbei got bored to death, he felt that a good life couldn't be wasted like this at the table of tobacco, wine and cards, he had to do something meaningful thing.

Just do what you say, leave as soon as you say, and after the second day of the new year, Gu Hengbei put his luggage on his back and boarded the plane and went straight to Ling County, Ji Hanchuan's hometown, thousands of miles away.

Gu Hengbei actually wanted to notify Ji Hanchuan, but there was no signal at Ji Hanchuan's hometown.

The plane landed in the city, and Gu Hengbei took the bus to Ling County again. After arriving in Ling County, Gu Hengbei was dumbfounded when he got out of the station.

There is no car in Lingxian County leading to the mountain village of Ji Hanchuan!

Only after Gu Hengbei asked, did he know that because of the heavy snow, the entire road into the mountain was closed, and only after the snow had melted could a car enter.

"That's not right," Gu Hengbei became anxious, "My friend's house lives here!"

Gu Hengbei showed the address to the elder brother: "If the mountains are covered by heavy snow, how will he get home?"

The eldest brother understood: "He should have gone in with a military vehicle. Our border troops here regularly come to the county to collect supplies every month. Many border residents will go to the market and go home by military vehicles."

Gu Hengbei hurriedly asked: "When will the military vehicle come next time?"

"I only came here on New Year's Eve, and now I have to wait until the seventh day of the lunar new year."

It's only the third day of junior high today.

The eldest brother persuaded: "You should stay in the county hotel first, and then go after a few days."

Gu Heng Beichou died. When he came out, he told his family that he and Fei Yang would go to Qiongshi for two days and go home on the seventh and eighth day. If he entered the mountain on the seventh day and left the mountain on the fifteenth day, there would be no signal in the middle mountain. , then the whole of Kyoto is about to explode!

"Brother, can you help me find a way? It doesn't matter how much it costs, I must get in as soon as possible!" Gu Hengbei had no choice but to ask a stranger for help.

Gu Hengbei knew it was cold here, so he purposely put on some extra clothes, but he didn't expect this place to be so cold. Ji Hanchuan didn't lie to him when he said that people's ears could be frozen here.

The bitter cold wind cut like a knife, Gu Hengbei's face and nose were red from the cold, his teeth chattered as soon as he spoke, and the breath he exhaled instantly condensed into hoarfrost in the air.

The elder brother looked at him up and down: "How much can you pay?"

"How much money will do!"

Money can turn the devil around.

The elder brother introduced him to a person from the forestry farm, who took him into the mountains with the snowplow of the forestry farm.

The snowplow truck rumbled and pushed the ice and snow forward. Through the blurry window of the car, Gu Hengbei could see the gray dense forest as far as he could see. The thick white snow blanket was spread on the canopy of the trees, creating a kind of The dark clouds overwhelm the forest and the forest is about to be destroyed.

In the middle of the journey, the sky changed again, it was obviously not night yet, the outside was already pitch black, the whistling wind sounded like thunder, Gu Hengbei grew up so big, he had never heard such a scary wind sound.

Under the two white headlights, large groups of snowflakes and countless shattered ice condensed together like white ping pong balls, hitting the car glass with a ping-pong sound.

Thrilling and magnificent, Gu Hengbei only felt that he came to such a place, so old-fashioned.

Before Gu Hengbei was full of pride for 2 minutes, there was a sudden sound like an explosion from somewhere, Gu Hengbei was startled, and his head hit the roof of the car, the pain caused the Venus in front of his eyes to straighten. risk.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid," the driver comforted him, "It's because the snow is too heavy, and the trees are broken somewhere."

Gu Hengbei swallowed his saliva, and swallowed the question "Will a tree crush our car?"

Gu Hengbei has heard a saying that people should not say unlucky words on the road, good spirits do not have bad spirits.

The snowplow drove for four hours, and finally stopped on a small slope. The master said, "The place you are going to is just ahead. I can't drive this car. You go down this slope, and you will be at the entrance of the village." .”

Gu Hengbei paid the other half of the fare, which was all the cash on his body.

As soon as the car door was opened, Gu Hengbei was completely submerged in the snow below his knees, and the huge temperature difference instantly paralyzed his body.

The snow was overwhelming, and people in it seemed to be drowning in the turbulent ice water.

The field of vision was pitch black, and the wind was howling in his ears. The only thing that reassured him was the barking of dogs coming from ahead, which convinced him that the place not far from him was indeed populated.

Gu Hengbei bought a scarf, gloves, mask, goggles, and a flashlight in the county. He walked three steps along the steep slope when he stepped on something slippery and fell into the soft snow.

Fortunately, I was wearing long johns, and this was the only thought in Gu Hengbei's mind.

It is only 30 meters from the steep slope to the entrance of the village, but Gu Hengbei feels that he has trekked for a whole century.

When his flashlight showed a clear outline of a building in front of him, Gu Hengbei stomped his feet fiercely, and he rushed over, slamming the wooden door of the house, and he didn't care who it was home, just shouted:

"Ji Hanchuan, open the door, I'm here to find you!"