Good mountains, good water, good people

The day after the fish was sold, after counting all the accounts and money, Village Chief Gu called all the fish farmers in the village to the gate of the village committee.

Early in the morning, the gate of the village committee is here.

Underneath are the villagers who have brought a small stool to sit on. Village head Gu, Secretary Yang and other cadres in the village are sitting on it. Village head Gu is holding a small notebook in his hand. The person asked: "It's almost time for everyone to come, isn't there anyone who didn't arrive?"

The people below looked left and right, but they didn't see anyone who didn't come, so they shouted one after another, "Everyone is here."

"Hey, that's fine, as long as you're all here. I'm calling everyone here today, mainly to talk about our fish farming and harvesting this time." Village Chief Gu looked at the villagers below, and then at his hand. In the small book in his pocket, he focused on how many households in the village raised fish this time, how many fish fry were sprinkled in, how many fish were caught, and how much they sold for.

After talking about this, the next highlight came. Village Chief Gu raised his voice a little and said, "Next, if I read the name, I will come up to collect the money."

As soon as they heard that they could receive money, the villagers below whispered to each other again. After a while of excitement, everyone quieted down and listened carefully to the village chief calling his name.

Those whose names were called went up to collect the money, and everyone who came down held a list and a wad of money in their hands.The list records how much fish each household raises and how much they get.

In the middle of reading that there was a share belonging to their family, Village Chief Gu laughed, "Father, come up and get our family's money."

Old village head Gu smiled and went forward to collect the money from their family.

Each household sends a representative to the stage to collect the money, usually the one who heads the family.Basically, the families in the village who have people at home have farming and fish farming, and these families who participate in fish farming can get a share of the money.

Everyone is holding the money in their hands, and they all have a smile on their faces. Nothing is as real as the real money in their hands. The rice in the field has not even started to be harvested, and the fish they raise will make money first. , and they didn’t spend a penny to get in this fish, they just spent a little time managing the water in the field in the middle of a few months, looking at the fish in the field, and reporting any problems to their village chief, and someone will Go to their fields to track and deal with them, and they just have to do what others say.

"The rice in our field is growing well this year. When the rice is harvested, we sell the millet and add the money from our fish sales. This year, we don't have to worry about it." The old people took the money and sat together Talking, the words are nothing more than talking about crops and city defense, as well as sons and daughters-in-law who work in the city, and grandchildren who are studying.

There are also grandchildren in the family who are in junior high school, high school and college. The old man thinks about the tuition fees of his grandchildren when he takes the money in his hand. "Our baby will be admitted to college this year. With this money, I can give her Take the school to pay the tuition."

"Our grandson said he wanted a new schoolbag. When school starts, I will buy him a new schoolbag to go to school."

"..."

With money in their pockets, the old people feel at ease.

Village head Gu distributed the money to all the fish farmers, and told everyone about the autumn harvest in the village. Later, Secretary Yang and others added a few more words, and the village meeting for this day was over.

Gu Changning also sat at the bottom, listening to what the old people in the village were saying, he felt a little emotional.His father had already given him the money in advance, but he turned around and gave it to his mother, saying that it was for his younger brother's college tuition and living expenses, and let his mother keep it.

When the meeting here was over, everyone dispersed.

Gu's mother also came today, and when she went back, she deliberately went back with her son.

It's just that on the way with her son, Mother Gu kept her head down and looked at the road under her feet. When she raised her head to look at her son several times, her eyes were a little hesitant to speak. She obviously wanted to say something, but she didn't know how explain.

"Aunt, do you want to say something to me?" In the past few days, Gu Changning has noticed that his mother looks at him with a little hesitation, and he has been waiting for his mother to ask him , He was already prepared for how to reply, but every time he saw his mother was already on the verge of speaking, and he asked her what was the matter, she said it was nothing.

Gu Changning probably knew what his mother wanted to ask him. If he didn't know how to face his family on this matter before, but after getting along with Qin You for more than half a year, he was very sure of his I like that person in my heart.If it were any other person, male or female, he would probably be a little unacceptable.Therefore, regarding his own sexuality, sooner or later he has to face his family and confess and explain clearly to them.

Mother Gu lowered her head, avoiding her son's gaze, and said, "Mom has a friend who has a daughter who is also in her twenties this year. She works as a teacher in an elementary school in our county. I heard that the little girl is quite beautiful. , good personality..."

"Aunt, you understand, right?" Gu Changning interrupted his mother for the first time, and said, "I don't want to lie to myself, nor to you, and even less to an innocent little girl."

"Why is it a lie? Isn't it something everyone has to go through to find a little girl to marry and have children?" Seeing other people on the road, Mother Gu was afraid that others would hear her, so she lowered her voice a little. Looking at his son, he said pleadingly: "You are getting old too, and it's time for you to get married. Grandma has already agreed with that friend of Grandma, let the two of you make an appointment to meet."

After throwing down these words, Gu's mother quickly walked back in the direction of the house.

"Grandmother." Gu Changning followed his aunt step by step, but his aunt was unwilling to talk to him.

When they got home, the rest of the family hadn't come back, even their grandma took the old sheep out for a walk.

"Grandmother, listen to me." Gu Changning took his aunt's hand, made his mother sit down, and knelt down in front of his aunt.

Mother Gu was shocked, she wanted to pull her son up, "What are you doing, get up quickly."

"Grandma, I won't get up, listen to me." Seeing the shock and sadness in his grandma's eyes, Gu Changning knew how sad his grandma was, but he couldn't lie to his family, nor could he lie to his mother. For themselves, they will have to face this matter sooner or later, "Grandma, I know you can't accept me like this, but I am this kind of person, I don't want to lie to you, I like men, and I can't be with any woman in this life." married."

"I knew very early on that I didn't like women. I might never be able to find a woman to marry and have children as you hoped in this life. I..."

"Snapped!"

When the applause sounded, the two people in the room froze.

The face of the young man kneeling on the ground was knocked to one side, and there were obvious red marks on his face.Gu's mother stared blankly at her hand, and she herself was also stunned. After a while, she realized that she had hit her child, got up in a panic, ran into the room, and closed the door .

Gu Changning knelt on the ground for a long time before getting up, went into the inner room and knocked on the door, but the people inside did not respond to him.

He waited at home for a long time before the rest of the family came back.

"What's the matter? Where's your mother? Why are you alone at home?" Village head Gu happily returned home from the outside, seeing his son's depressed face and red marks on his face, asked a little strangely.

"Auntie is in the house, and I made you angry." Gu Changning said with his head down.

"What's the matter?" Village Chief Gu was a little stunned and asked.

"Dad, I have something to tell you."

The father and son went to the inner room, and Gu Changning confessed his affairs to his father.

After listening to what his son said, Village Chief Gu was speechless for a while.

However, compared to his wife's excited reaction, Village Chief Gu's reaction is quite calm. It can only be said that he himself did not expect his son to be like this. He has been the village chief for decades, but he did not expect that the most troublesome thing is not Those chores in the village, but here with his son.

"Abba, I'm sorry." Gu Changning knew that he was destined to disappoint his family in this matter, but he could not deceive his family, or even deceive him, in order to meet their expectations. Another innocent woman who also failed the one who loved him.

"You let me say how good you are."

Village Chief Gu sighed, wiped his face with his hand, and said, "You don't need to apologize to me, this matter... If you feel that you are doing the right thing, none of us can stop you. I'll go and talk to your grandma." Let her talk about it, she...may not be so easy to think about it." In the end, Village Chief Gu still felt a little resentful.

"I know. Dad, go and see grandma. Grandma has been in the house for a while." Gu Changning was worried that something would happen to his grandma in the house, so he asked his dad to go and see his grandma. mom.

Village Chief Gu sighed, turned around and walked towards the house, stood outside the door and knocked on the door for a long time before the people inside opened the door.

Gu Changning sat on the chair outside the living room and waited, holding the mobile phone in his hand, the signal light of the mobile phone was flashing, knowing that there was a message coming in, he lost the mood to read it at all.Clicking on the dialog box with Qin You, he looked at the chat records of the two of them, but didn't know what to say to that person.

He waited outside for a long time before his father came out, shook his head at him, said his mother was fine, and let her stay in the room alone for a while.

"Your face, was it your mother who just slapped you?" Village Chief Gu didn't forget that when he came back just now, he saw a few obvious red marks on his son's face, although it has faded a little now, and it is not very clear.

Gu Changning didn't speak.

"Your grandma... also misses you, so don't blame her in your heart. You two brothers have never beaten you since you were young. What happened this time...she is too angry." As a father, Of course, Village Chief Gu loves his two children as well as his wife.

"I know, I didn't blame Mom." Gu Changning said.

This son was once the pride of the whole family. He had excellent grades in his studies since he was a child. He was the first child in the village to be admitted to university. He, the village head, has been famous for many years because his son is a college student.However, the first time he did a deviant thing was to quit his job in the city and run back home to farm. At that time, his whole family opposed it, but this child used his efforts to tell all of them that his choice was not wrong. , now the lives of the people in the back mountain and the whole village have improved.

The second time is what happened this time.Of course, Village Chief Gu is not very accepting of his son's matter, but he can't say anything too serious to the child, and even beat his son, "Don't talk to me about this matter for the time being." Your grandpa and grandma said, I will find a chance to talk to your grandpa later."

"Well, I got it. Thank you, Dad." Gu Changning felt guilty towards his family in his heart, because he had such a conflict with his family, and he was not in a good mood.

Village head Gu just reached out and patted his son on the shoulder, knowing that his son still had a lot of things to do, so he let his son go to his own affairs first.

After leaving home, Gu Changning returned to the back mountain, but he was not in the mood to do anything this day.This day's lunch was served by Aunt Yang, and his mother didn't come over for lunch at noon. Gu Changning went to ask his father and found out that his mother was not feeling well, so she stayed at home to rest.

"Don't worry, just let her think about it for a while." Village head Gu knew that his son was worried, so he just said it was fine. He knew that his wife was mentally unwell and there was nothing serious about her body. "I'll get her some Let's go home after dinner."

"I'll find a box to pack it for you." Gu Changning said and went to find a lunch box, the old lunch box they used at home, with rice on the bottom and a few dishes on the top lid, put it away for When his father sent his grandparents home, he also sent food home for his mother to eat.

After finishing the day's work in the afternoon, Gu Changning wasn't even in the mood to go home for dinner. After talking to his father, he drove to the town with Qin You.

"What's the matter with you? It seems that you are not in a very high mood today?" Qin You noticed that the young man's mood today seemed a bit out of order since eating at noon. It was just that there were too many people at noon, and he didn't care. What to ask.

"I told my family about my sexual orientation today. My mother...should know about me being with you." Gu Changning told the man who was driving next to him about today's incident, his mind was in a mess , and a little worried.

"Will our affairs affect your work with us?"

Originally, he wanted to wait until Qin You's affairs were over, and leave their village before confessing his sexuality to his family, but after being spotted by his mother, Gu Changning knew that this matter between them could not be resolved. Keep it a secret from home.The only thing he was worried about was that the matter between the two of them would affect Qin You's work in their village, and he was also worried about the family's gaze and reaction to this man.

In the end, I can only say that what happened today was a bit out of his plan.

"You don't have to worry about this, it won't have much impact on my side." The big deal at his side is that another person will come over. Qin You is not worried, what he is worried about is the young people around him at the moment.

The man grabbed the young man's hand with his other hand that wasn't holding the steering wheel, and said, "It's you, you don't look very good. If there's anything wrong, tell your family that your parents love you very much. I understand you."

"En." Gu Changning held back the hands holding him, as if he could find some comfort and peace of mind from these hands holding him.

No matter what the future holds, he hopes that the two of them can hold hands and walk together.