Good mountains, good water, good people

After walking along a road and back, Gu Changning came back to Boss Xiao and the others, returned to the position where he got up just now and sat down.Touched everyone with the wine in his hand, took a bite of the skewer handed to him by Senior Brother Qin next to him, and asked the man, "How was your dinner tonight?"

"Very full." When Qin You said these two words, it meant that he was really full.

Boss Xiao came here today and brought a chef, surnamed Cao, who looks in his early 40s and is quite humorous.

It was also the first time for Gu Changning to meet this Chef Cao, but he had to say that Chef Cao's grilled meat was the...very delicious one among the barbecues he had eaten for so many years.But maybe it's because the ingredients they grill here are good?

With Chef Cao and one of his apprentices on their side, the other people basically don't need to bake anything, as someone will bake it for them.

After eight o'clock in the evening, the old people in their village slowly went back to sleep one by one. The children in the village played here later, but they played in groups around nine o'clock. back.

Village head Gu and secretary Yang were not at ease, and they took the flashlights to send the children back in the village, and saw them enter the door one by one before they came out in peace.

"Boss Gu, we are ready to go back."

"Go back so soon?"

"The kids are asleep, we're going to take them back to sleep."

At this time, parents gradually began to come to say goodbye to him. Gu Changning got up to send the departing guests away, several times in succession.Most of the people who leave early are those who bring the elderly and children. The elderly and children can sleep well. They want to send the elderly and children back to sleep early, and the family is ready to go home.

"Are you full? Do you want to bring some supper back home?" Gu Changning also specially prepared packing boxes for the guests, in case someone burns too much food and can't finish it, so they can take it home with them, or if they are not full Yes, you can also take some supper back home.

"No, no, no, we are all very full." The guests who arrived early have already eaten for how many rounds. When they first came, they wanted to eat everything they saw, but in the end it was true I can't hold it until I eat it.

"Driving carefully on the road, people who drink don't drive."

"Okay, I know."

"Come play again next time when you have time."

"All right, let us know when we will have another barbecue."

Gu Changning said yes, but he thought in his heart that he didn't know when the next time would be.

This group of people came and left early, but from the expressions on everyone's faces when they left, it can be seen that many people are very happy to eat.

Village head Gu and secretary Yang sent the old people and children in the village back, and they also went out to see off the departing guests.

When Boss Cai and Chef Tong left, Gu Changning wrapped a red envelope for Master Tong and his two apprentices who came to help. The red envelope for Master Tong was thicker, and the red envelope for the two apprentices was a little thinner. .

Master Tong didn't refuse, so he accepted it. After seeing the master accepting it, the two young apprentices thanked him and accepted it.

"Come and play again when you have time."

"Okay, we'll come and see you when we're free."

Xiao Ming, Cui Hao and the others also stayed until [-]:[-] p.m. or [-]:[-] p.m., and they were ready to go back. The city was not very far from them. They did not plan to spend the night at Xiaoliang's side, but had to drive back to the city. Over there, Gu Changning told them to go back early.

Jian Jian was also walking with him. Jian Jian came alone with two dogs. When he went back, he happened to go back with the convoy, and there was a caretaker on the way.

Big Fatty and Big Fatty also came out to see off their parents.

After seeing off a group of friends, the barbecue party of this day is also over.

The group of children who came to do summer jobs also packed up their things and went back with their families. After finishing their summer jobs, they went back and prepared to go to different cities to go to college.

Gu Changning also personally went to see off the children who left, and sent his sincere blessings, sending a small gift to each of the children who left, wishing them academic progress and success.

"Do you want to go back there to rest first?" After everyone finished eating and left, there was still a mess left for them to clean up. Gu Changning also went to help clean up the place and asked Qin You if he wanted to leave first.

Qin You shook his head: "No, I'll clean up with you and go back later."

Gu's mother and Gu's second aunt led a group of women who were already packing up, and there were still a lot of unused ingredients left on the table. These things can be fried and eaten tomorrow after taking them back.

It's just that when she saw her son bringing a man over, the smile on Gu's mother's face who was talking to others disappeared in an instant, and she stopped talking when she saw her son walking in front of her.

"Grandma." Gu Changning looked at his grandma, called grandma, glanced at the unfinished things here, and said, "It's late today, or I'll leave it here and pack it up tomorrow." , everyone go back to take a shower and sleep."

"Hey, it's okay. We work fast, and we finished cleaning up in a while. It doesn't matter if we go back to take a shower and sleep later." A woman next to me replied.

Several women here are working on the farm. Not only did they come to eat for free today, but the children and old people in the family also came to eat, especially the children in the family, who ate very happily and went back. So everyone felt that it was right to stay and help their boss clean up the place.

Besides, this is where their village belongs, and they feel that they are also obliged to clean it up.

Others also responded one after another, "Yeah, we will finish cleaning up soon, these things will stink tomorrow if left here."

"That's right, we can finish it soon."

"It's hard work for everyone. You have worked all day today. This is a little treat for everyone. Take it with you." Knowing that everyone has worked all day, it is difficult to stay and work overtime at night. Thank you for your hard work, Gu Changning distributed the red envelopes prepared in advance to these women who have been helping with work all day.

At first, the women were embarrassed to take it, but later they saw that someone picked it up, so they took it.

"Hey, why give it to us? It's all for the whole family." Second Aunt Gu didn't expect her nephew to give her a red envelope, and refused to take it after a few pushes.

Gu Changning had no choice but to put it away, and gave the remaining few red envelopes to his grandma, "Grandma, please see who else came to help and didn't give it to them, and you will give them to them later." There is not much money in the red envelope , just 200 yuan, which is a little bit of care from him to help everyone with work.

Mother Gu took it, but didn't say anything.

"Grandma, we're here to help." Gu Taisheng leaned over. Recently, he felt a little strange between his mother and brother, like his mother was angry with his brother and didn't even want to talk to his brother. kind.But he didn't know what the reason was. He didn't dare to ask his mother, and he didn't know how to ask his brother.These two are his favorite family members, and he wishes them well, so he has been trying hard to adjust the atmosphere between his mother and brother.

"Come if you want, and I won't stop you." When Gu's mother said this, she looked at her younger son, but there was a resentment in her heart towards her elder son, and she followed him beside him. the man.

Gu Taisheng worked hard to adjust the atmosphere by his aunt's side, and made his mother happy, but he worked hard for a long time, but his aunt's face did not soften. It seems that his aunt is really angry with his elder brother , he stretched out his hand and scratched the back of his head, feeling a little puzzled.

Gu Changning brought Qin You to pack up on the other side, and Qin You looked at the young man with a little worry in his eyes.

Facing the worried look in the man's eyes, Gu Changning just shook his head and said he was fine.

Gu Fuquan and Gu Chunsheng brothers roasted the roast chicken all night. They didn't know how many ovens they had roasted. At the beginning, the roast chicken could not grab the ground. There are leftovers.They were calculating how many chickens they could put in the oven tonight, so the chicken they brought had just finished roasting, and the roasted chicken was eaten up by everyone, basically there was nothing wasted.

After all the people who came outside were gone, the two brothers were here to help pack things.

Although there were a lot of people here tonight, everyone was quite civilized. They put several garbage boxes on the side of the road, and everyone threw bamboo sticks and bone garbage into the boxes. not many.The main thing is that the iron nets used for the barbecue have to be taken back for cleaning, and the bricks for the stove will be dismantled and transported away tomorrow.

Take the remaining ingredients back and put them in the refrigerator, and keep them for cooking the next day.

But by the time the cleaning was finished, it was almost eleven o'clock. No one in the village had ever slept so late, and they all yawned and went back when they walked back.

However, Gu Changning and Qin You drove back to their house in the town and only returned to the village the next morning.

***

When they drove over, all the bricks laid for the barbecue last night had been dismantled and transported away, leaving only a trace of charcoal burning on the ground. The early risers in the village were sweeping the road with brooms.

The next day, Gu Changning counted several boxes containing money yesterday at home with his grandfather and father. They counted more than 5 yuan, many of which were in cash of one hundred and one hundred. The price is ten yuan and 50 yuan, and one yuan is not much.In addition, there are more than 1 transfers from his account, which adds up to almost 7 yuan.

In other words, they earned more than 7 yuan last night?

But yesterday they killed two pigs and a sheep, as well as all kinds of fruits and vegetables, labor costs, and the money to buy wine. The cost of their own calculations is about [-], but even so , Calculating their net profit is about [-].

Gu Changning counted out two 5000 yuan, one for his father and one for his second uncle.

"Why did you give us the money?" Village Chief Gu asked.

Uncle Gu also looked puzzled, wondering why his nephew gave him the money.

"Uncle Yang and the others came to help with a day's work yesterday. Dad, you can wrap a red envelope for Uncle Yang and the others, and you can keep the rest for grocery shopping. Fuquan didn't go out to the stall last night, and he even helped bake all night. The 5000 yuan is for Fuquan.” The money given to his cousin is equivalent to his second uncle and second aunt, and Gu Changning will not give him another second uncle and second aunt.Why can't he eat meat here, and don't even give some soup to his cousin's family?He can't do this kind of thing.

As for his eldest cousin following him, he has not treated his eldest cousin badly, and he will not count this small amount of money to his eldest cousin.

"Okay, I'll give it to them later." Village Chief Gu collected the money, and later sent a red envelope to Secretary Yang and the others, and asked the brothers to keep the 5000 yuan, "You take what Ah Ning gave you. Let’s keep it, as it’s for Fuquan and the others to keep it.”

Uncle Gu had no choice but to put it away.

As for his grandpa and grandma, Gu Changning didn't give anything else. He didn't give less money to his grandparents during the New Year and holidays. Now the two elders basically don't have much money to spend, and the money is useless.

After the family divided the money, they went to work on their own.

Uncle Gu gave the 5000 yuan to his daughter-in-law when he turned around. Aunt Gu took the money and gave it to the younger son, but the younger son refused to take it, so she kept it and saved the money for the two sons to marry their wives.

***

After the children who came to do summer jobs left, it was less than half a month before the university started.

Knowing that his younger brother was going to college soon, Gu Changning bought a large suitcase and a laptop for his younger brother online as a gift for the beginning of school.

Gu Taisheng received the box and laptop from his brother, with an undisguised smile and happiness on his face, touching the laptop with a look of disbelief that his brother gave him a computer, "Wow, this is so handsome Alright, brother thank you!"

"This is your salary for two months of summer vacation. In two days, I will take you to the market to buy some new clothes and shoes, and let you wear them in school." Gu Changning looked at the computer and smirked. The boy, still the same as before, looked stupid.

"Hehehe, I don't need to buy new clothes. I haven't worn the new clothes and shoes you bought for me last time, brother and mother. I just take them to school and wear them." Gu Taisheng hugged the computer, thinking that Without a computer, he doesn't need anything.

If Ms. Gu heard the elder son say what clothes and shoes to buy for the younger son in the past, she would have said that the younger son has clothes to wear here, and there is no need to waste money by buying too many clothes. She knows that the elder son has worked hard to make money, and she has always felt sorry for the elder son. Working is hard.

But today, seeing the two sons talking and laughing, Mother Gu didn't say anything, turned around and walked away silently.

Gu Changning noticed that his mother walked away silently, so she followed.

Seeing his aunt entering the room, Gu Changning also pushed open the door and walked in, calling out "Amma" softly, and saw his aunt looking up at him with red eyes, obviously Yes, I have cried.

Outside, Gu Taisheng also wanted to follow, but was held back by his father.

Village head Gu cast a look at his youngest son, Gu Taisheng let out a groan, realized it, and didn't follow him to disturb his mother and elder brother talking.

The two of them, mother and son, stayed in the house for a long time that day, when Gu Changning came out of the house, his eyes were a little red.When he came out and saw his father and younger brother were outside, he called out "Abba."

"I'll go and see your mother." When the elder son came out, Village Chief Gu looked a lot more relaxed than before, knowing that what the two of them said might be off the table.But he didn't see his wife coming out, so Village Chief Gu was still not at ease. He reached out and patted his eldest son on the shoulder, and went into the house to see his wife.

"Brother, did you talk to Mom in the house?" Gu Taisheng asked his brother curiously when he saw that his dad had left.

"You shouldn't ask, don't ask nonsense, you know? When you go to school, you have to study hard, you know?" Gu Changning put his hands on his younger brother's shoulders, and wrapped his arms around the neck of this younger brother who was taller than him. Drag people out.

"Oh, my brother, let go, don't drag me..."

Gu Taisheng didn't struggle hard when his elder brother stuck his neck. He was used to being bullied by his elder brother since he was a child, and he never knew how to resist.Anyway, he knew that no matter what his elder brother did, it was only for his own good, hehehe...

The voices of the two brothers were getting farther and farther away.

The couple in the room were still talking, talking about the two children.

"It's good if you can think about it. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Let them go. Can we still be with them for the rest of our lives? What we force them to live is not what they want after all. What path did they choose? You can't bring them back."

"That child, Aning, came to our house because of a predestined relationship with our family. What he gave to our family these years is enough for us to give him in the years when we raised him..." Seeing his wife's expression brighten up, Village Chief Gu I also breathed a sigh of relief, and whispered about the things that the eldest son came to their home these years, and how the eldest son has been taking care of the family for so many years after he graduated from school.

Although the nurturing grace is great, the child has already repaid their nurturing grace for taking care of his family and younger brother for so many years.

They have been together for so many years, and they really treat that child as their own child.But no matter how close the child is, they have grown up now, and the child has to choose his own path, and they can't stop the child from going.

"I understand." Gu's mother also understood in her heart, but she still couldn't let it go. They all hoped that their children would be good, and hope that their children would grow up as they hoped, get married and start a business, and live a peaceful and beautiful life.

Village head Gu held the back of his wife's hand, patted it lightly, and said with a smile, "I don't think you understand."

Mrs. Gu waited for her husband to take a look, and you understood!

In the eyes of the couple who knew each other, Village Chief Gu looked at his wife with respect and love for decades.

The husband and wife were talking about themselves in the room, and they walked out of the room after talking for a long time.

After talking with her son and husband that day, Mama Gu returned to the old Mama Gu. She was kind to her husband and son's family, and always smiled in front of outsiders.

And Gu Changning's relationship with his mother gradually eased, and the relationship between mother and son was the same as before.

Knowing that the relationship between the young man and his family has eased, and he will no longer be unable to sleep at night, Qin You is truly relieved.

But soon Qin You found that every time he was eating, Mama Gu looked at him with scrutiny, and every time he met Mama Gu's gaze on him, he would show a big smile to Mama Gu.

Until one day, Mother Gu took a chance and asked him for a long time, asking him who was in his family, what his parents did, etc. Qin You told the truth, and even talked about his parents' family. He already knew about his affairs with the young man, and said that whenever he has time, the two families can meet and have a meal together.

"It's not in a hurry." As soon as she heard that the two families were going to meet, Gu's mother waved her hand to show that she was not in a hurry, let her think about it, and left.

After his mother left, Gu Changning came over and asked Qin Gong, "What did my mother say to you just now?"

"Want to know?" Seeing the young man nodding, Qin You said with a smile: "I just told my mother to arrange a meeting between our two parents, and my mother agreed."

"... You're lying!" Gu Changning looked at someone suspiciously. Based on what he knew about his mother, his mother would definitely not answer like that.What else is our mother?Do I agree with you calling mom?

Why is this person so thick-skinned? ...

"I didn't lie to you." Qin You hooked the young man's chin with his finger, and with an unconvincing smile on his face, he said to the young man: "I will arrange for our parents to meet together later, Believe me."

Gu Changning still didn't quite believe it, mainly because he didn't believe that his mother would agree so quickly...

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