Seventy Buddha Cannon Fodder

It was guessed by Gu Sanmei that there was a heavy rain last night, and the incident of Wang Mazi happened, but after discussing it with Gu Jianguo, old Liu and Gu Jianguo decided to rush to pay the public rations.

They were afraid that if the food remained in the warehouse, such vicious incidents would happen again, let alone being praised, it would be considered good not to eat the top.

Gu Mingdong is now a "strong labor force" who can get full work points, so he naturally became a member of the food delivery team.

Gu Erdi was not selected, but he wanted to go along with him in a shameless manner.

Bags of grain were piled up so high that the cart was so heavy that one person couldn't pull it, it had to be pulled and pushed to be stable.

Others were already sweating profusely, but Gu Mingdong was relaxed, and his face didn't even turn red.

The second brother Gu also helped push the cart, closing his eyes and boasting: "Brother, your strength is getting stronger and stronger. Now you are the tallest, strongest, and most powerful in our village."

Gu Mingdong smiled without looking back: "Second brother, when did you become so glib."

The second brother Gu almost swore to the sky: "What I said is true, everyone in the village is not as good as my elder brother."

"It's just... It would be better if you taught me."

Gu Mingdong ignored him.

The production team basically got up before dawn to hand over the public grain, and rushed to the gate of the grain station in the town in the early morning to wait in line.

But because of the delay last night, the sun was already high when the Dahe Village production team arrived in the town.

The crumpled old Liu kept urging the big guy to hurry up: "If this drags on, the grain station will be closed."

Unexpectedly, when they went to the town to take a look, the members were surprised to find that there was no long line at the gate of the grain station.

The shriveled old Liu was surprised: "Could it be that it rained yesterday, and everyone changed their days?"

I went over and saw that the people inspecting the public grain at the grain station were very enthusiastic. They were very happy to see them: "Finally someone came to pay the public grain. You are the first production team to hand over the public grain this year."

Even Gu Jianguo was surprised this time: "First, haven't the other production teams come yet?"

The man had a sad face: "Isn't it? I heard that the harvest in the field was not good. It rained again yesterday, let alone coming."

Bad harvest?

The shriveled old Liu and Gu Jianguo looked at each other, thinking of the heavy rice ears in the village.

The two thought in their hearts that even if the harvest of other brigades was a little worse, it was much better than last year. Could it be that the famine was severe and they wanted to delay the time to pay the public rations?

The deflated old Liu judged others by himself, and thought it was very possible.

The person checking and accepting familiarly poked the center of the bag, and the golden rice immediately slid out.

He twisted his fingers, saw that the chaff was easy to fall off, and saw that the rice was full of luster, he nodded in satisfaction.

Every bag of grain on each vehicle has been inspected before weighing can be started. There is a lot of water in the weighing, and there is no shortage of wrangling.

Gu Mingdong watched from behind, and finally understood why he had to get up in the middle of the night to pay the public rations in previous years. This was really time-consuming and laborious work.

Suddenly, he saw an acquaintance standing at the gate of the grain station.

The other party had obviously seen him too, seemed unsure, and looked at him several times.

When the two eyes met, they acted as if they didn't know each other tacitly.

Old Liu's status is not too low, he whispered a few words to the inspector beside him, and the speed of acceptance became much faster.

The shriveled old Liu was also worried that the inspector would be embarrassed, who knew that this year this person was very talkative and didn't care about his weight, so he quickly issued a list for him: "Dahe Village Production Team, here is the list, don't lose it. "

The shriveled old Liu naturally thanked him wholeheartedly, and hurriedly accepted it: "I didn't expect it to be finished so quickly, I thought it would be dark anyway."

"Why do you feel that this year's inspector is particularly easy to talk to?"

Gu Jianguo looked at the commune members and shouted: "After paying the public rations, do you want to go for a walk in the town?"

It's rare to come to the town, even if you don't have money, the big guy wants to go shopping.

So an approximate time was agreed upon, and the members dispersed one by one.

Gu Mingdong told Gu Jianguo, and took his younger brother to Gu's aunt's house following his memory.

The original owner hadn't been to Aunt Gu's house a few times. Fortunately, Gu's second brother, Ji Lu, was able to lead Gu Mingdong around the winding alleys and stopped in front of a dilapidated family building.

Gu Mingdong looked up and saw that it was a tube building with very period characteristics. The first floor shared a toilet, and the room was the largest with two rooms.

"204, this is the room." Gu's second brother ran upstairs and knocked on the door with his hand outstretched.

The door of Room 204 was not opened, but a head poked out from the next door: "Who are you looking for?"

"Sister-in-law, we are Gu Xiuxiu's nephew, and we came here specially to see her today." Gu Mingdong said with a smile.

A flash of surprise flashed in the woman's eyes, she looked them up and down, and looked disdainful when she saw that their hands were empty.

"It's useless for you to knock on the door. The old grandson is at home. He is like that. How can he get up and open the door for you."

Gu Erdi was confused: "What do you mean? My uncle is at home at this time? Why doesn't he open the door for us when he is at home?"

Gu Mingdong was keenly aware that something was wrong.

The woman was surprised and said, "Don't you know that Lao Sun was injured while working and became paralyzed?"

"What!" Second Brother Gu exclaimed.

"You guys really don't know, Xiuxiu really is, even her family doesn't talk about such a big matter...you just wait to find her, she should be back soon."

After finishing speaking, he didn't greet them, and went to cook by himself.

The two brothers had to continue to wait at the door.

Second Brother Gu frowned, and said with a bitter face, "Uncle won't be really injured, so what about their family?"

Although my uncle was from the city, his parents died early, and after marrying a wife, he supported four of them by himself, and the family was not well off.

My uncle was paralyzed, and Gu Erdi couldn't imagine what kind of life their family could live.

When the aunt of the Gu family got married, it was the period when the old Gu family lived the best life.

At that time, she had an older brother who was a soldier, and she had even finished junior high school. She was outstanding in appearance, so she married very well.

Who knew that in the next ten years or so, the old Gu's family would go from bad to worse, so she would instead ask her to help.

Now that such a big thing happened at home, Gu Xiuxiu didn't tell her relatives back home, obviously because she didn't want to cause them trouble, or she also knew that her nephew back home couldn't protect herself and couldn't help her.

Gu Mingdong frowned, and said in a low voice, "Second brother, you wait here, I'll come as soon as I go."

"elder brother……"

Gu Erdi called out, but Gu Mingdong had already run out of the family courtyard.

When Gu Xiuxiu came back with her daughter, she saw her second nephew squatting at the door, and she jumped up suddenly: "Gu, you are back."

It can be seen with the naked eye that Gu Xiuxiu and the two have a bad complexion, they have lost a lot of weight, and what's worse is that they lack energy.

Gu Xiuxiu was taken aback for a moment, seeing that he was alone, she quickly asked, "Anan, why are you here? Is there something wrong at home?"

Seeing that she spoke out of concern, Second Brother Gu opened his mouth, and seeing the woman next door poked her head out to look again, he hurriedly said, "Let's go in and talk."

"Okay." Gu Xiuxiu quickly opened the door and entered.

The woman next door didn't hear the gossip, and snorted coldly: "I don't care about it, I don't like to read about a family of poor relatives in the countryside."

Sun Shumei, who had been following Gu Xiuxiu all the time, heard this, her face was not very good, and she called out sullenly, second brother. She had a good relationship with Gu second brother before, but now she doesn't want to speak.

"Old grandson, my nephew is here." Gu Xiuxiu yelled as soon as he entered the door, then realized something, and said to the daughter behind him, "Go and see your dad."

Second brother Gu is straightforward: "Gu, is uncle really paralyzed?"

As soon as he said this, Gu Xiuxiu's face immediately became ugly. Sun Shumei glared at him, and walked into the room with a cold snort.

Gu Xiuxiu sighed, and finally said: "I was injured when I was working in the factory, it was a bit serious, and now I can only lie down."

"Is that okay?" Second Brother Gu asked again.

Gu Xiuxiu's eyes were full of sadness: "I went to the hospital in the city, and the doctor said there was nothing I could do."

Second brother Gu is heartless, and at this moment his heart is heavy: "What should I do? Auntie, why didn't you tell us about such a big matter, if you knew it earlier..."

If I knew it, they didn't seem to be able to help.

Gu Xiuxiu obviously thought so too, she wiped the corners of her reddened eyes, and just said: "So what can I tell you, it's just that a few more people are sad, besides, their factory is still fair, let your cousin go to the top The location, you can pass by at home.”

Having said that, in the past, Uncle Gu was a first-class worker with a high salary, but his cousin Sun Qiang was a newcomer when he entered, so the salary must not be comparable.

The second brother Gu opened his mouth, and suddenly thought that in the spring, his sister-in-law passed away, and their family was in such a mess that no one went to tell his aunt.

There was a sudden silence in the living room, the aunt and nephew were relatively speechless, with tears in their eyes.

Sun Shumei came out of the room with red eyes, and said in a low voice, "Dad is still asleep."

Gu Xiuxiu's eyes were gloomy, and she explained for him: "Your uncle didn't sleep well last night, he was in pain all the time, and he just fell asleep very early."

Sun Shumei lowered her head. In fact, her father had already done it, but since he collapsed on the bed, her father didn't like to meet outsiders. He felt that everyone would laugh at him, and this time was no exception.

Just now when Gu Xiuxiu let her daughter in, she just wanted to see how her husband was doing, and whether she wanted to meet her natal nephew.

Second brother Gu was too thoughtful, didn't realize the meaning behind it, and said: "Let uncle sleep, don't wake him up."

Sun Shumei hummed, and stood there silent.

Gu Xiuxiu stopped her tears and asked instead: "A'nan, you came to town alone, did something happen at home?"

"Although something happened at my aunt's house, at least I still have some savings..."

Sun Shumei in the corner lowered her head and rubbed her toes.

Gu Erdi came to his senses, shook his head and said, "Gun, I didn't come alone. I came with my elder brother. I have nothing to do at home. This year the village has a bumper harvest. Today, the captain will bring us to pay the public rations."

Gu Xiuxiu was taken aback for a moment, and forced a smile: "A good harvest, a good harvest is a great thing."

At least she doesn't have to worry about her nephews and nieces.

"Ah Dong and others?"

"My brother said that if there is something to do, he will come."

While talking, Gu Mingdong came back with a big bag in his hand.

As soon as the woman next door saw the big bag, she poked her head out to stare at it, and asked, "Hey, what's in such a big bag?"

Gu Mingdong ignored her, and closed the door when he entered, blocking her sight, but she was still poking around the window.

"Auntie." Gu Mingdong called out, and handed her the big bag, "It's a rare visit, so you keep these for eating."

Gu Xiuxiu opened the bag and saw that there were both coarse grains and fine grains, which seemed to be quite a lot.

"Where did you get it? I can't collect so much food, you take it back quickly."

Before entering the door, Gu Mingdong knew what their family lacked the most after hearing the situation of the Sun family from the neighbor.

There is a rationed food supply in the city, and it has to be bought with food stamps and money. The Sun family must be in trouble now, so he turned around and went to find Lao Liu.

Gu Xiuxiu took good care of the original owner. Moreover, there was a relative in the city, and some things he wanted to do in the future would be much more convenient. Gu Mingdong naturally wanted to maintain this family relationship.

For more than half a year, the cooperation between Gu Mingdong and Lao Liu has been secretive but tacit. When Lao Liu heard about it, he immediately helped him get a bag of grain without saying a word.

Gu Mingdong held down her reluctant hand: "Could it be that Aunt Xu is the one who helps the nephew, and the nephew is not allowed to show his affection?"

Hearing these words, Gu Xiuxiu's heart felt sore, and the tears could no longer be held back, falling one by one.

Since Sun Guodong's accident, the life of the Sun family has plummeted. She has not been able to find a job since she got married and can only take care of the children at home. Now it is even more difficult.

Occasionally, Gu Xiuxiu would feel resentment in her heart, why other people's natal families can take care of their daughters, but she can only do the opposite.

But at this moment, the resentment in Gu Xiuxiu's heart dissipated and turned into shame: "Our family can still live, but your brother and sister have not grown up yet, and there are two sons under your knees. You have food to hide and eat slowly. Only when the child grows up can he be worthy of your dead parents."

"Auntie can't ask for the food you saved in your mouth. Don't worry, there is food in the town. We won't starve to death."

Sun Shumei opened her mouth, but did not dare to speak.

There is food supply in the city, but I heard that there is a famine in the whole country, and the limited food supply is fine. Their family has also spent all their money. She hasn’t eaten rice for a long time, and she eats sweet potatoes and wild vegetables all day long. Can't eat enough.

Gu Mingdong glanced at his cousin, and knew better about their family's predicament, and insisted: "This year's brigade has a bumper harvest, this little food is nothing, and we still have it at home."

He said it categorically, and just now Gu Mingnan also said about the bumper harvest of the production team, Gu Xiuxiu hesitated.

Gu Mingdong asked about his uncle, but seeing his aunt embarrassedly said that he was still sleeping, he didn't continue to ask.

The two brothers didn't stay for long, and they left things behind before leaving.

Looking at the backs of the two brothers, Gu Xiuxiu wiped away her tears and said to her daughter: "Your cousins ​​all have a conscience, our family must remember this kindness."

Sun Shumei nodded in a muffled voice, then suddenly turned around and walked into the room to find a box.

The woman next door came over with a smile, and reached out to open the bag: "Xiuxiu, what did your nephew bring?"

"They are all worthless mountain goods. There is nothing else in the countryside, but there are a lot of mountain goods." Gu Xiuxiu quickly avoided her hand and hid the things in the house.

The woman curled her lips and snorted coldly, "Bah, I don't care too much about it."

From the bottom of my heart, I envied Gu Xiuxiu's good luck. The old grandson was paralyzed. Seeing that life was going to be difficult, the poor nephew in his hometown still thought of bringing her food.

Gu Xiuxiu ignored her at all, went into the room and told her husband who was lying on the bed what happened just now, and then sighed: "I haven't seen you for a year, A Dong seems to have changed a lot."

As soon as he walked out of the Tongzilou, there was the sound of footsteps coming from behind. At first glance, it was their cousin Sun Shumei.

Sun Shumei is the same age as Sun Erdi, only one month younger than him.

"Brother A Dong, Brother Anan, wait a minute." Sun Shumei quickly caught up and stuffed the first tin box into Gu Mingnan's hand.

"This is for you." After finishing speaking, without waiting for Gu's second reaction, Da Da Da ran away again.

Gu Laoer yelled but didn't stop, opened the tin box and saw that there were more than a dozen bullet casings inside.

"It's actually this one. I wanted it before. She treated her like a treasure and wouldn't let me touch it. Now she actually gave it to me."

Gu Laoer couldn't put it down, and felt that he shouldn't accept it: "Just store it with me first, and return it to her during the Chinese New Year."

Gu Mingdong was not interested in the bullet casings, but he glanced at them casually, and was suddenly startled.

"What is this?" Gu Mingdong stretched out his fingers, and dug out a colorful marble from under a pile of bullet casings.

An unspeakable longing boiled in my heart.