Mountain People

When the first ray of dawn in the morning entered the dilapidated thatched cottage, Gu Shuixiu was dreaming. In her dream, she was praised by her boss for her hard work, and she could be promoted in a week. As a result, he was suddenly hit by a car running a red light on the way to get off work.

Gu Shuixiu suddenly opened her eyes, looking at the beams covered with spider silk, a look of helplessness flashed in her eyes, she jumped up from the wooden bed covered with hay, the bed board was shaking and rattling.

The woman who was busy outside the house heard the movement in the house, and without raising her eyelids, she raised her voice and called: "Da Ya, go wash the clothes, and come back with some hogweed by the way. Hell weather..."

The woman officially Gu Shuixiu's current mother, Zhao Shi, Zhao Shi is still chattering about.

Gu Shuixiu in the room sighed, hurriedly responded, and left the room.

"Mom, how is my father's health today? Do you want to go to Dr. Li's place to get some medicine?" asked tentatively.

Zhao's movements stopped, her face darkened, she glanced at the back room, and said in a low voice: "What doctor are you looking for? Where is the money in our family? It's just an old man. Now, just apply the herbal medicine later, you should go out quickly, and when you come back late, the pigs are going to howl again."

Zhao impatiently pushed Gu Shuixiu out of the house.

Gu Shuixiu looked at the crumbling door, and felt even more annoyed, she walked away without looking back with the wooden basin.

On the way to the stream, Gu Shuixiu was thinking about how to survive in the next year.

No wonder she was so worried, now the head of the Gu family, Gu Mingde, can't walk like a normal person because he broke his leg. Not only that, Gu Mingde's health is getting worse and worse, and he is often a little small The situation, the Gu family has now been dragged by Gu Mingde's body to the point of being unable to open the pot.

What's more terrible is that Gu Shuixiu has two younger brothers, both of whom are half the age of a poor old man. As soon as Gu Shuixiu said that she would ask for a doctor, she would react like that.

Just as Gu Shuixiu was distracted, someone shot her from behind.

"Shuixiu, what are you thinking so fascinated by? I called you a few times and didn't answer me! Why are you so weird lately?" Gu Zhenzhu pouted and looked suspiciously Gu Shuixiu.

This Gu Zhuzhu used to be Gu Shuixiu's little friend. Gu Shuixiu trusted her very much and told her almost everything.

Gu Shuixiu smiled awkwardly, her face stained with a bit of melancholy.

"Oh, Pearl, it's not my father's business. Now, in order to treat him, the family can't open the pot. I'm thinking about how to spend this year!"

"How else can I live? It's the same! Uncle Mingde's body is not a day or two. It can pass before, why can't it pass this year?" Taking Gu Shuixiu's troubles to heart, it seems that she doesn't like hearing Gu Shuixiu complain about it.

He turned and said, "Tell you, my dad came back from town yesterday and brought me two silk flowers, how about it? Does it look good?"

Gu Zhenzhu turned her head from time to time, and showed Gu Shuixiu the silk flowers on her head, with pride and satisfaction in her eyes.

Gu Shuixiu knew it in her heart and said two words of praise.

Gu Zhenzhu became more and more arrogant. After washing her clothes at will, she immediately evacuated from the stream. She wanted to show off to other little sisters in the village.

When Gu Zhuzhu was far away, Gu Shuixiu calmly finished washing clothes and smashing hogweed.

When I got home, Mr. Zhao had already made breakfast. The so-called breakfast was wild vegetable porridge.

Gu Shuixiu's two younger brothers, Gu Daniu and Gu Erniu, went down to the fields after having breakfast early. Now it's spring plowing, and Gu Mingde can't work, so the Zhao family can only count on these two sons Now, although the two boys are slow at work, they are better than the one who can't work, right?

Gu Shuixiu frowned, ate a bowl of wild vegetable porridge wholeheartedly, and hurried to feed the pig.

When Mr. Zhao returned home, seeing that everything was only in order, a flash of satisfaction flashed in his eyes, and the voice calling for Gu Shuixiu softened a lot.

Gu Daniu brothers entered the house one by one, and immediately went to the water tank to scoop cold water and poured it on them.

Gu Shuixiu looked at it and wanted to stop it, but Zhao shi didn't respond. When the words came to her lips, she swallowed them again. After all, she has only been in this body for a month, and she has no feelings for the people like the Gu family. Following the principle of being prudent and protecting herself, Gu Shuixiu works hard every day, but speaks less and less.

"Mom, when can I have dinner? I'm starving to death."

Gu Daniu took two sips of cold water and asked aloud to Mrs Zhao in the kitchen.

Mr. Zhao didn't answer. Hearing the movement, he seemed to be moving a lot faster.

At this time, Gu Mingde walked out of the house leaning on the wall, coughing twice from time to time, his eyes were cloudy, looking at the children in the yard, and asked weakly: "Da Niu, two Ox, how's the work in the fields?"

Er ​​Niu said with a smile: "Dad, don't worry, we two brothers are almost finished planting. My mother has also done a lot for us in the past two days, so I am busy."

Gu Erniu intended to let Gu Mingde worry less, but Gu Mingde sighed when he heard it, and seemed to be very annoyed at himself for his bad behavior.

Zhao came out of the kitchen and interrupted the silence in the yard.

"It's dinner."

Gu Shuixiu looked at Zhao Shi's numb face, and Gu Mingde, who was downcast, wanted to say something but couldn't say anything. He had no choice but to help Zhao set the dishes in silence.

In the end, they are all poor and troubled. Now Gu Shuixiu has reached the age to talk about marriage, but there is not even a decent dowry at home. In two years, Gu Daniel and Gu Erniu will also Speaking of kissing, this one after another made Zhao shi's breathless.

In fact, the villagers in the entire Caozi Village are not rich. Caozi Village is located in the rolling Qingping Mountains, belonging to the inner mountains of the inner mountains. From Caozi Village to the nearest Panlong Town, it has to be turned over Seven or eight mountains, it takes about four hours. If the villagers want to enter the town, they must set out when the rooster is crowding, or they will not be able to come back.

Only Gu Zhuzhu’s family had a donkey cart in the village, so Gu Mingzhu’s father, Gu Laifu, started to pull people, often going back and forth between Caozi Village and Panlong Town. world" people.

This is why Gu Zhenzhu always feels superior to others in the village.

At this time, Gu Laifu's family was in a commotion, the reason was that Gu Laifu drank some horse urine, and proudly showed off to his mother-in-law Huang: "Mother-in-law, our family will be able to climb up soon. Gaozhi, it will not be a problem if you want to wear gold and silver!"

When Huang Shi heard this, his eyes lit up, and regardless of the occasion, he chased after Gu Laifu and asked: "Master, what you said is true? Why did our family climb a high branch? Come with me talk."

Gu Laifu was very satisfied with Huang's response, and immediately told what happened.

It turned out that the owner of a grocery store in Panlong Town wanted to marry a daughter-in-law for his youngest son.

What is the concept of ten taels of silver? The villagers of Caozi Village only cost five or six hundred pennies to marry a daughter-in-law. The Huang family was immediately moved, and he dragged Gu Laifu and asked him to quickly settle the marriage, so as not to be pre-empted.

When Father Gu heard that he was kissing Gu Zhuzhu, his face immediately sank, and he dragged Gu Laifu into the yard, and immediately said that he had already made a good marriage for Gu Zhuzhu, although the other party He was an hunter, but he had a very good character, and he was so kind to him back then that Gu Zhenzhu had to marry him.

Huang's family is very good at hearing this. Marrying an Orion is a widow who has to wait every day. If an accident happens, her pearls will be ruined in this life!

The Huang family was the first to object, and Gu Laifu also disapproved. He also hoped to marry Gu Zhuzhu into a good family and support their family.

The family was very upset about this.

Gu Zhenzhu heard what happened, and naturally didn't want to marry the hunter, so she immediately gave Gu Laifu an idea.

"Dad, you and my mother quietly went to town to settle the marriage. When Grandpa finds out, there is nothing you can do. When I cry again, I think Grandpa won't embarrass us."

Gu Zhuzhu's eyes shone with determination to win, and she covered Gu Laifu and his wife, allowing them to walk away successfully.

It was too late when Dad Gu received the news.

Father Gu was immediately stunned and scolded Gu Laifu and Huang for being unfilial.

However, things are already like this, no matter how angry Dad Gu is, it won't help.

When Dong Chenghu brought a wild boar to Gu Laifu's house for employment, Father Gu was too ashamed to raise his head.

Huang looked at Dong Chenghu in front of him, he was tall and tall, but the big beard on his face seemed to have not been taken care of for ten or twenty days, and the tattered clothes on his body were faint There was a sour **** smell.

Huang covered her nose and stepped back.

Dong Chenghu saw Huang's reaction and became even more uneasy.

Gu Laifu saw that his father did not speak, and thought of what Father Gu said, if Dong Chenghu's father had not saved his life, he would have been eaten by wolves.

This marriage was settled by Father Gu and Dong Chenghu's father in the early years. There are still many people in Caozi Village who know about this matter. Going out will be drowned by spittle stars.

Gu Laifu thought about it, and greeted Dong Chenghu with a smiling face.

Dong Chenghu was a little flattered, thinking about the situation in his home, and then looking at Gu Laifu's home, if he married Gu Zhuzhu in the future, he would really have wronged the girl.

After a brief chat, Gu Laifu said thoughtfully: "Nephew, uncle knows the purpose of your coming to our house today, but we didn't know about my daughter's marriage in advance, and it was also two days ago. My dad just said that the current situation is…”

Dong Chenghu came out in less than a cup of tea after entering Gu Laifu's house. The neighbors were still wondering when there was such a relative in Gu Laifu's house, but the man left so quickly.