It was Gu Zheng's mother who came to open the door, seeing that she only approved a coat, and the shoes on her feet were not put on, but she hurriedly opened the door for Gu Zheng.

And as soon as the door of this house was opened, even if there were no lights and candles in the house, only by the hazy illumination of the moonlight outside the house, Gu Lao Niang, who was standing opposite Gu Zheng, also clearly knew that the vague figure in front of her was her own baby.

With a trembling hand, she groped Gu Zheng's face, and after carefully holding it up and down, she carefully looked at it before she hurriedly pulled Gu Zheng into the room.

Then, as if he remembered something, he nervously poked his head out and looked around, seeing that there was no noise in the surrounding neighborhood, then he breathed a sigh of relief, carefully covered the door of his house, and with inexplicable excitement, he turned his head and looked in the direction where Gu Zheng came in.

And Daddy Gu in the house didn't light the lamp, this middle-aged man, with rare wisdom, sat cross-legged on the kang, beckoned to Gu Zheng, pointed to the stool next to the kang, and said in a low voice: "Sit down first, tell me, why did you come back at this time?"

And how could Gu Zheng be polite? He quickly found his place to stay, sat down as soon as he sat down, and let the old lady who returned later onto the kang before he completely told his experience on the embankment.

Of course, this also added his own post-processing, in order to show the cruelty and inhumanity of the current emperor, as well as all kinds of chaos that will occur in the future, he has to exaggerate and make it clear.

After Gu Zheng finished telling what had happened, before his father could speak, his mother wiped her tears on the side.

"My son, our old Gu family is just a baby that you have grown up, that is, you are filial, and you have to replace your father and go to the dam to serve in the conscription. ”

"Now it's good, nine out of ten people who went died, but it hurt my son. ”

But Daddy Gu on the side was thinking more, he frowned and continued to ask: "There are dozens of people out of our village, you tell me the truth, how many are left?"

And what Gu Zheng told his father was the data of the client's life: "This time the river is repaired, those people in our village will not let it come back at all, and will directly pull it to the Yongji River section in front to continue to repair the canal." ”

"If my estimate is right, it will take another three years. ”

"As far as I know, when I escaped, the imperial court dismantled the villagers for fear of us colluding. ”

"But as far as I've heard, more than a dozen people have died in our village. ”

"People are dying every day on this embankment, especially in the mines, and more are dying. ”

"If my son doesn't run away, I'm afraid he won't be able to come back in three years. ”

Father Gu sighed after hearing this, "I'm afraid I'll die of exhaustion on the embankment......"

"No" Gu Zheng shook his head a little heavily: "If it is just a canal repair, our village will not be wiped out." ”

"Dad, I heard that the imperial court still needs to use soldiers. ”

Hearing this, Father Gu was stunned, and returned without taking it seriously: "How many years has the imperial court been stable, isn't it using troops every day?"

"But this time is different. Gu Zheng's expression was a little solemn: "This time the canal is repaired for the last use of soldiers." ”

"What kind of war is a war built by the whole country, Dad, this is not something that farmers like us can imagine. ”

"I'm afraid that the thousands of people who died in repairing the embankment, and those who survived in the end, would have to go to the battlefield to fill the life of that emperor. ”

Hearing this, Father Gu's hands trembled, and Lady Gu next to her grabbed Gu Zheng's hand with a little excitement, turned her head and said to Father Gu: "We can't let our son die." ”

"Dad, hurry up and come up with an idea. ”

Looking at the family members in this room, they all stared at him alone, and Father Gu pondered for a while, holding back his plan word by word.

"Son, don't show up, no one has come to check on this for so many days, I think it's because the embankment has been pressed down for some reason. ”

"Don't show your whereabouts, for if your words are true, when your levee is finished, there will be a second levy in the village. ”

"This place just can't stay. ”

"Do you remember the dilapidated valley hut I pointed out to you when I took you into the mountains when I was a child?"

"It's been a long time since no one has passed, so you go and clean up first. ”

"If these people in our family disappear together at this moment, it will be too easy to arouse suspicion. ”

"When we've laid the groundwork in the village, we'll go into the mountains to look for you. ”

"It's easy to clean up inside and outside the house. ”

"Didn't you say that you still have to continue to build the embankment? At that time, there will definitely be people in the village to recruit people, and at that time, your father and I will not run away, and now that no one is paying attention, we will start to clean up." ”

"This second uncle Gu is a calm character, he followed you into the mountain, I am also a little more down-to-earth in my heart, then second uncle Gu's family, must be in the mountains and forests before our family, Zhengzi, you are strong, you have to take care of it more when the time comes, second uncle and their family." ”

Hearing this, Gu Zheng nodded, and promised: "Don't worry, Dad, tomorrow morning, I will meet with my second uncle on the mountain road, keep it and clean up the outside." ”

Some details can't be explained just by this little time at night, and the family of three is full of apprehension and unknown thoughts, and barely closes their eyes and sleeps.

Because of something in his heart, this Gu Zheng got up especially early, for fear of causing trouble at home, before dawn, Gu Zheng, who was laying the floor underneath, glared at his shoes and socks.

didn't make a big move, which alarmed the old lady on the kang, and she was a little anxious to stop Gu Zheng from going out like this.

"Zheng Wazi, why did you leave so early, you wait, don't panic, my mother will give you something to eat. ”

After speaking, he pressed Gu Zheng's shoulder, stopped his next move, pulled his hair in a mess, pushed the door open, and plunged into the stove room on the side of the courtyard.

Taking advantage of this time, Gu Dad packed up some old clothes that Gu Zheng could use, tied them up with a linen rope, and began to pack up the small tools that could be used when the family entered the mountain.

The woodcutter used to collect wood and prey, digging tree roots, digging a small shovel for digging dirt pits, and a rattan basket for holding items.

There are such valuable objects at home, and in a hurry, I can't think of anything else for a while.

"Take it, it's already home, you're a little tired, if you lack something, run a few more times by yourself." ”

"Hey!"

Gu Zheng stuffed all the objects into the basket, probed his brain out of the door, and waited in the courtyard for the first meal of hometown food that Gu Lao Niang had prepared after returning home.

……

Huang Cancan's big pancakes, crispy and fragrant, I'm afraid that there is no taste, when it comes out of the pot, Gu Lao Niang still takes out the slow soybean sauce with bamboo chopsticks, evenly spreads it on it, and then buckles another pancake, and it becomes a delicious self-created cake with filling.

At the bottom of the vat between the stoves, the corn noodles that are not very willing to eat on weekdays were scooped up by Gu Lao Niang at once, Gu Zheng looked at his own Lao Niang, put the half-inch thick vat on his shoulders, and poured the only remaining slag on the kitchen board.

Seeing this, Gu Zheng did a feat that he would never do in his life.

He actually pushed each other with Gu Lao Niang, who handed him food.

"Mother, don't give it all to me, you and my father also have some left, there are two small ones at home, and the New Year's festival may not be able to eat fine noodles, you also give them pancakes to taste?"

But Gu Lao Niang doesn't care whether she is partial or not, the two little ones have always been by the side of her family, who is like Gu Zheng, if she is less than eighteen, she will suffer such a big crime.

After a while, they entered the mountain, and some of them were tired, a few cakes, and after their eldest brother settled down, could the family still send them a few cakes?

So Gu Lao Niang didn't care about Gu Zheng's protests, and directly circled the cake into a big roll, stuffed it into Gu Zheng's arms with a hot temperature, and advised: "Hurry up, the first few days are the worst, and you can resist the past by eating something good." ”

"Then Second Uncle Gu's family is sad, and you will also share it when the time comes, the villagers in this township should help each other. ”

"Done!"

Gu Zheng grinned and endured the hot feeling in his arms, looked around left and right, after this small courtyard that haunted him, he picked up an axe in the corner of the courtyard, pinned it on his waist, supported the wall with one hand, and jumped over the courtyard wall while it was foggy.

Along the way, Gu Zheng always couldn't help but look back, this is his home in this world, how long has he not tasted this taste?

Thinking of this, Gu Zheng laughed inexplicably, and there seemed to be some irrepressible emotion in his chest, which made him resonate with joy......

The slope of the mountain forest was in front of him, and when Gu Zheng subconsciously turned around again, the early morning fog in the small village had been scattered for a long time.

The smoke of cooking in every household rises intermittently, but the small courtyard belonging to Gu Zheng is half open at this time.

The two little heads, who were almost unable to see the outline clearly, poked out their traces up and down, I don't know how they noticed it, the direction they were looking at was the place where Gu Zheng was about to disappear.

"Huh. ”

This could be the client's younger siblings, right?

Looking at that look, I am afraid that I have already discovered the traces of my eldest brother, but adhering to the principle that my family does not say it, and I am well-behaved and does not ask, I can only lie by the door and watch secretly.