Chapter 171: Returning on a Snowy Night

Everyone followed the sunspot to the depth and walked two miles, the fog in the dense forest, the crowd passed, as if tearing a whole piece of tulle, so that the original static smoke silently wrapped around them and flowed, when they walked into a low-lying place, suddenly, a large white mist rushed to the face, besieging more than a dozen people.

"Oh no, it's foggy!" Gu Qingshui looked nervous, and grabbed the black son's dog leash tightly.

In winter, there is often fog in the dense forest, sometimes light and sometimes heavy, can be big or small, light, can see the foot of the inch, heavy, even the companion can not see, and the fog range is small is only a few dozen steps, if it encounters a big one, the radius of ten miles is shrouded, at that time, the trapped people are difficult to distinguish the direction, such as into the maze, very few people can come out by themselves, therefore, the mountain people to the deep winter season, they rarely go into the mountain alone.

People who try to find a way out with a fluke mentality return in vain, and say in despair: "What can I do? ”

"Just wait, wait for the sun to come out, and the fog will disperse." Gu Qingshui squatted down and stroked the sunspot.

Breaking through in the fog is simply a matter of losing physical strength, and everyone has no better way for a while, so they have to register one by one, close to one place, the young people are all sad, and they don't even have the strength to complain, and the white mist surrounds them, as if they are stagnant, and soon everyone's eyelashes are hung with tiny droplets.

In the distance, as if a trace of wind was blowing, and then, the rotten leaves under the tree seemed to be broken by something, and the sunspot suddenly turned over and jumped up: "Wang? Woof! ”

Everyone was shocked, and immediately the guy at hand, you won't meet a beast at this time, right? That's really a house leak that happened to rain overnight!

"Woohoo!" Immediately, Ying He's voice came, domineering and high-pitched.

"Rhubarb!" Gu Qingshui said in surprise.

In an instant, a yellow shadow rushed in front of them, its sturdy body, like a boat chopping waves, struggling to divide the white mist into a line, and everyone seized the opportunity to rush out together under the leadership of Rhubarb.

They got away by luck and ran with Rhubarb to the upper beam, and everyone was worried in their hearts, not knowing whether it was a curse or a blessing that awaited them.

Fortunately, this worry did not last long, because only halfway up the mountain, they saw Liang Mancang with a muntjac on his shoulder and two fire foxes hanging from his waist.

"How did it come so quickly?" Liang Mancang threw down the muntjac, clapped his hands and smiled.

Gu Qingshui stepped forward and asked with concern: "Are you okay, you haven't returned all night, the village chief is in a hurry, and asked us to come in to look for you." ”

Liang Mancang patted the fire fox on his waist boldly: "Patronizing and chasing this pair, I ran three or four mountains, and then I saw that it was late, and it was not easy to walk at night, so I stayed overnight, and I happened to hit a few wild animals today, and there were two roe deer in the cave, you came, and you carried it back together." ”

The previous fears and worries were replaced by the joy of harvesting the fat wild animals, and the people happily carried the prey back to the village.

Liang Mancang did not return from the mountain, the traps and traps he laid before, there were already anxious people to check together, although they did not catch the big wild things, there were several pheasants and hedgehogs, plus the three big guys he brought back, all in one place, divided by each family.

Gu Shifu was really angry, he didn't come forward to preside over the distribution, and he didn't ask for it at home, but Gu Shigui grabbed a muntjac leg cheaply, Yang Dafa somehow came that night, and ate half of it at once, making Wu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law angry, but he didn't have anything to do with this kind of scoundrel who didn't eat oil and salt.

Gu Qingzhu didn't ask for it either, no matter how good the game was, there was no delicate and oily pork, and she planned to buy some pork for her younger siblings to eat during the Chinese New Year.

Liang Mancangzi carefully peeled the fox skin, the winter fox fur is long and dense, the tentacles are soft and warm, the skin should be sent to the leather goods store to deal with it, so that it can be used as a gift.

Time flies, since Liang Mancang left Gujiaao, the winter is getting colder and colder, small snow pickles, heavy snow pickled meat, the ice cubes hanging under the eaves do not melt all day long, Longtan is also frozen, the mountain road is even more slippery and difficult to walk, the people in the mountains have nothing to do not go out of the mountain, and start the most comfortable cat winter.

There is nothing to do in the mountains and forests, most of the men nest in the shelter of the rising sun, a handful of melon seeds, a bag of cigarettes, a chat for a day, and the women sit around a good embroidery family to do needlework, and there is a lot of sewing work in winter, especially if there is a half-sized child at home, the mother is eager to take out the clothes of spring, summer and autumn to take it out.

The eldest girl and Zhao Di were not at home, Xiaohua and Fang Ling had to work at home, Gu Qingzhu occasionally went to the Qin family courtyard to embroider silk handkerchiefs, most of the time they were at home, the four little wild boars had faded their yellow-brown fur and grown into a black color, and their appetite had also increased.

This day is the winter solstice, the cold wind began to blow in the morning, the lead clouds in the sky pressed the top, and the rolling clouds seemed to be driven away, and they approached Gujiaao with teeth and claws.

Qingsong started his winter vacation yesterday, when Gu Qingzhu went to pick him up, he gave Mr. Liu two catties of tea and a jar of sweet potato wine fried at home as a festival gift, and made a cup of tea himself.

As the saying goes, early in the Qingming Dynasty and late in the winter solstice, on this day, every family pays tribute to the ancestors, and does not rush to the ancestral grave early in the morning like the Qingming Festival, but only needs to burn paper at home in the afternoon or evening.

In the afternoon, the heavens that had been brewing for most of the day finally couldn't hold back, first a burst of ice beans, and then the goose feather snow quietly came, fluttering and dancing like a white butterfly, but also like the white petals sprinkled by the heavenly palace, soon, the heaven and earth were covered in silver, the loquat tree was blooming with a cluster of small yellow flowers, each leaf was carrying a handful of snow, the high firewood stack brought a snow-white high hat, the chicken coop was crowned with a big steamed bun, and the four wild boars also arched into the thick thatch, crowded and hummed.

The temperature plummeted, Gu Qingzhu burned the charcoal pot, and added a thick jacket to Qingying, at the beginning of the Shen period, the sky was as dark as twilight, Gu Qingzhu prepared a memorial meal in the kitchen, a big bowl of green vegetable tofu, celery fried shutters, fried chili flakes with dried beans, fried bean sprouts with pickles, and fried spinach with vegetarian vegetables. vertex

The hot meal was served on the table in the hall, Gu Qingsong took Gu Qingying to kneel on the grass balls, ready to burn paper money, the cold wind howled, rolling the snowflakes and the cold together, and hitting their thin bodies.

At this moment, I heard a soft knock on the door outside the hospital.

On such a day, such a big snowstorm, who will come?

Gu Qingzhu asked a few times, but there was no response, only a gentle knock on the door continued.

No, she had to lift the corners of her skirt, one foot deep and one foot shallow, and walked to open the door with snow as white as sugar.

Gu Qingzhu opened the door, only to see a strange middle-aged man standing outside covered in snow and wrapped in a black cloak, his body was straight, about seven feet long, his face was slightly thin, there were snowflakes hanging on his exposed eyebrows and eyelashes, and a pair of eyes were full of energy, surprise and excitement, looking at him directly.

If others were like this, Gu Qingzhu would have been annoyed, but she had an indescribable familiarity with this man, and she couldn't help but ask, "Uncle, who are you looking for?" Did you go to the wrong door? ”

The man's gaze refused to leave for a moment, he probably walked in the snow for a long time, and said in a hoarse voice: "This is Gu Shitong's home." ”

This should have been a question, but what he said was ordinary, Gu Qingzhu twisted his eyebrows, his father has been missing for five years, and no one has said for a long time that this is Gu Shitong's home.

"Girl, you really can't even recognize your father!" Seeing her stunned, the man suddenly lifted his hat and wiped the snowflakes off his face.

"Daddy?!" Gu Qingzhu exclaimed in a hoarse voice, and covered his face suddenly, in disbelief.

She looked forward to her father's return every day, and imagined many reunion scenes, but she didn't know that after five years, his father was old, his temples were stained with frost and snow, and his face was furrowed.

Gu Qingsong and Gu Qingying crowded at the door of the hall, and when they saw that the eldest sister had not come back for a long time, they all ran out.

"Qingsong, Qingying, Dad is back!" Gu Qingzhu smiled with difficulty and pushed his younger sibling forward.

When Gu Shitong left, Gu Qingsong was only seven or eight years old, and after five years, he couldn't remember what he looked like clearly, seeing the eldest sister say this, he raised his head and stared at him fiercely, as if he wanted to overlap the person in front of him with the vague figure in his memory.

Six-year-old Qingying didn't care about this, she rushed up, hugged Gu Shitong's legs, and cried aggrievedly: "Dad, Dad, I have a father, I'm not a child without a father!" ”

Her heart-wrenching cries melted Gu Shitong's heart, he picked up Qingying with a short body, and said in a muffled voice: "Dad is back, who dares to say that again, I will smash his mouth!" ”

"Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!" Qingying burst into tears and laughed, she didn't recognize her life at all, hugged Gu Shitong's neck and kept screaming, as if she wanted to make up for the six years of missing.

Outside, the snow was falling even bigger, and in the distance, the sky was low, and the white mountains were towering, as if heaven and earth were connected, and they were one.

"It's cold outside, let's go back." Gu Qingzhu reached out and dusted the snowflakes on Qingying's head, and said softly.

Gu Qingsong on the side said in a low voice: "Dad, you have walked all the way, and I will carry my little sister." ”

"I want my dad to hug, I want my dad to hug!" Gu Qingying writhed coquettishly in Gu Shitong's arms.

"Daddy hug, as long as you want, Daddy will always hold you." Gu Shitong smiled and coaxed his little daughter.

He took out a free hand and touched the back of Gu Qingsong's head: "You have grown taller, and you have grown up!" ”

Just this sentence made Gu Qingsong's tears fall from the embankment, he lowered his head, and hot tears fell, burning the snow out of small holes.

After entering the house, Gu Qingzhu helped him take off his cloak, and took out the old cotton robe and cotton shoes that were exposed to the sun for three days every summer to change them for him.

After this recognition, the food on the table in the hall was only hot, Gu Shitong knelt down in his robe, and Gu Qingzhu led his younger siblings to kneel behind.

"Wen Qing, I'm back, five years, I've been looking in the south for five years, but I haven't found the place you said, are you really leaving, ruthlessly returning to your world, leaving only our father and son?" Gu Shitong lit the yellow table paper and threw it into it one by one, in the hazy smoke, his face was lonely, and he muttered in a low voice.

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