Chapter 172: Shocking news
Gu Qingzhu couldn't hear what his father was saying, not only because Gu Shitong spoke in a low voice, but also because she didn't understand what he said at all, so she didn't pay attention to what he was thinking about.
Seeing a basin of ashes gradually turning white, Gu Qingzhu led his younger brothers and sisters, kowtowing one by one, Gu Shitong stood aside, stretched out his big palm with knuckles, covered his whole face and rubbed it. After cleaning up, the family sat down to have dinner, Gu Qingzhu kept bringing vegetables to Gu Shitong, and he distributed the dishes to Qingying, who was sitting next to him, and saw that he was still in swaddling clothes when he left, and now she looked more and more like his wife's little daughter, with a gentle face.
"Qingying, come out and build a snowman!" The snow outside was a little lighter, and Gu Qingchuan and Tie Dan shouted happily through the fence wall.
Gu Qingying opened the door, puffed up her small chest, and said proudly: "My father is back, he will pile a big one for me tomorrow!" ”
"Your father?" Gu Qingchuan was surprised and looked in through the fence wall.
Gu Shitong walked over and hugged Qingying, lowered his head and asked, "It's cold outside, who are you talking to?" ”
Gu Qingchuan and Tie Dan saw a man suddenly come out of the house, and ran away.
Seeing that they were running faster than rabbits, Qingying hugged Gu Shitong's arm and giggled: "It's Brother Qingchuan and Brother Tiedan." ”
Gu Qingzhu shoveled a pot of charcoal fire, put it on the table, clapped his hands and said, "Qingying, come into the house, it's windy at the door." ”
Cover the door, Gu Shitong slowly sat down at the table, Gu Qingzhu went to the kitchen to wash the dishes, Gu Qingying ran to the back room, took a handful of hairy chestnuts, carefully opened the brazier with a small stick, threw the chestnuts in, and covered them with coals.
Compared with Gu Qingzhu's detachment and calmness, Gu Qingying's over-liveliness, Gu Qingsong sat at the table, opened his mouth several times, but he didn't know where to start, his hands and feet didn't know where to put them, and his palms even sweated slightly, and he kept rubbing his hands on his knees.
Hugging Gu Qingying, who climbed on his knees, Gu Shitong tilted his head and asked, "Qingsong, are you studying in Mr. Liu's school?" ”
"yes, yes." Gu Qingsong's eyes lit up, "How did Dad know?" ”
Gu Shitong smiled: "When I was a child, I was not as gentle as you, and I wore such a cotton robe. ”
Hearing his father say this, Gu Qingsong lowered his head a little embarrassed.
Just as the father and son were looking for a topic and were about to continue, they heard the creaking outside, a noisy sound of stepping on snow, and Rhubarb snorted in a low voice.
"Qingzhu, is your father really back?" Gu Shifu asked eagerly outside the hospital.
"Yes, yes, yes." Gu Qingzhu wiped his hands on his apron and stepped on the ankle-length snow to open the door.
Gu Shitong heard it clearly in the house, he opened the door, and saw Gu Shifu walking in with a limp, followed by four or five villagers.
He hurriedly greeted him and said, "Brother Fu, what's wrong with you?" ”
"Little things, I'm fine, Shitong, it's really you, you're back!" Gu Shifu grabbed his hand tightly, and his eyes were moist as he stared at him.
Gu Shitong held his arm and said repeatedly: "Come into the house, come into the house!"
Stamped under the porch, dusted off the snowflakes around him, Gu Shifu pulled Gu Shitong into the warm room, and Gu Shigen, Zheng Jialu and others also followed.
The hairy chestnuts were cooked, and there was a sweet and glutinous aroma in the room, and Gu Qingsong was picking chestnuts for his little sister with tongs.
Several men who had been reunited for a long time sat down around the table, and Gu Qingzhu made a bowl of tea for each of them.
"This is a rare way to eat tea in the temple in the south, and it is not common in the market, but it is so popular here?" Gu Shitong was a little surprised.
Gu Shifu knocked on the edge of the bowl and said with a smile: "You girl can do it, it's not me who brags, I can drink this bowl of tea, the entire Nancang County, except for our place, I can't find a second one!" ”
"Uncle Fu......" Gu Qingzhu was praised by him, and his face turned crimson.
"In front of your father, Uncle Fu doesn't speak, he tells the truth." Gu Shifu smiled widely.
Gu Shigen took a sip of tea, looked up and asked, "Shitong, where did you go after five years?" ”
Hearing him ask, a room full of people stared at Gu Shitong in unison.
Gu Shitong smiled, lowered his head and stroked the pattern on the coarse porcelain bowl and said: "It's a long story, the weather was gloomy that evening, there was a heavy fog, I came back from the village next to the doctor, and met General Mu who was bitten by a hungry wolf in Jiguanzi Mountain, he went to the Hidden Dragon Temple alone to burn incense and pray for his mother, and when he went down the mountain, he strayed into the Wild Wolf Valley. ”
"You can send it, why is it going to be five years long?" Zheng Jialu asked. 5599
"Hey, no coincidence is not a book, that day to send him back to the house, happened to meet the emperor issued a holy decree, said that the war situation in the south is tight, to General Mu immediately set off the whole army, he was bitten by a wolf on the arm, afraid of shaking the heart of the army, the slightest wind did not dare to penetrate, even the military doctor abandoned it, had to take the sword to force me to go with me, it was really urgent at that time, I didn't even have the time to write a word, say a word, he was taken away.
In the past five years, I have not missed the Hidden Dragon Pass all the time, and I have missed my three children, but the war in the south is raging, and I have to take care of the injured soldiers every day, and I am so busy that my feet do not touch the ground, and it is rare to write letters secretly, but there, in addition to the military intelligence report, there is a post station of 800 miles to expedite transmission, and other news is not allowed to be transmitted, so that five years have passed in a flick of a finger, and it has come to this day. ”
"It's the Mu family army that has entered the warehouse, and you have never seen it, it's really strange." Gu Shigen sighed.
Zheng Jialu shook his head and said: "Among thousands of people, in thousands of moments, it is not for nothing that you are close at hand, and you pass by, but you don't have the opportunity, and you don't know each other." ”
Gu Shitong took a sip of tea and said: "Speaking of which, I am General Mu's personal doctor, although I have to rescue the wounded with the military doctor in an emergency, but I don't have a military status, such as celebrations, inspections, school martial arts and other activities, I am not qualified to participate, as for other matters in the barracks, it is a matter of confidentiality, and no one will leak half a point to the outside, so I don't know many things, and it is normal." ”
"Aren't you at a loss? How much less military merit! Gu Shigen sighed, and then asked, "Man Cang Chunshang is back, and why are you late now?" ”
"Brother Gen, you can't say that, other people's military exploits are all exchanged for their lives, and it's nothing for me to do such a small thing." Gu Shitong couldn't help but smile and shook his head, "The soldiers are indeed divergent after the triumph in the spring, General Mu was promoted to three levels in a row because of his military merits, and the official worshiped the fourth rank of the loyal general, and received a reward in Yan'an City, and he was originally going to stay there."
It's a pity that he is shrewd and invincible in killing the enemy, but when he meets those sharp-toothed Wenchen, he often stumbles left and right, and can't resist, recently because of some things, in a fit of anger, he asked to stay back in Ningjiang City to be an idle official who doesn't care about anything, I just came back with me, and I just entered the city today, I will go back to Zanglongao first. ”
Gu Shifu sighed: "Hey, the world is unpredictable, I wait for the small people to come and go in the wind and rain for three meals a day, how can I think, those rich and high-ranking officials also have unspeakable suffering." ”
"It's not, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, General Mu reads that I am kind to him, and has always wanted to keep me in his house, but I have been wandering outside for five years, and when I get to the door of the house, how can I still stay, no matter how good the golden nest and silver nest are, it is not as good as my own thatched hut." Gu Shitong raised his eyes and looked around the room, still the same as when he left.
Zheng Jialu said happily: "Now, you won't leave, let's have a good drink one day." ”
"Don't go, don't go, Laba I still want to go to the Hidden Dragon Temple to find Wu and ask for a bowl of blessed porridge." Gu Shitong smiled and narrowed his eyes.
Gu Shifu corrected: "I saw you say it several times, you probably don't know that the Hidden Dragon Temple has long been renamed the Temple of Mercy and Grace, and our Hidden Dragon Pass has also been changed to Gu Jia Ao." ”
"When did this happen?" Gu Shitong asked in surprise.
Gu Shigen tilted his head and thought for a while: "It's been about five years, and now when we talk about the Hidden Dragon Pass, the eight adults don't know about it!" ”
Gu Shitong slapped his thigh in annoyance: "Oh, this is a bad thing!" ”
"What's wrong?" Everyone asked.
Gu Shitong twisted his eyebrows and said: "I promised General Mu to marry Qingzhu to his son, this is the wrong place, but how can I get it!" ”
"What!" It was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and everyone was shocked.
This news was even more terrifying than Gu Shitong's sudden return, everyone looked at each other, Gu Qingzhu was even more unprepared, she was embroidering, she was stunned, the embroidery needle suddenly pierced her finger, and a bead of blood came out.
Gu Qingzhu held his fingers and shouted angrily: "Dad! ”
Gu Shitong hurriedly explained: "General Mu is a good person, I haven't understood him for five years?" I think that at the beginning, although I was forced, but there was also a chance to escape halfway, but I admired him as a man, defending his family and defending the country, and bravely killing the enemy. ”
Gu Shifu has always regarded Gu Qingzhu as his daughter, even if it is her own son at this time, he has to ask clearly: "According to what you said, General Mu is a good man, so his son must be a young hero?" ”
Gu Shitong hesitated: "This ...... Not really. ”
"What's that for?" Zheng Jialu couldn't wait to ask.
"Oh, Lao Tzu was born and died for the country and the people, does a lone seedling son have to be sent to the battlefield? The sword has no eyes, if there is a case, it will not cost the life of the old man in the family, I see, Zuo is just a reader with poetry and books in his belly and a splendid heart, how can it be in your eyes, like a flood beast. Gu Shitong looked at the nervous people with amusement.
"I'm not married!" Gu Qingzhu angrily picked up the embroidery bandage and went back to the back room.
Gu Shitong looked at her back and sighed: "This girl, when I come back the day before, I will throw my face, where can I suffer with this temperament!" ”
Gu Shifu also felt that this matter was ridiculous, and couldn't help but say: "Shitong, it's not me who said you, this is yours, the marriage of children must be carefully considered, how can it be child's play!" ”
Gu Shitong was anxious, and defended repeatedly: "Do you think I want to cling to this high-ranking family matter?" General Mu has been talking about this for three or four years, and I have never agreed, but I saw that person in the greeting procession at the city gate today, it was really Zhilan Yushu, and he looked dignified, so I agreed, just imagine, let's hide the dragon...... No, when has Gu Jiaao ever had such a character who is marked out of the dust! ”
Zheng Jialu disagreed: "We are from the mountains, we pay attention to reality, no matter how good our skin is, we don't do anything, don't we?" ”
Gu Shitong disagreed: "General Mu is so strict under his rule, it can be described as an iron-blooded hand, the soldiers kill the enemy one by one, and the people are never disturbed when they are stationed at the border gates, where can the son of such a man be strained?" ”
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