Chapter 21: Returning Home at the End of the Year
In previous years, although the old father's family was considered wealthy in the village, they did not see anyone wearing new clothes all year round, let alone buying ox carts.
Now, in less than a year, I bought two ox carts in a row, but many people are sour, and this mouth is almost on the Gu family.
Seeing that he was invincible, Gu Tai shouted:
"Where are the eldest, second, and third families dead!"
Before the words fell, Xiao Wu appeared and said with a smile:
"Mother, I'm watching Tianjin Sect Tianyu write, I heard some people squirting feces all over their mouths as soon as they came out."
Gu Tianjin and Gu Tianyu are the two sons of Dafang, and Xiao Wu is very proud of the eldest son's study.
deliberately raised his hand and touched the silver hairpin on his head:
"Mother, our family is not as good as before, Uncle is a child now, and Tuan Tuan is a disciple of a nobleman.
We can't quarrel with people at will, my father-in-law said what is we called. ”
"The House of Cultivation and Reading." The fourth aunt, Gu Bai, hurriedly answered.
Although everyone didn't understand what this meant, they only thought of Gu Anxia, a childish master, and their arrogance suddenly became a little shorter.
Gu Anxia also stopped eavesdropping with her little niece, and quickly drove the mule cart into the village, and Gu Tianxing shouted in the car:
"Milk, I'm back!"
Gu Tai no longer cared about those people with broken mouths, and actually trotted to meet her, Gu Tianxing was afraid that she would fall, so she simply jumped off the mule cart and ran over.
She is wearing the jacket and cloak embroidered according to the photo, the pink brocade is embroidered with a few purple auspicious clouds, the corners of the clothes are covered with broken jade, and the shoulders are inlaid with pearls of the same size.
The women took the initiative to give way to a way, but they didn't dare to get too close, and they almost didn't recognize her, but they felt that it was a young lady from the official family.
Gu Tai saw Gu Tianxing in front of her, she was stunned and touched her little face with trembling hands, and after touching her for a long time, the Wang family also caught up, and the three of them hugged their heads and cried.
Gu Anxia saw that Gu Tai was crying too much, and immediately shouted:
"Mother, this mule cart was given to our family by Master Tuan Tuan, do you think it's appropriate?"
Sure enough, when the old lady heard this, she immediately wiped away her tears.
I circled the two mules a few times, touching this and that.
Gu Tianxing thought to himself, fortunately, he saw himself first! The picture of her milk rubbing her face vigorously with the hand that touched the mule did not shiver.
Gu Tai patted the carport again, lifted the curtain, and took a look inside. Looking at those jewels, brocade and silk, he quickly lowered the curtain, and his heart was sudden.
yelled at Gu Anxia:
"You loser, why don't you hurry up and drive the mule cart into the yard and wander around outside?"
Everyone looked at her and knew that there were a lot of good things in it.
Li Guihua deliberately laughed and talked to Gu Tianxing:
"Yo, these are all from your master? Tuan Tuan, what do you do as a master? So rich. ”
Gu Tianxing pondered: In the future, I may have to fool everyone and warn them of disasters. It is better to take this opportunity to improve the identity of the ancient family and enhance the convincing.
After thinking for a moment, she smiled and said to Li Guihua:
"Auntie, I can't say anything about the master. He said that he was not worthy of mentioning his name if he did not wait for his studies to be successful. ”
He mysteriously pointed to the gorgeous clothes on his body and said:
"But auntie, let me tell you secretly, my clothes were made by the embroidery lady in the palace by the master!"
After that, he deliberately raised his tsundere's little face and let her mother pull it back.
In the lobby of the ancient family, the ancient father had a sad face.
Ever since he learned that their uncle and nephew's plan for this trip had failed, he had been sitting here alone, and he kept smashing dry tobacco, and several uncles were also heavy-faced.
The women, though they did not know what had happened, were much quieter in their work and in their speech.
The eldest aunt Xiao Wu went around the mule cart a few times, and she didn't dare to look at what was inside? Don't dare to ask, can you have your own share?
The atmosphere was depressed for a long time, and the old father finally knocked on the cigarette stick and said that he was going to have a family meeting. Everyone sat down, the old man opened his mouth, looked at Gu Tianxing again, and smashed his cigarette again.
Looking at her father's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Gu Tianxing expected that the old man should want to plant potatoes and sweet potatoes, and reserve some rations. Then he took the initiative to step forward and said:
"Master, I don't have many sweet potatoes and potatoes here, it's no problem for our family to plant them, but if we have to send them to the village door to door, it's not enough."
Unexpectedly, the ancient father sighed and shook his head:
"Since the emperor knows these two immortal seeds, if our family planted them, he will definitely guess that it was your uncle and nephew who went to Chang'an at the beginning.
There is no impermeable wall in the world, and I am afraid that the entire Daao Village will be wiped out! ”
Gu Tianxing instantly had an indescribable sense of frustration, she used to boast that she was from the 21st century, and she had a powerful inheritance, how could she be mixed up in this backward ancient world.
But now, I just want to save more people's lives, but I can't do it.
This kind of powerlessness is like a master swimmer, watching others drowning around him, trying to save him, but he can't row over, leaving him impatient and sad.
She made up her mind that when she hadn't cultivated enough to be free from scruples, she would settle down first and only regard herself as a true ancient person.
Since you can't save them, and you can't ruthlessly leave these family members behind, then try to protect them in the next ups and downs.
I was reflecting on myself, and I heard the old father speak:
"Let's have our backs to Shuangao Mountain, if there is really a case, it is better to flee directly into the inner mountain with everyone at that time.
Anyway, no one can crack the obstacle of the Two Realms Ridge except us, and with her, we don't have to be afraid of the beasts in the inner mountains. ”
The uncles only felt that their eyes lit up, yes, when they entered the mountains, even if they had a bad time, their lives were fine.
Gu Tianxing was helpless in his heart, when the dragon vein ran into the dojo, the obstacle of this Shuangao Mountain had long disappeared, and the inner mountain was thousands of miles away.
Even if everyone went in, there were a herd of fierce beasts inside, and there were hundreds of people in Daao Village, and she would not be able to take care of everyone.
But looking at everyone's hopeful eyes, she really didn't know how to speak.
In the end, he stubbornly told everyone that the dragon veins of Shuangao Mountain had run away, and the inside was also ruined a lot, and he couldn't take care of everyone.
The atmosphere fell silent again, Gu Anxia thought about it, and had to comfort everyone:
Even if disaster strikes, as long as you save a little more rations, you may not have to flee.
Thinking about it, he took out the map he bought in Chang'an and pointed to a place:
"We are now in central Aozhou, and there is a flood in the south, if there is a real case then, we will go directly to the north."
"No, you can't go north!"
Gu Tianxing spoke out to stop her, she didn't tell everyone that there was a military disaster in the north, because she was afraid that everyone would feel that the imperial court was powerless to provide disaster relief, so she was too desperate.
Fortunately, several people have always regarded her prediction as the truth, and they no longer consider going to the north now. Gu Anxia pondered, so he could only go to the south.
Although there is a flood, at least there is water, which is better than staying in the central part of the country.
You must know that people can gnaw some bark and grass roots when they are hungry, but if there is no water, they will only survive for three days at most.
After pondering for a while, Gu Anxia once again told everyone about his plan:
"If we have to flee at that time, we will first go east, cross Zhongzhou, and then go south along Changyu Prefecture on the east side of Zhongzhou."
A few people agreed without thinking about it, after all, in their eyes, Gu Anxia had been traveling outside for a year, and he was a child, of course, it was much better than what he had to eat in these fields.
……
In the blink of an eye, in April of the forty-seventh year of Changlong, Gu Tianxing had already been assigned by the ancient father to go to the town with her father to store grain.
Gu Anze drove the mule cart to the grain store, and the rice shopkeeper greeted him warmly, this is a big customer, and he has come twice a month.
"Yo, Second Master Gu, please come inside, but you still need 10 loads of corn today?"
"This time it's for home-chewing, let's get 10 quintals of corn. Let's give me two or three quintals of wheat and soybeans. ”
Gu Anze smiled and rubbed his hands, and complained:
"What do you call this? Since I bought this mule cart, either this relative wants to help bring this, or the relative begged for something. If there are two ends in three days, it shall not be stopped. ”
"If you don't say that your second master Gu is righteous, you can come to my shop often in the future.
Wait for you to buy your own food, I'll give you a cheaper ......"
After another compliment and mutual praise, Gu Anze drove the mule cart into a small alley.
"Tuan Tuan, hurry up, only take half of it!"
After whispering, he quickly turned around and walked to the mouth of the alley to look at the wind.
Gu Tianxing collected half of the grain, and shouted, "Dad, I'm fine!" ”
"It's a lot of things for you! Pee, and so much more! ”
Gu Anze scolded and walked over and drove the car home.
Of course, this is a father and daughter playing, since they arrived in the town, Gu Tianxing disguised herself as a man and followed her father to buy food.
For the sake of insurance, Gu Anze would go to a no-man's place every time he bought food, and let his daughter collect half of it.
He drove the mule cart back to the rented yard, and the grain he had saved twice was transported back to Daao Village.
Although this method is troublesome, no one suspects that the Gu family is stockpiling grain, and there is still a lot of time, and the father and daughter are not in a hurry.