Chapter 33: Gossip Time
After this day, the villagers of Gujia Village said that it was very magical. Overnight, Village Chief Gu and his wife died, and the old Gu Tou, who had always been as strong as a cow, also fell ill.
This is also very strange to say, a person who is strong on weekdays is like something, and he gets sick all his life, and that is called a sickness that comes like a mountain and goes to the sickness like a thread. Lao Gu Tou lingered in bed for the whole winter, and waited until the weather warmed up in the spring before he gradually improved. But everyone could tell at a glance that he was old.
It's no longer the kind of strong look like a young man just looking at his back, it's completely old, just like the other old people in the village, he has lost his spirit and is completely old.
But such an old man, on the night of the burial of Village Chief Gu and his wife, quietly touched the mourning hall, cut off all of Alan's gray hair, wrapped it around his chest like a baby, and slipped back quietly, almost no one noticed.
In addition to the immortal who has been following him, and the Gu boss of the Guardian Hall, that is, the new village chief, saw it.
Changsheng watched his grandfather walk into the mourning hall as if no one was around, bent down and cut off Granny Alain's hair with a knife, and Village Chief Gu, who was kneeling in front of the coffin, just quietly added yellow paper to the brazier. Changsheng thought that he had a problem with his eyes! Later, I slowly figured out that this was actually what Boss Gu secretly agreed.
Alas, how can the feelings between these adults be so complicated? It was Boss Gu who broke up Grandpa and Granny Alain's hands at the beginning, and now he is the one who silently allows Grandpa to cut Granny Alain's hair, it's so complicated that Changsheng can't even understand it.
Fortunately, he was very busy when he helped take care of his grandfather, and Changsheng didn't have that time to think about it.
I don't know if this incident has too much impact on Lao Gutou, Lao Gutou, who was already with an eccentric temper, is now even more eccentric. will get angry at every turn, and even Gu Xiaomei, who has been taking care of him, will sometimes be angry and don't do anything. Of course, she will rush back soon, after all, she has a very close relationship with Lao Gu Tou, and now at this time, the only one who can take care of him regardless of the rumors is Gu Xiaomei. It's just that Gu Xiaomei's children, grandchildren, and daughters-in-law sometimes have some slight excuses, because Gu Xiaomei always stays at the old Gu Tou's house, and she has no time to take care of her own family's affairs.
But Gu Xiaomei's children didn't say a word, and even often sent rice, flour, grain and oil to the old Gu Tou's family, and seemed to respect this uncle very much. It's really strange that the tangled appearance they occasionally show is called immortality. But they didn't say it, and Changsheng was not good enough to ask so aggressively, so they could only pretend that they didn't see anything.
Another person who can ignore the old man's bad temper is immortal. She reacted slowly, and sometimes Lao Gu scolded her for a few words as if she was playing, but she couldn't react. I only knew that I continued to take care of the old Gu Tou, and Gu Xiaomei, who saw it, was relieved for a while.
"You've been a stubborn old man all your life. Fortunately, when you are old, you are not the same as you when you accept a granddaughter. I look at immortality as true filial piety, and you can be regarded as doing the right thing. ”
On this day, Gu Xiaomei was holding the soles of her shoes by the fire pit, while chattering with the old Gu Tou. Changsheng sat at the foot of the bed and kneaded the crippled leg of Lao Gutou. This leg has been seriously injured, and the pain is unbearable every rainy weather, Lao Gu Tou has always endured it, but Changsheng has a very good eye in this regard, and he can easily see through Lao Gu Tou's various disguises, and then work hard to knead and massage him.
After the embarrassment at the beginning, Lao Gu Tou slowly got used to it. After all, he has no masochistic mentality, he can make himself feel better, and there is no need to make himself look like an ascetic.
Listening to his little sister's nagging at this time, Lao Gu Tou pursed his lips, glanced at Changsheng who was tired and kept dripping sweat beads from his forehead, and finally couldn't help but say nothing. He is not a person who does not know what to do, how Changsheng and Gu Xiaomei treat him, he can see it clearly, why bother to say more?
It's a pleasant day like this.
Old Gu Tou felt that even if he died now, he would have no regrets. But he didn't dare to say such words, otherwise, his little sister would probably be able to beat him to death.
It's Gu Xiaomei, who thinks of those fields at this time, and doesn't forget to tell her.
"You have to remember that the fields that the eldest brother gave you will find someone to plough in a few days, otherwise how can those people take the initiative to let them out?"
"Who?"
"It's the boss, a few of them. This is not what I, as an aunt, should have said, but it is better to distinguish this kind of matter involving the ancestral fields clearly, otherwise, this will be another lawsuit in the future. ”
Old Gu thought lazily, then looked at Changsheng who was pressing hard at his feet, and nodded.
"The title deeds are all in my hands now, and they can't turn them over."
"I know you have an idea, anyway, when the spring comes, you have to move for me, and Changsheng is still counting on you to buy her a rich dowry! By the way, let me tell you, if someone tells you about the child husband these days, don't agree. Everyone knows what those who have broken hearts and livers think, and they just want to take advantage. I think you should teach a few more tricks to immortality, so as not to be bullied if you really get married in the future......"
"What's wrong with you? I remember that you didn't really want to live forever and learn martial arts? ”
Old Gu Tou felt a little strange, so he took the initiative to ask, but he didn't expect to open Gu Xiaomei's chatterbox.
"I'm not afraid that you know the second brother, don't we have a pair of uncles and aunts in our village? It's just that the only child had a serious illness a few years ago, and there was a sick little girl left, and the family was like an eyeball, for fear that the child would not grow up. In order not to be oppressed by her husband and mother-in-law in the future, she simply took advantage of the disaster year to recruit a child husband. That boy is really a sweet talker, and I didn't even see that child was so ruthless. I heard it with my own ears, the little girl had a difficult birth on the day she gave birth, and the child's foster husband directly told the midwife that it would not be big enough to keep the small! If it weren't for the little girl's fate, she would have been gone by now. Isn't all the money earned by that family owned by the child? Tsk, you didn't see that scene, it's very messy. My uncle and aunt are notoriously kind, and when her granddaughter came to her senses, she directly sued the official! ”
"Hey! That's a rarity. ”
Old Gu Tou was quite interested in these things. Don't look at those big dramas that sue the officials at every turn, in fact, the common people are afraid of the government, after all, the official characters have two mouths, how can they come out without taking off a layer of skin once they enter?
It was really rare for that old couple to dare to go to the yamen for the sake of their granddaughter.
However, Old Gu Tou still wanted to know what happened next, and saw that there were only two Xiaomei and Changsheng around, and they were not outsiders, so he coughed lightly and motioned for Gu Xiaomei to continue.