Seventy Buddha Cannon Fodder

Chapter 187

Looking at the small metal box, Gu Mingbei said in surprise, "Sister, where did you come from?"

Seeing her sister's surprised look, Gu Mingxi was a little proud, and said with a smile: "It took me a lot of effort to buy this."

"how much did you spend?"

"Money is nothing, it's mainly time spent." Gu Mingxi didn't answer directly.

"Isn't elder brother's birthday coming soon? Let's secretly put him in the room as a birthday present for him."

When Gu Mingbei heard this, his heart really moved. The two girls sneaked in and placed them in the most obvious places on the table.

"Do you think elder brother will like it?" Gu Mingxi asked.

Gu Mingbei nodded vigorously: "I definitely like it, brother likes listening to the radio."

After putting away the box, Gu Mingxi remembered to ask: "Where are you, Ah Xing? Why didn't you see anyone?"

"I went to the old house. Old Mr. Zheng was not feeling well. Xiao Yun was worried, so she took Ah Xing and went over to have a look. Ah Chen followed the eldest brother, probably up the mountain."

While talking, the two children came back.

Gu Mingxi was half of Zheng Tong's apprentice, and asked with concern: "Teacher, are you alright?"

Gu Yun gestured and said: [I have caught a cold, and I have already taken medicine. 】

Zheng Tong is nearly seventy years old, and he is really not young these days. Although he has been taken care of by Gu Mingdong these years, he still has to work in the fields in his capacity, and he seems to be aging a lot.

At the time of Shuangqiang this year, Zheng Tong suffered from heatstroke in the field, and almost survived it. Since then, his health has not been very good, and he has found all kinds of problems, big and small.

He himself can take it easy, but he is worried about his granddaughter.

Gu Mingxi was a little worried, and said, "I'm going to steam an egg, and I'll take it over later to have a look at him."

Before the words fell, Gu Mingdong's voice came from outside: "Stop steaming eggs, use this to make chicken soup to supplement the old man."

Gu Mingxi took a look, and the surprise flashed across his face.

"Brother, do we still have this thing in our mountain?" Judging from the posture of the father and son, they knew that they had just come down from the mountain.

Gu Mingdong nodded: "This ginseng has been more than ten years at most, and you stewed it several times. Mr. Zheng has not raised it well, and needs to replenish Qi."

Gu Mingxi agreed.

Seeing ginseng, Gu Liangxing yelled beside him: "Dad, you are going up the mountain, I knew I would go with you."

Gu Liangchen put down the bamboo basket, except for the thin ginseng, they received a good harvest, a basket of mountain products and wild fruits.

He picked up a chestnut and threw it over: "You can't stop your mouth if you eat it."

Gu Liangxing yelled, "You want to murder my brother."

The next moment, he broke open the chestnut ball, took it out and tasted one, and praised: "It's fresh and sweet, Xiaoyun, you can also have one."

Because of the college entrance examination, Gu Mingnan's family went to his mother-in-law's place together today, and there were rarely people at the dinner table of the old Gu's family.

After finishing the meal, Gu Mingdong looked at Gu Sanmei: "The news of the resumption of the college entrance examination has come down, and there are only two months left before the college entrance examination. Did you apply for the suspension first?"

Gu Sanmei hesitated: "Brother, what if I fail the exam?"

"You also know about the work at the recycle bin. If I type up my suspension report, there must be new people coming over. I'm afraid I won't be able to go back by then."

This is also the reason why she has been hesitant. Although she insisted on taking the college entrance examination, Gu Sanmei was not sure.

Gu Mingdong asked, "Have you put down your homework in the past few years?"

"Of course not, I study every day."

"You have finished high school, you haven't missed your homework all these years, and you still have complete review materials in your hand. If you fail the exam like this, then I will wonder if my sister is a little fool."

Gu Mingxi was amused: "Brother...Aren't I just in case?"

Gu Mingdong smiled and said: "It's impossible to be a human being, and it's not a pity to go all out."

Gu Mingxi thought for a while, and said, "That's true."

In fact, at the beginning, she felt that she would have to take the college entrance examination even if she resigned, but after a long time, she became a little hesitant.

After all, the recycle bin is not too busy, she thinks she can take care of both.

But now, after hearing Gu Mingdong's words, Gu Mingxi still agrees: "You're right, I think it's bad... I don't need to resign, although the recycling bin is not decent, but I want to sell it, there must be some people Willing to do it."

After a few words, Gu Sanmei had already made up her mind: "There is no need to sell it directly. I will spend money to find someone to take over the job first, and then I will pay him the salary first."

In this way, if she fails the exam, she can go back to work, and if she does, she will have time to sell her job.

After the meal and the chicken soup, the two sisters who were about to take the college entrance examination sat face to face on the Eight Immortals table to do the questions. The twins and Gu Yun hadn't graduated from high school yet, so they usually like to do it together.

Gu Mingdong was afraid that they might damage his eyes, so the main room was filled with the brightest light bulbs.

Electricity is expensive these days, and after Shanghe Village was powered on, few people were willing to use it openly.

Suddenly, Gu Mingxi shouted: "Brother, I have lost my draft paper, do you still have it in your room?"

"I'll go in and have a look." Gu Mingdong got up and said.

"I'll get it." Gu Liangchen stood up, but was held down by his third aunt.

As soon as Gu Mingdong entered the room, he found the metal box on the table, and he was a little surprised: "Did you buy it?"

Gu Mingxi said with a smile, "Quickly try it and see if it works."

The portable radio of the domestic Peony brand is not small in size. After turning it on, the channel is quickly adjusted, and the clear sound is played from the radio.

The little ones surrounded them curiously. Although the production team had big speakers, radios were rare.

"Why did you think of buying this?" Gu Mingdong asked with a smile.

Gu Mingxi said: "If Xiaobei and I are both admitted to university, we have to leave home to go to school. The house will be so clean, so I thought about buying a radio for you to listen to when you have time, and to pass the time. time."

I think very long-term.

Gu Liangxing said beside him: "Third Gu, you two have gone to school, we are still here, how can my dad be clean with us here?"

"As long as you talk a lot, don't you have to take the college entrance examination in two years?" Gu Mingxi spoke plausibly.

Gu Liangxing also thought about it: "Yes, if we all go to college, wouldn't my dad be at home alone, how lonely it would be."

Gu Mingdong said helplessly: "Do you think the college entrance examination is that simple? If you want to go to college, you can go to college."

"Besides, even if you all go to college, won't the second child's family still be there?"

Gu Liangxing immediately said: "Second Uncle said that if Second Aunt is admitted to high school, he will take Ayang and Xiaoyue to study with her."

"Dad, why don't you go to study with me too, and we will support you with living expenses." Gu Liangxing suggested.

Gu Mingdong patted the back of his head: "I'm not too old to walk."

After laughing for a while, Gu Mingdong said with a smile: "The radio is good, I like it very much."

Gu Mingxi suddenly laughed happily. She usually likes to save money the most, but now she doesn't feel bad about spending a lot of money.

Unexpectedly, the next moment, Gu Mingdong said: "It happens that you also take some time to listen to the news channel every day, which will be good for the college entrance examination."

So it was decided.

The old Gu's family enjoyed themselves happily, but the old Qian's family had conflicts.

After Qian Xiaoru got married, the young couple would come back to see Master Qian and his wife from time to time, and because Gu Mingnan was getting promoted step by step, with a good salary and a wide network of contacts, after a long time, Qian Xiaoru's brother and sister-in-law became more polite.

Now that she decided to take the college entrance examination, Qian Xiaoru wondered if she could put the two children in her mother's house and let her parents look after them.

Gu Mingnan has to go to work by himself, and his two sisters-in-law also have to take the college entrance examination, so he can't let his uncle take care of the children alone, can he?

It was fine during the meal that day, but when Qian Xiaoru mentioned about her college entrance examination, her brother and sister-in-law became interested.

Before the meal was finished, the sister-in-law couldn't help but said: "Xiaoru, your mother gave you your job back then. You are the daughter of the Qian family, so I don't have much to say."

"But now that you are going to take the college entrance examination, do you have to return this job?"

The second sister-in-law of the Qian family quickly said, "That's right, this was originally the position of the Qian family, so it can't be given to the old Gu's family, right?"

Gu Mingnan has a good temper, and he can't stand their eccentricity: "What are you talking about, my two younger sisters are going to take the college entrance examination, who cares about grabbing a job."

"They're all going too...then it costs a lot, who pays for it?"

Qian Xiaoru's face turned dark. She had already thought about it. The situation of the old Gu's family is special. She will definitely make people talk about her child in her mother's house, and her brother and sister-in-law will also have opinions. In this case, they can get some money out , If you pass the exam, the job can also be given to them.

Who knew it would be good, she hadn't spoken yet, but the family was about to do it.

"Sister-in-law and sister-in-law, what you said is meaningless. I can give my job to whoever I like, and I won't give it to anyone who makes me angry."

Qian Xiaoru said with a straight face.

The sister-in-law of the Qian family said, "You're still angry when you say a few words about you, Xiaoru, you're so old, you've already given birth to two children, and you won't be afraid of being laughed at if you take the college entrance examination."

Qian Xiaoru snorted coldly: "If I don't want to take the college entrance examination, where did you come up with an excuse to let me make room?"

Seeing that her daughter and daughter-in-law were about to quarrel again, Qian's mother came forward to smooth things over: "Okay, okay, I know Anan's two younger sisters, they are quick-witted and can read, and it's pretty sure that they will take the college entrance examination."

"You two too, why don't you hope that your sister will be well? Could it be that if she is not well, you can benefit from it?"

In the end, the meal broke up.

Mother Qian was getting older, and her heart softened. Instead, she advised her daughter: "Don't keep arguing with them, it's not decent if you win the quarrel and lose."

"If they didn't find fault on purpose, who would want to quarrel with them."

Qian Xiaoru said aggrievedly: "This is in front of Brother Anang, as if he wanted me to get a job."

Mother Qian lowered her voice and asked, "Xiaoru, are you really going to take the college entrance examination?"

"Mom, don't you agree?"

"Recently, the resumption of the college entrance examination has caused a lot of trouble. The factory sent a message saying that all those who want to take the college entrance examination must go through the suspension procedure first. You can think about it. It is easy to suspend work, but it is difficult to recover."

In fact, Qian's mother also felt that her daughter was tossing around and living a good life now, so why did she have to take the college entrance examination.

Isn't other people's college entrance examination just to go back to the city or get a job, but her daughter already has one, so why waste this time.

"Mom is not afraid of anything else, but is afraid that your bamboo basket will be empty at both ends."

Qian Xiaoru smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? Even if you can't go back after the suspension, Brother Anang will support me."

Qian's mother showed her face and stared at her daughter: "You... Anan really agrees with you?"

"It was Brother Anang who persuaded me to go if you want to try, and you don't have to be afraid of failure." Qian Xiaoru held her mother's hand, "It happens that my two sister-in-laws are going to participate, and I have a companion with them .”

Qian's mother was sure that Gu Mingnan also agreed, but she didn't object, and said, "It's because you had a good eye back then, and you fell in love with Anan at a glance. A man who loves his wife as much as him is a rare commodity these days."

In particular, Gu Mingnan can not only make money and skills outside, but also help with the children and do housework at home. Although the young couple also have small quarrels, but after the daughter is married, her face is rosy and she smiles all day long. Not wronged.

Qian's mother was extremely glad that none of the things that Qian's mother was worried about had happened.

"Since you are going to take the college entrance examination, then put Ayang Xiaoyue here, and Mom will watch for you, so you can concentrate on preparing for the exam."

Qian Xiaoru smiled and hugged her mother's hand: "Mom, I knew you loved me the most."

Mother Qian saw that she was still acting like a little girl, and said with a smile, "You, you are relying on us to love you."

The news of the resumption of the college entrance examination has spread all over the world. For a while, some people are happy and some are worried.

Many educated youths have been out of school for too long, and some of them have poor foundations and have not even attended high school, and quite a few have not even graduated from junior high school.

The better ones, I read them in high school, but the high school experience in these years is greater than the real material.

What they desire and hope most is to review the study materials for the exam.

Only then did people discover what kind of devastating disasters ten years had caused. Not to mention review materials, even a complete set of textbooks was hard to find in the world.

On the last day of work, Gu Sanmei complained when she came home: "I don't know who spread the news that I saw the previously published "Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Self-study Series" in the recycling bin, and someone was guarding the door before dawn today. I didn’t even listen to the explanation.”

A group of people turned the recycle bin upside down in a daze, and the result was conceivable. If there were any, Gu Sanmei would have brought them home long ago, so where would they be?

Seeing them coming with hope and returning with disappointment, Gu Sanmei was a little touched in her heart, and once again thanked Gu Mingdong for his prophet.

"Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Self-study Series" has been criticized, and it has been destroyed long ago. There may be one or two remnants, but it was also thrown into the waste dump early, and there is no trace of it now.

However, in far away Shanghai, the printing house worked overtime to publish this series of books.

This is the only set of review materials available now, and the speed of the printing company can't keep up with the demand. Every day before the bookstore opens, there is a long queue at the door before dawn, which can go several kilometers all the way.

The queue is not only for young people who want to take the college entrance examination, but also for the elderly. Without exception, they are all prepared for their children. Their children go to the countryside to go to various places. Relatives in big cities help to buy.

It is hard to find a book at a time, and there are all kinds of beings.

In comparison, the children of the old Gu's family were much luckier, because they not only had the "Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Self-study Series", but also some materials collected by Gu Mingdong in his early years.

After stopping work, Gu Mingxi and Qian Xiaoru also joined the study camp.

Regardless of Wang Feng's willingness or not, the Gu Fang sisters came here with Gu Yong.

Before they came, they had already made preparations. After all, they had put down their studies for many years, and they almost forgot all their old foundations.

But after entering the door, the expressions of the three people changed.

Gu Yong couldn't help but asked, "So many books?"

Gu Mingbei pointed to the inside of the room: "There are still more inside."

"Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Self-study Series" is not a book, but a thick bundle, Gu Yong swallowed.

Gu Wei looked at those books with bright eyes: "That's great, it's so complete."

Gu Mingxi asked them to sit down, and said: "Everyone can use the materials together, but you can't take them back. If you want to take them back, you have to copy them down yourself."

"It should be." Gu Fang blushed.

She knew in her heart that they were all here to gain fame, so naturally she couldn't make any demands.

When they started to do the questions, sisters Gu Fang and Gu Yong were blinded. They had been out of class for too long, and they were not so outstanding at first.

Gu Mingbei explained: "If you don't understand, start from the most basic and follow the steps above."

Gu Wei nodded, she observed from the side, and found that the foundation of the cousins ​​and cousins ​​was much better than theirs, and it was enough to do the questions and brush them off.

Looking at Qian Xiaoru next to her, Gu Wei breathed a sigh of relief, at least not everyone is so good, otherwise she would really lose confidence.

The two sisters looked at each other, gritted their teeth, and started from the most basic, one by one, passing each question. If you don’t understand, follow the steps in the book first. If you still don’t understand, they will take Write down the question, save enough, wait for Gu Mingxi and Gu Mingbei to be free before asking.

Gu Yong's foundation is even worse, he can only catch blind at first, wishing he could grab all his hair.

But seeing Gu Wei and sisters' hard work, Gu Yong's restless heart also settled down, and he patiently followed the questions one by one.

Among the six, the one with the best foundation is not Gu Mingxi, but Gu Mingbei. She has just graduated from high school and has not lost her foundation. She is indeed talented in learning.

Slowly, she also became a teacher to others.

Gu Mingbei has a gentle personality. He never dislikes other people's problems and delays his study time. On the contrary, he is very patient and leads them to make progress together.

Every time Gu Mingdong goes home, he always sees a table of candidate candidates, sometimes studying the questions from morning to night, wishing he didn't even drink water, so as to save time for going to the bathroom.

Gu Mingdong had to take on the logistical work, otherwise he was afraid that these children would study too hard and break their bodies before the college entrance examination.

The twins also volunteered to take on other housework at home, and Gu Yun took over the cooking, absolutely not letting the two aunts and second sister-in-law worry about their lives.

Wang Feng didn't want her daughter to take the college entrance examination, so she came to make a fuss once, but she was dragged away by Aunt Gu and the daughter-in-law of Bao's family. It was inevitable that she would affect the child's study. Aunt Gu even moved a bench to stare at her every day. Allow her to mess around.

With the full support of the family, Gu Sanmei and the others are naturally able to go all out.

The educated youths were not so lucky. They were late in the news, and by the time they knew they wanted to buy books again, the materials had already been sold out.

For so many years, many educated youths have given up their plans to return to the city. Who knew that the chance to enter the university would just drop from the sky.

From the ecstasy at the beginning, they became confused at the end. It sounds easy to enter the university, but in fact they have long forgotten it.

When they came back to their senses, the educated youths showed their magical powers across the sea, writing letters, sending telegrams, and without exception, they asked their family members to help them buy review materials.

But after a while, only Li Mingming bought a set at home, and it was only the first volume "Algebra" of "Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Self-study Series". Letters from other people's homes said it was too difficult to buy, and they couldn't get it for a while.

Li Mingming is also generous, he has a good relationship with the Du brothers and is willing to share it with them.

But one book is barely enough for three people to use, and others can't find the time to borrow it.

Xu Zhenzhen gritted her teeth, and simply asked Li Mingming to borrow it all night. Taking advantage of the darkness, she didn't sleep all night, so she copied the whole book down.

When the other educated youths saw it, they immediately followed suit, but no matter how they copied it, they all had only one volume of "Algebra".

Li Mingming bit his pen, and suddenly said: "I heard from the members that the old Gu's family has a complete "Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry."

"Can they lend it to us?" After all, the educated youths are not close to the members.

The Du Ming brothers looked at each other: "Let's try it out?"

That night, the two brothers took their things and went to Lao Gu's house, without going around in circles, they wanted to borrow the basic book they didn't need for the time being and copy it down.

I thought I would be embarrassed no matter what, but Gu Mingdong nodded and agreed: "You can distract my sister from studying, and borrow and copy what they don't need for the time being."

"But the ugly words are up front, how can I borrow it and return it."

Du Ming patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, even if my head falls off, this book will never be damaged."

Seeing that the old Gu's family even borrowed educated youths, members of the commune, who were already ready to move, came to the door one after another.

Gu Mingdong treats everyone equally, but anyone who comes to borrow books has to queue up, and it is his turn to borrow books that are temporarily unusable by himself. If the book is damaged, there will be no next book.

The rules are strict, but the candidates who are thirsty for knowledge think it is reasonable.

After all, this book was bought from Shanghai at a great price, and it is considered generous to lend it to you to copy it, and if you ask for it again, you are ignorant.

Gu Yong and the others studied together directly at the old Gu's family, which saved the time of copying books. Slowly, the children who had a good relationship with the old Gu's family also came to the door. A group of people complemented each other, forming a small study class.

To Gu Mingdong's surprise, Li Mingming looked out of tune, but he was the best among the group of people in his studies. He was very quick-witted, and his scores in mathematics, physics and chemistry were far better than those of the Gu family sisters.

Gu Mingdong looked at it, and simply suggested that he come and study together. Li Mingming knew what he meant, and wanted him to teach the Gu family sisters. He took pictures of others and agreed immediately.

After reading the information, Li Mingming did what he said, but whenever the Gu sisters asked questions, he would explain them carefully.

Of course, not everyone has a good face. They once had a fight with the old Gu's family, and those who have a bad relationship, really can't let go of this face.

Wang Mazi wholeheartedly wanted Liu Dazhu to be admitted to the university, to honor his ancestors, and now he heard the news and immediately shouted: "Xiao Zhu, don't you have a good relationship with their family? Copying books is so slow, wouldn't it be better to go directly to their family to study together?"

Liu Xiaozhu has grown up, so he knows how to lose face: "Uncle, this is not appropriate."

"What's wrong with this?" Wang Mazi remembered, because of his affair with Gu Mingdong, Liu Xiaozhu had also become estranged from that side over the years, and the main reason was that he held the child back.

Not to mention how regretful Wang Mazi was, he rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Aren't your sister and the fourth child of their family very close? Let her go and try."

Liu Xiaozhu's eyes flashed: "Uncle, do you agree with my sister to take the college entrance examination together?"

Wang Mazi smiled, and said lightly, "You two go together, for your sister's sake, their family will never drive you away."

This winter, Shanghe Village was immersed in hard study. Candidates, big and small, forgot to sleep and eat, wishing they could spend 24 hours a day studying.

The time for resuming the college entrance examination is too short for the college entrance examination, and they always feel that they have not reviewed enough.

When the winter snow was pouring down, the first-year college entrance examination finally began.