Seventy Buddha Cannon Fodder

Chapter 201 The Li Family

Being stared at by the two elder nephews, Gu Mingnan woke up in a jerk, and quickly changed his words: "What are you talking about, I'm afraid that you two are heartless, and when the time comes, you will find grandma's house, and you will forget your origin after listening to other people's words."

Gu Liangxing felt strange in his heart: "Really?"

"Second Uncle, you were not a person who was easy to think about things before."

Gu Mingnan had no choice but to say: "Just think of me as an old man who tends to think wildly."

The twins who heard these words couldn't explain it in words, and secretly thought that Gu Mingnan still refused to accept his old age a few days ago, and kept claiming that he was still a young man, completely ignoring that he was already the father of two children.

It's fine now, and he said he was old.

Annoyed by the children's questions, Gu Mingnan got up and said, "That's all right, all right, I don't care if you want to go or not."

After speaking, I went out to take a shower with the washbasin towel in my arms.

Gu Liangxing looked at his back, turned his head and said, "Ah Chen, don't you think Second Uncle is acting weird today?"

"I also find it very strange." Gu Liangchen agreed.

When Gu Mingnan calmed down after taking a shower, he couldn't help but slap himself: "It makes you talk, makes you excited."

The eldest brother dares to let the two children come over, so he must be sure in his heart, why is he so excited.

These two bastards are very clever, maybe they can see the problem from his reaction.

Gu Mingnan walked back to the dormitory slowly, and when he met two pairs of big eyes, he coughed, lay down and said, "Second Uncle was too excited just now, I apologize to you two."

"Ah Xing, Ah Chen, I watched you grow up, you must not be heartless white-eyed wolves, Second Uncle misunderstood you."

The more he behaved like this, the more suspicious the twins became. After all, with his second uncle's character, it was normal to yell loudly.

"Second uncle, tell me what kind of person my mother is?" Gu Liangxing said deliberately.

Gu Mingnan pondered. He also had complicated feelings about his deceased sister-in-law.

"Your mother...she is a very good woman." Gu Mingnan edited his words and continued, "After coming to Shanghe Village, she never disliked the old Gu's family for being too poor, and treated me and my two younger sisters as well. all good."

Gu Liangxing asked, "That's it? I've heard these words countless times."

Gu Mingnan scolded angrily: "You let me think about it."

Too many years have passed, and Li Lijuan has not been in Shanghe Village for a long time. Gu Mingnan recalled carefully now, but suddenly found that he could not remember the appearance of his sister-in-law.

In an instant, Gu Mingnan suddenly understood why the twins came to Daishan and why they wanted to know about their mother's past.

He sighed slightly, and after a long time, he said: "Sister-in-law is very smart and gentle, she treats everyone very well."

"When she was still there, she could get along well with Widow Liu next door. At that time, she was in charge of all the affairs at home and outside the house, and the eldest brother just listened to her foolishly."

"My dad can still do this?" Gu Liangchen asked in surprise.

After all, in their memory, Gu Mingdong has always been a man of his own accord at home, a person who has a particularly strong idea, how could they have imagined that he once obeyed another person, even if that person is their mother, the twins find it unimaginable.

Gu Mingnan laughed: "Brother is not like this from the beginning. In the past, he was soft-tempered, thin-skinned, and didn't like to deal with people. To be honest, we were surprised that my sister-in-law would marry my brother."

Not only them, but everyone in the village found it strange that at that time, the eldest brother seemed to have no other advantages besides being good-looking.

"My dad is soft-tempered?" Gu Liangxing was stunned, suspecting that they didn't know the same person.

Gu Mingnan said helplessly: "My sister-in-law has been in poor health since she gave birth, and the conditions at home were not good, so she couldn't take good care of her. After she passed away, your father was sad for a while, as if he had changed himself. "

"I think the eldest brother must be anxious about what the sister-in-law told her before she died. Even if the sister-in-law is gone, he still wants to raise you well."

This silenced both children.

The twins thought that if their mother was still alive, they must be the happiest family.

Gu Mingnan said again: "If you want to go to Li's house to have a look, then go, but you have to remember that the person who loves you the most in this world must be Big Brother."

"I know." Gu Liangchen said firmly.

Gu Liangxing even said: "I need you to remind me, Second Uncle, why are you talking so nasty today?"

"That's not worrying about you two without conscience." Gu Mingnan said angrily.

Gu Liangxing laughed: "We're just going to take a look. It doesn't matter if the Li family is good or bad. We'll go home after we're done."

Gu Mingnan didn't speak any more, and the three of them slowly fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Gu Mingnan wanted to go there with his two nephews, firstly because he was afraid that the children would suffer, and secondly because he was afraid that the Li family would say something they should not say.

But the twins refused, so Gu Mingnan had no choice but to send them to the door and then go back to work.

As soon as he left, Gu Liangxing touched his chin and said, "Something is wrong, Second Uncle is too wrong."

"Since I was a child, my second uncle has never been able to hide things in his stomach. What kind of secret is making him so entangled." Gu Liangchen also felt suspicious.

The twins looked at each other suspiciously.

It's not the first time for the two of them to come to Daishan City. Gu Mingdong likes to take the children to play around. Even though it's inconvenient to travel now, they have been to Daishan City before.

But this was the first time that they were not accompanied by their father, and the brothers followed the address all the way to find it.

The development of Daishan City is much faster than that of Xiyuan Town. The family building that used to be decent now looks much dilapidated.

Soon, Gu Liangxing looked up at the building: "Is this the place?"

"Go up now?" The timing is very coincidental. Those who should go to work have gone to work, and those who are not going to work should happen to be at home, so going up at this time will not attract attention.

When they got downstairs, the brothers were a little bit hesitant.

"Let's go. Stretch out your head and cut your head, and retract your head." After Gu Liangxing finished speaking, he stepped up the stairs.

Gu Liangchen rolled his eyes: "You like to be a bastard, but I don't."

"It's all at the door, you can argue with me about this."

"Not even in the house."

The two brothers quarreled for a few words, but the originally tense atmosphere relaxed. They just came to see, and didn't have any expectations for the Li family.

Gu Liangxing raised his hand and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" A woman's voice came from inside.

After a while of footsteps, the door was opened, revealing an old face.

"Who are you looking for?" Mother Li asked suspiciously, but when her eyes fell on the faces of the two, she paused and her lips trembled.

"Hello, is this the Li family?"

When Mother Li looked at them, the twins also looked at Mother Li's appearance. She looked much older than Gu Xiuxiu, wearing washed and whitish blue cloth clothes, with patches on her trousers, and she seemed to be living very poorly .

The twins thought they would see their mother's shadow in the Li family, but now that they met each other, they only felt strange.

Mother Li reacted first, she subconsciously looked behind the two boys, but she didn't see anyone.

The disappointment in the eyes flashed, and Mother Li let the door open: "Come in."

Gu Liangchen was a little surprised. They were all men, tall and burly, but Mother Li let the door open to let two strangers in. Could it be that she recognized them at a glance?

Mother Li didn't answer, she turned around and went straight into the kitchen, and came out with two bowls of brown sugar and eggs.

Boiled eggs with brown sugar are used to entertain guests in Daishan City, and they are only boiled when distinguished guests come. Usually, it is the first time for a new son-in-law to eat.

Looking at the red syrup and bright yellow eggs in the white porcelain bowl, the twins looked at each other and became even more puzzled.

Mother Li sat down opposite them, showing a kind smile: "Eat, and then talk slowly after eating."

The twins had to eat some.

Mother Li waited until they were almost done eating, and then asked, "Where is your mother, why didn't you come back with me? Is she still blaming me?"

Gu Liangxing was surprised from the bottom of his heart, and couldn't help asking: "Do you know who we are?"

Mother Li's eyes were sore, she turned around and wiped the corners of her eyes, and said with a smile: "I just opened the door and took a look, and I recognized it, you are my grandson."

"It's been so many years in a blink of an eye. I didn't hug you when you were born, and neither did the red eggs. Now you have become big boys."

Gu Liangxing asked in surprise, "How did you recognize it?"

"How can I not recognize you, you look exactly like him, how can I not recognize you." Li Mu muttered.

Gu Liangxing scratched his hair, said with a smile: "We both look like my dad, everyone in the production team said so."

In fact, everyone in the production team felt that although they were twins, the older the two brothers looked, the less they looked like each other. The eldest was like an uncle, while the second was like Gu Mingdong.

Mother Li was taken aback by saying this.

She subconsciously stopped talking and began to look at the two brothers. Because it was the first time they met, even though she noticed that the two brothers had different personalities, Mother Li still felt that the twins were very similar, and they were brothers at first glance.

Likewise, they all looked like that man.

But soon, Mother Li realized something, and forced a smile: "Yes, they both look like your father."

Gu Liangxing was keenly aware of the strangeness on her body, and his dodging eyes were somewhat concealed.

Before he could think about it, Li's mother got up and said, "It's rare for you to come here, grandma is going to buy something delicious."

"Don't be too busy." Gu Liangxing hastily stopped her.

Before entering the door, they made a lot of preparations, but when Mother Li greeted them like a grandmother, the two of them didn't know how to react.

"Actually, we came here this time to ask about my mother." Gu Liangchen said.

Mother Li paused: "Ask about your mother?"

"What do you mean by that? Where is Lijuan now? Did she come with you? Why didn't she come up?"

The twins looked at each other and asked strangely: "Don't you know? It's been almost 15 years since my mother passed away."

"What!" Mother Li exclaimed in shock.

"My mother has been dead for many years."

Mother Li only felt that her eyes were darkened, and her whole body fell limp. It was the twins who were blind and gave her a quick hand to keep her from sitting down.

"What's wrong with you, do you want to be sent to the hospital?" Gu Mingxing asked hurriedly.

Mother Li recovered a little and shook her head: "No, I'm fine."

After finishing speaking, she grabbed the twins' hands: "Lijuan is gone? Why is she gone?"

"I have been in poor health since giving birth, and then I left."

Sitting there, Mother Li couldn't stop crying, "It's my fault. I shouldn't scold her, beat her, and let her get out and never come back."

"It's all my fault. After my good daughter has been away for so many years, I still think that I can come back when she gets over her anger. Who knew it was a white-haired person sending a black-haired person, my poor daughter..."

Seeing Mother Li crying extremely sadly, the twins were at a loss for what to do.

They couldn't help but wonder in their hearts, why did such a mother cut off relations with her mother, and didn't even communicate with each other for so many years, even when she died.

Li's mother was crying out of breath. At this moment, a person rushed in from outside the house and scolded: "What did you do to my mother?"

As he was about to do something, Li's mother hurriedly stopped him: "A Bin, don't do anything, this is your nephew."

"Where did my nephew come from?" Li Libin was furious, and suddenly froze, looking at the two of them in disbelief, "You, you are my sister's son?"

Li Libin was surprised and then delighted: "Then what about my sister, did she come back together?"

Before the words were finished, Li's mother cried again: "Abin, your sister is gone, and she will never come back."

Li Libin's expression changed: "What? Why did my sister disappear?"

After another explanation, when Mother Li finally calmed down, the four of them sat face to face and were speechless for a while.

Li Libin looked at the two nephews, trying to find traces of his sister on their faces, but it seemed that there was nothing there, maybe the two children looked like their own father.

He sighed, and asked in a bad tone: "Where's your dad, why didn't you come over?"

"He's at home." Gu Mingxing said.

Li Libin had resentment in his heart, and he didn't speak very nicely: "My sister has been gone for so many years, and he didn't even think about reporting a letter. This is because he didn't take my sister seriously. Besides, my sister is a good person. Sick and dead?"

"What do you mean by that?" Gu Liangchen's face turned cold, obviously very dissatisfied with Uncle Cheap's slander of his father.

Li Libin snorted coldly, and wanted to say something, but was grabbed by Li's mother: "Abin, don't talk nonsense, it will chill the hearts of the children."

"There's something wrong with what I said. Even if the trouble was not pleasant back then, how could they not come back once, so that we didn't even see my sister for the last time."

Mother Li began to wipe her tears again: "Don't blame him, blame me, it's all my fault, I told her to get out and not come back."

"Mom..." Li Libin stood up helplessly.

At that time, Li's mother was also violent, and she was always in a hurry, but she suffered from a serious illness a few years ago. After recovering from the illness, her health was not as good as before. On the contrary, her violent temper changed.

That is to say, from then on, Mother Li no longer mentioned that her daughter was not allowed to go home, and even tried to find a way to contact her. But at this time, Mother Li discovered that her daughter never looked back, and only said that she had gone to the countryside, but which country she was in? I don't know at all.

The past few years were very chaotic, and Li's mother didn't dare to ask around, for fear that it would not be done well and would cause trouble for her daughter.

Who knew that after going around and going around, they would not be able to see each other for the last time.

Mother Li didn't look at him, and held the hands of the two grandsons: "Don't blame uncle for speaking harshly, he just has a good relationship with your mother, and I feel uncomfortable hearing the news."

While talking, she looked at her two eldest grandsons, and saw that they were tall and strong, and their bodies looked strong. At a glance, she knew that they were well-raised and didn't suffer at all.

Li's mother was slightly relieved, and asked again: "Are you still studying?"

"Still going." Gu Mingchen replied.

Mother Li laughed: "According to your age, you should be in high school, right?"

"I went to school early when I was young, and I will be a sophomore in the second half of the year." Gu Mingxing replied.

Li's mother repeatedly nodded and said yes, and then asked: "Your mother has been gone for so many years, will your father marry again in the future?"

The two brothers answered honestly, Mother Li looked slightly surprised, and sighed again: "Lijuan married a good man, that's fine, at least I know she was happy when she left."

She didn't expect that the man could keep the twins all the time without getting married.

Mother Li couldn't help thinking, if her daughter had encountered this first, wouldn't her life be so miserable.

Li Libin hummed beside him and said, "He married his sister, but let her go so early, what a good family he is."

Mother Li's face darkened, and she glared at her son: "A Bin, if you do this again, go out, don't delay me talking to my two grandchildren."

"Mom—" Li Libin felt wronged in his heart.

He felt that what he said was right. His older sister was married, so she was considered a low-marriage anyway. The two sides hadn't moved in these years, and the older sister was gone, so she didn't even send a letter.

If it weren't for the face of his two elder nephews, Li Libin would have rushed over to beat up that so-called brother-in-law.

Mother Li didn't care about him, she just held the twins' hands and talked carefully, asking them how they were doing well these years.

The twins answered in a straightforward manner, and Gu Liangxing couldn't help asking: "That...grandma, my mother didn't even leave a picture, is there anything she left here?"

As soon as Li's mother heard it, she knew why they came to the door.

She hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, she left in a hurry back then, so she didn't take a lot of things with her."

After saying this, she paused, and then said: "It's been so many years, and I don't know where I put the things. I have to look for them."

Li Libin got up and said: "Mom, you are really confused, isn't the thing under your bed?"

At that time, my elder sister had a huge quarrel with her family, saying that she would never return after she got married, and Li's mother also said that she would cut ties with her forever, but in fact she still secretly kept her things.

Mother Li glared at her son, got up and said, "Is it under the bed, then I'll go and have a look."

"Do you want me to help you?" Li Libin said proactively.

"No, you can talk to the two children." Mother Li went straight into the room and closed the door carefully.

Looking at the two nephews who were taller and stronger than him, Li Libin scratched his hair and said, "You guys are really strong, much taller than your cousins."

Gu Liangchen had a bad impression of this cheap uncle, and didn't really want to talk to him.

Gu Liangxing asked curiously, "How many cousins ​​do I have?"

"How old are you two?"

"16."

"16 years old." Li Libin felt that something was wrong, but he didn't think deeply about it, and explained, "Your uncle's family has two cousins, three cousins, and one cousin. They don't live here. Girls, they are all a few years younger than you, and they don't usually live here."

Li Libin still couldn't believe that his sister left just like that, and couldn't help but ask, "Did your mother mention her natal family?"

Gu Liangxing only said: "We don't remember, but my fourth aunt said that my mother doesn't like to bring up the past."

Li Libin didn't know what he thought of, he sighed and said, "Forget it."

After all, it was the first time the two parties met, so they couldn't continue after barely speaking a few words.

Li Libin turned his head and asked, "Mom, did you find it? It's in the box under the bed."

"I'm looking for it." Mother Li replied.

Li Libin was uncomfortable sitting here. Although they were his own nephews, the two nephews felt particularly oppressive when they sat there, especially the young one who didn't speak, and seemed to dislike him.

After thinking for a while, he got up and said, "Your grandma is too old and her eyesight is blurred. I'll help you find it together."

After speaking, he left quickly.

As soon as he left, Gu Liangxing lowered his voice and said, "Why is it different from what I thought?"

"Maybe too many years have passed, after all, we are all sixteen." It has been a full 16 years.

"Yes, people change."

When Li Libin entered the room, he saw the box was opened and the contents inside were turned into a mess. He frowned and said, "Mom, if you find it, just move it out. What are you looking for here?"

"No." Li's mother hurriedly stopped him, "I have to see if there is anything that cannot be shown to the children."

Li Libin suddenly became angry: "Mom, how many years have passed, why do you still have to get along with your sister? If you didn't allow her to come back back then, she wouldn't..."

"What do you know!" Mother Li shouted sharply.

She looked outside to make sure there was no movement in the living room, and then she said in a low voice, "Your sister has already left, and the two children are living a good life now. Their father is willing to marry and raise them, and send them to school. They were raised as sons."

Li Libin realized something was wrong: "Mom, what do you mean, the two of them..."

"Did I tell you to shut up?" Mother Li flipped through a book carefully to make sure there was nothing hidden in it.

"You can't let the children know about it. If you know it, it will hurt them."

"Abin, your sister didn't tell them or us before she died. She just wanted to keep it a secret, so we have to hide it."

"Their father has worked so hard to bring up the eldest two children, and we can't let him down."

Li Libin's complexion changed, and it was not until this moment that he suddenly understood why his sister had such a quarrel with the family back then, why she married to a remote village, and why she didn't come back until she died.

"Does he know?"

"He knows." Mother Li sighed quietly, "That's why I said that he is a good man, and your sister is unlucky."

Li's mother quickly packed up her things and made sure that there was nothing hidden inside, so Li Libin picked up the box and walked out.