Seventy Buddha Cannon Fodder

Chapter 208

Gu Wei was admitted to Shanghai Medical College, and among the many candidates preparing for the exam in Shanghe Village, except for sister Gu Mingxi, she had the best test scores.

They are also Wang Feng's daughters, and the tempers of the two sisters are also very different, because they are the second daughters in the family, Gu Wei has been hated since she was born.

Gu Fang was the eldest. At that time, Wang Feng also wanted to have a son, but she felt that she was still young and could give birth sooner or later. She loved her first daughter for a few days.

But when she got the second child, she saw that she was a daughter again, but after Gu Fang was born, three years of disasters happened, the family couldn't get enough to eat, and Wang Feng's stomach didn't move, so she blamed her second daughter.

It can be said that Gu Wei grew up in the disgust of her mother since she was a child.

In such an environment, not only did Gu Wei not become obsequious, but she was a bit violent, not as gentle and sensible as Gu Fang, and often dared to confront Wang Feng, just because of this she often got beaten.

In order to be able to take the college entrance examination, Gu Wei was able to argue with her mother, and she could also forget to eat and sleep, hanging on the beam until midnight, and her eyes almost broke out.

When applying for the exam back then, Wang Feng blocked her life and death, so Gu Wei turned around and chose a far away one, instead of staying in Daishan City like her sister.

After leaving Xiyuan Town, Gu Wei realized that the outside world is so big, and she knew that her persistence was right.

During the summer vacation, Gu Wei went home, but within a few days she couldn't stand her mother's nagging, and went back to school with all her money.

Shanghai Medical College is not difficult to find, Gu Mingdong arrived at the school gate after taking a bus.

As a result, when I asked at the door, I found out that during the summer vacation, students are not allowed to live on campus, and there is no one in the dormitory at the moment.

Gu Mingdong frowned when he heard that: "If she's not in the dormitory, where can she go?"

The porter pointed to the alley next to the school: "Some students will temporarily rent a house in that area if they don't go home. Why don't you go over there and have a look."

Gu Mingdong had no choice but to go that way.

When he entered the alley, Gu Mingdong frowned even tighter. This place was even dilapidated than the area around Hei's house, small and crowded, and there was a smell of urine everywhere.

He glanced at a yard. The small second-floor house, even with a shed in the yard, was probably rented out to nearby students.

Occasionally, children can be seen running around. I am afraid that some college students have already married wives and children, and they are reluctant to leave their wives and children in their hometown. However, they do not have much money in hand, so they can only rent in such a short and cheap place. place.

Gu Mingdong turned around, but did not see Gu Wei.

After finally meeting someone, Gu Mingdong quickly asked: "Sister, do you live here, can I ask you about someone."

The woman looked him up and down: "Outsider, who are you looking for? Allah is quite familiar here."

"My niece, named Gu Wei, is a student of a nearby medical school." Gu Mingdong said.

"Niece Nong, Nong Ga already has a niece at such a young age?" the woman tutted.

But she is really familiar with this area, and quickly remembered: "Is it a little girl with dark skin and short hair, she lives in the courtyard of Lao Wu, I will take Lennon there."

Turning east and west, the two came to a courtyard. When they looked up, all the bricks on the wall of the courtyard had fallen off.

Noticing the look in his eyes, the woman smiled and said, "It's a bit broken, but the location is good."

"Old Five, is Lennon at home, someone is looking for your tenant."

Hearing the name, Gu Mingdong thought that the tenant named Lao Wu was a man, but before he finished speaking, a woman walked out of the house, she was thin and thin, she looked like she was in her 40s, or in her 50s.

The fifth child raised his head and glanced, his eyes fell on Gu Mingdong, his eyes were a little wary: "Who are you looking for?"

"Excuse me, is Gu Wei there? I'm her uncle." Gu Mingdong said.

The fifth child had some doubts in his heart: "What's your name?"

"Gu Mingdong."

Hearing the name, Lao Wu breathed a sigh of relief, the corners of her mouth moved as if she was about to reveal a smile, but she looked a little stiff, as if she was not used to such an expression.

"Gu Wei won't be back until evening, you can come in and wait."

She let the door open, and the woman who led the way just now smiled and said, "I'm here, I'm going home to cook."

Gu Mingdong entered the door, only to find that the fifth child was walking with a limp. The clothes she was wearing were all patched, but they were washed very cleanly. Living.

The same is true of the inside of the house, which looks shabby, but it has been tidied up very clean.

The fifth child poured a glass of water and handed it to him: "Drink some water and rest, she will be back later."

"Thank you." Gu Mingdong took a sip before asking, "Did Xiao Wei go out to work?"

The fifth child only said, "Let's wait for her to come back and ask her yourself."

She didn't talk to me after she finished speaking, and walked to the side to start pasting the cardboard boxes. She moved very skillfully and did it very carefully, but probably her eyesight was not very good, and her speed was a bit slow.

Gu Mingdong looked at it for a while, then walked over and asked: "Staying is also waiting, let me help you do it together."

"No, no, no..." Lao Wu hastily declined.

Gu Mingdong has already picked up one, he is very dexterous and has a good memory, just flip over a cardboard box with his fingers and paste it.

"It's quite fun." Gu Mingdong said while doing it, "It's much easier than weaving bamboo baskets in our countryside."

Seeing him working hard for a while, Lao Wu glued up a bunch of cardboard boxes, and couldn't help but look at him a few more times: "You are very similar to what Xiaowei said."

Gu Mingdong smiled: "What did the girl say about me?"

"Say you are different from ordinary country men." The fifth child replied.

Gu Mingdong said helplessly: "How old is she, how many people have she seen."

Probably they established a revolutionary friendship by pasting cardboard boxes together, but the fifth brother said a lot: "You look young, if Xiaowei hadn't mentioned your name, I wouldn't have dared to let you in just now."

"Actually, he's not too young. In two years, my son will have to take the college entrance examination." Gu Mingdong continued to move while speaking, "I hope they study hard and learn from their cousin, so that they can have a good future in the future. .”

The fifth lamented: "Reading is good, and one can understand things after reading."

Gu Mingdong smiled and said: "Yes, even if it's not for the college entrance examination, it's always good to read more books."

"Xiaowei usually loves to read books. They have to learn a lot when they study medicine. She even goes to the library to find books to read by herself. She often reads them in the middle of the night and is reluctant to put them down. I am afraid that she will damage her eyes."

"Xiaowei studies desperately, but she can't finish reading. She came all the way to Shanghai to study, and we are not around. Big sister, you usually persuade her when you see her."

"I also talk about her occasionally. It's rare that she doesn't dislike the old woman who talks too much."

"You want to say that you care about her, Xiaowei must understand in her heart."

With just a few words, the distance between the two has been shortened a lot.

When Gu Wei came back with her tired body and sweaty clothes, she frowned as soon as she reached the entrance of the alley.

She walked forward sullenly, but heard a voice: "Comrade Gu Wei, you are back, I bought watermelon, would you like to come in and have a bite?"

Gu Wei quickly refused: "No need."

"Take a bite, look at you sweating profusely." The man said, seemingly enthusiastic, but in fact he blocked her way rascally.

Gu Wei frowned, and said bluntly: "Comrade Lin, we don't know each other that well, please step aside."

"Hey, I meant it well, why don't you appreciate it." The man's face darkened.

Gu Wei was so annoyed that she reached out to push him away.

At this moment, the innermost door opened, and a person came out: "Xiaowei, we are already at the door, why don't you come in?"

"Uncle?" Gu Wei saw who was coming, and exclaimed in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"I happened to be in Shanghai on business, and your father asked me to come and see you." Gu Mingdong said.

He stood forward and looked down at that classmate Lin: "Who is this?"

"Not familiar." Gu Wei quickly stood behind him.

Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows, and looked at that classmate Lin coldly.

He is tall and muscular, with a cold face and the corners of his eyes showing that I am not to be provoked. The man waved his hands in fright: "I, I didn't do anything."

Gu Mingdong said coldly: "Men and women are different, don't strike up casual conversations if you are not familiar with them."

After speaking, he turned to look at his niece: "If someone dares to harass you in the future, go directly to the police station and sue them. Such people will not be tolerated."

The man was so scared that he quickly closed the door and entered the house, for fear that they would do what they said.

Gu Wei was amused by this scene and laughed: "Look how scared he is, he still wants to chase me like this."

Gu Mingdong saw that she was fine and was not affected by this incident, so he smiled and said: "It's hard to guard against villains, the people living here are too mixed."

Gu Wei said, "The rent here is cheap, and it's next to the school. If you need something, just call."

Gu Wei herself didn't care about it, after all, there are very few people who dare to commit crimes these days, and there are a lot of people around, but most of them are family members of students.

"Besides, it's not easy to rent a house now, and Fifth Aunt treats me very well."

"Uncle, have you met Aunt Fifth? She is my landlord. She looks cold and doesn't talk much, but she is actually a warm-hearted person."

But after entering the door, Gu Wei was dumbfounded.

Fifth Aunt, who doesn't talk much on weekdays, was busy arranging meals when she saw the two of them enter the door and said, "Xiaowei, go wash your hands and come and eat together."

"Adong, are you sitting here, do you want to drink?" Lao Wu said with a smile, "I still have a bottle of rice wine in my house, and I'm not willing to take it out when others come."

Gu Mingdong nodded and smiled, "Then I'll take a sip."

So when Gu Wei washed her hands and came out, she saw Fifth Aunt opening the bottle of Nur Hong, and took three small cups, pouring wine for her Uncle A Dong.

After a few glasses of wine, Lao Wu, who was originally taciturn, became more talkative.

She smiled and said: "It's been so many years, it's rare to have a young man with a good appetite. Let's have a drink today."

Listening to her words, there is a bit of quack air that is completely different from her appearance.

"I look down on those fathers and mothers. What's wrong with the daughter? The daughter is much better than the son after being raised. Now it's a new China. The chairman said that men and women are the same, but they can't think about it."

"Xiaowei is such a good child. Such a daughter is no better than a worthless son. What do you think of your brother and sister-in-law?"

"Especially Xiaowei's mother, she is also a woman, why do women make things difficult for women."

Gu Wei was dumbfounded: "Fifth Aunt, are you drunk?"

"Xiaowei, fifth aunt has suffered from being a girl all her life, but you are different. You have caught up with the good times. No matter what your parents say, don't listen to them. Go your own way. Don't listen to me. Believe in their evil."

Aunt Fifth was talking, but she didn't know what she thought of, and her voice slowly dropped again.

"A person's whole life passes as soon as he opens and closes his eyes. What's the use of worrying about this all day long, and caring about that. Unfortunately, I couldn't think about it back then."

"Fifth Aunt..." Gu Wei wanted to say something else.

Gu Mingdong stopped her: "Let's eat vegetables, Fifth Aunt fried them specially for you."

Gu Wei had no choice but to swallow her words and started to eat.

When she was almost done eating, Fifth Aunt seemed to have returned to normal. She wiped her face and said, "After drinking a few more drinks, she started drinking like crazy. You guys are laughing at me."

"If you're a drunkard, then there probably won't be anyone with good wine in the world." Gu Mingdong laughed.

Fifth Aunt smiled, and asked again: "A Dong, do you live in a guest house?"

"Stay one more night and I should go back." I originally planned to leave today, but now it's getting late.

Aunt Wu said, "Then you might as well just stay here for the night, anyway, there are still vacant rooms upstairs."

"That's right, Uncle Adong, you should live here, the guest house is definitely not as comfortable as this place." Gu Wei also said.

Anyway, Gu Mingdong can only stay for one night.

There was indeed a vacant room upstairs. Gu Mingdong went in to take a look, and asked strangely: "There are still vacant rooms here, why didn't you rent them out together?"

Gu Wei explained: "Aunt Wu doesn't like strangers in the house. She has very strict requirements on the tenants. They can only be girls, and they can't drag the family along."

"She doesn't like a lot of noise in the house."

After finishing speaking, Gu Wei glanced at her uncle, and said with a smile: "That's why I saw Fifth Aunt being so enthusiastic just now, I almost dropped my jaw in shock."

She asked curiously: "Uncle Adong, what method did you use to make Fifth Aunt welcome you so much?"

Gu Mingdong said helplessly, "Probably because of fate."

He really didn't do anything, it's just that the two of them talked more and more speculatively.

Gu Wei laughed: "That's really rare."

"Actually, I think that although Aunt Fifth is a woman, her thinking is more advanced than the teachers in our school. Unfortunately, during the turmoil a few years ago, she was beaten into a prostitute and suffered a lot."

Gu Mingdong also guessed something: "Does she have no other relatives?"

"I haven't heard her mention it. I only know that she has never been married and has no children under her knees." As for other things, Fifth Aunt is unwilling to say, and Gu Wei dare not ask.

"I've rarely seen her so happy."

Across the wall, Fifth Aunt was lying on the bed, but couldn't sleep because of tossing and turning.

After a long time, she turned on the light, got up from the bed, and sat by the window.

There should have been a table there, which contained the most precious memories of her life, but unfortunately, those precious things were all destroyed in the turmoil of that year.

The corner of the wall is scorched yellow, which is the trace left after burning.

Fifth Aunt sat quietly on the chair, just looking out of the window, she seemed to be able to see the boy who secretly climbed up the wall and leaned against the window to watch her laugh.

She slowly stretched out her hand, her bony and calloused palm only touched a piece of air.

No matter how hard it was, Fifth Aunt never shed a single tear, but at this moment she couldn't help it. She covered her face, but the tears fell drop by drop through her fingers.

"I regret it. I should have gone with you at the beginning."

Fifth Aunt choked with sobs, expressing unspeakable regret: "It has been so many years in the blink of an eye, and today I saw a young man who looks a lot like you, looks like you, and speaks and acts like you."

"If I had followed you away back then, maybe our children would have grown up as well."

"Unfortunately... there is no medicine for regret in this world."

She just sat there all the time, recalling the youth that would never go back.

Until dawn, the fifth aunt stood up tremblingly: "I have to buy breakfast, so I will buy your favorite fried buns, Lao Hu's has long since stopped selling them, but there is a restaurant in the alley next door that tastes good. "

When Gu Mingdong went downstairs, he saw fried buns and tofu flowers on the dining table.

Gu Wei greeted: "Uncle Adong, come over quickly to eat, Fifth Aunt bought it specially in the morning."

"Where is Fifth Sister?" Gu Mingdong asked.

"She ate and said she was a little tired before going up to sleep." Gu Wei explained.

Gu Mingdong sat down and took a sip, nodded and said, "It tastes good."

"That's not right, it's a dime." Gu Wei said with some distress.

After Gu Mingdong stuttered, he handed her a wad of money: "Your father asked me to bring it here."

Gu Wei was taken aback for a moment, then shook her head and said, "What kind of money does my dad have, Uncle Adong, you must have posted this yourself."

"Your grandfather also gave a lot." Gu Mingdong said.

Gu Wei refused: "I can't, Uncle Adong, I found a job as a tutor, and I can help people with high school materials. I can get two yuan at a time, four yuan twice a week, and 12 yuan a month." , enough for me to rent a house and eat.”

"Take it, poor family rich road, no one is inconvenient."

Gu Mingdong still asked her to accept it: "If you feel embarrassed, you can return it to me after you graduate."

These words made Gu Wei's nose a little sore, she sniffed: "Uncle Adong, thank you."

"Thank you, you are also my niece." Gu Mingdong smiled.

"Your sister is in Daishan, and she and Xiaoru have someone to take care of her, but you are alone in Shanghai. If something happens, there is no one around you."

"Fortunately, you rented here, and now I can have a companion with Fifth Sister."

After hearing this, Gu Wei finally accepted it: "Uncle Adong, I will be anxious for your well-being."

Gu Mingdong only smiled and said, "Come back home when you are free. My uncles and aunts miss you, and Tingting misses you too."

Gu Wei suppressed the soreness in her heart and said with a smile: "Okay, I miss them too."

After breakfast, Aunt Wu did not come down, but Gu Mingdong had to leave.

Gu Wei went up to ask, and came down and said, "Aunt Wu is still asleep."

"It's a pity, I can't say goodbye in person." Gu Mingdong didn't force it, thinking that the old man didn't like parting, turned and left the old alley.

After he was far away, Fifth Aunt came down from upstairs: "Did Ah Dong leave?"

"Just left." Gu Wei said regretfully, "I knew I would have made Uncle A Dong wait."

"What are you waiting for, old women don't like to say goodbye either." Fifth Aunt said.

Gu Wei looked at her: "Fifth Aunt, you don't look very well, there is a good hangover soup in the kitchen, I'll get you a bowl."

Fifth Aunt held her back: "Don't be so busy, Xiaowei, I'm going on a long trip."

Gu Wei was surprised and said, "Why do you suddenly have to travel far away?"

Aunt Wu smiled and said, "I have a good friend who I haven't contacted for many years. I want to find him. If I don't make this trip, I will never feel at ease in my life."

When she said that, Gu Wei naturally wouldn't stop her: "Fifth Aunt, are you going by yourself? How about I take a leave of absence to go with you."

"I don't know if I can find it yet, don't worry, I'm fine by myself."

Fifth Aunt said again: "The key to the house will be left with you first, Xiao Wei, help me watch the house."

Gu Wei suddenly had a feeling of being entrusted, this is the key to the house, she nodded repeatedly in agreement.

Fifth Aunt hurriedly cleaned up and saluted, she couldn't wait for even a moment, and left the house quickly, looking at her back, Gu Wei suddenly felt that Fifth Aunt was very happy at the moment, just like a little girl.

She shook her head and shook off this unreliable thought.

After tidying up a bit, Gu Wei planned to go to the library to read.

As soon as he left, classmate Lin also came out of the rented room. This time, he saw her leaving in a hurry without even saying hello.

Gu Wei snorted, but couldn't help being a little happy in her heart.

When Aunt Wu rushed to the train station, Gu Mingdong had already boarded the car for the return journey.

With the shock of coming, this time Gu Mingdong took an apple and smelled it from time to time, the smell was not so unbearable.

Because the distance was short, he simply didn't find a seat to sit, so as not to have to squeeze back and forth.

Soon, the familiar platform appeared in front of him, and Gu Mingdong was carrying two big bags of things, which were all "souvenirs" he bought specially.

Jumping out of the car, Gu Mingdong looked at the sun, and walked to the waiting place familiarly.

The fast-paced people didn't pay attention to the place not far away. A bus stopped slowly, Yan Hai jumped out of the bus, stretched out his arms to take his two daughters out of the bus, and Heimei got off with the third child in her arms.

Gu Mingdong went home, while Yan Hai's family went to Shanghai, and the two missed each other again.

After he packed his bags and changed his car, he arrived at Xiyuan Town when he saw two familiar figures.

"Dad!" The twins ran over quickly, each taking Gu Mingdong's luggage.

Gu Mingdong asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"I figured it's almost time, so I'll just wait here." Gu Liangchen said with a smile.

Gu Liangxing also said: "Anyway, I'll take it with me when I stay at home, why not come here to have a look."

"Dad, get in the car." Gu Liangchen hung up the luggage on the car, "I'll drive you back."

Gu Liangxing shouted: "Put all your luggage on my side, otherwise one side will be lighter and the other will be heavier."

So Gu Liangxing carried the luggage, Gu Liangchen carried the old father, and the three of them headed home together.

Gu Mingdong sat comfortably on the back seat of the car, enjoying a leisurely feeling.

In the end, he didn't feel comfortable for a long time, when he heard Gu Liangchen say: "Dad, Grandpa Zheng has been coming to our house to look for you these two days, maybe there is something wrong."

"Old Zheng?" Gu Mingdong nodded and said, "I'll take a look when I get home."

Who knew that when he saw Zheng Tong, the old man said, "Gu Mingdong, why did you come back!"