Seventy Buddha Cannon Fodder

Chapter 216 Misunderstanding

Gu Mingdong stayed comfortably for one night, got up early the next morning, went out for a walk around and had a delicious breakfast, and then went to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences with gifts.

A few years later, when Gu Mingdong arrived at the door, the old gatekeeper with glasses asked, "You are Gu Mingdong, go in quickly."

"Master, do you still remember me?" Gu Mingdong asked in surprise.

After all, it has been many years since he came here last time.

The old man smiled and said, "Even if I had forgotten it, your two younger sisters reminded me three times a day, even if I don't remember it, I will remember it."

Gu Mingdong also laughed when he heard it, and insisted on leaving him a jar of meat sauce before going in.

Professor Hong's office has not changed, it is still the same one, and the Academy of Agricultural Sciences has hardly changed, except that the trees in the yard are much taller.

Seeing Gu Mingdong, Professor Hong was also very happy: "You are here, sit down and try my new tea."

The two have known each other for many years, and they have never broken letters in these years, but there is a feeling of being both a teacher and a friend.

Gu Mingdong took a sip and commented: "The fragrance of tea is overflowing, not bad."

"Only one is good. I managed to get it." Professor Hong was dissatisfied.

Gu Mingdong took out the tea pot he had prepared: "Why don't you try the one I brought."

Hearing this, Professor Hong took out a new enamel pot and made a cup. He was not too particular about making tea. Soon, the fresh and tender tea leaves stood up one by one, stretched slowly, and the unique fragrance of green tea wafted out.

After seeing it and smelling it, Professor Hong was surprised: "Where did this tea come from?"

Gu Mingdong laughed: "How about first?"

"Sweet and fragrant, it's a rare treat." Professor Hong obviously liked it.

Gu Mingdong smiled and handed over the tea pot: "I grow and fry it myself, you can keep it and drink it slowly."

Professor Hong was surprised by these words, and then he accepted it with a smile, and commented: "Shanghe Village is outstanding, and even the tea is good, but your skill in frying tea is not good, and the heat is over."

When Gu Mingdong heard this, he reached out to take the tea back.

Professor Hong quickly stuffed it into the drawer, and said with a smile: "The presents are all sent out, and there are still some to take back."

He reciprocated the favor, and quickly said: "I have found out everything you asked me to inquire about before. Let's go, and I will take you to the teacher."

As the two walked, Professor Hong explained: "If it's the seeds of food, I'll get it for you directly, but I'm not familiar with the fruit, but Mr. Gu is an expert."

"I heard that someone is willing to contract the mountain forest to plant fruit trees. The teacher is very happy to hear that. He has many high-quality and high-yield varieties there, but you also know the situation over the years. Commercial crops are not easy to promote."

"Originally, I planned to transport you there directly, but the teacher said that he wanted to see you, so I troubled you to come all the way."

Gu Mingdong asked in surprise: "Mr. Gu wants to see me?"

"Yes." Professor Hong revealed seeing no one around, "You saved his life before. The teacher didn't believe it before, but now that he's older, he believes it."

A trace of doubt flashed in Gu Mingdong's eyes: "Professor Hong, you mean that Mr. Gu wants to see me because of something that happened a few years ago?"

"I don't know, maybe I just want to meet." Professor Hong said.

Gu Mingdong murmured in his heart, thinking of Mr. Gu's relationship with the Qian family, he was a little skeptical for a while.

Professor Hong didn't notice the change in his expression, and continued: "The teacher is old. Although he is still engaged in scientific research, he has not been able to travel far in the past few years. He usually stays in Beijing."

When we got to the door, Professor Hong reminded in a low voice: "The teacher's wife left two years ago, don't mention this when you are in front of the teacher."

Gu Mingdong naturally agreed.

Seeing Mr. Gu again, Gu Mingdong couldn't hide his surprise.

A few years ago, Mr. Gu woke up from a dying state. Although his face was full of old age, his eyes were sharp and energetic. A dying old man.

"teacher."

"Mr. Gu."

Mr. Gu sat on the recliner and nodded slightly to them: "You are here."

"Teacher, why are you the only one here, where is Xiao Li?" Xiao Li was hired by several of their students to take care of Gu Lao.

Mr. Gu said indifferently, "I asked him to go out and buy groceries."

Before Professor Hong could say anything, Gu Lao's eyes skipped him and fell on Gu Mingdong.

"Little comrade, we meet again."

Gu Lao's deep affection can be said to be kind, with a kind of tolerance and love from the elders to the younger generation: "At this time, you can bravely propose to contract the forest and take the first step, you are a courageous child."

Gu Mingdong hurriedly said: "Old Gu praised it, I just want to try it."

"But not everyone has the courage to try it out." Gu Lao said with a smile.

He also said: "It is very important to plant economic crop varieties. This is the information I have compiled. It is a batch of the best fruit varieties in China. You can choose the most suitable one for Shanghe Village, and you don't have to worry about the problem of fruit trees."

Obviously Gu Lao meant that no matter what Gu Mingdong chose, he could solve it.

Everything went smoother than expected, Gu Mingdong flipped through the booklet, and even saw several varieties that are familiar to future generations in it.

He quickly selected.

Elder Gu glanced at his choice, nodded and said, "Not bad."

At the end, he looked at Professor Hong again: "Xiao Hong, go and see why Xiao Li hasn't come back yet."

Professor Hong was stunned for a moment, wondering what the teacher was going to say, why did he dismiss him.

But he got up quickly: "Then I'll go and have a look."

Before leaving, he gave Gu Mingdong a look.

As soon as he left, the room became much quieter.

Gu Lao sat quietly on the reclining chair. After a long time, he let out a slight breath: "I feel ashamed."

Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows slightly and remained silent.

Gu Lao seemed to have found someone to confide in, and continued: "When I was young, I still had the courage to fight against my fate, but I have experienced so much and lost so much, and when I am old, I am timid and afraid of death. "

"Actually, the first time I saw you, I recognized you."

Gu Mingdong asked back: "Do you recognize me?"

Gu Lao looked up at him: "I have seen your father."

"My father?" Gu Mingdong was surprised from the bottom of his heart. He thought that Gu Lao's words were a repentance for the Qian family's following up with Hecun's Gu family, but now it doesn't sound like that.

Gu Lao fell into memory: "In the blink of an eye, it has been so many years."

"At that time, your father was only so old, young and energetic... just like you."

With bitterness in his eyes, Mr. Gu smiled miserably, "You should have heard Xiao Hong mention that I used to have sons and daughters, but they all died young one by one."

"Don't you wonder why they are dead and the Qian family is gone, but I'm still alive?"

Gu Mingdong was really surprised, but he didn't find anything on Gu Lao: "Why?"

Gu Lao closed his eyes slightly, hiding the regret and pain in his eyes: "My life was saved by your father."

"He found me, recognized me, and asked me to help with one thing. As long as I agree, I don't have to worry about when I will die inexplicably."

"I was terrified at the time. I had a backbone, but I also wanted to live. I was still so young, and I met the girl I loved. We were married and had children. How could I die like that because of the sins of my ancestors."

Gu Mingdong can imagine that when he was unwilling to join forces with the Qian family, a person appeared who said he could save him. Mr. Gu must have caught driftwood.

"He said that the Qian family thought they were praying mantises, but they didn't see the oriole hiding behind them."

The simple first sentence suddenly brought an idea to Gu Mingdong's mind.

The Qian family is the mantis, who is the oriole?

"If I had known that I was the only one who survived, then I... shouldn't have married and had children." So much so that it killed those children.

They are innocent, but because of the greed of their ancestors, they paid the price of their lives.

Yixingqing burst into tears, Gu Lao laughed at himself: "It was him back then, but now you, when will this grievance end?"

Gu Mingdong heard a bit of questioning, and immediately understood that Mr. Gu must know everything about the Qian family.

Being seen through, Gu Mingdong was not guilty at all, but nodded in agreement: "I want to know too."

"After all, in the chess game, as long as one person does not stop, the others cannot stop."

Mr. Gu understood what he meant, and sighed quietly: "How could greed stop one day."

"Sorry, I don't know who Huang Que is, and I don't know where Qian Zhiyi is, and I don't know how to stop the game."

"What did he ask you to do?" Gu Mingdong asked.

Mr. Gu looked at him meaningfully: "He asked me to take you to Shanghe Village."

"I was hiding in the bushes by the roadside, and I saw a big soldier returning home to visit relatives. He heard your cry, and then took you home."

"That family is also surnamed Gu."

Gu Mingdong's expression changed slightly. He always thought that Mr. Gu's reaction when he saw him was because he knew the relationship between the old Gu family and the Qian family, but now it seems that he clearly recognized his identity.

A misunderstanding led Gu Mingdong into a misunderstanding.

Sighing in his heart, Gu Mingdong had guessed for a long time, but finally knew that he was really not from the old Gu family, and the feeling was quite strange.

Shanghe Village is very special, and it is not difficult to understand sending the child back, but why Mr. Gu should send it.

Gu Mingdong was puzzled in his heart, so he asked directly.

Mr. Gu just shook his head: "I don't know why he did this..."

After a short pause, he suddenly said: "Your father seems to be injured, very seriously... Maybe it's not an injury but an illness. Anyway, after he left you, he never appeared again."

Gu Mingdong questioned carefully, and soon he understood that Mr. Gu didn't know much. As a person who betrayed the "Qian family", he knew only half of the truth, which was not as much as Gu Mingdong guessed.

Back and forth, his memories of that year were all stuck in the appearance of a strange man who said he could help him and let him send his baby, who was still in its infancy and had only been born for a few days, to the distant Shanghe Village.

Gu Mingdong fell into deep thought. In his heart, whether it was the Gu family in Shanghe Village or the Bai family that had disappeared, they were all victims. But now, everything is not as simple as he thought.

Mr. Gu said again: "He left one thing behind."

"He said, sooner or later, you will find me and let me give you this thing."

As he spoke, Mr. Gu took out something from his pocket.

It was a palm-sized round box, which looked a bit like a pocket watch, but unlike a pocket watch, there was no chain on it, and it was round instead.

Mr. Gu put the round box in his hand, and slowly closed his eyes again: "I have done everything I promised him."

Gu Mingdong held the round box tightly, stood up and said, "Old Gu, thank you."

Mr. Gu just leaned on the recliner and didn't answer.

Gu Mingdong didn't stay any longer, but turned and left.

As soon as he walked out the door, he saw Professor Hong strolling by the door. When he saw him, he asked, "A Dong, what did the teacher tell you? Is he planning to ask you to figure it out, for fear that I will be watching the joke?"

Gu Mingdong saw that he was beaming with joy, and couldn't help feeling lucky to be ignorant.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Professor Hong asked again.

Gu Mingdong patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Professor Hong, please spend more time with Mr. Gu in the future, he is very lonely by himself."

"That's for sure. In my heart, the teacher is no different from my own father." Especially now that the teacher's wife is gone, if Mr. Gu didn't agree, Professor Hong planned to take him home to take care of him.

Gu Mingdong smiled: "Then I'll go back first."

"Hey, are you leaving now?" Professor Hong asked strangely, "Aren't you going to stay for dinner? The teacher asked Xiao Li to go shopping for groceries."

"No, Professor Hong will stay and eat more." Gu Mingdong refused with a smile.

Professor Hong, who was thrown down, was at a loss. When he walked in the door, he saw Mr. Gu leaning over there, his face seemed to be getting older.

"Teacher, what did you just say? Why don't you look very happy?"

Gu Lao opened his eyes and said, "There's something that's been on my mind for a long time. Now that I've dealt with it, my shoulders feel relieved."

After hearing this, Professor Hong said, "This is a good thing."

"Yeah, it's a good thing." Gu Lao said with a smile.

He looked at the autumn leaves outside the window, and suddenly said: "I just don't know if I can see the finale in my lifetime."

Professor Hong hurriedly said, "Teacher, you are still young. How about I take you to dye your hair some other day, and you will look ten years younger then."

Gu Lao's originally gloomy mood was relieved a lot by what he said.

Seeing that he was in a much better mood, Professor Hong said again: "Teacher, people and scientists have said that the end of science is metaphysics. In fact, if you talk to A Dong about that matter, I wouldn't say anything if I knew it."

Gu Lao couldn't laugh or cry: "What are you thinking?"

Professor Hong said again: "I'm not thinking about it. A Dong hasn't graduated yet. As you know, his master is the famous Zheng Tong, a great Feng Shui master."

These words made Gu Lao's expression slightly changed: "Zheng Tong?"

"He's in Shanghe Village?"

"Yeah, don't you know?" Professor Hong thought his teacher knew.

Gu Lao pondered for a while, then suddenly laughed: "This is more interesting."

Gu Mingdong left all the way, holding the metal round box tightly in his palm.

There was no response from the ability from the beginning to the end, which is enough to prove that what is hidden in the iron box is definitely not a relic.

In a place where no one was around, Gu Mingdong spread his palms.

The round box lay there quietly.

The ability waved the small blade, and asked suspiciously: "Aren't you going to open it? Do you want me to help?"

Gu Mingdong didn't hesitate anymore, and opened the round box directly.

The next moment, his face became serious.

There was a thin piece of paper in a small metal round box, and the writing on the paper was exactly the same as the letter he had found!

This is the ciphertext used by the Bai family!

Gu Mingdong narrowed his eyes, no wonder the reaction of Sapphire Lake was strange that night. It turned out that the real Bai family was not dead, and there was only one standing here!

All of a sudden, Gu Mingdong suddenly had an illusion that he had deciphered it for a long time, only to find that the final big boss was himself.

The supernatural power touched his cheek, making Gu Mingdong wake up.

Taking a deep breath, Gu Mingdong put the round box away again, put it in his pocket, and walked towards the guest house with ease.

After all, his goal this time was fruit trees, and the others were just windfalls.

Furthermore, it doesn't matter if he is a member of the Bai family, he is a Xibei guy in the first place, the grievances between the Bai family and the Qian family, and the dramas of generations have nothing to do with him at all.

Putting this matter aside, Gu Mingdong strolled back, still thinking about buying a catty of fruit and a few pancakes on the way.

Counting this time, the Gu family sisters hadn't finished class yet, Gu Mingdong stayed in the guest house for a while, and then simply went to school, so as to save the two younger sisters from going back and forth.

Gu Mingdong was tall and burly, with an outstanding appearance. When he stopped at the school gate, female students passing by took a peek at him.

Inside Beijing University, after class, Gu Mingxi handed all the books to Lin Lu for help to take them back, and hurried out by herself.

Who knew that Liu Tao came over before he went outside, and said, "Gu Mingxi, I have something to tell you."

Gu Mingxi rolled his eyes and ignored him at all.

"Xiaobei, it's been a long time."

"I just finished class too."

The two sisters held hands, passed Liu Tao and walked out, thinking that he was a transparent person.

Liu Tao's face darkened for a moment, and he called out again: "Gu Mingxi."

Gu Mingxi picked out his ears: "Where are the flies buzzing?"

Gu Mingbei immediately cooperated and said, "It's hot now, and it's easy to breed mosquitoes."

Liu Tao couldn't get off the stage for a while, and his face became even darker.

Seeing this, Xu Xia was filled with jealousy and hatred. She had admired Liu Tao for a long time, but Liu Tao treated him with no pretense, but tried to please Gu Mingxi.

Feeling vicious, Xu Xia shouted loudly: "Liu Tao, you don't know yet, brother Gu Mingxi came over and said he came to see him."

"Brother Gu family?" Liu Tao's eyes flashed, that was not his future brother-in-law.

Xu Xia continued: "Yeah, they came from a long way from the countryside. If you want me to say that the Gu Mingxi sisters are real, they weren't very rich in the first place. It's not easy for them to be willing to study at home. , but it's usually so extravagant."

Thinking of Gu Mingxi's silk scarf that she was reluctant to buy, Xu Xia was even more jealous.

Xu Xia was very jealous, and obviously forgot that Gu Mingxi had always followed a simple style except for a few outstanding things. The whole class knew this, and they didn't believe her words at all.

However, she believed that those silk scarves and radios were given to Gu Mingxi by suitors, and she said a lot of bad things behind her back, but who made Gu Mingxi's popularity much better than hers, no one believed it or said it, but felt that She is a villain.

Now, seizing the opportunity, Xu Xia continued: "You don't have to hurry up and take a look, they come all the way, maybe they don't even have a place to live."

"Xu Xia, what are you talking nonsense about? The elder brother of the Gu family is here to deal with business. He has already found a guest house to live in. I want you to be troublesome."

After Lin Lu finished speaking, Zheng Yuyu also retorted: "You are jealous of Xiaoxi, and you say behind your back that you are a villain."

Xu Xia's face darkened: "I'm telling the truth. If you don't believe me, you can go and see with me. Gu Mingxi's elder brother may be poor. She doesn't know where she gets her usual food."

"Go, go, whoever doesn't go is the grandson." Lin Lu scolded.

So a group of people mobilized their teachers and moved towards the door.

Gu Mingxi sent Liu Tao away, and took his younger sister to go out happily: "I don't know if the eldest brother is back. Let's take the eldest brother to eat roast duck tonight. Although it is a bit expensive, it is really delicious."

For the elder brother's coming to Beijing, the sisters plan to save subsidies for the next two months, so that they can bloom.

While planning, Gu Mingxi's eyes suddenly lit up: "Brother!"

Gu Mingbei also saw the person standing at the door, and was immediately pleasantly surprised.

"Brother, why are you here?"

"It ended early, so I wanted to come and wait for you after school, so as to save you an extra trip." Gu Mingdong explained.

Gu Mingxi took a look: "I've come here, why don't I show you around our school, there are a few places with nice scenery."

"Okay, it's still early anyway." Gu Mingdong also wanted to see his sister's school.

The two sisters happily led him inside.

In the end, he didn't take a few steps, but saw Lin Lu and the others running over angrily.

The two sides just bumped into each other, Lin Lu was taken aback, and her eyes fell on the man between the two sisters, showing surprise.

Xu Xia glanced around, and said with a sneer, "Yo, didn't you say you were going to see your elder brother? Why did you bring a wild man to school, and bring all the dirty and smelly things to school."

Gu Mingdong understood, it was talking about him.

Gu Mingxi was so angry that he opened his mouth and was about to turn back, but was held back by his elder brother.

Gu Mingdong asked solemnly: "This lesbian, are you talking about me?"

Xu Xia snorted coldly and said, "Why, are you afraid of others saying that you can do it well? Liu Tao, keep your eyes open. He usually pretends to be noble and loves to study, but then he turned around and took the man to school."

Gu Mingdong's face darkened, with an aura of calmness and prestige, he stopped the harsh words that Xu Xia hadn't said yet.

After a glance, fortunately, except for Xu Xia, most of the other students just looked at him curiously.

Among them, the man named Liu Tao's eyes flickered, but he couldn't help turning around a few of them, showing a look of being insulted, which made people laugh.

Gu Mingdong nodded from the bottom of his heart, secretly thinking that if the top institutions of higher learning in China were all people like Xu Xia, the future would be worrisome. Fortunately, most of them are sober and rational.

"Since you are talking about me, please apologize to me and my two younger sisters immediately." Gu Mingdong said coldly.

"Why should I apologize?" Xu Xia said unconvinced.

Gu Mingdong hooked the corner of his mouth: "Everyone, let me introduce myself. My name is Gu Mingdong, and I am Xiaoxi Xiaobei's eldest brother."

Lin Lu exclaimed, "Comrade, you are Xiaoxi Xiaobei's elder brother, you look so young!"

"impossible!"

Xu Xia shouted in disbelief, Gu Mingxi's elder brother should be a vulgar, old, feudal old man, how could it be him.