Chapter 128
If you want to help others, you have to have money. Gu Shidong spent all his allowances these years on himself and sent the rest back home.
He took the few dollars in his pocket and rushed home to buy snacks for Yuanyuan. After a while, there was nothing left.
When he encountered problems at his old classmate's home, he couldn't help at all.
Gu Shidong couldn't ask his family for money. He was a man in his twenties and had his hands and feet. This kid was smart. He went around the pigeon market and found an old hunter who sold pheasants and rabbits. He could make five or six yuan in one trip.
Gu Shidong went to the countryside the next day, and squatted in the mountains with Uncle Zhang for three days. They harvested a lot, including hares, pheasants, and a blind bear. The blind bear was full of treasures, and his fur, bear paws, and bear bile could all be sold for money.
Gu Shidong and Uncle Zhang divided the prey into two parts. The bear paws and pheasants belonged to him, and the fur and bear bile belonged to the second uncle.
This boy told everything, and the family members were frightened to hear it.
Blind Bear is an extremely ferocious beast, and even a hunter who has been with it for many years may not be able to evade it. Dongzi and Uncle Zhang fight alone, and they can escape from Xiong's mouth without any help.
"You bastard is going to die!"
Zhang Cuilan whipped Gu Shidong with a feather duster.
The kid jumped up and down and ran behind Gu Shi'an, who had just arrived home from get off work.
The old lady's feather duster was merciless. She caught the old son and slapped him hard on the buttocks. Fortunately, it was cold now and Gu Shidong had rough skin and thick flesh, so it didn't matter if he got hit a few times.
"You bastard, you're still running away!"
Comrade Cuilan roared like thunder, and the feather duster in her hand almost accidentally injured Deputy Director Gu.
Gu Shi'an quickly grabbed the feather duster that was waved in front of his eyes, grabbed Gu Shidong's arm in twos and twos, and pushed Gu Shidong, who had calmed down, to the old lady.
The whole family criticized and educated Gu Shidong who was looking downcast.
Gu Shian knew the whole story and hesitated to say something good for his brother.
Lin Yao elbowed him and warned him with his eyes not to talk nonsense.
Dongzi, this kid, deserves a lesson.
If he dares to catch a blind bear today, he will be able to run after a pack of wolves tomorrow.
Deputy Director Gu gave his wife a lesson and could only say that he could do nothing to help his brother.
After Gu Shidong was taught a lesson, he sat down obediently on the chair. Lin Yao handed him a glass of water and said casually.
"Your brother will bring you a bag of food and 20 yuan from home in a while. Deliver it to the family before dark."
Gu Shidong was so excited that he almost dropped the enamel pot in his hand.
"Thank you, sister-in-law!"
"Don't thank me, this is what mom told me to do."
"Hey!"
Gu Shidong jumped up from his chair and went to the house to thank Comrade Cuilan.
That night, Gu Shidong went out with a small bag of fine food and a basket.
In fact, the old Gu family was not unaware of the situation at the home of Gu Shidong's old classmate.
After all, Yunshui County is so small that there are not many capitalists in the county. Gu Shidong's old classmate was named Gao Wenbin. The Gao family lived in Gao Mansion before liberation. It was a small white building with red walls and green tiles, and long corridors one after another. There were dozens of servants in the family. At that time, the Gao family accounted for more than half of the county's business.
In the past, Mr. Gao was nicknamed "Gao Bancheng".
It is conceivable that when the Gao family's business was booming, the family was very prosperous.
Moreover, Mrs. Gao was also a well-known red businessman. She donated several batches of materials to the country during the Anti-Japanese War. Later, she also took the initiative to donate most of her property to support the People's Liberation Army in liberating the whole of China.
The old man is now in a bleak state. His son was sent to a farm for reform. His daughter-in-law broke off relations with the family and remarried after a divorce.
The old couple lives in a shed with their grandson. The family relies on Gao Wenbin to sweep the streets for a living. Earlier, Gao's grandson fainted on the street.
Gu Shian, who was patrolling, sent the child back to the shed. He saw that there was only a bowl of thin corn porridge with a few rice residues floating on the earthen stove in the shed. The Gu family was not heartless. They really couldn't bear to see the once patriotic old man and his child starving and freezing.
When Lin Yao went to the grocery store to buy vegetables, he also met Grandpa Gao, who was hunched over and hobbled to pick up vegetable leaves.
Zhang Cuilan sighed when she heard her daughter-in-law say this, spread out a few white flour pancakes, cooked seven or eight eggs, wrapped one in clean cotton cloth, and asked Jiang Da to send it to Gao Zhiqing.
The old shed was quiet, and the four members of the Gao family were dragged out for sex again. Gao Wenbin was beaten by the GM young general and kicked in the heart and fainted. When he woke up again, he was already on the broken wooden board of the shed. He looked around and saw the tall beams covered with thatch. He was still lying on dry and hard straw, and there was a dry and hard wild vegetable nest on the windowsill next to him.
He smiled bitterly, remembering that he had nothing to eat last night and went to bed after drinking a bellyful of water. He was beaten today and couldn't survive. His grandparents and younger brother hadn't come back yet, so they should be sweeping the streets.
Gao Wenbin struggled to sit up, and habitually picked up the vegetable nests on the windowsill and was about to put them into his mouth.
Gu Shidong rushed in with dry food. As soon as he came in, he saw the boy eating wild vegetable nests again, and glared at him angrily, "You little bastard, is this something you, a beaten patient, can eat? Throw it all away!
You're still eating this after being beaten?"
As he said that, he snatched the vegetable dumplings from Gao Wenbin's hand, and took out all the food he brought from the bamboo basket, saying that it was specially made by his mother and sister-in-law at home, and asked him to eat it all.
Gao Wenbin looked at the boiled egg that Gu Shidong had peeled for him and was quietly lying in the bowl. He didn't know why, but tears suddenly flowed down his face.
As the saying goes, men don't shed tears easily. Apart from other things, Gao Wenbin never shed tears in front of outsiders despite the hardships his family had gone through in the past few years.
At this moment, a young man was crying like a child. Seeing this, Gu Shidong, a young man, couldn't help but feel tears in his eyes. He turned his back and said in a hard voice, "Why are you crying, little brat? How can a man not eat a full meal? Eat quickly!"
Gao Wenbin's stomach had been empty for a long time, and his hungry stomach started to hurt again, making a gurgling sound.
Gu Shidong frowned, turned around and served a bowl of porridge, passed the vegetable cake on the table to him, and stuffed a white boiled egg into the rice for him to eat, like a caring older brother, "You are in your twenties and you still can't take care of yourself? Drink the porridge to warm your stomach first, then eat the vegetable cake and egg."
Gao Wenbin felt a little embarrassed when he heard this. He wiped his tears, took the bowl and drank a big bowl of porridge, then took a bite of the vegetable cake, and bit off a large piece of grass cake. The white flour vegetable cake was filled with finely shredded potatoes, which were hot, soft, fragrant and delicious. He ate very quickly and could swallow most of the cake in one bite, and he did not forget to take a bite of the boiled egg.
Gu Shidong couldn't help but laugh in his heart, it seems that this kid is really hungry, on the one hand, he was told to eat slowly, on the other hand, he was given a holiday to have a good rest, and he didn't have to worry about food and drink, three meals a day would be delivered by the brigade, and he couldn't eat those useless wild vegetable dumplings anymore, the barefoot doctor in the village said that eating that stuff wouldn't satisfy hunger, eating it often would damage the stomach, and a young body couldn't be taken care of, it was a matter for a lifetime.
Gu Shidong rambled on and on, Gao Yexuan listened and nodded seriously.
Before leaving, Gu Shidong waved his fist to warn, "If you don't eat well, I'll beat you up!
" Gao Wenbin, who was very moved just now: "............"
Okay.
Anyway, this is the case. Most of the people in the county know about Mr. Gao's past. Before liberation, Mr. Gao opened his warehouse every year to distribute grain and help the poor. He was a well-known philanthropist, and ordinary people also cared about and sympathized with his family.
Of course, there are a few families who think that there is nothing to be pitied about for someone like Gao Wenbin who comes from a stinking ninth-class family.
Isn't it just being beaten, sweeping the streets, and being hungry?
Who hasn't been hungry these days?
Humph, a stinking ninth-class family who was reformed from a capitalist family, what's there to be sympathetic about?
The representatives are those GM young generals with ulterior motives.
This kind of people are not living a good life themselves, so they wish that the whole world will be with him.
Gao Wenbin used to work on the street every day. The work assigned to him on the street was the same as other strong laborers, mostly strenuous work. He used to eat a wild vegetable dumpling for dinner. Some of the people who worked with him laughed at him, saying that he was the eldest son of a capitalist family, so what, he didn't eat as well as us!
It was not until midnight that the old couple Gao came back with their grandson, who was only eight years old and skinny. He was a timid little guy who didn't dare to mention the delicious food he wanted to eat. Now he suddenly saw boiled eggs and white bread at home, which he couldn't eat normally. His face, which was red from being slapped, showed a surprised expression.
Gao Wenbin didn't hide it from his grandparents and told them about his old classmate's timely help.
Grandpa Gao moved his lips a few times and saw his grandson looking at the food in the basket with eager eyes.
The family of four ate a hearty meal with tears in their eyes.
Gu Shidong's family visit ended and he boarded the train back to Xinjiang in November.
After the Spring Festival in 1974, the Gu family often sent food to the Gao family.
Gao Wenbin was still sweeping the streets and saved two children who were hit by a bicycle and fell into the water.
One of them was the grandson of the deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee, the lifeblood of three generations.
Since then, the Gao family has been □□ed less frequently, and some GMs have become much better.
The deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee also found a position for Gao Wenbin. An old teacher at the steel mill's primary school was ill, and the school needed a substitute teacher. After discussing with several leaders, they asked him if he could go to the school to help teach for a period of time. After all, there was no one more suitable than him in the village.
Gao Wenbin was a grateful person, so he agreed without hesitation. Substitute teachers didn't make much money a month, so he gave Teacher Gao five pounds of coarse grain and three pounds of sorghum flour every month, which was enough for him to live on. But this didn't prevent Gao Wenbin from teaching seriously and tutoring students diligently. Some naughty children didn't like to do their homework, so he visited their homes every day. The teacher watched them, so the children had to do their homework honestly. He also bought some notebooks and pencils as rewards. Over time, the children in the factory school all loved to study.
The parents were so happy to see this, so they were more grateful to Teacher Gao. Ordinary people didn't have much good things, so they gave the teacher some fruits and vegetables to eat fresh food.
Naturally, Gao Wenbin was at a loss for words when faced with the tomatoes and eggs sent by his family. He didn't know whether to accept them or not, so he could only go to his best friend.
Who was his best friend?
Hehe, it was none other than Zhang Cuilan.
How could a fifty-year-old woman and a young city dweller who was born into a capitalist family and had studied abroad become friends?
As soon as Zhang Cuilan met Teacher Xiao Gao, they became good friends who could talk about anything. The old Gu family also supported this. After all, the old mother felt better because she had someone to talk to.
Look, Teacher Gao arrived at Gu's house. The old lady was taking Lin Yao to take apart the quilt at home. It was May now, and summer was coming soon. They had to take apart and wash the quilts at home, stuff them with new cotton, and bask in the sun for a day. Lying on them would be as comfortable as lying on clouds.
As soon as Teacher Gao showed up, Yuanyuan, who was playing at home, was startled.
What's going on? Why did Teacher Gao come to our house? Is he visiting?
Yuanyuan dropped the ball in her hand, ran back to the house, and sat at the table to read and do homework.
Gu Doudou is now in junior high school. He is a tall and straight boy with both literary and martial arts skills. He looks very good when he studies hard. When he saw his sister like this, he smiled and said nothing.
Teacher Xiao Gao also smiled. His smile made Yuanyuan's heart tremble. She thought to herself, why didn't the teacher leave? Was he here to catch her tail?
No! No!
Yuanyuan screamed like a mole in her heart. Lin Yao came out with a basin to pour water.
"Hey, it's Teacher Xiao Gao. Come in and sit down."
The mother's shout directly made the whole family come out.
"Oh, it's really Xiao Gao."
"Mom, Teacher Xiao Gao is home!"
"Yaoyao, go pour Teacher Xiao Gao a cup of barley tea." Zhang Cuilan happily welcomed the little friend into the house. Teacher Xiao Gao was a little shy in front of people, but he was open-minded in front of the old lady. As soon as he took a sip of tea, he expressed his worries. Zhang Cuilan listened carefully, smiled and stretched her legs, "Is it because of this?"
Teacher Xiao Gao nodded, feeling that accepting him or not would be a burden.
Zhang Cuilan smiled and said, "It's nothing. We all give you gifts to express our gratitude. If country children want to have a bright future, the only way out is to study. Just accept them and educate your children well."
Teacher Xiao Gao thought this made sense, and he talked to the old lady for a while. Then he stood up and said goodbye as he had something else to do at school.
After seeing off Teacher Xiao Gao, Lin Yao came over with the mung bean cakes and looked around. She heard her mother-in-law snoring in the room and smiled and closed the door.
The mung bean cakes were bought by Deputy Director Gu as a gift to the old couple. They were sweet and not too sweet, which suited the old lady's light taste.
Now the old couple's appetite has also improved. It has become a habit for them to eat a few snacks and drink some scented tea after meals every day. After
her mother-in-law fell asleep, Lin Yao took the mung bean cakes back to the stove room, intending to keep them for her mother to wake up.
Lin Yao was kneading noodles in the kitchen, and Gu Shian washed his hands and helped her. After the dry food at home was finished, the couple planned to steam another pot of wo wo tou to eat.
Gu Shian looked at the mung bean cakes that had been eaten up, "Did mother fall asleep?"
"Yes, she slept well."
"Where are Yuanyuan and Doudou?"
"They are taking a nap in the house."
The couple chatted about their daily lives, and Gu Shian sat in the seat closest to the stove so that he could easily add some firewood.
The man couldn't help but think of the couple's past sweetness, and the corners of his lips curled up.
"Yaoyao."
"Hmm?"
"We haven't been together so quietly for a long time."
Lin Yao blushed and said nothing.
Gu Shian put his right fist against his lips and coughed twice, his eyes secretly glanced at Zhao Lei, and saw her tilting her head to knead the dough in a disguised way.
"Do you want my help?" He pursed his lips, revealing a smile in his words.
Lin Yao turned her head to him, "Go wash the eggplants and tomatoes."
"Okay."
Deputy Director Gu washed the vegetables and came back to stare at his wife seriously.
This bastard laughed again, "Yaoyao, why is your face red?"
Lin Yao: "..."
What's wrong with you having a mouth? !
Fortunately, the ducks at home quacked. Gu Shian went to the duck nest to take a look. It turned out that the ducks were laying eggs. Zhang Cuilan smiled while holding the warm duck eggs, "Our ducks lay eggs diligently. They can lay one or two eggs a day. Why don't we share some with Chunmei?"
Since the county inspection team was not so strict last year, many old ladies in the county have secretly raised ducks at home. There are also some in the countryside. Duck eggs and the like, these are all good things, it would be great to take them to the county town and sell them for money, it would be painful to eat them at home, besides, the pickled duck eggs at home taste so good, especially the duck eggs, the duck eggs pickled by Zhang Cuilan, not to mention they are greasy to eat, use chopsticks to pry open the eggshell a little, revealing the golden yolk, each one is fragrant and greasy, whether it is eaten with rice or steamed buns, it is so fragrant that it makes people smack their lips.
Thinking back to that taste, Yuanyuan Doudou couldn't help swallowing his saliva.
Deputy Director Gu suggested going to Guihua Hutong with Lin Yao, Lin Yao rolled his eyes at Gu Shian and let him go by himself.
"..."
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