The wild ginseng in Huazi's family was found when his father was young. He relied on his skills and courage to go deep into the mountains and dug a rare wild ginseng that was 100 years old. This old ginseng became a treasure. However, only Huazi and Gu Weiqiang were familiar with it. When he was young, he bragged about it with his friends. Therefore, Gu Weiqiang knew that Huazi's family had a life-saving treasure.
When Tang Lanzhi had a difficult birth when giving birth to her second child, Gu Wanwan, she survived by relying on a piece of old ginseng.
However, for so many years, although Gu Wanwan was in poor health, Huazi never mentioned that he wanted to use old ginseng to supplement Wanwan.
It can be seen that Anan's health was so bad that Huazi even gave up his wife.
Gu Weiqiang was very grateful. He felt in his pocket and took out a pack of Daqianmen and threw it to Huazi.
Huazi held it with both hands, his eyes shining, as if he saw his own wife. He carefully scratched the cigarette box several times, and said, "Wow, this is Daqianmen, Qiangzi, you are willing to spend money this time." These
days, the price of a pack of Daqianmen is more expensive than two pounds of meat, and in this town, you can't find a place to sell Daqianmen. You have to go to the county town or a larger city to see such a rare cigarette.
Gu Weiqiang travels long distances outside, so he naturally has some connections. A pack of Daqianmen costs more than one yuan, and he himself is reluctant to smoke it. He carries it with him just to open up the channel.
He smiled bitterly and sent Huazi out.
Zhou Aiju also went to the kitchen.
Gu Weiqiang and Gu Dongdong were the only ones left in the house. The eight-year-old boy was lying on the edge of the kang. He was thin and had a big forehead, which made his eyes look brighter. His eyes were misty and he cried, "Dad, sister will wake up soon!"
Gu Weiqiang touched his pocket and wanted to smoke a cigarette, but he held back in front of the child. He raised his hand and touched his son's forehead, firmly saying, "Well, An'an will wake up soon. You stay by the side and watch over him. Dad is going out for a while." An'an has always been a person who suffers losses since he was a child. This time he went to the county to study in high school. No matter what, he would keep this place for the eldest daughter.
As for his little girl, who is one year younger anyway, he is making more trips to try to earn tuition and living expenses so that his little girl can go to the county town to study next year.
After all, he is useless as a father.
By saying this, Gu Weiqiang was belittling himself. He worked as a long-distance truck driver in the transportation team, and his monthly salary was thirty-seven and a half yuan. The thirty-seven yuan was given to Zhou Aiju for business use. In addition, all the money he earned from other ways was used to support his family.
After all, he was the only one providing food and drink in the entire Gu family, so he should help out a few more brothers.
However, when I think about it, the money he earned, let alone An An and Wanwan, went to high school. Even Dongdong was in high school now and could afford it. But...
the Gu family did not split up, so the money he earned was handed over. This time, two people were able to go to the county town to study in high school, one for the second bedroom and one for the fourth bedroom. You know, these days, if you can afford your children to go to high school, you are really tightening your belt. Just here, there are several children in the Gu family who are in elementary school, which is a huge expense.
In fact, the Gu family's conditions were good, and they were the first in the whole Gujia Village. But two years ago, the Gu family built a big red brick house with glass windows, which was really fashionable. But the price of this fashion was a lot of money. Zhou Aiju spent all the family savings she had saved for so many years, and this is why she had to fight for a place in school.
An An, who was sleeping, didn't know that Gu Weiqiang went to find Tang Lanzhi alone for her and warned her not to think about fighting for a place.
Wang Daying, the second daughter-in-law in the kitchen, took a greasy spatula and wiped the surrounding area of the big pot. She stretched her neck to look outside the kitchen. Seeing no one, she spoke, "Sister-in-law, did you say that fourth brother took a few eggs just now?"
Zhao Junyan, who was burning a fire in front of the stove, did not even raise her head. She just stuffed wheat straw into the stove. In the middle of winter, wheat straw was used to make a fire. She said indifferently, "I don't know."
Wang Daying raised her eyebrows and curled her lips, "Girl, it's just a fever. You don't have to hire a barefoot doctor and waste a few eggs."
Zhao Junyan lowered her head, just to make sure the work in her hands was not missed, and ignored Wang Daying, as if she didn't hear her.
To be honest, Zhao Junyan is a good name, but she has a bad background. Her ancestors were big landlords. When they were criticized in the early years, she had no choice but to be driven out by her family. She broke off her relationship and fled from Henan to Gujia Village. When she was half hungry, it was the eldest brother of the Gu family, Gu Weiguo, who saved food from his own mouth to save Zhao Junyan.
After waking up, Zhao Junyan did not despise Gu Weiguo, who was a cripple, so she married him and settled in Gujia Village.
In fact, because Gu Weiguo was a cripple, no one in the village was willing to marry him. Instead, he was the last one in the Gu family to get married. Now his son with Zhao Junyan is only ten years old, two years older than Gu Dongdong.
An An didn't know about the sudden move in the kitchen. She lay on the bed, smacking her lips. In her dream, she saw the big supermarket where she was before she came here. She was standing in front of the brine, drooling.
That brine chicken leg smelled so good!
She subconsciously reached out and touched her bulging belly, then touched her empty pockets, and pursed her lips. It was a pity that she had no money.
She remembered that she traveled to the 1970s and changed from a wealthy woman to a penniless Gu An An.
The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt. She squatted in front of the salted meat stall, smelling the familiar aroma of meat, holding her head and crying. She missed her parents, she wanted to go home, she didn't want to stay here, not at all.
Gu Dongdong, who fell asleep sitting on the kang, didn't know that her sister lying on the bed suddenly disappeared.
At this time, Gu Anan also noticed something was wrong. The smell was too familiar. The ground she squatted on was also cold and had a real touch.
Could it be?
This supermarket is real?
It came to this era with her.
To be honest, Gu Anan was also unlucky. She was just shopping in a supermarket, but when she walked to the beverage area, the shelf fell down and hit her. Gu Anan, who was originally spoiled in the 21st century, became a cabbage soaked in bitter water in the 1970s.
Gu Anan stood up suddenly. Perhaps the fever had not subsided yet. She was dizzy and could not take care of many things. She ran all the way to the beverage area. Sure enough, where she fell, a pile of drinks were rolling everywhere, and her small bag was still under the drinks.
Gu Anan used all her strength to pull the small bag out.
She took out her cell phone, which still had three bars of power. She looked at the recent call records and found that her father was the first one. She subconsciously dialed the number, but it only beeped three times and hung up automatically.
An An didn't give up. She gritted her teeth and dialed the second number. This number was her mother's. The result was still the same. She couldn't get through. She murmured, "How could it be?" She touched the address book and pressed it one by one, but still got nothing.
This phone can no longer dial any number.
And she, Gu An An, can never go back.
Thinking of this, Gu An An's heart ached. If she was gone, what would happen to her parents!
She resisted the sourness in her nose and opened the photo album on her phone. The first photo was a family photo of her parents and her.
In the photo, Gu An An was wearing a graduation gown and a high ponytail. She stood between her parents and smiled brilliantly.
Gu Anan's eyes were misty, staring at the photo intently. As she stared, tears fell like beads with a broken string.
"Mom and Dad, Anan misses you so much." She raised her hand and stroked the photo unconsciously, holding her phone and burst into tears.
After crying enough, Anan stared at the glass window of the supermarket, lost in thought, "I can't go back."
She put the phone into her bag and carefully placed it in the most conspicuous place.
Anan walked to the pharmacy area, picked out a box of cold medicine, took out two pills, and drank them with mineral water. After thinking for a while, she went to the food area and drank half a bowl of freshly baked corn porridge. She
cheered herself up in the mirror, but it would have been fine if she hadn't looked in the mirror. This time, Anan was scared.
This dark, thin girl with dry yellow hair is actually her?
How is it possible?
Although Gu Anan was not popular with everyone, she was at least a little beauty!
What is this body?
Is it charcoal?
Anan bets that her skin color is no different from that of black people.
I was just losing consciousness!
I heard a scream outside, "Sister, where have you been?"
Gu Dongdong, the little kid, woke up and subconsciously touched his sister's forehead. Unexpectedly, he touched nothing. The original sleepiness was gone in an instant. The little kid cried and ran out of the west room to find the adults to see.
Gu An'an was frightened and hurried out of the supermarket. He crawled into the quilt and yawned. The medicine just took effect and he fell into a deep sleep again.
When the little kid dragged his father with one hand and his grandmother with the other into the house, he saw the person lying on the bed and his tears stopped immediately. He said in a daze, "Sister... Sister is back."
The adults were a little amused and thought that the child was hallucinating.
Zhou Aiju put the ginseng whiskers she got from Huazi into the pot and boiled them. After boiling a bowl of them, she poured them into An'an and told Gu Dongdong to watch over An'an in the house. In this cold winter month, every household started to prepare for the New Year and was busy.
Gu Dongdong nodded her head like a garlic, her eyes wide open, staring at her sister on the bed without blinking, fearing that her sister would disappear again in the next second.
Gu Anan was half asleep, and there was a rustling sound in her ears, which made her head hurt. She opened her eyes with difficulty, and found that her cheap mother and cheap sister were rummaging around in her room, and their appearance and expressions were obviously not right.
She moved her arm and snorted.
The two people who were rummaging around in the room suddenly froze.
Tang Lanzhi looked annoyed, why didn't this eldest lady wake up earlier or later, but woke up at this time.
Gu Wanwan's expression remained unchanged. She raised her hand and patted Tang Lanzhi's arm, "Mom, you continue to pack, I'll go see my sister."
As she said that, she stuffed some tickets that she had packed aside into the cloth bag in Tang Lanzhi's hand, and then she walked in front of Gu Anan, smiling innocently, "Sister, you're awake! Are you feeling better?" Although she spoke a lot of caring words, she didn't do anything. She didn't say to pour a glass of water for the patient, and she didn't think about helping Gu Anan get up.
Gu Anan didn't expect her step-sister to help her up. She leaned against the head of the bed, propped up her arm, and sat up, "What are you doing? Where are you packing things?" She really couldn't say the word "Mom".
Tang Lanzhi didn't pack anymore. She tied the mouth of the bag and held it in her hand. "Mom, I'm going to take your sister to your grandma's house to celebrate the New Year."
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