After Zhao Lanxiang left, He Songbai said solemnly, "Do you know who it is?"
Gu Huaijin did not dare to conceal He Songbai on this point.
He nodded hesitantly, "If someone is really watching, except for my few students, don't do what he thinks."
"You... you put the car somewhere else."
"I don't know..." He sighed, with an undisguised self-blame.
He Songbai came back with a bunch of pork every day, and there was a faint smell of pig blood on his body. Gu Huaijin could guess what the young man was doing with his intuition.
He Songbai said succinctly, "No."
He Songbai has become more cautious since being followed by the subject last time. If someone followed him at night, he wouldn't be at all alert.
Gu Huaijin rinsed his mouth and spat out the blood that overflowed from his mouth. The corners of his eyes were swollen, the corners of his brows were blue, and he hissed and gasped when he spoke. But in front of the young man He Songbai, he still maintained his dignity.
He wiped his face and said calmly, "I'm sleeping."
He lay on the hay without caring, and since he couldn't drive people away, Gu Huaijin simply didn't chase them away.
He Songbai went back to the room and took the medicated oil that his partner bought him, put it on Gu Gong's side, and left without saying a word.
After he left, the middle-aged man lying on the grass pretending to be asleep held the small medicine bottle, stared at it for a long time, and burst into tears.
…
The next day, when Zhao Lanxiang cooked lunch, she made an extra person's portion. After she had finished the meal, He Songbai would come over and take the portion that belonged to Gu Gong to the cowshed.
The old man was also quite stubborn, his low-grade fever persisted, and he was unwilling to see a doctor. After finishing his work, he lay ill on the haystack, waiting for his daily nutritious meal.
He Songbai on the front foot brought the food over, and Zhao Lanxiang on the back foot also followed.
She handed the warm milk in her hand to Gu Gong's hand.
The whole time was silent, and no one said a word.
It rained heavily last night, and the wet ground exuded the smell of fresh soil. Gu Huaijin brought more straw and spread it around to keep warm.
He poured the delicious meal into his broken bowl and drank the glass of milk that the little girl had given him gratefully. A heart that felt frozen yesterday was rejuvenated again.
While digging for the meal, he took out his booklet as usual, flipped page after page with his thumb, and muttered to himself.
He Songbai and Zhao Lanxiang had both returned to the house.
This kind of food delivery without communication continued for several days, until He Songbai was busy in autumn and began to return to the mountain to dig ditches.
Zhao Lanxiang lived lightly, and came back at noon to cook, and when the meal was done, she shared a portion for Gu Huaijin to eat.
The weather on this day was unexpectedly bright and warm. It rained several times in a row, and the well-plowed soil turned black. It was entirely due to the farmyard manure that had composted all over the land.
As usual, Gu Huaijin took out the pamphlet and muttered, "...Technical route, analysis and measurement of rock formation, slope, and soil thickness, measurement of soil engineering properties, design stability of field ridge..."
"The rock and soil layer is weak, so it is not suitable for terrace design. The critical slope is greater than 15 degrees, and the season of heavy rain is likely to cause soil erosion."
When Gu Huaijin was muttering to himself like this, Zhao Lan hurriedly poured the rice into his pottery bowl that was missing a hole.
"Niujiao Mountain, the soil properties and the thickness of the rock layers are qualitatively unsuitable for reclamation; Heshan Mountain, the soil is fertile and the thickness of the rock layers is greater than the standard, suitable for reclamation; Luoji Mountain..."
Gu Huaijin read his notes as if he was reciting in a low voice, but unexpectedly the delicious food he was looking forward to was spilled on the ground in an instant.
Zhao Lanxiang raised his head suddenly, "What were you reading just now?"
Gu Gong jumped up from the haystack and hurriedly rescued his lunch with both hands. He said angrily: "You girl, why are you so careless, what a waste of food!"
"Baihuahua's rice, let you say it and pour it out-"
Before he could finish speaking, he saw Zhao Lanxiang's pupils shrinking in shock.
In the hot autumn, Zhao Lanxiang only felt like falling into an ice cave in an instant, shivering with cold.
Gu Gong unknowingly picked up the clean rice grains on the ground, carefully picked out the sand grains, and ate it deliciously.
Zhao Lanxiang held Gu Gong's sleeve and tried her best to calm her voice.
"Today is Niujiao Mountain, the day when the rock is opened to divert water. They plan to use explosives to divert the lake water from the mountain into the ditches..."
Gu Gong's chopsticks holding the meat suddenly stagnated, and a piece of pork belly that was boiled red fell to the ground, covered with ashes.
"what?"
…
In the morning, Li Dali was told by his mother about the time for breakfast, and was pushed and forced to go to Li Dehong's house.
"Anyway, it will be your mother-in-law in the future. I will visit you more often, work for Li Er, say a few more thoughtful words, and win over my feelings."
Li Dali was extremely helpless, but he still went to Li Dehong's house after eating.
He worked with him as a party secretary for several years, and suddenly became his father-in-law. Li Dali couldn't change a little.
He stood at the door of the house, waiting for the object to come out, carrying farm implements for her, and doing work.
The new daughter-in-law is always like this, expecting people to hurt.
But he waited left and right, the sun was already high, but Li Er didn't come out.
Li Dehong stood far away under the tree, and when he fixed his eyes, wasn't that his son-in-law, he stepped forward and patted Li Dali's shoulder with a smile, and said clearly:
"Go to work, everyone is waiting for you, the second sister won't go to work today."
Librarian.
Li Er got up early and took a piece of cake to eat on the road. Before she could put her hand back into her pocket, she was squinted by her sister-in-law.
"What do people who don't go to work eat, they only know what to eat all day long. Today, it's your turn to stay at home to watch Grandpa, and bring Ahua to your brother by the way."
Li Er knew that Li Dali was secretly waiting for her under the jujube tree outside.
She was silent.
When Mrs. Li's family set off to work, Li Ercai reluctantly carried her two-year-old niece on her back.
However, Li Dali couldn't wait for the people to leave early, so he went to distribute farm tools and went to work on the mountain.
Li Er carried people to the empty tree, and squeezed A Hua's buttocks in anger, "Cry, cry, cry."
"I'll take you to find your father and mother."
The little baby drooled and smeared Li Er's face.
She came to the construction site to see her brother and sister-in-law, and Sister-in-law Li immediately twisted her ears, "Let you stay at home and watch Grandpa, what are you doing here on the mountain."
Li Er moved the child on Mrs. Li's back and said, "I'm no thicker than your pocket, and even a centimeter hurts. Grandpa said I'd go back down the mountain at noon and give him the feces and urine."
She threw up her hoe and plowed the paddy fields.
In fact, she has been digging for a few months, and basically she has done all the work she can do, and she doesn't do the easy work that she pretends to end, not just throwing away centimeters in vain.
When Sister Li heard this, her face turned blue.
Grandpa was seriously ill, and when it was her turn, she didn't do her best to serve the elderly at home.
Li Er said: "I need a 'saw worker' to dig the trench today, but I won't be able to earn any centimeters in the future. I came here to get an extra ration at the end of the year, otherwise I'll be at home in comfort."
She turned her head away angrily. At the end of the year, she was going to marry into Li Dali's house. Even if the extra centimeters earned were not free for them
The "saw work" in Li Er's mouth was learned from the workers, but it was originally called "completion". But she fully understood the meaning of the word with her own mind.
She looked at the gurgling mountain stream sloping out of the mountainside, and after finishing her work, she wanted to go up the mountainside to see the magical things like explosives.
…
He Songbai and a group of people started a field together. The cow fed by Sister He was pulled up the mountain, put on the plow, and walked slowly with difficulty and laziness.
He led the cow, lovingly letting it stop every now and then to rest.
The sun is getting higher and higher, the hot sun makes people's skin red, and the black sun is even more black and red.
"He Er!"
"He Er-"
He suddenly heard a familiar voice that couldn't be found on the construction site. He stopped and handed the cow to his companion, frowned and said, "I'll take it off first, and you can show me."
He took two steps and one big step, and ran down the mountain quickly.
Gu Huaijin had a low-grade fever, and bumped up the mountain by running and running. He saw He Songbai as if he had seen a savior.
"Oh!"
"You came!"
"I have something urgent to tell you—"
He Songbai pulled the man into the hidden haystack, grabbed his neck, and lowered his voice: "Do you still want to live a peaceful life?"
"Why did you run around without permission in the daytime?"
Gu Gong's neck was red with anxiety. After all, he was also an elderly person. When he was young, he was barely considered an "athlete". Now he has a continuous fever, and he ran up the mountain with a hungry stomach and almost breathed a sigh of relief. Not breathing to death.
"You, you let go, let me go, I have a life-threatening event to say..."
He gasped, his eyes widened.
When He Songbai heard the words, he released his restraint.
"Cow, Niujiaoshan, fried... can't be fried, can't be fried!"
He Songbai patted Gu Gong's chest, "You're good, please be more careful?"
Gu Huaijin stared blankly, and moistened his throat with the water He Songbai handed over, and his throat that was so hot and smoking was liberated.
He straightened his words and said:
"The rock layer is too thin. I have previously detected the existence of caves in it. When I decided to cultivate terraced fields, I first crossed it out. Its soil is severely desertified and the soil fertility is not enough. If it is fried today, the field will be abandoned. , or this mountain will be abandoned..."
"I can't walk around casually, how can I think that those brats dare to overturn my decision!"
Zhao Lanxiang, who was behind the mountain, hurried to catch up. She blushed and said, "Gong Gu, stop talking, the engineering team is going to blow up Huyan at twelve o'clock. Polished!"
However, Gu Gong's legs were already floating, as if he was stepping on cotton, and he couldn't draw any strength out of his body. "You, you two, hurry up and stop it, this old man walk slowly."
He Songbai immediately squatted down and carried Gu Gong on his back.