Gu Sheng was standing outside the yard with his head slightly tilted, his high nose and sword-like eyebrows under the brim of his hat. Behind him was a bunch of roses with brilliant colors, blooming brilliantly, as if endless vitality was spreading from the blooming petals.
The wind blew, and Gu Yao vaguely recalled the year more than ten years ago when he sent his fifth child to military school. As an older brother, he personally went to the school to visit him many times.
Gu Yao: “…”
An inexplicable sense of vicissitudes arises spontaneously.
"You—" How come there are still people who go back in time as they grow older
When Gu Yao thought this, Gu Sheng also thought so. His elder brother seemed to have become younger
I remembered my wife's secret recipe for reducing swelling, rejuvenating skin and slimming the face...
Gu Sheng had a strange expression: “…” His brother couldn’t have also found an old Chinese doctor to treat him.
In his heart, his elder brother is a serious man.
"A person feels happy when he or she is happy?"
Gu Yao: "… probably."
Gu Yao forced a smile on his face. Gu Sheng invited him into the house. After seeing Gu Ze'an, Gu Yao could no longer smile because Gu Ze'an was very proud at the time. When he saw Gu Yao, he was immediately overjoyed: "The boss is here, come on, come on, let's look in the mirror together."
"Look, do I, your father, look a lot younger? Oh, boss, when we stand together, we don't look like father and son, do we look like brothers?!" Gu Ze'an put his arm around the boss's shoulders, feeling incomparable joy in his heart.
He and his son are like brothers!
Gu Yao: “…”
Brother Gu's inner anger and annoyance were about to burst out of his eyes.
He said coldly: "Lao Wu and I are brothers."
Gu Ze'an stabbed him again: "There's a big age gap between you two. You don't look like brothers."
Gu Yao: "Don't you notice that I look a lot younger?"
Gu Ze'an looked at Gu Sheng, then looked at Gu Yao, and asked doubtfully, "Is there?"
Gu Yao: "Old Five, bring me your military uniform. I'll wear it too."
Gu Yao thought that it must be the military uniform that made him look younger and more energetic.
Gu Sheng: "My clothes won't fit you. I'll go borrow one from the neighbor next door."
When Zhan Aiping returned home, she found that the whole family was wearing military uniforms. It would seem out of place if she didn't wear one, so she took out her old military uniform and hung it out to dry.
When Gu Xiangyi arrived, she looked at the serious attire in the room and felt uncomfortable: "… What are you doing? I'm getting married, not going to the battlefield!"
Why do they look like a group of people here to cause trouble
"Sister-in-law, change back quickly!"
The day after Brother Gu arrived, Zhanbo and Zhu Jiaorong also arrived. Compared to the Gu family, who seemed to be a dozen years younger, Zhanbo and his wife looked a dozen years older, especially Zhu Jiaorong. She was exhausted from the journey south, and she was worried about her son Zhan Mingkang. She couldn't sleep well or eat well, and she kept muttering, "It's enough for Xiaokang to go to the countryside for one year. As his father, find a way to get him a place in the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University..."
"Get out of that damn place!"
Zhan Mingkang, the youngest son that Zhu Jiaorong imagined, did farm work in the countryside every day. The conditions were difficult, but he gritted his teeth and refused to admit defeat to his father. In order not to make his mother worry, he seldom contacted her. He had grown up and had learned to endure silently.
Looking up at the bright moon, I think of my hometown.
Zhan Mingkang must be in his dilapidated thatched hut in the countryside, sighing at the moon and stars in the sky, peeking at photos of his family in the moonlight, and crying secretly.
Whenever she thought of these scenes, Zhu Jiaorong felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife. She felt so uncomfortable that she couldn't extricate herself. She really hated Zhan Bo.
Zhanbo and his wife stood outside the Gu family's yard with haggard looks. Zhanbo felt a lot of pressure when he thought about getting closer to his son.
Under Zhu Jiaorong's nagging, he was really afraid that Zhan Mingkang would hate him as a father. He was happy that Zhan Mingzhao got married to the daughter of the Gu family, but Zhan Mingkang suffered in the countryside... At this time, the situation of the two brothers was, one in heaven and the other in hell. Alas, he was really miserable as a father.
Zhan Aiping saw them and said in a neutral tone: "You two are here."
Zhanbo said: "Pingping, where is Xiaokang? Is he here?"
Zhan Aiping said: "When you two come over, just notify him to come over."
"You, you are Xiaokang's biological sister, how can you speak so heartlessly." Zhu Jiaorong said sadly: "My Xiaokang, he has suffered a lot in the countryside, it's not easy."
Zhan Aiping said: "What's so difficult about it? When Ming Zhao went to the countryside, you didn't seem so worried. It turns out that a stepmother is a stepmother."
Zhu Jiaorong was choked by her: "..."
Zhan Aiping said, "If you two are anxious to see your son, I will call a car for you now. It will take another hour or so to drive along the mountain road and walk a few kilometers to get there."
Zhan Bo said, "Let's take a break first. Your Aunt Zhu and I have come all the way here and we are tired."
Zhan Aiping said, "Aunt Zhu, you love your son dearly, why don't you go over and take a look first?"
Zhu Jiaorong couldn't catch her breath and said in a muffled voice, "Then please call a car for me. I'm in a hurry to see my son. Lao Zhan, please come with me."
When Zhanbo thought of the long journey, he felt like his bones were falling apart. He really didn't want to move. He was tired, hungry and sleepy. Who knows, he might be able to eat the food cooked by his son-in-law later. He didn't want to go to the village.
"You are anxious to see your son, so go alone. Ouch—" Zhanbo held his waist and said, "My old back pain has come back. I can't move now."
When Zhu Jiaorong saw Zhanbo pretending to have a back problem, she was furious. But her energy was weak now. She was really tired from the journey... Even if she wanted to see her son, there was no rush.
Zhu Jiaorong said with a gloomy face and a caring tone: "Your father's back disease has recurred, so I'd better stay and take care of him first."
"Your father is young and old, and he can't leave me alone for a moment."
Zhu Jiaorong deliberately showed off this in front of her stepdaughter, Look, your father can't live without me.
Unfortunately, Zhanbo wanted to spoil the show: "Jiaorong, it's okay for you to leave me for a few days, or you can go and see your son as soon as possible. I, as a father, will feel uneasy if I don't know his specific situation."
Zhu Jiaorong: “…”
Zhan Aiping listened to the couple pushing and shoving each other, and in the end no one left. She just said she would call Zhan Mingkang and ask him to come over tomorrow.
"Dad, Mom? You two are here... Okay, I'll go over tomorrow." Zhan Mingkang frowned. He didn't feel happy when he received the call from his parents. He felt extremely irritated and felt that his peaceful life was disturbed.
Zhanbo's constant disciplining and Zhu Jiaorong's nagging made him feel sick whenever he thought about them. Now that he was living in the countryside, the conditions were a little worse, but he was like a free bird. The villagers were polite to him, and Sister Yanyan praised him every day.
"I still have to go there."
When Zhan Mingkang told Zhou Yanyan about this, Zhou Yanyan was shocked at first, then she came to her senses, "Kangdi, you are going to see your parents, so you have to tell them about what happened in the past year. You have suffered..." Zhou Yanyan suddenly remembered that Zhan Mingkang's parents sent him to the countryside to train him, and Zhan Mingkang now has mastered the skills of slacking off, being lazy and doing nothing all day long. He is not like those second-rate guys who stir up trouble and molest women, but he is very lazy.
This kind of laziness is not annoying. On the contrary, sometimes she thinks Zhan Mingkang is quite well-behaved.
Zhan Mingkang goes out for a "walk" every morning and evening. Villagers don't have much of a concept of walking. What's the point of wandering in the mountains? But Zhan Mingkang's walk is the same as that of city people, wandering around... and avoiding work.
After his stroll, he would stay by the water, catch some fish, swim, or sleep under a big tree by the water... His day passed like this.
The work points Zhan Mingkang earned every day were less than those of women, but he didn't care about it, and the team leader didn't force Zhan Mingkang to work. Zhan Mingkang said that he had a good family background, money and food coupons, and was not afraid of starving, so no one cared about him.
While others were working, he would go out for a "stroll", sometimes going to other people's granaries, sometimes to the supply and marketing cooperatives, and sometimes enthusiastically helping others sell grain and meat.
When Zhan Mingkang was a child, he had seen his elder sister Zhan Aijia's "touching hand" skills several times. Whenever Zhan Aijia took him shopping, she would always let him pick and choose and talk to the salesperson to attract the salesperson's attention, while she would use her own touching hand skills, and every time she did it secretly and unnoticed.
Now he has also learned this skill. It is very convenient for him to eat a handful of food from the team.
Zhan Mingkang was very generous with the things he found and often shared them with Zhou Yanyan, which touched Zhou Yanyan deeply.
Zhou Yanyan felt that her brother was too easy to deceive, which made her feel a little sorry for him. However, she still wanted to continue to cheat Zhan Mingkang for free food and drinks, and even wanted him to take her back to the city.
Zhou Yanyan also began to make plans for Zhan Mingkang: "Tell them that you actively participated in labor and reform, and that your thoughts are positive..."
Zhan Mingkang frowned: "I don't like to talk about this."
"You said they gave you more subsidies so that your parents would love you."
Zhan Mingkang thought to himself that he had no shortage of food, "Okay, okay, I'll talk to my parents."
After all, it was Sister Yanyan's kindness.
The next day, Zhan Mingkang rushed to the camp. Looking at the guards at the gate, Zhan Mingkang was very disgusted. He also didn't like the army with strict discipline.
After this year, Zhan Mingkang has grown a lot taller. When Zhu Jiaorong and Zhan Bo saw their youngest son, they were stunned.
The tall and strong man in front of you is Zhan Mingkang!
Zhu Jiaorong was stunned, and then tears fell, "My son, you have suffered a great punishment."
Zhan Mingkang was so tanned that Zhu Jiaorong felt very distressed. However, she did not know that Zhan Mingkang got his tan from playing in the water. He might not get this tan if he went up the mountain to work with a straw hat on, but he would definitely get a very dark tan if he swam without clothes.
They were all as black as carbon, so black that they glowed.
The mother and son were in tears as they reunited. Niu Chunyan came out to watch the fun, and when she saw Zhan Aiping, her "new brother", her eyes widened.
Dark and strong, very manly!
It's no wonder that Niu Chunyan's aesthetic taste has become like this, it's all the influence of Captain Luo next to her. He has been going out every day recently with two big bags under his eyes, looking hollowed out, which makes Political Commissar Niu laugh at him behind his back.
After hearing her brother's joke, Niu Chunyan thought to herself: Oh, no, men should be stronger.
The younger brother of the Zhan family is dark and strong, and he looks healthy...
Zhu Jiaorong burst into tears: "You are so tanned, it must be hard to do farm work."
Zhan Mingkang: “It’s not easy.”
Zhan Bo looked ashamed and didn't dare to look at his son any more. He felt guilty and felt that he had let his son down.
Zhu Jiaorong took her son's hand and said, "Let's go in and sit down."
As soon as Zhan Mingkang touched Zhu Jiaorong's hand, he felt that her hand was very rough, and he couldn't help but said, "Mom, your hands are so rough, why don't you use some clam oil to wipe them."
Zhu Jiaorong suddenly found that her son's hands were very tender to the touch, and she froze.
Zhanbo was shocked: "!!!!"
(End of this chapter)