After all, Gu Xiao had been on the battlefield, and the sturdy aura that appeared unconsciously on his body was something that ordinary children would not dare to approach. In the previous life, Gu Ye had seen people more fierce than him, so naturally he didn't feel anything. Gu Ming's reaction is the most real.
"Both of you are good kids! Grandpa bought meat buns in town, and you take them back and eat them for dinner. Grandpa accepted the half roasted pheasant!" Gu Xiao was very satisfied with the two children, both know to be grateful. More conscience than their father!
In addition to the meat buns, Gu Xiao went to town this time to buy pots and pans and other necessities, a bag of polished rice, a bag of white noodles, and a few catties of meat. The little donkey from the village chief's family couldn't carry it, so he brought back the horses that were fostered by the villagers outside the town.
"This is our family's mule and horse?" Gu Ming stared at the jujube red horse, looking like he didn't dare to approach.
"Yes, ours!" Gu Xiao nodded.
Gu Ming was overjoyed and walked around the mule, unable to see enough. You know, such a mule and horse will cost four or five taels at least. A family in the village is busy all year, and may not be able to earn so much money. They can't eat enough to eat. Where can they have money to travel? The roaring donkey in the village chief's family is already enviable enough. Now that their family has this mule and horse, isn't it the first in the village
This horse, Gu Xiao, was a good horse from the Duke of Zhenguo’s mansion, and he couldn’t buy it without a few hundred taels of silver. Seeing that Gu Ming liked it, he lifted the little guy onto the horse's back and said with a smile, "If you have time, grandpa will teach you how to ride, do you want to learn?"
"Yes! To learn!!" Gu Ming, who was sitting on the back of a horse, was slightly stiff, but there was an excited expression on his face. However, he did not forget his sister, and said to Gu Xiao, "Grandpa, teach my sister too, she is smarter than me, she must learn faster than me!"
"Okay, okay! I'll teach you all!!" Gu Xiao held Gu Ye's armpits, put the little girl on the horse, and sat behind her brother. Holding an animal in one hand, he limped into the village.
This tall horse, unsurprisingly, caused a sensation in the village. Looking at the supplies and food on the horse's back, the villagers' eyes on Gu Xiao changed. Everyone regarded him as a beggar. Now think about it, how could he have been so miserable after being in the army for decades? How much is a bit homely.
Those daughters-in-law who did not deal with Liu's family had the idea of playing a joke: Gu Qiao and his wife did not recognize their adoptive father, and tried every means to push people out. Now it's too late to regret it!
Gu Xiao first returned the donkey from the village chief's house and gave two catties of fat as a thank you gift. For mountain people who don't taste meat and fish a few times throughout the year, this gift is not light. The village chief couldn't shirk, so he had to accept it.
Gu Xiao came to the patriarch's house with a horse carrying two children and a pile of goods. In the evening, he borrowed the kitchen of the patriarch's house and asked the patriarch's daughter-in-law to help prepare a sumptuous dinner. He invited the village chief, the patriarch and several elders to have a meal. In the future, he will rely on these people to take care of their grandfathers and grandchildren. !
The patriarch's house was in full swing, and Gu Qiao and his wife were so heartbroken that they couldn't eat. Gu Qiao regretted a lot: that old guy was a wounded soldier who retired, and naturally he would have subsidies from the court. He should not judge people by their appearance and not recognize this family. This time it's good, I pushed the silver out in vain!
Liu snorted angrily and said, "That old man, this is to prevent us! Everyone is returning home, but he is very good. He deliberately dresses like a beggar. This is set up for us to drill!"
"Shut up! It's not all you, what a bad idea!" Gu Qiao slapped her chopsticks on the table angrily and glared at Liu Shi.
Liu Shi was unconvinced and said, "Why is it all mine? It's because you don't want to recognize him, so I'm here to help. Didn't you say it was a good idea to adopt Gu Ming? You knew that old man earlier. I have enough money, so I will adopt our big strong. We big strong have a conscience, unlike those two white-eyed wolves!!”
"Enough is enough!!" Gu Qiao was irritated by her words, "You are the one who has a big face! The family wants to pass on the incense to the children of the Gu family. Da Zhuang is a member of the Gu family? He retains the blood of the Gu family?"
After a pause, he took a deep breath and said, "I've already inquired about it, and the fifth uncle was implicated by his superiors and was just released from exile. The matter of the imperial court, who can say, may not be long before he is arrested again. Take it back. We can't just stare at the little money in his hand, if he is dragged down by him, it's not for fun!"
"Ah? Did the old man commit a crime in the army?? What is the charge? Don't be a scourge of family annihilation!!" Liu Shi asked in a panic.
"What are you panicking about! He and our clan are out of five suits, and even if we destroy the nine clans, we will not fall on our heads!" Gu Qiao's heart eased a lot, "You should stop contacting there in the future, so as not to provoke a whole body. Sao!"
"Don't worry, it's too late for me to hide!!" Liu Shi saw that the nugget soup in his hand was almost cold, and when he was about to feed his little son, he found that the little guy ran away somewhere.
"Xiao Zhuang, I came out to eat the nugget soup, and there is an egg in it for you. If I don't come out, I will eat it for your brother!" Liu Shi thought that the little guy was hiding in the house, and shouted inside.
Dazhuang was drooling, his eyes fixed on the bowl of nugget soup, and he said impatiently, "I heard you say that the patriarch's grandfather has meat to eat, so he will go to their house. Mother, give me this bowl of nugget soup! "
When Liu Shi heard the words, he divided the nugget soup in two and put it in front of Da Zhuang, and gave the other half to her man: "Head of the house, Xiao Zhuang should go to the patriarch's house to eat, shouldn't it be in the way?"
Gu Qiao snorted and drank the nugget soup, nodded casually, and said, "It's okay! His brother and sister are there, so he can still make him hungry? After a while, Gu Ming and the others will come back to rest."
When Xiao Zhuang came to the patriarch's house with his short legs, the food was already in full swing. Brothers and sisters Gu Ming came and had a good meal with several grandchildren of the patriarch around the kang table in the inner room. On the table, braised pork, stewed radish, boiled cabbage, and fried pork with pickled vegetables were placed on the table. Gu Ye also warmed up the meat buns that Grandpa bought from the town, and sent one to each person.
"Brother, brother, eat meat!" Xiao Zhuang smelled the fragrance, and the elder one drooled, and hurriedly climbed up the kang, but other people's calves are short, how can they climb up? I burst into tears in a hurry.
Gu Ming was afraid that he would make a fuss, so he had to put the person on the kang, put a meat bun in his hand, and put a piece of fat in his mouth, and Xiao Zhuang stopped howling without rain.
Xiao Zhuang nibbled a big meat bun, ate a few more pieces of meat, and left with a belly straight. When he left, he took Gu Ye's meat buns away and said, "Girl, what to eat, waste!",
What a three-year-old child knows, this must be learned from adults. Gu Ming was so angry that he wanted to take the bun back. The patriarch and patriarchs outside the outside world listened and shook their heads. Gu Xiao glanced at Xiaodouding, who was five short and short, and there was a sneer on his lips.
The next day, Gu Xiao's house construction was put on the agenda. At this time, it was the slack season, and the free labor in the village came to help.
The house was rebuilt on the original abandoned site of Gu Xiao's house. The house of Gu Xiao's family is located at a distance from the village, halfway up the mountain. Although the courtyard wall has collapsed, the stones used to build the walls can be reused, which saves the effort of digging mountains and rocks. It's easy to handle with stones. The more people there are, the greater the strength. After more than a day's work, the courtyard walls will be built up.
The houses inside are generally grass-covered mud houses. The foundation pits dug before are still there. Stone blocks are used as foundations. Then, a rectangular wooden mold is used to pour clay mixed with straw into it, and ram it with a mallet. Then there are the beams and the straw to the roof.
Gu Xiao is generous, can do things, and eat well. The staple food is steamed buns with Erhe noodles, and the dishes are stewed dishes with a meaty smell. Either fat slices, or pheasant hare or something. If nothing else, just focus on this meal, how can there be less people to help
The past few days have been beautiful and sunny, and the three main rooms will soon take shape. In addition to these three main rooms, there are also kitchens and rooms for storing sundries and firewood. In the backyard, a warm barn was also built for the horses. At Gu Ming's strong request, a pigsty was reserved next to the barn, saying that it was to catch a piglet to raise it in the spring.
In the past half a month, everyone has been busy with house matters, and even Gu Ming and a few of his friends have come over from time to time to help out. Gu Ye, who was finally stared at, happily threw himself into the forest like a bird with its wings released.
The mountains and forests near the village are safe, but they are all covered by the footsteps of the villagers, and it is difficult to find good things. Gu Ye eagerly cast his gaze towards the farther mountains.
On this day, she didn't even say hello, she went up the mountain alone with the basket on her back. Her goal was the mountain behind her new house. After turning over two hills, the originally winding path had long since disappeared. She waved a hatchet to clear the way in the thick bushes, and from time to time a pheasant fled in panic.
Before going up the mountain, she sprinkled animal repellent powder on her body. This kind of medicinal powder was developed by her at the beginning of the troubled times, and it has a very good effect on avoiding and driving away low-level vicious beasts.
Thinking back to the past life, when the mutation just started, the docile poultry pet became the deadly enemy of human beings. A tame cat has become more ferocious than a tiger; a loyal domestic dog has become a beast that kills its master in a blink of an eye, not to mention the king of beasts in circuses and zoos! From the top of the food chain, human beings are instantly reduced to the object of arrest.
While still a medical student at the time, her pharmaceutical talent was discovered. In order to save her life, the first drug she developed was veterinary repellent powder. The smell of this medicinal powder is something that the beasts cannot avoid. It was with this powder that she escaped the mutated pets in the city, the ferocious poultry and livestock in the suburbs, and was picked up by the ice cube face.