Chapter 560

It was Gu Zheng's mother who came to open the door. Looking at this, she only approved a coat and didn't put on her shoes. She just pulled it and hurried to open the door for Gu Zheng.

As soon as the door of the house was opened, even if there were no lights in the house, with only the hazy light of the moonlight outside the house, the old lady Gu standing opposite Gu Zheng clearly knew that the fuzzy figure in front of her was her own child.

With a trembling hand, she groped up Gu Zheng's face, carefully held it up and down, looked at it carefully, and then hurriedly pulled Gu Zheng into the house.

Then, as if he remembered something, he nervously leaned out his head and looked around. Seeing that there was no noise from the surrounding neighbors, he breathed a sigh. He carefully covered his door. With inexplicable excitement, he turned and looked at the direction Gu Zheng came in.

Gu's father in the house didn't turn on the light. The middle-aged man, with rare wisdom, sat cross on the Kang, waved to Gu Zheng, pointed to the bench next to the Kang, and whispered, "sit down and talk about how you came back in this time?"

And how can Gu Zheng be polite? He quickly found his foothold, sat down and gave way to his mother on the Kang. Only after that did he completely say his experience on the dam.

Of course, he also added his own post-processing. In order to show the cruelty of the Emperor today and all kinds of chaos in the future, he had to exaggerate.

When Gu Zheng finished talking about what happened before and after, before his father spoke, his mother put tears on one side.

"My son, we always take care of our family, but you are a grown-up baby, that is, you are filial. You have to go to the dam to serve corvee instead of your father."

"That's good. Nine of the ten people who went died, but it's hard for my son."

On the other hand, father Gu thought more. He frowned and continued to ask, "dozens of people have gone out in our village. Tell me the truth, how much is left?"

Gu Zheng told his father about the data of the client's life: "after the river repair this time, those people in our village won't let them come back at all. They will directly pull them to the Yongji river section in front to continue to build the canal."

"If my estimate is good, it will take another three years."

"As far as I know, when I escaped, the imperial court broke down my fellow countrymen for fear of our collusion."

"But just what I heard, more than ten people have died in our village."

"There are dead people on this dam every day, especially in the mine."

"If my son doesn't run, I'm afraid he won't come back in three years."

After hearing this, father Gu sighed and said, "I'm afraid I'll be tired to death on the dam..."

"No," Gu Zheng shook his head heavily. "If we only build canals, our village will not be completely destroyed."

"Dad, I heard that the imperial court will use troops."

Hearing this, father Gu was stunned and didn't take it seriously. "The imperial court has only stabilized for many years. Isn't it using troops outside every day?"

"But this time it's different." Gu Zheng's expression was dignified: "this time the canal is built for the last use of troops."

"A canal built by the power of the whole country, for what scale of war, Dad, this is not what farmers like us can imagine."

"I'm afraid that the tens of millions of people who died repairing the embankment will have to go to the battlefield to fill the life of the emperor."

Hearing Gu's father here, his hand trembled, while Gu's mother next to him was a little excited. She grabbed Gu Zheng's hand, turned her head and said to Gu's father, "we can't let our son die."

"His father, come up with an idea."

Looking at the family in this room, they all stared at him. Gu dad pondered for a while and choked out his plan word by word.

"Son, don't show up. No one has checked here for so many days. I think the river embankment has been pressed down for some reason."

"You must not reveal your whereabouts. If what you said is true, there will be a second apportionment of corvee in this village when your dam is completed."

"I can't stay in this place."

"Do you remember the shabby Valley hut I showed you when I took you into the mountain as a child?"

"No one has passed for many years. Go and clean up first."

"If the couple of our family disappear together at this moment, it is too easy to arouse suspicion."

"When we're ready in the village, we'll find you in the mountains."

"It's good to clean up inside and outside the house."

"Didn't you say we should continue to build the dam? There will certainly be people in the village to recruit civilian men at that time. At that time, your father and I must not have run away. Now, when no one pays attention, let's start cleaning up."

"Uncle Gu has a calm temperament. He follows you to the mountain. I'm also a bit confident. Uncle Gu's home must have entered the mountains before ours. Zhengzi, you are strong and strong. You should take care of them more at that time."

Hearing this, Gu Zheng nodded and promised: "don't worry, Dad, I'll meet my second uncle on the mountain road early tomorrow morning, keep it and tidy up the outside."

Some details are not understood by this time of the night alone. The three members of a family are so full of uneasy and unknown thoughts that they reluctantly close their eyes and go to sleep.

Because of something in his heart, Gu Zheng got up very early. He was afraid of causing trouble for his family. It was not dawn. Gu Zheng, who was laying on the floor below, stared at his shoes and socks.

Not much noise disturbed the mother on the Kang. She was a little worried and hurried, which stopped Gu Zheng from going out like this.

"Zheng Wazi, why did you leave so early? Wait. Don't panic. My mother will give you something to eat."

With that, he pressed Gu Zheng's shoulder to stop his next action, pulled his hair disorderly, pushed open the door, and plunged one end into the stove on one side of the courtyard. In a moment, the faint cooking smoke rose from it.

Taking advantage of this meeting, Gu father packed some old clothes that Gu Zheng could use, tied them with hemp rope, and began to pack up the small tools that Gu Zheng could use when he entered the mountain.

The firewood chopper used when picking up wood and prey, the small shovel for digging tree roots, digging pits, and the rattan basket for holding items.

There are so many valuable things at home. In a hurry, I can't think of anything else for a moment.

"Take it. You've arrived home. You're a little tired. If you need anything, run more times by yourself."

"Hey!"

Gu Zheng stuffed one of the items into the basket and went out. He waited in the courtyard until the first meal of home food made by Gu's mother came home.

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Huang cancan's big pancakes are crispy and fragrant. I'm afraid they have no taste. When they come out of the pot, Gu's mother still takes bamboo chopsticks to pick out the slow bean paste, evenly spread it on it, and then buckle another pancake. It becomes a delicious self-made pancake with stuffing.

At the bottom of the VAT in the stove room, the corn noodles that are not willing to eat on weekdays are scooped up by Gu's mother at once. Gu Zheng, however, looks at his mother, puts the half inch thick VAT on his shoulder, and pours the only residue onto the kitchen chopping board.

Seeing this, Gu Zheng did a feat he would never do in his life.

He and Mrs Gu, who handed him the food, refused each other.

"Mom, don't give it all to me. You and my father also keep some. There are two small ones at home. They may not be able to eat fine noodles for the Spring Festival. You can also give them two pancakes?"

However, regardless of whether she is partial or not, Gu's two little ones have been with her family all the time. Whoever is like Gu Zheng will suffer such a great crime if she doesn't arrive at 18.

After entering the mountain, others will be affected. How many cakes will their eldest brother settle down in the future? Can they still send them a few cakes at home?

Therefore, regardless of Gu Zheng's protest, Gu Niang directly wrapped the cake into a big roll. With the hot temperature, she stuffed it into Gu Zheng's arms and told him, "hurry up. The first few days are the worst. You can resist it by eating something good."

"The second uncle Gu's family is a sad one. You will share it at that time. The villagers in this village should help each other."

"Yes!"

Gu Zheng bared his teeth and endured the hot feeling in his arms. He looked around. After the small courtyard that haunted him, he picked up an axe in the corner of the courtyard, pinned it on his back waist, supported the wall with both hands, climbed over the courtyard wall, and took advantage of the fog to jump towards the vast mountains and forests.

Along the way, Gu Zheng always couldn't help looking back. This is his home in the world. How long has it been since he realized this taste?

Thinking of Gu Zheng here, he smiled inexplicably. There seemed to be some uncontrollable emotion in his chest, which made him resonate with joy

The ramp of the mountain forest is right in front of us. When Gu Zheng subconsciously turns back again, the early morning fog of the small village has dispersed for a long time.

Every family's cooking smoke rises intermittently, but Gu Zheng's small and medium-sized courtyard is half open at this time.

Two small heads, who could not see the outline clearly, poked out their tracks up and down. I don't know how to detect it. The direction they visited was the place where Gu Zheng was about to disappear.

"Oh."

This may be the client's brother and sister?

Look at that, I'm afraid I've already found the trace of my eldest brother, but adhering to the principle that my family doesn't say and I don't ask, I can only lie down by the door and watch secretly.