Seventy Buddha Cannon Fodder

"Boom!"

Accompanied by the sound of thunder and rain, the sound shook the sky and the earth shook.

Gu Mingdong stood up suddenly, and heard the twins next door being awakened from their sleep.

Even Gu Liangxing, who had always been in a deep sleep and could not be woken up by thunder or rain, rubbed his eyes and asked worriedly, "Dad, what was the sound just now?"

Gu Mingdong put on his clothes and walked over, comfortingly said: "It's okay, you guys continue to sleep, I'll go out and have a look."

But the twins couldn't sleep, they rubbed their eyes and walked out.

Gu's second younger brother, Gu Sanmei, was not at home, and Gu Mingbei next door was also awake, and was comforting Gu Yun, whose face turned pale with fright.

"Xiaobei, look at the children, don't let them go out." Gu Mingdong comforted, and quickly put on his coir raincoat and got into the rain.

Gu Liangchen looked at his back worriedly, and called out: "Dad, be careful."

Gu Mingbei let the three children sit on his bed, stroked their heads and comforted them: "Don't worry, brother just went to see what happened."

Gu Mingdong went out and went straight to the cowshed at the foot of the mountain.

The location of Lao Gu's house is considered remote in the village, but there is a large bamboo garden behind the house, and there is a private plot, and the terrain is also high, so there is no need to worry about safety even if it rains continuously.

The cowshed was different, that place was at the foot of the mountain, and Gu Mingdong was afraid that the loud noise just now was a landslide.

On the way, Gu Mingdong met Uncle Gu who was hurrying along with his son. At this time, he was carrying the gongs and drums and beating desperately, but the sound of the gongs and drums was blocked in the rainy night, and the range of transmission was very limited.

Seeing Gu Mingdong, Gu Jianguo yelled, "Ah Dong, the Educated Youth Institute has collapsed, hurry up and help."

Gu Mingdong took a closer look, and found that the drenched short man at the end was Xu Zhenzhen.

"How could the Educated Youth Institute collapse?" The Educated Youth Institute was built independently after the first batch of educated youths arrived. Although all mud bricks were used, it should not be so fragile.

Gu Sanshu didn't care about other things: "Who knows, hurry up and save people first."

Xu Zhenzhen came to ask for help in the middle of the night, but Gu Sanshu's hair went numb when he heard it. The production team was better, so something went wrong again.

Gu Mingdong looked in the direction of the cowshed, frowned and said, "Third Uncle, the cowpen in the pigsty is too far away, and it's still close to the foot of the mountain. I'm worried, I have to go and have a look first."

Whether people are more important or pigs is more important is an indisputable issue now, but this year is different. The cattle and pigs of the production team are the most important public property.

Uncle Gu didn't object when he heard it: "Then you go and have a look, and come to help when you have nothing to do."

Xu Zhenzhen pursed her lips, but she had no objection to this, but it was Gu Sanshu who ordered.

"Defend the family and defend the family, you two go and call the members of the commune to help, our production team can't let people die."

The shouts of Gu Sanshu and his two sons sounded behind him, but they were soon submerged by the heavy rain.

Gu Mingdong didn't stay any longer, and walked quickly to the foot of the mountain. Even if he encountered commune members who heard the noise and came out to watch the movement on the road, Gu Mingdong didn't bother to explain to them.

When he finally reached the foot of the mountain, Gu Mingdong's heart skipped a beat.

The worst guess in my heart came true, the hillside slid down in one piece, just covering the thatched hut where the four of them lived, but there was a bamboo garden behind the cowshed and pigsty. Call.

"Zheng Tong!"

Gu Mingdong shouted loudly, there are only slippery clods in this area, and there is no trace of the thatched house anymore.

"Zheng Tong, Wu Wei, can you hear me?"

Are you still alive? The torrential rain wet Gu Mingdong's cheeks, dripping down with sweat. He knew that the fragile thatched hut would not be able to support it at all.

If they couldn't be dug out as soon as possible, then even if Zheng Tong and the others were not crushed to death, they would suffocate to death.

Gu Mingdong stood at the foot of the mountain and looked towards the production team. Because of the sound of gongs and drums, most of the members were awakened, and now they all ran towards the educated youth office.

The educated youths who were sent to the countryside and the stinky old nine who were sent to the countryside wanted to know what choices they would make.

Gu Mingdong's face was flickering in the rainy night. If Zheng Tong died, how sad would Xiao Yuner be at home.

Soon, he finally made a decision, squatted down firmly, and put his palms in the mud mixed with rainwater.

The ability felt the master's drive, and the little guy who hadn't shined for a long time quickly responded. Under the covered solid mud, everything was displayed in front of Gu Mingdong.

Soon, Gu Mingdong felt several faint auras.

The ability made Gu Mingdong accurately feel that the four were still alive, he was slightly relieved, as long as they were all alive!

Gu Mingdong quickly ran to the top of the breath, no longer hesitated, all the supernatural powers rushed down, and the dying grass vines that had been hammered in the rainstorm grew rapidly as if they had taken hormones.

If someone is lucky enough to witness this scene, they will definitely doubt their eyes, that the vines can grow up in an instant.

The originally tender leaves suddenly became extremely tough, and the muddy water weighing more than a thousand catties was arched by the seemingly tender leaves, and quickly killed a way out in the muddy water.

Suddenly, Gu Mingdong stopped moving.

The vines faded, and the leaves quickly merged into the surrounding forest, leaving no traces.

Gu Mingdong took a step forward and started digging with his bare hands.

In less than a moment, the ten fingers covered with muddy water were emptied, and a bed frame-like thing appeared under the muddy water.

"Zheng Tong!" Gu Mingdong shouted loudly.

His voice penetrated the rainstorm and spread into the dilapidated house that was flooded with muddy water.

The heavy rain for several days made the four people living in the thatched cottage very sad.

Originally, the members of Shanghe Village were peaceful internally and never messed around with the society's bad things, especially this year's bumper harvest, and Gu Jianguo was a reasonable person, so he subsidized them in private.

Although the four of Zheng Tong can't eat meat, they can always eat a full meal a day, which is not bad in comparison.

There is no way to live in it. Their houses are all thatched sheds, which can also serve as a shelter from the wind and rain. After days of heavy rain, it rains heavily outside and light rain inside.

Zheng Tong is old and looks tough, but actually suffered a lot, not to mention Wu Wei and his wife, who are not as strong as Zheng Tong, and Wu Xuanxuan is a little girl, and she is very weak due to long-term malnutrition.

After a few days, they couldn't bear it any longer. It was Gu Mingdong who secretly sent a few coir raincoats to keep them from soaking in the rain all day, but people can't always wear coir raincoats.

The coir raincoats made by the farmers themselves are very stuffy and heavy, making it inconvenient to move around in them, let alone sleep in them.

Seeing that the faces of the three members of the Wu family turned pale, Zheng Tong saw that this was not going to work, so he took Wu Wei and his wife to lift the table, removed the bed boards, and built another small house in the thatched cottage.

The top is covered with a coir raincoat, which is a little small, but at least it doesn't need to be exposed to the rain.

The four of them hid under the temporary "small house", with raised bed boards under their buttocks, and they smiled at each other.

Wu Xuanxuan even said with a pale face, "We seem to be camping like this."

Wu Wei and his wife felt sad when they heard this. When their daughter was young, the tents they used for camping were much better than this temporary small shed.

It's a pity that those carefree days are gone forever. When I think about it occasionally, the couple think it was a dream, and then they dare not think about it. If they think too much, they are afraid that they will not be able to face reality.

Zheng Tong was cheerful: "We can't go out to work because of the heavy rain, let's eat more and have a good rest."

"Grandpa Zheng, do you want porridge or sweet potatoes?" Wu Xuanxuan asked with a smile.

Zheng Tong rubbed his chin and said, "Let's drink porridge. If you eat too much sweet potatoes, you will fart easily. I don't want to fume you."

Wu Xuanxuan covered her mouth and started laughing.

She lowered her head, climbed out quickly, and took out a small bag of rice from the only cabinet in the house, and a few of them cooked a pot of thick porridge.

After drinking the porridge, my stomach feels warm, and even the rainy weather is not so unbearable.

During the daytime, they were happy and happy. At night, the couple let Wu Xuanxuan sleep in the middle, and Zheng Tong slept next to Wu Wei. They were all thin, and they didn't need to get wet if they squeezed together.

The rumbling thunder made people sleep uneasy, and Zheng Tong always felt stuffy and couldn't fall asleep because of tossing and turning.

Wu Wei was awakened by his movement, and moved towards his daughter: "Old man, sleep over here."

"Did I disturb you?" Zheng Tong asked embarrassedly.

Wu Wei shook his head and said with a smile, "I didn't fall asleep at first, hey, I'm getting older, and my sleep is shallow, and even the sound of thunder can make me sleep restlessly, which is incomparable to when I was a child."

Zheng Tong laughed: "You are old, then I will not be an old monster, you are still an upright man."

Wu Wei sighed, and he stroked his daughter's hair: "Master, I don't know when the day will be the end."

"I'm fine. I've lived at this age, and I've seen everything I should eat and drink. But Xuanxuan is still young, and she's still a girl. We're sorry for her."

"You cultural people tend to think too much. No matter where you are, what you eat and drink, as long as the three of you are still alive and together, it is better than anything else." Zheng Tong said.

He can't help but think of his parents, wife and daughter who died early. Time has passed so long that even his daughter has been gone for many years. Zheng Tong can hardly remember their appearance. The thing is that he entrusted his granddaughter to Gu Mingdong to take care of her.

After being explained by him, Wu Wei was quite happy, and laughed: "Yes, at least we are still alive, and Xuanxuan is by our side."

Compared with those colleagues around him who were reported by their wives and their families were broken up, Wu Wei felt that he was very lucky.

The two talked for a while, and Wu Wei felt drowsy, but Zheng Tong became more and more awake, and his heart palpitations became more and more obvious.

The bad premonition made the old man frowned, regretting that he hadn't learned enough, so he couldn't count the good and bad with his fingers.

But it was raining so hard outside, Zheng Tong couldn't help but wake up the family of three around him because of his heart palpitations.

Just when Zheng Tong was hesitating, there was a loud bang, and the explosion seemed to be right next to his ears.

"Run—"

Zheng Tong shouted angrily, but his reaction was already slow.

Before the four of them could do anything, the mudslide rushed down and completely submerged the entire thatched cottage.

After the darkness passed, it was their temporary wooden shed that withstood the weight and temporarily saved the lives of the four people.

Wu Xuanxuan woke up from the dream, crying in fright.

"What happened?" Zhou Zijin held his daughter tightly with his left hand, and he was still in shock. What's worse, they were stuck tightly in the cabin, unable to move at all.

After all, Wu Wei had studied agriculture: "Damn it, we had a mudslide and this house was flooded."

"What should I do?"

Wu Wei tried his best to support the wooden frame that was pressing on him, but he was only out of breath.

"Xuanxuan, don't cry, we have to keep quiet now, otherwise the oxygen inside will be consumed quickly, and we will die from lack of oxygen if we are not crushed to death."

Wu Xuanxuan suddenly stopped crying, and tightly covered her mouth.

"Xuanxuan, Zijin, are you injured anywhere?"

"Dad, I'm fine, I was just scared." Wu Xuanxuan hurriedly said, she was protected by her parents, she can still move a little bit at this moment, there is no other problem except for a little scratch.

Zhou Zijin only felt pain in his right hand, but he gritted his teeth and said, "I'm fine."

Wu Wei looked at the other side as much as possible: "Mr. Zheng, are you okay?"

"Fortunately, I can't die." Zheng Tong secretly scolded himself for committing crimes when he was young, so that he would have to suffer and pay back when he was old!

If he had known this earlier, even if he got hot in the rain, he should have dragged the three members of the Wu family out, but...

It was too late to regret it now, Zheng Tong only felt his right leg ache, probably because it was being held down by the wooden frame.

Wu Wei breathed a sigh of relief. As the only young male among the four, he felt that he had to find a way out of the predicament.

But when he tried to push against their mud wall, the mud-water mixture remained motionless, and even with his actions, part of the water poured in, making the situation of the four of them even more difficult.

Wu Xuanxuan was so frightened that she wanted to cry again, but she was afraid of worrying her parents, so she tried her best not to cry.

"Don't move, save a little effort." Zheng Tong sighed, "The soil layer is too thick, we can't get out."

Wu Wei felt chills in his heart: "That can't wait to die."

When he died, he died, but his daughter was still so young.

Zheng Tong frowned and said: "Such a big movement, someone from the production team must have heard it, and they will come to rescue us."

"Yes, yes, someone will definitely hear it." Wu Wei felt hopeful in his heart.

But what they didn't know was that at the same time as the mudslide, there was an educated youth camp. A large camphor tree behind the educated youth camp was struck by lightning, and the whole tree fell down directly, crushing the male educated youth's room.

The female educated youth ran out to take a look, and was so frightened that she ran to the captain for help.

A group of male educated youths were buried in the house and could not get out. At this moment, Gu Jianguo was leading people to rescue them. A group of people had no choice but to take the towering tree. No one would think of coming here to have a look.

Time passed bit by bit, and the lives of four people passed along with it.

In the narrow space, more and more muddy water seeped in, and they were about to drown them. Wu Wei and Zhou Zijin unanimously let their daughter lie on their arms, hoping that the worst would happen. Can live a little longer.

Wu Xuanxuan also realized this, she couldn't help it anymore, tears fell down her cheeks.

"Dad, Mom, will someone really come to save us?" Wu Xuanxuan was terrified. The danger of losing her life was even more frightening than when her parents were knocked down and sent down.

"I don't want to die, and I don't want you to die..."

Zheng Tong said in a low voice: "Don't worry, girl Xuanxuan, even if no one else comes, that kid Gu Mingdong will come."

Wu Xuanxuan wanted to cry even more: "He is alone, how can he dig..."

Before the words fell, Zheng Tong suddenly asked: "Did you hear any sound?"

Wu Xuanxuan suddenly stopped crying.

The next moment, a ray of light came in from Zheng Tong's direction. It was the dim light after the moonlight was blocked, but it gave infinite vitality to the four people who had stepped into the life and death barrier.

"Zheng Tong!"

Even the sound of the rainstorm couldn't cover up Gu Mingdong's clear voice.

Zheng Tong only felt a shock in his spirit: "I am here, I am still alive."

Through the entrance of the cave, Gu Mingdong could vaguely see what was going on inside, but he couldn't drag them out directly: "Persist a little longer, and I'll open the entrance of the cave and some people will be able to come out."

With hope, Zheng Tong stretched out his hand and pushed hard, regardless of the pain. Soon, the palm-sized hole became the size of a person, enough for adults to enter and exit.

Gu Mingdong stretched out his hand to hold Zheng Tong's hand: "Climb out."

When Zheng Tong moved, he screamed, "My leg was pinned down."

This is difficult to handle, the legs of the four people are basically crushed under the mud layer, and if they are pulled out hard, they may be injured even more.

"Leave me alone, take Xuanxuan and the others out first." Zheng Tong shouted.

Wu Xuanxuan was small, and she was the only one who was not crushed. She was able to crawl out of the gap first.

Zhou Zijin heard this, and subconsciously pushed her daughter, Wu Xuanxuan cried and shouted: "Grandpa Zheng, I won't go, you go out first."

"Whoa-"

With the sound of breaking ground and water, Wu Xuanxuan raised her head and saw that her father couldn't push it no matter what, pressing down a thick layer of mudslides, the wooden plank used as the roof of their small wooden house was suddenly lifted up.

"Stop talking nonsense, come out, hurry up!" Gu Mingdong yelled through gritted teeth.

He supported the piece of wood with both hands, and the muscles in his arms bulged. He felt sorry for his master, and secretly sent vines to shake off a layer of mud and stone on it, which relieved a lot of pressure on Gu Mingdong.

Wu Xuanxuan opened her mouth wide in surprise. In her eyes, at this moment, Gu Mingdong was like a giant, falling from the sky and saving their family of three from the fire and water.

Even Zheng Tong, who knew Gu Mingdong's supernatural powers, was stunned for a moment.

The next moment, he couldn't care about anything else, and crawled out desperately.

Soon, four people crawled out of the quagmire.

Gu Mingdong just threw away the bed board, and there was another bang, and the simple cabin was completely crushed to pieces.

"Are you all right?" The coir raincoat on Gu Mingdong's body fell to nowhere, and the rain dripped down his face, showing the most perfect outline.

Zheng Tong shook his head and breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, it's just that the leg was pressed, I don't know if it's broken."

Gu Mingdong frowned, touched it with his hand, and said happily: "It's not broken, it's just that it takes a long time to press it, so you have to take it easy."

He massaged and rubbed the blood in Zheng Tong's legs quickly, then turned around and asked, "How are you doing?"

Wu Wei has recovered and is checking the status of his wife and daughter. Apart from being shocked, Wu Xuanxuan is not injured except for staring at Gu Mingdong in a daze.

Zhou Zijin's right hand was hit hard because he was sleeping on the outside, and now it was swollen very high.

As soon as Wu Wei touched it, Zhou Zijin hissed, but still said: "It's nothing wrong, just take care of it for a few days and it will be fine."

Fortunately in the misfortune, although the four people were crushed for a while, they were not injured.

The heavy rain continued. Gu Mingdong looked at the thatched hut that was tightly crushed by the mudslide, and said helplessly, "Can you go? Go to live in my old house first, and dig up the buried things when the weather clears."

The four of them were reluctant to part with the food that was under their pressure, knowing that it would be impossible to eat it if it soaked like this, but now they really had no other way, so they could only follow along first.

Wu Xuanxuan supported her parents, Gu Mingdong saw that Zheng Tong was not walking well, so he simply picked him up and walked.

Being picked up by Gu Mingdong, Zheng Tong was stunned for a moment, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitched, and he let him carry it away with peace of mind.

Everyone laughed at him for committing too many crimes and cutting off his children and grandchildren. Unexpectedly, when he got old, he would be able to enjoy the blessing of other people's sons.

The group returned to the Gu family's old house after bumping into each other. Gu Mingdong opened the door and let them in: "The earthen stove here is still there. You can boil some water and wash it yourself. You can eat the food left here first."

Wu Wei was touched and said: "Comrade Gu, thank you so much, you saved the lives of our family of three."

"I don't know what to say now, and thousands of words can't express my gratitude. Comrade Gu, I will remember this kindness in my heart."

Wu Wei didn't even dare to say repayment, what Gu Mingdong could appreciate in his situation.

Gu Mingdong didn't care either, he mainly saved Zheng Tong, and the remaining three people were all handy.

After the four of them settled down, Gu Mingdong went home first.

Gu Simei was sitting in the hall with the three children, looking out from time to time, there was a lot of noise outside, and she heard someone shouting that the house had collapsed, and she didn't know whose house had collapsed.

"Big brother!"

"dad!"

Seeing that they were all at home, Gu Mingdong confessed: "The house of the educated youth has collapsed, you go back to sleep, and I'll go over there to have a look."

"Brother, where is your coir raincoat?"

Gu Mingbei frowned, turned around and took out another set: "Put it on before you go."

In Shanghe Village, there are coir raincoat trees in this generation, and common people make their own coir raincoats, and it is common to have one by hand.

"It's all wet anyway, and it's still stuffy to wear." Gu Mingdong didn't answer, and ran directly into the rain curtain.

Gu Mingdong ran to the Educated Youth Office. Compared with Zheng Tong and the other four who were not interested, there were a lot of members around here, all of them wearing coir raincoats were helping.

When he took a closer look, he realized that the educated youths were also unlucky.

The Educated Youth House is newly built, so it won't be collapsed by several rainstorms, but there is a camphor tree not far from the Educated Youth House.

This is still an old tree from last year, and it was directly planted by Chunlei this night.

Gu Mingdong heard a loud sound, not just the sound of mudslides, but more probably the loud sound of an ancient tree being struck by lightning and falling directly.

The whole camphor tree fell down, covering the room of the male educated youth in the educated youth center.