Seventy Buddha Cannon Fodder

After the college entrance examination, the results have not yet come down, but the atmosphere of Shanghe Village is getting stronger and stronger.

Zheng Tong strolled over, raised it for a few months, and drank the ginseng chicken soup solidly. The old man's complexion is very good, and he looks much more energetic than Xia Tian.

He didn't enter the door either, and waved: "Come out for a walk, I have something to tell you."

Gu Mingdong felt strange in his heart, threw the work in his hand to his son, and went out to follow.

Zheng Tong led him around and arrived at the mountain behind: "Before you asked me about Feng Shui in Shanghe Village, I really didn't see any problems, but there have been some changes recently."

Gu Mingdong's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly asked, "What's changed?"

Zheng Tong pointed to the mountain in front of him: "Here."

Gu Mingdong raised his head and looked towards the mountains, because it was winter, the mountains looked a little depressed, but it was the same as in previous years, at least he couldn't see any difference.

In the past few years, Gu Mingdong has never given up looking for the sapphire lake, but he went to the mountain several times, and even stayed in the mountain for a week, going deep into the forest, but he never found it.

After many years, did Zheng Tong notice something strange?

Zheng Tong looked at him with a bit of resentment: "Anyway, you have learned it for so long, are these tricks just for display? There is green smoke rising from the mountain, and you didn't see it?"

Smoke rising from the mountains?

Gu Mingdong's eyes moved, and he said in surprise: "Could it be that the ancestral grave of my old Gu's family is emitting green smoke?"

Zheng Tong supported his long beard and said with a smile: "Then I don't know."

"However, I have been watching the sky at night for the past few days, only to realize that there is a lingering green smoke, which shows that this mountain is indeed beautiful."

Gu Mingdong looked carefully again, but still didn't see any difference: "Mr. Zheng, where is Qingyan?"

Zheng Tong pointed to the mountain: "It is faintly visible in the southeast direction."

Gu Mingdong frowned, his heart skipped a beat, isn't that direction the location of the sapphire lake in his dream?

Zheng Tong explained: "The generation of Shanghe Village in Xiyuan Town has beautiful mountains and rivers, and it was supposed to be a place of outstanding people. It's just that the Universiade has been chaotic in recent years, so that..."

"Now that the college entrance examination has resumed, I see signs of bringing order out of the chaos. The luck that was suppressed here should also be lifted."

Zheng Tong just sighed with emotion, but the words fell into Gu Mingdong's ears, but they had another meaning.

That night, Gu Mingdong went up the mountain again. He had a hunch that maybe he could find something this time.

Who knew that Gu Mingdong heard the voice behind him when he was halfway up the mountain, and couldn't help frowning and looked back.

In the dark, Gu Liangchen came out slowly, lowered his head and said, "Dad, I just want to see where you go in the middle of the night."

Gu Mingdong pinched the center of his eyebrows, the child is too old to take care of.

In the past, he fooled a few words by himself, and the child went back obediently, but the older he got, the smarter he was, and he couldn't be fooled at all.

After thinking for a while, Gu Mingdong simply said: "Follow if you want, don't lose track."

Gu Liangchen's eyes lit up, and he quickly chased after him: "I will definitely be obedient, and I will never make trouble for Dad."

Taking his son with him, Gu Mingdong had to slow down a little to avoid Gu Liangchen being dragged down.

The father and son didn't talk much, and entered the forest one after the other. The mountains in the night looked extremely dangerous, and occasionally the cry of wild animals could be heard.

Gu Liangchen was not afraid at all, he knew in his heart that as long as Gu Mingdong was around, he would be safe.

Unlike the heartless twin brothers, although Gu Liangchen is the younger brother, he has an early memory and a sensitive mind. He realized his father's "specialness" when he was very young.

Gu Mingdong didn't avoid him on purpose. The father and son had many little secrets. Over the years, Gu Liangchen knew far more than Gu Mingnan and Gu Mingxi.

Suddenly, Gu Mingdong's footsteps stopped.

Gu Liangchen was already out of breath, even if he was young and physically strong, he couldn't stand it.

Gu Mingdong glanced at him and teased, "I can't exercise enough to get home."

The latter immediately looked at his father with some resentment, and looked up the next moment, but his eyes were fascinated by everything in front of him, and he lost his words.

"It really did appear." Gu Mingdong pondered.

Under the night, a blue lake suddenly appeared in the mountain stream, dotted with stars, shimmering, with a strange and beautiful beauty.

Gu Liangchen used to have a stable temperament, but now his eyes widened: "How can there be such a big lake in the mountains?"

He subconsciously looked towards his father beside him, but he saw the lake reflected in Gu Mingdong's eyes, and he frowned slightly, as if there was some unsolvable problem.

Just as Gu Liangchen thought, Gu Mingdong has indeed encountered a big problem.

He originally thought that the change of luck that Zheng Tong said would make the secret of the Pearl Keeper reappear, but when he got to the place and took a look, he realized that what was in front of him was just a mirage.

Gu Mingdong walked forward.

"Dad!" Gu Liangchen exclaimed in shock, fearing that he would fall directly into the lake in the next moment.

Unexpectedly, Gu Mingdong walked forward step by step, but walked steadily on the ground. From Gu Liangchen's perspective, his father seemed to have penetrated an illusion.

"It really is fake." Gu Mingdong sighed slightly.

Gu Liangchen tried to take two steps, and sure enough, everything in front of him was an illusion, just like watching a movie, when he got closer, what he saw was a white curtain, and there was no lake at all.

"How could this be?"

The novel experience surprised the child so much that he even ran wildly under the lake.

Gu Mingdong let him run around, looking around, and finally determined that this is where the lake should be.

But as time passed, the former lake had long since disappeared, leaving only the phantom catalyzed by the green smoke.

Gu Liangchen had had enough fun, ran back, stared at Gu Mingdong with sparkling eyes and asked, "Dad, why is there a mirage here?"

"I read in the book that there are miasmas in some deep mountains and old forests, and people will have hallucinations after inhaling them. Don't we have hallucinations?"

Gu Mingdong reached out and tapped him: "Does it hurt?"

Gu Liangchen rubbed his forehead: "It hurts, it doesn't look like a hallucination."

Mirages do exist, but they are a natural phenomenon caused by the reflection of light in the air, and they only appear in places like calm seas, lakes, or snowy deserts.

The lake in front of me obviously doesn't belong to any of them.

Gu Mingdong walked around inside, but still didn't notice anything wrong.

Gu Liangchen followed around in a circle, and suddenly asked: "Dad, you said that there might be an underground lake below, so it reflected it."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he himself felt that it was unreasonable.

Gu Mingdong thought about it, and looked towards the ground.

He squatted down slowly, with the palms of his hands on the ground, the supernatural power entered the ground along his fingers, and spread down quickly.

Compared with the underground, the ability obviously prefers the ground, especially in the vibrant forest, the ability to enter the mountain is always very active.

But the owner needed it, and it didn't have any objections, and ran down without complaint.

Gu Mingdong's face was so serious that Gu Liangchen didn't dare to speak anymore, and squatted beside him to watch.

After an unknown amount of time, Gu Mingdong's face changed slightly.

The supernatural ability came back almost in a panic, fear and fear passed to Gu Mingdong's heart, making him frown uncomfortably, and the feeling of brain bursting hit him.

"Dad!" Gu Liangchen was startled when he saw this, and subconsciously reached out to catch him.

Gu Mingdong curled up into a ball, clenched his teeth, as if he was in great pain.

The sudden change caused Gu Liangchen, who had always been steady, to lose his words. At this moment, the illusions around him disappeared without a trace.

Gu Liangchen subconsciously felt that it was not a good thing, so he ran out as soon as he carried Gu Mingdong on his back.

I don't know how long it took, when Gu Mingdong regained his sanity again, he found himself on his son's back. Gu Liangchen ran all the way out of the deep mountains with him on his back. At this moment, his tired lips were pale and his head was sweating profusely.

"Ah Chen, let me down." Gu Mingdong patted his son on the shoulder.

Hearing his father's voice, Gu Liangchen was overjoyed: "Dad, you finally woke up."

"Are you okay? We're almost there. I'll carry you home."

Gu Mingdong insisted on getting down, so Gu Liangchen had no choice but to put him down.

After calming down for a long time, Gu Mingdong's face has softened, and it is no longer as pale as before. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Gu Liangchen would never have imagined what he went through.

Seeing his son's appearance, Gu Mingdong could only comfort him: "I'm fine, there was a little accident just now."

Gu Liangchen frowned: "Is this still a small accident?"

"Dad, is it so dangerous every time you go up the mountain? You never told us."

If they knew that it was so dangerous for Gu Mingdong to go up the mountain, they would never agree. He would rather not eat pheasant and pork.

Knowing that he was worried about himself, Gu Mingdong had no choice but to explain kindly: "This is the first time."

"I was reckless just now." He only thought that he had found the key, but he didn't expect that this key might cost his life.

If it weren't for the extreme keenness of supernatural powers to avoid evil, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back now.

Just a face-to-face meeting, the dangerous aura is enough to make Gu Mingdong fearful. He never thought that what the Pearl Keeper is guarding is not a gentle and kind relic, but something so terrifying.

At this moment, Gu Mingdong still has lingering fears in his heart, the speculation in his heart has become a reality, everything is connected together, the selfishness of the Qian family has caused irreparable consequences.

"I won't go to that place again if I'm not sure about it." Gu Mingdong promised.

Gu Liangchen believed this, but said, "Then what's down there?"

Gu Mingdong didn't answer, just said: "It's not a good thing."

Seeing that he didn't tell him, Gu Liangchen felt a little awkward in his heart, always felt that he treated him like a child, so he kept it from him.

The child raised by himself knows what he is thinking at a glance.

Gu Mingdong sighed helplessly, reached out and touched his head: "I haven't figured out what it is... I will tell you when I figure it out in the future, okay?"

"Don't you think I'm still young?" The moment Gu Mingdong fell down just now, Gu Liangchen was extremely eager to grow up, hoping to be able to help.

From childhood to adulthood, it was their father who protected them from the wind and rain. Gu Liangchen felt that he had grown up and could take care of him in turn.

Gu Mingdong said with a smile: "I'm almost as tall as your father, how small is it?"

"Besides, if I want to treat you like a child, I won't let you follow me just now."

Gu Liangchen's tense face finally eased, and he said in a muffled voice: "You scared me just now."

Gu Mingdong was also helpless, he had no idea that there would be such a violent reaction, otherwise he would not be able to bring the child.

"Do you think I'm not fine now?"

The father and son walked down the mountain side by side. As they walked, Gu Liangchen suddenly said: "Dad, I can't go too far when I go to college, or there will be no one to take care of you."

Gu Mingdong smiled helplessly: "I'm not in my [-]s or [-]s, do I still need someone to wait on my bed?"

But Gu Liangchen said: "That's different, like today, if I didn't follow, you wouldn't have to lie in the field for a day."

"Dad, I have grown up, you can rely on your son for a while."

Gu Mingdong was speechless for a while, and finally he only said: "In the blink of an eye, you are so old."

Listening to the conversation between father and son, those who didn't know thought that the father was too old to take care of himself.

But when the father and son passed by the production team, Li Tiezhu was squatting at the door having breakfast, and he greeted them when he saw them: "Ah Dong, it's so early in the morning, have you eaten, do you want to come in and have a bite?"

Gu Mingdong naturally declined.

When they walked away, Li Tiezhu snorted and finished his meal, then entered the room and said: "Their Ah Chen is really tall, almost as tall as Ah Dong, father and son look like brothers."

Looking at my own son again, the more I look at it, the more I feel unbelievable: "You said you eat so much, what's the use, you only grow fat but not tall, or you can pass me a college entrance exam."

Li Xiaohu didn't listen to his father, Hululu went out to play wild after dinner.

Seeing that he was angry, Qian Jinhua laughed and said, "What are you scolding him for? Dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes, mice give birth to sons and they can make holes. Humans, Xing and Chen are tall because their parents are tall. You see Look at yourself, and then look at others."

Li Tiezhu was speechless immediately.

Qian Jinhua smiled and said: "Our little tiger is also pretty good, at least he will work steadily in the fields, and after two years we will marry him a wife and have a grandson, so we will have a happy life."

Li Tiezhu heard the same thing, and said with a smile: "That's right, we can work for a few more years, at least earn the money for grandson's education, and you can find a smarter wife for Xiaohu, so that his grandson can be admitted to university in the future."

These words made Qian Jinhua roll his eyes, thinking to himself, you father and son, one didn't graduate from elementary school, the other didn't graduate from junior high school, and now you're counting on your grandson who doesn't even have a shadow.

In the past, everyone felt that studying was useless. After all, even if you spent money and time on rural household registration, if you just went to high school, it would be difficult for you to enter a factory after you come out.

But as soon as the college entrance examination resumed, everyone's mentality changed. Everyone knew that people who graduated from college would be employed in factories. That was no better than being a worker.

Not only Li Tiezhu's family, but everyone in the production team who felt that they had a talent for reading rushed to try this time.

The college entrance examination is over, and the candidates who took the exam are more and more worried about gains and losses.

The educated youths all took the college entrance examination this year, and they didn't apply for family leave today, because they were afraid that they would be admitted by then, but they missed the news because they went home.

Xu Zhenzhen's heart was full of ups and downs. She knew that she was really old. If she failed the exam this year, she could continue next year, but time waited for no one.

Heartbroken, Xu Zhenzhen couldn't eat well or sleep well. After the exam, she lost several pounds, and the corners of her mouth were covered with blisters.

Li Mingming saw it, and persuaded her: "If you want to open up, this test is over, it's useless for you to worry about it."

Xu Zhenzhen touched the corner of her mouth, and hissed: "I know that too, but I just don't feel relieved."

She has a weak background, unlike Li Mingming who looks careless, but can read a little bit, she is the best mind among the group of them.

"Hey, when I got out of the exam room, I remembered that I did a few questions incorrectly. Why do you think I'm such a fool, but I couldn't remember it during the exam."

Saying this, Xu Zhenzhen knocked herself on the head.

Li Mingming stopped her: "Didn't you hear that the college entrance examination is too urgent this time, many people haven't even finished the papers, and you will surpass most of them after you finish the papers."

"Yeah, a few of us came in and left within 10 minutes, claiming they couldn't understand the questions."

Speaking of this, the educated youths felt a little more confident. After all, there were many people applying for the exam, but many of them really went to join in the fun. They had a try and gave it a go. As a result, they couldn't do it after the test papers were issued.

There are many sighs and sighs in the examination room, but few are confident.

"Is that so..." Xu Zhenzhen felt a little better as she listened.

After a while, she asked again: "You said what if we pass the exam, but the admission letter is lost halfway, or what should we do if someone impersonates us?"

After she said this, the rest of the educated youths also became worried.

On the other end, the old Gu family, Gu Simei also said worriedly: "Brother, I heard that some people lost their university notices halfway, and some were admitted, but they were replaced by impostors."

"Do you think my third sister and I will be so unlucky? What if our notice is lost?"

Gu Sanmei also frowned: "There are still impostors? No one is so bold, right?"

Gu Mingbei also heard it from hearsay: "Who knows, there are many bad people in the world, and not every official is for our common people. Some people will use their power for personal gain."

Having said that, even Gu Sanmei became worried.

"They dare, if anyone dares to occupy my quota, I dare to go to Beijing. I don't believe that there is no reason in this world."

Gu Simei said worriedly: "Then what if we don't know, what if the admission notice is intercepted halfway?"

Looking at that posture, the sisters could hardly eat or sleep well.

Not to mention, this is the time when news transmission is inconvenient, and the tricks are very simple, and Gu Mingdong can't guarantee that such a thing will never happen to the two younger sisters.

He thought for a while and suggested: "In this way, we can call the school in advance and ask them to check whether they have been admitted, or even ask Professor Hong to help inquire."

At that time in November, in the university registration form issued by the brigade, when applying for the exam, you must also fill in your volunteers.

In fact, most people don't know anything about universities these days, and they don't even know what they can apply for.

Gu Mingdong communicated with Professor Hong in Beijing early on, and sent him the exam papers that his sisters had prepared. After tossing back and forth for a while, they finally applied for the exam under the guidance of Professor Hong.

There are only three volunteers in total, and the first two are among the best, so it is convenient to check.

"If the school has admitted us, but we haven't received the admission letter, we can give the school feedback."

After listening to the elder brother's words, the sisters finally felt relieved.

In this uneasy atmosphere, in January, the admission notices sent by major colleges and universities to all over the country were received one after another.

One day in mid-January, a postman wearing blue overalls and a green cloth bag came to Shanghe Village.

I saw him pass through the production team all the way, and came to the gate of Gu Jianguo, got out of the car and shouted: "Captain Gu, I have come to announce the good news to you."

Gu Jianguo didn't even care about his job, so he hurried out and asked, "Is there a notice?"

Candidates who have taken the college entrance examination during this period and still have a little confidence in themselves, ran to the town again and again, for fear that they would miss the admission notice.

The postman obviously knew this too, and rushed to deliver the notice when he got the notice. Now he laughed and said, "You guessed it right."

After speaking, he took out an envelope and handed it over: "Gu Wei, this is your granddaughter, she is amazing, she is the first one in our township to receive the notice."

"Gu Wei, it's my granddaughter. My granddaughter has passed the college entrance examination!" Gu Jianguo, who was usually serious, couldn't help but burst out laughing at this moment.

Aunt Gu also heard it inside, and she was in a hurry to get candy.

The courier said a few polite words, and left happily.

Uncle Gu and Aunt Gu didn't care about anything else, and hurried to the second child's house to announce the good news.

"Wei Guo, your Xiaowei passed the exam!" Uncle Gu couldn't help shouting before entering the door.

Gu Weiguo was weaving bamboo baskets, he was surprised and happy when he heard the sound, so he quickly got up to look.

Sister Gu Wei also came out of the house. When she opened the envelope and saw the big characters of Shanghai Medical College, Gu Wei couldn't help it anymore, tears streaming down her face.

"I passed the exam, I passed the exam."

The whole family couldn't be happier, Gu Fang was all about being happy for her younger sister, but Gu Wei was afraid that she would be sad, so she quickly held back her excitement, took her hand and said, "Sister, you will definitely pass the exam."

Gu Fang touched her sister's head and just smiled: "Our family has a big happy event today, I will do more, and call Uncle Adong and the others to come over for a meal later."

Gu Weiguo also said: "It should be, it should be, thanks to him this time, Xiaowei, you have to thank them well later."

On the contrary, Third Aunt Gu said: "Xiaoxi and Xiaobei haven't received it yet, our family will have a meal first, and we will invite them after a while."

But Gu Wei said: "Grandma, my aunts' grades are much better than mine, and they will definitely pass the exam. They won't care."

In the end, it was a lively meal.

The only thing missing in the excitement was the sisters' mother. After the incident last time, Gu Weiguo's patience with Wang Feng reached the limit, so he sent her back to her natal family.

Gu Weiguo said harshly, if Wang Feng still didn't deserve it, then they will divorce, and she can take away everything in the house, but her daughter will stay.

Gu Fang and Gu Wei were also cold-hearted towards their own mother, and did not ask Gu Weiguo to bring her back.

After leaving Gu Weiguo, Gu Mingxi and the sisters were also happy for her: "I didn't expect Xiaowei to perform so well and be admitted by the first choice. Now she can be regarded as out of the sea of ​​suffering."

Gu Mingbei also said: "If the second sister-in-law finds out, I'm afraid she will regret it."

"She won't regret it. She wished that her three daughters would be like her, spending her whole life around pots and pans, and she'd better have a bunch of sons." Gu Mingxi snorted coldly.

Gu Mingxi is not only angry with Wang Feng, but also many people in the production team. After she and her fourth sister took the college entrance examination, the production team has never heard of the gossip. if.

She didn't care, but she was tired of these people.

Gu Mingdong persuaded: "Okay, why bother to be angry with her anymore."

"That's right, anyway, she can't control any of the three daughters." Gu Mingxi hummed.

Gu Mingbei sighed: "I don't know if we will pass the exam or not, and if we will receive the admission notice."

Gu Liangxing shouted from behind: "Third Aunt and Fourth Aunt, how about I go to the post office to watch for you, and I promise to send it back to you as soon as possible."

"Go, go, stop messing around." Gu Sanmei waved her hand and sent someone to guard at the post office. If they were really not admitted, their faces would be ruined.

Gu Sanmei's worries were unnecessary.

At the end of January, the postman finally knocked on the door of Lao Gu's house.