CHAPTER XXIV
The sunset on the horizon glows with a brilliant carmine, and the afterglow of the setting sun will envelop the village by the mountain.
At the foot of a rolling mountain, a young man dressed in a blue coarse cloth and short brown was sitting on a large rock looking into the distance.
The terrain here is quite high, and Gu Chengyu leaned against a big tree, looking into the distance with his eyes distracted. It's spring again, and it's March. It has been more than four years since Gu Chengyu crossed over, and in two months, it will be exactly five years.
Spring is in full swing, and there are peach and willow green everywhere. Looking around the mountains, it is also lush, with wild flowers and wild grasses on the roadside, and all kinds of flowers exude a refreshing fragrance, and in front of the mountain is an open farmland.
So it was evening, and the people who were working in the fields were carrying their farming tools home. They walked on the field path, and greeted each other when they met, mixed with the cheerful laughter of children, a good pastoral scene. Gu Chengyu looked at this quiet and beautiful village comfortably, and sighed that although the life of the farmer was difficult, as long as it was time for spring plowing and autumn harvest, everyone's face would show a hopeful smile, which was an ordinary and quiet life.
Looking at the direction of the village, several houses with thatched roofs at the entrance of the village attracted Gu Chengyu's attention, this is the Gu family.
In the past four years, Gu Chengyu slowly learned that he had traveled to the Dayan Dynasty, a dynasty he had never heard of, which might be a parallel space. As for the history of the previous Dayan Dynasty, he didn't know, because they were all peasant households, and they wouldn't mention it, and no one would care about what the emperor's surname was, only that it was the fifty-eighth year of Dayan this year.
This village is called Shangling Village, because it is named after Changling Mountain. Changling Mountain is very large, the peaks are one after another, and no one has ever been to the depths where the peaks are connected, and it is said that there are man-eating beasts in it, and even the capable hunters dare not go deeper.
This place is a northern area, and Shangling Village is under the jurisdiction of Shanhe Town, Qinghe County, Qinzhou, Jingyuan Prefecture. There are many surnames in this village, and the Gu family is one of them.
Gu Chengyu's grandparents have passed away, and his father, Gu Changqing, has two older brothers and an older sister. The eldest Gu Changsong is the current patriarch of the Gu family, and he has read books for a few years before the famine and knows some words. Gu Changsong married his wife Yang and gave birth to his eldest son Gu Chengzhong and second son Gu Chengxiao. And Gu Chengzhong has another son and a daughter, the eldest son Gu Wanhua, the eldest daughter Gu Yan, and Gu Chengxiao only has one son Gu Wansheng for the time being.
Gu Changqing's second brother Gu Changbai moved his family to the south to join the eldest brother of the Yue family when there was a great drought in Qinzhou in the early years, and there has been no contact so far. After Gu Changbai, there is also a Gu Xiu, who married in Huaihe Town, which is adjacent to Shanhe Town, and his family is in the tofu business.
Daddy Gu is forty and two this year, and his mother, he guessed correctly, it is really the steproom, and it is Chinese New Year's Eve three today. Gu's father originally had an original Da He is the daughter of Gu's uncle's family, the two are cousins and sisters-in-law, and then gave birth to the eldest Gu Chengli, Gu Chengli married his wife Fang, and gave birth to Dalang Gu Wanhai, who is eleven this year, and the following is the eldest daughter Gu Lian, who is ten years old this year. The second daughter, Gu Lan, is seven years old this year. There is also a Gu Xing, who is only ten months old.
The second Gu Chengyi married Xiao He, the niece of the original Da He family, and had the second lang Gu Wanjiang, who is nine years old this year; San Lang Gu Wanhe is seven years old; The girl Gu Mei sister is the third in the middle line and is already three years old. Gu Chengyu was embarrassed when he knew, the relationship between the He family was complicated enough.
There is also an eldest sister and Gu Chengyi who are dragon and phoenix fetuses, named Gu Xi, and married to the neighboring village Xialing Village.
Father Gu was just sixteen years old when he married Da He, and Da He was one year younger than him. Da He died when Gu Chengli was nine years old, he gave birth to twins that year, and his body couldn't bear it, and he was sick for a few years, and finally went when Gu Chengli was nine years old.
Father Gu married the Lu family after a year, which is not fast. I heard that the Lu family was a maid in a big family, but somehow he was released when he reached eighteen, and became a relative to Gu's father, and he fell out with the family because of this incident, and his grandfather's family still doesn't have much contact with the Gu family.
Gu's father and Lu's gave birth to the third Gu Chenglian and the fourth Gu Chengchi, and the little girl Gu Wan. The third brother is fourteen years old this year, and his mother is already showing the third brother his daughter-in-law; Gu Chengchi is eleven years old this year, and Gu Wan is also nine years old.
After thinking about this, Gu Chengyu sighed, it was really a huge family, not counting those side branches. His family alone has a large family, otherwise why are there so many rights and wrongs?
Thinking of the Gu family's economic situation again, he sighed again. Gu Chengchi has been weak since he was a child, and when his mother gave birth to his third brother, he didn't have a good pregnancy, and he vomited what he ate, so when Gu Chengchi was born, he was like a kitten, he didn't even have the strength to cry, and he had to take a lot of medicine every year. However, since he was able to walk, he often put a little spring water in the Gu family's water tank, and he didn't dare to put too much, for fear that others would notice. The family has changed a little, they look more energetic, they haven't been sick, even Gu Chengchi is much better, and now he is not drinking medicine, and there is some money left at home.
"Uncle, grandma called you home and ready for dinner!" Gu Chengyu was looking in the direction of the Gu family in a daze, when he heard the voice of Gu Lan of the eldest brother's family.
"Here we go!" Gu Chengyu saw the little girl standing on the path in the field, raising her hands in the shape of a trumpet, and shouting at the foot of the mountain.
Gu Chengyu then stood up, patted his pants, and walked towards the field. Walking to Gu Lan's side, Gu Lan wanted to lead Gu Chengyu away, the path in the field was uneven, if she fell, she would have to be scolded to death when she went back. Seeing this, Gu Chengyu also knew the reason and did not struggle.
This place is open, and if you want to look back at your home, you have to pass through a field, including the Gu family's field.
Gu Lan was instructed by the Lu family to call the Gu family man who was working in the field home for dinner, and by the way, he also had a task to find his uncle. Gu Lan looked at the uncle in front of her, and her heart was a little complicated. If you want to say who has the best life in this family, it is not the milk who doesn't have to work, but the five-year-old uncle in front of him. I heard that when her eldest brother and sister were so big, they would carry a big basket that was almost taller than a person, filled with pigweed, and brought it back, and they fed the pigs and chickens in the family.
Milk also hurts the third uncle, but the most favorite is the uncle, she often sees the milk to the uncle to open a small stove, the eggs are not eaten except for the festival, usually they can't eat these girls. And the delicate pastry, she didn't know what it tasted like. In this way, the uncle doesn't like to eat, and often loses his temper, but the milk is still hidden for the uncle, and if he doesn't like eggs, he buys other snacks. However, the uncle is coaxing, he doesn't like to eat, and sometimes he will take it out and give them a few small tastes, but there are too many people, and there is no taste in the mouth.