10. Count

After walking for a long time on this land that has been plowed over and over again, everyone's hands are still empty.

While everyone was discussing whether to go back, Gu Yuanlei stared at a place for a long time without blinking, "Brother, do you think there is a house over there?"

Everyone's hearts tightened. Although they were taking the official route, they all tried their best to choose a place as far away from the village as possible. Could it be that the village chief and others didn't inquire about the situation here clearly.

"How about we go over and ask. There should be water where there are people. We can just ask for water." Gu Yuanmu touched the bamboo tube he carried with him. He had already consumed some more in the past half day. If it can be filled up,

Family members can also take a few more sips.

Naturally, the others had no objections. Only Gu Wenheng was worried about Jin Qianqian, but it was difficult to raise objections at this moment, so he followed everyone to the house he had seen before.

I had seen many dilapidated houses along the road before, but when I saw them in front of me, Gu Wenheng felt really uncomfortable. Such dilapidated houses were the shelter of thousands of farmers.

"Is anyone home?" Gu Yuanjin looked at the closed door and shouted.

But what responded to him was the echo from the surrounding valleys, but there was no response at all from inside the house.

Gu Wenheng said, "No one should live here. You can see that there is a layer of dust on the threshold. They must have gone out to escape."

"Isn't that a trip in vain?" Gu Yuanshui said with a bitter look on his face, "I thought I could bring some water back to give the child a few more sips, but I didn't expect that I wasted all my effort to go in."

After saying that, he was completely discouraged and sat down on the ground, "There is drought everywhere. Are we going in the wrong direction?"

Gu Wenheng also pursed his lips. Although he had attended private school for several years, he had never seen a real map of the map. He only had a rough idea of ​​the divisions based on the description of his mentor Li Xiucai.

The current capital is not in Beicheng in later generations, but in a place whose name he has never heard of.

If you really want to understand the world, you must go to a bookstore in the city and look for books on geography if you have the chance.

"Regardless of whether we made a mistake or not, at least we still have a way to survive when we come out. If not for the drought at home, everyone might be dead now." Gu Yuanhuo stared at the room, his eyes rolling.

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"Anyway, there's no one here, why don't we go in and take a look?"

"Isn't this bad?" The honest Gu Yuantu waved his hands repeatedly, "..."

Before he finished speaking, Gu Yuanmu pushed the door open and went in. It turned out that the inside was only ajar and the door bolt was not locked.

Gu Wenheng looked at the brothers who were walking in front and back, knowing that nothing he could say would be of any use at this time, so he gritted his teeth and followed in.

"What? There's nothing." Gu Yuanlei looked at the empty house. Except for a bed made of a few wooden boards, there wasn't even a pot or pot.

Gu Wenheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, he no longer had to worry about whether to join the other brothers or not, otherwise he would not be able to pass the test in his heart for the rest of his long life.

After a delay in going back and forth like this, when they returned to the resting place, it was already dark.

I saw clusters of fires rising beside the official road, and the aroma of food was still wafting in the air.

The Gu brothers couldn't help but speed up their pace. They even ignored Gu Wenheng, who had been holding everyone back before, but this time he was able to follow them steadily.

"Uncle Qi," Gu Leshun saw that Gu Wenheng was even more affectionate than his own father, so he kept waving his hand from afar.

"Since when did this brat get so close to you?" Gu Yuantu felt a little sore in his chest, "I've carried him all this way for nothing."

Gu Wenheng knew the reason, but he pursed his lips and said with a smile, "I am his biological uncle, so it is normal for Leshun to be close to me. This is a blood relationship."

The expression on Gu Yuantu's face immediately changed. If a child pays attention to the relationship between uncle and nephew, he will definitely pay more attention to the relationship between father and son and be filial to himself. He will definitely be the same in the future.

As for the other brothers, they didn't take it seriously. They thought it was because Lao Qi had teased the child on the way, and the child's intimacy also came and went as quickly as it came.

Gu Wenheng looked at Jin Qianqian who was still sleeping there, picked up Gu Leshun, and quietly stuffed two milk tablets into his hand, "Our Leshun is really good, and this time I have helped Uncle Qi a lot.

Uncle Qi, thank you."

Gu Leshun clasped his hands and smiled so hard that his face almost narrowed into a straight line, "Uncle Qi, you're welcome. I've been looking at Aunt Qi."

Hong Daya also smiled and spoke to his son beside him, "That's not true. This boy's eyes are unblinking. He stares straight at his seventh aunt. No matter how I call him, he ignores me."

"Our Leshun is a little man now. He knows what he says. It seems that this boy will be good in the future." Gu Wenheng looked at such a well-behaved child and was happy to praise him more.

There is no parent who doesn't like their children to be praised. Lao Wu and his wife immediately looked at Gu Leshun with loving faces. This boy made them proud.

"We're all back, let's have a quick bite and have a rest. We have to rush on the road tomorrow." Li Cuicui didn't care about this. Seeing that they were still chatting here, she interrupted their chat with a very aggressive tone.

Gu Wenheng quickly put the child down, patted his head and said, "Go find your parents."

But Li Cuicui pulled him aside and asked, "What's going on with your wife? Can she still hold on?"

Gu Wenheng, "..."

"I think your wife is also short-lived. If you really can't survive it, you have to have some confidence in yourself." Li Cuicui saw that Gu Wenheng didn't understand what she meant, so she simply said it more straightforwardly.

"Jin is fine, but she has been a little tired these past two days. I asked her to rest more." Gu Wenheng had a dark face. Even though he was an atheist, he did not want people to curse Jin Qianqian like this.

"Just treat her as a treasure. Anyway, I'm telling you here now. You can't drag down our whole family just because of her.

I gave you some food today, but if she can't hold on, you can't waste it on her."

Gu Wenheng clenched his hands and said, "How can this be said to be a waste? She is my daughter-in-law and a member of our Gu family. If I have something to eat, I will definitely not miss her."

What's more, now I still count on my wife to support me? Gu Wenheng added silently in his heart.

"What a stupid head." Li Cuicui looked at her son with a complex expression, "You have been in private school for several years, and you have become stupid from reading, right?

At this point, who wouldn’t protect themselves first?”

Gu Wenheng was impatient to hear what she said anymore, "Don't worry, old man, I know everything in my heart and everything will be fine."

Li Cuicui's eyes widened and she became angry, "Yes, yes? Then it depends on whether you have enough food. You may regret it."
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