The worst time travel, surviving seven years of famine

The old man was very happy.

"Son, you are so confused. The whole family is counting on you to learn the craft, so that you can make money and stand out from the crowd, instead of digging the soil like your parents all your life." Mrs. Gu said excitedly, her eyes were already tearful, and her voice was not as loud and powerful as usual, but trembling slightly.

Gu Boxi lowered his head after hearing this, as if he was suppressing his emotions, and his shoulders couldn't stop shaking.

Seeing her son like this, Old Lady Gu didn't care about anything else. She took Gu Boxi's hand and pulled him out the door. She said to herself in a sad tone: "Come on, I'll take you to Guanyao Town to beg for mercy. You've been an apprentice for three years in the cold winter and hot summer, and you don't know how to go home. You can't give up now. I'll go to the town to buy a few pounds of meat and a pot of good wine. Let's talk to the people in charge and apologize. We will definitely be able to go back."

Gu Boxi was eight feet tall and did physical work all day. He was as strong as an ox. If he didn't move, Old Lady Gu, a farm girl, couldn't pull him.

Seeing her silent little son, she also realized that her brother had lost his composure. She wiped her tears, calmed down, and murmured to Gu Boxi word by word: "Son, your father and mother have seen you apprentice in other places for the past few years, working day and night. Your father and mother are not without love for you. But you are the only one in our farming family who has finally got a way out. Even though they are distressed, they dare not let you go home. The whole family is looking forward to your apprenticeship as soon as possible. With your skills, you can gain a foothold in the city and marry a good wife. That's why we didn't arrange a marriage for you when you were 18 years old. We just hope that you can marry someone you like at that time. With your skills, you don't let others suffer with you, and they will naturally follow you... But you, you, you are confused!"

"Mother"

Gu Boxi couldn't help it anymore at this time, and shouted out the word "mother" sadly and tremblingly. When Mrs. Gu heard the word "mother", she couldn't help it anymore. She hugged Gu Boxi, tears kept flowing, and she couldn't stop crying.

Although the old man Gu on the side was also grief-stricken, the matter had come to this point. With such a small and poor family, there was no room for redemption, but life had to go on, and this family would not fall apart as long as he was still there. He could only suppress his emotions and asked his youngest son, "Are you sure you're back?"

Gu Boxi was a strong man at this time, and he had already sobbed and nodded to his father.

"Help your mother up first, tell me why she quit her job and what you think," said the old man Gu pretending to be calm.

Old Mrs. Gu had already half collapsed on the ground because of sadness, and Gu Changping and Gu Changan had seen their mother like this for the first time, and they were already stunned on both sides. And the two daughters-in-law also saw for the first time that the usually strong mother-in-law seemed to have changed like a different person at this time, and they were also at a loss standing on both sides.

The words of the old man Gu immediately made the people who had just been standing aside move, and they came forward to help Old Mrs. Gu back to her seat.

After a while, Gu Boxi and Old Lady Gu adjusted their emotions, and Gu Boxi began to talk about everything he had experienced.

Listening to her son's story, Old Lady Gu was angry at first, angry at the bullying and unreasonableness of Wang Guanshi's son in the factory; then she felt pity for her son who had worked for three years in vain after everyone found out that they had been cheated; then she surrounded and beat Wang Guanshi's nephew, surrounded Wang Guanshi and the horror of the county magistrate's office; and finally found out that the owner of the Guanjia Kiln Factory and Wang Guanshi were birds of a feather, and her son was cheated for three years and ended up with nothing.

Old Lady Gu felt particularly sorry for her youngest son at this time. She didn't know anything about the hardships he had suffered. She didn't expect that the place where she hoped her son would become a talent was actually a den of tigers and wolves. At this moment, her heart had long gone from being as hard-hearted as usual to being like tofu pudding, broken and fragile.

Old Man Gu was much calmer, with a gloomy face all the time, without any expression, and people couldn't tell what he was thinking. After a long while, Old Man Gu finally spoke: "If you can't work anymore, just stay at home. Farming may be poor, but you won't starve to death."

Although it seems that Old Lady Gu is in charge of the whole family on weekdays, when something really happens, Old Man Gu is the ultimate anchor. Seeing that Old Man Gu has said this, Old Lady Gu no longer sheds tears, but her face is still sad and she can't stop sighing.

"Since it's a festival, we should eat and drink. After all, we still have to live. Before, your third brother was in town and was not at home to work. Our family

I have never been hungry. This time, my third brother is back, and there is another grown man working. Are you still afraid of being hungry? "Although what Old Man Gu said at this time was for his eldest son and second son to hear, in fact, it was for the whole family to hear. The purpose is to hope that everyone will cheer up and look forward to the future.

Gu Liang also experienced this kind of thing here for the first time. In modern times, there are laws, but there may not be any results, not to mention the era when people have four, five or six levels. In modern times, there are academic cliques, and in ancient times, there were clan cliques, which are difficult to break. I didn't expect that learning a small skill to make a living would be so difficult to enter the circle. Gu Liang deeply felt his own insignificance and the insignificance of the Gu family. This kind of man-made disaster can't be blamed on the government. What if it is a bigger natural disaster?

Everything depends on oneself. Gu Liang has made up his mind and should make good preparations.

The family had a tasteless lunch after the festival. After the meal, Li stood up shyly and said that she was going back to her parents' home. Li said it carefully. Even she, who was usually carefree, had to be a little reserved when something like this happened at home.

Li said very tactfully that she was going to go back with her husband Gu Changan, but since something like this happened at home, she had already prepared to go home today, so she left Gu Changan behind and went back to her parents' home alone.

Li brought a pair of daughters with her and finally arrived at her parents' home before it got dark.

At this time, Li's sister-in-law, who was feeding chickens at the door of her parents' home, saw Li bringing a pair of daughters back, and hurried into the house and said to her mother-in-law, "Mom, the second sister is back with two daughters, but not the brother. "

Li's mother, Mrs. Li, quickly put down the meal she had just prepared and went out to see that her daughter had returned alone with her two daughters. On weekdays, the daughter always complained to her that her mother-in-law was partial to her and that Mrs. Gu always had a bad attitude towards her because she didn't give birth to a son. As the saying goes, it's better to go back to your mother's house early than late when visiting relatives. She came back at night. Could it be that she was rejected?

Mrs. Li thought to herself and said rudely: "Why are you back at this time? You don't even know what time it is! How come these two money-losing goods followed you from the Gu family? Where is your son-in-law? "

Li was in such a hurry. Usually, her husband would carry the luggage and baby when she went back to her parents' home. This was the first time she carried them back after getting married. She was so tired that she was out of breath. When she finally got to her parents' home, she was very happy to see her mother coming out to pick her up. However, she was inexplicably scolded by her mother, Mrs. Li, before she could be happy for three seconds.

Erni and Chunni, who came back with her, didn't understand what their grandmother said, but they were also frightened by her harsh tone. They hid behind their mother and dared not see anyone.