Gu Youcai and Zhao didn't know how they discussed it, but in the end they chose to conceal the death of Gu Qi.
"Hey, these meat-filled buns are so delicious!"
Gu Zheqi walked back and forth in front of Gu Jiu's door with the buns in hand, thinking he had won the game.
Gu Jiu looked at the proud Gu Zheqi and went straight out the door. Some of the buns he bought in the town were still unfinished. Gu Jiu took out a few buns and put them into a piece of rag, broke some more and hid them in a piece of rag. Another rag.
Since the space provided by the system can maintain the state in which the items are put in, the steamed buns are still steaming when taken out.
"Village Chief." Gu Jiu knocked on the door, glanced at the group of people in the corner, and smiled with satisfaction.
With a creak, the door opened inwards. The village chief rubbed his hands and said, "What happened?"
"Second aunt brought back a lot of steamed buns from the town and gave some to us. My mother asked me to bring you two."
The village chief looked at the steaming buns and couldn't believe it for a moment: "Xiaojiu, there is still food here, village chief. You can take this back. These days, we have to save food."
Gu Jiu shook his head: "My mother said that I must deliver the things. You helped us before. This is what we should do."
The village chief looked at the buns in his arms, thought about the current situation at home, and finally nodded. After Gu Jiu left, the corner of the wall immediately exploded.
"Let me tell you, the smell of the meat buns is definitely right. I have a very sharp nose. No matter what is within a hundred meters radius, I will know what it is!"
"There must be six or seven buns anyway. This seven-year-old girl's mother brought back a lot of buns!"
"I heard yesterday that Jiu girl caught such a big goose in the back mountain." The man said while gesturing, which successfully made the people on the side even more greedy.
"This benefit has been taken by their family. Now our family can only live with some food every day. If we ask for it, what is the chance that Qi Yatou and her mother will give us food?"
Hearing this, one of the people immediately stretched out his hand and shook his head in disgust: "How can a woman in this family have the right to speak? As long as Mr. Gu nods, who dares not to give it!"
"Yes, yes, during the Chinese New Year this year, Mr. Gu gave each of our family a dumpling ear stuffed with meat. Mr. Gu is a scholar and doesn't care about this. He is very talkative! It's lunch time now, so maybe You can have something hot to eat!”
Hearing this, several people in the corner looked at each other and obviously had an idea in their minds and walked to Mr. Gu's house in unison.
Here, after Gu Jiu came back, Gu Zheqi came out again and started to show off. His voice was not loud. Anyway, it was just enough for Gu Jiu to hear, and the volume was not clear to others even if they heard it.
"This steamed stuffed bun is so delicious. It's not like some people who can only eat corn. What's so delicious about this corn? If you don't eat meat for a day, you'll feel so energetic~ Tsk, tsk, it's so delicious!"
Gu Jiu listened to the movement behind him and deliberately did not close the door, so as to show off his early death.
Seeing that the door was not closed, Gu Zheqi was afraid that others would see it, so he put the bun in his mouth and walked over to close the door. Just a second before the door was about to close, the eavesdroppers hiding in the corner arrived. , impartiality happened to see Gu Zheqi holding a bun in his mouth just before the door closed.
Several people immediately became energetic: "Mr. Gu, Mr. Gu, we are here to wish you a happy old man!"
Gu Zheqi felt bad and hurried back to his house. The sounds outside became louder and louder, and the sounds were extremely clear even in the snow. The people in the room originally said they didn't want to pay attention to it, but in the end they were afraid that others would hear bad things, so they asked Mrs. Gu to open the door.
"Old lady, has the old man rested? We all wish the old man a happy old age."
"It's more than that." Seeing the old lady Gu's cold face and her intention to drive people away, one of them quickly took out a faded purse that could barely be seen to be red: "Old lady, here are some of us I prayed specifically for Zhe Qi, and I hope he will be a scholar next year! Then our whole village will depend on him!"
When the others heard this, they quickly followed suit. Old Mrs. Gu originally wanted to chase him away, but when she saw the purse closed, she subconsciously withdrew and opened the purse. There was actually this copper coin in it.
"Shouldn't the purse I just asked for be new? Why is it so discolored?"
One of them rolled his eyes and quickly tried to smooth things over: "This is called a hundred blessings. The more broken it is, the more beautiful it becomes!"
Taking advantage of Mrs. Gu's doubts, several people hurriedly swarmed in. Head straight to the main house with a clear purpose!
"I've received your message, please go back first! I'm getting older and my bones are starting to hurt, so I really don't have the energy to see guests." Mr. Gu appeared in front of everyone on crutches, and several people looked at each other for a moment.
The person who gave the purse thought about the copper coin he had lost, gritted his teeth, knelt down, and said: "Old man, if there is any way, I will not come here with my face licked. The family really accepts it." Let’s not open the pot! Please help us!”
Mr. Gu was shocked. Although he enjoyed the feeling of being flattered, he also knew that he could not afford it in this situation. Not to mention that they didn’t have much food themselves. If it was given to them so easily, how many people might come to ask for food in the future!
"Everyone, to be honest, our family doesn't have much to eat. Whether we can survive until the court comes to rescue us is still a question!"
"Old man, you are too modest. Who doesn't know that your seventh girl has given you a lot of meat buns! Besides, your seventh girl also caught a wild goose yesterday!"
"Yeah, old man, we're not here to ask for meat. We really can't survive without taking care of the pot at home, so that's why we're here to beg you!"
Hearing everyone mention the steamed buns, Mr. Gu's expression immediately turned bad. The steamed buns were just brought back in the morning, and now everyone knows about them? And Gu Jiu, why didn't he know that she had brought a wild goose?
"Everyone, Xiaoqi did bring a few steamed buns, but they are just enough for us to eat half of them. There is really not much food right now."
Upon hearing this, one of the people immediately retorted: "Mr. Gu, you are wrong to say this. We just saw Jiu Yatou giving six or seven buns to the village chief!"
Mr. Gu was startled and quickly gave Mrs. Gu a wink to ask her to check the quantity.
"Old man, we even specially prayed for hundreds of blessings for Zhe Qi to bless him to become a scholar! After all, this cost a few copper coins!"
Mr. Gu kept a straight face and let them say whatever he wanted without making any comments. If Gu Jiu really dared to steal food from the family to be a good person, then today he would have to teach her a lesson even if he gave up his face!
The few of them stood there for a while. It wasn't until Mrs. Gu came back after checking the quantity and waved to him that Mr. Gu's expression softened.
Since there is nothing missing, it is just a stubble that these people are trying to cheat. Mr. Gu looked at the purse in Mrs. Gu’s hand again, and slowly said: "Since you are determined to seek blessings from Qi'er, then I Naturally, I can’t take advantage of your time in vain.”
Everyone was happy when they heard this, and only heard Mr. Gu continue to say: "But there is really not much food at home. Let's do this. I will give you six and three meat buns. As for how to divide it, that is your business. But only this time, whoever comes in the future will not be given this food again!"
Several people wanted to say something more, but Mr. Gu turned around and entered the room and closed the door.
When the buns were brought, the person who had produced a copper plate immediately took one away: "You guys can share the two coins! After all, I came from this thing."
Although I paid a copper plate to get this bun, it was still a profit. After all, the plain buns in town had to start at a penny, not to mention that none of them were sold now. As for the purse, it was sewn by his wife when he married him. It has been used for more than ten years and has long since become worthless.
After the others left, Mr. Gu quickly had the door closed, and asked Wang to give Gu Jiu and the others a message, knowing that no one was allowed to go out casually until the imperial court rescued them.
Although it cannot be said that these are of no use at all, people can do anything if they are extremely hungry. After a few days, there were people outside the door knocking at the door every now and then. In the end, there were even signs of banging on the door.
The village chief had no choice but to organize everyone to go to the back mountain again and again. Occasionally, he was lucky, but after all, in winter, most people got nothing.
"Old man, you said it's about time. Why haven't anyone from the court come to the town yet? If we have enough food for five more days, it will really be gone." Old Mrs. Gu raised her head and said while sewing.
Mr. Gu took a long puff of cigarette, and then blew out small smoke rings: "What's the rush? It's just a day earlier, a day later, and it'll be fine when we get there? Besides, isn't there Qi Yatou? If it can't be done, let the second room order some. "
"makes sense."
Since the help from the court was about to arrive, every villager felt that it was over. They either ran to the village chief or to the town, waiting for food every day.
Food is almost available, and Mr. Gu no longer controls everyone's travels. Gu Jiu walked in the village, paying attention to the running children in every house, and vaguely felt that a phenomenon of exchanging children and eating them had occurred during this period. Of course, it was just a feeling, and she found no substantial evidence.
Then Gu Jiu went to the town again. There were obviously many more people in the town, and they were all paralyzed on the streets.
Gu Jiu was walking on the street and suddenly thought that the original owner's father had died in battle. If the war ahead is tense, food will not be sent to the disaster area.
Two days later, the village chief suddenly gathered everyone together. They thought they were going to distribute food, but everyone lamented that it was even delivered to the village this year!
"Folks, the war ahead is tense, and the imperial court's help will not come. Everyone go back and pack your things, we can't starve to death here!"
