Chapter VII
Gu Nanfeng probably never would have thought that what he said back then turned out to be a prophecy. Now, he really has no family anymore.
However, when he had no family, he could still rely on the Mei family, but now he can no longer. With his current status, he is no longer worthy of being a son of the Mei family.
If he had known this earlier... If he had known this earlier, he should not have gone back then.
Back then, after Gu Nanfeng lied and said that he was alone, the Mei family planned to adopt him, and he settled in the Mei family with peace of mind.
It's just that he left in anger. As time went by and the resentment in his heart slowly dissipated, he began to miss home. No matter how good the Mei family was to him, he still tossed and turned every night and couldn't sleep. He opened and closed his eyes. He misses his family and wants to go back.
Gu Nanfeng's abnormality was naturally noticed by the Mei family, and Gu Nanfeng finally couldn't bear to tell the truth.
He misses his mother. His father passed away when he was only two years old. He grew up with his mother. He has not been away from his mother for more than three days when he has grown up. He really misses his mother. , he really wanted to go home.
The brother I have been raising for half a year actually has a family, but I can’t bear to let him go, but comparing my feelings to my own, what parent wouldn’t be worried if the child is lost? Mei Aniang could only send the person back together with her eldest son.
Gu Nanfeng still remembered that the morning before he left, his second brother, who had always been the best to him and cared for him the most, had gone out to work early in the morning, and he was unable to say hello to anyone before he left.
When Gu Nanfeng was sent home, he still wanted to ask his mother to thank the Mei family properly, but he did not expect that after they returned, his mother shouted that she would send the Mei family to the government, saying that they abducted good people, and he had thousands of After all Qiu Wanqiu knelt down and kowtowed to his mother, his mother let the Mei family go.
After Aunt Mei and Brother Mei left, Gu Nanfeng didn't even get to see him off because his mother locked him up. After the Mei family left, his mother hung him up and beat him severely. Had a meal.
It was probably after that incident that Gu Nanfeng completely realized the reality and his status in his mother's heart.
He didn't expect that when he returned home after being away from home for half a year, he didn't get any care or love, and all he got was a severe beating. When his mother beat him, she said he was a white-eyed wolf who ran away after he was raised, leaving her raising him for more than ten years in vain. The purpose of beating him is to teach him a lesson. He is not allowed to disobey again in the future, otherwise he will be beaten to death directly.
When he was hung on the tree in the yard, Gu Nanfeng regretted it. He felt that he deserved it. How could the mother-in-law who was reluctant to give him flowers for twenty coppers miss him and be reluctant to let him go? .
Gu Nanfeng choked up as the past came to mind again.
Back then, when he, Aunt Mei, and Brother Mei went back together, they wanted to recognize the Mei family as godmothers. From now on, the two families would treat each other as relatives. But he didn't expect that not only did the two families not become relatives, he also wanted to become relatives. I almost brought him to court.
In the future, every time he thought of the Mei family, he felt ashamed, but now, he was shameless to find them.
He wasn't supposed to come here again, but he didn't know where else to go.
Gu Nanfeng came with documents given by the court, so naturally he couldn't hide his current situation from others. The village chief thought that Gu Nanfeng might have come to join the Mei family, so he directly told others about his current situation.
It was getting late now, and Gu Nanfeng's affairs could not be arranged in a short while. After listening to the village chief's words, the Mei family took him back without saying too much.
The few people were silent on the way home. Halfway through, Mei Qingshan asked someone in a low voice if they had had dinner.
Not just dinner, Gu Nanfeng was only busy with traveling and doing errands today. Not only did he not eat dinner, he also didn't eat breakfast or lunch. Now it can be said that he didn't eat a drop of rice all day long.
I didn't want to cause trouble, but I was really hungry. When Gu Nanfeng hesitated, I heard Mei Aniang call her eldest son to run ahead and let people go home first.
After hearing Aunt Mei's words, Brother Mei quickened his steps and ran far away in a short time. When the remaining three people arrived at Mei's house, the stove that had been turned off was turned on again, and there was still something in the chimney. White smoke came out, and a fire was lit in the stove.
When Gu Nanfeng arrived at Mei's house, everyone in the family was there. Mei's father, who was at his uncle's house earlier, and Mei Xiaomei, who was looking for his father, were also back.
The family cooked him a bowl of dried pickled cabbage bacon noodles and fried two eggs. When the first bite of noodles entered his mouth, Gu Nanfeng silently lowered his head.
His favorite thing back then was the sauerkraut and bacon noodles made by Aunt Mei. The sauerkraut was an appetizer and the bacon was mellow. He finished the bowl of noodles in a short time. He only ate one of the two eggs, and he fed the other one in one bite. It was left to Mei Xiaomei who came to his side.
Mei Xiaomei is only five years old this year. She was not there when Gu Nanfeng came to Mei's house. Gu Nanfeng was only twelve years old at that time. He is already eighteen years old this year. Six years have passed in the blink of an eye.
The Mei family obviously saw that Gu Nanfeng was very tired, so they didn't talk to him much. After he finished eating, they quickly arranged for him to sleep.
Gu Nanfeng slept in a new room instead of the original room.
The Mei family's house is different from most houses in the village. The family's house is a wooden house, a thatched house and two stone brick houses put together.
The wooden house is the old house of the family, and it is also the old house of the Mei family. When the family separated, the uncle's family gave the old house directly to the family. Now the three old wooden houses are already dilapidated.
There are two thatched houses. The kitchen and thatched house are both thatched houses, built on both sides of the wooden house. The two stone brick houses were built one after another in recent years for the two children to get married. It is built opposite the old house, but it is only two or three steps away from the old house. When it rains, the houses on both sides will not get wet when going back and forth.
In that stone brick house, the two brothers lived in one room each. While Gu Nanfeng was eating, the family had already packed out one room, and Mei Qingshan moved into his eldest brother's room.
After Gu Nanfeng fell asleep, he originally didn't want to fall asleep like that. He still had many things to think about, but maybe because he was too tired or because he was relaxed, he fell asleep very quickly.
He fell into a deep sleep, so he didn't notice that Mei Aniang came into the room later. She didn't know that the Mei family didn't go to bed long after he fell asleep. The family spent a long time in the yard discussing things about him.
The next day, Gu Nanfeng woke up very early. The Liu family owned a tofu shop. He had to get up early almost every day in the past few years and never slept in for a while.
Looking at the still dark sky outside the window, Gu Nanfeng moved and closed his eyes again. He slept deeply all night. Now he was much more energetic and his brain was much clearer. He began to close his eyes and think about the future. .
He definitely couldn't stay in the Mei family for a long time, but now that he had no shelter, he had to find a place to stay, and he might have to disturb them here for a few days.
He has been in this village for half a year and is still somewhat familiar with it.
He remembered that at the foot of the mountain not far from his home, there was a relatively flat place with a very broad bamboo forest and a large ditch. The mountain entrance was not far behind, making it easy to get to the mountain.
As the saying goes, a place with mountains and water is a good place to settle down. He wanted to build a house there, so he went to the village chief today to agree to allocate the place to him, and then quickly build the house.
Stone brick and tile houses and adobe houses are definitely impossible. Not to mention that he doesn't have so much money. Even if he does, it will take at least half a year to build a house made of those two materials. He can't keep building it. Excuse others, let's build a hut to deal with it first, and let's talk more slowly later.
After making a plan in his mind, Gu Nanfeng had been looking forward to dawn. When it got dark, he got up quickly.
Today is the middle of the month, and the family will be very busy, but everyone in the family is thinking about Gu Nanfeng. In order to let him stay at home with peace of mind, we made an agreement last night and told him this morning to let him stay at home with peace of mind. Stay here, thinking that the brother of the Mei family who left six years ago is back.
"Uncle, aunt." Gu Nanfeng shouted and knelt down, and then kowtowed twice.
He kowtowed without saying a word, and the Mei family naturally wanted to pull him away quickly, but they all felt relieved, thinking that he had agreed, and they would be a family from now on.
The Mei family was relieved, but they didn't expect that Gu Nanfeng would refuse as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Uncle, I will go to the village chief later. After deciding on the foundation that will be allocated to me, I would like to ask my eldest and second brothers to help me find some people to build a house. I don't have much money, so I will build two huts first." If there are only two thatched huts, they can probably be built in three to five days.
"What kind of house are we building! Since we recognized you back then, you are the child of the family. Now that the child has gone home, there is no reason to drive people out? Stop messing around! Stay at home with peace of mind, and you will Still the third child in the family.”
"Then who am I?" Mei Xiaomei was also called the third girl. She knew that she was the third child. Now that there was a third child in the family, she quickly asked who she was.
After Mei Aniang's words were interrupted by her daughter, she was also amused by her daughter. She knelt down slightly and picked up her daughter, then walked to Gu Nanfeng's side and spoke again to reassure Gu Nanfeng. "Come on, girl, from now on you are no longer the third girl, you are the fourth girl, and the third child in the family will be your third brother."
"Auntie, I can't hurt you. I'm no longer a child and can take care of myself. It's just about the house. Please help me."
"You kid!"
"good."
The voices of Mei Aniang and Mei Qingshan, the second child in the family, sounded almost at the same time, but their attitudes were completely opposite.
Mei Aniang insisted that Gu Nanfeng stay at home, but her second son simply agreed to help Gu Nanfeng build a house.
Naturally, Mei Qingshan was immediately criticized by his parents and eldest brother, but he did not change at all. He even immediately took Gu Nanfeng to the village chief and hurriedly allocated land to Gu Nanfeng. His attitude seemed to be that he wanted Gu Nanfeng to do it. The wind seemed to leave his house immediately.
