Since the death of Gu Xiaomei, Lao Gutou's whole spirit has changed. Originally, the deaths of Alan and Village Chief Gu had already hit him hard, and his hair turned gray. After the death of his dearest little sister, Lao Gutou's
His hair turned completely white, and his figure quickly became rickety and not so straight. Now, even if you look at him from behind, you will not mistakenly think that he is a middle-aged man.
When you look at Lao Gutou now, you will only feel that he is a real old man, with a stooped back, cloudy eyes, and the ravines on his face that have been hit more deeply by the years. Even if he is immortal now, when he calls Lao Gutou, he has to react for a while.
Only then can we understand. Anyone who knows will say with emotion that Lao Gutou is really old.
Moreover, because he is not in good spirits, Lao Gutou is now extremely irritable. His temper was not good in the first place, and it is even more so now. But fortunately, Changsheng does not mind, or sometimes she does not even know that Lao Gutou
He was angry. It's just that Lao Gutou can't do heavy work now. Fortunately, he accumulated a lot of money before, and now he won't end up with nothing.
The weather is getting colder and colder. Last winter was already very cold, but this year it is even colder than last year.
With a "squeak" sound, the door of the small courtyard opened. Changsheng took a breath of hot air to warm his hands, and then used a broom to clean up the snow in front of the door. It was still early winter, and he had already begun to wet his eyes.
Snow, I don’t know what it will look like in a few days.
Just as Changsheng was clearing away the snow, Lao Gutou came out of the house, carrying a backpack and going straight up the mountain in silence, accompanied by two hounds he had raised for several months. Changsheng subconsciously dropped the broom and wanted to follow, but
Lao Gutou suddenly turned around and told her to stop.
"You are at home, don't follow me up the mountain from today on."
After saying this, Lao Gutou walked straight up the mountain. Changsheng wanted to follow, but was stopped by Lao Gutou with his stern eyes. Changsheng stared at Lao Gutou's back, a little confused.
What is grandpa going to do? If it's hunting, animals have all begun to hibernate now. Even some of the animals that don't hibernate are unwilling to come out easily because the weather is too cold. Shouldn't grandpa not know?
So what was he doing up the mountain? And he refused to let himself follow him...
Changsheng thought about it for a whole day but still couldn't figure it out. Until dusk, Changsheng heard the heavy footsteps of Lao Gutou when he came back in his room. He walked straight to the warehouse, and after a while he walked into the house again. Changsheng immediately went up to meet him and took the old man to the house.
The food that was warming in the stove was brought out and asked to be eaten by Lao Gutou, who was covered in cold.
Lao Gutou finished his meal in silence, and then told Changsheng.
"Don't go to the warehouse, it's very messy there."
"good."
Chang Sheng thought about it again and again, but spoke cautiously.
"Grandpa, are you still going up the mountain tomorrow? How about I follow you. Although I don't have much strength, I can relieve your boredom."
Lao Gu's cloudy eyes finally shifted from the smoke in front of him to Changsheng's face. After a long while, he shook his head.
"It's cold. Just stay at home and don't go up the mountain. It's very cold up there."
However, since it’s cold on the mountain, you must feel very cold too. It’s not like you don’t feel cold...
Changsheng still wanted to speak, but Lao Gutou suddenly became furious and told Changsheng to shut up.
After thinking about it, Chang Sheng silently closed his mouth.
Although she didn't know why her grandfather was so angry, Changsheng had always been obedient and didn't say anything in the end. But every time Lao Gu went up the mountain, she would wait quietly at home and wouldn't go to bed until he came back.
The days were getting colder day after day. Gradually, Changsheng discovered that if he poured a basin of water, it would instantly freeze on the ground. On such days, Lao Gutou had to go up the mountain, and Changsheng finally couldn't bear it anymore. On this day, it was directly
He grabbed Lao Gutou's clothes and refused to let him go. Two half-sized hounds also helped to bite Lao Gutou's clothes to prevent him from going up the mountain.
"Grandpa! If you do this again, I will call Village Chief Gu! Tell them to stop you."
No matter how much Lao Gutou scolded him this time, Changsheng refused to let go. In the end, both of them lost strength, and Lao Gutou could only put down his backpack and slowly walked back to the house.
Sitting on the kang, Lao Gutou looked ugly, but Changsheng didn't care and poured him a cup of hot tea. No matter what Lao Gutou said, he just wasn't going to ask him to go out. Lao Gutou had no choice but to stay there depressedly.
at home.
Another half month later, it snowed heavily. Even if he stayed on the kang, he was not warm. Lao Gu put his head around the quilt and looked at Changsheng who was busy around. He had been sick for half a month, although he looked still fine.
Okay, but only he knows that he is almost exhausted inside.
Earlier, when he was fighting day and night on the battlefield, his body bones had not grown yet, so he was already injured. Later, he lost a leg, and he would suffer from lingering pain every rainy day. In addition, he suffered two major injuries in a row.
After such a blow, Lao Gutou knew clearly that he would not make it. Even when he was lying on the warm kang, he felt that the biting cold wind was almost penetrating into the seams of his bones. It was so cold that his body was almost
Almost unconscious.
Lao Gu glanced at the bright sky outside, reflected in the white snow, and suddenly realized something in his heart. He slowly sat up and felt complicated. Especially when he looked at Chang Sheng, who was only a few years old, he felt a burst of sadness.
"Longevity..."
"Um?"
"Go and ask the village chief and his family to come over."
"..."
Changsheng looked back at Lao Gutou, and suddenly had a bad premonition. It was like this when Grandma Gu passed away, and her spirits suddenly improved a lot. But although grandpa has been a little weak in the past half month, he is not like those
She was as weak as the old man who lingered on the bed all day long. Changsheng thought that her grandfather would live in such good health. She never thought that something would happen to her grandfather who was as solid and reliable as a mountain.
At this time, Changsheng's hand holding the teapot was shaking non-stop, and she almost dropped the teapot to the ground uncontrollably. But in the end she managed to steady herself, nodded slowly, and plunged into the wind outside.
Snow.
When Boss Gu heard the knock on the door, he was still surprised. It was such a cold day. Why did everyone come to his place if they weren't staying at home for the winter? Thinking of several families with elderly people in the village, Boss Gu felt a twitch in his heart. In winter, people are already old people.
It’s the season when we are prone to accidents, and the weather this year is surprisingly cold. Could it be that something happened to someone, right?
I hurriedly opened the door, but I didn’t see an adult. I only saw a child covered with snow. The child’s face was covered with ice marks, which were traces of frozen tears!
They quickly pulled the child in who was almost frozen, and everyone rubbed the child's hands and feet in a hurry. Only then did they realize that this person, covered in white, turned out to be Lao Gutou's granddaughter Changsheng!
Seeing such immortality, Boss Gu's heart suddenly twitched, and he had a bad premonition.