The sky was gray and cold, the north wind was howling, and the continuous light rain mixed with snow particles hit people's skin.
Bitingly cold.
As soon as he got off the car, Gu Ning felt a chill that penetrated his bones.
She subconsciously tightened her arms in an attempt to avoid the cold drizzle and snow particles.
Gu Xiangfang, who noticed her movements, reflexively blocked in front of Gu Ning due to his height.
Trying to protect her from the wind and rain.
Gu Ning smiled at Gu Xiangfang, her nose was red, which made her look a little more delicate.
"Brother Xiang Fang, don't worry about me."
Gu Xiangfang didn't move.
On the other side, Gu Jianshe was protecting Liu Shuzhen. It was really cold today.
I was really furious.
"How long will it take to get to the destination?"
When we reached the foot of the mountain, it was obvious that we couldn't drive any further.
You can only walk there.
Mr. An stood under the black umbrella held by Uncle Zhang. He looked up at the top of the mountain, "It will take about two or three hours to walk."
Once you say this.
Mr. Liao, who was hiding his sleeves in the cold, exploded.
"Okay, you An Zhiguo, my sister has been dead for many years, so you just leave her in a nook and cranny at the foot of a mountain like this?"
They didn't just leave Anzhou City for the purpose of sweeping graves.
This time, even climbing was used.
An Lao wiped the rain and snow on his face with his sleeve. His voice was a little low, "It was Gu Qiu's request."
The sound was extremely soft, as if it would disappear in the air in the next second.
"She needs to be as far away from me as possible."
It's best to go far away. He will never be able to visit Liao Guqiu's grave in his lifetime of governing the country.
Life and death do not meet each other.
How much hatred must there be to carry such determination.
That moment.
The air suddenly became quiet.
For a moment, everyone felt a little confused.
Especially Mr. Liao. He raised his fist and almost, just a little bit, hit Mr. An on the bridge of his nose.
He sneered, "Even if I asked Gu Qiu to marry a chicken or a dog, I shouldn't have let her marry such a heartless thing like you?"
His sister is only in her early twenties.
The best age.
Then he died.
Facing Mr. Liao's fist, Uncle Zhang wanted to stop him, but Mr. An scolded him away.
He remained motionless and allowed Mr. Liao to hit him with his fist.
There is no escaping.
"I owe her."
They met at the worst possible time. He was rebellious when he was young and devoted himself to advocating Western culture.
Confronted with the old father at home.
Even Liao Guqiu, who was licking his face and chasing him everywhere, no longer had a good impression.
Plus, because of pressure from my father.
Pay attention to the right match, parents' orders, and matchmaker's words.
This introduced him to Western culture and education.
Extremely disgusted.
Only then did I feel full of regret.
It was only decades later that An Lao realized his debt to Liao Guqiu.
What's more, I understand my father's wisdom.
The word "well-matched" is not feudal dross, nor is it a threat of oppression.
Rather, it is the best touchstone for two people to get married and live together.
And it took him half a lifetime to understand this truth.
A child born to a famous lady has wisdom and justice in his heart, which is indelible.
As for——
When a mistress takes over, she is someone who has bad intentions from the beginning.
How can such a person expect the children she gives birth to and the children she educates to be good?
only.
An Lao understood this truth too late.
It took him a lifetime to understand.
Because of this, he was extremely indebted to Liao Guqiu. After Liao Guqiu passed away, he transferred the debt to Mr. Liao.
Therefore, facing Mr. Liao’s fist.
An Lao had no escape.
However, Mr. Liao's fist hit halfway, and he retracted his hand dejectedly.
"I'll let you go first. After worshiping Gu Qiu, I'll settle the score with you."
In fact, he was more afraid.
I defeated An Zhiguo here.
If Gu Qiu sees it, Gu Qiu will feel distressed.
Back then, Gu Qiu's love for An Zhiguo had reached the point of being crazy.
She doesn't allow anyone to speak ill of An Zhiguo, let alone her family members to hurt An Zhiguo.
As much as Mr. Liao loved Liao Guqiu, he hated Mr. An.
On the one hand, I hate him and want to tear him into pieces, but on the other hand, I feel sorry for Gu Qiu.
Love the house and the bird.
That kind of complex mood, no one can understand it.
Noticed that Mr. Liao retracted his fist.
Gu Ning was a little surprised. It seemed that Mr. Liao cared more about Liao Guqiu than she thought.
Otherwise, the fists would not have been thrown out and then brought back again.
Gu Ning sighed and sniffed her nose, which was red from the cold.
He said to the two old men, "Let's go up. If we don't go up, I'm afraid heavy snow will fall soon and we won't be able to get down."
Because the sky is really too gloomy right now.
It was around ten o'clock in the morning, when the sky should have been bright.
This time, it looks like five or six o'clock in the afternoon, when the night is dark.
Moreover, looking at the sleet and snow, I'm afraid it's hard to say what will happen next.
As soon as Gu Ning spoke, Mr. An and Mr. Liao fell silent instantly.
An Lao walked slowly, leaning on a cane and leading the way, "Let's go, Ning Ning said so."
Mr. Liao snorted.
Not talking anymore.
He was not giving face to An Lao, but giving face to Gu Ning.
As for Liao Gaoyi, he followed his father and supported him.
Wen Xiulong's face turned red, and she wanted to get close to Gu Ning several times, but she didn't come forward because of her scruples.
Gu Ning smiled at Wen Xiu.
This smile seemed to be a huge signal to Wenxiu.
She immediately and decisively took off the steaming scarf wrapped around her neck.
Handed it to Gu Ning, "Put it on."
They also didn't expect that it would snow so heavily in the neighboring city on this day when the children were on vacation.
Gu Ning stayed on the scarf for a moment, and Xu just took it off around his neck.
The warm scarf emits white smoke.
Gu Ning's eyes narrowed slightly, and she refused, "Aunt Wen, no, I'll go get it from the car!"
Since the wedding reception at their home.
An Lao’s exclusive car has a big scarf in the back seat.
Unlike later generations, it can only be worn around the neck.
The one on An Lao Car is made of pure cashmere and is extremely thick. It can also be worn on the body and used as a small quilt.
Gu Ning looked at that day, feeling a little worried, and told Gu Jianshe and the others.
She went to Uncle Zhang to get the car keys, went back and took out a scarf alone.
The thick scarf was casually tied around her neck, as if it was trying to contain her whole body.
However, I have to say that this scarf works extremely well.
Gu Ning quickly caught up with her. She didn't wear a scarf and walked towards Yangyang.
Among them, Yangyang is the little child who cannot bear the cold the most.
His cheeks were red from the cold, and there was a layer of white frost on his eyelashes.
Gu Ning went up and wrapped Yangyang into a round ball.
Only one pair of eyes is exposed.
Yangyang looked at her in surprise, exhaling, "Sister, I don't want it."
He reached out to pull it.
But she was held down by Gu Ning, and she smiled, "I think it's still a long way to go, so you can wear it first, and when you've warmed it up, you can give it to my sister, okay?"
After changing the explanation, Yangyang agreed.
I immediately wrapped the scarf around my body a little more, so that it could warm up quickly and give it to my sister.
When Gu Jianshe and Liu Shuzhen next to them saw this scene, they wanted to say something, but Gu Ning shook his head to stop them.
In fact, Gu Ning wanted to back off now.
This kind of weather is really not suitable for going up the mountain to worship.
However, this was a promising day, and it was rare that people from all three parties were here, so Gu Ning couldn't say this.
What's more, there are two old people in front of us, Mr. An and Mr. Liao, both of whom are over sixty.
Faced with this cold weather, they did not back down.
Even more so for a young person like her.
Gu Ning sighed and silently made a wish in her heart. Grandma, whom I have never met, please protect us!
She tightened her big cotton-padded jacket.
After thinking about it, I put the hat on the back of my coat on my head and turned the turtleneck sweater up.
Used as a scarf, covering half of the face.
"Let's go, let's go faster and catch up."
After all, Yangyang is a child, and with a child's mind, he rushed out like a cannonball.
It made the originally lonely air a little more lively.
Mr. An looked up and saw Yang Yang's energetic look. He couldn't help but said, "Ping Le is a very good couple."
This excludes Gu Yao.
Moreover, in An Lao's eyes, An Ping Le was already determined, almost forty years old.
Potential is limited.
But Gu Ning and Yang Yang are different, they are both still young.
Especially Yangyang, who is younger and has an undecided character, is a piece of rough jade.
Moreover, he heard from Gu Ning and knew that this kid Yangyang was extremely smart.
In the future, the achievements will be unlimited.
Mr. Liao, who had always been unwilling to talk to Mr. An, rarely refuted. He said angrily, "Of course, the blood of my Liao family is naturally excellent."
This is shameless.
Mr. An couldn't help but stabbed him, "Then why does your Liao family have no heirs?"
These words really hit Mr. Liao's head.
The biggest problem with the Liao family is that there are only a few people.
His generation was okay, at least he and Gu Qiu were brothers and sisters.
But in Gao Yi's generation, no matter how hard he and his wife try, there is only one child: Gao Yi.
It would be nice to wait until Gao Yi gets married.
Directly wiped out.
For so many years, I have not been able to give birth to a son and a half daughters.
Mr. Liao immediately roared like a lion from Hedong, "An Zhiguo, do you want to die?"
Mr. An stroked his beard, said nothing, and quickened his pace up the mountain.
Gu Ning, who was following behind, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw how energetic the two old men were.
However, this breath, when I saw the steep hillside, I almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.
On this increasingly difficult mountain road, everyone waded into the bushes covered with a layer of snow.
Even though her moccasin boots are waterproof, they will get wet if they continue like this.
"Old man, how long will it take?"
Until now, she has not been able to ask An Lao to call her grandpa, and Gu Ning can't.
Even if they return to An's home for a recognition party.
Mr. An was a little struggling, and he waved his hand at Lao Zhang.
He leaned on a bare tree trunk, looked at the bare mountain forest, and whispered, "It will take another hour."
Gu Ning's chest felt tight, they had been gone for almost two hours.
She looked up at the sky and reached out to take it. From the sleet particles at the beginning, there were now large swaths of snowflakes.
Gu Xiangfang, who noticed Gu Ning's face, didn't look good either.
He raised his hand to catch the snowflakes, put it in his mouth and tasted it, with a look of surprise on his face.
Gu Xiangfang suddenly whispered something into Gu Ning's ear.
"I thought so too."
Gu Ning suddenly stopped and said to everyone, "I'm afraid of heavy snow closing the mountain."
Mr. An was startled for a moment, "Can't you? Lu County is next to the coast. There hasn't been heavy snow here in many years, and it's just light snow at most."
But Mr. Liao was thoughtful, and he suddenly said, "If we don't go see Gu Qiu today, it will be next year."
Too far away.
Moreover, we have reached this point and now we choose to go back.
He didn't know how many years he had left to live. It could be said that he would see one less time.
Once you say this.
Gu Ning immediately swallowed back the rest of her words. She knew what the two old men were thinking.
She thought for a while and said to Gu Xiangfang, "Brother Xiangfang, can you help make a crutch for Mr. Liao?"
Gu Xiangfang was the only young man, and when they were at the Gu family before.
Gu Xiangfang is the one who goes to the mountains to cut firewood all year round. In addition, he is a good carpenter.
Gu Xiangfang hummed, glanced at it casually, picked a branch, broke it off, fiddled with it for a while, and handed it to Mr. Liao, "Let's make do with it first!"
When Mr. Liao saw the crutch, he glanced at Gu Ning expectantly.
But Gu Ning withdrew her gaze, and she was exploring the surrounding terrain.
Lu County has many mountains and is famous for its steepness.
And they sweep the mountain of graves.
It is even more famous and is called the highest mountain in Lu County.
She calculated the time, and with the strength of the crutches, the old people's pace quickened, and they could also go faster.
"Let's go faster."
Without Gu Ning's instructions, everyone supported each other and walked up the mountain.
The road to the top of the mountain actually becomes more difficult to walk.
Not to mention, heavy snowflakes were falling one after another, and their speed was getting faster and faster. If they didn't go faster, the only path would probably disappear.
An hour later.
An Lao finally stopped and they had climbed to the top of the mountain.
And on the side of the mountain, there was a small, lonely tomb.
Maybe no one has come to visit the grave for a long time.
The tomb was covered with weeds. After being ravaged by frost and snow, the weeds withered and turned yellow. Only the slightly raised plot of land was left to show that this place was a tomb.
It is really extremely desolate.
See this scene.
Not to mention Mr. Liao, even Gu Ning, who had never met Liao Guqiu, felt pitiful when he saw this scene.
I am alone on a lonely mountain in this barren mountain, in a small grave with no one to worship or sweep the grave.
After so many years, it’s really...
Mr. Liao, who had been holding back all this time, became completely angry when he saw this small grave bag.
He raised his fist and hit An Lao in the face, "You have let my sister stay here alone for so many years?"
His voice was extremely angry.
The sudden fist hit Mr. An off guard. There were blood stains on the corners of his mouth, "It's my fault."
He owed Gu Qiu and was afraid of Gu Qiu.
He wanted to come to see her, but he didn't dare to come to see her.
This led to the current scene.
Wenxiu, who was on the side, had already burst into tears when she saw this scene. She rushed towards the white grave.