Taoism on the tip of the tongue

Chapter 98 Chapter 1 Chrysanthemum Tofu

Now that the matter is over, for the Liu family, besides Gu Changsheng, the person who is most grateful is old man Dou.It's easy to thank Gu Changsheng. The Gu family is not short of money. They usually help the villagers with fortune-telling and other things, and they rarely charge a fee.

Gu Changsheng saved his granddaughter's life, so no amount of money was too much, but Mother Liu didn't intend to break the rules, so she only gave [-] yuan in red envelopes.

On the surface it was like this, but in secret, Mother Liu quietly asked her children to go to Gu's family to help more during this time.A few days ago, I heard that Papa Gu planned to dig a small pond in the farmhouse.Although her two sons and daughters are not very capable, but fortunately they have a lot of strength, so they can help.You just have to go early so you don't miss the job.

After all, looking at this gap, there are a lot of people who want to come to the Gu family to help and return favors. They are late and there is nowhere to go.

Both Liu Jinshui and his brother were honest, feeling uncomfortable, feeling that their family had taken advantage of Gu Changsheng, when they heard their mother's confession, they breathed a sigh of relief, and they nodded repeatedly.

Mom is still smart and has an idea!

Thanks to Gu Changsheng, the Liu family did not forget old man Dou.But old man Dou is a ghost, so it's not easy.Mother Liu thought for a while, but she didn't think of a suitable idea, so she quietly pulled Gu Changsheng aside, and asked in a low voice, "Master Gu, what do you think about my family getting married with old man Dou?"

"nominal kinship?"

"That's right." The more Mother Liu said, the more she felt that this was a good idea.Seeing that Gu Changsheng was a little puzzled, she explained: "I thought that old man Dou has no offspring to sacrifice to, and the lonely soul and wild ghost will have a hard time down here." When old man Dou showed his appearance before, Mama Liu looked like that now. I have only seen it on the TV news, and the news is about the refugees who escaped from other war-torn countries.

It's fine if you didn't know before, but now that you know, they are all from the same village. From this point of view, when she sacrifices to her ancestors in the future, she will also help burn some paper money.What's more, old man Dou has done her family such a big favor. For this, she should burn paper for the other party.

"I also want the children to remember the kindness of old man Dou. Jinshui and the others recognize a godfather, and the children below also have many great-grandfathers, so that when they go to worship in the future, they will have a name and it will be more legitimate."

This is indeed a good way.Gu Changsheng hadn't said anything yet. After becoming a ghost, old man Dou, who had very good eyes and ears, clearly heard Mama Liu's words in his heart.The old man Dou asked excitedly: "Are you really willing to let the two children recognize me as a grandfather?"

No wonder old man Dou reacted so strongly.Really, the days of lonely souls and wild ghosts are too difficult.Not enough to eat and not to wear warm, although ghosts will no longer be starved to death, but the discomfort is a little bit less.You try to starve for decades and see if you are not crazy, it is good.

In fact, old man Dou had only been there for a few years, and there were still people in the village who missed him.I would visit him from time to time, burn some paper money for him, and place two offerings.But after the old men who were contemporaries of old man Dou had left, no one remembered it.Old man Dou also completely lived a life of eating wind and drinking dew.I can only eat half full occasionally when someone in the village offers sacrifices to the ancestors and rescues lonely souls and wild ghosts.

This time, if Liu's mother hadn't given him a small bowl of red bean soup as an offering when she burned paper money for him, old man Dou had been hungry for half a year, and his stomach was empty.It was still a question of whether I had the strength to dream last night.

Moreover, he was alone all the time during his lifetime. Old man Dou didn't say anything, but in his heart, he also longed for a family.Want to enjoy the family happiness surrounded by children and grandchildren.

He never thought that he would have such a great blessing for his kindness for a while. Old man Dou couldn't help asking again: "Do I really have this blessing?"

Even though he heard every word of Mama Liu's words, old man Dou still had a face full of disbelief.

Seeing this, Mother Liu couldn't help laughing: "Why not? Old man, not only do they want to recognize you, but I also have to recognize you. From now on, you will be my godfather, and I will honor you every year."

"Your old grave is in the back mountain, and it hasn't been repaired for so many years. After two days of free time, I'll find someone to repair it for you." Liu's mother recalled the small grave she saw when she happened to pass by. The more I thought about it, the more I felt that it was time to fix it.

The tomb is the residence of ghosts, and the tomb of old man Dou is simply a dilapidated building.

Being hit on the forehead by a huge surprise, it took old man Dou a long time to react. After realizing what Liu's mother said, he waved his hands again and again: "No need, why waste that money? If you have this money, you can keep it for yourself. Good." Old man Dou felt that he had become a ghost, and his savings were long gone, and he was already taking advantage of this god-in-law, so he didn't have the nerve to ask the other party to give him money.

"It's only natural for a daughter to respect her father. What's there to waste?" Mama Liu didn't intend to change her mind at all, and blocked old man Dou with one sentence.Liu Jinshui and his brother were also very clever for a while, and echoed: "Yes, how can it be said to be a waste? This is the wish of our juniors, grandpa, you can't refuse."

After being called by grandpa, old man Dou rubbed his hands happily, a smile appeared on his face involuntarily, and he forgot what he wanted to say in his heart.

In a daze, this matter was settled like this.

Mother Liu's gaze returned to Gu Changsheng.She was worried about the safety of the child before, so she didn't pay attention, but now that the matter has passed, mother Liu looked at the handsome Gu Changsheng, and couldn't help but pop up a thought.

The girl's family said that you should kiss as early as possible, and if you are late, it is easy to be picked away by others.Adhering to this idea, the girls in their village get married very early, usually on the 25th or [-]th.This is also the reason why Sister Liu was eager to urge her daughter to fall in love.

Her daughter is almost 23 now, and it's a bit late to start looking for a boyfriend.After all, if you have a boyfriend, you don't have to talk for a year or two to check your character or something.After passing the character test, you can consider getting engaged and getting married.If it doesn't pass, you have to find another one.So at the age of 23, she started looking for a partner, and the time was very tight, but her daughter didn't care.

Mother Liu's thinking is actually the same as that of sister Liu, but after the trouble with her boyfriend, she didn't dare to force her granddaughter anymore. Not only did she dare not, she also had to stop her daughter from forcing her.But if you don't force it, you can't force it, but the child can't help but fall in love.The thinking of the older generation, after all, is to hope that the children's life-long affairs will be settled, and they are afraid that they will have a miserable life without children.

The men they rented were unreliable, and they were still worried about the boyfriends their granddaughter found outside and brought them back.Instead of doing this, it's better to find someone in the local area, who knows the roots and character, and grew up under their noses. After more than [-] years of investigation, there must be no problem.

For example, now, there is a suitable candidate in front of him!

Ms. Liu fell in love with Gu Changsheng.

Not to mention the village, even in the entire city A, there is no better candidate for grandson and son-in-law than Gu Changsheng.

First of all, Gu Chang grew up well, he is motivated, and he is very capable.The most important thing is that there are not so many messy situations in his family. Just looking after his father knows it, a typical family of loving wives.Influenced by his family, Gu Changsheng will definitely love his wife in the future.The most important thing is that Gu's mother is also kind. In the future, after the child is married, there will be no problems getting along with mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

The more Liu's mother thought about it, the better she felt, and the way she looked at Gu Changsheng was filled with love.The mother-in-law and the mother-in-law look at the son-in-law, and the more they look at the son-in-law, the more they like it. The same is true when the grandmother looks at the grandson-in-law.

Gu Changsheng was a little apprehensive, and couldn't help turning sideways to avoid Mama Liu's gaze.

"Longevity." In order to get closer, Mother Liu no longer called Master Gu: "Do you have a girlfriend? When will you bring it back for your parents to see?"

ah?Oh.

Gu Changsheng was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, thinking that Liu's mother was afraid that he would be embarrassed by standing aside, so in order not to neglect him, she just picked up the topic temporarily, so she answered honestly: "No, don't worry."

What kind of love is it? With this time, wouldn't it be a pleasure to save the meal cooked by the ancestor.

Gu Changsheng misunderstood, but the others present did not.Especially Sister Liu, her eyes lit up all of a sudden.That's right, isn't this a ready-made son-in-law candidate!So Sister Liu followed Mother Liu enthusiastically to insinuate.

"You should be anxious at your age. Is there any girl you like?"

"If not, Aunt Liu will introduce you to one? Speaking of which, Aunt Liu has a daughter who is still single. She is about the same age as you, looks good, and is filial and sensible. But you young people, don't you Don't you like looking for someone too early? She doesn't want to look for her life or death, no, she was rushed by me, and she almost made a fuss about renting out her boyfriend, so she folded herself in. It's frustrating."

After being asked two extra questions and hearing the other party praise his daughter, Gu Changsheng finally realized that something was wrong.As a single dog, Gu's father and the others were not in a hurry about this matter. This was the first time Gu Changsheng encountered this situation, and he was a little embarrassed. The other party didn't say anything clearly, and he couldn't find a way to refuse.After hesitating for a while, Gu Changsheng finally said tactfully, "Thank you, Aunt Liu, there is no need to introduce me. I haven't planned to talk about it in recent years. I'm still young, and I want to work harder and concentrate on my work. Your daughter probably thinks the same way."

Hearing this, Sister Liu wanted to continue talking, but she was dragged away by Ms. Liu before she understood. Although she was a little disappointed, it was not incomprehensible.After all, to be honest, to put it bluntly, they just gave it a try, without much hope.Not self-deprecating, her daughter is naturally very good in the eyes of them who are elders, even her hair is pleasing to the eye.But put it next to Gu Changsheng for a comparison, and it will be clear whether they are superior or not.

Her daughter is really not worthy of others.

Not to mention the family background, just the appearance is not enough.Mother Liu sighed: "That's right, it's popular to talk on your own now, and you don't like the introduction of blind dates by elders. Maybe it's because the fate hasn't arrived, so I guess it will be better to wait."

Hearing this, Gu Changsheng heaved a sigh of relief.After uncovering this topic, Gu Changsheng was just about to find an excuse to leave when he saw the patriarch coming in. Gu Changsheng hurried over: "Why are you here?"

Jiang Shinian had actually arrived for a while.When Mother Liu asked Gu Changsheng if he had a girlfriend, he arrived.It's just that he didn't know why at the time, so he subconsciously stood outside and didn't come in. He didn't appear until the people inside finished chatting.

After listening to the mother and daughter of the Liu family, Jiang Shinian, who had always regarded Gu Changsheng as a cub, realized that Gu Changsheng was no longer young.Compared with him, although there is not even a fraction of a fraction, but for human beings, those in their twenties are already adults.It's time to find a partner, get married and have children.This made Jiang Shinian feel a little lost.

The little girl who had been watching her grow up suddenly reached the age of marriage.It's like the hard-working child who has to leave his parents and start a new family with a stranger. It's an indescribable feeling.There are joys and disappointments.

It seems that he can't be treated as a kid anymore.Jiang Shinian shook his head, driving out the emotions in his mind, seeing that Gu Changsheng was a little embarrassed, he hurried in to make a rescue.Hearing Gu Changsheng's words, Jiang Shinian said: "I've been waiting for you at home for a long time and I haven't seen you come back. I'm afraid there may be some accidents, so I came here to take a look." The reason is true, not just made up.

Hearing this, the Liu family also reacted, dare to say that this is also a master.Although I haven't seen it before, it seems to be very capable, probably Papa Gu's new apprentice.

Mother Liu and Sister Liu, who were anxious about their children's marriage, couldn't help but feel moved when they saw Jiang Shinian's outstanding talent.Gu's father's apprentice should not have any problems with his character.

"Master Gu, this is your father's new apprentice?" Mother Liu asked solemnly.The purpose was not revealed from the beginning.

But Gu Changsheng couldn't bear it until he was introduced, and he was on high alert. Hearing Mama Liu's words, the alarm sounded in his heart: "His surname is Jiang, Jiang Shinian. He is not my father's apprentice. He is older than me." Dad is taller." More than a little taller!

The older generation is still very particular about seniority, upon hearing Gu Changsheng's words, Mother Liu swallowed the next words resentfully.

After seeing Liu's mother give up her thoughts, Gu Changsheng hurriedly pulled Jiang Shinian out.I have to go, and before it's too late, hurry home and bring your packed luggage back to the city.Otherwise, God knows when, the patriarch will be snatched away by the wolf-like matchmakers in the village.

It would be fine if the patriarch wanted to find someone, but the patriarch didn't.Gu Changsheng felt that he must protect the innocence of the patriarch!

As if escaping, he hurried back to the urban area, closed the gate, and sat on the familiar small sofa with his ancestor, Gu Changsheng was relieved.

After resting for a while, after recovering, Gu Changsheng opened all the souvenirs prepared by Gu's father and put them away by category.Put the large amount in the living room, and when you go to the store tomorrow, take it with you and deliver it to the store, and keep the small amount to eat by yourself.The remaining half was given to the Yu family brothers. After finishing everything, Gu Changsheng was so tired that he wished he could lie down.So dinner was made by Jiang Shinian again.

After happily enjoying a good dinner, he had a good night's sleep. When he got up the next morning, Gu Changsheng went to the store to clock in energetically.

Today is Monday, just after the weekend, people who also have to get up to go to work, the mentality is not as good as Gu Changsheng.Most of them were listless, wishing that the boss would call to inform that the company had lost power, and today was a holiday, so that they could have a reason to go home and lie down.

But this is just wishful thinking.The morning is fine, many people are just looking forward to getting home from get off work early and going home to rest. In the afternoon, some people who are not patient can't help but feel irritable when they are going to work.

Some people will hold back when they are irritable. Anyway, it’s not long before the end of get off work, it’s only a few hours.Some people will choose to fish quietly, open a web page to browse Taobao or something to decompress.There are still some people who choose to vent.

You can't trouble your colleagues, lest the other party find an opportunity to retaliate one day and trip him up at work.But if you can't find colleagues, can't you bully and bully low-level people?For example, company cleaning.

In the south in October, it has not completely cooled down.At least in City A, Qiuhuo's lingering prestige is still there, and there are many people who are afraid of the heat, and the air conditioners are still turned on at home.It’s like this at home, but in the company, you don’t have to pay for electricity yourself, and of course you won’t save such a small amount of money.The air conditioners in many office buildings are still on during working hours, as long as there are people in the office.

"Aunt Wang, come to mop the floor?" A middle-aged woman in her early fifties and plainly dressed walked in. Shi Qingguo greeted her with a smile when he saw her.

The middle-aged woman nodded, and replied, "Yes, I'm free today, so come and clean it."

This company is not big, and the monthly salary is not much. She is only here for a part-time job, so she doesn't have to come every day, just twice a week, and the time is up to her.The workload is not heavy, and it can be cleaned in about two or three hours.

"Then I'll turn off the air conditioner for you, so you don't catch a cold." Shi Qingguo seemed considerate, middle-aged and elderly people have poor resistance, and it is easy to catch cold if the air conditioner is blown too much.After he finished speaking, he answered casually: "It also saves electricity bills." Before anyone could answer, Shi Qingguo turned off all the air conditioners in the office first.

He said all the obedient things. Even if the others were dissatisfied and felt a little hot, they couldn't stop them.Afraid of being accused of not caring about other people and wasting the company's electricity bills, he had to secretly roll his eyes and pretend it didn't matter.

After finishing all this, Shi Qingguo, who returned to his seat and continued to work, saw the middle-aged woman sweeping and mopping the floor hard, sweating on her forehead, the irritability in her heart was swept away, and she felt that going to work was not so boring anymore. .

Who knows how long he hadn't had fun before an accident happened.I just cleaned the office and took out the mop. Aunt Wang was only halfway through the mop when she suddenly fell down.Several office workers who were typing on the keyboard were stunned when they saw this.After regaining their senses, they quickly stood up and ran over to help him up.

As they approached, everyone realized that Aunt Wang's clothes were already wet with sweat, and her hands and feet were still cramping. She opened her mouth wide and her breathing was extremely rapid.

Quickly helping the person to the chair, a female staff member said, "Turn on the air conditioner quickly, is this heatstroke?" As soon as the words fell, many people couldn't help but glance at Shi Qingguo.If he hadn't turned off the air conditioner, there would be no such thing.

"Why are you looking at me? I'm also to blame?" Shi Qingguo felt uncomfortable being looked at, and couldn't help but glared at the others: "It's true that I turned off the air conditioner, but I also did it for her own good? It was purely accidental. "Although he was thinking of making Aunt Wang suffer, he never thought that Aunt Wang would be so weak when she looked at a big and thick guy with such a strong physique.He just wanted to warm her up, but it didn't take long before he got heatstroke.

Shi Qingguo couldn't help frowning.He didn't regret it, but he couldn't help secretly blaming the other party for embarrassing himself.

It seems that the next time you make a small move, you have to be more covert, or investigate more comprehensively.Otherwise, after a long time and many times, it will spread to the leaders' ears, which will easily affect the leaders' perception of themselves.

"Are there any popsicles in the refrigerator?" a male employee asked.Their company does not provide food, but it is equipped with refrigerators, microwave ovens, etc., so that employees can bring their own meals.In addition to storing lunch in the refrigerator, people often buy drinks, ice cream and the like and put them in to freeze.Aunt Wang is like this, she must cool down if she suffers from heatstroke, and apply something to her forehead.

There are no ice cubes or ice packs in the office, but taking a popsicle has the same effect.It's just that the temperature hasn't been that high recently, and he doesn't like to eat snacks, so he didn't notice whether there was ice cream in the refrigerator.

"Yes, I just bought it yesterday, I'll go get it." Some people took popsicles, others boiled water, added salt and stirred it, then boiled it with cold water, adjusted the temperature of the water to a temperature suitable for the entrance, and then brought it over .After heatstroke, it is necessary to replenish water and electrolytes in time to prevent symptoms from aggravating.

I rubbed it on my forehead, and then carefully fed Aunt Wang half a cup of light salt water, but I still didn't recover.At this time, someone finally couldn't help but said: "Hurry up and send to the hospital." Heatstroke can be serious or minor, and fearing that something might happen, everyone heard the news and rushed Aunt Wang to the hospital.

"Respiratory alkalosis."

In the puzzled eyes of everyone, the doctor took a disposable mask and put it on Aunt Wang. After a while, Aunt Wang gradually returned to normal.

After understanding the situation at the time, the doctor couldn't help frowning and asked, "Did you open the window after turning off the air conditioner?" Normally, the human body is in an acid-base balance, but if you breathe excessively, this balance is easily disrupted. break in.Alkalosis is the result of excessive discharge of carbon dioxide.

In this case, you can wear a mask. With the blocking of the mask, after the carbon dioxide is discharged, part of it will be sucked back.After supplementing enough carbon dioxide, the body's acid-base balance will return, and the problem of alkalosis will be solved.

Hearing what the doctor said, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. They really didn't know if the window was opened.Probably not.

"Be careful in the future. Your body is important. You can't always turn on the air conditioner in hot weather. You need to ventilate more. Staying in a sealed room for a long time is not good for your health." A few reminders, seeing that the patient has almost rested, the doctor said Let them bring people back.

After Aunt Wang recovered, she called home and it was her son who came.Aunt Wang's son has a completely different image from Aunt Wang.Aunt Wang is dressed like a typical rural woman, but her son is dressed in a suit and leather shoes, looking like a successful person.

A knowledgeable person can tell at a glance that the outfits worn by Aunt Wang's son are of great value.

It turns out that the jokes on the Internet are all true.There are people who have money but can't stay idle, so they insist on running out to do cleaning work.Everyone couldn't help sighing in their hearts.Only Shi Qingguo was disdainful: Tsk, pretend to be a rich man, dress like an insurance salesman.Maybe that set of clothes was bought by maxing out how many credit cards.

If the family is really rich, can the mother come out to do cleaning?

"Mom, are you okay? What did the doctor say, do you need to be hospitalized? I'll go through the hospitalization procedures." Aunt Wang's son is very filial, supporting Aunt Wang is a series of concerns.Knowing that his mother was fine and didn't need to be hospitalized, he was still a little worried for fear of sequelae, and wanted her to be hospitalized for observation for a few days.

If it wasn't for Aunt Wang's desperate refusal, for fear of making his mother angry, and the doctor also said no, Aunt Wang's son would have gone through the hospitalization procedures on the spot.After knowing that his mother was fine, Aunt Wang's son also noticed the people standing around, and quickly thanked: "You sent my mother here, right? Thank you for your hard work, and I will treat you to dinner in two days. If you didn't send it in time, I Mom probably still suffers." He learned a little bit, and knew that the respiratory alkalosis was serious, and it was possible to go into shock and then lead to death.Aunt Wang's son was terrified.This thanks is sincere.

As he said that, he couldn't help complaining a few more words: "Mom, you too. I told you to rest at home, but you didn't. The house is so big that you can't clean it. You have to come out to work." No household change that he gives every month.

"Why do you work so hard? It's not like the family has no money. Now it's not the past. Your son has grown up and is successful and can afford you." Aunt Wang's son didn't care that this was a public place, so he planned to take advantage of this opportunity. Persuading my mother to go back to spend her old age peacefully: "You are in your 50s, so tired, it's not worth it to wear out your body? When you get sick again, you will suffer and spend money. Think about it, isn't it a special loss? "

"If you can't be free, how good would it be to dance square dance with Aunt Jiang next door? You can also exercise. Do you think this is the reason?" Aunt Wang's son asked other people, seeking foreign aid.Everyone nodded, and many people also persuaded: "This is your son's filial piety, how about going back to enjoy the blessing?"

Only Shi Qingguo smiled on the surface and agreed with him on the surface, but he kept cursing and pretending in his heart.If you say these things in private, what are you showing off in front of them?Show off your filial piety without asking your mother to work?

Aunt Wang's son started from scratch, from a rural boy with nothing to the present, he can be regarded as successful and famous.In addition to the means being in place, he was also naturally shrewd. He immediately noticed what was wrong with Shi Qingguo.He was too worried before, so he didn't see it. Aunt Wang's son glanced at him casually, and found that not only was Shi Qingguo's attitude wrong, but also his colleagues seemed to be ostracizing him. a pleasant person.