I saw a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl standing at the door of the ward. She had an oval face, fair skin, and willow eyebrows, and was tall. She was looking at Gu Mingnan with a serious face.
She pursed her lips, but couldn't hide the worry in her eyes.
Facing the confused eyes of the Gu brothers and sisters, the girl took a step forward and said decisively: "I can take care of him."
Gu Mingdong and Gu Mingxi both looked at their younger brother with suspicion in their eyes, secretly wondering if their second oldest brother, Tieshuhuahua, had secretly dated someone behind their backs.
That shouldn't be the case. With Gu Lao Er's temperament, he doesn't have to shout in the streets when he's dating someone. How could he remain silent? This confidentiality work is also done very well.
The second brother Gu was also confused: "No, eldest brother, third brother, what do you mean by looking at me like this?"
"And you, who are you? Do I know you? Why do you want to take care of me?"
The girl at the door was about to explain when a man hurriedly ran over from behind and shouted out of breath: "Xiaoru, why are you running so fast? Wait for your dad."
Master Qian carried a bag of fruits and nutritional supplements, wiped his sweat and introduced: "Anan, you don't know me yet, this is my daughter, her name is Qian Xiaoru, Xiaoru, this is the Anan my father mentioned. Thanks to me this time, Him, otherwise dad won't be able to come back."
"It turns out that she is the master's daughter, and you will be my sister from now on." When Gu Erdi heard this, he immediately said, "Master, you came here as soon as you came, why did you buy so many things?"
Qian Xiaoru's expression changed slightly, she pursed her lips and said nothing, looking around him.
Master Qian put down the fruits and nutritional supplements while talking: "Now you are my savior. Buying some food and drinks is nothing. Xiaoru, this kid has a filial heart. I heard that you were injured to save me, so you don't need to ask for leave." I want to come and take a look."
"Hey, my sister is very thoughtful." Gu Erdi said smoothly.
Qian Xiaoru lowered his head and said, "You saved my dad. If it's inconvenient for your family, I can take care of you."
These words made Master Qian stunned for a moment, and he looked at his daughter in confusion. This was different from what they said before going out.
Gu Mingdong felt strange after hearing this. These days, men and women are afraid of being gossiped when they get close, let alone taking care of a strange man.
He took a closer look at Qian Xiaoru, his cheeks were flushed, he didn't know whether it was because he was hot from running too fast or because he was shy.
When the second brother Gu heard this, he waved his hands repeatedly: "Master, our girl is really thoughtful, but you just come here with something to look at me. How can I let you, a big girl, take care of me? Then I won't be a hooligan."
"I appreciate your kindness, but it's really of no use."
Qian Xiaoru's originally red face faded, she lowered her head and stopped talking.
Gu Sanmei watched from the side and tasted something: "It turns out to be Sister Xiaoru. My second brother can't talk with his head, so don't take it to your heart."
Qian Xiaoru could only say: "I didn't take it to my heart."
Gu Sanmei smiled again and said, "But since the eldest brother and I are here, I don't have to trouble you to take care of the second brother."
Master Qian also said: "If you are too busy, just let me know and I will come over to help. Xiaoru, don't you have to go back to the factory later?"
Because of this little episode, the father and daughter asked about the situation and confirmed that Gu Mingnan was really fine. He would stay for a few days and wait for his condition to stabilize before being discharged, so they left without staying any longer.
Master Qian led his daughter out of the hospital and looked at her with a frown on his face: "Xiaoru, what's the matter with you? If Anan really needs someone to take care of you, your mother and I will have to come here. Why are you joining in the fun?"
"You're not married yet, and it wouldn't be appropriate even if you were."
Qian Xiaoru lowered her head and said hesitantly: "Dad, didn't you say you wanted to marry me to him?"
Master Qian was stunned and realized that his daughter had overheard what he said to his wife last night. He said helplessly: "I was joking with your mother, it's nothing."
"Besides, even if we had plans, we wouldn't be able to catch up with you as a big girl."
The blood on that day was so shocking, and Gu Mingnan's hand didn't know whether it could recover, so Master Qian felt that he might never be able to repay this life-saving grace in his lifetime.
When he got home that night, Master Qian couldn't help but mention this matter to Qian's mother, and even said that he wanted to marry his daughter.
Master Qian was also quick-tongued, but he really liked Gu Mingnan in his heart. He felt that he was hardworking, good-looking, capable of getting things done, and would definitely be promising in the future.
Qian's mother was not very happy at that time. She felt that the life-saving grace was great, but she could not repay it with her daughter. After all, Qian Xiaoru was good-looking, smart and sensible. Although she was a daughter, both husband and wife loved her very much.
Afraid that her daughter would be bullied when she went to the countryside, Qian's mother also took early retirement and asked her daughter to take over her own job. Because of this job, the first two daughters-in-law in the family were very dissatisfied, and they said implicitly that the couple was partial.
But he didn't expect that his daughter would actually take it seriously after hearing it. She came over the next day and said she wanted to take care of Gu Mingnan. What a big deal.
Qian Xiaoru has always had a quiet and steady temperament, and I have never seen her so impulsive before.
"Xiaoru, what are you thinking? What you just said was so inappropriate."
Master Qian was puzzled. It couldn't be that his daughter fell in love at first sight when she saw Gu Mingnan, right?
Qian Xiaoru fell silent and said after a long time: "Dad, actually I have met him."
Master Qian was a little confused: "Have you seen Anan? When did you come to the transportation team to deliver things?"
Qian Xiaoru shook his head.
"Is it possible that you two are secretly dating someone?" Master Qian asked anxiously.
If Gu Mingnan secretly had a relationship with his daughter but didn't tell him, Master Qian would definitely feel uncomfortable in his heart.
Fortunately, Qian Xiaoru shook her head again: "No."
Master Qian became anxious: "Why is that? You can't just fall in love with Anan at first sight, right?"
His daughter has a very high vision, and even those who are introduced to her will look down upon her.
Qian Xiaoru lowered his head and hesitated to speak.
Master Qian slapped his head: "Are you worried about your father to death?"
"I..." Qian Xiaoru mustered up her courage and gritted her teeth and said, "Dad, do you still remember that half a month ago, one day when we were working the night shift in our factory, my clothes were torn when I came home."
Master Qian's expression changed, and he had a bad feeling in his heart: "Go on."
Sure enough, Qian Xiaoru continued: "That day I said I accidentally fell, but I was actually lying to you."
"I worked overtime too late that day. I was tired and sleepy. I just wanted to go home quickly and have a good rest, so I took a walk. Who knew I would meet a gangster."
Thinking of the situation at that time, Qian Xiaoru was still trembling with fear: "He chased me and tried to tear my clothes off. I was so frightened that I screamed, but the place was too remote and there was no one there."
Master Qian's whole body was trembling: "Are you being bullied?"
Qian Xiaoru shook his head quickly.
"It's okay, it's okay." Master Qian clapped his chest and gasped, "How many times have I told your mother not to take shortcuts and take the back roads and walk with the coworkers after get off work, but why don't you listen?"
"It was just once, who knew I would meet him." Qian Xiaoru was also very scared.
It was safe to take the main road home, but it would take a long detour and take twice as long as the small road. She was so tired and sleepy that day that she thought of taking a shortcut, but who knew she would be so unlucky.
Master Qian was anxious to curse, but he couldn't bear to see his daughter's pitiful appearance, so he had to ask again: "Can you tell me carefully what's going on?"
"It was Gu Mingnan who passed by and saved me that day. He was very powerful. He knocked down the gangster with one punch. He also beat the gangster severely and said that he would be sent to the police station."
"I was so frightened that I would be dead if I were sent to the police station, so I begged him not to do it."
It's no wonder that Qian Xiaoru was afraid. If she was sent to the police station to cause trouble, the gangster might be shot, but her reputation would be completely ruined. Not only would she be criticized by others, she might also be hanged.
"Later, Gu Mingnan asked me to leave first, so I ran home. When I inquired the next day, I didn't hear that anyone had been sent to the police station."
She didn't know what happened to the gangster in the end, and she was terrified for the next few days. Fortunately, the man never appeared again.
After less than half a month, Qian Xiaoru finally felt relieved.
"No wonder you were so distracted some time ago. I thought it was because the work at the end of the year was too heavy and tiring. You kid, why didn't you tell us about such a big thing?"
Qian Xiaoru cried and said: "I'm almost scared to death, and my brother and sister-in-law are all here at home. I'm afraid that if I tell them, they will hear me and spread the news."
Thinking of the virtues of his two daughters-in-law, Master Qian was helpless.
Qian Xiaoru added: "It turned out to be okay, so I thought I'd better not say anything. If I did, it would make you worry."
"You can't hide this kind of thing from now on. Your parents will definitely be on your side."
"Yeah." Qian Xiaoru sniffed, and the big stone that had been pressing for a while finally fell.
Master Qian was frightened by his daughter's heavy breathing. He was relieved when he heard that his daughter had not suffered a loss. "Fortunately, you have not suffered a loss."
"Let me know who dares to bully my daughter, and see if I don't castrate him!" Reassured, Master Qian became frightened.
"No, then why did Anan say he hadn't seen you just now?"
Qian Xiaoru said calmly: "It was too dark that night, so he might not have recognized it."
Qian Xiaoru didn't know if Gu Mingnan really didn't recognize him, or if he did, he was afraid of embarrassing her, so he pretended not to know her.
But a few days later, when she went to deliver something to her father, she recognized at a glance the young man sitting next to him. He was the man who fell from the sky that night and pulled her out of despair.
At that time, Qian Xiaoru secretly decided that she would repay him well. Who knew that a month later, Gu Mingnan saved her father again.
Master Qian finally understood. No wonder his daughter was more anxious than him when she heard that Gu Mingnan was injured. It turned out that it was not because he saved his father, but for other reasons.
Looking at his daughter with her head lowered and her cheeks flushed, Master Qian suddenly felt sad.
"Then you can't be so obvious. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that something is wrong. This matter needs to be considered in the long term."
After scolding his daughter, Master Qian added: "I also like this kid Anan. His character is nothing to say. If you like him, I will mention it to him when the time comes."
"Dad, what the hell, I just want to repay the favor." Qian Xiaoru stomped her feet shyly, covered her face and ran away.
"Hey, the female university is not a good one."
On the other side, as soon as Gu Sanmei and others left, they looked at Gu Mingnan eagerly.
Gu Mingnan was not as sensitive as Qian Xiaoru thought. He was looking at the fruit: "Third brother, go see what my master has brought. Give me one to try. I'll drink it with a bowl of porridge." The beaks faded out like birds."
Gu Mingxi took out an apple with a smile and slowly began to peel it.
Second brother Gu urged: "Stop peeling it, just wash it and I'll just chew it."
Who would have thought that after Gu Mingxi peeled the skin and cut it in half, he and his elder brother each ate half of it, and they ate it very deliciously.
"Don't stare at me. The doctor said you can only eat liquid food now."
The second brother Gu was lying there with a helpless expression on his face. He could quarrel with his third sister, but his eldest brother acquiesced even though he didn't see her. What else could he do?
Gu Mingdong finished the apple in two words and said with a smile: "Okay, stop teasing him. It will be terrible when the wound really collapses."
"When you can eat normally again, just ask if you want to eat anything, and I will let Fourth Sister cook it for you."
"Did you hear that? Don't blame me all day long." Gu Erdi immediately picked up the chicken feathers as a token.
Gu Sanmei snorted coldly, leaned over and asked, "Second brother, tell me the truth, who is that Xiaoru sister just now?"
That look, that expression, that expression just now, everything looked wrong.
The second brother Gu sneered: "You can't do it, third brother. It's just that you have a bad temper, but your brain is not good. Didn't Master Qian just say that she is his daughter?"
"That's not what I meant." Gu Sanmei emphasized, "I'm asking about your relationship with her."
Second brother Gu asked strangely: "She is my master's daughter. Why can't you understand people's words? Are you stupid?"
The two of them were asking and answering questions, but they were not on the same channel at all.
Gu Sanmei rolled her eyes: "Gu Lao Er, are you really stupid or are you pretending to be stupid? People obviously know you, so just pretend."
Gu Erdi pushed her away in disgust: "Isn't it strange that she knows me? Master Qian must have mentioned me when he got home. It's strange that she doesn't know."
"It's not this understanding, it's..." Gu Sanmei wanted to talk to him in detail.
But Gu Mingdong stopped her: "Third sister, forget it, let the second child have a good rest."
"But Qian Xiaoru..." Gu Sanmei felt that she finally saw the shadow of her second sister-in-law, and she had to work hard to save her second son from being a bachelor all his life.
Gu Mingdong said: "Some things have to be let nature take its course."
Gu Sanmei thought it was the same when she heard that the second child had such an annoying temperament. What if Qian Xiaoru liked Qian Xiaoru for a while and suddenly realized that she was blind and didn't like him anymore?
It's better not to tell the second child, lest he know that someone likes him, his tail will be raised to the sky.
With such an episode, Gu Sanmei went home a little late.
Little did they know that Miao Taotao came in a hurry to deliver the letter yesterday, and Master Qian came again late at night. Gu Mingdong never came back, and Gu Sanmei also left the next day with large and small bags.
In the eyes of the production team members, something big happened to Gu Mingnan.
Although Master Qian knew that Gu Mingnan's life was no longer in danger, Gu Simei didn't see anyone, and she was still worried, and even the others were listless.
The twins and Gu Yun stopped going out to play and stayed at home with her.
Seeing that the children were all worried, Gu Simei cheered up: "Don't worry, Master Qian said that my second uncle is fine and he can go home after he is cured."
Gu Liangxing raised his head and said, "When my second uncle comes back, I will never fight for braised pork with him again."
"All the snacks I saved can be given to him." Gu Liangchen also said.
Even Gu Yun, who had few opportunities to see Gu Mingnan, made a worried gesture.
Gu Simei felt warm and touched their little heads: "Okay, don't stay at home and worry, go out and play."
"We're not going to play, let's help Fourth Aunt do things." The twins were extremely sensible.
Gu Simei was afraid that they would have random thoughts when they stayed around her, so she said, "It's been cold recently, and the chickens at home are not laying eggs so diligently. Why don't you go dig some earthworms and feed them back."
The twins nodded, picked up the small bamboo basket, and set off with Gu Yun.
Gu Simei waited for them to leave before sighing, hoping in her heart that her eldest brother and third sister would come back soon, at least to send a message.
I don't know if the second brother's injury is serious, but since he is bleeding, he must be replenished. There is still meat and brown sugar at home. When he gets home, he can eat more to replenish his blood.
I heard that red dates are the best for replenishing blood. They didn't buy any red dates in their New Year supplies. I don't know if they can still be bought now.
Gu Simei was thinking about various blood-replenishing and body-replenishing things when she suddenly heard someone shouting again outside.
"Xiao Bei, your twins are fighting with the Liu family boy."
When Gu Mingbei heard this, he ran out quickly.
When she ran to the place, she saw the twins fighting with several children from the Liu family. The Liu family had more children and were older, but the twins fought vigorously.
Gu Yun was crying, but if the Liu family had the upper hand, she would rush over and scratch and bite them hard.
"Ah Xing Ah Chen!" Gu Mingbei shouted anxiously.
After finally separating the children, the twins' faces were stained with tears.
Gu Mingbei was so distressed that he quickly squatted down to check where they were injured.
It happened that the Liu family also came over at this time, and the first one was the old Liu's eldest daughter-in-law: "Hey, why are your twins so cruel? Look at how they beat my son."
Gu Mingbei has always been a kind-hearted person, but now his face turned cold: "Sister-in-law, take a closer look. Each of your five children is older than my family, Ah Xing and Ah Chen. It's nothing to bully the younger ones." ability."
The oldest child of the Liu family is as tall as Gu Mingbei, and he is considered a young man in the countryside.
"What does bullying mean? It's not normal for children to fight and fight. Besides, your twins are like wolf cubs. They bite people when they catch them. Look, they almost bit off my son's ears. "
The Liu family's daughter-in-law secretly scolded her son and nephew for being so useless. With so many people beating the two little ones, they could still beat them like this.
At this time, Gu Liangxing shouted at the top of his lungs: "He scolded my second uncle first and then I beat him."
Gu Mingbei's expression changed: "Xiaoxing, tell Fourth Aunt, what did he scold your Second Uncle for?"
Gu Liangxing sniffed and shouted: "He said that my second uncle was seriously injured and will definitely die. From now on, there will only be one worker left in our family."
As soon as I heard these words, I knew that the adults were talking, and the children had imitated them. The onlookers looked at the old wife Liu.
Her face darkened, and she pretended to spank her son: "I will let you talk nonsense. You should talk too much about other people's affairs."
Gu Mingbei clenched his fists and shouted coldly: "My second brother is injured, but only slightly. He will be back in a few days."
"How your second brother cares about our affairs is all childish talk. Don't take it to heart."
Gu Mingbei said coldly: "You really don't need to worry about what happens to my second brother, but if I hear someone cursing my second brother to death behind his back, I don't care whether it's the Chinese New Year or not. I'll block that house from today on." The curse will last until next year."
After saying that, he pulled the twins: "Let's go home."
"This kind of family has ungrateful adults and uneducated children. Don't play with them in the future."
One and three children held each other's hands and turned around to leave.
The old wife Liu was trembling with anger: "Listen, listen, she is threatening me, what the hell."
"Old Liu family, you should be more polite. Anan is fine and you are talking nonsense."
The old wife Liu scolded: "Who knows if something is going to happen? If I say a few words, he won't lose a piece of flesh."
After finishing speaking, he said arrogantly: "I am considered an elder after all, but the girl from the Gu family is pointing at my nose and scolding me. Is it because I was born or taught by my mother..."
Gu Mingbei stopped, clenched his fists, turned around and wanted to rush back.
"Shut up!" At this moment, a sharp shout came, but Aunt Gu rushed over like a tiger, with two big-eared melons following her, "We are bullying the children, you think I am the boss?" There is no one left in the Gu family, right?"
"You, you dare to hit me?"
"If I hit you, I'll hit you. If you talk meaner, I'll keep hitting you."
As soon as Third Aunt Gu came out, her burly body made the old Liu's daughter-in-law tremble slightly. Then she looked at the Gu brothers who were watching eagerly from behind, and they dragged their son away with curses.
Aunt Gu gave up and walked over to look at Gu Mingbei: "From now on, if you encounter something like this, call me aunt. You are young and you will lose your position by arguing with these shameless women."
Gu Mingbei hummed and said thank you to the third aunt.
Third Aunt Gu smiled and said, "We are all one family. Is your second brother okay?"
"It's really okay. Master Qian said, you can come back after recovering from your injuries."
"That's good, that's good." After hearing this, Aunt Gu was relieved in her heart.
Gu Mingbei was afraid that something would happen again, so he took the twins and Gu Yun home.
However, the twins groaned angrily and muttered: "They must be envious of my family's good food and good life."
"They don't dare to do it when our father is around, but they say bad things when he's not around. I don't know how many bad things they said behind my father's back."
"How dare you curse your second uncle to death? Are you just going to let them go?"
The twins looked at each other, their eyes twitching, and they wanted to sneak out in a tacit understanding.
Gu Yun, who had been paying attention to them, immediately noticed them and followed them.
The twins made a shushing gesture, and Gu Yun gestured that she had to go too.
The twins looked at each other and were helpless, so they had no choice but to take her with them.
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