"Second Uncle."
"Second Uncle."
Gu Yanxiao and Gu Chenyi ran over and stood in front of Gu Shao. They smiled and greeted Gu Shao.
Then, they showed off their team uniforms as if they were presenting a treasure.
"See, I told you that this was the most suitable one. It can tell that we're a team, and it's not as silly as the others. Isn't it quite handsome?"
Gu Chenyi said proudly, but Gu Yanxiao rolled her eyes.
"Why do I remember that I was the one who found this first?"
"That's also something I highly recommend."
"…" Gu Xi looked at the two of them quietly without saying a word.
To be precise, this' poop-shoveling officer 'and' kittens' team uniform was chosen by the few of them in the group.
They had asked the boss to send it to Gu Shao's place and the Gu family's main residence.
In addition to these four uniforms, the other three also bought a similar uniform for Gu Yanlin and sent it to his studio's address in M Country.
However, as the person who was kicked out of the group chat, Gu Yanlin did not have the right to choose.
Therefore, the design she chose for him was a wrinkled, ferocious-looking, hairless cat.
"Hehe, I wonder if Big Brother received it."
"Let's take a photo and send it to him," Gu Yanxiao suggested as she raised her eyebrows.
Gu Chenyi nodded. "Sure! When the time comes, we'll let Big Brother photoshop himself. "
Of course, a team had to be neat and tidy.
Gu Yanxiao and Gu Chenyi took out their phones and looked excited to take a photo together. Obviously, they did not notice the look of disdain in Gu Shao's eyes as he looked at them.
The Gu family's production lines in several countries had to be inspected at the end of the year, and Gu Xuan had already left for S Country. In addition, because there was an important inspection, Gu Feng and his wife were busy working overtime and did not have time to celebrate.
Therefore, Gu Shao inexplicably had to take care of the children.
Gu Shao did not feel very happy about this.
"Do you know how to set up a tent?" Gu Shao looked at the two "extra" children beside him and asked.
"Yes." The two people who were fiddling with the photos put down their phones and nodded.
She didn't know if it was an illusion, but she felt that Second Uncle seemed to dislike them a little.
"Gu Yanxiao, go set up the red rack over there. Gu Chenyi, go get the tent and set it up with me." Gu Shao assigned the tasks to the two of them.
Hearing Gu Shao's arrangement, the two of them replied in unison, "Okay." Then, they went to complete their respective tasks.
In order not to be disdained by their second uncle, Gu Chenyi and Gu Yanxiao's movements could be said to be quite nimble.
— —
Seeing that everyone had gone to get busy, Gu Xi looked around.
"Then I'll start a fire."
The camping area provided everyone with the materials needed to build a stove, lighting tools, and charcoal and dry wood.
However, building a stove and starting a fire needed to be done by themselves.
Gu Xi went through the pile of ingredients and carefully identified each one. Then, she started to build the stove.
Gu Xi had specially made a strategy guide with several methods to build a stove.
Looking at the materials, Gu Xi started to recall which method should be used.
— — Find a place with moderate humidity and dig a hole first, then build stones around it …
Gu Xi followed step by step, but in the end, he realized that it didn't seem to work.
"The strategy guide provided by the blogger couldn't have been found in the game's dungeon, right?" Gu Xi couldn't help but mutter as he looked at the seemingly decent wild stove that would fall apart with a push.
Helpless, Gu Xi could only dismantle it and start again.
…
On the other side, Gu Shao chose a place to set up the tent and fixed the general framework of the tent with Gu Chenyi. After a while, he saw Gu Xi squatting on the ground and fiddling with something intently.
Gu Shao came closer and realized that Gu Xi was building a stove and was almost done.
Seeing Gu Shao come over, Gu Xi was stunned and asked uncertainly, "Is this okay?"
The strategy guide was really a trap, so Gu Xi decided to use his own method.
"…" Looking at the stove that Gu Xi had built, Gu Shao was silent for two seconds and sighed silently in his heart. He really didn't know how to answer Gu Xi's question.
He wanted to say no, but seeing how focused Gu Xi was, he was afraid that it would dampen her enthusiasm.
"Let me take a look." Gu Shao went over to Gu Xi and squatted down. He pretended to inspect it, but he was actually waiting for Gu Xi to start building it again when she wasn't paying attention.
The result was somewhat out of Gu Shao's expectations: Gu Xi's stove looked sloppy and seemed like it would fall apart with a single touch, but in fact, it was actually quite sturdy.
Gu Shao inspected it. The stones on the stove were very stable, and the gaps between the ventilation and the placement of the pots were reasonable.
Gu Shao was a little surprised. He turned his head slightly to look at Gu Xi and asked, "Where did you learn this?"
This wasn't a conventional way of building a stove, but it was indeed feasible.
"I didn't learn it," Gu Xi said and pointed at the stones on everyone's stove. "I built it according to the marks on the stones."
The campsite specially prepared these stones so that the people here could experience the feeling of cooking in the wild.
Therefore, these stones were originally chosen to be used to build a stove.
Just as Gu Xi was holding these stones in confusion, she suddenly discovered that there were marks on the stones that indicated that someone had used them before.
The places where the fire had burned were relatively darker, and the places where the stones were connected still retained the original color of the stones.
Gu Xi built the stove according to the different depths of the marks on the stones. She also made some adjustments in the process, probably according to her little knowledge of physics. However, Gu Xi wasn't sure if that was the case.
"So, is this okay?" Gu Xi looked at Gu Shao and asked nervously.
"No problem." Gu Shao smiled and said. He didn't change the basic structure of the stove. He only slightly strengthened the edges of the stove.
"It's done."
When she heard Gu Shao's words, Gu Xi's face lit up with a smile.
"Then I'll go get the things to start the fire!" Gu Xi said and ran over excitedly to carry the tools needed to start the fire.
Perhaps it was to allow everyone to experience the joys of traditional camping and cookouts, but the things provided by the campsite were not only built using the most primitive methods, but even the tools provided to start the fire were also the most primitive.
However, the good thing was that Gu Xizhi had also made these guides.
Gu Xi held the modified wood drill tool and studied it for a while. After roughly figuring out the method, she squatted in front of the stove and began to fiddle with it.
Seeing Gu Xi's excited look, Gu Shao didn't want to interrupt Gu Xi, so he let Gu Xi go.
Gu Shao stood at the side and posted a photo of the stove to his WeChat Moments.
As soon as he posted this status, he received a new comment.
[Gu Xuan: Hahaha, this stove is so ugly. Who built it?]
Gu Xuan wanted to know if this stove was built by Gu Yanxiao or his son.
Seeing Gu Xuan's comment, Gu Shao's eyes flashed with a hint of dissatisfaction. He replied coldly: [Your son's tent is even uglier. Do you want to see it?]
— —
On the other side, Xu Fei, who was still working overtime at NTN, also saw Gu Shao's status.
Xu Fei knew that Gu Shao had brought the three Gu brothers to participate in the school's drawing activity. However, he didn't know which "masterpiece" the stove in his boss's photo belonged to.
After thinking about it, Xu Fei tentatively commented: [The way this stove was built is very creative and very special.]
The next second, he saw Gu Shao's reply with a "proud" emoji. Xu Fei knew that he guessed right. This stove was definitely built by Gu Xi. There was no mistake about it!
What a big gift of praise!
— —
On the other side, Gu Xi fiddled with the fire-making tool for a long time, but he still couldn't start a fire. The expression on his face gradually changed from the initial excitement to a murderous look.
Unfortunately, no matter how Gu Xi fiddled with it, only a little white smoke came out from between the wooden blocks under the wooden stick. There was no spark at all.
"Why isn't it lit?" Gu Xi muttered. He thought to himself, "Could it be that the online guides are fooling me again?"
Just as Gu Xi was puzzled, Gu Shao walked past him.
"Here."
"Huh?" Gu Xi was stunned and handed the fire-making tool to Gu Shao.
After Gu Shao took the tool, he simply adjusted it and maintained the appearance that Gu Xi had just made. In the blink of an eye, before Gu Xi could see clearly what he did, the haystack under the wooden blocks had already started to emit sparks.
"It's on fire!" Gu Xi exclaimed, her tone filled with disbelief.
Hearing Gu Xi's exclamation, Gu Shao laughed inwardly, but he didn't stop what he was doing.
Gu Shao unhurriedly covered the haystack with an accelerant and blew a little air into it to ignite a ball of fire. Then, he added some dry wood and the fire began to stabilize.
The whole process was done in one go. Oh, the point was, it took less than a minute!
"Dad."
"Yes?"
"You even know how to do this?" Gu Xi stood at the side and looked at Gu Shao in amazement as she asked curiously.
She couldn't hide the admiration in her eyes.
Facing Gu Xi's admiring gaze, Gu Shao didn't show it on his face, but he felt comfortable in his heart. He smiled and explained, "I've been in a battalion before. These are all necessary marching skills."
Hearing Gu Shao's explanation, Gu Xi nodded. She remembered that Gu Shao's enlistment registration was in the household register.
However, Gu Xi was also curious as to why Gu Shao didn't continue to stay in the battalion like Sheng Xiuyan's father and chose to return to school.
"Is it because you prefer scientific research?" Gu Xi asked the question in her heart.
"Not exactly." After Gu Shao finished speaking, he explained to Gu Xi the reason why he left the battalion back then, as well as some of the things that happened to the Gu family back then.
Originally, according to the Gu family's position and Old Master Gu's views at that time, he would definitely send his three children to the battalion.
However, some things that happened later on changed the Gu family's structure and Old Master Gu's views.
Gu Feng was someone who truly wanted to return to the battalion. If it weren't for his injury, Gu Feng wouldn't have chosen to change careers.
"Your Eldest Uncle's injury was a huge blow to Grandpa …"
Old Master Gu blamed himself for that incident. Both his physical and mental state were very unstable. And because of Xie Hongbo's tricks behind the scenes, the Gu family also fell into a crisis and was in a precarious situation.
Therefore, Gu Shao had no choice but to retire from the army at that time. He returned to the Gu family and took over the position of the head of the Gu family, starting to deal with the Gu family's affairs.
Gu Shao completely settled the Gu family's troubles in nearly half a year and resolved the Gu family's crisis. After that, on the surface, Gu Shao left the Gu family and took most of the Gu family's resources with him. However, in reality, he spent a few years gradually reducing the Gu family's power.
After that, the Gu family of today was born.
Hearing Gu Shao's words, Gu Xi couldn't help but frown and reveal a serious expression. Although Gu Shao didn't go into detail about the grudges, Gu Xi knew that the person behind the Gu family's back was very likely the mysterious person with the surname Xie in the novel, who was also Gu Yaobai's biological father.
"Dad, have you found out who the person who harmed Eldest Uncle and the entire Gu family is?" Gu Xi asked.
Hearing this, although Gu Shao didn't say anything, Gu Xi could tell from his abrupt cold gaze that Gu Shao had probably found out who that person was.
Gu Xi originally thought that the Gu family's incident in the novel and the other party's success was because they weren't prepared. Now, it seemed that this wasn't the case.
"Can't our family defeat the other party?" Gu Xi subconsciously clenched his fists and asked.
Not really.
Gu Shao thought to himself.
Although Xie Hongbo had been working hard to expand his power over the years and had many connections under him, in reality, the Gu family wasn't bad either. It was just that some things couldn't be seen clearly.
The relationship between the two parties was more like a mutual restraint.
Gu Shao raised his head and saw Gu Xi's worried face. She was so nervous that her little face was wrinkled. Gu Shao was secretly amused. Then, he raised his hand and gently knocked on Gu Xi's forehead.
"Our family doesn't have to be afraid of the other party." Gu Shao said. He paused and said, "However, this isn't something that your little brain should be worried about."
Gu Shao said this to Gu Xi only because he wanted her to understand more about the family and their situation, and not to worry about the grudges.
The adults would settle the grudges of the previous generation. The children of the Gu family only needed to grow up healthy and happy, and then do what they wanted to do.
This was also a consensus that Gu Shao, Gu Feng, and Gu Xuan had reached over the years.
Therefore, Gu Yanxiao, Gu Chenyi, and even the eldest, Gu Yanlin, didn't know about these things.
"Okay, go and get the charcoal," Gu Shao said.
"Oh, okay." Gu Xi agreed and temporarily put the matter of the Gu family and the Xie family aside.
—
Looking around, Gu Xi's group was definitely the one that started the fire.
Many of the other groups hadn't even set up their stoves yet.
With such a comparison, Gu Xi couldn't help but feel a little smug. She looked at Gu Shao's back and laughed foolishly.
At this moment, Dong Mingming came over and saw Gu Xi laughing foolishly. He raised his hand and waved in front of her eyes. "What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing." Gu Xi came back to her senses and looked at Dong Mingming. She asked, "Is your family ready?"
"How is that possible …" Dong Mingming pursed his lips.
His family had also built their stoves according to the pictures on the Internet, but the result was not good.
Therefore, his family had already given up and asked Mr. Dong to go to the supply area to get an iron stove that they didn't build themselves.
Dong Mingming was now borrowing the fire.
"Just give me two pieces of charcoal that your family has already burned." Dong Mingming winked at Gu Xi and handed the iron basket that Mr. Dong had given to Gu Xi.
It wasn't that their family couldn't start a fire. Many families at the scene held fire-making tools and struggled for a long time but still couldn't make a fire.
In the end, most of the groups gave up and went to the supply area to borrow flintlocks.
Not using flintlocks was Dong Mingming's family's last insistence on "self-reliance and self-improvement."
— — Young girl, I'm afraid you have some misunderstanding about self-reliance and self-improvement.
Gu Xi silently glanced at Dong Mingming and complained in her heart. However, she was still very willing to give him two pieces of charcoal.
After taking the two pieces of charcoal back, Dong Mingming came back not long after with a kettle in his hand.
"What do you want to borrow this time?" Gu Xi asked.
Upon hearing this, Dong Mingming chuckled. "Nothing much. I just want to rub some firewood."
Before he finished speaking, Dong Mingming had already "consciously" put the kettle in his hand on Gu Xi's stove.
Gu Xi: "…"
— —
Sitting next to Gu Xi and eating Gu Xi's Aunt Mei's desserts, Dong Mingming suddenly thought of something. He nudged Gu Xi's arm and said, "Oh right, I saw someone's WeChat Moments post. Li Ming also has a sketch."
Upon hearing Dong Mingming's words, Gu Xi was slightly taken aback. Just as she was about to ask something, Gu Yanxiao and Gu Chenyi, who had finished setting up the tents and shelves, came over.
"Are you talking about Li Ming?" Gu Yanxiao asked with a frown.
"Yes." Dong Mingming nodded and said, "It seems to be right next to us."
There were many sketch sites in Jingping Mountain, so even if they were together, they wouldn't affect each other.
However, upon hearing this, Gu Chenyi still revealed a somewhat unhappy expression and said unhappily, "Why does this Li Ming always hang out with our affiliated high school?"
"Isn't this quite normal?" Dong Mingming shrugged and said, "And this time, No. 7 High School is also here. I heard that Ming Du is also next door."
The few schools in City B not only had to compete with each other in terms of results, but they also had to compete in all aspects. They didn't even let go of the sketch activities. This phenomenon of gathering at the same time and place had happened countless times.
"Everyone does their own thing," Dong Mingming said nonchalantly.
However, when Dong Mingming saw Gu Yanxiao, Gu Chenyi, and Gu Xi wearing the same team uniform, he couldn't help but feel envious.
"Your team uniform looks good too!" Dong Mingming muttered with an expression that said, "It looks good, I want it, I want the same uniform" written all over his face.
It was one thing for the uniform to look good, but the main thing was that so many family members had to wear it to create such an effect.
Why didn't she have any male cousins or something …
Dong Mingming felt resentful in his heart.
However, in the next second, Dong Mingming suddenly turned to look at Gu Xi and smiled, his eyes shining.
"Gu Xi, I have a suggestion!"
"What is it?" Gu Xi asked.
"Why don't our two schools form an alliance!" Dong Mingming pulled Gu Xi and said excitedly. After a pause, he began to talk about the benefits of an alliance. "This way, we can cook together, share tents, and when we dig for treasures, there's strength in numbers!"
"What do you think? What do you think? "
Looking at Dong Mingming's serious expression, but unable to hide the excitement of a little fangirl, Gu Xi subconsciously glanced at her two children.
— — Why did she feel that Dong Mingming's suggestion of forming an alliance was fake? In fact, he was purely coveting her family's Gu Yanxiao and Gu Chenyi?
The two people at the side didn't know what was going on in Gu Xi's mind. When they saw Gu Xi looking at them, they thought that Gu Xi was asking for their opinion.
"I'm fine with anything," Gu Chenyi said with a shrug.
Then, Gu Yanxiao also said, "I'm fine with it too."
"Alright then." In the end, Gu Xi nodded and approved Dong Mingming's "alliance application".
However, when Gu Xi passed by Gu Chenyi and Gu Yanxiao, he secretly sighed and said to them earnestly, "Boys should protect themselves when they go out."
Gu Yanxiao: "…"
Gu Chenyi: "???"
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