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When Gu Zhengdong opened the window in the embroidery factory just now, he wiped the black ash on his face.He didn't know it himself, and he was smearing about it. It was with this big painted face that he walked through the crowd and rode his bicycle all the way home.

He thought this was the scene of a large-scale social death.

No wonder Huo Xiaojiao had that expression, she might have pretended not to care about him, but she couldn't hold back her laughter, so she had no choice but to run away in the end.

This is Gu Zhengdong not following the routine.

Xiaoqiang rushed to get him a basin of face wash water, Gu Zhengdong washed it for a long time, and then soaped it. When he looked up, he saw that it was not Xiao Xiao who was waiting with a towel, but Du Junsheng.

He imitated his small appearance, held a white towel in his hand, and waited for Gu Zhengdong to wash his face solemnly before handing it over.

Gu Zhengdong blushed, if Mr. Du knew that his precious grandson made this, he would not know how he would feel.

"Have you eaten yet?" Da Gang's voice came from the door.

Gu Zhengdong remembered that he told him to come over for a meal when he had nothing to do, but this kid was in a hurry and came quickly.

Da Gang was not empty-handed either, carrying a bag of white fat fish.This is a local specialty. The fish is silvery white and flat. It is the most delicious when fried, but the output is not large.

The bag weighed three catties. Grandma Bai took out a laundry tub, poured it into it, added water, and a few live ones swam around shaking their heads and tails.

Four children ran over to watch the fish around the basin.

Grandma Bai brought another basin and fished out the dead fish.I saw that she took a pair of rusty iron scissors, sat on the pony tie, scraped the scales and cut open the belly in one go, and picked up the fish in a blink of an eye.

"Let's do it all. This fish can't be kept alive. You like it. I'll get you some loach tomorrow. It's tough and you can't keep it alive."

Gu Zhengdong went into the kitchen and took a look. It was a home-cooked dish, mixed with a cold dish, an eggplant with sauce, and a pork liver.

Although Da Gang added a fish, it was not enough. Da Gang has a big appetite.

He went out and said to Grandma Bai, "Ma'am, don't fry this fish, I'll go buy some beef, let's go to the river to barbecue."

Before the adults could say anything, the children all jumped up.

"Go to the river to eat barbecue!"

In this way, Gu Zhengdong felt that everything was worth it, and money couldn't buy happiness.

Da Gang just came here to eat delicious food, so he was not polite, he sat on a chair and waited for Gu Zhengdong to buy meat.

At this time, the family barbecue in Northeast China was just in the ascendant. One after another, barbecue restaurants were springing up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. Not to mention, the shops selling beef and mutton also added a new item, free mixed meat.

"Which piece of meat do you want?" the shopkeeper greeted warmly, holding a knife in his hand, just waiting for Gu Zhengdong to show it.

"Here comes the ribs, fatter ones, and a piece of eagle eye, there are old people and children." As soon as Gu Zhengdong opened his mouth, the shopkeeper knew he was an expert, and cut two pieces of meat with his hands up and down.

The owner is careful, he cuts the two pieces of meat separately, mixes them with the ready-made meat mixture, and finally takes out an onion, shreds and puts it in. This is the soul of barbecue.

"Two bags of dipping ingredients." Gu Zhengdong said and began to pay.

The dipping sauce is also specially made in the Northeast, which is not found in the South.

This is different from barbecue sauce, which is made of crushed peanuts and sesame cumin bread crumbs, which can enhance the aroma of beef.

After leaving the butcher shop, Gu Zhengdong bought onion, cotyledon, sweet potato and dried tofu. Anyway, in the Northeast, everything can be roasted.

When he got home, Da Gang had already gone out to buy a case of beer and came back with a case of Dabai Pear drink.

The children held a bottle each, and they all drank hiccups.

Grandma Bai and Aunt Xian were obviously displeased.

Gu Zhengdong was busy smoothing things over and asked everyone to move the tableware and ingredients to the small tricycle.

Da Gang was pedaling the bike, Gu Zhengdong was holding Xiao Xiao, Grandma Bai was holding Long Long, Aunt Xian was leading Du Junsheng, Xiao Qiang ran back and forth teasing the three children, and the whole family came to the riverside in a lively manner.

In the evening of summer, there are many people grilling by the river.

Most of them lived close to each other. There was a small homemade iron stove with an iron baking pan on it. Put the mixed meat on it, and it sizzled and the aroma was overflowing.

There is a semi-circular cement platform under the dam, which is just suitable for barbecue, and you can watch the river view while eating.

Gu Zhengdong found a place, parked the tricycle, and the family started to light the stove and start roasting.

There are a few small horses in the car, which are not enough. Fortunately, the children are not hungry anymore, and they don’t eat seriously. They run around.

Da Gang and Gu Zhengdong chatted and drank a bottle of beer each.

Grandma Bai and Aunt Xian watched the child carefully and were not allowed to run outside the railing.

The barbecue next to him was also a family, watching Gu Zhengdong get a tricycle to pull things, his eyes were full of envy.

"Dude, do you have any garlic?" the male owner of the house asked.

As soon as Da Gang joined hands, he threw a head of garlic.The host took it and thanked him, and turned around to take a few skewered chicken hearts.

"Thank you buddy, I can't finish this drink, take two bottles over there!" Gu Zhengdong also greeted, ignoring his elder brother's obstruction, he forced a few bottles of beer over there.

The children of that family also ran to play with Longlong and the others, and they seemed to have become old friends.

People in the Northeast have social cow b syndrome, it's just a trivial matter, if you chat casually, you will become a family.

Back and forth, it was lively for a while, Gu Zhengdong and Da just stopped to drink.

At this time, the setting sun had already set heavily, spreading the golden color of half of the river, which was extremely beautiful.

The river breeze blows away the heat of the day.

Gu Zhengdong raised his head comfortably and took a big sip of wine, and Longlong ran over.

"Dad, don't drink too much!"

He was a little worried.

"Don't worry, Dad won't drink too much."

"Dad, I want to eat this." Xiao Xiaoxiao didn't know what a chicken heart was, pointed with his little finger, opened his mouth and waited for Gu Zhengdong to feed him.

Gu Zhengdong hurriedly picked up a chicken heart, and only dared to feed it to the small snacks after it cooled down.

The little expression was a little unpredictable, as if he didn't like the taste of chicken hearts very much.

"I want it too." Du Junsheng also came over, with an unconfident tone, and looked back at his little expression.

Gu Zhengdong followed the same pattern and fed him one too.

Du Junsheng lived a delicate life since he was a child. It is rare to eat this kind of wild food. It is quite useful, so he ordered a bunch of chicken hearts to eat.

Gu Zhengdongpin came out, Du Jun gave birth to this child, and he lacked love.Seeing him being doted on by his grandfather and living in a wealthy township, he lacks nothing.

But he has never enjoyed the maternal love that normal people's children have.So there is always some lack of self-confidence, which is revealed inadvertently, which makes people feel distressed.

"Where did you get it? You get more and more." Da Gang asked Du Junsheng, who was unfamiliar with it.

"Aunt Xian's relative." Gu Zhengdong didn't dare to tell Du Junsheng's life experience, which was a bit scary.

"Did something happen over there?" The elder brother next to him suddenly stood up and looked towards the river.

There was a small boat over there just now, and a few young people were laughing and making noise on it.

Now it seems that the sound is wrong, someone is calling for help.

Gu Zhengdong and Da Gang also stood up and looked towards the river.

The water has not risen much this year, but the surface of the river is still much higher than usual, and the current is also turbulent.

They looked at the past with the last light and shadow of the setting sun, and there was a black spot on the river surface, rising and falling.

Someone fell into the water.

Gu Zhengdong rushed out without hesitation.