Chapter 436: Picking

After Chen Dasong and others got the photos, they excitedly went to look at the people in the photos. When Chen Dasong saw himself, he couldn't help but grin, pointed at himself in the photo, and said excitedly: "Hey, this is me! I'm digging a hole in the field!"

"Dad, there's also me and Duoxi!" Chen Duofu was also very excited.

Their family didn’t have much money before, so they had never gone to the county to take photos. Now they are seeing their own photos for the first time and they are very excited.

This was not the first time that Zhang Chengyuan took a photo. Gao Mingcheng had taken photos of him and Xuanyue before when he borrowed a camera from a photo studio.

But now he also lowered his head, looking at the photo of himself with a serious expression.

In addition to his, there is also one with many jades.

This was taken secretly by Gao Mingcheng. After it was developed, the result was very good. After seeing it, many beauties felt that the second sister and nephew in the photo were very well photographed, with a kind of lively beauty, and the whole picture had a warm feeling.

When Zhang Chengyuan saw this photo, he was stunned at first, and then he kept staring at it as if he was in a trance.

Gao Mingcheng saw that they were all very happy, and he was happy too, so he said, "I will take pictures of you again if I have the chance in the future. I plan to take a few pictures when we pick fruits and plant new fruit trees."

Gao Mingcheng plans to use the camera lens to record the passage of time.

Time is like water, when it flows slowly, no one notices. Only when you look back suddenly, will you sigh that time has passed and the memories of the past have turned yellow.

Being able to live his life again, Gao Mingcheng naturally wanted to record every little detail.

When it comes to picking fruits, Chen Dasong immediately said: "The loquats in the mountains have turned yellow, so they should be ripe."

"The bayberries have grown a lot, and the ones on the treetops have started to turn red."

"The peaches are ripe, too. The tips of the peaches are turning red."

Gao Mingcheng was overjoyed when he heard this. He looked toward Xiaofu Mountain, at the various fruit trees in the distance, and said, "Go to my house and get baskets and backpacks. We will go to the mountain now to pick the ripe fruits."

Once the fruit is ripe, it must be picked immediately, otherwise it will rot. Insects and birds will peck at the fruit. When it is half-rotten, it will fall directly from the branch and then rot under the tree, attracting mosquitoes.

The three of them put the photos close to their bodies without hesitation, and then went to Gao Mingcheng's house to get the basket and backpack.

Tools like bamboo baskets and backpacks are available in every household, but Gao Mingcheng's family only has two bamboo baskets and one backpack, so he said to Zhang Chengyuan: "Brother, when you have time, weave some bamboo baskets for fruits. When the fruit trees in the mountains grow bigger and produce more fruits, these bamboo baskets will not be enough."

Zhang Chengyuan doesn't talk much, but he has good skills, so Gao Mingcheng let him weave.

Of course, this costs money.

As a countryman, no one would complain about having too much money, so Zhang Chengyuan immediately nodded in agreement.

Chen Dasong was jealous and couldn't help but say, "I'm also good at weaving bamboo baskets."

Gao Mingcheng glanced at him and said casually, "Okay then, each of you should weave ten bamboo baskets. You should weave larger ones that are sturdier."

Chen Dasong and his friends were holding tools for packing fruit, while Gao Mingcheng was holding his own camera.

Although there was some harvest from the fruit trees last year, it was not much and there were no cameras at that time, so Gao Mingcheng planned to take pictures of the fruitful scene this year.

They first arrived at the peach forest. The entire mountain was covered with peach trees, about forty or fifty of them. The peach trees were still small, but there were some peaches hanging on almost every tree.

This is a nectarine, which is much bigger than the hairy peaches grown in the mountains. It is juicy when bitten, and has a strong peach flavor in the sweet and sour taste.

"Don't move, let me take a picture first!" Gao Mingcheng handed little Xuxu to Zhang Chengyuan, then took out his camera and began looking for a suitable picture.

Click.

"Okay, start picking!"

Another crack!

After taking several photos in a row, Gao Mingcheng put away the camera and took little Xuxu over. Zhang Chengyuan was an experienced dad, and when he was holding little Xuxu, he did not suffer any loss at the hands of little Xuxu, unlike Chen Duofu, who had no experience at all and fell into little Xuxu's trap right away.

Gao Mingcheng held Xiao Xuxu in one hand and picked a peach with the other hand. He didn't even think about washing it. He just rubbed the peach on his clothes a few times and thought it was ready to eat.

He took a bite first, and after making sure that the peach was indeed ripe and tasted good, he handed half a peach to Xiao Xuxu who had been reaching out for it.

Xiao Xuxu now has four upper and lower front teeth. After chewing the peach for a while, he can chew it without even breaking the skin.

But the juice of the peach also made him quite excited. He kept biting it and absorbing the sweet juice.

Gao Mingcheng couldn't help but click his tongue a few times as he watched him chew the food with great effort. However, he didn't plan to bite it into pieces and feed it to him. Firstly, it was unhygienic, and secondly, he was afraid that it would get stuck in his throat.

He held little Xuxu in one hand and still had the other hand free to pick peaches.

He looked around and saw that some peaches were still green, so he said, "Don't pick the unripe ones yet."

"Got it!"

The peach tree didn't look big, and there didn't seem to be many fruits, but after picking all the ripe ones, there were actually quite a few.

Gao Mingcheng felt that he should think about sales issues.

His approach to selling these fruits is very simple and crude. If the quantity is small, he will give some to relatives and friends to taste, and he can also sell them in front of a clothing store.

If the quantity is large, you can sell it wholesale.

Now you can choose the first treatment method for these peaches.

We hadn't completely descended the mountain yet, but Gao Guobing and Zhao Dongmei came over here. It turned out that after talking to someone in the old village, they headed towards Niuweiling. As a result, they saw Xuanmei cooking, but didn't see Gao Mingcheng.

So Xuanyuemei smiled and said, "Mingcheng and the others went to the mountains to pick fruits. They said that a lot of them are ripe."

When she heard that they were going to pick fruits, Zhao Dongmei became interested and pulled Gao Guobing towards Xiaofushan.

As a result, the two sides met at the foot of the mountain.

Gao Mingcheng underestimated the peach yield. The picking tools they brought were full, but they had not picked all the peaches yet, so they could only put the peaches in a shed at the foot of the mountain and then change bags to pack them.

"Uncle, aunt, come and eat peaches!" Gao Mingcheng saw them and immediately invited them to eat peaches.

Gao Guobing and the others were also quite excited when they saw the peaches in the bamboo basket. Just like Gao Mingcheng before, they didn't even think about washing them. They just wiped them with clothes and ate them.

When peaches are first ripe, they are still crisp, but if left for two days, they will become softer and more juicy.

However, Gao Mingcheng has always liked eating crisp peaches, and he always feels that soft peaches taste boring.

"Sweet! Delicious, this peach is really good!" Zhao Dongmei's eyes sparkled and she gave Gao Mingcheng a thumbs up.

"Gao Hong and Gao Yue also like to eat peaches, but it's a pity that they can't eat such delicious peaches." Zhao Dongmei said with regret.

Gao Mingcheng said, "Gao Hong can't eat it, but Gao Yue can still eat it. The transportation company has always had business going to the provincial capital. When we return to the county in the afternoon, let Brother Xiao arrange a driver to go to the provincial capital and bring the peaches to Gao Yue!"

These days, transportation is inconvenient and the logistics network has not yet been built, but they have connections with the transportation companies, so they can make full use of them.

Thinking that her youngest son could actually eat peaches, Zhao Dongmei immediately smiled and praised: "Mingcheng is really smart. I didn't even think of this."

Gao Guobing joked, "Ming Cheng is trying to gain experience by taking advantage of others."

While chatting and laughing, Chen Dasong and others were already holding empty bags, ready to go into the mountains to pick the remaining peaches and loquats.

Seeing this, Zhao Dongmei also said she wanted to go pick them together.

She was wearing a pair of black leather shoes, which were not very suitable for mountain climbing, but she didn't care and followed them into the mountains to pick fruits with great interest.

Gao Guobing didn't go, so Gao Mingcheng didn't go either. The two sat in the shed and talked.

Gao Guobing sighed and said, "I just talked to the people in the village committee. Everyone thinks that Gao Congye's cause of death is not good and affects the reputation of the village, so they decided not to mention it to the public. Just assume that Gao Congye died of illness."

Gao Mingcheng said nothing because he already knew about this.

Gao Guobing continued, "It's fine to have a unified voice, but I also ask the village committee to do a good job of promoting monogamy and not let the tragedy of Gao Congye happen again."

Gao Mingcheng smiled and said, "Uncle, you did the right thing. This kind of thing will never happen again in the village."

Gao Mingcheng remembered that the people in their village did not have the habit of fooling around outside. At most, a few individuals would go to other villages to play a few cards.

He used to think that the village’s atmosphere was good, but now he realizes that it was because of fear.

(End of this chapter)