Chapter 275 Return to the Village to Prepare

Deng Wanwan's safe return is certainly a good thing, but with her return, their family is about to face a storm.

But this matter has nothing to do with Gao Mingcheng. He has no right to care about other people's affairs, nor does he have the time to care about other people's time.

When driving in Guangzhou for the first time, Gao Mingcheng drove with Gao Mingwan because he needed Gao Mingwan to show the way.

But when he went to Guangzhou for the second time, he suggested driving alone.

Last time, because of Deng Wanwan’s appearance, Gao Mingcheng didn’t have extra time to go to the wholesale market to purchase goods, and this time he planned to leave the passenger seat empty so that he could stack the goods.

As time goes by, the end of the year is coming soon.

In the 1980s, the New Year atmosphere was very strong. People began to pursue buying new clothes for the New Year, eating delicious food, and buying all kinds of snacks and candies.

Even in later times, the clothing business is still good at the end of the year.

Soon, Gao Mingcheng made several more trips to Yangcheng and brought back some goods in batches. By the end of December, Gao Mingcheng quit his job as a temporary driver.

Xiao Jinfeng felt very sorry about this, but he did not force it. With this period of buffer, Master Wang's injury had completely healed, and Xiao Jinfeng had recruited another suitable driver.

Today, Chengxin Transport Company has ten trucks, eight large heavy trucks, and two pickup trucks, which undertake small-scale transportation near the county town. There is also a jeep for picking up people.

In two days, it will be New Year's Day. Gao Mingcheng plans to open the business on New Year's Day, so he has to go back to the village to bring Xuanmei to the county, and also bring the goods from Gao Shouwang.

Gao Shouwang's garment workshop had already been built. He had bought more than a dozen sewing machines and recruited several skilled workers from surrounding villages.

In order to open before the end of the year, Gao Shouwang's garment workshop is also working overtime to catch up with the work.

When Gao Mingcheng drove the tractor back to the village, he stopped at the garment workshop in Xing'anling.

The factory building is not very big, just a one-story bungalow with an office and a warehouse next to it.

Because the weather is cold, in order not to affect the progress of the female workers in making clothes, the doors and windows are closed, and some charcoal braziers are burned for heating.

When Gao Mingcheng pushed the door open, he was hit by a wave of heat with a strange smell. He immediately turned his head and went out to breathe the fresh air outside.

"Uncle Shouwang, this won't do. There are so many people here and there's a brazier burning. How can you close the doors and windows? There needs to be proper ventilation, otherwise people will feel uncomfortable! In serious cases, people can even die!" Gao Mingcheng immediately gave his advice to Gao Shouwang in a stern manner.

Burning charcoal in a relatively sealed environment is undoubtedly an act of suicide!

Once the concentration of carbon monoxide is too high, people will be poisoned and die.

Besides, due to the dry weather this year, most people didn’t take a shower frequently, so once you get close, you can smell the body odor, plus the smell of dye from new fabrics, mixed together, it’s simply unbearable!

Since the clothes they are making are winter clothes, there is cotton wool floating in the factory, which are invisible killers!

"Really? No wonder I sometimes feel stuffy inside. Can we just open a window?" Gao Shouwang valued Gao Mingcheng's opinion and decided to adopt it.

Gao Mingcheng nodded, pointed to a window that was far from people, and said, "Keep this window open from now on. There must be ventilation inside!"

Gao Mingcheng then said, "Uncle Shouwang, are all the goods ready? I will take them to the county this afternoon. I plan to open the store on New Year's Day."

"New Year's Day? So rushed? This year's New Year's Day will be on February 16th!" Gao Shouwang was a little surprised.

Gao Mingcheng said: "After Laba, it is the New Year, and the 16th is New Year's Eve. During that time, every household will celebrate the New Year at home and visit relatives and friends, so new clothes must be bought in advance."

The days they refer to are the Gregorian calendar, but the Spring Festival and solar terms are all based on the lunar calendar.

Gao Shouwang took Gao Mingcheng to the warehouse, pointed at the sacks on the shelf, and said, "Feixia has arranged everything. There are about a hundred pieces, big and small, for men and women. Feixia said that once we know which ones will sell well, we will work overtime to make more."

Gao Mingcheng did not go forward to inspect the goods. He knew Dong Feixia's craftsmanship and knew that even if there were unqualified goods, they could be returned or exchanged at any time.

"Okay, I'll tell you guys in time then." Gao Mingcheng nodded and called out Gao Shufang who was making clothes inside.

Gao Shufang was concentrating on sewing. When she heard her second brother's voice, she hurried to the door.

"Brother, what do you want me to do?"

"The clothing store in the county will open on New Year's Day. Come with me to the county to help today." The opening of a clothing store is the busiest time, so Gao Mingcheng naturally had to call for help.

My sister is well-behaved and sensible, so she is naturally the best candidate.

Gao Shufang was not very surprised by this, but she was also quite happy. As a country person, who doesn't want to move to the city?

"Okay! I'll go back and pack my things now!" Gao Shufang jumped up and down, wanting to spin in circles with joy.

"Get on!" Gao Mingcheng smiled and let Gao Shufang get on the tractor.

"Uncle Shouwang, I will come to transport the goods in the afternoon!" Gao Mingcheng waved to Gao Shouwang and drove the tractor back to the village.

This tractor has been gathering dust most of the time since it was bought, but from now on, it will have heavy tasks!

When they arrived at the old village, Gao Mingcheng dropped Gao Shufang off first and then continued driving towards his home.

Since he was not at home, Xuanyuemei had to take care of household chores and farm work, and occasionally she had to help her second sister take care of the children, so she did not work in the garment workshop.

When Gao Mingcheng returned home, he saw many beauties praising Black Tiger and the elf.

It turned out that Black Tiger and the Elf caught two wild rabbits in their own vegetable garden. The rabbits came to the vegetable garden to steal food, but ended up killing Qingqing!

"Mingcheng, you're back!" Seeing Gao Mingcheng coming back, many people were delighted.

When Gao Mingcheng was driving outside, he did not completely not come back. He would come back once every seven or eight days. Of course, every time he paid his "public grain" in the evening, he would leave early the next morning!

"Duomei, pack up. We are going to the county this afternoon. In two days, on New Year's Day, the clothing store will open." Gao Mingcheng said with a smile, and asked Duomei to pack up in advance.

When he appeared, the black tiger and the elves came towards him and surrounded him enthusiastically.

Gao Mingcheng found that the hair at the corners of their mouths was stained with blood, which meant they had just finished eating the rabbit.

The two dogs killed the hare in the morning, and then brought the hare to Xuanyuemei. Xuanyuemei, like Gao Mingcheng, helped the two dogs to skin the rabbit, remove the internal organs, and then cut the rabbit into pieces and threw them to the two dogs to eat.

Of course, many restaurants also charge a processing fee and keep half of the rabbit meat.

Gao Mingcheng played with the two dogs for a while, praising them for their intelligence and strength. The two dogs seemed to understand and became more excited, as if they wanted to show Gao Mingcheng their unique skill of biting a hare on the spot.

"Come on, I'll take you to the mountain!" Although Gao Mingcheng had been back before, he was in a hurry and had never been to the mountains to have a look.

Xuanmei was packing up and preparing lunch at home, while Gao Mingcheng took the two dogs into the mountains.

Without Gao Mingcheng around, although the two dogs ran around the village, they rarely went into the mountains, especially the deep mountains.

Although there are no ferocious bears or tigers in the mountains, there are still dangers.

For most people and dogs, wild boars are not so easy to deal with. Without Gao Mingcheng, when the two dogs see the wild boar, they will give in and run away first!

Gao Mingcheng took the two dogs to the place where the beehives were placed and checked the condition of each beehive. Most of the beehives were fine, but there were two beehives with very few bees for some unknown reason.

This is an unavoidable loss. He hasn't taken care of these beehives for nearly two months, and if anything happens, he won't be able to discover and deal with it in time.

Gao Mingcheng moved the beehives and decided to move them down the mountain.

There is no shortage of nectar sources in the mountains during spring, summer and autumn, but there is a shortage in winter. In addition, the dry weather this year has also affected the vegetation and water sources in the mountains.

At times like this, it’s much better down the mountain.

Because there are vegetables grown by the villagers at the foot of the mountain, such as cabbage, rapeseed and other cruciferous flowers, as well as the astragalus that Gao Mingcheng had planted before, these are all good sources of nectar.

(End of this chapter)