Chapter 218: Taking Photos, Trolley
A few days after Gao Yue left, the atmosphere in the village became a little strange, and a trace of anxiety appeared on everyone's face.
The tree-cutting plan in Xiaofushan has been suspended. Gao Mingcheng gave the reason that the weather was too hot and asked everyone to take a break for ten days or half a month before continuing to cut trees.
In fact, as the weather becomes increasingly drier, the crops in the fields have to be watered morning and evening, otherwise the vegetables will wilt after a day of exposure to the sun.
The fields were watered when the rice seedlings were planted, and now they are almost dry again. This is the time when the rice seedlings are growing rapidly, and they cannot be short of water. So the sound of watering the fields began to be talked about in the village.
That evening, Gao Mingcheng said to Xuanyuemei: "I'll take you to the county to take pictures tomorrow!"
Manyu Mei was stunned for a moment, then showed an expectant expression, nodded and said, "Okay!"
She hasn't taken a photo yet!
Generally, newlyweds with better financial conditions would go to the county photo studio to take a photo, but they have never been there since they got married.
However, not many people in the village would take photos. If anyone went to the county to take photos, the news would have to be spread to everyone in the village.
"Pack up your things and take two sets of clothes with you. I plan to stay in the county for two more days," Gao Mingcheng said again.
It’s hot in summer, so you have to change and wash your clothes every day.
Manyu Mei subconsciously said, "If we go to live in the county, what will happen to the livestock and vegetables at home? Besides, the village is planning to release water to irrigate the fields in the next one or two days! We can't go out at this time!"
Many bees are reluctant to live in the county, thinking that they can go on a suitable day and come back on the same day, so as not to interfere with their work in the fields at home.
Seeing this, Gao Mingcheng said, "There is not much water left in the reservoir. When the water is released, the villagers will definitely fight for water. I have to stay here. If I don't show up, something bad will happen."
Gao Mingcheng took a thick branch from the corner and broke it easily in front of Duoduomei.
He continued, "We are all from the same village. If I hit someone too hard and injure, maim, or kill him, that would be bad. As for the livestock and vegetable fields, let your brother help take care of them. There is still some water in the pond at Xiaofu Mountain, which can be used to water the vegetables. There is also water in the well at home. If your second sister's family runs out of water, they can come here and fetch a few buckets."
Xuanyuemei looked at the broken branch, feeling slightly dissatisfied and curling her lips.
Her family was weak, and she had always suffered losses when encountering such things in previous years. Now she had finally married Gao Mingcheng, and she had thought that she would not suffer losses again, but she had not expected that Gao Mingcheng would actually avoid her.
She felt a little dissatisfied, but she was also afraid that Gao Mingcheng would hit her too hard, and it would be bad if he hurt someone.
These days, she has learned some simple moves from Gao Mingcheng, and she is confident that she will not suffer any loss in a fight with others. She is a strong-willed person, so she said, "Then you go to the county by yourself, and I will stay at home."
Gao Mingcheng's face darkened slightly. In his previous life, he and Xuanyuemei did not have a happy marriage. It was due to his own reasons as well as Xuanyuemei's. It was because Xuanyuemei was too strong-willed. She was unwilling to bow her head and say nice things to her mother, ask for help, and had to bear everything on her own.
And her mother is not someone you can easily mess with. If you don't say a few nice words to beg her, she will pretend not to see it and won't help you.
Now that he has been reborn, Gao Mingcheng has changed for the better and has been very kind to Xuanyimei. After Xuanyimei has lived a comfortable life, her temper has also calmed down a lot and she has become gentler.
But the basic character will not change easily.
As soon as Gao Mingcheng got angry, Duo Yumei sensed it and immediately looked at Gao Mingcheng carefully. She looked conflicted, but finally gave in and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
Anyway, her family only has one acre of land, so it doesn’t matter whether they fight for the water or not.
After the two of them agreed, Xuanyuemei went to her room to pack her clothes.
She deliberately brought with her several beautiful dresses that she had bought from Yangcheng. These dresses were so beautiful that she took them back to wear after having Dong Feixia make them for her. However, she did not have many opportunities to wear them.
When working in the fields, you definitely wouldn't want to wear it. Even if you did, it wouldn't be as comfortable as wearing loose long-sleeved shirts and long pants. If you walked in the fields wearing a skirt, the weeds would cut your calves and it would be very itchy.
While packing clothes, Xuanyuemei suddenly remembered that the day after tomorrow would be the county market day, so she hurriedly got up and ran outside. The voice came when she had already walked out of the door.
"I'm going to Master's house!"
About half an hour later, she came back with a smile on her face and said to Gao Mingcheng, "Let's take some clothes to the county to sell tomorrow!"
Dong Feixia had been leading them in making ready-made clothes for a long time, but most of these clothes were sold on nearby market days and had not been sent to the county for sale.
Since they were going to stay in the county for a few days, Xuanyuemei didn't want to waste time and decided to take some clothes to the market.
She also said: "We still have some honey at home, let's take it and sell it together!"
After listening to her plan, Gao Mingcheng thought there was nothing wrong with it, so he nodded in agreement.
He went to collect the honey, which was all packed in jars, but he didn't have time to sell it yet.
Early the next morning, the two prepared to set off. When they passed Xuanyue's house, Xuanyuemei went down to say something to her brother and gave him the key to the yard door.
Zhang Chengyuan was very willing to help.
Last time I helped out for ten days and not only did I get some wages, I also got an electronic watch.
He takes good care of this watch and is reluctant to wear it when working.
After arranging this, he continued to walk towards the old village and took out a sack of clothes from Gao Shouwang's house.
With these clothes, Gao Mingcheng and Xuanyuemei had a perfect reason to leave the village at this time.
There was honey in the iron frame in front of the bicycle, and the sack of clothes was tied to the front horizontal bar. Xuanyuemei was sitting on the back seat with a bag on her shoulder and her arms around Gao Mingcheng's waist.
"Hold on tight!" Gao Mingcheng reminded and rode his bicycle towards the village entrance.
Gao Mingcheng pedaled his bike very fast and arrived at the county before the weather got hot.
Because he was carrying a lot of things, Gao Mingcheng went directly to the police station to find Gao Guobing.
Gao Guobing had known that Gao Mingcheng would come to the county in the next few days, but he was very busy at the moment, so he gave the key to his house to Gao Mingcheng and asked him to open the door and put his things in.
Gao Mingcheng was not polite and took the key directly. He looked around and didn't see Gao Yue, so he asked, "Where is Gao Yue?"
"He went out with someone to investigate a case." Gao Guobing said.
After both parties said goodbye, Gao Mingcheng rode his bicycle to the family compound.
He has been here several times, and the family members around him are very familiar with him and will say hello when they meet him.
Gao Mingcheng carried a sack of clothes and a basket of honey in one hand. He led many bees upstairs and opened the door of Gao Guobing's house.
The house was tidy, but no one was there because Zhao Dongmei was still working at the Women's Federation.
Gao Mingcheng saw that Gao Hong's room had been tidied up, with clean mats laid out, waiting for people to move in.
So he moved all his things to the empty space in this room and then said to Xuanyuemei, "Let's go take some pictures first."
"Okay." Manyu Mei was still looking forward to taking photos.
The two rode their bicycles and found a photo studio. There were only a few photo studios in the county, so business was quite good.
In front of them was also a young couple. From their sweet expressions, you could tell they were newly married.
"Hey, your skirt is so beautiful!" After taking the photos, the couple prepared to leave.
After taking the photos at this time, you cannot get them immediately. You have to wait a few days and then take the order to pick up the photos.
The woman was an extrovert and even wanted to reach out and touch many beautiful skirts.
"Where did you buy this skirt? Why haven't I seen it before?" the woman continued to ask, her expression full of interest.
Xuan Xiumei was not an introvert, and immediately started to promote it with a smile, saying, "I bought this in Yangcheng not long ago. I'm afraid it's not available in the county yet!"
"A skirt from Yangcheng? No wonder it's so beautiful!" The woman became even more envious when she heard that it was bought in Yangcheng. She looked at the man next to her and said meaningfully, "It would be great if we could go to Yangcheng too."
The man smiled bitterly.
Is it easy to go out these days?
Although their family had some money and lived an okay life, it was just okay.
Seeing this, many beauties immediately said, "I have bought a large number of clothes from Guangzhou. They are all the latest styles, and many of them are worn by Hong Kong celebrities! Tomorrow is market day, I will sell them at the market. If you really like them, then come to my stall tomorrow to pick some!"
"Oh, really?"
"Of course it's true!"
"Then I'll go! I have nothing to do tomorrow!" The woman was very happy. After making an appointment with Xuanyuemei, she was taken away by the man next to her.
Soon it was Gao Mingcheng and many beautiful women's turn to take photos.
Gao Mingcheng is used to digital cameras, so he finds the old-fashioned film cameras quite interesting.
No one will put makeup on you for taking photos at this time, as cosmetics have not yet swept the market in small counties. Most people only use moisturizer in winter, and a small number of people will use powder, hair wax, lipstick and other cosmetics.
It was a rare opportunity to take photos, so Gao Mingcheng planned to take more. At first, Xuanmei was very reserved, but with Gao Mingcheng's comfort, she finally relaxed.
She took photos with her hair tied up and with her hair down. When she had her hair down, her facial features looked soft and charming.
"Good!" The photographer couldn't help but praise it when he saw it.
"Come back in five days to pick up the photos!" The photographer quickly wrote a receipt and handed it to Gao Mingcheng.
"Okay." Gao Mingcheng put the receipt into his trouser pocket and went out with a lot of beauty.
He may not be in the county five days later, but he can ask Gao Yue to help get it, and then bring it back when he comes to the county to do business later.
"Duomei, I'll take you to see our house in the county." Gao Mingcheng led Duomei to the house under construction.
Many people had long known that Gao Mingcheng, with the help of Gao Guobing, had obtained a piece of land in the county and built a house.
I also knew that after the house was repaired, she would come here to open a clothing store and be responsible for selling the clothes produced by Dong Feixia and others.
She was looking forward to it.
But this is my first time to see a house.
Because even Gao Mingcheng himself has only visited it a few times.
When the two arrived at the construction site, they saw construction workers working under the scorching sun.
The house has three floors in total, and we have now built to the third floor. After the roof is completed and the tiles are laid, we can install doors and windows and paint the walls.
As for the floor, the first floor is paved with terrazzo, while the second and third floors are paved with ceramic tiles. There are fewer varieties of ceramic tiles nowadays, and most of them are small white bricks. Apart from not looking that good, there is nothing wrong with that.
After greeting the contractor, Gao Mingcheng asked some more questions about the condition of the house.
The contractor knew who owned the house, so he was very friendly and answered every question.
After asking, Gao Mingcheng didn't find any obvious problems, so he asked about Gao Guobing's house again.
The contractor told him that Gao Guobing's house had been repaired and was now being renovated, and he would definitely be able to move in before the end of this year.
Gao Mingcheng was also very happy to hear this.
During this year's Spring Festival, Gao Hong, who is serving in the army, can go home to visit his family and live in a new house, which is pretty good.
The house is still under construction and some bricks and cement may fall down, so there is no need to go in and take a look. You can just take a general look from the outside.
Gao Mingcheng asked about the completion date and then prepared to leave.
On the day of topping-out, he and many other beauties will have to be present on site.
Building a house is a big deal, and there are some rituals to be performed when topping out the house, which requires the presence of the owner of the house.
Since there was still plenty of time today, Gao Mingcheng decided to buy a cart.
Today is not a market day, so there are no items for sale, but you can go to the carpenter's house to buy them, or even have them custom made. Ordinary carts are not high enough and are mainly used for loading goods, but Gao Mingcheng bought a cart to sell clothes, so it had to be a little higher.
In addition, a row of wooden racks are installed on one side of the car body, which can be used to hang clothes. Hanging clothes can better display the styles of clothes and attract the attention of passers-by.
This type of cart is actually quite popular. After Gao Mingcheng talked to the carpenter about it, the carpenter understood it, took out the wood tools, and started working on it.
Xuanyuemei looked at the wood of the cart. Although it was planed and had a relatively smooth surface, she was still worried that the splinters would damage her clothes, so she said to Gao Mingcheng, "We have to buy a piece of cloth to put on the cart."
Gao Mingcheng thought that this was the way it should be, so he went to buy a piece of red floral fabric and spread it on the flatbed truck to make it look festive.
By the time everything was ready, it was already afternoon.
I went back to the police station’s family compound and placed the cart directly in the yard.
Although petty theft is prevalent nowadays, few people dare to come here to steal things.
Speaking of petty theft, in fact, the atmosphere in the county has improved a lot nowadays. This has something to do with two people, one is He Dayou and the other is Huang Dazhi.
As a former gang leader, He Dayou turned over a new leaf and became an auxiliary police officer. So his subordinates no longer dare to commit crimes openly.
Another thing is that Huang Dazhi has a very good observation ability and can be said to be very observant. When he walks to the market, he can easily catch a thief and pick up some small money.
Therefore, when he first became an auxiliary police officer, in order to gain merit, Huang Dazhi caught many petty thieves.
When Gao Mingcheng knocks down these thugs, he will rob them, but Huang Dazhi cannot do that because the money is called stolen money and must be handed over to the police.
(End of this chapter)
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