Chapter 300 Gao Hong
The New Year’s Eve dinner was very sumptuous. The whole family had a great time together.
In ancient times, people would stay up all night on New Year's Eve, but nowadays, not many people stay up all night, and because televisions are not yet popular, people go to bed early.
There is not a single black-and-white TV in the entire Gaojia Village now. With Gao Mingcheng's savings, if he wanted to buy a TV, he could find a way to get one, but he just didn't feel it was necessary.
Doing business requires cash flow. If there is not enough cash flow, then something might go wrong. For example, in the clothing business, he needs to stock up on goods. If he doesn't have a good vision and the goods he imports are hard to sell, then he will lose money.
Even if you have a good vision and sell them one after another, the selling process will take some time and you will not get your money back immediately.
Gao Mingcheng was reborn, so he knows the popular styles in each time period, so he will not make mistakes in the general direction. Most of the clothes he has imported are selling well.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Gao Mingcheng held Xuanyuemei's hands and walked on the village path with a flashlight.
Gao Mingcheng drank a few cups of ginseng wine and was a little tipsy. Even Xuanyuemei drank half a cup and her cheeks turned slightly red.
In a few hours, it will be the new year.
Gao Mingcheng felt a little emotional in his heart. As he walked through the village corridor and was about to reach the pond at the entrance of the village, he suddenly heard a voice with a slight Taiwanese accent.
Following the sound, I found it came from a bungalow.
Gao Mingcheng looked carefully and remembered that his compatriots who had gone to Taiwan with the Kuomintang had already returned to the mainland to visit their relatives.
The elder brother of this family was swept away from home by the times and had been away for decades. Now he is an old man in his fifties and has finally waited for the day to return home.
In the room, the whole family, young and old, were crying with excitement. Gao Mingcheng only listened to a few words and then stopped. He walked very quickly and soon passed through the house and came to the small path next to the field.
The winter nights are very quiet, with no insects, birds or frogs chirping. People can walk on the dry grass without worrying about snakes passing by.
In the silence, Xuanyuemei suddenly said, "Mingcheng, it's great to marry you. I never thought that I could live such a good life."
Gao Mingcheng's heart moved slightly, and he put his arm around her shoulders.
He said firmly: "Our future will get better and better!"
"Yeah!" Xuanyuemei nodded, she believed it!
The two returned home, washed up and went to bed. The next day was New Year's Day, the day for paying New Year's greetings, so they had to get up early in the morning to do so.
The first day of the Lunar New Year is usually a time to pay New Year's greetings to the closest elders, so Gao Mingcheng had to go to pay New Year's greetings to his parents, and also to other uncles and aunts, just to go through the formalities.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, people usually go to their parents-in-law's house to pay New Year's greetings, but Xuanmei's parents died early, so she naturally doesn't have to go. If she wants to go, she can also go to her second sister's house, because her second sister married into the family and the children she gave birth to inherited her father's surname.
However, Gao Mingcheng did not plan to visit the Yu family to wish them a happy new year, but to go to the county to wish Gao Guobing a happy new year.
On New Year's Eve, Gao Hong went home to visit his family, but he could only stay at home for a few days before returning to the army, so he had to go to Gao Guobing's house early to wish him a happy new year. The two brothers used to have a very good relationship, but now they haven't seen each other for a long time. It's a rare opportunity to meet, so naturally they had to see each other properly.
So on the second day of the Lunar New Year, Gao Mingcheng prepared some New Year gifts, drove a tractor, and took many beauties to the county.
Along the way, they also saw many families going out to pay New Year's greetings, some walking, some riding bicycles, all dressed neatly and carrying gifts.
If there is someone going the same way, Gao Mingcheng is willing to give them a ride.
When he reached Junling, he actually ran into two familiar people.
"Gao Mingcheng! Happy New Year!" Gao Feifei sat on the back seat of the bicycle while her husband pedaled the bicycle.
When Gao Feifei saw Gao Mingcheng, a huge smile appeared on her face, but her husband froze instantly and almost fell over.
Gao Feifei said unhappily, "What are you standing there for? Do you want to throw me down?"
Her husband didn't dare to say a word, nor did he dare to look up at Gao Mingcheng.
He had beaten Gao Feifei to the point of miscarriage before. Later, when he came to Gaojia Village to pick her up, Gao Mingcheng and the young men in the village threatened him, which frightened him so much that he never dared to beat Gao Feifei again after returning.
Even if his mother caused trouble for Gao Feifei, he would mediate and prevent them from quarreling. In this way, Gao Feifei became more confident and she had the final say at home and outside.
Gao Mingcheng looked at Gao Feifei's husband with a scrutinizing gaze, but from Gao Feifei's expression, he could tell that Gao Feifei had not been beaten again after returning to her in-laws' home.
That's good. The women of Gaojia Village will no longer be bullied like this.
"Happy New Year to you too!" Gao Mingcheng said casually. The two sides were going in opposite directions, so after a few words, they left.
Xuanyuemei was sitting on the truck bed with her back to Gao Mingcheng, so she kept watching Gao Feifei and the others. When they were farther away, she said with emotion: "Gao Feifei is living a good life now. The gifts she brought back to her parents' home are quite nice."
Some families who are very harsh on their daughters-in-law will not prepare rich gifts for their daughters-in-law when they return to their parents' home on the second day of the Chinese New Year. Sometimes they even let them go home empty-handed.
But Gao Feifei and the others' bicycle frames were piled with things. A quick look showed that there were two cans of malted milk and a piece of meat, weighing about two or three pounds.
Then the clothes Gao Feifei was wearing were also brand new, which showed that Gao Feifei was living a good life.
When she told him these details, Gao Mingcheng was stunned, and then he sighed, women are really meticulous!
In just a dozen seconds, how could he notice these details?
The tractor continued to start and headed towards the county.
It was just past nine o'clock when we arrived at Gao Guobing's house.
This time was a little early for visiting to wish a happy new year, but it was no big deal. The tractor stopped in front of Gao Guobing's house, and a strong young man walked out of the yard.
The man had a firm gaze and a special temperament in his every move.
"Ming Cheng!"
Gao Mingcheng looked up and saw the man at a glance. He was in a trance for a few seconds before excitement appeared in his eyes.
Gao Hong! His good brother!
It had been many years since we last met, and when we met again, he almost didn't recognize me!
It turns out that Gao Hong was so handsome when he was young and joined the army! He was not as calm and majestic as he was when he became an official.
"Gao Hong!" Gao Mingcheng quickly jumped out of the car. The two hugged each other and laughed heartily.
"Ha ha!"
The two brothers hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they were very excited when they met.
But Gao Hong's excitement was a little off, because he said, "Come on, come on, let's go compete! I heard that you are very powerful now, you can beat five or six people by yourself!"
"Who told you that? I can obviously beat ten people by myself!" Gao Mingcheng boasted generously and walked to an open space in the yard with Gao Hong.
"Come on, don't hold back!" Gao Hong stopped and gestured.
Gao Mingcheng also calmed down and said seriously: "Okay!"
Just as they were about to compete, Gao Guobing and Gao Yue immediately came out from the living room. Gao Yue also quickly called his mother Zhao Dongmei out to watch.
"Mom, guess who will win?" Gao Yue's voice was quite cheerful, as if he was watching a play.
(End of this chapter)
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