Chapter 328 Sweet Mouth
Gao Mingcheng and Xuanyuemei were walking side by side. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they smelled a foul odor. Xuanyuemei couldn't help it and bent over to retch.
Gao Mingcheng leaned over to take a look, guessing that someone might be cleaning the toilet at home.
Toilets in the countryside are all dry toilets. There are no reservoirs or underground sewers to flush away dirt.
So the dry toilet has a strong smell. Sometimes when you look down, it really tests your tolerance. If you have trypophobia...
Gao Mingcheng said to Xuanyuemei, "The house smells bad, don't go in, go sit with your grandmother and talk to Xiuman."
"Yeah." Xuanyuemei responded. She really couldn't stand the smell now, so she had to walk back through the corridor beside the house. After about twenty meters, she arrived at her grandmother's house.
Gao Mingcheng went into the yard by himself and followed the direction of the sound. Sure enough, he saw his father and Gao Mingwan wearing old clothes and cleaning the dry toilet.
The smell is so strong that if you get too close it can hurt your eyes.
Gao Mingcheng stopped and didn't dare to take another step forward.
There are few people in his family and they are not at home most of the time, so there are not many things in the dry toilet and the smell is not as strong as here.
"Ming Cheng, why are you here? Have you finished the work in the fields?" Gao Yuanjian saw him coming, straightened up and talked to him, and took a break at the same time.
Gao Ming covered his mouth and nose with a cloth and continued to work hard. Finally, he had almost finished cleaning the toilet.
Gao Mingwan said, "Dad, hurry up and pick it up in the field. The smell is too pungent."
Gao Yuanjian glared at Gao Mingwan, and before he could say anything, Gao Mingwan said, "I want to drive. My shoulder hurts and it affects my driving."
Gao Yuan saw that there was no other way, so he had to carry the buckets full of things to the field outside.
When he carried the load, he was accompanied by a foul smell all the way.
"Second brother, let's go outside the yard and talk." Gao Mingwan said, and walked quickly out of the yard, as fast as if he was running away.
When he got outside the yard, the air was finally not so smelly anymore. He tore off the cloth covering his mouth and nose, took off his outermost old clothes, and then took a long breath, as if he had survived a disaster.
"Why are we cleaning the dry toilet at this time? Shouldn't we wait until the vegetables sprout and grow for a while before we apply manure and fertilizer?" Gao Mingcheng asked in confusion.
It has just been a short time since the soil was turned and the seeds were sown, and the seedlings have just emerged. If you apply fertilizer at this time, the roots will be burned.
Gao Mingwan said: "During the Chinese New Year, I went on a blind date. After looking around, I fell in love with a girl. We kept in touch later, and now we are almost settled. Tomorrow the girl's family will come to see the house. If they are satisfied, then we will be settled."
"When I said that, I wanted my parents to clean the house and buy some snacks and meat dishes, and that would be enough. But my dad said there were too many things in the dry toilet, and he was afraid that the future in-laws would come and find the smell bad, so he insisted on cleaning the dry toilet today."
Gao Mingwan sat down on the stone pier in front of the door, his tone sounding a bit complaining, but also a bit happy.
His father said he wanted to clean the dry toilet because he valued him and hoped to keep the house clean to satisfy the girl.
Gao Mingwan pointed at the firewood piled nearby and said, "After cleaning the toilet, we still have to chop firewood! They say that you can tell how hardworking a family is and how well they live just by looking at the firewood pile."
"My eldest brother had some odd jobs recently and was out every day. My parents had to take care of the farm work, so there wasn't much firewood at home. These dead trees were dragged back from the mountains by my father this morning. He said they had been hidden in the mountains before and are now almost dry."
"You said that my parents are too competitive. Even if there is not much firewood at home, so what? It doesn't affect cooking anyway! Besides, I am working in the county now, and I will buy a house in the county like you, my second brother, in the future."
Speaking of this, there was a hint of superiority in Gao Mingwan's tone.
He thought that even if the house in Gaojia Village was not that good, his personal conditions were very good, and if the woman was not stupid, she would not say anything bad.
Gao Mingcheng listened quietly, and then asked about the woman's situation.
"She is from Xiaowang Village. Her name is Wang Xiuxiu. She is the youngest daughter in the family and has a brother who is a primary school teacher. Her family is well off. If it weren't for my good personal conditions, she might not even like me." Gao Mingwan spoke complacently and called Gao Mingcheng to come over for dinner tomorrow.
For this matter, he took two days off. Tomorrow evening, he will drive back to the county and then go back to work.
Perhaps it was because of his relationship with Gao Mingcheng, Xiao Jinfeng knew that he had asked for leave for an important blind date, so he specially asked him to drive a pickup truck back.
Although this pickup truck cannot haul large goods, it can take on some small orders in the county, and can also be used to do favors for some leaders, such as helping them move, transporting furniture, etc.
Nowadays, owning a pickup truck or even a tractor is a very prestigious thing.
When Gao Mingcheng heard the woman's name, his heart moved.
He never expected that the person Gao Mingwan had his eyes on was actually his wife in his previous life!
Of course, in his previous life, Gao Mingwan married a woman of higher status, but in this life, Gao Mingwan has done quite well as a person.
The time when Xuanmei was pregnant and the person Gao Mingwan was dating made Gao Mingcheng a little dazed.
Could it be that Gao Mingli and Gao Shufang will be together again with their partners from previous lives?
Is fate predestined?
But then he shook his head to deny it.
In his previous life, Gao Zhuang never got married and had children until his death, but now he has a wife and children and lives a relatively happy life.
In his previous life, Huang Dazhi had become a motorcycle gang member in Guangzhou. He committed countless evil deeds and was eventually brought to justice.
But in this life, Huang Dazhi not only lived a good life, but also became a glorious auxiliary police officer!
The gears of fate still turn, which proves that man can conquer nature.
So, if he did not interfere in the marriage of Gao Mingli and Gao Shufang, it might be the same as in the previous life, but as long as he interfered, it might be different.
After reaching this conclusion, Gao Mingcheng decided to interfere in Gao Shufang's marriage but not Gao Mingli's. After all, getting married is a woman's second life. In her previous life, Gao Shufang's husband was okay, although he was ordinary and their life was dull, but he had a younger brother who was addicted to gambling.
After losing a lot of money, the younger brother ran away. His wife divorced him and remarried, leaving behind a pair of children. The children said that they were being raised by their grandparents, but their grandparents were old and illiterate and didn't know anything about education, so Gao Shufang was still in charge of the two children.
Gao Shufang had two sons of her own and had to take care of nephews and nieces, so her life was really hard. Later, when she became rich, she gave a lot of subsidies to her sister.
But if she can find a good partner again, why should she make her life so hard?
"Second brother, what's wrong with you? Are you in a daze? I'm asking you a question!" Gao Mingwan shouted loudly, finally bringing Gao Mingcheng, whose mind was wandering, back to his senses.
"Ah, what did you say?" Gao Mingcheng asked in a daze.
"I'm asking my second sister-in-law. When I brought her back yesterday, she looked unhappy and covered her mouth several times as if she wanted to vomit. I asked her if she was carsick, and she said no, so I asked you." Gao Mingwan said.
"Oh, your sister-in-law is pregnant, so she is not feeling well." Gao Mingcheng said. He came to visit this time just to tell everyone about this.
Young wives here would be urged to give birth by their in-laws after marriage, but the relationship between him and Luo Xiaohua was delicate, and Luo Xiaohua did not like Xiu Xiumei, so she had never urged him to give birth. Instead, she had said before that she would not take care of his children.
But despite this, they are still close relatives, and I still have to say what I need to say.
"Then congratulations, second brother, you're going to be a father!" Gao Mingwan grinned and congratulated sincerely.
There have been a lot of good things happening recently. He is getting engaged soon, his second brother is about to become a father, and next in line are Mingli and Shufang.
Time passed by unknowingly, and the five brothers and sisters grew up and were about to have their own families.
While the two brothers were talking, Gao Yuanjian came back with an empty bucket. The bucket had been washed in the ditch outside, but there was still a bad smell.
Gao Yuanjian put the burden in the corner, then took off his outermost old clothes and walked towards the two brothers.
Before Gao Mingcheng could speak, Gao Mingwan had already reported the good news.
"Dad, my second sister-in-law is pregnant!"
Gao Yuanjian showed a hint of joy when he heard this, and he said repeatedly: "That's good, that's good. Your mother bought more than 20 chicks two days ago. When they grow into half-grown roosters, I'll give your wife two to supplement her body."
They have a custom here of giving pregnant women a half-grown rooster, which weighs about one pound. In fact, there is not much meat on it, but everyone thinks that such roosters are the most nutritious and are the best for pregnant women.
Later, some people nearby raised pigeons, and it became popular to feed pigeons to pregnant women. There is a saying that one pigeon is better than nine chickens.
People who don't have money to buy pigeons will go into the mountains to get turtledoves. Turtledoves are similar to pigeons and are also very nutritious, but farmed pigeons have more meat than turtledoves.
Gao Mingcheng did not reject his father's kindness. This was what their local elders should do.
In life, there are many conventional things, such as elders loving the younger generations, spending money and effort to help their sons find wives, and giving supplements or red envelopes when the daughter-in-law is pregnant.
In addition to the efforts made by the elders to the younger generations, the younger generations naturally also have to make efforts for the elders, such as filial piety and caring for the elderly.
"Dad, I shook some winter honey yesterday and gave you a bottle. I put it on the table in the main room," said Gao Mingcheng.
Gao Yuanjian smiled even more and said, "We just ran out of honey at home. Your mother said she would go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some brown sugar today and make brown sugar water for the woman's family tomorrow. Now that we have the honey, we'd better make honey water."
Gao Mingwan even expressed his desire to buy some from Gao Mingcheng at the market price.
Gao Mingwan offered to pay, and Gao Mingcheng did not pretend to be generous and say that he didn't want money. He only said that he would give him a preferential price, which was one dollar cheaper than the market price.
In this way, Gao Mingwan is already taking advantage.
When the two brothers were talking about buying and selling honey, Gao Yuanjian didn't say a word. If Gao Mingli said he wanted to eat honey, he would ask the second brother to give some to the fourth brother, because the fourth brother didn't have much money. However, the third brother was already doing well, so there was no need for him to say anything.
Besides, the fourth brother and Shufang are now living in the second brother’s house, so they can eat the honey whenever they want.
After the father and his two sons talked for a while, Luo Xiaohua came back carrying a basket.
Gao Yuan saw this and frowned, "You went to the market, why are you back now? Are you gossiping with others again?"
I have to say that Gao Yuanjian knows Luo Xiaohua quite well.
Luo Xiaohua smiled sheepishly at first, then said, "The sow at the Dasong family gave birth. When I heard the news, I immediately ran to their house and ordered two piglets. After the piglets were weaned and moved to the pen, I went to buy them back."
"The first batch of piglets in the spring are the best-selling ones. If you don't order them in advance, you won't be able to buy them when the time comes!" Luo Xiaohua said happily.
People in their village usually buy piglets in the spring and raise them, then sell them at the end of the year. Most people sell the pigs directly alive, while a small number choose to slaughter the pigs at home, keep some meat for themselves, and sell the rest.
But this situation is rare and may only occur when your children are getting married and are holding a wedding banquet.
My family raised three pigs last year, but due to the dry weather, we spent a lot of effort in the second half of the year to prepare food for the pigs, but the pigs still didn't grow big.
At the end of the year, I sold them all at once and didn't keep any.
When buying piglets this year, Luo Xiaohua decided to raise one less pig, so that if there was a drought, he would be more relaxed. Also, the family has one more cow this year, and the manure produced is enough for use in the fields.
Country people raise pigs not only to make money by selling meat, but also for the pig manure.
If there is no fertilizer, the crops in the field will not grow well.
Not to mention whether you are willing to buy chemical fertilizers or not, the land will become hardened if chemical fertilizers are used for a long time, and all the nutrients in the land will be lost.
Luo Xiaohua had discussed the matter of raising only two pigs with Gao Yuanjian, and Gao Yuanjian had no objection to it.
In previous years, they raised three or even four pigs, but at that time there were many people in the family and many people working. Now, the sons have separated from the family, some have moved to the city, and even the daughters have gone to the city to work. If they raise more pigs, they will be too busy to handle it.
Gao Mingcheng also told Luo Xiaohua about Xuanyuemei's pregnancy. Luo Xiaohua was quite happy when she knew it. After all, it was a happy event. She said on the spot that she would give Xuanyuemei ten eggs.
"How beautiful! How are you? Why don't you come out for a walk?" Luo Xiaohua asked, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.
She doesn't like many beauties and has deep prejudices against them. Whenever she gets the chance, she will say a few words.
"We came here together, but Dad and Mingwan were cleaning the dry toilet at that time, and the smell was too strong, so I asked her to go sit with grandma first. There is no smell now, I will go call her over." After Gao Mingcheng finished speaking, he walked towards grandma's house behind the house.
Luo Xiaohua took this opportunity to quickly put the basket in her hand back home. She bought a lot of meat at the market today, but all of this meat was prepared for tomorrow, so she had to spread a thin layer of salt on it, and then put snacks, biscuits, candies and the like into the cupboard.
Just as she put all her things away, she saw Gao Mingcheng and many beautiful girls coming in hand in hand. Luo Xiaohua thought about it and took out a candy bar.
Forget it, just give her future grandchildren some sweetness!
So when many beauties came in, they were given a stuffed candy. Stuffed candy is a specialty here, made of maltose and filled with roasted peanuts and sesame seeds. It tastes fragrant and sweet.
I spent the whole day at the amusement park with my kids today. We went there at 11am and came back at 7pm. It was worth the money! ~
When we came back, we encountered a shower and got three wet chickens~~
(End of this chapter)
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