Chapter 265 Heading Towards Hope
Gao Mingcheng soon found an opportunity to take people to the provincial capital. He received an order and needed to transport a truckload of grain back from the provincial capital.
This year, the weather was dry and the grain production in the county decreased. After paying the public grain tax, the farmers still lacked food and had to spend money to buy some. People living in the county needed to buy food more frequently.
Because he had learned the news in advance, Gao Mingcheng drove the company car back to Gaojia Village that night, planning to pick up people the next morning and then drive to the provincial capital to do business.
Xiao Jinfeng naturally agreed to this generously.
When passing Junling, Gao Mingcheng stopped the car on the side of the road and went to meet Huang Dazhi's family, telling them that Huang Dazhi planned to take them to the hospital in the provincial capital for medical treatment and would leave tomorrow morning, and asked them to prepare their things for the trip in advance.
Huang Dazhi's parents and brother were very surprised when they heard the news, but then his father said happily: "That's great! I was just thinking about when to go to a big hospital to see a doctor."
"Oh, thank you so much for your help. What time do we leave tomorrow morning? We must get up early."
"We have to leave at seven o'clock. When you see my car, come to the roadside and remember to bring a small stool." After saying this, Gao Mingcheng walked towards the truck.
After getting in the car, he drove to his home in Gaojia Village at a very fast speed.
Time flies, and he has been separated from Xuanyuemei for eight days!
Well, I miss him so much. I don’t know if Xuanmei missed him during these eight days.
The truck was so conspicuous that as soon as it entered the village, the villagers looked towards it. The children cheered and ran foolishly behind the truck for a distance.
It gets dark early in winter, and it was already dim at six in the evening. Fortunately, Gao Mingcheng arrived home before it got completely dark.
As soon as the car stopped, I heard a dog barking.
The two dogs were jumping happily beside the car, as if they wanted to get close to Gao Mingcheng.
Dogs have a very keen sense of smell. Even though Gao Mingcheng hadn't gotten out of the car yet, the two dogs had already smelled their owner's scent and knew that his owner had returned.
Gao Mingcheng jumped out of the car, stroked the two dogs' heads with both hands, and said with a smile: "Black Tiger, Elf, long time no see!"
"Ming Cheng!" A familiar and excited voice sounded, and Gao Mingcheng's attention immediately shifted from the two dogs to the door.
It was dark, but not completely invisible. Xuan Mei was standing there in an apron with her hands wet. She was looking at Gao Mingcheng with excitement and a gleam of joy in her eyes.
"How beautiful!" Gao Mingcheng smiled, walked quickly towards Xuanyuemei, then picked her up and did a spinning jump.
In his previous life, he had watched some idol dramas in which the hero and heroine would often hug each other and spin around. He found it inexplicable at the time, but now, when he was hugging and spinning around with many beauties, he actually felt pretty good.
But he was too strong and almost sent Xuanyimei flying. Xuanyimei exclaimed in surprise, and then felt an indescribable excitement.
"Where did you learn all this..." Xuanyuemei asked with a smile.
Gao Mingcheng stopped turning around and just held her in his arms, with his hands under her buttocks, feeling the fullness that could not be held in one hand.
Just when he was about to speak, he suddenly heard an awkward cough. Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw Gao Shufang with a slightly blushing face.
Gao Mingcheng put Xuanyunmei down without changing his expression. Xuanyunmei also noticed Gao Shufang and her face instantly became hot and she was too embarrassed to face anyone.
"Second brother... since you're back, I'll go back first." After all, Gao Shufang is her brother's biological sister. She will definitely protect her brother's interests and will never be a light bulb!
She made the decision quickly and prepared to leave without hesitation.
After she had walked a few steps, she heard her sister-in-law calling her in a panic, saying, "The food is not ready yet. Eat before you go. You will have nothing to eat if you go home now."
It turned out that they were cooking in the kitchen just now, but after hearing the unique sound of the truck, Duo Xiumei, who was still cooking, didn't care about anything else and walked out the door, and happened to see Gao Mingcheng getting off the car.
Gao Shufang chuckled: "I won't eat anymore, and my second brother must not have eaten either!"
She waved at the two of them and ran quickly towards the old village.
Gao Mingcheng was satisfied. Shufang was such a perceptive girl! It is said that a short separation is better than a new marriage. He really didn't want to talk to other people at the moment.
That night, many beauties deeply experienced the saying "a short separation is better than a new marriage"!
Gao Mingcheng got up early the next morning. Without waking up Xuanyue who was sleeping soundly, he quietly got dressed and went out.
The temperature is low in the early morning, and the cold wind blows on people's faces, making them feel chilly.
Gao Mingcheng opened the cupboard and saw six eggs in the drawer below, so he took them all out and prepared to boil them.
In the days of material scarcity, people would choose to boil some eggs and take them with them when going out, so that they could eat them at any time if they were hungry.
Gao Mingcheng also kept this habit, fearing that many of the girls would be hungry on the road, so he prepared some food in advance.
One pot was used to boil eggs, and the other pot was used to boil sweet potato noodles. There was also a small piece of bacon at home, which should have been bought by Xuanyuemei before.
When the temperature drops, the meat can be stored for a few days after being rubbed with salt.
Gao Mingcheng is quite efficient at cooking, which is better than washing clothes. He doesn't have the patience to wash clothes. If he is asked to wash clothes himself, he will just do it in a hurry, soaking them with some detergent, rubbing and washing them, and then hanging them to dry!
After the sweet potato noodles were cooked, Gao Mingcheng went to wake Xuanyuemei up. After Xuanyuemei washed up, the boiling hot sweet potato noodles were just ready to eat.
Gao Mingcheng had finished his breakfast ahead of time and was now checking the growth of crops in the field in front of the house.
The crops planted in these plots of land were all those he had planted before. There were quite a lot of varieties, including cabbage, radish, chives, garlic, spinach, beetroot and so on.
At this moment, the seeds have already broken through the soil, some growing fast and some growing slowly.
Gao Mingcheng pulled out some weeds to prevent them from competing with the vegetables for nutrients and water.
After looking at the vegetable fields, he went to Xiaofu Mountain. He didn't climb the mountain, but just looked at the foot of the mountain.
There is not much water left in the pond, only a shallow layer. The newly planted tangerine saplings look OK, but we will have to wait until next spring to know whether any of them will die.
After reading all of this, Gao Mingcheng felt much calmer.
Although he could see more people and things when driving a sports car, those were too superficial and could not calm his mind like the mountains and waters of his hometown.
At half past six in the morning, we were ready to go.
Xuan Mei had already put on new clothes, a light yellow cotton coat with jeans and sneakers, which made her look even prettier out of nowhere. No one could tell that she was a rural woman.
She put moisturizing cream on her face, and her complexion was rosy. Because she was young and beautiful, she was beautiful enough without any makeup.
She stood there and said coquettishly, "Ming Cheng, can we go now?"
Gao Mingcheng told her last night that he was planning to take her to the provincial capital for a trip this time. Xuanyue had been looking forward to it the whole night.
"Let's go." Gao Mingcheng said, "We still need to talk to your brother and ask him to help take care of the livestock at home."
"Yeah, okay." Manyu Mei responded.
Every time they went out, they would ask Zhang Chengyuan to help look after the livestock at home. If they were going far away, he would also have to help take care of the vegetables in the fields.
This is the case with country people. If you live in the countryside, you must grow vegetables and raise chickens, but this will also restrict people and make it difficult for them to go out at will.
Gao Mingcheng sat in the driver's seat, and Xuanyuemei naturally sat in the passenger seat. After the car started, it headed all the way to Junling, and then picked up Huang Dazhi's family in Junling.
Gao Mingcheng asked them to bring stools yesterday because the carriage was empty and there were no seats.
The truck was very high and they couldn't climb up at all, so Gao Mingcheng carried them up directly. Then he closed the door of the compartment, but the door was not completely sealed, only about one meter high, mainly to prevent the goods in the truck from falling off.
At the beginning, Huang Dazhi had never traveled far, and his family naturally had never traveled far either. It was their first time riding in a truck, and their faces were full of excitement.
Especially Huang Dazhi's younger brother, because of polio, his life suffered hardships. He did not go to school and had no friends, which made him depressed all the time.
But now, he was sitting in the truck, watching the familiar scenery rapidly receding, and then everything that was unfamiliar to him began to appear in his field of vision.
The mountain was still the same mountain, and the tree was still the same tree. But he knew that this mountain and this tree were the first time he had seen them.
He sat on the bench, his body swaying with the bumps of the truck, his hands clenched around the car, looking greedily at the scenery outside.
"Xiao An, come inside, it's cold there." Huang Dazhi's mother said. There was wind blowing in from behind, and it was very cold.
"I'm not cold." Huang Xiaoan refused. He didn't want to leave here. He was greedy for everything he saw.
What does a county town look like? What does a provincial capital look like?
Why did his brother take them to the hospital? Is his brother rich?
His disease...can it be cured?
Thoughts one after another emerged in Huang Xiaoan's mind.
He didn't know the answer, but he began to look forward to it.
(End of this chapter)
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