Chapter 343 Going Out to Do Business
Before going to Yangcheng to purchase goods, Huang Dazhi came to tell Gao Mingcheng that Gao Guobing wanted him to go over.
So Gao Mingcheng went to Gao Guobing's office. Gao Guobing has been very busy recently and looks more capable.
As soon as they met, Gao Guobing smiled and said, "Mingcheng, have you prepared the money? I have prepared the land for you, you just need to pay the money and go through the formalities. The land is not far from my house, when you build the house, you can move in, we will be neighbors!"
Hearing this, Gao Mingcheng was happy. He had just talked to Gao Guobing about it last time, but he didn't expect it to be done so quickly.
So he immediately said, "The money is ready, I can go and pay the money and go through the formalities now."
"Okay, now take the money and go to the Land Administration Bureau to find Director Liu in the office and ask him to take you to handle the relevant procedures. When you go, remember to give him a red envelope and get all the necessary certificates done." Gao Guobing reminded.
"Okay. Uncle, I'll go do my work first."
After Gao Mingcheng left, he first went back to his home. His family was doing business and had a lot of cash, so he could take the money directly without having to go to the bank to withdraw money.
He had handled the matter of buying land and building a house before, so this time it went much more smoothly. Gao Guobing had made arrangements in advance, so the process was very smooth and the experience was great.
In just half an hour, Gao Mingcheng had finished everything and walked out with a relaxed look on his face.
With the newly obtained certificate in hand, Gao Mingcheng went to see his newly owned land.
Gao Guobing said before that it was near his home, but in fact, it was still more than 50 meters away, but this distance was also good.
This distance of more than 50 meters does not involve other houses in the middle, but is a naturally formed slope with some trees growing on it. Gao Mingcheng remembers that a path leading to the People's Park will be built here in the future, mainly to facilitate nearby residents to enter and exit the People's Park from this path.
Gao Mingcheng looked at the terrain and decided that after the courtyard wall was built, he would also have to plant some tall trees inside the wall to block the sight of outsiders.
After returning, Gao Mingcheng handed the certificate to Xuanyuemei and told her the specific situation of the land.
Many beauties looked at the certificates with smiles on their faces. With these certificates, they would be able to build houses smoothly in the future.
"Duomei, you can think about the future layout of the house in advance. When the planning is almost done, find a construction team to build the house. The construction team that built the house for us before was pretty good, so let's continue to find them." Gao Mingcheng said. The previous people did a good job, so he was too lazy to find another one.
Speaking of the construction team, his eldest brother was also very motivated. When he was in the village before, his eldest brother Gao Mingpeng came to him and said that he wanted to borrow some money from him.
His elder brother had previously had the idea of forming a construction team and taking work orders himself, but when he was about to implement it, he found that he was short of some money.
Since you have to form your own construction team, you have to spend your own money to buy some construction tools, such as metal bucket trucks, scaffolding, concrete mixers, etc.
This was a serious matter, so Gao Mingcheng naturally agreed to lend the money, but he asked Gao Mingpeng to write a promissory note.
Brothers should settle accounts clearly. Having an IOU will make it more formal, and it will be easier to explain if anything happens in the future.
This time, Gao Mingcheng was building a new house, but he didn't ask his elder brother to help. This was because his elder brother's skills were average and he could only take on some small jobs. Therefore, Gao Mingcheng didn't dare to let his elder brother do it.
According to his plan, he will live in this house for a long time, so he has very high requirements for the construction quality and house layout.
In the evening, Huang Dazhi came over.
Everyone was used to seeing him coming, because ever since Luo Li started working at the clothing store, Huang Dazhi would come and pick her up every afternoon after get off work.
They have a good relationship as husband and wife, and Gao Mingcheng also likes it.
But for Gao Shufang, she missed Deng Wanwan a little bit, because Deng Wanwan lived here at that time, so she was in the store from morning to night. Gao Shufang could clean with her and chat with her in her spare time.
Seeing Huang Dazhi and Luo Li talking together, Gao Shufang sighed softly. She decided to write a letter to Deng Wanwan to express her apology and her longing for her.
She and Deng Wanwan are of similar age and actually have a good relationship.
Well, that’s fine. I’ve never written a letter to anyone before!
Thinking of this, Gao Shufang became inexplicably excited.
She immediately found her second brother because she knew that he had bought special paper for writing letters.
After asking her second brother for two pages of paper, Gao Shufang sat at the table and began to write the letter seriously.
Gao Mingcheng knew that she was going to write a letter to Deng Wanwan, and he was quite supportive. As for Deng Wanwan's current address, he also asked for it when he called last time.
The capital is a place where gold is everywhere. People with vision and talent will take off here.
While writing the letter, Gao Shufang suddenly found herself in trouble.
Originally, she thought she was learning and improving every day, and she could even talk to customers about the latest current news and build closer relationships with them.
But when she wrote letters, she found that her words often failed to express her ideas clearly and typos appeared from time to time.
After making a typo, she subconsciously blacked it out and then wrote it again.
But in doing so, she discovered that many places on the page were blackened and the handwriting was a little sloppy.
"Oh, how could this happen?" Gao Shufang was dumbfounded as she looked at the letter she had written with so much effort.
She was too embarrassed to send such a letter, so she had to ask her second brother for some writing paper.
She began to write again. This time, her handwriting was neater and there were no obvious typos.
After reading it three times in a row, she was quite satisfied and felt that there would be no problem this time.
But when she was about to fold the letter, she thought about it and decided to show the letter to her second brother.
Gao Mingcheng did not take the letter immediately, but asked: "What do you want to show me in the letter you wrote to Deng Wanwan?"
"I...I want you to take a look at it and see if there's anything wrong with my writing?" Gao Shufang said nervously.
This was the first letter she wrote in her life, and it was sent to the capital!
This made her feel pressured and she wanted to do her best.
Gao Mingcheng glanced at her before taking the letter and unfolding it. However, before he had read a few lines, he discovered a grammatical error.
However, he did not say anything, but continued to read. After he finished reading, he picked up a pen and began to correct the incorrect sentences in the letter to Gao Shufang. While correcting, he explained why it was wrong to write like this, and circled a few typos that Gao Shufang did not notice.
After all, Gao Mingcheng is not a professional teacher, and his knowledge is limited. When he taught Xuanmei and Gao Shufang before, he let them read and write more on their own. He hoped that in this way, they could slowly accumulate knowledge and improve their cultural level.
But he had never asked them to write an article, and now writing a letter was like writing an article, which instantly exposed many shortcomings.
Gao Mingcheng then turned around to look at Xuanyuemei and said, "How about you write a letter to Deng Wanwan as well?"
He wanted to use this to test the level of many beautiful articles.
Xuanyuemei saw his intention and was somewhat tempted, so she nodded in agreement.
That night, Xuanyimei also wrote a letter to Deng Wanwan. After it was finished, she gave it to Gao Mingcheng to revise it, and then wrote it again. In this way, the quality of the letter, although not to be very high, at least there were no obvious shortcomings.
The next day, Gao Shufang took the two letters to the post office and bought envelopes and stamps. Because the letter paper was thin and the recipients were both Deng Wanwan, Gao Shufang put both letters in the same envelope. Ha, this way she could save money!
When Gao Shufang went out to mail the letter, Gao Mingcheng was already sitting on a large truck, heading towards the distant Guangzhou.
This time he was not delivering goods for Fan Chengyao, but a truckload of medicinal herbs, mostly those that could be used to make soup.
At the same time, the owner of the goods also had to go with the car. At this time, he was sitting in the co-pilot seat, talking loudly to Gao Mingcheng.
Gao Mingcheng has two lifetimes of experience, so no matter what the other person says, he can always say a few words so that the conversation won't become dull.
There was someone to talk to along the way, so I didn't seem sad. Besides the dangers you may encounter on the road, the biggest problems of long-distance driving are visual fatigue and loneliness.
After arriving in Yangcheng, Gao Mingcheng drove the car to a warehouse according to the owner's instructions and waited for the workers to unload the goods.
The owner of the goods had been getting along quite well with Gao Mingcheng along the way, and at this moment he said, "Brother Mingcheng, you must eat the package of yam I gave you, it's good for your kidneys!"
The owner of the goods winked at Gao Mingcheng and gave him a look that said you understand.
Gao Mingcheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he still had to say: "In addition to nourishing the kidneys, yam has many other uses!"
So, don’t just focus on nourishing the kidneys, okay?
Besides, he looks so strong, does he look like someone who needs kidney supplements?
By the way, after many beauties became pregnant, they haven’t worked their kidneys hard for a long time, so do kidneys need to be supplemented?
As for the bag of dried yam, of course it is used to stew meat and replenish qi and blood!
After unloading the goods, Gao Mingcheng went to the garment factory to pick up the goods first.
When he was getting the goods this time, people from the factory told him that the purchase price would be slightly higher. Not just clothing, but all walks of life had started to increase prices.
There are certainly reasons behind this price increase, and it will inevitably trigger a series of social unrest, but this is a necessary pain and a small obstacle on the road to development.
Gao Mingcheng was just an ordinary citizen with no intention of delving into the details. He could only move forward and backward with the situation like the tide.
When Gao Mingcheng arrived in Guangzhou this time, he found that there were more strangers wandering on the streets. At the beginning of the year, millions of migrant workers flocked to Guangzhou from all over the country. They were eager to find jobs here and settle down, but Guangzhou simply could not accommodate so many people. As a result, most people could only wander the streets, or be lucky enough to get one or two temporary jobs to earn some money for food.
Seeing these people, Gao Mingcheng felt very emotional.
After a night's rest, he went to a designated address, loaded a truck with goods, and headed back.
While Gao Mingcheng was driving on the road, Huang Dazhi had just gotten off a crowded train carriage and was heading towards the exit with the crowd.
But when he arrived at the exit, he found that there were huge crowds of people outside. When he walked on the road, countless pairs of dirty black hands reached out to grab him.
Once these dirty hands caught him, he would not be able to leave unless he gave generously.
Huang Dazhi looked around and found that other passengers who had just got off the bus were in the same situation. Some timid women screamed in fear, some fearful people could only hurriedly take out their money, but there were also some who had bad tempers. Not only did they refuse to pay, they also kicked and cursed at the other passengers.
Those who were begging on the ground did not dare to go too far in front of such people and all avoided them.
"Please be kind. I haven't eaten for a few days, and the child is starving."
“Give me some money!”
“Help us!”
Words of pleading kept drilling into his ears, and Huang Dazhi's legs were pulled by those hands, making him unable to walk anymore.
Huang Dazhi looked down at them. These people did look pitiful, but their eyes revealed greed and cunning.
After working in the police station, Huang Dazhi has dealt with all kinds of people. Plus, he is good at observation and can see through these people's true colors at a glance.
They are indeed pitiful, but more hateful.
Gathering at the exit like this, grabbing people's pants and preventing them from leaving, what's the difference between this and robbery?
Huang Dazhi sympathizes with many people who have suffered misfortunes, but he does not sympathize with them. He squatted down, staring at a person who was pulling his pants, and looked him in the eye.
"What's your name? Where are you from? Why did you end up here? I'm a police officer. Come with me back to the police station. After I investigate thoroughly, I'll arrange for you to return home." Huang Dazhi spoke in a businesslike manner and with a sincere tone. He looked at the people around him and said, "All of you come with me back to the police station."
He had been working at the police station for more than a year and had acquired the unique temperament of an investigator. As soon as he opened his mouth, he immediately frightened those people.
Some people had already let go of their hands that were holding his pants, but some people refused to give up.
One of the women with disheveled hair cried, "Please be kind and give me some money. My child is starving to death."
Next to her lay a child of five or six years old. He was wearing tattered clothes and had a dirty face. He lay on the ground, as if he had fainted from hunger.
Huang Dazhi glanced at the child, then bent down and picked him up.
His action startled the woman, and she screamed, "What are you doing?"
Huang Dazhi held the child in his arms and said compassionately, "The child is so hungry that he fainted. I will take him to the police station cafeteria for dinner. You can come with me. After dinner, I will take your statements and then send you back home."
"You...just give us some money to buy us food." said the woman weakly.
But Huang Dazhi said nothing, just stared at her.
Finally, the woman couldn't stand the stares anymore and shouted, "Who wants to go to the police station with you? Put the child down. Erhu, run!"
Having said that, the woman turned around and ran away.
The people around her also ran away.
Even the child in Huang Dazhi's arms suddenly opened his eyes, jumped down cleverly, and ran away.
At this rate, who would believe that they haven’t eaten for several days?
In the blink of an eye, the people surrounding Huang Dazhi disappeared one after another.
The others didn't know what had happened and looked over in shock.
Huang Dazhi clapped his hands and walked away expressionlessly.
This was his second time returning to the provincial capital. The first time he came, he took Gao Mingcheng's truck. The journey was smooth and he went straight to the hospital without much contact with outsiders.
But this time, he came here by train by himself.
But fortunately, before leaving, a colleague from the bureau told him that there were a large number of beggars at the provincial capital’s railway station.
And tell him not to give him money. Once you give him money, other people will come around and ask you to give them more. In the rush to get more money, no matter how much money you have, it will be gone.
The provincial capital railway station was so chaotic in 1988.
(End of this chapter)
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