Chapter 492 Listen to your second brother
Leisure is always short-lived, and busyness is the main theme of life.
After stealing half a day of leisure, Gao Mingcheng became busy again. This time he did not go around collecting antiques, but rented Xiao Jinfeng's truck and went to the provincial capital to buy furniture and appliances.
The hard decoration of the new house has been completed, and it is time to start the soft decoration.
After all, a county town is a county town, and the quality and styles of many modern commodities cannot compare with those in big cities.
In fact, the provincial capital here is not well developed, but it is better than the county town and is not far from the county town, so Gao Mingcheng's first choice is still the provincial capital.
This time, Gao Mingcheng did not go out alone, but brought Gao Shufang with him.
Last time, Chen Duoxi took the initiative to find him and said that he wanted to go out and see the world, and he agreed. That time, the Chen brothers had a very good experience of going out.
This time, he decided to take his sister out to see the world.
In fact, although he brought Gao Shufang out of Gaojia Village and led a relatively good life, Gao Shufang had never been anywhere farther than the county.
When Gao Shufang learned that she could go to the provincial capital with her second brother, she was naturally very surprised, and started choosing clothes to wear one night in advance.
As someone who runs the clothing business, she can be unsophisticated, but her clothes must not be unsophisticated!
Of course, Gao Shufang has changed completely now, and has shed her country girl temperament. She works in a high-end clothing store, and most of the customers are either rich or noble. Over time, her manners and temperament will naturally change.
The truck was quite high, and Gao Shufang didn't know how to get on at first. It was Gao Mingcheng who supported her from below.
After getting on the bus, her vision suddenly became higher and wider. Gao Shufang was quite surprised by this change and she looked around curiously.
She had seen trucks many times, of course, but this was her first time sitting in the passenger seat of a truck!
Not long after, Gao Mingcheng came up from the other side. After sitting firmly, Gao Mingcheng placed his hands on the steering wheel and said to Gao Shufang, "Sit tight, I'm going to drive."
"Yeah." Gao Shufang responded nervously, her whole body tense.
After the car started, the whole car vibrated a little, and with the bumps on the road and a faint smell of gasoline in the air, Gao Shufang's overall experience was not very good.
Gao Shufang couldn't help but cover her mouth and nose with her hands, looking very uncomfortable.
Gao Mingcheng noticed it and immediately said, "Shufang, you will feel better if you move closer to the car window."
Gao Shufang obediently turned her head towards the car window and felt a strong wind blowing from outside, messing up her hair.
But the strong wind also blew away the gasoline smell that made her uncomfortable, and the fresh air did make her feel a lot more comfortable.
"Your symptom is called motion sickness. Just bear it if you can. If you want to vomit, just vomit in your pocket. If you want to go to the bathroom, you can also let me pull over to the roadside." Gao Mingcheng said as he took out a pocket that was specially prepared for Gao Shufang.
He had known for a long time that Gao Shufang suffered from motion sickness.
But one should not be too partial. He has taken many people to experience the joy of going out, so there is no reason not to take his sister with him. Besides, Gao Shufang's motion sickness symptoms are not particularly severe, and they will go away if she endures them.
Gao Shufang didn't dare to speak, she just nodded to show that she understood.
Although she felt uncomfortable, her eyes were wide open, greedily looking at the unfamiliar scenery outside.
As she kept looking, her eyes felt tired and her eyelids could hardly open, so she tilted her head and fell asleep unknowingly.
Gao Mingcheng turned his head to look at her and smiled helplessly.
When other people get carsick, they can vomit all over the place, but when Gao Shufang gets carsick, she just falls asleep!
However, for people who suffer from motion sickness, it is better to fall asleep. When you wake up, you will reach your destination, saving you the unbearable time in the car.
Gao Mingcheng parked the car on the side of the road for a while, then reached out to the passenger door and shook something like a small handle. As he shook it, the window was mostly closed. The wind kept blowing on the head, which would give people a headache.
After closing the car windows, Gao Mingcheng continued driving on his way. The journey was smooth. Three hours later, Gao Mingcheng drove the truck to the gate of a pharmaceutical factory. Out of careful planning, neither he nor Xiao Jinfeng would drive with an empty truck, so they drove with a full truckload of goods.
The carriage was filled with corrugated paper, or packaging boxes.
Gao Mingcheng got out of the car and handed over the goods, and then the workers from the pharmaceutical factory began to unload the goods.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gao Mingcheng woke Gao Shufang up.
Gao Shufang, who had just woken up, had blurry eyes and didn't know where she was.
After a long while, her eyes regained focus, and she exclaimed, "Ouch, I fell asleep? When did I fall asleep?"
Gao Mingcheng answered seriously: "You fell asleep just five minutes after getting on the car. What happened? Were you too excited last night and went to bed very late?"
Gao Shufang shook her head blankly and explained, "No, I was afraid that I would not have enough energy today, so I went to bed early!"
Gao Mingcheng couldn't help laughing, and then told her that it was normal to fall asleep due to motion sickness.
Gao Shufang breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that everything was normal.
Gao Mingcheng asked her to get out of the car and walk around, otherwise she would easily get backache if she stayed in one position for too long.
Gao Shufang jumped out of the car, her feet slightly numb from the shock, and her eyes looked around curiously.
This pharmaceutical factory, from the perspective of later generations, was shabby and crude, but in the eyes of Gao Shufang and the workers in the factory, this pharmaceutical factory was large and impressive.
While waiting for the unloading, Gao Mingcheng took Gao Shufang into the factory and found the toilet.
"Come in, I'll wait for you outside." Gao Mingcheng said.
"Yeah." Gao Shufang responded and walked into the toilet carefully. After taking care of her physiological needs, she took the opportunity to stroll around the factory while unloading the goods.
After leaving the factory, she thought to herself that she had also seen the big factories in the provincial capital!
"Get in the car, I'll take you to the Bayi Shopping Mall and the Santai Shopping Mall, where they have all kinds of daily necessities!" Gao Mingcheng helped Gao Shufang get in the car, and then drove the empty car to go shopping.
At present, in the whole provincial capital, only the Bayi Shopping Center, Santai Shopping Center and the department store are relatively famous. However, in the past two years, the provincial capital's non-staple food, cultural, department store, hardware and electrical appliances, and textile companies have successively built wholesale buildings and started operations, so shopping has become much more convenient.
Today is not a day of rest, but there are still many people on the streets of the provincial capital. People are dressed in bright and beautiful clothes, riding bicycles, or strolling in groups of three or five.
Most of the factories in the suburbs have red walls and black tiles, while the ones in the city center are naturally a little better, showing their prosperity.
While driving, Gao Mingcheng saw Tengwang Pavilion from afar and saw that its main structure had been completed. Then he remembered that the 29th renovation and completion ceremony of Tengwang Pavilion would be held on the Double Ninth Festival this year.
After the ceremony, it officially opened for business and became one of the good places for leisure and entertainment for the people of the provincial capital. As a famous scenic spot and historical site, Tengwang Pavilion also witnessed the long history and culture of the provincial capital.
It’s a pity that it’s only the beginning of September in the Gregorian calendar and it’s not time to hold the ceremony yet.
However, next spring when the flowers bloom, I can find an opportunity to take my family there for a stroll, climb up the building to enjoy the river view, and feel the magnificent sight of the setting sun and the lone wild goose flying together, and the autumn water and the sky being the same color.
The truck drove on the road and soon took them to their destination.
The entrance of Santai Shopping Mall was crowded with people. Some went in, and some came out carrying a lot of things.
People's faces were filled with joyful smiles.
That is true. People who come here to shop are naturally well-off and will be satisfied when they buy their favorite things.
Gao Mingcheng found a spot to park the car, then took Gao Shufang, who had transformed into a country bumpkin, into the mall.
The moment she stepped into the shopping mall, Gao Shufang felt like a new world had opened up. Only then did she realize that every shopping mall is different!
Compared with the shopping malls in the provincial capital, the shopping malls in their county seem particularly small.
Gao Mingcheng was not in a hurry to buy things, but took Gao Shufang shopping along the way. If they came across something suitable they wanted to buy, they would buy it first, regardless of whether they would need it or not!
This behavior also made him spend a lot of money.
Gao Shufang felt her heart beating fast when she saw how lavishly her second brother spent money.
Under the influence of her second brother, she couldn't even keep the money in her pocket!
As the money was spent, it was exchanged for many of Gao Shufang's favorite things.
Girls love to be beautiful, so Gao Shufang bought a lot of hairpins, headbands, ribbons, rubber bands, and a pair of beautiful sheepskin shoes.
The leather of pigskin shoes is very hard, and the finished products look very rough, but shoes made of lambskin and calfskin have better texture and more novel styles, so they are naturally popular among women.
There is too much traffic in the mall, which makes Gao Mingcheng feel a little emotional. If you want to do business, you have to go to big cities. As long as you seize the opportunity, making money will be very easy!
Although he opened the first high-end clothing store in a small county town and firmly occupied a part of the business, his customer base was limited after all, so the money he could earn was also limited.
Of course, Gao Mingcheng only sighed for a while, and then he calmed down. As long as he made enough money, he could buy some prosperous shops here when the provincial capital began to develop and build. He had the memory of the future and knew which business districts were developing well. He would definitely not lose money if he bought a prosperous shop. When the time came, he would rent it to others and the rent would be quite generous.
After shopping in the mall, the brother and sister were already starving, so they found a place to eat. Gao Mingcheng had a big appetite and Gao Shufang was also an active eater, so the brother and sister ate a lot of food, which attracted the attention of people around them.
After the meal, it is natural to take a walk to digest the food, stroll around the streets and take a look at the different customs and cultures.
"Brother, that clay pot soup is delicious!" Gao Shufang touched her bulging belly, still savoring the taste, and said: "The fried clam shells are also delicious, better than the ones cooked at home! Brother, I roughly know how to cook it. When the water in the reservoir dries up this year, we will go back to the village to pick up clam shells!"
Gao Mingcheng smiled and said, "Even if you live in the village every day, you may not be able to find clam shells! Those teenagers are in the water all day long, and they have touched all the clam shells and snails in the water!"
Gao Shufang thought about it and felt that it was true.
She couldn't help showing a look of disappointment.
The provincial capital is adjacent to Poyang Lake, with numerous water networks and abundant natural aquatic products, which cannot be compared with their small mountain village.
After shopping and eating, the next step is to buy furniture and electrical appliances. These are ready-made products and once you have paid, you can load them into the truck immediately. Soon, the truck bed is almost full.
Gao Mingcheng raised his wrist to look at his watch. It was already 3:30 in the afternoon.
There were still three or four hours of journey ahead, and when we got home, it was just not completely dark yet.
"Shufang, get in the car. If you feel uncomfortable, just sleep. You will be fine once you fall asleep." Gao Mingcheng said.
Gao Shufang blinked innocently. She actually still wanted to see the scenery along the way.
She doesn't want to sleep either!
So Gao Shufang, who had gained experience, began to consciously stay awake.
Her persistence was useful, at least she saw the scenery along the way, but when the truck drove out of the city, the scenery outside the window began to become repetitive and boring, her eyelids gradually became heavy as lead, her head moved like a chicken pecking at rice, and then at a certain point she fell asleep completely.
Gao Mingcheng noticed her persistence and failure and couldn't help laughing.
As an experienced driver, Gao Mingcheng tried his best to drive steadily and headed towards the county town he was most familiar with.
More than three hours later, the truck entered the familiar small county town against the setting sun in the sky, and then headed towards the new home.
Because all the things in the car have to be moved to the new home and then unpacked, packed and put away one by one tomorrow.
When the car stopped at the door of her house, Gao Shufang still hadn't woken up.
Gao Mingcheng did not wake up Gao Shufang. People who are prone to motion sickness will feel tired and weak even if they slept all the way. It would be better for him to do the physical work of unloading.
So he opened the door, got out of the car and started unloading the goods.
Even after driving for so long, his physical condition was still good. The heavy solid wood furniture did not seem cumbersome at all in his hands and was gently placed on the open space in the living room.
Only after most of the things were unloaded from the car did Gao Shufang, who was sitting in the passenger seat, slowly wake up.
"Second brother, we're here, why didn't you call me to help move things?" Gao Shufang, who had just woken up, found that most of the things had already been moved by her second brother, and she couldn't help but widen her eyes.
Gao Mingcheng moved the things in his hands into the living room and said, "What can I ask you to do? How strong do you have? It's good that you're awake. We'll go home and eat later!"
Gao Shufang looked left and right, but didn't find anything she could help with, and couldn't help but say "oh" in disappointment.
But no matter how disappointed you are, you still have to eat!
It was fine when she just woke up, but now when she heard the word "eat", Gao Shufang, an active eater, immediately felt her stomach rumbling.
But she still had to say: "Second brother, even if I am not strong enough, I can help carry lighter things. You can't not call me."
Seeing that she looked quite serious, Gao Mingcheng also said seriously: "Okay, I will definitely call you next time."
Only after receiving a satisfactory answer did Gao Shufang smile sweetly.
Three minutes later, the truck stopped in front of the clothing store.
Xuanyue and Zhang Jinling, who had heard the noise a long time ago, immediately came forward.
Xuanyuemei said, "You are finally back. Are you hungry? Come in and eat!"
Gao Mingcheng jumped out of the car. Because he had just moved things, his body and hands were covered in dust. Even though Xiao Xuxu waved his hands at him and motioned him to pick her up, he didn't dare to.
He is covered in dust and bacteria, and children have weak resistance, so it would be bad if he got sick.
He strode to the backyard, turned on the faucet, washed his face and hands thoroughly, then pulled out a clean piece of clothes from the clothesline and put them on, and then went to pick up little Xuxu.
Seeing that the food on the table had not been touched, he couldn't help but say, "It's time to eat, you can eat first, you don't have to wait for us, just leave some food for us."
However, Xuan Xiumei smiled and said, "Everyone said they are not hungry. I plan to wait another ten minutes. If you haven't come back yet, then eat it while it's hot."
It’s still hot. The food on the table is getting cold!
Gao Mingcheng smiled and did not expose their good intentions.
Anyway, the weather is still hot, so it doesn't matter if the food is cold. He sat down and immediately called out, "Everyone, sit down and eat quickly! Xiao Xuxu, have you eaten?"
"Milk... milk..." Little Xuxu is smart. Even though he couldn't speak clearly, he knew to point at the bottle and tell his father that he had drunk milk.
"Good son, have some egg custard!" Gao Mingcheng praised with a smile and scooped a spoonful of egg custard with a spoon.
Egg custard is simple to prepare and nutritious, very suitable for children. Xiao Xuxu likes it very much, so his family basically steams a bowl of egg custard for him every day, and pairs it with some porridge, soft rice, meat patties and other dishes. Xiao Xuxu is fat and plump.
While serving rice, Gao Mingli asked in confusion, "Second brother, Xiao Xuxu is so young, if you praise him, does he understand?"
Gao Mingcheng said immediately: "Of course he understands! When you praise him, he is happy, and when you scold him, he is depressed, so how can he not understand? Mingli, I tell you, when you have children in the future, you should also praise them more, and don't scold them all the time. If you give your children negative emotions every day, how can the children grow up well?"
The older generation has no idea about raising children, and because of the local customs, nine out of ten of them use repressive education. They believe that beatings make good sons, so they will beat and scold their children at every turn.
Even if the child does something good, instead of being affirmed, he or she will be ridiculed.
It seems that his authority as a parent cannot be released unless he crushes his child into the dust.
When he was just reborn, Gao Mingcheng thought about being good to his eldest son and bringing him up to be a talented person, but he was very angry about his younger son and even prepared a series of measures, vowing to raise the child in the right way.
But his mood was different now.
He thought that even if his youngest son was born, he would treat him fairly. Every child is a blank piece of paper, and they will show the color their parents give them.
Of course, if the younger son insists on going astray, he will not show mercy!
After hearing this, Gao Mingli was thoughtful.
Zhang Jinling, who was sitting next to him, smiled secretly, gently bumped Gao Mingli with her shoulder, and whispered, "Listen to your second brother!"
As the mother of a future child, Zhang Jinling naturally hopes that Gao Mingli can learn from his second brother, even if it is only half of what he knows!
The simple Zhang Jinling thought so.
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
