Gao Mingcheng chatted with Gao Shouwang's family for a while and then prepared to say goodbye and leave.
During the conversation, Gao Shouwang was actually full of anticipation and worry about the long journey, and even asked Gao Mingcheng if he had time and was willing to go with him.
They had never traveled far before. Although Gao Shouwang had a good grasp of interpersonal relationships because he ran a garment workshop, he was still a little timid about traveling far away.
If he is like this, his wife and daughter are naturally even more so.
The people in Gaojia Village are all related, and Gao Mingcheng has a good relationship with Gao Shouwang's family, so it makes sense for them to attend the wedding together.
However, Gao Mingcheng refused.
Although he felt that it was necessary to make friends with Gao Shouwang's two sons, the two of them took different paths, so there was no need for him to rush in.
Traveling far away is a torture these days. Gao Mingcheng, who just returned from the capital, doesn't want to go through it again in the short term.
Therefore, he used the excuse that he had to take care of business in the store and the kindergarten also had to prepare for the start of school, and he really had no time to accompany Gao Shouwang out.
After hearing this, Gao Shouwang looked a little disappointed, but not too upset. After all, he was just asking casually. If Gao Mingcheng was willing to go together, that would be great. If he didn't have time, that was fine too.
As for how to buy tickets, how to ride, how to transfer, etc., his son had already explained it to him in detail over the phone. And after arriving in Jinling, his son would pick him up at the station. As long as he was careful along the way, he would not make any mistakes.
Since the telephone was installed, he has been in contact with his two sons much more frequently. Before, they could only rely on letters. Sometimes his sons were out on missions and he would not reply to the letters for several months.
Now that they have telephones, the two sons will call them when they are free to keep each other updated.
After saying goodbye to Gao Shouwang, Gao Mingcheng drove the tractor and continued towards Gaojia Village.
When passing the old village, he stopped the car by the pond.
The weather is good today, and many women are washing clothes by the pond. They each occupy a place, scrubbing with a brush or beating with a stick, each with their own method.
Luo Xiaohua was also washing clothes here, and she occupied a good location. There was a tree next to her, and when the sun shone down, the branches just blocked the sunlight. People washing clothes here did not need to endure the scorching sun.
It's very hot standing in the sun in May.
This is a Feng Shui treasure land. If you come at the wrong time, you won’t be able to occupy it.
Since they met, they naturally had to say hello. Gao Mingcheng called her "Mom" and also told her that Wang Xiuxiu was about to give birth.
In the past few days, Wang Xiuxiu has started to have intermittent contractions, but they have not yet started.
Counting the days, the baby in her belly is already going to be a repeater.
However, they do have a saying here that if the baby is a girl, she will be born a few days later. It is said that girls know that it will be painful after birth, so they stay in the mother's belly for a few more days.
Gao Mingcheng didn’t know whether this statement had any scientific basis. He had two sons in his previous life, and both of their pregnancies and deliveries were normal.
When Luo Xiaohua heard that Wang Xiuxiu was about to give birth, he frowned and said, "She hasn't given birth yet? I thought she had already! In that case, come to my house later and bring her some eggs and brown sugar for me."
"Okay." Gao Mingcheng agreed.
After telling his mother about this, Gao Mingcheng took the photo album and some other things and went to his grandmother's house.
Now that I have returned from a long journey, of course I have to go visit my grandmother.
When he went there, Xi Nainai was at home with Xiao Yuanyuan, but Gao Zhuang and He Xiuman were not at home, saying that they had gone to work in the fields.
May is the busy farming season, when crops need to be tilled, weeded, sown and fertilized.
In previous years, my grandmother's family would raise a pig, but this year they did not raise a pig because they had to go to the county. Without the work of raising pigs, they felt a lot more relaxed, but there was less fertilizer for the crops.
However, not much land was planted this year. Some land that was too far away was simply not planted at all. Sugarcane was not planted either. This stuff is troublesome to grow and is not valuable. If the sugar factory does not purchase it in time, the land will rot.
Gao Mingcheng chatted with the grandmother for a while, showed her the photo album, and took out three turquoise bracelets. The three bracelets were of different colors and sizes. One was darker in color, suitable for older people, and the other two were brighter in color, suitable for young women.
Yes, Gao Mingcheng also gave Xiao Yuanyuan a string!
As expected, women’s love of beauty is regardless of age. Xiao Yuanyuan, who is only this young, couldn’t let go of the colorful bracelet when she saw it. She tried to put it on her wrist, but it was a little big, so she cut it into two circles, and it fit perfectly.
Grandma looked at the bracelet on Xiao Yuanyuan's wrist and quickly reminded her: "This is very valuable, you must be careful not to break it!"
Everyone in the village cherishes things. Grandma Xi doesn’t know how much the turquoise bracelet costs, but in her opinion, it must be very expensive.
Little Yuanyuan was also sensible. She nodded and said in a baby voice, "Grandma, I know."
Gao Mingcheng also teased Xiao Yuanyuan for a while, and then left happily.
Before leaving, his grandmother asked him to come over for lunch at noon, and he agreed.
After he left, the grandmother took Xiao Yuanyuan's hand and said, "Let's go find your parents!"
Grandma Xi is old, and if she wants to prepare a sumptuous table of dishes, she still has to rely on He Xiuman, so she plans to go to the fields to call He Xiuman back to cook.
Little Yuanyuan, wearing her new bracelet, followed her grandmother, skipping and hopping. If she met people of the same age in the village, she would immediately stretch out her wrist to show off.
Gao Mingcheng naturally didn't know what was happening here. He had already driven a tractor to Niuweiling.
Before we parked the car, Black Tiger and Elf, as well as Big Yellow and two puppies, came to greet us warmly.
Those two little black balls can no longer be called puppies because they have grown up!
After the puppy shed its lanugo, the new hair that grew out was much more beautiful. Standing in the sun, it was as shiny and smooth as a black tiger!
The dogs circled around him enthusiastically, all trying to put their front paws on him, making it difficult for Gao Mingcheng to break through in a short period of time.
Gao Mingcheng smiled and started petting the dogs. After petting every dog, he said, "Okay, I have to go get some work done!"
He hasn't been back for more than a month, and there are a lot of things waiting for him to do in the village.
First, we have to check out the vegetable garden in front of the house. This is under the management of Zhang Chengyuan. He has completely delegated authority to Zhang Chengyuan and let him supervise the sowing. There is only one requirement, which is to have as many varieties as possible.
He doesn't sell these dishes, but eats them at home, so naturally there should be a wide variety.
Now looking at it, there are indeed many varieties. Basically, he has planted some of the vegetables available in the village in his field. He has planted seven or eight loofahs, and the vines have now spread along the trellis.
In addition, plants that require trellises, such as cowpea, bitter gourd, and cucumber, are now climbing along the trellises, looking very vibrant.
Especially those early spring cucumbers, which still have flowers on top and fruits hanging underneath. Although the cucumbers are not big yet, Gao Mingcheng is already excited at the sight of them. He picks one directly without washing it. He wipes off the soft thorns on the surface of the cucumber with his clothes and then puts it in his mouth to chew!
He fed the remaining cucumber butt to the black tiger. The black tiger was not picky and ate the whole thing in two or three bites.
With a group of dogs surrounding him, it was not very convenient to go to the fields. Some of the vegetable seeds had just been planted and the seedlings were only a little bit tall. Gao Mingcheng was afraid that they would be trampled to death by the dogs, so he shouted at the dogs to leave.
Chen Dasong soon learned of his return.
Chen Dasong was working at Xiaofushan. When he saw Gao Mingcheng from afar, he waved and greeted him, shouting Gao Mingcheng's name loudly.
Gao Mingcheng looked up and saw him, so he simply took a group of dogs up the mountain.
He went up the mountain with five dogs.
When passing by the foot of Xiaofu Mountain, he looked at the chicken coop to the left and the pond to the right, and was quite satisfied.
Near the chicken coop, several hens, each with seven or eight chicks, were foraging in the grass, while adult roosters and hens were walking up the hillside and were moving around about fifty or sixty meters away from the chicken coop.
In spring, when the grass grows and the birds sing, all kinds of insects gradually increase in number, and chickens are experts at killing insects.
The fruit trees planted near the chicken coop are all local oranges, a variety that is hardy and not easily killed by chickens.
The orange flowers have bloomed now, and the small white flowers are in full bloom, exuding the unique fragrance of oranges.
The chicken coop is in good condition. After entering spring, the hens have started to lay eggs, and the business of Chicken Butt Bank has been rising rapidly.
The pond has also changed a lot.
The original pond was only one acre in size. Before the beginning of spring this year, Gao Mingcheng asked Chen Dasong to call people to dig the pond wider. Now it looks a lot wider, and because of the need to plant lotus roots, the edge of the pond was not dug deep.
Now, lotus roots have taken root in the soft soil at the bottom of the pond, and tiny lotus stems are emerging from the water. The lotus leaves first curled up into long cylinders, and then slowly stretched out and turned into broad green leaves.
These lotus leaves are not big because they have just grown out not long ago.
Gao Mingcheng admired it for a moment, imagining the magnificent scenery of lotus flowers in June.
He was still admiring the beautiful scenery, but the dogs had already gone into the mountains along the mountain road.
Gao Mingcheng followed behind, walking on the gentle slope as if it were flat ground.
Chen Dasong was working in the peach blossom forest, so he also went in the direction of planting peach blossoms.
Peach trees bloom before they grow leaves, so they will bloom in March. If the weather is colder, they will also bloom in April.
But an ancient poem says: The beauty of April on earth fades, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple begin to bloom.
Why is this?
The answer is temperature!
The temperature in the mountains is lower, so the flowers naturally bloom later. Now it is early May, and there are still quite a few flowers hanging on the branches of the peach trees planted by Gao Mingcheng!
"Mingcheng, you're back from the capital!" Chen Dasong was in a good mood when he saw Gao Mingcheng.
He was holding a shovel and digging a hole to apply fertilizer.
If you want a good harvest in the orchard, you have to put in the effort. You have to apply fertilizer in spring, thin out the fruits in early summer, and apply top dressing in autumn!
Gao Mingcheng smiled and said, "Yes, I came back the day before yesterday afternoon. Uncle Chen, is there anything important in the village?"
Chen Dasong said, "It's nothing important. I just need to pay you for the fertilizer."
Gao Mingcheng said cheerfully: "Okay, give me the account book later and I'll settle the bill."
Xiaofushan is so big that it needs fertilizer here and there. Gao Mingcheng doesn’t have enough fertilizer of his own, so he has to spend money to buy fertilizer.
The fertilizer money is divided into two parts, one is farmyard manure and the other is chemical fertilizer.
However, compared with before, we buy less farm manure now because we have some chicken manure and sheep manure at home.
Chen Dasong added: "Mingcheng, our family will have a wedding at the end of May. I would like to invite you to come back and have a drink at the wedding."
During the Chinese New Year, Chen Duofu fell in love with the girl, and they found a day for the two families to have dinner together, which was considered an engagement. Now at the end of May, Chen Duofu is going to get married!
Chen Duofu is only a few months younger than Gao Mingcheng, and Gao Mingcheng's son is already over one year old. He can finally get married!
The marriage went so smoothly thanks to Gao Mingcheng. Originally, his family did not have enough money to build a house and marry a wife at the same time, but Gao Mingcheng generously lent them money.
After they had the money, they started to prepare for both scenarios.
I want to build a house and get married this year!
And because there are not enough people in the family, Chen Dasong would rather give more dowry and marry her first.
So, at the end of May, the new couple will be arriving.
Gao Mingcheng congratulated him immediately and said that he would definitely come back to attend the wedding.
After talking about this, Chen Dasong talked about the trap that Gao Yue dug during the New Year.
The trap was actually quite simple. I just dug a hole at the foot of the mountain and scattered some food as bait.
If the wild boar didn't come down the mountain, you would never catch it in your lifetime, but the wild boar really came down the mountain!
Chen Dasong's face flushed with excitement. He smiled and said, "That night, I was sleeping soundly when I suddenly heard the cries of the black tigers. So I got up, put on my clothes, and went out with a flashlight to check what was going on. Hey, there was a wild boar that happened to fall into the trap!"
"Originally, several wild boars came down the mountain together, but after that wild boar fell into the trap, the other wild boars were frightened and ran away!"
"The wild boar had fallen into a trap and was still very ferocious. I didn't dare to deal with it alone, so I went back and called Duofu and Duoxi over. We took hoes and smashed the wild boar to death!"
"We agreed that if a wild boar fell into the trap, each family would get half. I didn't let Mingli take your half away. Instead, I made it into wind-blown meat."
"The meat has been dried and put into bags and hung on hooks. Now that the weather is getting warmer, you have to take the meat away and eat it as soon as possible."
Gao Mingcheng didn't expect that the trap Gao Yue casually dug would actually catch a wild boar, so he said, "Okay, I'll take it away later."
Since it was Gao Yue who dug the trap, he had to give half of the meat to Gao Guobing and call Gao Yue to make him happy.
Gao Mingcheng asked again: "Uncle Chen, has the trap been filled?"
Chen Dasong said hurriedly: "It has been filled up. The traps I dug in other places have also been filled up."
In spring, summer and autumn, there is plenty of food in the mountains and wild boars generally do not come down the mountain. If the trap is not filled, there will be certain safety hazards. Although the place is remote, what if a child from the village falls into it?
The children in the village were naughty. They climbed trees, went fishing, and ran around everywhere! (End of this chapter)
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