Most of the guests Huang Dazhi invited were his colleagues from the bureau, and in addition there were relatives from his own family and his father-in-law's family.
After working in the police station, Huang Dazhi learned a lot of skills from his colleagues, such as portrait drawing, grappling techniques, driving, etc.
Although he can drive, he doesn't have a driver's license. Of course, in this situation, not having a driver's license is not a big deal. Even if someone stops the car for inspection, he can pass by scanning his face.
The smaller the place, the more human relationships are prevalent.
Early this morning, Huang Dazhi borrowed Gao Mingcheng's car and went to pick up his father-in-law and his family first, and then went back to Junling to pick up his relatives.
Gao Mingcheng arrived just before dinner time, so there were a lot of people here, and even the dishes were almost cooked and ready to be served.
Gao Mingcheng went downstairs to help, but after looking around, there was nothing he could do to help, so he took out the cigarettes he had prepared in advance, gave them to people he knew, and then chatted with them for a few minutes.
At this moment, he was talking to He Dayou. He Dayou now had less of the characteristics of a gangster and more of the seriousness of a police officer. Compared with his past, he was completely transformed.
He Dayou took the cigarette from Gao Mingcheng and put it on his ear because he still had half a cigarette in his hand. He said, "I went to Maozi's place yesterday and saw that the house has been built to the second floor!"
"Ming Cheng, you are really his benefactor. If you hadn't paid for it, I think he would have had trouble living in a new house in his lifetime! Now that he has built a new house, he can run the store for you and have a stable income. By the end of the year, you can consider getting married!"
When he talked about the latter part, He Dayou couldn't help but burst out laughing.
When he first got involved in gang life, Maozi, Monkey and others were his younger brothers. Later, he became a good man and could no longer control his younger brothers. He could only let them fend for themselves. If a younger brother was really hungry and had no food to eat, he would give him some money as a token of his appreciation.
He Dayou felt relieved thinking that Maozi would soon move into a new house and have a stable job.
But when I thought of Maozi, I thought of Monkey again, so I sighed in my heart, hoping that when Monkey comes out, he will turn over a new leaf and become a new person.
Gao Mingcheng talked with He Dayou for a while and found out that the Russians were already building the second floor, and the overall construction efficiency was still quite high.
He was very busy recently and hadn't visited Maozi for half a month. During this period, Maozi came to check on the account book once, and then he gave Maozi another 5,000 yuan.
Gao Mingcheng smiled and said, "When the billiard room opens, you can bring your friends over to play, and we won't charge you any money!"
He Dayou said, "You still have to pay the money you deserve! But I will definitely bring a group of people to show my support for you when the time comes!"
Gao Mingcheng didn't say that he would definitely not charge money. Anyway, he would talk about it later. "Okay, thank you in advance."
After the two talked for a while, He Dayou saw Xiao Song, so he called his cousin to talk, and Xiao Song pulled Xiao Zhang over as well.
As soon as he came over, Xiao Song laughed and said, "Today we are attending Dazhi's wedding. In a few days, we will attend Captain Zhang's wedding! His son is also about to be one month old!"
Xiao Song and Xiao Zhang were the first subordinates to follow Gao Guobing. After Gao Guobing was promoted, they were also promoted to team leaders.
A while ago, Xiao Zhang's wife also gave birth to a son, and she will be out of confinement in a few days, so his family also plans to hold a banquet.
Civil servants nowadays can only have one child, and if that child is a son, then the family will naturally be willing to hold a wedding banquet.
It was the first time that Gao Mingcheng heard the news. After all, he was not from the police station. Although he went to the police station from time to time to talk to Gao Guobing and Huang Dazhi, he did not have much contact with other people.
But now Xiao Song said this in front of him, so he smiled and said: "Oh, I didn't know about this, Captain Zhang, congratulations!"
Xiao Zhang's personality is different from Xiao Song's. He is more calm.
At this time he smiled slightly, and then formally invited Gao Mingcheng to his house for a drink.
Xiao Zhang said, "I'm only hosting a full-moon banquet, so it won't be as grand as Dazhi's. I'll just invite three or four tables of people at most. You don't need to bring gifts, just come and eat."
After hearing this, Gao Mingcheng understood. It seemed that Xiao Zhang was not planning on having a big wedding, which might be related to the fact that his house was not big.
Xiao Zhang is from the county town. He is considered a homeowner, but his living space is not spacious.
Their house is in a long row of houses. Their parents, brother and sister-in-law, and his family all live together, with each family having two rooms.
Although Xiao Zhang said that he didn't want any gifts, Gao Mingcheng would naturally give a red envelope when he went to the party. Besides, he could go alone without bringing many beauties and children with him.
Gao Mingcheng was well versed in all these social ways. While chatting with people, he also learned about the latest gossip in the county.
Then Gao Mingcheng ate the melon that he had eaten in his previous life!
Something happened at the food factory in their county!
The food factory produces many kinds of food. The problem occurred in the cold storage. It was said that there was a problem with the refrigeration equipment in the cold storage. Now everyone in the food factory is very anxious. On the one hand, they are looking for someone to repair it, and on the other hand, they are thinking about buying new equipment.
However, the new equipment requires a huge amount of money, which the factory cannot afford right now.
Xiao Song sighed and said, "It's almost June, the time for popsicles. If the food factory's cold storage is still not repaired, I'm afraid we won't be able to eat popsicles this year!"
Yes, in today's underdeveloped logistics and transportation, food factories have been set up all over the country, and the food produced in the factories is used to supply county towns and surrounding villages and towns.
Popsicles are one of the products of the food factory. Every summer, the factory will work at full capacity to produce popsicles, which are then put into cold storage for quick freezing, packaged, and then wholesaled. In this way, people in the county can eat popsicles for a few cents each.
If the county's cold storage breaks down and can no longer produce popsicles, then there will really be no popsicles to eat this summer. After all, you can't transport popsicles from other places to sell them!
You know, our country now has cold chain logistics, but it has not yet been promoted in China!
The weather is so hot in summer, if you use an ordinary truck to transport the popsicles, they will all melt into water by the time they reach the destination!
Xiao Song was worried that he would not have popsicles to eat this year, while Gao Mingcheng was thinking that the director of the food factory was in big trouble!
He was not very clear about the details of what happened, but he heard someone mention it after it happened.
It was said that there was a problem with the cold storage of the food factory. Although it could be used after being repaired, the director of the food factory still wanted to buy new equipment.
It’s just that they can’t afford new equipment, so they want to buy second-hand equipment. This is normal for factories in county towns.
For example, production lines that have been eliminated in big cities can be moved to small counties where they continue to thrive, and second-hand products are much cheaper than new ones.
Under normal circumstances, the factory would purchase obsolete equipment from the superior state-owned factory. If the superior factory does not have it, the factory would have to find it itself.
The food factory had the right idea of buying second-hand equipment, but the mistake was that he was deceived!
A broker found the director of a food factory and sold him a set of second-hand equipment from abroad. All the information was in English and contained a lot of professional terms, which made it completely impossible to understand!
However, the broker talked a lot of nonsense. He said that the technology abroad was advanced and the equipment was good. Even if it was second-hand, it was better than the new ones in China. He also said that the price was cheap and if you missed it, you would never get it again.
In short, the director of the food factory was very excited. He gritted his teeth and bought the second-hand equipment from abroad. But the result was that he was cheated!
The so-called second-hand equipment is totally unusable and can be considered garbage. At most, you can sell it as scrap metal to make a profit!
Having lost a huge amount of money, the director of the food factory naturally couldn't get away with it and was fired.
At this time, Gao Mingcheng remembered this matter when Xiao Song mentioned it, but he just thought about it and didn't plan to do anything. After all, he didn't know the director of the food factory at all, and he didn't speak English. If he rashly said that there was a problem with the batch of equipment that the factory wanted to buy, wouldn't that be funny!
Although he couldn't intervene, Gao Mingcheng felt disgusted and angry when he thought about the county spending a lot of money to buy foreign garbage!
As they were chatting, Huang Dazhi came over with a smile and asked everyone to sit down and eat.
So everyone went back to their tables, and Gao Mingcheng also went upstairs.
Huang Dazhi's family and his father-in-law's family did not rush to the table, but started to help serve the dishes, first the cold dishes and then the hot dishes. There were eight dishes on the table, which was considered good.
After all the dishes were served, Huang Dazhi arranged for his family members to sit in the empty seats. He ate a few bites of the dishes himself, then took Luo Li to toast.
Luo Li was still breastfeeding, so she naturally couldn't drink alcohol. The cup was filled with water. She just needed to follow Huang Dazhi, smile at everyone she met, and take a small sip when they toasted.
Fortunately, the guests did not make things difficult for her, but instead pulled Huang Dazhi to drink a few more glasses. Huang Dazhi could not refuse their kindness, so he had to toast one by one. After a round of toasts, he almost felt dizzy, and his cheeks were red.
Today is a good day. Not only Huang Dazhi and his wife are happy, but Huang Dazhi's parents are also happy. They never thought that they would have the opportunity to live in the county and enjoy a good life!
When Huang Dazhi toasted, Huang Dazhi's father also picked up the glass and started drinking with his relatives and in-laws.
As for Huang Dazhi's colleagues, he didn't know them and didn't dare to go up to toast them. He wanted to toast Gao Mingcheng because he felt that Gao Mingcheng was a noble person in his family, but Gao Mingcheng was sitting with Gao Guobing, so Huang Dazhi's father was scared and didn't dare to toast.
After the banquet, everyone gradually dispersed. The colleagues from the police station left first. Once they left, the place was mostly empty, with only Huang Dazhi and Luo's relatives and friends left.
Gao Mingcheng's car was still parked on the roadside outside his house because he had to send his relatives and friends back home in the afternoon. However, when he saw Huang Dazhi reeking of alcohol, Gao Mingcheng became a little worried.
Cherish life and stay away from drunk driving!
Gao Mingcheng said, "Dazhi, you've been drinking, so I'm afraid you can't drive. Do you want to arrange for your relatives and friends to stay at home today? If you really want to send me off, you'd better take a nap first and wait until you're sober before sending me off."
Although Huang Dazhi had drunk a lot of alcohol, he was still conscious and he didn't dare to drive in this state, for fear of damaging the car!
Although he had a good relationship with Gao Mingcheng, he would have to pay for the damage if the car was damaged. However, the wealth he had saved up over the years was almost used up.
When handling the case, Huang Dazhi was able to make some adjustments based on his eyesight, but in the end he did not do so because he was worried that it would ruin his current good life.
The stable salary, occasional subsidies, and Luo Li's salary at the clothing store are all their family's income now.
Not much, but enough to live on.
Huang Dazhi said: "Mingcheng, don't worry, I will make arrangements. I will take a nap first and send them back later."
At this time, Huang Dazhi's father-in-law Luo Daxing said: "You don't have to send us off. We can just walk back by ourselves later."
When Huang Dazhi heard that his father-in-law wanted to walk back by himself, he felt that he had not treated him well enough, so he asked his father-in-law and his family to stay.
The new house is relatively spacious, with two empty rooms on the second floor. Although the third floor is not decorated, you can put a bed there if you really need to sleep. After all, it’s not too cold now.
In addition to the new house, his old house can also be lived in.
Huang Dazhi tried to persuade him to stay, but Luo Daxing was determined to leave. He said, "I have chickens and pigs to take care of at home. I can't stay here overnight."
After thinking about it, he said that his two sons had to go to school tomorrow and they couldn't be late.
Huang Dazhi couldn't keep anyone here, so he had to let his father-in-law and his brother-in-law leave. As for his sisters-in-law, they stayed because even though the guests had left, the floor was a mess that needed someone to clean up.
These tables and pots and pans are all rented and have to be returned after cleaning.
After leaving Huang Dazhi's house, Gao Mingcheng first sent Xuanyue and Xiaoxuxu back to the clothing store, and then strolled to Maozi's house by himself.
As expected, the new house on the Russian side was built to the second floor. As the floor got higher, scaffolding was needed. These scaffoldings were basically made of bamboo. Bamboo is easy to obtain, tough, and not expensive, but it also has a small disadvantage, which is that it is a bit slippery.
The first floor is a large empty frame, but the second floor has the layout of a house, with space reserved for doors and windows.
After the main structure of the house is built, the beams and tiles are put up, and the house is dried, you can call a carpenter to measure the house and customize the doors, windows, wardrobes and beds according to the size.
Gao Mingcheng looked around the new house and didn't find any problems. Then he chatted with Maozi for a few words and left.
A few days later, Gao Mingcheng went to Xiao Zhang's family to attend a wedding. After finishing Xiao Zhang's wedding, he had to rush back to Gaojia Village to attend Chen Dasong's family's wedding!
Chen Duofu is getting married at the end of the month. Chen Dasong had invited Gao Mingcheng to the wedding at the beginning of the month.
After Luo Li finished the wedding banquet at home, she returned to the clothing store to work. Her mother-in-law helped take care of the child and fed him with milk powder if possible. If the child refused to eat milk powder, she would bring the child to the clothing store and take him away after he was fed.
It is so convenient to work in a private shop. As long as the boss is nice to talk to, you can do whatever is convenient for you.
Because there was a new Luo Li in the store, Gao Mingcheng decided to take Xuanyuemei and Xiaoxuxu back to the village for a drink.
After the Chinese New Year, Xuanyue has never returned to Gaojia Village.
Xuanyue was very happy to be able to go back to the village. She also wanted to see her own vegetables, fruit trees, chickens, ducks and sheep.
Today is a good day for marriages and God is kind enough to give them a sunny day. Manyumei sat in the back seat holding little Xuxu. The car windows were open and the wind blew in from outside. The mountains and villages along the road flashed by one by one.
There were buffaloes lying in the water and oxen grazing on the hillside. When seeing these animals, many beautiful children would point them out to little Xuxu, asking him to recognize them and then learn to speak.
"buffalo."
“Niu Niu…”
"cattle."
“Niu Niu…”
Well, maybe in Xiao Xuxu's eyes, they are all cattle, and he might still be wondering why cattle look different! (End of this chapter)
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