Gao Mingcheng chatted with Gao Yuanjian for a while and had a general understanding of the situation at home. He told Gao Yuanjian that the peaches, bayberries and other fruits in the mountains were almost ripe, and if he wanted to eat them, he could go to Xiaofushan and pick some.
"Okay, okay." Gao Yuanjian responded.
As they were talking, Luo Xiaohua came back carrying a hoe and a basket in his hand, which was full of various seasonal vegetables.
My family is building a house, and we need to prepare lunch for the craftsmen, so it’s time to prepare it at this time.
Luo Xiaohua walked into the house, put down the things in her hands, and then saw a basket of things on the table. She knew at a glance that it was sent by Gao Mingcheng, and she was quite satisfied. So when she came out, she called Gao Mingcheng and his wife to have lunch here.
It was rare for the family to invite people to dinner, but Gao Mingcheng still declined.
"Let's not eat here. I still have work to do in the fields. I have to go back first." Gao Mingcheng said so, and then led Xuanmei and Xiao Xuxu to return to Niuweiling.
Before the family split up, Gao Mingcheng didn't like to eat at home. After the split up, he would never come over unless it was necessary.
This relationship is neither too warm nor too cold, which is good enough for Gao Mingcheng.
After leaving Gao Mingpeng's house, Xuanyuemei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. For Gao Mingcheng, it was uncomfortable to eat at home, and for Xuanyuemei, it was not easy to have a meal at her husband's house!
There is a lot of food to cook for the whole family, and since she is here, she naturally has to lend a hand.
The family of three returned to Niuweiling. Gao Mingcheng took a basket to pick vegetables from the fields, while Xuanyuemei stayed at home to prepare cooking.
There is rice, oil, noodles and other food stored at home. With eggs and vegetables from the fields, we can cook a hearty lunch.
At noon, Xuanyuemei fried a plate of scrambled eggs with peppers and fried eggplant with peppers, and also cooked an egg and loofah soup. In order to take care of Xiao Xuxu, she steamed a bowl of steamed egg for Xiao Xuxu while cooking.
Making steamed eggs is quite simple, but one thing you need to pay attention to is that you need to use warm water to stir the egg liquid. If you use cold water, the steamed eggs will not be delicate enough.
Gao Mingcheng picked a lot of vegetables. Except for those for lunch, he took the rest back to the county to eat. When Chen Dasong brought him bayberries, he told Chen Dasong that they would not need to go to the county to deliver eggs for a few days.
Chen Dasong thought that Gao Mingcheng would come back in a few days, so he didn't think much about it and agreed directly.
But Gao Mingcheng was not planning to come back by himself. Instead, he remembered that Gao Shufang and Lou Xinyu had said before that they wanted to go to Xiaofushan to pick fruits after the fruits were ripe.
Today is Thursday, and it will be the weekend in two days. I can then ask them to come back to pick fruits and help him deliver the eggs to the county.
In addition to thinking of Gao Shufang and others, Gao Mingcheng also recalled that during the Chinese New Year last year, he played billiards with Gao Yue's friends, and it seemed that he had agreed to invite them to Xiaofushan to pick fruit.
Judging from the days, Gao Yue and his friends should be back for summer vacation, right?
Gao Yue's friends will all do well in the future, so Gao Mingcheng decided to make some good friends with them.
Oh, and there is Fan Licheng. He also promised to invite Fan Licheng to pick fruit, but unfortunately there has never been a right opportunity.
But you can take a photo of the orchard and send it to Fan Licheng along with the letter. We can't eat the fruits, but we can feast our eyes on them!
Although this idea was a bit bad, Gao Mingcheng thought of a better way, which was to see if Xiao Jinfeng had a suitable car to Jingdezhen. If the timing was right, he could ask the driver to bring some fruits to Fan Licheng, which could also be considered a kind of express delivery.
Gao Mingcheng was thinking about these things in his mind. After lunch, Xuanyue was responsible for cleaning the kitchen and the dining table, and Gao Mingcheng was responsible for moving the eggs, fruits and vegetables into the truck bed. In order to prevent them from being damaged by the sun, he also covered them with a tarpaulin.
After everything was ready, the two prepared to go visit their eldest sister.
Before leaving, Xuanyu found Xuanmei and handed her a red envelope, saying it was for her elder sister and asked Xuanmei to help carry it.
Xuanyu said, "I'm still feeling a little uncomfortable, so I won't go with you. Please bring a red envelope to my elder sister for me. It's also my token of my appreciation."
Xuanyunmei accepted the red envelope and agreed immediately: "Okay."
After the car started, Xiao Xuxu first leaned against the window and stared at the scenery outside. As he looked, he felt a little drowsy.
Xuanyue held little Xuxu in her arms so that he could sleep better.
Because the mountain road was difficult to drive on, it took about twenty minutes to arrive at my eldest sister Xuandu Jin's home.
The arrival of the car attracted the curious looks of the villagers. They recognized that they were relatives of the Jin family, so they felt a little envious of the Jin family in their hearts.
Living in the countryside, who doesn’t want a wealthy relative?
Today is Thursday and there are not many older children in the village because they are all studying in the primary school in Xing'an Mountains and are not at home at the moment.
Compared with Gaojia Village, the road to school for children in this village seems to be more difficult.
From Gaojia Village to Xing'an Mountains, it takes at least 20 minutes for a child to walk, and only 7 or 8 minutes for an adult. But from this village to Xing'an Mountains, an adult has to walk for more than half an hour, and if a child walks slowly, it can take more than an hour.
Xuanyi Jin's two sons have not started school yet, but the eldest son will go to first grade in September this year.
The two children were having fun with their friends in the village. When they saw the car, the older one immediately shouted, "Aunt! Uncle!"
Then they chased after the car, and when it stopped, they ran all the way back home.
They all still remembered that Gao Mingcheng had promised to give them two new pieces of clothes!
Gao Mingcheng got out of the car first, then opened the back door to make it easier for Xuanyuemei to get out of the car holding Xiao Xuxu.
Little Xuxu is used to taking a nap. He was sleeping soundly at the moment. Xuanyuemei was holding him and putting him on the bed of Xuanyuejin family without him noticing.
When Xuanfan Jin heard the sound of the car, she knew that her younger sister and her family were coming to see her. She struggled to sit up and leaned her back against the wall.
Xuanyuemei put Xiaoxuxu down first, then looked at Xuanyuejin and asked, "Sister, are you feeling better?"
Many people naturally only reported good news and not bad news, and said with a smile that they were feeling better.
While the sisters were talking, Gao Mingcheng had been surrounded by his two nephews. Facing their eyes sparkling with expectation, Gao Mingcheng did not keep them in suspense. He lifted a corner of the tarpaulin and took out a pile of things from the truck bed.
"Look, these are clothes and shoes for you. Try them on." Gao Mingcheng first handed the children's clothes and shoes to them, and watched the two brothers run into the house excitedly.
Then he took down the defective clothes prepared by Xuan Duomei, Xiao Xuxu's old clothes and supplements, and finally took some peaches, bayberries and eggs.
Although a lot of eggs were given last time, eggs are the most common thing in Gao Mingcheng's home now!
It is too hot in the summer and the shelf life of eggs is short. The eggs have to be placed in the clothing store to sell. The daily sales volume is limited, so we have to take the eggs to the market and set up a stall to sell them when there is a market.
But Gao Mingcheng felt that doing so was a waste of time, so in order to prevent the eggs from going bad, his family basically ate eggs every day and even made a large jar of salted eggs.
In terms of taste, salted duck eggs are better than salted chicken eggs, but the fact that they can preserve ingredients longer is already an advantage of salted eggs.
When Gao Mingcheng entered the house carrying a pile of things, his two nephews had already quickly changed into new clothes and new shoes.
They were as happy as if it was New Year, with smiles on their faces. After putting on new clothes and new shoes, they came up to Duoyi Jin and asked their mother if they looked good.
These little brats are born to be conceited!
Xuanyijin smiled and nodded, saying it was beautiful, and told Xuanyimei that it cost them a lot of money.
Xuanyu Jin said: "The children are naughty and often go up and down the mountains and into the water. It is unnecessary to dress them well! Most of the clothes they are wearing now are small clothes worn by their cousins. I plan to buy some cloth to make some clothes for the children when school starts in September."
Xuanyan is a very successful person. When it is necessary, she will give cloth to her children to make clothes, but she will not give cloth to her children to make clothes if she thinks it is unnecessary.
As for wearing tattered clothes, which child in this village doesn’t dress like this?
When the social environment is like this, people living in this environment will not think there is anything wrong with it.
Xuanyuemei didn't care about these things. In order to make her elder sister feel better, she said that these clothes were unsold in the store, and instead of selling them to others at a low price, it would be better to give them to her two nephews.
Sure enough, after hearing these words, Xuan Duojin's expression relaxed a little, and he said, "That's good."
She looked at the clothes her two sons were wearing and found it hard to believe. She said, "Such nice-looking clothes are hard to sell?"
Xuanyuemei said: "People in the county love fashion, they like better looking ones."
Many Jin clicked his tongue a few times, finding it hard to imagine.
After Gao Mingcheng brought in a bunch of things, Xuanyuemei told Xuanyuejin what they were one by one.
Seeing so many things, Xuanxuanjin's face was filled with excitement and he couldn't hold back his tears.
She held many beautiful hands and choked up a little.
"How beautiful."
"Sister, don't think too much. It's important that you take good care of your body! Don't save the milk powder, red dates, and brown sugar I bought for you, and don't give them to others. Eat them yourself if you want."
Many beauties whispered softly.
She knew that her elder sister was reluctant to eat or drink herself. If there was something good at home, she would rather not eat or drink it herself, but give it to others as a favor.
In addition to milk powder and other things, Xuanyue also bought some egg cakes and milk candies. She grabbed a handful of milk candies and gave them to her two nephews to sweeten their mouths.
The two children can only eat candy a limited number of times throughout the year.
Seeing the two children reaching out to take it, Duo Xinjin couldn't help but say, "Hey, don't give them so many! Just give one to each of them! You can only eat one candy a day, understand?"
The last sentence was said to the two children.
The two children nodded obediently and said they understood.
With candies in their mouths and new clothes and shoes on their bodies, they were so happy that they couldn't stay in the house any longer and were eager to go out and show off to their friends.
"Mom, aunt, let's go out and play!" said the two nephews, and ran out of the house.
Xu Xuanjin said quickly: "Hey, be careful, if you damage your clothes, I will beat you!"
"Got it!" The cheerful voices of children could be heard from afar, and it was obvious that they did not take Xuanxuanjin's words to heart.
Expecting a boy of seven or eight to not be naughty? It's better not to expect it!
Many of the people who were angry with the money were gasping for breath, and they wished they could catch up with them and beat them up with a stick.
When the family is poor, they take extra care of things. Many people cannot accept that new clothes are worn out by their children in just one day.
Xuanyuemei saw what her elder sister was thinking and hurriedly advised: "Sister, the child will be obedient and sensible, so don't worry about this!"
Xuanyuemei handed the red envelope that her second sister asked her to bring to her eldest sister. After chatting with her eldest sister for a while, she prepared to say goodbye and leave.
My eldest brother-in-law and the others were working in the fields. My eldest sister was not in good health, and after chatting with them for a while, she looked a little tired.
Until they were ready to leave, little Xuxu was still sleeping soundly on the bed. Even after Xuanyuemei carried him back to the car, he could continue to sleep.
Manyu Mei looked down at him and laughed, "You're sleeping like a pig!"
Gao Mingcheng laughed and said, "Children need to sleep more. They are still growing. When we get to the county, we can wake them up and let them play."
After returning to the county, as if by telepathy, little Xuxu woke up slowly without waiting for his parents to call him, but the first thing he did after waking up was to pee!
Fortunately, many beauties were familiar with his little expression. When they saw him, they quickly carried him out of the car. There was no time to go to the toilet on the second floor, so they let Xiao Xuxu pee directly under the camphor tree on the side of the road.
The trees on the roadsides of the county streets are mainly camphor trees, with a small number of other trees.
Camphor tree is the provincial tree of Jiangxi Province. There is a saying that every village has camphor trees and every village has camphor trees.
After returning to the clothing store, Gao Mingcheng said to Gao Shufang, "The peaches, pears, and bayberries in Xiaofushan are all ripe. Last time you said you wanted to pick some fruit. This weekend, you and Xinyu can go to Xiaofushan to pick some."
After saying that, he glanced at Zhang Jinling again, thinking that Zhang Jinling rarely had a day off after she started working in the store, so he said, "Jinling, you and Mingli should go pick them together!"
For villagers, picking fruits is not a leisure activity, but after living in the county for a long time, picking fruits appropriately has become an interesting thing.
Zhang Jinling's face was full of smiles, and she began to look forward to it secretly in her heart.
After dinner, when they returned to their new home, Gao Mingcheng brought some peaches and bayberries to give to Gao Guobing and the others, and also asked if Gao Yue had returned.
Gao Guobing said: "Gao Yue has already had his holiday, but he and a few friends took a train from the provincial capital to Shanghai. He said he wanted to go out and see the world."
"That's great! Young people should see more!" Gao Mingcheng very much approves of Gao Yue's choice. With Gao Yue's major and family background, he would have to go to work directly after graduation. Once he starts working, he could only rest one day a week. If he is unlucky and encounters a big case, he would not even have that day to rest.
Therefore, it is the right choice to travel more and gain more knowledge during college. (End of this chapter)
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