After returning from Gaojia Village, Gao Mingcheng rested for two days.
Gao Yue and his friends have almost learned how to drive, so it is impossible to take them out to learn driving every day. However, Gao Mingcheng promised that next time he goes back to the village to make money, he will let them take turns driving.
This kind of driving opportunity is rare, and both of them are very happy. Of course, Gao Mingcheng is also very happy that he doesn't have to drive.
When Gao Mingcheng had some free time, he started taking care of the baby to relieve Mei of much of the burden.
However, although Xuanyuemei no longer has to take care of Xiao Xuxu, she is not idle. She has to sell goods in the clothing store and make bayberry wine with the bayberries that Gao Mingcheng brought back from Gaojia Village.
Although fresh bayberries are delicious, if you eat too much, they will make your teeth sour, so after the initial enjoyment of eating them, the people in my family rarely eat bayberries anymore.
Naturally, the remaining bayberries cannot be thrown away, so they are prepared to be made into bayberry wine.
The production technology requirements for bayberry wine are very low. After washing the bayberries and draining the water, just put them into the liquor together with rock sugar.
After soaking for a period of time, you have to take out the bayberries inside, so that the bayberry wine will not become turbid and the color of the wine will be much better.
In addition to making bayberry wine, it can also be pickled into bayberry candied fruit. Just add sugar, boil it, and then dry it.
When making candied bayberry, you can add a little ginger or a little perilla, and the taste will be different.
Some people like to add pickled mustard greens. After it is cooked, it can be eaten as a side dish with porridge.
Xuanyue also made a pot of bayberry preserves. She chose to add a little bit of ginger. In addition to rock sugar, she also added some honey before serving.
Honey is rich in nutrients, but it will lose a lot of nutrients when exposed to high temperatures. Therefore, it is best to use warm water to make honey water.
Because the quality of bayberry is good, it tastes very good after simply boiling and drying. The bayberry flesh is very thick, and it is sweet and sour and delicious when you bite it, which can make your mouth water.
Put the prepared dried bayberry in a water-free and oil-free canning bottle and eat it slowly.
After the bayberries were processed, the pears were also processed.
Pears have a high water content. If they are dried into dried fruits, there will not be much pear flesh in a pear and the taste will be average. Therefore, Gao Mingcheng chose to can the pears.
The canned bottles used in our family are never thrown away. Instead, they are cleaned and used to store various foods.
In addition to storing food, it can also be used for homemade canning.
The method of making homemade canned food is also simple. Peel the pears, cut them into pieces, put them into a glass bottle, then add sugar water, cover the bottle tightly, and put it in a large iron pot to steam it.
After being cooked and sterilized at high temperature, canned food can be preserved for a long time.
When Gao Mingcheng explained the production method and principle, Gao Shufang and others were amazed and said, "So this is how canned food is made."
Now that we have ways to process the bayberries and pears, we can’t leave out the watermelons. The sweet and delicious watermelon husks can be eaten directly, and the remaining watermelon rinds can be sliced and dried to make dried vegetables.
Before slicing the melon rind, you need to peel off a layer of the green skin and the bitten part inside to make it clean. After washing it with water, you can slice it and dry it.
These tasks can be done as you eat, so they are not too tiring.
Gao Mingcheng naturally didn't care about these things, Xuanyuemei and Gao Shufang were in charge of them. He took Xiao Xuxu to the kindergarten.
The kindergarten was built last year. By the end of the year, it was fully built and the hard furnishings were done. Then the soft furnishings were done. It has been vacant until now.
Now when you walk into the classroom, there is no strange smell in the air, and brightly colored cartoon paintings can be seen everywhere.
These cartoon drawings were all made by the school's art teachers, who are good at drawing and are willing to earn some extra money.
In addition to the paintings on the walls, the classroom has also been set up with tables, chairs and a small blackboard. In addition to these, there are also some teaching aids, or toys.
Some of these toys were bought by Gao Mingcheng in Guangzhou, and some were bought in the provincial capital. He bought them while going out, and as a result, he has saved up quite a few.
In addition to toys, there are also a large number of children's books, mainly picture books and fairy tales, as well as some serialized popular science magazines.
These books are arranged in different classrooms according to the depth of the content. The books for lower grades are naturally simple picture books, while those for higher grades are more complicated.
Gao Mingcheng saw Xiao Xuxu sitting on the ground playing with toys seriously, and said with a smile: "Son, when school starts in September, I will send you here to study!"
Gao Mingcheng did plan to send Xiao Xuxu to kindergarten after the school starts. As long as Xiao Xuxu can adapt, it will be fine. This way, Xiaomei will be able to feel much more relaxed.
You know, daycare centers in the previous life generally enrolled children aged one and a half years old, and Xiao Xuxu is already over one and a half years old.
Although he thought so, Gao Mingcheng did not plan to recruit children who were one and a half years old, but rather children who were at least three years old.
His kindergarten had just opened, there were not many teachers, and he did not have much experience in running a school. It was troublesome to take care of children who were too young.
Besides, he was planning to go for the high-end route. The decoration and teaching aids of the kindergarten were the best in the county!
Let me ask, which kindergarten now has piano, drums, guitar, flute and other musical instruments?
The toys he prepared for the children were not available in the county. I guarantee that after seeing them, the children would cry and beg their parents to send them here to study!
Gao Mingcheng continued to say to Xiao Xuxu: "Sister Yuanyuan will come over by then and study with you, okay?"
Hearing the three words "Sister Yuanyuan", little Xuxu's eyes lit up, and he nodded immediately, saying in a loud voice: "Okay! Xuxu wants to study!"
Gao Mingcheng smiled slightly, very good, the child was fooled!
"Then you continue to play here, I'll go outside to water the flowers and plants." Gao Mingcheng said, he got up and found a watering can, ready to water the flowers and plants in the yard.
The weather is hot now. The flower bed here is not big and only some common green plants are planted. If they are not watered in time, the flowers and plants will easily wilt.
While watering the plants, Gao Mingcheng saw that in the spacious yard, in addition to the elephant slide, there were also two swings, a seesaw, a horizontal bar, parallel bars, rings, and a small sand pit.
The sand pit was made of leftover sand from building the house, so Gao Mingcheng simply had someone build a sand pit in the outermost corner, which can be used for younger children to play with sand, and for older children to long jump.
Gao Mingcheng looked around and wondered what else he needed to prepare. After thinking about it, he felt that he would need a few children's vehicles, the kind of children's tricycles that were cute in shape and suitable for children to ride.
Gao Mingcheng silently took note of it in his mind and planned to buy a few cars when he went to Yangcheng to purchase goods next time.
As for whether there was anything else he had forgotten, Gao Mingcheng did not put too much pressure on himself. At worst, he could just buy it when he found out that something was missing.
As long as I don’t waste my time on myself, my mental state is good!
After taking care of the flowers and plants in the kindergarten, Gao Mingcheng returned to Xiao Xuxu and played with him for a while. Since he didn't come every day, Xiao Xuxu enjoyed playing with every toy.
One day passed in a flash. When Gao Mingcheng returned to the clothing store with little Xuxu in his arms, he was still sighing how easy it was to take care of a child!
But after returning to the clothing store, Gao Mingcheng could no longer feel relaxed because he learned the news that Gao Mingwan was injured while racing!
Xiao Jinfeng called him to tell him the news, saying that Gao Mingwan had a conflict with someone while driving a sports car and was hit several times. Although no bones were broken, the injuries were quite serious and he needed to rest for a while.
Xiao Jinfeng said, "When a driver is driving a car on the road, it is inevitable that he will encounter accidents. Ming Wan was injured while protecting the goods, so the company will give him a bonus so that he can rest in peace. Ming Cheng, I have to go out to do some work these days. If you are free, go and see Ming Wan."
Gao Mingcheng said: "Okay, I understand."
After hanging up the phone, Gao Mingcheng told Gao Shufang and Xuanyue about this matter. Gao Shufang immediately became anxious and said hurriedly: "Is the injury of the third brother serious? Second brother, let's go see him now!"
They are siblings from the same mother, and Gao Shufang indeed cares more about Gao Mingwan than Xuanyuemei and Zhang Jinling.
Gao Mingli, who had already gotten off work, also said, "Let's go and see it together!"
Now that he had already known the news, he had to go visit as soon as possible, so Gao Mingcheng took a look at the kitchen and decided to bring a watermelon, thirty eggs, a jar of preserved bayberry and two kilograms of noodles.
After putting the things in the car, Gao Mingcheng called Gao Shufang and Gao Mingli to get in. As for Xuanyuemei and the others, they did not go with them, but stayed in the store to cook. They would also have to eat after they came back from visiting the patients.
It takes seven or eight minutes to drive all the way there. When we arrive at Gao Mingwan's home, we can hear the crying of a baby from afar.
Maybe because she knew her father was injured, little Sasha cried very hard.
Hu Yinchen was walking back and forth outside the yard holding little Shasha, humming a song and coaxing the child to stop crying. When she heard the sound of a car, she immediately looked in the direction of the sound.
"Mingcheng! Shufang! You are here!" Hu Yinchen was very happy to see Gao Mingcheng and others, and hurriedly invited everyone into the house.
Gao Mingcheng looked at Hu Yinchen for a few times and found that Hu Yinchen seemed to have aged a little.
Ugh, taking care of children is really tiring.
"Xiu Xiu, your second brother and others are here!" Hu Yinchen's face was full of smiles. While speaking, she did not forget to pat Xiao Shasha's back and coax her gently.
Maybe because someone came, little Shasha stopped crying and looked at Gao Mingcheng and the others curiously.
Gao Mingcheng met Xiao Shasha's eyes, his heart softened, and he couldn't help but go forward and hug Xiao Shasha.
In his previous life, he had only two sons and no daughters, so he liked his brothers' daughters very much, especially this niece, who was a future academic master who was admitted to a very good university and even obtained a master's degree.
"Sasha, do you know who I am? I'm your second uncle!" Gao Mingcheng teased her softly. Unfortunately, the two-month-old baby didn't understand these things. But she seemed to like Gao Mingcheng very much. She grinned at Gao Mingcheng with a string of crystal clear tears hanging on her cheeks.
"Second brother, Mingli, Shufang, you are here! Please come in." Wang Xiuxiu came out from the house. Her eyes were red, as if she had just cried.
Wang Xiuxiu and Gao Mingwan have a good relationship. This time Gao Mingwan was injured, so Wang Xiuxiu is naturally sad.
Gao Mingcheng walked in holding the child and saw Gao Mingwan lying on the bed.
Because the weather was hot, he was not covered with any blanket and was not wearing much, so the scars on his body could be clearly seen.
Gao Mingwan used an iron rod when fighting with others, and the wounds on his body were also caused by being beaten with the iron rod. The scars were thick and long, and the blood was swollen and purple, which was horrifying to look at.
There were scars like this all over his body, he had indeed been beaten badly.
Fortunately, there were no broken bones or tendons, only superficial injuries. They look serious, but after recovery, they won't be a problem.
"Third brother!" When Gao Shufang saw that her third brother was injured like this, her eyes turned red and tears rolled down uncontrollably.
Girls are emotionally rich and soft-hearted, and they cannot bear to see such terrible injuries, especially when they happen to their close brother.
Gao Mingwan was a little panicked when he saw Gao Shufang crying. He said helplessly, "Okay, stop crying. I just coaxed your sister-in-law and you're crying again!"
Gao Mingwan looked at Gao Mingcheng and Gao Mingli and said casually, "My injury looks serious, but it's actually nothing. It will heal after the swelling goes down. Find a stool and sit down. Don't stand."
At this time, Wang Xiuxiu brought a few cups of tea and handed them to Gao Mingcheng and others.
Gao Mingcheng sat on a stool, holding Xiao Shasha in one hand and taking the teacup with the other hand, while Gao Shufang and Gao Mingli took the teacups with both hands.
They didn’t understand these things before, but after living in the county, they learned a lot of reception etiquette from others.
Gao Mingcheng drank half a glass of water in one gulp, and then he heard Xiao Shasha humming, and it seemed that she was a little thirsty.
So Wang Xiuxiu took out another bottle filled with water and fed little Shasha.
It was a hot day, and little Sasha had just cried her heart out, so she was really thirsty and gulped down some water.
Wang Xiuxiu breathed a sigh of relief. She was really afraid that the child would cry. She was exhausted by the crying.
She looked at Gao Mingcheng and smiled, "It seems that Xiao Shasha likes her second uncle very much."
Gao Mingwan was also very happy that his daughter might like Gao Mingcheng very much. His second brother was very capable. He used to be the best fighter in the village. Later, he went to the county and made a lot of money in a short time.
My daughter likes him, which is good.
Gao Mingcheng also smiled. He looked at Gao Mingwan. With his keen eyesight, he could naturally see that Gao Mingwan's injuries were not as serious as he said.
Although there were no broken bones, the body was in great pain after being hit so many times with iron bars, and perhaps even the internal organs might have been damaged to some extent.
Gao Mingcheng couldn't say anything sentimental, he just said: "You need to take good care of your injury, don't rush to do anything."
Gao Mingwan nodded and said obediently: "I understand. Anyway, my daughter is still young, so I might as well take this opportunity to rest for a while and take care of the child at home."
He seemed to be quite open-minded and had a hint of a smile on his face.
Gao Mingcheng asked: "Where did the accident happen?"
When this topic was brought up, the smile on Gao Mingwan's face disappeared. He said, "On the way back from Yangcheng, I encountered a robber in the next city!" (End of this chapter)
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