Gao Mingcheng accompanied Gao Hong and Li Fei as they strolled around the old village, distributing wedding candies to everyone they met, which brought great joy to the children in the village.
Some brave children kept following Gao Hong and his wife, trying to get some more candy.
Gao Hong had almost distributed all the wedding candies, and there was still some left in his hands, so he simply handed it to the children behind him.
Gao Hong smiled and said, "Take it and divide it! No fighting!"
"Oh oh!" The children were instantly happy and ran away with the candy.
The children's behavior caused the adults nearby to laugh in good faith.
Gao Hong hadn't been home for a long time, and the villagers treated him very warmly. One family took him home to drink water, and another family took out chestnuts picked from the mountains to entertain the guest.
When Gao Mingcheng saw the small hairy chestnuts, he remembered that the chestnuts were ripe now. He had planted a few chestnut trees a few years ago. They were purchased saplings, and the chestnuts they produced were much larger than the hairy chestnuts.
However, after the chestnut trees are planted, it takes 5-8 years for seedlings to bear fruit, and even grafted seedlings take 2-3 years. Gao Mingcheng bought seedlings, which were two-year-old when he bought them. They have been planted for more than three years, but they have not bloomed or borne fruit this year.
However, the chestnut tree is growing in good shape and may bloom and bear fruit next year.
The news of Gao Mingcheng's return to the village soon reached the ears of the village party secretary, who immediately brought several people from the village committee to find Gao Mingcheng.
When Gao Mingcheng saw the village party secretary and others, he knew why they came.
Gao Mingcheng was well prepared. Before the village party secretary and others could ask questions, he took out the bag he was carrying and counted out five thousand yuan from the bag in front of everyone.
Hundred-yuan bills are rare on the market, but fifty-yuan notes have become popular. This stack of money, all fifty-yuan notes, looks like a thick stack.
Seeing this, everyone present looked excited.
Gao Mingcheng handed the money to the village party secretary and said, "Village party secretary, please count it."
The village party secretary was watching Gao Mingcheng counting the money. There was no need to count it again. He said with a smile, "No need to count, no need to count."
Gao Mingcheng smiled and said, "Let's just count."
After listening to this, the village party secretary looked at the people around him, then lowered his head and started counting. After counting a few banknotes, he felt his fingers were dry, so he subconsciously stuck out his tongue and used his index finger to wet his tongue with saliva. With the help of saliva, counting the money became easier.
After counting a stack of money, his saliva was wet several times.
Gao Hong was confused, so he turned to look at Gao Mingcheng and asked, "What is this money?"
Gao Mingcheng said: "The village is planning to rebuild the village primary school and is raising funds. Last time I promised to donate 5,000 yuan, plus books for a library."
Gao Hong didn't know about this, so he asked his father Gao Guobing if he knew about it.
Gao Mingcheng didn't say anything, but looked at the village party secretary.
The village party secretary laughed and said, "Director Gao is very busy with work, so I didn't bother him."
The implication is that Gao Guobing didn't know about this.
Because the village party secretary was in charge, Gao Mingcheng did not mention this matter to Gao Guobing.
After all, when you mention this to people, it's like asking them to donate money as well.
Gao Hong thought for a moment and said, "My salary is not high, so I can't donate as much as Ming Cheng, but rebuilding the village primary school is a great thing. Now that I know about it, I want to contribute. How about this, I'll donate 300 yuan! I hope the village primary school will be built soon, so that the children in the village can have a spacious and bright classroom for school."
The village party secretary and others were overjoyed and immediately said some polite words.
Although Gao Hong's words sounded nice, he turned around and asked Gao Mingcheng to borrow money.
Gao Hong came unprepared and had only a little over 100 yuan in his pocket, so he asked Gao Mingcheng to borrow an entire sum of 200 yuan. Gao Mingcheng actually brought back some extra money, but when he was about to take out the money, he was stopped by Li Fei.
"No need to borrow it, I have it here."
As Li Fei spoke, she took out two hundred yuan from her women's handbag.
The couple pooled their money together and came up with three hundred yuan.
Gao Hong was very touched when he saw Li Fei took out the money on her own initiative, and he immediately said, "Fei Fei, I will give you the salary passbook when I get back!"
Li Fei smiled and said, "No, you can take it yourself. I have my salary!"
But Gao Hong had already made up his mind and said, "I'll give it to you. In addition to my salary, I also have an allowance. I don't need to spend much money in the army, so the allowance is enough."
But Li Fei still refused. She said, "I'd better not take it. It's not convenient for me to deposit and withdraw money with your passbook. Let's wait until we live together in the future. If you still want to give it to me, I will take it."
Banks are not yet connected to the Internet. Gao Hong is serving in the army in another place, and Li Fei is working in the county. Gao Hong's passbook is really of little use to Li Fei.
Gao Hong couldn't persuade Li Fei, but from the smile on his face, it was clear that he was very happy with Li Fei.
Gao Hong was happy, and the village party secretary was also happy.
All of a sudden, there were three hundred yuan more! With enough money, we could start rebuilding the village primary school in a big way.
The village party secretary was so excited that he invited Gao Hong, Gao Mingcheng and others to his home for lunch.
The village party secretary was quite good at dealing with people, and he immediately said, "Other members of the village committee will also come, and Mingcheng's father and his elder brother will also come to eat together. Let's drink and chat together."
Gao Mingcheng looked at Gao Hong. Gao Hong did not refuse but nodded in agreement with a smile.
This is normal interpersonal communication. As for Gao Mingcheng, he has to eat at everyone's house. Just don't let him cook for himself!
After the village party secretary invited the people, he asked the people around him to go to his home and tell his wife to get ready immediately.
Next, Gao Mingcheng took Gao Hong and his wife to his parents' home to sit and visit Grandma Gao.
Grandma Gao sat under the eaves, looking very well-behaved.
She looked at the group of people talking, but did not come over or say anything. She just looked at them, appearing a little dazed.
Gao Mingcheng spoke a few words to his grandmother and found that although she was slow to react, she would still respond. The only difference was that you had to speak to her specifically and in a louder voice.
By now, everyone in the village, young and old, knows about Grandma Gao's confusion, but no one feels too sad about it. Instead, they accept it very naturally.
It is rare for a person to live to be 70. Ten years of youth is followed by ten years of old age. It is normal for people to have various health problems when they get old.
Although Gao Mingcheng felt emotional, he and his grandmother were not very close. Besides, he was a grown man and could not do some personal care work. He could only talk to her for a few minutes and buy her some delicious food every time they met.
Gao Hong was quite emotional, because in his memory, Grandma Gao was still in good health.
At that time, Grandma Gao was still young. She had to work in the fields to earn work points and help her daughter-in-law take care of the children at home. She was busy all day long, but she was in good spirits and always talked and laughed with the people in the village.
Gao Hong was very sad and gave Grandma Gao a red envelope of ten yuan, asking Grandma Gao's family to buy her some delicious food.
Gao Yuanjian said hurriedly: "The old man eats white rice every day, and his dishes also have meat and eggs."
He seemed to want to tell others that he treated his mother very well.
Grandma Gao didn't know if she understood or not, she smiled and said, "There are meat and eggs to eat."
It is inevitable to feel sad when staying with elderly people. After Gao Hong chatted with them for a while, he prepared to go and see the brick kiln.
When entering the village, Gao Hong noticed that several small hills near the village were almost empty!
And there are several new houses in the village.
Gao Yuanjian was more familiar with the situation in the village, so he led the way and took Gao Hong and the others to see the brick kiln of Gao Fuqiang's family, and then to see the brick kiln built by another family.
If you have your own space and skills, it would be a good idea to build a brick kiln yourself.
It costs thirty yuan to rent a brick kiln from Gao Fuqiang. To build a house, one needs to use at least four or five kilns.
Moreover, there are many people in the village, and many of them want to build houses. It takes a long time to queue up to burn kilns, so some people simply built new brick kilns themselves.
It is the second half of the year now, the weather is fine, and it is a good time to make bricks. There are people making bricks in these two brick kilns. One has been making bricks for just two days, and the other has been making bricks for four days and four nights, and they are carrying water to wet the kiln.
They chose to make bricks at this time for a purpose, because once the bricks were made, they would have time to harvest the rice.
After the rice is harvested and dried, we can continue making bricks.
Life is like this, constantly busy. Farmers follow the solar terms, sowing when it’s time to sow and harvesting when it’s time to harvest, while workers work according to production orders, taking breaks when it’s time to take breaks.
After they finished touring the brick kiln, someone called them to go to the village party secretary's house for dinner.
Gao Yuanjian and Gao Mingpeng also went to accompany them, but Gao Yuanjian did not go empty-handed. Instead, he brought a bottle of rice wine that he had steamed himself.
When I arrived at the village party secretary's home, I immediately smelled the aroma of vegetables, one of which was the aroma of chili peppers fried with black beans. Although this dish may seem ordinary, it is a great dish to go with rice!
The village party secretary's house has not been rebuilt yet and looks a bit old, but it occupies a larger area than most people's houses. The main room is already furnished with tables and chairs, as well as some cold dishes, including fried peanuts.
The peanuts are grown in my own fields. I fry them in oil and sprinkle a little salt on them, and the aroma fills the air!
"Sit down, sit down, the food will be ready soon!" The village party secretary warmly invited everyone to take a seat.
Although Gao Mingcheng and Gao Hong are juniors, one of them is a major donor and the other has a bright future, so they are naturally treated as guests of honor, and the others just keep them company.
After a while, the village party secretary's wife and daughter-in-law brought up the dishes one after another.
There were seasonal vegetables, as well as a large plate of fried eels, fried snails, fried dried fish, stewed chicken and other dishes. What surprised Gao Mingcheng the most was that there was also a plate of fried day lily.
Day lilies are not produced here, so they cannot be eaten. It was not until later when logistics developed and they were sold in supermarkets that people gradually started eating day lilies.
Noticing that Gao Mingcheng's eyes were fixed on the day lily, the village party secretary smiled and said, "Mingcheng and Gao Hong, have you seen this dish? This is day lily, and a relative of mine brought it back to me from another place."
"Haha, we also eat flowers in our village, but we usually eat fresh gardenias. They won't eat fresh flowers from other places, they have to eat dried ones!"
Gao Mingcheng curled his lips and smiled, thinking, if you eat this day lily fresh, you will be poisoned!
Gao Mingcheng was quite satisfied with the meal. The village party secretary's hospitality was very thoughtful, and his wife and daughter-in-law's cooking skills were also good, especially the pagoda eel, which was fried in oil, so that it tasted delicious and not limp.
Under the constant praise, Gao Hong was forced to drink a lot of wine, and even Li Fei drank two glasses. However, Gao Mingcheng only drank a small glass to taste the taste on the pretext of driving.
There were two kinds of wine, one was the village party secretary's own twisted wine, and the other was the rice wine brought by Gao Yuanjian.
The taste of Nianzi wine is good, but compared with rice wine, the taste layering is slightly worse.
After having lunch at the village party secretary's house, Gao Mingcheng took Gao Hong and Li Fei to Niuweiling.
Now that I’ve come to Gaojia Village, how can I not go back to my home!
Gao Mingcheng opened the door of his bedroom and said to Gao Hong and the others, "Do you want to take a break?"
Li Fei hurriedly shook her head to refuse. Even if she was tired, it was impossible for her to lie on someone else's bed to rest.
She said, "I'm not tired. It's rare for me to come to your house. I've eaten the fruits you sent me before, but I don't know what the orchard looks like."
Gao Hong's physical fitness was also good. Although the previous few glasses of wine made his cheeks slightly red, he was not completely drunk.
So the three of them didn't rest and planned to go around for a walk.
Gao Mingcheng took them to see the lambs, the pond, and the chicken coop, and then followed the mountain road into Xiaofushan.
In Xiaofushan, the orange and grapefruit trees are full of fruits, but the fruits do not seem to be fully ripe yet.
Gao Mingcheng reached out and picked a thin-skinned tangerine. After peeling it and eating it, he said, "It's okay, just a little bit sour."
Mandarin oranges are large in size and their skins vary in thickness. According to experience, thin-skinned ones ripen faster than thick-skinned ones, especially when the skin starts to turn yellow, which means they are quite sweet.
Remembering that Xuanyuemei liked sour food, Gao Mingcheng went to the shed and got a bamboo basket, ready to pick some early-ripening oranges and bring them back for Xuanyuemei to eat.
Gao Hong and Li Fei also tried some oranges. The oranges nowadays are indeed edible, but slightly sour.
But seeing Gao Mingcheng picking so many, Gao Hong couldn't help but say, "The taste is average, why did you pick so many?"
Gao Mingcheng said with a smile: "Duomei likes to eat sour food now, so I will pick more and send some to Shufang and the others. Oh, if you like, pick some for yourselves and bring some back for uncle and aunt to taste."
Gao Hong and Li Fei looked at each other and decided to pick some to take back.
But they only picked a little, probably only five or six kilograms, unlike Gao Mingcheng, who picked at least thirty or forty kilograms!
Gao Mingcheng stopped only when he couldn't find any cooked ones.
Gao Hong looked at the orange trees all over the mountains and asked Gao Mingcheng whether he wanted to sell these oranges in the future. He also asked Gao Mingcheng whether the orange market was good this year.
Gao Mingcheng blinked his eyes. He really didn’t know whether the market for oranges was good or not!
But this year, he only sold half of his oranges at most, and he sold the remaining half himself!
The children in the kindergarten are still waiting for the oranges in season. (End of this chapter)
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