The car was driving on the dirt road in the village, but after only two minutes, it stopped again.
Gao Mingcheng stuck his head out of the car window and saw Gao Zhuang and He Xiuman sitting on the rocks by the pond to enjoy the cool air. At their feet was a 28-bar bicycle, and next to the bicycle were two bags of sweet potatoes and a basket of vegetables.
"Brother Mingcheng!" Gao Zhuang and He Xiuman stood up, greeted him, then bent down to load the things into the car.
As soon as the National Day holiday came, Gao Zhuang and He Xiuman returned to the village. They came back on bicycles and started working in the fields. They had to weed out the dead vegetables that had died out of season and loosen the soil so that they could sow seeds of cabbage, radish, lettuce and the like. After a while, they would have some vegetables to eat.
"Do you need help?" Gao Mingcheng looked down at Gao Zhuang and the others' things.
Gao Zhuang bent down and put a bag of sweet potatoes into the car, smiled and said, "No, it's just a little food, it will be ready in a while."
After loading the bicycles and vegetables into the bed of the car, Gao Zhuang opened the door, let He Xiuman sit in the back seat next to Li Fei, and he sat in the passenger seat.
"Brother Mingcheng, it's a good thing I met you. It saved Xiuman and I a lot of energy!" Gao Zhuang said with a smile. If Gao Mingcheng hadn't just returned to the village, they would have planned to continue riding bicycles back to the county today. In that case, they would definitely be very tired.
Gao Mingcheng smiled and asked, "You brought so many sweet potatoes to the county? Did you take them all?"
Gao Zhuang shook his head and said, "No, I only took a small part. I put the other half in the cellar, planning to store it until the New Year and eat it. Oh, and I also saved some for seeds."
This year their family did plant fewer sweet potatoes, but this is less than before. In the past, their family was considered a large sweet potato grower. Every year they had so many sweet potatoes that they could not eat them all and had to make sweet potato flour to eat.
Gao Zhuang doesn't like sweet potatoes, but Xiao Nainai likes them very much. In the famine years, they relied on sweet potatoes to survive. Therefore, Xiao Nainai believes that sweet potatoes are life-saving food and insists on planting a lot of them every year.
Gao Zhuang said: "My grandma said that Yuanyuan and Xuxu like the dried sweet potatoes, and the children in the kindergarten like them too, so I plan to make some more."
When Gao Zhuang mentioned the kindergarten, Gao Hong immediately said, "Ming Cheng, will the kindergarten start classes tomorrow? I'll go check it out tomorrow!"
Gao Mingcheng smiled and said, "Okay, if you want to go and see it, you don't have to ask me to accompany you. My sister-in-law is very familiar with the kindergarten. When you and my sister-in-law have a baby, you can send it to the kindergarten. I guarantee that he will have a lot of fun there."
Gao Hong laughed and said yes.
Li Fei, on the other hand, blushed quietly and lowered her eyes, not daring to look at anyone.
Everyone in the car was familiar with each other and they spoke casually. In a relaxed and cheerful atmosphere, the car sped along the national highway in the mountains.
When we arrived at the county town, the first place we visited was the kindergarten.
The kindergarten has two doors, an iron fence door in the front and a wooden door in the back. My grandmother and her family mainly use the wooden door when entering and exiting.
The iron gate was closed at this time, but through the gap, you could see Xiao Yuanyuan and Xiao Xuxu still having fun there.
When they heard the sound of the car, they immediately looked towards the door. The next moment, the two children called out "Dad" in a crisp voice.
Gao Hong saw the car stopped, turned his head to look at Li Fei, and whispered: "Why don't we get off here and walk back?"
Li Fei nodded in agreement. There wasn't much distance to go, so it would be nice to take a walk.
"Mingcheng, Feifei and I will get off first." Gao Hong opened the car door and got out with Li Fei.
Gao Mingcheng had already seen his wife and children, and didn't have much time to send Gao Hong and the others home, so he said, "Okay, don't forget to take the things!"
"Okay." Gao Hong went to the truck bed to get his own stuff. They didn't have much stuff, just a few kilograms of oranges and two two-kilogram bottles of honey.
After picking up their things, both parties said goodbye and went about their business.
Gao Mingcheng helped Gao Zhuang move the sweet potatoes into the backyard of the kindergarten. The bag of sweet potatoes was not light, weighing about seventy or eighty kilograms.
Grandma Xi and Xuanmei had already come over, and the two children came over skipping and jumping, looking here and there, searching for food to eat.
However, what Gao Mingcheng brought back this time were not many edible things, just oranges and honey.
Seeing their curious faces, Gao Mingcheng handed each of them an orange, and finally gave two to Duo Mei, saying, "These are our own oranges, try them."
Manyumei looked at the green orange in her hand and said, "It's not fully ripe yet."
"It's sour and sweet. I know you like it, so I picked so many of them." Gao Mingcheng pointed at the basket of oranges and smiled proudly.
The navel oranges I bought before have already been eaten by many people, so now these oranges are just right for them to be eaten.
Xuanyuemei peeled an orange. The peel was green and the color of the orange flesh looked lighter. She ate a slice of the orange and found that it was indeed sour and sweet. This taste is a bit sour for ordinary people, but for Xuanyuemei, it is very much in line with her taste.
All of a sudden, her appetite was whetted and her whole mood became cheerful. She ate an orange in no time and then went on to peel another one.
While she was eating oranges, He Xiuman had already entered the kitchen with a basket of vegetables and started preparing dinner.
It's already half past five, and it's time to make dinner.
He Xiuman took out the inner pot of the rice cooker and scooped out the rice, and began to prepare to wash the rice. The faucet was outside. She walked towards the sink and said, "Brother Mingcheng, sister-in-law, you guys eat here tonight. I'll cook your meal!"
Xuanyuemei was stunned and said quickly, "When Shufang came here to play before, she asked me to go over there to eat in the evening."
He Xiuman didn't give her a chance to refuse and said directly: "I have already bought the rice, let's eat here!"
After hearing this, many beauties looked at Gao Mingcheng helplessly.
Gao Mingcheng said, "Let's eat here. I'm too lazy to run around. I'll go tell Shufang and bring them some oranges."
Gao Mingcheng asked Xuanyuemei and Xiaoxuxu to stay here, and he got in the car and went to the clothing store. The two sides were not far away, and soon the car stopped in front of the clothing store.
At this time, there were no customers coming. Zhang Jinling was cooking today, so Gao Shufang was standing at the door chatting with the merchants next door. When she saw Gao Mingcheng coming, she immediately called him "Second Brother" and asked why her sister-in-law and Xiao Xuxu didn't come.
Gao Mingcheng said, "We'll have dinner at the kindergarten tonight. I was afraid you'd have to cook too much, so I came to tell you. Oh, I went to the mountains to pick some early-ripening oranges today. They're a little sour, so I didn't bring many for you. Take a few pounds first."
Gao Mingcheng handed Gao Shufang the oranges that he had packed in a small bag, and asked whether the clothing store's business was good that day.
Gao Shufang smiled and said, "The best business was during the National Day, when many people came to buy clothes. Today's business is average, but it's still okay. Second brother, you can take today's payment with you."
Gao Mingcheng nodded, followed Gao Shufang into the clothing store, and came to the innermost counter.
Gao Shufang took out the key, unlocked the drawer, and then handed the account book and payment in the drawer to Gao Mingcheng.
Gao Mingcheng counted and found no problem. (End of this chapter)
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