Holidays are deceptive. At first, you think they are a lot, but in the blink of an eye, you find that they are gone.
Gao Hong and Li Fei's honeymoon vacation has ended, and they are about to enter the main theme of life - work.
The night before Gao Hong left, Gao Guobing invited Gao Mingcheng's family to his home for dinner, and also called Gao Hong's two uncles, as well as Li Fei's parents and brother. A group of people gathered in the small living room, chatting happily and enjoying a sumptuous dinner.
The next morning, Gao Hong left alone.
With Gao Hong's departure, except for Li Fei, not much changed for other people, and they continued to live their lives as usual.
For city dwellers, those who should go to work go to work, and those who should go to class go to class, each doing their own job, but for people in rural areas, it is the last busy time of the year - the autumn harvest - that is about to come.
After the rice in the fields is harvested, threshed and dried, the busy year can come to a temporary end.
Of course, for hardworking people, there is work to do every day of the year. If there is no work in the fields, they will be busy at home. Even if there is no work at home, they can go into the mountains to pick some medicinal herbs, collect some firewood, etc.
The people in Gaojia Village are very busy. Before the rice is harvested, all the villagers, young and old, go into the mountains to get medicinal herbs.
Gao Mingcheng will not purchase medicinal herbs this year, so he gave the job to Gao Mingpeng. Gao Mingpeng has the courage to take over, but he has limited capital, so he cannot give the money to the villagers when he purchases their medicinal herbs like Gao Mingcheng does.
However, Gao Mingpeng was also quite clever. Relying on his family's prestige in the village, he proposed to keep accounts first and then settle the accounts after the medicinal materials were sold.
Although the people in the same village were somewhat dissatisfied with this, they all agreed. After all, they all lived in the same village, and they all believed that Gao Mingpeng would not cheat them.
As the old saying goes, the monk can run away but the temple cannot.
However, some people in the surrounding villages no longer believed Gao Mingpeng, but Gao Mingpeng had no choice. He just said, "It's up to you whether to sell it or not!"
In the end, someone still sent the herbs over, but the number of people who chose to sell them was fewer than last year.
The time of purchasing medicinal materials lasted for a month. Gao Mingpeng's house was small, so they decided to store the medicinal materials in his father's new house first.
The new house is spacious and very convenient for living or storing things.
The Zhangshu Medicine Fair is about to start. Gao Mingpeng is counting the purchased medicinal materials and preparing to load them onto the truck for departure.
Gao Mingwan drove a truck rented from a transportation company, stopped at the pond at the entrance of the village, and then he and Gao Mingpeng loaded the medicinal materials into the truck.
Gao Mingwan saw that his elder brother Gao Mingpeng seemed to be darker, and couldn't help but laugh and said, "Brother, why do you look darker than before?"
Gao Mingpeng was carrying two bags of herbs, walking with heavy breathing. He smiled helplessly on his dark red face and said, "It's time to harvest rice, but I have to sell herbs. It will take at least three or four days to go back and forth. There is not much labor at home, but there are many rice fields. I was afraid that my parents would be too busy, so I harvested five mu of rice in advance, and let my parents and Su'e harvest the rest."
Gao Mingpeng glanced at Gao Mingwan and said enviously, "Third brother, you are still the best. You went to the city to be a driver and don't have to work in the fields anymore. This is easier than ours, and you make more money than us!"
Gao Mingwan curled his lips. If others said that his job was easy and profitable, Gao Mingwan would immediately show off, but when his elder brother said this, he felt uncomfortable.
"What do you mean by relaxed? I was beaten so badly a while ago that I couldn't get out of bed. Didn't you know? Haha, you'll know after you go on a long trip with me this time and see what it's like!" Gao Mingwan smiled maliciously, thinking that if he encountered any problems on the road this time, he would never face them alone!
Of course, no matter what he thinks, if Gao Mingwan could choose, he would choose a smooth and safe journey.
Once all the herbs are loaded into the car, it’s time to leave.
Gao Yuanjian, Luo Xiaohua, Huang Su'e and others all came to the village entrance to see him off. Gao Yuanjian said to Gao Mingwan, "Third brother, your elder brother has rarely traveled far. You have experience, so you should take care of your elder brother on the way."
Gao Mingwan wanted to roll his eyes after hearing this, but Gao Yuanjian quickly said to Gao Mingpeng: "Mingpeng, when you are out, you should listen to the Third Brother. Be careful on the road. After selling the herbs, hide the money so that no one can see it! And don't talk to irrelevant people!"
Gao Mingpeng nodded, a hint of excitement appearing on his dark face.
He stepped forward, touched his son's head, reached out and hugged his little daughter, and then said, "You have to be good and wait for daddy to come back and buy you some candy!"
"Great!" The eldest son smiled, his face full of anticipation. As for the youngest daughter, she also smacked her lips when she heard the word candy.
After saying goodbye to his family, Gao Mingpeng got into the car and sat in the passenger seat. He stretched his hand out of the window and waved to his family.
Gao Mingwan skillfully held the steering wheel, stepped on the accelerator, and slowly drove the truck towards the outside of the village.
At this moment, the villagers who were busy harvesting rice in the fields also took the opportunity to look up at the truck.
When Gao Mingcheng was doing the medicinal materials business, when they saw the trucks loaded with medicinal materials leaving, they only thought that Gao Mingcheng was going to make a lot of money again.
But this time, they hoped that Gao Mingpeng would sell the herbs smoothly and then give them the money.
The money from the medicinal herbs was a lot for the villagers. At least they could buy a piece of cloth to make clothes, eat meat, and improve their lives.
While the two brothers Gao Mingpeng and Gao Mingwan were on the road, Gao Mingcheng was living a leisurely life. He did not go anywhere and concentrated on living an ordinary life with his wife and children.
But there was something extraordinary in the ordinary. Soon, a program competition organized in the county, led by the Education Bureau, began.
On the day of the competition, Xuanyue and He Xiuman were very nervous. For them, this was the first time to participate in such a large-scale competition. Before this, they had no experience at all.
Li Fei was quite calm about this and was even able to help them choose costumes and makeup for the performance.
Teacher Yao also came to cheer them on.
Teacher Yao goes to the kindergarten every afternoon to teach the girls to perform. They then have dinner at the kindergarten. After the teaching, they receive a big red envelope from Gao Mingcheng. Therefore, Teacher Yao is very concerned about their competition.
"Duomei, although you and Xiuman have no experience, you have a strong desire to learn. I see your hard work and efforts, as well as your progress. Believe me, even if you don't get a rank this time, you will definitely get a rank next time!"
"This is a county-wide competition. Anyone who is willing can sign up to participate. Therefore, there are many participants, including dragon fish. But in the future, there will definitely be many competitions for school teachers or private kindergarten teachers. You can learn from this experience and it will be enough for you to take the road ahead well."
Teacher Yao’s encouragement made Xuanyuemei and He Xiuman relax a lot.
There are not many private kindergartens in the county now, but with the development of the times, there will definitely be more and more private kindergartens, and there will also be public kindergartens.
At that time, the Education Bureau will definitely take the lead and have each place set up an education association to manage it at each level.
When there are more people, there will be competition and the need for standardized management. Therefore, competitions are often organized, such as children's performances, open classes for kindergarten teachers, dance, aerobics and other events.
These targeted competitions are what kindergarten teachers must participate in to compete for places.
When the time comes, hang the medals in the lobby of the kindergarten. The more medals there are, the more it proves the strength of this kindergarten!
Xuanyimei and He Xiuman looked at each other, and there was a determination to win the future in their eyes.
Gao Mingcheng originally wanted to accompany his wife to the competition, but once Xuanyuemei and He Xiuman left, the kindergarten seemed a little short-staffed, so he had to take up the responsibility by moving bricks wherever they were needed.
It is quite difficult for Gao Mingcheng to just play childish games with the children, but he doesn't know how to teach them to sing or dance!
So after much thought, Gao Mingcheng decided to give the children a martial arts class.
Forget about the horse stance and other methods of strengthening muscles and bones, and just teach the moves directly, the simplest and easiest to learn ones.
This kind of moves is mainly easy to learn and looks good when performed. Imagine that your precious grandson suddenly says that he can box, and then he demonstrates a few moves in a very professional manner. Would you be happy or unhappy?
You don't expect your child to really learn some unique martial arts, so you don't have any expectations in your heart, so you won't be disappointed. When you see your child making some progress, you will just smile happily and praise the kindergarten teacher for his good teaching.
Gao Mingcheng suddenly decided to teach a martial arts class, and the response was good, so he simply made martial arts a featured course in their kindergarten, with two classes a week.
In order to ensure that the kindergarten could carry out martial arts courses when he was not there, he kept all the kindergarten teachers after school and taught them how to practice boxing.
What he practices is a set of simple boxing techniques he compiled himself. Its main purpose is to keep fit. If one practices diligently and has flexible body reactions, it can also be used for self-defense.
The teachers’ learning ability is much better than that of the children of a few years old. After two days of practice with Gao Mingcheng, the teachers had almost learned it.
As the saying goes, one should keep practicing music and boxing, and Gao Mingcheng was afraid that the teachers would forget this, so he included boxing practice as part of the daily morning exercises. He required the kindergarten teachers to do morning exercises every day after arriving at school, and he even played corresponding music on the radio.
The teachers are not opposed to this. After all, the moves are not complicated, practicing them can exercise the body, and after practicing, people will feel more energetic.
As a result, the teachers' morning exercises have become a beautiful scenery in the neighborhood. Some parents who come to send their children to school see it and think it is quite interesting.
In this environment, Gao Mingcheng bought the wasteland behind the kindergarten. When Gao Hong got married last time, someone said that the kindergarten was a little small and not convenient for children to run and exercise.
Gao Mingcheng said that the land had not been approved, and the man said that as long as Gao Mingcheng wanted to buy the land, everything would be easy.
It was indeed easy, and Gao Mingcheng completed the relevant procedures quickly.
After purchasing the land, we first removed the overgrown trees and weeds on the wasteland, then leveled the land. The next step was to demolish the wall behind the house and incorporate the newly purchased land into the kindergarten.
Gao Mingcheng hesitated for a moment between paving the ground with cement and planting lawns, and finally decided to plant lawns.
So he went to look for grass seeds suitable for growing lawns, planning to sow the seeds and create a lawn after the spring.
At that time, the lawn can be used for children to run, and a small football field can also be built.
These things are easier said than done, but it takes a lot of effort to do them.
The result of Xuanyimei and He Xiuman's competition was announced on the same day, and not surprisingly, both of them were eliminated!
Or their foundation is too weak. Even if they practiced hard, they couldn't compare to those who have been practicing since childhood. Moreover, many of them were pregnant. Without some complicated dance moves, the performance was a bit ordinary.
Because they were mentally prepared, many of the singers accepted it well. They even told Gao Mingcheng, "When I first went on stage, I saw the huge crowd below. I was so nervous that my whole body was shaking. I didn't know what I was singing at all. It was only after I got off the stage that Teacher Yao told me that I was out of tune for a while."
Xuan Xuanmei said this, covering her face embarrassedly.
Then she talked about He Xiuman and smiled: "Xiuman was worse than me. After she went on stage, she was so nervous that she couldn't even speak! It was Li Fei who asked someone to let Xiuman go off the stage first and perform again later. After the second time on stage, Xiuman's performance was a little better, at least she was not so stage frightened."
"Mingcheng, Teacher Yao is right. Even if I didn't get a place this time, it was still a great training experience. If there are similar competitions in the future, I will still participate. Only by participating more can I perform better."
Gao Mingcheng nodded and said in agreement: "Okay, you can participate in the county competition first, and when you have trained well, we will go to the city and province to participate in the competition!"
When many beauties heard this, they couldn't help laughing.
"I'm not going. It's so far away and I'm not familiar with the place. I don't want to go."
Gao Mingcheng just smiled and didn't try to persuade her, because once she reaches that step, she will naturally go a step further. By then, let alone the city and the province, as long as she is willing to participate in various associations' activities, she can attend meetings and study all over the country.
After many beauty contests, it is the day of Frost Descent.
Gao Mingcheng flipped through the paper calendar, his finger lingering on the Frost Descent page for a few seconds, then he looked up at Xuanyuemei and said, "It's time to harvest the tea seeds and bring back the honey from home. I'll go to Yangcheng to purchase more goods soon."
When many beauties heard this, they knew that Gao Mingcheng was planning to return to the village.
It takes more than one or two days to harvest tea seeds. Gao Mingcheng needs to go back for at least two or three days to finish the work. However, Xuanyuemei has gotten used to it. She said calmly, "Then you can go back. I'm here at the kindergarten. You don't have to worry." (End of this chapter)
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