The next morning, Gao Shufang hadn't finished cooking the porridge yet, but Gao Mingcheng had already started preparing it.
He bought a lot of porcelain at Fan's Porcelain Kiln yesterday, and it is still in the trunk of the jeep, so he plans to send the porcelain to the new house first.
These porcelains are wrapped in old newspapers, and the larger porcelain bottles are fixed with simple wooden frames so that they will not be easily broken even if the road conditions are bad.
When Gao Mingcheng arrived at his new home, he just parked the car and saw Gao Guobing nearby. Gao Guobing was wearing a white vest and was running nearby to exercise.
The two houses are not far apart, only about a hundred meters. After Gao Mingcheng and his wife move in, they can visit each other often.
"Uncle, I'm running! I bought some porcelain from Jingdezhen yesterday. Would you like to take a look? If you like any, take a few!" Gao Mingcheng greeted him enthusiastically.
The price offered by the Fan family was favorable and the quality of the porcelain was good, so he indeed bought a lot at once.
"Ming Cheng, what did you buy? Last time, Xiao Jinfeng gave me a set of tableware from there. It is indeed better looking than the porcelain bowls bought in the county." Gao Guobing ran all the way over here. He must have been running for a while, as there was a thin layer of sweat on his face and back.
Gao Mingcheng took out the key, opened the door of his house, and said, "Uncle, please help me move the porcelain into the house first."
"Okay." Gao Guobing responded and went to the trunk to move things.
Gao Mingcheng put what the Chen brothers bought aside first and let the Chen brothers take it home later.
The rest were all bought by him. He and Gao Guobing went back and forth three times before they finally moved everything.
Once the old newspapers are removed, the porcelain reveals its unique beauty.
Blue and white, exquisite, pastel, colored glaze, each type of porcelain has its own beauty, but Gao Guobing fell in love with a blue and white porcelain tea bowl at first sight among a pile of fine porcelain.
This tea bowl consists of a bowl, a lid and a tray. Each individual item is painted with exquisite blue and white patterns. When combined together, they are particularly harmonious and pleasing to the eye.
Gao Guobing started playing with it directly, with no attempt to conceal the joy on his face.
Blue and white porcelain has a wide audience. There was once a saying: "I would rather keep a piece of blue and white porcelain than a box of gold."
Gao Mingcheng noticed this scene and said generously: "Uncle, take it if you like it, take a pair, you and aunt can make tea together!"
Gao Guobing took a look at the various porcelains placed on the ground and saw that Gao Mingcheng had indeed bought a lot, so he accepted them without hesitation.
"Okay, thank you then." Gao Guobing said with a smile and went to get a tea bowl of the same color.
After he got these things, he chatted with Gao Mingcheng for a few more words, and then returned to his home in a good mood.
Zhao Dongmei had just served the cooked porridge and set it aside when she saw Gao Guobing coming back with a look on his face as if he had found a treasure.
"Didn't you go jogging? Where did you get these porcelains?" Zhao Dongmei asked in surprise.
"Hey, I just met Ming Cheng. He bought a lot of porcelain from Jingdezhen and gave me a pair. Well, I took two blue and white porcelain tea bowls, one for you and one for me." Gao Guobing handed one of the blue and white porcelain tea bowls to Zhao Dongmei like he was presenting a treasure.
Zhao Dongmei took it and asked curiously, "He bought a lot? Are they all blue and white porcelain?"
Gao Guobing's expression suddenly froze, and then he said, "These two are enough, don't take any more."
Zhao Dongmei stared at Gao Guobing, then sneered and rolled her eyes.
Seeing her walking outside, Gao Guobing asked hurriedly, "Where are you going?"
"Call Mingcheng to come for breakfast!" After Zhao Dongmei finished speaking, she had already walked to the gate of the yard.
Gao Guobing couldn't stop her and couldn't help but mutter, "How beautiful is blue and white porcelain? Why do you have to like those bright colors? You're already old!"
Zhao Dongmei hurried to Gao Mingcheng's house. At this time, Gao Mingcheng had already put all the tableware into the cupboard.
As for those ornaments, he didn't have a treasure cabinet to put them in for the time being, so he could only put them on the table in the living room for now.
In the most conspicuous place in the living room, there is a piano covered with floral cloth to prevent dust.
This piece of floral cloth was prepared by Zhao Dongmei. When the piano was first placed in Gao Guobing's house, Gao Mingcheng left after giving the piano away and had never thought about details such as dust prevention.
But Zhao Dongmei felt that the piano was so beautiful that it would be bad if it was covered with dust, so she ran to the cloth store and bought a piece of cloth to cover the piano.
Later, when the kindergarten teacher training was completed, Gao Mingcheng moved the piano to his home and brought the piece of floral cloth with him.
"Mingcheng." Zhao Dongmei walked in. She looked at the empty living room and said, "Isn't it time for you to buy furniture? Once you buy the furniture, you can move in."
"Aunt, I plan to go to the provincial capital to buy furniture in a few days, and then move here at the end of the year." Gao Mingcheng stood up and said.
Zhao Dongmei has been looking forward to Gao Mingcheng and his family moving in so that they can interact more easily.
She walked to the table and admired the various bottles and jars on display. She thought each one was very beautiful, especially the pastels and colored glazes, which were very much to her liking.
Gao Mingcheng had already given her a pair of tea bowls, so she couldn't take them again. But she could take a look at them first and then ask Xiao Jinfeng to help her buy some back later.
She planned to buy some colorful porcelain vases to place in Gao Hong's new house so that it would look festive when they got married.
She smiled and said, "Mingcheng, thank you for the tea bowl. Your uncle likes it very much. By the way, I have cooked porridge. Come over and eat with me."
"No, I'm just here to put the porcelain away. I have to go back to Gaojia Village later." Gao Mingcheng refused. Given the relationship between their two families, it was normal for them to have a meal with each other, but he came over without saying hello. He went there to eat on the spur of the moment because he was afraid that the breakfast prepared by Zhao Dongmei's family would not be enough.
Although he refused, Zhao Dongmei was very polite and insisted on inviting him to dinner, and even took his hand and walked outside.
"How long does it take to have breakfast? After breakfast, you can go back to Gaojia Village to get busy. Your uncle and I also have to go to work. It just so happens that I cooked too much porridge today, and there is still a pound of egg cake at home, which is enough for the three of us."
Zhao Dongmei didn't say anything and took Gao Mingcheng back to her home.
On the table stood a bowl of steaming white porridge and a few side dishes to go with it.
Zhao Dongmei quickly opened the cupboard door, took out a bag of egg cakes, and also took a set of bowls and chopsticks.
"Mingcheng, sit down. Let's eat together!" Zhao Dongmei said enthusiastically.
Gao Guobing also invited Gao Mingcheng to sit down and eat together.
This meal is simple.
Gao Mingcheng hadn't been to Gao Guobing's house for dinner for a while, so they started chatting about each other's recent situation.
Gao Guobing told Gao Mingcheng that due to the triangular debts, some state-owned units in the county had encountered problems to varying degrees, and the phosphate fertilizer plant was even going to shut down.
"It's already the end of August. In more than a month, the sugarcane can be harvested. But given the situation of the sugar factory, I'm afraid they don't have enough money to buy the sugarcane. But without sugarcane, the sugar factory won't be able to continue production." Gao Guobing said with a slightly worried look on his face.
Because of the existence of the sugar factory, many villages and towns in the county are required to grow sugarcane. The sugarcane is not only the county's indicator, but also the villagers' income. Once the sugarcane cannot be sold, it will rot in the fields, and the villagers' income will be greatly reduced, and they may not be able to have a good year.
Gao Mingcheng listened to this and thought back to what happened in his previous life.
Planting sugarcane is complicated and unprofitable, so villagers are reluctant to plant it. However, their superiors force them to do so and they have no choice.
However, due to the triangular debt, the sugarcane market this year is very bad. A lot of sugarcane has rotted in the fields, causing strong dissatisfaction among the villagers. By the next year, even if the production team and the village committee did their work every day, some people were unwilling to grow sugarcane.
A few years later, the quota for planting sugarcane was cancelled. For several years, not a single sugarcane could be seen in Gaojia Village. The village was heartbroken by the sugarcane.
It was not until later when life became better that some people began to grow fruit and sugar cane for their own consumption. (End of this chapter)
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