Chapter 226 Going to the County for Business
While Gao Mingcheng was collecting herbs in the mountains, Xuanyuemei was also busy at home. Recently, she no longer went to Dong Feixia to make clothes, because from time to time someone would send herbs to sell, and when Gao Mingcheng was not at home, she had to stay at home to collect the herbs.
That morning, she received some common medicinal herbs in the village, including ground ivy, Linderae umbellatae, Bidens pilosa, Houttuynia cordata, monkey ginger, milkweed, and abacus.
This abacus is not an abacus, but the name of a traditional Chinese medicine, also called wild pumpkin. It is a very common wild plant. Its fruit can be used as medicine, mainly to treat sore throat, malaria, orchitis and other diseases.
Bidens pilosa is also a very common herb. It can often be seen near villages, roadsides, and wastelands. It is a plant of the Asteraceae family. Its flowers are similar to chrysanthemums, and many people mistakenly think it is wild chrysanthemum.
The biggest difference between it and wild chrysanthemum is that it has barbs. The whole plant can be used as medicine, which has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, dispersing blood stasis, and reducing swelling. It is generally used to treat diseases such as enteritis and dysentery.
These common medicinal herbs are all recorded in Manyumei's little notebook. She is also very familiar with them. When someone brings herbs to her, she needs to look through and check them first, and then set the price for the purchase. If she feels that they are not good enough, she will simply not accept them.
Some people are not convinced, but many beauties are not pushovers. She mostly appears gentle in front of Gao Mingcheng, but when encountering problems, she is not afraid at all. No matter whether the person who comes is a man or a woman, she can always retort with quick words.
In addition, due to Gao Mingcheng's reputation, no one dared to really fight with her, and they could only swallow their anger.
But such people are always a minority. Most people hope to establish good relationships with many beautiful people so that they can sell medicinal materials smoothly.
The weather was dry this year and the land yields were reduced, so the nearby villagers cherished the opportunity to sell medicinal herbs.
Xuanyuemei received another batch of medicinal herbs and then recorded the account in pencil in the account book. At this time, she heard the cries of cattle and sheep. She looked in the direction of the sound and realized that she had been busy and had not even taken the cattle and sheep out to graze.
So she put down the work in her hands and led the cattle and sheep out first.
I was too lazy to walk far, so I just put them in the shade at the foot of Xiaofu Mountain and let them eat grass freely. This side is close to the pond and the grass is lush.
From time to time, halfway up the mountain, one could hear men talking and the noise of cutting trees. Thanks to the workers' efforts, a large area of the mountain became bare, revealing the yellow-red soil on the ground.
The soil here is mostly yellow soil, with a small amount of red soil. The color of the soil in the fields that are cultivated all year round is relatively darker because of long-term fertilization and careful farming.
Manyuemei returned home and picked some eggplants and peppers when passing by her own vegetable garden.
Because she provided enough water and fertilizer, the vegetables in her house are growing well now, but the peppers and eggplants have passed their peak production period and are not producing as many fruits.
In June, peppers and eggplants grew very fast. If they were not picked in one day, they would be full of branches. At that time, many of them were picked and dried.
For red peppers, just wash them, chop them and dry them. For green peppers, you need to go through an extra step. You need to blanch the peppers in boiling water until they are half cooked, mainly to kill the green color. Then take them out, mix them with salt, and spread them out to dry.
The peppers made in this way have a unique flavor. In winter, they are very delicious when stir-fried with meat.
Xuanyuemei returned home and prepared to cook lunch. After it was cooked, she ate it first. As for Gao Mingcheng, he sometimes came back to eat at noon, and sometimes stayed in the mountains all day and would not come back until the evening.
Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, seven or eight days had passed. By now, Gao Mingcheng had found almost all the medicinal herbs in the mountains.
As for Gardenia jasminoides and Hedyotis diffusa, it would take a few days for them to fully mature, so he decided to take this opportunity to go to the county.
Last time, his father and his fourth brother told him that they wanted him to ask Gao Guobing to arrange a job for Gao Mingli.
He thought about it and decided not to take Gao Mingli with him this time, but went alone.
This time when he went to the county, in addition to talking to Gao Guobing about this matter, he also wanted to find Xiao Jinfeng to ask him how the purchase of medicinal materials was going.
They had agreed to go to the medicine fair together, so they needed to communicate with each other to see how much medicinal materials each of them had prepared and whether one truck could carry them all.
Arriving at the county, Gao Mingcheng went to the police station first. When Gao Guobing saw him, he deliberately made a joke: "What a rare visitor! How long has it been since you came to the county? I heard that you have been collecting herbs in the mountains recently? How is the yield of medicinal herbs in the mountains?"
Gao Mingcheng smiled and said, "Although the weather is dry this year, it has little impact on the medicinal herbs in the mountains. Compared with previous years, it is about the same!"
In fact, he did not go that deep into the mountains last year. He had been walking in the mountains near Gaojia Village. This year, his footsteps went further, and for him personally, he gained much more than last year.
However, due to the wanton destruction caused by Lord Ma and his entourage in the mountains, the production of some medicinal herbs was reduced, but there was no need to tell Gao Guobing about this.
After briefly talking about the medicinal materials, Gao Mingcheng went straight to the point of stating his purpose.
Hearing Gao Mingcheng asking for a job for his fourth brother, Gao Guobing couldn't help but laugh and deliberately said, "You help your two younger brothers find jobs, and you don't care about your eldest brother?"
Gao Mingcheng also smiled and said, "My eldest brother works on the construction site with my sister-in-law's brothers. He can also earn money and take care of the family in his spare time."
In fact, if Gao Mingli is willing, he can also wait until the time is right and follow his elder brother Gao Mingpeng to work on the construction site. In another one or two years, there will be countless people building houses, and he can continue to work on the construction site.
But judging from Gao Mingli's expression, he would rather have a stable job that is not tiring.
"Uncle, can you help me with this? If not, I will refuse." Gao Mingcheng said very straightforwardly, but was given a cold look by Gao Guobing.
Gao Guobing said generously: "It's just arranging a matter for one person, what's the difficulty? What does your fourth brother want to do?"
Gao Mingcheng roughly talked about Gao Mingli's needs, which were nothing more than stability and ease.
But these two points are the most difficult. Which worker doesn’t want to have a stable and easy job?
Gao Guobing hesitated for a moment before saying, "We can arrange for the paper mill and the sugar factory. Go back and ask him where he wants to go. There's no rush. You can take him to a pharmaceutical trade fair first to see the world."
"Xiao Jinfeng's transportation company is short on staff. He will go alone, so you will have to bring one more person to help look after the herbs."
Gao Mingcheng nodded when he heard this.
That's true. There are a lot of medicinal herbs this time. Xiao Jinfeng and I will definitely look for an opportunity to sell them early, so someone will need to help guard the herbs.
When he went to the pharmaceutical trade fair last year, he brought Huang Dazhi and Gao Zhuang with him.
But this year Huang Dazhi has become an auxiliary police officer, and Gao Zhuangzhuang is probably also busy as there are a lot of things waiting for him to do at home and in the fields.
After much consideration, taking him to Gaomingli seems to be a good idea.
Although Gao Mingli is a poor student, he has at least finished junior high school and knows basic characters. He is not too timid, so it would be okay to take him out to gain some experience.
"By the way, I heard from Xiao Jinfeng that you have a talent for driving? In that case, you should find some time to get your driver's license. Being able to drive is a very important thing." Gao Guobing said.
Gao Mingcheng was thinking the same thing. Taking advantage of the rare free time he had these few days, he said, "I plan to go to Brother Xiao's place to practice driving later, and then I'll go get my driver's license tomorrow."
In this case, Gao Guobing did not keep him for long. He told him to stay at his house at night and then let him go about his business.
The relationship between the two was very close, like uncle and nephew, so Gao Mingcheng went out without any hesitation.
When he was in the lobby, he greeted all the police officers he knew and spoke to Huang Dazhi in particular.
Huang Dazhi said, "When I went home for a break, I told my parents about your plan to collect herbs, and asked them to find time to collect some herbs near their home. But they have a lot to do and rarely go out, so they probably didn't send them to your house. When you go back, can you stop by my house and collect the herbs my parents have prepared?"
The relationship between Gao Mingcheng and Huang Dazhi became closer after Huang Dazhi generously gave him three taels of gold. Gao Mingcheng agreed to this small request without saying a word.
"Thank you." Huang Dazhi thanked sincerely.
It would be a good thing if my parents could earn more money.
Although he had some gold in his pocket, he held it tightly and didn't dare to spend it, so he didn't have much cash on hand.
(End of this chapter)
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