Chapter 370 Good Brothers
After inspecting Xiaofushan, it was already noon and time for lunch, so Gao Mingcheng drove the tractor back to the old village.
Although he walks fast, it's the same thing when people have a car. They tend to drive there out of habit.
When he passed by Xuanyu's home, he would go and sit with them.
Xuanyu was cooking in the kitchen while Zhang Chengyuan was looking after the children in the yard.
On a hot day, the children squatted under the eaves and played in the mud, while Zhang Chengyuan fanned the children with a large palm-leaf fan.
Little Shitou is almost one year old now. He walks very steadily but he is a little late in talking.
"Little Shitou, call me uncle!" Gao Mingcheng coaxed the child to call him.
However, Xiao Shitou didn't spend much time with him. When he saw him, he looked at him for a few seconds, then turned his head and continued playing in the mud.
Obviously, in Little Stone's eyes, mud is more fun than his uncle.
Zhang Chengyuan stood up somewhat awkwardly, greeted him, and invited Gao Mingcheng to have dinner at his home.
But Gao Mingcheng did not agree, but said that he would go to his grandmother's house for dinner later.
He noticed that Zhang Chengyuan seemed relieved when he said this.
It’s not that they were afraid that Gao Mingcheng would stay here for dinner, but Xuan Yu and Zhang Chengyuan were extremely frugal and ate very simple food every day. They were afraid that if Gao Mingcheng stayed, he would feel that he was not treated well enough.
Gao Mingcheng took out two bracelets, one with pearls and the other with shells. They were selected by many beauties for her second sister.
She picked two strings for each of her three sisters, one expensive and one cheap. Gao Mingcheng naturally followed her lead, since the money was not much anyway and it was just a toy.
"This is a gift from Duomei to her second sister. You can give it to her later." Gao Mingcheng handed the thing to Zhang Chengyuan, then walked down the path, sat on the tractor, and headed towards the old village.
But his voice obviously reached Xuanyu's ears. As soon as he left, Xuanyu came out of the kitchen, and because she was in a hurry, she was still holding a spatula in her hand.
"What did Duomei give me?" Xuanyu asked hurriedly.
Zhang Chengyuan raised the bracelet and handed it to her.
In the sunlight, the pearl bracelet exudes a soft luster, and the shell bracelet is also very distinctive.
"Wow! So beautiful!" Duoyu was fascinated at first sight and couldn't wait to take the bracelet. She handed the spatula in her hand to Zhang Chengyuan and said, "Go and cook. Salt has been added. Just scoop it up later!"
Zhang Chengyuan said nothing and went into the kitchen obediently.
In Grandma Xi's yard, Gao Zhuang had already returned from working in the fields.
He washed his face with well water, took off his coat, and then went to hug Xiao Yuanyuan.
Ever since Xiao Yuanyuan suffered from acute gastroenteritis, her family has paid great attention to hygiene. If anyone in the village wants to pinch Xiao Yuanyuan's face, they will stop them.
Gao Zhuang saw a string of pearls on He Xiuman's wrist and immediately asked, "Where did this come from?"
"It was sent by Brother Mingcheng." Although He Xiuman is older than Gao Mingcheng, she also followed Gao Zhuang and called Gao Mingcheng Brother.
She knew before that Gao Mingcheng had helped Gao Zhuang's family a lot, but this time when Xiao Yuanyuan fell ill, He Xiuman personally felt how valuable the help provided by Gao Mingcheng was.
If Gao Mingcheng hadn't taken them to the hospital, they might have panicked and would have gone through many twists and turns before they could recover.
Moreover, Gao Mingcheng not only took them to the hospital for treatment, but also provided them with food and accommodation, and gave them new clothes, including a new bellyband and diapers for Xiao Yuanyuan.
Babies with acute gastroenteritis can defecate many times a day. If they only have the diapers they bring with them, they will never be enough, and the bed will definitely be full of dirt.
Therefore, He Xiuman was grateful to Gao Mingcheng.
"Brother Mingcheng is back? No wonder grandma cooked so many dishes!" Gao Zhuang laughed, but his eyes looked outside the courtyard gate from time to time with an expectant expression.
"Come on, Dad will take you to meet your uncle." Gao Zhuang couldn't help himself, and went out directly with Xiao Yuanyuan in his arms, determined to meet Gao Mingcheng.
When passing by the corridor in front, he heard the sound of a TV in Gao Mingcheng's parents' house, and the sound of many villagers talking together, so he walked over curiously.
As soon as he entered the yard, he saw twenty or thirty people crowded in the main hall of Gao Yuanjian's house. Even if he wanted to go in, there was no place to stand.
Gao Yuanjian and his wife sat in the middle of the TV, talking to people with smiles on their faces.
Someone said, "It's too hot in the sun during the day. At night, you can move the TV to the yard so that as many people as possible can watch it."
Gao Yuanjian smiled and said, "Okay, okay."
Gao Yuanjian was very proud of being the first family in the village to own a TV. Although he was a little hungry in the middle of the day, his excitement made him not notice the hunger. Luo Xiaohua was showing off to the women in the same village and had not even thought about cooking.
Gao Zhuang's mind was also a little distracted by the colorful TV programs, but even if he wanted to go in, he couldn't, and he was still thinking about meeting Gao Mingcheng, so he had to leave.
Fortunately, he ran into Gao Mingcheng not long after he left.
"Brother Mingcheng." Gao Zhuang shouted happily.
"Why did you bring Yuanyuan out to bask in the sun in the middle of the day?" Gao Mingcheng said. Little Yuanyuan is very fair, and she would not look good if she got tanned.
Gao Zhuang chuckled and said, "I always walk under the eaves, so I'm not exposed to the sun."
The two walked side by side, and when they reached the backyard of Gao Yuanjian's house, Gao Zhuang told him what he had just seen.
"It's already this late, and your parents are still watching TV and haven't cooked yet." Gao Zhuang said, a little worried that Gao Mingcheng's parents might be hungry.
Gao Mingcheng pricked up his ears to listen to the voices inside. He felt that his parents were full of energy and must be beaming with joy, so he decided not to be a bad person.
Let them be, they won’t starve if they skip a meal!
Gao Mingcheng ignored him and strode into his grandmother's house.
Grandma had made preparations in advance, so many dishes were already on the table.
Gao Mingcheng looked around and saw that although there were many dishes, there were fewer meat dishes and more vegetarian dishes.
There were only two meat dishes, one was fried loach and the other was fried eggs with peppers. The rest were vegetarian dishes, including loofah soup, fried bitter melon with peppers, cold eggplant, and fried cowpea with peppers.
Grandma Xi said rather embarrassedly: "We didn't buy any meat at home, so we'll just have to make do with it. When we get to the market, I'll ask Zhuangzhuang to buy some meat."
Gao Mingcheng didn't care. He could eat big fish and meat, or plain soup. Besides, the food on the table was not bad.
So everyone started to eat happily. At the dinner table, Gao Zhuang asked about the TV at Gao Mingcheng's parents' home. Gao Mingcheng said that he bought a second-hand TV and gave it to his parents.
He also asked his grandmother if she wanted a second-hand TV, and if she did, he would think of a way.
The grandmother said quickly: "No, we don't want it!"
Although Gao Mingcheng said that a second-hand black-and-white TV was not expensive, the grandmother was still afraid to spend money, and was even more afraid that Gao Mingcheng would spend money on them privately.
She smiled and said, "No matter how good TV is, it's just so-so. There's a lot of work to do at home, so how can I have time to watch TV? If it's like your parents' house, with 20 or 30 people sitting in the house, waiting to watch TV, should I entertain them or not?"
Gao Mingcheng suddenly realized and no longer mentioned buying a second-hand black-and-white TV.
Some people love to show off and care about their appearance, but some people love to live a quiet life and just want to live their own life.
Xiao Yuanyuan is still young and cannot stay in a noisy environment. He Xiuman also has to breastfeed the child, so she needs a certain degree of privacy. Once there is a TV at home, it will definitely attract some people, which will inevitably cause trouble.
(End of this chapter)
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