Chapter 426: Leaving the Old Times
The living habit of Chen Dasong's family is that after waking up every morning, Chen Dasong takes his two sons to work in the fields, while Aunt Liu stays at home to cook porridge, sweep the floor and feed the chickens.
Early in the morning, when the couple woke up, Aunt Liu saw that her husband was not wearing old clothes, but a blue shirt, which he bought when he visited relatives last time and he rarely wore it.
Aunt Liu said in surprise: "Why are you wearing this when you're working in the fields? Aren't you afraid of getting it dirty or damaged?"
The villagers live a frugal life. They save their good clothes for formal occasions and wear old clothes when they work in the fields.
Chen Dasong buttoned his shirt carefully. He wanted to appear calm, but an unconcealable joy was revealed in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.
He said, "Ming Cheng said he would take photos for us this morning, right at Xiaofushan."
"Ah, taking pictures! Then take off this dress quickly. If you wear it to work now, won't it get dirty? Put this dress on after you come back from work and eat porridge!" Aunt Liu is worthy of being a woman. She always thinks about details.
Chen Dasong was so happy that he found suitable clothes early in the morning but he didn't think about these details.
So he took off his blue shirt, put on a patched jacket and went out.
When he went out, he saw his eldest son Chen Duofu also wearing new clothes, so his face immediately sank and he scolded him: "Why are you wearing these clothes now? Change them after you come back from the field!"
After his father's guidance, Chen Duofu realized it belatedly and said "oh", and quickly went to change his clothes.
Chen Duoxi wanted to take a photo and was also looking for some decent clothes to wear. He heard his father's words through the door and windows, so he obediently put on his old clothes.
Aunt Liu pursed her lips and looked at Chen Dasong trying to hold back her laughter.
Chen Dasong coughed awkwardly, then carried his hoe and went out to work in the fields.
While the porridge is cooking in the morning, the men in the family will go to work in the nearby fields, and then return home when they think the porridge is cooked.
After eating porridge, Chen Dasong and Chen Duofu will go to Xiaofushan to do work.
Today they still follow the same pace as before.
By the time I had eaten the porridge and changed into new clothes, it was only eight o'clock in the morning, about the same time as the factory workers' working hours.
Today was a little different. The father and his two sons were all dressed in new clothes. They didn't look like they were going to work in the fields, but rather like they were going to a banquet.
When passing by Zhang Chengyuan's house, Chen Dasong saw that Zhang Chengyuan was also getting ready to go out, but he was still wearing old clothes and didn't seem to care about taking pictures at all.
Chen Dasong wanted to remind him, but then he thought that Zhang Chengyuan might have taken photos many times, so it didn't matter.
Thinking of this, Chen Dasong was still very envious of Zhang Chengyuan in his heart. After all, Zhang Chengyuan and Gao Mingcheng were brothers-in-law, and he could not be compared with Zhang Chengyuan.
Although he thought so, Chen Dasong straightened his back even more and could not hide the smile in his eyes.
During this period, taking photos was already commonplace for city dwellers, but for country folk, it was still something new and fashionable and needed to be taken seriously.
Several people came to Gao Mingcheng's home together.
Gao Mingcheng had lunch and dinner at Chen Dasong's house, but had breakfast at his own home, because the breakfast at Chen Dasong's house was just porridge.
After he got up, he would boil the rice and porridge first, then cover the pot and add some firewood, and then go into the mountains to run and practice boxing. When he came back from boxing, the porridge would be cooked.
Gao Mingcheng fished out two eggs from the porridge. For convenience, he washed the eggs and then cooked them together with the porridge.
Then he took out the snacks he had bought earlier and used them to go with the porridge.
A breakfast is so simple.
When Chen Dasong and the others came over, Gao Mingcheng had already finished breakfast and was playing with stone locks in the yard.
His big stone lock had been taken to the county, and the one left at home was the small stone lock that he had made for Xuanmei.
This pair of stone locks is indeed very small, each weighing only ten pounds, and even many beauties can lift them easily.
When it fell into Gao Mingcheng's hands, it was like a toy. He kept throwing it in the air and playing with it in various ways.
Seeing Chen Dasong and the others coming, he put the stone lock on the ground and said with a smile: "Are you all ready? Then let's go to the mountains to take pictures!"
Gao Mingcheng went back to the house to get the camera.
This time when he returned to the village, he brought a camera back.
What is the function of a camera? It is to record the old times by taking pictures.
He has contracted Xiaofushan for more than two years. At this moment, he suddenly regretted not buying a camera earlier and recording the changes in Xiaofushan through the lens.
Time flies. After many years, if there is no old photos to support it, I am afraid that I will forget what it looked like at the beginning.
A few people found a location with a good background and light, and then started taking pictures.
Gao Mingcheng first took a group photo of them, and then said, "Go to work, I will take the opportunity to take pictures of you working."
So the few of them dispersed and went to work on their own.
Fertilizer needs to be applied in June, so you can dig a hole under the fruit tree now for future use.
Gao Mingcheng started looking for angles to take pictures like a professional photographer.
He first took a picture of the overall appearance of Xiaofushan.
Then he started to capture Chen Dasong and the others doing things, and finally even spared the two dogs around them.
"Black Tiger, Elf, get ready to take pictures! Don't move!" Gao Mingcheng didn't care whether the dog could understand or not, he just gave some instructions first.
Black Tiger and the Elf had seen Gao Mingcheng holding that strange thing before. Now when that strange thing was facing them, Black Tiger and the Elf's curiosity burst out. Both dogs stared at the camera, curiosity revealed in their clear eyes.
The lens of Gao Mingcheng's camera is very good. In the picture, Black Tiger is standing, staring at the camera seriously, while the elf is lying on the ground, tilting its head to look at the camera.
The background is filled with various wild flowers and weeds, making the picture full of vitality.
In the grass, locusts, grasshoppers, and longhorn beetles hide, and there are also various smaller insects that reproduce and die in unknown corners.
Gao Mingcheng became more and more addicted to taking pictures, so he simply brought his camera to the old village.
When passing by many jade houses, he saw many jades working at their doorsteps and small stones playing with sand on the ground. So he did not say hello, but directly found the right picture through the camera, and then with a click, this moment was forever imprinted on a piece of film.
From beginning to end, Xuanyu didn't know that Gao Mingcheng was taking a picture of her, so she looked calm. In the picture, her hands were working, but her upper body was slightly tilted, and her eyes were looking at the playing child. The child was grabbing a handful of sand to play with, and fine sand was flowing out from between his fingers.
This picture is warm and vivid.
Gao Mingcheng was quite satisfied and left without disturbing her. He thought in his heart that after the photos were developed, he would give them to Xuanyu and let her keep them.
(End of this chapter)
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