Chapter 481 Gao Zhuang’s Choice
After lunch, Gao Mingcheng returned the empty bowl to Chen Dasong's house and took a walk to the old village.
We will definitely have to collect medicinal herbs and sell them in Zhangshu this year. The task of collecting the herbs will still fall on Gao Zhuang, who will also make some profit from the price difference.
When Gao Zhuang goes to the county with him to develop next year, the matter of collecting medicinal materials can be handed over to Chen Dasong's family.
Xuanyi Yu was looking for a son-in-law to support the family. The villagers had always looked down on her family and often bullied them. Later, after Gao Mingcheng and Xuanyi Mei got married, the situation improved slightly. But even so, some people in the village were unwilling to associate with their family.
Prejudice sometimes comes from deep in our bones.
It is human nature to flatter the powerful and look down on the weak.
All the way to the old village, some people were resting in the house, while others were working in the fields under the scorching sun.
When they meet, they all say hello.
When Gao Mingcheng arrived at his grandmother's house, Gao Zhuang was wearing a straw hat and was about to go to the sugarcane field to pick leaves.
Sugarcane grows in sections. When it grows to a certain height, the leaves underneath must be removed so that the sugarcane stalks can grow well. Several nearby sugarcanes must also be tied together with leaves to effectively prevent them from being blown down by the wind.
When Gao Zhuang saw Gao Mingcheng coming, he immediately decided not to go to work in the fields.
"Brother Mingcheng is here. I was planning to go pick some sugarcane leaves, but I'd better go later."
Gao Zhuang enthusiastically pulled Gao Mingcheng to the main room to sit down.
When Gao Mingcheng heard that Gao Zhuang was going to work in the sugarcane field, he couldn't help but sigh.
In the previous life, the sugar factory was short of funds and only purchased a small amount of sugarcane, so many villagers’ sugarcane rotted in the fields.
In his life, he gave Gao Guobing two ideas, but he didn't know whether they could influence the decision of the sugar factory.
It is better to sell those sugarcanes to the sugar factory on credit than to let them rot in the fields.
If it really doesn't work, just make it into brown sugar yourself. But there is no machine to squeeze sugarcane juice, so you have to think of a way.
Gao Mingcheng handed the two turtledoves he brought to Gao Zhuang and said, "We caught them today. One is for Grandma Xi and the other is for Xiao Yuanyuan. In the evening, ask Grandma Xi to stew the turtledoves."
Gao Zhuang grinned and didn't bother to be polite with his brother Ming Cheng. He just accepted it and thanked him.
Xiao Yuanyuan is old enough to eat meat now. The turtledove has a lot of meat and is nutritious. After it is stewed, she can eat a whole one by herself.
Gao Mingcheng continued, "It's almost September. You should be in charge of purchasing the herbs this year. I will just take care of selling them in Zhangshu at the end."
Gao Zhuang had experience in this matter, and he immediately said confidently: "Brother Mingcheng, don't worry, I can definitely control the quality of the medicinal materials!"
Gao Mingcheng nodded. When Gao Zhuang purchased medicinal materials last year, although he was a little nervous at the beginning, he did a good job overall.
He took out two thousand yuan in cash and handed it to Gao Zhuang. The money would be used as capital for purchasing medicinal materials. If it was not enough, he would give more later.
Gao Zhuang was stunned and said quickly: "It's too early to buy the herbs now. Brother Mingcheng, please wait for more than half a month before paying me. I don't feel at ease with so much money at home."
Gao Mingcheng was stunned and couldn't help laughing.
He was afraid that he would be too busy and forget about it.
Since Gao Zhuang didn't want it, he wouldn't force it.
Many medicinal herbs only mature in late September or October, so now is not the time to purchase them in large quantities.
"By the way, Gao Zhuang, next year, your whole family will come to live with me in the county. Xi Nainai and Xiuman will work in the kindergarten. What about you? Have you decided what you want to do?" Gao Mingcheng asked.
If you don't plan for the future, you will have immediate worries, so he had already arranged what Gao Zhuang would do next year.
It is impossible to get a job in a factory. The overall economic situation in society is not good this year, and many factories are on the verge of collapse. Even if you get a job through connections, the salary is meaningless, and you will also face the crisis of being laid off.
Therefore, Gao Mingcheng chose two options for Gao Zhuang. One option was naturally to do business. In the 1990s, many laid-off workers would do business, and their first business was to sell the goods from the factory.
Because the factory was not doing well and could not pay wages, it simply gave the goods to the workers, who then sold them themselves.
Gao Zhuang could make some money if he entered the market early while there are not many people doing business now.
The second way is to learn technology.
Forget about learning to drive. Gao Zhuang was a premature baby with congenital deficiencies. He is not tall and not very strong. The roads are not very safe now, so Gao Mingcheng doesn't dare to let Gao Zhuang drive a sports car.
Of course, Gao Zhuang himself didn’t dare to drive a sports car.
Sports car drivers make a lot of money, but Gao Zhuang is not envious because he cannot do this job and there is no point in being envious.
But the skill that Gao Mingcheng wanted Gao Zhuang to learn was still related to cars, that is, repairing cars.
There are not many cars on the market now, but after the 1990s, private cars have increased in number. Cars are consumables and will definitely have problems after using them for a long time. When problems occur, they need to be repaired and parts need to be replaced.
Nowadays, all truck drivers know how to repair their cars, just in case their cars break down on the road and can't be driven. But knowing how to repair cars also requires having the right parts to replace them, so the existence of repair shops is very necessary.
Therefore, Gao Mingcheng planned to let Gao Zhuang learn how to repair cars, and then open a roadside repair shop to repair people's cars, sell spare parts, and also do a car wash business.
And with the development of society, there will be more and more private cars, so there will be no need to worry about lack of business.
Deep down, Gao Mingcheng hopes that Gao Zhuang will choose to learn car repair.
At this time he looked at Gao Zhuang, waiting for his choice.
Gao Zhuang didn't hesitate and said directly: "I want to learn how to repair cars! I'm not very good at selling things, so I definitely can't do business. But if I learn how to repair cars, I won't have to talk to people much."
"Brother Mingcheng, once I learn how to repair a car, if your car breaks down in the future, I can help you fix it!"
Gao Zhuang grinned, as if he was looking forward to that day.
Gao Mingcheng also smiled and said, "That's great! Okay, then you can learn to repair cars. When you go to the county next year, I will arrange for you to study at Brother Xiao's transportation company, and then you can open a store there."
The area where Xiao Jinfeng's transportation company is located will become the county's automobile trade city in the future, and many automobile-related businesses will be located there.
Gao Mingcheng planned to buy a piece of land and build a house there for Gao Zhuang once he was able to open his own shop. The first floor would be a car repair shop, and the second and third floors could be used for living.
"Okay, I'll listen to Brother Mingcheng!" Gao Zhuang had a look of trust on his face and didn't even bother to think about anything else.
After saying this, Gao Mingcheng realized that he had not seen Xi Nainai and He Xiuman and the others.
After Gao Mingcheng asked, Gao Zhuang said, "Grandma went to visit. Xiuman went to Sister Tingting's house and said she wanted to learn a new pattern. What is the Yuanbao needle? I don't know, but it's just knitting a sweater."
Since his grandmother and the others were not at home, Gao Mingcheng did not sit here for long. He decided to visit his grandmother on the way, and then go back to pick vegetables and prepare to return to the county.
Gao Zhuang went out with him and left the yard door ajar.
In the village, no one closes the door in broad daylight. If someone is not at home, the courtyard door will be left ajar. If someone is at home, the door will be open.
The two went out together, then Gao Mingcheng went to his parents' house, while Gao Zhuang went to the sugarcane field on the back mountain.
The scorching sun shines on people's skin, causing a slight sting and sweat.
But the crops in the fields are waiting for people to take care of them. They need to be fertilized, watered, loosened, fertilized, and weeded, etc., and all needs to be arranged one by one.
If people are diligent, the crops in the fields will repay them with a good harvest. If people are lazy, the grass will grow thickly and the bean sprouts will be sparse, and the produce from the fields will not be enough to fill their stomachs throughout the year.
Gao Mingcheng entered the house and found that his parents were not at home, which made him feel relieved as they didn't have to get tired of each other.
He went straight to his grandmother's room. His grandmother had broken her leg, so she must still be resting in the room, and she would not go anywhere else.
When Gao Mingcheng entered, he heard his grandmother's breathing while she was sleeping. He immediately stopped and looked at his grandmother at the door. He found that she was sleeping soundly, and then he left quietly.
It has been more than a month since my grandmother broke her leg. At that time, the doctor said that my grandmother was old and her body would recover slowly, so he asked her to remove the plaster after 50 days.
Now that I’m counting the days, it’s time to remove the plaster.
So, are you going to take grandma to the county today?
Or should I let his parents take him to have the plaster removed?
Forget it, let him do it! His parents are busy with farm work, and his elder brother and sister-in-law rarely come here except for meals. He took his grandmother to the hospital for treatment, so he should continue to take her to the hospital to remove the plaster, so that he won't forget it when he has more things to do later.
Gao Mingcheng would never admit it, in fact he had forgotten about it a long time ago. If he hadn't come to visit his grandmother today and found that she still had a plaster cast on her leg, he really wouldn't have remembered it!
As expected, the feelings between them were weak, so he didn't take it to heart.
If it was the little grandmother who broke her leg, he would definitely remember it more clearly and do more.
The so-called priorities of things are actually just the closeness and distance of people's emotions.
If something happens to someone you value, then no matter how big the business is, it can be put on hold, and no matter how much money you lose, it doesn’t matter.
Because at that time, you were only thinking about that person.
(End of this chapter)
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