Gao Mingcheng was jogging with Gao Yue while chewing on a meat bun. He finished a palm-sized bun in just a few bites. After a while, two buns were in his stomach.
He bit a hole in the plastic bag of soy milk and started drinking it through the hole.
In fact, disposable paper cups have already appeared, but it was not until 1998 that they were mass-produced and became part of people's daily lives.
The soy milk sold in breakfast shops nowadays is usually made in bowls. If you want to take it away, it can only be packed in plastic bags.
Gao Mingcheng is not unaware of the horror of white trash, but... people sometimes don't think too much when they want to make things easier.
Although Gao Yue forced Gao Mingcheng to run with him, he slowed down at the beginning. Only after Gao Mingcheng finished breakfast did he slowly speed up.
They did not run anywhere else, but ran into the woods behind the house. After passing through the woods, they reached the People's Park. The park had been renovated and the sidewalks were relatively flat, making it convenient for running.
It was early in the morning and there were almost no people in the People's Park. After they ran two laps along the sidewalk, they saw people coming over one after another. Most of them were elderly men who came to exercise. There was also an old lady who was warming up her voice in the pavilion by the lake. It sounded like she was singing from an opera.
Gao Mingcheng ran with Gao Yue until half past seven. After they were sweating all over, the two of them jogged home.
When Gao Mingcheng returned home, Xuanyue was already awake. Although she was sleepy, she was used to getting up early. When she saw the buns and rice noodles on the table, she knew that they were bought by Gao Mingcheng.
Seeing Gao Mingcheng coming back sweaty, Xuanyuemei was not surprised, she just complained softly: "You bought rice noodles, why didn't you eat them first? These rice noodles have been soaked for too long, they are a little swollen, they don't taste good anymore."
Gao Mingcheng glanced at the rice noodles on the table, smiled bitterly, and said, "I bought them to eat with you guys, but Gao Yue dragged me out for a run again. I won't say any more. I'm sweating all over. I'm going to take a shower first!"
Gao Mingcheng didn't care about anything else. He took his change of clothes and went into the bathroom. There was an electric water heater at home, but he didn't use hot water to take a shower. Instead, he used cold water directly. The cold water sprayed on his body, immediately taking away the dust and sweat.
When he came out refreshed, he saw Xuanyuemei had already prepared a bowl of cold porridge for him. Next to the porridge were two eggs.
Gao Mingcheng walked to the dining table, sat down on the chair, and sighed, "I ate a lot of miscellaneous things yesterday, and now I just want to eat some white porridge!"
Xuanyu Mei smiled and reminded: "It's freshly cooked and hot, eat slowly."
Gao Mingcheng nodded and reached out to touch the egg. The egg had been soaked in cold water and was no longer so hot, so he peeled the egg and ate it first, then asked Xuanyuemei if she had eaten it.
Xuanyuemei said, "I just had a bowl of rice noodles. I don't want to eat anything else now. When my son wakes up, I will eat half a bowl of rice porridge with him. Mingcheng, are you going anywhere today?"
Gao Mingcheng said, "I don't know. It depends on Gao Hong's arrangement. If you don't need me, I will stay at home with you and have a good rest for a day. If you are bored, you can also go to the clothing store to check the accounts and take the money from the goods sold in the past few days."
Xuanyuemei said: "I haven't bought any groceries at home. If I really want to stay at home for a day, I have to go buy groceries."
Gao Mingcheng thought that many people couldn't stand the smell of cooking fumes. Although he could cook, his cooking was average and he was just too impatient to do it. So he decided to go to the clothing store or the kindergarten to eat.
Xuanyuemei smiled and said, "Before the holiday, Gaozhuang and Xiuman said they were going back to the village to work in the fields and would stay there for a day or two. Now only Grandma Xi and Xiao Yuanyuan are in the kindergarten."
My grandmother is old, so she can usually just make some simple meals, but once they go over to eat, they have to prepare several dishes, which is too much trouble for the old lady.
While the couple was talking, Xiao Xuxu had already walked out of the bedroom in slippers. He hurried to the bathroom, saying, "I want to go play with Sister Yuanyuan!"
Xuanyuemei smiled and said, "You stay with Xiaoyuanyuan every day, but you don't get bored!"
"It's not boring, I like playing with Sister Yuanyuan!" Xiao Xuxu held up his pants and walked out of the bathroom, but was suppressed back into the bathroom by many beauties.
Manyuemei taught her a lesson: "You haven't brushed your teeth or washed your face yet! I'll prepare some water and toothpaste for you, and you can brush your teeth yourself!"
Xiao Xuxu pouted and could only obey helplessly.
As early as the beginning of this summer, Xuanyuemei started training him to brush his teeth. Now that the family's living conditions are good, Xiao Xuxu can often eat candy and cakes, so if he doesn't brush his teeth, he will easily get cavities.
After a summer of training, Xiao Xuxu can now brush his teeth independently, but he still can't squeeze out the toothpaste properly.
In fact, it is possible to squeeze it, but it will be somewhat wasted. Many beauties cannot bear to see him waste, so they would rather squeeze it for him themselves.
After Xiao Xuxu brushed his teeth and washed his face, he was finally able to appear at the dining table.
Xiao Xuxu’s breakfast is a bowl of white rice porridge and an egg. If he has an appetite, he can also eat a bun.
After Xiao Xuxu had breakfast, Xuanyue also made a decision. She said, "I will take Xiao Xuxu to the kindergarten and let Xiao Xuxu and Xiao Yuanyuan play while I practice the piano. At noon, we will go to the clothing store to eat and check the account books."
Gao Mingcheng nodded and said, "Then I'll take you there."
Just as he said this, Gao Yue's voice rang out from the courtyard gate.
"Ming Cheng, have you had breakfast? We are going to visit my brother's friend's house later, you can come with us. Oh, in the afternoon, let's go to the billiard room you opened to play billiards together!"
Gao Mingcheng walked to the steps and said with a smile, "Sure! Although the location of my billiard room is a bit off, everything is newly arranged and very useful!"
Gao Yue also walked into the yard, saw the many beauties on the side, and called her sister-in-law.
He is a few months younger than Gao Mingcheng, and Gao Mingcheng is over a year younger than Gao Hong. But since the three of them grew up together, they don't like to call each other brother, so they just call each other by their names.
Gao Mingcheng had been to many places in his previous life and found that people in many places were accustomed to calling others by nicknames. For example, if he was Liu Dong, his friends would call him Dongzi, or Adong, and so on.
But it is different in Gaojia Village. People here are not used to calling people by nicknames. Most of the time, they call them by their given names. If someone is given a nickname, the nickname is most likely derogatory.
Gao Yue came to call people, and Xuanyuemei didn't insist that Gao Mingcheng go and send the child off. After all, the two were not far apart, and little Xuxu was old enough to walk by himself and didn't need anyone to carry him.
So Xu Xuanmei just let Gao Mingcheng and his friends go and have fun.
"Then you have to be careful, Xuxu. Mom has a baby in her belly. You can't let mom hold it, okay?" Gao Mingcheng reminded them worriedly. Seeing that both the big and the small nodded obediently, he drove away with Gao Yue.
The car drove out of the yard and headed towards Gao Yue's house. After picking up Gao Hong and Li Fei, Gao Mingcheng drove forward under Gao Hong's guidance.
When Li Fei got in the car just now, Gao Mingcheng noticed that there was something wrong with Li Fei's walking posture, obviously she was overworked.
So Gao Mingcheng gave Gao Hong a look that could only be understood but not expressed in words.
Gao Hong understood immediately, rolled his eyes and said softly, "Where are you looking? Stop looking around!"
Gao Mingcheng laughed, but he didn't continue to provoke Gao Hong.
They spent the whole morning playing at Gao Hong's friend's house. After lunch, they moved to the billiard room opened by Gao Mingcheng.
When Maozi saw Gao Mingcheng bringing his friends to play, he immediately went forward to entertain them and went to get tools to put the billiard balls in the right position so that they could play later.
After entering the billiard room, Gao Mingcheng pointed at the various snacks on the counter and said, "If you want to eat, take them yourself. It's my treat!"
Gao Yue immediately walked over to see what snacks were available. The first thing he saw was dried pigeon beans, a snack produced in Yingtan and quite famous in their area.
In addition to dried pigeon beans, there are also bubble gum, figs, sour plum powder, Jigongdan, and spicy strips.
Snacks like figs, sour plum powder, and Jigongdan are must-haves in the convenience store. Because they are cheap, they are also the favorite snacks of children.
The Russians import these goods mainly to sell them to children in the surrounding area.
Gao Yue picked up a few bags of dried pigeon beans and handed them to Gao Hong and others, so they had snacks before playing billiards.
There were seven or eight people in their group. Billiards can be played by two people or by more than one person, but Gao Mingcheng had several pool tables, so there was no need to form teams and take turns playing, so they occupied two pool tables.
Li Fei is a good girl. Although she knows about billiards, she has never played it before. Now she stands by and watches with curiosity.
Gao Hong was still very considerate of his newlywed wife, so he didn't play with his friends, but took Li Fei to another pool table and said, "Come, I'll teach you how to play. It's easy to learn!"
Li Fei nodded, and looked at Gao Hong with particularly bright eyes.
One of them taught while the other learned. Their words and actions were intimate, and they showed a lot of dog food without realizing it.
It doesn't matter to Gao Mingcheng, who has a wife and children, but those who haven't married yet suddenly feel a little uncomfortable.
Even Gao Yue was trembling, and complained to Gao Mingcheng: "That's my brother? Can he be so gentle?"
Gao Mingcheng smiled and said softly: "What does it mean that a hundred times of tempering steel can turn it into something soft and flexible? You still don't understand!"
Gao Yue failed to complain and was even made fun of, so he left in a huff.
For the whole day, several young people gathered together, talking and laughing, and they became closer to each other.
After everyone left, Gao Hong said to Gao Mingcheng, "I want to go back to the village tomorrow. I haven't been back for a long time and I miss it. I also want to bring some wedding candies back to share with everyone."
Gao Hong got married yesterday. Although some people from the village came to the wedding banquet, there were not many people. So it would be nice to buy ten pounds of candy and go back to give a few candies to each person so that everyone can share in the joy.
Gao Mingcheng nodded and agreed immediately.
Having a car is so convenient!
Gao Yue said with regret: "I won't go. My vacation is limited. I have to go back to school tomorrow. The transportation company has a car going to the provincial capital in the morning. I will take the car there back."
Gao Mingcheng patted Gao Yue on the shoulder and said, "I'll take you back to the village to play during your winter vacation!"
Gao Yue smiled, but wasn't very enthusiastic.
During the winter vacation, it was freezing cold and there was no fruit to pick in Gao Mingcheng's orchard, so the fun of going back to the village was reduced by half!
So the next day, after Gao Yue had breakfast, he went to the transportation company to catch a ride. Gao Mingcheng picked up Gao Hong and Li Fei and went to Gaojia Village.
Originally he planned to take Xuanyuemei and Xiaoxuxu with him, but Xuanyuemei herself refused. She felt very uncomfortable because the car was sometimes bumpy and jolting. Normally she was fine, but recently she felt very nauseous when she smelled gasoline.
Last time, her parents-in-law held a housewarming party and she had to go back. Now she doesn’t want to trouble herself again.
She didn't want to go back, and Gao Mingcheng didn't force her.
Because they were not in a hurry to do anything, they set out at nine in the morning, and it was not yet ten o'clock when they arrived at Gaojia Village.
After entering the village, you can see a large rice field. When people see these rice fields, a word naturally comes to mind - golden October!
In the golden autumn of October, the sky is clear and the rice fields before our eyes are layered and endless. When the wind blows, the rice ears sway gently in the wind.
In the distant mountains and forests, various flowers are blooming, and wild osmanthus flowers have already blossomed. Although the light yellow osmanthus flowers are small, they are fragrant.
The most amazing thing is that when you pick a handful of osmanthus flowers and smell them closely, you can't seem to smell any fragrance, but when you walk under the osmanthus tree, you can only smell the aroma.
Gao Hong stared at the rice fields and said, "The rice has turned golden and is almost ready to be harvested."
Gao Mingcheng nodded and said, "Yes, in a few days, we can harvest it."
He parked the car under the willow tree at the pond at the entrance of the village, then opened the door and got out.
Gao Hong got off the car first, and then took care of Li Fei getting off.
This was Li Fei's first time to come to Gaojia Village. As early as when she was on a blind date, she knew that Gao Hong's hometown was in Gaojia Village, but she had never had the chance to come before.
She looked at the scene of six or seven hundred acres of rice fields connected together and exclaimed: "The rice fields in your village are quite neat!"
Due to the influence of the terrain, some villages have rice fields in some places, some in the east and some in the west, while others are terraced. It is relatively rare to see a large area like Gaojia Village.
Gao Hong explained to her: "In ancient times, these rice fields belonged to our Gao family! They were cultivated bit by bit by our ancestors! You can see that they are connected now, but in fact some small hills have been flattened by humans."
The wedding candies that Gao Hong bought were divided into two bags. He took one bag for himself and handed another to Li Fei, saying, "When we meet people later, you should call me what I say, and then distribute the candies to everyone."
Li Fei nodded. She was not a shy person. She was straightforward in what she said and did. (End of this chapter)
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