Chapter 427 Steady Control
Gaojia Village in May 1989 is forever engraved on the film.
There are old houses, crisscrossing fields, and hardworking villagers. There are dogs, cats, goats, and cattle. There is also blue sky and white clouds.
A year ago, Gao Mingcheng rented a camera from a photo studio, but at that time he used a domestic Seagull brand camera with average image quality. Now he has a Minolta SLR camera, and the lens feel and imaging effects are far better than before.
This technological change is full of the smell of money, but as long as the country makes a breakthrough in technology, SLR cameras will no longer be high up on the market, but will fly into the homes of ordinary people like the swallows that flew in front of the halls of the rich and powerful in the old days.
Gao Mingcheng did not stay in Gaojia Village for long. After finishing his business, he drove a truckload of goods back to the county.
On the truck bed were two sacks of clothes, a basket of vegetables, and more than 100 kilograms of honey.
Nowadays, he would bring honey to Yangcheng when he went to Yangcheng to purchase goods and sell it to Fan Chengyao. No matter how much he had, Fan Chengyao would buy it all at once and at a high price.
So unless someone takes the initiative to buy, Gao Mingcheng is too lazy to sell them piecemeal.
Not long after he returned to the county, Maozi came to see him.
Maozi would come to Gao Mingcheng every once in a while and tell him about the latest situation in the county, but most of the time, nothing big happened, and there were even few interesting things.
This is normal. After all, it is just a small county town. How could big things happen every day?
It’s just that Maozi would get money every time he came, so even if nothing serious happened, he would tell Gao Mingcheng some of the gossip he heard.
When Gao Mingcheng gave him money, there was no fixed amount, but it depended on the value of the information. For example, if it was a big deal, he would give him dozens of dollars, and if it was a trivial matter, he would just give him one or two dollars as a token of his appreciation.
Maozi naturally didn't mind. After all, it was just a dollar or two for talking, at least it was good.
That evening, there were not many customers in the store. Gao Mingcheng sat on a chair, while Maozi sat on a stool, talking fluently.
Not only Gao Mingcheng was listening, but Xuanyuemei, Gao Shufang and others were also listening attentively.
Gossip is women's nature. Maozi has improved her eloquence recently and her speech is just like a stand-up comedian.
This is also the reason why Gao Mingcheng is willing to give one or two dollars every time, just for fun.
Maozi talked about some gossip about family matters, got two dollars, and left satisfied.
When he left, he happened to pass by Huang Dazhi.
Huang Dazhi looked back at his back, then walked into the clothing store and said to Gao Mingcheng, "He Dayou has handled a few cases recently and has become quite famous in the police station. At this rate, he will probably be able to become a regular employee by the end of the year."
Huang Dazhi said this just after Maozi left, and Gao Mingcheng naturally understood the implication.
But he didn't care. He asked Maozi to find out about the county's affairs, mainly for his own safety. He didn't want anything like a robbery to happen again.
As for the rest, that is Maozi's freedom, and he has not bought out all of Maozi's information.
"This is a good thing. It's better than his previous life of slacking off." Gao Mingcheng said.
Huang Dazhi could tell from his tone that he didn't care about the matter anymore, so he didn't mention it again.
Huang Dazhi was not jealous of He Dayou's popularity, because he had already been promoted. Moreover, he and He Dayou were not in the same team, and each had their own work to do.
"Yeah, that's right. I'm going to take Luo Li home. Let's go!" Huang Dazhi took Luo Li's hand and took two steps. Then he remembered something and turned around and said, "Mingcheng, the last time I passed by your new house, I saw that it was almost decorated."
Gao Mingcheng calculated the time and found that the renovation had been going on for almost two months. So he said, "Then I'll go take a look tomorrow."
This renovation mainly involves hard decoration. Before the renovation, Gao Mingcheng instructed the decoration workers to lay the electrical wires and water pipes underground and in the walls, which would make it look much more beautiful.
The wires, water pipes and hardware are also of the best quality so they are not likely to break and look high quality.
As for soft furnishings, Gao Mingcheng plans to buy them one month before moving in so that he can move in after the smell dissipates.
After Huang Dazhi and his wife left, Xuanyuemei said, "Mingcheng, where are you going to arrange the training for kindergarten teachers? In our new house?"
There is no suitable location for training in the clothing store, but now that the new house is almost completed, it can be used as a training location.
By then, I can buy some stools or something and that should be enough.
Nowadays, people don’t care about getting rid of odors. They can’t wait to move into a new house as soon as it’s built. Most people have never heard of the term formaldehyde.
Some people even move in while their houses are being built.
But Gao Mingcheng knew that he couldn’t stay in a newly renovated house for a long time, otherwise it would be bad for his health.
Therefore, it is not possible to provide training in the new house.
He had never thought about this problem before, so he frowned and thought about it, and soon an idea came to his mind.
But you have to ask the owner of the house first.
Gao Mingcheng is not a person who hesitates. Once he has thought of it, he will take action.
He said to Xuanyuemei, "I'm going to Uncle Guobing's house. I may not be back for dinner tonight."
He held a two-pound bottle of honey and walked towards Gao Guobing's house.
This is the newly-shaken honey this year. Gao Guobing should have already eaten the ones he gave him before.
When we arrived at Gao Guobing's home, he was digging the ground with a hoe. Their yard was big, but they didn't plant flowers or grass there. Instead, they used it to grow vegetables. In the corner of the wall, they also built a chicken coop and raised seven or eight chickens.
Now is the time when chickens are ready to lay eggs. The eggs laid by the chickens raised at home are enough to provide for Gao Guobing's family.
Gao Mingcheng discovered that there were several tangerine trees planted next to the chicken coop. Tangerine trees are easy to care for, and when they grow up, they can also provide shade for the chicken coop.
"Uncle, he is cultivating the soil for the peppers!" Gao Mingcheng said with a smile. He looked at the small pepper field where Gao Guobing was busy. He took a quick look and found that there were only about ten peppers planted. Next to the peppers, there were also eggplants. As for other corners, there were a small piece of water spinach and some loofahs, beans and other vegetables, which are all common and eaten local vegetables.
"Well, the peppers have grown a bit. Let's add some soil and fertilizer to them." Gao Guobing was in a good mood when he saw Gao Mingcheng coming.
Gao Mingcheng said: "Uncle, why don't I do it? I'm young and strong, so it's easy for me to do this job."
As he said this, he was about to take the hoe.
But Gao Guobing refused and said, "No, it's just a small vegetable field. It won't be tiring. Besides, I like to grow some vegetables occasionally. When I was in the village, I also grew vegetables every year."
"Yes, sometimes when your uncle is frustrated with a case, he likes to dig the soil. He digs the soil over and over again. After digging a few times, he feels much better." Zhao Dongmei said with a smile, holding a rice cooker inner pot in her hand.
She was cooking and came out when she heard Gao Mingcheng's voice.
"Ming Cheng, let's eat here tonight. I'll cook some more rice." Zhao Dongmei invited.
Gao Mingcheng didn't bother to be polite with her and agreed happily.
A smile appeared on Zhao Dongmei's face.
Both of her sons are not around, and there are only her and Gao Guobing at home, so she likes to keep Gao Mingcheng here for dinner.
So she poured the rice water into the vegetable garden and went back to the kitchen to cook.
Gao Mingcheng looked at Gao Guobing digging the soil and thought about what Zhao Dongmei had just said, and couldn't help but think of a villain in a TV series.
What’s even more coincidental is that both of them have the surname Gao!
Gao Mingcheng suddenly started to wake up and immediately threw this terrible idea out of his mind.
Gao Guobing didn't let him help with hoeing the soil, but he couldn't just sit there and do nothing, so he started watering the vegetable field and observing whether the vegetables were infested with insects.
Anyone who has grown vegetables knows that vegetables are actually very susceptible to insects. If they are not managed properly, they are easily infested by insects and then there is no harvest.
If you grow them for fun, it doesn’t matter, but for people who make a living by growing vegetables, they would rather spray pesticides a few more times than take chances.
Because the real purpose of spraying pesticides is to kill insect eggs. If pesticides are sprayed after the eggs have hatched into adults, the effect will not be very good.
Production cuts are almost inevitable.
As for pesticide residues, there will actually be no problem as long as you apply pesticides at the right time and wait until the effective period has expired before eating the vegetables.
Gao Mingcheng has good eyesight and noticed that several pepper trees had begun to grow aphids.
Anyone who has grown peppers knows that peppers love aphids the most! And aphids are difficult to kill!
As long as one tree starts to grow, the other trees will follow suit.
However, the damage caused by aphids is relatively slow. They will not kill the tree all at once, but the leaves will easily fall off and the growth of peppers will also be affected.
"Uncle, these peppers have aphids. It's time to spray pesticides." Gao Mingcheng reminded.
Gao Guobing looked carefully and found tiny aphids under the pepper leaves.
He sighed and said, "I'll buy some medicine tomorrow and come back to apply it. Hey, I heard someone say that if you plant chives next to pepper trees, aphids won't grow easily. I don't know if it's true or not."
Gao Mingcheng heard this for the first time, so he said, "Just plant some chives and give it a try. How about this, next time I go back to the village, I'll dig some chives for you."
Gao Guobing said, "No need. I'll ask Xiao Liu from the bureau to bring me some tomorrow. If you plant a little chives, it's easy to grow a large area."
As Gao Guobing talked, he became interested and began to teach Gao Mingcheng some techniques of growing vegetables.
In the hearts of Chinese people, there is always a dream of farming. Even though Gao Guobing hasn't grown vegetables for more than ten years, he still knows a lot about growing vegetables.
As a junior, Gao Mingcheng naturally listened attentively, and from time to time he would show an expression of sudden enlightenment to show that he had learned something.
Gao Mingcheng had a firm grasp on the ways of the world.
(End of this chapter)
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