Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 224 His Dad's Money-making Sideline Is Gone

In the evening, Gao Mingcheng went to his parents' house with his things. At this time, the sun was about to set, and the sky was full of colorful clouds.

The evening wind blows away the residual heat of the day.Living in a small mountain village, even in the heat of summer, it is always cool in the morning and evening.

When he passed by, Grandma Gao didn't lie on the bed, but sat on a bamboo chair under the eaves to enjoy the cool air. She was wearing cotton clothes, and she looked a little sullen. She really didn't look very good.

"Grandma." Gao Mingcheng yelled when he entered the yard, which caused the dazed Grandma Gao to look over at him.

"Ming Cheng." Grandma Gao smiled and beckoned Gao Mingcheng to pass.

Before Gao Mingcheng could speak first, she had already said: "I'm fine, it's just that it's been hot recently, I don't have much appetite and energy, I said you are busy collecting medicines and doing things recently, and I won't let you come, but your father insists on coming .”

Grandma Gao has a pure and kind personality, and she doesn't like to cause trouble to her children and grandchildren. If there is any discomfort, she will mostly bear it by herself.

Most people of their generation are like this.

Gao Mingcheng took a look at grandma's complexion. Although he knew some medicinal materials, he didn't know much about medical skills. He just saw that the problem was not serious, so he said, "I haven't been here for a while, so I should come and sit. sit."

"My family doesn't have many eggs. I brought you ten. Don't worry about it. Eat one every day to nourish your body." Gao Mingcheng said.

In fact, his parents' family is not considered poor. His father, elder brother, and sister-in-law can eat eggs from time to time, but the others just don't.

Is it because other people don't want to eat it?That's definitely not the case.

The main reason is that Grandma Gao refused to eat and wanted to save the food for her children and grandchildren, but the children and grandchildren saw that Grandma Gao didn’t eat it, and they felt embarrassed to eat it. In addition, Luo Xiaohua was used to being poor before, so he could simply save food. Just save it, everyone don't eat it.

After taking out the eggs, Gao Mingcheng took out another bottle of honey.This was brought from home when he left.

Eating honey has many benefits. It can keep you healthy. The most important thing is that it is very sweet, and eating sweets will make people feel happy.

"And this honey, you drink a glass of honey water every morning and evening, this honey is kept in your room, and you can keep it for yourself." Gao Mingcheng handed the eggs and honey to Grandma Gao and asked her to put it away.

Grandma Gao has a separate room, but it is not big, except for a bed and a wardrobe.

When he was talking to Grandma Gao, Gao Mingli and Gao Shufang returned together, and Gao Mingli was still holding a basket of vegetables in his hand.

After a while, his parents came back together. His father was carrying a hoe, and his mother was carrying a basket with some fresh medicinal materials in it.

"Mom and Dad." Gao Mingcheng called someone, and then said that he had caught some bullfrogs in the mountains and brought them over.

Luo Xiaohua glanced at the bag, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Why didn't you deal with it before sending it in? Now the water is difficult at home, and you have a well over there, so you should wash it and cut it before bringing it in."

Gao Mingcheng touched his nose when he heard the words.

Well, that's why he doesn't like to come here often, no matter what he does, his parents will always be dissatisfied.

In fact, his father is also somewhat dissatisfied with him. The main thing is that he doesn't discuss anything with his family, and makes his own decision to do it.

For example, he went to Yangcheng with a lot of beauty, for example, he contracted Xiaofushan, for example, he went to the county at a critical moment for water.

From Gao Yuanjian's point of view, these few things are big things and should be discussed with family members first. For example, if you go to Yangcheng, you can bring Gao Mingli who has just graduated, and go see the world together!
"Okay, I'll bring you food, and you still dislike it! You should be happy that Mingcheng has this kind of filial piety." Grandma Gao said.

Luo Xiaohua pursed her lips and went into the kitchen to do something. After Gao Shufang greeted her second brother, she also followed into the kitchen to help.

Gao Yuanjian put the hoe away, and then took out his smoking tools, a small packet of shredded tobacco and a stack of white papers.

He skillfully put the shredded tobacco on the white paper, rolled it, and rolled it into a homemade cigarette.

This kind of cigarette is strong, without filter, it will cause great damage to fingers and teeth, and if you are not an old smoker, you will not be able to smoke it.

In fact, buying finished cigarettes is not expensive and convenient, but Gao Mingcheng just doesn't understand why life is so hard when his family is not poor.

Seeing Gao Yuan smoking silently, Grandma Gao whispered, "Your father hasn't steamed wine since the sky dried up, and I'm afraid he won't be able to make much money this year."

Gao Mingcheng understood after hearing the words.

The dry weather and lack of water, coupled with the reduction in grain production, have caused many people to shrink their clothing and diet, instead of taking out grain and asking people to steam wine like in previous years.

In other words, one of his dad's most profitable side jobs is gone!

Life in the village has gradually improved since the farms were divided into households. His father is at the peak of wine steaming in the second half of each year, and he is often called to steam wine at home. After a year, he has an income of about 1000 yuan.

But after saving the money for a few years, after marrying his eldest brother a wife and buying a house, it was almost enough to spend.Then I have to eat and use at home every day, so I can't save too much money.

This year, due to the weather, there is no money for steaming wine, so the family can only earn some money by selling vegetables and pigs.

His parents' house now feeds three pigs, one cow and [-] to [-] chickens. With these livestock and human drinking water, daily water consumption is indeed a problem.

There was nothing to say for a while, so Gao Mingcheng planned to go home.

Before he had walked a few steps, his father stopped him and said, "I asked Ming Wan, and they said that their transportation company is still short of people, but they want drivers who can drive, and they won't accept people who can't drive."

Gao Yuanjian's words made Gao Mingcheng stop. He looked at his father, knowing that what should come would still come.

So he looked at Gao Mingli and said directly: "Mingli, do you also want to find something to do?"

Gao Mingli is the youngest son in the family, but in fact he still gets some preference, which also makes his personality more outgoing and cheerful.

He nodded and said, "Well, I want to go! The family doesn't have any income this year, and they need to spend money to buy millet, so I also want to make money."

Gao Mingcheng pondered, he had two arrangements for Gao Mingli, one was to ask Gao Mingli to sell clothes, and the other was to ask Gao Guobing to help arrange a job.

But Gao Guobing had already arranged for Gao Mingwan, so would it be too much to help Gao Mingli?

Thinking about the relationship between him and Gao Guobing, Gao Mingcheng felt that there should be no big problem.

So he said: "Uncle Shouwang is short of a clothes seller. If you want to sell, you can talk to Uncle Shouwang."

Before Gao Mingli could speak, Gao Shufang's voice came from the kitchen, she said with a smile: "Fourth brother followed me to sell it! He can't sell it!"

The clothes that Dong Feixia makes are not only women's clothing, but also men's clothing. In fact, the clothes sellers are regardless of gender. As long as they have a sharp mouth and are good at soliciting and selling, they can do this job well.

Gao Mingli smiled embarrassedly, and said, "I can't sell it, so I want to find a more stable job."

Gao Mingcheng saw his true intentions from Gao Mingli's eyes, and it seemed that he also wanted to work in the county like Gao Mingwan.

It's okay for the villagers to yearn for the county.

Gao Mingcheng said: "Okay, when I am free, I will go to Guo Bingshu and ask if there is such an opportunity. But don't worry, I have been very busy recently, so I don't have time to go."

Before, he planned to find a time to go to the vehicle management office to take the driver's license test, but after returning to the village, he was busy collecting medicinal materials, so busy that he couldn't get away from the ground.

For this, Gao Mingli expressed his understanding, and quickly said: "No hurry, no hurry. Second brother, you should take care of your own business first!"

After talking about this, Gao Mingcheng went out.

After walking for a few minutes, I met Gao Zhuang.

Gao Zhuang seemed to be waiting for him specially, standing under a sweet-scented osmanthus tree, smirking and waving at him.

Gao Mingcheng hadn't seen Gao Zhuang for a while, so he asked him what he was doing.

"I went to dig a small ridge of sweet potatoes today, and found that the sweet potatoes are almost grown. Although they are smaller than in previous years, they are still okay. There is a lack of water now, so my grandma asked me to ask you, should you just cut the sweet potatoes too? Just dig it out?" Gao Zhuang said.

The two of them used the same batch of potato seeds, and the planting time was the same, so when she saw that the sweet potatoes were about the same size, Grandma Xi thought of Gao Mingcheng.

This is because Gao Mingcheng has too many things to do and forgets the sweet potatoes in the field.

Gao Mingcheng carries water from the pond at the foot of Xiaofu Mountain to water the vegetable fields every morning and evening, so the vegetables in his family grow well, unlike some people’s vegetable fields that are already wilted or even dry and yellow due to lack of water.

Depending on the time of planting, the harvesting time of sweet potatoes is also different. They usually plant sweet potatoes in May, so around September and October, the sweet potatoes are ripe and ready to be harvested.

It's only the beginning of September, and the harvest will be later in previous years, but this year the weather is dry, so if you don't harvest early, you have to water it sooner or later, otherwise it will dry out and die.

Grandma Xi's family is still short of labor, but they grow a lot of vegetable fields, and they are exhausted just by watering every day.

Gao Mingcheng looked at Gao Zhuang and found that he had become dark and thin recently.

He said: "Okay, I'll dig a small ridge tomorrow to have a look. If it grows almost the same size, then I can dig it."

After Gao Zhuang brought the words, he planned to go back home to rest.

Grandma is getting old, and He Xiuman is pregnant again. The heavy work at home is all on Gao Zhuang's body, so it's no wonder that he has lost weight.

Gao Mingcheng said goodbye to him, watched his leaving back, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it seemed that he was indeed too busy these days, not only had he not seen his grandma for a long time, but also hadn't seen Grandma Xi for a long time.

So he hurried home, first to get a bottle of honey, and then to get the bullfrog.

Grabbed half a bag today, there are still some left at this time.

He originally wanted to put it in a bag, but after thinking about it, he simply carried it to the well, fetched a bucket of water first, and then started to deal with the bullfrog.

What his mother said was right, the draft in the old village was tight, so he had better deal with it before sending it to Grandma Xi's house!
Duomei was already cooking. Seeing Gao Mingcheng's actions, she couldn't help saying, "I've already made a plate, why are you still making it?"

Gao Mingcheng said that he was sending some to Grandma Xi.

Duomei has no objection to this. Having grown up in the same village, she naturally knows the deep relationship between Gao Mingcheng and Gao Zhuang. Five of them went."

Gao Mingcheng also has no objection to this. Although Duomei has three older sisters, there is only the second sister's family in the village. Even if there are some small conflicts between the sisters, they will not stop frequent visits.

(End of this chapter)