Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 229 Selling Trees to Prepare for the Photoshoot

When Gao Mingcheng returned to the village in his pickup truck, it immediately caused a commotion. Many people working in the fields saw it and gathered together to watch the excitement.

Everyone walked around the pickup truck, looking at it very seriously. Even though it was an old pickup truck that was eliminated, it was still very handsome in the eyes of the less experienced villagers.

The place where the paint was peeled off, the place where the dent was hit, the seat that was somewhat dirty, all these imperfections were automatically beautified by the villagers.

"Gao Mingcheng, can you drive now? Where did this car come from? Did you buy it?" A villager asked in surprise.

Gao Mingcheng jumped out of the car and simply chatted with everyone, otherwise he would be stuck at the entrance of the village and would not be able to go back.

He smiled and said, "How can I afford a car? I borrowed it from someone. My third brother Gao Mingwan is now working in a transportation company. I borrowed this car from the transportation company."

"Oh, this, I heard your father mentioned it, it's not bad, Ming Wan is now promising!"

"Gao Mingcheng, how much do you want to borrow this car from someone? You are a good person, what are you doing borrowing a car? Isn't it time to go outside to sell medicine? Huang Zhizi has just matured!"

"You collected so many medicinal materials this year, I'm afraid you have to transport them away in a big truck?"

The villagers were talking in a hurry, but Gao Mingcheng didn't know which question to answer first.

He could only say: "The borrowing of the car must be because of something, otherwise who would borrow it? I have to sell some wood later, and I have to pick up my parents and the others to go to the county tomorrow. I still have something to do, just Let's go first, make way, make way!"

Gao Mingcheng beckoned people to make way, and the rest reluctantly gave way, watching him drive all the way to Niuwei Ridge.

The roads in the old village are all small roads, the houses are next to each other, and there is only one corridor in the middle, so cars cannot drive in. However, Gao Mingcheng's family lives in Niuweiling, and there is a wide area there, and it is completely possible to drive across.

What Gao Mingcheng said was true, he did plan to take the opportunity to sell a batch of timber.

From the contracting of Xiaofu Mountain to the present, people have been hiring people to cut down trees, and the open space at the foot of the mountain is already full of trees.

The trees that can be sold for money are piled together, and the miscellaneous trees that can only be used as firewood are piled together. As for the countless weeds, after drying, they are taken home by the tree cutters.

He drove the car all the way to Xiaofushan. The appearance of the pickup truck also attracted the attention of the tree fellers, and some people asked loudly.

Gao Mingcheng answered briefly. He got out of the car, opened the compartment, and started to install the tree. The compartment of the pickup truck is not long enough, and the tree that is too long has to be cut in half. There is still a place about one meter away. is exposed.

Gao Mingcheng took an ax and began to trim off the excess branches.

When he was busy arranging the wood, Duomei heard the news and came over.

She naturally knew that Gao Mingcheng could drive, and Gao Mingcheng took her for a drive before.

Driving is a common saying in Hong Kong movies, and Duomei thinks the meaning is very fitting, because when driving, the wind keeps pouring into the car, isn't it like driving?

The last time Gao Mingcheng took her for a ride in a jeep, she looked around at the old pickup and thought it was not as good-looking as the previous one.

Seeing her coming, Gao Mingcheng briefly talked about his plans for today and tomorrow, and then asked Duomi to take home the melon seeds, peanut candies, medicinal materials and bicycles in the car.

"Hey, good." Duo Mei responded, putting things in the iron basket of the bicycle, and tying them to the seat if they couldn't fit, and then just pushing the bike like this, and taking the things home.

Gao Mingcheng has great strength, even if he trims the branches and moves the wood to the car by himself, he doesn't seem tired, and the speed is very fast.

After filling a carriage, Gao Mingcheng fixed it with a thick hemp rope to prevent the wood from bumping out during the drive.

After finishing these tasks, he started the car and sold the car of wood to the Yaqian.

Yaqian is a town in the neighboring county, but it is closer to them. Going to Yaqian is much closer than going to the county. The main reason is that there is a wood processing factory there, which will collect a lot of wood.

When Gao Mingcheng returned to the village, it was after two o'clock in the afternoon. After he returned from a trip to the Yaqian to sell wood, it was already almost four o'clock. It was still early, so he loaded another cart of wood and sent it to the Yaqian.

After running twice, the wood that can be sold for money is almost sold.The remaining trees that have not been cut down will look for opportunities to sell later.

Back home, Duomei had already cooked a rich meal. Gao Mingcheng did not rest after dinner, but went to his parents' house to tell them.

When he passed by, the family was having dinner, and the dishes were very common. Country people basically ate seasonal vegetables, and they almost ate them every meal!
It's not that they don't want to change their food, but they can't change it. There are only a few kinds of vegetables in the field, and if they don't eat them, they have to spend money to buy them, and spending money is a big deal.

Stir-fried eggplant with pepper is a classic dish of this season, and it has been eaten for two consecutive months, but these two dishes will be out of season soon.

"Mom and Dad." Gao Mingcheng greeted them, and then said that he would pick them up to the county tomorrow.

Now that Gao Yuanjian has no extra money for steaming wine, the biggest thing to do every day is to be busy with the work in the field. After talking about it in advance, he can arrange time to come out.

The family has long known that Gao Mingcheng built a house in the city with the help of Gao Guobing, but no one has seen it with their own eyes.

Now that Gao Mingcheng came to ask them to go to the county to participate in the beam-raising ceremony, and even borrowed a car specially, Gao Yuanjian felt that he was honored.

He had heard about Gao Mingcheng borrowing a car a long time ago, but then he knew that Gao Mingcheng was busy transporting trees to sell, so he was not in a hurry to find Gao Mingcheng.

"Okay, starting at [-] am tomorrow? It's enough to water the vegetable field in the morning. Boss, are you going to the construction site tomorrow?" Gao Yuanjian said, and then looked at Gao Mingpeng.

Although Gao Mingpeng has a job on the construction site, he does not have to do this job every day. Sometimes he does not have a certain material, so he has to wait for the material to be purchased before he can continue to work.

Gao Mingpeng said: "I just don't want to do anything tomorrow, and I will go to water the fields with my dad tomorrow morning."

Hearing this, Gao Yuanyuan nodded in satisfaction, and then asked about Gao Mingli's work.

Gao Mingcheng told the two jobs that Gao Guobing could arrange for him, and asked Gao Mingli to make a choice after thinking clearly.

Gao Mingcheng said: "This is not urgent, Mingli, you think about it slowly, after a while, I will go to camphor tree to participate in the drug fair, and I will be short of manpower, Mingli, you can go with me! This time we will not take the train, just drive directly Big trucks go by."

After hearing this, Gao Mingli's eyes lit up instantly, and he said quickly, "Okay, I'll go with my second brother!"

You know, he has long wanted to go out and see the world.

It's just that he didn't dare to go alone, and Gao Yuanjian refused to give him money to let him go out, for fear of encountering something on the road.

Gao Yuanjian knows that the outside world is not peaceful, especially on the road.

Gao Mingli has small arms and legs, and no one is leading him, so he is not willing to let him go out.

Now Gao Mingcheng proposes to let Gao Mingli go to sell medicine together, not only Gao Mingli himself agrees, Gao Yuanjian and Luo Xiaohua are also extremely satisfied.

Gao Yuanjian even said: "Brothers fighting tigers, father and son soldiers. You call your brothers to help, that's right! You were messing around last year!"

Last year Gao Mingcheng called Gao Zhuang and Huang Dazhi, Gao Zhuang was fine, he was Gao Mingcheng's follower when he was young, but who was Huang Dazhi?An irrelevant person!

For this reason, Gao Yuanjian and Luo Xiaohua have great opinions.

Gao Mingcheng smiled and said nothing.

The things that should be said have been said almost, so Gao Mingcheng said goodbye and left, but he didn't go home directly, but went to Grandma Xi's house.

He didn't ask Grandma Xi's family to attend the beam-raising ceremony, because there were so many people that the pickup truck wouldn't be able to sit there, and Grandma Xi was getting old, and He Xiuman was pregnant, so it wasn't convenient for them to squeeze in.

He came here to explain the matter of taking pictures tomorrow.

"Grandma Xiao, Gao Zhuang, Xiuman, I will bring my camera over tomorrow morning and take some photos for you. You guys have to dress smarter tomorrow!" Gao Mingcheng said with a smile.

He rented a camera, bought film, and naturally wanted to photograph more people.

Originally, I was free to shoot in the afternoon, but he went to sell trees. Besides, if I shoot in the morning, I may be more energetic and not feel tired after working for a long time.

"Really? Brother Mingcheng, you are so kind!" Gao Zhuang was the first person to be happy. He looked at He Xiuman and said, "I said before that I would take you to the county to take pictures. You must Willing to go! It’s all right now, brother Mingcheng can take pictures for us!”

"Grandma, you haven't taken a picture yet, have you?"

The tall and cheerful voice made Grandma Xi and He Xiuman look forward to it.

Now, taking pictures in the countryside is a new thing.

When Gao Mingcheng saw them happy, he was also very happy in his heart. He was satisfied that Gao Zhuang and Grandma Xi could be safe and happy in this life.

Gao Mingcheng said: "Gao Zhuang, you have to put on your best clothes! Then we will take a few pictures in this house, and then go to the village to take some pictures."

He wanted to record the people and scenery of 87 with the camera.

In another year or two, the houses in the village will be demolished and rebuilt one after another, and the appearance of the village will be completely different by then.

And now this somewhat dilapidated small mountain village will completely disappear from memory.

Memories are like a picture scroll, with bright colors at first, but as time goes by, the strokes will fade and the colors will become dim.

And recording it with a lens will keep this memory longer and more substantial.

He planned to go to the county at eight o'clock tomorrow, so he made an appointment with Gao Zhuang and the others to take pictures at seven o'clock in the morning.People in the village go to bed early and get up early. In summer, they usually get up at six o'clock, and the elderly who sleep less may wake up after five o'clock.

"Okay, brother Mingcheng, we'll wait for you!" Gao Zhuang was excited like a fool, waving goodbye to Gao Mingcheng's leaving back.

After Gao Mingcheng left, he took He Xiuman's hand and hurriedly said, "Xiuman, go find my best clothes!"

Ever since he married his wife, He Xiuman has taken care of Gao Zhuang's clothes.

He Xiuman pursed her lips and smiled, leading Gao Zhuang to look for clothes.

The little grandma also returned to her room with a smile, and began to rummage through the boxes, well, she also had to pick out the best clothes to wear!

Gao Mingcheng left gracefully, but left behind three people who were full of expectations. For the three of them, it was the first time to take pictures.

(End of this chapter)