Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 230 The Photographer's Style
Gao Mingcheng never expected that the roll of film he bought would be shot in the village before he went to the county to shoot it.

He planned to take a few photos for Grandma Xi and the others, but Duomei proposed to take some photos for her second sister and brother, and Gao Mingcheng agreed to this.

When taking pictures in the village, his behavior instantly attracted countless people to watch, and everyone was talking about the camera and taking pictures.

These days, taking pictures is a fashionable new thing. People in their village have gone to the county to take pictures, but this is the first time they have seen someone rent a camera back to the village!

The film Gao Mingcheng bought was the domestic Lekai brand. In the early 80s, Kodak and Fuji entered the domestic market with color film, causing a wave of waves.

Afterwards, Baoding's Lucky brand was born out of nowhere, becoming a color film independently developed by China, protecting the domestic film market, and exporting it abroad.

In the 90s, Red Lucky, Yellow Kodak, and Green Fuji detonated the "Red, Yellow and Green" war. Lucky was hit hard, but still persisted.

It is precisely because of the existence of Lucky that ordinary people in China can buy cheap film. For example, the film Gao Mingcheng bought is Lucky’s ordinary color 135 gold 100-degree film. The price is 12 yuan, and there are 36 copies in total. .

And if you go to buy Kodak and Fuji brands, you need to spend 20 yuan. In contrast, Lucky's cost performance will naturally win the favor of many consumers.

Even Gao Mingcheng is willing to save the money. The main reason is that the quality of Lucky was not very good when it was first developed, but until now, it is already very good, at least there will be no problems in using it.

"Mingcheng, take a picture of our family too! I can give you money!" Gao Maomao's loud voice rang out, and after he finished speaking, he called his wife and children to come over quickly.

Gao Fanmao is Gao Mingcheng's uncle, and he knew it was not cheap, so he said he would pay for it, and it would be calculated according to the cost of going to the photo studio, but Gao Mingcheng couldn't accept this money.

So he said grandly: "It's all from my family, what money do you give? Uncle, aunt, don't worry, you can go change your clothes, comb your hair and come back!"

He saw that everyone in Gao Maomao's family was in a hurry and they were all wearing clothes for working in the field, so he kindly reminded him.

"Yes, I'm going to change clothes!" Aunt Gao hurried home again. As a woman, she still cared about her image.

Her two sons also went back to change their clothes. Only Gao Fanmao grinned and said, "This woman has a lot of things! What can I change? She will have to work in the fields later!"

He didn't move, obviously he didn't intend to change it. Gao Mingcheng saw that he was shirtless and only wearing a pair of patched trousers, and felt that the style of this painting was quite realistic and simple.

He didn't persuade, he chose a place with good scenery and light, and then took pictures of Grandma Xi's family first.

But after Gao Fanmao asked for a photo, other people in the village also asked, and the first ones were naturally those who were related to Gao Mingcheng's family.

In Gaojia Village, most of the people are relatives. If you promise one thing, it’s hard to refuse another one, otherwise your reputation will be bad.

Gao Mingcheng originally wanted to take more pictures of Grandma Xi's family, but seeing the situation, he had no choice but to cut it down. He only took one picture for Grandma Xi, and then took another picture of their family of three.

After taking pictures of Grandma Xiao, Luo Xiaohua hurriedly took Gao Mingcheng back to her home, and she complained, "Why didn't you say you wanted to take pictures yesterday? Why didn't you ask your family to prepare first?"

Gao Mingcheng said: "I originally planned to take pictures for you when I was on the beam."

When Luo Xiaohua heard the words, the anger in her heart disappeared, but she said again: "You help us take a picture at home first! Your father said that if the weather is good next year, the house will be built in the year after! I can't see it anymore!"

Gao Yuanyuan saw that he was going to water the water, so he agreed to take a picture first.

Like Gao Maomao, he didn't change his clothes on purpose, because he had to change his clothes to go to the county after watering.

"Grandma, you sit on the stool, I'll take a picture for you alone!" Gao Mingcheng said to Grandma Gao, guiding Grandma Gao to sit on a bamboo chair.

It was the first time for Grandma Gao to take pictures, she was tense and stiff, Gao Mingcheng helped her adjust her posture, and said a few words to make her laugh, which made her relax a bit.

Under the lens, the sun is rising and the morning light is shining down. In the yard, the light is bright, and Grandma Gao is wearing her hair in a bun, with a silver hairpin inserted, and she is sitting on a bamboo chair with a soft expression.

Click, the camera imprints this scene on the film.

The next step is to take a family portrait for myself, saying it is a family portrait, but in fact there are two people missing, Gao Mingwan is not here, and Gao Mingcheng is not here either.

As the only person in the village who can take pictures, he can only assume the responsibility of taking pictures and try his best to serve everyone.

The next step is to take pictures of Gao Fanmao's family. These relatives and friends do not have the right to take individual photos. They are all family portraits.

But for this, they are already very satisfied.

Click, click, click.

Before I knew it, a roll of film had already been shot!

Seeing that there were still a small number of people with distant relationships who hadn't been photographed, Gao Mingcheng had no choice but to say: "There is no film, and the rest can't be photographed! Let's go, and we will shoot again when we have a chance!"

Hearing this, the people gathered here to watch the excitement left contentedly.

Those who took pictures were in a good mood, while those who didn’t were a little disappointed, but they were not dissatisfied. After all, Gao Mingcheng took pictures in order of closeness and closeness. A roll of film can take 36 pictures, and most people are all Taken as a family portrait.

Only Grandma Xiao and Grandma Gao have individual photos, but there is a reason for this, because they are already old and need to prepare a single photo in advance. After a hundred years, it will be enlarged, printed, and then framed in a photo frame placed in the mourning hall.

In the past, there was no photography, so many descendants did not know what their grandparents looked like, but now with the technology of photography, many people will prepare a photo in advance for future generations to commemorate.

In later generations, there is even a new technology, which is to print photos directly on porcelain, so that it can be preserved for a longer period of time.

Because of the delay, the group did not start from the village until 08:30. Gao Mingcheng drove, and Duomei sat in the co-pilot. As for the others, they could only sit in the compartment behind the pickup truck.

It was not safe to stand, so I took some small benches, and I just sat on the benches, and as the car swayed, I headed for the county with the wind blowing all the way.

This time, all my family members came. Originally, Grandma Gao couldn't tell, but the filial Gao Yuanjian specially brought a bamboo chair for Grandma Gao, and put a cushion made of old cotton wool on it to cushion the bumps.

Originally, Gao Mingcheng asked Grandma Gao to take the co-pilot, but Grandma Gao enjoyed her son's filial piety. With the support of Gao Yuanjian and Gao Mingcheng, she got into the car and sat down firmly.

All the way to the county, I drove the car directly to the new house.

The contractor and his party had already been waiting there, and when they saw the master's house coming, they all gathered around.

Duomei helped take down the melon seeds and peanut candies, while Gao Mingcheng said to the contractor: "Wait a minute, I'll go buy a film!"

I knew that I should have bought two rolls of film yesterday, but luckily the photo studio is nearby, so I quickly bought a new roll of film and came back.

When he came back, the contractor had already arranged for someone to deliver the news to Gao Guobing, and then Gao Guobing and Zhao Dongmei came over on bicycles.

When we met, it was natural to exchange pleasantries.

"It's an auspicious time, can we start?" The contractor stepped forward and said, many things have an auspicious time, and if they come according to the auspicious time, they will go smoothly.

"Well, let's get started!"

Following Gao Mingcheng's speech, the beam-raising ceremony officially began. Originally, as the host, Gao Mingcheng needed to do some things, but now, his parents helped to spread sugar to the pedestrians gathered around to watch the fun, while he concentrated on Use the camera to take some classic pictures.

At this moment, he felt like a photographer.

Both Gao Guobing and Zhao Dongmei had to go to work, so they couldn't stay here for too long, so they left one after another.

And their special arrival also made Gao Yuanjian and others see clearly that his son, who was disliked by himself, was quite popular among others.

After realizing this, both Gao Yuanjian and Luo Xiaohua felt a little delicate.

Next, Gao Mingcheng took his family to the People's Park. The People's Park is quite close. You don't need to drive there. You can walk there in about ten minutes.

In the current county town, there are not many places to go to play. Even the People's Park has not been fully repaired and opened, so the scenery is average, but some amusement facilities attract people to pay more attention.

But playing is not going to play.

Luo Xiaohua pursed her lips, and said dissatisfiedly: "What kind of park is this? What's the point? Are there not enough flowers and plants in the village? Mingcheng, take us to the shopping mall."

Well, Gao Mingcheng has come to his senses. For city dwellers, parks with lots of flowers and plants are worth visiting, but for country dwellers, shopping malls full of goods are more attractive.

Think about it, what will the countrymen go to the city for?One is to sell things, and the other is to buy things!

"Okay, the shopping mall is also nearby." Gao Mingcheng agreed, and took them to the shopping mall instead.

Just now, it was because of his thinking of future generations, so he subconsciously took people to the park, thinking that his family had never visited the park, but he didn't expect that the park was not very attractive to them.

After entering the mall, everyone's expressions were different.

Luo Xiaohua and Huang Su'e, who was holding the child, immediately discussed it, and then went straight to the destination. It turned out that they had already discussed and wanted to take the opportunity to buy some things in the county.

Women are slow to buy things, not to mention buying a lot, even if they don't buy or can't afford things, it's enough for them to look at them for a long time.

Naturally, Gao Shufang was also like this. She looked at the beautiful shopping mall with curious eyes, looking at this and that. Now she also has a little money in her hand, which was distributed to her by Dong Feixia. It is not much, but it is enough to buy some little girls. I want something small.

So Duomei accompanied Gao Shufang to buy, Luo Xiaohua and Huang Su'e bought together, as for the men, although they were a little impatient, they were willing to walk around the mall.

"The city is so nice!" Gao Mingpeng looked at the majestic shopping mall, and there was a look of envy in his eyes. He secretly vowed in his heart that he must work hard to make money, and then move to this city as well.

The two younger brothers have the opportunity to enter the city through Gao Guobing's relationship, but Gao Mingpeng didn't think about it. Now he is doing quite well with his cousins ​​on the construction site, and now he can already get the salary of a big worker.

He plans to get a construction team out in a few years and pick up the work by himself, so that he can earn more.

"Yes, the city is really nice." Gao Yuanjian responded, his expression was full of emotion, who would have thought that when he was young, the county was still dilapidated.

But now, there are not only such a big shopping mall, but also many western-style stores, which he has never seen before.

(End of this chapter)