Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 370

After inspecting Xiaofushan, it was already noon, and it was time to have lunch, so Gao Mingcheng drove the tractor back to the old village.

Although he has a fast pace, that's what people do when they have a car, and they will drive there habitually.

When passing by Duoyu's home, he specially came to sit there.

Duoyu was cooking in the kitchen, while Zhang Chengyuan was looking after the children in the yard.

On a hot day, the child squatted under the eaves and played in the mud, while Zhang Chengyuan fanned the child with a big cattail leaf fan.

Little Shitou is almost one year old and walks very steadily, but he talks late.

"Little Shitou, call me uncle!" Gao Mingcheng coaxed the child to call him.

However, Xiao Shitou didn't get along with him much. After seeing him, he looked at him intently for a few times, then turned his head and continued playing in the mud.

Obviously, in Xiao Shitou's eyes, Mud is more fun than his uncle.

Zhang Chengyuan stood up a little embarrassed to say hello and invited Gao Mingcheng to have dinner at home.

But Gao Mingcheng didn't agree, but said he would go to Grandma Xixi's house for dinner later.

He noticed that Zhang Chengyuan seemed to be relieved when he said this.

It's not that they are afraid that Gao Mingcheng will stay here to eat, but that Duo Yu and Zhang Chengyuan are extremely frugal and eat very simple food every day. They are afraid that if Gao Mingcheng stays, they will feel that the hospitality is not adequate.

Gao Mingcheng took out two bracelets, one with pearls and one with shells, which were chosen by many beauties for her second sister.

She chose two bunches for each of her three sisters, one expensive and one cheap.Gao Mingcheng naturally followed her, since he didn't have much money anyway, he was just a toy.

"This is what Duomei gave to her second sister. You can give it to her later." Gao Mingcheng handed the things to Zhang Chengyuan, then went downhill along the path, sat on the tractor, and headed all the way towards the old village.

But his voice obviously reached Duoyu's ears. As soon as he left, Duoyu came out of the kitchen, holding a spatula in his hand because he was in a hurry.

"What did Duomei give me?" Duoyu asked quickly.

Zhang Chengyuan raised the string and handed it to her.

Under the sun, the pearl bracelet exudes a soft luster, and the shell bracelet is also very distinctive.

"Ah! So beautiful!" Duoyu was fascinated at first glance and couldn't wait to take the bracelet. She handed the spatula in her hand to Zhang Chengyuan and said, "Go stir-fry. You've already added salt. Just shovel it up later!"

Zhang Chengyuan didn't say a word and entered the kitchen honestly.

In Grandma Xi’s yard, Gao Zhuang has returned from working in the fields.

He washed his face with well water, took off his coat, and then went to hug Little Yuanyuan.

Ever since Xiao Yuanyuan suffered from acute gastroenteritis, their family has paid great attention to hygiene. If the villagers want to pinch Xiao Yuanyuan's cheeks, they will stop them verbally.

Gao Zhuang saw a pearl bracelet on He Xiuman's wrist and immediately asked, "Where does this come from?"

"Brother Mingcheng sent it." Although He Xiuman was older than Gao Mingcheng, she followed Gao Zhuang and called him brother Gao Mingcheng.

She had known that Gao Mingcheng had helped Gao Zhuang's family a lot before, but this time Xiao Yuanyuan fell ill, and He Xiuman felt firsthand how valuable Gao Mingcheng's help was.

If Gao Mingcheng hadn't taken them to the hospital for medical treatment, they might have panicked a long time ago and would have gone through many twists and turns before they could take care of their illness.

Moreover, Gao Mingcheng not only took them to the hospital for medical treatment, but also provided them with food and accommodation, and also gave them new clothes, including Xiao Yuanyuan's new bellyband and diapers.

Babies suffering from acute gastroenteritis can have diarrhea many times a day. If they only have the diapers they bring with them, it will not be enough. By then, the bed will be full of dirty things.

Therefore, He Xiuman was grateful to Gao Mingcheng.

"Brother Mingcheng is back? No wonder grandma cooks so many dishes!" Gao Zhuang chuckled, but his eyes looked outside the courtyard door from time to time, with a rather expectant expression. "Let's go, dad will take you to greet uncle." Gao Zhuang couldn't help it, and walked out directly with Xiao Yuanyuan in his arms, deciding to greet Gao Mingcheng.

When passing by the corridor in front, he heard the sound of a TV set at Gao Mingcheng's parents' house, and the sound of many villagers gathering together and talking, so he walked over curiously.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw twenty or thirty people crowded into the main room of Gao Yuan's house. Even if he wanted to go in, there was no place to stand.

Gao Yuan and his wife sat in the middle of the TV, talking to people with smiles on their faces.

Someone said: "It's too hot to be exposed to the sun during the day. At night, you can move the TV to the yard so that more people can watch it."

Gao Yuan said with a smile: "Okay, okay."

Gao Yuan was very proud to be the first family in the village to have a TV. Although he was a little hungry at noon, his excitement prevented him from noticing his hunger. Luo Xiaohua was also showing off to the women in the same village. I didn't even think of cooking and eating.

Gao Zhuang's mind was also a little distracted by the colorful TV programs, but he couldn't get in even if he wanted to, not to mention that he was still thinking about meeting Gao Mingcheng, so he had to leave.

Fortunately, he didn't walk long before he met Gao Mingcheng head-on.

"Brother Mingcheng." Gao Mingcheng shouted happily.

"What are you doing taking Yuanyuan out to bask in the sun at this noon?" Gao Mingcheng said. The little Yuanyuan is so fair. If she gets tanned, she won't look good.

Gao Zhuang chuckled and said, "I always walk under the eaves and don't get exposed to the sun."

The two walked side by side, and when they reached the backyard of Gao Yuan's home, Gao Zhuang told what he had just seen.

"It's already this time, and your parents are still watching TV and haven't cooked yet." Gao Zhuang said, a little worried that Gao Mingcheng's parents were hungry.

Gao Mingcheng pricked up his ears to listen to the voices inside, and felt that his parents were full of energy, their faces must have been glowing, and they had no intention of becoming evil people.

Let them be, you won't be hungry if you don't eat a meal!

Gao Mingcheng ignored it and strode into Grandma Xixi's house.

Grandma Xi had already prepared it, so a lot of food was already on the table.

Gao Mingcheng looked around and saw that although there were many dishes, there were few meat dishes and many vegetarian dishes.

There are only two meat dishes, one is fried loach and the other is scrambled eggs with chili.The rest are all vegetarian dishes, including loofah soup, fried bitter gourd with pepper, cold eggplant, and fried cowpea with pepper.

Grandma Xi said rather embarrassedly: "We didn't buy any meat at home, so just make do with it. When it's time to go to the market, let Zhuang Zhuang go buy some meat and come back."

Gao Mingcheng didn't care. He could eat big fish and meat, and he could eat clear soup with little water. Besides, the food on this table wasn't too bad.

So everyone started eating happily. At the dinner table, Gao Zhuang asked about the TV set at Gao Mingcheng's parents' house. Gao Mingcheng said that it was a second-hand TV set he bought and gave it to his parents to watch.

He also asked Grandma Xi if she wanted a second-hand TV set. If so, he would think of a way.

Grandma Xi said quickly: "No, we don't want it!"

Although Gao Mingcheng said that second-hand black and white TVs were not expensive, Grandma Xi was still afraid of spending money, and she was even more afraid that Gao Mingcheng would spend money for them in private.

She smiled and said: "No matter how good the TV is, it's just like that. With so much work at home, how can you have time to watch TV? If it were like your parents' house, where twenty or thirty people sit at home and wait to watch TV, I would To entertain or not to entertain?”

Gao Mingcheng suddenly understood and stopped talking about buying a second-hand black and white TV.

Some people love face and like to show off.But there are also people who love purity and just want to live their own little lives.

Xiao Yuanyuan is still young and cannot stay in an environment that is too noisy. Moreover, He Xiuman also needs to breastfeed her child, which also requires a certain amount of privacy. Once there is a TV at home, it will definitely attract some people, which will inevitably cause trouble. .

(End of this chapter)