Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 395 Simple Life

The next few days were uneventful, and the days passed uneventfully.

It's almost Mid-Autumn Festival in a blink of an eye.

The day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Gao Mingcheng was preparing to go back to Gaojia Village. Naturally, he was not going back alone, but he was going back with Gao Shufang and many beauties.

As for Luo Li, of course it was a holiday.

Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival of reunion and a day that Chinese people value very much.

The clothing store was only open for half a day that day. After lunch, Luo Li went home with the Mid-Autumn Festival red envelope.In the afternoon, Gao Mingcheng went back first with Duo Mei and Gao Shufang. As for Gao Mingli, he had to work all day today. After get off work, he would ride his bicycle back.

All the way back to Gaojiacun, when we were in the old village, we first put Gao Shufang down from the car.

"Second brother, second sister-in-law, I'm leaving." Gao Shufang held a big bag and waved to Gao Mingcheng and Duomei with a smile.

This bag naturally contains gifts she bought for her family. Her parents and grandma have some, and her eldest brother's nephew also has some.

"Well, you tell your parents and tell them that we will go there for lunch tomorrow," Gao Mingcheng said.

"Okay." Gao Shufang responded, walking around the pond and entering the village through the door of the 'Cheng'en Archway'.

Gao Mingcheng started the car, and the tractor took them back to Niuweiling.

I haven’t been back for another half month, and I have to clean the house inside and outside again.

The last time Gao Mingcheng came back, he solved the problem of eating at Grandma Xixi's house, so this time he specially bought rice and noodles.

He began to unload the things he brought back to the car. In addition to the rice and noodles for daily consumption, there were also gifts for relatives and friends, mostly moon cakes, wine and cigarettes.

The black tiger and the elf sprang out from nowhere, wagging their tails around their master and being very affectionate.

Gao Mingcheng said to Duo Mei, "You can rest first, or go and sit at your second sister's house, and I'll take care of it."

But Duo Mei smiled and said: "How can you be so delicate! You bring the water, I will sweep and wipe the house, and you will do the work on the ground."

"Okay." Gao Mingcheng immediately opened the kitchen door and took out the bucket of water.

The wells here are not equipped with tools to shake the water. Instead, they rely on manpower to lift the water. A thick rope is tied to a small bucket, and then the bucket is put into the well water little by little. After it is filled with water, Then lift the bucket up along the rope.

Lifting water in this way takes more effort. If the rope is too smooth, it will be difficult to lift it up, so you can tie a knot on the rope at regular intervals to increase friction and help lift the water up.

Of course, Gao Mingcheng was very strong, and the full bucket of water was quickly lifted up under his hands.

First clean the big bucket filled with water, and then pour the remaining water in. It takes four times to lift the big bucket full, and this water is enough for hygiene and cooking.

After collecting the water, the work at home was handed over to Duo Mei, while Gao Mingcheng went to the ground with a hoe and a bamboo basket.

The peppers and eggplants in the fields are growing just fine, because it is almost the end of the season, and when frost comes, the pepper trees and eggplant trees will die.

Gao Mingcheng decided that after picking the peppers and eggplants, he could pull out the trees and then plant radish, cabbage and other crops.

Gao Mingcheng walked to the sweet potato field, swung a hoe and dug along the roots of the sweet potato vines. The soil here is yellow soil, heavy in clay, not sandy soil. In fact, if you grow sweet potatoes, the taste will not be that good. When digging sweet potatoes, , and a little more troublesome. You have to be careful when using a hoe, otherwise it is easy to dig up the sweet potatoes, and the damaged sweet potatoes will not be stored for a long time.

He only dug two sweet potato vines and then stopped because he found that the sweet potatoes were still relatively small.It looks like it will take another half month or so to dig again.

The sweet potatoes were planted late this year, so they were naturally dug later.

Put a bunch of small sweet potatoes into a bamboo basket, and then put the sweet potato vines together. The sweet potato vines are also treasures. When they are young, people can eat the leaves and stems. Even when they are old, they can be eaten by livestock.In addition to sweet potatoes, Gao Mingcheng picked some edible vegetables and then came to the foot of Xiaofu Mountain.

In the land where Polygonatum is planted, corn is also intercropped.

This corn is an old variety and matures late. When Gao Mingcheng came to see it last time, the corn inside was still too young to eat, so now he came to see it again.

There is no need to break off the corn. Just break apart the layers of corn bracts from the top of the corn, and you can see the growth of the corn inside. If it is mature, you can break off the whole corn. If it is not mature, Just replace the corn bracts so that the corn can continue to grow.

This year's corns were hand-pollinated by Gao Mingcheng, so they are growing well. Except for a few of the corns that are hollow, they are still quite plump.

Seeing that the corns were growing just right, Gao Mingcheng picked a few and prepared to cook them later.

First, we have picked all the vegetables that need to be picked, and then weeding, watering and fertilizing.

Gao Mingcheng worked in the fields throughout the afternoon. After finishing his work, he went to Xiaofu Mountain for a while while there was still time.

Although Zhang Chengyuan was hired to help take care of the vegetable fields and orchards, there were still not enough manpower. Every time Gao Mingcheng came back, there was always a lot to do.

So he thought about inviting someone else.

At that time, Zhang Chengyuan will be responsible for managing his vegetable plot, and the other person will manage the orchard.

In October, autumn fertilizer will be applied to the orchard, and someone will have to be hired by then.

Thinking about these things in his mind, Gao Mingcheng went home with a basket full of vegetables.

Many beauties have already kept their homes clean. Women are still different from men. They are more careful in doing things and love to be clean.

There are some things that Gao Mingcheng thinks he can make do with, but in fact he is just too lazy to do them.

But many beauties will not be like this. She will sweep the floor and wash the pots and pans.

Seeing the dishes brought back by Gao Mingcheng, many beauties' eyes lit up and they immediately said, "I'm just craving for some tender corn. Mingcheng, go put the fire on and cook the corn first!"

"Okay." Gao Mingcheng had no objection, put down the basket and went to light the fire.

Pregnant women are like this sometimes. They have something they particularly want to eat, so as long as it is available, Gao Mingcheng will satisfy her.

But some harsh people will accuse pregnant women of being greedy.

However, Gao Mingcheng knew that when pregnant women particularly want to eat something, it is because their bodies need the nutrients in that food. To put it more mysteriously, the fetus wants to eat it.

While Gao Mingcheng was cooking corn, Duomei was sorting the vegetables in the basket. When she saw the cowpeas, she broke one and said, "It's a little old!"

This is the last cowpea. The leaves have turned yellow. They don't go to the fields often to pick, so they will naturally get old.

Gao Mingcheng said: "Do you think it can still be eaten? I can't just feed the pigs to your second sister's house."

Duo Mei said: "It is okay to eat, but we will only live at home for a day or two, and we will not eat at home tomorrow at noon and evening, so there is no need."

Gao Mingcheng said: "Then you look at the arrangements."

He came back from picking a lot of vegetables, and also picked a small pumpkin. There were also larger pumpkins and winter melons in the ground. He would pick these when he went to the county and bring them to the county to eat.

That night, they cooked tender corn, fried eggplant and scrambled eggs with chili peppers, and it was a simple meal that reflected the simple life of country people.

(End of this chapter)