Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 399
Gao Mingcheng returned to his home in Niuweiling and quickly forgot about the unpleasantness at noon.

When you are strong, many things don't matter. As early as when he decided to separate the family, Gao Mingcheng had no hope of getting any tenderness or help from his parents.

During this year, he also did what a son should do, and he had a clear conscience.

If his parents still get along as calmly as before, he would be willing to keep giving money and gifts to maintain the superficial calm.

But if he still wants to openly suppress and reprimand him like before, then he won't get used to it.

Gao Mingcheng told Duo Mei not to think too much and just rested in the house while he took the two dogs into the mountains.

It’s already the end of September, and it’s time to harvest many medicinal materials.

He came back this time mainly to celebrate the festival. He would have to rush back to the county early tomorrow morning, but after sending Duo Mei and Gao Shufang back to the store, he had to return to the village to work.

There are a lot of things to do recently. The medicinal materials in the mountains, the vegetables in the fields, and the orchards in Xiaofushan all have to be taken care of.

In a hurry, it was five o'clock in the afternoon.

Gao Mingcheng carried a sack of medicinal materials down the mountain. He first poured the medicinal materials that needed to be dried onto the drying mat and spread them out. Then he washed his face, changed into clean clothes, and said to Du Mei, "Let's go. Let’s go to Grandma Xi’s house for dinner.”

"Hey." Duo Mei responded, put down what she was doing, and went out with him.

The Mid-Autumn Festival gifts had been given long ago, so this time I did not drive a tractor, but walked empty-handed.

The afternoon of early autumn is no longer as hot as it was during the day. The cool breeze blows from the mountains in the distance, giving people a comfortable feeling.

Tired birds return to their nests, and from time to time there are birdsong.

Black Tiger and Elf followed happily.

Today is a holiday, and both dogs can have a good time chewing bones.

When we arrived at the old village, we naturally saw many people in the village. Everyone looked at Gao Mingcheng in different ways.

Gao Mingcheng didn't pay much attention. When he met the elders in his roommate, he nodded and greeted him as before.

Gao Fanmao was talking to someone under the water paulownia tree by the pond. When he saw Gao Mingcheng, a trace of complaint flashed across his face.

Although through Gao Zhuang's publicity, everyone already knows that Gao Mingcheng overturned the table at his parents' house at noon. Gao Mingcheng cannot be entirely blamed.

But everyone still had a bit of resentment towards Gao Mingcheng for smashing the TV.

It's strange to say that the TV set was obviously given by Gao Mingcheng, and he smashed it. But after the smashing, except for him who didn't feel bad, most of the people in the village felt bad!
Without the TV, there is no source of happiness!
Gao Fanmao couldn't help but said: "Mingcheng, you have such a bad temper. Your father was drunk and just said a few nonsense. How could you just lift the table? You also broke the TV. ! It’s so ignorant!”

Gao Fanmao and Gao Yuanyuan are cousins, so they naturally say good things for Gao Yuanyuan. They regard what Gao Fanmao said as drunken nonsense, so that they can cover up the past, otherwise it would offend people too much.

Gao Mingcheng looked at Gao Fanmao calmly. He and his father were indeed blood cousins. Both of them were addicted to alcohol. When they got drunk, they both liked to go crazy.

Just as he was about to speak, the person next to him also said: "Yes, no matter how serious the conflict between father and son is, they can't smash the TV!"

"How expensive is a TV set! That is the first TV set in our Gaojia Village!"

"Mingcheng, when will you buy another TV for your parents? I heard that you also have a color TV in the city. How about you buy a color TV for your parents too?"

Everyone talked in a few words. They didn't care about the conflict between Gao Mingcheng and Gao Yuan. They only cared about whether Gao Mingcheng would buy another TV.

It's better to buy a color TV!
Gao Mingcheng almost laughed out of anger at their speech.

The market price of an imported color TV is about [-] yuan, so you can't buy it even if it doesn't matter.It was also thanks to Fan Licheng that he was able to obtain a batch of smuggled goods at the lowest price.

But now, he had just had a quarrel with his father, and these people actually came to ask him when he would buy Gao Yuan a color TV again!
This brain circuit is amazing!
How cheap is he to be treated like that and then buy a color TV?
A sarcastic sneer appeared on the corner of Gao Mingcheng's mouth. This time, he didn't even want to say anything and just took Du Mei's hand and left.

He didn't bother to look back despite the people behind him calling him and talking about him.

The villagers did not explicitly persuade him to bow his head to Gao Yuan and admit his mistake, but those words made him even more heartbroken.

Duo Mei looked at Gao Mingcheng distressedly, and the two held hands tightly, as if giving silent comfort.

Many beautiful parents die early, but in fact she has enjoyed their parents' love.

She is the youngest daughter in the family and her father's favorite daughter. When she was a child, her living conditions were so poor that she was often picky and wanted good food.

Often the only eggs in the house would be given to her.

Because she lost her mother when she was very young, her father loved her even more, fearing that she would not be able to support her.He often saves his own food for her.

It wasn't until her father passed away and her eldest sister and third sister married outside, that she lived with her second sister and her brother-in-law, that she suffered a few years of hardship.

Those years were too hard, and the whole village would suppress them. Many of Mei's fierce tempers were also developed during that time.

It wasn't until she married Gao Mingcheng that her living standard skyrocketed.

She slightly raised her head and looked at Gao Mingcheng, and said firmly: "Mingcheng, I will always stand by your side."

Gao Mingcheng looked down at her, and the two smiled at each other.

"Ok, I know."

When we arrived outside the yard of Grandma Xi's house, we could smell the rich aroma of meat inside.

He Xiuman took Little Yuanyuan to play in the yard. Little Yuanyuan crawled on the mat on the ground and played with toys such as rattles and whistles. He Xiuman was picking beans beside her.

When she saw Gao Mingcheng and Duo Mei coming, she smiled and said hello, and then continued to work with her head down.

This year's soybeans have matured. They were harvested not long ago. After they are dried, shelled and dusted, the soybeans need to be sorted to pick out all the bad beans, otherwise the good beans will be damaged as well.

These soybeans can be used to extract soybean oil and can also be used to make tofu.

In the past, most people in Gaojiacun were eating soybean oil, so almost everyone planted beans. Later, more and more people grew rapeseed, and more and more people ate rapeseed oil.

However, the Gao Mingcheng family did not plant soybeans this year.

When the wasteland was first reclaimed last year, I planted a crop because beans can fertilize the land.

This year I don’t have so much time to take care of it. I mainly plant edible vegetables and fruits, so I don’t have to buy anything outside.

As for eating oil, his family mainly eats tea oil and lard. This year, after going to the camphor tree to sell medicine, they have to go into the mountains to collect camellia seeds. "Yuanyuan, give me a hug, uncle!" Gao Mingcheng liked little Yuanyuan quite a lot and picked her up from the mat.

"Look, how cute!" Gao Mingcheng held Little Yuanyuan and showed it to many beauties.

"Brother Mingcheng and sister-in-law are here, sit down first, the food will be ready later." Gao Zhuang heard Gao Mingcheng's voice and walked out of the kitchen.

Grandma Xin is in charge tonight, and he helps wash and cut vegetables and light the fire.

Although Grandma Xin is old, she is still strong. She also thinks that Gao Mingcheng loves to eat his own food, so when He Xiuman asked to cook, she took the initiative to take over the cooking job.

The dishes tonight are also very rich, including stewed chicken soup, stir-fried rabbit, braised pork, pan-fried eel and several seasonal vegetables.

Because Gao Mingcheng and his wife came over for dinner in the evening, they had a simple meal at home at noon.

Tonight is their Mid-Autumn Festival reunion dinner.

At noon, Luo Xiaohua gave one of the two chicken legs to his eldest grandson and the other to grandma Gao.

In the evening, many pregnant beauties finally got a chicken drumstick.

Grandma Xi was very fair and gave one to her and one to her grandson-in-law.

There was no wine on the table, everyone was eating and talking, and the atmosphere was warm.

In contrast, the atmosphere in Visionaries is not so wonderful.

Grandma Xixin's house is right behind Gao Yuan's house, and the two families are not far apart. Although Gao Mingcheng didn't pass by, people at home could vaguely hear the voices there.

Gao Yuanyuan had a gloomy face and smoked a cigarette without saying a word. The smoke covered half of his body.

"Stop smoking, let's eat!" Luo Xiaohua said and brought the dishes in his hands to the table.

The plates and bowls on which the dishes were served were all newly bought. At noon, Gao Mingcheng turned over the table. The table was fine, but the cups, bowls and plates on the table were all broken.

Luo Xiaohua cried and cursed in distress while cleaning up. Later, Gao Mingwan said that he would go to the cooperative to buy some tableware.

In five days, it will be his big wedding day. Although he will definitely have to borrow tables and dishes from his neighbors, there is no harm in preparing more at home.

So Gao Mingwan went to buy baskets of tableware, including rice bowls, soup bowls, cups and plates.

As for chopsticks, almost no one here buys them. They all cut bamboo and make them themselves.

Seeing that Gao Yuanyuan remained motionless, Luo Xiaohua winked at his eldest son.

Gao Mingpeng stepped forward and said, "Dad, let's eat first."

Gao Yuan was angry and said in a very angry tone: "What do you want to eat? I'm not hungry!"

If he doesn't go to the table, it's not easy for the younger members of the family to go to the table either.

Gao Mingpeng advised: "Dad, it's all my fault. I didn't expect the second son to be so stingy. I couldn't even ask him to help me. I didn't expect that he had such a bad temper that he destroyed the whole house. Dad, you Don't be angry, at worst we won't ask him for anything in the future, he is rich and great now, and he doesn't recognize his parents and brothers."

Gao Yuanyuan was very angry when he heard Grandma Xi's voice, and now he is even more angry after hearing Gao Mingpeng's words.

Did he raise his son in vain?
Gao Mingwan frowned and looked at his elder brother dissatisfied. This was not just persuasion, it was clearly adding fuel to the fire.

What happened at noon was clearly the fault of the eldest brother, but the eldest brother pretended that it didn't happen. After dinner, he disappeared, and when he showed up again, he brought his family over for dinner.

"Brother, you can't say that..." Gao Mingwan was about to speak, but Gao Mingpeng was angry: "You have benefited from him, so naturally you are on his side! Did I say something wrong? Didn't I just want to He helped me by saying a word, just a word! Dad was angry when he refused!"

"He has the ability and helped you, so why can't he help me? Am I not his elder brother?" Gao Mingpeng's voice became louder, revealing his dissatisfaction.

"I worked as an accountant and even invited him to dinner. At that time, he didn't say that he didn't want the accountant, nor did he say that it would be so difficult to collect the money! Wasn't he just waiting to see my joke?"

The more Gao Mingpeng talked, the angrier he became. These were what he wanted to say at noon. Unfortunately, Gao Mingcheng was too straightforward. He would lift the table and smash things if he disagreed, and then left.

It was because he didn't have a chance to speak.

In the afternoon, he wanted to go to Niuweiling to find Gao Mingcheng and have a good talk with him, but his wife stopped him because she was afraid that Gao Mingcheng would take action and he would suffer a big loss.

In terms of force, even if the whole family fights together, they are no match for the second child alone.

Gao Mingpeng was very angry, but Gao Mingwan's thoughts were not distorted, but he said rationally: "Brother, what did you ask the second brother to say? You have become this accountant, and you happily invited people to dinner, but the second brother But my brother said that he doesn’t want this accountant, do you feel comfortable?”

"As for collecting money, this is your job. You said that the second brother didn't help you. So when the second brother went out to buy goods, did you help him? Last time the second brother's clothing store was robbed, you helped him again Are you there? Don’t talk about things outside, it’s about the village. Are you helping him with his rice and vegetable fields again? "

Gao Mingpeng's face turned red, but he had been used to being domineering since he was a child. He had always been very prestigious in front of his brothers, so naturally he would not lose like this. He quickly found the reason.

He pointed at Gao Mingwan and Gao Mingli angrily and said, "You two have gone to the city to live a better life, leaving behind a bunch of fields and land in the village. Those fields and land were cultivated by my father and me! You are here The rice you eat and the vegetables you eat are all grown by me!”

Gao Yuan's family has four sons and one daughter, so they were allocated more fields and cultivated land. In the past, it was fine when the sons were all at home, but with Gao Mingcheng's family separation, Gao Mingwan and Gao Mingli also went to the county. , these fields and land in the village can only be managed by Gao Yuan and Gao Mingpeng.

So when Gao Mingpeng said this, he was very confident, as if I gave you food and drink.

Gao Mingwancai didn't tolerate him and said directly: "I went to the city and didn't care about the work in the fields, but didn't I give money to my parents? Didn't I buy things for the family? When you got married, you spent thousands of dollars at home. I bought a house for you later. What about when I get married? I got the bride price myself, and I bought all the miscellaneous things myself. I even bought the house in the county with my own money. I didn’t spend any money on it. It’s a penny at home! My parents pay for the wine, but they also receive the gift money!”

Gao Mingwan also straightened his back. He felt that if the farm work was converted into money, then the money he gave to his family would be more than enough.

When the two brothers quarreled, Gao Mingli did not dare to say anything.

Although he also worked in the county, due to the low salary, his parents did not ask for his money and only allowed him to save the money for the bride price.

In addition, before living at the second brother's house, he would go to the village to get rice, vegetables and firewood for use in the county.

Therefore, when the elder brother spoke, he had no confidence to argue.

But he can't stand with his eldest brother. After all, he now lives and eats at his second brother's house. Although he has to pay for food, if he buys it out, he won't be able to eat as good food as at home!
Gao Mingpeng and Gao Mingwan refused to give in to the other. They even brought up the matter of old sesame seeds and rotten millet. The two of them had a heated argument.

Gao Yuan's angry veins popped out, he picked up a chair and threw it to the ground with a loud bang.

"Shut up for me!"

(End of this chapter)