Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 437 did not agree

I have lived in the mountains for a long time and there is no scenery, but when I come back occasionally, I just feel that there are scenery everywhere.

Zhao Dongmei found the fun of picking fruits, and Gao Guobing was not idle either. Instead, under the leadership of Gao Mingcheng, he climbed a small hillside in Niuweiling. Standing on a high place, he could overlook the old village. You can have a panoramic view of low houses and vast rice fields.

Gao Guobing pointed to the low hills surrounding the old village and said: "Gao Fuqiang's family is going to build a new house. His family dug a brick kiln on the top of their hill. They said they will start firing bricks this year. After the spring of next year, they will build a new house." house."

"After his house is built, other people in the village will probably start building houses one after another. Soon, our village will change drastically! No matter this, the villagers' lives will finally get better."

Gao Guobing's tone was quite emotional and happy.

After everyone renovates and builds houses, the old houses will completely disappear, but in their place people will live a happier life.

Gao Mingcheng counted the days and found that people in the village had indeed been building houses one after another during this period. Only a few poor families did not start saving money to build houses until the late 90s.

But at that time, the village had lost a large number of young people, and more people were working outside to earn money, so they no longer returned to live in the village. During the Chinese New Year, the village would only return to its former liveliness.

Gao Mingcheng remembered that he asked Zhang Chengyuan to build a house this year, but now that there was still no movement in his house, he planned to ask later.

While he was thinking, Xiao Xuxu, who had been quiet all this time, suddenly screamed, his body twisted and struggled, and his expression was quite anxious. When Gao Mingcheng saw this, he knew that Xiao Xuxu was addicted to milk.

"Uncle, little Xuxu is about to nurse, I will carry him back first."

Gao Guobing said: "Let's go down the mountain together, and I'll go to your vegetable patch."

"Hey, okay."

So the two of them went down the mountain. Gao Mingcheng held Xiao Xuxu to find many beauties, while Gao Guobing went to the vegetable field.

Duo Mei was cooking in the kitchen. When she saw Gao Mingcheng coming over with little Xuxu in his arms, he immediately knew that little Xuxu was about to nurse.

Little Xuxu is seven months old. Although he can eat porridge and rotten noodles, he is still breastfeeding. People in the village usually breastfeed him until he is one year old, and some families even breastfeed him until he is three or four years old.

As far as Gao Mingcheng knew, there was a child in the next village who was fed milk until he was seven years old!

It is said that his family is relatively poor and cannot afford nutritional supplements, and the child's body is not strong, so he has been breastfeeding.

"The vegetables are almost done, just fry the last water spinach." Duo Mei hugged little Xuxu and prepared to go to the room to breastfeed. She warned before leaving.

Gao Mingcheng looked at the washed water spinach in the basin and responded.

He rarely cooks and his cooking skills are average, but when he stir-fries water spinach, it’s drizzle!
Wash the pot and pour oil. When the oil is hot, add water spinach. The temperature of the large iron pot is high and it is easy to stir-fry. The vegetables cooked over high heat will be cooked quickly without dehydration and turning yellow. They look green and refreshing.

For people who are used to using big iron pots, they are not used to using small pots and stoves in the city.

Of course, the big iron pot also has disadvantages, that is, because the large iron pot is embedded in the stove, it is inconvenient to take it out for cleaning. If it is used for a long time and does not pay much attention to hygiene, the cooked dishes will always have some spots. Black scum.

This is because the pot was not cleaned thoroughly and the fire burned the vegetables.

Within a few minutes, a plate of green water spinach was ready.

Gao Mingcheng poured half a ladle of water into the pot and took out all the firewood from the stove.Bury the half-burning piece of firewood in the cold ashes below, and the flame will go out, and the firewood can be used again next time.

After putting the dishes on the table, Gao Mingcheng was ready to call Gao Guobing and the others to come eat.

As soon as they walked out of the yard, they saw Chen Dasong and others coming over carrying freshly picked fruits.

Zhao Dongmei was carrying a basket of peaches with a smile on her face.

"Brother, Uncle Chen, Duofu, you all take some fruits home to eat!" Gao Mingcheng generously asked them to take some fruits and go.

They also had smiles on their faces, but they were very polite and didn't take more. Everyone took four or five and that was enough.

Zhao Dongmei put the basket on the ground and said with a smile: "Mingcheng, you are right to contract this little rich mountain! I think it can really bring you wealth!"

"I really like your mountain so much. I will have to remember these fruits when I go back!"

Gao Mingcheng smiled and said: "There is no need to worry about it. When the fruits are ripe, you and your uncle can come here to pick them when you have time!"

"In one month, the bayberries will be ripe, in two months, the grapes will be ripe, and in the fall, there will be dates, persimmons, chestnuts, oranges and grapefruits."

Listening to Gao Mingcheng reporting the name of the fruit, Zhao Dongmei repeatedly said that she would come again in the future.

Chen Dasong and the others were not here to eat, so they took the fruits and left. Gao Guobing also came back at this time, so Gao Mingcheng called them to sit down and started eating lunch.It was a simple lunch, but because all they ate were vegetables freshly picked from the fields, this made Gao Guobing and his wife, who had lived in the city for a long time, very satisfied.

After the meal, everyone went to the vegetable field to pick vegetables, while Gao Mingcheng picked up a hoe and dug potatoes.

While working, Zhang Chengyuan and Duo Yu came.

Duoyu came with her children. After arriving, she talked to Duomei. The two sisters sat on a wooden stake under the shade of a tree and exchanged parenting experiences.

"Let me dig. I originally planned to dig again tomorrow." Zhang Chengyuan said, stepping forward to take the hoe from Gao Mingcheng's hand.

Gao Mingcheng didn't give it to him, but said, "I'll dig it, and you can pick up the potatoes in the back."

That was okay, so Zhang Chengyuan didn't insist anymore. He brought a bamboo basket over, squatted on the ground, and pulled the potatoes out of the loose soil.

While working, Gao Mingcheng asked Zhang Chengyuan about building a house.

Zhang Chengyuan said: "I originally planned to buy bricks, but then I heard that Gao Fuqiang was digging a brick kiln, so I thought about renting his brick kiln and burning the bricks myself."

Gaojia Village has the art of making bricks and tiles, but it is very troublesome and tiring to make bricks and tiles yourself.

For example, Gao Fuqiang's family dug a brick kiln on their hilltop and began to bake bricks. If they burn bricks this year, they won't be able to build a house until next year!
Before making bricks, you have to prepare a lot of firewood. When you bake bricks, you have to hire someone to make the bricks. You have to guard the brick kiln day and night, adding firewood and water in time. Those days can make people half dead from exhaustion.

Gao Mingcheng frowned slightly and said, "It's better to buy bricks. After buying the bricks, you can start building a house. If you want to bake bricks, where can you get so much firewood?"

Zhang Chengyuan looked awkward for a moment when he asked about Chai Huo.

At this time, under the shade of the trees, many beautiful sisters were also talking about building a house.

Duo Yu said directly: "I plan to rent a brick kiln to bake the bricks myself, which can make a lot of money. Duomei, you don't live in the village often anyway, you give me the miscellaneous firewood in your house to bake the bricks first, and I will return it to you later. .”

The expression on Duo Mei's face froze and she looked at her second sister suspiciously.

According to her understanding of her second sister, this loan was a loan that could never be repaid.

When Gao Mingcheng contracted Xiaofu Mountain, he cut down most of the trees in the mountain. The big trees that could be sold were all sold for money. The miscellaneous trees and crooked-neck trees were cut off and piled at the foot of the mountain. After drying, it can be burned slowly.

Until now, the firewood has not been completely burned and is still piled up like a hill.

Duo Mei did not agree immediately, but said, "I have to ask Ming Cheng about this. Although we don't often live in the village, we still use firewood for cooking in the county."

Duo Duoyu was not very happy and said: "You have so much firewood in your house that you can't use it all at once. It's okay to lend it to me first. Besides, you live here, it's very easy to get firewood."

Many beauties are also unhappy.

She looked at her second sister and said bluntly: "Brick-making is not a day or two. There are only two of you and your brother at home. You have to do housework and bring small stones. This brick-making requires Brother, come. In this case, my brother’s salary will be deducted during the month you bake bricks.”

Gao Mingcheng asked Zhang Chengyuan to work and paid him monthly.

Once Zhang Chengyuan and the others want to bake bricks, they will be busy with brick-burning for at least half a month, making it difficult to take care of the work here.

The reason why Duo Mei said this was to let her second sister think carefully about whether to bake bricks and whether it was cost-effective to bake bricks herself.

Gao Fuqiang's family has a large population. To build a house, his family will have to spend a lot of money to buy bricks, but when it comes to making bricks, because of the large population, they can still keep busy.

Many Yu's family only has three people in total, and one of them is a little kid over one year old.

"You are my biological sister, how could you say such a thing?" Duoyu's face changed and she stood up unhappily.

When Duo Yu heard the word "deduct money", she felt that her fourth sister was cutting her flesh.

Duo Mei said sternly: "It's not that I refuse to give you firewood, nor do I insist on deducting your money. But sisters, we have to settle the accounts clearly. You can't keep making my family suffer."

When buying bricks to build a house, Zhang Chengyuan also had to work on his own house, so he must have slacked off on the work in the fields.

But in that case, neither Gao Mingcheng nor Duomei would say anything about deducting money.

The main reason is that baking bricks is really time-consuming and laborious. If Zhang Chengyuan doesn't have a stable job, then there is nothing wrong with baking bricks in order to save some money.

Things didn't work out, the two sisters broke up on bad terms, and Duo Yu took Xiao Shitou's hand and left.

(End of this chapter)