Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Gao Mingcheng got up at around five o'clock the next morning. After a brief wash, he drove the tractor toward the place where river sand and cement were sold.

The sound of a tractor starting up woke up the small mountain village that had been sleeping all night.

On the treetops on the roadside, there are early birds fluttering their wings, and the sound they make echoes with the tractor.

It dawned early in summer, and Gao Mingcheng had good eyesight and drove steadily all the way.

And when he passed by Zhang Chengyuan and Chen Dasong's family, the people from these two families also woke up. Today they would get up early and go to Xiaofu Mountain to pick bayberries.

Gao Mingcheng was generous. In addition to salary, he would also give other benefits from time to time, so both families worked hard.

When Gao Mingcheng came back with a cart of building materials, Chen Dasong and the others had already picked all the bayberries and were placing them in the shed. Not only was there a basket of bayberries, but there was also a basket of various vegetables and eggs, all of which were made by Gao Mingcheng himself. produced.

On this trip, Gao Mingcheng not only bought cement and river sand, but also found that there was still some space, so he simply bought seven or eight asbestos tiles and laid them on top and tied them with ropes.

He unloaded the building materials from the car, and then said to Chen Dasong who was waiting there: "We have almost bought everything. There is still some wood left. You can choose some suitable ones for your own use, such as doors, windows and beds. When the construction is completed, Then let the carpenter measure the dimensions."

Chen Dasong looked at the materials, patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I can do all these jobs!"

It's not like building a two- or three-story building, it's just a small bungalow.

After Gao Mingcheng explained the matter clearly, he didn't waste any time. He loaded the bayberries and vegetables into the cart and prepared to return to the county.

When passing by the pond at the entrance of the village, I saw Gao Zhuang already pushing his bicycle and waiting there.

"Brother Mingcheng! Have you had breakfast? My grandma asked me to bring you some cooked potatoes and eggs!" In the iron frame in front of the tall bicycle, there were several still warm potatoes and eggs. , after seeing Gao Mingcheng, he handed it to Gao Mingcheng.

Gao Mingcheng ate a bowl of noodles at a place that sold cement and river sand, but he was not polite at this moment. He parked the car there and finished the potatoes and eggs in a few seconds.

While he was eating eggs, Gao Zhuang moved his bicycle onto the carriage.This way, when you come back in the afternoon, you can ride your bicycle back.

"Sit tight, let's go!"

"Hey." Gao Zhuang responded with a smile. He sat on the side of the carriage and looked at the scenery that kept retreating. His mood seemed to be about to fly.

He hadn't seen his wife and children for a month, and he felt strangely missing them.

Along the way, he couldn't help but ask about the current situation of He Xiuman and Xiao Yuanyuan.

However, Gao Mingcheng was mostly running outside some time ago, so he really didn't know much about their current situation, so he only mentioned what he knew.

Seeing that Gao Zhuang was still asking, Gao Mingcheng couldn't help but smile and said: "What's the hurry? In a while, you will be able to see them. They say that hearing is false and seeing is believing. If you want to know, you can wait for yourself Ask your wife!"

Gao Zhuang just laughed and stopped asking questions.

The cool morning wind blew on the two young men, blowing their hair back, revealing their bright and full foreheads, but the tall and strong forehead was black and shiny!

After the tractor entered the county town, the road suddenly became lively. Some people were walking towards the market carrying burdens, others were walking with diabolo baskets, and others were riding old-fashioned [-]-bar bicycles.

Gao Mingcheng's clothing store is located in the garden in the middle of the street, not far from the farmer's market. The whole street is full of various shops, so every time when going to the market, the flow of customers here will also increase a lot.

It was only around eight o'clock in the morning, but there were already customers in the store choosing clothes.

Normally, the door can be opened at nine o'clock, but when going to the market, it must be opened at 07:30.

It happened that there was no need for kindergarten teacher training today, so Duo Mei was also selling goods in the store. As for the two children, they were left to Hu Yinchen and He Xiuman to take care of them.

But when he walked into the store, Gao Mingcheng found that Luo Li had called her eldest sister Luo Fang to help.

As for the younger two sisters, let them stay at home and read.

When Luo Li got married, Huang Dazhi bought a sewing machine as a betrothal gift, but in the end the sewing machine was left at her parents' house for Luo Li's eldest sister Luo Fang.

In this way, the whole family does not need to pay a tailor to make clothes, but can save a lot of money by buying the cloth themselves.

Furthermore, once you master your skills, you can make clothes for others cheaper.

Luo Li called Luo Fang to help because she wanted to train Luo Fang, and Luo Fang could also sew trouser legs and could help.

Gao Zhuang looked at the people in the clothing store eagerly, but he didn't see the person he was thinking about.

So he looked at Gao Mingcheng. Gao Mingcheng was not omniscient and omnipotent, so he asked a lot about Mei.

Duo Mei said: "There are too many people in the store, they are playing upstairs."

Gao Mingcheng patted Gao Zhuang on the shoulder and motioned for him to go upstairs.

As for him, he moved the bayberries in the cart to the door of the store. As soon as he moved the bayberries out, someone asked about the price.

"This is Dongkui Yangmei. It's big, sweet and sour, and has a good taste. It costs one yuan a pound." Gao Mingcheng said.

People who asked about the price immediately said it was too expensive.

But Gao Mingcheng insists on this price. Nowadays, first-class bananas and apples in fruit shops sell for [-] yuan, while Guoguang apples sell for [-] yuan. However, Guoguang apples bear fruit late, have a sour taste, are small, and have poor color. If left for a long time, the water content will decrease and it will not taste crispy.

Jiangxi does not produce bananas and apples, so the prices are quite expensive, but bayberries are produced locally, so the prices are mostly around [-] to [-] cents.

But Gao Mingcheng felt that the quality of his bayberry was very good and worth the price of one yuan.

Customers who come to the store to buy clothes can afford clothes worth dozens of yuan, so spending one yuan to buy high-quality bayberry is not a big problem.

As for customers who find it too expensive, just leave on their own.

Bayberry trees bear fruit late, and they can only reach their peak fruiting period seven or eight years after planting. Although the bayberry trees planted by Gao Mingcheng have begun to bear fruit, the yield of the fruit trees is very low. This batch of bayberries only weighs more than 30 kilograms. Mao is for sale, so Gao Mingcheng is not willing to pick bayberries to sell.

So he priced it at one dollar, and if it wasn't sold, he would use it to make bayberry wine for himself.

The customer who asked about the price left, and Gao Mingcheng also went back to the store, found paper and pen, and wrote a price list directly, so that no one would ask for the price again.

Gao Zhuang went up to the second floor and finally saw his beloved wife and child. The three of them were very happy for a while.

Hu Yinchen was very discerning and immediately carried Xiao Xuxu downstairs, leaving space for their family of three.

Xiao Xuxu refused to leave. During this period, he and Xiao Yuanyuan played very well. The two children were close in age, and Xiao Yuanyuan had a good personality. She was willing to play with Xiao Xuxu and make him laugh.

But Xiao Xuxu was still young after all, so he was coaxed by Hu Yinchen with a rattle and diverted his attention.

When Gao Mingcheng saw them going downstairs, he immediately picked up Xiao Xuxu. The father and son played a game of lifting, making Xiao Xuxu laugh.

Gao Mingcheng said to Hu Yinchen: "I'll take Xiao Xuxu, you go to the market and buy two tube bones, and five pounds of pork belly, and cook braised pork for lunch!"

Hu Yinchen agreed with a smile, went to the cashier to get the food money, and walked towards the market.

Gao Mingcheng didn't let her buy vegetables because he had just brought a basket of vegetables from the village, which was enough to feed his family for two or three days.

In the front store, several women were busy selling goods, and in the backyard, Gao Mingcheng played with his little son, sketching out a quiet picture of the years amidst the busyness.

"Second brother, bring the scale and the bag quickly. Someone wants to buy bayberry!" Gao Shufang's voice stopped the exchange of feelings between father and son. Only then did Gao Mingcheng remember that he had written the price list but forgot to bring the scale and the bag.

So he held Xiao Xuxu in one hand and walked to the front holding the scale and bag in the other.

The one who was willing to buy the high-priced bayberries was indeed a customer in the store. When she saw the attractive colors of the bayberries in the bamboo basket, she drooled like crazy. Because she had just bought a set of clothes, Gao Shufang generously agreed to give her a taste. pellets.

After tasting it, the customer expressed his willingness to buy it.Although it is a bit expensive at one dollar per pound, the bayberry tastes good!
If bayberries are sour and unpalatable, no one will buy them for a dime per pound.For example, no one picks the wild bayberry trees in the mountains of Gaojiacun. The bayberries are left to rot in the ground every year.

After the bayberry opened, my luck seemed to have improved, and I sold several kilograms more.

So Gao Mingcheng brought the cart and put Xiao Xuxu in the cart, while he sat next to him and was responsible for selling bayberries.

On the street, people were coming and going, and some people were selling candied haws on their backs. Gao Mingcheng stopped the person and bought two skewers with money.

The hawthorns in this candied haws are produced locally and are not as big as those produced in the north. The taste is sour and floury, so it’s okay to eat it with the sugar coating outside.

After Gao Mingcheng bought it, he handed a bunch to Xiao Xuxu and asked him to play with it. As a result, Xiao Xuxu stuffed it into his mouth without any instruction and ate it with relish. Unfortunately, after eating it for a long time, he could only eat the candied haws. Just a skin injury.

Not long after, Gao Zhuang's family came down from upstairs.

Gao Zhuang hugged Xiao Yuanyuan and said to Gao Mingcheng, "Brother Mingcheng, I'm going to the market for a stroll. Grandma asked me to buy some things back."

"Okay! You have to come back for lunch at noon! Come on, Xiao Yuanyuan, eat candied haws on a haws!" Gao Mingcheng gave another bunch of candied haws to Xiao Yuanyuan.

Gao Zhuang immediately said: "What are you spending this money on? Brother Mingcheng, why don't you just make the bayberries into candied haws and sell them!"

Gao Mingcheng smiled and said: "Do you think anyone can make syrup? But when you have free time at noon, you can try it."

"Hey, I'm going to go shopping first." Gao Zhuang chuckled and joined the crowd with his wife and children, becoming part of the bustling crowd.

The sounds of hawking, shouting, and bargaining kept ringing in my ears.

Gao Mingcheng sat on the small bench, quietly feeling the slow pace of the times.

In later generations, with the rise of e-commerce, the decline of physical stores, and the gradual decline of market participants, except for big cities, many small cities lacked lively scenes.

Gao Mingcheng was feeling deeply in his heart when Maozi emerged from the crowd and walked towards Gao Mingcheng.

"Hey, Brother Mingcheng, let me see, how much is this worth?" Maozi took out a few ancient coins from his trouser pocket.

When Gao Mingcheng saw the ancient coin in Mao Zi's hand, he immediately took it and said, "I have to take a look before pricing it."

"Look, look." Mao Zi said quickly, sitting on the steps obediently, not daring to rush Gao Mingcheng at all.

Since helping his friend Archie sell the canopy bed at home, Maozi has seen the profits.

He didn't have a job anyway, so he walked around the streets every day and met a lot of people, so he thought about it and started paying attention to old things.

These ancient coins were obtained by him through various means. Some of them were bought from others, and some were won by betting with others.

Gao Mingcheng looked carefully at the ancient coins in his hand. There were eight coins in total. Each one had a heavy feeling left by time, and one of them was full of green patina.

The ancients used copper to mint coins. The rust is red and the copper rust is green. Therefore, the material of ancient coins can be distinguished by looking at the rust.

Mao Zi looked at Gao Mingcheng seriously, and his heart couldn't help but beat wildly, because he couldn't understand half of the words on the coins. Even if he could understand the part, he only knew a rough idea, such as carrying Those with Kangxi characters are from the Kangxi period, and those with Qianlong characters are from the Qianlong period.

But one of them had Qixiang Chongbao written on it. Maozi was confused because he didn’t even know whose reign name Qixiang was. He even asked people specifically, but no one knew the reign name of which emperor Qixiang was. .

Therefore, Maozi believed that the coin he received was a fake.

At this time, his heart was beating loudly, because he was afraid that Gao Mingcheng would recognize the fake. He brought the fake, just in case Gao Mingcheng didn't recognize it, but just spent money to buy it.

With this glimmer of hope, Mao Zi waited impatiently for Gao Mingcheng to speak.

Gao Mingcheng looked at them one by one, and finally picked up the Qixiang heavy treasure with his thumb and index finger, and looked at it carefully.

Seeing this scene, Maozi's heart beat faster.

It was so fast that Gao Mingcheng noticed that his heart rate was abnormal, and he couldn't help but asked in surprise: "What's wrong with you? You seem nervous?"

Mao Zi smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm afraid of losing money."

Gao Mingcheng knew clearly that Mao Zi was bought with money, so he said: "How much did you spend on it in total?"

Maozi smiled and then stretched out four fingers.

"40 yuan?"

"hey-hey."

Gao Mingcheng glanced at him and felt that this guy was dishonest and must have overstated the price.

However, these coins are indeed genuine, especially the Qixiang Chongbao, which is a rare coin.

Because the historical title of "Qixiang" only existed for one month, later Empress Dowager Cixi listened behind the curtain and changed the title to "Tongzhi".

The so-called antiques are firstly old and secondly rare.

Scarcity determines their price. The rarer something is, the more expensive it is!
Gao Mingcheng accepted all the eight coins, and then said to Mao Zi: "These are coins from the Qing Dynasty. They are recent and there are many things on the market. Some of them are not in good condition and have a lot of rust. But I don't You will suffer a loss, a total of 50 yuan, do you want to sell it?"

"Sell!" Almost as soon as Gao Mingcheng finished speaking, Mao Zi couldn't wait to say the word sell.

Maozi actually spent no more than ten yuan on these coins. One coin was exchanged for a handful of fruit candies from a child's shuttlecock.

A few more were won through bets and cost nothing at all.

When Gao Mingcheng asked him how much he paid for it, he naturally wouldn't tell the truth. He held out four fingers, hoping that Gao Mingcheng would pay 40 yuan to buy it.

As a result, Boss Gao is so grand!
Boss Gao is willing to pay 50 yuan to buy it!
If you still hesitate, if you miss the opportunity, Mao Zi will regret it to death!

Gao Mingcheng laughed when he saw Mao Zihou's anxious look, but he didn't regret it or anything. Instead, he took out 50 yuan and handed it to Mao Zi.

Maozi took it immediately and counted it carefully. When he found that the number was correct, he immediately stuffed it into his trouser pocket.

He looked at Gao Mingcheng with enthusiastic eyes.

"Brother Mingcheng, can I sell these things to you when I receive them from now on?"

"Okay, but it has to be real. If it's a fake, I don't want it." Gao Mingcheng clicked it specifically, so he was fooled into thinking that he was being taken advantage of.

Mao Zi immediately expressed his position: "I would never dare to lie to you with fake things!"

He said so confidently, but he was secretly happy in his heart. Among those ancient coins before, there was a fake one. Didn't Gao Mingcheng not recognize it?
When he thought of this, he couldn't help but feel proud.

Gao Mingcheng glanced at him, feeling that this guy was harboring some bad moves.

But it doesn't matter to him. The so-called soldiers will block the water and the earth will cover up. Buying and selling antiques originally relies on one's own eyesight. If you have good eyesight, you can pick up leaks. If you have poor eyesight, it is called eye-catching.

Whether you earn more or less depends entirely on your own ability.

Thinking like this, Gao Mingcheng was calm.

He even hoped that Maozi could collect more old things, which would save him from running around.

He told Maozi about the scope of the goods he received, which were mainly small items. It was inconvenient to stack and transport large items.

"I also want plaques, paintings, etc. from the past!" (End of Chapter)