Return to the small mountain village in 1986

A heavy rain suddenly came, taking away the summer heat and giving people a bit of coolness.

In such weather, you don't need to turn on the fan, just lie on the bamboo mat and have a good sleep.

The only disadvantage is that the heavy rain has affected the TV signal, making it impossible to watch programs on the color TV at home, and the voltage is unstable at the moment. If you use electrical appliances during a thunderstorm, the TV may break, so no one dares to watch TV. Dinner Afterwards, they gathered in the shed in the backyard to talk.

Suddenly, everyone's eyes went dark. It turned out that there was a power outage.

Gao Mingcheng had good eyesight and could see clearly even in the dark. He immediately went to get candles and lighters.

With a click, a spark came out of the lighter and lit the candle.

One candle lit another candle, and soon the orange-red candlelight illuminated the small backyard again.

Gao Shufang said happily: "Fortunately, I didn't turn on the TV just now! The chandeliers in the store were also turned off in advance!"

This sudden power outage can cause damage to electrical appliances.

The backyard is equipped with ordinary incandescent lamps, so even if they break, it doesn't matter.

Since the power was out, everyone no longer gathered together to talk. Instead, they took candles and went to their own rooms to rest.

It has been half a month since Grandma Gao broke her leg, and the kindergarten teacher training has also ended. After the heavy rain stops, Gao Mingcheng will send He Xiuman and Xiao Yuanyuan back to the village.

Since that conversation, Gao Mingli has been avoiding Gao Mingcheng intentionally or unintentionally. Gao Mingcheng noticed it, but didn't care.

Some hardships need to be eaten by oneself to wake up.

Gao Mingcheng's life now is quite leisurely. When he is busy, he walks around the streets collecting old things, and when he is free, he farms, raises his children and comforts his wife.

After a night of heavy rain, another sunny day came.

He Xiuman and Xiao Yuanyuan are going back to Gaojia Village, and everyone is a little reluctant to leave.

After being together for a month and a half, we have developed more feelings for each other.

It's just that He Xiuman also misses the tall and young grandma at home, so he wants to go back as soon as possible.

This day happened to be a holiday, and Gao Mingli had to go back to the village. If it hadn't rained heavily yesterday, he would have gone back to Gaojia Village directly after get off work.

Today he did not ride a bicycle, but took a ride on Gao Mingcheng's tractor.

Gao Mingli sat in a corner of the carriage, looking at the scenery that kept retreating, with a somewhat depressed expression on his face.

He went back once during the holiday before. As soon as he got home, his mother and his wife came to complain to him. His wife said that her sister-in-law and mother-in-law bullied her, while his mother said that his wife was getting lazy and would not do anything even when asked. Moved.

Both women hope that Gao Mingli can stand on their side, but Gao Mingli himself is a person who doesn't have much opinion. They were so noisy that they didn't know what to do.

He really didn't want to go back today, but if he didn't go back, he would offend people even more. Besides, the way his second brother looked at him sometimes made him dodge.

When the tractor stopped at the edge of the pond at the entrance of the village, Gao Mingli got out of the car as if he was mourning for his wife, and walked towards his home carrying his things.

Gao Mingcheng walked behind, helping He Xiuman carry the luggage bag, a bag of clothes and a bag of various things bought from the county.

Beside the pond, some villagers were squatting there washing clothes. When they saw them coming back, they immediately said hello.

After taking He Xiuman to the county to participate in kindergarten teacher training, the news that Gao Mingcheng was going to open a kindergarten in the county quickly spread throughout the surrounding villages.

Nowadays, many rural people are not very active in even sending their children to primary school, let alone spending money to send their children to kindergarten.

Therefore, after hearing about it, they all felt that the kindergarten opened by Gao Mingcheng would definitely lose money.

Some people are even secretly happy.

There are people who hate, but there are no people who laugh.This is also a common psychology among people.

Gao Mingcheng was very calm about this.

After returning to Grandma Xi's house, the family of four was naturally very lively after their reunion.

Grandma Xi hugged Xiao Yuanyuan and refused to let go, her face full of joy. After this parting, Grandma Xi had completely thought about it. When the kindergarten starts next year, she will definitely have to go to the county, otherwise she won’t be able to see her. My precious great-granddaughter, she really misses her very much.

Xiao Yuanyuan also misses her grandma very much. One big and one little girl hugged each other and refused to let go.Gao Zhuang and He Xiuman also went to the side to talk.

Seeing this, Gao Mingcheng decided not to make a light bulb at all and decided to go to Niuweiling.

But seeing that he was about to leave, Grandma Xi quickly said: "Ming Cheng, come here for lunch at noon!"

"Okay!" Gao Mingcheng agreed and strode out of the yard.

As soon as he walked to the corridor between the houses, he heard a quarrel at his parents' house in front of him.

When Gao Mingcheng heard the quarrel, he walked faster. It was not a wise choice to get into trouble at this time!

As for visiting grandma, let’s wait until after lunch!

Gao Mingcheng left secretly, so he didn't know that in this quarrel, Gao Mingli became a doormat again.

Both his mother and wife complained to him, which resulted in a huge quarrel.

Gao Mingcheng, who was minding his own business, came to Niuweiling with ease.

It was already mid-August. In a few days, he would make a trip to Yangcheng and pick up Fan Licheng.

Gao Mingcheng found Chen Duofu and asked about the beehives.

After being managed by dedicated personnel, the beehives are in good condition and ready to harvest honey.

Now Gao Mingcheng has 45 beehives. There is not much honey in the newly divided beehives, but the previous beehives are full of honey.

"Then let's start shaking the honey. Let's clean the bottle containing the honey today." Gao Mingcheng said, opening the door of the utility room and taking out the bottle from inside.

It turned out that these bottles may not be enough, so he said: "I will buy bottles tomorrow and then we can shake the honey together."

"Hey, okay." Chen Duofu agreed and then said, "That's okay. I'll go work in the fields first."

"Okay." Gao Mingcheng does not limit employees' working hours, as long as they do what he is told to do.

He cleaned the bottles himself, placed them upside down on a bench to dry, and then carried the bamboo basket to the vegetable field.

Every time he came back, he would pick a bunch of vegetables and take them back.

Now, in addition to vegetables, you can also bring back some watermelons and pear melons.

Gao Ming went straight to the watermelon field.

Zhang Chengyuan is quite talented in planting. He manages his vegetable plot very well and grows many varieties. Basically, he can have seasonal vegetables all year round.

When we arrived at the watermelon field, we immediately saw dozens of large and small watermelons lying in the melon field covered with vines.

This watermelon is an old local variety with a thick skin and a large size. A mature watermelon can weigh more than ten or twenty kilograms.

Next to the watermelon field, there are two fields of pear melons.

Pear melon is also called cantaloupe. It is considered mature when its skin turns white, yellow and fragrant.

Gao Mingcheng first tore off a pear melon, wiped it casually on his clothes, and then took a bite. The sweet smell immediately hit his nostrils, and the juice flowed down his hands.

After chewing a pear melon, he threw the melon stem into the ground.

As a result, he ate happily, but the two dogs circled around him and kept barking, indicating that they also wanted to eat.

Gao Mingcheng laughed, picked another ripe pear melon, cut it in two and gave it to the two dogs.

When the two dogs got the food, they immediately lowered their heads and gnawed on the pear melon.

Gao Mingcheng began to pick watermelons. He first visually inspected them, and then tapped the rind with his fingers. From the sound he heard, he could judge whether the watermelons were ripe.

Because he had to come back to shake the honey tomorrow, Gao Mingcheng only picked three watermelons, two of which were taken back to the county to eat, and one to Grandma Xi's house to eat. (End of chapter)