Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 502 Returning to the Village to Collect Medicine
When Gao Mingwan and his wife were thinking about asking Hu Yinchen to work, Hu Yinchen was also thinking about going back to Gao Mingcheng's house to work.

She had been working at Gao Mingcheng's house, mainly taking care of the children and helping with some housework. Later, her husband broke his leg. She had no choice but to take leave and go home to take care of her husband.

It is also now that Xiaoxuxu is older and easier to take care of. Otherwise, once she asks for leave, the family may have to find someone else to do the job.

Although Gao Mingcheng and his wife were easy to talk to and clearly promised to go back to work after her family affairs were finished, Hu Yinchen still felt a little panicked.

So when her husband's condition got better, she discussed with her family to do something.

The family used to have two incomes, and their life was quite comfortable. Now that her husband has broken his leg and is unable to work, and she has taken leave to take care of him at home. Without these two incomes, she is a bit stretched when it comes to money.

So on the second day of Gao Yuan's birthday, Hu Yinchen returned to Gao Mingcheng's place to work.

Gao Mingcheng welcomed her return, because in a few days, he would have to go to Yangcheng to purchase goods. After purchasing the goods, it would be time to return to the village to prepare for harvesting medicinal materials.

The rhythm of life is always busy and occasionally leisurely, and busyness also highlights the value of leisure. Otherwise, if you are leisurely every day and have nothing to do, time will not be able to leave a mark on your life.

During the days when Hu Yinchen was on leave, Duomei took on more responsibilities to take care of Xiao Xuxu. Now with Hu Yinchen's help, when she was free occasionally, she would ask Gao Shufang to go to her new home, and the two of them might practice piano. , or dance practice, which not only cultivates sentiments, but also reviews skills.

Gao Shufang did not go to the kindergarten teacher training, but now many beauties can teach her, and if they have the conditions, they can keep practicing to prevent their skills from becoming rusty.

In Gao Shufang's plan, she actually did not plan to work as a kindergarten teacher, because her second brother settled the accounts for her. If she works in the kindergarten, she can only get a normal salary, but if she sells clothes in the store, she will get a commission.

In the off-season, the wages of the two may be similar, but in the peak season, the wages of clothing stores will be much higher than that of kindergarten teachers, and if kindergarten teachers are on winter and summer vacation, the money they receive will be even less.

Out of income considerations, Gao Shufang said she would stay in the store and sell goods.

Gao Mingcheng naturally hopes that Gao Shufang will stay in the store. Now that she has experienced and practiced, and she is also his own sister, he feels more at ease letting her collect money and manage accounts.

Even so, every young girl has a literary dream, so when many beauties taught her how to play piano and dance, she studied very seriously.

Every night before taking a shower and going back to the house to go to bed, she would carefully record her daily diary. Keeping a diary kept her in mind, which helped her remember more commonly used words and increase her vocabulary.

If you read this thick diary from beginning to end, you can see Gao Shufang's progress.

Gao Shufang is working hard, and so are Gao Mingli and Zhang Jinling, but their efforts are directed toward having a baby.

Luo Xiaohua's partiality made Zhang Jinling feel very uncomfortable, so after returning, she took the initiative to approach Gao Mingli and said she wanted to have a child as soon as possible.

This was exactly what Gao Mingli wanted, because he also wanted a child.

Several brothers had given birth to children, or were about to give birth to children, and since he was silent, he felt like a dwarf.

Because they want to have a baby, the relationship between the couple has improved visibly.

Gao Mingcheng is happy to see this, but the matter of giving birth depends on fate. If you work hard, there will be results. If things develop the same as in the previous life, then Zhang Jinling will not be able to conceive until the end of the year. Up.

One day in mid-September, while the sun was shining, Gao Mingcheng drove a large Dongfeng truck toward Yangcheng.

With the connection with the transportation company, it is much more convenient for him to go to Yangcheng to purchase goods than for ordinary people. Otherwise, he would have to take a train to the provincial capital first, and then transfer from the provincial capital to Yangcheng. The trains at this moment are not only slow, but also It was very crowded, there was no air conditioning inside, and there were all kinds of smells. Especially in the summer, it was stuffy, hot and smelly.

After getting off the train, you still have to walk all the way to wholesale the goods you need. Then, you have to carry the goods and squeeze into the train, transfer to another train, squeeze into the train again, etc.

After such a trip, people can lose a few pounds.

Happiness comes from contrast. Thinking about it this way, Gao Mingcheng, who had to drive more than 700 kilometers alone, no longer felt tired.

Four days had passed since this round trip. When he came back, Gao Mingcheng had brought back the latest goods.

In fact, saying it is the latest model is still a bit conservative, because the truly trendy new models are not accepted by the public in small counties. For example, very revealing clothes are popular in Xiangjiang at the moment, with women wearing suspenders and men wearing shorts. , and the fabrics are colorful, but this kind of clothes is naturally not accepted in small and conservative counties.

Gao Mingcheng is able to grasp this degree very well, so every time he buys goods, he sells them very well, and the profit of clothing is indeed very high. A good suit costs more than 200 yuan, but the profit is It’s 100 yuan.

Women's fashionable clothes come in even more varieties, and merchants use all kinds of patterns to drain money from customers' pockets.

Gao Mingcheng was busy in the store for another two days. Seeing that the store was developing well, he decided to go back to the village to collect medicinal materials.

This trip lasted for several days, so Duomei decided to take his children back with him, otherwise it would not be good to always let Gao Mingcheng go to other people's houses for dinner.

On September 25, a family of three returned to Gaojia Village on a tractor.

Xiao Xuxu still had an impression of Sangou. When he saw Sangou approaching from a distance, he kept barking and drooled with joy.

Gao Mingcheng was fully prepared this time and came back with a camera. Before returning, he bought two rolls of color film, which was enough for this shooting.

So, on a sunny day, in an environment with birds singing and flowers fragrant, precious photos were born. There were many beauties walking in the fields holding little Xuxu, little Xuxu playing with three dogs, and a family of three. photo, and in the background is a small mountain full of fruits.

This year the orange trees have had a bumper harvest, the grapefruit trees have begun to bear fruit, and the persimmon and chestnut trees have also borne fruit.

Life in the village seems to be very leisurely and beautiful, but in fact, there are also many small problems. The autumn mosquitoes in the countryside are the most poisonous. One bite can cause a bite. The adults are okay, but Xiao Xuxu has suffered a big sin. Many beauties have no choice but to Wear him with long sleeves and long trousers, and spray him with toilet water several times.

When you go to bed at night, you have to hang up a mosquito net.

In addition, the sick scalper was also relocated.

The cow was suspected to have gallstones, and the symptoms were similar. Later, a veterinarian was invited to see the doctor, but he couldn't find out the reason. Instead, he used a simple method to make the cow's condition improve, and at least he was willing to eat some.

It's just that the howling day and night is still hard to change.

Normally, forget it, but now that I live with my children, when the cows howl at night, it is easy to wake them up.

So Gao Mingcheng took the old scalper to the shed at the foot of Xiaofu Mountain and kept company with the chickens next door!
It was a hardship for Chen Dasong, who was keeping vigil next to the chicken coop. Fortunately, he slept deeply and could not be disturbed.After solving these life problems, Gao Mingcheng was free to go into the mountains to collect herbs.

He came back late, because the villagers had been going into the mountains to collect herbs as early as early September. Suitable herbs were harvested on the spot, dried in the sun, and sent to Gao Zhuang for weighing and payment.

Just like last year, Gao Mingcheng was not responsible for purchasing medicinal materials. He came back purely to collect medicinal materials. The village is surrounded by mountains on three sides. Gao Mingcheng did not want those low hills and medicinal materials halfway up the mountain. He only went into the deep mountains of Niuweiling. Go inside.

The truly valuable medicinal materials are often found deep in the mountains.

Gao Mingcheng picked red Ganoderma lucidum, Poria cocos, yellow gardenia, Evodia, plantain, ephedra, asarum, purpurea and other medicinal materials when he saw them.

But some medicinal materials have to wait until winter to be harvested, such as the kudzu root that can be seen all over the mountains and plains here.

Those who feed pigs will cut kudzu vines and chop them into pieces before feeding them to the pigs. Dried kudzu flowers also have the effect of relieving hangovers. As for the kudzu vines underground, wait until winter when the starch content is highest to dig them out, then grind them into powder, or wash them directly. It is okay to eat it clean and cooked.

For this thing, Gao Mingcheng decided to go into the mountains to dig some in winter. The kudzu roots at the foot of the mountain were dug up every year, and there were no larger ones at all. But deep in the mountains, kudzu roots that are more than ten years old can be seen everywhere!

He goes out early and comes back late every day to collect medicinal materials in the mountains, while Duo Mei stays at home, taking care of the children, doing housework, and processing medicinal materials. The husband and wife divide the labor and cooperate, so that life becomes more and more prosperous.

While Gao Mingcheng was busy, his sister was taken care of.

Zhu Yongjie, the nephew of Boss Zhu next door, learned that Gao Mingcheng was going back to the village for a while, so he became even more active in looking for Gao Shufang. Because the two lived next door, they could find Gao Shufang more than a dozen times a day!

At first, Gao Shufang was quite happy to talk to him. After all, he was funny and good-looking. But when he kept coming, Gao Shufang became a little unhappy. With the absence of her second brother and sister-in-law, the responsibilities on her shoulders were heavy. For some, in addition to selling goods, you also have to keep accounts.

But Zhu Yongjie always came to talk to her, which made it somewhat inconvenient for her to do things. One time, Zhu Yongjie even deliberately got very close to her when she was keeping accounts, hoping to see the contents of her account books.

With a "pop" sound, Gao Shufang suddenly closed the ledger and said seriously with a straight face: "Didn't your uncle teach you not to read other people's ledgers randomly?"

Zhu Yongjie sneered and defended: "I didn't know you were keeping accounts, I thought you were reading and taking notes! Shufang, you have read so many books, and you know no less than those who graduated from junior high school."

Gao Shufang still took advantage of Zhu Yongjie's compliment, so she looked more relaxed.

When she was a child, she was too playful and did not like studying. After finishing elementary school, she gave up on going to the town to attend junior high school because it was too far and because her family did not particularly support her studying.

In addition, there were not many girls in the village studying in junior high school, so she chose not to study.

But now, she still somewhat regrets it.

Fortunately, after working with her second brother, she really learned a lot. Now Zhu Yongjie praises her as no worse than those who went to junior high school, and she thinks so in her heart.

So Gao Shufang smiled and said: "My second brother bought a lot of books for me to read! Zhu Yongjie, I think you have nothing to do all day long. If you want to read a book, just ask me to borrow it, as long as you don't damage the book Just do it.”

Zhu Yongjie's eyes flickered for a moment, and finally he borrowed a martial arts novel by Jin Yong and went back to read it.

"Why are there no novels by Gu Long?" Zhu Yongjie asked.

Gao Shufang immediately said: "My second brother said that you should not read novels by people like Gu Long and Huang Yi, as they will change your temper. In addition, you should borrow these magazines to read. These magazines are what my second brother went to the post office for." Yes, it contains some of the latest knowledge."

Gao Shufang recommended some magazines about scientific knowledge to Zhu Yongjie, but after taking a look at them, Zhu Yongjie felt uninterested.

Finally he took the martial arts novel and left.

Hu Yinchen, who had more experience, immediately said to Gao Shufang: "Shufang, I think this young man is interested in you."

Gao Shufang curled her lips. Her second brother had reminded her that Zhu Yongjie was not a good match and that she and Zhu Yongjie could just be ordinary friends.

As the person who listens to the second brother the most, Gao Shufang will naturally not go against the second brother, not to mention that she really doesn't like Zhu Yongjie.

So Gao Shufang said: "If he doesn't say anything, I can't refuse directly, otherwise he will think that I am being sentimental. Aunt Hu, if he comes again later, please help stop him!"

"Hey, okay." Hu Yinchen agreed.

The young girl is thin-skinned, but she is a strong-willed aunt. If anything happens, she will take care of her!

So when Zhu Yongjie came back to discuss the plot of the martial arts novel with Gao Shufang, Hu Yinchen gave full play to the function of a super-watt light bulb and kept changing the topic.

Sometimes he asked about Zhu Yongjie's family situation, sometimes he asked how Zhu Yongjie's shoemaking skills were going, and sometimes he said that Zhu Yongjie should wash his own clothes. Last time he heard his aunt complain.

After hearing these words, Zhu Yongjie was so embarrassed that he had to find an excuse to leave.

After Zhu Yongjie left, Gao Shufang asked with some surprise: "He didn't wash the clothes himself, so he asked his aunt to wash them? He is already such an old man."

Hu Yinchen nodded and said mysteriously: "I overheard that his aunt didn't like him very much and even asked Boss Zhu to send him back."

Gao Shufang was even more surprised. You know, Zhu Yongjie had been at his uncle's and aunt's house for nearly a month, and Hu Yinchen had only returned to work for a few days.

As a result, Hu Yinchen knew some gossip secrets that she didn't even know!

Seeing the gleam of gossip in Gao Shufang's eyes, Hu Yinchen thought for a while and decided to talk about it carefully: "I tell you, this Zhu Yongjie is the youngest son in the family and the most favored child. Although he was born in In the village, I haven’t done much work since I was a child!”

"Now that he is old and has no skills to make a living, it is difficult to find a wife in the village, so his family sent him to Boss Zhu. But as you can see, he dislikes making shoes because it is tiring. I visit everywhere from day to day."

"His uncle and aunt have already had several quarrels because of him!"

Gao Shufang listened to these gossips and asked curiously: "Aunt Hu, how did you know? Did you overhear it?"

Hu Yinchen smiled mysteriously and said: "Part of it was eavesdropped, and part of it was said by his aunt herself! Yesterday morning I went to the market to buy meat, and I happened to meet his aunt. Within a few words, his aunt complained to me. Get up."

(End of this chapter)