Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Gao Mingcheng greeted the contractor, then checked the building materials piled on the construction site, and found nothing wrong. He nodded with a satisfied look on his face.

He called Maozi aside and prepared to look at the account book.

Mao Zi was well prepared and quickly took out the account book. The handwriting on the account book was not very neat and looked extremely sloppy. Some words were missing arms and legs, but the accounts were listed quite clearly. Behind each building material, there were written The quantity and unit price purchased, as well as the total price, are clear at a glance.

Gao Mingcheng's cultural level may not be very high, but when he looks at the account book, he doesn't even need to take out a calculator. He just takes a look at it and calculates it in his mind, and the result comes out.

Finding that there was nothing wrong with the account book, Gao Mingcheng returned the account book to Mao Zi, then took out his wallet and counted two thousand yuan from it.

After looking at the account book, Gao Mingcheng knew that the money he had given to Mao Zi had been spent long ago, and he still owed some money for building materials that had not been settled.

As for the money paid to the contractor, that is also owed. It is part of the payment in advance and will be settled together when the project is completed.

However, when Gao Mingcheng came from the store today, he didn't know if Maozi had started work here, so he had limited money.

He handed the two thousand yuan to Mao Zi and said, "When you run out, come to me with your account book, and I will give you the remaining money."

"Okay, Brother Mingcheng." Maozi took the money and put a thick stack of money into his trouser pocket.

The house has been built two meters high, and now it’s time to buy the prefabricated panels. In addition, we have to bring back another cart of bricks, so there are a lot of things to do.

Mao Zi did not participate in the construction of the house, but he did all the buying of building materials himself. In order to save some money, he would also help with tasks such as sifting river sand and mixing cement.

These jobs don't require much skill. Maozi had worked as a temporary worker at a construction site before, so he knew everything.

Gao Mingcheng stayed here for a while. Seeing that everything was going on in an orderly manner and there was no place for him to perform, he greeted Mao Zi and left first.

Not long after he returned to the store, Gao Mingwan came over carrying a chicken.

As soon as he walked in, Gao Mingwan smiled and said that he would use the kitchen at Gao Mingcheng's house to make chicken soup for Wang Xiuxiu.

This chicken must have been bought by him. It was still alive. If he wanted to stew it into chicken soup, he had to kill it first.

Fortunately, Gao Mingcheng has a yard here, which is convenient for work. Gao Mingwan didn't ask Gao Shufang and the others to help him with the work. He rolled up his sleeves and got busy. When he saw Gao Shufang coming over to boil hot water for him, he sincerely thanked Gao Shufang and Zhang Jinling.

Wang Xiuxiu started the operation in the middle of the night. Thanks to Gao Shufang and Gao Mingli, they helped send the person to the hospital in time.

He heard from the doctor that it was very dangerous for someone like Wang Xiuxiu to have her water break first.

After being thanked by her third brother, Gao Shufang smiled heartily and said, "You're welcome, we are all a family!"

Zhang Jinling also said that no need to thank her, we are all sisters-in-law, and we should help each other.

After Gao Mingwan thanked him, he said to Gao Mingcheng: "Second brother, Xiuxiu will be discharged from the hospital and go home tomorrow. Then she will go directly back to our own home for confinement. During this period, we will trouble our second brother and sister-in-law."

Gao Mingcheng also waved his hand and said, "No trouble. How long have you been on leave?"

Gao Mingwan threw the killed hen into a basin, then opened the thermos and poured the hot water on the hen. The chicken feathers were scalded by the hot water before plucking them.

As he started to work, he said: "I took more than ten days of leave. If the transportation company is not busy, then I will take a while longer."

The implication is that if he is busy, he still has to work.

Fortunately, Hu Yinchen was hired to take care of Wang Xiuxiu, so he could feel more at ease.

After talking about this, the two brothers chatted some more. Gao Mingwan talked about what he had seen outside, and then asked Gao Mingcheng what he had seen in the capital.

Gao Mingcheng picked up some things he could talk about and said that he had taken a lot of photos and could show them to Gao Mingwan later.

When he heard the photo, Gao Mingwan's eyes lit up, and he suddenly thought of something. He hurriedly said: "Second brother, let me borrow your camera tomorrow! I want to take a birth photo of my daughter!"

Nowadays, in photo studios, it has become popular to take photos of children, such as full-month photos and one-year-old photos. There are still relatively few people who take birth photos, but his second brother has a camera, so he can definitely take a photo of his baby girl!
It was late today and the light was not good, so Gao Mingwan decided to shoot tomorrow.

Gao Mingcheng agreed to borrow the camera and asked Wang Xiuxiu whether he would be discharged from the hospital tomorrow morning or afternoon.

After learning that he would be discharged from the hospital in the morning, Gao Mingcheng said that he and Duo Mei would also go to the hospital to visit.

He went to the hospital today, but Du Mei wanted to stay in the store to look after the store, so he didn't go.

"Okay." Gao Mingwan agreed with a smile.

He worked fairly quickly and quickly cleaned up the chicken, chopped it into pieces, and stewed it in a small pot.

As for blanching, people cooking nowadays, especially meat dishes, rarely blanch them!
Home-raised free-range chickens don’t have much oil and water, so the oil is wasted by blanching them! Who is willing to do this!

Moreover, this kind of native chicken can be stewed directly, there will be no fishy smell, and there will be less blood foam.

While the chicken was stewing, Gao Mingwan flipped through the photo album that Gao Mingcheng brought back from the capital. He looked at Tiananmen, the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and the dazzling array of merchandise, with a look of yearning on his face.

This is the capital...

Finally, his eyes rested on the photo of the small bungalow.

This house already belongs to his second brother!
His second brother bought a house in the capital!

This realization immediately defeated Gao Mingwan. Suddenly, he discovered the gap between himself and his second brother.

He lowered his head and pondered, feeling that he would have to work harder and save money in the future. If given the chance, he would also like to buy a house in a big city!
Gao Mingwan, who was born in a small mountain village, has broadened his horizons a lot in the years since he became a driver.

The dream of people of the same age is to build a house in the village, get a wife, and multiply.

Those who are somewhat promising want to live in the county.

For them, they have never thought of leaving this native place and going to the big cities outside!

His second brother has already bought a house in the capital, so will he live in the capital in the future?

Gao Mingwan was thinking about this question in his mind, but did not ask it.

At this moment, the sound of a bicycle bell rang. It turned out that Gao Mingli had returned from get off work.

Seeing that the door to the backyard was open, he didn't get out of the car. Instead, he drove the car directly into the yard and then stopped.

"Hey, third brother is back!" Gao Mingli saw Gao Mingwanshi and immediately joked: "Third brother, you have to thank us properly. For your daughter, I stayed up half the night and had to go during the day. At work!"

Gao Shufang and Zhang Jinling were able to catch up on their sleep during the day, but Gao Mingli was not so lucky and had to endure it. Fortunately, at noon, he found a place to take a nap.

Gao Mingwan already knew that it was Gao Mingli who carried Wang Xiuxiu downstairs, so he was really grateful to Gao Mingli. He immediately stood up, thanked Gao Mingli sternly, and said that he would treat them to a good meal when he was free. .

Gao Mingli laughed and said, "Then I'll wait for your good food!" "Okay!" Gao Mingwan agreed with a smile.

The brothers get along harmoniously. At first glance, they look like brothers and sisters, and they don't have the petty thoughts of their youth at all.

The small pot is simmering chicken soup, and the big iron pot is not idle either, cooking a pot full of noodles.

I didn’t have time to buy groceries this morning, so I couldn’t cook rice. I could only cook noodles. But fortunately, I have a lot of eggs and wind-blown pork at home. I cracked a few poached eggs and cut some wind-blown pork. The noodles cooked in this way also tasted quite good. good.

After the old hen was stewed, Gao Mingwan first took out the chicken and then used the remaining chicken soup to cook noodles.

The noodles cooked in this way are light, nutritious, and very milky.

Speaking of breastfeeding, Gao Mingwan decided to buy Wang Xiuxiu pig's feet and crucian carp every day from now on, and let Wang Xiuxiu drink a bowl of sweet wine from time to time to ensure that her milk supply was sufficient!
An old hen says more is not too much, but less is not enough. Gao Mingwan left two chicken drumsticks for Wang Xiuxiu and shared the rest with everyone.

Gao Mingwan ate a bowl of noodles in a hurry, and then walked to the hospital with two portions of noodles.

He borrowed Gao Mingli's bicycle, put the lunch box with noodles in the basket in front of the bicycle, and rode all the way there, which made it much faster.

As for the tractor, this distance is not necessary.

Gao Mingwan left in a hurry, but came back quickly.

Naturally, he came back this time to return Gao Mingli's bicycle and borrow Gao Mingcheng's tractor. He had to take the bedding, clothes and other daily necessities left here back to his home.

This confinement period cannot be done in other people's homes. Besides, he has his own home. Wang Xiuxiu can relax more if she stays in her own home.

When moving things upstairs, others also helped me.

Gao Shufang said: "Third brother, my sister-in-law's sheets are dirty. I washed them in the afternoon and they are now hanging in the yard. They are not dry yet."

Gao Mingwan quickly thanked him.

Gao Shufang said: "You're welcome. Although I washed the sheets, the mattress cannot be washed. It is still wet. You have to take it out to dry it when you bring it back."

"Okay, I understand." Gao Mingwan agreed.

With everyone's help, I was able to get almost all of Wang Xiuxiu's things in one trip and put them all together in the bed of the tractor.

"Second brother, I will return the tractor to you after Xiu Xiu is discharged from the hospital tomorrow." Before leaving, Gao Mingwan said something to Gao Mingcheng.

"Okay, the camera is at the new home. Tomorrow, when Duomei and I go to the hospital to visit Xiuxiu, we will take pictures of the child." Gao Mingcheng said.

"Hey, thank you, second brother." Gao Mingwan thanked him again before driving the tractor back to his home.

That night, instead of going to the hospital to accompany him, he cleaned the house inside and out.

Wang Xiuxiu has lived with Gao Mingcheng for more than a month, and he himself has been traveling for a long time. Dust has fallen on the furniture in this house!
The next morning, Gao Shufang and Zhang Jinling were looking at the store, and Gao Mingcheng took Duo Mei to the hospital to visit Wang Xiuxiu and the child.

Duo Mei gave the child a red envelope. She actually sympathized with Wang Xiuxiu in her heart because she gave birth to a daughter!

The elder sister-in-law Huang Su'e also gave birth to a daughter years ago, but she had already given birth to a son before, and she was also liked by Luo Xiaohua. Even if the daughter was born later, it would not be a problem.

But Wang Xiuxiu is different.

The first child was a daughter, which put a lot of pressure on Wang Xiuxiu.

Of course, the sympathy in your heart is sympathy, and you cannot say it out loud, otherwise it will make people think too much.

After arriving at the hospital, it happened that the child was awake, so Gao Mingcheng quickly took out his camera and took some birth photos of the child.

It is said that a newborn baby is very adaptable. It was one thing yesterday, and it is another thing today.

Gao Mingcheng took a single photo of the child, and then asked Xiao Xuxu to stand next to the child and take a brother and sister photo.

In the end, Wang Xiuxiu held the child, and Gao Mingwan stood beside him and took a family photo for them.

In the picture, although Wang Xiuxiu is weak, she is in much better condition than yesterday. She is holding her child with a happy smile on her face, while Gao Mingwan, standing aside, is smiling like a fool.

After taking photos of each scene, Gao Mingcheng put away the camera and said to Gao Mingwan and others: "I will give them to you after the photos are developed."

"Okay, second brother, we are not in a hurry." Gao Mingwan said quickly.

After taking pictures, everyone stayed in the ward to talk, and Gao Mingwan went to go through the discharge procedures.

Women who give birth naturally can be discharged from the hospital soon. If they are afraid of spending money, they can give birth on the same day and be discharged and go home the same day.

After completing the procedures, you can prepare to be discharged and go home.

Gao Mingwan supported Wang Xiuxiu, while Hu Yinchen was responsible for holding the child.

Gao Mingcheng and Duo Mei helped carry milk powder, bottles, diapers and other things.

The tractor is parked in the yard downstairs. You can put things into the truck bed and people sit in it, and it can be done with just one truck.

Fortunately, Gao Mingcheng installed a carport for the tractor body. Wang Xiuxiu, a pregnant woman, could sit here without too much cold wind.

It was a sunny day in May. Gao Mingcheng only had to wear a short-sleeved shirt, but Wang Xiuxiu was fully armed, not only wearing thick clothes, but also wearing a hat!
The child was also wrapped in swaddling clothes, with only a small face exposed.

Both the mother and the newborn baby are not allowed to see the wind.

Gao Mingwan sat on the tractor and said to Gao Mingcheng: "Second brother, second sister-in-law, let's go home first."

Gao Mingcheng and Duo Mei were not sitting on the tractor, they were going to walk back.

"it is good."

After the two sides said goodbye, Gao Mingcheng watched the tractor drive out of the hospital gate.

Gao Mingcheng was not in a hurry to go home immediately, but said to Duo Mei: "There are still three pictures left on the film. I plan to finish them all so that they can be developed in the photo studio. There is a small garden in this hospital. Let’s go over there and take some photos!”

Film cameras are different from later digital cameras. You must finish shooting a roll of film before you can take out the film and send it to be developed.

When you go to a photo studio to take photos, the time to pick them up is often a few days later. This is not because the process of developing the photos is very troublesome, but simply because you need to allow enough time to finish shooting a roll of film.

Many Mei naturally agreed happily, so the family of three came to the small garden, found a location with a good view, and click, click, click, all three photos were taken. (End of chapter)