Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Gao Shufang and Lou Xinyu haven't been together for too long, so naturally they won't tell him about bad things at home.

But now Lou Xinyu discovered it himself, which made Gao Shufang feel a little embarrassed.

When he was hesitating about what to say, Lou Xinyu said understandingly: "It is common for parents to be partial. I was just asking."

Gao Shufang glanced at him, thought for a while, and briefly talked about the situation at home.

Their family said there was nothing wrong with him. It was just that his parents liked the eldest brother more.

But the eldest son is different. Many people in his village like the eldest son, and some people like the younger son at most. The middle child is like a weed, as long as he can survive.

Gao Shufang emphasized again and again: "Despite this, my four brothers are all in junior high school. In this regard, the family still treats them equally."

Gao Yuanyuan once worked in the village committee, and he was good at making wine and cooking spoons. He could support his family and was willing to pay for his sons to study. If any of the four brothers had the seed to study, they would continue to support him.

Unfortunately, how good can the quality of teaching in villages and towns be? In addition, the four brothers of the Gao family are indeed not academically talented, so they only went to junior high school.

Lou Xinyu listened to a lot of gossip, and felt that when he looked at the people in his future father-in-law's family, they would be different.

When Gao Shufang mentioned studying, Lou Xinyu asked curiously: "Your four brothers have all gone to junior high school, so why didn't you go to junior high school? Is it because your family doesn't let you?"

Gao Shufang's face turned red, and she lowered her head slightly, feeling a little embarrassed.

When she stayed in the village, she didn't know the importance of academic qualifications. Now she knows, but it's too late.

Seeing that Lou Xinyu was about to suspect that her parents stopped allowing her to go to school, she muttered: "It's not because... none of the girls in our village are in junior high school, and there are many boys whose family conditions are not good. I haven’t gone to junior high school yet.”

"The nearest primary school to our village is Xing'anling Primary School, but students can only attend the third grade there. If they want to study in the fourth or fifth grade, they have to go to another place. It's far away and you have to walk for an hour every day. If you want to study in junior high school, you have to go further away. It’s best to live at the school and only go home during the holidays.”

"After I finished elementary school, other girls of the same age in the village stopped studying. At that time, my parents asked me if I wanted to go to junior high school, and I said I didn't want to go. Later, my dad said it's better not to go to school. As a girl, I have a lot of inconveniences when I live in school. My mother also said that no one else is studying and they all help with the work at home. She has to do a lot of things every day, so she can feel more relaxed with my help. "

Speaking of the past, Gao Shufang sighed.

At that time, she was still young and had a lot of fun. Several of her cousins ​​stopped reading, so she was unwilling to read. And because she was a girl, her family didn't even try to persuade her, so she decided to do so.

However, Gao Shufang still believed that it was her own problem. She felt that if she had devoted herself to studying and had to go to junior high school, her family would have been willing to do so.

If she thought this way, Gao Shufang felt better.

Lou Xinyu saw Gao Shufang's regret for not continuing to study, shook her hand, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you didn't go to junior high school, you now know no less than those junior high school students. Seeing that you know so much, I When I have nothing to do, I also read more books.”

Good relationships will make people progress.

After Gao Shufang realized that her academic qualifications were her shortcoming, she always maintained a good habit of reading. When there was no one in the store, she would always pick up a book to read.

On their street, some businessmen would set up a card table at the door when there was no business in the store, and invite friends to play cards to relieve their boredom.

But Gao Shufang never participated in such activities. She only chatted with others about the latest news in the county when she was bored.

After Lou Xinyu got along with Gao Shufang, he found that Gao Shufang had a wide range of knowledge and did not look like an uneducated person at all.

In addition, due to work reasons, he went to Xinhua Bookstore to buy some books to read. Later, after he fell in love with Gao Shufang, he also bought books from the clothing store to read.

The two of them were walking and chatting. Seeing that the police station's family home was in front of them, Lou Xinyu stopped and Gao Shufang also stopped and looked at the family home in front of them.

At this time, most people were staying at home, lights were on in every occupied house, and various sounds came from different rooms.

There were talking and laughing, parents scolding their children, and even the sound of television.

Gao Shufang was stunned for a moment, then said: "You go back and rest, I'm going back too."

She was about to let go of Lou Xinyu's hand and turn around to leave, but she saw Lou Xinyu also turned around, still holding his hand with no sign of letting go.

"Let's go, I'll take you back." Lou Xinyu said with a natural expression. Before going out, he promised his second brother that he would send Gao Shufang back.

Gao Shufang was silent for a few seconds, feeling that Lou Xinyu was a little unnecessary, but also felt her heart pounding.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Lou Xinyu sent Gao Shufang back to the clothing store. By this time, Gao Mingcheng had already returned to his new home with his wife and children. Zhang Jinling was mopping the floor in the store. When she saw Gao Shufang coming back, she hurriedly said that she wanted to go to the store. Shufang stepped on the mop and wiped the soles of her shoes before going in, so as not to dirty the newly mopped floor.

Gao Shufang stepped on the mop a few times as instructed.

Zhang Jinling looked at Lou Xinyu's leaving figure and laughed at their tiredness.

Although the tone was a joke, Zhang Jinling felt a little envious in her heart.

She and Gao Mingli got married on a blind date. They didn't get along much before the marriage. After the marriage, they were even more separated from each other at the beginning, and they could only see each other once a week.

It wasn't until her second brother took her to live in the county that her relationship with Gao Mingli gradually eased. Now, not to mention how good it is, at least there is no problem.

Married life is ordinary, just like all parents' generations.

But people are always greedy. When Zhang Jinling saw that her second brother was very kind to her second sister-in-law, she would be envious in her heart. Now that she sees that Gao Shufang and Lou Xinyu have a good relationship, she will naturally be envious as well.

Gao Shufang's face turned red when she was teased, and she immediately said: "Brother is on vacation next Thursday, so tell fourth brother to take my sister-in-law and you to go outside and play too, so you don't laugh at us!"

Speaking of which, Zhang Jinling had never gone out alone with Gao Mingli since she came to the county.

Zhang Jinling subconsciously wanted to refuse, but before she could say the refusal, it turned into: "Where can I go to play when I have time!"

Gao Shufang smiled, it seemed that her sister-in-law was moved, so she said: "If you are free, Sister Luo Li has already given birth. When the time comes, call her here to do some work, and I will call Xinyu over to help, that's about it. "

Zhang Jinling became more and more excited, but she still didn't agree because she wasn't sure whether Gao Mingli would take her out to play.

So she said vaguely that she would talk about it later.

It was getting late, and the floor of the clothing store had been mopped, so the two closed the rolling shutter door, tied the trip rope, and prepared to go upstairs to sleep.

Last year, there was a group of thieves in the county who stole things from the store. At that time, Gao Mingcheng got a tripping rope. Although the shop was not visited by thieves, the tripping rope was still in use. As soon as the door is closed and the lights are turned off, the first floor falls into darkness, but the lights on the second floor turn on again, breaking through a little of the night.

The next day, Gao Shufang saw Luo Li coming over to chat with her child.

She was joking with her fourth sister-in-law yesterday and mentioned Luo Li in her conversation. However, after chatting with Luo Li, she discovered that next weekend is the 20th, which is a big day for Luo Li's family to host a banquet.

As a result, Luo Li naturally couldn't help in the store, and the second brother and sister-in-law had to go to Luo Li's house to have a drink.

When Luo Li heard Gao Shufang talking about that, she smiled and said: "What's the matter? I'm not in a hurry for this day or two. After finishing the wine, I will go back to the store to do some work. Then I'll meet Jin Ling tomorrow." It’s okay to go out and play.”

Gao Shufang nodded and said seriously: "That's right."

Zhang Jinling next to her was speechless and said to her: "It's you who said that, I didn't say that I must go out to play!"

Several women laughed and talked about the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law while there were no customers in the store.

After Luo Li and Huang Dazhi got married, they didn't get along with their parents-in-law much, so Gao Shufang and the others were quite curious about how Luo Li and her parents-in-law got along now.

Luo Li said with a smile: "My parents-in-law and brother-in-law are very nice people. Xiaoguai is also a good, sensible and well-behaved child. The stitches on her mouth have been removed, and she looks better now than before."

The surgery was well worth it. Although there were still scars on Xiaoguai's mouth, at least he looked almost like a normal person. When he had another surgery before he went to elementary school, the characteristics of the cleft lip and palate would be less obvious.

Luo Li talked about some things about how her family got along, and overall they got along well.

The family's newly built house has three floors. The first floor has a kitchen, living room, bathroom and two bedrooms. The bedrooms are occupied by her parents-in-law and brother-in-law respectively, while she and Huang Dazhi live with their children on the second floor.

As for the third floor, it has not been renovated for the time being. I plan to renovate it when I have money and need to live in it.

Although everyone lives under the same roof, the relationship between upstairs and downstairs makes them get along more harmoniously.

After listening to a few gossips, Zhang Jinling's expression revealed a bit of envy and expectation.

She and her parents-in-law don't get along well, but now their family is starting to build a house. When the parents-in-law and grandma live on the first floor, she and Akari can live on the second floor. In this way, when they return to the village for a short stay, She could also feel more at ease.

When women get together, they only gossip, and the only thing that can stop them from gossiping is the customers!

When the customer came to the door, the few people tacitly stopped talking, but served the customer with a professional spirit, helped the customer choose the clothes they wanted, praised the customer for looking good in it, and then persuaded the customer to buy it with other clothes and trousers. This will increase your turnover.

By the time the customer walked out in a daze carrying large and small bags of things, the store had earned more than two hundred yuan.

Gao Mingcheng sees the dedication of the employees.

He has been relatively leisurely in the past few days, so he decided to play around with some new things.

Gao Mingcheng first asked someone where to buy white-feathered chickens, and then bought a few white-feathered chickens.

White-feathered chickens are broiler chickens with white feathers that specialize in feeding feed. If the breeding environment is good, they can be ready for slaughter in more than 40 days.

In 86, our country introduced white-feathered chickens from the beautiful country, and will then embark on the road of independent breeding.

Domestic local chickens have a long breeding cycle. Most people rarely eat chickens. They are raised to lay eggs. Therefore, there is a huge gap in the domestic broiler market.

The introduction of white-feathered chickens can fill this gap in the market.

In terms of taste, white-feathered chickens are definitely not as good as native chickens. However, due to the short production time and low cost, the price is also relatively low. The price of a white-feathered chicken on the market is about five yuan. If you buy it in large quantities, you can still buy it. Cheaper.

When Duo Mei saw that he had bought two white-feathered chickens, he frowned and said, "Why did you buy this kind of chicken? This kind of chicken cannot be stewed and eaten, it can only be eaten stir-fried."

Gao Mingcheng slaughtered the chicken himself and said: "Didn't I tell you last time? There is a foreign fast food in the capital. The fried chicken sold there is very popular, so I am going to make some fried chicken for you to try. ”

When Duo Dumei heard that it was a foreign fast food in the capital, his eyes instantly lit up and he asked hurriedly: "Are you really good at it?"

It's not surprising that she was suspicious, mainly because although Gao Mingcheng could cook, he was basically the kind of person who would never do anything without doing anything.

Now that they saw him buying chickens to kill and saying that he would make fried chicken for them, many Americans felt a little disbelief in their hearts.

Gao Mingcheng said: "That must be true! But this is my first time doing it, so I'm not sure if I can do it well. If I do, I can set up a stall to sell fried chicken!"

While he was talking, Gao Mingcheng had already cleaned the chicken. He raised the knife and cut off the neck and feet of the chicken first, and then started to cut the chicken.

Chicken wings, chicken wing roots, chicken legs, chicken breasts, and chicken skeletons can be cut into separate bowls and then marinated with seasonings.

The purpose of marinating is to add flavor to the meat, but if you want to make KFC-style fried chicken, you have to prepare fried chicken breading.

In later generations, you could just go to the supermarket and buy this kind of fried chicken breading powder, which was very convenient, but now you have to make it yourself.

He didn't know much about it, but after all, he had experienced the Internet information explosion in later generations. There was a time when many Americans followed the Internet and learned how to make some dishes, including fried chicken legs.

Fried chicken breading powder is mainly starch and flour, this is a ratio of 1:1, add a little baking powder and eggs, and it is ready.

As for the specific ratio, you have to try and master it slowly.

Gao Mingcheng is still quite confident about this. The worst he can do is waste more food!

He bought two chickens at once and made two flavors based on his feelings, one spicy and one non-spicy. The non-spicy one was naturally for the children.

Gao Mingcheng spent a whole day on these two chickens. After marinating them and getting the flavor, he began to wrap the chickens in fried chicken batter and prepare them for frying.

There is a little secret to fried chicken, which is to fry it again so that it has a crispy and delicious texture.

Seeing Gao Mingcheng washing the pot and pouring oil, the eyes of many beauties surrounding him immediately twitched.

"Second brother, you poured so much oil?" Gao Shufang shouted in surprise, and many beauties nodded in agreement while looking at Gao Mingcheng with condemning eyes.

Prodigal son! (End of chapter)