Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Because he was cautious along the way, nothing happened when Gao Mingcheng arrived in Yangcheng. He first drove the truck to the place designated by the cargo owner and handed it over to the other party's loaders to unload the goods. After signing the contract, the transaction was successfully completed.

After the cargo in the car was emptied and only Gao Mingcheng's own honey remained, Gao Mingcheng drove the car to Fan Chengyao.

Fan Chengyao happened to be in Yangcheng, so he came to receive the goods in person. After paying for the goods, he invited Gao Mingcheng to a restaurant for dinner.

During this meeting, Fan Chengyao first thanked Gao Mingcheng for sending fruit to Fan Licheng, and then said that he planned to take Gao Mingcheng's car home.

With Fan Chengyao's financial resources, he couldn't afford to hitchhike, and it wasn't even difficult to get a plane ticket.

Fan Chengyao's hometown happens to have an airport in Jingdezhen, but it seems to be a military airport. I don't know if Fan Chengyao has any way to get a ticket.

Fan Chengyao said: "I am busy with business, and it is difficult for me to leave. In the past, I could take Licheng over for a while every year, but now he is even busier, so it is difficult for me to see him all year round. A while ago, my family gave me I called and said that something happened to a relative, and I thought I might as well go back, so that if time goes by, Li Cheng and I would no longer be close to each other! "

Fan Licheng was a precocious man. After his parents divorced, he lived with his grandparents, and he would definitely suffer some injustice. Therefore, he and Fan Chengyao, his father, did not have a close relationship.

Gao Mingcheng, an outsider, knows this.

Gao Mingcheng smiled and said, "Okay, if you take me for a ride, I'll have someone to keep you company on the road, which can relieve boredom and make you feel more relaxed."

Fan Chengyao also smiled. He had his own car, so it was okay to drive his own car back. Initially, he was planning to drive his own car, but then he met Gao Mingcheng, so he decided to take Gao Mingcheng's car to go there. .

Instead of driving his own car, he would be able to make more free arrangements when he returned.

Fan Chengyao said: "When I called Licheng last time, he mentioned that you gave him a lot of fruits. Among them, peaches are his favorite. He said they are sweet and crisp, and they are more delicious than the most expensive peaches on the market. If not now It’s already out of season, otherwise I’d really like to go to your orchard and pick a basket of peaches for him.”

Being praised for the quality of the peaches he grew, Gao Mingcheng was very happy and immediately said: "My peach trees were bought from Shimen Village in our county. In addition to the peaches I grew, they also have another kind of late-ripening peach." , if you like it, you can still buy it now.”

After hearing this, Fan Chengyao nodded and said that he would go there and buy some.

The two of them drank wine, ate vegetables, and chatted for a while, which not only brought them closer to each other, but also relieved their fatigue.

After the meal was finished, Gao Mingcheng said to Fan Chengyao: "I will go to purchase the goods tomorrow morning. After the goods are purchased, I will go to your warehouse to buy home appliances."

Fan Chengyao nodded and said, "Okay, I'll pack up tonight, and we'll go together then."

After leaving the hotel, the two separated. Gao Mingcheng went to a nearby hotel. Because the truck was empty, he didn't have to worry about the goods in the truck. He had a good sleep that night, but unfortunately there seemed to be a thief in the middle of the night. Someone shouted to catch the thief, but as soon as Gao Mingcheng woke up, the noise gradually faded away. The thief and the person who was stolen from had quickly left from the alley behind the hotel.

Gao Mingcheng turned over and continued to sleep soundly.

After waking up in the morning, he first went to see his truck parked there, and then gave the hotel owner a pack of cigarettes to thank the hotel owner for guarding the car for him at night.

The hotel owner took the cigarette and said with a smile: "Young man, come and stay at my place next time!"

"Okay." Gao Mingcheng agreed casually, went to a nearby breakfast shop to have breakfast, and then drove to the clothing factory he had been working with.

Gao Mingcheng purchased a batch of clothing that was in line with the county's trends as usual. After loading the goods, he went to Fan Chengyao's other warehouse.

This is a home appliance transit warehouse, filled with home appliances of various brands.

According to his needs, Gao Mingcheng purchased two freezers, two refrigerators, two washing machines, and a color TV. After installing these, there were not many empty spaces in the carriage, so Gao Mingcheng moved a few more children's tricycles and unicycles. Go up and fill the space immediately.

He also asked Fan Chengyao to buy these children's toys for him. Now he can just load them into the car.

"Okay, get in the car!" Gao Mingcheng looked at Fan Chengyao beside him and signaled that he could get in the car.

But Fan Chengyao didn't rush to get in the car. Instead, he looked at his watch and said, "It's already ten o'clock, and the food on the road is not delicious. Let's eat something here first before leaving."

"Okay." Gao Mingcheng agreed obediently. He had a big appetite and could eat it now.

So the two went to a nearby Cantonese restaurant, had a light meal, and bought some bread and snacks in the store.

After everything was settled, it was already eleven o'clock. Gao Mingcheng drove first, and the two agreed to drive for two hours each. Because they had lunch in advance, they didn't have to stop and rest at noon. If they were hungry in the afternoon, they could just have some snacks and bread.

On the way back, Gao Mingcheng felt much more relaxed. When chatting with Fan Chengyao, he could better understand the current situation in all aspects of Yangcheng.

As the two of them talked, Gao Mingcheng started talking about his plan to rent a counter in a shopping mall in the county town to sell Xiaobawang game consoles in the second half of the year.

Little Overlord has been sold in Yangcheng for a long time. Fan Chengyao even played it and said pertinently: "The quality is not as good as the Famicom, but it is cost-effective! Young people like this thing and are willing to spend money to buy it."

Indeed, game consoles are designed to harvest the wallets of young people.

When Xiaobawang launches a learning machine later, it will be used to harvest the wallets of middle-aged people. After all, if their children want it, they, the parents, have to buy it!
Although he is optimistic about the sales of the Xiaobawang game console, Fan Chengyao does not plan to do this business. If he does, it will not be to rent a counter or open a store to sell, but to be the general distributor in Yangcheng.

It's just that there are many good businesses in this world, but people's energy is limited. Fan Chengyao already has a lot of business in his hands and has no energy to do anything else.

He is even ready to cut off some businesses at any time, such as smuggling home appliances. If the situation gets serious, he will retreat and stop doing this.

Because the two of them took turns driving, both of them were in good condition after arriving in the county. Gao Mingcheng invited Fan Chengyao to stay at his home, but Fan Chengyao refused.

Fan Chengyao said: "Jin Feng and I are comrades in arms, and we haven't seen each other for a while. He knew that I was going to pass by, and he had already agreed for me to stay at his house."

In this case, Gao Mingcheng did not force it.

Because the goods on the truck belonged to Gao Mingcheng, Gao Mingcheng didn't need to go back to the transportation company immediately, but Fan Chengyao wanted to live at Xiao Jinfeng's place, so he went back to the transportation company first and dropped Fan Chengyao there.

Fan Chengyao brought two suitcases with him. After getting off the car, he waved to Gao Mingcheng. Xiao Jinfeng had already come forward and said, "Mingcheng, after you unload the goods, we will come over for dinner in the evening."

"Okay." Gao Mingcheng agreed immediately, drove the truck away, and went about his own business.

Most of the electrical appliances in the carriage belong to him. These can be unloaded at the kindergarten, and the clothes can be unloaded at the clothing store. In the end, there is still a refrigerator and a washing machine.

This is what Gao Guobing wants. Gao Hong is getting married in October and needs to arrange home appliances in advance.

Zhao Dongmei was in a good mood when she saw the brand new refrigerator and washing machine, and kept asking Gao Mingcheng to eat at home.

Gao Mingcheng thought that I was really a hot cake, but he had already agreed to Xiao Jinfeng in advance, so Zhao Dongmei had no choice but to decline first.

Zhao Dongmei knew that he was going to Xiao Jinfeng's place for dinner, and there was also a big boss from Yangcheng, so she stopped trying to persuade him to stay and just let Gao Mingcheng do his own thing.

"Mingcheng, go ahead and do your work. Gao Yue is here with you! He knows everything about unpacking boxes and using electrical appliances!" Zhao Dongmei said with a smile, and then asked Gao Yue to do the work.

Gao Yue was used to being bossed around and didn't think anything was wrong. He went to unpack the boxes of the refrigerator and said, "There was a problem with the cold storage of the county food factory this year. It was good and bad, and the popsicles were even unpalatable! It’s okay now, I have a refrigerator at home, I can make popsicles myself! Mom, go make a pot of mung bean porridge now!”

Zhao Dongmei looked at him sideways, her face full of distrust, and said, "Can you do it?"

Gao Yue refused to admit defeat and said, "What can't I do? I've asked the people at the food factory a long time ago! Although the steps will be a little different if I make it myself, the effect will definitely be the same!"

In an era when there were not many food additives, popsicles were quite simple. They were basically mung bean popsicles, red bean popsicles and old popsicles. It was not difficult to make them yourself.

Gao Mingcheng said with a smile: "I often make it at home, and it is quite easy to make. But Gao Yue, don't rush to plug in the refrigerator to use it. This cannot be plugged in right away. It has to be left there for a few days. Only hours. It’s already half past five, and you won’t be able to plug in until at least eight in the evening.”

Gao Yue heard this for the first time and asked why. Zhao Dongmei also looked at Gao Mingcheng, waiting to hear the answer.

Gao Mingcheng said simply: "When this refrigerator is being transported, it will inevitably tilt. There is refrigeration oil in it, and it will flow out due to the tilt. If there is no refrigeration oil, the refrigerator will easily break, so you have to leave it there for a while. , wait for the refrigerator oil to flow back by itself, then you can open the refrigerator.”

I heard that if the refrigerator was plugged in immediately, it would break down easily. Both mother and son changed their expressions and said they would not use it immediately.

Gao Mingcheng nodded and felt relieved.

He got into the truck again, stuck his head out of the window, and said, "Auntie, I'll leave first."

"Okay." Zhao Dongmei agreed. After Gao Mingcheng drove away, she said to Gao Yue, "Did you hear that? I won't cook the mung bean porridge anymore. I'll cook it for you tomorrow!"

Gao Yue was anxious and said quickly: "What's the point? Doesn't it take time to cook the porridge? Doesn't it take time to wait for the porridge to cool? Now cook it. After the porridge is cool, doesn't it just fit in the refrigerator?"

After hearing this, Zhao Dongmei thought this was the truth, so she went to the kitchen to prepare porridge.

Mung beans are available at home. After washing them with a small amount of rice, cook them in a pressure cooker. After the pressure cooker is filled with air, cook for a while. Then you can put them aside and wait for the air in the pot to slowly release. Open the lid. See how the porridge inside is. If the mung beans are not rotten enough, open the lid and cook for a while.

The pressure cooker at home is not small, but Gao Yue still feels that there is not enough porridge, and thinks that he needs to use a big iron pot to cook a full pot of porridge!
After he has made a lot of popsicles, he can invite his friends to come home to eat popsicles. This is something worth showing off.

This summer, whoever has a refrigerator is the most handsome kid on the street!

But it’s okay. I’ll boil a pot of mung beans today and another pot of red beans tomorrow. As for the sugar-water popsicles, this is easier. Just boil the water and dissolve the sugar. After it cools down, just put it into a mold and freeze it.

In order to make popsicles, he had already obtained molds and some sticks!

While Gao Yue was gearing up to make all kinds of popsicles at home, Gao Mingcheng had already driven the car back to the transportation company.

When he passed by, Xiao Jinfeng and Fan Chengyao were chatting, and they were still talking about business matters. There was no need to avoid Gao Mingcheng in these matters, so after Gao Mingcheng arrived, they continued talking and did not change the topic immediately.

Gao Mingcheng listened for a while, during which he occasionally expressed his own opinions.

It turned out that someone recently asked Xiao Jinfeng to buy stocks, but Xiao Jinfeng had never been exposed to stocks, so he asked Fan Chengyao if he had bought stocks before and if he could buy stocks.

Fan Chengyao said: "When it was possible to buy stocks in the special zone, I was one of the first people to buy it, and I did make a lot of money. I didn't understand it at that time. Yan Fei asked me to buy it, so I went to buy it. Until now, I also have some stocks in my hands, but I don’t buy them often. After all, I don’t have time to watch the rise and fall.”

"You live in the county all year round. If you want to buy stocks, you have to go to the special zone or the Shanghai stock market. They are both very far away. You have to find connections to buy them. You go there and you are not familiar with the place. Plus, you have to go there to buy stocks. There are many scammers on the Internet, telling you to buy this or that, and saying things like it will definitely go up, which can easily influence your decision, and it can also be easy to lose money.”

"My suggestion is not to buy it. If you live in the Special Administrative Region or the Shanghai Stock Exchange and have time to keep an eye on the rise and fall of the market, then I suggest you buy it."

Fan Chengyao's words are very pertinent.

After Gao Mingcheng heard this, he all wanted to like it. He also said: "Boss Fan is right. The stock market is like the mountains and rivers in a village. Only local people can rely on the mountains and rivers. We from other places will not go there." This is lively.”

Gao Mingcheng actually thought about buying it. He actually didn't understand stocks, but he knew which stocks had good momentum. No matter how they rose or fell in the middle, he would not sell them after buying them, but just keep them in his hands.

In this way, risks can be avoided and there is no need to keep an eye on the ups and downs and the market.

However, he later gave up the idea. As Fan Chengyao said, there are many profitable businesses in the world, but it is impossible for one person to do all the businesses because people's energy is limited.

Gao Mingcheng had unknowingly opened his business stall. These things alone were enough to keep him busy, and he really had no energy to do anything else.

With this time and energy, he might as well stay with his son and improve the parent-child relationship.

In his previous life, his two sons had not been close to him, which made him feel quite uncomfortable. (End of chapter)