Return to the small mountain village in 1986

After Gao Mingcheng returned home from dinner at Xiao Jinfeng's side, it was already nine o'clock in the evening.

Duo Mei had already given Xiao Xuxu a bath and was now coaxing her to sleep in her room. After Gao Mingcheng saw her through the crack in the door, he immediately slowed down and quietly went to the bathroom to take a bath.

On this hot day, after another day of driving on the road, the shirt Gao Mingcheng was wearing was wet, wet and dry again. He was also wearing white. If he were wearing black, he would definitely be able to see crystals on it. of salt.

After taking a quick cold shower, Gao Mingcheng felt completely relaxed. He didn't rush to get dressed. He just tied a big towel around his waist and walked quietly to the house.

A night light was on in the room, which was darker than the living room, but to Gao Mingcheng, everything in the room could be seen clearly.

I saw Duo Mei wearing a pure cotton floral nightgown, lying on her side on the bed, with one hand under her head, and one hand gently resting on Xiao Xuxu's body, patting her twice from time to time.

After a busy and tiring day, when it comes to putting the children to bed at night, it is naturally easy to put themselves to sleep. However, many beauties are thinking that Gao Mingcheng has not come back yet, and they still want to talk to Gao Mingcheng before going to sleep, so they don't want to fall asleep completely. .

At this time, her eyes had been narrowed, but her mind was still somewhat clear, resisting Duke Zhou's invitation.

The moment before Gao Mingcheng bullied her, she was still complaining in her heart that Gao Mingcheng didn't come home so late.

The next moment, a warm weight pressed down on her body. Frightened, many beauties immediately opened their eyes, only to be met with a pair of hot eyes.

"Ming Cheng..." Many Meixin felt something, and their faces instantly turned red, as if on fire.

Before she could make any move, Gao Mingcheng had already carried the troublesome little Xuxu to the crib next to her.

After there are no obstacles that need attention, the 1.8-meter large bed is enough for you to display your skills and explore life with many beautiful things.

Life is long, and naturally we need to discuss it again and again.

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It was already August, but after Gao Mingcheng came back from Yangcheng, he gave himself a day off. After a good rest, he was ready to drive back to Gaojia Village to pick up Gao Zhuang's family.

He drove to Gaojia Village at around eight o'clock in the morning. He first went to Xi Nainai's house to inform him, and then drove the car to Niuweiling and loaded the vegetables and eggs he wanted to take into the car.

Chen Dasong found him and told him about grapes.

In an open space at the foot of the mountain, a row of grapes was planted, and a bamboo trellis was used to build a trellis. The grape vines could spread and grow along the trellis. After a few years of planting, the grapes gradually began to bear fruit. Even each bunch of grapes could not grow at the same time. Mature.

For example, if there are twenty or thirty small grapes in a bunch of grapes, the grapes facing the sun will turn red and soft first. At this time, the grapes will taste good. But the grapes in other places are not ripe yet, so they cannot be picked immediately.

However, when people stare at the grapes, so do the birds!
People still want to wait for a bunch of grapes to be fully ripe before picking them. When the birds are ripe, they peck at one. In the end, the birds eat almost all of the grapes before the people can eat them.

Chen Dasong said with a bitter face: "I also made a scarecrow on the grape trellis, but the effect was average. There are still some grapes left, although they are not too ripe... Mingcheng, do you want to pick them?"

Gao Mingcheng said: "Let me go and have a look!"

He walked towards the grape trellis, and Chen Dasong followed beside him.

When he arrived at the grape trellis, Gao Mingcheng saw a bird pecking at the grapes. When he saw the people coming, the bird flew away instantly, but still refused to stay away completely, and stopped on a treetop not far away.

Gao Mingcheng looked towards the place where the bird had been pecking, and saw that the skin of a red grape had been broken, and most of the grape inside had been eaten.

Except for this red grape, the grapes next to it look not yet fully ripe, and there are still a few green grapes at the end.

Gao Mingcheng reached out and picked a grape. He ate the pulp in an instant like a melon seed, leaving only the skin on his hand.

When the grapes enter your mouth, the first feeling is that they are sour and sweet. The second feeling is that the grape flavor is really strong and not watery at all.

Generally speaking, the taste is not as sweet as the grapes produced in the Northwest, and the skin is even a bit thicker, but this is a local variety, resistant to drought and insects, and easy to grow!
Unlike later generations, many grape orchards here only grow very sweet grapes like Kyoho.

Gao Mingcheng ate one grape and then another. He felt that although the sweetness was not high, the acidity was acceptable. Besides, it had not fully matured naturally, otherwise the sweetness would be higher.

Gao Mingcheng looked at the remaining grapes and said, "Pick them all. It's a bargain if you don't pick them! The grapes have thin skins and are easy to attract birds. Let's do this. Wait until next year and I'll get a batch of traps that can trap the grapes." Bring the bag, and when the grapes are almost ripe, you can use the bag to protect them.”

The principle of bagging is very simple. Just make a bag with paper, then cover the fruit and close it close to the fruit stem to prevent insects and birds from getting in.

However, current technology is limited. The simplest bagging method is to use expired newspapers, which is convenient and low-cost.

Of course, there are also disadvantages, that is, it is not waterproof. Once it rains, the newspaper will get wet and there is a risk of breaking. Moreover, the type on the newspaper will be attached to the grapes, causing certain contamination.

In later generations, there were many types of bagging, most of which were waterproof and breathable. In this case, when the grapes were only the size of soybeans, they could be bagged directly.

Gao Mingcheng didn't know if he could find good-quality bagging, so his worst plan was to make a batch of bagging using newspapers. He didn't plant many grapes anyway, so he could just bag the grapes to protect them before they matured.

In July and August, there is less rain. If it gets soaked due to rain, replace it in time.

With this thought in mind, Gao Mingcheng also told Chen Dasong the methods and principles of bagging.

Although Chen Dasong didn't have much education, he understood it and nodded repeatedly, saying that this was a good idea.

Chen Dasong said with a smile: "With the protection of the bag, the birds can't eat it! In this case, other fruits can also be protected with the bag."

Gao Mingcheng waved his hand and said: "Forget it, it's too troublesome to bag these fruits one by one! Other fruits are fine, but grapes are easy to be eaten by birds."

Chen Dasong thought about the mountains of fruits and felt that bagging them one by one was an arduous task. Seeing that Gao Mingcheng was not prepared to do this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Gao Mingcheng and Chen Dasong worked together to pick all the grapes on the grape trellis. Seeing that the grapes were not selling well, Gao Mingcheng felt that next year's bagging plan must be arranged!
In fact, in later generations, in order to produce high-quality fruits in some orchards, all fruits were bagged, not just grapes, but also peaches, loquats, apples, oranges, etc.

After bagging, the fruit will look better and the selling price will naturally be higher.

Gao Mingcheng picked all the grapes in one go. Next, there is no need to worry about the fruits of Xiao Fushan for the time being.

Because only the largest number of oranges and grapefruits are left.

After loading everything into the car, Gao Mingcheng went to Chen Dasong's house to take a look.

His family is already building a house. Now Chen Dasong and Aunt Liu sleep in the chicken coop at night. Chen Duofu and his wife borrow the guest room of Gao Mingcheng's house. Chen Duoxi is in misery. He can't go to either side. , simply sleep in the miscellaneous room next to the new house.

Their family also raised a pig and some chickens, which were difficult to bring to Gao Mingcheng's home, so the chicken coop and pig pen were still retained. Next to the chicken coop, there was also a small room for storing sundries. Now Chen Duoxi slept here alone, taking care of the pigs and chickens at home. Because the bricks and wood were prepared in advance, and enough manpower was hired to build the house, it was built very quickly. At this rate, we will definitely be able to move into the new house by the end of the year.

After Gao Mingcheng saw Chen Dasong's new house, when he passed by Zhang Chengyuan's house, he happened to chat with Duo Yu who was at home.

Just as he thought, Duoyu was pregnant this year and the family was short of manpower, so they still didn't build a house.

Thinking of his family's ability to build a house very late in his previous life, Gao Mingcheng thought that this might be fate, the kind that even he couldn't help.

After walking around Niuweiling, it was already past ten o'clock when we returned to the old village.

Grandma Xi's family had already made preparations for this day, so when Gao Mingcheng came to inform them, they didn't need to pack their luggage. They only needed to go to the fields and bring all the vegetables they could.

In addition to fresh vegetables, there is also a large bag of various dried vegetables and fish, which is enough for them to eat for a long time.

You should also bring the rice at home. After the rice is milled, you can eat it at home.

There are no pigs at home this year, and not many chickens. So far, there are only five chickens left, and now they are all packed away.

It was too late to kill the chickens. They had to take the live chickens with them first and wait until they got to the county, then find time to kill them. Gao Mingcheng told them that there were two freezers and a refrigerator in the kindergarten, and the chickens could be killed in one go. Freeze and eat slowly.

"Grandma Xi, Gao Zhuang, do you think there is anything missing?" Gao Mingcheng helped them move their things to the car, and then asked again.

Gao Zhuang locked the main door of his house and the courtyard door, and then said with a smile: "I have brought them all. If there is anything missing, I will get it when I come back next time!"

It's summer now, so you don't need to bring quilts and thick clothes, and you don't need to bring pots and pans, so you don't have too many things to carry with you. When the weather turns cold, Gao Zhuang will come back again and put away the quilts at home. Just take it with you.

Oh, you don’t need to bring them with you, just buy them directly in the county. After all, the cotton quilts at home have been used for many years. During the next Chinese New Year, they will definitely have to return to the village to celebrate the New Year, and it will be troublesome to move around then.

Gao Mingcheng opened the car door and motioned for them to get in: "Okay, let's go!"

Grandma Xixi and He Xiuman sat in the back seat with Xiao Yuanyuan, while Gao Zhuang sat in the passenger seat. Looking out through the car glass in front, it was obviously a familiar scenery, but it gave Gao Zhuang a sense of strangeness.

This was the first time he saw the village from such a perspective.

The car parked at the entrance of the village for so long, and they moved things back and forth several times, so everyone in the village knew that Gao Zhuang's family was going to be taken by Gao Mingcheng to the county to live a better life.

Their eyes were filled with envy.

Who doesn’t want to go to the county and live a good life?
Although they think so, most people still carry hoes and work in the fields. They have no skills themselves and no reliable relatives to help. In this life, they can only farm at home.

Although others were disappointed, the mood of Gao Yuan's family was a little subtle.

On this day, Gao Yuanyuan smoked two more cigarettes than usual, but found that the cigarette box was bottomed out, so he stopped smoking.

Gao Mingcheng didn't care what outsiders thought. When the car started, the wind blew in through the open windows, bringing everyone a bit of coolness.

Little Yuanyuan leaned against the car window, looking out curiously. From time to time she pointed outside and said, "Grandma, there is a beautiful butterfly!"

"Yeah, that buffalo is so big, it's been soaking in the water!"

"This buffalo is even more powerful, it has two calves with it!"

"Mom, what's the name of the white flowers blooming on this mountain?"

Little Yuanyuan's chirping voice was full of curiosity about the unfamiliar environment. Grandma Xi and He Xiuman answered her questions from time to time. If they couldn't answer, they could only vaguely answer them.

When Xiao Yuanyuan asked again, He Xiuman said that she would understand this when Xiao Yuanyuan went to study.

Xiao Yuanyuan often hears this kind of thing, and people in the village often say things like whoever went to junior high school is literate.

So in Xiao Yuanyuan's heart, she also wanted to go to junior high school and become a literate person.

When she said this, Gao Mingcheng couldn't help laughing and said: "Xiao Yuanyuan, what does it mean to go to junior high school? You must at least go to college!"

Xiao Yuanyuan asked curiously: "University? What is university?"

Gao Mingcheng said: "College is a place 10,000 times better than junior high school. Once you go to college, you will have knowledge and be able to understand things. You can also find a good job and make your parents look good."

Xiao Yuanyuan was still young, so she was confused after hearing this, but Gao Zhuang and He Xiuman were very excited.

Gao Zhuang went to junior high school, but He Xiuman did not even finish elementary school. In their hearts, university is sacred and out of reach.

Now that Gao Mingcheng said that Xiao Yuanyuan should go to college in the future, they suddenly had a clear direction for the future.

Raise your children well and live a good life!

Life will get better and better!

Amid laughter and laughter, the car drove all the way into the county town and then stopped outside the kindergarten.

The kindergarten is built facing the street. There is a spacious place outside the courtyard wall where you can park your car freely.

Gao Mingcheng jumped out of the car and said to Grandma Xi and the others: "It's still early, let's move all the things into the kindergarten. After moving, we will go to the clothing store to have dinner! In the afternoon, you will tidy up your place first. Tomorrow, I will call a few more people to come and clean the entire kindergarten together. "

Grandma Xi and the others were new here, so they naturally had no objections. They followed Gao Mingcheng's words and moved the luggage they brought into the room for them behind the kindergarten.

Standing at the door of the kindergarten, He Xiuman looked at the brand new building and felt very excited inside.

This is where she will live and work in the future!

To prepare for this day, He Xiuman never forgets to read books during her free time while working on the farm. She also listens to some radio broadcasts related to fairy tales, and keeps those stories in her heart before telling them to Xiao Yuanyuan.

He kept talking until Xiao Yuanyuan felt it sounded good and she was satisfied. (End of chapter)