Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Gao Mingcheng accompanied Gao Hong and Li Fei as they wandered around the old village, throwing wedding candies at everyone they met, which made the children in the village extremely happy.

Some bold children kept following Gao Hong and his wife, trying to get some more candies to eat.

Gao Hong had almost scattered all the wedding candies, but seeing that there were still some wedding candies left in his hand, he simply handed them to the children behind him.

Gao Hong smiled and said: "Take it and divide it! No fighting is allowed!"

"Oh!" The children suddenly became happy and ran away with the candy.

The children's behavior provoked good-natured laughter from the adults nearby.

Gao Hong hadn't been back for a long time, and the people in the village treated him very warmly. One family took him home to drink water, and the other family brought out chestnuts picked from the mountains to entertain the guests.

When Gao Mingcheng saw the small chestnut, he remembered that chestnuts were now mature. He had planted several chestnut trees a few years ago. They were purchased saplings and the chestnuts were larger than the chestnuts. Quite a few.

However, after the chestnut tree is planted, it will take 5-8 years for the seedlings to bear fruit, and even the grafted seedlings will take 2-3 years. Gao Mingcheng bought the seedlings, which were two-year-old seedlings. It has been planted for more than three years now, but it has not bloomed yet this year.

However, the chestnut tree is growing well and may bear fruit next year.

After counting the wad of money, he drooled several times.

Although Gao Hong's words sounded nice, he turned around and asked Gao Mingcheng to borrow money.

Hundred-dollar bills are rare on the market, but fifty-dollar bills are already in circulation. This pile of money is all fifty-dollar bills, and it looks like a thick stack.

The village party secretary watched Gao Mingcheng count the money. Now he had to count it again. He said with a smile: "No need to count, no need to count."

Because it was the village party secretary who took the lead, Gao Mingcheng did not mention this matter to Gao Guobing.

Gao Mingcheng said nothing, but looked at the village party secretary.

Gao Mingcheng handed the money to the village party secretary and said, "Village party secretary, count it."

Gao Mingcheng was well prepared. Before the village party secretary and others could ask questions, he had already taken out the bag he carried with him and counted out five thousand yuan from the bag in front of everyone.

The implication is that Gao Guobing didn't know about this.

After hearing this, the village party secretary looked at the people around him, lowered his head and started counting. As soon as he counted a few banknotes, he felt that his fingers were dry, so he subconsciously stuck out his tongue and dipped his index finger on his tongue. With the blessing of saliva, counting money becomes easier.

Gao Hong thought for a while and said: "My salary is not high, so I can't donate as much as Ming Cheng, but rebuilding the village primary school is a great thing. Now that I know it, I want to contribute. So, I Donate 300 yuan! I hope the village primary school will be built soon and the children in the village will have a spacious and bright classroom to attend classes.”

Gao Mingcheng smiled and said: "Let's count."

After all, when you mention this to people, it's like asking them to donate money too.

The news that Gao Mingcheng had returned to the village soon reached the ears of the village party secretary, who immediately brought several people from the village committee to find Gao Mingcheng.

Gao Hong didn't know about this, so he asked his father Gao Guobing if he knew.

Gao Mingcheng said: "The village plans to rebuild the village primary school and is raising funds. Last time I promised to donate 5,000 yuan, plus books for a library."

Seeing the village party secretary and others, Gao Mingcheng knew why the village party secretary and others were here.

The village party secretary laughed and said, "He is busy with work at the higher level and is too embarrassed to bother me."

Gao Hong didn't know why, so he turned to look at Gao Mingcheng and asked, "What kind of money is this?"

The village party secretary and others were overjoyed and immediately made some grand remarks.

Everyone present looked excited when they saw this.

Gao Hong came unprepared and only had more than one hundred yuan in his pocket, so he asked Gao Mingcheng to borrow an integer of two hundred yuan. Gao Mingcheng did come back with more money, but when he was about to pay, Li Fei stopped.

"No need to borrow it, I have it here."

As Li Fei spoke, she took out two hundred yuan from her women's satchel.

The couple's money was combined and they collected three hundred yuan.

Gao Hong was very moved when he saw Li Fei take the initiative to take out the money, and immediately said: "Feifei, when I get back, I will give you my salary passbook!"

Li Fei pursed her lips and smiled and said, "No, just take it yourself, I have a salary!"

But Gao Hong had already made up his mind and said, "I'll give it to you. In addition to salary, I also have allowances. I don't need to spend much money in the army. The allowances are enough."

But Li Fei still refused. She said: "It's better not to give it to me. It's inconvenient for me to hold your bankbook to deposit and withdraw money. It's better to wait until we live together in the future. If you still want to give it to me, I'll take it."

Now the bank is not connected to the Internet, Gao Hong is out in the army, Li Fei is working in the county, and holding Gao Hong's passbook is indeed of little use.

Gao Hong couldn't defeat Li Fei, but judging from the smile on his face, it was clear that he was very happy for Li Fei.

Gao Hong was happy, and so was the village party secretary.

All of a sudden, there are three hundred yuan more! With enough money, we can start to rebuild the village in a big way.

The village party secretary was so excited that he invited Gao Hong and Gao Mingcheng to his home for lunch.

The village party secretary was a good person and said immediately: "Other people from the village committee will also come together, as well as Mingcheng's father and his eldest brother, who will also come to eat together. Let's drink and chat together."

Gao Mingcheng looked at Gao Hong, who did not refuse, smiled and nodded in agreement.

This can be regarded as normal interpersonal communication. As for Gao Mingcheng, who doesn’t want to eat? As long as he is not allowed to cook by himself!
After the village party secretary invited the people, he asked the people around him to go to his house and talk to his wife, asking her to get ready now.

Next, Gao Mingcheng took Gao Hong and his wife to sit at his parents' house and visit Grandma Gao.

Grandma Gao was sitting under the eaves, feeling well-behaved.

She looked at the talking crowd, but did not come over or speak. Instead, she just looked at them, looking a little dull again.

Gao Mingcheng said a few words to his grandma. Although she was slow to respond, she would still respond. You just have to talk to her specifically and in a louder voice.

Nowadays, the whole village knows that Grandma Gao has some stupid things, but everyone in the village does not have much emotion about it. Instead, they accept it naturally.

Seventy years of life are rare, ten years are young and ten years are old and weak. It is normal for people to have various physical problems as they age.

Gao Mingcheng sighed with emotion, but he and his grandma were not very close, and he was a grown man, so he couldn't do some personal care work. He could only talk a few words with her every time they met. If so, just buy her some delicious food. Gao Hong was quite emotional, because in his memory, Grandma Gao still looked healthy.

At that time, Grandma Gao was still young. At that time, she had to go to the fields to earn work points, and she also had to help her daughter-in-law take care of several children at home. She was busy every day without touching the ground, but her spirit was very good, and People in the village were also talking and laughing.

Gao Hong felt so embarrassed that he gave Gao Nainai a ten-dollar visit red envelope and asked Gao Nainai's family to buy some delicious food for Gao Nainai.

Gao Yuanyuan hurriedly said: "The old man eats white rice every day, and the vegetables also contain meat and eggs."

He seemed to want to tell others that he treated his mother very well.

Grandma Gao didn't know whether she understood or not, and said with a smile: "You have meat and eggs to eat."

It is inevitable to feel sad when staying with elderly people. After Gao Hong chatted with them for a while, he was going to visit the brick kiln.

When entering the village, Gao Hong noticed that several hills near the village were almost empty!

And there are several new houses in the village.

Gao Yuanyuan was more familiar with the situation in the village, so he led the way and took Gao Hong and the others to see the brick kiln of Gao Fuqiang's family, and then to see the brick kiln built by another family.

If you have the space and skills, it would be quite a good idea to build your own brick kiln.

Renting a brick kiln from Gao Fuqiang's family costs thirty yuan per kiln. To build a house, at least four or five kilns must be fired.

Moreover, there are many people in the village, and there are many people who want to build houses. They have to wait in line for a long time to burn the kiln, so some people simply built a new brick kiln themselves.

It is now the second half of the year, the weather is fine, and it is a good time to bake bricks. There are people baking bricks in these two brick kilns. One has only been burning for two days, and the other has been burning for four days and nights. They are carrying water to run the kiln.

They chose to bake the bricks at this time, and they had a plan, because when the bricks were burned, they would be free to harvest the rice.

After the rice is harvested and dried, bricks can be fired again.

Life is like this, constantly busy. Farmers follow the solar terms and sow when it is time to sow and harvest when it is time to harvest, while workers are busy and busy according to production orders and take holidays when they should.

After visiting the brick kiln, someone called them to go to the village party secretary's house for dinner.

Gao Yuan and Gao Mingpeng also went to accompany them, but Gao Yuan did not go empty-handed. Instead, he went there with a bottle of rice wine he had steamed.

When we arrived at the village party secretary’s home, we immediately smelled the aroma of vegetables, one of which was the aroma of fried black beans with chili peppers. Even though this dish is ordinary, it is a great addition to rice!
The village party secretary's home has not been rebuilt yet. It looks a bit old, but it occupies a larger area than ordinary people. Tables and chairs have been set up in the main room, as well as some cold dishes, including fried peanuts.

The peanuts are grown in my own land. I fry them in oil and sprinkle with a little salt. The aroma is full!

"Sit down, sit down, the food will be ready soon!" The village party secretary warmly invited everyone to take a seat.

Although Gao Mingcheng and Gao Hong are juniors, one of them is a big donor and the other has a bright future, so they are naturally treated as honored guests, and the others are waiting to accompany them.

After a while, the village party secretary’s wife and daughter-in-law brought the dishes one after another.

There were seasonal vegetables, as well as a large plate of fried eels, fried field snails, fried dried fish, stewed chicken and other dishes. What surprised Gao Mingcheng the most was that there was also a plate of fried day lily.

They don't grow yellow flowers here, so they don't eat them. It's because logistics developed in later generations and they were sold in supermarkets that some people began to eat day lilies.

Noticing that Gao Mingcheng's eyes were fixed on the day lily, the village party secretary smiled and said: "Mingcheng and Gao Hong, have you seen this dish? This is day lily, which was brought back to me by a relative of mine from other places."

"Haha, we also eat flowers in our village, but we usually eat fresh gardenias. It doesn't eat fresh gardenia flowers from other places, it has to eat dried ones!"

Gao Mingcheng curled his lips and smiled, thinking, if this day lily is eaten fresh, it will be poisoned!

Gao Mingcheng was quite satisfied with this meal. The village party secretary entertained him attentively. His wife and daughter-in-law were also good at cooking, especially the pagoda eel. They were willing to fry it in oil so that the fried taste would be delicious. Soft and soft.

Under the constant pursuit, Gao Hong was forced to drink a lot of wine, and even Li Fei also drank two drinks. Gao Mingcheng, on the other hand, only drank a small glass to taste it on the pretext of driving.

There are two kinds of wine, one is the village party secretary's own twist wine, and the other is the rice wine brought by Gao Yuan.

The twist wine tastes good, but the rice wine has a slightly less layered taste.

After having lunch at the village party secretary's house, Gao Mingcheng took Gao Hong and Li Fei to Niuweiling.

You’ve all come to Gaojiacun, why don’t you go back to your own home!
Gao Mingcheng opened his bedroom door and said to Gao Hong and others, "Do you want to take a rest?"

Li Fei shook her head and refused. Even if she was tired, she couldn't lie down on someone else's bed to rest.

She said, "I'm not tired. It's rare for me to come to your house. I've eaten the fruits you gave me before, but I still don't know what the orchard looks like."

Gao Hong's physical fitness is also good. Although the previous few glasses of wine made his cheeks slightly red, he was not completely drunk.

So the three of them didn't rest and planned to go shopping everywhere.

Gao Mingcheng took them to see the lambs, the pond, the chicken coop, and then followed the mountain road into Xiaofu Mountain.

In Xiaofu Mountain, the orange and grapefruit trees are full of fruits, but the fruits don't look fully ripe yet.

Gao Mingcheng reached out and picked a thin-skinned tangerine. After peeling and eating it, he said, "It's okay, just a little sour."

Mandarin oranges are big in size and have thin or thick skins. According to experience, thin-skinned oranges ripen faster than thick-skinned ones, especially if the skin starts to turn yellow, it will be a little sweet.

Remembering that Duomei likes to eat sour food, Gao Mingcheng went to the shed to get a bamboo basket and planned to pick some early-ripening oranges to take back to Duomei.

Gao Hong and Li Fei also ate it. The oranges now are indeed edible, but they are just slightly sour.

But seeing Gao Mingcheng picking so many, Gao Hong couldn't help but said: "It tastes ordinary, why did you pick so many?"

Gao Mingcheng said with a smile: "Duomei likes to eat sour food now, I will pick more, and I have to give some to Shufang and the others. Oh, if you like it, just pick it yourself, and take some back to uncle and aunt to try it. "

Gao Hong and Li Fei looked at each other and decided to pick some back.

It's just that they only picked a little, maybe five or six pounds, unlike Gao Mingcheng, who picked at least thirty or forty pounds!
Gao Mingcheng didn't stop until he couldn't find anything cooked.

Gao Hong looked at the orange trees all over the mountains and fields, and asked Gao Mingcheng if he wanted to sell these oranges in the future, and asked Gao Mingcheng if the orange market was good this year.

Gao Mingcheng blinked. He really didn't know whether the orange market was good or not!
But this year, he only sold half of the oranges at most, and he directly produced and sold the remaining half!
Kindergarten children are still waiting for the oranges in season. (End of chapter)