Return to the small mountain village in 1986

As the saying goes, a single blast of firecrackers is worth a ton of gold, so people are always keen on setting off firecrackers when a new store opens or during the Spring Festival.

Firecrackers represent joy and blessings.

As long as people see the firecracker ash on the ground from afar, they know that there is a happy event here. Out of curiosity, they will come over to take a look, and then they will immediately be attracted by the novel game interface.

Soon, more and more people gathered outside the door, all of them were passers-by who came to watch the fun.

"Boss, you said yesterday that we can play two games for free every day. Can I play now?" At this time, someone asked loudly.

Gao Mingcheng looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was the young man who had been there yesterday.

Of course he would not go back on his word and immediately handed the game console to the young man to play.

Under the operation of the young people, a new game began.

The young man's words were like a signal, and soon people reacted and asked Gao Mingcheng if they could play two games for free. Of course, Gao Mingcheng gave a positive answer.

There was only one color TV, but many people wanted to play it, so they had to wait in line.

At this time, someone shouted: "Boss, how much is this game console? I want to buy it and play it!"

When Gao Mingcheng heard the voice, he recognized who was speaking, but he still cooperated and quoted the price of the game console and cartridge, then picked up a new game console and cartridge and handed them to the person who asked the price.

The person who asked the price was a well-dressed middle-aged man. He was none other than Song Jinzhang's father, who was also the manager of this department store.

"Manager Song is really generous. He bought the game console and cartridges for over 300 yuan right away!" Someone recognized Manager Song and immediately joked with a smile.

But some people immediately said that Manager Song’s daughter worked in this store, so it was understandable that Manager Song spent a huge amount of money to buy a game console.

Support my daughter's work!

So everyone laughed good-naturedly.

Manager Song also laughed. He really supported his daughter's work and was curious about the game. So, he might as well spend money to buy one, which could be regarded as opening a business for Gao Mingcheng.

Gao Mingcheng didn't care what his purpose was in buying the store. The opening of a new store was a happy thing. Even Song Jinzhang, who had always been hostile to Manager Song, smiled at this time and did not emotionally drive the customer away.

Gao Mingcheng even glanced at her on purpose, and was relieved to see that she was emotionally stable and knew when to advance and retreat.

People who do business should avoid being emotional.

After the store opened, it seemed to really bring a wave of good luck, because soon people started spending money to buy game consoles again!

Sure enough, although this is just a small county town, there are always a small number of rich people here!

The new things in this world are often enjoyed by the rich first, followed by the ordinary working class.

When color TVs become cheaper and game consoles become outdated, it will be the turn of people with lower incomes to play.

In fact, if all things develop in this way, it would not be bad. I am just afraid that some things will always be exclusive to the rich, and ordinary people will never be able to access them in their entire lives!
Gao Mingcheng stayed in the store the whole day. Today, many regular customers came to take care of the business, so the business was pretty good.

The game console costs 240 yuan, the cartridge costs 120 yuan, and a set costs 360 yuan. I sold 5400 sets of game consoles in total today, and earned yuan!
This is not a small amount of money!
However, we have regular customers today, so the performance might be a little worse in the future. It would be good if we can sell a few sets a day.

But Gao Mingcheng is not in a hurry, because the Chinese New Year period is the peak sales period!
Once the advertisements are released next year and the popularity of the Subor game console increases rapidly, business will be very good.

In the afternoon, Gao Mingcheng closed the store door and said to Song Jinzhang, "You performed very well today. Keep working hard tomorrow. I won't come here during the day. Do you have the confidence to run the store by yourself?"

Song Jinzhang nodded and said confidently: "I am confident that I can run the store well!"

If Song Jinzhang couldn't run the store well in the territory he was familiar with, he would look down on himself.

"Okay." Gao Mingcheng nodded with satisfaction, and then told Song Jinzhang to do the accounts every day. He would come to get the account book and payment before closing.

As for the issue of holidays, Gao Mingcheng might not always have time to take over, so he thought of two ways. One was to hire another person, and the other was to simply close the shop for a few days as a holiday for Song Jinzhang.

After hearing these two methods, Song Jinzhang immediately said actively: "Brother Mingcheng, I can watch the store every day! If there is really something, I will ask you for leave!"

Song Jinzhang does not get a fixed salary when working for Gao Mingcheng, but a base salary plus commission. The more goods she sells, the more commission she gets, so she does not want to hire another employee to dilute her profits.

As for holidays, Song Jinzhang feels that he doesn't need them!
Seeing that Song Jinzhang was full of energy, Gao Mingcheng did not discourage her and agreed with a smile.

As soon as the shop closed, Gao Mingcheng said goodbye to Song Jinzhang and walked towards the kindergarten.

During this period of time, the children in the kindergarten have been taken home by their parents, and the kindergarten has become much quieter.

Gao Mingcheng is going to take Xuanyuemei back to the village tomorrow. After Gao Mingcheng said this, Xi Nainai immediately said, "I'll go back for a walk too! I haven't been back for a long time, and I miss home!"

Since coming to the county town, Gao Zhuang and He Xiuman have gone back because they have to go back to harvest rice and grow vegetables, but Xi Nainai has never been back.

Although the weather in November is a bit cold, Gao Mingcheng has now upgraded his muskets to cannons, and is no longer using the tractor as before!
Sitting in the car with the doors and windows closed, you can be protected from the wind and rain, and it’s very comfortable!
So Gao Mingcheng agreed immediately and said he would come to pick the person up early the next morning.

Since Grandma Xi is going back, He Xiuman and Gao Zhuang naturally have to go back too. The vegetables at home have not been taken care of for a while, and no one knows how they are growing.

Growing vegetables like they do actually depends entirely on the weather. If they are lucky, they can harvest some vegetables, but if they are unlucky, they may not get anything at all.

After dinner, Gao Mingcheng took his wife and children home. His grandmother's family also gathered together and talked about going back tomorrow.

When the old man thought about being able to go home and visit his family tomorrow, he smiled more.

The next morning, Gao Mingcheng got up early as usual. This morning, he only performed a set of boxing, which just stretched his body for a while before ending.

Then he took the bamboo basket and money and prepared to go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables.

With so many people going back to the village, we naturally have to buy food for lunch.

When he arrived at the vegetable market, Gao Mingcheng went to the meat stall first. The butchers selling meat were all in good spirits and enthusiastically soliciting customers. One of the middle-aged butchers was very fat, so his nickname was Fatty.

"Fatty, give me ten pounds of pork belly. I'll also take the bones, pig lungs and pig liver!" Gao Mingcheng saw that the pork from the fat man's house was the best in color among the several cutting boards, so he walked to the fat man's cutting board, pointed at the meat with his finger, and asked the fat man to cut it. "Okay." The fat man greeted enthusiastically. He cut wherever Gao Mingcheng pointed. His service attitude was really amazing!
Much better attitude than the butchers in the towns!
When buying meat in rural areas, whether the meat you buy is good or not depends entirely on luck!
In order to sell the meat more easily, the butchers always cut the meat with the same knife. They will cut whatever is on their turn, no matter whether you want lean meat or fat!
Of course, most people who buy meat in rural areas want fatty meat because they lack oil in their stomachs.

The reason why butchers in the county can cut whatever they want is because people in the county are not so short of oil and water. Many of them are willing to buy lean meat, so butchers don't have to worry about selling the fat first and making the remaining lean meat difficult to sell.

Therefore, how butchers in a place sell meat actually has something to do with the local environment.

After Gao Mingcheng bought the meat, he put it directly into the bamboo basket without putting it in a plastic bag. There were ten pounds of pork belly, plus a pile of bones and internal organs, which weighed nearly twenty pounds.

However, this weight is nothing to Gao Mingcheng.

As Gao Mingcheng walked along, he found someone selling fish, but he didn't plan to buy any because he already had a pond at home where he raised fish!

As for other vegetables, you don't need to buy much. For example, winter melon, pumpkin and green vegetables are all grown in the fields. Even if you don't have them in your own fields, you can pull them from other people's fields. You just need to give them some money for the vegetables. There is no need to buy them from the county and bring them back.

Gao Mingcheng didn't plan to buy vegetables, but he stopped in front of a tofu stall and decided to buy some tofu.

By the time he left the market, it was already dawn.

When we passed by a bun shop, we ordered buns of various flavors and bought two fried dough sticks.

Gao Mingcheng doesn't have many experiences like this one visiting the vegetable market.

Because usually other people go to buy vegetables, but today he has to go back to the village early, he can't let Xuanyuemei go to buy with a big belly, or have no vegetables to eat at noon!
When I returned home with a full basket of things, Xuanyuemei and Xiaoxuxu had already woken up and were brushing their teeth in the bathroom. Xiaoxuxu disliked the cold water and wanted to just brush his teeth perfunctorily, but Xuanyuemei taught him to brush his teeth for a while longer.

Gao Mingcheng put the things on the table and said casually, "The water is a little cold now. Use warm water to brush your teeth and wash your face in the future! Fill the thermos with water before going to bed at night so that it will be easier to use in the morning. Or I will get up early and boil some water."

Gao Mingcheng brushed his teeth and washed his face with cold water in the morning, so he didn't notice this.

Xuanyuemei said: "The water in the kettle is only enough for washing his face, so let him use cold water to brush his teeth. It will only take a while, it's okay, we had to drink cold water in winter when we were kids!"

When many Americans were young, their families could not afford a thermos, so they could only drink hot water when it was boiled. When the hot water cooled down, they could only drink boiled water.

And I can't take a bath very often throughout the winter.

Compared with her own childhood, Xuanyuemei felt that Xiao Xuxu was already very happy.

In fact, many people have a similar mentality. People naively think that if I was like this when I was a child, then you can be like this when you are a child. If you can be better than I was when I was a child, then you are very lucky.

That each generation is stronger than the previous one is people’s most simple wish.

Gao Mingcheng said no more, just put the breakfast on the table and wrapped it with a cotton coat so that the buns would not get cold easily.

After Xuanyuemei and Xiaoxuxu finished washing up, they could have breakfast. Gao Mingcheng bought buns of all flavors, but Xuanyuemei was picky about food during her pregnancy and didn't like meat buns. She only chose red bean paste buns and sugar sesame buns.

Both of them are sweet, and the white sugar sesame buns taste fragrant. Some of the white sugar has turned into syrup, but some of it still has a crunchy texture and has a unique flavor when chewed.

After eating and drinking, it's time to set off.

"It's already eight o'clock, let's get in the car." Gao Mingcheng called out, opened the back door, and let Xiao Xuxu and Xuanyuemei get in first.

They sat in the back and would go over to pick up Xiaonai's family later. Gao Zhuang would sit in the passenger seat, while Xiaonai, He Xiuman and Xiao Yuanyuan would squeeze together in the back seat.

They were all women and children, so they could fit in if they squeezed together.

The car drove out of the alley and a few minutes later, it drove out of the alley to the roadside, and the Love Kindergarten stood on the roadside.

Xi Nainai's family had also been prepared. When they saw Gao Mingcheng's car, they walked towards it without being asked.

After everyone got on the bus, it took everyone to Gaojia Village.

Along the way, the little grandmother sat by the car window, looking out, her eyes full of novelty and excitement.

After about half an hour, the car slowly stopped at the entrance of the old village.

Gao Mingcheng gave Xi Nainai and the others two pounds of pork belly and some tofu so that they could cook for lunch.

Grandma then asked Gao Mingcheng and the others to come over for lunch, but Gao Mingcheng politely declined.

Since kindergarten started, their two families have almost always eaten together. It’s nice to eat separately now, and it feels fresh.

After Xi Nainai and her family got off the car, the car continued to drive towards Niuweiling.

After arriving at Niuweiling, several dogs in the house came over to greet their owner. Xuanmei was in a good mood looking at the familiar house and familiar dogs.

Even little Xuxu started playing with the dogs as soon as he got off the car.

These dogs all recognize their owners and will not hurt Xiao Xuxu. They surround him like stars surrounding the moon, teasing Xiao Xuxu so much that he wants to play with one dog and then with that dog.

Gao Mingcheng was also very happy to see the dogs at home.

The reason I bought so many bones and internal organs this time was actually to feed the dog.

In the past, he seldom bought meat for the dog, because he always felt that if the dog at home wanted to eat meat, it could go into the mountains!

The continuous mountains are home to countless rabbits and wild boars!
But the last time he went hunting rabbits, he spent most of the day and only caught two rabbits, which was not even enough for a man and a dog to eat.

So just spend the money and buy it!
Gao Mingcheng first cut off some pig livers and lungs and threw them into the dogs' bowls for them to eat first.

As for the bones, you have to stew them into soup and then take out the bare bones to feed the dog, which can be used as teething sticks for the dog.

"Ming Cheng, Duomei, you are back!" There are few people living in Niuweiling, but Zhang Chengyuan and Chen Dasong's family often come here to work, so you can often see people here.

The one who greeted Gao Mingcheng and the others at this time was Zhang Chengyuan. (End of this chapter)