Return to the small mountain village in 1986

With careful cultivation day after day and year after year, the fruit trees in Xiaofushan have grown taller and the mountain roads have become easier to walk on.

The branches of the peach tree spread out in all directions, and the height of the branches is well controlled. The peaches at the highest point can be picked by an adult man by standing on tiptoe and reaching out.

The peach trees are hung with green and red peaches. When people walk in the peach forest, all they can smell is the fragrance of peaches.

Not only peaches, but also the Huanghuali and Cuiguan pears planted nearby are hanging on the branches. However, the fruits are not fully ripe yet. If you pick one and take a bite now, it will taste sour and astringent.

If you look further away, you can see fruit trees such as bayberry, orange, grapefruit, persimmon, etc., which are also full of fruits. There are also navel oranges planted on the other side of the mountain. After years of hard planting, they finally bore fruit this year. The small green navel oranges are hidden among the leaves, waiting for time to ripen them.

Gao Mingcheng led everyone to pick a lot of peaches, but he didn't pick more himself because the peaches were not ripe enough and were a bit difficult for the kindergarten children to eat.

The day after the Dragon Boat Festival was the day Gao Shouwang and his wife left Gaojia Village.

Gao Mingcheng deliberately stayed in the village for one more night. Early the next morning, he drove to Gao Shouwang's home and picked up Gao Shouwang and his wife.

Gao Shouwang’s eldest son wanted to ask for leave to pick up his parents, but Gao Shouwang didn’t let him. He felt that he could go to Jinling smoothly.

To this end, they traveled light, gave away all their belongings in advance, and only took two luggage bags and a bag of eggs, rice dumplings and water to eat on the road.

An hour later, in the waiting room of the train station.

"Uncle Shouwang, Aunt Feixia, goodbye!" Gao Mingcheng stood where he was and waved goodbye to Gao Shouwang and his wife.

Gao Shouwang and his wife waved goodbye to Gao Mingcheng holding the tickets they had just bought.

After this farewell, we will see each other again in several years!

After the Dragon Boat Festival, summer vacation will soon be here. Kindergartens and primary schools start and end their holidays at the same time. Before the holiday, Gao Mingcheng finally lets the children eat sweet peaches.

Today, the Love Kindergarten is the best private kindergarten in the county. Gao Mingcheng first bought the forest behind the kindergarten and expanded it into a playground. Later, he bought the yard next to the kindergarten and built a teaching building.

Currently, the kindergarten has more than 40 teaching staff, including a principal, two deputy principals, as well as class teachers, childcare teachers, cooks, security guards, etc.

There are quite a few students in the school, nearly 300 in total, and Gao Mingcheng has started to offer special teaching, including martial arts, dance, piano, English and other courses in the school. These special courses require additional registration and fees, and the teaching time is set after class every day, or during winter and summer vacations.

As a result, teachers have more work to do, but their income also increases accordingly.

Work helps people make progress. Who would have thought that Xuan Xiumei and He Xiuman, who did not even finish primary school in the past, would make rapid progress in these years of work?

After the kindergarten was on summer vacation, Gao Mingcheng was not idle either. Instead, he took his wife and children to help his grandmother move.

After working in a transportation company for several years, Gao Zhuang was finally able to work on his own.

Gao Mingcheng lent him money and allowed him to build a three-story house near the transportation company. The first floor had a large yard for repairing cars, and the second and third floors could be used for living.

The house was completed in the second half of last year. After the smell from the renovation had settled, Gao Zhuang and his family moved into their new home on the first day of summer vacation.

From then on, Gao Zhuang's auto repair shop officially opened for business.

Although grandma is old, she is still strong and can still help He Xiuman take care of their young son. Seeing her grandson opened a shop and her grandson's wife became the deputy principal of the kindergarten, the couple has a lot of income in a year. Little Yuanyuan is also very well-behaved and sensible. Grandma feels that life is getting more and more hopeful. She wishes she could live a hundred years and see her two great-grandchildren get into college and start their own families!

Gao Mingcheng looked at Gao Zhuang's newly built house and felt happy for this good brother.

It’s great that they can stay in the county for the rest of their lives, do business peacefully and make some money, which is also good enough.

"Brother, Gao Zhuang's house is so nice! I'll drive for another year, and I plan to buy a piece of land and build a house next year!" Gao Mingwan also came to congratulate Gao Zhuang on his new home. He and Gao Zhuang are colleagues and they both live nearby. Since he didn't go out to drive today, he came over to join in the fun.

Gao Mingwan has not yet bought land to build a house because he used the money he saved to buy a Jiefang brand truck!

Now, Gao Mingwan can be considered a real truck owner!
With his own truck, it became easier to make money. Gao Mingwan would take orders himself and also take some orders from Xiao Jinfeng.

Gao Mingwan has worked hard over the years and has saved a lot of money. Together with the salary saved by his wife Wang Xiuxiu, they will be able to build a big house by next year.

Gao Mingcheng smiled and said, "It's time for you to buy some land and build a house. Your son is already over one year old. When he grows up, the house you live in now will be too small!"

"Haha, yes, yes!" Gao Mingwan smiled when talking about his son.

At noon, they had a housewarming party at Gao Zhuang's house. In the evening, Gao Mingcheng did not return home, but went to Gao Guobing's house next door.

Today, Gao Guobing has removed the word "deputy" from his title and has become the head of the bureau.

This time when Gao Mingcheng went to Gao Guobing's house for dinner, he went there to act as a lobbyist and to show off his son to Gao Yuexiu.

After graduating from the police academy, Gao Yue returned to the county to work. He was capable and had more case-handling experience than his peers, so he felt like a fish in water in the bureau.

But in the year when Gao Guobing removed the word "deputy" from his title, Gao Guobing found connections for Gao Yue and planned to transfer Gao Yue to work in the city.

Water flows to lower place, man goes to higher position.

However, before Gao Yue goes to work in the city, he must go on a blind date and arrange his marriage!
Gao Yue refused, and the father and son had a quarrel.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was not very pleasant. After finishing the meal, Gao Mingcheng patted Gao Yue on the shoulder, gave him a look, and said, "Want to go out for a walk?"

Gao Yue took out a cigarette from the cigarette box and walked out the door without looking back.

Seeing his stubborn look, Zhao Dongmei was so angry that she complained to the beauties around her: "When his brother was dating, he was so obedient! He got married smoothly, and my eldest granddaughter is already over two years old!"

Zhao Dongmei looked at Xiao Xuxu and Xiao Junjun with envy in her eyes.

Although they say they don't favor boys over girls, how can the older generation really not want a grandson?

The eldest son is a soldier and has to respond to the call of the country, so he can only have one child. Whether Gao Guobing and his wife can have a grandchild in the future depends on the birth of their youngest son!

Zhao Dongmei hugged little Junjun and kissed him twice on the face.

Three-year-old Junjun was smiling foolishly, while six-year-old Xuxu was glad that he had escaped.

Outside the house, the moonlight shone down, and faint lights could be seen in the houses near and far.

Gao Yue was smoking a cigarette, and the flame of the cigarette butt flickered in the night.

Gao Mingcheng didn't look at him either, but looked into the distance and said, "Still can't forget your first love?"

Gao Yue had been in love once in the police academy, but it was his first love, and most of the time, it never ends.

After graduation, the relationship soon ended because we were separated.

Gao Yue exhaled fiercely, and after exhaling all the smoke in his mouth, he said in annoyance: "I understand the truth, and I know what to do, but... it's just..."

Gao Yue didn't say the rest of the words, but Gao Mingcheng understood what he meant.

Gao Yue doesn't want to be manipulated by his parents. Maybe it's the time when he starts to rebel.

Gao Mingcheng walked with him in silence. When Gao Yue finished smoking a cigarette and was about to smoke the second one, he said, "If you don't like the one my aunt introduced, then find one yourself!"

Gao Yue said in a muffled voice: "Then it's better to let her introduce it! I'm too lazy to look for it!"

After hearing this, Gao Mingcheng stopped trying to persuade him, because the blind date that Zhao Dongmei found for Gao Yue was Gao Yue's wife in his previous life. The two actually had a good relationship after marriage and gave birth to a son as they wished, which made Gao Guobing and Zhao Dongmei very happy.

Therefore, Gao Mingcheng was not going to intervene and cause trouble.

Seeing that Gao Yue was about to give in, he patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You are only a few months younger than me, but my eldest son is over six years old and will be in the first grade in the second half of this year! Gao Yue, you have to work harder!"

This really irritated Gao Yue. Gao Yue rolled his eyes at him and said, "If I get married, I can make my wife pregnant in the first month!"

Tsk tsk, Gao Mingcheng smiled without saying anything and didn't argue with him.

But after the two of them returned, Gao Yue said to his mother: "Let's meet tomorrow!"

Zhao Dongmei didn't react for a moment, but when she did, she was immediately overjoyed and kept praising Gao Mingcheng for his solution, and for finally convincing that stubborn guy.

Gao Guobing, who was reading a newspaper, couldn't help but look at Gao Mingcheng with a smile.

Gao Guobing, who was promoted to the top leader, acted more and more like an official, but he was still very approachable at home. Gao Mingcheng's two sons had both been hugged and coaxed by him.

Gao Mingcheng did not participate in Gao Yue's blind date. He just waited for the wedding banquet!
After returning home, the family of four began to line up to take a bath. Xiao Xuxu took out a letter and ran to ask Gao Mingcheng when they would go to the capital. Gao Mingcheng glanced at the letter and found it was written by Fan Licheng.

Over the years, he and Fan Licheng met very few times, but they still maintained a regular correspondence, with five or six letters a year, so they could keep up with each other's latest news.

The content of this letter is that Fan Licheng invites Gao Mingcheng and his family to the capital for a small gathering.

Gao Mingcheng naturally agreed to his request and made an appointment to go there during the summer vacation.

Gao Mingcheng smiled and asked Xiao Xuxu: "Do you want to go to the capital to play?"

Xiao Xuxu's eyes are clear and bright. He has watched some programs about the capital and has learned something about the capital through newspapers and magazines, so he remains curious about the capital.

"I want to go to the capital to play!" Xiao Xuxu nodded and expressed his feelings honestly.

Gao Mingcheng said: "Okay, we'll buy tickets and leave the day after tomorrow!"

As for tomorrow, he has to pack his luggage and go to the Subor game counter and the fast food restaurant to explain to the store clerks that while he is in the capital, Gao Mingli will collect the payment on his behalf.

In the midst of all the busyness, the day of departure soon arrived.

Because he was going out with his two sons, Gao Mingcheng chose to travel light. With the development of the market economy, what can't he buy as long as he has money?
After nearly two days of travel, the family of four finally arrived at the Capital Railway Station.

Coming out of the exit, Xuanyuemei and the two children kept looking outside, and Gao Mingcheng was also impressed by the rapid changes in the capital.

Gao Mingcheng had been to the capital once, but this was the first time for Xuanyuemei and the two children, so Gao Mingcheng arranged a taxi and prepared to take his wife and children to live in the small villa first.

The small house has not been specially renovated, but someone is hired to clean it every six months. This time, when I was planning to stay there for a while, I also asked someone to clean it in advance, so I can move in right away.

Next to the small villa is Fan Licheng’s house.

These two houses were specially selected by Fan Licheng, with the intention that the two families could be neighbors in the future.

It took the family of four more than an hour to finally reach the small villa by taking a Jetta taxi.

Gao Mingcheng paid the fare and pointed to his house and said to his wife and children: "Look, that's our home in the capital!"

A house is a house, but once people live in it, it becomes a home.

The small villa has the beauty of historical sedimentation. There are some flowers planted in front of and behind the house, which makes it more artistic.

At this time, a tall and slender young man walked out from another small villa. He was wearing a white shirt and jeans and a pair of sneakers, and looked young.

When the boy saw Gao Mingcheng's family, he smiled brightly: "Uncle Gao!"

When he got to the front, the boy called Xuanyuemei "Auntie" again, then picked up Xiaojunjun and said with a smile: "I came here yesterday, the house has been cleaned up, you guys go to my house for dinner first!"

Gao Mingcheng looked at Fan Licheng with a hint of surprise in his eyes. He really wanted to ask: Did you eat Jinkela?
After not seeing each other for a few years, Fan Li has grown a lot taller and his temperament has become more mature and stable, but if you know his age, you will think he is still young.

"Brother Licheng." Xiao Xuxu and Xiao Junjun shouted at the same time. Although they had never met each other, they knew each other and felt like old friends even though they had never met.

Gao Mingcheng also smiled and said, "Licheng, you have grown a lot taller."

When we first met, Fan Licheng was still a precocious kid, but now he has grown into a handsome young man.

The group entered Fan Licheng's home, which had been renovated with modern furniture and appliances, and a nanny was hired to take care of Fan Licheng's daily life.

While eating the dishes served by the nanny, Gao Mingcheng knew that this nanny was a very good cook.

After dinner, Fan Licheng asked Xuanyuemei to take her two younger brothers to the activity room on the second floor, where there were many books, toys and game consoles.

Gao Mingcheng and Fan Licheng sat on the sofa downstairs, drinking coffee and chatting about the past and the future.

A few years ago, Fan Licheng had undergone intensive training and planned to be admitted to the junior class, but later, Fan Licheng gave up.

It’s not that his IQ is not high, but he discovered that his life is not just about doing exercises and studying.

Compared with those pure junior class students, Fan Licheng's thinking is more complicated and he has more choices. So after careful consideration, Fan Licheng gave up entering the junior class and instead chose the general college entrance examination.

Fan Licheng came to the capital this time not to have fun, but to study in the capital for a year as a senior high school student and take the college entrance examination in June next year.

Even if he chose to study for one year as a senior, he would still be a few years younger than his peers, but it would be hard to tell from his appearance.

Gao Mingcheng listened to Fan Licheng's life plan, raised the coffee cup in his hand, and said with a smile: "I wish you a bright future!"

Fan Licheng also smiled and raised his glass, clinking it with Gao Mingcheng, and said confidently: "Of course! I live here alone now, and it's not bad without the supervision of my elders! But, Uncle Gao, are you really not going to move to the capital to live?"

"The capital is the political and economic center of the country. Anyone who wants to show their talents will choose to develop in the capital, and the competition will become more and more intense in the future!"

"Oh, by the way, the housing reform has started now. In a year or two, we will be able to buy a suitable house. Although this small house is good, it is a little far from the city. We can buy another apartment in the city center!"

When Fan Licheng talked about buying a house, his tone was as relaxed as if he was talking about buying vegetables.

But he does have the ability.

Gao Mingcheng smiled and said, "I just had this plan! I plan to buy two houses, one for Xuxu and one for Junjun!"

In today’s capital, there are no restrictions on household registration when buying a house, and you can even move your household registration here!
It can be said that these years are the best time to buy a house in the capital.

Gao Mingcheng has not yet decided whether to move his own household registration to the capital, but he has already decided to move Xuxu and Junjun's household registration to the capital.

In his previous life, Gao Xu was an ordinary college student, and Gao Jun was even worse, having dropped out of junior high school!

Of course, with him watching over them, this will never happen again. But this also shows that the two children are not born to be good at studying, so as parents, we have to make plans for the future of our children.

In fact, many people are ordinary people. If they have good learning conditions, they may be able to get into a top university, but if they have poor learning conditions, they will be lost in the crowd.

When Fan Licheng heard that Gao Mingcheng was somewhat worried about his two younger brothers' studies, he wanted to pat his chest and say that he had already figured out some techniques for answering exam questions!

Unfortunately, facing a six-year-old and a three-year-old brother, Fan Licheng's knowledge is like a dragon-slaying skill. Not to mention teaching the two brothers to practice swordsmanship, I'm afraid the two brothers can't even lift the sword!

However, this chat did bring the relationship between Gao Mingcheng and Fan Licheng, two friends regardless of age difference, to a new level. They agreed to visit Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Great Wall and other famous scenic spots, and then take their children to visit the capital's famous schools to stimulate their motivation to study.

Gao Mingcheng had just made an appointment with Fan Licheng to go out for a trip when he received a call from Wang Xun.

Wang Xun and Deng Wanwan knew that Gao Mingcheng's family had come to the capital, so they arranged for the two families to meet and have a reunion.

In recent years, Wang Xun and Deng Wanwan's scrap business has been doing quite well.

Who would have thought that Deng Wanwan, who was in dire straits back then, would now have a net worth of millions?

"Okay, okay, then let's make an appointment and get together!" Gao Mingcheng said with a smile, holding a mobile phone. From the other end of the phone, Wang Xun's hearty laughter came.

"it is good!"

As the two sides reached an agreement, night fell.

Gao Mingcheng brought his wife and children back to his small villa. The two children were tired and fell asleep after washing up.

Xuanyuemei also took a shower, put on a nightgown, pushed open the bedroom door, and saw Gao Mingcheng standing on the balcony.

There was no alcohol or cigarettes around, but many beauties were still sensitive enough to notice Gao Mingcheng's good mood.

Gao Mingcheng saw her coming and stretched out his hand. Xuanyuemei moved over spontaneously and let Gao Mingcheng's hand rest gently on her waist.

Standing on the balcony on the second floor and looking out, you can see the lights of thousands of homes, reflecting the joy of thousands of families.

"Duomei, are you happy?" Gao Mingcheng asked in a low voice.

Xuanyuemei smiled and looked up at Gao Mingcheng. Under the light in the house, a layer of soft light appeared on Gao Mingcheng's resolute face.

"happiness!"

These two words are very firm! (End of this chapter)