Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 77

In the early morning of the next day, at six o'clock in the morning, Grandma Xi's house was already bustling.

Gao Mingcheng and Gao Zhuang wore new clothes, and they both wore watches on their wrists. Since Gao Mingcheng used the excuse to collect medicinal materials for the big boss, Gao Mingcheng's watch has passed the Ming Road, and he wore it openly.

In the kitchen, the fire in the stove was burning vigorously, the big iron pot continued to heat up, and the soup noodles in the pot kept rolling.

Grandma Xi didn’t cook porridge today. Porridge is easy to digest, doesn’t fight hunger, and tends to urinate profusely. It’s not suitable for people who have to go out to do errands.

So grandma fine cooked the noodles.

With poached eggs, meat and vegetables added, a large pot of noodles exudes an attractive aroma.

"Ming Cheng, Zhuang Zhuang, the noodles are ready, come and eat!" Grandma Xie yelled, and brought over two large bowls, each of which was full, leaving the ones with more soup and less noodles for the eat by yourself.

Gao Mingcheng and Gao Zhuang walked into the kitchen, took out a bowl of noodles each, sat on the low stools in the yard, and began to eat.

After eating the noodles, it was almost 06:30.

I made an appointment with the tractor to pick me up at seven o'clock, and there is still half an hour left.However, the tractor can only stop at the entrance of the village and cannot enter the village, so those medicinal materials have to be carried to the entrance of the village in advance and wait.

Gao Mingcheng and Gao Zhuang went to the toilet in turn to solve their physical problems, and then they were ready to carry the medicinal materials.

Grandma Xi was getting old and couldn't carry heavy things, but she followed behind and looked at them with concern in her eyes.

At this time, Gao Yuanjian came with his wife and children.

His second child was going on a long trip, so he naturally had to come and see her.

I happened to see that Gao Mingcheng was going to carry medicinal materials out, so he said, "Ming Wan, help your second brother carry a bag."

"Hey, good." Gao Mingwan happily went to pick up a bag of medicinal materials, only to realize that it was not light when he carried it on his shoulder.

Gao Yuanjian also helped carry a bag, and Luo Xiaohua stood by and watched without doing anything, but she held a small cloth bag with six hard-boiled eggs in her hand.

With someone's help, the six bags of medicinal materials were quickly carried to the open space at the entrance of the village.

In fact, Gao Mingcheng received more medicinal materials than these, but manpower was limited, so he picked and picked, and kept some cheap medicinal materials at home, and only brought more expensive ones to explore the market.

As for these cheap medicinal materials, they will not be wasted. In fact, there is a small pharmaceutical factory in their county.

There was still some time, and everyone stood at the entrance of the village to chat.

Gao Zhuang took Grandma Xi's hand, and said earnestly: "Grandma, I'm going out with Brother Mingcheng to do some errands. The rice at home hasn't been cut yet, so don't cut it alone. Call someone to help. You can give me some money." good."

Gao Zhuang's family has two acres of fields and two acres of land. His family planted rice late, and other families are harvesting rice now, and their family has to wait for a few more days.

But it happened that Gao Mingcheng was going out with Gao Zhuang to do some errands.

"Hey, I know. You are outside, you should listen to Ming Cheng more and don't cause trouble." Seeing that the only grandson is going to go far away, Grandma Xi was both happy and worried.

She has stayed in Gaojia Village all her life, but she also knows that only capable people can go outside, so she has no objection to Gao Mingcheng taking Gao Zhuang out.

Gao Zhuang and Grandma Xi were talking, Gao Mingcheng was also talking to his parents and brothers, and Gao Yuanjian also told Gao Mingcheng to be careful when going out.

"I asked your mother to cook some eggs for you, and you can eat them on the road." Gao Yuanjian signaled Luo Xiaohua to pass the eggs to Gao Mingcheng.

Gao Mingcheng didn't expect his parents to boil eggs for him, so he said, "No need, grandma has already boiled ten eggs."

Hearing ten eggs, Luo Xiaohua grinned subconsciously, and glanced at Grandma Xiao.

Do you want to overwhelm her by cooking so much?She also remembered that Gao Yuanjian originally asked her to cook ten, but she was reluctant, so she said that there were no ten, so she could only cook six.

Luo Xiaohua felt a little uncomfortable, and didn't want to give the six eggs in his hand.

There are already ten eggs, which is enough for them to eat, so what else should I give?

Seeing that he and Luo Xiaohua had been married for more than 20 years, Gao Yuan knew that Luo Xiaohua must be stingy again when he didn't hand over the things, so he forcibly stuffed the egg in Luo Xiaohua's hand into Gao Mingcheng's.

"What she cooks is her heart, and what we cook is ours. You take them with you, eat them on the road, don't be hungry."

"Hey, good." Gao Mingcheng also noticed his mother's heartbroken expression, and he felt happy in his heart. He immediately stuffed the eggs into a bag that he carried with him.

Before he could say a few words, there was the sound of a tractor in the distance.

Chen Guolin came a few minutes early, and Huang Dazhi was still sitting on the tractor.

Huang Dazhi was wearing a set of half-worn clothes with some patches on it. He looked stiff and timid. No one could have imagined that after he went to Yangcheng, he would become a speeding gangster.

The tractor hadn't come to a complete stop yet, Huang Dazhi couldn't sit still anymore, he jumped out of the tractor neatly and walked up to Gao Mingcheng.

"Brother, I'm here."

Gao Mingcheng frowned, and said speechlessly: "I remember you are 22 this year, right? I'm only nineteen! You are my brother!"

When Gao Mingcheng called him brother, Huang Dazhi trembled and became more reserved.

He looked at Gao Mingcheng, his lips moved, but he didn't speak.

"Okay, don't talk about this, put your things on the car, we have to go to the railway station in the county to buy tickets."

Gao Mingcheng said hello, and everyone started to carry the medicinal materials to the tractor together.

There is no mobile phone to buy tickets at the moment, and people have to queue up at the train station to buy tickets. As for the number of trains and the specific boarding time, I don't know at the moment.

Because of all kinds of uncertainties, if people want to go out, they have to make preparations in advance, and it is always right to start early.

The tractor is not too big, with six big bags of herbs and three big men, there is no room left.

"Mom and Dad, I'm leaving."

"Grandma, I'm leaving!"

The people in the car and the people under the car waved goodbye, and as the tractor started, the rumbling sound accompanied the car going further and further away.

Gao Mingcheng looked at Gaojia Village, which was gradually retreating, and felt full of ambition in his heart.

After returning from rebirth, it was the first time for him to travel far away, and he felt a little excited in his heart.

"Brother Mingcheng, what do you think the camphor tree looks like? Apart from taking the train, what kind of car do we need to take? After arriving at the camphor tree, where should we live?" Gao Zhuang started chatting chatteringly next to Gao Mingcheng, His eyes revealed excitement and anticipation.

Young people, who is not curious about the outside world?
Gao Zhuang's knowledge of the outside world is limited. He hasn't even been to the county seat a few times. At most, he has learned a little about the outside world through the radio.

But listening and watching are definitely different feelings.

As the car drove, the wind blew the hair and clothes of several people. Gao Mingcheng leaned on a pack of medicinal materials and said loudly: "There must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. Take one step at a time. What does a camphor tree look like? I don't know either, you'll know when you go!"

(End of this chapter)