Gao Mingcheng didn't enter the door in the end, according to his observations, He Xiuman's stomach hurts, nine times out of ten it is pretended, He Xiuman is not the kind of little white flower who can swallow her anger, she has the idea to fight back.

And Gao Mingcheng went in at this time, but it was not beautiful, and it was easy to be entangled by He Mu.

So he limped and walked towards his parents' house.

The door of the courtyard was open, and as soon as I entered, I saw Grandma Gao sitting on a chair and peeling the skin of an old loofah in her hand.

This kind of old loofah is deliberately left for seeding, after drying, the hard skin of the exterior is peeled off, and the loofah sac inside is exposed, and the loofah seeds are hidden in the holes of these gourd sacs, and the loofah seeds are shaken out, which can be reserved for sowing in the spring of the next year.

And the rest of these loofah sacs do not need to be discarded, but have a great use!

The most common use is to wash pots and dishes, and people with rough skin can also use it to bathe and rub their backs.

Because of these uses, everyone will deliberately keep some more old loofahs for later use.

"Grandma." Gao Mingcheng shouted, and Grandma Gao, who heard the voice, looked up, and then a smile appeared on the old face, like a blooming daisy.

"It's Mingcheng who is here, I heard that you went to the county to do business?" Grandma Gao asked kindly.

Gao Mingcheng said it simply, but he didn't say it carefully, because if he said it carefully, Grandma Gao might not understand. After talking for a while, Gao Mingcheng asked, "What about my parents?" ”

"Your mother went to your aunt Xiuhui's house to make sweaters, your aunt Xiuhui's skills are good, and she followed to learn. Your dad went to the fields. Grandma Gao said, with a little loneliness in her expression.

was originally a big family, but first Gao Mingcheng went out separately, and then let Gao Mingwan go to the transportation company, and then Gao Mingli went to the sugar factory, which is just that, now even Gao Shufang has been pulled to the county to sell clothes!

Therefore, on the side of the old house, the permanent population is only three people!

Originally, everyone was crowded together, and there were not enough rooms, but now they are empty everywhere.

Grandma Gao's loneliness, Gao Mingcheng keenly captured it. It's just that everything in the world will change, and as long as the change is good, then people have to adapt to it.

As he was talking, Gao Mingcheng's father came back with a hoe first.

He was still holding a bamboo basket in his hand, which contained some freshly pulled out tender radishes, and he was stunned for a few seconds when he saw Gao Mingcheng sitting in the room.

At this time of the previous year, Gao Yuanzhi was busy, he was not at home all day long, he had to steam wine outside every day, and the money he earned all year round depended on this time.

It's a pity that this year's weather is dry and there is a shortage of water, and the grain production has also been reduced, and almost no one is looking for him to steam wine.

But Gao Yuanjian was so busy that he couldn't be idle at all, so he went to the field for a walk when he had nothing to do, and estimated that any change in the field would not escape his eyes.

"Why didn't you do business in the county today? Is your business easy to do? Gao Yuanjian put down his things, asked with concern, and asked Gao Mingcheng to eat here at noon today.

Gao Mingcheng naturally responded, he just came to eat.

Briefly talking about the business in the county, Gao Mingcheng said: "I came back today to get the goods, and I will go to the county again in the afternoon." By the way, Dad, do you want to raise cows? ”

Gao Yuanjian's eyes flashed, and he thought of a possibility.

He didn't speak immediately, and after thinking about it, he said: "I plan to raise a cow, I had to save money before, and the family had a lot of expenses, but now I don't have much expenses, and I am planning to buy a calf in the spring." ”

"What, your cows aren't going to be raised?"

Gao Mingcheng nodded and said, "I don't plan to raise it." I have a total of one acre of land, and now I have bought a tractor, and this cow is not of much use, besides, I have been running to the county for three days, and I have no time to take care of it. ”

"Dad, if you really want to raise a cow, I will sell this cow to you, and you can give a fair price, how about it?" Gao Mingcheng said straight to the point.

It's impossible to send it, and cattle are very expensive!

Gao Yuanjian didn't think Gao Mingcheng spoke too much, cattle have been very precious since ancient times, Gao Mingcheng's cow, raised for nearly a year, has been more than a year old, and when the spring comes, it is worn with a cow's nose, so that it can follow the old cow to learn to plow the field, and it will soon come in handy.

Gao Yuanjian's field is still relatively large, there are eight acres to go, this ploughing needs to use oxen, when cutting rice, also need to use oxen, when the time comes to buy an ox cart, let the oxen pull the rice home, it saves the boss's strength to carry the burden.

Again, if you want to sell vegetables in Junling, you can also use an ox cart to pull it, saving time and effort.

After some consideration, Gao Yuanjian decided to buy Gao Mingcheng's cattle without saying a word.

He said, "Let's go and call your mother back to cook, and then we'll go see the cow." ”

Gao Yuanjian didn't say the price immediately, because he had to see it before he spoke.

So the father and son went to Aunt Xiuhui's house and called Luo Xiaohua back to cook.

Luo Xiaohua has never been waiting to see Gao Mingcheng, but now it is different, I heard that Gao Mingcheng was eating here at noon, she was very happy, and said with a smile: "There is still a piece of marinated meat at home, which will be used to fry radishes later!" ”

Luo Xiaohua went home to cook, Gao Yuanjian and Gao Mingcheng went to see the cow, and the black tiger and the elf surrounded the two of them to spread joy.

The cattle are not on the side of Ushiwei Ridge, but in the fields on this side of the old village.

The fields here are connected, a total of more than 800 acres, although the weather is dry, but there has been a little rain one after another, and the fields have grown fresh weeds, many of which are milk vetch.

These weeds are the best ration for cattle.

Zhang Chengyuan is a hard-working man, he came early in the morning to take out the cattle and sheep of Gao Mingcheng's family, and then chose a piece of land with abundant weeds and put the cattle and sheep there.

When grazing cattle and sheep in the mountains, you can tie a rope to the trunk of a tree, but not in the field, there are no trees.

But the wisdom of the working people is infinite, and a stake can be tied to the end of the rope, sharpened at one end, and nailed to the field.

In this way, the cattle and sheep are restrained and will only move within the confines of the rope.

There are some cattle in the village, but there is only Gao Mingcheng's family who raises sheep, so it is easy to find, both father and son are good at walking, and they are not tired after walking for more than ten minutes.

"Dad, this is my cow, you see! It's still good. As for the sheep, I plan to slaughter them during the New Year. ”

Gao Mingcheng looked at his own cattle, the young cattle were clean, a pair of big eyes were cute, and when he saw Gao Mingcheng and them coming, he looked at them with a tame temperament.

Domestic cattle are mostly tame, but as the saying goes, cows have a temper, and sometimes the cows are tough and not easy to mess with.

Gao Yuanjian is also a veteran of farming, and he is very good at selecting livestock, he looked up and down the little yellow cow, found nothing wrong, and tried to let the little yellow cow go a short way.

"Well, the limbs are strong and the spirit is good. Mingcheng, how much did you buy this cow? Gao Yuanzhi asked.

Gao Mingcheng didn't hide it, he said it truthfully, Gao Yuanjian pondered for a moment, and added some more to the original price, which is more fair, but it will definitely not be a premium.

Gao Mingcheng didn't care about a few more or fewer dollars, and he made a deal with his father right away.

He untied the rope tied to the ox, handed it to his father, and said, "I've been away from home lately, and I've let my brother take care of all the livestock." I'll talk to him later, he doesn't know. ”

"Then just let him take care of it for two more days, my family's cattle pen is not ready yet." Gao Yuanzhi said immediately.

That's how raising large livestock, you have to prepare a pigsty and cattle pen in advance, otherwise you can't raise it.

On the edge of the pigsty of the old house, there is still a little vacancy, and Gao Mingcheng estimates that his father will build the bullpen there.

So he said, "I have half a bag of cement and some red bricks there, and I'll send them to you later." ”

Gao Yuanjian nodded, and the rest of the bricks and cement, he made up for it first, and if it was not enough, he would buy some more.

The father and son completed the deal and returned home again.

Although the cow was not brought home immediately, Gao Yuanzhi still gave the money to buy the cow now.

He counted the money twice before handing it to Gao Mingcheng.

Gao Mingcheng took the money and put it directly in his pocket, with this money from selling cattle, he had more cash on him.

Gao Mingcheng ate here at noon, and it was rare to have a full meal.

After the meal, he decided to go to Grandma's house.

He Xiuman and her mother had their own tricks before, and they didn't know what the situation was now.

When he passed, he didn't see He Mu, presumably he was gone.

"Mingcheng, you're here." Grandma Xi was also peeling the skin of the old loofah in the yard, and there were piles of skins at her feet, and there were a lot of loofah seeds in the dustpan.

"Mingcheng, do you want loofah seeds? Pick up some later! Grandma said with a smile.

Those loofah seeds look like they are more than half a catty, but they don't actually need so many seeds.

The people on their side rarely plant loofahs on good ground, but they only plant a row in the corner of the wall in front of the house and behind the house, as well as on the edge of the slope.

When the loofah is on the market in large quantities, it can't be sold at a good price, and you can't eat too much at home, but because you need to wash the dishes and pots with the loofah sac, every household in the village will plant seven or eight loofah seedlings.

Gao Mingcheng said: "No, I also left a few old loofahs, which are still hanging on the wooden beams, and when I am free in the future, I will get the seeds out." ”

"What about Gao Zhuang and Xiuman? Resting? ”

As soon as the words fell, Gao Zhuang walked out of the house, and when he saw Gao Mingcheng coming, he was quite happy: "Brother Mingcheng, didn't you open a store, why did you come back?" Have you had lunch? We still have some food at home, do you want to eat it? ”

Gao Mingcheng said with a smile: "No, I just finished eating." Is your wife okay? I heard that you seem to have gone to the health center to call the doctor? ”

When he mentioned this, Gao Zhuang pouted and began to complain to Gao Mingcheng about He Mu.

It's just that he didn't know that as early as before, Gao Mingcheng had accidentally told him what had happened.

After knowing that He Xiuman was really fine, but it was just a false alarm, Gao Mingcheng was completely relieved.

"She is an elder, you can bear with it, now Xiuman has a big belly, you can take Xiuman as the mainstay." Gao Mingcheng can only persuade like this, because the current mainstream ideology is like this.

Grandma Xi immediately said: "I also said the same, that is, his mother-in-law was very dissatisfied with him, and felt that he had married Xiuman to the wrong person." Originally, the father-in-law was beaten, and the son-in-law could help, but his family did it...... Not very decent. ”

Gao Ming Chengxin said that He Mu is actually not bad, she is a sincere person, she is most afraid of lying in her mouth and deceiving people.

Gao Mingcheng thought so and said so.

Gao Zhuang was stunned for a moment, pondered for a while, and felt that this was indeed the case.

In this way, he has a little less resentment towards He Mu.

He Xiuman also heard it in the house, and couldn't help sighing, it wasn't that her mother was sincere, but that her mother didn't have that brain!

So as soon as I came, I made it clear what happened.

She knew that her mother was difficult, so she didn't dare to fight-for-tat, so she could only pretend that her stomach hurt and blur the matter.

Gao Mingcheng accompanied Grandma Xi and Gao Zhuang to talk for a while, and then said goodbye and left.

He also had to go back to his house to get some vegetables from the field and firewood to the county.

When passing by Zhang Chengyuan's house, I saw Zhang Chengyuan weaving bamboo baskets at home, so I told him about selling cattle.

"Brother, you continue to help raise the cow for a few days, and then take the cow away when my dad has built the cowpen." Gao Mingcheng said.

Zhang Chengyuan naturally didn't say anything, and with one less cow, his work was easier.

It's just that he has some regrets in his heart, he also wants to raise cattle, but unfortunately his family can't afford to raise cattle at present.

Gao Mingcheng returned to his vegetable field and began to pull radishes and fold vegetable moss, this field is guarded by black tigers and elves, some hares and voles dare not come to make trouble, and his vegetable field is growing quite well.

Gao Mingcheng picked all the vegetables he could eat and put them in the body of the tractor.

This was followed by the removal of firewood and the building of the remaining bricks and cement for the house.

After putting everything on the car body, Gao Mingcheng was ready to go, and when he left, he realized that although he had returned home, he had only entered the yard, and he had not even opened the lock on the door of the room!

But, just get things done!

He drove a tractor, first delivered cement and red bricks to his father, then loaded the goods at Gao Shouwang's place, and headed for the county at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

At this point in time, almost no one will go to the county, and naturally no one will take a ride.

Gao Mingcheng drove all the way smoothly, but the tractor was too slow, and it took an hour to reach the county.

As usual, he parked his car in the alley on this side of the backyard, so that it would not affect the business of the store, and some goods were moved in from the backyard.

As soon as he entered the backyard, he heard the sound of stepping on the sewing machine, and when he looked up, it turned out to be a lot of beauty sewing trouser legs.

The trousers of the suit are generally longer, but if the buyer is shorter, then the long trousers will not look good when worn, and the whole person will not be energetic.

As soon as you are sure that you have bought a suit, the clerk will measure the length of the customer's legs, and then cut and re-sew them appropriately.

This also requires a certain amount of sewing skills, but many Mei and Gao Shufang are capable of this job.

This sewing machine is Gao Mingcheng's own, and it was used by Dong Feixia before, but later Dong Feixia bought a lot of sewing machines, and she didn't need it.

"How's business going today?" Gao Mingcheng asked with a smile.

Many beauties looked up and saw him coming back, and a smile appeared on their faces, and they said, "It's not too good, but there are also some businesses one after another." ”

Gao Mingcheng comforted: "The positioning of each store is different, and the customer base is different. Open a shop and do business, don't rush, take your time! ”

He almost wanted to say - we can afford to lose.

But in the end, I swallowed it because I felt unlucky.

The business in the next few days is similar to this day, and the popularity of Xinxin clothing store is gradually out, but due to the price constraints, the business is not destined to be too hot.

But as long as people's incomes rise, they will inevitably seek to buy better quality fashion clothes.

Gao Mingcheng stood in the deserted store, feeling that this was not a solution, and he had to get one or two drainage money.

In some later generations, there were always some specials that would attract people into the store and then sell other profits to customers.

This trick is not only applicable to clothing stores, but also to restaurants, and some restaurants even have very low prices, but they require you to order alcohol, and alcohol is the real money-making commodity of the restaurant.

(End of chapter)