The next morning, at six o'clock in the morning, Grandma Xi's house was already bustling.
Gao Mingcheng and Gao Zhuang were dressed in new clothes, with watches on their wrists. Ever since they used the excuse to collect medicinal materials for the big boss, Gao Mingcheng's watches had gone out of the way and were wearing them openly.
In the kitchen, the fire in the stove was burning vigorously, the large iron pot continued to heat, and the soup noodles in the pot kept rolling.
Grandma Xi did not cook porridge today. Porridge is easy to digest, does not resist hunger, and is prone to urination. It is not suitable for people who have to go out to do errands.
So Grandma Xiao cooked the noodles.
Beat the poached eggs, add meat and vegetables, and a large pot of noodles exudes an attractive aroma.
"Mingcheng, Zhuangzhuang, the noodles are ready, come and eat!" Grandma Xi shouted and brought two big bowls over. Each bowl was full, leaving only the ones with more soup and less noodles. eat by yourself.
Gao Mingcheng and Gao Zhuang walked into the kitchen, each took a bowl of noodles out, sat on a low stool in the yard, and started eating.
After eating noodles, it was almost half past six.
I made an appointment with the tractor to pick him up at seven o'clock, and now there's still half an hour left. However, the tractor can only be parked at the entrance of the village and cannot enter the village, so the medicinal materials have to be carried to the entrance of the village in advance to wait.
Gao Mingcheng and Gao Zhuang took turns going to the toilet to solve their physical problems, and then prepared to carry the medicinal materials.
Grandma Xin was old and couldn't carry heavy things, but she followed them and watched them with concern in her eyes.
At this time, Gao Yuanyuan came over with his wife and children.
His second son was going on a long trip, so naturally he had to come and take a look.
He happened to see Gao Mingcheng carrying medicinal materials out, so he said: "Mingwan, help your second brother carry a bag."
"Hey, okay." Gao Mingwan happily picked up a bag of medicinal materials, but when he put it on his shoulders, he realized that it was heavy.
Gao Yuanyuan also helped carry a bag. Luo Xiaohua stood aside and watched without doing anything, but she held a small cloth bag in her hand with six hard-boiled eggs in it.
With help from others, 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 than these medicinal materials, but his manpower was limited, so he picked and chose, leaving some cheap medicinal materials at home and only taking the 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. After returning this time, he will go to see if the pharmaceutical factory will accept his medicinal materials.
There was still some time, so everyone stood at the entrance of the village and chatted.
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. Don't cut it alone. Call someone to help. Just give me some money." good."
Gao Zhuang's family has two acres of fields and two acres of land. His family's rice planting was late. Other families are now harvesting rice, and their family has to wait a few more days.
But it happened that Gao Mingcheng was about to take Gao Zhuang out on business.
"Hey, I know. You should listen to Ming Cheng more and don't cause trouble when you are out there." Grandma Xi felt happy and worried at the same time when she saw that her only grandson was about to go away.
She has stayed in Gaojiacun all her life, but she also knows that only those with ability 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. Gao Yuanyuan also told Gao Mingcheng to be careful when going out.
"I asked your mother to boil some eggs for you to eat on the road." Gao Yuanyuan motioned to Luo Xiaohua to hand the eggs to Gao Mingcheng.
Gao Mingcheng didn't expect that his parents would boil eggs for him, so he said, "No, Grandma Xi has already boiled ten eggs."
When he heard ten eggs, Luo Xiaohua subconsciously grinned and glanced at Grandma Xi.
Do you want to overwhelm her by cooking so much? Then she remembered that Gao Yuan had originally asked her to cook ten, but she couldn't bear it, so she said there were no ten and could only cook six.
Luo Xiaohua felt a little uncomfortable and didn't want to give away the six eggs in his hand.
We already have ten eggs, which is enough for them to eat. What else should we give them?
After all, Gao Yuanyuan had been married to Luo Xiaohua for more than 20 years. Seeing that Luo Xiaohua wouldn't hand over the things, he knew that she must be stingy again, so he forced the egg in Luo Xiaohua's hand into Gao Mingcheng's hand.
"What she cooks is what she wants, and what we cook is what we want. You take it all with you and eat it on the road. Don't go hungry."
"Hey, okay." Gao Mingcheng also noticed his mother's heartbroken expression, and felt happy in his heart. He immediately stuffed the eggs into a bag he carried with him.
Before he could say a few words, the sound of a tractor came from the distance.
Chen Guolin came over a few minutes early, and Huang Dazhi was also sitting on the tractor.
Huang Dazhi was wearing a set of semi-old clothes with some patches on them. His expression was reserved and a bit timid. No one could have imagined that he would become a speedster after going to Yangcheng.
The tractor hadn't completely stopped yet. Huang Dazhi couldn't sit still anymore. He jumped out of the car neatly and walked to Gao Mingcheng.
"Brother, I'm here."
Gao Mingcheng frowned and said speechlessly: "I remember you are twenty-two this year, right? I am 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 moving but no words came out.
"Okay, don't talk about this, put your things on the car, we have to go to the county train station quickly to buy tickets."
Gao Mingcheng said hello, and everyone started carrying the medicinal materials to the tractor.
There are no mobile phones to buy tickets now. People have to queue up at the train station to buy tickets. As for the train numbers and the specific boarding time, I don’t know yet.
Because of all kinds of uncertainties, if people want to go out, they have to prepare in advance. It is always right to start early.
The tractor is not very big, but after six large bags of medicinal materials and three big men, there is no room left.
"Mom and Dad, I'm leaving."
"Grandma, I'm leaving!"
People on the car and people off the car waved goodbye, and as the tractor started to move, the rumble accompanied the car farther and farther.
Gao Mingcheng looked at the gradually declining Gaojia Village with great ambition.
After returning from rebirth, this was the first time he traveled far away, and he felt a little excited in his heart.
"Brother Mingcheng, what do you think Zhangshu looks like? In addition to taking the train, what kind of car should we take? Where will we stay after arriving at Zhangshu?" Gao Zhuang stood next to Gao Mingcheng and began to chatter. His eyes revealed excitement and anticipation.
Young people, who is not curious about the outside world?
Gao Zhuang's understanding of the outside world was limited. He had never even been to the county town a few times. At most, he 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 road before the car reaches the mountain. Take it one step at a time. What does the camphor tree look like?" I don’t know either, you’ll know when you get there!”
