Gao Mingcheng's visit to Yangcheng has become a big gossip in the village recently. Almost everyone has to mention it. When everyone saw Gao Mingcheng and others holding an electronic watch, they all came forward to see this novelty. stuff.
Naturally, some people also asked how to use it and how much it would cost.
Gao Mingcheng told the truth, but the price he mentioned was the selling price, not the wholesale price.
So as soon as the price was announced, the interested person calculated the score in private and was speechless. He secretly wondered what kind of business Gao Mingcheng had done, and he actually spent so much money to give it away!
There were various speculations at first, but soon the speculations were based on Gao Guobing. Now everyone knows that Gao Guobing is an official!
The original section chief was actually an official, but when spoken out, he was not as nice and impressive as the director.
After blaming Gao Guobing, everyone no longer envied Gao Mingcheng for being rich, and probably couldn't afford to offend him.
Gao Mingcheng himself is a ruthless character. He has been the best in fights since he was a child. Now that he has Gao Guobing as his backer, no one in the village dares to provoke him if nothing happens.
After hearing this, Gao Mingcheng just smiled and said nothing more.
Now that I have come back from Yangcheng and what I need to do has been done, the next step is to take care of the contracting of the forest.
After he sold the gold, he also resold a batch of electronic watches and toad mirrors. He had a lot of money in his hand. This money was enough for him to contract the forest and prepare the land afterwards.
After talking to someone from the village committee, the matter was settled quickly. Contracting out the mountain forest would be of great benefit to the village committee. Without anyone to compete with him, Gao Mingcheng successfully contracted the hill. arrive.
Because the hill had no name, Gao Mingcheng named it Xiao Fushan on the spot. The name is very vulgar, but he likes it very much!
After contracting Xiaofu Mountain, Gao Mingcheng quickly gathered people in the village and planned to dig the depression at the foot of Xiaofu Mountain into a pond before the early rice harvest.
The excavated soil will not be wasted and can be used to fertilize the soil and consolidate the foundation around the pond.
People in the village are not afraid of hard work, but are afraid of running out of work. When Gao Mingcheng gives a shout, there are many followers.
We are all from the same village, so it is not easy to choose one thing or another. Fortunately, there are many things to do. Not only do we have to dig ponds, but we also need to cut down trees and prepare the land. These all require manpower.
Therefore, as long as they are willing to work and are hardworking and willing to work, Gao Mingcheng will accept them.
As for those who cheated and cheated, they didn't dare to come to Gao Mingcheng to cause trouble, because together they couldn't defeat Gao Mingcheng alone.
Things were going well. For the sake of convenience, Gao Mingcheng did not include lunch and only raised the wages a little. The wages were still 50 cents higher than when the railway was being built.
Building railways is hard work, and this is also hard work, but fortunately it is close to home, so it saves trouble on the road.
At the beginning, Gao Mingcheng led others to give instructions for a while, letting them know how to work, and then went about his own business.
He would go into the mountains every now and then to check on the condition of the beehives, the growth of Poria cocos, and other naturally growing medicinal materials, such as Ganoderma lucidum and Gardenia jasminoides.
On this day, Gao Mingcheng went into the mountain with a honey shaker.
After such a long time, the honey in the beehive is full and the color is darker. It is time to shake the honey.
If the honey is not brewed long enough, it will have more water and a lighter color. When viewed through the sunlight, it will look like golden yellow. If it is brewed long enough, the color will be darker, a dull amber color, and its texture will be darker. It's thick and sweet, and has a longer shelf life.
Gao Mingcheng always waits until the brew is almost done before he shakes the honey. Otherwise, people who buy honey will feel that it is not worthwhile to mix it with water.
It took a day to shake out all the honey from the beehive. Even Gao Mingcheng felt his arms were sore.
Looking at the large vat of honey, Gao Mingcheng felt happy and sad.
Yes, a big tank!
Because there was too much honey, there were not enough containers at home to hold it, so I cleaned the water tank, drained the water, and used it to temporarily hold the honey.
Gao Mingcheng looked around, thinking that he would go to the county tomorrow and buy some more bottles.
In fact, he is still considering whether to buy a tractor. Otherwise, there will be too many goods and it will be inconvenient to travel to and from the county town.
Only a small part of the trees in Xiaofu Mountain can be sold for money, and most of them are useless trees and weeds. For this part, Gao Mingcheng generously promised the workers and told them that the weeds can be taken home.
Don't underestimate the weeds, they are the fuel for the fire.
Almost no one in the village spends money to buy coal. They use firewood for cooking and cooking every day. Sometimes when there is not enough firewood, they will steal it from other people's mountains, which will lead to scoldings and fights.
Outside the wall of Gaomingcheng's courtyard, there are many felled trees piled up. These trees are piled up and dried randomly. When they are needed, they are cut into small sections and then piled up.
Some people say that whichever family has high and good firewood piles will have a prosperous life. Some people can pile firewood against the wall and cover the entire wall!
Most of the people summoned by Gao Mingcheng were assigned to dig ponds. They planned to dig the ponds before harvesting early rice. If you want to plant trees, it is very important to store water. Besides, there will be a drought in September this year. The role of the pool is even more important.
Gao Mingcheng didn't completely ignore Xiao Fushan. After finishing his own affairs, he would take off his shirt, reveal his strong arms, and work with others. When he started working, it was fast and good, which made him excited. No one else dared to slow down for fear of being outdone.
Isn't that what people say when you are paid labor but work slower than the master?
"We dug a spring! Haha, this land is always wet and rotten, so I said there must be a spring underneath!"
"Not bad, not bad. If there is a spring, you won't have to worry about running out of water to plant trees."
The workers all held hoes and laughed, making the dull atmosphere become relaxed and cheerful.
Gao Mingcheng walked over to check. The place where the spring hole was dug began to gush with clear water. There used to be a small puddle of water underneath, but now there is a tendency of gradually increasing.
So he said: "Brothers, please continue digging. First, dig deeper at the spring, and then dig other places. We will try to dig the pond today and tomorrow!"
"Okay!" Everyone responded, knowing that after the spring is dug, there will be more water. If the pond is not dug in time, it will be very inconvenient.
So everyone started working together, digging and picking soil, and they were busy and orderly.
Gao Mingcheng is also digging soil, trying to dig the pond completely in the next two days.
His pond is not too big, just over two acres, and it is not dug too deep. The bottom is filled with dark gray fine soil. Except for some rocks, it is good planting soil.
He dug quickly, and the dustpan filled with soil soon became full and was picked away.
With more people and strength, by evening, the pond was almost dug, and some water had accumulated at the spring, as high as someone's calf.
There will be more water by tomorrow.
"Okay, that's it for today! Let's do some repairs around the pond tomorrow and solidify the foundation around the pond!" Gao Mingcheng threw away the hoe and said loudly.
"Okay." The others responded and raised their hands to wipe the sweat from their faces.
Everyone is working almost against the clock. When a group of people exerted their strength, they didn't feel it. Now when they stop, they feel like their arms are shaking and their bodies are hollowed out.
Gao Mingcheng smiled sheepishly when he saw them like this.
If he hadn't been there, these people might not be so enthusiastic about feeding.
A group of people returned to their homes one after another. Some people sat down and waited to eat. Some people wanted to be cleaner and ran to the reservoir to take a quick bath first.
At seven o'clock in the evening, the scorching heat brought by summer gradually dissipated, and the wind blew from the hills. The leaves rustled and the wild flowers swayed. They took away the remaining scorching heat of the earth and brought the long-lost coolness.
This is true when living in a small mountain village. Even in the hot summer, it is relatively cool in the morning and evening.
Gao Mingcheng's family's dinner has been placed in the yard. After the meal, Gao Mingcheng lay on the recliner to rest, while Duo Mei was clearing away the dishes in the kitchen, singing a ditty while doing so.
I heard this song from Yangcheng.
Duomei has some talent for singing. She can sing a piece of music that she has heard several times, and her tone is roughly the same.
The same cannot be said for Gao Mingcheng. He is a typical tone-deaf person, so he rarely sings to avoid making people laugh.
Listening to Duomei's beautiful singing, Gao Mingcheng began to wonder whether to buy Duomei a tape recorder.
A popular look in the 1980s was wearing bell bottoms, toad glasses, and holding a tape recorder!
What are you doing? Of course singing and dancing!
In 1986, Cui Jian sang "Nothing", and Chinese rock music was born since then. This year, "Disco Queen" Zhang Qiang will blow up a super whirlwind and lead the carnival of fashionable young people.
After that, Teresa Teng's hit songs "I Only Care About You", Qi Qin's hits "About Winter" and "The Outside World", and Wang Jie's first album "A Game, a Dream" were all released one after another, bringing people More music.
The entertainment industry is about to enter an era of fighting between gods and gods, and many good-looking movies and songs have been produced.
Gao Mingcheng squinted his eyes slightly, with various messy thoughts floating in his mind. Gradually, he fell asleep amidst many beautiful songs.
(End of chapter)
