Gao Mingcheng stayed at the transportation company until evening before returning to Gao Guobing's house. When he returned, Zhao Dongmei had already prepared the meal.
Zhao Dongmei seemed very happy to see Gao Mingcheng coming.
She has two sons, but the eldest son went to join the army, and the younger son also went to the provincial capital to study at university at the end of August. Now she and Gao Guobing are the only ones in the family, which seems somewhat deserted.
Gao Mingcheng was about the same age as Gao Hong and Gao Yue, and the three of them grew up together, so seeing Gao Mingcheng was like seeing his own son.
"Come and wash your hands and eat!" Zhao Dongmei greeted with a smile, so the three of them sat together and started eating dinner.
After the meal, Zhao Dongmei brought an envelope, handed it to Gao Mingcheng, and said, "This is the photo you took with Duomei last time. I have seen it. It is very good."
"If I hadn't seen the photo you took, your uncle Guobing would not have gone to the photo studio with me to take pictures!" Zhao Dongmei said with a smile. Before Gao Yue went to college, she took Gao Guobing and Gao Yue to the photo studio to take pictures. I took a few photos, and planned to ask Gao Hong to take some photos together when Gao Hong came back to visit his relatives during the Chinese New Year.
With that said, Zhao Dongmei also took out the photos she took at home.
Under the light, dozens of photos were spread out on the table. In each photo, there was a familiar face, either serious or smiling.
Seeing the photos taken by Zhao Dongmei, Gao Guobing and Gao Yue, Gao Mingcheng couldn't help but have an idea. Should he take his parents to the photo studio to take some photos?
Youth is like passing away, never to come back. If you take a photo today, you can reminisce about it in the future.
Those years, those people, those things.
The three of them looked at the photos and chatted. Gao Mingcheng also saw a photo of Gao Hong in military uniform, which was taken in the army and mailed back.
Gao Mingcheng took this photo and looked at it carefully.
At this time, Gao Hong was only twenty years old. He had been in the army for two years and had just gotten rid of the title of recruit, but there was still some time before he could make a contribution.
In his previous life, Gao Hong served as a soldier for 20 years, until he became the regimental leader, and then changed his profession and returned to the county to work within the system.
Seeing Gao Mingcheng staring at this photo, a trace of longing appeared on Zhao Dongmei's face. She said: "When Gao Hong went to join the army, he also called you. Unfortunately, your leg was injured for some reason at that time. You can't pass the physical examination, otherwise you and Gao Hong can serve as soldiers together, that's not bad."
Hearing Zhao Dongmei talk about this, Gao Mingcheng felt dazed for a moment. He thought about it for a long time before he remembered what happened at that time.
At that time, a group of people focused on Gaojia Village. They came here every night to steal chickens. Most of the houses had their chickens stolen. In the morning, you could always hear the curses from the people whose chickens were stolen.
At that time, Gao Mingcheng also hated these thieves. He could not eat meat very much throughout the year, and he only had so many chickens at home. If someone stole them, he would not be able to eat even eggs.
So he called a few young men in the village, stayed up for several nights, and finally caught the chicken thieves, and then they gave them a good beating.
Gao Mingcheng has been good at fighting since he was a child, but anyone who dares to steal chickens is definitely not a good person, so the fight was very fierce. Gao Mingcheng knocked down several people, but in the end he was beaten with a wooden stick by one of them. Although the bones in the legs were not broken, the muscles in the legs were bruised and swollen, which affected walking.
At that time, Gao Hong returned to the village from the county and told him that he was going to have a physical examination as a soldier, and asked him to go with him.
But unfortunately, Gao Mingcheng couldn't go.
When Gao Mingcheng recalled this incident, he felt a little uncomfortable for a moment.
He had two chances to change his destiny, but he missed both opportunities.
When he was studying, although he was not a top student, he was still pretty good. If he could follow Gao Hong to attend junior high school in the county, it would still be possible for him to go on to high school, technical secondary school, or something like that.
The second thing is to serve as a soldier. If he is not injured and passes the physical examination, he can serve as a soldier with Gao Hong.
Gao Hong's ability to successfully become the head of the regiment is partly related to Gao Guobing. Under the same circumstances, if his family provides support, his career will be smoother. This is understandable.
Gao Mingcheng's family doesn't have enough support, but he has good abilities. If he joins the military camp, he still has a chance to join the regular camp after struggling for more than ten years. Besides, after Gao Hong becomes a regular regiment, he can still help him. Bundle.
If he hadn't gone back to 1986, but gone back earlier, then he might have taken another path.
Under the orange light, the three of them sat there, looking at photos and talking, talking about things in the past and things now.
After a good night's sleep, early the next morning, Gao Guobing and Zhao Dongmei went to work, and Gao Mingcheng also left.
Today he is going to get his driver's license. Once he has a driver's license, he can drive legally.
When I arrived at the vehicle management office, I reported my name and someone immediately came forward and said with a smile: "You are Director Zhao's nephew Gao Mingcheng. Director Zhao had already said hello and said you were coming to take the driver's license test. Come with me, as long as you can drive, you can get your driver's license right away."
The man was round and had a very honest and honest appearance. The Director Zhao he mentioned was Zhao Dongmei's brother and the director of the Transportation Management Office under the Transportation Bureau.
The responsibility of the transportation management office is to license and manage passenger and freight transportation, so it is very convenient for Director Zhao's brother-in-law, Xiao Jinfeng, to open a transportation company.
It is said that someone in the court is easy to do. Under the leadership of the round-faced man, Gao Mingcheng successfully obtained his driver's license. There are not many vehicles now, and the assessment for driver's license is not as complicated as in later generations. In addition, Director Zhao said hello, So things went very smoothly.
After getting his driver's license, Gao Mingcheng went to his house.
The house is almost completely repaired and will soon be able to have its beams and roof tiles put up.
Gao Mingcheng was only free for the past few days, and he would go back to the village to join in the process of picking yellow gardenias and diffusa, so he agreed to leave the beam-laying ceremony tomorrow.
The contractor promised everything, saying that everything would be prepared in advance, and all the owner needed to do was come forward.
In this case, Gao Mingcheng went to Xiao Jinfeng's transportation company again. This time, Xiao Jinfeng was at home, but Gao Mingwan was not there, so Xiao Jinfeng arranged to go transportation with a master.
Gao Mingcheng said that he had just obtained his driver's license and that the house he was building in the county would be built tomorrow, so he wanted to borrow Xiao Jinfeng's pickup truck.
This pickup truck is still parked here today because it has little cargo. This car rarely travels long distances. It is basically used to contract some business in the county, such as helping people and transporting large household appliances.
Xiao Jinfeng had a bold personality. When he heard that Gao Mingcheng was borrowing it for the purpose of siding the house, he took out the key to the pickup truck without saying a word and told Gao Mingcheng to just drive away.
The reason why Gao Mingcheng wanted to borrow a car was because he had to go home to pick up people to attend the beam-laying ceremony tomorrow. In addition to his beautiful wife, his parents also had to bring him because building a house was a big deal, and his brothers were free. If so, you can also join us to rejoice.
When there are many people, it is inconvenient to go out. If you have a car, it will be much more convenient.
"Thanks!" Gao Mingcheng took the key to the pickup truck, put his bicycle in the cargo box, and got into the driver's seat.
After borrowing the car, Gao Mingcheng went to the store to buy melon seeds, peanuts and candies.
Because it is not a market day, there are few people selling things, but the shops are open every day, so these commonly used things are easy to buy.
In addition to shopping, Gao Mingcheng also went to a photo studio. He asked the owner of the photo studio how much it would cost to rent a camera.
When he saw the photos of Gao Guobing's family yesterday, he came up with the idea of taking some photos with his family. Tomorrow will be the beam-raising ceremony for his first house in the county. It is considered a day worth remembering. Plus, you’ll bring your parents with you, so it’s a good time to take photos.
Gao Mingcheng gave a deposit and took away a camera and a roll of film. He made an appointment to return the camera after taking pictures tomorrow and let someone in the photo studio develop the photos.
Everything was ready. He finally went to the police station, found Gao Guobing, and talked about getting his driver's license and the roof beams on his house.
Gao Guobing then said, "This is a big deal. Your aunt and I will go there tomorrow."
Although he and Zhao Dongmei both had to work, it was not a big deal to temporarily leave for an hour or two.
After saying these things, Gao Mingcheng was ready to go home. He drove his old pickup truck in high spirits. However, as he moved away from the county town, the roads began to become shabby. Even though his driving skills were pretty good, the old pickup truck struggled to maintain its position amid the potholes. With style.
This is indeed a rare sight. Along the way, when someone sees an old pickup truck, they will instinctively give way and then pay attention.
Well, at this moment, Gao Mingcheng is the most handsome boy on this road!
When passing through Junling, Gao Mingcheng found a spacious place to park the car, and then went to Huang Dazhi's house.
Huang Dazhi's parents did get some medicinal materials, but they were all those that were found near their home, such as daffodil, padijin, black medicine, etc.
The value of these common medicinal materials is not high, but Gao Mingcheng also calculates the price according to the one with the best quality.
When Huang Dazhi's parents saw Gao Mingcheng, their attitudes were very good, while Huang Dazhi's younger brother stared at Gao Mingcheng curiously.
In the eyes of their family members, Gao Mingcheng was regarded as Huang Dazhi's noble man.
First, he took Huang Dazhi to sell medicine and made some money. Later, he taught Huang Dazhi the skill of catching rabbits. But the most worthy of gratitude is that he allowed Huang Dazhi to eat national food!
The emergence of Gao Mingcheng changed Huang Dazhi's fate, and Huang Dazhi's efforts will eventually change the fate of their family.
After Huang Dazhi established himself in the county, their family's life improved visibly. Huang Dazhi's father even wanted to go to the hospital for a physical check-up to see if his problems could be cured.
(End of chapter)
