Gao Mingcheng never expected that the roll of film he bought would have been shot in the village before going to the county to take pictures.
He planned to take some pictures of the young lady and the others, but Duo Mei proposed to take some pictures of her second sister and brother as well. To this, Gao Mingcheng agreed.
While taking pictures in the village, his behavior immediately attracted countless people to watch, and everyone was talking about the camera and taking pictures.
Taking pictures is a fashionable new thing these days. People in their village have gone to the county to take pictures, but this is the first time they have seen someone rent a camera back to the village!
The film Gao Mingcheng bought was the domestic Lucky brand. In the early 1980s, Kodak and Fuji entered the domestic market with color film, causing a wave.
After that, Baoding's Lucai brand came out and became a domestically independently developed color film. It protected the domestic film market and was also exported to foreign countries. It was a hit for a while.
In the 1990s, red Lucky, yellow Kodak, and green Fuji set off the "red, yellow, and green" war. Lucky was severely damaged, but it still persisted.
It is precisely because of the existence of Lucky that people in China can buy cheap film. The film Gao Mingcheng bought is Lucky's ordinary color 135 gold 100-degree film, which sells for 12 yuan. There are three in total. Sixteen pictures.
If you buy Kodak and Fuji brands, you will need to spend 20 yuan. In comparison, Lucky's cost-effectiveness will naturally win the favor of many consumers.
Even Gao Mingcheng is willing to save this money, mainly because when Lucky was first developed, the quality was indeed not very good, but now, it is already very good, at least there will be no problems in using it.
"Mingcheng, take a picture of our family too! I can give you money!" Gao Fanmao's loud voice rang out. After he finished speaking, he called his wife and children at home to come over quickly.
Gao Fanmao is Gao Mingcheng's cousin. He also knows that these things are not cheap, so when he offers to pay, he will calculate it as the cost of going to the photo studio. However, Gao Mingcheng cannot accept this money.
So he said grandly: "We are all from our own family, how much money should we give? Uncle, aunt, don't worry, you can go change your clothes, comb your hair and come back!"
He saw that everyone in Gao Fanmao's family was in a hurry, and they were all wearing clothes for working in the fields, so he kindly reminded them.
"Yes, I'm going to change clothes!" Aunt Gao hurriedly ran home again. As a woman, she still cares about her image.
Her two sons also went back to change clothes. Only Gao Fanmao grinned and said, "This woman has a lot to do! What is there to change? She will have to work in the fields later!"
He didn't move, obviously not planning to change. Gao Mingcheng saw that he was shirtless and only wearing a pair of patched trousers, and felt that the painting style was quite realistic and simple.
He didn't try to persuade her, so he chose a place with good scenery and light, and then took photos of Grandma Xixi and her family first.
But after Gao Fanmao asked for photos, other people in the village also spoke up. The first ones to speak were naturally those who were related to Gao Mingcheng's family.
In Gaojia Village, most people are related to each other. If you agree to this, it's hard to refuse that, otherwise your reputation will be bad.
Gao Mingcheng originally wanted to take more photos of Grandma Xi and her family, but seeing this, he had to reduce the number and only took one photo of Grandma Xi alone, and then another one of their family of three.
After taking the photo of Grandma Xi, Luo Xiaohua quickly pulled Gao Mingcheng back to her home. She complained: "Why didn't you say you wanted to take a photo yesterday? Why didn't you let your family prepare it first?"
Gao Mingcheng said: "I originally planned to take pictures for you when the beam is on."
When Luo Xiaohua heard this, the anger in her heart disappeared, but she added: "Please help us take a photo at home first! Your father said that if the weather goes well next year, a house will be built the year after that! From now on, this old house will be I can’t see it anymore!”
Gao Yuan was originally going to water the water, so he agreed to take a photo first.
Like Gao Fanmao, he didn't go out of his way to change clothes because he had to change clothes and go to the county after watering.
"Grandma, you sit on the stool, and I'll take a picture of you alone!" Gao Mingcheng said to Grandma Gao, guiding her to sit on a bamboo chair.
This was the first time for Grandma Gao to take pictures, and she was so nervous that she stiffened up. It was Gao Mingcheng who helped adjust her posture and said a few words to make her laugh, which made her relax a little.
Under the lens, the sun was rising, the morning light was shining down, and the light was bright in the yard. Grandma Gao, with her hair in a bun and a silver hairpin, was sitting on a bamboo chair with a gentle expression.
Click, the camera imprinted this scene on the film.
Next, I took a family photo of my family. It was said to be a family photo, but in fact, two people were missing. Gao Mingwan was not here, and Gao Mingcheng was not here either.
As the only person in the village who can take photos, he can only take on the responsibility of taking photos and try his best to serve everyone.
The next step was to take photos of Gao Fanmao's family. These relatives and friends did not have the right to take individual photos, so they were all family portraits.
But they are already very satisfied with this.
Click, click, click.
Before I knew it, the entire roll of film had been taken!
Seeing that there were still a few people with distant connections who had not been photographed, Gao Mingcheng had to say: "There is no film, and the rest cannot be photographed! Let's break up and wait until we have the opportunity to take pictures again!"
After hearing this, the people who gathered here to watch the excitement left with satisfaction.
Those who had taken the photo were in a good mood, while those who had not taken the photo were a little disappointed, but not dissatisfied. After all, Gao Mingcheng took photos according to the relationship between them. One roll of film can take thirty-six pictures, and most people All were taken in the form of family portraits.
Only the youngest grandmother and the tallest grandmother have individual photos, but there is a reason for this, because they are already old and need to prepare a single photo in advance. After a hundred years, they will enlarge, print, and then frame it. Placed in the mourning hall.
There were no photographs before, so the descendants did not know what many of their ancestors looked like. But now that photography technology is available, many people will prepare a photo in advance for future generations to commemorate.
In later generations, there was even a new technology, which was to print photos directly on porcelain, so that they could be preserved longer.
Due to some delay, the group did not set off from the village until half past eight. Gao Mingcheng drove, Duo Mei sat in the passenger seat, and the others could only sit in the car behind the pickup truck.
It was not safe to stand, so I took some small benches and sat on them, as the car swayed and the wind blew all the way to the county.
This time, all the family members came. Originally, Grandma Gao could not come, but the filial Gao Yuanjian specially brought a bamboo chair for Grandma Gao and put a cushion made of old cotton wool on it to cushion the bumps.
Originally, Gao Mingcheng asked Grandma Gao to sit in the passenger seat, but Grandma Gao enjoyed her son's filial piety. With the help of Gao Yuanyuan and Gao Mingcheng, she got into the car and sat down firmly.
All the way to the county, we drove the car directly to the new house.
The contractor and his team had already been waiting there, and when they saw the owner's arrival, they all gathered around.
Many beauties helped take down the melon seeds and peanut candies, while Gao Mingcheng said to the foreman: "Wait a minute, I'll buy some film!"
I had known that I should have bought two rolls of film yesterday, but luckily the photo studio was also nearby, so I quickly bought a new roll of film and came back.
When he came back, the contractor had already arranged for someone to pass the news to Gao Guobing, and then Gao Guobing and Zhao Dongmei came over on their bicycles.
When they met, they naturally exchanged pleasantries again.
"It's an auspicious time, can we start?" The contractor stepped forward and said, many things have an auspicious time, and if you follow the auspicious time, it will go smoothly.
"Well, let's get started!"
With Gao Mingcheng's words, the beam-laying ceremony officially began. Originally, as the host, Gao Mingcheng had to do something, but now, his parents helped sprinkle candies to the passers-by who gathered to watch the fun, while he concentrated on Use your camera to take some classic pictures.
At this moment, he felt like a photographer.
Gao Guobing and Zhao Dongmei both had to go to work and couldn't stay here for too long, so they left one after another.
And their special arrival also made Gao Yuanyan and others see clearly that his son, who was originally unpopular with him, was actually quite popular with others.
After discovering this, Gao Yuan and Luo Xiaohua both felt a little subtle.
Next, Gao Mingcheng took his family to the People's Park. The People's Park is quite close to here, so there is no need to drive there. It only takes about ten minutes to walk there.
There are not many places to play in the county now. Even the People's Park has not been fully repaired and opened, so the scenery is average, except for some recreational facilities, which make people look at it a few times.
But I won’t play with it.
Luo Xiaohua curled his lips and said dissatisfied: "What's the point of this park? Are there not enough flowers and plants in the village? Mingcheng, please take us to visit the shopping mall."
Well, Gao Mingcheng Fanran realized that for city people, parks with many flowers and plants are worth visiting, but for country people, shopping malls with a wide variety of products are more attractive.
Think about it, what do country people come to the city for? One is to sell things, and the other is to buy things!
"Okay, the mall is also nearby." Gao Mingcheng agreed and took them to the mall instead.
Just now, he was thinking of later generations, so he subconsciously took people to the park. He only thought that his family had never visited the park, but he did not expect that the park was not very attractive to them.
After entering the mall, everyone's expressions were indeed different.
Luo Xiaohua and Huang Su'e, who was holding the child, immediately discussed it and went straight to their destination. It turned out that they had already agreed to take the opportunity to come to the county to buy some things.
Women are slow to buy things. Not to mention buying a lot, even things they don't buy or can't afford are enough to keep them interested for a long time.
Gao Shufang naturally did the same. She looked at the beautiful shopping mall with novel eyes. She looked at this and that. Now she also had a little money in her hand. Dong Feixia gave it to her. It wasn't much, but it was enough to buy some things that the little girl wanted. I want something small.
So many beauties accompanied Gao Shufang to buy, and Luo Xiaohua and Huang Su'e bought together. As for the men, although they were a little impatient, they were willing to wander around the mall.
"The city is so nice!" Gao Mingpeng looked at the grand shopping mall with a look of envy in his eyes. He secretly vowed in his heart that he would work hard to make money and then move to this city.
Through Gao Guobing's relationship, the two younger brothers had the opportunity to go to the city, but Gao Mingpeng didn't think about it. He is now doing quite well at the construction site with his cousins, and now he can get paid as a big worker.
He plans to set up his own construction team in a few years and take on the work himself, so that he can earn more.
"Yes, the city is really nice." Gao Yuan agreed, his expression full of emotion. Who would have thought that when he was young, the county was still in tatters.
But now, not only is there such a big shopping mall, but there are also many Western-style shops, which he has never seen before.
(End of chapter)
