When Gao Mingcheng passed by, his parents hadn't eaten yet, but they were already cooking, and the sound of cooking could be heard from the kitchen.
Seeing Gao Mingcheng come in, Gao Mingli, who was sitting in the yard to rest, immediately stood up and said attentively: "Second brother is here! Second brother, sit down!"
He gave up his stool to Gao Mingcheng.
Gao Yuanyuan was sitting against the wall. He was smoking after a hard day's work.
His addiction to smoking was getting worse. Gao Mingcheng saw him smoking homemade cigarettes before and felt that it was too harmful to the body, so he later bought some filtered cigarettes for his father.
"Mingcheng is here." Gao Yuan raised his eyes and saw Gao Mingcheng, his attitude was pretty good. At this time, he already knew that this second child was going to be successful.
Gao Mingcheng told Gao Mingli not to talk about what happened at the drug fair, but when Gao Mingli returned home and faced the concerns and inquiries from his family, how could he not say anything?
So last night, he excitedly shared what he saw and heard with everyone, and gave the two bottles of Site wine to his parents to keep.
This year's grain harvest was poor, and Gao Yuan's wine-making skills were useless. In the past, there was no shortage of wine at home, but now there is no shortage.
Gao Yuanjian was very happy to get these two bottles of wine, saying he would save them for the Chinese New Year.
Naturally, good wine must wait until good times.
After Gao Mingcheng sat down, he said to Gao Mingli: "Tomorrow is the county's market day. I'm going to the county to buy rice. Have you decided which factory to work at?"
When Gao Mingcheng spoke to Gao Guobing, Gao Guobing mentioned two factories, one was a sugar factory and the other was a paper factory.
Gao Mingcheng personally suggested that Gao Mingli go to the sugar factory, because the paper factory will declare bankruptcy in a few years, and will be acquired and reorganized by a large paper factory from other places.
Although the scale later became larger and more workers were recruited, the workers' lives were not easy during those years of bankruptcy.
The sugar factory has been developing well, and Taiwanese businessmen will come to invest and build factories next year. Among them is a candy factory that mainly produces toffee. The factory is located next to Red Star Farm.
The candy factory directly obtains raw materials from the sugar factory, such as white sugar, maltose, etc., and then obtains milk powder from the milk powder factory. After mixing according to the formula, it can produce milk candy.
Before this, if people in their county wanted to buy toffee, they had to buy goods produced outside the country, and the price would be higher.
Gao Mingcheng briefly stated his suggestion, and then saw Gao Mingli saying with joy: "Second brother, after we discussed it, we also said that it would be good to go to the sugar factory! Dad said, if I go to the sugar factory, Sugar factory, then the sugar cane in our village will definitely be sold early! This can also be regarded as benefiting the village."
Gao Mingcheng laughed, it turned out there was another reason.
In order for the sugar factory to have enough raw materials, the county requires most villages to plant sugar cane, but the sugar factory has the final say on where to buy the sugar cane first. Sometimes I don’t know what is going on. Bian's delay in purchasing sugar cane caused the villagers to complain.
If Gao Mingli enters a sugar factory, among other things, the sugar cane problem in their village can always be taken care of.
Because people in the sugar factory will know that the person standing behind Gao Mingli is Gao Guobing, and Gao Guobing is also from Gaojiacun.
Gao Mingcheng said: "Okay, now that everything has been discussed, let's go to the sugar factory. Tomorrow morning, we will go to the county together. Remember to dress smartly!"
"Okay!" Gao Mingli nodded excitedly. He had already prepared new clothes.
Yesterday, he got fifty yuan from his second brother, and he told his parents truthfully that his mother wanted him to hand it over, saying that it was kept at home, and that he would need it when he got a wife in the future.
But after his father was silent for a moment, he agreed to hold it himself, saying that a man cannot live without money. You can live without money, but you cannot live without money.
Gao Mingli doesn't know much about it, but he must be reluctant to spend money frivolously.
After talking about this matter, Gao Mingcheng talked about other things with his family. When his mother had cooked the food, he was ready to leave.
But his dad said: "Why are we leaving? Let's eat together."
"No, when I went out, Duomei was also cooking. She can eat as much as she wants. If I don't go back to eat, it will be wasted! The weather is still a bit hot now, and it's hard to stay overnight with leftovers." Gao Mingcheng refused. His mother cooks rice very carefully and never overcooks it. In addition, this year's grain harvest is poor, and it is the season of ripe sweet potatoes, so the rice at home is sweet potato rice.
Gao Mingcheng can eat sweet potatoes raw, roasted, or dried, but he doesn't like sweet potato rice.
His family now eats white rice. Only when making porridge in the morning, Duomei will cut some sweet potatoes and put it into the porridge. This is something he can barely accept.
If Gao Mingcheng had to leave, naturally no one could keep him.
As he walked through the corridors between houses in the old village, countless sounds came into his ears. Each house had different emotions, some were laughing, some were quarreling, and some were beating children. , the beaten child howled, half the village could hear it.
"Invention has been beaten again!"
"He was so naughty. When he was playing today, he threw a handful of dirt on his sister's body. As a result, he became blinded and couldn't open his eyes. He was taken to the health center to see a doctor."
The people around him were well aware of the situation, and they chatted for a few words after hearing Gao Fafa's howling.
Gao Mingcheng frowned slightly when he heard the name.
Gao Fafa is a clever child who is also mischievous and loves to fight. People in the village say Gao Fafa is very similar to Gao Mingcheng.
At first, Gao Fafa's parents were not happy. Later, Gao Mingcheng's prospects became visible to the naked eye. Gao Fafa's parents couldn't help but hope that Gao Fafa was really like Gao Mingcheng and could be as successful in the future.
When he grew up, Gao Fangfa was indeed successful. He tried many ways to make money, and he did make money, but it didn't last long, and he lost money and couldn't save money. After struggling for ten or twenty years, he seemed to be prosperous. , in fact, it’s just that I don’t have much money.
After walking out of the old village along the corridor, standing under the dilapidated Cheng'en house sign, Gao Mingcheng looked back.
The word "Cheng'en" is almost blurred, and some of the decorative buildings on the side have collapsed, showing a bit of simplicity and gloom under the setting sun.
This Cheng'en house sign was renovated in the late 1990s with funding from the village. After the renovation, although it looked brand new, it also lost some of its simplicity.
Gao Mingcheng looked up, thinking in his mind whether to find someone to repair it in advance, but the repair craftsman must be carefully searched, and he must be a craftsman passed down from his family.
Only this kind of craftsman can restore some ancient architectural styles. They also have ways to imitate the missing building materials.
Stepping on the afterglow of the setting sun, Gao Mingcheng returned home all the way. At home, there was a lovely wife and delicious meals waiting for him.
Well, we still need a kid to make some noise!
That night, Gao Mingcheng, who had been dating for a long time, took Duo Mei to bed early. This night, the two of them went to bed very early, but woke up very late.
The next morning, Duo Meizi, who had a sore back and a sore back, gave Gao Mingcheng a hard look. Gao Mingcheng, who was newly dressed, said in a good mood: "I cooked the porridge and let it warm in the pot. If I'm tired, I'll eat more." Get some sleep. I went to the county to do some business and won’t be back until this afternoon.”
"Yes." Duo Mei responded, but her voice was extremely hoarse. She shut up shyly and glared at Gao Mingcheng again.
Gao Mingcheng just felt like his heart was about to break. He didn't have many neighbors around his house, so when doing certain things, he should let go of his nature. Isn't this normal?
Humming a little tune, Gao Mingcheng pushed the bicycle, then rode on it, heading to the old village to pick up people.
After picking up Gao Mingli, the two headed towards the county seat.
Due to the late departure, it was already past nine o'clock when we arrived at the county seat.
At this time, it was also the busiest time at the county fair, with bustling crowds and endless shouts of sellers.
Gao Mingcheng took Gao Mingli to the market first. Instead of looking for the people loading trucks to sell goods, they looked for local grain and oil merchants and ordered five hundred kilograms of rice from them. They put it in the store first. He would come and pick it up in the afternoon.
After giving the deposit and getting the receipt, Gao Mingcheng took Gao Mingli to the police station to find Gao Guobing.
After meeting, Gao Mingcheng told Gao Mingli's choice.
Gao Guobing smiled and said: "It's good to go to the sugar factory, but we have agreed first that I will be a temporary worker at the beginning and will become a regular worker later."
When Gao Mingwan went to the transportation company, he didn't mention the matter of regular workers and temporary workers, because the transportation company was a private enterprise and a company in which Gao Guobing had a stake.
But the sugar factory is different. Even if you have connections with Gao Guobing, you will be a temporary worker when you first join, and you will have to find connections to become a permanent employee later.
It is mid-October, and the sugar cane harvesting season is about to begin. Once the sugar cane is mature and harvested, it will be the busiest time for the sugar factory.
In the past, some seasonal workers would be recruited at this time. Seasonal workers are also a kind of temporary workers. They would be recruited temporarily during this season when manpower is needed.
"Xiao Song, take Mingli to the sugar factory to find Lao Zhang. Tell him that I asked you to take him there and ask him to finish the job today." Gao Guobing called Xiao Song over. He seems to like Xiao Song very much. He likes to ask Xiao Song to do some errands.
"Hey, okay. Come on, brother Mingli, come with me." Xiao Song smiled and took Gao Mingli away with a gentle attitude.
Before leaving, Gao Mingli glanced at Gao Mingcheng nervously. He relaxed after receiving an encouraging look from his second brother.
Gao Mingcheng stayed in the office, said some friendly words to Gao Guobing, and gave Gao Guobing some precious Chinese medicinal materials, all of which were used to nourish the body.
Gao Guobing smiled and said: "Jinfeng also gave me some, and also gave me two boxes of four special wines. Let's have dinner together at noon today, and we'll open a bottle to drink."
"Okay!" Gao Mingcheng responded with a smile and told some interesting things about the medicine fair.
"By the way, uncle, I plan to buy a tractor. Do you have anything to do with it?" Gao Mingcheng said. He originally wanted to find Xiao Jinfeng, but Xiao Jinfeng had already gone to Guangdong to receive the goods.
Gao Mingcheng also liked domineering trucks, but he had no money. After much thought, he decided to buy a tractor first.
The tractor was needed now, otherwise his little broken bicycle wouldn't be able to transport goods at all.
He couldn't take the 500 kilograms of rice he bought today home, and he couldn't send the medicinal materials required by the pharmaceutical factory. Moreover, he needed a car to buy fruit seedlings and to transport the fruit to sell in the future. He also needed a car.
Therefore, it is still necessary to buy a tractor for excessive use.
After listening to Gao Mingcheng's words, Gao Guobing thought it would be good to buy a tractor. At this time, tractors are also very handsome to rural people!
(End of chapter)
