Gao Mingcheng did not step through the door in the end. According to his observation, He Xiuman's stomachache was most likely fake. He Xiuman was not the kind of little white flower who would swallow her anger. She had many ideas to fight back.
But when Gao Mingcheng went in at this time, it was not beautiful and he would be easily entangled by He's mother.
So he turned around and walked towards his parents' house.
The door to the yard was open. As soon as I entered, I saw Grandma Gao sitting on a chair and peeling the old loofah in her hands.
This kind of old loofah is specially reserved for seeding. After it is dried, the outer hard skin is peeled off to reveal the loofah sacs inside. The loofah seeds are hidden in the holes of these sacs. Shake out the loofah seeds. It can be saved for sowing next spring.
And the remaining loofah sacs don’t need to be thrown away, they can be used for great purposes!
The most common use is to wash pots and dishes. People with rough skin can also use it to bathe and rub their backs.
Because of these uses, everyone will deliberately keep some old loofahs for later use.
"Grandma." Gao Mingcheng called. Grandma Gao looked up when she heard the voice, and then a smile appeared on her old face, like a blooming daisy.
"It's Ming Cheng here. I heard that you went to the county to do business?" Grandma Gao asked kindly.
Gao Mingcheng said briefly, but did not elaborate, because even if he did, Grandma Gao might not understand. After talking for a while, Gao Mingcheng asked: "Where are my parents?"
"Your mother went to your aunt Xiuhui's house to knit sweaters. Your aunt Xiuhui's skills are good, so she followed her. Your father went to the fields." Grandma Gao said, with a somewhat lonely look on her face.
They were originally from a large family, but first Gao Mingcheng separated, and then Gao Mingwan went to the transportation company, and then Gao Mingli went to the sugar factory. This was nothing, but now even Gao Shufang has been Taken to the county to sell clothes!
Therefore, there are only three permanent residents in the old house!
Originally, everyone was crowded together and there were not enough rooms, but now everything is empty.
Gao Mingcheng keenly captured the loneliness of Grandma Gao. It’s just that everything in the world will change. As long as the change is good, then people have to adapt to it.
While they were talking, Gao Mingcheng's father came back first carrying a hoe.
He was also holding a bamboo basket in his hand, which contained some freshly pulled out radishes. When he saw Gao Mingcheng sitting in the room, he was stunned for a few seconds.
At this time in previous years, Gao Yuanyuan was very busy. He was away from home all day and had to make wine for others every day. The money he earned throughout the year depended entirely on this time.
Unfortunately, this year there is a shortage of water and grain production, so few people come to him to make wine.
But Gao Yuanyuan was used to being busy and couldn't stay idle at all, so he went to walk around the fields when he had nothing to do. It was estimated that any change in the fields would not escape his discernment.
"Why didn't you do business in the county today? Is your business easy?" Gao Yuanyuan put down his things and asked with concern, and asked Gao Mingcheng to eat here at noon today.
Gao Mingcheng naturally agreed, he was just here to enjoy the meal.
After briefly talking about the business in the county, Gao Mingcheng said: "I came back to pick up the goods today, and I will go to the county again in the afternoon. By the way, Dad, do you want to raise cattle?"
Gao Yuan's eyes flashed and he thought of a possibility.
He didn't speak immediately. After thinking about it, he said: "I plan to raise a cow. I had to save money before and my family had a lot of expenses. Now I don't have much expenses. I am planning to buy a calf in the spring."
"What, you don't want to raise your cow anymore?"
Gao Mingcheng nodded and said: "I don't plan to raise it anymore. I only have one acre of land in total, and now that I have bought a tractor, the cow is not of much use. Besides, I have been running to the county every two days for the past three days. No time to take care of it.”
"Dad, if you really want to raise cattle, how about I sell the cattle to you and you give me a fair price?" Gao Mingcheng said straight to the point.
It is impossible to give it away, cattle are very expensive!
Gao Yuanyuan didn't think Gao Mingcheng was exaggerating. Cows have been very precious since ancient times. Gao Mingcheng's cow has been raised for nearly a year and is already over a year old. When spring comes, he will wear a nose. , let it follow the old cow and learn to plow the fields, and it will soon be put to use.
Gao Yuan's family still has quite a lot of land, eight acres. Oxen are needed to plow the fields and to cut the rice. When the time comes, we will buy an ox cart and let the ox bring the rice home. It saves the boss the energy to carry the burden.
Another thing, if you want to go to Junling to sell vegetables, you can also use an ox cart to pull you there, saving time and effort.
After some consideration, Gao Yuanyuan decided to buy the Gao Mingcheng family's cattle without saying a word.
He said: "Come on, let's call your mother back to cook, and then we'll go see the cow."
Gao Yuanyuan didn't say the price right away because he had to look at it before speaking.
So the father and son went to Aunt Xiuhui's house and called Luo Xiaohua back to cook.
Luo Xiaohua had always disliked seeing Gao Mingcheng, but it was different now. When she heard that Gao Mingcheng was eating here at noon, she was very happy and said with a smile: "There is also a piece of bacon at home, which I will use to fry radish later!"
Luo Xiaohua happily went home to cook, while Gao Yuan and Gao Mingcheng went to watch the cows, with Black Tiger and Elf having fun around them.
The cattle are not on the other side of Niuweiling, but in the fields on the old village side.
The fields here are connected together, totaling more than 800 acres. Although the weather is dry, it has rained a little before. Fresh and tender weeds grow in the fields, many of which are milkvetch.
These weeds are the best food for cattle.
Zhang Chengyuan is a hard-working man. He came over early in the morning and took out Gao Mingcheng's cattle and sheep. Then he chose a land with abundant wild grass and put the cattle and sheep there.
When grazing cattle and sheep in the mountains, you can tie the rope to the trunk of a tree, but this is not possible in the fields where there are no trees.
But the wisdom of the working people is infinite. They can tie a wooden stake to the end of the rope, sharpen one end of the wooden stake, and then nail it to the field.
In this way, the cattle and sheep are restrained and can only move within the scope of the rope.
There are some cattle farmers in the village, but only Gao Mingcheng's family raises sheep, so it's easy to find them. Both father and son are good at walking, and they didn't feel tired after walking for more than ten minutes.
"Dad, this is my cow, look! It's pretty good. As for the sheep, I plan to slaughter them during the Chinese New Year."
Gao Mingcheng looked at his own cattle. The young cattle were clean and had cute big eyes. When he saw Gao Mingcheng and the others approaching, he looked over with a docile temperament.
Most domesticated cows have a docile temperament, but as the saying goes, cows sometimes become aggressive and are not easy to mess with.
Gao Yuan is also a veteran in farming and is very good at selecting livestock. He looked around the calf up and down and found nothing wrong with it, and then tried to let the calf walk a short distance.
"Well, the limbs are strong and the spirit is good. Mingcheng, how much did you buy this cow for?" Gao Yuan asked.
Gao Mingcheng didn't hide anything and told the truth. Gao Yuanyuan pondered for a moment and added some more to the original price. It was relatively fair, but it was definitely not a premium.
Gao Mingcheng didn't care if it was more or less, so he made a deal with his father immediately.
He untied the rope that tied the ox, handed it to his father, and then said: "I haven't been at home recently, and Duomei's brother has taken care of all the livestock at home. I'll tell him later so he doesn't know. "
"Then let him take care of me for two more days. The cattle pen at my house is not ready yet." Gao Yuan said immediately.
This is the case when raising large livestock. You must prepare pig pens and cattle pens in advance, otherwise you will not be able to raise them.
There was still a little space next to the pig pen at the old house, and Gao Mingcheng estimated that his father would build a cattle pen there.
So he said: "I still have half a bag of cement and some red bricks. I will deliver them to you later."
Gao Yuanyuan nodded. He would look at the remaining bricks and cement first. If they were not enough, he would buy more.
The father and son completed the transaction and returned home again.
Although the cow was not taken home right away, Gao Yuanyuan still gave him the money to buy the cow now.
He counted the money twice before handing it to Gao Mingcheng.
Gao Mingcheng took the money and put it directly into his pocket. With the money from selling the cow, he had more cash on him.
Gao Mingcheng ate here at noon and had a rare full meal.
After the meal, he decided to visit Grandma Xi's house.
He Xiuman and her mother had different tricks before, but they don't know what the situation is now.
When he passed by, he didn't see Mother He, so she must have left.
"Mingcheng, you're here." Grandma Xiao was also peeling old loofah skins in the yard. The skins were piled on the floor at her feet, and there were a lot of loofah seeds piled in the dustpan.
"Mingcheng, do you want loofah seeds? I'll get some later!" Grandma Xi said with a smile.
Those loofah seeds look like they weigh more than half a pound, but in fact you don’t need so many seeds.
People here rarely plant loofahs on good land. They just plant them in a row in the corners in front of and behind the house and on the edge of the slope.
When luffa goes on the market in large quantities, it doesn't fetch a good price, and you can't eat too much at home. However, because luffa sacs are needed to wash dishes and pots, every household in the village will plant seven or eight luffa seedlings.
Gao Mingcheng said: "No, I also kept a few old loofahs, which are still hanging on the wooden beams. I will take out the seeds when I have time in the future."
"Where are Gao Zhuang and Xiu Man? Are they resting?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Zhuang walked out of the house. He was quite happy to see Gao Mingcheng coming: "Brother Mingcheng, didn't you open a shop? Why are you back? Have you had lunch?" We still have some food at home, do you want to eat it?"
Gao Mingcheng said with a smile: "No, I just finished eating. Is your wife okay? I heard that you went to the health center to call the doctor?"
When this was mentioned, Gao Zhuang pursed his lips and began to complain to Gao Mingcheng about He's mother.
But he didn't know that Gao Mingcheng had accidentally gotten a rough idea of what was going on.
After knowing that He Xiuman was fine and it was just a false alarm, Gao Mingcheng was completely relieved.
"She is an elder. You can tolerate it if you can. Now that Xiuman is pregnant, you can just take Xiuman as the main one." Gao Mingcheng could only persuade her like this, because this is the mainstream thinking now.
Grandma Xi immediately said: "What I said is that his mother-in-law is very dissatisfied with him, and she feels that she has married Xiuman to the wrong person. Originally, the father-in-law was beaten, and the son-in-law could go to help, but this matter in his family It was... not very honorable."
Gao Ming Cheng Xin said that He's mother was actually pretty good. She was an honest person, and she was most afraid of lying and deceiving people. Only after coming forward in anger did she find out the whole story. That was disgusting.
Gao Mingcheng thought so and said so.
Gao Zhuang was stunned for a moment, thought about it, and felt that it was indeed the case.
In this way, his resentment towards Mother He was slightly lessened.
He Xiuman heard it in the house and couldn't help but sigh. It wasn't that her mother was sincere, but that her mother didn't have the brains!
So as soon as I came, I made the whole story clear.
She knew her mother was difficult to deal with, so she didn't dare to confront her. She could only pretend to have a stomachache and keep the matter vague.
Gao Mingcheng chatted with Grandma Xi and Gao Zhuang for a while, then said goodbye and left.
He still had to go back to his home to take some vegetables from the fields and firewood to the county.
When passing by Zhang Chengyuan's house, I saw Zhang Chengyuan weaving bamboo baskets at home, so I told him about selling the cow.
"Brother, you can continue to help raise the cow for a few days. When my dad builds the fence, he can take the cow away," Gao Mingcheng said.
Zhang Chengyuan naturally didn't hesitate. Without a cow, his work became easier.
It's just that he feels a little regretful. He also wants to raise cattle, but unfortunately his family can't afford to raise cattle at the moment.
Gao Mingcheng returned to his vegetable field and began to pull radishes and fold moss. The land was guarded by black tigers and elves, and some hares and voles did not dare to cause trouble. His vegetable field was growing quite well.
Gao Mingcheng picked some edible vegetables and put them in the bed of the tractor.
Then it was time to move firewood and build the house with the remaining bricks and cement.
After putting everything on the truck bed, Gao Mingcheng was ready to set off. Before leaving, he discovered that although he had returned home, he had only entered the yard and had not even unlocked the door to his room!
But, just get things done!
He drove the tractor and first delivered cement and red bricks to his father, then loaded the goods at Gao Shouwang's place and headed towards the county at three o'clock in the afternoon.
At this time, almost no one would go to the county, and naturally no one would want to take a ride.
Gao Mingcheng drove smoothly all the way, but the tractor was too slow. He drove for a full hour before reaching the county.
As usual, he parked his car in the alley in the backyard so that it would not affect the store's business, and moved some goods in from the backyard.
As soon as he entered the backyard, he heard the sound of a sewing machine. He looked up and saw that there were many beauties sewing trousers.
The trousers of suits are generally longer, but if the buyer has a short stature, wearing long trousers will not look good and will make the person feel sluggish.
Therefore, Xinxin Clothing Store provides a service of sewing trousers. As long as you are sure to buy a suit, the clerk will measure the customer's leg length, and then cut and re-hem the suit appropriately.
This also requires certain sewing skills, but many Mei and Gao Shufang are capable of this job.
This sewing machine belongs to Gao Mingcheng. It was used by Dong Feixia before. Later, Dong Feixia bought many sewing machines and no longer needed them.
"How is business today?" Gao Mingcheng asked with a smile.
Duo Mei looked up and saw that he was back, with a smile on his face and said: "It's not too good, but there is still some business."
Gao Mingcheng comforted: "Each store has a different positioning and a different customer base. Don't be anxious when opening a store and do business, take your time!"
In fact, he almost wanted to say - we can afford the loss.
But I swallowed it in the end because it felt unlucky.
The business in the next few days will be similar to that of today. The popularity of Xinxin Clothing Store has gradually increased, but due to price restrictions, the business is destined not to be too popular.
But as long as people's income increases, they will definitely pursue buying better quality fashion clothes.
Gao Mingcheng stood in the deserted store and felt that this was not the solution. He had to get one or two items to attract traffic.
In some stores in later generations, there will always be some special offers. These special offers will attract people into the store, and then sell other profit items to customers.
This trick is not only applicable to clothing stores, but also to restaurants. Some restaurants even have very low food prices, but they require you to order drinks, and drinks are the real money-making products for restaurants.
(End of chapter)
