The New Year's Eve dinner was very sumptuous, and the whole family enjoyed themselves and spent a good time together.
In ancient times, people would keep vigil on New Year's Eve, but now there are basically not many people keeping vigil, and because televisions have not yet become popular, they go to bed earlier.
Nowadays, there is not even a single black-and-white TV set in Gaojia Village. With Gao Mingcheng's savings, if he wanted to buy a TV set, he could find a way to buy one, but he just didn't think it was necessary.
Running a business requires cash flow, and if there isn't enough cash flow, something could go wrong. For example, in his clothing business, he needs to buy goods. If his vision is not good and the goods he buys are not easy to sell, he will lose money.
Even if you have a good vision and sell them one after another, the selling process will last for a while and the money will not be recovered immediately.
Gao Mingcheng is reborn, so he knows the popular styles in each time period, so he can't go wrong in the general direction. Most of the clothes he buys are selling well.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Gao Mingcheng held Duo Mei's hand and walked on the small road in the village with a flashlight.
Gao Mingcheng drank a few glasses of ginseng wine and was a little tipsy. Even Duo Mei drank half a glass and his cheeks were slightly red.
In a few hours, it will be a new year.
Gao Mingcheng sighed slightly in his heart. When he walked through the village corridor and was about to walk to the pond at the head of the village, he suddenly heard a voice with a slight Taiwanese accent.
According to the sound, it came from a bungalow.
Gao Mingcheng took a closer look and remembered that the compatriots who went to Taiwan with the Kuomintang had returned to the mainland to visit relatives one after another.
The elder brother of this family was forced by the times to leave home for decades. Now he is an old man in his fifties, and he is only waiting for the day to return home.
In the room, the whole family was crying with excitement. Gao Mingcheng only listened to a few words and then stopped listening. He walked very quickly and quickly passed through the house and came to the small house near the field. On the way.
Winter nights are very quiet, with no chirping of insects, birds, and frogs. When walking on withered grass, you don’t have to worry about snakes passing by.
In the silence, Duo Mei suddenly said: "Mingcheng, it's great to marry you. I never thought that I could live such a good life before."
Gao Mingcheng's heart moved slightly and he put his arm around her shoulders.
He said firmly: "Our days will get better and better in the future!"
"Yeah!" Duo Mei nodded, she believed it!
The two of them returned home, took a quick shower and went to sleep. The next day was the first day of the Lunar New Year, which was the day of New Year greetings. They had to get up early in the morning to pay New Year greetings.
On the first day of the lunar new year, people usually pay New Year greetings to their closest elders, so Gao Mingcheng went to pay New Year greetings to his parents and other uncles along the way, as a formality.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I originally went to her parents-in-law’s house to pay New Year greetings, but many Mei’s parents died early, so there was no need to go. If she wanted to go, she could also go to her second sister’s house, because her second sister was a bride-in-law and the child she had inherited Her father's last name.
However, Gao Mingcheng did not plan to go to Duoyu's house to pay New Year's greetings, but to go to the county to pay New Year's greetings to Gao Guobing.
On New Year's Eve, Gao Hong went home to visit relatives, but he could only stay at home for a few days before returning to the army, so he had to go to Gao Guo's army early to pay New Year's greetings. The two brothers used to have a very good relationship, but now they haven't seen each other for a long time. Yes, it’s rare to have the opportunity to meet, so naturally I have to meet him properly.
So on the second day of the Lunar New Year, Gao Mingcheng prepared some New Year gifts and drove his tractor to the county with many beauties.
Along the way, they also saw many people going out to pay New Year greetings, some walking, some riding bicycles, all dressed cleanly and carrying gifts.
If anyone comes along, Gao Mingcheng is willing to give them a ride.
When he reached Junling, he met two familiar people.
"Gao Mingcheng! Happy New Year!" Gao Feifei sat on the back seat of the bicycle while her husband pedaled the bicycle.
When she saw Gao Mingcheng, Gao Feifei had a big smile on her face, but her husband froze instantly and almost overturned.
Gao Feifei said dissatisfied: "What are you doing standing still? Do you want to throw me?"
Her husband did not dare to say a word, nor did he dare to look up at Gao Mingcheng.
He beat Gao Feifei until she had a miscarriage, and when he came to Gaojia Village to pick her up, Gao Mingcheng led the young men in the village to threaten him, which scared him so much that after he returned, he never dared to beat Gao Feifei again. .
Even if his mother makes trouble for Gao Feifei, he will make peace with her and prevent them from having any disputes. As a result, Gao Feifei's back was strengthened, and she had the final say at home and outside.
Gao Mingcheng looked at Gao Feifei's husband with a scrutinizing gaze, but from Gao Feifei's expression, he could tell that Gao Feifei had not been beaten again after returning to her husband's house.
That's good, the women in Gaojia Village can't be bullied like this.
"Happy New Year to you too!" Gao Mingcheng said casually. The two sides were going in opposite directions, so they left after just a few words.
Many beauties were sitting on the carriage with their backs against Gao Mingcheng, so they kept watching Gao Feifei and the others. When they were farther away, she said with emotion: "Gao Feifei is living a good life now. She brought back The gift from my mother-in-law is pretty good.”
Some families who are harsh on their daughter-in-law will not prepare rich gifts for their daughter-in-law on the day she returns to her parents' home on the second day of the Lunar New Year, and sometimes even let her come home empty-handed.
But Gao Feifei's bicycle frame was piled with things. At a glance, there were two cans of malted milk and a piece of meat, which weighed about two or three kilograms.
Then the clothes Gao Feifei was wearing were also brand new. It can be seen that Gao Feifei was living a pretty good life.
When she told these details, Gao Mingcheng was startled, and then sighed, a woman is so attentive!
How could he have noticed these details in just ten seconds?
The tractor continued to start and headed towards the county.
It was only after nine o'clock when we arrived at Gaoguo Military Academy.
This was a little early for a New Year's greeting, but it didn't hurt. The tractor stopped in front of Gao Guobing's house, and a strong young man walked out of the yard.
The man's eyes were firm and his movements had a special temperament.
"Mingcheng!"
Gao Mingcheng looked up and saw the man at a glance. He was in a daze for a few seconds before excitement emerged in his eyes.
Gao Hong! His good brother!
We hadn’t seen each other for many years, but when we saw him again, he almost didn’t recognize him!
It turns out that Gao Hong was so handsome when he joined the army as a young man! He still lacks the calm atmosphere he had when he was an official later.
"Gao Hong!" Gao Mingcheng quickly jumped out of the car, and the two hugged each other, laughing heartily.
"Ha ha!"
The two brothers hadn't seen each other for a long time, and when they saw each other, they were very excited.
But there was something wrong with Gao Hong's excited expression, because he said: "Come on, come on, let's go and compete! I heard that you are very powerful now. You can beat five or six people by yourself!"
"Who said that? I can clearly beat ten people by myself!" Gao Mingcheng boasted unstintingly, and walked to an open space in the yard with Gao Hong.
"Come on, don't hold back!" Gao Hong stood still and made a gesture.
Gao Mingcheng also calmed down and said seriously: "Okay!"
They were about to have a discussion. Gao Guobing and Gao Yue from the living room immediately came out. Gao Yue quickly called his mother Zhao Dongmei out to watch.
"Mom, who do you think will win?" Gao Yue's voice was cheerful, as if he was watching a play.
(End of chapter)
