Chapter 24 Family Meeting
There aren't many things going on in the countryside and the pace is slow, but Gao Baosheng found it very meaningful.
Seeing his father calling his second uncle, third uncle and others over, and the children from several families also coming, Baosheng asked his cousin Gao Yigong to find his grandma and come back. Several cousins followed Yi Gong and ran out of the yard.
Gao Baosheng originally wanted to call Shen Ruobing over, but now that the students have gone on summer vacation, Shen Ruobing is alone in school.
Summer vacation in Yuyang County is more than two weeks later than other places in China. The main reason is because of sandstorms. Schools have to consider autumn harvest and tree planting. In rural areas, children are considered half of the labor force!
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw that his father had already brought Shen Ruobing into the yard. Seeing the enthusiasm of his mother and two aunts, Gao Baosheng felt that he was being careless. How could she not invite Shen Ruobing to the family dinner.
Shen Ruobing also began to learn how to help Liu Fenglan with Baosheng's aunts. All Gao Baosheng bought were cooked food, but Liu Fenglan was afraid that there would not be enough to eat, so she steamed some potatoes. People in northern Shaanxi cannot live without potatoes in every meal.
Grandma came back with a group of grandchildren driving sheep. The table was set and everyone sat on the table. Liu Fenglan asked Shen Ruobing to sit next to Gao Baosheng. Shen Ruobing sat down gracefully without refusing. Today, everyone's eyes are on Gao Baosheng. On Baosheng.
"Everyone, let's eat! I bought a car and I haven't officially told you about it because I was busy working. Let's have a meal together today. There are some things I want to talk to you about," Gao Baosheng said.
In rural areas at this time, a brother's children are his own children. If the family has major issues, the brothers must discuss them, otherwise others will think that you don't take him seriously.
Baosheng bought a car and drove it back without notifying his parents. This meal can be regarded as Baosheng’s apology to everyone!
"Baosheng, you are capable and can buy a big car. In our hometown, this is like a scorpion's shit - you are the only one."
Now that you can talk to the village leaders, no one in the village will give you a thumbs up." Gao Guoming heard this and said loudly.
"Brother, I haven't taken your car yet! Let me drive your car later!" Gao Yigong said to Baosheng while tearing off a big chicken leg and eating it.
"Brother, I want to sit too!"
"I'll sit too..."
Several cousins looked at Gao Baosheng and shouted.
"Why are you making noise! Your brother buys a car to make money by selling goods. What should you do if you bump into it and break it!" Gao Guozhong hit Gao Yigong's head with chopsticks and said with his eyes wide open.
"That car is not that weak. If you like cars, I will teach you how to drive in the future, but you are too young to drive on the road now.
When I came back from the village today, Deputy Township Chief Li wanted me to bring saplings to our village. Although this matter has not been finalized, it is almost the same.
I will definitely need help then, Fourth Uncle, you and Yi Gong will come with me." Gao Baosheng said.
"Okay, no problem... Dad and my brother asked me to go with him. I didn't say it myself." Gao Yigong jumped up happily.
Gao Guozhong did not speak, but there was a smile on his face. Of course he hoped that Baosheng could help his eldest son. His son had been close to Baosheng since he was a child. Now that Baosheng has become successful and is driving a car outside, his son also wants to follow him, but he knows that Baosheng He can't go without opening his mouth.
"If you need more people, ask your second uncle and third uncle to come with you! After all, Yi Gong is still a child, and his father is idle at home!" Gao Guoliang said with a frown when he heard that Baosheng asked for Gao Guozhong and Gao Yigong.
"No, if this job is left to us, someone will be busy at home when the saplings come back. You, my second uncle, and my third uncle can just stay at home.
After this busy trip, I may have some money in hand. In addition to buying some tables and chairs for the school, I also plan to renovate our yard a little.
The courtyard walls should be made of bricks, and a big iron gate should be bought so that cars can drive in. By the way, clean up the woodshed and build a concierge, so you don’t have to sleep in the car at night in the future." Gao Baosheng said.
After hearing this, everyone thought it was reasonable. It wouldn't be a problem to keep this car outside the hospital. It cost tens of thousands of dollars! It would be very heartbreaking if something went wrong!
"It's time to tidy up the house. Baosheng, you've reached the age of marriage. It's not okay if you don't tidy up this yard." Gao Guoyao said and looked at Shen Ruobing next to him. Shen Ruobing wanted to explain but didn't know why. Open your mouth.
Gao Baosheng couldn't help laughing when he looked at Shen Ruobing's appearance. Shen Ruobing quietly stretched out his hand and twisted it around Gao Baosheng's waist.
"Ah!" Gao Baosheng shouted in pain, and Shen Ruobing quickly retracted his hand.
"Son! What's wrong?" Liu Fenglan couldn't help but ask.
"Nothing, just a mosquito bite.
Dad, please calculate the money it will cost to build a wall and buy iron gates. I will give you the money in a few days and we will start construction as soon as possible. If nothing goes wrong with the sapling pulling in the countryside this time, we will make a lot of money. By then By the way, let’s build some uncle’s yard first.” Gao Baosheng said.
The fourth uncle's farm base is north of Gao Baoshengjia, but it has always been empty for potato cultivation. The fourth uncle still lives in the third uncle's house, which is actually not spacious.
"When the money comes down, we will buy bricks and wood first, and then building a house will become easier." Gao Baosheng said, and everyone else nodded.
Many people in rural areas buy some building materials when they have money, so that the house can be built little by little. Bricks and wood are in greatest demand for building houses. Gao Guoliang is the best worker in the village, and his family has five and a half strong labor force. , if they have the materials, they can slowly build a walled courtyard after planting trees in the autumn.
"If your fourth uncle's farm base doesn't have a house, it won't cost much to build a gatehouse. Two yards will cost about 70,000 bricks. If the wood is made of catalpa wood, it will cost about 6 square meters, which will cost about 1,200 yuan! Gao Guoliang said.
The Gaojiawan base basically has six points of land. Baosheng wants to build a wall with bricks, so he uses a lot of bricks. Most people in the village use fence walls at home, and there are not many earthen walls. Gao Baosheng directly builds bricks. But it's not simple.
"Okay, we have our own car and go to the brick factory to haul the bricks. Dad, if you have time, go to the countryside and ask who sells the wood.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! I have this truck, and I can make money quickly if I work hard. Dad, you’d better design the drawings first, and do everything according to the best. If we can go to the countryside for a meeting, we can We will rebuild the two courtyards together. When the time comes, we will dig a cave with rammed earth for the upper house, and build a back-to-back side house with my fourth uncle. We will build a second-story side house!" Gao Baosheng said.
Others laughed when they heard this. They didn't think Gao Baosheng was joking. Building a building was a luxury in the past, but now that the family has this truck, everything is possible.
"According to what you said, if you want to build a building, everything must be according to the best design. If you build two yards, it will cost a lot of money. If you spend eight thousand, it is not too little, and ten thousand is not too much." Gao
Guoliang said with a smile.
Everyone looked at Gao Baosheng. They longed to build a building at home. Having Baosheng in this life was no longer a dream. Gao Baosheng also deeply felt the whole family's expectations for him.
"Brother, I don't have much money on hand to build a house, but I still have some. I will definitely have to put some effort into building my house.
If your family wants to build a building, just build it. I can live in two bungalows. Baosheng, didn't you say you want to raise fish in the village? Then you can build a house for your fourth uncle after you make a lot of money." Gao Guoming said embarrassedly.
"Now let my dad draw pictures and make plans first, why don't we plan first!
Today, people in our village have started to level the wheat field. Tomorrow, Fourth Uncle, you will go to the county town with me. We will buy a few iron buckets, which will make it much easier to transport water.
In addition, I have to go to the county to customize student tables and chairs, so you come early tomorrow and we leave early," Gao Baosheng said.
"Brother, I want to go too!" Gao Yigong said hurriedly when he heard that Baosheng didn't call him.
"Forget it tomorrow, I'll go to the county and come back soon," Gao Baosheng said.
"I can help. I run fast. Brother, please take me with you!" Gao Yigong prayed.
"Okay!" Gao Baosheng smiled.
The meal was very lively. It has only been less than a month this year and everyone has already eaten meat several times. The children are now very greedy and want to run away to the uncle's house.
In the past, everyone was poor and lived frugally. Only during the Chinese New Year could we see some prosperity, and it was usually the children who ate and the adults watched. Everyone could already smell the good life, and the faces of the second aunt and the third aunt were always smiling.
Gao Baosheng saw that his father and three uncles were drunk and staggering. They had not been so happy for a long time. Gao Yigong took the car keys and took his younger brothers and sisters to see the big car. Shen Ruobing remained silent beside Gao Baosheng.
"Teacher Shen, you can sleep at our house tonight! You sleep with Grandma Baosheng. Baosheng has been away from home for so long, and you two haven't spoken for a long time." Gao Guoliang saw Shen Ruobing's look and thought about his son's recent actions.
, he felt more and more that Shen Ruobing was suitable to be his daughter-in-law, so he couldn't help but say.
"That's right, Teacher Shen is alone in school. We have a lot of family members and it's still lively. You can live in our house!" Liu Fenglan was clearing the tables and chairs and said after hearing this.
Everyone looked at Shen Ruobing, Shen Ruobing glanced at Gao Baosheng, and finally nodded with a blushing face.
The sky turned dark, and the second uncle and others left one after another. Gao Baosheng and Shen Ruobing walked out of the yard and saw a crescent moon hanging on the horizon.
"Have you made a lot of money during this period? You have to buy tables and chairs and build a house." Shen Ruobing walked to the right of Gao Baosheng and asked softly.
"I didn't make much money. The village gave me 10,000 yuan to buy this car. I took on some odd jobs a few days ago and earned more than 1,000 yuan. After completing the sapling mission in the county, I may earn several thousand yuan."
Don’t you have to build a house if you have money in this rural area? My fourth uncle is 28 years old and hasn’t started a family yet. This is a big worry for our whole family,” said Gao Baosheng.
"I can see that it's not easy for your dad. Now that you are here, everything will be better.
I'm reading the breeding book you brought back the day before yesterday, and there are a lot of it in it, and it's very practical. The book says that in areas like ours on the edge of the desert, where the temperature difference between day and night is too great, it's not suitable for fish farming," Shen Ruobing said.
"There are very few places in the northwest where fish can be raised, otherwise the price of fish meat would not be higher than pork. To raise fish in our Green Sea Lake, the lake water must be deep so that the fish can avoid the cold in winter.
The growth cycle of fish here may only be half a year, and we must build larger sand and wind control slopes around the pond," Gao Baosheng said.
"Yes, if you have to raise fish here, you must solve the problem of wind and sand, and then the temperature problem. If these two problems are not solved, you will definitely not be able to raise fish." Shen Ruobing read the breeding book, and he expressed his opinion on Gao Baosheng's fish farming. Not much confidence.
“If you want to raise fish in the desert, the main issues are sandstorm and temperature, and I have studied them carefully.
Let’s not talk about the problem of wind and sand. Our Green Sea Lake should be about the same now. In addition, I have some other methods to ensure that no sand or soil enters the lake easily.
Green Sea Lake is only suitable for breeding cold-water fish. To ensure the temperature in the lake, the best way is to ensure that there is a deeper area in the lake. Another is to plant more aquatic plants in the lake, and you can also throw big rocks into it.
It's a bit late now, but we can try it first and learn from our experience for next year. If we make good use of this 170-acre Green Sea Lake, we can easily earn 100,000 yuan a year," said Gao Baosheng.
"It seems that you know more than me, so I can't do anything to help you!" Shen Ruobing said somewhat unhappy.
"Why can't I help? I don't know where to sell aquatic weed seeds. I've searched a lot but can't find out what kind of aquatic weeds we need to plant in Green Sea Lake. Isn't your home in the south? Is there anyone familiar with breeding? What kind of aquatic plants are suitable for planting in Lengshui Lake?" Gao Baosheng said.
"Okay, I have a classmate who keeps fish at home, and she majors in aquaculture. I will write to her tomorrow," Shen Ruobing said.
When Gao Baosheng heard Shen Ruobing's reminder, he knew he had to act quickly if he wanted to raise fish. His biggest reliance on raising fish was his space, but he was not sure how much effect the water in his own space would have on the growth of fish.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! If he wants to breed scientifically, he must make some improvements to Green Sea Lake, which also requires a lot of effort.
Chatting with Shen Ruobing very late, seeing that it was already eleven o'clock, Grandma Baosheng went out to call them, and the two of them returned to the yard.
Gao Baosheng knew that sometimes Shen Ruobing seemed to be resisting with his words, but in fact, she still cared about him very much. She might not even know what love was, and sometimes she seemed very enthusiastic and sometimes she seemed very resistant. Gao Baosheng felt that she was different from Shen Ruobing. Bing and Bing are very comfortable together, but he won't be too proactive. In his heart, he should be old enough to be Shen Ruobing's father. It's best for him to let everything take its own course.
Entering the space at night, I saw that the space water cover that was watered for the [Strength Fruit Tree] this morning has not been fully absorbed, and the water level in the pool has risen a lot today. It has increased by more than two cubic meters today, which is the largest increase in space water. one day.
Gao Baosheng irrigated for another half an hour. Feeling exhausted all over, he took out two tea eggs and drank half a liter of space water, and then fell asleep beautifully.
Before dawn the next morning, Gao Baosheng heard Gao Yigong's voice in the yard. His fourth uncle also came early before he could get dressed.
"Fourth uncle, Yigong, you are here so early!" Gao Baosheng said while rubbing his eyes.
"It's getting late. The villagers have already gone to the wheat field. You should wash up and eat quickly!" Shen Ruobing had also gotten up. Grandma was opening the sheep pen to let them herd. Mom was sweeping the yard. Gao Bao was the last to give birth.
"I still need you to fetch me water, I can do it myself!" Gao Baosheng saw Shen Ruobing giving him a lot of face wash and quickly took it and started washing up quickly.
"You haven't eaten yet!" Shen Ruobing shouted from behind when she saw Gao Baosheng going out after washing up.
"If you don't want to eat, go to the county to eat." Gao Baosheng shouted.
Liu Fenglan couldn't help but smile when she saw the two of them. Gao Guoming and Gao Baosheng followed Baosheng out of the yard. When they saw that Baosheng had started the car, they all got in.
Although the truck Baosheng bought has a single row of seats, it can seat two people in the front in addition to the main driver's seat. There is more than 10 to 30 centimeters of space in the front, so you can sleep even if you are tired from driving at night.
The car was on the road. Gao Yigong and Gao Guoming were smiling from ear to ear. They sat in the car and looked at the pedestrians on the roadside. They felt a sense of satisfaction in their hearts. Being able to ride in a truck in 1992 was much better than riding in a BMW and Benz 30 years later. It's much more scenic.
Arriving at the county town in forty minutes, Gao Baosheng drove to the gate of the high school, got out of the car with his fourth uncle and his cousin and walked towards a liver soup stall.
"Boss, six bowls of liver soup and six cakes!" Gao Baosheng said.
Gao Yigong looked at the people around him excitedly. For him, Yuyang County was considered a city. He could only come here twice a year. He rarely ate in the county every time. He had never eaten this miscellaneous liver soup.
Chapter completed!