Return to 2001 to pursue dreams

After gently knocking on the door of their parents' room, the couple quickly covered the money with a quilt and asked warily: "Who is it?" After confirming that it was their eldest son, they gently opened the door.

It was freezing cold in the room. Gao Hongda quickly took off his shoes and got into his parents' bed. He shivered exaggeratedly, hugged his mother's arm and said: I'm freezing to death!

His mother subconsciously stretched out her hand to test the temperature on his forehead. Gao Hongda couldn't help but sing: Mom is the only one good in the world. In his memory, he hadn't had this warm and happy feeling hiding in his mother's arms for a long time.

Dad carefully put the money on the bed into the iron box and locked it. He turned around and asked coldly: "Have you ever fallen ill again since the two of us came back?"

Gao Hongda straightened his upper body and patted his chest and said: Don't worry, he is as strong as an ox now!

My mother said with a worried look: "You scared us to death last time. You said our family didn't have any genetic diseases, so why did you get that strange disease? You spent so much money, and we were all prepared to have it." Sold the house and the land.”

Gao Hongda said calmly: "My master said that this is not a normal disease in the human world, but an evil disease. This will be fine in the past! And if you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed!"

Dad said dissatisfiedly: "Let's not talk about whether there will be any luck later. You are just causing trouble by throwing money away for no reason!"

It seemed that the couple were still struggling with the matter of donating money. Gao Hongda sighed and said: "My master has said that to earn more money in the future, you must do more good deeds and accumulate more merits, otherwise you will have physical problems in the future. Earn ten yuan If you have enough money, you should give one dollar to charity!”

My mother widened her eyes and asked: "Son, tell me the truth, how much money have you earned? You said this 12 is only 1/10? Then you have at least 90 left!"

Gao Hongda gave his mother a thumbs up: "Mom is really a good calculator and really goes into business!"

His mother slapped his hand down and said, "Is that invention you mentioned so valuable?"

Gao Hongda lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Don't be afraid if I tell you. As long as this thing is produced, I think it can sell [-] million yuan in three years!"

The couple was completely shocked this time. The father said in a trembling voice: "Five hundred million? That has to be loaded on a truck! You can't tell others about this!"

My mother also echoed: "Yes, yes, you can't show off your money everywhere! Especially your second uncle, if he knew that you were so rich, believe it or not, he would never do anything else in the future. He would cheat you out of money every day!" I watched him grow up and know him so well!”

Gao Hongda nodded fiercely and said, "Don't worry! I know what I know!" Then he pulled his mother's hair away with his hands and said distressedly: "Mom, your hair has turned white. If we can't plant in this land in the future, we will leave." Plant it! Let’s rent a shop in the town and do some business!”

Dad immediately objected and said: "How can business be so easy? If you can make money by doing business, wouldn't everyone do it? Look at so many people doing business, how many of them are making money?"

Gao Hongda said dissatisfiedly: "What do you tell me when people make money? If you all know that businessmen make money, you will definitely rush to do business! You only want to be safe and farm, but it is safe. Our ten acres of land, There is less than 5 yuan left in a year, which is not as much as my uncle earns in two days."

My mother also felt that it made sense, and she also advised my father: "What our child said makes sense. If it doesn't work, let's try it!"

Dad snorted coldly and said, "I won't do that kind of embarrassing thing!"

Gao Hongda laughed angrily at his father's weird idea, but it's no wonder that the thinking of the older generation of farmers is like this, which makes people feel a little unreasonable. But he still said patiently: "You are used to hard work. When you start a business, I'm afraid that when I ask you to come back to farm, you won't be willing to do it! What's so shameful? Poverty is so shameful! Today I If I sell it for 12 yuan, who will dare to say that I am embarrassed in the future?"

Dad was choked into silence by these words.

When his father lowered his head to think, Gao Hongda turned to his mother and asked, "When you married my father, did he buy you anything like three pieces of gold?"

As soon as my mother heard this topic, she sighed and said, "What about three metals and hardware? We were all terribly poor at that time. It was good to have enough to eat. When we got married, we didn't even have a bicycle. The number one in our family A bicycle, your uncle stole it from outside."

Gao Hongda held his mother's hand distressedly and said, "Mom, don't be sad. My dad couldn't afford it at that time, but that doesn't mean he can't afford it tomorrow!"

Dad got excited when he heard this: "What to buy? Not food or drink!"

Mom stopped talking and seemed to agree with this statement.

Gao Hongda didn't care what they said. He took out a gold brick from the pocket of his pajamas, about the size of a palm, with the word 1 kilogram printed on it. He found it from Li Jianjun's house.

He pulled his father's hand out from under the quilt and pressed a two-kilogram gold brick into his palm. His father stared blankly at the heavy square lump in his hand, and his mouth began to tremble: "This, this, this, yes Gold? Why is it so heavy?"

My mother also grabbed it curiously, weighed it in her hand, and sighed: "Why is this little gadget so heavy on my hands? Is it really gold?"

Gao Hongda said proudly: "You've never seen it, have you? Dad, if you don't believe it, you can bite it! Pure gold is soft and can leave teeth marks!"

His father took the gold brick away, actually put it in his mouth and bit it, then lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "It's real gold! Where did you get it?"

Gao Hongda also pretended to be mysterious and said: "I said I stole it! Do you believe it?"

My mother said dissatisfied: "Where did you steal it? Let me see if you steal another one!"

Gao Hongda decided not to tease them anymore and said seriously: "Dad, don't worry, my money comes from a legitimate source! You can go to the gold and silver processing shop in town tomorrow to buy some bracelets, and treat them as gifts for my mother. Make up for the betrothal gift! There’s also my aunt’s. I heard that when he married my uncle, the family didn’t even pay a penny for the betrothal gift!”

Dad sighed and nodded and said: "My family was very poor at that time, and people said we were from the city. We really wanted to come up with the gift, but we really couldn't! It's also wronged me!"

My mother took out the pillow cover, handed it to my father, and whispered: "Wrap it up quickly! This thing will shine. Don't attract thieves. This is the Chinese New Year. There are too many people who have no money to celebrate the New Year. They are so anxious that they can eat people. !”

Dad did as he was told, carefully wrapped the gold brick, and carefully hid it under his pillow.

My mother's expression suddenly became excited. She patted her father's leg and said, "Master, I don't think there is even a decent hardware store on our street. Why don't we listen to the children and open a store during the New Year to buy some goods and sell them?" look."

Dad stopped being stubborn and nodded in agreement as if he had made a lot of determination. Gao Hongda added: "It's absolutely okay. I think selling pesticides and fertilizers is also okay!"

Dad immediately shook his head in opposition: "That won't work. The cost of selling pesticides and fertilizers is too high. People don't have money, so they have to pay it back on credit. They have to wait until the grain is sold!"

Gao Hongda clapped his hands and said, "That's right! Do you think we are short of money? Our family buys pesticides and fertilizers all on credit, and it's not a penny less than others! Besides, you just treat it as saving money for me. It’s a good thing, why don’t we help the poor instead of helping the rich?”

Once they heard that it could accumulate merit for their son, the couple no longer objected and nodded silently in agreement.

The family of three chatted until late at night, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. Gao Hongda once again felt the warmth of family. If his mother hadn't driven him back to bed, we might have talked until dawn.

Early the next morning, Gao Hongda was woken up by his three younger brothers. They said excitedly: "Boss, hurry up! Go to the market!" Then he remembered that today is New Year's Eve and there is a market in his hometown. habit.

Dad borrowed a motor tricycle from someone unknown, with thick straw on top. The whole family didn’t mind it, and they crowded in the carriage. The tricycle’s single-cylinder engine was spitting out black smoke against the early morning chill. The wind went straight to the market town.

Rural market towns are extremely lively and crowded. The vendors take up their positions before dawn and shout at everyone they meet. There are a dazzling array of New Year's goods. Children's favorite thing is to set traps. Especially the two younger brothers from my uncle's family were so excited that they forgot all about it. All this was too new for them. Such a scene would never happen in the big city of Beijing.

Dad asked everyone to get off the car and go separately for activities, and meet at the agreed place at noon. He himself was doing his own thing mysteriously while holding a broken leather bag.

Everyone had a great time. The four young men were holding the trophies they had won from the trap, and the aunt was happily playing with the various handicrafts she had bought. No one cared about the cold. The carriage is filled with all kinds of meat and vegetables. No one will come out to sell goods before the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, so you must prepare all the food.

After lunch, my father mysteriously called his uncle and his wife into the back room, and solemnly handed his aunt a delicate small wooden box. When he opened it, he saw a pair of gold bracelets as thick as a little finger. Gao Hongda's aunt was stunned and hurriedly Then he went back and said, "Brother, sister-in-law, what are you doing?"

Gao Hongda's mother took the box, took his aunt's hand, forced it into her hand, and said seriously: "His aunt, we brothers and sisters-in-law didn't do a good job. When you got married, we didn't Whatever I can spare, I will make up what I owe you today!"

Gao Hongda's uncle also tried to return the bracelet, but his elder brother shouted: "Get out of here, nothing will happen to you!"

Gao Hongda's aunt said embarrassedly: "It's too expensive! It's too expensive! I can't have this!"

Mom didn't care about that, so she just took out the bracelet and put it on her by force. Good guy, it's really heavy! The aunt no longer shied away, waving her hands to show off to her man: "Did you see, my sister-in-law is still nice to me! We have been married for more than ten years, and you haven't even bought me a single silver earring!"

Upon hearing the word "silver earrings", Gao Hongda's mother slapped her thigh and said, "Look at my memory!" Then she took out a small box from the cabinet and handed it over. When she opened it, she found a pair of gold earrings. This time it was Gao Hongda's aunt's turn to feel embarrassed. She blushed and hurriedly explained: "Sister-in-law, you misunderstood, I didn't mean it that way!" which made everyone laugh.

Naturally, there was a push and a push, and in the end, the aunt accepted this great gift with tears in her eyes.

Gao Hongda and his three younger brothers returned to the market town in a motorized tricycle. They proudly bought a tricycle of fireworks. He wanted to set off as many fireworks as he could tonight!

This time, his parents no longer complained about him when they saw the fireworks he bought. They just gave him an evil look as a warning.

With all kinds of fireworks, the Spring Festival Gala immediately became unsatisfactory. As soon as it got dark, the yard was full of people. Dad moved the TV to the yard, because his TV was the biggest, and the neighbors usually had it. Ai came to his house to watch TV and chat about family affairs. It was even more lively on New Year's Eve. It was all the men of the family and there were no outsiders. My mother brought out a big pot of melon seeds and peanuts, and everyone gathered in the yard to watch the Spring Festival Gala. Children crowded around the rich man Gao Hongda outside the yard and lined up to wait for him to set off fireworks. The explosions made people in the yard yell and tell them to go away and set off fireworks.

Thinking about the past life, I accomplished nothing and had no face to see anyone. Even during the Chinese New Year, I stayed in my room and was too embarrassed to go out. Why did I go out? It was embarrassing! Children in the village are often taught by adults: Stay away from that loser, otherwise you will behave like this in the future!

Since God has allowed him to succeed as a villain today, he will stand up and be unrestrained. Obviously, he is not worthy of his worth.

When the New Year's bell rang, his family's fireworks took off first, bursting into brilliant light. Then every household in the village remembered the sound of firecrackers, and fireworks rose from time to time in the distance.

A new year has begun again, and the spring of 2002 has arrived. For Gao Hongda, the New Year's Eve has never been so enjoyable as this year, and he has both dignity and respect.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, it is a tradition to form a group to pay New Year greetings. Whether you are an octogenarian or a child who has just learned to walk, you must go to the elders to kowtow to the New Year greetings.

The Gao family is a large family in this village and has a prosperous population, so there are many funny scenes. A [-]-year-old man bowed down when he saw his daughter-in-law holding a child, and said: "Second grandma, I'll give it to you." Uncle kowtows to pay New Year greetings."

As the saying goes, the eldest son is the eldest son. Gao Hongda is the eldest grandson in the family and the youngest. Naturally, he has to follow the rules and kowtow from house to house to pay New Year greetings. However, this year he is followed by a group of kids of the same generation. After kowtowing, the elders will The melon seed candies are brought out to the New Year greeters to taste. The adults just grab a handful symbolically, but the children are not polite. Each person has a plastic bag. After going out, they must come back with a full load.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the married daughter is going back to her parents' home, and she brings her sons-in-law to visit her parents' home. This is also the day when the sons-in-law enjoy the highest treatment. When a son-in-law comes to visit, he must be greeted with good wine and food, and a respectable member of the family comes to accompany him. When he comes empty-handed, he must bring some gifts back when he leaves. This is the rule.