Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 546 Lively

In a blink of an eye, November 18th came. Early in the morning, after Gao Mingcheng had breakfast, he went back to the village. Today, the family had to kill chickens and sheep. Although he had left the matter to Chen Dasong, he still Not feeling at ease, I decided to go help early.

When he returned home, the yard was very lively. Chen Dasong's family and Zhang Chengyuan's family were here. The sheep had been killed, even the hair had been scalded, and they were shaving on the cement floor.

Chen Dasong led his two sons to handle the goats. Aunt Liu and Duo Yu were plucking the chickens, while Zhang Chengyuan was responsible for disemboweling the chickens, then putting all the internal organs in a basin, and finally cleaning them.

Seeing how busy everyone was, Gao Mingcheng was also very happy. He joined the goat processing team, scraped off the wool with a scraper, and then burned it on a fire. The sheepskin tasted very good.

"Let me disembowel him." Gao Mingcheng had experience in slaughtering sheep and immediately hung the sheep on the stairs.

When pigs and sheep are slaughtered here, after the pig hair and wool are cleaned, the pigs and sheep are hung on the stairs and then disemboweled, so that they can be cleaned up more easily.

This goat is a local breed. Although it is quite fat, its gross weight is only more than 60 kilograms. After slaughtering, the good meat only weighs more than 20 kilograms.

After disemboweling the sheep, first put all the offal in a basin, and then begin to cut off the sheep's head and feet, and put the good meat in a bamboo basket.

Gao Mingcheng looked at the sheep heads and lamb feet and said, "I have been eating at my house for lunch today. I will stew these later and fry a plate of chicken offal and haggis offal!"

"Okay!" Foodie Chen Duoxi responded enthusiastically.

"Haha, you go ahead and clean up all the water. I'll go to the fields to pull out radishes." Gao Mingcheng went directly with the load, because he had to pull out a lot of radishes at one time.

When he came back from pulling the carrots, he went into the kitchen and prepared to stew the sheep's head and feet. Unfortunately, he didn't have the chance to cook it, because Aunt Liu had already taken care of the haggis, chicken and so on.

So Aunt Liu smiled and said: "Mingcheng, you go out to work, I will come here! You are a grown man, you don't need to stay in the kitchen."

It's just that Aunt Liu didn't let the man stay in the kitchen in the first sentence, and shouted in the next sentence: "Duoxi, come and light the fire!"

"Coming!" Chen Duoxi just responded and was about to go in to light the fire, but his mother said again: "You go and bring back some firewood first. There is almost no firewood."

So Chen Duoxi rushed to hug the firewood again. After carrying the firewood, she said that the pine needles that started the fire were gone, so she went back with another handful of pine needles.

It can be seen that creatures like sons are meant to be manipulated!

Gao Mingcheng looked aside and smiled.

When he saw Xiao Shitou playing on the ground with a stick, he remembered Duo Duoyu's beautiful words and said to Duo Yu: "Second sister, take Xiao Shitou with you to live in the county town with me today. You have to pick up eldest sister and the others tomorrow, for fear that you won't be able to sit down. "

Duoyu hesitated for a while, then nodded in agreement, and then said to Zhang Chengyuan: "Chengyuan, you must remember to feed the pigs and chickens at home. You must feed them before you go out tomorrow morning!"

Zhang Chengyuan agreed with a hum.

"Oh! Go to the county seat, go to the county seat!" Little Shitou was already smarter. He understood the words and immediately cheered. Obviously every child likes lively places.

Seeing the joy on his face, Gao Mingcheng thought for a while and decided to take his eldest sister's two sons to the county town first. Anyway, there were two beds in the clothing store, which they could sleep on.

He saw Chen Dasong sitting under the eaves smoking a cigarette to relieve his fatigue, so he walked over and said, "Uncle Chen, tomorrow on behalf of your family, you will go to the county for a banquet. When you come back, organize people to pick all the oranges in the mountains." Take it off. I'll come back the day after tomorrow to load it and take it away."

Gao Mingcheng's schedule has been quite tight recently. After the first-year banquet, he sold all the oranges and then went to Yangcheng to purchase goods.

After hearing this, Chen Dasong said: "If you are in such a hurry, I will call people now and ask them to go into the mountains early tomorrow morning to pick first. When I come back, we will pick together."

Gao Mingcheng nodded and said, "Call a few more people."

Tomorrow, Zhang Chengyuan's family and Chen Dasong will go to the county to have a drink, and there will not be enough manpower to pick oranges.

Chen Dasong thought it made sense, so he went to the old village while smoking a cigarette.

In addition to the three people I called before, I called three more people this time. They are all aunties who work quickly.

We ate at Gao Mingcheng's house at noon. She stewed a large pot of soup with sheep's head, lamb's feet and radish, fried haggis and chicken offal, and fried a plate of red cabbage and greens, a total of four dishes.

Although the total number of dishes is small, the portions are sufficient!

After cleaning out the offal from ten chickens, there was a lot of it, and it was stir-fried with celery and chili. It went well with rice!

The same goes for the haggis. It can be fried for two plates, which is definitely enough to eat!

After the meal, everyone dispersed and went about their own business.

Gao Mingcheng had promised to give meat to the family dog ​​before, so he couldn't eat more of the mutton and chicken for a banquet, so he had to focus on rabbits in the mountains.

Thanks to the gift of nature, and thanks to Gao Mingcheng for preventing the hare from overrun!

Hare: Are you polite?

After the dog had eaten the hare meat, Gao Mingcheng loaded all the things he needed to carry into the tractor bed, and then he was ready to return to the county town. At this time, Duo Yu was also ready, and he led Xiao Shitou and sat on the tractor bed. Fight on.

She deliberately put on new clothes. As for Xiao Shitou, she still wore old clothes, but she brought a new set of clothes because children are easy to get dirty. She has to put on these new clothes tomorrow morning, otherwise the clothes will be gone in less than half an hour. Just get dirty!

Because Gao Mingcheng planned to take the eldest sister's two sons with him, he turned around and went to the eldest sister's side. The two children were older and didn't need much care, so Gao Mingcheng was willing to take them there.

The eldest sister had a lot of money and the eldest brother-in-law was very happy. They hurriedly put the child into clean and good clothes, and told him to be obedient and not to cause trouble or make the clothes dirty.

The two children nodded in agreement, and then sat on the bed of the tractor with a hint of timidity.

When the tractor moved away from the village, the figures of my parents became smaller and smaller in my eyes, until they were no longer visible.

The two children were a little flustered, but at the same time they also felt a sense of joy.

Although the two villages are not too far apart, relatives rarely interact with each other, and it is difficult to get together except for festivals and important days.

Therefore, although the two children know Duoduoyu and Gao Mingcheng, their feelings are not deep enough. It is just that they have a better impression of Gao Mingcheng than Duoyu, because every year during the Chinese New Year, the red envelopes given by their aunt and uncle are always the largest. !

And my aunt and uncle will give them new clothes to wear!

After wearing the clothes and hearing their mother talk about these relatives, the children will naturally know what they are and can develop feelings for them.

"Uncle, is the county far away? I haven't been to the county yet!" asked the older boy.

"Yes, yes, the last time I went to Junling to go to the market, it took my father a long time to take me there! The meat buns in Junling are so delicious!" His younger brother also followed suit. When he mentioned the meat buns, his little mouth started to drool. .

Before Gao Mingcheng said anything, Duoyu had already laughed, and then said to his two nephews: "Compared to the county, what is the old gathering in Junling? Please keep your eyes wide open later to see all the good things. It’s not over yet!”

Facing two ignorant children, Duoyu still has a sense of superiority. She just went to Gao Mingcheng's new home for a drink not long ago, which was an eye-opener.

So she described to the two children what she saw and heard in the county, and the children were stunned for a while.

Gao Mingcheng just smiled after hearing this.

Facing the slightly cold wind, an hour later, the tractor stopped at the door of the clothing store, "We're here, get off the car!"

"How beautiful, the second sister and the eldest sister's children are all here!" Gao Mingcheng shouted, asking many beauties to entertain the guests. As for himself, he had to deliver sheep, chickens, eggs, radishes and other vegetables to the restaurant. As for the wild boar meat, that has been sent before so that the restaurant can process it in advance.

The weather is getting colder now, so fresh meat can be stored for several days even if it is not put in the refrigerator. If cooked in advance, it can be stored for longer.

For example, braised pork, it is best to cook it in advance with white water. When it is time to serve the wine, add seasonings, stir-fry and serve.

When they make braised pork here, they also add some wine grains to remove the fishy smell and add more flavor.

Especially when cooking with wild boar, the fishy smell of wild boar will be completely gone after adding lees and chili.

The hotel we booked is not on this street, but on the next street. It takes ten minutes to walk, but it is faster to drive.

Soon, the tractor stopped at the entrance of Lao Lin Hotel.

This Laolin Restaurant is located near the police station. The owner was originally a chef in a state-owned hotel. After the reform and opening up, he opened his own restaurant. At the beginning, it was just a small store. This year, he bought the restaurant next door. Together, the place is It's a lot bigger and can be used for banquets.

To be honest, the decoration of the store is a bit average, but the boss's craftsmanship is good and the hotel's location is good, so Gao Mingcheng decided to stay here.

"Old Lin, I've brought mutton and chicken." Gao Mingcheng parked the car and shouted into the store.

It's afternoon now, and it's not dinner time yet, so there's no one in the store, only the boss and employees are busy.

After hearing the sound, Lao Lin immediately came over with an apprentice.

Gao Mingcheng had already unloaded the vegetables in the cart. He pointed at the mutton, chicken and other dishes and said, "This mutton should be enough for ten banquets, right?"

Lao Lin took a look, then nodded and said, "That's enough. If you add radish, it can fit into a big bowl! Are there a hundred eggs in this box?"

"Well, there are ten tea eggs on each table."

After hearing this, Lao Lin gave Mingcheng a thumbs up to express his admiration.

Even Lao Lin found this menu to be extremely rich.

"Okay, you can buy the other dishes while you watch, and I'll leave first. People will be here around ten o'clock tomorrow morning, and the meal will be served on time at twelve o'clock!"

"no problem."

After the two parties communicated, Gao Mingcheng drove the tractor back to the clothing store and parked the tractor in the backyard.

As soon as we entered the courtyard, the house seemed particularly lively. When there were more people, it naturally became lively.

Xiao Xuxu really liked the excitement and laughed from time to time.

Gao Mingcheng looked at his son's smile, and the fatigue all over his body disappeared instantly.

The county is very good, but it lacks playmates!

When they were in the village, the adults were busy working in the fields and doing housework, and they didn't always keep an eye on the children. All the children were the older ones taking care of the younger ones, and then having all kinds of fun.

The younger ones play with mud and leaves in their own yard, while the older ones play more wildly by going up mountains and into water.

In the county, it was okay for the older children to make friends, but it was in trouble for the younger children. Not only did adults have to supervise them, but they themselves had no peers to play with.

This is also Gao Mingcheng's original intention of setting up a kindergarten. Once the kindergarten is established, Xiao Xuxu will not be short of playmates, and those playmates are all high-quality playmates.

This can be regarded as the circle of friends environment he created for his children from an early age.

In addition to Xiao Xuxu being happy, Duomei was also very happy. She made a suggestion and asked the second sister to come first with the little stone, so as not to be able to seat so many people tomorrow.

But who knew that Gao Mingcheng also brought the two children from the eldest sister’s family!

These are her nephews, so she is naturally happy.

That night, I used two rice cookers to cook rice, which was enough for everyone. Because there were so many people, cooking was too troublesome, so only the dishes for the children were fried separately, and the dishes for the adults were cooked in one pot.

It can also be said to be a simple version of hot pot.

First stew the soup with pork bones, then add some side dishes, such as fried tofu, red cabbage, cabbage, lettuce and other vegetables. Eat them as soon as the vegetables are cooked, and then add new vegetables.

Because there is no special hot pot pot, everyone can only eat standing up. When they need food, they go to the big iron pot to get it.

This way of eating is quite novel. The main thing is that you can always eat hot dishes, so everyone's face is full of smiles.

However, Gao Mingcheng thought that he could buy a pot specially used for hot pot, and put red-hot charcoal on the bottom, so that people could sit at the table and taste the food more leisurely.

His idea received strong support from Gao Shufang.

Usually everyone takes turns cooking, but because Gao Shufang's cooking skills are relatively good, she spends more time cooking. When she heard that Gao Mingcheng wanted to buy a hot pot pot, she immediately agreed and said: "Okay, when I buy the hot pot pot, In the future, when we don’t want to cook, we’ll just have hot pot!”

Hotpot is so convenient. You can stew the meat and vegetables, add the seasonings, and then blanch everything! You can boil whatever you want to eat, how convenient!

The key is that the food won’t get cold!

In winter, if you cook a lot of vegetables, the first one will be completely cold by the time the last one is cooked!

After dinner, Gao Mingcheng and Duo Mei went to rest at their new home. As for Duo Yu and their three children, they rested at the clothing store.

There are two empty rooms upstairs, and the beddings are in the cupboards. They can be laid out and used. However, although the new home is very nice, it only has one bed.

Of course, this was Gao Mingcheng’s intention!

After returning home, Duo Mei still had to be busy. She threw Xiao Xuxu to Gao Mingcheng and said, "You will take him to take a bath later, and then change into new clothes inside and outside! I have to give him a red envelope." and preparing for red lines.”

When they hold a banquet here, there is another custom, which is to dress the women and children among the guests in red.

In the past, when you were poor, you could just put a piece of red wool on the guest's shoulders, but the more sophisticated ones would wrap a red envelope with a small piece of red cloth, and then tie the red envelope with red cloth.

This kind of red envelope is meant for children who are close to you.

The conditions of the Gao Mingcheng family were good, so naturally they had to prepare red envelopes for the wine, so Duomei bought some red cloth, cut it into long strips two fingers wide, and cut the rest into short cloth four fingers wide. Strip, this is used to wrap money.

(End of this chapter)