Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Gao Mingcheng picked up the big broom and started sweeping the floor.

This kind of broom is made of a bamboo pole and many thin bamboo branches, which is very suitable for sweeping the yard. As for indoor brooms, they are usually made of finer and softer materials.

There is a plant here called broomweed. In spring, you can eat its young shoots. When it gets old in autumn, you can remove the leaves, leaving only the lignified branches, which can be tied into a broom for sweeping the floor.

In addition to brooms made from broom vegetables, brooms can also be made from sorghum straw and palm bark.

Gao Mingcheng swung the bamboo broom and swept it wide and wide. After a while, he had swept the fallen leaves into a pile. Next, he only needed to collect them with a shovel and put them into the trash can.

Just after sweeping the yard, Duo Mei woke up. She was wearing a thick cotton coat and looked a little afraid of the cold.

The cold wind blows against my face, and it is indeed cold enough for people.

"Is your son awake?" Gao Mingcheng asked.

Duo Mei shook his head and said, "He's not awake yet. I'll brush his teeth and wash his face first, and then wake him up later."

The weather is getting colder, and children also like to sleep in.

Gao Mingcheng said: "I have plugged in the electric water heater. You can use hot water to brush your teeth and wash your face later. Don't save on electricity bills."

"Okay." Duo Mei felt a little overwhelmed by the cold wind outside, so she quickly went in to brush her teeth and wash her face.

After cleaning, the whole person felt that he had adapted to the temperature.

The couple woke up their children, and after having breakfast here, they were ready to go to the clothing store.

But he didn't go there by walking, but by truck. Gao Mingcheng first sent many Meihe children to the door of the clothing store, and then drove the truck to the transportation company. He had to return the truck to Xiao Jinfeng, and there were other things in the truck. Less than half a truckload of goods.

After returning the truck, Gao Mingcheng also hurried back to the clothing store. Today, the clothing store has new styles and the temperature has dropped, so business will definitely be good. Naturally, he will go there to help.

Sure enough, business was pretty good throughout the whole day, but in the evening, the weather got colder and it actually started to rain and snow!

After dinner, Gao Mingcheng did not stay long and went back to his new home with his wife and children. As soon as he entered the house, Gao Mingcheng went to find charcoal to make a fire.

In the afternoon, he took the time to come back and install the antenna, and now he can turn on the TV and watch programs.

After the brazier is lit, the whole family can watch TV around the brazier. This is so comfortable!

It will be extremely cold this year, so Gao Mingcheng bought several large bags of charcoal early to prepare. Under the eaves of the backyard near the kitchen, there is a mountain of briquettes piled up.

If it snows, the price of briquettes will rise again.

But it doesn't matter. The briquettes Gao Mingcheng bought are enough for his family for a winter.

Many beauties were sitting on the soft sofa, warming themselves by the fire, watching the program they wanted to watch, and felt very happy.

There are also color TVs in the clothing store, but if there are more people watching, there will definitely be different opinions. For example, one person wants to watch a TV series, and the other person wants to watch something else. It is difficult to agree with everyone.

Now, she alone has the final say on what programs to watch!

Duo Mei felt slightly proud, then looked at Gao Mingcheng and asked, "Mingcheng, what program do you want to watch?"

Gao Mingcheng said: "I'm free to see what you want to see."

After hearing this, Duo Mei felt even more happy, but still said: "If you want to watch something, just change the channel."

"Row."

That night, small hailstones outside clanged against the glass windows, but the coldness was blocked by the doors and windows, and the temperature inside the house was several degrees higher.

If you cover yourself with a quilt and sleep, the temperature can rise by more than ten degrees!

The reason, of course, is that I used an electric blanket!

Electric blankets were invented as early as the beginning of the 20th century. By the 1950s, they were widely used, and by the 1990s, they were even more popular in rural areas!

Many elderly people who are afraid of the cold rely on electric blankets to maintain their body temperature!

In fact, with Gao Mingcheng's physique, there was no need for an electric blanket at all. However, Duo Mei was afraid of the cold, so he could only wait for Duo Mei to fall asleep before turning off the electric blanket.

Lying in the warm quilt, Gao Mingcheng suddenly remembered that Grandma Xixi didn't seem to have an electric blanket.

Although electric blankets have become popular and many people use them, for people in rural areas, there are still relatively few people using them. Some of the more remote rural areas do not even have electricity yet!

People live in a closed environment, unaware of the ever-changing world outside.

Thinking of this, Gao Mingcheng decided to buy two electric blankets, one for Grandma X and one for Grandma Gao.

As for his parents, if they need it, they can buy it with their own money!

After doing the math, his parents also had money. They had money from selling grain and pigs, as well as money from his father making wine. Plus the money from their children, after a year, there was quite a lot. .

After thinking about it, Gao Mingcheng fell into sleep.

When I woke up the next day, it was still raining and snowing, the wind was blowing, and it was biting cold.

Gao Mingcheng originally wanted to buy an electric blanket and go back to the village, but the wind and snow blocked the road and made it difficult to go out. He even asked Duo Mei to stay at home with his children and not go to the clothing store.

There are Gao Shufang, Luo Li, Zhang Jinling and Hu Yinchen in the clothing store, so they can handle it perfectly.

Duo Mei thought for a while and felt a little uneasy in her heart, but she still agreed. Although she was afraid of the cold, she could still persist. However, Xiao Xuxu was still young and had a slight cold before, and it was difficult to go out to enjoy the cold wind now.

After breakfast, Gao Mingcheng went out.

They only had breakfast here before, and went to the clothing store for lunch and dinner, so there were no dishes here. Today they were going to eat at home, so naturally he had to go out to buy food and then get it from the clothing store. Put some dried kelp, salted fish, cuttlefish, eggs, etc. here for later use.

When he came back with a basket full of vegetables, the weather turned gloomy and turned from sleet to heavy snow!

Seeing the heavy snow, Gao Mingcheng felt relieved.

Compared with the heavy snow, he didn't like sleet even more. It was very cold and wet everywhere.

They say the sky will clear up after the snow. After this heavy snowfall, the sky will clear up soon.

Today, the whole family of three stayed at their new home.

The new home is large enough for little Xuxu to explore. In order to prevent little Xuxu from getting cold, a blanket was laid out in the living room so that he could play on the blanket.

It seems that Xiao Xuxu is already over one year old, but because of the cold weather and the clothes he wears like a ball of hair, he still can't walk steadily. If he takes a few more steps, he will fall, and every time he falls, Gao Mingcheng will be provoked. Ruthless ridicule.

It’s endless fun to entertain little kids on a snowy day!

But what’s even happier is roasting sweet potatoes and roasted potatoes on the fire pit!

Place the tongs on the fire pot, and then place the small sweet potatoes and small potatoes on the tongs. Roast them slowly over the charcoal fire, and keep turning them to avoid burning. Gao Mingcheng flipped the sweet potatoes with a pair of chopsticks. The sweet potatoes on the tongs were already ripe, smelling hot, and even started to ooze sugar water!

"How beautiful, the sweet potatoes are roasted, you eat first!" Gao Mingcheng took out the roasted sweet potatoes with chopsticks, put them aside to cool, and then put a new sweet potato on top.

Duo Mei was rummaging around in the kitchen looking for something. Hearing Gao Mingcheng's words, he responded from a distance. When she came over, she had a small bag of things in her hand.

"Mingcheng, this is the torreya you brought back last time. The green skin has been removed. How do you eat the seeds?"

Many beautiful women looked at Gao Mingcheng curiously. This was the first time she had seen this thing. But after Gao Mingcheng got it back, he told her how to make it, and she helped to mash the green skin and dry the seeds while the sun was shining. Done.

After removing the green skin from the torreya, the seeds were not too big. Gao Mingcheng picked up a few and inspected them, then said, "Just fry them and eat them, just like frying melon seeds and peanuts. Add a little salt to taste."

"I don't have much to do today, so I'll just stir-fry a little and taste it."

With that said, Gao Mingcheng got up and went to get a small iron pot and salt.

There is no need to specially burn the briquettes, just fry them directly on the brazier, because you cannot stir-fry them over high heat, otherwise they will not taste good if they get burnt.

He put aside the sweet potatoes and began to fry the torreya.

He had eaten it in his previous life, but had never fried it, so he fried it very carefully for fear of burning it. He thought it was almost done, so he quickly removed it from the brazier.

Gao Mingcheng's ruthless iron hand took out a torreya directly from the pot. With a slight bite, the shell cracked open, revealing the pulp inside.

The pulp has many wrinkles, and there is a layer of black skin on top of the wrinkles. This layer of black skin needs to be removed to make it taste good.

Gao Mingcheng tasted one, his expression a little subtle.

He didn't know if his cooking method was unauthentic, but he thought the torreya he fried was just average!

In addition to the refreshing fragrance, the taste is dry and rough, the pulp is hard, and there is a little burnt taste.

"How is it? Is it delicious?" Many beautiful people stared at Gao Mingcheng with curious faces.

Gao Mingcheng pretended to be calm, peeled a torreya, and handed it to many delicacies: "Try it yourself."

Many beauties ate it doubtfully, and after tasting it carefully, they said: "I think it's okay, it has a refreshing fragrance, it's pretty good."

When Gao Mingcheng heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief. He thought that maybe many beauties were less experienced now, unlike him, who had tasted better food, so they were picky!

Duo Mei likes to eat, so Gao Mingcheng peeled a lot of Duo Mei. The shell is easy to peel, but the black skin is not easy to peel off. If the black skin is not peeled off, it will taste like eating charcoal and the taste will not be good. .

Torreya has high nutritional value, but its frying skills are very important. There are also melon seeds, which also need to be fried well to be delicious.

The couple peeled and ate the other, enjoying themselves happily. Xiao Xuxu, who was left aside, sat on the carpet and ate the roasted sweet potatoes alone. He knew how to eat, but he ate all over his face and hands. .

After many beauties finished feeding, they saw that little Xuxu had turned into a cat-like face!

"This kid!" Duo Mei smiled and cursed, and went to pour hot water for Xiao Xuxu to wash his face and hands. As for the clothes, it didn't matter, because he was wearing a blouse.

Children get dirty easily, and winter clothes are thick and difficult to dry, so it is best to wear a blouse. When it gets dirty, just wash the blouse and the clothes underneath can be worn for a while longer.

Gao Mingcheng watched many beauties being cleaned up for his child. As soon as they were cleaned up, the child wanted to come to Gao Mingcheng's side and signaled that he wanted to eat the torreya.

Gao Mingcheng wouldn’t let him eat it!

Although torreya has high nutritional value, it is a nut and is very hard. Xiao Xuxu’s teeth grow slowly, and now he only has four upper and lower teeth, a total of eight teeth!

But one wanted and the other refused, so the father and son started playing a game. Gao Mingcheng raised the torreya in his hand high, and Xiao Xuxu reached out to get it. When he couldn't get it, he tried to climb to Gao Mingcheng's side. He tried to climb up, but it was difficult to climb up. After several failures, he finally climbed up with the help of Gao Mingcheng. Unfortunately, even if he stood on Gao Mingcheng's legs, he still couldn't reach it!

If it had been left to other children, I'm afraid they would have cried long ago.

But Xiao Xuxu had a pretty good character and didn't cry. He raised his head and stared at the torreya in his father's hand as if he was deep in thought. After a while, he seemed to decide to give up and climbed down from Gao Mingcheng's lap.

Seeing him walking towards the carpet, sitting down on the carpet and playing with his toys, Gao Mingcheng couldn't help but laugh.

This little kid fights for it when it’s time to fight, and gives up when it’s time to give up. He doesn’t cry or make trouble. He’s so easy to take care of!

Gao Mingcheng thought with satisfaction and ate the torreya in his hand.

He did not fry all the torreya seeds, but kept some of them. He wanted to try whether he could cultivate torreya trees.

In fact, when it comes to torreya, later generations only know the Zhaojia Torreya Forest Park in Zhuji, Zhejiang, and think that this is the core torreya production area. However, Jiangxi has also had a torreya industry since ancient times, but there are few wild torreya trees, and Torreya is rare, so only officials and gentry can enjoy it.

For a whole day, it was snowing heavily outside, and inside the house was a lovely wife and child, with a brazier to keep warm, roasted sweet potatoes to warm the stomach, and a small hot pot meal. I wouldn't trade it for a god!

This snow lasted for two days. Although it snowed for two days, the snow on the ground was not thick. After all, it was the south, unlike the north, which was a whole world of ice and snow.

After the snow stopped, the blue sky emerged, and a ray of sunset shone down.

Although the light is soft and you can hardly feel the temperature, just looking at the glow is enough to make you feel good.

As the saying goes, the morning glow travels thousands of miles without going out.

Seeing the sunset means that the weather will be good tomorrow.

Before going to bed, Gao Mingcheng told Duo Mei that if the sun came out tomorrow, he would go back to the village. He hadn't been back for a while and had to go and have a look.

It was cold this year and it snowed earlier than in previous years. Fortunately, he had sold all the oranges before, leaving only a few trees.

Besides, the grapefruits haven’t been picked yet, so I have to go and check the situation.

Listening to his words, Duo Mei suddenly said: "Buy two more electric blankets. One will be given to my second sister, and the other will be placed in the house in the village. We will always go back to live there during the Chinese New Year."

After hearing this, Gao Mingcheng nodded directly in agreement.

He didn't feel bad about sending an electric blanket to Duoyu, but he was worried about whether Duoyu's house could withstand this year's severe cold!

This year will be much colder than in previous years. This is the first snow, and there will be more snowy days in the future.

This is why he wants Zhang Chengyuan to build a new house this year.

It's a pity that Zhang Chengyuan is not responsible, and his eyesight is a little shallow. (End of chapter)