Return to the small mountain village in 1986

The weather was good on New Year's Eve. The sun was shining brightly in the morning, pouring down generously. People standing under the sun could still feel the slightest warmth.

But in the shady place, the wind was cool and the snow on the ground and branches still hadn't melted.

Gao Mingcheng, wearing a thick military coat, gloves and hat, drove the tractor all the way back to Gaojiacun.

When passing by Xing'anling, I saw that Gao Shouwang's workshop was closed. It was obviously a holiday.

The economic situation of the entire society is so-so this year, but Gao Shouwang's workshop is doing well. This is because Gao Mingcheng is a stable and big customer. In addition, he has also opened up some markets and has become a well-known clothing supplier.

Dong Feixia's tailoring skills are good, and Gao Mingcheng gave her a lot of fashion magazines and the latest fashions brought from Yangcheng. After she disassembled and learned them, she became quite good at cutting and designing. There is progress, and they have established relationships with textile factories in the county, so they can get the latest and cheapest goods, so the products produced by the workshops are very competitive in the market.

Turning all the way down from Xing'an Mountain, we arrived at Gaojia Village in just five minutes.

The tractor stopped by the pond at the entrance of the village. Gao Shufang and Gao Mingli immediately got off the tractor and began to count the various things they carried.

Seeing that they could all lift it, Gao Mingcheng said: "I won't go there now, and I will go to pay New Year's greetings tomorrow."

Gao Shufang responded: "Okay, I will tell my parents."

After a brief stop, the tractor continued to drive towards Niuweiling. A few minutes later, the tractor rounded a hill and stopped at the edge of his yard.

The dogs such as Black Tiger and Elf had already noticed the movement and headed towards this direction.

The two pups that Dahuang gave birth to have grown up a lot now, and their fur looks very soft, which can help them withstand the cold.

By spring, these downy hairs will fade away and be replaced by shiny hair. The healthier the dog, the better the coat color will be.

Duo Mei got out of the car first with little Xuxu in his arms, and Gao Mingcheng got off the car next and said to Duo Mei, "You take the baby home to rest first, and I'll get the things!"

They also have a lot of things, some of which are children's supplies, and some of which are food for the New Year.

Because Gao Mingcheng did not go into the mountains to hunt wild boars, they bought twenty kilograms of pork. In addition to pork, they also had rice, noodles, rice noodles, salt, soy sauce and other things.

The family only has one acre of land and grows two crops of rice a year. However, after paying the public grain, there is not much left. This year, most of the rice is bought.

Fortunately, the food is enough. Although I still need to buy food because I live in the county, sometimes when I return to the village, I can take a lot of food to the county to eat.

This time when I go back to the village to celebrate the New Year, I don’t need to buy fresh vegetables. I only need to buy some dry goods, such as dried mushrooms, dried fungus, dried yuba, etc. As for dried sea fish and dried kelp, I bought a lot of them in Yangcheng last time, and there are still some left. Some.

As Gao Mingcheng bent down to pick up something, Mao Zi led his younger brother over. Mao Zi said with a smile on his face: "Brother Ming Cheng, let's help you carry your stuff!"

"Yesterday Yangyang and I cleaned the house inside and out. Brother Mingcheng, you just need to clean your own room later."

"Also, Uncle Chen has prepared the fishing net. He can start laying the net for fishing just after you come back! By the way, the chickens have laid a lot of eggs recently! It is cold and chickens don't like to lay eggs, but Chen My uncle will light a fire in the chicken coop every night. When the chickens are no longer cold, they will be willing to lay eggs."

Mao Zi kept talking, but his hands didn't stop, and he quickly helped Gao Mingcheng move everything into the main room.

First move to the main room, sort it again, pour the rice into the rice vat, and take the noodles, rice noodles, salt, soy sauce, etc. to the kitchen.

Although Maozi's younger brother Yangyang has intellectual problems, he is well-behaved and does whatever he is asked to do. He does pretty well in some things within his ability.

Gao Mingcheng listened to Mao Zi's words and saw that everything in his house was clean, and he felt quite satisfied.

There are more Maozi brothers during the Chinese New Year this year, which actually makes it more lively.

Just after everything was sorted, Chen Dasong led Chen Duofu and Chen Duoxi over.

Chen Dasong laughed and said Happy New Year first when they met.

"Happy New Year." Gao Mingcheng replied with a smile.

"Mingcheng, are you going to fish today? The nets are ready, and the manpower has been called for you!" Chen Dasong laughed and pointed at the two sons he had brought.

Gao Mingcheng said: "Okay, get ready to fish! After catching the fish, kill the cow!"

"Kill the cow?" Chen Dasong was stunned.

Gao Mingcheng said: "Well, this cow always won't eat, and it often howls and makes a lot of noise. Let's just kill it and eat its meat! I'll give you some more beef then, so that you can have a good year!"

The cow at home was suspected to have gallstones. After Gao Mingcheng spent money to buy it, he just wanted to bet on whether there was a bezoar in the cow's gallbladder. If there was a bezoar, he would make a fortune!

Today is New Year's Eve. As soon as Gao Mingcheng came back, he arranged for everyone to fish and slaughter cattle. As soon as the news came out, everyone was very motivated!

Although there is snow on the grass, the water in the pond is not frozen.

In Gao Mingcheng's impression, even if it snows in the south, water sources such as ponds and rivers will not freeze, except for small puddles, which will be frozen into ice.

The pond of Gao Mingcheng's family is located at the foot of Xiaofu Mountain. It was originally a depression. After digging into the pond, water can gush out from the spring at the bottom. Whenever it rains, the accumulated water in the mountain will also collect into the pond.

Because of the spring, the pond does not dry up even in winter, and the water level is still one meter deep.

Fishing in large rivers is definitely a spectacular scene, but fishing in such small ponds requires much lower technical skills.

The mesh of the fishing net is three fingers wide, which is specially used to catch big fish, while small fish can escape from the mesh smoothly and continue to grow in the coming year.

Gao Mingcheng pulled one side of the fishing net and stood on the left side of the pond, while Chen Dasong pulled the other side of the fishing net and stood on the right side of the pond. The two walked a few steps side by side and dropped the fishing net in their hands into the water.

There is a lead block at the lower end of the fishing net, which can fall naturally. Because the water level is not deep, the upper half of the fishing net is exposed to the water.

After the fishing net is tied up, you can walk from one end of the pond to the other. While walking, other people have to make noises to frighten the fish in the pond. The fish will run around when frightened, and then they will be caught by the fishing net. Live online.

Many beauties stood on the shore holding little Xuxu and watched them fishing. Brother Chen Duofu stood aside and started clapping and yelling loudly. Seeing this, Maozi and his brother also started shouting and laughing, trying to catch the fish. Rush towards the location of the fishing net.

Soon, the fish in the water were frightened. From time to time, fish could be seen jumping out of the water or splashing in the water. Unfortunately, some fish were already entangled in the fishing net. As the fish struggled, the fishing net vibrated slightly.

After a while, Gao Mingcheng sensed the weight coming from the fishing net and said, "Uncle Chen, it's time to hoist the net!"

"Okay!" Chen Dasong responded and cooperated with Gao Mingcheng to put away the fishing net. When he dragged the fishing net to the shore, he saw many big fish entangled in the fishing net. If he looked carefully, he saw that most of them were male fish and silver carp. Because these two kinds of fry are very common, they are also suitable for growing in the water environment here.

In addition to these two kinds of fish, there are also a small amount of catfish, bream, etc. Bream eats grass, has a small head, a big body, and a small tail. Because the body is relatively flat, it is easy to cook and tasty when braised, and the spines are also good. Okay, not too much, not too little. Because there were so many fish and they were so big that they couldn’t even be loaded in buckets, they were packed directly in bamboo baskets. The fish pulled out of the net were not dead yet and were jumping around, trying to jump back into the water.

After the fish leaves the water, it will not die in a short period of time. If it needs to be kept for a few days before eating, it can be kept in a water basin.

The harvest from the first net was good, but it was not enough, so I started to lower the second net. The pond was only a little big. With these two nets, almost all the big fish in it were caught, and the remaining small fish were allowed to continue. Grow!

Gao Mingcheng counted the fish catch and found that there were twelve male fish and eight silver carp, all weighing more than five kilograms. The heaviest male fish was estimated to be over ten kilograms.

The reason why this fish is not that big is because Gao Mingcheng caught it once during the Chinese New Year last year. During this year, he allowed it to grow without feeding any additional fish feed.

In addition to these two kinds of fish, there is one croaker, two catfish, six bream, and two carp.

"It's not bad, let's get it back first!" Gao Mingcheng was quite satisfied. These fish were enough to eat. He and Chen Duofu carried the fish back to their yard together, and then gave one to the Chen family and Zhang Chengyuan's family each weighing five to six pounds. Heavy male fish.

After catching the fish, it was almost eleven o'clock.

So he immediately prepared to slaughter the cow.

A large pot of hot water has already been heated on the stove. Although the cow does not need to be shaved, hot water is definitely needed. Otherwise, it would be uncomfortable to wash the cow's internal organs with cold water in this winter.

Slaughtering a cow is different from slaughtering a pig. It is generally believed that cows are animals with emotions and are very smart. If they see you holding a stick, knife or rope, they will start to struggle uneasily and even shed tears.

Therefore, when slaughtering a cow, it is best to cover the cow's eyes with an old piece of clothing so that it cannot see, then lead it around a few times, and while it is relaxing, hit the cow hard with an axe, hammer or other tools. After a while, the cow's cervical vertebrae were smashed, and the cow fainted. At this time, the cow's hamstrings were cut off to prevent the cow from struggling and running wildly, and then the cow was bled, skinned, and disemboweled.

However, this is a common method of slaughtering cattle. A real master can directly cut the cow's trachea with a knife and bleed it directly.

Gao Mingcheng chose the latter. He first tied the cow to a pole, then covered the cow's eyes with old clothes, took out a knife from behind the cow's ear, and quickly cut off the cow's trachea, causing it to die quickly. The red and hot cow's blood also burst out instantly and was caught in the basin placed underneath.

Beef blood is also edible, but the texture is not as tender as pig blood.

Only half of the basin of cow's blood was filled, and the cow suddenly fell to the ground.

Next, it was time to skin the cow. This cow had been raised for eight years and had a large frame, but it was also very thin. Gao Mingcheng, Chen Dasong and Chen Duofu worked together to skin the cow, so the processing speed was not too slow. of.

When they were preparing to slaughter the cow, Duomei carried little Xuxu out of the house, not wanting the children to see this cruel scene.

But even a hundred meters away from home, the cry of cows can still be heard in the distance.

Xiao Xuxu seemed to be frightened, but also looked out curiously.

"Don't listen." Duo Mei said softly, trying to divert his attention elsewhere.

At this time, her second sister Duoyu came over with her son Xiaoshitou.

Duoyu saw Duomei and immediately smiled and said hello. The two sisters hadn't seen each other for a while, but they were affectionate.

It's the New Year, but Duoyu feels a lot more relaxed, because on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, pig dealers come to collect pigs. After the pigs at home are sold, she naturally feels a lot more relaxed.

Now that she had a lot of money, she said with a smile that she would build a house next year.

Hearing that the second sister mentioned the topic of building a house again, Duomei didn't ask her whether she was going to bake bricks or buy bricks.

After chatting for a while, the two sisters stopped hearing the cow's cry. Duomei and Duoyu took their children and walked towards the yard over there.

When we got home, the cows were already being skinned.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Duomei was going to the kitchen to cook. Unexpectedly, when he entered the kitchen, he saw that Maozi was already busy.

Seeing her coming in, Mao Zi smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, just let me cook!"

He cooks, and his brother Yangyang cooks the fire. The two brothers work well together.

Many Mei had never eaten rice cooked by Maozi, but they heard from Gao Mingcheng that Maozi's cooking was pretty good, so they asked Maozi what he was going to cook.

Mao Zi said confidently: "Stewed male fish head, stir-fried beef with dried chili pepper, beef blood soup, and stir-fried cabbage."

During the Chinese New Year, there is plenty every year, so naturally there must be fish on the dinner table.

Except for the fish that were caught just now and sent to Chen Dasong's family and Zhang Chengyuan's family, the rest are temporarily kept in wooden basins. When they go to the old village in the afternoon, they will send some to Granny Xi and the others.

"Okay, then I'll wait to eat the rice you cooked." Duo Mei said with a smile.

Since she didn't need to cook, she went to the yard and watched Gao Mingcheng and the others busy at work.

The cow's blood in the basin had begun to solidify, and was bright red in color, looking like red jelly.

Pig blood and cow blood are usually eaten in soup, but they can also be eaten stir-fried, but it is more troublesome.

Many beautiful eyes passed over the basin of cow blood and looked at Gao Mingcheng.

Gao Mingcheng held a sharp knife and peeled off the skin quickly. With each cut, the skinning progress could be seen with the naked eye.

The skinned beef has a good color. The meat is red and the fat is yellow. At a glance, it looks like yellow and red.

But after skinning it, it becomes more obvious that the cow is very thin.

After a few more minutes, the cow was finally skinned and ready for the next step.

When they were disembowelled, many beautiful women could not help but breathe heavily.

Because only she knew why Gao Mingcheng bought the sick cow.

Last time, Gao Mingcheng obtained the bezoar from a sick cow that he accidentally bought. A little bit of bezoar was sold for tens of thousands of yuan!

So is there bezoar in this cow’s body? (End of chapter)