Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Because of his previous experience, this time Gao Mingcheng cut open the cow's abdomen and reached for the bile duct and liver duct.

Because most of the bezoar is in these two places, the bezoar in the bile duct is called gallbladder, and the bezoar in the liver duct is called liver yellow.

Chen Dasong and others did not know Gao Mingcheng's plan, but they stood aside and watched him take action.

After groping for a while, Gao Mingcheng had a good idea, so he took out a knife and cut it a few times, first pulling out all the internal organs of the cow.

Duo Mei immediately handed over a wooden basin and asked Gao Mingcheng with his eyes.

Gao Mingcheng nodded to her vaguely, and in an instant, joyful smiles appeared on many beautiful faces.

After putting the offal into the basin, Gao Mingcheng said to Chen Dasong and others: "Uncle Chen, cut the meat while it's hot."

Chen Dasong felt a little strange. In the past, when killing pigs, after taking out the internal organs, Gao Mingcheng always ignored the internal organs and continued to cut the meat, but this time, he actually took care of the internal organs himself.

Although he was confused, Chen Dasong didn't say anything more, but raised the knife and went forward.

The freshly slaughtered cattle were still warm because the weather was cold and even foggy.

If you divide it while it's hot, your hands won't freeze and you can work more quickly.

This old cow was very skinny, with only a little more meat on its legs, and not much fat on its body.

However, butter is not as good as lard, and most people will not use butter for cooking.

While Chen Dasong and the others were working, Gao Mingcheng had quickly taken out the bezoar from the bile duct.

The bezoars of this cow were not large, but they were numerous. Gao Mingcheng took out seven or eight oval bezoars in succession. Because they were fresh bezoars, there was a thin film on them.

Gao Mingcheng carefully removed the film, and now you can see that the surface of the bezoar is delicate and shiny.

Duo Mei was also prepared. After Gao Mingcheng removed the bezoar film, she immediately took it carefully, wrapped it in clean cotton, and then wrapped it again in gauze, and then put them together in a cool place to dry.

After taking out the bezoar in the bile duct, Gao Mingcheng carefully touched the liver duct again and felt two small bumps. When he took them out, he saw that they were only the size of peanuts, but he couldn't dislike it and handled them carefully. .

After taking out the bezoars as they wished, Gao Mingcheng and Duo Mei breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but smile when they looked at each other.

Gao Mingcheng was in a good mood, so he immediately cut off part of the internal organs and fed them to the black tigers. The three big dogs all came over to eat, and even the two puppies learned to eat together.

"Brother Mingcheng, let me get the beef and beef blood to stir-fry!" Maozi walked out of the kitchen. The male fish head had already been stewed. While the fish was stewing, it was time to cut the beef and side dishes.

Chen Dasong was cutting beef on a large wooden board. After hearing this, he immediately cut off a good piece of meat and said, "This piece of meat is good. It will definitely be good to stir-fry."

Gao Mingcheng took a look and saw that the piece of beef was the meat from the front leg of the cow. The meat was relatively tender, so he motioned to Maozi to take it.

Maozi took the beef, carried the basin of cow blood, and went into the kitchen to work again.

After Gao Mingcheng took out the bezoar, he didn't bother to care about the internal organs anymore. He stood next to the chopping board and watched Chen Dasong and the others working. Seeing Chen Dasong about to chop the cow bones with an ax, he said, "I'll do it!"

He was so strong that he could chop down the bones with one ax and separate the flesh and bones.

After all parts of the cow were cut, Gao Mingcheng divided the meat generously.

The bones of the old cow were not very tasty, so he only kept some of the beef ribs and planned to give away the rest.

Chen Dasong's family and Zhang Chengyuan's family each received a hairy cow's foot, ten kilograms of cow bones, and two kilograms of good meat.

These two families are doing very well this year, so the benefits for the Chinese New Year will naturally be generous.

"Okay, you all go home for lunch, and I will do the rest by myself!" Gao Mingcheng said with a smile, and asked them to go home first with the beef and fish.

There were so many things that I couldn't hold them in my hands, so I had to borrow the basket from Gao Mingcheng's family.

So Chen Dasong's family and Zhang Chengyuan's family each carried a basket full of things and went home.

Duoyu brought his children here to watch the cattle being slaughtered, so it was noon and the family had not cooked yet. However, Chen Dasong and his son had lunch soon after they returned home with their things.

Gao Mingcheng asked Duomei what he wanted to keep, and Duomei picked and kept some things. He also asked Gao Mingcheng if all the fish should be eaten fresh, or if some of them should be made into dried fish.

The taste of air-dried fish is quite good.

Gao Mingcheng said: "The heads of the male fish are delicious, but the meat is average. I just killed two male fish and the fish heads have been stewed. Let's make the body of the male fish into wind-blown meat."

"Okay." So many beauties took action, cut the male fish with a flower knife and spread it with salt. After marinating for a day to get the flavor, they could hang it on the bamboo pole under the eaves with straw.

Gao Mingcheng was not idle either. He had already prepared the beef and fish to be given away.

While he was busy, Mao Zi came over and shouted: "Brother Mingcheng, sister-in-law, it's time to eat."

Gao Mingcheng looked at the time and saw that it was already past one in the afternoon.

"Okay, let's eat."

So everyone walked towards the kitchen. On the dining table, the freshly cooked dishes were steaming.

Mao Zi said diligently: "This fish head has no spines. After I stewed it, I scooped out a small bowl and seasoned the rest with chili powder."

The ones that were scooped out in advance did not include chili peppers, so they were naturally reserved for Xiao Xuxu to eat.

Duo Mei nodded with satisfaction, and then began to feed Xiao Xuxu.

The meat on the fish face is tender and has no spines. There is some jelly-like gel inside the male fish head. Because it has been stewed for a long time, it tastes a little sticky when eaten.

Duo Mei fed Xiao Xuxu some fish, mixed rice with fish soup, and gave her half a bowl of rice. Only when Xiao Xuxu stopped eating did she take care of eating by herself.

Gao Mingcheng put some vegetables into her bowl and said strangely: "When you were in the county, you didn't feed her every meal. You mostly let him eat by himself."

Many beauties said confidently: "There is a washing machine in the county, so you can change the smock when it gets dirty, but there is no washing machine here. If the smock gets dirty, you have to wash it by hand, which is troublesome and difficult to dry!"

Gao Mingcheng didn't realize the seriousness of the matter yet, so he said casually: "Then prepare more blouses."

Duo Mei glared at him angrily. She took back all of Xiao Xuxu's blouse!

But, if you want your children to stay clean, you still have to pay attention, otherwise, in the blink of an eye, your children will make themselves look disgraced.

In this regard, Gao Mingcheng naturally couldn't deal with many beauties, so he could only let her arrange it.

After lunch, Duo Mei took Xiao Xuxu into the room, planning to play with him for a while and then put him to sleep.

Gao Mingcheng chatted with Brother Maozi for a while and asked them if they were used to living here.

He also said that if Du Hongyu's people appeared during the Chinese New Year, then the hidden danger would be gone, and Brother Maozi could go home to live.

When they heard that they would be able to go home soon, the two of them were not very happy. The main reason was that they had no father or mother. As long as the two brothers were together, then where to celebrate the New Year would not be a Chinese New Year?

But Maozi did think of his good brother Monkey.

I don’t know if the monkey has been caught. If not, he should have gone home by now, right?

Mao Zi was looking forward to it, hoping that the monkey would be safe and sound. In the morning, the weather was fine, but as soon as noon passed, it started to become cloudy, giving me a bad feeling.

After Gao Mingcheng and Brother Maozi chatted for a while, they were ready to give away the things quickly before the situation changed.

There are three families in the old village to send to, namely Grandma Xixin, her parents’ house, and Gao Shouwang’s house.

The items in each house are similar, including a fish weighing seven or eight pounds and beef with bones of ten pounds. Because there were so many things, he simply drove a tractor there.

As soon as I arrived at the old village, I saw many children running wildly in the village, and the sound of firecrackers was heard from time to time.

Nowadays, there is no ban on setting off fireworks and firecrackers. During the Chinese New Year, the sound of firecrackers can be heard from time to time in the village. After the children get the money, they will go to the cooperative in Junling in groups to buy firecrackers.

Of course, most of the people who set off firecrackers were naughty boys. The timid girls hid and watched, while the bold girls followed the boys and screamed when the firecrackers exploded. .

Some boys are so naughty that they will deliberately throw firecrackers at girls, scaring the girls into tears.

Some people will ignite firecrackers and throw them into the pit!

Originally, throwing it into a manure pit would just splash some excrement water, which was disgusting. But one time, for some reason, someone threw a firecracker into the manure pit, and it actually caused a big explosion, blowing up the toilet!

The boy who threw the firecrackers was even splashed with feces and water.

Afterwards, the boy's family naturally had to pay for it. The boy, who was full of stench, even enjoyed a meal of fried meat with bamboo shoots, and had to take off his cotton pants and get beaten!

Afterwards, no matter how naughty the boys in the village were, they did not dare to throw the firecrackers into the manure pit. At most, they threw them into ponds and ditches.

When Gao Mingcheng's tractor drove past, Gao Fafa and several children were playing with firecrackers on the roadside. Gao Fafa also made a fake move of throwing firecrackers at Gao Mingcheng, as if he wanted to scare Gao Mingcheng.

Gao Mingcheng didn't tolerate him, so he raised his voice and said, "Gao Mingcheng, is your butt itchy?"

Gao Fafa immediately made a face at him and led a group of friends to the side to play.

They followed the path to the field ridge, ready to blast the white snow covering the fields.

Gao Mingcheng couldn't help but smile when he saw their carefree appearance.

After parking the car, Gao Mingcheng carried three New Year gifts, walked along the road, passed through the Cheng'en house sign, and entered the village.

The first home was Gao Shouwang's house. As soon as he arrived at the door of Gao Shouwang's house, he heard the sound of the TV, the sound of eating melon seeds and laughing.

"Uncle Shouwang! Happy New Year! I'm here to give you a New Year gift." Gao Mingcheng stood at the door and said loudly.

When he entered the courtyard, Gao Shouwang immediately came out to greet him.

Next to Gao Shouwang, there were two young men. These two young men looked quite familiar. Gao Mingcheng did not recognize them for a while, but he soon realized who they were.

They are Gao Shouwang's two sons!

These two people are a few years older than Gao Mingcheng, and they also joined the army very early. In their previous life, after they became prosperous, they directly took Gao Shouwang and his wife to live in other places, and basically never returned to the village. Therefore, Gao Mingcheng was very interested in They are not familiar with each other.

But they look very similar to Gao Shouwang, except that their facial features and temperament are now very military.

When their eyes fell on him, Gao Mingcheng's hair stood up instinctively, and a hint of defensiveness appeared in his eyes.

But this defensiveness was quickly suppressed by him because it was inappropriate.

"Mingcheng, happy New Year to you too. It's cold outside, come in and sit down!" Gao Shouwang said enthusiastically, took a few steps forward, took the New Year's gift from Gao Mingcheng, and then pulled Gao Mingcheng into the house. Watching TV and eating melon seeds.

But Gao Mingcheng refused. He smiled and gestured to what he was holding, and said, "I'm going to deliver it to Grandma Xi and my parents later. I'll talk here when I have time!"

When Gao Shouwang saw this, he couldn't force him to stay. He could only say: "Mingcheng, on the second day of the second grade of junior high school, you can bring Duomei and the child to my house for dinner!"

The second day of the Lunar New Year is the day when married women return to their parents' homes, but many beautiful parents are long gone, so Gao Mingcheng and the others don't have to go anywhere to pay New Year's greetings on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

During this meal, Gao Shouwang had told Gao Mingcheng a long time ago that he hoped Gao Mingcheng could get along with his two sons.

It's not that Gao Shouwang is boasting, but his two sons are lucky and promising, and their future is definitely bright. At this time, most people, including Gao Shouwang, don't want them to get involved with his sons.

Gao Mingcheng agreed: "Okay, I'll come over early in the second grade of junior high school!"

After settling the matter, Gao Mingcheng carried other things and continued walking towards his parents' house.

After arriving at my parents' house, it was also very lively. The sound of the TV and the hustle and bustle of talking could be heard outside the yard.

After entering the house, I saw many people sitting or standing in the main room. They were eating melon seeds, watching TV, and talking loudly.

Gao Mingwan and his wife have also returned. Wang Xiuxiu is sitting obediently on the side with a big belly, while Gao Mingwanzheng, Gao Fanmao and others are bragging about something.

The men were talking happily, but the women were not all sitting and enjoying themselves. Gao Shufang and Zhang Jinling were killing chickens and plucking their feathers in the corner of the yard.

On New Year’s Eve, of course there must be chickens! In addition, on the first day of the new year, many people in the family eat, so the chickens for the first day of the new year must be killed now.

No one in the main room noticed Gao Mingcheng coming in, but Gao Shufang noticed the second brother's arrival at a glance.

Seeing what the second brother was holding, he immediately said: "Second brother, are you going fishing and slaughtering cows?"

"Well. Hey, you keep the things. I have to go to Grandma Xixi's place." Gao Mingcheng simply handed the things to Gao Shufang and let her deal with it.

This fish has left the water. Although it is not dead, it is no longer active. It is best to kill it, otherwise it must be put into the water quickly to raise it, so that it can still survive for a while.

Gao Shufang took the things and wanted to let her second brother go into the main room to talk, but she slurred at the corner of her mouth and finally watched Gao Mingcheng leave the courtyard and walk towards the grandmother's house in the back.

Gao Mingcheng is not a person who likes to join in the fun, not to mention that it is not easy to join in some fun.

Rather than being in a noisy environment and saying words that he didn't mean, he might as well go home and play with his son.

When we arrived at Grandma Xi’s house, it was a little deserted.

The main reason is that the family size is small and there are few relatives and friends in the village.

"Grandma Xixi, happy New Year." Gao Mingcheng walked in with a smile. When Grandma Xixi saw him, she immediately said: "Zhuangzhuang, quickly give Mingcheng a cup of tea!"

"Brother Mingcheng, happy New Year." Gao Zhuang stood up quickly, picked up the thermos bottle and poured a cup of hot tea.

Nowadays, people put tea directly in the thermos flask. When guests come, they just pour warm tea.

Unlike people of later generations who were so particular about adding tea leaves and pouring boiling water for each cup of tea.

Because tea is not cheap, it is natural not to waste it like this now.

Gao Mingcheng was really thirsty, so he drank half a cup of tea.

After arriving here, Gao Mingcheng felt that his mind was relaxed and he no longer needed to be tense. He started chatting with Grandma Xi and the others, and decided to have dinner at Grandma Xi's place for the first grade of junior high school. (End of chapter)