Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Gao Mingcheng's meal was a bit late. When he came back, Duomei took Xiao Xuxu and peeled the lotus seeds out of the lotus pods.

However, the hard shell on the outside of the lotus seeds has not been peeled off yet. Peeling is laborious. If you are not particular about it, it is better to bite a hole with your teeth and then peel it off. It will be easier.

After peeling off the lotus seeds, it is best to take out the lotus heart.

If you want to sell the lotus seeds, you have to find a way to keep the integrity of the lotus seeds. But if you want to eat them at home, just break them into two halves, and then put the green lotus heart in the middle on the other side. After drying, it becomes a medicinal ingredient, which can be used to remove fire. .

It is worth mentioning that after peeling off the shell of lotus seeds, there is still a thin film inside, which is quite labor-intensive to clean.

Duo Mei saw Gao Mingcheng coming back in his car and immediately walked out of the door to greet him. She looked at Gao Mingcheng's expression and posture, guessing whether he was drunk.

However, Gao Mingcheng's face was normal and his eyes were clear, and he didn't look like he was drunk.

As if reading her thoughts, Gao Mingcheng smiled and said: "I said I would drive back to the county later and not drink. So I only had a glass of wine with the village committee people at the beginning, and then I didn't drink much."

If it were normal times, other people would definitely make noise and try every means to get Gao Mingcheng to drink a few glasses of wine. But today Gao Mingcheng only agreed to donate five thousand yuan and a library of books, which made it hard for others to force him. He drank.

Of course, even if someone forces him, it's okay if Gao Mingcheng doesn't drink. After all, the relationship between people is like a spring. If you are weak, he will be strong. If you are strong, he will be weak.

Gao Mingcheng put the peanuts in the bucket of the cart, and then went to the chicken coop to pick up the eggs and pick some gourds, tender pumpkins and other vegetables.

When they arrived at the mouth of the pond, they saw Gao Shufang and others waiting there. There was a bamboo basket at the feet of everyone, and the bamboo basket was filled with various vegetables.

Gao Mingli said: "Mingwan drove here. After lunch, he left, saying he wanted to send his father-in-law back first."

"Go ahead." Duomei said. After watching him leave, he lowered his head and peeled the lotus seeds.

Gao Shufang is very happy today.

So Duo Mei got into the car first with the peeled lotus seeds, and the door was open. After Gao Mingcheng brought little Xuxu, he could be held by Duo Mei.

The newly built house is prepared to leave a separate room for her!

As a result, I only saw many beauties sitting under the eaves, but little Xuxu was nowhere to be seen.

Gao Mingcheng took a hoe from the miscellaneous room and said to Duomei: "The peanuts in the ground are ready to be dug. I plan to dig some and take them back to the county to eat."

Several people were sitting on the rocks chatting. When they saw the car coming, they all got up, picked up their things and walked towards the car.

After closing the courtyard door ajar, Gao Mingcheng also got in the car and drove towards the old village.

Seeing that Duo Mei was about to get up and go to the room, Gao Mingcheng hurriedly said: "I'll take the child out. You can get in the car first."

About half an hour later, Gao Mingcheng came back with a basket of peanuts. He was holding peanuts in one hand and peanut seedlings in the other. These seedlings could be fed to the goats later.

In addition to a basket of vegetables, Gao Zhuang also dug a bag of sweet potatoes. His family went to live in the county and no longer needed to raise chickens and pigs, so the sweet potato vines were returned to Gao Yuan.

As long as you make up your mind not to drink, then no matter who comes and for what reason they persuade you to drink, as long as you insist on your opinion, what can he do?
It's just that many people don't dare to do this, fearing that they will be ostracized and retaliated if they don't give others face.

Gao Mingcheng nodded and said he understood. Since there was no need to worry about Mingwan and the others, they could return to the county seat after everyone got on the bus.

After a lot of work, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.

It's getting late, it's time to return to the county town. Gao Mingcheng put all the things he wanted to bring on the bed of the car, and then he was ready to call Duo Mei and Xiao Xuxu to get in the car.

Duo Mei smiled helplessly and said, "Your son just couldn't stand it anymore and fell asleep while playing. I took him to bed and slept."

He still had to go to the old village to pick up Gao Shufang, Gao Zhuang and others.

Gao Mingcheng didn't see Gao Mingwan and his wife, so he asked, "Where are Mingwan and the others?"

This is because Gao Shufang also contributed a sum of money, and because Gao Shufang can make money herself, her status in the family has virtually improved a lot. Therefore, when allocating rooms, she can naturally have a room.

But no matter what, in the entire Gaojia Village, there are still not many girls who can have a decent house by themselves!
In an era when housing was tight, not to mention daughters, even sons had to sleep together with other brothers. It would be good to have a separate room after marriage.

Therefore, when drinking today, Gao Shufang was envied by many of her peers. Those cousins ​​were all extremely envious.

Now that she met her second brother, she couldn't help but have a lot to say, but after seeing Xiao Xuxu sleeping soundly, she still held it back.

Returning to the county in silence, Gao Mingcheng first sent Gao Shufang and others back to the clothing store, and then returned to the kindergarten.

After the car stopped, Duo Mei woke up Xiao Xuxu. He didn't want to sleep for a long time, but he was too noisy at night and refused to sleep.

He Xiuman and Grandma Xi had already arrived at the door to greet him. When Grandma Xi saw Gao Zhuang, she quickly asked him how his family was doing.

This is the first time in this life that the old man has been away from home for so long, and he must be missing him in his heart.

When she asked, Gao Zhuang quickly answered, telling her how the house was and how the fields were.

I have only been away from home for more than a month, so the house has not changed much. However, the vegetables in the field have been raised more or less naturally, and some vegetables that require careful attention have failed to grow. However, sweet potatoes are drought-resistant and can survive even a month. Without management, the impact is not big.

Gao Zhuang opened his pocket and showed Grandma Xi the sweet potatoes in his pocket. He smiled and said, "Grandma, look at our sweet potatoes, they look pretty good!"

He then said to Gao Mingcheng: "Brother Mingcheng, we can't finish these sweet potatoes ourselves. We can use them to cook sweet potato porridge for the children in the kindergarten."

Gao Mingcheng nodded and said, "Okay, I'll pay you the market price later."

Gao Zhuang was stunned for a moment, and then said unhappily: "Brother Mingcheng, how can I ask for your money! These sweet potatoes are worthless!"

Gao Mingcheng smiled, reached out and patted Gao Zhuang's shoulder, and said, "My dear brother, you have to settle the score! If you give me these sweet potatoes, I won't give you money, but this is for the children in the kindergarten. Then you have to keep accounts and calculate the money, and one code will be the same. "

Gao Zhuang still felt it was unnecessary, but he couldn't argue with Gao Mingcheng. He thought for a while and simply said: "Forget it, I plan to make these sweet potatoes into dried sweet potatoes, and then you can eat them slowly!"

Gao Mingcheng smiled helplessly and could only let him go.

While they were talking, Grandma Xiao said nothing. After Gao Zhuang made his decision, she said with a smile: "Dried sweet potatoes are also very delicious, and Xiao Yuanyuan likes them very much. But the freshly dug sweet potatoes are not sweet. It has to be kept in a cool place for a few days and then steamed and dried.”

Freshly dug sweet potatoes have a lot of water, so they are naturally not sweet. When the water content in the sweet potatoes decreases, they become very sweet.

After saying this, Gao Zhuang took out another bag and handed it to Gao Mingcheng and said, "Brother Mingcheng, these are the bugs you want! Most of them are locusts, and some are kudzu bugs." Hearing that there were kudzu bugs, Gao Mingcheng immediately smiled at Duo Mei and said: "How beautiful, there are insects you like to eat!"

Duo Mei remained speechless. At this moment, she was not only speechless, she was still speechless!

When she was a child, it was because she was poor and hungry, so naturally she thought the worms from kudzu were delicious. But now that she has no worries about eating and drinking, Gao Mingcheng actually got her worms to eat...

Gao Mingcheng had already lowered his head to look at the kudzu worm.

Compared with the green locusts, kudzu bugs are quite white and fat.

The kudzu bug is a kind of insect that grows in the kudzu vine. It grows by absorbing the nutrients of the kudzu vine. When the kudzu bug continues to grow in the kudzu vine, the kudzu vine will bulge or swell, often forming a big lump. .

At this time, as long as you see the kudzu vines bulging or swelling, you will know that there must be kudzu worms inside. Use a knife to cut the kudzu vine, and there will be many white and tender kudzu worms inside.

Because kudzu bugs have a strong growth ability and are densely packed in the kudzu vines, there will be more than ten kudzu bugs in one kudzu vine. When dealing with kudzu bugs, be careful not to chop them directly with a knife, but to use the handle of the knife to protrude the vine. Slowly cut open that part, peel off the insect nest, and carefully put the insects inside into a clean container.

But to be honest, these densely packed bugs are a nightmare for people with trypophobia!

However, most rural people are not so pretentious, so Gao Mingcheng didn't think there was anything scary when he saw it. Even He Xiuman, who was in charge of cooking, looked calm when he saw it.

He Xiuman was in charge of making dinner. Duo Mei wanted to help, but everyone knew that Duo Mei was pregnant, so they refused to let her into the kitchen because pregnant women couldn't smell oil fumes.

Duo Mei smiled helplessly: "Except for eating a little sour food, I don't have any other feelings at all! I don't feel nauseated when I smell oil smoke."

But no matter what she said, He Xiuman and Grandma Xi would not let her go into the kitchen to help. Instead, they called Gao Zhuang to help.

Duo Mei smiled and could only go to the front yard with Gao Mingcheng to continue peeling lotus seeds.

As for Xiao Xuxu, he was already playing with Xiao Yuanyuan.

Before the lotus seeds were completely peeled, the food was already cooked. He Xiuman stood at the door of the kitchen and shouted: "It's time to eat!"

After hearing this, Xiao Yuanyuan immediately put down the toys in her hands and took Xiao Xuxu's hand to wash her hands.

There are several places to wash hands in the kindergarten, and in order to take care of the height of the children, the sinks are relatively short. Xiao Yuanyuan and Xiao Xuxu went to the sink in the kitchen in the backyard, stretched out their hands and turned it, and water came out of the faucet.

After washing their hands, the two happily went to the kitchen.

The so-called lack of enthusiasm for eating means there is a problem with thinking. The children of today have absolutely no problem with their thinking. Unlike later generations, if you want your children to eat, you have to use all kinds of skills to coax them!
Gao Mingcheng threw the newly peeled lotus seeds into the dustpan, clapped his hands and said, "I won't peel them anymore, let's go eat."

After peeling off the beauties for such a long time, my fingers started to hurt. Peeling off this thing is really laborious!

The two of them also washed their hands and went to eat. While walking on the road, Gao Mingcheng said to Duomei: "If the output of lotus seeds next year is more than this year, then we won't bring them to the county to peel them. Let Uncle Chen and the others take the time to peel them." , or you can hire someone to peel it off!”

He’s not happy to peel it off anyway!
Many Americans know that Gao Mingcheng is not afraid of going into the mountains to get wild boars or digging peanuts in the fields, but he is just afraid of doing such troublesome little things!
The couple walked into the kitchen in the backyard. Gao Zhuang and others were already getting bowls and chopsticks, beckoning them to sit down and eat quickly.

The dishes on the table are quite good, including meat and vegetables. Among them, two dishes are the most special, one is fried locusts and the other is fried kudzu worms.

After the worms are fried, sprinkle with a little salt and chili powder, and they smell delicious.

Well, it smells very good!

Gao Mingcheng was not afraid of eating these because they smelled so fragrant. He picked up the kudzu worms with his chopsticks and ate them. While eating, he did not forget to say to Du Mei: "You are right, the kudzu worms are indeed delicious. "

With a look of forbearance on her beautiful face, after Gao Mingcheng gave her a chopstick of kudzu worms, she finally couldn't help it anymore, turned around and ran outside the house.

Immediately, the sound of retching came from outside.

Gao Mingcheng was stunned and suddenly felt guilty.

Because Duo Mei had previously said that kudzu worms were delicious, he thought of asking the children in the village to catch the bugs on his behalf and arranged this insect feast for Duo Mei. As a result...

Duo Mei, who just said she didn't have morning sickness, was actually forced to suffer from morning sickness in advance due to the feast of insects!
He Xiuman quickly took a glass of water and walked out. She patted Duomei's back comfortingly and waited for Duomei to recover before handing her the water.

After Duomei rinsed her mouth and drank a sip of water, she felt a lot more comfortable in her stomach.

She looked at He Xiuman, her eyes turning slightly red under the light.

He Xiuman couldn't bear it and was funny at the same time. She said, "How about I get you some edible dishes and you can eat them outside?"

She was afraid that Duo Mei would vomit if she went in and saw a feast of insects!
Even after the Chong Chong dinner was taken away, a special fragrance filled the kitchen.

Duo Mei nodded and said, "Excuse me, just give me some vegetarian dishes. I don't even want to eat meat."

He Xiuman agreed and went into the kitchen to pick up dishes for Duo Mei Sheng.

So, everyone ate at the kitchen table, and Duo Mei sat alone under the eaves to eat. Originally, He Xiuman said he wanted to accompany her, but Duo Mei said she didn't want to see meat or smell meat.

It would be quite embarrassing if He Xiuman refused to eat when there were meat and vegetables in front of him.

Gao Mingcheng didn't even dare to show up. He finished his meal and rinsed his mouth before he dared to show up in front of many beauties.

Many beauties looked at him expressionlessly, while Gao Mingcheng laughed dryly.

"You don't want to eat, why didn't you tell me earlier? If I had known... I wouldn't have done this." Gao Mingcheng explained dryly.

When he said before that he wanted to ask the children in the village to get bugs, although he didn't feel that Duomei was very supportive of this, Duomei didn't refuse either!

So he made arrangements, thinking that he was caring about many beauties.

who knew...

A meal of bugs did not bring back many beautiful memories of childhood, but it did activate morning sickness first!

How miserable! (End of chapter)