In the morning, after delivering the wood to the carpenter's house on a tractor, Gao Mingcheng went to the new house, of course, taking Heihu with him.
The black tiger is very stubborn and has not yet matured, but the rope of fate is held by Gao Mingcheng in his hand, so it can only follow.
Arriving at the new home, the craftsmen were building a wall. Although there are only three rooms in the house, the walled yard is not small.
There are few people building houses at this time, and there are no other houses around. Gao Mingcheng occupies more of the yard. Under normal circumstances, no one will come to check or say anything.
Once the walls are built and the beams and tiles are put up, the house will be ready. Then, when the carpenters install the doors and windows, and then put in the necessary furniture such as wooden beds, wardrobes, and boxes, the home will be complete. Tidy up.
Although the progress is quite fast, Gao Mingcheng is not in a hurry to move in. At this time, there is no saying that new houses require opening windows to ventilate formaldehyde. The main reason is that there is no formaldehyde!
However, there must be some moisture that has not dried thoroughly. It must be very cold to live there in the middle of winter. They sleep on wooden beds here, unlike those in the north where they sleep on kangs.
Once the kang fire is burning, the whole house will be warm and dry.
But the cold wind in the south is biting, and there is no magic heating device, so keeping out the cold depends on being upright.
Many beauties were squatting in the simple kitchen, washing vegetables. Their hands were soaked in cold water and were red from the cold. If you looked closely, your fingers were swollen, which turned out to be frostbite.
This made Gao Mingcheng feel very distressed, and he immediately asked: "Didn't you apply the cream and clam oil I bought you last time? Or have you already applied them?"
Although it was cold to wash vegetables, seeing Gao Mingcheng caring about her so much made her heart feel like honey. She smiled and said, "If you apply it, apply it morning and night."
Gao Mingcheng immediately said: "Every time you touch water, you should apply it again! Don't worry about using it. I will buy it for you again when it is gone!"
You don’t have to go to the county town to buy clam oil. The cooperative in Junling sells it, and the price is not expensive. Therefore, Gao Mingcheng doesn't feel bad about how much he uses.
"When you wash vegetables from now on, just use hot water. I got a lot of firewood, so don't be reluctant! In addition, fry less vegetables to be washed and fry more pickles. Do you have these pickles at home? I'll go find them if you don't. People buy it," Gao Mingcheng said, already thinking about changing the menu.
Green vegetables grow in the ground. They don't cost much money and you can eat them as soon as you get them. Pickles must be prepared in advance. Every autumn and winter, their village will begin to make various pickles, including spicy dried radish, pickled grapefruit peels, prunes, sauerkraut, etc.
This kind of dish is easy to go with rice and is convenient for the cook.
Duo Mei said: "Don't buy them. I have spicy dried radish and pickled vegetables at home! But the pickled pickled vegetables must be paired with meat to be delicious."
Preferably fattier meat, such as pork belly.
"Okay, tomorrow is the market in Junling. I'll buy some pork and come back. Don't wash it, I'll wash it." Gao Mingcheng asked Duo Mei to step aside and wash the vegetables himself.
If he didn't know how to cook, he wouldn't have called Duomei to help.
"Well, then I'll go home and get some spicy dried radish." Duo Mei felt sweet in her heart, with a faint smile appearing in her eyes.
“Remember to wipe your hands with clam oil!”
"good!"
"Haha, you two have such a good relationship! Don't worry, my uncles will definitely let you move in years ago!" The craftsmen who built the wall joked with a smile, and the surrounding atmosphere became cheerful and lively.
Time flies by, and in a blink of an eye, Gao Mingcheng’s new house is about to have its beams and roof tiles put up. This is a big event, and there will be a set of ritual procedures, and the villagers need to be notified by beating gongs and drums, and then dispersed to the villagers. Peanuts and melon seeds, well, if the host is generous, you can also scatter candies.
On the day Gao Mingcheng went to Liang, the elementary school had already been on winter vacation, so as soon as the gong was struck, the children in the village got the message and immediately ran over here.
Even the adults came to watch the fun.
After the ceremony was over, Gao Mingcheng began to scatter melon seeds and peanuts. He also prepared candies. Every child present could get one. As for the adults, there were none.
Two large bamboos with roots were tied with red cloth and placed on the left and right in the middle of the house. This is also a local custom - hanging red.
Whenever wine is served, the host will put a red woolen thread on the shoulders of the guests. This is called pihong.
If there are children at the banquet, the red robe they get will be different. At the end of the red thread, a piece of red cloth will be tied, with some money wrapped in the red cloth.
Most of the money now is one yuan, for good luck. In later generations, there will be more types of this amount. Depending on how the owner arranges it, some will give ten yuan, twenty yuan, and some will give one hundred yuan. .
After the ceremony is over, the banquet is about to start.
There is no housewarming party today, but the craftsmen need to be treated to a good meal, and Gao Mingcheng's parents and uncles will also accompany them.
Therefore, Luo Xiaohua, Gao Shufang, and Duo Mei prepared this meal together.
The big iron pot was steaming hot, and the aroma of meat wafted in the air, making some people drool, but the more sensible people left early to avoid embarrassment.
Only some children refused to leave when they smelled the aroma of meat and lingered near the big iron pot.
Gao Mingcheng couldn't bear it when he saw the longing in their eyes, so he specially brought out a plate of meat and vegetables for each of them to eat a piece.
After eating the meat, the children left with a smile. They covered their pockets with their hands, because they were filled with melon seeds and peanuts. If they didn't cover them, the things would fall out when they jumped around.
At the wine table, Gao Yuan, who drank some wine, began to become excited and said loudly: "Second brother, you have a lot of potential! When I was a child, I saw that you were very smart, and now you really have a lot of potential."
Gao Fanmao also drank wine, with a red face and a big tongue, he exposed Gao Yuanyuan: "Hey, when Ming Cheng got into trouble when I was a kid, you were the first to fight!"
Gao Yuan looked a little confused and glared at Gao Fanmao.
The two families are cousins and live next to each other, so they are familiar with each other's homes.
However, beating children here is a normal operation. Unless you beat the child to death, no one will care.
For example, when Gao Mingcheng was naughty and caused trouble when he was a child, Gao Fanmao hit him with a bamboo stick. When Gao Fanmao saw it, he laughed and said to Gao Mingcheng, "Do you dare to do it next time?"
Gao Fanmao laughed and drank another glass of wine. This wine was steamed by Gao Yuanyuan himself, and it was very strong.
He looked at Gao Mingcheng and said: "Mingcheng, tell me the truth, how much money have you earned? Last time, your mother said that you used all the money you earned to buy ginseng and wolfberry as gifts for them. Why is that so? Are you building a house soon? Mingcheng, you have a way to make money, so don’t forget your brother!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone smelled the gossip and looked at Gao Mingcheng with pairs of bright eyes.
(End of chapter)
