Gao Zhuang's marriage was finally settled, and he was smiling like a fool these days. However, no matter how happy you are, you will have to wait until spring plowing before you can marry He Xiuman.
He Xiuman's parents wanted to leave He Xiuman at home to finish the spring plowing, so they scheduled the wedding and banquet day in May.
Gao Zhuang also needed to prepare things for the wine in advance, so he agreed.
After the New Year, the day for Gao Mingcheng to get married and serve wine is getting closer and closer. At his request, Gao Yuan will serve him wedding wine at the beginning of spring. After drinking, he can just be busy with spring plowing. .
Gao Mingcheng had promised Duomei to buy her a sewing machine, so he called Chen Guolin's tractor and went to the county to pull everything back to the village.
In addition to a sewing machine, I also bought a large iron pot, kitchen knives, axes, machetes, cotton quilts, sheets, etc., and the new home was almost fully decorated in one trip.
Immediately afterwards, he had to go into the mountains to collect firewood to prepare for the next start of the gang.
The place in the old house is not big enough, so the place where the wine will be served is at Gao Mingcheng Xin's house. It is expected that there will be tables of seventeen or eighteen. In addition to relatives, people from the village will also be invited.
Of course, it is not possible to invite everyone, but to invite one person from each family to come and have a drink as a representative. Based on this calculation, about twenty tables of meals need to be prepared.
Two days before the wine was served, Gao Mingpeng found Gao Mingcheng, hoping that he could go into the mountains to hunt another wild boar and come back to serve the wine.
Gao Mingcheng spread his hands and smashed them: "How can wild boars be so easy to kill? I'm just lucky. I've only beaten them twice. If you don't believe me, why don't you follow me into the mountains to fight?"
Gao Mingpeng was speechless for a moment. In fact, he had also gone into the mountains to hunt. After walking in the mountains for a long time, he finally found traces of wild boars. However, as soon as he appeared and made a little noise, the wild boars were frightened and ran away. Then Speed, as fast as following the trend!
He couldn't catch up with the wild boars at all, and in the end he could only go down the mountain in frustration.
But Gao Mingcheng succeeded after all, so Gao Mingpeng continued: "Just go into the mountains and try, maybe you can hit it?"
Gao Mingcheng looked at him and knew that this elder brother was very shrewd. If he didn't agree to go into the mountain to try, he might keep using this as an excuse.
So I agreed.
But consent is consent, and it depends on him whether he does it or not.
Gao Mingcheng doesn’t want to do it!
Although his parents agreed to pay for the banquet, the gifts received also belong to his parents, so there is no loss in hosting the banquet. If he also went hunting in the mountains and provided the most expensive meat, then this time he would serve the banquet. , his parents will make a lot of money!
In fact, it’s okay to let your parents earn some money, but it will make him look stupid!
So the next day, Gao Mingcheng said he was going hunting, and he did go into the mountains, but he went into the mountains to check on the beehives.
After a winter, the condition of the beehives is relatively stable.
For the nectar source, he specially moved all the beehives to the tea tree forest, because the camellia flowers bloom in winter and are a high-quality nectar source.
But with the beginning of spring, various wild flowers in the mountains are gradually blooming, but there are not many. By March and April, the mountains are covered with flowers, the fragrance of flowers is permeated, and it is as beautiful as a fairyland.
Checking the honey storage situation in the hive, Gao Mingcheng estimated that honey can be shaken once in April, and then every two months, so the honey shaker should be prepared in advance.
They don't sell honey shakers here, but it doesn't matter. As long as you know the principle of a honey shaker and buy the necessary parts, you can call a carpenter to help make one.
This matter is not urgent and can be arranged after the wedding.
In addition to checking the beehives, Gao Mingcheng also checked some trees he cut down years ago, which were pine trees.
These pine trees are not used to build houses and make furniture, but to cultivate Poria cocos.
Ganoderma lucidum and Poria cocos mostly appear in pine forests, but their reproduction methods are different. Ganoderma lucidum reproduces through spores, while Poria cocos reproduces through mycelium.
Last year, relying on his good physical fitness, he traveled all over the mountains and picked most of the Ganoderma lucidum and Poria cocos, and reserved the rest for reproduction.
Fortunately, he stayed. While chatting with people in Zhangshu, Gao Mingcheng learned some knowledge. Only then did he know that Poria cocos can be cultivated artificially, and the key point of cultivation is that it requires pine wood and mycelium.
Wild Poria cocos is the mycelium of Poria cocos that spreads and grows when encountering suitable conditions to form sclerotia. This kind of Poria cocos can be used directly for medicinal purposes, and can also be used to expand production or isolate bacterial strains.
After Gao Mingcheng learned about it, he decided to plant Poria cocos and expand its production.
Our ancestors once left behind a way to find Poria cocos - look for red pine trees. This means that Poria cocos usually grows on naturally withered pine trees.
However, there are not many naturally withered pine trees. If you want to plant Poria cocos and expand production, you need to cut down the pine trees in advance to cut off their vitality. After spring, the Poria cocos mycelium can be transferred to the pine trees for artificial planting.
I learned the method, but it was the first time I did it. Gao Mingcheng was not very confident about it, but his greatest advantage was that he was willing to learn and do it.
Just like on a patrol, after seeing all the treasures hidden in the mountains, Gao Mingcheng was ready to go down the mountain.
"Black Tiger, let's go!" Gao Mingcheng called out. Black Tiger, who was having fun in the distance, heard the sound and ran towards Gao Mingcheng.
Gao Mingcheng took a closer look and saw the black tiger holding a field mouse in its mouth.
"Haha! You're such a nosy when a dog is messing with a mouse! Okay, you can eat your trophy yourself!" Gao Mingcheng smiled, sat down on a rock, and waited for the black tiger to enjoy its trophy.
Black tigers usually eat raw meat, but they will also eat some cooked rice and bones. In addition, they will also catch some voles in the mountains to eat.
I have to say that the black tiger is quite talented at catching voles.
But the black tiger did not eat the vole immediately, but ran away again. But soon, it came over with another vole in its mouth, put the vole in front of Gao Mingcheng, and then looked up at Gao Mingcheng. Cheng called in a low voice.
Gao Mingcheng laughed dumbly and reached out to stroke Heihu's head. The hair under his hands was smooth and smooth, and it felt good to the touch.
"Thank you!" Gao Mingcheng was not taboo about eating voles, and he didn't want to live up to Black Tiger's kindness, so he lit a fire and barbecued on the spot. The flames rose, roasting the skinned voles, and the unique aroma of the barbecue gradually faded. spread.
Beside the fire, Black Tiger also lowered his head and enjoyed his vole meat.
On this day, Gao Mingcheng passed quite leisurely, but Gao Mingpeng, who was expecting him to hunt a wild boar, was not very happy. But hunting inherently involves luck, and no one could say anything.
Not only Gao Mingpeng was disappointed, but Gao Yuanyuan was also a little disappointed. When eating that night, Gao Yuanyan said to Luo Xiaohua: "I will go to the market tomorrow to buy fifty pounds of meat and some fish. Just kill two chickens at home." The two chickens don’t lay eggs anymore, so we might as well kill them! And make some more plates of tofu!”
"Mingpeng, you go to the mountains to dig some spring bamboo shoots tomorrow. You need to dig more."
"Shufang, help your mother go to the fields and cut all the vegetables!"
"Hey, okay!" The family members all responded and got ready to get busy.
It took me a while to look up information today, but the key is that I haven’t found anything particularly useful yet. I’m crying!
(End of chapter)
