New Year's Eve is a day for family reunions. Even in later generations, when everyone is scattered all over the world, they will rush home on this day to spend the Spring Festival with their families, let alone now when almost no one in the village goes out to work.
Every household has a lot of people.
On this good day, He Xiuman gave birth to a child, which made the young lady's family even more happy.
When Gao Mingcheng passed by, he saw Grandma Xi killing the chicken.
The family didn't sleep much all night, but everyone looked very energetic now. Gao Mingcheng had gone to see the child and thought the child was quite beautiful. Although his facial features had not yet grown, he could still tell that he was quite beautiful. delicate.
Many people have a consensus that newborn children are ugly, but what Gao Mingcheng wants to say is that some children are indeed ugly when they are born, especially when the vernix on their faces has not disappeared, so ugly that your eyes hurt!
However, some children grow well at term and have no vernix, so their face is clean. Even if the skin is a little red due to squeezing during delivery, it will soon become white and tender.
When Gao Mingcheng went over to take a look, the little girl named Yuanyuan, with fair and rosy skin, was sleeping peacefully in her swaddling clothes.
This is Gao Zhuang's first child and the great-grandson that the grandma misses dearly, so she prepared the baby's clothes, quilts and diapers early.
The baby was lying next to He Xiuman. Although He Xiuman was awake, he still looked very tired, so Gao Mingcheng did not stay long. After seeing the child, he said goodbye and left.
Before leaving, he said: "I'm going to kill a sheep today, and I'll bring you some mutton later. Mutton is nutritious, and it's perfect for stewing radishes."
Gao Zhuang wished he could feed He Xiuman good food every day. When he heard that Gao Mingcheng would give him mutton, he immediately thanked him and said he would kill the sheep for Gao Mingcheng.
But Gao Mingcheng didn't give in and said, "You should take care of your children at home!"
Gao Zhuang's family was short of manpower, and Gao Mingcheng didn't dare to ask him to help. Besides, it was just slaughtering sheep, and he alone was enough!
So he quickly returned to his home. When he returned, Duomei told him that the hot water had been boiled.
Gao Mingcheng came to the sheepfold with a dagger. Because the sheep were to be slaughtered, the sheep were still kept in the sheepfold today and were not taken out. Now Gao Mingcheng first took out a small one and then tied it to the ground outside. Gnawing grass.
As for the fatter one, it will naturally be tonight’s feast!
Raising sheep for three hundred days is just for today! Gao Mingcheng raised the knife and decisively ended Yangyang's life.
The sheep here are of the goat variety, and the meat is older and not as tender as the sheep in the north. It needs to be stewed for a long time before it can be bitten, but even if it is stewed for a long time, the texture of the mutton is still not soft.
To be honest, it is not good for the teeth of the elderly, but it is chewier for young people.
Throughout the morning, Gao Mingcheng spent the whole morning processing the sheep at home. He had to slaughter it, scald and pluck it, disembowel it, and clean its internal organs.
Yesterday he happened to get a yellow muntjac, and today he slaughtered a sheep. Together with the stored wind-blown meat, he will have a very prosperous year this year!
After a hasty lunch, Gao Mingcheng said: "I'm going to deliver some meat to my parents' house and my grandma's house. You can also send some to your second sister's house."
Gao Mingcheng treats everyone equally when it comes to giving gifts. He can give gifts to his parents and grandma, so naturally he can also give gifts to his second sister.
Duo Mei said: "This sheep is not as big as a muntjac. I will just give her two kilograms of mutton."
Gao Mingcheng felt that it was a little short, so he said, "Let me give you another piece of wind blowing meat."
One piece of his Fengchui Pork weighs two to three kilograms.
Duo Mei nodded with a happy smile on his face.
So the couple went to visit each other in the afternoon, carrying meat in their hands, and it was naturally very popular.
The Gao Ming Cheng family has been raising sheep for nearly a year. Both are rams. This one is fatter and weighs about 120 kilograms. After slaughtering and removing the hair and internal organs, it can produce about 80 kilograms of meat and 20 kilograms of meat. pounds of bones.
This sheep only eats grass and has not been fed with feed. It takes one year to grow so big, which is the result of careful care.
Gao Mingcheng gave five kilograms of good mutton to Grandma Xi's house, and five kilograms of meat and two kilograms of bones to his parents.
When he passed by, Gao Mingwan had already gone home. As the New Year was approaching, the transportation company had a lot of business. All the drivers drove in shifts and had almost no days off. However, the New Year was a big event, so Gao Mingwan finished his last run yesterday. After taking the train, I rushed back today to celebrate the New Year.
Naturally, he did not come back empty-handed, but brought a lot of things.
"Second brother, the boss knows that my home is far away and it is difficult to come back, so he asked me to drive the company's pickup truck back! I brought a lot of things, some of which the boss asked me to bring to you!" Gao Mingwan straightened his back and made every move. They are all full of successful people.
Gao Mingwan led Gao Mingcheng to a corner of the main room. There were indeed many things piled there. Gao Mingcheng saw a large bag of dried kelp.
He immediately guessed that these dried kelp should be sent by the cargo owner.
When Gao Mingcheng was driving for others, he would often receive something from the owner, sometimes it was some goods, sometimes it was a few packs of cigarettes.
This is a common thing, because the status of the driver is now high, and the cargo owner has to entertain the driver well. If the driver eats and gets cards, he can get more things.
However, Gao Mingcheng was not that kind of person, so the owner of the goods gave it to him, and he accepted it, but he would not take the initiative to ask for it, because he felt that it was very tasteless, and he was not short of these three melons and two dates.
In addition to dried kelp, there are also other things, most of which are edible, such as candies, snacks, apples, pears, etc.
But the most eye-catching thing is the two large grass carp in the bamboo basket.
Gao Mingwan pointed to the two big grass carp and said happily: "These grass carp are brought from Poyang Lake! The boss said that there should be fish during the Chinese New Year, and there will be more than enough every year! You know our reservoir here It’s all gone, and there’s no place to buy fish, so each employee gave a fish as a gift. Second brother, you also have one! This grass carp is huge, at least more than 20 kilograms!”
The reservoir here is small, and the fish produced in the reservoir are naturally small. In previous years, if there was water in the winter, some fish would overwinter in the water and grow bigger next year. But this year, almost all of them have dried up, so in recent years I'm afraid it will be difficult to catch big fish.
"In addition to this big grass carp, there are also ten pounds of apples, two pounds of toffee and a bottle of four special wines! Second brother, our boss is so generous!"
Gao Mingwan was really happy. He had already made a lot of money after getting such a good job. He could also get some small gifts from the cargo owners on weekdays. He didn't expect that at the end of the year, the boss would actually give so many. Give good things to people!
Gao Mingcheng also worked in a transportation company for a period of time before. Coupled with his relationship with Xiao Jinfeng, he naturally received an annual employee gift.
Gao Mingcheng looked at those things and felt happy in his heart.
Gao Mingwan helped pile up Gao Mingcheng's portion, then pointed to his own things and said, "I bought most of these things for my family to use during the Chinese New Year!"
His tone was full of pride.
Gao Yuanyuan and Luo Xiaohua had already laughed so hard that they couldn't even see their eyes. Even Grandma Gao was very happy to see that her grandson was going to be successful.
But some people were not so happy. Huang Su'e's face was filled with envy, jealousy and hatred, while Gao Mingli remained silent at this time.
He also worked in the county, and the sugar factory also gave some New Year's gifts, but compared with what Gao Mingwan got back, what he had was not worth mentioning.
When I touched my pocket again, I couldn't find any money saved.
At this time, Gao Mingli couldn't help but question whether his decision to stay in the sugar factory was right.
No one knew about his loneliness, and Gao Yuanyuan's attention was all on Gao Mingcheng and Gao Mingwan. He said: "Mingcheng, you and Duomei come here for dinner in the evening, and we will celebrate the New Year together as a family!"
Although Gao Mingcheng's family is separated, he is still from the same family, so there is nothing wrong with calling him back to celebrate the New Year together.
Gao Mingcheng naturally agreed and agreed to come over for dinner in the evening.
(End of chapter)
