Grandma Xi was very emotional when she learned that Grandma Gao was a little confused.
Faced with Gao Mingcheng's request that she call Grandma Gao over to sit and talk together, she agreed.
Grandma Xi said, "Don't worry, there won't be much work this winter. I just walk around Little Yuanyuan every day and do some easy work. I'll ask her to come over here and sit here tomorrow."
The stone hanging in Gao Mingcheng's heart was put down. He said: "I will go back to the county tomorrow. Next, when Mingli has a holiday, I will ask him to send Shufang back to stay for a while and spend more time with grandma."
Since he opened the shop, Gao Shufang has been staying in the county to help, and only has the opportunity to come back during the Chinese New Year.
Gao Mingli works in a factory and has one day off this week, while Gao Shufang is considered to have no days off throughout the year.
Grandma Xi nodded and said in agreement: "Shufang should come back and live there. Your grandma often took her with her in the past."
Gao Mingcheng talked to Grandma Xi and the others for a while, and seeing that it was getting dark, he said goodbye and left.
When he returned, he found that the wild boar he had shot at noon had been taken care of by Chen Dasong and the others, and was placed in a pile on the big wooden board in the main room.
Xiao Xuxu sat aside and played with toys, while Duomei marinated a jar of meat. After the meat was marinated, he planned to use it to make Fengchui pork.
Fengchui Pork can be stored for a long time and can be eaten at home or used as a gift during the Chinese New Year.
"Mingcheng, you're back. Look at your son, I'm going to cook." Duomei looked up and saw him, said something, and walked to the kitchen.
Gao Mingcheng took over the responsibility of looking after his son and played childish games with him. The little kid, who was only over a year old, couldn't speak clearly and couldn't do anything. Apart from being cute, he was really useless!
Early the next morning, after Gao Mingcheng had breakfast, he went to the ground to pick vegetables, including radish, cabbage, celery, lettuce, carrot, cabbage, and coriander, and then pinched some tender cabbage moss and red cabbage moss. That's it.
Zhang Chengyuan is really hard-working and good at growing vegetables. He helped Gao Mingcheng grow some common vegetables in their area.
The vegetables were framed and placed in the tractor shed, and the wild boar meat obtained yesterday was also framed and carried onto the truck.
"How beautiful, have you packed it up?" Gao Mingcheng asked as he walked into the yard.
Duo Mei was packing her things. She lowered her head to confirm what she wanted to take away, and then said, "It's all packed. You can carry your son to the car first."
"Okay." Gao Mingcheng stepped forward, bent down and picked up Xiao Xuxu.
As soon as he put his son into the carport, Duomei came over carrying two bags of things.
Duo Mei said: "Mingcheng, there is also a bag of things and a stool. Go get it and close the door. I will ask my brother to dry the meat in the jar under the eaves tomorrow."
"Okay." Gao Mingcheng went back to get things and stools, and then opened the door ajar. Zhang Chengyuan has the key to his gate, because he has to go in and out morning and night to herd sheep and cattle.
After everything was ready, a tractor slowly drove away from Gaojiacun and headed towards the county seat.
Gao Mingcheng found that after installing a carport, the items placed in the car body were more concealable. Otherwise, when passing through the old village, someone would see so much wild boar meat in the car body, which would definitely attract gossip. language.
All the way back to the county, because we started early, it was only half past nine.
The business of the clothing store has just begun, and there are not many customers entering the store at this time.
Gao Shufang was standing in front of the store basking in the sun. When she saw Gao Mingcheng coming back, a smile appeared on her face unconsciously.
"Second brother, second sister-in-law, you are finally back! That guy came to the store to look for you again the day before yesterday. You and second sister-in-law are not in the county, so I can only let him go back first."
After hearing Gao Shufang's words, Gao Mingcheng said: "It's okay, I'll go find him later."
Mao Zi hasn't come to see him for a while, mainly because all the antiques near the county town have been collected. Even if there are some outstanding ones, they are kept by people who know the goods, or the price is too high, which Mao Zi can't afford.
Gao Mingcheng himself was also lazy and unwilling to go further to receive goods.
Duo Mei hugged Xiao Xuxu and got off the car from the carport. Gao Mingcheng started to move things, but he did not move all the things into the car, but left half of them. He said to Duo Mei: "You take your son here, I will Send the remaining things to your new home, and then I have other things to do, so I’ll come back for dinner at noon.”
"Okay." Duo Mei responded, holding Xiao Xuxu in his arms and entering the clothing store first.
When Gao Shufang saw a large frame of pork, she knew that her second brother must have gone hunting in the mountains again.
With such a capable second brother, she really has no shortage of meat to eat!
Although the meat has been cut, it still needs to be sorted.
However, these jobs were women's jobs. Gao Mingcheng just drove the tractor towards his new home.
The house here has not been occupied for several days, and the door is still locked, but the yard is full of dead leaves.
Gao Mingcheng first used a bamboo broom to clean the dead leaves, then took out the dustpan for drying things, and took out the still wet arrowroot powder to dry.
Because the powder of arrowroot powder is very fine after drying, it cannot be poured directly into the dustpan. It must be padded with a clean cotton cloth so that it can be dried and stored easily when the time comes.
These dustpans are placed under the eaves. They are ventilated and exposed to sunlight. If it is windy or rainy, they will not be damaged.
Next, Gao Mingcheng moved another basket of wild boar meat. These wild boar meat are also to be made into wind-blown meat. The pork placed in the clothing store is all fresh. As for the wind-blown meat, it is still dried here. , this side is spacious and has a place to dry.
After finishing these tasks, Gao Mingcheng closed the yard door and planned to go to the transportation company first. He had to deliver wild boar meat to Xiao Jinfeng.
Because he used things from Xiao Jinfeng's family last time, he gave Xiao Jinfeng more pork this time, a whole pig leg, more than 20 kilograms of good meat.
As for Gao Ming Wanjia, they also have to send two kilograms of ribs and pork. Wang Xiuxiu is pregnant and needs to replenish her body.
When he arrived at the transportation company, Xiao Jinfeng was at home this time, but he was busy. He had a phone receiver on one shoulder and was writing with one hand.
The call ended after about three minutes.
"Mingcheng, you're here. Sit down, Xiaofang, bring two cups of tea!" Xiao Jinfeng greeted Gao Mingcheng enthusiastically to sit down, and not long after, someone brought two cups of tea.
The tea leaves were freshly brewed and were undulating in the hot water, not yet fully stretched. But the aroma of the tea is stimulated by the hot water and is refreshing.
Gao Mingcheng took it with both hands, but he couldn't drink it for a while, so he could only put it on the coffee table aside.
He explained the purpose of his visit to Xiao Jinfeng, and then showed Xiao Jinfeng the wild boar meat he sent.
This is the meat from the front legs. It tastes more tender than the meat from the hind legs.
Xiao Jinfeng was not polite and accepted it directly, but then gave Gao Mingcheng a basket of apples.
Last time he was not at home, so he went to Shandong to pack apples.
The reason why he made the trip in person was because he had a comrade who lived there, and he stopped by to take a look.
Xiao Jinfeng said: "This cart of apples comes from the village of my comrade in arms. His family also grows apples. There is a hilltop with more than a hundred apple trees planted."
"This apple has a sweet taste and a crisp texture. I like it very much. I keep a lot of them myself and they sell well."
Gao Mingcheng glanced at the apple and accepted it with a smile on his face.
The two hadn't seen each other for a while, so when they met this time, they naturally had to talk. Unfortunately, after only a few minutes of talking, the phone on the desk rang again.
Xiao Jinfeng showed an apologetic smile to Gao Mingcheng and went to answer the phone first.
Gao Mingcheng picked up the teacup on the coffee table and lowered his head to take a few sips. The teacup was from Jingdezhen, and the tea was Yunwu tea from Lushan Mountain, which tasted quite good.
After drinking tea, he did not stay long and signaled with his eyes that he should leave first. Xiao Jinfeng had no choice but to nod apologetically again.
Gao Mingcheng carried a basket of apples and continued walking towards Gao Mingwan's house.
I have asked Xiao Jinfeng just now, and Gao Mingwan happened to be resting at home today.
In order to facilitate his work, Gao Mingwan bought a house near the transportation company. Because it was relatively remote, he was allowed to buy a two-room house with a yard.
"Second brother, why are you here?" Gao Mingwan was drying the quilt in the yard. When he saw Gao Mingcheng coming, his face was full of joy and he quickly asked Gao Mingcheng to come in and sit down.
"Xiuxiu, second brother is here, please make him a cup of tea!"
Gao Mingcheng said quickly: "No need to make tea, I just drank tea at Brother Xiao's place."
So Wang Xiuxiu stopped making tea, but took out the snacks and snacks at home to entertain Gao Mingcheng.
After Wang Xiuxiu became pregnant, she liked to eat snacks. Gao Mingwan had some money and was willing to buy them for her.
After a while, Gao Mingwan had finished drying the quilt, so he also went into the room to sit and chat with Gao Mingcheng.
When he learned that Gao Mingcheng had hunted a wild boar yesterday and was here to deliver meat to him today, Gao Mingwan felt happy from the bottom of his heart and asked Gao Mingcheng's parents about the situation at home.
Gao Mingwan has been racing away all year round, so it was finally his turn to rest. He had to do some work at home, because after Wang Xiuxiu became pregnant, she couldn't do some heavy work and had to wait for him to come back to do it, so she rarely returned to Gaojiacun.
When Gao Mingcheng saw him asking, he said: "Sister-in-law gave birth to a daughter, and you have a niece. My parents are doing well, but grandma's health is a little bad. If you are free, go home and see grandma."
Gao Mingwan was stunned for a moment, then said subconsciously: "Sister-in-law gave birth to a daughter? Last time at the banquet, my mother kept saying that my sister-in-law has a pointed belly, so she must be a son!"
Wang Xiuxiu also blinked, obviously a little surprised.
Gao Mingcheng glanced at Wang Xiuxiu's belly vaguely. If there were no accidents, then Wang Xiuxiu's pregnancy was also a daughter.
Of course, as far as he knew, Gao Mingwan and his wife did not favor sons over daughters. Their daughter and son loved each other equally. In the end, they both went to graduate school and had a good future.
After Gao Mingwan was surprised, he said: "Grandma's health is not good? Is it because her legs are not healed yet?"
Gao Mingcheng said bluntly: "I think grandma is a bit old and confused, so I ask you to go back and see her and talk to her more."
Gao Mingwan was stunned, he didn't expect this to be the case.
He doesn’t know about Alzheimer’s disease, but he knows about the old fool!
Many old people in the village will become old and confused when they get very old.
Because the lower the educational level of people, the more likely they are to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease when they grow old.
Gao Mingwan said seriously: "Okay, I'll go back and take a look when I'm free."
He knew that some old and confused people would not be able to recognize their children and grandchildren. Although he had a normal relationship with his grandma, he did not want her grandma to not recognize him.
After saying this, Gao Mingwan remembered another thing. He went into the house and took out two hundred yuan, and then said: "Second brother, last time Driver Chen had an accident, I borrowed two hundred yuan from you. I haven’t given it back to you yet.”
He handed the money to Gao Mingcheng, who took it and asked curiously: "How is Driver Chen doing now? How many years has his brother been sentenced?"
This driver Chen can be described as a tragedy.
He was cuckolded because he was driving sports cars outside all year round. He originally caught the adulterer and beat him up, then divorced him. Who would have thought that his younger brother felt that his brother had suffered a big loss and went to set fire to the adulterer's house. It burned down, and as a result, the houses of nearby residents were also burned down.
This crime of arson is a serious crime, so Driver Chen not only has to pay for his brother, but his brother also has to go to jail.
Driver Chen asked Gao Mingwan to borrow the two hundred yuan at that time, and Gao Mingwan was short of money, so he borrowed it from Gao Mingcheng.
Gao Mingwan said: "What else can I do? He got divorced and is still driving a car in the company. I heard that someone introduced him to a partner, but he didn't want it. As for his brother, I heard that he was sentenced to three years and six months."
For the crime of arson, the sentencing standard is more than three years and less than ten years.
Because Driver Chen actively compensated, his brother's sentence was not very severe. If he behaved well in prison, he could be released early.
Gao Mingcheng was quite sad about this, life is really unpredictable.
After the two brothers talked for a while, Gao Mingcheng left. Next, he had to go to Mao Zi's house.
Gao Mingwan wanted to keep Gao Mingcheng at home to eat, but there was nothing he could do if he couldn't.
Gao Mingcheng went out and continued driving the tractor to Mao Zi's house.
He was treated with both rain and dew, and even gave Maozi a pound of hind leg meat.
It’s not easy for Maozi either, as he has a mentally retarded younger brother at home.
When we arrived at Mao Zi's house, it was almost noon, so Mao Zi was just preparing to cook at home.
Although his younger brother Yangyang is mentally retarded, he is also well-behaved and knows how to make a fire. When cooking, one of the brothers cooks and the other makes a fire, which is quite harmonious.
Seeing Gao Mingcheng come to the door, Mao Zi quickly put down the food in his hand and greeted with a smile: "Brother Mingcheng, you are back to the county!"
"Well, this is the wild boar I shot. I'll give you a piece of meat to eat." Seeing that he was choosing vegetables, Gao Mingcheng handed over the pound of meat.
Maozi quickly took it with a smile and thanked him profusely.
At this moment, he didn't care about cooking, and said quickly: "Brother Mingcheng, wait for me, I will get something."
With that said, the person had already entered the room.
Not long after, I saw him coming out carrying a big box.
Gao Mingcheng only took one look and knew that this box was an old thing, but not very valuable. It looked like a rattan suitcase from the Republic of China period. (End of chapter)
