Chapter 299 Annual Gift

New Year's Eve is the day for the family to reunite. Even in later generations, when people are scattered all over the world, they will rush back home on this day to spend the Spring Festival with their families, not to mention the time now when almost no one in the village goes out to work.

Every household has one person included.

On this auspicious day, He Xiuman gave birth to a child, adding a new member to the grandmother's family, which was even more joyful.

When Gao Mingcheng went over, he saw his grandmother killing a chicken.

The family didn't sleep much the whole night, but now everyone looked very energetic. Gao Mingcheng went to see the child and thought that the child was quite pretty. Although the facial features had not yet fully developed, they were still very delicate.

Many people have a consensus that newborn babies are ugly, but Gao Mingcheng wants to say that some babies are indeed ugly when they are born, especially when the vernix caseosa on their faces has not disappeared, they are so ugly that it hurts your eyes!

However, some children grow and develop well at full term and have no vernix caseosa. In this case, their faces are clean. Even if their skin becomes 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 already had fair and rosy skin, and was sleeping soundly in her cradle.

This is Gao Zhuang's first child, and also his grandmother's much-cherished great-grandson, so they prepared the baby's clothes, quilts and diapers early.

The baby was lying next to He Xiuman. Although He Xiuman was awake, she still looked very tired. Therefore, Gao Mingcheng did not stay long. After seeing the child, he said goodbye and left.

Before leaving, he said, "I'm going to slaughter a sheep today and send you some mutton later. Mutton is nutritious and is perfect for stewing radishes."

Gao Zhuang wished he could give He Xiuman good food every day. When he heard that Gao Mingcheng would send him mutton, he thanked him immediately and said he would help Gao Mingcheng slaughter the sheep.

But Gao Mingcheng didn't give in and said, "You should stay at home and take care of the children!"

Gao Zhuang's family is short of manpower, and Gao Mingcheng doesn't dare to ask him to help. Besides, it's just slaughtering a sheep, he is enough by himself!

So he hurried back to his home, and when he got home, Xuanyuemei told him that the hot water had been boiled.

Gao Mingcheng came to the sheep pen with a dagger. Because they were going to slaughter the sheep, today's sheep were still kept in the sheep pen and had not been taken out. Now Gao Mingcheng first led out a smaller sheep, and then tied it outside to eat grass.

As for the fatter one, it will naturally be the dinner for tonight!

I have been raising sheep for three hundred days, just for this day! Gao Mingcheng raised his knife and decisively ended the sheep's life.

The sheep here are goat breed, the meat is relatively old and not as tender as the sheep in the north. It needs to be stewed for a long time before it can be chewed. But even after stewing for a long time, the taste of the mutton is still not soft and tender.

To be honest, it's not good for the teeth of the elderly, but it tastes chewier for young people.

Gao Mingcheng spent the entire morning at home processing the sheep, slaughtering it, scalding and plucking its wool, gutting it, and cleaning its internal organs.

Yesterday he happened to bring back a yellow muntjac, and today he slaughtered a sheep. Together with the stored wind-blown meat, he will have a very comfortable New Year this year!

After a quick lunch, Gao Mingcheng said, "I'm going to send some meat to my parents' and my grandmother's house. You can send some to your second sister's house as well."

When it comes to giving gifts, Gao Mingcheng treats everyone equally. If he can give gifts to his parents and grandmother, then Xuanyuemei can naturally give gifts to her second sister.

Xuanyuemei said, "The sheep and the yellow muntjac are not very big, I can just give her two kilograms of mutton."

Gao Mingcheng felt that it was a little too little, so he said, "Send another piece of Fengchui meat."

The wind-blown meat in his house weighs two or three pounds per piece.

Many beauties nodded and showed happy smiles on their faces.

So the couple went to visit in the afternoon, carrying meat in their hands, and were naturally very welcome.

Gao Mingcheng's family has raised sheep for nearly a year. Both of them are rams. The fatter one weighs about 120 pounds. After slaughtering it, removing the wool and internal organs, it can produce about 60 pounds of meat and 20 pounds of bones.

This sheep eats only grass and has never been fed any feed. The fact that it has grown so big in just one year is a result of careful care.

Gao Mingcheng sent five kilograms of good mutton to his grandmother's house, and also sent five kilograms of meat and two kilograms of bones to his parents.

When he got there, Gao Mingwan had already returned home. As the Chinese New Year was approaching, the transportation company had a lot of business and all the drivers were driving in shifts with almost no days off. But the Chinese New Year was a big event, so after Gao Mingwan finished his last trip yesterday, he rushed back to celebrate the New Year today.

Of course, he did not come back empty-handed, but brought a lot of things.

"Brother, the boss knows that my home is far away and it's difficult for me 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 every move he made was full of the style of a successful person.

Gao Mingwan led Gao Mingcheng to a corner of the main room, where there were indeed a lot of things piled up. Gao Mingcheng saw a large bag of dried kelp.

He immediately guessed that the dried kelp should have been sent by the cargo owner.

When Gao Mingcheng was driving for others, he would often receive some things from the owners of the goods, sometimes some goods, sometimes a few packs of cigarettes.

This is a common occurrence, because drivers now have a high status, and cargo owners have to treat drivers well. If the drivers take bribes, they can get more things.

However, Gao Mingcheng is not that kind of person, so when the owner of the goods gave it to him, he accepted it, but he would not ask for it actively because he felt that it was very uncultured and he didn't need these small amounts of money.

In addition to dried kelp, there are some other things, most of which are food, such as candy, snacks, apples, pears, etc.

But the most eye-catching thing are the two big grass carps placed in the bamboo basket.

Gao Mingwan pointed at the two big grass carps and said happily, "These grass carps were brought from Poyang Lake! The boss said that we must have fish during the Chinese New Year so that there will be surplus every year! We know that the reservoirs here are dry and there is no place to buy fish, so each employee was given a fish. Brother, you get one too! This grass carp is really big, at least more than 20 kilograms!"

The reservoir here is small, so the fish produced in the reservoir are naturally small. In previous years, there was water in the winter, so some fish would overwinter in the water and grow bigger the following year, but this year the water is almost dry, so it may be difficult to catch big fish in recent years.

"In addition to this big grass carp, there are also ten kilograms of apples, two kilograms of milk candy and a bottle of Si Te wine! Second brother, our boss is really generous!"

Gao Mingwan was really happy. He had already earned a lot from getting such a good job, and he could also get small gifts from the owners of the goods on weekdays. He didn't expect that at the end of the year, the boss would give so many good things to people!

Gao Mingcheng had also worked in a transportation company for some time before, and given his relationship with Xiao Jinfeng, he naturally also received an annual employee gift.

Gao Mingcheng felt happy when he looked at those things.

Gao Mingwan helped to put together Gao Mingcheng's portion, and pointed to his own things, saying, "Most of these things were bought by me for the New Year at home!"

His tone was full of pride.

Gao Yuanjian and Luo Xiaohua were already grinning from ear to ear. Even Grandma Gao was very happy to see her grandson succeed.

But some people were not so happy. Huang Su'e's face was full of envy, jealousy and hatred, while Gao Mingli did not say a word at this time.

He also worked in the county, and the sugar factory also gave out some New Year gifts, but compared with what Gao Mingwan brought back, what he had was nothing.

I felt my pocket again and found that I didn't have much money left.

At this time, Gao Mingli couldn't help but question whether his decision to stay in the sugar factory was right.

No one knew of his loneliness. Gao Yuanjian's attention was all on Gao Mingcheng and Gao Mingwan. He said, "Mingcheng, you and Duomei come over here for dinner tonight. We can celebrate the New Year together as a family!"

Although Gao Mingcheng has separated from the family, he is still a member of this family, so there is nothing wrong in inviting him back to celebrate the New Year together.

Gao Mingcheng naturally agreed and said he would come over for dinner in the evening.

(End of this chapter)