Chapter 395 Simple Life
The next few days were calm and the days passed uneventfully.
Mid-Autumn Festival is almost here.
On the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Gao Mingcheng prepared to return to Gaojia Village. Of course, he did not go back alone, but took Xuanmei and Gao Shufang with him.
As for Luo Li, of course she was on vacation.
Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival of family reunion and a day that the Chinese people attach great importance to.
The clothing store was only open for half a day that day. After lunch, Luo Li took the Mid-Autumn Festival red envelope home. In the afternoon, Gao Mingcheng took Xu Xuanmei and Gao Shufang home first. As for Gao Mingli, he had to work a full day today. After get off work, he rode his bicycle back home.
We returned all the way to Gaojia Village, and when we arrived at the old village, we dropped Gao Shufang off first.
"Second brother, second sister-in-law, I'm leaving." Gao Shufang carried a big bag and waved to Gao Mingcheng and Xuanyuemei with a smile.
This bag, of course, contains the gifts she bought for her family, including some for her parents and grandmother, and of course some for her eldest brother's nephew.
"Well, tell your parents and tell them that we will go over for lunch tomorrow at noon." Gao Mingcheng said.
"Okay." Gao Shufang responded as she walked around the pond and entered the village through the doorway of the "Cheng'en Archway".
Gao Mingcheng started the car and the tractor took them back to Niuweiling.
I haven't been home for another half a month, and I have to clean the house inside and out again.
The last time Gao Mingcheng came back, he had his meals at his grandmother's house, so this time he specially bought rice and noodles.
He began to unload the things he had brought back from the car. In addition to rice and flour for daily consumption, there were also gifts for relatives and friends, mostly moon cakes, wine and cigarettes.
The black tiger and the elf appeared out of nowhere, wagging their tails around their owner and being very affectionate.
Gao Mingcheng said to Xuanyuemei, "You can take a rest first, or go to your second sister's house and sit down. I will clean up."
But Xuanyuemei smiled and said, "How can you be so delicate! You fetch the water, and I'll sweep and mop the house, and you'll do the work in the fields."
"Okay." Gao Mingcheng immediately opened the kitchen door and took out a bucket of water.
The wells here are not equipped with tools to shake water. Instead, water is drawn by manpower. A thick rope is tied to a small bucket, and then the bucket is lowered into the well water little by little. When it is full of water, the bucket is lifted up along the rope.
It is more laborious to lift water in this way. If the rope is too smooth, it will be difficult to lift it up. Therefore, you can tie a knot on the rope at certain intervals. This will increase friction and help lift the water up.
Of course, Gao Mingcheng was very strong, and the full bucket of water was quickly lifted up by his hands.
First, clean the big bucket of water, and then pour the remaining water into it. It takes four times to fill the big bucket, and this water is enough for cleaning and cooking.
After fetching water, the housework was left to Xuanyue, while Gao Mingcheng carried a hoe and a bamboo basket and went to the fields.
The peppers and eggplants in the field are growing just averagely because it is almost the end of their growth period. Once a frost comes, the pepper trees and eggplant trees will die.
Gao Mingcheng decided that after picking the peppers and eggplants, he could pull out the trees and then plant crops such as radishes and cabbages.
Gao Mingcheng walked to the sweet potato field, swung the hoe and dug along the roots of the sweet potato vines. The soil here is loess, which is very sticky and not sandy. In fact, if you grow sweet potatoes, the taste will not be so good. It is also more troublesome to dig sweet potatoes. You have to be careful when using the hoe, otherwise the sweet potatoes will easily be damaged, and damaged sweet potatoes will not last long.
He only dug two sweet potato vines before stopping because he found that the sweet potatoes were still relatively small. It seemed that he would have to wait another half a month before digging again.
The sweet potatoes were planted later this year, so it was naturally later when they were dug.
Put a bunch of small sweet potatoes into a bamboo basket, and then put the sweet potato vines together. Sweet potato vines are also a treasure. When they are tender, people can eat the leaves and stems. Even if they are old, they can be fed to livestock.
In addition to sweet potatoes, Gao Mingcheng picked some edible vegetables and then came to the foot of Xiaofu Mountain.
In the field where Polygonatum is planted, corn is also intercropped.
This corn is an old variety and matures late. The last time Gao Mingcheng came to see it, the corn inside was too tender to eat, so he came to see it again now.
There is no need to break the corn off. You can just break off the layers of corn husks from the top of the corn and see the growth of the corn inside. If it is ripe, you can break off the whole corn. If it is not ripe, you can replace the corn husks. This will not delay the continued growth of the corn.
Gao Mingcheng carried out artificial pollination for this year's corn, so it is growing well. Except for a few individual corns that are shriveled, the rest are still quite plump.
Seeing that the corn was growing well, Gao Mingcheng picked a few and prepared to cook them and eat them later.
First pick all the vegetables that need to be picked, and then weed, water and fertilize.
Gao Mingcheng was busy working in the fields the whole afternoon. After finishing his work, he took advantage of the time he still had to wander around Xiaofushan.
Although Zhang Chengyuan was asked to help take care of the vegetable fields and orchards, there were still not enough people. Every time Gao Mingcheng came back, there was always a lot of things to do.
So he thought about inviting another person.
At that time, Zhang Chengyuan will be responsible for managing his vegetable garden, and another person will manage the orchard.
By October, the orchard needs to apply autumn fertilizer, and we will have to hire someone then.
Thinking about these things in his mind, Gao Mingcheng went home carrying a basket full of vegetables.
Many beauties have already kept their homes clean. However, women are different from men. They are more careful and love cleanliness.
Gao Mingcheng thinks that there are some things that he can just make do with, but in fact he is just too lazy to do them.
But many beauties would not be like this. They would sweep the floor clean and wash all the pots and pans.
Seeing the dishes Gao Mingcheng brought back, Xuanyuemei's eyes lit up and she immediately said, "I'm just craving for some tender corn. Mingcheng, go light the fire and cook the corn first!"
"Okay." Gao Mingcheng had no objection. He put down the basket and went to make a fire.
Pregnant women are like this sometimes, they will have something special they want to eat, so as long as it is available, Gao Mingcheng will satisfy her.
But some harsh families will accuse pregnant women of being greedy.
However, Gao Mingcheng knew that when a pregnant woman particularly wanted to eat something, it was because her body needed the nutrients in that thing. To put it more mysteriously, the fetus wanted to eat it.
While Gao Mingcheng was cooking corn, Xuanyue was sorting the vegetables in the basket. When she saw the cowpeas, she broke off one and said, "Some of them are old!"
These are the last cowpeas. The leaves have turned yellow, and they don’t pick them often, so they have naturally aged.
Gao Mingcheng said, "Do you think it's edible? If not, feed it to your second sister's pigs."
Xuanyuemei said, "It's edible, but we're only staying at home for a day or two, and we won't be eating at home tomorrow at noon or dinner, so it won't be necessary."
Gao Mingcheng said, "Then you decide on the arrangements."
He picked a lot of vegetables, including a small pumpkin. There were also some bigger pumpkins and winter melons in the field. He would pick them when he went to the county and take them with him to eat.
That night, they cooked tender corn and fried eggs with eggplant and peppers. It was a simple meal, reflecting the rustic life of country people.
(End of this chapter)
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