Gao Shufang's return was welcomed by everyone. Gao Mingli took out five eggs from his pocket, handed them to Zhang Jinling, and said proudly that he brought them from home.
"My mother scolded me a lot for these eggs!" Gao Mingli said with a smile while sitting on a stool.
Gao Shufang also laughed. She told everyone what happened and said helplessly, "My fourth brother kept urging me and even took away the eggs that were given to my eldest sister-in-law for her confinement! My little nephew went to complain, and I didn't know what to do all of a sudden!"
"I was in such a hurry that I didn't even have time to pack some of my things! I didn't even take the face cream!"
Zhang Jinling also smiled. She first smiled and looked at Gao Mingli. She felt warm in her heart and felt that her husband finally stood on her side.
Zhang Jinling said to Gao Shufang: "What's the big deal? Just use my vanishing cream to wipe your face!"
Gao Shufang nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go to the store to buy it when I'm free tomorrow. Second brother, do we have to go over and prepare now?"
Gao Mingcheng said, "It's still early. After lunch, you guys can go over there and make preparations. We'll have a big dinner tonight, so we can have a simple lunch. Let's cook some rice noodles with some meat, eggs, and vegetables. It will taste good."
Gao Mingcheng's proposal was unanimously agreed by everyone.
Eat light at noon so you can eat as much as you want at night!
At noon, everyone had a simple meal as expected. After lunch, Xuanyuemei took the key to her new home and called Gao Shufang and Zhang Jinling to get in the car.
All the vegetables had been bought in the morning, but there were so many that it was tiring to carry them all over, so Gao Mingcheng simply drove a tractor and delivered both the people and the vegetables to the new home.
When they arrived at the new house, Gao Mingcheng helped carry the dishes to the kitchen and said to Xuanyuemei, "You three go ahead and do your work. The store closes at 4:30. We will come over to help then."
"Okay, you just look after the store and take good care of your son, and leave this to us three women!" Xuanyuemei said with a smile, and Gao Shufang and Zhang Jinling were both smart people, and they got busy right away.
First wash the vegetables that need to be washed, cut what needs to be cut, marinate what needs to be marinated, and then put them in the pot to stew.
Gao Mingcheng hurriedly said, "The water is cold, turn on the water heater!"
Xuanyuemei said, "I know. I'll turn on the water heater now. We'll have to light up all the stoves and it won't be cold at all! You can go over there quickly. You don't have to worry about this."
Having said that, Xuanyuemei ignored him and strode towards the bathroom to plug in the water heater first.
After Gao Mingcheng left, Xuanyuemei started to arrange work for everyone. There were many dishes tonight, so there was a lot to do.
The three women were washing and cutting, chatting and laughing, and they didn't feel tired. After they finished washing everything that needed to be washed and stewing everything that needed to be stewed, they saw Gao Mingcheng and the others coming!
"It's already half past four?" Xuanyuemei was stunned. She didn't expect that time would pass so quickly when she was busy.
Gao Mingcheng took a look and saw that everything was almost ready, so he said, "Don't be busy for now, sit down and have a rest, and have some fruit snacks!"
Gao Mingcheng asked the three heroes to sit down and rest first, and then asked if the lamb legs were marinated.
Today I bought half a lamb and two lamb legs to make roast lamb. The lamb bones in the middle will be cut into pieces to make soup as the base of the pot, and the lean meat will be cut into thin slices and eaten hot.
Xuanyuemei said, "As soon as I came here, I started marinating the lamb legs. It's been nearly three hours, so it should be marinated well."
"Okay, I'll burn charcoal and grill the lamb legs!" Gao Mingcheng rolled up his sleeves, ready to show off his skills.
The last time everyone talked about clay pot soup, Gao Mingcheng said that he also planned to get a big clay pot and install iron racks inside the big pot, one circle on the top and one circle on the bottom. Small clay pots could be placed underneath for stewing soup, and the iron racks on top could be used to hang barbecue.
Hang the marinated lamb legs on the iron rack, then burn charcoal fire inside the large earthenware jar, and use the heat from the charcoal fire to roast the lamb legs little by little.
This baking method is relatively simple and convenient. You just need to pay attention to the heat and turn it over when the time is up.
This large earthenware jar was bought not long ago and has been placed in the new house, so Gao Mingli and the others have never seen this thing before.
"Second brother, is it cooked through like this?" Gao Mingli leaned over to take a look and asked curiously.
Gao Mingcheng said confidently: "Of course it's cooked! Just wait and see if you don't believe me!"
Gao Mingcheng closed the lid and waited for time to prove everything. At this time, he heard footsteps at the door.
He went out to greet them, and it turned out to be Gao Yue and Gao Mingwan and his wife who came together!
"Did you meet by chance on the road? Come in and sit down!" Gao Mingcheng invited them to come in and sit down.
The table has been set, and it is filled with various snacks, fruits, and melon seeds and peanuts.
Luo Li and Wang Xiuxiu were both pregnant and couldn't help, so they just sat on the sofa, eating snacks and sharing their experiences of pregnancy.
Ask each other whether the belly is round or pointed after pregnancy, whether the baby in the belly kicks anyone, and whether there is edema, stretch marks, etc.
Manyu Mei had to cook, and little Xuxu was taken care of by Hu Yinchen. At this moment, Hu Yinchen was holding little Xuxu, sitting next to them, and teaching them about the experience of having children.
Luo Li's mother died young and couldn't tell her these things, so she listened very carefully. Even Wang Xiuxiu nodded repeatedly to show that she understood.
She also took the opportunity to ask Hu Yinchen to take care of her during her confinement.
Previously, Wang Xiuxiu planned to ask her mother to take care of her, but after calculating the date, her mother said that she was not available at that time, so she asked her to go back to the village to give birth, or ask her mother-in-law to go to the county to take care of her.
But Wang Xiuxiu and Gao Mingwan both knew what kind of person Luo Xiaohua was.
Luo Xiaohua is very capable and can take good care of the baby during confinement, but unfortunately they may not be able to hire him. Wang Xiuxiu and Luo Xiaohua don’t get along well, so they would rather ask someone else to take care of her.
When Hu Yinchen heard this, she did not agree immediately, but said, "It depends on what Mingcheng and Duomei think first."
Hu Yinchen was hired by Gao Mingcheng. She was personally quite satisfied with this stable job. If an outsider asked her to do something, she would directly refuse. But now the person who asked her was the boss's sister-in-law, so it was difficult for her to refuse directly.
Wang Xiuxiu said quickly: "I know about this. I will talk to my second brother and his wife about it."
While chatting here, people started cooking over there!
There is cuttlefish and taro soup in the small pot, and mutton bone soup in the big iron pot. The mutton bone soup is now served in the copper hot pot. The excess soup is placed in a large bowl and will be used to add soup to the hot pot later.
After the big iron pot was freed up, we started cooking.
When stir-frying, meat dishes should be cooked first, and then vegetables. Fish can be cooked first, because fish tastes good whether it is cold or hot, unlike other dishes, which will not taste so good once they are cold.
While I was cooking in the kitchen, Gao Guobing and Zhao Dongmei finally arrived.
Huang Dazhi was the last one to arrive. When he arrived, the kitchen had already started frying vegetarian dishes and the charcoal fire in the copper hot pot was lit.
"Dazhi, come and sit here!" Gao Mingcheng called Huang Dazhi to sit down.
The table in the new house is a big round table that can accommodate ten people. If they squeeze together, it can also accommodate twelve or thirteen people.
In addition to the large round table, there is also a small table where pregnant women can sit and eat without worrying about being crowded. A variety of dishes are also available.
Gao Mingcheng opened a bottle of Si Te liquor and filled the glasses of all the guests who wanted to drink, and even filled the glasses of those who didn't drink.
Gao Mingcheng raised his glass and said loudly: "Today is New Year's Day. We have entered the 1990s. Let's raise our glasses to celebrate together! I wish all of us a prosperous and better new year!"
"Happy New Year!" Gao Guobing and others stood up and raised their glasses to celebrate together.
In the lively atmosphere, everyone began to enjoy the food. At this time, Xuanyue reminded: "Mingcheng, is the roasted lamb leg ready?"
Gao Mingcheng was stunned for a moment, then said, "Look at me, I forgot everything. Uncle, aunt, you all eat first, I'll go to the back to take a look."
Gao Mingcheng walked quickly to the backyard. The earthen jar was placed under the eaves of the back house so that the smoke from the burning charcoal fire would dissipate outside.
He opened the lid and immediately the aroma of meat hit his nose.
The rich aroma of barbecue was so strong that even Gao Mingcheng couldn't help but want to eat it.
He took a piece of cloth wrapped around the iron hook and lifted out a leg of lamb.
The lamb leg had been slowly roasted over charcoal for nearly two hours and was already cooked through. There was still a little bit of burnt flesh near the bottom of the charcoal.
Gao Mingcheng took a large plate, placed the lamb legs on it, and then brought it to the big table.
The lamb leg was roasted whole, but the meat had been cut so that it could be marinated and roasted. Gao Mingcheng left a small knife and said, "The lamb leg is ready. Cut it and eat it yourself!"
Then, Gao Mingcheng returned to the earthenware jar and took out another roasted leg of lamb. He placed it on the small table.
The roasted lamb leg took up quite a bit of space, so everyone hurriedly cleared away the dishes they had almost finished eating to make enough room.
"It smells so good! And it tastes so good! Mingcheng, others use clay pots to stew soup, but you changed it to barbecue!" Gao Guobing laughed and praised Gao Mingcheng for being smart.
Gao Mingcheng just smiled and said nothing. This method was not his original idea. He had seen someone do this in a short video in his previous life.
It's much cheaper to use a crock pot to grill meat than to spend money on an oven!
"Don't be polite, eat whatever you want!" Gao Mingcheng invited everyone to eat and drink, and he also took a knife to cut a piece of roast lamb.
This roasted lamb, which was highly praised by Gao Guobing and others, was very fragrant, but the meat was not tender enough. For Gao Mingcheng, who had eaten northern grassland lamb, it was still a little lacking.
The same is true for the lamb bones stewed in the pot, which are more difficult to chew.
But Gao Mingcheng was just being picky, because everyone except him was extremely satisfied with the meal.
Although a leg of lamb was big, it was too big for several grown men to eat. Soon only the lamb bones were left. So Xuanyuemei brought the roasted lamb legs from the women's table over here and said, "You guys can eat it. We have already tasted it and we can't finish it."
Although the roast lamb is good, the other dishes today are also good!
After eating and drinking, everyone started to sit on the sofa and chat. They sat in groups of three or four, the women talked about women's topics, and the men talked about men's topics. It seemed quite noisy for a while, but this noise was a display of liveliness.
Hu Yinchen helped to clean up the leftovers and dishes on the table, and then said goodbye to Xuanyuemei.
When Gao Mingcheng heard that Hu Yinchen was about to leave, he hurriedly said, "Wait a minute before leaving. The lottery hasn't started yet! Come on, everyone, get ready. We're going to draw a lottery! The prizes are all small things and red envelopes. It's just for fun and celebration!"
As Gao Mingcheng spoke, he went into the house and took out a paper box. In the box, there were a lot of paper balls. He motioned for everyone to grab a paper ball each.
Let the elders grab it first, and then others take turns to grab it. Even Gao Mingcheng himself grabbed one.
This kind of lottery, which was similar to drawing lots, made everyone excited. Even Gao Guobing was so happy that his mouth was grinning from ear to ear.
He unfolded the paper ball, and inside was a lucky phrase and the words "a red envelope worth sixty-six yuan" were written.
Gao Mingcheng saw it and immediately smiled and said, "Uncle has good luck. I wish you good luck in the new year!"
Then he turned his head to look at what Zhao Dongmei had drawn.
Zhao Dongmei drew an item and was rewarded with a piece of clothing, and she was allowed to choose from the clothes in the clothing store!
Gao Mingcheng smiled and said, "Auntie is lucky too. When I'm free, I'll come to my store and choose a piece of clothing! How about you? What did you win?"
"I won a piece of clothing!"
"I'm giving you a red envelope of 18.8 yuan!"
"Haha, I'm giving you a red envelope of thirty-six yuan!"
"I won a watch!"
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Everyone talked about their prizes one after another, and then all laughed together, obviously very satisfied with the prizes.
Gao Mingcheng also smiled and lowered his head to open the paper ball he had drawn.
Good luck to you and I will give you a bonus red envelope of 66 yuan!
Gao Mingcheng pursed his lips and smiled.
The red envelope of sixty-six yuan was the biggest red envelope here, and he only put two in it. One was drawn by Gao Guobing and the other was drawn by him!
It seems that he and Uncle Guobing have the best luck in the new year!
90 years, everything goes smoothly!
Gao Mingcheng stood up, took out red envelopes and prizes, and distributed them one by one.
This lottery is really interesting. I was very happy when I won a prize, and I was happy again when I got the prize!
One thing can make people happy twice!
Hu Yinchen also laughed, she won a piece of clothing!
But she didn't plan to choose for herself, but to choose a piece of clothing for the man in her family!
The lottery is the climax of tonight. After the climax, the heat will slowly decrease, but the warmth will rise.
After drawing the prize, Hu Yinchen prepared to leave.
Xuanyuemei sent her to the door and reminded her: "You brought a flashlight, right? Walk slowly on the road and be careful!"
"Oh, I understand." Hu Yinchen said with a smile and took out a flashlight from his pocket.
She turned on the flashlight, and a beam of light shone on the ground, illuminating the surrounding area.
After watching Hu Yinchen leave, Xuanyuemei returned to the living room. Because it was so lively today, Xiaoxuxu did not show any intention of sleeping. He was hugged by one and teased by another, and the little guy was laughing. (End of this chapter)
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