After Gao Mingcheng cuts the wild boar meat, he needs to distribute it.
Naturally, the two employees' families had to share some of the food, especially Chen Dasong's family. His family was responsible for taking care of Gao Mingcheng's five dogs. Although they gave money for raising the dogs, in order to ensure that the five dogs had better food, Gao Mingcheng specially gave the Chen family a lot of bones.
In addition to the bones, they were also given some pork belly, and the pig lungs were left for the dogs to eat.
Only these two families wanted to share the wild boar meat. As for his parents' family, Gao Mingcheng did not plan to share it. There were many people in the old village, and it would have a bad influence if there were too many people and too many different opinions.
Gao Mingcheng put the wild boar meat he wanted to keep into a large ventilated winnowing basket and placed it on the table in the main room. He also covered the meat with wet cotton cloth to keep the pork fresh and prevent flies from biting the meat.
After finishing these, Gao Mingcheng and Chen Duofu went out together. Gao Mingcheng went to many Yu families, while Chen Duofu returned to his own home.
His house is being built quite quickly. The second floor is already under construction and it won’t be long before the beams are put up and the tiles are laid.
Chen Duofu mentioned a date for putting up the beams and covering the tiles, and invited Gao Mingcheng to come back for a drink, but Gao Mingcheng did not explicitly agree because he might not be free on that day.
But he did not refuse. In fact, he was not opposed to going back to the village. Occasionally going back to the village to look at the green mountains and clear waters, and to look at the small rich mountain full of fruits, his soul would be at peace.
Gao Mingcheng said: "If I am free that day, I will come back, but I can't say for sure."
Chen Duofu knew that Gao Mingcheng was busy, and he didn't have to invite Gao Mingcheng to have a drink, but since they had met, it was reasonable for him to say hello.
Chen Duofu said tactfully, "Okay, come however you like. You don't have to drink the wine for the new house, but you must drink the wine for the new house!"
After the house is built with beams and tiles, it still needs to be ventilated for a while. Then the walls need to be painted white and furniture needs to be made. It will take at least the end of the year before you can move in. Even if you move in earlier, the date for the wedding will not be set until the end of the year.
Because holding a wedding banquet requires taking into account the schedule of most people, it is best to choose a time at the end of the year when there is less time, so that everyone has time to visit relatives and attend wedding banquets.
"OK!"
Gao Mingcheng agreed to this request immediately.
After arriving at the Xuanyu family, the two separated. Gao Mingcheng took the wild boar meat and bones into the Xuanyu family's main hall and was immediately welcomed by everyone.
"Dad." Little Xuxu rushed towards Gao Mingcheng quickly. The little kid could only hug Gao Mingcheng's legs. Gao Mingcheng quickly put down the things in his hands and picked up little Xuxu.
Xuanyu was already pregnant, with a big belly. She sat there, her hands never stopping, peeling raw peanuts, and gave the peeled peanuts to Xiao Shitou and Xiao Xuxu.
Before Gao Mingcheng came, the two children each ate a bite, as if they were playing.
These are peanuts just dug out of the ground. After washing the peanut shells in water, you can peel them and eat them.
If you want to dry and preserve them, you cannot wash them with water. After pulling the peanut seedlings out of the ground, spread them directly in the yard to dry. Then pick the peanuts one by one, and remove the large pieces of soil at the same time. Use a dustpan to blow away the remaining fine soil.
Once peanuts come into contact with water, if the weather is good and they are dried immediately, there will be no impact. However, if the weather is bad, they will easily become moldy.
Gao Mingcheng took a look and said, "Just digging peanuts? They don't look very ripe yet."
Many of the peanuts in Yushou are tender. This kind of peanuts are delicious when used to make salted peanuts, but they cannot be kept for seeds and are not cost-effective.
For the villagers, peanuts are an economic crop. Those who grow less peanuts save them and fry them for New Year, while those who grow more peanuts sell them for money.
Manyu said, "It's not completely ripe yet. I asked Chengyuan to dig some out this morning and give them to the children. You don't know that Xuxu just ate a lot of peanuts! Xuxu, are peanuts delicious?"
Xuanyu looked at Xiao Xuxu, with a hint of seeking credit in his tone.
Xiao Xuxu nodded and said crisply, "It's delicious."
In fact, the delicious thing may not be the peanuts, but the companionship to eat together!
Just now, Xiao Xuxu and Xiao Shitou were fighting over the peanuts. If anyone of them took less, that would not be okay!
Gao Mingcheng smiled and said, "Then I'll go to the fields and dig some to bring back to the county to eat."
Zhang Chengyuan also planted a piece of peanuts for Gao Mingcheng, and because there are goats at home, more peanuts were planted this year than last year, because the peanut seedlings can also be used as winter food for the goats after being dried.
Thinking of the goats, Gao Mingcheng asked, "Second sister, have the two ewes in my family given birth to lambs?"
Gao Mingcheng remembered that in May, Zhang Chengyuan told him that two ewes in the family were pregnant. He calculated the time at that time. Although he didn't know the specific day of pregnancy, he believed that they would definitely give birth to lambs in August or September.
It's early September now, and I don't know whether the lambs have been born.
Xuanyu said, "We have never raised goats before, so Chengyuan was worried a few days ago and went to Junling to call a veterinarian to take a look. The veterinarian said that it should be in the next day or two. So the two ewes have been locked in the sheepfold and have not been taken out to graze."
After hearing this, Gao Mingcheng realized that the ewe about to give birth was already in the sheepfold. He had been in a hurry before and had not noticed this.
In this case, Gao Mingcheng said: "Then let me pay more attention. It is possible for this sheep to give birth to lambs during the day or at night."
Xuanyu smiled and said, "The veterinarian said that he would go to check on Chengyuan every few hours, and asked Duofu and the others to pay more attention at night."
Chen Duofu and his wife lived in the guest room of Gao Mingcheng's house, so they were just in charge of taking care of everything at night.
When goats give birth to lambs, it is generally best to let the goats complete the process alone. If they encounter a difficult birth, human intervention is needed.
Gao Mingcheng didn't have much experience with these things, so he could only let them handle it.
After talking to Xuanyu for a few words, Gao Mingcheng carried Xiao Xuxu to the kitchen.
Xuanyiyu was pregnant with a big belly, so Xuanyimei naturally wouldn't let her cook, so the one who was busy cooking in the kitchen was Xuanyimei.
Many beautiful movements were done quickly and gracefully. Two plates of cooked dishes were already placed on the stove, and now in the big iron pan was stir-fried pork intestines with chili peppers.
Zhang Chengyuan was in charge of lighting the fire, and he made the fire very strong. A strong fire makes it easier for the food to cook. The peppers were cooked after just a few stir-fries after being put into the iron pan.
Xuanmei just sprinkled a handful of chopped garlic, stir-fried it a few times, and it was ready to serve.
After frying this dish, you also need to cook a loofah soup, and lunch will be complete.
Seeing Gao Mingcheng coming, Xuanyuemei smiled and said, "Are you hungry? We'll be eating soon! Mingcheng, take Xiaoxuxu and Xiaoshi to wash their hands first, and you can serve them food later. I made them a small bowl of pork belly fried with black beans, without chili. The pork belly is fried until it's fragrant, and then add a little black beans to stir-fry, it's very fragrant!"
The air was indeed filled with the aroma of fried pork with fermented black beans. Gao Mingcheng was so hungry that his stomach growled.
Xuanyue made the fermented black beans herself. Her skills were pretty good, and they were no worse than those sold on the market. Xuanyuemei had been very busy these years and had no time to make such complicated things. When she wanted to eat it, she would get some from Xuanyue.
"Xu Xu, Xiao Shitou, come on, I'll take you to wash your hands and eat!" Gao Mingcheng couldn't wait to take the two children to wash their hands. They were not active in eating, and there was something wrong with their thinking! (End of this chapter)
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