Gao Mingcheng's dinner was a little late. After he came back, Xuanyuemei took Xiaoxuxu to peel the lotus seeds out of the lotus pod.
However, the hard shell outside the lotus seeds has not been peeled yet. It is difficult to peel it. If you are not particular, it is best to bite a hole with your teeth and then peel it, which will be easier.
After peeling the lotus seeds, it is best to take out the lotus core.
If you want to sell them, you have to find a way to keep the lotus seeds intact. But if you want to eat them at home, just break them into two halves and put the green lotus core in the middle to the other side. After drying, it becomes a medicinal ingredient that can reduce internal heat.
It is worth mentioning that after peeling off the lotus seeds, there is a thin film inside, which is quite difficult to clean.
When Xuanyuemei saw Gao Mingcheng driving back, she immediately went out of the gate to greet him. She looked at Gao Mingcheng's expression and posture, wondering if he was drunk.
However, Gao Mingcheng's complexion was normal and his eyes were clear, and he didn't look like he was drunk.
As if he could see what she was thinking, Gao Mingcheng smiled and said, "I said I was going to drive back to the county and couldn't drink. So after I had one drink with the people from the village committee at the beginning, I didn't drink much."
If it were any other time, the others would definitely cheer and try every possible means to get Gao Mingcheng to drink a few glasses of wine, but Gao Mingcheng had just agreed to donate 5,000 yuan and a library of books today, so it was difficult for others to force him to drink.
Of course, even if someone forced him to drink, it would be fine if Gao Mingcheng didn't drink. After all, the relationship between people is like a spring, if you are weak, he is strong, if you are strong, he is weak.
As long as you have made up your mind not to drink, no matter who comes to persuade you to drink or for what reason, as long as you stick to your opinion, what can he do?
It’s just that many people don’t dare to do so, fearing that they will be ostracized and retaliated against if they don’t give others face.
Gao Mingcheng took a hoe from the utility room and said to Xuanyue, "The peanuts in the field can be dug. I plan to dig some and bring them back to the county to eat."
"Go ahead." Xuanyuemei said, and after watching him leave, she lowered her head and started peeling lotus seeds.
About half an hour later, Gao Mingcheng came back with a basket of peanuts. He held the peanuts in one hand and pulled the peanut seedlings with the other. These seedlings could be fed to the goats later.
Gao Mingcheng put the peanuts in the truck bed, then went to the chicken coop to pick up the eggs, and picked some gourds, young pumpkins and other vegetables.
After a busy day, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.
It was getting late, and it was time to return to the county town. Gao Mingcheng put all the things he wanted to take with him in the truck bed, and then prepared to call Xuanyuemei and Xiaoxuxu to get on the truck.
As a result, I only saw many beauties sitting under the eaves, but Xiao Xuxu was nowhere to be seen.
Xuanyuemei smiled helplessly and said, "Your son just couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep while playing. I carried him to bed and put him to sleep."
Seeing Xuanyuemei was about to get up and go to her room, Gao Mingcheng hurriedly said, "I'll go get the child out, you get in the car first."
So Xuanyuemei got into the car first with the peeled lotus seeds, leaving the door open. After Gao Mingcheng brought little Xuxu over, he would be handed over to Xuanyuemei to hold.
After leaving the gate ajar, Gao Mingcheng got in the car and drove towards the old village.
He also has to go to the old village to pick up Gao Shufang, Gao Zhuang and others.
When we arrived at the mouth of the pond, we saw Gao Shufang and others already waiting there. Under each of them there was a bamboo basket filled with various vegetables.
In addition to a basket of vegetables, Gao Zhuang also dug a bag of sweet potatoes. His family moved to the county town and no longer needed to raise chickens and pigs, so he returned the sweet potato vines to Gao Yuanjian.
A few people were originally sitting on the rocks chatting, but when they saw the car coming, they all stood up, picked up their things and walked towards the car.
Gao Mingcheng didn't see Gao Mingwan and his wife, so he asked, "Where are Mingwan and his family?"
Gao Mingli said: "Ming Wan drove here, and after lunch, he left, saying that he wanted to send his father-in-law back first."
Gao Mingcheng nodded to show that he understood. Since he didn't have to worry about Ming Wan and the others, he could return to the county town after everyone got on the bus.
Gao Shufang is very happy today.
The newly built house was prepared to have a separate room for her!
This is because Gao Shufang also contributed a sum of money, and more importantly, because Gao Shufang can earn money herself, her status in the family has been improved a lot, so when rooms are allocated, she can naturally have a room.
But no matter what, in the entire Gaojia Village, there are not many girls who can have a proper house of their own!
In an era of housing shortage, not to mention daughters, even sons had to sleep in a crowded room with their brothers, and it was considered good enough to have a separate room after getting married.
Therefore, when having a drink today, Gao Shufang was envied by many of her peers, and her cousins were all extremely envious.
Now that she had seen her second brother, she couldn't help but have a lot to say, but after seeing the little Xuxu sleeping soundly, she held back.
They returned to the county in silence. Gao Mingcheng first sent Gao Shufang and others back to the clothing store, and then returned to the kindergarten.
After the car stopped, Xuanyuemei woke up Xiao Xuxu to prevent him from sleeping too long and making a fuss at night.
He Xiuman and Xi Nainai had already arrived at the door to greet them. When Xi Nainai saw Gao Zhuang, she hurriedly asked him how things were at home.
This is the first time in the old man’s life that he has been away from home for such a long time. He must miss it very much.
Seeing her ask, Gao Zhuang quickly answered and told her what the house and the land were like.
It has only been over a month since I left home, so naturally there are not many changes in the house. However, some of the vegetables in the field have grown naturally, while some that require careful care have not grown well. However, sweet potatoes are drought-resistant, so even if there is no care for a month, the impact is not significant.
Gao Zhuang opened his pocket and showed the sweet potatoes to his grandmother. He smiled and said, "Grandma, look at our sweet potatoes. They are growing pretty well!"
He then said to Gao Mingcheng: "Brother Mingcheng, we can't finish all the sweet potatoes ourselves, so we can use them to cook sweet potato porridge for the children in the kindergarten."
Gao Mingcheng nodded and said, "Okay, I'll weigh it later and give it to you according to the market price."
Gao Zhuang was stunned for a moment, then said unhappily: "Brother Mingcheng, how can I take your money! These sweet potatoes are not worth much!"
Gao Mingcheng smiled, patted Gao Zhuang on the shoulder, and said, "Brothers should be clear about accounts! If you gave me these sweet potatoes, I wouldn't pay for them, but these are for the children in the kindergarten, so we have to keep an account and calculate the money. One thing for another."
Gao Zhuang still felt that it was unnecessary, but he couldn't convince Gao Mingcheng. He thought about it and said, "Forget it, I plan to make these sweet potatoes into sweet potato chips, and then I can eat them slowly!"
Gao Mingcheng smiled helplessly and could only let him go.
While they were talking, Grandma Xi said nothing. After Gao Zhuang made a decision, she smiled and said, "Dried sweet potatoes are also delicious. Xiao Yuanyuan likes them very much. But the freshly dug sweet potatoes are not sweet. They need to be placed in a cool place for a few days, and then steamed and dried."
The sweet potatoes just dug out have a lot of water and are naturally not sweet. Once the water content in the sweet potatoes is less, they will be very sweet.
After saying this, Gao Zhuang took out another bag and handed it to Gao Mingcheng, saying, "Brother Mingcheng, these are the bugs you want! Most of them are locusts, and some are kudzu worms."
Hearing about the kudzu worms, Gao Mingcheng immediately smiled at Duo Mei and said, "Duo Mei, here are the worms you like to eat!"
Xuanyuemei remained silent with a blank expression. At this moment, she was speechless!
When she was young, she was poor and hungry, so she naturally thought that kudzu root worms were delicious. But now that she has no worries about food and drink, Gao Mingcheng actually gave her worms to eat...
Gao Mingcheng had already lowered his head to look at the kudzu worm.
Compared to the green locusts, the kudzu vine bugs are quite white and plump.
The kudzu vine is a kind of insect that grows in the kudzu vine. It grows by absorbing nutrients from the vine. As the kudzu vine continues to grow inside the kudzu vine, the vine will bulge or swell, often forming a large lump.
At this time, if you see bulges or swellings on the kudzu vine, you know there must be kudzu worms inside. Cut the kudzu vine with a knife, and you will find many white and tender kudzu worms inside.
Because kudzu worms have a strong growth ability and are densely packed in kudzu vines, there may be more than ten kudzu worms in one section of kudzu vine. When dealing with kudzu worms, you must be careful not to cut them directly with a knife. Instead, use the knife to slowly cut the raised part, peel off the worm nest, and carefully put the worms inside into a clean container.
But to be honest, these densely packed little bugs are a nightmare for people with trypophobia!
However, most rural people are not so pretentious, so Gao Mingcheng didn't think there was anything scary when he saw it. Even He Xiuman, who was in charge of cooking, looked calm when she saw it.
He Xiuman was responsible for preparing dinner. Xuanyue wanted to help, but everyone knew that Xuanyue was pregnant, so they refused to let her enter the kitchen, saying that pregnant women could not stand the smell of cooking fumes.
Xuanyunmei smiled helplessly and said, "Besides liking to eat something sour, I don't have any other feelings at all! I don't feel sick or nauseous even when I smell the fumes."
But no matter what she said, He Xiuman and Xi Nainai refused to let her go into the kitchen to help, and instead called Gao Zhuang to help.
Xuanyuemei smiled and had to go to the front yard with Gao Mingcheng to continue peeling lotus seeds.
As for Xiao Xuxu, he had already started playing with Xiao Yuanyuan.
Before the lotus seeds were completely peeled, the food was already cooked. He Xiuman stood at the kitchen door and shouted, "It's time to eat!"
After hearing this, Xiao Yuanyuan immediately put down the toys in her hand and took Xiao Xuxu's hand to wash her hands.
There are several places for washing hands in the kindergarten, and in order to take the children's height into consideration, the washbasins are made relatively low. Xiao Yuanyuan and Xiao Xuxu went to the washbasin on the kitchen side of the backyard, just reached out and turned the faucet, and water came out.
After washing their hands, they happily went to the kitchen.
The so-called lack of enthusiasm for eating means there is something wrong with the children's thinking. There is absolutely no problem with the children's thinking nowadays. It is not like in later generations, when you have to use all kinds of tricks to coax children to eat!
Gao Mingcheng threw the freshly peeled lotus seeds into the dustpan, clapped his hands, and said, "No more peeling, let's go eat."
After peeling for a while, many beauties' fingers felt a little sore. Peeling this thing is really tiring!
The two washed their hands and went to eat. On the way, Gao Mingcheng said to Xuanyuemei, "If the output of lotus seeds next year is more than this year, then we won't bring them to the county to be peeled. We can just let Uncle Chen and the others take time to peel them, or we can hire someone to peel them!"
Anyway, he doesn't want to peel it!
Many bees had known that Gao Mingcheng was not afraid of going into the mountains to catch wild boars or digging peanuts in the fields, but he was just afraid of doing such troublesome little things!
The couple walked into the kitchen in the backyard. Gao Zhuang and others were already getting the bowls and chopsticks, asking them to sit down and eat.
The dishes on the table were quite good, including both meat and vegetarian dishes. Two of them were the most special, one was fried locusts and the other was fried kudzu worms.
After the insects are fried, sprinkled with a little salt and chili powder, they smell very fragrant.
Mmm, it smells really good!
Gao Mingcheng was not averse to eating these because they smelled so good. He picked up his chopsticks and started to eat the kudzu worms. While eating, he said to Xuanyue: "You are right. The kudzu worms are indeed delicious."
Xuanyuemei's face was full of forbearance, but after Gao Mingcheng picked up a piece of kudzu worm for her with chopsticks, she finally couldn't bear it anymore and turned around and ran out of the house.
Immediately, retching sounds were heard outside.
Gao Mingcheng was stunned and suddenly felt a little guilty.
Because Xuanyuemei said that Pueraria lobata worms were delicious, he thought of asking the children in the village to catch worms for him and arranged this worm feast for Xuanyuemei. The result was...
Many beauties who just said they didn't have morning sickness were actually forced to have morning sickness early by the bug feast!
He Xiuman quickly took a glass of water and went out. She patted Xuanyuemei's back comfortingly, and after Xuanyuemei recovered, she handed the water to her.
After rinsing her mouth, Xuanmei took a sip of water and felt her stomach was much better.
She looked at He Xiuman, and her eyes were slightly red under the light.
He Xiuman felt reluctant and amused at the same time, she said: "How about I pick up some edible dishes for you, and you can eat it outside?"
She was afraid that Xuanyuemei would go in again and see the insect feast and vomit!
Even after the insect feast was taken away, a special fragrance still lingered in the kitchen.
Xuanyuemei nodded and said, "Excuse me, just give me some vegetarian dishes. I don't even want to eat meat."
He Xiuman agreed and went into the kitchen to pick up some dishes for Xuanxuanmeisheng.
So, everyone ate at the kitchen table, and Xuanyuemei sat alone under the eaves to eat. Originally, He Xiuman said she wanted to accompany her, but Xuanyuemei said she didn't want to see or smell the meat.
It would be quite embarrassing if He Xiuman didn't eat the meat and vegetables right in front of her.
Gao Mingcheng didn't dare to show up. He finished his meal and rinsed his mouth before he dared to appear in front of many beauties.
Many beauties looked at him expressionlessly, while Gao Mingcheng just laughed dryly.
"If you don't want to eat, why didn't you say so earlier? If I had known... I wouldn't have done this." Gao Mingcheng explained dryly.
When he said he wanted to ask the children in the village to catch insects, although I didn’t feel that many of them supported it, they didn’t refuse either!
So he arranged it, and thought he was being very considerate of many beautiful women.
Who would have thought...
A feast of insects did not make many beautiful women reminisce about their childhood, but instead activated morning sickness!
How miserable! (End of this chapter)
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