After Caojiazhuang, Cao Shujie and his family of three came back from Chengjiapo, they began to pack up their things for the New Year.

All the water left over from the killing of the cow is cleaned up, and the head of the cow is cleaned up and ready to be boiled in a large pot.

The beef is cut into pieces, except for the meat that is wrapped in dumplings and made into beef balls, and the rest is made into braised beef, which is convenient for long-term storage and easy to eat.

The pork and ribs I bought were also stewed together, as well as fish, meatballs and chicken to be fried.

There's a lot to do.

Before they were done, Cao Tiemin and Cao Fei came over with the toys they bought for Mengmeng.

Cao Tiemin is every winter, there is less decoration work, and the roots of the year will rest.

Cao Fei's side is that the decoration plan of the city's five-star department store has been postponed until the New Year, and the mall is not operating, so he can finally take a complete Spring Festival holiday on time this year.

I saw Cao Shujie boiling the cow in the water, and there was cooked beef in the big basin next to him, which had just been fished up and was steaming.

The aroma of the meat itself also emanated with the heat, and Cao Tiemin took a breath: "It's really fragrant." ”

"Eat, take a knife and cut and eat." Cao Shujie pointed to a meat cutting knife in the big basin: "Our brothers, what are you doing politely with me?" ”

Cao Fei didn't say a word, he took a knife and cut a piece of meat and stuffed it in his mouth, and he kept inhaling when it was hot, but he still forced himself to swallow it.

"Are you concerned?" Cao Shujie said him.

Cao Fei said with a smile: "Smelling fragrant, eating is even more fragrant, how can your meat still have the fragrance of fruit?" Is there something wrong with my tongue? ”

"You don't understand this, it's okay to give them some fruit, and then stew it out with fruit wood, the fruity flavor is naturally strong." Cao Shujie said.

Cao Fei didn't know if what he said was true or not, but he felt that this beef was really delicious, so he asked Cao Shujie: "Shujie, are you interested in getting a counter in our mall?" ”

"What do you mean?" Cao Shujie added some fruit wood to the stove and looked at the pot.

"It's just to leave a separate place for you in our mall, and you sell braised beef over there, what do you think of this idea?" Cao Fei asked him.

"By the way, your beef must be registered with a brand, if you don't have a brand, it will be wasted."

Cao Tiemin also cut a piece of meat with a knife, blew it vigorously with chopsticks, and waited until it was cold before putting it in his mouth, he chewed it slowly and tasted it slowly.

"Well, this tastes really good, Shujie, drink some snacks another day." Cao Tiemin's gluttony came up.

Looking at the cow's head in the pot, he was even more greedy.

"Shujie, what a big cow are you, why are you such a big bull head." Cao Tiemin was curious.

Cao Shujie looked at the fire under the stove, no need to add more, he said: "More than 1,400 catties, more than 700 catties of beef, I also left some for you, and I will take it back to wrap some dumplings later." ”

"That's not good, let's come and talk to you, how can we take things back." Cao Fei shook his head, wanting to refuse.

But Cao Shujie said: "Yes, I sent Cao Zhen's to him earlier, and you are not at home, otherwise I would have sent it to you two days earlier." ”

"It's not much, a few pounds per person, go back and make two dumplings, and let the elderly in the family taste it, don't be too little." Cao Shujie said so.

Cao Tiemin and Cao Fei did not refuse again.

Cao Shujie asked them: "Tiemin, do you know when Shuyang and Shulun will come back from vacation?" ”

"On the first day of junior high school, I called them, and they were both on duty in their Chinese New Year's Eve." Cao Tiemin said.

Cao Shujie wondered: "Didn't Shulun go to the procurement department?" What duty is he? ”

"Shulun seems to be a small leader now, and I don't know the specifics." Cao Tiemin said.

"So fast?"

Cao Shujie didn't expect that even Cao Shulun would be mixed into a small leader, and he was still in a place like a central enterprise where seniority was arranged, and it didn't matter if he couldn't move an inch.

Cao Tiemin didn't know very well, he shook his head and said, "I'll ask him when he comes back." ”

"Okay, in that case, let's get together on the first night of the new year." Cao Shujie asked them.

After seeing that both of them nodded, Cao Shujie said again: "I'll call them later." ”

"Shujie, I heard my mother say that you sold apples some time ago, and you sold a lot?" Cao Fei asked.

Cao Shujie generously admitted: "I still have some apples at home from Xinjiang Changji, and you two will go back with a box later." ”

"It's apples again, it's beef again, we're all here to buy it." Cao Tiemin teased himself.

Cao Fei also waved his hand: "Let Tie Ming take it, I won't take it." ”

"Take it, it's not a precious thing, go back and let the old people at home taste it." Cao Shujie saw his wife coming over with a basin, and said to his wife: "Wife, you can take out the two portions of beef I put in the freezer later, and move two boxes of apples, so that the two of them can hold them." ”

"Okay!" Cheng Xiaolin happily agreed.

Mengmeng ran over to play, and when she saw Cao Tiemin and Cao Fei in the kitchen, she shouted: "Uncle, uncle." ”

"Hey, cute, are the toys fun?" Cao Tiemin asked her.

Meng Meng nodded: "Uncle, the toys are fun." ”

"I'm going to eat meat." After finishing speaking, Mengmeng looked at the pot where the meat was placed and couldn't take her eyes off.

Cao Fei took a knife and cut a piece of meat with a little fat for her, fanned it with his hand to cool down, and then handed it to Mengmeng: "Mengmeng, the meat is not hot, eat it quickly." ”

Meng Meng took it and stuffed it in her mouth, puffing out her cheeks and chewing hard.

The beef was so tender that I swallowed it without a few bites: "It's delicious, uncle, I'm going to eat it again." ”

Cao Fei looked at it and cut another piece of it for him.

As the two of them left, one of them was carrying a bag of beef and a box of apples.

came out of Cao Shujie's house, and the two were still teasing each other, coming empty-handed and going back with their hands full.

As they walked, the two laughed in unison.

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Wang Yuelan had just stirred the meat filling to make beef meatballs, and when she came to the kitchen, she saw Cao Tiemin and Cao Fei leaving, and she asked.

"Mom, it's all about something, let's get together again on the first night of the new year." That's what Cao Shujie said.

Wang Yuelan didn't care about him.

The smell of meat wafts from the north of Caojiazhuang to the south, and many people who are close to each other, or people who pass by this area, smell the rich smell of meat.

Some people muttered that they hadn't smelled such fragrant meat for many years, and some people were envious, thinking that Director Cao's house was called the New Year.

However, when I think of the benefits given to them by the Caojiazhuang Village Committee during the Chinese New Year this year, compared with other villages, the people of Caojiazhuang are full of happiness.

But what makes many people in Caojiazhuang more envious are those who work in Cao Shujie's factory.

The salary is settled at the end of the month, and there is a performance bonus every month, and there are festival expenses and benefits during the holidays, and there is a year-end bonus for the New Year.

Either of these can make many people who work outside the home envious.

No, many people in Caojiazhuang who have just returned from working outside the home, after returning home, heard the old man discussing this matter, they didn't believe it at first, thinking that it must be another rumor, and the old man didn't understand.

But these people who came back from outside later told others about the fun, and then heard that the other people in the village confirmed the incident, which immediately made many people who worked outside show envy on their faces.

They figured it out, Cao Shujie's salary is really not low, plus other miscellaneous money and benefits, all in all, the real income is no worse than working outside.

The more this happens, the more uncomfortable many people feel in their hearts.

It feels like it's just been a year away, and how did the village become a little strange?

There are also some people who came back to vote for Cao Shujie during the election of the director of Caojiazhuang Village, and heard that Cao Shujie ran a factory and worked there, and his income was no worse than that outside, and these people were also very complicated.

But Cao Shujie didn't have time to pay attention to them at this time.

After stewing meat, stewing beef meatballs, and frying things, Cao Shujie was busy pasting Spring Festival couplets again.

Mengmeng still had to help her father, Cao Shujie couldn't resist her, and finally assigned her the simplest job, let her hold the tape, Cao Shujie needed to use tape to paste the Spring Festival couplets, so let Mengmeng hand him to tear it off.

That's it, Mengmeng felt like she was helping her father, and she kept asking: "Dad, am I amazing?" ”

"Awesome, Meng Meng is the most capable." Cao Shujie's face was not red, and his heart was not beating, and he stretched out his thumb to praise her.

Meng Meng really believed what her father said, and the smile on her face became even brighter.

When preparing for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the evening, Cao Shujie's mobile phone rang, and when he saw that it was his brother Cao Shubin in the lobby, Cao Shujie answered the phone smoothly?

"Shujie, you board the QQ number, let's video chat." Cao Shubin said.

"Okay." Cao Shujie went to the 2nd floor to find his laptop, then took it downstairs, connected it to the power supply, turned on the computer, boarded the QQ number, and then found his cousin's QQ dialog box, and selected the video connection.

The uncle, two cousins, two sisters-in-law and nephews are all here, and they are two families together for the Spring Festival.

"Dad, are you alright?"

"Grandpa, happy New Year."

"Yichuan, Yixin, you two hurry up and call the old grandfather, the second grandfather, and the second grandmother."

The two little guys shout loudly in the video.

Grandpa Cao Zhenghu couldn't close his mouth with a smile.

"Uncle, why do I look like you've lost a lot of weight?" Cao Shujie chatted with his cousin, took a closer look at the uncle, and thought that he had seen it wrong.

In the next lesson, I heard Uncle Cao Jianlin himself say: "No, I just measured high blood sugar, and I don't dare to eat anything." ”

"Eat some vegetables and drink some water every day." He said.

Hearing what the uncle said, the biggest reaction was grandfather Cao Zhenghu: "Jianlin, why are you still high in sugar, are you secretly drinking alone." ”

was scolded by his grandfather, and his uncle Cao Jianlin didn't dare to fight back.

Cao Shubin, the lobby brother, said in the video: "Grandpa, you still have to take care of my dad, otherwise he is smoking and drinking, and he has no moderation at all." ”

He also thought about taking his grandfather over.

Cao Shujie asked with a smile: "Brother, are you coming back after the New Year?" ”

"Go back, I'll take a look at the third and fourth years of junior high school, and I'll go back when I'm done." Brother Lobby said so.

Second cousin Cao Shuxin also nodded and said.

"Okay, I'll leave you something good." Cao Shujie thought about the cow head he had cooked, and pondered that he would eat it after the uncle and his family came back.

When the second cousin Cao Shuxin heard this, he asked curiously: "Shujie, what good things can you tell me?" ”

"Hehe, I can't say it, it's not good to say it, and when you come back in a few days, you'll naturally know." Cao Shujie said.

From the bottom of his heart, Cao Shujie feels that this year's Spring Festival is better than last year.

The sound of firecrackers in your ears, the beautiful moment of fireworks flying in the sky, and the sound of children laughing and shouting outside.

Mengmeng, who was eating, couldn't sit still: "Mom, I'm going out to play." ”

"No, you'll go out after you've eaten later." Cheng Xiaolin waited for her to take a look, and Meng Meng immediately became honest.

Cheng Xiaolin also said: "I'll change your clothes with a pocket in a while, you follow your father out for a spin, and I'll see how many sugar cubes I can collect back?" ”

"Okay, okay!" Mengmeng only thought it was very fun, and even thought that when she followed her father to someone else's house to play, she would put it in her pocket, and when she came back, she would give it to her mother, and then go out again.

"Mom must be happy, right?" Meng Meng thought to herself.

That night, Cao Shujie took his daughter out to play.

The voice of shouting 'Director Cao' on the road has never stopped.

Many people who are older than Cao Shujie shouted very smoothly.

"Dad, why do they call you Director Cao?" Mengmeng didn't understand, put her fingers on the corners of her mouth, and asked curiously with her little face.

Cao Shujie took his daughter's other hand and patiently explained to her.

But Meng Meng still doesn't seem to understand.

Someone called him again, and Cao Shujie looked like he was still an acquaintance.

"Shujie, it's really you, I thought I was wrong." Cao Shuxu said.

After resigning from Tencent, he came back early this year.

Seeing Cao Shujie taking his daughter on the street, Cao Shuxu thought he had seen the wrong person.

Cao Shujie was also very happy to see him: "Brother Xu, we haven't seen each other for a year." ”

"No, I left on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year last year, and I just came back in the past two days."

Cao Shuxu looked at the little brother in front of him and admired it in his heart.

"Shujie, you did a good job at home, and now you are still the director of our Caojiazhuang Village, right?"

Seeing Cao Shujie nodding, Cao Shuxu put his arm around his shoulders and said, "Shujie, you are really good." ”

"I don't have your skills, I can't do it to your level." Cao Shuxu said.

"Brother Xu, I also hit and tossed by mistake."

But Cao Shuxu didn't believe what he said.

He asked Cao Shujie: "Are you two going out for a walk?" ”

"Well, while it's okay for the New Year, come out and take a turn."

Cao Shujie said: "All year round, there is such an opportunity. ”

That's true.

Someone called Cao Shujie again, Cao Shujie said to Cao Shuxu, and asked him to get together on the night of the first day of the new year.

also said that Cao Zhen and several of them also went to his house.

"Okay, Shujie, it's the night of the first day of the new year, I'll go over then." Cao Shuxu happily agreed.

He found that he still didn't know enough about this little brother in his hometown.

Last year, he thought he knew him very well, and at that time he thought that Cao Shujie could earn four or five hundred thousand yuan a year at home, which was already very powerful, who knew that he would earn more this year.

Cao Shuxu still can't guess how much money Cao Shujie earned last year, but he knows that it must be more than the millions on the surface.

It's a bit sleepy, a little later in the next chapter, but it's definitely out before 12 o'clock.

(End of chapter)