When Gao Mingcheng returned to Grandma Xi's house, there was only a trace of afterglow left in the western sky.

Green smoke curls up from the kitchen chimneys of every house, and you can smell the smell of food coming from the aisles between the two adjacent houses.

Now everyone's life is better than before, in the past few years, white rice is eaten less, mostly sweet potato rice, bean rice, etc., in recent years, there are more people who eat white rice, only a few are still having a hard time.

The hall of Grandma Xiao's house is lit up, the kitchen is also shining, and there is the sound of a spatula touching an iron pot when stir-frying.

"Granny Xi, is there hot water?" Gao Mingcheng leaned into half of his body and asked.

"Yes, in a boiling water bottle." Grandma Xi replied, looked at him at the same time, and immediately saw Gao Mingcheng carrying a pheasant in his hand.

Gao Mingcheng took the boiling water bottle and knife from the kitchen, walked to the yard, wiped the pheasant's neck and bleed, and then threw it into a basin.

At this time, Gao Zhuang also came to help, Gao Mingcheng scalded the feathers with hot water, and then picked them up and put them on the ground, so the two plucked the feathers together, and quickly shed the pheasant's beautiful feathers.

"Brother Mingcheng, grandma has already cooked two dishes, and I'm afraid this pheasant won't have time to cook it." Gao Zhuang said.

"It's okay, let's eat first, the pheasant stews slowly, and we'll eat it later." Gao Mingcheng was not in a hurry to eat, he picked up the knife and began to disembowel.

The light in the courtyard was dim, so Gao Zhuang came to shine with a kerosene lamp.

In just two minutes, Gao Mingcheng's knife technique was like a smooth flow, and he quickly processed the internal organs of the pheasant, as long as the heart, liver and gizzards, as for those intestines, they didn't need it.

In fact, the chicken intestines are also very delicious, but it is more troublesome to clean them, Gao Mingcheng has a little bit of the behavior and habits of later generations, and directly discards the chicken intestines.

But Gao Zhuang refused, so he picked up the chicken intestines aside, quickly processed them, then grabbed and washed them with plant ash, and finally scalded them with boiling water.

"Brother Mingcheng, the chicken intestines are delicious, why throw it away! If you don't want to get it, I'll do it, the province was seen by grandma, and you have to be scolded! ”

Gao Mingcheng sneered, put the cleaned pheasant on the board, and chopped it neatly.

At this time, the fine grandmother has already fried the vegetables, the pot has been washed and put in the water, the pheasant is chopped, directly put into the big iron pot, and then cover the pot and simmer slowly.

Gao Mingcheng glanced down at the stove, there were two thick firewoods in it, enough to burn for a while, so he went to the dining table to eat.

Today's dish is relatively simple, a fried chili pepper and a loofah egg soup.

"It's a hassle to grow sugar cane! If it weren't for the task sent by the county, I really wouldn't want to plant! At the dinner table, Gao Zhuang complained to Gao Mingcheng.

Today, he spent the whole day working in the sugar cane fields with his grandmother.

There was a sugar factory in their county, so the county assigned the task to the countryside, requiring every household to grow sugar cane, and when the end of autumn and early winter came, the people from the sugar factory would drive over to buy it.

It is said that it is for the development of the people, but in fact it is not the case!

A ton of sugarcane is only sold for more than 200 yuan, and sometimes the purchase is not timely, the sugarcane is pressed in the hands of the villagers, plus it is very troublesome to grow sugarcane, and the price is low, so the people in the village are not happy to plant it at all.

"You see, my hands are cut from sugar cane leaves!" Gao Zhuang stretched out his hand, and his tone was extremely aggrieved.

The sugarcane leaves are quite sharp, and they are stinging and itchy when cut on people's bodies, which is very uncomfortable.

Grandma Xi was distressed and angry, and said, "I told you to wear a long-sleeved jacket, but you didn't want to!" ”

"It's hot!" Gao Zhuang defended, the young man is afraid of the heat, and he doesn't have as much experience as the old man, so he takes it for granted that he wears short sleeves.

"Alas, let's do it, when the spring of next year begins, I will talk to the village committee, and say that my health is not very good, and my family has few people, so let's see if I can stop planting sugarcane, even if it doesn't work, I can only plant three points of land." In the end, it was the fine grandmother who felt sorry for this only grandson.

As soon as Gao Zhuang heard this, he smiled happily and flattered: "Grandma is so good." ”

Gao Mingcheng watched the interaction between their grandparents and grandchildren, and there was a smile on his face.

After the meal, Gao Mingcheng entered the room where he lived, and not long after, he took out a half-used watch from inside.

He handed the watch to Gao Zhuang and said, "Na, I'll give it to you." ”

Gao Zhuang was first surprised, and then delighted.

He took the watch and looked at it carefully under the light, this watch is a Lushan brand, although it is not brand new, but it is not old.

"Brother Mingcheng, where did you get the watch?" Gao Zhuang asked in surprise, and Grandma Xi also looked this way.

This watch was made by Gao Mingcheng - no, it was given to him by a bald man!

But there is no need to say the real situation, Gao Mingcheng said: "When I was selling honey, I happened to see someone selling second-hand watches, saying that the family was in urgent need of money, and they would sell it for only ten yuan. ”

A brand new watch costs 60 yuan, and if a semi-new watch is only sold for 10 yuan, it is really a good deal.

Gao Zhuang was very happy, put the watch on his wrist, and then swung his wrist with a bang, feeling that after wearing the watch, the whole person's temperament was different.

Handsome!

Grandma Xi said disapprovingly: "Ming Cheng, you can buy it if you buy it, but you can use it yourself, you don't need to give it to Gao Zhuang!" ”

Ten dollars is cheap, but it's money!

At this time, Gao Mingcheng took out a watch from his trouser pocket, which was brand new.

"I also bought it, this new point, the more expensive."

He had bought a watch before, but he had kept it hidden and didn't let others know, and now he had just passed the road.

"I'll see." Gao Zhuang was as happy as a fool, and took Gao Mingcheng's watch again, and compared the two watches together.

The watches are all Lushan brand, one brand new and one half old. But if you don't look closely, you can't see it.

"You young people...... Is money hot? Why can't you save money? Grandma Xi hated that iron could not become steel, and looked at Gao Mingcheng helplessly.

After that, she went to her room and took out ten yuan, handed it to Gao Mingcheng, and said, "It's not easy for you to make some money, you take this money, and we bought it." ”

Gao Mingcheng naturally refused to ask for it, and said: "Grandma Xi, I came to your house to eat and live, you didn't mention money to me, I gave Gao Zhuang things, why did you mention money to me?" I don't want this money! ”

One wanted to give, the other refused to accept it, and the two sides were at a stalemate for a while.

So Gao Mingcheng took a bath, took a change of clothes, and pulled Gao Zhuang outside, "Grandma, Gao Zhuang and I went to take a bath, you look at the fire!" ”

Grandma was helpless and watched them leave.

On the bamboo chair, there are two watches, one new and half old.

The watch can't touch the water, so naturally the two of them won't take the watch with them, and the fine grandmother touched this piece and touched the other piece, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, but there were a little tears in her eyes.

These days, the more they pass, the better!