The weather on Chinese New Year's Eve is good, the sun is shining in the morning, generously pouring down, people standing under the sun, can still feel the slightest warmth.

But in the shade, the wind was cold, and the snow on the ground and on the branches of the trees was still unmelted.

Gao Mingcheng wore a thick military coat, gloves and a hat, and drove a tractor all the way back to Gaojia Village.

When passing by Xing'anling, I saw that Gao Shouwang's workshop was closed, and it was obvious that he was also resting on vacation.

This year, the economic situation of the whole society is average, but Gao Shouwang's workshop is doing well, this is because of Gao Mingcheng, a stable big customer, and he has also opened up some markets and become a well-known clothing supplier near and far.

Dong Feixia's tailoring skills are good, plus Gao Mingcheng sent her a lot of fashion magazines brought from Yangcheng, and the latest fashion brought from Yangcheng, she dismantled and learned, in cutting and design, have made considerable progress, plus they have opened up the relationship with the textile factory in the county, can get the latest and cheapest goods, so the products produced by the workshop are very competitive in the market.

Turning all the way down from Xing'an Ridge, it takes only five minutes to arrive at Gaojia Village.

The tractor stopped at the pond at the entrance of the village, and Gao Shufang and Gao Mingli immediately got out of the car and began to count the various things they were carrying.

Seeing that they could all mention it, Gao Mingcheng said: "I won't go first, and I'll go to pay New Year's greetings tomorrow." ”

Gao Shufang responded: "Okay, I'll talk to my parents." ”

After a brief pause, the tractor continued to drive towards Oxwei Ridge, and a few minutes later, the car went around a small hill and stopped at the edge of its yard.

The black tiger and the elf and other dogs had long been aware of the movement and ushered in this direction.

The two puppies born to Rhubarb have grown up a lot now, and their fluff looks very dense, which can help them withstand the cold.

By the time spring comes, the fluff will fade and be replaced by shiny hair, and the healthier the dog, the better the coat color.

Many beauties hugged Xiao Xuxu and got out of the car first, and Gao Mingcheng also got out of the car afterwards, and said to many beauties: "You take the child home to rest first, and I'll get the things!" ”

They also have a lot of things, some of which are children's supplies, and some of which are food for the Chinese New Year.

Because Gao Mingcheng did not go into the mountains to hunt wild boars, they bought twenty catties of pork and came back, in addition to pork, there were rice, noodles, rice noodles, salt and soy sauce and other things.

The family only has one acre of land, and grows two crops of rice a year, but after paying the public grain, there is not much left, and most of them buy rice to eat this year.

But fortunately, the food is enough, although because I live in the county, I still need to buy vegetables, but sometimes when I go back to the village, I can bring a lot of vegetables to the county to eat.

This time I went back to the village for the New Year, and I didn't need to buy fresh vegetables, I only needed to buy some dry goods, such as dried shiitake mushrooms, dried fungus, dried yuba, etc., as for dried sea fish and dried kelp, I bought a lot in Yangcheng last time, and now there are some left.

Gao Mingcheng was bending down to take something, and Mao Zi led his younger brother over, Mao Zi smiled and said, "Brother Mingcheng, let's help you carry something!" ”

"Yesterday, Yangyang and I cleaned the inside and outside of the house, wait for Brother Mingcheng, you only need to clean your room, just do it."

"Also, Uncle Chen has already prepared the nets, just wait for you to come back and start fishing! By the way, chickens have been laying a lot of eggs lately! Originally, the weather was cold, and the chickens didn't like to lay eggs, but Uncle Chen would burn a kang fire for the chicken coop every night, and the chickens were willing to lay eggs when they were not cold. ”

Mao Zi's mouth kept talking, but his hands didn't stop, and he soon helped Gao Mingcheng move everything into the hall.

After moving to the hall and sorting it again, the rice is poured into a rice bowl, and the noodles, rice noodles, salt, soy sauce, etc., are taken to the kitchen.

Although Maozi's younger brother Yangyang has intellectual problems, he is well-behaved, he will do whatever he wants, and he will do what he can, and he will do it well.

Gao Mingcheng listened to Maozi's words, and saw that everything in the house was clean, and he was quite satisfied.

There are more Maozi brothers during the Chinese New Year this year, and in fact, there is more excitement.

As soon as everything was sorted out, Chen Dasong led Chen Duofu and Chen Duoxi over.

Chen Dasong smiled, and said a good New Year when we met.

"Happy New Year." Gao Mingcheng replied with a smile.

"Mingcheng, are you fishing today? The nets are ready, and the manpower is called to you! Chen Dasong smiled and pointed to the two sons he brought.

Gao Mingcheng said: "Okay, let's get ready to fish!" After you catch the fish, kill the cows! ”

"Killing a cow?" Chen Dasong was stunned.

Gao Mingcheng said: "Well, this cow doesn't eat all the time, and it often howls and makes a lot of noise, so it just slaughters and eats meat!" When the time comes, I will give you more beef and let you have a good year! ”

The cow in the family is suspected of having gallstones, and after Gao Mingcheng bought it with money, he just wanted to bet on whether there was a bezoar in the cow's gallbladder, if there was a bezoar, then he would make a fortune!

Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, as soon as Gao Mingcheng returns, he arranged for everyone to fish and slaughter cattle, and as soon as the news came out, everyone was full of energy!

Although there was snow on the meadow, the water in the pond was not frozen.

In Gao Mingcheng's impression, even if it snows in the south, water sources such as ponds and rivers will not freeze, unless there are small puddles that are a little bigger, then they will be frozen into ice.

Gao Mingcheng's pond is located at the foot of Xiaofu Mountain, and it was originally a depression, but when it was dug into a pond, water gushed out from the spring at the bottom, and whenever it rained, the water from the mountain would also collect into the pond.

Because of the springs, even in winter, the pond does not dry up and the water level is one meter deep.

Fishing in a big river is a spectacular sight, but fishing in such a small pond is much less technical.

The mesh of the net is three fingers wide, which is specially designed to catch large fish, while the small fish can escape the mesh and continue to grow the following year.

Gao Mingcheng pulled one side of the fishing net and stood on the left side of the pond, while Chen Dasong pulled the other side of the fishing net and stood on the right side of the pond, and the two walked a few steps side by side and fell the fishing net in their hands into the water.

There is a lead block at the lower end of the net, which can fall naturally, and because the water level is not deep, the upper half of the net is exposed.

Once the net is attached, you can walk from one end of the pond to the other, and in the process of walking, the others will make a noise that will frighten the fish in the pond, and the fish will run around and then be caught in the net.

Many Mei stood on the shore with Xiao Xuxu in their arms and watched them fish, while the Chen Duofu brothers stood alone and began to clap their hands and shout loudly, and Mao Zi and his younger brother also screamed and laughed when they saw this, trying to drive the fish towards the location of the fishing net.

Soon, the fish in the water were frightened, and from time to time they could be seen jumping out of the water, or making a splash, and some of the fish had unfortunately become entangled in the nets, and as the fish struggled, the nets vibrated slightly.

After a while, sensing the weight coming from the fishing net, Gao Mingcheng said, "Uncle Chen, you can pick up the net!" ”

"Good!" Chen Dasong responded, cooperated with Gao Mingcheng to put away the fishing nets, and when the fishing nets were dragged to the shore, they saw that there were many big fish entangled in the fishing nets, and if you looked closely, most of them were male fish and silver carp, because these two kinds of fish fry are very common and are also suitable for the water environment where they grow.

In addition to these two kinds of fish, there are a small number of catfish, warped mouth, bream, etc., bream is grass-eating, small head, large body, small tail, because the body is relatively flat, so it is easy to cook and flavor when braised in the braised area, and the spines are also good, not too much and not too little.

Because there are more and more fish in the bucket, the bucket can't be filled, so I just take the bamboo basket and put it in it, and the fish pulled down from the net are not dead, but are jumping and trying to jump back into the water.

After the fish leaves the water, it will not die for a short time, and if it needs to be left for a few days before eating, it can be kept in a water basin.

The harvest of the first net is good, but this is not enough, so I began to lower the second net, the pond is so big, these two nets down, the big fish in it are almost all fished, and the remaining small fish are left to continue to grow!

Gao Mingcheng counted the catch, there were twelve males, eight silver carp, all of which weighed more than five catties, and the heaviest male fish was estimated to be more than ten catties.

The reason why this fish is not big is because Gao Mingcheng caught it once during the Chinese New Year last year, and during this year, it was also allowed to grow without additional fish feed.

In addition to these two fish, there is one warped mouth, two catfish, six bream, and two carp.

"It's not bad, let's get it back first!" Gao Mingcheng was quite satisfied, these fish were enough to eat, he and Chen Duofu carried the fish back to their yard, and then gave the Chen family and Zhang Chengyuan's family a male fish weighing five or six catties each.

After the fish were caught, it was almost eleven o'clock.

So they immediately prepared to slaughter the cows.

A large pot of hot water has already been boiled on the stove, although the cow does not need to shave, but the hot water is absolutely usable, otherwise in this winter, it will be uncomfortable enough to wash the cow's internal organs with cold water.

Slaughtering a cow is different from slaughtering a pig, it is generally believed that the cow is an animal with feelings, and the cow is very intelligent, and if you see you holding a stick, a knife, and a rope, it will start to struggle uneasily, and even shed tears.

Therefore, when slaughtering a cow, it is best to cover the cow's eyes with an old coat, so that it can not see, and then lead it around a few times, while it is relaxed, take an axe, hammer and other tools to hit the head of the cow, not long after, the cow's cervical vertebrae are smashed, and the cow will faint to death, at this time cut off the tendons of the cow to prevent the cow from struggling and running, and then bleed, peel, disembowel.

However, this is a common method of slaughtering cattle, and a real master can directly cut the cattle's trachea with a knife and bleed directly.

Gao Mingcheng chose the latter, he first tied the cow to a pillar, then blindfolded the cow with old clothes, took out the knife from behind the cow's ear, and quickly cut the cow's trachea, causing it to die quickly, and the red and hot cow's blood also burst out in an instant, and was caught by the basin placed underneath.

Ox blood is also edible, but the taste is not as delicate as pig blood.

Only half a basin of cow blood was received, and the cow fell to the ground with a bang.

Next, it is necessary to peel the skin, this cow has been raised for eight years, the skeleton is quite large, but it is also very thin, Gao Mingcheng and Chen Dasong and Chen Duofu are skinning together, and the speed of processing is not slow.

When they were about to slaughter the cow, Duo Mei went out with Xiao Xuxu in her arms, not wanting the child to see this cruel scene.

But even a hundred meters away from home, the cow's wail could still be heard in the distance.

Xiao Xuxu seemed to be frightened, and he seemed to be curious.

"Don't listen." Many Mei said softly, trying to distract him from somewhere else.

At this time, her second sister Duoyu came over with her son Xiaoshi.

Seeing a lot of beauty, Duoyu immediately greeted with a smile, the two sisters hadn't seen each other for a while, but they were also affectionate.

This is the New Year, but a lot of jade is a lot easier, because on the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, there are pig dealers who come to collect pigs, and after the pigs in the family are sold, she is naturally a lot more leisurely.

Now she also has a sum of money in her hand, so she said with a smile on her face that she must build a house next year.

Hearing the second sister mention the topic of building a house again, this time many beauties didn't ask her whether she was going to burn bricks or buy bricks.

The two sisters chatted for a while, but they could no longer hear the cow's wail, and Duomei and Duoyu took the children and walked towards the courtyard on that side.

When I got home, the cow was already skinning.

Seeing that the time was almost noon, many beauties were ready to go to the kitchen to cook, but when they entered the kitchen, they saw that Maozi was already busy.

Seeing her come in, Mao Zi said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, I'll just cook!" ”

He cooks, his younger brother burns the fire, and the two brothers cooperate quite well.

Many beauties have never eaten Maozi's cooking, but they heard Gao Mingcheng say that Maozi's craftsmanship is okay, so they asked Maozi what dishes he was going to cook.

Mao Zi said confidently: "Stewed male fish head, stir-fried beef with dried chili, ox blood soup, stir-fried cabbage." ”

Chinese New Year, there is more than every year, and there are naturally fish on this table.

The fish caught just now, except for Chen Dasong's family and Zhang Chengyuan's family, are temporarily kept in wooden basins, and when they go to the old village in the afternoon, they will also send some to their grandmothers.

"Okay, then I'll wait to eat your cooking." Many beauties said with a smile.

Since she didn't need to cook, he came to the courtyard to see Gao Mingcheng and them busy.

The blood of the ox in the basin had begun to solidify at this time, and its color was bright red, looking like red jelly.

Pig blood and cow blood are generally eaten in soup, but it is okay to fry and eat, but it is more troublesome.

Many beautiful eyes swept over the pot of cow blood and looked at Gao Mingcheng.

Gao Mingcheng held a sharp blade in his hand, quickly peeling the skin, and every time he went down, he could see the progress of the peeling with the naked eye.

The skin of the beef is not bad, the meat is red, the fat is yellow, and at a glance, it is yellow and red.

But after skinning, it is more obvious that the cow is very thin.

After a few more minutes, the cow was finally skinned and ready for the next step.

When the stomach is disemboweled, many beautiful breaths can't help but become heavy.

Because only she knows what the reason for Gao Mingcheng to buy this sick cow is.

Last time, Gao Mingcheng obtained the bezoar from a sick cow that he bought by chance, and a little bezoar was sold for tens of thousands of yuan!

So is there a bezoar in this cow's body? (End of chapter)