In the afternoon, the wind blew, and the clouds began to fall in the sky.

The old village has a large population, and there are many naughty children, the east family is noisy, the west family is laughing, and the New Year is full of flavor.

But back on the side of Oxtail Ridge, it will inevitably be deserted.

When Gao Mingcheng returned home, Xiao Xuxu had already woken up and was eating candy.

Many beauties found a fruit bowl, grabbed a handful of melon seeds, a handful of peanuts, a handful of candy, and then grabbed a handful of oranges and a few apples.

The oranges are grown on the trees of the house, and when the oranges were sold, some were left behind, and the oranges were stored in wooden boxes filled with rice husks.

It's just that after so long, it is inevitable that there will be a few moldy and rotten ones, and many beauties have thrown away the rotten ones, and the remaining ones that are intact have been taken out.

Looking at the oranges with a slightly wrinkled skin, Gao Mingcheng suddenly remembered that he should plant some oranges, oranges have thicker skins, which are easier to preserve than oranges, and they ripen a little later than oranges.

Otherwise, without a special refrigerated warehouse, it is difficult for ordinary people to keep the fruit fresh.

When it comes to oranges, most Jiangxi people will think of Gannan navel oranges.

As early as 1971, a person named Yuan Shougen went to Shaoyang, Hunan Province to introduce citrus, and heard that there was a batch of local people from the beautiful country to introduce a new variety of "Washington navel orange", but the result was not good, but Yuan Shougen, who dared to try, still brought back 156 navel orange seedlings for trial planting.

After groping and planting and careful management, this batch of navel oranges bore fruit, and then after continuous improvement, the quality of navel oranges is getting better and better, 77 years, he sold a ton of navel oranges to Xiangjiang, as a result, the whole Xiangjiang was coaxed, and each kilogram of Gannan navel oranges were sold to 36 Hong Kong dollars, much higher than the oranges imported from the beautiful country, and in a short period of time to coax over.

It's been 90 years now, so now the varieties of Gannan navel oranges should be improved better, right?

Gao Mingcheng blinked his eyes, because he didn't pay much attention to this in his previous life, and he didn't know the specific situation, but he often ate Gannan navel oranges, and knew that Gannan navel oranges were really delicious, if they were transplanted here, even if the taste was slightly insufficient, it would be good.

Thinking like this, the task of introducing navel oranges in southern Gannan was written down by Gao Mingcheng in a small book, and he was ready to make time to go to Ganzhou after the beginning of spring.

Just thinking about these things, Gao Mingcheng suddenly saw Chen Dasong wearing a heavy cotton coat and walking in the direction of the chicken coop.

He wondered in his heart, this is not the time to feed the chickens, and it is not yet the time for the vigil, what is Chen Dasong doing in the chicken coop?

He picked up an orange and peeled it as he walked towards the chicken coop.

The orange peel was discarded in the ground at will, and a petal of orange was stuffed into his mouth, and he suddenly became cold.

I ate the orange in a few bites, and when I was done, I spit out all the seeds.

Striding to catch up with Chen Dasong, Gao Mingcheng asked him what he was doing in the chicken coop at this time.

Because of the cold weather, Chen Dasong bowed his waist and shrunk his hands, and the cotton hat he was wearing on his head had fallen with a thin layer of snow.

Seeing Gao Mingcheng, Chen Dasong pointed to the kang of the chicken coop and said: "It's too cold, you have to burn a fire, now burn the fire, and before going to bed at night, you have to burn another fire." Otherwise, the chickens will not love to lay eggs when they are cold. ”

When building a chicken coop, Gao Mingcheng dug a ground kang, which was ready to burn the fire to keep warm, and the chickens bought by the province froze to death.

I haven't used it much since then, but after Chen Dasong pondered it himself, when it snowed for the second time, he began to burn the fire pit in the chicken coop every night.

Ever since he started burning the fire, the eggs have started to grow.

In fact, chickens are not too afraid of cold, but in order to resist the cold, they will not lay eggs, if farmers want chickens to lay eggs in winter, they must provide comfortable temperature and nutritious feed.

Gao Mingcheng's chickens are not fed much, in spring, summer and autumn, most of them are chickens foraging in the mountains on their own, and they are only fed once a day as supplementary food.

But in winter, there is little food in the mountains, and the insects in the field hide in the thick soil to hibernate, and the chickens can find less food, so they need to be fed manually.

Gao Mingcheng stayed in the county most of the time, so he gave Chen Dasong a lot of autonomy, and if the chicken coop was not available at home, Chen Dasong would buy it, and then keep the account for Gao Mingcheng to reimburse.

For example, feed.

In winter, the old leaves in the vegetable field are chopped and fed to the chickens with feed, so that the chickens' nutrition is sufficient.

Chen Dasong jumped down from the pit where the fire was burning on the ground and began to light the fire and pile firewood.

Gao Mingcheng walked around the chicken coop and found that the entire chicken coop was covered with plastic sheeting, which can maximize heat preservation and prevent the heat in the chicken coop from spreading.

Not only the chicken coop, but the small room where Chen Dasong lived was also covered with plastic sheeting, leaving only a small ventilation hole.

There is a tin stove in the room, which Chen Dasong obviously brought from home himself, this tin stove can be used to heat the fire, and it can also boil hot water, when people want to drink water, they can have hot water to eat.

After a short time, Chen Dasong burned the fire, after the fire was burned, you can pile firewood, there is a skill in stacking firewood, large wood and small wood should be staggered and stacked, so that you can burn slowly all the time, and you don't need people to stay by the side all the time.

As the fire on the ground kang burned, green smoke began to rise from the chimney above the chicken coop, fighting for a sense of presence in the snow.

Chen Dasong stuffed a whole dead wood and pushed it forward with tongs until it reached the top, and then stacked other firewood.

After stacking all the firewood, Chen Dasong said to Gao Mingcheng: "Mingcheng, because the kang has to be burned in winter, the firewood is used quickly, and I see that at most at the beginning of summer, all the firewood collected before will be used up." ”

Gao Mingcheng nodded, and looked at the firewood stack not far away.

The pile of firewood used to be like a high mountain, but now it is a small hill.

It seems that after the beginning of spring, he has to go into the mountains to get some firewood and come back, before he cut some masson pines in the mountains, and the trunks are ready to be used to plant Poria cocos, and those branches have been cut off and left to dry in the same place, and when he finds a time, he can go into the mountains and pull back the dry firewood.

The snow was bigger, and Gao Mingcheng said: "Uncle Chen, the fire has been burned, you better hurry home and go home, it's time for Chinese New Year's Eve!" ”

Chen Dasong glanced at the fire again, and after thinking that there was no problem, he straightened up, and said with a smile on his face: "Yes, it's time for Chinese New Year's Eve!" Another year has passed! ”

The two returned home together, this time it was Gao Mingcheng who arrived home first, and Chen Dasong had to walk a little longer.

When he returned home, Gao Mingcheng smelled the smell of meat coming from the kitchen.

Throughout the afternoon, the two Maozi brothers were not idle, they first cleaned the internal organs of the cow, then cleaned the cow's feet and head, and then put it in a large iron pot to stew.

At this moment, the soup in the iron pot made a gurgling sound, and the white mist rose and filled the entire kitchen.

And in the basin placed on the wooden shelf, there is already a cleaned local chicken.

In addition to the native chicken, there is also a carp that has been cleaned up.

This is the main dish tonight, the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is indispensable for fish, and the size of the carp is right, the omen is good, the carp leaps over the dragon gate!

"Maozi, Yangyang, thank you for your hard work, take a rest first, eat some melon seeds and peanuts!" Gao Mingcheng warmly beckoned them to come over for food.

But Mao Zi didn't go over to eat, but turned the stewed meat in the pot with a spatula, and then began to prepare to chop the chicken.

It's not too early, it's time to stew the chicken.

What I want to do today is to stew chicken with ginseng, in addition to putting ginseng, I will also put a handful of red dates, and when it is about to come out of the pot, I will put a small handful of wolfberries, such a pot of chicken soup, which is sure to be fresh and replenished.

"We just ate it before, and I'm not tired, my sister-in-law said, wait for her to take charge!" Mao Zi said with a smile.

He was willing to prepare the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, but many Meimei didn't want to fake his hands on others, but it was inconvenient to take the children, so the preliminary preparations were done by the Maozi brothers.

As he was talking, many beauties took Xiao Xuxu's hand and walked over.

Maybe it's because he wears too many clothes, and now Xiao Xuxu is still unstable, but if an adult leads him, then he can walk steadily.

Many beauties handed Xiao Xuxu over to Gao Mingcheng to bring, so she tied her apron, rolled up her sleeves, and was ready to show off her skills.

Mao Zi didn't go down to rest, but gave a lot of beautiful hands on the side, as for Yangyang, he contracted the task of burning the fire!

Seeing that the three of them were busy in full swing, Gao Mingcheng looked down at Xiao Xuxu who was grabbing his feet, come on, he still has to take the baby!

With the concerted efforts of the three of them, an hour and a half later, the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was baked!

At this time, it was already dark, and the wind was howling outside, but the house was full of joy.

"Mingcheng, it's time to set off firecrackers!" A lot of beauty reminds me.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, before eating, firecrackers are to be set off, and after the firecrackers are released, the family can close the door and enjoy the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

"Okay." Gao Mingcheng got up, put Xiao Xuxu on the chair, and told him to sit tight.

Then pick up the prepared firecrackers and lighters and head out into the yard.

The firecrackers are wrapped in red bright paper, looking at the festive, Gao Mingcheng first put the firecrackers on the ground and unfolded them, and then ignited the lead, and the sparks instantly followed the lead and burned towards the small firecrackers, when the small firecrackers were ignited, the small firecrackers would explode immediately and make a sound.

A small firecracker is ignited one after another, and the crackling sound of firecrackers is incessant.

After Gao Mingcheng lit the fuse, he immediately took a few steps back, and when he heard the first sound of firecrackers, he was relieved to enter the house, and he had to close the door tightly, otherwise the cold wind outside would blow in, which could make people shiver coldly, and the smoke caused by the firecracker explosion would also drift in with the wind.

Listening to the sound of firecrackers, everyone sat at the dinner table together.

Gao Mingcheng took out a bottle of ginseng wine that he had brewed and filled it for everyone.

Toast, congratulations.

"Happy New Year!"

Everyone raised their glasses and said with a smile: "Happy New Year!" ”

After the auspicious words are finished, it is time to enjoy the food, although there are not many people to eat, but the dishes are quite rich.

Ginseng stewed chicken, braised carp, pork ribs stewed kelp, pan-fried hairtail, stir-fried beef, stewed beef feet, stir-fried beef tongue, cabbage moss, eight dishes, meaning the new year!

This ginseng wine has been soaked for a long time, so the wine taste is very strong, and after drinking a small sip, I feel a hot breath in my body, which warms my body.

Yangyang was young, and after raising a glass to celebrate, the wine in his cup was taken away by Maozi and replaced with a cola drink.

Yangyang didn't like the spicy taste of wine, he drank sweet Coke, smiling like a carefree child.

They sat at the table, eating a variety of dishes, while the family's dogs gathered here, occasionally eating the bones they had discarded.

During the Chinese New Year last year, there were only two Gao Mingcheng and his wife in the family, and Xiao Xuxu was still young at that time, so he didn't toss much.

People, they are very greedy, when a large family lives together, they are noisy, but when they go out independently, they occasionally feel cold.

After the meal, many beauties removed the dishes and chopsticks, wiped the table clean, and put melon seeds and tea on the table.

It's just that everyone's stomachs are full at this time, and those things can only be seen.

Mao Zi drank a few glasses of ginseng wine, and he already had a little bit of alcohol, and he talked about it with a lot of beauty about what he had seen and heard in Junshan Lake.

He and the monkeys were in charge of the deliveries, but he had more or less seen the locals catching baby swans and cranes, so he described them vividly.

He also talked about how he had followed the local fishermen to fish.

“…… Such a big lake, as far as the eye can see! The largest reservoir in our county, compared to it, is a small sesame seed! Nothing! ”

"The fishermen's boat is not big, and there is a tank in the hold, so that the fish that are caught can be put into the tank so that they will not die. There are also people who keep fish in tanks all the time, and when there is no food to eat at home, they go to the tank to get it. ”

"They all moored their boats together, and each of them was so similar that I couldn't tell the difference, but they knew it at a glance, but because the boats were parked together, some people would steal other people's fish!"

"It's okay to steal ordinary fish, but if you steal valuable fish, then once you find out the thief, you will be beaten up!"

"Their pork ribs stewed lotus root is so delicious! The lotus root should be cut into large pieces, stewed for a long time, and after it is cooked, the color is pink, and it is very soft and glutinous when you eat it! ”

"There is also a little girl, she seems to have taken a fancy to me, and sent me a few times to eat......"

Speaking of this, Mao Zi laughed stupidly, but seeing that his eyes were foggy, he was obviously drunk.

Many Mei don't know if what Mao Zi said is true or not, but she sounds quite interesting, everyone has different life experiences, and listening to other people's stories has broadened her understanding of the world.

After listening to the story, many beauties saw that it was not early, so they went to fetch hot water to wash Xiao Xuxu's face and buttocks, and then took the child to sleep.

Leaving Gao Mingcheng here to take care of the drunk Maozi, he coaxed Yangyang to go to the toilet to pee, and then washed his face and slept.

The Maozi brothers slept on the old bed, but the bedding was quite thick, and two beds were made, one was from Gao Mingcheng's family, and the other was brought by Maozi himself, and the two brothers slept together, so they didn't feel cold. (End of chapter)