Chapter 1069 Reunion Dinner (40008000) Asking for a guaranteed monthly ticket
When Cao Shujie and his son returned home, Mengmeng had already come back and was playing with her aunt Cao Huifang.
Looking at the enthusiasm between the two of them, it's hard to believe that Mengmeng ran away from her aunt when she was little.
At this moment, Mengmeng was looking at the video recorded by her aunt with a camera, and bursts of exclamations came from her mouth.
"Auntie, you are so awesome." Mengmeng looked at Cao Huifang with admiring eyes.
After being praised by her niece, Cao Huifang was obviously a little arrogant.
When Mengmeng asked her to tell her how to take videos and take better-looking photos, Cao Huifang's talk was quite exciting.
Not only that, she also handed the handheld video recorder to Mengmeng and taught her how to use it.
Mengmeng was very novel. She patted here, then patted there. Finally, she held the video recorder with both hands behind her back and pointed the camera at herself, making some middle-aged people laugh.
After the recording, she asked her aunt to help her adjust to the part where she was filming herself. Looking at herself laughing proudly in the video, she also asked Cao Huifang: "Auntie, do you think the video I took looks good?"
"It's beautiful. Mengmeng is so smart. She learned it so quickly." Cao Huifang, you praise her.
Mengmeng smiled and narrowed her eyes: "Hey!"
"Auntie, let's discuss something?" Mengmeng came to her side, covering half of her mouth with one hand, and asked in a low voice.
Cao Huifang didn't doubt him either: "Tell me, what's the matter?"
"That's it...that's it..."
Mengmeng's eyes glanced at the camera in her hand, and she finally made up her mind: "Auntie, when you get a new camera, give me this old one to play with."
It turned out to be this. Cao Huifang did not hesitate at all and said happily: "Okay! I will give it to you when I export the video inside."
"Really?" Mengmeng didn't expect happiness to come so quickly.
She thought it would take another year or two.
"Of course, it's just a camera. Besides, I've already used this one, and I just want to buy one with higher resolution." Cao Huifang said.
Why doesn't she understand her niece's little thoughts? But she can make a living by relying on such skills. This was also taught by her sister-in-law. What's wrong with giving Mengmeng an old video camera?
Mengmeng was overjoyed, and she raised her hand towards Cao Huifang: "Aunt, please lower your head, and I will tell you something else."
"What else is there, you ask?" Cao Huifang thought her niece wanted something else.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she lowered her head, Mengmeng stretched out her legs and kissed her on the face.
"Haha!" Mengmeng ran away after the kiss.
Cao Huifang looked at her niece's back and laughed too.
However, when she thought of Mengmeng's lively and cute appearance just now, Cao Huifang felt empty in her heart. For the first time in her life, Cao Huifang had the idea of finding a partner and having a child of her own.
Thinking of this question, Cao Huifang felt a little dazed.
When she was distracted, she suddenly heard the cry of "aunt" in her ears again. Cao Huifang turned around and looked over, only to find that her brother and nephew were back.
The little guy Cao Yirui was running towards her, and finally ran into his arms: "Auntie."
"Well, where did Ruirui go to play?" Cao Huifang asked her.
She also didn’t forget to say hello to her brother: “Brother.”
"Fangfang, I just met the eldest brother when I came back. The second brother has just come back. The two families will come over for dinner with the uncle in a moment. Please tell our mother and your sister-in-law to prepare dinner first and prepare more dishes.
"Cao Shujie said to his sister.
When Cao Huifang heard this, she quickly went to the house to tell her mother and sister-in-law about it.
After a while, Cao Jianguo came out of the house and asked his son: "Shujie, are your brother Bin and brother Xin really back? I asked your uncle this morning, and your uncle still said he was not sure."
"Dad, why am I lying to you? I just met them when they came home. I just told them to have them come over for dinner with the uncle in the evening. Otherwise, the uncle has not prepared anything. It would not be very troublesome to cook now." Cao Shujie said.
said his father.
Cao Jianguo also meant this.
It is now past 3 pm. They are all at home and have nothing else to do. They are going to have New Year’s Eve dinner at 5 pm. After the meal, they have to go out to set off fireworks. Time is quite tight. Wang Yuelan and Cheng Xiaolin’s mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
They both got busy early.
Just after four o'clock in the afternoon, Cao Jianlong sent a message to the Caojiazhuang Village Affairs Group, and addressed the whole village: "Fireworks will be set off at the Caojiazhuang Village Committee at 8 o'clock tonight. Folks who like to watch can come over at any time.
Look, please maintain order at the scene when you come here. For your own personal safety, you are not allowed to approach the place where the fireworks are set off, and you are not allowed to fight for the cartons after the fireworks are set off to avoid burn accidents."
"Shujie, Jianlong is still sending a message in the group, and fireworks will be set off at 8pm." Cao Jianguo heard the notification tone, glanced at his phone, and discovered the content of the message.
These were all arrangements made in advance, and Cao Shujie didn't find it strange.
Looking at the time, Cao Shujie thought that the uncle and his two cousins would be coming soon. He would first put out melon seeds, candies, fruits, and other snacks.
Wang Yuelan and Cheng Xiaolin's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law cut the vegetables to be fried and put them on plates, while Cao Huifang was busy choosing vegetables beside them.
The meat is ready-made and cut, and will be mixed later.
Before you know it, the prepared dishes have been prepared and filled a large table.
The mother also asked the uncle why they haven't come yet?
Just as he was talking, he heard Daha and his dogs barking outside the door, and then heard the uncle's voice speaking.
"Daha, it's me, what's your name?" Uncle Cao Jianlin was scolding Daha.
Cao Jianguo called brother and went out to greet him, and Cao Shujie followed behind.
Then there were voices calling uncle, second uncle, and second grandpa.
The eldest brother, the eldest brother, and the second brother came over with a bunch of things. Cao Shujie helped them take some of it, and first called his uncle, two cousins, and sister-in-law to come in and rest for a while.
"Yixin, Yichuan, you two should go into the house quickly and sit down." Cao Shujie called to them.
After the two sisters-in-law came over, they didn't need to say anything. They all took the initiative to help in the kitchen to see if there was anything they could do to help. When they saw that Wang Yuelan and Cheng Xiaolin, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, had prepared a large table, they also said that they could not finish all the dishes.
Cheng Xiaolin said: "Sister-in-law, during the Chinese New Year, eat more vegetables."
Wang Yuelan asked why the two nieces and nephews came back so late. Zhang Yi, the elder sister-in-law, said that they were all blamed for this. The couple had been busy in the orchard until noon.
The second eldest son, Cao Shuxin, had been waiting for them to come back together, so he was delayed.
"How is it in your orchard?" Wang Yuelan asked her.
The two nephews are also poor people. When they were only a few years old, the eldest brother and sister-in-law divorced. Children without a mother had the most difficult time.
She had just gotten married at that time and took care of these two nephews as her own children.
"Second Aunt, don't worry, it's okay." Zhang Yi said.
Hearing what she said, Wang Yuelan was not completely relieved, but she still told her to call in time if anything happened.
In Wang Yuelan's view, it was the first time for her nephew to start an orchard and he had little experience, but they had been planting orchards for more than 20 years and had rich experience.
Zhang Yi was not polite, nodded and told Wang Yuelan that if he had any questions, he must call them and ask.
"We are all one family, so don't be too polite."
Several women are talking here. There are many people and the cooking is fast.
Cao Huifang no longer chooses food at the moment. She is playing with several children next to her. She is almost becoming the king of children.
The uncle and his two cousins were talking around his grandfather Cao Zhenghu.
Especially the two cousins, who are usually away from Anyi and cannot come back. They are not with grandpa. After finally coming back, when they see grandpa, they always feel that they owe the old man.
Cao Jianlin looked at the root sculpture of an eagle spreading its wings placed next to his father's chair and marveled.
The carvings on this root carving are so similar, especially the aquiline beak, which seems to be shining with a cold light. When you look at it, you always feel like you are being bitten by that mouth.
"Dad, who bought this? It looks scary." Cao Jianlin asked his father, pointing to the eagle spreading its wings.
Cao Zhenghu pointed at his grandson Cao Shujie behind him, and said with a smile: "Who else but Shujie? This naughty boy goes home every once in a while to get these things, and he doesn't do his job every day."
It seemed like he was scolding him, but actually looking at the smile on his face, you could tell that he was actually happy.
After hearing this, brothers Cao Shubin and Cao Shuxin began to roll their eyes. If their cousin is not doing his job properly, then who are they?
Speaking of this, Cao Shubin asked his cousin how it felt to become the village party secretary.
They are also in the Caojiazhuang Village Affairs Group and know everything about their cousin being the village party secretary, and they also think that his cousin has this qualification.
This is the first village official of their old Cao family.
The second brother Cao Shuxin also teased him about when he would become a high-ranking party official.
"I don't have the leisure to be a village party secretary." Cao Shujie waved his hand.
He asked his second brother if his business was good recently, as he had replaced his 400,000-yuan car.
"I bought the car with a loan. Now that the company is on track, I have to buy one to show off." Cao Shuxin said with a smile.
It looks like business is doing really well.
Cao Shujie felt that if he really wanted to show off, he might as well buy a Mercedes-Benz, BMW, or Audi. It was a bit vulgar, but now people know that the car is not cheap.
A newly launched car like the Touron is actually very unrecognizable in the eyes of ordinary people. They think it is just a Volkswagen.
"Anyway, let's make a living like this for now, and then we can take our time." Cao Shuxin said.
There is still a lot of money to be made in his profession.
After chatting for more than half an hour, when it was almost 5 o'clock, Mengmeng came over to tell them that the food was ready and called them to eat.
Cao Shujie asked the uncle what they wanted to drink tonight.
"What do you have here?" The uncle was not polite, knowing that his nephew was not short of wine.
But the second brother said: "Shujie, I brought over a box of aged puree this time. It's about 60 degrees. Do you want to drink it?"
It was in the pile of things they took.
"What kind of alcohol are you drinking? Leave the one here to soak the deer antlers for me. I'll drink some deer blood wine for you today." Cao Shujie went to the utility room where things were stored and moved out a box.
Brothers Cao Shubin and Cao Shuxin had heard their father talk about this thing before, but this was their first time seeing deer blood wine. They were very curious when they saw the dark red liquid inside, which was similar to hawthorn juice.
"Shujie, is this the wine you made by bleeding the sika deer you raised on the mountain?" the eldest brother Cao Shubin asked him.
Cao Shujie shook his head and explained to them that the deer blood was the blood that flowed out of the deer antler when it was cut.
"This is a good thing, but there are many fake ones on the market, which directly draw the blood from the deer's body, which is of no use at all. They are just selling sheep's heads as dog meat." Cao Shujie said.
Cao Shubin and Cao Shuxin didn't understand this, but they heard their father talk about deer blood wine many times and knew that their cousin often gave it to their father. Drinking a little less every day would be good for their health.
"Then you have to give it a try." Cao Shuxin became interested.
Cao Shujie went to move out a box of fruit wine made by Fan Hailiang himself. This fruit wine had been settling in the wine cave on the mountain for more than half a year, and it was the time when it tasted the best.
They were discussing drinking here, and the dishes over there were almost done, and several women began to bring them to the table.
Families of 15 people, big and small, didn't have separate tables. They all gathered around the big dining table. The table was filled with various dishes, and the aroma of the dishes was fragrant.
The eldest brother Cao Shubin saw that most of the dishes on the table were meat, and he even joked: "Shujie, are your dishes more expensive than meat?"
"No, the meat is all from our own cattle and deer, and the vegetables have to be bought at the market, and the vegetables cost money." Cao Shujie said shamelessly.
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole table burst into laughter.
What he said is very interesting, but everyone knows that the cows and deer he raises are very valuable.
"Why are you still killing the deer? Why don't you keep the antler for cutting?" The second brother was very curious.
Venison is mostly lean meat and tastes very chewy.
Cao Shujie told him that there were so many sika deer in the deer park that it would not be a problem to kill one during the Chinese New Year.
"You are so luxurious." Cao Shuxin said with emotion.
The value created by a deer is really not low. Two pairs of antlers can be cut in a year. After processing, the two pairs weigh three to four kilograms. Even if sold at the cheapest price, it will cost nearly 20,000 yuan, not to mention that this thing can be sold every year.
It can be cut, and in the end the venison can be sold, which is of great value.
A cow is worth 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. In order to celebrate this new year, his cousin worked really hard.
But he has the strength.
Cao Zhenghu saw the whole family gathering together to celebrate the New Year, and he couldn't help but feel how beautiful it was.
He also took the initiative to hold a wine glass and invite everyone to drink one together.
"Grandpa, don't you say a few words?" Cao Shujie said with a smile.
What did Cao Zhenghu want to say?
Everyone else was waiting. Cao Zhenghu thought for a while and said: "Then I wish you all the best in the future. I wish Yichuan, Yixin, Yirui and Mengmeng they are healthy and happy. They will study hard in the coming year and be sure to take the exam."
Go to a good university.”
This seems to be a topic that the older generation cannot get around.
They always talk about how they want their children to get into a good university and have a good future.
Cao Zhenghu forgot that the conditions created by his little grandson, 99% of outstanding college students cannot do it.
Others agreed and took a sip together.
Deer blood wine is brewed with pure grain wine, and it also contains some other Chinese medicinal materials, so the wine is quite strong.
On the contrary, fruit wine has a very low alcohol content and is more of a fruit juice.
The women and children were drinking fruit wine, and the more they drank, the more they wanted to drink.
The youngest generation, except for brothers Cao Yichuan and Cao Yixin, Mengmeng and her brother can only drink juice.
While eating the delicacies on the table and drinking deer blood wine and fruit wine, the TV in the room was on and playing the CCTV channel. The Spring Festival Gala would be played soon, but no one was paying attention at this time.
Everyone's focus was on their parents' shortcomings and talking about what happened last year.
We are already very tired at ordinary times, and everyone has a tacit agreement not to talk about making money anymore. (End of this chapter)
