The leisurely life of a reborn dad

When Cao Shujie and his son returned home, Mengmeng had already returned and was playing with her aunt Cao Huifang.

Looking at how enthusiastic they were, it was hard to believe that Mengmeng had been hiding from her aunt when she was little.

At this moment, Mengmeng was watching the video recorded by her aunt with a camera, and she exclaimed in amazement.

"Aunt, you are so awesome." Mengmeng looked at Cao Huifang with admiration.

Being praised by her niece, Cao Huifang was obviously a little flattered.

When Mengmeng asked her to tell her how to take videos and photos better, Cao Huifang was quite enthusiastic.

Not only that, she also handed the handheld video recorder to Mengmeng and taught her how to use it.

Mengmeng was very curious, taking pictures here and there, and finally holding the video recorder with both hands, pointing the camera at herself, and laughing like a middle school student.

After recording, she asked her aunt to help her switch to the part where she filmed herself. Looking at herself laughing proudly in the video, she asked Cao Huifang: "Aunt, do you think my video looks good?"

"It looks good. Mengmeng is really smart. She learned it so quickly." Cao Huifang praised her.

Mengmeng smiled and narrowed her eyes: "Hehe!"

"Aunt, 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 did not doubt him: "Tell me, what is it?"

"It's that... it's..."

Mengmeng glanced at the camera in her hand, and she finally made up her mind: "Aunt, when you change to 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 after I export the video inside."

"Really?" Mengmeng did not 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 used this one before, and I just want to buy one with higher definition." Cao Huifang said.

How could she not understand her niece's little thoughts? But she can make a living with this skill, and it was also taught by her sister-in-law. What's wrong with giving Mengmeng an old camera?

Mengmeng was very happy, and she hooked her hand at Cao Huifang: "Aunt, lower your head, I'll tell you something else."

"What else, you say?" Cao Huifang thought her niece wanted something again.

Who knew that as soon as she lowered her head, Mengmeng stretched out her mouth and kissed her on the face.

"Haha!" Mengmeng ran away after the kiss.

Cao Huifang looked at her niece's back and laughed.

But when she thought of Mengmeng's lively and cute appearance just now, Cao Huifang always felt empty in her heart. For the first time in her life, Cao Huifang had the idea of ​​finding a partner and having her own child.

Thinking of this question, Cao Huifang was a little dazed.

When she was distracted, she suddenly heard the voice of "Aunt" coming from her ear. Cao Huifang turned her head and saw that her brother and nephew had returned.

The little guy Cao Yirui was running towards her, and finally he fell into his arms: "Aunt."

"Well, where did Ruirui go to play?" Cao Huifang asked her.

She also did not forget to greet her brother: "Brother."

"Fangfang, when I came back just now, I met my eldest brother and second brother who had just returned. Their two families will come to eat with the uncle later. 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 hurried to the house to tell her mother and sister-in-law about this matter.

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 he said he was not sure."

"Dad, why would I lie to you? They just came home. I just told them to come over with uncle to have dinner in the evening. Otherwise, uncle has not prepared anything. It would be troublesome to cook now." Cao Shujie said to his father.

Cao Jianguo also meant this.

It was already past 3 pm. They were all at home and had nothing else to do. They were going to have the New Year's Eve dinner at around 5 pm. After dinner, they had to go out to set off fireworks. The time was quite tight. Wang Yuelan and Cheng Xiaolin, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, started working in advance.

Just after 4 p.m., Cao Jianlong sent a message in the Caojiazhuang village affairs group and tagged the whole village: "Tonight at 8 p.m., fireworks will be set off at the Caojiazhuang village committee. Villagers who like to watch can come and watch at any time. Please maintain order on the scene. For your own personal safety, you must not approach the place where fireworks are set off at will, and you must not fight for the cartons after the fireworks are set off to avoid scalding accidents."

"Shujie, Jianlong is still sending messages in the group. Fireworks will be set off at 8 p.m." Cao Jianguo heard the prompt tone, glanced at his phone, and found the content of the message.

These were all arranged in advance, and Cao Shujie didn't find it strange.

Looking at the time, Cao Shujie thought that the old man and his two cousins ​​should be here soon, so he put out the melon seeds, candies, fruits, and other snacks first.

Wang Yuelan and Cheng Xiaolin, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, cut the vegetables to be fried and put them on the plate, and Cao Huifang was busy picking vegetables beside them.

The meat is ready, cut it, and mix it later.

Before I knew it, the prepared dishes had already filled a large table.

My mother asked why the old man and his family hadn't come yet?

As she was talking, she heard the barking of Daha and his family outside the door, and then heard the old man's voice.

"Daha, it's me, why are you yelling!" The old man Cao Jianlin was scolding Daha.

Cao Jianguo, calling him brother, had already gone out to greet them, and Cao Shujie followed behind him.

Then there were voices calling uncle, second uncle, and second grandpa.

The uncle, the eldest brother, and the second brother came over with a bunch of things. Cao Shujie helped them take some of it, and first invited the uncle, his two cousins, and his sister-in-law to come into the house and rest for a while.

"Yixin, Yichuan, you two should come in 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's 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 she blamed them 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's it going 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. 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 would definitely call them and ask.

"We are all a 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 now. She is playing with several children nearby. 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 usually stay in Anyi and can't 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 carving of this root carving is so similar, especially the aquiline beak, which seems to be shining with cold light. When people look at it, they always feel like they are being bitten by that mouth.

"Dad, who bought this? It looks scary." Cao Jianlin asked his father, pointing at the eagle spreading its wings.

Cao Zhenghu pointed at his grandson Cao Shujie behind him and scolded with a smile: "Who else but Shujie? This naughty boy goes home every once in a while to get these things. He is not doing his job every day."

It seemed like he was scolding, but actually looking at the smile on his face, you could tell he was feeling 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 what it was like to be 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 time and energy to just be the 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 those cars are 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 first, and then we'll take our time in the future." 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 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?" his 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. That 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 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, these meats are all from our own cattle and deer. We have to buy vegetables at the market, and vegetables cost money." Cao Shujie said shamelessly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the whole table burst into laughter.

His statement 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 and 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 these two pairs, they weigh three to four kilograms. Even if they are sold at the cheapest price, it will cost nearly 20,000 yuan, not to mention that this thing every year You can cut them all, 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 watched the whole family gather 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 better things in the future. I wish Yichuan, Yixin, Yirui, and Mengmeng them good health and happiness. 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 had forgotten the conditions created by his grandson, and 99% of outstanding college students could not 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 inclined to 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 the two 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' petty problems, and they talked 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 chapter)