The leisurely life of a reborn dad

Friday the 8th!

Cheng Xiaolin asked her husband early in the morning: "Honey, the water in the Yellow River has risen. I heard that Brother Zhao's house in the alley next to us caught a lot of fish. Why don't you go?"

"It's not like releasing water in a day or two. Don't be in a hurry. It's not too late to wait for two days before going." Cao Shujie said.

He said: "Daughter-in-law, I will go to the market to buy a sheep today. Cao Zhen and the others will come over tomorrow and we will go to the river to fish together."

"You want to buy a sheep? Have you finished eating?" Cheng Xiaolin asked him.

Cao Shujie shook his head and said, "There are dozens of kilograms of food in total, why can't I finish it?"

After finishing his words, he added: "It doesn't matter if you can't finish it. I'll divide it up when the time comes and put some of it away to make mutton dumplings to eat in two days."

"Don't just buy sheep, buy some other vegetables as well." Cheng Xiaolin warned him.

In such a hot weather, she didn't want to go out at all, otherwise she would go to the market.

Such a cute child looked at the big sun in the sky. She was so exhausted that she had no energy at all and didn't want to go out.

Seeing his daughter's pitiful appearance, Cao Shujie felt very distressed. Before leaving the house, he said, "Mengmeng, dear, daddy will buy you a watermelon today."

"Okay!" Mengmeng responded weakly. She usually likes to eat watermelon, but she has no interest in it today.

On the other hand, his father, Cao Jianguo, went to the village chef's house to borrow a tin oil drum stove. To stew a whole sheep, it was better to use the tin drum stove in the yard with a big iron pot on top.

If it is stewed in the kitchen, the space is small and the air dissipation is slow, which is not convenient at all.

Arriving at the market, Cao Shujie locked his electric tricycle in the open space next to the power supply station in Qingshi Town, and strolled into the market for a stroll.

Various sounds of people shouting and selling things came, making Cao Shujie feel a different smell of fireworks in the world.

But most of the people buying things are middle-aged and elderly people, or women with a half-year-old child. There are very few young people like him.

Cao Shujie didn't hesitate and went directly to the fresh meat area. When he saw stalls selling beef, mutton and pork, he went over and asked what the price was.

"Boss, how do you sell this mutton?" Cao Shujie saw a skinned sheep hanging on one of the stalls and went over to ask.

The stall owner selling mutton was quite thin and looked to be in his forties or fifties. Unlike the stall owner selling pork next to him, his fat waist looked like he was wearing a life preserver.

"19 yuan and 30 cents per catty." The owner of the mutton vendor stretched out his hand and gestured: "Brother, you can go to the market and ask about it. The quality of mine is good and the price is not expensive."

This is not a lie. When Cao Shujie was in the capital, he bought mutton for 24 yuan per pound.

"Oh, the price is okay, boss, how much does woolen sheep cost now?" Cao Shujie asked casually.

The owner of the mutton stall thought that Cao Shujie was a sheep farmer. He stretched out his hand and made a 9 sign, which showed his interest: "9 yuan and 2 cents per pound. Brother, how many do you have?"

"If it's more, I can give you some more money."

These were clearly marked market prices, and he was not afraid of Cao Shujie's mischief, so he gave the price directly.

But then I heard Cao Shujie say: "I haven't started raising them yet, but I will next year."

"Boss, I want to kill a whole one tomorrow, do you want to do it?"

"Shall I fight you out?" The stall owner understood what Cao Shujie meant. Seeing him nodding, the stall owner continued: "Which village are you from?"

"Caojiazhuang, Cao Jianguo." Cao Shujie directly reported his father's name.

There was no way, he had just returned from the capital a few months ago, so if he gave his name, some people might not know.

As expected, the other party then asked in surprise: "Is this the eldest brother Cao Jianguo who grows kiwis in Caojiazhuang?"

"Do you know my dad?" Cao Shujie was also curious. His dad was quite famous, and he knew quite a few people.

Then I heard the owner of the mutton stall say: "How can I not recognize him? In two months when the kiwis come down, Brother Jianguo will have to come to the market to set up a stall."

"I bought a lot from him."

Hearing that there was such a relationship, Cao Shujie looked at the other person's age and called him "uncle". This was so good that the other party originally wanted to charge him 2 yuan for labor, but in the end he charged 1 yuan.

He also told Cao Shujie that the sheep produced for slaughter weigh about 100 kilograms, but after removing the fur and bones, only about 60 kilograms of meat are left. In fact, the price is about 200 yuan different from the price of buying meat directly.

Cao Shujie still ordered a whole one and asked the boss named Li Jiagan to kill it and send it directly to his home.

"Tomorrow, okay." Li Jiagan agreed happily.

When Cao Shujie wanted to give him a deposit, Li Jiagan scolded him: "I know your father so well. If you ask for a deposit, wouldn't it be a slap in the face?"

"Besides, even if you cheat me, your dad can't run away." Li Jiagan said with a laugh.

Cao Shujie also laughed: "Uncle Li, let me go shopping first and buy some other vegetables. We will see you tomorrow."

He went to buy beef, various vegetables, and a big watermelon for Mengmeng to eat.

It's too late this year, and next spring, he will grow his own watermelons no matter what.

If we wait until September to plant some strawberries, we can keep more than 20 acres of land!

When I got home, I saw an oil barrel stove in the yard. It was filled with mud, and the middle was blackened by the fire.

When Mengmeng saw that her father was back, she kept looking into the electric tricycle. When she saw the watermelon, she was very happy: "Dad, watermelon."

"Mom, look, daddy bought the watermelon, haha!" Mengmeng shouted with a smile.

Cheng Xiaolin also saw two big watermelons, but no mutton. She asked, "Where is the sheep?"

"Don't worry, I told the boss that I will kill one and bring it over tomorrow, and it will be stewed then." Cao Shujie said.

When he saw his father Cao Jianguo, he asked him, "Dad, do you know a man named Li Jiagan?"

"That Li Jiagan who sells sheep at the market? If so, I know him!" Cao Jianguo asked his son.

Seeing his son nodding, he asked, "Did you buy it from him?"

"It happened that he was the first one I found. I saw that the price was about the same, so I didn't ask anything else." Cao Shujie told his father.

Wang Yuelan didn't care about that. When she saw her granddaughter looking at the watermelon, she came over and took out a watermelon from the carriage: "Mengmeng, let's go, grandma will cut it for you."

"Mom, you put the watermelon in cold water first. It's been soaked by the sun and won't taste good if it's too hot." Cao Shujie warned her.

Wang Yuelan turned around and said, "You can tell me that I have eaten more watermelons than you have grown before."

"You stole melons and sneaked into our fields when you were a child, and I haven't settled the score with you yet!"

"..." Cao Shujie was speechless. Can this even make me choke?

When Cheng Xiaolin heard her mother-in-law say this, she couldn't hold back on the spot and burst into laughter.

She never expected that her husband would do such an embarrassing thing!

Chapter 1, there will be Chapter 2 later, I am revising it