Chapter 1069 Reunion Dinner (40008000) Ask for Guaranteed Monthly Ticket

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 to look 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 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 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 a voice called out to Grandpa, Second Uncle, and Second Grandpa.

Grandpa and his elder and second brothers came over with a bunch of things. Cao Shujie helped them take some of them and asked his uncle, two cousins, and their sisters-in-law to go into the house to rest for a while.

"Yixin, Yichuan, you two should go in and sit down quickly." Cao Shujie called them.

After the two sisters-in-law came over, they took the initiative to help go to the kitchen to see if there was anything they could do. Seeing that Wang Yuelan and Cheng Xiaolin, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, had prepared a large table, they said that they couldn't finish so many dishes.

Cheng Xiaolin said, "Sister-in-law, it's the New Year, eat more dishes."

Wang Yuelan asked why the two nieces came back so late. The eldest sister-in-law Zhang Yi said that it was all their fault. The couple had been busy in the orchard until noon.

The second son Cao Shuxin had been waiting for them to come back together, which delayed them.

"How is your orchard?" Wang Yuelan asked her.

The two nephews were also pitiful people. When they were only a few years old, the eldest brother and the eldest sister-in-law divorced. Children without mothers had the hardest life.

At that time, she had just married and took care of the two nephews as her own children.

"Second aunt, don't worry, it's okay." Zhang Yi said.

Hearing her say this, Wang Yuelan was not completely relieved. She still told her to call in time if there was anything.

In Wang Yuelan's view, the nephews had no experience in the orchard for the first time, but they had been planting orchards for more than 20 years and had rich experience.

Zhang Yi was not polite. He nodded and told Wang Yuelan that if there were any problems, she would definitely call them to ask.

"We are all family, don't be too polite."

Several women were talking here. There were many people and cooking was fast.

Cao Huifang was not picking vegetables at this time. She was playing with a few children next to her. She was almost the king of children.

The uncle and two cousins ​​were talking around grandpa Cao Zhenghu at this time.

Especially the two cousins, who usually stay in Anyi and can't come back. They are not with their grandfather. They finally come back once. When they see their grandfather, they always feel that they owe the old man.

Cao Jianlin looked at the root carving of an eagle spreading its wings next to his father's chair and marveled.

This root carving is so realistic, especially the eagle's hooked beak, which seems to flash with cold light. When people see it, they always feel like they are bitten by that mouth.

"Dad, who bought this? It looks scary." Cao Jianlin pointed at the root carving of an eagle spreading its wings and asked his father.

Cao Zhenghu pointed at his grandson Cao Shujie behind him and scolded with a smile: "Who else is there besides Shujie? This naughty kid takes these things home every now and then, and he is not doing his job every day."

It seems to be scolding, but in fact, you can tell from the smile on his face that he is very happy.

After hearing this, the brothers Cao Shubin and Cao Shuxin began to roll their eyes. If the cousin is not doing his job, then what are they?

Speaking of this, Cao Shubin asked his cousin how he felt about becoming the village party secretary?

They were also in the Caojiazhuang village affairs group, and they knew everything about their cousin being the village party secretary, and they also felt that their cousin was qualified.

This was the first village official in their old Cao family.

The second brother Cao Shuxin also teased him about when he would serve as a high-ranking official in the town party.

"I don't have the leisure to do that, just being a village party secretary is fine." Cao Shujie waved his hand.

He asked his second brother if his business was good recently, and he had changed his 400,000 yuan car.

"The car was bought with a loan. Now that the company is on the right track, I have to buy a storefront." Cao Shuxin said with a smile.

It looks like the business is really good.

Cao Shujie felt that if it was really for show, it would be better to buy a Mercedes-Benz, BMW, or Audi. It was a bit vulgar, but now ordinary people know that the car is not cheap.

The newly launched car, such as the Touron, is actually not very recognizable in the eyes of ordinary people. They think it is just a Volkswagen.

"Anyway, let's make a living this way first, and we'll take it slow in the future." Cao Shuxin said.

He still has a lot of money in this line of work.

After chatting for more than half an hour, it was almost 5 o'clock, Mengmeng ran over to tell them that the dishes were ready and called them to eat.

Cao Shujie asked the old man what kind of wine they wanted to drink in the evening.

"What do you have here?" The old man was not polite, knowing that his nephew was not short of wine.

But the second brother said: "Shujie, I brought a box of aged original juice this time, about 60 degrees, do you want to drink it?"

It was in the pile of things they took.

"What kind of high-proof wine do you want to drink? Leave that for me to soak deer antlers. I will give you some deer blood wine today." Cao Shujie went to the utility room to move out a box.

Brothers Cao Shubin and Cao Shuxin had heard about this thing from their father a long time ago, but it was the first time they saw deer blood wine. Seeing the dark red liquid in it that was similar to hawthorn juice, they were very curious.

"Shujie, is this the wine soaked with the blood of 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 this deer blood was the blood that flowed out of the deer antlers when they were cut.

"This is the good stuff, but there are many fake ones on the market, which are directly extracted from the blood of deer. That is useless, it is just a fake." Cao Shujie said.

Cao Shubin and Cao Shuxin don't know much about this, but they have heard their father talk about deer blood wine many times, and they also know that their cousin has given them a lot of it. Drinking a little every day is good for the body.

"Then you have to taste it carefully." Cao Shuxin became interested.

Cao Shujie went to move out a box of fruit wine brewed by Fan Hailiang himself. These fruit wines have been settled in the wine storage cave on the mountain for more than half a year, and they are at their best taste.

They were discussing drinking, and the dishes were almost ready. Several women began to bring them to the table.

The 15 people in the family, big and small, did not have separate tables. They all gathered around the big table. The table was filled with various dishes, and the aroma of the dishes filled the air.

The eldest brother Cao Shubin looked at the dishes on the table, most of which were meat, and he joked: "Shujie, are the vegetables more expensive than the meat?"

"Of course not, these meats are all from the cows and deer we raise at home. We have to buy vegetables at the market, and vegetables cost money." Cao Shujie said shamelessly.

As soon as he finished speaking, he caused laughter from everyone at the table.

His statement was very interesting, but everyone knew that the cows and deer he raised were very valuable.

"Why do you still kill deer? Don't you keep them to cut the antlers?" The second brother was quite curious.

Deer meat is mostly lean meat and is very chewy.

Cao Shujie told him that there were too many sika deer in the deer park, and it would not be a problem to kill one during the New Year.

"You are really extravagant." Cao Shuxin was moved.

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 will weigh three or four kilograms. Even if sold at the cheapest price, there will be nearly 20,000 yuan, not to mention that this thing can be cut every year, and the venison can be sold in the end, which is of great value.

A cow is also worth 20,000 or 30,000 yuan. In order to celebrate this New Year, his cousin really worked hard.

But he has the ability.

Cao Zhenghu looked at their family gathered together to celebrate the New Year, and his heart was so happy.

He also took the initiative to hold the wine glass and invited everyone to drink together.

"Grandpa, don't you say a few words?" Cao Shujie said with a smile.

What did Cao Zhenghu want to say?

Others were waiting. Cao Zhenghu thought for a while and said: "Then I wish us better and better in the future. I wish Yichuan, Yixin, Yirui, Mengmeng to be healthy and happy. I wish them to study hard next year and get into a good university."

This seems to be a topic that the older generation can't get around.

They always talked about wanting their children to get into a good university and have a good future.

Cao Zhenghu forgot the conditions created by his grandson, and 99% of the outstanding college students could not do it.

Others echoed and drank a sip together.

Deer blood wine is made from pure grain wine, and it is also mixed with some other Chinese medicinal materials, so the alcohol is quite strong.

On the contrary, the degree of fruit wine is very low, more like fruit juice.

Women and children drank fruit wine, and they wanted to drink more and more.

The youngest generation, except for the brothers Cao Yichuan and Cao Yixin, Mengmeng and her brother could only drink fruit juice.

Eating the delicious food on the table, drinking deer blood wine and fruit wine, the TV in the room was turned on, and it was on the CCTV channel. The Spring Festival Gala would be performed soon, but no one paid attention to it at this time.

Everyone focused on family matters and talked about what happened last year.

Usually they were very tired, so everyone tacitly did not talk about making money. (End of this chapter)