Cheng Xiaolin heard the noise outside and came out of the house. When she saw her husband, she also had a heartfelt smile on her face: "You didn't drink too much last night."

"I'm okay, Lao Liu and Lao Luo were drunk." Cao Shujie couldn't help but want to laugh when he thought of this.

Cheng Xiaolin didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What's so proud about this? Are you tired? Go and have a rest first, and then drink less with our grandpa and dad in the evening."

"Why do you think you are causing so much trouble?" Cao Shujie rolled up his sleeves and was ready to help.

But Cheng Xiaolin didn't let him do it. She said: "I also told my parents about this. They also said that we should go there in two days and prepare some delicious food for you."

"That's an honor for the city. It's such a big deal, so you're so heartless!" Cheng Xiaolin glanced at him sideways, then went into the house to prepare the evening meal.

When Cao Zhenghu saw his grandson, he became more and more satisfied. He kept saying that it was his ancestor's blessing and he had to offer incense to his ancestor.

Seeing how serious his grandfather's words were, Cao Shujie did not dare to refute. He said, "Grandpa, you don't have to move. I will go and burn incense sticks for my grandma later."

"And your grandfather and the others!" Cao Zhenghu specially warned him.

There is a cemetery in the southwest corner of Caojiazhuang, which is the ancestral grave of the old Cao family. All the people who passed away in Caojiazhuang are buried there, and it is also a place for future generations to pay their respects.

Cao Shujie carried a basket alone, put incense candles, fire paper and a few fruit snacks in the basket, and rode an electric car towards the cemetery.

Arriving at the Caojiazhuang Cemetery, Cao Shujie took out the key and walked familiarly with the sacrificial offerings towards the place where his grandmother and her family were buried.

In addition to graves, this cemetery is also full of trees.

It was winter now and all the leaves on the trees had fallen off.

But the trees are too dense, and the branches are intertwined together, blocking part of the sunlight.

Shadows and fragments of sunlight are intertwined and densely covered in this cemetery, which makes people feel even more terrifying.

But Cao Shujie didn't think so. The closer he got to his grandma's grave, the more relaxed he felt.

We walked to a lonely grave. There was no tombstone here. It was Cao Shujie’s grandma’s grave.

According to the rules, after Cao Shujie's grandfather passed away, they were buried together, and then the monument could be erected.

Cao Shujie cannot be said to criticize this 'custom', but he does not violate the old tradition in this regard.

I put the things I brought over one by one, lit the incense candles, and lit the fire paper. The originally cold weather felt a little warmer.

"Grandma, I'm here to see you..."

"Grandma, let me tell you, I was nominated and commended by the city, and I will go to the city to award an award next month. At that time, a big leader will give me an award. My grandpa said that this was your blessing, and asked me to come over and talk to you.

Say a few words."

"Grandma, it's a pity that you left early and didn't enjoy the blessings."

"But I came back too late. It would have been better if it had been earlier." Cao Shujie looked at the grave in front of him and seemed to be talking nonsense.

But only he himself knows what he means.

His grandmother also passed away due to illness and complications from diabetes. At that time, their family had little money and could not find a good doctor. Besides, the disease was really difficult to cure.

After chatting here for more than ten minutes, Cao Shujie saw that the incense candle was almost extinguished and replaced it with a new one. Then he went to the old man in the back to light incense, burn some paper, and pull out the grass on the grave.

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After finishing his work, Cao Shujie rode his electric bike back home.

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In the evening, there was a table full of dishes.

Mengmeng was very happy when she saw a lot of meat on the table. She kept pointing at the meat and wanted to eat this and that. She was so busy that she couldn't stop.

"Mengmeng, don't worry, I'll pour you a glass of juice first," Cheng Xiaolin said.

She said: "Let's toast daddy together, okay?"

When Mengmeng heard this, she quickly nodded: "Okay!"

As soon as she finished speaking, after waiting for her mother to pour her juice, she immediately picked up the cup and handed it to Cao Shujie: "Dad, let's clink glasses."

"Okay." Cao Shujie held his wine glass and touched it with Mengmeng.

Mengmeng happily clinked glasses with grandpa and grandpa again, and finally clinked glasses with grandma and mother: "Drink!"

She held the cup in both hands and finished the drink in a slurp.

Putting the cup on the table, she saw that her parents, grandparents, and grandparents had not finished drinking yet. She first handed the cup to her mother and said, "Mom, pour it for me again."

"Mengmeng, you can't drink like this." Cheng Xiaolin said to her.

But Mengmeng didn't care. She watched her mother pour the juice and then picked up the cup to drink.

To put it bluntly, she just wanted to drink juice.

When the adults saw her like this, they laughed and said, "Let's drink too."

In the evening, the family didn't drink much wine, but they drank well.

No matter how you say it, Cao Shujie can be selected as one of the "Top Ten Outstanding Young Pioneers for Revitalizing Agriculture in Yiling City." In the eyes of Cao Jianguo and Wang Yuelan, this honor is more important than the more than 20 million their son earned from selling apples last year.

Wang Yuelan was thinking of burning some paper money on the Cao family's grave tomorrow.

"Shujie, when are you going to receive the award?" Cao Jianguo asked his son.

After clearing the table, they made another pot of tea and drank it.

Cao Shujie said: "On the 6th of next month, I will come one day early."

"How can one day in advance be enough? You should go there two or three days in advance to familiarize yourself with the venue." Cao Jianguo said this.

His statement was also endorsed by his father Cao Zhenghu and his wife Wang Yuelan.

Even Cheng Xiaolin also said: "You should go over there early and get familiar with the others."

Cao Shujie didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He thought to himself: What is so familiar about this?

After all, he only knew one Zhu Lingyun.

The question is, as the deputy mayor, Zhu Lingyun is such a busy person. Will he have time to meet him then?

"It's okay, I can just go there a day early." Cao Shujie said.

Mengmeng was a little confused when she heard what the adults said. She asked Cao Shujie: "Dad, what are you talking about? Wherever you are going, I will go too."

"Okay, you can go too." Cao Shujie nodded and agreed.

Cheng Xiaolin said to him: "It's such a serious matter. Why are you taking Mengmeng to join in the fun? When the time comes, let her make trouble for you. Will you be able to handle it?"

"I don't want to make trouble, mom, please don't accuse me wrongly." Mengmeng refused because she felt that her mother had a problem with her.

Cheng Xiaolin didn't even bother to talk to her.

They didn't drink too much in the evening. After dinner, Wang Yuelan and Cao Jianguo wanted to go back to their place, but Cao Shujie persuaded them to stop.

"Dad, Mom, it's getting cold now, you can stay here." Cao Shujie said.

Cheng Xiaolin also said: "Dad, Mom, Shujie is right, the heating is already on here, so don't go back."

In this way, Wang Yuelan and Cao Jianguo, the old couple, did not go to their place again in the evening.

Upstairs, after coaxing Mengmeng to sleep, Cheng Xiaolin called her husband to the next room, and the two of them were confused!

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The fact that Cao Shujie was selected as one of the "Top Ten Outstanding Young Pioneers for Rural Revitalization" by the city was not made public in advance.

Cao Shujie himself did not show off this matter everywhere, so that others would not know about it.

Even his family members are keeping a low profile at this time. They think that if someone takes the initiative to ask about this matter, it will not be too late to tell them.

After winter, the leaves on the fruit trees have all fallen off, and all kinds of flowers have turned into bare branches, but the plum blossoms that Cao Shujie planted before bloomed at this time.

Many people in Caojiazhuang came to see the plum blossoms. Many children were curious, how could they still bloom in winter?

At this time, the second batch of 600 calves brought together by Feng Tao was also shipped to Caojiazhuang. On the other side, Cui Jianguo also sent another 200 calves to Cao Shujie.

In the end, the three villages combined to purchase a total of 1,382 calves, and the remaining 18 calves were bought by Cao Shujie.

At this time, the vigorous Zhongcheng Breeding Cooperative has temporarily come to an end, but this does not mean that Zhongcheng Breeding Cooperative is finished. On the contrary, this is just the beginning.

On the other hand, the 1,382 cattle of the Zhongcheng Breeding Cooperative require a very large amount of labor.

However, the village committees of the three villages got together to discuss and finally came up with a rule.

All farmers in the three villages who participate in the Zhongcheng Breeding Cooperative must take turns to come and work.

In this way, all you need to do is arrange the duty records, and no one has to worry about being biased.

Otherwise, just hire people, and the salary will be included in the cost.

The villagers who participated in the Zhongcheng Breeding Cooperative thought that they had nothing to do anyway, so they might as well work and get more money in the end.

After some calculations, 16 people were assigned to two breeding farms in the north and south every day, with 8 people on each side. Under the leadership of experienced people, collective breeding began with great vigor.

When they think about one year from now, they will be able to get dividends. Most of them work very hard.

But there are also some people who know that they have a share in this, but still habitually cheat and cheat while working.

For this kind of person, after being caught by the joint law enforcement personnel of the three village committees, they will not tolerate it, and the three villages will circulate a notice of criticism.
To be continued...