Chapter 488 Heshan Village

When Gao Mingcheng came back with a large pile of pork, Gao Shufang immediately cheered.

"Second brother, you went into the mountains to hunt wild boars again? You are awesome! Haha, we haven't had wild boar meat in a long time! Fourth sister-in-law, go and light the fire, let's cook the pig's head first and cut the meat out!"

Seeing Gao Shufang hurriedly going to the kitchen to work, Gao Mingcheng just smiled and continued to unload the things on the truck bed.

Huang Dazhi was also there to help unload the goods.

However, he did not take all the pork out of the car. There were still three large pieces left in the bamboo basket, each weighing about three or four pounds. These were prepared to be given away.

Gao Mingcheng said to Gao Shufang, "You take care of the preparations. Cut the meat into pieces of about two pounds and put them in the refrigerator. We also need to boil the lard today. Dazhi, take a piece of meat and some bones back too!"

Gao Mingcheng handed Huang Dazhi a two-pound piece of meat and some bones.

Huang Dazhi smiled embarrassedly and said: "Mingcheng, you gave two kilograms of meat to my parents before..."

"Here, there's so much meat. Let's share it and enjoy it together. I'll give the rest to Uncle Guobing, Mingwan and Brother Xiao."

Gao Mingcheng put the meat for Huang Dazhi into a small vegetable basket, and Luo Li would bring the basket back tomorrow morning.

Huang Dazhi could not refuse the kind offer, so he had to accept it with a smile.

It was only a little after four o'clock, and Luo Li had to stay in the store to sell goods, so Huang Dazhi went back first and said to Luo Li, "It's okay if you come back later. I'll cook tonight."

"Okay." Luo Li nodded, understanding what Huang Dazhi meant.

Gao Shufang and Zhang Jinling were busy washing, cutting and stewing meat in the backyard. Xuanyuemei also had to take care of the children, so she had to stay here to sell the goods.

Gao Mingcheng drove his tractor out to give gifts again, and naturally received a lot of words of thanks. He also learned a piece of news, that is, Gao Mingwan’s wife Wang Xiuxiu was pregnant!

Luo Li in the store is pregnant, my sister-in-law at home is pregnant, and now my sister-in-law Wang Xiuxiu is also pregnant!

This is really a rush to have a baby!

Gao Mingcheng first sighed, and then started to worry about his kindergarten.

As the most educated future kindergarten teacher, Wang Xiuxiu was highly valued by him. But the thing about women is that once they get pregnant, they have to give birth to and take care of the child, and they can't devote themselves to their work wholeheartedly.

Therefore, if his kindergarten wants to open normally, he has to hire a more suitable person. This person has to be older and have given birth to a child, preferably around 30 years old.

In addition, you must have a certain level of knowledge.

After thinking about it, he found that his social circle in this life was relatively small, so it seemed that he had to trouble Li Fei to introduce someone. Moreover, he could also learn some kindergarten teacher skills from the person Li Fei introduced.

Thinking of the kindergarten, he went to the kindergarten construction site.

There were still people working on the construction site at this moment. Five or six workers were mixing cement, preparing to harden the ground. When he went over, most of the ground had hardened, with only a small space left that needed finishing.

The kindergarten project was outsourced to Gao Mingcheng, so he did not need to be responsible for the workers' food and drink. Apart from spending a little more money, it was a lot easier and more troublesome.

Because they were laying cement, he did not go in and just watched the progress of the project from outside.

After coming back from a walk outside, Gao Mingcheng smelled the aroma of meat all over the house, as well as the aroma of boiling lard. The aromas mixed together were so fragrant that they made people drool.

The pig's head had been cooked and was taken out and divided into a bowl of pig's cheek meat, a bowl of pig's tongue, a bowl of pig's ears, and a bowl of minced meat from the bones.

The pig's stomach and large intestine are also blanched, washed, and chopped. These may not necessarily be eaten tonight, but if they are processed in advance, there will be no odor.

Seeing him coming back, Xuanyuemei hugged Xiaoxuxu and said, "Mingcheng, the neighbors next door knew that you went into the mountains and hunted a wild boar, so they came to us to buy some wild boar meat. I sold it to them at the market price, and sold about ten kilograms in total."

"Okay." Gao Mingcheng nodded. Even though a lot of meat was distributed, there was still a lot of meat left.

Today's refrigerators have a relatively small capacity and can't hold much stuff, unlike the later double-door refrigerators that can hold a lot of food.

Gao Mingcheng took Xiao Xuxu from Xuanyue's arms and said, "There are many wild boars in the mountains this year. I plan to hunt one every month. If we can't finish it, we can sell it in front of the store. When the weather gets colder, we can make it into wind-blown meat."

Xuanmei naturally strongly supported Gao Mingcheng's decision. Since she met Gao Mingcheng, Gao Mingcheng had killed many wild boars, so she was very confident in Gao Mingcheng.

The family has made a lot of money recently, and we are in a very happy mood.

That night, of course, everyone ate meat, drank wine, and laughed and talked.

Although he often bought meat to eat, it was never as satisfying as this meal. Gao Mingli's belly was full after eating so much. He looked at his wife Zhang Jinling next to him. Under the light, he felt that Zhang Jinling was much more beautiful than before, and her skin did not look so dark.

The soft lighting also highlighted the spots on Zhang Jinling's face and her big mouth, making her look particularly attractive.

After drinking a glass of wine, Gao Mingli's eyes became gradually blurred, and a thought lingered in his mind for a long time.

After everyone at the table had left, Gao Mingli no longer had the heart to watch TV. He went upstairs to take a shower, then lay on the bed and thought about random things.

Zhang Jinling had no idea that he was distracted, and she stayed downstairs to clean the kitchen with Gao Shufang. She also mopped the floor of the clothing store before going upstairs to take a shower.

When she entered the house, all steamy, Gao Mingli, who had been planning this for a long time, pounced on her like a hungry wolf pouncing on a sheep.

Then the lights suddenly dimmed, blocking out the spring light in the room.

The next morning, Zhang Jinling sent Gao Mingli to work with a smile on her face, and stared at him until she could no longer see his back before turning back.

Gao Shufang saw this scene. She couldn't help but smile mischievously at Zhang Jinling and was happy to see it.

The relationship between her fourth brother and his wife was not good before, and as his younger sister, she was also worried in her heart.

Now, her brothers and sisters-in-law have a good relationship, so she feels much more relieved.

After dinner, Gao Mingcheng was going out to run around. Today he planned to go to the village that Huang Dazhi mentioned to collect antiques.

The village is called Heshan Village. It is relatively remote and adjacent to Jiaoxi River. It takes nearly an hour to drive there by tractor.

Half a month ago, a vicious case happened here. Due to the injustice of their parents and the instigation of others, two brothers from a family fought each other. In anger, the younger brother hit his older brother on the head with a hammer. After the older brother fell down, he never got up again.

The parents had always doted on their younger son. After the younger son killed the older son, in order to prevent the younger son from going to jail, they told others that the older son died of illness, and asked the neighbors who knew about the incident to keep it a secret.

Out of kindness, everyone agreed.

But the truth was eventually exposed because their family locked up their eldest daughter-in-law at home and promised to give her some money so that she could return to her parents' home and remarry.

The eldest daughter-in-law agreed on the surface, but after she was freed, she turned around and ran to the county to report the case, so the county police went to investigate the murder case.

At that time, the case was led by Officer Xiao Song. Huang Dazhi was a member of his team, so they went to investigate the case together.

The case was simple. After the police arrived, the neighbors who knew the situation no longer kept the secret for that family and told them everything that had happened.

The murder was a foregone conclusion, so the murderer was quickly caught and the case closed. However, when Huang Dazhi visited the villagers, he found that some of the families had antique-like items in their homes.

So he kept it in mind and told Gao Mingcheng.

When Gao Mingcheng went there, he found that the atmosphere in the entire village was not very good, and one family looked particularly desolate.

This family had two sons and one daughter. The daughter had already married out, and now one of the two sons was dead and the other was in jail. The old couple suddenly lost their spirit and were unwilling to work in the fields. They just stayed at home and endured the days.

Because the neighbors didn't keep the secret, they didn't feel comfortable visiting them and instead avoided their home.

But every vicious case also has a good side, which is that it serves as a kind of education. In a family with many children, favoritism is inevitable. The five fingers are not the same length, and even the palms and backs of the hands have different amounts of flesh.

Because of the unfairness of the parents and the discord between the brothers, this family ended up with one person dying and one being imprisoned. This served as a warning to the villagers, and they changed their attitude towards their children. They even showed more tenderness to their unappreciated daughter.

Gao Mingcheng walked around the village. Heshan Village has a good terrain. Although it is close to a mountain, most of the land is flat and close to Jiaoxi River. There are many water networks, so there are many rice fields here. At this moment, the rice seedlings in the rice fields are growing very well, and they are green and lush. Rice flowers have already bloomed on the rice ears.

Among the fields, some people were carrying loads on their shoulders, while others were bending over to work.

There were also young women washing clothes by the stream, but the older people only needed to do some light work and could gather in groups of three or four to chat.

Gao Mingcheng’s target is these grandmothers.

He took out a bag of melon seeds and walked towards the crowd in a familiar manner. He first greeted everyone loudly, then distributed melon seeds to everyone, and then explained the purpose of his visit.

"...I collect old things, such as porcelain jars, old wooden beds and boxes, or old copper coins, ink sticks, inkstones, etc. I collect everything."

"What's the price?" asked a more astute old lady.

Gao Mingcheng said: "It depends on the item. Different items have different prices. Good items are expensive anyway. Let me give you a number. The most expensive item I've ever received is this."

Gao Mingcheng raised a finger.

"Ten dollars?"

Gao Mingcheng shook his head.

The villager guessed again: "One hundred yuan?"

Gao Mingcheng laughed and said, "One thousand yuan! That family had a very beautiful pickle jar, as well as an ink stick, an inkstone, and a handful of ancient coins left by their ancestors. I saw that they were all in good condition and really liked them, so I bought them for one thousand yuan!"

As Gao Mingcheng spoke, he took out a handful of cash from his pocket, most of which were fifty-yuan notes. It was so thick that it looked like there were more than a thousand yuan.

This scene excited everyone. Some people even imagined that they could sell the things in their homes for a thousand dollars.

But when everyone asked this, Gao Mingcheng said vaguely: "We have to see the goods first. If the goods are good, the price will be good."

He used the story of one thousand yuan to whet everyone's appetite and stimulate their enthusiasm.

Sure enough, after he finished speaking, an energetic old lady immediately took Gao Mingcheng's hand and walked towards her home.

"Come with me, I have some old things at home!"

Although she was old, she walked very fast. Fortunately, Gao Mingcheng was not afraid and followed her easily.

"How come Grandma Song is always one step faster in everything!" Some people complained, while others walked towards their homes calmly, intending to rummage through the bottom of the boxes to find some old things at home.

One thousand yuan! At this moment, everyone fantasized that the rags in their homes could also be sold for a thousand yuan.

Seeing that everyone was taking action, Gao Mingcheng secretly laughed in his heart.

Soon, he followed Grandma Song to her home.

But when they arrived at the door of the house, Grandma Song regained her shrewdness and said to Gao Mingcheng: "Just stand here and don't come into the yard. I will take the things out later."

Gao Mingcheng responded: "Okay."

Then he watched Grandma Song quickly walk into the house and even closed the door!

Fortunately, the gate to the yard was not closed. Gao Mingcheng was standing outside the yard and could see the situation in the yard clearly through the gate.

There were some dried vegetables drying in the yard and some pig feed piled in the corner. It was a very ordinary yard, nothing special.

Gao Mingcheng withdrew his gaze and continued to look at the situation nearby.

The children running around in the village have already noticed Gao Mingcheng, a stranger. The brave boys stand by and stare at Gao Mingcheng, while the girls hide farther away.

Gao Mingcheng smiled at the children, then asked one of the taller boys: "How old are you this year? Why don't you go to school?"

"I don't want to study! What's fun in studying? The teacher will hit my palms!" The boy made faces at Gao Mingcheng and stuck out his tongue, making a licking sound.

The younger brothers behind him immediately followed suit and stuck out their tongues at Gao Mingcheng, making leer sounds that lasted for a long time.

Gao Mingcheng was not angry, but laughed out loud instead.

He thinks these kids are silly and cute.

Seeing that he was not angry, the older boy stopped making faces at him and asked loudly, "Who are you? What are you doing standing at the door of Song Xiaomi's house?"

"What do you think I do?" Since he had nothing to do for the time being, Gao Mingcheng simply started playing with the child.

The older boy thought hard for a while before he said, "Are you Song Xiaomi's uncle? I've always heard that Song Xiaomi has an uncle, but we've never met him. I heard that his uncle joined the army."

Hearing this guess, Gao Mingcheng couldn't help but straighten his body. Hehe, it seems that he has some military temperament, otherwise the little brat wouldn't have guessed like this.

(End of this chapter)