After successfully getting rid of the herd of wild boars, Gao Mingcheng took a detour back to the original place and prepared to take away the spoils.

But what he never expected was that when he went back, he actually saw the black tiger and the elf guarding in front of the wild boar, confronting people with ferocious looks on their faces.

In front of the two dogs, there stood three people and five dogs.

When Gao Mingcheng saw this group of people, his heart skipped a beat. He quickly ran forward and stood in front of the two dogs. Black Tiger and the Elf were also cheered up to see their master coming back. The Elf even barked at the dog opposite, as if declaring his sovereignty.

Gao Mingcheng immediately said: "I hunted this wild boar. If you want to hunt wild boars, please go somewhere else."

He stretched out his hand and pulled out the javelin that had pierced the wild boar's head. With the javelin in his hand, his whole aura became even sharper.

The three people on the opposite side looked at each other, and one of them stepped forward and said, "Don't get me wrong, we didn't mean to steal the prey. We just heard some noise over here, so we came to take a look."

Gao Mingcheng's expression relaxed slightly, but he had no intention of saying more to them. After nodding, he prepared to carry the prey back home.

Because he had just walked the wild boar herd, he did not have time to drain the blood of the wild boar he stabbed at the beginning. When he bled it now, not much blood was flowing out of its neck.

Under the gaze of the three people, Gao Mingcheng easily carried a wild boar, then led the two dogs and left quickly.

After he walked away, one of the three people asked, "Old Li, do you know this man? Is he from the nearby village?"

"What a fellow! We had to go into the mountains hunting with rifles, three people and five dogs, and he was all alone with a spear and two dogs! And he still shot us!"

"His javelin looks like it weighs several kilograms, but it must have taken a lot of strength to penetrate the wild boar's skin and even its head!"

The man named Lao Li was in his forties, with dark skin, and was from the nearby Kengli Village.

He stared at Gao Mingcheng's departing back for a long time without saying anything. Only after he heard his companions' words did he say, "I think it's Gao Mingcheng from Gaojia Village. This young man is a capable person who often fights. He has some reputation in the nearby villages."

"But in recent years, I haven't heard much about his fighting. It is said that he went to the county to do business."

"I also recognize the big black dog just now. It was raised by a family in our village. They said their son got sick a few years ago, so they sold the dog. It seems that Gao Mingcheng bought it."

Gao Mingcheng, who had left long ago, had no idea that someone recognized him, but even if he was recognized, he would not be afraid.

At this time, he was carrying a wild boar and leading two dogs, walking quickly down the mountain. If you look down from a high place, you will feel that his body is as agile as a monkey. Even the black tiger and the elf have to work hard to catch up with him.

But even with a fast speed, it was already past one o'clock in the afternoon when we got home from the mountain. A lot of time was spent mainly searching for wild boars in the mountains.

Xuanyuemei had already prepared lunch. When she saw Gao Mingcheng finally coming back, she immediately said, "Are you hungry? Put your food down and eat!"

Gao Mingcheng responded and put the wild boar down. This wild boar was a sow, the size that Gao Mingcheng liked the most, neither too big nor too small, weighing about 100 kilograms.

If you are lucky, this is a sow that has not given birth yet, and the meat will taste better. However, the meat of a sow that has given birth will taste worse, and the meat of an old sow will be even worse.

Gao Mingcheng went into the kitchen to wash his hands, glanced at the dining table, and said, "Black Tiger and Elf are hungry too, get them some food too."

"Okay." Xuanyuemei responded and began to prepare food for the two dogs.

When they lived in the village, several dogs followed them in eating and drinking. Except for extra snacks for the dogs, under normal circumstances, the dogs ate the same things they ate.

Chinese native dogs are like this, they eat and drink with their owners and don’t mind leftovers.

Gao Mingcheng filled a bowl with rice and sat at the table. Looking at the pork fried with bamboo shoots, large pieces of braised pork, and a plate of red cabbage, he felt his appetite grow.

The winter bamboo shoots are particularly crispy, tender and fragrant. After taking one bite, you will want to take another bite with your chopsticks.

The braised pork is also very good. The wild boar meat is not fat. Although it is made from pork belly, it is also lean, but Gao Mingcheng prefers this taste.

He doesn't lack oil and water in his body, so naturally he doesn't like to eat fatty pork.

"Duomei, have you and your son eaten?" Gao Mingcheng asked while eating.

Xuanyuemei said, "Xiao Xuxu was hungry early, so I fed him after I made the meal. Now he is asleep in his room. I have eaten too, so you just need to eat."

"These winter bamboo shoots are really delicious. I ate quite a lot of them, but these are the last ones."

Hearing this, Gao Mingcheng immediately said, "It's not easy to eat winter bamboo shoots. I'll go into the mountains to dig them up later!"

Xuanyuemei was anxious and said hurriedly, "You don't have to go dig! It's enough after a few meals! You went into the mountains to hunt early in the morning, and just went into the mountains to hunt again, you must be exhausted! If I really want to eat, I can ask my brother to go into the mountains to dig some next time. He also knows how to dig winter bamboo shoots."

Xuanyuemei really felt sorry for Gao Mingcheng and refused to let him go into the mountains to work again. She even refused to let Gao Mingcheng get involved with the wild boar she had just brought back, saying that they would take care of it themselves.

Seeing this, Gao Mingcheng did not try to be stubborn and accepted his wife's kindness with a smile.

After finishing her words, Xuan Duomei said, "Take your time to eat. I'll go call my brothers to help me catch the wild boar."

As she spoke, she quickly walked out of the yard and headed towards the Yu family and Chen Dasong's family.

It is noon now, and both families are eating and resting at home.

Upon hearing Xuanyuemei's greeting, they immediately walked towards Gao Mingcheng's yard in a mighty manner.

Looking at the situation, it doesn't seem like they are dealing with a single pig, but rather a group of pigs.

When they arrived at the yard and were ready to roll up their sleeves to work, Gao Mingcheng had already finished his meal and was sitting under the eaves basking in the sun.

As soon as Chen Dasong entered the yard, he saw the wild boar on the ground, and words of praise came out like flowing water.

The brothers Chen Duofu and Chen Duoxi also looked at Gao Mingcheng with admiration.

A group of other people couldn’t catch a wild boar, but Gao Mingcheng easily caught two in a day!

Gao Mingcheng couldn't help laughing when he heard those flattering words.

He said, "Please keep busy while I take a rest."

"You can take a rest, we are here to take care of it!" Chen Dasong said loudly, and then a group of people began to divide the work.

Xuanyuemei saw her second sister coming and couldn't help but said, "Little Stone is sleeping, why are you here? There are so many people here, we don't need you, you should go back and look after Little Stone."

Manyu said, "I just came to take a look."

Watching the fun is the nature of Chinese people.

Gao Mingcheng had just said that he was taking a break, but he couldn't rest any longer and decided to go back to the old village with the pork to send to his grandmother and his parents' home.

The last time I saw Grandma Gao, although she still walked with a limp, she was in good spirits. After all, there was a new generation in the family, which was a great joy.

When we arrived at the old village, we delivered it to his grandmother's house first, and then went to his parents' house.

However, his parents were not at home, saying that they went to his eldest brother's house to help. But Grandma Gao was at home, sitting in the yard basking in the sun.

Grandma Gao is old and not in good health. She doesn't have the energy or strength to help take care of her great-grandchildren. She can only stay here and not get in the way.

When she saw Gao Mingcheng coming, a smile appeared on her face.

"Ming Cheng."

"Grandma, I got a wild boar and brought you some bones to make soup." Gao Mingcheng put the bones, meat, and liver he brought in the kitchen, and then went to the yard to bask in the sun and chat with Grandma Gao.

After the first snow, the weather was good for several days in a row.

Although the wind is cold, the sun still brings warmth to people.

"Mingcheng, you have a promising future." Grandma Gao smiled with satisfaction and said, "When you were a child, you were also smart, but you were very stubborn. You are very good now. You look much calmer and have style, just like the cadres of the village committee."

"Mingcheng, Shufang is getting older. Does she have anyone she likes in the county? She wants to marry someone in the county, but we can't help her. As her second brother, you have to help introduce her to a good partner."

"How's your beautiful body? When are you going to have another child? You already have a son, so it doesn't matter if you have a boy or a girl next."

Perhaps because it was a rare occasion for them to chat together, Grandma Gao asked a lot of questions in a row.

Gao Mingcheng laughed, thought for a moment, and said, "I don't know if Shufang has found someone she likes. I'll ask her when I get back. If she doesn't have anyone she likes, I'll help her look for one in the county."

Gao Shufang is indeed getting older every year, but she is actually only nineteen years old, not even twenty yet!

However, girls in the countryside get married early. For Grandma Gao, it might be time for girls of this age to get married, for fear that if it is too late, she will be laughed at.

The village women are good at gossiping and are the most difficult group of people to deal with.

If a group of village women gather at the entrance of the village, any dog ​​passing by there will be talked about.

However, Gao Mingcheng did not want Gao Shufang to get married and have children too early, as he felt that this would be bad for her health and for Gao Shufang's personal development.

When you are young, it is the time to learn knowledge, develop skills and see the world. It doesn't matter if a man gets married early, but if a woman gets married early, she will be trapped in the family. After giving birth to children, she will be even more bound by the children.

But it is time to start looking for a suitable partner for Gao Shufang.

After all, it takes time to find a good partner, and once found, young people have to date for a while, so it will take a year or two to get engaged and married.

When Grandma Gao heard that Gao Mingcheng agreed to find a partner for Gao Shufang, she felt relieved and smiled more often, like a blooming daisy.

Gao Mingcheng chatted with Grandma Gao about this and that, sometimes talking about things in the past and sometimes talking about current events.

Gao Mingcheng listened from beginning to end, and suddenly he felt a little uncomfortable.

He noticed that Grandma Gao seemed to be showing signs of Alzheimer's disease.

In her previous life, Grandma Gao had died from a fall, but in this life, thanks to his intervention, Grandma Gao is still alive.

But God didn't seem to let her go, and she began to suffer from Alzheimer's disease.

But it looks like the illness has just begun and is still very mild.

Thinking of the good relationship between Gao Shufang and Grandma Gao, Gao Mingcheng felt that he should let Gao Shufang come back for a while and take the opportunity to spend more time with Grandma Gao.

Alzheimer's disease can only be prevented, not cured.

Without prompt intervention, dementia will become more serious over time.

"Grandma, how long has it been since you went out to talk to someone?" Gao Mingcheng suddenly asked.

He remembered that Grandma Gao used to go to the fields to help with work and would visit other people's homes.

It must be because he broke his leg last time and was forced to stay in bed for so long, with no one to communicate with him for a long time, which induced Alzheimer's disease.

Although her feet are better now and it doesn't matter as long as she walks slower, it is still not as good as before. Also, a while ago, an elder who was on good terms with Grandma Gao passed away, which also hit Grandma Gao to some extent.

Grandma Gao thought about it and seemed to be at a loss for words. After a long while, she said, "A few days. Alas, some of us old people have passed away, and those who are still alive are also suffering from illness. I tell you, Widow Liu is almost blind!"

Gao Mingcheng also knew the widow Liu that Grandma Gao mentioned. Widow Liu and Grandma Gao were of the same generation. She was the second wife. Her husband died when she was in her forties. She raised her three children alone and never remarried.

She must have cataracts now, so she will gradually lose her sight.

But the worst thing is that a widowed mother can raise three children, but three children cannot support a widowed mother!

The daughter married out, but the two sons disliked their mother because she was blind, couldn't help, and needed someone to take care of her, so no one wanted to support her and left Widow Liu to live alone in the old house.

Widow Liu often told people that she would rather be dead.

But even though she was hungry one day, Widow Liu did not die. She lived for another ten years before passing away.

Thinking of these things, Gao Mingcheng was also quite emotional.

Normally, when he came to deliver meat, he would put the meat down, say a few words, and then leave. But today, realizing that grandma might have Alzheimer's disease, he stayed by her side patiently, chatting with her as much as possible to prevent her from being alone.

It was not until half an hour later when his father came back that Gao Mingcheng was ready to leave.

Before leaving, he said to his father, "Dad, you should talk to grandma more often. She will be lonely."

He didn't say directly that his grandmother was sick, because at that time there was no concept of Alzheimer's disease. At most, some elderly people became confused and would be scolded by their younger generations for being old and confused.

Gao Yuanjian didn't understand what was going on and felt that these were not words that a son would say to his father, so he looked a little displeased.

But for the sake of the meat sent by Gao Mingcheng, he endured it.

Seeing Gao Mingcheng was about to leave, he quickly asked, "When are you going back to the county? When you go back, ask Mingli to come back sometime!"

Gao Mingcheng agreed without asking the reason.

After leaving his parents' home, he followed the path and came to his grandmother's house.

He felt that it would be more useful to tell his grandmother about this than his parents!

Grandma Xi and Grandma Gao are of similar age. Although they are not particularly close, they can still chat with each other. If Grandma Xi often calls Grandma Gao to come over and play, then Grandma Gao will definitely be willing to come over and play.

It's nice for everyone to get together to do some light work and chat! (End of this chapter)