Chapter 214: Moving Beds, Bullets
Gao Yue came with the key to the old house.
When the key was inserted into the keyhole and turned, there was a click, and the rusty door lock was opened.
When I pushed the door open, the old wooden door creaked.
As soon as the door opened, a black shadow quickly passed by and then disappeared into the corner.
Although it was fast, both of them saw clearly that it was a big rat!
"Fuck!" Gao Yue cursed in dissatisfaction. There were rats in his house in broad daylight!
But this is inevitable, since this house has not been occupied for a long time.
No matter how good a house is, once it is uninhabited, it will decay and deteriorate quickly. Mainly, it will be infested with bugs and rats. These bad things will destroy the house bit by bit.
Standing at the gate of the yard, looking at this familiar yet unfamiliar house, Gao Mingcheng was filled with emotion for a moment.
I remember that when he was a child, he often came here to play. When we were in elementary school together, the three of them did their homework together. Sometimes Gao Mingcheng had no pencil, so he used Gao Hong and Gao Yue's.
Today, the house is gradually showing signs of decay, with broken doors and windows. When you push open the door of the room, you will see that it is empty, with only a wooden bed and a cabinet.
The wooden bed was covered with an old sheet, but the sheet was too old. Not only did it have holes in it, but the fabric also rotted away as soon as it was touched.
Anyway, this wooden bed is going to be moved away, so it doesn’t matter if the fabric is not needed!
So Gao Yue pulled hard with both hands, rolled up the old sheets and threw them on the ground. However, the process raised a lot of dust and rat droppings fell down.
Gao Yue was choked by the dust and sneezed several times in a row.
The bed was an old-fashioned one, not wide, with high edges that were coated with tung oil and were relatively smooth.
Gao Mingcheng stepped forward and said, "Let me move it!"
He first took down the wooden boards inside the bed piece by piece, and then dismantled the bed frame.
The bed frame was made of mortise and tenon structure. Gao Mingcheng first lowered his head to study it for a while, then picked up a stone from the weed-covered yard, began to knock the mortise and tenon in opposite directions to loosen them, and then slowly pulled them out to disassemble it.
The bed frame can be disassembled into two halves, making it easier to move it out of the door.
The bed frame was a bit heavy, but Gao Mingcheng held it in one hand as easily as if he was holding a pound of vegetables.
Gao Yue looked at it in astonishment, but did not stand there in a daze. Instead, he folded together the bed boards that he had taken apart earlier and carried them out.
This weight was a little too heavy for him and it caused some pain in his shoulders.
Because of his delicate body, he hadn't done physical work for a long time, but fortunately he was young and had practiced some martial arts with Gao Guobing, so he endured the pain in his shoulder.
The two men left the room and Gao Yue locked the door again.
His father had planned to renovate the house in the village, but he had never had much money before, and even if he renovated it, few people would come back to live there.
Nowadays, Gao Guobing only returns to the village when he has something to do, or during the Qingming Festival to visit the graves of his elders.
Gao Yue's home is located in the center of the old village. Everything the two did was seen by others, so many people came to greet them and ask questions.
Gao Mingcheng glanced at Gao Yue, and Gao Yue began to explain that he wanted to move the bed to Gao Mingcheng's house so that he could sleep there at night.
Someone knew that Gao Yue was taking the college entrance examination this year, so they asked about his results.
Gao Yue was quite cocky and proud in front of Gao Mingcheng, but he was much more humble in front of the old men and women in the village. He just said that he had barely been admitted to the university and would report to the school at the end of August.
Naturally, he received a lot of praise, such as "A good father will have a good son", and Gao Yue's achievements in the future will definitely be better than his father's.
And when someone saw Gao Yue carrying the bed board, he immediately volunteered to carry it for Gao Yue.
"Your shoulders are weak and can't take the pressure. Let me carry them for you!"
The villagers were enthusiastic, but Gao Yue did not agree. Instead, he smiled and said, "This weight is nothing. I can carry it! Hey, Gao Mingcheng, why are you leaving first? Uncle, aunt, I'm leaving first!"
Gao Yue found an excuse and chased after Gao Mingcheng.
After catching up, he blamed Gao Mingcheng for leaving without saying a word. Gao Mingcheng laughed and said, "If I don't leave, how can you get away?"
The two looked at each other and smiled, and the young man's hearty laughter could be heard from far away.
After returning home, he did not rush to assemble the bed. Instead, he piled it in the yard first, then fetched a bucket of water from the well, began to scrub the bed frame and bed boards, and then put them in the sun to dry.
The bed had not been used for a long time, and even though it was covered with sheets, there was still a smell on it.
You know, when no one is around, this bed becomes a rat's nest!
After washing and drying, you won’t smell any strange odor when you sleep at night.
"Ming Cheng, Gao Yue, it's time to eat." Xuanyue came out from the kitchen and greeted the two of them to eat with a smile.
When the two of them went to the old village to move the bed, Xuanyuemei had already cooked the meal.
They were all home-cooked dishes, a plate of fried dried fish with chili peppers, a plate of stir-fried long beans, a plate of fried eggplant with chili peppers, and a bowl of loofah and egg soup.
"Tomorrow is the market in Junling. I'll buy you fresh meat then!" Gao Mingcheng glanced at the dishes on the table and said to Gao Yue.
Because Gao Yue came suddenly, the family did not make any preparations in advance.
Gao Yue didn't care whether he ate meat or not. After all, he often ate meat when he was at home, so he didn't crave meat like most people.
He said, "Why buy it? Why don't you take me into the mountains to hunt? You've already shot a black bear, right? Then wouldn't it be easy to shoot a wild boar?"
He looked at Gao Mingcheng, his eyes shining with anticipation.
At this moment, he remembered something, walked to his bicycle, and took something out of the bag inside.
This thing was put in a cloth bag, but looking at its appearance, Gao Mingcheng had a guess in his mind.
Sure enough, Gao Yue handed the cloth bag to Gao Mingcheng and said, "This is what my father asked me to bring to you."
"How about taking this into the mountains to hunt?" Gao Yue stared at Gao Mingcheng, his expression becoming more and more excited.
He naturally knew what was inside, and also knew what kind of firearm would use this kind of bullet.
Gao Mingcheng asked his father for this kind of bullet, which means Gao Mingcheng must have the corresponding gun in his hand!
Not bad, he managed to get such a good gun without making any noise!
Seeing Gao Yue's excitement and expectation, Gao Mingcheng sighed helplessly and could only agree to his request: "Okay, I'll take you into the mountains. It will take a long time, so be prepared."
Even though he goes into the mountains like it's for fun every time and walks around several times a day, ordinary people cannot enter the mountains where there are prey without walking for most of the day.
If you want to go deeper into the mountains, you have to keep walking for a day or two!
Gao Yue was mentally prepared for this. He came back to the village this time to play with Gao Mingcheng. What to play? Of course, go hunting in the mountains!
(End of this chapter)
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