It was already afternoon when we returned to the village from Zhangshu.
This time he did not go back to the county, but went directly back to the village. One was to send the Chen brothers home, and the other was to pack up the honey at home. He had to go to Yangcheng the next day.
The round trip took five days, and on the way they managed to survive two crises without any major incidents. Only Chen Duofu was unlucky and injured his wrist.
However, after five days, the wound had healed and scabbed over.
Gao Mingcheng found the dusty bird gun in the room and handed it to the Chen brothers, along with a handful of bullets and some leftover gunpowder.
"Come, I will teach you how to use a gun. When your physical condition recovers, you can take turns to practice more. Then find something as a target and shoot at the target. When you are accurate, you can go into the mountains with the bird gun to shoot birds." Gao Mingcheng called the Chen brothers to his side, told them how to use the bird gun, and then demonstrated it to them several times.
Compared with a pistol, a bird gun is more complicated to use. Each time it is fired, it has to go through a series of complicated actions such as loading the propellant, tamping the propellant with a stick, loading the lead, tamping the lead, opening the firing port, lighting the gunpowder, and closing the firing port.
The Chen family was relatively poor, and the Chen brothers Chen Duofu had never touched a bird gun before. Although they had seen others firing guns, they had only seen it from a distance.
Now when Gao Mingcheng demonstrated it to them, they felt dazzled and couldn't understand it at all.
Gao Mingcheng had no choice but to slow down the process and let them do it themselves. Only when they do it themselves can they remember it clearly.
After teaching the Chen brothers, Aunt Liu came over with a smile and called them to her house for dinner.
We ate a little earlier than usual today because we were worried that they would be hungry after driving all the way back.
There are quite a lot of dishes on the table, but the key is that the taste is different from home, which makes people eat two more bowls of rice!
It is said that the wind blows differently every ten miles and the accent varies every hundred miles. Each place has its own customs and eating habits. Even in the same county, different villages have different customs.
After dinner, Gao Mingcheng did not stay long. He took the two dogs back to his home to rest, leaving the space to the Chen family. I believe they must have a lot to say.
Indeed, as soon as he left, Chen Duoxi vividly described what he had seen and heard along the way, and proudly said that Gao Mingcheng was willing to lend them bird guns and teach them how to drive a tractor.
These words contained so much information that Chen Dasong and Aunt Liu were stunned, and their moods fluctuated with Chen Duoxi's narration.
Finally, Chen Dasong stared at Chen Duoxi and said seriously: "Duoxi, you should stay at home and don't run around! I think Mingcheng is right. He has been driving a sports car so many times and everything was fine. But once he takes you out, his luck is ruined!"
Aunt Liu became even more superstitious, and was afraid that something might happen to Chen Duoxi if she ran around outside, so she also followed suit and advised Chen Duoxi not to run around.
Chen Duoxi was so exhausted that she could not even cry.
Is his luck really that bad?
But to be honest, on the way to Zhangshu, he was the one who said he wanted to learn how to drive, and Gao Mingcheng was generous enough to let him start right away.
It was because he and his brother were learning to drive that people misunderstood that the car was broken and could not run, so they came to rob it.
So, maybe the first robbery was really his fault.
But what happened when he came back should have nothing to do with him, right? It was obvious that someone was eyeing the goods that Gao Mingcheng bought!
Chen Duoxi thought so, but did not dare to say it out loud, because he knew that even if he said so, his father would not believe it.
His father only believes in Brother Ming Cheng!
Well, he also believes in Brother Ming Cheng.
That's fine.
"Oh, Mom and Dad, Brother Mingcheng also said that he could give us an advance on our salary. When the time comes, whether it's my brother's wedding or our family building a house, if we don't have enough money, he can give it to us first."
Chen Duoxi suddenly remembered this and quickly said it out. He winked at Chen Duofu and said jokingly, "Brother, do you want to get married?"
Chen Duofu was a little shy, but as the older brother after all, he was still able to suppress his younger brother, so he gave Chen Duoxi a look, signaling him to shut up.
Chen Dasong and Aunt Liu were overjoyed, as they had been very conflicted.
If they build the house first, Chen Duofu will have to wait before he can get married. If they get married first, he is afraid that the girl will think their house is not good enough.
By that time, the girl you like may not be willing to marry you, and the one who is willing to marry you may not be the one you like.
Now, Gao Mingcheng's words solved their family's problem.
Chen Dasong said confidently, "Okay, Duofu, I will contact the matchmaker tomorrow and ask her to take you to the girl's house in a few days. You young people can talk and cultivate feelings."
"It's already late October, so we definitely can't build a house this year. Tell the woman clearly that we will build a new house next spring after we finish the farm work!"
"Since we have decided to build a house, we should collect more firewood when we have time. We will need a lot of firewood to make bricks. There are four people in our family, and we have moved to Sigu Mountain. There are pine trees, camphor trees, azaleas, palm trees, gardenias and other trees growing on the mountain. When the time comes, we will cut down the pine and camphor trees, sell the trunks, and keep the branches and trunks for burning."
Aunt Liu also smiled and said, "We live here, although it's a little far away, but it's more convenient to collect firewood. People in the old village often quarrel over collecting firewood. This year, Gao Fugui's family has started to make bricks. They have a large family and were allocated a lot of hills, but now they have basically cut down most of the trees. I heard that they have made three to four thousand bricks."
Speaking of brick-making, Chen Dasong thought for a moment and said, "There aren't many people in our family, and Duofu and I still have to work for Mingcheng. We can't delay Mingcheng's work, so when we make bricks, we still have to ask a few people to help dig the soil and make bricks."
By next year, Chen Duoxi would probably have to help Gao Mingcheng and get a salary, and by then, their own staff would indeed be short.
But Aunt Liu felt reluctant to spend the money to hire someone to do the work.
So he said, "No need to hire anyone, I can just ask a few of my brothers to come and help with the work for a few days."
Rather than letting others make the money, she would rather let her own family make the money. Besides, building a house is a proud thing, and calling her family to help is also a way of showing off.
While the Chen family was discussing in full swing, Gao Mingcheng had already taken a shower, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began to meditate.
After a sleepless night, Gao Mingcheng felt particularly energetic and relaxed after waking up.
He got up, changed his clothes, and strode into the courtyard.
The three dogs in the house were awakened by his noise, and they all half raised their heads to look at him. Under the gaze of the three dogs, Gao Mingcheng practiced a set of boxing.
When you are covered in sweat, the rooster crows at dawn and the sky turns white in the east.
"Black Tiger, Elf, let's go and get you some food!" Gao Mingcheng shouted, and Black Tiger and Elf, who were lying in the doghouse, immediately stood up and followed in high spirits.
The master is back and there is meat to eat again!
Dahuang, surrounded by two little black balls, did not move, but joy could be seen in his eyes.
Eating meat is what I want! (End of this chapter)
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