Chapter 16: Making Trouble
There is actually a cage in their house, which is made of wire. It was made when his father was alive and was used to hold turtledoves.
The turtledove is a bird similar to a pigeon, and its meat is delicious. Every winter, the villagers will try to catch turtledoves.
Some people use a very fine sticky net to catch them, while others use a wooden frame.
When Gao Mingcheng walked in, he just saw Gao Zhuang carefully putting the rabbit into the cage.
The cage was not big, and the rabbit had no extra space to move around after staying in the cage.
"Brother Mingcheng, look! This is the rabbit I caught!" Gao Zhuang saw Gao Mingcheng at a glance and immediately showed off.
Gao Mingcheng took a look at the rabbit and estimated that it weighed about two kilograms.
So I complimented him, "Not bad, you got something for your first time. This is a good start. You should keep up the good work!"
Gao Zhuang's face flushed with excitement. He also felt that he really had a talent for hunting and couldn't wait to continue wandering in the mountains.
Gao Mingcheng asked him again: "Did you get the condom back?"
Gao Zhuang immediately shook his head and said, "No, there are few people over at Niuweiling. I put the trap where the rabbit might pass by. I will go over and take a look tomorrow morning."
Gao Mingcheng nodded approvingly.
Rabbits are usually active early in the morning. They are the Mao rabbits, so they will come out of their holes at the Mao hour and go outside to eat the fresh grass.
What is Mao time? Mao time is one of the twelve hours, corresponding to 5:00 to 7:00 in modern time. It is also known as the beginning of the day, dawn, rising sun, sunrise, etc. It refers to the time when the sun just appears and rises slowly.
So Gao Zhuang left the condom in the mountains, and when he went to check in the morning, there was a high chance that he would get something.
"Grandma, I'm going to sleep next to you tonight." Gao Mingcheng greeted Grandma first, then said to Gao Zhuang, "I want to sleep alone, please help me make a bed!"
"Okay." Gao Zhuang agreed happily without asking any further questions.
The grandmother said, "Let's have dinner here, too. I'll go cook."
"I'm not eating dinner here. I'm going to Uncle Shouwang's house for dinner." Gao Mingcheng said quickly, fearing that grandma would cook too much rice.
The weather is hot now. If I cook too much rice, it will probably go bad the next day.
The grandmother was stunned, but Gao Zhuang asked quickly, "Why did you go to Uncle Shouwang's house for dinner? Did he invite you?"
Although they were from the same village, it was obvious that Gao Mingcheng and Gao Shouwang had no previous relationship.
Oh, Gao Zhuang has forgotten that Gao Mingcheng saved Gao Shouwang. Mainly because this kind of thing has happened too many times, so no one remembers it specifically.
"Well, I also caught a hare and a pheasant in the trap I set. I didn't have any money, so I sold them to Uncle Shouwang. He said he wanted to drink in the evening, so he asked me to go eat with him."
"By the way, I got a piece of honeycomb in the mountains. Grandma, please bring a bowl and a knife. I want to divide it into three pieces." Gao Mingcheng took the honeycomb out of the bag.
Gao Zhuang's nose twitched, and a surprised smile appeared on his face, "I was wondering why there was a sweet smell, it turned out to be honey!"
Grandma brought a knife and a bowl. Gao Mingcheng had said before that the food should be divided into three pieces, so she brought three bowls.
The bowls at home are all made of white coarse porcelain, with a circle of blue patterns on the rim and the word "Zhi" written on the bottom of the bowl.
This is the name of Gao Zhuang's father. It's like this here now. There is a word written on the bottom of every bowl, and this word is mostly the name of the male owner of the house.
For example, the word "far" is written on the bottom of the bowls of the Cheng family in Gaoming.
The reason for doing this is that if there is a wedding or funeral in the village, the host's family does not have enough bowls and chopsticks, so they need to borrow some from the villagers. After the event is over, these bowls and chopsticks have to be returned.
Gao Mingcheng evenly divided the honeycomb into three parts and handed one to Grandma Xi, "Grandma Xi, this is for you and Gao Zhuang to eat. You guys can get the honey out later. Keep the honeycomb for now. It will be useful in the future."
"Oh, okay." Seeing that Gao Zhuang could no longer hold back, Xi Nainai stretched out his hand to dip a little honey to taste it. After tasting it, he tore off a small piece of honeycomb and put it in his mouth and smacked it.
This pure honey is very sweet, and was a rare sweet snack in the days of material scarcity.
"Brother Mingcheng, this multi-flower honey is so delicious! How did you get it? I see there don't seem to be any marks on your body from being pricked by the honey!" Gao Zhuang ate it with big mouthfuls, and his face showed an extremely happy expression.
"I ran fast and didn't get stabbed." Gao Mingcheng denied it flatly, not wanting people to worry about him.
In fact, he was stabbed. Although we couldn't see the condition on his back, he didn't feel any pain, so it shouldn't be a big deal.
"As for the other two honeycombs, one for Xuanyuemei and one for Uncle Shouwang. Leave them here for now. I'm going to look for Gao Fuqiang now."
If Gao Mingcheng and Gao Shouwang were to drink, they didn't know when the party would end, so he wanted to take advantage of the time before dinner to talk to Gao Fuqiang about things.
But just as he finished speaking, Xi Nainai and Gao Zhuang spoke at the same time.
My grandmother said, "Why don't you leave a portion for your parents?"
Gao Zhuang said: "Why do you want to see Gao Fuqiang? Fight? I'll go too, just to give you some support!"
Gao Mingcheng first glanced at Gao Zhuang and said, "It has nothing to do with you!"
Then he explained to his grandmother, "This beehive is not big. There are many people in my family, so it's hard to divide it. I'll give it to my parents next time I get it."
After saying that, he was about to go out to find Gao Fuqiang.
The sentence I just said was to fool my grandmother.
The main reason was that after he was reborn, he felt a little awkward with his family members. For a moment, he didn't know how to get along with them. Should he be open-hearted like before, or just distance himself from them?
Thinking of his relationship with his family, Gao Mingcheng frowned.
At this time, he heard a noise coming from his house. Out of curiosity, he looked over there and saw that Aunt Huang had come to his house to make trouble.
Well, to be precise, he was chosen to cause trouble!
As for why Aunt Huang came to make trouble with him, it was easy to understand. It was simply because her beloved son had lost his life.
Gao Mingcheng controlled his strength very well. If he kicked Gao Ren with that kick, Gao Ren's vitals would definitely be in danger.
Aunt Huang’s fighting ability is not low, but it is obvious that Gao Mingcheng’s mother Luo Xiaohua is not a pushover either. If Aunt Huang dares to come to her house and scold her, she will scold back and even pick up a broom to hit her.
"Although my Mingcheng often fights, he has never bullied the villagers. You said that he beat Gao Ren, so he beat him? Let's see who will believe you if you say that!"
"Besides, why would he beat Gao Ren for no reason? If he really did, Gao Ren must have done something bad! Do you dare to tell me what Gao Ren did?"
Luo Xiaohua put her hands on her hips, her face full of anger, and rushed to the front with great momentum. Behind her stood a family of eight, young and old. With their overwhelming numbers, they suppressed Aunt Huang and made her speechless for a while.
(End of this chapter)
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