Chapter 234 Stealing Ginseng
As night falls, the chirping of insects begins, adding to the silence of the world.
In the silence, the sound of men playing cards could be heard from time to time.
Gao Mingcheng needs to guard the car, so naturally other people also need to guard the car. When there are more people, they will inevitably gather together to chat and pass the time!
When Gao Mingli was guarding the car here before, someone actually tried to talk to him, but they couldn't communicate due to language barriers. Gao Mingli was not a very good social person, and it was his first time going out, so he was a little afraid to communicate with strangers.
Now that Gao Mingcheng has taken over, things are different.
Gao Mingcheng is not afraid of those things, and he understands dialects from many places, so he can communicate with people very smoothly.
"Hey! Brother Mingcheng, you won again!" A sturdy middle-aged man said with emotion, and then gave the gambling money to Gao Mingcheng.
The others also handed their gambling money to Gao Mingcheng.
"Haha, it's just luck!" Gao Mingcheng said with a smile.
"Come on, come on! I don't believe I can't win back!" Under the urging of others, the game started again.
It was a dark and moonlit night. In the empty parking lot, there were hundreds of trucks of various types parked. In one place in the convoy, there was bright candlelight. There was a simple wooden table, where four burly men were sitting. Gao Mingcheng was the slimmest among them.
Of course there were no electric wires here, so a few people lit candles and played poker by candlelight.
Gao Mingcheng’s card skills are actually pretty good. Even though he hardly plays the game normally, he did have some skills in his previous life. When he first started playing, he lost a few rounds because he hadn’t fully gotten into the game, but then he started winning.
It’s just that he controlled himself very well. He didn’t win all the time. He just won two games and lost one.
Men naturally don't play cards for money, they all play for money, so it can be considered a form of gambling, but at this moment no one comes to investigate gambling.
But the taxis they take are not big, only 20 cents a taxi, which is very small for these drivers who do business all year round.
The reason why they play so small is because they are afraid of showing off their wealth and causing trouble.
Several of them gathered here, all of whom had the task of guarding the car. After the goods on the car were sold, it would be a huge sum of money, and if something happened, it would be a disaster.
Time passed little by little, and after playing more than a dozen hands of cards, it was already twelve o'clock in the evening.
People generally go to bed early at this time, so some people start to feel listless and even make several mistakes when playing cards.
Gao Mingcheng was in good spirits and took the opportunity to win the last round.
As he collected the money, he said, "It's getting late, guys, let's wrap up! Let's all go back to the car and take a nap."
"It's over, it's over!" Those listless people found that they were always losing and had no intention of continuing to fight.
So several people got up and dispersed, returning to their respective cars.
Gao Mingcheng didn't get into the car immediately, but walked around the car to check it.
He had bought a flashlight specially before, and now he used the flashlight to check around the car.
The body of the Huanghe brand heavy truck is relatively high, the compartment is closed and covered with a tarpaulin. Although it has been dry this year and it has not rained for a long time, if it rains, the whole truckload of medicinal materials will be spoiled, so the tarpaulin was covered when it set out.
Now there is nothing wrong with the entire car, which means it has not been touched by anyone.
So he got in the car, sat in the driver's seat, and counted the gambling money he had won. He actually had quite a few dollars.
He sat back and closed his eyes to rest.
He looked like he was asleep, but in fact he was still awake and could react quickly to any movement.
The first half of the night was quiet, but in the second half, Gao Mingcheng heard some discordant sounds. He quickly opened his eyes and looked at the darkness outside.
It was four o'clock in the morning, the time when most people were sleeping soundly. The noise coming from outside was not loud. If Gao Mingcheng had not had sharp ears and eyes, he might not have been awakened.
Without hesitation, he opened the car door and jumped out of the car gently. He headed towards the place where the noise came from.
He didn't use a flashlight, but he was able to perfectly avoid all obstacles in the dark environment and hid behind a carriage.
Looking over, he saw a group of people climbing onto the top of a heavy truck using a human ladder, then taking out daggers and cutting open the tarpaulin covering the vehicle.
Under the tarpaulin, of course, are bags of medicinal herbs.
"Monkey, is it ginseng?"
Someone asked quietly, and the person who cut open the tarpaulin and the bag of herbs replied quietly: "It's ginseng, no mistake!"
"Monkey, drop it down quickly!"
"good!"
After a brief exchange, they stopped talking and started working.
The man code-named Monkey who was climbing on the carriage had a body like a monkey, thin but agile. Although he was thin, he was very strong. He picked up a bag of medicinal materials in one go and threw it to the people below.
The man below was much stronger. He stretched out his hands, caught the herbs accurately, and then gently placed them on the ground.
If the medicinal materials were thrown directly on the ground, they would naturally make a louder noise, but because someone caught them, the sound was much weaker.
There were seven or eight people in their group. Some were responsible for throwing the herbs, some were responsible for receiving them, and some were responsible for carrying them away.
This group of people were very brave. After a short while, they had carried away three or four bags. Gao Mingcheng followed them and saw that they had parked a pickup truck at the edge of the parking lot, and the medicinal materials were on the pickup truck.
Once all the medicinal materials have been transferred, everyone can get in the car and drive away.
After noticing the group's behavior, Gao Mingcheng began to wonder whether he should get involved in this matter.
Anyone who dares to steal things like this must be a local bully. Once you provoke him, you don’t know if there will be any trouble later.
Gao Mingcheng will not stay here for long. As long as the medicinal materials are sold, they can leave immediately.
While he was hesitating, the person in charge of guarding the car woke up!
"Tiedan, someone is stealing something! Get the weapons!" A voice like thunder rang out in the silent night.
This man looks as tough as his voice.
He was as big as a tiger or bear. When he jumped out of the car, the ground seemed to shake. He held an iron rod in his hand and hit the group of thieves.
When Gao Mingcheng saw this man, he recognized him. He had talked to this man before when he was chatting and playing cards with others. He asked him to play cards with him, but he refused.
After hearing the conversation between the thieves, Gao Mingcheng understood that they had a cart full of ginseng. No wonder they were so cautious and didn't even play cards.
And they had not one person guarding the car, but two.
Soon, another man named Tiedan jumped out of the car with a Type 86 pistol in his hand.
In this age where guns are not banned, it is common to carry a gun when going out.
The people in the Northeast are tough and have many guns. Some people living in the mountains become hunters when they grow up, and they can get guns as long as they have money.
As soon as the owner of the car woke up, the situation changed.
The monkey group did not choose to fight back, but instead prepared to run away.
But the two Northeastern men were not willing to let them go. One of them swung an iron rod and hit one of them, while the other just fired a gun.
The sudden sound of gunfire woke up all the people guarding the car.
Seeing this, Gao Mingcheng decided to do a favor.
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(End of this chapter)
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