Chapter 32 Confirmed to enter the mountain
Gao Mingcheng frowned. He looked at the sky. It was already about eleven o'clock. Logically, the group of people should have entered the mountain by now.
He was a little worried, so he said to Gao Zhuang: "Okay, you continue to guard the foot of the mountain, I will go into the mountain to take a look."
The entire Niuweiling is extremely vast, and it is not an easy task to find someone in the mountains. However, Gao Mingcheng knew the location of the ancient tomb in advance, and his eyesight was enhanced, so he could accurately find the target even in the mountains with lush vegetation.
He ran all the way into the mountain at an extremely fast speed, but he controlled the noise he made when entering the mountain. His feet stepped on the dead branches and leaves, making tiny noises, as if a small wild animal was passing by.
Soon, relying on his familiarity with the terrain, Gao Mingcheng had already seen the three climbers from afar.
After seeing their figures, Gao Mingcheng breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that some things were the same in the previous life and they are still the same in this life, but it is always a good idea to prepare for a rainy day.
After making sure that the three people had entered the mountain, Gao Mingcheng was no longer in a hurry. He did not get closer, but just watched them from a distance.
It is not an easy task to find out the exact location of an ancient tomb. Even for an expert in tomb robbery, it would take one or two days. In the previous life, this group of people had only determined the location and were ready to dig the tomb the next morning.
Gao Mingcheng planned to give the credit to Gao Guobing, so it would be best to let Gao Guobing bring people to catch them in the act!
Otherwise, some things are hard to explain!
It was almost noon when the father and his two sons started to take out water and dry food and sat in the deep shade of the woods to eat.
Gao Mingcheng watched from afar and felt hungry. He guessed that these three people would do the same as in his previous life and would not determine the location of the ancient tomb and start digging until tomorrow, so he went down the mountain.
Gao Zhuang was still waiting at the foot of the mountain. When he saw Gao Mingcheng coming down the mountain quickly, he immediately went to meet him and asked curiously, "Is there anyone in the mountain?"
Gao Mingcheng nodded, Gao Zhuang exclaimed, and then his face was full of regret.
He tried desperately to explain, "But... I really didn't see anyone entering the mountain! These people are so cunning!"
Then, as if he thought of something, he immediately felt guilty and dared not look at Gao Mingcheng again.
Gao Mingcheng did not blame Gao Zhuang, but comforted him: "That group of people will definitely be cautious when doing this kind of business. Niuweiling is so big, you can't keep an eye on it all. Okay, let's go home and have dinner!"
Gao Zhuang was stunned. "Just go home to eat? Don't care about those people?"
Gao Mingcheng smiled and said, "Oh, are you still going to take care of their lunch? Let's go, I have my own arrangements."
"Oh." Gao Zhuang responded obediently. He still felt guilty at the moment. Although he was in Niuweiling, his mind was on how to catch rabbits, so he didn't even know someone had entered the mountain.
Brother Ming Cheng finally asked him to do something, but he didn't do it well, which made him feel very upset.
I returned home dejectedly, and as soon as I got home, I smelled the tempting aroma of food.
Gao Zhuang's stomach immediately made a rumbling sound, and he could not help but ran to the kitchen, shouting, "Grandma, what delicious food are you cooking?"
"Ah! There's meat to eat! Brother Mingcheng, did you buy some meat?"
Gao Zhuang's loud shouting could be heard from the kitchen. Gao Mingcheng did not go over to join in the fun, but instead packed up the wild rabbit he had caught in the morning.
He didn't take the rabbit to the market to sell it because he wanted to keep it for himself.
Ever since he got the gold foil, his physical fitness has improved after meditating every night, but at the same time he also needs to eat more nutritious food to ensure that his blood is sufficient.
There are two ways to process rabbits: one is to peel the skin directly, and the other is to scald and pluck the hair. However, because rabbits are not as easy to pluck as chickens and ducks, the water temperature for scalding is also very particular, and some hair is not easy to pluck cleanly, so Gao Mingcheng was afraid of trouble and simply peeled the skin directly.
He used a knife to cut in circles on the rabbit's two hind legs 1-2 inches away from the feet, then cut from the opening along the inner thighs to the crotch, making the two cuts intersect, and carefully peeling the rabbit skin from the rabbit meat starting from the thighs. During this process, you cannot use too much force to avoid tearing it. When the skin and flesh are entangled, you can use a sharp knife to carefully cut them apart.
At this time, the rabbit skin is like a tube with an opening at one end. Peel it to the front legs. Like the hind legs, cut the skin in a circle 1 inch away from the front feet, so that the front legs can be pulled out of the skin tube.
After the entire leather tube is peeled off, you can cut the leather tube from the chest to form a whole piece of leather.
If the rabbit fur is of good quality, the rabbit skin does not have to be thrown away. Instead, it can be turned upside down on a wooden board and placed in a cool place to dry. It can then be sold to a workshop that nitrates the fur and earns some money.
In early autumn, the rabbits are well fed and their fur is very good. Gao Mingcheng cuts off the excess fat from the rabbit skins, spreads them on an old door panel, and puts them in the utility room to dry.
After the rabbit skin was processed, he cut off the furry rabbit feet and cleaned the rabbit head.
He was skilled in knife skills and his work was smooth and fast, like flowing water.
Just as he finished dealing with it, he heard his grandmother calling him to eat.
"Mingcheng, it's time to eat."
"Oh." Gao Mingcheng responded and walked into the kitchen carrying the skinned rabbit.
"Grandma, cook this rabbit tonight! Hey, why do you still have half of the pork left?" Gao Mingcheng couldn't help but frown when he saw that there was still about half a pound of pork on the plate.
The grandmother explained: "The pork you bought should also be sent to your home. Your father and your brothers have a hard time working on the railway. They should eat something good."
Gao Mingcheng didn't think about these things, but his grandmother had thought about it for him, and he accepted it. Okay, let's do it this way, anyway there will be rabbit meat to eat in the evening.
Today my grandmother cooked three dishes: stir-fried pork with peppers, stir-fried bitter melon, and steamed eggplant.
In addition to these three dishes, there are also fried dough sticks and buns that Gao Mingcheng bought at the market before.
Gao Mingcheng persuaded his grandmother and Gao Zhuang to eat the fried dough sticks, saying, "You guys go ahead and eat them. I've already eaten two before."
"Okay, that's fine. I haven't eaten fried dough sticks for a long time! I want to go to the market next time!" Gao Zhuang took a fried dough stick and ate it happily.
Grandma Xi ate some too, but before eating, she cut a fried dough stick into two halves, handed half of the fried dough stick to Gao Mingcheng, and said, "I'll just taste it. If I eat too much of this kind of thing, I'll get a sore throat."
"Don't worry about getting a sore throat, just eat more bitter melon." Gao Mingcheng replied with a smile. In fact, bitter melon is quite delicious. Although it is slightly bitter, eating some bitter melon in hot weather will make you feel refreshed all over.
After lunch, Gao Mingcheng did not plan to sit around and do nothing, but instead planned to go into the mountains to get wild honey.
Their village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there are plenty of beehives in the mountains. He plans to get some more and then take them to the county town to sell.
This time he took a knife and a bucket from his grandmother's house and went into the mountains.
(End of this chapter)
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