Chapter 36 Inquiring about the Situation
When Gao Mingcheng arrived at Gao Shouwang's house, Gao Shouwang had already eaten dinner and was resting on a lounge chair in the yard.
Their house also had electrical wiring and electric lights. A pear-shaped bulb hung in the living room, emitting a yellowish light that illuminated the small courtyard.
The radio was playing the popular music of the era.
When Gao Mingcheng came in, he greeted him with a smile, "Uncle, I'm listening to music!"
Without waiting for Gao Shouwang to ask, he showed what he had in his hand and said, "Uncle, I got a yellow muntjac in the mountains today. This is the meat from its front leg. I thought your family is doing well, so I came to ask if you want some."
When Gao Shouwang saw him coming, he had already stood up. When he heard the words "yellow muntjac meat", his eyes lit up.
Yellow muntjac meat is very nutritious!
This thing is more nutritious than pork!
Moreover, you can always buy pork as long as you have money, but you may not be able to buy yellow muntjac meat even if you have money.
There are no professional hunters here, and only occasionally someone can catch prey in the mountains to eat.
"Yes! How many pounds do you have? I want them all!" Gao Shouwang estimated that it was only about four or five pounds, so he took all of them generously.
If he can't finish it himself, he can send some to his brother and father.
Gao Mingcheng was stunned. He originally thought that Gao Shouwang would only want two kilograms at most, so he could just give it to him. But who knew that he would want all of it!
But now that I’m here and have opened my mouth, I can’t just suddenly say I don’t want to sell it, right?
So Gao Mingcheng had no choice but to sell the meat to Gao Shouwang.
Gao Shouwang had a scale at home, so he took it out and weighed it. The piece of meat was less than five pounds, just four pounds and six ounces.
"Mingcheng, how much do you sell your yellow muntjac meat? A few years ago, someone in the village got some yellow muntjac meat, but the villagers were reluctant to buy it to eat, so it was finally sold in the county town. I heard that it was three yuan and fifty cents per pound. The price may go up a bit now." Gao Shouwang looked at Gao Mingcheng, waiting for Gao Mingcheng to speak.
Gao Mingcheng actually didn't have a clear idea about the prices of these commodities. People in later generations pursued wild game, but at that time most wild game was not expensive. The reason why yellow muntjac meat was more expensive than pork was because people believed that yellow muntjac meat was very nutritious.
Gao Shouwang gave him a reference price, and he did not raise the price, but just charged it at 3.5 yuan per pound.
"Uncle, I'll also charge you 3.5 yuan per catty. There are 4 catties and 6 ounces in total, which is 16.1 yuan in total. I definitely don't want the 10 cents. Just give me 16 yuan, uncle."
Three dollars and fifty cents was the price of goods a few years ago, but at that time they were sold in the county town. Now, several years have passed, and the price increase has not been much.
"Okay, Feixia, go get sixteen dollars!" Gao Shouwang called his wife, and his wife Dong Feixia responded and quickly took out the money from the house.
He counted them in front of Gao Mingcheng before handing them to him.
Gao Mingcheng took it all and didn't count it again because there was no need.
"Uncle, I won't bother you anymore. I'm leaving now!" After finishing the work, Gao Mingcheng wanted to leave.
"Mingcheng, if you get this kind of good meat next time, please bring it to your uncle!" Gao Shouwang smiled and sent Gao Mingcheng out. This time, he did not invite Gao Mingcheng to his house to drink and eat meat.
"Okay." Gao Mingcheng responded while walking more than ten meters away.
As soon as he returned to his grandmother's house, he saw a familiar figure. When he saw this person, Gao Mingcheng had a strange feeling in his heart.
"Shufang, why are you here?"
In the spacious courtyard, Gao Shufang was sitting on a low stool, talking to Gao Zhuang.
After hearing Gao Mingcheng's voice, she immediately smiled and looked back: "Mom asked me to come and see you, second brother. Mom asked when you will go home?"
"That's it?" The weirdness in Gao Mingcheng's heart became more and more obvious.
Gao Shufang blinked, seeming a little confused.
Gao Mingcheng continued: "What did mom say when she called you over?"
Gao Shufang thought for a moment before saying, "Nothing. She just scolded you a few times, saying that you didn't do your job as a temporary worker and just ran around the mountains. Oh, Mom also asked me to ask you how much honey you got last time. She said that a distant relative of hers always wanted honey and would buy it at the market price. If you have any extra, ask her to help you sell it."
After Gao Mingcheng heard this, the strange feeling in his heart disappeared, because he roughly knew why his sister came.
His sister came to find out about his situation on behalf of his mother!
Yes, although he didn't live at home during those days, he sent a bowl of honey to home once, half a pound of meat to home another time, and then sent two pounds of yellow muntjac meat and offal that night.
If this happens a few more times, his parents will naturally become suspicious and think that he has got a lot of good things in the past two days.
This speculation made Gao Mingcheng a little annoyed.
In his previous life, after he started making money, his mother said explicitly or implicitly that life was not easy at home, that they lacked this and that, that life was hard, etc.
Every time he heard such words, he always donated generously.
However, he now knows the situation of his family. His family is actually wealthy, but with many children, the burden is indeed heavy.
But it was definitely not as bad as his mother said.
While he was talking to his sister, Gao Zhuang ran to the kitchen to add some firewood, opened the lid and checked how the meat was stewing.
The meat is not yet cooked through, but the aroma is already very strong.
There are three pounds of good meat in this big iron pot, as well as a yellow muntjac head and a yellow muntjac belly, plus half a pot of water, it feels really full.
"What a nice smell!" Gao Zhuang closed his eyes and took a deep breath, his face full of intoxication.
The fragrance drifted into the yard, and Gao Shufang couldn't help but take a deep breath, looking towards the kitchen with longing in her eyes.
The aroma of meat is so overbearing!
She did eat meat today, but there wasn't much meat to begin with, and there were quite a few people in the family, so she only got a few bites.
Now when I smell such a rich meaty aroma, I am immediately drooling.
She felt a little uneasy for a moment. If it was someone else's meat, she would leave early to avoid making a fool of herself.
But she didn't leave now, because she knew that the meat stewed in the pot belonged to her second brother, not to anyone else.
Gao Mingcheng saw her greed, but he didn't mean to be stingy. Since she was already here, he would let her eat a bowl of meat and drink a bowl of soup before leaving.
"Gao Zhuang, is the meat ready?" Gao Mingcheng asked.
Gao Zhuang immediately said, "The meat and the belly are almost ready, but the yellow muntjac head is still a little short of done."
We didn’t have a big bone-cutting knife at home, so the whole muntjac head was stewed in the pot. It had to be stewed until it was soft before we could tear off the meat and eat it.
Hearing that the meat was ready, Gao Mingcheng went into the kitchen and got out a bowl of broth. The broth in the iron pot was original, so he added some salt to the bowl for seasoning, and then handed it to Gao Shufang: "Eat it!"
Gao Shufang no longer remembered what her mother had told her at this moment. Her soul was attracted by the delicious smell of the meat. She carefully took the bowl, smelled the aroma of the meat from a close distance, her face full of enjoyment.
(End of this chapter)
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