While Gao Mingcheng was collecting firewood and hunting rabbits in the mountains, Gao Yue and Lin Ye also took a basket each and went into the mountains to pick pears and bayberries.
Since the fruit tree is not big, there are not many pears hanging on the tree now. After picking this batch, all the pears will be picked. If you want to eat these juicy Huanghuali pears again, you will have to wait until next year.
Because bayberries mature slowly, some not fully ripe bayberries are still hanging on the trees. After picking this batch, you can pick another batch in a few days.
Since Gao Mingcheng taught him how to drive, Lin Ye was very active and enthusiastic in helping out this time. Under the scorching sun, he picked the fruits quickly. Since he was taller than Gao Yue, he could easily pick the fruits on the treetops.
"Gao Yue, Ming Cheng is really capable. He has businesses in the city and the village! The fruit trees in this orchard are still small now, but in two years, the annual income from the orchard will be considerable." Lin Ye was envious.
They were of the same age, and although he was almost certain that he would have a promising future, he was still far behind Gao Mingcheng.
Gao Yue was also quite emotional. When he was in the village, there were so many children in the village, but he and his brothers and Gao Mingcheng played the best together. Whenever they fought with other small gangs in the village, they usually won.
Ten years ago, Gaojia Village was filled with their playful figures climbing up the mountains and swimming in the water.
Ten years later, his brother Gao Hong was serving in the army, he was studying in the police academy, but Gao Mingcheng already had a beautiful wife, a young son and a huge industry.
Of course he is envious, but he is also very happy that his good brother has a good life.
Gao Yue said proudly: "This is nothing? Ming Cheng even bought a building in the capital!"
"What? Really? The capital..." Lin Yemu was amazed, his face full of longing. It turns out that going into business is really so profitable?
Lin Ye was a little yearning, but he told himself that after graduation, he would be able to enter a good company, and as long as he worked for a few years in the company, the company would allocate him a house!
Compared to self-employed individuals who need to spend money to buy a house, he doesn’t have this worry!
At this time, Lin Ye's knowledge of real estate was obviously insufficient.
In his opinion, as long as he goes to work and the company allocates him a house to live in, he won’t think much about what the house looks like or whether it really belongs to him.
Like Lin Ye, Gao Yue had never thought about going into business. Both his and Lin Ye's parents were employed by employers, and they themselves were college students. After graduation, they would be assigned jobs, and after they got jobs, their employers would assign them housing.
So, in their world, in college, you learn a skill well, and after you get a job, you work hard, and you don’t need to think about anything else.
The two of them talked as they worked, and soon they had picked all the pears in the orchard.
They walked down the mountain together and came to the shed at the foot of the mountain. They put down the pears, rested for a while, then picked up the bamboo basket and went to the bayberry forest.
After picking the bayberries, I went to the chicken coop to pick up eggs.
The last time Lin Ye came, after picking fruits, he just felt very hot and was not interested in picking eggs. But this time, when he picked eggs, he felt a sense of accomplishment.
Because of the double harvest, Chen Dasong was not as diligent and responsible as before in taking care of the chicken coop. Therefore, when they entered the chicken coop, they saw a lot of eggs in each nest, some with seven or eight, and some with four or five!
When picking eggs, you will have a sense of achievement, and this sense of achievement will make people feel very happy.
After they carried the pears, bayberries and eggs back home, they saw that Gao Mingcheng had already prepared firewood and brought back several wild rabbits!
Seeing the hare, Lin Ye's eyes widened instantly, shining with curiosity. He asked, "Ming Cheng, how did you get this hare? Did you shoot it with a hunting rifle? I didn't even hear the gunshot!"
Without waiting for Gao Mingcheng to answer, Gao Yue laughed first. He pointed at the wound on the hare's head and said, "You can tell from the wound that it was stabbed by a knife! Lin Ye, you don't know that Mingcheng is very skilled and his knife skills are very accurate!"
"Ming Cheng, show it to Lin Ye!" Gao Yue urged. In fact, he also wanted to take another look.
Gao Mingcheng smiled and said nothing more. The knife was right next to him. He picked up the knife without even looking at it and threw it casually. The blade instantly sank into a nearby water tung tree, leaving only the handle outside.
After the loud bang, the world seemed to be silent for a few seconds.
"Oh my god! This is such an accurate throw! The ancients' archery skills were able to hit the target from a hundred steps away. Mingcheng, can you do it too?" Lin Ye's eyes lit up with excitement and he couldn't wait to increase the difficulty for Gao Mingcheng.
Gao Mingcheng didn't refuse after hearing this. He said, "Let me try!"
A step for modern people is one leg step, which is usually about 75 centimeters. So a hundred steps is 75 meters. This distance seems average, but the definition of the quantifier "step" is different in each dynasty and generation.
There is an idiom that goes: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." So what is a small step? Lifting your leg and taking a step forward is called a small step, and taking a step with each foot is called a step.
In other words, the actual distance at which the ancients could shoot an arrow through a target from a hundred paces away was about 150 meters.
Being able to hit a willow leaf from a distance of 150 meters means he is truly an archer.
Gao Mingcheng estimated the distance, then pointed to a camphor tree a hundred meters away and said, "That's the tree. Look carefully!"
As he spoke, his muscles tensed, and he held the knife in his right hand. After staring for a moment, as if trying to gather his strength, a few seconds later, his hand suddenly moved, and the knife flew out of his hand and flew towards a hundred meters away.
Because of the fast speed, a sharp sound of breaking through the air was heard briefly.
The knife flew out and stabbed the target in an instant. A camphor leaf was pierced by the blade. Then, the camphor leaf was pulled off the branch by the huge force, and fell under the tree with the knife.
Gao Yue and Lin Ye both had good eyesight and saw this scene from afar. Before their brains could react, their bodies had already quickly run towards the camphor tree a hundred meters away.
Gao Mingcheng didn't move. A smile appeared in his eyes. He gently twisted his neck and shoulders, as if relaxing his muscles.
He hadn't practiced for a long time, but fortunately he had practiced diligently before, and he had always maintained the habit of getting up early to practice boxing. His physical fitness was there, and his muscles had formed memory. When he wanted to do something, he could do it effortlessly.
Soon, Gao Yue and Lin Ye ran to the camphor tree and picked up the knife.
When they ran back, the knife was still stuck in the camphor leaf.
The emerald green camphor leaves may seem ordinary, but Gao Yue and Lin Ye look at them with great passion.
Lin Ye said first: "Ming Cheng, give me this leaf. I plan to make it into a bookmark!"
This leaf has a story to tell!
After making it into a bookmark, if someone sees this leaf in the future, Lin Ye can tell them the story.
As for whether others believe it or not, it doesn’t matter. What matters is that Lin Ye believes it.
It is said that what you hear is not as good as what you see. This time he saw it with his own eyes, how could he not believe it?
Gao Mingcheng was stunned, but agreed to the request: "Okay."
After getting the promise, Lin Ye carefully took out the leaves and held them in his hand as if they were treasures.
Gao Yue rolled his eyes speechlessly. In fact, he was also shocked inside, but he didn't have the courage to do so.
Gao Yue looked at the rabbit on the ground, clicked his tongue and said, "With your skills, it's no wonder you don't need a gun to hunt!"
After expressing his feelings, he asked Gao Mingcheng whether the rabbit was dealt with here or taken to the county for processing.
Gao Mingcheng said, "I hunt wild rabbits, mainly to feed my dog at home, so I'll process them here. The fur is not good now, so I plan to boil water to scald the fur. Are you going to help me pick vegetables and watermelons, or help me boil water?"
Gao Yue and Lin Ye looked at each other. They had just returned from Xiaofushan and were a little tired to be honest. Although the watermelon was delicious, each one weighed more than ten pounds!
Picking watermelons is fun, but moving them is a chore.
So Gao Yue and Lin Ye agreed to stay at home and boil the fire and water.
Gao Mingcheng felt at ease ordering them around. Since the work had been assigned, Gao Mingcheng went to the fields with a large bamboo basket and a snakeskin bag.
Bamboo baskets are used to hold vegetables, and snakeskin bags are used to hold watermelons.
Watermelons are big, and you can’t fit many in a bamboo basket. But you can use a snakeskin bag to pack several at a time, then carry it on your shoulders and carry it home easily.
These are all life experiences. Gao Mingcheng has nothing else but a very high value of life experience!
Gao Yue and Lin Ye were not idle at home either. They needed to carry firewood to the kitchen to make a fire, and to fetch water from the well to boil water. These were actually physical work.
But when everyone worked together, it didn't seem so tiring. Especially after witnessing Gao Mingcheng's miraculous skills with his own eyes, Lin Ye admired Gao Mingcheng even more.
After they boiled a pot of hot water, Gao Mingcheng also picked the vegetables and watermelons.
Compared with the previous few days, there were many ripe watermelons in the field this time, so one bag was not enough, so Gao Mingcheng went to the field with the snakeskin bag.
I picked more than a dozen watermelons and twenty or thirty cantaloupes in a row.
When the watermelon is ripe, it must be picked in time, otherwise it will be too old and inedible.
When we picked the watermelons, it was already past four in the afternoon. The sun was shining on the watermelons, making them slightly hot. However, in order to prevent the watermelons from being damaged by the sun, they were covered with some straw.
The straw can provide some insulation.
Carrying a bag of watermelons back to his yard, Gao Mingcheng took out a big watermelon and put it in a basin, then quickly fetched two buckets of cold well water to soak it.
After working for most of the day, I was already thirsty, so I decided to eat a melon to quench my thirst.
The watermelons would take a while to come, but Gao Mingcheng had already washed a few cantaloupes, then picked one up and took a bite.
The skin of cantaloupe is thin and does not need to be peeled. Although the flesh is sweet, the seeds inside are very juicy, and people who eat it easily will get a face full of juice.
When Gao Mingcheng took a bite, he felt the juice bursting out.
After eating a cantaloupe in a few bites, Gao Mingcheng invited Gao Yue and Lin Ye to join in the fun.
While Gao Yue and Lin Ye were picking pears and bayberries, they also ate some fruits. But when they heard Gao Mingcheng's call, they each picked up a cantaloupe to eat. While Gao Yue was eating the cantaloupe, he saw out of the corner of his eye that there was a rotten watermelon on the ground. There was a small hole near the soil on the watermelon!
Looking at the marks on the hole, you can tell that it was bitten by a small animal with caries, but it was only bitten a little bit. So although the watermelon is rotten, it is not completely rotten. And judging from the marks, it is still very fresh.
"Mingcheng, something has eaten a hole in this watermelon!" Gao Yue thought Gao Mingcheng hadn't noticed it, so he pointed at the small hole.
When small animals with caries gnaw on fruits and vegetables in the field, they often bite them close to the soil. Therefore, people cannot see it at first glance from the surface. Only when you pick the watermelon will you find that the watermelon has been bitten.
Some were bitten so badly that only the watermelon rind was left.
Gao Mingcheng took a look and said, "I know there is another watermelon in the field that was bitten even worse and has already rotted. I picked it and threw it far away. This watermelon is not as bad as this one. I plan to feed it to the chickens later."
When they eat watermelons, a lot of rinds will be left over. Then these rinds and the rotten watermelons will be fed to the chickens together, with the main goal of being environmentally friendly and avoiding waste.
After eating the cantaloupe to quench their thirst, the three prepared to deal with the rabbit.
The black tiger and the elf seemed to have known that this was their food. They stayed by the side without moving, and there seemed to be a gleam of desire in the dogs' eyes.
While Gao Yue and Lin Ye were using hot water to scald and pluck the fur, Gao Mingcheng brought some straw and firewood and prepared to make a fire to pluck the fur.
Rabbit hair is very fine, and it is impossible to pluck it all out cleanly when plucking it, so you need to use fire to plucking the hair. During the plucking process, the rabbit skin will become tight and emit a faint meaty aroma.
When it comes to the stage of plucking the fur, the black tigers seem a little impatient.
Not all rabbits were plucking their fur to feed the black tigers. When they were almost all cleaned up, Gao Mingcheng gutted them and chopped them up.
As soon as the internal organs were thrown out, they were immediately grabbed by the black tiger and quickly swallowed the food into its stomach. The elf was not to be outdone and grabbed another piece of rabbit liver.
After the offal was fed, the rabbit meat was chopped up and piled on the ground for the five dogs to eat.
In addition to rabbits, Gao Mingcheng also plucked the sparrows that he had killed when he was practicing and fed them to the dogs to eat.
Gao Mingcheng got a total of nine wild rabbits, some big and some small. He fed all the small ones to his dog and kept the four large ones for himself.
He gave one each to Gao Yue and Lin Ye, and kept two for himself. There were many people eating in his family, and without two rabbits, it would not be enough.
Lin Ye got a wild rabbit and felt happy but also a little embarrassed.
Gao Mingcheng said: "Take it, you have helped me do a lot of work today."
Gao Yue felt much more at ease. When he helped Gao Mingcheng with work, he really helped. When he took things, he really took them.
But he had a request. Gao Yue said, "Ming Cheng, next time you go to the mountains to catch rabbits, take me with you!"
Lin Ye's eyes lit up, and he said quickly: "Take me with you!"
Gao Mingcheng thought for a moment and said, "I can take you with me, but you have to help me with the work. Next time we go back to the village, we will probably have to shake honey. You two haven't shaken honey yet, right? Well, I'll give you some life experience!"
Thinking about the last time he shook honey, Gao Mingcheng felt that it was time to find some help because his hands were tired from shaking with his physical condition.
They can eat whatever fruits and game they want from the mountains, but they have to work! (End of this chapter)
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