Chapter 74: Going to the Market to Sell Meat
The door creaked open and more light shone through it.
"Mom, is Dad asleep?" Gao Mingcheng called out, and then said, "I caught a wild boar in the mountains today and brought you some food. I'll take the rest of the pork to the Junling Old Market to sell for money tomorrow morning."
Gao Mingcheng gestured at the thing in his hand and then handed it to his mother.
Luo Xiaohua had a sullen face and looked unhappy at first, but when he saw the things Gao Mingcheng sent, his eyes immediately lit up. Even Gao Yuanjian, who was lying in the room, came out wearing a coat.
"Did you kill a wild boar? What did you use? You weren't hurt by the wild boar, were you?" Gao Yuanjian walked quickly towards Gao Mingcheng with a frown on his face.
A wild boar is not a rabbit or a pheasant. If you try to hunt them, you might end up killing someone!
A long time ago, someone from their village encountered a wild boar while collecting firewood in the mountains. He was hit by the wild boar and almost lost half his life.
Later, when they went to collect firewood, they did not dare to go too deep into the woods.
Gao Mingcheng heard the concern in his father's tone and felt relieved.
He spread out his hands, showing his body, and said proudly: "I'm fine. I was lucky and found a great bargain. There happened to be only one wild boar, and it was injured. I wanted to give it a try, and then when I was chasing it, the wild boar fell into a pit."
Luo Xiaohua glanced at Gao Mingcheng and thought, the second brother is so lucky.
Gao Yuanjian also breathed a sigh of relief, but still gave him a lecture: "It's good that you're okay. You often go to the mountains, so be careful!"
"Okay, Dad, there's not enough of this. If there's any leftover tomorrow, I'll send it to you." Gao Mingcheng said, explaining why he didn't send more meat.
Gao Yuanjian looked down at the things that the second brother had brought. Well, it wasn’t that little.
So he said, "What's left? Sell it all! Even if you kill a wild boar, you can sell the meat and have some money."
After the father and son started talking, the atmosphere between them was pretty good and no one mentioned the last quarrel.
At this time, the third brother Gao Mingwan also came out of the house. He had fallen asleep in a daze, but when he heard the noise outside, he couldn't help but get up again.
"Second brother, did you catch a wild boar? How big was the wild boar? Did you carry it back by yourself?" Gao Mingwan's voice trembled with excitement, and he looked at his second brother with shining eyes.
Gao Mingcheng smiled reservedly: "It's not heavy, only about 150 kilograms. After removing the fur and internal organs, there is not much good meat."
"Brother, come on, take me to see it!" Gao Ming was eager to see the wild boar, but was stopped by his father.
"What are you looking at? Didn't you see that your second brother is covered in blood? Go back to your room and sleep, why are you joining in the fun? Second brother, go to the reservoir and take a shower and sleep." When Gao Yuanjian is not biased, he is actually quite objective. Some of the details he notices are things that Luo Xiaohua would not notice.
Or rather, Luo Xiaohua noticed it but didn't care.
"Okay." Gao Mingcheng responded. He looked down at his clothes. They were dirty everywhere, with mud and a lot of pig blood. The clothes stuck to his body, making him feel a little uncomfortable.
He said goodbye to his family, and before leaving, he remembered something and said, "Dad, I'm going to take some herbs with my boss to another place the day after tomorrow, and I guess it'll take ten days or so for me to come back."
His father was not surprised to hear this. He naturally knew that Gao Mingcheng had been collecting medicinal herbs in the village some time ago. However, Gao Mingcheng refused to give in, and he was not willing to lower his dignity and ask.
Now he said, "Well, be careful and listen to your boss."
Gao Mingcheng was about to leave when Luo Xiaohua stopped him and asked curiously, "Second Brother, how much money does he pay you for doing things for him?"
"I don't know. It depends on how well the herbs sell." Gao Mingcheng evaded the question, put on the oil on his feet, and left quickly.
After returning to his grandmother's house, he took some clean clothes and walked towards the reservoir.
When Gao Mingcheng came back from taking a bath in the reservoir, the wild boar meat at home had been packed.
There was so much wild boar meat that they just placed it on the door panel. However, in order to prevent wild cats, mice and the like from stealing it, it was covered with two layers of gauze and pressed down with something around it.
The gauze is breathable, and the temperature is relatively low at night in October, so the meat will not go bad if it is left overnight.
Gao Mingcheng saw that his grandmother and the others had cleaned up well, so he didn't ask any more questions and went back to his room to lie down and rest. Tomorrow would be the market in Junling, so he had to get up early to sell meat.
The next morning, Gao Mingcheng got up at daybreak.
The yard was quiet, with only Gao Zhuang's snoring heard from time to time. Gao Mingcheng did not wake Gao Zhuang up, but planned to go alone.
Yesterday, my grandmother asked Gao Zhuang to go and help, because it is easy to carry a pig, but it is difficult for one person to carry the pork after it is placed on the door panel.
However, Gao Mingcheng also had a solution. He put the pork into a clean rice bag so that he could easily carry it on his shoulder. In his other hand, he held a basket containing a kitchen knife, a scale and a large bundle of palm leaves.
Palm leaves can replace bags. After customers buy pork, they can poke a hole in the pork, then thread the palm leaves through the pork, tie a knot and carry it in their hands. It is convenient and environmentally friendly.
Pushing open the gate, Gao Mingcheng went to Junling alone with his things.
He walked quickly, and when he arrived at Junling, there were not many people there.
As it was still dark, several families living in Junling pulled out electrical wires to illuminate the area.
Life in Junling is better than that in Gaojia Village.
The main reason is that the land is cheaper.
The market of several nearby villages is located in Junling. In addition, Junling is adjacent to the national highway and there is a small railway station. Anyone who lives here can make money as long as he is not lazy.
"Gao Mingcheng, you're here so early! What are you selling this time?" An acquaintance saw Gao Mingcheng and immediately greeted him.
Gao Mingcheng is also a regular customer of the market. He often comes here to sell some wild rabbits and pheasants, and also buys some food to take back.
As he sold more and more game, Gao Mingcheng's reputation as a hunter and game eater gradually spread.
"Wild boar meat for sale! I got it in the mountains yesterday afternoon. Uncle, do you want to try it?" Gao Mingcheng put the things down in a lighted place. When he opened the bag, the processed wild boar meat was revealed.
Domestic pigs are common, but wild boars are rare. When people heard that it was wild boar meat, they gathered around to watch the fun.
Gao Mingcheng was also generous and let them look at it. He even said to one of them, "Uncle, do you have an old door panel at home? Lend me one."
"I have a bigger piece of wood that you can use." The man said and went back to the house to get the wood.
(End of this chapter)
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