Chapter 20 A Great Harvest
A lamp lit up the room and also lit up Gao Mingcheng's heart.
As the second child in the family, his mother doesn't love him, his father doesn't care about him, and his biological grandmother doesn't treat him as well as his youngest grandmother.
But the family affection he lacked at home was made up by his grandmother.
It can be seen that this world is fair. If you gain something, you may lose something.
After calming down his emotions, Gao Mingcheng took out the two pages of gold foil from under his pillow.
The kerosene lamp was as bright as it could be. Through the kerosene lamp, Gao Mingcheng could finally see clearly what was on the other page of gold foil paper.
To his surprise, there was nothing like any martial arts techniques on this page of gold foil, but instead there was a palace carved on it.
The palace, outlined with just a few strokes, gives people a feeling of grandeur.
There was a plaque hanging on the palace with three words written on it. The font was still in small seal script. Gao Mingcheng identified it and recognized that it was the three words "Miaodao Palace".
But other than that, there is no other information.
Gao Mingcheng read it over and over again, but finally put it down.
Since you can't see the mystery in it, just forget it.
He took out the page of gold foil that he had seen before. When he saw the first painting clearly, he felt like sitting cross-legged in meditation.
He quickly put down the gold foil, blew out the kerosene lamp, and finally sat cross-legged in the darkness and entered a state of meditation in an instant.
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The sound of birds singing came with the morning light. When Gao Mingcheng opened his eyes, he found that it was already bright.
He still sat cross-legged, not having slept all night, but still full of energy. He caught a glimpse of the two pages of gold foil and decided to hide them first. Summer clothes were thin, and it was not safe to carry this thing with him. Besides, he had to run to several places in a day, and if he accidentally lost it, he would be heartbroken.
I looked around the house but couldn't find a suitable place.
Finally, his eyes could only fall on the bed. He got up from the bed, lifted the straw mat, and placed the gold foil under the mat.
The gold foil was very thin and was not noticeable at all when placed under the straw mat.
After hiding the things, Gao Mingcheng felt like a stone had been lifted off his heart and he felt a lot more relaxed.
He opened the door and walked out.
The sun shines on the courtyard, and the aroma of rice porridge comes from the simple kitchen.
In the next room, there was still snoring sound, Gao Zhuang had not woken up yet.
Gao Mingcheng knocked on the window and called Gao Zhuang directly: "Get up, we still have to go to the mountains to check condoms later."
The snoring sound suddenly disappeared, and soon there came a vague voice from Gao Zhuang who had not yet fully woken up: "Oh, good. I'll get up right away."
After a rustling sound of dressing, Gao Zhuang pushed the door open and walked out. The door of the room faced east, so the morning light fell directly on his face, clearly illuminating the eye boogers in the corners of his eyes.
The corner of Gao Mingcheng's eye twitched, and he subconsciously reached out and touched his face, wondering if there was anything dirty.
After washing up, I felt better.
Grandma had already prepared three bowls of porridge and set them aside. Two of them were in large bowls, and only one was in a normal-sized bowl.
In addition to the rice porridge, there was also a plate of fried peppers and a plate of spicy dried radish.
The fried peppers should be what was left over from last night, and they were eaten with porridge the next day.
"The porridge is almost cold, eat it quickly."
Grandma smiled and asked the two to eat porridge. The two did not hesitate and finished the whole bowl of porridge in no time.
After eating, it's time to get down to business.
Before leaving, Gao Zhuang said to his grandmother with great vigor, "Grandma, I will definitely be able to catch more rabbits today, and then we can have rabbit meat tonight!"
"Okay, I'll make it for you." Grandma said with a smile.
After going out, the two of them went straight to Niuweiling. Gao Zhuang was full of excitement, with sparkling eyes. He first looked around, and then went straight to the place where the trap was set.
"Brother Mingcheng, rabbit, rabbit!" Gao Zhuang got a reward from the first condom, which made him so excited that he almost jumped down on the spot.
He rushed forward in two or three steps, bent down and picked up the rabbit from the grass.
The rabbit was still alive, but because of its struggle, the wire snare on its body was wrapped very tightly, causing it to be trapped and unable to escape.
Holding the rabbit, Gao Zhuang smiled like a child weighing over 100 pounds.
Gao Mingcheng was also somewhat happy and motioned for him to continue looking for other condoms.
Gao Zhuang was reluctant to put the rabbit down, so he carried the rabbit and walked towards where the first trap was placed. The second trap was placed in a patch of lush grass, but it was still there.
There was no gain, which cooled Gao Zhuang's excitement a little.
He did not give up and continued to walk towards the location of the third condom.
The third trap was at the bottom of another small hill. When they walked over, they found that the trap and the rabbit were gone.
Gao Zhuang was stunned, his eyes wide open.
Gao Mingcheng took a look and knew what was going on.
The trap was missing. Either the rabbit was trapped but managed to escape, or it was picked up by someone else.
Looking at the surrounding environment, he saw an obvious indentation in a patch of grass, so he followed the indentation and walked about a hundred meters before finally finding a dying hare in the grass.
Not far from the hare, there is a relatively hidden hole, which is probably the rabbit's nest. Seeing the rabbit's nest, Gao Mingcheng thought of using fireworks to smoke the rabbit's nest and then take the opportunity to catch the rabbit.
However, he quickly gave up this idea. It was the end of August, the weather was hot, and the wind was dry, making it easy for fires to start. It took extra care to light a fire in the mountains, otherwise, if things went wrong, a forest fire might occur, which would be a serious matter.
Besides, once there is a fire and smoke, people nearby will see it and will definitely come over to check what is going on.
At that time, the group of tomb robbers will definitely not dare to enter the mountain. If we miss this time point, it will be difficult to catch the tomb robbers. After all, it is impossible for them to do nothing and just guard Niuweiling every day.
"It can really run!" Gao Zhuang picked up the rabbit on the ground and couldn't help but sigh when he saw that the wire was almost entangled in the rabbit's flesh.
He untied the wire noose and tied the rabbit's feet with just the weeds.
"Brother Mingcheng, I'll send these two rabbits home first, and we'll eat rabbit meat tonight!" Gao Zhuang said with a smile on his face, his eyes full of anticipation.
For people of this era, eating meat is the most anticipated thing.
For ordinary families, eating meat once a month is considered the best. Most families can only eat meat during the Chinese New Year to satisfy their cravings.
After Gao Zhuang left, Gao Mingcheng did not leave. He found a suitable place and started practicing boxing.
He had studied martial arts systematically in his previous life and knew a set of boxing techniques, some simple sword techniques, and some nunchakus.
I learned how to use nunchakus simply because I watched Bruce Lee's movies and thought they looked cool.
(End of this chapter)
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