Chapter 19 Bathing
At this time, Gao Mingcheng had already returned to his grandmother's house and took a piece of honeycomb out of the door.
He didn't know that an earthquake was about to happen in his home.
Of course, he had anticipated this earthquake a long time ago and had experienced it in his previous life, but it happened earlier this time.
Gao Mingcheng came to Gao Shouwang's house with a bowl of honeycomb. Before he even entered the door, he smelled a strong aroma of meat.
Gao Mingcheng swallowed his saliva reflexively, his appetite being aroused instinctively.
In his previous life, he had a good life and meat for every meal, so he didn't have any special feelings towards meat. But now, due to the scarcity of supplies, he was particularly greedy for meat.
He felt that he could eat a whole rabbit by himself!
Licking the corner of his mouth, he decided that next time he caught prey, he would have to eat his fill first!
Once you enter the door, the aroma of meat becomes stronger.
In addition to Gao Shouwang, there were his father and his brother in the room. Gao Shouwang was the youngest son. His mother was gone, and his father lived with his brother.
It was rare for the family to drink and eat meat, so he called his father and brother over as well.
A rabbit was made into spicy rabbit, and a pheasant was plucked and gutted and stewed with mushrooms. In addition to these two main dishes, there was also a plate of fried peppers, a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and a plate of fried eggplant.
"Mingcheng is here, come and sit down!" Gao Shouwang came out and greeted Gao Mingcheng and asked him to sit down.
Gao Mingcheng took out the beehive he brought and said it was a gift for him.
After getting a bowl of honeycomb, Gao Shouwang's smile became even more obvious.
"Feixia, please free up this bowl and make a bowl of honey water for everyone!" Gao Shouwang shouted loudly. His wife Dong Feixia also gave him face and started to work in a gentle and virtuous manner.
Speaking of Dong Feixia, she is also very famous in the village because she is the only tailor in the village.
If the villagers wanted to make clothes, they would go to the town to buy cloth and then ask Dong Feixia to make them.
Most of the clothes in Gao Mingcheng's family were made by Dong Feixia.
But it was not until today that he realized that Dong Feixia was not only good at making clothes, but also a good cook.
Of course, this has something to do with the fact that she is willing to add seasoning.
That night, Gao Mingcheng got a little tipsy, ate a lot of meat, and had a great time chatting with others.
Gao Shouwang and his father are of the same age. Gao Shouwang's brother and father, who were present, were much older than Gao Mingcheng. However, he had a wide circle of friends and was reborn, so the four of them had a very pleasant chat while eating and drinking.
After leaving Gao Shouwang's house, the village had returned to silence and most people were preparing to go to bed.
There is not much entertainment at the moment, and everyone has to work during the day, so they go to bed early at night.
Gao Mingcheng walked in the dark on the path in the village. The moon was shy tonight and had hidden away. However, it was not completely dark, and the outlines of some houses and buildings could still be vaguely seen.
When he returned to his grandmother's home, the door was ajar, as if the door was left open for him.
After entering the yard, I saw that the room where Xi Nainai lived was pitch black. She must have gone to bed. Only the light was on in Gao Zhuang's room.
He walked lightly and entered Gao Zhuang's room first. Gao Zhuang had not gone to bed yet and was still listening to the radio, but the volume was not turned up loudly.
"Brother Mingcheng, the room is ready for you. It's right next to mine! Don't you think it would be nice for you to sleep with me? We can even listen to the radio together." Gao Zhuang looked a little excited when he saw Gao Mingcheng coming back.
He has no brothers, and his parents died early, so he only has his grandmother to depend on. To him, Gao Mingcheng is like his own brother.
When he was a child, he was thin and weak, and was often bullied by children from the same village. It was Gao Mingcheng who came to his aid and protected him many times. From then on, he has been following Gao Mingcheng.
Ever since he started hanging out with Gao Mingcheng, other kids no longer dared to bully him.
Otherwise, if you beat him today, Gao Mingcheng will help him fight back tomorrow.
Therefore, the grandmother was very kind to Gao Mingcheng and treated him almost as half a grandson.
Gao Mingcheng said that he would be staying at his grandmother's house recently, so his grandmother happily made the bed for him.
Gao Mingcheng glanced at Gao Zhuang and said unceremoniously: "I hate your snoring!"
Don’t be fooled by Gao Zhuangsheng’s thin appearance, he snores quite loudly and even grinds his teeth!
"Have you showered yet? I'm going to take a shower first. I'm all sweaty."
Gao Zhuang said, "I've already showered. I'll listen to some more stories before going to sleep."
Since Gao Zhuang had taken a shower, Gao Mingcheng ignored him and took some clean clothes from the next room. He then carefully hid the two pages of gold foil in his trouser pocket under his pillow.
At this moment, their village does not have running water. The water used in the fields comes from the reservoir, and the domestic water comes from the well.
There are three public wells in the village, as well as several wells dug by other people themselves. However, Gao Mingcheng's family does not have a well, and neither does Gao Zhuang's family, so they all have to fetch water from the public wells.
Because of this, most of the men, women, young and old in their village are accustomed to taking a bath in the reservoir. On the west side of the reservoir, there is a bay called Women's Bay. Due to the terrain, it is surrounded by dense bushes on three sides, so the women in the village are accustomed to taking a bath there.
The men would go to another reservoir to bathe.
Gao Mingcheng ran to the edge of the reservoir, quickly took off his clothes, and then jumped into the water with a "splash" sound and splashing water everywhere.
He first took a dip in the water and then washed his body.
The cold water washed away the remaining alcohol in his body.
He floated on his back in the water, gazing at the sky.
The background is dark blue, dotted with stars and occasional floating clouds, making the sky unpredictable.
The sky in 1986 was so beautiful!
Gao Mingcheng sighed, walked out of the water to the shore, wet the dirty clothes he had taken off earlier, rubbed them a few times as if they were washed, then wrung them dry and threw them onto the bushes on the shore.
Then he put on clean clothes, carried the washed dirty clothes, and walked towards his grandmother's house.
After entering the yard, he hung the wet clothes on the bamboo clothesline and closed the door from the inside.
"I'm going to sleep first." Gao Mingcheng said in a low voice when passing by Gao Zhuang's house.
"Oh, I'll go to sleep later." Gao Zhuang's voice came from the house, along with the voice from the radio.
Gao Mingcheng didn't listen carefully. He was not interested in the story on the radio at the moment. He just wanted to study the gold foil quietly by himself.
Back in his room, Gao Mingcheng lit the kerosene lamp with a match.
This kerosene lamp was also placed here by Grandma Xi. When Gao Mingcheng saw this kerosene lamp, he realized belatedly why Grandma Xi's room was pitch black.
This was because she gave him her own kerosene lamp.
A warm current surged from the bottom of my heart, and every part of my body felt extremely warm.
(End of this chapter)
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