Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 234 Stealing Ginseng

As night fell, insects chirped, setting off the silence of the world.

In the silence, the sound of men playing cards sounded from time to time.

Gao Mingcheng needs to guard the car, so other people naturally need to guard the car. If there are too many people, they will gather together to talk and pass the time!

When Gao Mingli guarded the car here before, someone actually came to talk to Gao Mingli, but he couldn't understand the language, and Gao Mingli was not a good dancer. He was a little afraid to communicate with strangers when he went out for the first time.

Now that it's Gao Mingcheng, it's different.

Gao Mingcheng is not afraid of those, and he knows many dialects. It is very smooth to communicate with people.

"Hey! Brother Mingcheng, you won again!" A muscular middle-aged man said with emotion, and then gave Gao Mingcheng his betting money.

The rest of the people also handed over their gambling funds to Gao Mingcheng.

"Haha, it's just luck!" Gao Mingcheng said with a smile.

"Come again! I don't believe I can't win!" Under the urging of others, the game started again.

The wind is dark and the moon is high. In the empty parking lot, hundreds of trucks of various kinds are parked. One place in the convoy is brightly lit by candles. There is a simple wooden table on which four burly men are sitting. Gao Mingcheng's figure is the slimmest among them.

Naturally, there were no wires here, so a few people lit candles and played poker while taking advantage of the candlelight.

Gao Mingcheng's poker skills are actually pretty good, even though he hardly ever plays, but he had some skills in his previous life. When he first started playing, because he hadn't fully entered the game, he lost a few hands, but then he started to win.

It's just that he controlled it very well, he didn't win all the time, he just won two games and lost one game.

Naturally, men don't play cards for fakes, they all play for money, so it can be regarded as a kind of gambling, but at the moment, there are few people who come to investigate and gather people to gamble.

But their taxis are not big, and they only cost [-] cents, which is very small for these drivers who run business all the year round.

The reason why they fight so young is that they are afraid of revealing their wealth and causing trouble.

The few of them gathered here were all on duty to guard the car. After the goods on the car were sold, it would be a huge sum, and if something happened, it would be a disaster.

Time passed little by little, and after playing a dozen more cards, it was twelve o'clock in the evening.

People generally go to bed early at this moment, so some people start to feel listless, even making mistakes in playing cards several times.

Gao Mingcheng was in good spirits and took the opportunity to win the last hand.

While collecting the money, he said, "It's getting late, brothers, let's finish it! Get back in the car, and you can take a nap for a while."

"It's over, it's over!" Those listless people found that they were always losing, and they had no intention of continuing the fight.

So several people got up and dispersed one after another, and went back to their respective cars.

Gao Mingcheng didn't get into the car right away, but went around the car to check it.

He had specially bought a flashlight before, and now he turned on the flashlight and went around the car to check.

The body of the Huanghe heavy truck is relatively tall, the compartment is closed, and the top is covered with a tarpaulin.Although the weather is dry this year and it hasn't rained for a long time, if it rains, the whole load of medicinal materials will be destroyed, so when we set off, we cover it with a tarpaulin.

There is nothing wrong with the whole car now, which means it has not been touched by anyone.

So he got in the car, sat in the driver's seat, counted the gambling money he won, and there were several dollars.

He sat back and rested with his eyes closed.

He looked like he was asleep, but he was still awake, and he could react quickly to any movement.

It was quiet in the first half of the night, but after the second half of the night, Gao Mingcheng heard some discordant voices. He quickly opened his eyes and looked at the dark outside.

It is four o'clock in the morning, which is the time when most people sleep most soundly, and the noise from outside is not too loud. If Gao Mingcheng's eyes and ears are not good, they may not be able to wake up.

Without hesitation, he directly opened the car door, jumped out of the car, and walked all the way to the place where the noise came from.

He didn't use a flashlight, but in a dark environment, he was able to perfectly avoid all obstacles, and then hid behind a carriage.

Looking around, he saw a group of people climbed onto the top of a heavy truck in the form of a ladder, and then took out a dagger to cut open the tarpaulin covering the carriage.

Under the tarpaulin, there are naturally bags of medicinal materials.

"Monkey, is it ginseng?"

Someone asked softly, and the person who cut open the tarpaulin and the bag of medicinal materials replied softly, "It's ginseng, I found it right!"

"Monkey, drop it quickly!"

"it is good!"

After a brief exchange, the few people stopped talking and started working.

The person code-named monkey crawling on the carriage was like a monkey in stature, thin but nimble. Although he was thin in stature, he was not weak in strength. He picked up a bag of medicinal materials at once and threw it to the people below.

The person below is much stronger, with outstretched hands, he accurately caught the medicinal material, and then gently placed it on the ground.

If the medicinal materials were thrown directly on the ground, they would naturally make a louder sound, but because someone caught them, the sound was much weaker.

There are seven or eight of them in a group, some are responsible for throwing the medicinal materials, some are responsible for receiving the medicinal materials, and some are responsible for carrying the medicinal materials away.

They were very courageous, and within a short time, they had already carried away three or four bags. Gao Mingcheng followed behind those people and saw them parked a pickup truck at the edge of the parking lot, and the medicinal materials were placed on the pickup.

After the medicinal materials have been transferred, people can drive away as soon as they get in the car.

Seeing the actions of the group of people, Gao Mingcheng began to wonder whether he should meddle in this business.

Anyone who dares to steal things like this must be a local snake. Once provoked, I don't know if there will be any troubles in the future.

Gao Mingcheng will not stay here for long, as long as the medicinal materials are sold, they can leave immediately.

While hesitating, the person in charge of guarding the car woke up!

"Tie Dan, someone is stealing something! Take that guy!" A voice sounded like thunder in the silent night.

This man looks as tough as his voice.

He was like a tiger and bear, and when he jumped out of the car, the ground seemed to shake. He held an iron rod in his hand, and hit the gang of thieves.

When he saw this person, Gao Mingcheng recognized him. He also talked to this person when he was chatting and playing cards before, and called him to play cards together, but he refused.

Hearing the conversations of those thieves now, Gao Mingcheng still didn't understand, it turned out that they were carrying a cart full of ginseng, no wonder they were so cautious and didn't even play cards.

And they are not one caboose, but two people.

Soon, another man named Tiedan also jumped out of the car, holding a Type 86 pistol in his hand.

In this age where guns are not allowed, it is common to go out with guns.

The folk customs in the Northeast are tough and there are many guns. Some people who live in the mountains become hunters when they grow up. As long as they have money, they can get guns.

As soon as the owner of the car woke up, the situation changed.

The monkey group did not choose to resist, but prepared to run away.

But the two northeasterners were not willing to let them go. One swung an iron bar and beat one person down, while the other fired a gun directly.

The sudden sound of gunfire woke up all the watchmen.

Seeing this, Gao Mingcheng decided to sell his favor.

　Thank you friends for your rewards and monthly tickets, and everyone is safe and healthy during the Dragon Boat Festival.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)