"Quick, hold the coffin together!"
Director Lu was also very frightened. All his achievements were in this coffin!
He ignored his frailty and old age, and as he spoke, he stepped forward to hold the coffin.
But there were so many people present, so there was no need for him. Seeing this, the others had already rushed forward and lifted the coffin together.
After everyone took action, the coffin finally did not fall to the ground, but was gently placed on the ground.
At this time, the person who fell apologized to everyone with a guilty face: "I'm sorry, I didn't step firmly."
This person happened to be a subordinate of the Cultural Relics Administration Bureau, so Director Wang scolded him on the spot: "What do you do for food? Don't you know that there are treasures in the coffin? If you drop the coffin to the ground, I will take your job." It fell too!"
Director Lu also gave the subordinate a fierce look.
The man knew he was in the wrong and did not dare to defend himself. He just lowered his head and accepted the scolding.
Only Gao Mingcheng noticed something was wrong with his feet. He must have twisted his ankle when he fell just now.
He stepped forward and said: "Bureau Lu, Suo Wang, please calm down. This mountain road is not easy to walk on. Besides, it's already this hour. You guys are still hungry, so you naturally don't have much strength."
"The way I see it, you are not familiar with this mountain road. Why don't we let the villagers from our village carry the coffin, and you can pay some hard work afterwards."
The king was interested, but he had no right to make the decision, so he looked at Director Lu.
Director Lu first thanked Gao Mingcheng for his timely action and prevented the coffin from falling to the ground, and then said: "It's appropriate to pay some hard work, then I'll trouble you guys."
Now Bureau Lu just wants the coffin to be safely transported back to the county. With this credit, his career may be able to move forward.
Bureau Lu agreed to pay for the hard work, so Gao Mingcheng said to the villagers in Gaojia Village: "Brothers, who wants to come and carry me?"
"Me! Me!" Several strong men stood up immediately.
They came here to join in the fun, and they helped to a certain extent. Now that they heard that they would be paid for their hard work, they naturally became more active.
So Gao Mingcheng ordered three people to come out. Including him, there were four people, two in front and two in the back.
When going down the mountain, the people in front were heavier, so Gao Mingcheng stood in front. Under his command, the coffin was lifted steadily again.
Along the way, everyone worked hard. If the road was difficult to walk, Gao Mingcheng would remind loudly that every fifteen minutes or so, find a flatter place to put the coffin down and take a rest.
In the middle of the journey, some people changed a few people due to the force, but Gao Mingcheng did not change from beginning to end. He carried the coffin all the way down the mountain.
After successfully descending the mountain, Director Lu and others could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The sun was shining brightly, and without the cover of the trees, the hot sun shone directly on the body, making the skin sting a little.
There are many grasses and trees in the mountains, and the edges of some wild grasses are extremely sharp. If someone accidentally touches them, a shallow wound will be left on the skin. It will naturally be uncomfortable when it is soaked in sweat.
Although we have gone down the mountain, the car is still parked at the entrance of the village and must continue to be carried.
After only resting for a few seconds, Gao Mingcheng said loudly: "Brothers, keep going! We're almost at the car."
"Okay." The others responded loudly and became excited.
After carrying it for a few more minutes, we finally reached the side of the truck, but how to get the coffin onto the truck was also a problem.
The group of people stood nearby and studied for a while. After a lot of effort, they finally got the coffin onto the truck smoothly and put the carved tomb bricks in place.
Director Lu's heart was finally completely at peace.
He shook hands with Gao Mingcheng excitedly, thanked him for his help, and asked Director Wang to pay everyone hard work.
Director Wang is a very good person. When he was in the county, he prepared a lot of cigarettes, and naturally also prepared a fund for backup.
As for how much money to give to each person, he had discussed it with Bureau Lu before. Now that he had received instructions from Bureau Lu, he immediately took out the funds and started paying per person.
The villagers present all received hard-earned money for their efforts, but each received a different amount of money. For example, Gao Zhuang received one yuan for helping to carry tomb bricks, and Gao Liang’s efforts were slightly different. A little more, they got two yuan, and the villagers who carried the coffin got five yuan. As for Gao Mingcheng, Director Lu personally gave him ten yuan.
Although he got the most, no one present was dissatisfied.
Everyone present clearly knew how much Gao Mingcheng had done along the way.
"It's getting late, let's go back to the county seat first!" Bureau Lu looked at Bureau Chen and said.
Director Chen naturally had no objection, said OK, and got into his car, and the others also got into the car one after another.
Gao Mingcheng said to Gao Guobing: "Uncle, I am in such a hurry today that I won't treat you to lunch."
Gao Guobing glared at him angrily and said: "When you go home, remember to put a hot towel on your shoulders to avoid getting sick! Also, if you are free in a few days, come to my house for a meal. Gao Yue heard You came to me and said I missed you."
Gao Mingcheng hadn't met Gao Yue for a long time, so he nodded immediately and said OK, then watched Gao Guobing get into the car, and then watched the three cars leave one after another.
It wasn't until the car was completely gone that the onlookers dispersed.
"Hey, the officials were generous with their money. Although I was a bit tired, I still got five yuan! Working on the railway only cost two and nine yuan a day! Those who carried stones and sleepers were also very tired! "
"Yes, it's a pity that this doesn't happen every day."
"I have to thank Ming Cheng. If he hadn't asked for hard-earned money, the official wouldn't have paid it."
"Yes, yes! Ming Cheng, I didn't expect you to be so strong and lift such a heavy coffin by yourself!"
Everyone gathered around Gao Mingcheng and praised his strength.
Gao Mingcheng said a few words of humility, and when they reached the fork in the road, everyone dispersed and went back to their homes.
"Gao Zhuang, Gao Liang, let's wash up first and then go home for dinner!" Gao Mingcheng was covered in sweat and felt very uncomfortable, so he walked to a ditch. The ditch was about half a meter wide and the water was clear. He stood directly on it. In the ditch, I bent down and held water to wash my face, took off my clothes, and washed my upper body. As for the pants on my lower body being wet, it didn't matter, since the weather was very hot anyway.
The same goes for Gao Zhuang and Gao Liang. After washing with cool water, the three of them finally felt a lot more comfortable.
Gao Liang said: "Brother Mingcheng, I'm going home first."
After saying that, he walked to another road.
"Let's go back soon, I'm starving to death!" Gao Zhuang said hurriedly, and he and Gao Mingcheng hurried back home.
When they arrived at home, Grandma Xi was sitting under the eaves twisting hemp rope. When she saw them finally coming back, she said with a distressed look on her face: "Are you hungry? Go and eat quickly!"
"Grandma, is there any more porridge?" Gao Zhuang asked. The weather was too hot and he was tired. Although he was hungry, he couldn't eat dry rice, so he wanted to drink a bowl of gruel first.
"Yes, let's cool down in the basin. Mingcheng, let's eat a bowl of porridge to relieve the heat. I put mung beans in it!"
I have to say that my grandma is very understanding. She has already finished the morning porridge. This mung bean porridge was specially cooked by her.
