Chapter 8 Smashing Ice and Fishing to Give Favors
Li Jianguo finally agreed to Li Long’s idea, but he had to go with Li Long.
"No need. Brother, I can pull a little more if I go alone. The horses in our production team are not fat enough to begin with. If there is one more person sitting on it, it will be enough to pull dozens of kilograms of wood. Well."
Li Jianguo was speechless.
"Then just wait, I'll borrow the horse later." Li Jianguo retreated and settled for the next best thing. He always regarded Li Long as a child and felt that he had to handle everything safely by himself.
Although this time I felt that what Li Long said made sense, he was always unhappy if he didn't do something.
“Captain White Fang may not lend you empty words.” Li Long was confident, “Brother, you don’t need to worry about this matter, I will take care of it.”
“You will take care of it? What should I do? "Li Jianguo felt a little incredible. His younger brother seemed to be a different person now. Is he going to take care of this "big thing"? How could he possibly do it?
"Xiaolong, do you think it is easy to borrow horses from the production team?" Li Jianguo asked Li Long, "There are only three carriages, three horses and two donkeys in our team.
You have to pull wood in winter We must use a horse-drawn carriage. That horse will be the main force in our team's plowing and pulling things next year - there is only one tractor, and you can't borrow it. Is it possible that you want to give the captain a croaking chicken? ?”
"I can't deliver the chicken, so I'll get some other things." Li Long stood up and said, "Brother, sister-in-law, you guys are busy with lunch first, and I'll go out. If you have something to do this afternoon, just press me That’s right, if I don’t get it, I’ll see if I can get the croak chicken tonight.”
Li Long went to the east room. Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei looked at each other.
"I think Xiaolong's trip to the factory was not in vain." Liang Yuemei was still a little sad about the fifty yuan she gave to others, but from yesterday to today, seeing Li Long's Changes made her feel that even if she lost her job, it would be worth it.
Liang Yuemei didn’t see anything wrong in raising her brother-in-law for her father-in-law. After all, Li Jianguo is the boss.
But if we only feed unfamiliar wolves, it will be in vain, and she is not happy.
In the past, Li Long felt unfamiliar when looking at him, but from last night to now, Liang Yuemei really felt the changes in Li Long.
I know how to care about others, I know how to love my nephews and nieces, and I know how to share my elder brother's worries.
Now that she has a sense of responsibility, Liang Yuemei thinks it’s okay to just raise more sons.
Li Jianguo shook his head and said:
"Let's see what he does first. If it doesn't work, I will just open this mouth. At worst, Xiaolong and I will go to trap the guagua chicken together at night."
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A superstitious pig was raised at home and the family could not eat meat. This was also a worry for Li Jianguo. When Li Long came back, he was still worried about burning charcoal.
But looking at it now, it seems that all the problems are no longer problems.
Li Jianguo also realized that as long as his younger brother is sensible, these problems can really be overcome.
Why didn’t I think about going to the mountains to pull wood before?
He didn't know it was a matter of vision. Even if the people in the village know that there is not enough charcoal in autumn, they will only think about digging tamarisk roots in the sand nest behind the village, instead of going to the mountains 20 kilometers away to pull wind-downed trees. Except for a few people who know the situation in the mountains, Others don't know what's going on in the mountains.
Therefore, they have a natural fear of unknown things and are unwilling to try them.
Those who are willing to give it a try will get rich early.
Wu Shufen returned home feeling a little distraught.
Her mother Wang Yuzhen saw her daughter's appearance and immediately asked:
"Shufen, then the Li family boy didn't agree to break up? He still plans to pester you?"
"No, he agreed to break up."
"Isn't that good?" When Wang Yuzhen heard that the breakup went smoothly, a smile appeared on her face, "Mother, I'll have someone search for you tomorrow. , we must find a worker to go to the city to eat the royal food! Then I saw that Li Long was not the type to live in the city, so he came back after all! "
Wang Yuzhen originally thought that her daughter would be happier if she broke up with Li Long, but seeing Wu Shufen's unhappy face, she asked with concern: "Shufen, it is a good thing to break up with him, why do you look at it? Not happy?”
Wu Shufen couldn’t help but said:
"When I went there, I saw that his family was plucking the feathers of croaking chickens. Mom, do you know how many croaking chickens Li Long caught yesterday? Five of them!"
She gestured with a slap:< br>
“Five in total! He didn’t even think of giving me one—even if We can still be friends after we break up. He will definitely give me one, no, two of those croaking chickens before they are released! In the end, he didn’t even keep me..."
Li Long Yao After hearing Wu Shufen's words, you will immediately realize that little fairies are not unique to future generations.
Some people naturally feel that everyone in the world must pamper them. If they buy a roujiamo, a strange boy will think that the other boy is looking down on him even if he doesn’t pay!
Wang Yuzhen didn't think so much. She comforted Wu Shufen:
"Shufen, let's not think about that croaking chicken. Li Long's brother had a superstitious pig in his family and had no meat to eat, so he went to get those croaking chickens. . Our family has killed a pig. Mom will fry the meat for you at noon!”
Although the meat will last for almost a year - the fat meat has long been boiled and buried in lard, but If your daughter wants to eat it, let’s do it.
"Mom, I want to eat meat, and I also want to eat guagua chicken..."
Wang Yuzhen turned to old man Wu who was napping on the kang and shouted:
"Dad, Shufen wants to eat croak chickens, why don't you go and catch them for her?"
"Go away! Where can I catch croak chickens? I won't go out on a snowy day and freeze to death." Go!”
Wu Shufen pouted, unhappy.
After Li Long entered the east room, he found a pickaxe and a crowbar, put them in a fertilizer bag and placed them by the door. Then he put on a cotton hat, a coat, felt socks on his feet, and stepped on the leather nest - -This thing is cut out of a whole piece of cowhide, punched with a hole punch on the edge, and then threaded with a cowhide rope. It's freezing in the winter, but felt socks are more resistant to freezing than cotton and rubber shoes.
He was going to cut ice and catch fish in Xiaohaizi, and wearing cotton rubber shoes was not an option.
There are several puddles near the village. These days, as long as there is running water, there are fish in it - mainly crucian carp, large plate crucian carp, domestic crucian carp, as well as carp, grass carp and silver carp.
Xiaohaizi has been around for a long time. According to Li Jianguo, Xiaohaizi existed when they came here from all over the country, and there were no shortage of fish in it.
A few years later, a major flood broke down the Xiaohaizi dam that was converted into a reservoir, and the fish inside were washed into the Wei Lake downstream. The young men in the village all brought homemade harpoons to catch fish. The largest fish Li Long had ever seen was nearly 1.5 meters long and weighed 20 to 30 kilograms.
Since then, there have been no big fish in Xiaohaizi.
He estimated that the ice in Xiaohaizi must be at least thirty to forty centimeters thick now. It would definitely be a laborious task to cut holes in the ice to catch fish.
But if you want to be holy in front of others, you must be prepared to suffer behind others. Nothing comes without a price.
After leaving the door, Li Long went to the shed to bring the net with him. It takes at least one or two hours to dig a hole in the ice. Usually the fish will not come immediately after digging, and it will take some time.
But the ice is now solid, and there are many fish in the small sea. Although some reeds can provide some oxygen to the underwater fish, there are not many. So he thought that maybe after the ice cave opened, he might be able to catch fish later.
The sound of Li Long opening the door alerted Li Qiang, or the little guy had been waiting for a long time. He ran out of the west room and saw Li Long "fully armed" and immediately shouted to follow him.
"You can't follow me today. The snow is deep where I go and I can't care about you." Li Long rejected Li Qiang and then walked to the south of the village carrying his things.
When there is such heavy snow in winter, people usually only clear the roads in the village, and then the roads leading to the countryside.
The road to Xiaohaizi is covered with thick snow, and it reaches your knees when you step on it.
He was alone and slowly disappeared into the snow.
(End of this chapter)