Chapter 19 Is the prodigal son successful?
When Li Long and Tao Daqiang led the carriage to the county seat, it was not yet time to get off work.
"Daqiang, let's go to the purchasing station to sell the antlers first, and then buy something to go home."
"Okay." Tao Daqiang naturally had no objection. He also wanted to know what the antlers could do. How much does it sell for.
The two people arrived at the buying station. Tao Daqiang was watching the carriage outside, and Li Long entered the buying station with the antlers.
Chen Hongjun has packed his things and is getting ready to get off work.
Seeing Li Long come in, I was a little unhappy. Who could be so short-sighted and come here after get off work?
But after seeing what Li Long was holding, Chen Hongjun immediately put a smile on his face.
"Comrade... Huh? Have you been here this morning?"
"Well, hello comrade, I would like to ask if you can collect these antlers here?"
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"Collect, collect, collect." Chen Hongjun thought to himself that there are still some tasks that have not been completed this winter. Will the goods come now?
"These antlers - collected in the mountains?" Chen Hongjun asked Li Long to put the antlers on the counter. He picked up the complete antlers and looked at them. "It's okay. This one is quite complete. This one is quite complete." I'm...a little short."
"How much does it cost per kilogram?" Li Long asked the price anxiously.
"These antlers should have been shed last autumn, and they are in good condition." Chen Hongjun said, "I'll give you three yuan per kilogram, which is a lot."
"Okay." This price But it was much higher than the price in Li Long's mind. He nodded and said: "This is the price."
Chen Hongjun took the scale and weighed it and said: "Six kilograms and seven, let me calculate it for you, three seven twenty-one, three sixty-eight, twenty yuan and ten cents. Come, take the money."
Li Long counted the money and put it away.
"Young man, if you have any good things in the future, bring them over and I'll give you a good price." Seeing that Li Long was leaving, Chen Hongjun hurriedly said, "I'll be there Monday, Wednesday and Friday."
< br>"Okay." Li Long agreed readily and walked out.
Walking to the carriage, Li Long took out a five-yuan note and handed it to Tao Daqiang:
"Daqiang, this is for you. When I go back, I will unload some wood for your house."
"Brother Long, I can't have it." Tao Daqiang immediately pushed the money back, "I I just came here to help, how can I ask for your money?"
"Here, you deserve it." Li Long didn't want to give Tao Daqiang half. That was not helping him. Harm him.
"Brother Long, I really don't want to take it..." Tao Daqiang refused firmly, "If you put this money in my hands, my dad will definitely take it away in the end."
"Then let me buy you something." Li Long thought about it, Then he changed his mind, "Your dad can't take away the things I bought. By the way, you don't have gloves. Look at the frostbite on your hands. Let's go, go to the department store and buy you a pair of gloves. When you get back, tell me that I bought them for you." , don’t let your dad give it to your brother again.”
The two people led the carriage to the department store. Seeing that they were about to get off work, Li Long couldn't choose any more. He took a pair of cotton gloves with a string and no finger separation, took out four yuan and came out.
"Put on these gloves and don't give them to others." Li Long gave the gloves to Tao Daqiang. "When you go home, take a kilogram of sesame cakes and unload some wood so that your dad doesn't I'll tell you."
"Okay." Tao Daqiang put on his gloves and felt warm.
When the two men led the carriage back to the production team, the sun had already set.
Before the carriage arrived at Li’s house, many people saw it and followed it to have a look.
"Oh, Li Long really pulled the wood back!"
"This cart of firewood is a lot!"
"It looks like it weighs several hundred kilograms, which can burn a whole load of firewood!" It’s been two months?”
“I didn’t expect this kid Li Long to be successful?”
“Look at the wood, it’s a pity to burn it”…< br>
Li Qiang was playing with Lao Niu on the road. When he saw Li Long and Tao Daqiang driving the carriage back, he rushed over to follow the carriage. Li Long took out a piece of sesame cake from his pocket and gave it to him, and then asked him to run back and give it to Li Jianguo. Report the news.
"Dad, Dad! My uncle is back! He pulled a cart of wood!" Li Qiang rushed into the house with a sesame pancake that he had taken two bites of. "A lot of people followed!"
Li Jianguo hurriedly walked out and saw that Li Long had driven the car to the entrance of the courtyard. He waited for Li Long to drive the car into the courtyard and asked:
"The journey was smooth?"
"It went very smoothly." Li Long said with a smile, "There are other gains."
"Other gains?" Li Jianguo looked at Li Long up and down, then looked at Tao Daqiang, and found no injuries to the two people. Relaxed, "What's the gain?"
"I brought back a frozen sheep." Li Long handed the horse's reins to Tao Daqiang and pointed to the carriage. Li said: "How many days can we eat meat?"
"Frozen sheep?" Li Jianguo also wanted to ask, and saw many people outside the courtyard. Some people had already come in to watch the fun, and asked all kinds of questions. Li Long asked where and how the wood was pulled, so he said hello:
“Don’t ask now, help us unload the wood!”
A lot of people came, and everyone was busy unloading the wood quickly. Li Long took the opportunity to hand the bag containing the things to Li Qiang and asked him to take it back to the house.
Li Qiang had seen Li Long take the sesame cake from this bag before, so he immediately carried the bag into the house and handed it to his mother.
The wood was unloaded at the corner of the yard where the firewood was piled. Li Long shouted:
“Leave three pieces of wood and take them to Daqiang’s house.”
“Give them back. Daqiang, Li Long is very loyal.”
"Huh? Is that a sheep?" Someone with sharp eyes saw the frozen sheep under the wood.
"Well, sheep, I picked up a frozen sheep in the mountains." Li Long said.
“Picked it up?” Sister-in-law Lu exclaimed, “Isn’t this good luck? But this sheep must not have been poisoned, right?”
“It’s hard to say.”< br>
Many people watching looked envious, and some maliciously speculated on the cause of the sheep's death.
The sheep were not big and it was difficult to share them with every family. Li Jianguo asked Li Long and Tao Daqiang to go into the house to rest while he put away the carriage first.
Li Long shook his head and said:
"Brother, I will send the wood to Daqiang's house first, and then return the carriage."
Li Jianguo knew that this was the right thing to do, and he also Without stopping him, he still had to deal with the frozen sheep.
Seeing that there was no more excitement to watch, the others dispersed one after another. Li Long entered the house, took out a kilogram of sesame cakes, put them in Tao Daqiang's hands, and then walked out together.
After unloading the wood to Tao Daqiang's house, Li Long went to the horse stable to return the horse alone, and then returned home.
"Xiaolong, did you really pick up this sheep?" Li Jianguo asked worriedly.
Li Juan and Li Qiang stared at the bag of sesame cakes without paying attention.
"No, I sold the skin of the water rat, bought tea and salt for five yuan, and went to the mountains to exchange it with the herdsmen." Li Long said in a low voice, "This sheep came from the herdsmen when there was heavy snow in the mountains two days ago. It's freezing there He's only been dead for three to five days, so he's fine!"
"That's good," Li Jianguo felt relieved, "I'll skin the sheep after it melts, and I'll get some of the meat for Da Qiang's family. ”
"Well, just bring a leg." Li Long nodded, "His house...one leg is enough."
(End of this chapter)