Chapter 24 In this era of free tickets
With money, Li Long didn't care about this woman's feelings. He had other things to do.
Hurrying to the department store, Li Long asked Tao Daqiang if he wanted to buy anything.
“No.” Tao Daqiang shook his head and said, “I don’t lack anything.”
“Would you like to buy you a pair of shoes?” Li Long pointed to Tao Daqiang’s feet. "Your shoes can't last two more times. Can I buy you a pair of cotton and rubber shoes this time?"
"No, no, no, no need." Tao Daqiang shook his head and waved his hands:
"No need to buy it. Brother Long, I haven't done anything since I went there. Just give me some wood when you get there. This wood is quite good. Okay, I’m thinking that I can buy some furniture for my house by next spring.”
This is indeed a serious matter.
The wood Li Long and Tao Daqiang pulled were basically pine wood. Except for a few arms-thick branches, most of them were wooden stakes as thick as an arm's length.
These woods, which are easy to pick up in the mountains, are good for making furniture outside the mountains.
There are very few sales of finished furniture these days. The furniture used in every household is made by carpenters and most of the wood is prepared by oneself.
Li Long remembered that in his previous life, his brother Li Jianguo had prepared some pine boards for Li Qiang to make furniture for when he got married. Pine wood is considered the best wood here.
However, after the 1990s, furniture factories emerged. Gradually, even in rural areas, ready-made furniture was purchased directly. When Li Long passed away from a cerebral hemorrhage, those wooden boards were still placed in the spare house of his sister-in-law's family. inside.
But these days, anyone who can buy a set of pine furniture will definitely be looked at with a different eye.
I didn’t expect Tao Daqiang to have such thoughts, not bad!
It seems that Tao Daqiang is not stupid at all.
Li Long felt that this was nothing. If he made two more trips, he would be able to replace the furniture in his eldest brother's house. After all, the only thing in my eldest brother's house now is the chest of drawers and a tall and low cabinet. They were all furniture made more than ten years ago, and a lot of the paint on them has fallen off.
The cost of buying furniture is not high now. If I take two more trips to the mountains, not only will I have money for furniture, but I might also be able to buy a sewing machine and a bicycle.
After entering the department store, Li Long first bought a kilogram of fruit candies from the food cabinet. This was for Li Juan and Li Qiang. Then there are two packets of sugar cubes, and two bottles of canned food.
These add up to less than ten yuan. He asked about bicycles and sewing machines. A 28-weighted permanent bicycle costs 167 yuan, and a sewing machine costs 85 yuan, both of which require tickets.
Li Long has no votes. He remembered that the Commerce Bureau seemed to issue invoices to the commune every year. Each production team could get one or two tickets. If they wanted to get tickets, they could only go to Xu Chengjun.
Originally, Li Long wanted to buy some fine grains such as flour and rice, but he didn't have food stamps in his hand.
Going out and asking Tao Daqiang to wait, he ran to the black market in his memory. It was located on the outskirts of the city. It not only sold flour and rice, but also some meat, both domestic meat and wild animal meat.
When I went there, there was nothing but chicken feathers everywhere.
But looking at the footprints in the snow, the marks of blood drops and the traces left by some things pressed into the snow, Li Long was convinced. There must be people in this place, but it may be the morning market, it is very early, and the market has already dispersed by now.
He returned to the department store and saw that Tao Daqiang was a little nervous there. He smiled and said:
“Let’s go back.”
On the way back, Li Long said to Tao Daqiang:
"Pull it back this time I'll give you half of the two sheep..."
"No, no, no!" Tao Daqiang waved his hands hurriedly, "Brother Long, I'm really not being polite to you. I want to take this lamb back. I won't have it next time. I've got a solution for you.
My dad...my dad wanted my brother to follow you, but I wouldn't let him. I said you only let me follow. My dad also said that he should mark the way behind me and let me go up the mountain with my brother..."
Li Long glanced at Tao Daqiang in surprise.
Is it Tao Jianshe who surprised him? The idea came from Tao Daqiang by accident. But he was very relieved that he felt that he was right.
Tao Daqiang is a person who accepts death. He thinks that if Li Long treats him well, then he will not betray Li Long. , unless Li Long betrays him first
And why didn't Li Long take Gu Ermao with him? Because after he took him with him once, Gu Ermao could leave him and go to the mountains to pull things by himself the next day.
But when Li Long actually did this, he had already anticipated that someone might follow suit.
"It's okay, Daqiang. You should take this sheep. I can't let you follow me in vain." Li Long thought for a while and said, "Then I'll give you a leg of lamb. I'll leave some more wood for you. , okay?"
"Okay." Tao Daqiang smiled, "Brother Long, I will follow you!"
"Okay." Li Long smiled and nodded.
The two men drove the carriage back. The people in the production team are also guessing what they can do when they come back.
There are not many entertainment activities now. Li Long was fired from the factory, which was a big news. But the day after he came back, he broke up with Wu Shufen, which became another big news, along with the women in the team. When discussing family issues, there are really a lot of new topics to talk about.
And Li Long going into the mountains to pull things became their latest topic of discussion. At first, everyone said like the Lu family's sister-in-law that Li Long couldn't do it, but when Li Long pulled back the wood and sheep from the mountains, the people discussing it immediately divided into two groups.
Today Li Long went into the mountains again, which made many people start to speculate again about what he could bring back.
Even captain Xu Chengjun’s wife Ma Hongmei is also guessing:
"Do you think Li Long can pull back the wood this time?"
"Definitely." Xu Chengjun had led people into the mountain. Although the road on the mountain was difficult, he knew that Li Long was the first Being able to pull back the wood for the first time shows that this kid has mastered the correct way into the mountain.
He had seen the situation in the mountains before many people in the village, so he naturally knew that the frozen sheep could not be "picked up". That means the other party must already have connections in the mountains.
"Then do you think he can pick up another sheep today?" Ma Hongmei was still thinking about the lamb leg. Although the lamb is not as fat as pork, it tastes so good!
“Of course.” Xu Chengjun nodded and said, “Maybe there are more than one.”
"Will you give us another leg? Or half a sheep?"
"What are you thinking about?" Xu Chengjun glared at him, "What's your relationship with them? They give you so many things." ? His family borrowed the carriage driver’s share and gave him the leg of lamb, what else are you thinking about?”
“I don’t think this boy from the Li family is quite sensible...” Ma Hongmei said coquettishly.
"If you are sensible, you will be more measured! It is a gift to give us a leg of lamb, but a sheep? Why? People are superstitious, why don't you share some of your own meat with others?"
Ma Hongmei’s face turned red, but she still whispered:
"I was just thinking...if there is more mutton, I can get some for my dad."
"Then ask your brother to come over early tomorrow morning to set up a carriage and go to the mountains. It's luck if you can get it, but if you can't get it, you're lucky. There's no way!" Xu Chengjun rolled up Mo Heyan and said, "Don't just look at other people eating meat. Don't be jealous if they have family connections."
"Then my brother doesn't know what to do. "Ma Hongmei said in embarrassment.
"I'll take him there." Xu Chengjun didn't even raise his head. "I know the entrance to the mountain, but I don't know if I can get sheep. But it's good to get wood. I think the Li family kid can do it. The wood we got is all high-quality pine. It’s great to put it down and build furniture in the spring!”
In fact, many people are thinking about this.
(End of this chapter)