Chapter 26: Without the carriage, become a sledge?
When Li Long returned to Li's house, Tao Daqiang had already returned to his house, and there was no one in the yard.
Li Jianguo is unloading sheep.
"Are you going tomorrow?" Li Jianguo asked while peeling the sheep's skin.
Li Long stepped forward to help and said:
"We can't go. We've borrowed all the carriages in the team."
"All the carriages have been borrowed?" Liang Yuemei was cutting lamb tripe and other offal, planning to make another pot of lamb offal soup.
"Yes. When I went to the team to find the captain, the captain said so." Li Long sighed, "It seems that someone is jealous."
"This is normal." Li Jianguo was there A sharp knife was sharpened on the grindstone next to it, and the sheep was slowly skinned.
The sheep has not completely thawed yet, but its body is a bit soft, making it easier to peel at this time.
The main reason was that Tao Daqiang removed one of Tao Daqiang's legs before it had thawed. Since the blood was already visible, let's peel it off.
"Then I'll have a rest tomorrow." Liang Yuemei said, "Xiaolong must have been exhausted these two days."
"Actually, he's not too tired," Li Long said with a smile, "Today I had a meal of finger meat at someone else's house at noon. "
"That's really good." Liang Yuemei glanced at her brother-in-law in surprise. She didn't expect that her brother-in-law could communicate with others to this extent.
Think about what the sisters-in-law and aunts who came to visit at noon said, and they all spoke so unfavorably of Li Long. Who could have imagined that Li Long would change so drastically?
"Then what are you going to do tomorrow?"
"If nothing happens, I plan to make a sledge tonight." Li Long said, "Brother, do you know who has a saw?"
"We have one at home." Li Jianguo said, "Making a sledge? How big is it?"
"That's not too much. "Big." Li Long gestured, "It's made by people. It's as big as a table. Just put it on a wooden frame. I plan to catch some fish through holes in the ice tomorrow and sell them in the county the morning after tomorrow."
< br>If you want to make money to buy a bicycle, you can't just go to the mountains. I'm afraid you can't borrow a carriage these days, so it's better to do it yourself.
The sledge is not a complicated thing, just use a few wooden slats, a chisel, etc. Ready-made wood is available, but it doesn’t necessarily look good, it just needs to be easy to use!
"That's easy, the two of us can make it at night." Li Jianguo said with a smile, "If you want to make a carriage or something, we can't do it. A small sledge is nothing."
< br>These days, every household can basically do it themselves. When it comes to craftsmanship, not many people these days are good at it. Li Long still remembers the rifle that his elder brother Li Jianguo chipped out of wood for Li Qiang. When painted, it looked exactly like a real 56-and-a-half rifle.
It was already dark after Li Long and Li Jianguo finished skinning the two sheep.
"Brother, let's do the sledge tomorrow. It's tiring just to work on these sheep today." Li Long was really tired, and these two sheep were really difficult to deal with.
"Okay." Li Jianguo said with a smile, "Tomorrow morning I will go with you to fish, and in the afternoon we will work on the sledge."
Li Long naturally had no objection.
The haggis soup was almost ready. The two of them were sitting on the kang. Li Jianguo was rolling Mohe cigarettes. Li Long saw Li Juan and Li Qiang playing on the kang. He suddenly thought of the crotch he had brought back. He went to the east room to take out the stone and put it on the kang head.
"Juan, here, you and your brother play together."
When Li Long sprinkled the stone on the kang, Li Juan was stunned for a moment, and then let out a surprised scream. Call!
"Ah - uncle, is this for me?"
"Yes." Li Long said with a smile, "My friend in the mountains has many at home, so I want some."
"Uncle, you are so good!" Li Juan shouted loudly.
This exclamation attracted Liang Yuemei over. She was holding a spatula in her hand, glaring at Li Juan and yelling loudly:
"What do you call it? It's so loud, the ceiling They all roared! ”
Normally, Li Juan would immediately silence the roar, but today she didn't. She held the stone in her hands and said excitedly to Liang Yuemei:
"Mom, look! My uncle asked for it for us!" There are so many... there are only five Gahuas. They are like treasures every day and we are not allowed to touch them now! Go, what do you mean there are too many!"
Liang Yuemei looked at the stone and then at her daughter's expression, her expression softened, but she still kept a straight face:
"Let's talk about it later! Come here, take the bowl and eat!”
She looked at Li Long again and said reproachfully:
"Xiaolong, just spoil them!" "Those are my nieces and nephews. Who can you spoil if you don't spoil them?"
Li Jianguo laughed and smoked a Mohe cigarette beautifully. , these days are so comfortable!
While drinking haggis soup, there were footsteps outside.
As soon as Li Long heard the heavy footsteps, he knew that Tao Daqiang was coming.
He stood up and opened the door before Tao Daqiang knocked.
"Da Qiang is here, come in quickly."
"Brother Long, I won't come in." Tao Daqiang said with a bit of nervousness and anger on his face, "I heard that there are several We all borrowed the team’s carriage and will go into the mountains tomorrow... ..."
"I understand." Li Long pulled him in, "Sit down first."
Liang Yuemei stood up and asked Tao Daqiang to sit at the table, and Li Juan obediently gave way to him. Position, he and his brother are squeezed together.
Seeing that Liang Yuemei wanted to serve him haggis soup, Tao Daqiang hurriedly refused:
"Auntie, don't serve it, I've already eaten it."
"It doesn't matter if I drink another bowl after eating it. ." Liang Yuemei didn't listen to him.
Tao Daqiang and the Li brothers are on separate sides. He called Li Jianguo his uncle and Li Long his brother. The main reason is that Li Jianguo was one of the first people to come to this production team. Although he was not very old at the time, he and the old people were brothers.
"Then let's..." Tao Daqiang looked at Li Long, hoping that he could make up his mind.
He had just gained something, and had others cut it off. He felt really uncomfortable.
"Let's smash holes in the ice to catch fish tomorrow. Are you free?"
"Yes." Tao Daqiang's eyes lit up, "I caught it..."
"Catch them and sell them." Li Long said, "But don't tell others."
"Okay, okay, I won't tell, and neither will my dad or my brother!" Tao Daqiang took Liang Yuemei and brought it over The mutton soup has mixed flavors.
The leg of lamb that I brought back yesterday is gone. My father didn’t say that I would make mutton for the leg of lamb that I brought back just now. The cornmeal batter I drank at night was still cold.
If Meimei hadn't eaten a few pieces of mutton at noon, he felt that he might not be able to get up tomorrow.
It consumes a lot of money!
“Drink another bowl.” Seeing Tao Daqiang finish the bowl of haggis soup quickly, Liang Yuemei wanted to serve him another bowl. Tao Daqiang stood up in a hurry to refuse, but the bowl had already been taken over. .
Tao Daqiang's eyes turned red and he almost burst into tears when he took the bowl again and looked at the bowl full of haggis.
This is an outsider! My own family is not even as good as outsiders!
Li Long could tell that Tao Daqiang had something on his mind, but every family had its own scriptures that were difficult to recite, and it was hard for him to talk about it. After Tao Daqiang left, he simply washed up and went to the east room.
There is a lot of money left. In his heart, Tao Daqiang still has a share of this money, but he cannot give it to him yet.
Let’s talk about it later.
What matters now is how to earn enough money for the bicycle first.
After breakfast the next day, when Tao Daqiang arrived, Li Jianguo, Li Long and Tao Daqiang took Li Juan and Li Qiang to Xiaohaizi.
When they were approaching Xiaohai, they saw a carriage leaving the village in the distance.
Li Long thought to himself, he just went out at this time and wanted to pull wood from the mountains. Is this just a daydream?
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