Chapter 28 Building a sledge
It was almost lunch time, and Li Long and the others returned to the team together.
Tao Daqiang wanted to go back, but Li Longqiang pulled him to stay for dinner.
Li Jianguo also spoke, and Tao Daqiang stayed. In fact, he also knows that there may not be food for him when he goes back, and he has to cook it himself. But he was tired all morning and he didn't want to move.
Liang Yuemei has already made rice - rice mixed with corn grits, fried haggis, stewed fish, and pickles for lunch.
Li Long was the one who suggested pickles, and Liang Yuemei was actually quite happy. My brother-in-law likes to eat his own pickles, which is naturally a good thing.
Everyone was hungry. Even Li Qiang quickly washed his hands and prepared to eat after showing his mother the big grass carp.
"You two can go in the afternoon. I will use a saw to cut wood and make a sledge in the afternoon." Li Jianguo said, "I hope that you can finish the sledge when you come back in the evening."
" Okay." Li Long said while eating his rice, "I hope we can catch more in the afternoon." "If we catch more, shall we go to sell fish tomorrow morning?" asked.
"Well, we have to leave early tomorrow, earlier than arriving in the mountains. Otherwise, the fish will not be sold and it will be easy to be caught." Li Long said solemnly.
These days, despite the reform and opening up, it is still a bit dangerous to sell things. It will be next year when the land distribution begins, and small traders will gradually be relaxed here.
Tao Daqiang nodded in confusion. At home, he basically listens to whatever Tao Jianshe says. Later, when I stayed with Li Long and the others, I listened to more things outside, and I gained some knowledge.
But the more knowledgeable he became, the more troubles he had. He already knew that his father was partial and that his brother and sister-in-law were not very kind to him.
But my mother died early. According to the regulations here, my brother moved out to live separately, so he could only share a homestead with Tao Jianshe, and there was no way to separate the family.
He didn't agree with his father's education method, so he was very painful.
Now hanging out with Li Long every day is a kind of escape.
After lunch, Li Qiang ran out to beat the old cow, while Li Juan was playing with the stone on the kang. She was very happy. Li Long and Tao Daqiang got dressed and went to Xiaohaizi.
“I don’t know if those who went out to pull wood in the mountains today will gain anything.” Tao Daqiang guessed halfway.
“Never mind it.” Li Long said, “They won’t give us anything even if they get something. If not, others will probably borrow the carriage early. Let’s do our best. Catch as many fish as possible and hope to sell them at a good price tomorrow.”
When the two of them arrived at the ice cave, there was only a thin layer of ice on the water. Li Long broke the ice into pieces, and Tao Daqiang immediately took the net to remove the floating ice, then went down to the ice steps and spread his legs to wait.
Now he has some experience. If he wants to catch more fish, he has to wait until there are no ripples on the water surface. He also has to move slowly when lowering the net, so that the fish gather to breathe fresh air. Will be frightened away immediately.
In fact, it is better to fish out of the ice holes on the first day and fish on the second day. It's just that Li Long felt that with such thick ice and such good resources, he could harvest as much as he could on one day and sell it the next day. At worst, he could just wait until the sale came back and then harvest again.
Soon, Tao Daqiang came up with the first net, and he was not disappointed this time. He caught three fish weighing more than one kilogram in one net, one each of carp, silver carp and grass carp, as well as many small crucian carp. .
It’s a good harvest.
Tao Daqiang jumped out immediately and ran to the other ice cave to prepare.
Li Long is a little funny. Tao Daqiang, who is almost 1.8 meters tall, can move so quickly. It seems that catching fish is really attractive to him.
Since the other party wants to catch fish, let him catch the fish.
Holding the prepared urea bag, Li Long began to pick the fish into the bag one by one.
During the day, it is more than 20 degrees below zero, and the fish can only jump three to five times on the ice before freezing.
Tao Daqiang didn't catch many fish in the ice cave here, just two large crucian carp, and some small crucian carp and ditch fish, which Li Long liked better.
He caught seven or eight nets, and as he went further back, there were fewer fish, so Li Long simply asked him to stop. "Have a rest for a while. I'll light the fire for you to roast. I'll catch some nets later."
Tao Daqiang smiled coquettishly. He had forgotten to ask Li Long to fish just now.
“Look, your clothes are all wet. Let’s bake them for a while.” In this day and age, basically everyone only has one set of outerwear. If it gets wet and hard to wear, it will be a waste of time. What's going on.
Tao Daqiang smiled and went to warm himself by the fire, while Li Long began to run back and forth between the two ice caves.
Having the experience of his previous life, he caught the fish leisurely. The longer the interval between each time, the more harvest he would naturally get.
While waiting for the sun to set, Li Long took a look and saw that the two men had caught more than 20 large fish weighing more than one kilogram, as well as a dozen miscellaneous fish weighing less than one kilogram.
“Not as much as last time.” Tao Daqiang was still a little dissatisfied.
“That’s it.” Li Long said with a smile. With so many resources now, he could get so many fish in half a day.
After a few years, the dam north of Xiaohaizi will be washed away by floods, and there will no longer be so many fish.
"Let's go back." Li Long looked at the sun and said, "When we go back, we have to see if the sledge is ready."
Although Tao Daqiang is still a little dissatisfied, he knows that it will be better to do it again. When he couldn't get much, he picked up the urea bag containing the fish, swung it, carried it on his back and walked back.
Li Long followed behind with tools.
"If you are tired of carrying it, put the shovel on your head and pull it back directly to save some effort." Li Long said from behind.
"It's easy to fall off like that." Tao Daqiang didn't look back, "I'm strong, it's okay."
Well, Li Long knew that Tao Daqiang was trying his best and wanted to give more. After all, he didn't copy the net, and even the place where the ice hole was made was chosen by Li Long. If he doesn't work harder, he won't be able to take the money.
When they were about to return to Li's house, the two of them saw a carriage rushing back to the production team from the west.
"They didn't pick up anything." Tao Daqiang looked at the carriage and said with some surprise.
"Do you think anyone can find a way into the mountain and pick up pine trees?" Li Long smiled, "There are so many openings into the mountain. If you enter the wrong way, you can find the wrong way into the mountain." Possible.”
Only then did Tao Daqiang realize how much trust Li Long had given him by taking him into the mountain. He really didn't have any defense against him.
He thought to himself that even if he remembered the way, he couldn't tell his father and brother. Having said that, I'm sorry for Brother Long.
Li Long didn't care about the man driving the carriage. He and Tao Daqiang hurried back to Li's house, put the fish in the kitchen, and then hurried to the east room.
The stove in the east room was still burning, so Li Long used a fire hook to break up the fire of the coal, and then put in a few pieces of chopped wood, and the fire soon became bright.
The two men didn't care about anything, they both took off their coats, leaving only their autumn clothes and long trousers, and roasted their clothes on the fire wall.
Tao Daqiang asked Li Long to tell him about Wucheng. Li Long picked up some memories and told them. Tao Daqiang looked yearning.
In his entire life, he has never been to the county seat a few times, let alone Wucheng.
Li Long couldn't help but said:
"When we make money later, I will take you to Wucheng."
Tao Daqiang agreed with great expectations.
He is now even more looking forward to how much money he will get from selling fish tomorrow!
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