Chapter 55 I understand, but I have my position
Tao Daqiang appeared again. Li Long was a little surprised, but it was normal after thinking about it.
He just took a look and went to Li Jianguo's place to help his elder brother pick up fish.
At this time, Li Juan and Li Qiang had picked up a lot of Mao Weizi, and Li Qiang shouted:
"Uncle, light the Weizi!"
"Are you cold?" Li Long asked, "If it's not cold, don't light it yet. By the way, pile the reeds away from the reeds, otherwise it will cause a fire."
"Okay." Li Qiang obediently He went to move the reeds, and at this time, Tao Daqiang had already arrived at the edge of the old ice cave.
"Wow!" Li Jianguo took out another net, and this net fished out two large crucian carp and seven or eight small crucian carp and ditch fish. It seems that there are not many fish here.
It stands to reason that there are not many places for air circulation in the entire reservoir, and fish cannot be so smart. Li Long is a little confused. Is it because there is a lot of movement here?
Tao Daqiang bent down to pick up fish with Li Long. Li Long asked:
"Is your brother okay?"
"He was beaten a lot and his waist is a little twisted." Tao Daqiang's tone was a little serious, "Lao Tian in the team said he would need to be recuperated for a few days."
Lao Tian is the barefoot doctor in the team. He has been trained and knows a lot about injections, Chinese medicine, simple massage and cupping. Of course, a copy of "The Barefoot Doctor's Handbook" is a must.
"That's okay, I haven't had much work lately anyway." Li Long nodded and said no more.
Li Jianguo glanced at Tao Daqiang and continued to bend down to fish.
"Brother Jianguo, if I lend you the money, I will pay it back later," Tao Daqiang said.
"If I don't pay it back, I will make up for it with the money you saved for me." Li Long added, "It just so happens that no one owes anyone anything now."
Tao Daqiang I think there is something else in Li Long’s words, but He didn't understand, he just said:
"Brother Long, I don't have that much money..."
"Yes, after running with me a few times, I can't let you suffer. , Don’t worry, that’s enough.”
Tao Daqiang's lips moved but he said no more.
He felt that Brother Long was a little alienated from him.
But what can be done? At that time, there were father and brother on one side and Li Long on the other. Which side should I choose?
"Brother, let me dig it over there. No fish will dare to come in this hole in the ice." Li Long waited for Li Jianguo to dig out another net. There was only one silver carp weighing more than one kilogram and a dozen fish in it. When he was a little crucian carp, he said.
"Okay." Li Jianguo handed the net to Li Long, pressed his hands on the ice and climbed up.
Li Long arrived at the other ice cave. After going down, he stepped firmly on his feet and began to dig out fish.
Anyway, he knew there wouldn’t be many fish, so he made more noise. There was a little surprise on the first net, a five-dao black weighing one kilogram, a silver carp weighing nearly three kilograms, and seven more Eight ditch fish.
Tao Daqiang squatted to pick up fish, and Li Qiang and Li Juan also came to help.
This continued until lunch time. Li Long finally ran to the two newly dug ice holes and took out two nets in each. In the end, there were only twenty or thirty small crucian carp and ditch fish, but not a single big fish. He I knew I could only wait until the afternoon.
The harvest in the morning included about 20 kilograms of fish, with large fish weighing 12 or 3 kilograms and small fish weighing seven or eight kilograms. Normally this would be considered a big harvest, but if it were to be sold, it wouldn't be close.
Walking back with the fish and tools, Li Juan and Li Qiang kept talking while the three adults were silent.
When they arrived at Li's house, Tao Daqiang said first:
"Uncle Jianguo, Brother Long, I'm going back first."
"Eat at home?" Li Jianguo was polite. one time.
"No more, we're cooking at home." Tao Daqiang walked away in a hurry, as if he was afraid that Li Long would keep him here.
At noon, there is rice, stewed fish, and fried wild boar meat with pickles. This is a very sumptuous meal in normal times, but now it is considered a common meal in the Li family. If you tell me, I don’t know how many people will envy you. After washing hands and eating, the two children ate big mouthfuls of rice. Although the team grew rice, the amount of rice distributed to the family was not large, so it was hard to eat rice.
Li Jianguo asked Li Long while eating:
“What do you think about Daqiang?”
“What’s wrong with Daqiang? Liang Yuemei asked doubtfully.
"When we were fishing out just now, he went over to help."
Liang Yuemei said nothing and looked at Li Long. The final decision on this matter rests with Li Long.
“Of course I welcome him if he wants to help.” Li Long thought for a while and said, “It would be more convenient for him to follow me for some things - such as going to Shicheng to sell fish. At least he can help me look after the carriage. , I wouldn’t worry if it were anyone else.
Of course, I won’t pay him as much as I did before, and I’ll pay him one at a time.”
Li Jianguo understood. In the past, Li Long regarded Tao Daqiang as his partner, but now it is the relationship between the shopkeeper and the clerk.
He nodded, his younger brother was quite decisive.
It’s good to do this, at least you don’t have to worry about your brother suffering in the future.
To be honest, Tao Daqiang did nothing wrong - people have to distinguish between near and far, so he chose family members between his father, brother and Li Long. This is normal and reasonable. It is estimated that 99% of people will choose this way.
Li Long must understand, he would choose the same way if it were him.
But Li Long has his own position and cannot continue to maintain the previous relationship just because Tao Daqiang did the right thing. That is impossible.
This matter has nothing to do with right or wrong, only stance.
It is impossible for Li Long to have the same relationship with him as before. After all, you have made a choice once. If something important happens next time, will you still need to make a choice?
Tao Daqiang's strength, size and personality meant that Li Long didn't need to worry too much when using him for help. Da Qiang is much stronger than Er Mao or even Xu Haijun and Huang Siping.
Knowing Li Long's thoughts, Li Jianguo said nothing more and started eating.
Rice soaked in fish soup is not good for your stomach, but it tastes really good!
After dinner, Li Juan and Li Qiang were tired from playing and went to sleep on the kang. Li Jianguo and Li Long rested for a while and then walked to Xiaohaizi with their things.
After leaving the courtyard gate, he saw Tao Daqiang wandering outside the courtyard. Li Long smiled and said:
"Daqiang, why don't you enter the house?"
"I... I’ve just arrived too.”
Li Long didn’t expose this insincere lie and invited him to go to Xiaohaizi together.
In the afternoon, two new ice holes started to catch fish. Although not a lot at one time, the four ice holes took turns to catch more than 60 kilograms of fish in one afternoon, most of which were big fish.
Li Long estimated that there were more than 20 fish weighing more than two kilograms, fewer fish weighing more than one kilogram, five or six, and the remaining small fish weighed about ten kilograms. The largest one is still silver carp, weighing over five kilograms.
Put the fish into two bags and bring the three of them back to Li's house. This time Tao Daqiang did not refuse Li Long's invitation and went into Li's house to drink fish soup.
"Daqiang, I'm going to Wucheng tomorrow. My brother will catch fish. Come over if you have time."
"Okay." Tao Daqiang was a little surprised after hearing this, but he was still very happy. He happily agreed.
Li Long has decided to go to Wucheng tomorrow. Now to go to Wucheng, you have to take a bus to Shicheng, because there is no traffic between this county and Wucheng. Fortunately, the departure time of this bus was not very early. At twelve o'clock, Li Long estimated that it would leave at eight o'clock in the morning, and he would basically be able to make it in time.
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