Chapter 78 The Efficiency of Mountain People
Seeing that it was still early, Li Long drove the carriage to the big meat canteen first, bought a few steamed buns and ate them before heading into the mountains.
It is said that an old horse knows the way. The big red horse No. 76 is indeed very familiar with the road into the mountain. He did not need Li Long to rush him and followed the road into the mountain by himself.
When we arrived at the "parking point" near Harry Mudong's nest, the dog beside the sheepfold barked in time.
Halimu ducked out of the winter nest and was a little surprised to see Li Long's carriage.
"I have something important to discuss with you this time." Li Long got straight to the point and said to Harimu without even entering the winter den:
"The last time I heard about you and Brother Yushanjiang They said that your reserve of fodder might not be enough, so I wanted to see if I could be of any help. This time I went down to the county and contacted the supply and marketing cooperative. They could collect sheep, but they would need more than ten..."
Halimu was stunned for a moment and repeated Li Long's words:
"The supply and marketing cooperative collects more than ten sheep?"
Li Long thought that Halimu didn't understand what he meant, so he He explained: "I remember you guys said that there wasn't enough fodder, so we slaughtered some of the sheep that were too weak to survive the spring and sold them, so that the remaining sheep could survive until the grass grows in the spring. ”
Harimu nodded repeatedly:
"Of course you can..."
"Harimu, how did you sell sheep in the past? By weight or by kilogram?"
"We've all done it before," Harimu said. "To weigh a kilogram, you have to kill the sheep and peel off the skin." The dirty klangzi (just sheep bones and meat) are weighed and charged at 50 or 60 cents per kilogram. If the sheep is whole, it can be estimated that one sheep is about ten yuan."
"Then. I may need you to kill the sheep here, and I will take it away. How about that?" Li Long asked.
"Of course it's no problem, ten of them, I'll kill them all in one day." Harimu was very confident, "If you need it, you can have twenty or thirty."
"You can do it in Yushanjiang, too. Right?" Li Long asked again.
"Of course."
"Okay, please inform him for me. You all have to be fully prepared first. I will come over tomorrow." Li Long took out the rest of the food from his pocket. He handed over dozens of dollars to Harimu:
“This is the deposit.”
"What are you talking about?" Harimu pushed his hand back. "We, friends, don't believe you? Just come over and pull the sheep tomorrow."
Meet Harimu If Li Long refused to accept it, it would be hard for him to say anything else. He had something on his mind, so he drank a bowl of milk tea at Harimu's house. After Harimu killed another sheep, skinned it, cleaned the chest and put it in the car, he hurried back.
Li Long plans to take a fish trip to Shicheng tomorrow. If he visits the courtyards of agricultural machinery factories, sugar factories and woolen mills there, he will see if he can find anyone suitable to ask. Ask the other person if they are short of sheep.
Thinking about Harimu’s movements just now, they were really neat!
Back in the county, Li Long first went to Ma Mengqi's place, or rather, his house.
After hearing a knock on the door, about three minutes later, Mr. Ma came to open the door. When he saw Li Long, he smiled and said:
"What's wrong with Xiao Li, are you impatient to move here?"
"That's not true." Li Long said with a smile, "I may bring a cart of sheep here tomorrow, but they may not be able to get out directly, so I may put them here for a while, in our yard. Can you put it in a room if you have one?"
"Yes, yes," Ma Mengqi said with a smile, "There are more than 20 rooms in this yard, so you can put them wherever you want. By the way, I will leave at noon tomorrow to meet my friends in Wucheng. You can take this key first and come in directly."
Li Long took the key and said:
"Then old man, I wish you a safe journey. Just go ahead and get busy. I'll go back first." After leaving here, Li Long hurried back to the production team in the carriage.
The sun had not yet set when we arrived at the team. Li Jianguo and Tao Daqiang were still fishing in Xiaohaizi, and Li Juan and Li Qiang also followed.
Li Long unloaded the sheep and returned the carriage. When he returned to Li's yard, Li Jianguo and the others had also returned.
"Going to sell fish tomorrow? Okay." Tao Daqiang said with a smile, "You guys are here, I'll go back first." After that, he strode home. Looking at that pace, he was obviously in a good mood.
Li Long and Li Jianguo divided the fish together. Li Jianguo asked while dividing them:
"Xiaolong, what have you been busy with these two days? Watching people going back and forth."
"My friends are short of fodder in the mountains, and they feed many sheep. I plan to let them slaughter a batch and sell it for them.”
“How much will it cost?” Li Jianguo also knew these days that Li Long's friends were very interested in him, so he asked, "If not, can we buy some fodder from our side?"
"We still have little fodder here. "Li Long shook his head and said, "I plan to help them sell dozens of them."
"Dozens?" Liang Yuemei also came over to help. She was shocked when she heard this, "Can you sell it?"
"I asked the supply and marketing cooperative. The head of the purchasing section there is our own. My surname is Li, and he said he wants more than ten. In addition, I actually brought two sheep down yesterday, and they were sold out at the supply and marketing cooperative.
Now the butcher shop. The meat in it is also very tight, and it requires a meat ticket. I sell it directly without a meat ticket, and the meat is fresh, and there are a lot of people asking for it. I plan to take the sheep to Shicheng tomorrow to see if there is a sale."
"Well, this idea is right. You can't point to the supply and marketing cooperative." Li Jianguo always acted prudently. Hearing Li Long's idea, he nodded.
Liang Yuemei was thinking about something and said nothing.
Today, Li Jianguo and Tao Daqiang paid for 50 to 60 kilograms of fish. They were able to sell 17 or 18 fish of more than two kilograms, and the remaining crucian carp was less than ten kilograms.
Including the ones from the previous day, Li Long calculated that there were about forty large fish and twenty kilograms of small fish. The remaining trash fish needs to be processed now and then frozen.
The whole family came together, and even Li Qiang was helping to scrape the fish scales beside the big wash basin. By about ten o'clock in the evening, all the fish were finished, and Li Long didn't want to move anymore.
"Xiaolong, you go lie down on the kang for a while. The fish soup on the stove is ready. I will bake some steamed buns and they will be ready in a while." As a traditional housewife, Liang Yuemei is a model of hardworking and uncomplaining. Finally, I have to be responsible for cooking.
Li Jianguo was already cleaning the stove with the broom used to clean pots. After sweeping it clean, put the iron grate on and put the sliced steamed buns on top. The fire was not very strong at this time, and soon the steamed buns were browned on one side and the aroma spread.
Li Long smiled and said:
“These grilled steamed bun slices are so delicious!”
Li Juan and Li Qiang didn’t speak, but they both watched eagerly. Soon, a large plate of steamed buns was served. The family ate happily.
The next day, it was still dark, Li Long and Tao Daqiang drove the carriage to Shicheng.
(End of this chapter)