Chapter 141 Li Long saved Nathan’s life
When Li Long returned home, Tao Daqiang was already in the yard.
He started collecting nets after eating in the morning. After he finished collecting, it was almost noon, so he went home to cook. After eating with his father, he hurried to Li's house.
"Brother Long, do you want to set down the net this afternoon?"
"Go down." Li Long said to Tao Daqiang, "There are still six nets set down today. You picked up the net well this morning."
"Hehe." Tao Daqiang smiled naively.
"I have something to tell you in advance." Li Long said to Tao Daqiang while sorting out the net. "In a few days, ten people from our team will go into the mountains to work as a sideline team. Live. I told the director to add you. Go in and make some preparations in the next two days. You need to prepare bedding, dry food, and tools. Your dad should know a little bit about what you need to bring."
"Okay-but Long. Brother, what about catching fish..." Tao Daqiang was in a dilemma. It was arranged by Li Long to go to the sideline team, so he was naturally willing, but after going there, no one picked up the net here.
"I will also go into the mountains for hunting or something," Li Long checked the tires again, "I found this job, so I have to check the quality of the weaving handle."
< br>"That's good, that's good." Tao Daqiang smiled again.
Two people went to Xiaohaizi with tires and nets.
It was still Li Long who used the water paddle to sit on the tire and launch the underwater net. Tao Daqiang watched on the shore without blinking, hoping to learn this skill from Brother Long.
Even though Li Long told him that he could cast the net if he got bored, Tao Daqiang didn't even look at the net.
Li Long obviously felt that the water level had risen a bit.
Is it because the flood has started to rush down from the mountain? Are there some things that need to be prepared in advance?
Li Long felt that after the net was finished, it was necessary to tell Xu Chengjun that the water in Xiaohaizi had begun to rise. If it continued to rise like this, sooner or later it would be over the dam.
The gate must be opened to release water to release the flood.
The six nets were lowered in a different position this time. After Li Long lowered the net, he rowed the tire back to the shore. After Tao Daqiang pulled him and the tire up, he asked:
" Brother Long, should we cast the net again?"
"Cast it." Li Long said, "We will encounter some places that are not suitable for casting the net in the future, so we may have to cast it. ”
The two practiced for more than an hour, scattered almost ten kilograms of fish, and then went home together.
Back in the village, Tao Daqiang couldn't wait to go home and prepare things, while Li Long started to pack the fish. Except for crucian carp, which can survive until tomorrow morning, all other fish will probably die overnight. So Li Long had to clean up these fish.
The neighbors eat a lot of fish, and it is impossible to deliver it every day, so Li Long plans to pickle the fish. On summer evenings, put the pickled dried fish on the stove and cook it slowly. It will be charred and crispy, which is very delicious.
Liang Yuemei came back from the fields and saw Li Long playing with the fish, so she went to clean up and feed the pigs and chickens, and then put the fish prepared by Li Long into the pot to make fish soup.
When Li Long finished packing the fish, salted it and hung it up, Li Jianguo and the others also came back.
When Li Juan came back, she said to Li Jianguo:
"Dad, our school is going to organize a gang tomorrow. Let us each bring fifty strips or two poles."
"You guys. Do you want to make it up too?" Li Jianguo thought for a while and said, " Okay, I'll go cut some strips for you later."
"Brother, I'll just go later." Li Long waved his hand, "You've just finished your day's work, so just stay at home and rest. .”
“Aren’t you tired?”
"Why are you tired of setting up the net?" Li Long smiled, "I'm just playing." "That's right. We dug the ditches and canals today, and tomorrow the team will start watering the winter wheat, and the utility workers will come in turn. , I may be the day after tomorrow.”
Some of the undivided fields in the village are planted with winter wheat, and some are planted with corn, oil sunflower, and some miscellaneous grains like the ration fields in early spring. crop.
Li Long was quite happy. Since the wheat fields were to be watered, the floodgates of Xiaohaizi would naturally be raised to release the water. He did not need to remind him.
After drinking the fish soup, Li Long took the machete and went to the east ditch, and Li Juan quickly followed. There are many large willow trees growing on the edge of Donggou. These willow trees have grown for a long time and are not useful, so no one cares about them. Basically every year, villagers cut strips to weave baskets and baskets here.
The simple road in the village only leads to the end of the field, and there is an alkali beach from the end of the field to the donggou. Li Long saw that the white thorns on the alkali beach had grown small green leaves, and the purple-red Cynomorium cynomorium under the white thorns had also revealed its head.
The large clumps of Suaeda soln in the distance have also begun to turn green. This is a good thing in the eyes of the old locals and is the raw material for caustic soda ash. The burned soda ash is as beautiful as colored glaze, and it is a must-have for locals when making pasta.
It is said that this is also added when making naan.
Arrived at Donggou, Li Long saw traces of being cut on the willow trees, so he walked south to a place where four or five willow trees were lined up, and he began to cut willow branches.
Li Long cut off the wicker sticks one by one as thick as his fingers. Li Juan picked them up on the ground, smoothed them out, and put a dozen sticks in a pile.
When she felt about the same, Li Juan said to Li Long:
"Uncle, can you cut two more poles? I am the team leader and I have to take the lead..."
She said the last part The voice was a little low, Li Long smiled Said:
"Okay, it's okay to cut more strips. I will take you on a bicycle tomorrow morning. I will bring both the strips and the poles together, so you can feel more relaxed."
"Oh ! "Li Juan is happy.
After cutting the strips, Li Long went to cut two red willow poles as thick as his wrists, then tied the strips together, carried them on his shoulders, and returned home with Li Juan.
In the mountains.
Halimu looked at Nathan on the wooden kang with sadness and complaint:
"Why do you think you are running in the water so well? The water that has just melted snow is so cold. , I fell in! I don’t know if I fell in. Come back quickly. Why don’t you change your clothes when you come back? You are still playing there... Are you having a cold?”
Nathan pursed his lips tightly. He did not tell Harim that he actually found a very beautiful stone in the stream and wanted to take it back, but he didn’t expect it. The stone was a bit big, so he failed to lift it out and fell into the water with too much force.
At night, Nathan's body felt hot, he was talking nonsense, but his hands and feet were cold.
Halimu's wife felt worried and hurriedly shook Halimu awake. She was anxious and at a loss, and kept shouting Nathan's name.
Have a fever?
The Kazakhs have their own medical heritage and they have herbal medicine at home. Harry and his wife boiled herbal water for Nathan to drink. However, the herbal medicine did not take effect in a short period of time.
He suddenly thought of the medicine bottles Li Long gave him at that time. At this time, he could only choose to believe Li Long.
Harimu quickly took out those small bottles and looked at the marks he made on them. He now deeply felt how smart Li Long was at that time. If he hadn't made the marks at that time, he wouldn't be able to tell what he was eating now!
Unscrew the bottle that marked the fever, roughly tear off the paper and cotton stuffed inside, take out two pills and give them to Nathan quickly.
Nathan was no longer able to take medicine on his own, so Harry opened his mouth and forced it in. After taking the medicine here, Harimu was still a little worried. He went out to harness his horse. He planned to take Nathan on horseback to find a doctor outside the mountain if the fever didn't subside after staying for a while.
Half an hour later, Nathan's fever subsided a little, he stopped talking, and his hands and feet became warm.
The Harimu family finally felt relieved.
(End of this chapter)