Chapter 143 Gu Xiaoxia’s Handmade Gift
Li Long didn’t expect that someone would remember him after selling a fish.
“Young man, are you the one who sells frozen fish here in winter?”
Li Long looked at the middle-aged woman in her forties in front of him and said with a smile:
< br>"Sister, I did sell fish here in winter."
"Let me tell you, I think you look familiar! Your fish is pretty good. I bought one and took it home with me. My neighbor also said that the fish was designated as not fresh. But after it was thawed, the fish was really good... I looked at the fish today. It’s pretty good. Come on, weigh the crucian carp that costs two yuan!”
“Okay, I’ll weigh it for you!” Li Long said with a smile, "You are a repeat customer, so I will give you one more - the fish I just caught this morning, live, stew it directly when you go home, it is very fresh!" Li Long prepared some Achnatherum splendens here, and wet it with water She was very resilient. Seeing that the eldest sister didn’t have anything to hold the fish, she threaded the fish through splendens, made it into a circle and carried it over.
“Young man knows how to do business, I will come and buy it tomorrow.”
The eldest sister left with the fish in her hand with satisfaction, and other onlookers began to weigh the fish.
Some people were still asking about the origin of the fish. When Li Long said that it was a wild fish from Dahaizi, those who knew it immediately started popularizing science:
"I know that place. It turned out to be a wetland, a natural puddle with reeds and lots of mosquitoes. But the fish there are really good... Look at this crucian carp. It has a little golden color on the head and tail. It's pretty, right? It's just like an ordinary reservoir. The crucian carp here are all gray in color, not as beautiful as this one. Liang, it’s not as delicious as this - young man, weigh it for two...three yuan!”
With the obligation to help introduce science, Li Long’s nearly 30 kilograms of crucian carp were not enough. By twenty minutes, there were only a dozen small ones left. The vitality of crucian carp is strong, and the remaining dozen or so small ones are swimming happily in the small amount of water in the basin.
After seeing that the crucian carp was neither big nor numerous, someone turned his attention to the carp and Wu Daohei in the basin.
There are more fish-savvy people here, but the last thing left is silver carp - silver carp has fine flesh and is actually quite delicious when cooked, but there are too many fine spines, so many people don't want it.
More than an hour later, Li Long had forty-nine yuan in his pocket. By this time, the sun had already risen, and there were still seven or eight small crucian carps and a seven- to eight-hundred-gram silver carp left in the two basins.
He looked around and saw no one wanted to buy fish, so he simply poured the fish and the sewage from the two basins into one basin, picked up the basin and walked to the ditch on the roadside to pour it down.
The moment he straightened up, he felt a gust of wind blowing against his face, and then watched three people rush into the ditch and quickly pick up the fish.
The person who picked up the silver carp was a decent-looking middle-aged man wearing a Chinese tunic suit. He smiled proudly, then raised his head and met Li Long's eyes.
The smile froze at that time.
Li Long vaguely remembered that this person had been in the crowd of onlookers before, but he didn't buy it from beginning to end.
Li Long turned his head expressionlessly, folded the urea bag, put the basins together on the back seat, then locked them with clips, and pushed the bicycle toward the old street.
He remembered that there seemed to be a milk tea shop in the old street. He had been tired all morning and needed to reward his stomach.
After ordering a bowl of milk tea and a piece of naan, the Uyghur boss asked in authentic Henan Mandarin:
“Fellow, do you want some naanpizi?”
“Yes. ." Li Long was happy, "More."
"Can you still get used to drinking milk tea with milk skin? Not bad, good, come, the naan is freshly beaten."
"This naan is good - indeed, no hot naan can be returned home intact... ..." Li Long took the naan with a smile, broke it into several pieces, put them on the plate, took one piece and took a bite.
"You, Yakesi, said it very well!" The ethnic boss said with a smile, "You know how to eat..."
Li Long knew that he was talking about making naan himself. Break the habit of eating - I learned this from Harim. Eat naan separately and not alone. Give a piece to someone if they need it. This is kindness and a good habit.
A steaming bowl of milk tea was brought up, covered with a thick layer of milk skin, which smelled delicious.
Naipizi is actually the layer of waxy fat that forms on the milk during the cooking process, and is regarded as the essence of the milk. But because it is fat, some people may not be used to drinking it.
After drinking milk tea and eating naan, Li Long stood up, paid and left. Milk tea costs 12 cents and naan 2 cents, which is really not expensive.
At this time, the flow of people in the old street began to increase, and more and more people came here to take cars. Li Long carefully avoided the pedestrians coming and going, pedaling his car towards the county seat in the sunshine. go.
Arrived at the county department store, Li Long got out of the car, locked it, and walked excitedly to the counter selling radios. He saw that there were three radios on the counter. He handed over the money and tickets and waited for the salesperson to take them. When he came to the radio, he checked it and asked:
“Comrade, do you still have this radio in stock?”
"Yes." The salesman saw that he was the person who had bought the radio before and said, "There are still some in the warehouse."
"Okay." Li Long smiled, "I'll come over and take a look tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Look.”
The salesperson smiled and said to Li Long:
“You are welcome to come back anytime.”
The salesperson was a girl in her twenties with long hair. Braids, round face, looks healthy and cute.
Li Long bought two more boxes of 20 AA batteries from her, and tied them with the radio box with cotton rope for easy lifting.
After Li Long left, the lady at the other counter joked:
"Hey, Xiao Liu, who is this person? Are you so enthusiastic?"
"Wang Sister, what are you talking about? I don’t know this person.”
“I don’t know you. I’ve never been so polite to any young man. Is this your partner?”
"Sister Wang, please don't talk nonsense. I really don't know him."
"Really don't know him? I will ask him next time he comes - I think he came on a bicycle. His family background must be extraordinary. !”
Xiao Liu didn’t say anything. She saw Li Long coming over more than once to buy things, such as bicycles, sewing machines, food, clothes, and shoes. In the past two days, he also bought two radios.
In addition to having a good family, such a person may also be a reseller, but Xiao Liu feels that Li Long does not look like the latter.
Li Long rode his bicycle to the big yard, put the radio in, and checked again to make sure no one was coming, then locked the door and got on the car and went to the morning market.
It was getting late now, and there were not many stalls left in the morning market. He walked around but couldn't find the one selling pigs, so he went back.
When he arrived at the township middle school, Li Long slowed down. He could vaguely see Gu Xiaoxia's dormitory through the woods, and it seemed that the door was open.
I was wondering if I would see the other party. At this moment, someone suddenly called him:
"Li Long!"
Listen to this With a crisp voice, Li Long smiled. In front of the school gate, Gu Xiaoxia was standing there slim and graceful.
It's spring, and she has changed into bloated cotton clothes. Gu Xiaoxia's figure has grown like a willow branch. Li Long thought as he pedaled towards her, he still lost some weight.
A little meat would be nice.
When the car stopped in front of Gu Xiaoxia, she said:
"I guess you will be back soon." As she said that, her right hand stretched out from her back, and she grabbed A blue woolen fabric, like a hat, but triangular.
Seat cover!
"Your bicycle is exposed to the sun every day, and the leather on the seat bag is easy to fall off. It will be better if you put this cover on." Gu Xiaoxia said seriously, "Bicycles are precious, so you should cherish them."
Li Long got out of the car and let Gu Xiaoxia put the woolen seat bag cover on the seat bag. The size was just right.
"I made it up based on Teacher Wang's bicycle gestures, is it okay?"
"How can I say it's okay? It should be very good!" Li Long said with a smile.
After being praised by Li Long, Gu Xiaoxia was a little shy. She lowered her head and twisted her fingers together. She whispered:
"You don't have to come see me every day. If you have time, just come over on the weekend. That...that day was He teaches second grade, I have nothing to do with him..."
"I believe you." Li Long said with a smile, "I'm going to stay in the mountains for a while, you have to take care of yourself. before i again Bring you something..."
"No, no!" When Gu Xiaoxia heard that Li Long wanted to bring something, she hurriedly raised her head and said a little anxiously:
"You brought it last time. I have to eat all the food for more than a month. We will be paid next month. You don’t have to bring anything for me. You have to take care of yourself when you go into the mountains. You have to bring everything you need, otherwise there will be no place to buy it in the mountains. …”
Li Long originally thought that he was going into the mountains and told Gu Xiaoxia to take care of herself. Unexpectedly, he was told a lot by the other party, but he felt warm and good in his heart.
This is different from how elder brothers and sisters care about you. People of the same age care about you from the bottom of their hearts. What else does that mean?
The sound of ringing the bell rang in the school. Gu Xiaoxia stopped talking, turned to look at the school, and then turned to Li Long and said:
"get out of class is over, I will be there in the next period. I have to go back to my class. You...go back first." Li Long pointed to the bicycle. "I'm fast."
"That's...ok. I'm leaving." Gu Xiaoxia hesitated for a moment, turned around and walked towards the school. After walking for more than ten meters, she turned around and saw that Li Long was still looking at her. She blushed and turned around quickly. Went to school and never looked back.
Li Long kept watching Gu Xiaoxia's figure disappear into the house over the office, then got in the car and walked back.
The township middle school is nearly one kilometer away from the elementary school. When he arrived at the elementary school, Li Long smelled the smell of burning things.
He rode his bicycle into the elementary school and saw piles of fires burning on the wasteland to the east of the school playground, with groups of people surrounding them weaving banners.
The lifting tool is a human tool that has been used in Northern Xinjiang since the 1950s and 1960s. Similar to a stretcher, it has two poles on both sides and a dustpan-like shape made of wicker in the middle. In fact, to put it bluntly, the canvas in the middle of the stretcher is replaced with wicker material, and it is bent downward to make it easier to hold things.
The role of the handle is very important. Before animal-drawn carts and power vehicles were popular, the handle could lift coal, soil, grain, etc.
Every class in the third grade and above in the school will make brooms and brooms in the spring, which will last one to two years.
Weaving handlebars is also a technical job. You need to dig a shallow pit first. After all, the wicker part of the handlebars needs to be sunken downwards. Without the pit, it will not be shaped. The freshly cut wicker must also be roasted over fire to make it tough and not breakable when bent.
When doing these preparations, nail four wooden wedges to the wicker area, stick the lifting rods on both sides to the outside of the wooden wedges, and then place a few thick strips in the parallel middle of the lifting rods. When supporting, select some wicker sticks to weave the outermost frame of the wicker first, and then weave it inward one by one, just like weaving a basket.
When Li Long found Li Juan, he found that she was busy around two pits with four boys and two girls. Li Juan's face was black and gray, and the other boys and girls were similar, but the braid they made was obviously not good. Not to mention the wicker part was small and loose, and could not bear the weight at all.
"Li Juan, what should I do... I can't finish editing today..." A little girl who was half a head shorter than Li Juan wiped her face with tears.
"Don't worry, let's try harder..." Li Juan's voice was full of exhaustion, but she was still comforting her classmates.
"It's all Lin Qiang's fault. We clearly agreed that he would be the one doing the editing today, but if he didn't come, he would be the only one in the group who knew how to do it!" Another boy was complaining.
Li Long smiled. The student days were also full of life and fun. Of course, small conflicts can be ignored.
He put the car away and locked it, walked over and shouted:
"Juan!"
Li Juan turned around and saw Li Long, and her eyes suddenly lit up.
“You haven’t compiled it yet? Come, let me take a look.” Li Long hadn’t compiled it for a long time in his previous life, but after all, the old foundation was still there. Looking at the situation, he quickly found the contradiction. . The children were not very energetic, so the wickers were woven too loosely and could not withstand the force.
Another big problem is that the wicker strips need to be staggered when weaving them. The two handles have several strands of wicker strips that run parallel to each other, which is like twisting in a straight line, and cannot play the role of interlacing longitude and latitude to receive stress. , naturally it will be useless.
"It's a small matter, okay, you guys come and bake the strips, and leave the rest to me." Li Long rolled up his sleeves, squatted by the pit and started to transform. If there are strips that are already hard, just take them back and let them bake them again.
With adults around them, the students immediately felt like they had a backbone: someone who baked the bars, someone who delivered the goods, someone who took care of the fire, and someone who was studying and helping Li Long.
Originally, Li Juan and her group were last in progress. With the addition of Li Long, they quickly began to overtake them.
Li Long was not very skilled at first, but the advantage was that he was an adult after all, and he had logic and all. After he was over 50 years old in his previous life, he joined a cooperative, and he would occasionally make up little stories when he had nothing to do. It's easy to get started with compiling something as big as this.
The two lifting handles were quickly finished. Then, seeing that there was still more time, they took the two lifting handles that they had knitted before and modified and strengthened them.
After finishing, Li Long also had a lot of dust on his hands and face. Li Juan happily led the people to report to the teacher with a handle. In fact, the teacher had already seen an adult coming to help, so he passed it quickly.
"Juan, are there any classes in the afternoon?" Li Long went to the ditch next to the playground to wash his hands and came back to ask Li Juan.
"No more, this afternoon we just made tools. We also made a big broom with Breeze." Li Juan was a little proud.
"Bring it over and take a look." Li Long sighed secretly and continued working. The big brooms made by students usually look good, like that, but after using them, they may start to shed splendens within half a month - the main reason is that the students are not strong enough to get as much splendens into it as possible. In the iron hoop.
In later generations, splendens brooms were tied with wire, but in the 1980s, iron hoops were used. First stuff the Splendens splendens into the iron hoop, as much as possible. When it can't be stuffed, use a sharp tool -
Put the tip of the pout into the end of the Splendens splendens. Go and separate the splendens head, find the tip of the pout, take a handful of splendens, and push the pout back while stuffing the splendens along the tip. This is a technical job, so you need to cooperate well. When it can no longer be plugged in, the big broom is tied up, and then a sharpened wooden stick is used as a broom stick, wedged into the end of the broom, and then the splendens cherry seeds on the head of the big broom are burned, and the job is done.
Li Long saw that this broom looked decent. There was also a circle of red wicker on the outside and a circle of thread. This was to prevent the relatively fragile splendens from breaking and shortening the life of the broom.
But after just shaking it, he realized that the prick was a little loose. He asked for tools, and asked Li Juan to bring Achnatherum splendens. He squatted on the ground and pulled out the broom stem, and then used a plier to punch into the broom. The next step is to add Splendens splendens.
Looking at Li Long adding small handfuls of splendens splendens, the whole broom was obviously much "stronger", and the eyes of these students suddenly showed admiration.
They have also seen how adults make big brooms, but when they make it themselves, it doesn’t look like that.
After finishing all these, Li Long looked at his finished work with satisfaction. It should last a long time.
"Uncle, you are so awesome!" Li Juan shouted, then turned to a little boy next to her and said:
"Chen Xiaobing, you said that your pricking was fine. Look, how much is missing? Ji Ji..."
The little boy was a little ashamed.
Li Long smiled and said: "It's okay. You are just children. It will be fine when you grow up. It's pretty good to be able to tie it up like this now. Juan, can it be time for school to be over? School is over. Let's go back."
"Okay, I'll tell the teacher and then pack my schoolbag!" Li Juan ran away.
From today on, each chapter will be about 4,000 verses long. The basic situation is three chapters a day, which is 12,000 words, which is more than the original content. If there are other changes to the release, we will basically notify you in advance.
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