Chapter 144 It’s time to go for a walk in the mountains
Li Long rode his bicycle, with Li Juan on his back, riding back under the envious eyes of all the students, including the teacher.
Occasionally, he encountered students playing in the middle of the road. Li Long pressed the bell, and those students immediately ran to the side of the road like frightened rabbits, and then looked curiously at the people on the bicycles.
If you meet children in the village, they will often shout loudly when they see Li Long riding the bicycle. They will happily run with the bicycle for a while, and then gasp and laugh on the side of the road.
In this era, children’s happiness is so simple.
Riding his bicycle into the village, when passing by the primary school, Li Long saw the children from the village primary school and preschool class walking out of the classroom after school, so he turned around.
There are only two grades in Lucun, and each grade only has one class. There is only one class in preschool. Li Qiang is in preschool. He and another child are walking out with their arms around their shoulders.
The child who saw Li Long first turned his head and shouted loudly:
"Li Qiang! Qiang Qiang! Your uncle is here to pick you up! He is here to pick you up on a bicycle!"
Li Qiang turned his head fiercely when he heard this, and saw Li Qiang and Li Juan sitting in the back seat. A bright and surprised smile burst out on his face. He shook off his friend and walked towards Li Long. The roadside here shouts:
"Uncle, sister!"
When Li Qiang ran up to him, Li Long asked him to climb up the big bar, then pedaled his bicycle home.
When I turned the corner, I happened to see Wu Shufen coming out of the first-grade classroom with a book. Both of them were stunned for a moment. Wu Shufen reacted first, held her neck high, and turned around like a proud swan to go to the office.
Li Long smiled and continued riding home.
"Uncle, I don't like her!" Li Qiang said suddenly, "She was still staring at me and rolling her eyes yesterday..."
Li Long couldn't help but want to curse. Is Wu Shufen mentally ill? He broke up with her, what does it have to do with the child? How can you take out your emotions on your children?
“Ignore her!” Before Li Long could speak, Li Juan spoke from the back seat of the car, “She just thinks that my uncle can make money and live a better life than her, and she doesn’t look for her. That’s why I glared at you - it’s best if you ignore her and make her feel uncomfortable!”
Li Long couldn’t laugh or cry after hearing this. In his last life, he once thought that children in the 21st century were very clever and precocious. , I understand a lot of adult things at the age of five or six.
I didn’t expect that children in this era actually know a lot of things.
"You don't have to worry about adults' affairs. Just study well and get into a good university and find a good job when you grow up." Li Long couldn't help but get into the role of a nagging parent, "Then you won't have to cut your hair in the summer." Mai, I went to Weihu to cut reeds in the middle of winter.”
"Yeah!"
"Got it!"
The two children agreed seriously - these two jobs are indeed like a nightmare for them. Both children have experienced cutting wheat in the summer. Although they have never cut reeds in the winter, they know how hard it is.
Back at Li's house, Li Long saw that there was no one at home and the doors were locked. Li Juan quickly got out of the back seat and went to the window sill to find the key to open the door. Li Qiang got out of the car and went to the chicken coop, and happily touched two eggs.
There is leftover rice in the kitchen, and I usually eat the leftovers directly at this time. Li Long said that eating it cold would make his stomach uncomfortable, so he prepared hot dishes, while Li Juan lit a fire on the stove to help.
The food was heated quickly, and Li Long was not very hungry. He served the food to the two children - mainly Li Juan. Li Qiang went home at noon and ate with his parents. Li Long also served some for himself. Seeing the child eating meaty dishes, he felt that it was very good.
It’s really good to be able to live a happier life for yourself and your family.
After eating and clearing away the dishes, Li Juan took the basket to pick up pigweed. Li Long asked her about her homework, and Li Juan proudly said:
" I finished my homework during the lunch break. "
Now the piglet is very good at eating. The pig food is mainly bran mixed with chopped pigweed and boiled in a pot. There are only a few types of grass that pigs can eat at this time, such as gray stripe and wild amaranth. Fortunately, there are enough wastelands now, and these wild vegetables that can actually be eaten by humans are relatively easy to find.
For the first time, Li Qiang did not run out to play. Instead, he ran outside the courtyard and caught up with Li Juan. The two of them chatted and laughed together while looking for pigweed.
Li Long was cleaning up the yard while waiting for Tao Daqiang. In order to buy both radios, the fish must still be caught.
"Xiaolong, you are here. I have something to tell you." When Li Long was checking the tires, someone came to the yard, but it was not Tao Daqiang, but Xie Yundong.
Xie Yundong is in his thirties, about the same height as Li Jianguo, less than 1.7 meters tall, and is a very honest farmer.
"Brother Yundong, what do you want to say?" Li Long put down the tire and asked.
"The captain asked me to take the people from the sideline team to work in the mountains. I heard the captain said that you took over this job. Now I will discuss with you what to bring. You are not on the same page."
Xie Yundong once worked in the mountains for a period of time and is familiar with the life there. Li Long remembered that he was the leader of the sideline team last year. When he came back, he brought more than 200 yuan in income to the team, and everyone in the sideline team also gained something. This person is capable, down-to-earth, and able to convince others.
"Brother Yundong, you can just be responsible for the things that go into the mountains. I don't have as much experience as you. In fact, I'm just a matchmaker. I check the quality of the handle when delivering it, and the rest is still the same. You come."
"No, no, no," Xie Yundong was very modest, "I heard from the captain that you took this job, and You have been in the mountains for a short time this winter. Now it is said that a forestry team has been established in the mountains. There are rules for some things, which are different from before. Listen to your suggestions and see what I prepare. "
He took out a piece of paper from his pocket, opened it carefully, and then began to read:
"One bed, one machete or sickle, one shovel - these are used for digging nests in the ground; two boxes of matches, one pack of salt, one bag of spicy noodles, ten kilograms of corn noodles..."
At this point, Xie Yundong raised his head and explained to Li Long: "The captain said I brought a cook over, and I asked and discussed with the captain to let Lao Gu and Gu Boyuan go."
"Uncle Gu knows how to cook?" Li Long was a little surprised. He was a man of two generations, and he knew Gu Boyuan. I don’t know much about it, but I didn’t expect him to be able to cook?
"Of course I will. When this production team was established, your eldest brother and Lao Gu both cooked. In the canteen, your brother was the chief cook and Lao Gu was the chef——"
I didn’t expect this history to exist. Li Long thought about what his eldest brother had done in his previous life before he came to the production team.
He also discovered that Xie Yundong still calls Xu Chengjun captain, he must be used to it.
"Then Uncle Gu doesn't have to do the work, right? Does it count as work points?"
"Yes, it counts as work points. Now the work points in the team have increased, and each worker is paid 20 cents, and the sideline team At two wages a day, Lao Gu can do other things besides cooking, which is better than being in the team."
"What about his land?" Li Long asked again. Although Gu Xiaoxia ate commercial grain and Gu Boyuan's family only had two acres of grain fields, they still needed to be taken care of.
"He said I'll leave it to your elder brother." Xie Yundong smiled. That smile made Li Long feel a little unusual, so he stopped worrying about this issue and reminded:
"Brother Yundong, I think everyone can buy some red tofu. It costs two cents a dollar. The wild vegetables in the mountains probably haven't come out yet. Buying red tofu will last for a while. It's cheap and can be eaten."
"Well, I'll write this down." Xie Yundong took out a pencil tip from his pocket and carefully wrote it down on the paper.
He and Li Long discussed some things that needed to be brought. When they were about to leave, Li Long asked:
"Who else is there besides you and Uncle Gu this time?"< br>
"Tao "Big Qiang," Xie Yundong said, "Lin He, Wang Dagui, Xu Jianjun, Tian Siping, Wei Zhonghua..." Lin He is an honest person and obedient. Everyone likes to ask him for help if they have anything, and others will take the initiative to help him if he has anything. Yeah, this guy is fine.
Wang Dagui is the younger brother of Wang Cai Mi. Wang Cai Mi's real name is Wang Dafu. He is also a smart man, very capable, knows a lot of things, and he is also very fast at making things up.
But after hearing Xie Yundong talk about Xu Jianjun, Li Long frowned.
Xu Jianjun is Xu Chengjun’s cousin. He is a bit idle and disobedient. When it comes to work, he has a lot to do, but when he goes to the mountains, he is more dedicated to doing other side jobs than working as a master.
"This is the list decided by the captain. I actually don't want to, but I can't help it." Xie Yundong smiled bitterly, "But fortunately, there are powerful people and noble people, so the task can definitely be completed..."< br>
"That should be no problem, but when Brother Yundong arrives, you have to agree that if the quality is not up to standard during the inspection, I will call you back. Don't say that I won't give face to our team. After all, if you hand in the unqualified ones, they will have to return them, then The loss is extraordinary.”
“Don’t worry about this. It costs only one dollar to make up a joke. If this thing ruins everyone's way of making money, then I don't need to say that others can give him a beating. "
He knows how to use everyone to make money. Xie Yundong still has something in his mind to solve the problem of individual disobedience.
Before Xie Yundong left, Tao Daqiang walked into the yard. When he saw Xie Yundong, he was also stunned for a moment, and then smiled naively without saying hello.
"Da Qiang is here. I just want to tell you something. Xiaolong and I just discussed what we should bring with us into the mountains this time. Remember it..."
With that said, Xie Yundong read it to Tao Daqiang based on the paper and asked him if he remembered it.
"Brother Yundong, please read it again, I am stupid..." Tao Daqiang said with a blushing face.
Xie Yundong was not in a hurry and read it again. Tao Daqiang then nodded and remembered.
After Xie Yundong left, Tao Daqiang asked:
"Brother Long, are you still catching fish?"
"Catch, if I set the net again today, it won't go down tomorrow. I'm going to go into the mountains tomorrow, and you have to prepare things."
"Okay." Tao Daqiang nodded, "This time when I go into the mountains, I listen to you."
"If you work hard, there will be a way to make money. I will tell you when the time comes."
"Yes!" Tao Daqiang nodded vigorously.
After checking the tires and net, the two men carried it to Xiaohaizi.
In order to ensure that he could catch more fish this time, Li Long lowered the net to the edge of the reeds two to three hundred meters away from yesterday.
Crucia carp is easier to sell, and there are more crucian carps along the reeds. The nets Li Long brought this time were two with two and a half fingers, two with three fingers, and one with three and a half and four fingers each. Six nets are almost enough.
After setting the net, the two men returned to the team without casting the net again.
Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei have returned. Li Juan is chopping pigweed in the yard, and Li Qiang no longer knows where to go to play.
Getting up early the next day as usual, Li Long and Tao Daqiang went to take back the six nets.
As expected, Li Long did not expect that this time the six nets were full of crucian carp, and a two-and-a-half finger net was densely packed with crucian carp, which must weigh at least fifteen or six kilograms.
“Yesterday when I was looking at the wheat in the wheat field, there were many small crucian carp in the field.” Tao Daqiang said as he walked back, “You can also see some bigger ones. Let the water through the gate and let the fish out. Also put it down. "
Crucian carp is particularly good at producing seeds. The female fish caught at this time, even if it is five or six centimeters long, has a belly full of yellow seeds - the sentence "I advise you not to eat three spring crucian carp", Really impractical here. Because those crucian carp flowed into the fields with the water, and when the water dried up, they all died.
When watering every season, you can see pits of dead fish in ditches and fields. At this time, the feast of flies comes.
Tao Daqiang went back with some crucian carp and said he would stew it for lunch. Li Long put the picked fish on his bicycle and hurriedly left the village with Li Juan.
Putting Li Juan in the elementary school, Li Long didn't see Gu Xiaoxia when he passed by the middle school, and he didn't stop either. This time he still wanted to go to Shicheng to sell fish.
The reason why Li Long was on his way in a hurry was that he was worried that he would be late selling fish and would not be able to buy a radio when he came back.
Shicheng Old Street still has a large flow of people. Opposite the intersection, where Li Long set up his stall yesterday, someone has already set up a stall, selling bacon, wild vegetables, and even small handfuls of coriander. of.
The place was big, so Li Long didn’t choose. He poured part of the fish into the basin, took the scale and started shouting loudly.
There are more fish today than yesterday, more large crucian carp and large crucian carp, but almost no silver carp and grass carp. The fish look very lively and beautiful.
Sure enough, crucian carp is more popular. In less than an hour today, Li Long sold out all the fish. In the end, more than four kilograms of crucian carp were wrapped up by one person.
This time the sale cost more than fifty yuan. Li Long didn't even eat breakfast. He rode directly back to Ma County and rushed to the department store.
As he thought, there was only one radio on the counter.
"You still want to buy it?" Xiao Liu remembered what Li Long said yesterday, "This is the only one, but the radio is good, you can try it."
To be on the safe side, Li Long bought a box of batteries, installed them and started trying them.
Still able to receive the ethnic channel, Li Long smiled and paid for the invoice. Li Long said thank you, and Xiao Liu whispered:
"You're welcome. If you need anything later, you can tell me in advance." The goods have arrived, I can keep them for you."
"Thank you so much." Li Long is sincerely grateful. There are a lot of things he needs at home and in the mountains. Sometimes the goods are out of stock if you are not careful, which is really a pity.
But this girl was so enthusiastic, which surprised him.
Without thinking too much, Li Long went to the big yard, took the radio from before, packed it together, and went into the mountain with a small-caliber rifle.
He wanted to give Harimu and the others a surprise.
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