Chapter 147: His own "Winter Nest"
Halimu pointed at the wine brought by Li Long and said:
"Some of our tribesmen like this very much, but This is really harmful."
Li Long was still a little confused. He didn't have much contact with the Kazakhs in his previous life.
“Some of us young people usually look very honest, very practical at work, and not very courageous, but after drinking, their personalities will change drastically, and they may even dare to stab people with knives. ——So this wine must not be given to them, but the others are fine.”
Li Long was startled and broke into a cold sweat. He almost made a big mistake!
He quickly collected all the wine, and then said to Harimu:
"Let the wine be here for you first. By the way, if you need anything else, I will buy it." Some. You are about to go to Summer Ranch. If you need anything, I will buy it when you arrive. Otherwise, I will wait until you go. It’s not easy to buy summer pastures in the mountains.”
Harimu was not polite to Li Long and said:
“Food, we need more food, salt and brick tea. These are almost enough, but you still need some ropes, saws, wires and other tools..."
Harimu said while thinking, and Li Long wrote them down one by one.
After Harimu finished speaking, Li Long gave up his original idea of going to the place where they worked in Yushanjiang and was about to turn around and go shopping again.
"Li Long, after the snow melted, we picked up some deer antlers and roe deer horns. You took these things and sold them before buying something. We will build you a winter nest, yes We regard you as a friend. You have helped us so much. We should do what we should do. Now we can’t just let you pay for things..."
Li Long didn’t refuse, but when he saw Harimu taking it out, The deer antlers were also surprised.
Two lives before and after, the antlers that Harimu took out were the largest that Li Long had ever seen.
Three and a half pairs of deer antlers are seven branches, and two roe deer antlers.
One pair of antlers is particularly huge. It must be at least half a meter long. In addition to the main branch, there are six other branches. This one antler must weigh at least seven or eight kilograms!
Li Long doubted whether he could take it back at once.
The resources in this mountain are really rich!
With the help of Harimu, Li Long reluctantly tied all these things to the bicycle with ropes, and then rode down the mountain carefully.
He now felt like one of those martial arts students on the stage, with spikes standing on his back, just like a flag gun.
Of course, it also feels very dangerous. I always feel that if I tip over, the antlers will get stuck in me.
When riding to the county seat, Li Long felt like he was sweating.
When he arrived at the purchasing station, Li Long calculated that Chen Hongjun should go to work today.
After locking the car, Li Long didn't unload the goods. He looked inside first and found that Chen Hongjun was indeed there, weighing licorice root for someone. While weighing, he said:
"The quality of your licorice root is pretty good. I'll give you a first-class price of two and a half cents per kilogram. You... have twelve kilograms and three yuan."
Okay, Li Long suddenly felt, look That big bundle of licorice only cost three yuan, which was really a little less.
But looking at the cheerful expression on the face of the licorice seller, Li Long suddenly felt that he seemed to be the one who was out of place in this world - for three yuan, he could buy ten kilograms of noodles and two bottles of liquor. , three kilograms of mutton—a lot!
Chen Hongjun paid the bill, and then saw Li Long at the door, and then showed a surprised expression:
"Comrade Xiao Li, I haven't seen you for a long time! You look so gray, Where did it come from? ”
"Just came out of the mountains..."
"Then you must have brought something good, let's take a look."
"Okay." Li Long turned around and went to the bicycle, holding the rope Untie it and take off the antlers one by one.
"Hey! Comrade Li, you have a great harvest this time! Did you collect all the antlers on Nanshan Mountain?"
"Absolutely." Li Long joked , "It's not spring anymore. The red deer are about to grow antlers, so they don't need the antlers anymore, so I took them all back."
"It seems that you have a good relationship with the red deer." Chen Hongjun also joked, "These antlers are so big!"
Seven antlers and two roe deer antlers, the quality is different, Chen Hongjun has one Look at it carefully and grade it.
The man selling licorice root also looked at the antlers curiously. He did not leave. Li Long guessed that he might want to know how much the antlers were worth.
“There are four first-grade antlers, weighing 21 kilograms and 600 grams.” After Chen Hongjun classified and weighed them, he reported to Li Long, “Second-grade antlers weigh 10 kilograms and 300 grams. Now the first grade is still six yuan, and the second grade is four yuan. The roe deer antlers are all first grade, weighing two kilograms each. How about giving them five yuan per unit?"
"Of course it's no problem." Long said with a smile.
"Let me do the math, the total..." Chen Hongjun pulled over and counted the abacus skillfully, "One hundred and eighty-one yuan and fifty cents."
Invoicing and paying, Li Long took a thick wad of money. Into the inside pocket.
"Comrade Chen, I still want to buy something, so I'll leave now. We'll chat later when we have time."
"Okay, when you have time to get game, remember to leave some for me. ."
"Okay."
The man selling licorice root looked at Li Long, then looked at the three dollars in his hand, and suddenly felt that the three dollars didn't taste good anymore.
Li Long went out and the man chased him out, asking Li Long:
"Little brother, did you pick up these antlers in the mountains?"
"Well, it's from the mountains, but I didn't pick it up. My friends in the mountains picked it up when they were grazing."
"Then..." the man blushed, and finally asked, "Then Are deer antlers easy to pick up? ”
"How can I put it, it's easier for people in the mountains to pick it up. But for us, or you, it's actually not easy. We might not be able to pick it up even if we wander around in the mountains for a whole day, because we don't know where red deer like to roam."
Li Long knows what this person is thinking. Anyone who sees the other person making so much money at once will Everyone will be excited, he said seriously:
"Brother, just like you picking up licorice, I guess there are many people in your village who don't know where to pick up licorice, right? You know it, so I can pick up more than ten kilograms a day..."
The man nodded thoughtfully.
"Okay, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." Li Long got on the car and headed towards the supply and marketing cooperative.
If you want to buy those things, they can only be found in supply and marketing cooperatives.
Getting on his bicycle and arriving at the sales department of the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Long got down and locked the bike. After getting in, he started purchasing things according to the names given by Harimu.
Li Long purchased a large quantity and the two salesmen carried each item to the counter. Seeing these things piled higher and higher, Li Long simply asked for two sacks and started to pack them.
“Comrade, pay first.” A salesperson reminded.
Li Long smiled, stopped, took out a wad of money from his pocket and said:
"Okay, let's settle the accounts first."
When the salesperson saw the money in his hand, he felt relieved and began to settle the accounts. The various tools, wires and other materials cost more than 60 yuan in total, but the weight reached nearly 80 kilograms.
After paying the money, Li Long packed it into two sacks, making sure that the items on both sides were about the same weight, and then tied the mouth with the fine hemp rope he bought to make it look like a draping. Squat down and put the connecting part of the two sacks on your shoulders, and lift it up with a strong effort on your waist.
The two salesmen were not particularly surprised. Although it is carrying 80 kilograms of things, there are more talented people in this era. Let alone 80 kilograms, there are also people who can carry 100 kilograms.
Li Long walked to the side of the bicycle, put down the things, and then put down the rear bracket of the bicycle - otherwise the 80 kilograms of things would be placed directly on the back seat, which would easily deform the rear bracket, but it would not have such a negative impact on the tires. Influence.
It was a bit difficult at this time. It was inconvenient to carry things on the bicycle while holding the bicycle. He had no choice but to turn around and said to the salesperson in the sales department:
"This Comrade, can you come over and help me support my bicycle?"
The salesperson inside was not the one who had borrowed the scale before. After hearing Li Long's voice, one of them walked out of the counter and said with a smile:
"As you said, I came out just now You can put it on directly without putting it down.”
As she said this, she supported the bicycle. Li Long squatted down and picked up the two sacks again. He came to the back of the bicycle, leaned over, and slowly slid the things off his shoulders and placed them on the back seat of the bicycle.
After adjusting to ensure that the things were stable, Li Long thanked the salesman, got on the bike and left.
After going back and forth, Li Long was also a little hungry. He went to the Big Meat Canteen and bought three buns. While eating, he went to the morning market, where the stalls were already closed.
Here, Li Long originally planned to buy some food without tickets, but the stalls had closed, and he had no choice. He thought about it and sent the things to the mountains first, and came back in the evening, so that he could come early tomorrow morning. I bought grain and transported it to the mountains.
After selling jade and antlers, Li Long had enough confidence to buy food.
He thought about the last special price of food, and then went to the grain store again. Unfortunately, there was no special price of food today, and he didn't have so many food stamps on hand, so he had to wait until tomorrow.
Riding a bicycle into the mountains, by the time Harim arrived at their winter nest, the sun was already setting.
With Harry Mu out of the way, Li Long put down the sacks and felt that they couldn't cross the ditch while carrying them, so he untied them and planned to carry them one by one.
The dog kept barking. When Nathan came out and saw Li Long, he ran over happily and shouted to Li Long:
"Uncle, uncle!"
Li Long was surprised that this little guy actually learned Chinese!
Even if you just shout one word, it is already the beginning of communication.
"Nathan, Jax! Hello!"
"Hello!" Nathan shouted excitedly, his face red.
When he saw Li Long carrying a large sack on his back, he suddenly turned around and ran towards the winter nest. When Li Long crossed the ditch, Nathan had already led the horse over.
He gave Li Long a signal and put the sack on the horse. Li Long gestured, indicating that the horse was too tall and the things were too heavy to put on it.
Nathan actually understood. He led the horse to the edge of the water in the ditch, and then pressed the reins hard. The horse resisted at first. Nathan's face turned red, and he was still holding down the reins. The reins, the horse actually knelt down on its front legs first, and then lay down by the water!
Li Long felt very surprised. He didn't know whether it was because Nathan had the talent to train horses since he was a child, or because this horse was more humane and more obedient. In short, it really shocked him.
Now that the horses were lying down, Li Long took the other sack and tied them together again, one on the left and the other on the horse's back.
Seeing that the things were stable, Nathan asked Li Long to step aside, then pulled the reins and asked the horse to stand up.
With more than eighty kilograms of stuff, it took the horse two or three tries before it stood up. Nathan took the reins and walked towards the winter nest.
When going uphill, Li Long was still watching carefully from the side of the horse. Fortunately, the friction of the sack was enough and it didn't mean to slide down.
Arrived at Dongwozi, Nathan asked the horse to lie down again. This time the horse understood, quickly adjusted and lay down.
While Li Long was unloading the things, Harimu's wife walked out of the winter nest and saw Li Long smiling and nodding.
Li Long moved the two sacks one by one to the door of the winter nest, and then discovered that the radio was not there.
He gestured to Nathan, who pointed to the west, and Li Long understood that he should take it to the place where he built his winter nest and show it to the young people.
Li Long was thinking about going there to have a look. He gestured with Nathan, and Nathan happily held the horse and wanted to go with him.
After just two people crossed the ditch, they heard someone running over on horseback. Li Long saw it was Harimu.
"Do you want to go over there and have a look?" Harimu rode his horse quickly to Li Long and then stopped and asked, "Did you buy something?"
" The tools and wires have been bought, and the food will be ready tomorrow," Li Long said.
"Then don't go over there. Today's work over there is almost finished. I'll give them the things you gave me, and they'll be very happy. Put these things here first, and then take them over when we start working tomorrow. "
In this case, Li Long did not plan to go there. He said to Harimu:
"Then I will go back and see what I can buy tomorrow morning. The grain is coming. Our production team needs a carriage, and I will use a bicycle to transport the grain in the next two days."
"No problem, just a few bags of rice and noodles," Harimu said. I also told those people that if you have deer antlers or roe deer antlers at home, bring them over and exchange them for something good."
Li Long said with a smile:
"It is indeed exchangeable. Just tell me what you want to exchange for."
"That's why I ran into you." Harimu sighed, "We have suffered losses. Some Han people, okay Very, just like you. Some Han people really treat us as spoons..."
Li Long is also a little ashamed. In fact, he has taken a lot of advantage.
Looking at the long term, he will gradually convert all the things he got from Harimu and the others into supplies and send them to the mountains, so that these lovely herdsmen can live a better life.
"Let's go back after drinking the milk tea. It's windy at the mountain pass at night and it's quite cool." Harimu said to Li Long.
After drinking milk tea, Li Long got on his bicycle and rode out of the mountains like a breeze. All the way downhill, he tried to control the speed of the bike, otherwise he would really fly out.
When they arrived at the county seat, the sun had just set and it was still a little bright. Li Long went to the canteen to buy some steamed buns and planned to bake them in the evening. There is red tofu prepared in the big yard, which makes eating easier.
After a tiring day, he set up a fire to bake steamed buns. After eating, he fell asleep in a hurry. He still had work to do tomorrow.
Before midnight, Li Long heard something moving outside.
A thief is coming?
(End of this chapter)