Chapter 153: Find something for the old man to do
Passing by the middle school, Li Long saw that the school was in session and there were no students on campus, so he gave up the intention of looking for Gu Xiaoxia. Passing by the elementary school, I saw that the students had not finished school yet, so I didn't look for Li Juan and rode all the way back to the village.
Before entering the village, Li Long found that the water in Wei Lake had risen. He guessed that the flood was about to come down. I don’t know if the preparations I made for the utilities I paid for this year will work?
It was almost noon when we returned to Li's house. Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei had already returned, and Li Qiang was feeding chickens in the yard. What surprised Li Long was that he was holding some crickets in his hand. Li Long couldn't help but ask:
"Qiangqiang, are you going to catch dancing pockmarks?"
In the local dialect here, crickets are called jumping pockmarks. Usually after the soil dug out after clearing the canal dries, crickets will hide in it. If you open a piece of soil, you will find a lot of them. Of course, it is also possible that when you open it, what comes out is not a cricket, but a scary mole cricket, a scorpion, or a small centipede.
"Well! My mother said that if you feed the chickens more bugs, they will lay more eggs!" Li Qiang said seriously, and then asked:
"Uncle, this time you take What’s that thing in the sack when you come back?”
“Little wild boar.” Li Long stood up the car and said as he untied it.
Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei came over to help, and together they unloaded the sack of wild boar baby, and then most of the wild boar fan.
"Did you do this yesterday?" Li Jianguo asked in surprise while moving the wild boar. "In just a short time, you did so many of them?"
"After you went back yesterday, I rode my bicycle to Going west, I want to have a fight with my friend I said hello, but halfway through I saw the marks of a wild boar and the hoof prints of a little wild boar, so I wanted to see if I could put it on..."
"This little wild boar is so beautiful!" Li Qiang opened it! The sack mouth peeked inside and said in surprise.
At this time, a little wild boar probably saw the light of the sky, so it pushed out suddenly, which shocked Li Qiang. As soon as his hand was loosened, the mouth of the sack fell to the ground. The two little wild boars that reacted quickly jumped out and started running away in the yard!
Li Long, with quick eyes and quick hands, lifted up the mouth of the sack to prevent the other three little wild boars from running out. He simply pricked the mouth of the sack, and then immediately went after the little wild boars.
This little wild boar was probably starving. After running out, it went straight to the chicken bowl, humming while eating.
Li Long stepped forward and squatted down to grab the little wild boar's hind legs and lift it up.
Another little wild boar ran directly outside the gate. Li Jianguo strode over and blocked the front. The little wild boar wanted to run out from under his legs, but Li Jianguo reached out and caught it.
“This little wild boar is quite lively.” Li Jianguo smiled happily, “It’s quite strong, more ferocious than domestic pigs!”
“Five of them, but we can’t raise them together. "Li Long finally figured out that this little wild boar cannot be kept together with domestic pigs, as it is more aggressive than domestic pigs.
"What should we do?"
"Put it at Old Uncle Luo's place first. Put some of the feed I brought back last time and it will last for a while." Li Long thought for a while and said, "I wanted to I told the captain that we need to raise some things in that yard, and now this little wild boar can be released."
"That's okay." Li Jianguo was a little reluctant to let go, but he also knew that this was the only way. There is only one pig pen at home, and it is okay to let domestic pigs in, but wild boars cannot be put together if both parties specify.
Li Long put the little wild boar into the sack, tied its mouth, and went to pack some feed. Then he said to Li Jianguo:
"Brother, you pack the pork first, and I'll go Bring this to Old Uncle Luo.”
"Cut a piece of meat over here," Liang Yuemei said, "It's a pity that Lao Luo can't eat meat."
Li Long cut a piece of pork belly and picked it up, then he got on the car and rode towards the horse. go.
Lao Luo was collecting fodder in the horse barn. When he saw Li Long coming, he smiled happily and said:
"Xiaolong, you are finally here. If you continue like this, I will not Now you know what to do.”
“Uncle Luo, I know you are idle and bored, so I won’t find a job for you. I caught some little wild boars from the mountains. See if you can keep them. .”
"Little wild boar!" Listening to the little wild boar shouting from time to time, Lao Luo was also a little surprised, "I have never raised this thing before, and I don't know if I can feed it."
"If you can feed it, just raise it. There's nothing you can do if you can't feed it." Li Long looked at it openly, "By the way, take this pork belly and stew it yourself. Wild boar meat doesn't have much oil."
"That's better than no meat. Thank you, little dragon." Lao Luo was very happy, "Put the ingredients here and quickly put the piglets in the pen. This big pen will do. Let them run around freely first. "Hold on, otherwise this scream will call the whole team here."
In fact, the little piglet was screaming sadly all the way, which really attracted a lot of people to watch. Li Long thought to himself that this little guy was really energetic. He called him all the way back from the mountains, and his voice was actually pretty good.
Lifting the sack to the big circle, seeing that Lao Luo closed the door tightly, he knocked down the little pigs one by one.
"Is one of the little pigs injured?" Lao Luo, with sharp eyes, leaned forward with the meat in hand and took a look inside and asked.
"Well, I used a condom, but the wire condom was too tight and my leg was injured."
"It shouldn't be a big deal. It will be fine in a few days." Lao Luo Said, "Then I will feed them the pig food given to domestic pigs."
"Okay." Li Long said, "You don't need to be too careful. Anyway, they will eat everything in the mountains, including grass roots."
"Never mind." Old Luo said happily, " With these little guys, I have something to do.”
"Uncle Luo, you are busy first. I have to go back to the mountains after dinner."
"Let's go, let's go." Lao Luo's eyes were all on the little wild boar, and he felt that his movements were more flexible than before. Some.
The old man is afraid that he has nothing to do. When he has something to do, he is energetic.
Li Long was riding back on his bike. When someone in his team asked him about it, he said he had caught a few wild boar cubs and asked Uncle Luo to help them raise them.
Many people in the team went over to watch the excitement, and the news soon reached Xu Chengjun’s ears.
"This Li family's little dragon really caught something to raise." Xu Chengjun gave Li Long the reason why the horse number must be raised. He also knew that if Li Long hadn't bought the horse number, the horse number would have been lost. Eighty percent of it will be demolished and turned into construction waste, and in a few years there will be nothing left.
At least the things are still there now, the team’s income has increased, and Lao Luo has something to do. It’s the best of all three, a good thing.
I just didn’t expect Li Long to still remember this. He thought Li Long was really good.
I don’t know how my cousin is doing in the mountains, and he hasn’t caused any trouble at all.
The Li family’s braised pork stew at noon uses wild boar meat. Although he lost some weight, it was fresh meat after all, and it tasted really good. Li Qiang cooked two bowls of rice with the braised pork and ate several pieces of braised pork. Liang Yuemei complained for a while, mainly because she was worried that he would eat slippery meat. The intestines.
After Li Long finished eating, he rested for a while. Li Jianguo and the others were about to hitch a carriage and go to work in the fields. Li Long said to him:
"Brother, I will bring back some wood in a few days and prepare to beat some." Tables, chairs and other furniture, I want to build a winter nest in the mountains." "What?" Li Jianguo didn't understand, "You built a winter nest in the mountains?"
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"Well, my herder friends helped me build a winter nest out of wood, which is just two rooms. I plan to put some furniture in our style in it." Li Long was a little embarrassed. "They only know how to make wooden kangs. I think it would be better to buy some cabinets, tables, etc."
"You..." Li Jianguo didn't know what to say. He looked at Li Long seriously and felt that he needed to get to know his brother again.
What has he done in the past few months? He actually asked those herdsmen to build a house for him!
Li Jianguo has also dealt with those herdsmen, and communication is not as easy as ordinary people think.
“I brought some things for them and sold some things they didn’t need. I also made some money in the process, so they thought I was more honest...”
said Li Long is still a little embarrassed at this point. He is really not sincere.
But Harimu and Yushanjiang decided that way.
When Li Long feels guilty, he will have a compensatory mentality and will find ways to get more good things for them. Harimu and the others feel that Li Long has suffered a loss, so they will find him some resources in the mountains - thus forming cycle.
Benign.
“Okay, there is a carpenter in the countryside who is very good at making things. I will bring the wood to you in a few days. In fact, carpenter Zhang on our team is also very good at work, but he didn’t do it two days ago. I went to work in Wucheng. I was told that the construction work recommended by others was quite profitable. ”
Li Long knew that Carpenter Zhang was a very big-hearted person and would not live in the village. He often went to Wucheng and Shicheng. He also looked down upon Li Long’s petty quarrels. Later, I directly found a good job in Wucheng, and after making money, my family moved there.
Compared with such people, Li Long felt that he was really a small rich man.
"Just make a table, five or six stools, and a cabinet and a chest of drawers." Li Long thought for a while and said, "It's just two rooms, smaller than ours - Brother, do we need to make some for ours too?" Is there any furniture?”
“After two days of free time, I dismantled the kang and installed the bed. Just do it." Li Jianguo said confidently, "We are going to tear down this wall of fire. Don't worry about these things. Just do your business in the mountains."
Since Li Long gave Li Jianguo three hundred yuan last time. After making money, Li Jianguo did not regard the things Li Long did as idleness. There are two brothers, one is working hard outside, and the other is farming and raising pigs in the village, which is good.
Everyone is aware of the changes Li Long has brought to the family in the past few months. Li Jianguo also knows that Li Long is impatient with trivial things, so he will not bother Li Long with these things.
Li Jianguo and the others went to Shangdi. Li Long took Li Qiang to the preschool on his bicycle. He put Li Qiang down and watched him enter the classroom, then turned and rode toward the county.
When passing by the middle school, Li Long took a look and saw that the school was still working, so he continued towards the county.
After school, Gu Xiaoxia came out of the classroom and looked at the road next to the school out of habit, and then at the door of her dormitory. There was no one there, and she felt a little disappointed.
Li Long rode to the big yard, put the car away, closed the door, and took a deep breath, so he could take a rest.
Weeds have emerged from the cracks in the green brick floor in the yard. The jujube tree in the front yard is very thick and has sprouted, but Li Long knows that the jujube tree will not bear dates unless it is pressed down.
The other one is an apple tree, which has also bloomed white flowers. Li Long doesn’t know what kind of apple it is, whether it is delicious or not.
I had nothing to do, so I took a big broom and swept the fallen leaves in the yard while thinking about something.
Those people in Harimu and Yushanjiang are building their winter nests. When they are done building them, according to their own custom, they invite everyone to "dry the house" together. In fact, they also want to express their gratitude. Check out these enthusiastic Adasi.
Based on this time, we need to get ready today and start tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
Since Harimu said that drinking white wine will cause some Adasi to behave badly, prepare some other drinks, such as beer, small champagne, and red and white wine.
Li Long didn't have any drinking tickets in his hand. The wine he bought earlier was a black market drinking ticket exchanged at the morning market. It seemed that he had to go to the morning market before going into the mountains tomorrow. If there is still food there, buy some more and exchange them for some tickets.
There weren't many things to buy in the department store. Wusu beer hadn't appeared yet, and Li Long didn't know what kind of beer he could buy, but there was some small champagne.
In addition to sesame cakes, sugar, melon seeds, peanuts, etc., but considering their living habits, they may only accept drinks, wine, sugar, etc.
It’s quite a headache.
Forget it, that’s it.
Sweeping the fallen leaves together, Li Long put down the big broom and went out on his bicycle.
In his last life, he had a very bad habit of doing many things until the last minute. For example, the plan just now, if in the previous life, he would go to the department store after exchanging the ticket tomorrow morning.
This made him easily passive, but he never changed it in his life.
After being reborn in this life, Li Long has become a lot more active. Now he plans to go to the market, then the department store, and the Cultural Palace. Because there are movies showing at the Cultural Palace, there are usually people selling melon seeds and peanuts.
But if it doesn’t work, then go to Li Xiangqian. For this kind of mutually beneficial matter, Li Long felt that there was nothing wrong with looking for Li Xiangqian.
We are called friends only when we come and go.
After riding his bicycle to the market, Li Long discovered that at this time, there were still people setting up stalls here, but the items sold were relatively simple, such as iron farm tools, willow weaving tools, bacon, and dried fish.
He looked around and couldn't find the seller who sold tickets last time. He was a little disappointed and turned towards the Cultural Palace.
Here Li Long met a girl selling melon seeds and peanuts for five cents a paper cup - this paper cup was folded by himself, with a pointed and triangular shape. Li Long bought a cup and tasted it. Not bad, so I just bought the few kilograms of fried melon seeds left by the girl.
It’s a pity that there are no peanuts, and these melon seeds are sunflower seeds. If you eat too many, your mouth will be black. The advantage is the fragrance.
With a bag of melon seeds in hand, Li Long looked around for a while, and then he spotted a suspected ticket seller.
It's him.
(End of this chapter)