Chapter 164 The exhausted Li Long
Li Long was woken up by Liang Yuemei.
"Xiaolong, why did you fall asleep here?" Liang Yuemei said, "Go to sleep in the house. Have you not cooked yet? I will heat up the food for you."
Li Long rubbed his eyes, got up and said:
"I'm exhausted. By the way, I brought back some meat and some from the Tao family. I'll have to give Daqiang's father a leg later. Go.”
"We'll go after eating later." Liang Yuemei hurried to the kitchen. She looked at the meat in the pot on the stove, took it out, and washed the pot to heat the rice.
At noon they had soup and rice, which heated up quickly. Liang Yuemei filled a bowl for Li Long and said:
"I will bring you another steamed bun, and you can eat it with the steamed bun." Hungry."
"Okay." Li Long came into the house with the bowl in hand. He saw the chopped salted leeks on the kitchen cutting board, so he put some into the bowl of soup and rice - the soup and rice here. , refers to soup noodle slices.
"The steamed buns are cold," Liang Yuemei said, holding two steamed buns on a plate. "It's too late to boil them. Let's eat them while soaking them."
"Just eat like this." Li Long took the steamed bun and ate it with a big mouthful, "I'm so hungry."
"Why don't you just have a meal at noon before working." Liang Yuemei half complained and half said Feeling distressed, "If your eldest brother knows, he will definitely talk about you."
"My eldest brother is coming?" Li Long asked while eating.
“It turns out that the team’s sideline vegetable land was allocated to our family five acres. In the afternoon, I went to pull weeds in our ration field, and your eldest brother went to the feed field over there to see the sowing situation. The sugar beets we planted. "It's almost time to sprout."
"Yes." Li Long nodded, this matter was discussed.
When it got dark, Li Long ate two large bowls of rice soup and two steamed buns before he was full. When he was clearing away the bowls, he said to Liang Yuemei:
"I came back this time and brought back half a Wolf and half roe deer roe at noon. I sent a roe deer leg and a wolf leg to Wenyu. I think Uncle Liang is in good health. I didn't see Auntie because I was in a hurry. They should be fine."
"You go. Over there?" Liang Yuemei said with a look on her face. "No wonder...you ran back from the mountains and turned over there...no wonder you are so tired. Tell me...what do you want me to say..."
"Don't say anything, "Li Long smiled and said, "Okay, I will Let’s deliver meat to Daqiang’s father first, and take a look at other people’s homes. By the way, I’ll cut another piece of meat for Old Uncle Luo. He’s also short of meat.”
Old Uncle Luo is used to it. If you are living a hard life, you will definitely not be willing to buy meat.
Li Long carried the leg of the roe deer and a piece of meat, and he went to the horse number first.
Uncle Luo was feeding the little wild boar. When he saw Li Long coming over, he said with a smile:
"Xiaolong, look at this little wild boar. It is much more lively than domestic pigs. One day Keep running, that is, the horse's ring is too big, otherwise it won't be enough."
"Uncle Luo, is there enough feed?" Li Long asked.
“That’s enough.”
"Okay, I'll bring some fish meal here tomorrow, and you can mix it into the bran and feed it to it. This is the roe deer meat and wolf meat I hunted in the mountains today. You can cook it and eat it when you have time." br>
"There is also wolf meat! Okay, okay! Xiaolong, you are the only one willing to give me meat Eat.”
“Isn’t it true that everyone’s life is not good? When life gets better, there will definitely be more people giving you meat.”
In the pig pen, there are five little wild boars. It's all a bit bigger, and the injured leg can still be slightly inconvenient.
Looking at the grass in the circle, it must have been cut by Uncle Luo. He was very careful.
"Uncle Luo, I have two young deer at my friend's place in the mountains. Can you raise them?" Li Long suddenly thought of the deer problem and asked.
"It can be raised, but why can't it be raised? Deer just eat grass. Just give it more grass to eat. This big yard is big enough for it to run around."
"Wait. After a while, I will find someone to build a wall in the middle of the yard, so that the deer can run away, and you can plant vegetables when I pull the deer back, and then pull some manure back. There is no planting in this big yard. Some of the dishes are too hard to scratch.”
“You don’t need to pull the excrement. You can make a pile of excrement from any corner in this horse house.” Lao Luo heard what Li Long said and replied with a smile. He said, "I don't know what you are planning to do, so you haven't planted it yet. If you say you can plant it, we will plant it."
It turns out that Lao Luo has been waiting for Li Long to speak. This surprised Li Long. This old Uncle Luo had very strict rules.
The two chatted for a while, and Li Long left and went to Tao's house.
Tao Jianshe was feeding donkeys in the yard and was surprised to see Li Long come in.
"Uncle Tao, Daqiang and I shot a roe deer today and brought you a leg. He is fine in the mountains and can weave a handle very quickly."
Li Long explained his purpose, and Tao Jianshe said with a smile on his face:
"How could he have the ability to hunt down a roe deer? You should be the one to hunt him, and then take care of him. You see, there is no shortage of food at home. …”
"Daqiang found it when he was cutting strips. He pointed out the place to me, and I cut it." Li Long explained, "By the way, the roe deer has antler, and we each took one. I gave it to Daqiang. As I said, the money your family owes me will be paid in velvet..."
"It's not like I've never seen a roe deer. How big can that velvet be?" Tao Jian She hurriedly said, "You can't erase it if you can't erase it. Xiaolong, I know you are kind and righteous, and you can make money, but this is not how you do it. It's as much as it should be... Don't worry, I will pay back the money at the end of the year."
Li Long was a little surprised. Is this the same Tao Jianshe who was not satisfied with a frozen leg of lamb and wanted more?
Why is it such a big turn?
Looking at Li Long’s expression, Tao Jianshe knew what he had done before. He said with a smile:
"Xiaolong, don't blame your Uncle Tao for being confused before. No one would have thought about the poor days without meat!
In the past few months, I have finally figured it out. He is always evil. It won’t last long. Daqiang has only been following you for a long time. My donkey also has a car.
I used to be an old fool, but I am no longer so. You don’t care about the past because you have a big belly. Uncle Tao, I will never hold you back. But I still have my old face, so I can’t take advantage of it anymore. Your advantage..."
Tao Jianshe's change surprised Li Long, but he was also very happy. He also didn't want to make money with Tao Daqiang while having a fucking father behind him. Now that Tao Jianshe can change his mind, he is naturally very happy.
The next step is to visit each family. Now the sun has set, and all the workers have returned. The families of the people Li Long went to are all here, and they are also very concerned about their families in the mountains.
These people feel relieved knowing that their families are living a good life in the mountains and have meat to eat. Basically, there was nothing to explain. He just asked Li Long to tell the people in the mountains to work hard.
Finally, Li Long went to the home of the village director Xu Chengjun. Xu Chengjun also asked Li Long to strictly manage and control the quality of the work so as not to be embarrassed in the end.
"Xiaolong," Xu Chengjun hesitated for a moment after finishing talking about the sideline team, and then said:
"That's it for Gu Ermao. Although he falsely accused you, But he lost his apprenticeship, and when he came back, he asked your eldest brother to take care of their family. He was beaten up, and now Er Mao feels embarrassed and doesn’t know where he ran away. After all, you have nothing to lose. His family is almost broken up now.”
Li. Only then did Long know that after Gu Ermao ran back, his family had his eldest brother beat him up!
I never expected that my eldest brother would be so aggressive!
But he originally planned to come back to finish other things and go find Gu Ermao to trouble him, but he didn’t expect that Gu Ermao ran away! It's easier on him! Otherwise, Li Long really wants to take off his legs!
"Okay, since you have said it, Captain, let's leave it as it is." On the surface, Li Long naturally agreed readily. As a winner, he should naturally be more generous.
Of course, it’s hard to say what to do if you meet Gu Ermao in private.
When Li Long returned to the yard, Li Jianguo was unloading the carriage. There was a lot of pigweed on the carriage, and Li Juan and Qiang Qiang were helping to carry the pigweed to the stove.
"Xiaolong is back." Li Jianguo greeted.
"Uncle!"
"Uncle!"
Li Juan and Qiangqiang ran over and greeted warmly, and Li Long smiled and touched him Looking at the heads of the two children, he found that both Li Juan and Li Qiang had grown taller.
"Uncle, have you beaten a wolf again? I saw the wolf's head! There are also long teeth!" Li Qiang rushed to ask, "Is the wolf easy to fight?"
"It's not easy to fight, last night. "You almost ate me!" Li Long threatened him, "So don't go into the mountains alone, there are many dangers!"
"Well!" Li Qiang admires Li Long the most now. You have to listen to yourself.
Li Jianguo smiled as he watched the interaction between his uncle and nephew, while Li Juan went to chop pigweed, her ears raised high, listening to Li Long talk about things in the mountains.
"Now the team has started to set up the wiring, and the electricity may be connected in a few days." Li Jianguo suddenly said, "When Qiangqiang goes to school, he will be able to use electric lights and do his homework then. It won’t be under the oil lamp.”
He looked at Li Juan and said:
"Juan going to school is quite hard, but it will get better later."
Li Juan smiled, lowered her head and continued to chop pigweed. Li Qiang ran over to help. Liang Yuemei came out of the room and handed two pairs of shoes to Li Long.
"Sister-in-law, have you made shoes for me again?" Li Long took the shoes and looked at them with surprise, "These are different from the shoes you used before."
"I didn't make these for you, these were made by Xiaoxia, a pair for you , a pair is for her father." Liang Yuemei said with a smile, "Xiaoxia came to the house specifically two days ago to say that she hadn't seen you for several days and didn't know if you were in the mountains, so she left the shoes here. Put it on and take it with you when you come back.”
"Xiaoxia did it?" Li Long was a little surprised. Gu Xiaoxia didn't say anything today. Was she planning to give herself a surprise?
"You didn't even notice. Before Xiaoxia came that day, Sister-in-law Lu also said that Xiaoxia would live in the public family from now on, and she was no longer suitable for you, and she might not be able to like you. As a result, she Xiaoxia came over as soon as she finished speaking. Leave the two pairs of shoes there, and the Lu family’s sister-in-law..."
< br>Liang Yuemei smiled and turned her head to look at the Lu family, and then said:
“Not to mention how embarrassed she looked - Xiaoxia is a nice person, she has not forgotten her roots, she is a good girl.”
< br>Li Long took the shoes and put them into the east room, then came out and started processing the wolf and roe deer skins. He also doesn't know how to tan the leather. He has already rubbed it with salt before. The next step is to stretch the leather and stretch it as much as possible so that it can be sold later.
After finishing the work, Liang Yuemei's dinner was ready. The cooked corn was battered, so Li Long went to the spare house to get the dried fish that had been dried before, and simmered it slowly by the stove fire. After a while, the dried fish became hot and browned, so Li Long dried the small fish. Passed it to Li Qiang:
"Qiangqiang, go share some with your parents and sister."
Li Qiang happily took the dried fish and shared it with each of them.
“There are two left.” Li Qiang came over with a remaining dried fish in one hand and said to Li Long.
"Both of them are yours, eat slowly." Li Long still had one left here, and this one was simmered. He broke off the fish head, blew on the ashes, and put it in his mouth. It started to crunch.
The dried fish is a bit salty, it is dried out in the sun, and it is simmered better. The bones and thorns inside are burnt, so it tastes very crisp, and you can chew it and swallow it together with the thorns.
The whole family ate the dried salted fish slowly and occasionally took a sip of the paste. It felt really good.
After dinner, Li Jianguo, Liang Yuemei and Li Long chopped the meat into fine pieces. Liang Yuemei asked Li Long to go back to rest while she and Li Jianguo braised the meat. Li Long returned to the east room, took the shoes and tried them on.
Gu Boyuan is not as tall as him, and his feet are not as big as his, so his shoes are naturally small. Li Long tried on the large shoes, and he was surprised to find that the shoes actually fit well.
Xiaoxia is a very careful girl. When did she know her shoe size?
Putting on his shoes, Li Long walked out of the room. He was a little surprised to see Li Jianguo sitting by the stove in the yard, smoking a cigarette, but then he sat over.
"Brother, did you beat up the Gu family?"
"Well, Gu Ermao beat you twice. That was not a joke. He wanted to put you in jail. I can Allow him?"
Li Jianguo spoke calmly, but his words were full of murderous intent:
"That means he runs fast, otherwise..."
Li Jianguo did not continue speaking. Li Long guessed that the next words must be full of blood.
"Actually, I also wanted to come back and clean up a meal, but I didn't expect him to run away... Besides, our family has Juan and Qiangqiang..."
"What are you afraid of?" Li Jianguo didn't say what he was worried about at that time, and took a puff of Mohe, "I was going to send Juan to school the day after the fight, but he ran away, a coward!"
Li Long laughed, in fact, The eldest brother is also afraid. He probably went there impulsively after hearing the news about his defendant.
The character of Hu Duzi has never changed.
"Brother, life is getting better for our family. Do you think you can take me over to live with my parents for a while?"
Li Jianguo turned to look at Li Long, he was a little surprised.
Although Li Long grew up with his parents until he was a teenager, he has never been very close to people in his hometown, including his parents.
Now that I suddenly want to take my parents over, this is a big change.
“I remember that in the past two years, there were still people who didn’t have enough to eat in my hometown. Unlike here, we can eat meat every day.” Li Long said with emotion, “Although dad said he doesn’t care about me, Yes, I left it to you, but they are my parents. The environment in my hometown is like that, and it is difficult for them. Now that our life is relaxed, it is right for them to come here and live a good life. ”
"Okay, after I finish working in the field in two days, I will send a telegram to my family to see what they think."
Li Jianguo was actually quite happy that his brother had such an idea.
(End of this chapter)