Chapter 199 Vigorous Transformation
After breakfast the next day, Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei went to work in the fields, Li Juan and Li Qiang went to school, and Li Long packed up the house and took the carriage to Laomahao .
Old Uncle Luo was feeding pigs. To Li Long's surprise, several young men had already arrived. Tao Daqiang was setting up a fire to burn the stove. He didn't know where he got the wood and was burning it under the stove. What was inside was bones cut into fist-sized pieces. The water had boiled and was rolling up and down.
Seeing Li Long arrive, several young people came over. Tian Siping relied on his good relationship with Li Long and said with a smile:
"Xiaolong, this venison looks fat. We will do a good job for you today, just tell me how to do it!”
"It's very simple." Li Long pointed to the inside of the horse barn and said, "In the past, the layout of the horse barn was to raise large livestock. Later, we will raise pigs and deer, and they will be separated into rooms, and then there will be this big yard in the middle. Half of Old Uncle Luo wants to grow vegetables, and the remaining half is for deer and roe deer to move around. A wall must be built in the middle. ..."
"But the clods are not enough." The speaker was Wei Aihua, Wei Zhonghua's younger brother. He could build walls and was considered a technical talent among these people. He frowned and said, "We need to show up now. It’s too late to dig out the soil!”
“No need to dig it out now,” Li Long said. "I have already told the captain that the dirt on the wall of the old team headquarters can be used. Anyway, the old team headquarters has been abandoned, so we can leave it there. Now we only need to mix the mud here and put it there. Just remove the soil blocks and transport them over by horse-drawn carriage.”
“That’s no problem. "We're done," Wei Aihua kicked the tile knife and shovel under his feet and said, "This is an easy job. As long as we can supply the soil, we can definitely finish it in one day."
"Then let's divide the work, Aihua. I leave the building of the wall here to you, and leave Siping, Daqiang, and Tietou to you..."
Tietou of the Lu family is not too old, but he is no longer in school. This time Li Long called people over, which was actually just to eat a piece of meat - it was normal for such an old child to work in the team.
Li Long took the remaining two people to pull the carriage and went to the old team headquarters to demolish the wall. He also told Wei Aihua that when someone came over again, he would ask him to go to the old team headquarters.
Four people on each side is more reasonable - Wei Aihua responded and had already begun to order people to dig the soil to get wheat tail seeds and prepare them for mixing with mud.
There are still quite a lot of wheat tails around the wheat fields now. In addition to feeding cattle and sheep, these wheat tails are usually mixed with mud. At this stage, sheep are not raised on a large scale, so there are more wheat tails left every year. In a year or two, there will be no wheat straw left on the edge of the wheat field, let alone wheat tails.
Li Long led the carriage to the old team headquarters - the actual distance from the old horse was only two hundred meters. At this time, the preschool class was recessing, and Li Long saw many children lying on the low wall of the old team headquarters digging out sparrow nests inside.
There is only one female teacher in the preschool, surnamed Zhang, and she doesn’t care about the dolls—unless they climb to a higher wall, then she will yell at the children to come down.
It is so normal for children these days to run up and down, and no one cares about it.
It is rare to hear of injuries or other accidents. Even if there is blood from a bump, the children usually grab a handful of fine soil and rub it on the wound, and then continue playing.
If it were Li Qiang, he would be more careful. He had learned a lot of miscellaneous knowledge from his father Li Jianguo, so if he was injured, he would look for grass leaves with thorns on the edges and tear off the thorns. , take the juice squeezed out of the leaves and apply it on the wound - this stuff will stop the bleeding.
What does it seem to be called?
Next to the preschool is the first and second grade classroom. Li Long knew that Wu Shufen was here - this girl who had become a passerby had not appeared for a long time. Li Long had actually forgotten about it and only remembered it when she got here.
"Let's park the carriage there." Li Long said, "One person will go up to unpack it, another person will pick it up below, and another person will load it into the carriage."
"Then Xiaolong, you can go up there. , I'm on horse Jacket next to the car," Xie Yundong said with a smile, "Cheng Gang, you can pick it up from below."
The other person is Zhao Chenggang, who is one year younger than Li Long. He doesn't talk much at times, but he works hard. Comparable to Tao Daqiang. It's just that although this man is silent, he is not as easy to bully as Tao Daqiang. Anyone who really offends him will really know how to fight.
"Okay." Zhao Chenggang just responded.
Li Long went up to the wall with a tile cutter, first shoveled off the walls on both sides, and then removed the pieces of earth and passed them down.
I have to say that the quality of the soil used when building the team headquarters was very good. After using it for so many years, after shoveling off the mud above and below, it is still very strong and looks very thick. There is no cutting corners. There are no traces.
While taking it apart, Li Long saw a bird singing in a hole in the wall.
There were sparrows flying around, and then he took apart the wall covering and saw a nest of naked sparrows without opening their eyes in the nest.
This thing is not going to survive.
Li Long had a little compassion, but it was not strong. He picked up the bird's nest and put it aside - even if he didn't dismantle it, these little birds would not survive for five days. For children in the first grade, let alone little birds, even old birds may be caught and played to death.
The destructive power of children at this time is very amazing.
"Uncle Qiangqiang, can you give me that bird's nest?" A child shouted under the wall, "Uncle Qiangqiang..."
As soon as the child shouted, another A child also ran over, and after a while, a group of children gathered around.
Li Long waved his tile knife:
"Stay away, we are working here! The soil will fall down and hit you later!"
Xie Yundong below also shouted for the children to leave.
The children were unwilling to leave. At this time, Wu Shufen shouted at the door of the classroom:
"Hurry up to class. If you don't come over, you will be punished by standing still!"
Li Long subconsciously She turned her head and glanced, meeting Wu Shufen's eyes. She turned her head proudly and entered the classroom.
The students were afraid of the teacher, so they all ran to the classroom in droves.
It's just a small episode. To Li Long, this person is really a passerby.
In half an hour, a carriage with soil blocks was removed. Xie Yundong drove the carriage to the horse number, while Li Long and Zhao Chenggang continued to remove the soil blocks.
Sparrows like to make nests in holes like this. In less than an hour, Li Long demolished three sparrow nests.
Except for the sparrows in the first nest, which were bald, the sparrows in the other two nests had grown hair, but they could not survive, so Li Long placed the nests on the wall.
After pulling five carts of dirt, the sun was already high in the sky. Li Long saw that the preschool was about to end, so he said to Xie Yundong:
"Brother Yundong, let's go over and have dinner after this cart is finished."
“Okay.” Xie Yundong said, “Work harder. , finish it as soon as possible."
Li Long watched Li Qiang walking back with his schoolbag on the wall, and shouted to him:
"Qiangqiang, stay with your uncle later. If Ma Hao eats meat, go home and talk to your parents first.”
"Okay-ouch-!"
As soon as he heard that he was going to Laomahao to eat meat, Li Qiang, who was not usually short of meat, let out a roar and ran home with his schoolbag on his back.
He just likes to join in the fun. Most of the other friends envied Li Qiang. Li Long smiled and continued to tear down the wall.
All morning, they demolished a wall in one of the four rooms in the team headquarters. The amount of work was neither large nor small, but it was still a bit tiring.
The carriage was pulling clods of earth, and Li Long and Zhao Chenggang were following behind. When they arrived at Lao Ma Hao, Li Long was surprised to find that more than half of the wall in the middle of the compound had been built, and someone was using stones to lay the foundation on the unfinished section. , the horse pen is also being renovated, and some of the dismantled earth blocks have been used directly in building walls.
The yard was filled with the strong smell of meat. Li Long washed his hands and went to see the kitchen. A large pot full of meat has been put out, and Uncle Luo is making an evaporation cake - one layer of steamed buns and one layer of steamed buns. This was agreed upon by Uncle Luo and Li Long in advance.
You can’t eat all the steamed buns. It’s not because you don’t have enough white flour. It’s because doing so will at least look like it on the surface. In the future, people will hire people to work on the mud and building walls. Even if you compare it to Li Long, there is a saying—— The Li family all steamed corn flour and made cakes.
"Uncle Luo, how long will it take for this steamed cake to come out of the basket?"
"Five or six minutes," said Uncle Luo, "It's very fast, you can eat it right away."
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"Okay, I'll shout for everyone to stop and wash their hands."
When everyone arrived, Li Long shouted in the yard, and everyone stopped what they were doing while talking and laughing. Only Wei Aihua was the last one to come over - he had to smear the last shovel of mud and sit on the soil, otherwise the mud would dry up in a while, which would be a waste.
The technicians at this time were so persistent that they did not want to waste even a shovelful of mud.
While others were washing their hands, Li Long unhooked the horse from the carriage, led it to the pen, tied it, wiped the sweat, and gave it fodder. No. 76 was quite excited to enter the horse pen, after all, he had been living here all his life.
After everyone washed up, Uncle Luo was handing out rice in the kitchen:
"Everyone first takes a piece of meat, a bowl of soup, and a piece of steamed cake. Don't waste it. Take it after eating. There is a lot of meat today. You have all seen it. Just be satisfied..."
Li Long and everyone As they were queuing up to eat, he took a piece of venison neck meat and gnawed there. He also filled a small basin with venison soup and ate it with steamed cakes.
Baogu noodle steamed cakes naturally have some sweetness when eaten, and they taste good if eaten occasionally.
Then he saw Li Qiang running over, and he was at the end of the line obediently. When it was his turn, he said to old Uncle Luo:
"Grandpa Luo, give me a small It’s so big that I can’t finish it.”
"Okay, let me give you a leg bone to chew on. You can also smash the bone marrow after eating it." Uncle Luo picked a calf bone for Li Qiang. There was not a lot of meat on it. Li Qiang happily held up the bone to gnaw on it. .
"Everyone, please be careful when eating. This venison strengthens your vitality. If you feel something is wrong, don't eat it. Don't get a nosebleed!" Old Uncle Luo joked at the door of the kitchen.
Everyone also laughed. Tian Siping came to Li Long with a bowl and said while eating:
"Xiaolong, I heard Da Qiang said that you hunted a lot in the mountains. ?”
"It's not too much." Li Long pointed to the circle and said, "A roe deer, a red deer, and a half-sized wild boar. There are many things in the mountains, but the mountains are also big. Sometimes you can just run for a day. Can’t touch it either.”
"That's true." Tian Siping nodded in agreement, and then asked, "A lot of Fritillaria are dug in the mountains? I heard there are a lot of Fritillaria?"
Of course it was impossible for Li Long to call him Xu Jianjun this time, but The story about Fritillaria still spread. Tian Siping was there at the time. To be honest, he was interested in it at the time, but he gave up after seeing that Xu Jianjun was fined. Now I come here to ask. In fact, the main reason is that I want Li Long to lead me.
Li Long didn’t hide anything, and said while eating:
“It’s the same as when we first compiled the guide, some forestry teams dug it by themselves, and some people dug it secretly. I don’t have It's a certificate from the supply and marketing cooperative, so I can collect it and no one else can care about it. It's still the same now, you can go in privately. Digging, if you don’t catch it, you’ll make a profit, but if the forestry team catches it, you’ll at least be fined—these days, the hills are all zoned like the land here.”
In front of other people, Tian Siping couldn't tell Li Long to take him to the mountains to do these little tricks, so he nodded and said nothing.
After dinner, these people lay or sat to rest for half an hour. Xie Yundong got up and went to harness the horses. Li Long shouted:
“Get up and work!”
The young man stood up slowly. The sun was still quite poisonous at this time, but he could not rest for a long time, otherwise it would be worse. I no longer have the energy to work.
Probably because of the venison, I work more efficiently in the afternoon than in the morning. The sun has not yet set, and the renovation of each ring of the horse has been completed, and the one-and-a-half-meter-high wall has been built. People even repaired some of the dilapidated parts of Lao Ma Hao. In the end, the remaining mud was simply used to plaster the house where they lived.
Looking at the renovated horse number, Li Long was very satisfied.
"Xiaolong, there's still a lot of venison left in the kitchen, what should I do with it?" Old Uncle Luo asked.
"Is one piece enough for one person?" Li Long asked.
"That's enough."
"Then stir-fry two vegetables. If you want to eat the venison, you can eat it directly. If you don't want to eat it, give it to everyone. You can also take it back to eat." Li Long He said, "Today's work is physical work, so everyone has to eat well."
"Okay." Old Uncle Luo nodded, "This horse's number is in order, and it won't need to be moved for three to five years."
After everyone finished their work and packed up their tools and washed them, Old Uncle Luo called for dinner again.
"Eat stir-fried vegetables and steamed buns in the evening. There is still some meat left at noon. Eat what you want. Those who don't want to eat can take it home together. Those who want to take a pot of broth can also take it back." Old Uncle Luo Shouting, "Come here to get food!"
Li Long prepared a lot of enamel basins here, and everyone can share one to eat.
Two meat dishes and one meat bone. Although it is still cakey, it is already very good.
While everyone was chatting and laughing, Xie Yundong came over and asked Li Long:
"Xiaolong, this task of carrying out the task is completed, are there any other jobs later?"
"Let's see in the autumn," Li Long said vaguely, "Let's see if we can take on other jobs in the autumn."< br>
"It's good to have it." Xie Yundong's eyes lit up, " Don’t forget about us buddies then.”
“That’s for sure.” Li Long said with a smile, “You will be the first person I think of after dinner.” , Tao Daqiang stayed to help clean up, while most of the others went home with meat or soup. I have eaten something good, but my family has not eaten it yet. Not to mention the meat, there is also a lot of minced meat and oil in the broth. Put it back, add water and cook it again, add some leaf vegetables or some noodles, and it will be another delicious meal!
Li Long and Tao Daqiang packed up the place and then led the carriage home.
Now that a big thing has been done, it’s time to ask my eldest brother when my father and mother will come over.
(End of this chapter)