Chapter 201 The father and son met for the first time in the 1980s
Li Juan came back from pig food. Li Long did not let her cook pig food, but asked her to take the rubber band to play with friends. He could understand Li Juan's anxious mood at this time, and she should do the cooking of pig food by herself.
Li Juan looked at the complete rubber band in her hand and kept smiling happily, but she still wanted to finish cooking the pig food before leaving, so Li Long gave the order to leave. As a little girl, you should have the happiness of a little girl. Although it was mostly like this in this era, Li Long felt that since he didn't do the work in the fields, he should do more work at home.
Besides, what does this little job mean to me?
Li Qiang also took the slingshot to show off to his friends after Li Long repeatedly asked not to hit people with the slingshot. This was their highlight moment.
Li Long chopped the pigweed brought by Li Juan into pieces, poured it into the pot, mixed it with bran and oil residue (the leftover oil from the sunflower oil, not the one used to roast the pork), boiled them together, and stirred evenly. Put out the fire and pour it into the bucket.
In fact, feeding such a big piglet in the previous life was not so troublesome. Just mix the piglet feed, corn flour and oil residue with boiling water, stir well and then feed it.
Now we have to cook it. The main reason is not to cook the pig grass for fear that the piglets will get sick after eating it.
The next step is to wait for the pig food to cool down, then feed the pigs and prepare dinner at the same time.
In the next few days, Li Long still and Tao Daqiang set off the net in the afternoon and went to sell fish in the morning. A week later, he sold the skins, half of the deer antlers and most of the caladiums in the big yard, including the water rat skins and sachets, and finally gave Tao Daqiang another forty yuan.
He got more than three hundred yuan himself.
One step closer to becoming a household worth 10,000 yuan.
Leave some velvet antler and caladium for medicinal purposes. After all, velvet antler is considered a sentimental thing in medicine and is a great tonic. The wild Tianshan Fritillaria is a good thing for relieving cough and asthma.
A week later, Li Jianguo received a telegram from his hometown.
"Based on these dates, my father and mother will arrive in Wucheng at six o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow." Li Jianguo said.
"Then I'll go to Wucheng tomorrow and wait. I'll pick it up the day after tomorrow and return to our county. Then you can drive the carriage to the county to pick us up." Li Long made a quick decision and stopped catching fish today.
"Then do you still recognize mom and dad?" Li Jianguo was a little confused, "Do you want me to pick you up and you wait in the county with the carriage?"
"No, no, what about that? Do you know me?" Li Long smiled. Although he had not seen his father for more than ten years in this life, he had actually met him several times in his previous life, and the impression of the old man had always been in his mind.
"Okay, where shall we go tomorrow?"
"Ride a bicycle." Li Long said naturally.
"Then you arrived in Wucheng, where can you put your bicycles?"
"There is a place to put them on the street. Remember, I am still in charge of that big yard. Just put it there." Li Long explained, "I'll close the house tomorrow morning. Clean up and dry the bedding when we get here. I'll stay at the horse house when my parents come over."
"Okay." Li Jianguo rolled up Mohe's cigarette, "It's not far anyway. Just come here to eat every day.”< br>
"Okay." As soon as Li Long thought about eating, he immediately turned to Liang Yuemei and said, "Sister-in-law, don't dump those pickles in the jar. I will go to the mountains in a while and I have to take those pickles with me. I want to stay there occasionally. Just wild vegetables are not good..."
"Okay." Li Long likes to eat his own pickles, and Liang Yuemei is naturally happy, "Now that the well is pressed at home, the tank is no longer needed, and the pickles will not fall down. .”
In previous years, at this time of year, we would throw away the uneaten pickles and fill the jars with water. After all, it is quite troublesome to carry water every time, so we usually prepare two jars of water to save trouble.
Now that there is a pressure well in the yard, it is very convenient to use water. It can be used and pressured at any time, so naturally there is no need to store so much water.
Li Long went to his house and said to Liang Yuemei:
"Sister-in-law, when my father and mother come to live here, they may say some unpleasant things - some things will gradually become clear. Don't take it personally at first..."
Liang Yuemei thought that Li Long was worried about conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law at home, so she said with a smile:
"Xiaolong, don't worry, those are my father-in-law and mother-in-law. I will naturally be filial..."
"Sister-in-law, I'm not talking about this. I know you will definitely be kind to me, but daddy Mom, there is a high probability that you will favor me, and then... you will know by then. There are some things that they don’t know, so There may be a misunderstanding, I will try my best to make it clear..."
Li Long felt that the more he explained, the more unclear he became, so he gave up the explanation and said to his elder brother:
"Brother, it's not that I'm overly concerned. , Mom and dad will really have something to say when the time comes."
After that, he went back to his room.
Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei were both a little confused.
Li Long only knew after experiencing his previous life that this father and mother felt guilty about him, so they "spoiled" and expressed their anger.
Fortunately, the living conditions in this life are better now, so there shouldn’t be any misunderstandings, right?
Li Long specifically told Tao Daqiang to stop fishing for two days.
Tao Daqiang received a lot of money, and he was no longer so eager to catch fish. He smiled and said that when Li Long's parents came over, they would catch some big fish to honor the old man.
Li Long rode his bicycle to the county and stopped at the middle school. When Gu Xiaoxia finished class, he told her about the matter.
"Then...wait for my weekend and go see your parents." Gu Xiaoxia thought for a while and said, "Junior..."
"Then think clearly," Li Long laughed Laughing, "If you go to see them, they will definitely treat you as their daughter-in-law, as long as you can accept it - let me tell you in advance, my father and mother are very traditional rural people."
Gu Xiaoxia is shy He blushed and said nothing.
Li Long arrived at the big yard, put down his bicycle, then went to the station to buy a ticket, and took the bus to Wucheng.
Li Jianguo had already told Li Long about the train number. He went to the station to inquire about it. Knowing that he had to wait at the station early, he checked into a room at the Bayi Guest House and went to bed early.
I got up before dawn the next day. It was only around five o'clock when I saw the guest house, so I went to have breakfast, checked out of the room, and went to the station exit to wait.
Li Long has grown taller, almost 1.8 meters tall. Standing at the exit of the station, he seems to stand out from the crowd. At least most of the people waiting here are not as tall as him.
It was still dark at this point in Wucheng South Station, and the wind was quite strong. Li Long didn't feel cold at all, but other people nearby were walking around and stamping their feet from time to time.
When it was past six o'clock, the sky was already slightly bright. First, I heard a burst of excitement inside the exit. People nearby immediately crowded towards the railing. Li Long stood on the edge of the railing, stepping on it. The crossbar under the railing ensures that you can catch the first glance of the person coming out.
He just glanced at the first person to squeeze out and ignored them. The combination of father and mother was easier to recognize. One was nearly 1.8 meters tall, and the other was 1.5 meters tall. Obviously, the previous ones were neither.
Half the way out, Li Long saw his parents at a glance. The father was carrying a large canvas bag, and the mother was carrying a cloth parcel on her arm. The two of them walked slowly forward among the crowd, and you could vaguely see a little confusion and fear on their faces. Li Long felt sorrowful in his heart - the impression in his mind did not include his father and mother at this age, they were all bigger and older.
Although his father and mother were both about sixty years old at this time, in Li Long's impression, they were indeed still "young".
Li Long squeezed to the exit gate and shouted to his parents:
"Dad, Mom!"
In my memory, I have always shouted like this.
Hearing the sound, Li Qingxia raised his head suddenly, glanced around, and saw Li Long.
"Xiaolong, is it Xiaolong?" Li Qingxia responded. Seeing Li Long nodding vigorously, he immediately lowered his head excitedly and said to Li Long's wife Du Chunfang:
"Chunfang, Xiaolong is here to pick you up. Let’s do it!”
Du Chunfang had been walking with her head down, but then she suddenly heard her youngest son coming to pick him up. She raised her head suddenly. The moment she saw Li Long, tears flowed from her eyes.
Li Long felt uncomfortable seeing his mother crying. He squeezed through the crowd and came to his parents. He first took the bag from Li Qingxia's hand and carried it, then took the package from his mother and said:
"Dad , Mom, let’s go and take you to have breakfast.”
“You have to pay for breakfast. We have sesame cakes with us. Your favorite is Chenji Shang Lao Wang’s sesame cakes...” Mother went to get the package to get sesame seed cakes.
"No, no, no," Li Long took the bag and parcel in his hand and said as he walked out, "You have been riding in the car for several days. You must be tired. You need to eat something at this time. Hot..."
"We drank hot water in the car. The seats are spacious and we can sleep at night. Don't worry about us..."
My father, who was originally very "naughty", hardly said anything along the way, but my mother was the one who said nothing. They were all talking, and they all refused to let Li Long spend money.
Li Long ignored his mother's statement and took them to a breakfast restaurant west of the station. He ordered four meat buns and a plate of pickles. Knowing that his parents did not drink milk tea, he ordered two more Bowl of rice porridge.
Millet porridge nourishes the stomach, but in this era, it is not suitable.
Seeing that they could not stop their son, Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang sat down to eat obediently - they had never eaten in a place like this before, so they were a little cautious.
After Li Long had eaten, he saw that the two of them were a little uncomfortable eating, so he also ordered a bowl of porridge to eat with him. While eating, he asked about the situation on the road and the situation at home.
Actually, he didn’t know much about the situation in his hometown. When he asked, Li Qingxia started chatting proudly:
“The land has been divided at home a long time ago. How much land do we have? Wheat has been planted, and in autumn it will be You can eat white flour. Your eldest sister and second brother also have land to grow sweet potatoes and cabbage, and they can grow enough wheat to eat, but there is no way to make money... You remitted the money to your hometown. Those relatives are still thinking about how you got rich! "
"The only way to get rich is to catch fish and sell them." Li Long took a sip of porridge and said vaguely, "XJ must be able to eat enough. The land will be divided this year, and the food will be available at the end of the year. You can definitely harvest a lot. You can eat white flour for a year. There is also rice and there are fish in the reservoir. Even making money is definitely not easy. "
Du Chunfang stopped eating one bun and pushed the other bun to Li Long. She suddenly said something. ：
"You don't look thin, so I'm relieved. You didn't suffer much in your elder brother's house, did you?"
When my mother asked this, Li Long knew that he must be worried that his sister-in-law would treat him badly. He smiled and said:
"What can I suffer? My elder brother and sister-in-law won't let me To work, the family was allocated ten acres of land, and I only went there once. The family raised eight pigs, and I fed them once. I rode the bicycle alone, and ran to the street when I had nothing to do. I ate meat every day, what could I bear? Sin? "
The waiter rolled his eyes at the counter, just blow it.
But Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang believed it. Du Chunfang nodded and said:
"That's okay...as long as you don't suffer..."
Li Longxin said that this was really overwhelming. How can a young man like me be called "okay" if he doesn't work in the fields or feed pigs?
Well, there is no way to change my mind for the time being, so Li Long said:
"My eldest brother and sister-in-law are very kind to me. Don't think about it. Life at home is better now." For a moment, I brought you here so that you can enjoy a few days of peace and quiet and have nothing to do at home. Stay with your grandchildren for a few days and see the life in the countryside here in northern Xinjiang."
"We don't think blindly," Li Qingxia said cheerfully, "Looking at how big you are, you know how to live. It must be better. I would have brought those cousins here..."
"Then why bring them here? This is also a rural area. If we bring them here to farm, will they be willing to farm?"
"Then...then I won't. If they want to farm, it would be better to farm in their hometown. "Li Qingxia smiled dryly, "They want to work part-time."
"Then work in the city. If it were so easy to find people here, my eldest brother and I would have gone to work long ago." Li Long whispered, "My eldest brother spent money to find a job for me in a candy factory. I didn't do it well. They sent it back..."
"Does your sister-in-law complain about you?" Du Chunfang asked hurriedly.
“No,” Li Long pretended to be relaxed, “My sister-in-law said that since you can’t do it, just stay at home. There is no shortage of food.”
"That's okay."
...Li Long was really speechless.
After breakfast, Li Long wanted the two of them to go to the guest house to have a rest. Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang refused, so Li Long bought tickets for three people and took the bus all the way to Ma County bus station.
After exiting the bus station, Li Long saw Li Jianguo waiting there holding a carriage.
“There is also a carriage?” Li Qingxia was a little surprised, “Did you borrow this carriage from someone else?”
"No, it's my own." Li Jianguo said with a smile, "Mom and dad, are you tired? Get in the car. The car is covered with bedding. You can sit and rest, or you can lie down."
"My own carriage ?" Li Qingxia was happy when he heard this, "Then Northern Xinjiang is very good at farming and has its own horse-drawn carriage. This will require a lot of debt, right?"
"No? Yes, Xiaolong..." Li Jianguo was about to speak, but Li Long took over the topic:
"My eldest brother and I used the money we earned from catching and selling fish in the winter to buy the team's horses and carriages. "
"Okay, okay..." The carriages of these days are really no less than the cars of later generations. With such an asset, Li Qingxia feels quite proud.
Go back and talk about it in your hometown village. This is the first time you say it!
Li Long winked at his eldest brother, and Li Jianguo smiled. In fact, he understood.
(End of this chapter)