Chapter 211 Everyone in the team knows that catching fish makes money!
Li Long stopped his bicycle and said to Li Qingxia:
"Dad, this happened twice. Last time, Daqiang and I came to sell fish. It was winter, and Daqiang and I were defeated by several people. This time. ..."
"Those are two people, what if you are alone?" He said it was a lie to say that he was not worried. Li Qingxia knew that it was not easy to make money. He had encountered gangsters when he was doing small business in the past. , sometimes the patience is gone, and he wants to persuade Li Long.
But if you beat someone like that today, they will definitely not be lenient if they retaliate later.
"Dad, do you think I'm stupid? If I came here to sell fish by myself, I would turn around and run away long ago. There is more than one way back to the county from Shicheng. I can just turn to the city and go back by other roads. ”
Li Long’s explanation made Li Qingxia feel more at ease, but not completely at ease.
He thought for a while and said:
"Well, Xiaolong, you might as well just sell fish in the county. Although fish is sold quickly in Shicheng, it is not our territory. The county. It’s easy to run here, and it’s close to home. At worst, we won’t sell it...”
"Okay." Li Long agreed simply, "Dad, do you know? I don't go out to sell fish every day. I still have two guns, and I have to go hunting in the mountains from time to time. At that time With a gun in hand, you can shoot wild boars, wolves, etc..."
"That's good!" Li Qingxia's eyes lit up when he heard that Li Long had a gun in his hand. "When I was young, I went out to do small business and wanted to have a gun in my hand. At that time, someone robbed us and had a gun in his hand. Son, if we fight alone, we will be forced to pay..."
"Then My gun is a high-end one, used by militiamen. It's five to six and a half, bang, bang, bang, pick it and fire it. It's much better than the one with a big tether!" Li Long said with a smile, "Dad, take a look when you get back! ?”
“Yes, yes!” Li Qingxia agreed with a smile, putting aside the robbery by the second-rate man.
In the team, Tao Daqiang went to Li’s house to collect nets after breakfast. Tao Jianshe did not go to the fields today. The work in the fields is almost done now, and he plans to tidy up the vegetable garden today. All summer and autumn vegetables, as well as dry vegetables in winter, will come from the vegetable garden.
While Tao Jianshe was working in the vegetable garden, a woman in her fifties walked outside the courtyard and shouted:
"Is Brother Tao here?"
"Yes." Tao Jianshe was setting up the sword bean. He took a look and said:
"It's Zaohua's mother." Ah, why are you here when you have time?”
“It’s a good thing for your family.” Zaohua’s mother walked into the yard when she saw Tao Jianshe was here. She took a look at the situation in the yard and was satisfied. 's nodded.
Everyone in the team has similar yard specifications. At this time, there was no big standard for dividing homesteads. It was not until the 1990s that standards were given, one yard per family, and one acre of homestead and yard. seven.
Now if you want to be neighbors with others, then the size of other people's yards will be the size of your home. If you're looking for a piece of wasteland to be left alone, you can make your yard as big or small as you want - but don't go too far, of course.
After all, there is alkali in the soil now, and a lot of soil needs to be put under the homestead to lay the foundation. Without large machinery, no one wants to make their homestead look like a square. How tiring that would be! And there are only a few people in the family. If we build many houses, doesn’t it cost money?
The Tao family’s yard is the same as that of the neighbor’s house. It covers almost two acres including the courtyard. The yard is kept very clean. There was a donkey pen built against the inner wall, one light and one dark, with some hay piled on top in the dark.
There is a donkey cart next to the outer wall of the yard, and a pile of wood is piled next to the cart. This is the wood that Tao Daqiang followed Li Long in the winter. Originally there were quite a few, but Tao Dayong took them back and asked his wife to give them to her parents' family.
These logs were cut again by Tao Jianshe and piled neatly. Some of them had been beaten into wooden cubes, obviously in preparation for making furniture.
Although the Tao family's house is a little dilapidated, with a donkey and a donkey cart, they are firmly at the forefront of the team's production means.
Zaohua’s maiden name is Yang, and her name is Yang Huaiying. She has a very famous position in the team, that of matchmaker.
Actually, the position of matchmaker is not very popular here in Northern Xinjiang. When there are children at home and it’s time to find a partner, most parents and relatives help find someone to introduce them to. They want to find someone who knows the basics of the relationship. When the two parties are found, meet and talk. If they feel that the relationship is okay, continue the conversation. If it doesn’t work, then break up.
Of course, there are also more common free love relationships like Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia. Usually, unless there are particularly unacceptable circumstances in the other person’s family, free love relationships are achieved, and both parties Parents generally agree.
Before Yang Huaiying came to the team, she was used to looking after matchmakers in her hometown. After arriving here, she resumed her old career. However, she found that she had little use for herself. Many young men and women were free to fall in love. When the negotiation is about to be concluded, the man will find a middleman to propose marriage to the woman. This middleman is often known and recognized by both parties, and Yang Huaiying is not yet qualified.
This actually aroused Yang Huaiying's competitive spirit, so she often took the initiative to help match up men and women. As for the results, I can only say that they are better than nothing.
Yang Huaiying glanced at the situation of the Tao family, then smiled and said to Tao Jianshe:
"Brother Tao, let me tell you straight. I think your family is big. Qiang is not young anymore. Isn’t it time to find a wife?”
“I also want Daqiang to find one.” Tao Jianshe’s biggest concern now is Tao Daqiang. There is no need to say that Daqiang makes money. He is just like Li Long every day. Now he makes more money than any other worker. Tao Jianshe naturally knows how his family got to this level.
But at Tao Daqiang's age, many people are already married. Even Li Long, everyone knows that there is Gu Xiaoxia. But Daqiang really doesn’t have a single horoscope. Now that he heard Yang Huaiying say this, he immediately felt that he was more friendly:
"Mother Zaohua, what do you say about this?"
"I do know that there are a few girls who are in good condition, but I need to know how powerful your family is so that I can be with their wives. You say so?”
“What else can I say? Look at my family’s conditions. We have donkey carts and wood for making furniture. Dalong has also made some money fishing with the Li family’s Xiaolong during this period. money, I also saved some money to buy a new house. ...Then what else do you need to know?”
“That’s about it. Your Daqiang is tall and strong, and he looks energetic. The girls won’t like him. How much money can Daqiang earn per month by following Xiaolong from the Li family?”
“I don’t know, Daqiang is a matter of rank.” Tao Jianshe took the cigarette pot and lit a pot of cigarettes. Said without pride:
"Look at the donkey and the donkey cart. Daqiang borrowed money from the Li family's Xiaolong to buy them from the team. Daqiang went to work with the team to help him find a roe deer. He asked Li Long to beat him up and divided them. A piece of deer antler is worth the money."
“That’s a lot!” Yang Huaiying said enviously, “What about catching fish now?”
“Once you catch it, give Daqiang five yuan.” Tao Jianshe said with a smile. , "Quite a few, If you catch them every day, you won’t have so much money as a worker!”
“How much? Five yuan?” Yang Huaiying asked in surprise, “How much can you give?”
“That’s a lot. "Tao Jianshe glanced at Yang Huaiying and couldn't help but think to himself, he really has long hair and short knowledge. He took a puff of cigarette and said, "If you can give Daqiang five yuan, how much can the Li family's Xiaolong earn at a time?" br>
"How much?" Yang Huaiying asked with her eyes widened.
"At least... thirty, right?" Tao Jianshe said a little uncertainly, "Otherwise, can I give Daqiang five yuan? But I, Daqiang, are benevolent and righteous. I just work and don't care about anything else. Besides, "Where can I find such a good job?"
"Not bad, not bad!" Yang Huaiying said a few perfunctory words and left in a hurry.
Tao Jianshe realized belatedly that after Yang Huaiying left, he realized whether he had said something extraordinary?
How much does Da Qiang get each time and how much does Li Long earn? Shouldn’t this be discussed?
Tao Jian's face suddenly turned pale - had he gotten into trouble again?
I didn’t think so before, but now that Daqiang is following Li Long, although many people in the team are saying mean things, Tao Jianshe believes that this is a good thing.
My big boss doesn’t have the ability to take charge, so he just works for others honestly. Li Long was a benevolent man and did not treat Daqiang badly. After he had done something like that, he was still willing to give Daqiang a chance and let Daqiang follow Li Long. He felt relieved.
The more Tao Jianshe thought about it, the more he felt that he had let the news slip. Once such a good thing spread through Yang Huaiying's mouth, wouldn't everyone else in the team know about it? In that case, will everyone go fishing later? Then Xiaolong of the Li family will definitely not be able to earn that much, so how about five yuan for Dalong?
Come on!
Tao Jianshe regrets that his intestines are green now!
Why don’t you have a door to your mouth? Why is it so easy to show off?
He can already guess that Yang Huaiying will tell her man about this when she returns. Her man is from the Loess Plateau and cannot catch fish, but her man has a good relationship with Wang Caimi. This matter ...
Trouble.
Even Tao Jianshe could imagine that within a week, there would be many, very many people in Xiaohaizi going online!
He has no intention of working in the vegetable garden anymore. He just wants to wait for Tao Daqiang to come back quickly, tell Daqiang about the matter, and let Daqiang tell Xiaolong to see if there is any way to deal with it.
I can’t figure it out myself, but Xiaolong’s baby is so smart, maybe he can figure it out?
When Yang Huaiying returned home, she immediately told her man, Meng Zhiqiang, about the incident.
“How much can you earn from catching and selling fish?” Meng Zhiqiang didn’t believe it.
"Of course, this is what Tao Jianshe said himself. How can it be false? Think about it, he only earns a worker's salary in one day, so he can't blame the Li family for being able to buy bicycles, horses and carriages, and doing so many small businesses. Pig baby! "
This last point is what Yang Huaiying envies the most. Now everyone in the team knows that the Li family has achieved the freedom to eat meat. They can eat it whenever they want. When can they get there? One step?
More than thirty yuan a day... let alone one day, even if you can earn more than thirty yuan a month, that's fine!
“Then we don’t have an internet connection, and we don’t know how to download it!”
“Then you can’t find someone to partner with? Why should Xiaolong of the Li family ask Tao Daqiang to partner? You can just find someone to partner with. ...But you have to find someone reliable for this..."
"Then Wang Cai is crazy. There is not much work in the team right now. I saw that he has been cleaning tractors these two days, so I went to find him." Meng Zhiqiang was also dazzled by the money. Who doesn't want to earn money? I don’t know if I will be caught again..."
"The Li family’s Xiaolong goes to sell every day, but he doesn’t get caught." Yang Huaiying had already figured it out, "I went to the sales department a few days ago. Jealousy, according to Lao Zhang, now There is a free market in the county, and everyone is selling without catching anything!”
“Then let’s do it too!” Meng Zhiqiang immediately made up his mind, “Buy a net... There are many fish in Xiaohaizi! If we can’t go inside and return it, why can’t we get on and off the side? At worst, I’ll watch and learn from the side when they get off the net...”
When Meng Zhiqiang found Wang Caimi, Wang Caimi also didn’t believe it.
But the two of them made an appointment to go to the county early tomorrow morning to buy nets, and then check the county market to see if anyone is in charge, if anyone is catching the fish, and what the selling price of the fish is.
When Tao Daqiang returned home after picking up the nets, Tao Jianshe told him the matter before he could rest.
After hearing this, Tao Daqiang’s face turned dark!
He was no longer able to scold his father, so he turned around and walked out without saying anything.
"Daqiang, the meal is ready, you can go after eating..." Tao Jianshe shouted from behind.
His voice was low and full of guilt - if because of his talkativeness, Daqiang would no longer have the job of following Li Long.
Then he really wouldn't be able to see his son.
Why are you so stupid? It's just that I was worried about the powerful partner at that time, and I was too busy bragging about the situation at home. I didn't expect it... Alas!
Tao Daqiang didn't go to Li's house because he felt ashamed.
If because of his father's words, Li Long's fish-selling business was robbed by the villagers and became a dirty business, then he would really have no shame in going to Li's house again or following Li Long.
The sun was rising very high and the temperature had risen, but Tao Daqiang felt quite cold at the moment. He felt that his originally clear and bright road ahead seemed to suddenly float into the air. There was no road ahead. Don't know where to go.
Li Long and Li Qingxia did not eat in the county this time and came back early - Li Long himself didn't care much, but Li Qingxia felt that as long as he could catch up, he should try to eat with his family.
No other meaning, just hope.
After passing Weigou, Li Long saw Tao Daqiang.
The tall body felt a little rickety at the moment.
What happened again?
Seeing Li Long slow down, Li Qingxia asked:
"Xiaolong, what's the matter?"
"Da Qiang is in front, he should be waiting for me."
" Then you guys talk. If he doesn’t go to the house, there are certain things he can say. I don’t want my family to know that I’m going back first.” Li Qingxia jumped out of the car and took two steps forward. Tao Daqiang hurriedly shouted “Uncle”, and Li Qingxia smiled and said:
“You tell Xiaolong. , I’m going back first.”
Facing such an "understanding" man, Tao Daqiang felt a little embarrassed.
"What happened?" Li Long pushed the bicycle to Tao Daqiang, held on to the handle with one hand, took out the money, took out a five-yuan note and handed it to Tao Daqiang, "Take it first, what do you have? You tell me the difficulty."
"Brother Long, I...I got into trouble..." Tao Daqiang's voice was filled with tears.
He felt that he wanted to destroy Li Long's profitable business.
As I said before, he can earn a thousand with him in three years. How much can Brother Long get by himself? Will it be a household worth 10,000 yuan in three years?
Ten thousand yuan household!
I sold my home three or five times and still can’t get it back!
"What's the matter? Don't be impatient. Speak slowly." Li Long looked at Tao Daqiang's expression and his face became serious.
What trouble can Tao Daqiang get into in the team? Judging from his expression, the trouble is not small. Should we let him hide in the mountains for two days?
(End of this chapter)