Chapter 216 Not everyone is suitable for this job - I can do it, but you can't!
After Li Long finished selling fish in Shicheng Old Street, he turned to the department store to see what goodies there were.
After turning around, Li Long stopped in the cloak area.
A new batch of sun hats came in here, and they looked quite beautiful. Li Long picked one for Gu Xiaoxia, and then picked one for Li Juan and Li Qiang.
As for others, including himself, Li Long directly bought five straw hats. Summer has entered, and it is almost time to cut wheat and flax. This thing is relatively cost-effective.
He went to the food section and bought six packs of fluffy chicken cakes, packed them up, took them out, and tied them to the front handlebars of his bicycle.
There is a bicycle shed in Shicheng Department Store, and there are people who look after bicycles. Li Long had his gun on his back and tied it to the frame of the bicycle after he came out.
I didn’t meet anyone who was short-sighted when selling fish today, which made him a little disappointed. There were some people who looked angry, but because the joint defenders were there, these people were just wandering around the old street, and they didn't notice any excessive behavior.
The vigorous crackdown in the previous life actually did not have a particularly big impact in northern Xinjiang. The most important one was analyzed by Li Long and others in his previous life, because most of these cities are emerging cities, and the second generation and other classes have not been formed.
Of course, the most important reason is that most of the people here come from all over the country, and everyone has a similar status. It is also the period of reform, and everyone is busy with food, clothing, and getting rich. After all, there are only a few people who are idle about big things.
After buying something, Li Long rode his bicycle eastward along the department store. This road could also lead out of Shicheng.
You can see people wandering around on the road, but not too many, more of them are busy people coming and going in a hurry.
Back in the county compound, Li Long put down the scale and basin, rinsed them briefly, rested for a while, and then went to the Big Meat Canteen to eat.
I went to Shicheng to sell fish. The fish was sold very quickly, but it took two more hours to go back and forth. By the time I got to the county seat, it was almost time to eat.
It was too late to go home and eat, so Li Long simply ate in the cafeteria, which would save trouble.
Manager Zhong from the Big Meat Restaurant saw Li Long and still asked him about the fish. Li Long actually remembered it every time he came over, but forgot about it when sharing the fish at home.
As he said that next time, Manager Zhong was not in a hurry. He chatted with Li Long for a few words and then went to work.
I must send some big carp here tomorrow.
After eating, Li Long went to the market again and found that there were fish sellers, but there were no fish sellers such as Wang Caimi and Meng Zhiqiang. They must have sold out.
The antique seller was not in the market, and there were no antiques in other stalls. Li Long looked at it and felt that there was nothing to buy, so he rode his bicycle to the big yard, rested for a while, and then went home.
When he arrived at the township middle school, the students were about to start class. Li Long went to Gu Xiaoxia's dormitory. The door was locked, so he opened the door and put in a sun hat and two packages of chicken cakes.
There are more things in the dormitory than before, but they are packed neatly. Li Long looked at it, smiled, and then turned around and came out.
When she was about to lock the door when she came out, Gu Xiaoxia ran over panting.
“I saw you weren’t here, so I put down my things.” Li Long explained, “Are you ready for class?”
“I have a class in the second period in the afternoon. I was preparing information in the office just now." Gu Xiaoxia smoothed her hair around her ears and said, "Are you selling fish today?"
"Yeah." Li Long said, holding up the straw hat on his head, "Go to Shicheng to sell fish. I saw there were hats selling in the department store, so I bought some, including one, and put it in the dormitory."
"Then you...now..." Gu Xiaoxia asked hesitantly.
"I'm going back first." Li Long said, "You still have to prepare lessons. There are so many students now...I will sit down for a while when I come over next time."
"Okay," Gu Xiaoxia He also knew that it was not convenient at this time, so he said cheerfully, "When you come over next time, I will cook for you."
"Okay." Li Long smiled, he had to rush tomorrow no matter what. Come here during lunch time.
Li Long rode away, and Gu Xiaoxia took two steps to the classroom, then turned back, took the key and opened the door.
Originally, she thought that Li Long bought herself the same straw hat that he wore, but in fact, this straw hat was nothing. In the past two years, Gu Xiaoxia worked in the fields and did not have this hat, so she could only wear a headscarf.
I just didn’t expect it to be the fashionable hard plastic brim or colorful sunhat. She had only seen this kind of sunhat in illustrated magazines.
So beautiful!
There were two packages of chicken cakes placed on the edge of the table. Gu Xiaoxia ignored them, put the hat on her head and tried it on, then looked in the mirror and felt very satisfied.
She smiled.
When Li Long passed by the elementary school, he saw that the elementary school had not finished yet, so he rode directly home.
There was no one at home. Li Long guessed that Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei had gone to work in the fields, and Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang should have followed them to see the fields.
In my hometown, there is a lot of space for one person, but there are many people. There are fewer people here and more land, and there is still a lot of wasteland on the edge of this land. This is also a great temptation for Li Qingxia.
After all, he knew that it was almost impossible for an old farmer like him to go to the city to eat commercial grain. But if you have hundreds of acres of land, your life will be much more comfortable than that of landowners in the past.
No, in the opinion of Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang, they are living more comfortably now than the landlords in the past.
How could the landowners of their time eat meat every day? If you go to the city to catch a market, you have to walk, or you can take a carriage at most.
Now he can ride a bicycle.
Li Qingxia even had an idea that he should learn to ride a bicycle before leaving Northern Xinjiang.
How beautiful it would be to take my wife to the market on a bicycle in the future!
It was not that hot in northern Xinjiang in early summer, and there was wind in the wilderness. Li Jianguo, who was in the field, said to Du Chunfang:
"Mom, go sit under the poplar tree on the edge of the field. It's cool there."
< br>“ How cool can that be..." Du Chunfang was not used to this kind of work in the fields. She was too meticulous in pulling weeds and soon fell behind. Her hand was cut by the reeds, so Li Jianguo let her Go sit under the tree on the edge of the field for a while.
Du Chunfang was a little ashamed. She didn’t do much work but still had to be told to take care of herself.
She was also a little aggrieved. Why are the reeds in this field so powerful? Just a little tug, and a cut was made on his hand, which was not a small cut.
Li Jianguo dug out a ball of old cotton from the carriage seat, lit it with a match, and pressed the ashes on Du Chunfang's wound to stop the bleeding.
Du Chunfang was sweating from the heat, but when she got under the shade of a tree, she felt cool all of a sudden. "It's really cool." Du Chunfang felt a little surprised. It didn't feel that big when I was in the yard. After all, even if it was hot in the yard, there was a thatched shed with reeds on top. Du Chunfang was a person who liked to bask in the sun, so she often basked in the sun.
The sun in northern Xinjiang is so pleasant. After all, pollution has begun to occur in my hometown, and the sun is gloomy from time to time, as if it is covered with a layer of veil, making it difficult to see clearly.
Here, a sunny day means the sun, a rainy day means heavy rain, and when it is over, it will be sunny, which makes people very comfortable.
So when chatting with Li Long, Li Long said that they should stay here forever, and Du Chunfang secretly agreed.
What’s good about going home? Food and housing are not good, and the girl in her hometown is not doing well either. There are conflicts from time to time, and she is quite annoying sometimes.
She quietly told Li Qingxia that she wanted to live here forever. Li Qingxia also thought about it at first, but later said no.
My hometown still has land and ancestral graves. When people get old and want to return to their roots, they still have to go back to their hometown, but they can live here longer.
Although Du Chunfang is a little regretful, it would be nice to be able to stay for a while longer.
Seeing Li Jianguo and three people working on such a large plot of land, Du Chunfang suddenly felt that her eldest son and daughter-in-law were actually quite capable. The couple took over this large piece of land, and they also had several pigs and horses at home. It was amazing!
Li Long was putting things in the house and putting away the gun. Tao Daqiang came over after a while.
Li Long took out a five-dollar note and handed it to him:
"Daqiang, take it."
"Brother Long, I don't want...Wang Cai is a fan of them this morning. They came back from selling fish. They sold it for several yuan, and one of them bought another net..." Tao Daqiang was still worried, "Many people in the team heard about it, and many people wanted to buy a net too. ”
"Then buy it." Li Long knew that this kind of thing was inevitable. "We are not very busy working in the fields now. Weeding, it doesn't matter if we do more or less. If there is a way to make money, the people in the team must be You have to keep up. It only costs a few yuan for a net, and if you can get your money back in one day, then I’ll definitely do it!” "Don't worry about that, Xiao Haizi There are a lot of fish in there." Li Long smiled and stuffed the money into Tao Daqiang's pocket, "Besides, with their method of catching, they can only catch a few fish in a few days without watering them. "More."
"But the price of fish..."
"I sell fish in Shicheng. They sell it at the morning market in the county at most. Just drop it. It doesn't matter to us. Impact.”
Tao Daqiang was relieved when he heard that there was no impact.
The sun was still quite hot. Tao Daqiang asked Li Long when he would go down the net. Li Long said wait.
"It's too hot now. Let's go back later." Li Long said, "It's not easy to work in the fields."
"My father didn't let me go to the fields, so he told me to hurry up. Come and have a look and ask him when you are going. He said that making money by catching fish with you is more important than working in the fields. He has done all the work on the several acres of land by himself.” Work is more troublesome," Li Long said.
"At that time..." Tao Daqiang was also a little embarrassed.
"I'm going into the mountains, what about you?" Li Long asked again.
"Then I'll go into the mountains too." Tao Daqiang is not afraid of hardship, but suffering without gain makes people despair. One day's work in the fields has now risen to 30 cents per work, but that 30 cents is still a lot in the eyes of others, but Tao Daqiang, who has seen a bigger world by following Li Long, feels that a day's work , just earning a bun is really not worthwhile.
When the two of them went to Xiaohaizi, the sun was already setting and the wind was no longer so hot on them. Tao Daqiang carried the tire, and Li Long carried the net and basin. When he went to Shicheng, Xiaogouyu was equally popular. He felt that Dad was still Old Jiang, and this was a really good move.
At Xiaohaizi, Wang Caimi and Meng Zhiqiang were already in the water. When Li Long passed by, he smiled and reminded:
"Brother Dalu, you have to be careful. That duck and turtle are very powerful. Come out as soon as you finish."
"Hey, I know, I know." Wang Caimi said while lowering the net.
Li Long and Tao Daqiang walked over, and Wang Caimi hurriedly reached out and grabbed a handful on the inside of his thigh - he had already been bitten by a turtle. Now it's really itchy and painful, and I can't help but scratch it.
When Wang Caimi logged off the Internet, he was still wondering why he didn’t see Li Long selling fish in the morning market. After going back and asking around, he found out that Li Long had gone to Shicheng. Fans of Wang Cai still think it's pretty good. Li Long has done his best. Is it worthwhile to travel so far to sell fish?
Later, he learned that Li Long went to Shicheng, perfectly avoiding the trouble of the team members fighting each other and lowering prices and competing maliciously, and they ended up with nothing.
On the second day of the morning market, there were still two people selling fish, Wang Caimi and Meng Zhiqiang. On the third day, there were two other people in the team.
At first, they were all the same as Wang Caifan. They only had an enamel basin and the fish price was not low - but the next day, someone caught the fish late and saw that everyone else had sold half of it. He was worried that he would not be able to sell it. Drop it and sell it directly at half price. When he lowers the price like this, his money is sold, and other people's fish cannot be sold.
Many people in the team are beaming with joy these days. One day is not long, and you can earn three, four, five or six yuan. Those who know how to use the net can directly catch seven, eight or ten kilograms, and they will earn more.
Although I have to walk a little longer, I get cash in cash and it comes quickly. Many people immediately felt that making money was so easy!
There is more than one person who maliciously lowers prices. Although he earns less by lowering prices, at least he still has money in his hands.
However, the population of Ma County is not as large as that of Shicheng. The number of people who eat fish is basically fixed, and there are only so many people. At the peak, there were more than a dozen people in the team selling fish. The final result was that these dozen people, Except for the two that were sold at reduced prices from the beginning, the rest of the fish were not sold out - don't forget, there were stalls in the market.
Besides, no one can eat fish every day.
Even Li Long would stop going to Shicheng for a few days.
As soon as the fish couldn't be sold, a bigger vicious circle followed. Someone went to the market the next day and the price was 40 cents a pot from the beginning!
The people who come later only get three cents per pot. Those who buy fish are very happy. Compared with before, isn’t such a cheap fish the same as picking it up for free?
But the rest of the fish sellers were embarrassed. Some people borrow money to buy a few nets in order to catch more fish and sell more fish to make more money. This must at least earn back the net money, right?
As a result, we didn’t have a car. When we went to the morning market, the sun came out and people started to disperse, and their fish started to be sold at the stall.
Cannot be sold.
It's a pity to throw it away. There are people waiting to see them throw it away. Those people pick it up again after throwing it away, but they just don't buy it.
Because of this, several people in the team began to have conflicts.
When Tao Daqiang told Li Long about this, he was still a little worried:
"Women from two families quarreled at the entrance of the hospital, and they scolded each other very unpleasantly. One family said that the other company had lowered the price first, so that everyone They can’t make any money. The other family said that if they sell their own fish, they can sell it for as much as they want, and no one else can control it...”
Li Long is quite the same. After listening to these things, a bystander asked:
"What about Wang Cai? I saw a lot of people going off the net the day before yesterday, and only half of it was left yesterday. I don't know if there will be any today." How many people persist?”
He believes that there will still be people who persist. After all, although it is hard to make money from fishing, it is more convenient than making money from working in the fields. If someone has a family problem and needs money urgently, he can catch the fish and sell them in the market, and the money will come.
Those who could persevere became "fishermen" that many people in later generations would envy.
(End of this chapter)