Chapter 238 The six-color gift arranged by himself
Li Long came back from the Liang family and saw Tao Daqiang at the edge of Xiaohaizi. He did not go back, but took a cast net and kept casting it there. It should be Practice your net-casting technique.
Li Long felt that he had not cast a net for a long time, so he went over and cast a few nets to get familiar with the feel.
"Brother Long, I really envy you..." Tao Daqiang said suddenly from the side.
“Why do you envy me?” Li Long asked while sorting the Internet.
"I envy you for your ability, your ability to make money, and your ability to find a good wife like Gu Xiaoxia." Tao Daqiang said sincerely.
"Hahahaha." Li Long smiled, straightened the net, twisted his waist to swing the net, and then cast the net out, watching the net spread out in the air, forming an almost perfect circle, and landed on Into the water.
When the net slowly fell in the water, Li Long turned to Tao Daqiang and said:
"Daqiang, actually, if you look back now, you are actually the envy of many people in the team. "
"Me? The object of others' envy?" Tao Daqiang was stunned, then waved his hands hurriedly, "How is it possible? I'm good if they don't shiver..."
"Haha, look at you, you really don't know how you have changed in the past six months.
Your family now has a donkey cart, so it is already ranked among the top ten in the village, right? There is a donkey cart in the team There are no more than ten people in the carriage."
"That's right." Tao Daqiang knew this was true.
“One more thing, you must have at least two to three hundred yuan in your hand now. Is it okay to buy a bicycle? Even if you don’t buy a bicycle, buying a brand new furniture store is enough, right?”
"That's enough, it can't be used." It's not like Tao Daqiang doesn't understand anything. These days, a set of furniture would cost more than a hundred dollars. He still has wood at home, which can save a lot of money.
"That's right, look at it. Remove the money for furniture, find time to dig out the soil yourself, and spend some money to build a house. Can you come up with this money? You are not afraid of working hard, right."
" Then...it can definitely be done." What Tao Daqiang is least afraid of is putting forth his own effort.
“Look, we have everything, but we are missing a wife, right?” Li Long smiled, “A young man of your age in the village can make a fortune by himself. How many? "
Tao Daqiang reacted and laughed.
Also, without knowing it, the once famous fool among the boys in the team has grown into a leading figure among the youth.
Thinking again about someone coming to his house to talk about matchmaking a few days ago, Tao Daqiang truly felt confident.
Same, who is worse than who?
Li Long has already pulled up the net. Unfortunately, the net is spread out in a circle. There are only some crucian carp and small ditch fish in it, but no big silver carp.
"There have been so many people setting up and setting nets near Haizi recently, and the fish have rarely come to the edge." Tao Daqiang explained, "I heard that Meng Zhiqiang and the others also wanted to follow your example and go deep into Haizi. Set the net somewhere else, otherwise you won’t be able to catch the fish.”
It doesn’t matter if you can’t catch the fish. After all, Xiaohaizi is so big. But there are definitely few fish. After all, no one used to toss the fish here every day. Including Li Long, they only cast the net occasionally, and more often lowered the net deep in the sea.
The two men cast a few more nets, then carried tires, net bags and several kilograms of small fish back home.
Tao Daqiang put down the tire and returned to his home. Li Long changed clothes. Du Chunfang couldn't bear to see his son being hurt, so he couldn't help complaining:
"Look, my son is engaged. It's all his fault." Come on, you’re such a busy dad.”
"Then what should I do?" Li Qingxia had a very good attitude and said with a smile, "If my son is capable, then I won't be happy."
Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei both went to the wheat field. After going to work, Li Qingxia also wanted to go, but Li Jianguo didn't let him go.
When it comes to the wheat field, the default requirement is that each family contributes one or two workers. Although the Li family has a large number of people, they cannot provide so many people just because there are many people. This thing is also about tacit understanding and fairness.
So Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang were feeding pigs and tidying up the vegetable garden in the yard. Some vegetables can be picked but cannot be eaten, such as sword beans and cowpeas, which need to be dried and eaten in winter.
Li Long changed his clothes and moved a stool to the well. While peeling fish, he listened to the old couple bickering and smiled from time to time.
The way father and mother live together is to spend time together as a couple. They don't know any sweet words. If one of them is noisy, the other one will be softer.
After peeling the small fish, Li Long washed it three times with water from the well, put the fish next to the stove, and went to bring an armful of corn on the pole. Du Chunfang was cooking pig food on the other stove, while Li Long was cooking here.
"Xiaolong, what are you doing, are you preparing fish stew?"
"Well, I haven't eaten fish stew for a few days, so I'm thinking about it. I thought I'd put some pancakes on it for dinner tonight. That’s it.”
“Okay, okay.” Du Chunfang naturally had no objection. To be honest, she was still not used to cooking here, and since Li Long wanted to do it, she had no problem with it.
"That is to say, here in Northern Xinjiang, we only eat three meals a day. How can we eat three meals a day in my hometown? Two meals is the best. Anyone who eats three meals must not be scolded by others." Li Qingxia took it He sighed while stirring the pig food with a stick.
"That's because the land here is huge, the grain harvest is large, and there is plenty to eat. How can we eat in my hometown?" Du Chunfang said habitually, "Both meals are dry and the other is watery. It’s not like here, where people eat rice and flour every day. How can you believe it if you tell them to your hometown?”
Li Long returned to the kitchen and started making noodles. He mixed corn flour and white flour together so that he felt it tasted delicious. After a while, the pancake is filled with fish soup, and the taste is really amazing.
For the elderly and children, soft-soaked pancakes are also easy to digest.
After the two sides were reconciled, Li Long went over to prepare a fire. When I got to the stove, I saw Du Chunfang already sitting there, putting a handful of corn stalks into the stove and getting ready.
"My mother, are you making a fire?"
"Then I can't cook this food, so I can't make a fire?" Du Chunfang said with a smile, "You do it, and I'll take a look and catch it up. After I went back, I also made it in my hometown, and they were so greedy.”
Li Long found that my mother had become more garrulous these days, but her mentality seemed to be better.
"Then what's the point? Just stay here." Li Long said while washing the pot, "Are people staying in my hometown in the winter? It's colder in the house than outside, and there's no stove and no It's a fire wall. If you want to make a fire, you don't have any firewood. You need to buy a ton of coal. Money can buy several tons here..."
"That's true." Du Chunfang nodded, then turned to look at Li Qingxia, "Listen, your youngest son said, wouldn't it be good to live here for the winter? ?”
Li Qingxia laughed.
Li Long knew that his father definitely still wanted to go back and return home in glory. Many of the things we take for granted here can be discussed at the poker table in our hometown.
Of course, people with skills can live a happy life here, but they have lost their status as pioneers. If they want to live well, they have to work twice as hard.
Unless they are affiliated, someone like Li Jianguo can get them affiliated.
Du Chunfang lit the fire and Li Long put in the oil. Seeing Li Long pouring in so much oil, Du Chunfang wanted to say it but didn't. The amount of vegetable oil Li Long put in was enough for the old couple to eat in their hometown for a week.
But the younger son can make money. The money he earns in one day is as much as what his hometown earns in half a year. He can also make money with the old man. It’s not up to him to do whatever he wants.
In order to take care of the tastes of Li Juan and Li Qiang, Li Long didn't add more spicy pepper. He put garlic and ginger into the hot oil, stirred it a few times, fried it to get the flavor, and poured in the fish.
Although the fish had been peeled and washed several times, some of them were so tenacious that they were still jumping around in the pot for two days, which was quite fun to watch.
The oil has been drizzled on the sides of the pot, so although these fish make a loud noise in the pot, they will not stick to the pot.
After turning the fish in the pot a few times and frying both sides, Li Long picked up the thermos and poured water into it. He stopped after filling half of the pot.
The next step is to stick the pancakes.
After pasting the pancakes, put the lid on the pot and turn the heat to low. Soon the aroma of stewed fresh fish filled the yard.
"Hey, Xiaolong's cooking is really good!" Li Qingxia scraped the pig food out of the pot and washed it. Smelling the smell, he said with a smile, "Xiaolong, let it stew for a while and make it more tender, just in time to wait for Juan and Qiangqiang to come back." "Okay." Li Long, who had already taken over his mother to light the fire, reduced the intensity of the fire. Somewhat.
Li Qiang came back first, then Li Juan.
When Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei came back with the carriage and the roller, a large pot of fish had been put out of the pot, and the pancakes had been placed on the big plate. Li Juan and Li Qiang were holding one in each other's arms. The pancakes have been eaten first.
“It’s fun when there are more people eating.” The family was eating around the table in the yard. Li Qingxia sighed, “In my hometown, your mother and I just didn’t have much appetite when eating. Here, hey , I can still eat two pancakes at night.”
"This little fish tastes good too." Du Chunfang continued. She was impatient to eat fish because the fish bones were difficult to deal with, so Li Long simply told her to just stuff the small fish into her mouth and chew it to get rid of the taste, and just spit out the rest.
Since there are plenty of fish, I don’t care about this waste.
Eating it this way, it tastes really good, but there is a little less meat.
"I should be able to catch a big carp tomorrow." Liang Yuemei was still concerned about the fish in Liuseli. The meat has been taken care of, and everything else has been bought, leaving only the fish.
“If you can’t catch it, you can’t lower the net again.” Li Long said with a smile, “If you cast eight nets, I still don’t believe that you can’t catch the big carp.”
The next day, Tao Daqiang came to find Li Long early, and the two of them walked toward Xiaohaizi carrying the tire.
Halfway through, Li Qingxia caught up with him.
"Dad, what are you doing up so early?" Li Long was a little surprised, "Can't you sleep?"
"I really can't sleep." Li Qingxia said, "I'll just take a look at today. Are there any carp?"
Li Long smiled.
When they arrived at Xiaohaizi, Li Long pushed the tire into the water, then sat on it to close the net. Li Qingxia stood on the shore and watched anxiously.
From time to time, I can see fish in Li Long’s net, but I don’t know if there is a target.
When Meng Zhiqiang came to get the net, he saw Tao Daqiang and Li Qingxia looking into Haizi. He also looked over and saw Li Long sitting on the tire pulling the net to recover.
His eyesight is also very good. He can see the fish hanging continuously on the net collected by Li Long, and his mood is quite complicated.
When will I be able to get a tire into the water and launch a net?
When the net was lowered on the shore, the catch was already very little.
The problem is that big tires cannot be bought with money.
Meng Zhiqiang also went to the team to ask. As a result, when people heard where he came from, they simply refused.
At first Meng Zhiqiang didn't understand the reason, but later he found out that what Gu Ermao had done had ruined the team's reputation.
This makes Meng Zhiqiang angry.
The last time Li Jianguo beat up the Gu family, Meng Zhiqiang thought Li Jianguo was a little too strong.
Now it seems that it is really an understatement!
Li Long rowed the tire back, and Li Qingxia couldn't help shouting:
"Xiaolong, is there anything?"
He didn't say anything, he was fifty Meng Zhiqiang, who was closing the net meters away, pricked up his ears.
What are you asking?
"Yes, yes." Li Long's voice was cheerful, "That's enough."
"Hehehehe." Li Qingxia was happy. Seeing that Li Long was about to reach the shore, he Take a few steps toward the water to pull Li Long up.
Tao Daqiang hurriedly followed, pulling Li Long up first, and then pulled the tire and fish bag ashore together.
The three of them each carried a pile and headed home together.
Li Jianguo had already spread out the plastic paper. When Li Long and the others came back, he poured the fish and the net up. At a glance, he saw a fat carp with a yellow-red head and tail, at least 40 to 50 centimeters tall.
“Hey! This fish must be at least four or five kilograms, right?”
“Almost.”
“It’s so beautiful!” Li Jianguo praised, “With this fish, I That's enough."
"There is a smaller one, which is also beautiful." Li Long started to choose the fish. "The head and tail are beautiful, and the beard is long."
"I will send the fish and meat over today." Li Jianguo said directly, "We don't pay much attention to it, but it is auspicious to send live fish over!"
Li Long chuckled.
“What to do with the remaining fish?” Du Chunfang asked looking at so many fish.
"Sell, I will sell fish later." Li Long said while selecting fish, "These eight nets contain at least sixty or seventy kilograms of fish. If you keep them, you won't be able to finish them all, so sell them." ."
"Okay." Li Jianguo didn't have any objection. It would be a waste if he stayed, so he might as well sell it for money. "Don't go online this afternoon. We will be engaged tomorrow. We need to take care of it."
After selecting the fish, Li Long changed his clothes. Li Jianguo skillfully divided the fish into two bags and put them on the bicycle, covering them with sacks. Li Juan happily waited beside her with her schoolbag on her back.
Getting on his bicycle, Li Long rode all the way out of the village, dropped Li Juan off at the elementary school, and then went to the county. After picking up things in the compound, he went to Shicheng.
It has been a long time since I sold fish, and Li Long felt that his throat was a little itchy.
Shicheng Old Street is still lively, and when Li Long arrived, there were no empty stalls.
He was not in a hurry and directly set up the car on the diagonal opposite the road, put the basin and poured the fish.
After the preparations were completed, he started shouting loudly.
As soon as Li Long shouted, many people came quickly.
"Young man, you haven't come to sell fish for a few days. What's going on?"
"It's just that your fish is delicious. I'm still thinking of stewing it every two days. Why did you stop?"
"Is there something going on at home? It would be nice to come... Hey, why is there no Loach?"
"It's good to have fish to eat. Look how beautiful this crucian carp is. It's still alive. Give me two yuan and go back to make soup..."
Li Long didn't expect that after not coming for a few days, these The fish eaters are still waiting here.
Very good, repeat customers are great!
(End of this chapter)