"The quality is good." Chen Hongjun concluded, "First-class product, we price it here at 221 kilograms, you can weigh these for you."
Weighing, removing the skin, Li Long brought it These black tiger palm fungi totaled forty-four and a half kilograms, totaling nine hundred and seventy-nine yuan.
Li Long filled out the form, signed it, and took the money. Chen Hongjun smiled and said:
“Xiaolong, you have made a lot of money, why don’t you buy a watch to wear? "
Li Long thought about it. He didn't have any money now. If he didn't wear a watch, he would have to estimate the time, which would be troublesome.
Take the time to buy a watch with Gu Xiaoxia.
After leaving the acquisition station, Li Long returned to the courtyard.
Li Long started cooking before Gu Xiaoxia got off work. He is going to make some soup and rice today.
The spicy peppers I brought back two days ago are not completely wilted, so I took two, added an eggplant and a tomato, and chopped them finely. It's a pity that there are no fresh potatoes at this time, otherwise it would be better.
Stir-fry the vegetables, take them out and set them aside, then mix in the noodles, let them rest, and cut them into dough pieces.
Li Long likes to eat thin slices, which are tasty and easy to digest. Although he is a young man now and is no longer the bad old man he was before he died in his last life, this habit has still been retained.
Pour the water into the pot and bring it to a boil. Pull the dough apart and put it on your arm, then pull each piece into the pot.
Because it has to be pulled very thin, there is no way to cut it as fast as my sister-in-law Liang Yuemei can, but Li Long’s pull is not too slow. After pulling out the three dough strips, Li Long felt that they were about the same, so he took a spoon to the pot and stirred the dough pieces that were sinking to the bottom to prevent them from sticking to the pot.
The water boiled for a while, and the noodles should be cooked. Li Long took the fried vegetables, poured them in, stirred them, and the clear water soup immediately turned into red soup, and the pot was quickly opened. .
Li Long scooped up a little soup with a spoon, blew it and tasted it. The taste was a bit bland, so he scooped another spoonful of salt and put it in. After stirring it twice, it was almost ready.
Finally, pinch a handful of coriander from the transformed vegetable garden, wash it at the faucet, sprinkle it into the pot, and turn off the heat.
As soon as Li Long scooped out the rice, the door rang.
When Gu Xiaoxia came in with the cart, she smiled and said:
"I smelled it as soon as I got to the door - are you making soup and rice?"
"Yes." Li Long said with a smile, "It's almost time, you can just wash your hands and eat."
The happy smile on Gu Xiaoxia's face could not be concealed. When she got off work just now, she heard several colleagues in the office talking about rushing back to cook. One eldest sister even asked Gu Xiaoxia what she planned to cook for lunch.
Gu Xiaoxia talked nonsense about eating steamed buns, and the eldest sister showed off a bit and said she wanted to stew rice when she went back.
Although I haven’t eaten rice since I came back, this is ready-made rice!
How many of your colleagues can eat ready-made meals when you go home? I heard the elder sisters chatting and said that it was a holiday now. When school started, they would have to pick up the children after work at noon. After picking up the children, they would go home and cook quickly, then finish eating and tidying up, and then send the children off quickly. School, then go to work.
Basically, it's a continuous rotation.
What about yourself? When I come back occasionally, there is meat and vegetables in the kitchen, and they are all refined grains. You can just cook whatever you want. These days, I still eat ready-made meals from time to time. Compared with those elder sisters, I am so happy.
The two people faced each other and started eating.
Gu Xiaoxia chatted about interesting things in the office. Li Long listened while eating. When Gu Xiaoxia finished speaking, he said:
"After eating later, let's go to the department store to buy a watch?"
"Buy a watch?" Gu Xiaoxia raised her head, suspecting that she heard wrongly.
"Yeah, you see it's more convenient to wear a watch when you go to work. I often run in the mountains here, so I also need a watch. Today I sold a sack of mushrooms for a few hundred yuan. It's okay to keep the money. Well, why not buy a watch for each of us?"
Gu Xiaoxia was silent for a moment, then suddenly put down her chopsticks and entered the bedroom.
Li Long is a little confused, what's going on?
I just mentioned buying a watch, nothing else?
Are you angry or touched by some emotion?
Li Long also put down his chopsticks and planned to go see what happened to Gu Xiaoxia.
At this time Gu Xiaoxia walked out of the house, holding a wad of money in her hand.
"Li Long, this is the money I have saved in the past few months. I originally planned to buy you a watch." Gu Xiaoxia was a little embarrassed, "I asked my colleagues and also went to the department store to see it. , Men's watch is one hundred and twenty-eight, I still don't have enough money..."
"Hahahaha..." Li Long was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.
What is telepathy? What is a two-way rush? What is happiness?
This is so damn happiness!
Someone is thinking about you, loving you, secretly thinking about you... This feeling is really special...
Li Long went over and hugged Gu Xiaoxia in his arms, The feeling of happiness is really unstoppable.
Gu Xiaoxia was stunned for a moment, her body was a little stiff, then she slowly relaxed and hugged Li Long back - this feeling was so good!
"I haven't finished eating yet..." Gu Xiaoxia's words interrupted Li Long's planned next move. He smiled awkwardly, let go of Gu Xiaoxia, and then said:
"Just keep your money and spend it yourself. I have enough money here. I also plan to buy a TV in two days. When you have nothing to do this evening, you can also watch TV."< br>
"No, no, no, no need." Gu Xiaoxia waved her hand hurriedly, "No need to buy it, I have a radio here which is fine. I still have money saved. If you want to buy it, buy one for your eldest brother's house. You...uncle My aunt prefers watching TV!”
“Don’t worry, I have enough money.” Li Long said with a smile, “It’s enough to buy two.”
“It’s not enough here. I bought it." Gu Xiaoxia still objected, "Save it first, there will be more money to spend later."
"Okay, then save it first." Since Gu Xiaoxia said it, Li Long. No longer insisting.
After the two of them finished eating, they finished cleaning up together, each pushed a cart and rode out to the department store.
The counter selling watches is a bit deserted. A man and a woman were also playing with watches there. After looking at them for a while and trying them on, they finally gave up.
Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia arrived at the counter. The salesperson had the same cold expression as before. She saw too much and came to try on the ones she didn't buy in the end, so she didn't intend to release her enthusiasm at will.
"Comrade, please bring a men's watch and a women's watch."
"Try them on?" the salesperson asked.
"Buy." Li Long took out the money and tickets. There is only one kind of Shanghai brand watch in this counter, the men's watch is 128, and the women's watch is more expensive, 135.
Mechanical type, the kind that requires manual tightening.
The salesperson took out the ones that the two people tried on just now.
"Please bring two new ones." Li Long said, "We will buy them directly."
He emphasized the word "buy". The salesperson looked at the thick stack of unity that Li Long took out. He hesitated for a moment, then actually put the watch in, took out two new boxes, opened it and took out the watch inside.
Li Long first handed the women's watch to Gu Xiaoxia. Gu Xiaoxia took it a little shyly but also excitedly and put it on her hand.
"Is it comfortable without a belt?" Li Long asked Gu Xiaoxia, "Would you like to try it in Shicheng? There should be belts there?"
"No, no, this is fine." Gu Xiaoxia She didn't want to bother her anymore, she quite liked the steel belt, it was cool.
"The strap is a bit long, can you take off one section?" Li Long looked at it and said.
The salesperson could see that Li Long and the others really wanted to buy, so he said:
"You can take it now." Gu Xiaoxia took off the watch and handed it to the salesperson.
Li Long tried on the men's watch and it felt just right.
Waiting for the salesperson to adjust the women's watch, Li Long said:
"Let's take these two." He planned to go to Shicheng or Wucheng when he had time. Okay, buy it for Gu Xiaoxia again.
After writing the ticket and paying the money, the two of them left the department store with their watches.
When leaving, Gu Xiaoxia turned around and looked at the counter she had noticed before. The saleswoman was not there.
"Are you going to work now?" Li Long asked.
"Well, it's almost time to go to work." Gu Xiaoxia looked at the watch on her wrist, "Then you..."
"I'm going to the mountains. Taking advantage of this last season, Get another sack of mushrooms and go back to the team. "This sack of dried mushrooms costs 800 to 900 yuan, which is quite profitable."
"Making money like this...I almost want to go to the mountains." Gu Xiaoxia joked, "It's great!"
"That's different." Li Long said with a smile, "I am the only one who compares A bit more powerful. In fact, there are some people who pick up wild goods in the mountains, but they are not as good as me."
"Just brag." Gu Xiaoxia likes Li Long's appearance, although he is joking, but he is confident but not confident. big. Unlike before, a little vain.
After the two people separated, Li Long returned to the compound, put the gun on his back, took the sack and rope, and rode to the mountains.
Gu Xiaoxia returned to the Education Bureau. There were not many people in the office, so she went to her desk and started writing documents.
This document notice was given by Deputy Director Wang. She made a draft and revised it twice according to the previous document format. Half an hour after she got to work, she took the transcribed document and sent it to Deputy Director Wang's office. .
"Well, it's well written." Deputy Director Wang said with a smile, "Judging from the work situation these days, Xiao Gu, it is a very correct decision to second you to work here. Do a good job! "
"Hey, I understand." Gu Xiaoxia nodded.
"Did you buy a watch? Did your partner buy it?" Deputy Director Wang saw the watch on Gu Xiaoxia's wrist and asked with a smile.
"Well, he paid the salary and funds." Gu Xiaoxia said a little embarrassed.
Li Long told her that if anyone asked her about her partner, they would say she was a buyer from a supply and marketing cooperative. People in supply and marketing cooperatives are quite capable these days. I believe that if someone really asks Li Xiangqian about this, Li Xiangqian will also cover for Li Long.
When Gu Xiaoxia first arrived at the Education Bureau, someone did have an idea for her. Although it is a secondment, judging from the leader's attitude towards Gu Xiaoxia, it is very likely that she will become a regular employee. If you are beautiful, capable, and appreciated by your boss, there will definitely be "outstanding young men" who will come over and take the initiative to make friends with you.
Gu Xiaoxia immediately made it clear that she had a partner. Gu Xiaoxia herself has analyzed that if the target is a farmer, then those who actively pursue him will definitely look down on him, and then think that his status of eating commercial grain is more noble, and then pester him.
So if you just say that Li Long is a buyer and an employee, then the other party will lose this sense of superiority and it will be easier to keep a distance.
This really works.
Gu Xiaoxia returned to the office and continued working. The elder sister of her colleague quickly noticed the watch on her wrist and came over to ask about the situation.
"My partner gave me a bonus and bought it for me." This was Gu Xiaoxia's unified explanation, and these people now believe it. After all, there are women's bicycles there, what does that mean? It means that Gu Xiaoxia's partner is rich.
Whether he has money at home or his own money, he is definitely not an ordinary person. That's enough. Just this one thing is enough to make 90% of the toads take the initiative to retreat.
As for the remaining 10%, Gu Xiaoxia will not give these people any chance.
Li Long rode his bicycle directly to Baiyanggou with the sack.
The black tiger palm fungus does not grow in the outer mountains. He rode his bicycle all the way in, two or three kilometers into the mountains. When he could hardly ride the bicycle anymore, he arrived under the pine forest.
The trees on the periphery of the pine forest are not dense, but there is a lot of moss, and various mushrooms are hidden underneath.
Encountering lynx twice, Li Long was also a little wary. He picked up a few stones and threw them into the grass. After nothing happened, he went in and started picking mushrooms.
The black tiger palm fungus often appears in pieces. Once discovered, it is a piece, and one piece can often produce six to seven kilograms or even eight to nine kilograms. Li Long dragged the sack and looked for it in the grass. This thing is much easier to find than morels. After all, they are bigger and the colors are easier to find.
Occasionally, I could see familiar pine tree mushrooms, but Li Long let them go. Now we are collecting money, no, the main thing is to make money. Let’s keep those other miscellaneous bacteria to nourish the earth first.
When he picked up half the sack, Li Long saw a soil trough that had been washed away by water. Two Codonopsis pilosula plants were hanging directly on the edge of the trough, with only a little bit of their roots still in the soil.
One of them has burst due to exposure, but the other one is still intact.
Both roots were more than half a meter long and very thick. Li Long happily pulled them out, twisted off the plants on them, and put them into a sack.
This is an unexpected surprise.
Patted the dirt on his hands, stuffed a handful of wild strawberries into his mouth, chewed it twice and swallowed it, moistened his throat, and continued to pick mushrooms.
When the sun was half a pole higher than the mountains to the west, a sack of mushrooms was already full, and Li Long carried the sack out with unfulfilled interest.
I didn’t have any comments along the way, and I didn’t encounter any animals. When I was about to leave the ditch, I was struck by something and almost fell down.
After balancing his body and standing firm, he looked over and saw that it was a deer antler!
Unfortunately, when I picked it up, I found that the antlers had been lying there for too long and were rotten and out of shape under the thick grass.
Li Long estimated that he wouldn't be able to sell it for much money, so he threw it away.
He found the bicycle, unlocked it, put the sack on the back seat and tied it tightly with a rope. Li Long pushed it out of the ditch.
When he was able to ride, he quickly got on the horse and ran towards the wooden house.
The wooden house has not changed much. Li Long put away the bicycle, took off the sack, poured the mushrooms on the wooden floor, spread them out, and then cooked.
This kind of life will not last for a few days.
After dinner, Li Long looked okay and it was still early, so he walked over to Lu Dafeng with a gun on his back.
Lu Dafeng was harvesting honey, and Li Long didn't bother him. He sat far away on the edge of the stream, watching the small ditch fish that occasionally rushed up or down.
I seem to have thought about getting a net and putting it in the stream to catch fish, but this plan has never been implemented.
I don’t know if Tao Daqiang at home will continue to harvest wheat, or if he listens to his own words and catches fish with a net. But with Daqiang’s temperament, it might be difficult for him to sell fish.
Nothing compared to a ruthless person like Meng Zhiqiang.
Of course, this is not something you need to worry about.
While Li Long was thinking wildly here, Lu Dafeng had already cut the honey, came over, and said with a smile:
"I went to your cabin in the morning and afternoon, but I didn't see you... It just so happened that you Come here, you must bring back some of this newly cut honey to eat."
Li Long said with a smile: "Okay!" (End of Chapter)