When Liang Dongting left, most of the truckload of watermelons had been sold.
Thanks to Li Long, every household has some cash this year, including the digging of Cynomorium sinensis. Besides, I can still come up with 80 cents. One kilogram of watermelon costs three cents, and fifty kilograms only costs one yuan and fifty cents.
Although there are not many households in the team, they know that it is the watermelon from Xiayedi, and Liang Dongting directly smashed several watermelons beside the truck for everyone to taste. The watermelon is indeed good. After eating it, there are still people who don’t want to buy it. ?
You have half a sack and I have one sack, and most of the watermelon truck is unloaded.
“I didn’t expect that the melons I sold when I was brought here from Xiaye were less than one-third of what your team sold!” Liang Dongting said with emotion, “The people on your team are really talented. Money.”
"Hehe." Li Qingxia originally wanted to praise Li Long, but he still held back.
"Okay, the melons are almost sold. I have to go back today." Liang Dongting said, "I will go to the fields later when I have time. I will greet you and I will make sure you are satisfied!"
"Okay." Li Qingxia said, "I will definitely go there when I have time."
The truck left, Li Long said:
"I will go to the horse number to rest for a while, and come over in the afternoon to set off the net. .”
"Go quickly, you are exhausted today." Liang Yuemei said, "Thanks to you."
Without Li Long, she didn't know when she would be back to cook. After all, Du Chunfang couldn't control this big pot of rice. It can be seen today that Liang Dongting is very satisfied.
The big truck came out of Weihu and saw someone holding a sack in front of it. Liang Dongting was a little puzzled. After the truck stopped, before he could speak, he heard the person in front ask:
" A melon seller? A watermelon from the field?”
“Yes.”
"Let's buy melons."
Liang Dongting was overjoyed, and then he understood. They must have heard the shouting from the loudspeaker and came here. The business that came to their door must be done.
In the afternoon, Li Long went to set down the net. When he came back, someone sent Cynomorium cynomorium again, so he naturally wanted to accept it.
At this time, Shanli Harimu and the others came to Dongwozi on horseback.
They have already been to Li Long's wooden house, and the door there is locked.
"Li Long is not here, and the naan we bring now is only enough to last until tomorrow," a young man said to Harimu, "Brother, what do you think we should do?"
"We wait two days, if Li Long If you don’t come, we will go down the mountain to change the leather. Isn’t that what we did in the past?” "You can obviously exchange for more things, but the result is just a little."
"Stop talking so much. Wait two days. Maybe Li Long will go up the mountain and give him the leather antlers." "The rest is just for us to hunt grass." Harimu wasn't too worried. He came back with a gun, so he could go hunting twice and catch some animals to eat.
It’s not that they don’t know where the county seat is, but except for Harimu, who understands Chinese and it is easier to communicate, the others only know some simple words at most, and subconsciously do not want to communicate with more people.
At this time, they are accustomed to living in their own circle and living their own way of life, and do not want to be disturbed by the outside world.
Even young people are very curious about the outside world, but they also have their own way of doing things. Unless they go to school or have great perseverance to go out on their own, they will rarely break this circle.
Around the 20s of the new century, the tourism boom in northern Xinjiang brought tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of people to travel to some places. They would find that locals, especially ethnic minorities, started to The restaurant has very little "service awareness".
This is actually normal. Normally, they only receive a dozen or dozens of people a day, maybe even just a few people. And those regular customers have become accustomed to coming up and doing it themselves, and they have a tacit understanding of everything they do.
Suddenly there are hundreds or even thousands of people here. How can we serve them?
The waiters are all confused!
They didn’t know what the so-called service consciousness was at first, because small areas and small areas, even local small restaurants, are just a circle with little circulation.
Of course, the more people come, the more I meet, the more I talk to, the more I earn, the more service awareness comes up.
But more often than not, these internet celebrity check-in places are contracted by capital, and then local people go to summer pastures to graze, and the houses are bought by capital and turned into B&Bs or check-in points.
For example, Huanghuang Village, such as Hemu - there are more outsiders than locals.
In the 1980s, it was difficult for them to accept people from outside the circle to join. Once they accepted, they would be very trusting and would give almost unconditionally. Of course, when they asked you to do something, they would never be secretive and speak directly.
They tied the horses, and two men went to the pasture with scythes and cut two large bales of grass to distribute among the horses. Harimu and the others had already fetched water, boiled the water in the enamel basin they had brought, and started eating the naan.
When I came back from selling fish the next day, Liang Yuemei made lunch. The wheat harvest was finally finished, and the next step was to wait for the wheat straw to be sold. The wheat, wheat tail, etc. were divided among each family. The next harvest is waiting for oil sunflowers, which will take some time.
The work at home can be less and more relaxed.
“It was really good to eat the dried meat steamed yesterday.” At the dinner table, Li Qingxia was still talking about what happened yesterday, “I think my dear brother enjoyed it.”
"The dried meat is delicious, and who eats meat like ours these days? My uncle probably hasn't eaten meat for some years. The basin has been served, can you eat it?" Liang Yuemei said with a smile, "Xiaolong The way to eat meat is to have meat. Okay."
"Well, if you have time, you have to send some of this meat to your relatives." Li Qingxia said, "Xiaolong, can you still get this meat?"
" What's wrong with that?" Li Long also boasted. , "You should be able to do it after two days in the mountains. Then I will go when the fish is sold tomorrow?"
"Let's go there." Li Qingxia said, "We can do this selling fish. What about you?" Is there anyone selling Cynomorium Cynomorium? ”
“ Less. It’s impossible to always have Cynomorium on the base. I’ve collected two or three tons of it these days, and the roof as big as the old horse is full. But it doesn’t matter. I’ll leave the money to Uncle Luo. , just let him help me weigh it.”
For some reason, Li Long felt vaguely that he needed to go into the mountains.
"Are there enough bullets?" Li Jianguo asked, "Not enough to find you some."
"There are still a lot." Li Long said, "It can be used for a while."
The next day he got up early again, set up the net to select fish to sell, and after finishing these things, Li Long came back and put the pots and scales in the big yard. He washed the bags and clamped them behind his bicycle. This is for meat.
He also brought a rope, pushed the cart out of the yard, locked the door and went to the big meat restaurant.
Before it was time to eat, he bought four steamed buns and four steamed buns to take with him. For the rest of the food, he had to rely on the few reserves in the cabin.
Ever since he discovered that those animals like to soak in hot springs, Li Long felt that this was equivalent to finding a fixed hunting spot.
After all, there is a fixed hunting spot, so I don’t have to run around looking for wild boar, roe deer, and deer seeds. I don’t have a dog. My herdsmen friends have all gone up the mountain. It’s not easy to catch prey.
When Li Long arrived at the wooden house, it was already noon.
He was not in a hurry. He put the bicycle into the small room, locked the door, and walked around while eating steamed buns.
I originally wanted to pick up some mushrooms, but I saw horse dung and large horse hoof prints.
Has anyone been here?
Li Long suddenly became alert. Who could be riding over at this time? From the forestry team?
It is normal for the forestry team to patrol the mountains at this time. After all, the grass has slowly begun to wither and turn yellow. If there is a wildfire, it will burn more than just a mountain. He had seen the rooms, large and small, and the doors were all locked and had not been damaged.
These people have no idea about their wooden house?
Li Long was just guessing.
He put the matter aside. Since everything was fine, he didn't care.
After finishing the buns, Li Long took the rope and bag to the hot spring. His idea is that if he can encounter the beast now, he will kill it directly. If he cannot touch it, he will come over early tomorrow morning.
It only lasts for two or three days. If you can’t find the hot springs, then look elsewhere.
While walking and looking, Li Long found that it had rained here some time ago. Although there were some mushrooms exposed, there was no black tiger palm fungus.
Sure enough, it’s next season.
Occasionally, you can see wild strawberries that come out late, one or two here and there, but they don’t grow well.
Li Long walked through the mountains and when he came to Hot Spring Valley, he saw that the water was a little smaller.
He couldn't help but worry, if the water was too small and there wasn't that much water in the pool, would those beasts come here to soak in the hot spring again?
With this question, Li Long walked all the way to the hot spring pool.
No animals.
He held the gun and walked carefully in front of each pool. There is less water in the pool, about two-thirds of the original volume. After all, each pool needs enough water before it can flow to the next pool.
Li Long found some excrement on the edge of the pool, which looked like sheep dung eggs and was a bit dry. It should have been three or five days ago.
It should be gone now. He looked up at the sky. It was still a while before the sun set. Li Long thought about going to the mountains to ambush and wait, maybe he would gain something.
He returned to the forest where he had previously ambushed the wolf, found a clean place to sit down, and held his gun there in a daze.
There are mushrooms nearby, but Li Long doesn't know them very well. There were too many things he didn't know in the mountains, and he didn't dare to take risks.
No need.
Not far in front of him, there was a Codonopsis pilosula plant. It was not big and the flowers had faded. Li Long felt that the bottom was only as thick as a finger.
He remembered that when he traveled to Zhaosu, Yili, the pickles in the shop there were pickled with Codonopsis pilosula and they were not expensive. I just didn't feel it was particularly delicious when I ate it, and it was a bit weird. Of course, it was good stuff.
Later, should I dig out some small ones, wash them, dry them and let my sister-in-law pickle them?
While thinking wildly, the sun slowly set, Li Long looked at his watch, it was almost nine o'clock, there should be no animals coming, so he stood up and walked back with a gun on his back.
When I walked back to the wooden house, the sun had already set behind the mountain, and the chill was rising. Li Long chopped firewood and lit the stove fire, and then went to get some straw mushrooms. At this time, most of the wild vegetables have begun to wither and turn yellow, so the mushrooms can continue to grow.
Wash the mushrooms in the spring water. Li Long plans to make a mushroom soup, then boil the steamed buns, and heat the meat. The steamed buns will be stuffed with meat. It will taste delicious.
The idea was this, but as soon as the mushrooms were washed, the sound of horse hooves was heard.
When he turned to look, three horses rushed over. When he saw the light of the fire, someone shouted loudly.
"Li Long, Li Long!"
Li Long heard a familiar voice, it was Harimu.
He put down the mushroom pot and watched the horse rush to a stop not far in front of him. Harimu jumped off the horse, came over with a smile and gave him a hug.
"Why are you back? Did something happen in the mountains?" Li Long hugged the three people one by one, and then asked.
"No, no, it's okay. We went down the mountain to cut grass. The grass here needs to be cut down, and the grass that grows up will be just enough for the cattle and sheep to eat." Harimu explained, "The grass in winter has to be cut from here."
Li Long understood.
They go to the summer pasture to graze, and the grass in the winter pasture can continue to grow until it reaches a similar height, and can be cut directly as winter pasture. The grass can still grow after being cut. Although it is not high enough, it is enough for winter grazing.
"Is it just you?" Li Long was a little confused.
"No, no, no, every family has one. They live in their own winter dens, and we are all here, asking you for help because we have something to do."
"We came here yesterday." Another young man said, "We have finished the naan we brought. If you didn't come, we might be hungry..."
Li Long smiled. It's definitely impossible to be hungry. After all, you hunt grass every year, and you've only known yourself this year. How can you be hungry?
I just hope to trade the skins by myself.
This is a trust.
"Then what do you need? Rice? Noodles? Brick tea, sugar cubes and what else?"
"I need oil."
"As for the matches, we don't have this anymore."
"There is also wine, can you get some..."
"Pa!" There is one As soon as the young man told him about the wine, Harimu slapped him. He glared at the man:
"Don't you want to live?"
The young man sneered: "You're kidding..."
Li Long smiled.
It seems that these people are quite convinced by Harimu.
"Okay, I will go down the mountain early tomorrow morning. I should be able to bring some rice and noodles up at noon, and I can also bring some other things. You should have a long time to grass, and I will bring them up one after another... Do you want it? Will you come down the mountain with me?"
"No, no, please make more trips. "Halimu said matter-of-factly, "We are not in a hurry, our main task is to clear the grass. We can rest assured that we will start clearing the rice and noodles tomorrow morning. It’s best if I’m there at Dongwozi. If I’m not there, just leave it at the door.”
Li Long nodded, and the matter was settled.
As for the value of the leather and the value of the antlers brought by Harimu and the others, no one asked, and no one paid attention.
They believed in Li Long, and Li Long believed in them.
"Then let's go back." Harimu and the others got on their horses, "You should rest early."
The sound of horse hooves faded away, and Li Long continued to wash the mushrooms. Although his appetite was reduced due to excitement, But he knew he still had to eat, otherwise he would have to go through a lot of trouble if he was hungry in the middle of the night. (End of chapter)