Chapter 271 Poor Family
After lunch, Li Long took a rest. It was still raining in the sky, but the rain was not heavy. He waited for more than half an hour, and after the rain stopped, he pushed his bicycle out.
"Ride slowly on the road," Du Chunfang reminded at the door, "There is a lot of mud, so don't show off."
"Mom, I understand." Li Long smiled and waved his hand, He got on the car with his legs, kicked out of the yard, and headed to Gu Xiaoxia's house.
Before arriving at Gu's house, Li Long saw Gu Xiaoxia riding a bicycle on the road, and he was happy.
Li Long stopped and waited for Gu Xiaoxia to ride over, and asked with a smile:
"Why did you come out?"
"What about you, why did you come out?" Gu Xiaoxia asked, a little unhappy.
"When I was leaving your house, I heard Uncle Gu talking about you. I guess he probably wanted you to rush back to the county this afternoon, so I came over to take a look."
"That's right! My dad said, just work hard and don't worry about home. He's not old at home and can still work..." Gu Xiaoxia was obviously a little unhappy, "Then I'll leave... What about you?" < br>
"My bicycle is broken. I have to go to the county to buy a tire. Let's go together."
The two of them rode forward side by side. Although there was not much mud on the road, it still stuck to the tires. Li Long found that the further west, the more mud there was. It seemed that it rained harder in the west than in the village.
"Stop, stop." Li Long said to Gu Xiaoxia, who was twisting and kicking hard:
"Let's clear the mud from the wheels."
< br>He propped up the car and went to the roadside to break off a tamarisk stick. After bringing it over, he first cleared the mud from under the front and rear tiles of Gu Xiaoxia's car, and then started to clear the mud from his own car.
Gu Xiaoxia stepped on the ground carefully, trying to ensure that her little leather shoes did not get too much mud.
“Let’s go, ride for a while, and we’ll be fine in the countryside.”
The section of road from the county to the countryside leads directly to the Huike Highway in the north. This section is paved with stones and has no mud. , rain will not affect riding.
As for the road from the team to the countryside, it will take three to five years before it can be paved with gravel, and another seven or eight years before it can be paved with asphalt. It took several years to lay this asphalt.
The two of them rode from the team to the countryside. The five or six kilometers journey took more than half an hour, but looking at the road in the countryside, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"You wait on the side of the road, I will put the car under the river dam and rinse the wheels with water." Li Long said, "Otherwise, it will be very dirty and not good-looking."
Of course Gu Xiaoxia will not stand there Looking there, she and Li Long pushed the bicycle to the edge of the river dam - it was said to be a river dam, but in fact it was Mohequ, a tributary of the Ma River. The reason why it is called the canal is because it was dug manually during the water conservancy project. The water finally turned to Dahaizi behind the village, and then passed through several reservoirs. Finally, the remaining water was discharged to Gurbantungu. Special desert.
Dahaizi is a large area, surrounded by seven or eight villages. Li Long's production team is in the southeastern corner.
At this time, the river dam was not sealed with cement boards like in later generations, and both sides were Gobi beaches just like the river. Li Long found a suitable position, propped the bicycle on the water's edge, turned the pedals, and used water to wash away the mud on the rear wheel.
Occasionally there will be some raindrops falling, but it has no effect.
The two bicycles were as good as new in no time. Li Long tried his best to prevent water from getting into the chain and the bottom bracket to ensure that they would not rust. Of course, he would also use engine oil and butter to maintain the bicycles when he had free time.
Bicycles at this time were big items, and in people's minds, they should be more expensive than cars in the 1920s.
After cleaning up, the two set off again. There is only one sales department in the township, and there is no place to repair bicycles or sell tires. To buy tires, you can only go to the county.
While riding all the way to Daqiaodong, Li Long told Gu Xiaoxia about the mother and daughter.
“The little girl is quite grateful and even gave me a fish – at that time I thought it would be okay if it didn’t hurt her self-esteem.” Li Long said with a smile.
They continued to move forward. Less than 500 meters away, Li Long saw a person in front of him walking forward in a panic. He seemed to be crying as he walked - this person was carrying a child on his back.
When he reached the front, Li Long heard clearly that the person carrying the man was a woman, and there was a little girl on his back. The woman cried there and said:
"Ni, don't sleep, we are arriving in the county soon. I will find a hospital for you when we get to the county..."
It was the mother and daughter. !
Li Long immediately said to Gu Xiaoxia:
"These two are the mother and daughter I met. The girl must be sick..."
"It's important to save people." Gu Xiaoxia said immediately, "Take them to the county hospital..."
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"Okay." Li Long kicked a few times and reached the woman. He braked to a stop and said:
"Sister-in-law, is the child sick? Get in the car!"
"Well, I have a fever... I am so burned that I can't speak..." The woman He said something subconsciously, then looked up and saw Li Long, and was stunned for a moment.
"Get in the car quickly, I'll take you to the hospital!" Li Long said, "I know the way!"
The woman didn't care so much at this time. She immediately helped the girl off her back and turned to Holding him, he then sat on the back seat of the bicycle with the assistance of Li Long.
Li Long carefully stepped on the bicycle from the beam, stepped on the pedal hard, and made the bicycle spin. He got on the bicycle and drove towards the county quickly.
The county hospital is in the east of the city, not far from Li Long's compound. Liang Xiaoxia did not return to the compound, but followed Li Long to the county hospital.
At this time, the county hospital only had doctors on duty. Li Long stopped the car and waited for the mother and daughter to get off. He put away his bicycle and ran into the hospital quickly. The woman followed behind with her child in her arms. Within a few steps, he Entered the gate.
At this time, Li Long had already called out the doctor on duty. The doctor came up and touched the girl's forehead, listened to the child's lungs with a stethoscope, then asked the woman some questions and said:
" The child's body is too weak to resist the cold, fever, and infection." The doctor said, "An injection will reduce the fever first to prevent the infection from becoming pneumonia, and then I will give it. Prescribe some medicine and you should be fine after a few days. Go and pay, and take the child to the treatment room." Li Long stood up and said, "Sister-in-law, you are here. Let’s take the child for treatment first.”
Life is at stake. Li Long could tell from the woman’s expression that although she was anxious to take her child to the hospital, she actually had no money.
Life-saving matters cannot be delayed at this time.
In the 1980s, pneumonia was also a serious disease and should not be taken lightly. Unlike later generations, common pneumonia is like a bad cold in many people's minds.
After paying the money and taking the order, the nurse over there prepared medicine and gave the child an injection. Li Long went to get the medicine again and gave it to the mother.
Gu Xiaoxia accompanied the woman and looked at the child. After the injection, it didn't take long for the child's face to become less red and his breathing to calm down.
The process may seem simple, but in fact, both Li Long, Gu Xiaoxia and the mother knew that without this injection, and without Li Long riding a bicycle to take them here, the girl might have been in trouble. "Okay, let's go." Seeing that the situation had improved, Li Long felt relieved and whispered to Gu Xiaoxia:
"Let's do our own thing."
"Yes." Gu Xiaoxia followed Li Long and quietly left the hospital.
While pushing the cart, Gu Xiaoxia said:
"I left two yuan for the sister-in-law to buy something for the child to eat later. Listen to what you said, then The child is fine. I asked him when you were getting the medicine. They came here to find the father, but they couldn't find him. "
"Poor man," Li Long nodded.
There are a lot of poor people these days.
Li Long sent Gu Xiaoxia to the big yard, while he went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought two new tires - the bicycle at home was used frequently and required a lot of effort, so it was helpful to have an extra tire. benefit.
After picking up the tires, Li Long returned directly to the team. The weather has improved. I believe the ground will be almost hard tomorrow and riding will not be greatly affected.
After returning home that day, Li Long arrived home. Li Qingxia and Tao Daqiang were both there, but they did not dare to go offline.
“I’m afraid that if you can’t get the tire back, then you won’t be able to sell it as fish tomorrow, then the fish you catch will be in vain.” This is Li Qingxia’s explanation.
"That's all right now. Install the bicycle tires, and then let's go down the net." Li Long said, "Sell fish tomorrow."
Actually, he still wanted to sell Cynomorium cynomorium, but after two days Oh my god. The corn has not been confiscated in the past few days. There should be people digging up Cynomorium cynomorium and delivering it to Laoma Hao. When the time comes, they will all be sold together, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with the bits and pieces behind.
Li Qingxia was originally going to stay and pack his bicycle with Li Jianguo, but Li Jianguo asked him to go get off the net. He could tell that the old man from home was very happy and energetic during this time, which was good. As long as I can make money, feel good, and don't miss my hometown, that's fine.
After lowering the net, Li Long cast a few more nets, prepared a few fish and prepared to come back and burn them. This roasted fish is similar to grilled fish. It tastes quite delicious, but you need to take your time. After all, most river fish have many fine spines.
Getting the net the next day, this time Li Qingxia did not let Tao Daqiang follow him because he was afraid that the bicycle would be crushed again. In addition, the road surface is still a bit soft, and if you are alone, it will be impossible to ride fast, at least on the road from the team to the countryside.
Li Qingxia was selling fish in the county, and Li Long went to Shicheng.
The road from the county seat to Shicheng was relatively easy to walk. It was windy all the way, and Li Long opened a stall in Shicheng. There didn't seem to be many people buying fish today, and Li Long didn't care. It's normal for the market to have ups and downs.
After selling the fish for more than an hour, Li Long pushed his bicycle through the stalls. There are also sellers of watermelons, vegetables, and eggs here, but there are no meat sellers. It must be because they are afraid of not being able to sell them in summer and it will smell bad.
What surprised Li Long was that there was also a sesame cake seller, which was directly modified from a pull cart (frame cart). A wooden support was made on the handlebar, and it was placed there when not pushing. Use it as a stall. There was a stove made of tin buckets in the car, and a pile of sesame seed cakes and a bucket of pickles were placed on a wooden board next to it.
There were knives, boards and the like on the car. Li Long guessed that if someone wanted to eat sesame seed cakes with pickles, they would cut them freshly.
Not many people bought it, but people kept asking for it - most of them were stall owners. A sesame seed pancake was bigger than a palm, and it was not expensive. It cost 25 cents with vegetables and 20 cents for free vegetables.
The car also carried boiling water. Li Long observed that those who ate cooked rice could get water for free. Those who did not have water cups would be provided with bowls by those selling cooked rice.
This man has a good mind.
Li Long admired for a moment, and then continued to move forward.
He walked around in various stalls and then left.
There are more things here than in the county town, but there is nothing Li Long needs. And because this is a new city, there are no old antiques for sale, so Li Long’s original plan to save some while taking advantage of the cheapness of these things cannot be realized here.
Went to a milk tea shop to drink milk tea and chatted with the nang guy for a few words. After finishing the meal, Li Long returned to the county.
At the free market, Li Qingxia took few fish and had already sold out and went back. Li Long walked around and saw no antique sellers either, so he returned to the courtyard.
It's almost noon.
Gu Xiaoxia hasn’t gotten off work yet. Li Long went into the yard and put the bicycle away, took out the basin, cleaned it and put it in its place, and then started to prepare for cooking.
I ate rice at home yesterday, so let’s make some rice noodles today. These days, the main thing is to eat enough at noon, after all, all the work is physical.
When Li Long's rice was ready, he ate it first before Gu Xiaoxia came back. The noodles for Gu Xiaoxia were also stretched and smeared with cooked oil to ensure that they would not stick and break for a period of time.
After Li Long finished his meal and drank his soup, Gu Xiaoxia hurried back.
"I went to the hospital to see the eldest sister." Gu Xiaoxia explained, "The child's fever has gone away now, and it will probably take a few days to get better. I have already asked the eldest sister about her condition. It is really pitiful - paragraph 1 It’s all thanks to you, she keeps saying thank you.”
“That’s not normal.” Li Long waved his hand, “If anyone is in a hurry, sit down first and I’ll warm up the noodles for you. Eat.”
"Well." Gu Xiaoxia said, "I just bought them some steamed buns, but I haven't eaten them yet - they are so delicious! Are you making spicy buns?"
"Yes, you can eat more. A little bit.”
“I just I smelled it when I was still outside, and my mouth watered immediately. By the way, did you know that the eldest sister’s husband came here to support me two years ago? She originally still had the letter, but it turned out that she was on the train The money and the letter were stolen when I got off the train. I asked someone to point me to our place.”
“Isn’t that like finding a needle in a haystack?” There must be at least five or six divisions. There are a lot of things like that, and there is Kanasi in the far north..."
"Hee hee, you know a lot," Gu Xiaoxia said with a smile while mixing vegetables for the noodles. , "I don't even know..."
"What's there? Read more books and you'll know everything." Li Long's face didn't turn red and his heart didn't beat. "Then there's everything in the book."
"Yeah, yeah." Gu Xiaoxia picked up a large pair of chopsticks and spoke. He got up and said while eating, "When the eldest sister walked to the bridge hole, it got dark, so they stayed there. I can get some food and salt by picking wheat ears and helping others harvest them.
My daughter Xiaoni got caught in the rain while harvesting wheat and wore very little. As a result, she caught a cold at night. I guess I was tired during this period and couldn’t eat well..."
Poor man.
(End of this chapter)