After Li Long asked Li Jianguo and found out that he had no objection to selling fish, he set ten to twelve nets every day. He led the carriage to get the nets early in the morning and came back to choose fish. Then he and Li Jianguo went to sell fish. Liang Yuemei Back to work, Tao Daqiang picked up the net.
The arrangements are well organized.
And because they had moved up the time, Li Juan and Li Qiang could still go to school on bicycles, which was quite happy.
The two brothers were able to earn dozens of dollars every day, and Li Jianguo's thinking gradually changed.
How can I earn so much work points in a day?
All he had to do was wake up earlier and go to the market to shout.
The free market in Ma County also started charging stall fees one week after Shicheng charged.
Unlike Shicheng Old Street, once stall fees were charged here, the number of stalls suddenly decreased.
According to Li Jianguo's return, those who did not want to pay directly moved their stalls eastward, out of the city, and set up stalls on the side of Wuyi Highway.
To be honest, the management fee of this stall is actually not high, even lower than that of Shicheng. A stall is basically one to thirty cents.
But for ordinary people, let alone a dime, even five cents, that is money, and it can be of great use at critical moments.
However, they moved their location, but the flow of people did not follow the past - after all, the current market has been fixed for more than half a year and was transferred from the original black market. People in the county have become accustomed to the location of the market. After the sudden change, although things there are cheaper, it is still far away.
Not everyone has a bicycle. Walking an extra kilometer or two will take more than half an hour back and forth. For people who go to work in the morning, this time may not be affordable.
So most people still buy things in the market here.
There are fewer stalls in the market, and those who set up stalls have to pay management fees, so the prices of the things they sell naturally begin to increase.
"A few fish sellers came to me and wanted to tell me to raise the price of fish." Li Jianguo told Li Long at the dinner table, "I ignored them. Each of them was holding several kilograms or more of fish. Just mention it a little bit. My 60 to 70 kilogram fish is not as delicious as the original Xiaohaizi fish. If the price is lower, no one will buy it.”
“That’s the truth. We don’t need the few cents for management fees.”
“It’s better. Customers also said that the original fish was delicious. Some people still remember you and dad." Li Jianguo said. He smiled and said, "I told those people that we are a family. People say that no wonder the old saying goes, 'brothers fighting tigers go to war, fathers and sons fight.' The sea is full of fish, so we need to rest there for a while.”
“ It’s true that we need to rest for a while,” Li Long said, “Actually, there are a lot of big fish in it, but we caught a lot of medium-sized fish – it’s time to water the winter wheat, and we need to water the Xiaohaizi before that. We may not be able to catch much.”
This topic was stopped. Although Dahaizi's fish is not as expensive as Xiaohaizi's, the quantity is so large that one fish is worth two fish from Xiaohaizi, and Li Long can see that too. Although there are many villages around Dahaizi, he is the only one who actually catches and sells fish for money.
Every time I row my tire inside to launch a net, I feel so lonely.
Time passed day by day, and soon, the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Reunion Festival arrived.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is not a legal holiday at this time, and it is not a holiday on its own. But this year's Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day are combined, so we have a holiday.
On the first two days of the Mid-Autumn Festival, my family has already started to prepare things for the festival.
"Xiaolong, there are those wooden sticks I picked up beside the courtyard wall, and the pine branches you pulled back that can't be used for furniture. I tied them together. There is also this basin of noodles. You can take it to the back. Dongzhuangzi went to Mr. Chai. Your eldest brother made an agreement with his family and asked him to help make Guokui.”
Guokui was originally a food unique to the Gansu and Shaanxi generations. Most of the traditional Han people in northern Xinjiang came from Gansu and Shaanxi before the young people from the border areas came. Of course, there are also those further away. Xiaodao will revolt or follow Zuo Zong If Tang and Lin Zexu came, that would be another story.
The Han people who came from Gansu and Shaanxi settled here, bringing not only the Lanyin Mandarin, but also the specialty food and living habits there.
Mr. Chai’s making of pot helmets is a specialty in the village - the Chai family was originally an old local farmer, even before the village was built. His method of making Guokui is also quite unique. He puts the mixed noodles in the pans that are buckled together. Of course, ingredients need to be added to the noodles, but Li Long doesn't know exactly what to add.
Two pans are buckled together and placed in the middle. A bucket is placed above and below. Burn chopped wood in the bucket because chopped firewood is resistant to burning. Use the fire in the upper and lower barrels to roast the Guokui in the pan.
Of course Mr. Chai can’t do it for everyone, it depends on the relationship. Li Jianguo still had this face, so after Li Long sent the things over, Mr. Chai happily agreed.
"Just come and pick it up tomorrow afternoon."
"Okay." Li Long responded, said goodbye to the tall old man, and went back.
It has the same meaning as "if you have money but don't have money, shave your head to celebrate the New Year". Since you have to celebrate the festival, you basically have to do what you can. It is necessary to prepare a large watermelon, which can at least be cut and eaten by the whole family. Usually, more than ten kilograms of large watermelons with thick skin and sandy flesh are prepared early.
Apples are not that expensive at this time, so you need to prepare them. If you have money, buy a few kilograms and eat them every day except during holidays; if you have less money, buy a few and put them on a plate during the reunion night.
Of course, the most indispensable thing is the mooncakes. The brigade sales department and the township sales department will also sell this thing. It starts from the Mid-Autumn Festival and can be displayed until the Chinese New Year. As for the shelf life and whether it will spoil, no one cares about it.
Once sold out.
So during the Chinese New Year, you can often see a paper bag of mooncakes placed on the wooden counter in the sales department. It is usually very cheap, you can buy it for one or two cents a piece, but later it becomes fifty cents, and you don’t know how old it is. Because a lot of sugar is used, it usually doesn't go bad easily. At most, the oil in it will turn into oil.
Li Long didn't like the mooncakes. After going to Shicheng to sell fish in the morning, he went to Shicheng Department Store to buy mooncakes.
Many people buy mooncakes, the kind wrapped in paper and tied with strings. Later generations also imitated them, and they look quite similar. There are eight mooncakes wrapped inside, with a piece of red paper stuck on top, which is quite festive.
Li Long did the math and bought six mooncakes. At this time, the mooncake fillings did not only contain five kernels, which made Li Long a little happy.
Li Long bought all kinds of five kernels, lotus seed paste, bean paste, and jujube paste mixed together.
Liuti moon cakes are considered a big customer. The salesperson quickly packed them all together, tied them with a rope and handed them to Li Long:
"Comrade, take it."< br>
Li Long carried the mooncakes and went to the fruit area.
“How much?”
"Ten kilograms of apples." Li Long said, "Pack four packs, one pack of three kilograms, and one pack for the last kilogram."
The big apples from Ili - the Red Fuji from Aksu is not too big at this time It's easy to transport things here. After all, the Duku Highway has not yet been opened at this time, and it is not easy to transport things from southern Xinjiang to northern Xinjiang. This is also the reason why Li Long acquiesced to Yu Sufu selling him a few yuan of things that Yunong had for a few cents - it was too far.
"Ten kilograms? Are you sure?" The salesperson was surprised. Those who came here weighed apples at half a kilogram and two kilograms was considered too much. Li Long directly weighed ten kilograms. He was a big customer!
"Yes." Li Long paid the bill, "Please pack it."
Ten kilograms of apples are not light. Fortunately, Li Long had already prepared a clean sack and put them all directly in , carrying the sack and mooncakes, he went out.
This matter can be discussed for a long time in the eyes of the salesperson.
After all, there is too little entertainment news now, and gossip is not easy to talk about.
Li Long rode his bicycle back to the county seat with his things on his back. He put the things in the yard and saw that Gu Xiaoxia hadn't come back yet, so he went to the free market.
Li Jianguo had already sold the fish and went back. What surprised Li Long was that Yang Xiulan and Han Fang were still pushing the cart selling soup and rice.
Yes, it is rice soup. This surprised Li Long even more.
Yang Xiulan was also surprised to see Li Long, and Han Fang's expression was even more surprising. She smiled and waved to Li Long:
"Hello, uncle!"
Li Long pushed the car away. In the past, I saw slices of noodle soup in the pot on their pushcart, with green vegetable leaves floating on it, which was quite tempting. There were two piles of bowls next to them, one was relatively clean, and the other was obviously eaten but not washed.
"How is the business?"
"It's amazing." Yang Xiulan said with a smile, "It will be sold out by noon, and half a pot can be sold in the afternoon." "Are you coming in the afternoon? Li Long was a little surprised, "Is anyone buying it?"
"Yes, it's not much in the afternoon, but it's better than staying at home."
Yes, it's quite hard, that's good, and it's not in vain for myself and Xiaoxia to help him.
"Um...his uncle, I will give you this month's rent first." Yang Xiulan didn't know what to call Li Long, so she hesitated and said, "My mother and I have earned a lot of money in the past half a month. Some money, the rent is enough "It's gone..."
"Take it first. I'll collect it after I've earned all the money for rent and tools." Li Long waved his hand, "Keep the money. I don't know if there are any thieves in this market." Wazi.”
"I know." Yang Xiulan hurriedly put the money into her pocket again and fiddled with it for a while. Li Long guessed that that pocket would be more difficult to get out.
"Okay, you continue, I have something else to do." Li Long said, "I wish you a happy Mid-Autumn Festival in advance."
Now that the mother and daughter can live a normal life, Li Long doesn't plan to have too much contact anymore and just returns to the normal relationship between tenant and landlord.
But he thought about it and said to Han Fang when he left with the cart:
"There are some books in that room. If you have nothing to do, you can take a look. If you have a chance in the future, you can It’s best to continue going to school.”
After saying that, he left.
Back in the compound, Li Long saw that Gu Xiaoxia had returned.
"You can take an early vacation in the afternoon, let's go back together." Gu Xiaoxia said to Li Long.
"Okay, then don't cook." Li Long said: "Go to the big meat cafeteria to eat, and bring one to your dad after eating. I bought moon cakes and apples here, and I will go to your house tomorrow. "
"Yes." Gu Xiaoxia was a little shy and agreed simply. The rule here is that children usually go to their uncle's house during the Mid-Autumn Festival. If there are no children, the daughter and son-in-law usually go back to their parents' home together.
"We have also distributed mooncakes. You can take some back later for your elder brothers, sisters-in-law and children to try."
At this time, most units have some benefits. The Education Bureau is no exception.
Li Long celebrated the traditional Reunion Festival in advance, so Gu Xiaoxia was shy.
Tomorrow I will definitely bring not only these two items, but also wine, sugar cubes, and cans. These are relatively common gifts, and Li Long bought them all in advance.
The two people rode bicycles back to the team. Gu Xiaoxia went to Dongzhuangzi to go home, while Li Long returned to Li's house with his things on his back.
Tao Daqiang was also there, and Li Long handed him a load of moon cakes, a kilogram of apples, and ten dollars:
"Daqiang, we won't catch fish for the festival tomorrow. We'll have a day off and talk after the festival." "
"This money..."
"It's the festival, so I have to spend some money on it," Li Long said with a smile.
Tao Daqiang touched his head and didn't understand what the festival fee meant.
But since Brother Long gave it, let’s take it.
Li Long’s plan is to keep one bag at home for the remaining three bags of apples. Tomorrow Li Jianguo and the others will take one bag with them when they go to Liang’s house, and he will take one bag with him when he goes to Xiaoxia’s house.
Of course, there is still Uncle Luo’s share of the mooncakes, so just pick out a few apples.
Li Long carried a few large crucian carp that he had left behind in the morning to Mr. Chai’s house. The old man was sitting at the door of the courtyard smoking. He saw Li Long coming and said with a smile:
"Xiaolong is here? Your pot helmet is ready."
"Well, I'm sorry to bother you, old man. These fish were caught in the morning. You can cook them and eat them."
"Okay, okay." The old man grinned, showing one of his missing front teeth, "Big Carp, what a good fish.”
Li Long wrapped the two large pot helmets in cage cloth, said hello to the old man, and walked back.
Guokui is still warm and exudes fragrance. When he took it just now, Li Long took a closer look. There were patterns on the pot helmet with rows of pins. It would be regarded as a semi-artwork in future generations, but at this time, it was a relatively rare delicacy.
When Li Long returned to the yard, Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei had already left work, and Li Juan and Li Qiang had also returned. Seeing Li Long holding the pot helmet, Li Qiang shouted to eat it.
"What to eat? This is for the festival tomorrow." Liang Yuemei objected directly, "If you eat today, you will miss one bite tomorrow. Is that okay?"
Li Qiang then sighed.
Li Long put down the pot helmets and said with a smile:
"If you don't eat pot helmets, let's eat moon cakes. It's the festival tomorrow, so we can eat moon cakes in advance. I bought a lot, so let's try them together today. Try something new."
Li Long is his brother-in-law. Since he said it, Liang Yuemei couldn't veto it, so she just said to Li Qiang:
"Only one piece, no more!"
"Okay, okay! Let's eat moon cakes!" No matter what the conditions were at this time, Li Qiang would definitely nod in agreement.
Li Long brought the mooncakes, opened them and said:
"It says the name of the filling, you can choose it yourself."
Li Jianguo looked at it happily Li Juan and Li Qiang carefully read the words on the mooncakes.
"What's this five?" Li Qiang looked at all the mooncakes and could only barely recognize the character "five". After all, he was only in the first grade and didn't know much about literacy.
"Five kernels." Li Juan knew it and told him, "Five kernels, lotus paste, jujube... puree? There is also bean paste..."
"I eat it The bean paste one!" Li Qiang grabbed the bean paste one and ran to the side with a smile.
Li Juan asked Li Jianguo:
"Dad, what do you eat?"
"Give me the five kernels."
"Here. Mom, what stuffing do you want?"
"I'll eat some lotus paste."
"Uncle, you What?”
“You choose first, and I’ll talk after you finish.”
"Yes, here are two pieces of jujube paste, one with five kernels..."
"Then give me a piece of jujube paste."
Li Long took the mooncake handed over by Li Juan and bit into it. After a bite, it was really good! (End of this chapter)