Xu Chengjun originally wanted to go to work, but he obviously felt that Li Long's matter was more important, so he simply carried the shovel, found two more young men, and took Li Long to the homestead designated for Li Long.
“Look, there is a pit in front of your brother’s front yard. This place is not suitable, so I won’t mark it for you. Beyond that is the safflower field planted by your brother and your team. This land is fertile, unlike some places that are all alkali. Your homestead is designated here, and further on, you can reach your homestead. The vegetable fields and wheat fields have been left alone. It is no longer possible to carve out individual homestead sites for the remaining land in the middle, so we will leave a passage for everyone to go to the vegetable fields, about twenty or thirty meters away. The rest of the land will be zoned I’ll give it to you.”
Xu Chengjun said to himself and settled the matter.
The few people who followed him also thought it was normal and natural.
The two jobs Li Long brought to the team may bring some benefits to himself. This is the most enviable thing for everyone, but certainly not jealous.
It is normal for those who have the ability to eat meat and those who have no ability to eat steamed buns. Moreover, Li Long does not live alone. The changes brought by these two big jobs to the team are obvious to all. Not to mention the first one, which made the ten people rich, but the latter one benefited every household in the village.
And Xu Chengjun said in private more than once that as long as Li Long is in the team, this kind of work will definitely happen frequently in the future. If someone has connections, we have to keep them in our team. If someone were to cause trouble to Li Long and take the person away, then he, Xu Chengjun, would be the first to refuse.
So these young people have no objections to Xu Chengjun demarcating such a large homestead for Li Long. Instead, they are all talking about helping to come up with ideas, such as building a few rows of houses, building a large enclosure, and planting crops. When cooking, you can interplant some corns or something like that here. ’s...
Li Long smiled and responded one by one, and then watched the young people smash four pegs into the four corners of the land. He also pulled the two little brothers in front. , otherwise, these two could really only leave twenty meters ahead for the road to the vegetable garden.
Then my homestead exceeds four acres.
It's as big as two yards.
It belongs to others, so we can’t just take it.
Finally, Li Long calculated with his steps that this homestead was at least one acre larger than the one at his eldest brother's house.
In fact, these days, except for Laozhuangzi in the west, the homesteads in the other two residential areas are a bit random. When the residential areas are merged twenty years later, each family will be given a fixed homestead of one acre and seventy-seven acres, which is a house with a yard.
Now, Li Jianguo's yard must be more than two acres.
Li Long's is bigger, covering more than three acres. Of course, this is just the frame. If you want to build a house, you still need to take many steps.
"Xiaolong, when do you plan to build this house?"
"It's tomorrow. Why don't we get it next year." Li Long said, "Let's leave it alone this year."
To build a house, you must first lay the foundation, dig out the bad soil on the surface, and then find good soil and lay a thick layer. The foundation of the house will be much higher than the ground after it is laid.
This is all human labor and cannot be replaced, unlike later generations who just cast the trough with cement. It's still quite troublesome at this time. Of course, this is only the first procedure. Li Long remembered that Li Jianguo once said proudly that the foundation of the Li family's current house alone could pull more than two hundred carts - horse-drawn carriages.
That’s quite a lot!
"Xiaolong, when you start construction next year, take advantage of the slack time and go to the mountains to get two wild guys. Then I will shout for you on the big loudspeaker. I guarantee that many people will come, and it will be done in a few days. I'll get it done for you."
"That'll be no problem!" Li Long actually thought so, "I'll have enough meat by then!"
"That's it." He smiled and said, "Li Long, you There is nothing to say about my hunting skills. We will go to the mountains in winter..."
"Yes, I have the gun and the bullets. I saw a brown bear some time ago," Li Long said. I knew that if I tried to give up my enthusiasm at this time, I would be misunderstood, "There is still a pack of wolves. There are many things in the mountains, but with guns and two more people, it is easy to fight as long as you find the things."
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"Really? Then we'll go after the militia training is over." The young man was tempted.
“Don’t listen to what Xiaolong said.” Xu Chengjun stopped him immediately, “He can fight because he has friends in the mountains and someone tells him where there is something. Are you going? Are you going into the mountains? It’s weird to be confused!
Have you forgotten what happened last year? It’s as simple as we imagine. Bears can attack people, and wolves can also eat people. If Xiaolong can fight, that’s because he’s capable. If he tells you he’s ready to fight, that’s because he’s being humble. If you take it seriously, then you’re stupid!”< br>
Xu Chengjun's words made these young men a little embarrassed, and Li Long also smiled.
Xu Chengjun still sees clearly.
"Xiaolong, okay, I'm taking people back. Don't worry, no one will dare to touch this pile - the director of your sister-in-law's village is just a confused person! Can people pull out the pegs for dividing land and plant them again? Is this necessary? Whoever dares to do this in our team will see if I don’t squeeze the shit out of him!”
Xu Chengjun’s words were domineering, and Li Long believed that he could do this too. This confidence comes from his experience as a militia company commander, his understanding of the people in the village, and of course everyone's support for him.
It is said that poor mountains and harsh waters breed unruly people, but in this place it is actually the other way around.
Li Long’s village actually feels like a self-contained system from the time it was founded until the death of Li Long in his previous life. As you can imagine, for decades, there has been no complaint in the village. If there is any situation, the village will directly solve it by itself.
There will definitely be disputes, and the police will call the police to resolve them. There have also been cases of gambling that ruined everything.
But most of the people in the village are sensible, and the majority of the people in the village are actually focused on how to live a good life and take care of their own small families.
The village where the Liang family is located is closer to the county seat, and the people in that village have a stronger sense of superiority, but there are people in the village who go to the prefecture and autonomous region to petition every year. Some old troubles really give the village a headache.
Of course, the village officials at that time were also confused and didn’t know anything about it, so there was nothing they could do.
Li Long's village is like Xu Chengjun, including the people behind him. If anything happens, the benefits will be obvious. As long as you do good things for everyone in the village, everyone will know that you are taking benefits and won't say anything.
For example, the job of tying a broomstick introduced by Li Long, could no one guess that Li Long benefited from it?
There are many people who can guess it. But no one would say it, let alone go to the supply and marketing cooperative to report it. That's because Li Long really provides convenience to everyone and allows everyone to make money.
In the next thirty or forty years, there will be many such things, and everyone is quite used to it. So in fact, after people from other villages heard about the incident, they would come over and encourage people in the village to petition and call the popular hotline.
Then the people in the village will look at him like a fool.
It can be said that this is the cunningness of farmers, or the thinking circle of small farmers, but for the locals, living a good life is enough. How much benefit someone takes is up to them. If you don't have the ability, people will put the money on the table for you to earn, and if you make money and then sue others, then you are really just picking up the bowl to eat, putting down the chopsticks and cursing your mother, and you are no longer a human being.
Xu Chengjun led the people away, and Li Long just looked at the place. The safflower trees have all been cut and put back to feed livestock or light fires. The land has not been plowed yet, so it is considered a piece of land cultivated by the group. At present, the tractors in the village are mainly plowing the land and sowing winter wheat and cannot take care of it.
He just briefly imagined it and returned to Li's house. Let’s talk about it next year.
"Xiaolong, I got this beet back. Your sister-in-law and I have to take care of it. We will catch fish later and sell it. You and Daqiang can go ahead. I won't go there yet." During the meal, Li Jianguo told Li Long about this.
"Okay, I think there are quite a lot of beets dug." Li Long said with a smile, "It will keep you busy for a while."
"Well, I'm going to dig some beets in the east. Then put some of the beets in the cellar," Li Jianguo said, "Anyway, reeds and wood are all ready, just dig."
"Then you have to find a good place, don't dig two or three times. It’s troublesome if the rice comes out of water.”
"Yeah, I know."
The matter was settled like that. In the afternoon, Li Long and Tao Daqiang continued to set off the net. On the way, they met Yang Yongqiang, who was also carrying the net to Xiaohaizi.
"Yongqiang, have you ever logged off the Internet before?" The three of them have become much closer because of the matter before them.
Yang Yongqiang is not tall, less than 1.7 meters, but he looks very smart. When Li Long asked, he said:
"No, I used to come from Gansu. When my father came here, I was still young. There was no water in my hometown and I had never eaten fish."
"Then you learned how to set a net by yourself?" Li Long asked, " How do you say it? "Shall I hear it?"
"Just go to the waterside, spread the net, and find a place to tie it on both sides." Yang Yongqiang knew that Li Long was an expert in this area, so there must be a reason for asking. So he said it.
"Let's lower the net later. Tie one end and leave the other untied. Let the net be looser." Li Long said, "How many nets will you lower?"
"Originally one, now two Article.”
"How many fish can be caught with one net?"
"Two or three pots, oh, that is, two or three kilograms."
"Okay, you can try what I said. The net must be relaxed "
When they reached the dam, Li Long and Tao Daqiang walked up, and Yang Yongqiang said softly to Li Long:
"Brother Long, I won't tell anyone else!"
Li Long smiled and said nothing. This is actually just a layer of window paper, and someone will figure it out.
Yang Yongqiang took the net and found a trough, put on his shoes and walked into the water.
He had already seen Meng Zhiqiang lowering the net on the other side, still tied at both ends.
He thought, is this Li Long's stunt to catch many fish?
Originally everyone had the same idea, to stretch the network cable as much as possible so that there would be a longer distance and there should be more opportunities to catch fish.
But Li Long said that the network cable should be relaxed. Doesn't that mean that a fifty-meter network can only be stretched thirty or forty meters at most?
But since Li Long said it, then just do it.
Back to Xiaohaizi to catch fish, Li Long was no stranger at all. He pushed the tire into the water and had to take the net bag to lower the net.
Tao Daqiang hurriedly stopped him:
“Brother Long, shall I try?”
"You? Okay." Li Long smiled and handed the mesh bag to Tao Daqiang, "Have you done it before?"
"Yes."
Tao Daqiang was still a little embarrassed, "I I still don’t know how to use my mouth to release the net, but I think it may take a little longer to practice.”
"That's okay. You open the Internet cafe and I'll see if there are any holes for water rats. If not, I'll cast a few more nets and go back to cook a fish. Juan and Qiangqiang like to eat it."
"Okay. Miles." Tao Daqiang sat on the tire, pressed it down, and then rowed the tire skillfully toward the deep water.
Li Long took a look and found that Tao Daqiang could really use his mouth when lowering the net, but his hands and mouth didn't work well together. He couldn't row the tire when he lowered the net, and the tire could easily spin in circles.
He smiled, it was the same when he was practicing before, it was normal. Just practice more and it should be fine.
He started walking along the water's edge, and then he saw two holes that were suspected to be water rats, but he didn't see any green feces. He didn't know whether they had been cleaned or were flooded by the rising water.
After turning around for a while, Li Long took out the casting net, found an open area of water and started casting the net.
It’s been a while since I cast the net, and Li Long’s first net was not very round. After the net fell into the water, he slowly pulled it up. Li Long was a little disappointed when he looked at the three, five, or six crucian carp under the net.
There are far fewer fish near the water.
The largest crucian carp is only two hundred grams. Although it is quite big, it is difficult for Li Long to be satisfied.
The only thing that feels good is that this fish is really beautiful, much more beautiful than the fish in Dahaizi.
Li Long took the fish in his hand, feeling the unyielding sliding body of the fish, and wanted to struggle to jump out. He thought that it would be delicious if grilled and eaten later.
I changed the place and cast two more nets, and finally cast five black lines as long as a chopstick, which was a bit of a harvest.
He looked up. If he had lowered the net by himself, the six nets should have been lowered by now. Judging from the distance Tao Daqiang lowered the net, he should have only lowered two.
Yang Yongqiang walked along the dam from the north and watched Li Long cast the net. A few minutes later he said to Li Long:
"Brother Long, I know you have dug water rats. I’ve seen a badger pig hole in the east. Do you want to dig it?”
“Are you sure there is a badger there?” Li Long asked as he closed the net.
"Yes. I watched that fat badger get in. It didn't look like it could run fast, so I just couldn't catch up. This guy is so good at running..."
"Well, where is it? If it's not far away, we can go digging after we put down the net later?"
Most people in the north know that snake oil and badger oil are a good medicine for treating burns and scalds, so they can prepare some at home. These things, those are all treasures.
Li Long has never encountered him in this life. Now that he has accurate information, he naturally wants to go and have a look.
"Okay. Daqiang will come out later, put down your things and I will take you there."
"I don't know how many are in there." Li Long said, "This thing is fat. Very well, it’s best if there are three or five in the nest, and we can share one with each other. If there’s only one, then I’ll get some oil.”
"No, no, no, let's share it equally." Yang Yongqiang waved his hands hurriedly, "I can't dig it out myself, and I don't feel comfortable finding someone else..."
Li Long understood his mentality. (End of this chapter)