It was not until late October when the fish were caught that Li Jianguo finished his work in the fields and joined in. Li Long left the task of selling fish in the net to his elder brother, and he drove a carriage to the county.
The Salt Industry Company had not yet been established at this time. Bulk salt transactions are handled through supply and marketing cooperatives.
As a member of the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Long naturally has a discount when buying salt.
“You bought so much?” The man in charge of the warehouse was also a little surprised. “What is this salt used for?”
“My herdsmen friends feed livestock, wipe leather and so on.”
"Oh... no problem. Anyway, there is plenty of coarse salt in the salt lake." The man in charge of the warehouse didn't ask any questions and even helped Li Long move it.
Li Long also asked:
"Is this salt from Jinghe or from Wucheng?"
There are also many salt lakes in northern Xinjiang, east of Wucheng There is one, about two hundred kilometers away from here. There is also one in Jinghe, west of Wusu, which is slightly farther away.
"The salt from Jinghe is good." The man in charge of the warehouse said, "It's just coarse salt. It doesn't matter whether it is good or not, as long as it can be used."
This is also used for pickles.
It is said that the salt in Jinghe River is better, especially the bottom under the salt lake. According to later generations, he heard an industry insider say that as long as this foundation exists, the Salt Lake will continue to produce salt. Just because of rumors that mineral salt can cure diseases, many people, mainly well-connected people in the industry, started to shovel that foundation. In the end, the salt lake in Jinghe no longer contained salt.
I don’t know if it’s true or not, it’s just a rumor.
Li Long added carriage panels on all sides of the carriage this time. It is half a meter high and can hold more than a dozen bags of coarse salt.
Li Long thinks these should be enough.
Originally, I was planning to buy some other things, but considering that Harimu and the others were leaving soon, it would not be safe to buy anything to store in their winter home, so I decided to wait until they came back.
When Li Long arrived at Dongwozi, Halimu was carrying straw bales in front of Dongwozi.
A tall pile of grass has been piled beside the winter nest, and Harry is picking up the grass below to make the pile neat.
When Li Long came with the carriage, Harimu saw him put down the wooden fork and ran over, helping Li Long get the carriage to Dongwozi.
"Bring over all the salt you use in winter. Anyway, if the salt is placed in your winter nest, no one will steal it." Li Long removed the car board and moved the salt down. Bag said.
"That's true. It will snow in the mountains in a while, and there will be basically no people around."
"How did you beat the wolf?" Li Long asked again.
“I killed two more.” Harimu shook his head and said, “Wolves are very smart and won’t come out later. I don’t have many bullets left here, so I’ll need more when I go back. Use it. We’ll see when we come back. If they’re smart, they won’t come. If they come again, we’ll fight again.”
No.
The wolf will definitely take revenge.
"When our militiamen have winter training, I will get more bullets and hunt, whether it's wolves, deer or wild boars."
"Okay. "Halimu nodded repeatedly. Many animals hibernate and hide in winter. If guys like wolves want to find food, they will definitely prey on herdsmen's cattle and sheep. Having more bullets is a good thing for those who have guns.
After unloading the salt, Li Long asked Harimu to work on his grass, while he started digging manure beside the winter nest.
The carriage with added carriage panels could hold more manure, and Li Long worked very hard. Nowadays, there are some who sell fertilizers, but the ration fields will continue to be cultivated until the first decade of the new century, when the team re-districts the land for drip irrigation (not dividing the land, according to the original ration fields and contracted acres of each family). There will be several rezonings), and then the land will change its owner. This will still be nearly thirty years, and it will be beneficial to have more manure on the land.
After loading a cart full of dung, when Li Long stopped and was about to leave, Harimu had already laid out the grass and was lighting a fire on the stove.
"Stay for a while, drink milk tea, eat naan, and eat dried wolf meat." Harimu signaled to Li Long, "Tomorrow, I will also go into the mountains to go to the summer pasture."
Li Long then understood. , it turned out that Harimu had been waiting for him, he asked :
“Have they all gone back?”
“They’re gone, they’re all gone.”
Since Harimu said so, Li Long will lead him over No. 76 was secretly placed again so that it could continue to graze. He used the bucket he brought with him to go to the stream to get a bucket of water to drink for his horse.
Harimu was burning tea on the stove, and he had already brought out a bag of naan over there. The naan must have been made in the past two days, so it was not very dry. Li Long sat in front of the winter nest, broke off a piece and put it into his mouth, chewing it slowly.
Halimu brought another plate of air-dried wolf meat from the winter nest. He was planning to steam the meat after the tea was cooked.
Li Long didn’t rush either. In this era, there are no mobile phones, no Internet, and everything is slower. I've been here for almost a year and I'm used to it.
I used to regret that the journey from home to the mountains, which originally took one hour by car, took four hours by horse-drawn carriage, and at least more than two hours by bicycle.
But now I am coming here slowly in a carriage, and I will go back slowly later, but I don’t feel impatient.
This is how life is originally like in this era, there is no hurry, no hurry. Watching Li Long slowly break the naan and eat it, Harimu also sat down, picked up a piece of naan and started eating it slowly.
"How are your cattle and sheep doing this year?" Li Long asked while eating.
"This year, the grass in the summer pasture is very good, and the lambs are basically alive." When he mentioned this, Harimu talked more:
"Transition You brought us so many things before, which made our stay in Summer Ranch very happy and interesting. We learned a lot by listening to the radio, and our thoughts have changed a lot in the future. It will get better and better.”
"Well, it will get better and better." In the next few years, as long as you don't mess around, life will definitely get better and better.
There will be more and more bicycles in the village, there will be the first television, there will be the first tractor, and more students will be admitted to high schools and technical secondary schools...
< br>And some of the people on the pasture will start to settle down and herd, and they will take their children After being sent to specialized Uyghur schools and Harbin schools, some people will transform from herdsmen to economic people or businessmen, and some will go abroad in the future to do business with foreigners from the same tribe next door...
< br>Drinking milk tea, Li Long and Halimu chatted about their experiences. Harimu was also very envious of Li Long's hunting harvest this summer. He told Li Long that many deer have entered the mountains now. When it snows in winter, some big deer will bring their young deer to the nearby mountains. Then it will be time to hunt deer. good time.
"I met a brown bear at the hot spring." Li Long suddenly remembered something, and he reminded Harimu, "You must be careful, this guy is more powerful than a wolf."
"Well, we also encountered them in Xia Ranch." Harimu said, "They are usually scared away by some noises, but they will also come to us for trouble when they are hungry. Fortunately, we all have guns - there are many people, So I’m not afraid of it.”
But the brown bear will definitely cause trouble.
After the dried meat was cooked, Li Long ate two pieces. When he was full, he said goodbye to Harimu and left.
Halimu asked Li Long to bring some dried meat, but Li Long didn't bring it. He said he had a lot at home. Harry didn't force himself any further.
Goodbye, it will be winter again.
Fortunately, winter will arrive soon.
When Li Long and Tao Daqiang came over the next day with a horse-drawn carriage and an ox-cart respectively, the door of Harimu's winter nest had been sealed and there was no one here.
After they packed the dung, they returned to the team. Li Jianguo set the net in Xiaohaizi that day. He told Li Long that there was something going on in the team tomorrow and he would stay in the team and ask Li Long to go to Shicheng to sell the fish.
Li Long thought that since he had nothing else to do, he would just go. After this trip, he planned to go into the mountains and stay busy for a while. It's the end of autumn, and the Codonopsis pilosula in the mountains is almost in season. It would be good to get some of this stuff back, whether you sell it to a buying station or keep it for your own use.
Stewing chicken with Codonopsis pilosula in winter is a great supplement.
When picking up the net the next day, Li Long discovered that Yang Yongqiang had also arrived at Xiaohaizi very early.
Li Long said hello without thinking much, and Tao Daqiang went into the water to collect the net.
Yang Yongqiang actually proved what Li Long said through two experiments. If you loosen the net at one end and relax it when lowering it, you will indeed catch a lot more fish. After that, he came a little early every day to get the net, mainly to prevent others from seeing it.
After all, everyone is out of the net, and everyone knows everything about what happened in the past. If you suddenly catch more fish, why don’t others ask?
They won't ask Li Long, and they probably won't be able to find out, but they will definitely ask Yang Yongqiang, and even watch Yang Yongqiang netting. That's why he came early so that others couldn't see it, so there would be nothing to say.
Li Long and Tao Daqiang went back to select the fish, and he took Li Juan and Li Qiang to school on his bicycle, and then took the things to Shicheng.
People who often visit the old street know that Li Long, a fisherman, comes here every now and then to sell fish. So they also come across it. If you can come across it, come and buy it. If you can't come across it, it means you are not lucky. It depends on the situation.
Therefore, Li Long's fish is quite popular, and it is basically sold out within an hour at the latest.
Thinking about going to the mountains soon, so after Li Long finished selling the fish, he packed up his things and pushed the cart without rushing to drink milk tea. He planned to see what was worth buying.
There are many stalls in the old street and the goods are rich. At the end of autumn, there are a lot of agricultural products. Watermelons are gone. It’s in season, but there are still melons for sale. Li Long guessed that this should be the melon, the last one.
He didn't buy any. He had a lot of them at home. They were all ordered by Li Jianguo in the corn field where there was a shortage of seedlings, including pear melons, cantaloupe eggs, etc.
When there are too many things, I don’t really want to eat them. I want to eat something and I open one, but sometimes I can’t even think of it.
A long-distance bus stopped at the old street, and a group of people poured down from there. One of them carried a large sack and hurriedly walked through the crowd towards the end of the old street.
At this time, Li Long was bending over and looking at the iron tools on the stall, including ones like grapple hooks, small rakes, and small shovels, which all looked good.
He bought a handful of various kinds and looked at them when he was going to dig Codonopsis pilosula.
After all, not all Codonopsis pilosula grows in the soil. Some grow in the cracks of rocks or among tree roots. At that time, it is inconvenient to use a shovel.
Special tools have to be used.
When he straightened up and went to push the car, he saw the man in front of him carrying a bag.
Why does that guy look so much like Gu Ermao in his posture?
Li Long immediately followed him, his feud with this guy is still not over!
If it were him, Li Long would definitely never be done with him! (End of this chapter)