When he returned to the reed ditch in front of the team, Li Long saw that someone was already cutting reeds here.
Seeing Li Long passing by, someone shouted:
"Xiaolong, where have you gone?"
Li Long saw that the person shouting was Tie The head's mother, Sister Lu, stopped the car and said:
"I went to the mountains, no, I just came back after finishing my work."
"Then the reed handle thing was not done by you?"
"No. But I also want to do it over there." Li Long responded. Seeing them continuing to beat the reed handle, he rode back. Home.
Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei were feeding pigs at home. What surprised Li Long was that they did not go to beat the reeds.
"Are you back?" Li Jianguo asked with a smile, "Look at your bag...you have gained a lot."
"Big Codonopsis pilosula." Li Long said with a smile, "I left it at home. Please send some to Mom and Dad then. This should be a good supplement.”
He unloaded the sack, took out a few Codonopsis root roots from it, and gave one to his elder brother and one to his sister-in-law:
"I'll give it to Uncle Liang and the others to get some as well. Uncle Liang's lungs are not very good and he keeps coughing. I don’t know if this will work.”
“Okay...how old is this Codonopsis pilosula?” Liang Yuemei was also amazed. , "So big...these two sticks must be half a kilogram, right?"
"Absolutely, they are good things." Li Jianguo weighed them in his hands and asked, "Your sack is full of them. ?”
“I also grabbed some dried meat from a roe deer I didn’t know what to do with.”
"You live a good life in the mountains. You have meat to eat every day." Li Jianguo said with a smile, "In the first two days, the military boys went crazy looking for you... You should know that, right?"
"Guess Here it is. Regarding Wei Zi," Li Long said, "The team is already playing Wei Zi. Has it already been picked up? Work?”
“You also know that it’s someone else’s work?”
“How could you not know? It was the work of the supply and marketing cooperative. I was in the mountains at the time, and there was nothing that Chief Li could do. , just take some out.”
“What are you going to do?”
"I have taken over 10,000 reed jobs, but I just don't know how many more people in the team can work for me."
"Maybe not many. Jun Wazi previously informed at the meeting, Participate voluntarily, 10,000 reed handles, a dime each, a height of 2.5 meters, a handful of ten reeds, whoever does more will get more money..."
"The conditions are the same. Li Long said, Most of the people in the team should have done it, right?”
“There are still some,” Li Jianguo said, “Daqiang didn’t do it, and he even came over to ask, and there are a few others... ...But I guess there won’t be many people.”
“It’s troublesome. If it doesn’t work, I’ll go find the third team.” Li Long said, “There shouldn’t be many people who want to work to make money.”< br>
"Don't be anxious yet." Li Jianguo waved his hand, "Let's first see how many people in the team are working with us. After we calculate it, we will see how many people are missing, and then we will look at the situation."
Listen to what Li Jianguo said , Li Long has some thoughts, has his eldest brother already thought about the matter?
He then asked:
"Brother, why don't you go cut the reeds and tie the reeds?"
"Hey, those guys talk so weirdly , let me do it for them?”
Li Long hurriedly asked carefully. Li Jianguo didn't want to say it, but Liang Yuemei did.
"The job taker found two people in the team to take charge of this matter. Those two people don't have any dealings with your eldest brother. It wasn't you who did the first two tasks of lifting the handle and fixing the broom, your eldest brother They were also in the limelight in the team, but the two men were not convinced.
This time they were in charge, and they were in trouble during the meeting in the team. It’s not about your nose or your eyes. If you give your eldest brother a hard time, your eldest brother won’t do it. Anyway, it depends on the individual. If our family doesn’t do it, it’s voluntary for the people in our group to do it. We don’t need to consider our family. , your elder brother even told people about it, and many people followed him to do it. "
Li Long understands, to make money, who should you do it with? The money is real.
Now it’s up to you to see how many people you can find here.
While he was still thinking about it, Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang came to Li's house together.
"Brother Long, you are back." Tao Daqiang said with a smile, "How about staying in the mountains?"
"Okay, Daqiang, you know how to ask questions, and you are making progress." Li Long smiled and replied, "It's nice in the mountains. , dug some Codonopsis pilosula, take two back later, Yongqiang, take one back and slice it for your dad to stew chicken in the winter, or slice it to make tea, it’s a good thing.”
"Yeah." Yang Yongqiang didn't refuse.
"Brother Long, this matter about the reed..."
"Are you two doing it?"
"No." Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang said in unison.
"We are waiting for you." Tao Daqiang added.
"Okay, you guys can ask around in the team later to see if anyone is going to work with me. A reed handle is only fifty cents, but the quality should be good. I'll provide fine wire and whips. Weizi's gloves." "Really? Everyone in that team probably wants to fuck you," Yang Yongqiang said with a smile.
"I guess not. Those who are currently making reeds and pressing reed handles have probably made an agreement with the team and Hu Laoer that they need to tie hundreds of reed handles." Tao Daqiang inquired more carefully. , "If you don't prick enough, you will have to pay. If you prick enough, you will be paid only if the inspection passes..."
“Then let’s see who has not made an agreement with them and can tie up the reed handles for us. Do the math. If you can come, tomorrow we will go to Laomahao to pick up the wire and gloves. Once the reed handles are tied, we can go directly. Send it to Lao Ma, and the money will be settled every day. "Li Long has a mission here, and it counts only when he gets it.
"No need to ask, I probably know that we can get less than ten companies." Yang Yongqiang seemed to have been prepared, "Some of them are those that Hu Laoer can't deal with and don't want to do it. And I've heard that , I don’t think this is very reliable, I think it’s your fault. I can definitely get it, and I’m thinking of doing it with you. There are two other families who have family matters... I have to ask if they can do it.” , one person draws the reed, and then presses the reed handle... ..." Tao Daqiang was thinking there, "If three or four people work together, they can produce about sixty or seventy reeds a day, right?"
"It depends." After hearing this, Liang Yuemei opened fire next to her. He said, “It is important to beat reeds and deliver reeds. This is the best job for two people. One person cuts it, another person bundles it and brings it to the car, and the other person pulls the reeds and presses them immediately. If they work quickly, a group of people can do it in one day. One hundred handles.”
"In that case, there should be enough people." Li Long said.
"It's okay, I'll find some good labor for you." Li Jianguo suddenly said, "I will ride a bicycle to find people early tomorrow morning. I can find seventy or eighty people...but These people have to live here.”
“Then live in Lao Ma Hao.” Pick it up, spread it in the house, and they can just bring their bedding."
"Then, are your ten thousand reed handles enough?"
" Chief Li said. Well, it depends on the quality. Once these 10,000 are finished, if the quality is good, we can get other jobs.”
"That's okay." Li Jianguo said, "It's a little late now. I'll find someone early tomorrow morning."
Li Long was a little confused and asked:
"Brother, where are you going to find someone?" ?”
“Don’t worry about this for now. Daqiang, you need to find out which family members are willing to tie the reeds for Xiaolong.”
“Okay, I’ll do it now. Go and ask. "Daqiang is not afraid of work.
Yang Yongqiang also followed.
"Your eldest brother must have gone to the Corps to find someone at the regiment field." Liang Yuemei revealed the mystery of Li Jianguo at this time, "He has a fellow countryman over there, and he almost shot him."
"What's going on?" Li Long became interested and asked with a smile.
“When this team was first established, I looked at Weihu with an old 79 rifle.” Li Jianguo smiled, slightly embarrassed:
“At that time, all teams were there To attract people, you have to build a house. Even if you can't build a house, you have to build a shack or dig a hole in the ground, and you need reeds
The land in the team has not been fully opened yet. Weizi is a resource. It cannot be touched by others, let alone ignited. I use Lao Qijiu to prevent wolves. The main reason is to prevent people from lighting fires in Weihu Lake. Otherwise, a little, a few A hundred acres of Weihu Lake was completely burned.
One day I was cooking in the shack, and I heard some movement on the other side of Wei Lake, so I went over with a gun, thinking that if it was a wolf, I would have to shoot one to improve it. Meals. Fortunately, I went over and saw two people. When I saw me pointing a gun at them, I was so frightened that I sat on the ground. "
Li Long thought, can he not sit on the ground? The old 79 rifle uses 53 rifle bullets, which are actually 56 heavy machine gun bullets. The warhead is of 7.62 caliber, but it has more powder. , the bullet case is easy to enlarge, who is not afraid of who the thing is pointing at?
“I asked them what they did, and they said they just came to settle in the Corps from their hometown, and they wanted to build a house, and they didn’t have any reeds, so they wanted to make some reeds. When I heard he was a fellow villager, and when I asked him if he was from the same county as us, I thought I would fight him. I helped them get a cart of reeds, so they got to know each other. "
"Then I haven't seen you interact with each other in the past few years? "Li Long asked doubtfully.
"Then how do you know that we don't keep up with each other? In the first two years, you often wandered around the team, and this year you often went to the mountains." Li Jianguo laughed at Li Long, "When Mr. Zhang came over, you were not there every time."
"He Corps Are there people over there?”
“Why not? They are in charge of the production in the fields and don’t care about people. Now that the farming season is over, they can plant the winter wheat and water it all year round. We haven’t received the food and money yet. There are so many of them, and they are tight right now. Let alone a reed stick of 15 cents, I will come over and do it with you."
"That's fine," Li Long said with a smile. "I'll go and clean up the old horse's house later. Put down some straw, and they will bring the bedding and let Uncle Luo cook more - or they can send one of them to help with the cooking."
"Well, that's it. That’s it.”
Li Long put down the bag of Codonopsis pilosula, took out most of the Codonopsis pilosula and handed it to Li Jianguo. Some of the dried meat was put in the kitchen, and the rest was packed away. He would give some to Gu Boyuan and Lao Luo later. Uncle, keep some.
Now that you have it, keep some of it. The elderly are all builders and contributors here, so there is nothing wrong with eating more good food.
While passing by the preschool, Li Long heard Li Qiang playing games with a group of people there, shouting, "...he farted, and it went to Moscow and to Italy. The king of Italy was Watching a show..."
Li Long smiled. How many years have you not heard this jingle? It sounds pretty fun.
Arrived at Gu's house, Gu Boyuan saw Li Long and asked about Wei Bazi. They were all his own, and Li Long didn't hide it, he just told the story.
"Okay, tomorrow I will follow your brother and the others to harvest reeds. Your family has a carriage, and the reeds I harvest can be transported away."
"Okay," Li Long said with a smile, "Uncle Gu , I’ll wait for you tomorrow. I’ll put on a pair of gloves for you first. This is a hard job.”
“Don’t worry. Well, you don’t need to remind me. Your elder brother and I used to beat reeds a lot back then. Your sister-in-law also beat reeds in the waist-deep Wei Lake. People of this age in our team often do this, and you deserve it. ”
Li Long really didn’t know that his eldest brother and sister-in-law had this history, so he returned to his hometown with questions in his mind.
There is still a lot of work to do. (End of chapter)