The carriage arrived at Lao Ma No. first. Li Long led the carriage into the yard, pointed at one of the houses and said:
"Second brother, brother-in-law, Junshan Junfeng, you guys live here."
"Squeeze in?" Li Anguo was a little surprised and turned to Li Jianguo and asked, "Don't you live at home?"
"Where can I live at home? Can you afford it? In this cold weather, we can't let you make a bed on the floor, right?" Li Long said before Li Jianguo could speak, "The stove is burning in here, and the wooden bed is made with you. If you don't think it's soft enough, Spread another layer of wheat straw."
"Then eat..." Chen Xingbang had just had a good meal, and now he was a little worried. If you don't eat at Li's house, then Li's house will eat good food, but you will eat bad food here... How can you do that?
"I'll eat with you here. Don't worry, brother-in-law, our food is not bad, we can see meat in every meal." Li Long said with a smile, "Uncle Luo cooks, and of course we all cook together when we have free time.
You will have work in two days. You can make money if you want to do it. You will be settled on the same day. You will not be able to do anything at first. It is very simple and you will get it soon
"How much money do you make?" The four people's eyes widened immediately. "Real or fake?"
"Look at the reeds outside? Just beat the reeds and tie the reeds. The work is a bit tiring, but the money is real."
"If you can really earn so much money, it's worth working yourself to death!" Li Junshan said excitedly, his eyes shining.
"Don't worry, Xiaolong won't tell lies." Li Jianguo said with a smile, "Okay, now put your things down, pack up, and have a rest. Xiaolong will take you home in the afternoon."
< br>Li Jianguo led the carriage and left. Li Anguo and the others made bunks on the large wooden bed to rest. Chen Xingbang came over to Li Long and asked quietly:
"Xiaolong, I see those rooms are all closed. What's in there?"
Li Long glanced at him. , smiled and said:
"Brother-in-law, I live in that house. That one is where old Uncle Luo lives, and there is a kitchen. The two houses over there are occupied by fellow villagers who came to work two days ago. There are about ten people in their three families, and there are Women, live in those two houses."
"Oh..." Chen Xingbang nodded, indicating that he understood, and then wanted to sit in Li Long's house and talk.
Li Long did not refuse and took him into his house.
Looking at the complete new furniture in Li Long’s house, Chen Xingbang was quite envious. When he sat down, he kept asking about making money.
Li Long in the previous life must have known everything and said everything. Now, Li Long just smiled and said:
"Dad must have told you that one of the ways to make money is to catch and sell fish. Winter is about to come, and catching fish is a painful job. You have to break holes in the ice and travel dozens of kilometers to sell fish. This winter It’s cold. Secondly, I’ll find connections to take over the work, and then we’ll get paid for it.”
Chen Xingbang then asked how to take over the work.
"I have connections in the supply and marketing cooperative, and I take over work from the supply and marketing cooperative." Li Long said it so naturally that Chen Xingbang couldn't ask any more. What else could you ask? How is the relationship with the supply and marketing cooperative?
"Uncle Xiaolong, you are powerful enough. I heard this old man say that you own the wild boar, roe deer and deer raised here?" Li Junfeng shouted outside, "Where did you get these? ?”
“I got it from the mountains.” Li Long stood up and walked to the door and said with a smile, “I got it back when I was free to hunt in the mountains.”
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"Hey, you can still go hunting in the mountains? What kind of good things are you hunting?" Li Junfeng liked the excitement and asked, "The third grandfather said something about wild boars, deer, wolves and so on. Do wolves bite people?"
"Then you have to be alone, the wolves will definitely bite you. If you go into the mountains, you usually bring someone with you. Just carry a gun and carry something with you." Li Long said, "There are not as many wolves as before. When my elder brother and his friends first came here, there were only a lot of wolves. There were wolves around here. Now that there are more people, there are fewer wolves. ”
A few people gathered around him involuntarily, sounding very strange. After feeding the pigs, Old Uncle Luo came over and talked about what happened here in the past, which was eye-opening to several people who had never been out of the Central Plains. It was really different.
"Uncle Luo, don't prepare a few of us for dinner tonight." Li Long said, "Let's eat together tomorrow. I'll take them to my elder brother's place later."
< br>"Okay, okay." Old Uncle Luo said with a smile, "Then I'll make the dough later and steam the buns tomorrow morning."
"Okay."
After walking out of the old horse, Li Anguo asked Li Long:
"Xiaolong, what does this old man have to do with you?"
"The old man used to take care of me. Team The horse number in the house is to raise horses and donkeys. Later, the horse number belongs to me, and I will raise some wild boars and other things for the old man to keep."
"Then I have to pay him a salary. ?" Chen Xingbang interjected.
"Twenty a month." Li Long nodded.
"Twenty, that's a lot. There are apprentices back home who don't even have that much money." Li Junfeng was a little surprised.
“That’s different.”
Li didn’t say anything different and led them to Li Jianguo’s yard.
Hearing the footsteps, Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei rushed out, followed by Li Juan and Li Qiang.
"Come in quickly," Liang Yuemei greeted enthusiastically, "Are you tired after coming here all the way? I just made soup and rice, come in and eat."
The Eight Immortals table could not seat so many people, so Liang Yuemei took the Watch Li Juan and Li Qiang eating at the free house. There is a lot of wood at home, and a table is built in the spare room. It is not too cold yet. Li Juan and Li Qiang are also very curious. Their impression of their hometown used to be only their grandparents, but now they have uncles and brothers.
The sour and spicy rice soup is indeed a good thing in this cold weather. After the tomatoes from northern Xinjiang are made into sauce, they are placed in it to enhance the flavor, and then float on top. Some green coriander foam will increase your appetite just by looking at it. Although the coriander in the vegetable field is no longer growing at this time, it has not been frozen to death. It can be used as a garnish in cooking, but it may not be eaten in a few days.
Li Anguo and Chen Xingbang had different feelings as they ate diced pork.
But we all have an idea. It seems that my eldest brother (uncle) is really doing well here, and I can make money here.
After finishing the meal and chatting for a while, Li Long took them back to the horse number after dark.
Early the next morning, when Uncle Luo was making breakfast and Li Long was helping, he unexpectedly saw Li Junshan getting up and coming to help, so he smiled and chatted with him.
Li Long really has no impression of his hometown. Li Junfeng is a child of the second brother's family, and Li Junshan is a child of the third brother's family. This second brother and third brother are the ranking of Li Jianguo and his brothers.
Li Junfeng and Li Junshan's fathers are biological brothers. They are the children of the second uncle Li Long's family. Li Qingxia is the third eldest son in the family, so they call Li Qingxia the third grandpa.
The relationship is just that, very close.
"My hometown is divided into three parts of the land," Li Junshan said, explaining why he came here. "I just grow wheat. I can grow some vegetables in my yard, but even if the land is small, it may not be enough to eat. All year round, after excluding the grain that I pay, there is really not enough left for the family." People eat it, there is no way , just replace the wheat with corn and add sweet potatoes to make up a year's ration. It's a problem to eat, let alone make money."
"Then you and Junfeng. A capable architect?" Li Long asked again.
"In the first two years, I went to work with others in my free time. Later, they brought their own relatives to do it, and they didn't want me."
Okay, after all, this is still a society of personal relationships.
"It's okay. As long as you can endure hardship, you will definitely make money easily." Li Long still values Li Junshan very much. If you want to make money these days, if you don't have a way, you can just endure hardship. A down-to-earth person is always easier to accept than a conceited person.
Breakfast is steamed buns, cornstarch batter, fried cabbage, and pickles.
The meat is fried in oil, it tastes delicious and you can eat a lot.
"Today, let me go to Xiaohaizi to catch fish with a net." After dinner, Li Long said to them, "If we bring these fish to the county or city, we can sell dozens of them a day. There will be more later Let’s start working again. You are all familiar with fishing. There is a big river behind the house, which is better than many people in our team.”
Of course they have no objection. I came here to make money, not to play. Since Li Long said so, he naturally followed.
It's just that Chen Xingbang is a little uncomfortable. After all, he is a brother-in-law, so he just works with his brother-in-law?
But since he just came here, he doesn’t have much to say. He will learn it first and then talk about it. If you really can't do it, you can learn to do it yourself, catch fish and sell them. What's so difficult about this?
Li Long thought so, but in fact he couldn't do it. Because he hadn't taken anyone to Li Jianguo to get the internet yet, Li Jianguo called Li Xiangqian. It was Xu Chengjun who shouted through the loudspeaker, asking him to go to the village director as soon as possible to answer the phone.
Li Long guessed that a new batch of reed tasks were coming.
He smiled and said to the four of Li Anguo:
"Okay, I guess there's no need to catch fish anymore. Come on, let's just wait and make money."
After Li Long left on his bicycle, Li Junfeng said with admiration:
"Uncle Xiao Long is so awesome. The team called him specifically and shouted through the loudspeaker - Awesome!"
"Raising wild boars, raising deer, riding bicycles, and having guns, you can also get jobs," Li Anguo said with a smile, "Isn't that really awesome? It's worth it if you get into this job."
Telephone The content was exactly what Li Long thought. Li called Xiang Xiang and told him that there were currently 30,000 reed jobs and asked him if he could take it.
Li Long turned around and asked Xu Chengjun in a low voice:
"Captain, can the reeds in our team make 30,000 reed sticks?"
"Yes, definitely possible!" Xu Chengjun He immediately said, "Don't say 30,000, but 50,000 can be beaten..."
"Commander, you can beat."
"How long will it take to complete?"
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"It won't take more than a month." Li Long said, "The whole team is idle now, so it should be done soon."
"If it doesn't take a month, I will only give you twenty days." Li Xiangqian The other side said, "Are you sure? This is a hard task. Think about it carefully..."
Li Long thought for a while, put the money in, and said:
"Okay, twenty days, twenty days! You come here every two days, same thing, you have to pay in cash."
"No problem. Technician Chen will come over to inspect it then. The quality must be guaranteed."
"Okay."
Putting down the phone, Li Long turned to look at Xu Chengjun.
“Thirty thousand?”
“Thirty thousand.”
“Twenty days?”
"Yes."
"Can I send it directly to you today?" Xu Chengjun said something that surprised Li Long.
"Why? Captain, do you have one at home now?"
"Yes." Xu Chengjun said with a smile, "The reed sticks are being beaten here all the time. Where is Hu Laoer? I've collected enough, and I'm just leaving the remaining reeds at home. I knocked them out yesterday. Then, isn't it just right here? If you want to accept it, let’s accept it together.”
“Okay, but I have to agree in advance,” Li Long said half-jokingly, “Captain, the price is 15 cents, but if you don’t meet the standard, I will. You won’t accept it, even if you are the captain, I won’t accept it, otherwise I will have to pay for it, and I won’t be able to pay for it.”
"Don't worry, if you don't pass the test, just return it to me. I won't say a word!"
"Then captain, please notify us now, otherwise the rest of the team won't know..."
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"Okay." Xu Chengjun turned on the power switch and pushed the microphone to Li Long:
"Tell me."
Li Long didn't refuse and took the microphone. Talked about it.
"Notice, notice, now I have an important announcement to tell you, everyone, listen carefully, important announcement..." (End of this chapter)