"Comrade Xiao Li, it's right to leave this job to you. I originally thought about taking this job for the second time, but now it's colder than before, and Wei Zi is not as easy to fight as before. The quality of your work may be poor. Downgrade, I didn’t expect that the quality of the more than 7,000 reeds received today is still as good as ever!”
Chen Zhenming said this while having dinner with Li Long in the afternoon.
Originally we were going to have dinner together at noon, but Chen Zhenming meant to check all the reed handles, load the car and take away the car before eating, otherwise he would not worry.
Li Long naturally knew what Chen Zhenming meant. After the inspection was completed, it would be difficult for him to make any small moves. The unqualified ones are picked out directly, and the qualified ones are taken away. There is no need to make it obvious when eating.
7,000 reed handles were taken away, and less than twenty were unqualified, which is already very good.
After issuing a ticket to Li Long and paying 1,400 yuan, Chen Zhenming followed the second train and left, saying:
"I'll be here early the day after tomorrow. Just be prepared."
Chen Xingbang, who was smoking a reed in the yard, looked at the thick stack of money in Li Long's hand and was filled with envy. However, he also understood that to reach Li Long's level, he would need to work hard on his own. You must at least have considerable connections and accumulation to receive such a job.
Let’s do it honestly now. At least his brother-in-law is really happy to give him money. In just these three days, he has made almost ten yuan.
Ten yuan. In the past, if I worked in the village for a year, I might not be able to save ten yuan by the end of the year.
These three days have been exhausting, it’s just like a dream!
Not only him, he slept in the same bunk at night. Except for Li Anguo who spoke less, Li Junfeng and Li Junshan were all talking about their feelings in the past few days. Li Junfeng was already thinking that when he could earn enough money for a bicycle, he would buy one when he went back and ride around the village like his third grandfather.
"I can't make enough money to go back and afford a house." Li Junshan also expressed his thoughts, "Find a matchmaker to find me a wife. My father and mother said that we should get married as soon as possible. Let them have their grandson soon.”
"Hahahaha, Junshan, you have a good idea." Chen Xingbang leaned on the quilt and said with a smile, "Really."
The fire was strong and the room was very warm. Just now Li Long I came in and gave a reminder, be careful about gas. They also knew that the thing was poisonous, and there was a hole on the door for ventilation.
"I'm telling the truth." Li Junshan was not annoyed and said with a smile, "Now I know why Grandpa San was able to fix so many things when he went back. The money is really easy to make!"
"Then you can Forget it, settle here." Li Junfeng joked, "Life is better than back home. You can see meat every day and eat white noodles at least once a day. The landlords in my hometown didn't eat like this."
Li Junshan didn’t answer.
Li Junfeng was originally joking, but after he finished speaking, he was stunned. This is not impossible.
"I just don't know if it's troublesome to settle down." Li Anguo suddenly said, "I heard from my elder brother that the land in the team here has been divided. How can we settle down if we don't give people land?"
"Second brother, you don't really want to settle down, do you?" Chen Xingbang was startled, "This is far away from my hometown. Then you said it when you got off the train, this place is deserted, and it is far worse than my hometown."
“But life is much better than back home. I’ve also seen that the people here are not as messy as back home. There are not many people, and there are few things to do. Everyone is busy making money. Plus, you see how well-connected Xiaolong is here..."
Li Anguo seemed to have really made up his mind and said, "If you really want to settle down, at least you won't have to worry about whether you can have enough to eat. You have also seen how to make money. Although Xiaolong treats me as well as others, the money he gave me is really unreasonable..."
No one else spoke.
The truth. The dollars and cents in your pocket cannot be faked.
In the past, they also went out to work with other relatives, and many of them made big pie. When they actually paid, few were as happy as Li Long.
Although privately they would say that Li Long was not very humane, after all they were relatives.
But when I received the money from Li Long every day, I couldn't hide my joy.
Thinking about it again, with the food they eat every day, the place they live in, and the stove they burn, Li Long really didn’t treat them badly.
When you go out to work with other people in the village during the off-season in the summer, what do you eat? It’s not even as good as the pig food cooked by Uncle Luo now!
The truth!
The room was quiet, and then Li Long was heard talking with a flashlight outside.
Someone should have come to deliver reeds again.
"Uncle Xiaolong is not easy either." Li Junshan climbed up, "I'm going to help."
"What can you do? Xiaolong won't let you test it." Chen Xingbang didn't want to move.
"If you don't want to inspect it, then we can help move the reed handles onto the stack." Li Junshan smiled and walked to the door. "It's time to get off work. We are all relatives."
He went out, and Li Junfeng followed him. Going out, Li Anguo was next, and finally Chen Xingbang sighed and also went out. You can't be the villain yourself.
Li Long is now receiving the reed stick sent by Lu Yingming's family, followed by the one sent by Gu Boyuan.
The Lu family sent more, nearly a hundred in one cart, while Gu Boyuan sent less, almost forty.
"Brother Lu, Uncle Gu, why are you here so late?" Li Long joked, "I'm not even going to open the door."
"It's okay if you don't open the door for me, but why don't you open the door for your Uncle Gu?" , then you are not afraid that Xiaoxia will not open the door for you in the future? Lu Yingming joked, "Check it quickly to see if there are any that are not up to standard. I'll take it out myself after finishing it. These pants are all wet."
Gu Boyuan didn't say anything. Most of the time, he pays attention to the impact.
After the inspection, there were two unqualified ones on Lu Yingming's side, and none on Gu Boyuan's side.
"Lao Gu, you really take care of Xiaolong. There is no one who is unqualified. You are irritating me." Lu Yingming took the money handed over by Li Long and said with a smile, "Later I have to learn from you, I still need to save face!”
"Brother Lu, that's already good. It's only two." Li Long smiled and handed the money to Gu Boyuan again. This money must be given openly and openly in front of outsiders. Gu Boyuan didn't say anything. He took the money and said:
"Get some rest early." Then he pulled the cart and left.
After Li Anguo and others helped move the reeds to the stack and stack them, he asked:
"Xiaolong, what does the person named Lu mean? Is that Xiaoxia? ...?”
“She’s my partner.” Li Long said with a smile, “I’m working in the county now. I’ll have some free time in a few days. When she comes back, I’ll take her to meet you, my second brother.”
"Oh, you're still eating from the public family." Chen Xingbang was a little surprised, "Her father is also on this team?"
"Yes. I met my eldest brother early, and Xiaoxia was also on the team. This year I passed the first exam and became a teacher." Li Long gave a brief introduction, and then said:
"Okay, come in, it's cold outside, don't freeze."
Li Anguo and the others. After entering the room, Gu Xiaoxia was the center of conversation and discussion. Li Junfeng and Li Junshan were filled with envy.
Chen Xingbang and Li Anguo thought more. After all, Li Long is one of his own, so why don’t he think more about it?
"Those who eat commercial food may not be stable if they are not from the team." Chen Xingbang said his thoughts, "I just saw that Gu...that girl and her father looked like an intellectual. People like them have many ideas. ”
“Didn’t you listen? The relationship between this girl’s father and her eldest brother is Okay, there shouldn't be any problem." Li Anguo didn't want to discuss this anymore and changed the subject, "At this rate, we can make dozens of dollars, which is equivalent to a month's salary. I don’t know what Xiaolong’s plans will be next..."
"That’s fine. Ask Xiaolong. "Chen Xingbang said, "Didn't he say he would take us to catch fish? I don't know how much money he can earn from selling fish in a day...it's not worth it."
" The fish can't last too long, right?" Li Junfeng now has a real feeling for the climate here, "I've passed. The ice on the water outside has been thick for a while. How can we catch fish? We have to wait until next year, right?”
“I heard from your Third Grandpa that when Xiaolong caught fish before the New Year last year, he just smashed holes in the ice to catch them. "Li Anguo thought for a while and said, "Will you let us do this too?"
"Let's see then." Chen Xingbang shook his head, "I think Xiaolong should have a way. Now I just want to wait until I finish the work and go to the county town when I have time. I have money in my hand, so I have to buy something and send some to my family. Money. ”
Although Chen Xingbang is smart, he is still very good to his family. After making money, I first thought about sending some money to my family. After all, I had to pay for the fare when I came here, and my old father-in-law also provided some support. But in order to come here by myself, life at home is tighter. Now that I am making money, I naturally have to make the family life better.
"Yes, that's the truth, and I have to tell my family. We didn't even tell our family that we were safe after we got off the train." Li Anguo also thought about this matter, "If it doesn't work, I'll give it to Xiaolong tomorrow. Tell me whether you want someone to send a telegram back first."
"Zhong, this matter is more important," Chen Xingbang said with certainty.
The voices in the room gradually became quieter. The two men next door, Han Benzhong and Zhang Laoshi, had already started arguing. They worked very hard and planned to earn more money this time. But the truth is a bit cruel. The whole village is playing reeds. Although they play a lot of reeds every day, they can clearly feel that this work does not last long.
Then the only thing is to work hard every day.
Li Anguo told him about the telegram early the next morning.
"Second brother, don't worry, the telegram has been sent back." Li Long said with a smile, "The day after you come here, when Xiaoxia comes back, I will ask her to help type the telegram."
"That's good, that's good." Li Anguo felt relieved.
"Uncle Xiaolong, after finishing this reed, what will we do next?" Li Junfeng couldn't hide his words and asked again.
"What's next? Don't worry, there's still work to make money later." Li Long knew what they were thinking and said with a smile, "As long as you're willing to work hard, you can make more money later than you are now!"
"Really?"
"Really!" (End of Chapter)