Li Long remembered that before he passed away, the price of coal here had been fluctuating, but basically it did not exceed five or six hundred yuan. Most of the time, it was more than 300 yuan when it was cheap, and more than 500 yuan when it was expensive. Occasionally it was like that It exceeded 600 a few times, but then it dropped.
After all, there are at least three coal mines in the mountains south of Zauma County that have been being mined. If he didn't find it troublesome to dig coal by himself, Li Long would have even thought about taking the carriage directly to the coal mine that Harimu mentioned in the mountains and digging it himself.
In fact, it’s not too troublesome. The coal is in the open air. Just tie some detonators and explosives, drill a hole and stuff them in, and you can blow down a large area directly.
It’s just a little troublesome. If there are people behind and can buy another tractor, that's not impossible.
The driver did not drive directly to Laoma No., so he slowed down and followed Li Long.
Later, seeing that Li Long was slow, he simply asked Li Long to put the bicycle on the roof of the car. After tying it with a rope, he asked Li Long to sit on the passenger seat and pulled him to the team.
When they arrived at Laoma, the roar of the car alerted Li Anguo and the others, and they ran out to take a look.
The driver was surprised. When he passed the preschool just now, the children didn't come over to chase the car. This made him both headache and proud. Usually in other villages, we often encounter this kind of situation.
After all, cars were a real rarity at this time.
Of course he didn’t know that there were actually so many cars in the team during this period that the children were no longer surprised.
"Second brother, brother-in-law, you all come over here. Let's unload half the load of charcoal here, and take the rest to my eldest brother's yard to unload. I'll be busy today."
"Zhongzhong." This is all They were working for themselves, so Li Anguo and the others naturally had nothing to say. I asked Uncle Luo for a shovel. After the car was adjusted, the driver opened the trunk panel, and the two on top shoveled down, while the bottom one started shoveling into the coal room.
Old Uncle Luo also wanted to help, so Li Long pushed him back.
"Uncle Luo, there are so many young people here. If we ask you to work again, it will be a slap in our face." Li Long said with a smile, "Just cook for us."< br>
He did not take action, but said to Li Anguo on the carriage:
"Second brother, I'll go to the eldest brother and tell him to free up the things in the yard, otherwise it will be difficult to unload them later."
"Okay, you can go over and unload half of them here, right?"< br>
"Yes." Li Long nodded and rode away again.
No one thinks that Li Long is lazy. Li Long bought all this charcoal, and they are the biggest beneficiaries.
In fact, of course Li Long was really lazy.
The driver was a little worried when he saw Li Long leaving, so he stuck his head out of the cab and asked:
"Who will pay for the charcoal?"
Li Anguo and the others did not speak. It's hard for them to tell.
“That young man just now.” Old Uncle Luo was walking in with a bundle of reeds in his arms and said with a smile, “Master, don’t worry, that young man has earned hundreds of miles in the past two days, and he’s not short of you. Money.”
The driver was relieved.
Li Anguo and others were a little embarrassed.
Li Long arrived at the Li family yard and saw Li Jianguo looking after the pigs in front of the pig pen, so he put his bicycle away, walked over and said casually:
"Brother, when will the pigs be slaughtered?"
"In another half month, Daqiang is going to get married, and his father asked for half a pig fan."
"Only half a fan." Li Long felt it was a bit less.
"It's quite a lot. The pigs in our house are quite big this year. It's not a problem to slaughter one hundred kilograms of meat. Half a fan weighs fifty kilograms. Who can use so much meat for their wedding in recent years?"
Li Long thought I think so.
"Your second brother and the others have rested? Are you exhausted these days?"
"That's right, but they are all very happy. They soaked their hands and didn't prick their wounds. What are you talking about? I sent Technician Chen away today, and I gave them ten yuan as a bonus."
"Okay, you know how to be a good person," Li Jianguo smiled.
"Brother, it's yours, one hundred." Li Long took out a wad of money and handed it to Li Jianguo, "Since you've been running around these days, I'll give it to you as zero."
"You ..."
"Brother, take it, brother, I won't give you too much, so don't take it too little..."
"You" Li Jianguo smiled and handed over the money. Received.
Yes, you're welcome with Xiaolong. I feel like I took care of my younger brother as well as my son before, and now I'm repaying him in every way.
"I just called a charcoal truck from the countryside. One truck of charcoal. Half of it will be unloaded at Lao Ma. Later, the second brother and the others will come over and unload the other half here."
"You got it all. "I'm still thinking of bringing a load of charcoal back with this hundred yuan." Li Jianguo was a little surprised, "You're here now?"
"Brother, that's money." How can I go to pull the charcoal?" Li Long said with a smile, "The money I made this time was not as much as last time, but it was still quite a lot. I won't give more to my family. I must be the one doing the charcoal work. ."
"Okay, you can get out of here." Li Jianguo laughed and scolded, "Are you just showing off to me?"
"No way."
Liang Yuemei came out of the house and saw the two brothers at the door of the pigsty, so she asked:
"Xiaolong is here, what are you talking about and are you still laughing?"
"Xiaolong pulled me over. Car charcoal, Anguo and the others are unloading it there now, and half of it is unloaded over there. , unload the remaining half here."
"That's good. I also said that I would dig out saxaul firewood in the next two days. It will still be burned." Li Long. He smiled and said, "Let's take a break this year."
"Then you have to ask your brother to give you the money..."
"Sister-in-law, what you said is not a slap in my face." Li Long deliberately looked angry, "I haven't yet Separate families. This is a trick to make money. I haven’t given the money to my family yet.”
“Then what you said is that you should take the money you earned...” Liang Yuemei knew that Li Long was not really angry and said with a smile, “My family will not be happy this year. We are well off, most of our money comes from You’re here, so you can’t just pay for it, right?”
“Of course I’ll pay for it,” Li Long said with a smile, “Don’t worry, sister-in-law, I’m not alone either. Fortune boy, I know it well. "
"Let's leave it at that." Li Jianguo hammered his voice, "First clean up the yard and make room, otherwise the car will come over later and there will be no place to park."
The three people started to get busy.
"Brother, let's just build a coal house at the entrance of the courtyard later. Then we can bring the coal and unload it directly here."
"That's okay." Li Jianguo thought about it and said.
The current coal house of the Li family is located in the middle of the yard to the east, a bit far from the west gate. Fortunately, trucks should be able to drive into the yard, but there is a shed above it, which makes it difficult to unload the truck.
Of course, this is also relatively speaking, and it is not difficult for Li Anguo and others.
Half an hour later, the truck drove over. After the driver backed the car in, Li Long simply paid for the charcoal.
After receiving the one hundred yuan, the driver felt relieved - it was much more enjoyable than selling coal piecemeal.
He thought he could still pull a cart of coal to the countryside tomorrow, and maybe someone would want it.
While he was talking, Lu Yingming walked out from the opposite side and saw that the Li family was unloading coal. He came over to the yard and asked Li Long first:
"Xiaolong, how much did your family buy? ”
"One car. Half of it is unloaded at the horse number, and the other half is unloaded here."
"How much does it cost for a ton?"
"This master said he won't sell it for retail..." Li Long said the master's exact words Put it here.
"Can I find some partners to buy it together?" Lu Yingming also made a lot of money this year thanks to Li Long, so his family naturally wanted to buy more coal to put down. The coal distributed to the team is definitely not enough. There are a lot of people digging for firewood these days, but there are also a lot of people who want to buy coal directly.
"Master, is that okay?" Li Long looked at the driver.
"Of course, no problem. One truck is eight tons, one hundred yuan." The driver was very happy. This was a door-to-door business.
I didn’t expect that this trip would bring in one more carload of business. Not bad, not bad. If we continue like this, we can make a lot of money in the next few days.
Lu Yingming immediately contacted someone to find someone.
When the coal at the Li family was finished unloading, Lu Yingming and others had already arrived.
If you count the people gathered, at least two more cars of coal will be needed!
It is said that some people still want it, but the number is not large. We haven’t collected enough for a car yet, and we are still recruiting people.
The driver was so happy that he refused to let Li Long stay at home for dinner, saying that he would go to the coal mine to pull coal now and try to pull another cart of coal over before dark.
Watching the truck roaring out of the yard and heading outside, Li Long sighed, now everyone is running for a good life, and they are really not afraid of hardship.
The next day, Li Jianguo hitched a carriage and took Li Anguo and the others to the county.
The four of them went to the post office first, which was still called the Post and Telecommunications Office at this time. It was a combination of post and telecommunications. In charge of sending money, making phone calls, and sending telegrams.
Chen Xingbang and Li Anguo each sent 20 yuan to their families. Li Junfeng sent 25 yuan to his family, and Li Junshan sent 30 yuan to his family.
Among the four people, Li Junshan earned the most. Not counting the bonus given by Li Long, he earned more than forty.
Li Long quietly gave Li Anguo twenty yuan this morning. After all, he is his own brother, and he must give him what he deserves. As for Chen Xingbang, he is one level away. If he picks up his sister later, Li Long will give money to his sister in private, but to his brother-in-law, it would be a bit reluctant.
Li Long did not follow them. After arriving in the county, he went directly to the courtyard.
While making reeds, Xiaoxia came back, and Li Long met her hastily, without much chance to talk. Li Long also knew that Xiaoxia was approaching the end of the year and was very busy, so he thought of bringing some pickles and other things over to cook a meal for her as a way of taking care of her.
When he arrived at the big yard, Li Long saw that in the kitchen there was still the leftover cornstarch batter from the morning, which had all condensed into a lump. Half a bowl of pickles was placed on the chopping board, thinking that this girl didn't know how to take good care of herself.
No wonder I looked thinner when we last met.
He then got busy in the kitchen, chopping meat, chopping vegetables, steaming rice, watching the time and ordering the stir-fry. When a table full of dishes was served, Gu Xiaoxia pushed the cart through the door.
"I knew you were coming when I saw the door was unlocked." Gu Xiaoxia smiled, "Then I smelled it - your cooking smells so good!"
"Hey, this Are you going to use this compliment to make me cook well?" Li Long joked, "Don't even think about it - wash your hands."
The smile on Gu Xiaoxia's face couldn't stop, and she came back when there was ready-made food to eat.
"Are you done with the team's work?"
"Yes." Li Long filled the rice and put it on the table. The last egg drop soup was also served. He removed the fire and took the The chopsticks came to the table.
"Stop looking, just eat. If you eat pickles every day, you won't take care of yourself at all..."
In Gu Xiaoxia's ears, Li Long's complaints were all sweet words of love, and someone cared about them It feels really good.
Therefore, during the meal, she talked a lot, ranging from checking which school to check, how verbose and bureaucratic the leaders there were, to how feudal the parents were who didn't want their students to go to school, and so on.
Li Long became a very qualified listener. Listening to her talking about trivial matters, big and small, a feeling called happiness came over him. (End of this chapter)