After Li Long came down from the mountain, Harimu ate two more pieces of naan, then he took out his horse, put on the saddle, put a bag of rice and a bag of noodles on the horse's back and tied them, then went back to the winter nest to take them out. After checking the gun hanging on the wall, he put it on his back and went out, mounted his horse, and headed for the mountains.
The snow was very heavy. After Harimu rode across the flat area, he dismounted and led him forward.
The road was familiar, but he still walked ahead to explore the road to prevent the horse from stepping into a pit and breaking its leg.
After all, marmots dig a lot of new pits every year. The pits are not big. If the horse steps directly into them, it will probably break its legs when it goes forward.
Forty or fifty minutes later, he arrived at Yushanjiang’s home. Yushanjiang was picking up bales of straw from the sheep pen. When he heard the barking of the dog, he turned around and saw Harimu. After shaking the bales of straw away in his hand, he put down the wooden fork and walked over:
"Harimu, okay, what did you bring me?"
"Li Long came over and brought some rice and noodles. I put the things everyone put at my place. Pull him away and tell him what we need. He may pull it over tomorrow.
What I mean is that I want to inform everyone that they will come to my house tomorrow morning and everyone will bring what they need. the east If you put it in the west, you can’t put it down.”
“Okay, okay, let’s notify each other separately?” Yushanjiang asked, “I can’t run here alone. , even you can’t run over.”
“Yes, yes, I will kill a sheep tomorrow and cook it early. When Li Long comes, everyone can come over and eat handcuffs together. Meat.”
"No, no, no, I'll bring a sheep over tomorrow." Yushanjiang said with a smile, "My sheep are more than yours, so use my sheep."
"Okay, how many days later?" When Tianma is playing tricks on sheep, just use my sheep. This year, with Li Long here, our sheep will die less and our life will be better. I think we should have a few horse races at the end of the year. Diao Yang, call Li Long over when the time comes Let’s have some fun together, what do you think?”
“Great! We must do this, otherwise those kids will think about messy things. We need to find something for them. Let's do it!"
The matter was settled like this. After Harimu unloaded the rice and noodles, he made an agreement with Yushanjiang that one of them would go southeast and the other southwest, toward the mountains.
Li Long returned to the big yard, propped himself up and locked it, then went to the back to take No. 76 out, hitched the carriage, and walked to the purchasing station with the antlers and skins.
The snow in the yard of the purchasing station was very clean, but the ground was not very flat. There were a few thin patches of ice inside, which made it a bit slippery. These days, even the county party committee compound does not have a flat floor. At most, it lays some bricks. Although the light industry has developed in this era, its production capacity will not be increased for a while.
But it will be different in two years. Once the private sector is liberalized, various small factories and workshops will spring up like mushrooms after a rain. Of course, we can’t improve the quality at the beginning. There are both good and bad products, and sometimes it really just depends on luck.
Li Long tied up the carriage, knocked on the door and went in. He found that Chen Hongjun was not there. Behind the counter was a young man in his twenties, and a middle-aged lady whom he had seen before.
The young man asked expressionlessly:
“What are you selling?”
The elder sister didn't wait for Li Long to speak, but smiled and said:
"Xiao Li is here, what good things have you brought this time?"
He turned to the young man and said:
“Xiao Shen, this is Xiao Li, an acquaintance of Lao Chen, all year round, from spring to winter, which season He can bring good things to Lao Chen every day. Most of the scarce things we receive at the purchasing station are from him."
"Oh, you are Comrade Xiao Li, hello, hello. !” The young man’s attitude suddenly became enthusiastic, “Come on, come on, drink water!”
"Let me bring the things in first." Li Long smiled, not angry because the young man's expression changed quickly. Not to mention this year, even in forty years' time, when tourism in Northern Xinjiang is booming, many people from the mainland are saying that there is no "service industry" here. Some locals also laugh at themselves, mainly talking about the various shops. The attitude of the waiters is not as warm and thoughtful as in the mainland.
This question is usually associated with another question - why are there so few people working outside the home in XJXZ?
Actually quite a few.
It’s just that the pace of life of many local people is slow, and the land is vast and sparsely populated, so it is relatively easy to obtain daily necessities. For those who are content with what they have, they don’t have much pursuit at all if they focus on living in poverty and happiness. .
Forget about mainlanders, in the last life, Li Long, a native of Northern Xinjiang, went to a noodle shop to eat noodles when he traveled to Zhaosu. The waiter there clearly saw Li Long eating the noodles on his plate. After finishing the dishes, there were still some. After asking for more noodles, I didn’t go inside to ask for more noodles. I just sat there and waited.
It is true that some people have no sense of service.
What’s more, this is 1982!
Li Long first moved in the six antlers, and then the leather.
"Sister Huang, isn't this Xiao Li a second-rate dealer? How come he has so many antlers?"
"Actually...it doesn't count. He has many herdsmen friends in the mountains. , these things are given by herdsmen I entrusted him to exchange it for money and then exchange it for daily necessities. I don’t know if he made a profit from the difference. That’s right. But he was also an employee of the supply and marketing cooperative, so he seemed to be doing something like this. Normal.”
The eldest sister still has a good impression of Li Long. Every time Li Long brings good quality, he will not mess around with the price.
After moving all the skins in, Li Long said:
"That's all for now, you can do the math." The young man began to check the quality of the antlers, and Li Long asked again Sister:
“Sister, where is Comrade Chen?”
"Old Chen, I have something to do at home today, so I asked for leave to do some work." The eldest sister said, "He was here yesterday, and he said that you haven't been here for a while, and I don't know what you have been doing during this time. Think about it, you will soon be here." I'm here to deliver something, isn't this right? ! ”
“Comrade Li, four of your antlers just fell off this year. They are of very good quality and are considered first-grade. Two of them are old and can only be considered second-grade. Take a look. "The young man showed Li Long the antlers.
"Okay, no problem."
"Then get ready to be weighed."
Four first-grade antlers weigh 25 kilograms, and two second-grade antlers weigh 25 kilograms. It weighs thirteen kilograms and three. Now the price of antlers has increased again, seven yuan for the first grade and five and eight yuan for the second grade. So Li Long got one hundred and seventy-nine yuan for the first level, seventy-seven yuan and four cents for the second level, and Antlers got a total of two hundred and fifty-seven yuan and four points.
"There are eleven pieces of leather, eight of which have bullet holes. Four of them have bullet holes in the middle, so they can only be considered scrap. Those four have bullet holes in the neck, which are okay. They are considered second-class leathers. The rest Three skins are very good, two roe deer skins and one red deer skin. They are all good skins."
The young man has a good eye. He separated the skins one by one and showed them to Li Long while talking, and then said:
"There are three wolf skins among the four pieces. A fox skin counts as seventy Two dollars; among the four second-grade skins are two wolf skins and two goat skins, the wolf skin is forty and the goat skin is thirty, which is one hundred and forty dollars; three first-class skins and the deer skin are sixty, Forty-five roe deer skins, which is one hundred and fifty, so the total number of skins is Three hundred and sixty-two yuan."
After putting the leather away, the young man looked at Li Long:
"Look, what do you think? If you agree with this price, then we will issue an invoice. Signed.”
"Okay." Li Long said cheerfully, "Let's make an invoice."
After selling for more than 600 yuan in one trip, Li Long felt that all the things he wanted to buy should be enough.
Of course, buying tickets also costs money, and that’s all included. Anyway, I will definitely deliver supplies to the mountains in the future. After training in the militia, I will live in the mountains for a while, hunt and so on, and then we will talk about other things.
After coming out of the acquisition station, Li Long went directly to the Cultural Palace Club. He had been to the free market before, but could not find the ticket seller. It is likely that the ticket seller did not dare to go to the market. After all, as long as most people are not speculating on large amounts, they don't care much about selling things now.
But the Tengteng ticket is always gray, or simply said to be illegal.
Li Long led the carriage around the entrance of the club, but did not see the ticket seller Cao Liu, so he had to look for the melon seed seller.
The little girl selling melon seeds was wearing thick clothes. After all, she was outside all the time and it was quite cold. Li Long's carriage was placed at the bottom of the steps. He walked up to the little girl and asked in a low voice:
"Where is Xiaoliu? I walked around and couldn't find him."
"Who are you?" The little girl was quite wary.
"I bought his ticket, and he gave me melon seeds. I also bought your melon seeds. Have you forgotten me?" Li Long pointed to the carriage and said, "I used to ride a bicycle. ”
"Oh - I remember." The girl immediately relaxed, "Brother Six is inside, wait a moment, I'll call him, don't leave yet."
Little girl Rolling out the melon seeds basket, she hurriedly walked to the back of the club. After walking a while, she looked back. Li Long guessed that she was worried about him following.
Quite vigilant.
Li Long walked back to the carriage and waited for about seven or eight minutes. When the little girl didn't arrive, Cao Liu hurried over. After seeing Li Long, he went down the steps directly to Li Long. In front of him, he whispered:
"Brother Li, come back this time..."
"I need votes, a lot of votes." Li Long was also straightforward.
"Then come with me." Cao Liu said, "The investigation is quite strict now, and I don't dare to bring the ticket with me. A few days ago, one of my buddies was arrested. It is said that at least Three years in prison!”
Li Long didn’t bring it. Gun, he waved his hand and said, "You go and get the ticket, and I will follow you, but I won't go to remote places. I have money, so I am not very courageous."
Cao Liu is in a bit of a dilemma, both parties It's hard to trust them, so this matter will be difficult to handle.
Li Long showed a stack of unity in his pocket and said:
"This is not the first time I bought your ticket. This time I asked for more. Do you think any arrester would come here with a carriage like me? Grinding, will you sell it? You won't sell it to me. Looking for someone else?”
“Brother, don’t, don’t worry!” That Cao Liu immediately pulled Li Long, “The main thing is. My friend also asked an acquaintance to sue... OK, OK, I believe you for once. How about we deliver the goods at the market? "
" Li Long has no objection, and he still has it. It can be guessed that Cao Liu may change again even when he reaches the market, but he is desperate for votes now and there is nothing he can do. (End of this chapter)