Li Long led the carriage to the market and looked around. He was surprised to find that there were three stalls selling frozen fish.
One of them was the one who had collected fish with him in Dahaizi Reservoir. The man didn't notice Li Long, who was negotiating the price with others.
The other two sellers of frozen fish are not as big as him, and they are not as active in business as him. At this time, they are squatting in front of their own stalls, arms folded, waiting to take the initiative to ask.
The fish seller had no one in the team, and Li Long guessed that Meng Zhiqiang and the others would not be able to catch any fish now.
Xiaohaizi has just frozen recently. Although the ice can contain people, if you smash holes in the ice, not many fish will come for a while. After all, the oxygen in the water will not be consumed for a while. Come on, it will take some time before a large number of fish can come from the hole in the ice.
Most of the people in the team are now in the middle of winter. If they have less time, they may go to the red willow beach in the east to chase rabbits and use condoms to burn off their energy. The others are basically staying at home, and the women will start to have fun at this time. The child is making cloth shoes. This winter is very busy making shoes for the whole family for a year.
Some people set up a stall selling cotton shoes. It looks like they are handmade. In fact, they just put a layer of cotton on the inside of the corduroy shoes to make the base thicker. They look a bit bulky, but they should keep them warm. Some.
When Li Long went shopping from beginning to end and came back, he saw Yang Xiulan pulling a cart to the market. Han Fang was behind helping her mother push it, and then she felt the cart stopped moving.
When she looked up to ask why, she happened to see Li Long.
"His uncle...I'm thinking I can still make a few dollars by selling it this afternoon...I'm very fast here, so I won't delay your meal."
"It's okay, it's okay." Li Long waved his hand, "You sell your food, and we can follow you when we eat. No need to explain. I think it's good for you to do this. You can make money with your own labor. There is nothing wrong with it."
After hearing what Li Long said, Yang Xiulan felt relieved.
"Then uncle, what are you..."
"I'm waiting for someone, it's okay, you can go about your business." Li Long pulled the carriage aside and let Yang Xiulan pull it. The car passes.
Han Fang smiled at Li Long while pushing the cart and left happily.
A few minutes later, Cao Liu changed his clothes and came over.
"Brother Li, what do you think if we change places? There are quite a lot of people here..."
"Okay." Li Long was not worried, "As I said, it's too remote. I won’t go to that place, so I’ll tell you again, If I want industrial tickets, I can just buy tickets for the radio; tickets for drinks, sugar, tea, and oil. You know that every time I ask for a large amount, you have to give me a cheaper price. Don't fool me with high prices. I'll buy it often from now on, you'd better not think about doing a one-shot deal... "
"Brother Li, I understand, I understand." Cao Liu explained, "I can't help it this time. My buddy was arrested, and the whole family is pointing at him to earn money to support him. As soon as we entered, the whole family cried. His wife came to see me every day. Let me help you figure it out. What can I do? I'm just worried..."
"Yes, that's understandable." Li Long nodded, "Then you can count the votes. Isn't your vote enough? Just get some of it for me first.”
Cao Liu hurriedly said:
"Enough, definitely enough. Brother Li, don't worry, I still have a solid foundation in this line of work. There are not many big customers like you, most of them want less. ——I brought all my old skills today, so don’t worry..."
Two When I walked to the west end of the free market, two managers walked over. One of them stopped to look at Li Long's carriage and asked:
"Have you set up a stall?"
"No. Come and see what we can buy." Li Long replied.
The one with a disappointed expression left.
Cao Liu's body was tense throughout the whole process, and Li Long didn't say a word when he saw it. He knew that Cao Liu's explanation just now was true. If the manager did something drastic at this time, Cao Liu would probably run away in a flash.
Fortunately, the other party just wanted to charge more for the stall fee.
The two people left, and Li Long and the others also arrived at the west end of the market. Going forward, they will reach the compound of the government agencies. Going forward, they will reach the crossroads.
"Okay, take out the tickets quickly, I'm still in a hurry to buy something." Li Long was a little impatient, he didn't want to waste time.
"Okay, okay," Cao Liu didn't want to continue like this. He was also worried about whether there would be other accidents if he continued shopping, so he took out a stack of tickets, looked around, and counted them out quickly one by one.
"Food stamps are only a cent a pound. There is nothing we can do about it. Gas stamps are more expensive, 15 cents..."
They are all given to Li Long at ten yuan.
"More industrial votes, I have to buy a lot of things here." Li Long reminded, Cao Liu gave Li Long some more industrial votes.
In the end, Li Long bought various tickets for 120 yuan - enough to last a long time.
Cao Liu received the money, counted it quickly, waved to Li Long, and then left quickly, walking faster and faster, then started running back, turned right after crossing the intersection, and crossed the road. Gone.
A clever young man.
Li Long put away the ticket and saw that someone nearby noticed him, so he led the carriage forward, crossed the intersection, and walked towards the department store.
"This newly arrived radio has very good performance. It is from the Panda brand. Many people buy it because of the brand." The salesperson is still the beautiful girl Xiao Liu, but now she has no respect for Li Long. He was as enthusiastic as before, just introducing the product normally, "Two specifications, one for plugging in and one for battery."
"Bring me five for batteries." Li Long looked at it He looked at it and said, "How much does one cost?"
"Sixty-five yuan." Xiao Liu's eyes were a little surprised, but then he returned to normal, "I need a ticket."
"Yes, I have a ticket." Li Long said, "Wutai. By the way, it is with a ticket." Number of batteries? Bring me thirty boxes of batteries."
Xiao Liu quickly took out the packaged radios one by one and asked Li Long to check them and tie them up. Next came the boxes of batteries.
Settling accounts and issuing invoices. Li Long had already arrived at the snack counter and started to buy other things.
"Liquor, let's take Baiyang Tequ, thirty bottles." Li Long continued to call the names, "Thirty packs of brick tea, thirty packs of sugar, thirty packs of salt..."
Finally, I bought a tin frog and a Rubik's Cube toy. He bought four Rubik's Cube toys, two for Harimu, and one for Li Juan and Li Qiang. This stuff is quite a brain exercise.
As for the tin frog, it is for Nathan and the others to play with. This thing should interest them.
A cart full of things was loaded. Li Long paid the money and tickets and left the department store.
He felt eyes on him, but he didn't look back.
After leaving the building, Li Long led the horse back to the courtyard. It's a bit late today, so I won't go to the mountains. I'll go there early tomorrow morning. When they returned to the yard, Gu Xiaoxia had not come back yet. After Li Long settled down No. 76, he started to prepare dinner. He had no plans to go to Yang Xiulan's house for dinner and didn't want to move. To be honest, when I went to the mountains, I was very excited and didn't feel tired, but in fact once I stopped, I felt exhausted and needed a good rest.
Li Long naturally knew that this was actually a sign of tiredness. After all, it was snowing so heavily. It took a lot of effort to lead a horse to move things in, and then to run around after coming back. .
Steamed the steamed buns, cut the pickles, fried them with roasted meat, and then boiled the porridge and it was ready.
He thought for a while, boiled water again, and made egg tea - it was actually two eggs scattered in a large bowl, put in sugar and sesame oil, boiled water and poured directly into the eggs , cook the eggs.
Some places call it egg tea, and some people say that Chinese medicine calls it Zhuque soup - but in fact, Li Long didn't find such a description when he was browsing short videos in his previous life, but this thing is very popular.
Gu Xiaoxia has been working overtime these days, and Li Long saw pimples on her face, so he thought it would be better to make some egg tea to relieve her anger.
Boiling water can scald the egg liquid, and stirring it with chopsticks can also kill the bacteria in the eggs to avoid diarrhea.
When the buns were cooked, Li Long saw that Gu Xiaoxia hadn't come back yet. He guessed that she had gone to Yang Xiulan's place, so he started eating by himself.
A bowl of rice at noon was not enough, so at night I had two big steamed buns, half a plate of fried pork with pickles, and a bowl of porridge, which made me feel complete.
The remaining meals are placed in the steamer on the kitchen stove. Stoves are also used for cooking in winter. When the fire is hot, the rice is always hot.
It was already dark when Gu Xiaoxia came back. She pushed the bicycle in and saw Li Long going out to see her. When putting the bicycle away, he said:
"I was waiting for you at Sister Yang's place for a while. She said I met you in the market - I didn’t expect you to come back.”
“I didn’t want to run away, I was a little tired, so I just wanted to come back and rest. "Yes." Li Long said, "Have you eaten it?"
"Well, the soup and rice made by Sister Yang tonight are quite delicious."
"Let's have some egg tea." "I also cooked and steamed the steamed buns. Let's eat the rest tomorrow morning." Li Long went to the kitchen and took out the egg tea. It was warm in his hand and handed it to Gu Xiaoxia.
"Do you know I'm angry?" Gu Xiaoxia also knew the usefulness of egg tea and asked in surprise.
“Guess.” Li Long smiled, “Drink it quickly, it’s not good for your stomach if it’s too late.”
“Yes.” Gu Xiaoxia nodded vigorously and took two breaths. After drinking, I wiped my mouth and then went to the kitchen to wash the dishes.
The next day, Gu Xiaoxia got up and had a hot breakfast. After breakfast, Gu Xiaoxia went to work. Li Long hitched the carriage and pulled the things towards the mountains.
Today’s things are very complicated, but in terms of weight, they are not necessarily heavier than yesterday.
On the 76th, he knew the way, so he didn't need Li Long to raise his whip, so he headed directly along the road towards Qingshui River. When he reached Qingshui River, he automatically turned to the road into the mountain.
Li Long also jumped off the carriage, pulling the reins and working hard with No. 76.
When No. 76 entered the mountain pass, Li Long was sweating, and No. 76 was steaming.
The rest of the road is slightly easier to walk, with ups and downs. Even if there is an uphill slope, it is mostly a gentle slope, unlike the long slope from Qingshui River to the mountain pass.
With yesterday's ruts, the carriage quickly reached the mountain road opposite Dongwozi, and then Li Long saw a quite spectacular scene.
In front of the winter nest, there are more than a dozen horses gathered there, and people are outside on the snow. Some are chatting, some are wrestling, some are fighting, and some are exchanging something.
The sound of dogs barking came, and Li Long's appearance attracted the attention of these people.
"Li Long is here!" someone shouted, and then the sounds of "Duosen" and "Li Long" came one after another. The young men all ran towards this side, and the middle-aged people like Yushan Jiang A little more reserved, but with a smile on his face.
With the help of these young men, No. 76 easily dragged the carriage to Dongwozi. Someone had already led the horses and changed their positions, leaving a large open space.
At this time Li Longcai shook hands with these young men one by one and said hello. Some people are familiar, some people cannot be named but their faces are familiar, and some people have never been seen at all.
But don’t worry, if you don’t know Yushanjiang or Harimu, I will introduce them to them.
After saying hello, Li Long asked everyone to unload the things, but he didn't care about how to distribute them.
"Li Long, come here quickly, it's already cooked." Harimu greeted Li Long with a smile, "Today, let's have a good meal. This is today's mutton, the meat. It's very tender. We Kazakhs are very good at doing this!"
"Okay, okay, I'm also hungry." Harimu and the others were not polite to what Li Long brought. They are not polite, they should eat and drink.
A mouthful of hot mutton tastes delicious. In the previous life, such mutton was promoted by eating Chinese herbal medicine, drinking mineral water, and even pulling Liuwei Rehmannia Pills - this is an exaggeration, but the grass-fat sheep were not fed with those mixed processed feeds and were put into the pot directly after being slaughtered. Stewed in it, it tastes really good.
There is no real mutton that is not smelly. It just has some smell. For example, when you eat it now, the aroma has completely overwhelmed the smell and you can't taste it.
In my last life, more than 20 years later, most of the mutton I ate was feed for fattening sheep, and the feed was different from the feed Li Jianguo fed to pigs. The feed Li Jianguo feeds his pigs is pure bran, soybean meal and the like processed by himself, all of which are natural.
But some bone meal or the like is added to those mixed feeds. The sheep will grow very fast after eating them, but the meat will not be so fragrant. It is said that some black-hearted sheep farms will give urea to cattle and sheep when they are fattening cattle and sheep - of course it is a legend, and I don’t know if it is true. Can cattle and sheep eat this stuff?
Anyway, Li Long had eaten pure mutton twice in his last life. It can't be suppressed at all.
As a man in two lifetimes, Li Long still has fresh memories.
But the mutton I'm eating this time is really different from that one.
The mutton neck meat is the most delicious. Li Long gnawed a piece. The rib meat was the best. Li Long ate another piece. The meat was for distinguished guests. Li Long did not refuse. He nibbled on a piece and then stopped eating.
After drinking half a bowl of mutton soup, I felt complete again.
"Li Long, after a while, at the end of the year, we will be doing tricks and horse racing in the snow in front of your wooden house. Do you have time to come over?"
Yu Shanjiang squeezed to Li Long's side and asked.
Everyone who was chewing meat stopped what they were doing and looked at him.
"Come. After a while..." Li Long thought for a while and said, "Our team will need militia training. I may have to participate for a while, but I don't have to participate in it all. At the end of the year... I should be able to come." (End of this chapter)