If you want to go to the cabin, you must prepare the stove and bring some necessary daily necessities. Of course, since he was going, he had to bring his gun. He participated in the militia training and hoped to get more bullets for hunting. In winter, if Harimu and the others could provide more clues about their prey, they would be able to catch more things.
Otherwise winter would be so boring.
Of course, Diaoyang and horse racing are also very interesting, you can take part in them.
In my previous life, I wasn’t interested in Diao Yang’s horse racing. It could even be said that I hated it a bit.
Because one year in the last life, Li Juan was in junior high school. At that time, Li Jianguo had an accident. It rained one day. On her way out to school, Li Juan was hit by one of a group of ethnic people racing horses. , Li Long didn't know the specific process. He only knew that there was a big gash on Li Juan's forehead. The rain kept washing away, and Li Juan was knocked unconscious.
When Li Long knew about this, Li Juan had already been sent to the township health center, bandaged and sent back.
The people on horseback had already run away and they didn’t know where they were. They were just asking around and heard from the students that Li Juan was going from west to east when she was hit, and not long after, they went back to the east with the sheep. .
No matter how impersonal Li Long was, he was also annoyed at this time. He searched eastward for several kilometers, but in the end he couldn't find the settlement of those herdsmen.
This incident was also a thorn in his heart.
However, Li Long has lived for two lives and knows this kind of thing. There are good and bad people in every nation. He cannot be angry with other people because of this, so he will not treat Harry because of this. They don't wear colored glasses.
But I will definitely pay attention to this matter later - that was 1984.
It’s still early.
If you are just in no man's land, horse racing and sheep racing are actually quite attractive. The Kazakhs are a horse-riding people. Children are already riding horses when they are two or three years old. When they are older, they can ride horses alone to herd sheep. During this long winter, there are not many recreational activities they can participate in.
Now there is an extra radio, but for them, listening to the radio quietly is not necessarily as enjoyable as horse racing.
After eating the finger meat and agreeing to come to the mountains at that time, Li Long rushed back on the 76th - this time there were some more things on his carriage.
Mainly frozen meat and a few skins - after the last time they sent the specialties they collected to Harimu, some people hunted again, such as wolf meat. Some people didn't like eating it very much, while others felt they needed it. Li Long was a little embarrassed to provide a radio, so he brought the venison and deer skin that he had hunted.
Before Li Long entered the mountain, they also needed to change things at the bottom of the mountain after transitioning.
Basic food is usually not exchanged for much - after all, it was the era of large collectives, the food production itself was not high, and each family could not keep much food rations. Going to the grain store to buy food requires food stamps, not to mention other tickets.
In addition, it is winter, so when you go down the mountain to change things, you can basically get less. Only when selling cattle and sheep, you can get some tickets from the supply and marketing cooperative or the sheep collector to use for living expenses.
Now that Li Long is here, it has brought great convenience to these people - Li Long can exchange for all the supplies they can think of, including things they have never thought of or even seen. Li Long can also get it.
So there is a matter of relying on Li Long. After all, you only need to hand over the things you got to Li Long, and the rest is to wait for Li Long to deliver the things.
And every time Li Long sent something, they never let them down.
On the cart were a wolf and a deer, plus three skins. The leather in winter is very good, but of course it's also freezing.
Li Long sat in the carriage and let No. 76 walk back. He felt a little dozed off - mainly because he had eaten too much and felt a little dizzy due to cerebral ischemia.
The sun was shining brightly on the snow, and Li Long didn't want to open his eyes. He occasionally glanced at the road, then continued to doze off against the leather on the frozen meat with his eyes closed.
When there was still more than a kilometer away from Qingshui River, he suddenly felt that No. 76 suddenly stopped. Li Long jumped forward. He hurriedly grabbed the car bang to steady himself. When he opened his eyes and pulled the reins, I saw a group of seven or eight white-tailed guys kicking up a snowflake and running towards the distance.
It disappeared into the snowy bushes in a moment.
Yellow sheep!
When Li Long reacted and reached for the gun, he couldn't even see the white buttocks of those yellow sheep.
Are Yellow Sheep so arrogant now?
Li Long regretted a little. If he had been awake and saw the yellow sheep coming, he would never have been able to keep one.
If he decides to come back to stay for a while later, he must come here to have a look and shoot some yellow sheep.
Yellow lamb meat doesn’t taste as good as the sheep we just ate, but after all, this thing is a type of antelope, so you still need to pay attention to the role of the horns.
Li Long suddenly arrived. Once a certain law is passed in a few years, some things on some wild animals will no longer be usable.
So can I stock up on some now, at least as a backup for the future?
Such as rhinoceros horns, nail plates, etc.
It may not be available in Ma County or Shicheng. You might be able to get it at the traditional Chinese medicine store in Wucheng.
If it doesn’t work, let the old man get some from his mouth. Including tiger bones and the like. This thing can still be bought with money now, but in a few years it will basically have nothing to do with ordinary people.
By the time Li Long came to his senses, No. 76 had already pulled the carriage to Qingshui River. The next road would be easier to walk, but Li Long stopped dozing off and returned to the compound all the way. . It was already past four o'clock and Gu Xiaoxia had already gone to work. Li Long unloaded the frozen meat and put the skins away in the room instead of selling them this time. When we are not very short of money, some things are good to keep, but they will definitely appreciate in value later.
Although there was a period when prices skyrocketed and money became worthless, it was still early, and Li Long believed that he would be almost free of wealth by then, even if he had not yet achieved it.
He plans to take a cart of fish to Shicheng tomorrow to try the market there. Regardless of whether it works or not, I will continue to pull fish into the big yard when I get back. It won't take more than a few days even if I think about it, and the militia training will begin soon.
Second brother Li Anguo and the others will definitely not participate in the militia training. Let them stay in the village with nothing to do. It is better to drive the carriage directly to Shicheng to sell fish. They can find something to do and make money. .
Li Long unloaded the carriage while thinking about it, took No. 76 behind and tied it up, then turned around, found a stool to set up the carriage, and started loading fish into the carriage.
Because he was selling fish alone, Li Long didn't dare to pack too much, so he tried ten bags of fish, weighing five to six hundred kilograms.
After loading the fish, Li Long took the 56 semi-automatic and went to the house to start maintenance. This gun will be used well later in the mountains, so it needs to be well maintained now.
It didn’t take long for Gu Xiaoxia to come back. She also carries an aluminum lunch box. When she arrived at the door, Gu Xiaoxia saw that the door was unlocked and knew that Li Long was back. She opened the door and pushed the bicycle in. After turning around and closing the door, she propped up the bicycle and went to the kitchen.
Open the lid of the stove, poke out the pressed coals, pour some lumps of coal into the stove, sit on the pot, pour water into it, open the lower stove door, and the fire in the stove immediately started. .
Put the grate on top of the pot, then take a small enamel basin from the shelf, pour the rice and vegetables in the rectangular aluminum lunch box into the enamel basin, and use chopsticks to remove the rice stuck in the lunch box. I picked up every bit of it, then put the lid on the pot and went to wash the lunch box.
After hearing the noise, Li Long put down his gun, wiped his hands and went out. He went to the kitchen to see Gu Xiaoxia washing her hands and asked with a smile:
"What are you doing?"
"I thought you would like to eat the rice and fried potato shreds I brought to you from Sister Yang."
"Is it hot?" Li Long was actually not too hungry. He was very hungry for the mutton, but since Gu Xiaoxia brought it, he naturally wanted to eat it.
"Well, it'll be over in a moment. You go about your business, I'll call you when you're done."
"Okay." Li Long responded, but he hadn't finished wiping the gun yet.
Ten minutes later, Li Long came out to wash his hands and started eating.
Gu Xiaoxia held her chin in her hands and just watched him eating, her eyes full of happiness.
The next day, Li Long got up early, and Gu Xiaoxia had already prepared breakfast - the first day she already knew that Li Long was going to Shicheng to sell fish tomorrow, so she got up early this morning and made pancakes and stir-fried vegetables. Li Long has a hot meal.
Actually, Li Long originally wanted to go directly to the cafeteria to have a meal and then leave, but Gu Xiaoxia was unwilling, saying that she could feel what it was like to live like this in advance.
Li Long naturally would not refuse.
The two had breakfast together. Gu Xiaoxia asked Li Long to leave first. It was still early and it wouldn't be too late for her to finish cleaning before going to work. Li Long hitched the carriage and led him out of the gate.
Nearly two hours later, Li Long led the carriage to the old street. At this time, the sun emerged. What surprised Li Long was that there were not many people in the old street.
Not only were there not many people, but there were not many stalls, and there were no fish sellers. This made Li Long very happy. Without competitors, the fish would definitely be sold.
Finding a relatively spacious place at the three-way intersection, Li Long spread out the plastic sheet, poured a bag of fish from the carriage, spread it on the plastic sheet, then took off the scale and put it aside , and finally brought a bundle of forage from the rear of the car. Put it next to No. 76's mouth and let it eat grass and rest, while he shouted there:
"I'm selling fish, I'm selling fish! Big carp, big crucian carp, five blacks, fat." Big fish, selling fish! Selling fish..."
His shout added a touch of brightness to the old street, which had become somewhat gray due to the hurried pedestrians and the stall owners huddled in the cold.
Some pedestrians slowed down and looked in his direction.
Someone came around and asked:
“Young man, where did this fish come from? When did it freeze?”
“People don’t tell secrets, I This fish was caught from Dahaizi about ten days ago. It must be fresh and the price is cheap.”
"Cheap? What's the price?" A person next to him asked immediately when he heard it was cheap.
“Crucia carp, carp, and five blacks are all 80 cents per kilogram.” Li Long said, “It’s much cheaper than in summer.”
“Hey, young man, did you sell it here in summer? Fish? You look familiar to me. Why don’t you disembowel your fish? Is it okay to take it back and process it?”
“Okay, of course. Fish is not the same as meat. The blood will get into the meat when it thaws. If you open it and then freeze it, the fish will be bad and it needs something to hold it up..." Li Long explained.
"Okay, come and weigh a carp for me, just this one." The man who spoke pointed to a big carp that was nearly three kilograms, with a red head and a yellow tail and said.
Opened. (End of this chapter)