At the end of the competition, the three township leaders took a group photo with the militiamen who won the rankings, chatted for a while and then left.
We chatted for a while, mainly with Li Long.
The township armed forces minister specifically found Li Long and asked about the basic situation of his family, and said:
"I proposed this confrontation and competition, and I hope it can be promoted to the county. . If the county holds a militia competition , if you can have this project, then you will be the only one in our village to participate! I think your psychological quality is really good, and you will have a bright future if you practice more in this area!"
Waiting for the leaders! After they left, the villagers and soldiers went back to their homes.
On the way back, Xu Chengjun said to Li Long and the three militiamen as he walked:
"The armed minister of our township came down from the county. It turned out that he was transferred back from the army. I feel that this Minister Qin was still very interested in fighting
He didn't catch up in 1962. He was still in the army when Tielek raised the issue. We met when he took office some time ago, and he knew that I was too. I came down from the army. When we talked about this, I really Very angry. Then in 1979, the main force on our side was the artillery unit. By this time, he had already resigned from the army.
He said, our situation of all people being soldiers has passed. Economic construction, but This state of live-fire training of the militia cannot be lost. If our country wants to develop again, there will definitely be obstacles from the big countries, so military strength is very important."
Minister Qin is very important. You have farsightedness. But think about it, from a long-term development perspective, few countries in the East and West really want China to develop.
"Brother Long, you are in the limelight this time. I don't know what the village will reward you."
"Wait, we will find out in two days." Li Long actually didn't care much about rewards. He remembered A few years ago, when the township militia trained pacesetters, the reward was a pen or a notebook.
The militia training is over, the guns are handed over to the village, and a major event is completed. This event is equivalent to passing a point.
Back at Laomahao, Li Long saw that his eldest brother and the others had not come back yet, so he prepared to take a rest.
Although I am not very tired, I am still quite nervous during the half month of militia training.
Most of the fish have been sold now. There are no more fish in the yard outside. One of the fish in the two rooms is also empty. There is still a room of fish left, as well as the ones in the big yard.
I heard my second brother and brother-in-law say last night that selling fish is not as fast as it was in the first two days. When I first started, I could basically sell fish before noon, but now I can only sell fish in the middle of the afternoon.
Li Long knew that this was the reason why the market was about to be saturated. After all, Shicheng is so big and has such a large population. No matter how rich the workers are, they cannot eat fish every day. Some even buy fish just to have a meal during the Chinese New Year. Anyway, I can put it away in the winter, so I can keep it until the Chinese New Year.
Such a person only buys once.
So a considerable number of customers coming and going from the bus station are buying.
Li Long was even thinking about whether to stop for a while to let the fish in the market digest, and then sell the fish after a few days?
Otherwise, sales will become slower and slower, which will still affect enthusiasm.
Of course, this matter will have to be discussed after the eldest and second brothers come back.
There is another very important reason why I finally want to leave this matter to my eldest brother Li Jianguo, because my eldest brother can suppress these relatives.
To be honest, Li Long himself didn't believe that they had no objection to asking his second brother, his brother-in-law, and his two nephews to sell fish to him.
It costs five to six hundred yuan to buy every day, and only a dozen or twenty yuan is distributed to each person. How can you have no objection?
How come you, Li Long, can get so much money without doing anything in just one day?
If you want to say that they don't think so, Li Long would rather believe that the brown bear can be his friend.
If it was the second brother Li Anguo who was taking him, they might have started discussing it while eating in private.
But with the eldest brother Li Jianguo, even if they have such thoughts, they can only hold it in.
Big Brother will not spoil them.
Uncle Luo was preparing to feed the pigs outside. Li Long was about to take out a book and read it when he heard voices.
He was still thinking about who was coming, and then he heard the door being pushed. It was not pushed open, so there was a knock on the door.
The door to Li Long's room will be very tight when closed - he did it on purpose.
People in the team are not in the habit of knocking when they visit the door. If they hear any movement inside, they open the door and go in. Because everyone is used to this, but Li Long, who has lived in two generations, is not used to it.
So he nailed a layer of plastic sheeting to the side of the door, claiming to the public that it would not allow hot air to escape. The door required force to close, and once it was closed, force was required to push or pull it open.
In this way, it is not easy for ordinary people to push away according to ordinary ideas.
If you think it’s locked, just knock on the door.
Hearing the knock on the door, Li Long said:
"Push hard, the door is open."
When he stood up, the person had already pushed the door open and walked in.
Zhao Jiangang.
They are also the core militiamen who participated in the militia training this time and are from old residential areas.
"Xiaolong, let me ask you something." Zhao Jianguo is three or four years older than Li Long. He is more honest and a bit stunned. When he saw Li Long, he said:
"Last year I Remember, you exchanged meat for bullets. Do you want to exchange it this year? If so, I will exchange it for a few kilograms of meat.”
"Change." Li Long immediately changed his mind. He had enough bullets, but his friends in the mountains didn't have enough bullets. He smiled and said, "I will kill a wild boar tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and then change the bullets -"
“What’s the price?”
"It's still five bullets per kilogram of meat."
"Okay, I'll order five kilograms of meat first. Fatty meat."
"Okay." Watching Zhao Jiangang put a whole pack of bullets Putting it on the table, Li Long thought to himself, this one... can really fix it!
Zhao Jiang just started, and then Li Long's people didn't stop.
Li Long was also a little strange. When his elder brother Li Jianguo was killing pigs, many people in the team bought meat. Although they didn't buy much, it was probably a lot more than in previous years.
Why are so many people planning to exchange bullets for meat?
But it’s normal to think about it again. After all, you don’t have to pay to exchange bullets for meat. Once the militiamen are trained, it will be easy to get some bullets. But money is not so easy to come by.
In this case, let’s kill the pig tomorrow.
When Li Jianguo and the others returned to Laomahao, the sun was still a pole high before setting.
Li Long heard the commotion and came out. Seeing that they were silent, he smiled and said:
"Eldest brother, second brother, brother-in-law, Junshan Junfeng, are the fish not good now? Sold?"
"It's really not as easy to sell as before." Li Jianguo shook his head, "We just rely on people getting off the bus. You can sell some by shouting. We are the only ones selling fish in this market. There are not many people buying it." "Then we won't sell it," Li Long said. "We'll wait a few days before the market is saturated. , people who eat fish can’t eat fish every day, they have to wait. Brother, I plan to kill a wild boar tomorrow.”
"Kill a pig?" Li Jianguo was a little surprised.
Li Anguo and Chen Xingbang were thinking about selling fish:
"We won't sell it tomorrow? How many days of rest? A week?"
"Well, let's take a rest. Sell it in a week," Li Long said, "I plan to kill the wild boar and exchange it for some bullets. Buy it and we’ll sell it. Those friends in the mountains are short of bullets to fight wolves. I’ll exchange some for them and then go into the mountains.” Li Jianguo said with a smile, “It’s been quite tiring these days, so let’s take some rest. God. Let’s kill pigs tomorrow… If Xingbang can do it, we can do it here.”
"Kill here." Li Long said with a smile, "Don't make so much trouble, and don't call people, otherwise it will be a scene."
"Okay."
"Then After dinner tomorrow, you and your sister-in-law can come over." Li Long said.
The matter was settled like this.
Because there was no need to sell fish, Li Jianguo took the carriage back. No. 76 has been running a lot these days, so it’s time for a reward.
After dinner in the evening, Li Long was reading a book and could hear Li Junfeng talking next door. The four of them have all made some money these days. It is more than enough to buy three bicycles, not to mention one bicycle. Now they speak louder and look more confident.
Li Long was thinking, originally they planned to work until spring, but now are they thinking about returning to their hometown before the Chinese New Year?
After all, if you don’t return home if you are rich, walking at night in brocade clothes is meaningless.
While thinking, there was a knock on the door, and Li Long shouted:
"Who?"
"I, Daqiang."
"Me."
"Come in." Li Long recognized Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang.
After the two people came in, Yang Yongqiang behind him closed the door, and Li Long greeted them to sit down.
"You guys came here right after training. Are you thinking about selling fish?" Li Long said with a smile.
Tao Daqiang smiled a little sheepishly.
Yang Yongqiang nodded, and then said:
"I heard Meng Zhiqiang say that they plan to smash holes in the ice in Xiaohaizi in a few days, and then dig out to see if there are any fish. Said this I haven’t fished for half a month, maybe the fish can be fished.”
“Yeah, it’s normal.” Li Long made a lot of money by digging holes in the ice, and everyone saw it. Later, some people followed suit and were arrested, and others stopped doing it.
But this year’s situation shows that the higher authorities have relaxed the rules for small businesses and have set up a special market. Naturally, those who want to make money cannot bear their temper.
There are many smart people, and you are not the only one.
So now it is normal to break holes in the ice to catch fish.
"Tomorrow I will slaughter pigs. Many people want to exchange bullets for meat, so I plan to exchange a batch." Li Long said his plan, "Then after a week, my eldest brother will bring people Go sell fish. I will tell my brother tomorrow and call you when I sell fish. After I finish slaughtering the pigs, I will go to the mountains to do business. "
It will take another week. Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang were both a little disappointed.
“Actually, it can be like this.” Li Long said with a smile, “Don’t Daqiang have bicycles? You can bring one or two bags of fish from here to the county to sell them every day. My elder brother sells a bag of fish. , give me twenty-eight yuan, if you sell more, it’s yours.
The first time I went to sell it was by myself. At that time, a bag of fish cost 40 to 50 kilograms and cost 80 cents per kilogram. It could be sold for 30 to 40 yuan. A bag of fish could earn about 10 yuan. If you can't wait, then take the fish from here and sell it in the county. Just give me the money when you come back. "
"That...is that okay? "Tao Daqiang hesitated.
"Why not? It will definitely work! "Yang Yongqiang agrees very much!
Follow Li Jianguo and the others. The five of them are all from the same family with the surname Li. The two of them are not comfortable being outsiders. Now they are selling fish in the county. That is too much. They all make their own decisions. , that’s the best!
“Okay, we’ll go there tomorrow. "Yang Yongqiang said to Li Long.
"What about tomorrow?" Tao Daqiang slapped him, "Tomorrow we have to help Brother Long and the others butcher the pigs." Eat meat." Yang Yongqiang thought more.
Li Long smiled:
"I don't need you two to eat meat. Come here tomorrow to help eat meat, and sell fish the day after tomorrow."
"Okay, okay. .”
The matter was settled like that.
After breakfast the next day, Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei carried pig-killing tools and a large plate to Lao Ma Hao.
Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang also followed.
The kitchen in Lao Ma Hao has a two-burner stove that directly heats hot water.
Although the wild boar does not need to be shaved but skinned, it is still necessary to use warm water to turn the intestines and wash the belly.
Chen Xingbang was the surgeon, and Li Long decided to kill one head first and wait for the rest of the year.
There are two sows and he plans to keep them.
When we wait for breeding next year, we will see if the boars here will accept the female wild boars.
Maybe you think the foreign ones look good?
The pitiful squealing of pigs attracted Wang Caimin’s attention.
The last day of the Li family's pig-killing feast, he was not called to slaughter the pig, which made Wang Caimi a little disappointed.
Am I going to lose my job in my spare time job? (End of this chapter)