Many people in the village heard the pigs braying in Lao Ma's horn, and knew that this was another pig killing by the Li family.
On the first day, I was waiting with bullets to exchange for meat. Li Long had said that they would kill pigs today and exchange them for meat in the afternoon. They knew they should be able to get the meat in the past, but it would be a bit like asking for food.
The host is killing pigs for a pig-killing feast. If he calls others but does not call himself, there will still be relatively few people who take the initiative to join in, because they know that the friendship is not enough, so there is no need to force it.
But there are also some people who want to drink that wine and eat that meat, but usually they won’t chase people away when they go there.
But the Li family has already held a pig-killing feast. Last time, no outsiders were called for the pig-killing on the second day, and other people should have known about it.
So even though some people wanted to go there and join in the fun, they still didn't go.
So apart from the Li family, there are only three people with foreign surnames: Old Uncle Luo, Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang.
Although wild boars are wilder than domestic pigs, to be honest, with a few big boys here, there is basically no situation where they can’t hold them down, and they are still experienced.
So in less than two hours, a wild boar was clearly taken care of.
Although the people present, except for Yang Yongqiang, were not very short of meat, they still had a delicious meal at noon.
After noon, Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang left with a piece of meat each. In Lao Ma's empty house, the remaining meat of the wild boar was divided into two kilogram pieces and placed neatly.
Take your pick.
Part of the internal organs was eaten in the water, and Li Jianguo took away part of it. The rest and a small amount of network oil were left here at Laomahao. After all, there are many people here and the consumption is high, and it is all by himself. People, the food will definitely not be bad.
In the afternoon, the people who had been appointed came one by one. Li Long opened the door of the free house directly, pointed at the strips of meat on the plastic sheet on the floor and let them choose according to the amount of meat they brought.
You can choose from any, just like the self-service supermarkets of later generations.
This makes those who trade bullets for meat feel extremely novel. Is there such a thing?
Half a pig was replaced that day.
The remaining quarter was replaced the next morning - and then the four legs were still left. Because he doesn’t have much fat, he is disliked by everyone.
Before changing the meat, Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang each got two bags of fish and left. Tao Daqiang did not ride a bicycle. Like Yang Yongqiang, he pulled a homemade wooden sledge. He didn't even drive the family's donkey cart.
Li Long asked him why, and he smiled naively and said he was worried about the donkey being pulled out to freeze, and he was worried about not being able to take good care of it when selling fish himself.
Okay, anyone has any ideas. No wonder there is a saying that character determines destiny.
Li Long left it to them - they didn't go very early, but they listened to Li Long's words and went too early, as there were not many people in the market.
Not long after breakfast, someone came over to exchange bullets for meat.
While Li Long was still changing meat, Xu Chengjun came over on a bicycle.
Seeing Li Long dispatch the meat exchangers, Xu Chengjun asked:
"Xiaolong, is your family very short of bullets?"
"It's quite short. I have enough. I have many friends in the mountains, so there is nothing I can do. There have been too many wolves in the mountains in the past two years, and they often come here at night. If a sheep is bitten in the sheepfold, the loss will be great," Li Long said half-truthfully.
“Okay, let’s put this aside for now.” Xu Chengjun said, “Minister Qin of the Township Armed Forces Department originally planned to report the situation of this competition to the county, and then hoped to be able to disseminate the competition model to the entire county. Promotion and holding a county-wide competition. However, the county's situation was special this year, and his suggestion was not adopted. Minister Qin had other plans at the county's Armed Forces Department. When the county completes the work and rewards you, you can only stay here. He called and said that in addition to a certificate, our reward also includes a notebook and a pen. He knows that you like hunting. I thought if you can get good results in the county competition, I'll give you a grand prize... we'll talk about it later."
"I understand," Li Long said. Sure enough, it was pretty much what I guessed. At this time, the township did not have much funds, so it was impossible to win a particularly big prize. After all, this does not have a very strong guiding effect like the big brother raising pigs.
"Don't be discouraged. Your abilities are there, and sooner or later you will be outstanding. I will go to the countryside to receive the award when I have time, and someone will bring it to you when the time comes."
"Okay." Li Long nodded. He knew this and was here first. At least for him, this matter is over. As for what Xu Chengjun said about Minister Qin still hoping to continue to make suggestions to the county to promote this matter, he did not think it was possible to continue.
After all, everyone is running towards getting rich now. Although the south is not stable yet, it is too far away from there, so the impact is not great.
After Xu Chengjun left, Li Long continued to exchange meat for bullets.
The four legs could not be replaced in the end, and there were more than 200 rounds of bullets in his hand, which was a lot.
Li Long is also very satisfied. Just keep the meat here and eat it.
When it was getting dark, Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang came back. When they found Li Long, they looked very excited.
“Is the fish sold out?” Li Long asked with a smile, “Why did it take so long?” “The market in the county is really not as good as Shicheng. Our two bags of fish were finally sold out in the afternoon. Thinking of a high price, after all, they are sold in the market There’s not much fish, it’s only 90 cents, and it’s cheaper than others.” Yang Yongqiang spoke more eloquently, so he said, “It was okay in the morning. Daqiang and I both sold a bag for lunch. After the meal, the fish was no longer available for sale. It was us, the whole market was like this, there were not many people, and the stall owners were all waiting. Then the two of us discussed lowering the price to 80 cents, and then it was reduced to 70 cents, which was considered sold out. "
"Sell That's it." Li Long nodded and said, "Will we continue tomorrow?"
"Continue. We plan to go early tomorrow and go directly to Shicheng." Yang Yongqiang said, "There should be more people there. ”
"You decide for yourself."
The two men each gave Li Long fifty-six yuan, and then went home happily.
Li Long guessed that everyone made at least more than 20 yuan, which must be something to be happy about.
Originally, I thought there would be a notice from the village, but now that everything is fine in the village, Li Long didn't plan to wait any longer. He went to Li Jianguo's place in the afternoon.
Liang Yuemei is rolling shoes in front of the sewing machine, while Li Juan and Li Qiang are doing homework. The winter days are short, the classroom is cold, and the children have to bring home their homework.
Li Juan and Li Qiang were very happy to see Li Long coming over. After saying hello, Li Juan continued to do his homework. Li Qiang didn't want to write and wanted to hang out with Li Long, but Li Juan pulled him away by the collar.
Li Long smiled, sat by the fire wall, and said to Li Jianguo:
"Brother, I will use the carriage tomorrow to pull things to the mountains."
"You Take it away, we don't need it now." Li Jianguo nodded and didn't ask how long it would take.
"I asked Junfeng and Junshan to follow. After the things in the mountain are finished, I will let them drive the carriage down the mountain tomorrow. You don't have to rest for too long. Daqiang and Yongqiang plan to go to Shicheng to sell goods tomorrow. They bring two bags of fish each. The fish sales in Shicheng may be slower than before, but I promised them..."
"It's okay." Li Jianguo didn't care about this at all. "It's okay to have one or two more bags and one or two less bags. We made a lot of money some time ago. Daqiang and Yongqiang helped you a lot, so it's time to let them go." Let's make some money. Let's see if they want to join us when we haul in fish. You can use the carriage for a few more days."
"I'll just pull the thing up. Go. The bicycles are not loaded enough - Junshan and Junfeng just want to follow them to watch the hunting. I think if they can take them to hunt, then let them come back. Hunting in winter is not that easy.”
“Okay.” Li Jianguo knew this was the truth, and it was not Li Long’s fault. After all, hunting was not that easy. In the past, Li Long was able to hit so many things because someone pointed at him, but it is definitely not easy now.
Li Long went out and Li Jianguo followed. The two brothers hitched the carriage and Li Long took it away.
Back at the horse number, Old Uncle Luo was feeding the deer. He watched Li Long pull the carriage over and help him unload the carriage. He also packed up the pen and put the feed for No. 76. Then he continued to do his work.
Li Anguo, Chen Xingbang, and Li Junshan were fighting for the top spot. Li Junfeng probably lost the last round and was watching the battle from the side. When Li Long knocked on the door and came in, they had not yet decided the winner or loser.
"Junshan, Junfeng, I will haul things into the mountains tomorrow, and you two will follow me to do some work." It was natural for Li Long to order his two eldest nephews, and it was also natural for these two eldest nephews to do so. He responded.
Chen Xingbang played a card and asked:
"Xiaolong, what are you doing in the mountains?"
"Sending some supplies to friends in the mountains. I am not in the mountains. There is a wooden house. It’s snowing. I need to clean it up to prevent the snow from crushing the house.”
"Snow clearing, we can do this." Li Junfeng asked with a smile, "Uncle Xiao Long, do you still want to hunt?"
"It depends on the situation, if there is anything, I will hunt. I have a gun, but I can I don’t know if I can’t hit it.”
“Okay.” Li Junfeng was not disappointed with Li Long’s ambiguous statement. If this kind of thing itself is not so accurate, if Li Long's words are accurate, they will be suspicious.
After deciding on this, Li Long returned to his house.
My own bag of bullets was loaded with a large bag of bullets in exchange. You must bring your own Type 56 semi-automatic rifle. There is some dried meat in the wooden house, but you still have to bring some food up there. Go and clean up first. If you don’t have time to make food, you have to go to the big meat canteen to buy some steamed buns. By the way, there is firewood in the mountains, but there is no coal. You have to go to the free market to buy some coal.
Of course, the most important thing is to get a stove in the wooden house and install the stove tube. This requires the help of Li Junshan and Li Junfeng. They are big workers, and this should be a piece of cake.
The rest is what I brought to Harimu and the others. Since Diaoyang and Horse Racing are not far from his wooden house, then as a "landlord", I must entertain these friends well. So what to do?
Li Long thought for a while and planned to buy some more brick tea, sugar cubes, and salt as gifts or prizes. He didn’t know if there were any rewards in their competition. If there were any, this would be the icing on the cake. If not, it would be a help in times of need. .
After thinking about all these things, and feeling that there was nothing wrong, Li Long hurriedly washed up and went to sleep. I have to leave early tomorrow and can't sleep too late.
However, Li Long still got up later than Tao Daqiang and the others. When he got up, Tao Daqiang and the others had already come to pull fish.
Li Long told them what Li Jianguo said, and the two of them were very happy. However, Yang Yongqiang was still a little worried, worried that his selling fish would conflict with Li Jianguo and the others. His idea was that if Li Jianguo and the others went to Shicheng to sell fish, he and Tao Daqiang would Just come back to the county.
Li Long did not persuade him and asked him to discuss it with Li Jianguo then.
Two people used a wooden sledge to pull the fish away. Li Long and the others had breakfast, hitched up the carriage and set off. (End of this chapter)