When Li Long got up the next day, it was already broad daylight. He actually drank a lot yesterday, and because he was relaxed and looking at his watch, he slept for nearly ten hours.
There is still a faint smell of alcohol in the room. After the party at the wine table last night, although everyone cleaned up the place and no one vomited here, after all, after drinking for so long, it is impossible to clean up all at once.
Feeling still a little dizzy, Li Long got up and rubbed his temples, got dressed, and staggered to the stove.
The house is very clean and tidy. It’s hard to believe that a bunch of people who drank too much yesterday could manage it so well in the end.
The fire in the stove has been extinguished, and the temperature in the room is a bit low. Li Long used a fire hook to open the stove lid, remove the charcoal ash inside, and clean the incomplete charcoal cores and put them aside. Then start setting up the stove.
There is something next to the stove. Stuff a ball of paper, a handful of reeds and a few corn cores into the stove, then put small pieces of coal on top, seal the stove lid, open the stove door, light it with a lighter, and see if the fire goes smoothly. After burning, he closed the furnace door, walked to the door, opened the door and walked out.
A chill hit his face, and Li Long immediately became sober. He wiped his face, walked to the dry toilet, poured water happily, and then turned back.
Li Junshan walked out of the house, saw Li Long and asked with a smile:
"Uncle Xiaolong, how are you? Are you still dizzy?"
" "I'm not dizzy anymore." Li Long said with a smile, "Are you there?"
"We are okay. Daqiang and Yongqiang came over in the morning. They got up early to catch fish - that is, they, after drinking so much wine yesterday, they were still able to catch fish, and they caught a lot of fish. Then The two of them went to sell fish together with a plow, and they should have arrived in the county by now."
Li Long didn't expect that the two of them could still go out to sell fish. He could only say that they were in great spirits. !
Think about Li Long saying:
"Then I will go to the county today. I don't know when you will leave. I will prepare the wine and honey for you first."
< br>"Okay." Li Junshan said, "Let's eat first, breakfast is already ready."
In the morning, I ate cornstarch batter, steamed buns and stewed fish that was not shoveled out of the pot yesterday. Uncle Luo and Li Junshan cooked another pickle, which was quite delicious.
After Li Long and the others finished eating together, he said something to Li Anguo and Chen Xingbang, put on his cotton-padded clothes, and rode his bicycle to the county.
The snow on the road was quite heavy. When he passed by the elementary school and middle school, he didn’t hear the sound of children reading. Li Long guessed that it was the end of the semester and everyone was reviewing nervously at this time. .
When we turned to the county, it was almost twelve o'clock. Li Long went to the free market first and saw Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang.
There were not a lot of frozen fish on the two-person stall. Tao Daqiang was weighing the fish for a woman, and Yang Yongqiang was still shouting.
Li Long did not disturb them and looked around from a distance. What surprised him was that not only Tao Daqiang and the others were selling fish in the market, but there were also four or five stalls in the team selling fish. How many fish were there on those stalls? There were a few, some yelling like Yang Yongqiang, and some just sitting there waiting for customers to come. Some weigh them with a scale, and some just make statements.
To name a few.
With so many people, it is estimated that the price of fish will not be high.
Li Long guessed, got on his bicycle and turned towards the supply and marketing cooperative.
“I seem to see Brother Long.” Yang Yongqiang turned to Tao Daqiang and said, “Look at a bicycle rider from a distance.”
"Maybe." Tao Daqiang was not surprised. "Brother Long should have something to do. Come over and take a look. If nothing happens, he should leave. Maybe it's not him - let's sell fish first."
To Tao Daqiang Yang Yongqiang was quite impressed by his attitude, and then he shouted loudly again.
Li Long rode directly to the supply and marketing cooperative.
The staff in the sales department of the supply and marketing cooperative already know that he is one of their own, and they will calculate the wholesale price for the things he wants to buy.
Li Long asked for six jars of honey - by this time the honey had completely solidified and could not flow at all. A jar is three kilograms. He planned to give each person one can, and take the remaining two cans back to his parents.
Six cans of honey are one big box, and then there are four cages of loose wine. This thing is mainly a rarity, after all, it was brought back from Northern Xinjiang. As for other things, there is really no shortage of them back home.
It is not yet time to plant cotton on a large scale. After the cotton planting area expands in two days, people who come here every year will bring quilts to their hometowns - but with the weather in their hometowns, it will be the same as the past winter. It will get damp.
There are two guards and supports on both sides of the bicycle. The two boxes of things were tied together with ropes and fixed. Li Long carried the things on his back and hurried back.
Originally I thought it would be more convenient to enlarge things in the yard. But thinking about her second brother and the others rushing to the county, Gu Xiaoxia might have already gone to work. It's better to pack your things at home, so that you don't need to re-pack them when you get to the county to catch the bus.
Li Long rode his bicycle back. He did not meet Tao Daqiang or the others on the road, but he met two other brothers in the village, two brothers from the Zhao family.
Li Long stopped the car and asked:
"Have you sold out of fish?"
"Sold out." Zhao Anping, the boss of the Zhao family, said with a smile, "We went early."< br>
"How is it? Is the price good?"
"It's not bad. We sell big carp for one dollar and a half, and three of them are bought directly. Small crucian carp sells slowly."< br>
Li Long nodded, chatted a few more words, got on his bicycle and went back.
"Brother, you said we sell fish all winter, can we get a bicycle?" Zhao Ansheng looked at the back of Li Long riding his bicycle and asked enviously.
"I don't know." Zhao Anping shook his head, obviously not thinking about comforting his younger brother, but just telling the truth, "We bought some cloth for seven yuan and forty cents today. If you do this every day, you have to I can buy a bicycle in a month and a half, and I can save the money, but I don’t have tickets. It’s not cheap to buy black market tickets...”
Hearing that the money is available, Zhao Ansheng is very happy. It seems that he didn’t follow last year. Li Long and the others caught and sold fish together, which was a real loss.
On this day, many people in the village had this idea.
If Li Long can do it, so can we!
Last year we failed to keep up, this year we will catch up!
Young people are all arrogant, the kind who refuse to accept others. There is still a long way to go to let Li Long be their spiritual leader.
Even twenty or thirty years later, some people in the village took advantage of the opportunity to grow cotton and made money all of a sudden in those years when cotton prices were relatively high. They contracted thousands of acres of land at a very low price. In a good year, when you earn millions a year, you cannot become the spiritual leader of those young people - money cannot measure everything.
It’s just that Li Long doesn’t think so much at this time. He knows the situation of the young people in the team. He never wants to be their spiritual leader, he just wants to live his life well. .
Of course, if the time is right, he wouldn't mind being a good guy if he could help others when he was making money.
Back at the horse number, when Li Long was holding up his bicycle, he called Li Junshan and Li Junfeng, asking them to come out and help.
Li Junfeng, Li Junshan and Li Anguo were playing cards. When they heard Li Long's voice, they hurriedly put down their cards and ran out.
"This is honey, this is wine." Li Long asked the two of them to carry the large cardboard box they had tied into the house.
"There is one jar for each person, mountain nectar. The supply and marketing cooperative collects it from those who keep bees in the mountains. There are two jars left. Second brother, you can bring them to my father and mother. And the wine, you want one. It costs ten yuan to carry a cage, and the remaining cage is for dad.”
Li Jianguo took care of the matter of giving money to his parents, but Li Long didn't care, so the things fell on these people.
"I'll bring a jar of honey to Dad. Junshan, I see you don't have much, so bring a jar. Xingbang, please bring Dad's wine."
Chen Xingbang originally planned to come here after the New Year, so he brought few things. Some things were simply left here, so he brought few things. But Li Anguo couldn't let him bring everything.
No one has any objection to his assignment.
Once the things are given, Li Long’s matter is settled. In the next two days, he followed Tao Daqiang and the others to see the fish in Xiaohaizi, and brought back some fresh fish to grill and eat. As for selling fish, he didn't care.
On the first day, Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang didn't come back until the afternoon. The two of them sold for more than 20 yuan. Although it was not much, they were both happy. This income is already pretty good.
So when I came back that day, I ate something and then went to catch fish again.
None of the owners of the ice caves were left behind. They were all catching fish in Xiaohaizi, which seemed quite lively.
On the fourth day, Li Long rode a bicycle to the county with a gun on his back. Before leaving, he specifically told Li Anguo and the four of them that he wouldn't be able to send it off when they left.
After drinking that day, the relationship was basically in place. Everyone knew that it was not a big deal whether to send it or not, and Li Long had done everything he should do.
When he arrived at the county, Li Long went directly to the supply and marketing cooperative. Li Xiangqian was in the office. After meeting Li Long, he said that the state hadn't called yet, but it was probably just for the past two days. He asked Li Long to come to his place every morning and wait.
Before Li Long went there the next day, Li Xiangqian rushed to the courtyard that afternoon and found Li Long.
"The call came at noon. They will come early tomorrow morning. A jeep, a driver and three hunters. They brought your bullets. I also told them to bring a gun. They said they did. They are all in their mid-50s and 60s, and they have all been shot. It's not raw melon and eggs, don't worry about that."
"Yes." Of course Li Long was worried, and he expressed his worries, "I'm afraid they don't know how to pretend to understand. It would be more troublesome to mess around in the mountains.”
"Don't worry about this. Their elders told me very clearly at the time," Li Xiangqian had followed him into the mountain and knew the dangers involved. He said, "When you enter the mountain, everything will be done according to you. He will also give these few instructions." The baby said, don't think that you are arrogant if you come from above.
If they don't listen to you, you can say whatever you want, if they do whatever they want. , just ask the driver to bring the person back. Although hunting is the main purpose, safety is the first priority. The person said that everything should be done in advance to ensure safety. As long as you are right, then they will definitely not blame you."
Listening to this, Li Long felt a little regretful. Did he let himself become a kindergarten teacher?
But I have already agreed, and it is too late to go back on it. After dinner the next morning, he walked to the supply and marketing cooperative.
In Li Long's office, Li Long waited for less than twenty minutes before a jeep arrived.
The sun was rising at this time - indicating that these people had set off from the state early.
You are very determined!
Li Long and Li Qianqian greeted them in the yard. Looking at the three young men in military coats who got off the jeep, Li Long was really envious.
A complete set of standard military uniforms, but without military ranks - it seems that the military rank system has not been restored at this time. A man and a woman carried five or six halves, and the other young man wearing glasses carried five or six cents.
Is this thing hunting?
Li Long just hesitated in his heart and listened to Li Xiangqian's introduction.
"You three, Yang Chen, Qi Jingyue, Xie Ruifeng, right?"
"Yes, yes."
"Hello, Uncle Li!" This is the girl's voice .
"Hello, Uncle Li, I am Xie Ruifeng!" This is the one wearing glasses.
"Come, let me introduce you. This is the hunting teacher and guide for you, Li Long."
"Hello, Li Long!"
"So young!"< br>
“Hello!”
The three of them all had the same expression. Li Long looked too young.
Li Long himself knew that at his age it was easy to arouse suspicion, so he looked at Li Xiangqian.
I didn’t explain it. If the other party is not satisfied, then I won’t do it.
“Don’t underestimate Li Long. Two days ago, Li Long went into the mountains. Within a week, he killed a pack of six wolves, a lynx, and a male red deer. , and brought back two live deer... Since ancient times, English Young Xiongchu, don’t make dogmatic mistakes on this!”
When Li Xiangxiang said this, the three young people immediately changed their attitudes. The girl Qi Jingyue even apologized to Li Long and called him Li Long. For "Teacher Li"!
"I don't want to be a teacher, I just hunt for a while." Seeing that these three young people have very good attitudes and are completely different from the imagined children with backgrounds, Li Long is no longer negative. Passive, he said:
"When hunting in the mountains in winter, sometimes it depends on luck. After all, most of the things we want to hunt will not wait in one place. But there are always traces to follow. Let's learn from each other."
< br>Everyone is carrying the sedan chair, and if others are polite, you can’t help but show respect, right?
Time was tight, and the three of them were quite excited, so they just rested for a while at the supply and marketing cooperative. The driver filled the water, drank more water, added some food, and then rushed towards the mountains.
Li Long sat in the passenger seat and pointed at the road. The three young men behind him asked him about hunting techniques from time to time.
Fortunately, Li Long has more personal experience, so he uses himself as an example. Because he is a half-hearted hunter, Li Long also made it clear when he talked about it that this matter varies from person to person. This is what happened to him, but it may not necessarily be the case for others.
"Master Li, do you think there are bears in this mountain?" Qi Jingyue asked suddenly.
Qi Jingyue is about the same age as Li Long. She has two braids that reach her chest and wears a velvet military cap with red five stars on it. I don’t know how many people would envy her.
She is also quite beautiful. She is sitting behind the passenger seat, holding the backrest of the passenger seat and asking seriously.
Li Long could probably feel that both Yang Chen and Xie Ruifeng were pursuing Qi Jingyue, but this had nothing to do with him. After hearing the question, he said:
"Yes. I have seen a brown bear, and my friend also saw an albino bear deep in the Tianshan Mountains, and I don’t know what species it was.”
"So can we meet a bear this time?" Xie Ruifeng, who was a bit bookish in his glasses but spoke in a rush, asked as if he was the only one who cares about me.
"Isn't your question a bit stupid?" Yang Chen laughed at him, "Aren't bears hibernating at this time? How could we encounter them? It's possible to encounter wolves."
" Actually, I want to see if I can catch the yellow sheep." Qi Jingyue's idea was different from the other two, "I heard that the yellow sheep belongs to the antelope. One, it should feel very beautiful..."
Li Long really felt like taking care of children, although he was actually similar to these three in hunting a year ago. After thinking about it, he asked:
"Have you three hunted before? What have you hunted? How are your marksmanship?"
"I have shot a fox!" Yang Chen said proudly.
“I have shot a few rabbits, but to be honest, you still have to use a small caliber to hunt rabbits. If you shoot five or six, the rabbit will be rotten.”
“I have shot pheasants. "Qi Jingyue's words surprised Li Long, "I also hit the wolf, but I didn't hit it. I injured it and let it run away."
"Where did you hit it?" Li Long asked again.
“There are wolves in the Red Willow Beach in the North Gobi.”
Well, there are real wolves. It seems that this girl is beyond recognition.
The jeep quickly crossed the Qingshui River, and when it was approaching the mountain pass, Li Long pointed to the red willows on the side and said:
"There are yellow sheep on both sides, but we can We can't see it as a chance. If you have brought supplies, we can stay in the mountains for a while. If you feel it’s dangerous to stay in the mountains for a while, then we’ll come back in the evening. Anyway, the car is more convenient.”
The driver is a middle-aged man, a little fat, and he was with Li Xiangqian the same way last time. The veteran who came over was different. This man looked like a pure driver.
"Is there a place to live in the mountains?" Qi Jingyue asked curiously.
"I have a wooden house with two rooms." Li Long said, "There are some basic living supplies in it. I am a part-time ranger in the mountains, so I have a place to live there. What I consider is if you want to If you want something, you have to stay in the mountains for a while."
Li Long thought that since he was here, he would aim to make money. Otherwise, taking them on this trip would be in vain, and then my trip would also be in vain.
No need.
"Then...can we decide when we get to the wooden house? By the way, can the car drive there?"
"Yes." Li Long gave directions and informed the driver of the road conditions. As I said, the driver was an experienced driver. He slowed down and entered the mountain, driving towards the wooden house.
In front of the wooden house, Li Long got out of the car first and looked around. He found a lot of horse hoof prints.
It should be Harimu and the others who are here.
Looking at this beautiful wooden house, Qi Jingyue said with some envy:
“It’s really nice to have such a house here!”
Li Longxiao He smiled and said nothing, stepped forward and opened the door with the key, and started to set fire.
Whether you can live in it or not, you must set up a fire first, so that even if you have a logistics support base, you can at least drink hot water. (End of this chapter)