The sun has risen. Although it is still very cold outside, the sunshine can make people feel psychologically warm - even though the sun in winter cannot rise half as high as in summer.
It is still morning, and the light reflected by the sun on the snow is not dazzling.
With the help of the driver, Yang Chen and Xie Ruifeng put the wild boar into the trunk of the car. Yesterday, we put wild boar and roe deer inside. Because the door was closed, we didn’t worry about being eaten by wild animals at night.
Breakfast was prepared by the driver - when Li Long and others went to ambush the wild boar, the driver got up and started preparing breakfast.
Because there are cans left over from yesterday, the driver only needs to heat them up. Although he is not very good at cooking, he can still make porridge.
So Li Long and the others came back and drank hot porridge.
It feels very good.
And he also knew that this hunting was coming to an end.
I didn’t expect it to be so fast. Li Long originally thought it would last three to five days. After all, even if he is so familiar with this mountain, it is not easy to hunt suitable prey.
Several other people also felt this atmosphere and were a little silent while eating breakfast.
When the porridge was almost finished, Yang Chen suddenly spoke:
"I really didn't expect that rice porridge can be so sweet."
"Yes, I have always been I think milk is much better than this. Today I changed my mind.” Xie Ruifeng echoed his statement, “It’s better to nourish people with whole grains!”
“That’s because you’re hungry!” Qi Jingyue exposed him mercilessly, “I used to brag about how good your physical condition was, but today I walked a few kilometers and you’re really tired!”< br>
When they started talking, the atmosphere was slightly better. Li Long did not intervene in their conversation. After drinking the paste and eating two sesame cakes, he went out to rinse the bowl. After the four of them finished eating, Li Long said to Qi Jingyue:
"You pack up your things in the small room and load them into the car. I think this hunting is almost over here."
Qi Jingyue was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said:
" yes we hunt ...It’s time to end.”
Yang Chen and Xie Ruifeng, who were following behind, wanted to say something, but finally followed Qi Jingyue to the small room, collected the military coats and put them into the jeep. It's still quite capable of holding things.
“I really don’t want to go back.” Yang Chen suddenly said, “I really want to visit that hot spring and see if there will be any prey there this morning - this feeling of anticipation makes me I’ve never experienced this at home!”
"Pull him down!" Xie Ruifeng exposed him mercilessly, "You will definitely cry out tired halfway through, and then regret it! Anyway, I don't plan to hunt with you in the future - I will remember the incident of the fire in my lifetime! "
"Oh!" Yang Chen's face turned red. "It was an accident. Do you understand? Besides, didn't you hit something in the morning?"
"I didn't hit it. Today God, I had a good plan, but I had to get a wild boar back. I thought I had to aim for the biggest one in the wild boar group. I heard that the biggest one has tusks! That tooth - the result What? If you make a mistake, all my plans will be ruined!"
"Actually, if you ask Jingyue for a tooth this time, Jingyue might give it to you..." He said this. , Yang Chen's tone suddenly became weaker.
Yes, anyone who has the only chance of hitting a wild boar head, and then loses the opportunity, may get angry.
To endure it till this point shows that Xie Ruifeng is quite restrained.
"There are only wolf teeth in Jingyue, not boar teeth!" Xie Ruifeng originally just refuted Yang Chen's words out of habit, but when he persuaded him, he became really angry.
Li Long thought it was quite funny, but to be honest, there was nothing wrong with the three young people coming here this time. It is normal for young people to be arrogant. He thought for a while, walked to the small room, He groped around on the shelf and found a package.
These were some leftovers from hunting that felt useful but not very useful. He took them and walked out, first giving one to Qi Jingyue:
“This is for you. , Langya, let’s make a souvenir.”
Then he gave another one to Xie Ruifeng:
"Wild boar tusks, those of male wild boars. They are not particularly big, but they are still tusks. Just come here as a souvenir."
Give it to Yang Chen and the driver each have a wolf fang.
The four people were holding things with different expressions. Qi Jingyue was a little surprised, and Xie Ruifeng was surprised. He said he really wanted a wild boar tusk, but he didn't expect Li Long to give him one directly!
This is incredible!
Although the driver and Yang Chen were not particularly looking forward to these things, they were very happy knowing that this was Li Long's intention.
The originally slightly complicated atmosphere was diluted by this.
"Okay, pack up and let's go down the mountain. We should celebrate happily when we have successfully completed the hunting activity." Li Long said, "It's a good thing, so don't make trouble."
Xie Ruifeng Yang Chen and Yang Chen smiled sheepishly.
“I’ll go back and get something of silver to cover this tooth!” Xie Ruifeng suddenly said, “Take this thing with you, okay!”
"The wolf fangs ward off evil spirits!" The driver also whispered, "It's good to carry them with you."
Qi Jingyue was originally quite repelled by the wolf fangs. After listening to the driver's words, she hesitated and held the wolf fangs in her hand. in hand.
Things were packed quickly. Li Long doused the fire with water. He was the last one to come out of the wooden house. After locking the door, he sat in the passenger seat.
The car was difficult to start, but the driver was a master craftsman and had started the car early and was waiting. He also had a spare fuel tank.
After Li Long sat down, the driver drove back.
Half an hour after the jeep left, Harimu arrived here on horseback carrying a slaughtered and skinned sheep.
"Leaved?" Looking at the locked door and the rut of leaving, Harimu was a little surprised, "Leaved so soon? Or did he pack something yesterday?"
He was here After walking around, I saw something left behind in the spring, and I thought I must have guessed it right.
Since you have left, take this sheep back to your home to eat. Hari Muhara thought that since Li Long brought people here for hunting, as Li Long's friend in the mountains, he had the obligation to help Li Long entertain these guests.
Even if you can't hold a finger-meat banquet, there is still no problem in slaughtering the sheep.
I just didn't expect it and didn't use it.
More than an hour later, the jeep arrived at the county, but it did not go to the supply and marketing cooperative.
"You guys go back to the state directly?" Li Long was a little confused, mainly because Qi Jingyue asked him where his home was and where was the best place to send him, so Li Long said he could just go to the supply and marketing cooperative with them.
As a result, they didn’t go.
"Then take me to my house." Li Long pointed to the big yard.
When they arrived at the entrance of the big courtyard, the three young people were a little surprised to see Li Long living in such a place.
Li Long got off the car and originally planned to say goodbye directly, but unexpectedly Qi Jingyue, Yang Chen and Xie Ruifeng also got off.
"Master Li, this is six hundred yuan." Qi Jingyue had an extra bag in her hand. She took out a thick stack of large lump sums from the bag and handed it to Li Long, "Thanks to you this time. ”
Li Long didn’t expect Qi Jingyue to bring the money directly.
He remembered that the amount he told Li Xiangqian was not that much, so he waved his hand and said:
"More, I didn't say that much..."
"Thank you this time for letting us feel what real hunting is." Qi Jingyue put the money into Li Long's hand, "We have learned It’s a lot of stuff, you deserve the money.”
Okay, Li Long will take it. He felt that his fate with these three young people had almost ended here.
After all, they are not from the same class of people. These days, some people are still worried about having one more bite of meat, and some people have begun to spend a lot of money to buy what they want.
It’s normal to think about it. In the market economy, some people will always get rich first, and in fact, there are many opportunities at this time. The jade lumps in my hand can be exchanged for a lot of money if I keep them for twenty or thirty years.
"Master Li, if possible later, we might ask you to hunt in Xia Tian - Xia Tian should also be easy to hunt, right?" Xie Ruifeng said.
“You can also fight in summer.” Li Long nodded and said, “Xia Tian has his own fighting style.”
“Well, we will come to find you then. We will still supply and sell here. "A supply and marketing cooperative?" Li Long pointed to the house in the back, "I still have a house in the countryside, and I will go back sometimes."
"Okay, we understand." ”
"Goodbye, Master Li." Qi Jingyue wanted to say something else, but in the end, this was all she said.
"Goodbye, Master Li! Maybe I will buy you a prey and make a specimen sometime!" Yang Chen said the last thing, and then they got in the car and left.
Officer Guo came out of the police station, watched the jeep leave, and asked Li Long:
"What do they do?" "In the state, the children of the supply and marketing system." Li Long said, "Let me take you around the mountains, hunt and see the scenery."
"Oh!" Officer Guo nodded, chatted with Li Long for a few more words, and then went back.
Li Long thought it was pretty good to earn 600 yuan for a few days. He entered the big courtyard and saw that it was still clean and tidy, which meant that Gu Xiaoxia would still clean it frequently.
The fire in the kitchen was suppressed and the fire in the room was extinguished. Li Long lit the fire and at the same time boiled a pot of water in the kitchen. After the water boiled, he suppressed the fire again. Then he carried a bowl of water to the bedroom.
After putting down the fire, he took off his hunting clothes, pulled back the quilt and lay on the bed, and soon fell asleep.
I didn't sleep well at night, so Li Long needed to catch up on his sleep.
When he woke up again, it was already afternoon. Li Long rubbed his eyes and stood up to put on his clothes.
The room was very warm, completely different from the wooden houses in the mountains. It was so comfortable that he stretched out before walking out.
There was still charcoal in the stove, but not much. Li Long added another shovelful of coal into it. Looking at the time, Gu Xiaoxia should be getting off work soon.
He was also hungry. He didn't want to cook, so he went out to the big meat restaurant.
I happily ate some fried noodles with oily meat. While I was eating, Manager Zhong came over.
"Comrade Li, I haven't seen you much lately."
"A bit busy." Li Long put down his chopsticks and said with a smile, "I see you have a lot of customers here recently!"
"The market is open, everyone has more money, and more people come here to eat." Manager Zhong said with a smile on his face, "Have you caught any fish recently? If there are good fish, send me some here. How about it?”
“Still want carp?” Li Long asked.
“Well, carp is the best, even five black ones are fine. Some of the customers are also knowledgeable.”
"Okay, I'll send it to you if I have it." Li Long thought that Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang should be able to get it. I didn’t go to the market today, so I don’t know if they caught any fish.
"Then I won't delay your meal." Manager Zhong mainly asked about the fish. After getting a positive answer, he left.
After Li Long finished eating, he made ten more steamed buns to take with him, planning to heat them for breakfast tomorrow morning.
Half an hour after Li Long returned to the courtyard, Gu Xiaoxia came back.
"You're back? Didn't you encounter any danger in the mountains?" Gu Xiaoxia asked with a smile when she saw Li Long trimming the snow in the yard, making the flower fields and vegetable gardens square.
"It's okay. I'm very lucky. Yesterday afternoon I encountered a wolf's roe deer, and this morning I shot a wild boar. They were quite satisfied, and then they came back."
"Well, I'm very lucky too. "Gu Xiaoxia couldn't help but share her good news with Li Long, "I have been officially transferred to the Education Bureau!"
"Really?" Li Long had a look of surprise on his face." Great! This is finally settled. It’s down! The notification has been sent out?”
“The formalities have been completed,” Gu Xiaoxia said with a smile, “I also said goodbye to the middle school. Back."
"It's so fast," Li Long said with emotion, "At this time last year, we were all still in the village, and now we are all in the county, and you have changed from a farmer to a national cadre... …”
"Thanks to you!" Gu Xiaoxia said with a smile.
"Well, let's go back together after you get off work on Saturday, tell your dad the news, tell my elder brother and the others, and make them happy too!"
"Yeah!"< br>
On Saturday afternoon, Li Long waited for Gu Xiaoxia to get off work, and the two of them rode back together.
When Gu Xiaoxia went to work during the day, Li Long went to department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives to buy some things.
Before buying anything, he went to the market and saw Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang. Then he learned that his second brother Li Anguo and the others had left the county by car yesterday and were probably on the train now, on their way back to their hometown.
Missed it.
But this was something that was already known in advance, so Li Long didn't feel too sorry.
Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang have been digging holes in the ice to catch fish in the past two days. They can catch 20 to 30 kilograms of fish every day, which is less than last year when Li Long and Tao Daqiang were fishing.
This is normal. After all, after a summer of fishing, the number of fish in Xiaohaizi has decreased. On the other hand, it is now stable to break holes in the ice to catch fish. There are four of them, and occasionally people come over, so it’s normal to have a small number.
On average, two people can earn about ten yuan a day together, which is quite satisfying.
Li Long told them that he would go back today. Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang were very happy.
Then Li Long went shopping.
Give the Li family and Gu Boyuan a total of five people, and give each person a pair of cotton rubber shoes. The main reason is that both Li Juan and Li Qiang are growing taller. The cotton and rubber shoes from last winter can no longer be worn, and Li Juan's shoes cannot be worn by Li Qiang. The age difference between the two is a bit big.
In addition to shoes, Li Long also bought some daily necessities such as dried fruits, snacks, etc. The focus is on practicality and not in vain these days.
The two of them rode side by side and chatted all the way. It felt like the ten kilometers had been covered very quickly.
When entering the village, someone saw the two of them together outside the village entrance, smiled and said hello, and even teased Li Long:
“Li Long, I heard they all live together. , When will you do something? Don’t forget to invite me then!”
“I won’t forget!” Li Long replied, “I will definitely invite you then!”
Gu Xiaoxia blushed as she listened. Yes, I dare not talk to him.
This is Lao Zhuangzi. Li Long lives in Xinzhuangzi and has more dealings with Dongzhuangzi. Most of the people in Lao Zhuangzi only know each other, but are not familiar with them. But now that they took the initiative to greet him, Li Long understood after thinking about it.
My own people are a bit high in the village. Of course, another factor is probably because Gu Xiaoxia works in the county and is a national cadre, so her status is different.
Both?
It’s so realistic.
The two rode to a fork in the road. Li Long stopped and said to Gu Xiaoxia:
"Go back quickly. It's getting dark. I'm going to my elder brother's place too."
"Okay, tomorrow..." Gu Xiaoxia asked.
"I'll come find you tomorrow." Li Long took over her words, and Gu Xiaoxia nodded happily.
When Li Long rode to the Li family yard, the lights at home were already turned on.
Although the electricity is connected, many people in the village still do not turn on the lights at this time, mainly because they are afraid of wasting electricity. Some people even light oil lamps to use up the kerosene and save some money on electricity.
The Li family is not like this. Firstly, there is no shortage of money. Secondly, Li Juan and Li Qiang are growing, their eyes are developing, and they have to do homework. It is good to have bright spots.
Hearing the sound of the bicycle, Li Qiang's voice came from the house:
"My uncle is back!" He ran to the middle room, opened the door and looked outside.
“Qiangqiang, you have really good ears!” Li Long propped up the car and took the things down, “Here, help get the things!”
“Okay, uncle. , why are you so late?”
"Wait until your aunt gets off work." Li Long actually didn't mince words about Gu Xiaoxia's identity now, it was a done deal.
Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei came to the door. Behind them was Li Juan. When they saw Li Long, they both smiled and said hello.
Li Long responded one by one and quickly closed the door after entering the house.
There is a pot sitting on the stove, and a three-layer steamer is steaming above it. It should be steaming steamed buns.
"Is it done?" Li Jianguo asked after Li Long sat down.
"It's done. I bought three things and made some money." Li Long took out his shoes and "I bought a pair of shoes for each of you. In this winter, these cotton and rubber shoes are more convenient, and they won't leak when wet. "
"Spending money indiscriminately!" Liang Yuemei said angrily, "I will get married next year, so I have to save the money for myself!"
< br>"That's right, we are really different from others." Li Long said with a smile, "The money you earn is spent. When my eldest brother borrowed money from you, he wanted to put me in a factory. Then It’s for my own good. Now that I have money, I should spend it on you, right? Let’s try it!”