Gu Xiaoxia was also very happy to see Li Long in the big yard. After putting down the bicycle, she watched Li Long cooking in the kitchen. She said beside her:
“I came back that day and saw that there was no snow in the yard. I was shocked at first, but then I thought about it. You must have cleared it when you came back."
"Well, I sold fish during those two days, and I came over with Daqiang Yongqiang and cleared it." Li Long took out the rabbit and put it on the table, handed Gu Xiaoxia a pair of chopsticks and said:
"Come on, try it, spicy hare."
After speaking, Li Long picked up another pair of chopsticks. , there were yeast pancakes on the table - somewhat similar to Xibo pancakes, and the rolls were also good. He picked up a piece and handed it to Gu Xiaoxia.
Gu Xiaoxia was very happy and sat down to eat with Li Long. While eating, she said:
"I have free time at work. The eldest sister in the office told me how to cook braised fish. I will cook it for you when I have time. Let's try it."
"Okay." Li Long had a general attitude towards Gu Xiaoxia's cooking skills. Gu Xiaoxia can definitely cook, just home-cooked meals. After becoming a teacher, she had less time to practice. Then she joined the Education Bureau, and with Sister Yang cooking, she basically stopped cooking. Now that she can think about doing it, it is mostly out of interest and habit.
After all, how many of today’s married women can’t cook?
Gu Xiaoxia made breakfast the next day. After eating, she went to work, while Li Long went to the bus station and took a short bus to Shicheng.
In fact, you can ride a bicycle, but it is not as fast as a car, and Li Long is also worried about something happening on the way.
Safety first.
The bus arrived at Old Street. Li Long got off the car and went straight to the sugar factory. At the doorman, Li Long explained the situation. After the doorman called inside, he let him in.
Section Chief Hu saw Li Long in the office, smiled, poured him a glass of water, and said:
"Comrade Xiao Li, you are very efficient! I treat you like this I appreciate your work attitude! Come on, sit down first, I’ll ask someone to bring over the agreement. After we sign it, you can officially prepare it.”
"Okay." Li Long took the water and sat down. The two chatted for a while, and then a staff member sent the agreement.
It was made in two copies, quite formal. Li Long signed it and looked at Section Chief Hu stamping his seal on it, then he put his own copy away.
"Comrade Xiao Li, I'm just waiting for your good news." Section Chief Hu politely sent Li Long to the door, which made Li Long a little strange.
Is there any misunderstanding in this?
Or is Section Chief Hu himself a very down-to-earth person?
Li Long returned to the old street, had a bowl of milk tea, and inquired with Keyumu. After hearing that it had become quieter recently, he took a short bus back to Ma County, then went to the big yard to ride his bicycle and went to the big meat restaurant. I ate two steamed buns, then went to the department store to buy brick tea sugar cubes and salt. I also weighed some fruit candies, packed them together and hung them on my bicycle, and then headed towards the mountains.
The bike ride was okay when we reached Qingshui River, and it was good all the way, but after entering the mountain pass, the road became difficult to walk.
Li Long regretted riding a bicycle a little bit - he originally thought that he could ride in snowy areas. After all, there were roads before and he had waded through them before, but he didn't expect that the snow in many places was very deep. The wheels are even higher, which is uncomfortable.
He could only comfort himself at this time - at least the first ten kilometers were covered by riding, which saved most of the time. For the next few kilometers, just push.
By the time Li Long came to the opposite side of Halimu Dongwozi despite sweating profusely, he felt that he no longer had the strength to push the bicycle across the ditch to the Dongwozi.
The barking of the dog alerted the people in the winter den. Nathan ran out of the house and took a look. When he saw Li Long, he shouted loudly, and Harimu walked out of the house with a bowed waist.
Li Long smiled and waved to him, and Harimu hurried over.
When Harimu came over, Li Long had almost calmed down. He pushed his bicycle and greeted Harimu:
"Duosen, are you okay?"
"Okay, okay," Harimu said with a smile, "Let's go, hurry up and get into the winter nest, it's cold outside."
It's almost thirty-nine days, and it's indeed cold.
Li Long pushed the bicycle to the winter nest, carried the things he brought and bent down to go inside.
Halimu's mother was sitting on the wooden kang. When she saw Li Long coming in, she smiled and said something, and Li Long hurriedly bent down to say hello.
Halimu's wife was making milk tea. After Li Long sat down, he took out the gift he had brought.
It doesn’t have to be too strange, it’s mainly to express your feelings.
After asking about the current situation of Harimu's family, Harimu also said:
"The day after I saw you, I went to your cabin to look for you, but you were already gone." He did not mention that he had killed Sheep thing.
“We found a group of wild boars in the place you told us, shot one, and then returned. I took a few young people with me, and they just wanted to experience the hunting atmosphere.”
After chatting, Li Long drank milk tea and explained the purpose of his visit.
“Thirty-five sheep is not many.” Harimu thought for a while and said, “I can provide it myself, but this year’s fodder is relatively sufficient, and I don’t want to slaughter so many sheep at once. I went to Yushan Jiang and others to share the number of these sheep.”
"Okay." Li Longduo asked for five sheep. First of all, he wanted to prepare for the New Year at home. Since the New Year is coming, if there is pork, he also needs some mutton. I promised one to Li Xiangqian, and of course I had to share it with others.
"Let's go to Yushan River together in the afternoon?" Harimu asked, "Ask him, and ask other people by the way."
"Okay, okay." Li Long originally I was a little worried, but it's gone now. Neither of them mentioned how much a kilogram of mutton costs.
In the afternoon, Harimu harnessed Li Long's horse. When he harnessed the horse, he pointed at Li Long's bicycle and said:
"Outside the mountain, that one is pretty good, but inside the mountain, you still have to do it. A horse is better. When you still live in that wooden house, I will lend you a horse. This will be very convenient for hunting or playing in the mountains."
Li Long thinks so.
Harimu took another portion of the brick tea and sugar cubes brought by Li Long and put them on the horse, and the two of them rode towards Yushan River.
The snow in the mountains was obviously deeper than this time last year. Li Long followed Harimu on horseback and walked slowly into the mountains.
It took almost an hour to arrive at the winter nest in Yushan River. The snow near here had been trampled by horses, cattle and sheep, and there was a lot of feces in some places with deep grass. Obviously this is also grazing in winter, allowing the livestock to move more.
Yu Shanjiang and his son are clearing out the grass stalks left by the cattle and sheep in the pen. This is something that needs to be done every day. This is done two or three times a day. When sowing new grass, the remaining grass stalks from the previous meal will be removed from the circle with forks and thrown aside. These straw stalks will basically become firewood.
Of course, with the cows around, there wouldn't be many straw poles like this left. If the sheep eat hay, they will pick up the grass leaves and eat them. If the cows do not pick much, there will not be much left.
The barking of the dog alarmed Yushan Jiang. When he turned around and saw Harimu and Li Long, the dog had already rushed over.
Yu Shanjiang called a dog, and the dog stopped barking but did not go back. Yushanjiang put down the wooden branch, climbed out of the open circle, and quickly faced Li Long and the others.
After greetings, several grown men drank milk tea on the wooden kang in the house.
I have to say that drinking warm milk tea in this weather is really cold-resistant and very comfortable.
"Slaughtering sheep, no problem. We have to slaughter a batch of sheep every year anyway." Yushanjiang said, "Harimu is right. It is better for everyone to participate in this matter. As for the money, we will take it. It's useless. Li Long, the next time you come over to pull sheep, bring some rice and noodles. , Pi Yazi, and potatoes will be enough."
"Okay." Li Long is naturally willing. Anyway, the supplies these people need are brought over by themselves. Even if they get the money, they can basically do it. It's up to you to exchange supplies for yourself, so you don't have to pour them out again.
"That's it. You can convert it into money yourself, and you still have tickets. We know that buying things not only requires money but also tickets. We don't have any tickets in our hands, so you just run around a little longer. Run. Leave the rest to us. It doesn’t take ten days and a half, just three days.”
That’s how it was settled.
After drinking milk tea here in Yushanjiang, Li Long didn't eat anymore and returned to Dongwozi with Harimu.
It was already dark. Harimu meant that Li Long would stay here for one night before going back. After all, it was not safe at night. In the past two years, there were still rumors that someone was eaten by wolves at night.
Li Long doesn't want to stay here, though. The winter home of Harimu's family is a bit small, and it's always inconvenient if there are more people living there. It was a last resort before, but now I still have to go back if I can. He didn't want to go to the wooden house. It would take a lot of time to push a bicycle to the wooden house now, and it was snowing heavily from here to the wooden house, making it inconvenient to ride a bicycle.
"I have a gun in my hand. Don't be afraid. I can ride the rest of the way out of the mountain pass. It won't be in the way." Li Long said, "You go about your business. I'll be there in two days. Bring a batch of supplies over first." "Okay." Seeing that he couldn't persuade Li Long, Harry stopped trying. He thought it was normal. Li Long had a gun in his hand, and there really was nothing to be afraid of in this mountain.
Pushing the bicycle out, when we climbed over a ridge, the sun had already set.
Li Long knew that he had to speed up, so he pushed hard. Fortunately, there was already a trace when he came, which made it easier to walk back.
When we left the mountain pass, it was already dark.
The snow is shining, and although the moon has not risen yet, I can barely see the road.
The wind was blowing. Li Long looked at the darkness ahead and felt that the road was still long. He regretted his decision a little. He should have gone directly to the wooden house. In that case, he would have been lying in the warmth by now. Are you on the kang?
People will always regret their choices, no matter what they choose.
Tired of pushing, Li Long stopped the car and wiped his sweat. I drank milk tea and ate dried meat and naan at Yushanjiang and Harimu, so my stomach was full. He propped up the car to put in the water, and then he saw a pair of green eyes in the bushes dozens of meters away on the right side of the road!
Li Long was startled - his eyes were bright at night, it was most likely a wolf!
Li Long didn't bother to take off his belt, he was so scared that he was pissed back. He took off the holster from his back, opened it, took out the gun, opened the safety, loaded the bolt, and aimed at the eye. Shot fired!
"Bang bang!" After two shots, I felt a black shadow jumping up and running away.
Li Long looked around again and found that there seemed to be no living things nearby.
But he didn't dare to stay for a long time, so he stood the gun upright. After urinating, he quickly pushed the bicycle and ran forward.
While running, he looked around from time to time. If a pack of wolves really came over, then he would be in danger - it was so late at night, he couldn't see far, and he was really going to be bullied by the wolves. , I am afraid it will be difficult for me not to be knocked down by the wolf!
Never do such dangerous things again!
Finally, Li Long breathed a sigh of relief when he finally saw the light in the dark place ahead.
Qingshui River has arrived - this means that we can reach the road.
Sure enough, after turning into the building, Li Long quickly found the road. He got on his bicycle and headed north quickly.
Riding a bicycle at night is faster than during the day, especially on snowy days, which makes Li Long feel a little strange. Because you don’t need to look at where there are potholes or ditches on the road, you just need to be on the road and ride over it.
Those pits that you might normally avoid if you ride over them at night are not as bumpy as you might imagine.
The wind was blowing loudly, mainly because Li Long rode faster and felt the wind blowing by him. Although he was wearing a coat and a cotton hat, there was still a cold wind blowing into his body.
Now Li Long understands very well that even in early spring in his previous life, those riding two-wheeled electric bicycles would still have a windshield in front.
It's really cold!
Riding all the way to Wuyi Highway, Li Long's speed increased again - there were not many cars on the road at night, but the road was very flat, and the front was very close to the county seat. He returned The mood in the yard became more urgent.
I don’t know if other people have such thoughts, but Li Long is like this. When something happens, he is eager to share it with others.
When riding to the county, Li Long finally slowed down. He got off the Wuyi Highway and turned into the streets of the county, feeling completely at ease.
Occasionally there are pedestrians or cyclists, and Li Long feels particularly friendly.
When he arrived at the door of the big courtyard, Li Long pushed it and the door was locked inside, so he knocked hard.
Inside, Gu Xiaoxia put on her clothes and came out and asked:
"Who?"
"I, Li Long." Li Long shouted.
The light in the duty room of the police station over there turned on for a moment, and then went out again after hearing Li Long's answer.
Obviously, they know who Li Long is.
"Coming." Gu Xiaoxia did not expect that Li Long would come back at this time, and hurriedly came down to the door to open the door.
"Come in, you are all white!" Gu Xiaoxia looked at Li Long and said with distress, "I will boil water for you, soak your feet, have you eaten?"
"Eat." Li Long said with a smile, "The craziest bike ride today."
"Why come back so late? It's so unsafe in the mountains." Gu Xiaoxia said with a bit of complaint, "So many wolves..."< br>
"I really encountered a wolf." Li Long propped up the car, pushed up the door and walked into the house. "I was shocked. I fired two shots. Fortunately, I had a gun."
"What? We can't do this anymore! We live in the mountains when we are late, don't we have that wooden house!" Gu Xiaoxia listened He was startled and said, "Come in quickly, take off your clothes. I'll set them up for you to dry."
The two of them got along like an old married couple, Li Long changed his clothes Waiting for Gu Xiaoxia to bring him foot-washing water, she soaked her feet while telling her what happened on the way to the side.
After hearing this, Gu Xiaoxia pursed her lips and poured a cup of hot water for Li Long. Then she came over with a thermos and poured some hot water into the basin where Li Long soaked his feet. Then she sat down and said: < br>
“Thank you for bringing a gun, and luckily for your quick reaction. If it were me, I might be frightened when I see those green eyes.”
"Hehe, you can't either - I remember you were quite accurate in shooting during militia training." In fact, Li Long is still a little scared now. At that time, I was just pushing my bicycle, and it was windy, so I didn't hear anything going on around me.
If it was a wolf, or a pack of wolves, they could sneak up behind you quietly and pounce on them all at once.
The reason why he didn't pounce on him was that Li Long had guessed it himself along the way.
Two possibilities. First, it was not a wolf, but another animal. Because it’s not just wolves with green eyes at night. Li Long has experience. When he shined a flashlight at the sheepfold in Halimu in the middle of the night, the sheep also had green eyes.
Another possibility is that the wolf was probably because Li Long was pushing the bicycle. The combined weight of the people and the bicycle was relatively large. The wolf was more cautious and was afraid of the big guy, so he did not dare to pounce on him.
After all, wild animals are cautious about larger ones and those they have never seen before.
Think about the donkey in Guizhou. The tiger also tried it many times before attacking.
African children all know that holding a wooden board to make themselves look bigger can scare away jackals.
Li Long told Gu Xiaoxia his thoughts, and Gu Xiaoxia also thought it made sense.
After drinking the hot water, Li Long took a deep breath and said:
"I feel good. The coldness is gone now... I can have a comfortable sleep."
"Come, I'll wipe your feet." Gu Xiaoxia knelt down and wiped Li Long dry with a foot towel. Feet, this made Li Long a little embarrassed, and he laughed.
"What are you laughing at? You've been tired for a day, rest now." Gu Xiaoxia said, "I know you're working hard, but there's no need to work so hard. I've saved most of my salary. We'll live together in the future, not just you. Fighting there..."
"Hehehehe..." Li Long giggled and scratched his head.
"Look at you like that." Gu Xiaoxia wiped Li Long's feet and went out with the basin.
When Li Long was lying on the bed, Gu Xiaoxia poked her head in, saw that he was lying down, and said:
"I have a file here, you go to sleep first. What do you want to eat tomorrow morning?" ?”
Seeing that she was a little timid, she didn’t dare to go in, and she wanted to ask questions. Li Long thought it was quite cute, so he said:
"You can do it, I like it."
"Huh." Gu Xiaoxia wrinkled her nose, "Earlier. Rest, I'll turn on the light for you." After saying that, he turned on the light and closed the door gently.
It seems that those who stick out their tongues to show that girls are cute are all fake. Li Long closed his eyes and thought, there are not many real girls who stick out their tongues, and wrinkling their noses just looks pretty good.
Then he fell asleep. (End of this chapter)