No. 76 watched Li Long throw something on the carriage again, and his eyes changed when he looked at Li Long.
"Hey, this is a good thing. I'll give you some good ingredients when we get to the mountains!" Li Long said to it with a smile and raised his whip.
Whether you understand it or not, you still have the most basic attitude.
No. 76 worked hard to pull up again. Li Long put away the whip and pushed himself behind. He knew that the most difficult part was actually this section of the mountain road. When he reached the mountain pass and walked in, then The ups and downs are not so big.
Nearly an hour later, No. 76 finally pulled the carriage to the mountain pass. Although this is not the highest point, it is the end of the longest slope.
Li Long also breathed a sigh of relief. He regretted not bringing two buns over.
Breakfast was early, and the group of people pushing the cart were tired. It seemed that the sun was now due south, and it was lunch time. My stomach is not growling empty, but I can already feel the power of hunger.
The only option is to go to Harimu’s place and mix a bowl of milk tea.
During the break, Li Long was still wiping the sweat of No. 76. The dazzling sunlight shines on the snow and reflects back, which hurts the eyes. Li Long tied a semi-transparent cloth over his eyes and drove No. 76 forward.
There was a faint fragrance permeating the mountain road. Li Long had an illusion. Is it the mutton being cooked in Harimu? But it smells fishy. Are there a pack of wolves hunting nearby?
Wild wolves in the mountains can be found in single gangs or in groups. It is said that several wolf packs join together to hunt herdsmen's sheep at certain times.
In the past, Li Long thought it was nonsense when he heard such things, but after seeing the wolf sneak attack at Harimu last year, he felt that it was really possible.
This thing is so smart!
While driving the carriage up and down, Li Long controlled No. 76 to be as slow as possible, especially when going downhill. After all, the things on the carriage were not tied tightly, and it would be troublesome if they fell over. , it’s really hard for him to be alone in the mountains.
When he finally reached the opposite side of Harry Mudong's nest, Li Long looked at the posture on the opposite side and was stunned.
What attracts the most attention is a large pot placed in front of the winter nest. Pine wood is burning under the pot.
Of course, what shocked Li Long the most was not this, but the tall pile of mutton piled up next to the sheepfold - yes, it was the mutton pile.
After each skinned and chambered sheep is frozen, it is split into two halves and piled high and neatly one by one.
But another scene quickly attracted Li Long's attention - that was the place where sheep were slaughtered.
The place where the sheep is slaughtered is right next to the sheepfold. A sheep is taken out from the sheepfold and tied up. Someone is watching and saying something. When it is over, the young man with the knife puts the sheep down with a knife and holds it. The sheep is picked up and its neck is pressed against the edge of a wooden trough.
The wooden trough has one end high and the other low, and the middle is polished very smooth. The high end is padded, and the one who slaughters the sheep presses the sheep's neck against the high end.
The lower end is also padded, but not high enough. There is a pot underneath, and the sheep's blood flows into the pot along the trough.
You can see from Li Long that the pot of sheep blood is almost full.
The slaughtered sheep will be picked up by the young men on the other side. They will quickly peel off the sheep's skin and then open its chest.
There were four people skinning and disemboweling the sheep, and two people slaughtering the sheep. There were also five or six people who took out the contents of the sheep's stomach and put them aside. They also had to take care of the sheep's stomach and the sheep. The shit in the intestines is squeezed out.
I didn’t wash it, and I probably didn’t have time to wash it.
Originally they didn’t do any of these things. But they are doing it now.
The slaughtered and skinned sheep are cleaned and put aside to freeze. When the sheep slaughterer is free, he will split the whole sheep into two halves, and a young man will stack them.
Sheep slaughtering has become an assembly line, it’s really amazing!
This was the first time Li Long saw such a scene, and he was really shocked!
They didn't notice Li Long until the dog barked.
Li Long saw that Harimu was also among the people who were disemboweling and skinning him. He was with Yushanjiang.
The work in Harimu's hands was not finished. After Yushanjiang skinned a sheep and disemboweled it, he put down the knife in his hand, grabbed two handfuls of snow, rubbed his hands, and greeted Li Long with a smile. come over.
After greeting each other, Yushanjiang and Li Long slowly and steadily pushed the carriage across the ditch and arrived at the edge of the winter nest.
Those people basically stopped what they were doing and looked at Li Long and the things on the carriage with eager eyes.
"Two hundred kilograms of rice noodles, two hundred kilograms of coarse salt, brick tea, sugar cubes, fine salt... By the way, there are also commonly used medicines. I will tell you what medicines are used in a moment."
< br>Li Long gave these supplies to Harimu and Yushanjiang.
"The carriage is so big, it can only pull these things at one time. I will pull it next time."
"Enough, enough!" Yushanjiang said hurriedly, "Just those salts "Those vegetables, especially those medicines, are enough..."
"Not enough, not enough." Li Long had an idea in his mind. Thirty-five sheep, even if they weigh 15 kilograms each, are still four. More than a hundred kilograms, no matter how cheap it is, only 78 cents per kilogram is still 400 yuan. The total cost of bringing these things myself is less than three hundred yuan.
"Stop arguing." Harimu pointed to the cauldron and said:
"The mutton will be cooked soon, and the sheep is almost slaughtered. I asked people to unload the car, and we can almost eat the meat." Li Long, are you hungry too?”
"I must be hungry!" Li Long said with a smile, "I just had breakfast and haven't eaten lunch yet, so I'm just waiting for this meal."
"Hahahaha, I promise to keep you full! ”
It’s all a joke, but everyone is happy.
Li Long and the others unloaded the supplies and asked Harimu to write down the effects of the medicines. After the sheep were slaughtered over there, Li Long found out the identity of the person who was talking to the sheep slaughtering site next to the sheepfold: the imam.
The winter nest was too small, and several fires were lit outside. Harimu fished out the meat bones for everyone, and gnawed them while standing or sitting outside. There is also freshly made naan, which is delicious with mutton soup and skin sprouts.
Li Long was gnawing on a large piece of sheep neck. The stewed mutton is not very bad, but it is very chewy, so it tastes better when you eat it.
"Are you leaving today or tomorrow?" Harimu asked Li Long while chewing meat.
"This morning, send the mutton to the unit over there as soon as possible, so that I can get you some food."
"No, no, that's enough!" Harimu waved his hand.
"I'll take those things back when I come over." Li Long pointed to the internal organs, sewer, and sheep blood, "I'll stop by then."
He knew Harimu and the others. I don’t eat these things, this must be specially reserved for myself.
You don’t have to make money from mutton, just use these things to make money. After all, it was sold once last year.
“Well, you can take the sheepskin away with you then.” Harimu thought for a moment and said, “Let’s rub the sheepskin with salt and wrap the small intestine in it.”
Leather factories collect sheep skins, and foreign trade companies collect sheep intestines, which can be sold separately.
Li Long did not argue anymore.
While they were eating, No. 76 was also enjoying good treatment. Li Long came with a bag of sugar residue, and this is how delicious it is now.
After eating and resting for a while, Harimu greeted the boys to load the car.
Li Longrang loaded thirty sheep first - these thirty were sent to the sugar factory, and he planned to come over tomorrow to pick up the remaining five.
"I'll take care of that yellow sheep of yours after it melts. Then you can pull it together." Harimu pointed at the yellow sheep that had not yet thawed.
"Okay." Li Long was not polite to them either.
With their current relationship, being polite would actually create differences.
Thirty sheep were loaded into the cart, and the young men tied them firmly with ropes. They helped Li Long push the cart to a relatively gentle mountain road, and then they stopped and watched Li Long leave.
Li Long drove the car to the mountain pass as smoothly as possible. The next step was downhill, which was more friendly to No. 76.
All the way to Wuyi Highway, the sun was already setting in the west. Li Long originally planned to go to the sugar factory to deliver goods today, but he saw that even if he got to Shicheng before dark, he would probably return in the middle of the night.
He had no choice but to drive the carriage back to the big yard.
Before Gu Xiaoxia got off work, Li Long found a stool and stuffed it under the carriage shaft, set up the carriage, untied No. 76, and put it in the backyard to eat.
He was also very tired, but he still had enough energy to make a simple dinner, making soup, stir-frying some pickled meat and hot steamed buns.
When Gu Xiaoxia came back, she saw the door was open and knew that Li Long was back. She smiled and pushed the cart into the yard - Li Long didn't hang the door, just left it for her.
Early the next morning, after dinner, Li Long strapped on No. 76 and rushed to Shicheng with his gun. He was also wary of encountering those who were not discerning along the way, especially in the poplar forest section, but he did not expect that the whole journey would be smooth.
When he arrived at the sugar factory, Li Long told the guard and drove the carriage into the yard.
The smell of burnt sweetness filled the air. Li Long took a deep breath and drove the car to the front of the building.
Chief Hu, who got the news from the guard over there, had already arrived at the door with his people. He smiled and said to Li Long:
"Comrade Xiao Li, you are very efficient!"
"Haha, this is related to the welfare of our sugar factory employees, we must be very efficient!" Li Long can also say polite words.
“Our farmer brothers are very enlightened!” Section Chief Hu smiled and extended his thumb, “Look at this sheep...it’s not bad!”
The logistics people weighed thirty sheep. , four hundred and seventy-one kilograms, which surprised Li Long. This time Harimu and the others were dealing with big sheep!
The mutton can be seen to be quite fat with the naked eye, and the logistics people here are also very satisfied. After writing the invoice and signing the payment, it was 518 yuan and 10 cents. Li Long signed and took the money and let out a sigh of relief. This was considered the first step completed.
"Comrade Xiao Li, then we will wait for your next step of supplies." Section Chief Hu was also very satisfied. The logistics staff praised the mutton sent by Li Long. It was obvious that they were not just flattering him. This shows that this time At least the employees are satisfied with the choice.
"Okay, I will do it as soon as possible." Li Long thought about going into the mountain again and pulling back the remaining things in the mountain, and then he could go back to pull fish and rabbits.
"Comrade Xiao Li, do you want sugar dregs now? If you want, just go directly to the workshop. There is no need to run to the dregs pit." Section Chief Hu suddenly thought of something and said with a smile , "Let the workshop put it in a sack for you and take it away."
"Thank you very much!" Li Long only hesitated slightly and agreed.
Pulling a cart of twelve sacks of sugar residue out of the sugar factory, Li Long hummed a little tune, feeling really satisfied.
No. 76 also ate a lot while packing the sugar residue, so he enjoyed it in advance.
When walking back to Yang Shulinzi, Li Long saw the people in front of him. He really didn’t want to cause any more trouble, so he took out his gun and fired into the sky. Those who were still seventy or eighty meters away People were stunned for a moment when they heard the gunfire, and then they all dispersed.
Looking at these people fleeing into the poplar forest, Li Long sighed and endured it, it won’t be long.
It’s already January after all.
When crossing the checkpoint in front of the Mahe Bridge, a police officer asked Li Long:
"Did you hear any gunshots when you came here? Did you feel like there was something moving over there?"
"Yes, it seemed like it was in the woods." Li Long lied without blushing, "I don't know either. Because.”
The bayonet here basically does not check the vehicles pulling things like them, or the pedestrians passing by.
Back in the county, Li Long bought a few buns at the Big Meat Canteen and drove the carriage to the team.
As expected, the plan did not change quickly.
Returning to Lao Ma's house and unloading six bags of sugar residue, Uncle Luo was very happy.
“With these sugar residues, the deer, roe deer and wild boar will be able to gain a few more kilograms this winter.”
“Uncle Luo, you are busy, I have to go to my elder brother’s place Unload some.”
"You are busy with your business." Old Uncle Luo knew that Li Long was very busy recently and said hurriedly, "You don't have to worry about it here, I can take care of it."
Li Long led the carriage to his eldest brother's house. There is no one in the yard today.
But there was a faint fishy smell in the air. Apparently even in winter, the fishy smell can't be suppressed.
Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei came out of the house after hearing the commotion, and were a little surprised when they saw the sugar residue on Li Long's carriage.
“When we were pulling the sheep over, the people were so enthusiastic that they asked me to load a cart of sugar residue.” Li Long explained, “I put six bags at Lao Ma Hao.”
< br>The three people unloaded the remaining sugar residue. Li Jianguo unloaded No. 76 and pulled it into the circle to clean it up. Li Long pushed the carriage under the shed and put it away, feeling relieved.
"The number of rabbits has exceeded 100, and the number of fish has exceeded 600 kilograms." After Li Jianguo came back, he said to Li Long, "Do you want to continue collecting?"
"Continue." Li Long said, "As long as the people in the team can be arrested, we will take it. Is the money enough?"
"Enough." Li Jianguo said, "I don't have enough money later. I have more here. You are busy. It’s yours, don’t worry about it.”
Li Long didn’t ask again.
The more things you can receive, the better, and the more money you can sell years ago.
Originally, Li Long planned to rush back to the county after unloading the sugar residue and go shopping in the mountains the next day, but Li Jianguo persuaded him to stop.
"You are young, so it's a good thing that you can fight, but you can't do it like this." Li Long could still listen to Li Jianguo's words, "The time given is ten days and a half. You don't have to finish it in a week. .We can take our time, this guy. It’s not a machine. Even if you are young, your body still needs to rest. You can’t wait until you are old. It hurts here and there.”
Listen to Big Brother, even if Li Long takes a rest in the afternoon, It was a relatively leisurely life. He went to Xiaohaizi to watch Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang fishing for fish, and found that several more people were digging holes in the ice to fish for fish in Xiaohaizi.
This is also a good thing. The trend that I started has allowed more people to make money.
Yang Yongqiang was a little resentful. Because there were so many people breaking holes in the ice, the fish caught yesterday and today were only more than 30 kilograms, which was obviously not as much as the previous two days.
"Haha, just a little less." Li Long didn't care that much, "Has anyone gone to Dahaizi?"
"Yes, but I heard that when you break a hole in the ice, you can catch less than two kilograms of fish in one day. The fish in there will have to wait for two or three years." It is clean, the fish in the downstream reservoir are also swimming upstream, and it will take several years for the fish in the big sea to recover.
In the evening, we stewed fish soup in the horse house with pancakes. Li Long drank two large bowls of it and felt great.
In the past few days, I have been working in raids and rushing to eat. I finally took a break and drank this delicious fish soup. It was really enjoyable!
There was only half a day of leisure, and Li Long drove the carriage to the county early the next day.
This time he mainly hauled food. He didn't have enough food stamps, so Li Long went directly to the market to buy high-priced food without using tickets. He went to the vegetable store and bought two bags of skin sprouts, wrapped them in a few more layers, and drove to the mountains. go.
I am familiar with the road. I walked there on the 76th and I know how to go. This time I didn’t carry as many things as I did last time, and it was a lot easier. When he arrived at Harimu's winter nest, Li Long found that the trough where the sheep's blood was kept was missing. The mutton and haggis were also missing, and there was a lot of snow outside the winter nest - Li Long guessed that the things should be under the snow.
What surprised him was that there were two wolves hanging next to the sheepfold!
It seems that these goods were ambushed while trying to steal something in the middle of the night.
The barking of the dog attracted Harimu out, followed by his two sons.
Li Long guessed that Yushanjiang and the others should have returned to their homes.
Halimu followed Li Long and drove the car to Dongwozi. After unloading the grain, Li Long drank the milk tea and warmed up before starting to load the car.
There are many things to do, and he plans to go back as soon as possible, even if he returns to the county.
Put the sheepskin at the bottom, prop up the shelf, and then put the mutton and offal. These offal are all frozen together, which is quite convenient. And those frozen pieces of sheep blood.
"There are still a few skins." Harimu said, "Take the deerskin and wolfskin and sell them with these sheepskins. You have worked hard these days."
Li Long didn't say much. They had a deep friendship and some things were difficult to calculate.
When he went back, Li Long let out a sigh of relief. The mountain side was basically finished. He wouldn't come back for a while. The next step was the team side.
In two or three days, this matter will be over.
In the words of Section Chief Hu, his efficiency is really high.
Of course, I don’t earn much, but I keep this line and the water flows steadily.
After all, such a big factory is there, and even the sugar residue cannot be thrown away.
On the way back, No. 76 seemed to know that Li Long was in a good mood and the speed was not slow. Li Long was sitting in the carriage with the sun shining on his back, feeling like he wanted to sleep.
Very good. (End of this chapter)