Liang Yuemei cooked an extra dish at noon, and Li Long took out the Maotai he bought.
"Soy sauce? That song has such a strong flavor, what are you drinking? You lost money on this wine!" Li Jianguo looked at the wine, slapped his thigh and said, "This wine isn't cheap, is it? Can I return it?" If you want to return it, just return it. What’s the point of drinking this wine?”
As expected, the guy at the counter made it right.
“This wine is a famous brand.” Li Long said with a smile, “Why don’t you drink some and try it?”
“If you don’t want to drink it, don’t drink it. I drank it before and the taste of the song was too strong. I can't get used to it." Li Jianguo turned around and took out a plastic cage from under the bed - it was actually a flat square plastic pot with a capacity of one liter, three liters, five liters and ten liters.
Since this thing was sold in the sales department, people really like it - farmers use it to bring water to work in the fields, use it to make wine, pour honey, and herdsmen also use it to make homemade sour mare milk. Come and pretend.
Almost a universal pot.
What Li Jianguo took out was a five-liter pot, which contained most of what Li Long guessed was wine.
"If you want to drink it, drink this. Don't look at it. It's in a cup. This is in bulk. This is a serious grain wine, produced by a food company winery."
"Brother, when did you buy it?" Li Long was a little surprised. He seemed to have never seen his eldest brother buy this wine, but to be honest, his eldest brother Li Jianguo's drinking capacity was really extraordinary.
"Buy? I didn't buy it. Someone gave it to me." Li Jianguo sat down and opened the cage. Li Long went to get three cups and put them on the table.
Li Juan and Li Qiang also put down their things at this time and came over to prepare for dinner. The door of the cage was opened, and the smell of wine floated out. It was so fragrant.
Not to mention how it tastes when you drink it, but it tastes really good.
"Dad, can I drink?" Li Qiang asked boldly.
"You can't drink it. You can't drink it even if you haven't gone to college." Li Long said first, "Adults can drink this wine, but children can drink it and burn their brains. It can burn people stupid!"
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"Then I won't drink!" Li Qiang hugged his head, "I don't want to turn into a big spoon!"
Dashio is a fool in the village. It should be said that he is mentally retarded and does not bully others. He is a bit like a later generation. Like the legendary village guard. Of course, his name was determined when he was born, so his younger brother was called Gashao. His younger brother was not stupid at all. He had been raising his older brother after his parents passed away. After the township nursing home was disbanded, Dashao lived in his younger brother's house.
There are two mentally retarded people and one mentally ill person in the entire team. The two mentally retarded people have the IQ of a seven or eight-year-old child and can communicate. One was born this way, and the other had a fever when he was a child and his brain was burned out.
The one with mental illness - Li Long suddenly thought of something. That woman was usually very good, independent, and did not communicate with others. She seemed to suddenly become ill after more than ten years and used a shovel to kill a child. He was hacked to death—you should be reminded then, right?
Liang Yuemei brought the rice, and Li Juan followed her mother to share the bowls and chopsticks.
"Two drinks?" Liang Yuemei asked in surprise when she saw the wine glass.
Usually drinking in the evening, because it does not hinder work. After all, if you drink at noon during the day, you will be delayed if you have something to do in the afternoon.
“It’s okay, I’ve done everything I need to do.” Li Jianguo said with a smile, “You have a drink too. What Xiaolong brought was Moutai. The liquor had a strong flavor, so I sent the food company over. Take out the wine and have a drink.”
“The wine sent by the food company. ?" Li Long was even more surprised, "Can you still give us wine?"
"Haha, I don't know." Li Jianguo waited for everyone to sit down and said to Li Juan and Li Qiang, "You guys can eat. , your uncle and I want to have two drinks, and you can go play after eating.”
Li Juan and Li Qiang nodded and started eating.
"I'm going to pick up two more dishes." Liang Yuemei stood up and said.
"No, sister-in-law, this is enough." Li Long said hurriedly, "That's enough."
"Stop it." Li Jianguo also said, "We are not outsiders."< br>
After that, he said to Li Long:
"Don't we grow rice in our team? The rice bran left after grinding the rice into rice will be used by the winery of the food company to distribute music, so why not have a good relationship with us?"
There is also this One word?
Li Long really didn’t pay attention to it before.
"Don't think this is loose wine. It's not as good-looking as the one in your bottle, but it tastes good." Li Jianguo poured three glasses of wine from the bottom of the plastic cage, then put down the cage and closed the lid and said:
“There are two wineries in our county. The former forestry farm and the county food company all use grains to brew the wine, and the wine is good. It is not like the wines from my hometown, which are made from sweet potatoes and dried sweet potatoes. That wine gives me a headache! ! Let’s call it a headache!”
"Baigan?" Li Long remembered the famous brand of later generations and asked: "Where is Baigan?"
"It seems to be Dan County? By the way, there is also Gujinggong, which is also a headache! Yanghe Daqu, Shuanggou Daqu is better, but when we live here, if we really want to drink a bottle of wine, we still have to drink Yilit or Kuitun. Of course, Santai, Baiyang, and Gucheng are also good. But the wine is expensive in a bottle, and this is a loose wine. It tastes good when it’s delivered!” (This is how people used to say about wine, no. Representing the present)
As he said this, Li Jianguo picked up the cup and gestured to Li Long, then drank it all in one gulp.
Li Long knew Li Jianguo's habits. He was his younger brother, so he definitely couldn't respect him. Li Jianguo drank a lot, and it didn't matter whether he had food in his stomach or not. It didn't matter if he just had a drink - even if it contained fifty grams.
Li Long picked up the cup and smelled it. It was really fragrant, but as soon as the wine touched his mouth, he felt the spiciness. He knew that he should not be afraid at this time, so he raised his head and drank.
Fortunately, I didn't feel cold but hot.
That's it.
Li Long has a habit of drinking. Once he feels the wine is cold after taking the first sip, he can't drink it. Otherwise, it will be completely broken and he will vomit.
But it was still spicy. He hurriedly picked up the chopsticks to pick up the vegetables and ate them, pressing them down.
Liang Yuemei did not move the cup, she waved her hand:
"You guys drink, I only have this one. I have to eat something before drinking."
"Look, this is spicy in the mouth and has a fragrant aftertaste, which is different from that dry sweet potato wine." Li Jianguo lifted up the cage again and took it off. The lid was carefully poured for the two of them.
The cage is big and the cup is small, so it is easy to spill out if you are not careful.
After drinking a glass of wine, Li Long felt hot all over his body, and his mouth was filled with the smell of alcohol. As he ate, he asked:
"Brother, the wine in our county is the best." No name?”
He vaguely remembered that many wineries were closed down in later generations, but in his memory it seemed that there were wineries in every county, but he really had no impression of the wine in the county. Is it rare to keep making bulk wine?
After all, this is also an ancient city. The name of the ancient city was used by Qitai. Of course, the ancient city of Beiting has a long history and is much more famous. Danma County is not much different, right?
"No. Both wineries make bulk wine," Li Jianguo straightened up his chopsticks, picked up pickles, took a bite, wiped his mouth and put down his chopsticks and said:
"Bulk wine is not that The cost is high and there are not so many troublesome procedures. Once done, you can sell it directly to the store. Just like the people in our team also recognize this wine, and the herdsmen in the mountains also recognize this wine, isn’t that okay? To make a brand, you have to get a bottle and add a trademark, not to mention the increased cost, and the winery in our county does not Such a large output..."
Okay, is this a small rich man who is safe or short-sighted?
Li Long took two more bites of food, raised his wine glass and said to Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei:
"Brother, sister-in-law, it's almost the Chinese New Year, let's have a drink. Last year, I can say it was better than previous years. Before. I’m not sensible. I thought it was okay last year. We will be better in the future!”
“Hey,” Li Jianguo said happily, “Xiaolong, your words are getting better and better.”
"That's right!" Liang Yuemei also picked up the cup, "Thanks to you last year, I haven't eaten less meat this year. Both Juan and Qiangqiang have gained weight and started eating. Life at home It would be better, but if we push it forward two years, who would have thought that we wouldn’t dare to feed our children with fine grains every day?”
Liang Yuemei’s words are the most intuitive reflection of the life of farmers. . Before last year, there was no distribution of farmland to each household. The grain distribution at the end of the year was based on the ratio of 28%, 80% coarse grain and 20% fine grain. The fine grain could only be eaten by children, and Li Long could also eat it.
But only two portions of fine grains were not enough, and Li Long had a big appetite.
If you don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are, it’s difficult for a good woman to make a meal without rice, so Liang Yuemei is the most difficult one.
There was a turn for the better during the Chinese New Year last year. Li Long went to pull wood and brought back frozen sheep, and then he fished to get money to buy fine grains, and then...
He was able to eat meat every day.
This kind of life was impossible even for some small landowners in the old society.
That's why Liang Yuemei said this.
The three of them drank the wine with emotion in their hearts.
These days are really great. "It can be even better later." Li Long said suddenly. He took the cage from Li Jianguo and poured the wine himself. As he poured it, he said, "After the New Year, it should be time to contract the land. At that time, we Acquire more land, not only grow food, but also grow some cash crops, and you can gradually become rich by farming.” Scale means there are many plots of land, and secondly, you have to plant the right things. Li Long has actually been thinking about this matter. Based on the relationship between me and my eldest brother, it is impossible for my eldest brother to work with me all the time, so I still have self-respect.
The eldest brother's strength is farming, and the first round of land contracting is about to begin in 1983. The fourth team is uniquely blessed with more land, much more land than other teams, and when the land is contracted, as long as you have money, you can contract it.
He vaguely remembered that when the land was contracted, it was based on the output. For example, the output of the first-class land was 200 kilograms, and one share of twenty acres of land. The initial contract period was fifteen years, and the price was three thousand yuan per share. In fact, this Contracting fees are very cheap.
Fifteen years later, in 1997 and 1998, the land will be re-contracted for the second round, and the land can be continued to be contracted. At that time, the land will not be moved. In other words, if you have contracted for the second round, the land contract for the next round is only verbal, but in fact the land will not be moved.
It was not obvious at first, but by the 1920s, whoever had more land would make money. This was the case in northern Xinjiang.
The annual contracting fee for an acre of land in Ma County has reached 1,500 yuan, and the more expensive ones are as high as 1,800 yuan. Even if you don’t farm the land and just contract it out, a family can have 100 acres of land. , a year of pure income of more than 100,000, isn't it delicious?
Of course, most families did not have that much land at that time.
Because farming is really not profitable in the early stage. Since the early 1980s, the price of wheat has increased from 20 to 30 cents to 30 to 40 cents in the early 2020s, which is considered to have increased more than ten times. In fact, what about other things? The house has increased more than a hundred times!
The farmers in northern Xinjiang are actually pretty good. Others cannot be mentioned.
"The land fee is not cheap..." Li Jianguo sighed, "Our family has saved some money and can contract some, but it's hard to say for other families..."
This It was also the first round of land contracting. Most families were basically contracted for a share of land, and some were not contracted at all.
Can't afford it.
The land was still owned by the team, and of course there were many contractors. Later, each company gradually contracted some. After all, land carries the hope of farmers’ lives.
"What kind of thing is good?" Liang Yuemei asked. Wheat and corn must be planted, after all, they have to pay public grain. Rapeseed also needs to be planted. There are still few oilseed sunflowers planted at present, and the yield is not high. Most of these are grown for public consumption and for home consumption.
If you want to make money, you can only grow cash crops.
"Sugar beet is fine." Li Long thought for a while and said, "The Shicheng Sugar Factory will collect it. It costs labor to grow it. It is troublesome to dig. Then, you can plant melons."
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"Play melon?" Liang Yuemei was stunned for a moment.
"I have grown melons before." Li Jianguo coughed slightly and said, "I have grown them in the Corps before, using seeds. But it is troublesome to pick out the seeds! The seeds are expensive, several yuan per kilogram. "Oh!"
"So expensive?" Liang Yuemei asked.
"Yes, it's the black melon seeds." Li Jianguo said, "One acre of land can produce more than 100 kilograms of melon seeds. At that time, one kilogram of melon seeds cost two pieces, right? Now maybe Is it expensive?”
“Three "RMB, at least three yuan." Li Long vaguely remembered the price and said, "There is actually a way to pick out the seeds. Our family raises pigs and uses this method to pick out the seeds and sell them, and the skin and pulp can be fed. Pig, same as beet.”
"If you can dig out the seeds properly, you can plant this thing." Li Jianguo nodded.
Li Long told him the method that later generations would know.
"Is it possible?" Li Jianguo was a little confused.
"I'm sure it will work. I'll try it next year and we'll know how many acres we plant." Li Long said with a smile, "The Shicheng Roasted Seeds Factory will definitely harvest it. When spring comes, I'll ask the seed company who may also harvest it. Where are they? There should be some who sell seeds.”
Li Long feels that these two things are more feasible for the time being.
In fact, in later generations, because of the large land area, everyone tried to grow various crops. For example, watermelon, muskmelon, tomatoes (used for making sauce, not for cooking, commonly known as canned persimmons), grapes, edible sunflowers, millet, upland rice, etc.
In the end, the most cultivated areas were cotton, followed by tomatoes and grapes. These three almost swept up all the nearby land, and the scale of cotton planting in Ma County reached one million acres.
Once something becomes large-scale, it is difficult to change it, such as the cotton here, the peppers in Anjihai, the wolfberry in Jinghe, etc.
“As long as we are sure to harvest something, then we will plant it!” Liang Yuemei said, “We are not afraid of hard work, but we are afraid that no one will let the things we plant rot in the ground. Xiaolong, please ask more about it later. ...I’ll have another one!”
The three of them had a drink together, and Li Long poured the wine. At this time, Li Juan and Li Qiang had already finished eating, took the bowls and chopsticks to the kitchen, and went to play.
"This wine tastes really good." Li Long sighed. I didn’t drink much before, and I didn’t have much thought about wine in my last life. I just thought it was spicy. Today, while we were chatting and drinking, I felt pretty good.
“That’s right, it’s made from grain, it’s not adulterated, and there’s nothing bad about it.” Li Jianguo wiped his mouth and said with a smile, “As long as you don’t drink to death, you’ll be considered drunk if you drink a little. It’s better to just take a nap.”
“ Some people are sleeping and some are not." Liang Yuemei stopped drinking and complained, "Like that old man in the team, who made a fool of himself after drinking and stuffed raw fish into his mouth..."
< br>Well, not everyone goes to sleep when they are drunk. The Li family is like this, but other families are not the same. There are a few drunkards everywhere.
Li Long sighed, he should be more restrained in drinking from now on. After all, drinking too much is not good for anyone.
This year has passed, and Li Long feels that he has done a lot of things, and he is actually quite proud of it. Not only has it changed my own life, but it has also changed the lives of my eldest brother, his parents, including Tao Daqiang and others for the better.
This is really good. Li Long thinks he is not very capable, but with these changes, he will become more confident. Every decision he makes next may affect a person's life, but he will be very cautious and the decisions he makes are all well-founded.
If you have money in your pocket, you will not panic in your heart, you will have the confidence to do things, and even if you fail, you will have the ability to stand up again.
After three glasses of wine, Li Long stopped drinking, picked up his rice bowl and started eating.
Li Jianguo did not persuade him. He drank two more glasses and tasted the wine beautifully. Then he covered the plastic cage and put it under the bed and started eating.
"These days are so beautiful!" Li Jianguo suddenly sighed while eating, "Think about when Juan was a child, she could only eat meat once or twice a year. Fish was often eaten, which is different from meat. Now, hehe... …”
He didn’t finish what he said, but everyone understood what he meant.
After dinner, Li Long leaned against the fire wall and chatted with his elder brother for a while. After feeling better, he took a few bottles of champagne, put on his coat and went out.
My head is a little dizzy, but this wine is quite strong. It feels like the alcohol content is at least fifty. He planned to go back to the horse and take a nap before resting.
Think about it, Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang should have gone home for dinner now. Will they go to Xiaohaizi to catch fish in the afternoon?
This was just a fleeting thought. He planned to wait until the two of them came over in the evening before giving them money.
I think the two of you are looking forward to it, right?
To be honest, I am tired and so are they.
We are all running towards a better life. Only with this hard work can we be worthy of this harvest.
After arriving at Laoma No., after speaking to Uncle Luo, Li Long entered the house, closed the door, and fell asleep.
When he woke up, it was a little dark outside. Li Long looked at his watch and saw that he had slept for two hours. He got up and rubbed his eyes. He was still a little dizzy, but it didn't matter. He moved around a lot. After he went out and put the water in, he went to the pen to see the wild boars, deer, and roe deer. They were all fine.
Old Uncle Luo was already cooking in the kitchen, and Li Long could smell the fish.
It seems that I once broke the fish into pieces and ate it?
That should be it, right?
While Li Long was guessing, he saw Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang entering the horse gate together.
"Brother Long, did this trip go well?" Yang Yongqiang asked after seeing Li Long.
"It went well, just in time. Let's go to the house and divide the money between you." Li Long smiled and entered the house first.
Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang walked into the room full of expectation.
My mind is full of thoughts: How many points can be divided? (End of this chapter)