"One hundred and fifty each for you two." Li Long said, "This counts as the money for getting those fish and rabbits before today. From tomorrow on, if we sell fish and rabbits again, we will pay extra."
“Okay!”
“Thank you, Brother Long!”
Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang agreed with smiles.
Li Long counted out the money and handed it to them respectively, and said: "Take the money back and put it away first. You haven't had dinner yet? Uncle Luo has made delicious food. Come over for a drink later."
"Brother Long, I won't drink anymore..." Tao Daqiang smiled naively.
"If you don't drink, there is a small bottle of champagne. By the way, you can take two bottles back for your wife to drink. Yongqiang, you can also take two bottles back and give them to your family to try." Li Long took out the small bottle of champagne and said, " This is sweet water. You should know that it’s okay for a woman to drink it without alcohol.”
“Okay,” Tao Daqiang agreed.
The two people took the money and a small bottle of champagne and left chatting and laughing. Li Long let out a sigh of relief. Next, he was going to buy more food for the mountains.
Some people may think that mountain people eat less food, and some may think that mountain people only eat meat - how is that possible?
Food, which is what fitness experts usually call carbohydrates, is the main source of energy. No matter where you live, you basically need to eat a variety of food.
The staple food of the herdsmen in the mountains is actually grain, which is the naan they make. In Mongolia, they have fried rice and drink it with milk tea. They also have their own vegetables, but they are different from the vegetables in the ordinary sense of the Han people, or the types are relatively simple.
If they can eat enough food, they will be very happy.
Cattle and sheep are their wealth, and it is impossible for them to kill sheep and eat meat every day. After all, there are only so many livestock. What will happen after eating them?
But also to guard against natural disasters, diseases, etc.
So I usually don’t eat much meat. Meat is only eaten on important holidays when guests come.
When Li Long first came to Harimu's house, they only had milk tea and naan. When the whole country is in difficulty, it is impossible to have so much fine-grained white flour, so they have their own mixed-noodle naan - baked with cornmeal or other coarse grains, also called mixed naan (hybrid naan), which lasts until February In the 1120s, in the small alleys of Yining, some ethnic minority naan shops could still be purchased.
Of course, if there is white flour, they will naturally make white flour naan. At this time, fine grains are also valuable to them.
Rice is mainly used for eating pilaf, and not much else. Some people also eat fried rice, but very little.
So Li Long will bring a large amount of food, which is very precious to the herdsmen who spend the winter, more precious than cattle and sheep.
Uncle Luo was cooking, and Li Long didn't know if Tao Daqiang and the others would come back. This time he planned to drink a few bottles of Baiyang Tequ that he had here.
After listening to his elder brother's words during lunch, he thought that when he had time to go to a department store or food company, he would buy some Yilite and keep it. Although I don’t like drinking very much, there are some occasions where drinking is unavoidable, so it’s better to prepare it in advance.
There is also the matter of getting married. Li Long is already thinking about whether to prepare bottled wine by then, or follow the trend and get some bulk wine?
While Li Long was still thinking, Old Uncle Luo had already started to serve the dishes. Li Long went over to help. After a while, Tao Daqiang came over with a bag of fried crucian carp. He found the fish He put a plate on the table and said with a smile:
“I’ll add another dish.”
"Okay, dry-fried small crucian carp." Li Long said with a smile, "It smells good."
"They are all small fish, not only crucian carp, but also pike. They are not big. After frying a bite One, it tastes amazing," Tao Daqiang boasted, "My wife. "It's fried."
"Come, help set the table." Li Long greeted, "It's good to have a wife. Your life will be better as time goes by."
Tao Daqiang is a little proud. He smiled and then set the table and put things on it.
After a while, Yang Yongqiang came over. He was also carrying something in his hand, which was a pot of braised offal.
"My dad made this braised food. It tastes really delicious to me." Yang Yongqiang put the braised food on the table and helped along with him.
After putting things away, Li Long first asked Old Uncle Luo to sit down, and then he sat down and asked Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang to sit down. He unscrewed the wine bottle and started pouring wine.
"Drink something today. The big job of the year before is over, and this year is almost over. Come on, this time we all contributed, you two are doing the fish and the rabbit, old man Uncle Luo is here to protect us. Every time I come back, there will be hot meals and good food. Eat, as for me, needless to say, this trip is over now, come on, let’s have a drink!”
Li Long raised his glass, Old Uncle Luo followed, and Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang hurriedly raised their glasses too! The four people clinked the cups and drank them all in one gulp. Tao Daqiang drank a small bottle of champagne, and he was a little embarrassed. But no one said anything about him.
“This bottle of wine is different from drinking loose wine.” Old Uncle Luo put down the cup after drinking, wiped his mouth, and said with emotion, “It’s because I followed you that I drank it now Bottle wine, I used to think it would be nice to have a glass of wine from time to time.”
"Eat, eat, eat." Li Long said with a smile, "The first drink just now, let's find an excuse, now let's eat first." Eat and drink while wearing clothes. The sky gradually darkened, Li Long turned on the light, and the four of them chatted while eating.
"...To talk about today's life, it is better now." Old Uncle Luo got older and drank again. He made a habitual comparison, "I didn't have enough to eat before. Don't talk about meat at that time." It will be good if we can have something to eat. After we finish the war, we will go home and farm, just thinking about having nothing to do and living a good life..."
Li Long thought of those who were found in later generations. Almost all of them are battle heroes, and they all wear medals or medals. They didn't want any benefits. After the war and demobilization, they would just farm or work honestly. To them, the things they did were nothing.
And the people who came later, those who enjoyed the happy life they exchanged with their blood and even their lives, listened to them talk about their combat experiences, some of them almost couldn't believe it.
And some big Vs with ulterior motives will deny their achievements and say that what they do is something that normal people cannot do.
It can only be said that they underestimated the determination of the heroic veterans to create a peaceful environment for the younger generations.
This is the case with the man in front of him. He fought in the war, but he did not feel that he was a hero. Like those heroic veterans who were finally discovered, he felt that compared with those comrades who died on the battlefield, They're lucky to be alive.
Simple veteran thoughts.
“Now that I can eat, it’s all thanks to Uncle Luo that you won that battle.” Li Long picked up the cup and said, “No one will fight with us again in the future, and the days will get better and better. Just take your time and enjoy your happiness.”
"I'm enjoying myself now." Old Uncle Luo picked up a chopstick and put it in the water while eating. "At that time, the food we ate during the war was fried rice and noodles. How could we have thought that we could still eat meat every day?"
"Then You should enjoy it too," Li Long said, holding up the cup. Come on, let’s pay respect to old Uncle Luo. If they hadn’t fought, we wouldn’t know what our lives would be like now.”
People today actually don’t have that deep impression of the founding war and the subsequent events. In fact, the self-defense counterattack is not deeply felt. After all, there is no Internet yet, and there are not so many people talking about the historical significance of those wars.
The two lives of Li Long, from the experience of not having enough to eat to the end of three highs - although he was sick, it was really the result of eating.
Where did the good days come from? Aren't they the things these veterans bought with their blood and even their lives?
He looked at Old Uncle Luo's wrinkled face and thought of an old man who once told a reporter in dialect, "I still want to hang out on the 38th Line." The two faces overlapped.
In a big way, this is revolutionary optimism. In a small way, this is really not afraid of death - for the future generations to live a good life, really not afraid of death!
“It’s impossible…” Old Uncle Luo also picked up the cup and said with a smile, “Compared with those comrades who fell on the battlefield, we are already very happy, and the country also pays money…”
This is so similar - they don't think they are heroes. The topic was a bit heavy. Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang, who had never experienced the baptism of the Internet, didn't know how to answer the conversation. Li Long changed the topic and asked Tao Daqiang:
"Daqiang, it's been a year, and life has been much better. I want to Haven’t thought about what to do next? ”
“Me?” Tao Daqiang didn’t expect that it would be his turn next. He touched his head and said with a naive smile, “I think it’s pretty good now. I have extra money in my hand and extra food at home. I'm married, and I'm waiting to have a baby next. Baby, I think life is enough for me, but I don’t dare to think about it anymore.”
Okay, I don’t say I have no ambitions, I can only say that I lived a poor life for a long time, and now I just have to live in poverty. I want to live a peaceful and happy life peacefully.
It can be considered a pursuit.
“Then you don’t plan to earn more money next year and renovate your house? You have a baby later, and the house now is not enough to live in. For example, save some money and build a house. A brick-and-skin house? ”
Brick-clad houses are actually very good and expensive houses nowadays. They are similar to the kiln with green bricks that Sun Shaoan gave his family in "The Ordinary World". They use adobe to build the house, and finally use brick cladding. The bread layer looks like a brick house from the outside, but actually the core inside is made of adobe.
This kind of house is not just a flashy one. In northern Xinjiang, an adobe house is actually the most suitable for being warm in winter and cool in summer. In the 21st century, everyone has built pure brick houses, which are good-looking. However, as the weather gets hotter and hotter, the shortcomings of brick houses are revealed. In summer, it is hot outside, and it is also hot inside the house. Because bricks have better thermal conductivity than adobe, when the outside is hot, the inside will also be hot.
Adobe houses are different. They have poor thermal conductivity. Even if it is hot outside, it will still be cold inside.
The same is true in winter. There is a stove burning in the house and a fire wall. The outside of the adobe house is cold, so less cold air is transmitted into the house, and less heat is transmitted out of the house, so it can be warm in winter and cool in summer.
But pure brick houses dissipate heat quickly in winter and need to burn more coal. Fortunately, in the 1920s, the state provided subsidies for exterior wall insulation, and every household had exterior wall insulation. It would be better. Some.
But this gave rise to another problem. Because of the external walls to keep warm, some families in the village bought buildings in the county and went upstairs to melt the snow and enter the courtyard in winter. When we entered the hospital, because of the external wall insulation, the moisture and cold air in the house could not be discharged. The sun was shining outside and it was very warm, but the house was still cold at night and a stove was needed.
Finally, subsidies for electric heating were introduced. Those who went upstairs in winter turned on the electric heating and kept the temperature at ten degrees. In this way, the room was always above zero and there was no moisture - but it would have to be heated throughout the winter. For one or two thousand yuan of electricity, there is nothing we can do about it.
"Build a brick to cover it? If I don't have that money, I won't do that!" Tao Daqiang shook his head firmly, "Just an adobe house will be fine. I have to build a big house, otherwise my family won't be able to live in it, and It’s not very convenient.”
Li Long didn’t want to go any further, so he asked Yang Yongqiang:
“What about you? Yongqiang, what do you think?”
"Me?" Yang Yongqiang was tearing into a fried small crucian carp. Listening to Li Long's words, he finished the fish in a few mouthfuls, wiped the oil on his clothes and shoes randomly, and then said:
< br>"I plan to make more money. I will give my sister a hand first so that I can take the exam." Technical secondary school or normal school, that would be the best. After she gets admitted, I will think about building a brick house, a brick-clad one, big and bright, and then the whole family can move in. When the time comes, I will also marry a wife. Hehe, I will get a bicycle and ride it, and work around the house. Get a carriage."
"You two don't want to get a small four-wheel tractor for home work?"
"Hehe, can I get a grasshopper leg? I can even dream of laughing until dawn!" Tao Daqiang really dared to say now, "Then One machine can only cost several thousand! When can we earn more?”
“The land will be contracted next year,” Li Long said. “We’ll see if we can contract some more land and make some money.” Something, I plan to do some planning then.”
Li Long said this, Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang looked at each other, and then Tao Daqiang said:
"Brother Long, I will sow what you sow. If my father is not willing, then I will follow you on my share of the land. "
Yang Yongqiang didn't say anything, just nodded, his expression was very determined.
"Then I will find out more about it and let you know when it's done." Li Long said, "We can make some money by doing small things, I can make more, and you can make less. Later, if you can make money from farming, you can make a lot of money. Then it will not be a problem whether you build a brick house or save for two years to buy a tractor. "
Now. A small four-wheel tractor with 12 horsepower costs about five to six thousand yuan. Grasshopper legs are cheaper, but the power may be lower.
Nowadays, a brick costs about three cents. It takes about 10,000 bricks to build a three-room house covered with bricks, and 60,000 to 70,000 bricks for an all-brick house. Of course, it is a big house with a construction area of 1,450 square meters. The kind with cubicles.
Li Long is thinking that if he builds a house next year, he will need to prepare wood, reed handles, bricks, and adobe. In particular, purlins and rafters need to be prepared in advance.
He can get wood without spending money, but bricks must be bought. There is only one state-owned brick factory in Ma County now, and the price of bricks follows the price of coal. If you want to buy it, you have to say it in advance.
Li Long suddenly thought of something. In fact, it is quite profitable to run a brick factory now. Because from now on, the reform and opening up in northern Xinjiang will be gradually implemented, and individuals will gradually be allowed to run businesses. The point is that there will definitely be a large-scale construction next. Whether it is official or private, the amount of bricks used will definitely increase greatly. Not only bricks, but also bricks that people are accustomed to using. Tile factories that are rarely used by local people are very profitable. money.
It's not impossible to do this...
Li Long's thoughts were divergent, and Tao Daqiang, Yang Yongqiang and the others did not waste any time and chatted with each other.
Li Long did his own calculations and found that the money he had saved was almost over 10,000 yuan. If he sold fish a few times before the end of the year, it would not be much more. In this case, if you buy a tractor and build a house, you will have enough money for materials, but you will definitely need to hire labor, which may not be enough.
There is still one month left before the Chinese New Year, and the Chinese New Year is late this year. If we make some other activities before the year to see if we can make more money, then we may have all the things ready by then.
Of course, just thinking about it, plans don’t change as fast as plans. He has known this for two generations. Things are like this, no matter what you want, fate may not let you achieve your goals so easily.
So in terms of money, there must be a certain amount of redundancy.
Of course, he will definitely be able to afford it in the end, and Li Long has this confidence. The tasks we have to do now will basically not change with Li Xiangqian here. The point is that he wants to expand his sources of income. Otherwise, he will just rely on the current ones and he will be able to survive.
Although for ordinary families, this is already very impressive. Who would dare to think of a household worth 10,000 yuan a year?
But for Li Long and what he wants to do, this is still far from it.
Keep up the good work.
Compared with the three of them, Old Uncle Luo has the least ideas about his future life. This was the happiest life he could ever have. You have a brick house to live in, you have meat to eat every day, you get a salary every month, the state also pays you money, the land is planted, and you do the work you are happy to do, what else do you want?
Although he had no descendants, the three young men in front of him all respected him, and he was very content.
Unconsciously, the four of them were eating and drinking late into the night. Old Uncle Luo couldn't bear it at first. He drank almost a bottle of 500 grams of wine today, which was a bit much, so Li Long helped him to sleep.
Yang Yongqiang drank a lot, and then talked more. He asked Tao Daqiang to tell his wife to help him find a partner, and then told Li Long that his sister was good at studying, and he actually wanted her to take the exam. I'm from college, but my sister wants to pass the exam. College or normal school, so that after three years you can work directly, and you are still a national cadre...
Although Tao Daqiang drank small champagne, in this atmosphere, he couldn't help but complain about his elder brother's behavior from time to time He came to his father to ask for money and things.
Tao Daqiang would not say such things before, but things have changed now.
Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite!
Of course, for Li Long, these are actually trivial matters. Going out more has broadened his horizons, and some things are really not worth mentioning in his opinion.
Let’s think about how to develop financial resources and earn a tractor!
He also wanted the car to arrive in one step, but that was impossible. Now the collective enterprise in the county has a transportation company. What kind of transportation is used there?
The carriage!
Want to buy a car privately? It’s better to save some money first, it’s early! (End of this chapter)