Li Long didn't agree very much with this life-saving effort. He thought it was half and half. He was not being pretentious. He still had those words in his mind. If it weren't for him, the three Liang brothers wouldn't have come here to break holes in the ice to catch fish.
After reviving his life, Li Long was still in awe. Now that he was sure that this was not a dream, since he was here and since he had changed, he must bear the consequences of the change.
This is why he thinks that if everyone changes for the better, he will be happy, and the incident with Liang Laoer has obviously had a negative impact.
"It's okay, it's okay." Li Long waved his hand, "Everyone is here. Even if you don't notice it for a while, you will definitely find it later. After shouting, everyone will come. Just now, Lao Zhao came over and told me to be careful alone. Not at all. No one in our team will just sit back and watch."
Everyone in the village seemed satisfied when Li Long said this - everyone in the village was praised. It's all about being proud.
Liang Lao naturally had no intention of copying the fish anymore. He was going to pour the fish in the bag to Li Long. Li Long waved his hand and said:
"Your brother is very cold this time, take it back and cook a fish." "Tang Bubu."
In the end, Mr. Liang didn’t say anything, just held the things. He went back. When he went back, he said to Li Long:
"Xiaolong, the three of us are gone. You can dig out this ice hole. It would be a waste not to keep it."
Li Long thought I thought it was right, so I let Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang dig out in the south while I dug out here.
It was probably because Liang Laoer had fallen in. When Li Long came to fish out the hole, the fish caught up very quickly. Before dark, Li Long had fished out more than ten kilograms of fish by himself.
What luck!
When we went back, the fish in the bags of the three people were mixed together. Li Long mentioned it and estimated that it was more than 40 kilograms. This time it was really a bumper harvest!
“Everyone can get a few fish to eat.” Li Long said, “We can’t just sell these good fish, we have to keep some food for ourselves, otherwise we will become a poor family in the old society.”< br>
"What's going on in the old society?" Tao Daqiang asked curiously.
"Those who raise silkworms cannot afford to wear silk clothes, those who farm the land cannot afford to eat enough, those who fish cannot afford good fish, and those who hunt cannot afford good meat." Li Long said casually.
“Hey, that’s really different.” Yang Yongqiang said with a smile, “We have eaten both good fish and good meat, and we can still have enough to eat every day.”
“I will just think about it in the future. It’s a bit low when you’re full, so think about eating well. "Li Long added, "There are a lot of delicious things, and the days will get better and better in the future."
Both of them believed Li Long's words. After all, in this year, their family's life has been very poor. It's already getting better and better. Even if there are no more changes, they believe they can live well this way, and they also feel that Li Long has higher and further plans. How good would that be?
When the fork in the road separated, Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang each took a few fish back.
Li Long returned to Lao Ma. He poured the fish onto the plastic sheet of the free house and separated them one by one. These fish have been frozen to death, and some of them have fused together to form fish lumps. Now we don’t want them to freeze together.
The sun has just set and it is not dark yet. Li Long got some small crucian carp and pike. After peeling them, while the fish were fresh, he washed them and put them into the pot to stew the fish soup.
Fresh fish is different. After a while, the fresh smell of fish has spread in the pot.
At this time, Li Long started to throw ginger and green onions into the pot while washing and cutting them. When making soup, he did not add Sichuan peppercorns.
“Did you save the second son of the Liang family?” Old Uncle Luo went into the kitchen after feeding the livestock and asked Li Long, “People say you pulled him out of the ice hole. Come on, the second son of the Liang family is probably going to feed the fish.”
"It's not that mysterious." Li Long waved his hands hurriedly, "I just heard his second son shouting, turned around and saw that the person was gone, and knew that he had fallen into the ice hole. Then I called his third son, and then went to Running there, I happened to see his head still underwater. , the water didn’t flow and didn’t wash away, so he pulled his hair, followed by Daqiang, Yongqiang and the third child of his family.”
Li Long didn’t say that the third child of the Liang family was actually shouting. When the voice came out, he was stunned for a moment and didn't react. The sixteen or seventeen-year-old young man is not the over-nourished young man who was indoctrinated by mobile TV short video novels in his previous life. In this era, some sixteen or seventeen-year-olds do not understand many things. They have not been out much, are exposed to too few information media, and have little knowledge. No wonder they are confused.
"That's you too. If it weren't for you, the second son of the Liang family would really have fallen ill... It was you who told me to take off his clothes and wrap him in a coat..."
" Yes, I haven't got my coat back yet." Li Long suddenly thought of this.
"I will send it to you." Old Uncle Luo said with a smile, "I want to thank you very much."
Li Long thought that there was no need to thank him, as long as he could send me the coat tomorrow morning.
The fish soup was ready. Li Long first served a bowl to Old Uncle Luo, and then another bowl to himself. The fire was already low, so Li Long didn't take the pot and just let it sit there.
Li Long felt very comfortable after eating the delicious fish soup. After finishing one bowl and about to drink the second bowl, there were footsteps outside the courtyard, and then there was a knock on the door.
Boss Liang’s voice.
“Look, the coat is here.” Uncle Luo said with a smile.
Li Long opened the door, and Mr. Liang entered the room with a bag of things in his hand, followed by Mr. Liang.
"Uncle Luo, Xiaolong, have you eaten?" Mr. Liang greeted habitually, "Xuanhuang (chatting)?"
"Well, what are you doing? Why are you so polite? Why don't you buy some malted milk for your second son?" Li Long watched Boss Liang put down the things and said, "Money is not easy to come by, and I don't lack these here..."
" You are not lacking. If you are not lacking, then I We should express ourselves. "Boss Liang's words are also very reasonable. "Originally, my parents wanted to come over. I just said that I would do it. How about I let my parents come over?"
“No, no, no!” Li Long Yi heard this and waved his hands hurriedly, "It's not that, it's not that, okay, I'll take the things. This matter is not a big deal in the first place. Anyone can help me. By the way, how is my dick now? It's much better. Right? ”
"It's much better, but I still cough occasionally." Mr. Liang said with a smile, "It's not a big problem."
"Well, maybe there is water in the lungs. I'll see a doctor in the next two days." "Don't get inflamed." Li Long didn't know much about this, so he just made a suggestion.
"Your coat has been cleaned and delivered to you." Mr. Liang took the coat from the third child behind him and handed it over, "Thanks to you guys for your coats, otherwise my second child would be really cold. It’s broken.”
“Haha, don’t say it anymore, it’s best if everything is fine.” Li Long took the coat and put it on the bed, “Why don’t you catch fish in the past two days. "
"My mother won't let me do it. The third child and I think it's fine, just be careful. Isn't it better to earn a few dollars a day than to stay at home?" When Boss Liang heard Li Long ask this, he immediately expressed his opinion, "Do you still want to accept it? We will get you fish later, not 60 cents, just 50 cents!"
"No, no, no, no!" Li Long objected immediately, "Friendship is friendship, business is business, these are not the same thing. You brought cans and biscuits, I took them, and that's it. The rest is over. Every yard you put down will come back to you, don’t think about anything else.”
Boss Liang didn’t insist anymore. They chatted for a while and left.
"Hey, they're all good." Lao Luotou didn't say anything during the whole process, but after Boss Liang left, he smiled, "They are all good babies."
The next day Li Long We went early to patrol rabbit hunting with Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang. On the way, Yang Yongqiang said with a smile:
"Yesterday, when the third son of the Liang family gave me a coat, he also brought two cans."
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"Me too." Tao Daqiang said from the side, "My dad said no, so the third child threw the can and ran away."
"Take it, you saved someone's life, just keep it." Only then will people feel at ease." Li Long said, "This matter is over, and there will be nothing more to do next. Let’s talk about it.”
“Yeah, yeah, don’t tell me.” Yang Yongqiang followed suit and immediately changed the topic, “Brother Long, your ears are so good, I didn’t hear anything at all. Did you hear it? The third child said that after the second child recovered after returning home, he I shouted "Ouch" and then fell into the water. I was so cold that I didn't know what to do..."
"Hey, hey, if you eat well, your eyesight and hearing must be good." Li Long. He said nonsensically, "When you have children in the future, remember to eat more good meat, beef, etc." Milk or goat's milk will do, eat more, eat all kinds of things, then you will look good." Li Long remembered that there was a family in the team, the father was 1.72 meters tall, the mother was 1.65 meters tall, and the child was born. I just like to drink milk. My grandparents went to a family in the team that raised local cattle to get milk. This grandpa is kind to that family. That family's local cows can milk less than two kilograms of milk a day. Many families want to buy it, but they won't sell it. They give this grandpa more than one kilogram each time and keep the rest for drinking at home. .
After the milk is beaten back and boiled, the child can drink two large bowls. I was picky about food when I was a child, but I grew stronger. When I was 13 or 14 years old, I was over 1.7 meters tall. By the time I was 17 or 18 years old, I was already 1.9 meters tall. I have always liked drinking milk. If no one persuades me, a person can make it in a day. Drinking a carton of milk - From this example, drinking milk when children are young does have some benefits.
As for those genetically speaking, it is difficult to say that the height of a child is a combination of the parents. There is a relationship, but it is not an absolute relationship. Li Long has seen too many examples of parents who are not very tall but whose children are relatively tall.
Of course, this has something to do with the fact that future generations will have a better life and have sufficient nutrition. Children who eat well will naturally grow taller. In the house he bought in the city, there were many elementary and junior high school children in the community who were over 1.7 meters tall. They were as tall as a hemp pole.
"It seems that I have to raise a cow at home when I have time." Yang Yongqiang said to himself. It seems that he still attaches great importance to the size.
Tao Daqiang didn't say anything. Li Long didn't think he had any trouble in this regard. He was tall and his wife was not too short. If they were put together, the child wouldn't be much shorter.
After chatting, they arrived at the place where the condoms were put on. The three of them all carried bags, each patrolling the place where they put on the condoms.
Li Long soon discovered a rabbit and two condoms that were passive. A rabbit should have passed by here. It's just that the position of the condom may not be right, or the rabbit may be alert and not get it on.
Li Long adjusted the positions of the two condoms, and then took off the rabbit.
Wild rabbits are basically gray-white, which is good for camouflage in such an environment. This rabbit weighs more than three kilograms, and its body is not very stiff from the cold. It should have been put on early this morning.
After rubbing the condom with snow, Li Long changed the place and climbed up again, and continued to patrol forward.
After he finished the bag tour, there were already seven more hares in his bag. It seemed that he had to change places, and as the wilderness became larger, there would naturally be more wild animals.
The three people met and each showed their results. Tao Daqiang had three and Yang Yongqiang had two.
“Brother Long, it’s you who made more condoms.” Yang Yongqiang looked at Li Long carrying the bulging bag and couldn’t help but said:
“Look at what we laid. Can you give me the condom?"
"Okay." Li Long knew that Yang Yongqiang wanted to learn it, so he didn't mind teaching it. This thing is just experience, not a special skill, there is no need to hide it. private.
Tao Daqiang took Li Long's bag, and then followed Li Long to see how they adjusted their condoms.
"Here... you see, the condom is lowered too low. Rabbits can jump, and the trap here is a must-see, but the thin wire can be seen, and it will jump over. So it should be slightly higher, so that the head can get through, but the body and legs will be hung up.”
“You see several rabbit marks here. You can’t just put the condom here. You have to see where there are more rabbit prints. If there are more rabbit prints here, just go down here..."
Li Long told me from time to time. In fact, most of the rabbit prints are there. No problem. This is also a question of probability. It doesn’t mean that the rabbit passed here today and will pass here tomorrow. I can only say that the probability is relatively high.
After completing these sets, the three of us returned to the team together and went to Xiaohaizi after breakfast.
The eldest and third sons of the Liang family were already there, Zhao Laoshi and his son were also there, and there was another family, which was quite far away, and Li Long didn't see it clearly.
After greeting them, Li Long and the three of them went to their ice cave. The weather was a bit cloudy. When Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang were digging holes in the ice, Li Long said:
"Let's do it today, it might snow tomorrow." Although there is a radio now, you can hear the weather forecast, But the forecast is for the whole country, including autonomous regions, but there is nothing for the state. It is not very accurate, and it is not available for the county.
We can only look at the sky.
"Snowing? As long as it doesn't rain too much, we'll come." Yang Yongqiang threw a few crucian carp on the ice and said, "It's snowing. It's snowing. On the ice, The snow is thick and there are no breathing holes for fish. As long as there is an ice hole, why don't they pounce on it? I heard from Daqiang that when you dug out the ice hole last winter, you could get 60 to 70 kilograms a day... It's really impressive when you think about it! ”
Li Long smiled, this scene must have been in the last year. After all, everyone was in Maodong at that time, and they didn’t dare to sell in the market, so there was a lot of fish in stock. Last year, my family caught more than ten tons of fish from Xiaohaizi. The total amount suddenly decreased by so much. Now I can still catch 20 to 30 kilograms of fish every day, which is quite a lot.
The reason why there are so many fish is that the stock is relatively large, and crucian carp reproduces relatively quickly. In fact, it can be clearly seen that there are obviously fewer large carp, grass carp, and Wudaohei than last year.
Of course, these people can make endless profits, but it will reduce some production. After all, we fished until the year when Li Long left in the previous life, and there were many water outages in large areas. When the water became available, there were still fish.
When it was time to eat at noon, Tao Daqiang carried the fish bag and followed Li Long to put the fish into Li Jianguo's house. Then he and Yang Yongqiang went home for dinner.
Liang Yuemei told them to keep it to eat, but they didn’t.
At the dinner table, Li Jianguo said to Li Long:
“There’s a telegram from my hometown.”
“Who called?” Li Long picked up a chopstick and put the pickles in the bowl, while eating them. while asking.
“Your second brother.”
“What’s the matter?”
"It's after the New Year. Mom, Dad, your second brother's family, and your brother-in-law are all coming over."
"My second brother's family?" Li Long was stunned for a moment, "Bringing a baby?"
"Yes." Li Jianguo's expression was a bit complicated. "He said that he would no longer stay in his hometown and would develop in northern Xinjiang."
"Then..." Li Longye Feeling a little worried, he thought for a while and said, "I've been clearing out Ma Hao's place in the past few days. One room is for my second brother and his family, and the other is for my brother-in-law. Mom and dad should still live in the east room."
"That's all we can do now. They didn't say much in the telegram. I estimate there will be a letter in two days." Li Jianguo said, "The specific situation will be known by then."
"Now that the second brother and his family have come over, I guess I plan to settle here, which is a good thing." Li Long said, "When the time comes, I will find the captain to settle down, and then cancel the household there, and then It's a good idea to allocate land here. We are all together. It’s best. I think my sister and her family will come over in the future.”
“It’s possible. Your brother-in-law is very smart and not a peaceful person. He stayed here for a few years. Yue, after making money, he can go back and live like that. "I'm definitely not willing." Li Jianguo also analyzed, "But it's hard for your second brother and your sister's family to settle down."
"During this period, I also asked about where to recruit workers or settle down," Li Jianguo said. Long said, "If it doesn't work, just stay here. There will always be opportunities." "Yes."
He vaguely remembered that various factories and mining companies were recruiting workers, but the requirements were quite high. After all, young people in rural areas basically wanted to go to the city and become workers and get paid every month. The salary is much better than that of an old farmer who works all year round.
People like Li Long are unique.
"That's the only way. If we really want to contract the land at the beginning of the year, then we can contract more land and let your second brother and the others plant it, which will give them a job."
Li Long nodded. , Generally speaking, farming in northern Xinjiang, or specifically farming in the team, is much better than farming in my hometown. How can I get a piece of fifteen or twenty acres of land and cultivate it all year round? After paying the public grain and contract fees, the rest can ensure that the family can eat fine grain and still have some savings.
Of course, this is the lowest approach. Li Long doesn’t think his second brother would like farming here.
The eldest brother does not want to work, the second brother does not want to farm, and he does not want to be a worker. Haha, we are a family! (End of this chapter)