In the evening, Li Long came to his eldest brother Li Jianguo's house again.
Dinner has been eaten here. Li Juan and Li Qiang saw Li Long coming. Those who were doing homework stood up and ran over, grabbing his clothes and holding his hand to ask questions.
After Li Long finished talking to the two children and asked them to do their homework, Liang Yuemei was clearing away the dishes and cutlery. She came out of the kitchen and asked:
"Xiaolong, have you eaten? No. I’ll get you some food if you want.”
“Sister-in-law, I came here to discuss things with you.”
Li Jianguo entered the house after feeding the pigs. Hearing Li Long's words, he put down the bucket and asked:
"What's the matter, tell me."
"I plan to put me and I together next week Xiaoxia's matter is done." Li Long said, "I feel like I can't delay it any longer."
"Isn't this too tight? Can't we push it back another week?" Liang Yuemei listened. It feels like time is really tight.
“Look, sister-in-law, the ground temperature has already risen in early April. I’ll do it next week. I still have about ten days to prepare, so there’s still time. Sowing of corn and sunflower seeds will begin in mid-April. , rapeseed and so on, it’s okay to say Some, a big tractor can sow, so if our family wants to plant melons, it will take at least two days to sow ten acres of land by hand. After that, I have to go to the mountains. My brother-in-law said he is going to sell meat in the old street, so I have to go to the mountains to help him contact him. Some cattle and sheep.
Those friends in the mountains may be leaving in late April, and I have to deliver some food to them. These things are all done one after another. If the wedding is postponed to next week, then what will happen to our team? Everyone is busy, and they may not have time to come. ”
People coax the ground for a day, and the land coaxes people for a year. Sowing one day early and one day late may not seem to have much impact, but everyone who has planted the land knows that, let alone one day early and one day late, at the critical moment, it is half a day early. , wait until the seedlings grow up in summer or When harvesting in autumn, the difference is huge.
When Li Long went to tell his second sister-in-law and Yang Hua about Li Anguo's situation in Kuitun, he was thinking about this on the way. Stay a few days, maybe There is extra time, but now it seems that time is very tight, and there is no extra time at all, unless the wedding is postponed after the planting and transition. But it is difficult to store some things for a wedding in the summer. , the weather is still cool in the morning and evening, the food you bought can still be stored, and it is not cold when the sun rises at noon, the time is just right.
As long as it does not affect the sowing of crops, the people in the village can do the work. Happy.
"Well, that's the truth." Li Jianguo nodded after hearing what Li Long said, "I'm stuck at this time. In this case, I have to write a post in these two days."
"I will do it tomorrow. Driving a tractor to the county, the first purpose is to pull the furniture back , Secondly, buy the invitations. Brother, you can write them tomorrow and I will send them out tomorrow.” Just think about what to prepare.”
“ I have to discuss this with my sister-in-law. I plan to drive the tractor to the county again this weekend and buy the things I need to buy. I will come back with the post tomorrow and discuss it with you. I will write down the things I want to buy and try to get them. All bought for the trip.”
"You go over tomorrow and talk to Xiaoxia about this matter. By the way, go and talk to Lao Gu later. He should be almost ready, but this matter still has to... forget it, I’m going to tell him on my bike now.”
Li Jianguo has the consciousness of being a parent again. In fact, it should be Li Qingxia who did this. But Li Qingxia always ignored major matters and let Li Jianguo arrange it, so Li Jianguo took charge of it himself.
"Hey, brother, I'll leave this matter to you." Li Long smiled and began to discuss what to buy with his sister-in-law Liang Yuemei.
“I need to buy two washbasins, washstands, and kettles, pillows, pillow covers, sheets and quilts - I still have to find time to sew quilts. Your second sister-in-law and I will call Tietou’s mother... "Liang Yuemei has already begun to make plans. Not only is Li Jianguo busy with this matter, she is also busy.
My mother-in-law can't be counted on. Liang Yuemei feels good that Du Chunfang can help work in the vegetable field. After all, I heard from Li Jianguo that Du Chunfang basically didn't work when she was in her hometown. , just cooking. The food here is different, so I can’t expect it. But her mother-in-law didn't look for trouble, which made Liang Yuemei very happy.
The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. She has taken care of Li Long for so many years. Liang Yuemei has become accustomed to treating Li Long as a child. Now that Li Long is getting married, she will naturally take on the responsibility of buying things.
"...Do you want to buy a sewing machine? If you don't want to buy it, move this one over. You bought it anyway."
"No, no, Xiaoxia and I are not people who use sewing machines. Put this rack right here," Li Long said hurriedly, "Place the furniture over there. All we need to buy are these bits and pieces. "
"Okay, let's do the math first. Remember what you just said. There are also mirrors, combs, oils, and other things in the house you live in. ...and you have to buy all the pots and pans in the kitchen, not rice and noodles. Just be prepared, just move some from here, no matter how much, you have to prepare something, at least to make it look like you are living a good life, such as spatulas, fences, water jars, buckets, salt, vinegar, soy sauce and other seasonings... I want to buy cigarettes, sugar, melon seeds, peanuts..."
Although Liang Yuemei likes to work in the fields and dislikes cleaning the house, when it comes to the things that need to be prepared in these rooms, she doesn’t have a clue at first, but gradually she gets it right, room by room, this is also considered for Li Long had an idea and bought it by room.
"... For wedding wine, go to the winery to buy some loose wine and get a few more bottles. You are considered rich in the team, and those who like to drink will be watching..."
"No need to spread the wine, put two bottles of Baiyang Tequ on one table." Li Long said, "Put two bottles of red wine. If you like to drink white wine, drink white wine, if you like to drink wine, drink wine. Since others are watching, then Let them drink it generously.”
Since you are getting married, let’s make it grand. At this time, if you can put a bottle of wine on the wedding table, it is already very high-end and can be remembered for many years.
"That's okay." Liang Yuemei didn't object. Thinking about it, since she has money, since others know about it, and since it is a lifelong matter, let's be extravagant.
When they were discussing, Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang mainly listened, and occasionally interjected, but getting married back home was different from getting married here, so they mainly listened.
They have been discussing until Li Jianguo comes back, and Li Long feels that it is almost done.
"Lao Gu was a little angry after hearing this, but I think he was pretending. He was happy. Xiaoxia is now a member of the county government. This is something he never dared to think about in his life. Next, he will be thinking about your marriage. Now It's finally settled, so he should feel relieved."
"Does Uncle Gu have any requirements?" Li Long asked.
"It's nothing. The person who will preside over the wedding will be a military boy. This military boy has already told him and me that there is no problem. What Lao Gu means is that everything should be according to what you young people say. Come and do it. But you must be preparing to buy things these days. He saved some money and asked me to bring it over. I didn’t ask for it. It's ready. It's not easy for him to run over there."
"Okay." Li Long nodded, "In this case, we will have to set up the stove in the yard."
"Then you don't have to worry about it. Just go and do your own business. Leave these things in the yard to me. I'll take care of the master, the guests, the tables, chairs, plates, etc."
Li Jianguo looked quite high-spirited now, and Liang Yuemei laughed at him:
“Look at how happy you are!”
“That’s why you are happy!” Li Jianguo took it for granted, “I have been treating everyone as my own in the past few years. The boss is in charge, this is for me This is the first time for my family to prepare! How can this be done smoothly?”
Think about it, Li Jianguo has been the manager of other people’s marriages many times in the team, and he has accumulated just enough experience. Li Long thinks it's quite beautiful when used in this way.
The family discussed it until late at night before Li Long returned to the horse. The next day I happened to wake up early again. With something else on his mind, he drove the tractor to pull furniture after breakfast.
Tao Daqiang was also sitting on the tractor's platform. He heard that Li Long was back last night and came over this morning to ask about Yang Yongqiang's situation. Just in time, Li Long was going to pull furniture and buy things, so he asked him to get in the car.
"Brother Long, listen to what this means, can Yongqiang stay there?" Tao Daqiang asked.
"High probability." Li Long said, "There is a shortage of people over there, and Yongqiang needs to be strong. If you want to stay, you should learn more, watch more and do more, and you should be able to stay."
Tao Daqiang had a complicated expression after hearing this. "Hey, do you regret it? Do you want to go? If you want to go, I will get you there after I finish my work here."
"No, no, no, I don't regret it." Tao Daqiang shook his head vigorously, "It's different. I just feel that Yongqiang may become a worker all of a sudden, and his identity is different."
"Nothing. "Li Long can probably guess some of Tao Daqiang's thoughts. "Actually, there are different ways of living everywhere. As for him, he went to the city and became a worker, earning a stable salary for a month. Later he might find a wife there, share a house with him, and have children. That is, people from the city.”
“ I'm still from the countryside."
"That's not necessarily the case," Li Long said while driving the tractor. "With the rate we are making money, we can buy a yard in the county or Shicheng in two years. If you're from the city, just take the job. There will be a quota for non-agricultural candidates. You can also buy a city resident registration for your wife and children, so that your children can go to school in the city.”
In fact, this century is not very obvious. After all, in Li Long’s memory, Li Qiang and the others were there. He went to school in rural areas and was eventually admitted to a key university. At this time, the gap in educational resources between rural and urban areas was not that big. It was not until a decade into the next century that the gap became wider.
At that time, the biggest reason for wealthy people in rural areas to buy houses in the city was to buy a house in a school district for their children and enjoy better educational resources.
After all, at that time, the siphon effect of big cities on education, medical and other resources was very powerful. He remembered that when he traveled to Yili, there were several remote counties where no one had passed the entrance examination for several years in a row!
Good teachers and good students are all attracted to YN City, a central city in the state, and naturally their college entrance examination scores will not be much better.
Even if Tao Daqiang's child is born now, the college entrance examination will be at the beginning of the next century, and it will not be obvious at that time. Of course, in ten years, when the boundaries between household registrations are not very clear, you can just spend a few thousand yuan to buy a non-agricultural transfer, and then go to school in the county or city. This is the way to go.
It’s too far to think about it now.
Tao Daqiang listened to what Li Long said, nodded and said:
"That's right. If I work with you in our team, I can make a thousand yuan a year, which is equivalent to his salary for several years. If you have money, it will be easier to do anything."
Li Long lamented that this kind of kindness made Tao Daqiang feel the importance of money so early.
The tractor drove to the rural carpenter's house. Li Long ordered a lot of furniture and couldn't finish it in one trip. Fortunately, the workers in the carpentry room had experience. They stacked them up and loaded them, almost half of them were loaded into a tractor, and then tied them with ropes and separated them with sacks in the middle.
Li Long went to the township sales department to find Lao Zhang and bought a hundred invitations.
"Who is getting married?" Lao Zhang asked while counting.
“Me.” Li Long said with a smile, “I’m quite old now, it’s time to get married.”
“Is your partner a teacher from that school?” Lao Zhang said to Li Long was still a little impressed.
"Well, I'm going to the Education Bureau now." Li Long knew that Lao Zhang would most likely receive an invitation, so he didn't hide it and said, "I was transferred there years ago." He has a wide network of contacts, including those in the counties, villages, and villages, as well as the Corps. If we look further afield, there are also the Corps below Shicheng. Not only the relative from Xiayedi, Li Jianguo once worked in the Corps for a period of time, and he has comrades there. of.
Yes, although the Corps had collectively transferred jobs at that time, our colleagues at that time were also called comrades-in-arms.
"That's... not bad, not bad." Lao Zhang's expression was a bit complicated.
Li Long came out of the sales department, went to the carpenter's room, checked the installed furniture, and then drove the tractor back with Tao Daqiang.
On the way back, Li Long also told Tao Daqiang his next plan.
"After we get married, we will plant the land first. Once we plant the seeds in the ground, it will be fine if we pour water over our heads. I plan to go to the mountains to deliver some food first, and then I will stay in the mountains for a while." Li Long Said:
"There are caladiums in the mountains, you know this. Then I will find a ditch with more caladiums. If you are fine, prepare to dig caladiums there. Hurry up and get them fresh in the day. How many kilograms can I get?
Calculating that one kilogram of dried fritillary is worth seven or eight kilograms, one kilogram of fresh fritillary is worth four yuan, and you can earn more than ten yuan a day. Of course, if you pick up antlers, it will cost you dozens of dollars. Of course, you can actually stay at home, or fishing with a net is another option. However, there are more people catching fish in the team, so it is definitely not as much as before. I can probably make twenty or thirty yuan a day. I think your wife is pregnant, so why not just stay on the team..."
"Brother Long, why don't you show off? "
"Hey, if you want to go, I must take you with me," Li Long smiled, "A lift may be more expensive this year, ten yuan is not necessarily seven or eight yuan. Still want it. If you can make up three in a day, you can make more money than catching fish. ”
Last year everyone was just testing the waters, but this year there will definitely be a large number of people flocking to set up stalls. Just like Chen Xingbang, if he had not chosen to sell meat, Li Long would not have necessarily suggested that he go .
Fish is a natural resource, it’s time to
There are many reservoirs and ditches around Ma County, so you can definitely catch them if you want to. Therefore, there will definitely be many people selling fish in the county, and the competition will be very fierce. If you want to make money, you have to go to Shicheng. But not many ordinary people have bicycles. Walking to Shicheng is definitely not worthwhile. These people may not be willing to take the shuttle bus, and the shuttle bus does not go to work early. In summer, the fish will die and smell if they are not cooked well, so if you want to make a small amount of money by selling fish Yes, you have to meet certain conditions to make big money.
Li Long has this condition, but he doesn't plan to do it in the short term. Isn’t it delicious to collect caladiums in the mountains?
That’s the one that really makes money.
Tao Daqiang finally decided to catch fish at home first. Li Long believed that his father, Li Qingxia, would be happy to team up with the big man. And when it was time for the editor to take charge, Tao Daqiang was called on. I believe that Li Xiangqian will definitely leave himself a job in this area.
When the tractor returned to the team and drove to the new yard, Li Qingxia and Chen Xingbang were working in the vegetable garden.
Seeing the tractor arriving, both men and women got on and unloaded things together. Even Du Chunfang smiled and moved the stool down. As she moved it, she said:
"This stool is heavy, it is made of good wood." !”
“Elm.” Li Long replied. The wood he got back from the mountains was basically pine wood. He used it to make beds, cabinets, etc. There wasn't enough wood, so he bought some elm wood directly from the carpenter's room. There's not much good wood here either.
“Look at the beautiful color.” Du Chunfang smiled happily.
The wooden bed needs to be moved into the house diagonally, which is a semi-technical job. A few old men studied it and put the bed upright and moved it in diagonally. Although it was a strenuous job, it was very exciting. The sound also attracted Lu Yingming and his family members to join in.
Li Jianguo happened to tell Li Long about his marriage and business affairs.
Then Li Long was greeted with congratulations and ridiculing questions. He was not shy and responded to them one by one.
The tractor had to make a second trip, and during the break, Li Jianguo started to make arrangements. These things came easily to him, and others did them willingly.
As the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and close neighbors are not as good as the opposite door. In the past year or so, the Li family has become prosperous, but whether it is killing New Year pigs, getting good things from the mountains, or catching fish from Xiaohaizi, they have never forgotten these neighbors. Normally, the Li family doesn't need anything. After all, others are better off than themselves, but now they need help, and it's time to repay. Naturally, every family spares no effort to make suggestions and work hard, and no one flinches.
The feelings between people at this time are really simple and simple.
When Li Long pulled back the second car of furniture, there were more people in the yard, some children who were not in school, and some half-grown young men who were no longer in school. Some had already begun to move bricks to prepare the stove. .
Without Li Long's action, the furniture was moved down in a hurry by the people in the yard, and then it was moved into the house with "be careful!"
Looking at the house that was gradually being filled, Li Long felt as if his home was slowly being built. It was good, really good. (End of this chapter)