Although he only went to the county town for a few days, when Li Long came back, he had actually discovered that almost all the land in the team that had not been planted with winter wheat had been sown. As the moisture content improves, wheat has begun to grow, and patches of land are green, and the originally barren land has become full of life.
Beside the ditch on the roadside, the pointed heads of tenacious reeds emerged from the ground. Many children going to and from school would break off the tips of these reeds and play with them in their hands, using them as pens and pens. When used as darts or gambling chips, you will get tired of it after a short time. Those who have livestock at home will collect them and take them back to feed their livestock.
For example, Li Qiang, when he comes back from school, he will put a lot of these reed sprouts in the empty space in his schoolbag, and as soon as he comes back, he will pour them to No. 76 to give him a snack.
Li Long was beating melon seeds in the sun in the big yard. After drying for a day, he soaked them for another day, and then he could plant them. His new big yard has not yet had so many messy things. It is relatively flat and has a large space.
A few reed mats are spread on the ground, and the melon seeds are beaten on this mat. The sun at this time was not too harsh, and it was not annoying when it was burning on my body.
The breeze picked up, bringing with it a damp earthy smell. At this time, the grass in the field has not fully grown, so when strong winds come, there will be sandstorms, and small winds will also bring a little bit of wind. In a month or two, after the wild grass grows wantonly, the wild grass will be The desert beach was covered, and the wind at that time could no longer blow up the large amounts of dust.
Collect the melon seeds at night, then put them in a bucket to soak until they are taken out tomorrow afternoon. They can be planted the day after tomorrow.
Not wanting to start a group alone, Li Long went to the eldest brother's house in the backyard for dinner. The eldest brother and sister-in-law went to work in the fields, and the second sister-in-law cooked dinner. After the family chatted and laughed, Li Long returned to his yard.
Alone, he is talking about now.
Li Long feels a little regretful now. The life he had lived like a fish in water these past few days, although it did not make him happy, but it felt like he really understood the essence and taste, and he did not want to delay a day.
Now that he was about to come back for business, Li Long originally thought that he had been single for twenty years, which was nothing special. But he didn't expect that once he experienced this, he would never forget it.
It’s hard to decide.
Okay, find something to distract yourself.
He found a pen to write gifts and a blank notebook, ready to write down a plan.
The book that records gifts has been put away long ago, and the gifts in it will have to be repaid in the future. Nowadays, the only gifts given in the village are weddings and weddings, not so much. How is it like in later generations, marriage, child's full month, one year old, entering a higher school, or even coming of age ceremony...
Anyway, he was scolded a lot in later generations. When we do these things in the city, no one talks about it. After all, not many people are invited, and they are basically friends and relatives. But if you do this in a village, isn't that a scolding?
There are three main things to do next. The first thing is to plant melons. This carries the heavy responsibility of the development of agricultural cash crops of the Li family. This is the first step. Once planted, it will at least be a good sign. If the seeds don't work well, Li Long plans to plant something else.
The second thing is to go to the mountains. On the one hand, it is to send food to Harimu and the others. They should be transitioning soon, and they should need quite a lot of supplies. At the same time, I also want to visit the elderly and children in Harimu and Yushanjiang to see how they are doing in the animal husbandry team.
The third thing is to find a yard for brother-in-law Chen Xingbang, and then pull some sheep from the mountains for him to practice. Since my brother-in-law is here and he doesn't want to be a worker, I can help him within his ability. It is said that no one is necessarily a good or bad person. In the previous life, the second brother and brother-in-law were not like this. This life, at least from now on, is pretty good. It can only be said that changes in the environment are also affecting everyone's decisions every step of the way.
Now that Chen Xingbang can stay in the village and work steadily, it means that he can at least afford to wait and believes in Li Long.
After Li Long finished writing these three items, he calculated that there was still something missing. After thinking about it, he added a four under the third item.
The fourth rule is to find an opportunity to see Li Xiangqian and ask about the promotion. Li Long believes that this thing will take at least two or three years to be compiled. Before cars and trolleys became common in all units, this was definitely needed for work.
Li Long suddenly thought of something. Can he ask Kuitun Agricultural Machinery Factory to produce some two-wheeled trolleys there. The kind that would be used on construction sites in later generations would definitely hold more things than the current flatbed trolleys. He felt that if produced, it would definitely be popular.
But think about it and forget it. What restricts production now is accessories. Any machinery factory can make a single-person two-wheeled trolley. There is a difference between being able to make it and being able to make it in large quantities. What is missing now? What is missing are things like hub reels and bearings.
After writing this down, Li Long looked at it again. That was all for the time being.
By the way, you also need to find time to take the tractor license exam and get your tractor registered. Although the investigation is not strict now, the necessary procedures still need to be followed.
Then read a book and sleep.
The next day Li Long followed the old man to get the net and drove the tractor to Shicheng to sell fish. There are actually not many fish, twenty or thirty kilograms. Li Long went to Shicheng mainly for the courtyard. He took Chen Xingbang to the yard where Gu Ermao and others sold smuggled electronic watches. This courtyard is now occupied by people. But Li Long's goal is not this, but the other courtyard opposite. When he chased Gu Ermao, he remembered that the yard was deserted.
At that time, Keyumu also said that there was a courtyard but no one lived here. When Li Long came here this time, he was a little surprised to see that Keyumu's milk tea shop was open again.
Li Qingxia went to set up a stall to sell fish, Chen Xingbang greeted him, and Li Long went to the milk tea shop.
"Boss, what about Jiax? You didn't open the store some time ago. Is there anything going on at home?" Li entered the store and asked directly when he saw Keyumu.
"Well, there is something going on at home." Keyumu didn't expect that Li Long had been paying attention to him. He nodded and said while eating naan, "My family wants to live in the mountains. I Well, I want them to live in Shicheng and find a job. There is no good life in the mountains, but they don’t want to. I went back this time just to persuade them..."
"Have you persuaded them well? ?" Li Long asked.
"No. The old people think that we should live in the mountains. They don't like the city and say there are too many bad people here."
Well, if we really want to talk about it, the old people have nothing to say. wrong.
“I want to ask something about the yard over there. If I want to rent it, who should I contact?” Youmu is relatively clear about these things. He said, "There is an empty yard over there. I don't know whether it has been rented out or not."
"Then let me ask the street, do you know which way it is?"
"I know, I know." Keyum pointed out the location to Li Long and said with a smile, "You have to come over and do it. Business, that’s fine. If you have nothing else, you can come over and have a chat and drink milk tea.”
“No problem.”
It was not far away, and Li Long didn't drive a tractor. He looked at his father and Chen Xingbang selling fish there, and many people were surrounding them, so he walked to the street by himself.
"Rent a yard?" The person in charge of this area was an elder sister. After hearing Li Long's idea, she began to look through the information, "You mean the yard next to the old street?"
< br>"Yes." Li Long said the location.
"There is indeed a yard owner there who has left the key with us for rent." The eldest lady flipped through the information and quickly found a power of attorney. Then she looked up at Li Long and said :
"Since you want to rent, let me tell you the situation. People have said that renting is okay, at least for half a year, and the rent is Twenty yuan per month, paid for half a year at a time. If you want to renew the lease, you can discuss it one month in advance, also with us. If you think this is okay, then we will go see the yard now. If you think it is expensive, then that's okay. Don’t bother. We have other yards here that were rented by the original owner. ”
Li Long heard something in his heart and asked:
"Then will this yard be sold?"
"Sell? They didn't say, maybe not. We can't decide on this."
Well, Li Long originally wanted to take advantage of the situation. After all, the housing prices in Shicheng will rise in the future, and they will not fall much until the severe winter of real estate.
Besides, this place is next to an old street, and house prices are bound to skyrocket later... Forget it, there are many ways to make money, and this is the best.
"Then go take a look." The yard must be seen. At that time, I only looked at the outside, not the inside, so I didn’t know what it was like.
The elder sister took Li Long to the courtyard. After opening the courtyard door, Li Long found that the layout of the courtyard was a bit similar to his own. The vegetable field was quite large, separated from the courtyard by a flower wall. But at this time, the vegetable field was deserted and there was nothing. In fact, there is no need to plant it, it is good to keep it and raise sheep.
The eldest sister opened the door and said:
"No one has lived in this house for almost a year. It is a decent brick house with a stove, fire wall and other things. In winter, You can live in it. The furniture is basically there. Although it is not new, it can be used..."
Li Long opened the rooms one by one and looked at them. The original owner left in a hurry and basically packed away his things. There were a few bits and pieces left, but it didn't take much effort to put them away. The floor is paved with bricks, making it easy to clean.
The entire yard is smaller than my own yard, but larger than the yard I bought and rented for Sister Yang on the south side of Wuyi Highway. Twenty dollars isn't much at this location.
Li Long’s plan was to rent it for half a year, and his brother-in-law Chen Xingbang would do it first. I paid the upfront rent myself, so I treated it as supporting my brother-in-law. After half a year, if he can do it, Chen Xingbang should be able to settle down. He will not care about the yard and leave it completely to Chen Xingbang. When he comes, his brother-in-law should take over his sister and the child, right?
"Rented." Li Long made the decision, "Would you like to pay and write the contract now?"
"There is no need to write the contract. You pay, and I will write you a certificate." The eldest sister didn't expect Li Long to be so straightforward, so she said with a smile, "Let me make it clear first. Pay half a year's rent at a time. If you want to renew the lease, let me know one month in advance."
"Okay." Li Long confirmed said. The eldest sister locked the door, took Li Long to the street, paid the money and issued the invoice. At this time, the eldest sister asked Li Long emphatically about his identity. Li Long took out the certificate and work permit from the supply and marketing cooperative. The eldest sister was very happy. After all, the government People need to be more trustworthy.
After paying the money and getting the certificate and key, Li Long thanked the elder sister and quickly went to the old street.
In just a short time, less than five kilograms of the twenty or thirty kilograms of fish that Li Qingxia brought were left.
"Dad, I rented the yard. You sell it first, and I will take my brother-in-law to see the yard." Li Long went over and said, and Chen Xingbang stood up excitedly.
"Okay, you go ahead." Li Qingxia said with a smile, even though he was selling fish by himself.
Li Long took Chen Xingbang to the yard. Chen Xingbang asked as he walked:
"Xiaolong, why are you so fast? This is done quickly. Is the yard big? Can you put a few sheep in it?... ”
There are many questions. Obviously Chen Xingbang doesn’t talk much these days, but he thinks very carefully.
Li Long pointed to the other side of the courtyard and said:
“Look, it’s a big courtyard, with a vegetable garden in front and a door, just for raising sheep. But you have to bring some feed from home. Come here, this is easy to say.”
When he arrived at the yard, Li Long unlocked and pushed the door open, letting Chen Xingbang go in first to take a look.
Chen Xingbang walked in excitedly, glanced at the large vegetable garden in front, and was very satisfied. Looking at the red brick floor and the house on three floors, I am also very satisfied.
Li Long opened the door to the room again and let him see.
“Not bad, not bad, much better than I expected.” Chen Xingbang said with a smile on his face, “Isn’t the rent cheap?”
“I paid for the first half of the year. ." Li Long said, "In half a year, you should be able to stand on your own feet. Then you can pay twenty yuan a month, do you think that will work?"
"Okay!" Chen Xingbang said with a smile, "Twenty is such a big yard, and it happens to be right next to the old street. It's really not expensive!"
Okay, since Chen Xingbang thinks it's not expensive, then it's almost the same It’s settled. The next step is the matter of cattle and sheep.
After looking around a lot, Chen Xingbang made a decision.
"Xiaolong, I won't go back today. I have to clean up this yard and bring some things over. It happens to be on the old street, and some things can be purchased here. You and dad go back "Okay. When do you plan to go to the mountains?"
Li Long figured it would take a day to plant melons. He had to do some finishing work the day after tomorrow, so he said:
"The day after tomorrow, I'll go into the mountains the day after tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll take the shuttle bus to Ma County early the day after tomorrow. I'll wait for you in front of the grain store."
"Okay." Li Long didn't either. Say more. Chen Xingbang is eager to start his own career, which is completely understandable. After all, Li Anguo and Li Junshan have already entered the work unit, and he has nothing to do, so he must be under a lot of pressure.
"The money for renting the yard will be returned to you when I make money." Chen Xingbang said again.
"No, no, no." Li Long waved his hand, "This is what I gave to you, and it is what you should have. You don't need to worry about this, just think about what to do next."
Li Long came out of the courtyard and walked to the old man. Li Qingxia had sold all the fish and was packing up. The tractor's crank handle was also here. After Li Long followed and packed it up, Li Qingxia asked:
"Where did your brother-in-law stay?"
"Well, he won't come back. The yard should be neatly tidied up. The day after tomorrow I will go into the mountains with me to buy sheep. "
"Okay, as long as he can do things." Li Qingxia was very open-minded, "He is good at fixing this."
After the two people put down the things, Li Long asked the old man:
"Dad, do you want some milk tea?"
"No, I still like to drink porridge. Besides, I'm not hungry now. I earned more than 20 yuan today. Let's go back to that county. Over at the big meat restaurant, I’ll pay for it and let’s eat the fried pork noodles!”
Dad is awesome!
Li Long smiled and drove on the tractor. When he turned the corner, he bypassed Keyumu's milk tea shop. He waved his hand as a greeting and drove away, leaving behind a cloud of smoke and diesel gas. , and the envy of many people.
After dinner, Li Qingxia insisted that Li Long drive the tractor to the market, where he bought some vegetable seedlings, and then sat on the tractor and drove back with satisfaction.
Li Long didn't see Sister Yang in the market, and he didn't know if she had sold out the one-pot rice and went back. But looking at the time, it was lunch time, so she should have gone back to cook, right?
Back at home, the old man did not go off the net in the afternoon. Li Long asked him. He said that he would need labor to plant melons tomorrow, and he also wanted to go to the fields to take a look.
The next day the tractor pulled the Li family to the melon field.
Li Jianguo and his wife, Li Qingxia and his wife, plus Li Long. Chen Lirong was not here, so she stayed at home to cook.
The tractor stopped at the edge of the field. After turning off the engine, Li Long went to get something from behind. Li Jianguo had already jumped off the bucket and placed it on the edge of the field with a bag of melon seeds.
Liang Yuemei, who was wearing a turban, followed behind with three jukeboxes, Li Qingxia carried a basket of five kilograms of tea, and Du Chunfang carried a basket on her arm containing dried steamed buns.
The custom here is to break the steamed buns into pieces and dry them in the sun if you can't finish them in summer. This way they are not easy to spoil, easy to preserve, and are good for the stomach.
Only later on, people gradually stopped steaming so many steamed buns, and with the advent of refrigerators, fewer and fewer people dried steamed buns.
When Li Long was watching short videos in his last life, he saw that people in Qitai, Dongsan County, were still making steamed buns until the 1920s, which really made him feel very friendly. Although some customs and eating habits no longer exist here in Ma County, they still exist in other places.
For example, Qitai’s dry steamed buns, such as Fangcao Lake’s Liangpi.
Of course, it is also easy to be targeted by Internet celebrities and produce fake and shoddy products.
Need to distinguish carefully.
When the things arrived in the field, Li Long picked up a jukebox without hesitation, opened the lid, grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the bag and put them inside.
Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei followed. They had used this in their vegetable fields at home, but this time it was a big field and the feeling was different.
With Li Long's action, their confidence was restored.
Li Long came to the edge of the field. The land had been plowed and raked and was very smooth. You can feel the loose sand when you step on it, which is good.
He pointed at the ground at the edge and said:
"One ridge, two rows, and another ridge every eighty centimeters to one meter apart. I will take the lead."
Said. He took the jukebox and started to demonstrate.
Looking at Li Long's movements, Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei, two people who often farm, immediately understood and started to follow suit.
But they didn't move forward.
Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang put most of the melon seeds into three cloth bags, weighing almost two or three kilograms. Li Long and the other three tied one around their waists, and before the melon seeds in the jukebox reached the bottom, they took a handful from their pockets and added them to prevent leakage of seeds.
Let’s get started! (End of this chapter)