When Li Long arrived at the big yard, Gu Xiaoxia had already got off work. When she heard the churning of the tractor, she was filled with joy, walked out of the kitchen quickly, and came to open the door.
The three little guys heard the noise and ran over. Gu Xiaoxia opened the door halfway and they were about to run out. Gu Xiaoxia hurriedly rushed to catch them, fearing that they would run out and not be able to catch up. She was a little confused for a while.
Fortunately, as soon as the gate opened, Li Long's tractor turned and went in. The momentum and movement of the tractor frightened a few little guys. Gu Xiaoxia took the opportunity to fully open the gate, and waited for the tractor to drive in. It was closed immediately.
A few little guys waited for Li Long to turn off the tractor before they dared to surround them. Li Long was not stingy and fed them some grass from the bucket.
“Don’t spill it here, it’s going to be troublesome to sweep up.” Gu Xiaoxia complained, “They poop wherever they eat, it’s very annoying!”
"Then when I come back next time, I will pull them back into the horse's stable." Li Long joked, "Are you willing?"
"Then... let them stay." Gu Xiaoxia was quite lonely in the big yard. It was a bit annoying to have so many little ones after get off work, but at least there was a living thing, otherwise the silence in such a big yard would be a bit scary.
“I’ll clean them up after they finish eating.” Li Long said with a smile, “I’ll put the food in the bucket at the back in the backyard. You can feed it wherever you want. By the way. , your dad brought you alfalfa, do you want to mix it with some to eat at night?"
"Ah, there is alfalfa, that's great." Gu Xiaoxia hurried to the car. Douzi looked, "Mix some and mix some. If it weren't for lack of time, I would have to steam some."
"Then steam it tomorrow morning. Get up early tomorrow morning. Steaming this won't be too troublesome." Li Long said it very easily. In fact, he can steam it. It is similar to steaming other vegetables. Clean it, mix it with flour, and then steam it in a basket.
Simple.
Gu Xiaoxia happily went to blanch the alfalfa, while Li Long was outside watching the deer and roe deer eat almost all the grass they threw him down. When the little guys started to cause trouble, he took them out. After driving away, he carried the straw pole to the backyard and put it away, and then used a big broom to clean the yard.
These little guys really like to poop everywhere. After cleaning up, Li Long drove them to the backyard. Seeing that the empty glass greenhouse was empty, he simply drove them in. Let's treat this place as a prison for now.
Ignoring the anxious shouts of these little guys, Li Long closed the door, went to the front yard to get a basin, took a basin of water, brought it to the glass room, put it down for the little guys, and closed the door. Leave quickly.
The little ones’ cries don’t carry very far, and they will get used to it gradually. At most, just add some ingredients from time to time. Otherwise, the yard will be full of shit, even if the shit balls are round, it won’t be easy to clean.
When Li Long returned to the front yard, Gu Xiaoxia had already prepared the meal. Li Long placed the small dining table in the center of the yard, put the dishes on it, and then the two of them started eating.
“I penned the fawns in the glass house,” Li Long said while eating. “I think if you want to raise them, you should pen them in them and let them out for air when you come back. This is easy to control, so as not to cause too much shit in the yard. Just put more fodder and water in the glass house."
"Well, okay." Gu Xiaoxia also thinks this is good. In fact, when she was still in the team, she would have been able to think of such a method based on her thinking at that time. But now that she is working in the county, her thinking is almost that of people living in the city. She can't think so much, just think about it. Let the fawn be free, and then have a living creature as a pet or companion.
These days, they don’t have the concept of pets in their minds, but they just think it’s actually quite good to be able to raise a living creature now.
"How is my dad?" The last time Gu Xiaoxia went back was ten days ago. She didn't go back every week. There is a yard here. It's normal to go back every two or three weeks. .
"It's good. I was selecting alfalfa when I went there in the afternoon, and he was still joking with me. We don't have any contracted land at home, and he can grow your ten acres of land by himself. I think the vegetable garden is also planted, and grapes are planted. The rack is also coiled up and looks good. I’ll get it next time in the mountains. Send some wild boar legs when the time comes. Eat more meat and be in a good mood, then it will be great."
"My dad should be in a good mood now." Gu Xiaoxia knew that she was getting married. Well, my father is worried about something, and he will definitely be in a good mood.
“Yes, you can tell, he feels a lot younger.” Li Long said jokingly, “Don’t say he is in his forties, some people will believe him if he is said to be in his thirties.”
< br>"How can you be so young?" Gu Xiaoxia rolled her eyes at him and asked while eating alfalfa:
"How are you, mom and dad? Are you feeling well?"
She followed Li Long and called Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang father and mother.
"Okay. My mother is working in our vegetable field, and my father is catching fish. Today Daqiang came over and asked me about catching fish. He explained that he would start catching fish with his father the day after tomorrow. Fish, it’s okay, I have someone to take care of me.”
“Yeah, yeah, it’s good.” Gu Xiaoxia asked Li Jianguo, Liang Yuemei and the others again, and felt relieved after knowing that they were all fine. Now she is slowly adapting to the matter of being a daughter-in-law of the Li family. At this time, after a woman gets married, the concept is indeed different from that of later generations. The traditional concept is quite strong, and she is really considered to be a member of the Li family.
"Tomorrow I will go to the Agricultural Machinery Bureau to take the license test." Li Long said his own business, "After passing the license test, I will go into the mountains. During this time, I plan to hunt and see if I can harvest a batch of caladiums to earn money first. Some money. Of course it would be better to get some prey to improve it. Food. Don’t you have much meat at home?”
“There is still some meat. Sister Yang doesn’t put in more meat every time, so I think Han Fang is very excited about it. Greedy, but not eating either. ”
"Well, if you have nothing to do, try to persuade her. I'll go into the mountains to check the situation. Yesterday I caught a doe with a fawn. The fawn was still young, so I went straight to the horse. This time I went over to see if I could hunt wild boars again. Let’s eat more when we get it back.”
The two of them chatted while eating, and then cleaned up together. When it got dark, the two of them entered the bedroom one after another.
We are still newly married, and some activities are still being explored and practiced. It is normal for young people to enjoy it endlessly.
The next day, the sun rose three poles.
Of course it was not that late. The sun had just emerged when Li Long got up, and Gu Xiaoxia had already made breakfast. After the two of them finished eating, Li Long cleaned up and Gu Xiaoxia went to work.
After finishing cleaning up here, Li Long went to the glass house to give fodder and water to the deer, cleaned the grass poles inside, closed the door, and rode his bicycle out to prepare for the exam.
This cannot be slow.
At this time, basically no one is checking if you drive a tractor without a license, but to be honest, driving a tractor while taking the Agricultural Machinery Bureau exam is really asking for death.
Li Long saw that someone really drove a tractor to the entrance of the Agricultural Machinery Bureau, then turned the corner and ran into the yard, and was detained by the staff.
If you find out that you don’t have a license and you are driving without a license, okay, let’s educate you first and then fine you.
The better thing at this time was that we really focused on punishing past mistakes and avoiding future ones, treating illnesses and saving people. I educated the elder brother for more than ten minutes, and finally fined him five yuan.
For someone who drives a tractor, is five yuan a lot? I pulled all the sand back!
Just a meaning. The focus is still on warning education.
Li Long watched the whole process, mainly because the exam hadn't started yet and he had to wait for someone.
The elder brother was also willing to be punished. After paying the fine, he came over with the receipt and read with Li Long and the others.
Li Long saw that he was holding the books upside down and asked:
"This elder brother, are you illiterate?"
"It's really..." The elder brother Fang He has a face with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a tall figure, a sloping head, and he looks upright. If his temperament is not too peasant-like, it would be no problem to play a leader in a serious drama. When he smiled like this, his innocence came out.
"Brother, my name is Deng Chaoxian. I am from the Unity Commune. Where are you from?"
"From the red flag." Li Long raised the book in his hand, "The exam is coming soon. You can't read." What to do?”
"What else can I do? Just copy it. It's not like I really can't read. The team held literacy classes. I actually learned some words, but many of them were returned to the teacher, and I can't recognize many. Now, I just count on it. Let’s take a look. Brother, why don’t you sit next to me? How about I treat you to lunch?”
This guy is quite familiar.
Li Long Xiangxiang said:
“It’s okay if the invigilation is not strict, but if it’s strict, it won’t work. I don’t want to be implicated.”
“Don’t worry, I’m sure. It's not strict. I've asked about it, but it's mainly practical. I'm afraid of this. In fact, I have a friend in the county youth league committee, but I'm too embarrassed to talk to him. ”
Well, Li Long didn't say much. He was actually not worried about the afternoon practice.
Soon, everyone arrived, and after waiting for a while, when it was time to take the test, they read out names and counted the number of people. Then they were led into a conference room, where they sat down to hand out papers and start the test.
Deng Chaoxian sat next to Li Long and got the paper. Li Long found that it was really simple. He had read it in books and had an impression. After the invigilator handed out the papers, he just sat in front and read without raising his head.
There were quite a few people who couldn’t read a book, and there were also quite a few people who didn’t know much about Chinese characters. Soon people started whispering to each other. "Lower your voice!" the invigilator said loudly.
Many people were startled, and then saw that the invigilator didn't move and everyone's voices became quieter, so they lowered their heads and continued reading.
That’s it!
Why don’t you copy it quickly!
Deng Chaoxian immediately approached Li Long to read the content. Li Long ignored him and answered the questions by himself. After answering one question, he looked at the next question. There are not many people like him who can answer questions freely, so they become popular, and there are many people around.
With the reminder from the invigilator, they did not dare to make loud noises, but they were very serious when copying. This can be regarded as taking them seriously.
After Li Long finished the exam, he put the papers on the table and let those people copy them. It doesn't matter if it's convenient at this time. The teacher doesn't care, so just do it for convenience.
When the people on both sides copied almost everything, and even people from far away came over, Li Long looked at his watch and saw that it was an hour later, then stood up and prepared to hand in the paper.
The invigilator raised his head when he heard the noise, looked at Li Long and asked:
"Have you finished writing?"
"It's finished."
"Okay, please bring the paper." The invigilator actually knew that Li Long had made things easier for many people, and said, "Do you know the time for the afternoon practice?"
"Yes."
< br>"Then you come over and be the first one to play. Now you can go and get familiar with the tractor. Do you know where the venue is?"
Even the teacher appreciates those who have the ability to do it. convenient.
"I know, thank you, teacher." Li Long took the paper and handed it in. The teacher looked at it and felt that it was similar to him, smiled, and waved Li Long to leave.
The practical field was in the backyard of the Agricultural Machinery Bureau. Li Long had seen the lines drawn there and the poles placed there. This practical operation, commonly known as drill pipe, is difficult for beginners, but it is still quite simple for Li Long.
Someone looked at the scene and heard about Li Long's intention, so they handed the rocker to him. Cranking the tractor is also an operation. Li Long was not afraid at all. He tapped the accelerator, lowered one-third of the oil, then pressed the decompression and cranked the handle. He tested the strength first and felt that although the tractor was half old, But the diesel engine is very smooth and should be better calibrated.
It took six to seven parts of force to shake the tractor, and then operated it one by one.
After waiting for a while, the tractor was parked back to its original position. The staff member who was watching gave a thumbs up:
“It’s good and bad, if you can reverse like this, it’s for assessment. You are the first among people! ”
Li Long thanked him, put the rocker handle back in place, and left the Agricultural Machinery Bureau. He didn't wait for Deng Chao to treat him first. When people said that, he didn't take it seriously. It would be better to go to Sister Yang's place to have dinner with Gu Xiaoxia.
Before Gu Xiaoxia got off work, Li Long went to the market and walked around. He didn't see his father and Tao Daqiang, so he guessed that they had already sold out the fish and went back. The market is more prosperous, and there are alfalfa sellers. Of course, regardless of whether they are buying or selling, they are basically Han Chinese.
This reminded Li Long that some ethnic comrades in later generations said that you Han people eat grass, but slowly, they also started to eat too.
The eating of grass at that time included but was not limited to alfalfa, splendens, dandelion and other spring wild vegetables.
Some people say that they rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, but in fact, except for individual hunting, the herdsmen in the mountains basically do not touch those things in the mountains. Whether it is Codonopsis, Fritillaria or mushrooms, they are just grass to them. , just for cattle and sheep to eat.
As for antlers and the like, many people living on the edge of the mountains know their value, but herdsmen living deep in the mountains do not. They have been herding cattle for generations, and even by the end of the twentieth century they had not had much contact with the outside world, so they did not care much about these things.
In the 2000s, these herdsmen had more contact with the outside world, and they began to slowly exchange the resources around them for money. At the beginning, a bag of more than 50 kilograms of wild mushrooms was exchanged for Fifty dollars, can you believe it? This was around 2015.
But in the next one or two years, more and more people traveled, and Kazakh children began to lead their own horses to scenic spots to make money, and further back, the herdsmen on the mountainside could carry a horse during the rainy season. Bags of mushrooms are sold to tourists at market prices, fresh Bachu mushrooms cost 100 per kilogram, and fresh morels cost 180 to 200 per kilogram, or even higher.
On the city streets, ethnic minority people can also be seen pushing carts selling alfalfa, splendens, etc., and the prices are not low.
That's too far.
Li Long looked around and met the stall owner selling grain. He recognized Li Long and said hello:
"Why didn't you drive the tractor today?"
"It was so shocking. My butt hurts,” Li Long joked, “Two days of rest.”
The stall owner didn’t take it seriously, and after a few words, Li Long left.
He rode to the Cultural Palace again, walked around, and found the ticket seller Cao Liu.
"Brother, I haven't seen you for a long time." Cao Liu was still very impressed by Li Long, and what made him very grateful was that Li Long told him that there was still a market for ticket scalping. He didn't have much confidence at first. Li Long was considered a big customer. Since he was told, he believed it. He didn't expect that the tickets would continue to be used. Especially after the television and other household appliances came out, the demand for industrial tickets increased greatly. , he made another small fortune.
But in a year or two, northern Xinjiang's light industry will develop, and basically daily necessities will no longer require tickets.
So when Li Long bought the ticket from him, he also reminded him that he was changing careers. This ticket would gradually become unavailable.
After hearing what Li Long said, Cao Liu began to think of other ways. He has also saved some money in the past two years. In the current commodity economy period, all kinds of materials are in short supply. It is not difficult for relatively well-informed people like them to find a way to make a fortune.
Li Long bought some tickets, intending to buy daily necessities from the department store tomorrow. He felt that people like Sun Jiaqiang must be short of daily necessities more than money. After all, it is not easy to go into the mountains. If they are asked to carry daily necessities into the mountains, they will not be able to carry much. Li Long just wanted to be a middleman and make a profit.
He now feels that it is very convenient to have a tractor to go back and forth. It's fast, pulls a lot, has plenty of power and now fuel is cheap.
If I had known it, I should have bought it last year.
Still inexperienced.
After buying the tickets, Li Long saw that the time was about the same, so he got on his bicycle and went to the Education Bureau.
When the time here came, Li Long watched Gu Xiaoxia pushing the bicycle out, and waved to her and greeted her.
"Why are you here? Didn't you drive a tractor today?"
"I'm taking the license test, so I have to give others some face. Someone just drove a tractor over, and was fined five yuan." Li Long said Deng Chaoxian's incident was told to Gu Xiaoxia as a joke, and the two of them rode bicycles side by side to the south.
Gu Xiaoxia’s colleagues later started gossiping when they saw it. Some people are envious, some are jealous, and some praise her for her talent and beauty.
After lunch, the two of them rested for a while and then went out together. Li Long went to the Agricultural Machinery Bureau. He wanted to finish the exam early, go shopping early, and then go directly to the mountains tomorrow morning.
He thought he had come early enough, but he didn't expect someone else to come earlier than him. Some people were waiting at the door of the Agricultural Machinery Bureau early. They had not yet gone to work at this time. Although the door was open, the guard did not let anyone in.
Just wait.
When it was time to go to work, Li Long was the first to go to the backyard to prepare for practical operations.
After going through it in the morning, Li Long was very confident. After the staff were in place, he was the first to go up and operate, and then passed smoothly.
The next step is to wait for the notification to get the certificate. This requires a process, just like tractor registration, and cannot be done in real time.
Li Long left on his bicycle, then went to the compound to drive the tractor, giving water and feed to the deer, and then went to purchase supplies.
Then I saw Xiao Liu with a perm. (End of this chapter)