Although he was tired from running all the way back, after scrubbing with hot water, Li Long was still ready to move, but Gu Xiaoxia didn't give him this chance and hurried to the kitchen to cook for him.
When Li Long changed his clothes and came out, Gu Xiaoxia came over with a bowl of noodles in a short time.
"I didn't eat much this evening. I did have some noodles. I cracked an egg. You can make do with the vegetables in our yard."
"Okay. ." Li Long took the bowl with a smile, and Xili began to eat it.
“There is still something left in the pot after eating.” Seeing that Li Long was eating in a hurry, Gu Xiaoxia said, “Slow down.”
Li Long smiled and continued to eat with his head down.
To be honest, the taste is average, but on such a rainy day, my body has not completely warmed up yet. It is really comfortable to have such a bowl of hot noodle soup.
After two bowls of noodles, Li Long felt full. Gu Xiaoxia went to clean up the bowls and chopsticks, while Li Long went out to lift off the Fritillaria pulled by the tractor, poured them into the east wing, and spread them out. Leave to dry.
The quantity of caladiums was so large that Li Long spread them out in three rooms to dry them. Originally, there were a lot of rags stored in Lao Ma's wing. Some of them were placed in a room by Li Long, and some of them were simply thrown away. If those things belonged to the original owner, they might have kept them because they had some commemorative meaning, but for Li Long, they were just worn-out objects that simply took up space.
It’s better to leave it empty.
After drying the fritillaries, Li Long took off the sponge from the seat of the tractor and took it into the house. He wiped it dry to avoid getting wet when driving. As well as the four metal pieces and the bronze mirror that he exchanged from that person, he put them all in the shadow box under the bed in the guest room. Leave it alone for now.
Not long after entering the house, Gu Xiaoxia also came in, and Li Long asked:
"Are you still alive tonight?"
"No." Gu Xiaoxia shook his head He shook his head and said, "If you hadn't come back, I would be ready to sleep."
"Then go to sleep." Li Longhou hurriedly went to the bedroom and began to take off his clothes.
Gu Xiaoxia pursed her lips and entered the bedroom. When they got to bed, before Li Long could take action, Gu Xiaoxia began to ask him about the situation in the mountains.
Li Long patiently knitted the knitting, collected the caladiums, and went to see Harimu’s family. He told everything about it, including the fact that it was stolen yesterday and that many people came to sell the caladiums in the heavy rain today.
Gu Xiaoxia was also asking questions as she listened, drawing Li Long's attention aside, and both of them felt sleepy as they talked. After all, they hadn't communicated like this for a while, and they both wanted to know more about each other's lives. They talked for a bit long, and then fell asleep.
As they fell asleep hugging each other, Li Long felt a little uncomfortable at first. After all, he slept alone most of the time. The wooden kang was so big that it was much more spacious than here.
Just holding Gu Xiaoxia in his arms made him feel more at ease, and he slowly closed his eyes.
When it was almost dawn, Gu Xiaoxia woke up first. She was woken up by Li Long. As soon as she moved, Li Long also woke up. Then when Gu Xiaoxia remembered, Li Long pulled her back to bed, and then she succeeded.
Because Gu Xiaoxia had to go to work and Li Long also had to go back to the mountains, so the two of them simply got up afterwards. Gu Xiaoxia went to cook while Li Long went to feed the little ones.
Two young deer and one young roe deer now eat a lot of food every day, and they feel that their bodies are changing day by day. They are not afraid when they see Li Long, but it is still raining a little outside, so Li Long I didn't put them out, I just cleaned the glass shed, then locked the door and came out.
The rain slowly stopped, the ground was still very wet, there was a lot of moisture in the air, and there was a strong chill.
Gu Xiaoxia lit a fire in the kitchen, and she could see the smoke rising over there, which was quite nice.
The meal was not ready, so Li Long simply found a fire hook and started cleaning the mud on the tractor.
There was too much mud on the tractor, so he could only clean it around the wheels, and then planned to go back to the cabin and wash it with water from the spring until it was clean. Anyway, I have plenty of time.
After breakfast, Gu Xiaoxia went to work, while Li Long went to the department store. He needed to buy some more supplies to add to the cabin. The "enthusiasm" of the wave of people yesterday really scared him.
There are at least twenty days left before the caladium season. Before the caladiums bloom, there are so many blind streams. The caladiums will be dug out continuously. Li Long must put enough in the cabin. You have to have enough money to buy things, otherwise if someone else comes to your doorstep and you don’t have money to collect or exchange them, wouldn’t you be blind?
On a rainy day, there were very few customers in the department store. Li Long didn't have to queue up and quickly bought what he wanted.
What surprised him a little was that there were many things that no longer required tickets, as long as you paid.
He often feels that when he buys things, the prices of some things start to rise.
Prices are slowly rising, but the shelves of department stores are also becoming richer. The most obvious manifestation is that there are more colors of candies, more designs and colors of fabrics, more varieties of children's toys, and more snacks.
However, most of these are not among Li Long's choices. He mainly wants to buy salt, sugar, matches and other daily necessities, as well as rubber shoes, labor protection gloves, work clothes and other things.
After buying the things, he packed them in bags, put them in the bucket of the tractor, and then covered them with bags. Li Long went to the market again.
There is still some food in the cabin, but he believes that in the next few days, the blind streamers will increase their efforts in digging Fritillaria. The more effort they put in, the more they will naturally consume. To compensate, they will need a lot of food.
There are also a lot less people in the market. The weather is wet and cold. The people setting up stalls can't stand it. There are also few people buying things. Sister Yang is still there. It looks like the pot of porridge for breakfast has not been sold out yet. .
After Li Long said hello to her, he bought food, loaded it into the car, and left in a hurry.
He first went to the oil depot and bought two barrels of oil. This 25-liter oil drum can be used for a while. After finishing the work, he planned to buy a large barrel of diesel oil and store it in the county compound.
After refueling, Li Long went to the medicinal material company again. After buying some patent medicines, he drove the tractor toward the mountains.
When we arrived at Qingshui River, the weather became gloomy again, and before entering the mountains, raindrops began to fall in the air again. The dry clothes I changed into today are soaked again. Li Long wiped his face and felt that there were a lot of things on his hands. He looked at them and found some muddy ideas. I don’t know when the tractor’s face was splashed with mud when it was speeding.
It doesn’t matter. Once you get to the cabin, you can take a good wash.
The sound of the engine broke the tranquility in the mountain. The blind people in the nearby caves heard the sound and knew that Li Long had brought something again. They will become more at ease - with such a "sales department" existing, at least they will not worry about going hungry.
When Li Long drove the tractor back to the wooden house, the tractor turned into a dump truck again. From the mountain pass to the wooden house, he made deep marks in the thin areas of the turf.
But Li Long doesn't care, grass will grow in these places soon anyway. After this rain, the grasslands in the mountains will become full of life again, and the grass will grow very fast, covering everything.
Li Long parked the tractor next to the wooden house. After turning off the engine, he came down to move things when he suddenly saw a man standing in the shed next to the wooden house, looking at him.
Li Long was startled, moved his right hand, picked up the rifle on his back and aimed at the opponent:
"What are you doing? Don't move!"
< br>"No, no...don't move!" The visitor was also startled. He didn't expect that Li Long would draw his gun after disagreeing with him.
This man is wearing a blue tunic suit. His hair and beard are a little messy, but he doesn’t look like someone who has been in the mountains for a long time. He is less than thirty years old. He has a bookish air - a bit like Gu Boyuan. similar.
"What are you doing?" Li Long asked again, "Why did you come here?"
This person is not a blind drifter. He has no bag at hand. Although his shoes are worn out, the mud on them has been pried off at this time. Clean and tidy.
Although the tunic suit has been polished and has a few holes, it is buttoned very tightly.
Li Long narrowed his eyes slightly. He looked around and made sure that this person did not carry weapons or anything like that. He relaxed his vigilance slightly and waited for the other party's answer.
"I... lost my way. I originally wanted to get some herbs in the mountains." The man said with a wry smile, "In the end, I ran here. When I saw your wooden house, I wanted to ask for some hot water. , I didn’t expect your door to be open, so I thought you’d wait. Your shed is quite good, it can protect you from wind and rain, thank you!”
The people were quite polite, but Li Long was not very relieved because he knew people but not their hearts. He raised his gun and said:
"Just wait."
Li Long first opened the big room and turned on the stove. He set up a fire and boiled water, then came out to open the small room, put the things on the tractor in, and placed them on the shelves one by one.
After thinking about it, Li Long came out with a bag of sesame cakes, went to the shed and threw it to the other party:
"Eat, the hot food will be available for a while, so first fill your stomach."< br>
People are actually so strange. Li Long angrily beat the person who broke his door lock into a pig, but he was very kind to the person who would rather wait for him to come back than break the door.
"Thank you, thank you very much." The man took the sesame cake, thanked Li Long first, then opened the bag, took out a piece, and ate it slowly. After Li Long observed it for a few seconds, he felt that this was definitely not an ordinary person.
Normally, when people are very hungry, they don’t care about the amount of food they get, so they just gobble it up. This man was obviously starving, but he still ate carefully. On the one hand, he was not wasting food and was afraid of losing dregs. Secondly, it might be because the sesame biscuits were too dry and he would choke if he ate them too quickly.
Even when he is extremely hungry, he still maintains a certain "demeanor". This person's tutor should be very strict or very good.
As for whether he is a good person or not, it is difficult to say, after all, it is difficult to judge at the moment.
Li Long returned to the wooden house. The water had been heated but not boiled yet. There was still some cold water in the thermos. After thinking about it, Li Long decided to wait until the water boiled before giving him water.
As for inviting the other party to come in here to keep warm, he had no such plan. Knowing the person but not the heart, who knows whether the other person will be the wanted criminal?
The water was hot, and the cold air and moisture in the room dissipated. Li Long found an enamel bowl and poured a small bowl of boiling water into it, then added a large half bowl of cold boiled water, and took it out to the shed next to it.
“Here, drink, it’s just boiled, with cold water added.”
"Thank you, thank you very much!" The man was sitting and eating the sesame cake slowly. When he saw Li Long bringing water, he stood up quickly and cupped his hands. He put the bag of sesame cake under his elbow and took the enamel bowl with both hands.
Li Long said nothing and turned back to the wooden house. Although he was curious about what happened to this man, he still wanted him to leave as soon as possible. Li Long vaguely felt that dealing with this person would cause uncontrollable consequences.
The fog slowly dissipated, and the clouds in the sky were no longer black, but began to thin, cracks began to appear, and blue began to show through.
The rainy day is about to pass.
After the man drank the water, he carried the bag and placed the enamel bowl at the door of the wooden house, then bowed slightly to Li Long and said with a smile:
"Comrade, thank you very much. You fed me well and gave me hot water. I don't have much money on me. These ancient coins were picked up from the mountains. They are quite rare. If two years later, When the situation gets better, I should be able to exchange for a few coins, please accept it."
As he said that, he put the copper coins on the threshold and waved the remaining half of the sesame cake. Carrying the bag, he turned around and walked towards the mountains.
Li Long walked to the door and watched the man walk west.
Li Long guessed that he wanted to cross the Ma River here and go to Shicheng in the west, or somewhere further.
“If you want to cross the river, it’s best to wait for another day or two, and then walk upstream. It’s rained in the past two days, and there is flooding in the river. The water in this section is too heavy to cross.”< br>
Li Long shouted at the man's figure.
The man had walked forty or fifty meters. He paused, turned around, bowed deeply to Li Long, and walked southwest again.
Watching the figure disappear, Li Long bent down and picked up the enamel bowl, including the four ancient coins.
It is not the common Qianlong and Kangxi coins. Two coins have round square holes, and two coins are solid circles. One of them has the traditional Chinese text of "Qing Dynasty Copper Coin" in the middle, and below it is "When making money twenty "Wen", it is written in Manchu and has the word "Jiachen". The other one is almost the same, except that Jiachen is replaced by Yiyou.
The other two open-hole copper coins are Xianfeng Yuanbao Dangqian and Shunzhi Tongbao.
Li Long didn't understand copper coins. Even in his previous life, he had never had much contact with these things, including the large number of one-, two- and five-cent coins in the sales department now. He didn't understand which ones were valuable, and he didn't think about collecting them. After all, there are too many on the market.
But since people say these coins are valuable, let’s keep them.
The things exchanged from the previous person have been returned to the county. These few copper coins were placed in the wooden house first, which did not attract attention anyway. It's easy to find a few bucks these days, so even if someone sees it, they probably won't think much of it.
Seeing that it was almost noon, Li Long started to cook for himself. When he went to the market, he saw someone selling leeks, so he bought a handful, which was just right for frying leeks and eggs, and then steaming rice. It's okay for one person to make do with it occasionally, but not all the time.
By the time Li Long finished preparing the meal, a lot of clouds in the sky had dispersed, and the sun shone through the gaps in the clouds, creating a Dali Garden or Dindal effect, which was quite beautiful.
Li Long sat on the threshold, holding an enamel basin and eating rice and scrambled eggs with leeks.
Young man, do your best, and I will prepare rice for you at noon, rice, dry rice, scrambled eggs, and a bowl...
Hey.
The rice and vegetables are fragrant at this time. Li Long always feels that people's appetite at this time is far superior to that of later generations. Of course, some people say that because later generations are rich in nutrients, they can't eat as much when the oil and water rises.
Li Long doesn’t think so. The current rice just feels better than the later ones, including other ingredients.
Of course, a person's appetite decreases after wearing a mask is another matter.
After dinner, the clouds completely passed, the sun shone down, and the original coldness completely disappeared. Water vapor could be seen rising from the ground. Li Long waited until the water on the rope outside was completely gone, and then put the bedding on Take it out to dry in the sun, then drive the tractor to the edge of the spring and come over with a bucket to clean the car.
More than an hour passed after the tractor was completely wiped out. Looking at the brand-new tractor, Li Long felt a sense of accomplishment.
There was nothing to dry in the house, so Li Long went to pick mushrooms in the grass.
In late April, the morels in the mountains have not yet come out, but other straw mushrooms and pine mushrooms have already grown, and porcini, white crispy and other watery mushrooms are popping out. Li Long picked them A lot. Some of these mushrooms could be dried in the sun, and some were not suitable. Li Long washed them and prepared them for cooking at night. Some of them could be brought over to Xiaobaiyanggou.
There shouldn't be many tricks up the road at Xiaobaiyanggou this afternoon, so Li Long didn't go there even at night. After all, the tractor has just been washed, and the ground has not yet been completely dried. It would not be good to dump a load of mud on it again.
Dinner is fried mushrooms. Li Long took advantage of his free time to steam a pot of steamed buns. He felt that most of the people who dig Fritillaria still like steamed buns. After all, they are more cost-effective than sesame cakes and are made from fine grains. Much more delicious than corn flour pancakes.
Li Long had steamed buns and vegetables for dinner. And half a pot of rice porridge.
Seven or eight years before his rebirth, rice porridge was considered a tasteless thing, but now it is really a good thing. It's thick and fragrant when you drink it.
After eating and drinking, and no one to disturb him, Li Long was ready to have a good sleep and go somewhere before the sun rose tomorrow morning.
In the middle of the night, Li Long was awakened by a knock on the door.
"Who?" He grabbed the gun and asked.
"Comrade, please... help me."
There was a feeble voice outside the door. Li Long said goodbye to the country and remembered that it was the man in the Chinese tunic suit during the day.
"What's wrong with you?" Li Long got up, put on his clothes, lit the oil lamp, and asked through the door.
"I was bitten by a wolf..." The man's voice sounded okay, "I'm injured, please help me..."
Li Long was not at ease. He opened the safety on his gun, loaded the bullet, and opened the door with his bayonet. button.
The door was open a crack, but the other party did not push the door open. Li Long used his bayonet to push the door open and saw the situation outside.
Under the threshold, the man was sitting on the wooden floor. When he saw Li Long, he smiled bitterly. There were many wounds on his face and many tears in his clothes.
What surprised Li Long even more was that there was a wolf next to him. The wolf was already dead. Li Long guessed that it was dragged over by this person. There was also a lot of blood on the wolf.
Seeing Li Long, the man forced a smile:
"This wolf... just think of it as medical expenses. Please help me bandage it, I may faint."
After saying that, he tilted his head and fell down.
Li Long cursed: He can really cause trouble, and he can also predict!
It’s not a scam, right?
But this person is so cruel! (End of this chapter)