"Come, sit down and eat together." Li Long greeted the two brothers.
"No, no," Li Zhengtang waved his hands hurriedly, "We have eaten, and we dug some caladiums just now. Let's bring this over and finish it with the ones from the morning."
"Eat." Li Long had objections to Li Zhengtang and Li Zhengting before, but he returned the five kilograms of fritillary he owed, and he will be honest in the future and allow them to make progress and change. Right:
"I have more here. I know what you eat in the mountains. I have lived that kind of life. You're welcome. Eat quickly. I've made money in your hands. Please It’s okay to have a meal.”
Since Li Long said so, the two of them put down their bags and went to the spring to wash their hands, then grabbed the big steamed buns and ate them.
Liu Shanmin went to the house to get chopsticks for the two of them. In fact, Li Zhengting had already planned to break two branches to use as chopsticks.
Looking at the two people who were a little reserved but munching on steamed buns, Liu Shanmin joked to Li Long:
“Boss Li, I think you can open a canteen here, and it will definitely make money.”
“Forget it, then.” Li Long waved his hand, “This matter of exchanging Fritillaria is something that all parties have done. Li, those leaders can just turn a blind eye. If they really want to open a canteen, they must do it right with their superiors. If they do it, I'm afraid there will be nothing they can do about this wooden house. It exists.”
“Yes.” Liu Shanmin responded immediately, “It’s as simple as I thought.”
After dinner, Li Zhengtang rushed to clean up the dishes and wash the dishes. Li Long went to the small room to get a scale and weighed the fresh fritillaries they brought over.
"The two bags before, one of seventeen and one of fourteen, belong to which of you?" Li Long asked while weighing.
"The more are mine," Li Zhengtang said hurriedly.
"Now this much is also yours, right?"
"Well, it's not much different." Li Zhengtang also wanted to consider his cousin's feelings.
"Okay, your two bags add up to 20 kilograms, which is discounted to 60 yuan. Do you want money, or materials and money?"
"Give me the discount." Li Zhengtang returned There are some supplies, so I just ask for money.
"Yours is a little over sixteen kilograms. I'll count it as seventeen for you. What about you?" Li Long asked Li Zhengting.
"I want forty-five yuan, and the rest I need some supplies. I want four steamed buns, some meat, and... do you have any wine?"
Li Zhengting actually asked for wine, This surprised Li Long. He looked at Li Zhengtang first. Li Zhengtang was also a little surprised and opened his mouth, but in the end he remained silent.
"Yes, there is wine. Do you want loose wine or branded wine?" Li Long naturally would not push out the business that was delivered to his door.
"The brand bar." Li Zhengting now had a lot of money in his arms, and he was a little more courageous, and said, "The brand wine is good."
Li Long smiled and didn't give it to him. He explained that he first gave Li Zhengtang the money, poured his Fritillaria into a large basin to prepare for cleaning, and then gave Li Zhengting the forty-five yuan he counted.
Liu Shanmin packed steamed buns and dried meat for him, while Li Long went to the cabin and got him two bottles of ancient city Daqu.
Li Zhengting patted his bag hard to clean the dust inside, and put these things in it.
After the two brothers left, Liu Shanmin shook his head:
“Oh, life in the mountains is really hard.”
Next, Li Long pulled him twice more, which was considered a good time. They sent all the handles to Xiaobaiyanggou, and then checked the handles made today. This time there were two unqualified ones. Li Long pointed out, and the person who made the handles didn't have any objections, and he was laughing and joking. Take it back and say it's guaranteed to pass tomorrow.
Sun Jiaqiang came to find Li Long with a large bag of Fritillaria. Li Long didn't bring a scale with him when he came over, but he was familiar with Sun Jiaqiang, and neither of them were fussy people. After a rough estimate, his bag of Fritillaria weighed twelve kilograms.
"Bring a bottle of wine when you come here tomorrow." Sun Jiaqiang said with a smile, "Give me less money for one kilogram of Fritillaria, and I will exchange it for wine."
"Isn't there some loose wine here?" Li Long remembered that he brought over a cage of loose wine a few days ago.
"Then you can't just drink their wine. I don't have money either." Sun Jiaqiang rubbed his hands and said, "After drinking their wine, I have to ask him back? By the way, bring some more. For meat, use the Fritillaria. Today’s Fritillary I’ll just take half of it?”
“How can we use so much?” Li Long waved, “I’ll give you thirty yuan, and the rest will be used as food and drink for tomorrow.”
Write down the number of handles and confirm and sign one by one. All these people have smiles on their faces. The more numbers in your name, the more money you earn. Seeing that your income is almost over 100, it is impossible to be unhappy.
Lao Huang made soup noodles and pancakes in the evening. Li Long ate with them and took a portion back to Liu Shanmin after finishing the meal.
During the first trip, Li Long told Lao Huang that he would cook more food and he would take a portion back, so Lao Huang naturally had no objection. It’s just more noodles, what’s the point?
While Li Long was lifting the handle, Liu Shanmin was washing and drying the fritillaries in front of the wooden house without stopping.
When Li Long drove the tractor to bring him soup and rice, Liu Shanmin was also very happy. He took the enamel basin with a cage cloth and a lid and said with a smile:
"Some I haven’t had a decent soup and rice in my life.”
“This is enough for you, enjoy it.” Li Long also smiled and went to collect the things.
For the next two days, we lived normally, drying and harvesting caladiums every day, and checking the number of handles.
During this period, there are still many people bringing in exchange for Fritillaria, but most of them want money. They have reached the crazy harvest period. If you find a place to dry the caladiums dug in previous years, you will lose a considerable part. Or take a trip to the mountains in a few days and exchange for some supplies, or go to Qingshuihe Township to find someone to exchange some things.
Li Long’s wooden house is here this year. Although the replacement price is not high, it really saves them time. Everyone works quickly and can earn twenty or thirty yuan a day, even if Even if you are slow, you can earn more than ten yuan.
This means that no matter how stupid you are, you can figure it out. Just by digging caladiums in such a stable way and exchanging things for money, you can get more than five hundred yuan per caladium season in more than a month. That’s a lot. It's normal to get more than a thousand.
The Fritillaria in the small room was almost ready. This morning, after breakfast, Liu Shanmin told Li Long that he was leaving.
"Is the injury healed?" Li Long asked.
"It's almost done." Liu Shanmin pulled open his sleeves to show him the injury on his arm, "Actually, there was more blood loss, and the scab on this injury has almost fallen off. Now I feel recovered, I have to go do my business too.”
“Then. Don't worry, stay for one more day." Li Long thought about it and said, "I'll take Fritillaria to the county today and bring up another batch of supplies. How about you leave when I come back?"
" Okay." Liu Shanmin didn't hesitate. No matter which way he looked, Li Long saved his life. It doesn't matter if you put it off for a day.
When Li Long was about to load fritillaries on the tractor, Polati came over.
He didn't bring the caladium with him this time. Nowadays, those who dig fritillaries are much smarter. They immediately hide in the forest when they hear the sound of horse hooves. Mountain rangers like Polati have less harvest.
“I’m here to tell you something.” After seeing Li Long, Polati got off his horse and said:
“Mustafa said, the one who pulled him over at first Those two people happened to catch up with the county's public trial, and were shot together with a group of bad elements. "
"Those two people were shot?" Li Long was really surprised. He actually guessed that these two people would end badly, but he didn't expect to be killed so quickly!
“Well, as for the two attacks on you and Hamiti, according to the past, they had to stay behind the fence for more than ten years. Isn’t this year special? Many people are tried strictly. They There was something going on in their hometown, so we punished them together and got rid of them.”
Li Long nodded. In any case, this is a good thing. If future troubles are eliminated, it will not be so troublesome.
"The two circumstances you brought up later were not that serious. One person was sentenced to eight years and the other was sentenced to six years." Polati said, "They still complained about injustice, but later I found out that there were If you kill two of them, don't say anything anymore. I'm just here to tell you. Someone will come to you later to exchange for the mother-of-pearl. , tell them about this, and let these people be more honest. If we don’t encounter them, if they still cause trouble, they won’t get any good results!”
Bolati! He really came here specifically to talk about this matter. After speaking, he glanced at Liu Shanmin, nodded, and then got on his horse and left. Li Long went to the small room and took out the remaining bottle of wine and gave it to him:
"Take it. Drink it after get off work, not on the way."
"Don't worry, you As soon as the incident came out, we all knew that the fritillary diggers hated us, and we were not spoons either.”
With that said, Polati put the wine into the empty bag beside the saddle, got on the horse and left. Li Long loaded up all the caladiums in the cabin, then tied up the roe deer that was used to being tied up and put it in the cart bucket to prevent it from harming the caladiums. Then he went to get the handle. launch.
"I'll be back this afternoon." Li Long said, "If anything happens, you can handle it."
"Okay." Liu Shanmin nodded and looked at Li Long got on the seat of the tractor with the gun on his back, stepped on the clutch and shifted gears, and then suddenly left.
He was quite envious.
Li Long drove the tractor at a constant speed and came to the place where Lin Xiaohu and He Yiku attacked him. He stopped, went into the forest and rummaged in a deep grass for a while, took out two bags, went to the truck compartment, and packed the two with a urea bag. , and then continue to set off.
The tractor drove out of the mountain and passed the Qingshui River along the mountain road. A faint and almost invisible smoke floated from the tall chimney.
When the tractor got onto the Wuyi Highway, there were more and more vehicles going back and forth. Li Long adjusted it, but did not slow down. The road conditions are much better here. Except for occasionally slowing down when meeting cars, we drive at full speed the rest of the time.
Li Long could even feel that the tractor was exhausted from driving slowly in the mountains these days. It would feel much lighter when running on this kind of road.
When the tractor arrived at the county seat, it only took a little more than an hour, but the scene in front of me seemed to be a different copy of the game.
In fact, for ordinary people, the difference between the inside and outside of the mountains is no less than the difference between Wucheng and Ma County.
The difference is huge.
Li Long drove the tractor to the big yard. He put down the roe deer first and led him to the glass greenhouse at the back. After putting it in, he let the three and a half big guys and this bigger guy get familiar with each other. After closing the door, return to the tractor and begin unloading the fritillaries.
The Fritillaria in the car weighs more than 300 kilograms of fresh Fritillaria when folded, but a considerable part of it has been dried and semi-dried, so the total weight is actually just over 200 kilograms.
He opened the side room first and saw that some of the fritillaries inside were completely dry and had been put away, while some were still hanging out. Li Long picked up one and pinched it open to try, but it was actually done.
Gu Xiaoxia didn't know much about Chinese medicinal materials, so she could only put away the first ones and take her time with the rest.
Li Long put them all away to make room for what was about to be dried.
There are more than 40 kilograms of it now, and Li Long plans to go to the purchasing station to sell it later.
Calculating that today is not a day when Chen Hongjun is on duty, it is still unclear whether he is here or not.
But it doesn’t matter, Lao Chen probably doesn’t care this time either.
Li Long moved all the fritillaries off the tractor, hung them to dry in the side room, locked the door, and carried the bag of things into the back room.
The two packages were very heavy. He hadn't brought them back before, so he didn't know whether Lin Xiaohu and the others would hand them over. If he confessed, the police would definitely go there and seize him, and Li Long would not have the idea.
Now that two people have been killed, this matter is equivalent to closure. The thing has become ownerless, and Li Long just accepts it.
Heaven and God cannot take it, but they are to blame.
Opening the slightly smaller bag, the first thing Li Long saw was a map with mountain lines and important points drawn with simple lines.
Li Long immediately understood that these two people should have found the treasure based on this map.
I have to say that the tall and lanky guy was quite lucky. He just encountered something that others had to find with a treasure map.
Under the cloth bag are some things that are heavy on the hand. First there are several large gray and black ingots. I don’t know whether they are called horseshoe silver or silver ingots. They are not small, as big as an adult’s palm.
Below are some fragmentary but eye-catching things, including jewelry like the ruby gold ring that Li Long picked up, gold bars, silver dollars, and a few small gold cakes. A jewelry box inlaid with gemstones. After struggling to open it, there were also some gold and gemstone jewelry inside.
The other big bag was much simpler, with mostly silver coins, mostly rusty, mixed with some gold bars, gold coins, and a jade Ruyi. The quality of the jade seems to be average. Now Li Long actually has a very high regard for jade.
Then there are deformed silver bowls, silver wine flasks, and the like. There is not a single piece of porcelain. They are basically all hard currency.
As expected, the quantity is large and the tube is full. Nowadays, people's aesthetic appreciation of wealth is just that simple. Gold must be valuable, silver products are less valuable, and as for porcelain? Forget it, lean back.
Li Long couldn't estimate the value of these things, so he simply didn't count them. He put the two packages back and put them in the secret compartment under the second bed. But this time he was separated from the four metal pieces. He felt that these four metal pieces should not be simple.
Judging from the plum vase I picked up last time, there should be porcelain in these places. I guess these two people didn't take it because they thought it was cumbersome.
If you have time, you can look at the picture and look for it.
After putting away the things and locking the door, Li Long went to the kitchen to take a drink of water, and then rode his bicycle to the purchasing station with nearly 40 kilograms of dried fritillaries.
What surprised him was that Chen Hongjun was really there.
"Hey, Xiaolong has come down the mountain?" Chen Hongjun was very happy after seeing Li Long, "Have you gained a lot this time?"
"Not bad." Li Long smiled Laughing, "It's just caladiums in the mountains now. I dried some and came here to exchange for some money."
"You don't have a lot of money." Chen Hongjun smiled and helped Li Long take out the bag. Come down and lift it to the counter.
The counter was actually equivalent to a large wooden cabinet, so he wasn't worried about being crushed. He reached into the bag and grabbed a handful, opened his palms to look at it, and said with a smile:
"It's still so clean. Come on. The ones selling caladiums are like yours, so we don’t have to worry.”
“Are there many caladiums selling?” Li Long asked.
"It's not bad, there are people every day, and we can collect more than ten kilograms of dry goods every day." Another person saw that Li Long and Chen Hongjun were familiar with each other, so he took over the conversation, "It's the Fritillaria season now, although the forestry industry The team stopped us from digging, but the mountain is so big that it’s impossible to completely stop it.”
That’s true.
Li Long was very calm after hearing the news. It was impossible for him to collect all the goods dug for Fritillaria. The mountain is so big, naturally there will be people who have the means to dry Fritillaria in the mountains. Of course, there may also be people who can dry Fritillaria in the mountains. I had already contacted the person who would receive the goods before Ji came.
Everyone has his own way.
Chen Hongjun took another handful under the bag and showed the Fritillaria to the other person:
“Look, Xiao Huo, is this Fritillary rated first grade? ?”
“No problem, no problem these days. None of the fritillaries I received are as clean as this one." The man picked up a fritillary and pinched it hard. "The dryness is fine." He simply opened his mouth and bit into the fritillary. Look, "Well, it's completely dry. Don't worry about it breaking."
"Weigh them." Chen Hongjun took the big basket, poured the fritillaries in, and then lifted them onto the scale.
The man looked at the very well-proportioned caladiums in the basket and nodded approvingly:
“First class, absolutely first class.”
Forty-two Kilogram, forty-five kilograms of first-class goods, the ticket price was one thousand eight hundred and ninety yuan. Li Long signed the ticket and collected the money.
One thousand yuan per stack, Chen Hongjun came back with two stacks of money, counted out eleven, and handed the rest to Li Long.
"Just order it." Chen Hongjun said with emotion, "You should have a lot more, right?"
"Well, it's not done yet. I'll send it over when it's done." Li Long said while counting the tickets, " Let’s make some money during this fritillary season.”
“Hey, you’re not just making a little money, you’re making enough to cover our salary for several years,” the other person said with a smile.
"You have to work hard to make money. Life in the mountains is not easy, and there is only one season in a year." Li Long explained sincerely.
The next step is to purchase things. (End of chapter)