When Li Long came out of the bus station, the sun had already set.
He walked back carrying a lot of things. The things are quite heavy, especially the jade stones. Now Li Long is extremely nostalgic for the taxis that only became popular twenty years ago.
By the time we reached the big courtyard, it was already slightly dark. The door was locked, Li Long patted the door and shouted:
"I'm back."
Gu Xiaoxia responded in the yard, and then heard fast footsteps, Then the door opened.
"Come back so soon?" Gu Xiaoxia smiled and went to pick up the bag Li Long was carrying. Li Long didn't give it to her and said as he walked in:
"The meeting was over in the morning. Finished Afterwards, we had lunch at the guest house, otherwise You can come back earlier."
"Are you hungry? The food is still hot. I don't know if you will come back. I'll eat it first. You can put the things down and wash them. I'll serve them here. Rice." Gu Xiaoxia said and went to the kitchen.
Li Long entered the room, put down his things and changed his clothes. This Chinese tunic suit looks very energetic when worn, but the style button is also quite restrictive. If it is unbuttoned and it looks undignified, it is better to change it.
After a simple wash, Li Long came out to the kitchen. Gu Xiaoxia had already scooped out the rice porridge and put the sliced and baked steamed buns on the plate. A plate of fried cabbage was placed in the middle, and a bowl of pickles on the side.
The baby cabbage is stir-fried with roasted mutton. There are little bits of meat residue on it, and it smells very fragrant.
Li Long was indeed hungry. He sat down and picked up the toasted steamed buns and started eating.
Gu Xiaoxia sat on the edge and asked about the meeting while watching him eat.
“...We lived in a guest house, and the treatment was pretty good. It felt like it was at least the treatment of leaders above the county level. The food there was also very good, a bit bland, but there were many kinds.
I The roommate is an older brother from Aksu in southern Xinjiang. He is Han, but he was adopted by the Uighurs. He also had a Uyghur name - Aidaxi. ”
"...The commendation meeting was in the auditorium. There were so many people that I felt dizzy when I entered. I had forgotten all the procedures that followed. By the way, I brought back the conference package that was sent to us. It contained The meeting procedures, as well as paper and pen, we also took a group photo with the leaders. The group photo will be sent back to our unit. Reporter Zhang even specially took a photo of me and the vice chairman of the autonomous region and said he would also send it back to me..."
Li Long talked a lot. , Gu Xiaoxia listened carefully, with pride and envy in her eyes.
After dinner, the two of them cleaned up together. When they went back to the bedroom to watch TV, Li Long took out the dress he bought for Gu Xiaoxia:
“When I went to the department store, I watched This dress looks good. I think it will look good on you, so I bought it for you. Can you try it?"
Gu Xiaoxia took the dress and changed it with some shame. Although the couple had been married for two months, they were still not used to having to change clothes in front of each other.
Next, of course, is the fun in the boudoir.
Three poles in the sun.
When Li Long got up, Gu Xiaoxia had already gone to work. He rubbed his eyes and got up, put on his clothes and walked out. He saw that the dress he bought yesterday had been washed and hung to dry.
After briefly washing up, Li Long went to the kitchen to have breakfast, and then rode to the supply and marketing cooperative.
Originally, I planned to get up early and go back to the team to talk about the melon hunting and take back the things I bought for my family. It's too late to look at the time now, so why not report to the supply and marketing cooperative first? It's not too late to go back to the team after lunch.
Li Xiangqian was talking to the driver of the cart in the front yard. When he saw Li Long coming over, he waved to the driver and the cart drove away. He smiled at Li Long and said:
"When did you come back?"< br>
"Last night." Li Long took the initiative to reach out, and when Li moved forward to shake hands, he felt a hard lump in his hand.
“I went to Wucheng Jade Factory and bought a few small pieces of suet jade. Chief, you can play with them.”
“Hey, that’s fine.” Li Xiangqian Looking at the piece of jade-carved walnut, I felt very good, "I'm not polite. Is there any at the director's place?"
"Yes, take it over when I report to the director later."
"Okay, the director is here, you go over first. Wait a minute, let me take a look at the honorary certificate. I have no hope of going there in my life. The autonomous region has received the award, and seeing yours also makes me happy.”
Li Long spread out the certificate of honor to Li Xiangqian.
Several employees heard the noise and gathered around, watching together.
“Hey, the ones in this autonomous region are more refined than those in the county.”
"That's right, the writing on that character is unusual."
"The rewards in the autonomous region are also high, right?"
"One hundred yuan." Li Long didn't hide it either. , "I spent money directly at Wucheng Department Store yesterday. The things there are much richer than in our county. I I'm all dazzled..."
"That's it! It's the capital of the autonomous region after all. I've been there once, and it's really different..."
"Don't say a hundred, that's it. Take five hundred, and you will spend it all quickly in there. The stuff is really good..."
Well, the building just tilted.
Exactly what Li Long meant.
After everyone left, he went to Director Wei's office with the certificate of honor.
In the middle, I saw Deputy Director Liu Shengli and Liu who had taken sick leave. Li Long smiled and took the initiative to say hello, and then saw the other person's stiff smile.
Li Long felt secretly happy. I just like the feeling that you can't stand me but can't get rid of me - this is such a mean thing to say.
But it fits the mood.
"Xiao Li is back." Director Wei was in a good mood. Just now, the deputy director of the county propaganda department called again and asked their supply and marketing cooperative to introduce the advanced experience of national unity and write a letter. Material. Li Long hadn't come back at that time, so Director Wei agreed and asked them to send someone here to look for materials.
“I’m back,” Li Long put a piece of white jade leather handpiece on the table while Director Wei was pouring water for him. “Director, I went to Wucheng this time and took the time to go there. I went to the jade factory and bought some jade carvings. These are for you.”
“Hey, I’m interested.” Director Wei didn’t think the jade carvings were worth much, mainly because Li Long went to Wucheng to return them. It would be nice to think of bringing a gift back for yourself.
He is not short of money and really cares about this.
Li Long briefly talked about his participation in the meeting, including a reward of 100 yuan for himself, and that the organizer of the meeting was also responsible for the food and lodging expenses. He said that he would refund the travel expenses paid by the club to the finance department. .
"Why retreat?" Director Wei waved his hand, "If you don't spend money, then it will be rewarded by the club. You have won honors for the club. There are rewards from the county and autonomous regions, and our club will also get them. Just show it. Don’t take it out anymore. By the way, you just said that the leader of the autonomous region took a photo with you?”
"Yes. I told reporter Zhang that the photos will be sent to our agency together with the group photo."
"Okay, Xiao Li, you are very flexible. Photos will be sent to our agency then." Are you okay with putting it in the club?”
“I asked you to wash two.” Li Long smiled, “Put one in the club and I’ll take the other.”
"Hey, you've thought of it all." Director Wei pointed at Li Long with a smile, "It's no wonder that you can go to the autonomous region to commend him for his cleverness. Now that you know reporter Zhang, please contact him more in the future. Next time I go to Wuhan I'll take some things with me to see people. When the money comes, Pay it out from the club. Our club doesn’t have many connections in the autonomous region. Now that you are expanding here, you have to keep it, maybe you will use it sometime.”
This is a rule of thumb. , Li Long nodded hurriedly to express his understanding.
After coming out of Director Wei, Li Long went to Li Xiangqian's office.
Li Xiangqian had already poured the water for him. When Li Long sat down, Li Xiangqian asked with a smile:
"What work did the director not arrange for you to do?"
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"It's arranged." Li Long picked up the water glass, took a sip, put it down and said, "He told me to go to Captain Tang of the engineering team of the county construction company when I have time. I can take over any work that requires hauling materials. Anyway, I have A tractor is just idle when it's idle. It's better to make some money by doing work."
"Well, that's true," Li Xiangqian said, "It's true, otherwise your tractor would be a waste if it were idle. "
Li Long was relatively relaxed at Li Xiangqian's place. He said his next plan: "I will go to work during this period. When the wheat is harvested, I will return to the team. Go up. This time I went to Kuitun to get a harvester and try to cut the wheat and make some money." "Harvester?" Li Long didn't know much about this. Explain to him.
"That's okay. After you finish harvesting the wheat, you'll almost have to start making the big broom. Will you do this job this year?"
"I'll definitely do it." Li Long said with a smile, "I won't be happy if you don't do it for me."
"Just do it. I'll tell you the specific notice when the time comes. "Li crossed his legs forward, lit a cigarette for himself, took a puff and said:
"Construction is accelerating in all aspects now, like a big broom. There is a huge demand for such tools, so you have to prepare in advance.
Don’t worry, with your current honor, you will be able to win these jobs easily in the company and even in the county. If you control the quality well, you don’t need to go to a meeting, the work will be given directly to you, and no one will have anything to say.”
Li Long understood this. Normally, if you are a regular employee and receive commendation from the autonomous region, you can be promoted in advance. Li Long is a temporary worker and does not need to consider this aspect, so the honor he brings is more reflected in the bonus to the collective.
If the club gets the honor, it will definitely compensate Li Long accordingly, otherwise it will definitely be chilling.
When Li Long was about to say something else, the new guard came to look for him.
"Comrade Li Long, someone is looking for you at the door." The guard now also knows about Li Long. After all, he is a celebrity who participated in the autonomous region's commendation, so he must know. He was the central figure discussed in the club these two days, and it was impossible not to recognize him.
"Who is looking for me?" Li Long was a little surprised and stood up and asked.
"A Kazakh on horseback said his name is Harim." The guard said.
"Halimu went down the mountain?" Li Long was a little surprised when he heard that. He smiled and said to Li Xiangqian: "Captain, I'm leaving first. Harimu has gone down the mountain. There must be something... Let's talk about it later."
"Is he your friend in the mountains? Then go quickly ," Li waved his hand forward. When Li Long walked out quickly, Li Xiangqian remembered something, chased him to the door and shouted at his back: "Enter people well."
"I got it. "Li Long didn't even reply. He just replied with one sentence and quickly went to the door.
Halimu stood beside the horse, holding the reins in his hand, still a little nervous.
When he saw Li Long coming out, his nervousness eased and a smile appeared on his lips.
Li Long walked quickly to Harimu and asked with a smile:
"Duosen, are you okay?" He shook hands with Harimu.
"Okay, okay." Harimu shook hands with Li Long vigorously and said, "I went out of the mountains to the animal husbandry team yesterday and saw the house you renovated. Thank you! "
" Duosen, don't mention this as a friend," Li Long said, "You came here in the morning. ?”
“Yes, I brought something for you.” Harimu pointed to the things on the horse and said, “Where is your home? I don’t know if I can send it to you. I found you. I thought if I couldn’t find you, I would store these things here first..."
Li Long looked at the things on the horse's back. They were some leathers, and one of the pockets contained what seemed to be antlers.
"Wait for me." Li Long pointed to the yard, "I'll get on the bike and let's go to my yard."
"Okay." Outside, Harimu Don't talk much.
Li Long rode out on his bike, and Harimu was already on his horse. The two of them, one in a cart and one in a horse, headed towards the big yard at a slow speed.
Arrived at the big yard, Li Long opened the door, Harimu dismounted and led him in. Li Long put the bicycle against the wall, then closed the door and said:
"Is everything in the mountain okay? Is there anything missing?"
"Not much. There is food, medicine, and salt." Harimu looked at Li Long's big yard curiously, and waited until he heard Li Long ask He said, "I just don't have enough bullets, so I don't dare to shoot when I encounter something. There are more wolves this year, so the main thing is to guard against wolves."
Li Long said :
"This is easy to handle. I will prepare some bullets for you today."
"Let's find a place to put these things first." Harimu said, "The leather is not ripe, and the antlers are not yet cooked." The quantity is not large, mainly because it is not easy to bring back. I will give you some things when I transfer. There are two deer antlers, which are quite heavy.”
Li Long and Harimu took off the skins from the horse's back, as well as the bag of antlers and two antlers.
Four wolf skins, two deer skins, two roe deer skins, and what surprised Li Long was that there was even a lynx skin!
"Did you hit this?" Li Long asked with some surprise.
“Yes, it was quite difficult to fight.” Harimu said, “It ran very fast, and several of us fought it together. The main reason was that it often came over to steal our lambs, which was very annoying. "
It turns out that this is the case. It is normal for Li Long to think about it. Harimu and the others are not hunters. They usually only hunt things when they encounter them. As for lynx, which is more difficult to fight, unless these herdsmen are offended, they will not take the initiative to trouble this guy.
It's just a pity that the lynx is only made of bones and flesh.
"This leather can be sold for a lot of money. I will sell the leather this afternoon and I will give you the money or exchange it for something." Li Long said while looking at the leather.
"No, no, no." Harimu waved his hand, "These leathers, these antlers and antlers are for you. You helped us repair our house, dig a well, and buy schoolbags for the children. I will I haven’t thanked you yet. Either I exchanged these things for you, or Yu Shanjiang and I gave them to you.” "Li Long shook his head, "I can't accept it..."
"Li Long, you are our Duosen, friend. You help my family and Yushanjiang's family without expecting anything in return. "Halimu pointed to those things and said, "For us, if our family's life is good and we have no problems raising cattle and sheep in the summer pasture, we are very satisfied."
"These things are not as precious to us as you think. To us, the precious things are the things I just told you. You helped me realize those, and I am very grateful. As a friend, these , you deserve it.”
Okay, I’m stuck in that infinite loop again.
Li Long stopped talking and spread out the leathers one by one to look at them and then put them away.
The deer antlers and roe deer antlers in the bag are both good, including the two well-handled antlers.
"Come on, you sit down first." Li Long put these things into the empty wing to dry. After coming out, he asked Harimu to sit down first, "Tie the horse first. It's almost time to eat. I'll go first." I’ll take you to dinner, and after dinner I’ll get you some bullets.”
"The horse is not tied up." Harimu waved his hand, "I'll just go buy some naan. I came down from Xia Ranch and ate naan all the way, so there's no need to bother."
"We're in the county. No trouble. If I let you eat dried naan when we get to the county, I will be scolded." Li Long smiled and tied the horse, and then prepared to take Harim out.
Harimu didn't know how to sit on the back of the bicycle, so Li Long simply drove out the tractor and took him to Sister Yang's place first.
Sister Yang was cooking. When she saw Li Long bringing people over, she thought they wanted to eat together, so she said she wanted to get more rice. Li Long explained to her that Gu Xiaoxia would wait here for a while, and the two of them I won’t eat here.
After waiting for Sister Yang for a while, Gu Xiaoxia arrived, and Li Long introduced Harimu to her.
"This is Harimu, you know," he said to Harimu again, "This is my Yanggangzi, Gu Xiaoxia."
"Hello, Brother Harimu!" Gu Xiaoxia smiled and stretched out her hand. , "I often hear Li Long talking about you and saying that you have a very good relationship. Thanks to your care in the mountains."
"No, no, no," Harimu and Gu Xiaoxia shook hands gently, blushing He waved his hands hastily, "No, It was Li Long who took care of my family. This time when I came back, my yard has changed a lot, and the well water is also very sweet... I also want to thank you."
"You eat first, I will take care of you. Harimu went to the halal cafeteria to eat." Li Long said, "I have to do some other things."
"Go and do your things." Gu Xiaoxia said with a smile, "We are fine."< br>
Li Long took Harimu to the halal canteen.
The two chatted while eating. (End of this chapter)