Jiang Zhiyu was quite moved.
After Li Long sent her to the township compound, she was still thinking of saying a few words of thanks, but she didn't expect that Li Long didn't even wait for her to say anything, and drove the tractor around a corner and went back.
The sound was so loud that Jiang Zhiyu shouted twice and Li Long didn't hear it.
Of course, it’s possible that I heard it and didn’t reply.
Li Longchun felt that it was really unsafe. After all, from the fourth team to the countryside, except for two schools, there were no residential areas in between - the residential areas were at least a few hundred meters away from the main road.
It's not safe for a young and beautiful girl to walk at night. News is bad these days. In her last life, Gu Xiaoxia had encountered something similar, and decades after her fall, she would often see things like missing children and women being raped on the Internet.
It’s better to be careful.
But because Jiang Zhiyu is beautiful, Li Long doesn't plan to say anything to her.
As someone with a wife, I have to pay attention to the impact.
Back home, I had a quick meal and then went to rest.
It's quite tiring.
Du Chunfang looked distressed and muttered:
"Who are these people? They work so hard for others, but they don't even give them food to eat..."
Li Qingxia smiled and said to her:
" We have earned money, so what else can we eat? Don't worry, Xiaolong won't treat him badly. Besides, his sister-in-law has left food for him, and neither has our family. If you don’t have any food, why do you care if others leave food or not?”
Du Chunfang was naturally unconvinced after hearing this, and started talking to the old man again. Li Jianguo and the others laughed and listened in the yard without interrupting.
At this time, there are still many people watching TV in the old people's house at night. The Li family sometimes watches, and sometimes they don't turn on the TV when they are too tired. Others understand. After all, when farming is busy, most of the people who can come over to watch TV are children. If they can't see it, they can't see it.
Back in his yard, Li Long washed up in a hurry, then went into the house and lay down.
This is a lot of money earned in one day, but it is more tiring than harvesting fritillaries, and the money is not that much.
Today I earn more than 200 yuan a day. If I continue at today's rate, I can earn 4,000 to 5,000 yuan this wheat season. After deducting costs, I will make a net profit of about 3,000 yuan.
It’s almost the same as editing a job.
But after experiencing the incident of harvesting fritillaries, Li Long became more ambitious, and more than three thousand was no longer in his eyes.
It’s just that there are no other opportunities to make money now, and the harvester job can continue for more than ten years.
It was not until the end of this century and the beginning of the next century that domestically produced combine harvesters became popular, and then the harvesters slowly withdrew from the stage of history.
If this kind of money can be made continuously, Li Long must keep it no matter what.
He even thought about waiting for the wheat season to be over and going to Kuitun when he had time to order two more harvesters so that he could get another tractor to work with him during next year's wheat season.
Li Long’s long-term idea is to buy two cotton pickers, two combine harvesters, and a high-horsepower tractor, hire a few people to drive them, and just sit at home and collect the money. alright.
Of course, the best thing is to contract hundreds or thousands of acres of land from the public during the second round of land contracting, and then directly contract it out at about the same time. The land price here has not been lower per acre in thirty years. If it's less than 1,000 yuan, then Li Long will think about directly contracting out the land or joining a cooperative. Wouldn't it be better for him to just keep the money every year?
So comfortable!
Looking back, primitive accumulation still needs to be done. The second round of land contracting was in 1997. At that time, more land in the village had to be contracted. Anyway, at the time of the final survey of state-owned land, the total area of legal and illegal cultivated land in the village was 10,000 acres.
Legal land is reported to the county water conservancy bureau and township water management office, and water fees are paid per mu each year.
What is illegal is that it is hidden, and the land is irrigated directly with water from Xiaohaizi and the wells dug by oneself.
Of course, after the state-owned land survey, these lands were not allowed to be planted, and privately-drilled wells were pulled out. Some lands need to be abandoned for planting.
In the last life, Li Long did not participate in it, but he only knew the high probability. In this life, he planned to neither be a spectator nor a chess piece, and try to see if he could be a chess player.
If you want to be a chess player, you must have the confidence to be a chess player, so making money is the most important thing right now.
With these things in his mind, Li Long slowly fell asleep.
Driving a tractor to harvest wheat is indeed quite tiring.
Of course, it is much better than going to the fields manually to cut wheat.
Early the next morning, Li Long had breakfast in his eldest brother's yard. After adding water and oil to the tractor, he continued to prepare to cut wheat.
What surprised him was that when he went out, Jiang Zhiyu had already arrived on his bicycle.
"Thank you for yesterday, I will conduct a follow-up interview with you today." Jiang Zhiyu said loudly to Li Long.
Li Long was a little helpless, but it was hard to say anything, so he drove the tractor away.
He has cut less than half of the current wheat fields in the team. Some are still waiting in line. Some people plan to cut it manually this year. If they don’t have to pay the money, they will save the money.
This is also normal.
There are about one-third of these people, and the wheat field area is less than 400 acres.
not much.
In two days, the wheat fields that the team has lined up will be almost harvested, and then there will be those in other villages. The three teams currently have less than 100 acres of land lined up. If no new people come to look for it in three days, they may have to stop.
However, Li Long is still quite optimistic. The information about the harvester can be reported to the township propaganda officer, and those farmers who grow wheat will naturally know about it.
Jiang Zhiyu rode a bicycle and wore a straw hat and followed Li Long to the wheat field. The landowner had leveled the field and was clearing the stems. After Li Long came over, he greeted the landowner and started harvesting.
This was the first time for Jiang Zhiyu to watch Li Long's harvest from the beginning. She immediately propped up the car and ran quickly to the front, preparing to take a photo of Li Long's front.
But the tractor was driving faster, so she chased it for more than a hundred meters but failed to catch up, so she had to stop.
Actually, she called Li Long just now, but she didn’t know if Li Long didn’t hear it or if he heard it and didn’t respond. Anyway, he didn’t stop.
"Xiaolong, who is that?" Halfway through the drive, the owner of the land, Mr. Liang, asked Li Long with a shovel, "What are you doing?"
"The propaganda officer in the township, I guess I want to write news about the wheat harvest. My tractor makes a lot of noise, so maybe I want to take some photos?" Li Long continued to drive forward.
When Jiang Zhiyu waited for Li Long to come around, he immediately ran to the west end of the ground, waited for him to come over, and hurriedly raised his camera to start taking pictures.
After taking several photos, Jiang Zhiyu felt that he should be able to find a suitable photo, so he put down the camera.
Seeing that Li Long couldn't stop for a while, Jiang Zhiyu went to interview Boss Liang.
“A harvester naturally harvests faster, saving time and effort.” Mr. Liang has a good relationship with Li Long, so he will naturally say good things. “Everyone who has been a farmer knows that harvesting wheat is too painful and tiring. With a harvester, That would be much easier.
Besides, isn’t our country talking about the Four Modernizations? This requires harvesting. Machine cutting of wheat should be considered agricultural modernization, right? Even if it doesn’t count, it’s still a step forward, right?”
Jiang Zhiyu didn’t expect that this boss Liang could say such a logical thing. , she hurriedly wrote down these words, and then praised Boss Liang with a sweet smile:
"What you said is so good!"
After Jiang Zhiyu finished the interview, he went to the nearby field to find those who cut wheat by hand and asked others what they thought. Boss Liang looked at her back and thought to himself, this cadre is really beautiful. , can you give me a clue?
Boss Liang has a partner of his own, so he is not in a hurry. The second brother is almost there, and the one in front of him looks pretty good.
Of course, I just thought about it. He is a state cadre, and his second son is not as capable as Li Long. I guess he will look down on him.
The Liang family does not have much wheat land, only fifteen acres. His family has a lot of grain fields, but only twenty acres of contracted land. The three brothers make a lot of money from catching fish all year round, so they are actually a little reluctant to farming.
How quickly you can make money by catching and selling fish.
Like today, the boss came over, but the second and third children didn’t. The two parents at home were clearing the ground on the wheat field. The wheat brought back by other families after harvesting on the wheat field had already begun to be beaten, and each family on the wheat field had to send someone to help.
Liang Lao Er and Liang Lao San went to sell fish in the morning, and after returning they would go to the fields to bundle wheat.
According to them, the money from selling the fish caught today is enough to cover half of the harvesting expenses.
It took Li Long just over an hour to cut fifteen acres of land. After cutting, he took a rest at the edge of the field, chatted with Mr. Liang, and let the tractor cool down for a while.
Jiang Zhiyu has returned from the interview and plans to talk to Li Long again before returning to his hometown. She has collected enough material and plans to write the manuscript today when she goes back.
At this time, there was a sudden sound.
All three people looked to the west.
The road was dusty, and it could be seen that a tractor was driving over, carrying a bucket, and it was obviously coming here.
Li Long pulled on his face towel.
Driving a tractor to cut wheat is actually quite troublesome. The dust in the wheat field is quite large and choking. The awns are very thorny and thin, which is also very troublesome. The sun is too harsh, which is also troublesome.
So Li Long drove the tractor wearing a straw hat and a face scarf - the kind of silk scarf bought from ethnic shops similar to Adelaide, which was folded in three and tied to his face like a masked robber.
After all, the masks at this time are still made of thick gauze, which is okay in winter, but a bit excessive in summer.
Seeing the tractor coming with dust all over the sky, I had no choice but to cover my face with a towel.
Jiang Zhiyu had retreated far into the ground, with a look of disgust on his face.
Only then did she realize that Li Long was actually very civilized in driving a tractor. Although his attitude was not very good, at least he was happy to drive the tractor and make such a big noise.
The tractor drove to the end of Mr. Liang's house and stopped, just blocking the way Li Long wanted to go out.
Li Long frowned, is this person looking for him?
Looks like the person who came here is evil!
The person who got off the tractor was a middle-aged man in his thirties. Li Long first took a look at the tractor. It was quite new and looked similar to his own. It should have been bought from Shicheng Tractor Factory.
"Are you Li Long? I'm Wei Tianxing from the small team." The middle-aged man was tall and smiling. He glanced at Jiang Zhiyu who was hiding in the wheat field, then walked towards Li Long's tractor and looked at it carefully. Harvester, then continued :
"Your elder brother and I know each other. I have met you before, but I didn't expect you to be so tall now. By the way, where did you buy this harvester?"
"Kuitun. "Li Long is not afraid of others asking. This kind of thing cannot be hidden, and there is no need to hide it. Jiang Zhiyu asked this question before, and Li Long also made it clear.
But now that Li Long said it so directly, Jiang Zhiyu was quite surprised. These days, people have a way to make money, but most of them keep it secret from others.
After all, there are few ways to make money. If you get it, won’t I make less?
"It's so far!" Wei Tianxing naturally knew about Kuitun. He frowned and thought for a while, then asked:
"Is this harvester easy to use? Has it ever broken?"
"No." Li Long frowned and replied. He didn't want to deal with this person. The tone of this person's question was quite annoying.
"Li Long, how much did you pay for this harvester?" Wei Tianxing asked again as if he didn't see Li Long's expression.
"Five hundred." Li Long lied. Anyway, Kuitun Agricultural Machinery Factory currently has no plans to continue production, so it doesn't matter how much it costs.
"So many?" Wei Tianxing was a little surprised, but he understood immediately.
After all, it is an agricultural machine. Although it is not as big as a tractor, it is still an agricultural machine after all. Looking at the triangular cutter heads, gears, and chains on it, it looks extraordinary!
A tractor costs four to five thousand, but this harvester only costs five hundred, so it’s not expensive.
"Do you think this will work? I'm not familiar with Kuitun. I've been using this harvester for a few days. You can sell it to me at a 30% discount. How about you buy a new one? ? You have harvested a lot of wheat these days, so the money should be about the same, right?"
Li Long was a little surprised by the idea proposed by Wei Tianxing.
Is this an idea that a normal person can come up with?
"Not for sale." Li Long was too lazy to pay attention to him, said hello to Boss Liang and left.
"Don't leave yet." Boss Liang glanced at Wei Tianxing, and he was a little surprised. Is there something wrong with this guy's brain?
He took out three big coupons from his pocket and handed them to Li Long:
"Harvesting fee."
"Okay." Li Long took the money and put it in his pocket, and asked casually: "Are you the only one to tie it up? Where are the second and third children?"
"I'm selling fish. I'll be back soon." These two don't want to work, they just want to make quick money, trouble." "Okay, okay, just make money." Li Long smiled and got on the tractor.
Jiang Zhiyu watched the dust on the road disperse and left on his bicycle. Before leaving, he gave Wei Tianxing a disgusting look. This person really had no quality.
When Wei Tianxing saw Li Long say two words, he ignored him. He felt that he had lost face, so he raised his voice and said:
"Li Long, I gave you three hundred and fifty yuan, you made a profit! After all, you have cut a lot of land these days, this harvester must be worn out. You can use the money to buy a new one and you can continue Cut...I have a relationship with your eldest brother."
"I'll give you three hundred and fifty, and you can get me a harvester?" Li Long definitely doesn't believe that this guy has a relationship with his eldest brother. It may be acquaintance, but it's hard to say friendship. After all, he basically knows everyone who has friendship with Dake.
Wei Tianxing was speechless after hearing what Li Long said.
He actually went to the County Agricultural Machinery Factory and the Shicheng Agricultural Machinery Factory, but there was no harvester. No one has ever heard of it.
That’s why I came here to trick Li Long. I didn’t expect Li Long to say it so honestly.
He had never been to Kuitun and didn't know much about it, so he thought about buying it ready-made.
After all, Kuitun is also a city, and you may not be able to find a place by yourself.
Of course, that being said, if you really go all out, you might be able to find it.
However, people are lazy, especially people like Wei Tianxing. They can ask others to do things, and they can talk very impassionedly, but if they are asked to do it themselves, they will not have the courage.
When going to a strange place, they will become very cautious and even afraid.
Cowardly.
Li Long ignored him. Anyway, the Liang family’s land was cut out. Li Long got on the tractor, drove around a little, scraped the rear tire of Wei Tianxing’s tractor, and then drove away. .
Wei Tianxing saw that it was too late to stop. When Li Long left, he hurriedly looked at the tire. There was a black mark on it, which made him feel distressed.
But he couldn't blame Li Long - to be honest, there are no more than five people in the township who can drive a tractor.
Wei Tianxing has a proud capital, so he basically drives sideways along the way, occupying the middle of the road, and does not slow down when he sees people. The sky is full of dust, and passers-by are confused and do not care about him. within the range.
It's the same virtue when driving to the end of the field, occupying the middle of the road. He is the biggest anyway.
I just didn’t expect that Li Long would die when he went out without selling his face.
Wei Tianxing wanted to shout, but Li Long had already run away.
Looking at Boss Liang holding the sickle and looking at him with a half-smile, he swallowed back the words he wanted to curse.
It was only then that he realized that this was his territory.
However, the goal was not achieved, and Wei Tianxing did not want to give up. He got on the tractor, turned a corner, and drove towards the residential area.
If you can’t find Li Long, then go to his elder brother. He really knows Li Jianguo, maybe his elder brother can help him.
Li Long went to another field to harvest, and cut two more fields before lunch. He paid 40 yuan for each field, which was the price of 20 acres of land. One piece directly stated that the wheat would be delivered to the Li family within half a month at the price of fifteen kilograms of wheat per acre.
Li Long naturally agreed. According to last year's price, the wheat that was paid for the public grain was 121 kilograms, and the wheat sold after the public grain was paid was 18 cents per kilogram. The average value taken by Li Long is 1.5 cents per kilogram, and 15 kilograms of wheat is 2.25 cents, which is about the same.
After all, the wheat he received had to be cleaned if he wanted to sell it, so the price was just right.
Since Li Long announced that he could get wheat at a low harvest price, more people have come to him for harvesting. If this trend continues, three-quarters of the wheat in the village will be harvested by him.
It can be about 800 acres. That's 1,600 yuan.
The total area in the outer villages currently does not reach 200 acres, but judging from the trend of Wei Tianxing coming to look for harvesters, there should be more.
Then when I went home for lunch, I saw Wei Tianxing outside the yard.
Hey, this haunting guy! (End of chapter)