Zhang Qiang really panicked when he heard what Li Long said.
But seeing so many big brooms piled up in the Li family’s yard, he felt confident again and said with a sneer:
“Li Long, don’t say that. Hard, we all know that if you give everyone a job, the team members will thank you. If you can make money, everyone will make money too. .
But if you don’t have these big brooms from the team, you will be in trouble. It’s okay for you to say tough things to me now, but when the time comes, you won’t be able to deliver the goods. It’s you who is in trouble. Think about it!”
After that, Zhang Qiang left.
Li Long sneered and began to install the big broom he collected today.
Li Qingxia is helping. Although he wanted to give Zhang Qiang a beating just now, he was actually quite worried. In the old man's opinion, what Zhang Qiang said makes sense, and the important thing is to deliver the goods to the superiors. If he fails to deliver the goods, Li Long will definitely suffer the consequences.
"Why don't you give him some money and collect those big brooms?" Li Qingxia came up with an idea, "You don't have to give him much, just discuss it with him anyway. We still have about ten days left in the deadline, and this team is nearby The splendens splendens has been cut, and the brooms we can send are limited after all..."
"Dad, this is Just leave the matter alone." Li Long waved his hand, "We can't let go of this matter easily. I will do a big job every year, carrying a big broom and a reed handle. If Zhang Qiang succeeds this time, someone will follow him next time. If you want to learn, then I won’t make any more money.”
This is the truth, but the time is coming.
Naturally, Li Qingxia didn't know that the time Li Long told Xu Chengjun was ten days earlier than the final time set by the supply and marketing cooperative.
So Li Long still has enough time to deal with this matter. It's just that Zhang Qiang doesn't know, and Xu Chengjun doesn't know.
That night, two people came to Zhang Qiang's house. Looking at the mountains of brooms in the yard, they smiled and entered the house.
"Old Zhang, what you did this time is so awesome." The leader praised Zhang Qiang when he entered the room, "What, has Li Long softened?"
"I'm not giving in, but it doesn't matter." Zhang Qiang was still very stubborn in front of outsiders, "It will expire in seven or eight days.
Now these people in the team can put up a hundred broomsticks a day at most, but he is still far behind when the time comes! I don't believe he dares to take these big brooms to the supply and marketing cooperative! He doesn't have to do the rest of the work! "
"That's it. "The other person laughed happily.
"Then you have to be careful about him finding people from other villages to work for him. "The person who spoke first said.
Zhang Qiang sneered and said:
"He still knows a few people in our brigade and small teams. After he left our brigade, who in the other brigade in the township knew him? Not to mention knowing him, very few people even know his brother!
This job requires money, it doesn't mean that you just tell someone something in vain and they will do it for you. All the splendens near our brigade had been cut down. Even if he went to another village, people would have to be able to conjure splendens for him. ”
When he said this, the two men nodded repeatedly.
That’s the truth.
The two men chatted for a while and left.
After leaving the Zhang family, a person said:
"Second brother, now, that Li Long must pay for it, right?"
"That's hard to say. But third brother, let's watch first. Whether it's Li Long who suffers, or Zhang Qiang, right? It's not a good thing for Li Long. The more enemies he makes, the more likely things will happen in the future.
Remember, we just have to fight from behind. Don't come out and face him directly. This Li Long may have other ways to make a comeback."
"Two. Brother, I understand.”
The two people speaking are Hu Lao Er and Hu Lao San.
Last year, because of Wei Bangzi's incident, the two of them lost a lot of money because of their cleverness, and they were considered enemies of Li Long.
Hu Laoer had noticed the big broomstick thing this time, and then he was angry with Zhang Qiang. He also helped Zhang Qiang to persuade some swingmen in the team to send the big broomstick to Zhang Qiang.
Zhang Qiang later asked the two of them to borrow money when he ran out of money. They cried over their poverty and said that the debt they paid last year had not been paid off today. Otherwise, how could he hate Li Long so much?
Zhang Qiang believed it.
Without the encouragement of these two people, Zhang Qiang would not have been so determined.
Of course, Zhang Qiang said that he would share some benefits with them afterwards, so just listen.
Li Long pulled a cart of big brooms and left. He returned to the courtyard and unloaded the big brooms and put them in place. In the past two days, I didn't drive the roe deer out in the morning and evening. The main reason was that I was afraid of damaging the broom.
He didn't tell Gu Xiaoxia about Zhang Qiang's matter, but he discussed the matter about Roe Deer Zi.
When the cleaning is finished, the roe deer will be pulled into the horse stall. The main reason is that as this thing gets bigger, it becomes more ferocious. Gu Xiaoxia was also worried that when her colleagues' children came over to play, they would be hit or kicked by the roe deer, which would be unbearable.
The next morning, Gu Xiaoxia went to work, and Li Long drove the tractor toward the mountains.
The poles that were pulled back were not used up, mainly because there were not enough large brooms. Now Li Qingxia uses the pole to push up the big brooms he collects every day. Li Long joked with the old man that a pole costs only a dime, and it must be strong, otherwise the money will be deducted.
Li Qingxia was worried that he could not catch fish and had nothing to do, so he happily accepted this "task".
The tractor drove to Qingshuihe Township. Li Long stopped driving instead of continuing.
People in Qingshuihe Township are really familiar with his tractor coming in and out of the mountains. The tractor stopped suddenly, and someone came over curiously.
There are few tractors in Qingshuihe Township, and it is close to the mountain. There are more Gobi deserts on the slopes here, and there is little cultivated farmland, making it relatively poor.
Even though it is relatively close to the mountains, because there are wolves and now there are forestry teams, not many of these people go into the mountains. At most, like Li Long did the winter before last, he went into the mountains to pull some wood or something.
As for hunting, basically no one does it.
After all, if you haven’t fought this thing before, you really don’t have the skills. Li Long also dared to follow the half-hearted jealous people like Yushanjiang and Halimu, and also brought some experience from later network platforms.
Seeing someone approaching, Li Long got off the tractor, took out a cigarette and handed it over, and asked proactively:
"Brother, where is this team headquarters?"
"Over there. What, are you busy?"
"Yes. Brother, can you make a big broom?"
"Jitney big broom? You can, but it's not a skill. Live."
"Are there many people around here?" Li Long asked about this area. This is Qingshuihe Township, which used to be the gathering place of communes. There is a village here. Other villages are scattered in various places and are still relatively far apart.
"That's what almost every family can do." The old man looked about forty years old. He took the cigarette without smoking, but put it to his nose and smelled it. It was quite strange.
"I want to collect large brooms, each for two and a half dollars. Is there anyone who sells them?"
"Two dollars and a half? Do you really want to accept them?" The man's eyes widened, "Are you kidding me?" br>
"How can you be joking? You go out today, and I will come and collect it tomorrow." Li Long said with a smile, "Of course there are conditions."
"What conditions?" The man A look on his face that said, "I knew it wouldn't be such a good thing."
“The big broom must be tied tightly, the pole must be one and a half meters long, the splendens cannot be shorter than one and two meters, and it must be surrounded by red willow branches...”
"What's that? Isn't that what we usually do with big brooms?" The old man's expression relaxed when he heard this, "Are you really going to accept it?"
"You take me to the team headquarters, I want to accept a lot more "Thousands of miles." Li Long said, "You can't get through it alone."
The retail price of large brooms on the market is three to three and a half yuan, but there are people selling them. few.
After all, it is basically done in rural areas, so you don’t need to buy it if you want to do it yourself. All units in the city are issued and purchased from supply and marketing cooperatives. Retail sales are aimed at urban households with large yards.
After all, a small yard doesn’t need a big broom at all, and it can’t be spread out.
In addition, Ma County itself has a small population, so the market is not large, and large brooms are more durable, so there is only one broom seller in the entire market, and they can barely make money. If there are only two of them, they may not be able to survive.
The old man brought Li Long to the team headquarters with doubts. Now that the wheat has been harvested, the corn, sunflower seeds, and flax are not yet ripe, so there is relatively little leisure time.
"Captain, someone is looking for you and wants to collect the broomstick." The old man told Li Long his story directly without waiting for him to speak.
"You want to collect the big broom?" The captain looked at Li Long, feeling a little familiar.
"I am Li Long from the county supply and marketing cooperative." Li Long took out his work permit and handed it over, "The supply and marketing cooperative needs a batch of large brooms recently, and I would like to order some from your village."
After receiving the work permit, the village chief glanced at it and suddenly thought:
"Are you the one who appeared in the autonomous region daily and was commended...Li Long?"
" Well, it's me." Li Long didn't expect that the captain also knew about him, and he was very happy. Now that he knew, it would be easier to do. The team would definitely have concerns if they did this to strangers, but it would be easier if they did it to someone who knows.
“Order a big broom?” The captain returned the work permit to Li Long and asked while pouring water, “What specifications and price?”
“This old man asked me just now. That's it. A handful costs 2.5 yuan, the pole is 1.5 meters, the splendens is 1.2 meters, and the surrounding area is reinforced with tamarisk and surrounded by ropes..." The captain listened and thought about it in his mind.
This big broom is not difficult to ask for, but it is actually easy to tie it up. But what he was thinking about was whether he could get some benefits from the team.
But that old man is here, and the captain can’t tell.
He thought for a while and said to the old man:
"Changgui, go and tell my family that you will kill a chicken at noon. I have to entertain Comrade Li Long."
That Chang Gui didn't want to leave, but the captain spoke, so he had no choice but to leave. Before leaving, he said to the captain:
"Captain, you must agree to it. I will get stabbed after I say this!"< br>
After Changgui left, the captain thought I want to ask:
"Comrade Li Long, how many big brooms do you need?"
"A thousand at the beginning, we will see the situation later." Li Long couldn't say anything, Zhang Qiang's With more than two thousand brooms, it’s hard to say whether there will be any improvement. After all, they are all on the same team, and he doesn't want to do anything. Of course, the other party must bow his head.
"A thousand..." the captain muttered.
"Captain, you can give it a try first. I will come over tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to check and accept the first batch. You can ask everyone to send the tied brooms over, and you can check and accept them first. I will give you one How about a 10-cent inspection fee for the big broom?”
Li Long said this, The captain smiled:
“I don’t have much to say, but this matter is of no benefit to our team.”
“If the first batch is qualified, it can be completed within five days. After that, I will give another 100 yuan to the team individually - this cannot be more.”
"Okay!" The captain agreed, "Five days, right? With the weather like this, it can be dried in two or three days, and then we can start drying it. Five days, um, about the same!"
"Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow I'm here to collect the first batch." Li Long said, "I hope the captain will strictly control it!"
"Comrade Li Long, you have to leave a note." The captain is also very strict.
"Okay." Li Long wrote a note and signed his name. The note stated that one thousand brooms were to be collected from Qingshuihe Village, and the deadline was five days later. There was a specific time.
After the captain received the note, he turned on the loudspeaker and shouted. Li Long wanted to leave, but the captain stayed behind.
The chickens have been slaughtered, so they cannot be slaughtered in vain.
Just give him a dime inspection fee for a big broomstick that Li Long alone has to eat!
Li Long had no choice but to stay. As soon as the loudspeaker was turned on, the village began to boil.
How long has it been since this kind of good thing happened in this village?
Every household is in action. Those who have tools are happy to go directly outside to cut splendens and red willows in the red willow beach. Those who don’t have tools can borrow them from nearby villages.
The reason why Li Long wanted to search here was because there were more Achnatherum splendens nearby. There are many splendens splendens growing in this red willow beach. In later generations, it was a place that families with broomsticks would like to visit.
As Zhang Qiang said, the splendens splendens near the fourth team and the third team had been cut early by the people of the fourth team. If they wanted to make a big broom, they had to go further.
To the north, there are two villages on the edge of the Gurbantunggut Desert. There are also many splendens there, not only splendens, but also a large number of Haloxylon ammodendron.
But it’s too far north, and Li Long doesn’t want to go. Now it’s Shunzui heading south, so it’s just right here.
After having a meal of fried chicken at noon, the captain also persuaded Li Long to drink two drinks, but Li Long refused. After all, he wanted to drive a tractor, so there was no discussion on this matter.
What surprised Li Long was that as soon as the meal was finished, someone brought the first big broom.
The splendens cherry blossoms on the broom have not been burned off, but overall, it looks pretty standard.
Li Long tugged on the splendens on it, which was also very strong and met the requirements.
Li Long paid the man two yuan and fifty cents on the spot.
The one left happily. Li Long took out another dime and put it on the table, which meant that regardless of whether the captain inspected or not, the inspection fee of this dime would be paid.
The captain was naturally very happy.
This is how we deal with each other.
Li Long drove the tractor into the mountains. When he was going out, the captain saw him entering the mountains and asked. Li Long said that there were still things in the mountains that needed to be pulled back.
Of course he went to pull the pole.
Originally the three thousand poles cut by Harry Mu and others were not enough. It's good now. If Zhang Qiang insists on doing that, Li Long really doesn't want those brooms. The brooms he ordered on the Qingshui River side have even prepared the poles themselves!
Can a living person be choked to death by urinating?
No way.
Arrived at the wooden house, Li Long was surprised to find that there were many more poles here.
He sighed. Needless to say, this must have been chopped down by Harimu and the others in their spare time.
No matter how much it is, let’s go first.
He was still thinking about rushing back to the big yard today.
I am so busy working all day that I can hardly live my life.
What life? Um.
I pulled a cart of poles and ran down the mountain. When I arrived at Qingshuihe Village, I was stopped again.
The villagers took the big broom and asked Li Long to collect it.
Li Long had no choice but to go to the team headquarters and inspect the big brooms in front of the captain.
Sixteen brooms, two were unqualified, one had a short pole and one had no rope tied to it.
These are small things, just go back and change them.
After paying the money and sending the person away, Li Long gave the captain another dollar and forty cents.
The captain was embarrassed to accept it and said to Li Long:
"Comrade Li, how about collecting the inspection fee together at the end?"
"Okay." The captain said. Li Long was also happy. He took out the money from his pocket, counted out forty-eight yuan and fifty cents and handed it to him. Captain:
“Captain, plus the one dollar and four this time and the ten cent at noon, the total is fifty yuan. Pay one in advance. Half, I will pay half after the thousand exercises are completed."
"Okay!" Seeing Li Long's approach, the captain also said, "I will check the brooms you sent me first. Don't worry. Absolutely strict!"
That's what Li Long wanted. After chatting for a few more words, he drove away on the tractor.
Qingshuihe has no specialties or industries, and its economy is really not as good as the following townships with large tracts of land.
The captain was very happy to be able to collect fifty yuan at once, so he naturally checked the broom with care.
A few minutes after Li Long left, someone brought the broom over. The captain said that those people were still a little unhappy after they left.
The captain asked him to keep some big brooms for inspection. He picked out a few unqualified ones and sent them back for rectification. One of them was just a fool and could even pull out splendens, so the captain gave him a scolding.
Now the word spread among the villagers that the broom must be tied up properly or else the captain would scold him.
Li Long pulled the pole to the big yard. It was still dark.
He unloaded a few brooms but not the poles, and planned to take them directly to the team early tomorrow morning.
Anyway, the team can collect some big brooms one after another, so the poles are naturally needed.
Of course, Li Long won't care about Zhang Qiang. There is already a second way, and it is so easy to walk, so who would settle for less, right?
When Gu Xiaoxia came back, she was holding a newspaper again with a smile on her face.
Li Long helped to hold up the bicycle and asked:
"Why are you so happy?"
"You are in the newspaper again this time!" Gu Xiaoxia put the newspaper towards Li Long and said, "The Autonomous Region Daily is talking about how you, a model of national unity, help the ethnic brothers, and they praise you so well..."
"Hey, let me take a look." Li Long took the newspaper and read it. got up.
Correspondent Ma Xiaoyan, Yelaya’s name is at the back.
Not bad, Li Long knew that Ma Xiaoyan should be praised this time. After all, it is definitely not easy to be published in the autonomous region daily newspaper. Zhang Xinhua himself is a daily reporter, so it is okay to write about it.
Ma Xiaoyan made it into the newspaper on her own merit, which is really not easy.
But the most difficult thing is himself, Li Long thought with some pride. (End of this chapter)