"You are already a model, and now you are praised so highly. You should be careful about what you say and do in the future." After Gu Xiaoxia was happy, she began to worry again. Although she also experienced the previous era, she was still young at the time and did not have deep feelings.
After arriving at the Education Bureau and studying a large number of documents, I gradually became more enlightened and my understanding of some things was different from before.
Being a role model has various advantages, but there are also disadvantages. Being stared at by everyone, even the slightest mistake will be magnified infinitely. Jealous people will keep an eye on these things, and bad people will find every opportunity to ruin their reputation.
After all, no one is perfect. These people are models in some aspects, not saints. They will naturally make mistakes and have shortcomings, but others don't care.
The role model set at this time, in the eyes of others, should be a perfect person and should be excellent in all aspects.
Otherwise, you don’t deserve this role model.
"Don't worry." Li Long said with a smile, "I know. The higher you hold it, the easier it is to fall and get seriously injured. But I don't care about this. It was imposed on me by others. If I don't care If you do, then others won't be able to catch you -"
He didn't finish his words, but Gu Xiaoxia understood. Li Long is not the kind of moral model that is common nowadays. That kind of role model can be threatened, but Li Long will not.
He doesn't care about this. Becoming a model is an accident, and there will be no loss if he doesn't do it properly. As long as he doesn't break the law, there's nothing to fear.
There is a popular saying in later generations, "I have no morals, so naturally I am not afraid of moral kidnapping." Some old people who have become bad often morally kidnap young people on buses and subways and ask them to give up their seats. Gradually, people spread this saying.
Everyone's moral standards are still very high these days, but if you really go all out and don't want that face, others really can't do anything to Li Long.
Looking at Huo Yuanjia together, Li Long asked Gu Xiaoxia some things about the school.
He was thinking about whether Li Juan and Li Qiang could go to other places, such as key high schools, after graduating from junior high school.
After all, current rural middle school students have no idea that if they do well in the high school entrance examination, they can get into prestigious schools like the state's No. 1 Middle School and No. 2 Middle School.
When studying in rural middle schools, students usually only know that there are three ways to take the high school entrance examination, the technical secondary school entrance examination, and the normal education entrance examination. They don't know that they can choose a school after taking the high school entrance examination.
In Li Long's view, since he was going to live on campus anyway, wouldn't it be better if he could get into a better school?
Gu Xiaoxia only learned about such a policy after she arrived at the Education Bureau, but it is still a bit far away for them now. After all, Li Juan is in fifth grade this year and only entered the first grade of junior high school after graduation (she is not yet in sixth grade at this time). Li Qiang is even taller.
Li Long did not go to Qingshui River the next day, but returned to the team with a cart of poles.
The splendens splendens used for the big broom delivered yesterday by the Qingshui River was cut and saved by some villagers in advance. Li Long's standards require that Chen Jiji cannot be used, so these people have to cut it fresh. After cutting, clean the leaves and dry them in the sun for two days.
So there is no need to rush for now.
On the contrary, brooms are delivered to the village every day, and Li Long needs to provide poles. Of course, there was still room left in the pole he pulled back last time. He pulled it back this time just to see if there was any possibility of Zhang Qiang surrendering.
Back in Li Jianguo’s yard, Li Qingxia was still there fighting the pole.
The pole was sharpened and inserted into the root of the big broom, and then it was hit hard against the ground, knocking the pole in.
It is right to say that this kind of work is a technical work, and it is also right to say that it is a physical work.
After all, you have to keep it aligned, and you can’t plant the pole crookedly. If it is crooked, it will be useless - it is easy to smash the pole in, but it is not easy to get out.
"My eldest brother and sister-in-law are still in the melon field?" Li Long asked when he saw that there were only two people in the yard.
When Du Chunfang saw Li Long coming back, she walked into the house with her little feet, then struggled to hold a watermelon out with a knife in her hand.
Li Long hurried over to take the watermelon and the knife, cut the melon in half on the tractor's blade, and then cut one half into teeth.
Young people and children like to hold half of it and eat it, but most old people like to eat it tooth by tooth. Like Du Chunfang, this kind of watermelon can last two teeth.
Li Qingxia didn’t care. He took the watermelon handed over by Li Long and ate it while saying:
"Yes, it was said that aphids were growing on the melon seedlings, so I went to apply pesticides."
Nowadays, the sprayer used to spray pesticides is still carried on the back. The principle is similar to the one used by some people to grow flowers with a pole on it. Press down on the inflated watering can, keep pressing it with your left hand to ensure that the air pressure inside is sufficient, and hold the spray rod in your right hand to control the direction of the nozzle.
More than ten years later, Li Qiang was still using this sprayer when he was in junior high school. Li Long remembered that he was going to attend a class reunion after graduating from junior high school. Liang Yuemei didn't want him to go, so she gave him a task and asked him to finish treating eighteen acres of cotton fields before going. She thought about letting Li Qiang give up and forget it.
Li Qiang was only fifteen years old at that time. He was very strong, so he carried a sprayer to apply the medicine. He finished spraying eighteen acres of land in one morning, and there were bloody marks on his shoulders.
My sister-in-law was very distressed afterwards.
Now, of course, the elder brother and sister-in-law are carrying sprayers and spraying medicine. Li Long wanted to see if in two years, when tractors were relatively common, he could develop a medicine tank for spraying pesticides. Firstly, he could make some money by selling the medicine cans, and secondly, it would really save farmers trouble.
After all, spraying with a back sprayer is fine if you have a small plot of land, but if you have a lot of plots, especially when growing cotton, you will have to spray quite a few times that season, which will really tire you out.
Because it was too hot, there were several cases of poisoning caused by spraying pesticides in the fields but no rescue was possible.
Du Chunfang took the watermelon handed over by Li Long and ate it with a grin. The watermelon now has been improved. It is very sweet and chewy, and it is comfortable to eat.
Li Long himself took a knife and cut the watermelon into pieces, inserted it with the tip of the knife and put it in his mouth.
"Be careful, don't bite your lips..." Du Chunfang reminded.
"Yes, I paid attention." Li Long smiled.
After eating the watermelon, he took off the poles.
My eldest brother still has a lot of Achnatherum splendens at home, which has basically been dried in the sun. The main job now is to beat the splendens in the melon field, and the rest is to tie up the broom. During this period, Li Jianguo could prick five or six times a day. Liang Yuemei couldn't prick, so she was responsible for feeding pigs and other tasks. Chen Lirong had nothing to do anyway, so she went to help.
Li Qingxia learned to prick, but he couldn't master this task all of a sudden. If the prick was not up to standard, it would be a waste of Gnji, so he started to do it.
It's possible to catch fish, but during this time Tao Daqiang took care of Yang Pingping and didn't even bother with the broom - the due date was coming soon, and Tao Daqiang became impatient.
In fact, rural women gave birth very casually at this time. They gave birth at home without going to the health center, or they were still working when they were about to give birth.
Tao Daqiang paid more attention to this because his family was rich and he often heard Li Long talk about it, and even made some elders-in-law and aunts laugh at him.
But Tao Daqiang doesn’t care. He has a child, which is better than anything else. If others say anything, treat it as farts. He felt that those who said this were jealous of their family's good life.
Tao Daqiang didn't go down the net, so Li Qingxia went down to catch fish alone and didn't catch many fish. He didn't want to go to Shicheng alone, and neither did his family. But when he couldn't get enough money to sell it in Ma County, Li Qingxia simply stopped arresting him. Or occasionally catch some and eat it at home.
Although Du Chunfang is not a big eater, to be honest, she quite likes eating fish, especially small crucian carp. She has similar habits to Liang Donglou. When eating fish, she only eats the fish as it tastes. After chewing it, she vomits the meat and thorns together.
That’s good, at least the family doesn’t have to worry about her being stabbed in the throat.
Li Long was unloading the pole when Xu Chengjun came over on his bicycle.
On the back of his bicycle was a large bundle of seven or eight large brooms. He made these brooms by himself, and he also wanted to make money.
It is normal for the captain to work hard to make money these days.
Even forty years later, village cadres already received subsidies (salaries), and they were not low. Liang Wenyu, who had become one of the first batch of village party secretaries to become civil servants, was still farming.
"Hey, the captain is here, how many are there this time?" Li Long asked as he helped unload the big broom.
"Six of them, you can look at them. If they are not qualified, pick them out for me. I will take them home and use them myself."
Li Long checked them all symbolically and passed them to him. .
Six sticks cost fifteen yuan. Li Long paid the money, then took the pole and started to punch it in.
Xu Chengjun also followed suit, and Li Long joked:
"Captain, you can go back after you finish. Now you are just putting up poles, and I won't give you any extra money."
"Hey, I Is this a favor?" Xu Chengjun knew that Li Long's identity was different now. , and said as if joking with his brother, "You can't look at me and think that all I see is the money?"
Li Qingxia pointed to the watermelon on the tractor page and said to Xu Chengjun: " Captain, eat melon.”
"Okay, sir, don't worry about me. I'll eat it after I tie it."
Xu Chengjun helped Li Long tie up all six brooms, then clapped his hands and took a tooth of watermelon to eat.
While eating watermelon, he asked Li Long:
“What do you think about Zhang Qiang?”
“What else do you think? He wants to make a profit from it. Why should I give him money? If I were in the county and he took the broom and gave it away, I could still give him this money. Now in the village, he is just trying to cut me off. How can I tolerate it? With him?”
"You mean you won't accept it?" Xu Chengjun actually wanted to ask Li Long's attitude.
"In five days, he will transport the brooms to me, and I can charge two yuan and a half for the qualified ones. Five days later, even if he delivers them, I can only charge two yuan for the qualified ones. Ten Queen, even if he delivers it, I won’t accept it. He can use it by himself slowly.”
“Hey, he will use it for the next life, right?” Xu Chengjun said happily. It will be easier for him to handle it if he knows Li Long's attitude. He will not lean towards anyone. We are all adults. Since we have done this kind of thing, we have to take responsibility for ourselves. As the captain, he can at most coordinate.
After saying hello to the second elder, Xu Chengjun pushed his bicycle out and then rode away.
Li Qingxia asked worriedly:
"Xiaolong, can we do something so cruel?"
"What's wrong? He cut my hair, and I didn't even deal with him." Li Long waved his hand, "I've given him a life now. Yeah. If he really goes all the way, there's nothing I can do. No problem.
It’s okay, even if he smashes the broom in his hand, he can still sell it slowly in the market. The most he can do is make less money.”
The market in Ma County is not good. Big, but there is still a market for big brooms in Shicheng. It depends on whether Zhang Qiang can see through this. Li Long believed that he would eventually be able to do it. After all, he had been to Wucheng, and even if he was greedy for petty gains, he should still have a clear vision.
While they were talking, someone else from the team came over to deliver a big broom. Li Long checked and paid.
Although Zhang Qiang's side cut off Li Long's hair, Li Long's inspection of broomsticks was still strict, and those who failed were determined not to be accepted. Some people still had objections.
But now that Zhang Qiang is not accepting them, these people have no choice but to be more serious.
Li Jianguo came back at noon and listened to what Li Long said to Xu Chengjun. He nodded in approval:
"That's right, don't be afraid! Everyone sees everything in this team. He If you want to make money, you should learn from Xiaolong's job of finding money from outside. Now you are cutting Xiaolong's hair, so that doesn't matter. Skills?
Those naughty guys are really ignorant. How many big jobs did Xiaolong do for the team last year, and how many benefits did they get for everyone? That guy Zhang Qiang! Well, I really need to know who they are. They will be good-looking in the future!”
Li Long smiled. In fact, the fence-sitters were the majority. Most people only have interests in their eyes, and unless it's a big deal, they don't mind watching two capable people quarrel.
Li Long asked his eldest brother about the knotting of melons, and Li Jianguo was quite happy:
“The knots in the melons are quite big, and they look like they are about to mature. According to this progress, it will be ready in early September. Take it. I will smash it today. Open one and see that there are still white seeds in the middle, and some of the seeds are not delicious yet. "
" Let's wait a little longer," Li Long said. Once done, the rest depends on the field management of the elder brother and sister-in-law.
In the afternoon, Li Jianguo stayed at home to make a big broom, and Li Long followed him to help. Li Jianguo rushed him to the front yard, saying that he didn't need help from others at all for this work.
Li Long drove the tractor to the front yard to collect the brooms and take a rest.
The tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants in the vegetable field are all ripe, and the beans are in season. Du Chunfang and Chen Lirong dried a lot of dried beans and cowpeas. My mother asked Li Long to take these dried vegetables to the county. Big yard to eat. I have quite a few left at home.
It’s time for tomatoes to make sauce. Li Long thought about returning to the county and taking time to buy some glucose bottles for hospital infusions and soft rubber stoppers. This stuff is necessary for making tomato sauce.
Li Long collected more than two hundred brooms today. The cart was full, and he had to use a rope to brake it, otherwise it would fall.
The sun had not yet set, and Li Long left the team on his tractor and headed for the county.
Zhang Qiang has already inquired about the conditions given by Li Long from Xu Chengjun.
He calculated the time and found that Li Long had to go to the supply and marketing society in about ten days, so he scoffed at this condition:
"Are you kidding? You want me to work for him in vain? ? Dreaming? Don’t even think about taking the broom from me if you don’t have two and eight dollars!”
Xu Chengjun also felt relieved after hearing what Zhang Qiang said.
The words that should be conveyed have arrived, and the rest is beyond his control. This kind of thing is equivalent to one willing to fight and the other willing to suffer. They are all voluntary things.
Li Long returned to the county, unloaded the broom, and then made dinner.
When Gu Xiaoxia came back in the evening, Li Long told her about making tomato sauce bottles. Gu Xiaoxia smiled and said:
"Leave this matter to me. The husband of one of my colleagues In the county hospital, they have a lot of these bottles.”
Gu Xiaoxia likes to cook with tomato sauce made in summer, but Gu Boyuan doesn’t know how to make sauce and doesn’t like to mess with these things. In desperation, I had no choice but to find someone else to exchange it for.
What can they have at home? It's just dried vegetables. Dried vegetables in winter are also rare.
After moving into the compound last year, Liang Yuemei's tomato sauce never stopped running through the winter, and she liked it very much. Now I naturally want to contribute to this matter.
At this time, most people are still unwilling to eat for free or owe others favors in vain.
With Gu Xiaoxia's promise, Li Long was relieved. Early the next morning, he went to Qingshuihe Township.
Actually, I know that not many brooms can be made here. The main purpose of coming here is to give people here a reassurance and let them know that Li Long will come here often.
Sure enough, when we arrived at the team headquarters, the captain had already stored some large brooms, and they had been inspected.
Li Long checked it carefully again, and there was really no problem. Li Long praised the captain again for loading the twenty-three large brooms into the car.
I drank water at the team headquarters, declined the invitation to stay for dinner, and drove the tractor into the mountains.
There were more poles on the wooden house side. Li Long shook his head. He didn't go to Harimu's pasture, he just pulled up the poles and left.
I returned to the county in time for lunch. When they arrived at Sister Yang’s yard, Gu Xiaoxia and the others had already started eating.
Five days later, Li Long successively collected some more large brooms from the team. The number of large brooms in Qingshuihe Township began to increase, and he collected more than two hundred in one day!
Zhang Qiang was a little panicked, because Li Long had already announced that he would not accept any more brooms in the village for another 500 brooms!
Did he really find another place to set up the broom?
This idea just flickered, and was denied by Zhang Qiang himself.
Who can you trust these days? He didn't believe that Li Long could find people who believed in him elsewhere!
He still felt that Li Long was deceiving him, so he told others in the village that the price of the big broom in his hand had increased, not two and eight yuan, but three yuan! He will never make a move for less than three yuan!
When these words reached Li Long's ears, Li Long could only think that Zhang Qiang was crazy.
Is there something wrong with this product? There are so many brooms piled up in his yard, isn't he really worried that he won't be able to sell them?
After all, those big brooms cannot be eaten or drunk. Even if they are sold, it will take a long time to get the money back.
Is he, a farmer, no longer farming?
But it doesn’t matter. If a person wants to die, it’s useless for others to remind him.
Besides, Li Long didn't intend to remind him.
I heard that Li Long finally collected 500 more large brooms, and the people in the team sped up the broomsticks. On this day, Li Long received more than 300 brooms from the team. Li Long guessed that the number would be at most tomorrow.
The reason why he said this is because the broom in the eldest brother's house is almost full.
And there is still plenty of time. As long as Qingshui River maintains speed, he will definitely be able to complete the task ten days before the deadline.
As for Zhang Qiang, go ahead and eat the broomstick! (End of chapter)