"Hey, there are so many fish today!" Li Qingxia watched Li Long take back the ten nets twice, and the folds of smile on his face could kill mosquitoes. "It must be sixty or seventy kilograms!"
"That's not much, right?" Li Long dragged the tire out of Haizi, then carried two bags, holding the tire between the two bags, and said as he walked:
"Ten items Don’t we have to have so many nets? How many did you and Daqiang catch in the past? "How could there be so many? Occasionally, it was 40 or 50 kilograms, basically 20 or 30 kilograms." . There are a lot less fish in this sea, but there won’t be as many fish as last year.” Li Qingxia always feels that this fish is destined to Li Long, and there will be more fish when Li Long puts it in the net.
However, Li Long felt that because his tires were slippery, Tao Daqiang might not dare to enter some places.
There are more fish in deep water - in those places near Haizi, there are many people setting nets, so the fish are either scared away or caught.
Dragging the bag containing the nets back to Li Jianguo's courtyard, a tinge of red appeared on the east side. The family members were all up. When they saw them come back, they immediately helped out. Plastic paper had been laid out, fish were selected, bags were found, sorted, and breakfast was made.
Knowing that Li Long and the others were going to Shicheng today, Li Juan, Li Qiang and the others prepared their schoolbags early and planned to take a tractor to school.
The two children were very excited to finally get a ride on the tractor.
Sister Lu, who was opposite the door, came over with a bowl and asked:
"Hey, I drove a tractor to sell fish today... Huh? Are these melon seeds dried? Are you going to sell them?"
"Well," Liang Yuemei responded while serving vegetables, "I'm going to Shicheng today to sell melon seeds."
There is no need to hide this kind of thing, just tell people when they ask.
“Hey, there are a lot of people on this team watching. Your melon seeds will be sold at a higher price. Next year there will be many more types of melon seeds. I will leave ten acres of land for my family to produce melon seeds. Is the seed okay? I will pay you as much as you want.”
"Okay." Liang Yuemei naturally did not disagree. "There are still some at home that are drying. You can weigh them after they are dried."
"Okay." Sister-in-law Lu was quite envious when she saw the strong soldiers and horses here. . Lu Yingming's parents also came, but they left after not staying long. I'm not used to living here, and there are a lot of requirements.
As Chen Lirong feels, the status of housewives here is higher than that in her hometown. Women can work. In the past, they could earn work points and extra food. Now they can work and earn money, and their abilities are extraordinary.
If the father-in-law and the mother-in-law want to set some rules for their daughter-in-law like they did in their hometown, then they have to see if the daughter-in-law is willing to accept it.
So in the end, for the sake of family harmony, Lu Yingming sent his father and mother back to his hometown. All he had to do was send some money and two quilts by the end of the year.
At this time, the Corps had already begun to grow cotton, but it was upland cotton. The area was not particularly large and the output was not large. In two years, it would be promoted to the local area.
Some of the selected fish were kept, in order to give each family a share. After working hard for so long, it finally came to an end. The family could have some free time. Liang Yuemei planned to go back to her parents' house to see Liang Donglou and the others.
It was quite appropriate to bring some fish in the past. She also wanted to persuade Liang Donglou to plant some melons. After all, there is little land there, and if you want to develop the economy, you must grow cash crops.
The Li family also plans to stew fish for lunch, and Chen Lirong can already stew it. Although Tao Daqiang did not have time to catch fish with Li Qingxia during this period, their previous friendship was still there, and Li Qingxia meant that after they left, Chen Lirong would send some fish over there.
There is also old Uncle Luo who needs some advice.
"You don't need to ask my second sister-in-law to go. Get on the tractor separately. I'll drive the tractor. It'll only take a minute."
Li Long said as he took the steamed buns and ate the vegetables.
Think about it too.
After everyone finished breakfast, the sun showed its head. Li Long started the tractor, Li Qingxia and Li Jianguo both got into the truck, and then pulled Li Juan and Li Qiang up.
In the front of the cart, there are beaten melon seeds, separated by plastic sheets. In the back, there are two large and two small bags of fish for sale. The fish for others are placed in the corner. The large basins and scales used for selling fish are also in the corner.
The tractor started, Du Chunfang waved to Li Long, and then watched the tractor drive out of the yard with black smoke and go north.
They still have work to do.
First we went to Laoma No. and put down the fish for Uncle Luo.
Old Uncle Luo was feeding the wild boars. When he heard the sound of the tractor, he looked over with a smile. Li Long put the fish down and left without having time to say a few words.
"This boy is getting busier and busier!" Old Uncle Luo looked at the fish and was very satisfied. They were not big, but they were all alive. They jumped around from time to time and looked good.
Tao Daqiang was not in the yard, but Tao Jian was. Li Long got off the tractor, took the fish over and asked a few questions.
"The announcement from the health center will be in the next two days." Tao Jianshe was happy and worried at the same time. "Daqiang is thinking about sending the person to the health center tomorrow, and is worried about any accidents at home."
“That’s right.” Li Long expressed his opinion, “You can’t put it at home. No one’s health center is clean at home.”
That’s enough.
The tractor drove out of the team and met many students along the way. Li Long didn't stop and drove to the elementary school. After putting down Li Qiang, he drove to the middle school.
Li Juan is already in the first grade of junior high school and is still in the adaptation stage. At this time, rural schools did not have uniforms, and everyone wore a variety of clothes. Li Juan walked more than one kilometer more than before every day, which was quite hard.
Li Long wondered if it was time to buy her a bicycle?
Is it normal for an uncle to buy a bicycle for his niece? After buying it, she rode it to school and took Li Qiang with her, which was convenient.
Thinking divergently, the tractor has already passed through the countryside and is heading towards the county.
The tractor drove all the way to Shicheng Old Street without stopping in the county. Li Long parked the tractor in the parking lot. After taking the sign, the three of them carried the fish and other things over and found an empty stall. After putting it away, it is Li Qingxia's business to sell the fish.
This was not the first time that the old man sold fish here, so he was not afraid at all. Li Long and Li Jianguo turned around and walked towards the tractor. He had already begun to shout loudly.
Hey, the old man’s voice is really loud!
When Li Long drove the tractor out of the parking lot and turned into the city, he already saw a lot of people surrounding the old man's stall.
"I just looked at Zhang Qiang, who was selling big brooms." Li Jianguo sat on the board and said loudly, "It seems that someone still bought the big broom."
" As long as it's not too expensive, someone will definitely buy it," Li Long said, "Construction is going on everywhere these days, not only in rural areas, but also in cities, there is a shortage of everything, and there are definitely people who want daily necessities."
That being said, you have to find the right track, but now all kinds of products are actually finding their way. In the era of barbaric growth, some people were lucky enough to get things that the country next door particularly needed, but that were not available on the street here. It was posted all at once.
This is another story.
The tractor drove towards the roasted seeds and nuts factory, Li Long was thinking about the way. If the price offered by the seed roasting factory is too low, then you cannot sell it to him and then ask the seed company.
He told this idea to Li Jianguo. Li Jianguo was silent for a moment and said, "As long as the price he gives is higher than one yuan and a half, I think I can sell it."
Okay, brother I am really obsessed with this one dollar and a half.
Li Long's idea is that if it's less than two and a half yuan, there's no need to discuss it.
Of course, I just think about it now. The eldest brother is in charge of the business from beginning to end, and Li Long actually doesn’t have much say. But from beginning to end, it was Li Long who promoted this matter, so Li Jianguo felt that he had to respect Li Long's views.
The aroma of roasted seeds and nuts fills the air, and the roasted seeds and nuts factory has arrived.
Currently, the oil sunflower has not yet matured in large areas, and the roasted seeds and nuts factories are actually quite short of raw materials.
Every year during the autumn harvest season in rural areas, roasted seed factories will purchase large quantities of sunflower, sunflower, soybeans and other crops and reserve them as raw materials.
Although the Grain Bureau purchased a lot of these things, some of them were stored in the warehouse as state reserves, and some of the oil sunflowers were pressed into oil for sale.
The Grain Bureau usually does not collect sunflower seeds, and it basically has no connection with the roasted seeds and nuts factory. Occasionally, there is an intersection with soybeans. However, Shicheng and Ma County are not the main producing areas of soybeans (also known as soybeans). Occasionally I plant a little.
What they harvest more is broad beans, which the locals call soybeans.
There are also relatively few peanuts and melon seeds grown.
In fact, the Corps also has a small number of people who grow melon seeds, but the area is not fixed. You have to choose the land to plant these things, and not all land can be planted with high yields.
Li Long estimates that there will be a group of people who will be disappointed if there is talent in the team next year.
Because some farmers will follow the trend, and some farmers will be very stubborn. They think it’s okay to farm on their own and they can grow anything, so it’s a bit difficult for them to ask others for technical advice.
Of course, this is a minority. Most farmers are still a little in awe of newly planted things.
Without the arrival of Xinkui, the raw material department of the roasted seeds and nuts factory is a bit busy. They also have production tasks every month.
The tractor was stopped when it arrived at the door. Li Long was not in a hurry, he directly said to find the factory director. The last time I came here, I found out something the factory director asked me about.
The guard was also very polite. Anyone who can drive a tractor must be extraordinary. Besides, this extraordinary person also stuffed him with a pack of Hongshan cigarettes! The guard rang the phone to the factory director's office. The director asked the guard to ask the person what he was doing. Li Long said loudly:
"Selling melon seeds."
The guard told the truth, and the factory director asked him to go directly to the raw materials department.
It is relatively new that someone can come over and directly sell agricultural products grown on the ground. At present, roasted seed factories are considered state-owned enterprises and basically have unified purchasing and marketing, but there are also certain policy relaxations.
After all, there is an acquisition policy from above, and the factory also needs some flexible funds. Otherwise, how can we provide benefits to employees during the New Year and the holidays?
Even though the items sold by Welfare are quite cheap these days, just towels, soap, toilet paper and the like, they are a symbol of the prosperity of the factory.
The toilet paper at this time was different from the cylindrical shape of later generations. It was a rectangular shape packed in plastic bags, layered layer by layer. Of course, the quality of the paper cannot be compared with that of later generations, but the genuine crepe paper is also quite soft.
The head of the raw material department is quite arrogant, but I heard that someone brought melon seeds to me, so I naturally wanted to see him.
Although they don’t sell much fried black melon seeds, the superior units always have tasks. In the past, it was collected directly from the corps system. Shicheng has a command structure that combines division and city, so it can be allocated directly. However, it is always a good thing if you can acquire part of it independently.
Don't worry if you have enough food at home.
The tractor drove into the yard. Li Long was familiar with the roads and knew where the office was.
It is said to be the raw material department. In fact, the area of this roasted seeds and nuts factory is not as large as that of the Ma County Supply and Marketing Cooperative, but there is no way. The level of Shicheng is higher than that of Ma County. The Ma County Supply and Marketing Cooperative can only be regarded as For stocks, it can be the roasted seeds and nuts factory in Keshicheng.
After getting out of the car, Li Jianguo asked Li Long to go in and talk by himself. He wanted to sit on the tractor and watch the melon seeds being beaten.
Li Long didn't insist either. In this era, some weird things might still happen. It might not happen in a roasting seed factory, but no one can prepare for it.
Li Long entered the office area, found the raw material department, knocked on the door and entered.
Chief Yuan Guomin of the Raw Materials Department placed a newspaper in front of him. This was a bit pretentious. He had just made a phone call, so naturally he didn't have time to read an article.
Li Long walked in and said in a loud voice:
"Hello, section chief!"
"Okay, little comrade, please sit down, you are here to sell melons. Seed? Where are you from? Ma County or Shawan?”
"Ma County, I am an employee of Ma County Supply and Marketing Cooperative." Li Long took out his work permit and handed it over. These days, people in public institutions are always treated more differently than farmers.
At any time, the status of farmers in the eyes of some people is always at the bottom.
But workers are different, and cadres are different. The work permit Li Long got was relatively simple. It just said that he was an employee of the purchasing department of the supply and marketing cooperative. The specific position was not written, and it did not indicate that he was a temporary worker.
So it’s okay to bluff people.
When Chief Yuan looked at his work permit, his attitude was obviously different. He smiled and returned the permit to Li Long:
"Comrade Li Long, right? He's young and promising, not bad, not bad... Li Long?"
He suddenly remembered that some time ago, there seemed to be one of the advanced individuals for national unity produced by the division and city organization. The person from the county supply and marketing cooperative seems to be named Li Long, right?
"Are you that...model of national unity?" Section Chief Yuan asked tentatively.
"Model is a bit exaggerated. I just did some part of my job in the national unity work." Li Long looked modest, "The organization has elevated the role of my work. I'm a little ashamed "
"No, no, no, you are completely qualified!" Yuan Guomin became a little excited immediately, "Come on, sit down, I will pour you some water, you are here to sell your supply and marketing cooperative. Melon seeds? ”
"No, no, my eldest brother is in the countryside. He planted ten acres of melons and harvested more than two tons of melon seeds..."
"That's a lot. Let's go and have a look." Yuan Guomin He immediately stood up and said, "If the quality is good, then we want them all. I won't hide it from you, Comrade Li Long. We need these raw materials."
After leaving the office area and walking to the tractor outside, Li Long said to Li Jianguo:
"Brother, this is Chief Yuan of the Raw Materials Department."< br>
"Hello, Chief Yuan!" Li Jianguo greeted in the car.
"Chief Yuan, which bag of melon seeds you want to see, we will open it for you."
"Bring that bag over." Yuan Guomin was very satisfied with Li Long's attitude. He did not open the bag on his own, but let himself choose, indicating that he was very satisfied with the quality of the melon seeds.
Li Jianguo lifted the bag pointed by Yuan Guomin to the side of the cart, and Li Long took it from below and lifted it down.
This bag of melon seeds weighed forty or fifty kilograms, but it was very light when Li Long carried it, which made Yuan Guomin frown.
If it is very light, it means that the melon seeds are not full, so don’t dare to ask for them.
Li Long opened the bag and held it open so that Yuan Guomin could look inside.
"Huh? It's pretty good." Yuan Guomin reached in, poked hard, grabbed a handful from the inside, and looked at the melon seeds. They were quite clean, with no gravel or white seeds. . Every black melon seed is ripe.
He grabbed one and put it in his mouth, cracked the melon seed skin, and then peeled it open with his hands.
The melon seeds are very plump and of high quality.
Cracked another one, melon seeds are also good.
Yuan Guomin didn't think anything at this time, and pointed to another bag and said:
"Take that bag down and let me have a look."
Li Jianguo did as he was told, and Li Long took it. down.
Yuan Guomin left, and when he came back, he already had an extra poke in his hand, which was the kind of hollow spike used to test grain in the grain bureau.
There was a time when someone secretly used this thing in fights. If they poked it into someone's body, they would immediately become crippled. It was over.
It's empty in the middle, so it's very fast to bleed and deflate it!
Yuan Guomin didn't believe that the melon seeds Li Long brought over were of this quality, so he needed a poke to see how the melon seeds were in places that were out of reach.
After all, it is impossible to pour out all the bags and inspect them.
Li Long and Li Jianguo looked calm. The melon seeds they packed by themselves could withstand the inspection.
After the melon seeds were dried, they were raised to remove the deflated melon seeds and white unripe melon seeds. When you go out to sell goods for the first time, you have to make a good impression.
In fact, according to Li Long's calculation, even if he didn't need these deflated melon seeds, the price he expected would be enough.
Liang Yuemei means to keep these deflated melon seeds and cook the spiced melon seeds to eat.
Anyway, it’s just a snack in the winter, and I don’t think about eating much. I’m watching TV and eating melon seeds. What else do I want?
Yuan Guomin poked it several times and found that the melon seeds inside were all clean, with no defects, no deflated seeds, and no impurities.
This is very strange.
At this time, he finally discovered a new world. He grabbed a handful of melon seeds in his hand and asked:
"Comrade Xiao Li, how did you do it? None of these melon seeds are curled up!" If you dry it and press it, it will be crushed."
"Hehe, Chief Yuan is very careful in observing. We actually use a board to break the melon seeds right after they are taken out. The warped melon seeds were flattened," Li Long said with a smile.
“That’s a lot of work.” Yuan Guomin actually understood this. He sighed, “You are still very capable if you can think of this!”
“We can also put ourselves in their shoes. I'm thinking, if the melon seeds are warped, it's hard to crush them, so why not flatten them?" Li Long smiled.
"Hey, put yourself in my shoes, okay, okay! I've collected these melon seeds from you, and I'll tell you the price. You have a look."
When he said this, both Li Long and Li Jianguo were nervous stand up.
"How about two yuan and eight dollars per kilogram?" Yuan Guomin quoted a price.
He could actually get a higher salary, but as the head of the raw material section, it is his nature to fight for the interests of the factory.
He thought that if Li Long bargained, he would mention it.
Li Long looked at Li Jianguo. In fact, he wanted to bargain.
But the eldest brother is here, so he is the master.
"Okay!" Li Jianguo agreed directly.
He has already calculated, one acre of land is 200 kilograms, two yuan and eighty one kilogram, that is 560, ten acres of land is 5600, and a tractor!
Hey! This kind of melon is really the right thing to do! (End of chapter)