Li Long put his things away, and after repeatedly telling Nathan and Susken about the well pressing, he was ready to leave.
The old lady didn't want to, she was already cooking.
Naren.
The meat is the dried meat sent by Harimu this time, and the noodles are the dried noodles that Li Long brought last time.
Although the old lady is old, she has no problem being Naren. Cut the air-dried meat into small pieces and use epithelial sprouts.
Generally speaking, Naren is soup noodles with meat. There are two ways to do it. Some people cook the meat separately, take it out after the meat is cooked, put the noodles in the broth, take the noodles out on a large plate, and then put the chopped cooked meat on the noodles.
The whole family eats around a big plate. Some people prefer to use their hands, but of course some use bowls and chopsticks.
Similar to noodles, with rawhide sprouts added inside.
Some people like to eat soup, which is to cut the meat into small pieces and boil it, add the skin and sprouts together, and then put it in a bowl when eating. Each person has a bowl, or a bowl. Market.
But at this time the noodles and meat are mixed together, making it feel a bit mushy.
This is good for your stomach.
Of course, sugar is high.
It’s just that no one will think about this right now. The three highs are still very unfamiliar to ordinary people.
The old lady also knew that Li Long was accustomed to using bowls and chopsticks, so she directly served him a bowl of Naren.
As soon as Li Long took it, he could see that there was a lot of meat in it, and it should be specially served for him.
The old lady, Nathan and Sasken ate together, on a big plate, and then let them cool down with their hands.
Li Long picked out a few pieces of meat from his bowl and put them on the plates in front of Nathan and Sasken.
The two children ate happily.
They already regard Li Long as a kind elder, the kind with no barriers.
The old lady looked at it and smiled.
It tastes quite fragrant.
After Li Long finished a bowl, he went to the pot and filled a bowl of soup himself. He felt warm after drinking it.
After eating and taking a rest, Li Long left.
When the tractor was started, both Nathan and Susken came out to take a look.
Li Long thought to himself, don’t be embarrassed, it’s best to activate it all at once.
Fortunately, the water tank hadn't frozen yet, and his strength came into play. After shaking it a few more times, black smoke came out of the chimney of the engine, and it really started.
Li Long drove the tractor and left the detention point. When the tractor came out of here, Adili came running from a distance on horseback, but Li Long had already run far away with the tractor.
Li Long didn't know that Adili was still chasing him. He just wanted to drive back to the county quickly. It's so cold to drive this tractor in winter.
The anti-military cotton cap has a nose guard on the side. Take it off and lay it across your face. Button it up to block your nose from the wind.
But if people are walking or standing still, it's okay. This tractor is driving so fast and the wind is blowing, so this thing is a bit unsightly.
By the time Li Long arrived in the county, the front of his military cotton hat was already covered in white frost.
Li Long thought about asking Gu Xiaoxia to make a hat similar to the robbery hat of later generations, with only the eyes and mouth exposed, so that he could at least protect his face.
He went to the free market again. Now that the household quota has been implemented for two years, every family has a surplus of grain. In autumn, there are many tractors or horse-drawn carriages going to the countryside to collect grain.
Part of this grain is resold to other places, and part of it is processed and sold here in the market to earn processing fees and hard-earned money.
At this time, farmers are not so miserable, at least various agricultural inputs are not so expensive.
There are several stalls selling grain in the market, and the prices are slightly higher than those at the Grain Bureau, but no tickets are required.
Food stamps still existed for a long time. Someone in the team was admitted to college in the 1990s, and his family prepared a thick stack of food stamps.
I don’t know if it can be used when going to the mainland, but it is still necessary sometimes here.
Children don’t understand it deeply, but adults really understand it deeply.
Li Long did not buy any coarse grains this time, but only rice and noodles, mainly noodles. After all, Harimu and the others eat more naan.
After buying more rice and noodles, Li Long drove the tractor back to the yard.
Draining the water in the tractor's water tank, Li Long used a piece of canvas to cover the rice flour on the tractor to prevent it from getting soaked by the cold at night.
After doing this, Li Long went to the kitchen and started cooking.
The yard was a little deserted, and the roe deer and deer were all pulling up to the old horse. A group of little hedgehogs led by a big hedgehog all found a place to hibernate before it snowed. Li Long wondered if there should be a special place in the yard to raise chickens?
I thought about it and shook my head.
Raising chickens in rural areas is quite cost-effective because chickens can find food for themselves in the yard. Vegetable leaves, insects and everything else can be eaten. It needs to be fed in winter, but it is easy to feed if there are wheat miscellaneous things.
Raising chickens in the city is not cost-effective if it really depends on the cost. After all, there were not as many complicated feeds as in later generations at this time. Some feeds were bran or chaff, and some were corn flour. Maogu noodles are still a staple food for many people now, and it will take another two or three years to be replaced by rice noodles.
So feeding chickens is more troublesome in the city. If you want to eat eggs, you can easily buy them in the free market, and the same goes for eating chickens.
Forget raising chickens, it’s troublesome.
Gu Xiaoxia doesn't have any taboos at the moment. She has a good appetite and eats a little more than usual. Li Long plans to fry some pickled meat, soak some dried mushrooms, and then fry some mushroom meat.
I didn’t get any dried mushrooms to sell this year, so I didn’t have time. But I took the time to pick some tiger palm fungus, dried it, and kept it for home consumption.
Dried wild mushrooms are soaked, but they still taste very fragrant, with the unique aroma of mushrooms.
Two stoves are more convenient. You can cook porridge and stir-fry at the same time. In winter, the stove is on, so there are steamed buns on the pot in the house. There will be heat when sliced and grilled.
When Gu Xiaoxia came back, Li Long had already prepared the meal and was waiting for her.
The lights have been turned on in the yard. The lights in the courtyard were turned on early. After Li Long moved in, he pulled a string and hung a large one-hundred-watt light bulb in the courtyard. In order to protect it from rain and snow, a cover was specially added to it.
The two of them were eating and chatting in the dining room next to the kitchen.
The fire is still burning under the stove, and the heat accumulated in the room due to cooking has not dissipated, and it is very warm.
Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia were talking about repairing and killing the well today.
In another two years, well killing will gradually become popular in rural areas, but at this time, even in the fourth team, there are only a dozen companies.
In other villages, a team of three or five people is considered too many.
So although Gu Xiaoxia knew the principle of killing a well, she didn't know how to fix it, so she listened with interest.
"Tomorrow I will go to the department store to buy some more things, and then I will take him to the mountains." Li Long said about his plan, "When I come back from the mountains, there will be almost nothing to do this year.
Next, occasionally go to the team to get some fish or trap some rabbits, and spend the rest of the time at home with you. "
Gu Xiaoxia smiled, which made her feel more at ease. After all, she is the only one in the big yard now. If Li Long is not there at night, she will be worried.
To this day, there is still that small-caliber rod beside Gu Xiaoxia's bed.
"Tomorrow I will tell Sister Yang to let her live here." Li Long continued, "Otherwise I won't worry about you being the only one."
Li Long thought about all this. Okay, this makes Gu Xiaoxia feel quite happy.
"Then where will Sister Yang and Han Fang live?"
"Live over there." Li Long pointed to the house next to where he lived before he and Gu Xiaoxia were married. "I will tidy up the inside and put up the stove."
Li Long knew that as long as he entered the mountain, he would not be able to come back that night, although he wanted to come back in time.
Sister Yang could not live in the house he used to live in. There were many things hidden in it.
The matter was settled like this. Li Long finished eating and cleaned up with Gu Xiaoxia. Then the two of them turned off the lights here and went to the bedroom to watch TV.
After Gu Xiaoxia left the next day, Li Long went to pick up Sister Yang. There's nothing to clean up in the room over there, just put up the stove. Sister Yang is quite satisfied with this yard.
Li Long gave her the key to the door and the room where they lived, and asked her to use her bicycle in case of emergency, and then drove the tractor to the department store.
Li Long is considered a big customer of the department store. Every time he comes here, he buys a lot of things, and the salesperson always remembers him.
Li Long bought a lot of things today. In addition to daily necessities such as brick tea, salt, and sugar cubes, he also bought some batteries and a dozen pairs of cotton rubber shoes.
Halimu and the others wear felt tubes in the mountains. This can be worn outside, but it is inconvenient to wear in the winter den. So Li Long planned to tie their cotton and rubber shoelaces for them, which would be more convenient.
And wine. To be honest, Li Long didn't really want to buy it, but he knew that if he didn't buy it, they would take the initiative to ask for it, so he would buy some. After all, most of them drank it in their winter homes.
As for who should be given and who should not be given, let Yushanjiang and Halimu divide it.
After filling a tractor's bucket with things, Li Long covered it with canvas, and then headed towards the mountains.
When the tractor arrived at Halimu's winter nest, Li Long did not expect that many people gathered here.
"I knew you would come today, Duosen, how are you?" Harimu hugged Li Long happily.
“I went to the holding point of the animal husbandry team yesterday. Nathan said that you should come over and fix the well-killing. I guessed that you would definitely go up the mountain today, so I called everyone here.”
< br>"Just in time, I brought everything here, you can share it with everyone." Li Long was also very happy. With so many people gathered together, it was just a good time to distribute the supplies to avoid running away later.
"Well, there's no rush about that. When you arrive, we can slaughter the cow in winter. Today I plan to slaughter a cow. When you come, we can take action!"
Harimu asked Yushan before he could finish his words. Jiang squeezed to the side, Yushan Jiang hugged Li Long and said:
"Great, you are here, we will wait I'm waiting for you! Today, Harimu will slaughter the cow, and tomorrow I will slaughter the cow. Come to my place tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow..."
"It's me the day after tomorrow!" A young man raised his hand and said excitedly, "The day after tomorrow. It’s our home!”
Li Long recognized him, this was the Talihar who killed more than a dozen wild goats at once.
"It's me from behind!" Another young man raised his hand.
Li Long thought, if this continues, will he not have to go down the mountain for the next week or even longer? (End of this chapter)