Li Long carried Huang Yang into the house and handed Hong Qin the bag of sesame cake and fruit candies he bought while drinking hot water at a roadside store.
Hongqin is still a little unfamiliar with this uncle. Although she shouted fiercely just now, she is a little timid now. She hides next to her mother and looks at Li Long and then at the snack bag.
"Just take it if your uncle gives it to you." Li Xia said with a smile, "You were calling for your uncle's tractor just now. Why don't you know how to call someone now?"
< br>Hongqin boldly took the snack bag and called her uncle.
Li Long smiled and touched her head, then carried the yellow sheep into the house.
There are more empty rooms in the courtyard here and the space is larger. It is much better than the courtyard where the second brother and the others live.
But in a place like Kuitun Construction Company, even if a new family courtyard is built next year, it is impossible to have a large courtyard like this. The land there is tight and it is difficult to expand.
Li Xia poured the tea, and Li Long took the bowl, took a sip, and asked:
"My brother-in-law hasn't come back yet?"
"He's coming back soon. Since then. After entering the food factory, you have to come back according to the factory's commuting time. Fortunately, this place is close, just a few steps away. ”
It can be seen that Li Xia is very satisfied with her current life.
"Okay, I won't be busy anymore. My brother-in-law is better at skinning than me. I caught this yellow sheep on the way. I know you are not short of meat, so I will eat it as a game."
"You can eat some of the corners of the meat, but you should eat less of the good meat." Li Xia said honestly, "It's good for my family that you sent this yellow sheep."
Hongqin was chewing sesame cakes in her mouth. She already knew at a young age that these things were brittle and would fall off. When you eat, you can catch the dregs with your hands, and then pour the dregs into your mouth after eating.
At this time, my mother and uncle were talking about eating meat. She hurriedly raised her hands and said:
"That's right! The meat I eat is full of tendons, and I can't even chew it..."
"It's good to eat some, but you still don't like this or that. Think about it back home, there were Is this meat enough to eat?”
“No.” Hong Qin’s voice immediately became quieter. She is also very satisfied with the life in front of her. Of course, it would be better if I could live in Team Four, even if I only spent one night there.
"You haven't eaten yet, have you?" Li Xia asked Li Long, "I'm almost done with it here. You take a shower and have a rest. Your brother-in-law will be back soon, and my meal will be ready soon."< br>
Li Long didn’t want to wait any longer. He waved his hand and said:
"I have nothing to do. I went to Kuitun to pull a harvester. It will be used next year. I looked at my second brother and the others and found that the family and the children are fine. Here in Ma County, my father and mother are also well. Dad may live a good life. I’ll catch the fish and sell them soon, and you’ll be able to see them then.”
“That’s good, that’s good.” The only disadvantage Li Xia feels here is that she can’t see her relatives and has almost no acquaintances. There were people nearby, but it was impossible to become familiar with them all at once. However, Hongqin quickly got along with the children nearby and became good friends.
The kidnappers here are really very rare these days, almost never heard of them.
There should be some, but very few.
Because Li Long had never heard of such a thing in the dozens of miles around until later generations.
Maybe he was too well protected, I don’t know?
Knowing that her father would come over soon, Li Xia was already thinking about how to entertain her father then.
"Sister, I'm leaving now. Driving from Kuitun, I made the tractor bump uncomfortably. I just want to go back and go to bed right now." Li Long put down his tea bowl and stood up.
"Then just sleep here." Li Xia hurriedly stopped her, "Why are we leaving?"
"Isn't Xiaoxia pregnant? I've already told her to come back today. Then. If I don’t go back, shouldn’t she worry?” Li Long smiled:
"It's okay. It's only fifteen kilometers away and we'll be there in thirty or forty minutes. I can sleep peacefully when I get there. If dad doesn't have a companion when he catches fish, I will accompany him here."
Now that Li Long said this, Li Xia no longer dissuaded her, but she was a little envious of Gu Xiaoxia. Li Long was really kind to his sister-in-law. He was capable, able to make money, and took care of his family.
Thinking about it, a sister-in-law is not bad either. She is a state cadre and is pretty. She eats commercial food and is good to her family.
Well, it’s a good match.
Li Long had already started the tractor and sat on it. He straightened his fur coat, put on his hood, then waved to Li Xiahongqin and drove the tractor towards the main road.
Since I was going back, I didn't want to pass by the old street, otherwise I would have to turn a corner and park my car in the parking lot.
When the tractor drove to the forest where he was robbed, the sun had completely set, and it felt like the sky had suddenly become darker.
Li Long stepped on the accelerator and accelerated the speed. He could feel that the temperature was also dropping rapidly. At this time of winter, if you don’t have a suitable place to spend the winter, you can really freeze to death.
When we drove to the Mahe Bridge, it was already slightly dark, so Li Long turned on his headlights and illuminated his way forward. On the road from Shicheng to Ma County, he encountered two vehicles, a carriage and a truck. They both felt like they were in a hurry.
When the tractor arrived at the county seat, it was completely dark. There were no street lights at this time, so everyone was walking in the dark. The only light that could occasionally be illuminated was the light coming from the windows of people's houses on the roadside, or someone using a flashlight, or someone carrying a flashlight on a bicycle (this is a typo, but the sound is this) (yin, meaning rub) headlight with the motor on.
There are also the lights of tractors like Li Long.
When Li Long's tractor arrived at the compound, Gu Xiaoxia and Sister Yang came over to open the door, and Han Fang followed beside them, like a grand welcome.
Li Long felt that his fatigue disappeared at this moment.
What surprised him was that after the tractor entered the yard, he saw Gu Boyuan through the yellow light of the headlights.
"Xiaolong, are you back?" Gu Boyuan nodded and said, "Are you tired from running all the way? Is the tractor pulling a harvester?"
"Well, there are two yellow sheep in the harvester." Li Long took down the bags of the two yellow sheep and said:
"The ones harvested on the road cannot be collected today. We will collect them during the day tomorrow."
He planned to put one here to eat and the other back to the team. By the way, he wanted to tell them that the matter had been settled.
Dinner is actually finished, but there is still some left for Li Long. Gu Boyuan only stayed here because he was worried that something would happen. Now that Li Long was back, he said a few words, pushed his bicycle and went out.
It was cold and the road was slippery, and the distance was not far, so he refused to ride and just pushed back.
Li Long was also hungry. After Sister Yang heated up the rice, he devoured two large bowls. Then he went to the house, changed his clothes, and lay on the bed, not wanting to move anymore.
But it’s not enough if he doesn’t want to move. He still remembers that the water tank of the tractor is not empty.
Muttering, this is much more troublesome than the cars of later generations.
"I have drained the water in the water tank." Gu Xiaoxia opened the door and came in. Seeing that Li Long wanted to go out, she guessed what he was thinking and said.
“Where is the released water?”
"Caught it into the basin and poured it into the sink."
There was a sink in the kitchen. It turned out that the homeowner had woven a wire mesh to prevent it from being blocked. Li Long simply removed the original old fence and stuck the wooden handle there, and it just fit.
"That's fine." Li Long still trusted Gu Xiaoxia. Since the water was drained, there was no need to go out again.
Lying on the bed again, he twisted his body comfortably. Li Long didn't want to move at all now.
It’s not that his physical strength is poor, it’s mainly because the tractor’s shock resistance is not good at this time. He feels like he’s been turning upside down and his body is always shaking. No matter how strong his physical strength is, he still needs to rest at this time.
Gu Xiaoxia didn't turn on the TV. She walked to the bed and lay next to Li Long after getting into bed. She felt at ease listening to his breathing.
Actually, Li Long would go out on a regular basis, and many times he would not say when he would be back. At that time, although Gu Xiaoxia was occasionally worried, she didn't pay special attention.
Li Long is capable and holds a gun. She believes that Li Long will pay attention to her own safety.
But occasionally if someone says when he will come back, Gu Xiaoxia will pay special attention to it. If Li Long cannot come back in time, she will panic.
It was already dark today and Li Long hadn't come back yet, so she really felt like her heart was hanging in the air.
It wasn't until I heard the sound of the tractor that I felt relieved.
Li Long actually did this intentionally or unintentionally. If he didn't say it, for example, if he was in the mountains, he really wouldn't know when he would come back.
But if you go to Queshang, Kuitun or Shicheng, you will know roughly when you should come back.
No words for a night.
The next day Gu Xiaoxia went to work. Li Long didn't get up until very late. After getting up, he ate breakfast slowly and then went to get the yellow sheep placed in the storage room.
The originally frozen and solid yellow sheep was now a little soft and was just in time to be peeled. Sister Yang should have gone to sell food. Li Long skinned the yellow sheep leisurely and leisurely, and then went to deal with the internal organs.
Before the internal organs were processed, Sister Yang came back. This time her food was sold out, and when she saw Li Long busy there, she came over to help.
The two people quickly finished taking care of the yellow sheep. Li Long asked Sister Yang to cook while he dealt with the other yellow sheep.
When Gu Xiaoxia came back to prepare for lunch, Li Long also finished dealing with the yellow sheep.
Put the Yangkelangzi in a bag and the washed offal in another bag. The yellow sheepskin has been rubbed with salt and will not be taken back. It is left here.
As for the two yellow sheep horns, just take them back. Li Long still has them here, and he thinks that if one day he can get real saiga antelope horns, he will get more of them at that time, and each family will share one, so that these yellow sheep horns will not be needed.
Although the yellow sheep is also a type of antelope.
After lunch, Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia talked, unloaded the harvesters, piled them against the wall, covered them with plastic sheets and compacted them, and then put a yellow sheep and its internal organs Went to the tractor, added water and oil, shook it and drove away.
Sister Yang started to deal with the yellow sheep in the kitchen. She was happy and a little worried. She brought back sheep and other things from time to time, and she couldn't finish the meat!
Li Long ignored Sister Yang's worries about happiness. He drove the tractor northward and arrived at the team in less than half an hour.
Some children who did not go to school, like Li Qiang the year before last, were beating the old cow on the road. When they saw Li Long driving the tractor, they did not take the old cow away, but let them stay on the road to see whose Will be crushed by Li Long's tractor.
Li Long's tractor drove very steadily, and he didn't bother to see which old cow was most likely to be crushed. After driving over, he heard the cheers of the children behind him, and he continued to drive towards his eldest brother's house.
When he arrived at his eldest brother's house, Li Long just turned off the engine and the door opened. Du Chunfang bent over and walked out first.
My hunchback became a little more severe. She was wearing a headscarf. When she saw Li Long, a smile immediately appeared on her face.
Li Long walked up to my mother carrying a bag containing goats and haggis, and asked:
"My mother, why did you come out? Come in quickly, it's cold outside."
" What are you afraid of? I’m wearing thick clothes.”
At this time, Li Qingxia and Liang Yuemei also came out. Li Jianguo was not there and went to the team to attend the village representative meeting on the land contract.
Li Long knew that some land in the team was contracted once a year. After all, mechanization has not yet been fully popularized, and the land that each family can farm is still limited. Those who are able to grow should pack more, and those who are unable to grow should pack less.
The contract period for these active lands in the team is relatively loose, it can be one year, three to five years, or ten years.
Of course, it can also be carried out according to the maximum period of fifteen years for national land contracting.
When the second round of land contracting took place in 1997, it only became thirty years.
We will talk about this later.
"You went to Kuitun and hunted yellow sheep?" Li Qingxia was very envious. What man wouldn't want to participate in fishing and hunting?
"Well, if you encounter one on the roadside in the Gobi Desert, I'll beat it up. I brought one to my second brother's place, one to my sister's place, one to my house, and another one here."
Li Long said this with great pride. He hunted four yellow sheep in one visit. Leaving aside the yellow mutton meat, the skin alone can be sold for one or two hundred yuan.
After all, when he aimed, he basically hit yellow sheep heads, and the skin was intact.
Liang Yuemei said with a smile:
"Xiaolong's marksmanship is good, otherwise he wouldn't be able to shoot. By the way, I heard that militia training is about to start again..."
"I won't participate this year. In the remaining two months, I will occasionally come back to break holes in the ice to catch fish with my father. The rest is to accompany Xiaoxia in the county."
"Zhongzhongzhong." Li Qingxia was very happy and responded with a smile. Tao Daqiang had to take care of his children and had no time to catch fish with him. He was really itchy.
On the sheep herding case, Li Long took care of the decomposition and left the meat removal to Liang Yuemei. Li Long also wanted to go to Yang Hua's house to talk about Yang Yongqiang.
Yang Hua and his wife were at home, and Yang Yongqiang's sister was in school. Li Long told them that Yang Yongqiang would stay and wait for militia training, and then come back the next year.
“Just be fine, just be fine.” Yang Hua and his wife were both very excited. It was not convenient to make phone calls at this time. Yang Yongqiang would occasionally write back, but the letters could not contain too much.
Even from Kuitun to Ma County, it would take a week or even ten days to travel.
They were naturally very happy when Li Long brought back yesterday's news.
Li Long left the Yang family and went to the team headquarters. Xu Chengjun had already finished the meeting and was discussing with his accountant how to collect land contract fees.
Li Long came to ask for leave, and he granted it.
"You won an award last year. If you don't participate this year, it will be difficult for our team. It seems that Daqiang can't participate either-" Xu Chengjun was still a little worried.
"What's the point? There are so many young people, and you're still worried that you won't be able to find a good one?" Li Long said with a smile, "Just be stricter during the training. If you're not strict, everyone will just run around. The requirements are stricter, and if everyone trains well, they will be better at fighting.”
Xu Chengjun takes it for granted.
After Li Long buried a small hole for the young people in the team, he went back to meet with his eldest brother, talked about the affairs of his second brother and sister, and then drove the tractor back The county.
Although it is colder on the road, he still likes to stay in the big yard.
My wife is here, my wife and children are on the hot bed. Although I don’t have children or have a bed, it’s good to sleep with my wife.
What Li Long didn't expect was that after just three days at home, someone came to his door.
Li Long was not surprised when Wei Tianxing came to his door. He even guessed that Wei Tianxing had gone to Kuitun. They wouldn't sell him a harvester there, so he had no choice but to come to Li Long.
After entering Li Long's courtyard, Wei Tianxing looked around and saw that the things piled in the corner were pressed down by plastic sheets, and he knew something.
He stretched out his hand to stop hitting the smiling man. Wei Tianxing came over with cans and wine, and Li Long couldn't help but drive him out.
Besides, when someone comes to ask for help, there is no need for him to have any grudges or grudges.
Sure enough, after chatting for a while, Wei Tianxing said he wanted to buy a harvester from Li Long.
"Yes, five hundred and fifty yuan per unit." Li Long quoted a high price, "I took the agency for this area, and the harvesters can only be bought from me in the future. The fifty yuan is my markup. , and an agreement must be signed.”
He bet that Director Du would not tell Wei Tianxing the true price of the harvester.
"What agreement?" Wei Tianxing did not dwell on the price issue, but asked about the agreement.
“Five people have already bought harvesters from me. They will be scattered in various villages to harvest so as not to affect others. Moreover, the price of harvesting wheat is two yuan per acre, and the price cannot be reduced..."< br>
"That's for sure. Which villages have been decided? Can I have a look?"
"Okay, I'll tell you." Li Long told him a few villages.
"That's okay. I happen to have a relative in Letuyi in the east. I will go there to harvest. If I do well, I can also cut the wheat in Dafeng in the next county." Wei Tianxing really had no objection.
"That's fine. You see when you can get the goods. I have them now, you can get them in the spring."
"Afternoon, I will drive the tractor over in the afternoon...this harvest I still need to ask you about operating techniques.”
"That's no problem." Li Long naturally doesn't just sell things, simple operations still need to be taught. The Kuitun factory didn't give instructions, so he had to teach by doing it himself.
This amount of money earned more than two hundred yuan. The speed of the money is really a bit exaggerated.
Sure enough, you can still make money by doing business!
Of course, Li Long himself will not give up harvesting wheat during the wheat season. He will also save money to buy corn.
Wei Tianxing left happily. At this moment, he felt that Li Long was not so annoying after all.
It was probably a misunderstanding before.
And he also thinks that what Li Long said is quite right. Only without vicious competition can everyone make money. Otherwise, if the price is lowered, everyone will make less money.
He is a young man with ideas. (End of this chapter)