Xu Chengjun actually took a good look at the jeep in the yard.
He had seen this thing in the army before. It was used by division leaders. There was also one at the regiment headquarters, where the two regiment chiefs could sit.
It stands to reason that the group leader can be equipped with two units, which is normal in later generations. But at this time there was only one, and it was still old.
It would be nice to have it.
Right now, the Li family has one, and it looks newer than the one the leader of their regiment is sitting on.
Times have changed, or is there smoke coming out of the Li family's ancestral graves?
The Li family’s ancestral grave is in his hometown and he cannot see it. But right now, he has to beg the Li family.
Hearing the Li family talking inside, Xu Chengjun knocked on the window.
There are very few people knocking on the door these days. Those who are familiar with it or not just push the door open and enter. Knocking on the window actually tells the owner that someone is coming, giving him a reminder.
"Hey, the captain is here." Li Long took the lead in saying hello. As the youngest in the family, this is the best way to call him. Because for the rest, Xu Chengjun needs to come and say hello first.
"Xiao Long is back." Xu Chengjun responded first, and then greeted Li Qingxia, Li Jianguo, and Liang Yuemei in the room.
After seeing Li Long come back, Du Chunfang sat for a while and then went back to her room. She was a bit mysterious during this period, and she didn't know what she was doing.
Li Long asked Xu Chengjun to sit down, and Liang Yuemei poured tea for him.
"Captain, haven't you organized militia training recently?" Li Jianguo asked, "Why are you here when you have time?"
"Hey, don't you have something to do with Xiaolong?" Xu Chengjun laughed. Then he said, "I handed over the militia to Lao Xie, and he took care of the training while I did the business."
"Captain, if you have anything to say," Li Long said. The captain is honest and fair in his work. He has done a lot of things that Li Long wants to do. Li Long thinks it can be done as long as it's not difficult to come here.
"Xiaolong, have you shot a few yellow sheep in the past few days? I heard that there are a group of yellow sheep in the no-man's land to the west?"
"Yes." Li Long Nodding, "It's quite a few miles. It's probably hard to find food in the sand nests in the north these days, and the yellow sheep have all gone south." "
"After the militia training and assessment, I plan to take the militiamen who have passed the test to the no-man's land to hunt yellow sheep so that everyone can eat some yellow sheep before the New Year. Do you think you can take them with me? "
"How to go?" Li Jianguo asked the most fundamental question.
He didn't ask about guns or bullets at all. At this time, the militia company commander had great freedom in the management of guns and ammunition, and there was no need to ask.
"I want your family to provide tractors and the team to provide diesel, what do you think?" Xu Chengjun said, "The militiamen will wear thicker clothes and ride over on tractors.
If Xiaolong is fine, Mr. Brother Li, it’s okay. You two tractors will go. The team will pay double the amount of diesel. How about that?”
Li Long looked at Li Jianguo.
Of course there is no problem with him, the main thing is to look at the elder brother.
Li Jianguo saw Li Long looking at him and smiled. He knew that Li Long respected him, and he was quite happy.
Xu Chengjun came to ask Li Long. In fact, Li Long himself made the decision. But Li Long gave him the decision-making power in front of the captain. Li Jianguo knew that this was his brother giving him face.
"Okay." Li Jianguo nodded, "After the division of land, it is rare for the team to organize group activities, so we must participate."
"Okay, then it's settled "Xu Chengjun was very happy, "It may take a while, about ten days."
"No problem, just tell it two days in advance." Li Jianguo said.
Li Long suddenly remembered something and said hurriedly:
"Captain, I want to contract Xiao Haizi in the team. Look..."
"Contract Xiao Haizi?" Xu Chengjun was a little surprised, "Are you planning to raise fish?"
"No, no, no, I'm worried that someone in the village will keep an eye on Xiao Haizi. This Xiao Haizi belongs to our team after all. I'll take the contract first. If the village has any ideas, you can refuse."
"Then after you contracted the contract, did you catch the fish yourself?" Xu Chengjun asked again.
"No, as it is now, we can catch everyone. But the contract price should be lower." Li Long joked with a smile.
“Hey, that’s a big deal.” Xu Chengjun smiled and waved his hand, “I understand what you mean. I can also see that you are very interested in Xiao Haizi, but since you don’t intend to If you want to fish in a circle by yourself, then this is how you do it."
He picked up the tea bowl and took a sip and said:< br>
"Xiaohaizi is still the same as it is now, so don't contract it, or don't contract it now.
When will the township say that Xiaohaizi will be contracted to other people, I will tell the township at that time, This Xiao Haizi has been contracted to you. You sign a contract with the team, and the money will not be released yet.
I know you've earned some money, but this money doesn't belong to anyone but the strong wind. The team is not short of money right now.
So, when you need to raise them in a pen, or when the village comes up with this idea, how about you contract it at that time? "
Li Long smiled: "Of course that's good, I wish for it. "
"Hahahaha, okay, Xiao Haizi is from the fourth team. If you are interested, in fact, we are also interested. In the past two years, Xiao Haizi has brought living money to many people in our fourth team.
Our team has opened up more land this year. The water allocated from the countryside is not enough, so we all rely on Xiaohaizi. If we really have to let outsiders contract it out, it will be uncomfortable for everyone.
This matter is not only for you, but also for the whole team. If I, the captain, don't take the responsibility for you, I might as well resign. ”
This matter has just been settled.
After Xu Chengjun left, Li Long and the others continued to discuss what to plant, and the atmosphere at home was obviously much more cheerful.
“Just plant leeks and celery. If you can grow spicy peppers, plant them. If you can’t, plant some leafy vegetables like spinach and Chinese cabbage. There are seeds at home," Liang Yuemei finally made the final decision:
"You can plant them when you take them back. Once planted, they will be planted firmly and they will grow quickly. ”
The matter was settled like this. When Li Long drove the jeep back, there was already a large bag of seeds divided into several bags in the car.
They are all vegetable seeds with a short growing season and can grow even in cold weather, making them easy to plant.
The jeeps roared in and out, and many people in the fourth team were jealous and envious. Some of them were determined to get one themselves.
Li Long went back after lunch. When he went back, he went to Gu Boyuan's agricultural supplies store and saw that there were still people buying seeds and fertilizers here, so he didn't disturb his father-in-law and went back to the big yard directly. .
The main thing is to plant in a hurry.
When he left in the morning, he set up a stove of charcoal. The temperature in the glass room was pretty good at the moment, about ten degrees Celsius, and the snow on the roof was gone. The main reason is that after it partially melted, the water on the glass below directly brought the snow on the upper layer down.
So a long row of snow fell on the ground in front of the glass shed. Fortunately, it doesn't affect anything, and Li Long hasn't cleaned up yet.
After he raked the land well with a rake, he divided the land into four pieces. A slightly larger piece was planted with leeks, and the remaining pieces were planted with celery, cabbage and spinach.
Every house has pickles in winter, but green leafy vegetables are definitely not available at this time. It would be nice to eat some dishes like this during the Chinese New Year.
This year is also an experiment. If planted well, it can be renovated next year.
I’m not looking to make money, I just hope there will be more variety on the table in winter.
Li Long's ideas have also changed somewhat.
Plant the three types of seeds and get some water to sprinkle on them. In order to cultivate this land, he specially bought an iron watering can. This thing is not cheap, after all, it is made of iron.
After finishing it, Li Long added another batch of charcoal to the stove, pressed it with coal foam and left.
He dug out an old mattress in the side room, which he didn't have time to throw away, so he didn't need to change it and nailed it directly to the door of the glass room to serve as a cotton curtain.
Gu Xiaoxia followed Li Long into the glass room after get off work and had a look, feeling a little strange.
"So, after a month, can we really eat green leafy vegetables?"
"I think so. Originally, this place was renovated by the family of the old homeowner to grow greenhouses. Later, it was not Use it, we used to be roe deer Circle, it’s actually a bit of a waste.
It’s time to make the best use of everything. Just wait and see. If the seedlings grow out after a while, that means you’re halfway to success.”
“Why. Only half?" Gu Xiaoxia was a little confused.
"Of course, it can only be considered a success after eating it in your mouth." Li Long said matter-of-factly.
"Okay, then I'll wait and eat." Gu Xiaoxia was already a little greedy. The leeks back then were very thin and would only become thicker after two years of growth, but you don’t need to think about it that much at this time. Leek seeds are usually soaked and germinated before being planted. Li Long used an enamel plate to soak the seeds, then covered them with a layer of towel and waited for them to germinate.
In the next few days, Li Long paid attention to the conditions of seeds in the ground and the soaking of leek seeds.
On the fifth day, more than 90% of the leek seeds sprouted, so he planted the seeds into the ground.
Two days later, the buds of the previously planted seeds also came out of the ground. This made Li Long very happy and even called Gu Xiaoxia to the glass room to have a look.
There is no way, there is really not much that can be done in the winter. Li Long is willing to go to the mountains again, but Gu Xiaoxia is pregnant. He can't do much if he goes to the mountains and returns the same day. thing.
Why not just stay in the yard.
Then do something like this.
A few days later, when the vegetable seedlings were as tall as a finger, Li Jianguo rode his bicycle to the county compound.
Li Long was a little surprised when he saw his eldest brother coming.
"Let me see how the vegetables you grew are doing." Li Jianguo entered the room, took the water handed over by Li Long, drank and said:
"Then there is the captain. The militia assessment has ended. Let me ask you when you have time to go hunting."
"Anyway, I will go back the same day. I have time anytime." Li Long is free now. There is plenty of time.
"Okay, then tomorrow." Li Jianguo immediately agreed, "Let's go and take a look at the vegetables you planted."
Li Long led Li Jianguo to the glass room.
A stove of charcoal was set up in the morning, and the fire was pressed. At this time, the temperature of the glass room was still quite high, and the sun could shine in. Although it could not shine directly on the dishes, it only shined on the wall, but this room The light inside is also good.
Seeing that such a small piece of land was divided into four small pieces, Li Jianguo frowned and said:
“Why not plant them all?”
“Let’s do an experiment first. , If I can plant well this year, I will plant them all in the future. I want to get some more black soil from the mountains next summer, so that the soil can be fertilized.”
"Okay." Li Jianguo nodded, then knelt down to look at the seedlings.
The leafy vegetable seedlings have spread out, but they are not tall or strong.
“The fertility is not very good, mainly because the temperature is not high enough.” Li Jianguo pointed out the main reason, “Your house is too big and a stove cannot raise the temperature. If the temperature drops at night, the food will be "Grows slowly."
Li Long also knows this, but there is nothing he can do about it. It's winter now, so it's hard to isolate this glass house. If we can isolate it, the heat can be concentrated.
“What about using plastic cloth?” Li Jianguo suddenly said, “Tear off some wide plastic cloth and seal the two sides. Even if the sealing is not tight, it is better than leaving it open like now.”
"This... it's okay." Li Long thought that the supply and marketing cooperative did have wide plastic sheets. Although it was not that high, it was about two meters. It was enough to stretch a few more meters to surround both sides of the land, or both sides of the stove. The area for heat dissipation will not be that large.
Let’s make things right for the time being. If we plan to have more than one type next year, we can make the fire wall longer, make the stove bigger, or get two stoves.
We can't burn two tons of coal in one winter, but the output will definitely be exceeded at the price in winter.
Well, that’s it.
Just do it. The two brothers immediately went to the supply and marketing cooperative and spent more than ten yuan to buy a large roll of plastic sheeting. When they came back, they nailed the plastic sheeting to the walls on both sides. The lower part hangs down to the ground, and the four corners are rolled up with bricks.
In this way, although there is still some distance on the top for ventilation, the heat still accumulates, and you can obviously feel that the space where vegetables are grown is getting hotter.
Very good.
It is watered here every day, and the house itself is well sealed, so the water vapor evaporates and eventually falls back down, so the humidity in the air is still quite high.
Li Jianguo had lunch in the big courtyard, chatted with Gu Boyuan, and rode his bicycle back after the meal.
After the meal, Li Long began to prepare the things he would need tomorrow. The tractor must be filled with oil and a bag must be placed in the bucket. The gun needs to be maintained. It's getting colder now, so be prepared with a cotton coat and knee pads.
Because there was a carload of militiamen following him the same day he was leaving, Gu Xiaoxia was not worried and just told him not to freeze, and it didn't matter whether he shot the yellow sheep or not.
Li Long responded.
After breakfast the next day, Li Long started the tractor and waited in the yard. After a while, the sound of the tractor came from outside the yard.
Opening the door, I saw that Li Jianguo had parked the tractor outside the courtyard. There were seven or eight militiamen sitting on the tractor, all wearing cotton coats and hats. No guns were seen.
Xu Chengjun sat on the page board, waved to Li Long, and then waved to the militiamen behind the tractor.
Immediately, four militiamen got off the tractor with guns placed in the bed of the tractor, came to the big yard, greeted Li Long, and climbed onto the bed of his tractor.
Li Long put a lot of bags in the carriage, and these people simply sat down.
The tractor drove out of the yard, Sister Yang closed the door, and the two tractors went west, one behind the other.
Two tractors run together, which is rare in the county. People passing by also pay attention to this scene.
Li Long’s tractor is in front, and Li Jianguo is behind. The distance between the two tractors was only twenty meters, and the militiamen on the vehicles were quite excited.
Li Long knew everyone, including Xu Chengjun, Liang Shuangcheng, and Xie Yundong.
What surprised Li Long was that Tao Daqiang was also there.
He was the first to run over to Li Long's tractor truck, and there was no one sitting on the board.
Those who are not very familiar with include Xu Feihu, Lin He and others who used to work with Li Long.
The shooting masters in the militia often change. There is talent in target shooting, and sometimes there is luck and metaphysics.
The tractor drove through Shicheng Old Street and did not stop here. Li Long could hear the militiamen in the back of the truck loudly discussing how to fight the yellow sheep when they encountered them later.
At this time, they were already discussing where everyone should stand and how to distribute them after hitting the Yellow Sheep.
Li Long had a rough idea. When Xu Chengjun brought these people out, he had already agreed that if he could figure out who killed the yellow sheep, then it would belong to whomever. If it cannot be determined, the group is divided equally.
When hunting, divide them into several groups. If the herd is large, several groups will fight together. If the herd is small, then they will be divided into groups according to their size and lined up to fight.
There are seven yellow sheep in a group, so let the seven come first and beat them in order. The one that is knocked down will belong to that one.
Of course, in the end some will have to be shared, one for the tractor driver, and one for the team.
Part of the portion reserved by the team belongs to the team headquarters. After all, bullets, guns, and diesel are provided in the team headquarters. The other part is to be distributed to the five-guarantee households in the team, but there is no mention of this.
Quite fair.
The tractor drove past Shawan and gradually reached the no-man's land. However, there were no yellow sheep here yet. The tractor was not slow. There was no driving building, so the view was wide and beautiful.
At this time, the militiamen stopped talking. They all stood up and looked both ways, trying to find traces of the yellow sheep.
Li Long and Li Jianguo were concentrating on driving. With so many people watching, they didn't need to bother looking.
Soon, the tractor drove completely into the uninhabited area. There were a lot of dung and eggs on the roadside here, which should be left by wild animals such as gazelles.
The first group of yellow sheep discovered was more than 100 meters away from the road in the north. Those yellow sheep originally planned to go south, but two tractors came over, frightening them and stopping them. He stopped moving, planning to wait until the tractor left before leaving.
At a distance of more than 100 meters, the yellow sheep are not afraid, but the militiamen are eager to try.
Xu Chengjun also thought he could give it a try, so he stopped the tractor and then directed the militiamen to get out of the truck.
There are more than a dozen yellow sheep in that group. The current militiamen, including Li Jianguo and Li Long, only have twelve people. There are still plenty of yellow sheep.
It was just that the yellow sheep were concentrated, so Xu Chengjun ordered the top shooters, including Li Long, to focus on the few yellow sheep with more obvious targets.
Don’t ask for mass annihilation, just ask for the first hit and you will gain something.
This is a safe approach, and Li Long agrees. (End of this chapter)