There is a month, so Li Long is not in a hurry. He came out of the supply and marketing cooperative and rode his bicycle to the free market.
Li Long likes to stroll in the market when he has nothing to do.
It would be better if you could often visit the old street market in Shicheng.
Because the things currently sold in the market are all natural, without technology or harsh words, without additives, purely natural products.
Eggs are produced by farmers. Chicken farms have not yet come out at this time. Chickens eat grain, so eggs are naturally safe.
The same goes for other things.
If you visit the market from time to time, you can feel that the county is developing.
You can see that there are more people selling grain, more eggs and chickens, and more handmade products. The sellers no longer wait silently for people to come to see the goods, and not only start shouting , and developed various shouting sounds.
I can feel that many of the sellers are dealers, collecting things from the countryside and reselling them here.
Some of these people started out as part-time workers, then gradually became full-time workers, and then became the first group of people to become rich.
It is said that the former richest man in Northern Xinjiang started out as a raisin seller. Naturally, he was either a grape grower or a second-rate dealer.
Li Long bought some more eggs and went back.
Gu Xiaoxia really likes the steamed eggs made by Li Long, and Sister Yang also thinks this egg custard is good, so she learned from it.
Li Long thought it would be better to do it by himself occasionally.
Sister Yang is selling rice. This winter, she has changed her style. Instead of porridge, she sells spicy noodles.
Not to mention how it tastes, just smelling it will arouse one's appetite.
And it is hot noodles. If you eat a bowl on such a cold day, you will definitely be able to enjoy the noodles for a long time.
So the business was good. She didn't see Li Long, so Li Long didn't bother him. He pushed the bicycle from start to finish, and then returned to the big yard.
Go to the backyard to see the vegetables grown, add a shovelful of charcoal to the stove, and Li Long comes out.
The vegetable seedlings are growing okay, but a little slow. It's normal when you think about it. After all, it's not in the summer or in the vegetable garden. It's good to be able to grow normally.
Back in the big yard, Li Long saw that the sky was a little cloudy and thought it was going to snow again.
He went into the kitchen, turned up the fire, set up a steamer, and prepared to steam a large bowl of egg custard. Not only Gu Xiaoxia liked this, but Gu Boyuan and Han Fang also liked it.
Eggs are the easiest source of protein for poor people. I don’t know where he got this news from in his previous life, but it sounds like a good thing anyway.
After steaming the egg custard, Li Long put the cooked egg custard in the cage without taking it out, just keep it hot.
Sister Yang was coming back soon, and Li Long left the kitchen to take a look at the tools for pushing snow.
At present, the tools for pushing snow are basically nailed by oneself, with a wooden handle nailed to the back of a wooden board.
They are generally relatively bulky. Some have a handle nailed on them, and others use a large piece of wood and three wooden sticks to nail a "West" shape. They can be used by one person or two people together.
Some people will also tie two ropes on it, pull it in front and push it in the back, which is more efficient.
It is no joke to say that there is strength in numbers at this time. For things like clearing snow, in the 1980s, it was true that there was strength in numbers.
After all, many snow-pushing tools had not yet come out at this time. In fact, many diesel or electric tumbling brush tools in later generations may not be practical at this time.
After all, the floor is basically not concrete now. After the snow falls, the bottom layer may melt a little under the influence of the ground temperature. Those rapidly rotating brushes can even remove a layer of the ground.
Of course, if there is such a small tool, Li Long will definitely use it. It will snow tomorrow, and he will be the only one to clear the snow in the big yard. After he finished sweeping, he would go to Lao Ma Hao to help Uncle Luo sweep the snow.
After all, Uncle Luo is the only one in Lao Ma. Although the yard is not as big as Li Long, it still has to clean a lot of space.
When it snows at this time, it really snows heavily, unlike in later generations where a small patch of snow drifted in and melted away before it started snowing.
When Sister Yang came back, she saw Li Long repairing the snow plowing tools, so she mentioned in passing:
"Uncle Li, do you think you can get Han Fang a snowboard pusher? If it snows tomorrow, their school will definitely have to clear the snow."
"Okay." Li Long nodded, There is still a lot of wood in the house.
Snow removal tools are more casual at this time. In rural schools, everyone is required to bring a broom every semester. You can bring additional tools when clearing snow.
Children are usually stronger and will go there with a snowboard. If there is no extra snowboard at home, just bring a shovel, which can also clear the snow.
Basically, few people bring brooms. Although you must use a broom to clean up the snow after pushing the snowboard, people would laugh at you if you brought a broom.
The chain of contempt for carrying tools is that a snowboard is greater than a shovel and greater than a broom.
Of course, if anyone can bring a wooden shovel over, he will definitely be like a king - some people in rural families are very good at this thing.
After all, not many families can afford a wooden shovel at this time. At this time, the light industry in northern Xinjiang was still very underdeveloped. Making wooden shovels required very thin plywood, which was most likely shipped from the mainland.
I bought this to raise the field, and it can also be used to clear snow in winter, but it is usually used by adults. If children use it and wear out the thin plywood, they will be beaten by adults.
If a child can bring a shovel to school, it is most likely that he will bring it secretly.
Li Long found a thin board and made a small snowboard for Han Fang. This thing looks good and is easy to use, but you have to pay attention to it. Children at this time don’t mind “getting the wrong” push snowboard.
So Li Long found Gu Xiaoxia's ink brush and wrote the word "Han Fang" on the board. Then he picked it up and simulated the operation. He felt that the handle of the wooden pole was pretty good, so he put it aside.
When Sister Yang came out to pour water, she saw a small snowboard with the word "Han Fang" written on the side. She smiled and said:
"Uncle, you are The board is well made.”
“Haha, let’s see if Xiaofang gets used to it.”
"You must be used to it."
Li Long continued to repair the snow push board at home. He doesn't plan to transport the snow in the yard either. Some of it is piled into the flower beds and vegetable beds in the front yard, and some is pushed to the backyard. When spring is ready to bloom, it will be used as rainwater in the glass house.
While finishing a few boards, Li Long looked at the remaining large brooms. The snow on the road in front of my own yard is swept by my own family. Although there are sanitation workers now, they are not many.
At this time, "Each family sweeps the snow in front of their own door" is not just a sentence, every family really has to sweep the snow in front of their door.
After doing all this, Sister Yang’s meal was ready. Gu Xiaoxia was the first to come back, then Han Fang, and finally Gu Boyuan.
As soon as Han Fang came in, she saw the snowboard with her name on it, and immediately ran over to pick it up. She first said "thank you" to Li Long, and then happily pushed the snowboard on the ground.
"Hurry up and help!" When Sister Yang heard her daughter's voice, she poked her head out and saw Han Fang playing with the snowboard. She immediately shouted with a straight face:
"Still playing! Then your Uncle Li just made it for you, just play with it! ?”
Li Long was delighted: “Sister Yang, how can it be so easy to break?”
“Just let her play, and I’ll serve the bowl,” Gu Xiaoxia said with a smile. , and then she said to Li Long:
"It's going to snow tomorrow, so I'll also prepare a snowboard pusher."
"There are plenty at home, so you can take whatever you want."
"I'll take one too." Gu Boyuan took it for granted. He said, "There are no tools in the yard."
"I will send you a snowboard and a broom later." Li Long said.
"What are you giving me? I can just take it myself." Gu Boyuan refused to let Li Long give it to him. He was only in his forties and in his prime.
Li Long secretly admired his foresight.
It snowed twice before, so these people must have made do with it. Now that there is a board, naturally they are not willing to make do with it.
Just now he was thinking about not using an automatic snow plow, but now he is thinking about whether he can cooperate with Kuitun Agricultural Machinery Factory to build a snow pusher driven by a small gasoline engine.
When it snows in the entire county, and even in all units in northern Xinjiang, snow clearing is the top priority.
In my last life, I saw beautiful girls from the Northeast still praising the timely snow clearing in Northern Xinjiang. Little did they know, "Snow is an alarm, and snow cessation is an order." This has been engraved in my bones.
For a long time, whenever it snowed, whether you were working or going to school, you would bring your tools to your workplace (school) and do nothing else but clear the snow first. If there are troops stationed, some of the troops will clear the snow in the camp yard, and some will go to the streets to clear the snow on the streets.
It was only a few years later that all kinds of snow clearing tools were available, snow clearing at work units and roads was outsourced, and there were dedicated people to clean it up, this kind of action slowly stopped. , but it is not absolute. After all, there are still many places that need to be cleaned manually.
Diesel engines cannot be built. At this time, diesel engines are still not small, but gasoline engines have already been miniaturized. Use the gasoline engine to drive the steel brush, adjust the direction of the steel brush, and roll the snow out to the side and front. That's it.
In fact, it can also be designed to rotate like a harvester and be driven by the front of the tractor. In later generations, there was a snow blower attached to the front of a pickup truck, so I thought it would be possible to build one.
He believed that Kuitun Agricultural Machinery Factory would be interested in this.
After all, this is a market in urgent need. If it can free up time for snow clearing, many units will not be willing to spend hundreds of dollars to buy such a machine.
But Li Long is not in a hurry. The agricultural machinery factory over there should be stepping up the production of harvesters. The production capacity there is not very large. If we give them this thing again, they may not be able to eat it.
Li Long once again had a strong idea. If he could really own an agricultural machinery factory and specialize in these agricultural supporting machinery, it would be really profitable.
After all, in my mind, from now until the 2000s, there will be an endless stream of various small machines that can feed the small agricultural machinery factory I own for a lifetime.
After dinner, Li Long nailed two more snowboards, then drove a jeep to the team with the snowboards and antelope horns.
Li Jianguo's family has become accustomed to Li Long being so elusive.
The people in the team have gradually gotten used to it. They show up every three days, so what can they not get used to?
“You have snowboards at home, you can use them on the street.” Li Jianguo looked at Li Long taking the snowboards off the jeep, and he couldn’t laugh or cry.
"Can't Juan and Qiangqiang go to school to get it? I think it's going to snow heavily tomorrow, so let's prepare it first."
"Hey, that's true. They are not in the same school now. If you have to take care of two of them, there really isn't enough at home." Li Jianguo smiled.
I was busy with everything during this period, but I forgot about pushing the children in the snow. Last time it snowed, the two children seemed to be bringing the family's snowboards? The snow at home is a board borrowed from the Lu family?
At that time, I seemed to be thinking about getting a snowboard, but then I forgot about it when I was hunting or something.
Entering the house, Li Long took out the antelope horn and handed it to his elder brother:
"Brother, this is the antelope horn. Take it. Juan and Qiangqiang are about to have a fever. Please shave a little. Just put it in a bowl and drink it.”
"Is this an antelope horn?" Li Jianguo looked at it curiously.
The same goes for Li Qingxia. He waited for Li Jianguo to finish reading before taking it.
“The one with the high nose we shot that day was the horn of the antelope.” Li Long said, “The horn of the high-nosed antelope is used for medicine. This horn is very rare, so we can’t tell others.”
"That has to be put away." Li Jianguo waited for his family to finish reading and then hurriedly put it away.
"By the way, Dad, have you broken holes in the ice in the past two days?" Li Long asked Li Qingxia again.
"No." Li Qingxia smiled, "Your elder brother said that the ice is not solid yet. It will take a few days for those fish to be able to breathe under the reeds."
"Well, it will stop snowing in a few days. , it’s frozen solid, I’ll be back Breaking holes in the ice. The supply and marketing cooperative is here to collect fish. I will ask more people to collect them. "Li Qingxia is happy to catch fish." You can still make money, so why not?
Let it be cold if it’s cold. Fish have fire, so don’t be afraid if you catch them.
Li Long went to talk about this matter to Liang Dacheng and other people who broke holes in the ice to catch fish last year.
The price of his fish this year has become one piece, and everyone is happy to sell him big fish.
Finally we went to Tao Daqiang’s house.
Tao Daqiang and Yang Pingping were playing with their children together. When they heard the sound of the jeep, Tao Daqiang came out.
Seeing Li Long, he hurriedly asked Li Long to enter the house.
"No more, I'm cold. There are children in your house. Don't get cold." Li Long said,
"Let me tell you something. The one you hunted yesterday was an antelope. You keep the horns to treat the child's high fever. Don't tell others, keep it for yourself. If a relative or something gets a fever, scrape some off for others. Just drink it in the water."
Tao Daqiang nodded vigorously after hearing this, and he remembered it.
"Okay, after it snows and the ice becomes solid in a few days, I will come back and break holes in the ice to catch fish. Come with me if you have time to do so. The supply and marketing cooperative collects fish. Although there are not many, but It can be considered a gain in winter.”
After finishing the matter, Li Long drove the jeep back.
As we approached the county seat, snowflakes fell in droves.
The sky has turned gray, and Li Long knew that the snow would not be light this time.
It snowed all night. Before going to bed, the snow had already reached his ankles. Li Long pushed the snow in the yard before going to bed.
When I woke up in the morning and opened the door to look, the heavy snow had stopped. Li Long went to the yard and took a look. The snow was knee-deep.
What a heavy snow.
Sister Yang is almost done with the meal. Li Long went to push the snow first and push the way out.
The policemen on duty at the police station outside were already clearing the snow in front. Li Long also cleared the snow from the gate.
Gu Xiaoxia came out to help and asked Li Long to tell him to go back.
After clearing the snow from the door, Li Long went back to the yard and pushed the snow to both sides along the snow path he pushed out, one side to the flower pond and the other to the vegetable border.
In less than ten minutes, the meal was ready. Several people finished the meal in a hurry. Han Fang happily ran to school carrying her schoolbag and her small push snowboard.
Gu Xiaoxia wanted to ride a bicycle, so Li Long persuaded her. He filled the jeep with hot water, started the jeep and sent Gu Xiaoxia and her snowboard to the Education Bureau.
Gu Xiaoxia didn't want to be too ostentatious, so she asked Li Long to drop her off thirty or forty meters away from the Education Bureau.
Li Long told her to pick her up at noon, and Gu Xiaoxia agreed and walked to the unit.
Someone is already clearing the snow on the road. It was still not bright yet, so Li Long returned to the big yard with his headlight on and continued to clear the snow.
Sister Yang also wanted to help, and Li Long asked her to go about her own business.
"The people setting up the stalls may be late today. You can make some hot food. The heavy snow has stopped and the temperature is still going to drop. Everyone will definitely like to eat some hot food." Li Long made a suggestion, and then Clear the snow yourself.
He was so strong that he pushed the snow board and turned it around. The snow in the whole yard was cleared before lunch.
Li Long rode his bicycle to pick up Gu Xiaoxia at noon. She paid attention to the influence, and Li Long followed her.
Gu Xiaoxia was very satisfied with Li Long's approach. She sat on her bicycle and talked about going to work.
“We have been clearing snow all morning. Our bureau has a big yard. When clearing the snow, Director Wang complained that which leader at that time built such a big yard. It only took a whole morning to clear the snow, and there was no work. I can’t do it anymore.”
“Is it the same in other units?” Li Long asked while pedaling his bicycle.
"They must be the same. The yards are big and there aren't many people." Gu Xiaoxia said.
“If there is a snow clearing machine that costs a few hundred yuan and one person can clear it in one morning, will your company buy it?” Li Long asked.
“If you really want that, I’ll definitely buy it.” Gu Xiaoxia said with a smile, “How is it possible? I’ve seen tractors with two people pushing snowboards on the back, which is not very efficient.”
In this way, Li Long felt that there would really be a market for a snow clearing machine!
Of course, you still have to think carefully about how to do it.
This harvester is a gift to Kuitun Agricultural Machinery Factory. You can't do this with snow clearers. You need to plan a way to benefit yourself.
But there is no rush right now. The most important thing now is to drive the jeep to Beiting tomorrow and deliver the pair of antelope horns to Director Qian.
As for this afternoon, of course I have to go to Lao Ma's place to help Uncle Luo push the snow.
He believed that Uncle Luo must not have finished pushing the snow yet. After all, the area inside Lao Ma Hao was quite large.
The weather is getting colder and colder, and Li Long has become more and more aware of the convenience of driving a jeep.
At least it's not that cold, and there's a heater in the jeep, which isn't that convenient, but it's much better than a tractor.
Exchanging tiger skin for this is a great deal. (End of this chapter)