When Li Long came out of the office building, he found that the bucket of his tractor was filled with sugar residue, and there were ten large sacks on it, and the sacks were also filled with sugar residue.
The sugar residue is being loaded onto the truck at the slag outlet.
Li Long passed by and Song Ming asked with a smile:
"Have you met the section chief?"
"Yes." Li Long smiled. Said, "The section chief really has something to do, so he can take care of me."
"That's good. The sugar residue is packed. You can take it away quickly, otherwise it will freeze if you wait a while."
"Okay, then you are busy and we will talk later." Li Long Ye knew that time was tight, so he started the tractor, waved to Song Ming, and drove out of the sugar factory.
This cart of sugar residue is enough to feed Lao Mahao and the eldest brother's livestock and pigs for two or three months. Li Long plans to deliver the sheep before the end of the year and then pull another cart, so that he can at least eat until spring.
If we deal with another batch of livestock years ago, at least one roe deer and wild boar must be killed. Although there is a lot of meat at home, we have to have a sense of celebrating the New Year.
It is most practical to give meat to relatives at this time.
The wine is almost boring.
Li Long drove his tractor out of the sugar factory, and many people who rushed to the big pit to dig out sugar residue were envious.
But Li Long had no time to care about this. He had to unload the sugar residue as soon as possible, and then told his elder brother about collecting the fish. He had to drive the tractor to the mountains.
The tractor arrived at the county. It was still early for lunch, so Li Long did not stop at the county and drove directly to the team.
When we arrived at Lao Ma Hao, Uncle Luo was clearing the remaining grass poles in the circle. When he heard the sound of the tractor, he put down his wooden fork and came out to take a look. Then he watched Li Long drive the tractor directly into Ma Hao. Large yard.
Seeing Li Long pulling a cart full with many bags of sugar residue, Old Uncle Luo was very happy. Before Li Long could turn off the engine, he climbed onto the tractor, picked up a bag of sugar residue and threw it down.
This sugar residue contains water and has been frozen all the way here. A bag weighing hundreds of kilograms, Old Uncle Luo just threw it down with great energy.
After throwing away eight bags of sugar residue, Old Uncle Luo stopped, jumped off the tractor and said:
“That’s enough, enough for a while.”
"Well, let's feed them first. When the new year comes, I will pull a tractor back and we will be able to feed them until spring begins."
"That's great!" Old Uncle Luo was even more happy when he heard that there was still someone there. This stuff is more popular with livestock than chaff.
Li Long and Old Uncle Luo lifted the bag containing the sugar residue into the warehouse together. After looking at the animals and chatting for a while, they drove the tractor to their eldest brother.
Uncle Luo finished cleaning the pen and then went over to prepare for cooking.
He usually eats two meals a day alone.
The supplies here in Mahao are very complete, including rice, noodles, vegetables and meat. Uncle Luo will not treat himself badly. He suffered a lot when he was young, but now that he has the conditions, he is willing to treat himself better.
In Li Long's words, he planned to raise livestock in this old horse's house as long as possible. Old Uncle Luo can help him raise livestock for a few more years only if he eats well, drinks well, and lives longer.
Although he knew it was Li Long’s words to comfort him, Old Uncle Luo still listened.
If you have it, let’s eat it. Just accept the child's kindness. As for myself, taking good care of these animals is the best response to Li Long.
When Li Long arrived at the courtyard, the smell of rice was already wafting in the courtyard.
The fish were being collected in the front yard, and Li Long didn't go there either. He threw down the remaining two sacks and dragged them into the shed, and then used a shovel to shovel the sugar residue in the bucket. The original place where the sugar residue was placed.
Later, when the elder brother has time, he will put these sugar residues into bags and put them away. Otherwise, rats will cause trouble.
The sugar residue that rats crawled over is not delicious to pigs, it tastes too strong.
When Li Long was almost finished unloading the sugar residue, Li Jianguo and Li Qingxia collected the fish and came back.
Seeing that Li Long was almost done with his work, he didn't come over to help.
While washing his hands, Li Long had finished finishing and entered the room.
"We harvested more than 60 kilograms of big fish this morning. At this rate, one ton of fish will be enough for this afternoon."
"Continue to collect even if it's enough." Li Long said, "Brother, I will collect it tomorrow." Go into the mountains and bring the fish back today and tomorrow Send it to the supply and marketing cooperative first. If there are still fish in the back, we will continue to collect them. After the work in the mountains is finished, we will go to Shicheng to set up a stall. "Li Qingxia is most proud of doing this. Speaking, he immediately agreed.
"That's okay." Li Jianguo also felt that this was a matter of making money and there was no need to stop.
“Eat first, and then talk after eating.” Liang Yuemei urged, “The baby is hungry.”
If the adults don't move their chopsticks, the children can't eat first. This is the rule at this time.
After dinner, Li Long wanted to leave some money, but Li Jianguo stopped him.
“You collected this ton of fish yourself, and it counts as your own. The money collected later belongs to our partnership.” Li Jianguo said with a smile, “I also have a share in making money from setting up stalls. I’ll pay for the fish first.”
Li Long didn’t refuse either. As for the money he earned from supplying fish to the supply and marketing cooperative this time, he also planned to give his father and eldest brother a share.
But I haven’t said anything yet.
While eating, Li Long talked about going to see his sister.
"Hongqin is alone?" Liang Yuemei felt a little pity for the child, "Look, when you set up a stall later, did you talk to Xiaoxia and take Hongqin over to stay for a few days?
One child Aren’t you lonely? There are Juan and Qiangqiang here, and we can play with them. They are all relatives, and they are always together.”
Although they are not as close as close neighbors, they are related by blood. The older generation still thinks it’s best to be close.
"Okay, I'll ask you then." Li Jianguo nodded.
Du Chunfang grinned while eating. They are all her own grandchildren, and they are all close to her grandchildren. When she is here, she naturally hopes that her children will be around her.
How lively!
Li Long took the fish back at night. He had already calculated that the fish he brought back last time plus this time would weigh a thousand and dozens of kilograms.
Take it to the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow, settle the matter, and then go to the mountains.
After dinner, I talked about this matter with Gu Xiaoxia while watching TV.
"I don't stay there when I go to the mountains. I come back the same day I go." Li Long's plan is very good. "Every day I pull some sheep and put them in the yard. If I save fifty sheep, I take them directly to the sugar factory. Go in."
"Yeah." Gu Xiaoxia thought so, but then she said, "It doesn't have to be so hard. Stay in the mountains, don't drive at night.
We're right across from the police station, so we'll be safe. We cleared out a bunch of bad guys last year, so you should be careful in the mountains. There are wolves and snow. You're still young, don't be in a hurry to come back after dark."
"Okay, I'll pay attention." Li Long nodded. This was actually the truth. He didn't want Gu Xiaoxia to worry, but if he was in a hurry, something could easily happen.
When he got up the next day, Li Long packed up the tractor and then went to set up the stove in the glass house.
After breakfast, Li Long walked Gu Xiaoxia to the work unit. When he came back, he started the tractor and pulled a cart of fish to the supply and marketing cooperative.
As the years have passed, the supply and marketing cooperative has become less and less busy. All the things that need to be hauled have been brought back, and all the things to be delivered to various units in the county have been delivered. Now it is just daily activities. Li Xiangqian held a small book and was planning to finish the first quarter of the new year. When he heard the sound of the tractor, he knew that Li Long was coming.
Sure enough, Li Long strode into the office after a while. After pouring himself some water and drinking it, he said to Li Xiangqian:
"Chief, I took it. The fish are all gone.”
"Okay, let's go to the backyard warehouse to be weighed."
Li Long went to drive the tractor, and Li Xiangqian went to the backyard with the ticket book.
The tractor drove to the backyard, and the bags of fish were weighed and then poured into the warehouse for inspection.
During the inspection, Li Long also told Li Xiangqian about the previous sewage fish.
“Is this true?” Li Xiangqian was still a little doubtful.
"Of course it's true." Li Long said, "The sewage fish is quite big, but it smells a bit smelly."
"Hey, when you say that, that old He has been tricked. "Li Xiangqian was a little gloating, "He said that he bought a cheap big fish a few days ago, but it has a bit of a smell, and maybe it will be a sewage fish. I will have to marinate it later!"
Li Yongxin asked if he had done something bad?
Is there anyone in the supply and marketing cooperative who can be tricked?
It’s normal if you think about it. After all, not everyone in the supply and marketing cooperative is a buyer. Everyone has a sharp eye and it’s normal not to be able to spot fish in sewage.
Since Li Long had already said it, he wouldn't take it back. He took the invoice issued by Li Xiangqian and went to the finance department to settle the bill. After saying hello to Li Xiangqian, he drove the tractor back to the yard.
Go back to the yard to refuel, there is diesel in your yard. After refueling, Li Long added some equipment, turned his fur coat upside down to protect his front body, put on a cotton hat and other accessories, and drove around to purchase some things in the county.
The things he bought included daily necessities such as matches, wine, and tea, as well as daily necessities such as cotton shoes, leather gloves, and woolen socks, as well as some common medicines, and then he drove towards the mountains. go.
Going south from Wuyi Highway to Qingshui River, the snow has been waded away, and it can be seen that at least two tractors and several horse-drawn carriages and donkey carts passed by here.
There are still many people passing by.
As far as Qingshuihe Township, most of the tractors stopped here, and there was another tractor that continued to go into the mountains, and it was a round trip.
Li Long was a little surprised. What was the tractor doing in the mountains at this time? What did you pull back?
That's good, his tractor can follow the road opened by the other party, and there is no need to make a hard journey.
The tractor drove all the way to the mountain pass. Li Long became more and more curious. The direction the tractor was going was consistent with the location of Harimudong's nest.
Are they also collecting sheep?
Li Long had a vague feeling.
He did not regard the herdsmen in the mountains as his forbidden pets. He just felt that if someone collected the sheep, it would be a bit difficult for him to complete the task of fifty sheep mentioned by Chief Hu.
Following the track where the tractor drove, Li Long drove to Halimu's winter nest, and then he was sure that the other party was coming towards Halimu and the others.
The trace of the tractor was driving to the winter nest in Harimu, then driving towards the mountains, probably towards the Yushan River, and finally returning the same way.
While Li Long was still thinking, the sound of his tractor had already alerted the Harry family's dog, and then Nathan and Susken ran out of the winter den.
Seeing Li Long, the two children screamed with joy.
Obviously, they have been on vacation.
Li Long drove the tractor to the winter nest. At this time, Halimu had already come out of the winter nest.
He was also very happy to see Li Long. After greeting Li Long who got off the tractor, the two of them moved things together.
Li Long asked while moving things:
"A tractor came over yesterday?"
"Yes, from our animal husbandry team."
"From the animal husbandry team?" Li Long was a little surprised, "What are they here for?"< br>
“Collect sheep.” Harimu took it for granted. Said, "We are under the control of the animal husbandry team. We have a yard at the animal husbandry team's stay. The team will distribute supplies and take care of the children's schooling.
We herdsmen also have to hand over sheep to the animal husbandry team regularly. . The cull sheep will be handed over in the spring, and the fat sheep will be handed over now.”
Li Long thought he was in trouble now!
Once the fat sheep is handed over, it will not be easy for him to complete the task.
Halimu asked while carrying the supplies:
"What are you doing here?"
Li Long smiled bitterly and asked the sugar factory for fifty crowns. I talked about Ziyang.
"Fifty sheep?" Harimu also sounded a little embarrassed.
“The sheep that Yushanjiang and I have at home are not enough.” Harimu thought for a while and said, “We have to use the fat sheep from other people’s homes.”
At the beginning, Harimu didn’t have any. Thinking of culling sheep to increase the number. Since Li Long wants a sheep, he will give it to the fat sheep. Not every sheep in the flock can be slaughtered for meat. Usually it's fat sheep.
Most of those ewes have babies at this time, and the next batch will be born before the year. There are also some old sheep that are culled and will be handed over to the animal husbandry team in the spring. These sheep are usually not slaughtered directly for food factories, but used for other purposes.
Most of the mutton eaten in the mink farms mentioned earlier is culled mutton.
Of course, there are others.
Li Long had hope again when he heard that Harimu had a solution. In fact, he had already been thinking about asking if other tribes had sheep.
He has no way out, but if he can't complete the task, he has to think of other ways.
If there is a way at the moment, he naturally wants to do the best here.
It’s just that I overlooked one thing, that is, this animal husbandry team has rules, and Harimu and the others are different from before.
But this is fine. Organized herdsmen will be counted on retirement, which is better than just herding by yourself.
Of course, now we are thinking about how to complete the task.
After unloading the things, Harimu had already started roping the horse.
"Li Long, you stay here, I'll notify other people and see how many fat sheep I can get together. You ride slowly and can't catch up with me, so just wait here."
After saying that, Harimu got on his horse, waved his whip, and the horse galloped away.
Li Long looked at Harimu's back, hoping that he was safe and that he could bring good news.
Nathan and Susken pulled Li Long towards the winter nest. Li Long could already smell the fragrance of milk tea. (End of this chapter)