It was a calm night in the county town, no different from usual.
After a tiring day, Li Long went to bed early. He heard Gu Xiaoxia talking in her sleep in the middle of the night. He woke up, turned around and looked at his wife, and found that the expression on her face was calm. He could not hear clearly what she was talking in her sleep, and With only one sentence, he fell asleep again.
Early the next morning, Li Long got up and went to stoke the stove in the house and add firewood and coal. After the fire started, he went out of the house and saw Sister Yang and Han Fang already there. Got busy in the kitchen.
It’s really hard work.
Li Long went to the glass room at the back, lit the stove over there, and picked a handful of larger vegetables and brought them back, planning to let Sister Yang fry them in oil in the morning. .
There was a thin layer of frost on the tractor cover. Li Long wiped it on, but his fingers were cold.
After he handed the small green vegetables to Han Fang, he went to install the pressure well, poured a ladle of hot water into it, and boiled the rubber mat while sealing the downward air and pressing it. After a few strokes, the gas below was pumped up, and the water followed.
After filling a bucket of water, Li Long laid the well-killing pole flat, carried the bucket to the kitchen, and poured water into the large vat. After carrying two more buckets, the vat was half full of water. , that’s enough.
Don't store too much water, things will grow easily.
Then he pressed another bucket of water and carried it into the house.
Gu Xiaoxia had already gotten up and was combing her hair. She saw Li Long coming in with a bucket and asked:
"Do you want to boil water and add it to the tractor?"
"Well, I will go to Shicheng after breakfast. Go early. Come back early."
"Be careful on the road, and pull a car slowly," Gu Xiaoxia warned.
"I know. Do you have anything to buy?"
"No. Are you going to see your sister and brother-in-law? If you want to meet, do you want to bring them some meat?"
Li Long thought for a while and said:
"Bring a leg of lamb. They You shouldn't have to worry about eating meat, but we'll take it with you Our thoughts."
"Okay." Gu Xiaoxia nodded and asked, "How much is a leg of lamb?"
"A lot." Enough for them to eat.”
Last time I gave you a yellow sheep, this time I gave you a leg of lamb as a gift.
As for fish, water, etc., I will give them away next time I drive to Shicheng to sell them.
Open the lid of the stove, sit on the pot, pour the bucket of water in, and then go to the well to bring a bucket of water over. Then take a shovel, open the stove door, and take out a few pieces of red charcoal. He shoveled it out and poured it on the iron pallet under the tractor's diesel engine.
When he came back, Gu Xiaoxia had already packed up, and Li Long hurriedly went to wash up.
When Han Fang shouted at the door to eat, the water on the stove was already boiling, so Li Long scooped out half the bucket, took it out and poured it into the tractor's water tank.
The layer of frost on the tractor lid immediately turned into water droplets.
He carried the bucket into the house, put it down and went to the kitchen to eat.
Breakfast is millet porridge. This millet was given as a benefit by Gu Xiaoxia's work unit. Although it wasn't much, it was enough to make porridge for a period of time.
Li Long plans to see if there is millet and buy some when he goes to Shicheng Old Street later.
After eating and sending Gu Xiaoxia to work, Li Long came back and went to the storage room first, untied a leg of lamb, found a clean bag, wrapped it and stuffed it into the bed of the tractor, and then put the back Install the melon board.
Next, he drained the water from the water tank of the tractor and added half a bucket of boiling water. By this time, the red charcoal fire below had been extinguished. After cleaning these, he took the crank handle and started to start.
After two or three times, the tractor was shaken, and Sister Yang and Han Fang opened the door together.
After Li Long got dressed, he drove the tractor out of the compound, waved to the two people, and then drove westward.
Fifty grams of mutton pulled by a tractor were piled up like a mountain, which was very eye-catching.
Driving on Wuyi Highway, because the sheep was blocking it, Li Long couldn't see behind him, so he could only walk slowly on the right side. Occasionally, a large car would sound its horn as it approached, so he would continue to keep to the right and give way.
Although the driveway was two-lane in both directions, the snow on the roadside was basically untouched, so Li Long still drove very carefully.
When the tractor arrived at the sugar factory, the guard was also startled and hurriedly called inside.
When Li Long got permission to drive a tractor into the sugar factory, many people in the office knew the news. Chief Hu came out, followed by many people.
“This is Sheep Mountain.” Someone sighed.
The bucket of the tractor is not very big. In order to be able to hold fifty kronas of sheep, the bucket is covered with wood, and the kronas of sheep are placed on top, layer by layer, like a pyramid.
Section Chief Hu was also surprised when he saw it, and then laughed.
"Go quickly and ask for the finance people and the warehouse manager. By the way, ask for the scales to be brought over. Hurry!"
This is what I will send to you before the Chinese New Year. Although the benefits will be unlocked later, it is still a pleasure to watch at the moment.
Even Song Ming took advantage of the time of loading the car and ran over to say hello to Li Long.
Obviously, he was happy too.
A young man came over to help, removed the rope, carefully lifted the Kelangzi sheep from top to bottom, put it on the scale, weighed it, and then recorded the number.
After all the fifty sheep were weighed, the warehouse manager and the person from the finance department reported the total number:
“There are fifty sheep in total, one thousand and twenty-three kilograms and six hundred grams. , based on the price of one yuan and sixty-one kilograms, a total of one thousand six hundred and thirty-seven yuan and seventy-six cents should be paid.”
Some sheep are less than twenty kilograms, and some are more.
Business matters, this time Li Long did not erase the zeros and allowed the financial account to be recorded according to the real figures.
"Okay, Comrade Li Long, I think this mutton is good. Is it freshly slaughtered?"
"Yes, it was just slaughtered yesterday." Li Long said to Section Chief Hu, "I originally planned to slaughter it yesterday. I pulled him over as soon as I was done, but it was almost dark when I came out of the mountains. I wanted to pull him over because it was already off work here, so It was delivered this morning.”
“Very good, very dedicated, very good.” Chief Hu said with a compliment, “Here, I’ll sign it, and you can get the money from the finance department. By the way, are you going to pull some sugar residue when you leave?"
"Yes." Li Long was a little embarrassed.
"Okay, let me tell Song Ming that the tractor will be driven directly to you for installation. You go and collect the money first."
Section Chief Hu is very considerate. Li Long did a good job for him, so he naturally wanted to give Li Long something in return.
This mutton looks beautiful and the price is good. He, the logistics section chief, deserves credit.
Li Long went to the finance department to sign for the money. After putting the money in his satchel, he went out, said goodbye to Section Chief Hu, and then went to the slag outlet.
Song Ming was talking to the workers about loading the truck. Seeing Li Long coming, he stepped forward and said:
"Comrade Li Long, can you give me two pieces of wood? I want to Use it to build a shelf at home.”
He was referring to the bowl-thick wood that Li Long pulled from the mountains and spread on the cart bed.
"It's all for you." Li Long had no use for the wood. The wood is too thick to be used as a shovel and too thin to be used as a building material.
Song Ming was overjoyed, patted Li Long hard, and said with a smile:
"You are such a friend!"
Li Long also smiled and said:
"We are all the same, just babies."
The two laughed.
The sugar residue was very full, and there were ten full bags on top. The lamb leg Li Long also explained that it was brought for his sister.
After loading the sugar residue, Li Long drove the tractor out of the sugar factory and went to the old street.
Chen Xingbang was still setting up a stall on the old street. Li Long went to the courtyard and gave the leg of lamb to his sister. He also said that he would come over with his father and the others in a few days to sell fish, and he might also give red wine to his sister. Qin was accepted to stay with the team for a few days, but Li Xia was fine, but Hong Qin was extremely happy.
Finally, I have someone familiar with me to play with.
Although there are children in the surrounding yards here, Hongqin is a girl who has just come here, and it is difficult to integrate in, and she is easily bullied.
It will be better when you go to school. With classmates, you will have a natural alliance.
Li Long did not stay in the old street for long. He was dragging a cart of sugar dregs and it kept dripping, which was quite troublesome.
Let’s pull it back first.
When the tractor drove back to the county seat, it was already lunch time.
Li Long went back to the big yard to have dinner. After telling Gu Xiaoxia the situation, he pulled another sheep and drove the tractor to the team without stopping.
Go to Lao Ma No. and unload eight bags of sugar residue from Uncle Luo. This time plus the last time, it is enough to feed the livestock here for half a year.
Li Long also unloaded a leg of mutton for Old Uncle Luo here.
“I don’t want any more meat here. I can’t finish it.” Old Uncle Luo said, “There is more.”
"You can keep it in winter, eat slowly." Li Long still kept the lamb leg. "Take this." Old Uncle Luo took the leg of lamb and put it into the kitchen. After turning around and coming out, he dug out two pieces of stuff in the snow and handed them to Li Long.
“What?”
“Deer fetus.” Old Uncle Luo looked a little proud, “The deer fetus was born a few days ago, and I kept watching. I finally got the deer fetuses. The sugar residue has arrived in the past two days. I will get some concentrated feed and corn to feed them."
Li Long looked at the two. The deer placenta was also quite touching.
To be honest, this thing would be easier to do in the summer, but in the winter, it would be really hard to stare at all the time. Uncle Luo must have been out in the cold these days.
"Okay, Old Uncle Luo, I'm not polite." Unable to say thank you to Old Uncle Luo, Li Long wrote it down.
Putting the placenta into the bag, Li Long left the old horse and went to the eldest brother's yard.
Li Jianguo and Li Qingxia were both gone, going to Xiaohaizi to smash holes in the ice to catch fish.
Li Juan and Li Qiang were both there, and they were holding pens and rulers when they came out to greet Li Long, obviously doing their homework.
Although Li Qiang was a little dissatisfied, his sister Li Juan was strong enough and studied well enough, so he couldn't help but disobey.
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Liang Yuemei came out and was very happy to see Li Long pulling a cart of sugar residue.
We feed several pigs at home, and feed is always a big problem. It's okay in summer, just shoot more hogweed, but it will be more troublesome in winter.
With this sugar residue, you can save a lot of things.
Fortunately, she and Li Jianguo had agreed to slowly get rid of the pigs next year and only raise one or two a year.
Du Chunfang watched Li Long bring down a sheep with one leg missing and asked:
"Why did you get the sheep back again?"
"Go to the mountains. Slaughter the sheep and sell them to Shicheng Sugar Factory, how much is that? "I unloaded a leg of lamb for Uncle Luo." Li Long carried the sheep into the house, "There is another one in the county. I will go to Grandpa Juan's house in two days and take half of it with me."
Liang Yuemei sounded very happy. Li Long has never forgotten the help from his father. It is really worth taking care of him for so many years.
After putting the sheep away and removing the sugar residue, Li Long sat in the house for a while and then went to the front yard to look at the collected fish.
In the past few days, two to three hundred kilograms of fish have been piled in the spare house in the front yard. It seems like it’s cold these days and fishing is easier than before.
Li Long did not wait for Li Qingxia and Li Jianguo to come back. He still had many things to do, so after resting, he picked up a bag of peeled small crucian carp and drove away on the tractor.
Anyway, I have to come over in two days.
I met Xie Dafa on the road. He was coming from the east carrying two rabbits. Li Long stopped and said hello to him.
"Why don't you drive your jeep? Is the gas expensive?" Xie Dafa joked, "How about you take one of the rabbits you just yoked back to eat?"
"A jeep is not as convenient for pulling things." Li Long Now it is no longer taboo to say that Jeep has its own autonomy. He shook his head and said:
"You can eat the rabbit yourself. By the way, keep the skin. The county purchase station will charge you three yuan a piece. If you buy more, you can make some New Year's money in the winter."
< br>After Li Long finished speaking, he drove the tractor and left. Xie Dafa was a little surprised. Is this rabbit skin so expensive?
Wasn’t it all just a dime in the past?
Hey, it costs three yuan for a piece of leather, so why don’t you take advantage of it?
He walked home quickly, planning to go to Hongliutan in the east before tonight to buy more condoms.
When Li Qingxia and Li Jianguo were preparing to go to Xiaohaizi the next day, Xie Dafa had already lured the rabbit back. He came to Li's house with two rabbits and handed the rabbits to Li Jianguo:
"Brother Li, keep these rabbits."
"Hey, this is out of season. Why did you remember giving me a rabbit?" Li Jianguo joked. The relationship between the two families is not close, not as good as that of Lu Yingming's family.
"I met Xiaolong yesterday. He said that rabbit skins are now sold at the buying station for three yuan a piece. The price is not low. I bought some more sets yesterday and got seven or eight today. I plan to peel the skins off later. When I arrive, The county purchase station is sold.”
Xie Dafa is very particular about people, and he naturally wants to repay favors from others.
"Hey, that's okay. I'll just keep one rabbit for a taste." Li Jianguo said.
“No, no, no, take them all.” Xie Dafa said and left.
Li Long didn't know that his casual words would have such consequences. He drove the tractor back to the county and entered the compound.
Seeing that there was still time, I cut half of the sheep left at home and put it on the jeep. I also poured half of the skinned crucian carp that I had brought over from the fourth team into another bag and put it in the trunk, along with a few pieces. Tiger Bone, after adding water to the jeep and starting it, drove towards the village where Liang Donglou was located.
Jeeps are fast, easy to get back and forth, and not cold. Li Long didn't want to drive a tractor unless he had to pull something.
I changed to a jeep for the sake of speed and comfort, otherwise I would have left it as a gift.
The rural areas of northern Xinjiang are basically silent in winter. Except for the few days during the Chinese New Year, when firecrackers go off from time to time, which makes it more lively, you rarely hear any big noises.
It is rare to see people in the wild. It is freezing and snowy. There is a price to pay for going out.
Liang Donglou is reading, Liang Wenyu is also reading, and Chen Xiuzhu is making shoes. The village director Liu Xiazi wanted Liang Wenyu to become the Communist Youth League secretary. Liang Wenyu consulted his father's opinion and decided to do it. He is already a probationary member of the party, so there is no problem in becoming the secretary of the Communist Youth League.
What he is reading now is a book about the constitution of the Youth League branch. Blind Liu found it for him and asked him to familiarize himself with the work process first.
Hearing the sound of the engine outside, the whole family knew that it was Li Long coming.
As soon as the door opened, Li Long walked to the door carrying half of the sheep, and several people immediately let the door out.
"Why did you get meat again?" Chen Xiuzhu complained, "We have enough meat at home, and there is a lot of meat in the oven. We can eat it until the second half of the year."
"Eat more," Li Long said with a smile, "Isn't it good that life is getting better and better."
That's really good.
Liang Donglou knew that since he had brought the sheep, he could not take it back, so he asked:
"Are you going into the mountains again?" His daughter and son-in-law did not raise sheep at home, so Li Longneng The sheep brought here are basically from the mountains.
"Yes." Li Long did not regard himself as an outsider, and went to bring in the shelled fish again, closed the door of the jeep, went into the house and washed his hands, and then said:
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"When I was hauling sugar residue at the sugar factory, people said they wanted dozens of sheep for welfare. I went into the mountains the day before yesterday and got some sheep."
"Well, that's a good thing. "Liang Donglou knew that Li Longrenyi would not over-exploit the herdsmen in the mountains. In his words, this was a "win-win situation."
Chen Xiuzhu brought a bowl of tea to Li Long and said:
"Come, drink hot water, it's cold outside, don't run away too often, you will suffer."
Li Long smiled , said: "I drive a jeep, it's okay."
Liang Wenyu was a little envious. Li Long used to be someone he looked down on, but now he is someone he looks up to.
Driving a tractor, driving a jeep, having a job, making money...
Liang Wenyu became more motivated when she thought about how she could harvest and make money while driving a tractor in the summer.
Who is worse than whom?
The comparison is not about the present, and since we are our own people, there is no need to compare.
After chatting for a while and talking about the current situation, Li Long went to the jeep to get the things he brought and sincerely asked Liang Donglou for advice.
"Deer fetus? You want to patch it up for your wife when she gives birth to a baby, right? These bones..."
"This time I gave some furniture to the mountain people, and they took the bones He gave it to me, saying it was tiger bone..." Li Long didn't tell the truth.
Liang Donglou’s hands shook.
The last time Li Long held it was a lynx bone, which was already precious enough.
This time he brought the tiger bone directly. Liang Donglou took it and looked at it for a while, nodded and said:
"It's true, and...it doesn't take long."
Li Long I'm ashamed, my sister-in-law's father has such a vicious look.
"Dad, have you seen tiger bones before?"
"Well, before I studied medicine with your grandfather, I was an apprentice in a drug store and saw the master making this. ”
Liang Donglou said in a very calm tone: "It was a whole tiger at that time. It was said that it was an official in some warlord and got it from the south."
"Uncle Liang, do you know how to concoct it?" "Li Long was overjoyed. He knew how to do this directly, but he probably shouldn't do it like that.
"Yes," Liang Donglou nodded, stood up, and went to his room. When he came out, he held a handwritten note in his hand and handed it to Li Long.
"This, take it back and look at it."
Li Long opened it and looked at it, as if he had found a treasure.
Here are the preparation methods and formulas of various precious medicinal materials.
Not only tiger bones, but also deer fetuses are used.
"Uncle Liang, I'll go back and make a copy and send it back to you!"
"Okay." Liang Donglou nodded.
Li Long chatted for a while at Liang's house and then left.
The tiger bone was left in the Liang family, and no one said anything. (End of this chapter)