Chapter 611 Staying at home is not idle either - Liaoyangtou (just one chapter if you have something to do today)
Actually, Ma County is not a specialty area for leather, and the collection station here basically collects zero leather. Sporadic.
The sheepskins of the herdsmen in Nanshan are mainly given to the animal husbandry team to be sold to the tanneries. This is why Harimu and the others slaughtered the sheep, and gave all the mutton heads and hooves to Li Long, leaving only the sheepskins. Came down.
It’s because the animal husbandry team also has mission requirements for leather.
I am naturally very happy to receive such a large amount of skins, and they are still wolf skins. The front line kept collecting rabbit skins, which annoyed all these buyers.
Although the demand for rabbit skins is also great, it is not as profitable as wolf or fox skins.
Li Long went back and took back all the wolf skins except the wolf king.
He planned to tan the Wolf King skin himself and then get a wolf skin mattress for his father and mother.
The two times I sold the leather, I got a little over a thousand yuan.
On this trip to collect sheep in the mountains, I basically didn’t make much money from the mutton, but I made a lot of money from the wolf skin and wolf meat.
Sell the remaining wolf meat and add the sheep to the water for more than two thousand points, which is pretty good.
After selling the wolf skin, Li Long asked Chen Hongjun. The buyer did not expect that Li Long knew Lao Chen and said that he had gone to the state for a meeting.
Li Long thought that Chen Hongjun might not be able to come back for a while, so there was no need to worry about it so much.
After returning to the big yard and collecting the money, Li Long went to clean up an unused wing and prepared to burn the sheep's head here.
I have to sell some sheep heads, but I also have to get some at home to eat.
He went to bring a stove and set it up in the side room. This wing has not been inhabited for a long time, and the stove has never been burned before. Although there is a flue, there is no idea how much ash is inside.
Li Long took out the flue before setting up the stove. In this cold weather, it took a while to smoke, so he came out of the side room and opened the door wide to let out the smoke.
The stove is usually set up in early winter, when it is not very cold outside, and the smoke from the stove will disperse upward.
If you set up the stove when the weather is hot, the smoke will not disperse easily in the first place and will rise in the house.
You have to wait until the stove is heated up before the smoke will go up. Of course, the premise is to ensure that the chimney is clear.
After setting up the stove, Li Long went out again to buy some things.
The current record needs a new hard-cover notebook, a better pencil, and a puff of smoke. If you have gasoline at home, you don’t need to buy any more.
I got on the bicycle and went for a spin. After buying the things, Li Longzhi regretted it. He had known that it would be cold to ride a bicycle if he had driven a jeep.
Mainly because of the cold face.
Too careless.
When I came back, I found that the door to the courtyard was open, and Sister Yang and Han Fang had returned.
Seeing that Li Long had bought something, Han Fang hurried over to help. Li Long asked her to take down the blowtorch and put it in the room with the stove and the door open.
"Uncle, why are you setting up a stove in that house? Is there anyone else living there?" Sister Yang was a little confused and asked in the kitchen.
"No, I plan to burn the sheep's head and burn the sheep's hooves. It is inconvenient in other rooms." Li Long explained.
Okay, Sister Yang thought to herself, this is having a house and being willful. In other homes, just setting up a stove outside to cook it would be enough. It would only take half a day. How could it be so cold?
But it’s not wrong to think about Li Long. How many of these dozens of houses are actually used? Many are idle, so use them. Who made it so cold outside?
After Han Fang finished, she went to the house to do her homework. Li Long put his notebook in the main room and took the blowtorch to fill up the gasoline.
Many people who use a blowtorch for the first time are quite cautious. Li Long did not use it. He used it many times. Later, he used a gas tank to burn it directly with a nozzle. Hearing the sound and looking at the fire was quite scary. In fact, It works well and is safe.
After adding gasoline and pressure, Li Long brought five sheep heads and a pile of sheep hooves and placed them on the ground outside without counting them.
Han Fang put her head at the door and watched.
Li Long took a reed to light the fire in the stove, then lit the blowtorch and began to burn the sheep heads and hooves.
The yard was immediately filled with a burning smell.
Without the wind, the smell can stay in the yard for a long time.
Li Long didn't care so much. People at this time can't be so pretentious - Oh, I wonder if Gu Xiaoxia will be disgusted with this taste after she becomes pregnant?
He thought about it and shouted:
"Xiao Fang!"
Han Fang ran out of the room immediately.
"Uncle, what's the matter?"
"Go and open the door to let out the smell, otherwise your Auntie Gu may not feel comfortable when she comes back later."
"Hey, uncle, you are so kind to my Auntie Gu!" Han Fang commented at this time that the relationship between men and women is just a good relationship, unlike the primary school students of later generations, who are all in pairs and pay more attention to it.
Han Fang opened the door, and a stream of cold wind blew in, and the burnt atmosphere inside immediately dissipated a lot.
Li Long also burned the sheep's head with peace of mind, adjusting the direction of the sheep's head and hooves from time to time.
"Uncle, how do you eat the sheep's head when it's burnt?" Han Fang saw the sheep's head being burned like this for the first time. She didn't quite understand. Looking at the black sheep's head that had been burned, she felt a little confused. worry.
She thought Li Long had messed up.
"It's okay, just scrape it for a while, and the sheep head will be fine." Li Long continued to burn for a while, then stopped, went to put the new one on the stove, put a pot on it, and filled it with water. .
I'm going to shave the sheep's head here later and need hot water to wash it.
It’s a troublesome job anyway.
The roasted sheep head cannot be cooked in one go. After burning, scrape off the burnt fur to see where there is still some burnt skin, and then continue.
Do this two or three times until it is almost burned, and then scrape and clean.
If it’s a pig’s head, use an iron hook to burn the nostrils clean before washing.
It's not easy to eat meat at this time, so everyone will be more careful when cooking it. People like Li Long cook it in a big and bold way, completely ignoring the extra layers of edible skin, which most people don't do.
While Li Long was cleaning, Gu Xiaoxia and Gu Boyuan walked into the yard.
"Why is the door open? Is there a visitor?" Gu Boyuan asked as he entered the yard.
"My uncle is burning sheep's heads," Han Fang ran out and explained. "He said that the smell of burning sheep's heads would inflame my aunt, so he opened the door."
"Hey, you're so attentive." Gu Boyuan smiled and came over to watch Li Long roast the sheep's head with his hands behind his back.
In fact, it had already been burned. The sheep's head and hooves were being soaked in a large basin, and Li Long was scraping the burnt skin with a knife.
Li Long is very strong, but the matter of cleaning the sheep's head cannot be solved by strong strength. When you are little, you have to be patient.
After the sheep heads are scraped, they are put into a pot and boiled. It is not cooked all at once, but after they are cooked, the lower jaw must be broken off to clean the tongue and the contents of the mouth.
Some people finish washing at this part, and cook the rest directly, and then clean it up when eating.
Li Long would not be like this. There is a brittle bone in the nose of sheep, and many people like to eat it. However, the noses of all animals are quite dirty, and they need to be cleaned carefully. There is also the inside of the ears. Well, everyone who picks ears should know this.
Li Long was washing up here, and Sister Yang over there was already calling for dinner.
Gu Xiaoxia really didn't like the smell, so she simply didn't enter the room where Li Long washed the sheep's head.
Before eating, Li Long added more coal to the stove. He planned to put the sheep's head and sheep's hooves in the pot to boil after the meal was almost done.
After dinner and Gu Xiaoxia went to work, Li Long continued to trim the sheep's head and hooves. When they were all cleaned up and put in the pot to cook, the sun was already close to the horizon.
Five sheep heads and twenty sheep hooves cannot be cooked in one pot, and a large basket is placed next to them for storage.
Li Long felt a sense of accomplishment, but if he was asked to burn again, he would definitely not do it again.
To paraphrase some local people, they are so exhausted that they don’t want to do it anymore.
During dinner in the evening, Gu Boyuan went to see the sheep's head and sheep's hooves that Li Long had finished. He praised:
"Not bad, it's very clean. Just wait a minute." I'll take one back and bring it when you have time. Let’s drink.”
“Okay, one sheep head with four hooves, it depends on whether you plan to eat it cold or stir-fry.” Li Long found a basin and put the sheep head and hooves on it. Put it aside so that you can take it with you when Gu Boyan leaves.
Gu Boyuan was very satisfied with Li Long's attitude.
"Xiaoxia and I plan to go back to the team tomorrow. Will you go back?" Li Long asked. "I won't go back now. I plan to work for another week and then go back to celebrate the New Year with the team." Gu Boyuan said.
"Okay, let's go back tomorrow and Xiaoxia and I will tidy up your yard." Li Long said.
“Hey, okay.” Gu Boyuan suddenly felt that with this son-in-law, his life, or the quality of his life, was really improving.
Li Long told Sister Yang again that there would be no need to cook for him and Gu Xiaoxia at noon tomorrow, including in the afternoon.
Sister Yang knew that Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia were going to join the team, so she nodded and agreed.
Li Long plans to bring back two sheep heads with matching hooves, which can be regarded as a tribute to his father and mother. As for the remaining ones, he plans to take them back together and let his father Let's take it easy with my eldest brother.
My eldest brother is more patient than me, and there are probably people in the team who like to play with this stuff.
When he got up the next day, Li Long went to set up the stove in the glass house and picked a lot of small green vegetables and some celery to put in bags to prevent them from freezing.
Then put the sheep heads and sheep hooves that were packed yesterday into the jeep, separating the cooked ones from the raw ones. Anyway, the trunk is big and easy to load.
Li Long finished things here, had breakfast, and drove to the team with Gu Xiaoxia.
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I met many people coming to the county along the way. This road to the north of the county leads to three communes, which are now three townships. Nowadays, most people from the forty or fifty villages in the three townships will find time to rush to the county before the year.
Either sell some things to save some New Year money, or you already have money and plan to buy some New Year goods.
When Li Long and his jeeps came over, everyone, including horse-drawn carriages, donkey carts, tractors and sledges, all avoided the roadside.
Li Long was a little embarrassed.
When the jeep was approaching the Li family compound, Li Qiang and several children of about the same age were beating up old cows on the road. When they saw the jeep, they immediately shouted:
"My uncle is back. , I don’t want to play anymore, I want to go home!”
After saying that, he waved to the jeep, turned around and ran towards the big yard. He ran out for two steps and then turned back and picked up his old cow from the ground. Keep running.
The children moved to both sides, waiting for the jeep to pass.
After the jeep passed by, they yelled and chased after it. Li Long did not dare to drive fast for fear of hurting the child.
When the jeep drove to the Li family yard, Liang Yuemei and Du Chunfang had already come out, and Li Juan and Li Qiang had arrived at the gate early.
Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia got out of the jeep, and Liang Yuemei hurriedly let Gu Xiaoxia into the house. At this time, Gu Xiaoxia was already a little pregnant, and her movements were a little slow, which made Du Chunfang happy to watch.
Li Long took off the cooked sheep head and hooves and asked while carrying them into the kitchen:
"Dad and my eldest brother?"
"We went to Xiaohaizi. There were a lot of fish these two days, so they went there frequently." Du Chunfang said, "We went early in the morning."
< br>Quite diligent.
After Li Long put away the sheep's heads and sheep's hooves, he moved down the unprocessed sheep's heads and sheep's hooves and sent them to the vacant house.
Du Chunfang didn’t expect there to be so many and asked:
"What are you doing with all these things?"
"A few days ago I went to the mountains to slaughter sheep for the Shicheng Sugar Factory. This is what's left. We eat whatever we can, and if we can't, we go to Shicheng in two days. Sell it.”
“It’s good to sell it, how can I finish all this?” Although Du Chunfang doesn’t have money in her hands, she feels the more money her family makes, the better.
After cleaning the jeep, Li Long saw that Gu Xiaoxia was chatting with Liang Yuemei, and asked:
"Xiaoxia, do you want to go to Xiaohaizi and see them picking out fish?"< br>
"Why do you want her to go there? It's so cold." Liang Yuemei didn't want Gu Xiaoxia to go there.
"I want to go take a look. I have been in the county town and haven't been to the team for a long time." Gu Xiaoxia said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, it's okay. I'm wearing thick clothes, so just let me go. Let's..."
Well, Liang Yuemei couldn't stop the woman who was about to become a mother from acting like a baby. Who told her to take care of this brother-in-law and his wife as a daughter?
"Go ahead and come back for dinner. Xiaolong, please watch carefully and don't let Xiaoxia fall. It's slippery on the ice, and don't put snow in your shoes..."
Even more verbose than Du Chunfang, Du Chunfang didn't say a word, just looked at and laughed.
This family is so happy!
Li Long wrapped a scarf around Gu Xiaoxia and asked her to put on her gloves. Then he found the sledge at home, tied the rope on it, and prepared to take her to Xiaohaizi.
Li Juan and Li Qiang wanted to go at first sight, but Liang Yuemei had no choice but to wave her hands and let them all go. She had to find a way to cook.
The sheep head that Li Long brought back is a good ingredient, that’s it.
The Li family has more than one sledge. Li Jianguo and the others went to fish out and brought one. Li Long has not used it for a long time, but it is quite clean.
Two layers of sacks were laid out, an adult and two children sat on them, and Li Long pulled them towards Xiaohaizi.
The road of less than one kilometer is covered with compacted snow, and the sledge pulls it effortlessly.
When the sledge was pulled to Xiaohaizi North Dam, Gu Xiaoxia, Li Juan and Li Qiang all came down. This slope is a bit high and it is difficult to pull up.
Li Long pulled the empty sledge up to the top of the dam. When he looked down, he saw people in twos and threes digging for fish at seven points.
Dad and eldest brother are still in the southeast. The three people closest to them were Tao Dayong, Tao Daqiang, and a young man.
Li Long vaguely remembered that this was Yang Yong, Yang Pingping's younger brother.
The three brothers of the Liang family were closest to Beiba. To Li Long's surprise, the three brothers dug out three ice holes. Looking at the edges of the ice holes, they dug out quite a lot of fish.
Li Long helped Gu Xiaoxia down the slope, and then pulled the sledge forward. Gu Xiaoxia went to the three Liang brothers and greeted them. The three brothers were a little reserved.
Obviously, Gu Xiaoxia has become a national cadre and has not appeared in the team for a while. Everyone no longer associates her with the yellow-haired girl from before.
No matter the temperament, conversation or status, everything is different from before.
Gu Xiaoxia also knew that this was the case. After saying hello, she walked towards Li Jianguo and the others.
On the ice, the two children Li Juan and Li Qiang were shouting and screaming. They were the happiest.
After all, who could not be excited when looking at so many fish?
Gu Xiaoxia is still very polite, taking the initiative to say hello to those who are close, shouting to those who are a little far away, and not saying hello to those who are further away.
Just keep a certain distance and maintain a certain affinity.
Don't pay attention at all. If people say you are powerful, you will not recognize others and will scold you. It's not good to be too close to the people. People will think you have no status.
Okay, it’s quite troublesome.
"Dad, brother, today is not a bad day." Li Long said with a smile as he looked at the hole in the ice where five or six carp, grass carp and five blacks were.
"It's okay." Li Jianguo smiled at Gu Xiaoxia, and then said, "It's okay these days. It's too cold, the ice is thick, and the fish can't breathe, so just come here. How do you treat Xiaoxia? I brought it here, it’s so cold in the ice..."
"I came here to see the excitement," Gu Xiaoxia said with a smile, "I have never seen breaking holes in the ice to catch fish..."
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Okay, now that Gu Xiaoxia has spoken, Li Jianguo can't talk about Li Long anymore. He just wants them to take a look and go back as soon as possible.
Li Jianguo and the others will still be fishing here for two or three hours. Gu Xiaoxia definitely can't stay here for so long.
When Li Long and the others went back, they took the fish back with them. After returning, Li Long asked Gu Xiaoxia to stay at his eldest brother's house while he went to Gu Boyuan's yard to clear the snow.
Since you have become someone’s son-in-law, you really have to fulfill half of your obligations.
Fortunately, he was strong and after making some noise, young people from the village came to help, and the snow in the yard was quickly cleared.
The stove in the house had not been set up for several days, so Li Long also got some firewood and charcoal to set up the stove and smoke the flue. The stove had not been set up in the house for a long time and the humidity was very high. He planned to set up a fire before going back in the evening.
Tell Tao Daqiang later to come over and set up a fire every day, so that the moisture in the house will dissipate in three or two days.
Tao Daqiang’s house is closer to here, which is more convenient.
Every aspect must be considered, otherwise when Gu Boyuan, an old man, comes back, the house will be damp and it will be strange if he doesn't get sick after staying for a few days.
After all, his body is not as good as that of people like Li Jianguo.
After finishing the place, Li Long looked at the house again. It was tidy and there was no dust left, so he stopped cleaning and went out, locked the door and returned to the big yard.
When we arrived at the compound, we were planning to have dinner.
(End of this chapter)