Tao Daqiang went to Li's house and handed over the fish.
This afternoon, together with his eldest brother and brother-in-law, he fished out 21 kilograms of big fish from three ice holes. Li Long said it was more than them.
Tao Daqiang was not too proud either. After getting twenty-one dollars, as previously agreed, he would get nine dollars, while his brother Tao Dayong and brother-in-law Yang Yong would both get six dollars.
Including the five yuan I got in the morning, I got fifteen yuan today, which is not bad.
A little tired. In fact, he had long thought of separating from his brother and just taking his brother-in-law with him. After all, my brother-in-law can't work alone in Xiaohaizi, and the team won't let him.
But if his brother Tao Dayong doesn't want to do it, he will form a partnership.
Tao Daqiang has nothing to do, so just take it with you.
Fortunately, my brother will do whatever I say, and there won’t be so many troubles.
Including cents.
He heard that his sister-in-law Ma Chunhong disagreed with this method of dividend distribution, but his brother slapped him back.
Money makes a man brave. Tao Dayong can now get the money back every day. No matter how reluctant Ma Chunhong is, she doesn't dare to say anything.
The most you can complain about is nothing else.
These days, if you can earn money back home, let your wife and children live a better life, and eat meat every once in a while, you are already a very good man.
Tao Dayong's transformation is quite surprising to many idle guys in the team. They will also ask Tao Dayong, why are you working so hard? In the middle of winter, it’s hard to stay in bed. Isn’t it comfortable to sit idle? Do you have to suffer the cold?
Tao Dayong, who has already tasted the benefits, said, "What do you know?" This made me money, my pockets bulged, and my voice at home became louder.
People are also more confident. To put it more privately, at night when the children are asleep, I ask my wife to change positions, and she feels extremely smooth.
Before, my wife would scold me, how could there be so much nonsense?
Now, I don’t know how comfortable it is to serve you!
Besides, making money is addictive!
I don’t have much money to spend every day in winter, so I give my wife some pocket money to buy soy and vinegar, and occasionally give my children a few cents as pocket money.
Put the rest in your pocket, it’s really fulfilling!
Tao Dayong is like this because he has changed so much.
Tao Daqiang is not like this, he has been making money non-stop.
Since joining Li Long two years ago, Tao Daqiang has almost never stopped making money.
From the beginning, I helped Li Long earn five or ten yuan a day by copying fish, and later I earned dozens or hundreds by doing some editing.
Later, Tao Daqiang can follow Li Qingxia, and he will earn more at this time.
He has gone from being a "spoon" who was looked down upon by many people in the team to a capable person that young people envy. Tao Daqiang is used to being envied and even looked up to by everyone.
But Tao Daqiang himself knows that without Li Long, he is nothing, he is still the spoon that is looked down upon by others.
Without Li Long, he would not be able to figure out any of these ways to make money.
Fortunately, although Li Long no longer takes him with him, at least the words left behind can make him live a good life.
Moreover, he also told him about the harvester, which made Tao Daqiang even more aware of Li Long's interests.
No one knows the awesomeness of Li Long better than him. Just think of any way and you can make money that others can't imagine.
Back home, Tao Daqiang first went to say hello to his father, then spoke to Yang Pingping through the door, and then went to wash his hands and change clothes.
After warming himself up by the wall of fire, he entered his house to see his wife and children.
"How are you today? Did you cry? Are you good?" Tao Daqiang asked while sitting on the edge of the bed, watching his wife playing with the child.
"It's not bad, I had two poops." Yang Pingping turned on the light to let the child see his father, and the child immediately screamed.
Tao Daqiang still touched his body and felt warm, then he went to pick up the child. Even though it's been a few months, he's still not very good at holding the baby.
I haven’t practiced yet.
I was just about to say a few words to my wife before eating when I heard someone knocking on the door outside.
“Daqiang, is Brother Daqiang here?”
Hearing the human voice, Tao Daqiang frowned, but still put the child down, and then said to Yang Pingping:
"You look at the baby, I'll go take a look."
"Don't make any noise Ah." Yang Pingping said, knowing her man's temper.
"Okay."
After leaving the house, he closed the door. The person here had already opened the door and came in.
Huang Siping, the young man in the team.
It turned out that I was playing with Li Long and Xu Haijun. At that time, Tao Daqiang followed Li Long and Huang Siping followed Xu Haijun and the others. When Li Long was not around, Tao Daqiang was often the target of their teasing.
At that time, Huang Siping often teased Tao Daqiang. It is impossible to say that there is no knot in my heart.
However, after Xu Haijun went to the army and Tao Daqiang became famous for following Li Long, the attitude of the people in the team towards him gradually changed.
People like Huang Siping are the slowest to change. It's hard for them to change the awkwardness in their hearts. How come the person they usually call around suddenly becomes a rich man in the team? Not only has he bought a bicycle, married a wife, but I heard he is also planning to buy a tractor?
Most of the young people in the team would greet Tao Daqiang when they met him, and Huang Siping was gradually no exception.
"Daqiang, are you back from fishing?" Huang Siping was very enthusiastic.
"Yes." Tao Daqiang just responded.
He and Li Long talked about the character and character of these people. This Huang Siping, well, is average, a little better than Gu Ermao, a little limited.
So he didn’t plan to chat more with Huang Siping.
Huang Siping wanted to go to Tao Daqiang's house, but Tao Daqiang blocked the door:
"Go to my dad's house. The child is young and can't help the cool breeze."
Huang Siping followed with a smile.
Tao Jianshe was smoking. When he saw Huang Siping coming over, he smiled and nodded.
The light in the house is a twenty-five-watt bulb. In this era when most households use ten-watt or fifteen-watt bulbs, and even five-watt bulbs, the Tao family's house is obviously much brighter.
Tao Jianshe was reluctant at first, but Tao Daqiang didn't listen to him. He listened to Li Long. Li Long said that using low-wattage light bulbs was bad for the eyes, so Tao Daqiang bought a 25-watt one.
After getting used to the night being almost the same as the day, Tao Jianshe didn’t say anything. As people get older, their eyes gradually get worse, so bright spots at night are good.
"How about Da Qiang fishing for fish today?" Huang Siping sat on the kang, "How about another twenty or thirty yuan?"
"No, just ten yuan." Tao Daqiang said, "There are not so many fish."
"That's not bad, it's ten days' salary of an apprentice." Huang Siping was envious. He wouldn't want to let him do it, but he could still be envious.
Tao Daqiang didn't answer, so Huang Siping made his own conversation, which was a bit embarrassing.
Finally he had to tell his intention:
"Daqiang, I'm in love with someone, and I'm thinking of getting married in the spring. I'm short of money right now. Look..."
He actually didn't want to say this in front of Tao Jianshe, but he had no choice. Tao Daqiang couldn't enter, and it was too cold to talk outside.
After Tao Jianshe heard this, he took down the cigarette pot, placed it on the edge of the kang, and coughed lightly.
Tao Daqiang glanced at Huang Siping and asked:
"Getting married in the spring? There are still two or three months, right? How much difference do you have?"
Tao Jianshe coughed again.
Huang Siping only asked Tao Daqiang this question, and thought Tao Daqiang should be able to borrow it, so he hurriedly said:
"It's only three to five hundred. I know you have a strong foundation. If you want something loose, just give it to me." I’ll borrow five hundred, or maybe it’s loose... Three hundred is fine.”
Tao Jianshe coughed twice more. Seeing that Tao Daqiang didn't look at him, he simply knocked the ashes from the smoke pot on the kang and put it heavily on the table.
"As for the money, I won't lend it to you." Tao Daqiang went to get a broom, swept away the ash his father had knocked off, and then continued:
"But I can Let me show you the way. "
Huang Siping's face suddenly dropped when he heard that Tao Daqiang refused to borrow money. However, after hearing that he said he could point out all the ways, he held back and asked:
"What way? ”
"Go to Xiaohaizi to catch fish." Tao Daqiang said, "In two or three months, if you pay ten yuan like me every day, you can still pay six to seven hundred yuan in two months. Even if there are less fish after the new year Let’s count one month as enough.”
“I don’t know how to freeze.” Huang Siping definitely doesn’t want to go.
"Then you come over and borrow my money. Let me ask you, where did my money come from?" Tao Daqiang still said unhurriedly.
"That...isn't it earned by fishing?" "That's right. I don't know if the fish in Xiaohaizi is very frozen? I don't know if it's comfortable to stay on the kang? Should I go to Xiaohaizi? I'm going through the cold just to lend money to you who is busy at home every day?"
Huang Siping blushed angrily, but could not say anything.
Tao Jianshe breathed a sigh of relief, his second son was very good at talking.
"Everyone knows how to spend money. The way to make money is there. If you are willing to go, then I will teach you. If you are not willing, then don't say I won't lend you money. My money It's earned through hard work." Tao Daqiang put the broom and dustpan aside and said, "I can't lend it to you, I still need to use it myself."
Huang Siping couldn't say anything in the end and left. .
Tao Jianshe took the cigarette pot and put on his coat and went out. Before going out, he asked Tao Daqiang to fill the pot himself.
Tao Daqiang knew what his father was doing.
Huang Siping didn’t borrow the money, so he didn’t know what he would say about himself. Dad is taking the first step to tell the matter. Then others will know what the situation is and will not misunderstand him.
Actually, Tao Daqiang doesn't care whether others misunderstand him or not. Sometimes he is learning from Li Long. Will Li Long care about people in the team misunderstanding him? Not caring.
That's the sentence, said in the storytelling, how can a sparrow know the ambition of a swan?
Yang Pingping was listening to what Tao Daqiang was talking to others next door. When Tao Daqiang came in with a bowl, she smiled and said:
"Hey, I've become more capable, so I can talk so much. I don't even know how to say that."
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"If it were you, how would you reply? Him?" Tao Daqiang asked smoothly.
"I scolded him back and said he had no money..."
"How is that possible? Our family is rich and everyone knows it." Tao Daqiang has thought about this problem for a long time. People don’t accept this answer.
"Then..."
"If you didn't say what I said, you would have said that the money has been deposited for a certain period of time and cannot be withdrawn. Brother Long once said that lending money to others is to help people in need rather than help the poor.< br>
If you are seriously ill or have something urgent, you have to borrow it. If you are lazy and lazy like him, you can't borrow it. Come back."
"Okay, Brother Long is right." Yang Pingping is a little jealous sometimes, and her man will say "Brother Long said" or "How about Brother Long." "Wait a minute, although I know that Li Long made this family rich, it is often said that this is not conducive to family harmony.
Li Long didn’t know that his image in Tao Daqiang’s mind had aroused some dissatisfaction with Yang Pingping (joking). After breakfast the next day, he sent Gu Xiaoxia to the Education Bureau and he came back to tidy up the yard. After a while, he started the tractor and drove towards the team.
Li Jianguo knew that Li Long was coming, so he didn't go to Xiaohaizi today. Li Qingxia didn't want to get involved in those things, so he went over with the net and shovel, followed by Li Qiang.
After Li Long arrived, Li Jianguo looked at the sheep in the water and thought there was no problem, so he rode his bicycle to Xu Chengjun's house.
Xu Chengjun was listening to the radio. When he saw Li Jianguo coming, he hurriedly let him into the house and asked:
"Brother Li, what's the matter?"
"Xiaolong came from the mountains. Come back with some sheep in the water, about twenty. He thought that many people in our team like to eat this, so why not ask if anyone in the team wants it before selling it? I can use your big speaker."
"Okay, okay, how much does it cost for a set?"
"It's bigger than the year before, and the price of meat has also increased these days, it costs eight yuan a set."
"Okay, I'll call you "One voice." Xu Chengjun said, "Leave one set for me...two sets."
"Hey, okay." Li Jianguo smiled and left.
Not far from Xu Chengjun’s house, I heard a loudspeaker shouting:
"Puff, puff, can you hear it? If you can hear it, let me inform you. Let me inform you that Li Long from Li Jianguo got some sheep from the mountains to enter the water.
Everyone knows this is Good thing, this time it’s bigger than the one the year before. It costs 8 yuan a plate and weighs one kilogram. It’s only one yuan. If you want it, go to Li’s house and buy it. If you’re late, we won’t have it anymore... Okay, I’ll inform you again, everyone, please listen...”
Li Jianguo went to Xu Chengjun’s house. By that time, Li Long had already sent a plate of sheep to Lao Ma No. to Uncle Luo.
Uncle Luo was listening to the loudspeaker. Before he finished listening to the announcement, Li Long came over.
"What are you doing for me? Don't you keep the money to sell it?" Old Uncle Luo said.
"The remaining money from the sale is left over. Let's eat first." Li Long said with a smile, "Uncle Luo, do you want those sheep's heads and sheep's hooves? If you want, I'll get some for you. These things have no hair. , trouble.”
"Then you can get me a few sets. I won't mind the trouble." Old Uncle Luo had a lot of time in winter and said with a smile, "It's delicious when it's done."
Li Long then Promise to deliver it to him.
When Li Long and Li Jianguo returned to the yard, Lu Yingming and Sister Lu had already come over to watch the sheep go to the water.
They picked a plate, gave the money to Li Long, took the water and went back to prepare to clean up.
There are only a few days until the Chinese New Year, so we have to prepare slowly now.
People came over to buy one after another. Xu Chengjun actually picked two dishes back on his bicycle.
To Li Long's surprise, Liang Dacheng's mother, Tao Jianshe, both came over and took a plate back, but it was normal, after all, the family was not short of money, so they had to eat something delicious.
By noon, nearly half of the more than 20 argali sheep had been sold.
Li Long left two plates in the county yard. His eldest brother left two plates here and gave one to old Uncle Luo.
Originally, fifty-three plates were pulled down from the mountain, and twenty were given to the woodwork factory. The remaining thirty-three plates, excluding the ones kept by the family, left twenty-eight plates for sale.
People who came to buy sheep from the water, some even looked at the sheep heads and hooves, and bought some to go. Li Long still paid the same price, three yuan for the sheep's head and fifty cents for the sheep's hooves.
Li Long also brought back two ends of wolf meat, but most people asked about it and didn't buy it. There were a few who wanted to buy it, but they just bought a leg and took it back to try it out.
It is normal that wolf meat cannot be sold in Team Four.
But in the afternoon, an accident happened.
Someone from the third team came over to watch the sheep go into the water. After watching the sheep go into the water, they saw wolf meat and sheep heads and sheep hooves. Then asked the price.
After knowing that the price of wolf meat was the same as that of sheep, I decisively chose wolf meat.
"Old Li, your family can also get wolf meat, it's amazing." The person who came here knew Li Jianguo, not very well, and he could call him by name and know his approximate origin.
"Well, my brother has herder friends in the mountains. The wolves they shot a few days ago refused to eat, so we got them back." Li Jianguo was also vague.
But he also said it in detail:
"After all, this wolf meat is wild and has a strong flavor. It must be pressed with aniseed, otherwise it won't taste good..."
"No matter how delicious it is, it's still meat. It's better than cabbage and radish." The man's surname was Wang, and he said with a smile, "Take it back and fix it slowly, and you can make it taste better."
Well, people know it, so there's no need to say more.
Next, more people from the third team came, which made many people from the fourth team a little nervous.
At the end of the day, more than 20 argali sheep were directly sold short, and one and a half wolves were also sold.
Li Long kindly reminded those who bought the wolf's hind legs to remember to take off the wolf's hind legs. After all, the wolf's thorn stones are really not cheap in the future.
When the sun was still a pole high, Li Long drove the tractor back. He had no intention of having dinner here.
The main reason is that it is getting colder every day and he has to rush back to pick up Gu Xiaoxia.
Before going back, he went to Gu Boyuan's yard and added some coal to the stove.
When he arrived at the county, Li Long parked the tractor in the yard, drained the water and went to pick up Gu Xiaoxia.
He planned to bring the remaining wolf meat back to the team tomorrow. If he could sell it all in the village, he would not go to Shicheng. He thought that when he went to Shicheng, it would be best to just sell fish and not bring anything else with him.
Not only pull up the wolf meat, but also pull up the wolf head and paws to see if anyone wants it.
Anyway, sell it cheaper and don’t waste it.
On this day, there was not only news and gossip in the village about Li Long selling meat, but also news about Huang Siping going to the Tao family to borrow money and let Tao Daqiang educate him.
Tao Daqiang is able to educate people. This is really news. Who would have thought that a spoon-like person who was considered to have abnormal brain development two years ago could still educate people now?
And what he said made others feel very right. Why should I let you borrow my hard-earned money when you have nothing to do? If you want to make money and don't want to work hard, then you just want to eat shit.
It doesn’t matter who you are as the person spreading the gossip. There is no stake in it. The matter quickly spread throughout the village.
Huang Siping originally thought that if he couldn't borrow the money, he would pick up Tao Daqiang and ruin his reputation.
Unexpectedly, Tao Jianshe took the initiative to pick out this matter. This is good, he has become the representative of lazy people!
Huang Siping was very angry, but he had no choice. He was determined to go to Xiaohaizi to smash holes in the ice to catch fish, but he didn't expect to go there, smash a hole in the ice, and fish out a few small crucian carp all morning.
Tao Daqiang asked him to come back in the afternoon. He came in the afternoon and didn't get anything out of his pocket, so he simply quit.
This reputation has been realized. (End of this chapter)