The family dinner ended before dark.
Li Anguo drank too much, but he was not completely unconscious yet.
Chen Xingbang simply vomited in the room, and he would definitely not be able to drink it anymore.
Li Long stood apologetically and looked at his sister Li Xia, who was supporting Chen Xingbang.
"I didn't even expect that, brother-in-law, this is a bit..."
"Don't worry about him. It's his fault if he drinks too much." Li Xia said to Li Long, "Let's go, you have to help me support him. I will sleep in the east room of your yard today."
The east room of Li Long's courtyard is the room where Chen Lirong and Xue Ping Xue Qin slept.
Before the twelfth lunar month, there were still many frozen fishes here. Can people sleep there?
"I packed it up in the morning. Your sister's family lives over there, and your second brother and the others go to live in Lao Ma Hao. You send your brother-in-law to your place, and I push the cart to take your second brother to Ma Hao. Li Jianguo said, "You should rest after seeing me off. You drank a lot today."
Of course, they drank a lot. There were six 500-gram wine bottles on the ground, but when Li Long came back, they only drank more than one.
In other words, after Li Long came back, he drank more than four bottles of wine with them.
Li Long himself drank more than two, two kilograms, and one kilogram of wine.
After all, Li Long felt that his drinking capacity was pretty good - after all, he had drank some at Lao Ma Hao and other restaurants before coming back. Even though it’s only two or three cups, it adds up to a lot.
But at the moment, he is still very conscious.
She helped her sister Li Xia put on her brother-in-law's coat and hat. At the reminder of her sister-in-law, she also put on her coat and coat, put on her hat, and then helped Chen Xingbang out.
Chen Xingbang completely lost consciousness and lay dead. Anyone who has had the experience of helping someone drunk knows that it would be better if you wake up and cooperate.
If you are not unconscious at all, it will be more troublesome to support you at this time.
Fortunately, Li Long was very strong. Even if Chen Xingbang supplemented his nutrition in the past six months, he could only weigh about 70 kilograms. Li Long simply took him to the front yard.
In the middle, Chen Xingbang wanted to vomit, but he didn't.
Li Long quickened his pace, and when he arrived in the east room of his yard, he found that the stove had been set up, the debris had been cleared, and the big bed was neatly made. He helped Chen Xingbang and put him on the bed. Before he fell down, Take off your coat.
Li Xia came quickly with her children, and then said to Li Long:
"Xiaolong, go back to the West Room and rest. I think Xiaoxia is coming out. I'll just settle your brother-in-law here."
Li Long then touched Hongqin's head and went to the West Room.
Gu Xiaoxia had already opened the door with her clothes on.
Seeing Li Long arrive at the door, she asked:
"What's wrong?"
"Come into the house and say."
"Have you been drinking?" Gu Xiaoxia stepped away from the door. She smelled a strong smell of alcohol and immediately turned around to pour water for Li Long. When I saw the honey on the kitchen window sill, I took another spoonful and thought about it and added another spoonful.
By the time Li Long took off his coat in the back room, Gu Xiaoxia had already brought a cup of thick honey water to his mouth.
Li Long took it and drank it all in one gulp, and immediately felt a lot better in his stomach.
In fact, when he was drinking before, there was a very hot wall of fire behind him. Li Long kept sweating and drank tea.
Although he drank the most at the moment, he sweated a lot and took away the alcohol in his body. In addition, he was young and had much stronger physical endurance than ordinary people, so although he drank so much, he was not actually drunk.
Gu Xiaoxia went to the bedside to make the bed and said to Li Long:
"How much have you drunk? Can you lie down for a while?"
Li Long waved his hand, moved the stool, and leaned against the wall of fire. With his back pressed against the wall of fire, his sweat-soaked fleece immediately felt warm, and his body felt comfortable for a while.
"Today I came back from visiting New Year's greetings..." He told the story.
Seeing that her husband was thinking clearly, Gu Xiaoxia felt relieved and said with a smile:
"You are bad enough."
She went to get a basin, scooped out cold water and mixed it with some hot water, put a new towel in it and arranged it, twisted it halfway, then came over and gently wiped Li Long's face.
"Who made the two of them suffer? After eating commercial grain, do you really know that the sky is high and the sky is high?" Li Long smiled, "My mouth smells like wine. Go to the bed and don't smoke you."
"What are you afraid of?" Gu Xiaoxia shook her head, "Close your eyes and I will wipe the circles around your eyes..."
Li Long closed his eyes and enjoyed it.
In the north yard, Li Jianguo pushed his bicycle to Li Anguo's house.
Li Long drank here at noon. At that time, Li Jianguo hadn't brought Li Anguo and the others back.
By the time they were picked up, Li Long had already gone to the residential area in the west. When Li Jianguo came over, he told Uncle Luo, and they went to a house to clean it up together. Uncle Luo set up the stove and prepared it for Li Anguo's family to live temporarily.
The more houses, the better.
These days, ordinary people don’t dare to visit distant relatives. It’s not easy to live there. It’s really hard to live there. Some families come to visit distant relatives and don’t even have enough quilts.
Not to mention the bed.
It's easy to arrange in the summer, but it's difficult in the winter.
Chen Lirong and her two children followed Li Jianguo and the others to Laomahao. This is a wooden Datong shop. They had lived here before, and now they are here again. It is a bit novel.
Li Jianguo drank a lot, so he stopped riding and came back pushing his bicycle.
When I got home, the house was already tidy. The area where Chen Xingbang vomited was first covered with ashes, then swept, then rubbed with ashes, swept again, sprinkled with water, and opened the door to let the smell in, and it was fine.
The things on the table were put away in the kitchen and the table was returned to its place. There was still a bit of wine smell in the room, but it was no longer heavy.
"Hey, I didn't expect Xiaolong to be so good at drinking today." Li Jianguo took off his coat, took a sip of the tea handed over by Liang Yuemei, and sighed, "You have grown up."
"You have grown up, Xiaolong is really powerful today." Liang Yuemei said with a smile.
She knew her husband understood what she meant.
"They are all family members, alas." Li Jianguo was very tolerant of his younger brother and brother-in-law.
"That Xiaolong is also a member of the family." Liang Yuemei didn't rub the sand in her eyes, "Ordinarily, they are members of the family, so they shouldn't say that."
Li Jianguo stopped talking. Then he thought about it and said:
"Tomorrow we'll go see Grandpa Juan, and Xiaolong and Xiaoxia will go see Lao Gu. Have you prepared everything?"
"It goes without saying that we have already prepared them." Speaking of Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia, Liang Yuemei said with a smile, "Two bottles of wine, two bottles of cans, sugar cubes, snacks, plus fish and meat, is that enough?"
"Hey, Lao Gu probably has nothing to say." Li Jianguo smiled, "Have you told Xia and my second wife about dinner tomorrow?"
"I told you." Liang Yuemei said, "They said they would come over to cook in the morning."
"That's enough." Li Jianguo nodded, "Why haven't the two children come back yet? Where did they go to play?"
"I guess they set off the cannons. Yesterday, Xiaolong came back with a lot of cannons. Less than half of them were given to Juan and Qiangqiang, which made them very happy. Xiaolong also gave them some money. I saw the dime in Juan's hand today. I asked her and she said it was given by her brother-in-law.”
"This little dragon." Li Jianguo said to Li Long, "He just loves the baby too much."
"Those are his nephews and nieces. He has been his favorite for two or three years, but not now." Speaking of this, Liang Yuemei's face was filled with relief, "Xiaolong, hey, this uncle is doing a good job... really well!"
When I got up for breakfast the next day, Li Long, Li Anguo, and Chen Xingbang had basically returned to normal. Although Chen Xingbang still smells a little drunk, his words and actions are no different from usual.
Now they both understand what the drinking yesterday meant. Li Xia and Chen Lirong actually complained about it when they got up in the morning.
It's a bit embarrassing to go to your elder brother to get some success, only to have your younger brother teach you a lesson.
Therefore, everyone tacitly agreed not to mention this matter.
Because in the second year of junior high school, both the elder and the younger were going to visit relatives, so after breakfast, both sides got ready. Li Long drove a jeep to Gu Boyuan's house, which was not far away, but he didn't want to walk while carrying his things.
Li Jianguo also got up early to boil water and put a charcoal fire on the lower tray of the tractor to grill it.
Driving a tractor to visit relatives at Liang's house is no better than driving a jeep, but it's still a show off these days.
Basically, no New Year greetings are given on the second day of the Lunar New Year. Those who get married and have a family go to their parents-in-law's home, and those who have adopted their adopted children go to their godfather's or natal home. Chen Lirong's parents are in her hometown and can't leave, so they should stay here.
Although Kuitun can also celebrate the New Year, there are not as many acquaintances as here.
When Li Long drove the jeep to Lao Gu's house, he met many people in the team on the road, and he also greeted them one by one.
When they arrived at Lao Gu's house, the jeep drove into the yard. Lao Gu opened the door and came out. He looked at the jeep and Li Long coming down and laughed and cursed:
“I don’t want to walk just these few steps.”
"That's it," Li Long said as he carried the things down, "Who can walk if you have a car?"
Gu Xiaoxia got out of the car from the other side, greeted her father with a smile, and then walked into the house.
She entered the house and looked at her room first. It was very clean and the furnishings had not changed much.
I said I was here to visit relatives, but actually there wasn’t much to talk about. After all, we had dinner together every day, which was longer than the time we spent with my eldest brother and the others.
Gu Boyuan asked Li Long what his plans were after the New Year.
"After the Chinese New Year, I have to go to the woodwork factory. The furniture I ordered is there to see if it's ready. If it's ready, I'll take it to the mountains." Li Long said, "We can't keep the people in the mountains waiting. Too long.”
"Well, this is business."
"After the snow melts, we have to lay water pipes for them so that they can use water more conveniently in the future." Li Long explained his plan for his friends in the mountains.
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"Isn't it good to hit the pressure well?" Gu Boyuan asked.
"That's fine. But most of them live on the hillside. They don't know how deep the water layer is. If they are far away, it is better to divert water. There are basically streams and springs near Dongwozi, so it is better to divert water.
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Thick plastic pipes are not easy to rot when buried in the soil. As long as the water inlet is properly handled and sand is not allowed to enter, it can be used for a long time. ”
Seeing that Li Long had a plan, Gu Boyuan didn't say much.
When it was almost noon, Li Long was going to cook, but Lao Gu stopped him. He didn't let Gu Xiaoxia cook and went into the kitchen himself.
He said that Li Long was a guest today and Xiaoxia was pregnant, so he couldn't enter the kitchen.
After all, Gu Boyuan had worked as a cook in a collective cafeteria, and it didn't take long for dishes after dishes to be brought out - not many in fact, four dishes, two cold and two hot, and wine.
"Li Long and his second brother and brother-in-law drank a lot yesterday, so we won't drink today, right?" Gu Xiaoxia looked at the wine and said dissatisfied.
"We don't drink too much. Just one bottle for the two of us. Is that okay?" Gu Boyuan said, "I only drink so much throughout the year..."
"No way!" Gu Xiaoxia said, "Today you drink with Li Long, and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow you should drink with the people in the team. Maybe you can drink with your elder brother tomorrow..."
"That's right, I have to have a drink with your elder brother." Gu Boyuan said with a smile.
Anyway, the bottle of wine was opened, and Li Long chatted and drank with Lao Gu.
The main thing is that Lao Gu speaks and Li Long listens. What he was telling was the story of when the wasteland was first opened up and a village was built here. For example, the sorghum grown in the village was bought from sweet stalk seeds. After planting, a man got tired and went to the field to rest. He didn't bring any water, so he took a piece of sorghum and put it in his mouth to chew. Unexpectedly, the stalk It's so sweet.
The story spread.
For example, when Li Jianguo and the others plowed the land to create a money cellar, there were not so many villages at that time, but now that location is no longer the land of the Fourth Squad——
At that time, the whole village was in a state of sensation, and quite envious, because Li Jianguo and the others sold the usable copper coins, bought a cow, killed it, and ate it. The food of the whole group during those days was just like the Chinese New Year, which made other groups envious. .
Some people went there to pick up copper coins when they were free. People in the team who had more copper coins mostly picked them up from there.
Also, when the team first built it, someone fell ill, and the team sent three people to dig a hole. After digging, one of them said that the hole was not good, it was not long enough, and the sick person was tall and could not fit in it.
One of them said that this pit was very good, and he would bury it here when he went there. Then when he went to the commune to do errands in the afternoon, he was hit by a frightened horse and died, and he was actually buried here.
While talking, Lao Gu said:
"One more thing. There was a person in the team. I don't know where he came from. His hometown was Shanghai. When the team was first formed, he got dysentery and died.
The relics were a notebook and a dozen dollars. Before he died, he asked me to take him back to his hometown. I searched twice and couldn't find his hometown...the address was wrong. ”
What a pity.
Most of the people who came here at this time were young people from the border areas, but there were also people who came from their hometowns. After all, life was not as easy as in Northern Xinjiang in the 1960s, at least you couldn’t go hungry here.
At that time, most of the people who came here went to the county, and then the county assigned those who wanted to stay to various units. At this time, there are no villages yet, so we have to measure the wasteland first.
In fact, according to the conditions, these people can basically meet the conditions of the May 7th Workers in later generations. After all, they have worked in various units, such as Li Jianguo, who has worked in the well drilling company and the surveying team.
However, after these temporary employment ended, some joined state-owned units, while others stayed in villages and became the main force in village construction.
But where these people come from, even those who live in the same dormitory only know a rough idea, not necessarily the specifics.
I am familiar with people like Li Jianguo and Gu Boyuan, and I only know that Gu Boyuan is a college student. The approximate province and city where he lives is less clear.
Moreover, the background information at this time is not reliable, otherwise it would not be possible for Li Anguo's political review materials to be written in a mess.
Li Long heard some of these things from Li Jianguo, some of them were heard by later generations, but most of them were never heard of.
The story about the sweet pole was later told by the person who told the story many times on different occasions. He told a different story than Gu Boyuan, saying that he found it when he went to Tiangan Field to relieve himself.
Gu Xiaoxia was just like listening to a book from heaven. At least Li Long could still hear some from Li Jianguo, but she hadn't heard anything at all.
So I am more curious.
This chat ended in the afternoon.
By the time Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia came out of Gu's house, the sun was already less than a pole high.
Back in the big yard, Li Jianguo and the others were back.
Gu Xiaoxia and Li Long both went to greet their families first. Gu Xiaoxia didn't talk much to Li Xia and Chen Lirong yesterday. She left after dinner this morning and didn't say much. She just had a chat at this time.
Li Jianguo looked at Li Long and said with a smile:
"Juan's uncle asked you why you didn't come over. I said you were married and had to go to your husband's house."
Li Long responded with a smile: "Brother, didn't you urge him to find a partner to get married quickly?"
"Before I pressed her, her grandfather told him to hurry up and don't delay. If he delays again, I'll introduce him to someone else."
"Haha, then he must be panicked." Li Long laughed.
This year, I will help Liang Wenyu buy a tractor and let him improve his life there.
On the third day of the new year, Li Long drove his jeep back to the county. Li Jianguo also drove a tractor and sent Li Anguo's family and Chen Xingbang's family to the county bus station.
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, both Li Anguo and Chen Xingbang had to go to work, and Yang Yongqiang also came to the bus station. He is already a formal employee of the construction and installation company, and he will definitely settle there in the future.
Yang Yongqiang had some chats with Li Long when he arrived at Li's house this morning. He was very grateful to Li Long, but he also had a little sense of superiority in his words.
Not against Li Long, but against other young people in the village.
It's normal. As a young man, it's normal to show off.
As long as it's not directed at himself or his family, Li Long has always been very tolerant.
There was no fire in the house for two days. When he returned to the compound, Li Long first set up the stove in the main room.
Don't worry about it in the glass house. This time I picked all the edible vegetables, brought most of them to my eldest brother's house, and put the rest in the storage room. It's just the leek, covered with several layers of sacks, so it shouldn't be a big problem.
When the stove in the house was on fire, Li Long went to set up the stoves in the kitchen and glass room.
Soon, the air conditioning in the room and the moisture that had not yet accumulated were dissipated by the heat from the fire.
"It's really annoying when I think about having to go to work again tomorrow." Gu Xiaoxia said worriedly next to Li Long, "I just don't really want to go to work."
"Why don't you want to go? Your boss must have made arrangements for you, right? I'm sure I won't do the heavy work for you."
"That's true, it's basically all writing work. I'm not allowed to go on business trips to the countryside or anything like that." Gu Xiaoxia said with a smile.
"That's it, isn't it?" Li Long smiled, "It's better to do what you deserve. It's better to do something than nothing."
"Then you are going to the woodwork factory tomorrow?" Gu Xiaoxia asked.
"Well, let's go check out the situation tomorrow." (End of Chapter)