It can be seen that No. 76 was very happy when he returned to the old horse. He shook his head and swung his tail. After unloading the carriage, he automatically followed Uncle Luo to the horse pen vacated for him.
Li Long originally bought this old horse number because he liked the location. There are many circles, yards, and many houses.
Although it is far away from the county seat and the land is not valuable, living in this well-built place and big yard is comfortable no matter what.
Even if you raise something, you can run around everywhere in a down-to-earth way.
After chatting with Uncle Luo for a few words and saying hello to the five-guarantee households, Li Long pushed his bicycle out of the yard.
He did not go back to Li's house, but went to Xie Yundong's house first.
Xie Yundong and his wife looked at Tao Daqiang's new tractor together, and they were filled with envy when they came back.
Deng Guilan initially thought about letting her husband work with Li Long instead of taking the risk.
Xie Yundong almost had a quarrel with her, but finally convinced his wife.
The two of them have a daughter who is over four years old and can already run and play by herself.
We reached an agreement at that time, and we were waiting for Li Long to come over in the spring to talk about the tractor.
To be honest, it was hard for them to take the initiative, after all, they paid for the tractor.
Today I saw Tao Daqiang's family driving their tractor back. Although I almost made a fool of myself when I entered the yard, to be honest, even if it knocked down the yard wall, it was nothing, just a tractor.
How many yards can one tractor replace?
Most people in rural areas do not have the habit of having a third meal. If possible, they may cook some milk or goat's milk at night. Those with children may cook some porridge or something like that, which is similar to a midnight snack and is not considered a main meal.
Deng Guilan was in the yard, cooking a pot and mumbling:
"It's sunny today and the ground is dry. It's time to go to the fields. Daqiang's tractor has also come back. Let's... Dad, do you want to go to Li's house to have a look?"
Xie Yundong is repairing a shovel. At this time, the most commonly used agricultural tool in every household was a shovel, and there were also shovels for chopping, but to be honest, they were not used as much as a hoe. The hoe at this time was called a planing hoe.
Almost every household has a good shovel, and it is the kind that cannot be borrowed.
When every household in the countryside is short of farm tools, those who can afford it will prepare a few more, such as sickles, shovels, planers, hoes, etc.
But for tools like shovels, which are used very frequently, homeowners usually have one that they use very easily. After using it, they will clean the soil on it, put it away, and rarely lend it out.
The main reason is that the usage habits are different. It is not that I am afraid of wearing it out, but that I am afraid that if it is twisted or not taken care of, it will not be smooth when I use it later.
At this time, some of the square-headed shovels had steel blades, which were quite heavy and extremely sharp after being used for a long time. If a piece of wood was as thick as a child's arm, it could be cut directly by lifting the shovel with one hand and chopping hard.
When Xie Yundong packed up his shovel, he habitually checked to see if the nails on the handle were rusty, whether they were firm, and whether he needed to add a shovel.
"If you don't go, what are you going to do?" Seeing that the shovel was fine, he took the jukebox over and got familiar with it.
The land for planting melons has been selected, and I have an idea of how to plant them. However, I have never used this sowing machine, so I am a little unsure.
While he was fiddling with it, he heard the bicycle bell ringing. When he looked up, Li Long had already got off the bicycle outside the courtyard and pushed it in.
Bicycles cannot be ridden into other people's yards, nor can they be ridden out of other people's yards.
"Hey, Xiaolong is here?" Xie Yundong stood up with a smile, holding the jukebox in his hand and said, "Xiuxiu's mother and I were talking about you just now."
"Hey, what are you talking about me? Are you thinking about the tractor?" Li Long propped himself up and said with a smile, "Look, I know that once Daqiang buys the tractor, you will definitely not be able to sit still. Isn't that right?" , I will talk to you today.”
"Hehehehe." Xie Yundong said nothing, which was equivalent to admitting.
Deng Guilan went to bring a small stool and handed it to Li Long: "Xiaolong, sit down, I'll get you some water."
"Okay." Li Long took the stool and sat down, looked at the jukebox and asked, "Hey, have you tried this thing? Does it work or not?"
"I haven't used it yet, but it should be fine." As soon as Li Long came over, Xie Yundong had nothing on his mind about the jukebox. Just like a cat scratching his head, when Li Long didn't mention the tractor, he took the initiative to mention it. Out:
"Xiaolong, I see that Daqiang tractor has also been bought, so let's..."
"Tomorrow." Li Long didn't tease him, took a sip from the teacup handed over by Deng Guilan, and said, "If you have nothing to do, follow me to the Shicheng Tractor Factory tomorrow and drive the tractor back directly."
"Okay. I'm fine here!" Xie Yundong said immediately, "When will you leave tomorrow?"
"After breakfast, go to my yard and wait." Li Long saw that Xie Yundong was in a hurry and said, "I'll go to Dacheng's place later and tell him. Let's go there together and drive the tractor back together." I don’t have to make two trips.”
Liang Dacheng can also drive a tractor, but his skills are worse than Tao Daqiang's.
But Xie Yundong has a calm personality and his tractor driving skills are sufficient. At least he will have no problem running back from Shicheng.
So Li Long planned to buy both tractors directly to save himself another trip.
"Okay, okay, do I have anything prepared?"
"Nothing, just put the bicycle on tomorrow. Let's ride the bicycle to the county, and then take the bus to Shicheng. When we come back, we can put the bicycle on in my big yard. By the way, there is also a harvester, so we can put it on together. Just came back.”
"Okay, okay." Xie Yundong sat down, put down the jukebox, rubbed his hands, not knowing what to say.
Li Long didn't say anything more and left after drinking tea. He also wanted to tell Liang Dacheng the matter before dark.
When Li Long arrived at Liang Dacheng's house, he smelled a strong fishy smell.
Liang Dacheng was pinching fish in the yard, Liang Shuangcheng was not there, and Liang Zhongcheng was playing with something at Guotou in the yard.
"Hey, I gained a lot today." Li Long pushed the bicycle into the yard and said with a smile.
When Liang Dacheng and Liang Zhongcheng saw Li Long, they both stood up and greeted him.
Liang Dacheng's parents also came out of the house. After Li Long greeted them, he asked them to come in and rest.
Liang Dacheng's parents are not in good health, otherwise the three brothers would not be working together outside to make money.
"At noon, Zhongcheng said that there was movement in the reeds in the canal under the gate of the east big canal. We went there to take a look in the afternoon. There was half a meter of water in the canal, and there were a lot of big crucian carp slices in it. My brother The two worked all afternoon and caught more than ten kilograms.”
Liang Dacheng said while pinching the fish:
"This spring fish has a lot of seeds. These fish look beautiful. I originally wanted to sell them, but I haven't eaten fresh fish for a long time, so I thought of eating them. You just happened to come over. I'll pinch this later. Okay, take some back and make some soup at night.”
"What are you doing with the good ones? You can carry two kilograms for me if you don't have the easy ones." Li Long was not polite and said, "I won't go to the county tonight, so I will eat it in the front yard of Xinzhuangzi."
"Shuangcheng has already sent it to your elder brother." Liang Dacheng said, "You may not have encountered it."
"That's right, I just came here from Brother Yundong." Li Long said with a smile, "You have your heart. By the way, I came over to tell you that if you have nothing to do tomorrow, let's go to Shicheng by bicycle. I plan to buy the tractor and you can drive it back.”
"Tomorrow? Hey!" Liang Dacheng didn't go to see Tao Daqiang's tractor today. He spent the afternoon catching fish. There are a lot of dry reeds in the beam, so catching fish is quite troublesome, but if you catch fish, don't pick them.
When he came back in the afternoon, he heard about Tao Daqiang driving a tractor back. He was also envious, but he was not as anxious as Xie Yundong.
"Well, tomorrow. Then bring the harvester back together, so that my yard will be freed up. Then I will go to Kuitun to pull it over in two days."
Liang Dacheng was happy, listening to what Li Long was talking about.
"Brother Long, come on, have a try!"
Liang Zhongcheng held a burnt paper bag and handed it to Li Long. He still has one in his hand.
Li Long took it and smelled the smell of fish.
Grilled fish.
In summer, every family's stove is in the yard, and they burn corn stalks, reeds or sunflower stalks.
The red ashes after burning will not be extinguished for a while.
The environment of the fourth team is unique. Crucian carp may be found in any ditch with water. For children, if there is less fish and they cannot fry it, they will eat it grilled.
Scrape off the fish scales, remove the internal organs, pick out the gills or simply twist off the head. There is not much meat in the head anyway. Wash the processed fish, apply salt on the inside and outside, add some spicy noodles if possible, then wrap it in paper, wrap it with cotton thread, wrap it tightly, soak it in water, and then peel away the red ashes under the stove. Put it in and bury it.
After a dozen or twenty minutes, the fish was ready.
The threads are basically burned out, but the paper will not be burned out. If you uncover the remaining paper, the fish inside will be cooked. You can pinch it with your hands and tear it apart to eat.
In summer, the fish is usually wrapped in sunflower leaves, which is considered local and environmentally friendly.
Li Long opened the paper package and found two large crucian carp inside.
Liang Zhongcheng opened the paper package and found two fishes. He picked up one of them and handed it to Liang Dacheng's mouth.
Liang Dacheng was pinching the fish, his hands were bloody and he couldn't eat it.
"You can eat it, I won't."
Liang Dacheng spoke, but Liang Zhongcheng insisted on putting the fish into his mouth. Anyway, it was the best meat in the ribs, and the big thorns were not afraid of being pierced.
The big thorns of the fish cannot prick the people here, but the thin thorns and small burrs cannot be prevented.
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Li Long was not polite and quickly ate the two fish. Then he made an appointment with Liang Dacheng to go to his yard for breakfast tomorrow and left on his bicycle.
Since Shuangcheng has already sent fish to the eldest brother's house, he doesn't need to take it.
While riding his bicycle to his eldest brother's yard, Li Long met Shuangcheng at the bridge of Daqu. Shuangcheng was humming happily and walking back, and he was a little surprised to see Li Long.
"Shuangcheng, have you gone to my brother's place?" Li Long put one foot on the bicycle and asked with a smile, "Why didn't you ride the bicycle?"
"I'm carrying the fish because I'm afraid of getting the bike dirty or falling." Liang Shuangcheng touched his hair and said, "I can't ride the bike steadily..."
Okay, got it. At this time, bicycles are still a very expensive thing and cannot be dropped casually. At least people who own bicycles, except for people like Li Long, basically take it very seriously. Even if they learn to ride a bicycle, there is someone behind them to support them and try not to fall.
Liang Shuangcheng said goodbye to Li Long and walked back humming a song. When he walked back to his yard, he saw the whole family surrounding his eldest brother and talking excitedly.
"What's wrong?" he couldn't help but ask.
"Tomorrow, tomorrow big brother will follow Brother Long to buy a tractor!" Liang Zhongcheng was the first to say this.
There is no need to hide it now, the tractor will be back tomorrow anyway, so his voice is particularly loud.
"Really?" Liang Shuangcheng's eyes lit up and he looked at Liang Dacheng, "Brother, is it true?"
"Really, I'll leave early tomorrow morning." Liang Dacheng said with a smile, "Don't pinch this fish for now. Pick up the fish and make a pot to keep it. Get up early tomorrow, get up early, and put it in the yard of Li Long's county. Go inside.”
"Hey, hey, I'll get another basin!" Liang Shuangcheng ran away quickly, this must be done!
When Li Long returned to his eldest brother's yard, Li Juan was lighting the fire, and Liang Yuemei was putting the kneaded fish into the pot, intending to make fish soup.
Seeing Li Long arriving, Du Chunfang, who was sitting on the threshold of the yard, said:
"Huh? Xiaolong, why did you come back by bicycle today?"
Li Qingxia and Li Jianguo were planning this year's planting plan in the vegetable field. When they heard Du Chunfang's words, they both looked over here.
Supporting the bicycle, Li Long said with a smile, "I drove No. 76 back from Uncle Liang today and put it in Lao Ma."
"You came back on the 76th?" Li Jianguo was confused, but then he reacted, "Did you drive the tractor you bought?"
"Well, the tractors and harvesters have been brought over." Li Long went to the pot platform and smelled it. At this time, there was no fragrance, only a fishy smell. He left the pot platform and went to the vegetable field, "I plan to do it tomorrow." Buy the other two units and give them to Brother Yundong and Dacheng.”
Li Jianguo agreed to Li Long's plan, which was somewhat similar to the original cooperative. He also told Li Long that during the commune period, in order to collect more grain and to explore a suitable way, the four teams walked through the group This is the cooperative road.
However, the cooperatives at that time were not exactly the same as the commercial cooperatives of later generations. They were based on groups, helping each other, working together, and helping each other if they had difficulties in the group cooperatives. It was a bit similar to the feeling of early communism.
Of course, this kind of cooperative requires a high degree of self-consciousness and a certain amount of dedication, but it did not continue.
Li Long's cooperative is actually somewhat similar to cooperative management in nature, but Li Long is responsible for the majority of the work, and he also gets the majority. It feels like the laborer gets more.
This matter was mentioned briefly, and the main thing later was the fish soup. The ice has just melted, and the water in Xiaohaizi is still very cold, so putting down the net is not on the agenda for the time being.
So it’s nice to be able to eat fresh fish at this time.
Li Long was a little hungry, so Liang Yuemei took him a steamed bun from the kitchen and soaked it in fish soup.
Li Juan and Li Qiang both learned from each other.
Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang just drank some fish soup and didn't even eat any fish.
Li Jianguo was different. He was happy today. He poured a glass of wine for the two elders, and then he slowly peeled the fish and ate it at the small table outside. He occasionally drank a small glass, not to mention how delicious it was.
Li Long returned to the west room of his yard. To his surprise, he felt that the room was quite warm.
The stove is also warm to the touch. It must have been a stove of charcoal since I woke up early.
Now in March, the ice and snow have melted, and the grass sprouts have just begun to grow. If there is no stove in the house, it will still be a bit cold.
It seems that someone from my elder brother's house often comes to take care of it.
When I got up the next day, I simply washed my face and went to my elder brother's place in the back to have breakfast.
Li Juan and Li Qiang had already finished eating and rode their bicycles to school. While Li Long was eating, Xie Yundong and Liang Dacheng came over on their bicycles.
Liang Dacheng was also carrying a bag, and there was movement inside. Li Long knew it was fish.
Really thoughtful.
He finished his meal in a hurry, said hello to his father, mother, elder brother and sister-in-law, then got on his bicycle and headed towards the county with Xie Yundong and Liang Dacheng.
"You don't want to let anyone eat safely..." Du Chunfang complained as always, mainly because Li Long ate in a hurry and didn't know whether he was full or not.
Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei stopped talking, both wanting to laugh.
"Then Xiaolong must be full. He has to do business." Li Qingxia said while eating, "Just eat more."
"I'm full." The old lady put down the bowl and chopsticks angrily.
Li Jianguo looked at it and realized he had finished eating. Anyway, I don’t eat much at every meal, so when I get angry, I won’t say more and let her eat, because my stomach can’t bear it.
Li Long went to the compound with Xie and Liang. Sister Yang was pushing the bicycle and was about to go out. Li Long said hello to her, put down the bicycle, went to the back room to get her bag and money, and then went to the back room with her. The two locked the door together and went to the bus station.
Knowing that Li Long was holding the money, Xie Yundong and Liang Dacheng were very nervous. One was watching for thieves, and the other was staring at the black bag. On the contrary, Li Long was not nervous at all.
This is not something he has done once or twice. What he is thinking about now is that once he bought these three tractors, he had already saved more than 33,000 yuan from selling the harvesters, but now it has suddenly become less than 10,000 yuan. Twenty thousand.
You still have to work hard to make money!
The tractor seller recognized Li Long and knew that he was a big customer. Two people were specially accompanying them today. At this time, there were not as many tractors as there would have been five or six years later. Those who could buy tractors had strong financial resources, but like Li Long, who bought one on the first day, there were really not many who would buy it later.
Therefore, even if it is a state-owned factory here, Li Long is treated differently.
Li Longxin said it was okay and did not regard himself as an intermediary dealer.
After buying the tractor, Xie Yundong drove his own behind, while Li Long sat on the page board and guided Liang Dacheng in front to drive to the oil depot.
But his mind is already thinking about going to Kuitun to pull the harvester tomorrow. This money goes quickly, so I need to earn some blood as soon as possible.
If it weren't for the long distance on both sides, Li Long would have thought of pulling up 20 units at once, putting them in his yard, and selling them slowly.
Otherwise, it would be too impatient as it is right now.
But the reality is like this, and there is nothing we can do about it. (End of chapter)