One day at the end of August, Li Long finally drove out again after coming back from the mountains for a few days.
In less than half a month, Gu Xiaoxia will go out, and the harvest of the family's melons is about to be harvested. Li Long estimated that the job of building a big broom in September may also be over.
Take this short time, he had to go out and do what he should do, so as not to be in a hurry and have no time to take care of it.
Gu Xiaoxia also knew that Li Long was busy all year round. Although she was already a state cadre, her thoughts were still slightly more traditional. Men were rakes that made money, so it was natural to make money outside.
So she supported Li Long when he went out to do business, and Li Long also made it clear to her that he would come back in three days at most. If things go well, he would come back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
Compared with the road conditions of the Wuyi Highway, Li Long wanted to complain about the road from the village to the fourth team.
The road is a dirt road with ditches on both sides. There will be lumps on some sections of the road, but it is better to walk, and it is better to winter.
The most uncomfortable thing is that it is raining. It is a little bit light and you can barely walk normally. When the rain is heavy, the road is full of mud. Once you step on it, you can stick two kilograms. When students go to school, they can only walk in the ditch. Otherwise the speed will be greatly reduced.
Not to mention the car, if the tractor drives out of the team on a rainy day, when it comes to the township, the people and cars will turn into mud figurines.
Although the performance of Jeep is better and more advanced in people's eyes, it is the same ending to take this road in rainy days.
It won’t be too good to be sunny. The car is driving and the dust is flying behind it. At this time, the car is not sealed well and there is also a lot of dust in the car.
Only in a few years, the village will start to lay the road leading to each brigade with stones, and in more than ten years, it will be paved with asphalt.
While driving on the Wuyi Highway is not as refreshing as the Lianhuo Expressway after thirty or forty years, it is really comfortable to drive on this road at this time. The road is flat, there are few cars, and people Less, no blockage.
Li Long's first stop is to Beiting.
Entertainment of carrying a handkerchief earned more than 10,000 yuan, and Li Long naturally knew that the number of carrying a handkerchief was approved by Director Qian.
Director Qian is now in a high position and a little bit of it is enough for Li Long to have a round stomach.
Li Long naturally knew that Director Qian did this, and it is most likely that he was because of the tiger skin and felt that the affection was not enough.
But in Li Long's opinion, the tiger skin was only covered with dust. If you change to this jeep that played a big role, it would be considered a two-dimensional cleanup.
Everyone gets what you need.
They have given themselves such great benefits now, and no matter what, Li Long has to thank him.
At first, Li Long wanted to get tiger bone wine, but then he thought about it and let it go.
I said at the beginning that I didn’t take the tiger bones myself, and now I’m taking the tiger bone wine over, wouldn’t that be slapping myself in the face?
So this time he brought the snow leopard skins brought by Harim and the others.
There are two snow leopard skins at home. One was taken by Harim and the others when they got married last time, and the other was taken down from the mountain this time by Yushanjiang and the others.
Li Long brought this leather with him and brought other things that were left behind.
It is about 100 kilometers from Ma County to Beiting, which is about the same distance as going to Kuitun. As he drove along the way, Li Long found that the large area of wheat fields had not yet been plowed. There were still sunflowers and corn on both sides of the road, and there were very few cash crops.
There is almost the same as in Ma County, and the large-scale planting is mainly based on grain.
Some wheat fields still have wheat grass around them, and some other crops grown sporadically are covered with other crops. When passing by the village, occasionally a few dogs rushed out and followed the car and yelled and chased, but they would be quickly abandoned and then turned back in disappointment.
There are more cars on the road than before, but they are still far worse than later generations. These days, there are basically no private cars here, and the driver is still an enviable profession with high salaries.
The car drove into Beiting, and Li Long parked it in the open space diagonally opposite the state supply and marketing cooperative, then entered the door with his work permit and went to find Xiaosi.
The last time I found Xiao Si was in a small car shift, and Li Long knew the location. When the guard saw Li Long's work permit, he was a little curious about this strange face, but he still put him in.
Li Long went straight to the small car team after entering. He planned to contact Xiao Si to see if Director Qian was free. If he had time, he would go and visit him. If he had time, he would entrust his things to Xiao Si. Go to do other things. "Xiao Si? Go out. Today the leader went to the state to do business. I said yesterday." Another driver in the small car shift stopped the action of wiping the car at hand and said to Li Long to tell Li Long that he was looking for Xiao Si. , "Come here in the afternoon, he should be there in the afternoon."
"Okay, thank you comrade." Li Long looked at the gasoline barrel next to him, and did not take out the cigarette. He thanked him and turned around and went out.
Since Director Qian and Xiao Si are not here in the morning, he has to adjust his plan, stay in the city for a while, and buy something at the same time.
After rebirth, Li Long from Wucheng went there several times. Although he had been to Beiting, he basically didn't make much move.
It just happened to take the opportunity to make a move.
As the prefecture, Beiting is definitely more prosperous than Ma County, and even at this time, it is stronger than Shicheng.
Many storefronts on the street are open, some are private, and some are already selling carts along the street. Li Long wanted to inquire about the market here, and asked a few people. It was said that it was east of the city. Li Long did not understand the road, so he didn't go.
He drove his jeep slowly along the city, thinking about wherever he went.
When I passed by a park, I saw an old fighter jet inside. I don’t know if the J-bit or the earlier ones were probably a model for people to visit.
Unlike the roads in Shicheng Old Street, the roads here are flat and vertical and square. Li Long turned them twice and came to a small market.
The market is in the northern suburbs and is not large in scale. People carrying loads and occupying stalls here are also coming and going, and there are also many people watching and shopping on both sides of the road.
Li Long parked his car at the edge of the market, came down to join the crowd, and began to look for what he wanted to buy.
It is similar to the market in Shicheng Old Street. Here, people sell chickens, eggs, apples, watermelons, baskets, and some are considered second-hand dealers. Carts sell needles, threads, and electronic watches and calculators. .
Once upon a time, these things were all going to be seized. Now that the market is open, everyone can sell them openly.
When I was halfway through, Li Long saw a person carrying a basket selling peaches and stopped.
The peach is about the same size as Gu Xiaoxia's fist, and looks very good.
The peach sellers are also good at placing them. They put some peach leaves in the basket, and the peaches are stacked layer by layer, like a pagoda. On the top is a big peach with red peaches with pink and white peaches on top. It looks festive.
There are many people asking for the price around, but Li Long could see that few people bought it.
"One 50 cents per kilogram... Why don't you grab it? This kilogram of peaches is more than half a kilogram of meat. If you have this money, don't you know how to eat it?"
"That's right, this peach is nothing. The main thing is expensive, how can it be sold so expensive? "
"Comrade, you sell it cheaper, so we bought it all. How about a kilogram of 50 cents?" "
Li Long was a little stunned when he heard this, and the bargaining was a bit ruthless!
The peach is of good quality, and he can smell a faint fragrance. In addition, the peach leaves on the bottom are quite fresh, and they should have been selected in the morning.
"It's not cheap." The boss hesitated for a moment and insisted, "My peaches are counted in this piece. They have been carefully served since the beginning of sprouting. They have put in a lot of effort. This part of the five is the price of conscience- You should think it is expensive. Look for a seller of peaches over there, which is 70 cents per kilogram, which is cheap."
"That peach is so small, with a big walnut, or a green ball. How can you look like this one?" The people are quite picky, want good things and pay less.
This is normal. After all, apart from those who get bugs like Li Long, few people have too much money on them.
And it is such a small market, and most of the people who come here are nearby. Most of the rich go shopping malls and big markets, but they can't come here.
Li Long leaned forward, and the person in front turned around and complained to him:
"Young man, why are you squeezing? Didn't you see anyone in front of you?"
Li Long originally wanted to join in the fun, but when he heard the sound, he could hear that this was the one who kept lowering the price and wanted to buy peaches for 50 cents, and he felt unhappy. , he said, "Then do you buy it or not? If you don't buy it, just let me buy it."
This man is in his thirties and has a middle part of his hair. Look He looked a little scattered, and he was a little dissatisfied when he heard Li Long's words, so he pushed Li Long, but failed to push him.
Li Long was not polite either. He reached out and pulled him aside, then stepped forward to the empty seat he "made" out, and asked the boss:
"Comrade, how many kilograms of these peaches are in total?"
"I weighed them before picking them, and there were thirty kilograms in two baskets." The man answered very carefully. "Okay, if I want all of them, can I get a zero? How about forty yuan?"
The peaches are very good, and Li Long is also considered to be shopping in Ma County and Shicheng. To be honest, I haven't encountered such a good peach - peaches in later generations are bigger than this, but even if Li Long hasn't tasted them, he knows that they definitely don't taste them better.
There are no technology or ruthless work these days.
"Do you want it all?" asked the surprised person who sold peaches, "Okay, okay!" If you sell them all, removing five dollars will be equivalent to reducing one kilogram by less than two cents, which is of course a good deal.
As soon as Li Long wanted to win the whole world, some people were unhappy:
"Young man, you can't do this. What will we buy after you buy?"
"Then you guys He didn't buy it either. "Li Long didn't want to miss such a good peach, and he didn't want to miss it after passing through this village.
The peach seller would not spoil others, so he took out the scale plate and hung it to Li Long and said:
"Look, my scale is a fifteen kilogram scale, and it's 15 kilograms tall in the basket. How about it?"
"Okay." Li Long said while taking out the money:
< br>"I didn't bring anything, you carry it over, my car is there, help me put it in the car."
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in one 6, one 9 Let’s read the book! "Okay, okay." The peach seller put down the scale and hung it on the basket, bent down and hung the shoulder pole on the basket handle, and carried it and left.
The person who originally thought that he wanted to buy peaches pulled the basket and refused to let him go, but the person who sold peaches was unhappy: "What? You still want to force yourself to buy and sell? I tell you that I will choose in the afternoon. Two baskets come here, when you want to buy them, but the price will not drop much, you have seen it, there are some people who know the goods!
I tell you, in order to make good peaches, I buried it under the peach tree With so much oil residue and fertilizer, it's all money... OK OK, let go, don't delay my money!"
When hearing what the peach seller said, those people were embarrassed to go again Entangled, let go of the hand that grabbed the basket.
Li Long took the man to the car, took out two bags, and carefully put the two baskets of peaches into the bag one by one.
He gently pinched it when he took it, and what was a little surprised was that the peach was actually hard. "We grow crisp peaches at home." The peach seller explained to Li Long's actions, "It will slowly become soft after being kept at home for two days. It is quite sweet now, but after softening, it will be soft. It will be sweeter.
But if it is too soft, it cannot be sold. It will rot after a little touch..."
"Okay, okay, that's it." Li Long put a peach aside They put them in the bag, then paid for it, and asked while paying it, "Where is your family? Do you sell peaches here every day?"
"Well, I've been there these days. Our family There were seven or eight peach trees planted in the vegetable garden, which were planted five or six years ago and were in the fruiting stage. My father used to study agronomics and understood this. Our peach trees were grafted, which was different from ordinary peaches. ”
No wonder, this peach tastes good.
Li Long thought of buying some when he came back, but he was afraid that he would not touch it, so he counted out forty dollars in his hand and handed it to the other party, and said:
"Then where is your home? ? If you are not here, where will I find you?"
Watching Li Long driving a jeep, the peach seller has long since put him in the ranks of the leader and driver. It feels like he can talk to such a person It was quite honored. When he saw Li Long asking about his home, he immediately said: "My Guangdong family is the third one in the right hand of the village. Just ask about the fourth family of Lu Laozi."
Li Long knew the specific location, so he was not worried.
After buying something, Li Long drove a jeep and lost his mind. He found a state-owned restaurant, went in and ordered a portion of noodles with oil and meat, and also ordered a portion of noodles and noodle soup.
There is still money and food coupons here. After Li Long gave it to him, he found a seat to sit down and started peeling garlic.
The new garlic has come down. Li Long peeled four or five cloves of garlic, crushed it one by one in the tea bowl in the surprised eyes of several diners.
He looked around and saw that more people eat fried noodles, pickled noodles, and vegetarian noodles, and some eat meatball soup. There are only two people like him who have eaten oil.
I could still feel a little superior before, but I won’t be able to do it today.
Maybe because there are few people who have ordered the noodles, his noodles are quickly served, and then the noodles are added and the noodle soup is added.
Amid the envious eyes of several people, Li Long poured the noodles into an open large bowl, covered the vegetables, then took the garlic from the tea bowl and put it in, stirring, eat.
They just swallowed the food. I picked up a chopsticks on the noodles, relied on my youth to have a good spleen and stomach, stuffed my mouth and chewed it for a few times before swallowing it, and then took another chopstick.
A large bowl of noodles came to an instant. Li Long ate the remaining vegetable stews, then poured the noodle soup into the noodle bowl, put down the chopsticks and picked up the bowl and shook it, and the vegetable juice on the side was They all swayed into the soup, and then swayed slightly and drank it dry in one sip.
Finally, take a sip of tea and rinse your mouth, and the meal will be finished.
When he returned to the car, Li Long felt a little unsatisfied, but he didn't plan to eat the noodles anymore. If he wanted another noodles, he could finish it, but he was mainly worried about going to see Director Qian in the afternoon. Not good tone at the time.
Thinking for a while, I took out a peach from one of the bags, wiped the peach hair on my clothes, and then started gnawing.
A sweet fragrance, with a little bit of imperceptible sourness, generally speaking, the taste is very good.
Li Long was satisfied after eating a peach that was slightly smaller than his fist.
After resting in the jeep for a while, Li Long drove to the open space where he parked the car in the morning. After stopping the jeep, he got off. He had a black canvas bag with snow leopard skin on one hand and a bag with peaches on the other hand, and then walked to the state club. .
The guard was still the same as in the morning. After seeing Li Long, he waved his hand and let him in before he could speak, obviously recognizing him.
Li Long smiled and walked towards the bus shift with his bag.
Xiao Si probably heard from his colleague in the morning that Li Long came over and was waiting outside early. When Li Long came over with something, he smiled and greeted him:
"Li Hello Comrade Long! ”
He led Li Long to his jeep and the two started chatting.
"I came here to see Director Qian and you." Li Long had already observed that there was no one else in the room, so he pointed to the black and said, "There is a roe deer skin inside. It is for you to give it to you. . There are some peaches I bought just now. Please keep some and I will give them some to Director Qian." "The director is here, you go up and see him first." Xiao Si said with a smile, "Isn't the thing?" Urgent."
"Okay." Li Long took out the roe deer skin from the black bag and handed it to Xiao Si, and took out some peaches. Xiao Si took the bucket of water to put the peaches in it. After three or four kilograms, I stopped installing it.
Li Long carried the rest to the office building.
Director Qian already knew that Li Long was coming, so when Li Long knocked on the door, he stood up with a smile.
Daily Director Qian will meet a lot of people, including those in the autonomous region, in the state, and in relevant units in the state.
It’s just that seeing Li Long’s smile today is more sincere.
Li Long put down his bag after entering the office, stretched out his hands and shook it with Director Qian, and asked ok.
Someone came over to pour tea for Li Long and left.
After the two of them exchanged a few greetings, Li Long explained his purpose.
"My friends in the mountains went down the mountain to get grass. I went to help. They gave me a snow leopard skin. It was useless for me to keep it, so I took it over and gave it to you. I saw good peaches in the market today. , I also bought some..."
The gifts that didn't match at all made Director Qian happy. This young man, he is honest. "Then I can't ask for your skin for nothing." Director Qian said seriously, "Although this snow leopard skin is not as good as..." He didn't finish it, but Li Long knew it.
"Although it is not expensive than that, it is not cheap either." Director Qian was very serious.
"Thank you for your sake, you will definitely not accept the money." Li Long's attitude was also very firm, "It is more useful to let you go here than me." (End of this chapter)