Chapter 1026: Hunting is like a barbecue, returning is home cooking

Li Long thought it was an ordinary stone when he received it, so he didn't pay attention. Now that this stone reflected light, and the color looked obviously different, Li Long knew he had made a mistake.

He hugged the stone and looked left and right, finding that the stone skin on the outside had fallen off in some places, and the position where it fell off faintly revealed a beautiful green color.

Is it jade with a thick shell?

Li Long looked carefully, it didn't seem like it. The green color inside was different from the green of jasper, and it was the kind of crystal with dots, the big ones were the size of a fingernail, the small ones were like mung beans, and they didn't completely form a whole.

Putting down this stone weighing more than ten kilograms, touching its brown surface, he suddenly thought of a possibility—could this be a special stone—a meteorite?

In his previous life, he liked to swipe videos and had seen introductions to meteorites, but Li Long wasn't very interested—although the Dongsan County in the same state was a gathering area for meteorites, and even a ton-weight meteorite appeared in Fukan more than ten years later and was secretly sold abroad, but for Li Long, this thing didn't exist in Ma County, so there was no need to care.

Could the one in his hand be a relatively special meteorite?

During lunch, he asked Gu Bo Yuan, who was well-educated. Gu Bo Yuan put down his bowl and chopsticks and went to see the stone with great interest, but in the end, he couldn't say why.

After all, although he was a college student, the knowledge in the world was as vast as the sea, and he couldn't know everything. It was just that after lifting it up and seeing the exposed green under Li Long's guidance, Gu Bo Yuan asked Li Long to keep this stone well, saying that maybe after finding a professional person later, it could be recognized.

"Anyway, this stone is not ordinary."

This was the remark left by Gu Bo Yuan when he left.

Li Long then stood the stone against the wall, specifically using a few ordinary jaspers to block it, just as if it were well-preserved.

Returning from the mountains, Li Long felt an unprecedented tranquility—except for Xiao Hei barking at him and not letting him get close.

Li Long thought about it and remembered that the tiger ear was still in his pocket, so he took it out and put it back in the room to store it. It would be evidence in the future. At least he had faced the Tiger King directly, which was a rare experience.

The years in the mountains were exciting and fun for Li Long, and he could relax his body and mind. After returning home, his feeling was daily life, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea, although repetitive, it was real life.

The sound of firecrackers outside changed from sporadic to undulating, and the Little New Year had arrived.

Yesterday was the last day of work at the purchasing station before the New Year. Li Long went over in the afternoon, issued a 500-yuan year-end bonus to Sun Jia Qiang, and a 200-yuan year-end bonus to Liang Shuang Cheng. Liang Shuang Cheng's income from salary and bonus combined for these few months was six or seven hundred yuan. He immediately went to buy a bicycle and rode it home through the wind and snow impatiently after work.

Yes, the day before the Little New Year, it snowed again, and it was quite heavy. Gu Bo Yuan, who was originally prepared to go back today, had to move the itinerary to tomorrow. After all, he was different from Liang Shuang Cheng. When Liang Shuang Cheng went back, there were people in the room, and the home was warm. When he went back, he still had to sweep the snow. Of course, it was likely that the snow had been swept by someone, but the room was definitely cold.

Sun Jia Qiang was also very happy, saying that he would bring his wife and children to pay a New Year call to Li Long during the New Year. Li Long said forget it, he still had to stay in the village for a few days.

The materials in the purchasing station were not many. Li Long had planned to take a holiday at this time, so he called Huang Lei and Zhao Hui in advance, asking them to take away the skins and beef and mutton stored in the warehouse. Finally, when the holiday started, only the carcasses of a dozen sheep and one cow were left in the warehouse.

Li Long planned to make these meats into air-dried meat after the New Year, and then give them away or sell them, which would be quite good.

This year, it could be considered complete.

"Sister Yang, you and Han Fang are on holiday today. If you want to go to the front courtyard, just go and do your work." After breakfast, Li Long said to Sister Yang. While speaking, Gu Xiaoxia also took out a red envelope she had pasted with red paper and stuffed it into Sister Yang's hand, and also gave Han Fang a small red envelope.

Sister Yang and Han Fang both blushed and declined, but Gu Xiaoxia insisted.

Two hundred yuan for Sister Yang, and ten yuan for Han Fang as New Year's money—it was already a lot.

But this year, especially during the holidays, Han Fang was reviewing her lessons while taking care of Mingming and Haohao. Gu Xiaoxia originally wanted to buy her a set of clothes, but she didn't have time, and it wasn't convenient for Li Long, so she just gave New Year's money.

"Then what about Mingming and Haohao?" Sister Yang had been taking care of the family and the two children for a long time, and was still a bit worried.

"Leave it to me. They are so big, I can take them." Li Long said with a smile, "Also have to let them learn to manage themselves. They are going to nursery school."

Yes, it was January 1987 now. In September, Li Long would send the two children to nursery school.

Sister Yang nodded and didn't say anything more.

After Gu Xiaoxia went to work, Sister Yang tidied up the kitchen and took Han Fang to the front courtyard on their bicycles.

For the past few years, the two of them had gone to that small courtyard during the New Year. Although they couldn't go there for a few days a year, in their eyes, that was the real home.

Li Long took Mingming and Haohao to the greenhouse in the back.

This greenhouse had been planted since early winter. When planting, Mingming and Haohao followed along to work. Although they were mostly playing with mud, they could be considered to have witnessed the growth process of the vegetables inside.

The stove fire hadn't gone out, and it was quite humid inside. After entering, Li Long sneezed several times, and Mingming and Haohao followed suit. Mingming really sneezed, and Haohao pretended to learn. After finishing, the two children laughed happily.

The children's world is just that simple. A very simple thing can make them happy for a long time.

The leeks were reserved and could already be harvested. Li Long planned to let them grow for a few more days, harvest a batch before the New Year, and take them back to the village to make dumplings.

The chili peppers had also grown, and a few had turned red, but not many had formed. After all, chili flowers were small and very fragile. When pollinating artificially, it was easy to knock the flowers off.

Once the flower was knocked off, the part where the chili was to be formed was gone, and naturally, fewer chilies were formed.

Of course, having some was enough. This thing was a rare item at this time.

There weren't many red tomatoes. There were quite a few formed, but the growth period was longer, and the flowers were easier to pollinate, relatively stronger.

During the pollination period, everyone in the large courtyard, old and young, went into battle. Even Mingming and Haohao were taken by Han Fang to help with self-made cotton swabs—of course, they also helped a lot of trouble.

Eggplant wasn't as common as chili and tomato for cooking, so having some was enough. Li Long saw that there were seven or eight that could be picked, which was enough. At this time, there were only long eggplants here, and the Li family only liked to eat long ones, not round ones.

The rest was bok choy, which was the most lush thing growing in the greenhouse.

However, what the two children liked most was tomatoes. Although they had eaten breakfast, seeing the red tomatoes, they still wanted to pick them.

Li Long picked a large one, broke it open, and gave half to each person. The earliest local soil tomatoes, the ones that grew large were relatively flat and had a nest, and some were wrinkled, looking ugly, but they were really delicious to eat.

The two children ate tomatoes, and it was much quieter. Li Long began to work.

Set up the stove, and then told Mingming and Haohao not to move the things inside, he went outside to lift the curtain on the shed to let the light in.

After the temperature in the greenhouse rose, Li Long took Mingming and Haohao out, closed the door, and put down the cotton curtain at the door.

Although it was cold outside, the damp and greasy feeling was gone, so it was quite comfortable.

Going back to the village for the New Year in a few days, he had to pull some things back. There was no shortage of beef and mutton at home, wolf meat wasn't delicious, and at most he would give it to others to taste fresh.

Thinking about it, the best things to take back were those vegetables.

Then he had to buy gifts for his father, mother, and the younger children.

As for the brothers and sisters-in-law, there was no need to buy things now. After forming a family, some things that were done before were no longer appropriate.

With nothing to do, and it was still early before cooking time, Li Long started the jeep and took the two children to the department store.

Mingming and Haohao often went out of the large courtyard, but basically the distance wasn't far, occasionally going to the purchasing station, or going to Sun Jia Qiang's house. During the holidays, they would also go to their grandparents'.

But going out to buy things alone with Dad, Mingming and Haohao were the first time. The brothers were very excited, one lying on one side of the car window looking out.

Occasionally someone would set off firecrackers nearby, and the two children would be startled and immediately gathered together to point at the place where the firecrackers were set off outside.

Li Long had to remind them repeatedly to be careful and not to lean against the car window all the time. ===== CHAPTER 1027 =====