Chapter 124

When many households in the whole team began to take action, in two days, the dead fish on the south shore of the Big Haizi were all picked up.

Li Long estimated that his family had picked up over a thousand, nearly two thousand kilograms, and the Tao family also had several hundred kilograms.

"When it clears up and the courtyard dries, borrow the stone roller from the backyard, grind these dried fish into powder, mix them with wheat bran and chaff, and feed them to the pigs; they will grow very fast!"

Li Long's words were agreed with by Li Jianguo. He nodded and said: "Exactly, why didn't we think of it before. The ice in the Little Haizi is also about to thaw, but I guess there shouldn't be many dead fish."

This was certain, because the fish in the Little Haizi had been caught by Li Long for at least a thousand kilograms, and other households in the team had also caught quite a few, which reduced the amount of oxygen the fish needed in the water.

In the next two days, quite a few people in the team also went to the Little Haizi, and sure enough, they didn't find many dead fish.

The Li family's courtyard was now full of the fishy stench of dead fish. Because the snow on the roof was cleaned up every time it fell, most of the fish were now drying on the roof, and they would be collected after they were dried.

The snow in the fields was getting less and less, the road surface was slowly drying, and there wasn't as much mud when walking on it.

Three days before school started, Gu Bo Yuan and Gu Xiaoxia came to the Li house carrying a bag of things.

Leading the two guests to the inner room to sit, Liang Wenyu was busy pouring water, and Li Long also came to the west room after hearing the commotion.

Gu Bo Yuan said very solemnly to Li Long:

"Little Long, Xiaoxia will go to middle school to teach tomorrow. She was able to pass the middle school teacher exam this time, thanks to you. I brought her here today to thank you."

Gu Xiaoxia stood up, blushing, and wanted to bow to Li Long. Li Long hurriedly waved his hand:

"No, no, no, I just mentioned a possible piece of news; I wasn't even sure back then."

"But it was this piece of news that made Xiaoxia review for a month in advance; otherwise, it would have been impossible for her to do so well."

This was naturally a fact. In his previous life, Gu Xiaoxia only passed the central primary school exam and didn't enter middle school at all. The central primary school didn't have dormitories, so she had to walk from the team to work every day, which led to the later incident with Gu Ermao.

Now Gu Xiaoxia had passed the middle school exam. Middle school had dormitories and was in the township, so the conditions were much better, and the salary and benefits were much stronger; it could be considered a change of destiny.

"Our two families don't need to say these things." Li Jianguo felt his face was glowing and said with a smile, "Isn't this what Little Long should do?"

The relationship between the two families was already good. Taking this opportunity, Liang Wenyu stir-fried several hard dishes at noon, steamed rice, and Li Jianguo took out wine to have a good drink with Gu Bo Yuan. Gu Bo Yuan originally wanted to go back to eat, but was strongly kept by Li Jianguo.

Gu Xiaoxia helped in the kitchen and chatted with Liang Wenyu, while Li Long and Li Jianguo talked with Gu Bo Yuan about the upcoming land division in the team.

"Xiaoxia is a teacher now, so she can eat commodity grain. My family only has two mu of land, and although I'm not good at farming, I can still handle two mu." Everything in life was getting better, and Gu Bo Yuan, who had always been a bit gloomy, felt that the future was much brighter now.

"It's fine, two mu of land, a small matter. If there's any work you can't handle, come find me." Li Jianguo was also in high spirits at this time, "I plan to build a pigsty to raise pigs when spring comes. You can't just look at the land to earn money; now the land can produce grain, but not money."

Gu Bo Yuan said with a smile:

"This team is full of fishy smell; it must be brought by your family. Some people haven't reacted yet, and when they think of it, there will be no more dead fish."

If it weren't for Li Long's reminder, it would probably take four or five years for someone to figure out the matter of feeding pigs with dead fish.

"It was Little Long's idea." Li Jianguo looked at Li Long with some pride, "Little Long has really grown up in these two months." Li Long felt a bit embarrassed.

After the meal, when the Gu father and daughter were about to leave, Liang Wenyu divided half of the things they brought and let them take them back. Gu Xiaoxia refused, but Liang Wenyu waved her hand and said:

"Take it, keep it for your dad to eat. You'll be a person eating public grain from now on, remember to come back and visit often."

One sentence made Gu Xiaoxia want to cry. Those people who came to the house to join in the fun every day for the past two days were all hoping that she could help with this or that, or introducing her to a partner. Only when she came to the Li house did they not make any requests, but hoped that she would come back and visit often.

A few days after school started, the snow in the fields was almost thawed. This afternoon, Li Long went to the home of the team leader, or what should now be called the village director, Xu Chengjun.

"How big a sheep? Three years old, over twenty kilograms." Seeing Li Long come to ask about the sheep requested by the team, Xu Chengjun said casually, "You also know how much those villager representatives of ours can eat. Don't look at it as less than ten people; a twenty-kilogram sheep might not even be enough."

"Okay, then I'll try to bring a big one." Li Long said, "By the way, Director, I heard that the team property is going to be divided?"

"Eh? How did you know, kid?" Xu Chengjun was only slightly surprised, then smiled, "Did you hear the news from somewhere again? I heard that Gu Xiaoxia's good exam result also has your credit? Tell me, what ideas do you have?"

"I just want to ask, if it's going to be divided, what about the horse stable?"

"The horse stable? The horse stable is being dismantled." Xu Chengjun said as a matter of course, "The horse stable is only worth a few yuan for the wood on top now. It will definitely be counted as a share, rolled into a lot, and whoever grabs it will get it. Why, do you have any ideas?"

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"I want to buy the horse stable and raise some things." Li Long said, "Director, look, although the horses in the horse stable are divided, the horse stable is a whole.

If we only divide the wood, the remaining walls and such will collapse in two years. I just want to preserve it as a whole and raise some things. After all, the authorities are also encouraging vigorous development of sideline businesses now."

When Li Long said this, Xu Chengjun began to consider it.

In his previous life, the horse stable was sold as team property for the wood inside, and it didn't sell for much money. Then the remaining walls and such collapsed within five years.

Actually, the horse stable was quite large, the size of half a football field, and it also had open pens and warm pens, as well as places for people to live, similar to an office. Li Long thought that catching some things from the mountains to raise there would be better than building it himself. The walls of this horse stable were three or four meters high. Although it wasn't a brick house, the whole team had rammed the adobe when it was built, and the quality was quite good.

It was really a pity to waste it.

Actually, Li Long's ultimate goal was to rent the horse stable. Of course, it was better to buy it now, and if he couldn't buy it, he would rent it.

"How much do you plan to buy it for?" Xu Chengjun suddenly said, "Let me tell you, the wood alone won't be sold for less than two hundred."

"Three hundred?" Li Long was pleasantly surprised and mentioned a number, "The wood is definitely worth two hundred, but the courtyard walls and such aren't worth that much, right?"

"Three hundred and fifty. If you pay three hundred and fifty, I can persuade the other village committee members and then sell it to you. But you have to guarantee that you'll raise things inside." Xu Chengjun gritted his teeth and confirmed.

(End of chapter)