Chapter 148: His own

Halimu pointed to the liquor Li Long brought and said:

"This, some of our tribesmen like it very much, but this, it really harms people."

Li Long was still a bit puzzled; he didn't have much contact with the Kazakh people in his previous life.

"Some of our young people usually look very honest, work very solidly, and are not very brave, but after drinking, their personalities will change greatly, and they even dare to stab people with knives—so this liquor must not be given to them, but other things are no problem."

Li Long broke out in a cold sweat; he almost made a big mistake!

He hurriedly put all these liquors away, and then said to Halimu:

"Let's put the liquor here with you first. By the way, what else does everyone need? I'll go buy some more. You are about to go to the summer pasture, if there's anything you need, I'll buy it all at once, otherwise, it won't be easy to buy when you go to the summer pasture deep in the mountains."

Halimu didn't stand on ceremony with Li Long either, and said:

"Grain, we need more grain. Salt and bricks of tea are almost enough, but tools like ropes, saws, and iron wire are still needed..."

Halimu said while thinking, and Li Long recorded them one by one.

After Halimu finished speaking, Li Long dismissed the idea of going to see where Yushanjiang and the others were working and prepared to turn around and buy things again.

"Li Long, after the snow melted, we picked up some deer antlers and roe deer antlers again. You take these things, sell them, and then buy things. We build a winter camp for you because we treat you as a friend. You've helped us so much, we should do it. Now we can't just let you spend money to buy things..."

Li Long didn't refuse, but he was also surprised when he saw the deer antlers Halimu took out.

In both lives, the deer antlers Halimu took out were the biggest Li Long had ever seen.

Three and a half pairs of deer antlers, that is, seven branches, and two roe deer antlers.

One pair of deer antlers was particularly huge. Looking at the length, it must be at least half a meter. In addition to the main branch, there were six other branches. Just this one deer antler must weigh at least seven or eight kilograms!

Li Long doubted whether he could take it back at once.

The resources in these mountains are really too rich!

With Halimu's help, Li Long barely tied these things to the bicycle with a rope, and then carefully rode down the mountain.

He now feels like those martial arts actors on the stage, with sharp thorns standing behind him, like flag spears.

Of course, it also feels very dangerous. He always feels that after falling over, those antler tips will pierce himself.

When he rode to the county seat, Li Long felt that he was sweating.

When he arrived at the collection station, Li Long calculated that Chen Hongjun should be at work today.

Locking the bike, Li Long didn't unload the goods, first looked inside, and found that Chen Hongjun was indeed there, weighing licorice roots for someone, saying while weighing:

"The quality of your licorice roots is quite good. I'll count it as first grade, 25 cents per kilogram. You have... twelve kilograms, three yuan."

Well, Li Long suddenly felt that looking at that big bundle of licorice selling for only three yuan was really a bit too little.

But seeing the happy expression of the person selling licorice, Li Long suddenly felt that he seemed to be the one out of place in this world—three yuan, can buy ten kilograms of flour, buy two bottles of white liquor, three kilograms of mutton—not bad!

Chen Hongjun issued a ticket and paid the money, then saw Li Long at the door, and immediately showed a surprised expression:

"Comrade Li, long time no see! Your face is full of dust, where did you run from?"

"Just came out of the mountains..."

"Then you must have brought good things, take them out and let me see."

"Okay." Li Long turned to the bicycle, untied the rope, and took the antlers down one by one.

"Whoa! Comrade Li, you've had a big harvest this time! Did you collect all the deer antlers on the South Mountain?"

"Almost." Li Long joked, "It's spring now, the red deer are about to grow velvet antlers, and the deer antlers are no longer needed, so I collected them all back."

"It seems that your relationship with the red deer is quite good." Chen Hongjun also joked, "These deer antlers are really big!"

Seven deer antlers, two roe deer antlers, the quality is different, Chen Hongjun looked at them carefully one by one, and then classified them.

The person who sold licorice roots also looked at these deer antlers curiously. He didn't leave. Li Long guessed that he might want to know how much these deer antlers were worth.

"There are four first-grade deer antlers, weighing 21 kilograms and 600 grams." Chen Hongjun classified and weighed them, reporting to Li Long, "Second-grade deer antlers, weighing 10 kilograms and 300 grams. Now the first grade is still 6 yuan, and the second grade is 4 yuan. The roe deer antlers are all first grade, weighing 2.1 kilograms, I'll give you a unit price of 5 yuan, how about that?"

"Of course, no problem." Li Long said with a smile.

"Let me calculate, a total of... 181.5 yuan."

Issuing a ticket and paying the money, Li Long took a thick stack of money and put it into his inner pocket.

"Comrade Chen, I still need to buy things, so I'll leave for now, let's chat when you're free."

"Okay, remember to leave some for me when you get wild game when you're free."

"Okay."

The person who sold licorice roots looked at Li Long, then at the three yuan in his hand, and suddenly felt that the three yuan was not fragrant.

Li Long went out the door, and that person also chased out, asking Li Long:

"Little brother, did you pick these deer antlers in the mountains?"

"Well, in the mountains, but I didn't pick them. They were picked by my friends in the mountains when they were herding."

"Then..." that person's face flushed, and he finally asked, "Are deer antlers easy to pick?"

"How should I put it, it's easier for people in the mountains to pick them. But like us, or you, it's actually not easy. You might wander in the mountains for a day and not pick any, because we don't know where the red deer like to be active."

Li Long knew the person's thoughts. Anyone who sees the other party earn so much money at once will be moved. He said seriously:

"Big brother, just like you picking licorice, I guess many people in your village don't know where it's easy to pick licorice, right? You know, so you can pick more than ten kilograms a day..."

That person nodded thoughtfully.

"Okay, I have something to do, I'll go first." Li Long rode the bike toward the supply and marketing cooperative.

To buy those things, only the supply and marketing cooperative has them.

Riding the bicycle to the department store of the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Long got off and locked the bike. After entering, he started purchasing things according to the names Halimu gave.

Li Long purchased a large quantity and it was relatively large. The two sales clerks hugged things one by one to the counter. Watching these things pile up higher and higher, Li Long simply asked for two sacks and started packing them separately.

"Comrade, pay first." A sales clerk reminded.

Li Long smiled, stopped his hand, took out a stack of money from his pocket and said:

"Okay, let's settle the account first."

The sales clerk saw the money in his hand, felt relieved, and started calculating the account one by one. The materials such as various tools and iron wire totaled more than 60 yuan, but the weight reached nearly 80 kilograms.

After paying the money, Li Long packed them separately with two sacks, ensuring that the things on both sides were about the same weight, then tied the mouth with the thin hemp rope he bought, made it like a saddlebag, squatted down, put the connecting part of the two sacks on his shoulders, exerted force on his waist, and carried it up.

The two sales clerks were not particularly surprised. Although it was carrying 80 kilograms of things, there are many strong people in this era. Not to mention carrying 80 kilograms, there are also people who carry 100 kilograms.

Li Long walked to the bicycle, put the things down, and then put the bicycle's rear support down—otherwise, putting these 80-kilogram things directly on the back seat would easily deform the rear support, but it wouldn't have such an impact on the tires.

This is a bit difficult. Holding the bicycle with his hands, it is not convenient to carry the things up again. There is no way, he had to turn around and say to the sales clerk in the department store:

"This comrade, can you come and help, help me hold the bicycle?"

The sales clerk inside was not the one who borrowed the scale before. After one of them heard Li Long's voice, she walked out from the counter and said with a smile:

"Just said, I just came out, you don't need to put it down, you can put it on directly."

Saying that, she held the bicycle, Li Long squatted down and carried the two sacks of things up again, came to the back of the bicycle, slanted his body, and slowly slid the things from his shoulders onto the back seat of the bicycle.

After adjusting to ensure that the things were stable, Li Long thanked the sales clerk and rode away.

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Tossing back and forth, Li Long was also a bit hungry. He went to the big meat canteen and bought three steamed buns, and while eating, went to the location of the morning market, where the stalls had already been closed.

Li Long originally planned to buy some grain that didn't need tickets here, but the stalls were closed, and he had no way. Thinking about it, let's send the things to the mountains first, come back at night, and wait until tomorrow morning to buy grain and then transport it to the mountains.

Selling jade and deer antlers, Li Long had enough confidence to buy grain.

He thought about the special price grain last time, so he turned to the grain store, but unfortunately, there was no special price grain today, and he didn't have enough grain tickets, so he had to wait until tomorrow.

Riding the bicycle to the mountains, when he reached Halimu's winter camp, the sun had already slanted west.

Halimu was not there. Li Long put the sacks down. He felt that he couldn't cross the gully while carrying them, so he untied them and planned to carry them over one by one.

The dog had been barking. Nasen came out and saw Li Long, ran over happily, and shouted at Li Long:

"Uncle, Uncle!"

Li Long was very surprised. This little guy actually learned Chinese!

Even if it was just one word, it was already the beginning of communication.

"Nasen, Jakas ma! Hello!"

"Hel—lo!" Nasen shouted excitedly, his face red.

He saw Li Long carrying a big sack, suddenly turned his head and ran toward the winter camp. When Li Long crossed the gully, Nasen had already led the horse over.

He gestured to Li Long to put the sack on the horse's back. Li Long gestured, indicating that the horse was too high and the things were too heavy to put on.

Nasen actually understood. He led the horse to the water by the gully, and then pressed the reins hard. The horse was a bit resistant at first. Nasen's face turned red, and he was still pressing the reins. The horse actually knelt down with its front legs first, and then lay down by the water!

Li Long felt very surprised. I don't know if this is Nasen's talent for taming horses since childhood, or if this horse is human-like and relatively obedient. In short, it really shocked him a bit.

Since the horse was already lying down, Li Long carried the other sack over, and the two tied them together and put them on the horse's back, one on each side.

Nasen saw that the things were stable, let Li Long move away, and then pulled the reins to let the horse stand up.

With more than 80 kilograms of things, the horse also tried two or three times before standing up. Nasen led the reins and walked toward the winter camp.

When going uphill, Li Long was still carefully watching by the horse. Fortunately, the friction of the sack was enough, and there was no sign of slipping.

Arriving at the winter camp, Nasen let the horse lie down again. This time the horse understood, adjusted quickly, and lay down.

When Li Long unloaded the things, Halimu's wife walked out of the winter camp, saw Li Long, and nodded with a smile.

Li Long moved the two sacks to the door of the winter camp one by one, and then found that the radio was gone.

He gestured to Nasen, and Nasen pointed to the west. Li Long understood that it should have been taken to the place where his winter camp was being built for those young people to listen to.

Li Long was thinking about going over there to see. He gestured with Nasen, and Nasen happily led the horse and wanted to go with him.

However, the two of them just crossed the gully when they heard someone riding a horse over there. Li Long saw it was Halimu.

"Do you want to go over there and see?" Halimu rode his horse to Li Long's place and stopped, asking, "Did you buy the things back?"

"The tools and iron wire are bought back, the grain will be tomorrow." Li Long said.

"Then put the grain here first. We'll unload the grain first, and then go to your winter camp, just to tell them that you brought grain—when you get to the summer pasture, what they need most is this rice and flour."

In his previous life, Li Long heard that herdsmen in the mountains usually eat brick tea with naan. If there are side dishes, they might be butter or cream or jam, very simple. It's impossible to eat meat every meal—eating meat for them is also very luxurious, usually only slaughtering sheep during festivals or when guests come.

He just heard it, didn't know if it was true or false, but he didn't ask.

Together with Halimu, he moved the grain to the winter camp, and then walked west.

"They have already started stacking wooden walls. According to Yushanjiang, it won't take two days, and your house will be built. Then you can move in—you need to prepare the things inside yourself. After all, our living habits are different from yours."

"Understand, understand." Li Long was still a bit excited. Not to mention the house in the team, that's the eldest brother's. After he gets married, he will definitely have a homestead to build a house.

The houses on the street are not mentioned, they were bought directly, and they are houses from decades ago, and it is impossible to have any empathy.

But what is about to be seen, which cannot even be called a house, was built in these few days since he came to this life. It was built by these lovely and enthusiastic Kazakh herdsmen to thank him for his little insignificant contribution.

This made Li Long really a bit excited.

Before seeing the house, Li Long heard someone singing, and the sound of the radio. It should be the announcer broadcasting the news. Although it was not in Chinese, the tone could still be heard.

There was also the sound of beating wood, and laughter.

"They are very happy." Li Long said with a smile, "Your mentality is really good."

"The words passed down by our ancestors say that people should look forward. Although we are in the mountains, we don't have as many things as you have down the mountain, but we are very content." Halimu's words made Li Long trance for a moment.

In his previous life, his material life could be said to be extremely rich, but it seemed that he was not as happy as these few months.

The arrival of Halimu and Li Long made these men even happier.

Yushanjiang shouted, letting the men who were still working rest, and everyone gathered around, talking one by one. Li Long shook hands with them one by one. He didn't understand what they were saying, but looking at those sun-spotted yet enthusiastic and innocent faces, he really felt that he was very lucky in this life.