Chapter 15

Li Long of the Li family is a prodigal son, which is recognized in the production team.

He doesn't do his own work well, doesn't work well in the brigade, but is very enthusiastic about other people's business. His brother Li Jianguo can't call him, but those fox friends, or his partner Wu Shufen, can make him work fast.

It's no wonder the eldest sister-in-law from the Lu family would run over specifically to tell Liang Wenyu about this.

Actually, she might not have had the idea of watching the fun.

In the past, when Liang Wenyu heard this, she would usually complain about her brother-in-law, but this time Liang Wenyu defended Li Long:

"Without Xiao Long truly intends to get some wood back this time. He has this heart, we definitely have to support him, right."

The eldest sister-in-law from the Lu family was a bit surprised, how did Liang Wenyu change her nature?

"Your brother-in-law was fired by the factory, the money you spent is all wasted, and I see you're still like nothing happened." The eldest sister-in-law from the Lu family shook her head, "If it were me, I would have scolded him long ago!"

Liang Wenyu said with a smile while sewing a shoe sole:

"Who hasn't made a mistake? It's fine if he can change and make progress. I feel Li Long has changed a lot this time, being fired can be considered a good thing, as the elders often say, a fall into a pit, a gain in your wit."

She thought to herself, just the guagua chickens Li Long caught the day before yesterday, and the fish he caught yesterday, if they were sold for money, it wouldn't be a small amount.

Besides, going to borrow the horse-drawn carriage yesterday, this matter was handled beautifully, not at all like the prodigal son before. With such a big change, she was too gratified to have time to complain, why would she say anything?

"Brother-in-law, Sister, I'm here!" A greeting came from outside. Liang Wenyu stood up excitedly when she heard it and responded:

"Wen Yu, hurry inside!" As she spoke, she went to open the door.

The person who came was Liang Wenyu's younger brother, Liang Wenyu.

He walked in carrying a bag of things, put the things by the wall, took off his cotton-padded hat, smiled at the eldest sister-in-law from the Lu family, and then asked Liang Wenyu:

"Where is my brother-in-law? I heard Li Long is back? He's not working anymore?"

Liang Wenyu didn't expect the news to spread so fast. With outsiders present, she couldn't say much, so she nodded and said:

"Mm, your brother-in-law is busy in the east room, why are you here?"

"Old Dad and Old Mom asked me to come over to see you and brought some things." Liang Wenyu said, "By the way, where are Juan and Qiang?"

"They are also in the east room, go take a look." Liang Wenyu said.

The eldest sister-in-law from the Lu family actually wanted to watch the fun. Although Liang Wenyu was not very old, as the eldest son of the Liang family, he was relatively strong. He had always looked down on Li Long, and the eldest sister-in-law from the Lu family had also heard about this as a neighbor.

But now that Li family had guests, she couldn't stay much longer, so she got up, greeted Liang Wenyu, and went home.

After the person left, Liang Wenyu said:

"Old Dad asked me to bring some white flour, and twenty yuan. Li Long is back, your family's charcoal must not be enough to burn, Old Dad's meaning is to buy some in the brigade first and get through it..."

Liang Wenyu could hear the resentment in her brother's words, so she said with a smile:

"No need. Li Long went into the mountains to pull wood, and he will be back today. Once the wood is pulled back, our family's firewood will be enough for the winter. By the way, let's go, let's go to the east room, your brother-in-law is cleaning fish, take a few back when you go back."

"Fish? Where did the fish come from?" Liang Wenyu's eyes lit up when he heard there was fish. The production team where he was located was in the southwest, and the water used for watering the land there was machine-pumped wells drilled by the county well-drilling company before.

The production team's land was small, and there were no seas or rivers, so they couldn't eat fish. Li Jianguo's production team was considered to have unique advantages, almost wherever there was water there were fish, so Li Jianguo often sent fish to his father-in-law's house, and Liang Wenyu ate the most.

"Li Long took your brother-in-law to chisel ice holes in the small sea to catch them, quite a lot."

"That must be quite a suffering! In such cold weather, it's also thanks to Li Long for thinking of it." Liang Wenyu said while following his sister to the east room, "He only knows how to play." Liang Wenyu had opinions about Li Long, which Li Jianguo and Liang Wenyu both knew, after all, Li Long was truly incompetent before. Liang Wenyu and Li Long were about the same age and could basically take charge at home. While Li Long was still like a child who hadn't grown up, hanging around, unable to do anything, and first at eating.

Entering the east room, Liang Wenyu was very surprised when he saw so many fish in the laundry basin:

"Brother-in-law, you guys, this fish, you caught too many!"

"Wen Yu is here!" Li Jianguo was cleaning fish, and Li Juan and Li Qiang were helping. Seeing Liang Wenyu behind Liang Wenyu, they all greeted him.

"This fish was caught by Without Xiao Long chiseling ice holes. I didn't expect that chiseling two ice holes in winter could catch so many fish, and they are so big! Without Xiao Long said when he left that he would send some to you when he came back, and by the way, there are two guagua chickens."

"You said this was caught by Li Long? And there are guagua chickens?" Liang Wenyu couldn't believe his ears.

Just that Li Long who couldn't do anything?

"Yes." Li Jianguo looked at Liang Wenyu's expression, wanting to laugh, but also a bit proud, "This time, although he was fired, he has changed a lot."

"Uncle, the guagua chicken was really caught by my uncle, it's delicious!" Li Qiang wiped his snot and said loudly.

He was different from Li Juan. Li Juan still remembered that she had to help at home, while Li Long didn't have to. Li Qiang just remembered that his uncle roasted sparrows for him, caught guagua chickens for him to eat, caught fish for him to eat, and there was also that fun glutinous rice paper.

"Good, good." Liang Wenyu squatted down with a belly full of questions and cleaned up with Li Jianguo.

The family worked together, and the speed was much faster. Before lunch, the fish had already been cleaned.

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"Wen Yu, take ten back, and stew fish soup for Old Dad and Old Mom in winter." Li Jianguo said, "We'll catch another batch before the New Year, and we'll send them to you again before the New Year."

"Ten—this one is not small, it's quite tiring for me to carry." Liang Wenyu said so, but didn't refuse. There were thirty or forty of these fish weighing more than a kilogram, and even more crucian carp the size of a palm, so he didn't be polite.

Li Jianguo put the fish in the snow to freeze, and then the family washed their hands and went to the west room. Liang Wenyu asked:

"Brother-in-law, Li Long went into the mountains to pull wood? Can that work? That place in the mountains is sparsely populated and has no good roads, it can't work, right?"

"He said a colleague of his is from Qingshuihe Commune and lives on the edge of the mountains." Li Jianguo sat on the edge of the kang and rolled a cigarette with Mohe tobacco, took a hard puff, and only then said after feeling relieved:

"Without Xiao Long has changed a lot since he came back this time. He borrowed the horse-drawn carriage himself, and planned it well, so let him toss about. Anyway, there's nothing to do in winter."

"Fine, it's a pity about that job." Liang Wenyu sighed, actually he also wanted to work in Wucheng, but as the eldest son of the family, he naturally had to stay with his parents. He just felt that the job was a pity.

"There's nothing to pity." Li Jianguo smiled, "A job opportunity, it's fine if it can be exchanged for Without Xiao Long to learn a lesson."

"He lost his job, can his partner be okay?" Liang Wenyu asked again.

"Broken up." Li Jianguo shook his head, "It spread in the brigade, saying he was fired by others, and that girl came over to tell Without Xiao Long they couldn't be together. If it can't be, it can't be, we'll talk about it later, no rush."

Li Jianguo still had quite a bit of confidence in his younger brother.

Of course, people in the brigade didn't think so. In just this day, it had spread throughout the brigade that the prodigal son of the Li family spent work points to borrow the brigade's horse-drawn carriage to go into the mountains to pull wood.

Many people were waiting to see Li Long's joke.

(End of chapter)