Chapter 24

With money, Li Long didn't care about this woman's feelings, he still had other things to handle.

Driving to the department store, Li Long asked Tao Daqiang if he needed to buy anything.

"No." Tao Daqiang shook his head and said, "I'm not short of anything."

"Do you want me to buy you a pair of shoes?" Li Long pointed to Tao Daqiang's feet, "Those shoes of yours can't last two more times, this time I'll buy you a pair of cotton rubber shoes?"

"No, no, no, no need." Tao Daqiang shook his head and waved his hands vigorously:

"No need to buy. Brother Long, I didn't do anything when I went, just leave me some wood when you go back. This wood is quite good, I'm thinking that when spring comes next year, I can make some furniture for my family."

This is indeed a proper thing.

The wood hauled by Li Long and Tao Daqiang is basically pine wood, except for a small part which is branches as thick as an arm, most of them are wooden posts as thick as a hug.

This wood that is very easy to pick up in the mountains is good material for making furniture outside the mountains.

In this day and age, there are very few people selling finished furniture, the furniture used by every household is made by carpenters, and most of the wood is self-prepared.

Li Long remembered that in his previous life, his eldest brother Li Jianguo prepared some pine boards for Li Qiang early to make furniture when he got married. Pine wood was considered good wood here.

However, because after the nineties, furniture factories rose, slowly even in the countryside, people bought ready-made furniture directly, and those wooden boards were still placed in the spare room of his sister-in-law's house when Li Long died of a cerebral hemorrhage.

But in this day and age, whoever can make a set of pine furniture is definitely looked at differently by others.

Didn't expect Tao Daqiang to have this thought, not bad, not bad!

Seeing Tao Daqiang, he is actually not stupid at all.

Li Long felt this wasn't a big deal, at worst run a few more trips, then he could change a set of furniture for his eldest brother's family. After all, now his eldest brother's family only has that five-drawer cabinet and a high-low cabinet, both of which were furniture made more than ten years ago, and the paint on them had fallen off quite a bit.

Now the cost of making furniture isn't high, he runs a few more trips into the mountains, not only is the furniture money out, maybe he can even buy a sewing machine and a bicycle.

Entering the department store, Li Long first bought a kilogram of fruit hard candy at the food counter, this was for Li Juan and Li Qiang. Then two packs of rock sugar, and weighed half a kilogram of loose fruit candy.

These added up to less than ten yuan. He went to ask about bicycles and sewing machines again. A 28-inch heavy-duty Permanent bicycle costs 167 yuan, and a sewing machine costs 85 yuan, both need tickets.

Li Long has no tickets. He remembered that the commercial bureau seemed to issue tickets to the commune every year, each production team could get about one or two tickets, if talking about tickets, it could only be at Xu Chengjun's place.

Originally Li Long also wanted to buy some fine grains like flour and rice, but he didn't have grain coupons in his hand.

Going out to let Tao Daqiang wait, he ran towards the black market in his memory, the location was in the suburbs, not only selling flour and rice, but also selling some meat, meat raised at home, and meat of wild animals.

Just when he went, it was a mess there, nothing at all.

However, looking at the footprints in the snow, blood drops, and traces left by some things pressed in the snow, Li Long had a plan in his heart. This place definitely had people, just that it might be an early market, particularly early, and it had long since dispersed.

He returned to the front of the department store, seeing Tao Daqiang a bit nervous there, and said with a smile:

"Let's go, back."

On the way back, Li Long said to Tao Daqiang:

"This trip hauled back two sheep, I'll share half a sheep with you..."

"No, no!" Tao Daqiang hurriedly waved his hand, "Brother Long, I'm really not being polite with you. If I take this mutton back, I won't be able to come out with you next time.

My dad... my dad wants my brother to follow you, I don't let him, I said you only let me follow. My dad also said, let me remember the road later, let me go up the mountain with my brother..."

Li Long looked at Tao Daqiang with some surprise.

What surprised him wasn't the idea Tao Jian She came up with, but that Tao Daqiang would say this thing out. However, he was very gratified, he felt he didn't misjudge the person.

Tao Daqiang is a person who recognizes the truth, he feels Li Long is good to him, so he won't betray Li Long, unless Li Long betrays him first.

And why doesn't Li Long take Gu Ermao? Because after he takes him once, Gu Ermao can shake him off the next day and go into the mountains to haul things himself.

However, Li Long actually anticipated that someone might follow the trend when doing this thing.

"It's fine Daqiang, you should take this sheep, can't let you run with me in vain." Li Long thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll give you another leg of mutton. I'll leave you more wood, is that okay?"

"Good, good." Tao Daqiang smiled, "Brother Long, I'll follow you later!"

"Alright." Li Long nodded with a smile.

The two drove the horse cart back. People in the production team were also guessing what they could haul back after this trip.

Now there are not many entertainment activities, Li Long being fired by the factory was a big news, and he broke up with Wu Shufen the second day he returned was another big news. When the women in the team chatted about family affairs together, there were really quite a few fresh topics.

And Li Long going into the mountains to haul things became their latest topic of discussion. At first, everyone was like Sister-in-law Lu saying that Li Long couldn't do it, but when Li Long hauled wood and sheep back from the mountains, the people discussing were immediately divided into two factions.

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Today Li Long went into the mountains again, which made quite a few people start guessing again what he could haul back.

Even team leader Xu Chengjun's wife Ma Hongmei was also guessing:

"You say, can that kid Li Long haul wood back this time?"

"Definitely can." Xu Chengjun had led people into the mountains, although the road on the mountain was not easy to walk, he was clear that Li Long could haul wood back the first time, which showed that this kid had already mastered a correct path into the mountains.

He had seen the situation in the mountains more than many people in the village, so naturally he knew that the frozen sheep couldn't be "picked up". That showed that the other party definitely already had connections in the mountains.

"Then you say, can he pick up sheep back today?" Ma Hongmei was still thinking about that leg of mutton, although mutton wasn't as fat as pork, the taste was really good!

"Of course can." Xu Chengjun nodded and said, "Maybe even more than one."

"Then will he give our family a leg again? Or half a sheep?"

"What are you thinking?" Xu Chengjun glared at her, "What relationship do you have with people that they give you so many things? He borrowed the horse cart, work points were paid, the leg of mutton was sent, what else do you want?"

"I'm not thinking that this Li family kid is quite sensible..." Ma Hongmei said sheepishly.

"Being sensible means having more sense of proportion! Giving us a leg of mutton is etiquette, giving a sheep? Why? People are pig-superstitious, why didn't you distribute some of your own meat to people?"

Ma Hongmei's face flushed red, but she still said in a low voice:

"I'm just thinking... if there is mutton again, take some to my dad's place."

"Then let your brother come over early tomorrow morning to hitch the horse cart and go into the mountains, if can get it, it's luck, if can't get it, there's no way!" Xu Chengjun rolled the Mohe tobacco and said, "Don't just look at others eating meat, people have people's connections, don't just be jealous."

"Then my brother doesn't know how to go either." Ma Hongmei said in a dilemma.

"I'll take him." Xu Chengjun didn't even raise his head, "I know the entrance into the mountains, but don't know if can get sheep, but getting wood is also not bad. I see the pine wood that the Li family kid got is top-notch, it's quite good to make furniture in spring after putting it down!"

Actually, quite a few families were having this idea.

(End of chapter)