Chapter 25: The horse carts are all borrowed?

When Li Long and Tao Daqiang appeared in the production team leading the horse cart one after another, many children rushed toward the horse cart, and some rushed back to their own homes.

"Li Qiang, Li Qiang, your uncle is back!" Li Qiang was reminded by others again.

Li Qiang looked up at the horse cart in the distance, sniffed his snot, put away the spinning top that was still spinning fast on the ice, and rushed toward the horse cart: "Uncle, Uncle!"

Watching Li Qiang rush to the front, Li Long grabbed a handful of candy from his satchel and handed it to him:

"Here, distribute it to your friends."

Li Qiang took the candy and ran back, howling.

"Li Qiang, Li Qiang! Your uncle said he would distribute it to us!"

"That's right, give me one, just one! I'll give you a cigarette box to play with tomorrow!"

A group of children rushed out following Li Qiang, and Li Qiang enjoyed this moment.

Li Long smiled and took out another handful of candy from his satchel and handed it to Tao Daqiang:

"Daqiang, here, you take it."

Tao Daqiang hesitated and didn't refuse. He actually hadn't eaten candy for a long time.

This time, the horse cart arrived at the Tao family first.

What made Li Long and Tao Daqiang a bit surprised was that this time not only was Tao Jianshe there, but Tao Daqiang's elder brother, Tao Dayong, who had already separated from the family, and his wife Ma Chunhong were also there.

"Yo, Li Long is here, Daqiang is back? This is..."

"Half of the wood on this cart is your family's." Li Long understood what was going on as soon as he saw it, and didn't talk nonsense, pointing to the cart and saying:

"Since you are all here, let's unload the cart together."

Seeing so much wood on the cart, the faces of the Tao family were all blooming with joy. Yesterday it was just a few pieces of wood, and they weren't big. This time, half a cart, it's not little!

Everyone worked together, and soon half the cart of large and small wood was unloaded. The horse cart suddenly became light. Li Long simply tied the remaining wood with a rope and prepared to go home.

Tao Jianshe had already seen the frozen sheep under the cart and something in another bag, but Li Long didn't speak and was preparing to return, so he was a bit anxious. He coughed lightly and gave his eldest son Dayong a look.

Tao Dayong had no choice but to take the initiative to speak:

"That... Little Long, I see there are sheep and such on the cart, is there a share for my family's Dayong too?"

"Hmm, there's a leg of lamb." Li Long said while tying the rope, "Since you are all here, when I go home and unload the leg from the sheep, let Daqiang come to get it!"

"Only one leg?" Tao Jianshe couldn't help but speak, "I see those two sheep..."

"Dad! That sheep was traded by Brother Long, and it has nothing to do with me!" Tao Daqiang was so ashamed. Why was his family like this?

"Shut up! You went out to work, those who see have a share. You put in the effort, so you must fight for your share!" Tao Jianshe glared at Tao Daqiang and then looked at Li Long, waiting to see what explanation he would give.

"Uncle Jianshe, you wouldn't think this sheep was really found by me, right?" Li Long turned his head and looked at Tao Jianshe with a half-smile. "I gave Daqiang a leg of lamb because he put in the effort. Actually, I could not give it, because I gave your family half of the wood, which is what Daqiang should get for his effort."

After saying this, he didn't explain much, led the horse cart, and left the Tao family's courtyard.

Tao Jianshe was stunned by Li Long's retort for a long time and didn't react.

Tao Daqiang stomped his foot in anger and chased after him.

By the time Tao Jianshe reacted, his youngest son was gone.

"Damn kid, pissed me off!" Tao Jianshe cursed and turned into the house.

Don't know if he was talking about Li Long or Tao Daqiang.

Tao Daqiang caught up with the horse cart and said sheepishly to Li Long:

"Brother Long, my dad..."

"It's fine, your dad is your dad, you are you. Besides, your dad fighting for your interests isn't wrong, it's just that he's a bit greedy." Li Long actually wasn't angry; no family was rich in this day and age. The saying "poverty breeds treacherous schemes, wealth grows conscience" is actually quite applicable sometimes.

Seeing that Li Long really wasn't angry, Tao Daqiang breathed a sigh of relief.

When they drove the horse cart back to the Li family, Li Long found that there were still many people at the door.

Li Jianguo was already waiting at the door. Seeing Li Long and the others coming, he hurriedly greeted them, looked them up and down, breathed a sigh of relief, and asked:

"Didn't freeze, right?" "No, and ate a good meal." Li Long whispered back.

"Haha, that's good." Li Jianguo smelled the mutton smell and knew that his younger brother must have had a good day, so he smiled.

The horse cart was driven into the courtyard, and soon the wood was unloaded. Many people saw the two sheep under the wood, and quite a bit of coal.

"You even got coal?" Li Jianguo was also a bit surprised.

"Met an acquaintance, he has a lot of coal at home, I traded things for it." With so many people present, Li Long said vaguely, "Anyway, it's not much."

"Hmm." Li Jianguo knew what was going on.

Someone watching the excitement couldn't help but ask:

"Little Long, is this sheep still found?"

"About the same." Li Long joked, "I've had good luck these two days."

"So easy to find? Then I'll go find one too, how did you get into the mountains?" Someone asked again.

"See that over there?" Li Long pointed to the mountain pass that could be seen here, "Just go in from there."

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Looking at the mountains runs the horse to death. Without someone to lead, if you don't know the road, even if you see the mountain pass, you don't know how to get in.

Even if you find the mountain pass, there are so many layers of mountains inside. Every layer you walk, it's very normal to get lost or take the wrong path.

After unloading everything cleanly, Li Long whispered to Li Jianguo:

"Brother, when unloading the sheep, take a leg for Daqiang."

"Just one leg?" Li Jianguo was a bit puzzled.

"Just one leg is fine. In the future, he can come to our house to get meat to eat. If he takes too much now, he won't be able to eat it." Li Long whispered.

"Fine, I know, are you returning the horse cart?"

"Hmm, I'm going to return the horse cart."

Li Long left Tao Daqiang at home and went to the horse stable to return the horse cart alone. After returning the horse cart, he went to the captain's house.

"Little Long, the cart is back?" Xu Chengjun asked with a smile.

Li Long saw Xu Mingwa there and took a handful of fruit candy from his pocket and handed it to him:

"Mingwa, eat candy."

"Look at how you spoil the child." Xu Chengjun said with a smile.

"Should be." Li Long said.

"Little Long, let me tell you something, I think you might still want to borrow the horse cart, but just a moment ago, the horse carts in the team have all been borrowed." Xu Chengjun's opening made Li Long a bit surprised.

But thinking about it, it's normal. The harvest of his two days must be making people jealous. This road is not that difficult to walk, so surely someone else wants to walk it too.

"Is that so, then forget it." Li Long suddenly smiled and then asked another thing:

"Captain, I want to ask if you have any bicycle tickets or sewing machine tickets here?"

Borrowing the production team's horse cart all the time is not a solution. When spring comes, driving the horse cart will be a bit slow. If he can get a bicycle, the speed of making money will be faster.

Of course, the money in his hands now is too little, making money now is the kingly way.

"This ticket, I can ask around." Xu Chengjun didn't say he had it, nor did he say he didn't.

Li Long understood in seconds.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 26 =====