Chapter 261

That night, Li Long distributed the jade pieces he brought back from Wucheng to his family.

"Mother, your bracelet." Li Long handed a jade bracelet with a small ring mouth to Du Chunfang, "This jade bracelet is mutton-fat jade, touch it, it's very comfortable. Jade nourishes people, you wear it and can't give it to others."

"Why spend that money!" Du Chunfang had a look of dissatisfaction, but in fact, the smile at the corner of her eyes really betrayed her true thoughts.

"Then give it to Without Xiao Long, let him sell it." Li Qing Xia teased his old partner, "You can still return the money."

"If you can't speak, don't speak!" Du Chunfang glared at him, "Not as good as Without Xiao Long, Without Xiao Long knows to buy me a bracelet."

"That's different." Li Qing Xia didn't fall for it; wasn't this good life only lived here? Where was there money to buy it in his hometown?

"Father, this hand-held piece is for you." Li Long had many things in his satchel, and he distributed them one by one, "Take it and play, exercise your fingers, this is also mutton-fat jade, is the one carved on it the poet Li Bai?"

"Good, good!" Li Qing Xia smiled and took the jade material that was about the same size as Li Qiang's fist.

"Sister-in-law, this jade bracelet is for you, I bought it for my eldest brother." Li Long took another jade bracelet with a relatively large ring mouth and said, "I wasn't very sensible a few years ago and made you angry."

Liang Yuemei was quite happy originally, but after hearing Li Long's words, her nose felt sour. She turned her head, wiped the corner of her eye, turned back, and said with a smile:

"Why say those things? I won't be polite."

She sincerely liked this bracelet, put it on, and it looked really good, but she took it off again.

Working, she couldn't wear this.

"Eldest brother, this jade belt buckle is a gift for you." Li Long handed the jade belt buckle to Li Jianguo, "Father sent me here, you raised me as a son, the eldest brother is like a father, I was confused before, but I won't be in the future."

"Good, good." Although Li Jianguo was a bit prepared, he couldn't bear it when he heard Li Long say this, "Alright, alright, isn't it very good now? Now you are better than me!"

"That's also because you managed it well!" Li Long said sincerely.

"Little uncle, little uncle, what about us?" Li Qiang had been waiting impatiently on the side.

"Yes, yes." Li Long smiled and took out two peace buckles, "Look, one for your sister and one for you. This is called a peace buckle, to bless you to be safe and sound. Take it and play now, give it to your mother when you sleep later, you can't wear it yet."

"Good! Sister, yours!" Li Qiang took the peace buckle, didn't complain it was small, and was very happy holding it in his hand.

"Does Xiaoxia have one?" Liang Yuemei asked.

"Yes, I bought her a bracelet too, but she can't wear it yet."

"This must cost a lot of money, right?" Du Chunfang touched the bracelet and couldn't help but ask again.

"Not much, I earned it back after picking mushrooms for two days." Li Long said vaguely, "This money is earned to be spent. This thing is plentiful and cheap now. But I heard that this Hetian jade is mainly produced in our Southern Xinjiang, and it will become rarer and rarer in the future. It's cheap to buy now, but you won't be able to buy it later."

"Eh, then I must keep it well!" Du Chunfang hurriedly took off the jade bracelet and held it carefully in her hands.

"Eldest brother, there is also one for Xiaoxia's father, you can give it to him later. I have to go to the mountains after selling fish tomorrow. Picking mushrooms also earns money, so while there are still a few days, earn as much as I can."

"Fine." Li Jianguo agreed readily.

The next morning, Li Long rode his bike and brought fish to sell in Shicheng—Li Qing Xia had been selling fish in the county town during this period, and the fish sold well, but when he caught fish in the morning, Li Qing Xia also told the truth: he and Tao Daqiang had been catching and selling fish for these few days, and there was no day when the fish caught by setting nets exceeded fifty kilograms.

"First, there should be fewer fish in the small lake. After all, I heard from your eldest brother that you were catching fish in winter. From winter to now, you must have caught thousands of jin of fish, right?" Li Qing Xia analyzed while picking fish, "Now there are others catching fish too. I heard from Daqiang that there are quite a few fish in the large lake, why don't we go over there and take a look?"

"No, no need for now." Li Long pointed to the fish on the plastic sheet and said, "We can get more than sixty kilograms today—plus the ones in the basin, this amount is quite good now. The fish in the small lake are fat, the fish in the large lake are thin, we have quite a few old customers now, we have to let them eat well."

After the fish were picked and divided into bags, some miscellaneous fish were left behind, Tao Daqiang took some away, and Li Long took the rest to sell in Shicheng.

Passing by the bridge hole, Li Long still didn't see the mother and daughter, and he didn't care; maybe they had already moved away.

When he went to the large courtyard, Gu Xiaoxia was cooking breakfast, and Li Long handed over the prepared bracelet.

"Jade bracelet?" Gu Xiaoxia was a bit surprised, "Are you..."

"I went to Wucheng yesterday and bought it there." Li Long said with a smile, "Jade is a good thing, it nourishes people, of course I also know that you are a public servant now and can't wear it, it doesn't matter, keep it first."

"Good." Gu Xiaoxia wanted to say a lot, but finally summed it up in this sentence.

Li Long had to go to Shicheng to sell fish, so he didn't wait for Gu Xiaoxia to finish cooking, and hurriedly went out with the basin and scale.

Gu Xiaoxia looked at the bracelet, a bit lost in thought.

When Li Long rode to the old street of Shicheng, he found that there were nearly twice as many people here as before, and the stalls of all sizes had occupied almost all the positions.

The shouting was also much louder than before, one after another, and there was no more of the previous "shyness."

For the market, this is a good thing, and the vitality has greatly increased.

But for Li Long, it was a bit not so good; after all, in this way, it was not easy for him to find a good stall.

Pushing his bike and walking around twice, Li Long barely found a small position at the street corner and squeezed in—the original stall owner was selling milk, and he had already sold out and closed the stall.

This position was not enough to put three basins at all, so Li Long could only put two, one in front and one behind, one for ordinary fish, and one for ditch fish.

Of course, there were also good things. Before he opened his mouth to shout, someone found him.

"Young man, you haven't come to sell fish for a long time!" The person speaking was a middle-aged man who was slightly fat, "I come over to turn around every morning, but I didn't wait for you. I miss your fish! Other fish are eaten, but it just feels not as delicious as your fish!"

"That's a returning customer!" Li Long was happy when he heard it, "Today I'll weigh it high for you, do you want crucian carp, carp, or this high-mountain loach?"

"I want three yuan of crucian carp, give me a kilogram of loach." The man said while taking out money, "You wait, I'll shout for you, there are more than just me who miss your fish!"

Li Long was a bit surprised; he didn't expect that he had made a name for himself selling fish here.

"Hey hey hey Grandpa, that Auntie Wang, that young man selling fish is here!" This middle-aged man shouted towards the Shicheng bus station, "That young man who sold delicious fish is here, you guys come over quickly!"

His shout called over quite a few people, and they surged over.

Li Long was immediately surrounded, but he wasn't panicked at all. While weighing fish for that big brother, he skillfully greeted people and didn't forget to remind everyone not to reach out. "This big brother, thank you, I'll weigh it high, and give you another big crucian carp... come, I'll thread it for you with jiji grass."

People like excitement; there were not many people at other stalls, and some people occasionally looked, but Li Long's place was surrounded quickly, but people still squeezed over.

Some were really old customers, some were watching the excitement, and hearing that the fish was good, they followed the trend and bought it.

In less than half an hour, the fish was sold out, and Li Long was also sweating profusely, and couldn't stop apologizing to those who hadn't left:

"Everyone, I'm sorry, this fish can only be caught this much a day, if there's more, it will be crushed to death if transported here, and it won't be fresh. Everyone eat it when there is fish later, thank you all for your support!"

This fish selling was like performing arts, and there were old customers.

Li Long even had the idea of going back to set nets today.

Thinking about it, forget it, take advantage of this last season of mushrooms, earn the quick money, and then talk about it after going back.

For the next week, he kept picking mushrooms on the mountain, and finally dried two large sacks.

When going down the mountain, he not only brought dried mushrooms but also more than ten kilograms of not completely dried Codonopsis pilosula, as well as ten jars of honey. Lu Dafeng originally wanted to give them as gifts, but Li Long definitely wanted to pay. He didn't lack this money either.

Returning to the large courtyard, Li Long unloaded the Codonopsis pilosula and honey, and went to the purchasing station to sell the mushrooms.

"This counts as the final season, right?" Chen Hongjun asked.

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"Hmm, there won't be any later." Li Long said.

Actually, there were still some on the mountain, but he didn't plan to do it again; there were few scattered ones, and it wasn't worth it. Going to the distant mountains, the round-trip road was too long, and he estimated that even if he got to the next season of mushrooms, he might not be able to get ten kilograms of dried goods in the end, forget it.

"That's fine. You earned nearly two thousand yuan with these two sacks." Chen Hongjun was full of envy, "A worker's salary for several years!"

"Then look at my shoes!" Li Long stretched out his feet to show him, "The liberation shoes are worn out, it's hard work! Pure hard-earned money."

"Haha, that's right, ordinary people can't do this." Chen Hongjun agreed.

Li Long returned to the large courtyard, washed simply, and then took the honey and a jade hand-held piece to the supply and marketing cooperative and found Li Jianguo.

"Section Chief, this is mountain flower honey. I know there is quite a bit of this in our supply and marketing cooperative, but this is pure mountain flower honey, it is really honey from Chinese herbal medicine flowers, this is a jade hand-held piece, I brought it back from Wucheng, a gift for you to play with."

"Fine, I won't be polite either. What do you plan to do later?"

"Having stayed in the mountains for a long time, I plan to go back to the village for a period of time." Li Long said, "Too tired, rest for a while."

"Fine. If there is anything, I will call your team." Li Jianguo said, "There should be work after autumn. Can the reeds be cut by then? Every year there are quite a few tasks in this regard."

"Hmm, there are many resources in our place, two reed lakes, plus a small lake reservoir, there are too many reeds here." Li Long was quite interested in this.

Coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Long returned to the large courtyard, ate lunch with Gu Xiaoxia, left her two jars of honey, and then brought the remaining honey back.

He had already distributed them, one jar for Old Luo, one jar for Gu Bo Yuan, one jar for Tao Daqiang, and the rest were brought home.

As for the Codonopsis pilosula, he also brought it back, putting it for his father and mother to slice and soak in water to drink. It nourishes qi; when people are old, blood and qi definitely need to be nourished.

Li Long had just arrived at the Old Horse Number when he ran into a stranger.

A middle-aged man, wearing a white shirt, carrying a briefcase, was chatting with Old Luo.

As soon as Old Luo saw Li Long return, he immediately came over to introduce:

"Without Xiao Long, this is from the prefecture, he said he wants to buy these two deer."

"Are you Comrade Li Long?" As soon as that middle-aged man heard this was Li Long, he immediately said with a smile:

"Hello hello, I am Huang Xuejun, the factory director of the Prefecture Fengnong Special Breeding Factory. I saw your experience in breeding red deer in the newspaper, I really admire you very much! Our special breeding factory is currently short of small red deer, so I came over to discuss this matter with you."

"Do you have an introduction letter?" Li Long was not as excited as Old Luo. After all, having lived two lives, although most people in this era were relatively simple, there was certainly no lack of people who were smart to the point of being cunning.

"Yes, yes." That person took out a piece of paper from his briefcase, and along with the paper, he also took out a newspaper.

"Look, it's in this newspaper. I only knew that you had already started breeding red deer after reading this newspaper. It's really amazing!"

Old Luo was immediately happy.

This is a factory director! To be praised by a factory director, how glorious!

Li Long just twitched the corner of his mouth and looked at the introduction letter seriously.

The seal was real, but it was the factory's seal. In this era, the factory might not be accurate. After all, he didn't know what the factory was like.

Returning the introduction letter to Huang Xuejun, he took the newspaper and looked at it; it was indeed written by Officer Qin.

It praised his eldest brother and him quite well, then led to the path of the rich leading the poor, and finally mentioned that he helped the village introduce tasks.

Not bad, didn't say too much.

"Then how do you plan to buy the deer?" Li Long got straight to the point, don't talk about other things in this era, just ask about money.

"I plan to talk about it in a cooperative way." Huang Xuejun pointed to the two deer that were still quite active in the Old Horse Number and said, "I see that you not only have deer, roe deer, but also wild boars here, and they are all raised very well. Our factory actually raises quite a few wild animals, wild rabbits, wild chickens, wild goats, etc., with many varieties, but you don't have these three..."

Li Long didn't answer, waiting for him to continue.

Huang Xuejun felt in his heart that Li Long was not a good conversationalist, so he had to continue:

"I'm thinking this way: I can develop your place into our branch factory. These deer, wild boars, and roe deer can be used as shares for your investment, and then, if customers need them, I will contact customers on my side, and then sell these things, and the money sold can be divided..."

Our factory scale is not small, and we haven't opened a branch factory before. This time it was also because we saw the newspaper that we specifically looked for you. Actually, your venue is still a bit small, and there are not many animals, so investing to become a branch factory is a special case, I think you should understand..."

Li Long naturally understood.

So he just wanted to white-whore my red deer and roe deer?

Looking quite ugly, thinking quite beautifully! (End of chapter)