Chapter 28

When it was almost noon for lunch, Li Long and the others returned to the team together.

Tao Daqiang still wanted to go back, but was strongly kept by Li Long to eat.

Li Jianguo also opened his mouth, so Tao Daqiang stayed. He actually also knew that going back didn't necessarily mean having his meal, and he had to make it himself. But after being tired for a whole morning, he didn't want to move.

Liang Yuemei had already made the meal—lunch was rice mixed with corn grits, stir-fried sheep offal, stewed fish, and pickles.

Li Long brought up the pickles, Liang Yuemei was actually quite happy. Her brother-in-law likes to eat the pickles she made, that's naturally a good thing.

Everyone was hungry, even Li Qiang, after showing the big grass carp to his mother, quickly washed his hands and prepared to eat.

"You two go in the afternoon. I'll saw wood in the afternoon and make a sled." Li Jianguo said, "Strive to make the sled when you come back tonight."

"Alright." Li Long said while shoveling rice, "Hope we can catch more in the afternoon."

"Then if catch a lot, are we going to sell fish early tomorrow morning?" Tao Daqiang raised his head and asked.

"Yeah, have to leave early tomorrow, earlier than going into the mountains, otherwise, if the fish can't be sold, it's easy to be caught." Li Long said solemnly.

In this day and age, although reform and opening up has already started, selling things is still a bit dangerous, only next year, when land distribution starts, small vendors will gradually open up here.

Tao Daqiang nodded half-understandingly. At home, he basically listens to whatever Tao Jian She says. Later, being with Li Long and them, hearing more things from outside, he counted as having some knowledge.

But the more knowledge he has, the more troubles he has, he already knows his father is biased, and his brother and sister-in-law are not good to him.

But his mother died early, according to the regulations here, his brother separated the family and moved out, so he could only share a homestead with Tao Jian She, no way to separate the family again.

He doesn't agree with his father's education method, so he is very painful.

Now hanging out with Li Long every day, it's not a kind of escape.

After lunch, Li Qiang ran out to play with the old ox, Li Juan was playing with knuckle bones on the kang by herself, very happy, Li Long and Tao Daqiang dressed well and prepared to go to the small sea.

"Don't know if the people who went out to haul wood into the mountains today had any harvest." Tao Daqiang guessed on the way.

"Forget them." Li Long said, "Even if they have a harvest, they won't share a bit with us. If not, guess others will also borrow horse carts early to go. We just do our own well, try to catch more fish, hope to sell for a good price tomorrow."

Two people arrived at the place with ice holes, the water surface only froze a thin layer of ice. Li Long knocked the ice to pieces, Tao Daqiang immediately took the scoop net to scoop away the floating ice on top, and then went down to the ice steps left specially, spread his legs and waited.

Now he also has some experience. If want to catch more fish, have to wait until there are no ripples on the water surface, and when putting down the scoop net, have to be slow, so that fish gather over to breathe fresh air, and won't be immediately startled away.

Actually, it's better to fish the day after the ice hole is chiseled. It's just that Li Long feels that with such thick ice and such good resources, catch how much today sell how much tomorrow, at worst wait until sell back and then catch again.

Soon, Tao Daqiang's first net came up, this time didn't let him down, one net scooped out three fish over one kilogram, carp, silver carp, and grass carp one each, and quite a few small crucian carp.

Counted as a bumper harvest.

Tao Daqiang immediately jumped out and ran to the other ice hole to prepare.

Li Long found it a bit funny, Tao Daqiang, a big guy nearly 1.8 meters tall, could move so quickly, it seems catching fish really has a great attraction for him.

Since the other party wants to catch fish, then he will pick up the fish.

Taking the prepared urea bag, Li Long began to pick up the fish one by one into the bag.

During the day, it's minus twenty degrees, fish can only jump three or five times on the ice surface and then freeze.

The fish Tao Daqiang caught in the ice hole over here aren't many, two large crucian carp, and some small crucian carp and gou fish, this is what Li Long likes relatively more.

He scooped seven or eight nets, the more to the back, the fewer the fish, Li Long simply let him stop. "Rest for a while, I'll light a fire and you roast, I'll come to scoop a few nets in a while."

Tao Daqiang smiled sheepishly, he just forgot to let Li Long come to scoop.

"Look at your clothes all wet, roast well in a while." In this year, basically everyone has one set of outer clothes, if it's really wet and not easy to wear, then it delays things.

Tao Daqiang smiled and listened to go roast fire, Li Long began to run back and forth between the two ice holes.

With the experience of the previous life, he scooped fish neither fast nor slow, the interval between each time was longer, the harvest naturally was more.

When the sun slanted to the west, Li Long looked, the two people caught more than twenty fish over one kilogram, and more than ten kilograms of miscellaneous fish under one kilogram.

"Not as many as last time." Tao Daqiang was still a bit unsatisfied.

"It's fine." Li Long said with a smile, it's just that resources are many now, can get so many fish in half a day.

Wait until a few years later, the dam on the north side of this small sea is washed away by floods, then there's no possibility of having so many fish.

"Go back." Li Long looked at the sun and said, "Go back and see if the sled is done."

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Although Tao Daqiang was still a bit unsatisfied, but knowing that even if he tried to get more, he probably couldn't get much, he lifted the urea bag containing fish with a swing, carried it on his back and walked back.

Li Long followed behind with tools.

"You're tired from carrying, put it on the shovel head and just pull it back to save some strength." Li Long said from behind.

"That's easy to fall." Tao Daqiang didn't look back, "I have great strength, it's fine."

Alright, Li Long knew this was Tao Daqiang contributing, wanting to pay more. After all, he didn't have a scoop net, even the place where the ice hole was chiseled was chosen by Li Long. If he didn't contribute more, he wouldn't have the face to take that share of money.

Just as they were about to return to the Li family, they saw a horse cart driving back to the production team from the west.

"They didn't pick up any things." Tao Daqiang looked at the horse cart and said with some surprise.

"Forget them." Li Long smiled, "You think anyone can find the road into the mountains, can pick up pine wood?"

Tao Daqiang only then knew, Li Long taking him into the mountains gave him how much trust, he really didn't set up defenses against him.

He thought, even if he remembered the road, he couldn't tell his father and brother. If he told them, he would be sorry to Brother Long.

Li Long didn't care about that person driving the horse cart, he and Tao Daqiang hurried back to the Li family, put the fish in the kitchen, and then hurried to the east room.

The stove in the east room was still pressed, Li Long took the fire hook to poke the pressed coal fire, and then put on a few pieces of chopped wood, the fire soon burned vigorously.

The two men didn't care about anything, took off their outer clothes, leaving only autumn clothes and autumn pants, and roasted their clothes on the fire wall.

Tao Daqiang let Li Long tell him about Wucheng, Li Long picked some from his memory to tell, Tao Daqiang was full of longing.

Growing up so big, he hadn't been to the county town many times, let alone Wucheng.

Li Long couldn't help but say:

"Wait until we make money in the future, I'll take you to Wucheng to turn around."

Tao Daqiang agreed with full expectation.

He was looking forward to how much money selling fish could make tomorrow!

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