Chapter 325: Slaughtering the New Year pig, the happiness of gathering together

Gu Xiaoxia came with a leather jacket.

"Saved wages for these few months, and then in the bureau—the Education Bureau issued welfare, there was a batch of welfare goods, it was from the Second Light Industry Bureau, I bought two leather jackets..." Gu Xiaoxia explained to Li Long while pushing her bicycle at the door of the horse station, "One for my dad, one for you..."

"Enter the room first." Li Long stopped Gu Xiaoxia's words, "It's so cold outside, look at you not wearing thick enough, enter the room and talk."

It was December, and it was still very cold outside. Although Gu Xiaoxia was wearing a cotton-padded jacket, she looked a bit bloated, but after all, for the convenience of riding a bicycle, she didn't wear much.

Now it was more than twenty degrees below zero outside, Li Long didn't want her to freeze.

"Good." Gu Xiaoxia didn't hesitate.

"Second Brother, there's not much fish left, you guys continue. By the way, I'll introduce you." Li Long said to Li Anguo and the others with a smile, "This is my partner, Gu Xiaoxia. Her dad you have seen, the Uncle Gu who came over before."

"Xiaoxia, these are the relatives from my hometown, I'll introduce you," Li Long introduced to Gu Xiaoxia again: "This is my Second Brother, Li Anguo, this is my brother-in-law, Chen Xingbang, these are our big nephews, Li Junfeng, Li Junshan."

Li Long introduced, and Gu Xiaoxia greeted with a red face.

Li Anguo and the others were still breaking the frozen fish, at this time they hurriedly stood up and greeted.

They knew Li Long's wife worked in the county, originally a teacher, later entered the organ, this was what Li Long said before.

They also knew that people working in the county must have a temperament different from rural girls. But looking at Gu Xiaoxia, who was riding a 26-inch bicycle, wearing a woolen coat, wrapped in a scarf, and dressed completely differently from rural women, and was very beautiful, most of them were still praising in their hearts.

"Fine Without Xiao Long, you hurry and take people into the room, it's cold outside. We'll finish this bit of fish in a while." Li Anguo urged, "Go ahead, don't worry about us, Xiaoxia, we are working, let Without Xiao Long greet you, don't mind."

"Good, Second Brother, then you guys do more." Li Long said to Gu Xiaoxia, "Go, let's enter the room. The stove is set up in the room, it's warm."

Gu Xiaoxia smiled at Li Anguo and the others, pushed the cart to the room where people lived, set it up, took the leather jacket, and followed Li Long into the room.

She hadn't been to this room many times. Most of the time the two met was in the big courtyard, Gu Xiaoxia came back once every week or two, but at that time Li Long was usually in the mountains or the county, and they rarely met in the village.

"You tidied this room quite cleanly." Gu Xiaoxia looked at the room, saw the quilt on the bed folded, clothes hung on the wire, things on the table were not messy, and there was no unpleasant smell in the room, and praised.

"Take off the coat, it's hot in the room." Li Long took off his coat, and also said to Gu Xiaoxia, "I pulled a lot of coal this year, and it burns hot."

Li Long didn't send coal to Gu Bo Yuan's side. He actually asked before it snowed, but Gu Bo Yuan didn't want Li Long to send coal, saying he was alone at home, the coal issued by the team was enough to burn for two months, later he bought some with others, and dug some saxaul wood roots himself, enough to burn.

Gu Bo Yuan didn't just say once that Li Long didn't need to pay too much attention to his side. He was a Li family member, Gu Xiaoxia married into the Li family, Li Long just needed to come over to see during festivals, and do his own things well at ordinary times. He wasn't old yet, he could take care of himself.

The older generation's concepts were still quite conservative, Li Long could still understand this point.

"My dad said, you often go to send him things, he doesn't want you to go over often, he said he isn't old yet, can take care of himself." Gu Xiaoxia said while taking off her woolen coat, "He said this time you did another big thing. This fish collecting thing, many people in the team say you have courage."

"Smashing ice holes to catch fish is still too laborious." Li Long sat beside her after pouring water for Gu Xiaoxia, "If there is such an opportunity, then seize it. This fish is stored, anyway it won't go bad, sell it slowly, it's easy. I estimate this fish can be sold until spring. You also saw, so many relatives came from the hometown, have to find something for them to do."

Gu Xiaoxia took the cup, drank it in small sips, and was still quite impressed by Li Long in her heart.

When ordinary people see so many fish, the first thought is to catch them hard, first ensure they have enough to eat.

Then a very small number of people will think, what to do if caught too much and can't eat? Then sell it. If someone collects it, then sell it, earning some money is also quite good.

A very small number of people will pull it to the market to sell, at least it can be sold for a high price.

Like Li Long thinking about collecting the fish caught by everyone, and selling them slowly later, in the whole big Haizi side, so many people came to catch fish, it is estimated that there would not be more than five.

And putting it into practice, finally achieving success, Li Long was the only one.

"Actually, the fish I collected account for less than one-fifth of all the fish caught, maybe even less than one-tenth, more fish were taken back by those people, planning to eat in winter."

The fish storage in a big Haizi is definitely more than fifty tons, one hundred tons might not be enough. Other fish, either taken away by people and taken home, or flowed down with the water, or collected by others.

Li Long remembered that more than ten years later, there was a similar "picking fish" experience, at that time, any family in the village behind picked up four or five hundred kilograms of fish.

So, the fish storage in the big Haizi is very large.

Li Long didn't feel any regret, actually he had already done what he could do, very good. After all, neither the transportation tools nor the financial resources in hand nor the market scale allowed him to collect more fish.

If the financial resources in hand allowed, and the market fish price could rise, then collecting another ten tons at two mao per kilogram would be no problem.

Of course, he was very content.

"Then this winter..." "Wait for a period of time." Li Long waved his hands, "Wait for a period of time, until late December, when it's close to January, then pull the fish to Shicheng to sell. Now it is estimated that there won't be few people going to the county and Shicheng to sell fish sporadically. Now the fish price can't rise, so I won't join in the fun."

Looking at Li Long having a clear understanding, Gu Xiaoxia nodded and changed the topic:

"When I went to the market side yesterday, I bumped into that Sister Yang, and Han Fang, they were selling meals together, Han Fang was still holding a book and reading in her spare time, when I saw them, they also saw me, served me a bowl of soup noodles, and insisted I eat—the taste was actually quite good."

"Hmm, they should be doing well now." Li Long nodded, "Should be considered standing firm in the market. Especially when it's cold, those who set up stalls can eat a hot meal, they must be very happy. I bumped into it before, as long as the price of the meal she sells is not high, the business will be good."

"Hmm, when I went it was noon, Sister Yang said she had already sold out a pot, this was the second pot, selling three pots of meals a day, now saving money, planning to see if Han Fang can go to school or something later."

"Talk about it later." Li Long heard Gu Xiaoxia's intention to help, and said, "Isn't she looking for Han Fang's dad? Don't know if there is any news."

Gu Xiaoxia understood Li Long's meaning. Whether Yang Xiulan can settle down here is hard to say, now she found a school for Han Fang, if she finds her father later, and moves to other places, that is also trouble.

"Come, try this leather jacket." Gu Xiaoxia remembered the gift she brought, stood up with a smile, "See if it fits. The one I picked for my dad fits quite well, see if you wear this..."

Li Long stood up, put on the coat, and asked while taking the leather jacket from Gu Xiaoxia's hand:

"Quite expensive, right?"

At this time, there was a leather factory in the county, but it only processed leather, and the processed leather was sent to the garment factory to be made into various leather clothes, and there were leather bags, belts, leather shoes.

"Not expensive, didn't I tell you," Gu Xiaoxia explained, "This is welfare. Hurry and put it on to try."

Li Long put on the leather jacket, Gu Xiaoxia helped him zip up the zipper, stepped back a few steps, looked up and down, and then said with satisfaction:

"Very suitable—"

"Handsome?" Li Long suddenly asked.

"Hmm..." Gu Xiaoxia suddenly blushed, and then nodded firmly:

"Handsome!"

"Hahahaha." At this moment, Li Long felt very satisfied.

The two chatted about other things, and time passed very quickly.

Outside, Li Junfeng said in a low voice:

"My Uncle Without Xiao Long's partner is really handsome! Only Uncle Without Xiao Long can match her..."

"Tsk tsk, that's true." Chen Xingbang also said with a smile, "Without Xiao Long has good vision. That girl has good vision too..."

"I heard, Uncle Without Xiao Long had a partner before, but after Uncle Without Xiao Long was fired from the factory, that partner broke up. I also heard, this partner can pass the exam, it was Uncle Without Xiao Long who got the news in advance and said it out." Li Junshan suddenly opened his mouth.

"Really? Where did you hear it?" Li Anguo asked curiously, he didn't expect Li Long to have such an experience.

"Daqiang told me." Li Junshan stood up, carrying a bag of fish and walking to the horse station, "Daqiang said, the girl before originally passed the teacher exam, later the village elementary school was gone, she also lost her job, married someone. Daqiang said that person had no vision."

Several people were a bit stunned, really didn't expect Li Long to have such an experience, quite complicated.

"Then why was Uncle Without Xiao Long fired from the factory?" Li Junfeng couldn't figure it out. Entering the factory now is how much luck! Why was he fired!

Li Junshan turned his head to look at him, and said again:

"I heard Uncle Without Xiao Long was originally going to be a formal worker in the supply and marketing cooperative, people specifically told him, but Uncle Without Xiao Long didn't do it, saying he didn't want to be constrained... Uncle Without Xiao Long, has great ability!"

This news was even more shocking than the previous one, Li Long actually didn't even want a formal job!

Things others begged for, he didn't want here!

Good heavens!

What is he thinking!

That day, not long after Gu Xiaoxia left, the fish processing work finally ended. And for the next two days, Li Long took Li Junshan and the others to turn around in the beach in the east a few times, set some traps, and later really trapped a few rabbits.

Trapping rabbits itself was not for eating, mainly for playing. After all, having been busy for so long, it was time to relax.

And for the next few days, Li Jianguo waited specifically until Sunday, and started slaughtering pigs.

Choosing Sunday, Li Jianguo clearly told Li Long, it was to wait for Gu Xiaoxia to rest. Slaughtering the New Year pig could be considered a big thing for a rural household. Gu Xiaoxia and Li Long had already engaged, nominally considered Li Long's prospective daughter-in-law, so this big thing must be attended by her.

So Gu Bo Yuan and Gu Xiaoxia appeared at the Li family together.

Many people, Li Jianguo's meaning was to slaughter two pigs. One domestic pig, one wild boar pulled from the horse station here—the domestic pig was obviously longer, Li Long visually estimated it could slaughter more than one hundred kilograms of meat.

The wild boar was slightly worse, but he felt it could slaughter at least seventy or eighty kilograms, after all, it was farmed, quite fat. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 326 =====

With so many people, Li Jianguo's idea is to slaughter two pigs. One domestic pig and one wild boar pulled over from the horse corral—the domestic pig is clearly longer; Li Long estimates it can yield about a hundred kilograms of meat.

The wild boar is slightly worse, but he thinks it can yield at least seventy or eighty kilograms; after all, it's been farmed, so it's quite fat. (End of chapter)