Chapter 377: Parting

In the room of the old horse corral.

Li Junshan and Li Junfeng left, making the room temporarily a bit empty. Li Anguo was packing his bag, folding and putting away the clothes he didn't use, and stuffing some small things he didn't usually use, so as not to forget when leaving.

They planned to go back at the beginning of January, although the New Year was in mid-February, they definitely had to prepare some things after going back. The fellow villagers who went out to work in winter had all returned, and their trip could be considered going back to hold their heads high.

After all, no one wants to travel in silk at night, right.

Li Anguo roughly calculated, this trip over, the money earned plus the money Hearing Li Long gave privately, his savings were almost reaching one thousand yuan!

This was a huge sum! A huge sum never thought of before!

He had been trying hard to think about how to spend this money after going back, but thinking about it, in the end, after excluding the planned money, there was still quite a lot left.

Really a bit of happy trouble—if the money isn't spent, it's not easy to save, what if neighbors and relatives know and come to borrow money?

And it's not safe!

Just thinking, heard Chen Xingbang asking over there:

"Second Brother, what are you bringing back?"

"I feel there's nothing to bring." Li Anguo said honestly, "What's here, the hometown has almost all of it, buy it when going back, bringing it is also inconvenient for the cart."

He experienced it on the trip over, a train full of people, even in the aisle, it was already very inconvenient for everyone to carry a bag, going back to bring more things, that's troublesome! Fortunately not changing trains, otherwise could annoy people to death!

"I feel still need to bring some." Chen Xingbang earned more money on the surface this time than Li Anguo, Hearing Li Long also gave him some money privately, saying it was pocket money for his nephew.

Chen Xingbang's view of this brother-in-law, from not very good at the beginning, to now, was still quite admiring.

Capable, human, has his own goals, now looking at his partner, it's also not bad, should be very happy in the future.

He didn't tell anyone, this time going back he planned to discuss with his wife, if there's nothing, come over again after the New Year, preparing to settle the family here!

There are too many opportunities to earn money in Northern Xinjiang, look at this village, the relationship between everyone is also not bad.

Although there are many relatives in the village where he is, there are also many rotten things. Some old rules and bad habits are really annoying, binding people and making it hard to develop.

Besides, there is so little land in the hometown, wanting to earn money can only rush outside. Going to the southeast side of the coast, without reliance can only fight on one's own. If coming here, might not be able to get rich, but working hard, living better than in the hometown can still be guaranteed.

He believed that if the whole family moved over, the brother-in-law and brother-in-law would definitely help. As long as he works hard and is willing to work, life will definitely be good.

After all, now carrying a huge sum of money, it's a huge sum that couldn't be imagined in the hometown at all, and it was earned in less than half a year!

Originally heard the father-in-law talking about how to earn money in Northern Xinjiang, he just thought the father-in-law was bragging.

Now, it's solid!

"Then have to ask Xiao Long." Li Anguo didn't know Chen Xingbang had his own calculations, he said, "Seeing things on the street, feel there's nothing good."

"Have to ask Xiao Long." Chen Xingbang was thinking about another matter, whether he should properly persuade the father-in-law after going back, let the two old people move to Northern Xinjiang. With the two of them here, the relationship between his family and the brother-in-law and brother-in-law would have a bond.

"Then when to buy tickets? Have to send a telegram home in these two days. I feel it's just these days, this Northern Xinjiang is getting colder and colder in winter." Li Anguo thought and said, "Discuss with Big Brother tomorrow or the day after, once the time is set, we will go back. Anyway, staying here for these days has nothing to do, better to go back early."

He actually also missed home, missed his wife and children.

As the saying goes, wife and children warm kang head, before it was because of no money, so tried every way to come out to earn money, wanting to live a better life.

Now that money is earned, naturally want to go back—Li Anguo didn't have big ambitions, a little spare money, wife and children by his side, that's it.

They were talking, voices came from outside, Hearing Li Long and the others came back.

Li Anguo just stood up, Li Junfeng and the others pushed the door and walked in, also bringing a chill.

"Caught any fish?" Chen Xingbang asked with a smile, although he had already smelled the fishy smell, he still wanted to know the specific result.

"Caught, quite a lot." Li Junfeng was very excited, "Not only fish, today we also chased two rabbits, sent a small one to Uncle Jianguo's side, the smaller one, we eat here. Uncle Xiao Long said stir-fry rabbit, stew fish, drink some wine in a while!"

"That's great!" Chen Xingbang liked excitement, speaking of which, who doesn't like excitement in this era? Entertainment life in this era itself is very scarce, many young people gathering together itself is quite a happy thing.

Two people stood up and walked out, wanting to see how much fish was gotten.

The sky outside had already darkened, a bag of fish leaned against the wall, Chen Xingbang went over to look, found that most of them were still crucian carp, mixed with some carp, five-striped black, silver carp, etc.

Tao Daqiang took two large basins from the kitchen, poured the bag of fish into them, and started sorting. At the current temperature, if the fish were not sorted out in time, I'm afraid it would freeze into a whole lump of ice in less than an hour.

Hearing Li Long said, they could go to the ice hole to scoop for one or two hours tomorrow morning. After scooping, they could go to the county to sell. Compared to the previous inventory fish, these fish were fresh, and looking at the quality, it was also good, definitely popular.

Hearing Li Long and Yang Yongqiang took knives out of the kitchen, at this time the rabbit was already a bit frozen, they planned to open and peel some fish first, put them in the pot to stew, let the rabbit thaw by the stove, and peel it after it softened.

With young people, cooking this kind of thing didn't fall to Chen Xingbang and Li Anguo. Uncle Lao Luo came out and saw the rabbit and fish, heard Hearing Li Long say drink two cups, also happily said:

"Good, good! With such good things, should drink two cups!"

Young people gathered together to prepare a big meal, everyone would find work suitable for themselves. Li Junshan sent the rabbit to Li Jianguo's house, then ran back quickly, looking at Hearing Li Long and Yang Yongqiang peeling the rabbit, Tao Daqiang sorting fish, Li Junfeng opening and peeling fish, so he went to the kitchen to prepare materials.

Whether stewing fish or stir-frying rabbit, a large amount of auxiliary materials were needed, such as spicy skin, which had to be soaked in advance.

Li Junshan was preparing materials while thinking, when he returned to the hometown, would he miss these dishes here?

After all, the way of cooking in the hometown is different from here.

Or after going back, can also get some fish and rabbit, make a meal for father and mother to show off?

When the sky was completely dark, Uncle Lao Luo added the last feed to the things raised in the horse corral, and after they finished eating, he drove the two deer and two roe deer into the warm pen, and put down the thick door curtain of the warm pen.

As for those wild boars, they naturally knew to run into the warm pen when cold, didn't need too much care—wild boars, thick-skinned and fleshy, are really easy to raise.

Because a lot of spicy skin was used, the door of the kitchen was half open, and the whole courtyard was filled with fragrance—as long as willing to use oil, have these meat and fish, it was enough to make anyone in this era drool.

The dining table was set in the room where Hearing Li Long lived, it was big enough, the eight-immortal table was big enough to seat so many people. Rabbit and fish were each put in two large plates and placed in the middle of the table, eight people sitting, although a bit crowded, but enough excitement. Each person had a bowl and a cup, on the table was Bai Yang Tequ, this is Shicheng's wine, the wine in this era is all real pure grain brewing.

People were seated, everyone else looked at Hearing Li Long.

Hearing Li Long didn't decline either, raised the cup with wine and said:

"Today is not New Year or festival, but sitting together is happiness, is joy. Before last year, no one would have thought we could eat such good things in winter, life could be so good now. This first wine, let's drink it, just thinking about life getting better and better in the future!"

The words were simple, but they spoke to everyone's heart, Yang Yongqiang and Tao Daqiang, who didn't drink much, thinking of sipping, drinking half a cup, this time the hands raising the cups were trembling.

When Hearing Li Long spoke and raised the cup, he stood up, everyone stood up, Tao Daqiang even knocked over the stool when standing up, no one laughed at him, everyone tried hard to raise the cups, then clinked, and drank the wine inside.

Yes, putting it a year ago, whether it was the four people from the mouth, or the four people living in the village, who could have thought the change this year would be so big, life would become so good?

Isn't this worth drinking one?

Fifty-gram cup, fifty-degree white wine, drank it, Tao Daqiang and Li Junshan's faces turned red immediately.

"Eat some dishes first." Hearing Li Long pointed to the four large plates and said, "Today these dishes are enough, there is still some in the pot. For us, it's not any fresh thing, but to tell the truth, they are all good things. Eat, eat, use chopsticks!" He didn't let Uncle Lao Luo speak, today he made the decision once, directing everyone to use chopsticks.

Uncle Lao Luo didn't get angry at all because Hearing Li Long was young and made the decision, he put down the wine cup, looked at Yang Yongqiang filling it up on the side, smiled and wiped his mouth and said:

"I'm an old bone, really didn't expect life could change so much in this one year, Xiao Long, it's all thanks to you."

"Yes, yes." Yang Yongqiang also said so. Although he followed Hearing Li Long relatively late, in these last one or two months of this year, the money he earned was beyond imagination.

Tao Daqiang didn't speak, he followed Hearing Li Long earliest, considered himself benefiting the most, he felt there was no need to say anything between him and Hearing Li Long, Hearing Li Long let him do whatever he did, this kind of not needing to use his brain was most suitable for him.

Even his wife, after knowing what happened this year, also said he met a good person.

"Fish is not bad, really fresh... will do it this way after going back." Li Anguo picked up a chopstick of five-striped black and ate while saying, "Don't know if can catch so many fish after going back."

"That definitely won't work." Chen Xingbang waved his hand, "Even if caught, not easy to do, where are so many firewood? How can the hometown be like Northern Xinjiang, burning fire so casually? The grass on the edge of the land is all taken back by each family."

He had been comparing the situation of the hometown and here. There are many people in the village in the hometown, and it's lively, there is a market in the township, once every ten days, going to the market and meeting is not to mention a sea of people, at least much livelier than here.

And approaching the twelfth lunar month, now many people in the village in the hometown have started rolling firecrackers themselves, can hear the sound of firecrackers from time to time in the village, that sound, ah.

!.

At this time in the hometown, should be visiting each other often, tucking hands in sleeves and going from east house to west house, it's not that cold outside, even if there is snow, it's just a thin layer. A thin layer of ice on the river, can't even freeze.

Here, once winter comes, traveling is really inconvenient, and there are few people, but to tell the truth, carrying a pocket of money in the bosom, that's peace of mind!

Have a kind of impulse to always want to spend it. He was already planning the generosity of taking this money to the market and fair in the hometown to spend money for the children.

Before going to the market and spending a piece or eight mao, it was already very generous, now? That money really can't be looked at!

However, wanting to earn a piece or eight mao in the hometown, it's really not easy!

Difference, the difference is quite big!

There are also many differences, can't compare one by one.

"That's true." Li Anguo was stunned for a moment, thought about the environment of the hometown, shook his head, sighed: "Really thinking about living here. Some things in the hometown are really inconvenient..."

"Have to persuade father and mother to come over, right?" Chen Xingbang took the opportunity to say, "Winter in the hometown is really not good for raising people."

"Ask father after going back." Li Anguo also felt that letting the old man come here might be better. Clearly could feel, after coming to Northern Xinjiang once, father and mother's mood was much better.

Eating and chatting, as a person who had come before, Li Junfeng teased Tao Daqiang who had been married for a short time from time to time.

It was Li Junshan who suddenly asked Hearing Li Long:

"Uncle Xiao Long, are you getting married next year?"

"Mm, getting married next year. If you come over in the spring next year, just in time to help me build a house." Hearing Li Long said half-jokingly, "You all can be used as big workers, I see you all brought tools, this time can't use them, next time can use them."

"Hey, then we will come over after the New Year." Li Junfeng planned to definitely come over. Although didn't do construction work this time, to tell the truth, the money earned was not less than construction work.

As for helping Hearing Li Long build a house, isn't that what should be done.

Li Junshan was a bit hesitant, going back for a blind date was certain, and then? His money was not enough to build a new house. The rules in the hometown are different, wanting to get married, can be newly divided a piece of homestead, plus materials, these things are not a small amount of money. Already had a lot in hand, but if wanting to get married, really lacked a lot.

Before Li Junshan could figure it out, the topic had already turned to something else.

Li Anguo persuaded Hearing Li Long to handle the matter early, have children early, saying when persuading father and mother to come over, just in time to help look after the children. Chen Xingbang's words were not like this, he said:

"If Xiao Long and that Gu girl really get married, maybe wouldn't want mother to look after the children. What's mother's situation, how to look after? People live in the city, the requirements for looking after children must be high..."

The two almost argued because of this, it was Hearing Li Long who pulled the topic away, talking about the things brought for them, and attracted the attention over.

"I think, bring you some honey, this is gotten from the mountains, the hometown definitely has it, but not easy to find." Hearing Li Long said, "You all bring some, bring some for father and mother." Li Qing Xia passed away at ninety-something, lung heart disease, Hearing Li Long just wanted them to drink more honey to nourish.

"Loose wine, can also get some. Look at who wants it, cheap is cheap, wine is also good wine."

Hearing Li Long couldn't give it all, giving things also pays attention to a sense of proportion. He planned to bring some for the old man. As for others, getting the cost price was no problem.

After all, as an employee of the supply and marketing cooperative, this little ability is still there.

"I want it." Chen Xingbang said immediately, "Get me a cage." The cage said here, actually is that kind of square plastic pot, three liters, five liters, ten liters all have.

"How many liters?" Hearing Li Long asked.

"Five liters." Chen Xingbang was rich and imposing, said, "Ten liters is too big, not easy to carry, three liters is too little."

"Good."

"I also want five liters." Li Junshan suddenly said, "My father also likes to drink two cups, the wine here is different from the hometown, can also treat guests during New Year."

Li Junfeng didn't say, he didn't plan to bring wine back, he didn't particularly like to drink this thing, his father was also not very fond of drinking.

Honey can be brought more.

Everyone had their own thoughts, the topic would change from time to time when drinking, Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang planned to go to the ice hole to get fish tomorrow morning, so didn't drink much. Uncle Lao Luo thought Li Anguo, Chen Xingbang and the others were leaving, then this horse corral would be left with him and Hearing Li Long, and Hearing Li Long often ran between two places, he was quite lonely alone, today was a bit sentimental, drank too much and too fast, in a while was helped back to sleep by Li Junshan.

Uncle Lao Luo leaving didn't affect the drinking, instead made others feel this gathering today was rare, although didn't play finger-guessing games, but clinked cups one by one.

All were young people, some usually had small conflicts, small knots in their hearts, this wine was drunk, words were spoken, it didn't count as anything. The dishes on the table were eaten quickly, the wine in the bottle went down quickly, Li Junshan went out to vomit once, came back and continued to drink.

He was originally a man of few words, but here, he seemed to have more to say than even Li Junfeng. He grabbed Hearing Li Long's arm, speaking his mind and sharing his conflicting thoughts—he wanted to come, but his family situation was complicated, and he wasn't sure if he could return after the spring thaw next year.

Saying and saying, Li Junshan actually shed a tear, some things were stifled for a long time, really could stifle people into illness.

Hearing Li Long watched as a bystander, feeling the complexity in it.

Every family has a scripture that is hard to recite, just like Tao Daqiang, now actually started pulling Li Junfeng to drink, usually like this, can you believe it?

A meal actually ate out the effect of psychological comfort, can also be considered quite satisfied.

When finally dispersing, except for Uncle Lao Luo, others were actually basically still sober, all helped clean up the scene, opened the door to disperse the wine smell, Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang helped each other back, Hearing Li Long drank quite a lot, but still kept urging them to pay attention on the road.

Safety first. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 378 =====