Chapter 427: Actually, it can be an open-book exam!

Li Long let Yang Yongqiang consider it. After all, this matter was a big deal, and it was normal not to be able to make a decision in a short while.

Li Long left Yang Yongqiang's house and was about to ride his bicycle when Yang Yongqiang ran out of the room, caught up with Li Long, and said:

"Brother Long, I think so. When Second Uncle and the others go to Kuitun, I will follow them to see. If the situation over there is good, I will stay there and work. If I can't adapt, then I will come back."

Li Long nodded and said with a smile:

"This is also a good way. To be honest, I don't know the specific situation over there. After all, none of us have been there."

Li Long added a sentence in his heart: it was that he hadn't been there in this life.

Kuitun's reputation now was much greater than twenty or thirty years later. In the mid-to-late seventies, the Yilizhou government moved to Kuitun, and later moved back to Yining City.

But in these few short years, Kuitun became the center of Northern Xinjiang. Some party and government organs of Yilizhou were working in Kuitun, and even the former Northern Xinjiang Military Region was in Wusu near Kuitun. Its reputation here was much greater than that of the ancient city of Manas County.

Of course, twenty or thirty years later, although Kuitun was still one of the "Golden Triangle" of Northern Xinjiang, the whole Northern Xinjiang was famous for tourism. The foreign tourists first knew about the Nalati Grassland in the Ili River Valley, knew about Kanas Lake, the Tuva village in Hemu, Sailimuhu Lake, and the Xia Ta Ancient Road, but knew little about Kuitun. After the Nong 7 Shi Huyanghe City was separated from Kuitun's territory, Kuitun's population and economic development were shrinking.

But it was once the center of Northern Xinjiang—Yilizhou once governed Ili, Tacheng, and Altay, governing most of Northern Xinjiang, a sub-provincial unit. Even if a broken ship sank, there were still three-inch nails. In the eyes of the rural people in Manas County, this was a big city.

Being able to work here felt even more glorious than going to work in Shicheng.

This was also the reason for Yang Yongqiang's hesitation.

Li Long remembered that in his previous life, someone analyzed it like this: since there was Eastern Xinjiang (Hami, Turpan), Northern Xinjiang (north of Tianshan, around the Junggar Basin), and Southern Xinjiang (before Tianshan, around the Tarim Basin), why couldn't there be Western Xinjiang? The conclusion analyzed by some people was that Western Xinjiang could exist, which was the Ili River Valley, and the outer Ili River Valley that once belonged to our country, because this large piece of land was separated from other parts of Northern Xinjiang by the Northern Tianshan Mountains.

Pulling far away, in a word, Kuitun's reputation was very great now, and it had a great attraction for young people who wanted to eat commodity grain, which was really very great. Li Junshan and the others might not be clear, but Yang Yongqiang and the others were very clear.

After all, Kuitun was closer to Manas than Wucheng. Yang Yongqiang asked for the specific time, and Li Long said it would be in these two days, letting him pack his things first. Whether he stayed there or not, he had to go there once. Now more than one hundred kilometers could be considered a long trip. After all, it wasn't the era when every family had a car in later generations.

Li Long rode his bicycle to his eldest brother's house.

Li Jianguo wasn't there, and Li Qing Xia and Du Chunfang were busy in the vegetable plot. This was Li Qing Xia's idea—although Du Chunfang was a bit unhappy, Li Qing Xia talked to her well.

"You live in the eldest son's house and work for the younger son. What will the eldest daughter-in-law think when the time comes? People cook for you every day, and if you don't want to eat at the table, they will bring it to you. What else do you want? That Qiangqiang's mother not only has to take care of that family, but also has to take care of us, and has to take care of the second family... Now we can do a little bit, isn't this better than in our hometown?"

"That's not better than in our hometown..." Du Chunfang picked up stones in the land, muttering in her mouth, "In our hometown, we don't have to work..."

"Then what did you eat in your hometown?" Li Qing Xia curled his lips, "Corn paste, sweet potato dried slices, haven't you eaten enough? Or is there less braised pork for you to eat here?"

Du Chunfang stopped talking. To be honest, she had eaten a lot of braised pork during this period, stewed until it was rotten, fragrant. She really liked to eat it.

Then work. In fact, doing a little work was nothing. Isn't the vegetable planted later for oneself to eat?

In his hometown, it wasn't easy to have such a large vegetable plot. The area of this vegetable plot was equal to the ration land of a family in his hometown.

This place is really big! Firewood can be burned at will! It's really warm in winter! Often can eat meat! The sun is really comfortable...

The benefits were endless. Du Chunfang felt that it was better to stay here. Anyway, even in her hometown, she didn't go out to visit neighbors and talk about the east and west, just staying at home and not thinking about anything was the most comfortable.

It's quite good now.

Li Long rode his bicycle into the courtyard. When he parked the car, Li Qing Xia had already seen him. Du Chunfang was hard of hearing and didn't hear it, but seeing her old man looking at the courtyard, she asked when she turned her head:

"What, the eldest one is back?"

"Not yet." Li Qing Xia said, "Without Xiao Long is here."

A smile appeared on Du Chunfang's face. Although she hadn't taken much care of Li Long, this partiality existed in any parent, it was just a matter of size, or whether she could realize it herself.

"Are you coming from the horse corral?" Li Qing Xia stopped his work, looked at Li Long walking to the gate of the vegetable garden, and asked, "Looking for your eldest brother? Your eldest brother went to see the land."

"No, Dad, I'm looking for you. I have to tell you, I helped Second Brother and the others find a job in a construction company, starting as a temporary worker. They have to leave in these two days, and they are packing their things now."

"Is it far?" Du Chunfang asked immediately when she heard that the second son and the others were leaving.

"That's far, can it be farther than from our hometown to here?" Li Qing Xia said, "Anyway, it's within the scope of Northern Xinjiang."

He explained it to Du Chunfang like this, but turned his head and asked Li Long:

"Without Xiao Long, where is the place to work? How far is it from here?"

Du Chunfang rolled her eyes when she heard it. This dead old man said me! Isn't he also concerned about this?

Li Long said with a smile:

"Not far, one hundred kilometers, which is two hundred li. It's closer than from Wucheng to here, and a round trip can be made in one day."

"That's okay." Li Qing Xia nodded, "Doing construction is although it's a temporary worker, it's better than staying at home."

"That's hard to say." Du Chunfang habitually retorted, "The team has allocated so much land, planting land can also earn money—it just depends on how you plant it."

Li Long didn't participate in this topic. This could be considered the habit or fun of his father and mother's daily life.

Liang Yuemei was screening vegetable seeds in the room. Hearing the movement, she came out of the room. Seeing Li Long in the courtyard, she said with a smile:

"Without Xiao Long is here? Your eldest brother went to see the land. How is your house?"

"Basically finished." Li Long said, "Now just waiting for the furniture to be hauled back, and then decorate the house."

"Then should the wedding be held with Xiaoxia?" Liang Yuemei said with a smile, "This is a big event."

Li Long felt that things were all together. Judging from the current situation, Second Brother and Li Junshan and the others couldn't attend his wedding.

This was also a matter of no choice. After all, work was important, and things were squeezed together, so there had to be a distinction between light and heavy, urgent and slow.

Of course, the wedding with Gu Xiaoxia also needed to be held. He vaguely remembered that Gu Xiaoxia seemed to have mentioned it, and the street office seemed to have asked her what the relationship was with the landlord.

It was better to get the certificate and hold the event as soon as possible, and then announce it and distribute a circle of wedding candies, and this matter would be over.

He could also have a happy nest.

Li Long thought about the beautiful things, rode his bicycle, and returned to the old horse corral.

The doors of the room where Second Brother and Second Sister-in-law lived, and the room where Chen Xingbang and the others lived, were all open. Li Long parked his bicycle, went over, and looked at Li Anguo first.

Chen Li Rong's face carried some sorrow, but seeing Li Long come over, she still smiled reluctantly. She also knew that this was a good thing. During this period of time, life had been very good, but whether it was the house they lived in or the food they ate, it was provided by Li Long. When Chen Li Rong and Li Anguo got married, Li Long was already in Northern Xinjiang, and the two of them could even be considered to have met for the first time. This made her quite embarrassed, and it was inevitable that she felt a sense of being under someone else's roof in her heart.

Even if neither Li Long nor the Li Jianguo couple would have such an attitude, people's minds were sensitive.

Now Li Anguo was about to have a job and could earn money, which made Chen Li Rong feel more confident psychologically—according to Li Anguo, if things went well, it was possible for him to become a regular worker later, and after he was allocated a house or stood firm over there, he would pick them up.

This was a beautiful hope and vision, making Chen Li Rong, although a bit reluctant, want her husband to go over as soon as possible and become a regular worker as soon as possible.

The mood was quite complicated.

And all these good beginnings were brought by this younger brother-in-law. From this point of view, Chen Li Rong sincerely thanked Li Long.

"Second brother, how is the packing?" Li Long nodded to Chen Li Rong and asked Li Anguo. "What's there to pack? Just bring some clothes and washing things. The temperature over there should be about the same as here, right?"

"About the same." Li Long had the impression that the climate environment of Kuitun and Manas County was about the same, and it didn't make any difference to people now whether it was one or two degrees higher or lower.

"That's fine." Li Anguo smiled, "I'm going over, you sister-in-law and Xueping, Li Xue Qin are here, you take care of them more."

"No problem." Li Long nodded to Chen Li Rong, "Second sister-in-law, if you lack anything, just tell me, don't be polite to your own family."

He knew that Second Sister-in-law was actually quite introverted, so he decided to put some daily necessities in Second Sister-in-law's place regularly. Otherwise, Chen Li Rong would be embarrassed to ask for them. Adults were easy to talk about, but the children suffered.

He went to Li Junshan's side again. Li Junshan had also packed up early. The luggage itself was a bag with a bedding roll. The things in the bag were packed, and when he left, he just rolled up the bedding.

Li Long returned to his room. What he was hesitating about now was whether to let Second Brother and the others go to the bus station to take a bus to Kuitun, or drive the tractor over himself.

Driving a tractor might cost some fuel, but it was also good to go over and see the environment over there. When it wasn't busy yet, he could also see if there were any opportunities to make money.

Of course, before leaving, he had to go and handle the certificate and procedures. Whether it was handled well or not, at least when checking at the middle point, there was this procedure process.

The hand-held tractor was an agricultural machine, which needed to be filed with the County Agricultural Machinery Bureau and the Township Agricultural Machinery Station, and had to obtain a license and license plate. The procedures for obtaining a driver's license and license plate at this time were quite simple. Li Long had inquired, and now he only needed to operate it once in practice.

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In the evening, the Li Anguo family, Chen Xingbang, Li Junshan, and Li Long all arrived at Li Jianguo's house. Although it was still a bit cold outside in the evening, it wasn't cold anymore. There were so many people in the room that they couldn't squeeze in, so they were simply outside.

Li Long told the matter again, focusing on Li Jianguo.

"Then when are you leaving?" Li Jianguo asked.

"I want to leave the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow I will go to the County Agricultural Machinery Bureau and the Township Agricultural Machinery Station to handle the procedures," Li Long said, "Then I will drive the tractor and send them over, and by the way, I can see the situation over there. When I come back, I can also tell you about it."

"Good." Li Jianguo thought for a while and said, "If it weren't for the land allocation in the team, I would also want to follow and see."

"What are you going to do? You are so big, the construction company can't want you." Liang Yuemei joked.

"Go see how Kuitun is." Li Jianguo explained seriously, "Kuitun has an agricultural research institute, it is said that the fruit tree seedlings cultivated there are good..."

"Then I'll see when I go, and if I can find them, I'll buy a few back. It's just right that the courtyard is finished, so I'll plant a few fruit trees and eat fruit in autumn."

The children laughed when they heard this news. There were people in the team who planted fruit trees, but they were basically simple, common fruit trees like grapes, apples, and jujubes.

And if they wanted to eat other fruits, they could only buy them. Li Juan, Qiangqiang, and the others had seen many fruits in textbooks, and they had only seen them in books before last year. After a year, Li Long bought a lot of fruits, but materials in Northern Xinjiang were relatively scarce, and transportation wasn't very convenient, so what they could eat were those that were easy to preserve, such as oranges, pears, and persimmons. More were just heard of or seen in pictures.

For example, red dates, apricots, these were all available in Southern Xinjiang, and even in the park in Shicheng, there was an apricot tree, but Manas County just couldn't plant them, and they didn't bear fruit after planting.

Li Long intended to buy a few jujube trees and peach trees. There were peach trees here, which were the kind of small hairy peaches that hadn't been grafted, which were very small and didn't bear fruit, and were very late-maturing. Li Long wanted to see if he could buy honey peach and flat peach tree seedlings. After all, these types of fruit trees were very common in this area in later generations, and the taste was also very good.

"By the way, it is said that there is Kuitun Special Qu sold over there, bring a few bottles back to taste." Li Jianguo said again.

"You might as well follow!" Liang Yuemei complained before Li Long answered, "Doesn't that cost money?"

Li Jianguo laughed.

"Then I'll bring a box back." Li Jianguo knew that the taste of Kuitun Special Qu at this time was really good, and the shape of the bottle was also quite good, with a curved shape at the bottom, which was different from the general square and round bottles.

It was quite popular for a while.

Everyone expressed their thoughts, the remaining fire at the stove was still red, Li Long took a few salted dried fish and roasted them by the fire, feeling that they were basically cooked, and handed them to others one by one to eat as snacks.

Li Juan, Li Qiang, and Li Long were not strange at all. Although Li Xueping and Li Xue Qin were still a bit cautious, the contact during these days let them know that this younger uncle was rich and quite generous, so they waited quietly in the back, and after getting the fish, they went to lean on their mother and eat slowly and quietly.

Finally, when Li Long ate it himself, looking at this scene, he thought that after a number of years, everyone should miss this scene. After all, after Li Anguo and the others went to Kuitun and settled down, it was basically impossible to have such a grand reunion scene again.

Or rather, people might gather together at that time, but it was impossible to have such a harmonious scene.

The sky was getting darker and darker. Li Jianguo installed a fifty-watt light bulb in the courtyard. When he went to pull the light, Li Long and the others also stood up, ready to go back to rest. Today, because the Li family had to talk about things, they didn't turn on the TV for the first time, and the neighbors who wanted to come over to watch TV were also persuaded to go back. Otherwise, the room would definitely be full of people now.

Returning to the old horse corral, Li Long washed and slept. He had to drive the tractor to the county to handle the procedures tomorrow.

The next day, Li Junshan followed Li Long to the county. On this day, the team also had to have a meeting. Last night, when Li Long was about to leave, Li Jianguo asked him whether to contract land, and Li Long said that two families should contract one share of land. As for what land, Li Jianguo should make his own decision.

At present, when mechanization hadn't spread, having more land wasn't a good thing, and it required more manpower and labor. The main thing was that agricultural products didn't earn money. What could be tested now was only melon seeds. If melon seeds could earn money, then more could be planted next year. Li Long believed that the people in the team who would contract land now would contract for at most two or three years, and even one year was the majority. After all, no family's labor was rich now, and planting thirty or fifty mu of land was already the limit.

Only after the degree of mechanization was high would planting land become easier—this made Li Long feel more and more that he had to find an agricultural machinery factory to cooperate with. Should he go to Kuitun to try?

This could be had.

After the staff of the Agricultural Machinery Bureau received Li Long's application to take the license exam, they handed him a book:

"One yuan and five cents, memorize the things on this, and take the unified exam on April 10th. Bring the book with you at that time."

Bring the book with you? Li Long was a bit confused.

"Open-book exam?" He asked subconsciously.

"Yes, in view of the low cultural level of many people, our theoretical exam is open-book, allowing flipping through the book." The staff explained patiently, "Of course, this practical exam can't be cheated, and it requires you to practice well."

Alright, this practical operation didn't need to be cheated, and his own drilling level was enough to pass. I believe that in this era, the level of tractor operation, especially the assessment of reverse gear into the warehouse and drilling, not many people could be stronger than himself.

Mainly this centralized exam—well, it's normal to think about it. After all, people who can afford a tractor in this era are quite few even if they are put together in the whole county.

After the matter of the license at the Agricultural Machinery Bureau was handled, he had to go to the Township Agricultural Machinery Station to solve the matter of the license plate.

The handling of this license plate was even simpler. After showing them the procedures for buying the car, the other party registered it, and next was waiting. As for when it could be handled, the staff said they didn't know.

Li Long wasn't in a hurry. After all, as long as the procedures were being handled, when he went to Kuitun, he could openly say that he was handling the procedures when checking at the middle point.

Of course, this was also the actual situation. I believe the checkers shouldn't have any opinions.

Next was a difficult problem: when going, should he bring a gun?

There were car bandits and road bullies in this era, but Li Long hadn't heard much about it here. It was just that this year was a relatively sensitive year. Li Long thought about it and finally decided to bring the small-caliber gun. This gun was obtained from Li Xiangqian, and there were procedures, so even if it was checked, at least there wouldn't be any problems. The origin of the other hunting gun and the 56-semi was not good, there were no procedures, and if it was checked and confiscated, it was just admitting bad luck.

Well, that's it, it's decided happily.

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