Chapter 433

In the evening, Li Long came to his eldest brother Li Jianguo's room again.

Dinner had already been eaten here. Seeing Li Long come over, Li Juan and Li Qiang, who were doing homework, stood up directly and ran over, tugging at his clothes and holding his hands, asking questions one after another.

After dealing with the two children's words and letting them go to do homework, Liang Yuemei was tidying up the bowls and chopsticks. She turned from the kitchen and asked:

"Little Long, have you eaten? If not, I'll get you something to eat."

"Sister-in-law, I've eaten. I came over to discuss something with you."

Li Jianguo entered the room after feeding the pigs. Hearing Li Long's words, he put down the water bucket and asked:

"What's the matter? Tell me."

"I plan to handle the matter between Xiaoxia and me next week," Li Long said, "I feel it can't be dragged on anymore."

"This... is it a bit tight? Can't it be pushed back another week?" Liang Yuemei heard this and felt the time was indeed a bit tight.

"Sister-in-law, look, it's early April now, and the soil temperature has come up. If I handle it next week, there are about ten days to prepare, which is in time. In mid-April, we have to sow on a large scale. Corn, oil sunflower, rapeseed, etc., are easier to say. Large tractors can sow. But our family wants to plant melon seeds. Manual sowing of ten mu of land takes at least two days. After that, I still have to go to the mountains. Brother-in-law said he is preparing to go to the old street to sell meat, so I have to go to the mountains to help him contact some cattle and sheep.

Those friends in the mountains might transfer pastures in late April. I have to go and send them some food. These things are one after another. If the wedding is pushed back and handled the week after next, then people in our team will be busy, and they might not have time to come."

People coax the land for one day, and the land coaxes people for one year. Sowing a day early or a day late seems to have little impact, but those who have farmed know that, let alone a day early or late, at the critical moment, half a day early, by the time the seedlings grow up in summer or are harvested in autumn, the difference is very large.

When Li Long went to tell the second sister-in-law and Yang Hua about the situation of Li Anguo and the others in Kuitun, he was thinking about this matter on the way. If he hadn't stayed in Kuitun for a few more days, there might have been spare time. Now it seemed the time was very tight, and there was no spare time at all. Unless the wedding was handled after sowing and transferring pastures.

But handling the wedding in summer, some things bought would not be easy to store. Now the weather is still cool in the morning and evening, and the ingredients bought can still be stored, and it is not cold when the sun rises at noon. The time is just right.

As long as it doesn't affect the sowing of crops, people in the village are also happy to handle the matter.

"Um, that's the reason." Li Jianguo nodded after hearing Li Long finish, "This time is just right. Since this is the case, then the invitations have to be written in these two days."

"I will drive the tractor to the county tomorrow. Firstly, to haul the furniture back, and secondly, to buy the invitations back. Eldest brother, you write them tomorrow, and I will send them out tomorrow."

"Um, you don't need to worry about sending the invitations. Just find some people in the team to send them. You just think about what things to prepare."

"This has to be discussed with sister-in-law. I plan to drive the tractor to the county again this weekend and buy the things that should be bought. I will take the invitations back tomorrow, and then discuss with you and list the things to be bought. Then try to buy them all in one trip."

"You go over tomorrow and just happen to tell Xiaoxia about this matter. By the way, go and tell Old Gu about the matter later. He should be almost prepared over there, but this matter still has to be... Forget it, I will ride a bicycle over to tell him now."

Li Jianguo had the consciousness of being a head of the family again. Actually, this matter should be Li Qing Xia's. But Li Qing Xia had always ignored major matters and let Li Jianguo arrange them, so Li Jianguo took this matter on himself.

"Hehe, eldest brother, then this matter is handed over to you." Li Long smiled and started discussing with sister-in-law Liang Yuemei about the things to be bought.

"Washbasin, washbasin stand, two thermos bottles to buy, pillows, pillow towels, bed sheets, quilt covers—this sewing of quilts still has to take time. I and your second sister-in-law, and call Tie Tou's mother..." Liang Yuemei had already started calculating. This matter not only Li Jianguo had to be busy, but she also had to be busy.

The mother-in-law couldn't be counted on. Du Chunfang being able to help work in the vegetable plot already made Liang Yuemei feel it was not bad. After all, hearing Li Jianguo say, Du Chunfang basically didn't do work when she was in her hometown, just cooking. The food here was different, so she couldn't be counted on either. But the mother-in-law didn't look for trouble, which made Liang Yuemei quite happy.

The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. Having taken care of Li Long for so many years, Liang Yuemei was also used to treating Li Long as a child. Now that Li Long was getting married, she naturally had to take the responsibility of setting up things.

"... Do you want to buy a sewing machine? If not, move this frame over. Anyway, it was bought by you at that time."

"No, no. Xiaoxia and I are not people who use sewing machines. Let this frame stay here." Li Long said hurriedly, "After the furniture over there is set up, what needs to be bought are these odds and ends."

"Then okay. We calculate first. Just now, you remember those. There are also mirrors, combs, oil to wipe, things to wipe in the room... and those in the kitchen, pots, bowls, basins, ladles, all these have to be bought. Rice and flour don't need to be prepared. Move some from here. No matter how much, prepare something. At least let others look like it's a way of living. Spatulas, strainers, water vats, water buckets, salt, vinegar, soy sauce, these seasonings... want to buy cigarettes, sugar, melon seeds, peanuts..."

Although Liang Yuemei liked to work in the fields and didn't like to tidy up the room, when talking about the things to be prepared in these rooms, she had no clue at first, but gradually she became smooth. She talked about it room by room, which also gave Li Long a train of thought. Then buy it room by room.

"... Wine for the wedding, go to the winery to get some loose wine, get a few more pots. You are considered rich in the team. At that time, those who like to drink will stare at it..."

"No loose wine. Put two bottles of Bai Yang Special Qu on a table at that time." Li Long said, "Put two more bottles of red wine. Those who like white wine drink white wine, and those who like red wine drink red wine. Since others are staring, then generously let them drink."

Since it was his own wedding, then make it grander. At this time, being able to put bottled wine on the table at a wedding was already very high-end, which could make people remember for many years.

"Also okay." Liang Yuemei didn't object either. Thinking about it, it was also true. Since there was money, since others knew, since it was a lifetime matter, then be more extravagant.

When they were discussing, Li Qing Xia and Du Chunfang were mainly listening, occasionally inserting a sentence, but the wedding in the hometown and here was not quite the same, so they mainly listened.

They kept discussing until Li Jianguo came back. Li Long felt it was almost the same here.

"Old Gu was a bit angry when he heard it, but I saw it was pretended. He is happy. Xiaoxia is now a public person in the county. This is something he didn't dare to think about for a lifetime. Next, he was thinking about your wedding matter. Now it is finally decided, then he should be at ease."

"Then does Uncle Gu have any requirements?" Li Long asked.

"Nothing. At that time, the master of ceremonies is Jun Wa Zi. This Jun Wa Zi had already told him, and also told me. This is no problem. Old Gu's meaning is to handle everything according to the way you young people say. However, you must be preparing to buy things in these few days. He saved some money and asked me to bring it over, but I didn't want it. His meaning is that when you buy things, prepare the ingredients he needs to prepare together. It's not easy for him to run over there."

"Okay." Li Long nodded, "Then in this case, the stove must be built in the courtyard in these two days."

"You don't need to worry about that. You go and handle your affairs. These things in the courtyard are handed over to me. Master chef, please invite, tables, chairs, plates, etc., I will handle them."

Li Jianguo now looked quite high-spirited. Liang Yuemei mocked him:

"Look at that happy look of yours!"

"That is happy!" Li Jianguo felt it was a matter of course, "I have been a general manager for others for these few years. This is the first time I prepare for my own family! Doesn't this have to handle everything smoothly?"

Thinking about it, it was also true. Li Jianguo had been a general manager for others' weddings in the team many times. The accumulated experience was just used on this. Li Long felt it was quite beautiful.

The family discussed until late at night before Li Long returned to the horse yard. The next day, he woke up early again. With things in his mind, he drove the tractor to haul furniture after breakfast.

Tao Daqiang was also sitting on the tractor's fender. He heard Li Long was back last night. He came over early in the morning wanting to ask about the situation of Yang Yongqiang over there, and just happened to catch up with Li Long going to haul furniture and buy things, so he let him get on the car.

"Brother Long, listening to the meaning of this, is Yongqiang able to stay there?" Tao Daqiang asked.

"High probability." Li Long said, "They are short of people over there, and Yongqiang is competitive. If he wants to stay, learn more, look more, and do more, he should be able to stay."

Tao Daqiang's expression was a bit complicated after hearing this. "Why, do you regret it? Don't you want to go? If you want to go, I will get you over after I finish the matter here."

"No, no, no. Don't regret it." Tao Daqiang shook his head vigorously, "Different. I just feel that this Yongqiang might become a worker all of a sudden. I feel the identity is different."

"Nothing." Li Long could guess some of Tao Daqiang's thoughts, "Actually, there are different ways of living everywhere. He, went to the city, became a worker, earns a stable wage a month, and might find a wife over there later, then be assigned a house and have children. Later, the children will also be city people."

"I am still a rural person."

"That's not necessarily true." Li Long said while driving the tractor, "Just with our speed of earning money, in two years, buy a courtyard in the county or Shicheng. If you want to be a city person, then you will be. Later, there will be quotas for agricultural to non-agricultural, and you can also buy a city person's household registration for your wife and children. It's also good for the children to go to school in the city."

Actually, this century was not very obvious. After all, in Li Long's memory, Li Qiang and the others went to school in the countryside and finally were admitted to key universities all the same. At this time, the gap in educational resources between the countryside and the city was not that big. It wasn't until ten years after the next century that the gap became larger and larger.

At that time, the biggest reason for rich people in the countryside to buy houses in the city was to set up a school district house for their children and enjoy better educational resources.

After all, the siphon effect of large cities on resources such as education and medical care was very powerful at that time. He remembered that when he once traveled to Yili, there were several remote counties that hadn't admitted a single person to a first-tier university for several consecutive years!

Good teachers and good students were all absorbed into the state central city of YN City. Naturally, the college entrance examination results wouldn't be good.

Even if Tao Daqiang's child was born now, it would be the beginning of the next century when taking the college entrance examination. At that time, it wouldn't be very obvious. Of course, after ten years, when the household registration boundary wasn't very obvious, spending a few thousand yuan to buy an agricultural to non-agricultural, and then going to the county or city to go to school would be fine. This was a feasible way.

Thinking about it now was too far.

!.

Tao Daqiang nodded after hearing what Li Long said and said:

"Also right. In our team, following you to do, one year can also get a thousand yuan, which is worth several years of his wages. With money, then everything is convenient."

Li Long sighed. This warmth and coldness of human relationships made Tao Daqiang feel the importance of money so early.

The tractor drove to the township carpenter's room. The furniture Li Long ordered was not small, and one trip couldn't haul it all. Fortunately, the workers in the carpenter's room had experience. They stacked it up to load. Almost half a tractor was loaded, and then it was tied with ropes, with sacks separated in the middle.

Li Long went to the township sales department to find Old Zhang to buy 100 invitations.

"Who is getting married?" Old Zhang asked while counting.

"Me." Li Long said with a smile, "My age is not small anymore, should get married."

"Is your object that teacher in the school?" Old Zhang still had some impression of Li Long.

"Um, now went to the Education Bureau." Li Long knew that this Old Zhang would most likely receive an invitation, so he didn't hide it and said, "Transferred over before the New Year." Eldest brother's connections were very wide, and there were people in the county, township, and village. There were people in the Corps. If calculated further, there were also people in the Corps under Shicheng, not just that relative in Xiayedi. Li Jianguo had worked in the Corps for a period of time, and there were comrades-in-arms there.

Yes, although the Corps had collectively transferred to civilian work at that time, the colleagues at that time were also called comrades-in-arms.

"That... not bad, not bad." Old Zhang's expression was a bit complicated.

Li Long came out of the sales department, went to the carpenter's room, checked the loaded furniture, and then drove the tractor back with Tao Daqiang.

On the way back, Li Long also told Tao Daqiang about his next plan.

"After getting married, first plant the land. After the land is planted and the first water is poured, there is nothing to do. I plan to go to the mountains to send some food first, and later I will stay in the mountains for a period of time," Li Long said:

"There are fritillaria in the mountains. You know this. At that time, I will find a ditch with more fritillaria. If you have nothing to do, prepare to dig fritillaria there. If you are fast, you can get a few kilograms of fresh ones a day.

Calculated by seven or eight kilograms producing one kilogram of dried fritillaria, one kilogram of fresh ones is worth four yuan, and you can earn more than ten yuan a day. Of course, if you pick up deer antlers, that's dozens of yuan. Of course, actually staying at home is also fine. Setting nets to catch fish is also a way. However, there are many people catching fish in the team, so it certainly won't sell as much as before, but you can also get twenty or thirty yuan a day. I think, your wife is pregnant, it's better for you to stay in the team..."

"Then Brother Long, don't you make the lifting handle?"

"Make it. If you want to go, then you must take you," Li Long smiled, "A lifting handle this year might be expensive. Ten yuan is not certain, but seven or eight yuan is still needed. If you can weave three a day, then it's more profitable than catching fish."

Last year, everyone was probing. This year, there will definitely be a large number of people pouring into the ranks of setting up stalls. Just like Chen Xingbang, if it wasn't for his choice of selling meat, Li Long wouldn't necessarily suggest him to go.

Fish is a natural resource. At this time in

There are many reservoirs and ditches around Maxian. As long as you want to catch, you can definitely catch them. So at that time, there will definitely be many people selling fish in the county. The competition will be very fierce. If you want to earn money, you have to go to Shicheng. But there are not many ordinary people who have bicycles. Walking to Shicheng is definitely not worth it. Taking the bus, these people might not be willing to spend the money, and the bus's working time is not early. In summer, if the fish is not tossed well, it will die and stink. So if you want to sell fish to earn small money, it's fine, but if you want to earn big money, you must have certain conditions.

Li Long had these conditions, but he didn't plan to do this in the short term. Isn't it fragrant to receive fritillaria in the mountains?

That is the real money-making one.

Tao Daqiang finally decided to catch fish at home first. Li Long believed that Old Father Li Qing Xia would be very happy to partner with the big guy. And when it was time to weave the lifting handle, he would call Tao Daqiang. He believed Li Xiangqian would definitely leave this kind of work for himself.

The tractor returned to the team and drove to the new courtyard. Li Qing Xia, Chen Xingbang, and the others were busy in the vegetable garden.

Seeing the tractor arrive, both men and women went up to unload things together. Even Du Chunfang smiled and moved the stool down. While moving, she said:

"This stool is heavy. Is it made of good wood?"

"Elm wood." Li Long replied. The wood he brought back from the mountains was basically pine wood. The beds, cabinets, and the like were made, and the wood was not enough, so he simply bought some elm wood from the carpenter's room. There was no very good wood here either.

"Look at this color, it's beautiful." Du Chunfang smiled happily.

The wooden bed needed to be moved into the room diagonally, which was considered a semi-technical job. Several big men studied it, stood the bed up, and moved it in diagonally. Although it was a physical job, it was very lively, and the sound attracted Lu Yingming and his family, who also joined in.

Li Jianguo just happened to say the matter of Li Long getting married and handling the matter.

Then Li Long ushered in a piece of congratulations and teasing questions. He wasn't shy either and responded to them generously one by one.

The tractor still had to haul the second trip. During the break, Li Jianguo just started arranging things. These things were handy for him, and others were also willing to do them.

As the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and close neighbors are not as good as those across the door. Over the past year or so, the Li family had become rich, but whether it was slaughtering pigs for the New Year, or getting good things from the mountains, or fish caught from the small sea, they never forgot these neighbors. Usually, the Li family didn't need anything. After all, others lived better than themselves, but at this time, they needed help, which was the time to repay. Naturally, each family spared no effort, offered advice, exerted strength, and no one retreated.

At this time, the feelings between people were really simple and also very simple.

When Li Long hauled the second cart of furniture back, there were more people in the courtyard. Some children who didn't go to school, and some half-grown boys who didn't go to school were all there. Some had already started moving bricks to prepare to build the stove.

Li Long didn't need to do it himself. The furniture was moved down by the people in the courtyard, and then moved into the room amidst sounds of "careful".

Looking at the room that was gradually being filled, Li Long had a feeling that the home was slowly being built. It was good, really good. (End of chapter) **CHAPTER 434: Wedding Preparations in Progress**