Chapter 434

In the afternoon, Li Long drove the tractor to the county. Now he felt that having a tractor was really convenient. Bicycles were also convenient, but they needed to be ridden, he had to exert force himself, and couldn't carry many things. The tractor was different. He planned to buy some things, and it was about the same, one cart could load more than half.

This time, eldest sister-in-law Liang Yuemei's second sister-in-law Chen Li Rong came over together. Eldest sister-in-law was the advisor, buying which things were practical. In this aspect, Li Long was naturally not as good as eldest sister-in-law. And bringing second sister-in-law out was purely to let her relax. The two children quickly integrated into the preschool class and had a group of friends. Chen Li Rong lived at the horse yard, and every day she just went to eldest sister-in-law's side to chat about some things. She hadn't made any friends yet and wasn't familiar with others. Li Long thought about bringing her out to relax.

Thinking about it, it wouldn't be long before second brother Li Anguo gained a foothold in Kuitun and set up a courtyard, and he should be able to pick up his family.

Li Long drove the tractor to the supply and marketing cooperative first. This was his own unit. After saying hello to the salesperson, he could basically get things at the cost price plus a little bit, so things like pots, bowls, and basins were taken from here.

Liang Yuemei shouldered the responsibility of setting up a new home for her brother-in-law. She picked things one by one and was not sloppy at all. Chen Li Rong was a bit restrained and couldn't let go at first, and then when Liang Yuemei asked for her opinion from time to time, she slowly let go, no longer caring about the salesperson's eyes next to her, and gave her opinion seriously.

Li Long went to the office to send invitations to Li Xiangqian and several colleagues he knew, along with the small bags of melon seeds and sugar he had just bought. Each person also had a pack of cigarettes, Daqian Sect, which was considered a good grade.

One of those colleagues said with a laugh:

"Little Li, your sincerity is not enough! The treat is in the village, how can we colleagues go?"

Li Long was prepared for this and said with a smile:

"This invitation mainly plays a notification role. I know everyone is busy with work, so it's definitely not convenient to go to the village. So after that side is finished, my wife and I will book a private room at the pork canteen, and then invite the familiar colleagues to have a meal, and also let my wife recognize the people in our unit. How about it?"

This idea was naturally good, and these people all agreed. After they left, Li Long asked Li Xiangqian:

"Section Chief, what about the director and these people in our cooperative? Should I just bring sugar, melon seeds, and things to send over?"

"Um, it's better for you and your wife to send them over together," Li Xiangqian said, "The leaders might not go to eat at that time, but at least they have to meet with your family members. Don't be sloppy about this matter. Although you are a temporary worker, your unit affiliation is in our place, so you still have to respect the leaders."

"Okay, I know." Li Long got the guidance from Li Xiangqian and then went to the front to buy things with peace of mind.

Because Li Long was one of their own, the things he bought were carefully tied and bundled by the salesperson and put in the tractor, at least not to the point of being broken by bumps. After all, although enamel things were sturdy in this era, if they were bumped, they would also lose enamel, which wouldn't be perfect.

Then he went to the department store to buy melon seeds, sugar, and other ingredients. The ingredients on the supply and marketing cooperative side were mainly dry goods, such as kelp, vermicelli, etc., while the department store side was mainly snacks, as well as seasonings, etc. Li Long was buying in a mode close to sweeping the shelves, which really attracted many people.

It didn't reach the point where the tractor couldn't load them, but buying these things, including wine, cost several hundred yuan, which made Chen Li Rong feel that her brother-in-law was really rich.

However, thinking that this was setting up a home from scratch, it was normal to think about it. As the saying goes, a broken home is worth ten thousand yuan. Most people's things were accumulated little by little. Although these things were a bit old and broken, in this era, the main thing was that they could be used. At least they had to have them.

Li Long's room basically had nothing. Starting from scratch, it was naturally more expensive.

After buying the things, Li Long drove the tractor to the large courtyard.

Arriving at the large courtyard, Chen Li Rong sighed again. This brother-in-law was capable! There was a large courtyard in the team, and there was also a large courtyard here. Putting it in the old society, it was definitely a rich family.

Gu Xiaoxia hadn't finished work yet. Li Long let the eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law turn around by themselves, and he went to see the newly planted trees, finding that one plum tree hadn't grown leaves yet, while others like jujubes, grapes, etc., had already sprouted and grown tender leaves, not bad.

The trees had traces of watering, so Li Long didn't care anymore.

The three of them stayed here for less than half an hour. Gu Xiaoxia came back. Seeing the three people in the courtyard, she was pleasantly surprised and shy.

"Eldest sister-in-law, you know, this is second sister-in-law," Li Long introduced, "Today we went to the supply and marketing cooperative and the department store to buy things. This time I came over to tell you about it."

The specific date was just Li Long's idea. Although he told Gu Bo Yuan, and also told Gu Xiaoxia to handle it as soon as possible before, since the date was set, he had to tell Gu Xiaoxia.

Li Long was also a bit uneasy. He was quite a bit like acting first and reporting later. He just didn't know if Gu Xiaoxia would be angry.

After listening to Li say it would be handled next Sunday, Gu Xiaoxia was just a bit surprised and not angry. She thought for a while and said:

"Then I will ask for leave from the bureau tomorrow. We have quite a few things to be busy with."

"No, no, no." Before Li Long could speak, Liang Yuemei said with a smile:

"We will handle the preparation matters. You work well. It's not easy for our family to have a public person. You just go to work well..."

"Decorate the things this Sunday," Li Long said, "Bring the things you made and the things you bought together. We will discuss how to decorate them at that time. As for the rest in the courtyard, the things that Uncle Gu needs to do, there are people in the family to worry about. We mainly busy ourselves with the things here. After the wedding is handled, we have to invite the leaders and colleagues in your bureau and our supply and marketing cooperative."

Writing the invitations on this side and sending out melon seeds, sugar, and happiness bags, Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia could handle them before the wedding.

Li Long planned to come to the county two days before next Sunday, handle this matter with Gu Xiaoxia together, and then return to the team together.

Gu Xiaoxia's leave definitely had to be asked for two days, but the time didn't need to be much. After all, Li Long was still busy with sowing and things in the mountains after that. The two had actually become accustomed to this way of getting along. This wedding was more of a form. Of course, there was a more important matter. Li Long finally didn't need to endure it.

Several people discussed the matter in the courtyard, then cooked dinner. After eating, Li Long drove the tractor back to the team.

The things were placed in the courtyard, preparing to move them into the room the next day. When Li Long returned to the horse yard, the sky was already completely dark.

Feeling that every day later might be so busy, Li Long sighed while lying on the bed. Sure enough, it was really tiring!

However, thinking that it was only once in a lifetime, this was truly establishing a home for himself. It was worth it to be tired and to make it more perfect.

No words for a night.

Getting up early the next day, after eating, Li Long and second sister-in-law hurriedly went to the eldest brother's house. Driving the tractor to the new courtyard, Li Long started moving things down, while Liang Yuemei and Chen Li Rong started putting things in place.

It was mainly things in the kitchen, bedding, and quilts. Li Long was in a hurry here, so the quilt covers were bought directly at the department store. In the next few days, Liang Yuemei, Chen Li Rong, and Lu eldest sister-in-law had to sew quilts and make mattresses here.

Li Long didn't care about the things in the room. There were people who came to help build the stove. Li Long drove the tractor and went to the river dam with Tao Daqiang to haul another cart of sand and stone materials.

The courtyard of his was originally land. The road from the residential point to the courtyard entrance was not as flat as the road in front of other people's houses.

Although it was said that he wouldn't live there much later, since he wanted to do it, he would do it perfectly. The water channel by the side of the house had been built, and the next step was the road. He poured the sand and stone on the road, and with Tao Daqiang, as well as several young people who took the initiative to join in to help, shoveled the sand and stone and spread them out, and then leveled them with the tractor.

Cart after cart of sand was spread on the road, the grass on both sides of the road was shoveled clean, and soon this road had a "face".

Li Jianguo also called the master chef in the team over. At this time, the master chef was checking the ingredients Li Long bought back.

"Little Long, two days before handling the matter, you still have to buy some fresh materials like tofu and bean sprouts," the master chef said, "I heard your brother say you also want to slaughter a wild boar?"

"Um, I'm also thinking about whether it's better to slaughter a wild boar or go to the county to buy ready-made meat."

"Buy ready-made meat. Slaughtering a wild boar still needs to be cleaned for a day, which is troublesome. Buy ready-made meat, buy some pork, beef, and mutton, and buy some chicken, fish..."

"Fish is not needed." The three Liang brothers who were helping said with a smile, "Before the banquet, we will cast a few more nets, and that carp will come out, right?"

"Also." The master chef counted with his fingers, "Your family has to open at least twenty tables. This carp needs twenty, can it be cleaned?"

"Can!" The three Liang brothers gritted their teeth and said, "At most, cast a few more nets."

"I also have ten or so nets here, enough." Li Long smiled, "Fish is no problem. I will go buy chicken in these two days. What else is needed?"

The master chef pointed out things one by one, and Li Long wrote them down, preparing to buy them in different periods of time. When the two master chefs left, Li Jianguo stuffed a towel bag to each of them, which contained soap and cigarettes. This was usually given after the matter was handled. Li Jianguo had already given it in advance, hoping the master chef would put more heart into it.

The master chef in the team was not enough. One of the master chefs at Gu Bo Yuan's place was from the village, and another was invited from the neighboring village.

Li Long sent a part of the ingredients to Gu Bo Yuan's place. The stove was also being built here. Gu Bo Yuan also greeted people to help here. Seeing Li Long come over, he said unhappily:

"Put the things down and hurry up to be busy with your side. It's better on my side, just entertain, you have many things on your side."

Because it was from the same village, basically everyone knew each other, so basically every household was divided into two halves at that time, part on this side and part on the Li family side.

After Li Long went back, seeing that the things in the family were almost complete, a large square mirror was hanging on the wall, the washbasin stand was placed in the corner of the wall, thermos bottles were placed by the stove, pots, bowls, and basins were all in their places, small cutting boards were placed on the large cutting board, two large and small rolling pins were placed by the cutting board, the strainer was hung on the wall, all in good order.

Liang Yuemei and Chen Li Rong were sewing quilts on the bed, chatting while sewing, and the work in their hands was not delayed at all. Beside them were two large red quilt covers that had been sewn, embroidered with dragons and phoenixes and red double happiness.

Seeing Li Long come in, Liang Yuemei said to him:

"Little Long, go and tell your eldest brother, we won't care about lunch. You have three or four beds in this room, we have to sew all the quilts out. Let your eldest brother do lunch."

"Okay." Li Long responded and came out. When he came out, he also heard second sister-in-law Chen Li Rong curiously asking: "Eldest brother can also cook?"

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Before Liang Yuemei could speak, Lu eldest sister-in-law said with a smile:

"Eldest brother cooks very well! He was a quartermaster before."

"What is a quartermaster?" Chen Li Rong asked curiously again.

"It's an official in the Corps, in charge of the canteen. The cooking squad belongs to him, cooking belongs to him, buying grain and rice all belongs to him..."

"Oh, eldest brother was an official before? Then why didn't he do it?"

"Your father-in-law, right." Lu eldest sister-in-law knew this matter very clearly, "Said the hometown couldn't support it, so he had to ask your eldest brother to go back. After your eldest brother went back, he stayed for two years and came back again, but he didn't go to the Corps after coming back. I heard all this from my Tie Tou's father."

After Li Long came out, the sound in the room couldn't be heard. He thought if his old father knew Lu eldest sister-in-law was arranging him, he didn't know what expression he would have. However, what Lu eldest sister-in-law said was also the truth.

The two large stoves in the courtyard had been built. Now young people were adding firewood to test the fire. The rising smoke and flames made the young people all step back, seeing that the stove was built well.

Li Long himself built two eight-immortal tables this time, which was definitely not enough. He still had to borrow a few tables from other families. However, those were things for later. Now that the stove was good, the master chef's operation table had to be brought out. Large thick wooden boards were propped up to place things, and young people were busy under the leadership of the Liang family's eldest brother.

The Liang family's eldest brother hadn't helped do this work once, looking very proficient.

Li Long went over and stuffed a pack of cigarettes to each person, saying:

"Hard work."

"What hard work." Taking the cigarettes, the young people felt very face-saving. This was Daqian Sect! Before, getting one to smoke was already few. The main cigarettes that could be smoked were still Mohe cigarettes. Although they earned money last year, after a year, the land distributed to their own family was more, and the places to use money were more. Unlike before, seeds, chemical fertilizers, machine plowing fees, etc., were all paid by the team. Now planting their own family's land, money naturally had to be paid by themselves. Although the prospect was very good, they still had to tighten their belts to live a hard life at the beginning.

Having cigarettes to smoke was already very good, and there was motivation to work.

Li Jianguo and Chen Xingbang were already preparing to clean up the meat in the idle room, seeing which could be used. Li Long went over and said what the eldest sister-in-law said. Li Jianguo nodded and agreed. Li Long said again:

"I will go to the county to buy chicken and meat in the first two days. The meat inside won't be moved. As for the fish, Liang eldest brother said he would cast nets, and we will buy it at that time. The large carp in the small sea should be enough to catch."

"Then use him? Can't we cast nets ourselves?" Chen Xingbang said, "It doesn't cost much effort."

"Let them catch it." Li Jianguo said, "At that time, our family will be busy, so we can't take care of it."

Li Long turned back to his courtyard, worked with the young people for a while, and seeing the time was almost up, those young people stopped and prepared to go home. Li Long hurriedly said to let them eat here. Liang eldest brother waved his hand and said:

"Go back to eat. You have many people here, can't sit down. Besides, we are saving our stomachs to eat good things when you handle the matter. Forget it these two days."

Saying this, a group of young people left with laughter.

Fine, knowing that others were kind, Li Long didn't insist on keeping people anymore. After eating lunch, he continued to be busy. There were a few women in the room to handle things, so Li Long didn't need to care. He was mainly busy with the material matters.

Taking out a part of the nets with four fingers or more from the eldest brother's side and handing them to Liang eldest brother, Liang eldest brother was quite happy and said with a smile:

"Little Long, don't worry. This fish is on us."

Li Long hadn't gone to the small sea these few days, and he didn't know the situation over there. However, since Liang eldest brother agreed, he didn't need to care about this matter. At most, he would go take a look in those two days.

Saturday afternoon, Gu Xiaoxia rode a bicycle back, stayed at home for a while, and then came over to the large courtyard.

She brought quite a few things on the back seat of her bicycle, including cut happiness characters, seat cushions, curtains, and other things.

It wasn't dark yet, and the two of them were busy pasting happiness characters and hanging curtains together. At this time, curtains were easy to hang, and they didn't need professionals. Pulling an iron wire with iron rings could hang them up. People in this era had very strong hands-on ability. Thinking about people who could even take apart diesel engines, what else couldn't they do? Li Long vaguely remembered that it seemed someone in the village in his previous life had a broken part in his air gun, and then found someone in the repair factory to turn a part with a lathe, and it was very easy to use after installing it.

After eating breakfast the next day, Li Long drove the tractor and went to the county with Gu Xiaoxia. Some odds and ends still needed to be bought by the two of them themselves.

This time, the picking was more careful, not only things in the room, but also clothes.

Regardless of Gu Xiaoxia's opposition, Li Long bought her a gold ring, necklace, and bracelet.

"I already have jade ones. I don't usually wear these things, so it's a waste of money to buy them," Gu Xiaoxia said with a playful pout.

"Not a waste. These things are bought, will they appreciate in value later?" Li Long whispered, "Gold will be more valuable than now later." At this time, buying gold jewelry was much cheaper, unlike later generations who played so many tricks. Of course, the patterns were also simple, not complicated, mainly simple and generous.

Less than two thousand yuan of gold was considered not being able to buy back ten times later, which was quite good.

Li Long drove the tractor back to the large courtyard with Gu Xiaoxia contentedly. The two still had to pack happiness bags. These were for colleagues in the Education Bureau, and also for the leaders on the supply and marketing cooperative side.

Li Long was already a bit numb. Big and small things were one by one. Anyway, they all had to go through it once, so just be it.

Tired but happy and looking forward to it.

Li Long didn't go back that night. The next day, he and Gu Xiaoxia went to the Education Bureau together and sent happiness bags to the leaders and colleagues over there. Deputy Director Wang looked at Li Long and said with a smile:

"Xiaoxia is an outstanding youth in our bureau. You can't bully her in the future. If I know you bully her, I will go to the supply and marketing cooperative to complain to your leaders."

"Director, don't worry. There will definitely not be such a thing happening," Li Long promised with a smile.

"That's about right. Congratulations to you both!" (End of chapter) **CHAPTER 435: Must Persist Even If Tired**