Chapter 461: This is also called a win-win

Placed in front of Li Long and the tractor was a cow.

The cow's owner was named Sulitan, an old man in his fifties, who was squatting beside the cow at this moment with a face full of sorrow.

"This cow fell from the mountain. Sulitan originally planned to transfer the field today," Bolati whispered, "At night, the pen was pushed open, and the cattle and sheep all ran out. He searched all morning, and most of the cattle and sheep were found. Only this one didn't know what frightened it, fell from the mountain, and fell to death."

Actually, it wasn't completely dead yet. Li Long saw the cow twitching occasionally, but it wasn't far from death.

According to their ethnic customs, this kind of accidentally dead livestock cannot be eaten. But a cow is not a sheep. This big livestock is much more valuable than a sheep. Losing this cow, it is inevitable for the old man to be sad.

This is also the reason why everyone says "a family has ten thousand strings of money, but the breathing (with fur) doesn't count." There are too many accidents, and if it dies, it's not worth money.

"Then can I buy this cow?" Li Long thought for a while and said, "Money is fine, exchanging for food is also fine." When he came just now, his car was loaded with several bags of rice and flour, as well as some other supplies that herdsmen often used and were also relatively scarce. Once these supplies entered the deep mountain summer pasture, it was almost impossible to replenish them.

Actually, Bolati called Li Long over because he wanted him to pick up a bargain. Anyway, Sulitan definitely didn't want this cow. If Li Long waited for Sulitan to leave and pulled the cow away, he would have pulled it away.

But Li Long couldn't do this, especially seeing that Sulitan was still quite sad, so he thought that anyway, the cow was going to die, and the meat could be used. If he wanted it, he would give the old man some compensation.

Sulitan didn't understand Han language, so Bolati translated for him. Bolati was quite surprised that Li Long gave compensation, but after hearing it, he was also quite happy, feeling that it was correct for him to make Li Long this friend.

Sulitan listened to Bolati's words, turned his head to look at Li Long, with a face full of incomprehension. For this, he still didn't understand a little. He had been grazing in the mountains all year round and really didn't know much about things outside the mountains.

Bolati explained again and pointed to the supplies in the tractor. Sulitan believed this was true. He stood up, his expression eased, looked at Li Long, then looked at the tractor, and then spoke.

"He said just one bag of rice and one bag of flour is enough," Bolati smiled, "He said this cow was like this before, and if it died, it died, which was a complete loss. Now that it can be exchanged for things, he is very happy."

"Two bags of rice and two bags of flour." Li Long felt that such a big cow, giving only one bag of rice and one bag of flour, was really a bit unfair to others.

Bolati was a bit surprised, but still translated it over.

"Really? He said it's not needed."

"Then ask him if he can help me skin and open the cow, so two bags of rice and two bags of flour, and I'll give him some brick tea and such."

The deal was reached. Sulitan was no longer in that sad expression, took out a knife, and began to deal with this cow.

The cow was very big. Li Long guessed that the adult cow must be at least two hundred and fifty or sixty kilograms. Even if the meat was produced, it could produce more than one hundred kilograms, maybe more.

Although animal husbandry in the north has always been quite developed, at this point in time in Maxian and Shicheng, beef didn't appear much, mainly pork and mutton. Beef was relatively expensive. The herdsmen's cattle were usually pulled away by food factories to give priority to ensuring some units, such as making beef canned food, transported to the interior, and not much flowed into the local market.

Therefore, at this time, beef was also more expensive than pork and mutton, which could be considered a relatively luxurious meat in the eyes of the bottom-level people. Even for herdsmen, they might slaughter a cow to eat during the winter slaughter all year round, and at most kill a sheep during festivals.

Bolati also helped. Li Long didn't get his hands on it. He just moved the rice and flour to the side of the tractor's bucket, which was convenient for putting meat in the bucket later.

Although the beef was still being processed, Li Long was already thinking about how to deal with this meat.

He didn't plan to sell it. Leave a leg in the big courtyard, leave a leg in the horse number, leave a leg at the old father-in-law's place, and the remaining meat was mainly left at the eldest brother's place. Daqiang also had to take two kilograms over. Although the captain's presence was low, he had to share two kilograms, right?

Of course, share a few kilograms at Li Xiangqian's place in the supply and marketing cooperative, share a few kilograms at Chen Hongjun's place, and ask Zhong Guo Qiang if he wants it, and ask Gu Xiaoxia if she wants to give some to their Wang Bureau when returning to the county.

After sharing like this, there wouldn't be much left.

In short, with such a cow, everyone could eat it, and everyone was happy.

Sulitan and Bolati moved very quickly. In less than an hour, the cow was skinned and opened, the head, hooves, and such were placed aside, the things in the stomach were dug out, the shit in the stomach and intestines was squeezed out and placed on the cowhide. Li Long only brought a large basin, which could barely hold half of the internal organs—the cow's internal organs were not sheep's, they were really big! The remaining internal organs were piled on the cowhide.

As for the meat, there was no way. It was all piled on the cowhide. This cowhide spread out almost filled the bucket.

Sulitan smiled and unloaded the rice and flour on the side of the car, then tied it to his horse's back. Li Long gave the remaining supplies to Bolati. There were also rock sugar, brick tea, salt, and such, and Bolati was also very happy, smiling and saying:

"If there is such a thing later, I will still call you. I know, you are a good friend, and Sulitan is also very happy!"

Alright, everyone was very happy. All these things Li Long brought added up to less than one hundred yuan, but the price of beef now might be close to two yuan per kilogram. Calculating it, he still took a big bargain.

But this kind of thing is unclear. If he didn't come, Sulitan would have lost a cow for nothing and got nothing. At least now he exchanged for rice and flour. These four bags of rice and flour could allow his family to eat beautifully in the summer pasture for two months.

Worth it.

Li Long shook the tractor, drove to the wooden cabin, got several urea bags and sacks, put water on them, and covered the beef. At this time, the sun had already risen, the temperature rose, and naturally, it was easy to attract insects, so it was better to cover it. He didn't have time to deal with the cow stomach and cow intestine, just took two more basins, loaded the internal organs, and loaded a large basin of plate oil. This is good stuff!

After the things were packed, the fritillaria outside was messily collected and stuffed into the bag and placed on the car. Then he locked the door, carried the gun, drove the tractor, and went outside the mountain.

Added water to the tractor halfway, Li Long also rested for a while, and then advanced to the county.

It was already lunch time. Li Long drove directly to the courtyard south of the Wuyi Highway. Yang Da Jie and Gu Xiaoxia, who were eating in the courtyard, heard the sound of the tractor and ran out immediately.

Seeing Li Long, they were all quite happy. Li Long got off the car, Yang Da Jie hurriedly served food. Li Long didn't be polite either, and while eating, he told the story.

"Put a cow leg here. Yang Da Jie, after you deal with the cow leg, cook some meat, and Xiaoxia will take it to the big courtyard later. As for the bones, just cook and eat them here." Li Long arranged.

"Good." Yang Da Jie naturally had no opinion.

Li Long faced Gu Xiaoxia again and said:

"Xiaoxia, do you want to take some meat to your Wang Bureau?"

Gu Xiaoxia hesitated for a moment and asked:

"Then do I want to take some to other leaders too?"

"Look for yourself, I suggest you just take some to Wang Bureau. Quietly, of course, if you want to take some to other leaders, then be slightly public." Li Long actually couldn't grasp it. In this day and age, it seemed very normal for him to give gifts to Li Xiangqian, but Gu Xiaoxia's side was different. He couldn't grasp it.

"Then I'll just send it to Wang Bureau." Gu Xiaoxia thought for a while and said, "Pack it tightly, and take it over when going to work."

"This is okay. You just tell her that this is the meat I just brought back from the mountains, slaughtered this morning."

Li Long told the story while eating. Gu Xiaoxia knew a little bit, Yang Da Jie was very curious, and couldn't figure out why the meat that wasn't slaughtered couldn't be eaten?

After eating, Li Long took a cow leg from the car box and handed it to Yang Da Jie. Through the contact of more than half a year, Yang Da Jie was still trustworthy.

Then he took out a piece of meat that had been removed and handed it to Gu Xiaoxia. Yang Da Jie found a clean cage cloth in the kitchen to wrap it, and wrapped it with newspaper outside. Gu Xiaoxia put it in her satchel and left on her bike.

Li Long drove the tractor to the big courtyard. After parking it, he rode his bike and sent meat to Chen Hongjun, Zhong Guo Qiang, and Li Xiangqian respectively.

"Beef!" Zhong Guo Qiang was still very willing to buy some. Li Long didn't send much, so he planned to take it home to eat.

"I can share some for you, but not much."

"I don't want much either, just twenty or thirty kilograms." Zhong Guo Qiang knew that Li Long had many people to take care of, so he stated his requirements, "Market price, two yuan per kilogram, how about that?"

"Okay, I'll drive the tractor to send it to you later."

Chen Hongjun received Li Long's meat just after going to work, and was also quite happy. He accepted it with a smile and asked Li Long how much fritillaria he could get this year.

"Dozens of kilograms, the rain is good this year, and there are quite a lot of people getting this in the mountains." Li Long was quite trusted, and now it was already folded into several kilograms.

Li Xiangqian wasn't surprised that Li Long came to send things. He pulled him to chat for a few words, mainly asking him to prepare well, and the matter of weaving the carrying pole must not be sloppy. Li Long agreed.

After sending it, he rode his bike back to the big courtyard, then drove the tractor out, went to the big meat canteen, left twenty kilograms of meat, collected forty yuan, and then drove the tractor back with a toot-toot-toot sound.

Halfway through, he ran into school letting out. Li Long specifically looked carefully, and saw Li Juan and Li Qiang walking together when he was about to reach the third team.

Hearing the sound of the tractor, other children quickly hid on both sides. Li Juan and Li Qiang turned their heads to look first, and when they found it was Li Long, they ran over with happy smiles.

Li Long let them sit on the page board one by one. Although it was dangerous, it was driven slowly, and he kept telling them to grab the seat steel ring tightly, so they arrived home safely.

Li Qing Xia and Tao Daqiang went to set the net, and Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei were cleaning up tools in the courtyard.

Li Long drove the tractor directly into the courtyard. After turning off the engine, Li Jianguo asked: "Why are you back? Is there nothing in the mountains?"

"No, I got a cow back, so I have to share it quickly and deal with the meat."

"Cow? Why did you get that guy? It's so big, it's not bought, right?"

Li Jianguo still understood Li Long, knowing that he wouldn't buy beef for no reason.

"A herdsman's cow fell from the mountain, fell half-dead, people don't eat this, I exchanged it with rice and flour." Li Long lifted the bag on the bucket, revealing the beef underneath. Flies were already attracting wasps, so it must be dealt with as soon as possible.

"Then hurry up and get a basin, take a board, boil water, and the stove outside must be lit." Li Jianguo ordered as soon as he saw it.

Liang Yuemei and Chen Li Rong both moved.

"Eldest brother, I'll use your car. I have to send a cow leg to Xiaoxia's father's place, and the same for Old Luo Shu at the horse number."

"Okay, you send yours. Old father and Daqiang will come over later. Let Daqiang also take a piece of meat back. These days Daqiang and old father have been catching fish and selling fish, and they have been doing quite well."

"I think so too." Li Long said.

So he sent meat first. Old Luo Shu actually heard the sound of the tractor. Seeing that the tractor didn't reach this side, he didn't care much. Li Long left a cow leg here, which also surprised him a bit. Li Long told the origin of the cow leg.

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"Your luck is quite good." Old Luo Shu smiled, "I'll remove this meat and cook it. I'll eat when you come back."

"No need," Li Long said, "Just eat when cooking normally. Your body is good, so you can help me raise pigs and feed deer."

"Okay, okay." Old Luo Shu was also happy to hear this. The old man was most afraid that he was useless. He could work, had work to do, and had meat to eat, so he was satisfied.

Li Long sent the remaining leg to Gu Bo Yuan's house. Gu Bo Yuan went to the field. Li Long took the key under the flower pot on the windowsill, opened the door, took the cow leg to the cutting board, and began to remove the meat.

The neighbor across the street wasn't surprised to see Li Long. After all, this could be considered his own family.

Li Long had removed half of the meat when Gu Bo Yuan came back. Looking at the bike in the courtyard, he knew the Li family had come. Seeing the room door open, he knew it was Li Long.

"Uncle Gu, I got a cow in the mountains. This cow leg was sent over, and I'm removing the meat."

"I'll do it." Having beef to eat, Gu Bo Yuan was also very happy. Since Li Long got a cow, sending a cow leg wasn't anything, "How are you in the mountains?"

"Very good, except for no electricity, nothing is missing. I can receive fritillaria every day, and I also got coal and some other meat."

"Good is good, still need to pay attention to safety. There should be more vagrants in the mountains, right?"

"Yes, more than before. I also ran into one who wanted to steal my things, and another vagrant friend held him down and sent him to the forestry team detention center."

"Hmm, the gun should be carried. There are desperate people among those in the mountains. If you run into danger, shoot first. Whether you hit or not, scare them first."

Li Long honestly agreed.

The meat here wasn't finished, so Li Long let Gu Bo Yuan drive him home. Gu Bo Yuan also knew he was busy, so he didn't keep him.

When Li Long returned to the eldest brother's courtyard, old father Li Qing Xia and Tao Daqiang had already returned. They were helping to deal with the beef.

"Daqiang, you go back first, take a piece of meat, take it back and just stew it for dinner tonight." Li Long saw Tao Daqiang busy, and said with a smile, "The wife is about to give birth, right?"

"No, no." Tao Daqiang said, "There are still three or four months."

"Hmm, that also needs attention." Li Long said, "Go back, take some meat, take some bones, all need to be supplemented."

Tao Daqiang nodded, took the meat and bones, and went home.

He really didn't need to be polite with Li Long.

Li Qing Xia asked at this time:

"That herdsman in the mountains, the livestock fell to death and really doesn't eat?"

"Really doesn't eat." Li Long explained to his old father, "They have rules, just like we have rules, but the rules are different."

The fragrance of meat floated in the courtyard. After Li Juan and Li Qiang finished their homework, they also ran around, especially when they saw the huge cow bones, they were also tongue-tied. This thing is really not small!

The cowhide had been organized, salted, and dried. Such a big guy, in this courtyard, was also the only one for so many years.

"Are you going back to the county today?" Li Jianguo asked with chopsticks by the pot.

The pot was boiling cow bones, rolling from time to time with boiling water. Although three legs were sent out, the remaining cow bones were enough to clean up. The cow head and cow hooves also had to be cleaned up slowly. Li Qing Xia planned to burn the cow head and cow hooves, and then use a red-hot iron rod to brand them, so that the hair roots in the skin could be branded clean.

At this time, there were no blowtorches, so he could only use the most primitive method.

After burning, use a knife to scrape, scrape and then burn, several times to clean up. After cleaning up, it had to be boiled, not boiled until cooked, mainly to boil the cow head, separate the upper and lower jaws, and then clean up the dirty things inside the tongue and other parts.

After cleaning up, it was marinated or boiled, which was very troublesome.

But after cleaning up, it was really fragrant to marinate and eat.

In this day and age, there was meat to eat, and no one complained about trouble, only complaining about having nothing. Even the laziest families in the village, if they had cow heads and cow hooves, they wouldn't be afraid of trouble.

After all, everyone knew this thing was delicious!

"Go back, go back later." Li Long explained, "I have to go to the mountains tomorrow. These two days those vagrants digging fritillaria all came to me to exchange things, I thought about staying two more days to exchange more. In a few days, I have to take people up the mountain to weave the carrying pole."

"Then I'll send the beef at the captain's place." Li Jianguo said, "You wait for the meat to be cooked, eat it before leaving."

"Okay." Li Long wasn't pretentious either. The beef obtained with great effort, no matter what, had to be eaten before leaving.

There was quite a lot of beef left at home, more than one hundred kilograms. If it was just cooked, it would have to be cooked in two large basins and a large jar, enough to eat until the end of the year.

"Sister-in-law, have to send some to Liang Shu's side," Li Long said to Liang Yuemei, "We didn't eat less of the things Liang Shu sent before."

"Okay." Liang Yuemei was also happy. The younger brother-in-law still remembered her maiden family's kindness, which made her quite gratified.

Chen Li Rong listened and slowly understood the reason why her husband often talked about the younger brother-in-law's affairs after returning home before the year. This younger brother-in-law did things thoroughly, no wonder he was liked.

"Second sister-in-law, you also take some back when the meat is cooked later. There is some at the horse number, but you cook for Li Xue Qin and Xueping, you will need it sooner or later." Li Long said again.

Chen Li Rong nodded hurriedly.

Although her husband wasn't there, the eldest brother-in-law, sister-in-law, and younger brother-in-law could all remember her and the children, which was enough.

Li Qing Xia also planned to have two drinks with his eldest son and youngest son, but knowing that Li Long was going to drive the tractor back to the county, he was a bit disappointed.

But he also knew Li Long was busy, otherwise where would this good life come from?

Then let's get more delicious food. He also planned to marinate the cow head and leave some, waiting for Li Long to come back to eat. After all, he got a cow, and Li Long just ate some meat and left?

So when Li Long ate beef and prepared to leave at night, Li Qing Xia got a basin and packed a lot of cooked meat for him. Li Jianguo also let him pack more stomach and intestine.

"It's cool in the mountains, and you're busy, get more cooked ones, cook them in oil, heat them in the pot and you can eat, how convenient!"

This is the truth, so Li Long accepted it.

When leaving, there were two more basins in the tractor, one basin of cooked meat, one basin of cooked meat, with a lot of things added inside.

In short, it's convenient. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 462 =====