Chapter 504

Su Ningning and Tao Min left just as it was getting dark. At this time, "Wu Song" had only played half an episode.

"Can't watch anymore, I'm worried that if I watch more, I won't want to go back. Color TV is much better to watch than black and white TV, just like the real thing!" Su Ningning was still reluctant to leave when she left.

In fact, what made her reluctant wasn't just the color TV, but also Gu Xiaoxia's life. The food was very delicious, with meat and eggs. Her family might not be able to eat such food once or twice a week, but looking at Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia's expressions, such food was considered home-cooked meals.

Such a big yard for only two people to live in, and she still had to crowd with her family. Not to mention the color TV and big bed.

Can't compare.

Although envious and unable to compare, Su Ningning wasn't jealous. When chatting, she could hear that the money was mainly earned by Li Long. Gu Xiaoxia spent her own money and didn't need to hand it over at all. Thinking that she still had to pay for food, Su Ningning sighed.

People really can't be compared.

However, she was really not jealous. Gu Xiaoxia brought them over just to watch TV, didn't show off, and her tone was very normal, not like that eldest sister in the unit who had an air of "I'm higher and richer than you."

It felt very comfortable.

After Gu Xiaoxia went to work the next day, she clearly felt that Su Ningning and Tao Min were much closer to her, and she was actually quite happy. Although some people say it's best not to make friends in the office, in the office, who doesn't hope to have a few colleagues with a good relationship?

Gu Xiaoxia went to work. After Li Long fed the roe deer, he drove the tractor out and went straight to the team.

Since he decided to repair the yard for Halimu and the others, this matter couldn't be delayed.

After returning to the team, Li Long first went to find Tao Daqiang.

Tao Daqiang's wife, Yang Pingping, was weaving a basket in the yard. Hearing the sound of the tractor, she stood up. Li Long parked the tractor outside, saw Yang Pingping, and got off to ask her:

"Sister-in-law, is Daqiang there? I have something to find him for."

"Daqiang went to the fields, there's some grass in our cornfield, he went to weed." Yang Pingping walked to the door and said with a smile: "If you have anything, you can go to the fields to find him, or tell me."

"I want to find a few young people in the team to help and take them to do a job." Li Long told the truth. They were husband and wife, so this matter couldn't be hidden from her, "My friend in the mountains has an old house at the animal husbandry team, and it needs mud on the roof and patching the wall. The men have all gone into the mountains, leaving only the old and young, so it's not good to live in."

"That's definitely no problem." As soon as Yang Pingping heard it, she said with a smile, "Before, Daqiang didn't get less benefits from following you into the mountains, Daqiang told me. This time my father-in-law earned a lot of money from weaving carrying poles, and that's because the mountain people don't care. It's definitely possible. Are you going to the fields to find him, or wait for him to come back?"

"I'll go tell others first, I have to find five or six people to work together, otherwise it won't be finished in a day or two." Li Long said, "If it's not noon after finding them, I'll go to your field. Which piece is your cornfield planted in? East dam or the field behind?"

"East dam side."

Li Long drove the tractor and went to find Jia Weidong again.

He didn't deal with Jia Weidong much usually, but after this carrying pole weaving matter, Li Long felt that although this person didn't talk much, he was quite reliable.

On the way, he ran into Xie Yun Dong, who was pushing his bicycle back. Li Long stopped the tractor and said hello:

"Brother Xie Yun Dong, why not ride?"

"Heh, it's not familiar yet, I'm afraid that when your tractor comes over, I'll panic and ride into the ditch. What are you doing?"

"I'm looking for Weidong, planning to call a few people to help put mud on the roof of my friend's house in the mountains at the animal husbandry team."

"When?"

"Planning for tomorrow."

"Then count me in." Xie Yun Dong said with a smile, "There's no work in the fields now, just weeding, a day early or late doesn't delay anything."

When Li Long was weaving carrying poles, he let Xie Yun Dong manage people, and he promised to give Xie Yun Dong a management fee of fifty yuan. When settling the account, he gave sixty, saying the extra ten yuan was for buying a schoolbag for the child. Xie Yun Dong was indeed attentive in the management of this carrying pole weaving, and Li Long saw it in his eyes. With his ability, he could completely weave a few more carrying poles.

Since he was attentive, Li Long naturally couldn't pretend to be blind and not see it.

In this back and forth, both knew each other's temper, quite good.

"Okay, then I'll come call you tomorrow." Li Long smiled, "If you have a tile knife or something, bring it."

"Good. Weidong is at home, you go first, I'll practice again, this bicycle is still not easy to learn."

Li Long went to find Jia Weidong.

Jia Weidong was setting up a frame for sword beans in the vegetable garden. After Li Long stated his intention, he nodded.

Turning back, Li Long went to find the three Liang brothers.

Also no problem, the eldest brother Liang said with a smile:

"Anyway, we can't catch fish recently, and we don't want to go to the big lake, it's quite good to go out and turn around with you."

Three brothers, the third one stays at home, the eldest and second go.

Adding Li Long, six people, enough.

Seeing that the time was still early, Li Long drove the tractor to Tao Daqiang's cornfield. Tao Daqiang heard the sound of the tractor and walked out of the strip field.

Four hundred meters long strip field, when he walked to the end of the field, Li Long's tractor had already waited for a few minutes.

"Brother Long, something up?" Tao Daqiang wiped the sweat on his face, rubbed his nose, and asked.

The corn was planted early and had grown to half a person's height. The edges of the leaves were very sharp. When weeding, arms and necks were easily scratched with red marks, and it would sting painfully when sweating.

"I want to go to Halimu and the others' animal husbandry team to apply mud to the roof and patch the wall. Tomorrow and the day after, I called a few young people in the team, are you free to go?"

"Go." Tao Daqiang said immediately, "Tomorrow, right? Then I'll go back in the afternoon and borrow a tile knife. By the way, who else?"

"Xie Yun Dong, Jia Weidong, Liang eldest brother, Liang second brother."

"Good." Tao Daqiang nodded, "All strong laborers, oh Jia Weidong is a bit worse, but it's okay."

This matter was settled.

Li Long returned to the yard, said hello to his father and mother, and then drove back to the county.

The manpower problem was solved, and the next was the food problem.

Since he gathered people, he couldn't eat too simply. So Li Long felt this matter was also easy to handle. He remembered that last time when he sent things to Halimu and the others at the forestry team, there were people herding sheep over there, so he planned to buy a sheep tomorrow, slaughter it directly in the yard, and eat hand-grabbed meat.

He planned to find the deputy captain of the animal husbandry team, Adili, for this matter. It's better to find people from the official perspective for this kind of thing. For one thing, it's easy to get things done, and for another, through this channel, money is spent, and the other side also appreciates it.

After eating at Sister Yang's place at noon, Li Long drove the tractor to the animal husbandry team's outpost.

More than an hour's drive, when he arrived there, Li Long went to the school first.

Nasen and the others were already in class. Li Long asked several families and found Adili.

Adili actually already heard the sound of the tractor, but didn't expect it to be coming to find him. His yard was slightly neater. When Li Long came over, he was tidying up a carpet in the yard.

"Hello, hello. You are Li Long, right?" Adili still remembered Li Long, which made Li Long a bit surprised.

"I came to tell you that I'm bringing people over tomorrow to apply mud to the roofs of Halimu and Yushanjiang's houses."

"Good, good." Adili was naturally very happy; this was a good thing.

"I want to buy a sheep from you to slaughter and eat tomorrow, we have many people." Li Long said, "Is it okay?"

"Sheep? How big?" Adili asked.

"A two-year-old sheep, one that can slaughter twenty kilograms of meat is fine, how about it? Help me slaughter it, and it's best to boil it directly in Halimu's yard tomorrow." "There are sheep, this price..." Adili hesitated.

"You say."

"Twenty-five yuan, how about it?"

"Okay." Li Long didn't mind more or less, and this price was relatively cheap, "Also please help slaughter it, it's best if you can boil it, if not, I'll let Halimu's mother boil it."

"That's no problem!"

Li Long took out two ten-yuan notes and one five-yuan note and handed them to Adili:

"Money first. We'll arrive tomorrow morning, can the sheep be brought over tomorrow morning?"

"No problem. You are so straightforward, I won't drop the chain here. Tomorrow morning, I'll take people to bring the sheep over and slaughter it in Halimu's house."

Adili was very straightforward, so Li Long was relieved. He drove the tractor to Halimu's house. The old lady heard the movement and walked out. Seeing Li Long, she smiled.

Li Long got off the car, the old lady waved at him, wanting to take him in to drink milk tea. Li Long waved his hand, pointed to the roof, and pointed to the yard, gesturing to repair it tomorrow.

He didn't know if the old lady could understand, and after saying it, he pointed outside, saying he had to go.

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Going to Yushanjiang's house, Yushanjiang's wife could understand and was a bit at a loss.

Li Long just told her that it was what he had discussed with Yushanjiang before, and that was it.

After explaining things here, Li Long drove the tractor back to the county.

Eating only mutton definitely wouldn't work, so Li Long went to the naan shop and ordered twenty big naans. Naan is only delicious when it's just baked. He had already asked, and this naan shop would open at dawn tomorrow morning, and many ethnic families nearby relied on this naan for breakfast.

He also went to the department store and moved two boxes of small champagne. It would be convenient to drink water when the time came. Boiling a pot would be fine, but he was asking people to help, and these young people definitely wouldn't take money, so the food and drink definitely had to be taken care of. Not only was there something to drink, but there also had to be bowls. He bought ten small enamel basins to prepare for tomorrow.

After getting things ready, Li Long returned to the big yard.

The next day after breakfast, Li Long drove the tractor to the team, picked up people one by one, and these people brought tile knives, iron shovels, big shovels, and other tools. What surprised him a bit was that Xu Dejun, who was weaving carrying poles with Xie Yun Dong, was also there and wanted to follow along, so Li Long naturally agreed.

Seeing the small champagne in the car bucket, everyone's mouths immediately grinned; this treatment was high!

The tractor didn't leave immediately, but went to the threshing floor and pulled half a car of old wheat tails. It was quite good for mixing mud. There were no such things at the animal husbandry team's outpost. If the mud was mixed dry, the mud would easily crack.

Pulling half a car of wheat tails, the young guys sat in the car bucket, with a layer of sacks spread on top, which was also comfortable. Xie Yun Dong grabbed the position on the fender first and chatted with Li Long while driving.

Tao Daqiang was a bit resentful; this position used to be his.

The tractor drove to the county. Li Long stopped to buy naan, put it in a basket, and covered it with a layer of cage cloth.

The freshly baked naan was really tempting. Li Long also knew this situation, and while driving, he shouted to several people:

"If you are greedy, just eat it, anyway, it's everyone's to eat in the end."

It was quite good to have naan at noon. Others didn't know there was sheep. However, Tao Daqiang knew in his heart that Li Long wouldn't treat everyone badly when asking people to help work.

When they arrived at Halimu's yard, Li Long found that Adili and another person were already there. The sheep had been slaughtered, and that person was skinning it.

Halimu's mother was watching from the side, a bit at a loss.

When the tractor arrived, they all looked at Li Long and the others, and then smiles appeared on their faces.

This was a sincere smile for friends and juniors.

"Alright, get down and work." Li Long smiled and said, "See, hand-grabbed meat for lunch, we have to do this job beautifully today."

"Heh, what else is there to say?" Xu Dejun was a surprise, but this time he was the first to speak, "If I had known this treatment, would people in the team not have scrambled to come?"

In fact, after knowing this matter, Xu Chengjun asked him to come, and he also told Xu Fei Hu. Xu Fei Hu considered it and said he had something to do and wouldn't come.

Actually, there was nothing to do, just Xu Fei Hu felt there was no good thing, and coming directly like this in the eyes of others in the team was equivalent to sucking up to Li Long, and the reputation was not good.

Xu Dejun thought, what reputation is good or bad now? Li Long can bring work to everyone, can earn money, those people want to suck up but can't! Now that there is an opportunity, you don't go yourself, and still wait for others to invite you? Don't look at who Li Long called this time?

After coming here and seeing it, he felt Li Long treated people really well. Finding people in the team to apply mud to the roof, at most they would stir-fry two or three dishes, stir-fry a bit more, have a meat dish, have a fish, and that's about it. How is this done here? Directly a sheep!

Atmospheric.

Of course, the premise is having money. But are there people with money in the team? Yes. That person's way of doing things isn't as atmospheric as Li Long's!

There was open space in the yard that wasn't planted with anything, left barren. Li Long asked Adili to help ask the old lady, and finally decided to dig a pit outside the yard to mix mud. There was a water canal nearby. When Li Long came over, he brought several buckets. Xie Yun Dong and the others dug a pit and produced soil here, and he drove the tractor and took Tao Daqiang and Jia Weidong to pull water.

Jobs like applying mud to the roof and repairing walls really don't count for much for these young people. The house here is lower than the house on the side of the Fourth Team, so applying mud to the roof is easier. The pits that fell off the wall are also easy to patch.

The work here is very lively, and the people at the animal husbandry team's outpost are very curious and come to watch. Li Long and the others don't care, anyway, basically they can't understand, mainly still working.

The sheep was slaughtered, and Adili came to ask Li Long.

Li Long asked to pick out some meat and put it in the old lady's house, and then the rest was boiled. The pot in the room couldn't hold it, so Xie Yun Dong and the others casually made a simple stove outside, sat the pot on it, and boiled the meat with water.

I don't know when, Yushanjiang's wife also came to help, cutting vegetables, cutting meat, Li Long saw it, and guessed she should be planning to stir-fry dishes at noon.

Li Long said hello to her, and then continued to work. At this time, working is the most important thing.

Li Long didn't notice that a young ethnic girl was writing something with paper and pen, and after writing, she muttered, and after everything was done, she went to find Adili and asked for a long time.

Adili looked at Li Long and quietly told the matter.

Li Long didn't notice these, but Xu Dejun noticed it and quietly told Li Long.

Li Long looked at the girl who had already left, and looked at Halidi, waved his hand and said:

"I guess it might be writing news, don't worry about it. Let's do our work, it's best to finish it today, if not, come back tomorrow. Strive to get things done tomorrow, and we won't care later."

Adili came over to tell Li Long that the girl was indeed a part-time broadcaster for the team, and just now she really wanted to write a news draft.

Knowing what was going on, Li Long put it aside. The mud was originally meant to be left for a while, but everyone had experience, the construction period was short, so the mud was mixed harder, and it could be used soon after mixing. The house was small, equivalent to less than half of Li Jianguo's house, and not that high, so applying mud to the roof was actually quite easy for these young people.

They took a tile knife, dug a piece of mud, and with a force, they could throw the mud directly onto the roof!

If it were in the team, they would have to use a basket to hoist the mud to the roof, and the difference was big.

Now no one is watching, but several people are still working vigorously.

Li Long and the others didn't notice that after the girl went back, she didn't know where she found a camera, and took several pictures in a row, shooting from different angles.

Because she knew Li Long was the organizer of this activity, the girl was mainly shooting Li Long. Then she was discovered by Li Long.

Li Long wasn't shy, nor did he cover it up, with mud on his face, taking off his coat and wearing a vest, carrying mud, grinning. The old lady stood by, holding a towel, originally wanting to wipe the faces of several people, but everyone didn't care, and she was a bit anxious.

The photo was frozen.

The girl was very satisfied.

The work was done until noon, everyone was tired, the mutton in the pot on the stove had been stewed until soft, Nasen and the others had already returned, and several children were active among the young people, laughing and very lively.

At this time, children really like guests coming to the house, for various reasons, anyway, Nasen and Sasken were not afraid of mud, followed Li Long and the others to help, very happy.

"Wash your hands and eat. One piece of naan per person, break it and eat." Li Long washed his hands, squeezed it dry on the basin, and shouted, "Everyone go and fish out a piece of bone, we will take the bowls ourselves. Drink mutton soup, drink small champagne, look at yourself. But don't waste it, take as much as you eat."

Xie Yun Dong and the others went to wash their hands. The mud spots on their hands were washed simply, and there were not so many stresses on their faces and arms, just rub them when they were dry. After a morning of physical labor, everyone was tired, and this meat had been thought about for a long time, and finally they could eat it! (End of chapter)