Chapter 609: Wolf Disaster: A Shortened Term for the Disaster of the Wolf Clan

After Li Long left, Liang Wenyu asked Liang Donglou:

"Old Dad, you just gave him that notebook?"

"Who gave it to him? Didn't I let him take it back to copy?" Liang Donglou glared at his son. "Besides, you don't study it anyway, so it might as well be given to him to look at; it might be of some use."

To speak of value, Liang Wenyu truly knew the preciousness of that notebook; it recorded the highly effective empirical formulas and experiences Liang Donglou had encountered since he began teaching himself medicine.

But if he were asked to study it, he wouldn't. When he was young, Liang Donglou had him memorize the "Tangtou Ge" (Songs of Decoction Formulas), but Liang Wenyu gave up after a few days, clamoring to go to school with other children.

And that was the end of that.

Liang Donglou did not force his children to study medicine; he only sighed from time to time that his medical skills had no successor.

Fortunately, after Li Jianguo and Liang Wenyu married, they followed him to study for a period, and even served as barefoot doctors for a time.

Although the furniture factory was booming, the furniture sold so far had been in dribs and drabs; a large order like Li Long's this time was the first of the year.

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Let's take it back first and talk later.

Although the road was a two-lane road, the snow on the side of the road had basically not been pressed down, so Li Long drove very carefully.

After Li Long received permission to drive the tractor into the sugar factory, many people in the office knew the news. Section Chief Hu came out, followed by quite a few people.

Seeing that there was still time, he took half of the sheep left at home and put it in the jeep, poured half of the small crucian carp he had brought from the Fourth Team into another bag and put it in the trunk, and also brought a few pieces of tiger bone. After adding water to the jeep and starting it, he drove toward the village where Liang Donglou lived.

"Fine, Uncle Lao Luo, I won't be polite then." One cannot say thank you to Uncle Lao Luo; Li Long kept this matter in mind.

Some sheep were not twenty kilograms, and some exceeded it.

Li Long did not wait for Li Qing Xia and Li Jianguo to return; he had many things to do, so after resting well, he took a bag of cleaned small crucian carp, drove the tractor away.

Li Jianguo and Li Qing Xia were both absent; they had gone to the small lake to break the ice and catch fish.

He was now reading a book about the Youth League charter, which was found by Blind Liu, letting him familiarize himself with the work process first.

The tractor was pulling fifty "Kelangzi" (mutton) sheep, piled up like a mountain, which was very eye-catching.

That was truly good.

Li Long went to the finance department to sign and collect the money, and after putting the money in his satchel, he went out, said goodbye to Section Chief Hu, and went to the slag outlet.

Last time he sent yellow sheep, this time taking a leg of mutton was just a gesture.

"Good, Comrade Li Long, I see this mutton is good. It was freshly slaughtered, right?"

This time he brought tiger bone directly. Liang Donglou took it, looked at it for a long time, and nodded: "It's real, and... it hasn't been long."

"Yes." Li Long felt a bit embarrassed.

With this sugar slag, one can save a lot of things.

Driving a tractor, driving a jeep, having a job, making money...

Li Long also smiled and said: "We are all the same, sons of the soil."

"Take this back and have a look."

Breakfast was millet porridge. This millet was a benefit issued by Gu Xiaoxia's unit. Although there wasn't much, it was enough to drink porridge for a while.

The sugar slag was packed very full, with ten full bags pressed on top. Li Long also explained the leg of mutton, saying it was brought for his sister.

Li Long smiled and said: "I'm driving a jeep, it's fine."

On the road, he ran into Xie Dafa. He was coming from the east with two rabbits. Li Long stopped and greeted him.

"Bring a leg of mutton. They shouldn't be short of meat, but bringing it over is our intention."

"This time I sent some furniture to the people in the mountains, and they gave me the bones, saying it was tiger bone..." Li Long didn't tell the truth.

When Li Qing Xia and Li Jianguo were ready to go to the small lake the next day, Xie Dafa had already finished setting his rabbit snares. He brought two rabbits to the Li family and handed them to Li Jianguo: "Brother Lao Li, you keep these rabbits."

"Deer placenta? You want to use it to nourish your wife when she gives birth? This bone..."

"It's all yours." Li Long didn't need this wood for anything. This wood was too thick for a shovel handle, and too thin for building a house; it wasn't useful timber.

The thin frost on the tractor cover immediately turned into water droplets.

"No, no, take it all." Xie Dafa said, and left.

"Hmm," Liang Donglou nodded, stood up, and went into his room. A while later, he came out with a handwritten notebook and handed it to Li Long.

When Han Fang shouted at the door that it was time to eat, the water in the pot on the stove was already boiling. Li Long scooped up half a bucket, took it out, and poured it into the tractor's water tank.

Thinking that he could also earn money by harvesting with a tractor in the summer, Liang Wenyu's motivation also picked up.

First go to the old horse corral and unload eight bags of sugar slag for Uncle Lao Luo. Adding the previous time, it was enough for the livestock here to eat for half a year.

Finally, there were familiar people to play with.

Official business was handled officially. This time Li Long didn't round off the numbers, letting the finance department record the real figures.

In winter, the rural areas of Northern Xinjiang basically fell silent. Except for the few days around the New Year when firecrackers would go off from time to time, making it livelier, one rarely heard big movements.

The family raised a few pigs, and feed was always a big problem. Summer was fine, just cut more pig grass, but winter was more troublesome.

Section Chief Hu saw it and was startled, then laughed.

Although there were children in the courtyards around here, Hongqin was a girl, and coming here for the first time, it was hard to integrate, and she was easily bullied.

"I ran into Xiao Long yesterday. He said that rabbit skins at the collection station are three yuan each now. That price isn't low. I set more snares yesterday, and got seven or eight today. I plan to peel the skins later and sell them to the county collection station."

Liang Donglou knew that since this mutton was brought here, it couldn't be taken back, so he asked: "Did you go into the mountains again?" His daughter and son-in-law's family didn't raise sheep; the mutton Li Long could bring was basically from the mountains.

After the sugar slag was loaded, Li Long drove the tractor out of the sugar factory and went to the Old Street.

Although Li Qiang was a bit dissatisfied, his sister Li Juan was strong enough and studied well enough, so he had no choice but to listen.

The tractor drove to the sugar factory, and the guard was also startled, hurriedly calling inside.

Chen Xingbang was still setting up a stall on the Old Street. Li Long went to the courtyard, gave the mutton leg to his sister, and said that he would come over to sell fish with his father and the others in a few days, and might take Hongqin to the team to live for a few days. Li Xia didn't mind, but Hongqin was overjoyed.

Young men came to help. After removing the ropes, they carefully lifted the "Kelangzi" mutton down one by one, put them on the scale, and recorded the numbers.

"Hey, okay." Li Jianguo joked, "Why did you think of bringing rabbits today, not a holiday or festival?" The relationship between the two families wasn't very close, not as good as the relationship with Lu Yingming's family.

"What?"

When he returned, Gu Xiaoxia had already tidied up, and Li Long hurriedly went to wash up.

The tractor bed wasn't very big. In order to fit all fifty "Kelangzi" sheep, wood was laid on the bed, and the sheep were placed on top, layer by layer, like a pyramid.

Song Ming was talking to the workers about loading the truck. Seeing Li Long come over, he stepped forward and said: "Comrade Li Long, can you give me two pieces of that wood? I want to build a rack at home."

Liang Donglou said in a very calm tone: "It was a whole tiger at the time, said to be from a warlord who was an official in the south, brought from the south."

"Yes, it was slaughtered just yesterday." Li Long said to Section Chief Hu, "Originally I planned to pull it over yesterday after slaughtering, but it was almost dark when I came out of the mountains, thinking that if I pulled it over, you would have already gotten off work, so I sent it over this morning."

"Hey, why did you think of bringing rabbits today, not a holiday or festival?" Li Jianguo joked. The relationship between the two families wasn't very close.

It was rare to see people in the wilderness, and in the ice and snow, coming out required a price.

"Pay attention to safety on the road, you're pulling a cart full of things, go slowly." Gu Xiaoxia urged.

"Eat more," Li Long smiled and said, "Isn't it good that life is getting better and better?"

Li Long didn't stay on the Old Street for long. Pulling a cart full of sugar slag, it kept dripping water, which was quite troublesome.

Changing back to a jeep was for speed and comfort, otherwise, why keep it?

Driving onto the Urumqi-Ili highway, because the sheep blocked his view, Li Long couldn't see behind him, so he could only walk slowly on the right side. Occasionally, large vehicles would honk, and he would continue to keep right to let them pass.

After Li Long was dressed neatly, he drove the tractor out of the courtyard, waved to the two people, and then drove westward with a "chug-chug" sound.

Even Song Ming ran over during the loading process to greet Li Long.

"Hurry up, call the finance people, and the warehouse keeper, right, have them pull the scale over, be quick!"

Li Long opened it and looked, as if he had found a treasure.

Xie Dafa was a decent person; having received a favor, naturally, he had to repay it. "Good, I'll tell Song Ming's side, I'll drive the tractor directly over for you to load, you go collect the money first."

"You're truly a good friend!"

When the tractor drove back to the county, it was already lunchtime.

Fortunately, she and Li Jianguo had discussed it, and next year they would slowly deal with the pigs, just raising one or two a year.

Chen Xiuzhu handed Li Long a bowl of tea and said:

To be honest, this thing would be easier to handle in the summer, but in winter, it really requires constant attention. Uncle Lao Luo probably hasn't suffered less cold outside these past few days.

This was a benefit issued to everyone before the New Year. Although it would be lifted later, looking at it now, it was also a kind of enjoyment.

The jeep was fast, convenient for coming and going, and not cold. Unless he had to pull things, Li Long wouldn't want to drive the tractor at all.

He carried the bucket into the house, put it down, and went to the kitchen to eat.

He was referring to the wood as thick as a bowl mouth that Li Long pulled out of the mountains and laid on the tractor bed.

"Come, drink hot water, it's cold outside, don't run to the back often, it's suffering."

Anyway, he would be coming over in two days.

Li Juan and Li Qiang were both there, and when they came out to greet Li Long, they were holding pens and rulers, obviously doing their homework.

"Hmm, before following your grandfather to learn medicine, I was an apprentice in a pharmacy, and I saw the master process this."

After chatting for a while, talking about recent situations, Li Long took out the things he brought from the jeep and sincerely asked Liang Donglou for advice.

Gu Xiaoxia had already gotten up and was combing her hair. Seeing Li Long carrying the bucket in, she asked: "Are you burning water to add to the tractor?"

The two of them laughed.

After two or three times, the tractor was started, and Yang Da Jie and Han Fang opened the big gate together.

"Old Dad, have you seen tiger bone before?"

Once they started school, it would be better. With classmates, they would have natural allies.

"Hmm," Li Long didn't treat himself as an outsider, and brought the cleaned fish in, closed the jeep door, went into the house to wash his hands, and then said: "When I was pulling sugar slag from the sugar factory, they said they wanted to issue some mutton as benefits before the New Year, so I went into the mountains the day before yesterday and got some sheep."

Li Long felt ashamed; his eldest sister-in-law's father had a sharp eye.

"Why not drive your jeep? Is gas expensive?" Xie Dafa joked, "Just caught some rabbits, do you want to take one back to eat?"

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"The jeep isn't as convenient for pulling things." Li Long didn't mind saying that he had autonomy over the jeep now, and shook his head: "You eat the rabbits yourself. By the way, keep the skins, the county collection station buys them for three yuan each. Set more snares, you can earn some New Year money in one winter."

Hearing the sound of the engine outside, the whole family knew it was Li Long.

Liang Donglou was reading, Liang Wenyu was also reading, and Chen Xiuzhu was making shoes. The village director, Blind Liu, wanted Liang Wenyu to be the Youth League secretary. After Liang Wenyu sought his father's opinion, he planned to do it. He was already a probationary party member, so being a Youth League secretary was no problem.

After putting the sheep away and unloading the sugar slag, Li Long sat in the house for a while, then went to the front yard to look at the collected fish.

Liang Donglou's hands trembled.

Next, he drained the water from the tractor's water tank, added half a bucket of boiling water, and by this time the red charcoal fire underneath had gone out. After cleaning it up, he took the crank and started it.

Then he pressed another bucket of water, carried it into the house.

These past few days, there were two or three hundred kilograms of fish piled up in the idle room in the front yard. It seems that the weather has been cold these days, and fish are easier to catch than before.

After eating, sending Gu Xiaoxia to work, Li Long came back, went to the storage room, removed a leg of mutton, found a clean bag to wrap it in, put it in the tractor bed, and installed the rear tailgate.

Du Chunfang looked at Li Long carrying a sheep that was missing a leg down, and asked: "Why did you bring mutton back again?"

"Deer placenta." Uncle Lao Luo said with some pride, "A fawn was born a few days ago, and I've been watching it, and finally managed to grab the placenta. In these two days, the sugar slag has arrived, and I'll go get some fine feed, corn, etc., to feed them and nourish them."

"Then Uncle Liang, do you know how to process it?" Li Long was overjoyed. He only knew how to soak it in wine, but he estimated that probably wasn't the right way to do it.

"Went into the mountains to slaughter sheep to sell to the Shicheng Sugar Factory. This is extra, I unloaded a leg of mutton for Uncle Lao Luo." Li Long carried the sheep into the house, "There is another one in the county, I'll take half of it to Juan's grandfather's house in two days."

"Good, good, good, very professional, very good." Section Chief Hu praised him, "Come, I'll sign it, you go follow the finance department to collect the money. By the way, do you want to pull some sugar slag when you leave?"

Obviously, he was also very happy.

After all fifty sheep were weighed, the warehouse keeper and the finance people reported the total figure together: "A total of fifty sheep, 1,023.6 kilograms, at a price of 1.6 yuan per kilogram, a total of 1,637.76 yuan should be paid."

Li Long planned to go to Shicheng Old Street later to see if there was any millet to buy back.

Last time Li Long held lynx bones, and that was already precious enough.

"No. Do you want to see your sister and brother-in-law? If you want to see them, do you want to bring them some meat?"

"Why bring meat again?" Chen Xiuzhu complained, "There's enough meat at home, and there's quite a bit of cured meat, enough to eat until the second half of the year."

Liang Yumei came out, looking at the cart of sugar slag Li Long pulled, and was also very happy.

This mutton looked beautiful, and the price was good. As the logistics section chief, he had contributed.

This contains the processing methods and formulas for various precious medicinal herbs.

"This is sheep mountain." Someone sighed.

Just after opening the door, Li Long walked to the door with half a sheep, and several people immediately cleared the doorway.

Li Long thought for a moment and said:

Section Chief Hu was very thoughtful. Li Long handled this matter beautifully, so naturally, he had to give Li Long some return.

"It can be stored in winter, eat it slowly." Li Long still left the leg of mutton. "You take this." Uncle Lao Luo took the leg of mutton and put it into the kitchen, turned around and came out, dug out two things from the snow pile and handed them to Li Long.

"Understood. Do you have anything you want to buy?"

Who is worse than whom? It's not about comparing now, and they are considered their own people, no need to be polite.

"Good." Gu Xiaoxia nodded, and asked again: "Is one leg of mutton too little?"

Liang Yumei was also very happy. Li Long never forgot the help from her father's side, it was truly worth taking care of him for so many years.

"Hmm, it's a good thing." Liang Donglou knew Li Long was righteous and wouldn't excessively exploit the herdsmen in the mountains. In his words, it was a "win-win."

"I don't need meat here, can't finish it." Uncle Lao Luo said, "There's still some."

Song Ming was overjoyed, patted Li Long hard, and smiled:

Li Long also unloaded a leg of mutton for Uncle Lao Luo here.

Open the stove cover, put the pot on, pour the bucket of water in, then go to the well to carry a bucket of water, then take a shovel, open the stove door, dig out some red charcoal fire, shovel it out and pour it on the iron tray under the tractor diesel engine.

"Not too little." Li Long smiled, "Enough for them to eat."

Liang Wenyu was envious. Li Long was someone he looked down upon before, but now he was someone he looked up to.

The placenta was put into a bag and packed well. Li Long left the old horse corral and went to his eldest brother's courtyard.

Li Long was also very moved looking at those two deer placentas.

"Hmm, go to Shicheng after breakfast, go early and return early."

Li Long returned to the courtyard, ate, told Gu Xiaoxia the situation, and then pulled another sheep, driving the tractor to the team without stopping.

As for fish, offal, etc., send them when driving to Shicheng to sell next time.

Can't store too much water, easy to grow things.

Li Long finished speaking and drove the tractor away. Xie Dafa was a bit surprised. Are rabbit skins this expensive now? Didn't they used to be a few cents? Hey, if these skins are three yuan each, shouldn't he go set more snares? He walked home quickly, planning to go to the Red Willow Beach in the east before tonight to set more snares.

Not only tiger bone, but also the usage method of deer placenta.

"Uncle Liang, I'll copy a copy when I go back, and then send it back to you!"

"Fine." Liang Donglou nodded.

Li Long chatted for a while at the Liang family's house and then left.