Chapter 61

The fish were sold out, and the sun hadn't set yet. Li Long simply bought red paper, brush, and ink in the retail department on the old street.

When rushing back on the horse cart, he calculated in his heart that the fish sold for a total of one hundred and sixty-one yuan. After deducting the five yuan for Tao Daqiang, the money for buying things and eating, and giving fifty to his brother—this was the money for catching fish, he still had one hundred in his hand.

And the money from selling fish previously left five hundred in his hand, so adding this made six hundred yuan.

Planning to go to Halimu's house in the mountains tomorrow, Li Long prepared to get up early, buy enough rice, flour, and oil at the black market, and then go to the department store to buy tea, sugar, and salt.

Although the tea and salt in Halimu's house were certainly enough, there were also exchanges between their herdsmen, and using this to exchange for things was the most convenient and the most satisfying for both sides.

By the way, have to bring enough bullets.

"Brother Long, still catching fish tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow... catch. But I won't catch, you ask my brother then, I have to go into the mountains once."

"Then Brother Long, can I use bullets to exchange for some meat at your house?"

"Then what to exchange? I'll cut three or five kilograms for you." Li Long smiled, "Tell me, want pork belly, or ribs, or leg meat?"

"Fatty meat, I'll render some oil." Tao Daqiang shook his head, "I'd rather exchange, I want to exchange for more."

"Alright."

"I also want to take money to buy some charcoal..."

"Then I'll give you ten yuan first, you go to the team to buy charcoal first. Ten yuan can buy one or two hundred kilograms, can burn for a while."

Tao Daqiang nodded. Catching fish tomorrow, that other five yuan would be considered his advance wages.

By the time they returned to Maxian, the sun was almost setting. Li Long bought a few more big meat buns, and the two ate while rushing back, finally rushing back to the team before dark.

Li Long returned the horse cart, and Tao Daqiang went to buy charcoal. The two acted separately.

Returning to the Li family, mutton soup was heating in the pot, and Li Jianguo was processing fish with Liang Yuemei.

"Brother, caught fish again today?"

"Hmm, anyway nothing to do." Li Jianguo said with a smile, "Got fifty or sixty kilograms today, not as many as yesterday, but the fish are quite beautiful."

"Then see if you go or not tomorrow. I'm going into the mountains tomorrow, sold the jade, have to return things to people."

"That's as it should be." Li Jianguo said, "Buy more, can't let people suffer a loss."

Liang Yuemei pointed to the pot and said:

"Drink mutton soup first. There are buns and pickled vegetables on the fire wall, eat as you see fit."

"Alright." Li Long wasn't polite either, scooped a large bowl of mutton soup himself and drank it, feeling the cold slowly dissipate, and his body warmed up.

Li Juan and Li Qiang were playing on the heated brick bed. Seeing Li Long come in, Li Qiang held up the frog and said to him:

"Uncle, many people wanted to play with the frog today, so I gave it to Xiaodong and Shitou who are good to me."

"Your toy, you can give it to whoever you want to play with."

Li Juan was holding the doll on the heated brick bed, looking at Li Long, and smiled shyly when she saw Li Long looking at her.

Right, little girls should smile more, it wasn't good to have a straight face before!

After Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei finished cleaning the sundries, Li Long took out fifty yuan and handed it to his brother:

"Brother, this is the money from selling fish today."

"You keep it?" Li Jianguo shook his head, "I have it here."

"Brothers have to settle accounts clearly, this is your share, I keep mine." Li Long patted his clothes pocket, "Mine won't be given to you, I have to save money to marry a wife."

"Hahahaha." Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei both laughed, knowing Li Long was joking.

"Did you buy the red paper?"

"Bought, red paper, ink, and brush, I put them in my room." "Alright, don't bring them over, I'll tell you how to use them when you cut them."

Because he had to leave early tomorrow, Li Long went back to the east room to rest after eating.

Li Jianguo used a key to open the five-drawer cabinet and put the money in. Looking at the thick big unity inside, he locked the door and said with emotion:

"Like a dream, why does it feel like this money comes so easily?"

"That's because Little Long has ability." Liang Yuemei said, "Otherwise we would still owe money."

"Yes." Li Jianguo was a bit unconvinced. Originally he was taking care of his brother, why does it feel reversed now?

But thinking about it, he smiled again. His brother has prospects, shouldn't he be happy?

Also, it's almost New Year, shouldn't he send some money home?

He decided to discuss it with Li Long after he returned from the mountains.

Early the next morning, Li Long went to the horse yard, harnessed the horse cart, and left in a hurry.

Li Long successfully sold fish and returned, Tao Daqiang bought ten yuan of charcoal from the team. These two pieces of news spread in the team.

Many people who originally didn't look favorably on Li Long selling fish closed their mouths. He not only sold the fish but also shared money with Tao Daqiang. What does this explain? It explains that Li Long has ability, can earn money without being arrested.

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Li Long left in a hurry again. If they want to inquire about more detailed situations, they can only find the Li family and Tao Daqiang.

Sister-in-law Lu couldn't ask any useful information from Liang Yuemei, and others who ran over to inquire about the situation naturally couldn't ask either.

As for Tao Daqiang, having experienced the last incident, he already knew the seriousness of the matter, so he didn't know anything when asked—even his father and eldest brother Tao Dayong couldn't get anything out of him.

His sister-in-law Ma Chunhong said sarcastically that he was turning his elbows out, and Tao Daqiang only said one sentence: "Twenty yuan of the fine for my brother's arrest was paid by the Li family."

This sentence beat Ma Chunhong into silence and she had nothing more to say.

Tao Daqiang went to catch fish at the small lake with Li Jianguo again. Others in the team also caught fish, but they didn't care. It was originally a public water area, and one family couldn't catch it all. Moreover, only when more people catch fish will they not be treated as the protruding rafters.

It's just that they can also feel the envious gazes of others.

Li Jianguo knew that this fish-selling business would spread sooner or later and wouldn't be a unique one anymore.

But he wasn't worried, always feeling that Li Long had many ways to make money in his head.

Li Long rushed to the black market, where there were still many people at this time.

Although some people were arresting, there were policies above and countermeasures below, and these people were also very shrewd.

Li Long found two stalls selling grain. After asking the price, he bought all the forty kilograms of rice and sixty kilograms of flour on the two stalls!

It cost more than fifty yuan in total, and he didn't feel heartache at all. Also bought two pots of five kilograms of vegetable oil each. Originally wanted to buy more, but there was only this much here.

After buying, Li Long simply led the horse and left, not stopping for a moment, to avoid being arrested.

After eating breakfast at the big meat canteen, he went to the department store to buy tea, sugar, and salt, as well as some fruit, which was for the children—buying things was like fighting a war, after all, it was worrying to have no one watch the horse cart. Fortunately, at this time, he could still see the outside through the department store window, and the salesperson saw him buying a lot of things and came out to help, which also put Li Long at ease.

Li Long led the reins and pulled a cart of things to the vicinity of Halimu's winter shelter. Hearing the dog barking, Halimu came out and saw the things, and was directly stunned there.

"Friend, is it good? These are things brought for you." Li Long's smile was imprinted in Halimu's mind, probably for a lifetime.

He didn't expect any return for the jade he gave Li Long. And he could see that Li Long sending things was also sincerely wanting to make their lives better, without any other thoughts.

Friends, should be like this.

Thanks to book friend 170301201120213 for the reward, thanks for everyone's monthly tickets and recommendation tickets. Now very much need tickets, monthly tickets are not easy, recommendation tickets are fine, mainly because I can still stay on the new book list, but it keeps falling.

Received recommendation data from the background this morning, lower than the 30-day average curve, so I was a bit panicked. If I can't get on the recommendation in the next round, I will be put on the shelves in advance. Now I am panicked that if I am put on the shelves in advance, the data will definitely not be good—actually, I have manuscripts, tens of thousands of words, it's no problem to explode ten or twenty chapters when on the shelves. The problem is, the data is not good, it's sad to be on the shelves.

But I don't dare to post too many words in advance. Because this book of mine was only on the push at ninety thousand words, each recommendation is one week, posting about thirty thousand words. I still want to run the four rounds, so the results will be better after being on the shelves, entangled—if I post one or two more chapters every day, then after three rounds, it will be more than two hundred thousand words, and I have to be on the shelves in advance. I'll go ask the editor first, find a bottom. Everyone don't be anxious, it's a daily text, long-term flow.

(End of chapter)