Chapter 628: Factory Director Du is truly an honest person

"Ah—!"

With a scream, Talihaer sat up abruptly from the wooden kang.

He looked around in panic; it was pitch black, and his hand pressed onto the 56-semi-automatic rifle, which made him feel a bit more relaxed.

He had another nightmare.

In the dream, he saw that bear head again, which felt bigger than a pot, biting toward him with its mouth wide open. That bear mouth was still spraying foul air, and the yellow teeth were sharp, feeling like it could bite through his head in one go!

He had been having nightmares from time to time recently. In order not to affect his family's rest, he moved to the room at the very edge of the winter quarters.

Sleeping alone with a rifle by his side made him feel a bit more at ease.

Talihaer blushed for his cowardice, but to be honest, when he saw that big brown bear, he was truly stunned. If it weren't for the big brown bear being in a hurry to chase those few wolves, and if it weren't for him having a gun in his hand, he would probably be dead by now.

After encountering that big brown bear, Talihaer never thought about being a hunter again. Only then did he know that he truly had no talent for being a hunter.

He heard that Li Long encountered a brown bear sleeping in a stone cave, and he could lure the brown bear out and beat it to death. What about himself? Clearly, the brown bear was right in front of his eyes, but he didn't even have the courage to pull the trigger.

He naturally didn't know that the brown bear Li Long encountered might not even be half the weight of the one he encountered.

It was really because this brown bear was too big. When it stood up, Talihaer felt he only reached half of the other side, and his own body wasn't even as thick as its thigh.

That big mouth opened, feeling like it could swallow his head directly!

Talihaer calmed down, stood up, draped his clothes, thought about it, and picked up the gun again.

The faint daylight outside reflected the snow, and he could see his surroundings clearly.

He went behind the winter quarters to find a place to relieve himself, looked around to see there was no danger, and then walked back quickly. When returning to the door, he walked backward.

Returning to the room, locking the door, and putting the gun away, Talihaer sighed when he lay down again, not knowing when he would stop having this nightmare.

During the day, he actually wanted to chat with Li Long, but Li Long had been busy, and his grandmother kept calling him to do this and that, so he didn't find time.

I don't know if he would be able to recover by the next time he saw Li Long.

Li Long came out of the mountains and also drove the tractor to the furniture factory first. This time, both Factory Director He Changming and Qi Xinzhi were there. Li Long talked about ordering another batch of furniture. He Changming saw the quantity wasn't large, but he was also quite happy.

I think this is a long-term business that can be done.

After settling this matter, Li Long returned to the large courtyard.

Originally, he planned to rest for a few more days. The time he told the company commander and the agricultural machine operator before was mid-March. Anyway, even if he pulled the harvesters back now, they couldn't use them even if they bought them.

Why be in such a hurry?

Li Long naturally didn't know that once the companies here finished their meetings and started working in the spring, they wouldn't have much time to come out. At that time, the tractors would either be working in the fields or being repaired and maintained in the repair room.

So only by pulling the things back before starting work could they feel at ease, and now they actually already knew that many companies knew the role of the harvester.

Actually, the Corps had combines, but usually, a regiment farm or a farm only had one or a few. Waiting for the combine to come to harvest wheat required time.

They didn't want to wait, and the company was not short of manpower at this time, so the company commanders of each company thought about letting their agricultural machine operators drive the tractors with harvesters to harvest wheat, and there would be plenty of manpower to bundle and thresh later.

Li Long was annoyed, so he planned to go to Kuitun as soon as possible.

Before going to Kuitun, Li Long went to the supply and marketing cooperative again. He wanted to solve a major event.

"You said settling down? Settling in the county?" Li Xiangqian frowned after hearing Li Long's question.

"It's not easy to settle in the county." Li Xiangqian thought for a long time before shaking his head and saying:

"Settling down requires a receiving unit, which is equivalent to eating state-supplied grain. How could it be so easy? If it were really easy to settle down, how many people in the countryside would run to the city?"

Li Long naturally knew that settling down wasn't easy, so he came to find Li Xiangqian to see if there was any solution.

"Is it impossible to have a registered residence without a unit?" Li Long was a bit unwilling and asked again, "Actually, it's just wanting an identity."

Sister Yang and Han Fang definitely didn't want to return to their hometown. Since they chose to return to the county and didn't stay at the Red Flag Farm, Li Long felt he had the responsibility to help solve the problem of settling down.

The identity problem is a big problem. After all, Sister Yang had no identity. Selling food in the market could support the family, but Han Fang had no identity. Primary school was fine, but what about middle school? What about going to technical school or high school and college later?

Dragging it on wasn't a solution.

"In the county, how can there be a registered residence without a unit? They are all one radish, one pit. If there really were any, wouldn't they be targeted and reported long ago?"

Li Long sighed, it seems it really wasn't easy to handle.

"The registered residence without a unit you mentioned, is it that you don't want any treatment?" Li Xiangqian took a sip of tea, suddenly thought of an idea, tilted his head to spit out the tea leaves, and then asked, "Just want an identity?"

"Yes." Li Long nodded.

"Then why must it be a county household registration? A village household registration is also fine."

"Which village?" Li Long immediately became spirited, "The village is definitely fine, don't want land, just want a household registration, as long as it can be registered—but it's best to be around the county."

"How about Nanyuanzi Village?" Li Xiangqian smiled, "It's just south of the county, right next to it. I'm familiar with the village director there, we trained together. I'll find him, he should be able to help you. How many people to settle?"

"Two people, Nanyuanzi, that's too good!" Li Long smiled.

Nanyuanzi Village is just about two or three hundred meters south of the Wuyi Highway. That is, less than two hundred meters south of the courtyard where Sister Yang and the others lived before. South of those courtyards, there were no more buildings, just land.

However, Nanyuanzi Village didn't have much land. After all, it was close to the county. After another twenty or thirty years, all the land of the village would be purchased, and after compensation to the villagers, those lands would be built into major government agencies, residential quarters, schools, and parks in the county.

"If you are sure you don't want anything, then I'll go ask." Li Xiangqian said, "This matter definitely still needs to spend some money. The village director is fine, but this matter definitely needs to be passed by various village representatives. Some of those representatives are easy to talk to, and some are difficult to deal with. To pass the test, you have to bleed a bit."

"No problem, spend some money, as long as things can be done. Section Chief, how much money do you think is needed?"

"Two people, two hundred yuan should be enough." Li Xiangqian estimated, actually he didn't know very well, just felt that this matter shouldn't be difficult.

Li Long immediately took out the money.

"You really have money, carrying two hundred yuan with you?" Li Xiangqian was a bit surprised, "Aren't you afraid of losing it?"

"Hehehe!"

Carrying two hundred yuan with you at this time is equivalent to carrying twenty or thirty thousand yuan with you in later generations, which really isn't very appropriate.

"Then wait for my news." Li Xiangqian took the money and said, "This matter isn't urgent, right?"

"Not urgent, not urgent." Li Long waved his hand, "As long as it can be done."

"Okay, I'll take time to go there and ask first."

This matter was settled like this.

Li Xiangqian didn't think it was a big deal, but Li Long put down half of his heart.

The Section Chief's energy is quite strong.

This matter wasn't told to Sister Yang in advance, but first told to Gu Xiaoxia.

Gu Xiaoxia suggested that Li Long tell Sister Yang, so as not to cause trouble if Sister Yang didn't want to.

Li Long thought it was right, so he said it at breakfast the next day.

Hearing that she could settle down here, Sister Yang was full of gratitude:

"Heh, Uncle Li, I was still thinking that in the future, if we are black households, we are black households, and we don't care about that land or grain. It's just that little Fang is more troublesome... Now that we can settle down, I'm too happy to be happy, how could I not want to?"

This matter was settled.

Li Long didn't mention the money either. Sister Yang helped cook and help here every day, and didn't mention wanting money, so Li Long couldn't mention money even more.

Over the next two days, Li Long tidied up the vegetable plot in the courtyard again, told Gu Xiaoxia, and planned to go to Kuitun.

Although he wanted to drive the jeep over ten thousand times, and although the weather wasn't that cold now, in order to pull those harvesters back, Li Long could only drive the tractor over.

Thinking about driving the tractor and bumping for such a long time, Li Long felt his butt hurt. But there was no way.

This morning, after packing up, Li Long drove the tractor and went west "chug-chug."

The gun was naturally brought along. If he could encounter yellow sheep transferring on the road, or if he was luckier and encountered an antelope, hitting one or two, he could take them to Kuitun as a gift.

Unfortunately, driving all the way, the snow in the no-man's land was still very thick, but he didn't see a single animal.

I don't know if their transfer was over, or because today wasn't favorable for passing, so they didn't give Li Long face.

He ate a bowl of noodles at a restaurant on the roadside, then continued driving, and didn't arrive in Kuitun until mid-afternoon.

Li Long thought that even if he loaded the harvesters now, he would have to spend the night in Kuitun, so he went to the construction and installation company to see his second brother first.

On the way, he met the sales department and bought some sugar, liquor, sesame cakes, noodles, and canned food.

He didn't tell his eldest brother about returning to Kuitun this time. I think if his eldest brother knew, he would also let him bring some grain.

Li Long himself pulled a bag of rice and a bag of flour, enough for them to eat for a period of time.

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Arriving at the courtyard rented by Li Anguo, he saw Xueping and Li Xue Qin outside without surprise. The two children had seen Li Long not long ago, so they naturally recognized him. They didn't play anymore, shouted loudly, and ran into the courtyard. When they came out again, they were with Li Anguo and Chen Li Rong.

Li Anguo waved to Li Long with a smile. Li Long parked the tractor by the courtyard, turned off the engine, and got off.

"Come into the house quickly," Chen Li Rong greeted Li Long, "Drove from the county? Frozen, right?"

Li Long patted the overcoat on his body and said with a smile: "Not cold, it's okay."

Actually, it was still a bit cold, especially under the crotch, where it was easy for wind to enter.

"Why come at this time?" Li Anguo asked while moving things from the back with Li Long.

"Came to pull harvesters. There are many people over there wanting to buy them, and there are none left in my courtyard. Now that I'm free, I just happened to come over to pull a load."

"Heh, it seems the business is quite good." Li Anguo smiled, "Can earn quite a bit, right?"

"It's okay, earn one or two hundred per unit." Li Long said casually, "Depends on the sales volume."

"One or two hundred, that's quite a lot, it's two or three months of my salary." The construction and installation company had a large workload, the work was tiring, and the salary would be higher.

Even so, Li Anguo was still quite envious. This younger brother of his was truly a capable person.

After moving everything into the house, Li Long entered the house, took off his overcoat, and then relaxed.

"Squeeze in here tonight, let's brothers have two drinks. By the way, I'll call Yongqiang and Junshan over." Li Anguo was quite happy, "Are you hungry? Let your sister-in-law cook something for you to pad your stomach first?"

"Not hungry, ate on the road." Li Long hurriedly waved his hand, "I won't stay, I'll definitely eat dinner here tonight. How are they?"

"Idle, haven't started work yet." Li Anguo sighed, "Junshan came back and said his father didn't quite agree to find one here, saying that the one in his hometown had already been looked at, and he refused to agree no matter what, so it was deadlocked."

Li Long shook his head slightly, this was family business, he couldn't interfere.

Li Anguo went to call Yang Yongqiang and Li Junshan. They lived in the dormitory of the construction and installation company, not far from here.

Seeing Li Long come over, both of them were quite happy. The New Year had just passed not long ago, and there were many fresh things for everyone to talk about, so they chatted quite happily at the dinner table.

Although Li Junshan had worries, he didn't show it at the dinner table, and others didn't ask.

They drank Kuitun Special Qu, a liquor bottle with quite a characteristic, with an arc at the bottom, like an ancient wine vessel, and also like a kerosene lamp with a cover.

Li Long's liquor tolerance had been verified, so he didn't plan to drink much today, and anyway, he couldn't drink much.

He stayed at the construction and installation company reception center at night. He didn't disturb Section Chief Ma; Li Anguo went over to greet him directly—of course, it was just registering, anyway, he had to pay, and people knew he was a relative of the installation company worker, so they let him stay.

After eating breakfast in Li Anguo's small courtyard the next day, Li Long drove the tractor "chug-chug" to the agricultural machinery factory.

The city was slightly more lively than the county, because there was the Seventh Agricultural Division, and there were many more people going to work.

When Li Long arrived at the agricultural machinery factory, a tractor happened to drive out.

That person saw Li Long and greeted him loudly:

"Don't go in, you are also from the Eighth Division, right? They don't sell here, they don't sell harvesters to the Eighth Division and Maxian side, don't go in."

Li Long was stunned for a moment and reacted. The other party should have looked at his tractor license plate and knew where he was from.

Although the regiment farms of the Eighth Agricultural Division belonged to the Corps, the tractor license plates were still on the local side. For example, the 149th and 150th regiments were stationed in Maxian, so they had Maxian plates, while other regiment farms in Shawan had those plates.

Of course, Shicheng also had its own area, so the local Corps units had Shicheng plates.

Like the Corps belonging to Han Da Chun, it belonged to the Sixth Agricultural Division, and the division headquarters was close to Wucheng, but their cars also had to have Maxian plates.

Li Long waved his hand and said loudly:

"I'll go in and try my luck."

That person saw Li Long not listening to advice, so he shook his head and drove the tractor away.

Li Long didn't expect that Factory Director Du was quite trustworthy.

If so, subsequent cooperation wasn't impossible.

Li Long drove the tractor into the factory and saw that there were already seven or eight harvesters piled outside the factory building.

Enough.

Workers in the factory saw Li Long drive the tractor in and shouted directly:

"Maxian, Shicheng's are not for sale, go, go."

Li Long smiled, turned off the engine, and got off the tractor. That person came over and said impatiently:

"Didn't I tell you, Maxian, Shicheng's, our harvesters are not for sale in these two places."

"Why not sell?" Li Long deliberately wanted to ask the reason.

"There is an agent over there, find that Li Long from Maxian." The worker waved his hand, "Go, go, don't delay time, staying is useless, we don't sell!"

"Old brother, I am Li Long, here to pull the harvesters." Li Long was amused, "Is Factory Director Du in?"

"Factory Director? Yes. You are Li Long?" The worker looked Li Long up and down, "Why haven't I seen you?"

"I haven't seen you either. I've been here many times," Li Long pointed to several people working in the workshop and said, "I've seen them all."

"That should be. I started work just before the New Year." This worker heard Li Long say this and really believed it, so he went to the office to call Factory Director Du.

Factory Director Du was also quite happy to hear that Li Long had come. He came out, shook hands with Li Long, and said:

"Hurry up and pull your batch of harvesters away, so that fewer people will come to annoy me."

"Besides the places I represent, how are the harvesters selling in other places?"

"Very good, very good." Speaking of this, Factory Director Du couldn't close his mouth, "It's all thanks to you saying in the newspaper that these harvesters are produced here.

Before and after the New Year, more than a dozen people came to buy harvesters, seven units were taken away as spot goods, and the money earned allowed the workers in our factory to have a good New Year. At the moment, there are orders for nearly ten units, and there should be quite a few later!"

Li Long looked around and found that the workers' enthusiasm was truly sufficient. Although it was very hard to start production in the middle of winter, everyone had a smile on their face, without complaints, and there were quite a few joking with each other.

"That's fine, I'll pull away five units today." Li Long went with Factory Director Du to see the newly produced harvesters and found that there were indeed some changes, and the problems he mentioned before were indeed all handled.

"Pull them away, pull them away." Factory Director Du said with a smile, "Hurry up and pull them away. Once you pull them away, those people will know you have them and won't annoy me. Now I regret it. Your agency range is just the place where harvesters sell the best—people come to buy every day after the New Year, and I am both happy and regretful."

"Hahahaha, it's okay, you produce more, won't the efficiency come up?" Li Long smiled, "Then shall we load the car first or pay first?"

"No delay, come together!" Factory Director Du said, "You can rest assured about the quality, they are definitely good. If they break, you pull them over and I'll guarantee repair for you!"

Thus, Li Long loaded five harvesters in this car and drove out of the agricultural machinery factory.

Not long after driving out, he was intercepted by someone. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 629 =====