Chapter 67: Li Long's worry

Returning home, Li Long found that the courtyard was already busy. The people who came were not only those called by Li Jianguo, but some came uninvited to help, not much fewer than the people at the pig-killing feast that day. And there were quite a few children; Li Qiang had already started begging Li Long to help him get the pig bladder out and blow it up to play with as soon as possible.

Li Long naturally had nothing to say and agreed readily.

Water was boiling in the stoves on both sides of the east and west rooms. The two wild boars were laid out separately in the courtyard. Because Li Long had gutted them beforehand, now they only needed to skin them, chop the meat, and process the internal organs. Not one of these people was slacking off; they were very active in their work.

Only if the work was done well could they eat meat in large mouthfuls openly and without shame later. There weren't many times throughout the year when they could eat meat to their heart's content. Last time the Li family processed wild boar, everyone ate happily, so this time many people were full of hope. The whole courtyard was chatting and laughing, very lively.

After Li Long found the pig bladder from the laundry basin containing the internal organs, blew it up, tied it, and handed it to Li Qiang, he changed to warm water to wash the intestines for Wang Cai Mi, who was cleaning the offal.

Wang Cai Mi's real name was Wang Dalu. Because he was relatively frugal and persistent about money, he got the nickname Wang Cai Mi.

"Little Long, don't look at that meat as fatty; actually, the most delicious part is this fatty intestine. If this is stir-fried well, that taste, smack—!"

Wang Cai Mi was turning the intestines while imparting experience to Li Long:

"And this stomach, you know wild boar stomach, it's a medicinal material,..."

"I know, the purchasing station collects them for three yuan each."

"Look, you brought back two wild boars, just these stomachs sell for six yuan! Six yuan, more than seventy full work points!" Once money was mentioned, Wang Cai Mi's eyes shone, "Isn't this better than farming?"

Li Long thought to himself that you won't say that later. Wang Cai Mi could drive a tractor. As a tractor driver, he also had to count work points when he plowed and sowed for private individuals.

And after another two years when the team's production was completely divided, the tractor would become the Wang family's. And Wang Cai Mi could afford the team's tractor; that money was all earned from farming and plowing for others.

The reason why he said farming didn't make money now was because there was no initiative in farming for the team.

Both wild boars were not big, so they were cleaned up quickly. In less than two hours, everything was done.

At this time, the stewed cabbage with meat in the kitchen pot still needed a bit more heat. Li Long called Li Jianguo to the side and whispered about the ticket he could get from Xu Chengjun.

"You want to buy a bicycle?" Li Jianguo asked in a low voice.

Now, only team leader Xu Chengjun's family in the team had a bicycle. He cherished it very much and didn't ride it at all in winter.

"Yeah, it's too troublesome to walk back and forth to the county later, especially in summer."

"Is the money enough?" Li Jianguo asked.

"Enough," Li Long said with a smile, "I got some good things from the mountains again this time."

"Then next time you go to the mountains, you have to bring more things for them."

"I know."

"Then let's go, let's go cut the meat." Now the Li family didn't lack meat, and these things were all brought back by Li Long, so Li Jianguo naturally had no objections.

Knowing that people now liked fatty meat, Li Long cut more than ten kilograms of fatty meat, cut a piece of wolf meat, and carried it to Xu Chengjun's house.

"You're quite fast." Xu Chengjun was a bit surprised, "This meat... not bad."

"Yeah, a sixty or seventy-kilogram sow, it should be a piglet from the spring."

"Then I'll give you this ticket." Xu Chengjun was also efficient in handling matters, took the ticket from the drawer, and handed it to Li Long, "You kid are promising, our whole team doesn't have many of these two big items."

"Hehe, good luck." Li Long took the ticket and looked at it carefully, really happy in his heart.

Returning home, he found that the tables on both sides had been set up and they had already started eating. This time the women didn't sit in the kitchen but set up a table in the east room with the children.

As soon as Li Long returned, he was called to the west room and immediately became the center of everyone's discussion.

"Little Long, are there many wild boars in the mountains?" "Not many."

"Then you got four wild boars in two times, amazing!"

"I have a few friends over there." Li Long said with a smile, "They are herdsmen, grazing in the mountains, they know better where the wild boars are."

"I see." Those who originally had some thoughts dismissed the idea. In this day and age, without someone to point the way, even wood couldn't be dragged back, let alone hunting wild boars.

"Little Long, I heard you brought back two wolves?"

"Yeah. There's a lot of snow in the mountains, and wolves have little to eat. When I went, I happened to run into a wolf pack planning to catch my friend's sheep, so we fought them together."

"Is that wolf meat delicious?"

"I don't know either, I haven't eaten it. But I heard it's not delicious, it's bitter. My herdsman friend advised me not to eat it, I was just curious."

Li Long hadn't eaten it in this lifetime, nor had he eaten it in his previous lifetime, but later in his previous lifetime, information was developed, and he could find out that wolf meat was a traditional Chinese medicine, used to nourish deficiency. He didn't say that here.

Eating and chatting, by the time the banquet dispersed, the sun had already tilted to the west. Naturally, there were people cleaning up on both sides, and those who helped also brought the remaining dishes back. Although these two pigs were not big, the meat was tender, and the children in the family must like eating it.

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Li Long also cut a piece of meat for Tao Daqiang to take back and urged him to come over early tomorrow morning so the two of them could go to Shicheng to sell fish.

"Why don't we sell some pork too?" Liang Wenyu spoke up, "Four pigs, our family can't finish eating them."

"Even if we can't finish, we won't sell them. Send half a pig to Juan's maternal grandfather's family." Li Long rejected it before Li Jianguo could speak, "Selling them actually doesn't make much money. Selling them for a few dozen yuan is not as good as letting the family eat them."

Li Long remembered that later Juan's maternal grandfather's family often subsidized the Li family, bringing sheep, bringing guard dogs, and Li Juan and Li Qiang often lived in the Liang family for long periods during holidays.

This sentiment, Li Long felt it was deserved in his previous lifetime, and only when reminiscing did he understand how precious it was in this era.

That must be compensated.

"Right, just like that." Li Jianguo naturally agreed.

Although Liang Wenyu's suggestion was rejected, she had a smile on her face.

"By the way, Little Long, you're going to sell fish tomorrow, turn around and go to the post and telecommunications bureau to send some money to Dad. I'll pay the money, send fifty. The situation in the old home is not as good as ours, Dad and Mom probably won't have an easy time this New Year."

Not just not an easy time, they might not even be able to eat meat.

Li Jianguo had money in his hands, so he naturally hoped his parents would live better. He was the eldest brother and the head of the family, so he naturally should pay the money.

When this was said, Liang Wenyu naturally had no objections. There was surplus money in the family, and she knew very well how this money came about. And Li Long could be so good to the Liang family, so she naturally couldn't stop the brothers from fulfilling their filial piety.

But what the couple didn't expect was that Li Long really had objections!

"Big brother, you can't send that much!" Li Long firmly refused, "If you send this much money, something will happen!"

Li Jianguo was a bit surprised. He would never think that Li Long didn't want to send money because he wasn't filial. After all, his younger brother had changed so much during this period, and he knew how to bring more meat to the Liang family, so he naturally wouldn't treat his own father and mother badly.

Then, what was he worried about?

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