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 also some who came uninvited to help, not much fewer than the people at the pig-slaughtering 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.

Stoves in both the east and west rooms were burning water. 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. None of these people were slacking off; they were very proactive in their work.

Only by working well could they eat meat in big mouthfuls later without feeling ashamed. 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 boars, everyone ate happily, so this time many people were full of hope, and 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 gave it to Li Qiang, he changed to warm water to wash the intestines for Wang Caimi, who was cleaning them.

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

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

While turning the intestines, Wang Caimi passed on his experience to Li Long:

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

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

"Look at you, you brought back two wild boars, just these stomachs sell for six yuan! Six yuan, that's more than seventy full work points!" Whenever money was mentioned, Wang Caimi's eyes would light up, "Isn't this better than farming?"

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

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

The reason he said farming didn't make money now was because there was no motivation to farm for the team.

Both wild boars were small, so they were cleaned up quickly; in less than two hours, everything was done.

At this time, the cabbage stewed with meat in the kitchen pot still needed a little more heat. Li Long called Li Jianguo aside and whispered about the tickets 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, and he cherished it so much that he didn't ride it at all in winter.

"Yeah, walking back and forth to the county later is too troublesome, 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 must bring more things for them."

"I know."

"Alright then, 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 and also cut a piece of wolf meat and took 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, took the ticket from the drawer, and handed it to Li Long, "You kid have become promising; there aren't many in our whole team who have these two big items."

"Hehe, good luck." Li Long took the ticket and looked at it carefully, feeling really happy inside.

Returning home, he found that tables had been set up on both sides and they had 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, that's 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 ideas gave up. In this day and age, without someone to guide the way, you couldn't even drag logs back, let alone hunt wild boars.

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

"Yeah. The snow in the mountains is heavy, and the 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've never eaten it. But I heard it's not good, it's bitter. My herdsman friend advised me not to eat it, I'm just curious."

Li Long hadn't eaten it in this lifetime, and hadn't eaten it in his previous lifetime either, 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 set. Naturally, there were people to clean up on both sides, and those who helped also brought the remaining dishes back. Although these two pigs weren't big, the meat was tender, and the children at home would definitely like to eat it.

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

"How about selling some of the pork too?" Liang Yuemei spoke up, "Four pigs, our family can't finish them."

"Even if we can't finish them, we won't sell them. We'll send half a pig to Juan's grandfather's house." Li Long rejected it before Li Jianguo could speak, "Selling them actually won'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 grandfather's family often subsidized the Li family, bringing sheep, bringing guard dogs, and Li Juan and Li Qiang often stayed at the Liang family during holidays.

This sentiment, Li Long felt in his previous life, was something that should be done, and only when reminiscing did he realize how precious it was in this era.

That must be compensated.

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

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

"By the way, Little Long, when you go to sell fish tomorrow, stop by the post and telecommunications bureau to send some money to Dad. I'll pay for it, send fifty. The situation in the old home is not as good as ours, and Dad and Mom probably won't have an easy time this year."

Not just not easy, 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 would naturally pay for it.

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

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

"Big brother, you can't send that much!" Li Long firmly refused, "If you send that 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 everyone knew he brought 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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