Chapter 705

Li Long and Meng Hai chatted about this matter, and then took the jeep to He Yuqing's house, and told the team leader about the matter.

He Yuqing was not at home, his wife said he was working in the fields. Meng Hai knew He Yuqing's land, and let Li Long take him to find him.

Going to the corn field, Meng Hai got off the car and shouted loudly. He Yuqing came out of the field. Li Long saw that he was not working either. At this time, there was no work to do in the corn field. He was cutting grass.

He Yuqing, holding a handful of grass, was pleasantly surprised to see Li Long, walked quickly to the head of the field, and asked:

"Comrade Li Long, you are here, what's the matter?"

"Comrade Li said that the job of tying large brooms has come this year, more than last year, more expensive than last year, this is not looking for you to talk about this matter!"

"What? Down? Great, great! A few days ago we were still talking about this matter, thinking that it was later than last year, why hasn't it come yet?"

He Yuqing was a bit excited, and didn't want the half bundle of green grass he brought over, directly threw it to the head of the field, carried the sickle and pushed the bicycle to follow Li Long and them back to the team.

Returning to the courtyard, He Yuqing asked about the situation in detail. Li Long repeated the quality standards, time, and price. The smile on He Yuqing's face became even brighter:

"Good, good, good, too good. Right now it's a leisure time, taking this effort to earn some money, too good! I'll go notify the team now, Comrade Li, don't be busy leaving, stay and eat at home in a while."

"No need at your house, when I came out, the family had already slaughtered a chicken, eat at my house in a while. Now you and Comrade Li talk again, I'll go find Chen Lao Si now, he should have lowered the net today, I'll find him to buy some fish back to do together."

Meng Hai said and left in a hurry.

"This Old Meng!" He Yuqing shook his head. "Every time he grabs... Comrade Li, can you come to my house first next time? This makes me, the team leader, derelict in my duty."

Watching the dialogue between the two of them, Li Long wanted to laugh. Hearing He Yuqing say this, Li Long hurriedly said you go notify everyone first.

He Yuqing's wife brought a bowl of tea and brought a stool for Li Long. Li Long took it and drank a sip before seeing that honey was put in this water.

He sat and drank honey water, He Yuqing entered the house to notify the whole team. As soon as the loudspeaker rang, the matter was notified. Li Long could see that the neighbors and the four neighbors all came out of the house at once.

Although they didn't come over here, looking at the jeep at He's door, they knew it was true, and then some people returned to the house, and some people directly rode bicycles or put on horse carts and donkey carts and set out.

People who are anxious are everywhere.

Thinking about it, it is also normal. Last year's task given by the prefecture cooperative was more than half a month earlier than this year. When Li Long went to the mountains to cut grass for Ha Ha Li Mu and them, the herdsmen helped Li Long cut the handles back.

This year, the notification was late, so the handles could only be cut by eldest brother Li Jianguo and them. Of course, it was also true to let the people in the team earn a little more money.

Tying large brooms and tying reed brooms could be considered inclusive, not only letting themselves earn a little, but also letting the whole village, including this Qingshuihe village, earn some money, which was quite good.

After He Yuqing finished notifying, he came out of the house and also took a stool, sat opposite Li Long and chatted.

Not long after, Meng Hai also hurried back, carrying some fishy smell.

He Yuqing asked him:

"Fish done?"

"Done, Chen Lao Si caught two or three kilograms, I let them send to my house. I looked, the fish is quite fat right now, just right." Meng Hai said, took the tea handed by He Yuqing's wife and drank a sip, then continued:

"When I came back, I ran into several people going out to cut reeds, I told them all, the quality must be high this year, otherwise people won't accept it."

"I also said it on the loudspeaker." He Yuqing said proudly, "Heard it?"

"Heard it, but I estimate that everyone doesn't care, thinking about tying it well first."

"This quality is really critical." Li Long thought about showing off this time, but this time it was not like gossiping at home, but with some warning effect.

He told the matter he heard from Li Xiangqian about the leaders of the autonomous region using large brooms quite seriously, and finally said:

"Our quality is face. If this large broom is not tied well, there might be no work in the future. If there is no work, then this money can only be earned by outsiders. You say, is it a loss?"

"Then it must be a loss!" This time the quantity of brooms was large, and the price was high, counting down, a family could get a few hundred yuan. If this income was gone, many expenses in the family would have to be tightened, not to mention the turnover, at least it wouldn't get better.

So He Yuqing and Meng Hai both knew the importance of this.

"Wait until the afternoon, let's go to every house to talk about it, this matter must be valued. Although the quality is not good when the time comes, it can be returned, but it doesn't affect the progress!" Meng Hai belonged to the slightly anxious and direct temperament, and at that time expressed that this matter would be solved on the same day.

He Yuqing naturally had no opinion. This tying of large brooms was said to be done by every household, but the quality was really uneven. If not reminded, maybe someone really wouldn't value it.

After chatting for a while, Meng Hai stood up and called Li Long and He Yuqing to his house to eat.

Li Long didn't refuse either, and went to Meng Hai's house to eat together.

The rice was very fragrant, which reminded Li Long that two families in the team seemed to have planted rice this year.

The Fourth Team had a long history of planting rice, but after the production was divided to the household the year before last, because rice was troublesome to plant, many people didn't plant it. By this year, only two families were still planting.

Li Long vaguely remembered that other brigades in the commune had planted it in his previous life, but planting until around 2000, basically slowly no one planted it.

Mainly because it was too troublesome, and the price was not high, and the economic benefits were not good.

Further on, there were people who occasionally planted a piece or two below the small sea, adding up to less than five acres, which was for their own consumption.

Further on, no one planted it at all—this thing relied too much on water.

So he intended to buy some new rice to store when the team harvested rice this year. There was no vacuum sealing machine at this time, but the rice at this time was really delicious.

Rice, a basin of stewed chicken, a basin of stewed fish—it was the mixed fish of high mountain loach and small white strips, the taste was really fragrant.

Three people sat at a table, Meng Hai's wife and children ate in the kitchen. Meng Hai took wine, but Li Long refused.

"Going to Shicheng to handle business in the afternoon, can't drink." Li Long said the truth.

"Alright, wait until you have time to stay here, then drink well." Meng Hai put the wine away, "I said this last time, but this time I still can't drink."

"Then you also know, the children at home are still small, I will definitely go home early after finishing business." Li Long said while eating.

He Yuqing said with a smile:

"Then Old Meng, you can't put the wine away, I can drink too."

"What are you drinking? We also have things to do in the afternoon, we have to go notify everyone." Meng Hai said very clearly.

He Yuqing smiled bitterly, picked up a piece of chicken and said: "Then I can eat, right."

Everyone laughed.

After eating, Li Long left in a hurry driving the jeep. Waving goodbye to Li Long, He Yuqing said to Meng Hai:

"Old Meng, do you think we should send something to Comrade Li Long to thank him? He sent money to our team."

"I also thought about this matter, but didn't think of a clue. You say people are already driving small cars, then they definitely don't lack money, and they don't like money. What features can our team have is that honey, it was sent last year, this year he gave birth to a baby and sent it, what else?"

Meng Hai was actually thinking about this problem too.

"We will ponder slowly, this matter must be done before the large broom is finished, otherwise we won't be able to be people."

Li Long drove to the Wuyi Highway, then turned west, driving to Shicheng.

On the road, Li Long ran into some cars pulling wheat straw, and cars pulling goods. When passing the Mahe Bridge, he was surprised to find that people were walking back and forth on the stone beach by the river, probably picking jade.

It seems that people who master information resources are easier to make money at any time. Although there is jade here, good jade is also quite valuable, but Li Long knows that 99% of people in Maxian don't know there is jade here at this time, and the remaining scattered people who know there is jade here don't know how to distinguish jade.

He drove to the old street first, intending to see his sister Li Xia first, and then go to the sugar factory when it was almost off work. If Song Ming had time, he could pull a cart of sugar dregs to the Fourth Team today. If Song Ming didn't have time, he would also talk about the matter, and send one over about once a week in the future, so that Song Ming could earn money and get a relatively stable extra income, and the Old Horse Corral could also have a stable source of feed, without worrying about having no feed to feed when collecting cattle and sheep later.

The old street was still lively, and the order was also okay. Management personnel patrolled from time to time, scolding some people with unclean hands, and would also let some people who set up stalls not keep their places move the stalls well.

Li Long parked the jeep at the compound, and walked in the old street.

The variety of things sold was becoming more and more abundant. Li Long bought a basket of eggs and two chickens, carried them and went to sister Li Xia's house.

When he passed the stall of the food factory, there were many people surrounding it. Chen Xingbang was cutting meat for people, so Li Long didn't go over to disturb him.

Arriving at Li Xia's courtyard, Li Long saw the door half-open, glanced at it, and was a bit surprised.

Some transformations had been carried out in the courtyard. In the middle of the flower wall, a new earthen stove was built, with a large pot on it, covered with a lid.

Vegetables had been planted in the garden. The east side of the garden was isolated from the vegetable plot, and a pigsty was built. At this time, Li Long could hear pigs grunting inside.

It turned out that sister Li Xia was idle at home, Hongqin was also in school, so she started feeding pigs.

Leaning against the wall on the north side of the east-south pigsty and the flower wall, there were two bags of bran and other feed, which should be fed normally.

Li Xia heard the movement in the room, opened the door and walked out. Seeing Li Long, she said with some surprise:

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"Xiao Long, why are you here? Come in, I'll cut melon for you to eat!"

Li Long carried the eggs and the tied chickens into the room. He put the two things in the kitchen, and by the way looked at the furnishings in the room.

In the kitchen were some vegetables picked from the vegetable plot, chili, eggplant, tomatoes, etc.; rice and flour were placed on the brick-built platform in the kitchen; several watermelons were placed in the corner.

Li Xia hugged the watermelon and placed it on the small table, then went to take the kitchen knife, rinsed it with water and came over to cut the melon, asking while cutting:

"Is this trip to handle business? How are the two children? Xiaoxia went to work? Are the old father and mother at home okay?..."

A series of questions came over, Li Long hadn't had time to answer, Li Xia had already cut the melon and picked the largest piece and handed it to him.

"Everything at home is good, Father went back to his hometown, saying he was going to revise the family genealogy, he had to go back, and put our names, including the baby's names, on it."

"How can that be put on?" Li Xia shook her head and said, "Our names can be put on, how can our women's names be put on?"

"Father said to find Anmin, Anmin manages genealogy. When the time comes, write it on quietly, then no one will know." Li Long said the plan discussed at that time, "If it can be written on, it's best, if it can't be written on, then there is no way."

"Hmm, also. Then your two children? How is the eldest brother's side?"

"Eldest brother went into the mountains to cut handles today. I found another job, which can earn some money. My two children are all good now, with a big sister helping to look after them, Xiaoxia has already gone to work." Li Long said the situation while eating melon, and then asked:

"Hongqin is also in school?"

"Yes." Li Xia ate melon while laughing and saying: "The food factory found a relationship, went to the first grade, a new thing every day. And my household registration was settled, and I am a person here from now on."

Although Northern Tianshan was remote, at least the current life was much better for Li Xia's family than before, plus parents, older brother, and younger brother were all here, so they regarded this place as home.

"It's good to be settled, I see you raised pigs?" Li Long finished eating a tooth of melon, and picked up another tooth while eating and asking.

There was no seedless watermelon at this time, and he spat the watermelon seeds on the table, gathering them into a small pile. This was the family's habit, keeping the seeds of everything, and planting them later, so there was no worry.

"Look at how careful you are eating, not dripping water, Hongqin's face and clothes are all full when eating watermelon." Li Xia compared and said, "By the way, just raised two small pigs, maybe can eat."

"Still comparing me with Hongqin, how old am I and how old is she?" Li Long smiled, "It will be fine when it's big."

He was clear that in the older brother and sister's place, he was still considered a child.

After eating melon, the two came to the courtyard, Li Long went to see the two pigs.

These pigs were caught late, and they were less than forty kilograms right now, looking quite lively, hearing the movement, they immediately gathered at the door and grunted for food.

"I will pull some sugar dregs over later, you feed pigs and save feed." Li Long thought about it and said, "Get you ten bags, it should be about enough."

"Enough, enough!" Li Xia also knew about sugar dregs. Actually, when she was idle, she also wanted to pull sugar dregs, but the family lacked a board cart. She heard that others could pull hundreds of kilograms of sugar dregs a day, which could feed pigs for how many days, and could save a lot of money!

This matter was settled, Li Long didn't stay much, said goodbye to Li Xia and went to the sugar factory.

At the sugar factory, Song Ming had just unloaded a cart of sugar dregs and ran into Li Long.

Li Long got off the jeep and told Song Ming about this matter.

"You mean to pull a cart of sugar dregs over every week in the future?" Song Ming was really happy when he heard it, "That's no problem! I can send the sugar dregs over when I get off work..."

"Five carts this month. Today is the first cart," Li Long took out his wallet and counted out one hundred and handed it to Song Ming, "Today can you put ten sacks, my sister is also raising pigs, at the old street, I will send some over."

"Good, no problem." Song Ming counted the money and raised it to Li Long, "It's too much."

"It's okay, the extra is still yours. I have to add sacks every time, I won't be here when sending sugar dregs later, you have to take care of it, this extra is considered that money."

Li Long was open, Song Ming was naturally happy, thinking that this work later must be done beautifully.

He let Li Long wait here, went into the factory himself, found the warehouse manager to ask for ten sacks, and started putting sugar dregs into the sacks at the place where sugar dregs were loaded.

There were special people to unload sugar dregs, he didn't need to exert effort, he just watched and let them fill it up.

Song Ming often asked the warehouse manager for sacks. The warehouse manager was not willing at first, but later Section Chief Hu greeted him, so let him take it. Anyway, it was reported, and there was a quota every month, so there was no need to worry.

This thing was really worth a few cents if taken out to sell, but it didn't reach that point.

When the last cart of sugar dregs was full, the remaining sugar dregs were not enough for a cart, and it was almost off work. Song Ming let the sugar dregs be placed in the pool, waiting for tomorrow to pull, and he himself drove the truck out from the back door. Seeing this, Li Long drove the jeep to lead the way in front, pulling the sugar dregs all the way to Li Xia's courtyard. The truck basically didn't drip water.

Li Long parked the jeep on the road in front of the courtyard, adjusted the position for the truck, and quickly went to open the gate after getting off the car. Song Ming knew what to do as soon as he saw the situation. He adjusted and backed the truck into the courtyard.

Li Xia heard the movement and came out in a hurry. Seeing Li Long, and then seeing the truck, she knew what was going on.

The truck stopped, Li Long went up to push the sacks down. This thing couldn't be thrown either. Song Ming helped to place them against the wall by the feed. After ten sacks were placed, Li Xia also cut watermelon and brought it out.

"Sister, tomorrow morning you sweep a piece of space to dry these sugar dregs. So many can't be put in sacks, they will be spoiled."

"Alright, I know." Li Xia nodded.

Li Long and them finished eating melon and left the courtyard, driving the car to Maxian.

These sugar dregs were finally unloaded at Uncle Lao Luo's place. After Li Long and them arrived, they called several strong laborers to help unload the car. Uncle Lao Luo specially cleaned up a piece of space to unload the sugar dregs and pile them up, preparing to dry them these days.

When returning to the city, Li Long wanted to treat Song Ming to a meal, but Song Ming was anxious to go home and declined. He earned some money in advance today and wanted to go home and share it with his family.

Thinking that suddenly there was so much money this month, he was so excited that he didn't feel hungry.

After all, not everyone had the opportunity to suddenly earn an extra one hundred yuan every month when the salary was around fifty yuan.

Li Long could understand Song Ming's mood, so he didn't keep him, and he also drove the jeep back to the compound.

Sister Yang left him a meal, Li Long simply washed and started eating.

He did a lot of work today, was tired, and was hungry, so eat more. (End of chapter)