Chapter 756: Opening Up Another Market

Because the wedding was the day after tomorrow, Li Qing Xia meant to go to Kuitun the day after tomorrow. Li Long would pick people up at the Fourth Team after breakfast and then go to Kuitun.

The plan was to arrive in Kuitun that day, open a room at the guesthouse, complete the procedures, go to see Li Anguo's family, and discuss the wedding procedures with Li Junshan.

After saying this, Li Long went to Xie Yun Dong's house.

"Yun Dong Ge, this is the money from selling fish, a total of over 1,500. Your three families get 300 each, I won't divide it equally." Li Long took out a stack of Great Unity and handed it to Xie Yun Dong, "Don't think it's too little."

In the ton of fish, not only were there fish caught by the four families together, but also those collected from Xu Haijun and the others. Li Long paid the money for collecting the fish, so Li Long gave their three families a little less.

"Hey, don't divide this money." Xie Yun Dong didn't lack this money either, he waved his hand and said, "We all ate the mutton..."

"You also paid for that mutton." Li Long smiled and put the money on the table in front of Deng Guilan, "Even brothers have to settle accounts clearly. No matter how good our relationship is, we still have to settle this money clearly."

"Fine." Xie Yun Dong saw his wife directly take the money with a smile, so he couldn't say anything. His wife was good at everything else, but she was just short-sighted. "By the way, we shouldn't be doing anything later, right?"

"Hmm, we have to go to Kuitun in two days, Junshan is getting married. After this is done, there will be nothing before the New Year." Li Long said, "Let's rest well for the winter, and when next year comes, let's plan well."

Xie Yun Dong was definitely going to advance and retreat with Li Long and the others, so he listened to this.

After Li Long left, Xie Yun Dong watched his wife counting money happily there. He wanted to say something, but sighed and decided not to say it.

Li Long went to Tao Daqiang and Liang Dacheng's houses to give the money. Jia Weidong went less often, so Li Long gave him 100 yuan.

Although everyone declined, Li Long still insisted on leaving the money. If these people worked and caught fish with him and he didn't share the money after taking it, there would definitely be a lot of gossip later.

Li Long didn't leave empty-handed either. Tao Daqiang caught two rabbits, Jia Weidong caught a chicken, and the Liang family even brought Li Long a basket of eggs—according to Liang Dacheng's mother, this was to nourish Xiaoxia's body, so he had to take it.

Fine, it was a full return.

In the evening, Li Long mentioned the eggs. Gu Xiaoxia lowered her head and didn't speak for a while. When she raised her head again, she said slowly:

"When I was young, I was considered a yellow-haired crazy girl. I remember one day my dad went to repair the big canal, and my dad asked me to go to your eldest brother's house for lunch in the morning, but I forgot while playing."

When I was hungry and got home, I remembered. I was crying from hunger at the time. When I was walking on the road, I met Dacheng's mother. His mother guessed I was hungry when she saw me crying, so she took me to her house and brought out steamed bread and leftovers for me..."

Li Long didn't know that Gu Xiaoxia had such an experience when she was young.

The brilliance of human nature sometimes reveals itself inadvertently.

"Fortunately, you led Dacheng and the others to become wealthy." Gu Xiaoxia suddenly said with a smile, "It can be considered as indirectly helping me repay the favor."

"That's true." Li Long said exaggeratedly, "I have foresight."

"Fine, fine, fine, you have foresight." Gu Xiaoxia pushed Li Long lightly, then lowered her head to look at Mingming and Haohao who were already asleep. At this moment, happiness filled her whole body.

The next day, Li Long also went to the Fourth Team, mainly to the old horse corral, preparing to take meat to his second brother's side, and by the way, to bring some meat to Factory Director Du and Section Chief Ma.

Factory Director Du was an old acquaintance. In terms of harvesters, he really did things, and in terms of agency, he didn't let Li Long suffer losses. He really rejected the orders for the places Li Long asked to represent, so Li Long brought him a sheep.

Section Chief Ma mainly hoped that he would take care of his second brother, Junshan, and Yang Yongqiang, so he brought a piece of venison and a leg of lamb.

As for his second brother, he took half a sheep, a piece of beef, and a piece of venison.

The trunk of the jeep was almost full. For Junshan and the others' wedding, the main thing here was to give gift money, but Li Long still brought a piece of beef.

That was about it.

On the third day, at breakfast, Li Long told both Sister Yang and Gu Xiaoxia. In fact, he had specially told Gu Bo Yuan about going to Kuitun the afternoon before. Gu Bo Yuan told him to go with peace of mind. Anyway, there wasn't much work in the agricultural materials store right now, and if there was anything, he would take care of it here.

Li Long drove the car to the Fourth Team, and his father, mother, and eldest brother were already prepared.

Looking at his father and mother dressed neatly, Li Long smiled. This was really what it looked like to visit relatives.

Going on a trip for two or three days, everything that should be said had been said, so Li Jianguo and the others didn't say much and got directly into the car.

Liang Wenyu waved at the car, then turned around and went to feed the pigs. It was only two or three days, so there was no feeling of parting.

Although they were used to it, in fact, in the previous life, even in the late 90s, going to Kuitun was a long journey for the villagers. At that time, who could have thought that they would have a car at home, and going to Kuitun would only take two or three hours? A round trip in one day would still have plenty of time!

The car drove out of Maxian, passed Shicheng, overtook one big car after another, and sped through the snowy road.

"This little car is fast." Du Chunfang in the back seat grabbed the seat tightly, looking at the fields passing by quickly, and couldn't help but say, "Eh~~! There are sheep in that wasteland snow! And no one is herding them..."

"Mother, those are yellow sheep!" Li Jianguo turned his head and took a look, then said with a smile, "Wild things, this is what Little Long hit a while ago."

"Those are yellow sheep?" Du Chunfang leaned against the car window and looked carefully again, "They don't look very yellow."

Li Long listened and wanted to laugh. It was Li Qing Xia who leaned over to look, and then asked Li Long who was driving in the front seat:

"Little Long, did you bring a gun?"

"Brought it, we'll hit one if we run into it on the way back." Li Long knew his father's mind, so he said, "We won't cause trouble when we go."

"Right, right, right, this is to support Junshan's wedding, we won't do that bloody thing." Du Chunfang was still quite particular.

"Fine, we won't hit." Li Long looked at a small group of yellow sheep passing by the roadside and smiled, "We don't lack this bite, hunting is just for the meaning."

There was plenty of meat to eat at home, and today was to hold a happy event, so there was no need to kill.

Seeing that Li Long listened to her very much, Du Chunfang grinned and smiled.

This son, he was not loved in vain.

When the car turned down to the barracks, the sun was already in the middle of the south.

"Let's go to the city cafeteria for a meal first, then go to the guesthouse to book a room, and then go to find the second brother and Junshan." Li Long said his plan, "There is still plenty of time, we are not in a hurry."

"Listen to you." Li Qing Xia said happily.

Although he often ran outside, he knew that his youngest son had the most experience, so listening to him was correct.

The car drove to the state-run cafeteria, and there were quite a lot of people at this time.

People coming in and out were quite surprised to see the jeep parked here. There were not many jeeps in the city, and it was known who was sitting in them. However, those who knew the business looked at the car number and knew it was not a local person. Those who were originally going to leave curiously slowed down to see who would come down.

As a result, after Li Long came down, he helped Du Chunfang down, and Li Qing Xia and Li Jianguo came down by themselves. This combination itself was very normal, but when paired with the jeep, it was different.

Quite strange.

Li Long didn't care how others looked at it. After entering, he found a seat and helped his mother sit down, then went to find the waiter to buy food.

At this time, there was still no such thing as ordering food like in later generations, it would take a few years. At this time, eating still required going to the blackboard to see what food was available today, report the food and dishes and portions to the waiter, then pay money and food stamps, and finally wait for the food to come. Li Long ordered four servings of mixed noodles and three extra noodles.

When he paid and returned to the table to sit down, Du Chunfang whispered:

"Why order so much? Can't you know my appetite? Adding a portion of noodles is enough for me..."

"Then don't you still have to eat dishes?" Li Long smiled, "Mother, don't worry, if you can't finish it, don't I still have it?"

Li Long's appetite was large, which everyone in the family knew, so they didn't worry about leftovers.

Du Chunfang grinned and stopped talking.

It was a good thing that her son cared about her.

Li Long couldn't let his mother share a bowl of rice with others—if it was at home, it was nothing, everyone ate together. This was outside, as a son, he had to support his mother's face.

Of course, some people might think what is face, but in this day and age, many people really regard face as greater than heaven.

The noodles were brought up, Li Long first gave them to his father and mother, and helped his mother mix them, and the rest he put into a large plate for himself. Anyway, his appetite was large, so eating this bit wouldn't make him full.

Du Chunfang picked all the meat slices in the bowl to Li Long, but Li Long didn't let her and persuaded his mother to eat more. The chef who cooked this had good craftsmanship, and the meat slices of the fried meat were very rotten, so his mother should be able to chew them.

After eating and drinking the noodle soup, the family went to the state-run guesthouse to open a room. Li Long opened two double rooms, it was more expensive, but he felt at ease living there.

After registering and looking at the room, Li Long and the others drove to Li Anguo's house. "Why live so far away, it's catching up with the village." Du Chunfang looked at the jeep driving further and further away, muttering, "Why does it feel like being a worker is not that good?"

"Do you think every farmer is your family?" Li Qing Xia habitually retorted, "You don't look at the ability of your eldest son and youngest son, they are among the best in the city... be content!"

Li Qing Xia praised people in front of Li Jianguo and Li Long for the first time, which made Li Long feel a little embarrassed.

Li Anguo was clearing snow in the courtyard. On Saturday, Xueping and Li Xue Qin still had to go to school. This year's New Year was in mid-February, and elementary school would only be on vacation in mid-January.

The snow was quite heavy during this period, and Li Jianguo and Chen Li Rong cleared the snow part by part daily, anyway, it was not very urgent.

Winter, people are easily lazy.

When the jeep stopped, Li Anguo had already seen it. When he put down the shovel and greeted them, Li Qing Xia and Du Chunfang had already got out of the car.

"Father, mother, eldest brother." Li Anguo greeted them one by one, "Little Long, why didn't you say anything in advance? Have you eaten lunch?"

Chen Li Rong heard the movement and came out of the house, also smiling and greeting them one by one.

After entering the house, Du Chunfang still wanted to nag, but Li Long touched her lightly and she stopped talking.

!

She mainly wanted to say that this house was really small.

The inside and outside rooms added together were not as big as the east room where the old couple lived.

When a few people squeezed into the living room and bedroom, the bed and sofa were full.

"Just right, Junshan will come later, let's talk together." Li Anguo said while pouring water for his father and mother, "With you here tomorrow, he will also have confidence."

Li Long didn't sit down. He came out after entering the house, then opened the trunk and moved things to the kitchen.

"Where did you get so much meat?" Chen Li Rong was a little surprised, "This is all..."

"This is beef, this is mutton, this is venison, all raised in my pen." Li Long said while moving, "A batch was slaughtered a few days ago, just in time for this opportunity to send you some. By the way, Junshan will come later, right? This piece of beef is for him."

Chen Li Rong looked at the beef Li Long moved, it was smaller than the one at home, and she smiled.

"Fine, I'll put Junshan's piece here, and I'll tell him when he comes later... Little Long, then you are not there, can't you just tell him directly?"

"I'm not there, I'm going to send meat to Factory Director Du and the others now." Li Long's voice was quite loud, not only to Chen Li Rong, but also to the family in the house.

Li Anguo came out and was also startled to see so much meat:

"Little Long, did you bring all this? Why did you get so much? The meat you hit last time hasn't been eaten yet."

"This is raised in my pen." Li Long explained again, "This piece is for Junshan."

"Fine."

Li Long went in again to tell his father, mother, and eldest brother, then went out and drove the jeep away.

The agricultural machinery factory was still in production, and Li Long's jeep heard the sound of machines outside the factory.

The guard didn't dare to be negligent when he saw the jeep, and hurriedly came out to open the big gate.

Li Long didn't need to register and drove in directly—the guard didn't let him register either, he thought some leader had come to inspect. As soon as the jeep entered, he hurriedly called Factory Director Du. Factory Director Du asked him which leader it was, and he said he forgot to ask.

Factory Director Du was so angry.

He hurried downstairs and saw Li Long getting out of the jeep.

"Hey, it's you, Comrade Little Li!" Factory Director Du relaxed when he saw it was Li Long, "I thought some leader had come to inspect."

"Haha, scared you, right?" Li Long smiled and said, "I'm here to send you meat. The sheep I raised are fat, so I sent a sheep over. By the way, I also slaughtered a deer, and brought you some venison. This thing is a great tonic, you can see how to eat it yourself."

"Sheep? How many kilograms? Are there two legs?" Factory Director Du was not polite at all, "Is it enough to divide? I have many people!"

"A sheep, twenty or thirty kilograms." Li Long didn't expect Factory Director Du to plan to divide the mutton, "I see there are not many people in your factory, can one person divide two or three kilograms?"

"A bit less," Factory Director Du shook his head, "Two or three kilograms, if I divide it for the workers, I can't take it out..."

Li Long ignored his words and looked at the harvesters piled outside the factory building.

"This... how much inventory is there?"

"Why? Do you want to pull some away?" Factory Director Du said with a smile, "It's been a while since I saw you come to pull goods. Do you want to pull a batch away this time?"

"Wait until after the New Year. There is no car right now." Li Long waved his hand, "Unload the meat first."

Looking at the sheep, Factory Director Du finally showed a surprised expression:

"So fat?"

"Didn't I tell you, I'm fattening sheep, putting the sheep in the pen and feeding them fine feed." Li Long said proudly, "How about it, does it look okay?"

"Not bad, not bad, are there any more? If there are, sell me ten?"

"You here... ten, freight..." Li Long was thinking about the amount of freight.

"Don't worry, I'll pay the freight! Mainly because our factory made a lot of profit this year, and I also want to give everyone some benefits. Not to mention a sheep per family, half a sheep is fine. There are people raising sheep nearby, but I haven't seen a sheep as fat as yours."

Li Long thought for a while, from Maxian to Kuitun, one round trip, the freight was calculated at 50 yuan per trip.

If it was just sending sheep, it was a bit uneconomical, but if he pulled a car of harvesters back, it would be balanced.

"Do you really want ten?" Li Long asked.

"Yes, but they all have to be like this." Factory Director Du was also thinking about this, "Divide some in the factory, and I have to send some to relevant units. Your meat is good."

"Don't worry, they are all this fat. But it has to be at the market price, my meat is very popular." Li Long said with a smile.

"That's for sure, you pulled it from so far away, I can't let you suffer losses, right?" Factory Director Du said with a smile, "Just pull a few harvesters back when you leave."

"Thought the same as me. I'm attending a relative's wedding tomorrow, I'll see next week, I'll send it to you next week."

"Fine, anyway, the New Year is still early, I'm not in a hurry." Factory Director Du and Li Long carried the meat inside together, "Where is your relative?"

"Construction Installation Company, my cousin."

"Then do you want me to go and support the scene tomorrow? Anyway, I have nothing to do tomorrow."

"Fine, that's too grateful!" Li Long smiled.

"How to say, look at our friendship, thanks are definitely not needed. Twelve o'clock, right? Where?"

"Construction Installation Company's cafeteria." Li Long heard Li Anguo mention it. Currently, the Construction Installation Company is equivalent to stopping work, the cafeteria is not used, and Li Junshan applied to the factory to use it here.

Setting up a stove in advance, inviting a chef, buying vegetables and ingredients by himself, is more cost-effective than in the cafeteria.

"Fine, I'll come over then." After Factory Director Du agreed, he asked again, "Little Li, I know your brain is active, can you see if there are any other agricultural machines that can be developed? We studied some in the factory, but feel that the practicality is not great, and the market response is not very good."

Li Long thought for a while and asked:

"Old Du, can you get an air pump?"

"Yes, but what is that thing for?"

"Agricultural machinery." Li Long smiled, "But right now, there are few people planting land, especially economic crops. The market for this thing hasn't been cultivated yet, it will take two years. I have an idea, I will definitely find you then—I can guarantee that in two years, this thing will definitely be as popular as the harvester."

"Really?" Factory Director Du was overjoyed, "If it's really like this, then I thank you on behalf of our factory! Let me tell you, the harvester market is still very broad, and people from Southern Xinjiang have come to buy it. If it's really like what you said..."

"Don't worry, it definitely will. You just fix the harvester first, at least the harvester still has a ten-year market." Li Long said with a smile, "We are not in a hurry." (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 757 =====